Taking Hold of the Flame

“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 open up with a shot of the inside of a casino as we see individuals throwing dice, playing blackjack, and drinking. We then cut to a shot of a security guard watching the cameras in the security office. The scene cuts back to show shots of people pulling levers on slot machines, before showing a few people looking at one another as the flop on the poker table comes out. We cut back to the security room to see the guard talking to someone as each of the screens start to static before then freezing.

We cut to shot individuals, dressed in black, running down one of the hallways, all carrying bags. We then cut to the inside of the casino again to show patrons enjoying themselves before showing even someone looking suspiciously similar to Derek Adonis introducing another act before showing a shot of a burlesque show showing individuals suspiciously like the Glimmer Sisters, but not them, dancing.

We cut back to show the individuals in black all starting to get ready before we see a shot of a man step into the casino wearing a suit, followed a woman in a flowing dress, and then showing additional individuals wearing suits or dresses. We cut to then cut to the slot machines to see individuals who, from behind, are wearing merchandise of Shaun Cruze, Syren, Kimberly Williams, Deanna Frost, Asher Hayes, David Striker and others, before cutting to show a shot of Polly Playtime winning her hand at blackjack. We then see Jenni Anderson and Gavin Taylor celebrating as we see them win at the roulette wheel. This is followed by a shot of Dawn Lohan leaning on the table, smiling, and distracting a woman with red hair, before showing Chris Lawler winning the hand at the poker table.

We then cut to show a shot of the security room as we see Dean Black walking into the room, before cutting to show the man looking like Derek Adonis being forced off by Mr. Black as Religious Wright steps forward. We then see a shot of Amelia Nevado stepping forward and forcing the Glimmer lookalikes off the stage. We then cut to show Gavin, Polly, and Chris Lawler winning again, before we see the European Fiery Nation walking through the floor of the casino and keeping their eyes out. We then see Frank Delatosso walking through the main entrance of the casino, taking a few steps forward, and then taking off his glasses and smiling.

Delatosso: “The House always wins…”

The camera then pans out from the entrance of the casino and outside before panning up to then spin around as we see the SCW Taking Hold of the Flame logo on the side of the casino.

“Gone Gone Gone” by Autumn Kings plays as the logo remains on the screen for a few moments.

“Supreme Championship Wrestling presents…Taking Hold of the Flame 2026!”

The logo remains on the screen for several moments before we cut to the inside of the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. The crowd roars as the cameras start to pan across the arena before moving to the entrance set where pyro shoots out from the stage and high into the air. Fire shoots out from in front of the stage before we see more pyro shooting around the flame mocked up in the entrance way and around the big screens. After several moments, the display stops as the cameras return to panning around the stadium. The fans cheer.

Sharper: “As we come to Sin City, could sin win tonight and throw everything into disarray on a night where forty others compete to win the Flame and go to Rise to Greatness to challenge for the SCW World Championship?!”

The cameras continue to pan across the crowd before the bell sounds.

Phillips: “The opening contest tonight at Taking Hold of the Flame is an underground rules match scheduled for onefall with a thirty minute time limit and is for the SCW Underground Championship!”

The SCW Underground Championship logo comes across the screen.

Simon Lyman vs. Asher Hayes

SCW Underground Championship

The crowd buzzes before “Hero” by Skillet plays. The crowd roars. A few moments pass before we see Simon Lyman walk out from the back, wearing jeans and a “Still Simply Sensational” t-shirt. He looks around as he pauses for a few seconds, taking in the moment. He then looks up and looks around the arena. The crowd cheers as Simon then heads to the ring.

Phillips: “Introducing first, the challenger, from Columbus, Ohio, he is Simply Sensational... Simon Lyman!”

Simon walks down the entrance way. Simon walks over to the ring and over to the steel steps. He grabs the ringpost and climbs up the steps and onto the apron. He then steps into the ring. As he enters the ring, we cut to ringside where Adam Sharper and Jonathan Knots sit.

Sharper: “Welcome to ringside. Adam Sharper here with Jonathan Knots and we’re starting off with the Underground Championship on the line. Simon Lyman looking to do what some may think is impossible.”

Knots: “It may be. His body is breaking down. He’s trying to not only win the title, but he says he’s going to win the Taking Hold of the Flame?!”

Sharper: “That is indeed his plan. He has to get through Asher Hayes first. Two veterans going at it in what could be a violent affair.”

The opening riff to "Song for the Dead" by Queens of the Stone Age kicks in. At the 37 second mark, the name "Asher Hayes" blares through the PA system, and Asher appears on the stage, wearing a long leather jacket, his face full of focus. The SCW Underground Title belt is around his waist. He bows down for a few moments before standing up straight, throwing both fists in the air, before making his way towards the ring.

Phillips: “His opponent, hailing from Chicago, Illinois, he is the SCW Underground Champion... Asher Hayes!”

“It's late enough to go driving
And see what's mine
Life's the study of dying
How to do it right"

He makes his way down the ramp as the reaction of the crowd rains down upon him. He walks up the ring steps and climbs to the top turnbuckle, lifting both fists into the air, slinging the jacket off his shoulders, simply looking at the crowd before dropping down and running to the opposite side.

“You're a holy roller
If you bettin' to lose
If you're hanging around
I'm holding the noose"

He stands, once again, on the top rope. His expression remains focused as he looks toward the ceiling, before dropping down, removing his jacket and handing the title belt to referee Steve Holinsworth, who proceeds to hold it high.

"Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Come a little bit closer
And get untied
In a hearse rolling over
Just a track in the line
Fuck it..."

Asher then leans into the corner, waiting for the match to begin.

Sharper: “Asher Hayes meanwhile is looking to keep proving himself here. That said, he may have an edge. Simon Lyman had been battling food poisoning earlier this weekend.”

Knots: “Simon Lyman should stay away from the buffet.”

Sharper: “These two could end up there. Falls count anywhere and I don’t care what Simon suffered. He’s not going to go down easy. Same for Asher Hayes. Two grizzled veterans and both capable of shocking.”

Hollinsworth hands off the title and backs up. He checks on Simon. Simon nods as Asher just nods pre-emptively. Hollinsworth calls for the bell. The bell sounds. Asher Hayes steps out and Lyman then runs at him and nails him with a hard right. He nails him again and then again. Hayes staggers back to the corner. Lyman nails him with a hard right before grabbing him by the head and locking in a loose headlock. He then nails Asher with a series of hard right hands to the face. The crowd roars as Lyman hammers away before Asher manages to push him away. Lyman staggers forward and looks around. He then turns and runs over to Asher who suddenly uppercuts him. Lyman staggers back and Hayes runs at him and clotheslines him down.

Sharper: “Hard clothesline and this match kicking off, high octane.”

Knots: “Lyman went right for Hayes. Hayes had an answer though.”

Lyman gets up and Hayes grabs him and runs him into the nearby corner. Lyman turns and Hayes kicks him in the ribs. He then kicks him over and over and over again. Hollinsworth tries to get him to stop, but Hayes ignores him and stomps Lyman over and over before he drops to a seated position. He then drags him out and goes for the pin.

Lyman kicks out. Both get up and Lyman winces and moves to the ropes and Hayes nails him with a shot to the stomach. Lyman staggers over to the corner. Hayes nails him again.

Knots: “Looking to get Lyman to blow more than just this match.”

Sharper: “Hayes knew Lyman had his food poisoning and it’s clear. Taking Hold of the Flame looming large. You want this done. You want to get backstage and refocus.”

Knots: “And both are in it, right?”

Sharper: “Right.”

Hayes goes for a third, and Lyman blocks it. He then grabs Hayes’ arm and pulls it over to the ropes and nails him with a shot to the kidneys. Hayes winces and turns and Lyman nails him with a hard right. Hayes hits the mat. He gets back up and Lyman kicks him in the ribs. He then whips him across the ring. Hayes bounces off and Lyman hits a hip toss. Hayes hits the mat and gets up and Lyman hits a dropkick. Hayes hits the mat and rolls over and then starts to get up. Lyman then grabs him and goes to clothesline him, but Hayes spins through and pulls Lyman down with a school boy.

Lyman kicks out and Hayes falls to the ropes. He gets up and Lyman gets up and tackles him through the ropes to the apron and both dump down onto the floor.

Sharper: “And Hayes again with the attempt for a quick finish. Maybe making sure Lyman is ready for this.”

Knots: “If he’s not, or he’s not okay, why waste the energy?”

Sharper: “But Lyman coming back. Hard tackle. Both dumping out to the floor in front of us.”

Lyman stirs as Hayes starts to get up and Lyman runs at Hayes, but Hayes sidesteps and sends Lyman up and over the Spanish announce table and over to the other end. The crowd ohs. Hayes turns and looks under the ring. Hayes pulls out a steel chair and turns and goes over to Lyman, but Lyman climbs up over the Spanish announce table and dives off with a flying clothesline, taking down the Underground Champion. The crowd roars. Lyman looks around and crawls over to the chair Asher had. He lifts it up as Hayes starts to get up and turns and drives the end of it into the ribs of Asher. Asher turns to the Spanish announce table and Lyman slams the chair into the back of Hayes’ back. Hayes falls over. Lyman throws the chair into the ring. He then reaches under the ring and looks around, grabbing a second chair and throwing it into the ring. He then grabs Hayes and rolls him in. Lyman slides in after. Lyman gets up as Hayes pulls himself up and Lyman hooks him up and hits a snap suplex.

Sharper: “Lyman moving some furniture around. Two chairs in the ring.”

Knots: “After dropping Hayes down. He’s got something in mind.”

Lyman turns and grabs one of the chairs and opens it up. He then grabs Hayes as Hayes stirs and nails him with a hard right. He whips him across the ring. Hayes bounces off and Lyman hits a drop toe hold into the seat of the chair. The crowd ohs. Hayes rolls over in pain. Lyman then gets up and moves to the second chair. He unfolds it and places it next to the other chair, seat to seat. Lyman turns and walks over to Hayes and grabs him and nails him with a hard right. He then nails him again before then going to whip him forward, but Hayes ducks under and pulls Lyman in and then hip tosses him into seats of the two chairs. The crowd ohs as Lyman goes through them and to the mat. He winces in pain. Hayes then goes for the pin.

Lyman kicks out. Hayes rolls off and looks around and rolls to the floor. He then looks under the ring and looks around before grabbing a cleaning bucket and mop before looking inside and pushing it into the ring. We then see a screwdriver and cheese grater fall out of it. Lyman stirs as Hayes slides in.

Sharper: “Lyman setting up his own doom there, but he kicks out.”

Knots: “He may wish he just stayed down.”

Lyman gets up and Hayes takes the bucket, dumping everything out and just whips it at Lyman’s head. It bounces off as Lyman hits the mat. The crowd ohs. Lyman turns and starts to get up and Hayes grabs the mop and walks over and places it around the throat of Lyman. He then hits a mop-assisted Russian leg sweep. Lyman rolls over, wincing in pain as Hayes then rolls to his side and looks around. He then goes for the pin.

Lyman rolls his shoulder up. Hayes rolls off and looks around before grabbing the mop. Hayes gets up and Lyman turns and kneels only for Hayes to crack the mop over his head. The mop breaks as the crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Oh!”

Knots: “That’s mopping up the competition!”

Sharper: “And Lyman just dropping to his hands and knees.”

Hayes then steps up and grabs Lyman and takes the end of the mop still in his hands and starts to grind the broken end into the forehead of Lyman. Lyman yells in pain as Hayes grinds it in and then pushes him away. Hayes throws the mop handle down as Lyman rolls over, blood starting to come from his forehead. Lyman grabs at the ropes as Hayes then grabs the cheese grater. He then walks over to Lyman and goes to grind it into Lyman’s face. Lyman blocks it though and fights him off before kneeing Hayes in the ribs. Hayes staggers back and Lyman drops the grater. He staggers as Hayes runs at him and Lyman hoists him up and hits a spinebuster into the back of one of the open chairs. Hayes grimaces in pain and rolls over, arching his back in pain as the crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Oh! Oh!”

Knots: “Didn’t know Lyman was moving onto his new job as a chiropractor?!”

Sharper: “And Hayes has a history of back issues. But in the fight for gold…”

Knots: “Yeah, this barbaric crap!”

Hayes grabs at the ropes as Lyman looks around and then grabs the grater. He walks over to Hayes and then places it against his forehead and starts to grind it into Hayes’s forehead. Hayes yells in pain as Lyman keeps grinding it in for a few seconds more. He then looks at Hayes and takes the grater and runs it along the forehead. Hayes drops down, convulsing from the pain, holding his head which is now bleeding too.

Sharper: “Oh! Shredding his forehead like cabbage!”

Knots: “Two people showing they should never be fighting for the World Title! This isn’t wrestling!”

Hayes starts to get up and Lyman places the grater on his head again and grinds it in again and then runs it along. Hayes falls to the may, rolling over in pain. Lyman then throws the grater down and looks around before going for the pin.

Hayes kicks out. Lyman rolls away and looks around and grabs one of the chairs. He folds it back up and walks over to the corner and starts to push it between the top and middle turnbuckle. Lyman turns around and heads over to Hayes who suddenly grabs the screwdriver and steps forward and nails Lyman in the forehead with it. The crowd ohs as Lyman hits the mat. Hayes then dives to his knees and starts to grind the screwdriver into the forehead of Lyman, opening him up more as blood comes down his face and down to his chest. The crowd looks on.

Sharper: “Hayes using that screwdriver to pry open the wound on the forehead of Simon Lyman!”

Knots: “Maybe this will wake him up. He’s got borrowed time and he’s fighting in this? For this?!”

Hayes pulls away as Lyman just drops to the mat. Lyman rolls over as Hayes then grabs him and pulls him up. He then hoists him up and wrenches his arm into a hammerlock before hitting a hammerlock DDT into the still-open chair. Lyman rolls to his back, blood covering the chair. Hayes goes for the pin.

Lyman gets his shoulder up. Hayes looks around and then turns and grabs the cheese grater. Lyman rolls over to his hands and knees. Hayes then starts to grind the grater into his forehead. Lyman yells out as the crowd looks on. Hayes keeps grinding the grater into Lyman’s forehead as Lyman crawls forward to the ropes. Hayes keeps grinding him and then lifts up the grater and slams it down onto the forehead of Lyman. Lyman falls to a knee. Hayes then looks around as Hollinsworth tries to plead with him to stop. Hayes then goes to grind the grater into Lyman’s head again. He starts and Lyman then hits a mule kick. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Hayes trying to maim Lyman, but Lyman…oh! He went between the legs!”

Knots: “Why not!”

Hayes grimaces and backs up. Lyman turns around, his face bloodied and he takes Hayes and bends him over. He then glances behind him before hoisting Hayes up and then cradling Hayes’s head. He then falls back and hits the powerbomb suplex into the chair Lyman had set up. Hayes ends up on his feet from the impact and just falls back to the mat. Lyman crawls over and hooks the leg.

Hayes shoots his shoulder up in time.

Sharper: “And only two! Lyman powered Hayes up and found the fountain of youth for a moment. Driving him into the chair, but only two!”

Knots: “Hayes was out on his feet too. And Hayes still found a way to kick out.”

Lyman looks around and rolls to the floor. He then looks under the ring. The crowd roars as he then pulls out a table. Lyman lifts it up, unfolds the legs and sets it up next to the ring at an angle. He then turns and looks under the ring and pulls out a second table and unfolds the legs. He places it next to the first table. He then slides into the ring and Hayes starts to get up. Lyman then boots him in the face. Hayes falls over. He rolls over and stirs as Lyman drags him over to the ropes. He then pushes him through the ropes and down to the floor. Lyman rolls out after him. Hayes starts to get up and swings but Lyman drops down with a drop toe hold, sending Hayes into the ring apron. Hayes staggers back and Lyman gets up and pushes him onto the tables. The crowd roars. Lyman then rolls into the ring.

Sharper: “Lyman…what are you thinking…”

Knots: “He’s not!”

Sharper: “Hayes in a bad way. Lyman has his hopes to go to the high risk district!”

Lyman moves to the corner and climbs up to the top rope. The crowd roars as Lyman gets up to the top. He looks at Hayes and then steps up, but Hayes rolls off and jumps onto the apron and nails Lyman in the ribs with a shot. He punches him in the stomach before then nailing him with a European uppercut. Lyman sits back down on the top turnbuckle before Hayes climbs up to the middle rope. The crowd roars again as Hayes then grabs Lyman and looks back before stepping up and then pulling him off with a top rope superplex all the way to the floor through the two tables. The crowd erupts.

Sharper: “Hayes superplex! Onto Lyman! From the top! To the floor! Through the tables!”

Knots: “Jesus Christ!”

The crowd cheers as we see Hayes and Lyman both down in the table shrapnel. Hollinsworth drops down and checks on Lyman and then checks on Hayes. The crowd continues to cheer as a “Holy Shit!” chant breaks out.

REPLAYING:

The Taking Hold of the Flame logo comes up on the screen as we see Hayes grabbing Lyman and then hitting a superplex off the top rope through the two tables on the floor. The THOTF logo comes up on the screen as we see the superplex from another angle.

Sharper: “Just amazing. From the top! Hayes took the opportunity. His bad back. Lyman’s physical challenges and they’re trying to become Underground Champion!”

The Taking Hold of the Flame logo comes back up on the screen.

We return to a live shot.

Knots: “And Hayes crawling out. Lyman got the worst of that.”

Sharper: “The added torque. The added impact from the suplex.”

Hayes crawls over to the steel steps as Lyman looks around and we see Lyman starting to slowly roll over. He crawls out of the table. Both are bloodied as Lyman looks up. Hayes uses the steel steps to pull himself up. Lyman then pulls himself up and staggers forward. He then stops and turns around and Hayes runs at him and jumps up and hits the Dust to Dust in the entrance way. Lyman drops from the impact. Hayes turns and crawls over to him and hooks the leg.

The crowd roars as the bell sounds.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, and STILL SCW Underground Champion…Asher Hayes!”

Hollinsworth walks around the ring as Phillips hands him the Underground Championship. Hollinsworth turns back to the entrance way and then walks over to Hayes. Hayes slowly gets up and looks around as Hollinsworth raises his arm and hands him the Underground Championship.

Sharper: “It wasn’t pretty. Both men bloodied. Both men bruised and battered, but Asher Hayes retains here in Las Vegas!”

Knots: “Hope you’re happy. You just put massive targets on both of you for the Flame!”

Sharper: “They wanted this match. They got this match. They got this fight. Hayes continues his reign and Lyman…you can’t be disappointed with that effort, minus the end result. What a match.”

Hayes walks over to Lyman and kneels down on one knee next to him. He says something to Lyman before getting up. He then steps forward and raises the title over his head. The crowd cheers as Hayes looks around, his music playing throughout the arena. He then starts to walk to the back. Hollinsworth checks on Lyman as the scene cuts away.

Backstage, we see the tumbler filled with balls with the order of entry inside. We see Delatosso rotating the tumbler and smiling as Gavin Taylor stands with him, joined by Dean Black.

Delatosso: “Time to allow for people to step up.”

Gavin: “Can’t wait. Better get a good number. What’s better than one title shot? Two title shots.”

Delatosso: “Well we’ll get that settled in due time. Dean…have you heard?”

Black: “Nothing yet, but…”

We then hear a knock at the door. Dean turns and heads over to the door and opens it and we see Lucas Knight walking into the room.

Delatosso: “Mr. Knight…good to see you. The question is whether this will be the last time or-“

Knight: “We’ll do our jobs. Okay?”

Black: “You speaking for yourself or…”

Knight: “Dillusion and Tanaka are in.”

Delatosso: “Good. Then you can make sure that tonight goes off without a hitch.”

Gavin: “Welcome to the good team! Not the stupid team. The fraud team. The DUMB team.”

Knight nods.

Delatosso: “Dean…make sure that we control who draws, okay?”

Knight looks at Black and Delatosso. Delatosso keeps tumbling the tubler.

Knight: “Have you made sure this is ready to go? The latch tends to get stuck.”

Delatosso: “I checked it myself.”

Delatosso stops as Knight then goes to it and goes to open the latch, but it sticks.

Knight: “This was something we noticed last year. Remember Dean.”

Black: “We should just buy a new one. We’ve had this since SCW opened.”

Knight: “Let me try…”

Knight then fiddles with the latch before pulling on it, causing the door to open, but the tumbler to fall off the table.

Knight: “Damn it!”

Delatosso: “Lucas! What are you doing?”

Knight: “Seized…”

Knight grabs some of the balls as Gavin grabs one and looks at it, shrugging. Dean starts to do the same. We then notice Knight places three balls into his pocket before then starting to put the others into the tumbler. Black puts the others in. Delatosso then tells them to back off.

Delatosso: “You’ve done enough. Dean…give the marching orders. Okay?”

Black: “Yeah.”

Delatosso then opens the latch and closes it, repeating the process. Gavin smiles before holding up his ball.

Delatosso: “I guess you drew first.”

Black and Knight leave the office as the scene cuts away.

In another part of the backstage area, we see Amelia Nevado walking down the hallway, the SCW World Championship resting over her shoulder. The sight of her immediately draws a mixed reaction from out in the arena, leaning more towards boos. After a moment, she stops in front of a door, which we see is marked with the nameplate of The Light In The Darkness. The idea that Amelia and her wife are sharing a locker room tonight injects a few more cheers into the mixed reaction as Amelia just looks at the door, almost as if she’s having second thoughts. She finally sighs and opens the door, the camera following her inside as she looks around, and we find no sign of La Pequeña Luz anywhere. This seems to put Amelia at ease as she sets the title belt on the bench and grabs her bag before unzipping it, and whatever she finds inside immediately puts a sour look on her face.

Nevado: “You have got to be kidding me.”

Amelia digs around in her bag for a moment, trying to find something, but there seems to be no sign of whatever it is. We see her start to pull out something purple in color with a note attached to it, but she rips the note off and shoves the item back into her bag before reading through whatever’s on it, her look growing more irritated.

Luz: “Everything alright?”

Amelia turns her gaze to see Luz stepping into the locker room now, a small slip of paper in her hand and a concerned look on her face.

Nevado: “Where were you?”

Luz flinches a bit at the harsh tone Amelia uses, and we see Amelia briefly look guilty, but Luz seems to recover fairly quickly as she holds up the slip.

Luz: “I had to go draw my number for the battle royal. You said you had to meet with Delatosso and would be right back, so I didn’t think it would be a problem.”

Nevado: “Well, apparently it became a problem.”

Amelia shoves the note into Luz’s chest, and she takes it and reads it aloud.

Luz: “‘Couldn’t resist a sneak peak and felt you could do better. Feel free to keep these, our treat. Love… the Glimmers.’ Did they seriously…?”

The mention of the Glimmers and what they might’ve done draws some cheers from the fans in the arena. Amelia grabs her bag and holds it up so Luz can see what’s inside while shielding it from our view, and Luz looks disturbed at the sight. She quickly tosses the note aside and rushes to her own bag, opening it up and digging through before she looks just as irritated as Amelia does, tossing an identical note out of her bag as it lands on the floor next to the one left for Amelia.

Luz: “Cuando suene esa campana, voy a…”

Nevado: “You’re entering the battle royal?”

Luz’s rant in her native tongue is cut off by Amelia’s question, her tone sounding more confused than anything else. Luz rises to a stand as she and her wife lock eyes, the tension in the room thicker than anyone would’ve ever expected from these two.

Luz: “Why wouldn’t I?”

Nevado: “Are you seriously trying to take this from me? After how hard I worked to get here? It’s already bad enough you could dethrone me because of the Glimmers’ stupid rules-”

Luz: “I’m not trying to take anything from you.”

The fans can be heard giving another mixed reaction as Amelia just stares at Luz, a little surprised by how dead serious her tone is.

Nevado: “But… you could win it in this stupid match. You’re in the battle royal otherwise.”

Luz: “Sí, lo soy. And I’m not going to lie to my partner and say that I don’t plan on winning the battle royal, because I want to meet you in the main event of Rise to Greatness.”

The sound of a potential battle between The Light In The Darkness as the Rise to Greatness main event draws a ton of interested cheers from the fans out in the arena.

Nevado: “Haven’t you earned enough to-”

Luz: “Amelia, we both know we’re going to keep aspiring for greater and greater heights. It’s how we’re both wired, because we both want SCW and the entire world to remember what WE’VE accomplished when we finally hang up our boots, not anything to do with who opened these doors for us.”

Amelia looks away from Luz, a slight tremble visible as she clenches her fist. Her gaze snaps back to Luz, though, when her wife places a comforting hand on her shoulder.

Luz: “Let me clarify: I’m not in the battle royal to earn a World Title shot. I’m in it because if there’s one thing Delatosso and I actually agree on, it’s that you deserve to be here, to be World Champion. You earned this… don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. And if there’s one other thing you deserve, it’s to have the best possible opponent to defend your title against at Rise to Greatness. You know as well as I do that there’s only one person around here who’s ever truly brought out the absolute best in you.”

Nevado: “You…”

Luz: “Exactly. I want to face you in the main event of Rise to Greatness, our biggest match on the biggest stage we’ll ever have. Everyone else may just want that title, but above all else, I want to truly showcase what we both know we can do, what SCW hasn’t even seen of us yet. And you deserve a fair chance to prove, with a concrete result, who’s currently better between us. Forget the Glimmers and their dumb games… I swear to you Ames that YOU are leaving here tonight as the World Champion, and I’m going to bust my butt to both make sure of that, and to make sure you have the best possible opponent to meet you under the brightest spotlight possible.”

Amelia looks stunned, as if Luz’s words are weighing a lot heavier on her mind than anyone would have expected. Luz just gives her a reassuring smile before pulling away and grabbing her bag, her smile fading as she remembers what’s sitting inside.

Luz: “We should… probably start getting ready so we can get this stupid Lingerie Showdown over with. After that… maybe you can wish me luck for the battle royal?”

Luz flashes Amelia one last hopeful smile before she looks at the cameraman and nods her head towards the door, signaling the two of them need their privacy. She leaves the shot as we focus on Amelia for a moment, the gears working overtime in her brain as she watches Luz before turning her gaze towards the World Title belt resting beside her bag.

Nevado: “Good luck…”

Amelia takes a deep breath, trying to pull herself back together after that conversation as we cut away to give her and Luz privacy, but the cheers of the fans paint a hopeful picture of what they just saw.

Glory Braddock’s Open Challenge

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

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall with a twenty minute time limit. First, from London, England, she is The British Bombshell, Glory Braddock!”

Glory Braddock steps out onto the stage, wearing her ring gear consisting of purple spandex pants, boots, and a purple top. She really does look like a million bucks and grins from ear to ear, gazing out at the crowd for a moment before making her way down the entrance ramp.

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

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

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

Sharper: “Glory Braddock, again, betting on herself. She’s aiming for Apocalypse. But tonight, she’s offered an open challenge to the roster.”

Knots: “Going to have to be prepared for anything.”

Sharper: “Anyone could challenge her and she’s going to prove herself. She’s a former World Champion. She’s a Supreme Champion. A win against her gets people noticed and she’s hoping whoever comes out will keep her sharp.”

Phillips: “And her opponent…”

The crowd buzzes as the cameras cut to the entrance way. A few moments pass. “Until the Sun Explodes” by Sublime then starts to play as the crowd looks on. We then see a muscular man walk from the back, wearing a sparkling open robe and facepaint on his face. He steps out in his bleached-blonde crew cut and points to the crowd. He then steps up and flexes in the middle of the entrance way as sparks shoot out from behind him on the stage. He then points to the crowd, smiling, as he heads to the ring.

Phillips: “From Venice, California, he is Flash!”

Flash walks down to the ring, high-fiving fans, as Glory looks at him and then walks over to Jennifer Cassidy, the official. They share some words before Flash hops onto the apron and then climbs up to the middle turnbuckle. He looks out and throws his arms in the air. He then hops over the top rope, landing on his feet. He then takes off his robe and places it onto the apron. He then starts to stretch out, using the ropes, as the music fades out.

Sharper: “And looks like SCW has a new signing – the arrival of the Man Named Flash. He’s been making waves in the So-Cal scene. Not that far as we’re here in Vegas.”

Knots: “Talk about a big opportunity. The guy looks young, he looks in good shape. But it matters when the bell rings.”

Sharper: “And a bit of a throwback here.”

Knots: “Havoc Warrior Exodus vibes.”

Sharper: “Very different though. Much more of a controlled offense from what I’ve seen in tapes.”

Glory looks at Flash as the bell sounds. Flash steps up and extends his hand. Glory looks at it and slaps at it before the two circle the ring. They then lock up in the middle and the crowd looks on before Flash throws Glory back. Flash flexes as the crowd looks on, some reacting to the young man. Glory slowly gets up and nods before walking around the ring. Flash watches Glory and then the two lock up in the middle of the ring again. Flash, again, shows his power advantage, getting Glory back into the corner. Cassidy comes over calling for the break.

Flash makes the clean break and backs up. Glory walk out along the ropes and the two watch one another before Flash steps up, but Glory drops down and goes for the leg. She hits a single leg takedown and then grabs the leg.

Sharper: “Flash clearly the stronger of the two. Glory going to the legs.”

Knots: “I think she wanted to see what he would or could do.”

Glory holds onto the leg and Flash rolls to his stomach. Glory then moves forward into a side headlock. She pulls back as Flash starts to slowly get his feet under him. Glory gets up to her feet, still holding on. Flash pulls Glory into the ropes and fires her off. She bounces off and Flash goes to grab her, but Glory slides under his arms. Flash steps forward and turns around only for Glory to hit a dropkick. Flash hits the mat. He gets back up and Glory hits another dropkick. Flash falls back into the corner. Glory then gets up and runs at him and jumps up onto his knees. She falls back and hits a monkey flip. Flash rolls over. Glory runs over and grabs the arm and locks in an arm bar.

Sharper: “And this is what Glory does. She’s found an opportunity. Now to the arm. Now making the young man, Flash, have to respond.”

Knots: “And clearly Glory has the experience advantage. But this is a very different style match than that with Kemal Yilmaz.”

Glory holds on as Flash starts to get up. Flash then pushes her into the ropes. He then pulls her out and fires her off. Glory stops at the ropes. Flash runs at her and Glory pulls the top rope down. Flash goes up and over and lands on his feet on the floor. He then looks around as Glory runs across the ring, bounces off and dives through the ropes with a suicide dive. The crowd roars. Glory rolls over as Flash hits the barricade and drops down to a seated position. (1) He winces and rolls over. Glory grabs him and pulls him up. (2) She rolls him into the ring. Flash rolls over and Glory climbs up onto the apron. Flash gets up as Glory springboards to the top rope and hits a flying clothesline. She goes for the pin.

Flash kicks out. Glory grabs him and slowly pulls him up.

Sharper: “And right now, all Braddock.”

Knots: “Experience being the difference. That and no hesitation.”

Sharper: “Flash is young. Understand the man is only twenty-five. Nerves could be playing a role her too.”

Glory holds on and forearms Flash in the jaw. She forearms him again and hits a chop. The crowd woos. She then grabs the arm and wrenches it before hitting a fireman’s carry takedown. She then moves into a reverse chinlock. Flash however starts to turn to his knees. He starts to get up as Glory holds on and Flash elbows her in the ribs once and then again before then hoisting her up and hitting a back suplex. Glory rolls over and gets up and Flash gets up and runs into the ropes. He hits a running clothesline before stopping and turning to the next set of ropes. Glory gets back up and Flash hits another running clothesline. Glory hits the mat and slowly gets up and Flash hits a jumping dropkick to the jaw. Glory hits the mat. Flash goes for the pin.

Glory kicks out. Flash rolls over and Glory gets up and Flash hits an inside cradle!

Glory kicks out. Both get up and Flash scoops her up, but Glory lands behind him and then managing to hit a release German suplex. Flash rolls over and to his back.

Sharper: “Flash stunning Glory with that inside cradle, but Braddock kicking out.”

Knots: “Some tricks up his sleeve. So far, when he’s on offense, he looks good, but Braddock didn’t panic!”

Flash starts to get up and Glory runs into the ropes, bounces off and hits a basement dropkick to Flash’s face, causing a crack in his facepaint. He rolls to his back. Glory then goes for the pin.

Flash kicks out. He turns and Glory grabs the arm and goes for the crossface. She pulls back as Flash yells out. He shakes his head no. Glory pulls back on the arm as Flash bridges up and starts to move to the ropes, getting closer and closer. Glory keeps the hold on as Flash slides over again and then reaches out, grabbing the bottom rope.

Glory lets go and stomps him in the shoulder and then the back. Glory then walks around the ring. Flash starts to pull himself up and Glory runs over at him and Flash hoists her up and hits a snake eyes on the top rope. Glory staggers back and Flash runs out and clotheslines her down again. Glory rolls over and gets up and Flash whips her into the ropes. She bounces off and Flash presses her over his head. The crowd roars as Flash slams her down to the mat. Glory pops up and moves to the corner. She winces as Flash moves to the opposite side of the ring and then runs across and hits a jumping splash into Glory, sandwiching her in the corner. The crowd ohs. Glory falls out from the corner. Flash hooks the leg.

Glory gets her shoulder up. She rolls over as Flash then exits to the apron. He climbs up to the top rope.

Sharper: “Flash showing resilience here as he now gets a two and now to the top rope.”

Knots: “Glory’s lack of knowledge of him may be playing a role here.”

Glory starts to get up and looks around as she turns to Flash who dives off with a flying clothesline. He connects. He turns and hooks the leg.

Glory gets her shoulder up. She rolls over and Flash gets up and grabs her and pulls her up to her feet. Flash then scoops her up onto his shoulder. He points up to the sky before then running across the ring. Glory slides back and shoves Flash into the corner. Flash hits the turnbuckles and staggers back. Braddock then runs past him and jumps to the middle rope and dives back with a twisting Prankster’s Paradise!

Sharper: “Flash was going for his finished the Flashfall. Glory countered! And now the Prankster’s Paradise!”

Knots: “Guess that’s just instinct then!”

Braddock then exits to the apron. She climbs up to the top rope as the crowd roars. She looks down at Flash before then hitting the London Plunge. The crowd roars. She turns and hooks the leg.

Flash gets his shoulder up. He rolls over as Glory looks down at him and nods before then starting to get up. Flash crawls to the ropes and starts to pull himself up. Glory looks at him and then grabs his arms and pulls him back from the ropes before twisting him around into the Glorification. The crowd ohs. Glory rolls him over and covers him with the lateral press.

Sharper: “Glorification! Driving Flash into the mat.”

Knots: “Just overwhelming him here at the end.”

The bell sounds. Glory gets up off of Flash and steps forward. She looks at Flash before then stepping forward, having her arm raised by Jennifer Cassidy.

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

Sharper: “And Glory Braddock survives the challenge of Flash and shows, even on instinct, she can handle young talent.”

Knots: “Flash had a good showing. No win. But good try. Just not good enough. And unfortunately, that’s what matters!”

Glory Braddock pulls away and goes to the corner. She then smirks as she stands up on the middle turnbuckle. She poses briefly before hopping over the top rope and onto the apron. She drops down to the floor. Flash starts to stir in the ring before Taking Hold of the Flame fades to black.

We open up with a shot of the inside of Ford Field. We see a shot of Polly Playtime walking into the stadium. She takes a few steps forward and looks around. We see shots of CHBK, Matt Hodges, Alistaire Allocco, and Selena Frost holding the SCW World Championship. We then cut to show Gavin Taylor walking into the stadium from another entrance, joined by his All-Star Secret Service. Shots of Shawn Winters standing across from Xander Valentine are shown, followed by shots of Karnivale and Dark Fantasy standing face to face at Rise to Greatness. The doors open as we see the European Fiery Nation walking into the football stadium. We then see Simon Lyman and Donovan Kayl embracing, before showing Regan Street fighting Brittany Lohan, before cutting to show Owen Cruze and Giovanni Aries standing across from one another. We then cut to show Chris Lawler in the seats, looking around, before showing Amelia Nevado standing at mid-field. We see a shot of Damian Angel hitting the Martyr Syndrome on CHBK before showing Kelcey Wallace posing, and then shots of Jason Zero, Cid Turner, Glory Braddock, Josh Hudson, and Bree Lancaster in the ring before showing James Exeter staring down Hurse, before showing James Evans powerbombing Ace Marshall off the top rope into the barricade.

“Time to take hold of their own history…”

The Rise to Greatness XXIII logo comes up on the screen, followed by the date “August 9, 2026.” The scene fades out.

We return to a live shot of the inside of Allegiant Stadium.

Sharper: “Folks, we’re almost there. Rise to Greatness just around the corner and-“

We then start to hear the sound of motorcycles. The crowd roars as we then see Meghan Strader burst through the curtain on her motorcycle, joined by Mackenzie Strader, Tearra Skye, and Vanessa Strader as they ride into the building. The crowd roars as they drive down to the ringside area.

Sharper: “And we are being interrupted by the Cowgirls from Hell!”

Knots: “What the hell are they doing here?”

Sharper: “Meghan Strader looks more annoyed than anything, and she’s looking to be in the Taking Hold of the Flame.”

The Cowgirls stop at the end of the entrance way before Meghan gets up off of her motorcycle. She then climbs up into the ring. She storms across the ring and demands a microphone as the other Cowgirls enters the ring. Meghan is handed a microphone. She takes it and starts to walk around the ring.

Meghan: “Well isn’t that cute!”

The crowd roars a bit.

Meghan: “Hate me so much that you never take me off the Rise to Greatness promo. That’s fine…I was waiting for that day, but what I don’t appreciate is coming to this building and finding out that I don’t have a spot in the Taking Hold of the Flame!”

The crowd boos.

Meghan: “Yeah, ya heard me. Too bad, we have ways to deal with it. And I’m not going to beat around the bush here. From what you did to make sure I wasn’t the US champion, to now taking me out of the battle royal, you better be careful about going to war with the Cowgirls from Hell, Frank!”

The crowd roars.

Meghan: “We came to SCW because we were told this is where the most competitive in the world apply their craft. That seems to be changing underneath my feet!”

Meghan shakes her head.

Meghan: “Well, not on our watch. So you better watch your ass because we don’t care about a New Order. We don’t care about whatever plans you have. We care about kicking ass and making a legacy. And Frank, you get in our way-“

Meghan stops as we see then the European Fiery Nation starting to jog down from the back. The crowd boos seeing Ludvig Eriksson, Dakon Theron, Oskar Theron, Kemal Yilmaz, and Frederico Gasperoni heading to the ring.

Meghan: “Oh this is cute…You picked the wrong option then!”

Meghan turns and motions to the Cowgirls as they then roll down to the floor and meet the EFN on the floor. The crowd roars as Meghan goes after Kemal and Dakon and Oskar go after Mackenzie and Tearra. Vanessa nails Eriksson with a shot before Meghan kicks Federico, knocking him back. Kemal and Meghan trade blows on the floor as Mackenzie and Tearra battle with the Therons. Vanessa grabs Eriksson and runs him into the barricade. She then turns and runs over to Federico and grabs him.

Knots: “Come on EFN! Do your security work! Throw them out!”

Sharper: “Meghan Strader…the Cowgirls fighting the EFN. And a brawl has broken out in Las Vegas!”

The crowd continues to cheer as the two teams fight at the end of the rampway. Oskar grabs Tearra and tries to throw her into the barricade as Dakon and Mackenzie battle. Meghan goes to run Kemal into the ring, but Kemal blocks it and elbows her. Meghan nails him with a hard right as we then see officials, agents and even police officers running down from the back. We see Frank Delatosso standing at the end of the entrance and looking down as Dean Black then runs out to help oversee matters. The officials, guards and officers run down. Quickly a couple grab Meghan, pulling her back as Kemal gets a cheap shot in. Meghan kicks at him back and is turned around and forces down to the ground. This gets Vanessa’s attention who heads over and grabs one of the officers. Tearra and MacKenzie head over too as we then see Dean Black step up. Meghan meanwhile starts to be handcuffed.

Sharper: “They’re arresting Meghan Strader! Frank Delatosso has sent out security and the police detachment we have on site after Strader!”

Knots: “Good!”

The Cowgirls try to intervene, but the EFN then steps up and pulls them back. Officials then get between the two groups as Meghan is pulled up. She then looks around, laughing from the moment. The officials walk her down the rampway as the crowd boos. A “CFH!” chant breaks out as Meghan looks around and nods. Vanessa is a few strides behind as the other Cowgirls are filed down the rampway too, while they keep their eyes on the EFN. Meghan is walked down the rampway and right by Delatosso.

Meghan: “You’re a dead man, Frank! You’re going to regret it!”

Delatosso; “Get her out of here and Meghan, I won’t. I won’t be seeing you again. My SCW doesn’t need you!”

Meghan smirks as she’s pulled through the curtain. Delatosso follows as Black follows too. A few moments pass before we cut to the other side of the tunnel where we see Strader walked through, still handcuffed. The cameras follow her as Delatosso takes a few more steps forward before then stopping. He then smugly looks on as Meghan Strader is walked over to another door, this one leading to another area. She continues to be walked and taken over to a police car. The crowd boos as we see Meghan Strader smirk before the door is opened and she’s put inside.

Meghan: “God forgives….I DON’T FRANK!”

The crowd roars as Meghan is pushed into the car and the door closed. We then hear the police sirens go as the camera spins around to see Vanessa Strader stepping forward. She stops as MacKenzie and Tearra are now getting back into it with the EFN in the background.

The cameras cut to another part of the backstage area as we see Syren watching on a monitor.

Syren: “Damn…Meghan, what are you thinking?”

Syren turns as Lucas Knight walks over to the monitor too.

Knight: “Well, so it is the case?”

Syren: “What?”

Knight: “Just…it’s fine…”

Knight then hands one of the balls from the tumbler to Syren.

Syren: “Hand delivering.”

Knight: “Just trying to be efficient.”

Syren: “Well…thanks.”

Knight: “Good luck, Syren…and please…be careful. There are some very motivated people backstage.”

Syren: “It’s Taking Hold of the Flame. There always are.”

Knight nods and walks off. Syren then looks at the ball as the scene cuts away.

The scene opens up at ringside.

Knots: “That’s interesting…”

Sharper: “Folks, we’re trying to reset here and in a few moments, we are going to see one of the most unique, controversial, you name it…matches in SCW history.”

Knots: “Going to be a travesty.”

Sharper: “Let’s be clear about what this is. The Glimmer Sisters are trying to get into the head of Amelia Nevado, La Pequena Luz, Frank Delatosso, and anyone who is hoping for a mat classic. They don’t care as long as it pays off and their track record has been in this favour so far in SCW. And allow me to walk through what you’re going to see.”

Sharper pauses.

Knots: “A travesty!”

Sharper: “Well…we will first have a lingerie showdown. We have industry experts from here in Las Vegas who are going to judge the four women and trust me, it’s going to be a bit voyeuristic. The Glimmers apparently want that. We hear from Amelia and Luz earlier. But there are important ramifications. Whichever team is judged the winners, they can compete however they wish. There are no rules. No DQs, no countouts, no tags. And their opponents, the losers, will be held to the standard rules of tag wrestling in SCW. It’s a massive advantage and you know the Glimmers are hoping to use it.”

Knots: “The Glimmers could be holding the World Tag Team and World Championships! Unless Luz can put aside her ego, and we can get through their objectification, and Amelia Nevado can get what she has worked far too hard for…the World Title and Rise to Greatness and its main event.”

Sharper: “We are going to see this and no matter what, this is going to be one of the most talked about matches in SCW History. Maybe most infamous.”

Sharper then looks up.

Sharper: “Looks like we are ready here. To Jason Phillips.”

The bell sounds.

The Glimmer Sisters vs. The Light in the Darkness

SCW World Championship

SCW World Tag Team Championship

Lingerie Showdown

Phillips: “Fans, we are about to witness the Lingerie Showdown for the SCW World and World Tag Team Championships!”

The crowd roars as we see the SCW World Tag Team Championship and then World Championship logos come across the screen.

Phillips: “First, allow me to introduce our judges for the lingerie contest to determine who gains the advantage in the actual match. First…representing the Belaggio Resort and Hotel here in Las Vegas, he is Mark Richter!”

We cut to see a man in a suit seated at a table set up at ringside. The crowd gives some polite applause.

Phillips: “Next, she is a leading designed in sleepwear and swimwear with her designs featuring in major retailers all over the world, she is Marie Lapierre!”

The crowd again applauds as the woman waves at the crowd. The crowd then roars as we hear calls of “KABLAM!” as the camera moves to Derek Adonis.

Phillips: “And finally, he is the owner and manager of KABLAMia and noted businessman from Las Vegas, he is Derek Adonis!”

The crowd cheers as Adonis gets up and smiles before yelling “KABLAM!” The crowd echoes this as Derek Adonis sits down.

Knots: “How the hell is he here?”

Sharper: “You wonder how much of his was scheduled and set in place before CHBK was assaulted. Before Delatosso attempted his hostile takeover. The decision to have this match was approved by SCW’s Board of Directors. Ultimately, they seem to have bought the psychological aims the Glimmers hope to implement.”

All the lights in the arena suddenly cut out, leaving the fans gasping and roaring in surprise. After a moment, blue lighting overtakes the arena, almost making it look like the entire place is underwater. On the stage, we can see what looks like water raining down right in front of the entryway, a silhouette of a woman visible behind it as she's flipping her hair and looks to be getting “dressed” for battle. “Tongue Twister” then hits and after a few seconds, we see Gina Glimmer (we assume) walk through the water, motioning as though she were parting a curtain, sashaying in a way that draws all eyes to her hips as she grins knowing full well what she's doing. Once she's fully visible she flaps her arms at her sides almost like she's flying, and as she does we see a second pair of arms flapping in the opposite motion appear from behind her, almost making her look like one of those multi-armed Hindu gods. After a few flaps she leans to one side as we see her twin Gia Glimmer (again, we assume) suddenly appear from behind her and lean the opposite way, perfectly mirroring one another. Instead of their usual attire, we can see the two of them wearing nothing but short black silk robes, hiding whatever lingerie they've picked out for the festivities tonight. The SCW world tag title belts also rest snugly around their sinful waists. They join hands and look as though they're about to break into a ballroom dance, but they just laugh at the irony before Gina uses this to flip Gia over her back, and the moment she lands on her feet in time with the bass dropping the lighting immediately changes to a vibrant display of pinks and yellows. At this, the two begin to dance their way down to the ring, again a perfect mirror of one another as their sensual motions hypnotize the audience.

Phillips: “First, on their way to the ring, from Cirque du Sins, they are the defending SCW World Tag Team Champions, they are Gina and Gia, the Glimmer Sisters!”

The mirror routine breaks at a few points when they stop dancing to briefly interact with fans, with Gina flirting with an attractive-looking woman in the front row while Gia teases potentially giving her side of the crowd a preview of what's underneath her robe before she winks and tells them it'll be “worth the wait.” Once they reach ringside they dance their way over to the hard cam side of the ring before pulling themselves onto the apron facing away from each other, where they press their butts together and slowly rise as they stick their tongues out and suggestively lick each finger, drawing excited cheers from all interested parties that clash with the boos they're otherwise getting from those that either aren't interested in them or see through the act. Once they're both fully upright, they mirror one another again as they lean back against the ropes, pushing out their chests for the fans' enjoyment and teasing one more early reveal of the lingerie they've chosen before instead hooking their arms around the top rope and backflipping into the ring in sync. Once they're back in the ring the lighting returns to the underwater hues as they dance around the ring one more time, mirroring one another again, before meeting in the middle of the ring as a spotlight shines down on them. They sensually embrace, each lifting a leg up in a way that makes it seem like they're trying to wrap it around the other's body as they flip their hair before motioning for the camera to get a close-up of them as they grin and wink to the fans at home. The lights then completely cut out again for a brief moment before coming back on as normal, the Glimmer Sisters separating and moving to their corner as they wait for the fun to begin with a hungry look in their eyes.

Sharper: “The Glimmer Sisters could not be happier.”

Knots: “The World Tag Titles and World Titles are going to be on the line here!”

Sharper: “The Glimmers know they have one thing that they can use…they don’t have shame.”

All of a sudden, the lights 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. As the lyrics begin, the fans are buzzing in confusion as no spotlights have turned on like they normally would. As the song starts to approach the first chorus, the lights slowly turn back on, at least to a dim, as we see Amelia Nevado and La Pequeña Luz slowly walk out onto the stage together, clearly looking uncomfortable about what they're about to endure. The both of them are wearing their usual robes to hide whatever lingerie they've been forced to wear for this, with Luz still wearing her mask as per lucha libre tradition and Amelia having the SCW World Championship around her waist, though interestingly enough, we can also see that Amelia has insisted on still having her wrists taped. The couple exchange glances, as if trying to draw strength from each other, before they slowly begin walking down to the ring, the fans giving a mixed reaction that leans more towards cheers.

Phillips: “Their opponents, they are, first, from Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico, La Pequena Luz, and from Oxford, England, she is the SCW World Champion, Amelia Nevado…they are the Light in the Darkness!”

As they make it to the bottom of the ramp, Amelia turns to glance at Luz, as if trying to get a read on her wife, but Luz just nods and leans in to say something to Amelia that the camera is unable to catch over the music. Luz plants a kiss on Amelia's cheek before climbing up onto the apron. Amelia just looks surprised at this, but she looks even more surprised when instead of entering the ring, Luz sits on the middle rope, holding it open for her. Amelia and Luz have a brief conversation over whether or not Luz is sure, which she seems to be, before Amelia makes her way up the steps to walk across the apron towards Luz. She slowly steps through the ropes, not wiping her feet like usual, but pauses halfway through as she and Luz seem to have another conversation. Some of the Las Vegas fans begin cheering and catcalling, causing both Amelia and Luz to blush and look mortified at their unintentional posing in the ropes even despite their robes, and Amelia quickly finishes stepping into the ring before Luz steps in after her. Luz motions for Amelia that the moment is hers, which leads to Amelia removing the World Title from around her waist and holding it high to a mixed reaction that sounds like the boos are just barely outweighing the cheers even as Luz applauds her wife. Amelia contemplates the reaction before turning her gaze to Luz, initiating another conversation with her that seems to have Luz stunned. After a moment, Luz moves to stand beside Amelia, almost hesitating for a moment before she wraps her hand around Amelia's, making it look like the both of them are proudly holding the World Title high, not only earning an eruption of cheers from the fans, but also making it clear that for tonight, the World Title is THEIRS to defend, not just Amelia's.

Sharper: “The Light in the Darkness-“

Knots: “Aptly named tonight!”

Sharper: “Together they hold their title. Seemingly a united front right now. But high stakes. And they haven’t fully been on the same page. Amelia Nevado aligning with Frank Delatosso.”

Knots: “Making a smart decision.”

Sharper: “Meanwhile, we wonder about earlier. We saw Amelia Nevado checking her bags. There was something with a note. She didn’t seem too happy. So you wonder what is in mind for these two. Back to Jason Phillips.”

Phillips: “Fans…allow me to explain how this will happen. First, the challengers…the Glimmer Sisters will go first, before the Light in the Darkness will next go. The judges can use whatever criteria they wish to judge the lingerie, fit, allure, and more of their outfits. Afterwards, I will take their assessment and announce the winner. And the winner will be able to compete in the match that will immediate follow unburdened by traditional tag team wrestling rules, no disqualification, no countout. Meanwhile, the team forced to compete by traditional tag rules, should any rule be broken or interference take place, they will not only lose the match, but also their title.”

The crowd looks on, noise coming from them.

Phillips: “Fans…Glimmers…you have the floor.”

The men in the crowd cheer as “Tongue Twister” starts to play. The Glimmer Sisters step forward and undo their World Tag Team Championship belts. This undoes their robes before they throw their robes off revealing matching black “strappy style” thong teddies that only have as much material as needed to cover key parts, while still being somewhat functional for competition. The crowd roars as they then go to opposite sides of the ring and lean through the ropes, giving the judges a good view of their cleavage before turning around and leaning forward, giving a good view of their asses before they lean over at one another and then one of the Glimmers, we’ll see Gia, handstands into Gina, who then lifts her onto her shoulders and they spin around before Gia puts Gina down and then they go to the corners, headstanding on the top turnbuckles before then pushing up with their arms into a handstand before flipping down to sit on the top turnbuckle. They both backflip down, in stereo and end up in the middle of the ring. The crowd roars. Adonis can be seen just watching intently as the other two judges take their time, seemingly developing thoughtful comments in their judging. The music fades out as the crowd roars. A faint “Glimmers!” chant begins as Gia and Gina smirk and turn around to Luz and Amelia. They back up and Gia offers the floor to the Light in the Darkness.

Sharper: “Well…”

Knots: “Easy there. You’ve never seen anything like that. You still think granny panties are sexy. But uh…”

Sharper: “And you can tell there’s been some consideration for the match. But to what degree. We’ve seen both willing to play to the wardrobe malfunction.”

Phillips: “And now…Light in the Darkness.”

La Pequena Luz looks at Amelia and the two step up, briefly holding hands. They then look out at the crowd as “In the Name of Love” by Arion feat. Cyan Kicks plays. Amelia and Luz look at one another before Luz undoes her robe and takes it off, revealing a tiny purple lace push-up bras decorated in glitter that accentuate her bust and thin purple lace thong covered in glitter. Gia and Gina nod, seemingly in approval. Amelia just looks at Gina and Gia, before then reluctantly taking off the robe, revealing the same outfit, the only difference between the two being Luz’s mask. The crowd looks on some cheering as Amelia just glares at Gia and Gina. Gia and Gina play it up and point out Amelia and Luz’s asses as Luz looks around. Amelia turns to Phillips.

Phillips: “Okay…”

The music cuts as the crowd looks on, some cheering, some booing. Amelia looks around as Phillips turns to the judges.

Phillips: “The Light in the Darkness everyone. Now to the judges…I’ll give you and opportunity to determine your judgment.”

Adonis can be seen deep in thought as the other two finish their notes. They look at it, taking their jobs seriously, as we see Gia trying to get the fans to get into it, leading to chants of “Glimmers” continues.

Sharper: “Luz and Amelia clearly not thrilled by this. Less confident in this setting.”

Knots: “And looks like the Glimmers got them those. Just to add to this.”

Phillips walks over to the judges, reaching out and taking their judgment cards. He then moves over to the corner where Aaron Demitra, the referee also for the match, awaits, and they go over the cards together. Phillips looks up.

Phillips: “Fans…as a result of a vote of two to one…and winner of the advantage where they can operate without following any rules….The Glimmer Sisters!”

The crowd roars and some boos come through. Luz just looks down as Amelia looks up. Just then, Gia and Gina run up behind Amelia and run her to the ropes and throw her over the top rope. Amelia lands on the floor and rolls through to the barricade. Luz runs over and nails Gia, we think, with an overhead chop, before then forearming Gina and then chopping Gia, before Gina kicks Luz in the ribs. The bell sounds as Demitra steps up.

Sharper: “And this match immediately starting. Gia and Gina have the advantage. They both be in the ring. They can break every rule. Luz and Amelia have to follow the rules to a T. Demitra sees anything, it’s over.”

Knots: “And both titles are on the line!”

Gina kicks Luz again and Gia steps up and kicks Luz too. The two Glimmers then just step up and both start to hammer away on Luz, pushing her against the ropes. Demitra calls for the break, but Luz just takes shot after shot after shot before dropping down. Amelia pulls herself up and enters the ring. Demitra runs over and stops her. Gia just turns and smirks as Gina starts to press her chest into the face of Luz. Luz pushes away and moves to the corner. She gets up as Amelia is forced back into the corner. Gia turns back and stomps Luz in the head. She turns and leans her ass into the face of Luz. Luz pushes her away and rolls to the apron.

Sharper: “And quickly Gia and Gina just all over La Pequena Luz. Going to go after not the champion, but her partner, both in life and in wrestling.”

Knots: “She better hold on. She can’t screw this up. We can’t have the Glimmers as Champion!”

Luz starts to get up and Gia turns and grabs at her and pulls her up by her mask. She then pulls her into the ring. Luz rolls over. She starts to get up and Gina runs over and kicks her in the chest. Luz ends up on her knees and Gia hits a dropkick. They dive onto her with a double pin.

Luz kicks out as Amelia enters and grabs Gia, we assume, and nails her with a forearm and then another before Gina kicks her in the ribs and turns and runs her to the ropes, throwing her through to the floor. Gina turns around as Gia grabs Luz and whips her into the corner. Gia runs after and Luz gets a boot up. The crowd roars. Gia staggers back as Gina runs across and runs at Luz. Luz lowers her head and gets Gina up and over the top rope. Gina however lands on the apron. Luz then hits an overhead chop on Gia before nailing Gina with one. She turns around and Gia jumps up, wrapping her legs around her and rolling her down to the mat before moving into a mount and hammering away on her. She grabs at the mask, trying to pull at it. Luz pushes her away before Gia gets up and Gina enters and hits a hilo into the ring right to the ribs of Luz.

Sharper: “And Luz again, a target, not just for her position in this team. But that mask. The Glimmers have gone after it a few times here.”

Knots: “And Gia just getting her down only to open her up for Gina!”

Sharper: “And while the Glimmers can do this, Amelia forced to watch, having to play by the rules.”

Gia dives onto Luz for the pin.

Luz kicks out as Gina stands guard. Luz rolls over and reaches out for the ropes. Gia stomps her in the back and then again before Gia turns and leans over and taunts Amelia. Amelia paces a bit, getting Demitra’s attention, demanding she grab the tag rope. Amelia glares at Demitra as Gina turns to Luz and grabs her and nails her with a hard right, before whipping her into the ropes. Luz bounces off and Luz turns and grabs the head of Gina before running up the ropes and twisting around, landing her feet on the shoulders of Gia in a headscissors and taking both Glimmers over!

Sharper: “Luz countering. Gets both down!”

Knots: “Get the tag!”

Luz turns and dives for the tag, but Gina grabs at the leg of Luz. Luz rolls to her back and pushes Gina off. Luz nips up and looks out as she then looks down and turns to Gia. Luz grabs her, but Gia grabs her panties and pulls on them, sending Luz into the neutral corner. Gia then runs out and Luz boots her in the face. Gia staggers out and Luz steps up and hits a hurricanrana!

Luz however steps up and looks around. Gia turns and spanks Luz. Luz turns to her and kicks her in the ribs, but then is nailed by a flying headscissors by Gina. The crowd ohs. Amelia paces a bit more.

Sharper: “Luz broke up the cover. But Gia distracting and Gina then takes her down.”

Knots: “She can do a bit of lucha-libre too I guess. Just out duel her Luz!”

Luz gets up in the corner. Gina then jumps up and hits a monkey flip. Luz hits the mat. Gia then hits the ropes and handsprings into a standing moonsault. She hooks the leg.

Amelia shoves her off. She turns and nails Gina with a shot and then elbows Gia as she gets up. Amelia then hits a European uppercut and goes to send Gina over the top rope. Gina lands on the apron and drops down, narrowly landing on the table. Gina then turns and sits on the table and taps on it. Amelia looks at her as Gina shakes her finger.

Sharper: “And Amelia ending Gina out of the ring. She nearly went through the judges table.”

Knots: “Would that be a disqualification?”

Sharper: “I don’t know. I assume referee’s discretion!”

Knots: “Aaron! Don’t screw this up. Remember who pays you!”

Amelia then backs up and Gia nails Amelia with a superkick in the back of the head. Amelia falls through to the apron. Gina smiles and pulls her down. Gia then waves at Amelia before bending over a bit and kissing her goodbye. But Luz then grabs her from behind and hits a German suplex on Gia! Gia rolls over as Gina slides in. She gets up and nails Luz in the back with a clubbing blow and then another. She goes to whip Luz into the corner. Luz spins through and sends her in. She then runs over and jumps up off the chest of Gina, backflipping back. Gina runs forward and Luz ducks. She then hits a leg sweep. Gina hits the mat. Luz then jumps up and hits a leg press moonsault. She goes for the pin.

Luz again looks up and stops, shaking her head. She then looks over to Amelia as Amelia starts to get up. Luz watches her before noticing herself in the entrance tron before turning around and walking into a Gia Glimmer superkick. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “And Luz hoping to get a tag, but Amelia was on the wrong end-“

Knots: “And then saw herself in the video screen on the entrance set and immediately had a moment of shame. Focus on the title! The World Title!”

Gia then goes for the pin.

Luz gets her shoulder up. She rolls over and Gia then goes for the straps of the bra Luz is wearing. Luz starts to resist and this just opens Gia up to go for Luz’s mask. She starts to pull at the strings in the back as Luz grabs at the mask. The crowd boos a bit as Gia keeps trying to get to Luz’s mask. Gina starts to get up and Luz then manages to get to her knees and elbows Gia in the ribs once and then again. She then turns as Gina hits a dropkick. Luz falls through to the apron. Amelia climbs up onto the apron as Gia then gets up and runs over to Luz. She grabs at the mask of Luz as Gina then goes for Luz’s top, but Luz then nails Gina with a shot and then Gia with a shot before getting free and hitting a jumping pump kick to the head of Gia. Gia staggers as Gina then grabs at Luz. Luz shoves her back. She then springboards to the top rope and jumps over Gina and somersaults to Amelia. She then tags in the World Champion. The crowd is greeted by a mixed reaction as Amelia enters and immediately clocks Gina with a European uppercut.

Sharper: “And Luz gets Amelia into the match! The World Champion now in the match and legally so!”

Knots: “Come on! Get in some double-teams. Get this offense going!”

Gia turns to Amelia and Amelia hits a European uppercut to her. Luz then runs over and drops down in front of Gia as Amelia runs to the opposite corner. She then runs across and hits the Thorn Vault, Amelia hitting a jumping splash onto Gia. Amelia turns back as Gina then jumps up and places her chest into Amelia’s face. She smirks as Luz gets up and jumps to the middle rope and dives back with a leg lariat, taking Gina down in a variation of the hart attack. Luz is then forced to exit the ring as Demitra reaches his five count. Luz quickly exits the ring before Amelia is covering Gina. Demitra dives back for the pin count.

Gina kicks out. Amelia looks up and then grabs Gina and pulls her up. She then hits another European uppercut. She looks around, seeing Luz back on the apron.

Sharper: “And Amelia now realizing just that quick, she’s back alone. Both Glimmers in the ring.”

Knots: “Just strike anything that moves. Except the ref. Don’t do that.”

Amelia drills Gina again and Gina spins around and Amelia pulls her away from the ropes. She then turns and hits a bridging German suplex.

Gia then breaks it up by kicking Amelia between the legs hard. The crowd ohs as Amelia grimaces from the impact and Gia smirks Amelia turns and rolls over in pain.

Sharper: “All legal. May not be the same plumbing, but Gia did not hold back.”

Knots: “That’s one way to break up a pin.”

Sharper: “And all allowed with the rules that the Glimmers can play with.”

Amelia holds herself in pain and moves to the ropes. Gia walks over to Gina and checks on her. Gia pulls Gina up as Luz looks on concerned. Amelia starts to get up and Gia and Gina run over and both kick Amelia in the ribs and nail her with a couple of hard rights. This sends Amelia to the apron right by the judges table. Gia and Gina turn to each other and smile as Amelia starts to get up on the apron. Gia and Gina run across the ring, bouncing off in stereo before sliding under the bottom rope on either side of Amelia. They then reach up and grab Amelia Nevado, both grabbing one leg and then grabbing a handful of her ass before pulling her off with a powerbomb off the apron through the judges table. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “The Glimmers pull Amelia through the judges table! A double powerbomb!”

Knots: “After they almost went through it…come on!”

Sharper: “And Gia and Gina adding the indignity of getting a handful as they continue their psychological games.”

Luz drops down and yells at them as Demitra tells her to get back. Gia then steps up and motions to herself as Luz looks them. Gina taps on her chin, trying to goad Luz to potentially risk disqualification. Luz starts to back away as Gia pulls Gina back and grabs Amelia, pulling her out of the table. The crowd looks on as Gia and Gina drag her up and roll her into the ring. Amelia rolls over as Gia and Gina then slide in after. Amelia rolls over and Gia then exits to the apron. Gina heads over as Gia climbs up to the top rope. Gina joins her and Gia then moves into a handstand supported by Gina. Gia shakes her ass a bit before then Gina throws her back as they hit the Tightrope Act on Amelia. The crowd ohs. Gina drops down and dives onto Amelia with Gia for the pin.

Sharper: “The Tightrope Act. My God! The impact! They’re going to pin the World Champion!”

Knots: “Luz! Luz!”

Luz enters and breaks it up. Luz turns and nails Gia with a shot and then Gina with a shot before flipping up to her feet. She turns and hits a straight kick to Gina’s jaw. Gina falls back. Demitra then tries to get her out. Luz grabs Gia, but Gia pulls on Luz’s panties and sends Luz into the middle turnbuckle of the Light in the Darkness corner. Gia then walks over and stands behind her while Luz is bent over in the corner. Gia presses up against Luz’s ass and leans over, kissing her in the back, smirking. Gia pushes Luz through the ropes to the apron and Gia turns around only for Amelia to grab her and hit a northern lights suplex into a bridge!

Gia gets her shoulder up as the crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Oh! Almost had her. Two count only. Amelia Nevado with the northern lights while the other Glimmer was down.”

Knots: “Gia, I think that was, got a bit too into messing with Luz. That’s Amelia’s partner…as long as she does the right thing tonight.”

Amelia rolls over and gets up and Gia rolls over and stirs. She turns and swings at Amelia, but Amelia ducks and then grabs her and hits a snap back suplex. Amelia turns and Gina gets up and Amelia hits a European uppercut. She then hits another before spinning her around and going for the Blight Choke. Gina, however, resists, trying to grab onto the ropes. She keeps fighting and falls forward, grabbing the ropes.

Amelia then lets go and then goes to grab Gina again, but Demitra gets her back. Gia runs at Amelia and Amelia hits a hip toss but turning to Gina who hits a superkick. Amelia falls back into the LITD corner. Luz is recovering and Gina runs over and grabs Amelia’s hand and uses it to tag Luz in. Luz looks up before Gina then has Amelia spank Luz. Luz turns and nails Gina with a hard right, knocking her back.

Sharper: “And the Glimmers getting Luz back in! Again, they’re trying to play the two off one another!”

Knots: “And apparently get them a bit feisty!”

Sharper: “And Luz just clocked Gina Glimmer, I think!”

Luz slingshots in and Gia gets up and Luz hits a running kick. Gina turns and Luz ducks clothesline before Luz runs forward, jumps to the middle rope and hits a springboard moonsault taking both Glimmers down. Luz then nails Gia with a hard right and then Gina with one before getting up and running to the ropes, jumping to the middle rope and hitting a lionsault onto both Glimmers! She then covers both!

Both kick out. Luz then rolls off and runs her hand across her mask, realizing how close she was to winning. She then looks at Amelia before turning to Gia and stomping her in the face. She then grabs her.

Knots: “Luz! What are you doing?!”

Sharper: “The instinct to win took over there and Luz realized it. She realized she nearly pinned both! She was just focused on winning!”

Knots: “She would’ve been World Champion!”

Luz then throws Gia through the ropes to the floor. Luz then turns around and Gina runs at her and jumps up and goes for a flying headscissors, but Luz throws her off. Gina lands on her feet and Luz then hits a shotei open-palmed strike. Gina falls to the ropes. Luz then grabs her and whips her across the ring and hits a spinning heel kick. She turns and looks at Amelia. Amelia looks up and Luz points at Amelia. Amelia looks around as the crowd roars. Luz drags Gina forward, but Gina then grabs Luz between her legs. Gina then hoists her up and hits a back suplex onto Luz. Luz rolls over as Gina turns and smirks before licking her lips. Many male fans in the crowd roar. Amelia goes to step into the ring, but stops herself.

Sharper: “Oh come on…”

Knots: “Why not! Not like they have any class!”

Sharper: “And cutting off Luz again!”

Luz rolls over as Gina then runs into the ropes, bouncing off and hits a cartwheel into a double kick, knocking Luz back down. Gina then looks at Luz as Gia then starts to climb up to the top rope from having gone to the floor. Amelia spins around and runs along the apron, but Gia dives off and nails her with a double axe handle smash. Amelia falls to the floor. Gia smiles as Luz starts to get up and Gina looks at Gia. They both look at Luz and run forward, holding hands, and hit a double flipping cutter onto Luz. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “And Gia now taking down Amelia. Then the double cutter!”

Knots: “Oh no…Luz…you’re going to mess this up for her. I knew your ego couldn’t handle it!”

Sharper: “Would you stop? She’s more than held up her end! But Gia and Gina…they may be looking to end this.”

Gia and Gina then get up and move to opposite corners. Luz is half out of it and Gia and Gina then start to shake their asses getting a roar from the crowd. They then run across and go for the Asspocalypse on Luz, but Amelia slides in and tackles Luz out of the way. Gia and Gina collide into each other at full speed and drop to the mat. Luz looks up at Amelia as Amelia looks at her. She then kisses Luz on the forehead. The crowd roars. Amelia gets up and pulls Luz up. Amelia drops down and rolls to the apron. She then gets up as Luz sees Gia and Gina both getting up. Luz then flips forward and tags in Amelia. The crowd erupts as Amelia climbs to the top rope and Luz grabs her and press slams her off and into Gia and Gina as they get up.

Sharper: “And Amelia saved Luz! And the Light in the Darkness! Luz tags in Amelia!”

Knots: “Down go both Glimmers!”

Amelia rolls through. Gia and Gina both get up and Luz then steps up and hits an overhead chop to Gia. Gia turns and Amelia hits a European uppercut. Gia spins through and Luz hits a jumping enziguri kick. Gia drops to the mat. Luz gets up and Gina goes for a superkick on Luz, but Amelia catches the leg, saving Luz again. Amelia then pushes the leg and spins her around and Luz and Amelia both run at her and hit a lunging double European uppercuts and Gina goes up and over the top rope to the floor. The crowd erupts. Demitra tells Luz to get out, but Gia runs at Luz and nails her with a hard right and then another and another. Amelia then flips her forward and runs across the ring. Luz runs up behind Gia as Amelia hits the European uppercut. Luz jumps up and they hit the Wisteria Waltz. Luz rolls off and then looks at Amelia. Amelia dives onto Gia for the pin.

Sharper: “Wisteria Waltz! Almost as if Light in the Darkness never had any issues!”

Knots: “Amelia! Take the fall!”

Sharper: “Luz looking to her for her to take the fall.”

Gina looks up from ringside as the bell sounds. The crowd roars. Amelia rolls off and looks around as Luz stands off to the side. Demitra gets up and is handed both sets of titles. Amelia then turns to Luz. The two lock eyes.

Phillips: “Here are your winners, via pinfall, and NEW SCW World Tag Team Champions…the Light in the Darkness…and STILL SCW World Champion, Amelia Nevado!”

Amelia gets up as Aaron Demitra hands her the SCW World Championship. Amelia looks at the title and smiles before going to hand her the SCW World Tag Team Championship, but Amelia turns away, looking at the title. Luz steps up and takes the Tag Titles. Luz then steps over to Amelia as Gina pulls Gia out of the ring. They look into the ring.

Sharper: “Amelia and Luz winning the Tag Titles. Retaining the World Title.”

Knots: “Take that Gia! Gina! It didn’t work!’

Sharper: “But you know they’ll come back. They’ll have a new plan. They never stay down for long. Just ask Selena Frost and Xander Valentine.”

Luz goes to hand one of the titles to Amelia as Amelia looks at it for several long moments and pushes it back to her. She then throws her the World Championship over her shoulder. Luz looks at Amelia as she drops down and rolls to the floor. Luz holds both titles as Amelia, holding the World Championship, walks around the ring. Gia and Gina watch this with great intent.

Sharper: “Amelia Nevado walking out only with the World Championship. After they just worked so well together…”

Knots: “Luz holding the two titles, but right now, Amelia Nevado is focused on the World Title. That’s her goal!”

Luz watches as Amelia heads to the back, proudly holding her World Championship as the scene fades to black.

A trailer for the movie Solarless, starring Konrad Raab plays.

Taking Hold of the Flame returns with a shot of the outside of the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sharper: “Welcome back to Taking Hold of the Flame. And congratulations to Konrad Raab, starring in the new Solarless movie. We are here in Las Vegas. Taking Hold of the Flame.”

Knots: “And thankfully, we don’t have the Glimmers as World Champion!”

Sharper: “Amelia Nevado retaining and…”

We then cut backstage as we see Deanna Frost talking to Frank Delatosso backstage.

Delatosso: “Deanna…don’t worry…I won’t be needing to take you up on your offer. There’s no reason to put Amelia int hat position when she did what I knew she could do.”

Deanna: “I don’t mind at all-“

Delatosso: “So where’s Selena?”

Deanna sighs.

Delatosso: “She better be here. But then again, would hate for her to fall on her face again? Then again, the rush when someone tosses her over the top rope.”

Deanna: “She’ll be here….she’ll…be here.”

Delatosso: “Well then…”

Delatosso then reaches into his blazer pocket and hands Deanna two balls from the drawing tumbler.

Delatosso: “Here you go then. One for you…one for her. And if she doesn’t show up…you can deal with the consequences of people who will be pissed off they were passed over.”

Deanna looks at the entries balls she’s been given as Delatosso turns and walks off.

Sharper: “Wait? What was that about?”

Knots: “Mr. Delatosso always has a plan, Sharper! Turns out, he didn’t need it. Amelia Nevado again showed exactly what she can do!”

We return to a live shot inside the Allegiant Stadium. “Gone Gone Gone” by Autumn Kings plays in the background.

Sharper: “In any case, next, the forty person Taking Hold of the Flame battle royal. We know Amelia Nevado is your World Champion. Who will face her at Rise to Greatness XXIII?”

Knots: “And for once, no surprises. Win and your win. Forty people…take your best shot!”

Sharper: “Let’s go up to Jason Phillips.”

Taking Hold of the Flame cuts to the ring where Jason Phillips stands.

Phillips: “Fans…it is now time for the twenty-third Forty Person Taking Hold of the Flame Battle Royal!”

The crowd cheers loudly.

Phillips: “The rules are as follows. Two individuals will start in the ring. Every ninety seconds, a new individual will enter the battle royal until all forty have entered. Individuals are eliminated if they are thrown over the top rope and both feet touch the floor. The winner, who is the last person standing, will go on to Rise to Greatness XXIII to challenge for the SCW World Championship!”

The crowd cheers again as Phillips stands in the ring.

Phillips: “Now to find out who drew numbers one and two!”

2026 Taking Hold of the Flame Battle Royal

The opening chords of AFI's "I Hope You Suffer" starts to play as the video wall blazes to life with the violent and epic SCW history of David Striker, all of his epic highlights thus far in the company from his wars with Kimberly Williams to his fall from the top of the scaffold at RTG and then his insane return on Breakdown is shown as the man himself slowly walks out onto the entrance way.

Phillips: “Entering first, currently residing in South Town, Florida, he is The Dark Horse... David Striker!”

I got two letters from you
Last words of the runaway
Your love was written so true
And now I can't speak your name

I faced destruction and you
Just killed me and walked away
I gave my heart to the cruel
Now it will not beat again

As the song enters its first chorus David Striker heads down to the ring. David Striker continues to head to the ring, stoically focusing on the task ahead of him. Once he gets there, he wipes his feet off on the ring apron and slips into the ring.

No one will ever know you
Deny the last one who cares
Intoxicate with the new
Pretend I'm no longer there
I opened my heart to you
You lied just to reach inside
Now with the faith you removed
Our hope for forgiveness dies

David thumps his chest twice before raising it to the sky before quickly throwing his ring coat off. He then walks around the ring, awaiting his opponent.

Knots: “Well David…I think this is karma. You and your idiot friends are more worried about me than just focusing on the ring.”

Sharper: “Sometimes you get the luck, but David Striker is an interesting result to start us off. The young man is as explosive as they come and you know he’s looking to make an impact tonight!”

Knots: “Well if he wants to go the distance, he better focus. He can do it, but he has to focus!”

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. David Striker smiles. A sinister smirk is on her face as she ponders what she is about to do tonight.

Phillips: “And entering at number two, from Boston, Massachusetts, she is the Wild Card, Kimberly Williams!”

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

Sharper: “And this could be interesting. Williams and Striker have a long history and a lot of respect.”

Knots: “Yeah, but David…you want to get past her. Kim wants to challenge for the World Title. She shouldn’t be in there, but if she focuses, moves on from the Underground nonsense, maybe she does it.”

The bell sounds as Kim and David look at one another and smirk before circling the ring. They then step forward and go for a lock-up, but David goes low and hits a double leg takedown. The crowd roars as David lunges forward and then nails Kim with a shot and then another before Kim pushes him off. Both get up and Kim chops David. The crowd woos. She chops him again. More woos. She then grabs him and goes to run him to the corner. David blocks it and elbows her in the ribs once and then again before turning and nailing her with a hard right. Kim staggers back and then steps forward only for David to hit a shotei. Kim is rocked, falling back, but through the ropes to the floor.

Sharper: “And Kim through the ropes. Not over. Not eliminated.”

Knots: “Can we make an exception just for her?!”

Kim rolls over as David walks around the ring, playing to the crowd, getting them into it. Kim then crawls over to the ring. David heads over towards the ropes and Kim suddenly pulls out a steel chair and throws it into the ring. The crowd roars. David moves out of the way. Kim then grabs a second chair and throws it into the ring. David dodges it before grabbing one of the two. Kim then grabs a third chair and throws it into the ring. David swats it away with his chair as Kim then grabs a fourth chair and throws it into the ring. She rolls in after. David swings at the fourth chair and Kim then gets up and runs over to a chair. David then throws the chair in his hands into the face of Kim. Kim falls back as the crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Chairs littering the ring-“

Knots: “Now ruining this match. Can’t she just be normal?”

Sharper: “I don’t think that’s possible, but David and Kim also have no problem using weapons! And yes, it’s legal too!”

Kim staggers up as David then grabs her and hits a Saito suplex onto one of the chairs. The crowd ohs. Kim rolls through and to her knees. She then winces as David then grabs a steel chair and lifts it up before then slamming it into the back of Kim. The crowd ohs as Kim falls forward. David then runs into the ropes, bouncing off and hits a running chair slam into the back of Kim. The countdown clock comes up.

“We R Who We R” by Ke$ha begins to blast across all the speakers. Brittany Williams runs out from the back. The crowd gives a polite welcome as the Princess runs down to the ring. Striker turns to her and grabs a steel chair. He steps forward as Brittany slides into the ring. She then gets up and Striker steps forward, but Brittany hits a dropkick, knocking the chair back into the face of David.

Sharper: “Number three, in comes Brittany Williams. The young star going right into the fire here.”

Knots: “And David Striker doesn’t care. Uses a chair. Good he got a taste of it!”

Brittany gets up and grabs David and pulls him up and moves him to the corner. She stomps him in the ribs a couple of times before Kim gets up and grabs Brittany from behind. She then pulls her back and hits a release dragon suplex. The crowd roars. Brittany rolls through and to her knees from the impact. She then starts to slowly get up and Kim lunges and hits a Morrigan’s Wrath to the jaw. Brittany goes up and over the top rope to the floor. The crowd roars. Kim then turns and looks at David and smiles. David starts to pull himself up only for Kim to immediately grab a steel chair and just throw it right at David’s head. David collapses to the mat.

Sharper: “And Kim Williams eliminating Brittany Williams, no relation.”

Knots: “Thank God for Brittany’s sake!”

Sharper: “And right back to this bar fight with David Striker!”

Striker grabs at the ropes as Kim opens one chair and then another and places them back to back against one another. David pulls himself up and Kim turns and kicks him in the stomach. The crowd ohs. Kim then kicks him again before whipping him into the ropes. David bounces off and Kim drop toe holds him into the seat of one of the chairs. David rolls over, holding his face in pain. He then starts to get up and Kim grabs him and smiles before hooking him up for a vertical suplex. She then hoists him up and vertical suplexes him on the backs of both chairs. The crowd ohs as David rolls over, holding his back in pain as Kim smiles and looks around.

Knots: “The hell is wrong with her!”

Sharper: “David Striker dropped on the back of those chairs! And Kim is smiling! Laughing even!”

Knots: “Because she’s nuts!”

Striker rolls over, holding his back as Kim then gets up and walks takes another chair. She then places it on the back of Striker. Kim then stands on it, using the ropes for balance. She then stomps him in the chair, driving it into his back. She stomps him again before hoping off as David squirms out from under her. The countdown clock returns as David starts to get up on the apron. Kim nails him with a hard right. David falls to a knee. She then nails him again with a hard shot.

“Hero” by Skillet plays as the crowd roars and Simon Lyman, bandaged forehead and all, runs out from the back.

Sharper: “And Simon Lyman joins the fray. You can see he’s had some work done. Busted open earlier. Bandaged up now.”

Knots: “From one underground rules fight to an impromptu one here and he’s stupid enough to join in!”

Kim nails David with another hard right and he falls off the apron. Again, having gone through the ropes, he’s not eliminated, but Simon sees this and runs arounds the ring and the ring steps and runs right at David and drills him with a running clothesline. David hits the mats hard and Simon steps forward. Kim looks at him as Simon then turns and spins around the ringpost and rolls into the ring. Kim goes to grab a steel chair and lifts it up, but Simon runs over and kicks her in the ribs. He then wrenches her arm and whips her into the ropes. Kim bounces off and Simon hits the Change in Attitude into the middle of the ring. He then looks around as he grabs one of the open chairs. Kim rolls over and starts to get up and Simon places the open chair around her face, her face against the seat. Simon whips her again into the ropes. She bounces off and this time, Simon hoists her up and hits a flapjack, causing her to go face first into the chair. The crowd ohs as Kim rolls over, holding her face.

Sharper: “And Simon Lyman showing more creativity in the Underground. May not be champion, but certainly can still use the weapons.”

Knots: “Get her out of there. Come on! Throw her over the top rope!”

Kim holds her face as Lyman gets up. David then rolls into the ring brandishing a wrench from under the ring. Lyman turns to him and David goes low, nailing Simon in the ribs with the wrench. Simon falls to a knee. He then gets up and David swings the wrench into the forehead of Lyman. Lyman falls back and into the corner into a heap. David throws the wrench down. Kim starts to get up and David grabs her and nails her with a hard right. Kim falls back into the corner opposite Lyman. David then nails her with a hard right and then another and another.

Sharper: “David Striker back in. Lyman down-“

Knots: “He’s bleeding again.”

Sharper: “David had to have caught that cut with that wrench.”

Lyman rolls over, looking up, his bandage starting to bleed through. Lyman rolls over along the ropes as David whips Kim across the ring. Kim hits the opposite corner and David Striker runs at her, full speed and hits a running splash. Kim falls out of the corner as David goes over to Lyman and pulls him up, dragging him into the corner as the countdown clock returns.

“Warrior” by Imagine Dragons plays as Chris Lawler runs out from the back.

Knots: “Thank God! Chris! Take care of this. Get this mess out of the ring!”

Sharper: “David Striker attacking Lyman as Lawler in. The first representative of Delatosso’s New Order as he so claimed.”

Striker nails Lyman with a series of hard right jabs and back strikes in the corner. This causes Lyman’s bandage to tear. Lyman falls to a knee and Striker, in the moment, then starts to bite Lyman’s forehead! Lawler slides into the ring and kicks a chair out of the ring before running over to Striker and pulling him off. He then lifts him up and hits a standing flapjack. Lyman falls to a knee as blood starts to come down his face. Lawler turns around as Kim starts to get up and hits a left jab and then a right hook, dropping her. Striker starts to get up and moves to the opposite corner and Lawler runs across and hits the Blitz Kick. The crowd ohs. Striker drops to the mat.

Sharper: “Lawler taking Striker’s head off. No love lost there between Lawler and the Troupe.”

Knots: “Do it again. Maybe teach him not to sink to Kim’s level!”

Sharper: “He’s got other plans.”

Lawler grabs the chairs and starts to fold them up and throw them over the top rope and over to the floor. The crowd boos loudly as Lawler grabs a second chair and does the same, he then kicks the third chair out before grabbing the wrench and throwing it through the ropes.

Sharper: “And Lawler clearing the ring-“

Knots: “The wrench is still in the Flame!”

Sharper: “Stop it!”

Kim then runs out and hits a spinning heel kick on Lawler getting a roar from the crowd. Lawler rolls over as Lyman steps out and helps Kim with Lawler. They lean him against the ropes and Kim and Lyman both start to hammer away on Lawler. Lawler covers up as Kim then kicks him in the knee. Lawler staggers forward and Lyman hits the ropes, bouncing off and clothesling him down. Lyman then turns around and Kim hits a dropkick, knocking him down. The countdown clock returns.

“YOUR SMILE MAKES MY HEART EXPLODE... THANK YOU FOR WAKING ME UP!!!!”

“Smile Bomb” by 17thekid plays across the speakers as the crowd boos. Crystal Zdunich runs down from the back as Kim turns and stomps Lawler for good measure. Lawler rolls over to the ropes as Striker starts to get up. Lyman stirs as Zdunich enters the ring. Zdunich gets up and runs over to Lyman and stomps him in the face. Lyman rolls over. Zdunich stomps him again and Kim turns and grabs Lawler, lifting him up. Zdunich heads over to Striker and catches him with a Flashing Lights. Striker drops down to the corner.

Sharper: “Crystal Zdunich in and having a bit of a better start than her relative Brittany Williams.”

Knots: “The experience helping there. Plus, she’s got a better field. Everyone is down, except Kim. Go for Kim!”

Zdunich instead goes for Lyman and pulls him out and snapmares him over before running into the ropes, and handspringing into the Smell the Roses. Just then, Lawler rakes the eyes of Kim and then knees her in the ribs. He then scoops her up and hits a snake eyes and she falls over. Lawler turns as Zdunich then kicks him in the ribs and nails her with a hard right and then another. She runs into the ropes and bounces off, but Lawler then clotheslines her down. Zdunich rolls over and starts to get up. Lawler heads over to her and grabs her and pulls her up. He then powers her up, but she holds onto the top rope for good measure. The crowd looks on as Lawler tries to eliminate the Burning Rose.

Sharper: “Lawler has Zdunich. The veteran in trouble!”

Knots: “There you go! Finally. Get people out of the match. That’s the point! Not to just use weapons!”

Sharper: “And here comes Striker!”

Just then, Striker steps up and kicks Lawler in the ribs. Lawler drops down and then goes for a clothesline. Striker ducks and Lawler steps forward. He turns back and goes for another clothesline, but Striker ducks. Lawler stops at Zdunich only for Striker to crack Lawler with the Deadly Rave. Lawler falls into Zdunich. They teeter on the top rope, but Striker runs over and grabs Lawler and Zdunich by the legs and lifts them up and sends them up and over the top rope to the floor. The crowd roars.

“Step aside for the Man Who Could!”

Go!”

The opening of “The Man Without Fear” by Drowning Pool kicks in. Out from the back rushes Soren Cross. He goes to the left then the right side of the stage. He then heads down to the ring as Striker turns and nails Kim with a hard right.

Sharper: “Striker eliminates Zdunich and Lawler! Two for one!”

Knots: “God damn it!”

Sharper: “While a new face, the Man Who Could, Soren Cross!”

Cross runs down to the ring and slides into the ring. Striker throws Kim out from the corner and into Soren who then gets a burst of speed and hits the Gamble on Your Life. The crowd ohs. Soren gets up and Striker nods and steps out and nails Soren with a hard right and then another before Soren blocks a third shot and knees him in the ribs and whips him into the corner. Striker hits chest first and backs up and Soren jumps up and hits the Dealer’s Choice. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “High-impact from Soren Cross as he drops Kim and then hits the Dealer’s Choice on David Striker!”

Knots: “Well kid. Looking good and with lucky number seven too.”

Soren gets up as Simon then steps up and looks at the kid. Soren looks at Lyman and smiles as Lyman nods. Soren then kicks Lyman in the ribs and then nails him with a hard right and then a chop. He pushes him into the ropes and fires him across. Lyman hits the ropes and ducks a clothesline from Cross. Lyman hits the opposite side and Cross leapfrogs over him. Lyman hits the opposite side and Cross jumps up again, but this time, Lyman catches him and hits an inverted atomic drop. The crowd roars. Cross grimaces. Lyman then hits a dropkick, knocking the kid down.

Sharper: “And Lyman showing Cross a bit of a lesson. He may be bloodied, but Lyman has been in there with some of the best.”

Knots: “And making sure Cross doesn’t get too excited!”

Kim stirs as does Striker. Lyman then grabs Cross and pulls him up. He then starts to lift him up to eliminate him. Cross holds onto the top rope and struggles as the crowd looks on. The countdown clock returns as Cross elbows his way out of Lyman’s grasp.

An emergency siren begins to go off, as a black and grey WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT appears on the screen.

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Pyro goes off on the stage.

“ADRENALIZE ME”

The crowd roars as “Adrenalize” begins to play throughout the arena. The crowd roars as Ace Marshall runs out from the back. Soren Cross staggers forward, smirking, and ready to fight Ace as Ace then jogs down to the ring and holds up a finger. He then looks down as he gets to the ring and then reaches into his tights only to pull out his hand and give Cross the finger. The crowd roars. Cross nods as Ace then hops onto the apron, but Cross is then cut off by Lyman. Lyman clubs Cross in the back. Cross rolls over. Ace then enters the ring and quickly knees David in the ribs before double underhooking him and hitting a backbreaker.

Sharper: “Ace Marshall, having won this before, a potential favourite now in there!”

Knots: “The surprises are starting off early!”

Sharper: “And he’s called Vegas his home before. The crowd behind him!”

An “Ace!” chant breaks out as Lyman runs Cross into the corner. Lyman kicks him a couple of times before Ace spins Lyman around and kicks him in the ribs. He then runs him across the ring, driving him chest first into the corner. Ace then hits a chopblock, sending Simon down. Ace then turns as Soren looks at him. Ace motions for him to come at him, telling him to do so. Soren just nods and steps up and Ace motions at him again before suddenly Kim comes in with a superkick, catching Ace under the jaw. The crowd ohs. Soren then gives Ace a thumbs up. Kim then looks down before pointing at him. She shrugs and then Soren runs at her. Kim and Soren grapple before Soren pushes Kim to the ropes. He tries to go low to lift her up and over.

Sharper: “Soren Cross now trying to eliminate Kim here. Cross still pretty fresh.”

Knots: “We’re not even ten in. And we’re seeing how this is taking a lot out. Then again, maybe if they didn’t break out in a damn bar fight to start!”

Sharper: “Cross has Kim up!”

Kim holds on as Cross keeps pushing and Kim flips back over to the apron. She then buries her shoulder into the ribs of Cross before diving back in. Cross then moves to her and grabs her. As he does, Striker comes up behind Cross, grabbing him in a waistlock. Kim smiles and hits a dropkick as Striker then hits a release German suplex onto Cross. Cross rolls through. Immediately when Striker gets up, Kim forearms him in the jaw and they renew their fighting. The countdown clock returns.

“Kickboxer” by The Amity Affliction plays as we see Xavier Holloway run out from the back. The crowd looks on as the young wrestler runs down to the ring.

Sharper: “At number nine, Xavier Holloway, a young man from Boston. We’re seeing some new young talent debuting tonight. Clearly there’s a hope to freshen things up. To bring in fresh faces and see what happens.”

Knots: “Is the kid ready?”

Sharper: “You tell me!”

Holloway hops onto the apron and then climbs up to the top rope. Lyman gets up to his feet and Holloway dives off and hits a tope rope double stomp onto Lyman, driving him down. The crowd ohs. Xavier rolls through. He looks around as Kim kicks David in the ribs. Xavier then looks at Cross as Cross steps up and nails him with a hard right and then another. Cross goes for a whip into the ropes, but Xavier spins through and sends Cross in. Cross bounces off and Xavier hits a high knee. The crowd ohs. Cross falls back into the ropes. Xavier then runs over and grabs Cross and goes to pull him up, but Cross kicks his legs and slides down behind him. Xavier runs at him. Cross ducks a clothesline from Xavier and Xavier hits the ropes and jumps up, but Cross catches him and hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Cross caught Holloway and what a backbreaker!”

Knots: “He caught him and spun him around!”

Cross then runs into the ropes as Holloway rolls to his knees and Cross hits a running kick. Holloway pops up and falls into the ropes. Cross then grabs him by the head and pulls him in and goes for a crucifix powerbomb, but Holloway slides down behind him. Cross turns and Holloway hits a back kick to the ribs before jumping to the middle rope and dives back, grabbing Cross’s head and spins through with a huge tornado DDT. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “And oh my! He calls that the Xfinity!”

Knots: “He put Cross into an infinite headache with that one!”

Holloway looks around before then Ace knees him in the ribs. Ace drags him over to the ropes and starts to lift him up. Holloway holds on as Kim rakes the eyes of David and then looks around before running over and hitting a running facebuster, driving him into the mat. Kim rolls over and gets up as Lyman starts to get and Kim grabs him and drags him over to the ropes, but Lyman elbows out of it and catches Kim in the jaw. Kim goes down as the countdown clock returns.

The opening chords to “Patient Number 9” by Ozzy Osbourne begins to play. The crowd looks confused as we see a person in a full penguin suit running out from the back.

Knots: “What in the blue hell…”

Sharper: “Is…is that WASLEY?”

Knots: “It’s not. How the hell did this get a number?! How the hell?!”

Sharper: “I don’t know…”

WASLEY, we assume, runs down from the back and slides in. Kim smiles as Lyman then stomps her in the back. WASLEY sees this and runs at Lyman. He ducks a clothesline from him before jumping to the middle rope and somehow hitting a moonsault into a reverse DDT onto Lyman! WASLEY then turns and pulls Kim up. Kim smiles as Ace is knocked back by Holloway and turns to WASLEY. WASLEY and Kim kick Ace in the ribs and then they back up and hit duelling superkick, knocking down Marshall! Kim then turns and grabs the head of the life-sided WASLEY. Holloway steps up and Kim hits a battering ram, using the top of WASLEY’s head, and drives it into Holloway. She turns and points and they then run and ram Cross as he gets up. They turn and sees Striker as Striker looks up, confused before Kim points.

Kim: “RAMMING SPEED! CHOO-CHOO!”

Kim runs WASLEY into Striker, bashing him in the chest. She then backs up, beeping as she does, before running at Striker again, and then backing up and this time, WASLEY lifts Kim up and throws her at Striker with a leg lariat. Striker falls out of the corner as Kim rolls over. WASLEY then looks around, arms up, as the crowd roars.

Sharper: “And Kimberly Williams and WASLEY, whoever is in that penguin costume, have worn out the field!”

Knots: “This is a farce. Who the hell is that?!”

Sharper: “It’s WASLEY right now!”

Knots: “You stop it!”

Kim and WASLEY look around and we see Lyman getting up. The two head over and grab him and start to lift him up over the top rope. Lyman holds on, fighting as Ace, Cross, and Holloway stir. Striker remains down for the moment as Ace looks around. Lyman tries to hold on as the two get him up. He hooks onto the top rope and continues to do so as WASLEY and Kim continue to try and eliminate him. Ace then runs over and nails WASLEY in the back of the head. He pulls him back and then hits a short-arm clothesline. Lyman drops down and rolls in. Kim turns as Holloway and Cross now are working together and go after her. Kim moves to the corner as Holloway buries a knee into her ribs and Cross hits a European uppercut.

Sharper: “And just like that, the advantages turn away. Lyman able to weather the storm. Now, Holloway and Cross working over Kim while Ace Marshall is fighting a penguin.”

Knots: “Par for the course for him.”

The countdown clock returns.

“Praise” by ZHU, BANKS & bludnymph plays as the crowd roars. Ryan Lecavalier walks out from the back and looks down at the ring before calmly and slowly walking down.

Sharper: “And at number eleven – the Lost Monarch, Ryan LeCavalier!”

Knots: “And there’s someone who is looking in the ring and figuring out who she can dissect.”

Sharper: “The question is whether she is doing it for herself or for Selena Frost.”

Back in the ring, Cross and Holloway whip Kim across, but this is right into Striker who catches her and hits a huge exploder suplex into the corner. The crowd ohs. Striker turns as Ace then grabs WASLEY and whips him into the corner. Ace runs after and WASLEY gets a boot up. Ace staggers back and Holloway jumps to the middle rope and hits a springboard cutter on Ace. The crowd ohs. Holloway pops up, but Cross then grabs him and goes to eliminate him. Holloway goes up and over and hangs over the top rope before pulling himself onto the apron, avoiding his feet touching the apron, and then rolls back in. Cross turns as Striker hits a shotei, rocking Cross, knocking him back. LeCavalier then reaches the ring and slides in.

Sharper: “And Ryan LeCavalier into the ring as Cross gets drilled by Striker!”

Knots: “Get the penguin in the corner!”

LeCavalier runs at WASLEY and hits a running knee lift, knocking WASLEY back into the corner. LeCavalier kicks WASLEY in the ribs a couple of times before grabbing him and hitting a running bulldog. Striker starts to try and eliminate Cross as LeCavalier turns and Lyman nails her with a hard right. He nails her again and goes to spin her into the corner, but she jumps to the middle rope and dives back with a variation of the Relativisme to Lyman’s face. Ace starts to get up and LeCavalier steps up and chops him. The crowd woos. She chops him again as Holloway heads over and grabs Kim. He tries to lift her up, as Kim starts to resist, hooking her arms around the top rope.

Sharper: “And LeCavalier adding more high-impact offense. A lot of good strikers in there.”

Knots: “And just a dangerous field to say the least.”

Sharper: “And another to enter the fray.”

WASLEY rolls over as LeCavalier starts to try and eliminate Ace. The countdown clock returns.

KABLAAAAAAAAAAM!!!

The sound of a xylophone scale is heard, signifying the start of the KABLAMian Tabernacle 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. Adonis continues to be carried down the ramp on his entrance “vehicle.” Ace elbows Ryan off as Ryan staggers off. Kim kicks Holloway repeatedly in the face. This knocks him back. Kim then runs out and clotheslines him down. Striker then hits a side belly to belly suplex on Cross only for Kim to head over to him. Ace then knees Ryan in the ribs and runs Ryan into the corner. Ace staggers out as Adonis and the KABLAMia Tourism Board reach ringside. Adonis stands up as WASLEY runs across the ring. He bounces off and Ace lowers his head and back drops WASLEY over the top rope. WASLEY spins through and lands on the apron, but then falls back onto Adonis’s throne. The crowd roars.

Knots: “Damn it! If Adonis wasn’t there, that stupid penguin would be gone!”

Sharper: “Ace Marshall backdropping WASLEY onto Adonis’s throne that he’s been carried on in here!”

Knots; “I’ll still take my free samples, at least!”

Ace looks around and turns back. WASLEY gets up and gives Adonis a thumbs up before running forward and slingshotting into the ring and hitting a slingshot lariat to Ace Marshall. The crowd roars. Adonis steps over and into the ring. He then steps up as Adonis then looks around before doing a bit of a dance, a few gyrations only to them turn around as Simon Lyman grabs him and runs him over to the ropes and throws him up and over to the floor. Lyman backs up and shrugs as the crowd boos. LeCavalier then runs up behind Lyman and tries to eliminate him. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Adonis is eliminated! Too much showboating! But now Lyman is in trouble!”

Knots: “LeCavalier saw the opening!”

Lyman holds on and drops to the apron as the countdown clock returns. Striker knocks Kim back before WASLEY heads over to help Kim and rakes the eyes of Striker.

The chords of “People Like Us” by Kelly Clarkson fill the arena, causing a roar from the audience as bright, fall leaves seem to blow and fly on the LED screens on and around the ramp. Deanna Frost runs out from the back, jogging down to the ring.

Sharper: “And at number thirteen, Deanna Frost coming to the ring.”

Knots: “Lucky number thirteen.”

Sharper: “Handed this drawing by Delatosso. You wonder if there’s a meaning there or not!”

Deanna Frost runs around Adonis’s throne and heads to the ring. She then rolls into the ring. LeCavalier turns to her and Deanna looks at her. LeCavalier then nails her with a hard right. Deanna fires back. The two trade blows as the crowd erupts. Lyman looks on as WASLEY tries to eliminate Striker. Ace starts to stir as Holloway and Cross move around. Deanna and Lecavalier trade blows before LeCavalier rakes the eyes. She grabs Deanna and runs her to the ropes, but Deanna stops her and grabs the top rope. She holds on and elbows LeCavalier in the ribs. She does it again and backs up and hits the Burnout. The crowd roars. LeCavalier falls to the mat. Deanna looks around and then we see Holloway run at her, but Deanna hoists him up and manages to get her up onto his shoulders before quickly dropping him with the Checkmate. The crowd ohs. Holloway rolls over.

Sharper: “Deanna Frost first takes down LeCavalier. Then Holloway!”

Knots: “Here comes Cross.”

Cross nails Deanna in the back of the head and then again before he spins her around and into a European uppercut. Deanna falls to the ropes. Cross whips Deanna across. Deanna bounces off and Cross goes for a clothesline, but Deanna ducks under and grabs him in a waistlock. She then hits a release German suplex. She rolls over and just then, we see Ace grab her and hit an Olympic Slam. Ace looks down at her and smirks before Lyman grabs Ace and tries to eliminate him. Ace holds on as Striker kicks at WASLEY and backflips through to the apron. He frantically nails Kim with a shot and then WASLEY before then grabbing the top rope and slingshotting himself in with a shoulder tackle that takes both down. Striker slowly gets as WASLEY and Kim stir.

Sharper: “Fighting for position. Striker fighting for his life.”

Knots: “Ace may be out soon. Lyman trying to get him out as Deanna got rocked by Ace.”

Deanna rolls over as Striker grabs WASLEY and pulls him up by the head. But he pulls hard enough the head comes off. The crowd erupts as we realize it’s Marie Jones in the WASLEY suit!

Sharper: “It’s Marie! Marie Jones!”

Knots: “Or is that Kim and Marie’s in the ring?!”

David looks at both as Kim and Marie smile before both punch him, knocking him down. The countdown clock returns.

“You know my name” by Chris Cornell plays. The crowd roars as Shaun Cruze walks out from the back. He looks down at the ring and then starts to head down.

Sharper: “And out next, Shaun Cruze who has come close to winning this match. He’s gotten to the final elimination. But can this be the year!”

Knots: “Well he’s going to have to hope for some help. He didn’t get the best draw!”

Sharper: “As we have Kim in there, over twenty minutes. Striker too. Simon is getting up there too, over fifteen and that cut on his head seems to have scabbed over a bit.”

Kim and Marie both grab Striker and they go to whip him over the top rope, but then, Holloway nails Marie in the back as Cross nails Kim. Kim falls over as Cross tries to eliminate her. Holloway nails Marie with a couple of shots as Striker moves to the corner. Ace turns and grabs Striker as Lyman walks out and grabs Deanna. Deanna elbows Lyman in the ribs, knocking him back. Cruze then enters and clotheslines Lyman down. He looks around and grabs Deanna, scooping her up and hitting a backbreaker. LeCavalier runs at him and Cruze hits a back drop. Cruze then turns and grabs Ace. Ace turns and goes to swing, but Cruze blocks it and kicks him in the ribs. He then whips him into the ropes. Ace bounces off and Cruze hits a back elbow. Cruze then turns to Striker and Striker nails him with a hard right before spinning Cruze into the corner. He nails him with a series of hard strikes to the stomach.

Sharper: “Cruze going after anyone, just wearing people down, but Striker, he’s in complete defense mode.”

Knots: “Been picked on by Marie and Kim all night, so he wants to get some offense in.”

Sharper: “And he’s had success against Cruze. Even beating him earlier this year.”

Deanna gets up and LeCavalier heads over and grabs Ace. Ace hits a jawbreaker, knocking LeCavalier back. Cross gets Kim up against the ropes as Holloway snapmares Marie out from the ropes and kicks her in the back. Marie rolls over. Holloway looks around and turns as he grabs Ace, but Ace then just low blows him. Holloway drops as Ace shrugs. He gets up and just then, Deanna hits a front dropkick, knocking him down. Deanna then gets up and runs over to Kim and Cross and pulls Cross back and nails him with a forearm shot. Cross falls into the corner. Deanna follows up with a series of knees in the corner as Kim drops down and looks over at her friend. Deanna backs up and Kim embraces Deanna and smiles. Deanna nods before Deanna and Kim whip Cross across the ring. Kim runs after and clotheslines Cross. Cross drops to a knee. Deanna runs across and hits a shining wizard. The crowd ohs. Striker meanwhile starts to lift Cruze up. Cruze resists as the countdown clock returns.

Sharper: “Striker lifting Cruze up!”

Knots: “Soren Cross just met Kim and Deanna’s friendship. Come on Cross. Don’t know how important it would be to eliminate either of them!”

Marie rolls over as the countdown clock returns.

The opening guitar rifts of “Body Talk” by Poison begin to sound out over the arena. Seraphina Blaze jogs out from the back. She looks around as she then runs down to the ring.

Sharper: “Seraphina Blaze – we’ve not seen her since the KABLAMia invitational.”

Knots: “Runner up there. This is going to be a bit more of a stiff competition!”

Marie Jones starts to get up as Cruze is almost up and over. He keeps holding on. Blaze enters the ring and runs at Marie and clotheslines her down. We see Lyman getting up and Blaze nails her with a running hip attack. She spins around and nails Ace with a hard right and then another, moving him into the corner. She then backs up and runs at him and hits a running backsplash. She steps forward as Kim kicks her in the ribs. She then wrenches the arm and whips her into tge ropes. Blaze bounces off and Kim hits a back elbow. Blaze goes down as Deanna turns and goes over to LeCavalier, trying to get her up. LeCavalier fights and elbows her in the jaw. Kim then heads over and nails LeCavalier with a shot and starts to try and eliminate her. Cross stirs as does Lyman. Cruze goes up and over and lands on the apron before diving back in. Striker then stomps Cruze in the back.

Sharper: “The ring filling up here. We have a lot of good talent.”

Knots: “Eleven people and counting. A lot more to go. You want to win this, you’re going to have to start getting people out of there.”

Sharper: “That would be the plan but a lot of people refusing to make that easy!”

LeCavalier grabs at Kim and rakes the eyes. Kim staggers off and Ace clotheslines her down. Holloway moves to the corner and Striker heads over to him, but Holloway kicks him in the ribs and then then again before spinning him into the corner. Holloway starts to try and eliminate him. Cruze then steps up as Marie recovers and kicks him in the thigh. Deanna then goes to Cross and tries to lift him up to his feet. Blaze however gets up as Marie then nails Cruze with a shot. Cruze staggers back, but Blaze trips her up and Marie lands in a seated position. Blaze then steps over her shoulders and rolls her over before driving her head repeatedly into the mat with the Burning Passion. The crowd roars as Marie goes over and over into the mat.

Sharper: “Over and over into the mat. That’s one way to get an advantage.”

Knots: “Marie was working over Cruze and then Blaze came up and stopped that!”

Blaze rolls off of Marie as Marie rolls over. She looks around before Cruze then grabs her and lifts her up, placing her on the top rope. She fights him off as the countdown clock returns.

“Until the Sun Explodes” by Sublime then starts to play. We see Flash run down from the back. The crowd looks on as Flash jogs down and slides into the ring. He runs at Deanna and clotheslines her down before nailing Ace with a clothesline and then turning around and nailing Holloway as he staggers out. He then turns and goes to press Ryan LeCavalier over his head, but LeCavalier slides down and then lands behind him and kicks him in the back of the head. Flash staggers forward.

Sharper: “Fresh off his debut, Flash into the match. And looking to make an impact.”

Knots: “He did a bit but just got a shot to the head. LeCavalier got that kick in!”

LeCavalier then runs into the ropes, grabs Flash and hits a swinging neckbreaker. Flash rolls over and LeCavalier gets up only for Cross to run at her and drop her with a diving European uppercut. He then grabs her and lifts her up, placing her on the top rope and trying to eliminate her. LeCavalier struggles as Cruze is knocked back by Blaze. Blaze drops down and hits a running hip check to Cruze. Cruze falls back and Blaze looks around before Striker runs forward, jumping off Lyman’s back as he gets up and hits Blaze with the Yamato. The crowd roars. Striker rolls over. He starts to get up and Lyman then runs at him and hits him with a clothesline. Kim leans against the ropes, smirking at the chaos.

Sharper: “And Striker just dropped Blaze! Oh my! No one saw that coming.”

Knots: “Lyman felt it too and he didn’t like being used as a step stool!”

Lyman turns and goes to Kim and nails her with a shot. She chops him. Marie rolls over and stirs as Cross keeps trying to get LeCavalier up. Flash stirs as does Cruze. The crowd looks on as Lyman lifts Kim up. Kim struggles as Lyman keeps trying to eliminate her. Flash then hits a back chop on Cruze as he gets up. Deanna looks around as does Ace before Flash whips Cruze into the corner. Flash runs at him and goes for a running jumping splash. Cruze moves out of the way. Flash hits the top rope and goes up and over to the floor. The crowd ohs as Flash is eliminated.

Knots: “Well that was short!”

Sharper: “Flash took a chance! He went high. Cruze moved out of the way. And that’s where Flash’s aggressiveness may have caught him.”

Flash rolls over, disappointed. He then looks around as the countdown clock returns.

“SUPREME POWAAAAAAAAAH!”

Cheer rise from the crowd “Touch” by Stan Bush plays throughout the arena. The crowd sings along with the theme. Mitch Doogan steps out from the back and raises his arms, letting out a yell. He then starts to make his way to the ring.

Knots: “Oh no. Oh no!”

Sharper: “Supreme Power, Mitch Doogan. The monster with the trash can lid hands! He’s here and in at number seventeen!”

Doogan takes him time to the ring as we see Cruze nailed by Ace and he tries to go for a quick elimination, but Cruze grabs the top rope and stops it. He elbows his way out of it as Holloway goes over to Deanna. She tries to work on her as Kim helps Marie up. We then see Doogan reach the ring. He steps into the ring. He then lets out another yell. LeCavalier runs at him and Doogan nails her with a hard right. He then nails Kim with a hard right before nailing Lyman with a hard right and then Cruze as he runs out. The crowd cheers with each blow as Doogan then nails Cross with a shot before grabbing Holloway. He then turns and presses Holloway over his head. Holloway, however, shifts his weight and lands behind him. Holloway then runs into the ropes, jumping off the middle rope and dives back, going for the Xfinity, but Doogan throws him off. He lets out a yell before Deanna runs out and hits him with the Burnout. Doogan staggers to the ropes.

Sharper: “Deanna rocking Doogan! She got up there with the Burnout!”

Knots: “But he’s still on his feet!”

Doogan staggers out and Deanna runs at him again, but he nails her with a hard right, knocking her down. He remains staggered, almost as if running on pure instinct. He turns as we see Marie Jones diving off the middle rope with a corkscrew moonsault. Marie hits Doogan and Doogan staggers off and to the ropes. This leads to Soren Cross to run at him and hit a running elbow. Doogan goes up and over and lands on his feet on the floor before falling back into the barricade. Cross gets up and smiles before suddenly, we see Striker run up behind him and lift Cross up and throw him up and over the top rope and Cross lands next to him. The crowd ohs. Striker smirks as just then, Holloway runs at Striker and clotheslines him from behind. Striker goes up and over and to the floor. Holloway then turns around before Lyman hits a superkick knocking him up and over. Ace then runs up behind Lyman! Lyman holds on and nearly goes over as Ace keeps trying to eliminate him, only for Kim and Marie to run over and grab Ace and lift him up, trying to eliminate both. Lyman holds on as Ace goes up and over to the floor. The crowd roars as Ace turns back stunned!

Sharper: “Oh my! Five eliminated! And capped off by Ace Marshall!”

Knots: “I said it would have to be a frenzy and people saw their opportunity!”

Sharper: “And Marie and Kim dove back to avoid someone coming up behind them!”

Blaze looks on as the countdown clock returns.

“Independence Day” by Martina McBride plays as we see Dr. Grace Morningwood step out and look back as we see Jessica Heart run out from the back. Morningwood returns to the back as Heart runs down to the ring and slides into the ring. Heart then runs at Lyman and nails him with a hard right before kicking Deanna in the ribs and then turning and headbutting Cruze. Cruze falls back as Marie and Kim step up and Heart looks at both. She smiles before Heart then spears Kim back into the corner. Marie runs over and goes to help Kim as Heart shoulders Kim a few times before Marie pulls her back and then drags her back and hits a reverse DDT.

Sharper: “Jessica Heart! Heart entering the Taking Hold of the Flame! And folks, if you’re not aware of her and her exploits, she’s another…interesting addition.”

Knots: “Yeah. She just looked at a crazy person and her sister and decided to take them on!”

We see Soren Cross getting up and looking in the ring, clearly thinking about matters as Holloway just nods at Cross. Back in the ring, Marie nails Heart with a shot, having dragged her back to her feet. Lyman heads over to Deanna, working on her as Blaze grabs Cruze and drives him face first into the nearby turnbuckle. Cruze turns and Blaze hits a series of knee strikes into the ribs of the Impact Player. Marie whips Heart across the ring. Marie runs after and goes for a running spear, but Heart leaps up and over her and then runs over and taps Blaze on the shoulder. Blaze turns and Heart lifts up her shirt. Blaze is a bit taken aback only for Heart to knee her in the face. The crowd ohs. Heart turns as Marie runs back at her and jumps up and hits a running splash onto Cruze. Heart then steps up only for Kim to run at her. Heart goes for a clothesline, but Kim ducks and then stops and hits a pele kick, knocking Heart down.

Sharper: “Heart just all over and Kim with the pele! Just caught her.”

Knots: “Talk about turning up the heat in a moment. Did she flash Blaze?”

Sharper: “She did.”

Deanna fights off Lyman as LeCavalier now goes and chops Marie. Because Marie is in a penguin suit, it doesn’t work so well, so Marie kicks LeCavalier in the ribs. She then starts to lift her up as the countdown clock returns.

“Song for the Dead” by Queens of the Stone Age starts to play. The crowd cheers as we see Asher Hayes walk out from the back. He scans the ring before starting to jog down to the ring. He, too, is bandaged.

Sharper: “Asher Hayes on his way to the ring. Number nineteen. And both members of the Underground Championship match earlier getting odds-against drawings.”

Knots: “If they didn’t focus on maiming themselves over that title, they may have more energy now!”

Sharper: “Lyman has been in there a while. Time to see what Asher can do!”

Blaze rolls over as Marie keeps trying to get LeCavalier over. Lyman staggers back and looks at the entrance of Hayes as Deanna steps out and kicks him in the ribs. She goes to try to eliminate him. Hayes slides in and Kim runs out and immediately dives on top of him, hammering away on his back. The crowd looks on as Hayes covers up and Kim hammers away. She then grabs him by the hair and lifts him up. Kim throws him into the corner.

Kim: “You have something I want, Ash-hole!”

Kim nails Asher with a series of hard right hands before Hayes blocks one and nails her with one of his own. He then tackles her down out of the corner. He rolls through and gets up and grabs Kim and then hits a single armed suplex. Kim rolls over. Asher turns and looks around and Lyman struggles with Deanna. Cruze steps up and kicks Asher in the ribs. Cruze then scoops him up and slams him down. Cruze grabs him, but Kim hits him with a superkick. Cruze staggers back to the ropes. Kim then grabs Asher and drags her up and nails him again with a shot. She then hooks him up, but Hayes runs her back and into the corner. He shoulders her once and then again before whipping her out, but right into Cruze who hits her with the Morality. The crowd ohs. Kim rolls over, holding her jaw. Deanna turns and this leads Cruze and Hayes both to go after her. Deanna drops Lyman and Lyman walks along the ropes. Cruze nails Deanna with a shot and Hayes nails her with one too.

Sharper: “Hayes dealing with Kim right off the bat. Kim has not made it a secret she wants the Underground Title back, but Cruze getting involved there.”

Knots: “And what’s this unholy alliance!”

Sharper: “Cruze and Hayes now, for the time being, working together on Deanna. But look out! LeCavalier in trouble!”

LeCavalier goes up and over, but rolls back in. Marie turns and stomps her in the back. Marie then steps over as Lyman nails her with a hard right and then another. Marie staggers back as Blaze then kicks her in the ribs and then hits a DDT. Blaze turns as we then hear a roar as Lyman goes over the top rope to the floor. Lyman rolls over as the crowd ohs and boos. Jessica Heart stands and waves at him, laughing.

Sharper: “And Lyman’s hopes dashed! Heart from behind!”

Knots: “Some guarantee, huh!”

Sharper: “And a disappointing night for the Simply Sensational one.”

Lyman looks around as we the see Blaze nailing Heart from behind. Blaze attacks her again as Lyman gets up and nods to the Las Vegas crowd before starting to make his exit. The countdown clock returns.

“SPOTLIGHT UP! GLITTER TWIRL TRANSFORMATION!”

The signature call of the one and only “magical clown girl” proceeds a catchy, upbeat tune that accompanies an anime-inspired transformation sequence straight out of Sailor Moon on the big screen, showing a female silhouette in pastel rainbow hues twirling in glitter and magic before ultimately donning the appearance of the heroine of justice and smiles, Glitter Joy. The bombastic, upbeat tune of “Cotton Candy Moon” suddenly hits, accompanied by an anime-style video of Glitter Joy both performing amazing feats of circus delight and clips of some of her greatest wrestling matches reimagined as epic magical girl battles, and the fans all erupt at the arrival of a wrestler like no other. A burst of pyro erupts from the center of the stage, and through the smoke leaps Glitter Joy herself, immediately striking a pose with her Cotton Candy Moon Wand.

Sharper: “And at number twenty, Glitter Joy!”

Knots: “What in the hell?”

Sharper: “Not a fan of anime?”

Knots: “You are?!”

Sharper: “I am a fan of this young lady. Making waves in her home promotion and getting a huge opportunity to show what she can do here!”

Joy runs down to the ring. Hayes has now moved onto Kim, trying to eliminate her as Jones stirs. Joy climbs up the steel steps and then climbs up to the top rope. The crowd roars as Blaze turns away from Heart and right into the Stardust Sugar Crash by Glitter Joy. The crowd ohs. Joy gets up and looks around as Heart leans on the middle rope. Joy runs over and hits her with the Glitter Carousel. The crowd roars. Heart falls back and rolls over. Cruze is then knocked back by Deanna as Glitter jumps up and hits a spinning back kick. Deanna then steps out from the corner and Glitter hits the ropes and goes up for a flying headscissors, but continues to rotate over and over and over again as Deanna tries to grab her, but Glitter Joy goes through another rotation before snapping her off.

Knots: “Jesus!”

Sharper: “Multiple rotations and Glitter Joy takes Deanna down with the Twirling Ribbon Twister!

Glitter Joy gets up and runs at Asher as Asher turns. Glitter however jumps up and lands on the top turnbuckle. Hayes dives over to grab her, but Glitter walks along the ropes and then jumps down. Hayes looks at her and runs at her, but Glitter hits a drop toe hold. Hayes ends up on the middle rope. Glitter turns and runs at the ropes, but Marie Jones catches her and then steps forward and hits the Ave Maria! The crowd ohs. Marie then gets up as the countdown clock returns.

“Adrenaline” by Gavin Rossdale plays and the crowd roars as we see Dylan Howell run out from the back. He looks around and smiles as Dr. Grace Morningwood walks out with him. Howell then runs down to the ring.

Knots: “Oh God no!”

Sharper: “Dylan Howell! And he’s with Dr. Morningwood too. Jessica Heart came out with him…”

Knots: “Oh no! He found a friend!”

“Dylan!” chants break out as Howell runs down to the ring. He slides in and Cruze steps up and Howell spins around him and hits a snap German suplex. Howell gets up and turns and kicks Asher in the ass, causing him to go through the ropes to the floor. Howell turns and looks around as Marie looks at him. Kim steps out as Deanna, LeCavalier, and Blaze look on. Heart then staggers up and looks at Howell. She grabs him by the arm and pulls him in. Kim and Marie stand next to each other looking at Howell and Heart.

Knots: “What a ridiculous scene this is. We have a woman in a penguin suit next to a crazy person, and now we have Howell and Heart against them.”

Sharper: “Well, where else than Supreme Championship Wrestling can we see these personalities go at it?!”

The crowd looks on as Kim lunges at Heart. Howell goes after Jones. They each trade blows before Kim and Marie manage to hit stereo jawbreakers. Howell and Heart stagger back. Marie and Kim then both run past them and Howell and Heart, in stereo, turn as Kim and Marie hit stereo spinning heel kicks. Kim then grabs Heart as Marie grabs Howell. They drag them up and go to try and eliminate them. Kim tries to get Heart up as Marie tries to get Howell up. Howell and Heart then elbow out and Marie and Kim stagger back. Howell and Heart then run at Kim and Marie and sandwich them into the middle of the ring with duelling body avalanches. Marie falls to the mat as Kim staggers around. Howell lifts Kim up and places her on the top turnbuckle. The crowd roars as Howell then turns and grabs Marie, but Marie then hits another jawbreaker. She then hits a pele kick on Heart. Heart staggers as Kim then looks on and Marie pulls her down. Marie checks on Kim before Howell turns and grabs her and hits a German suplex. He holds on and pulls her back up and hits a second German suplex before holding on and starting to get up again, but this time, Kim hits the Morrigan’s Wrath on Howell. Howell lets go and drops down to the mat. Kim drops down, but Marie turns and Heart runs over and hits a jumping knee. Marie goes up and over the top rope and to the floor. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “And Marie’s gone! Marie’s gone! Kim tried to save her, but Heart!”

Knots: “And Heart got all of that knee! Now maybe Marie can find her self-respect!”

Heart smirks as Kim then scrambles up and grabs her, but just then, Deanna runs over and hits a Burnout on Heart and sends her up and over the top rope. The crowd roars. Deanna turns and looks at Heart and Marie before turning to Kim and apologizing. Kim just nods before going over to Howell. Howell leans against the ropes and Kim nails him with hard right hands as Blaze then grabs Joy and tries to eliminate her. Joy holds on as Deanna turns only for Cruze to kick her in the ribs. Cruze starts to try and eliminate her as Hayes, who has also returns to the ring, runs over and goes to LeCavalier. LeCavalier grabs at him. The countdown clock returns.

“Groupie” by Cassie Steele plays. The crowd roars as Hayes turns to the entrance, allowing LeCavalier to kick Hayes in the ribs and then place him on the middle rope, starting to choke him.

Sharper: “And here comes a potential other favourite – the former World Champion, former eight time World Champion, Syren!”

Knots: “And Hayes immediately heard the music. You know he was thinking about doing something against her, but LeCavalier caught him.”

Sharper: “Hayes has struggled a bit here. Clearly the Underground Championship match took something out of him.”

Syren runs down to the ring. Joy fights off Blaze and Blaze turns around as Kim continues to tee off on Howell. Heart runs over and pushes off against Howell’s back, keeping him in the ring before officials pull her away. Kim nails him again and he falls to the apron. Kim then turns around as Syren slides in. Kim lunges at her, but Syren hits a clothesline. She then gets up and LeCavalier turns into a superkick! The crowd roars. Syren turns and hits Cruze as he staggers back with a superkick. He then turns and nails Blaze with a superkick. The crowd erupts as she looks around and Joy turns and walks into a superkick. Syren then turns and Deanna goes to Syren, but Syren tries a superkick on her. Deanna blocks it. She spins her around and Deanna goes for a Burnout, but Syren spins out of the way. Deanna lands on her feet and turns around and Syren superkicks her. The crowd erupts as Syren yells out “Superkick Soiree!”

Sharper: “Superkicks for everyone!”

Knots: “Lexy Chapel would be so proud…”

Syren then turns and goes over to Deanna and lifts her up and starts to eliminate her as Howell rolls back into the ring. Deanna grabs at the ropes as the crowd looks on. Deanna struggles with Syren as everyone else in the match stirs. Syren clubs Deanna in the back a few times before Howell nails Syren in the back. Syren falls to a knee. Howell nails her again and then spins her around and pulls her out and smiles before hitting a side belly to belly suplex. Syren rolls over and looks at Howell. Howell then grabs Syren and goes to run her to the ropes, but Syren blocks it. Howell tries again, but Syren blocks it and then pulls him in and kicks him in the ribs and hits the Total Makeover. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “And for good measure! Total Makeover on Dylan Howell!”

Knots: “Not like that’s going to help him! But it was good to see…even if Syren needs to step aside!”

Syren looks at Dylan and looks around as the countdown clock returns.

“I Can Only Imagine” by MercyMe plays as the crowd boos. Religious Wright walks out from the back and looks down at the ring. His eyes widen.

Wright: “For the LAWRD!”

Wright runs down to the ring. Syren turns and looks at Wright, shaking her head. Wright runs down to the ring and slides in. He rolls through and up to his feet, but right into Syren who grabs him and turns and throws him up and over the top rope and to the floor. The crowd erupts.

Sharper: “Religious Wright-“

Knots: “No! No! He has a mission! A mission from Gavin!”

Sharper: “And Syren just ended that mission! Not even going to let whatever plans they have come into motion!”

Syren dusts her hands off as she walks around the ring, but then turns right into Hayes who nails her with the Dust to Dust. The crowd ohs. Syren hits the mat. She rolls over and Hayes grabs her, scrambling to drag her to the ropes. He starts to try and eliminate her, but Syren manages to still have the wherewithal to grab the ropes and start to resist.

Knots: “Hayes! What a shot!”

Sharper: “Hayes clearly sees Syren as a threat. And he’s looking to get rid of her!”

Hayes keeps trying as Howell rolls over to the ropes. Cruze gets back up and Blaze does too. Deanna leans in the corner as Wright tries to plead to get back into the ring. Hayes keeps trying to get Syren up as Kim then staggers over and goes to help Hayes. Hayes and Kim keep trying as we then see Blaze trying to help too. The crowd looks on as Syren holds on for dear life, wrapping her body around the ropes. Kim tries to pry her off as we then see Cruze grab Blaze off and then hit her with a short-arm clothesline. LeCavalier heads over and nails Kim from behind. Kim staggers off as Syren hits the apron and rolls back into the ring. Hayes starts to stomp on her for good measure. The countdown clock returns at this point.

“Believe In Tomorrow” by Sunflower’s Garden plays as the crowd roars. La Pequena Luz, now in her normal wrestling attire, walks out from the back and starts to walk to the ring.

Sharper: “And at number twenty-four, La Pequena Luz on her way to the ring. And Luz watched earlier as Nevado left her with the Tag Team Championship and took the World Title.”

Knots: “Nevado focusing on her main goal, that’s for sure.”

Sharper: “Luz now entering and I understand this is personal for her. She doesn’t want to face Nevado out of animus. She wants to challenge her at Rise to Greatness. For them, they fought in the ring and it was powerful moment for them.”

Knots: “She should just understand Amelia has a promoter who cares in Delatosso. Stay out of the way!”

Luz runs down to the ring and slides in. Hayes steps out and Luz hits an overhead chop, before grabbing the arm and wrenching it and running up the corner and then hitting a diving lucha-libre style arm drag. Luz gets back up as Deanna look on and Luz chops LeCavalier before chopping her again. She chops Cruze too before kicking him in the ribs. Cruze falls back into the corner and Luz looks around before Blaze runs over to her and Luz goes for a back drop. Blaze spins through and lands behind her. She then runs Luz into the ropes. She goes for an Okana roll, but Luz holds on. Blaze ends up on her feet. Luz runs at her and Blaze ducks. Luz spins around. Blaze kicks her in the ribs and hooks her up for the Blaze of Glory, but Luz manages to spin through and lands behind her. Luz then dropkicks her in the back and Blaze falls into Hayes who back drops her up and over the top rope to the floor. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “And Luz with her agility, managing to counter Blaze, but sending her right into Hayes, ending her night.”

Knots: “Thems the breaks!”

Luz gets up and Hayes runs at her but Luz hits a jawbreaker. She turns and Kim runs out only for Luz to hit a snap frankensteiner. She gets up, but Joy then hits a spinning back kick before then hitting a series of hard forearm shots. She runs into the ropes and bounces off before handspringing into an enziguri kick. The crowd ohs. Luz drops and Joy gets up before Deanna nails her with a clothesline. Joy rolls over as Howell slides along the bottom rope. Cruze winces as LeCavalier then grabs him and tries to lift him up. Kim grabs at the ropes as we see Howell running over and then trying to clothesline Kim up and over. Kim however, holds onto the top rope. She keeps holding on and Howell tries to push her over, but Kim manages to get back in.

Sharper: “Howell nearly finished the job with Kim, but Kim holding on.”

Knots: “Come on Howell. Focus! Do Delatosso proud.”

Sharper: “He affiliated with the New Order.”

Knots: “God no, but Delatosso may spring for a roomier strait-jacket if he gets Kim out of there!”

Syren winces as Deanna grabs Joy and runs her into the corner. Hayes gets up in the corner and Syren turns and heads for him, nailing him with a couple of hard rights. The countdown clock returns.

“Look what you made me do” by Taylor Swift plays and the crowd roars as we see Bekah Cruze jogging out from the back. She then looks around and runs down to the ring, full sprint.

Knots: “Bekah Cruze? There’s another one?!”

Sharper: “The daughter of Orlando Cruze making her SCW debut! Running down and Shaun, her uncle, is in a bit of trouble!”

Knots: “Oh no…two Cruzes?!”

Bekah runs down to the ring and slides in. LeCavalier tries to get Shaun up, but Shaun shoves her back and right into Bekah who drills her with a spear. The crowd roars. Shaun winces and looks over as Bekah turns to him. Bekah checks on him and the crowd starts to chant “Cruze!” over and over. Howell looks around and then runs over and nails Bekah from behind. The crowd boos as Bekah goes down. Shaun steps up and Howell gets in his face. Bekah then gets up and turns and clocks Dylan. The crowd erupts. Dylan staggers back. He then looks around and runs at the Cruzes. Shaun and Bekah both launch him up and then back drop him up and over the top rope to the floor. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “The Cruzes first victim! Bekah’s first elimination! Goodbye Howell!”

Knots: “Good riddance!”

Syren turns out as Bekah and Shaun then talk a bit Deanna is knocked back by Glitter Joy. Bekah then runs over and nails Glitter with a hard right. She nails her again and then pulls her out and then tries to go for a dragon sleeper. The crowd looks on as Glitter struggles a bit. Shaun focuses on Luz as she gets up and tries to eliminate her, but Luz fights off. Syren walks out from the corner. Bekah keeps trying, but Glitter spins around and then spears her into the corner. She spears her again as Syren goes over to Deanna and tries to work on her. Asher winces as LeCavalier holds her ribs. Kim grabs at the ropes as Glimmer then snaps Bekah out with a frankensteiner.

Sharper: “Bekah taken down by Glitter Joy. Clearly some inexperience.”

Knots: “Or just the nerves are going. You saw how amped up she was. Hasn’t learned to use it for evil and arrogance like the rest of the family!”

Sharper: “Oh stop!”

The countdown clock returns.

The lights around the arena begin to flicker in red, white, and blue as “Fortunate Son” by CCR starts to play over the arena. The crowd roars.

Knots: “Yes! Make SCW Gavin Again! Get him his second title shot!”

Sharper: “And at number twenty six-“

Knots: “Great number! Best number! Greatest number!”

Gavin Taylor walks out from the back, waving a massive American flag. He then gives a thumbs up before turning and pointing to the ring. Gavin Taylor then starts to walk down to the ring. Syren looks at him and tells him to get into the ring, motioning for him to come get some. Gavin walks down to the ring, proudly as the cameras focus on him.

Sharper: “Can we get to the match? We know he’s coming.”

Knots: “Gavin is coming to the ring. Show some respect!”

Gavin continues to head to the ring as we cut to the ring as we see Luz going up and over to the apron but rolling back in as Shaun loses his grip. Syren keeps watching Gavin while looking behind her. Gavin reaches the ringside area and stands with his hands and at his hips and smiles before giving a thumbs up.

Sharper: “Come on Gavin. Time to get into the ring.”

Knots: “When he’s ready! You don’t rush greatness!”

Sharper: “And Syren was waiting for him. I wonder if that had something to do with it.”

Syren turns as Kim runs at her and they trade blows as Gavin smiles. Hayes then goes over to Glitter Joy and tries to eliminate her as Shaun turns and sees Bekah. He pulls her up and moves her to another corner, checking on her, before he turns as Deanna kicks Shaun in the ribs. LeCavalier stirs as Kim then tries to pull Syren over to the ropes. Syren struggles as Kim keeps pulling on her head and her hair. Syren holds on as the countdown clock returns.

“X-Men theme” by Powerglove plays. The crowd cheers as we see MONGO run out from the back at full speed. The crowd roars as MONGO bolts down the rampway. Gavin moves out of the way, spinning around as MONGO’s shoulder nearly clips him. MONGO enters the ring and then runs at the ropes. He keeps running as we see Hayes and Glitter move away from him. MONGO bounces off the ropes a few times before turning and running the other ropes. This leads Syren and Kim to move and Deanna and Shaun to move.

Sharper: “And the unpredictable MONGO making his surprise return!”

Knots: “Can he stop! He’s just going at full speed!”

Sharper: “Just shot out of a cannon!”

MONGO keeps running back and forth as Bekah looks around and then runs over and tries to stop him, but MONGO clips her with a shoulder tackle. Bekah rolls over as Glitter runs out, unfamiliar with MONGO and gets a shoulder tackle for her troubles. He keeps running and then goes for a double clothesline on Deanna and Shaun who duck under and separate. MONGO turns and keeps running before Hayes suddenly jumps and pulls down on the top rope. MONGO goes up and over and ends up tumbling to the floor. The crowd roars as MONGO rolls over as Hayes looks around, and everyone else, relieved the bull in the China shop is out of the match.

Sharper: “And MONGO up and over. Hayes pulling on the top rope!”

Knots: “Get that idiot out of here! Must be a hold over from CHBK’s hiring practices!”

As they take a moment, Syren then turns and Kim goes for a hard right, but Syren blocks it and then tries to lift Kim up and over as Bekah turns and runs over and goes after Deanna. Hayes runs over and grabs at Luz who kicks him in the ribs. LeCavalier slides back to the corner as we see the countdown clock returns.

“Bonjour!”

“Somewhat I Belong” by Linkin Park plays as the crowd roars. “MV!” chants break out as we see Marcus V. Lopez walk out from the back and look out at the crowd.

Sharper: “Marcus V. Lopez! One half of the Dresser Boys. MV is back in SCW!”

Knots: “Now this has to be a Delatosso hire! Listen to the crowd!”

Marcus looks around and starts to head down to the ring. Luz fights off Hayes as Bekah is knocked back by Deanna. Shaun then heads over to Deanna as Bekah moves to the ropes. Marcus continues to make his way down as Gavin steps out of the way and Marcus walks over to him and stops. He then looks at Gavin and then the ring. Gavin points to the ring, only for Marcus to grab Gavin and turn and runs him into the ring and Gavin rolls into the ring. The crowd roars.

Knots: “You idiot! MV! You idiot!”

Sharper: “Lopez just helping Taylor into the ring!”

MV slides in and Gavin runs at him and goes for a Gavin Taylor Lariat, but MV ducks. He then looks around before pointing at Gavin. Gavin turns and steps forward, but this leads Syren to nail him with a hard right. The crowd erupts as Syren nails Gavin again and again. Gavin falls back into the corner and Syren starts to hammer away.

Sharper: “And Syren has Gavin Taylor!”

Knots: “You idiot!”

Marcus looks around and then sees Ryan LeCavalier. He grabs her and pulls her up. LeCavalier resists as Marcus nails him with a couple of shots as Bekah looks around and now goes over to Kim. Kim leans back for leverage as Bekah tries to eliminate her. Glitter crawls along the ropes as Hayes looks around. Marcus keeps trying to get LeCavalier up, but LeCavalier elbows him with a couple of shots. Syren continues to stomp away on Gavin as Gavin is covering up in the corner. The crowd continues to cheer. Syren then pulls Gavin up and looks around before then hitting him with a superkick. Gavin goes down. Syren lets out a yell as the crowd roars. Syren turns as Deanna runs over to her and nails her with a hard right. Shaun looks on as Luz walks forward and over to Hayes. LeCavalier then clotheslines Marcus down.

Sharper: “The ring filling up again. About to have number twenty nine in.”

Knots: “Oh who can this be? Some big names still to come. Polly? Dexter?”

The countdown clock returns.

“Shot from a Cannon” by Chevelle starts to play. The crowd boos as we see James Evans walk out from the back. He looks at the ring and then starts to make his way down.

Knots: “Oh boy!”

Sharper: “Oh boy is right. Last time we saw James Evans, he tried to take out Cid Turner and failed, but left a mark, if not more!”

Knots: “He’s looking to walk through this battle royal again a winner too!”

James Evans makes his way down to the ring. He rolls into the ring. He gets up as we see Deanna run at him and James hoists her up and hits a spinebuster before getting up and clotheslining Syren down. He runs over and stomps at Gavin, knocking him out of the ring, causing him to slide under the bottom rope and to the floor. James then turns and we see Kim fight Bekah off of her. Bekah staggers back and Evans hoists her up onto his shoulders. He turns and just dumps her over the top rope and Bekah lands on the floor. The crowd boos.

Sharper: “And just like that eliminating a Cruze!”

Knots: “Why not! It’s how he won the Taking Hold of the Flame a decade ago!”

Evans turns and clotheslines Marcus down before Kim nails Evans with a Morrigan’s Wrath. Evans falls back and Luz then runs over to him and nails him with a series of forearm shots to the jaw. Syren rolls over as Kim runs over and joins Luz. Ryan LeCavalier then grabs Marcus and runs him into the corner. MV turns and LeCavalier kicks him in the ribs a couple of times for good measure. Shaun Cruze is knocked down by Hayes as Hayes walks around the ring. Evans gras at the ropes as Kim and Luz start to lift him up. Evans looks around and kicks at Luz, catching her a couple of times in the head. Luz staggers out and Glitter Joy grabs her and tries to lift her up on her shoulder. Luz however grabs at the ropes. Kim then grabs James, but Hayes runs up from behind and lifts her up and Kim goes up and over to the floor. The crowd boos loudly as Hayes backs up. Kim turns and looks up at the ring.

Sharper: “And Hayes eliminated Kim Williams! Kim had hoped to get her shot…”

Knots: “Good riddance! Hayes! I never meant a bad thing I’ve said about you!”

Sharper: “Hayes gets the last laugh over Williams in this match. Williams had been in for over forty minutes!”

Knots: “LeCavalier you new ironperson I guess.”

Sharper: “In at number eleven.”

Kim slowly gets up as Evans kicks Hayes in the ribs and runs him over to the corner. The countdown clock returns.

“Tears Don’t Fall” by Bullet for my Valentine plays and the crowd roars as we see Kirsten Scott running out from the back. She runs past Kimberly Williams and continues on her way to the ring.

Sharper: “Number thirty! The returning Kirsten Scott! We’ve not seen her in a year!”

Knots: “She’s looking good! Great shape!”

Kirsten Scott runs down to the ring and slides in. She then runs in and hits a chopblock on Evans. Evans goes down as Hayes falls on top of him. He then starts to hammer away on her. Scott rolls over and gets up and nails Glitter Joy with a hard right and then pulls her in and hits a vertical suplex. She turns back as Deanna runs out and Scott ducks under and catches Deanna’s head and hooks her up and hits a falcon arrow. She rolls back as LeCavalier then grabs her from behind and nails her with a couple of hard right hands to the back. She then throws her into the ropes. LeCavalier kicks at her as we see Marcus V. Lopez step up. Cruze grabs at Syren and tries to eliminate her as we see Gavin Taylor leaning against the barricade, an official personally checking on him.

Sharper: “Gavin down at ringside. And we even have our officials checking on him.”

Knots: “Of course. The future of the company right there!”

Luz comes over and grabs Ryan and runs her into the corner. Marcus then sees Hayes getting up and Marcus dropkicks him down. Marcus then turns and grabs James and pulls him up, but James shoves him back. Marcus stops and Evans runs at him and Marcus kicks him in the ribs. He then looks around before stepping up and jumping up and hitting the French Destroyer on James Evans! The crowd roars.

Sharper: “French Destroyer!”

Knots: “And this place has erupted!”

Marcus V. Lopez looks around and then gets up and throws his arm in the air. The crowd starts more chants of “MV!” as we then see Hayes grab MV and try to eliminate him. Marcus grabs at the ropes and struggles as we see Kristen Scott come over and grab Deanna Frost. Scott kicks Frost in the ribs before then starting to try and eliminate her. The countdown clock returns.

"You want me to cut the crap? My answer is that you need to cut yours."

The arena stays completely dark until up on the big screen Polly's infamous glowing angry green eyes make an appearance. Most of the screen stays black, but her name fades in, in light purple "Polly Playtime".

An indistinct man's voice then says "Player Number One. Game Over."

A coin can be heard dropping into a coin slot and a pulsating beat begins to play as light purple strobe lights light up on both sides of the stage. "Too Much" by Dove Cameron plays. The crowd boos as Polly Playtime steps out from the back and then starts to jog down to the ring.

Knots: “Here may be the one to watch. This is my favourite!”

Sharper: “Polly Playtime in at number thirty-one. Talk about a plum position!”

Polly Playtime makes her way down to the ring. Gavin even gives her a thumbs up while on the floor. Playtime barely notices it and instead heads to the ring and slides in. She then runs over and goes to Cruze and nails him in the ribs with a hard right hand. She nails him again and again and then runs him over into the corner. Polly kicks at him in the ribs as the crowd boos. James rolls over as Marcus elbows his way out. Hayes staggers off and Scott is knocked back by Deanna. Deanna winces as Marcus runs at Kirsten Scott. Scott ducks and then turns and hits a jumping knee to the jaw. Marcus just drops. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Oh what a knee! What a knee!”

Knots: “Marcus V. Lopez now doesn’t know where he is thanks to Kirsten Scott.”

Scott turns as Glitter Joy runs out and then hits a flying headscissors, knocking her down. Joy looks around as Luz then grabs her and kicks her in the ribs. She fires her off to the corner. Glitter Joy runs up the corner and then as Luz runs after her, Joy starts to walk the top rope, but we then see Polly running over and shoving her off. The crowd boos as Joy falls to the ground, eliminated. Gavin smiles from the floor as Polly turns around and Syren nails her with a hard right. Polly drills her with one back. They trade blows and Gavin runs over to the ring and grabs Syren’s leg. Syren looks down, just a moment before Polly kicks her in the ribs and pushes Syren into the corner. Gavin smiles as he walks around the ring. Officials tell him to get in, but he just ignores them.

Sharper: “And Gavin with the assist as Polly now going after Syren. This after she eliminated Glitter Joy.”

Knots: “Joy got a bit too fancy.”

Luz turns as Ryan kicks her in the ribs. The countdown clock returns.

“TokSik” by Starset plays as the crowd boos. Dexter Grant starts to walk down to the ring, microphone in hand and Wendell holding a sign saying “Disconnect to Reconnect!”

Grant: “Fans…some of you may be getting the wrong idea with me. And some people in this sport may be too. I am not someone to be bought and I will not be swayed by trinkets although I will happily take them for my own means!”

The crowd boos as Grant and Wendell continue on their way.

Grant: “I am your new United States Champion, but I don’t feel that was the plan. Or at least the long term plan. Too bad that I am here not to fit into your plans. I am here to get you all to disconnect. To disconnect from the constant technological dribble. The overfocus on living for likes and clicks instead of living in the moment. To have a full life instead of a fake life. And I will happily take this moment to get the opportunity to expand my message…with the richest prize on wrestling, the World Championship!”

The crowd boos as Grant throws the microphone down and slides into the ring. He then runs over only for Cruze to kick him in the ribs. Cruze runs him over and into the corner.

Sharper: “Cruze meeting Grant at the pass. Grant may have high hopes, but he’s got to get it done.”

Knots: “Not a good start. And what’s that about plans. You know don’t know what plans Delatosso has!”

Cruze nails Grant with a couple of shots as Marcus V. Lopez rolls over. Polly then starts to try and eliminate Syren. Hayes goes over to Deanna who kicks him in the ribs. Deanna then places him on the ropes. James Evans winces as he walks over to Kirsten Scott. Scott rakes his eyes and kicks him in the ribs before starting to try and eliminate him. Evans elbows out of it. We then see LeCavalier hitting Luz with a double underhook suplex. LeCavalier turns and grabs her and rolls her over before starting to torque her neck by grabbing her by her chin and head. Luz grimaces as LeCavalier then starts to tear at the mask. The crowd boos. Cruze starts to lift Grant up and Grant manages to counter with a couple of kicks to the head of Cruze. Cruze falls to a knee. Grant then steps up as LeCavalier stops and stomps Luz in the head. She then turns around and Grant hits her with the Clickbait.

Sharper: “And Grant just took down LeCavalier!”

Knots: “Just a hard shot. And that’s the things. So many people in there, you need to be careful.”

Sharper: “And it’s filling up in there again.”

James Evans whips Scott into the ropes before hitting a spinebuster. The crowd ohs. Evans gets up and Grant grabs him and starts to try and eliminate him. The crowd roars as Hayes fights off Deanna. The crowd continues to look on as the countdown clock returns.

The buzzer goes. There’s no music. This leads Deanna Frost to look up at the screen. She then steps forward, clearly hope in her eyes. We even see her mouthing “please” before we see the masked individual who has attacked Polly hop the barricade. They then slide into the ring. They run across and nail Polly in the back. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Deanna Frost was hoping for Selena Frost, but it’s not. I guess it’s that masked person. But-“

Knots: “How the hell? That had to be from someone else. CHBK had to be behind it! And how would Deanna not know? She got both spots from Delatosso himself!”

Sharper: “Delatosso we know has played with the entrance list. So something is going on here. But nonetheless, the person attacking Polly and helping Syren! And it’s hard to follow what number. She just knows we’re getting there!”

Just then, we see Polly’s two guards running down from the back. The crowd boos. They run down at full speed and then slide into the ring. The masked person keeps attacking Polly and gets her down to a knee. They then step back and seemingly set up for a superkick, but Gavin runs over and grabs the leg. The crowd boos. Just then, the two guards run over and wrap themselves around the masked person. The person quickly grabs the mask and looks around as they then lift her up and over the top rope. The masked person falls to the mats and rolls over. They then get up, clearly in pain. Gavin runs at them and the masked person runs to the barricade. They fall over it and crawl forward before scrambling to their feet and running off. The crowd boos before we see Cruze running up behind the two guards and clotheslining both up and over the top rope for good measure. The crowd cheers.

Sharper: “And there goes the masked person! And the guards! Shaun’s former guards! Now Polly’s!”

Knots: “Assault! That’s assault!”

Cruze turns around and just then, Marcus V. Lopez kicks him in the ribs. He tries to go for the French Destroyer, but instead, Cruze lifts him up and back drops him up and over the top rope. The crowd ohs and boos. Cruze steps forward and then Deanna spears him down. The crowd ohs. Deanna rolls over as Luz then starts to get up and grabs at Evans. Kirsten Scott leans in the corner as Syren then grabs Polly and nails her with a hard right. The countdown clock returns.

“Nothing” by Damn Nation plays throughout the arena. The crowd roars as we see David Belmont walk out from the back. He looks down at the ring and smiles a bit before starting to head down.

Knots: “Oh no!”

Sharper: “David Belmont – we have another surprise here in the Taking Hold of the Flame! And Gavin! You may want to look around!”

Knots: “Wait…what? And wait…some of that looks familiar! Gah!”

We cut to Knots who is looking off to the side as the camera catches the Rabbit seen weeks ago waving from behind the barricade. Belmont heads to the ring as Syren nails Polly with another hard right as Gavin looks around and starts to think about sneaking into the ring. Belmont looks at him and Gavin backs up. Belmont then reaches the ring and pulls himself up. He then steps into the ring before running forward and drilling Hayes with a lariat. The crowd ohs. He turns around and then grabs Kirsten Scott with a cravate before kneeing her in the face once and then the ribs before hitting a cravate suplex. The crowd ohs. Belmont turns as LeCavalier then chops him. The crowd woos. She chops him again. More woos. Belmont then kicks her in the ribs and goes to throw her out of the ring. LeCavalier holds on and hangs over the ropes. Gavin runs around and tries to grab at the legs, but LeCavalier swings them back up. She then sees Gavin and kicks him in the head. The crowd roars. LeCavalier then dives back in as Luz runs over to try and eliminate her. Syren tries to lift Polly up as she struggles. Dexter Grant is knocked back by Evans who then steps out and kicks him in the ribs. Evans then hits a gutwrench suplex onto Grant. Grant rolls over. Evans gets up as Belmont hits a knee to the ribs of Deanna and throws her down. Evans then grabs at Belmont.

Sharper: “Belmont striking anything moving. Gavin is back down. LeCavalier back in. Just narrowly missed getting eliminated herself. Can’t say Gavin isn’t trying some strategy.”

Knots: “Exactly! Some strategery!”

James nails Belmont with a hard right and Belmont fires back. They trade a few blows before Evans goes low and spears Belmont in the ribs, knocking him back into the corner. Evans rears back and shoulders him a few times over before backing up. He then starts to hoist him up to eliminate him. The crowd roars, but Belmont elbows him in the back of the head once and then again before Evans turns and Belmont drills him with the Quickening. The crowd ohs as Belmont steps up. He then is nailed by Luz who runs at him and hits a wraparound DDT. Luz turns as Polly elbows her way out from Syren’s grasp. Gavin looks on as the countdown clock comes back up. Deanna looks up.

The buzzer goes. There’s a pause before “Fortunate Son” by CCR stars to play. The crowd boos as Deanna looks up a bit confused. Gavin then smiles before motioning to the back, but no one comes out. Gavin looks around. He then moves to one of the officials, grabbing them by their collar and asking what is happening.

Sharper: “That’s Gavin Taylor’s music. Don’t tell me that All-Star Secret Service is in this or something!”

Knots: “Jenni Anderson? The First Lady of Gavin?”

Sharper: “I don’t know, but no one is coming out. And Deanna also looks confused. I don’t think she’s forgotten the number either!”

Deanna then looks down, disappointed before getting up and running over and nailing Syren with a hard right. She turns to Polly and nails her with a shot. Deanna then hits a back elbow on Polly in the corner as Gavin now storms over to the timekeeper. He demands the headset as back in the ring, Belmont is threatened by Luz who tries to lift him up and over, but he holds on. Kirsten Scott struggles with Grant as Grant tries to eliminate her, but she’s hooked the ropes. Hayes stirs as Evans winces. Hayes then heads over and nails Syren with a hard right. He hooks her up and whips her across the ring. Syren bounces off and Hayes takes her down with a back elbow. Syren rolls over. Hayes then turns as Cruze takes him down by the legs and then steps through. He locks in the Shaunshooter as the crowd roars in the middle of the ring.

Sharper: “And now Shaun Cruze has Asher Hayes in the Shaunshooter! Trying to hurt him, to limit his back strength!”

Knots: “If he can’t lift you up, he can’t eliminate!”

Sharper: “But you can’t get submissions either. And Gavin…what are you doing?”

Gavin yells at the timekeeper as Shaun keeps the hold on for several moments as Hayes yells in pain. Shaun then steps off and looks around as Grant runs over and grabs Cruze and tries to throw him over the top rope. Cruze stops himself and holds on as the crowd roars. Cruze keeps holding on and Grant hammers away on him with a couple of shots. Scott winces in the corner. She then sees Hayes starting to get up and runs at him and hits the Hidden Blade. The crowd ohs. She then grabs Hayes and drags him over to the ropes. She starts to lift him up, but struggles as Polly nails Deanna with repeated blows and gets free. Deanna staggers back and Polly then hits her with a Chick kick. Deanna goes down as Polly walks around the ring, the countdown clock returning.

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.

Sharper: “She is here!”

Polly turns as we see a few others turn to the entrance way as Selena Frost slowly walks out from the back and looks down at the ring. She takes a moment, longer than usual. There is no smirk on her face or even any reaction to the crowd. Just a noticeably deep breath before she starts to head to the ring.

Sharper: “Selena Frost in at number thirty-six. A hell of a drawing. And you have to think she’s your new favourite.”

Knots: “I hope not. I hope not! Karma! Come on! Karma!”

Selena Frost heads down to the ring and Selena slides into the ring before Polly runs over and nails her with a series of hard clubbing blows to the back of Selena’s head. Polly then pulls her in and goes for the Polly Pop, but Selena counters with a back drop. She then turns and we see Dexter Grant running at Selena, but Selena ducks a discus clothesline and then Selena kicks him in the ribs and hits the Icebreaker DDT. Dexter rolls over. Selena turns as Scott runs at her and kicks her in the ribs. She nails her with a hard right and then another before going to whip her across the ring, but Selena spins through and sends Scott in. Scott bounces off and Selean hits a spinning heel kick. She gets up and James runs at her and kicks her in the ribs. Evans nails her with shot after shot after shot as the crowd can be clearly uncertain, boos and murmurs throughout. Selena covers up before Evans grabs Selena. Just then, Ryan LeCavalier pulls him back and wrenches his arm and hits the Sacrament. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “LeCavalier just helped Selena Frost. And now we may see Ryan LeCavalier put her real plan in motion.”

Knots: “Been singing Selena’s praises the last few months.”

Selena looks at Ryan as Ryan looks at her and smiles. The two lock eyes as the crowd boos loudly before we see Belmont come over and grab Ryan and run her away and over to the corner. Selena turns as Syren runs over and nails Selena with a shot. Selena covers up as Gavin looks in. Cruze stirs as Luz grabs him and chops him. Hayes leans on the ropes as Deanna starts to recover. The countdown clock returns.

All lights fade out. Upon the big screen, water begins to drip at a very slow, consistent pace. As the seconds pass by, a spider web can be seen forming, followed by the letter A taking shape. The screen fades out for a few moments before a new image appears of a second spider web, followed by the letter R taking shape. A spider can now be seen crawling between both webs as the creepy sound of “Spider” by Luvcat begins to play. We then see Anansi Rivers step out from the back.

Knots: “Who in the hell?”

Sharper: “Anansi Rivers, making her way down to the ring. And we continue to see new faces in this field this late.”

Knots: “Talk about a great drawing too!”

Gavin starts to pace at ringside as Anansi Rivers starts to run down to the ring. She gets to ringside and stops and starts to walk around the ring. In the ring, we see Belmont trying to eliminate LeCavalier as Syren is knocked back by Selena. Syren turns and Hayes grabs her and tries to run her across and over to the ropes. Syren holds on. The crowd roars as Deanna then steps up and looks at Selena. Selena, however, ignores her and goes over to Luz and elbows her before starting to try and eliminate Shaun Cruze. Deanna is then caught by Polly who nails her with a shot. Rivers walks around the ring and sees Gavin. Gavin holds his hands up, pointing to the ring. Rivers then runs after Taylor. Taylor runs around the ring. Anansi Rivers in hot pursuit.

Sharper: “Rivers is chasing Gavin Taylor!”

Knots: “Leave him alone! Someone else with GDS! He’s bothering no one!”

Taylor spins around and Rivers continues to run after him. Taylor turns and rolls into the ring. Rivers rolls in after as Gavin then gets up and he runs over and nails Hayes in the back of the head. Hayes and Syren nearly go over. Taylor turns as River enters and runs at him and hits a knee strike to the side of the head. Taylor falls back. Rivers then grabs him and drags him up and starts to fight to eliminate him. Taylor holds on for dear life as Rivers tries to eliminate the former World Champion. Cruze elbows Selena away as Luz then looks around and Luz chops Selena. Selena backs up and Luz chops her again and again. The crowd cheers for Luz as Luz keeps chopping Selena. She then steps up the corner and hits a flying headscissors out of the corner. Selena rolls over in pain. Luz then gets up as Gavin elbows Rivers back. Gavin then drops down and rolls to the floor, again, avoiding eliminating by rolling under the ropes. Rivers goes to reach through, but Luz runs over and grabs Rivers and tries to eliminate her. The crowd roars as Rivers resists. LeCavalier gets Belmont back and we see him turn as Hayes then kicks him in the ribs. He snapmares Belmont over and drops a knee across his throat. Belmont rolls over. Syren winces as Polly is knocked back by Deanna who leans in the corner. Polly then turns as Ryan runs at her and clotheslines her down.

Sharper: “Hard clothesline. Again, attacks coming from every angle.”

Knots: “Doesn’t matter! Gavin is safe! He’s safe! Whew!”

Gavin looks around on the floor as the countdown clock returns.

“Fortunate Son” by CCR again plays. Gavin again is motioning to the back. He looks back as the crowd boos before again, we see no one coming out. We then suddenly cut backstage to see Karl and Jack Barker down backstage, having been seemingly attacked as Lucas Knight, Dillusion, and Dean Black stand by. The camera cuts as we see Gina and Gia Glimmer, both still in their lingerie, but wearing Glimmer Sisters t-shirts running off.

Sharper: “Wait a minute…was that…”

Knots: “Someone attacked the All-Star Secret Service! What the hell?!”

Sharper: “And I think I know who and I think this is to send a message! Oh boy!”

Gavin looks around before the crowd erupts as we see Gia and Gina Glimmer running out from the back. They run down to the ring and slide in and immediately then run at Luz and hit a double clothesline. They get up and turn and Gia catches Belmont with a straight kick to the ribs as Gina does the same to Polly. The crowd ohs and Selena then gets up as Gia and Gina turn and go after her attacking her with hard right hands leading to a massive cheer from the crowd. Selena drops down and rolls over as Gia and Gina look around. They then both run at Asher as he steps forward and Gina takes him down with a Lou Thesz Press with her chest in Asher’s face. Gia hits the ropes, bouncing off and then hitting a hip attack on James Evans. Grant starts to get up as Gia and Gina look at him and smile before they run in opposite directions and hit him with the Asspocalypse. Grant goes down. Then we see Dean Black coming out to the ring, barking orders. We then see Lucas Knight jogging down, joined by Dillusion and Hiro Tanaka with other members of the SCW officials joining the referees at ringside. They then enter the ring and Gia and Gina look around. The officials enter the ring and start to force Gia and Gina back.

Sharper: “And the Glimmers coming in and doing damage!”

Knots: “Can’t they just be happy being the sideshow they are!”

Sharper: “They had a plan tonight. It didn’t happen, but they weren’t going to leave without sending a message to a few people they don’t care for! Delatosso, Selena Frost…Dexter Grant…”

The crowd boos as the Glimmers are forced out of the ring. Gina takes off her t-shirt and throws it into the crowd. The crowd roars as Gia does the same. The officials and agents start to move them around the ring as the crowd cheers. The camera follows them as Gavin watches, but then we see Anansi Rivers walking over to Polly Playtime. She then hoists her up and looks at her. Polly looks at her before Rivers hits a quick leg sweep. Playtime hits the mat. Rivers looks at her and just glares at her. The countdown clock returns as Gavin looks around at ringside.

The buzzer goes before generic rock music plays as FRED runs out from the back. He then holds his arm up and runs down to the ring. He runs past the agents and the Glimmers before rolling into the ring. He gets up and looks around and then stops and looks up.

FRED: “Where…where’s the pod? Where’s the-“

Just then, David Belmont grabs FRED and runs him forward and eliminates him. Belmont shakes his head.

Sharper: “And FRED coming in…I think he thought this was the Chamber…but….”

Knots: “And Belmont took care of that. I’m okay with that. I can live with that!”

Belmont then turns as Rivers grabs Polly and runs her into the corner. She then chops her. The crowd woos. Polly winces before Scott grabs Rivers and pulls her back. Belmont turns and sees Syren and goes for her as we see Gavin Taylor slide into the ring. He looks around and Cruze gets up only for Gavin to nail him with the Gavin Taylor Lariat. Gavin smiles and turns around and sees James Evans getting up and nails him with the Gavin Taylor Lariat. He then pumps his arm before running into the ropes and hitting a Gavin Taylor Lariat on Asher. The crowd roars.

Knots: “He’s found his spot and look at Gavin go. The strategy of a champion!”

Sharper: “Yeah, taking advantage of the Glimmers and the chaos there!”

Knots: “A good leader deals with the issues in front of him!”

Gavin keeps looking around as Belmont then nails Syren with a couple of shots before Syren kicks him in the ribs and then pushes him back. Gavin runs at him and clotheslines him up and over the top rope with the Gavin Taylor Lariat. He then backs up and smiles as we then see a couple of officials suddenly enter the ring as Chris Dumont slides in, having come from the crowd. The crowd roars as Dumont comes in and officials stop him. They pin him down as he tries to get at him. Rivers then runs out and catches Gavin with a knee to the head. Gavin staggers and to the ropes before Syren nails him with a superkick. Dumont smiles as Gavin goes up and over the top rope to the floor.

Sharper: “And Gavin Taylor is out! He’s been eliminated!”

Knots: “Damn you Chris Dumont! What the hell?!”

Sharper: “They’re all dealing with the Glimmers. Dumont was laying in wait, again! And Syren got the superkick. A bit of revenge for Retribution!”

Syren looks around as Rivers and Dumont share a look. Dumont rolls out of the ring as Gavin looks on from the floor stunned. Scott then grabs Rivers as Hayes goes over to Syren. Cruze and Evans pair up as Ryan grabs at Deanna and attacks her. Selena is meanwhile by the ropes and Polly grabs her and tries to eliminate her. Luz looks around as the countdown clock returns.

“Spotlight” by Fozzy plays as the crowd roars. A few moments pass before Bree Lancaster walks out from the back.

Sharper: “And number forty – Bree Lancaster on her way to the ring!”

Knots: “Now that’s my new favourite! After Polly of course!”

Sharper: “Bree Lancaster rounding out the field. One of these individuals will be going to Rise to Greatness to challenge Amelia Nevado!”

Lancaster jogs down to the ring as we see Luz wait for Lancaster, but this opens her up to LeCavalier who attempts to throw her over the top rope. Luz holds on as LeCavalier keeps trying to get her out. Bree Lancaster runs over and slides into the ring. She then runs over and grabs Syren and nails her with a hard right. She turns and kicks Hayes in the ribs and then hits the BOGO. Hayes spins down to the mat. LeCavalier is knocked back as Bree then knees her in the ribs and runs her across and into the opposite corner. The crowd looks on as Grant grabs at the ropes. Scott keeps fighting Rivers before Rivers rakes her eyes. Selena fights off Polly and Polly staggers off. Selena leans on the ropes as Bree goes over to Deanna and shoulders her in the ribs over and over and over again. Bree then steps out as Selena grabs Bree and runs into the next corner. Selena then snapmares her over and hits a shoot kick to the back. Bree grimaces in pain.

Knots: “Selena may have just helped Deanna. Going to need to do more.”

Sharper: “I don’t know there. A lot of history with a lot of people in this ring and Bree, the freshest, Selena going after and quickly taking that away.”

Selena turns as Rivers nails her with a hard right and then another. She then hooks her up and goes for a vertical suplex. Selena blocks it and Rivers lets go and clubs her a few times, but this opens her up to LeCavalier who grabs Rivers and pulls he back with a reverse DDT. LeCavalier then turns and smirks as Deanna walks out. Evans then suddenly hoists Cruze onto his shoulders as people turn away from their current battles to try and get anyone out. Cruze grabs onto the top rope and keeps fighting as Polly then runs over and hits a kick to the ribs of Evans. She hits another kicks to the ribs of Evans before then grabbing him and pulling him in. She goes for the Polly Pop, but Hayes runs over and clotheslines her down. Polly rolls over, annoyed. Hayes stomps her in the back as Rivers stirs. She starts to get up and Scott grabs her and pulls her up and starts to try and attack her. She keeps lifting her up and we then see Syren running over, joined by Bree Lancaster. The crowd roars as Lancaster and Syren lift both up and over the top rope. Scott and Rivers land on the floor. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “And Kirsten Scott along with Anansi Rivers, too focused on each other, and the veterans, Syren and Bree Lancaster eliminating them!”

Knots: “Syren’s been in there a while. Over twenty minutes. Scott and Rivers…well, you can hit the showers.”

Bree then nails Syren with a hard right and then another before whipping her into the ropes. Syren bounces off and Bree hits a back elbow. Syren staggers back but Bree turns as Deanna then runs over and nails Bree with a hard right and then another and another. She whips Bree across the ring, but Bree bounces off and hits the Classifier. The crowd ohs. Bree Lancaster smiles as she turns as Hayes runs at her and Bree lifts him up and drops him face first on the top turnbuckle. Hayes staggers back and falls to a knee. Polly then runs at him and goes for a clothesline. Hayes is almost up and over, but holds on. He then lands on the apron and holds onto the apron. Polly kicks at him, trying to kick him off, but just then, we see James Evans running over and trying to eliminate Polly. The crowd roars as Bree pulls Deanna up and we see Selena starting to get up and Bree runs over and nails her with a hard right and then another before Deanna staggers over to the ropes. Evans tries to get both Hayes and Playtime over, but Hayes rolls back in. Cruze then runs over and tries to eliminate Evans! The crowd ohs as Evans goes up and over, but ends up on the apron. Playtime remains on the apron and slides away. Bree then turns back to Deanna and nails her with a hard right and then another and another before hooking her up and trying to eliminate her, but Deanna slides down only. Bree then grabs her and tries to eliminate her before we then see Dexter Grant running over and catching Bree with the Unwanted Notification and Bree goes up and over to the floor. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Grant just eliminated Bree Lancaster as she was focused on Deanna!”

Knots: “But look! Look! Look at the pile on the apron! Polly get back in the ring!”

Sharper: “Evans in trouble. Polly still on the apron. And Polly is kicking at Evans!”

Polly kicks at Evans as Evans holds on. Cruze keeps trying to push at him as Polly then grabs the top rope and stomps at Evans in the jaw over and over and over. Evans starts to teeter, before suddenly, we see Luz jump to the ropes and jump back with a dropkick to Polly. Polly falls off the apron and to the floor! The crowd erupts. Evans then loses his grip and drops to the floor.

Sharper: “Playtime out! Evans out!”

Knots: “Oh boy! And look at Cruze roll away! Get away from the ropes!”

Deanna leans against the ropes as Cruze looks around. Luz then gets up and looks at the ropes before Selena grabs Luz and runs over and tries to eliminate Luz. The crowd roars as Syren then turns and grabs Hayes, trying to eliminate him. The crowd roars as Hayes goes up and over and to the apron. Cruze and Deanna both run over to Syren, but Syren elbows Cruze and then Deanna. She looks around as LeCavalier then hits a spinning back kick to the ribs of Syren. LeCavalier then whips her into the ropes. Syren hits the ropes and LeCavalier grabs her by the arm and starts to seemingly go for the Body/Prison, but Syren fights it off and then slams LeCavalier forward. Syren then looks up as Cruze then hits the Morality. Syren falls to the ropes. Selena tries to get Luz up and over, but Luz elbows her way out of it. Selena stumbles back as Luz then runs out and Syren suddenly hits her with a superkick. Luz staggers. Lecavalier then lunges and hits a superkick to Cruze. Cruze stumbles and LeCavalier turns as Syren hits the Golden Blonde. LeCavalier pops up and Syren rolls over and Grant runs over from behind and grabs Syren and throws her up and over the top rope to the floor. The crowd ohs as Syren rolls through, landing on the floor. She rolls to her back, her hands to her face.

Sharper: “And Syren eliminated! Oh man! She kept fighting and fighting!”

Knots: “Well! Best of luck next time. NEXT!”

Grant turns and then runs at Selena. He shoulders Selena in the ribs as Deanna gets up and nails Cruze from behind. Cruze drops to the mat. Deanna then grabs LeCavalier as LeCavalier then wrenches the arm and elbows Deanna over and over. She goes to drag Deanna to the ropes, but just then, Hayes jumps up and hits the Dust to Dust on LeCavalier. LeCavalier falls back and over the top rope and to the floor. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “And Hayes eliminated Ryan LeCavalier. She’s been in there for over an hour, but finally taken out!”

Knots: “Selena lost her voluntary help!”

Sharper: “And we are down to the final six here!”

Knots: “May be soon four. Hayes is going after the people who have been in there the longest!”

Hayes nails Deanna with a shot and then another. He then lifts her up onto his shoulders. The crowd roars as Deanna blocks it and then elbows her way out of it. Hayes then staggers back as Deanna falls to a knee. Hayes then shakes his head, knocking the cobwebs loose before we see him step up, but Selena lunges and nails him with the Glass Shard. Hayes stumbles back and to the ropes. Selena runs at him and clotheslines him up and over to the floor. The crowd roars. Cruze then runs over and lifts Selena up. She flips up and over and ends up on the apron. She grabs at the ropes and tries to hold on as Cruze stomps her, but Luz runs over and stomps at her hands. Selena loses grip and frantically tries to reach out before dropping to the floor herself. The crowd erupts in cheers!

Sharper: “Selena Frost eliminated! She was eliminated!”

Knots: “Did she help Deanna and did that cost her?”

Sharper: “I don’t know, but Selena Frost eliminated Hayes, but Cruze didn’t hesitate and neither did Luz. They saw Selena in a vulnerable position.”

Knots: “Cruze went for the ribs after. Luz the hands. Selena again falls short!”

Selena looks up at the ring in shock. Cruze and Luz back away as Deanna steps forward, realizing what has happened. She now, for the first time, locks eyes with Selena. Selena looks back at her, stunned again. Grant then looks around before running over and nailing Deanna with a hard right. Cruze and Luz start to trade blows as Selena just backs up and leans against the barricade, looking down, trying to again to process this.

Sharper: “Another shock for Selena! But we need to focus on the ring! Final four. One of these four is going to Rise to Greatness! Someone is going to be a first time winner of the Taking Hold of the Flame!”

Knots: “Uh…uh…Dexter! You’re my favourite! You’ve got the best judgment out of anyone here!”

Grant then turns and grabs Deanna and runs her over to the ropes. He starts to hoist her up as Cruze then knees Luz in the ribs. He turns and whips her into the ropes. Cruze lowers his head as Luz handsprings up and ends up on his shoulders. Luz then spins through and snaps Cruze off with a frankensteiner. Cruze falls forward into the ropes, stopping himself from going over. Grant grabs Deanna up onto the ropes and Luz runs over and nails Grant in the back. She clubs him again before Deanna drops down. Grant staggers back. Luz then grabs Grant and goes to whip him across. Grant bounces off and spins through into the Clickbait! The crowd ohs. Just then, Deanna runs over and hits Grant with the Burnout. Grant falls back and Cruze runs at him and clotheslines him up and over the top rope. The crowd erupts. Grant rolls over.

Knots: “Damn it! Damn it!”

Sharper: “Grant eliminated!”

Cruze then turns as Deanna runs at him, but Cruze gets an elbow up. Deanna staggers back. Cruze runs at her and Deanna hits a European uppercut. Cruze falls back to the ropes. Deanna runs at Cruze as Selena then stands up at ringside. Cruze back drops her up and over, but Deanna spins through onto the apron. Cruze turns and around and goes for a clothesline. Deanna ducks and dives back in and Luz runs at Cruze and hits a running dropkick. Cruze goes over the top rope and lands on the floor. Luz rolls over and looks up as Deanna looks at Selena and then to Luz. Luz focuses on Deanna. The two run at one another and grapple in the middle of the ring.

Sharper: “Cruze out! Luz eliminating him. It’s Luz or it’s Deanna!”

Knots: “I don’t believe it!”

Sharper: “Selena Frost watching as her ex-wife grapples with a friend…well a former friend.”

Deanna pushes back on Luz, but Luz knees her in the ribs. Luz knees her again and again. She then turns and goes to whip her into the ropes. Deanna spins through and sends Luz in. Luz bounces off and Deanna goes for a hip toss, but Luz spins through and tries to hip toss Deanna, but Deanna counters again and hip tosses Luz up and over the top rope and Luz lands feet first on the floor before rolling through from the impact. The crowd roars, while some boo, as the bell sounds. Selena jumps up, showing some notable emotion, as Deanna falls back. “People Like Us” plays throughout the arena.

Phillips: “And your winner of the 2026 Taking Hold of the Flame…Deanna Frost!”

Sharper: “Deanna! Deanna! Deanna Frost is going to Rise to Greatness to challenge for the World Title!”

Knots: “And Selena Frost is thrilled. You know what that means!”

Sharper: “Well…I’m not going to go there. Deanna Frost outlasts…comes in at number thirteen. Lucky thirteen and now will face Amelia Nevado for the World Championship!”

Luz rolls over on the floor and looks up as Selena smiles. Deanna slowly gets up and looks at Selena who turns around, letting out a sigh of relief. Deanna then turns away as she looks up at the Rise to Greatness sign. She just smiles a bit as she remains seated, her arms on her knees, just taking in the moment. Pyro goes off in celebration as the cameras remain on Deanna as the scene fades to black…