Mikaela Street
(EAW intro plays)
(Showdown opens up with a recap of last week’s Showdown. Adam Lucas once again roams around backstage trying to find Bethany and talk to her but due to his rash nature, he is brought to a room backstage and held there until the main event. Madison Kaline defeats Auburn Ware as after the match, Madison announces that if she does not beat Auburn at Pain for Pride, she has to retire. Daryl has an interview with Kyra Phillips, frustrated about the losses and the bad luck he has had recently but he promises to defeat Jon Kelton and turn all of that around. Daniella Atlas defeats Damien Kutcher. Terry, Kirk and Scott all have a verbal scuffle heading into their Pain for Pride match. Solomon Stane defeats Hardcore Luna as Caroline tries to attack but Solomon rolls away. TLA and Ms. Extreme have their contract signing, a very friendly back and forth that suddenly ends with TLA laying out Ms. Extreme and getting back at her for what happened last week. Mikaela has an interview with ARIA about what she plans to do at Cash in the Vault before it is interrupted by Princess Candice, ARIA tries to ignore her and walk away but she is suddenly taken out by her. KASAI comes out to have a talk with her challengers, Usagi very annoyed and pissed off at Mia being in the match while Mia acts confident heading into the match, before it all ends in a brawl. Caroline defeats Princess Candice as Solomon comes back to lay Caroline out and stand tall. Pandora and Halsey have some words heading into Pain for Pride, promising to finally win the championships, before they are interrupted by NICHOLISM before they suddenly reveal they set them up and attack them to lay them out completely, before The Jaded Hearts make their presence as well, attacking Halsey and Kassidy out of nowhere in the attack, completely breaking Pandora’s nose. And in the main event, Dr. Bethany Blue, Miku Sakai and Veena Adams defeat Raven Roberts, Jon Kelton and Adam Lucas after Adam is unable to prevent Bethany from cheating.)
(The recap ends, and it is replaced with the song “Brick Wall” by a Day to Remember, as the camera pans around the inside of Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Fireworks are shooting out of the stage and the whole crowd can be seen cheering and being excited for the show. The camera ends up panning over to the commentary table with Deadprez, Eve and Gavin Kirkland as the commentators who were pretty confused and surprised after what ended up happening before the show started.)
Eve: WELCOME EVERYONE… TO SATURDAY NIGHT SHOWDOWN!
Gavin Kirkland: WE ARE NOW AT THE GO-HOME SHOW OF SHOWDOWN AS WE HEAD INTO THE GREATEST WEEK FOR PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, PAIN FOR PRIDE WEEK! I AM SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED!
Deadprez: Sadly, we do not have any matches tonight but during the broadcast, we will hear from all of the Showdown superstars heading into the biggest show of the year as well as broadcasting old matches from past versions of Pain for Pride! Do not miss it! Let’s get right into the show!
(the crowd started cheering.)
Deadprez: Can you believe we are only seven days away from the greatest spectacular in our industry. It doesn’t matter who you are, it doesn’t matter what you do, everyone has raised it up a notch, knowing what is just around the corner. This is it, the end of the season, and no one wants to come away having not made an impact.
Eve: Absolutely, I could feel it walking up to the arena, everywhere is electric.
Gavin Kirkland: Especially my bedroom, I’m telling you now Eve, I got two girls back to…
(‘Be Legendary’ by Pop Evil blasts over the PA system, and an entire arena rises to their feet in unison, to greet the former Answers World Champion.)
Gavin Kirkland: Oh no… sorry guys, it looks like we are going to over run again. The Spotlight Hogger is coming to ruin the show.
(Adam appears at the top of the ramp and takes a look left and right as the fans give him an ovation that almost rocks the arena from its foundations. Adam nods, acknowledging the noise, but still not able to force a smile. He then walks down the ramp, focused only on the ring, before walking around it and stopping, staring at Gavin Kirkland who backs into his chair.)
Deadprez: I think Adam has heard some of the things you’ve been saying about him, Gavin.
Gavin Kirkland: Come on now big man… it’s all banter, isn’t it?
Eve: Don’t wet yourself Gavin.
(Adam grabs a mic, snatching it from the desk before nipping up onto the apron and bending through the strands. He then stands in the middle of the ring, waiting for his music to fade, and then in turn the ‘Adam’ chant to die down.)
Deadprez: One of the most popular men on any roster, Eve. He’s gone through so much in this last month, you have to feel for the guy.
Gavin Kirkland: No, not at all. All that has happened is Bethany realized that she needed a real man, and Adam doesn’t fit the bill obviously.
Eve: I’m not sure at all about that. I just think she has lost sight of who Adam is and what he has achieved. But what do I know?
(Finally, the chant dies down, and Adam brings the mic to his lips.)
Adam Lucas: Last week, I cost my team the match when I inadvertently stabbed Raven with the syringe Bethany planned to use on her. That’s on me. I’ve heard social media saying that I meant to do it, and that all of this has been some kind of ruse cooked up between me and Beth, it’s ridiculous truly it is. I’ve apologized to Raven, what happened, happened. But it wouldn’t have happened if Beth hadn’t brought the syringe into the ring in the first place. Fast forward twenty-four hours, and the now infamous segment with Dr. Phil which ended up with me being stabbed with that same syringe and rendered incapable of fighting back. Then, to add insult to injury, my own wife puts me through a table for good measure. THEN, and here’s the kicker, she cradles my head in some sorry attempt to show that what she did was warranted. What a joke. Do you know what? Never in a million years did I believe that Beth would inject me with SUX. Not for a single second did I think that she would plant me through the table. But all of that pales into insignificance when you watch what transpired afterwards and reveals just how sick and twisted an individual she is. This started with Bethany saying that she was looking to ‘save me’ and ‘save’ my career. Now, it seems that once again, I have to save her, and in turn my marriage. So, Bethany, this has gone too far. Get out here, right NOW!!
Gavin Kirkland: Yeah, that’s worked out for him so far, hasn’t it? Like Dr. Bethany Blue has ever done what she is told, especially when it’s Adam doing the telling.
Deadprez: You’re brave considering he just burned a hole in your face with his eyes.
(Back in the ring, Adam is growing impatient.)
Adam Lucas: I said-
(The arena bursts out in boos as ‘Somebody get me a Doctor’ by Van Halen hits, as Dr. Bethany Blue steps out onto the rampway with a smug look on her face. Mocking Adam, she blows a kiss in his direction, before walking down the ramp.)
Eve: Here she comes, picking her moment as always. Adam Lucas is showing very little in the way of emotion right now.
(Bethany reaches the ring and slides under the bottom rope, walking past Adam and never taking her eyes off him. She then reaches over the ropes, and grabs a mic, holding her hand in the hair for her music to fade. With the boos still ringing in her ears, she turns to Adam.)
Dr. Bethany Blue: Aww, these people really love you, don’t they?
Deadprez: They do, no questioning that.
(A huge roar goes up.)
Dr. Bethany Blue: No. No, you people don’t love him. Not like I do.
Adam Lucas: It’s not about them Beth, it’s about me and you.
Dr. Bethany Blue: Easy for you to say the words, another thing altogether to actually show it. It’s pathetic, watching you pander to them when your WIFE is standing here, the ONLY person that wants to help you.
Adam Lucas: Help? Injecting me with SUX and planting me through a table.
Dr. Bethany Blue: Yes, I did that, didn’t I? But even now, even after all of that, you still don’t realize that everything I have done, I did it for you. You don’t need these people Adam, you need me.
(Adam nods his head, Bethany raising her eyebrows.)
Gavin Kirkland: Adam’s an idiot, pure and simple
Deadprez: What, for wanting to win on talent alone?
Eve: Shush guys
Adam Lucas: Yes Beth, I do need you, and I’ve never disputed that. Being Husband and Wife is about needing each other. A shoulder to lean on when things get tough. You tell me that people will turn on me, and that I can’t trust these people that cheer for me every night, but from where I’m standing, it’s you that I’m struggling to trust. After all, none of these people have ever hurt me. Not even Kassidy Heart has hurt me as much as you have over the past month. You want to think yourself lucky that I’m not some asshole who would have turned his back on you in a heartbeat. I’m still here Beth, and you’re still even now playing your games.
Dr. Bethany Blue: This isn’t a game, Adam. This is what you need to be able to move forwards without the constant disappointment of failure. You can’t tell me that you like losing.
Adam Lucas: No, I don’t. But if I have to lose, I’d rather that, than win by sticking a syringe in someone’s ass.
Dr. Bethany Blue: It doesn’t have to be the ass, but I digress. You’ve admitted yourself that there is no honor to this place. I’ve shown you countless times that no one cares about you, but me. I handed you the Pain for Pride main event on a plate, and you threw it back at me. Where is the logic in that?
Adam Lucas: For you, perhaps there isn’t a logic. But I’ll tell you this Beth, you’re not ending the season as World Champion either. So, what does that say about your methods huh?
Deadprez: He’s right on that score
Gavin Kirkland: Perhaps, but no one has forgotten about Dr. Bethany Blue like they have Adam Lucas.
(For a moment Bethany hesitates, but then a smirk forms on her face.)
Dr. Bethany Blue: The only reason for that is a corrupt General Manager with a bug up his ass, probably because the Adam’s family put him up to it. But tell me Adam, are people laughing at me, like they are laughing at you right now. Calling you a pussy, a loser, someone who doesn’t wear the pants in his own house.
Adam Lucas: I don’t care.
Dr. Bethany Blue: And that would be good if you meant it, but you don’t do you? It bothered you when these fans booed you for stabbing TLA with the fountain pen, but that was the moment I was most proud of you, other than when you won the Answers World Championships. Even a couple of weeks back, you apologized for taking out the security team, when that was one of the most memorable things you’ve done since losing the title. Can’t you see Adam, it’s there within you. All I’ve been doing is try to bring it out so that you can be the man that dominates the competition.
Adam Lucas: Seven months as Answers World Champion Beth. SEVEN. And you’re claiming that isn’t successful, because I didn’t win it back the moment I lost it? And I did that by being the man I want to be… not the version you seem so hot on.
(Adam is starting to visibly look frustrated, as Bethany’s words get to him. This seems to be something Bethany enjoys and isn’t afraid to show him. Adam had hoped he could rectify this situation, but it only seemed to be getting worse.)
Adam Lucas: Look Beth, I can’t be the man you want me to be, it doesn’t sit right with me. I cannot be someone who tears up the rulebook, just because he feels like it.
Dr. Bethany Blue: Then I guess there is nothing more to say. Thank you for wasting my time, Adam.
Adam Lucas: A waste of time-
(Bethany steps up to him, and for a moment it looks like it might be a tender moment, but she sneers again, shocking Adam with the look she gives him.)
Dr. Bethany Blue: Yes. Here I was thinking you could be a man about this. Here I was, putting myself out and putting my own career on hold, so that I could help you get that title back. All I wanted to do was bring that fire out in you that I know exists.
(Adam tries to step back, but Bethany moves up and in his face again.)
Dr. Bethany Blue: I did all of this for your own good… but you are too much of a pussy to fight back!
Deadprez: OH MY GOD!!! A HUGE RIGHT HAND FROM ADAM LUCAS DROPS BETHANY WHERE SHE STOOD!!!
(The crowd roars, as Bethany scurries back to the corner, looking at Adam with her eyes widened. She brings her hand to her mouth and sees the blood on her hand, and then she looks at Adam, his face full of fire.)
Deadprez: Bethany has seen the blood. She is stunned right now!
Eve: Adam made her bleed, I never thought he would do that. It just got too much for him. He’d had enough.
Gavin Kirkland: That was assault, pure and simple. Someone arrest this man, he’s gone mad. Kennie, where are you?
(The crowd is still in uproar as Adam steps a little closer, haunching down in front of her.)
Adam Lucas: This didn’t have to happen Beth. I have no idea why you made me do this, and I never will. But if you want a fight at Pain for Pride, and that is the only way I am able to salvage anything that we have left then so be it… I WILL beat it out of you!
(The crowd roars again, as Bethany pulls herself up on the ropes, still a little dazed from the shot, Adam getting up as well.)
Adam Lucas: See you at Pain for Pride!
(Adam drops the mic and slides out the ring, storming up the rampway without looking back. Bethany is still recovering and still a little shocked at what has happened, licking the blood forming on her lip.)
Deadprez: I’m stunned guys. I really am. And I wouldn’t even say Adam lost it, he seemed quite calm with the whole thing.
Gavin Kirkland: Calm? The man is obviously insane.
Eve: I don’t think so Gavin, I think what we are seeing is a man who realizes that there is only one way to save his marriage, and that shot was him committing to it. Now however, can he actually beat one of the most dominant women in EAW over the past few years.
Deadprez: He’s going to have to… or else this could be the end for Dr. Bethany Blue and Adam Lucas.
(The camera goes back to Bethany, her hand going to the back of her neck and in obvious pain. However, as the camera focuses on her, she slowly starts to smile, as the scene fades to the backstage area.)
( The camera cuts to the green room where Mikaela Street is standing, with a microphone attached to her chest. On the background screen behind Mikaela are various clips of the 24/7 Battle Royal match over the years… )
Mikaela Street: As we approach Pain For Pride, it is time that we also focus on the match that could change one’s career in an instant, the 24/7 Battle Royal match! Seventeen competitors are slated to compete in this year’s matchup as they all fight for a shot to win that 24/7 Contract that you can cash in at any place, any time.
( Behind Mikaela are clips of Pain For Pride XIV in 2021, where Donovan Duke was the one to win the 24/7 Battle Royal. It then transitions to last year at Pain For Pride where Roberto De La Rosa picked up the win at Pain For Pride XVI after falling short in said match the year prior. )
Mikaela Street: The 24/7 Battle Royal has helped mold stars as the years have gone by! It was Donovan Duke’s 24/7 Battle Royal victory that kick started his reign as National Elite Champion, the longest reigning in EAW history. In addition, Roberto De La Rosa’s 24/7 Battle Royal victory is responsible for his Hardcore Championship reign that is STILL ongoing to this day!
( After that, it now transitions to various clips of the Showdown representatives of this match: Hardcore Luna, Damien Kutcher, Clayton Golde, Daniella Atlas, Nikki Kimura, Mattias Burke, and Ashlynn Quinn. )
Mikaela Street: For our Showdown representatives, this is a chance to move forward to the biggest victories of their careers! From a rising star to an Elitist with firm and stable credibility. The pool is so stacked this year that there’s no telling who could win!
( It then focuses on Nikki Kimura’s performances in the last couple of weeks, certainly a woman with a lot to prove. Once the clips of her in-ring action are over, it cuts to Nikki speaking via satellite. )
Nikki Kimura: Despite many setbacks, I haven’t faltered. I’m aware that I may be entering this match a bit of an underdog, but I won’t let that hold me back! A chance to turn all my misfortunes around awaits me and at Pain For Pride…? Regardless of who’s in my way, I won’t just steal the night, I will be taking that 24/7 Contract for myself!
( Clips of Mattias Burke begin playing, closing in on the fanbase he’s built since returning to EAW from injury. Just in time for Pain For Pride, the camera then cuts to him speaking in the locker room.)
Mattias Burke: I have tons of respect for the stakes of this matchup. Only one can leave with the 24/7 Contract and I fully intend on it being me. I’m coming to make up for lost time and show that I have the championship intangibles of learning from my defeats. I came up short two weeks ago in the preview battle royale, but I change that at Pain For Pride!
( Up next is clips of Ashlynn Quinn and her various matchups on Showdown. As the video fades, the camera is pointed at Ashlynn Quinn sitting in the makeup chair, getting her makeup finished… As she moves out of the way, Ashlynn sees the camera on her and shrieks. )
Ashlynn Quinn: Do you idiots have no manners?! Clearly I wasn’t ready, yet– oh, you want me to talk about the 24/7 Battle Royal? Well isn’t that simple? I’m going to toss sixteen uggos over the top rope because if there’s anyone that deserves a Pain For Pride moment, it’s EAW’s Favorite Barbie! Isn’t it meant to be? There’s not a single person in that match as pretty as me, so let me do everyone a favor and rid of those uggos, because I will be winning, and becoming a champion just like my bestie Veena Adams!
( It gets even more obnoxious as up next is Clayton Golde and his many matches this season, ruffling the feathers of many top names on Showdown. The camera cuts to Golde in his compound in Romania. )
Clayton Golde: I honestly can’t believe I have to waste my time going over this. It’s obvious, when you talk about championship gold, you have to talk about Clayton Golde! Now, I’m focused on speaking to management about having Liquid Golde sponsored for Pain For Pride, because leaving it off would be the biggest injustice since Donald Trump’s arrest, but sure! I’m going to toss all of those geeks out of the ring myself and getting the win… Because a beta can’t go 24/7, but an Alpha Male sure can.
( Golde’s laugh echoes as the feed transitions to Damien Kutcher’s up and down season, including his match with Michael Machina at Grand Rampage. Redemption is on the mind of Kutcher, as the camera cuts to him standing outside the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena. )
Damien Kutcher: When I was offered the opportunity of a lifetime to end Michael Machina’s dominant reign as New Breed Champion, I thought that was MY moment. But aye, I guess it wasn’t meant to be. Now here we are, Pain For Pride on the horizon and I ain’t falling short again. I know I ain’t been up to par recently, but I’m Mr. Hustle & Flow for a damn good reason! So when it’s all said and done? I’m winning that 24/7 Contract and can’t nobody stop me from becoming champion!
( In comparison to Kutcher, the camera cuts to clips of Daniella Atlas who’s had a pretty solid first season for herself. The video dissipates and Atlas is seen staring at her reflection in the mirror, addressing both herself and the cameraman. )
Daniella Atlas: Everyone’s bound to face defeat at some point. What I’m not keen by is the fact that I’ve continuously run into a brick these last couple of weeks. I was just competing for the National Elite Championship, and now I have to prove my capabilities all over again at Pain For Pride. But don’t you forget that I’ve quickly turned into a staple on this show and at Pain For Pride? I will move one step closer to my first championship.
( Lastly, the woman who won the preview battle royal two weeks ago, Hardcore Luna’s clips are shown over this season as she just recently made her debut. The video fades and cuts to Luna standing alone in the ring, hours before the show began. )
Hardcore Luna: If you told me a few months ago that I’d be a favorite to win this match, I’d say that you’re lying. In short time, I’ve come a long way and why stop now? Most of my peers in this matchup have been fighting hard for months, even years, to try and get that big win… Yet I could surpass them and become the 24/7 Contract Holder after just getting here? I love the thought, and I’m riding a wave of momentum after my victory two weeks ago. So you know what? Everyone may have their own aspirations, but I’m crushing them to take the win for myself.
( The scene opens back to Mikaela Street standing in the green room. She has a smile on her face after hearing the words from all of Showdown’s participants. )
Mikaela Street: You heard it from all of Showdown’s participants in the 24/7 Battle Royal! Again, this is anyone’s match to win and all seven are extremely driven to do so! There’s no telling what will come following the draft, but we sure hope the honor comes home to Showdown!
( Mikaela waves to the camera as it fades to black, with the lasting scene being the seven participants for Showdown… )
[SCREEN BAR – SHOWDOWN REWIND: Pain For Pride 2020]
( Return to Lincoln Financial Field, where the attendees are waiting with bated breath for something that has been speculated for years finally coming true. )
( DING! DING! DING! )
Gina Romano: The following is ‘THE WAR TO END ALL WARS’, scheduled for ONE FALL!!!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!
Gina Romano: AND IT IS A “CAREER VS TITLE” MATCH, FOR THE EEEEEEEEEE AAAAAAAAAAA WWWWWWWWWWW ANSWWWWWWWWWWWWWWERS HEAVYYYYWEIGHT CHAMPIOOOOOOOOOONSHIPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!
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( “Let It Go” by A$AP Ferg hits )
( The stage emits a blinding golden hue along with dancing streaks of blood accompanying the bass of the powerful theme music. Mr. DEDEDE walks out to the stage with the Answers World Championship wrapped around his waist. )
Eve: With poise as though he’s been here a million times. And it’s because as far as the big title situation is concerned, he practically has. There is no stage on earth more built for a showman than Pain for Pride in relation to this man. The Answers World Champion. The face of our industry for well over a decade. And it only takes one look to truly understand why.
( DDD stops at the center of the ramp, strikes his infamous pose, and hoists up the two devil horns into the night sky. The ‘War-like’ decor on the stage such as the two massive tanks shoot fireworks into the sky at a rapid pace, and the top of the Lincoln Financial Stadium itself sounds off with thunderous pyrotechnics. Fireworks ring off like the 4th of July at a dazzling, intense, ferocious rate, literally lighting up the downtown area of the ENTIRE city. DDD continues to the ring with a smug, self-impressed look on his face. )
Deadprez: And to tell you the truth Eve, even in my heyday, when he and I were mortal rivals in the summer of 07, trading World Championships and selling out every single building we attended, that man was the face of this industry even then. Yet that man we are seeing is SO MUCH GREATER right now than he was as my rival. The ability he is able to evolve is, truly, to an incomparable degree. There is no other way to describe him.
Gavin Kirkland: Two types of people who stand the test of time: you guys, people who learn to adapt, and people who force the rest of the world to adapt to them. It is safe to say with the Answers World Champion we are looking at the latter. It is why no matter what injury imaginable, no matter how many setbacks he’s suffered, no matter all of the shortcomings just this year along he’s had to deal with – nobody can doubt Gawd. Not until the bell has rung, not until the dust has settled, not until The War To End All Wars is over.
( DDD is in the ring, leaning over the ropes, AWC hanging from his teeth. He scans the audience with an animal-like scowl on his face, clearly prepared for war mentally as he is physically. DDD picks a corner of the ring to reside in, and his music eventually fades away. )
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( “Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin plays. )
( The lights of the entire stadium transform from the blood and gold hue, to the pale blue and white atmosphere creating a scintillating light show. The hairs of every single individual in Lincoln Financial Field begin to stand up, as they understand the historical context of that very theme music alone. )
( And finally… Jamie O’Hara emerges from the fog. Dressed to compete, ready for war, prepared to lose everything he has ever worked for. )
Eve: It’s as if the energy in the Lincoln Financial Field has come to a complete shift.
Deadprez: Sometimes you can just see it in a man’s eyes. Sometimes you know when a man is walking into a point of no return. Jamie O’Hara has officially reached that point. You can see it in his body language, by the look in his eyes, that this is about so much more than the Answers World Championship.
( The commentary soaks in the breathtaking scenery and cannot utter a word that justifies what they are seeing with their eyes. Jamie O’Hara walks slowly down the ramp, his eyes NEVER leaving DDD’s, and fireworks sound off at a crawling pace above the stadium – each burst appearing a short moment after the last. )
Eve: Grand Rampage victories, No Way Out victories, significant injuries, loved ones lost as collateral damage, living with regret, coping with heartbreak. Experiences that would break an ordinary human being have instead propelled Jamie O’Hara into Godhood. It’s one of the few things that tie this man to his opponent – the ability to become greater after setbacks, to use tribulations as a springboard, to make your own personal torment into a sort of ‘muse’ in order to succeed. This is why we all wanted this so bad. This is why it’s DDD, it’s Jamie. And it’s everybody else.
( Jamie O’Hara has made it to the top turnbuckle with the sole spotlight on him. He stares DDD down with a look that could kill as if he were a God of destruction sent from above. )
♬All I see turns to brown♬
♬As the sun burns the ground♬
( The words “IMAGO DEI” – translating to “Image Of God” appear in holographic form at the center of the ring. )
♬And my eyes fill with sand
As I scan this wasted land♬
( O’Hara remains at that very same position on the turnbuckle, continuing to stare DAGGERS through DDD’s soul. DDD is still in his respective corner, warming up and nodding his head with not a care in the world. Whether that murderous gaze has penetrated DDD’s psyche is yet to be seen. The message from Jamie, however, has been sent. )
( O’Hara descends into the ring, pacing back and forth, and removes that leather coat showing his chiseled, muscular frame. The lights return to normal, and the referee steps in the center of the ring with the newly redesigned Answers World Championship held up for the audience. )
Gavin Kirkland: That entrance alone took my soul, and these were just regular entrances. I don’t even want to know what this match will do :picard: !!!!!
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH IS SET FOR ONE FALL!!!! … Introducing first…. THE CHALLENGER, RESIDING IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEIGHING IN TONIGHT AT 200 POOOUNNNNDSSS!!!! WEIGHING AT 195 POOOUNNNNDS!!!!!!
“THE ASCENDED MASTER” , “THE ACE OF ELITE ANSWERS WRESTLING” , JAAAAAAAAAAAMMMIEEEEEEEEEEEE OOOOOOOOOO’HAAAAAAAAAAAAARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
( O’Hara, never breaking eye contact for even a second, raises both fists up to the sky before re-adjusting his armband and backing into his corner. )
Gina Romano: And his opponent.. residing from The RYAN ADAMS ESTATE IN SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, WEIGHING IN TONIGHT AT 220 POOOOOOOOOUNNNDSS!!!!!
HE IS THE SELF-PROFESSED “GRAND BAPU” AKA MAHATMA GAWDHI”, AND THE REIGNING, DEFENDING, UNDISPUTED, ANSWERS HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORLD!!!
MMMMMMMMMISTEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DEEEEEEEEEE DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Mr. DEDEDE: //media.tenor.com/images/973e3481caf3d8d6e48ebf18e9ca725f/tenor.gif
( DDD and O’Hara are brought together by the official and are reminded of the ropes. O’Hara, again, obsessively stares down his opponent. DDD for once is bothering to listen to the referee, patronizingly putting his hand over the official’s shoulder while the ref tells them what they aren’t allowed to do. )
( At long last, after six years of anticipation, bell for The War To End All Wars finally tolls. )
( DING! DING! DING! )
Gavin Kirkland: HERE WE G-
Eve: SPEAR! SPEAR! JAMIE O’HARA JUST CUT MR. DEDEDE IN HALF WITH DEDEDE’S OWN FINISHER!
Deadprez: JAMIE RUSHES TO THE ROPES AND CLIMBS TO THE TOP! GENKI CANN-
Gavin Kirkland: NO! MR. DEDEDE ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY OF THE DIVING DOUBLE FOOT STOMP BUT JAMIE TURNS THE MOMENTUM INTO A SOMERSAULT AND HE’S BACK UP! HE TURNS AROUND TO SEE MR. DEDEDE CHARGING TOWARDS HIM BUT JAMIE DODGES A SPEAR!
Eve: DEDEDE CRASHES SHOULDER FIRST INTO THE RING POST BUT JAMIE IS RIGHT THERE TO GRAB HIM INTO A ROLL UP! DEDEDE ROLLS THROUGH AND LEAPS IN THE AIR, CONNECTING WITH A DROPKICK TO JAMIE!
Deadprez: DEDEDE THROWS HIMSELF ON TOP OF JAMIE AND UNLOADS WITH PUNCHES! JAMIE IS ABLE TO SWITCH TO THE DOMINANT POSITION AND NOW IT’S DEDEDE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THOSE VICIOUS RIGHT HANDS!
Gavin Kirkland: DEDEDE IS BACK ON TOP NOW! HE ATTEMPTS TO WRAP JAMIE IN A TRIANGLE STYLE CHOKE! JAMIE BLOCKS AND LATCHES ON TO MR. DEDEDE’S ARM AND ATTEMPTS TO TRANSITION INTO AN ARMBAR! DEDEDE LOCKS HIS HANDS AND THROWS HIS LONG LEGS BEHIND JAMIE, LANDING ON THE ROPES!
Eve: WOW!
Deadprez: The referee forces the break and Mr. DEDEDE slithers out of the ring! Holy shit what an opening exchange!
Gavin Kirkland: If looks could kill… man. Jamie is staring a hole in the Answers World Champion right now as Mr. DEDEDE walks around the ring. I’m impressed that Jamie is hanging back right now, allowing Mr. DEDEDE to control the situation. With how deeply personal this riva- scratch that. The word ‘personal’ doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of what it is that lies between these two men.
Deadprez: You’re right about that, Gavin. This is beyond personal.
Eve: And Jamie seems determined to do this right. He takes a step back as Mr. DEDEDE slides into the ring, and as DEDEDE stands up, both men lock eyes. This crowd is silent, but no more words need to be spoken between Mr. DEDEDE and Jamie O’Hara. They both know what’s at stake, and it goes far beyond Mr. DEDEDE’s Answers World Championship and Jamie O’Hara’s career.
Gavin Kirkland: DEDEDE and Jamie circle one another and it’s Jamie who throws the first shot, landing a kick to DEDEDE’s injured left knee! The Chairman shrugs it off and fires off a boxing style jab, that Jamie is able to dodge. Jamie with another kick, once again making his intentions clear. He is going to target that knee this entire match, and that likely explains while he’s content with keeping the match slow. If this match ends up going the distance, that will only work in Jamie’s favor.
Deadprez: Mr. DEDEDE’s camp has been pretty silent when it comes to that injury other than revealing just how severe it actually is. From what we understand, Mr. DEDEDE has been training, regularly participating in modified versions of the obstacle courses Kassidy Heart trained on, as well as working on his mat based wrestling thanks to jiu-jitsu training, as well as boxing.
Eve: I’m sure someone as intelligent as Mr. DEDEDE had an inkling that Jamie would want to target the injury and keep this match on the ground where he could do the most damage.
Gavin Kirkland: Mr. DEDEDE initiates a collar-and-elbow tie up, but Jamie pushes him off and goes for another kick! DEDEDE catches the leg and snaps Jamie to the mat, looking for a single leg crab, but ‘The Ace’ lands a kick to the left knee before DEDEDE can properly execute the hold, which causes him to lose control of Jamie. Jamie with a leg sweep that gets DEDEDE on the mat, and he immediately goes right for the left leg! DEDEDE uses his legs to capture Jamie around the neck but Jamie quickly kips out and is back up. DEDEDE grabs the ropes immediately and pulls himself onto the apron.
Deadprez: Another stalling tactic by Mr. DEDEDE, and once again, Jamie hangs back. It’s almost like Mr. DEDEDE wants Jamie to rush him, so he can goad him into making a mistake, which would allow Mr. DEDEDE to take control of this match.
Eve: I can only assume that a quicker match would favor Mr. DEDEDE more than a drawn out, technical one would. We can only speculate about how he is working this match, and how he’s been enduring a rigorous training schedule on top of everything else. To win the match, he needs to end it quickly.
Gavin Kirkland: Jamie motions for DEDEDE to get back in the ring, and that prompts the Chairman to drop down to the outside in defiance. DEDEDE is pacing around the ring, and forcing Jamie to debate on what move to make next. In situations like these in the past, we have seen Jamie go high risk, but that’s not happening tonight.
Deadprez: DEDEDE looks up into the ring and he cocks a smile at Jamie. DEDEDE is heading for the ramp! Is he walking out on this match?
Eve: I… wow. Well, the title can’t change hands on a count out, but this contest has been billed as Career versus Title…
Gavin Kirkland: There is no way in Hell that Jamie wants to win this match via count out, but the referee has started to count. DEDEDE is standing in the middle of the ramp, facing the ring, and he’s literally daring Jamie to get out of the ring. It doesn’t seem as if ‘The Ace’ has much choice because we know that DEDEDE would let this match end via count out just to spite Jamie.
Deadprez: A scowl crosses Jamie’s face as he steps between the ropes and drops down to the outside. The referee is up to a count of six, and Jamie rushes towards DEDEDE! DEDEDE CATCHES JAMIE WITH A KNEE TO THE GUT AND HE SPRINTS TOWARDS THE RING!
Eve: DEDEDE breaks up the count and look at that smirk on his face! ‘The Ace’ is holding his gut and now he’s going to make his way back into the ring, knowing that DEDEDE is going to go right on the attack.
Gavin Kirkland: DEDEDE is mocking Jamie right now, stepping down on the ropes and inviting him to get back into the ring.
Deadprez: The referee has started counting again, but hold on. DEDEDE is actually stopping the count.
Mr. DEDEDE (Off Mic): Now, now. We wouldn’t want a man’s Hall of Fame career to end like that, would we?
Jamie O’Hara: :mjpls:
Gavin Kirkland: Jamie approaches the ring, making his way up the ring steps, and Mr. DEDEDE kicks the ropes as Jamie climbs inside the ring! Jamie immediately grabs for his balls and DEDEDE jerks him into the ring by the hair! DEDEDE throws Jamie in the corner and follows it up with a giant splash! DEDEDE with several stiff boxing style punches to Jamie’s body! He is lighting ‘The Ace’ up right now and Jamie goes for a knee strike! DEDEDE avoids the strike by spinning around and catching Jamie with a back fist! DEDEDE backs up just a bit and comes running at Jamie! RAPTURE! HELLUVA KICK CONNECTS ON JAMIE!!!
Eve: DEDEDE PULLS JAMIE OUT OF THE CORNER AND HE PLANTS HIM WITH ‘DEMOLITION’! THE DIAMOND CUTTER HAS PUT JAMIE O’HARA DOWN AND DEDEDE GOES FOR THE COVER!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
Deadprez: JAMIE GETS THE SHOULDER UP!
(A devious smile crosses Gawd’s face as he sits back on his haunches. He looks at his rival, the legendary Jamie O’Hara, and he slaps him right across the face.)
Eve: The sheer disrespect in that slap is telling, guys. Mr. DEDEDE pulls Jamie up and he begins unloading another series of boxing punches! He catches Jamie right in the nose, and is able to back him up against the ropes. Jamie hooks the arm, but DEDEDE catches him right in the breadbasket with several perfectly placed punches. Jamie is doubled over and DEDEDE catches him in the jaw with his right knee. He drags Jamie away from the ropes and looks to whip him across the ring!
Gavin Kirkland: Jamie plants his feet and he is able to reverse, get DEDEDE in a wristlock, and now it’s Jamie with the whip!
Deadprez: But DEDEDE pulls him in for a short arm clothesline that Jamie ducks! Jamie clubs DEDEDE in the back of the head but DEDEDE is able to brush it off and as Jamie goes to Irish whip DEDEDE into the corner, DEDEDE catches him with a leaping reverse STO!!! DEDEDE drops down and goes for the cover!!!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
Eve: Jamie kicks out!
Deadprez: DEDEDE pulls Jamie back to his feet and hits him with an uppercut. Jamie is whipped into the ropes but he leapfrogs over Mr. DEDEDE and rebounds back towards him! Jamie manages to drop down in a baseball slide and go between DEDEDE’s legs, and he scrambles back up! Jamie with a dropkick to the back of DEDEDE’s knees, and he follows it up with a running knee strike to the back of DEDEDE’s head! Jamie quickly goes for the leg, looking for a kneebar, but DEDEDE counters with an armbar attempt! Jamie locks his fingers and swings his feet towards the ropes, his toe just brushing the bottom one! The referee is down and he is telling DEDEDE that he has to let go of the hold!
Referee: ONE… TWO… THREE… FOUR…
Gavin Kirkland: DEDEDE releases the armbar and rolls away from Jamie. He’s back up now and he is testing that left knee. I have no idea how he is able to walk or even wrestle this match, but he doesn’t seem to be favoring it at the moment.
Eve: Jamie has locked in on that knee and DEDEDE dodges a ground attack! The Gawd catches Jamie in the back of the head with a kick and he immediately hooks him for a suplex. Jamie blocks the suplex, punches DEDEDE in the stomach a few times, and brings DEDEDE up! DEDEDE fights his way back to his feet and he hooks Jamie around the neck, swinging him around for a neckbreaker!
Deadprez: Jamie manages to shove DEDEDE off and DEDEDE hits the ropes! He hooks his arms as Jamie charges forward and gets his feet up! Jamie’s face collides with DEDEDE’s feet and DEDEDE sprints at Jamie! DEDEDE is looking for a spear but JAMIE WITH ‘IN EXCELSIS!!!’ JAMIE JUST CAUGHT MR. DEDEDE WITH A RUNNING BICYCLE KNEE STRIKE AND HE DROPS DOWN FOR THE COVER!!!
OOONNNEEE!!!
Gavin Kirkland: KICKOUT AT ONE!!!
Jamie O’Hara: :wtf: ONE???
Eve: Mr. DEDEDE just kicked out of In Excelsis at one! Jamie shakes his head in utter disbelief and immediately starts hammering away on DEDEDE! DEDEDE is able to shake him off and get back to his feet, and he dodges another attempt at a takedown from Jamie! DEDEDE is working this match smart, and Jamie is back up. He initiates a collar and elbow tie up with DEDEDE and forces him back into the corner! Jamie catches DEDEDE with a knee to the gut and he unloads a series of rapid fire chops to DEDEDE’s chest! DEDEDE catches Jamie in the face with a forearm, but Jamie is quick to strike! He fires off multiple forearms and follows up the final strike with a massive uppercut! DEDEDE’s head snaps back and that allows Jamie to hook DEDEDE’s left leg around the middle rope! Jamie kicks DEDEDE in the knee and goes for the ankle! He pulls back and DEDEDE is crying out!
Deadprez: The referee comes in and admonishes Jamie, letting him know that he has to break the hold. Jamie doesn’t listen which forces the referee to start the count!
Referee: ONE… TWO… THREE… FOUR…
Gavin Kirkland: Jamie lets go but he is dragging DEDEDE out of the corner! He wrestles him down to the mat and this is exactly where Jamie wants to be right now. He wants to wear down DEDEDE and get in a position to where he can’t kick out or continue.
Eve: Jamie pulls DEDEDE out of the corner and looks for a right hand! DEDEDE blocks and shoves Jamie back. He’s testing that leg and making sure it’s alright, but Jamie is already circling him! Jamie wants to apply the pressure right now and he reaches out, looking to connect with a right to DEDEDE’s jaw! DEDEDE deflects the blow, but Jamie uncorks a high kick that connects, and that gives him the opening to lunge for DEDEDE! He grabs DEDEDE around the legs and takes him to the mat, but DEDEDE is able to outmuscle Jamie for the moment. DEDEDE gets himself in a sitting position, while Jamie has his arms wrapped around that left leg. DEDEDE grabs for Jamie’s waist, which forces him to raise up and get on all fours, and that allows DEDEDE to hammer away on Jamie’s arm! Jamie tightens his grip on DEDEDE’s leg, and that forces DEDEDE up and allows him to slip his arm around Jamie’s neck!
Deadprez: Great defense from DEDEDE, but he has to break Jamie’s grip. DEDEDE gets his other arm around Jamie’s waist, but Jamie is able to twist the knee of Mr. DEDEDE ever so slightly! DEDEDE lets go of Jamie’s neck and elbows him in the head, and that brings Jamie to his feet! He still has DEDEDE by the leg and is able to maintain control! He gets DEDEDE and brings him down to the mat with a nice looking fisherman’s suplex! Jamie bridges up for a pin!
OOONNNEEE!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Another kick out at one!
Eve: Jamie has kept control of the leg once again, but DEDEDE is fighting back with several stiff elbows. He is driving his elbow into Jamie’s shoulder as Jamie forces them closer to the corner. DEDEDE reaches out, seeing if he can get the ropes, but they’re not close enough! He elbows Jamie a few more times before scooting back and getting himself at the ropes! Jamie takes a shot at the left knee, and connects with a punch, and that forces DEDEDE to drape his leg over Jamie’s back and continue peppering him with elbows. Jamie switches to a waist lock to try and disrupt Mr. DEDEDE’s striking, but DEDEDE wraps his other leg around Jamie’s waist and is able to get an arm around the Ace’s neck! Jamie gets to his knees and goes from side to side, but he can’t shake the hold DEDEDE has on him! Jamie uses his legs to lift them both up and he is able to muscle DEDEDE back against the turnbuckles. Jamie shoves his shoulder into DEDEDE’s stomach, which forces DEDEDE to let up just a bit, and Jamie is able to free himself!
Deadprez: Jamie with another shoulder thrust! DEDEDE grips his stomach and Jamie is upright, and he begins striking DEDEDE with those perfectly placed kicks! They connect to DEDEDE’s rib area, thighs, and legs, and of course Jamie targets the left knee once again! He stomps on it and presses his boot against it, gripping the ropes and causing DEDEDE a lot of discomfort! The referee gets in there and forces Jamie to back off just a little.
Gavin Kirkland: Jamie doesn’t waste any time though! He quickly races around the ring and flies at DEDEDE with a massive corner clothesline! Jamie runs around the ring for a second time, and this time it’s a running high knee strike! It connected with DEDEDE’s jaw and now Jamie has the Answers World Champion up!
Eve: Jamie drags Mr. DEDEDE to the center of the ring and hooks him for a DDT… but DEDEDE with punches to the rib cage area, and that allows him to free himself! DEDEDE takes off running, sprinting past Jamie, and hits the ropes! He flies back at Jamie and gets him down with a shoulder block! DEDEDE jumps over Jamie’s fallen body and runs the ropes again! This time he comes back and drops an elbow down across Jamie’s throat! Mr. DEDEDE decides not to go for the cover and once again he runs the ropes! Mr. DEDEDE with yet another elbow drop! He grabs Jamie, and pulls him up…. SIT OUT VERTICAL SUPLEX! EGO DEATH DRIVER TO JAMIE O’HARA AND MR. DEDEDE GOES FOR THE COVER!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOO-
Gavin Kirkland: Jamie gets the shoulder up!
Deadprez: Mr. DEDEDE mounts Jamie and he begins firing away! He strikes him in the face and head, but Jamie is able to throw him off! DEDEDE comes right back but Jamie rakes DEDEDE across the face! JAMIE GOES FOR THE KNEE BUT DEDEDE USES HIS FREE LEG TO KICK JAMIE RIGHT IN THE HEAD!
Eve: DEDEDE hurries to his feet, but Jamie is back up as well! Jamie ducks a lariat and he grabs DEDEDE around the waist! DEDEDE blocks the take down thanks to a back elbow, but Jamie hits him in the back of the head with a forearm!
Gavin Kirkland: Jamie darts past Mr. DEDEDE, hits the ropes, and tries to take DEDEDE down with a running lariat! DEDEDE REMAINS STANDING! JAMIE DRIVES HIS SHOULDER INTO DEDEDE’S CHEST BUT DEDEDE DROPS HIM TO A KNEE WITH A CLUBBING BLOW TO THE BACK! JAMIE IS BACK UP AND HE WRAPS HIS ARMS AROUND DEDEDE’S WAIST! DEDEDE GRABS HIM IN A FRONT FACELOCK POSITION BUT JAMIE! JAMIE’S GOT THE LEFT LEG AGAIN!!!
Deadprez: ROLLING KNEEBAR!!! JAMIE HAS DEDEDE TRAPPED! DEDEDE FLAILS ABOUT AS JAMIE LOOKS TO SNAP THAT INJURED LEFT KNEE IN HALF! THE REFEREE IS DOWN, CHECKING ON DEDEDE, BUT DEDEDE ISN’T HAVING IT!! HE IS KICKING AT JAMIE WITH THE FREE LEG AND EVENTUALLY JAMIE LETS UP ENOUGH TO ALLOW DEDEDE TO SHIFT POSITIONS! DEDEDE TRIANGLES HIS LEGS AND HE USES HIS SIZE ADVANTAGE TO POWER JAMIE OVER AND STACK THE ACE ON HIS SHOULDERS!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
Eve: JAMIE KICKS OUT!!!
Gavin Kirkland: JAMIE LETS GO OF THE KNEEBAR! DEDEDE is free and he rolls to the outside! Mr. DEDEDE is limping around the ring and trying to shake out that leg. Jamie sees him pacing around and he backs up…. RUNNING START! TOPE CON HILO! JAMIE CONNECTS WITH DEDEDE AND HE IS THROWING HANDS! JAMIE IS BEATING ON DEDEDE AND DEDEDE IS TRYING TO COVER UP! JAMIE THROWS A FEW MORE PUNCHES BEFORE ROLLING OFF DEDEDE AND JERKING HIM UP BY THE HAIR! HE THROWS DEDEDE INTO THE PLEXIGLASS CASING AND CATCHES HIM ACROSS THE JAW WITH A STIFF LOOKING KICK! DEDEDE FALLS TO THE GROUND AND JAMIE DROPS A KNEE ACROSS DEDEDE’S INJURED LIMB! JAMIE IS PUNCHING THAT LEFT KNEE NOW! DEDEDE TRIES TO FEND HIM OFF, BUT JAMIE GRABS THE LEG AND PULLS DEDEDE INTO A FIGURE FOUR! FIGURE FOUR IS APPLIED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE RING!
Eve: Jamie can’t win the match this way, though! Jamie knows he has to get DEDEDE back into the ring in order to get a decision!
Deadprez: I don’t think he cares right now! Jamie just wants to hurt Mr. DEDEDE and make sure he never walks again! DEDEDE is doing what he can to shift the momentum in his favor, but you can see the toll it’s taking. DEDEDE’s ripping at his hair and crying out, but he is rolling to his side to try and reverse this submission! Jamie let’s go because he doesn’t want to lose the advantage and he begins pulling DEDEDE back towards the ring! He pulls the champion up and rolls him onto the apron and now Jamie is pulling DEDEDE towards the ring post!
Gavin Kirkland: But DEDEDE manages to boot Jamie back and quickly scoots to the center of the ring! Jamie dives back inside but DEDEDE is able to quickly cut him off! I will never know where DEDEDE finds his superhuman strength but he is working through his injury and stomping away on Jamie’s back! Jamie is able to force his way up though and he goes for a takedown! DEDEDE clubs him in the back of the neck and drives his good knee into Jamie’s face! Jamie falls back and DEDEDE drops another good knee down across Jamie’s face! DEDEDE drags Jamie to the corner and drapes his neck across the ropes.
Eve: DEDEDE with the choke, and we all know that he doesn’t give a damn if he’s disqualified or not. He does let go before the five count this time, but he goes right back to the choke! DEDEDE lets go right before the referee gets to five and he pulls Jamie back to the center of the ring. DEDEDE goes for the ‘Impaler’ and Jamie is driven down into the canvas thanks to that lifting Impaler DDT! DEDEDE crawls over Jamie for the cover!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
Deadprez: Jamie kicks out!
Gavin Kirkland: Mr. DEDEDE takes a deep breath. He’s got to know it’s going to take a monumental effort to put Jamie away here tonight at Pain for Pride. The man is fighting for his wife, his unborn child, the Answers World Championship, and his career.
Deadprez: I think Mr. DEDEDE is well aware of the effort it will take and what exactly he needs to do in order to get the job done. The only question I have is whether or not DEDEDE’s left knee is going to last.
Eve: DEDEDE keeps Jamie grounded with a headlock, looking to wear him down right now. That’s smart because this allows Mr. DEDEDE to rest his leg for a bit, while maintaining control of the match. He forces Jamie down to the mat and switches to the front facelock position. Jamie gets to his knees, and is able to catch DEDEDE with a couple of nice shots to the breadbasket. DEDEDE is undeterred and he flips over on his back, wrapping his legs around Jamie’s waist! He’s got Jamie in a rear naked choke!
Gavin Kirkland: I don’t think he has it completely sunk in because Jamie is working his way free! He’s working to free himself from DEDEDE’s legs, and he starts driving his fist down into that knee! DEDEDE hangs on for a few more seconds but he is forced to release that hold! He has no other choice but to unwrap his legs! He tries to maintain control of the headlock but Jamie forces both men back up and he elbows his way free. Jamie runs the ropes, but he’s met by a shoulder block!
Deadprez: Jamie is right back up, but DEDEDE is the one rushing the ropes now! DEDEDE goes for a running knee strike, but Jamie catches him with a superkick! DEDEDE falls back and Jamie quickly scrambles to the top rope! I think we are about to see a second attempt at the Genki Cannon!
Eve: YES, DEADPREZ! JAMIE IS BACK TO THE TOP AND HE IS GOING FOR THE DIVING DOUBLE FOOTSTOMP!
Gavin Kirkland: BUT MR. DEDEDE JUST KIPPED BACK UP AND HE CAUGHT JAMIE WITH A SPEAR! JAMIE IS PLANTED INTO THE MAT AND DEDEDE IS NOW RUNNING TO THE ROPES! HE MAKES HIS WAY UP TO THE TOP! MR. DEDEDE GETS HIMSELF SET AND HE FLIES! SHOOTING STAR PRESS TO JAMIE!
Deadprez: DEDEDE NEVER SAW JAMIE KIP UP AND DEDEDE IS GREETED WITH AN IN EXCELSIS! DEDEDE DROPS TO THE MAT! THAT WAS A NASTY LANDING! MR. DEDEDE IS DOWN AND JAMIE QUICKLY DRAGS HIM TO THE CORNER! JAMIE SLIPS OUT OF THE RING AND PULLS DEDEDE INTO THE WISHBONE POSITION! YIKES! THAT HAD TO HURT, TO BE HONEST! JAMIE IS NOW CONTROLLING THE LEG AND HE SLAMS DEDEDE’S LEFT KNEE INTO THE RING POST.
Eve: JAMIE MAINTAINS CONTROL OF THE LEG AND HE IS WRAPPING DEDEDE IN A FIGURE FOUR! FIGURE FOUR AROUND THE RING POST! THE ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION IS IN TROUBLE! DEDEDE IS SCREAMING AND THE REFEREE IS YELLING AT JAMIE TO LET GO! HE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO START THE COUNT AND JAMIE LETS GO RIGHT BEFORE THE FIVE! JAMIE CLIMBS BACK INTO THE RING AND PULLS MR. DEDEDE UP! HE’S SETTING HIM UP FOR WHAT LOOKS TO BE A PILEDRIVER… NO!!!! DEDEDE LOCKS HIS ARMS AROUND JAMIE’S WAIST AND BLOCKS! DEDEDE HAMMERING AWAY ON JAMIE’S BACK! JAMIE BACKS UP… IN EXCEL-
Gavin Kirkland: NO!!! DEDEDE GRABS JAMIE UP AND PUTS HIM DOWN WITH A ‘GRAND SLAM’!!!! THE ROCK BOTTOM TO JAMIE O’HARA AND DEDEDE GOES FOR THE COVER!!!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
Deadprez: JAMIE KICKS OUT JUST LIKE HE DID DURING THEIR UNTELEVISED SINGLES MATCH BACK IN 2018!
Eve: DEDEDE SLAMS HIS HAND INTO THE MAT! He is so annoyed right now. He’s back to his feet and I can’t help but wonder what he has planned :lupe:
Gavin Kirkland: DEDEDE is dragging Jamie to the ropes and he sits him on the top turnbuckle :lupe:
Deadprez: DEDEDE makes his way to the second rope, but Jamie is able to catch him in the face with a couple of punches. That temporarily derails Mr. DEDEDE, and Jamie strikes him with a huge headbutt! Mr. DEDEDE nearly tumbles off the ropes because the headbutt clearly stunned both men. Jamie is reeling a little from it, and Mr. DEDEDE is gripping the ropes on either side of Jamie to make sure he stays upright. Jamie headbutts DEDEDE again, and this time DEDEDE’s foot slips off the rope! Jamie grabs DEDEDE by the hair, but DEDEDE catches him with an uppercut! DEDEDE regains his footing and he grabs Jamie, hoisting him up in a modified fireman’s carry position! He hooks his arm around Jamie’s neck and DROPS DOWN, DDTING JAMIE ACROSS THE TOP ROPE!
Eve: JAMIE IS LIMP ON THE MAT NOW AND DEDEDE DRAGS HIM AWAY FROM THE ROPES AND GOES FOR THE COVER!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
TTTTTHHHHH-
Gavin Kirkland: JAMIE GETS THE SHOULDER UP!
Deadprez: DEDEDE snarls at the referee and drags Jamie up. He begins to work over the neck area, cinching in a headlock and tightening his grip. He locks his hands around Jamie’s chin and pulls back on the neck. Jamie immediately reaches for the ropes, but DEDEDE makes sure Jamie isn’t able to inch them forward. Jamie tries a different strategy and reaches for DEDEDE’s legs, but DEDEDE immediately releases the hold and rolls out of the way. Jamie is favoring his neck as he crawls towards the ropes, pulling himself up in the process.
Eve: SPEAR! DEDEDE WITH A SPEAR TO JAMIE THAT SENDS THEM BOTH THROUGH THE ROPES! DEDEDE ROLLS OFF JAMIE AND IMMEDIATELY GOES FOR THE RING STEPS! DEDEDE GRABBING THE STEPS AND HE HOLDS THEM UP IN THE AIR! HE WAITS FOR JAMIE TO GET BACK UP AND DEDEDE RUSHES JAMIE!
Gavin Kirkland: DROP KICK! DROP KICK! JAMIE WITH A DROP KICK THAT FORCES THE STEPS INTO DEDEDE’S FACE! THE STEPS FALL ON TOP OF THE GAWD AND JAMIE IMMEDIATELY SCRAMBLES ONTO THE APRON! HE SCURRIES UP THE ROPES AND TAKES A LEAP OF FAITH! GENKI CANNON! DIVING DOUBLE FOOT STOMP TO THE STEPS! DEDEDE IS CRUSHED UNDERNEATH OF THEM!
Deadprez: JAMIE GRABS THE EDGE OF THE STEPS AND DRIVES THEM DOWN ON TOP OF DEDEDE! HE DOES THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THROWING THEM TO THE SIDE AND STOMPING DOWN ON DEDEDE’S KNEE! JAMIE PULLS DEDEDE UP AND THROWS HIM RIGHT INTO THE STEPS! THE CHAIRMAN BOUNCES OFF THE STEPS AND JAMIE GRABS THEM… AND HE SLAMS THEM DOWN ON DEDEDE’S KNEE :damn:
Eve: :lupe: That might do it, because the reigning and defending Answers World Champion is rolling around in agony now. He is grabbing at his left knee and now Jamie looks like a shark who is smelling blood for the first time in awhile. Jamie walks around DEDEDE and drops down. He slams his fist into DEDEDE’s face relishing the moment. He punches DEDEDE again, and again, and again, and again! Jamie is just unloading right now, while Mr. DEDEDE is utterly defenseless! ‘The Ace’ pulls DEDEDE back up, who can barely stand, and he slams Mr. DEDEDE’s face off the hardest part of the ring! Jamie now slamming DEDEDE’s face into the ring post!
Gavin Kirkland: Jamie lets DEDEDE drop and he immediately begins to rip up the protective padding! Jamie is exposing the concrete now and he makes his way back over to Mr. DEDEDE. He stomps on DEDEDE’s knee a few more times before drags him over to the exposed area of the floor. Jamie slams DEDEDE’s knee into the concrete before pulling him back up!
Deadprez: JAMIE HOISTS DEDEDE IN THE AIR, HOLDING HIM FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE A STALLING SUPL-
Eve: MR. DEDEDE LEAPS OUT OF IT!!! OH MY FUCKING GOD! HE JUST SPIKED JAMIE O’HARA ON HIS HEAD WITH A FLIPPING PILEDRIVER OUT OF NOWHERE!!
Gavin Kirkland: THERE’S NO PADDING ON THE GROUND :damn:! I don’t like the way Jamie landed :damn:! His neck might be broken :damn:!
Deadprez: HOW IN THE HELL DID MR. DEDEDE DO THAT?! I am fucking floored right now! I really have no clue how the champ had the wherewithal to do something like that!
Eve: The referee is out of the ring now and he is checking on Jamie. Jamie hasn’t moved and obviously Mr. DEDEDE is still favoring his knee.
(Mr. DEDEDE has made it back up into a sitting position and despite the obvious pain he is in, he has a maniacal, crazed look in his eyes.)
Deadprez: Why is Mr. DEDEDE reaching under the ring?
Eve: :skip: DEDEDE’s got a small bag in his hand that is currently unzipping. What the hell?
(DEDEDE pulls a syringe out of the bag and rips the cap off of it with his teeth. He spits the cap out and wastes absolutely no time jamming that syringe into his own left knee.)
Gavin Kirkland: HE JUST INJECTED HIMSELF WITH SOMETHING!
Deadprez: Well we have been speculating for awhile as to how it’s even remotely possible for DEDEDE to compete through this injury and keep going. I guess we have the answer.
Eve: DEDEDE is using the ring skirt to pull himself up and he is testing the leg. The Gawd winces but he takes a few more steps BEFORE HE STARTS TO SPRINT! DEDEDE RACES AROUND THE RING AND HE JUST SPEARED JAMIE O’HARA IN THE BACK AS THE REFEREE HELPED UP THE ACE!!!
Gavin Kirkland: THE REFEREE IS DOWN AND DEDEDE REACHES UNDER THE RING! HE PULLS OUT A KENDO STICK AND STARTS BEATING JAMIE! JAMIE IS DOWN FROM THAT SPEAR AND DEDEDE IS WHIPPING THE ACE SO HARD THAT SEVERAL NASTY LOOKING WELTS HAVE FORMED ON JAMIE’S BACK! DEDEDE CONTINUES TO MERCILESSLY BEAT HIS SUBJECT!!!
Deadprez: :lupe: Some of those welts have already split open and DEDEDE finally tires. He drops the kendo stick and drags Jamie up the ramp. Where are they going? :lupe:
Eve: DEDEDE is leaving the ringside area and he has taken Jamie all the way up to the stage. DEDEDE relentlessly stomps on Jamie’s neck a few times before getting Jamie to his feet! DEDEDE is toying with Jamie now, throwing more boxing punches that Jamie can not defend right now. Jamie swings wildly with a left hook, but DEDEDE ducks, cocks a grin, and mocks Jamie by doing a little spin and connecting with a back fist! Jamie staggers towards the edge of the stage and DEDEDE throws another jab! It catches Jamie on the jaw! DEDEDE with another jab! This one catches Jamie in the nose! :lupe:! Jamie is teetering very close to the edge of the stage and DEDEDE takes one final swipe at Jamie! A punch right to Jamie’s solar plexus sends Jamie flying off the stage!!!
Gavin Kirkland: :kellycry: I think Jamie might be hurt, guys!
(The official that had been taken out by the spear a few minutes ago has come too and is watching what just happened on the video tron. He heads up the ramp but DEDEDE quickly stops him!)
Mr. DEDEDE (Off Mic): Anything goes.
Referee (Off Mic): Now Ryan…
Mr. DEDEDE (Off Mic): I SAID ANYTHING GOES!
(The referee throws hands up in surrender.)
Eve: Welp.
Deadprez: :wow: The War to End All Wars.
(Mr. DEDEDE has a crazed look in his eyes as he looks down at Jamie O’Hara. Jamie is on his knees, trying to force himself up. He is still holding his neck, in obvious pain.)
Gavin Kirkland: The fuck is DEDEDE about to do…
Eve: DEDEDE RUNS TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STAGE AND HE’S TAKEN OFF IN A DEAD SPRINT! THE GAWD GOES AIRBORNE AS HE THROWS HIMSELF OFF THE STAGE INTO A ROTATING SOMERSAULT SENTON THING! I SWEAR TO GAWD THIS MAN JUST FLEW AND HE LANDS ON TOP OF JAMIE!!!!
(REPLAY)
(REPLAY ENDS)
Gavin Kirkland: I GOT NO WORDS!!! HOW DID HE DO THAT?!
Deadprez: HE MUSTA INJECTED HIMSELF WITH SOME CRACK COCAINE :mjlol:
Eve: DEDEDE IS BACK UP AND HE’S HOISTED JAMIE OVER HIS SHOULDER! DEDEDE IS BRINGING THEM BACK TOWARDS THE RING! THIS CROWD IS PISSED! THEY DIDN’T COME HERE TO SEE JAMIE O’HARA LOSE HIS CAREER! THEY CAME HERE TO SEE THE ACE FINALLY ASCEND TO HIS THRONE!
Gavin Kirland: THEY’RE BACK AT THE RING AND MR. DEDEDE TAKES A HOLD OF JAMIE AND LOOKS TO LAWN DART HIM INTO THE RING POST!
Eve: NO! JAMIE HAS SOMEHOW GOTTEN TO HIS FEET AND HE SHOVES DEDEDE! DEDEDE COLLIDES WITH THE RING POST AND JAMIE GIVES THE REFEREE A LOOK OF DESPERATION!
Jamie O’Hara (Off Mic): Anything goes??
Referee (Off Mic): That’s what he said!
Deadprez: JAMIE IS UNDER THE RING NOW AND HE GRABS THE FIRST THING HE CAN GET HIS HANDS ON!
Gavin Kirkland: IT’S A FUCKING FORK! HE JAMS THE FORK INTO DEDEDE’S SKULL AND STARTS STABBING HIM WITH IT! JAMIE IS GOING FOR BLOOD NOW AND I’M NOT MAD ABOUT SEEING THIS MATCH BREAK DOWN INTO THIS! SOMEONE ISN’T GOING TO WALK OUT OF THIS BUILDING TONIGHT! THAT’S FOR DAMN SURE!
Eve: JAMIE HAS THAT FORK STUCK IN THE TOP OF DEDEDE’S HEAD AND HE IS USING HIS FIST TO HAMMER IT DOWN! BLOOD IS STAINING THE BLONDE LOCKS OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND JAMIE RUTHLESSLY RIPS THE FORK OUT OF DEDEDE’S SKULL! DEDEDE FALLS BACK AND AN EVIL LOOK HAS CROSSED THE FACE OF THE ACE!
Deadprez: JAMIE JUST STABBED THE FORK INTO MR. DEDEDE’S LEFT KNEE!
Gavin Kirkland: DEDEDE CRIES OUT LIKE A WOUNDED ANIMAL AND JAMIE HAS LOST IT! HE IS STABBING DEDEDE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN! DEDEDE’S SURVIVAL SKILLS HAVE KICKED IN AND HE IS KICKING AT JAMIE! HE FINALLY KNOCKS THE FORK FROM JAMIE’S HANDS AND CATCHES HIM IN THE NUTS WITH ANOTHER KICK! DEDEDE DRAGS HIS WOUNDED LEG TOWARDS HIM AND QUICKLY MAKES NOTE OF THE DAMAGE BEFORE SOME FUCKING HOW PULLING HIMSELF UP! DEDEDE ROLLS INTO THE RING AND LIMPS OVER TO THE CORNER, QUICKLY UNTYING THE TURNBUCKLE PADS!
Eve: JAMIE FINALLY THROWS HIMSELF BACK INTO THE RING RIGHT AS MR. DEDEDE FINISHES EXPOSING THOSE TURNBUCKLES! JAMIE PUSHES HIMSELF TO HIS FEET RIGHT AS DEDEDE TURNS AROUND AND JAMIE GOES FOR IN EXCELSIS!!!!
Deadprez: RIGHT INTO A SPEAR! JAMIE O’HARA IS FOLDED UP IN HALF BUT MR. DEDEDE ISN’T GOING FOR THE COVER! HE PICKS UP THE DEAD WEIGHT OF JAMIE AND HOOKS HIM… CUTTHROAT SUPLEX INTO THE EXPOSED TURNBUCKLE! THE BACK OF JAMIE’S HEAD SLAMS INTO THE EXPOSED STEEL AND NOW DEDEDE IS GOING FOR THE COVER!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
TTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :mjcry:
Eve: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! LOOK! JAMIE GOT HIS FOOT ON THE ROPES!!!!
Deadprez: JAMIE’S FOOT IS ON THE ROPES AND MR. DEDEDE IS FURIOUS! HE THOUGHT HE HAD JUST ENDED JAMIE’S CAREER! JAMIE TOOK A SPEAR AND A NASTY BLOW TO THE SKULL AND HE SOMEHOW STILL MANAGED TO GET HIS FOOT ON THE ROPE! DEDEDE ANGRILY YANKS JAMIE AWAY FROM THE ROPES AND THROWS HIM INTO THE CENTER OF THE RING! DEDEDE GOING TO THE OUTSIDE AND HE MAKES HIS WAY UP TOP!
Gavin Kirkland: DEDEDE is very unsteady though! :lupe: That knee nearly buckled! Jamie no doubt made it worse by stabbing it over and over with that fork.
Eve: DEDEDE has himself steadied though and he is waiting for Jamie to get up! How can Jamie even get up at this point?? He’s taken a lot of damage to his neck and he could have a concussion for all we know.
Deadprez: But Jamie has the heart of a champion, though. He’s going to fight until the death. We have seen this man go through so much. He has come up short on multiple occasions. He has had to watch his family tortured at the hands of Mr. DEDEDE, and he nearly lost his unborn child thanks to a flaming Equalizer.
Gavin Kirkland: And he’s up. Jamie O’Hara is up on his feet and DEDEDE rises up. DEDEDE DIVES OFF THE TOP ROPE AND HE CONNECTS WITH ‘GLASS CEILING’!!! JAMIE JUST WENT DOWN TO HIS OWN WIFE’S SIGNATURE MOVE! THE TOP ROPE STUNNER! DEDEDE THROWS HIMSELF OVER JAMIE FOR A OVER!!!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
TTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Eve: JAMIE GETS THE SHOULDER UP!
Deadprez: DEDEDE PUNCHES THE MAT IN FRUSTRATION! HE QUICKLY GETS UP AND GRABS JA-
Gavin Kirkland: JAMIE PULLS HIM DOWN FOR A SMALL PACKAGE PIN! DEDEDE’S SHOULDERS ARE DOWN!!!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
TTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Eve: DEDEDE IS ABLE TO POWER OUT!
Gavin Kirkland: DEDEDE TRIES TO GET TO HIS FEET BUT JAMIE LOCKS ONTO HIS LEGS! JAMIE HAS DEDEDE BY THE LEGS AND HE BRINGS HIM DOWN! JAMIE LOOKS FOR A KNEEBAR ONCE AGAIN, BUT DEDEDE TRIANGLES HIS LEGS FOR ANOTHER COUNTER! JAMIE WITH ELBOWS THOUGH! ELBOW AFTER ELBOW CONNECTS WITH DEDEDE’S INJURED LIMB! JAMIE FINALLY UNTANGLES THEIR LEGS AND GETS TO HIS FEET! HE LOOKS FOR ANOTHER FIGURE FOUR BUT DEDEDE BOOTS HIM AWAY! DEDEDE IS ABLE TO PUSH HIMSELF UP BUT JAMIE! JAMIE WITH A SPEAR! JAMIE WITH A SPEAR! JAMIE RIPS DEDEDE IN HALF WITH A SPEAR!
Deadprez: HE DOESN’T GO FOR THE COVER! INSTEAD, JAMIE GRABS DEDEDE BY THE WRISTS AND HITS HIM WITH A RIPCORD KNEE STRIKE RIGHT TO THE JAW!!!! STARDUST BREAKER! WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NEW CHAMPION!!! JAMIE THROWS HIMSELF ON TOP OF DEDEDE FOR THE COVER!!!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TT-
Eve: DEDEDE KICKS OUT!
Gavin Kirkland: JAMIE IS IN SHOCK! HOW CAN HE BE ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN SHOCKED?? AGAINST ANY OTHER OPPONENT THAT IS A THREE COUNT BUT AGAINST MR. DEDEDE? AGAINST THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME??
Deadprez: JAMIE DROPPING ELBOW AFTER ELBOW AFTER ELBOW TO THAT KNEE NOW! HE WANTS TO RENDER DEDEDE HELPLESS! HE DOESN’T WANT TO SEE HIM KICK OUT OF ANY OTHER FINISHERS!
Eve: JAMIE FINALLY GRABS DEDEDE BY THE WRISTS AGAIN! A SECOND STARDUST BREAKER! THIS TIME JAMIE HOOKS THE LEGS DURING THE COVER!!!!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
TTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: NO! NO! DEDEDE KICKED OUT A SECOND TIME! JAMIE RAKES HIS HANDS THROUGH HIS HAIR! HE CAN’T EVEN REACT RIGHT NOW!
Deadprez: JAMIE’S BLUE EYES ARE FULL OF DESPERATION! HE HAS TO END THIS MATCH RIGHT NOW! HE KNOWS HE DOESN’T HAVE A CHOICE! JAMIE PULLS HIMSELF UP AND STARTS STOMPING AWAY AT DEDEDE’S KNEE! DEDEDE CAN’T DEFEND AGAINST THESE STOMPS! I THINK HIS LEG IS SHOT! JAMIE HOOKS MR. DEDEDE’S WRISTS FOR A THIRD TIME AND HE CLOSES HIS EYES! STRIKE AFTER STRIKE CONNECTS WITH DEDEDE’S JAW! DEDEDE IS OUT! BUT O’HARA ISN’T STOPPING! SO MUCH PAIN AND ANGER IS COMING OUT IN JAMIE RIGHT NOW! HE CONTINUES TO BATTER THE GAWD!
Eve: THE REFEREE IS SIGNALLING FOR JAMIE TO STOP! BUT JAMIE GOES FOR A FIFTH RIPCORD KNEE STRIKE! THE REFEREE PULLS HIM AWAY AND HE SIGNALS FOR THE BELL!!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Gina Romano: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… HERE IS YOUR WINNER AND THE NEW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION…. JAMIE O’HARA!!!!
(“Kashmir” begins to blast across the PA system as Jamie stands there, battered, bruised, and emotionally damaged. He looks down at Mr. DEDEDE, who is unconscious in the middle of the ring, and it’s almost as if Jamie is in shock.)
Deadprez: WE HAVE A NEW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION! JAMIE O’HARA HAS JUST DETHRONED THE GAWD!!!!
Eve: I honestly can’t believe it! Jamie did it! Jamie finally got the world championship back in his possession but more importantly, he has finally gotten some sort of revenge on Mr. DEDEDE and some closure for himself and his family.
(The referee has handed Jamie the Answers World Championship, but he is just staring down at Mr. DEDEDE. The referee has called for more officials to come down to the ring because they will have to help Mr. DEDEDE out.)
Gavin Kirkland: Jamie O’Hara and his abs finally accomplished what he set out to do upon returning to the company!
Deadprez: It has been a long road for someone as wonderful and as accomplished as Jamie, and he had to pull out all the stops tonight. Mr. DEDEDE is the best in the world for good reason, and Jamie was able to rise to even greater heights tonight and secure his spot as “The Ascended Master.”
(Jamie has finally taken the championship and is celebrating with it. The crowd is loving every second of this and but all of a sudden their cheers get even louder. A ringside, security has appeared and they are removing the plexiglass. The crowd is buzzing because a glowing, crying, and pregnant Cameron Ella Ava is standing at the barricades, leaning against them for support with her diamond studded walker beside her. Jamie spies her and his face lights up. He sees her tears and his eyes get misty too. He rolls out of the ring, forgetting everyone and everything else.)
(The only thing he sees is her… is them.)
(Jamie and Cameron embrace, and she is comforting him, being his pillar of strength. Jamie cries into her shoulder, clutching the championship and holding onto his wife.)
Jamie O’Hara (Off Mic): It’s over. It’s finally over.
Cameron Ella Ava (Off Mic): It really is.
Jamie O’Hara (Off Mic): I’m sorry… for everything.
Cameron Ella Ava (Off Mic): You know I never blamed you.
(Jamie and Cameron break apart and he wipes a few tears from her cheeks. She smiles at him and the two share a kiss. The fans around them are going crazy as confetti starts raining down around them. Jamie presents her with the championship that DEDEDE stole from her, from them, and he places his hand on Cameron’s stomach. Cameron takes Jamie’s other hand and together they raise the belt up. What a final image to end Pain for Pride 13 on.)
(Showdown fades into a commercial break.)
(We pan to the ring with a table set up. Alana Starr was sitting with a microphone at hand.)
Alana Starr: We are so close to Pain For Pride, and guys, it’s gonna be so.. GOOD! So with that being said, I wanna talk about something that has totally been a vocal point for Pain For Pride here on Showdown, between KASAI and Usagi and Mia Santoro, and the Specialists Championship! It has been one where they have measured the level of risk they are gonna take, and it all culminates here with their final words!
(Alana smiled as she slowly stood up and held her hand out.)
Alana Starr: So one by one, I would like to welcome out all the competitors!
(Alana sat there as starting out first.. “21st Century Bitch” by Holy Wars blasted through the speakers, Mia Santoro made her way out first. A smirk across her face as predicted in her head, we are only a few weeks away from her inevitable. She entered the ring as her theme died down, she sat at a chair.)
Mia Santoro: (Off Mic) Thank you for having me.
(Alana nodded her head and smiled, as the next competitor came out as “I am not a woman, I’m a God”, by Halsey hit the speakers. Usagi wasted zero time entering the ring, and setting down.)
Usagi Senshi: (Off Mic) I am here.
(Not very enthusiastic from Usagi, but finally after “KARATE” by Babymetal hit the speakers as the Specialists Champion KASAI, made her way out. Making her walk to the ring, title around her waist, she entered the ring setting down. Imposing her clear presence over the rest as now all competitors had made it..)
Alana Starr: GOOD! Now that we are all here–
(KASAI would cut Alana off with a finger, raising the microphone to speak first.)
KASAI: Thank you Alana, but as the champion I feel like it is not my honor, but my privilege to voice my words vocally first. The fact that I am walking into Pain For Pride, not with an opportunity to win a championship, but FIGHTING, for a championship.. It is still a bizarre tale for me, one that I am 100% locked in on. I don’t care what happens from this point forth, as long as it ensures the result of me standing tall. I have had a year-long itch, and it’s none other than to fulfill what I see as my destiny, what I view as my purpose. A victory at Pain For Pride—
(KASAI was cut off by the ever so loud laughter of Usagi Senshi, a woman who was NOT entertained in the slightest bit.)
Usagi Senshi: KASAI.. You were lucky to even win that match and be standing here in the first place.. Especially the way that you did, so many things had to go right there, KASAI…. But the point is.. the disappointment and dissatisfaction that you will feel after this Pain For Pride, is going to be immeasurable. Another year you can check off, another failure added to your arsenal. I stand here knowing full well, I am gonna do WHATEVER it takes to have my hand raised at Pain For Pride. Especially for the visual of looking down at you in failure. As I finally have MY moment.
(Usagi stated, but suddenly Mia Santoro had waited, and it was her time to tune in.)
Mia Santoro: Hey, you know something. I feel like in this world there are different levels of ignorance, but would you believe me if I said that there is ignorance you could benefit off of? You should have not made it such a major priority for my inclusion in this match. I find it honestly stupid from you by virtue. You think this is gonna be some easy walk in the park baby? No, this is the final nail being put in the coffin for your time as champion. Life has been good these past couple of weeks, but it’s time to return to earth. You wanted to be a professional, one who goes around, scouting the competition, picking out the very best. Now it’s biting you in the ass, because you gave Mia Santoro a chance. And all she needed, boo? Was a chance.
KASAI: I know, that is why I wanted to give you that – A chance. A reason for me to solidify my reign as the best. But also at the same time, a reason for people like you Mia, to not be able to sit here and act like the opposite has happened. I wanted it to be a fair game, I am giving you the chance, the platform. Nothing is biting me in the ass, I promise. Because this is what I wanted.
Mia Santoro: Be careful what you wish for..
KASAI: And I also wished–
Usagi Senshi: No just shut the fuck up for a second. You chose this loser because of what great it can do for you! Focusing your attention away from me, can bass boost you to an even more cupcake title reign, with additional days added. Look me in the eyes, I am not intimidated nor impressed with Mia Santoro. And she is just one of those fucking obstacles in my way. I have waited, and I am owed so much. This is my SHOT.
KASAI: Well–
Mia Santoro: Babygirl, why do you feel like you’re owed something? More so, what the hell do you feel like you are owed? You have yet to make a dent in EAW after all these years, you should have been sent to do PR for the event, not compete at it..
(Ouch. Mia Santoro with a thick burn to Usagi, you could see the annoyance in the eyes of Usagi.)
KASAI: But–
(SUDDENLY USAGI LEAPED ONTO MIA AND BEGAN PUNCHING HER REPEATEDLY AS A BRAWL WOULD YET AGAIN ENSUE! KASAI sighed.. grabbing Usagi and pulling her off Mia… ONLY FOR MIA TO GET INVOLVED AND PUSH KASAI INTO USAGI! It was a brawl breaking out as all 3 women were in the midst, but it wasn’t one that would last forever, as security pulled them apart one by one…)
Mia Santoro: (Off Mic) This is my rise coming at Pain For Pride, and MY story.
Usagi Senshi: (Off Mic) I have been owed everything, and I will finally be given back!
(KASAI didn’t say anything, the champion just watched on and listened. Did she bite off more than she could chew? That was the final shot as Showdown went to commercial.)
(Showdown slowly came back from commercials, but instead of it being in the arena, it changed to a completely different place that people were not used to, or well, that is a bit of a lie, if you see the videos of a detective, you would know this place very well. On the titantron a video was being shown of someone standing right in front of their camera and making sure they fixed it up as best as they could. Of course, they ended up stepping back and it was clear that the woman who was fixing the camera was none other than ARIA herself, she wore very casual clothes as she stepped back and put her hands on her pockets. Her expression looked bored and apathetic as she turned to see the sky starting to get cloudy before turning back towards looking at the camera.)
ARIA: You think it is worth it to suffer? You think there is actually a reason in the world to get out of bed and look towards life? Of course there is a reason, there is always someone out there to make you smile, there is something that you are going to end up looking towards to achieve, you find hope and happiness in the places you will never expect to find, but what are you going to do then when you are faced with one of the worst feelings in the world? And I could say that one of the worst feelings is indeed the feeling of fear, completely frozen and being held back by your own emotions, but something that I have experienced, something that I have suffered for part of half a year by this point, it was the feeling of nothingness, not feeling sad, not feeling angry, not even feeling happiness in any way, I just felt completely nothing. I tried to fake emotions, I tried to act like I was alright, I tried to put the world on my shoulders and it just never worked out as much as I tried my best.
(It was then that the sky was completely clouded up, and slowly, it started to rain all around ARIA, she completely ignored the rain as it fell around her and her body, simply focusing directly in front of the camera as she continued speaking.)
ARIA: I was even unable to feel any kind of determination, any kind of hope when heading into any of my matches, I tried to act as a destroyer, I tried to act as if I was a conqueror of worlds ready to completely tear apart everything that was in my way, burn it all up and try to build something from its ashes, but I think it was that lack of sensation, the actual lack of feeling from the people around me, from the things that I truly believed in that made me completely blind to what was actually happening, and so instead, I burnt myself up, I grew too arrogant, I grew too egotistical, I flew too close to the sun and I fell down back into an abyss that I thought I could not get out from, and I made the mistake of trying to go back to what was once before, to try and act like I was once again the little detective girl that all of you were so used to, happy, bubbly, as positive as she could be in every situation, but I knew I could not go back any longer as soon as I ended up betraying myself, betraying almost everything that ARIA stood for, as well as having so many thoughts and conflicting feelings plaguing me and tearing me apart. But I will not let that ruin me anymore, I will not let anything hold me back any longer.
ARIA: This briefcase, this world championship shot right in front of my hands, it means the world to me, and so for it… I arrive a woman reborn. I am looking to rebuild everything and show you… the real Aria Lestrade.
(ARIA slowly grabbed onto the bandages on her face, slowly tearing them apart and ready to reveal her face before a flash of bright light covered the sky from thunder and completely casted everything in shadows, as Aria’s face was completely covered and on that note. Showdown went away.)
(It slowly went back now to a far cheerier and sunlight filled day, as the titantron now showed that the camera switched quickly towards the magical place of- well, the SECOND most magical place in the world, Disney World! There were tables all scattered around in the plaza that was right in front of Cinderella’s castle, there was a special event going around right now, a tea party! Kids walked all around and were greeted by various Disney Princess like Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, Ariel, Belle, etc, as of course, you could not ignore one of the newest princesses around, sitting right at the corner so that the cameraman could walk over a lot more easier to take the shot, it was Princess Candice! She waved happily towards the camera and spoke with a bright smile.)
Princess Candice: Oh, it is SUCH a pleasure to have you all here, I hope all of you enjoy this tea party with me, even though you can’t physically do it, I can assure you that here in person is the most fun I have had in a while! Of course, just because I am enjoying a tea party with the most beautiful and most kind princesses in the whole world does not mean I am distracting myself from what is most important, that is going towards Pain for Pride and becoming PRINCESS Cash in the Vault for all of the adorable and hopeful kids who are rooting for Princess Candice to achieve her fairy tail ending. There has been a lot of chaos and a lot of mischievous actions happening for Showdown for over a year now, being a woman who has been the blunt of it for quite a while having to deal with a lot of selfish and very evil people I am afraid, but your Princess was able to overcome all of those obstacles to reach this point of her career, when she is close to having a GUARANTEED world title shot and be able to become Princess AND World Champion? Then everyone’s dreams would be able to come true in every way, my dreams especially but let us not put focus on that!
Princess Candice: I have been made to win this match and to win that briefcase, there is a reason why this Pain for Pride is called Kingdom and there is a big castle in that gorgeous logo, it is obviously Disney inspired after all and who else better to win such a match in such an inspired Pain for Pride than ME? Believe me, I feel like I have turned my life around in such an incredible way after accepting my role as a Disney Princess, I have gone through so much to be able to keep this crown on my head and show all of you what kind of respected and uplifting role model I am supposed to be for all of the adorable kids who support Disney, that is why it is my objective to be able to go out there and achieve the Cash in the Vault, it deserves to be brought back to Disney and be held in the very responsible hands of a woman like me. Because you know what am I going to do to celebrate such a fantastic accomplishment for all of the people who have adored Disney since their childhood and they continue to love into their adulthood? Because when I end up getting Cash in the Vault, and I end up winning the World Championship, you are going to end up seeing the FIRST DISNEY QUEEN! WORLD CHAMPION CANDICE BLAIR!
Princess Candice: I just can NOT wait for such a special day like that to arrive for all of you and me, I am going to be as prepared as I can be when heading into it, I wish all of you the best of wishes, hope all of you have a fantastic day, raise up your teacups high in the air, long live Princess Candice!
(Princess Candice and the rest of the Disney Princesses raised up their tea cups before clinking their cups against each other as they got ready to continue to enjoy the beautiful day as after those two completely different people gave out their words heading into Cash in the Vault, Showdown went to commercials.)
[SCREEN BAR – SHOWDOWN REWIND PAIN FOR PRIDE 2021]
( The camera fades down to ringside, where Gina Romano is seen holding a microphone. )
Gina Romano: Ladies and gentlemen.. The following contest is a triple threat match set for ONE FALL!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!
Gina Romano: AND IT IS FOR THE SPECIALISTS CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
( The SoFi Stadium goes quiet as the lights fade to black. The stadium stays dark for several moments and dark shadows can be seen walking out from backstage. They take their places, and a single white spotlight shines down onto the stage, lighting up the very center of it. A stagehand comes out and begins to roll a red carpet down the entire length of the ramp, while photogs follow and line the carpet. Once everything is in place, the host of American Idol and Live! With Kelly and Ryan, Ryan Seacrest, steps onto the stage. He is dressed in a tux and holding a microphone. )
Ryan Seacrest: Ladies and gentlemen… here to perform her rendition of ‘Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend’ please welcome…. CANDICE BLAIR!
( The crowd erupts as a giant poster of Candice Blair drops down, depicting her as the iconic Marilyn Monroe. Music starts to play and more spotlights rise up. Dozens of gorgeous men are seen on the stage, each carrying gifts made up of diamonds and other jewels. )
( Music starts to play and the Specialists Championship contender bursts through her own poster in dramatic fashion! The photogs begin snapping her photo and what a vision Candice Blair is tonight. She is dressed in a stunning replica of the beautiful pink dress Marilyn Monroe wore in ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’. It fits her curvaceous body absolutely perfectly, giving the men who are on the stage attempting to impress her something to gawk at. Candice’s outfit is complete with elbow length, pink gloves and of course a dazzling array of jewels, including a beautiful diamond necklace that was loaned to her by Tiffany’s just for this event. )
( Candice runs her tongue across her ruby red lips and raises the microphone to her mouth. )
The French are glad to die for love
They delight in fighting duels
But I prefer a man who lives
And gives expensive jewels
A kiss on the hand
May be quite continental
But diamonds are a girl’s best friend
( Candice smiles at her array of suitors as she performs, weaving in and out between them, and teasing them. )
A kiss may be grand
( She stops in front of one particular man, and runs a gloved finger across his lips. He shows a bit of excitement, but she coyly shakes her head. )
But it won’t pay the rental
On your humble flat
Or help you at the automat
( Candice now stands between two other suitors, both of whom are offering her exquisite jewelry. Candice brushes against the first man, while winking at the second one, and then she shakes her head, leaving them both to lust after her. )
Men grow cold
As girls grow old
And we all lose our charms in the end
( Candice tosses her hair back, and settles her pretty eyes on the familiar man standing off to the side. She steps in front of him, turning around so her back is pressed against his chest, and she looks up at him. Desmond Helms winks at Candice and pulls out a beautiful diamond ring. The spotlight hits it just right, and Candice’s eyes light up, as she turns towards Desmond and brushes her hand down his chest. She sings the next few lines directly to him. )
But square-cut or pear-shaped
These rocks don’t lose their shape
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend
( On the final note, Candice lowers her microphone and bites down on her bottom lip. Desmond holds out his arm for Candice to take and after she does, the two make their way down the red carpet. The entire time, the photographers have snapped their photos, and Candice makes sure she poses for them. They come to a stop half-way down the ramp, where Candice pauses, and snaps her fingers. The ramp opens up, and Candice drops down, only to remerge a few moments later in her Pain for Pride ring attire. She wears a pink satin bustier, that is made from the same material her dress had been made from, along with matching bottoms that have a large and very dramatic satin bow attached to them. Candice’s outfit is trimmed with diamonds and after basking in her own glory for a bit and soaking up the reaction of the crowd, “Diamonds” by Meg The Stallion and Normani begins to play. )
( Arm-in-arm, Candice and Desmond begin to make their way to the ring. )
Stew-O: Here we go! Specialists Championship time!!
Gavin Kirkland: Here comes the babes!!! :blessed:
Flannery McCoy: Please tell me you aren’t going to be like this the entire match..
Gavin Kirkland: Can’t make any promises sweet cheeks, so you’ll have to see.
Stew-O: Man, what a beautiful entrance by Candice Blair who has spent so much time trying to retrieve the title that she’s fighting for tonight. She’s fought for the Specialists Championship on numerous occasions, and maybe tonight will be the night where things fall into place!! With her being an Ava sister, only time will tell.. And maybe that time is now!!!
(‘Unfazed’ by Lil Uzi Vert featuring the Weeknd hits, as the crowd boos heavily. After a moment, Ashley Flores steps out onto the stage in attire representing the bisexual flag using the colors red, purple, and blue. On her feet, we can see that she’s rocking a clean pair of white Nike air force ones with the nike logo and trim having a gradient color using the same red, purple, and blue scheme. Flores extends her arms out to the side as she stands at center stage, and huge pyros shoot out into the air with the colors red, purple, and blue.)
Stew-O: Well, that’s one way of coming out!!
Gavin Kirkland: This is bad news, but at least she can 50% like me.. :mjcry:
Flannerry McCoy: I doubt she would like you even if she was 100% straight to be honest.
Stew-O: These pyros that you are seeing right now were actually paid for by Ashley’s family. What a wonderful gift at the grandest stage of them all!! It looks won-
(As Ashley makes her way down the entrance ramp, even more pyros begin to shoot out at each side of the ramp. The red, purple, and blue fireworks shoot out into the air, as they follow Ashley Flores towards the ring.)
Stew-O: Wow, that’s a lot of fireworks for this young Dynasty Elitist!
Flannery McCoy: You’ve got that right, but it’s Pain for-
(Ashley Flores then hops up onto the ring apron, as fireworks shoot out from the turnbuckles! A stream of red, then a stream of purple, then a stream of blue fireworks shoot out in that order over and over again, as Ashley Flores enters into the ring.)
Stew-O: Wow, these fireworks must have cost a fortune!
Gavin Kirkland: Hey, if you’ve got the money for it, then why not?
Stew-O: That’s true. With Flores having such an impressive start to her rookie campaign, this match right here might be her breakout match. All eyes are on her and her opponents as they fight for the prize of becoming Specialists Champion!
(Ashley Flores then looks out to the crowd and flexes, as the fireworks from the turnbuckles then turn into burning flames that illuminate the same red, purple, and blue colors.)
Flannery McCoy: Even more fireworks! There’s no question she’s coming out with these beautiful colors shooting out at every stage of her entrance. She looks ready for this big match, and I can’t wait to see what she brings to the table here at Pain for Pride. If it’s anything near as explosive as her entrance, then she may just walk out of the Sofi Stadium as our new Specialists Champion!!
(As the lights die down, the Tron begins to show people panicking at a Los Angeles hospital, they are running patients into the Operating Room when one of the nurses stops and looks right at the screen…
“Is There a Doctor In The House!?”
Suddenly sirens start to blare throughout the arena, flashes of red cover the entire stadium when an Ambulance drives in from the side of the stage, the crowd erupts, some boo as Dr. Bethany Blue stands on top of the ambulance in her new red and black wrestling gear and jacket, the Specialists Championship firmly around her waist as “Bad Medicine” by Bon Jovi starts to play. )
Stew-O: Wow, and here comes the big trucks!! What an entrance from our Specialist Champion, Dr. Bethany Blue!!
Gavin Kirkland: The things I’d do for a rectum exam.. :kofi:
Stew-O: :comeagain:
(Regyna gets out of the ambulance passenger side as she cheers on Dr. Bethany Blue who slides down the windshield and makes it to the floor, they give a high five to one another as Bethany makes her way toward the ring and Regyna cheers her on from the ambulance.)
Flannery McCoy: Dr. Bethany Blue won the specialists championship back at Battle of Egypt where she defeated Constance Blevins. This season has been one hell of an emotional roller coaster for the Doctor, but now she finds herself entering Pain for Pride as a champion!
Stew-O: There are two people in this match trying to make sure she leaves with nothing, but Bethany is here to do whatever she can to make sure that doesn’t happen. This is a title she’s been eyeing since last years Grand Rampage, and now she can truly showcase what it means to be the Specialist Champion here tonight!
Gina Romano: Introducing first, from San Francisco, California.. Weighing in at 126lbs… THE HOT COMMODITY!!!! CANDICE BLAIR!!!
(The crowd cheers loudly with a few boos, as Candice Blair raises her arms in the air to embrace this incredible crowd from the SoFi Stadium. Desmond Helms is seen on the outside of the ring applauding Candice before turning around and walking back up the ramp and back towards the backstage area.)
Gina Romano: Introducing second.. From Tijuana, Mexico!! Weighing in at 125lbs.. SHE’S THE GOLDEN HAND!! ASHLEY FLORES!!!!
(The crowd instantly boos, as Ashley Flores stares at both Candice Blair and Doctor Bethany Blue, and gives them a thumbs down signaling that they’re going down. Flores then points at herself, then outlines the Specialist Championship around her waist with her hands before pointing at the title wrapped around Bethany’s waist.)
Gina Romano: And from Miami, Florida! Weighing in at 125 pounds, she is THE SPECIALIST CHAMPION….. DR. BETHANY BLUE!!!!!!!!!
(Bethany has her eyes fixated on Candice Blair Ava and Ashley Flores, before climbing to the second rope, unstrapping the title and holding it up as she poses to the huge pop whether cheers or boos from the Los Angeles crowd.)
Stew-O: We are moments away from one of the most anticipated matches scheduled for tonight, and everyone is standing on their feet! This is going to be a good one!
(Dr. Bethany Blue then hands the Specialist Championship to the referee, as he raises it up into the air, as the crowd cheers heavily. The referee then lowers the championship, walks over to the ring ropes, then hands the belt over to the timekeeper before calling for the bell.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
Flannery McCoy: There’s the bell, and this Specialists Championship Match is underway!! One Elitist from each brand is here competing at the grandest stage of them all for one of the most prestigious titles in this company’s history! Who’s going to come out on top!
Gavin Kirkland: Man, would I love to be on top of all of them.
Flannery McCoy: :ohlawd: Why did they stick me with you?? OH!!! The Champion just nailed Candice Blair right at the side of the head with a forearm strike!! Candice staggers back, but is immediately taken straight down to the canvas of the ring by a clothesline from Ashley Flores!! Candice quickly pops back up, however, and gets grabbed by the wrist by Dr. Bethany Blue. Irish whip into the corner from the champion, as Candice Blair goes crashing into the turnbuckles!! AND LOOK! IT’S ASHLEY FLORES WHO QUICKLY CHARGES IN AND CONNECTS WITH A RUNNING BACK ELBOW INTO THE FACE OF CANDICE BLAIR IN THE CORNER!!
Gavin Kirkland: The sexy blonde drops down into a seated position against the turnbuckles, as Flores begins to stomp away at her body in the corner!! These stomps are so brutal, they’re hot!! Look at her continuously driving her boot right into the chest of Candice!! Stomp her Ashley!! Keep it coming!!!
Flannery McCoy: NO!! Dr. Bethany Blue with a swift kick to the back of Ashley’s knees that causes them to buckle!! Blue reaches her arm around the head of Ashley from behind, as she locks in an inverted facelock.. What’s this!?! GRADE C2!!! THE REVERSE DDT CONNECTS FROM DR. BETHANY BLUE AS SHE SLAMS THE BACK OF ASHLEY’S HEAD RIGHT INTO THE CANVAS OF THE RING!!!
Stew-O: Blue gets back to her feet, as she stomps down onto the midsection of Ashley Flores with full force, and that stomp makes the Dynasty Elitist clutch at her midsection in pain!! Blue now makes her way to the side ropes, where she exits out of the ring and onto the other side of the ring ropes, and onto the ring apron! Blue now steps towards the same corner where all of the action has been happening so far, and begins to scale up to the top of those turnbuckles! She drops down to the middle ropes, as she stares right at the downed body of Ashley Flores.. AND DR. BETHANY BLUE CONNECTS WITH A KNEE DROP FROM THE MIDDLE ROPE DOWN ONTO THE BODY OF ASHLEY FLORES, AS HER KNEES PIERCE RIGHT INTO THE MIDSECTION OF THE DYNASTY CHALLENGER!!
Flannery McCoy: Blue gets back up to her feet with her hands spread out wide and to the side! Dr. Bethany Blue slowly turns around.. SAVATE KICK BY CANDICE BLAIR!!! CANDICE JUST GOT UP FROM OUT OF THE CORNER, AND TOOK DR. BETHANY BLUE RIGHT DOWN TO THE CANVAS OF THE RING WITH THAT SAVATE KICK!! Dr. Bethany Blue didn’t see it coming!!
Gavin Kirkland: :krabs: Wait which one of them is cummi-
Flannery McCoy: :russwtf: Gosh, Gavin.. You’re worse than Jake..
Stew-O: Candice Blair is now in the driver’s seat, as she reaches down and grabs Dr. Bethany Blue. Blair brings the champion up to her feet, then quickly kicks her in the abdomen!! Blair now grabs at the head of Blue.. SITOUT JAWBREAKER BY CANDICE BLAIR, AND THAT MOVE STUNS DR. BETHANY BLUE, AS THE CHAMPION WOBBLES ON HER FEET!! Candice quickly turns around and runs to the side ropes!! She bounces back towards the champion.. AND CANDICE TAKES DR. BETHANY BLUE DOWN WITH A SLING BLADE!!!
Flannery McCoy: Blue hits the canvas hard, but quickly pops back to her feet, but Candice is already there, as she.. CATCHES DR. BETHANY BLUE WITH A SPINNING HEEL KICK TO THE ABDOMEN!! Blue bends over, as Candice runs to the side ropes.. She rebounds back towards the champion.. TILT A WHIRL HEADSCISSORS TAKEDOWN BY CANDICE BLAIR!! SHE JUST LAUNCHED DR. BETHANY BLUE HALFWAY ACROSS THE RING WITH THAT ONE!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Wow, I wish she’d wrap her legs around my head and neck like that!! Wait, look!! Ashley Flores is back in this, as she gets back up to her feet, and makes her way over to Candice Blair who is just now getting up from that Tilt a Whirl Headscissors!!
Stew-O: ROUNDHOUSE KICK BY FLORES!!
Flannery McCoy: NO!! Candice Blair with the matrix evasion, as Flores spins all the way around! Blair now runs over to the ropes, rebounds back.. She hits a handspring.. RIGHT INTO A STUNNER ONTO ASHLEY FLORES!! Flores doesn’t drop however, as she is stunned, barely able to stand on her two feet!! Candice quickly gets back to her feet, runs to the ropes, rebounds.. AND CONNECTS WITH A TILT A WHIRL HEADSCISSORS ONTO ASHLEY FLORES!!!
Stew-O: AND LOOK!! SHE RELEASES IT INTO A CROSSFACE IN THE CENTER OF THE RING!! CANDICE BLAIR HAS THE CROSSFACE LOCKED IN ON ASHLEY FLORES!!
Flannery McCoy: Blair is desperately trying to submit Ashley Flores here in order to put this one away and win the Specialists Championship here at Pain for Pride! With her sister, Camille, winning the Universal Women’s Championship last night, we know that Candice wants to bring home some more hardware to the Ava family household! Candice is tugging and pulling with all of her might!! She’s trying to get the victory right here and now!!
Stew-O: And Ashley has nowhere to go!! Flores is screaming out in pain, as she tries to extend her arms out!! Flores is trying to grab the ropes ahead of her, but it’s no use! She’s too close to the center of the ring to reach that far!! Flores is in a struggle situation, as Candice tries to put this one away!! She just might do it!!
Gavin Kirkland: NO!!! CONCUSSION PROTOCOL!!! DOCTOR BETHANY BLUE JUST CAME IN WITH THE CURB STOMP RIGHT ONTO THE BACK OF CANDICE’S HEAD, AS SHE DROVE CANDICE’S FACE RIGHT INTO THE CANVAS OF THE RING, AND FORCED BLAIR TO RELEASE HER GRIP ON ASHLEY FLORES!! THE DOCTOR JUST SAVED HER TITLE REIGN RIGHT THERE!!
Flannery McCoy: That was too close of a call for Bethany, but now she’s in control as both of her opponents are down on the canvas of the ring. Candice rolls off to the side while clutching her face, as Flores is still face down after being put through that crossface from earlier!! Dr. Bethany Blue now reaches down and grabs the head and hair of Ashley Flores. She brings Flores up to her feet.. AND TOSSES ASHLEY FLORES RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE ROPES AND DOWN TO THE RINGSIDE FLOOR!!
Stew-O: Bethany now looks over her shoulder, as she sees Candice Blair down on her hands and knees. The Doctor then turns around, and makes her way over to the legs of Candice Blair. What does she have in mind right here? This can’t be good.. FRACTURED!!! THAT’S THE ELEVATED BOSTON CRAB!!! IT’S LOCKED IN THE CENTER OF THE RING, AND ASHLEY FLORES IS NOT AN ISSUE, BECAUSE SHE’S DOWN AT RINGSIDE!! THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR DR. BETHANY BLUE TO PUT THIS ONE AWAY!!
Gavin Kirkland: Oh man!! I never knew something so beautiful could be so flexible!! :roman:
Flannery McCoy: That’s not flexibility, Gavin!! That’s having your body put into a position that it should never be in! The Doctor is putting so much pressure on the lower back of Candice Blair!! She’s pulling on those legs and leaning back, and all we can hear is the sound of Candice Blair screaming at the top of her lungs!! This is brutal right now, and may be the reason why Dr. Blue manages to win tonight!!
Stew-O: But Candice Blair won’t tap!! She won’t give up!! No, instead, she’s trying to will herself over to the ropes even with the amount of pain she’s going through!! Blair begins to army crawl her way over to those bottom ropes by taking small steps with her forearms!! Inch by inch she goes, as she’s nearly over to the bottom ropes.. BUT DR. BETHANY BLUE APPLIES MORE PRESSURE BY LEANING BACK MORE!!! THE DOCTOR IS PRESSING THE FACE OF CANDICE BLAIR RIGHT INTO THE CANVAS OF THE RING, AS SHE CONTINUES TO PULL BACK ON THIS ELEVATED BOSTON CRAB!! THERE’S A REASON WHY THIS IS CALLED “FRACTURED” AND AT ANY MOMENT, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE JUST WHY!!
Flannery McCoy: Yeah, I don’t think there is much for Candice Blair to do anymore!! She doesn’t have the strength to fight back up to her forearms because of the amount of pressure being applied onto her lower back.. Plus, her face is getting pressed down into the mat due to the position she’s in, so I don’t see how it’s possible for her to break free!!
Stew-O: Wait a second Flannery!! Look at ringside! It’s Ashley Flores!! Flores is back up to her feet, and climbs up onto the ring apron!! She sees what’s going on in the center of the ring with Candice on the verge of tapping out!! Ashley Flores makes her way over to a corner, and climbs up to the top rope!! Meanwhile, Dr. Bethany Blue is still keeping Blair down with that Elevated Boston Crab!! Blue pulls back even harder and-
Flannery McCoy: ASHLEY FLORES JUST LEAPED INTO THE AIR, AND DRILLED DR. BETHANY BLUE SQUARE IN THE CHEST WITH A MISSILE DROPKICK!!! THAT DROPKICK FORCES THE DOCTOR TO RELEASE HER SUBMISSION HOLD, AS SHE FALLS OFF TO THE SIDE IN THE CENTER OF THE RING!! ASHLEY FLORES FOR THE SAVE!!! WHAT A MOVE TO STOP BETHANY FROM WALKING OUT OF HERE AS CHAMPION!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Did either of you see her booty jiggle when she dove off of the top rope? :roman:
Flannery McCoy: No?
Gavin Kirkland: Neither did I. :krabs:
Stew-O: And now Ashley Flores kicks Dr. Blue on her side, as it forces Blue to turn onto her stomach! Another kick, and she rolls over and onto her back!! STOMP TO THE MIDSECTION BY FLORES!! ANOTHER!! AND ANOTHER!! The impact of that boot driving into the midsection of Dr. Blue forces the champion into a seated position near the center of the ring!
Flannery McCoy: And now we can see Ashley Flores charging towards the side ropes! She hits them, and bounces back.. TUNNEL VISION!! RUNNING SINGLE LEG DROP KICK TO THE BACK OF DR. BETHANY BLUE’S HEAD!! THE CHAMPION FALLS BACK AGAINST THE CANVAS OF THE RING, THEN QUICKLY ROLLS OFF TO THE SIDE, UNDER THE RING ROPES, AND ONTO THE RING APRON TO PREVENT HERSELF FROM TAKING ANYMORE DAMAGE!!
Stew-O: That’s a great strategy by the Doctor, but it doesn’t look like Ashley Flores is going to allow it! Flores turns around and runs to the opposite ropes! She rebounds back after hitting the ropes.. BASEBALL SLIDE DROPKICK RIGHT INTO THE RIBS OF DR. BETHANY BLUE ON THE RING APRON!! IT CONNECTS, AND SENDS DR. BLUE RIGHT DOWN TO THE RINGSIDE FLOOR!! WHAT A MOVE BY ASHLEY!!
Gavin Kirkland: Nice, now I can get a perfect view of those medical ass cheeks! :drakelike:
Flannery McCoy: For once, I wish Jake Mercer were here..
Stew-O: Ashley Flores now looks over her shoulder, and sees Candice Blair crawling her way over to the side ropes. Blair has been down ever since she was put into that Fractured Boston Crab a while ago, but it looks like she’s now making some progress, as she finally gets to the ropes! Blair begins to use the ropes to help herself get up to her hands and knees inside of the ring. She reaches up and grabs the top rope now, and pulls herself up to her feet! Blair turns around-
Flannery McCoy: AND ASHLEY FLORES CONNECTS WITH THE CODEBREAKER!!! CODE BREAKER CONNECTS ONTO CANDICE BLAIR, AND SHE INSTANTLY GETS SENT RIGHT BACK DOWN TO THE CANVAS OF THE RING!! Flores quickly hooking the leg!!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
THHHHHHHHRR-
Gavin Kirkland: And there’s the kickout by Candice Blair!!
Stew-O: Flores is looking extremely impressive right now, as she’s taken out both the champion and other challenger. She tried to put this one away with the pinfall. It didn’t work, but she’s still in a good position seeing how the other two are doing compared to her right now. It’s going to take a lot to pin or submit either of these two Elitists, but I think Flores is okay with that. The look in her eyes right now simply tells the story that she wants to physically hurt her opponents right now.
Flannery McCoy: Yeah, Ashley Flores definitely loves to inflict a large amount of pain onto her opponents, and now she gets to do it right here at the grandest stage of them all. Flores makes her way over to the side ropes, drops down to the canvas, then rolls underneath the bottom rope in order to get herself out of the ring and right to ringside where Dr. Bethany Blue is struggling to get up.
Stew-O: Ashley now grabs Dr. Bethany Blue and brings her up to her feet. Flores now lifts and raises Dr. Blue up onto her shoulders. What does she have in mind here? This isn’t looking good at all for the champion right now, as Flores charges towards the barricade.. SNAKE EYES BY ASHLEY FLORES ONTO THE BARRICADE!!
Flannery McCoy: NO!!! DR. BETHANY BLUE SQUIRMS OUT OF IT, GETS FROM BEHIND ASHLEY, AND SHOVES HER CHEST FIRST INTO THE BARRICADE!! Ashley drops down to her knee, and clutches at her chest in pain!! Meanwhile, Dr. Blue takes a second to catch her breath, then makes her way over to Ashley who is down on her knee.
Stew-O: Ashley gets up to her feet, but Dr. Blue quickly sends her right back down to the floor with a powerful chop block! The Doctor now reaches down and grabs Ashley by the head and hair.. AND DR. BLUE SLAMS THE BACK OF ASHLEY’S HEAD RIGHT INTO THE RINGSIDE FLOOR!! AGAIN!! AND AGAIN!! AND AGAIN!!
Flannery McCoy: Dr. Blue gets up to her feet now, as she keeps hold of Ashley’s head and hair. She pulls hard, as she brings Flores up to her feet. Flores is barely able to stand and probably has no idea what’s going on after getting her head blasted as hard as she did, but the Doctor doesn’t care! In fact, the Doctor goes for european forearm shot right across the face of Ashley Flores!! Flores drops down to her knees, but Dr. Blue quickly grabs her and lifts her up to her feet! This doesn’t look too good!!
Gavin Kirkland: What do you mean!?! This is hot!
Flannery McCoy: I’m talking about Ashley’s situation in this match! :snoop:
Gavin Kirkland: Oh.. Yeah.. Me too. Dr. Blue is on fire right now.
Stew-O: Dr. Bethany Blue now kicks Ashley in the gut, and pulls her in! Bethany now lifts Ashley in the air!! Ashley is in a vertical suplex position right now as Dr. Blue is stalling the hold!! All of the blood in Ashley’s body is now rushing straight to her head. Something like this can cause a person to get light headed, Dr. Blue has Flores raised up high, as she faces the crowd! Blue now turns around with Ashley still held in that vertical suplex!!
Flannery McCoy: WAIT A SECOND STEW!!! IT’S CANDICE BLAIR ON THE RING APRON!! CANDICE SPRINTS ON THE RING APRON TOWARDS ASHLEY AND DR. BLUE!!!
Stew-O: SPEAR!!! CANDICE BLAIR JUST SPEARED ASHLEY FLORES WHO WAS HELD UPSIDE DOWN IN THAT VERTICAL SUPLEX POSITION!! ASHLEY GETS SLAMMED RIGHT INTO THE THINLY PADDED RINGSIDE FLOOR, AS DR. BLUE FALLS BACK AND HITS THE RINGSIDE FLOOR HARD AS WELL!!
Flannery McCoy: What a move by Candice!! And now, Candice Blair steps over to Ashley Flores. She reaches down and grabs Flores by the right arm and right leg before dragging Ashley’s body right next to Dr. Blue’s!! What is Candice Blair thinking right here? She stands beside both bodies.. STANDING MOONSAULT INTO DOUBLE KNEES ONTO BOTH OPPONENTS!! WHAT A MOVE BY CANDICE, AS SHE DRILLS BOTH BETHANY AND ASHLEY WITH HER KNEES!!
Gavin Kirkland: I’d drill them too..
Flannery McCoy: :snoop:
Stew-O: Candice now reaches down and grabs Dr. Bethany Blue. Blair brings Blue up to her feet, then connects with a forearm strike right across the face of the Doctor! FOREHAND CHOP TO THE CHEST BY BLAIR!! ANOTHER!! AND ANOTHER!! And now Candice Blair shoves Dr. Bethany Blue back against the edge of the ring apron!! Blue is leaned up against that ring apron, as Candice delivers another powerful forearm shot!!
Flannery McCoy: Another forearm shot by Candice!! Dr. Bethany Blue responds back with a european forearm shot! Elbow to the face by Candice!! Elbow to the face by Bethany!! Back and forth they go, as these two women are trading shots with one another!! Back into the forearms!! CANDICE!! BETHANY!! CANDICE!!! BETHANY!! BETHANY!!! BETHANY FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE TIME WITH NO ANSWER FROM CANDICE!!
Stew-O: Candice staggers back and drops down to a knee, then slowly works back up to her feet.. BUT BETHANY CHARGES AT HER WITH A RUNNING CLOTHESLINE!! NO!! CANDICE BLAIR WITH ANOTHER MATRIX EVASION, AS BETHANY GOES RIGHT PAST HER AND-
Flannery McCoy: THE CLOTHESLINE CONNECTS RIGHT ONTO ASHLEY FLORES WHO JUST MADE IT BACK TO HER FEET!!
Stew-O: Dr. Bethany Blue now turns around to face Candice.. BUT DR. BLUE WALKS RIGHT INTO A SAVATE KICK FROM CANDICE BLAIR!!! THAT KICK DROPS DR. BETHANY BLUE, AS SHE LAYS DOWN ON THE GROUND AT RINGSIDE!!
Gavin Kirkland: I’m loving the action from this match so far!!
Flannery McCoy: :usure: You haven’t called a single thing regarding this match yet other than their asses..
Stew-O: Candice Blair has been doing phenomenal ever since she connected with that spear from the ring apron, and now she’s making her way back over to Ashley. Blair reaches down and grabs Ashley by the head and hair, and brings her up to her knees.. Blair attempts to lifts Ashley up to her feet, but it’s Flores who connects with a right hook to the body of Candice while being down on her knees!! Now there is a left! Another right!! Another left!! Candice is taking some damage from these body shots, as Ashley Flores has finally made it up to her feet!
Flannery McCoy: Flores with a kick to the abdomen now! She lifts Candice up onto her shoulders, and whats this!?! ASHLEY FLORES CHARGES AT THE THINLY PADDED BARRICADE AND DROPS HER FACE FIRST INTO IT!!! THE SNAKE EYES CONNECTS THIS TIME, AS CANDICE STUMBLES ON HER FEET AT RINGSIDE!! STIFF JUMPING KNEE TO THE FACE BY ASHLEY FLORES!!! WHAT A MOVE!!!
Stew-O: Yeah, that jumping knee sent Candice right back to the ringside floor, as now she is in a seated position.. Wait a second.. FLORES WITH A LOW DROPKICK TO THE CHEST OF THE SEATED BLAIR!!! THAT SHOT SENDS CANDICE BACK AGAINST THE THINLY PADDED RINGSIDE FLOOR!!!
Flannery McCoy: And look at Dr. Bethany Blue! Blue is getting up to her feet, as she uses the ring apron to help pull herself up. Blue leans against the ring, as Flores notices this and makes her way over to Dr. Blue!! Ashley now turns Dr. Bethany Blue around, and wraps her arm around the hea-
Stew-O: WAIT NO!! FLORES WAS TRYING TO WRAP HER ARM AROUND THE HEAD OF DR. BLUE, BUT THE DOCTOR COUNTERED WITH A BACK ELBOW TO THE BODY!! Another back elbow!! And another, but WAIT!!! ASHLEY FLORES WRAPS HER ARM AROUND THE HEAD OF DOCTOR BETHANY BLUE ANYWAYS, AND SLAMS HER FACE RIGHT INTO THE EDGE OF THE RING WITH AN ARM TRAPPED HEADLOCK DRIVER!! Bethany leans up against the ring, and is immediately tossed back inside by Ashley Flores. Flores then slides into the ring right behind Doctor Bethany Blue, and goes for the pin!!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHR-
Gavin Kirkland: But the champion kicks out!!!
Stew-O: Ashley Flores is not too thrilled about the kickout, as she hits her hand hard against the mat. Flores now gets to her feet, and interlocks her legs with Bethany! What does she have in mind here? Ashley twists around, and.. ASHLEY LOCKS IN THE INVERTED INDIAN DEATHLOCK!! ASHLEY IS TRYING TO SNAP THE LEGS OF BETHANY RIGHT HERE, AS BETHANY BEGINS TO SCREAM IN PAIN!!
Flannerry McCoy: Doctor Bethany Blue is in excruciating pain right now, as she immediately tries to reach her hand out for the ropes!! The champion has her arm extended out towards the ropes, but is a few inches away from actually grabbing them. Meanwhile, Ashley Flores looks over her shoulder and sees what’s going on, so she begins to drag both her and Dr. Bethany Blue to the center of the ring with an army crawl!!
Stew-O: The look on Dr. Bethany Blue’s face tells the story. She is hurting right now, and in so much pain, but the champion inside of her won’t allow herself to lose!! Dr. Blue continues to shake her head, as she continues to tell herself not to tap out, and as great of a strategy as that is, unfortunately it’s not enough for her to actually break free!! Dr. Bethany Blue needs to think of something quick if she intends on getting out of this match the way she came in, and that’s with the Specialists Championship!!
Flannery McCoy: I don’t know Stew!! IT LOOKS LIKE DR. BLUE IS GOING TO TAP!! IT MAY BE HAPPENING!! ASHLEY FLORES CAN SMELL THE CHAMPIONSHIP COMING HER WAY!! SHE JUST NEEDS TO HOLD THIS POSITION FOR A FEW MORE SECONDS!! BETHANY IS.. WAIT!!! BETHANY IS CRAWLING HER WAY OVER TO THE ROPES!!! SHE’S USING WHATEVER STRENGTH SHE CAN MUSTER TO INCH HER WAY CLOSER TO THE ROPES!! THIS IS IMPRESSIVE KNOWING THAT HER LEGS ARE IN SO MUCH PAIN RIGHT NOW!! BETHANY REACHES OUT-
Stew-O: AND SHE GRABS THE BOTTOM ROPE!!! SHE GRABS THE BOTTOM ROPE AND FORCES THIS SUBMISSION TO BE BROKEN UP!!
Gavin Kirkland: I can’t believe she just did that!!
Flannery McCoy: Me neither!! The amount of pain that she had to fight through in order to crawl her way over to the ropes was unimaginable! But that’s what happens when you’re a fighting champion like Doctor Bethany Blue! She went through hell and back to win that Specialists Championship, and after seeing what she’s gone through so far, it’s clear to see that if she does lose the title tonight, it’s not because she didn’t put up a fight until the very end. Doctor Bethany Blue is a true warrior out there, and Ashley Flores has now become quite aware of that. Flores can’t believe that Bethany managed to tap out!
Stew-O: And now look at this!! Ashley gets up to her feet, pulls Bethany right back towards the center of the ring, and begins stomping away at her lower legs!!! Over and over again, Ashley continues to drive her boot into the calf and knee of Doctor Bethany Blue with the only intent being to hurt the Doctor due to the frustration of not putting this one away!!! Ashley is furious right now because of the resilience that Dr. Blue has displayed so far, and now it gives her more reason to hurt the champion! Dr. Blue has no way of defending against these stomps as she has no strength to get back up to her feet.. The pain in her legs is holding her back, and these stomps are now becoming disturbing, as Ashley continues to inflict pain on the-
Gavin Kirkland: CANDICE JUST RUSHED BACK INTO THE RING, AND CONNECTED WITH A RUNNING BICYCLE KICK TO THE FACE OF ASHLEY FLORES!!! ASHLEY JUST GOT CLOCKED IN THE FACE AND SHE DROPPED DOWN TO THE CANVAS OF THE RING!!! THE BLONDIE WITH A FATTY IN THE BACK JUST CAME IN AND SAVED DOCTOR BETHANY BLUE FROM ANYMORE DAMAGE!
Stew-O: Ashley rolls over to the side of the ring, as Candice turns towards Dr. Bethany Blue who is struggling to get up. The damage to Bethany’s leg is evident, as we can see the pain being represented by the look on her face. Bethany is trying to use the ring ropes to help herself up to her feet, but the second she gets up onto one leg, her knees instantly buckle, and she drops right down!!
Flannery McCoy: And Candice is watching Bethany struggle!! She’s literally just staring at the champion, as Bethany can’t defend herself in any way!! Ashley definitely brought it to the champion with that merciless attack on the legs moments ago, and even though Bethany had the heart to keep fighting through both the submission and those leg stomps, there was nothing she could do to escape the pain of it all. That pain was inevitable, and Bethany is well aware of that, as she’s looking at Candice with worry in her eyes!!
Stew-O: Candice now steps over to Bethany Blue, as Bethany again tries to grab the ring ropes and pull herself up! Bethany is almost there!!! BUT AGAIN SHE FALLS DOWN!! TO THE CANVAS OF THE RING!!
Flannery McCoy: Candice continues to make her way over to Bethany, as Bethany has her hand extended out, showing that she’s begging for mercy, while she tries to further back away from Candice, but the ring ropes behind her aren’t allowing that.. Candice with a serious look on her face goes right at Bethany!!!!
Stew-O: AND CANDICE BLAIR EXTENDS HER HAND OUT, GRABS BETHANY’S HAND, AND PULLS HER UP TO HER FEET!!! CANDICE JUST HELPED BETHANY UP TO HER FEET, AND NOW IS WALKING HER OVER TO THE CORNER, WHERE SHE LEANS THE CHAMPION UP AGAINST THE TURNBUCKLE!!! WOW!!! WHAT SPORTSMANSHIP BY THE CHALLENGER!! NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A HURT AND DEFENSELESS CHAMPION!!!
Flannery McCoy: That’s the compassionate side of Candice Blair right there!! She couldn’t get herself to kick the champion while she was down, but this might have cost her the match!! That was a golden opportunity for her to end this match right then and there!!
Gavin Kirkland: Nah, keep this match going. I like what I see.
Flannery McCoy: We know you do, Gavin. You definitely wouldn’t have been a fan of Xander Payne vs Impact..
Stew-O: HOLD THAT THOUGHT!!! ASHLEY FLORES GOT BACK UP TO HER FEET, AND JUST AS CANDICE WAS TURNING AROUND, ASHLEY CHARGED IN AND WENT FOR THE STOP BREATHING!!! THAT’S THE CORNER SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB AND SHE JUST POWERBOMBED CANDICE BLAIR RIGHT INTO THE BODY OF DR. BETHANY BLUE IN THE CORNER!!!
Flannery McCoy: And because of that powerbomb, both Candice and Bethany are seated in the corner with Candice sitting in front of Bethany!! What is Ashley Flores trying to do here? She backs away, then charges back towards her two opponents.. BASEBALL SLIDE DROPKICK RIGHT INTO THE BODIES OF CANDICE BLAIR AND DR. BETHANY BLUE IN THE CORNER!!! Bethany drops down to her side, as Candice remains in a seated position in the corner!!
Stew-O: And now Ashley Flores makes her way over to Candice where she grabs her arm, and pulls her up to her feet. Flores wraps her arms around the body of Candice.. HUG OF DEATH!! BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX BY ASHLEY FLORES!!! SHE JUST TOOK CANDICE DOWN AND NOW SHE’S GOING FOR THE PIN!!!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
THHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRR-
Gavin Kirkland: Kickout by Candice Blair!!!
Stew-O: Look at Ashley’s face!! She’s upset with the fact that Candice managed to kick out, and the frustration begins to build up once again. Every time that we think this match could be over, Dr. Bethany Blue and Candice Blair do whatever they can to prevent that from happening! The resilience along with the never give up attitude shown by those two is what has been keeping them in this match, because Ashley has been on a roll by showing no mercy this entire match!!
Flannery McCoy: Speaking of no mercy!! Ashley is now down on her knee, and she’s grabbing Candice by the hair, and bashing it hard against the canvas of the ring!! OVER AND OVER AGAIN!! SHE ISN’T STOPPING, AS SHE’S TRYING TO GET AT LEAST ONE OF THESE TWO TO BREAK TO A POINT OF NO RETURN!! Ashley now with a hard right hand! Another! And another!! And another!!! Ashley with multiple strikes down onto the head and face of Candice Blair!! Candice is just taking these punches and has no way of defending herself, because of how quick these strikes are!! ANOTHER ONE!!! AND ANOTHER RIGHT HAND!! THAT’S SEVENTEEN PUNCHES IN A ROW TO THE HEAD!!!
Stew-O: Candice is nearly knocked unconscious now, as Ashley Flores grabs her by the arm, and lifts her up to her feet. Kick to the stomach by Ashley Flores!! She pulls Candice in.. FINAL LULLABY!!! SPIKE DDT BY ASHLEY FLORES CONNECTS, AND CANDICE BLAIR IS BUSTED RIGHT OPEN!!!! Ashley goes to hook the legs!! Meanwhile, Bethany is in the corner, trying to get up to her feet, but once again, she is unable to, as she helplessly watches Candice getting pinned right before her eyes!!!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Stew-O: BETHANY TRIES TO CLIMB HERSELF UP TO HER FEET WITH THE RING ROPES!!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Stew-O: BUT AGAIN!!! DOCTOR BETHANY BLUE DROPS DOWN TO THE CANVAS BECAUSE THE PAIN IN HER LEGS IS TOO UNBEARABLE!! THE DOCTOR CLUTCHES AT HER HEAD, AS SHE WATCHES THE FINAL COUNT!!!!
THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: NO!!! THE SEXY BLONDE KICKS OUT!!! CANDICE BLAIR KICKED OUT!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Stew-O: Listen to this crowd guys!! Nobody saw that kickout coming!!! Ashley has a look of shock on her face, as we can see Doctor Bethany Blue with wide eyes, as she can’t believe her title reign is still alive!! Candice Blair kicking out was not expected especially since she’s become a bloody mess.
Flannery McCoy: A bloody mess indeed. Blood drips down the face of Candice Blair, as it drips down over her eyes and begins to stain the ring mat. Ashley can’t believe this.. And now Flores gets back up to her feet and.. STOMPS RIGHT DOWN INTO THE INJURED WOUND ON CANDICE’S HEAD!!! EVEN MORE BLOOD BEGINS TO DRIP, AS A POOL OF BLOOD BEGINS TO SURROUND CANDICE BLAIR’S HEAD!! THIS IS HORRIFYING TO WATCH, BUT ASHLEY IS SICK OF THESE KICKOUTS!! SHE’S READY TO WIN THIS AND TAKE HOME THE SPECIALISTS CHAMPIONSHIP!!
Stew-O: Ashley now kicks Candice in the ribs, and turns her onto her belly.. Flores then makes her way over to an open corner, and begins to stare out at Candice Blair who looks nearly lifeless in the ring!! Candice has only a tad bit of energy and strength left, as she tries to get up to her hands and knees.. Meanwhile, Bethany is still struggling to get out of the corner!! And then there’s Ashley Flores who charges in at Candice Blair!!
Flannery McCoy: PAPER CUT!!! THE PUNT KICK CONNECTS!!!!! THE PUNT KICK CONNECTS, AND CANDICE BLAIR iS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AS SHE LAYS IN A POOL OF HER OWN BLOOD!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: And now it’s Flores who hooks the legs!!!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Stew-O: NO!!! DOCTOR BETHANY BLUE BREAKS UP THE PIN WITH A FOREARM TO THE BACK OF ASHLEY’S HEAD!!! HOW DID SHE MANAGE TO GET TO ASHLEY FLORES WITH HER LEG HURTING AS BAD AS IT DID!?!?
Flannery McCoy: LOOK STEW!!! IN DR. BETHANY BLUE’S HAND!! IT’S A SYRINGE THAT WAS FULL OF ADRENALINE!!! SHE MUST HAVE PULLED IT OUT OF HER BOOT AND INJECTED HERSELF WITH ADRENALINE IN ORDER TO FIGHT THE PAIN IN HER LEGS AND BREAK THE PIN ATTEMPT IN TIME!!!
Stew-O: And now Doctor Bethany Blue tosses the syringe out of the ring, as Ashley Flores gets up to her feet!! Ashley now charges at Doctor Bethany Blue!!! CLOTHESLINE!!! NO!!! DOCTOR BLUE DUCKS UNDERNEATH THE ARM, AS ASHLEY GOES RIGHT PAST HER!!! Flores continues to run towards the ropes in front of her, bounces back.. BUT SHE GETS NAILED IN THE STOMACH BY A RUNNING KNEE LIFT FROM DOCTOR BETHANY BLUE!!
Flannery McCoy: Flores now gets back up to her feet, as she clutches at her stomach in pain.. BUT SHE’S IMMEDIATE GRABBED BY BETHANY!!! AND SHE’S TAKEN DOWN BY A FALLAWAY SLAM BY DOCTOR BETHANY BLUE!!! ASHLEY FLORES IS HURTING NOW, AS SHE CAN’T KEEP UP WITH THE DOCTOR!!!
Gavin Kirkland: That shot of adrenaline does wonders. Imagine how she is in bed with it!!
Flannery McCoy: Now is not the time, Gavin!! Ashley Flores slowly gets up to her feet.. BUT BETHANY IS BOLTING RIGHT AT HER AT SPEEDS I’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!!!! CORKSCREW ELBOW BY THE DOCTOR RIGHT INTO FLORES!!!! AND FLORES GETS SHOVED ALL THE WAY BACK INTO THE CORNER TURNBUCKLES!!!
Stew-O: ASHLEY HITS THE TURNBUCKLES HARD AND THE MOMENTUM CAUSES HER TO BOUNCE BACK TOWARDS THIS SUPER HERO LIKE VERSION OF DOCTOR BETHANY BLUE!!! KICK TO THE STOMACH BY DOCTOR BETHANY BLUE!!! SHE PULLS ASHLEY IN, THEN LIFTS HER UP IN THE AIR!!! WHIPLASH!!!!! THE POWERBOMB CONNECTS ONTO ASHLEY FLORES, AS THE BACK OF HER HEAD SMACKS AGAINST THE CANVAS OF THE RING!!!! CANDICE BLAIR IS STILL DOWN IN A POOL OF HER OWN BLOOD, AS DR. BETHANY BLUE HOOKS THE LEGS OF ASHLEY FLORES!!!!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Gina Romano: Here is your winner… AND STILLLLL YOUR SPECIALISTS CHAMPION… DOOCCCTTOORRRR BBEEETTHHHAAANNNYYYY BBBLUUUEEEEE!!!!!
(‘Bad Medicine’ by Bon Jovi hits, as the crowd erupts for Doctor Bethany Blue! She’s not a fan favorite by any means, but this match was an incredible display from all three competitors! Doctor Bethany Blue rises up to her feet and raises the referee’s hand because the adrenaline is hitting that hard. Bethany is then handed her Specialists Championship, as she raises it high in the air for the entire world to see.)
Stew-O: What a match that was!! All three of these women gave it their all, and they all could have walked out with the title on numerous occasions, but in the end, it was Dr. Bethany Blue who found a way to do the impossible after looking like she could no longer walk! What an impressive showing by the champion here tonight!!
Flannery McCoy: Yes! And if this is supposed to foreshadow what her reign is going to be like, then we are in for quite the ride, because this was amazing!
Gavin Kirkland: I wonder if she needs someone to scrub her back after that hard fought victory!
Flannery McCoy: :comeagain:
Gavin Kirkland: I mean, I wonder if she needs someone to walk her back to the locker room after the hard fought victory.
Stew-O: I don’t believe so, because that ambulance is making its way down to the ring!
(The ambulance that Dr. Bethany Blue rode on the way to the stage begins to drive down the ramp and parks right beside the ring. Bethany then climbs onto the top turnbuckles, then steps over and stands on top of the ambulance. She raises the title high up in the air, as the ambulance drives around the ring, and back up the ramp and onto the stage where it parks one final time. Dr. Bethany Blue then raises her title up one final time, as the crowd cheers heavily for her. The screen then fades out.)
(Showdown fades into a commercial break featuring Pain For Pride.)
( The camera opens up to a shot of the Showdown entrance ramp. Just before panning to the audience ‘Unfuckwittable’ by Kid Cudi begins to play throughout the arena as the crowd begins to erupt in cheers as Jon Kelton makes his way out of gorilla with a microphone in hand. As he makes his way down the ramp and into the ring he takes a moment to take everything in before inevitably entering the ring and standing in the center of it before bringing the microphone to his mouth to speak as his theme music begins to stop. )
Jon Kelton: This year. This season. Whatever you want to call it, has been an absolute whirlwind from the start. We’ve seen people come, we’ve seen people go. We’ve seen people rise, we’ve seen people fall. And throughout all of it, I have somehow found myself positioned to be that person destined to guide us through that turmoil and take the reigns as the captain of the ship.
Jon Kelton: And in full honesty, I was ready to do so. I was ready to take my rightful place as the face of Showdown. I was ready to etch my name in the history books. I was ready to fulfill my destiny and become the Answers World Champion. I was more than ready to take that leap. And if you ask me, I still am. But there’s an albatross around my neck. No matter how close I get to success, there’s always one man who makes it his mission to see that I don’t take that leap.
Jon Kelton: Daryl Kinkade.
( The crowd begins to boo at the mention of Kinkade’s name as Jon Kelton nods in agreeance. )
Jon Kelton: With Pain For Pride just a week away, I’ve had a lot of time to think about what exactly waits for me as I touchdown in what I had to endure, in what I had to experience as a human being and as a wrestler when it came to the incident that completely turned my world upside down, made me understand the mistakes that I did when it came to relying on other people, I will end up saying that I fucked up, I understood what I did and I knew I had to come to terms with that loss, with that failure all on my own and realize what kind of- not a devil- man I truly was, and being able to face those failures head on, face the mistakes that I did without those sins hanging off my back? I showed I was more of a man than Daryl truly was.
Jon Kelton: You want to make it all about who really is the best wrestler out of the two of us, trying to put rules in place that are as pure as you can get when it comes to wrestling, but no matter what you put in place before me, YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN ME. And I prove this to you time and time again. I have gone above and beyond in order to achieve the success I have this season, while you’ve failed again and again because you could not come to terms with your own flaws that continue to hold you back, Daryl. You’re the same man you’ve always been, the only thing changed is that now you’re cosplaying as a knock-off version of me—
(“Kamikaze” by RedHook begins to play on the speakers stopping Jon Kelton in his tracks as the crowd begins to erupt into boos as Daryl Kinkade storms out of gorilla with an annoyed and pissed-off look on his face. Daryl ignores the reaction of the crowd and quickly enters the ring where he gets right in the face of Jon Kelton, staring him directly in the eyes before beginning to speak as his theme stops abruptly.)
Daryl Kinkade: Mate, I am tired of all your yapping, what are you even talking about at this point? Seriously? Do you not get tired of the sound of your own voice? You want to go on about how you suddenly made peace with yourself and acting like you are God Almighty now who can do no wrong. Let me tell you something Kelton since you like to play your little fantasy roles, there are men out there in the world who have nothing, have lost everything in their possession, they are hated by people all around them and they can’t turn back the clock. They can’t hit the emergency button. So what do they do? They turn to God. They give their life to a higher power, a higher being, and act as if it’s a cure-all. They seek guidance. They believe in miracles. They put their faith in the powers that be.
Daryl Kinkade: But do you know what? I can at least pretend to respect them and that behavior, because at least it’s authentic, Bruv. But you— you and your fake holier-than-thou attitude make me sick. Everything that you’ve done this season has led you here. Devolution. Using Pandora and Halsey to keep you afloat, but never returning the favor, that led you to this moment right here. And guess what, Jonnyboy?
( A sly smile begins to creep on the face of Daryl Kinkade as he raises the microphone to his face so the entire audience can hear him loud and clear. )
Daryl Kinkade: You got exactly what you deserve.
( The crowd begins to boo uncontrollably as Daryl Kinkade smirks and continues speaking. )
Daryl Kinkade: Everything that has happened to you this season has happened because of you. But you pretend and act as if you’re the victim when in all actuality, Jon, you’re the cancer that needs to be cut out and rid of. Think I’m lying? Look at Pandora and Halsey. Under your leadership, they were background characters, cannon fodder at best. The moment they made the grand decision to leave you and side with me, they immediately found themselves in the title picture. They immediately made themselves household names. Meanwhile you? You’re still trying to find your footing and survive on your own.
Daryl Kinkade: You had every thought in your mind that this season was supposed to be yours. But you’ve been sadly mistaken. Everything that was accredited to you, should have been mine from the start. You like to fancy yourself a mainstay and pillar of this brand, but in all actuality, all you’ve been is a nuisance and a pain in my ass from the very start. You strip away Devolution, and what is Jon Kelton? Who is he? I’ll tell you; nothing. You are nothing. And you’ve always been nothing, but these people are too dull and dim witted to understand it. Or maybe they do see it, they’re just so blinded by this idea of hope that you present, they choose to ignore it, but that’s fine by me.
Daryl Kinkade: At Pain For Pride, I’m going to expose you for the fraud that you are. I’m going to strip you of the very last thing you have left to cling to Jon. I’m going to take your hope, and I’m going to shove it down your throat and force you to watch as the empire you’ve tried to build crumbles before your very eyes. I’m going to shred every last bit of credibility and respect you’ve garnered amongst these sheep and show them exactly what I’ve seen from the start.
( The look on Daryl Kinkade’s face turns to one of seriousness, but it soon dissipates as Jon Kelton begins to laugh. )
Jon Kelton: So I’m a fraud? What exactly does that make you, Daryl? You are just an opportunist that took advantage of my own slip ups and carelessness. But what really makes me laugh is the fact that even with Pandora and Halsey at your side, you’ve done fuck-all to find yourself success. You have done absolutely nothing. With The British Invasion backing you, you’ve still found a way to be a failure. And everything that you accuse me of is what you have become. You are the one that’s unable to succeed. You got a win over Rex McAllister at Pain For Pride, and it didn’t bring you any sort of fortune. It came and went and no one batted an eye. No one viewed you any differently. No one saw you as a credible threat or even someone to look out for. You were just a nobody who knew how to run his mouth, and here we are nearly a year later, and nothing has changed–
Daryl Kinkade: Bruv are we really going to keep count of missed opportunities and shortcomings? Need I remind you of how this season has gone for you? You lost Devolution. You lost the National Elite Championship. You lost your chance at the Answers World Championship. You lost Halsey. You lost Pandora. And now at Pain for Pride when I end this little rivalry between the two of us, you are going to end up losing hope too as well as yourself. The end is near Jon.
Jon Kelton: Devolution or not, Champion or not, Devil or not; I know I can beat you, Daryl. I have to because this has gone on long enough. At Pain For Pride–
Daryl Kinkade: I’m going to break you Bruv.
Jon Kelton: I would like to see you try-
(Before Jon Kelton is able to finish speaking, Daryl Kinkade headbutts him and begins sending a fury of punches to the face and head of his Pain For Pride opponent. But Jon Kelton quickly recovers and tackles him out of the ring through the ropes mounting him and sending punches as backstage officials and referees arrive at the scene attempting to separate the two. Both men continue yelling and taunting one another as the camera pans from one competitor to the other before eventually fading to black. )
( Advertisement for Jon Kelton vs Daryl Kinkade at Pain For Pride airs, highlighting the rivalry between the two. )
[The moon stands watch in the sky. The light shines through the windows of some decrepit funeral home. It reveals Solomon Stane kneeling before an open casket. THE POV shifts so we are looking him dead in the eyes.]
Solomon Stane: O God of gods and Lord of lords, Creator of all things heavenly and earthly; You whom no man but me sees and hears; You whom all creation fears and before it trembles; you who cast into hell those who serve their souls from your own. Give me the power I beg of you.
[THE POV moves directly behind Solomon. It slowly zooms out to reveal a black casket. We are unable to see who is inside as it still is blocked by Solomon. We can, however, see the edge of the interior, a blue velvet for which it is too dead to rest on.]
Solomon Stane: For there is one who has severed their soul from you. Someone who would betray me like Judas betrayed your son. Yet, this was not part of your plan. My suffering did not save souls. It served no purpose. There was no reason behind it. O Father, why? Help me find a reason for this betrayal. You Who Knows All, You who brought this sinner into existence, give me a reason. You cannot. Because there is none to be had. Caroline stole my moment, but a dagger in my back because she felt that I had failed her.
She failed herself.
That is the truth. It is Your truth. Caroline could not live with her own inability to get revenge. She could live with simply making Bethany Blue suffer and where did that bring her? To Fighting Spirit. She chose to walk down this path. I thought I had found a kindred spirit…that you had delivered me someone that could be my equal. But I can now see that she was never never going to be that. Because the harm that I have done is in Your name. It is for a holy and righteous reason. Every bone I break, every drop of blood I shed, is necessary. It is for something bigger than myself.
She lives for nothing but her own selfishness. She does not deserve your mercy nor does deserve mine. O Heavenly Father, come and reign in my soul. Do not extinguish my hatred for this vile witch, but fuel it. Give me the power, I beg of you.
To cast this sinner down to hell.
[THE POV now slowly shifts overhead, revealing a replica of Caroline lying in the coffin. All we can see at this current moment is her face, a face that is remarkably similar.]
Solomon Stane: It is Your own will. You cast into the darkness of the abyss of hell the angels which fell away. You cast them down those who disobeyed You and refused to serve You. She may not fear Your name, but she will fear my wrath. For she is among the legions set loose upon by the earth by Lucifer himself. I shall not command her to depart, but destroy her utterly so she has no choice. You have given me authority to tread upon the serpents and the scorpions…and the might of the enemy. Myself and My Children worship You, and with every breath we glorify Your name, the all-holy name of the Father, The Son and The Holy fucking Spirit. I have done nothing but sacrifice in YOUR NAME. I have done everything that You have ever asked of me. Which is why I am begging you…Lord…give me the power.
Give me the strength to not pity this beast. Give me the wisdom to see through her wicked spells. Give me the aim to strike her in her shriveled black heart. Lend me whatever is necessary to strike her down. If you give me this, if you give me the power, then she shall dine with the devil. She will no longer be free to carry on her wicked ways. I could rid the world of this evil. But I cannot do it alone. So Lord, I beg you. I beseech you at this very moment, give me that power.
[THE POV moves directly above the coffin now. There is something in the arms of Caroline. It is a cross. It has been burned and placed upside down. She is to be damned.]
Solomon Stane: I shall write this one Father. And I shall see it done.
Amen.
[Solomon Stane makes the sign of the cross. He then reaches up and closes the coffin before rising back to his feet. He exits and the door closes behind him. As it does, we cut to black.]
[We focus back on the moon. Once again, it serves to reveal. It illuminates a cemetery. Sitting on top of the one the graves. The Mistress of Death looks comfortable here, too comfortable. There is a spade leaned up against one of the tombstones, but is far too dark to make out what it is. She gestures towards a different one.]
Caroline: “Here lies Michael Murphy.” He was born in 1962 and died just a few months ago. He fell down the stairs. He internally bled for hours and hours. He couldn’t get up to reach the phone. He just died, afraid and alone. Cassius Coleman. “Forever in our Hearts.” Thirty five years old. After a night out with those he considered to be his closest friends, he swerved off the road. No one called him to see if he got home okay. No one even noticed that he had been missing for days. Of course, I would be remiss if I didn’t talk about Little Lilliana Vandran. “Our Little Sunshine, Forever Burning Bright.” Look at that, just six years old. She was last seen chasing a rabbit into the woods. Her parents looked for her for days. Eventually they found her. Well, what was left of her after the coyotes were done. Every single body here has a story.
I know why I’m here. I am here because Solomon Stane betrayed me. He went back on his own word at Grand Rampage. That night, I was supposed to finally get even with Bethany Blue. After everything that we had gone through, I was finally supposed to burn that bitch alive. Solomon and I were supposed to do that together. He had been haunted by Adam and Bethany. And so we shared something that no one else did. We were both going to destroy them. I thought I had found someone I could trust to see that though. But he was weak. He IS weak.
We could have done so much together. We should have. Instead, HE burned me.
[She looks down at where she was burned and closes her eyes. Part of her can still feel the burns. She opens them back up and looks back at the camera.]
Caroline: Because if it was not for his failure, I never would have gone through a burning table. The only people that should have been burnt that night were Bethany and Adam. Even after Bethany and I were taken out, Solomon still had the chance to do something about it. He had his chance to take down Adam Lucas…a chance handed to him on a silver platter. And he threw it away. I still think about it. Those two pieces of filth walking out up that ramp, arm-in-arm, celebrating a victory that belonged to me. There is some solace to be taken in those two falling to pieces afterwards. Unfortunately, that solace just is not enough. Because at the end of the day, I did not get the revenge I was owed. It’s funny that Solomon has access to God, but still can’t figure out why I did what I did. He might work in mysterious ways…but there is no mystery here.
He is the Judas.
Which is why I had to punish him at Fighting Spirit. He took from me so I took from him. An eye for an eye. It is only fair. Now, I was expecting him to be furious. I was expecting him to come back to make me blind, but at Pain for Pride I’m taking his other one. See, he truly believes that he can cast me into hell and punish me for my sins. He has no idea what punishment is. But when he is six underneath the earth, scratching and clawing at the wood that covers him, he will know. When he is slowly running out of breath, desperately trying to preserve the last little bit of air in his lungs, he will know. Solomon might hear the voice of God, but at Pain for Pride, he’ll finally get to meet him. Or perhaps he will get exactly what he thinks everyone deserves. After all, traitors do not get into heaven. Liars don’t get there either. At least according to his favorite book. I think there’s a certain Lake of Fire waiting for him. I can’t to send him there.
[Caroline climbs off the tombstone and begins walking over to another. As she does, we see a hole in the ground, perfectly dug and waiting to be used as someone’s resting place. She then goes over to the tombstone and the moonlight allows us to make out the words. She says them aloud.]
Here lies Solomon Stane. Long May He Burn.
[She looks back at the camera and then begins to walk off towards the entrance of the cemetery. The scene fades.)
[SCREEN BAR – SHOWDOWN REWIND: PAIN FOR PRIDE 2022]
( The thunderous ovation for the Hardcore Championship nearly drowns out Showdown’s Gina Romano. )
Gina Romano: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR…
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!
Gina Romano: AND IT’S FOR THE ELITE ANSWERS WRESTLING HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!
( “Primrose” by Dream State begins to blast across the PA system and the cheers only get more raucous as the recently returned, Daryl Kinkade, steps onto the stage. )
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING FIRST… FROM NORWICH, ENGLAND… WEIGHING IN AT 225 POUNDS… HE IS ‘THE KINK OF ELITE’… DARYL KINKADE!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: :oh: ‘Kink of Elite’? Do you think he’ll have to get rid of that name now that Disney is involved?
Deadprez: :mjlol: Anyways, let’s focus on what is no doubt one of Showdown’s marquee matches for this year’s Pain for Pride. The personal nature of the relationship between Daryl and the man he is set to do battle with tonight, his former tag team partner, Charlie Marr, is extremely well documented. MarrKade rose through the ranks together, winning the Unified Tag Team Championships, and having some incredible moments together.
Eve: HOWEVER… the tag team wouldn’t last. The two would end up in a bitter, brutal war that culminated in Barbed Wire Massacre II. The match was unforgettable. Daryl would set Charlie up for the kill by laying him across a bed of nails and going high risk. Unfortunately, Charlie would find a way to move at the last second and Daryl was left in shock. Charlie found a way to cover Daryl at the very last second and he would walk away from the match as the winner.
Gavin Kirkland: I’m sure a lot of people questioned Daryl Kinkade and whether or not he would ever return to this stage. A gruesome right knee injury and the pandemic sidelined him for the last few years, and when he returned this year at Grand Rampage, all of us were shocked. Excitement filled the air as it appeared a MarrKade reunion was in the works… but…
Deadprez: BUT!
Eve: But Charlie Marr did Charlie Marr things, and Daryl found himself screwed by his former friend once again :wow:.
( Kinkade has made his way into the ring now and he has taken his time to appreciate the moment. His journey to get back to this stage was long and grueling, and seemed downright impossible at times. But no matter what, he’d made it, and inside an EAW ring is exactly where Kinkade felt he belonged. He nodded his head with a look of determination on his face and shed his ring jacket as his music faded out. )
( “Praise the Lord” by Bandokay begins to play and this enrages the crowd and sends them into a fit of jeers. )
Gina Romano: AND HIS OPPONENT… REPRESENTING THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA… WEIGHING IN AT 240 POUNDS… HE IS THE EAW HARDCORE CHAMPION… ‘THE MAN OF ALWAYS’ CHARLIE MARR!!!!
( The newly minted Hall of Famer walks out and pauses on the stage. An arrogant smile crosses his handsome face as he takes in the crowd’s reaction to him. Charlie has never been one to care about what other people think and just to give the crowd something else to boo him for, he raises both middle fingers in the air. )
Crowd: :francis:
Deadprez: Well, the crowd will certainly be behind Daryl Kinkade in this match, but I don’t think Charlie would have it any other way. After all, this is the same man who used his own Hall of Fame induction to talk shit about everyone other than Veena Adams.
Eve: :mjlol: I wouldn’t have expected anything less, honestly. Charlie Marr has always been one to tell it like it is and not hold anything back. We should have all expected that even on a night as prestigious and as classy as the Hall of Fame, that Charlie would show a lack of decorum and use the public platform to ether people.
Gavin Kirkland: :drakelike: Despite beating Limommy for that Hardcore Championship and breaking my heart in the process, I have to say, Charlie is becoming one of my favorite Elitists. This guy is a real bastard and more than anything, he thrives in an environment like this. I have no idea what he will have in store for his former best friend and partner tonight, but I bet it won’t be pleasant. Charlie is going to be looking to hurt Daryl tonight and put him on the shelf for another three years. Bet.
( No one could argue that as Marr got into the ring. As he unstrapped the Hardcore Championship from around his waist, he focused his beautiful, perfect blue eyes on Kinkade and narrowed them. After a moment, he looked at his title, gave it a little kiss, and passed it over to the referee, who held it up. There was no reason for the referee to explain the rules because this was a hardcore match, so he passed the title off to the timekeeper and called for the bell. )
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
Deadprez: Charlie and Daryl immediately lock up and they begin jostling back and forth for positioning! It’s the champ who takes control and he backs Daryl into the corner, driving his shoulder into the other man’s gut! Charlie backs off, leaving Daryl favoring his stomach, and he takes him down with a massive clothesline as Daryl comes stumbling out of the corner!
Eve: Charlie doesn’t bother going for the cover! He’s stomping away on Daryl! Daryl is trying to roll to the ropes but Charlie grabs him and drags him back to the center of the ring. Charlie drops down to the mat and he looks for a modified crossface submission! Daryl kicks his legs up and he gets his legs around Charlie, pushing his shoulders to the mat! Charlie quickly kicks out and gets to his feet, diving at Daryl, but Daryl manages to duck a clothesline! Daryl gets Charlie around the waist and drops him on the back of his head with a German suplex!
Gavin Kirkland: Daryl rolls out of the ring and he is looking for weapons! The challenger is grabbing for everything he can find! Glass, barbed wire, whatever the fuck is left over from the shit Voltage has subjected us to this weekend!
Eve: Charlie is back up and he sees what’s going on! It’s the champ who is out of the ring now and he is looking for weapons! Charlie has his own ideas of how to inflict the most amount of punishment he can on the man who’s trying to take his title here tonight!
Crowd: WE WRESTLE! WE WRESTLE! WE WRESTLE! WE WRESTLE! WE WRESTLE!
Deadprez: Weeeeeeeell… I don’t think they’re gunna be doing much wrestling :mjlol:
Gavin Kirkland: Both men are back into the ring now and look at their faces! Charlie is smiling as he takes a look at everything he has at his disposal now. Daryl looks a little more cautious over his surroundings because even though he’s been in matches like this before, it’s been over three years. He is facing one of the most dangerous competitors we’ve ever seen here in EAW. Daryl knows that he is a massive underdog tonight, but we all know he is going to bring the fight!
Eve: Charlie greets Daryl with a kick to the mid-section and tosses him into the corner! Daryl looks to avoid the stomps but Charlie rakes him across the face and takes advantage! Daryl is forced into a sitting position and Charlie slams his boot across Daryl’s face! The champ looks around the ring and goes for a pane of glass, but Daryl uses the ropes to haul himself up and darts out of the corner! Charlie sits the glass in the corner and Daryl nails him from behind with a blow to the back of the head! Daryl quickly takes control and tries to ram Charlie head first through the glass, but the champ grabs the ropes!
Deadprez: Back elbow temporarily derails Daryl, but he is right back on the attack! He clubs Charlie in the back a few times before turning him around and nailing him across the face with a right hand! Charlie takes another shot to the face before Daryl grabs his arm and whips him into the ropes! Charlie manages to duck a clothesline but Daryl catches him on the rebound, tosses him up, and slams him down with a belly-to-belly suplex!
Gavin Kirkland: Daryl goes for an elbow drop, but Charlie rolls out of the way! He grabs Daryl up, snapmares him onto the mat and kicks him right between the shoulder blades! Charlie reaches for the closest weapon to him which is a metal trash can lid and he bashes Daryl in the head with it! Charlie goes for a chinlock, jamming his knee right into Daryl’s back!
Eve: Charlie is unable to keep Daryl down as Daryl is able to reverse it and turn it into a hammerlock! Daryl uses the hammerlock to force Charlie into a pin, but the champ is out before the referee can even get into position! Charlie lunges for the trash can lid once again, but Daryl with a roundhouse kick that knocks the lid right out of Charlie’s hands. Charlie darts forward, looking to take Daryl with a clothesline but Daryl ducks! Once again, he wraps Charlie around the waist and sends him crashing into the glass with a German suplex!!!!
Deadprez: The crowd cheers as the back of Charlie’s skull collides with the glass and Daryl quickly pulls him out of the debris and goes for the cover!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Charlie throws his shoulder and somehow manages to get Daryl in a leg scissors! Daryl slips out, returns to his feet, and begins to stomp away on Charlie! He pulls him up by the beard and tosses him into the corner! Daryl with a running European uppercut that snaps Charlie’s head back and Daryl leaps up, connects with a monkey flip, and sends Charlie flying across the ring! Charlie tries to recover but Daryl hits him right in the jaw with a running knee strike!!!
Eve: Daryl is looking around the ring and he sets his sights on a gusset plate!
Deadprez: He has Charlie by the beard and is dragging him towards it! Charlie immediately wraps his arms around Daryl’s surgically repaired right knee and brings him to the mat! He’s not about to let Daryl get anymore of an advantage in this match. The champ is back to his feet now and he flips Daryl onto his back. He kicks Daryl in the stomach multiple times before grabbing the right leg and slamming it into the mat!
Gavin Kirkland: Charlie maintains control of the leg and wraps Daryl up in a figure four! Daryl is in all kinds of trouble now, and there’s not a doubt in my mind that Charlie will do whatever he can tonight to end Daryl’s career for good. Targeting that right knee is so smart, and we have seen just how calculating Charlie can be time and time again.
Eve: Daryl Kinkade is a fighter, though! He is looking to try and reverse the hold. Charlie’s not going to let that happen and he gets that gusset plate in his hands! He slams it into Daryl’s head, stopping the reverse attempt, and Charlie does it again! He releases the figure four, grabs a hold of Daryl’s hair and wraps him in one arm sleeper hold.
Deadprez: That gusset plate is now being jammed into Daryl’s forehead, causing the former National Elite Champion to start bleeding! Charlie looks to maximize the damage so releases his hold on Daryl and starts to hammer the gusset plate into Daryl’s head with his fist!
Gavin Kirkland: This match has quickly escalated and Daryl Kinkade now wears a crimson mask. Charlie stands up, leaving the gusset plate jammed in Daryl’s skin and stomps down on it! The crowd is booing as Charlie takes a bow. He hasn’t even scratched the surface of what we know he is capable of, and that’s kind of alarming. Daryl is reaching for that weapon and trying to pull it out of his head, but Charlie directs his attention back to Daryl’s knee.
Deadprez: Daryl’s face looks like a bloody pincushion as Charlie delivers shoot kick after shoot kick to the back of Daryl’s leg trying to take as much of Daryl’s game away from him as he can to make this match easier for him.
Gavin Kirkland: Charlie slams the leg hard on the mat and rolls out of the ring to grab another weapon. He crawls under the ring and searches for a moment before coming out and he has a kendo stick in his hand. I wonder what he’s going to do with that?
Eve: Nothing good and that’s obvious. He doesn’t get back in the ring, but he does drag Daryl over to the ropes by his injured leg. Charlie intertwines Daryl’s leg between the kendo stick and the ropes and he just twists. Charlie is contorting Daryl’s leg into a pretzel.
Deadprez: CHARLIE IS NOW BASHING DARYL’S LEG OVER AND OVER AND AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE APRON! Charlie Marr is a very methodical and very dangerous competitor and we are seeing the process in action!
Gavin Kirkland: Daryl still has that gusset plate stuck in his head as Charlie does everything he can to make sure that Daryl can’t get back to his feet. Heck, he might be trying to end the guy’s career.
Eve: Charlie doesn’t care about that. Charlie Marr is here right now to make sure he leaves Las Vegas as the Hardcore Champion. Charlie stops bashing Daryl’s leg against the apron and rolls back into the ring with the kendo stick still in hand. Charlie drags Daryl from the ropes and hooks Daryl’s good leg for the cover.
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOO!!
THHHHHHRRRREEEEEEEE–
Deadprez: DARYL KICKS OUT AT TWO! That kick out probably didn’t feel good since he had to use that injured leg to kick out and he holds his leg in pain. Charlie looks ready to cause more pain as he pulls Daryl up by his hair, picks up the kendo stick again and shoves him into the turnbuckle.
Eve: This has the makings of being a very gruesome match, especially since Daryl still has that gusset plate still lodged in his skull!
Gavin Kirkland: Charlie keeps a grip in Daryl’s hair as he walks behind the ringpost and he puts the kendo stick across Daryl’s throat and he pulls back. CHARLIE MARR IS CHOKING OUT DARYL WITH THE KENDO STICK IN THE CORNER! LISTEN TO HIM START GASPING FOR AIR!
Deadprez: If Daryl passes out, this match is all but over. BUT DARYL IS FIGHTING IT AS BEST AS HE CAN BUT HE IS STARTING TO FADE! HE IS TRYING TO KICK FREE WITH THAT ONE GOOD LEG HE HAS BUT IT ISN’T WORKING!
Eve: Daryl is moving a little slower as Charlie wrenches back and pulls the kendo stick tighter across his throat, BUT LOOK AT DARYL! THAT SECOND WIND KICKING IN! HE’S STILL FIGHTING! DARYL TRYING TO GET A HAND ON ANYTHING HE CAN GRAB TO GET FREE, AND I THINK HE DID–
(CRACK!)
Deadprez: DARYL CRACKED THE GUSSET PLATE ACROSS CHARLIE’S HEAD! DARYL PULLED THE LODGED PLATE OUT OF HIS HEAD AND SWUNG WITH ALL HIS MIGHT TO CRACK CHARLIE!
Gavin Kirkland: NOW CHARLIE HAS THE GUSSET PLATE LODGED IN HIS HEAD AS HE DROPS THE KENDO STICK AND HE FALLS OFF THE ARPON AND FALLS RIGHT ONTO THE RING STEPS! DARYL DROPS TO HIS KNEES IN THE RING AND GETS A SMALL BREATHER AFTER BEING STRANGLED FOR SO LONG IN THE CORNER!
Deadprez: Charlie actually cracked his head and chest when he fell from the corner and he is not moving on the arena floor. Daryl slowly rolls out of the ring and he uses the ring apron skirt to keep his footing as he limps over to Charlie.
Eve: Daryl pulls Charlie back to his feet and we can see that Charlie is now bleeding as well after being struck with that gusset plate. Daryl is not happy as he grabs Charlie by the trunks and DARYL SENDS CHARLIE HEAD FIRST INTO THE RING STEPS LIKE A BATTERING RAM!
Deadprez: I THINK THAT MOVE LODGED THAT GUSSET PLATE EVEN DEEPER INTO CHARLIE’S HEAD! CHARLIE LETS OUT A YELP OF PAIN AFTER THE CRASH LANDING! Now Daryl is walking his way over to the timekeepers table.
Gavin Kirkland: DARYL JUST GRABBED THE RING BELL OFF THE TABLE AND IS WALKING BACK OVER TO CHARLIE! CHARLIE IS BACK ON HIS KNEES AND DARYL WINDS UP–
(DING!)
Deadprez: DARYL JUST STRUCK CHARLIE IN THE BACK OF THE NECK WITH THE RING BELL! CHARLIE FALLS BACK DOWN TO THE CANVAS! BUT THAT ISN’T STOPPING DARYL! DARYL IS CRACKING CHARLIE IN THE BACK OVER AND OVER WITH THE RING BELL!
Eve: Daryl tosses the ring bell aside and he limps over to the side of the ring and he looks for another weapon. He finds one he likes and pulls the weapon out… OH WOW!
Gavin Kirkland: Oh wow is definitely right! DARYL KINKADE HAS FOUND A LADDER! HE PUSHES THE LADDER INTO THE RING, BUT HE ISN’T DONE SEARCHING FOR BURIED TREASURE! Daryl goes back under the ring to find more goodies.
Deadprez: He comes back up and THIS TIME HE HAS FOUND HIMSELF A TABLE! Daryl wants to put an exclamation point on this match as he sets the table up and goes back to get Charlie.
Eve: We see that Charlie has dislodged the gusset plate from his skull and blood is flowing from his head and Daryl goes to pick Charlie up and back to his feet—
Gavin Kirkland: LOW BLOW! CHARLIE MARR WITH A LOW BLOW THAT DOUBLES DARYL KINKADE OVER! DARYL HAS GOT TO BE IN PAIN, BUT LOOK AT HIS EYES! DARYL IS NOT HAPPY!
Deadprez: I think that low blow just fired Daryl up and HE JUST STRAIGHT PUNCHED CHARLIE RIGHT IN THE JAW! WHAT A PUNCH! THAT MIGHT HAVE KNOCKED CHARLIE’S TEETH OUT!
Eve: Charlie might be out on his feet as Daryl rolls him back into the ring. He takes a deep breath to regain his composure after that cheap shot as he slowly crawls into the cover!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEE–
Deadprez: CHARLIE MARR KICKS OUT RIGHT BEFORE THREE! The last thing the champion wants to do is lose his title to a simple punch to the jaw, BUT CHARLIE’S MOUTH IS BLEEDING! WE CAN SEE BLOOD COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH!
Gavin Kirkland: That punch had to knock out a tooth or two from Charlie’s mouth. Charlie still has the glossy eyes as he slowly makes it back to his feet. WAIT A SECOND!
Deadprez: CHARLIE IS GETTING STRANGLED WITH BARBED WIRE ACROSS HIS THROAT! WHEN DID DARYL GET BARBED WIRE? He was just in the ring not ten seconds ago since he just went for a cover.
Eve: I think that when our attention was on Charlie Marr, Daryl slipped out of the ring and pulled out some barbed wire. He had to have found it earlier when they were on the outside. DARYL IS NOT LETTING UP WITH CHARLIE!
Deadprez: Daryl slowly drags Charlie to the corner. Charlie is still fighting but Daryl sits himself on the top turnbuckle and he lifts up! CHARLIE’S FEET ARE KICKING AND DANGLING AS DARYL WRENCHES FURTHER AND FURTHER BACK!
Gavin Kirkland: Look at Charlie’s neck! THE BLOOD IS STARTING TO FLOW FROM CHARLIE’S NECK! THE TIGHTER DARYL MAKES THE HOLD, THE MORE THE BLOOD FLOWS FROM HIS NECK!
Deadprez: CHARLIE GETS HIS SENSES LONG ENOUGH TO THROW A KICK AND CATCH DARYL RIGHT IN TOP OF THE HEAD WHERE THAT GUSSET PLATE WAS! Charlie grabs Daryl’s legs and pulls him out of the corner.
Eve: Daryl is sitting on Charlie’s shoulders as Charlie walks to the center of the ring! CHARLIE GOING FOR AN ELECTRIC CHAIR ON THE LADDER FROM EARLIER–
Deadprez: DARYL COUNTERED THE ELECTRIC CHAIR AT THE LAST SECOND INTO A POSIONRANA AND CHARLIE IS THE ONE WHO LANDS CHEST FIRST ON THE LADDER!
Gavin Kirkland: But he is not going for the cover! Instead he is rolling out of the ring and walking over to our announce table. We have no weapons over here. Does he have something he wants to say over the headset?
Deadprez: I guess we do have a weapon he can use because he just grabbed Gavin Kirkland’s candy jar off the table as Daryl shakes more feeling into that injured leg and walks back into the ring.
Gavin Kirkland: OH COME ON! I need those candy bars and jawbreakers to get me through the night and that jar was very expensive. Why can’t they just use something from another brand? Why can’t Persephone be out here so we can break something of hers.
Eve: Now is not the time or place to do that, but it does look like you might have to live without all your candy for the rest of the show as Daryl slides back into the ring. Charlie Marr has made it back to his feet and Daryl was ready for him. Daryl swings the candy dish with all his might–
(CRASH!)
Deadprez: WHAT A SHOT! DARYL JUST CRACKED CHARLIE RIGHT IN THE HEAD WITH THE CANDY JAR AND THE JAR JUST SHATTERED! THE JAR EXPLODED ON IMPACT WITH CHARLIE’S HEAD AND THERE ARE GLASS SHARDS EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING CHARLIE’S HEAD AS HE FALLS TO THE CANVAS! DARYL FALLS INTO THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEE!!
Eve: CHARLIE MARR KICKS OUT RIGHT BEFORE THE THREE! DARYL KINKADE WAS ABOUT A MILLISECOND AWAY FROM BECOMING THE NEW HARDCORE CHAMPION! This has been an amazing match so far between the two former tag team partners.
Deadprez: Now there is more blood flowing from Charlie and now it’s Charlie’s turn to wear the crimson mask. I didn’t see that coming. Gavin, who knew that your jar was a glass jar. I thought it was like cheap glass looking plastic.
Gavin Kirkland: :mjcry: Yes it was glass and very expensive. It’s only the best for Gavin Kirkland in all aspects of my life. From candy jars to pretty girls.
Eve: And now you have neither. :mjlol:
Gavin Kirkland: :mjcry: Oh come on! That was not very nice!
Deadprez: Now back to the match! Daryl has mounted Charlie and he is throwing lefts and rights into Charlie’s skull. DARYL TRYING TO OPEN UP THE WOUNDS IN HIS HEAD EVEN MORE TO GET THE BLOOD FLOWING–
Eve: CHARLIE MARR LOOKED TO BLOCK THE PUNCHES BUT INSTEAD HE RAKES DARYL’S EYES! Daryl rolls off of Charlie to get the sting out of his eyes. That gives Charlie a chance to remove the barbed wire that was still around his neck.
Deadprez: Charlie Marr is now wrapping the barbed wire around his taped fist. Charlie wipes the blood as best as he can away from his eye as he sits Daryl up. Charlie with a headlock AND NOW CHARLIE IS JUST PUNCHING DARYL IN THE FACE!
Gavin Kirkland: It’s not just one punch. It’s over and over again. DARYL’S FACE HAS A FRESH CRIMSON MASK AFTER THOSE SCARS AND WOUNDS HAVE BEEN REOPENED! Charlie Marr can be sadistic when given the opportunity.
Deadprez: It’s that intensity as to why he’s the reigning Hardcore Champion. Charlie just throws Daryl back down to the mat with a splat as he rolls back outside the ring to grab another weapon. This time he grabs… A MIRROR?!?
Eve: Charlie looks at his reflection in the mirror and we see a very sinister smile across his blood covered face as he pushes the mirror in the ring and he closely follows. Charlie picks up the mirror as he walks over to the corner.
Deadprez: Charlie just positioned the mirror in between the top and middle turnbuckles as he walked back to Daryl. Charlie pulls Daryl back to his knees and LOOK AT THE FACE PRINT OF DARYL’S ON THE MAT WHEN CHARLIE PULLED HIM UP! THE BLOOD IS FLOWING IN LAS VEGAS TONIGHT!
Gavin Kirkland: He drags Daryl to the corner and shows Daryl his bloody reflection in the mirror.
Charlie Marr: (off-mic) You see this, Daryl? This is all your fault! It is almost all over for you! You should have stayed gone when you had the chance.
Deadprez: Charlie Marr pulls Daryl back away from the mirror by the hair until he pulls him back to his feet. CHARLIE SENDS DARYL AT FULL SPEED AND DARYL GOES HEAD FIRST INTO THE MIRROR AND THE MIRROR JUST SHATTERED INTO PIECES!
Eve: DARYL TOOK ALL THAT MIRROR RIGHT TO THE SKULL AND HE STUMBLES BACK! BUT HE STUMBLES RIGHT INTO CHARLIE MARR WHO TAKE HIM DOWN WITH THE CHARING CROSS!
Gavin Kirkland: THE CHARING CROSS CONNECTS! CHARLIE GOT ALL OF THAT DISCUS LARIAT! DARYL LOOKS TO BE OUT COLD AND CHARLIE ENJOYS EVERY SECOND OF IT AS HE STACKS DARYL UP FOR THE COVER! THIS HAS GOT TO BE OVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRREE!
Deadprez: NO! IT’S NOT OVER! DARYL GOT THE SHOULDER UP AT THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND! What heart and determination being shown here tonight by the challenger for EAW Hardcore Championship. The kick out isn’t going to stop Charlie from causing more pain and agony towards his former tag team partner.
Eve: You can say that again as Charlie brings Daryl back up to his feet. Daryl looks to be in shambles right now as Charlie Marr starts to hook both of Daryl’s arms. This might be the beginning of the end.
Deadprez: It might be. Charlie is setting up Daryl for The Queen is Dead. If Charlie hits his Double Underhook DDT, this match will definitely be over. Charlie has him up. THE QUEEN IS DEAD ON THE WAY–
Gavin Kirkland: LOOK AT DARYL KINKADE! WITH WHAT MIGHT BE HIS LAST BIT OF ENERGY, DARYL COUNTERS THE DDT INTO A MODIFIED NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX! CHARLIE’S BACK STRIKES THE EDGE OF THE LADDER, BUT HIS SHOULDERS ARE DOWN!
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOO!
TTHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEE!!
Eve: CHARLIE KICKS OUT AT TWO, BUT I THINK IT WAS MORE THAT DARYL’S LEG BUCKLED AND COULDN’T KEEP THE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY! Daryl holding his leg and knee in pain.
Gavin Kirkland: Charlie is holding his back after landing on the ladder, but that isn’t stopping him from picking up the ladder. Charlie hoists the ladder up AND HE CRASHES THE TOP OF THE LADDER AGAINST DARYL’S INJURED LEG! LISTEN TO THE YELL OF PAIN COMING FROM DARYL!
Deadprez: CHARLIE LOVES THE SOUND OF DARYL’S PAIN AS HE JUST CRASHES THE LADDER ONCE AGAIN ON THE LEG! THIS MIGHT BE MORE THAN JUST WINNING A MATCH RIGHT NOW FOR CHARLIE!
Eve: That’s obvious. Since he returned, Charlie Marr’s main objective has been to make a statement by any means necessary. Taking out Daryl Kinkade’s leg and possibly ending his career would certainly be a big statement.
Gavin Kirkland: It certainly would, but we know Daryl will not go down without a fight and he has most definitely been fighting his heart out. Charlie Marr brings Daryl back to his feet AND HE JUST GIVES DARYL A HUGE HEADBUTT TO THE SKULL! HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THE GLASS IN HIS HEAD OR THE BLOOD FLOWING FROM EITHER OF THEM!
Deadprez: Daryl might be out on his feet right now as Charlie comes off the ropes and HITS DARYL IN THE FACE WITH A BIG BOOT! DARYL JUST FALLS DOWN ONTO CHARLIE! IT’S LIKE HIS BODY SEEMINGLY JUST GAVE OUT ON HIM!
Gavin Kirkland: Charlie Marr takes the limp Daryl and just slaps him right across the face. What disrespect being shown by the Champion. Now Charlie throws Daryl onto his shoulder. CHARLIE LOOKING FOR A RUNNING POWERSLAM–
Deadprez: BUT DARYL JUST SLID OFF CHARLIE’S SHOULDER BEFORE CHARLIE COULD RUN AND HE COUNTERED WITH A DOUBLE KNEE BACKBREAKER! CHARLIE MANAGED TO STAY ON HIS FEET AS DARYL ALMOST CAN’T MAKE IT BACK TO HIS FEET DUE TO ALL THE DAMAGE TO HIS LEG!
Gavin Kirkland: Daryl might have taken more damage than Charlie on that counter because of all the damage done to leg. Charlie goes back to Daryl to bring him back to his feet in hopes of going for The Queen is Dead one more time. He hooks one arm and he goes for the other–
Deadprez: LOW BLOW BY DARYL KINKADE! TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY! DARYL RETURNING THE FAVOR FROM EARLIER AS HE GETS BACK TO HIS FEET VERY SLOWLY! DARYL LOOKING READY TO FINISH THE MATCH ONCE AND FOR ALL.
Gavin Kirkland: DARYL CROSSES CHARLIE’S LEGS IN HOPES OF HITTING THE BEAUTIFUL LIE! IF DARYL HITS THE FISHERMAN’S BUSTER IT’S OVER! DARYL LIFTS HIM UP FOR THE BEAUTIFUL LIE–
Deadprez: HIS LEG GAVE OUT! DARYL COULDN’T LIFT UP CHARLIE FOR THE MOVE THANKS TO ALL THE DAMAGE CHARLIE DID EARLIER! DARYL HOLDS ONTO THE TOP ROPE TO STAY ON HIS FEET AS HE SHOVES CHARLIE TO THE ROPES! DARYL TAKES A DEEP BREATH AND JUMPS FOR A LARIAT–
Eve: BUT CHARLIE CAUGHT HIM AND HE JUST HOT SHOTS DARYL RIGHT INTO THE ROPES! DARYL WENT THROAT FIRST INTO THE TOP ROW AND HE KEEPS HIMSELF ON HIS FEET BY HOLDING ONTO THE ROPES! CHARLIE LOOKS OVER AND GRABS THE KENDO STICK FROM EARLIER.
Deadprez: Charlie removes the barbed wire from his taped first and wraps it around the kendo stick before HE JUST LETS DARYL HAVE IT! BARB WIRE KENDO STICK RIGHT ACROSS DARYL’S BACK!
Eve: CHARLIE IS NOT LETTING UP AS HE JUST STRIKES HIM AGAIN AND AGAIN! LOOK AT DARYL’S BACK! IT’S JUST FLOWING BLOOD! EACH SHOT JUST RIPPING MORE FLESH FROM DARYL AFTER EACH BLOW TO THE BACK!
Gavin Kirkland: Daryl leaning on the ropes and Charlie runs full speed and clotheslines Daryl over the top rope. But Daryl held on tight to the ropes so he wouldn’t crash to the floor. Daryl slowly recovers–
Deadprez: Charlie Marr comes back with another clothesline and Daryl lands hard on the edge of the ring. Charlie reaches through the ropes and pulls Daryl through. Daryl’s feet are being held up by the ropes–
Gavin Kirkland: CHARLIE GOING FOR THE LAST JUDGEMENT BUT DARYL MANAGED TO GET FREE! HE SLIDE BACK ON THE APRON! CHARLIE PUTS DARYL’S HEAD DOWN STILL! CHARLIE LOOKING FOR A MODIFIED PILEDRIVER–
Eve: DARYL LIFTS UP AND BACKDROPS CHARLIE OVER THE ROPES AND HE CRASHES TO THE FLOOR! Daryl gets back in the ring and he waits for Charlie to get back to his feet before hits the ropes as fast as he can with an injured leg! DARYL KINKADE THROUGH THE ROPES AND TAKES DOWN THE CHAMPION WITH A SUICIDE DIVE!
Deadprez: BEAUTIFUL SUICIDE DIVE BY THE CHALLENGER! DARYL HOLDING THAT KNEE BECAUSE HE CAUGHT IT ON THE LANDING! BUT RIGHT NOW DARYL DOESN’T CARE! DARYL KINKADE IS ABOUT TO BE THE NEW HARDCORE CHAMPION AS HE CALLS FOR CHARLIE TO GET BACK UP TO HIS FEET VERY SLOWLY AND HOPEFULLY FINISH THE MATCH!
Eve: Charlie Marr slowly makes it back to his feet and Daryl is looking to finish this match! Charlie is up AND DARYL USES HIS ONE GOOD LEG AND GOES FOR THE SUPERKICK, BUT CHARLIE DUCKS THE KICK! DARYL’S INJURED LEG ALMOST BUCKLED AGAIN AFTER MISSING THE KICK, BUT HE CAUGHT HIMSELF! DARYL QUICKLY TURNS BACK AROUND AND CHARLIE GRABS HIM AND LIFTS HIM UP–
Deadprez: THE HEADMASTER RITUAL ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE RING! DID YOU SEE DARYL’S SKULL CRACK ON THE CONCRETE? CHARLIE PULLS THE UNMOVING DARYL BACK TO HIS FEET!
Gavin Kirkland: OH MY WOW! THE BACK OF DARYL’S SKULL IS BLEEDING AFTER THAT MOVE! You have to believe that Daryl Kinkade is pretty much done after that, but that isn’t stopping Charlie from dragging him to the table that was set up earlier.
Eve: Daryl is not moving as he is placed on the table and Charlie is climbing back to the apron AND ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP ROPE! WHAT DOES CHARLIE HAVE IN MIND? COME ON CHARLIE! DON’T DO THIS!
Gavin Kirkland: CHARLIE DOESN’T CARE! HE WANTS TO WIN AT ANY COST AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS ABOUT TO! CHARLIE LOOKS DOWN AT DARYL AND HE JUMPS FROM THE TOP TURNBUCKLE–
Deadprez: SIN SALIDA THROUGH THE TABLE TO THE FLOOR! CHARLIE GOT ALL OF THAT DOUBLE FOOT STOMP AND DARYL GOT THE FEET RIGHT IN HIS CHEST! DARYL IS NOT MOVING AND CHARLIE SLOWLY CRAWLS INTO THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWWOOOOO!!
THHHHHRRRRRREEEEEEEEE!!
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
(“Praise The Lord” starts playing again as Charlie Marr rolls off of Daryl and slowly rises back up to his feet within the wreckage. As he rises, he’s holding his back in pain. He’s certainly feeling the effects of the match, especially after putting Daryl through the table.)
Gina Romano: Here is your winner… and STILLLLLLLL Elite Answers Wrestling Hardcore Champion… CHARLIE MARR!
Deadprez: What a match that we just witnessed. This is what Pain for Pride is all about. This match was going to be as hardcore as they come and it lived up to the hype and so much more
(Charlie has made it back to his feet and the crowd is booing him, but the boos are mixed with the cheers from the crowd because they absolutely loved the match and the intensity that it brought with it.)
Gavin Kirkland: The most personal matches can lead to the most intense matches and that’s exactly what it was. The battle between Kinkade and Marr was one of the most intense I’ve seen in a long time. What a weekend for Charlie Marr. Friday, he gets formally inducted into the EAW Hall of Fame and tonight he retains his Hardcore Champion. He was definitely a force tonight.
(The referee raises Charlie’s hand and hands him the Hardcore Championship belt. Charlie snatches the title away from the referee and glares at them before slowly staggering up the entrance ramp.)
Eve: Charlie Marr was a force, but we can’t forget about Daryl Kinkade and what he did during this match. He came back to EAW at the Grand Rampage and has been on fire ever since. Daryl was so close to winning the Hardcore Title on more than one occasion and what a way to show that you still got than in a very hard hitting match. This won’t be the last time that we will see Daryl Kinkade in contention for a championship.
(We now see that the medical staff pass Charlie Marr as they rush down the entrance ramp to check on Daryl who looks to be unconscious after being driven through the table by Charlie.)
Gavin Kirkland: Two men walked into this match and only one is walking out under his own will. Even though he’s walking out slowly, the man leaving on his own is Charlie Marr. Again I say, this match was very hard hitting.
Deadprez: This fight was that and much more. These two men beat the hell out of each other and Daryl showed so much heart that almost helped him become the Hardcore Champion, but it was Charlie Marr who was able to pull out the victory here tonight at Pain for Pride. Congratulations to Charlie Marr.
(The final shot shows Charlie Marr standing at the top of the entrance ramp holding his Hardcore Championship while looking down the ramp at the medical team who has finally made their way down to ringside to check on the still not moving Daryl Kinkade as the camera fades elsewhere.)
(Showdown fades into a commercial break.)
(Showdown comes backstage as we see Kyra Phillips, a smile across her face.)
Kyra Phillips: Ladies and gentlemen please welcome my guest at this time, EAW Hall Of Famer, Madison Kaline!
(Madison appeared next to Kyra Phillips with her hands on her hips.)
Madison Kaline: It’s a pleasure to be here on the final Showdown before the great event that we always embark on. How are you feeling, Kyra, nervous?
Kyra Phillips: Well not really no, because I won’t be wrestling–
Madison Kaline: Still, you’re going be seeing a lot of pissed off and happy people, no nerves at all?
Kyra Phillips: I really hadn’t thought of it too deep like that, I guess, still no? but anyways Madison Kaline, I wanted to ask-
Madison Kaline: ANYWAYS, since you asked. Yes, I had decided to give a bunch of worthless rookies and up and comers something to sink their teeth into. I have listened to these shitty promos in the first place, genuinely the worst thing ever. They lack enthusiasm, they lack opportunity, they lack goals! At the end of the promo, I am asking more questions than ever answers. I believed that a match against me, someone with so much talent to spread, could help that. And it’s obvious they are below me, but if I could help one idiot put together a sensible promo, maybe I could make enough history! Being recognized and believed as someone who cares about the future talent. I am willing to ignore how shitty and trash they are… and well.. you get it right, how many worthless rookies have you had the displeasure of interacting with in your time?
Kyra Phillips: …… Anyways! Last week you made a very mind-boggling statement that has put the EAW world on notice, are you really going to put a wrap on it, if you lose to Auburn Ware at Pain For Pride? With you saying that if you lose, you will retire?
(Madison Kaline realized what she said last week, and nodded her head. As she let out a sigh..)
Madison Kaline: Yes, I did say that. But that wasn’t to put an ominous fear into the hearts of my believers. It was me pinning my hatred of a scale. I hate worthless rookies, and yes. I did, in fact yes Kyra. I made that vocal statement, and I’ll do it again; If I lose at Pain For Pride, then it will be the end of the Madison Kaline story, I’ll wrap it up, retire right then and there. Leave my boots in the ring even, sell my ring gear, whatever I gotta do. But I don’t say that as this grizzled veteran who is exiting their prime, I say this as a passionate legend. I want risk at Pain For Pride, and I want an eye on my match. I am fully 110% confident that Auburn Ware, I will absolutely OBLITERATE. in that ring. And then I can move on, and she can move on in her own way as well, start calling herself “Princess of the Worthless rookies’ ‘. Because I am going to spiral off to do my own thing, and so.. I have no designated fear in my heart….
(And just then at the sound of Madison’s words, Auburn Ware herself came onto the screen with a passive aggressive smile on her face, as she heard all that Madison stated.)
Auburn Ware: Hey Madison, I couldn’t help but overhear everything you said. And my fault, I guess. But I really do think so much about you would be greater, if you actually presented yourself as what you are. An over reliant top tier legend in the lore of EAW. One who has solidified herself hopping through leaps and hurdles, but instead – You are just a self-entitled snob, who has no true care for the detriment of others. I am ashamed that I have to view you of this descent. I respect your accolades; I respect what you have done. But for some reason your ego threads further than it needs to be. I want to say it like this – I don’t ignore everything you have done. I view it, I see it. You have done amazing things for EAW, but last week you may have made the biggest mistake of your life.. Because this will be the final match you ever have in EAW. And you will be put down once and for all.. by a rookie.
(Madison was a bit thrown off by the words of Auburn, as she just looked at a smile brushing across her face, she was not angered, maybe in fact a little impressed. She patted Auburn on the shoulder..)
Madison Kaline: While I am impressed with your admiration, and it is clear there is a difference between yourself and the other bumass rookies, we’ll just have to wait and see!
(Madison Kaline turned around and walked off, as Auburn looked at her nodding her head. She was a bit thrown off broad by the conversation, but hey.. whatever I guess? Auburn walked off….)
BANG!
(MADISON KALINE CAME BACK AND ATTACKED AUBURN WARE FROM BEHIND! Auburn fell to the ground, as Madison pulled her up– AND TOOK HER HEAD OFF WITH THE “AFTERLIFE” CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL! Auburn took a nasty fall as well, she fell out of her Crocs, as her head banged against the concrete. It was not at all.. a pretty sight to witness. It was evident that there was some damage suffered there, as Auburn was out cold. A smirk appeared across the face of Madison Kaline now, as she managed to throw Auburn off guard. As laughter just came out of her mouth.)
Madison Kaline: Sorry to tell you sweetheart, but I am not going ANYWHERE!
(She walked over Auburn on her way out, Madison Kaline was making a big connotation towards her match at Pain For Pride, but she was as confident and cocky as ever. The final shot was an injured Auburn Ware unconscious, Kyra calls for medical attention as Showdown went elsewhere.)
(We cut to the backstage area, a mixed reaction greeting Kyra Phillips, simply because she is joined by the British Invasion, Pandora Paisley, and Halsey Neel. Halsey turns to Pandora, who is wearing the protective mask, and rolls her eyes at the predictable reaction. Pandora though turns to Kyra, looking more than a little surprised.)
Pandora Paisley: What have you done to them mate? Booing the backstage interviewer is a bit harsh even for EAW.
Kyra Phillips: I don’t think it’s for me.
Pandora Paisley: Well, it can’t be for us… we’re like, angels or something. Right Halsey?
Halsey Neel: Damn straight, we are absolutely the moral standard around here.
(Both of them chuckle to each other, the boos getting a little louder.)
Halsey Neel: Girl, they hate you more than they hate the Jaded Hearts.
Pandora Paisley: Behave yourself. No one is hated more than those wankers.
Halsey Neel: Yeah, I was pushing it a little there.
Kyra Phillips: If we could perhaps get on with the interview?
(Halsey leans back, looking stunned by that question.)
Halsey Neel: Don’t get all antsy because you aren’t loved like the British Invasion.
Pandora Paisley: Hang with us a little Kyra, we’ll improve your reputation no end.
(Pandora smiles, holding out her hands.)
Pandora Paisley: Sorry Kyra, we are just full of it this evening. After all, it won’t be too long now until we are the Unified Tag Team Champions.
Halsey Neel: Not too long at all.
(Kyra takes a breath to compose herself, before finally kicking off her interview.)
Kyra Phillips: After everything-
Pandora Paisley: Hold on mate.
(He holds up a hand, and then adjusts her protective mask.)
Pandora Paisley: You may continue.
Kyra Phillips: You sure?
(Pandora nods, another grin forming on her face, ever the annoyance.)
Kyra Phillips: After everything that has happened over the past weeks, where NICHOLISM, the Jaded Hearts and indeed yourselves have all taken turns at standing tall and looking every bit potential Unified Tag Team Champions heading into Season 18, where are your minds sat now, with Pain for Pride only a week away. I’m sure the fans want to know, what does becoming the Champions mean to you?
Pandora Paisley: You want to take this one Halsey?
Halsey Neel: Don’t mind if I do. Kyra, let me make this really clear to you and everyone else. We might get booed and jeered, and people might not like the things we do, but there is no one that can say that Pandora and I have gotten to this point because we have been given a helping hand. We have both grounded the life out of the journey and scratched and bitten our way to get to this point. At the beginning of this season, I was alone, and I didn’t know what to do. I was a former ‘Disney Best friend’ can you remember that? I was lost, and I had nothing in the way of direction. Pandora was a part of a group called Devolution, coming off the back of a match that really made her into the star she is today…
Pandora Paisley: Aww, cheers mate.
Halsey Neel: It did… but Kyra, Pandora was also a third wheel just like me.
(The camera catches Pandora nodding in agreement.)
Halsey Neel: It wasn’t until we combined forces, that Devolution became stronger, but it still wasn’t right. Pandora and I used to talk into the early hours, knowing that something was off with the group. We all know what happened next. Serenity was fired, people believed Devolution was finished, and they certainly regarded them as a joke.
Pandora Paisley: But we weren’t a joke, Kyra. We knew that we could hang with the very best this company had to offer. We had proven it time and time again, but we had made some poor choices who we aligned ourselves with. It was then that we realized that it was the survival of the fittest, and to prove we were the best, we would have to go out there and take the biggest prize in professional wrestling. But there wasn’t going to be anyone, not even Kennedy Street who handed it to us on a plate.
Kyra Phillips: And so, you believe that is where you are now… ready to become the Unified Tag Team Champions?
Pandora Paisley: Without question love. We’re not going to deny it, our opponents are worthy challengers, and the Jaded Hearts are worthy champions and there is no point saying anything else mate. We started at the very bottom of the ladder, and we have climbed the tag team ranks to be undeniably one of the best tag teams in the world. And yet, even now, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who gives us a chance against the almighty Jaded Hearts, who seems to have taken the tag team division prisoner. But you don’t have to worry about that Kyra, because it doesn’t bother us in the slightest. We don’t, nor have we ever cared what other people think about the British Invasion. These people may think that we are overawed by this challenge, but we’re not, because we have proven time and time again, we can beat the best. Pain for Pride won’t be any different, we’ll turn up, and we’ll do our job, pure and simple. Like us, hate us, we don’t care about that love, we’ll still be the Unified Tag Team Champions, and you will sure as hell respect us.
Kyra Phillips: I’m sure you will agree, it’s all well and good saying it, but how are you going to DO it considering that the Jaded Hearts are considered one of the best tag teams ever to have competed in EAW.
Halsey Neel: We have never denied that.
Pandora Paisley: Not once.
Halsey Neel: We have never claimed that the Jaded Hearts are not every bit as good as they say they are. We saw how they dismantled NICHOLISM when those two didn’t have our help, and that wasn’t any real surprise. That is what drives us, the fact that they are the very best, or at least seen that way.
Pandora Paisley: How does the saying go mate? To be the best, you’ve got to beat the best. Even if the best are a pair of wankers.
Halsey Neel: Sometimes in a match like this, it can come down to the finer details, and the minute things that others may not think of. We DO think of those, and we use them to our advantage.
Kyra Phillips: Such as?
Halsey Neel: I’m glad you asked. The people who Sienna Jade and Kassidy Heart are, means that they will always have professional jealousy between them, especially when it comes to Kassidy who cannot accept anyone could be on her level. We will use that, we will prey on that, and when that jealousy overcomes them, we will strike. There are so many other things I can say, but we won’t be revealing all our cards. We know how to take them down, and that is precisely what we are going to do.
Pandora Paisley: Like we said in the beginning, no one expects it. But when it happens, it’s going to be THE moment at Pain for Pride. No one will deny the British Invasion their respect then. No one… not even the Jaded Hearts.
Kyra Phillips: We are running out of time, any final thoughts before we head back to ringside.
Halsey Neel: Just know, you may boo is now, but at Pain for Pride, we are doing this company a huge favor when we take the belts off them. It’s time for the new guard to take over, and that is us. You’ll see.
Kyra Phillips: And you Pandora?
Pandora Paisley: I’m getting chills mate, proper goose bumps on my arms and everything, knowing that our time is almost here. They will likely dismiss us, of course they will, but that’s on them, not us. When all is said and done and the dust settles, we WILL be your new unified Tag Team Champions, just like we promised. At Pain for Pride, we will-
(Pandora steps forwards, Halsey still visible behind her, a grin on her face.)
Pandora Paisley: REFUSE, RESIST, RECLAIM.
(Pandora walks off shot, Halsey Neel following her.)
Kyra Phillips: Two determined individuals right there guys.
(Showdown fades backstage to the last Rewind.)
[SCREEN BAR – SHOWDOWN REWIND: PAIN FOR PRIDE 2023]
Gina Romano: The following is for the EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!!
( The crowd explodes in cheers in anticipation for the final main event of the evening. Their loudness gradually dies down, but suddenly returns as it begins to illuminate American rock band Pop Evil on the side stage at Geodis Park. They begin to play one of their popular hits in “Legendary”. The sold-out crowd here in Nashville, Tennessee is enamored by the live vocals performance as anticipation builds. )
**REVVVVVVV…. REVVVV…… REVVV….**
( Suddenly, the sounds of motorcycles seem to be coming from behind the stage as a chunk of the lower titantrons raise and reveal Adam Lucas sitting on a motorcycle. His presence is met with an ear-thundering reaction. He starts riding into center stage while “Legendary” continues to be performed. He stops at the stage to pay respect to Pop Evil, which is then reciprocated before he revs up the engine and accelerates down the long ramp to the elation of Music City. )
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING THE CHALLENGER! From New York City, weighing in at 231 pounds.. HE IS THE 2023 KING OF ELITE.. “THE NEXT LEVEL,” AADDAAAMMM LUUUUUCASSS!!
Eve: If there was one way you could assert your dominance way before the match could even start, here comes Adam Lucas on a motorcycle as he is serenaded by the wonderful Pop Evil! Lucas understands the assignment; the biggest match needs the biggest entrance and he definitely delivered on the grandest stage of the mall! What a badass entrance!
Deadprez: This is undoubtedly the most important match between both elitists here tonight. Adam Lucas looks to answer the age-old question; can he finally become the world champion here tonight. This has been the one accomplishment that he has been denied time after time again in the past three years in this company, but tonight. The world is watching, the pressure is immeasurable, and the spotlight is on; Adam Lucas has the opportunity of a lifetime to win his very first world championship at Pain For Pride!
Gavin Kirkland: That is going to be a challenge in itself because while Adam Lucas is looking to answer that age-old question, he will be doing that at the expense of someone who answered that same question for themselves earlier this season through Jake Smith. Jake Smith was also denied being in this position at the top multiple times prior to this reign, and he has proved numerous times that he intends on keeping the dream alive.. but in the history that I have been here at this table, helping commentate over Showdown matches.. This might be the most unpredictable and evenly-matched main event that I have ever seen produced from this show. Both of these men. Their desires to leave Nashville as the world champion is immense. Their hunger to have that taste of the gold is of a homeless man. Their drive to be the face of their brand is unfathomably high. They want this bad. They want to be the world champion so badly. Will Smith keep the dream alive, or will Lucas shatter it into pieces to bring his dreams into fruition?
( Adam Lucas stops circling the ring with his motorcycle and enters the ring. He poses in the middle of the ring, gaining more of the support of the Nashville crowd. He turns around and shifts his undivided attention, staring back at the stage. His theme song is replaced by the english version of “Cho-Zets Dynamic!” by Kazuya Yoshiii as the Geodis Park erupts in cheers. Lucas can’t help but produce a modicum of a smirk as he sees Jake Smith emerging onto the entranceway and sporting his EAW Answers World Championship proud. )
Gina Romano: AND HIS OPPONENT.. From Atherton, California, weighing in at 210 pounds.. HE IS THE EAW ANSWERS WORRRLD CHAMPION… “THE PROCESS,” JAAAKEEEE SMIIIIIIITHHHH!!
Eve: There has been a lot of talk on how the dynamic has been between Jake Smith and Adam Lucas heading into this match. We always talk about how this event is the culmination of everything that has gone down this season, and in my honest opinion; this match perfectly exemplifies that. They have been at each other’s heads for the past year. They have progressed from contesting for the Cash in The Vault briefcase at last year’s Pain For Pride to fighting for the championship that Jake Smith got out of that briefcase. They have progressed from contesting for Territorial Invasion team leaders to seeing who will be the leader of the entire locker room, the face of the brand essentially heading into the next season. Jake Smith and Adam Lucas has been in this tight-knit rivalry since the beginning of this season, farther back, and this match is a culmination of two individuals who have fought their asses off to get to this point.
Deadprez: We have seen Jake Smith beat the allegations of never being able to be world championship material because that is all he got when he was carrying around that briefcase. He still had that albatross weighing down on his back even when he cashed in to usurp Impact of his throne, but he took on the challenge of facing Impact twice and fought against all odds. He has beaten the best of the best on Saturday nights and validated a position that people thought he would never get in this company.
Gavin Kirkland: Meanwhile, Adam Lucas has been right behind him, earning his stripes so one day, he could take that EAW Answers World Championship. He couldn’t take it from Kassidy Heart, from TLA, from Impact, but can he take it away from Jake Smith? Lucas has undoubtedly earned his spot here while also working on his morals and his judgment. He won the EAW King of Elite in February and punched his ticket for tonight, but you got to think. Adam Lucas definitely got to feel a little ruffled in the head especially with the crude comments that Jake Smith has been introducing into the fold.
Deadprez: Some will say that Jake Smith has been completely out of line with his words, but all I see is Smith trying to play some mind games heading into Pain For Pride. We know that this match is going to be evenly-matched, both men have the same aspirations and desire and drive, but ultimately this match is going to go down depending on who wants it more. Jake Smith knows that if he throws Lucas off his game, and mentally wears him down, that gives him a huge edge and increases his chance of retaining tonight. However, this could be perceived completely differently because Smith might be playing some mind games, but he is also provoking Adam Lucas… and Adam Lucas on a hot streak is not someone that you want to be standing across the ring with… Jake Smith is playing a dangerous game here making it personal here, but he has a method to his madness and surely he is going to weaponize Adam Lucas’ emotions and use it as a guide to his victory tonight. We will have to see.
( Jake Smith steps inside of the ring and holds his EAW Answers World Championship high over his head in the middle of the ring to plenty of pyro. Adam Lucas scrunches his nose a little bit looking at Smith’s smirk, but he remains calm and composed as he knows he needs to keep himself in check if he wants to be focused in the most important match of his career. Smith hands the championship to the referee and both men come face to face. )
Deadprez: Adam Lucas vs. Jake Smith for the EAW Answers World Championship. A complete full circle from last year’s Pain for Pride. From Cash in The Vault to the main event of Pain for Pride DAY ONE! IT IS TIME TO SEE WHO WILL LEAD SHOWDOWN INTO SEASON SEVENTEEN!!
( DING! DING! DING! )
Deadprez: It is now official. The EAW Answers World Championship is up for grabs here in the main event of Pain For Pride 16 here in Nashville, Tennessee. Jake Smith and Adam Lucas aren’t in a hurry to get the offense started because they take a couple of moments to bask in the moment. This is the beginning of these men giving everything they have into this sport, their first time ever being in the main event and it is undoubtedly special to them.
( The Nashville crowd in the main event is divided in half between both competitors which is evident in the “Let’s Go Adaamm” followed by “LET’S GO JAKE!” chants. The big match feeling is truly in the air tonight.)
Eve: Adam Lucas and Jake Smith now meet in the middle of the ring, engaging into a collar-and-elbow tie-up that seems to be immediately won by Lucas as he corners him against the turnbuckle. Smith turns it around and it is now Lucas with his back against it. The referee starts his count in which the champion slowly lets go of his hold and backs away from the challenger.. but the CHAMPION AGGRESSIVELY PATS BOTH HANDS ONTO HIS SHOULDERS! Lucas can’t help but smirk at this as the mind games continue coming from Jake Smith. Smith has a much bolder smirk planted on his face, almost taunting the challenger into doing something impulsive here, but Lucas merely meanders around the ring composed and requests another collar-and-elbow tie up.
Deadprez: Jake Smith accepts the request and both competitors begin testing each other’s strength here. Adam Lucas wins this exchange yet again and muscles the champion right into a headlock. Smith attempts to send body shots, but it does nothing to bring him closer to escape. He decides to lean Lucas up against the ropes and rebound it to get a quick release off the headlock, but Lucas almost comes to a screeching halt mid-rebound and holds onto the headlock. Lucas tightens the headlock, giving no choice for Smith to pick him up off his feet.. and Adam Lucas reverses his counter and brings him down into a grounded position. Smith, however, takes advantage of the rolling momentum, gains the mounted position and now administers the headlock in this match.
Gavin Kirkland: This is the part of the match where they are constantly jockeying for position, feeling each other and trying to figure out each other’s kinks that could potentially be targeted as a weakness for the remainder of this match. I do not think there is anything more these two could know about each other as they have been getting acquainted all season, but with that being said, it would be a great move if they both brought gameplans different than what they have brought before. Adam Lucas has done his homework, and the fact that he refereed Jake Smith versus Donovan Duke shows that he was able to do the most efficient research possible heading into the biggest match of his career.
Deadprez: Jake Smith continues to administer this headlock here, with Lucas trying to get his head trapped in the leg scissors.. and Lucas is miraculously able to hook his head with his right heel, prompting Smith to KIP UP RIGHT OUT OF THE SCISSORS! AND SMITH SPRINGS UP TO HIS FEET RIGHT AFTER! A momentary staredown between both men before Jake Smith swings for a forear-
Eve: Adam Lucas blocks the incoming strike and lands a great punch to the jaw. He irish whips him into the ropes, looking to receive him in the middle of the ring off the rebound, but Smith intelligently holds onto the ropes. Lucas charges towards him and Smith gets his foot up, almost suckered him into that strike, but the challenger had it scouted and holds onto his foot.. and HE YANKS HIM OFF THE ROPES.. AND SMITH INADVERTENTLY LANDS LOWER BACK FIRST ONTO THE TOP OF THE CHALLENGER’S KNEE.. LUCAS WITH AN INNOVATIVE BACKBREAKER HERE AS HE NOW FOLLOWS IT UP BY GRAPPLING HIM INTO A CRAVATE HOLD.
Deadprez: Smith thought he could have suckered the challenger into one of his devastating pump kicks, but you gotta be more unpredictable than that as Lucas saw it coming a mile away. Lucas continues with this cravate, but Smith has sprouted onto his feet and drives his elbow blade into the midsection! Lucas is starting to lose his grip here, but he tightens it even more… and Smith loses his patience and PLUCKS LUCAS ONTO HIS SHOULDER! HE GOES FOR AN USHIGOROSHI NECKBREAKER HERE! LUCAS SEEMS TO BE ABOUT TO FLIP ONTO HIS FEE-
Eve: JAKE SMITH CHANGED DIRECTIONS MID-MOVE AND DECIDES TO BRING HIM DOWN IN A LANDSLIDE WITH A SIT-OUT EMERALD FLOWSION RATHER THAN THE USHIGOROSHI! THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT CAME TO CHANGING THINGS UP IN YOUR GAMEPLAN! Smith doesn’t want to go for a cover here as he now rests his knee on the lower back, anchoring it there and pulling back on his chin. Smith could somehow sense that Lucas was on the precipice of countering the Ushigoroshi and did something completely different from it, effectively catching him off guard.
Deadprez: Adam Lucas begins to fight out of this chinlock here as he is overpowering the champion! The challenger goes around the waist and lifts him up into a back suplex! Jake Smith slides off his shoulders and lands on his feet! Smith tries for a back suplex of his own! Adam Lucas lands on his feet as well! Smith turns around and throws a punch! Lucas ducks under it and swings! Smith ducks under it as well and kicks him right in the midsection. It stuns Lucas momentarily as he now runs the ropes!!! WAIT!
Eve: Lucas holds onto the edge of his tights, pulls him back towards him and GRABS HIM FOR A SPINNING SIT OUT POWERBOMB! SMITH TURNS AROUND AND DRIVES HIS FOREARM INTO THE JAW.. AND SMITH NOW GOES FORWARD WITH A PUMP KICK!! POW!! LUCAS INTERCEPTED IT WITH A HAYMAKER TO THE JAW.. and now the challenger irish whips the champion into the ropes and receives him off the ropes.. AND LUCAS CHOREOGRAPHS A BACK BODY DRO-
Deadprez: Jake Smith stops himself from toppling over his shoulders and brakes right in front of Adam! AND JAKE SIMPLY STEPS ONTO THE TOE OF ADAM!! AND SMITH WITH A SMIRK ON HIS FACE, PATTING HIMSELF ON HIS BACK AS HE NOW REBOUNDS BACK OFF THE ROPES!! AND LOOKS TO FOLLOW THIS UP!!
Gavin Kirkland: AND ADAM LUCAS EXPLODES HIM INTO THE AIR AND SMITH GOES FLYING WITH A BACK BODY DROP!! DID YOU SEE THE FACE AS HE SAW LUCAS GAIN A BURST OF ENERGY RIGHT NOW!! FREAK DISPLAY FROM THE CHALLENGER.. AND NOW THE CHAMPION SCRAMBLES UP TO HIS FEET.. BUT HE WALKS RIGHT INTO A PICTURE-PERFECT DROPKICK THAT SENDS HIM RETREATING TO RINGSIDE!! THE CHALLENGER ASSERTS HIS DOMINANCE HERE!
Deadprez: Jake Smith has scrambled right out of the ring after that death-defying back body drop landing and dropkick to the face. Adam Lucas seems to win some of his fans onto his side here as he is upstaging the world champion as we speak! Smith can’t believe what he is seeing as he now slowly steps back into the ring.. and HE IMMEDIATELY CHARGES FOR THE CHALLENGER! LUCAS SWINGS FOR A CLOTHESLINE! BUT SMITH GOES AROUND THE WAIST! WAIST TAKEDOWN! LUCAS REVERSES IT INTO A HEADLOCK.. SMITH IMMEDIATELY CINCHES IN THE LEG SCISSORS.. AND LUCAS TRIES TO KIP-UP OUT OF THE SCISSORS.. BUT TO NO AVAIL!
Eve: Lucas is thrusting his legs, trying to get out of these leg scissors but it is not working for him. Smith squeezes his head between his thighs, but now Lucas starts to move around with his upper body… and he now begins to do a handstand on the top of his head while in the leg scissors.. I have seen this counter before.. but is Smith going to let it happen?!?! Lucas tries to seamlessly transition out… BUT OH MY GOD!! HE JUST SPIKED HIM!
Gavin Kirkland: JAKE SMITH LIFTED HIS HEAD UP OFF THE CANVAS WITH HIS LEGS AND DROPPED HIM ONTO THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WITH SOME SMALL-SCALE VERSION OF A SNAP PILEDRIVER!! LUCAS HOLDS ONTO HIS NECK IMMEDIATELY AS SMITH GOES FOR THE COVER!!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
T-
Deadprez: LUCAS KICKS-OUT!! Jake Smith quickly administers a twisting wrist lock onto the challenger here. These both have not been afraid of slowing down the tempo of this match and trying to wear each other down which is really the name of the game of their wrestling styles. Smith adds more torque to the wrist lock, but it doesn’t stop from Lucas getting to a vertical base and rolling forward. He flips forward onto the top of his head, twists inwards and reverses the wrist lock into his possession now. Smith falls to his knee, feeling the counter, but he also rolls his forward, rolls onto his back and tries to twist.. Lucas simply pulls him and stuffs him in the midsection with a knee.
Eve: Lucas clutches him by the side and goes for a pendulum backbreaker, but the champion manages to transition out of it with a tilt-a-whirl like motion and the challenger finds himself into the position of a vertical suplex! SMITH TRIES FOR A BRAINBUSTER! LUCAS ESCAPES OVER HIS SHOULDERS, TURNS HIM AROUND AND HOISTS HIM UP INTO A VERTICAL SUPLEX! SMITH KEEPS HIS FEET PLANTED ON THE GROUND, TWISTS OUT AND GOES FOR A FOREARM! LUCAS TRAVELS AROUND THE WAIST AND GOES FOR A GERMAN SUPLEX?! SMITH REACHES UNDER AND GRABS HIS FOOT! HE YANKS HIS LEG OFF THE CANVAS.. AND FALLS ONTO HIS BEHIND!!
Gavin Kirkland: AND SMITH LANDS A BASEMENT SUPERKICK TO THE JAW! NO! Adam Lucas ducks under the superkick and SHOULDERS ARE DOWN WITH A SCHOOL-BOY COVER!
ONEEE!!!
TWOOOOO!!!
Gavin Kirkland: The champion thrusts out of the school-boy cover… and ADAM LUCAS WITH A SHINING WIZARD ACROSS THE DOME OF THE HEAD! Adam Lucas with a devastating knee strike to the head as he now rolls underneath the bottom rope and waits for Jake Smith to get to a vertical base. He finally does; and LUCAS SOARS INTO THE SKIES AND SPREADS HIS WINGS!!! FOR A SPRINGBOARD FOREARM SMASH!! BUT HE LANDS A SUPERKICK TO THE FEET OF LUCAS!! LUCAS LOSES BALANCE AND COLLIDES WITH THE TOP ROPE!
Deadprez: Adam Lucas’ attempt to go aerial failed as he got denied it with authority! Jake Smith joins him on the apron and places his head in between his legs… What is the world champion thinking here? HE MIGHT BE GOING FOR A PILEDRIVER PERHAPS! BUT, ADAM LUCAS ESCAPES OUT OF THE PRECARIOUS POSITION.. AND HE BEGINS TO OVERWHELM THE CHAMPION WITH KNIFE-EDGE CHOPS AND FOREARM SMASHES! ONE AFTER ANOTHER.. AND ADAM LUCAS NOW PLACES HIS HEAD IN BETWEEN HIS LEGS!!
Eve: It is now Jake Smith’s turn to escape from this precarious position, and that is what he does! AND LUCAS LOSES POSSESSION OF HIM.. AND SMITH OUT OF NOWHERE WITH A SUPERKICK TO THE JAW!! AND LUCAS IMMEDIATELY GOES OVER THE TOP ROPE AND INTO THE RING! JAKE SMITH SCRAMBLING WHAT TO DO NEXT, BUT INSTEAD OF ENTERING THE RING AND CAPITALIZING ON THE GROUND… IT SEEMS HE WANTS TO DO WHAT LUCAS FAILED TO DO MOMENTS AGO AND TAKE AN AERIAL APPROACH!
Deadprez: It isn’t common for us to see Jake Smith attack from the top turnbuckle as he is perched on it! AND ADAM LUCAS TURNS AROUND!! AND SMITH DESCENDS FROM ABOVE!! WITH A MISSILE DROPKICK FOR THE EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHI-
Eve: ADAM LUCAS SNATCHES HIS LEGS IN MID-AIR AND HE LOOKS TO STEP INTO THE LUCAS LOCK!! OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SHARPSHOOTER!!
Gavin Kirkland: COULD WE SEE THE TITLES SWAP HANDS HERE VIA SUBMISSION!?!?
Deadprez: NOPE!! BECAUSE SMITH KICKS THE LIVING HELL OUT OF THE FACE OF LUCAS BEFORE HE COULDN’T EVEN COMPLETE THE POTENTIAL OF THE LUCAS LOCK… AND SMITH STUFFED HIM WITH ONE FINAL UP KIC-
Gavin Kirkland: It connected alright, but LUCAS REBOUNDS OFF THE MIDDLE ROPE.. AND HE ROLLS RIGHT INTO THE DIRECTION OF SMITH’S LEGS, PICKING HIM UP ONTO HIS SHOULDERS AND IMMEDIATELY RECOVERING AFTER THE FAILED LUCAS LOCK ATTEMPT!
Deadprez: SMITH COUNTERED IT AND HOOKED HIS LEG!! BROKEN WINGS! BROKEN WINGS!!
ONEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Eve: KICK-OUT! That recovery roll might have not been a good idea in hindsight as he rolled right into the clutches of the Broken Wing snap swinging neckbreaker from the world champion! Jake Smith gets up to his feet and brings Adam Lucas with him into the corner. He leans him up against the turnbuckles and pounds him with a knife-edge chop right underneath the jaw. He lays him with another one before IRISH WHIPPING HIM INTO THE OPPOSITE CORNER! Lucas counters and it is the champion who ends up in the corner. Smith lifts his feet over the shoulders of the incoming Lucas to escape him, in which he runs into the opposite corner whereas Lucas follows close behind. Smith senses him behind him and uses the turnbuckle to hover over his shoulders. It works and SMITH GETS HIS ARMS WRAPPED AROUND THE WAIST!
Deadprez: AND THE CHAMPION SPIKES DOWN THE CHALLENGER WITH A RELEASE GERMAN SUPLEX! Jake Smith immediately springs up to his feet and looks to follow up that suplex with something big here! Smith grabs his wrist and pulls him in—LUCAS ABRUPTLY GOES AROUND HIS WAIST!! AND FOLDS HIM OVER WITH A RELEASE GERMAN SUPLEX! Jake Smith landed right onto the back of his head, definitely might have concussed him as he now retreats into the corner turnbuckles. That might have been the worst decision to do as ADAM LUCAS COMES CHARGING IN!
Eve: AND ADAM LUCAS LANDS A STINGER SPLASH IN THE CORNER.. AND SMITH GETS SENT PACKING AWAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE RING! Lucas now runs towards the ropes, jumps onto the second rope, turns in the air, AND GOES FOR A CLOTHESLINE!! BUT JAKE SMITH CATCHES HIM WITH A PUMP KICK TO THE MOUTH!! IMPECCABLE TIMING FROM THE CHAMPION HERE AS HE NOW FOLLOWS IT UP!!
Deadprez: SMITH GRABS HIM FROM BEHIND AND GOES FOR THE ‘PROPHETIC’ ROLLING CUTTAHHH!!!
Jake Smith: (off-mic) HUH?
Gavin Kirkland: ADAM LUCAS SUDDENLY DROPS DEAD ON THE GROUND TO THE CONFUSION OF SMITH.. AND LUCAS CLOBBERS SMITH IN THE HEAD WITH AN UP KICK!! SMITH GRABS THE CROWN OF HIS HEAD IN PAIN AND RECUPERATES IN THE CORNER TURNBUCKLES.. MEANWHILE LUCAS SPRINGS UP TO HIS FEET AND CHARGES TOWARDS HIM WITH THE SPEED AND POWER OF A MACK TRUCK!
Eve: AND ADAM LUCAS GOES FOR A SECOND STINGER SPLAAA-
Deadprez: NOBODY IS HOME!! SMITH JUMPED TO THE SIDE AND LUCAS SMACKS HIS HEAD AGAINST THE TOP OF THE RINGPOST!!
Eve: AND LUCAS WALKS DAZED, BUT INADVERTENTLY RIGHT INTO THE CLUTCHES OF JAKE SMITH.. AND SMITH PLACES HIM INTO THE INVERTED FRONT FACELOCK TO HIT THE ROLLING CUTTER.. AND IT CONNECTS THIS TIME AROUND!
Gavin Kirkland: WHAT THE!! LUCAS STEPPED UP OFF THE ROPES, FLIPPED OVER AND NOW HE HAS THE INVERTED FRONT-FACE LOCK IN HIMSELF!! AND HE SPIKES JAKE SMITH WITH THE ROLLING CUTTER!! OH, THE IRONY, IF HE DETHRONES HIM WITH HIS OWN MOVE!! COULD THIS BE IT!
ONEEEE!
TWOOOOO!!
T-
Eve: JAKE SMITH POWERS OUT AT TWO!! The champion made the wrong judgment of going for the rolling cutter in such close proximity to the ropes because Adam Lucas is very resourceful of his surroundings.. and when we thought he was about to be hit with it… Lucas stepped up off the ropes to flip over and reverse the situation. That is how smart and resourceful Adam Lucas is inside the squared circle and why we have considered him as the ring general here on Saturday nights. Adam Lucas takes a couple of seconds to catch his breath before he notices Smith doing the same on the opposite end.
Deadprez: Adam Lucas helps Smith up to his feet… and clobbers him with a forearm smash. It almost brings him back down to his feet, but Smith falls right into the middle rope… and that might have just woken up the champion as SMITH RETURNS WITH A FOREARM SMASH OF HIS OWN!! AND LUCAS WITH A KNIFE-EDGE CHOP!! AND LUCAS WITH A KNIFE-EDGE CHOP IN A RESPONSE!!! BUT THAT CHOP DOESN’T EVEN PHASE THE CHALLENGER.. AND SMITH DOES IT AGAIN.. AND IT STILL HAS NO BEARING ON ADAM LUCAS!
Eve: AND ADAM LUCAS WITH A KNIFE-EDGE CHOP THAT HAS SMITH SCRAMBLING INTO THE CORNER!! AND LUCAS WITH ANOTHER KNIFE-EDGE CHOP!! AND ANOTHER KNIFE-EDGE CHOP!! AND NOW LUCAS IS TAUNTING THE CHAMPION!! LUCAS IS TELLING JAKE SMITH TO HIT HIM HARD!!
Gavin Kirkland: ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE!! AND SMITH HITS A FOREARM SMASH THAT SENDS ADAM LUCAS A COUPLE OF STEPS BACK!! AND ANOTHER ONE!! AND ANOTHER ONE!! AND NOW A KNIFE-EDGE CHOP THAT SENDS LUCAS TO HIS KNEE!! SMITH IS DELIVERING BRUTAL STRIKE AFTER ANOTHER ONE!! AND SMITH NOW RUNS TO THE ROP-
Eve: LUCAS GRABS ONTO HIS HAND, COMMUNICATING THAT HE IS NOT DONE HERE IN THIS EXCHANGE OF STRIKES!! AND HE CLOBBERS THE CHAMPION WITH AN OPEN-HAND CHOP TO THE FACE!! AND YOU COULD HEAR THAT SLAP RING THROUGH GEODIS PARK!! THE SILENCE HERE AS THE CAMERA PICKS UP AN INVIGORATED AND INCENSED JAKE SMITH!! AND JAKE SMITH RESPONDS WITH AN OPEN-HAND CHOP TO LUCAS!!
Deadprez: AND NOW BOTH MEN ARE SLAPPING THE LIVING HELL OUT OF EACH OTHER! JAKE! ADAM! JAKE! ADAM! JAKE! ADAM! JAKE! ADAM! JAKE ADAM! AND THEY BOTH GO FOR A SLAP AT THE SAME TIME AND CONNECTS!! THE FATIGUE IS STARTING TO SET IN, BUT EITHER MEN AREN’T GIVING IN! Adam Lucas swings for a clothesline, but so does Jake Smith and they both hit each other with them! They do it again and it still does not take either competitor out! AND THEY DO IT AGAIN! AND AGAIN! Both men are hitting each other with the same move to see who’s stronger, who’s more resilient, and who will finally go down!
Eve: AND NOW THEY HIT EACH OTHER WITH FOREARMS AT THE SAME TIME… AND THEY DO IT AGAIN–SMITH DUCKS UNDER IT AND HITS A PUNCH TO THE FACE! JAKE SMITH SPINS OUT FOR A DISCUS ELBOW, BUT ADAM ALSO DOES THE SAME!! AND THEY BOTH CLOBBER EACH OTHER WITH DISCUS ELBOWS!!
Gavin Kirkland: BUT BOTH MEN ARE STILL ON THEIR FEET?!?! EVERYONE HERE IN GEODIS PARK ARE ON THEIR FEET, GIVING THEM A STANDING OVATION AS THEY NOW CHARGE INTO EACH OTHER ONCE MORE!!
Deadprez: ADAM LUCAS GOES FOR A BICYCLE KICK!!
Eve: AND JAKE SMITH SHOOTS FOR A PUMP KICK!!
**POW**
Gavin Kirkland: AND BOTH MEN COLLIDE WITH BIG BOOTS TO EACH OTHER… AND THEY FALL TO THE GROUND AT THE SAME TIME!!
Eve: WAIT! Adam Lucas and Jake Smith have their bodies inadvertently draped on top of each other.. and they both have their shoulders down to the canvas! THE REFEREE SLIDES OVER FOR THE COUNT!! THIS CAN’T END IN A DOUBLE PIN!! WAKE UP BOYS!!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-
Deadprez: BOTH MEN REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS AT THE LAST SECOND AND THROWS THEIR SHOULDER UP OFF THE CANVAS
Gavin Kirkland: You could hear everyone here in Nashville, Tennessee with a sigh of relief! Both of these competitors dished out every ounce of energy they had into those strikes that when it all ended, it almost ended in a draw! Adam Lucas and Jake Smith begin to crawl towards the ropes on opposite sides of the ring. This is what the EAW Answers World Championship means to them! They are willing to put everything on the line here!
Deadprez: Both men look at each other with a certain fire in their eyes… and THEY NOW CHARGE INTO EACH OTHER!!! ADAM LUCAS SWINGS FOR A CLOTHESLINE.. JAKE SMITH DUCKS UNDER IT.. AND OH!!!
Eve: STARMAKER CONNECTS!!
Gavin Kirkland: ADAM LUCAS SHOVES HIM AWAY!! SMITH COMES BACK AND SPRINTS TOWARDS THE CHALLENGER!! LUCAS DUCKS UNDER IT, SMITH REBOUNDS OFF THE ROPES..
Deadprez: AND ADAM LUCAS GOES FOR THE LEVEL UP POP-UP POWERBOMB!!
Gavin Kirkland: NO, THE EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION LEAPED OVER HIS SHOULDERS AND LANDS ON HIS FEET! ADAM LUCAS GETS FAKED OUT WITH A SUPERKICK AND GETS DRIVEN IN THE KNEE INSTEAD!! AND LUCAS GETS HIS CLOCK CLEAN WITH A SUPERKICK AS HE WAS ON HIS KNEES! The challenger staggered on the ground and Jake Smith moving over to the corner could only mean ONE THING!
Deadprez: We could be moments away from Adam Lucas falling to the same move that one of his best friends in Donovan Duke succumbed to at Fighting Spirit.. and Jake Smith has his target locked in!! AND HE GOES FOR THE KAIIIIIIOOOOOKENNNNN KNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Eve: ADAM LUCAS TURNS IT AROUND AND SLAMS HIM DOWN WITH A BEAUTIFUL SPINEBUSTER!! THAT SPINEBUSTER WAS TRULY A SIGHT TO BEHOLD AS LUCAS IMMEDIATELY SPRINGS UP TO HIS FEET!! AND HE IS STARTING TO GAIN SECOND WIND HERE AS HE IS LOOKING TO HIT A BIG MOVE HERE!
Deadprez: Adam Lucas brings Jake Smith up to his feet, grabs a handful of his hair before throwing him into the wolves.. AND RECEIVING HIM FOR THE POP UP POWERBOMB!
Gavin Kirkland: AND IT CONNECTS!! WE HAVE A NEW CHAMP—
Eve: JAKE SMITH REVERSES THE POP UP POWERBOMB INTO A SIT-OUT FACEBUSTER!!! WHAT A COUNTER!!!
Deadprez: Jake Smith with a hail mary pass counter right there as we thought we were just about to see The Level Up Pop-Up Powerbomb in action! If it had, then we definitely would be crowning a new EAW Answers World Champion right now! Adam Lucas has not moved since he got planted with that facebuster, meanwhile Smith has wiggled himself into the turnbuckle and has seemingly found himself in the perfect position to set Lucas up for the KAIOKEN KNEE STRIKE!
Eve: Adam Lucas has crept up to a kneeling position, so surely this is what he has to do right now? Jake Smith pulled himself up to his feet in the corner, but he decided to sit himself on the top turnbuckle. What in the world is the world champion thinking here? Lucas is probably thinking that he is about to hit with the KAIOKEN or STARMAKER, but Smith is perched on the second rope!! AND HE SOARS OFF INTO THE DIRECTION OF THE CHALLENGER!
Gavin Kirkland: AND JAKE SMITH CONNECTS WITH A JUMPING STARMAKER OFF THE SECOND TURNBUCKLE!!!!
Deadprez: SMITH LANDS RIGHT INTO A REAR NAKED CHOKE HOLD!! ADAM LUCAS HAD IT SCOUTED!! DID YOU SEE THE EXPRESSION INSTANTLY CHANGE ONCE JAKE SMITH REALIZED THAT HE FELL RIGHT INTO THE SLEEPER HOLD!! ADAM LUCAS HAS HIS ARMS WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK LIKE A BOA CONSTRICTOR AND WE MAY SEE THE CHAMPION PASS ASLEEP AND CEDE HIS TITLE TO THE 2023 KING OF ELITE!
Eve: JAKE SMITH REFUSES TO HAVE HIS DREAM BE SHATTERED WITH THIS!! ADAM LUCAS MADE THE MISTAKE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO FULLY CINCH IN THE LEG SCISSORS OF THE REAR NAKED CHOKE HOLD, AND NOW SMITH IS STARTING TO LIFT LUCAS ONTO HIS SHOULDERS AS HE GETS UP TO HIS FEET! LOOK AT THE RESILIENCE OF THE EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION!!!
Deadprez: AND JAKE SMITH SUCCESSFULLY BACKS UP TO THE CORNER AND GETS A ROPE BREAK!!! BUT ONCE ADAM LUCAS LET GO AND SMITH STEPPED AWAY FROM THE CORNER… HE PUT HIM RIGHT INTO THE SLEEPER HOLD FOR A SECOND TIME!! AND HE IS ABLE TO PULL HIM AWAY FROM THE ROPES!!! SMITH IS BACK IN DEEP OF THE CHOKE HOLD AND HE IS IN DEEP, DEEP, DEEP TROUBLE!
Gavin Kirkland: JAKE SMITH IS ABLE TO CLOSE SOME DISTANCE TOWARDS THE ROPES.. AND HE NOW STEPS OFF THE SECOND ROPE, LEANING HIS ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT ONTO LUCAS AND ROLLING OVER!! SHOULDERS ARE DOWN!
ONEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOO!
THR-
Deadprez: ADAM LUCAS POWERS OUT.. BUT SMITH IMMEDIATELY PLUCKS HIM OFF THE CANVAS.. AND DRILLS HIM INTO THE CENTER OF THE RING WITH THE ROLLING CUTTER! PROPHETIC CONNECTS! SMITH TAKES A WHILE TO GET THE COVER AS HE TRIES TO RECALIBRATE HIMSELF AFTER BEING IN THE SLEEPER FOR SO LONG!! AND HE HOOKS THE LEG!! AND STILL CHAMPION!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Eve: LUCAS PROPS HIS SHOULDER UP!! Jake Smith just fought through adversity there with the series of sleeper holds and was somehow able to pull the Prophetic out of nowhere the second that he freed himself from it! Talk about the fortitude of Jake Smith! It is unbelievable! The world champion uses the ropes to get up to his feet and could possibly forget the KAIOKEN knee strike right now! If he is able to, then that’ll surely close the match for him!
Deadprez: Jake Smith leans Adam Lucas in the corner, hammers him with a forearm smash before sliding him onto the top turnbuckle. Smith joins him up there and connects with another forearm smash. It is no doubt that fatigue is truly setting in for both of these competitors, and Lucas needs to snap back into reality if he wants to avoid what Smith has in store here.
Gavin Kirkland: Jake Smith grapples Lucas’ head.. AND IT COULD MEAN ONE THING HERE!! LUCAS IS NOT RESISTING MUCH AND IF SMITH CONNECTS THIS, ALL OF HIS WORK THIS SEASON WILL BE SHATTERED IN THREE SECONDS!!
Deadprez: AND JAKE SMITH CONNECTS WITH THE STARBREAKER!! THE AVALANCHE CUTTER AND THAT COULD BE IT-
Eve: ADAM LUCAS SHOVES JAKE SMITH OFF THE TOP ROPE… AND JAKE SMITH LANDS GROIN FIRST ONTO THE ROPES!!!
Deadprez: SMITH IS SITTING ON THE TOP ROPE, WRITHING IN PAIN WHEREAS ADAM LUCAS USES THE ROPES TO CATAPULT HIMSELF INTO THE RING…
Gavin Kirkland: AND HE TEARS RIGHT THROUGH THE INCAPACITATED WORLD CHAMPION WITH THE BUCKSHOT LARIAT!! SMITH FALLS OFF THE ROPES AND LANDS FACE FIRST!! AND NOW LUCAS GOES FOR THE COVER!! THAT IS IT!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Deadprez: KICK-OUT!! Adam Lucas strikes with the same move that he beat Impact to keep this bout a singles one at Grand Rampage, but Jake Smith survives after being plowed by it while being a sitting duck on the third rope! Lucas is starting to break down a little bit, but he swallows his pride and keeps on moving. He gets up to a vertical base and waits for Jake to get up as well. What a very physical bout it has been between these two and to think that this is only the first day!? It is crazy!
Eve: Jake Smith is able to barely get up to his feet as Lucas kicks him in the midsection and goes for a cradle piledriver here! Lucas tries for the Honour Bomb here, hooking him with the gotch-wrench BUT SMITH OVERENCUMBERS HIM WITH HIS ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT AND PINS HIM DOWN!! LUCAS IS STUCK DOING THE CRADLE THROUGH THE LEGS AS HIS SHOULDERS HAVE BEEN TRAPPED!
ONEEEE!
TWOOOOO!!!
THR-
Deadprez: LUCAS IS ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM THAT PREDICAMENT, BUT HE STILL MAINTAINS THE GOTCH HOLD AND DEADLIFTS HIM OFF THE CANVAS!! HONOUR BOMB!!!
Gavin Kirkland: NO!! JAKE DESPERATELY FIGHTS OUT OF THE HONOUR BOMB WITH REPEATED HEEL KICKS TO THE HEAD!! THE CHALLENGER HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO LET GO AS HE FALLS TO HIS KNEE! Jake Smith should count himself lucky that he didn’t get nailed with the cradle piledriver as he now gets up to his feet! AND JAKE TRIES FOR A STARMAKER!! BUT LUCAS HOLDS ONTO HIM AND THROWS HIM ONTO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!! JAKE SOMEHOW ENDED UP SEATED ON THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!!!
Deadprez: AND ADAM LUCAS LEAPS INTO THE AIR!! AND DROPKICKS JAKE SMITH OFF THE TOP TURNBUCKLE, SENDING HIM FLYING AND LANDING FACE FIRST ONTO THE BARRICADE HERE AT RINGSIDE!! THAT HAS GOT TO HURT!
Eve: Jake Smith kicks and screams as he holds his ribs! He might have broken it on his collision down against the barricade! Adam Lucas with an incredibly brilliant counter to the Starmaker as he now climbs up the turnbuckles! Smith is somehow getting to a vertical base, only because he is using our announce table to prop himself up! MEANWHILE, RIGHT ABOVE HIM, ADAM LUCAS HAS RISEN FROM THE ASHES LIKE A PHOENIX HERE IN NASHVILLE!
Deadprez: AND LUCAS IS ABOUT TO MAKE A STAR WITHIN HIMSELF!! AS HE SOARS OFF THE TURNBUCKLE WITH AN ASAI MOONSAULT!!
**POW!!**
Gavin Kirkland: JAKE SMITH NAILS HIM WITH A SUPERKICK IN MID-AIR!! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!?!!
Deadprez: JAKE THROWS HIM BACK INTO THE SQUARED CIRCLE!!! ADAM LUCAS HAS GO TO BE OUT!! The defending champion is now climbing to the top rope while Lucas is somehow getting up to his feet! The challenger has his back turned to the champion on the turnbuckle!! AND JAKE DROPS DOWN!! AND HE DRIVES HIS KNEE INTO THE BACK OF THE CHALLENGER!! HE MIGHT HAVE CAVED HIS SKULL IN WITH THAT KNEE AS LUCAS FALLS FLAT ONTO HIS BELLY!
Eve: AND JAKE SMITH NOW GOES TO THE CORNER OPPOSITE FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS CHALLENGER!! AND THE WORLD CHAMPION HAS A SMIRK ON HIS FACE! HE THING HE HAS THIS MATCH WON!! THIS IS THE SAME WAY HE BEAT DONOVAN DUKE!! AND HE IS ABOUT TO REPEAT HISTORY AND DO THE SAME THING AGAIN!
Deadprez: AND JAKE SMITH PULLS DOWN HIS KNEEPAD!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: AND HE DECAPITATES ADAM LUCAS WITH THE KAIOKEN KNEE STRIKE!!!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Eve: ADAM LUCAS POPS HIS SHOULDER UP AT THE VERY LAST SECOND!! WHAT?!?!! JAKE CANNOT BELIEVE HIS EYES!! HE IS APOPLECTIC!! THIS IS THE SAME WAY HE CONQUERED DONOVAN DUKE BACK AT FIGHTING SPIRIT, AND IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO PUT AWAY ADAM LUCAS!! ADAM LUCAS IS NOT HUMAN!! Jake Smith is in contemplation mode, thinking on what he can possibly do next to ensure he walks out of here still the EAW Answers World Champion!
( Jake Smith crouches to the exhausted Lucas’ level onto his knees and grabs his chin. )
Jake Smith: (off-mic) What is this? Huh? All of this to still be the little bitch in your relationship?
( Adam Lucas’ eyes instantly flare up upon hearing Smith’s trash talk. )
Jake Smith: (off-mic) Don’t even worry about bringing the championship back to your wife.. because you’ll never be capable of that unlike ME!
Eve: I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS SMART JAKE!
Jake Smith: (off-mic) YOU’LL NEVER HAVE MY CHAMPIONSHIP.. BECAUSE YOU’LL NEVER BE HI-
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Deadprez: ADAM LUCAS JUST PUT JAKE SMITH IN THE MANDIBLE CLAW!! COULD YOU IMAGINE IF JAKE SMITH LOSES HIS EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TO ONE OF THE MOVES THAT DR. BETHANY BLUE MADE FAMOUS!
Eve: DO YOU SEE THE EXPRESSION ON ADAM LUCAS’ FACE!! HE IS GOING TO KILL HIM!! JAKE SMITH IS FROZEN AND HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO!! AND ADAM LUCAS TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THIS!!
Deadprez: AND HE TRANSITIONS IT INTO THE TRIANGLE HOLD!! THE MOVE THAT WAS PASSED DOWN ONTO HIM BY ORLANDO CRUZ, AND JAKE SMITH IS IN TROUBLE!! SMITH’S TRASH TALK GOT HIM INTO AN UNLIKELY SITUATION FOR HIM AND HE HAS NOWHERE TO GO!!
Eve: JAKE SMITH IS WAVING HIS HANDS, TRYING TO SEE IF HE COULD GET A ROPE BREAK HERE!! BUT ADAM LUCAS IS NOT LETTING HIM ANYWHERE NEAR THE ROPES!! ADAM LUCAS IS SQUEEZING AS HARD AS HE CAN! AFTER HEARING WHAT HE’S SAID! I DON’T THINK ADAM LUCAS IS DOING THIS WITH THE INTENT OF JUST BEING EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION!! HE IS THINKING OF DOING THIS TO LITERALLY MURDER THE WORLD CHAMPION IN THE PROCESS!!
Deadprez: AND JAKE SMITH IS STARTING TO NEAR DISTANCE TOWARDS THE ROPES!! HE IS LITERALLY FINGERTIPS AWAY, BUT SMITH CONTINUES TO TIGHTEN THE TRIANGLE HOLD MORE AND MORE!! WHAT MORE DOES JAKE SMITH HAVE LEFT IN HIS SYSTEM!! AND THAT ANSWER IS NOT A LOT BECAUSE SMITH IS LOSING THE FIGHT IN HIM EVERY SECOND THAT REMAINS IN THE CONFINES OF THIS SUBMISSION HOLD!
Eve: THIS SUBMISSION IS CUTTING OFF OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN, AND WE COULD BE SECONDS AWAY FROM SEEING HIS LIGHTS GO OUT AND CROWNING A NEW CHAMPION! BUT JAKE SMITH IS KEEPING HIS EYES OPEN!! AND MAKING SURE HE STAYS AWAKE!! BECAUSE HE WANTS THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MORE!!
Deadprez: AND JAKE SMITH MAKES ONE BIG STROKE TOWARDS THE ROPES AND GETS HIS HAND ON THE ROPES!!
Referee: ROPE BREA-
Deadprez: JAKE SMITH’S ARM GOES WEAK RIGHT BEFORE HE COULD TOUCH THE ROPES!! SMITH HAS PASSED OUT!! THAT IS IT!!
Gavin Kirkland: DING! DING! DING!
( Jake Smith wakes up and holds onto the foot of the referee! The referee notices that he is still in this and does not go to ring the bell. )
Eve: WHAT!! JAKE SMITH IS STILL IN THIS!! ADAM LUCAS CAN’T BELIEVE IT!! BUT HE CONTINUES TO TIGHTEN THE HOLD!! IT DOESN’T WORK AS JAKE SMITH HAS SEEMED TO GAIN ANOTHER WIND!! AND HE BRINGS HIMSELF TO THE ROPE BREAK!!! SMITH BREAKS THE TRIANGLE HOLD!!!
Deadprez: BUT ADAM LUCAS IS NOT LETTING GO OF THE TRIANGLE HOLD!! JAKE SMITH IS STARTING TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS FOR REAL NOW AS THE REFEREE MAKES THE COUNT!
ONEEEEE!
TWOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEE!!
FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FIVE!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: ADAM LUCAS REFUSES TO LET GO AND THE REFEREE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO DISQUALIFY HI-
Deadprez: ADAM LUCAS LETS GO OF THE TRIANGLE HOLD AND STOPS THE REFEREE FROM DOING THAT!! I DON’T KNOW WHAT WE JUST SAW OUT FROM ADAM LUCAS.. BUT JAKE SMITH’ MIND GAMES HAVE CAUSED HIM TO COMPLETELY SNAP OUT OF IT AND HE ALMOST GOT HIMSELF DISQUALIFIED!
Eve: ADAM LUCAS BEING APOLOGETIC TO THE REFEREE MEANWHILE JAKE SMITH IS RECUPERATING AGAINST THE ROPES!!
Deadprez: ADAM LUCAS TURNS AROUND AND RETURNS HIS ATTENTION BACK TO JAKE-
Gavin Kirkland: STARMAKER!!! STARMAKER!! STARMAKER!!
Deadprez: JAKE SMITH WITH THE STARMAKER OUT OF NOWHERE AS HE GOES FOR THE COVER!! AND STILL!
ONEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Deadprez: ADAM LUCAS KICKS OUT!! WHAT IS THIS MAN!??!
Jake Smith: https://media.tenor.com/hBesRYY4xzQAAAAC/adam-cole-disappointed.gif
Deadprez: ADAM LUCAS HAS SURVIVED THE KAIOKEN KNEE STRIKE.. AND THEN NOW THE STARMAKER!!
Gavin Kirkland: THESE TWO ARE STEALING THE SHOW!! MY GOODNESS!! CALL! THE! POLICE! CALL! THE! POLICE!!
Eve: Jake Smith is in the face of the referee, arguing that was definitely a three count, but Adam Lucas, in fact, did get his shoulder up before the three. Jake Smith sits back in the corner and just waits as he sees the broken down challenger try to get up to his feet. It is like entertainment for him, and to him, Adam Lucas is a sitting duck!
Deadprez: Adam Lucas starts to get up onto his knees, probably unaware of his surroundings now as Jake Smith stares at his blank expression for a couple of seconds… BEFORE HE CHARGES TOWARDS HIM!! AND HITS THE SECOND KAIOKEN KNEE STRIKE!!!!
Eve: ADAM LUCAS DUCKS UNDER IT!! WHAT THE!! HOW IS HE STILL IN THIS?!?
Deadprez: JAKE SMITH TURNS AROUND!! LUCAS POPS HIM UP!!
Gavin Kirkland: POP-UP POWERBOMB!! WAIT NO!!
Eve: HE HITS THE NEXT LEVEL!! THE POP-UP CUTTER CONNECTS!! THAT HAS GOT TO BE IT!!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Deadprez: JAKE SMITH GETS THE SHOULDER UP!! WHAT?!?! I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF I HAVE ANY WORDS TO DESCRIBE OUR SHOCK RIGHT NOW!! HOW IN THE WORLD IS EITHER OF THESE MEN STILL OPERATING AT THIS LEVEL IN THIS MATCH STILL!!
Gavin Kirkland: IT IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T COME THIS FAR, JUST TO COME THIS FAR!! ADAM WANTS IT BAD!! JAKE WANTS IT BAD!! I WANT IT BAD!! EVERYONE WANTS IT BAD!! THESE TWO WILL NOT FALL INTO THEIR BODY LITERALLY DROPS!! THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE WILLING TO LEAVE CHAMPION TONIGHT!
Eve: Jake Smith is somehow crawling towards the other side of the ring while Adam Lucas is sitting against the second rope. Smith is able to turn around and lean against the bottom rope, leaving both competitors to stare at each other in exhaustion in what could be the closing moments of this match! They’re both too exhausted to charge into each other at this moment, and all they could do is send smirks at each other.
Gavin Kirkland: These are the two elitists that have represented Saturday nights the most the entire season, and it makes sense that they are the very same elitists that represent Showdown here in the main event of Pain For Pride! They now get up to their feet, still leaning on the ropes, basking in the final moments as THEY NOW CHARGE INTO EACH OTHER!
Eve: AND EVERYONE HERE IN THE GEODIS PARK HAVE COME ALIVE FOR THE LAST TIME TONIGHT AS THEY NOW GO BALLISTIC ONTO EACH OTHER!! THEY ARE SWINGING AND SWINGING, BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE PUTTING IT ALL ON THE LINE!!
Deadprez: AND NOW ADAM LUCAS NOW BEGINS TO CHOP HIM DOWN WITH MULTIPLE HEADBUTTS TO THE FACE!! OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!! AND NOW THE WORLD CHAMPION IS DOWN TO HIS KNEES!!
Eve: AND ADAM LUCAS NOW SWINGS AROUND!! AND LOOKS TO DRIVE HIM DOWN WITH A DISCUS LARIAT!
Deadprez: BUT JAKE SMITH GRABS HIS ARM AND LINES HIM UP INTO THE POSITION OF THE ARM-TRAPPED CROSSFACE! THE FAMOUS LAST WORDS ARE CINCHED IN!!
Eve: AND WE COULD BE SECONDS AWAY FROM JAKE SMITH RETAINING HIS CHAMPIONSHIP VIA SUBMISSION!! CAN HE DO IT!!
Gavin Kirkland: BUT LOOK!! ADAM LUCAS IS CARRYING JAKE SMITH OFF THE GROUND!! WHERE IS HE GETTING THIS FROM!
Eve: AND HE NOW POPS HIM UP ONTO HIS SHOULDERS!! AND SLAMS HIM DOWN WITH AUTHORITY WITH A LAST-RIDE POWERBOMB!! THE LEVEL UP VARIATION CONNECTS!!
Deadprez: BUT HE ISN’T DONE YET!!!! HE BACKS AWAY INTO THE CORNER, LEANS AGAINST THE TURNBUCKLES.. AND HE BEGINS TO SLIDE HIS KNEE PAD DOWN!!
Gavin Kirkland: AND HE STARES A COLD AND CALCULATED LOOK RIGHT INTO THE EYES OF JAKE SMITH!! AND HE CHARGES TOWARDS HIM!! AND ADAM LUCAS HITS HIS OWN KAIOKENNNN KNEEE STRIKEE!!!
Eve: WILL HE GET THE COVER HERE?!
Deadprez: NO!! ADAM LUCAS IS NOT DONE YET!! WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HE DOING!?!
Eve: HE IS SHOWING THE SAME DISRESPECT THAT HE DEMONSTRATED TO DONOVAN DUKE AT FIGHTING SPIRIT.. AND IT IS ONLY RIGHT HE SHOWS HIM THAT THERE IS CONSEQUENCES TO WHAT YOU SAY.. AND HE IS ABOUT TO SHOW THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE.
Gavin Kirkland: AND NOW ADAM LUCAS HOOKS THE ARMS!!
Deadprez: AND PLANTS HIM DOWN WITH THE ADAMINATOR!!!!!!!! THE FULL NELSON SLAAAAMMMMMMM!!!!! COVER!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Deadprez: …..
Eve: ……
Gavin Kirkland: ……
( DING! DING! DING! )
( A look of relief instantly overcomes the face of Adam Lucas as he hears the three count hit. GEODIS Park explodes in cheers and ovation as “Legendary” by Pop Evil begins to blast through the speakers. Adam Lucas rolls onto his knees, looking down on the canvas and beginning to shed tears. )
Gina Romano: HERE IS YOUR WINNER.. AND NEWWWW EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION…. ADAAAAMMMM LUUUUCASSSS!!!!
Deadprez: LEVEL. COMPLETED! ADAM LUCAS HAS FINALLY WON HIS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! AND HE DID NOT DO IT EASILY! HE SHED OCEANS OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS… AND SACRIFICED EVERYTHING IN HIS BODY TO GET TO THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW.. AND HE HAS FINALLY OVERCOME THE OBSTACLE HE HAS BEEN YEARNING TO OVERCOME FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS!! ADAM LUCAS IS FINALLY THE EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION!
Gavin Kirkland: THE BOYHOOD DREAM HAS BEEN REALIZED! I AM CRYING SO HARD RIGHT NOW!! ADAM LUCAS HAS BEEN WAITING TO GET THIS MOMENT FOR SO LONG!! AND HE FINALLY GETS THIS MOMENT TONIGHT!
Eve: WHAT A MATCH BETWEEN THE TWO MEN WHO CARRIED SHOWDOWN ON THEIR SHOULDERS FOR MANY MONTHS!! BOTH MEN SACRIFICED EVERYTHING TONIGHT IN ORDER TO LEAVE NASHVILLE AS THE EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION, BUT WE FIGURED OUT THAT ADAM LUCAS WANTED IT MORE! HE DESIRED IT MORE!! HE WENT TO DEEPER LENGTHS TO ENSURE THAT!
( Adam Lucas is finally handed the EAW Answers World Championship. He looks down on it, tears dripping down onto it before he gets up to his feet and holds it over his head with pride. )
Deadprez: It was time for Jake Smith to finish his story and answer the age-old question whether or not he was world championship material many months ago, and we got a phenomenal championship reign out of that, make no mistake about it. However, tonight was the time for Adam Lucas to finish his story and answer the same age-old question! You still think that Adam Lucas isn’t world championship material! Too bad! BECAUSE ADAM LUCAS JUST PROVED THAT HE IS!
( Dr. Bethany Blue is seen coming down from the ramp and entering the ring. She walks over Jake Smith in disgust and flies into Adam’s arms, hugging and kissing him before raising his hand. )
Eve: I don’t know if we have seen anyone in this company more patient and disciplined than Adam Lucas. Lucas faced adversity after adversity, and we thought that he would have never been able to get to this position. Tonight, he destroyed all of the naysayers. He killed all of the doubt. He is the EAW Answers World Champion, and there is no doubt about it!
( Jake is seen sitting on the end of the ramp, smiling into the camera as he sees, a smile that could be out of anger or that he’s proud for Adam Lucas. )
Deadprez: We have a NEW Answers World Champion! He stayed on the path and Adam Lucas now along with his wife, has been immortalized! I cannot wait for Night Two but this has been an incredible Night One! For Eve, Gavin Kirkland and the rest of the broadcast teams from Dynasty and Voltage! This is Deadprez. Thank you and we will see you tomorrow night!
( The last shot is Adam Lucas holding up the EAW Answers World Championship with Dr. Bethany Blue by his side to pyro in the background. )
(Showdown fades into the last commercial break.)
(The camera transitions to see Veena Adams sitting backstage with the National Elite Championship on her shoulder.)
Veena Adams: Why do I want the National Elite Championship?
(The camera transitions over to Raven Roberts sitting backstage)
Raven Roberts: Why do I want the National Elite Championship?
(The camera then transitions to Miku Sakai)
Miku Sakai: Why do I want the National Elite Championship? Well it’s quite simple, there’s something I just gave to prove to myself as a si goes competitor and even with the accomplishments of Specialists Champion and Empress of Elite finalist or coming up short in the Iconic Cup….I still haven’t unlocked my true potential yet as a singles competitor nor have I really gotten that Pain for Pride moment yet. IDOL-GUN was supposed to take the world by storm when we finally put everything behind us and reunited much like we did when we first arrived, but that didn’t happen as Hikari bolted off to Voltage and her now main eventing Pain for Pride, but I’m not going to be denied, not anymore. I was the one to first break out but yet I’m seen as inferior to Hikari so I have to show that nor only am I not inferior but also prove that what I was able to accomplish when she was rehabbing was not lightning in a bottle, but more of me just barely scratching the surface. That National Elite title and that Pain for Pride moment is MINE.
(The camera switches to Raven)
Raven Roberts: A few years ago when I competed with my Beating Heart sisters at Pain for Pride, I thought I was content with my accomplishments and my wrestling career. I thought I was happy leaving my wrestling career behind after getting married but the whole time I was away, there was always just this itch I needed to scratch. I tried to ignore it for a while but it was quite obvious to me that you only have an itch when you have some unfinished business in wrestling. What is unfinished business? It’s quite simple, I’ve accomplished so much in the business like winning the New Breed and Universal Women’s title, becoming tag champs with my husband, and have had some great Pain for Pride moments including winning Cash in the Vault but what I haven’t accomplished is completing that Grand Slam achievement. I talked earlier about having some Pain for Pride moments, I will add one more when I add that National Elite Championship to my resume and complete the Grand Slam on the grandest stage of them all.
(The camera switches to Veena Adams)
Veena Adams: Why do I wanna keep this title on my shoulder? I mean, it’s kind of self explanatory if you ask me. At this time last year I was at the highest of highs when I finally won my first championship after failing so many times throughout the years and people saying I only got where I was because of my uncle or calling me a parody of a wrestler. This year, I’m not smiling, it’s all business. Why is it different from last year? As I said, last year I was just happy to be there as a champion but this year, the honeymoon phase is all over and its all business for me either how things ended last year. Even though I got my revenge on Jon Kelton and took back what was rightfully mine, there’s still a bitter taste in my mouth and that is how things ended for me last year in having my moment and my title flat out stolen from me. I think about it all the time reflecting on what went wrong and what I would do different if given another chance and luckily enough I walk in again the National Elite Champion qnd you bet your ass I’m not going to make the same mistakes twice and come hell or high water, I’m getting my moment and going to continue to show why the Adams family is the most dominant gene professional wrestling adding another accolade to my resume in shutting people the fuck up.
(The camera switches over to Miku again.)
Miku Sakai: What are my thoughts on my opponents? I see them as nothing more than two orange traffic cones because all they are are just two roadblocks standing in my way on my path to greatness and my moment of punching through what everyone thought was that glass ceiling that people said was my limit as a singles competitor. Veena is just that dumb blonde who managed to wiggle her vway into title match after title match because of who her family is where if it was anybody else, the dead fat would have been cut a long time ago. Sure she’s done better for herself lately but nobody honestly buys what they’re trying to sell in Veena Adams being taken seriously as a wrestler. She lucked into some success and for the second straight year it will be ripped away and I’ll do it with a smile on my face getting my long overdue moment. Raven is literally just out here hogging more spotlight.
(Miku shakes her head.)
Miku Sakai: Nah. She claims she came back to scratch an itch but her ego won’t admit to everybody she came back not for that but because she misses the spotlight craving attention and people not even knowing she was gone in the first place. Her desperation to reclaim her old glory is only going to bite her in the ass when her moment she took precious time to come back for is just looking at me celebrating with the National Elite title in my hands.
(The camera switches to Raven)
Raven Roberts: Just simply two people standing in my way that I’m going to run through. I’ve been through it all in EAW and I’ve competed on the biggest of stages especially Pain for Pride and I know just how hard it’s going to be to win that title because I know how hungry Miku and Veena are as they both have something to prove. I would want it no other way than to get my moment and beating two of the best this brand has to offer driving a point into the ground while achieving the Grand Slam at their very best.
(Brushing her hair back as if her mood switched, Raven glares at them.)
Raven Roberts: I get that they have something to prove and I sympathize in a way, but trust me when I tell you that they’re not going to get that moment or validation by trying to make a name off me, not if I have anything to say about it. I didn’t come back to collect a paycheck or to overstay a welcome, I came back for this moment right here and while my two opponents both as annoying as they want this, I NEED this just a tad bit more and I will get another Pain for Pride moment added to my highlight reel as I stand a Grand Slam Champion.
(The camera switches to Veena)
Veena Adams: It doesn’t matter who my opponents were, nobody is stopping me from righting the wrong from last year. I’m not stupid though and know exactly what both Raven and Miku bring to the table and know they will double it at Pain for Pride. They can hit me with everything they’ve got, but like I have been doing throughout my title reign, I’ll withstand all the blows and come out with my hand raised because I’m just that much better. The sooner Miku realizes that people see Hikari as the breakout star of IDOL-GUN for a reason, the better off she’ll be because her in this match is only her desperately trying to chase a narrative she’s in a shadow instead of just doing her own thing. There’s a reason Hikari is main eventing while Miku is begging for us to take her seriously.
(Veena smirks as Miku and Raven look on.)
Veena Adams: I look forward to you losing again, and how you’ll cry afterwards before seeing you fail in your next one. Raven is just somebody who everybody forgot retired because she’s one of the most accomplished flash in the pans we’ve ever seen. I get retired life can be a bit boring, but trust me honey, stepping into a ring with me is going to make you miss that kind of time because you’ll come to the realization you don’t belong anymore as Veena Adams has completely passed you up. I look forward to sending you back into semi retirement and having some ugly babies with Rex while I take that next step that was delayed a year and show what I’ve been doing all season long which is that Veena Adams is a fucking force to be reckoned with amd these two National Elite title reigns are just only the beginning of what I’m going to accomplish in my career.
Raven, Miku, and Veena: I…
Raven Roberts: Will be…
Miku Sakai: The National…
Veena Adams: Elite…
Raven, Miku, and Veena: CHAMPION!
(The camera fades to an ad advertising Pain For Pride, before going back to the last segment of the night.)
(The camera pans to inside the ring where the ring ropes are in green, white and red for the Mexican colors. Inside the ring, it’s decorated like an actual fiesta. We have the Poon Palace bitches dressed in slutty versions of the huipil as they hold up shots of alcohol on a tray. We have a mariachi playing traditional Mexican music. We have beautiful women in flowing skirts scurrying around the ring, getting into the music. In the middle of the ring, there stands a huge Mexican flag. On each side of the ring, there’s a picture of Ms. Extreme and TLA with the vacant Answers World Champion inside a glass display case.)
(‘Ambitionz Az A Ridah’ by Tupac begins to play through the speakers as the crowd in Jacksonville, Florida rises up for the so-called host of this whole celebration as TLA pulls up from the side of the stage in a white 1976 Cadillac Eldorado 2-Door Convertible. TLA stops before rising up as he is seen donning a white suit with a Mexican flag handkerchief on his blazer pocket.)
Gina Romano: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…PLEASE WELCOME TO THE RING… ‘LA PANTERA SEXUAL’… TLA!!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: We are ending Showdown Season 17 with one of the biggest Latinos on the Showdown roster. A man who will talk part of one of the most history making matches of the weekend against Ms. Extreme! The main event I don’t think that many people had on their bingo card this season!
Eve: Showdown’s main event will consist of an Elitist from Voltage and another Elitist from the Dynasty brand! TLA came to Showdown from Voltage as a trade. Extreme was went to Showdown from the Dynasty brand after an agreement between Dynasty General Manager Tyrone Montgomery and Showdown General Manager, Kennedy Street!
Deadprez: Hell might as well have frozen over when that announcement was made! I can’t believe that these two are on Showdown as well as HEADLINING Pain for Pride!
(TLA is strolling inside the ring as his eyes go to the title that he won back in 2022 and carried to Pain for Pride where he would fall to Impact. A title that he carried with honor. A title that he would fight for once more to call himself World Champion.)
(‘Red Thunder’ by Butcher Babies begins to replace ‘Ambitionz Az a Ridah’ as Ms. Extreme comes out in a fiery red pantsuit. She wears that same Mexican flag handkerchief on her blazer pocket. Her hair is tied up as she holds up a very expensive bottle of tequila in her hands as she heads down to the ring.)
Gavin Kirkland: Here is the other half of Showdown’s main event, who was sent here – almost like a gift from above when we needed an opponent with TLA, who could almost match Chef Viz’ caliber —
Eve: Ms. Extreme is in a league of her own, Gavin! This is an opponent that was inserted into this position, but I don’t think that anyone is opposed to it! It’s always good to see Ms. Extreme around these parts! Regardless of her experience on Showdown!
Deadprez: Desperate times come from desperate measures and Ms. Extreme has let that known that she needed this opportunity as much as Kennedy Street needed a main event. I think this trade is going to work off fine.
(‘Red Thunder’ dies down. Ms. Extreme and TLA are staring down each other from across the ring. The whole crowd is clearly divided in a huge ‘Ms. Extreme’ and ‘TLA’ chant. At the end of the day, they don’t have a particular favorite, but they just want to see a good showing out of these two. The crowd applauds. There’s a Latino based crowd in Jacksonville tonight, who realizes the magnetite of the main event this year. Two Latinos will main event Pain for Pride. Something that has been unheard off in the seventeen year history of this business. TLA and Ms. Extreme soak in the reception of the crowd. TLA nods his head in approval as Ms. Extreme almost feels a tad emotion over the entire thing. She looks at the entire festivities inside the ring as she tries to figure out what to say.)
Ms. Extreme: This feels different. This whole situation is one of those things that you get to stand back and be like: “holy shit, I get to be a part of this.” I’m not going to lie, but the feeling hasn’t sunk in. This is probably one of my biggest weeks as a professional wrestler. It’s one of the biggest weeks of my entire life. I get to become immortalized in the EAW Hall of Fame, I get to headline Pain for Pride. I get another opportunity at making history. Not once in seventeen years, have we had two Latinos headlining one of the biggest events of the entire season. If the statistic is wrong, let it be heard. We don’t want to disrespect those that came before us. We just want to make sure that we are putting out the right information out there before we get ahead of ourselves. This whole situation is fucking cool. I mean, how else can we put it? Never have we had two polarizing figures coming from two the same culture, but different backgrounds take part of this entire event.
Ms. Extreme: I understand that there are parts of your life that you want to keep quiet. I respect that entirely. It’s a common thing with luchadores and something that I don’t want to meddle in. But, the basics wouldn’t hurt right? Providing some insight on what brings the two of us together and what keeps us far apart. You were born in Tlaxcala, Mexico. Your family, I assume, have lived in that place all of their life. My mom was born in Querétaro. My dad’s side goes from Spain to Mexico, but he found a place in Chihuahua with some of his siblings. Although, most of his side is from Spain – which is where I have gotten my features from unlike what some people assume.
Ms. Extreme: Throughout my life, my family and I would find ourselves in this battle on whether we were authentic Latinas. I think that I was shunned from my dad’s side of the family at five or six because they believed that I was nothing more than a product of an affair. Most of them were dark skinned. They see gorgeous baby girls with light skin and blonde hair and it creates a shit ton of question marks. It had created some sense of paranoia within my family with my dad asking questions about my mom’s loyalty and then, hell just breaks loose. Still, we didn’t get invited to the fiestas or carne asada outings. We didn’t get invited to the Christmas Eve parties or weddings. After my parents had split up, we were completely shunned from my dad’s side of the family. Me, specially, I was nothing more than a ‘bastard’ when in reality, my mom had done nothing. Dominate and recessive genes was something that my dad needed to familiarize himself with and still, he doesn’t. Now, the next thing that I am going to say is going to be very fucking controversial.
Ms. Extreme: Growing up, I resented my culture. I hated being Latina. Being Mexican made me sick to my stomach.
(The Latino based crowd tonight isn’t too happy about what is coming out of Ms. Extreme’s mouth, but they hear her out. Still, Ms. Extreme expected for that to be the response.)
Ms. Extreme: It was truly looked down upon when I was in elementary and middle school. I got picked out for looking like the odd one out of my sisters. I did everything that I could to come off as white as possible. Didn’t want to speak Spanish in public. Didn’t want to be seen eating any sort of Mexican dish. Didn’t want to look at my culture and look at how weird it was. Being around my dad’s family and them, just shunning me for how I looked, hurt me in a sense because I couldn’t control how I looked. If I did, did you think that I wanted to look the way I did? Sometimes, I look in the mirror and I don’t like how I look. There are a bunch of things about myself that I’d like to change. My attitude is not one though. But, I would love to look like Cameron or Candice. I would love to be able to pull off what they wear. I would love to come off as feminine as them. The fact is: that’s never been me. But, you all seem to like it…
(The roaring crowd in the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena seem to root on Ms. Extreme as she continues.)
Ms. Extreme: It wasn’t until dealing with my issues with Ximena Velasquez a few seasons ago where I realized that I had a disdain for this one side of me. Because I never felt a sense of belonging. It wasn’t until I was pushed into a corner, where I had come to terms with the feelings of I resented my background. I resented my culture. When in reality, why am I going to punish a culture for how shitty my dad’s side of the family is? I think that one of the most satisfying feelings was taking the AncestryDNA kit back during the pandemic and when the results showed that I was Henrique’s daughter, I sent those results to each member of his entire family with a ‘Merry Christmas xoxo’ message at the end of it. It didn’t take long for all of them to begin groveling and begging for forgiveness. Especially, when I’m fucking rich now. Oh, I get a couple of thousands and they ALL want to be like: “Mija, remember me? I met you when you were three years old?” And, I’m like: “Pendejo, I was fucking three. I don’t remember shit” before hanging up the phone. I mean, you all have that family member, right?
TLA: !!!!!!!!!
Ms. Extreme: But, it wasn’t until crossing paths with Ximena, where I realized that it wasn’t the fault of a culture or heritage. It was the fault of shitty people, who refused to see the error of their ways and look to break the cycle that has been passed down from family member to family member. Since then, I have slowly begun to my culture, my heritage, another part of myself slowly back into my life. I have tried to take the steps to grow and become better than I was as a teenager. I realized that in the platform that I have been provided, there is a ton of good that I could be doing. I could be an example for someone who may be experiencing this internal battle within themselves. I’m an example to someone. I don’t consider myself to be a good example, but I’m an example. This season alone has been a surreal experience. It’s been a mix of heartbreak and triumph. I have faced highs and lows. I’ve had moments of taking the Dynasty brand the victory at Brand Warfare. I’ve had moments where I thought that I was going to have to wrestle in bras and panties because some dickhead authority figures thought it would be amusing to do so. I’ve had moments where I thought that my season was over. Grand Rampage should have been the end of it. Fighting Spirit after failing to defeat Methuselah should have been the end of it. If the Answers World Championship was in my view, I would have been one punch to Tyrone Montgomery’s face from being suspended and having my season end like that.
Ms. Extreme: I’ve had moments of falling short in becoming World Champion twice this season. This road is a familiar one for me. I’ve been in a World Championship fighting mood all season. I have been fired up, uncertain about where life was going to take me next. I didn’t want some forgettable match on the card. I didn’t want to face some old relic of the past. I didn’t want my expertise to be wasted in something that was not going to be remembered. I wanted to headline Pain for Pride and I was not going to let that go unless I was dead. Even then, prying my fingers from those ropes was going to be difficult, I almost guarantee you. I’ve been on this road before. I have walked into that Pain for Pride main event once and walked away a World Champion. What’s stopping me from doing it again?
TLA: Nothing is stopping you, Camille.
(Ms. Extreme tilts her head to the side as she hears TLA out.)
TLA: The world has always been your oyster, mija. The only ones who have held you back has been yourself. That’s not something that you want me to say. But, we are trying to sell the main event right? We are trying to make sure that we both leave Orlando with stacks of dinero in our pockets. You want to be rich and get your opps mad, right? All of that good stuff? I’m the same way. I’m going to be honest with you, Camille. I sat back, listened to your story and while there was a part of me that listened to your struggle and how you felt when it comes to la cultura. It was almost like cooking a carne asada on a grill. I let your words marinate for some time. I turned on the grill to the highest heat and then, I put my carne asada in as I let that shit grill to perfection. This ain’t the shit that you gonna find in Taco Bell. I did all of that and I almost feel a bit taken back about your comments towards nuestra cultura. You were…resentful? You hated being Latino? Well, I’m glad that you were able to just turn off the idea of being Latina when not many of us are fortunate to have that privilege?
TLA: You don’t think that it was hard for me, growing up? You didn’t think that it was difficult to walk around Miami Beach as a niño with the dark complexion of my skin. I couldn’t get myself a paleta from the vendedor without Karen looking at me, trying to label me as some illegal when I had just gotten my papers in order. Shit, I needed to carry those things everywhere with me. The one time I didn’t, they almost locked my ass up in jail until my tío had to step in to clear that shit. Not only that, but I couldn’t walk to Macy’s without some security guard following me through the men’s department. Bro, I just wanted to get my winter jacket that had been marked down from $79.99 to $39.99. Tell me? Did that ever happen to you, Camille? Have you had instances of being followed throughout stores? Have you had instances of not being able to enjoy a paleta without some Karen looking at you? Have you had instances of not having to worry about which member of your familia that you won’t walk through the door that evening? Now, I’m glad that you were able to open up with your struggles, but are you going to say that you would have survived the fraction of what I have been through?
TLA: I took that struggle and I made something of myself. I suffered through my own acts of discrimination. I suffered from harassment and stereotypes. The struggle is real. You wanted to talk about what brings us together and what separates us as a whole? Well, we are making history, next weekend is what brings us together. Two Latino raised Elitists who come from two completely different backgrounds. What separates us? Well, isn’t it obvious? When it seemed like nothing was looking good for a niño from Tlaxcala, Mexico, I did whatever I could to make my situation better. I took the gambles and risks that my familia told me not too. I invested my money on something that I knew was going to give me that dinero. The Poon Palace is still going strong to this day and we’re still freaky here in Jacksonville, ya feel me?
(The crowd in Jacksonville, Florida pops as TLA nods in approval. Ms. Extreme has remained perfectly silent as TLA gets back to business.)
TLA: Now, this promo isn’t a direct shot at you. I respect you and the rest of your family. I admire the battles that we’ve been through over the set of years. But, something that I’ve seen with you these past couple of seasons is simple, you see your view being blocked and you go: “well, I guess, that goes my season!” Fuck that shit. You are more than willing to just turn the other way, not giving the fight that the members of your family have been known for. You are supposed to be the edgy one. You are supposed to be the toughest bitch on the block, but you let anything that doesn’t align with your plans stop you in your tracks. Why is that? You afraid of the grind? Do we have a grind runner in our presence? Or are you afraid of falling on your ass? You afraid of that fat ‘L.’ You’re afraid of losing? It’s inevitable, beloved. It’s something that you’ll experience at Pain for Pride.
(The crowd goes “ooooh” as Ms. Extreme shakes her head. The competitive nature in her is something that can be seen written on her face. Meanwhile, TLA seems to be quite focused on getting his point across. He walks around the ring before his eyes go towards the Mexican flag that is the focal point inside of the ring.)
TLA: Do you know what the green stripe means, Camille? Hope and victory. The white stripe? Unity. The red stripe? It pays tributes to the national heroes who have fought for Mexico over the years. One day, I want for the future to look at that red stripe and feel like I did everything I could to fight for Mexico. I may have not partaken in La Guerra, but I will feel the weight of that as I walk into Pain for Pride. To fight for la cultura the best I can. The white stripe and my respect for you is what’s preventing me from pimp slapping you across the face. Maybe, it would be enough to slap the internal issue that you’ve faced for so long. Maybe, it will be your moment of realization to realize that it’s never that flag’s fault for how people are. People are going to be shitty regardless of ethnicities or cultural backgrounds. That’s something that I wish you would have learned earlier. In this match, we are opponents. I had one Latino try to get himself over ate the expense of pushing down his fellow Latino. I’m not looking to replicate that same energy from Road to Redemption with me getting the short end of the stick. At Pain for Pride, we have a unison with us. I understand you. You understand me. In Mexico, we’re all about that team work. We’re all about that dedication and commitment to those around us. We Latinos should be embracing moments like this, Camille. It doesn’t matter the background. It doesn’t matter our internal issues. It doesn’t matter how we got here. Two Latinos are headlining Pain for Pride. Last time you were in the main event, you walked out with gold. I walked into Pain for Pride as Answers World Champion and walked out empty-handed. I would hate to do that to someone I respect, but that’s just business.
Ms. Extreme: Agreed.
(TLA is extended to a shot glass of tequila from one of the glass girls. He hands one to Ms. Extreme as the two of them raise up their shots of glasses as TLA looks to make a toast.)
TLA: Para la historia. Por la cultura. Para los latinos, en todas partes. Que gane el mejor Elitista.
(TLA and Ms. Extreme do the whole ‘pa’arriba, pa’abajo, pa’ centro, pa’dentro’ before drinking up their shots of tequila as TLA extends a hand to Ms. Extreme. Ms. Extreme accepts the handshake, but both Elitists don’t pull away. Instead, ‘Ambitionz Az A Ridah’ begins to play as the two Elitists talk with each other. The whole excitement is in the air about this showdown occurring next weekend.)
Gavin Kirkland: Ladies and gentlemen, that’s Showdown’s main event at Pain for Pride. Ms. Extreme. TLA. Vacant Answers World Championship on the line. First Latino Pain for Pride main event in EAW History. I got goosebumps just thinking about it. Who will walk out with it all?
Eve: Who will even be here on Showdown next season? Will it be one of them? Both? None?
Deadprez: So many questions that could stir Showdown in a whole different direction. But, that’s all the time we have now? We got the Showcase of Immortals next weekend! Three nights of the best professional wrestling on the planet! Signing off for Gavin Kirkland and Eve, I am Deadprez! Good night from Jacksonville and see you in Orlando for Pain for Pride!
(EAW logo buzzes.)
