Taking the Leap 2024 - April 14, 2024

“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 Kimberly Williams standing on a scaffolding, looking around before showing shots of Alexis Quinne doing the same, before showing Selena Frost on the top rope, Simon Lyman on the top of the ladder, and then a shot of La Pequena Luz and Amelia Blythe diving over the top ropes on opponents.

“Everyone says…you need to just do it…but what happens if you miss?”

We see a shot of Konrad Raab falling off the top rope, before showing Gavin Taylor hit with the Valhalla has Fallen, before showing Polly Pingotti being thrown off the top rope and Xander Valentine chokeslamming Alex Desoubrais Jr. over the top rope to the floor.

“What happens if all the planning is for not?”

We see a shot of David Striker diving over the top rope and going through a table as Kimberly Williams moves out of the way. Shots of Katie Steward, Deanna Frost, Glory Braddock and others diving off the top rope, some connecting, some missing, follow.

“What happens-“

The scene goes static. We then see shots of the Long Road Out of Hell structure flashing on the screen as shots of SCW competitors diving off the top rope are shown, their success or failure unknown. The images of the Long Road structure flash more and more before static again comes on the screen. We then see David Striker grabbing the camera turning it to face him.

Striker: “Don’t think…just do…ready Kim?”

Striker smirks as he shoves the camera back. The camera turns away as the scene fades to black.

“Hole in Your Head” by Ekoh plays as we see a shot of the Long Road Out of Hell structure computer generated on the screen. The camera spins around before showing the Taking the Leap logo.

“Supreme Championship Wrestling presents…Taking the Leap!”

The logo remains on the screen for a few moments before we cut to the inside of the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The crowd cheers as pyro shoots from the stage and high into the air. After several moments, the display ends as spotlights circle the arena. We cut to shot the Long Road Out of Hell structure hanging over the ring as spotlights shine on it.

Sharper: “It will be there where Kimberly Williams and David Striker go to war!”

The cameras pan the crowd further before cutting to the ringside area where Adam Sharper and Jonathan Knots stand at ringside, next to the ring.

Sharper: “Hello again everyone. Welcome to New Jersey for Taking the Leap. I’m Adam Sharper alongside Jonathan Knots and tonight is going to be a big night.”

Knots: “Big night…someone is going to have to climb to the top of that monstrosity and zipline off to end this rivalry between David Striker and Kimberly Williams. They may kill each other in there over the Underground Championship.”

Sharper: “That will be a bloody one for sure. Not only that, the Adrenaline Championship on the line. It’s gotten more and more personal. Bree Lancaster puts the title up against Simon Lyman.”

Knots: “And The One Kirsten Scott is going to look to be the hero of New Jersey by trying to win the World Title and defeating Selena Frost. Can she do it? We’ll find out!”

Polly Pingotti vs. Chris Lawler vs. Gavin Taylor

The lights around the arena begin to flicker as "Whoa Is Me" by Down With Webster starts to play over the arena.

Whoa is me
I'm so whoa
See me decked out from my head to my toe
Whoa is me
I'm so whoa
Everywhere I go I'm a one man show

And the song continues...

The crowd cheers as "All Star" Gavin Taylor steps out from behind the curtain onto the top of the ramp. As he stands in place, posing with his arms outstretched, the chorus of the song plays.

Phillips: “The opening contest is a triple threat match, scheduled for onefall with a thirty minute time limit. First, on his way to the ring, from Los Angeles, California, he is The All-Star, Gavin Taylor!”

Say whoa (whoa)
The more I feel it whoa (whoa)
The more I need it whoa (whoa)
You say whoa
Whoa is me
I'm so whoa

Gavin begins to walk down the ramp with swagger. He smirks as he gets to the ring. Pulling himself to the apron, he hangs out off the ring while holding onto the top rope.

The song continues...

I cheated to get what I got
Stepped all over you self for my spot
I bet you I'm winning, I bet that you're not
I bet you don't see me, I bet you get caught

Gavin pulls himself through the ropes and steps onto the second ropes on the opposite side of the ring from the ramp. He opens his jersey, sliding it off his shoulders as he stretches his arms out. Turning around, he bounces back off the ropes as he watches for his opponent.

Sharper: “You can say tis is about misunderstanding. It could be about stepping into situations that don’t involve you. Either way, this match sees three individuals who also see every win as precious. Gavin Taylor looking to rebound from a major loss to Xander Valentine.”

Knots: “Well he could always ask Polly what it’s like?”

Sharper: “Stop it. His attempt to help her out is what started this. And then Lawler got involved and since then, the different attitudes to this sport, to their intentions in the ring, all of it has come out for this one.”

The dimmed lights cast an atmosphere of anticipation as the arena falls into darkness, the only illumination coming from the pulsating strobe lights. The crowd's murmurs fade into a hush as the opening chords of "Warrior" by Imagine Dragons reverberate through the speakers, electrifying the air with anticipation.

From the depths of the darkness, a figure emerges, his silhouette outlined against the backdrop of flashing lights. With each step, the floor trembles beneath his feet, echoing the determination that propels him forward. It's Chris Lawler, a titan among men, his presence commanding attention as he strides purposefully down the entrance ramp.

Phillips: “Next, from Nashville, Tennessee, he is Chris Lawler!”

His eyes, a piercing shade of blue, remain fixed on the ring ahead, unwavering in their focus as if they could pierce through the very fabric of reality. Ignoring the cacophony of cheers and jeers that surround him, Lawler remains resolute in his mission, his gaze locked on the squared circle where his destiny awaits.

As Lawler reaches the foot of the ring, the strobe lights reach a crescendo, bathing him in a pulsating glow of light and shadow. With a subtle nod to the crowd, Lawler ascends the steel steps, each footfall a testament to his unwavering determination.

Finally, he steps between the ropes, his presence filling the ring with an aura of intensity and purpose. Standing tall in the center of the ring, Lawler raises his gaze to the heavens, a silent vow etched upon his features. Tonight, he will leave everything in the ring, his spirit unbroken, his resolve unyielding, as he prepares to face whatever challenges come his way.

Sharper: “Chris Lawler returning to SCW after over a decade away. He returned-“

Knots: “He want the Lawler Cutter, Sharper!”

Sharper: “We’ve not seen it. Lawler coming back. New and improved and very quickly understanding the fault lines. He was caught in the middle but that may be to everyone else’s regret if he’s victorious.”

A coin can be heard dropping into a coin slot but then there is complete silence, nothing on the SCW big screen appearing. It is 10 seconds before the beginning of "Prisoner" by Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa begins to play. Polly emerges from the back. The crowd gives off a mixed reaction as Polly looks around the arena and nods. She takes a deep breath as she heads to the ring.

Phillips: “And finally, from Panguitch, Utah… Polly Pingotti!”

Polly reaches the ring, walking up the steel steps before stepping through the ropes. She walks around the ring as the mixed reaction continues before she turns her focus to the stage, looking determined and ready for battle.

Sharper: “And finally Polly Pingotti to the ring. So close to becoming the US Champion at Retribution. Didn’t happen as Deanna Frost outlasted her. Now, this is about just shutting up two people who got in her business.”

Knots: “They did just want to help. What the difference between this and the Phantom Troupe?”

Sharper: “Even Polly looked at them with concern. Clearly trust issues, stemming from everything she has been through.”

Polly looks at Lawler and then Taylor, and keeps going back and forth. Gavin leans back in his corner as Lawler watches both. The bell sounds. The crowd roars as Gavin steps through the ropes and to the floor. He backs up. He extends his arms.

Gavin: “Don’t want me involved. Go. You two…hash it out!”

Polly looks at Lawler as Lawler turns to her.

Sharper: “And immediately, Gavin to the floor.”

Knots: “I mean Polly did hoof Lawler in the groin first time he can out. Not the return he wanted.”

Sharper: “And Polly’s going for Lawler!”

Polly runs at Lawler and nails him with a hard right and then another and another and another before Lawler grabs her by the arm and shoulder and turns and hits a huge hip toss. Polly lands hard and rolls over. Polly rolls over and scraps up and runs at Lawler. She nails him with a couple of hard shots again before Lawler knees her in the ribs and then turns and hits another hip throw. Polly rolls over and gets up and turns and Lawler hoists her up in a military press. Gavin looks on and Polly then shifts her weight and lands behind Lawler. Lawler turns and swings with a haymaker. Polly ducks and runs into the ropes. She bounces off and Lawler goes to grab her, but Polly slides under his arms. Lawler staggers forward and Polly then hits a chopblock. Lawler drops to the mat. Polly then jumps up and drives her knees into the chest of Lawler. She pulls back on the legs.

Lawler kicks out. Polly falls forward and Gavin runs in and grabs Polly from behind and throws her through the ropes to the floor. Polly rolls through and into the barricade. Lawler gets up and Taylor nails him with a hard right.

Sharper: “Gavin in. He gave the opportunity. But as soon as the first pin, he’s in and here we go.”

Knots: “Now it’s a triple threat. A proper one.”

Taylor nails him again and then spins Lawler around and throws him face first into the top turnbuckle. Lawler turns and Taylor kicks him in the ribs once and then again and again. He turns around as Polly enters and Taylor runs over and kicks her in the ribs. He then turns and throws her out of the ring again. Taylor turns and runs at Lawler who gets an elbow up. Taylor stumbles out and Lawler runs out and hits a clothesline. He goes for the pin.

Taylor kicks out. Lawler gets up and Taylor rolls over and moves to the ropes. Lawler walks over and clubs him in the back. Taylor falls to a knee. Lawler clubs him again. Taylor steps up and Lawler grabs him, but Taylor elbows him in the ribs. Lawler stumbles back, but Polly then jumps onto the apron and runs along and hits a running dropkick, catching Gavin in the side of the head. He drops to the mat, holding his head in pain.

Sharper: “Polly with a running dropkick, on the apron.”

Knots: “Gavin just got a bit of his own karma there. Went after Polly, tossed her out twice and Polly booted him in the face.”

Polly then turns and enters the ring. She turns and moves to Lawler who suddenly scoops her up and hits a sidewalk slam. He pulls back on the legs.

Polly rolls her shoulder up and rolls over. She crawls to the ropes. Lawler walks over and sees Gavin slowly getting up, holding his jaw and Lawler runs at Taylor and splashes him in the corner. Taylor drops to the mat. Lawler turns and runs across at Polly who is getting up, but Polly moves out of the way. Lawler goes chest first into the corner and staggers back and Polly runs over, twisting upside down and pulls Lawler down with a sunset flip.

Lawler kicks out and both roll back. Lawler gets to a knee and Polly runs at him and hits a basement dropkick. Lawler falls back. Polly goes for the pin.

Lawler kicks out.

Sharper: “Only two as Polly keeping the pressure on Lawler.”

Knots: “Surprised more on Lawler. Guess that last snipe on Breakdown got to her.”

Sharper: “Gavin still down in the corner too. Until now. Polly going for him!”

Polly looks around and sees Gavin and runs at him and hits another dropkick, this one to the face of Gavin. Gavin falls into the ropes and Polly grabs him and drags him out and rolls him into the ring. She goes for the pin.

Gavin kicks out. Polly rolls off and turns and grabs the ropes and stomps Gavin in the chest once, twice, three times before starting to choke him.

Polly stops but looks at the official before turning and suddenly we see Lawler drilling Polly with a clothesline, driving her up and over the top rope and to the floor. Lawler looks at her before turning to Gavin who grabs at the ropes to pull himself up. Lawler then grabs him and pulls him out before hooking him up and hitting a vertical suplex. He gets up and hits an elbow drop before going for the lateral press.

Taylor kicks out. He turns and starts to get up and Lawler grabs him and runs him into the corner. He then grabs him and hits a back elbow. He turns and whips Taylor across the ring. Taylor hits the opposite corner and Lawler turns and runs across, but Polly pulls Taylor down and pulling him to the floor. Lawler stops and Polly grabs Taylor, but Taylor then grabs her, spinning through and hitting a hip toss on the floor. Polly rolls over in pain as the crowd ohs. Lawler then reaches through the ropes and pulls Taylor over to the apron. He drags him up, but Taylor then grabs his head and hits the Cubic Zirconium Cutter on the apron. The crowd again ohs.

Sharper: “Lawler into the apron. That cutter. Taylor got it.”

Knots: “Sucked him right into it. Lawler pulled him in and Gavin knew he was going to do it.”

Taylor sits on the apron and smirks before pulling himself up to his feet as Polly starts to get up and Taylor dives off, driving his knee into Polly, causing her to land on the English announce table and drop to the floor. Taylor smirks and rolls into the ring as Lawler rolls over into the ring. Taylor gets up and grabs Polly, pulling Lawler up to his feet only to hit a snap DDT. Gavin rolls him over and hooks the leg.

Lawler gets his shoulder up. Lawler rolls over as Taylor gets up and stomps him in the back once and then again and again before pulling Lawler up to his feet. Taylor then whips him into the corner. Lawler hits hard. Taylor walks over and chops him. The crowd woos. He chops him again. More woos. He then grabs Lawler and goes to whip him across the ring, but Lawler spins through and sends Taylor in. Taylor hits hard and Lawler runs after, hitting the Blitz Kick!

Sharper: “My God! What a kick! Taylor may be out!”

Knots: “If he’s not, he’s trying to count his teeth with his tongue!”

Taylor falls to the mat. Lawler rolls him over and hooks the leg.

Taylor shoots his shoulder up. Lawler gets up and looks around as Polly climbs up to the top rope. Lawler walks over to her and Polly dives off with a missile dropkick to the chest. Lawler hits the mat. Polly then gets up as Taylor stirs and Polly runs at Taylor. Taylor, however, ducks a clothesline attempt and steps back before hitting the Dependable Roundhouse. Polly drops to the mat. Taylor covers her.

Polly gets her shoulder up. Taylor rolls off. The crowd ohs. Polly rolls over as Taylor gets up. He grabs Polly and pulls her up. Polly nails him with a couple of shots out of instinct, but Taylor knees her in the ribs once and then again before hoisting her up onto his shoulders. He turns and just then, Lawler gets up, hoisting Taylor up onto his shoulders and turns, causing Taylor to hit a Samon drop on Polly when Lawler death valley drivers him!

Sharper: “My God! I’ve never seen that!”

Knots: “Taylor drives Polly down as Lawler lifts both up!”

Lawler turns and covers Polly.

Polly gets her shoulder up. Lawler crawls over and covers Gavin.

Gavin gets his shoulder up. The crowd ohs. Lawler looks up from his knees. He then gets up and grabs Gavin and drags him up and runs him face first into the nearby turnbuckle. He turns back and grabs Polly and drags her up before pushing her into Gavin. Lawler knees her in the ribs before grabbing Polly and whipping her across the ring. Lawler stops and turns around, but Gavin runs out with the Gavin Taylor Lariat! The crowd erupts in cheers.

Knots: “Gavin! Taylor! Lariat!”

Taylor turns and goes for the pin.

Polly runs over and hits a running leg drop to the back of Gavin’s head. Gavin rolls over. He turns and starts to get up and Polly forearms him in the jaw once and then again and again before Gavin shoves her back. Polly rolls back. Gavin runs at her and goes for the Gavin Taylor Lariat on her, but Polly ducks and Gavin stops and turns and Polly kicks him in the ribs and then hits a Chick Kick. Gavin falls to a knee. Polly runs into the ropes, behind him and bounces off and hits the Head Turner. She rolls Gavin over and hooks the leg.

Lawler however pulls Polly up right off of Gavin, deadlifting her up and hitting a huge powerbomb. He stacks her up.

Polly kicks out at the last moment. The crowd ohs. Lawler steps off and walks around the ring. He then turns and exits to the apron. He climbs up to the top rope. Lawler gets to the top and dives off for the Air Assault on Polly, but Polly moves out of the way. Lawler lands hard. Polly rolls to the ropes as Gavin then grabs the legs of Lawler and goes for a jackknife pin.

Polly jumps up and hits a running senton backsplash onto Gavin. The crowd ohs. Lawler rolls over and Polly gets up as does Gavin. Gavin turns and Polly forearms him a couple of times before getting him to the ropes. She goes to whip Gavin across, but Gavin spins through and catches her with the Desperation Buzzer Beater. Lawler slowly gets up as Gavin looks down at Polly. Polly rolls over as Gavin turns to Lawler who presses him over his head.

Sharper: “Lawler Cutter maybe?”

The crowd roars, but Lawler then quickly hits the Fury Suplex. The crowd ohs, and some boo. Lawler looks around as Lawler then rolls through for the pin.

Knots: “Nope. Just a spinebuster to hell!”

Sharper: “And still could finish Gavin off and get the win!”

Gavin shoots his shoulder up. Lawler then gets up and Polly runs out from the corner and jumps up and hit the Head Turner on Lawler. Lawler hits the mat and rolls out of the ring. Polly walks around and Gavin turns and Polly grabs him, but Gavin punches her in the ribs. He steps up and places her head between his legs. He hoists her up for the Highlight of the Night, but Polly kicks her legs and lands behind him. Gavin turns around and Polly kicks him in the ribs before she hits the Polly-Pop.

Sharper: “Polly-Pop! Gavin turned right into it!”

Polly hooks the leg.

The crowd roars and some cheer, while others boo, as the bell sounds. Polly rolls off as Lawler looks over from the ropes, holding his jaw in pain.

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

Polly rolls off and looks down at Gavin and then Lawler.

Sharper: “Polly Pingotti with the win. And look at that look of conceit at both Gavin Taylor and Chris Lawler.”

Knots: “Don’t think she needed the help!”

Polly turns to Gavin.

Polly: “Need some help?”

Polly gets up and glances at Lawler.

Knots: “Ha!”

Polly has her arms raised as Lawler looks at her and pulls himself out of the ring to the floor. Polly’s music plays throughout the arena and Polly celebrates a bit as Gavin remains down in the ring.

Backstage, we see Marie Jones walking backstage and taking a deep breath as she walks over to one of the locker room doors. Just as she’s about to knock on it, the door opens and Aisling steps out. Chris Dumont walks out with her.

Dumont: “So if you just-“

Dumont and Aisling pause.

Marie: “Oh…sorry, was I-“

Dumont: “Not at all. Just discussing some moves with…uh..Aisling. As we were talking about on Breakdown. Just…”

Aisling: “I’ll see you out there.”

Aisling turns and heads off. Marie turns and watches her leave and turns back.

Marie: “I know we’re in a makeshift tag team-“

Dumont: “Relax. Still going to do everything to win. More that we’re just going to work together.”

Marie: “It is every team for themselves.”

Dumont: “And we’ll cross that bridge if it happens. Unless you’re going to talk to your cousin, is it?”

Marie: “Don’t need to worry there. I’m not judging. Just…this is weird for me. Winning the title off one of them and now working with them. But I’ll be game.”

Dumont: “Good. Did you want to try and get on the same page?”

Marie: “Can’t hurt.”

Dumont holds the door open for Marie. Marie follows in as the scene cuts away.

Derek Adonis vs. Scott Reed vs. “The Rebel Princess” Cassie Wolfe vs. Sean Michael Prime

The opening riff of “Wolf Within” hits the speakers and once the lyrics kick in Cassie Wolfe emerges from the back excited to start the match, with her hands on her leather jacket’s sides the rookie wrestler turns her back to the crowd.

Phillips: The following contest is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, from Greenock, South Australia and now residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, “The Rebel Princess” Cassie Wolfe!

When her name is announced Cassie spins around flashing the metal horns sign with her left hand and clapping fans hands with the other, when she reaches the ring Cassie jumps onto the apron before giving her hair a full flip and removing her jacket to give to a stagehand, she then jumps over the top rope and into the ring, rolling to her knees and basking in the moment.

KABLAAAAAAAAAAM!!!

The sound of a xylophone scale is heard, signifying the start of the KABLAMian Taberacle Choir's jingle, "Come In KABLAMia"...

Derek Adonis rolls out atop the ramp on a cloud, alongside a number of the citizens of KABLAMia: Sweet Sangria, Mimi Mimosa, Het Meisje, and Anastasia Fantasia among them. The crowd rise to their feet in a raucous applause at the display of flesh in front of them...

Welcome to the land that loves below the belt

The sky’s are clear and pleasure is felt

Come in KABLAMia, come in KABLAMia

Adonis partially rises to his knees, waving out to the crowd as chants of "KABLAM" ring out throughout the arena. The cloud continues to roll it's way down the ramp.

Where fun-loving people can give right in

To a Man Mountain utopia where everyone wins

Come in KABLAMia, come in KABLAMia

Sweet Sangria always dressed in smile

Many men and women will go the extra mile

Come in KABLAMia, come in KABLAMia

The women on the cloud toss out small, travel-sized bottles of Derek Adonis Heavy KABLAM Lubricant and folded up travel brochures to the crowd.

The lube flows freely, never enough

It’s a copyrighted formula, the right stuff

But even still they make you feel right at home

Whether you love cleaning the carpet or polishing chrome

The cloud makes it to the bottom of the ramp and Adonis hops off first, reaching up to help the four primary women off. They step down, each planting a kiss on the cheek of Man-Mountain before heading up the stairs. Adonis follows up last and pulls himself through the ropes, lifting them for the four women to enter the ring as well.

We don’t kink-shame here, it never allowed

It’s a comfortable place while you’re being plowed

Your greatest dreams are always on tap

Your can register now with our convenient app

Adonis moves around to the four corners, climbing onto the bottom rope to throw out travel brochures as far as he can.

That’s right, KABLAM is expanding…

It’s the dream of Derek Adonis

Come in KABLAMia, sunny KABLAMia

We mean YOU!

After finishing (heh), Adonis moves to the middle of the ring, posing with the four women around him. As the song ends, he bellows out with it...

Adonis: "KABLAAAAAAAAAAAAM!"

Cassie looks at Adonis as Sweet Sangria walks over and hands her a pamphlet. Cassie looks at it and shrugs before placings it in her top.

Sharper: “Derek Adonis still doing recruiting, but he’s got big plans.”

Knots: “Cassie does too. Bree Lancaster wins tonight, there’s an Adrenaline Title match waiting for her as a thank you and Derek…he wants to challenge for the US Title!”

Sharper: “And folks, on our next edition of Breakdown, we hope Deanna Frost, a nagging injury keeping her out of action tonight, she’ll be in action and CHBK has said, if that is the case, her US Title will be on the line.”

The arena goes dark and a voice can be heard saying ”And the story goes…a young man will come…to save the universe from the forces of evil…

The voice dies down for a few moments before “I Will” by Eminem featuring KXNG Crooked, Royce da 5'9" & Joell Ortiz kicks in.

“And I don't think that I can stop it, here it comes…I do my best to try to block it, redrum…I've been sipping on like, vodka, head's numb...I'm blacking out, you better watch it, it's bedlam…”

The lights come back on and Scott Reed steps out from the entrance way, the crowd erupting in cheers.

“I thought I heard a voice in my head that said, "Kill"

I had no other choice that was left except fill

My pencil full of poisonous lead, the devil

He wants me to murder this beat, so I will”

Reed makes his way down the ramp, slapping hands with fans along the way. He reaches the ring and goes up the ring steps. Going across the apron, he looks out at the crowd once again as they continue to cheer. Climbing into the ring, Reed goes to the center.

Phillips: “Introducing, weighing in at two-hundred and twenty pounds, hailing from New York City, New York…he is…Scott! Reed!”

“He told me there are doubters who question my skill

They wanna put my style to the test, am I still

The best? They want the crown on my head, I said, "Chill

If you want me to murder this beat, then I will"

Reed climbs up to the top rope and points to the center of his chest, mouthing the words, ‘I will’ as the music dies down. Hopping down from the turnbuckle, he leans into the corner, waiting for the match to begin.

Sharper: “Scott Reed, the former Beard, the former agent, now back in an SCW ring.”

Knots: “He’s been watching a while, can he get the rust off.”

Sharper: “Disagreed with the methods of CHBK and here we are.”

Knots: “Still has a job though!”

As the arena lights dim, a hushed anticipation falls over the crowd. The haunting notes of Metallica's "Turn the Page" resonate through the speakers, setting the stage for the arrival of Sean Michael Prime. Slowly emerging from the shadows. Sean stands at the top of the ramp with a determined gaze. He walks with purpose down the entrance ramp, his worn silhouette illuminated by a lone spotlight.

Phillips: "Making his way to the ring, from Salem, Massachusetts, Sean Michael Prime!"

With every step, SMP absorbs the energy of the arena, his long hair flowing in rhythm with the haunting melody. As the chorus kicks in, the crowd begins to stir, caught between the raw emotion of the song and the enigmatic presence of Sean as he slowly approaches the ring. Sean climbs into the ring, casting a stoic gaze across the audience. The metallic strains of "Turn the Page" amplify the intensity of the moment. Sean starts pacing around the ring awaiting for the start of the match

Sharper: “And Sean Michael Prime rounds out the field. Can he finally break through?”

Knots: “He may need his luck to turn a bit first!”

Reed pairs off against Cassie Wolfe while SMP goes after the massive Derek Adonis. Wolfe with three quick arm drag takedowns and then a dropkick to Reed. SMP with several jabs and chops that stagger Adonis. SMP with a jumping clothesline and then a slingblade. Adonis rolls to the outside. Cassie launches herself with a suicide dive over the top onto Adonis. SMP turns to Scott Reed. He goes for a scoop but Reed slips free and dropkicks SMP in the back. Reed with another dropkick. Reed with an exploder suplex sending SMP into the corner.

Sharper: “Prime suplexed into the corner. Reed taking him overhead.”

Knots: “I don’t know if SMP and the turnbuckles have been properly introduced. Have been now.”

Cassie throws a right hand at Adonis but he blocks it. Adonis with a body slam to Wolfe on the outside. Adonis pulls her up and sets her up for a fallaway slam on the outside. Scott Reed launches himself over the top with a suicide dive taking out Wolfe and Derek Adonis! Reed rolls back into the ring, pulls SMP up to his feet, and delivers a brainbuster into the turnbuckle. He drags him out and goes for a cover…

1…

…2Kickout!

Reed whips SMP into the ropes. SMP comes back with a flying forearm. SMP whips Reed into the ropes and connects with a Lou Thesz Press into strikes. SMP doesn’t notice Adonis is back into the ring. Adonis goes for a big splash but SMP evades and Adonis connects with Reed only!

Sharper: “Adonis into Reed.”

Knots: “Did you want to return to the ring now? Huh, Reed?”

SMP goes for a body slam to Adonis but Adonis blocks it. Adonis with a bear hug and then a bear hug slam. Adonis with a big splash and an elbow drop onto SMP. Adonis gets up and turns around into a springboard flying clothesline from Wolfe that takes him down! Wolfe goes back to the outside. Wolfe with a springboard dropkick taking down Adonis. Wolfe drills Adonis with The Greenest Wizard! She goes up to the top again but Reed and SMP are back up. She leaps off and takes both down with a cross body block.

Sharper: “Cassie Wolfe, the wild card in this one, the high-flier, off the top and down goes Reed and Prime!”

Knots: “If they can’t stop her. And she’s going hard. Nothing is stopping her!”

Wolfe with a soccer kick to SMP…GOOAALLLL!!! Wolfe goes back up to the top turnbuckle. She leaps off and connects with a 450 splash, Air Aussie! She covers…

1…

2…

…3NO! Reed breaks it up!

Cassie throws various chops. She then connects with a superkick. Cassie goes for Heir to the Wolfe but Reed with a back body drop counter! Reed with a turnbuckle power bomb followed by a cradle ddt to Cassie! Before Reed can follow up he turns around into THE TOP ROPE FUKINATOR out of nowhere from Derek Adonis!

Knots: “Jesus NO! We just saw a murder! Reed is dead!”

Sharper: “I can’t even call the name of the move, but Adonis hit…THAT!”

Knots: “Scott Reed can no longer contemplate the name of the move because he’s dead!”

Adonis is unable to follow it up with a pin attempt, as SMP is right there to drill Derek with a clothesline from hell! Fatal Dose, the rolling death valley driver, from SMP to Derek Adonis! SMP locks in a guillotine choke to Adonis. Derek powers his way back to his knees and then to his feet. SMP hangs on. Derek muscles SMP up and then slams him down hard to break the hold. Both Adonis and SMP are down. Cassie Wolfe out of nowhere with The Coronation, corkscrew 630 splash to SMP! She covers…

1…

2…

…3NO! Reed breaks it up!

Cassie with three straight superkicks to Reed’s jaw. She plants him with a ddt. She goes up to the top and attempts a shooting star press but Reed gets his knees up, driving them into her gut. Cassie staggers back to her feet only for Adonis to send her into the corner. She slumps into the corner. Adonis with a bronco buster, Ladies Choice, to Cassie. Adonis gets up and turns around into SMP and Reed who are both up and are both throwing rights at the bigger Adonis.

Sharper: “Adonis taking a beating-“

Knots: “Don’t kink-shame, Sharper!”

A standing dropkick from Reed sending Adonis into a roundhouse kick from SMP. Reed and SMP both hook an arm and suplex Adonis. Adonis staggers back to his feet and Reed and SMP clothesline him over the top and to the floor. SMP then turns and throws jab after jab into the face of Reed. SMP hooks Reed and goes for Fatal Dose but Reed slips out of it and then drops SMP with a half and half suplex.

Sharper: “SMP taken over again. Half and half.”

Knots: “And Scott Reed now turning into Cassie Wolfe from earlier. He’s just running around…never mind!”

Reed with a running shooting star to SMP but before he can cover Cassie comes off with a big splash onto both of them! Reed scrambles up to his feet and Cassie floors him with a superkick. She goes up to the top and leaps off with a corkscrew 630 splash, THE CORONATION CONNECTS! But SMP pulls her up off of Reed and then throws her outside onto Derek Adonis.

Sharper: “Cassie hit the Coronation!”

Knots: “And SMP is going to try and steal it. And he’d know how!”

SMP launches himself with a plancha over the top taking out Wolfe and Adonis. He whips Cassie into the steel steps, effectively eliminating her. SMP with a Fatal Dose to Derek on the outside. While this attack is going on outside the ring, Reed is recovering inside the ring. SMP slides back into the ring. He measures Reed for a Prime Example…but Reed ducks the lariat…

Sharper: “Reed looking to take out Scott Reed.”

Knots: “What?”

Sharper: “Prime I mean and Reed ducks!”

Belly to back suplex lifted and twisted into a reverse STO from Reed! Unmasked! Reed scrambles back to his feet and drops SMP with Empires Falling! Reed covers, hooking a leg…

1…

2…

…3!

Phillips: “Fans, here is your winner, Scott Reed!”

Reed rolls off and looks out. The crowd roars as Reed gets up and staggers forward. His music plays as the official raises his arm.

Sharper: “And Scott Reed returns to the ring and is victorious!”

Knots: “Well how about that! And Prime…close, yet so far again!”

Cassie winces on the floor as Derek Adonis rolls over in pain on the floor too. The official turns back and checks on Prime as Reed climbs to the middle rope and looks around, playing to the crowd as the scene cuts away.

Sharper: “Now let’s go backstage where Jessica Winters is with the former World Tag Team Champions.”

The scene cuts to the backstage area where Brittany Lohan and Glory Braddock stand with Jessica Winters outside of their locker room.

Winters: “Thank you Adam. I’m here with Twisted & Sadistic and tonight, you’ll be going into battle against five other teams and you’ve really set this up by going after them-“

Glory: “By making our point.”

Winters: “And what’s that?”

Glory: “There is only one team who should be challenging for the World Tag Team Championship. Us. There’s a lot of talent. A lot of potential. We are actual. Simple as that. And before you get into the terms of the Retribution match, as we said on Breakdown…we merely wanted to renegotiate. Let the Seekers build some more confidence and they could be a great challenge. Not yet. Not in our eyes. And let’s face it, Light in the Darkness, they hold ‘victories’ over us…but only in multi-team matches and they’ve never pinned us two on two.”

Lohan: “Simple as that Jessica. Until Light in the Darkness beats us, they’ve proven nothing. They’ve proven they’re really good. But they’re not the best. They had the chance to remove all doubt and they took the easy route. And we’ll just prove them wrong by not only taking the hard route, but by standing up to the entire division and again proving what we did all last year…we are the best team in SCW.”

Glory: “Simple as that.”

Glory and Brittany look at one another before returning to the locker room behind them. Jessica watches them go in before turning to the camera.

Winters: “Back to the ring.”

The Enigma vs. Konrad Raab

“Feuer Frei” by Rammstein plays over the sound system as Konrad comes out through the curtain with his flanged German mace with him, acting erratic with an angry look on his face, rising the flanged German mace in the air, wearing red and black skull face paint on the right side of his face with a red and black suit hoodie over his head he wears with pieces of flame blood designed all over them. He also has a penguin, walrus and a polar bear stitching on the left-hand side of his chest on his gear, stating Stop Climate Change. He also wears black boots along with Red and Black Gloves on his hands. Ginny Raab walks out behind him. Raab crouches down on the floor with the flanged German mace in front of him, looking at the ring with evil intentions.

Phillips: “From Cologne, Germany, accompanied by Ginny Raab, he is Burned in Blood, Konrad Raab!”

After the announcement, Konrad picks up his flanged German mace and slowly walks to the ring with a massive amount of boos. Konrad runs up the steps and goes underneath the ropes, while Ginny walks up the stairs and gets in the ring with Konrad. As he's in the ring, Konrad, without showing any sign of acknowledgement from the fans, lays the flanged German mace on the turnbuckle, then sits in the corner of the ring with the crowd booing him, having a nasty look in his eyes, flicking his fists as if he's already ready to fight, with Ginny taking Konrad's flanged German mace away, waiting for the match to start as he takes his hoodie off from his head as Ginny leaves the ring and goes backstage.

The arena falls into complete darkness as a haunting melody, "Whispers of the Abyss," begins to resonate throughout. Eerie silence sweeps over the audience, and a sense of anticipation builds.

Suddenly, a soft, bluish glow illuminates the entrance ramp. Mysterious mist starts to billow out, creating an otherworldly ambiance. The crowd hushes, waiting in awe for "The Enigma's" arrival.

A spotlight slowly emerges, revealing "The Enigma" standing at the top of the entrance ramp. He's cloaked in enigmatic attire and his haunting mask. His presence seems to draw the energy from the surroundings.

With supernatural grace, "The Enigma" descends the ramp. The mist swirls around him, concealing his every step, as if he is a specter emerging from the abyss.

The audience watches in silent fascination as he reaches the ringside area. The enigmatic symbols on the walls of the arena come to life, glowing in response to his presence.

"The Enigma" ascends the steel steps, never breaking eye contact with his opponent. His gaze remains hidden behind the mask, adding to the mystique surrounding him.

Inside the ring, "The Enigma" spreads his arms wide, and the eerie mist intensifies, shrouding the entire ring. The audience is captivated by the mystical display before them.

The haunting melody of "Whispers of the Abyss" reaches its crescendo. "The Enigma" drops to one knee, his cloak sweeping the canvas. He raises his arms, and the mist begins to dissipate, revealing the mysterious aura he brings with him.

As the music fades, "The Enigma" remains in the center of the ring, an enigmatic figure who has left the audience spellbound. The lights return, but the sense of mystery lingers in the air.

Phillips: “And his opponent…he is known as…The…Enigma!”

Raab rushes over as soon as Phillips makes his announcement and begins to club the Enigma with lefts and rights. The Enigmas continues to rise from his kneeling position while Raab continues to connect with body blows, as the referee calls for the bell.

Raab backs the Enigma into the ropes, hitting a right to the jaw before driving his knee into the Enigma’s midsection.

Sharper: “Konrad Raab not giving the Enigma a chance to breathe.”

Knots: “You say that like the Enigma is a normal guy. We don’t even know if he has to breathe.”

Raab goes to whip the Enigma into the ropes, but the Enigma reverses. Raab bounces off the ropes and the Enigma takes him down with a power slam. The Enigma then drops to his knees and stares at Raab, who clutches at his lower back.

Sharper: “The Enigma appears to be studying his opponent, while Raab rolls on the mat.”

Raab pushes himself up, and the Enigma rises as well, mimicking Raab’s movements.

Sharper: “Mocking his opponent’s movements. You have to wonder what goes through the Enigma’s mind, even when the mask is off.”

Knots: “You also have to wonder if the mask comes off. But something tells me he’s just as sadistic as Konrad Raab.”

Sharper: “And this is a match Raab has wanted. Tonight he’s getting it.”

Raab turns around and connects with a right hook. The Enigma’s head shoots to the side before he turns and faces Raab, who connects with a left hook to the side of the head. Raab then kicks the Enigma in the midsection, hooks and lifts him up, driving the Enigma down with a chokeslam. Once on the mat, Raab drives a knee into the Enigma’s chest, before he begins to hammer away.

Sharper: “Konrad throwing punches at whatever his fists can find on the Enigma’s anatomy. His aggression hasn’t slowed since before the bell rang.”

Raab gets to his feet and pulls the Enigma up. Raab hits a European uppercut, followed by a second, staggering the Enigma. Raab grabs him and whips the Enigma into the corner. Raab follows up with a running big boot. The Enigma buckles, but only slightly.

Raab backs up then goes for another running big boot, but the Enigma dunks under. Raab gets tangled on the ropes.

Knots: “Maybe Raab needs to slow it down a little bit. That didn’t end the way he wanted.”

The Enigma hooks Raab and slams him down to the mat with a Uranage slam. Enigma hooks the leg.

1!

Raab kicks out. The Enigma lowers his face towards Raab and nudges the right cheek of Raab. Raab jerks his head away, only for the Enigma to lock in the Enigma’s claw!

Sharper: “The Enigma’s got Raab in what he calls the Enigma’s Claw. Let’s not forget how he’s been toying with Raab since this feud began.”

Raab tries to fight out of it, only for the Enigma to break the hold, and grab Raab’s head before slamming it down on the mat. The Enigma slams Raab’s head into the mat a second time, before getting to his feet. The Enigma pulls Raab up. He hits a knife edge chop and goes to whip Raab into the corner, but Raab manages to reverse, taking the Enigma down with a sidewalk slam.

Raab presses his knee into the Enigma’s chest once again and hammers away, before slamming the back of the Enigma’s head into the mat over and over. Raab pulls the Enigma to his feet, hooks him, and lifts the Enigma up, before driving him back down to the mat with a powerbomb. Raab goes for the cover.

1!

The Enigma shoots the shoulder up!

Sharper: “Raab getting a two count. Now, what’s he doing?”

Raab is shown getting the Enigma up once again for a powerbomb, but Raab charges over to the ropes, sending the Enigma crashing to the outside floor.

Knots: “I don’t think anyone imagined the Enigma to fly over the top rope.”

Sharper: “Did you hear that thud?”

Raab rolls to the outside and grabs the Enigma, pulling him up. Raab hits a European uppercut before grabbing the Enigma once again. Raab goes to whip the Enigma into the steel steps, but the Enigma reverses. Raab connects with the steps, knees first, before going over the steps and down to the floor on the other side. The Enigma leans on the apron.

Sharper: “Raab into, up, and over the steel steps. The Enigma giving himself to time to recover after that vicious powerbomb from inside the ring to the outside.”

Knots: “But let’s not forget the ref’s count.”

Sharper: “Right you are! We’re at 5!”

Ref: “5…6…7…”

The Enigma rolls inside then back out again, breaking up the count. Raab is shown getting to his feet. The Enigma turns to face Raab, only for Raab to be shown leaping off the steps, connecting with a spear.

Sharper: “Raab with a hell of a spear!”

Ref: “3…4…”

Raab gets to his feet before pulling the Enigma up as well, only for the Enigma to fire away with a European uppercut. He grabs Raab by the head and hits a headbutt, followed by a second. The Enigma then hooks Raab and drives him into the apron with another Uranage slam!

Knots: “Holy hell! The Enigma driving Raab spine first into the apron!”

Ref: “5…6…7…”

The Enigma rolls Raab into the ring and begins to hammer away at the head of Raab, who tries to cover up. The Enigma slams Raab’s head into the canvas once, twice, and a third time before landing another strike. He then goes for the cover.

1!

2!

Sharper: “The Enigma seems to be shifting gears, turning up the aggression here.”

Raab kicks out!

Knots: “Looks like he’s going to have to if he wants to keep his opponent down.”

The Enigma gets to his feet, pulling Raab up with him. The Enigma hits a knife edge chop, then another headbutt. Raab stumbles before coming back with a stiff right, then an enziguri. The Enigma stumbles back as Raab gets to his feet. Enigma steps forward and Raab plants him with a spinebuster. Raab goes for the cover.

1!

The Enigma kicks out!

Raab gets up and grabs the Enigma, who hits another European uppercut. Raab stumbles back, before regaining his balance and charging, taking the Enigma over the top rope with a running clothesline. Raab goes over the top as well.

Sharper: “Both men up and over the top rope, now down on the outside.”

Ref: “1…2…3…”

Both men are shown getting to their feet, before turning to face one another. They begin exchanging punches.

Ref: “4…5…”

The Enigma goes to whip Raab into the barricade, but Raab reverses it, sending the Enigma into the barricade.

Ref: “6...7…”

Sharper: “The ref’s count is at 7…”

Knots: “I don’t think either of them care. They just want to dismantle the other.”

Ref: “8…”

Raab then charges, tackles the Enigma, sending them both crashing through the barricade!

Crowd: “HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!”

Sharper: “GOD ALMIGHTY!”

Ref: “9…10!!!”

The ref calls for the bell.

Phillips: “Ladies and gentlemen this match has ended via double count-out, therefore it is a draw!”

The cameras then show officials running down to check on both competitors. Raab and the Enigma are shown getting to their feet.

Sharper: “And they’re still moving around after all that punishment.”

Knots: “Like we alluded to earlier…these two are…Oh Man!”

Cameras then show the Enigma and Raab fighting out from the stands, over to the ring, while officials try get involved. They continue fighting, while the crowd roars, before both manage to be separated. Raab is shown being held back, and also glaring at the Enigma.

Sharper: "If looks could kill..."

Knots: "Can't argue with that."

The Enigma steps away from the officials and lifts his hands up, as mist begins to filter throughout the entrance way and around the outside of the ring.

Sharper: "There's that damn mist."

Raab is shown trying to get away from the officials, as the Enigma is shown being covered in the mist. The shot goes back to Raab who breaks through the officials and charges over to where the Enigma was last standing, only to find the mist empty.

Sharper: "Where did he go?"

The mist slowly fades away, with no sign of the Enigma. The cameras show Raab fuming, and nodding his head as a sadistic smile forms before we cut away.

Backstage, we see Autumn Valentine talking to Lexy Chapel in her locker room, the door ajar.

Chapel: “Look! It’s going to work. We need to get you there and my dad doesn’t even see it coming-“

Autumn: “I’m pretty sure he does-“

Chapel: “Just do it okay. We can reinvent everything and get you to the top! Where you belong-“

Autumn: “Can’t I just kick his ass for taking out our issue on Syren-“

Chapel: “Oh you will. You better. I forgot about that. So many moving parts. The son of a bitch-“

Sharper: “Looks like a bit of a disagreement about tactics in LexyCorp.”

Knots: “Or maybe people are coming to their senses!”

The scene plays out for a few moments longer before we cut back to the ring.

The Seekers vs. The Light in the Darkness

SCW World Tag Team Championship

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for one fall and it is for the SCW World Tag Team Championship!”

The SCW World Tag Team Championship logo comes across the screen as the fans cheer in response to the announcement. After a moment of anticipation, “Seek and Destroy” hits the PA system, prompting the fans to cheer even louder. The lights flicker along with the opening riffs and beat of the drums.

“Alright
We're scanning the scene in the city tonight
We're looking for you to start up a fight
There's an evil feeling in our brains
But it's nothing new, you know it drives us insane…”

The Tron shows Chance and Kelsai hitting various moves in singles matches, before a shot of them standing together appears. The image fades, as Chance Owens and Kelsai Adamson are shown walking out from behind the curtain.

Phillips: “Introducing first, the challengers; Kelsai Adamson and ‘Roadblock’ Chance Owens, they are… The Seekers!”

“Running, on our way
Hiding, you will pay
Dying one thousand deaths
Running, on our way
Hiding, you will pay
Dying one thousand deaths
Come on now”

Chance and Kelsai charge down the ramp and slide into the ring simultaneously. The crowd continues to cheer as Chance and Kelsai stand on opposite turnbuckles.

“Searching, seek and destroy
Searching, seek and destroy (I see ya)
Searching, seek and destroy
Searching, seek and destroy”

Chance and Kelsai shout at the cheering crowd before dropping from the top rope and stand in their corner, waiting for the champions.

Sharper: “Chance and Kelsai have been wanting-”

Knots: “Seeking, Sharper. It’s in their team name, you know.”

Sharper: “-an opportunity at tag team gold for quite some time now. They thought they had an opportunity back after Twisted & Sadistic won the titles when they took out Dark Fantasy and subbed in for them, but there’s a lot of doubts now about how genuine that shot was, especially since they felt they were ultimately just pawns in that particular war.”

Knots: “That’s something they have in common with the current champions, but they made their frustrations very clear on The Light In The Darkness and demanded first crack at their new title reign. Tonight, they’ve got their wish, despite Twisted & Sadistic’s efforts to brute force their way back to the front of the line. The question is… was Glory right about them not being ready for this opportunity?”

Before Sharper can respond to the flames Knots is trying to fan here, the lights suddenly go out, prompting a surprised pop from the fans. “In the Name of Love” by Arion feat. Cyan Kicks begins to play, the LED screens flickering to life to show a large wisteria tree in front of a starry night sky with a beautiful moon, the stars seeming like they’re slowly shifting and dancing around as petals from the tree fall and gracefully glide through the sky. One spotlight comes to life on the left side of the stage from the camera’s perspective, revealing Amelia Blythe standing underneath it, eyes focused on the ring and a small smile on her lips as her hands are folded in front of her, giving her the look of a proper young lady. A second spotlight comes to life on the right side of the stage, revealing La Pequeña Luz standing underneath it with the kind of grin that could light up a room all on its own as she motions with her hands for the fans to get pumped up, which they immediately proceed to do. The SCW World Tag Team Championships can be seen around their waists. The two slowly turn their attention to one another and begin closing the distance, their spotlights following them as they stop within arm’s reach of one another, where Amelia extends her hand and Luz takes it before they pull their bodies close, the center plates of the title belts meeting and the spotlights merging into one piercing through the darkness. When the song goes into the chorus, the two ladies begin to literally waltz their way down to the ring, fast and fluid to keep pace with the song as the spotlight follows their every move, leaving fans mesmerized by their synergy.

Phillips: “And their opponents, they are the SCW World Tag Team Champions; Amelia Blythe and La Pequeña Luz… The Light In The Darkness!”

As the chorus reaches its end and the two find themselves at the bottom of the ramp, they push away from one another as far as their arms will allow without letting go before quickly pointing to the LED screens with their free hands, where the night scene is immediately engulfed in white before transitioning to a video package of the two ladies in action, both together and individually. Slowly, the two release one another, the single spotlight splitting in two again as Amelia makes her way up the steps to walk across the apron on one side, wiping her feet before stepping through the ropes. Luz, meanwhile, hops up onto the apron right in front of her and grabs the top rope before vaulting herself into a somersault into the ring, landing on her feet. She moves to the center of the ring and drops to her knees, cupping her hands together in front of her while Amelia stands right behind her, hands folded before her once again. As Luz lifts her cupped hands upward, the arena lights slowly begin to come back on as Amelia takes her hands and pulls her to her feet, spinning her around one final time into a tight embrace and a soft kiss before the two remove their title belts and pass them to referee Jennifer Cassidy. As she holds the title belts up to the acknowledgement of the fans, The Light In The Darkness move to their corner to prepare for battle, with both girls shedding their robes and Amelia also removing her mask.

Sharper: “To say their second reign as SCW World Tag Team Champions hasn’t been as smooth as The Light In The Darkness would have wanted it to start would be an understatement.”

Knots: “This is the first official defense of reign number two and already they’ve not only had to deal with The Seekers demanding this match while feeling disrespected by the new champs, but also Glory and Brittany breathing down their necks about wanting a rematch for the titles.”

Sharper: “Luz and Amelia, ever the fighting champions, have been trying to find a compromise, but CHBK ultimately has the final say and he made his stance on rematches pretty clear. Regardless, this will still be quite the challenge for the young couple who have been working to elevate the tag team division over the past year.”

Jennifer Cassidy passes the title belts off to the timekeeper and checks with both teams to see who’s going to start. Luz and Amelia converse about this before they see Chance and Kelsai both step towards them, with Kelsai trying to reassure Jennifer that they aren’t trying to jump-start the match while Chance asks the champions to meet them in the center of the ring. Luz and Amelia look at one another skeptically before they carefully close the distance. To their surprise, The Seekers actually extend their hands, getting a pop from the fans. The Light In The Darkness look unsure, which leads to a conversation between both teams that we’re barely able to catch bits and pieces of through chants of “SHAKE THEIR HANDS!” that have suddenly started up. After a tense few moments, Luz and Amelia finally nod and respectfully shake their opponents’ hands to the delight of the fans before both teams return to their corners.

Knots: “I don’t think I can recall the last time these fans got so excited over a handshake, of all things. People really will cheer for anything these days.”

Sharper: “To be fair, Jon, things have been tense between these two teams leading into tonight. I don’t think The Light In The Darkness have forgotten about The Seekers calling their integrity as champions into question when they vented their frustrations over wanting a shot they feel they’ve long since earned.”

Knots: “Seems like they just managed to work that out, at least.”

Chance and Luz end up stepping out onto the apron, leaving Kelsai and Amelia as the starting combatants for each team as Jennifer signals for the bell to finally get this match underway. They slowly circle one another before Amelia moves in for a lock-up, but Kelsai quickly dodges her with a go-behind and backs off to keep some space between them. Amelia turns and they circle again before Amelia lunges once more, only for Kelsai to repeat her dodge and this time add a standing dropkick to the back of the head that sends Amelia stumbling against the ropes. Kelsai quickly moves in to irish whip her across, but Amelia twists through and uses the short-arm to pull Kelsai into position for a northern lights suplex, but as she lifts her off the mat Kelsai furiously kicks her feet and manages to squirm free before landing in front of Amelia. Amelia wastes no time in lunging in for a double leg takedown, but Kelsai manages to leap into the air to avoid it before driving Amelia’s face into the mat with a double stomp! The fans groan at the impact as Kelsai quickly backs away, watching as Amelia starts to get back to her feet while clutching at her face before she runs off the ropes and catches the champion with a basement dropkick! She quickly scrambles into a cover.

1!

2!

Amelia kicks out just as Jennifer’s hand hits the mat for the two count!

Sharper: “A fast and furious start from the challengers as Kelsai has been trying to stay one step ahead of Amelia.”

Knots: “She’s smart enough to know that if you want to prove you belong in this position, you can’t let Amelia Blythe start trying to contort your body into a work of abstract art!”

Kelsai backs away and maintains some space as Amelia slowly climbs back to her feet, carefully eyeing the challenger. She takes a deep breath before glancing over at Luz, who gives her partner a reassuring smile before she nods back and moves to try locking up with Kelsai again. Once more, Kelsai ducks underneath before going to catch Amelia as she turns with a step-up enzuigiri, but Amelia ducks it! Kelsai hits the mat and Amelia quickly grabs her leg, trying to apply an ankle lock. Kelsai immediately scrambles towards the ropes before she can get a good grip, but Amelia surprises her by abandoning the ankle lock attempt and floating over, blocking her path and opening the door for a front facelock attempt. Kelsai quickly slips free and tries to roll back to her feet, but Amelia once again snatches her ankle and attempts another ankle lock, dragging her to the center of the ring. It seems for a moment like she might finally have it locked in as Kelsai maneuvers around on her hands, reaching out to Chance for a tag that might as well be miles away. Kelsai finally manages to push her body up enough that she attempts to roll through and escape, but Amelia surprises her by releasing the ankle lock right before she rolls, only to grab her as she sits up and now apply a stump puller!

Sharper: “Kelsai not able to stay out of Amelia’s grasp for long and now one-half of the World Tag Team Champions going old school here with this submission hold!”

Knots: “It was a sound strategy on Kelsai’s part, but I think it’s safe to say Amelia knows how to pin down a quicker wrestler with how long she’s known Luz at this point.”

Jennifer Cassidy checks in with Kelsai as Amelia keeps cranking on the stump puller, but Kelsai refuses to submit. Chance starts to step into the ring, but before he gets too far Amelia sees him out of the corner of her eye and releases the hold, turning to prepare for him to charge. Chance stares her down for a moment before stepping back onto the apron. Amelia turns her focus back to Kelsai, grabbing her by the arm as she tries to get back to her feet and pulling her over to her team’s corner before tagging in Luz. Luz starts to climb to the top turnbuckle as Amelia hooks Kelsai’s arms from behind. She lifts Kelsai up into an elevated double chickenwing, holding her there for Luz to leap off with a diving crossbody that Amelia uses the momentum to chain into a high-angle tiger suplex! Luz uses the position to hook both legs for a cover as Amelia lets go of Kelsai’s arms and rolls into a position to play defense if she needs to.

1!

2!

Kelsai gets a shoulder up! Chance applauds and calls out encouragement to Kelsai from the apron as Amelia steps out onto the ring.

Sharper: “Some new tandem offense from The Light In The Darkness, showing off how well their styles mesh with each other and proving that their game keeps evolving with every match.”

Knots: “And now Kelsai’s going from worrying about being turned into a pretzel to facing someone who’s just as quick as her, if not quicker!”

Luz pulls Kelsai to her feet and whips her into the ropes. She prepares to catch her for an arm drag, but Kelsai hooks her arms under the top rope to stop herself. As Luz flips to the mat having caught nothing on the arm drag attempt, Kelsai rushes in for a basement dropkick but Luz quickly pushes herself out of the way. She attempts a leg drop, but Kelsai rolls out of the way. Kelsai scurries back to her feet and tries to catch the seated Luz with a roundhouse kick, but Luz rolls back to avoid it before lifting her legs and hooking them around Kelsai’s head in a headscissors, twisting to take her to the mat! As they both rise back to their feet, Kelsai realizes where she is and reaches up for Chance to tag in. Luz is none the wiser as she grabs Kelsai by the wrist and delivers and overhead chop across the chest to keep her stunned before running towards a neutral corner, springboarding off the ropes to take Kelsai over into an arm drag only for Chance to catch her in midair! The fans are on their feet as Chance adjusts Luz so that she’s held over his shoulder in a canadian backbreaker position as Kelsai slips her wrist free and does a double springboard up to the top rope before leaping off with a leg drop across Luz’s throat as Chance drops to his knees and drives her back across his shoulder!

Sharper: “Incredible tandem offense from The Seekers! Kelsai having the ring presence to realize she was close enough to tag Chance, and now Luz is in a bad way!”

Knots: “Chance is definitely going to be the difference maker for The Seekers. Luz and Amelia would have to merge into a single person just to have a chance of matching the size advantage he’s got on them!”

Kelsai rolls out to the apron and slowly heads back to her team’s corner, trying to recover from the onslaught she endured as Chance hauls Luz to her feet and shoves her back into a neutral corner before connecting with a stiff knife-edge chop that echoes throughout the arena! Fans hiss and wince at the impact as Luz cries out in pain, but before she can try to cover up Chance shoves her arm out of the way before bombarding her with a rapid-fire series of knife-edge chops! The roar of the fans clearly energizes him as he blisters Luz’s chest and collarbone before she slumps into a seated position in the corner. Chance starts jogging around the ring, tagging Kelsai back in as he passes her, before he ends up in the opposite corner where he charges full steam and practically throws his entire body weight into a shoulder tackle that smashes Luz in the corner! He rolls out of the way as Kelsai isn’t too far behind him, catching her in the face with a hesitation dropkick! She pulls Luz out of the corner and away from the ropes before going for a cover as Chance puts himself between them and Amelia as a precaution.

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Luz kicks out! Chance exits the ring when Jennifer Cassidy asks him to as Kelsai pulls Luz to her feet, peppering her with forearm strikes to drive her back into The Seekers’ corner. She grabs Luz by the head and goes to tag Chance back in, but Luz surprises her with a european uppercut! Kelsai backs away as Luz catches Chance in the jaw with a back elbow before throwing a forearm strike of her own to Kelsai and then throwing another back elbow at Chance. Just when it looks like she’s about to be free of this predicament, Kelsai suddenly recovers and bursts towards her with a flying forearm smash into the corner! Chance tags himself in as Kelsai rolls away, making sure she’s not close enough for Amelia to grab her as Chance steps into the ring and gets down on all fours, allowing Kelsai to rush in and launch off his back with the Orange Alert! She rolls back out to the apron as Chance grabs Luz by the wrist and pulls her out of the corner into a clothesline before going for the cover.

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Luz gets a shoulder up! As Chance rolls off her, he locks eyes with Amelia, who managed to stop herself just shy of diving in to break up the pin when Luz managed to kick out. She backs away and returns to her team’s corner.

Sharper: “The Seekers are firing on all cylinders right now! Luz may have managed to kick out now, but how much longer can she last?”

Knots: “I think all those comments by Twisted & Sadistic about The Seekers not being ready for this challenge were all the motivation they needed. Bad move, though, if their goal was rematching The Light In The Darkness!”

Chance pulls Luz back to her feet and goes to tag Kelsai back in, but Luz manages to slip out of Chance’s grasp and catches him with a forearm strike! She connects with a second forearm before turning to try and make it to her corner, but Chance grabs her by the wrist and tries to pull her into a short-arm clothesline, only for her to block it by catching his arm with a pump kick! Chance staggers, clutching at his arm, but as he turns his back to Luz he suddenly catches her with a pele kick! Luz falls to the mat, but twists as she does so that she can try to still start crawling towards her corner, where Amelia is begging for a tag as she yells encouragement to her partner. Chance realizes this and grabs Luz from behind, pulling her back to her feet before trying to plant her with a full nelson slam, only for Luz to counter it into a victory roll!

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Chance kicks out! Luz scrambles to try and move around Chance’s body to make it to Amelia, but Chance manages to grab her wrist and pull her back to try and lock in a katahajime! He looks over to Amelia, knowing full well he’s using one of her holds on her partner, but he’s surprised to find her grinning at him in response. He finds out why as Luz manages to drop to a knee and flip him over her back to escape before he can fully lock it in. Chance scrambles back to his feet and Luz tries to dive over him to make the tag, her fingertips mere centimeters away from making contact with Amelia’s, but Chance catches her and starts moving back to his team’s corner. Luz kicks her legs before managing to squirm free, pushing herself off Chance’s shoulder and landing in a sitout jawbreaker! Chance stumbles back but remains upright, making sure he maintains his nickname as he stays between Luz and Amelia. Luz takes a moment to get her bearings before charging him again, once more trying to leap over him to tag out, but this time Chance catches her in a powerbomb position! He takes a moment to adjust before going to drive Luz into the mat, but she manages to jump off his shoulders and plants him with a leg trap sunset flip powerbomb! The fans are roaring as both competitors are down, Amelia and Kelsai looking on and trying to rally their partners for the tag.

Sharper: “Luz showing incredible fight as she manages to take Chance Owens down! Now, can she make the tag and get Amelia Blythe back into this match?”

Knots: “We’ve seen it time and time again: these women are fighters and will keep going until their bodies give out on them. That fight, that passion, is why they’re the World Tag Team Champions!”

Both Luz and Chance slowly start to stir and crawl towards their corners, Kelsai yelling for Chance to hurry as Amelia is practically vibrating with the desire to get back into this match. Chance manages to make his tag first, and Kelsai vaults over the top rope and sprints over to grab Luz by the waist, pulling her up just enough to yank her away from tagging in Amelia and into a schoolgirl pin! Luz, however, quickly kicks out before Jennifer Cassidy can get into position, then shocks both Kelsai and the fans as she deadlifts Kelsai off the mat and into a stalling vertical suplex! She staggers a few times trying to hold up Kelsai’s weight in her battered state before dropping her into a sitout facebuster! The fans are chanting Luz’s name, and their cheers only grow louder as Luz manages to roll back and make the tag to Amelia, who enters the ring and immediately connects with a standing shooting star press onto Kelsai, hooking the leg!

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Chance dives in and breaks up the count! Amelia gets back to her feet and charges at Chance for a running european uppercut, but he sidesteps her and propels her into the ropes. She rebounds and Chance catches her for the Speed Bump, but Luz catches Amelia’s legs as she’s swung around and throws them in the opposite direction, blocking the Speed Bump and giving her partner the momentum she needs to swing into a crucifix hold. Luz then proceeds to catch Chance on the button with a dropsault, landing across Kelsai’s chest afterward with the standing moonsault as the impact allows for Amelia to take Chance over into a crucifix driver!

Sharper: “Amelia is in and The Light In The Darkness are reminding The Seekers of just how dangerous their tandem offense is!”

Knots: “Amelia’s all fired up! Luz showing some power we haven’t really seen out of her thus far! The Seekers may be on the verge of watching this long-sought-after opportunity go down in flames!”

Chance rolls out of the ring as Jennifer Cassidy tries to get Luz to leave the ring, which she does. Amelia hauls Kelsai to her feet and sets her in her team’s corner before peppering her with european uppercut after european uppercut, almost giving Kelsai a receipt for Chance’s onslaught of chops to Luz earlier. She tags Luz back in as Luz vaults over the top rope, running to the opposite corner as Amelia gets down on all fours to allow Luz to vault off her back, using The Seekers’ own Orange Alert against them! Amelia steps back out onto the apron before Luz asks if she wants a turn, the fans seemingly agreeing with her in wanting to see it. Amelia can only smile and nod as Luz tags her back in, getting down on all fours as Amelia runs to the opposite corner before running in and vaulting off of Luz’s back, crushing Kelsai with yet another Orange Alert. Before The Light In The Darkness can follow up, however, Chance pulls Kelsai out of the ring, supporting her weight as she leans against him while he tries to check on her and figure out a way to turn the tide back in their favor. The Light In The Darkness, however, aren’t going to let their momentum be halted that easily as Amelia once again gets down on all fours in front of the ropes. Luz runs off the opposite ropes and proceeds to use her partner as a platform one more time to soar over the top rope and take out The Seekers with the Thorn Vault! Luz, feeding off the adrenaline from the cheers of the fans, manages to pull herself back to her feet before pulling Kelsai up and throwing her back into the ring. As Luz leans against the apron, Amelia grabs Kelsai by the waist and manages to deadlift her into a bridging german suplex!

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Kelsai barely manages to get a shoulder up just before the count of three!

Sharper: “Kelsai Adamson is in a world of trouble right now! The Light In The Darkness have found their rhythm and she and Chance haven’t been able to respond!”

Knots: “A bit of newfound strength, some new and innovative tandem offense… Amelia and Luz are determined to send a message to the rest of the tag division here tonight as to why they’re back on top!”

Luz climbs back up onto the apron and grabs the tag rope as Amelia hammerlocks one of Kelsai’s arms, briefly wrenching on it before trapping that arm with her leg as she grabs Kelsai’s other hand and starts bending it at the wrist in a way it’s not meant to go, slowly moving to her fingers and manipulating the joints as Kelsai cries out in agony. Amelia then transitions into trading the hammerlock for an omoplata, moving as though she’s going to apply the Blythe Spite. She pauses, though, and looks at Luz in silent conversation before they exchange nods and Amelia instead applies a wristlock armbar to Kelsai’s other arm while maintaining the omoplata! Kelsai cries out as she swings her legs, desperately trying to make contact with the ropes as Amelia applies significant pressure on both of her arms with two simultaneous holds. Jennifer Cassidy checks in with Kelsai to see if she submits and she yells out her refusal. As Amelia applies more pressure to the hybrid submission, Chance slides into the ring and connects with a leg drop across her face to break it up! As Chance pulls Amelia away from Kelsai, Luz enters the ring, ducking a clothesline attempt from Chance and performing a handspring off the ropes into a cutter that drops him! All four competitors are down on the mat as the fans erupt in cheers for the incredible battle.

Sharper: “Amelia and Luz showing off some more new tricks, but The Seekers have kept on fighting to prove they belong here with arguably the best tag team in SCW today!”

Knots: “I’m sure Glory and Brittany have something to say about that, but it can’t be denied that The Light In The Darkness are an ever-evolving force that’s determined to keep the tag division at the forefront of everyone’s minds each and every week!”

Chants of “THIS IS AWESOME!” start breaking out as all four competitors slowly start getting back to their feet. Once their all alright again, Chance and Kelsai are the first to strike with stereo forearms to the face. Luz and Amelia stagger back before Luz responds with a forearm of her own on Kelsai while Amelia opts for a european uppercut on Chance. The two teams go back and forth exchanging strikes as the fans keep cheering them on. The stalemate is ultimately broken when Kelsai switches things up, catching Luz upside the head with a roundhouse kick! Luz drops to the mat as Amelia notices, turning to catch Kelsai with a european uppercut now only to turn around into an enzuigiri from Chance! Amelia somehow manages to stay on her feet despite the daze, but this leaves her open to a kick to the gut from Kelsai before she plants her with a sitout facebuster, driving Amelia’s face into Luz’s as she does so!

Knots: “Don’t think that’s the kind of kiss The Light In The Darkness wanted to share mid-match!”

Sharper: “The Seekers slowly fighting their way back into this match, and they may be one big move away from leaving Newark as the new World Tag Team Champions!”

Kelsai rolls Amelia off of Luz as Chance uses his foot to nudge Luz out of the ring. He steps out onto the apron and returns to the corner so Kelsai can tag him back into the match. The two of them surround Amelia as she slowly tries to get back to her feet, clutching at her face. The Seekers look at one another and nod before they both run off the ropes, laying Amelia out with the Heartstopper! Kelsai takes a moment to recover as she pulls herself up using the ropes before vaulting herself out of the ring, landing on a rising Luz with a slingshot crossbody to eliminate her from the equation as Chance goes for the cover.

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Amelia manages to get her shoulder up! Chance is stunned as the fans only seem to get louder at the thought of this match continuing. He rolls Amelia over before applying a camel clutch, trying to utilize his size advantage as he applies pressure, trying to earn the win and the titles via submission. Jennifer Cassidy checks in with Amelia, but she refuses to give up as she works to get her feet under her. She eventually does, but Chance simply cracks back on the chinlock the hold now turns into. Amelia continues to fight, slowly working her way back to her feet, but as soon as she’s finally there, Chance shoves her into the ropes and catches her on the rebound, planting her with the Brake Check! He goes for another cover.

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Amelia gets her shoulder up again!

Sharper: “Amelia now the one being planted with big move after big move, yet she continues to fight and keep her and Luz’s title reign alive.”

Knots: “We know these two do have a limit. Twisted & Sadistic found it to end their first reign, and I feel like The Seekers may be closing in on that limit to end this second reign.”

Chance is starting to look frustrated now as he starts hauling Amelia back to her feet, trying to figure out what will keep her down for the count. Amelia comes up swinging with a european uppercut that stuns him, though! Seeing an opening, Amelia starts hooking Chance for the Eye-Opener, but Chance manages to spin free before catching Amelia in the Traffic Jam! He drops to the mat, sinking the guillotine in deep as Amelia tries everything she can to create some separation, but Chance’s size and strength advantage is proving to be an insurmountable obstacle to overcome. She desperately tries to scoot the both of them closer to the ropes, hoping to get a break, but Chance just cranks on the hold even further. The fans start roaring, not at The Seekers’ seemingly impending victory, but as the shot pans back to catch Luz pulling herself to the top turnbuckle. Whatever she may have planned to try and break up the submission, however, is thwarted as Kelsai pulls herself onto the apron and grabs at Luz’s ankle, absorbing the right hands Luz throws to try and free herself as she climbs up to meet Luz on the top. She stuns Luz with a forearm strike before slowly turning her, seemingly planning something to guarantee that Luz can’t save her partner, but Luz actually throws a headbutt that stuns both women. She then hooks Kelsai and glances back, seeing Jennifer Cassidy grab Amelia’s arm to test it. We can visibly see her mouth the words ‘sorry Ames’ before she takes Kelsai off the top rope, planting her with a spanish fly that also lands on Amelia and Chance as Jennifer scurries out of the way just in time! The fans are going ballistic, especially as Jennifer waves off the submission and confirms the hold was broken just in time and the match is still going!

Sharper: “La Pequeña Luz, making a hell of a sacrifice, connecting with an incredible spanish fly that breaks up the Traffic Jam and keeps the champions in this match!”

Knots: “I know they say ‘love hurts’ but that might be the most ridiculous interpretation of it that I’ve ever witnessed, and I was married to Kennedy!”

Chants of “FIGHT FOREVER!” begin to rain down from the fans as all four competitors are down once again, though after a moment they each begin pulling themselves towards their respective corners to try and recoup. Luz ends up rolling back out onto the apron as she and Amelia pull themselves back to their feet before Luz tags herself in. She climbs to the top turnbuckle as she and Amelia discuss something before watching Kelsai start to close the distance. Amelia proceeds to launch Luz at her with the Spicy Toss, but Kelsai puts on the brakes and Chance rushes in from behind her, drilling Luz in midair with a spear! As Luz rolls over to the ropes clutching at her ribs, Kelsai rushes at Amelia as she’s stunned by this, aiming to monkey flip her into the Heatseeker, but before Chance can catch her with the diamond cutter Amelia manages to twist and catch him with a corkscrew european uppercut instead! She starts to make her way back to her feet, only for Kelsai to catch her in the back of the head with an axe kick! Jennifer Cassidy tries to restore order and get Kelsai to leave the ring, but she grabs Chance by the arm and drags him onto Amelia’s body for the pin, only to be informed that Amelia is no longer the legal woman for her team. Kelsai clutches at her head in frustration before she goes to pull Luz back to her feet, only for Luz to suddenly grab her leg and take her over with a dragon screw! Kelsai quickly tries to get back to her feet, struggling as she clutches at her leg, and Luz takes advantage by connecting with the Flash Freeze!

Sharper: “Both teams have put each other through hell and back tonight, and at this point it’s becoming a matter of who’s going to have enough left in the tank!”

Knots: “The Seekers have been impressive tonight, don’t get me wrong, but The Light In The Darkness have been in this deep water several times before now with some of the best tag teams SCW has to offer.”

Kelsai rolls out of the ring as Luz leans against the ropes, trying to get her bearings. She sees Chance slowly starting to get back to his feet and starts to measure him from behind, perhaps looking to seal the deal on this title defense. Once he’s upright again, Luz leaps onto his back for the Lights Out, but Chance stumbles forward into the ropes and uses them to throw Luz off his back. Luz rolls through and Chance suddenly moves in, swinging for the fences with the End of the Road, but Amelia manages to pull Luz to the mat and under the backfist! Chance turns to face the champions as they help one another to their feet before he lets out a furious roar and charges them. They duck under his double clothesline attempt and stun him with stereo boots to the gut before managing to take him over with a double suplex! They aren’t finished yet, however, as they roll through and manage to lift him up for a second one, only to set him on the top turnbuckle. Luz releases her front facelock and runs to climb the adjacent turnbuckles while Amelia climbs up, glancing over to make sure Luz is in position. The hesitation allows for Kelsai to sneak onto the apron and smack Chance’s boot, which Jennifer Cassidy confirms as a legal tag. Unaware of this, Amelia lets out a roar as she takes Chance off the top with a superplex, and as soon as Chance hits the canvas Luz is airborne and landing on him with the Caer del Cielo!

Sharper: “Fuego en el Cielo! Fire in the Sky! Luz and Amelia digging deep and still finding strength we didn’t know they had!”

Knots: “Chance isn’t legal anymore though! Kelsai tagged him out in the nick of time!”

As Luz hooks Chance’s leg, Jennifer waves off the pin and informs her and Amelia that a tag was made. They look to one another in surprise before the realization fully sinks in, and just as they turn around Kelsai is leaping off the top turnbuckle and catching them both with a double missile dropkick! Both women end up rolling back towards their corner, and Kelsai quickly pulls Luz into position before she climbs to the top once more and dives off, driving all the air out of Luz with a diving double stomp! She scrambles into the cover, making a deep hook of the leg.

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Amelia manages to break up the pin! Kelsai quickly gets back to her feet and dives onto Amelia, hammering away at her. Amelia manages to catch Kelsai’s arm and roll through, but Kelsai quickly rolls them both out onto the apron before Amelia can lock anything in before she kicks her off to the floor. Kelsai pulls herself up, seeing that Luz is still lifeless on the mat. Wanting to be absolutely sure, she starts slowly climbing to the top turnbuckle, trying to work through the pain coursing through her entire body as she prepares to attempt the Bombs Away. As she steadies herself, however, she pauses in her efforts as she sees Amelia pull herself onto the apron, grabbing the tag rope and reaching in to tag Luz’s hand. Realizing who’s legal now, Kelsai leaps off the top as Amelia moves to try and grab her, landing on her feet and rolling through but staggering a bit in the process. This gives Amelia an opening as she scrambles into the ring and rushes Kelsai, who ducks underneath the clothesline attempt. Amelia rebounds and Kelsai prepares to catch her with something, but Luz suddenly pops up behind her and grabs her from behind as she and Amelia connect with the Wisteria Waltz! Amelia hooks the leg as Luz staggers back to her feet, only to suddenly be blasted by the End of the Road! Chance falls into a cover on Luz, not realizing that neither one of them are legal anymore.

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Jennifer Cassidy calls for the bell as Chance starts to rise with an arm raised in victory, only for “In the Name of Love” by Arion feat. Cyan Kicks to hit again. Chance looks at the referee in confusion, only to see Amelia pinning Kelsai and realizing too late that they became the legal competitors at some point while he was down and out. He slumps over, clutching his head in frustration at just how close he feels they came as Jennifer verifies his suspicions.

Phillips: “Here are your winners, and STILL SCW World Tag Team Champions… The Light In The Darkness!”

Sharper: “An absolutely incredible match between these two teams, but The Light In The Darkness once again find a way to push each other beyond their limits and across the finish line!”

Knots: “Some of the things I saw tonight from Luz and Amelia were unreal, especially at the end when Luz, somehow, found enough strength to initiate the Wisteria Waltz with Amelia despite being seemingly toast. These two may very well be the best tag team in SCW today, the situation with Twisted & Sadistic be damned.”

Sharper: “Take nothing away from The Seekers, though, folks. They gave the champs a hell of a fight tonight, and under different circumstances, they could have very well been walking out of the Prudential Center as your new champions. I have a feeling tonight isn’t the last time they’ll find themselves challenging for the World Tag Team Titles, and that gold could very well be theirs if they keep showing the fight they did tonight.”

Amelia crawls over to Luz, realizing what happened during the pin as she helps her partner up, leaning down to give her a kiss that seems to breathe some life back into her. Luz hears their music playing and smiles as Amelia helps her back to her feet before Jennifer Cassidy hands them both their titles and raises their arms in victory. The Light In The Darkness lean against one another and the ropes as they take in the fight they just went through, their attention turning to The Seekers as Kelsai starts to come to while Chance just sits beside her in disbelief. After a moment, Luz and Amelia slowly make their way over to them, kneeling down and exchanging words with their challengers. Whatever the champions have to say, though, does seem to earn them a nod from Chance. He and Kelsai even briefly smile as they shake hands with The Light In The Darkness as a final show of respect before the champions slowly climb out of the ring, with Luz draping the arm holding her title belt over Amelia’s shoulder as the latter helps the former to the back, leaving them to celebrate their victory as The Seekers regroup in the ring and contemplate how to return to this point and earn another opportunity down the road.

We hear majestic music playing we see Deanna Frost and Selena Frost riding horses, Deanna’s brown, while Selena’s is white. They move forward before Deanna stops as Selena pulls out a old-timey map.

Selena: “Hmmm…should be…right around-“

Deanna: “That it?”

The camera turns to show a very obvious shot of the Gateway Arch with St. Louis and the surrounding metropolis around it. We hear the sound of a ball being hit in Busch Gardens before showing a shot of people walking downtown, and a shot of the Missouri Botanical Gardens. We then cut to see Selena and Deanna now coming down the street on their horses before Selena steps off and looks up. The camera turns to show the Dome at America’s Center.

Selena: “So this is where we need to go?”

Deanna: “Looks like it.”

Selena: “Let’s just hope everything is in one piece.”

Deanna: “If not, you’ve got another main event in you, right?”

Selena and Deanna head over to the building before we cut to shots of Selena Frost standing as World Champion at Rise to Greatness, before showing shots of Syren coming to the ring, Gavin Taylor hitting a Gavin Taylor Lariat, Kandis posing with Tommy Valentine, and Adam Allocco posing in the ring. The Rise to Greatness XXI logo comes up on the screen.

Rise to Greatness XXI

July 28, 2024

St. Louis, Missouri

The scene slowly fades to black.

Autumn Valentine vs. “Wolfsbane” Adam Brock

“Watching sand fall...

And listening for the knock
Upon my door (Listen)
And waiting...
For Promised Land”

FWOOSH!!! A series of red, gold and silver fireworks go off at the top of the ramp in a shimmering cascade. A roaming spotlight seeks to penetrate the darkness and find something... Or, perhaps, SOMEONE. A momentary silence, then...

POW!

Four blue fireworks go off and engulf the stage in their light. And as they die away, the darkness falls once more. But it’s not complete... The roaming spotlight catches glimpses of movement, but it’s too indistinct.

“Standing deep in life
My ring of brass
Lay rusting on the floor
Is this all?
Cause it’s not
What I expected!”

BAM!

White-hot green fireworks go off now and this time the spotlight DOES catch someone. Standing there amid the ghastly green glow is the one and only “Wolfsbane” Adam Brock! The fans erupt in a cavalcade of screaming and applause that seems to catch him off guard, but only for a second. He grins wickedly and makes his way down the ramp, slapping hands with the fans and pausing to hug a little boy.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a thirty minute time limit. First, on his way to the ring, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he is Wolfsbane, Adam Brock!”

He jogs up the ring steps before grabbing the top rope and catapulting over it to stand in the middle of the ring. Once his feet make contact, the cleverly disguised pyro containers secured to the ringposts go off and send showers of purple confetti fireworks all over the crowd. It showers down over him as he turns a slow circle in the ring, basking in the cheers of the adoring fans. When the last of the confetti touches down, Adam does one final turn to face the ramp, hands resting on his legs above his knees.

Sharper: “Adam Brock has every desire for revenge tonight against Autumn Valentine-“

Knots: “No! No…he’s not facing Autumn Valentine. He’s facing Fall St. Patrick.”

Sharper: “Are we seriously going with this?”

Knots: “I don’t need to lose more braincells Sharper!”

Sharper: “Brock has declared war against the LexyCorp because of Autumn’s intervention into the ladder match at Retribution. It cost Brock the title shot we’ll see Simon Lyman get tonight. And Brock has since helped end Syren’s winning streak, went after Autumn Valentine, and more.”

A woman’s voice can be heard as the video screens display the words she's saying in unison.

"Lexy Chapel Proudly Presents"

“FALL ST. PATRICK!”

Then a terribly remixed version of “Miss Nothing” by the Pretty Reckless plays as the cameras cut to the stage. We then see what looks obviously to be Autumn Valentine dressed in her gear, but wearing a green mask with a four-leafed clover on it. Lexy Chapel walks out, holding her lanyard and showing off Fall St. Patrick.

Phillips: “And his opponent, accompanied by Lexy Chapel, Lexy Chapel proudly presents, from Dublin, Ireland, she is Fall St. Patrick!”

Autumn does her AVW handsymbols too as Lexy Chapel smiles, smacking Autumn before correcting her. “Fall St. Patrick” then does new hand symbols. Autumn…I mean Fall St. Patrick makes her way to the ring. She then reaches the ring and hops onto the apron. Lexy Chapel yells at Adam Brock as Fall shrugs and flips into the ring. She hops up and throws her arm up as her music fades out. She looks at Brock as Brock shakes his head.

Sharper: “And Fall St. Patrick is here-“

Knots: “Presented by Lexy Chapel! The PRIDE of Dublin.”

Sharper: “Good lord. This farce here, but we know why this is happening. She wants Autumn back in title contention. CHBK said Autumn cost herself and now Lexy is jumping through hoops to make Fall St. Patrick a thing.”

Knots: “She’s not a thing, Sharper. Women have rights now, unless you’re in Texas!”

Sharper: “You know what I mean, Jon!”

The bell sounds as Brock looks at FSP. FSP stretches out as Lexy taunts Brock. Brock glares at her as the two circle and then Brock runs at FSP as FSP suddenly does the same. Brock goes for a clothesline. FSP somersaults under and turns and then nails Brock with a hard right and then another and another. The official warns her as FSP knocks him into the ropes. She then steps back and kicks him in the stomach over and over, causing Brock to falls through the ropes and to the apron.

FSP runs across the ring. She bounces off and Brock spins on the apron as FSP goes for a running Yakuza kick. She is hung up on the top rope and Brock turns and hits a running forearm shot. FSP falls back into the ring. She rolls over and Brock enters. FSP gets up and Brock scoops her up and slams her down. FSP rolls over and moves to the corner.

Sharper: “Hard slam and just more using the impact to quickly stop FSP’s early attack.”

Knots: “Both going after the other. Looks like FSP is looking for revenge for Syren. Autumn is a friend of Syren obviously.”

FSP climbs up to her feet and Brock kicks her in the ribs. He then grabs her and whips her across the ring. FSP hits the corner and staggers out only for Brock to hit a back body drop. Lexy paces early as FSP rolls over and gets up and Brock jumps up and hits a dropkick. He goes for the pin.

FSP kicks out. She rolls over and gets up and Brock sticks right on her and clubs her in the back before nailing her again. FSP turns to the ropes. Brock then hits a body shot to the stomach and then another before whipping FSP into the ropes. FSP hits the ropes, but grabs the top rope and drops down, sliding to the floor. The crowd boos a bit as Brock turns and FSP walks around. Lexy Chapel nods.

Chapel: “Yes! Smart! Take a moment. Make him stop. Yeah!”

Chapel joins FSP as they walk around the ring.

Knots: “There’s some solid managing.”

Sharper: “What’s she telling her, Jon.”

Knots: “The hell do I know. I’m not that eccentric!”

FSP and Chapel stop and Brock then turns and runs at the ropes. Lexy and FSP shove away from one another as Brock hooks his arms on the top rope and flips through to the apron. FSP turns and Brock hits a running kick. FSP hits the mats. The crowd ohs. Chapel yells at him. Brock turns to him and Lexy backs up, holding up her lanyard. The official gets Lexy back as Brock drops down to the mats. He grabs FSP and pulls her up and rolls her into the ring. Brock turns and slides in, but FSP gets up and dives onto him, driving her forearms into his back. Brock goes down and FSP gets up and stomps him in the back over and over and over again. The crowd looks on, some cheering, many booing. FSP ignores them as Chapel shakes her head.

Chapel: “Yaaaay! Yaaaaay! Why would you boo Ireland like this!”

FSP then grabs Brock and pulls him up only to take him down with a snapmare and then run into the ropes, bouncing off and hitting a leg lariat to the back of the head. Brock falls to the mat. FSP goes for the pin.

Sharper: “Chapel not liking the crowd reaction as FSP is getting this going.”

Knots: “Fall St. Patrick trying to see how flexible Brock is with that kick bending him oddly.”

Sharper: “Cover!”

Brock kicks out. Brock rolls over as FSP gets up and Brock gets up in the corner. Fall St. Patrick kicks him in the ribs and then backs up and hits a shoot kick to the chest and then one to the stomach before jumping off the middle rope and hitting a kick to the head. Brock stumbles out of the corner and FSP runs across the ring. She bounces off and runs at Brock, but Brock then gets a burst of speed and drills her with a shoulder tackle as she jumps up. FSP hits the mat hard and rolls back head over heels. She starts to get up and Brock runs at her and hits a running clothesline into the corner. FSP falls out of the corner and to the mat. Brock hooks the leg.

FSP kicks out. Brock turns as FSP rolls over and Brock then drags her up. He then hooks her up by the head and arm and hits a vertical suplex. Brock gets up and runs into the ropes, bouncing off and hitting a powerdrive elbow. He gets up and runs into the ropes and hits a second powerdrive elbow. He gets up, running again into the ropes, bouncing off and hits a third powerdrive elbow. Brock then leans over.

Brock: “You can quit or we’re just getting started.”

Brock hooks the leg.

FSP kicks out and then spits at Brock. Brock smirks as Lexy yells at Brock.

Chapel: “Yeah! Take that!”

Sharper: “And the blatant disrespect!”

Knots: “Cuts both ways, Sharper. Brock is angry and FSP isn’t going to take it.”

Brock then grabs FSP by the head and mask and drags her up before kneeing her in the ribs. He whips her into the corner and FSP hits the corner. Brock steps up and grabs her and pulls her out and then hits a short-arm clothesline. FSP rolls over and Brock grabs her and spins her through with a swinging neckbreaker. He goes for the pin.

FSP kicks out. She rolls over and stirs as Brock turns and grabs him and Lexy climbs onto the apron. The official tells her to get down as FSP uses the ropes to get up. Brock grabs her from behind, but FSP then hits a mule kick. Brock stumbles back, holding himself as Chapel then backs off, jumping down and smiles as the official turns around as FSP then runs at Brock as he kneels up and drills him with a vicious front thrust kick.

Knots: “Chapel helping her not really wife!”

Sharper: “And a vicious boot. Shades of the Double Eff You by Autumn Valentine.”

Knots: “Fall St. Patrick!”

FSP rolls Brock over and hooks the leg.

Brock gets his shoulder up. He turns and FSP gets up and walks around the ring. Brock then starts to get up and FSP steps forward and hits a rolling wheel kick to the jaw. Brock falls to the mat. FSP looks around as then moves to the corner, jumping up and hitting a split-legged moonsault. She hooks the leg.

Brock gets his shoulder up. FSP kneels next to him, looking out as Chapel tries to start an FSP chant. It gets some purchase from the crowd as FSP gets up. Brock stirs and FSP drags him up by the hair before then hitting a Russian leg sweep. FSP rolls through and then turns and climbs up to the middle turnbuckle and then the top turnbuckle. She then turns and hits a corkscrew moonsault onto Brock.

Chapel: “That’s right! Four Leaf Clover!”

Sharper: “Did you get that?”

Knots: “Guess Chapel is naming that one! And Brock is trouble!”

FSP turns and hooks the leg.

Brock gets his shoulder up. FSP gets up and turns as Brock slowly rolls over. FSP elbows him in the back of the head and then again before turning and runs into the ropes. She bounces off and jumps up, but Brock steps up and catches her. He then steps up again and throws her overhead with the Full Moon! The crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Full Moon! Overhead! Brock caught her!”

Knots: “That’s the luck of the Irish, Lexy!”

FSP rolls over and slowly gets up, holding her back and Brock gets up behind her and grabs her by the head and arm and tries to lock in the cobra clutch. Fall fights it off before dropping down and hitting a jawjacker. Brock staggers back and Fall gets up and then jumps to the middle rope and goes for a moonsault, but Brock backs up and Fall lands on her feet only for Brock to lock in a full nelson and hit the Silent Screams! Brock drops down, hooking the leg.

FSP gets her shoulder up. Brock rolls off.

Sharper: “And only two. Brock taking a moment to figure out what he needs to do.”

Knots: “Well if this continues, he can keep attacking, keep hurting her. Keep extracting that revenge.”

Sharper: “But the best revenge is always a victory.”

FSP rolls over as Brock turns and grabs her by the head. He drags her up and then knees her in the chest before kneeing her again only to whip her into the ropes. FSP bounces off and Brock scoops her up onto his shoulder, but FSP kicks her legs. She starts to somersault forward, but Brock catches her and locks in the Desert Heat. He tries to fully lock it in, but FSP struggles and pushes and slides her head out, causing the mask to pop off. The obvious Autumn Valentine in the ring looks around as Lexy Chapel’s eyes widen.

Sharper: “And FSP has been unmasked-“

Knots: “My God! It’s Autumn Valentine!”

Sharper: “We knew that.”

Knots: “Are you sure?!”

Sharper: “Stop it!”

Brock however moves back as FSP…er…Autumn gets up and turns and runs at Brock, but Brock then jumps up and hits the Appetite for Destruction as she runs in. The crowd ohs. Brock goes for the pin.

The bell sounds as the crowd roars. Lexy Chapel runs over and grabs the mask and pulls it away. She tries to wave off the win as Brock rolls off.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Wolfsbane Adam Brock!”

Sharper: “Brock wins after Autumn is unmasked and catches her with the Appetite for Destruction. It’s not an Adrenaline Title shot, but it may dash Autumn’s more.”

Knots: “And Lexy is already arguing with the official!”

Brock has his arm raised, ignoring Chapel as Chapel tries to plead her case as Autumn rolls over, holding her jaw in pain. Brock turns and plays to the crowd before turning and seeing Chapel. He storms over. Chapel backs away as the official stops Brock. Brock looks at Lexy Chapel, glaring at her before the scene cuts away.

Backstage, we see a shot of The One Kirsten Scott sitting in her locker room, looking down at the floor, deep in thought. In another shot, we see Selena Frost’s tour bus, cut off from cameras, not showing Selena Frost at all. We then go to a split screen of the two.

Sharper: “You see Kirsten Scott preparing for her huge World Championship match later tonight. We assume Selena is preparing herself too, but she’s in her tour bus. She refused SCW cameras.”

Knots: “Clearly not going to do anything more than she has to.”

Sharper: “Or maybe just deep in focus. Either way, World Title on the line still to come tonight. Kirsten Scott challenges Selena Frost!”

The split screen remains on the screen for several moments longer.

Team Desire vs. Cowgirls From Hell vs. European Fiery Nation vs. Marie Jones & "The Ronin" Chris Dumont vs. Body, Heart, and Soul vs. Twisted & Sadistic

For an SCW World Tag Team Championship Opportunity

A coin can be heard dropping into a coin slot and then the words “START GAME” show up on SCW’s Jumbotron. A bunch of girls can be heard giggling before “C’est La Vie” by B*Witched begins to play.

Phillips: “The following contest is a six team fight scheduled for onefall with a thirty minute time limit.”

Sharper: “Wow. One fall to a finish. CHBK said, screw it – Twisted & Sadistic have to go through a wall to get their shot after what they did.”

Phillips: “First, on their way to the ring, they are Body, Heart, and Soul, Colleen and Aisling!”

The music plays for quite some time and it is not until it comes to the first chorus that Colleen and Aisling walk out from behind, wearing matching pantsuits. They look around before starting to head to the ring. Colleen looks on focused as Aisling plays to the crowd a bit. They make their walk down the ramp. Colleen and Aisling reach the ring and slide in. They get to their feet and raise their arms overhead. Colleen and Aisling walks around the ring.

Sharper: “We’ve already heard some in this tag brawl, that’s what we need to call it, share their thoughts. Body, Heart, and Soul focusing on getting into the ring and doing it.”

Knots: “Polly did it earlier. Time for Aisling and Colleen to do the same. And maybe join everyone else in getting a sliver of revenge over what Twisted & Sadistic was doing!”

The arena lights dim down and pink light shine on the stage. “Kings & Queens” by Ava Max plays as The Queen of Queens and Goddess of Desire Katie Steward steps out on the stage. She walks her beautiful white and gold religious ring robe that is popelike and spins around in a circle showing it off the crowd. Giovanna Steward follows behind her wearing her leather spiked “Brat Club” jacket and a black bandana covering the lower half of her face. TJ Johnson walks out onto the stage with Katie and the two nod to on another before Katie continues her walk to the ring with her arms out and his hands at shoulder length while Gigi follows behind.

Phillips: “Next, accompanied by TJ Johnson, they are Katie and Gigi Steward, Team Desire!”

Katie walks around the ring and Gigi rolls under the bottom rope. Katie walks up the ring steps carefully and across the apron. TJ runs up after her and holds open the ropes for her to enter the ring. Katie walks to the center of the ring and she disrobes for the crowd. She shows off her wrestling attire. TJ takes her robe and exits the ring and Katie to her corner.

Sharper: “TJ Johnson good enough to be here after being attacked by Brittany Lohan and Glory Braddock. Katie and Gigi meanwhile could finally get the shot they’ve wanted for a year. They’ve gotten close, but then just stopped when they are about to taste it.”

Knots: “How great would be it be to see them finally get their shot and finally see Katie Steward make more history!”

“Wild Thing” by X plays as the crowd cheers a bit. A few moments pass before “The Ronin” Chris Dumont walks out from the back. He looks around the arena, taking it all in before starting to head to the ring. He throws his fist in the air as he does, focusing on the battleground before him.

Phillips: “Next, from New Orleans, Louisiana, he is The Ronin, Chris Dumont!”

The crowd cheers a bit as Dumont heads to the ring and hops onto the apron. He wipes his feet and enters before heading over to the corner, raising his fist as he does.

Sharper: “A unique team here – Chris Dumont would normally team with David Striker.”

Knots: “I think he’ll be otherwise engaged tonight!”

Sharper: “So he’ll be teaming with Marie Jones who came to help after Marie and Colleen fought for the Television Championship when Aisling and Polly were being attacked by Twisted & Sadistic.”

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

Phillips: His partner, from Boston, Massachusetts…”

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

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

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

Sharper: “And while Marie may have done the chivalrous thing by helping Body, Heart, and Soul, the fact is that she did win the TV Title from Colleen!”

Knots: “And Colleen knows it. Look at that look.”

“Off To War” by Behemoth plays over the sound system with the lights being dark as ever as Ginny in the middle, Ludvig on the left and Dakon on the right-hand sides, looking at the crowd and got heavy boos. When the lights briefly came back on, you see Dakon, Ludvig and Ginny waving their Norway, Sweden, and German flags.

Phillips: “Next, making their way to the ring, accompanied by Ginny Raab, coming from Sweden and Norway, they are Ludvig Eriksson and Dakon Theron known as The European Fiery Nation.”

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. When the lights returned, Ludvig and Dakon wait for the match to start.

Sharper: “And this could be to their benefit? Can be they disqualified? I don’t believe so.”

Knots: “Oh God. So they can do what they want.”

Sharper: “Maybe and maybe that’s the point!”

“Hey hey mama said the way you move is gonna make you sweat gonna make you groove”

A live version of Miley Cyrus’s cover of Black Dog (by Led Zeppelin) kicks into full gear with the iconic Jimmy Page guitar riff as the sound of Screaming Eagle tailpipes fills the arena and the fans are on their feet cheering.

“Ah ha child, way ya shake that thing, gonna make you burn, gonna make you sting”

Phillips: “Making their way to the ring at this time…”

From the side of the stage the “Baba Jaga” Veronica Strader rides out on a chopped and blacked out ‘45 Harley Davidson Panhead wearing snakeskin boots, purple leather jeans, black retro CFH fitted tank top under a stone washed blue denim biker kutte with the Cowgirls rockers and patch on the back. Cara rides out on a blacked out Harley Davidson Softail in snakeskin boots, Jim Morrison styled brown leather pants, a new style white CFH crop top under a stone washed denim kutte with CFH patch and rockers.

Phillips: “…hailing from London, Ontario Canada by way of Houston, Texas…”

“Hey hey baby, when you walk that way… Watch that honey drip, you a bad bitch can’t keep away”

They hit their throttles, the V-Twin engines cranking that trademark Harley rumble through the arena.

Phillips: “Veronica and Cara Strader…. THE COWGIRLS FROM HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!”

“Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah ah ah. Oh yeah, Oh Yeah, ah… ahh… ahhhh”

Veronica raises her left fist and Cara her right before they burn out and fly down to ringside, going around the right side of the ring and parking beside one another at the bottom of the ramp.

“Gotta flaming heart, can’t get my fill”

They walk the steel steps, and wipe their boots before stepping between the top and middle ropes. Taking centre ring, Cara poses ala HBK with Veronica standing behind her, fists in the air as all four ring posts have fire blow out like a flamethrower into the air. The sisters double fist bump, taking their corner.

Sharper: “And this is the wild card as far as I’m concerned. They showed what they could do on Breakdown. They had a fight with the EFN.”

Knots: “And for their next trick – take on the entire tag division!”

Sharper: “And I think they may be up for it!”

The opening riff to “Best of Both Worlds” by Van Halen begins to play. Glory Braddock and Brittany Lohan emerge from behind the curtain simultaneously. The fans boo while Glory goes from one end of the stage to the other, playing to the crowd and getting them into it. Lohan, meanwhile, continues her march to the ring.

Phillips: “And finally, the team of Brittany Lohan and Glory Braddock, they are Twisted & Sadistic!”

“Something reached out and touched me
Now I know all I want
I want the best of both worlds
And honey I know what it's worth
If we could have the best of both worlds
We'd have Heaven right here on Earth”

Braddock springs towards the ring, catching up with Lohan in time to slide in just barely ahead of her underneath the bottom rope. Lohan enters the ring the traditional way. Brittany remains stoic in the center of the ring while Glory again plays to the crowd, going to each of the four corners and raising her arms high in the air, drawing cheers from the fans. Braddock then rejoins Lohan in the center of the ring as the music dies down. They look around as the crowd roars. Lohan smirks as Braddock watches everyone.

Sharper: “And you have to admire the gumption here.”

Knots: “You declare war on everyone and you come to the ring and not just that, stand in the middle of it.”

Sharper: “Could be foolish, or could be to make a point. They said it earlier. They think they should have the tag title opportunity tonight and they believe they are better than everyone out here.”

Knots: “Time to test it!”

The crowd roars as Lohan and Braddock look around at the other five teams. Lohan and Braddock then tell them to bring it. The bell sounds and the crowd roars as Jones and Dumont, Body, Heart and Soul, Cowgirls from Hell, Team Desire and EFN all rush Lohan and Braddock. Braddock and Lohan throw some right hands, but they are quickly overwhelmed as EFN and the Cowgirls go after Lohan and Braddock is overwhelmed by Body, Heart, and Soul and Jones and Dumont. Katie and Gigi both get some shots in as Braddock is forced to the mat. Lohan is forced down too. The attacking teams turn to stomps as Lohan and Braddock are stomped out of the ring. Theron then turns and grabs Veronica Strader in a waistlock and throws her back with a release German suplex. Cara Strader turns to Eriksson and nails him with a shot as Katie and Gigi then go after Cara and Eriksson. They cover up and Gigi and Katie hit a series of hard forearm shots and Eriksson and Cara Strader go through the ropes to the floor. Dumont and Jones then run over and nail Katie from behind as Colleen and Aisling go after Gigi.

Sharper: “Braddock and Lohan forced to the floor. And Theron throwing Veronica Strader back.”

Knots: “Cowgirls out. EFN out of the ring. And you can see Dumont and Jones and Aisling and Colleen. They’re actually working together.”

Sharper: “Divide and conquer.”

Colleen and Aisling kick Gigi in the ribs. They send her off into the ropes. Gigi bounces off and Aisling hits a basement dropkick. Gigi falls to the mat and Colleen jumps up with a hip drop to her back. Gigi rolls over in pain. Dumont and Jones attack Katie before they go to whip her across. There’s a degree of miscommunication before they get her to the opposite side of the ring. Katie then grabs the top rope and drops down to the floor, rolling to the floor. Dumont and Jones step up. They briefly talk before turning to Colleen and Aisling. As this happens, Theron returns to the ring and hits a running clothesline on Body, Heart, and Soul. Dumont runs over and nails Theron with a shot and Jones kicks him in the ribs. Ronin then nails him in the ribs and Theron staggers back as Marie jumps to the middle rope and hits a moonsault into a reverse DDT on Theron. Just as she is about to go for a pin, Veronica Strader reaches in and pulls her out of the ring by the leg. Marie turns and Veronica grabs her and hits the Strader-Style on the floor. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Exploder on the floor. And this is the issue. It’s constant movement! And The Ronin, Chris Dumont going to help his partner!”

He runs at the ropes and dives through, nailing Veronica with a forearm on impact before they both fall to the mats. The crowd roars. Eriksson then rolls Cara into the ring. Eriksson slides in and Cara gets up and Eriksson jumps up and hits a cutter. He turns and goes for the pin.

Colleen and Aisling pull him off. They then force him up and both grab him before hitting a double Russian leg sweep. Aisling and Colleen roll back before Katie pulls Aisling to the floor. Aisling turns and Katie turns and throws her back first into the announce table. The crowd ohs.

Knots: “Hey! We don’t want her!”

Sharper: “Aisling into our table. Katie Steward quickly reinterjecting herself into this one.”

Colleen reaches through and goes to grab at Katie, but Katie jukes back as Cara pulls Colleen back and pulls her in before hitting the Afghan-Hashish. The crowd ohs. Cara rolls her over for the pin.

Gigi runs over and hits an elbow drop, breaking up the pin. Katie rolls in. Cara rolls over and gets up and she goes for a clothesline on Gigi, but Gigi ducks. Katie then hits a superkick. Cara falls back and Gigi jumps up and hits the backstabber. The crowd ohs. Gigi goes for the pin.

Dumont returns to the ring and shoves her off. Katie then turns and stomps Dumont a few times before she runs into the ropes. She bounces off and Dumont hits her with a roundhouse before turning into a thurst open hand palm strike before then jumping off the ropes and catching Gigi instead with the spinning back roundhouse.

Sharper: “Dumont throwing those strikes around. The Stewards don’t know what hit them!”

Knots: “Definitely not after!”

Dumont then turns to Katie who hits the Botox Injection. Dumont stumbles back and to the ropes. Katie then turns as Lohan enters the ring and hoists Katie up and hits a vicious spinebuster. She rolls through for the pin.

Veronica pulls her off and Lohan moves to her back and kicks at Veronica. Veronica staggers back. Lohan gets up as Glory then runs along the apron and hits a somersault dive off the apron, taking down Veronica on the floor. Lohan smirks. Lohan then gets up and looks around as the crowd roars. Marie re-enters the ring and nails Lohan with a couple of shots.

Sharper: “Lohan saved by Glory Braddock as they are back in. The dust settling some only to be kicked up again.”

Knots: “Marie is working on Lohan, but EFN is starting to get the weapons!”

Sharper: “And they don’t need much. They each have chairs!”

Marie then kicks Lohan in the ribs and runs into the ropes. She bounces off and goes for a swinging neckbreaker, but Lohan shrugs her off. Marie then runs at Lohan and Lohan shoulders her down. But then, Lohan turns around as Theron and Eriksson re-enter the ring and Theron nails Lohan in the ribs with a chair. Eriksson then swings and slams the chair into Lohan’s back. The crowd ohs. Marie starts to get up and Theron slams the chair into her back. Marie goes through the ropes to the floor. Eriksson then throws a chair at Glory as she looks at the ring. Glory walks around before going to get up and rolling into the ring. Theron turns away from Lohan and Glory gets up and nails Theron with a shot and chops Eriksson before Theron hits a European uppercut. He then pushes Glory into the ropes and Glory bounces off only for Theron to lift her up and Eriksson jumps up with a cutter. Eriksson goes for the pin.

Aisling breaks it up by diving off the top rope and hitting a swanton bomb, taking advantage of Theron focusing on the Straders on the floor.

Sharper: “Swanton by Aisling! The Body of Body, Heart, and Soul breaks it up!”

Knots: “And with so many bodies, Theron was focused on the wrong one!”

Eriksson rolls over as Aisling gets up and turns and Theron kicks her in the ribs. He then clubs her in the back once and then again before whipping her into the corner. Theron runs at her, but Aisling jumps up and wraps her legs around him and locks in the tarantula. Colleen enters the ring and runs over, nailing Theron in the face with a hip attack. Aisling lets go and Theron drops to the mat. Colleen goes for the pin.

Cara and Veronica pull her out. Colleen lands hard chest first on the mat. Veronica then bends Cara over and hoists her up before hitting the Bitch Bomb on Colleen on the floor. The crowd ohs. Aisling then grabs the top rope and somersaults over, landing on Veronica. The crowd roars. Aisling turns and gets up and Cara grabs Aisling and hits the Indica Dreams. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “So much happening. Aisling takes down Veronica after the Cowgirls attack Colleen!”

Knots: “And Cara got Aisling!”

Sharper: “Indica Dreams-Look out!”

The Ronin Chris Dumont again makes his present felt as he exits to the apron and runs along and dives off with a diving, twisting European uppercut to Cara. The crowd ohs. Dumont rolls over and gets up and staggers around. He plays to the crowd before turning and checking on Aisling and Colleen only for Gigi Steward to climb up to the top rope. She then dives off with a crossbody off the top onto Dumont. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Gigi! Gigi Steward off the top! Onto Dumont!”

Knots: “And she’s going to try and get him into the ring!”

Gigi drags Dumont up and moves him into the ring. She then motions to Katie who climbs up to the top rope. She turns so her back is facing the ring. She dives off with the praying moonsault and stays for the pin!

Marie dives onto Katie. Katie rolls off. Marie rolls off and Gigi slides in. Gigi runs over to Marie and nails her with a forearm shot and then another before Gigi goes to whip Marie into the ropes. Marie bounces off and Gigi lifts her up, but Glory reaches up and pulls her down. Gigi turns as Katie steps up. Marie and Glory then hit double dropkicks, knocking Team Desire down. Marie gets up and turns to Glory as Glory looks at her. Dumont and Colleen both see this from the floor. Marie and Glory share a few words before suddenly Brittany comes in and blasts Marie Jones with the For Your Eyes Only. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Marie and Glory Braddock, they’re cousins. And Glory just saved Marie before Lohan took her head off.”

Knots: “Family can come later. They have other things to worry about now.”

Glory and Lohan then turn and both stomp at Eriksson and Theron, forcing them out of the ring. Colleen and Dumont enter the ring and Dumont runs for Lohan. Colleen to Braddock. They get a few shots in on the former World Tag Team Champions before they both go to whip Lohan and Braddock across. Both Braddock and Lohan stop at the ropes and Colleen and Dumont run at them only to be back dropped up and over the top rope to the floor.

Sharper: “Twisted and Sadistic controlling the ring. And…”

Knots: “I think someone is going to challenge that.”

Cara and Veronica Strader both enter the ring. They step up. Veronica rubs her jaw as Lohan and Braddock turn back. The crowd roars seeing the two teams standing across from one another. Veronica and Cara look at each other as Braddock and Lohan do the same. They then lunge. Veronica and Lohan trade blows as Cara and Glory do the same. The crowd erupts as they go back and forth, throwing right hands and just giving whatever they can at one another. Each pair then grabs each other’s heads to avoid the other from dropping out and keep hammering away. The crowd cheers some more as Braddock and Cara, and Lohan and Veronica keep hammering away. Aisling and Dumont then climb up adjacent corners. EFN enter with two new chairs. They then both throw their chairs as Lohan and Veronica. They both go down as Dumont and Aisling dive off the top rope, each hitting missile dropkicks, hitting Braddock and Cara, knocking them down. EFN then each grab one of Veronica and Lohan and throw them out of the ring. Dumont and Aisling do the same with Cara and Braddock. Dumont then turns and runs at Theron and Eriksson who lift him up and turn and throw him over the top rope. Dumont kicks his legs as he plummets to the floor. The crowd ohs. EFN smirk before turning around as Colleen enters and joins Aisling.

Sharper: “Dumont launched…my God!”

Knots: “And Colleen and Aisling now going after EFN. They can never get away from them!”

Colleen and Aisling then go after Theron and Eriksson. Aisling kicks Eriksson as Colleen goes after Theron. They trade a few blows before Theron and Eriksson get the advantage. They strike Colleen and Aisling back to the ropes. They then fire them across. Eriksson and Theron step up, but Aisling and Colleen slide under their arms. Theron and Eriksson turn around and Colleen spears Theron down as Aisling hits an enziguri kick. Eriksson rolls out of the ring. Aisling and Colleen then each get up and Gigi re-enters and hits the Nirvana on Colleen as Katie grabs Aisling by the arms and twists her around for the Platinum Blonde. The crowd erupts.

Sharper: “Gigi with Nirvana! Katie with the Platinum Blonde!”

Knots: “Are they! Can they? Title shot for the Stewards!”

Katie and Gigi go for the pin, only feet apart.

Marie springboards to the top rope and hits a top rope moonsault onto both, landing on their heads, breaking up both pins. The crowd ohs. Katie and Gigi roll out of the ring. Marie gets up as Veronica and Cara Strader enter the ring. Marie spins around before Cara nails her with a hard right. Marie turns and Veronica hoists her up on her shoulders. The crowd erupts as Cara exits to the apron and climbs up to the top rope. She then dives off and hits the SGS on Marie.

Sharper: “Snitches get Stitches!”

Knots: “Marie planted! And the Cowgirls have this! Two matches in and maybe…”

Cara turns and goes for the pin as Katie and Gigi are each thrown into the barricade by Theron and Eriksson respectively.

Theron enters and breaks it up. We cut to a wide shot and see Brittany and Glory sliding in, but only moving back out to the floor as they look at one another. Theron gets up as Veronica nails him with a hard right and then another. Eriksson enters and runs over to Veronica and clubs her in the back. She elbows him, but Theron and Eriksson both strike her. Veronica keeps elbowing out of instinct as Cara gets up and joins her. The two teams slug each other over and over before Eriksson catches an arm from Cara and sends her to the floor. Theron sidesteps Veronica and sends her to the floor. Eriksson turns around as Glory Braddock enters and hits the Gloria in Excelsis Dio. Eriksson pops back and rolls out of the ring. Glory rolls to the apron as Theron turns into Lohan who kicks him in the ribs. She turns him around and hoists her up onto her shoulders. Glory climbs to the top rope and dives off as they hit the Hell on Earth. Glory turns and dives for the pin. Veronica and Cara recover and turn to the ring. Lohan kicks at Cara.

The bell sounds as Glory rolls out of the ring. She then turns to the announce table and smacks it, yelling at Sharper and Knots.

Braddock: “See that! No one can stop us!”

Braddock turns as Lohan exits the ring. The crowd boos as Veronica and Cara enter the ring.

Phillips: “Here are your winners, Twisted and Sadistic!”

Sharper: “One fall to a finish and Twisted & Sadistic found their opening and got it.”

Knots: “You know what that means…Twisted & Sadistic and Light in the Darkness are going at it one more time now!”

Braddock and Lohan look into the ring as Cara and Veronica look around. Katie and Gigi lean on the ring as Colleen and Aisling stir, Dumont and Marie do the same, and EFN stirs too.

Backstage, we see Lexy Chapel pacing in the LexyCorp locker room. Ravyn walks past her, in her gear. Syren starts to come with her.

Chapel: “Whoa, whoa…we need to come-“

Ravyn: “I have a plan. And it’s better than the one you had for Autumn earlier-“

Chapel: “Uh…Fall St. Patrick. Fall didn’t lose. Autumn did. Come on, we need to-“

Ravyn: “Go for it. I’m going to try and win Syren a World Title shot. You want that?’

Chapel: “Well, yes…”

Syren: “Again, you don’t-“

Ravyn: “No…I have to. And I need to get focused. Let’s see if I can still play the Executioner.”

Ravyn heads off. Syren follows.

Chapel: “Wait!”

Chapel runs after.

Ravyn Taylor vs. Xander Valentine

For a SCW World Championship Opportunity at Taking Hold of the Flame

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 while Artemis steps up from behind him and throws his arm up into the air. Together they start down the ramp, Xander’s gaze affixed on the ring.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall with a thirty minute time limit and is to determine the number one contender to the SCW World Championship. First, fighting out of Fort Collins, Colorado, from Rochester, New York, he is the Paragon of Violence, the Executioner…. XANDER F’ING 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)

Xander leaps up onto the apron in a single bound. Artemis joins him by slipping below the bottom rope. 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. Artemis leans up and whispers into his ears before departing with a kiss on his neck.

Sharper: “Xander Valentine wanted a challenge. CHBK had some options, but this is one that could haunt Xander.”

Knots: “Ravyn has beaten Xander before. And as we heard Ravyn, the goal is to win and to then do it for Syren. To force the issue there.”

Sharper: “Ravyn doing it her way, but she needs to deal with Xander Valentine who may be a different kind of motivated.”

The camera cuts to the crowd where we see a group of red-shirted security walking in through one of the ground-level entrances. They line up in front of the fans for a moment and seem to be holding them back. Then the lights go out leaving the arena in complete darkness. The screen fills with images of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s inaugural address.

“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is—”

There’s a record scratch before a deep voice fills the arena.

“INFAMOUS!”

The opening of “Open Your Eyes” by Guano Apes hits the PA system.

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

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

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

“Bad Girl” by Avril Lavigne hits the PA system as we cut to the backstage. We see Ravyn Taylor walking the corridors, accompanied by Lexy Chapel and Syren. We can hear the reaction from the live crowd as we follow the trio walking backstage. We then cut to the shot of the doorway again where we see Ravyn Taylor walk through. She pauses, a smirk on her face for a moment, before beginning to walk to the ring.

Sinfully Seductive
Captivatingly Corrupt
DARK FANTASY

We follow the group as they make their way down toward ringside, with security keeping fans back in the aisles. Ravyn doesn’t seem at all distracted by the noise and movement of people around her however, keeping her eyes focused on the ring. She gets to the barricade she grabs hold of a chair that’s unused by a standing fan and pushes it up to the railing before stepping on the chair and then on the barricade to jump down on the other side.

Phillips: “Introducing, representing ‘Lexy Chapel Presents Dark Fantasy’, accompanied by Lexy Chapel and Syren, hailing from Hell, Michigan, she is a BAD, BAD GIRL, this is RAVYN TAYLOR!”

Ravyn steps up the ring steps, pausing for a moment before encouraging Jason Phillips to walk over toward her. She points to the ropes, telling him to sit on the middle rope to lower it for her. He hesitates before doing exactly that, and she responds by vaulting over the top rope and just smirking at him. She then casually removes her jacket, tossing it into the corner before climbing the turnbuckles on the left camera side and looking out toward the camera.

Sharper: “Syren out here and you can see her walking gingerly. It’s why she’s not in action. CHBK warned her she could be pushing herself too hard. And well…”

Knots: “Could be a fluke. Either way, Lexy is out here and she’s going to be even more insufferable after earlier.”

Ravyn looks at Xander Valentine as the crowd roars. The bell sounds. Ravyn then leans back in the corner, telling Xander to come at him. Xander nods and then turns and steps over the top rope and drops down to the floor. Ravyn looks at him, almost intrigued. (1) He then walks around the ring and starts to stalk Syren and Lexy. Lexy backs up, but Syren stands her ground. (2) Lexy grabs at her to pull at her, but Ravyn then runs over to the ropes and rolls to the floor. (1) Xander turns and Ravyn runs over and clubs Xander in the back. She nails him again and then grabs him and goes to run him into the ringpost. (2) Xander blocks it and then turns and swings with a back elbow. Ravyn ducks and spins around and rolls into the ring. Xander slides in and Ravyn gets up only to dropkick Xander as he gets in. Xander rolls over and gets back up. Ravyn jumps up and hits another dropkick. Xander staggers to the corner.

Sharper: “Ravyn with a series of dropkick. This match starting in a unique way.”

Knots: “He went after Syren. And there’s long history there!”

Sharper: “He’s the reason Syren can’t challenge for the World Title without winning ten straight matches.”

Ravyn gets up and runs at Xander, nailing him with a hard right and then another and another.

Xander then shoves Ravyn back. Ravyn rolls through. She gets up and runs back at him and climbs up to the middle turnbuckle. She nails Xander with a series of hard forearms.

Xander shoves her back. Ravyn rolls through and gets up. She runs forward and Xander grabs her by the throat. The crowd roars. Ravyn then kicks him in the knee. Xander staggers and Ravyn kicks him in the left knee again and again. She then grabs at the leg. Xander however grabs her and then muscles her up and turns and just throws her over the top rope. Ravyn gets her legs under her before crashing into the barricade. The crowd ohs. (1)

Sharper: “Ravyn hoping to just overwhelm Xander. Going after weak points and instead, Xander just muscles her up and tosses her over the top rope.”

Knots: “Not quite Taking Hold of the Flame, but just making that point for posterity.”

Sharper: “If Xander wins, he’s not worrying about the Taking Hold of the Flame battle royal in a month and a half.”

Ravyn rolls over and turns as Xander steps through the ropes and drops to the floor. (1) Ravyn gets up and Xander grabs her and headbutts her. Ravyn falls back into the barricade and down to the mats. (2)Xander then drags her up and headbutts her again. (3) Ravyn falls back. Xander then grabs Ravyn and rolls her back into the ring. Xander slides in after. Ravyn gets up and turns and Xander boots her in the face. She drops to the mat. Xander goes for the pin.

Ravyn kicks out. Xander gets up as Ravyn rolls over. Xander grabs her by the hair, but Ravyn then reaches up and hits a jawbreaker. Xander stumbles back. He shakes it off and steps up as Ravyn runs at him. Xander scoops her up and onto his shoulder, but Ravyn reaches over and rakes the eyes. She drops down behind him. She then quickly hits a chopblock and Xander hits the mat.

Sharper: “Ravyn back to the leg. That may be her best option right now.”

Knots: “And it’s also something that saps the strength of Xander. If he can’t throw her around, that’s a good chunk of his offense gone.”

Xander rolls over in pain and Ravyn gets up, stomping his leg. Xander rolls over and moves to his knees and Ravyn stands over him and reaches around and hits a crossface punch to the face and then another before backing up. She runs over and hits a dropkick to the back of Xander’s head. Xander falls forward. She rolls him over and goes for the pin. Lexy cheers her on as Syren looks on.

Xander kicks out. Both get up and Ravyn runs into the ropes. She bounces off and then goes for a discus clothesline, but Xander blocks it with his forearms and then knees her in the stomach. Xander then gutwrenches Ravyn up and plants her with a snap powerbomb. He then limps around the ring.

Sharper: “My God. Just stopping her, lifting her up and driving her to hell.”

Knots: “I think he was trying to drive her through the ring.”

Ravyn winces and rolls over, taking deep breaths. She rolls to her hands and knees and Xander grabs her and pulls her up before throwing her back with a back suplex. He then turns and goes for the lateral press.

Ravyn gets her shoulder up. She rolls over, crawling to the ropes. Xander walks over and grabs her by the hair and Ravyn again hits an elbow to the jaw. Xander staggers and turns before Ravyn turns to him only for Xander to hit a snap jab and then a hard right, knocking her down to the mat.

Sharper: “The boxing background coming into play. You don’t want to strike with Xander Valentine.”

Knots: “Ravyn doesn’t look at sharp as I’d expect. A bit of some interesting decisions.”

Sharper: “Could be that Xander is more aggressive than she realized he’d be and she’s still figuring out her plan.”

Ravyn slowly gets up and Xander grabs her, dragging her up and hooking her head and arm. He hits a vertical suplex. Xander rolls over, still holding on, and easily pulling Ravyn up to her feet. He then hits a second vertical suplex. Xander holds on again and rolls over and pulls her up again and hits a third vertical suplex. Lexy shakes her head before Syren notices this and then steps out, cheering on Ravyn. Xander goes for the pin.

Ravyn gets her shoulder up. Xander looks up and grabs Ravyn, dragging her up to her feet. He then turns and whips her into the corner. Xander looks at her and runs across and goes for a running splash, but Ravyn moves out of the way. Xander hits chest first. Ravyn runs along the ropes, bouncing off and hitting the Bust of Pallas. Xander staggers, falling back into the corner.

Sharper: “Ravyn got all of the Bust of Pallas and Xander is dazed!”

Knots: “Not just dazed, but rocked. He lost his feet!”

Ravyn then runs at him and nails him with a hard right and then another and another and another.

Ravyn backs off and walks back. Xander pushes up and goes for the haymaker, but Ravyn drops down with a drop toe hold. She then rolls through and locks in an achilles lock. Xander yells out in pain as Ravyn smirks.

Knots: “Maybe she didn’t have to change her plans. Looks like she wanted him to strike!”

Sharper: “And leave himself open for the leg lock!”

Ravyn keeps the hold on as Xander reaches out and starts to move to the ropes. Lexy returns to cheering for Ravyn alongside Syren as Ravyn keeps the hold on and Xander drags himself, and Ravyn, over to the ropes, getting closer and closer and then grabbing the bottom rope. Ravyn intentionally holds on.

Ravyn lets go and rolls off. Xander grits his teeth and he pulls himself closer to the ropes and Ravyn then gets up and runs at him and hits another running boot to the back of Xander’s head. Xander falls forward into the ropes and then back. Ravyn goes for the pin.

Xander gets his shoulder up. Ravyn rolls off.

Sharper: “And Ravyn using the hold to get Xander to the ropes. A too-close two count if you’re Xander Valentine.”

Knots: “And Ravyn knows it. She’s now thinking. Syren and Lexy Chapel back behind her.”

Sharper: “Lexy cheering when Ravyn is ahead, but when Ravyn is struggling, you can see it all change. She never cared for Ravyn, but this situation with Dark Fantasy playing out here.”

Ravyn gets up as Xander turns and moves to the ropes and Ravyn then runs at him and dropkicks him, causing him to roll to the apron. Ravyn turns and runs across the ring. She bounces off and hits a diving dropkick again, knocking Xander to the floor. (1) Ravyn then looks around as Xander rolls over. He slowly gets up and Ravyn then grabs the top rope. (2) She looks at Xander.

Sharper: “Ravyn…is she going to launch herself? That’s new.”

Knots: “Maybe hoping Xander won’t think of it?”

Ravyn launches herself up and over with a vaulting press, but Xander catches her.

Sharper: “And she’s caught!”

Xander then grits his teeth, fighting through the pain though his leg and rams Ravyn backfirst into the ringpost. The crowd ohs. He throws her down. (1) Xander then limps a bit and grabs Ravyn and drags her back up and then lifts her up again in a bearhug before running her across the ringside area and ramming her back first into the steel steps. The crowd ohs. (2) Xander rolls over, wincing. He moves his leg, trying to get the blood flowing. (3) He slowly gets up as Syren looks on. Lexy just throws her arms in the air. Xander then grabs Ravyn and drags her up and rolls her into the ring. (4) Xander slides in after and Ravyn gets up to her feet and Xander then runs at her and hits a spear. He rolls through, wincing.

Sharper: “Fighting through the pain in his leg and Xander Valentine still with all of that power and force.”

Knots: “And Ravyn may be done. A three-hundred pound man just took her down.

Xander covers her.

Ravyn gets her shoulder up. Xander gets up and limps around. He then grabs Ravyn and drags her up before turning and throwing her into the corner. Xander walks after her and knees her in the ribs. He then drags her out and places her head between his legs. He hoists her up for a powerbomb, but Ravyn goes through and into a sunset flip before then grabbing Xander’s left leg and torquing it. Xander yells out and Ravyn takes him down. Xander drops to the mat and Ravyn turns through and then gets up and locks in a sharpshooter. She sits down as Xander grits his teeth. Ravyn looks around and leans back, placing her hands under his left knee. Xander bridges up as Syren looks on.

Sharper: “Sharpshooter in. Maybe a message to CHBK? I don’t know.”

Knots: “It’s Ravyn. There’s always a reason! Beyond just causing pain!”

Sharper: “Hoping Xander taps out!”

Xander grits his teeth as Ravyn keeps the hold on. Xander returns to the bridge and looks out before then seething before letting out a yell and managing to power out, causing Ravyn to fall forward and roll through. Xander then grabs at the ropes and pulls himself up and then turns around, leaning forward, and Ravyn gets up and runs over and jumps up, grabbing Xander’s head and hitting the Survival Instinct. She rolls Xander over and hooks the leg.

Xander gets his shoulder up. Ravyn rolls off. Xander rolls over and Ravyn then turns and spins around his back and moves to her back, using Xander’s arm for leverage before wrapping her legs around his arm and head and going for the Memento Mori. The crowd roars as Ravyn leans back. Xander grimaces as Ravyn has the hold in. She looks up at him and keeps pulling as Syren looks on. Lexy pounds the mat, trying to keep the fans behind Ravyn. Ravyn keeps the hold on as Xander manages to slowly get his legs under him. He then grits his teeth again and hoists Ravyn up. The crowd roars as Xander then turns and hits a vicious release powerbomb. The crowd ohs as Xander falls back into the corner, his leg then giving out.

Sharper: “Again! Xander just ignoring the pain!”

Knots: “That’s how badly he wants to be champion. How badly he wants to face either Scott or Frost!”

Sharper: “And immediately, the leg gives way. He’s forcing himself through it and the powerbomb stops Ravyn.”

Xander clearly is showing the pain on his face, but he pushes up to his feet as Ravyn rolls over, coughing. She starts to get up and glances at Xander. Xander then steps forward and Ravyn lunges going for the Bittersweet Ending. Xander catches the foot though. He then pulls her in and grabs her by the throat and hoists her up and hits a chokeslam. The crowd ohs. Xander limps around the ring as Ravyn grimaces and reaches out. Lexy Chapel puts her head in her hands. Ravyn rolls over and slowly gets up and Xander then walks over and grabs her and runs her into the corner. She staggers back and Xander hoists her up onto his shoulders. The crowd erupts as Xander looks out at the crowd before hitting the Valhalla Has Fallen.

Sharper: “Valhalla Has Fallen!”

Knots: “LexyCorp’s hopes have fallen!”

Xander moves for the cover.

The crowd roars as the bell sounds. Xander pushes off and gets up. He limps around the ring before he’s met by the official who raises his arm.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, and number one contender to the SCW World Championship, he is Xander Valentine!”

Sharper: “And Xander Valentine with the exclamation point. Driven, motivated, whatever you want to say. That man refused to let anything stop him.”

Knots: “Even a superkick!”

Sharper: “Lexy Chapel and Syren will have to come up with another plan. Rise to Greatness coming up fast and now Xander Valentine could be a real threat for the World Title.”

Knots: “After that…oh yeah!”

Xander Valentine looks around as Artemis enters the ring. She embraces Xander and Xander looks at her before looking out at the camera and motioning that the World Championship will be around his waist. He then steps back before helping Artemis out of the ring. Xander steps out and gingerly exits. He limps to the back as Syren checks on Ravyn. Lexy Chapel remains on the floor, head in hands.

A recap video plays showing the history between David Striker and Kimberly Williams.

David Striker vs. Kimberly Williams

The Long Road out of Hell

SCW Underground Championship

The scene returns to a live shot of the arena where the metal structure for the match has been set up.

Sharper: “I cannot believe what I am seeing here...it's both terrifying yet beautiful at the same time.”

Knots: “When we were told that SCW was going to host one of these matches, I honestly thought David Striker was joking...but he wasn't as we are now about to play host to one of the most brutal Underground matches in the history of our industry, folks.”

The SCW Underground Championship logo comes across the screen. “Man in the Box” by Like a Storm plays and the crowd roars. A few moments pass before David Striker walks out from the back. The crowd roars as David Striker takes a few steps and then stop and scans the arena. He then nods a bit as he turns to the structure. He smiles as he storms to the ring.

Phillips: “First, the challenger from Cameron, North Carolina, he is Bam Bam David Striker!”

The crowd roars as Striker heads to the ring. He then walks over to the door and steps through. He then smiles as he looks around. He then rolls into the ring and spins around, extending his arms before letting out a happy yell as he walks around the ring.

Sharper: “David Striker looks as happy as can be.”

Knots: “He brought this here. I hope he still is happy about it when it’s all said and done!”

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. The SCW Underground Championship is around her waist. A sinister smirk is on her face as she ponders what she is about to do tonight, looking at the structure.

Phillips: “And his opponent, the SCW Underground Champion, 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 enters the structure and she slides into the ring underneath the bottom rope. The door is closed behind her. 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. She throws the title down as she looks at Striker.

Sharper: “And Kim running to the ring. She looks just as happy!”

Knots: “They’ve nearly killed each other leading to this. I don’t even know what to expect.”

Once the door to the structure is closed and secured, the two wrestlers stand there and look at each other for a few seconds before the bell rings as Kimberly looks around the inside of the structure like a kid in a massive candy store while David stands there for a moment, his dark eyes never leaving Kim before he suddenly explodes into movement and he quickly catches Kimberly with a lighting fast knee strike to her stomach which causes her to double over but instead of falling to her knees, Kim is quickly able to wrap her right arm around David and she quickly uses David's own momentum to toss him hard into the reinforced steel cage at which point she gets in a couple of kidney shots before he is able to turn around once more, the two of them starting to throw some very stiff shot at each other with Kimberly managing to get some very solid kicks against David who spins around on her fourth kick, only to come back around with a vicious spinning backfist that land's David's knuckles flat against the right cheek of the champion, driving her back hard

Knots: “Striker's height is giving him a slight advantage thus far into the opening moments of this match, but our champion is giving as good as she's getting.”

Sharper: “That's because while Kimberly might be kinda crazy, she's crazy like a fox in that she's able to catch all of the angles which is something that you sorely need in a match like this because a person can come at you from almost any angle when your main goal is to make it out in one piece!”

Kimberly stumbles back a little bit before getting a very wicked smile on her face as she quickly picks up a kendo stick that she then quickly uses to slam it hard across the back of both of David’s knees before slamming it as hard as he could across his head before she goes to drill him in the face with it, but David manages to get his hands up just in time to block most of the blow before he quickly moves in and starts to really go at Kimberly with a short range Thesz press that drives the two of them down as he starts laying into her but Kimberly is back to her feet, using his own momentum once again as she grabs David and then somehow hits a Border Toss on him that sends the heavier Striker through a barbed wire wrapped board that was leaning up against a far turnbuckle at which point Kimberly turns her attention to the tools aorund them which she finally goes to use a heavily barbed wire wrapped kendo stick to unload shot after shot at the ribs on David’s left torso, but the taller man simply catches the kendo stick on the sixth swing but Kimberly is one step ahead with a brutal kick to David’s balls that doubles the bigger man over at which point he starts laying into Gibson with the kendo stick, smashing it over and over across the taller man’s broad back and leaving bloody red welts and gashes with each and every single blow with Kimberly smiling in sadistic glee until finally the kendo stick splinters heavily.

Knots: “Jesus!”

Sharper: “Over and over. And this is just legalized torture!”

Kimberly then looks at the remains of her kendo stick to admire her work before she starts looking around for something new to use when suddenly David comes out of nowhere with a steel chair and slams it as hard as he could across the back of Kimberly, which in turn causes the champion to finally drop her kendo stick, as David catches her in the mid-section and then attempts to go for the “Texas Smash” but Kimberly quickly moves out of the way and moves to get her challenger into a half-nelson where she then slams David's face up against the structure right in front of some fans with a really great spot to view this and she smiles as Kimberly starts to grind David’s face hard into the unforgiving structure, slowly grinding his face as blood starts to appear on Striker’s’ face

Knot: “And Striker’s busted!”

Sharper: “That he is and I don’t think that’s going to be only cut he’ll suffer. We’re just getting started here.”

Kimberly continues to make David's face into so much shredded meat before suddenly David is able to get enough concentration together that he's able to slam the point of his right elbow hard into Kimberly's left ribs a couple of times before she finally breaks off her attack and staggers back as David quickly wipes the blood from his face before he spots something hanging on the cage wall next to him, which he quickly grabs before he comes up behind Kimberly and slams of all things a freaking barbed wire wrapped *BROOM* hard across Kimberly’s back that causes her to let out an almighty scream of pain before David drives the blunt end of the broom hard into the stomach of the reigning champion which distracts her long enough for David to quickly hit a broom assisted Forward Russian Leg Sweep, driving Kimberly face first into the metal chair that she caused David to drop only a few minutes prior before David lets go of her and holds her head up by her hair, both wrestlers' faces are bloody masks

David(w/o mic): “Come on now, Kimberly. Give us a smile!!”

Kimberly does as she's asked before spitting some blood into the face of David before she follows it up by rearing back and hitting David full force in the face with a mighty headbutt before she quickly moves in and picks up a near-by staple gun which she then quickly hits an axe kick on David before mounting him and stapling her opponent a couple of times in the face with great glee before David is able to kick her off at which point he staggers to his feet, hands quickly going to the staples that are now covering the area above his right eye before he turns and gets caught flat-footed by the Morrigan's Wrath that drives him backwards into a large pile of glass plates that were stacked up against the near-by turnbuckles at which point Kimberly's face quickly splits into a very pleased and bloody smile as she quickly then hauls David up into a Full Nelson suplex onto the broken glass which she then repeated three more times, slicing the younger man's body to shreds before she quickly hauls him up into a powerbomb position and bombs him as hard as she can onto one of the largest of the unbroken bits of glass before she quickly transitions the move into the Angel's Arch and rears back on it as hard as she can, causing David to scream out in agony before shaking his head and dragging himself forward by his fingers over shards of glass and wood towards the ropes

Sharper: “Good lord! Ripping and tearing…”

Knots: “Dillusion is backstage having PTSD from this. Wheeler beat him this way and David Striker is crawling through the glass!”

But Kimberly doesn't allow Jake to get very far before she quickly moves away from him and in a moment of sheer sinister *BRILLIANCE*, Kimberly hits a Deadlift Release German Suplex that drives David Striker hard into the very pile of debris that he just barely managed to crawl out of at which point, Kimberly moves like she's going to pin David but instead notices the ladder towards the upper level at which point she quickly scrambles for it...

Knot: “Kimberly’s going up!”

Sharper: “The point of this match is to fight to the top and take the zipline to the stage. Kimberly Williams getting closer to that goal. Maybe making sure Striker can still fight.”

...but just as she gets a little bit up the ladder, her right ankle is caught in the vice-like grip of her opponent which causes her to smile and cackle at the sight of David Striker, bloodied and horrendous grinning back up at her as she starts to slam her left foot downwards at an angle at the younger Striker brother who apparently is simply shrugging off the kicks

Sharper: “Striker just taking each shot from Kim! He’s still fighting!”

Knots: “He may just be on autopilot. So much pain already. What’s a bit more?!”

Sharper: “And David…yes! Finally has Kim!”

David finally manages to yank Kimberly down from the ladder which he then catches her in a Fireman's carry at which point his face breaks out into a very bloody smile as he then follows that through with a knee lift that he then transitions into a double underhook piledriver, slamming the champion's face through one of the pieces glass before he slowly gets back up to his feet and starts to make his own way up the ladder to the second level

Sharper: “That was the Killer Effect, a finisher that the "Devil Incarnate" himself, Kevin Hunter, used to great effect for years!! My question is was this a spur of the moment kind of action or did David have malicious intent in mind when he did that!?”

Knots: “Maybe just petty. Who knows?”

As David climbs, Kimberly is slowly getting back up to her own feet when suddenly David's hand slips and he falls the short way back down into the primary ring before Kimberly notices this and quickly forces herself up and to scramble to the ladder which she slowly starts to climb up it as David is shaking the cobwebs out of his head when suddenly she notes something and gives her own bloody smile as sees that David is bent over at which point she looks up at the second level then back down at Striker once more before she smiles

Kimberly(w/o mic): “AHhhhh...fuck *IT*!!”

Kimberly then hits a curb stomp from the ladder onto David Striker, smashing his face into the broken glass before rolling back up and then climbing up to the second level of the structure where she slowly starts to look around before she finally notices a familiar friend sitting pretty in a corner of the structure

Kimberly(w/o mic): “WASLEY!!! There you are!!!”

Kimberly quickly goes over to her friend as David climbs up the ladder, going a little bit slowly after what happened the previous time but when he gets up to the second level, he finds himself face to face with a stuffed penguin

Kimberly/Wasley(w/o mic): “You've been a naughty boy.”

David(w/o mic): *sighs* “I know, Wasley...but when you're having fun you know?”

Kimberly/Wasley(w/o mic): “Still, I gotta help my friend..sorry.”

David(w/o mic): “It’s cool, I respect that.”

Kimberly then hauls back and slams Wasley right into the right side of David's face before following it up by slamming "him" into the "Nightmare Warriors" left torso, but before she can do any more swings with Wasley, David shoves Kimberly backwards hard which causes her to rebound off of the far ropes but before she can come running back, David hits her with a charging jumping bicycle knee strike which catches her flush across the jaw at which point he holds himself up, blood literally flowing down his face like a river from the sheer amount of damage done to it by Kimberly at which point David simply shakes his head, droplets of blood flying everywhere as he looks up and he sees something hanging from the "ceiling" near-by which then brings a look of wonder to his face as he reaches up and pulls it down to reveal

Knots: “Is that a bunch of...”

Sharper: “Oh god…light tubes. Light tubes!”

Something seems to click inside of David's head as he looks around and spots a chair near-by that he quickly sets up in the near-by corner followed by placing Kimberly against the chair, Wasley firmly in her hands as she starts to move a little bit as David yanks down another bunch of light tubes at which point David shows the fullness of his intent by placing both sets of light tubes against Kimberly and then moving just far enough away that he quickly hits his now signature pose before letting out a furious roar as he charges across the ring and hits another jumping bicycle knee strike, causing all of the light tubes to practically *EXPLODE* on Kimberly in a manner that causes everyone who witnesses the deed to wince in reaction as both wrestlers can't help but scream in abject pain as numerous shards of glass are sent slashing into their skin and possibly more are driven into their respective bodies

Knots: “OH MY *GOD*!!!”

Sharper: “We knew full well that Kimberly Williams is fully capable of some truly horrendous shit...but come on!!”

Knots: “Kimberly was wondering how David was going to impress her and sure enough here we are, Sharper. He could've possibly already won the match twice now if he'd just left...but instead he's gone out of his way to purposefully put his own body through the very same levels of hell as his opponent!!”

Sharper: “I mean the guy just hit the Burnout, the very same move that Deanna Frost used to put him away just the other night on Breakdown, through no less than FIFTEEN light tubes that were taped together into the prone body of our Underground champion!!”

The two wrestlers are down for a couple of minutes after that last move but soon David starts to move under his own power again, shaking off the after effects of what he had just done before he slowly starts to fight to his feet before he starts hearing something that brings a look of total and complete astonishment to his face

Sharper: “Is that...laughing?”

Knot: “It is...but who...”

David reaches up and wipes some of his blood out of his eyes as the camera tracks his line of sight to show us none other than the "Woman Scorned" pulling herself slowly out of the wreckage that Striker had left her in as she slowly pulls herself out of it, the remains of the smoke caused by the en-mass destruction of the glass tubes has moved far enough away that we can see that Kimberly's face is just as much a crimson mess as her opponent's

Kimberly(w/o mic): “This is *FUN*...gimme more!!!”

David simply gets to his feet and motions for Kimberly to come at him which she does at which point the two meet in the middle of the second tier of the structure and start swinging but where David is throwing fists and forearms, Kimberly is throwing STAPLE GUNS!!

*WHAM*

*CLANG*

*WHAM*

*CLANG*

*WHAM*

*CLANG*

*WHAM*

*CLANG*

For every time that Striker lands a blow, Kimberly returns it until the "Nightmare Warrior"s forearms and chest looks to be a sodden mess of blood and staples until he just kind of stops for a second there, his eyes glazing over slightly like a zombie in a George Romero movie before he slowly turns his head to look right at David in the face, a look of concern...maybe???...crosses her face

Kimberly(w/o mic): “Oh dear, let me help get some of that blood out of your eyes”

Striker looks up slightly confused, possibly from the blood loss, as Kimberly pulls something out of her pants pocket, opens it up, and then proceeds to pour it directly into the face and eyes of Striker whose face contorts into a kind of "wordless scream" as the contents hit his face and while it does go to washing the blood away from his face and eyes, it is also causing him intense physical pain, the kind that is so visceral that even the commentators are reacting to it

Knot: “What the hell is in that bottle?!”

Sharper: “I'm thinking that for this match, our champion upped the ante by exchanging her usual ghost pepper sauce for something far more insidious...”

Knot: “Water infused Ghost Pepper extract??!”

Sharper: “It would be the next logical step!”

Knot: “WHAT LOGIC?!!?”

David pushes himself away from Kimberly who then quickly tags David hard in the stomach before giving the camera a mock "innocent" look before she quickly goes for a sit down powerbomb that sends David crashing through the ladder hole to the level below before she slowly starts to make her way across the second tier to start climbing up to the third tier, a look of sheer dedication on her face as she goes up the ladder only to suddenly stops in her momentum before she slowly turns to look across the second tier at which point her face first goes blank out of sheer surprise before a rather wicked smile as the camera follows her gaze to show us David Striker quickly climbing back up the ladder, his face a fresh crimson mask but we can see the various cuts and staples as he gives Kimberly an almost Heath Ledger Joker style grin as the two have a simple staredown from across the tier when suddenly they launch at each other, and start to exchange fast and furious blows until David has clearly had enough and starts to hit one *BRUTAL* chop to Kimberly's chest after another, the sound of one heavy impact of flesh onto flesh starts to reverberate throughout the arena before Kimberly tries to return Striker's chops with ones of her own, but all of the muscles in Kimberly's upper body bunch up in pain as the two Undergrounders start laying into each other by trying to out chop the other)

*CHOP*

WOOO!!!

*CHOP*

WOOO!!!!

*CHOP*

WOOO!!!

*CHOP*

WOOOO!!!!

(While David's chest is a little bit red at this point, Kim's is more so as David motions for Kim to try once more at which point the self styled "Woman Scorned", having now had enough of the rookie's shit, simply flips off David straight into his face before rearing back and unleashing perhaps her hardest chop yet and this one actually makes David stumble back a couple of steps...but his reaction is more telling)

Knot: “Both wrestler's chests are red from the sheer amount of impacts but Kimberly's is much more red as Striker indicates for Kim to try chopping him once more with a rather sick and twisted smile on his face!”

Crowds: HOLY SHIT!! HOLY SHIT!!

Sharper: “And this crowd on their feet for this bloody affair! Kimberly it seems has had enough of this and rudely indicated what she thought of the so called "Nightmare Warrior" before rearing back with her hardest chop yet!!”

Knot: “Is he...laughing at that?”

Sharper: “With as many chops as these two wrestlers have just laid into each other with, every nerve has to be light with a certain kind of fire.”

Knot: “Either that or this David Striker kid is truly a sick, sick man?”

Kimberly and a few of their fellow wrestlers at ringside who have made a wide space for this mad series of events to unfold is unsure what to do next as he looks at Striker who is still laughing before he makes a "come here" motion

Striker: (w/o mic) "Come on, I want *MORE*!!"

Crowd: “You sick fuck!”

Kimberly then hits one more chop onto the "Nightmare Warrior" before he starts driving several elbow strikes into Striker's face as he tries to get the upper hand over the rookie wrestler, but Striker instead powers through it and then hits one more knife edged chop of his own with an extremely sickening noise as the young man from Cameron's hand slams into Kimberly's chest, causing the Bostonian to stagger back and holding her chest

Knot: “Kim has had enough and now just trying to bludgeon Striker with elbows…but Striker has graduated from one of the toughest wrestling schools in the world of professional wrestling.

Sharper: “I'll drink to that as Striker has learned how to take blows from two of the three most sadistic taskmasters in the entirety of professional wrestling and I've seen how the kids at the Apocalypse Academy train!!”

Knot: “Very true and it seems that David has had enough of this as he powers through Baker's attempts to take him down and...”

Kimberly: (w/o Mic) *BUGGER*!!!

Sharper: “...Did Striker just do what I think he's done?!”

Kimberly staggers back and it shows that the last blow to her chest from Striker has actually caused blood to surface at which point The "Woman Scored" lets out a roar of challenge as she runs at Striker, hits a dropkick to the knee that drives the slightly taller man down hard as the tip of Kim's boot manages to connect with Striker's knee right above the actual knee cap itself before he hits a kneeling DDT onto Striker before he tries to haul Striker back up to his feet but instead he is shoved back and then she gets a powerful lariat from Striker for her troubles but when David attempts to go for the "Texas Smash" punch again only for Kimberly to catch it and for her to try and transition it into an Asai DDT only to find that the second tier of the cage is too low and when her feet hit the top of the second tier, they snag just long enough for David to quickly adjust his grip and transition the move into the "Hard Justice" slam before he moves to head for the ladder to head up to the third tier, only to find that Kimberly-while slightly unshakily-is already back on her feet and following him up the ladder close at hand as well only to find that David is being the sporting sort and waiting for her to arrive in that tier at which point they start a forearm striking battle in the middle of that tier before Kimberly manages to slip under one of David’s strikes where she quickly hauled him up into a fireman's carry position before she then spun the two of them around, driving Striker down into a drop hard into a corner where a couple of barbed wire boards were set up already!

Sharper: “The Spinning Samoan Drop!”

Knot: “All that I know is that it looked killer and everything that these two have put out for this match has only served to heighten everything for their division!”

The two wrestlers are slow getting back up to a vertical bases in a rather shaky manner, the match visibly starting to take its toll upon the two young wrestlers with Kimberly using the barbed wire wrapped ropes to help pull herself up slowly and surely when she notices a black canvas bag hanging on the wall of the structure next to her which she quickly yanks down and opens it as her face splits into a very happy grin while Striker also finds something and yanks it down as well

Knots: “Now what? Who the hell outfitted this thing?”

Sharper: “Satan. That’s all I can surmise.”

Knots: “Damian Angel?”

Kimberly slowly turns and holds up both of her fists to reveal a pair of custom made brass knuckles done up in an almost exact style and look as the actual Infinity Gauntlets that are perfectly fitted to her wrists as she turns to regard David who sees the knuckles and lets out a pained sound as Kimberly quickly moves over and then really starts to lay into Striker with very stiff boxing body blows to the younger man's ribs, causing David to double over in pain at which point Kimberly really starts to knock things up a notch as she starts to rain down MMA style blows down upon him for she hauls Striker up and hits her signature "Shadowblade" finisher on Striker that drills him hard into the side of the structure at which point Kimberly quickly moves in and starts to lay in several hard blows to the sides of Striker for a couple of minutes before Striker finally has enough of it and shoves Kimberly away hard and when she comes charing back in, Striker hits a spinning ura-nage on the champion to drive her down and back long enough for him to go for an item near the ladder leading up to the third tier and when Kimberly is back up on her feet and starts to move in on Striker once more, she stops at the sight of a black baseball bat wrapped heavily in barbed wire that Striker points at her with as he wipes more of his blood out of his eyes

Sharper: “WHAT THE?! Do you see what Striker has in his hands right now?!”

Knot: Yeah, the guy has a definite Negan vibe going on here, partner.

Sharper: “Actually, that particular baseball bat, that one happens to have a name in “Katrina” and it belongs to David’s older brother in Jacob Striker as one of his signatures which he uses to great extent.”

Kimberly and Striker hold each other at arms’ length before Kimbely grabs a kendo stick hanging next to her and the two circle each other for a moment before they start swinging at each other, loud clanging echoing off of the structure with the both of them managing to get a couple of good strikes in before Striker quickly hits a Katrina-assisted “Divorce Court” DDT on his opponent, drilling Kimberly hard into the structure before he quickly heads over to the ladder and he works his way up and out of the second tier and into the third, stopping long enough to wipe more of the fresh blood off of his face as Kimberly slowly but surely catches up to him, a look of grim determination on her face as she goes before the defending champion drops the kendo stick and once again tries to go for the “Shadowblade”, only for Striker to get Katrina up in time for Kimberly to drive her knees against the barbed-wire wrapped weapon, but the sheer force of the impact still sends the two wrestlers hard into the structure, with Striker slamming the back of his head in a manner that he quickly grabs at the back of his head and starts to flop around like a fish out of water for a few seconds, a few seconds that Kimberly takes full advantage of as she quickly climbs up and out of the third tier where she stops for a moment and rests

Knot: “And Kimberly Williams is now on the outside of the Satan’s playground, looking very much like she has gotten her heart’s most dire wish and more, mostly in thanks to David Striker.”

Sharper: “That is most certainly one way of putting it. But it looks like neither wrestler are going to be coming out of this match fresh as a daisy as Kimberly is apparently trying to force herself to move much more quickly than her legs currently want to allow her to be while Striker himself has taken quite a few painful blows, including the one just now to the back of his skull.”

As the commentator’s wonder the extents of damage that the two wrestlers have been through, Striker has slowly started to make his way up and out of the structure as well just in time for Kimberly to turn around and sees that Striker has caught up with her at which point she rolls her eyes before taking a deep breath and then the two meet once more in the direct center of the massive structure and they start letting the elbows and forearms fly as both wrestlers know that the end of the match is within sight when suddenly Kimberly hits a snap kick to the insides of Striker’s right knee which drives him back before Kimberly follows that up with a couple of more stiff kicks at which point she signals that she’s going for the “Shadowblade” once again and she explodes forward into the move, however Kimberly’s eyes go very wide as Striker suddenly falls to his right knee and she starts to fly right over him…

Sharper: “They are over thirty six feet up and if she goes….”

Right as Kimberly is about to go over the edge and into the cold, unforgiving ground below, Striker is quickly grabbing her and hauls her backwards from the edge, and through the river of blood that is still pouring down his face, a person can see the look of concern in his eyes for Kimberly

Sharper: “It’s nice to see that even though this is one of the most devastatingly physical matches that any wrestler can be apart of, David Striker did not want to risk permanent harm to his opponent and catches her before she literally fell into the abyss below.”

Knot: “I’ll second that emotion, while Kimberly might be bat shit crazy, it’s nice to see that David Striker isn’t as crazy enough to allow that level of injury to happen to his fellow wrestler.”

Kimberly looks over as Striker gets to his feet who then nods at her, knowing that he’s got her but then Kimberly gets a huge shit eating grin on her face as she charges at Striker again and the two start to exchange blows once more but then all of a sudden Striker whips out a wicked headbutt with enough force that drives Kimberly back before Striker quickly latches on a claw hold onto Kimberly’s face, she starts to scream loudly as Striker’s fingertips start gripping hard into her skull and this goes on for several seconds with Kimberly slowly before forced to her knees when suddenly she whips out and punches Striker hard into the balls before she quickly hits a Codebreaker onto Striker at which point she follows it up with a couple of very stiff “Morrigan’s Wrath” superkicks which slowly drives Striker back with Striker somehow remaining on his feet before she gives him one last huge smile before quickly hits a very stiff Pele Kick that knocks Striker off of his feet as Kimberly quickly goes for the zipline and takes it down as Striker disappears from out of sight as the Kimberly takes the line all the way to the entrance way where she lands on her feet before her legs finally give out and she falls down to her knees, a smiling bloody mess

Jason Phillips: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!! The Survivor of your match and *STILL* SCW UNDERGROUND CHAMPION, the “WOMAN SCORNED”, KIMBERLY WILLIAMS!!!

Knot:

Sharper: “Striker fell off. He fell off, but Kim ziplined down and retains!”

Knots: “No. She survived!”

As “Patient Number #9” begins to play as Kimberly is handed her championship, she starts to look over at the structure, the huge smile still on her face as she tries to see where David Striker is only not to see him but suddenly some EMTs along with the Phantom Troupe’s Irvine explode from the backstage area as the cameras then show us where the “Front Man of the Dope Show” is, which is curled up in a limp ball next to the structure on the other side of the ring from where he fell following the Pele Kick from Kimberly. The scene fades to black.

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 2, 2024, only on pay per view…”

The scene fades to black.

We return to a locator shot outside of the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Sharper: “Welcome back to New Jersey. The crowd still buzzing after the bloodbath we just witnessed. Kimberly retaining the SCW Underground Championship.”

Knots: “Will either be able to compete at Taking Hold of the Flame?”

Sharper: “Next time we’re with you on pay per view is Taking Hold of the Flame. It’s the most exciting time of the year. Rise to Greatness 21 coming up too. Rise to Greatness season almost here and we are about to find out who will be the World Champion, most likely, heading into Taking Hold of the Flame.”

The Taking the Leap logo comes up on the screen as we see a still for Kirsten Scott vs. Selena Frost.

Knots: “Scott…you have the opportunity to do something wild.”

Sharper: “And let’s take a look at how we got here.”

A recap video plays showing how Scott earned her title shot and the history between Scott and the Frost family.

“The One” Kirsten Scott vs. Selena Frost

SCW World Championship

Phillips: Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest, scheduled for one fall, is our main event of the evening and it is for the SCW World Championship! Introducing first, the challenger, “THE ONE” Kirsten Scott!

The arena goes dark and there the crowd begins to buzz wondering who is coming out. 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 Hailey. The pair end up on both sides of The Oracle, who turns around and spins to the opposite side of Kirsten from Hailey. Kirsten and her compatriots begin their walk to the ring together with "The One" staring directly at her ultimate location inside the squared circle.

As they reach the ring, they walk along to the hard camera side, and Kirsten jumps up onto the ring apron and stands up. Hailey goes into the ring, directly behind her friend, jumping on the middle rope, and The Oracle stands on the floor directly beneath Kirsten. Kirsten slowly raises her arm beside her, pointing one index finger in her own direction, while Hailey and The Oracle begin doing the same in Kirsten's direction as well, all signifying her former name, and now nickname, of "The One."

After taking a moment to stare into the hard cam, Kirsten swings her arm out in a "DELETE" motion, before quickly sliding into the open ropes from being stood on by Hailey, and immediately goes to her corner. Hailey quickly follows, as does The Oracle from the outside. Both of "The One's" compatriots stand with her, advising her and talking to her, as she awaits the bell ringing to start her match.

Phillips: And her opponent, she is the reigning and defending SCW World Champion, Selena Frost!

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!

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.

Selena tries to strike first with quick rights but Scott is ready, blocking them all and retaliating with rights of her own that sends Frost back into the ropes. Kirsten then whips Selena into the ropes. Selena leap frogs over Kirsten and rebounds off. Kirsten catches her with a flapjack. Kirsten kips up and then connects with a dropkick that puts Frost back down to the mat. Frost scrambles back up and charges but The One catches her with an arm drag, another arm drag, and then a third arm drag then she hangs onto for a deep arm bar.

Sharper: “Scott takes down Selena. Smart move. Hold on. Trying to work over the arm early.”

Knots: “Taking a page out of Selena’s book!”

Frost fights back to her knees and then back to her feet. Kirsten switches into a hammerlock. Selena counters the hammerlock into a hammerlock of her own. Kirsten with another standing switch but this time Frost drives an elbow into her face to break the grip. Frost with several European uppercuts that stagger Kirsten up against the ropes. She whips Kirsten into the ropes and then delivers a spinning heel kick. Frost waits as Scott gets back to her feet before dropping her with a crescent kick. Frost drops a leg across Kirsten’s throat. She goes in for an early cover…

1…Kickout!

Frost applies a wristlock. Kirsten fights back to her knees. Selena keeps the hold wrenched in tightly. Kirsten fights back to her knees. Selena drives a knee to the gut and then applies a chicken wing. She keeps the hold locked in tightly for nearly ten seconds before Kirsten breaks it with a variation of a jaw breaker. Kirsten gets up to her feet and ducks a crescend kick and then drills Selena with a superkick that sends the champion tumbling over the top and to the outside.

Sharper: “And a superkick!”

Knots: “Lexy can be reminded that superkicks solve everything! And Selena will hate that!”

Sharper: “Bad landing for the champion and Scott thinking about more!”

Kirsten Scott launches herself over the top with a suicide dive taking down Selena Frost. The crowd comes alive with excitement. Kirsten pulls Frost up to her feet and rolls her back into the ring. Kirsten returns to the ring and nearly breaks Frost in half with a spear. Scott applies a fujiwara arm bar.

Sharper: “Back to the arm!”

Knots: “And this is going to just annoy Selena. This is how she does things.”

Selena won’t give up, not this early. She fights to the ropes and, after about fifteen seconds, reaches the bottom rope to force the break. Kirsten drags Frost back out and tries to reapply the hold but Frost sends Kirsten flying face first into the corner. Frost with a kick to the back of Kirsten’s head. Kirsten staggers back and Frost drops her with The Claim Stake. Selena goes in for another cover…

1…

…2Kickout!

Frost applies The Frost Bite. Kirsten refuses to give in. Selena keeps the hold wrenched in tightly. After about fifteen seconds, Kirsten reaches the ropes to force the break. Selena pulls Kirsten up to her feet and hooks her for a ddt, perhaps The Icebreaker, but Scott shoves Frost back into the corner. Selena comes back after Kirsten but Kirsten catches the champion coming in with a step up enziguri. Kirsten then drills Frost with a shining wizard.

Sharper: “Shining Wizard. The challenger has Frost in trouble again.”

Knots: “I don’t Selena expected this. I don’t think she expected Scott to be competing like this.”

Kirsten pulls Selena back to her feet. She hooks her and delivers a snap suplex, she rolls through and delivers a second snap suplex, she rolls through, and then instead of a third suplex Kirsten drops Frost with a falcon arrow! Kirsten with the cover…

1…

2…Kickout!

Kirsten pulls Frost up to her feet and rams her shoulder first into the steel ring post. Kirsten then hoists Frost up and drops her with a shoulder breaker. Kirsten applies a crossface to the champion.

Sharper: “And now a crossface. Again, the focus on the arm!”

Knots: “Win or lose, Selena may not be able to lift the title over her head after!”

Frost again tries to get to the ropes. She is nearly there, fingertips away, but Kirsten uses her feet to roll away from the ropes. Again Frost tries to crawl back to the ropes. She is close yet again and Kirsten again tries to kick away but this time Selena shifts her weight so that Kirsten’s shoulders land on the mat…

1…

2…

…3NO! Kirsten breaks the crossface before the fatal three count!

Kirsten with a vicious kick to the side of Selena’s head as she sits up. Kirsten then hits the ropes and comes back with a knee to the back of Selena’s head! Kirsten pulls Selena up and drills her with a tiger driver 98! The cover…

1…

2…

…3NO! Selena gets a shoulder up!

Sharper: “And only two! Selena not giving up. Not staying down.”

Knots: “And the crowd not too happy.”

Kirsten pulls Selena back to her feet. She scoops her up for another shoulder breaker but Frost counters by slipping free and connecting with Paydirt, eat defeat! Both are down and the referee begins the count on both champion and challenger…

Selena rolls towards the ropes.

Selena uses the ropes to try and pull herself up. Kirsten pushes herself up to her knees.

Kirsten Scott is back up. Selena Frost is back up. Selena with a bicycle kick staggering Scott backward. Selena then strikes suddenly with The Glass Shard! Out of nowhere! But the momentum of the strike sends Kirsten tumbling to the outside and Selena cannot capitalize!

Sharper: “And the Glass Shard! Kirsten Scott caught flush, but she goes to the floor!”

Knots: “Selena won’t care. Count. Count Demitra!”

Sharper: “She seems to be going after Scott. Not going to give her an excuse, I guess.”

Selena goes out after Scott. She pulls her up and whips her into the steel steps. She pulls Kirsten up and hooks her for The Icebreaker but Kirsten counters with a back body drop on the outside! Kirsten uses the ring apron to pull herself back up as Selena pulls herself back to her feet. Kisten rushes in but Frost side steps and Kirsten runs face first into the steel ring post. Frost rolls back into the ring and the referee begins to count out The One.

Kirsten tries to shake the cobwebs. Blood starts to trickle down her face from where she ran into the steel ring post.

Sharper: “Scott is busted open.”

Knots: “We don’t need more blood tonight. SCW Taking the Leap is already sponsored by the Red Cross!”

Kirsten finally rolls back into the ring. Selena with a springboard arm drag. Selena with a full nelson bulldog. Selena then goes up to the top turnbuckle and leaps off with a moonsault! Frost hooks a leg for the cover…

1…

2…

…3NO! Kirsten shoots her right shoulder up off the mat!

Selena Frost signals that it’s all over. She pulls Kirsten up and hooks for a one winged angel, what appears to be Kirsten’s own Downward Spiral move, but Kirsten slips free of the attempt and instead locks the champion in The One Hit Wonder, side effect into an arm triangle!

Sharper: “One Hit Wonder! Again!”

Knots: “And the arm again.”

Kirsten wrenches the arm tightly, trying to wound Frost, trying to force either a tap out or a pass out! Selena is dazed, and she knows she’s caught, but her only saving grace is that Kirsten got it locked in too close to the ropes. Frost quickly notices where she is and reaches out with her legs to touch the ropes and force the break. Kirsten keeps the hold locked in for four more seconds before releasing the hold. The official warns Kirsten about what she just did, warning that a disqualification could come. Frost meanwhile uses this time to roll to the outside to catch a breather.

Sharper: “And Scott really testing Demitra there. Remember, Selena wants Demitra as he’ll make the tough decisions.”

Knots: “Right now, she made the easy one. Get to the floor.”

Kirsten uses the ropes to pull herself up. She launches herself over the top with a plancha onto Frost, taking her down! Kirsten then hooks Selena by her legs and slingshots her, sending the champion hurtling face first onto the steel ring post. Kirsten pulls Selena back up and rams her shoulder first into the steel steps. The referee again shouts a warning at The One. Kirsten rolls Frost back into the ring. Kirsten with an arm ddt and then locks in a crossface.

Sharper: “Scott again to the arm.”

Knots: “Seriously, is she trying to rip it off and take it home with her!”

This time the crossface is locked in the center of the ring. Selena is in agony but refuses to quit. Scott keeps the hold wrenched in as tightly as possible while Frost tries to fight and claw her way to the bottom rope. Eventually, after nearly several moments, Frost reaches the bottom rope to force the break. Selena pulls herself to the ring apron. Kirsten goes after her but Frost throws a right hand, staggering her backward. Selena readies herself. She goes for a springboard… Defying Gravity…NO! Kirsten manages to side step it! Kirsten drills Frost with a superkick! Kirsten covers…

1…

2…

…3NO! Frost gets a shoulder up!

Kirsten pulls Frost back to her feet. She hoists her up for Downward Spiral but Frost slips out from behind the back. Kirsten goes for a clothesline but Selena counters with a pele kick. Frost hits the ropes and connects with Cold Shoulder!

Sharper: “Selena with the Cold Shoulder after the Pele…and…”

Knots: “The second wind here and Selena’s just fighting through the pain. And maybe just pissed off!”

Selena goes up to the top ropes. She walks the ropes with ease while Kirsten negotiates her way back to her feet. Frost with Alaskan Dragonrana! She hooks a leg for the cover…

1…

2…

…3NO! Kirsten shoots her right shoulder up off the mat! Selena immediately follows up. Cold Snapmare onto Kirsten and quickly locks in Frost Bite again!

Sharper: “Frost’s Bite. Maybe looking to make Kirsten tap.”

Knots: “Or maybe they can trade arms!”

Frost keeps the arm wrenched tightly, trying to force the submission, but Scott refuses to give in. After about fifteen seconds Kirsten is near the ropes. Frost drags her back to the center and tries to lock the Frost Bite in again but Kirsten counters back into a crossface! Now Selena’s arm that has been worked over the entire match is being tortured again! But like Kirsten, Selena also refuses to quit. After about twenty seconds Frost reaches the ropes and forces the break.

Sharper: “Again…the rope break saving Selena again.”

Knots: “It may be just who gets it on right. Who breaks an arm and that could win the match…”

Both Selena and Kirsten are wounded, fatigued, and take their time to get back to their feet. They are seemingly back at square one as they meet in the center and trade right hands, neither one giving an inch. Eventually The One gets the upper hand. She backs Frost back against the ropes. She whips Selena into the ropes and delivers a high back body drop. Kirsten whips Frost into the corner, rushes in, and delivers a big stinger splash. Frost staggers out of the corner and Kirsten delivers a snap suplex, rolls through, hits another snap suplex, rolls through, and hits a Falcon Arrow onto Frost! Kirsten with the cover…

1…

2…

…3NO! Selena shoots her right shoulder up off of the mat! Kirsten measures Selena as she gets back to her feet. The One attempts a variation of Defying Gravity, but like Frost earlier Kirsten misses! Frost with a school girl roll up…

1…

2…

…3NO! Kirsten gets a shoulder up!

Sharper: “Scott got a bit too cocky there. Trying to hit a variation of Selena’s Defying Gravity.”

Knots: “And Selena didn’t over think. That’s experience.”

Kirsten and Frost both scramble back to their feet but Selena is quicker on the draw. Selena Frost finally connects with a clean shot, The Glass Shard! Kirsten goes down! Frost covers…

1…

2…

…3!

Phillips: Here is your winner, and STILL SCW World Champion, Selena Frost!

Selena looks out and then looks at her arm and shows her anger as she gets up.

Sharper: “Selena did not miss with the second Glass Shard. Scott had nothing left and you can see. Selena’s not pleased with that.”

Knots: “That was too close for her. I don’t know if she short changed Scott or Scott came in with a different strategy than she planned, but you can see Selena shaking out her arm.”

Sharper: “Either way, Selena Frost wins. Still World Champion. Still on top!”

Selena Frost gets up as the crowd boos. She looks around the arena and scoffs before looking at Scott and then shaking her head. She shakes out her arm as Demitra hands her the World Championship. Selena takes it with her good arm and raises it over her head. The crowd boos some more. Selena then turns and hands the title to Demitra who takes it and places it around Selena’s waist. Selena looks around, surveying the crowd. Selena then walks around the ring, clearly showing her anger with things. She then walks over to the ropes, leaning on them. She looks around.

The Taking the Leap logo comes up on the screen as we see a still for Simon Lyman vs. Bree Lancaster follow.

Sharper: “While Selena evaluates her performance, she looks more agitated than usual. We have one more match, our main event…Simon Lyman and Bree Lancaster.”

Knots: “Any funerals planned?”

Sharper: “Let’s take a look at how we got here.”

A recap video plays showing the history between Simon Lyman and Bree Lancaster.

Simon Lyman vs. Bree Lancaster

SCW Adrenaline Championship

“Jesus He Knows Me” by Ghost plays throughout the arena. The crowd boos as the lights flash around the stage. A few moments pass before Simon Lyman walks out from the back in his wrestling robe. He looks around and poses to the crowd as pyro shoots from both sides of the stage, which only draws further boos. Lyman glances at the ring before nodding and starts to head to the ring. He looks at the ladders and walks past them. Lyman walks down to the ring and goes to the steel steps. He walks up them and onto the apron. He looks around and nods before stepping into the ring. He steps forward and extends his arms again. The crowd boos. Lyman looks around, seemingly annoyed by this response. Simon then undoes the strap of the robe before sliding the robe down and turning and spinning it around. He looks out at the crowd before placing the robe over the top rope to the floor. He then stretches out against the ropes.

Sharper: “This man has been delusional. He been disrespectful. He’s crossed so many lines.”

Knots: “And he may be the Adrenaline Champion after tonight!”

Sharper: “If he has his way and trust me, Bree Lancaster is going to do anything to stop that.”

The lights dim, only a few small ones on the stage as the voice of Bree Lancaster whispers:

“I am the light of the truth
The one who sees right through”

A guitar riff plays as the small lights dance around the stage, then suddenly stop, as one large beam shines down onto the figure of Bree herself, holding the SCW Adrenaline Championship.

“Spotlight”

The smaller lights begin again swirling as the music of “Spotlight” by Fozzy kicks in and Bree makes her way down the ramp.

[I am the light of the truth, The one who sees right through
I know your every move, I got my eye on you
Go on and bury it down, I follow you 'til it's out
I got my eye on you, I got my eye on you]

Bree smiles at the front row fans as she gets to the ring and goes up the steps, stepping through the ropes. She goes to a corner and gets on the second turnbuckle, posing with one hand up overhead. The crowd cheers.

[You're the wicked, I'm a sharp knife
Shining on you like a spotlight
I'm a witness, I'm a dark night]

The lights go down, and one beam shines on Bree in the corner.

[You're a sickness, I'm your spotlight]

The lights come up and Bree hops down as the music fades out. Bree gets to her corner and looks around. She proudly holds the SCW Adrenaline Championship.

Sharper: “Returning on Breakdown after weeks away dealing with her separation from her husband, Dom Teller.”

Knots: “Hollywood is abuzz. Hey Dom! Maybe you can hook up with Kennie. She needs a good rebound.”

Sharper: “Stop.”

Knots: “What? She’d know him. Probably would be desperate too!”

Sharper: “The Adrenaline Championship is what we’re focusing on here, Jon.”

Knots: “Bree’s doing that. I’m trying to help her move on from Dom!”

The bell sounds. Jason Phillips stands in the middle of the ring.

Phillips: “The following contest is your main event of the evening, with a sixty minute time limit, scheduled for onefall and is for the SCW Adrenaline Championship!”

The SCW Adrenaline Championship logo comes across the screen.

Phillips: “Your official for this match is Steve Hollinsworth.”

Hollinsworth nods.

Phillips: “First your challenger…”

The crowd boos as Simon Lyman extends his hands.

Phillips: “From Columbus, Ohio, he is Simply Your Savior…Simon Lyman!”

Simon Lyman steps up and extends his hand toward Bree. Bree slaps it away. Hollinsworth steps up and separates them.

Phillips: “And his opponent…from New Orleans, Louisiana…”

Bree Lancaster steps forward, extending her SCW Adrenaline Championship towards Hollinsworth.

Phillips: “She is the SCW Adrenaline Champion…Bree Lancaster!”

Lancaster looks at Lyman as Hollinsworth takes the title. He steps back and raises it over his head. As he does, Dylan Howell runs from the crowd, sliding into the ring. The crowd roars as Howell runs over and grabs at the title.

Sharper: “What the hell is he doing here?”

Knots: “Lyman’s Adrenaline Expert!”

Howell: “Give it here! I need to authenticate!”

Howell grabs at the title, but Bree comes over and grabs him and then spins him around. She blasts him with a hard right. The crowd roars. Howell rolls over. Lyman runs over and clotheslines Bree from behind. The crowd boos as the bell sounds.

Sharper: “And Lyman taking advantage of Bree Lancaster defending what is hers!”

Knots: “Planned subterfuge? Or maybe just taking advantage of the crazy!”

Lyman then stomps Bree a couple more times as the crowd boos. Bree turns and Lyman stomps her again. Bree rolls over to the ropes and grabs at them as Lyman walks over and grabs her and nails her with a hard right. Bree stumbles into the corner. A “Bree!” chant breaks out as Lyman nails her with another hard right. Hollinsworth warns him and Lyman kicks her in the ribs. He then grabs her arm and whips her across the ring. Bree hits the corner. Lyman runs across and Bree gets her boots up. The crowd roars. Lyman stumbles back. He turns around and Bree then hits a double leg takedown. The crowd roars as Lyman covers up and Bree nails him with repeated right hands to the jaw.

Sharper: “Bree turning it around. Right hands. Repeated right hands to Lyman!”

Knots: “And Lyman! Keep covering. Be your own savior!”

Bree gets a few more shots in before she then rolls off. Lyman rolls over and moves to the ropes and Bree runs at him and nails him with a clothesline, knocking him up and over the top rope. Bree turns as Dylan Howell climbs onto the apron and Bree runs over and nails him with a hard right too. The crowd cheers. Howell falls back, landing on the apron and dropping to the floor. Bree then turns and heads across the ring and over to where Lyman is on the floor. She reaches through, but Lyman grabs her leg and pulls her legs out from under her and pulls her to the floor. Lancaster ends up on her feet and Lyman nails her with a kick to the ribs. He then lifts her up and drops her on the top of the barricade. Bree stumbles off and falls to the mats.

Sharper: “Lyman using the barricade here. Using the distraction.”

Knots: “Using everything.”

Sharper: “And remember fans, no countouts in Adrenaline Division matches.”

Lancaster fights back up and Lyman follows up and nails her with a forearm and then grabs her and runs her face first into the barricade. Lancaster falls to a knee. Lyman then grabs her and turns and spins her around and drives her face first into the announce table. Lancaster leans on the table. Lyman then backs up and looks at her before lunging and going for a clothesline. Lancaster ducks and spins around. Lyman turns and Lancaster hits a superkick. Lyman falls back and onto the Spanish announce table. The crowd roars. Lancaster sees this as she turns and climbs onto the apron.

Sharper: “Lancaster on the apron! And Lyman may be out!”

Knots: “That superkick caught him under the jaw! Lancaster sees an opportunity!”

She then jumps to the middle rope and twists back with a crossbody dive and lands on Lyman. The table doesn’t budge, but both then roll to the floor, caught between the table an the barricade. The crowd ohs as Bree winces in pain. Lyman covers up. The crowd cheers for Bree as the official heads over to check on both. As he does, he leans on the table, only for the table to jostle back. We cut to another angle to see Bree, back against the barricade, kicking at Lyman. Lyman falls back and Bree kicks again, causing the table to move and catching Lyman in the ribs. She kicks him again and again and again. Lyman then pushes the announce table over, trying to get some distance.

Knots: “Just kicking Lyman!”

Sharper: “This has gotten progressively more personal and Bree saw a chance to get some frustration out in a meaningful way. Lyman was trapped under the table!”

Knots: “Not anymore!”

Lyman starts to get up and Bree gets up and clubs him in the back. She then leans over him, driving his face and neck into the side of the table.

Lyman falls back as Lancaster lets go. She then looks at Lyman, who coughs. He crawls around the table and Lancaster walks around the table. Lyman starts to get up and Lancaster again clubs him in the back. Lyman falls over and rolls through to his feet. He then turns and rolls into the ring. Lancaster follows and slides in after. Lyman gets up and runs across the ring. He bounces off the ropes, but Lancaster lunges and hits a spinning heel kick.

Sharper: “Lyman trying to get some distance but Lancaster isn’t going to give it to him.”

Knots: “How about a kick to the face? How does that sound?”

Sharper: “Not quite the deal Lyman wanted.”

Knots: “Probably not.”

Lancaster crawls over to Lyman, kneeling next to him and nails him with a hard right and then another and another and another. She stops as Lyman rolls over. He turns and crawls for the ropes. Lancaster gets up and grabs him and pulls him up and runs him over to the turnbuckle. He drives him face first into the top turnbuckle. Lyman turns and Lancaster chops him. The crowd woos. She chops him again. More woos. Lyman grimaces in pain. Lancaster then turns and grabs Lyman, whipping him across. Lyman spins through and sends her in. Lyman runs after and Lancaster again gets her boot up. Lyman stumbles and Lancaster runs out and jumps up and hits a hurricanrana into a pin.

Lyman kicks out. Both get up and Lancaster turns to Lyman, only for Lyman to grab her by the tights and pull her throat first into the middle rope. Lancaster falls back, holding her throat. She gets up and Lyman kicks her in the ribs and then hits a snap suplex. He floats over for the pin.

Lancaster kicks out. Lyman slowly gets up.

Sharper: “And Lyman using the middle rope to turn this around.”

Knots: “The snap suplex helped, but now he has to stay on her.”

Sharper: “I thought he wanted to save her.”

Knots: “Winning the Adrenaline Championship helps!”

Lancaster turns and Lyman drags her up and then knees her in the ribs. He hooks her up and hits a second snap suplex. Lancaster rolls over and slowly gets up and Lyman steps up and chops her. The crowd woos. Lyman then kicks her in the ribs and whips her into the ropes. Lancaster bounces off and Lyman hits a back elbow. He then stomps her in the face. Lancaster rolls over and Lyman drags her up before hooking her up by the head and arm and hoisting her up. He then turns and hits a jackhammer. He hooks the leg.

Lancaster kicks out again. Howell smiles as Lancaster stirs and Lyman pulls her up by the hair. Lyman then scoops her up and slams her down. Lancaster gets back up and to the ropes. Lyman then chops her again. He whips her across. Lancaster bounces off and Lyman scoops her up on the rebound and onto his shoulder. He turns and hits a Snake Eyes. Lancaster stumbles back as Lyman runs into the ropes, bouncing off and hits a running jumping boot. The crowd ohs. Lyman turns and hooks the leg.

Lancaster gets her shoulder up and rolls over to the ropes. She then moves to the apron.

Sharper: “Lancaster, I don’t like where she is.”

Knots: “Lyman’s thinking. You can see the gears turning.”

Howell looks on as Lyman then walks over to Lancaster, pulling her up on the apron, but Lancaster shoulders him in the ribs between the ropes. She rears back and shoulders him again. She then grabs the top rope and flips over and down the back of Lyman. She then runs across the ring, bouncing off and Lyman turns only for Bree Lancaster to jump up with a vicious running dropkick. Lyman hits the mat hard. He turns and starts to get up and Lancaster grabs him by the head and runs up the corner and into a tornado DDT. The crowd cheers. Lancaster goes for the pin.

Lyman gets his shoulder up. Lancaster rolls off and stirs as Lyman rolls over. Lancaster then walks over to him, but Lyman hoists him up and hits a Change in Attitude. Lyman rolls through, hooking the leg.

Lancaster gets her shoulder up and in the process, pulls Lyman over for a crucifix pin!

Lyman kicks out. Both get up and Lyman kicks Lancaster in the ribs and then hoists her up and hits a sitout powerbomb.

Lancaster kicks out. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Back and forth. And the powerbomb. The exclamation point. And it only gets two!”

Knots: “Lancaster wouldn’t have to worry about the Adrenaline Championship being caught in the divorce proceedings!”

Sharper: “Stop it!”

Bree slowly gets up as Lyman gets up and grabs her and clubs her in the back multiple times. Lyman then scoops her up and slams her on the mat. Lyman turns and exits to the apron. He then climbs up to the middle turnbuckle and then to the top rope. He looks around and Bree suddenly gets up and runs up the ropes and jumps up and hits a top rope frankensteiner. The crowd ohs. Lyman hits the mat. Bree turns and crawls over and hooks the leg.

Lyman gets his shoulder up. Bree rolls off. She turns and rolls to the corner. She gets up as Lyman slowly gets up and turns and Bree hits the BOGO. He drops to the mat. Bree then jumps to the middle rope and dives back with a no look senton splash. She hooks the legs.

Lyman kicks out. Both roll away. They get up and Lyman turns to Bree as Bree goes for a superkick. Lyman however ducks and both spin around only for Lyman to scoop Bree up and turn and hit a fallaway slam into the ropes. Bree goes through the ropes and spins through, landing on the floor. She rolls through to the barricade. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Lyman with the fallaway slam. I don’t know if he intended it or not, but Bree all the way to the floor!”

Knots: “The ropes, shock, I know, aren’t a wall. And Bree went right through it and all bad for the champion.”

Lancaster remains down as Lyman turns and smiles before walking over to the ropes. He steps through them and drops down. He walks over to Bree, extending his arms.

Lyman: “Sister Breezus…now is the beginning. The beginning of your saving. Just open your mind! Your heart!”

Bree reaches up and then swings, but Lyman blocks it and knees her in the ribs. He then lifts her up and drops her face first onto the apron. Bree leans against the apron before Lyman rolls her to the apron. Lyman climbs up onto the apron and grabs Bree. He slowly lifts her up. He then places her on the turnbuckle. Lyman walks over and steps up before hoisting Bree up onto his shoulder. The crowd buzzes as he slowly turns. Lyman continues to hold Bree up. Howell stands on the floor, giving him a big thumbs up as he turns back to the Adrenaline Championship and then to Lyman. Lyman stands up and smiles before Bree shifts her weight. The crowd roars as Bree then steps on the top turnbuckle, grabbing Lyman’s head. Howell dives back as Lancaster dives forward, holding onto Lyman and hitting a top rope bulldog from the top rope and both crash to the floor below. The crowd erupts in cheers.

Sharper: “My God! Bree Lancaster! Lancaster! Bulldogging Lyman from the top rope! To the floor!”

Knots: “Howell, you idiot! You’re supposed to break his fall!”

Sharper: “A hard landing for both, but Lyman got the worst of it!”

Howell moves away as Hollinsworth drops to the floor, a “Holy Shit!” chant echoing throughout the arena. Howell then hops onto the apron, glancing over at Hollinsworth as he starts to undo the top turnbuckle of the far turnbuckle. He gets it untied, but can’t pull it off as Hollinsworth returns to the ring. Howell hops down and backs up as he looks around. Bree stirs, wincing a bit, holding her lower back as Lyman is down in a heap. She crawls over to him and nails him with a hard right. The crowd cheers. She nails him again. The crowd cheers again. Bree slowly gets up, holding her lower back.

Sharper: “Bree just getting every shot in on Lyman. Every shot deserved. While Howell, Howell has loosened the turnbuckle pad.”

Knots: “But it’s still there. Only he knows!”

Bree nails Lyman again and staggers around. Just then, Jaina Lancaster runs down from the back. Howell’s eyes widen a bit as Jaina runs down to the ring. She then starts to head around the ring as Hollinsworth sees her before exiting to the floor and stopping her. Jaina points to the turnbuckle, but Hollinsworth isn’t listening, instead focusing on keeping her away. Bree turns as Howell hops onto the apron and pulls off the turnbuckle pad. He throws it away and smiles before Bree grabs Lyman and rolls him into the ring. Bree Lancaster turns and sees Jaina. Jaina keeps pointing, but Bree thinks it’s Howell as Jaina tries to plea with Hollinsworth to let her show him. Instead, she keeps being obstructed before we see Cassie Wolfe running out from the back.

Sharper: “Jaina out, trying to desperately tell Bree what Howell did.”

Knots: “Tell Hollinsworth!”

Sharper: “She’s trying. He’s focusing on getting her back. He thinks he’s going to help Bree! That’s how personal this has become!”

Knots: “Well calling your mother a drunk and dead while claiming you are too is probably a lot!”

Sharper: “And here comes Cassie Wolfe!”

Cassie Wolfe runs down to the ring and slides into the ring. Howell turns as Cassie runs across and dives through with a somersault through the ropes and onto Howell. The crowd erupts in cheers. Cassie Wolfe rolls over and winces and gets up. Bree turns and Cassie moves over and points to the turnbuckle. Bree then nods before rolling into the ring, but as she gets up, Lyman drills her with the Leading the Revolution.

Sharper: “Cassie Wolfe! She got the message-“

Knots: “Leading the Revolution! Bree’s out!”

Sharper: “No! No! Lyman…can’t this way?”

Lyman throws himself onto Bree. Jaina backs up, noticing Cassie before Cassie moves to the ring as Hollinsworth slides in. He sees the cover.

Bree shoots her shoulder up. The crowd erupts in cheers.

Sharper: “Bree Lancaster kicks out!”

Bree remains down as Lyman rolls over and lays next to Bree. He slowly rolls over and starts to get up. He then grabs Bree and slowly drags her up. Lyman turns and looks at the exposed turnbuckle before looking for Howell and seeing Jaina and Cassie at ringside.

Lyman: “You can watch this too!”

Lyman then sees Bree down and walks over to her as she stirs. He then grabs her from behind. He sets up for the Down with the Sinners, but Bree spins through and counters with a small package.

Lyman kicks out. Both get up and Bree lunges at Lyman who knees her in the ribs. He then turns and runs her toward the corner. Bree, however, spins through and goes to send Lyman in. Lyman blocks it. The crowd ohs and boos. Lyman turns and Bree runs at Lyman, but Lyman sidesteps and Bree stops herself too and Lyman then nails her with a second superkick, this time between the shoulder blades. Bree falls forward.

Lyman: “This will be Priceless Bree!”

Lyman then grabs Bree as the crowd boos loudly.

Sharper: “Even using her damn move!”

Knots: “And Lyman is taunting her. Almost setting up for whatever he has planned”

Lyman then grabs Bree and places her on the top turnbuckle, chest down. Lyman exits to the apron and then places her over her shoulders and starts to climb up to the top rope. The crowd roars as Lyman starts to lift Bree up to the top rope, while on his shoulders.

Sharper: “Lyman again thinking something big off the top! And he’s got Bree in position for the From the Heavens!”

Knots: “Going to end her title reign, start his, and I guess save her?”

Lyman gets to the top rope and looks forward and smiles before Lancaster elbows him in the side of the head once and then again before sliding down and grabbing his head and landing also on the top ropes before hitting a top rope DDT. The crowd ohs. Lyman rolls through and down to a heap. Lancaster winces and slowly rolls over. Jaina and Cassie both cheer on. Lyman holds his head and falls forward as Bree rolls over. She looks at Lyman as Lyman struggles to get his knee under him. He slowly starts to pull himself up and Bree then gets up and lunges and hits the Classifier. The crowd erupts. Bree then hooks both legs.

Sharper: “Classifier! Lyman goes vintage. So does Bree!”

Knots: “Oh no!”

Sharper: “Cover!”

The crowd cheers as the bell sounds. Bree rolls off of Lyman as Cassie and Jaina jump up in joy.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, and STILL SCW Adrenaline Champion, Bree Lancaster!”

Sharper: “Lancaster getting the revenge. No doubt here. Howell couldn’t help Lyman. Lyman couldn’t help himself. And Bree didn’t even need the exposed turnbuckle.”

Knots: “Doing it for Amy, for herself, for Jaina, for everyone!”

Bree Lancaster slowly gets up as Hollinsworth is handed the Adrenaline Championship. He turns and hands it to Bree who holds it over her head. Jaina and Cassie enter the ring and both head over, Jaina taking Hollinsworth’s place and raising Bree’s arm, as Cassie raises the other!

Sharper: “The Lancasters triumph tonight over Lyman’s desire to save! Still Adrenaline Champion. And Cassie Wolfe will have her title shot in the near future.”

Knots: “Lancaster’s loss! Who knows how Lyman could have helped?”

Sharper: “I don’t think she lost anything. Standing tall over that despicable man. And heading into Taking Hold of Flame, what scheme with Lyman have next? And what else will happen? For now, Bree, Jaina and Cassie can celebrate. For Jonathan Knots, I’m Adam Sharper…good night from New Jersey!”

Bree Lancaster, Jaina Lancaster and Cassie Wolfe continue to celebrate as Lyman is pulled out of the ring by Howell. Howell checks on him as the scene fades out…