Mikaela Street
(EAW intro plays)
(Showdown opens up with a recap of last week’s show. Kennedy and Heidi come out, with Kennedy being pissed off at how Territorial Invasion went for Showdown and she plans to gives out rewards and punishments for everybody’s performance there before all of the sudden, Caroline appears and interrupts her, Kennedy is angry at her for interfering at Brand Warfare and costing the team a member, but Caroline doesn’t care at all as no one tells her what to do, Heidi steps up and defends Kennedy, going at Caroline before all of the sudden, the lights turn off and Heidi is completely covered in black goop due to Caroline. Ashlynn beats Usagi to advance in the Iconic Cup Tournament after ARIA accidentally costs Usagi the match. Kennedy and Daryl have an argument about Daryl’s performance at Brand Warfare before PJ walks in, he and Daryl throw a few bad words at each other before Daryl leaves and both Kennedy and PJ talk about PJ needing to earn another opportunity at some gold. They have a talk about it and PJ leaves, but then Kennedy sees from her television Madison entering the ring and complaining at Kennedy and demanding respect from her ever since she got there, saying that she has been misused and she demands Kennedy to come out and explain her actions, Kennedy decides to simply stay on her office and let Madison ramble, before security bodyguards arrive to grab Madison and drag her away. Kirk Redwood defeats Nikki Kimura. Veena promises that she is getting her championship back no matter what. Caroline defeats Kasai to advance in the Iconic Cup Tournament. Chef Viz comes out to make some food and ends up saying that Team Showdown didn’t lose Wargames because of him, as he ends up putting the blame on Adam and Sheridan, before Sheridan comes out to interrupt Viz and talk it out in a calm manner about what he said, but Chef Viz has none of it and he just throws a cheesecake at Sheridan’s face. ARIA defeats Princess Candice and advances in the Iconic Cup Tournament after Caroline interferes in the match, and after the match, Candice has enough of Caroline continuing to screw her over so she plans to fix this with Kennedy and Heidi. In the main event, Serenity and Jon Kelton are able to defeat Sheridan and Adam Lucas after a dirty tactic from Devolution. Finally, the Ice Aces have a talk between each other and ARIA tries her best to explain herself to Usagi, try and get back on the same page after what happened at Territorial Invasion, but no matter how much she talks, Usagi doesn’t get convinced at all and she continues to push ARIA away, even to the point that she already decided on just straight up leaving the Ice Aces and leaving ARIA completely alone, she has been sick and tired for many years and right now, she is taking over. And just when Usagi says that, all of Devolution comes out to surround the ring and ARIA, but in a sudden surprise, Hikari, Miku, Ashlynn and Veena rush down to quickly back up ARIA and push Devolution away as all 10 of them stare each other down.)
(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 Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Delhi, India. Blue fireworks are shooting out of the stage and a very excited crowd can be shown on their feet. The camera ends up panning over to the commentary table with Deadprez, Eve and Gavin Kirkland as the commentators.)
Eve: Welcome everybody…TO SATURDAY NIGHT SHOWDOWN!!!
Gavin Kirkland: We are expecting another amazing episode filled with so many beautiful and talented women, while things are just going to get crazier every week on the lead up to The Last Stand! As my friend Deadprez will tell you all what we have for tonight!
Deadprez: We are not friends. But right, as always, match-ups you won’t want to miss at all, we have the future of EAW here facing off as Roque Santa Cruz faces off against Mattias Burke and Auburn Ware goes up against one half of the Cosmic Captains, Nikki Kimura!
Eve: We also have PJ Hendrx going up against Lucas Johnson, Scott Diamond facing off against one half of the Off-Brand Amphetamines, Solomon Stane, and in the main event we got Chef Viz going up against Daryl Kinkade!
Gavin Kirkland: Let’s not waste any more time, let’s get right on with the show! :blessed:
(“Master of Puppets” by Metallica starts to play throughout the arena as Serenity Valdez slowly makes her way out to the ring, she is followed by Jon Kelton, Halsey Neel and Pandora Paisley collectively known as Devolution. Usagi Senshi walks out shortly thereafter. They all start to walk down to ringside as the crowd boos.)
Gina Romano: Please welcome at this time…. Jon Kelton, Serenity, Halsey Neel, and Pandora Paisley… THE DEVOLUTION! And they are joined with Usagi Senshi!
(The crowd in India boo as all members of Devolution and Usagi Senshi make it down to the ring, they all step in and have mics in their hands. Gina Romano steps out of the ring, Jon Kelton looks out into the crowd, the National Elite Championship hanging over his shoulder. Their theme dies down.)
Jon Kelton: Okay everyone settle down.
(The crowd boos even louder as the rest are in the ring yelling back at the fans. Pandora whispers something in Jon’s ear as he nods.)
Jon Kelton: We have never been in a place that smells like cow dung and body odor everywhere we go! So, pipe down and let’s let the premiere group in the EAW speak!
(The crowd continues to rain down the boos but that doesn’t bother Devolution and Usagi. He continues to speak.)
Jon Kelton: Let’s talk about Veena Adams for a moment. She has been bitching and whining about this National Elite Championship since Pain for Pride. She can’t accept the fact that she was outsmarted and suddenly that makes me a bad champion when she has had a history of cutting corners. But if it happens to her, suddenly I’m not good enough to be a champion. Veena, get over it. You are not getting a shot at my title, that time has passed, no matter what happened last week or not.
Serenity: We find it kinda cute that IDOL-GUN are still putting their noses in our business when they were outclassed back at Territorial Invasion. What you see here in Devolution is THE Main Event of Showdown, we have proved it time and time again, but what happens when a bunch of ragamuffins decide they want to band together to face us? This joke of a group that tried to band together only to fail. Veena Adams is jealous; Ashlyn Quinn is just a follower and nothing more. IDOL-GUN is trying to save face and ARIA? Well, she betrayed one of her closest allies and friends. They are supposed to get along? I don’t think so.
(Serenity starts to laugh as Halsey shakes her head, and steps up now.)
Halsey Neel: What you are seeing here is a revolution of the best underutilized talent in the EAW all coming together to form one of the premiere stables in all of wrestling and you are all mad about it. I really don’t get it. But that is what happens, the Elitists in this company hate winners. But hey, you can hate us all that you want, the Devolution War Tour continues into China next after this dump.
(The crowd peppers Devolution in boos. Halsey and Serenity laugh, they then turn to Pandora who smirks.)
Pandora Paisley: Listen up you bloody bastards, what you see in front of you is a collection of the FUTURE of this business. For far too long they have had the same names in the same places. The ones that are the darlings of the EAW and they shove them down our collective bloody throats. But not anymore. You all hate us because we are always right. Sure, I am not holding the Specialist Championship right now, Milli Banks was lucky, but that doesn’t mean that I will not be wearing gold around my waist soon. Or any of these ladies, but let’s touch on the elephant in the room, mates. Usagi Senshi. It takes a special kind of bitch to push Usagi to the point she is standing in the ring with a woman who hated each other and bled together. But that is the thing, Usagi and I have bled together multiple times and we have earned each other’s respect. Usagi Senshi made the right decision standing by our side, and that is why ARIA? You fumbled it, flower.
(Pandora turns to Usagi who takes the mic.)
Usagi Senshi: ARIA…. Do you see this? Do you finally see what this has led to and ……
(Suddenly “7 Rings” by Ariana Grande starts to play as the crowd starts to cheer. Some boo as Veena Adams slowly walks out with Ashlynn Quinn next to her.)
Veena Adams: Cut the music!
(The theme stops playing. Usagi is annoyed that she was cut off, but Pandora is there trying to calm her down.)
Veena Adams: Nobody cares what you have to say Usagi, then again no one cares what any of you have to say so please pipe down and let a REAL Elitist speak. Now, I have heard enough of Devolution this or that. Honestly, nobody wants to hear what you have to say but Jon, listen to me closely. I love how you try to twist all of this around me, when you know better than anyone else that it took three of you to beat me. I mean, if you are the champion that you say you are, then why not just defend the title against me at The Last Stand?
Jon Kelton: You haven’t earned a title shot Veena, you barely even wrestle!
(The crowd boos, Veena just rolls her eyes.)
Veena Adams: Right Jon, so in other words, you are scared, gotcha. Well, it is not your decision. And everyone knows that I deserve the shot at the National Elite Championship. So….
(Kelton cuts her off….)
Jon Kelton: So … nothing. I think we should just go down there and finish what we started at Territorial Invasion.
(The Devolution all agree, they slip out of the ring and start to head up the ramp, Usagi Senshi follows behind when suddenly…. ‘Trepanation’ by Millennium Parade starts to play throughout the arena, the crowd erupting in roars as Hikari Kanno and Miku Sakai walk out. They stand next to Veena Adams who shrugs her shoulders and smirks. The Devolution stops but they still keep going when “Destiny” by Saori Yoshida. Usagi stops as ARIA then walks out and stands next to Veena Adams, Ashlynn Quinn, and IDOL-GUN. The arena buzzes as there is a stare down on the ramp)
Veena Adams: I guess we are all even now… so….
(Veena flips the mic over her shoulder as all five women start making their way down on the ramp, but suddenly a bunch of officials come running out and get between the two… suddenly Kennedy Street gets on the Tron, her arms folded, and she is shaking her head.)
Kennedy Street: We are NOT going to do this right now, not after last week! Obviously there is a lot going on here, and Kennie gets it, Veena wants a rematch for the National Elite Championship, and I tend to agree, but at the same time, Kennie just doesn’t give out title shots so here’s the plan. At the Last Stand, it is going to be Devolution and Usagi Senshi against Veena Adams, Ashlynn Quinn, IDOL-GUN, and ARIA in …… THE TEMPLE OF TRIALS Match. What is that exactly? It is what was done last season in the Towering Inferno. Three cages stacked on top of the other, first five minutes are started by two individuals, every two minutes more team members enter. The trap door opens for 30 seconds, in that time the team who escapes the three levels first will win, but there is a caveat, the last two members from each team will face each other to a pinfall or submission. There will be levers throughout the stages, they will unleash weapons that are locked on the cage walls.
(The arena explodes in cheers.)
Kennedy Street: The winning team? They can request any match even for a title that they want.
(Veena smiles and turns to Jon Kelton who sneers.)
Kennedy Street: And in two weeks? I will pick the four individuals who will wrestle in a tag team match, the winner of that match will have the ADVANTAGE in the Temple of Trials…. In the MAIN EVENT of THE LAST STAND!
(The crowd erupts as all five look on in shock before they turn at each other and are being held back by security and officials. It slowly fades to a commercial break.)
(Showdown comes back from commercial break.‘We Won’t Back Down by Ra plays as Mattias Burke walks out of the entrance titan Tron. He high fives some opponents in the crowd as he makes his way down the ramp and does a few poses. After that, he enters the ring and waits for his opponent.)
Gina Romano: THIS IS THE OPENING MATCH OF SHOWDOWN AND IT IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL WITH A TWENTY MINUTE TIME LIMIT! INTRODUCING FIRST, THE NATURAL, MATTIAS BURKE!
(‘Flower Moon’ By Converge and Chelsea Wolfe plays as Roque Santa Cruz comes out to some boos from the crowd. He doesn’t pay attention, though, as he walks down the ramp with a cold look in his eyes. Entering the ring, he eyes Mattias and gives him a death stare.)
Gina Romano: AND HIS OPPONENT, ROQUEEEEEE SANTAAAA CRUZZZ!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Gavin Kirkland: We are off! Mattias and Roque are in the ring and they are seething at each other right now! They are waiting for the chance to bite each other’s heads off and show the world what they have in store! Roque tries to rush at Mattias with a clothesline, but Mattias just ducks it and causes Roque to hit the damn turnbuckle! That must hurt, man! Roque is confused right now, as Mattias just easily ducked it as he sends an elbow right into the face of Santa Cruz! Roque is down, as Mattias is just unloading stomps on his face, showing no regard for his opponent’s well being at all!
Eve: This is getting very hard to watch, Gavin, Mattias is unleashing a side of himself nobody has seen before and it’s getting out of hand! Mattias picks him up by the hair and proceeds to send chops into his chest, going for the kill as he rises up with a knee to the jaw! Roque falls forward and he tries to break his fall with his forearms, but Mattias is quick and hits him with a Soccer Kick! That was something else, man. He’s showing his speed, striking ability and ability to go on a mean streak when needed!
Deadprez: I’m pretty sure that this is a very different Mattias Burke that we are seeing tonight, as he continues the mean streak with several jabs to the head! He’s not giving Roque any chance to breathe at all, which is starting to wear on the newbie! Roque pushes him back, but Mattias is quick and puts him down with another knee to the jaw! He goes under and sweeps Roque Santa Cruz down with ease! He is showing out today and I do not blame him at all!
Gavin Kirkland: It does not seem like Roque is showing him any resistance right now, and this is not the strategy you want to emply against Mattias! Roque tries to get up, but Mattias is right there and sends a headbutt right into his nose! He turns around, rises up and puts down the man with a Shiranui! I can’t believe what we’re seeing here! Mattias is pulling out all the arsenal tricks in the book and we might be looking at a potential game-changing statement match from him right here! He needs this, badly, and he’s showing it right now!
Eve: And while Mattias is showing how much he wants the win, Roque isn’t doing anything at all! He’s just letting Mattias do what he wants, and when he tries to give him questions, Mattias has answers for it! Roque grabs the foot, managing to put him down as he tries to go for a kneebar, but Mattias kicks him right in the face! Oh my gosh, this is an absolute masterclass from the rookie that he’s putting on display tonight! Nothing is stopping the Natural as he continues his statement performance here tonight!
Deadprez: Roque is fighting back, though, and he goes for chops to the chest! Mattias staggers back and now it’s Roque’s turn to do some damage! He traps him into the corner and he’s going for stomps right to his thigh, which is doing those legs in! He might be able to come back here, but we’ll see how much Mattias has grown and if he can get out of this situation much more easily than before! Roque is going for those shots, as he transitions and lifts Mattias up into a Belly to Back Suplex! Roque is pumping his chest, but Mattias does not look fazed in the least bit!
Gavin Kirkland: Don’t get too confident, Roque, because Mattias has a plan for most things now, and this is showing! Roque is going for a boxing style here, sending bare knuckle body shots which are mostly blocked, but he does not seem to care at all! Roque is just backing him into the corner but Mattias pushes his face off and it seems to anger the newbie, who tries to send a windmill of a left hook which Mattias easily ducks! Mattias turns around, picks him up and lifts him over his head as he drops him right down with a German Suplex! Devastating move from him here, as he is showing why he’s the Natural!
Eve: Indeed, as Roque does not have answers yet again for the questions that Mattias is giving him! So far, this match has been majorly one-sided with Mattias taking the lead! He’s doing a lot of things right, pushing the pace, being the smarter fighter and letting Roque come to him! But right now, it’s his turn to be on the offensive as Mattias does not want him to breathe at all! Mattias backs him into the rope and he hits him with a left body shot to the Solar Plexus! Roque leans forward and he’s confused!
Deadprez: All that air was taken away from him in an instant, and Mattias follows it up by face planting Roque into the mat! Like we said earlier, he is showing zero mercy and zero care for his opponent’s well-being so far! There is nothing Roque can do that Mattias won’t have a counter for, and this has been evident as Mattias wraps the arms around, rotates his body and drops him down with a Killswitch! The Death Rattle connects and you can tell Roque’s brain is rattled right now!
Gavin Kirkland: This ain’t Fight Grid, homeboy, it’s the big leagues now, and you just got a taste of what reality is like when you’re around here. Roque stands up and flops back down, as Mattias is just running around the ring and waiting for him to get up! Roque slowly stands up, and it’s clear that Mattias wants to land the finishing blow right here, right now! He is showing little to no regard for his opponent and aims to put him out of his misery here! Mattias runs— SLICED BREAD! He hooked his opponent’s neck and put him down! THE NATURAL SELECTION CONNECTS! Mattias goes for the cover!
OOOOOOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOO!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Gina Romano: AND YOUR WINNER, MATTIAS BURKE!
(‘We Won’t Back Down’ by Ra plays as Mattias has his hand raised. He walks out of the ring and heads down the entrance ramp as Roque is being assisted by some staff members. Mattias high fives some people as the camera shows him smiling before it cuts.)
(Showdown quickly faded towards backstage and towards Mikaela Street, she was standing there with a bright smile on her face and in an excited mood as she had another interview planned to show to all of the people watching on Showdown, and when the cameraman gave her the thumbs up to start out, she quickly spoke up.)
Mikaela Street: Hello EAW Universe and all the Showdown fans watching us here tonight, as always, I am Mikaela Street here with another interview for all of you to enjoy, a very special guest in a sense because I am interviewing a new rising star here in the promotion, she just arrived a few months ago and she is already making sure to leave an impact here without any fear at all, please welcome, Auburn Ware!
(The camera then panned over to the side to show Auburn Ware quickly walking and standing alongside Mikaela with a bright smile on her face, already wearing her ring gear due to her match later on tonight and feeling pretty excited for her first EAW interview as she didn’t waste any time on speaking up.)
Auburn Ware: Hello to everybody watching! And it is a pleasure to meet you as well Mikaela!
Mikaela Street: No problem Auburn, I love your enthusiasm! Let us get right on to the questions though, how have you been here in EAW? How has your experience been so far here in the company?
Auburn Ware: Oh wow, to be fair, it has been pretty amazing to say the least, it has just been an upward direction ever since I have arrived, I have faced many people here from Johnny Heat to Mattias Burke and then tonight I am going to end up facing Nikki Kimura as well, I got my little win streak going on as well! Two wins is something to be excited about, and believe me, I assure you it is going to be three preeetty soon and yeah, that is about as much as I can say, I have arrived pretty recently after all, my career is still just starting out but it is an amazing start that I am pretty proud about! So yeah, in a nutshell, the experience has been welcoming and it has been very exciting!
Mikaela Street: Glad to hear that you are enjoying your experience so far here in EAW Auburn, but of course, we want to hear out as well the goals that you have planned for EAW in the future.
Auburn Ware: The goals that I have planned for the future? Hmmm, I could mention a lot of them but let me focus on the main goal that I have, and that is to simply succeed here, I know, I know, it kind of sounds like a generic response to say and I know right off the bat you are going to think I am some kind of generic wrestler who is happy to be here and doesn’t have anything of note to say but I am not that kind of wrestler or person at all, I am someone more than that! I have been dreaming for almost my entire life to have this kind of moment, to be able to stand here on my own two feet and call myself a wrestler, I have been inspired ever since I saw my first wrestling match and I was dead set on letting that be my dream, I know it sounds like a cliche, I know it sounds like a tired trope but honestly, who cares? Everyone gets motivated to achieve their dreams, and my dream here is to be able to succeed in EAW. I will put the hours in, I will put all kinds of hard work into my ability and my craft to be able to grow into the best version of myself I can be.
Mikaela Street: I love those inspirational words from you Auburn, now, we know about your goals but what about the other people around you? Do you have your eye on anyone in particular?
Auburn Ware: Ooooh, now that is a very juicy question indeed, Mikaela! Who I have my eye on, who I have my eye on, I mean, it is pretty obvious at first glance it would be the Answers World Champion Adam Lucas, he has the world championship so he is the main target for everybody, as well as the fact of him being an incredibly strong and valiant person when it comes to getting in the ring and he never backs down from any challenge at all, we also Miss CITV Sheridan Muller, she doesn’t mess around at all and she always keeps her head in the game when it comes to achieving any kind of win here in EAW, it would be a delight to fight her in that ring, and the people forcing themselves into my sight are well, Devolution themselves, they have a lot of talented people on them like the Empress of Elite and the National Elite Champion, but the tactics that they employ, in the nicest way possible, they make me sick, but to give a general answer, I would genuinely just like to fight everybody and see what they are about! It is a bit of a crazy objective to want to go and accomplish but I’ll try my best to get every last bit of drop I can out of the matches I fight in!
Mikaela Street: I see, I see, you are not kidding then with making sure to put in the hard work, Auburn! Now as for what is next, what do you expect to accomplish in the near future?
Auburn Ware: What I want to accomplish here? Well, that is pretty easy, I obviously want to win championships! But naahh, that is too basic of an answer I can give, of course I want to achieve some championships to my name but I can say a more interesting answer than that, let’s see, let’s see… Oh! I got the perfect one. I want to accomplish changing the game here in EAW, I want to be a gamechanger amongst all of my other peers who are just coming up and show that I can be the one who stands out, the star that shines the brightest on the sky, the person to show that I am worthy to be called “The Prodigy”, to show that the words I am called aren’t simply a cute nickname that I gave to myself, I am going to let my feelings get to me sometimes, I am going to let my nerves go awry in a few rare moments but those feelings won’t stop me at all from going the distance here and becoming a super-
???: Well, well, well, those were definitely some motivational words, huh?
(Auburn stopped talking for a moment as her and Mikaela turned completely confused and began to look around for where that voice came from, before none other than Lucas Johnson interrupted Auburn’s interview and entered into the frame, giving Auburn a slow and sarcastic clap before he spoke up.)
Lucas Johnson: Now, who do we have here? A new person in Showdown, name is Lucas Johnson.
Auburn Ware: Oh! Hello there! My name is Auburn Ware, pleasure to meet you-
Lucas Johnson: Yeah, whatever, I don’t need your pleasure or nice to meet you’s, I know what truly are after all, no matter how many nice words you throw at the world, I know deep down you were going to talk crap and get the game all over your head, in fact, from what you sounded like, I think you were talking crap NOW!
(Auburn blinks in a very confused manner as she looks towards Mikaela who shrugs confused as well before turning back to Lucas.)
Auburn Ware: I wasn’t talking crap at all, what are you talking about-
Lucas Johnson: Nah, don’t even try to defend yourself, you think you can test someone like me? Lucas Johnson? You don’t know the power that I have here, I am Kennedy’s Chosen One and I have a lot of power that could screw you over, she has my back, I got hers, and we are like two peas in a pod who will not let young egotistical wrestlers take us down, do you understand?!
Auburn Ware: …I…I am pretty sure Kennedy doesn’t like you-
Lucas Johnson: NONSENSE! We are like Woody and Buzz, Mike and Sully, Marlin and Dory, Lightning McQueen and Mater, WALL-E and EVE…without the lovers part, and yes I know those are Pixar films but by this point they are Disney too, can you really sit there and doubt that kind of friendship? YOU CAN’T! And the next time I see you I better see some goddamn respect for me and the way I paved for all the bright newcomers, the Chosen One is OUT!
(Lucas gives a peace sign before walking away from the scene and both Auburn and Mikaela stand there not knowing what to say.)
Auburn Ware: What the heck was that???
Mikaela Street: I am more surprised he watches Pixar movies, he didn’t seem like that type of dude!
Auburn Ware: Anyway, thank you so much for your interview Mikaela, I really enjoyed it, but I have to go and prepare for my match! See you!
Mikaela Street: See you Auburn, good luck!
(Mikaela waves Auburn goodbye before she quickly walks away to her locker room to get ready for her match later tonight and then Showdown fades away from backstage.)
(‘Rhapsody in Pink’ by Stela Cole hits over the speaker system, and to a mixed reaction Princess Candice steps out onto the ramp, dressed in her very best princess attire. With a flick of her hair, perfectly done with a tiara to top off the look, she starts the walk down the ramp and towards the ring.)
Deadprez: Candice coming out here and with a purpose. She said she was going to reveal her stipulation for her match with Caroline, and it looks like now is the time.
Gavin Kirkland: Look at her, so regal… She truly is a princess.
Deadprez: I don’t know, the look on her face is far from princess-like. She looks like a warrior, more than ready to put an end to what has been going on between her and Caroline.
Eve: She certainly looks determined, that’s for sure.
(Candice reaches the ring and walks up the steps, carefully bending through the strands and walking to the other side of the ring to locate a mic. With mic in hand, she then lifts her hand, and her music starts to fade out. The same mixed reaction continues as she pauses, clearly wanting to speak but unable to. Finally, the noise dies down enough to enable her to begin.)
Princess Candice: These past few months have been without question the worst of my life. What should have turned into a joyous occasion for us all has turned into a living nightmare. My wishes, to make EAW into a magical place, destroyed by someone who seems intent on meddling in my business. Every scene I have conjured has been ruined by the smoke and mirrors of someone who should have stayed away. She has created a situation that has been hell on earth for us ALL. My animals, my beautiful animals, made to watch as what I had created was burned to rubble before their very eyes. Animals have feelings too guys…
(She pauses, clearly getting emotional.)
Deadprez: Seems like this is difficult for her to say?
Eve: You’re not honestly buying this?
Deadprez: Why not… she clearly believes in what she is trying to do.
Princess Candice: Because of her distractions, I am no longer in the Iconic Cup, and I was eliminated from Territorial Invasion, even though that was detrimental to our brand. She hasn’t been able to let this go, even though I have given her many warnings, so now I have come to the realization that I have to take matters into my own hands. The only way this is going to get settled is my way… the Disney Way. That’s why I have decided…
(‘Living Dead Girl’ by Rob Zombie kicks in, and to a majority of boos and jeers, Caroline walks out and stands on the rampway.)
Deadprez: And here she is, Princess Candice’s nemesis and the bane of her life.
Eve: Candice had to know this would happen. Wherever Candice has turned, Caroline has been there.
Gavin Kirkland: And that will never end unless Candice can do something about it. But I’m not sure she CAN do anything about it. Caroline has been relentless.
Deadprez: But she has to try… Caroline is literally against everything Candice stands for.
(The music dies down, and Candice eyes Caroline, bringing a smirk to Carolines face. Caroline doesn’t speak however, almost daring Candice to speak, and Candice takes the bait.)
Princess Candice: Just like a bad smell Caroline, there you are. The stepsister to my Cinderella.
(Caroline just shakes her head and laughs.)
Caroline: See Candice, that right there is the reason I hate you so much. So quick with the Disney analogies, believe that this place can be all rainbows and unicorns when it has been proven that will never be the case.
Princess Candice: You’re wrong…
Caroline: No, I’m not, and you only have to look at Drake King to understand that this place isn’t for changing.
Princess Candice: I am not Drake King.
Caroline: No, you are not… and therein lies my point. You have nothing like the stature he possesses, and even he failed. You live in a make-believe world Candice, where nothing bad happens, where misery doesn’t exist. But life can be miserable, no matter how much you seem to ignore it. I used to live in that false world as well, where everything was happiness and joy, and look where it got me.
Princess Candice: No, you did that to yourself.
Caroline: I didn’t, I just woke up to the realities of the world we all live in. What you are is the epitome of fake, and that is why I have targeted you. I want to end this façade, by making you face up to your situation. True is Candice, I’m not looking to end you, I want to help you. And though you don’t see that now, you will by the time I’m through.
Deadprez: Caroline making it clear that she isn’t backing down.
Eve: But neither is Candice.
(Candice eyes daggers at Caroline, her gaze never averting even through the crowd reaction. Finally, she speaks.)
Princess Candice: I will NEVER change my outlook Caroline, no matter how much you try. This is our Last Stand, and the only way that this match is going to end is if one of us cannot continue anymore. So, since it is that time of year, we are going to have a PARK BRAWL AT DISNEYLAND, TOKYO.
(The crowd reacts accordingly, the noise off the chart. Caroline looks out over the fans and simply nods her head.)
Deadprez: There it is, the challenge has been made. And it’s going to come live from Disneyland, this is huge.
(Caroline lifts the mic, the grin etched on her face.)
Caroline: I ACCEPT.
(The crowd goes nuts as smoke starts to form on the entranceway, and when it dissipates, Caroline is gone.)
Deadprez: There we go, it’s now set in stone. Caroline and Princess Candice will face off at Last Stand in a battle of worlds. Magical, versus Reality, that’s what is at stake.
(The camera pans back to Princess Candice in the ring, still staring up the rampway as the scene fades to an ad for The Last Stand.)
(As the ad ends, O Fortuna by Carl Orff plays through the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, signaling the arrival of Madison Kaline! The entrance theme earns a mixed response from the Indian faithful and sure enough, soon the Hall of Fame talent arrives on the entrance ramp. With no match scheduled for tonight, Madison is dressed-up to the nines. She dons a shimmering red gown and matching red-and-gold heels. She looks gorgeous, posing on the ramp and then making her sweet way down to the ring. Cameras transition to the commentary table where Deadprez, Eve and the infamous Gavin Kirkland are ready-and-waiting for us Deadprez begins to speak. )
Deadprez: Madison Kaline has arrived in Delhi and doesn’t she look wonderful? She has a smile on her face in spite of what happened on last week’s edition of Showdown. Her feud with Kennedy Street has been brewing for some time, ever since Madison was first drafted to Showdown at the beginning of the season. Last week, things reached a new boiling point with Madison threatening to hold up the show unless she got some time to speak one-on-one with Kennedy. She even requested to be moved to another brand! But as you’ll soon see, Madison’s threats did not go without punishment…
( A video recap airs both for the in-arena audience and those watching from around the globe as Madison was confronted by security sent on Kennedy’s behalf. They were given no choice but to forcibly remove Madison from the ring, taking her backstage and past Kennedy’s office before she was thrown to the curb. The video recap ends, with Madison stomping her feet and claiming this wouldn’t be the end of her and Kennedy’s growing issues. As we can see with Madison’s entrance tonight, the Mistress of Death could have been correct in her assessment! )
Gavin Kirkland: I’ve got to admit I took great pleasure in watching Madison be embarrassed on last week’s edition of Showdown. She tried to play a power card — but this isn’t 2016, honey! Madison hasn’t earned the right to pull a move like that and she was checked quickly. Kennedy doesn’t play when it comes to Showdown and she sent security to clear the ring of what, I’ve got to hold my hands up and say, has become a nuisance to her in the form of Madison Kaline! I’m interested to see how Madison will respond to being muscled out of Showdown last week.
Eve: I do have some sympathies towards Madison, but holding up the entire show and holding up the people in the back who are just trying to do their job isn’t the right approach to take. Although I don’t think Kennedy’s actions in refusing to speak to her benefitted anybody, either. She’s the General Manager, she’s the person who should be calming Madison down and trying to figure out a resolution to her problems. Instead, I’d argue that Kennedy is stoking the flames so it wouldn’t surprise me if things were ramped up even further on tonight’s episode…
( Madison makes her way up the steel steps and gets into the ring. She poses on the top turnbuckle to a mixed reaction before cautiously getting back onto the canvas. She totters over to the ringside attendant, gesturing for a microphone and when her request is granted she returns to the middle of the ring. Her entrance theme softens, the crowd dies down and in time Madison raises the microphone to her lips with a conflicted expression etching her face. )
Madison Kaline: Traveling across the globe with Elite Answers Wrestling is a privilege. Being able to come to countries such as India is something many, many people will never get the opportunity to be able to do and for that, I am grateful. I am also grateful for all the things I have achieved in this sport. The Championship reigns I have procured, this Hall of Fame ring sitting on my finger and the many accolades and advantages which come with being one of the most recognisable and accomplished women in this entire game. I recognise in part, that is due to countries like India. Countries from around the globe give this promotion an opportunity to bring our spectacle, our competitors and our business to all corners of the world.
Madison Kaline: Where am I going with this? The fact I’ve been there. I’ve been there for so long with women in this promotion fighting to be equals. This promotion in general fighting to become the best in the entire planet. I’ve held two iterations of the top women’s championships in the world. I should be feared, revered and treated like a superstar and since returning, for the most part that is the treatment I have gotten. I’ve fought big, big names. Women like Andrea Valentine, I’ve been a constant on Free-Per-View, and I’ve gotten opportunities to continue living out my dreams in this company. But since coming to Showdown… That treatment has stopped.
Madison Kaline: I’ve been disrespected. Disrespected by Kennedy Street and by extension many on Showdown. I’m sure you all were watching last week. Watching as Kennedy made security escort me out of this ring and out of the entire stadium. Me, a Hall of Fame talent, who has contributed more to this company than Kennedy Street and the majority of people on this roster ever could, kicked to the curb like an unwanted dog. Treating me as if I am not of importance and contribute nothing to this business. Like I’m an afterthought. It isn’t fair or just. All I did was speak my mind, shed a light on these injustices and rather than face me she hid in her office like some kind of rat, not even bothering to offer any kind of explanation toward me.
Madison Kaline: I should be treated like a once-in-a-generation athlete. Because that’s who I am. I’m an undisputed megastar, I’ve overcome so many adversities to stand here, in this ring and compete with some of the best in the world. People like Kennedy Street, they should be groveling to be in the same room as me. They should be tending to my every need, on hand-and-foot wanting to appease me. Instead, they cast me aside like I’m not important and thye delegate to others, because they’re too scared to come out here and speak to me. So I’m out here again, demanding that Kennedy finds a backbone, she comes out here and she—
( Madison is cut-off, but to her dismay, not by Kennedy Street! What The Dead Men Say by Trivium rips through the PA system here inside the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium. It’s Delilah Rose! Madison looks offended, as if she can’t believe Delilah is attempting to profit off of her strife. Delilah doesn’t waste time walking down to the ring and it appears she’s in the mood to let Madison hear something she may not necessarily want to hear. She already has a microphone situated in her hands. Delilah walks down to the ring and gets inside of it. Her entrance theme quickly cuts out and Madison is already shouting, off-mic, as if she doesn’t even want to be in the same room as Delilah Rose, it’s clear the Hall of Fame talent feels disrespected! )
Delilah Rose: You know, in good conscience I couldn’t stand around back there and listen to the same old monologue we’re all-too familiar with now. Madison, I get it. You’ve done some amazing things, albeit a long time ago, and you feel disrespected. You feel like Kennedy is overlooking you, and you’ve fallen down the priority list to younger women — women like me for example. The truth of the matter? Is that you’re not as devoted to this business as you once were. And you’re not as big a star as some of the women around Elite Answers Wrestling, or even on this very brand. Truthfully? I am sick and tired of listening to you waste everybody’s time with an issue which could easily be handled in private.
Delilah Rose: But you are still a star. Because of all those things you achieved when this company wasn’t as big and there weren’t as many sharks in the water. So you do still have some use to somebody like me. Even if, like everybody else, I’ve had enough of you complaining and whining when truthfully, you were just waiting to be laid out like this!
( Delilah pulls her arm back, swinging forward and catching Madison with a hellacious right hook which drops her to the canvas. The crowd here in Delhi go wild! Some boos ring out, but they pale in comparison to the cheers which Delilah’s actions generate. Madison drops to the deck and this is where Delilah stands over her, cruel smirk on her face, she once more raises the microphone up to her face and speaks, screaming over a down-and-out Mistress of Death. )
Delilah Rose: So I have some good news for you Madison, you’re finally going to have the opportunity to prove that you’re a star. See, I saw what happened last week. I saw how you were tossed to the curb like a dog and I thought to myself — wow, easy pickings. So I went and spoke to Kennedy. Instead of whining out here and embarrassing this brand on global television I simply handled my matters privately, I spoke to Kennedy and I asked for an opportunity. And she was more than inclined to give me one. So, Madison, at The Last Stand in Tokyo, Japan… It’ll be Delilah Rose going one-on-one with thee Mistress of Death, thee Hall of Fame talent, Madison Kaline. So I’ll be seeing you in Japan, bitch… Where I’ll happily knock you down.
( Delilah throws the microphone down onto Madison, which smashes off her skull and knocks her down to the mat as she tries to get up. Delilah, confidently, strides out of the ring and up the ramp. A graphic flashes on the titantron, showcasing that at The Last Stand we will indeed see Delilah Rose and Madison Kaline face off in singles action! Madison, with steam coming out of her ears, looks incensed. She has been humiliated for two weeks on the trot, first by Kennedy Street and now again by Delilah Rose! Madison slowly gets to her feet, stomping feet on the floor as Delilah disappears to the back and moments after, it fades to a commercial.)
(The camera returns to the ring where Gina Romano is standing with a microphone in hand, ready to start the introductions for the next match.)
Gina Romano: Ladies and gentlemen, this next contest has a TWENTY MINUTE TIME LIMIT and it is scheduled for ONE FALL!
Crowd: ONE FALL!
(“Lemme Do My Thing” by YACHT MONEY starts playing and the crowd erupts into cheers as Auburn Ware enters the arena. She has a determined look and a smile on her face as she starts high-fiving fans on her way to the ring.)
Gina Romano: Introducing first and making her way to the ring! From Bulawayo, Zimbabwe! Weighing 119 pounds. Here is “THE PRODIGY” AUBURN WARE!
Gavin Kirkland: AUBURN IS BACK ON SHOWDOWN! Ohhhhhhhh! How I have missed her so much!
Deadprez: Getting started early, aren’t we, dawg? But Auburn Ware is back in action for the first time in about a month, so it’ll be great to once again see what she can bring to the table that is Showdown.
Eve: You also heard what Auburn said earlier with Mikaela Street. This young competitor is determined to make her mark and live up to her moniker as “The Prodigy”. Her opponent tonight will be a real test for Auburn.
(Auburn slaps a few more hands before sliding into the ring. Her entrance music fades off and is quickly replaced by “Vroom” by Hoodie Allen & Connor Price. The cheers continue as Nikki Kimura enters the arena with her tag team partner Kasai following closely behind as they head to the ring.)
Gina Romano: Introducing her opponent! Representing The Cosmic Captains and accompanied by Kasai! From West Portland, Oregon. Weighing 120 pounds. Here is “THE ANCHOR” NIKKI KIMURA!!
Eve: Here comes Nikki Kimura and remember her great showing at Territorial Invasion in the Divide and Conquer match? She is once again going to try and capitalize on that and get herself another victory.
Gavin Kirkland: Another beauty coming down to the ring. I don’t know who to pick, but who cares? THEY ARE BOTH ON SHOWDOWN! WOOOOOOOOOO!
Deadprez: Anyways, Nikki put up a good fight against Kirk Redwood, but she wasn’t able to pick up the win. Tonight, she is looking to get back on track with a win here tonight. Can she do it? We’re about to find out.
(Nikki enters the ring as Kasai takes her place at ringside. Nikki’s music fades off as the referee checks both competitors before calling for the bell.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
Deadprez: Here we go! Singles action on the way. Nikki and Auburn lock up in the center of the ring and both ladies are having a struggle to gain the early advantage.
Eve: Both women are of similar size and stature, so power advantage is going to be a struggle to obtain. Both women are still tied up in the ring trying to muscle over the other.
Gavin Kirkland: Two beautiful women showing their wrestling skills in this match is the best thing for me. I hope this match gets no time limit and we can watch these two for the rest of the night.
Deadprez: Dawg, you know that isn’t gonna happen. Now these two are STILL locked up trying to jockey for advantage and these two are getting very close to the ropes–
Eve: AND BOTH WOMEN TAKE A TUMBLE OUTSIDE THE RING TO THE FLOOR AS THEY WERE STILL LOCKED UP! This match early on is a stalemate as both women get back into the ring.
Gavin Kirkland: Auburn and Nikki shake hands in the middle of the ring as a show of respect. That brings a smile to my face. I love it when we can all be friends. Both women go to lock up again–
Deadprez: NIKKI WITH A FOREARM THAT STAGGERS AUBURN BACK! Nikki grabs Auburn and whips her to the ropes AND TAKES HER DOWN UPON WITH AN ARM DRAG ON HER RETURN!
Eve: Nikki wrenching on Auburn’s arm, BUT NOT FOR LONG AS AUBURN ROLLS BACK TO GET BACK TO HER FEET BEFORE HITTING A CARTWHEEL TO BREAK FREE! Auburn has amazing acrobatic skills.
Deadprez: Auburn hits the ropes and ducks the Nikki clothesline before spinning Nikki around AND CLOBBERING HER WITH A EUROPEAN UPPERCUT! That shot knocks Nikki to the ropes.
Eve: Auburn grabs Nikki and whips her to the corner BEFORE RUNNING TO THE CORNER AND AUBURN IS MET WITH DOUBLE BOOTS RIGHT TO THE FACE! AUBURN TURNED INSIDE OUT AFTER THAT!
Gavin Kirkland: Come on! No boots to the face! That’s just not nice. But Nikki comes out of the corner and has a facelock on Auburn and TAKES HER DOWN WITH A SNAP SUPLEX! NIKKI FLOATS OVER TO A COVER–
Deadprez: BUT AUBURN BRIDGES UP BEFORE A COUNT CAN BE STARTED! Auburn follows up with a kick to the side of Nikki’s head that knocks her off balance AND AUBURN KIPS UP AND HIS BACK TO HER FEET
Eve: Auburn is getting some momentum WITH A BEAUTIFUL SPINNING BACK FIST THAT KNOCKS NIKKI LOOPY! Nikki comes back and Auburn applies a facelock and grabs Nikki’s leg BEFORE LIFTING HER UP AND DROPPING HER DOWN!
Gavin Kirkland: Beautiful Fisherman’s Buster by a beautiful competitor and poor Nikki was dropped on her head. Now Auburn drags Nikki over to the ropes and gets onto the apron. Nikki hasn’t moved AND AUBURN LAUNCHES HERSELF OVER THE TOP ROPE–
Deadprez: AND SHE FOLLOWS IT UP WITH A SOMERSAULT LEG DROP ACROSS THE THROAT! Nikki holds her throat in pain as Auburn pulls Nikki back towards the middle of the ring and hooks the leg for the cover!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHHH–
Eve: NIKKI KICKS OUT AT TWO! This is going to be a great match between two women who are just starting their EAW careers and their careers overall. Right now, Auburn is in strong control of this match.
Deadprez: She is as Nikki still hasn’t moved since the leg drop as Auburn turns around AND FLIPS BACK FOR THE MOONSAULT SENTON, BUT NIKKI GETS HER KNEES UP AND DRIVES RIGHT INTO AUBURN’S SPINE!
Eve: Auburn bounces onto the mat as Nikki rolls over to the ropes to get back to her feet. Auburn is also back to her feet BUT NIKKI DELIVERS A RUNNING DROPKICK TO AUBURN’S LEGS AND THAT SENDS HER GOING FACE FIRST TO THE MAT!
Gavin Kirkland: Poor Auburn kissed the canvas and she is trying to recover from the dropkick AND NIKKI KIMURA FOLLOWS IT UP WITH AN AXE KICK TO THE BACK OF THE NECK! Nice combo of moves by Nikki.
Deadprez: Nikki is being trained by Kasai, but honestly, both of these women have only had a handful of matches combined, so inexperience will be shown by both competitors. That feeling will go away with more matches.
Eve: Nikki needs to follow up on her offense and she is going back to her attack on Auburn and brings her back to her feet. Nikki whips Auburn to the corner AND NIKKI QUICKLY FOLLOWS UP WITH A CLOTHESLINE–
Gavin Kirkland: BUT AUBURN THROWS A BACK ELBOW THAT CATCHES NIKKI RIGHT IN THE MOUTH AND STAGGERS NIKKI BACK! That could have busted Nikki’s mouth open.
Deadprez: Auburn is climbing up to the second rope and Nikki turns around AS AUBURN JUMPS OFF THE SECOND ROPE AND DELIVERS A MISSILE DROPKICK TO NIKKI THAT TURNS HER INSIDE OUT!
Eve: Auburn is back to her feet as she grabs Nikki by the back of the head AND SHE RUNS TO THE TOP ROPE AND PLANTS NIKKI WITH A SPRINGBOARD BULLDOG! “MAD HONEY” BY AUBURN AS SHE FOLLOWS UP WITH A COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHRRRRREEEEEE—
Deadprez: AND NIKKI KIMURA KICKS OUT AT TWO! This has been a nice match between two of the up and coming stars that Showdown has to offer. Auburn Ware follows up the bulldog WITH A SINGLE LEG BOSTON CRAB!
Eve: SUBMISSION APPLIED AND AUBURN QUICKLY DRAGS NIKKI AWAY FROM THE ROPES! THIS COULD END THE MATCH RIGHT HERE! The referee is right there to check and see if Nikki wants to give up this match.
Gavin Kirkland: Remind me to not get on the bad side of either of these ladies. They would easily knock someone out. Like right now with Auburn trying to take away the leg of Nikki Kimura–
Deadprez: NIKKI MANAGES TO ROLL THROUGH BEFORE KICKING AUBURN RIGHT IN THE KNEE BEFORE KICKING HER IN THE FACE AND THAT SENDS AUBURN BACK TOWARDS THE ROPES!
Gavin Kirkland: Now look at Kasai cheering on Nikki Kimura at ringside. She has all the faith in the world that Nikki can pull off the win here.
Eve: Auburn bounces back off the ropes AND NIKKI GRABS AUBURN BY THE BACK OF THE NECKS AND ROLLS HER UP WITH AN INSIDE CRADLE! SHOULDERS ARE DOWN AND NIKKI COULD STEAL IT HERE!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHRRRRRREEEEEEEE!
Gavin Kirkland: WOOOOOOOOO! That was so close, but Auburn managed to get her shoulder up at two and kick out. I can breathe again so I can watch this match continue. I am so excited.
Deadprez: Your excitement is a story for another day, but right now, both women are back to their feet, but Nikki is a little quicker AND SHE GOES FOR A PUNT TO THE HEAD, BUT AUBURN GETS OUT OF THE WAY AT THE LAST SECOND!
Eve: Nikki turns around, BUT AUBURN GETS HER LEGS UP AND AROUND NIKKI’S NECK BEFORE COUNTERING WITH A MODIFIED HEADSCISSORS AND NIKKI WAS TAKEN FOR A RIDE!
Deadprez: Nikki finds her way to the corner BEFORE DOING A HANDSTAND AND USING HER BOOT TO CHOKE NIKKI! “UGLY LOVE” BY AUBURN WARE AS THE REFEREE BEGINS A FIVE COUNT!
Eve: Auburn lets the choke go on four and she flips back to her feet. Auburn backs up AND GOES FOR A HANDSPRING ELBOW! “THIS GIRL’ BY AUBURN WARE IN THE CORNER–
Gavin Kirkland: Unfortunately for Auburn, that move was well scouted and it backfired with a kick to the back of the head by Nikki. Now Nikki is making her trek to the top rope. Nikki is getting her footing on the top rope–
Deadprez: HOLY CRAP! HERE COMES AUBURN WITH A HANDSTAND IN THE CORNER TAKES NIKKI OFF THE TOP TURNBUCKLE WITH THE HANDSTAND FRANKENSTEINER! “TOWER OF DAWN” BY AUBURN WARE!
Eve: Nikki bounced hard off her lower back after that one and as she recovers, AUBURN FROM OUT OF NOWHERE WITH THAT SPINNING ROUNDHOUSE KICK! THAT CAUGHT NIKKI RIGHT IN THE FACE!
Gavin Kirkland: Not only can this Auburn fly, she has some fancy footwork. With a little more experience in the ring, she is going to be a very dangerous threat. You could say the same thing about Nikki too.
Deadprez: Nikki is trying to recover off the kick, BUT AUBURN IS RIGHT THERE WITH A LEG DROP BULLDOG! “DIVERGENT” BY AUBURN WARE AS SHE FOLLOWS UP WITH ANOTHER COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHHHHRRRRRREEEEE!
Eve: NIKKI KICKS OUT AGAIN AT TWO! This Nikki Kimura is really showing some heart and fight in this match and I hope that it doesn’t wrap up any time soon. Auburn brings Nikki back up to her feet and whips her to the ropes.
Deadprez: Nikki comes back AND AUBURN WITH A LOU THESZ PRESS AND LOOK AT THAT FLURRY OF PUNCHES FROM “THE PRODIGY”! The referee starts a count and Auburn opens the fists on four.
Eve: Auburn once again brings Nikki back to her feet and whips her back to the corner and HEADS FULL SPEED TO THE CORNER WITH A CLOTHESLINE THAT SENDS NIKKI SITTING INTO THE CORNER!
Gavin Kirkland: Miss Auburn backs up BEFORE HEADING BACK TO THE CORNER AT FULL SPEED AND SHE DRIVES BOTH HER KNEES INTO NIKKI’S FACE WITH A RUNNING DOUBLE KNEE STRIKE!
Deadprez: Auburn pulls Nikki out of the corner AND THIS TIME THE MOONSAULT SENTON FINDS ITS MARK! Auburn is like a house of fire right now as she has Nikki on the ropes.
Eve: Auburn picks Nikki up and looks to want to slam her but instead she ties up Nikki in the proverbial Tree of Woe. Nikki’s in a big mess of trouble here.
Gavin Kirkland: Auburn is looking to go back into the corner AND HERE SHE GOES AT FULL SPEED LOOKING FOR A SHOTGUN STYLE DROPKICK—
Deadprez: NIKKI LIFTS HERSELF UP AT THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND AND AUBURN ENDED UP IN AN EMPTY POOL!
Eve: Nikki flips back and lands on her feet as Auburn comes out of the corner AND FIRES OFF A CLOTHESLINE THAT NIKKI DUCKS!
Deadprez: Nikki is behind Auburn AND NIKKI LIFTS AND PLANTS HER WITH A NICE GERMAN SUPLEX! AUBURN LANDS ON THE BACK OF HER HEAD!
Eve: Auburn is making it back to her feet AND NIKKI NOW HAS HER ARMS HOOKED AND AUBURN IS IN POSITION FOR A TIGER SUPLEX—
Gavin Kirkland: AUBURN MANAGES TO GET AN ARM FREE AND ELBOWS NIKKI IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD! AUBURN IS NOW BEHIND NIKKI ONCE MORE! Waistlock applied on Nikki.
Deadprez: AUBURN WENT FOR THAT HIGH ANGLE GERMAN SUPLEX, BUT NIKKI MANAGES TO LAND ON HER FEET BEHIND HER! AUBURN QUICKLY TURNS AROUND TO KEEP THE ADVANTAGE–
Eve: AND SHE RUNS RIGHT INTO A SUPERKICK FROM NIKKI KIMURA! SUPERKICK KNOCKS AUBURN ALMOST OUT OF HER BOOTS AND SHE IS DOWN ON THE MAT! SHE COULD BE OUT COLD AS NIKKI RUSHES TO THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOO!
THHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEE!
Gavin Kirkland: AUBURN KICKS OUT AT TWO! WOOHOO! THIS MATCH CONTINUES ON! I AM SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW! But poor Auburn is down and Nikki is looking to finish this match once and for all.
Eve: If you can see at ringside, Kasai thought that Nikki had the match won right there. Oh boy that was dangerously close.
Deadprez: Auburn is trying to get back onto her feet, but Nikki pulls down her knee pad as she watches Auburn roll to her knees. HERE COMES NIKKI AT FULL SPEED WITH THE KAMIGOYE KNEE STRIKE TO PUT AUBURN DOWN FOR GOOD–
Eve: BUT AUBURN ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY AT THE LAST SECOND! NIKKI TRIES TO GET HER BALANCE AS AUBURN GETS BACK TO HER FEET! AUBURN GRABS NIKKI INTO THE PUMPHANDLE POSITION AND LIFTS HER UP BEFORE BRINGING HER DOWN WITH “FAIRY TALE”!
Deadprez: LIFTING HALF NELSON PUMPHANDLE DRIVER ALMOST PLANTS NIKKI KIMURA RIGHT ON HER HEAD! “FAIRY TALE” INDEED AND THIS MATCH MIGHT HAVE A FAIRY TALE ENDING FOR AUBURN AS SHE CRAWLS INTO THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOO!
THHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEE!
(DING! DING! DING!)
(“Lemme Do My Thing” starts playing again as Auburn rolls off of Nikki as the crowd cheers before Gina Romano announces the final decision of the match.)
Gina Romano: Here is your winner… AUBURN WARE!!
Deadprez: What a great match between two competitors who are in the infancy of their EAW careers. Both ladies showed great skills in this match.
Gavin Kirkland: YAY!!! What a win! That was the greatest win I have seen in the history of forever. It was also one of the greatest wrestling matches I have ever witnessed in my life.
(Auburn is back to her feet and the referee raises her arm in victory before going back to check on Nikki. Auburn has a smile on her face as she exits the ring and heads up the entrance ramp.)
Eve: No, Gavin. Just no. Just leave her alone, you creepy nasty man. Can’t you talk about how great of a performance Auburn had in this match or anything like that? Come on and have some dignity, man.
Gavin Kirkland: You need to calm down, Eve. I was just getting to that before you so rudely interrupted me. I know how great of a competitor Auburn is. I was just wondering if she would be interested in going to a library.
Eve: Probably not with you, creepy. But you can’t forget about the effort that Nikki Kimura brought in this match. If you ask me, both competitors have a bright future in Elite Answers Wrestling.
Deadprez: I agree with you, Eve. Both competitors are on a bright path in EAW. Nikki Kimura fought hard, but at the end of the day, it is Auburn Ware who leaves with a smile on her face and a victory on her resume. Congratulations once again to Auburn Ware for a job well done.
(The final shot shows Auburn standing at the top of the ramp soaking in her victory before cutting to Nikki sitting on the mat joined by Kasai. Nikki has a look of disappointment on her face as the camera cuts elsewhere.)
(Mattias is sitting in the hallway to the locker room waiting for the camera crew to appear. As he sees them)
Last week…last week I hit the biggest roadblock of my career and…I failed to make it over that roadblock. I failed to achieve what I set out to do and now Hans is going on to face some of the top talent and I’m relegated to facing the likes of Roque Santa Cruz…I TOOK HANS TO THE LIMIT AND ALL I GOT WAS HEARTBREAK AND A “WAY TO GO KID!” I am sick and tired of being looked at as some kid…for as long as I can remember, I was touted as “The Prodigy” or “The Natural” but the problem with those monikers is they always come with the stigma of being “the future.” This stigma continues to linger over my head with people like Hans, like KASAI, like Lucas all treating me like an afterthought because “The future isn’t now,” and that’s what pisses me off…it’s not the constant losses, it’s not the “nearly” moments…it’s being ignored and looked at as lesser than. Hans would go on to treat me with respect but then you have people like Roque who don’t even have the common decency to speak on anything about me…if there’s one thing in this world I hate…it’s being underestimated…it’s being treated as less than…but that’s to be expected, right? I’m supposed to just sit back and accept being underestimated because that’s what rookies do.
(Mattias stands and looks down the barrel of the camera)
I HAVEN’T TRAINED FOR FOUR YEARS TO BE UNDERESTIMATED! While most people my age were worrying about their grades, I was training to make a name for myself in THAT ring…while the girls in my class were worried about learning skills and finding someone who would buy them gold…I was focused on winning it…I SHOULD be standing here as the New Breed Champion…I SHOULD be celebrating…instead…Hans Grayson kicked my ass and sent me back to the opening match…I put all my power into that match and I came up short…but that’s to be expected, right? I’m supposed to lose because I’m not on that level.
(Mattias becomes more animated, pointing and shouting at the camera)
I have proven time and time again that I can hang with the best talent in this damn company but I’m still just looked at as another rookie who is in over his head…I’m looked at as lesser than…I’m looked at as a kid in a grown man’s world…but every kid must grow into an adult…and I’ll be damned if I get treated like a kid after taking the New Breed Champion to the limit! I belong on the card, I belong in the main event, and I belong in an EAW Ring and I guaran-damn-tee that I’ll prove myself by becoming champion…it may not have happened last week, Hell, it may not happen right away…but I’m more than willing to fight for my opportunities…I’m ready to pursue every dream I have ever had in this business and whether I have to beat those who are below me, test my will against those on another level, or just decimate whoever is in front of me…I’ll do it. Whether it’s on Showdown, Dynasty, Voltage, Last Stand, or even House of Glass, I’ll prove to each and every one of you what I’ve been screaming from the rooftops since I got here, that Mattias Burke…
IS THE REAL DEAL!
(Mattias takes a beat to breathe, he swallows back his rage and exhales intensely)
But that’s not enough…it’s not enough to take a champion to the limit because I have nothing to show for it…I have nothing to show that I was within moments of beating Hans Grayson and becoming champion because almost…only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades…I’m sick and tired of being the “almost” guy…I almost beat Kasai, I almost beat Lucas Johnson, and I almost dethroned Hans Grayson…almost is a dirty word that tastes like vinegar because I should be able to execute. I should be able to hit my mark and make a name for myself, “But Mattias, you’re just a rookie, you have plenty of time to prove yourself.” I have heard this said to me by veterans and outsiders alike and to that I have only one thing to say… “Life is too goddamn short to be playing around with nearlies.” In this business, I have been taught that you have a limited time to achieve what you can before it swallows you whole and suddenly, you’re retired…this business moves too fast to be screwing around with hypotheticals and constantly dealing with the “almosts” of the business. So, what I’m going to do is…I’m going to issue a challenge…I want to be booked against the BEST! I want to compete against those that, for so long, have been looked at as above my level…I want to face the top tier talent and I want to do it on the top tier show! I WANT TO FACE THE BEST AT LAST STAND and I don’t care who it is. If I have to go out and prove myself, I’ll gladly do so, because I already proved that I can hang with the absolute best…I have proved that I can take on the best in the world and all I need is that last second to become champion.
(Mattias leans forward so the camera can hear him even more clearly)
This is my moment; this is my opportunity…and I’ll be dead and buried before I let all my chances slip through my fingers…This is no longer about Mattias Burke being the future of this industry…it’s about Mattias Burke proving that not only has he arrived in EAW…but he’s ready to THRIVE!
And that this, to me, just comes Natural!
(Mattias walks into the locker room as the door shuts behind him)
( Showdown fades into the show again. The crowd is seated, lights on, show is ready to continue to roll the camera pans down to Gina Romano at the center of the ring, standing under the limelight as she begins announcing the upcoming competition. )
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL!
Crowd: ONE FALL!
( ‘Ready to Die’ by The Notorious B.I.G. then plays as Lucas Johnson comes out and puts stoicism on his face, heading straight to the ring thinking about nothing but winning here tonight! )
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING FIRST!… FROM LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK!… WEIGHING IN AT 204 POUNDS!…. THE WRESTLING MACHINE!…. LUUUUCCASSSSSSSSS JOOOOHNNNNSONNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: LJ! LJ! LJ!
Eve: What are you up to today, Gavin?
Gavin Kirkland: I love Lucas Johnson and I want him to beat PJ Hendrx tonight!
Deadprez: Well pal, I don’t think that’s going to happe-
Gavin Kirkland: NUH UH! You know who this is? Lucas Johnson! The Wrestling Machine! The Emperor of Violence! The former EAW New Breed champion! The Young Lion Cup winner!
Deadprez: Aight whatever.
( Lucas steps inside the ring, wearing a confident expression for what will come to him soon. ‘Exhibit C’ by Jay Electronica then plays as PJ walks out with a swagger, smiling with confidence while looking at the crowd. He then looks up to Lucas Johnson, who is waiting for him in the ring. PJ points and laughs at him, then tells him to chill when Lucas is about to leave the ring and come down to confront him. PJ smiles at the camera, takes his sunglasses off, winks at it, and then enters the ring. )
Gina Romano: HIS OPPONENT!.. FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA!…WEIGHING IN AT 195 POUNDS!…PHANTOM!… P!… J!… HENNNNNNNNNDDDDDDRRRRRRXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: Here comes the former EAW Interwire champion. We witnessed the events unfold at Territorial Invasion; PJ was just inches away from beating Jon Kelton and becoming the new champion. Then, last week, we saw a minor altercation between Daryl Kinkade and PJ Hendrix. Could that lead to something more between those two? We’ll find out later. But tonight, he’s up against Lucas Johnson!
Gavin Kirkland: PJ this PJ that, You know this match belongs to who?! BIG LJ!
Deadprez: Thank you for your irrelevant opinion!
Gavin Kirkland: HEY!
Eve: Okay guys, the match is about to start. Let’s settle down and enjoy the show.
( DING DING DING! )
Gavin Kirkland: When people ask me who the most underrated elitist in all of EAW is, my answer is Lucas Johnson. So, that’s right! Here tonight, the most underrated wrestler in all of EAW takes on PJ Hendrx!
Eve: ….Are you serious?
Gavin Kirkland: Are you trying to disrespect LJ’s work ethic? He’s been working with EAW for years, loss after loss he has been taking, but he’s still here because his heart and soul are all about Elite Wrestling, baby!
Deadprez: You don’t want to believe it, but you have to. Lucas was the former EAW New Breed Champion! There’s no doubt he’s going to give PJ a run for his money here. We have seen this man hasn’t really had pleasant luck, but maybe tonight, against the former Interwire champion as well, will bring an upset for Lucas Johnson.
Gavin Kirkland: See, Eve? These two have incredible experiences but do you know who’s going to win tonight?!
Eve: PJ Hendrx!
Gavin Kirkland: Heck no! Lucas Johnson! Anyway, he’s already going at it because he trusts the number one fan like me who supported him since the early days of his career. PJ doesn’t even get out of his corner, but Lucas already has him in the corner, turning down and dropping PJ right into the corner, followed by a couple of stomps, leaving the Phantom to be under his control!
Deadprez: My man PJ is already feeling pressure! Damn, Lucas isn’t playing around tonight at all!
Gavin Kirkland: Do you want to underestimate the Wrestling Machine? Then you are about to be outwrestled! Picking PJ up from the ground there, sending him running down into the opposite corner and now Lucas following up, looking to continue striking the Phantom!
Eve: PJ is able to escape and he’s right behind Lucas!… GERMAN SUPLEX!
Gavin Kirkland: LUCAS HANGS ON! Back elbow to the side of the head, sending PJ cringing back away. Lucas grabs the rope in front of him and turns back around, then ignites toward PJ and looks to bring the Phantom back down!
Deadprez: BICYCLE KICK STOPS THE DOMINATION!
Gavin Kirkland: That kick only just fires up Lucas Johnson! The warrior cry comes face to face with PJ, following up with a forearm smash across the jaw! Lucas nails another one,
kicking the gut, and now running back to those ropes!… YES!
Eve: LUCAS GETS CAUGHT! HURRICANRANA! DOWN GOES LUCAS JOHNSON!
Gavin Kirkland: NO!
Deadprez: The Wrestling Machine might be the one to be outwrestled once more. The Phantom came up quicker there, leaving Lucas to be on the outside of the ring. The man back to his feet! Oh boy, here we go! I’m so excited to see that! Here we gooooooooooo!
Eve: SUICIDE DIVE!
Deadprez: YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Gavin Kirkland: COME ON MAN!
Eve: PJ doesn’t seem to want to wait any longer here; he’s out here to finish the business and seal the fate as quickly as possible. PJ picks him up and sends him back inside. Lucas now returns to the ring. PJ’s now on the apron, locked and loaded as Lucas is coming back…
Deadprez: SPRINGBOARD!…. MISSILE DROPKICK!
Gavin Kirkland: HAHA! Lucas has just caught PJ there, double leg takedown. PJ’s back on the mat and Lucas turns PJ into the Ankle Lock! PJ is trapped! This is the finish line! Lucas is going to win!
Eve: PJ now finds himself in a tricky spot he must undertake here! Lucas got hold of one of his ankles, and PJ has just been trapped in the Ankle Lock submission hold! What could PJ really have been planning for there with such a sudden move that has just been made by Lucas Johnson?!
Gavin Kirkland: He’s going to tap, that’s the answer! KNEEL before the emperor of violence!
Deadprez: You are onto something tonight, my man.
Eve: Lucas has it all under control there, but PJ tries to figure out a way to get out of it. He looks for the bottom rope but the pain keeps increasing, making it worse for PJ! Could PJ even survive out of this at this point? This looks pretty bad for him here!
Deadprez: PJ has just rolled over and with both feet, thrusting Lucas back, creating his own space in this instant! Lucas has just been sent back by the force of the push from those boots. Lucas turns to PJ, PJ still ably staying back on his feet as Lucas immediately lands the axe handle on the back of PJ, stopping him from moving! Lucas seizes PJ on both shoulders….
Eve: SLIPS OUT! PJ quickly lands both feet right behind Lucas, seizing the waist and looking for a German Suplex again but Lucas stops the move with a back elbow to the side of his head, switching the position and looking for the German Suplex on PJ instead!
Deadprez: COUNTER! INTO A WHEELBARROW! SHOULDERS ARE DOWN! PJ LOOKS TO SECURE A QUICK WIN!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: LUCAS KICKS OUT! IT AIN’T OVER YET, PAL! NOT TOO SON!
Deadprez: Soon.
Gavin Kirkland: SHUT UP, PREZ! We have the match to focus on! Stop distracting me with your stupidity! Lucas gets back to his feet, and PJ does the same. Both men charge at each other with a clothesline, but Lucas tricks and ducks under, going right behind and pushing PJ down to the ropes…
Deadprez: RUNNING FOREARM FROM PJ! Lucas quickly backs to his feet, but PJ quickly nails him and sends him right back down to the ground again with a Spinekick! Spinekick drops Lucas but Lucas isn’t done yet, backing into the corner and trying to give himself a moment’s rest! PJ has his sight set and is wasting no time!… CORNER LARIAT!
Gavin Kirkland: JEEZ!
Eve: That lariat really hits him well. Snapmaring Lucas, sending him sitting right at the center of the ring. PJ runs right back from behind… SHOOT KICK SENDS SHIVERS DOWN HIS SPINE! PJ has Lucas coming to both feet, seizing him from the ground, hooking those arms, and hoisting Lucas into the air!… 1916 SPIKES! COVER BY PJ!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: KICK OUT! LUCAS JOHNSON STILL ON!
Gavin Kirkland: YESSIR!
Eve: Lucas Johnson has just managed to kick out before the count of three, that 1916 telling PJ that this is far from over. The way Lucas Johnson has just powered out, PJ still has work to be done here. PJ is now rolling back to his feet, picking Lucas Johnson back to his feet as well, and sending him flying down over to the corner right behind him. PJ turns towards where Lucas goes, running off and looking to send his body crashing with Lucas at the corner of the ring!
Deadprez: CAUGHT! PJ looks for the running boot, but he’s just getting caught by Lucas. Lucas sends PJ flipping back to the center of the ring, and Lucas starts sprinting!…. THE BLUEPRINT CUTTER!
Gavin Kirkland: CAUGHT AS WELL! BACKSLIDE ROLL UP! PJ HAS HIM!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Eve: KICK OUT AGAIN BY LUCAS JOHNSON!
Deadprez: Lucas quickly rises to the occasion and nails his opponent’s gut with a right boot once both men reach their feet, sending him to the ropes… BIG CLOTHESLINE FROM LJ!
Eve: SWING AND A MISS! PJ runs across the ring and Lucas aims for another attempt, but PJ ducks underneath and runs straight to the ropes, bouncing right back to Lucas at the center of the ring. PJ lets Lucas swallow his own medicine with a lariat! Lucas falls back, and here comes Lucas, catching PJ coming for his stomach…. The Dragon Whip Kick sends his teeth flying through the air!
Gavin Kirkland: TOO BAD! Lucas resists the damage that PJ is trying to lay on him again! He attempts another big clothesline at PJ once more, but PJ still ducks underneath! How the hell does he keep getting away like this!? GERMAN SUPLEX TAKES DOWN LUCAS JOHNSON!
Deadprez: Lucas has been nailed with another suplex from PJ, rolling back to both knees, but that’s just exactly what my man wanted! Right on target, PJ coming for Lucas! METEORA! OOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAH!
Gavin Kirkland: BOTH KNEES JAM LUCAS’S FACE, PJ HOOKS THE LEG FOR A WIN!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
THRE-
Eve: ANOTHER KICK OUT BY LUCAS JOHNSON!
Gavin Kirkland: Lucas still doesn’t seem like he’s going to give up anytime soon. Things are going very sweet for Lucas Johnson right now! PJ is still being put under pressure without noticing. He doesn’t know what’s coming next when he comes face to face with Lucas Johnson! The wrestling machine! The god of professional wrestli-
Eve: Okay, you can stop right there.
Gavin Kirkland: Sorry.
Deadprez: PJ still has his sights set on his opponent, sharp and clear. Nothing PJ will be missing out on here just yet. PJ returns to both feet and heads all the way up to the top corner, rapidly. Lucas is still down and this is a very good opportunity for my man here! PJ is looking to fly! SAFE FLIGHT, MY BROTHER!
Gavin Kirkland: OH MY LORD! CORKSCREW 450-
Eve: LUCAS MOVES OUT! PJ manages to jump and rolls right back to his feet, landing, facing the corner, and turning back around. Lucas, running down and coming for him at the corner! PJ moves out, Lucas crashes into the corner and meets his opponent behind his back… SNAP DRAGON-
Deadprez: BOTH ARMS HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT! Lucas is able to escape, landing an elbow right into the face of PJ Hendrix. He grabs the head, and down goes PJ, rolling to the center of the ring by the force of the snapmare… RUNNING UPPERCUT RIGHT TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD!
Gavin Kirkland: Lucas sends PJ crashing to the mat, both hands wrapping around his jaw, and it’s trapped in! Crossface submission! Lucas has PJ locked in once again! Lucas has just gotten PJ out of his gameplan and put him right into a part of his own! Lucas now has a big advantage to win this competition here! The Crossface might be enough to make PJ tap out!
Eve: PJ tries to figure out a way out of here, but it might not be possible for the former EAW Interwire Champion! This is very serious; PJ could be on the verge of losing, and the win could be in Lucas’s hands!
Gavin Kirkland: WAIT LOOK! JUST LIKE HOW HE DID IT AT TERRITORIAL INVASION, PJ FLIPS LUCAS ON HIS BACK! COVER!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
THREE-
Eve: WOAH CLOSE! LUCAS KICKS OUT IN TIME!
Deadprez: That man comes in clutch with that kick out, now rolling back to his feet and coming for PJ, a right hook across PJ’s face, a stomp to one of PJ’s feet, a chop to the chest, a kick to the gut… SEIZING HIM FOR A BRAINBUSTER! PJ IS DOWN! LUCAS COVERS!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
THREE-
Eve: THIS TIME, PJ LIFTS HIS SHOULDER OFF THE MAT!
Gavin Kirkland: That slip-up only makes Lucas’s chance to become higher; he has a bigger chance to seal this deal and end the fate that has been set for PJ in this competition! I might not be his fortune teller, but I already have my bet on Lucas to win tonight! It’s about time! It’s time for the man to step up, and here he is. Lucas backs into the corner, PJ comes back to his feet, but that just makes everything better for him!
Gavin Kirkland: THE FINAL CALL HAS BEEN MADE! PUNT KICK TAKES PJ HEAD’S OFF!
Eve: SLINGBLADE BRINGS HIM DOWN! PJ just ran down at him to bring down Lucas right at the center of the ring with a quick Slingblade! Lucas is down, and PJ immediately heads down to the second rope, all the way up to the top. PJ is already up there, and Lucas is still trying to recover from a sudden Sling Blade! Here comes PJ Hendrx!….
Deadprez: CATCH YOUR BREATH! WHAT A PHOENIX SPLASH! PJ ROLLS HIM OVER AND COVERS!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
THREE!-
Gavin Kirkland: NOOOOOOOOO!
Deadprez: LUCAS JOHNSON JUST KICKS OUT AT TWO!
Eve: PJ is very close to winning the match with that beautiful phoenix splash just right there, but Lucas demands to live for another day! Lucas has just kicked out but PJ doesn’t seem to want to wait here any longer. PJ quickly places Lucas right back and having him on both feet. The Phantom now looks to catch another body, putting himself right into the corner and running out immediately!
Gavin Kirkland: TELEKINESIS!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: WHAT A SPEAR-
Eve: WAIT NO! INTO THE NECKBREAKER! PJ is just about to cut Lucas in half and finish the match, but Lucas just caught him in time, saving himself from facing his own demise! Reaching both feet, he picks PJ back to his feet with him as well, hooking PJ’s arms and Lucas looks for it!
Deadprez: OH! SKULL CRUSHING FINALE! DOWN GOES PJ! LUCAS ROLLS HIM OVER!
Gavin Kirkland: YES COVER! THIS IS YOUR MOMENT!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
THREE!-
Gavin Kirkland: HELL YEAH!
Deadprez: PJ KICKS OUT! HE KICKS OUT AT TWO!
Eve: The skull is yet to be crushed and PJ just kicked out. Lucas Johnson couldn’t believe what he just witnessed right in front of his eyes! Lucas is sick! Lucas is so frustrated and he’s already tired enough that he wants to end the match right here. Lucas comes face to face with the corner and he’s setting his target squarely at PJ! Lucas is charging, PJ is in a danger zone once again, and Lucas is looking to bring things to an end here! PJ back on both feet and Lucas is running in!
Gavin Kirkland: ON AND OFF, THE LIGHTSWITCH CONNECTS!
Deadprez: NO! POWERBOMB! SITOUT POWERBOMB! PJ WITH A SURPRISE! COVER BY PJ!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Eve: LUCAS KICKS OUT IN TIME!
Deadprez: PJ doesn’t wait! PJ has his chance just right there and he picks Lucas right up, backing him up towards the ground. PJ has things under his control right here, and he has Lucas right in position! Both arms are hooked and he’s tightening his grip around the gut! PJ is going for it!…. DOWN ON EARTH, PLANET ZERO PLANTS! BRINGING PACKAGE POWERBOMB HAS JUST DESTROYED LUCAS JOHNSON!
Gavin Kirkland: PJ isn’t done just yet as he knows that the Santoeh signature that just began won’t be enough to end this. PJ rolls back to the ground, back to his feet, seizing the opportunity to head down over the corner. And Lucas just starts recovering from the Package Powerbomb just there! Lucas rises, but PJ has his eyes on his prey just there. The Phantom rushes through the wind with full speed, and Lucas turns around to face him!….
Eve: TELEKINESIS!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: THE SPEAR! DID YOU SEE THE SHEER IMPACT OF THAT? I DON’T THINK LUCAS JOHNSON IS ABLE TO SURVIVE THAT AT THIS POINT! PJ IS GOING FOR A COVER! THIS IS IT!
Gavin Kirkland: WAIT WHAT? WAIT WAIT, HOLLON!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
( DING DING DING! )
Bella Braxton: HERE IS YOUR WINNER!… PJ HENDRX!
Gavin Kirkland: Sorry guys.
Eve: :cmon:
Deadprez: SPEAR AND A WIN! PJ WITH A WIN! That’s truly a neat victory for PJ right there. I’m certain this match is something PJ is absolutely determined to win tonight! Did you see how skillfully he executed that move, Gavin? He’s a generational talent, I’m telling you all!
Gavin Kirkland: Putting jokes aside, PJ is performing exceptionally as always and seeing him bounce back from the loss he took at Territorial Invasion tonight is truly something great to witness. I shouldn’t root for Lucas next time, I promise. Sorry.
( ‘Exhibit C’ by Jay Electronica plays as PJ resigns himself to his feat and raises both arms in victory after his match, while Lucas Johnson is held back to the back by a referee. PJ continues celebrating his win as Showdown fades into a commercial break from there. )
(“KARATE” by Babymetal starts to play as Kasai and Nikki make their way down to the ring, the crowd was hyped up and ecstatic to see the Cosmic Captains. Despite coming up short last week, Kasai held her head high and kept a confident stride.)
(She enters the ring, getting a microphone handed to her by Nikki who exchanged smiles with her mentor. Finally, Kasai stood in the middle of the ring as the music faded and soon the audience did as well. Wanting to hear what Kasai had to say.)
Kasai: …It wasn’t too long ago I stepped foot on American soil for the first time, it’s been even less time since I competed in my second FPV event. In that short amount of time, I have been going through ups and downs like any normal competitor would. But after Territorial Invasion, it’s starting to get hard to argue that I have been going anywhere else BUT up. I stepped into that match with odds against me, non-betting people confident that betting against me was the safest bet. But in a single moment, in one single night — I proved them all wrong. I showed the whole world, who I AM. Where I come from. 5 men were standing in front of me and I eliminated four of them. The one I didn’t, my partner handled it. In a single night, The Cosmic Captains went from people punching bags, the weakest link to the saving grace of Showdown at that event. It isn’t unreasonable for me to say that, it isn’t a stretch to believe that had we not shown out that night. Showdown wouldn’t be looking at a victory in the Divide & Conquer match.
(Nikki claps for her tag team partner as Kasai continues to speak.)
Kasai: But that’s over with, I am looking towards the future and the future is looking brighter than ever. People will argue and say that because I was eliminated from the Iconic Cup, my momentum is dead — there is nothing for me and I will fade into obscurity. I have been hearing that my whole time here and you have all been wrong every single time. Cause whether or not, I won that match with Caroline, no matter if I went on to win the cup. I will always be on a constant rise and there is nothing that is going to bring me down now. So I say again, I look towards the future and my eyes are set on the next event. An event that holds great importance is ‘The Last Stand’. Being held in my country of Japan. Now, I haven’t stepped foot in Japan in many, many years — I have been here and all over training and fighting to get better. So when I heard that EAW was going to hold an event on my turf. I knew that I needed to be involved. I knew I needed to return to my land and give my people, with a classic Urai match-up. Not just the people of Japan but my ancestors, who sit and wait for my return to a Japanese ring.
(They both look at each other and nod in agreement.)
Kasai: This is not just my time to show honor to the people who got me here but this is my chance to show everyone in EAW, that I am not just some New Breed…I’m not just some young rookie talking nonsense. This is my opportunity to show the strength of the Urai family and put it in people’s heads that I am HERE and I am a bigger THREAT than what you see me as. The name is appropriate too, cause this could very well be my Last Stand. I talk a lot about how much of a star I was in Japan, and how people adore my long lineage in that ring. How untouchable I am, when I stand on my land. If I go and I fail, if I fail, if I come up short…it will be one of the biggest embarrassments in my life. But just because that fear is there, doesn’t deter me from continuing to pursue a match at the FPV. So here is what I am thinking… November 4th, 2023, in the Tokyo Ariake Arena…I want to fight someone with the same passion. The same drive. I don’t want some random opponent, I want a FIGHTER! I want a challenger who can make me bleed, who can make me HURT, someone who can push me beyond my limits. I don’t just want to walk out of that arena with just a win, I want to walk out knowing that I did everything I could to GET that win. So if you fit that description. If you believe that you have what it takes, to stare down and FIGHT a Urai in Japan. Then this challenge is for you and I will be waiting for a response.
(“KARATE” by Babymetal starts to play as Kasai and Nikki both nod, they know that The Last Stand in Japan is a big deal and Kasai looks to make the most of it. The crowd cheers as the camera fades to a commercial about the various Brand Marquee Events coming up and the travel packages for them.)
(Birds With Broken Wings – Ben Caplan plays as Solomon Stane walks out with his partner Kirk Redwood right beside. He gives him a little pep talk as Solomon takes him deep breath and begins making his way down the ramp to the ring.)
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS SET FOR ONE FALL!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!
INTRODUCING FIRST…BEING ACCOMPANIED BY KIRK REDWOOD….FROM THE CITY OF SIN….WEIGHING IN AT 266 POUNDS….HE IS “THE DELIVERER”….SOOLLOOMOOONNN STTAAANNNEEE!!!
(‘In The Air Tonight’ by Phil Collins plays as Scott Diamond walks out onto the stage and makes a beeline to the ring with his eyes laser focused on Solomon.)
Bella Braxton: AND HIS OPPONENT….FROM LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK…WEIGHING IN AT 265 POUNDS….EAW HALL OF FAMER..SCCCCOTTTT DIAAAMMMOONNNDDD!!!!
Ece: You can just see the look of determination on both of their faces, this should be white the matchup.
Gavin Kirkland: Two meaty men slapping meat, what could be better? 😑
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
Deadprez: And this match between Scott and Solomon is underway as they both circle the ring just staring at the other waiting on the other to make the first move. This should be one hell of a match between two heavy hitters on this roster as they both now step towards each other in the center of the ring holding their right hands up looking for a little test of strength to start the match. They lock hands for a brief moment but quickly back up and circle the ring just waiting on the other to make the first move. After several moments, the two finally lock up in a collar and elbow tie-up! It seems to be a struggle for a moment or two before Scott manages to gain control over him and get him in a side headlock before flipping him forward on his back, but then Solomon uses his legs to clip the head causing him to let go as they race back up to their feet and Scott charges at him with a full head of steam – BUT SOLOMON COUNTERS WITH A FLAPJACK AS SHERIDAN HITS THE TURNBUCKLE FACE FIRST!!
Deadprez: Solomon then outs Scott in a sleeper hold! Scott is trying his best to fight out of this but Solomon is selling as much pressure as he possibly can as Scott then drops down to a knee…BUT NOT FOR LONG AS SCOTT GETS BACK TO A VERTICAL BASE AND DELIVERS A SIDE SUPLEX!! Scott immediately hops on his back and begins to hammer away at the back of his head, but Solomon is trying his best to create some separation between the two of them as he grabs the turnbuckle next to him and Scott grabs him by the throat and begins to choke him out in the corner!
Referee: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! COME ON SCOTT BACK IT UP!!
Deadprez: Scott has his hands up in innocence before going back on the attack with the body shots to the face and upper body! Scott now delivers an irish whip to the opposite corner but Solomon counters before going for a splash in the corner – BUT SCOTT GETS HIS BOOT UP STOPPING HIM DEAD IN HIS TRACKS! SCOTT NOW RUNS FULL SPEED OFF THE ROPES, BUT SOLOMON COUNTERS WITH A DROP TOE HOLD AS SCOTT LANDS FACE FIRST ON THE SECOND TURNBUCKLE AND HE MIGHT BE A SITTING DUCK RIGHT HERE
Eve: Solomon looks to take advantage here as he runs off the ropes full speed and drives both of the knees into the back of Scott before dropping him with a neckbreaker out of the corner. This match has just been swinging back and forth between these two in the early goings making each other earn every inch so far as Solomon looks to be proud of his work in the early goings as he poses to the crowd briefly as Kirk is trying to give him a pep talk to keep his attention fully on Scott from the outside. He turns his attention back to Scott picking him up by the head, BUT SCOTT IS FIGHTING BACK AS HE DELIVERS A FEW SHOTS TO THE RIB CAGE BEFORE HE SLAPS HIS HANDS AWAY AND DELIVERS A STIFF FOREARM THAT DROPS HIM DOWN TO A KNEE WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT SOLOMON A BIT OFF GUARD! Kirk might have been right taking his eyes off a competitor like Scott. Scott then repeatedly drives his elbow straight into his face like he’s got some vendetta against him while keeping an eye on Kirk at ringside who has his hands up in innocence.
Gavin Kirkland: You can’t really blame him for keeping a side eye on Kirk at ringside. Scott quickly turns his attention back to Solomon – AND HE GRABS HIM FROM BEHIND AND DELIVERS A VICIOUS GERMAN SUPLEX!! Impressive how high Scott got him there considering Solomon’s size, AND SCOTT RUNS UP BEHIND HIM AND DELIVERS ANOTHER ONE WITH SOLOMON LANDING HARD ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD THIS TIME! Solomon stumbles up to a knee, AND SCOTT RUNS AND DRIVES HIS KNEE INTO THE SIDE OF HIS SKULL! Scott looks to have all of the momentum going in his favor in the early goings as he picks Solomon up….AND PULLS HIM IN BY THE ARM AND DELIVERS A RIPCORD CLOTHESLINE ALMOST TAKING SOLOMON’S HEAD OFF!! AND THEN HE GOES FOR THE FIRST COVER OF THE MATCH!!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!
Eve: The kickout from Solomon as Scott right away looks to go back on the attack mounting over him and begins to rain down repetitive elbow strikes as Solomon is trying his best to cover up and Kirk trying to yell out some more encouragement but none of it seems to be working. Solomon so far looks overwhelmed being in the ring with Scott as runs off the ropes while Solomon staggers to his feet going for his “Point Blank Bicycle Kick”….BUT SOLOMON DUCKED UNDER IT BEFORE RUNNING AND CLOTHESLINING HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE! Maybe he isn’t overwhelmed after all tmas the momentum looks to have shifted in his favor. Solomon’s confidence looks like it’s at an all time high at the moment by the look on his face.
Deadprez: Solomon looks to keep the momentum going for himself as he runs off the ropes – AND OH MY HE JUST TOOK OUT SCOTT WITH A SUICIDE DIVE THROUGH THE SECOND ROPE! Impressive for a man of his size as he right away rolls Scott back into the ring and slides in behind him stalking him like a predator does to its prey as Scott stumbles back up to his feet and turns around….AND SOLOMON TAKES HIM DOWN WITH A BIG BOOT! Solomon has all the momentum now as he picks Scott up and puts him in a tight bearhug! Solomon is trying his best to squeeze the absolute life out of Scott but Scott is trying to fight out of this but Solomon isn’t making it easy by swinging him from side to side.
Eve: Solomon is trying to squeeze the absolute life out of him apllying as much pressure as he can as Scott is trying hard to breath. Scott begins to fight out of this situation as he delivers several elbows on top of the skull as Solomon slowly lets go of his grip and then Scott throws a right hand before going for a clothesline, but Solomon ducks it before bending him downwards and drills him with a reverse DDT! Just as it looked like Scott turned the direction in this match, Solomon took the control right back as Solomon rolls away and pulls himself up in the corner trying to shake the cobwebs out from the head as Scott stands up and turns to face him once more….AND SOLOMON STABS HIM BY THE THROAT…”TRIUMPH OF TRUTH!!!” THE SITOUT CHOKESLAM CONNECTS AS SOLOMON QUICKLY HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE COVER!!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!
Eve: AND A KICKOUT FROM SCOTT DIAMOND AT TWO AND A HALF! Solomon doesnt let it phase him in any way as he again looks to stay on the attack not giving Scott any room to breathe as he turns Scott over and stomps on his back….AND SOLOMON TRIES TO LOCK IN HIS “ATONEMENT” CAMEL CLUTCH…BUT SCOTT IS HOLDING HIS HEAD DOWN TRYING TO FIGHT IT, AND THEN SCOTT SLIDES UNDER HIS LEGS AND TRIPS HIM ON HIS FACE BEFORE HOPPING ON HIS BACK AND DELIVERS SEVERAL STIFF ELBOW SHOTS TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD!! Solomon is again trying to cover up and escape but isn’t having a lot of luck in doing so.
Gavin Kirkland: Scott now holds his head in some pain as he gets Solomon up and tosses him in the corner before delivering several shoulder thrusts to the midsection before hitting him with several right hand punches to the face. Scott for sure has retaken control of the match as he sits him up on the top turnbuckle and joins him up there …what does he possibly have in mind here? It can’t be good as….SCOTT NOW LOOKS TO BE GOING FOR THE SUPERPLEX, BUT SOLOMON IS DOING EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO FIGHT OUT OF THIS WITH SHOTS TO THE RIBS, AND THEN AN UPPERCUT! AND NOW IT’S A BATTLE FOR CONTROL BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM AS THEY EXCHANGE BLOWS BACK AND FORTH ON THAT TOP ROPE TRYING TO GET THE UPPER HAND ON THE OTHER…
Eve: Solomon looks to have gotten it as he throws a vicious headbutt as Scott is teetering on the top barely holding on but Solomon stops him from falling by catching him, AND UH OH!! SOLOMON GRABS HIM BY THE THROAT AND LOOKS TO GO FOR “TRIUMPH OF TRUTH” AGAIN BUT THIS TIME FROM THE SECOND ROPE, THERE IS NO WAY SCOTT WOULD SURVIVE THIS BUT NOW IT’S SCOTT WHO IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AS HE DELIVERS SEVERAL ELBOW STRIKES TO THE SIDE OF THE FACE AS SOLOMON LETS GO OF HIS THROAT….AND OH MY GOD!! A BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX OFF THE TOP ROPE FROM SCOTT!!! That happened almost in a blink of an eye as Scott hooks the leg for the win!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!
Deadprez: SOLOMON GETS THE SHOULDER UP AT TWO – AND LOOK!! I THINK SCOTT MAY HAVE BEEN EXPECTING THAT AS HE IMMEDIATELY TRANSITIONS AND TRIES TO LOCK IN A KIMURA LOCK!! SCOTT LOOKS LIKE HE’S TRYING TO RIP HIS ARM OFF BUT SOLOMON US FIGHTING WITH EVERYTHING HE’S GOT IN ORDER TO SAVE NOT ONLY THE MATCH BUT HIS ARM! BUT OH MY – SOLOMON USES HIS STRENGTH AND DEADLIFTS SCOTT OFF THE MAT AND SLAMS HIM AS HARD AS HE CAN ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD WHICH CAUSES SCOTT TO LET GO OF HIS ARM!
Eve: Solomon looks like his life flashed before his eyes knowing how close he was to getting g his arm snapped, and he sits in the corner as Kirk is talking to him in his ear, telling him to take advantage of the situation right now as Solomon nods and pulls himself up in the corner and is practically begging for Scott to stand up! AND SOLOMON NOW RUNS OFF THE ROPES AND DRIVES THE KNEE INTO THE SIDE OF SCOTT’S HEAD – BUT SCOTT SIDESTEPS IT BEFORE RUNNING UP BEHIND HIM GOING FOR A GERMAN SUPLEX BUT SOLOMON HOLDS ONTO THE ROPE BEFORE HITTING HIM WITH BACKHANDED ELBOW STRIKES TO THE FACE THAT CAUSES SCOTT TO STUMBLE BACK A FEW FEET, BUT NOT FOR LONG AS HE CHARGES AT HIM FULL SPEED….
Deadprez: BUT SOLOMON COUNTERS WITH A FLAPJACK AS SCOTT BOUNCES THROAT FIRST OFF THE TOP ROPE! Scott might in some deep trouble here as he turns around once more to face Solomon – AND SOLOMON PICKS HIM UP IN A CANADIAN RACK AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT HE’S GOING FOR – BUT AGAIN SCOTT IS TRYING TO FIGHT BACK WITH ELBOWS TO THE SIDE OF THE FACE AS HE SLIDES OFF FACING HIS BACK AND DELIVERS A SNAP GERMAN SUPLEX AS THE BACK OF SOLOMON’S HEAD HITS THE SECOND TURNBUCKLE HARD! Solomon might be in serious trouble here as Scott looks like he might smell blood in the water as he pulls himself up using the ropes with the look on his face that he has been in a battle so far.
Eve: AND SCOTT RUNS FULL SPEED AND DELIVERS A SPLASH IN THE CORNER BEFORE HITTING A HIP TOSS IN THE CENTER OF THE RING! Scott got him high up in the air there which is nothing more than impressive considering the amount of damage he’s suffered in the match already. Solomon stumbles back to his feet…AND THEN SCOTT DRILLS HIM WITH THE “POINT BLANK BICYCLE KICK!!!” IT CONNECTED THIS TIME BUT HE DOESN’T STOP THERE AS HE GETS HIM UP OFF THE MAT AND GETS HIM ON POSITION – “COLD HARD JUSTICE!!!” THE CRUCIFIX POWERBOMB CONNECTS AS SCOTT LEAPS OVER AND GOES FOR THE COVER!! YOU CAN COUNT TO THIRTY!!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!
Deadprez: SOLOMON SOMEHOW SURVIVES BY GETTING THE SHOULDER UP AT TWO AND A HALF! There’s a little bit if shock on the face of Scott as Solomon somehow survived that onslaught and now Scott has that look on his face of him ready to put this match away as he gets Solomon up….AND HE PICKS HIM UP IN “THE VORTEX” POSITION ON THE SHOULDERS…BUT LOOK AT SOLOMON STILL HAVING SOME FIGHT IN HIM THROWING ELBOWS TO THE SIDE OF THE FACE BEFORE SLIDING OFF HIS SHOULDER BEFORE GRABBING HIM AND RUNNING HIM INTO THE CORNER AND RAMS HIM SHOULDER FIRST INTO THE STEEL RING POST THROUGH THE SECOND TURNBUCKLE BUYING HIMSELF SOME VALUABLE TIME TO RECUPERATE!
Gavin Kirkland: Kirk is trying his best to pound the mat and get Solomon to come to his senses to tell him to take advantage from the outside as Solomon slowly reaches his feet before going over and pulling Scott out of the corner….AND HE HITS HIM WITH A SPINNING BACK FIST TO THE FACE BEFORE HITTING HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A SUPERKICK! Solomon might have the Hall of Famer exactly where he wants him as….”ATONEMENT”!!! SOLOMON LOCKS IN HIS “ATONEMENT” CAMEL CLUTCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING AND SCOTT HAS NOWHERE TO GO, IS SOLOMON GOING TO PULL OFF THE HUGE UPSET HERE?!
Eve: He just might as Scott looks to be fading out …or maybe not as he tries to use what power he’s got left to drag himself over to that bottom rope while Kirk is on the outside screaming at him to tap out! Scott we know isn’t going to tap or give up until there’s literally nothing left without a fight and he is slowly but surely getting himself there now as Solomon seems to almost be in a panic with hiw fast Scott is getting to the ropes….BUT SOLOMON LETS GO AND DRAGS SCOTT BACK TO THE MIDDLE OF THE RING ONCE MORE AND APPLIES “ATONEMENT AGAIN!!! NOW WHAT IS SCOTT GOING TO DO?….BUT SCOTT LOOKS TO HAVE ONE LAST WIND AS HE USES HIS STRENGTH AND GETS TO A VERTICAL BASE…AND BACKS UP DRIVING SOLOMON BACK FIRST INTO THE CORNER WHICH CAUSES HIM TO LET GO OF THE GRIP…AND OH MY!!! SCOTT IN ONE SWIFT MOTION PICKS SOLOMON UP AND DELIVERS “THE VOREX!!” AN EXHAUSTED SCOTT HITS THE F5 AS HE TRIES TO CRAWL OVER TO MAKE THE COVER, BUT IS TOO LATE AS HE ROLLS OUT OF THE RING TO SAVE HIMSELF!!
Eve: Scott literally can’t believe that Solomon just barely got away because I think Kelton we all know he more than likely had the match won right there as he looks down at Solomon on the outside from inside the ring g and he now thinks of what to do next as he stands up.
Deadprez: Either great luck or some great ring awareness there from Solomon as an exhausted Scott couldn’t make the cover in time but either way got the job done of saving this match for himself at least for the moment. . and look at Kirk who is trying his best to wake Solomon up….AND SLIDES OUT OF THE RING AND RUNS UP BEHIND KIRK HITTING HIM FROM BEHIND! SCOTT THEN THROWS KURK BACK FIRST INTO THE BARRICADE! Scott looking to take no risks here at this stage of the match as he grabs Solomon and throws him back inside of the ring. Scott slides in….AND WALKS RIGHT INTO A BIG BOOT FROM SOLOMON!! SOLOMON WASTES NO TIME IN GETTING HIM UP AND GETTING HIM IN POSITION…AND SOLOMON HITS HIM WITH ANOTHER “TRIUMPH OF TRUTH” SITOUT CHOKESLAM AND HERE’S THE HOOK OF THE LEG, IS SOLOMON GONNA KNOCK OFF SCOTT DIAMOND AND GET ONE OF THE BIGGEST WINS OF HIS CAREER?!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!
Eve: NO NOT YET!!! Somehow Scott just barely manages to kick out and the frustration had clearly set in on Solomon as he bangs the mat in frustration. Solomon stands up on the corner and looks to put this one away for good as he measures up Scott who is trying to get to a vertical base almost on spaghetti legs…AND SOLOMON CHARGES AT HIM AND GOES FOR “MISERY’S END”!!!! HE GOES FOR HIS ELBOW DROP ON A KNEELED SCOTT DIAMOND….
Gavin Kirkland: BUT NOBODY HOME AS SCOTT MOVES OUT OF THE WAY AT THE LAST SECOND! Both of them stand up and turn around to face one another…A FOREARM FROM SCOTT! AND THEN SOLOMON RESPONDS BACK WITH A STIFF FOREARM OF HIS OWN! AND NOW SCOTT THROWS ANOTHER ONE, AND THEN ONE FROM SOLOMON! BOTH OF THEM JUST GOING BACK AND FORTH UNTIL…SOLOMON LOOKS TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND WITH REPETITIVE RIGHT HANDS AS HE NOW RUNS OFF THE ROPES – BUT THE “POINT BLANK BICYCLE KICK” FINALLY CONNECTS FROM SCOTT OUT OF NOWHERE!!
Eve: The third time was the charm there for Scott as he finally hits the bicycle kick fully, and he doesn’t stop there as he slowly gets him up off the mat and…HE GETS HIM UP IN A FIREMAN’S CARRY GOING FOR “THE VORTEX” AGAIN – AND IT CONNECTS!! THE F5 FINALLY CONNECTS AS WELL AS SCOTT TURNS HIM OVER ON HIS BACK AND HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE VICTORY!! Will this be enough?
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
(‘In The Air Tonight’ by Phil Collins plays as Scott Diamons rolls off of Solomon before standing and getting his arm raised in victory.)
Gina Romano: HERE IS YOUR WINNER….SCOOTTTT DIAMMMOONNDDD!!!!
Eve: A hard fought back and forty match between two heavy hitters on this roster. Solomon threw everything he had and there were many moments we thought he was about to get likely the biggest win of his career but in the end Scott Diamond shows why he’s a Hall of Famer and still one of the best we got on this roster. Congratulations to Scott on the well fought and earned victory here tonight!
(The final shot is of Scott celebrating his win up the ramp as Kirk Redwood enters the ring checking on his disappointed partner who sits in the corner just frustrated with how this ended and coming up just short. The camera fades elsewhere.)
(SCREEN BAR – EARLIER TODAY)
(The scene opens with Mikaela Street sitting down with none other than two members of Devolution, Pandora Paisley, and Jon Kelton. Pandora is wearing jeans, open toed heels and a long sleeved halter top, nails polished a matte black and her long brunette straightened hair with blonde highlights hanging down. Kelton wears a pair of slacks, loafer and designer patterned button up dressed shirt. He has the National Elite Championship over his shoulder.)
Mikaela Street: Hi gang! I am here with Pandora Paisley and the National Elite Champion, Jon Kelton, members of Devolution. First and foremost, welcome and I am so excited to have you here!
Pandora Paisley: Sure… whatever love.
Jon Kelton: Pleasure is all yours, Miks.
Mikaela Street: Let’s get right to it, first off, we have not really heard much from you Pandora since Territorial Invasion. I….
(Pandora quickly cuts her off.)
Pandora Paisley: I’m going to cut you off right there. When I am ready to talk about that farce, I will. We all know why we are here, so go ahead and ask it, Miks.
Mikaela Street: Okay… fine. What is the story between you two? Everyone wants to know what the relationship is here between Pandora and Jon.
(Jon looks over at Pandora.)
Jon Kelton: Would you like to start?
Pandora Paisley: Sure love.
(Pausing for a second, Pandora then looks over at Mikaela and continues.)
Pandora Paisley: What is our relationship? Let me take you back to some quite months ago. When Devolution first started, it was Jon, myself, and Amir Yusuf. Kennedy wanted to have a group of wrestlers on the Showdown brand that were willing to fight for her vision. And when she brought Amir over, she wanted me to be nice to Amir and show him around, but we all know that on social media, he and I went at it for some time, but I agreed and at first, Amir was cool, there were a lot of things I didn’t like about him, but I will admit he was cool to hang out with at first, but there was something fishy about him, love. During that time though Jon and I had become friends, we text each other a lot, we made each other laugh, but we were colleagues and had a great relationship while I was with Amir, and he was with Londyn. Then… I got sliced in the stomach thanks to Ms. Extreme and was out for a month.
(Jon nods, but this time he takes over in the conversation.)
Jon Kelton: After Pandora was hurt, the first night Amir couldn’t be with her, he had to fly back home and so he asked me to watch over her. Londyn fell asleep early, so I went over to Pandora’s hotel room after she left the hospital, was all stitched up and pretty drugged up. We talked for a bit, and I ended up staying with her most of the night.
Pandora Paisley: When I woke up, he was there. I thought that was sweet of him, but didn’t think nothing of it, but as time went on, he would come visit me more, called me every day, text me too, always checking up on me, and when I started to see what Amir was doing on the downlow, it didn’t take long for me to figure out that something was up. So, I called Jon and one night we met up after I returned at Pain for Pride, we had dinner and some drinks, hung out and talked about what needed to happen with Amir. At the same time, Jon and Londyn were having some issues….
(Kelton cuts in.)
Jon Kelton: … and Pandora was there for me too. We kept talking and that night, one thing led to another and well…. We hooked up.
Pandora Paisley: It just happened, but it felt right. Sure, I was dating Amir, Jon was with Londyn, but at the time we didn’t give a shit, Mikaela. Then, after we found out what Amir did, that was an easy fix, we got rid of him and that was that. Then, Jon and I talked about what he was going to do with his relationship and well… PJ Hendrx took care of that for us, and Jon basically told Londyn that it was over.
(There is a slight pause before Mikaela speaks up….)
Mikaela: So… basically…. What are you telling me is that you two are a couple?
(Jon and Pandora look at one another and then start to laugh.)
Pandora Paisley: Love… we have been shagging for a lot longer than anyone ever knew, even Londyn and Amir.
Jon Kelton: I’m going to be honest, the first time I ever set my eyes on her, I was already smitten. When we started talking, we hit it off right then and there. I didn’t want to be anywhere else but with Pandora the whole time, so yes Mikaela, you wanted the scoop, you got it. Pandora and I have been together for a bit now on the downlow, but now that it is in the open, everyone can know. This is my woman, I am her man, if anyone wants to get to her, they go through me. Devolution was built on trust and respect, but it was also on a foundation of love for the sport and each other. Nothing is going to change that now.
Pandora Paisley: Our relationship doesn’t matter Mikaela because what we do in our private time is our business, but for everyone else? This just shows how connected Devolution is. How we are one and why nobody likes us, for they know love that this is Devolution’s World and everyone else is living in it.
(Mikaela notices that now Pandora and Kelton are holding hands. She smiles and turns to the camera.)
Mikaela Street: You heard it here first and….
(She then realizes that Kelton and Pandora are kissing and rather promiscuous as her eyes widen. The camera slowly fades to another area backstage.)
(Showdown faded backstage and towards Daryl walking the hallways and looking around with a bit of a serious but calm expression on his face, he had a match later tonight to prepare for against Chef Viz and he was already in his ring gear, but he ended up being forced to go to Kennedy’s office, she actually wanted to talk to him instead of him having to talk with her, rare thing for that to happen but hey, he wasn’t complaining, although he definitely expected for things to not go well at all, it is rare Kennedy calls someone to her office after all and he definitely had his guard up for what was about to happen. He finally arrived at Kennedy’s office and calmly opened his door before the first sight he saw was of course, Kennedy’s angry expression on her face, yeah, that made a lot of sense.)
Kennedy Street: Sit down, now.
(Daryl stood there in the doorway before shrugging his shoulders and walking over to sit down in the chair in front of Kennedy’s desk as Kennedy lets out an incredibly annoyed sigh and she spoke up.)
Kennedy Street: Do you even know what you did?
Daryl Kinkade: I have said and done a lot of things, you are going to have to be more specific than that-
Kennedy Street: HONEY, ARE YOU SERIOUS?! Do you think I haven’t watched your last video for your match this week where you put the blame on me for the Brand Warfare Match and how you said I wasn’t the General Maneger you thought you were? How dare you say that to me, Daryl?! After I was kind enough to give you a spot as the Brand Warfare captain after you ended up suffering that loss against Adam Lucas, but then when you end up crapping the bed and Showdown doesn’t come away with the win you want to tell me it was my fault for the decisions I took and say I am a BAD General Manager?
Daryl Kinkade: I mean, literally on your first year here you were making a hate campaign on Adam and Ms. Extreme-
Kennedy Street: THAT IS NOT THE POINT! I am a mature enough woman to be able to let Adam still be my World Champion and let him co-exist in my brand because he worked hard for that belt, I am mature enough to let Camille go into another brand and she even earned some of Kennie’s respect due to her giving me that fight everytime she was here, but YOU?! You are taking the coward’s way out here by trying to take the blame off yourself and putting it on me, putting it on the Ice Aces, putting it on Candice, if Showdown would have actually won the match I would have congratulated every single one of you, I would have given every single one of you a reward, and even on defeat, I was kind enough to give Aria and Scott a reward because despite them losing, the two of them actually WORKED HARD to try and get the win for Showdown, no matter how many times you tell me you put effort into that match, everyone in their world and their mothers knows damn well you could have given out a lot more but you just simply didn’t.
Daryl Kinkade: Are you freaking kidding me, mate?! No matter how much you try and tell me how you would have done this or that, I still would have been disrespected if we won or not, the hard work that I put in would have been brushed away by other people not giving me my flowers and giving the praise to my other teammates, for my whole career they have always treated me that way and I am sick of it, I still worked best with what I had, it isn’t my fault at all that Aria and Usagi couldn’t put away their differences and actually work as a team, it isn’t my fault that Candice is such an annoying piece of a woman that despite us working together, she still wanted to take away my spot of Team Captain, it isn’t my fault that-
Kennedy Street: Well good [BLEEP] job, Daryl! Somehow from everything that you said, you ended up taking the worst decision and actions from it all, because newsflash, I chose you to be a leader, the person in charge of himself and the team, and when it comes to a loss the leader is supposed to take the blame upfront with the rest of his team, not put the blame on the others, because oh yeah, I was not in that ring, I was not the one in the Brand Warfare match, in the end, Showdown losing wasn’t my fault at all, it is that of the team and it’s leader, and to think I set you up for success, I had faith on you, I gave you a chance to redeem yourself after your loss at Midsummer Massacre, I even let you pick YOUR own teammates and make the team in whatever way you liked, you know what? Yeah, you never planned for Candice to be on the team in the first place, and she was there simply because of the fact that Disney wanted a representative on the team, you have all the good reasons to be angry there, but I would like you to know very well that the same Disney Representative you didn’t choose ACTUALLY lasted longer than you, you were literally one of the early eliminations on the team, and that doesn’t fall on Candice at all, in fact, if Usagi didn’t desert the whole team and left the match, and actually stayed to fight, you most likely would have been out FIRST for the whole team, so at the end of the day, no matter who says it, your fans, your haters, the old lady next door, everyone in the world knows damn well that most of the fault ends up falling on YOU too.
Daryl Kinkade: And I am not going to let that kind of bull-[BLEEP] stand on my way! I have all the rights to be pissed off myself, I-
(Suddenly, AJAX walks over and leaves Kennedy’s side as he ends up standing right in front of Daryl and looks down right at him with a serious look on his face, Daryl, without any fear, ends up getting out of his chair and kicking it over to the side as he slowly speaks up.)
Daryl Kinkade: You want to step up to me, bruv? Alright then, I have no problem scrapping right now.
(AJAX cracks his knuckles and he is ready to get in a fighting stance but Kennedy ends up speaking up and raising her voice a little.)
Kennedy Street: AJAX, honey, stop, don’t break him in half…just yet, I do need Daryl after all.
(AJAX and Daryl both looked confused for a moment as they ended up hearing Kennedy’s response but AJAX decided to back down and go with what Kennedy was saying as he ended up walking over once again to his spot next to Kennedy and Daryl stood there with his hands on the pockets on his jacket as Kennedy sat there for a few seconds, pondering to herself if she should actually make the decision that she is going to do now but finally, she nods to herself and quickly responds.)
Kennedy Street: You know what? I already told PJ this, but I will say the same thing to you. Fine… at The Last Stand we are going to have TWO Extreme Elimination Chamber Qualifying matches! One of the matches is going to be Madison Kaline versus Delilah Rose and the other one is going to be PJ Hendrx versus Daryl Kinkade. The winners? They get a shot inside the Chamber for the Answers World Championship. I am giving you a THIRD chance here, now don’t say I never did anything for you, now get out of my office.
(Daryl stood there slightly in shock after hearing that kind of thing, he honestly didn’t expect for Kennedy at all to actually give him another opportunity to regain the Answers World Championship but you know what? He wasn’t going to complain at all, a title shot was a title shot and he just needed to beat someone like PJ to end up getting his deserved match? A bit of an evil grin ended up appearing on his face as he heard that and he nodded slowly too.)
Daryl Kinkade: A third chance is all I need then, now, if you will excuse me then, I am going to go and leave a Chef out of service.
(Daryl then turned his back on Kennedy and he quickly walked out of the office without wasting any time at all as Kennedy ended up raising her voice again.)
Kennedy Street: Huh?! Aren’t you going to give thanks to Kennie?! Daryl! DARYL! Oh, for goodness sake, he is gone already. Ugh. The things I do for this brand.
(Kennedy simply shook her head and continued watching the rest of the show on her TV as Showdown faded away from backstage and into commercials right before the main event.)
(Showdown returns from commercial break as ‘Amerika’ by Rammstein begins to play through the speakers. Sheridan Müller shakes hands with all of the commentators before taking her seat next to Deadprez.)
Deadprez: Everyone, welcome back to Saturday Night Showdown! For our next match, we will have ‘Ms. Cash in the Vault’ herself Sheridan Müller on commentary of this match! Welcome, Sheridan!
Sheridan Müller: I appreciate the gesture, Deadprez! Don’t mind me. I’m just going to scout out the competition and give some of my thoughts along the way.
Gavin Kirkland: Feel free to do that, Sheridan. It might make this match interesting from your perspective!
(Gavin Kirkland gets cut off as ‘Kamikaze’ by RedHook begins to blast through the speakers as the crowd has a negative reception for Daryl Kinkade, who walks out in some of his finest ring gear, looking as stylish as ever.)
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING MATCH IS YOUR MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING AND IT’S SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL!!!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!!!!
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING FIRST…FROM NORWICH, ENGLAND…WEIGHING IN 225 POUNDS…HE IS ‘THE KINK OF ELITE’….DARYL KINKADE!!!!!!
Deadprez: Now, things didn’t work out so well with Daryl Kinkade at Territorial Invasion. He found himself eliminated for Team Showdown a bit earlier than he anticipated. Still, he thought that he deserved to be rewarded a bit more for his contributions.
Gavin Kirkland: That would end up being interrupted by PJ Hendrx, who would also end up short in claiming the National Elite Championship from The Devolution’s Jon Kelton! All of that ended up being a mess, so I suppose the thing that Kennedy Street would like for someone for Daryl to do is prove his worth and if Daryl can defeat a man who was on Showdown’s War Games team, I think that could possibly put him next in line for a championship opportunity!
Eve: I think that it should take a lot more for Daryl Kinkade to get a World Championship match, but it should be interesting on if this causes Daryl to be a bit more motivated in defeating Chef Viz tonight!
(‘5 Milli’ by Icewear Vezzo begins to play through the speakers. Chef Viz walks out with focus and confidence on his face.)
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING HIS OPPONENT…FROM DETROIT, MICHIGAN…WEIGHING IN AT 270 POUNDS…CHEF VIZ!!!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Now, Sheridan Müller that’s the face of the man who’s pumpkin cheesecake you tried last week.
Sheridan Müller: I can’t get the smell of pumpkin from my nostrils. Like, who would ever think about putting those two things in one pie? Is this what Americans eat these days?
Deadprez: That was the one thing that was taken out of the whole exchange with the two of you. It was some disrespect from the Hall of Famer and you weren’t doing anything wrong.
Sheridan Müller: I only approached him in peace. I never meant to anger or awaken the beast. I just wanted a resolution, not to eat pie. But, if Chef Viz wants to be disrespectful, I can stoop to that level if needed too.
(DING! DING! DING!)
Eve: And, our main event match of the evening is on the way! Chef Viz and Daryl Kinkade are slowly coming to the middle of the ring and it seems like Viz wants to collar and elbow up! The two Elitists are fighting for control as it seems like Viz proves to be the stronger Elitist going into this match! He looks to push Daryl back into the horizontal set of ropes as he holds him there for the moment.
Referee: (off-mic) ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIVE!
Deadprez: Chef Viz with no word as he slowly pats Daryl Kinkade in the chest before backing away from him all slick and such! Meanwhile, Daryl straightens himself up, dusting himself up before launching himself towards the former World Heavyweight Champion! The two of them go into the collar and elbow tie up again as there seems to be a bit more fight within the former National Elite Champion. It seems like Viz might be winning this exchange again as Daryl breaks out of the hold, knowing that he isn’t going to be successful this time around! Daryl runs towards Viz, who looks to connect with a clothesline, BUT DARYL DUCKS! HE RUNS TO THE HORIZONTAL ROPES AND SPRINGBOARDS OFF OF THEM —SPRINGBOARD CUTTER, BUT VIZ MANAGES TO CATCH DARYL FROM MID AIR! BUT, DARYL MANAGES TO GET HIS FEET DOWN! HE CONNECTS WITH AN ELBOW SHOT TO THE FACE OF CHEF VIZ!
Gavin Kirkland: Daryl Kinkade creates a bit of distance here as runs the ropes in front of him, rebounds off of them, but Chef Viz runs after Viz with a knee to his gut, stopping Daryl in his tracks! Viz gets Daryl’s arm and whips him to the horizontal set of ropes across from him! Before Daryl can even think about using the momentum of that whip to his advantage, Viz connects with a powerful clothesline as he sends Daryl over the top rope — NO! DARYL MANAGES TO LAND ON THE APRON! VIZ LOOKS TO TAKE HIM OFF THE APRON WITH A FOREARM, BUT DARYL CONNECTS WITH A SHOULDER THRUST TO THE RIBS OF THE HALL OF FAMER! VIZ HOLDS HIS STOMACH TEMPORARILY AS DARYL SEES A BIT OF FREE TIME FOR HIM TO JUMP ON THE TOP ROPE, SPRINGBOARDS HIMSELF TO CHEF VIZ! Daryl is looking like he’s going to connect with a tilt-a-whirl into a DDT! But, Viz uses the momentum of ‘The Kink of Elite’ to hold him onto one of his shoulders before raising him up high and connecting with a high uppercut and taking Daryl back! That height was insane as it knocked Daryl silly!
Sheridan Müller: Now, I’ve been around the British wrestling scene during my absence from this company. I’ve been in the ring with some of them that could be considered the best wrestlers in the world. Daryl Kinkade is an amazing athlete and he knows it, it’s why he is as cocky as he is. I can be the same way, but that’s besides the point. The wrestling from outside of the United States is far more superior than anything IN the states. But, German Efficiency clears every other wrestling.
Eve: Now, Chef Viz is looking to pick up Daryl Kinkade, who happens to be on noodle legs at the moment thanks to that giant uppercut from Viz! Viz throws Daryl into the corner! Daryl manages to make sure that it wasn’t his skull that collided with that turnbuckle, putting a stop to that. Still, Viz manages to connect with a stomp to the gut of Daryl! He proceeds to stomp on Daryl with all of the force he can muster up until Daryl collapses to a seated position! Now, look at this, Viz is taking a couple of steps back! VIZ’ SIGHT NEVER LEAVES ‘THE KINK OF ELITE’ AS HE CHARGES AT DARYL AND HITS HIM WITH A CANNONBALL SENTON! I CAN’T IMAGINE ALL OF THAT WEIGHT ONTO THE STERNUM OF DARYL! VIZ GETS HIMSELF TO HIS FEET! HE DRAGS DARYL BY HIS FOOT AND PULLS HIM AWAY FROM THAT CORNER! VIZ WITH THE FIRST PINFALL ATTEMPT OF THIS MATCH!
OOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTTTTWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Deadprez: Daryl Kinkade with a kick out! Chef Viz picks up the former National Elite Champion by the waist and it seems like he’s going for a German suplex! But, Daryl tries to throw an elbow, but Viz is able to duck the elbow! Daryl’s arm is wrapped behind the neck of the Hall of Famer and it seems like Viz might need to change his next move as he manages to pick up Daryl and connect with a belly-to-back suplex with a bridge! A BRIDGE, ladies and gentlemen! Viz with another pin attempt!
OOOOOONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTTTWWWWWOOOOOO—
Gavin Kirkland: That was glorious! That arch on Chef Viz! :ahh: But, Daryl Kinkade manages to kick out of it! But, it seems like Viz still has control of the waist as he rolls up Daryl up to his feet! Viz is standing behind Daryl as Viz positions Daryl’s arm behind his neck! I think that Viz might be looking to go for another belly-to-back suplex! Viz takes Daryl back! But, Daryl manages to land on his feet! Viz turns himself around as Daryl takes Viz back with a knee strike to the forehead! But, Viz does not stay down for long as he finds his way back to his feet! Daryl rushes towards the former World Champion, jumping towards him, BUT VIZ MANAGES TO PICK UP DARYL AND TAKE HIM DOWN WITH A FLATLINER! VIZ SAW THAT THE MATCH WAS SLIPPING FROM HIS GRASP JUST A BIT AND NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO TURN THE MATCH BACK TO HIS FAVOR!
Sheridan Müller: Chef Viz might have the look of a powerhouse wrestler, but he is quite agile. The muscular build is something that he has over Daryl Kinkade, but Daryl has managed to pull off some amazing offense in other matches. If Daryl can find a way to slow down, Viz, then we might be *cooking!*
Eve: Chef Viz manages to get Daryl Kinkade up before connecting with a palm strike to the chest of ‘The Kink of Elite!’ Just look at Daryl’s facial expression! Viz did not go easy on him whatsoever! Viz connects with another palm strike! This time, it takes Daryl back! But, Viz goes for a third palm strike as that takes Daryl to the ropes! Viz grabs Daryl by the arm before looking to whip him to the set of ropes across from him! But, Daryl counters the whip, sending the former World Champion! But, Viz goes right after before Daryl could go for him! He looks to go for a clothesline, but Daryl manages to slide underneath the feet of Viz! He gets behind Viz, double under hooking his arms and taking him back with a tiger suplex! Daryl has a beautiful bridge!
OOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTTTTTTWWWWWWW—
Deadprez: Chef Viz manages to roll himself to his knees as he manages to get Daryl Kinkade into an inverted DDT position before connecting with a HUGE fist to the chest of Daryl! Daryl flinches in response, BUT VIZ CONNECTS WITH ANOTHER HUGE FIST TO DARYL! AND ANOTHER ONE! AND ANOTHER ONE! VIZ IS COMPLETELY BATTERING DARYL WITH THESE FISTS BEFORE NAILING ONE FINAL ONE, CAUSING DARYL TO FALL TO THE MAT! DARYL IS HOLDING ONTO HIS CHEST AS VIZ GETS DARYL BACK UP TO HIS FEET! HE CONNECTS WITH A COUPLE OF KNEE STRIKES TO THE GUT OF DARYL BEFORE FOLLOWING THAT UP WITH A REVERSE DEATH VALLEY DRIVE THAT HE CALLS THE ‘PROPHET DRIVER!’ BUT, DARYL MANAGES TO SLIDE OFF THE SHOULDERS OF VIZ! VIZ TURNS AROUND AS DARYL NAILS HIM WITH A SUPERKICK —
Gavin Kirkland: But, he doesn’t seem to be phased by it! Chef Viz does not even stagger back! He connects with another superkick! While it causes Viz to go back a bit, he remains perfectly still! Daryl connects with a third superkick! But, nothing! You can see the fire in the eyes of Daryl Kinkade, who almost feels INSULTED! Meanwhile, you can see Chef Viz cracking a smile — Viz with a kiss to Daryl’s forehead as he seems disgusted by what is going on! THIS PROVIDES VIZ WITH AN OPENING TO GO FOR ‘KISS TO THE HEAD’ — THE BULL HAMMER ELBOW STRIKE TO THE FORMER NATIONAL ELITE CHAMPION! BUT, DARYL MANAGES TO GET HIMSELF OUT OF THE WAY, CAUSING VIZ TO STUMBLE FORWARD! DARYL TAKES VIZ TO HIS SIDE WITH AN ENZIGURI!
Sheridan Müller: Now, we see that Daryl’s cooking!
Eve: Then, Daryl Kinkade connects with that superkick that Chef Viz was not able to be phased with just moments ago! But, look at this, Daryl manages to pick up Viz by his neck and he proceeds to take his boot and bash the side of Viz’ head with it! Now, we see that Daryl is going a bit frantic with those stomps to the side of Viz’ head! I think that Viz can feel all of that at this point! The referee manages to get in the middle of the situation, separating Daryl from Viz! Daryl is demanding for Viz to get himself to his feet! Viz is using the ropes to help get himself back to his feet! At the first sign of Viz getting up, Daryl connects with a knee which takes the Hall of Famer down to his knees! Daryl proceeds to unload on Viz with punches and kicks!
Sheridan Müller: In this situation, Daryl needs to find a way to calm down. Don’t let the emotions get the best of him. I’ve been in the ring with beasts like Scott Diamond, one of the toughest men in this company. While it’s smart to keep the bigger man down, you need to keep yourself in check at the same time.
Deadprez: Well, it seems like the referee is trying to keep Daryl Kinkade in check! The referee is telling Daryl to not get too aggressive! It might cause Chef Viz to get knocked out unconscious and get a concussion! You can see that Viz is trying to get himself to his knees as he’s trying to spot something and not become so dizzy. The referee is checking on Viz, making sure that he’s more than okay to compete! Viz is nodding his head with no hesitation as he tries to muster up the strength to get himself to his feet! Viz’ head is shaking and it seems like he’s trying to fire himself up and that could mean trouble for Daryl!
Gavin Kirkland: Chef Viz is looking at Daryl Kinkade, who seems to be more than ready for Viz! But, I’m not sure if he truly knows the situation that he’s gotten himself into —Daryl slides underneath the bottom rope and escapes whatever Viz had anticipated to do to him! I don’t think the crowd is crazy about Daryl’s move, but I thought it was quite smart! BUT, WE’RE LOOKING AT VIZ, WHO STILL SEEMS TO BE A BIT DIZZY, BUT HE RUNS OVER THE TOP ROPES AND CONNECTS WITH A CROSSBODY ON DARYL! HE SQUISHES DARYL LIKE A PANCAKE! VIZ FINDS HIMSELF UP TO HIS FEET AS HE’S HYPING HIMSELF UP!
Eve: CHEF VIZ GETS DARYL AND BATTERY RAMS HIM TO THE EDGE OF THE APRON! YOU CAN SEE THE LOOK ON DARYL’S FACE! BUT, VIZ GRABS DARYL BY THE SHOULDERS AS HE THROWS HIM ACROSS RINGSIDE! Then, Viz is turning his attention towards…you, Sheridan.
(You can see a playful smirk on the face of Chef Viz and he gives her a wink. Meanwhile, Sheridan Müller seems a bit weirded out by what he just did.)
Sheridan Müller: I desire to know the method to this man’s madness. What in the world goes on in that man’s mind?
Deadprez: I don’t think that we have a clue, Sheridan. Neither does Daryl Kinkade, who is looking to get himself to his feet! But, Chef Viz manages to connect with a clothesline as he takes him back down! Viz picks up Daryl and manages to connect with a knife edge chop to the chest as Daryl is holding onto his chest for dear life! Viz manages to get his hand off the chest of Daryl before connecting with another knife edge chop! Then, Viz proceeds to look towards you, Sheridan. He proceeds to lick the palm of his hand before nailing Daryl with a palm strike to the chest as Daryl drops down to one knee!
Sheridan Müller: Typical, juvenile mind games. Doesn’t really work on me.
Gavin Kirkland: Chef Viz gets Daryl Kinkade and rolls him back inside the ring! Viz rolls himself back in the ring shortly after! He picks up Daryl and gets him into an inverted fireman’s carry position before connecting with a ‘Prophet Driver!’ Viz drops down and goes for the cover!
OOOOOONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTTTWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO—
Eve: Daryl Kinkade with a kick out! Chef Viz gets Daryl in a seated position as he puts him in a chin lock! He wrenches in that chin lock up, providing more pressure to the lock on Daryl! You can hear the sounds of pain from ‘The Kink of Elite,’ who finds himself in a bit of trouble! From the talk about Daryl being bad this week, I think that Viz was expecting for this match to end a lot sooner! In Viz’ mind, he believes that Daryl is not up to par with him! Viz considers himself to be one of the best!
Sheridan Müller: The best doesn’t need to throw a perfectly good pumpkin cheesecake to someone’s face.
Deadprez: That might be true! But, as we focus on this match, you can see that Daryl Kinkade is slowly getting himself to his feet! Chef Viz can feel his chin lock slipping away from him as Daryl is finding a way to break free out of this hold! But, Viz still has Daryl by his chin as he slams him back against the mat! Then, Viz gets Daryl up to his feet! Viz connects with a wrist-pull into a clothesline of Daryl! NO! BUT, DARYL MANAGES TO DUCK HIMSELF FROM THE CLOTHESLINE, CAUSING VIZ TO STUMBLE FORWARD! HE CONNECTS WITH A SUPERKICK TO THE BACK OF VIZ’ HEAD! VIZ STUMBLES FORWARD AS DARYL PULLS HIM IN A FRONT HEADLOCK POSITION! HE PROCEEDS TO LIFT UP VIZ AND CONNECT WITH A BRAINBUSTER! HE WAITS FOR VIZ TO GET HIMSELF UP TO HIS FEET! IT TAKES A MOMENT OR TWO FOR SOME SIGNS TO SHOW AS VIZ MANAGES TO GET HIMSELF UP! DARYL HANDSPRINGS HIMSELF TO THE ROPES AND CONNECTS WITH A ROUNDHOUSE KICK AS HE MANAGES TO GET THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION TO THE MAT!
Gavin Kirkland: Daryl Kinkade manages to pick up Chef Viz and connect with a few uppercuts! He manages to back Viz against the ropes! He grabs Viz by the arm as he proceeds to whip him to the set of ropes, but Viz manages to counter the whip, sending Daryl into the ropes! Viz goes right after Daryl, but Daryl manages to lift Viz over the ropes! Viz manages to clutch onto the ropes and land on the apron! HE GRABS DARYL BY THE NECK, PULLING HIM INTO POSITION AND SLAMMING HIM DOWN WITH A ROPE HUNG NECK BREAKER! JEEZUS! THAT DID NOT LOOK GOOD WHATSOEVER! DARYL IS CLUTCHING THE BACK OF HIS NECK! VIZ IS LOOKING QUITE SMUG AT THE MOMENT AS HE STANDS HIMSELF ON THE APRON! He is looking towards you, Sher! I think that you oughta pay attention to what Viz does next.
Sheridan Müller: That’s the reason why I’m out here in the very first place.
Eve: CHEF VIZ PULLS DARYL KINKADE INTO A POWERBOMB POSITION! IS HE GOING TO POWERBOMB DARYL TO THE FLOOR AT RINGSIDE?!?
Deadprez: It seems like he might be planning to do that, Eve! Chef Viz manages to get Daryl Kinkade high in position! But, Daryl manages to club Viz on the top of his head with punches! Daryl is attempting to fight his way out of this troubling situation! He knows that if Viz connects with this powerbomb, it lights out for him! AND, HE SEEMS TO BE STRUGGLING WITH HIS NECK AT THE MOMENT! BUT, LOOK AT DARYL, HE — POISONRANA ON THE APRON! Daryl needed to pull out a big move and it seems like that might have been it! HE SPIKES VIZ ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD IN THE PROCESS! HE ROLLS THE HALL OF FAMER BACK INSIDE THE RING! HE PROCEEDS TO GET HIMSELF ON THE TOP TURNBUCKLE! I THINK THAT DARYL MIGHT HAVE IT HERE?? ‘MONKĒ FLIP’ — THE FRONT FLIP DDT ON CHEF VIZ! IS HE GOING TO PUT AWAY THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION!
OOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTTTTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
TTTT—
Gavin Kirkland: Chef Viz with a kick out! Daryl Kinkade is trying to keep himself as calm as possible! HE PULLS VIZ UP TO HIS FEET BEFORE GETTING HIM INTO POSITION FOR ‘A BEAUTIFUL LIE’ — THE CROSS-LEGGED FISHERMAN’S SUPLEX THAT HE HAS USED TO PUT AWAY ELITISTS IN THE PAST! IS HE GOING TO ADD CHEF VIZ TO THAT LIST?? He goes to lift up Viz, but Viz drops down to one knee! Daryl proceeds to connect with some fists to the spine and behind the neck of Viz! Daryl knows that he could be moments away from putting away Viz, but Viz is so darn stubborn! There is no way that he’ll be able to give Daryl that satisfaction of defeating him! Once more, Daryl pulls him into a front headlock position! He looks behind him before spring boarding himself from the ropes, walking around and connecting with a tornado DDT on Viz! Viz is down! DARYL NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THE COUNT HERE! HE BEGINS TO KNEE VIZ IN THE GUT, GETTING HIM IN A BENT FORWARD POSITION! DARYL PICKS UP VIZ AND THEN, HE REBOUNDS OFF THE ROPES, CONNECTING WITH A JUMPING REVERSE STO ON VIZ!
OOOOOOOONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTTTTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO—
Eve: Chef Viz with a kick out! Daryl Kinkade rolls Chef Viz to his stomach and now, he begins to apply the fujiwara arm bar on the Hall of Famer! Viz sees the situation that he’s in and manages to launch for the ropes on his side! The referee is asking for Daryl to release the hold! Daryl releases the hold, but he’s not quite happy about it! He releases the hold as the referee forces Daryl to back away a little bit! WE SEE THAT VIZ IS STILL TRYING TO FIND A WAY BACK TO HIS FEET AND THIS ONLY SEEMS TO FIRE UP DARYL, WHO IS LOOKING TO END THIS MATCH FOR HIMSELF! HE SEES THAT VIZ IS SLOWLY GETTING TO A VERTICAL BASE AS DARYL KICKS VIZ IN THE STOMACH, BEFORE PULLING HIM CLOSER AND CONNECTING WITH ‘A BEAUTIFUL LIE!’ THE IDEA THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GET VIZ UP IN THE AIR FOR JUST A BRIEF MOMENT WAS SPECTACULAR! DARYL GOES FOR THE COVER —
Deadprez: Chef Viz manages to roll himself underneath the bottom rope and out of the ring! Now, THAT was smart there! Viz REALLY did not want to lose this match here! But, he needed to separate himself from Daryl Kinkade! Viz clutches on the edge of the apron as that provides him with a bit of assistance to get himself to his feet! BUT, DARYL CONNECTS WITH A CORKSCREW PLANCHA, LANDING RIGHT ON TOP OF CHEF VIZ! DARYL FINDS HIMSELF TO HIS FEET AS HE SARCASTICALLY BOWS TO THE CROWD!
Sheridan Müller: What a lad, DP! Don’t you think so! Chef Viz has been grounded and if I were you, Daryl, I’d end this for yourself! Don’t even give that man a chance to breathe! Daryl grabs Viz by the nape of his neck as his face collides with that edge of the apron! Might be a slight bruise in the morning, but nothing to be alarmed of, gents and Eve!
Gavin Kirkland: Daryl Kinkade rolls Chef Viz back inside the ring! But, Daryl manages to get himself to the top turnbuckle! I have no idea what Daryl has in mind at this point of the match! I suppose he wants to REALLY make sure that Viz stays down! HE SEES VIZ LAYING DOWN AS DARYL FLIES FROM THE TOP ROPE AND CONNECTS WITH A SHOOTING STAR PRESS — BUT, VIZ MANAGES TO GET HIS FEET UP, MAKING THE LANDING SO AWFUL FOR POOR DARYL! THE IDEA THAT VIZ IS STILL ALIVE IN THIS MATCH IS SPECTACULAR! DARYL IS CLUTCHING TO HIS STOMACH, TRYING TO FORCE HIMSELF TO HIS FEET! VIZ IS FOLLOWING SUIT! DARYL CONNECTS WITH A KNIFE EDGE CHOP TO VIZ’ CHEST! BUT, VIZ CONNECTS WITH A KNIFE EDGE CHOP TO DARYL’S CHEST! BUT, DARYL THROWS A PUNCH! VIZ THROWS A PUNCH! BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE LOOKING TO TAKE BACK THE OTHER! VIZ CONNECTS WITH A KICK TO DARYL’S GUT BEFORE WALKING BACK AND REBOUNDING OFF THE ROPES! HE CONNECTS WITH LARIAT AS THE FORMER NATIONAL ELITE CHAMPION IS TAKEN DOWN!
Eve: Chef Viz is feeling good about himself and he’s looking towards you, Sheridan!
(Chef Viz is seen staring at Sheridan Müller from inside the ring.)
Chef Viz (off-mic): Hey, Sher! Lemme ask you — how was my pie?
Sheridan Müller: :francis:
Chef Viz: This pumpkin thing isn’t really me, but I figured since you basic white bitches go CRAZY about this [censored], I’d give you a slice of my pie. But, I was feeling generous and just let you eat the whole thing — but, it seemed like you made a mess, Sher. Messy, messy, girl.
(At this point, Sheridan Müller shows a bit of bother in her face. Chef Viz sees that and continues on.)
Chef Viz: Didn’t even save some for Bae, but it’s cool. It was funny to see you with the whip cream all over your face and something tells me that it isn’t your first time—
(Sheridan Müller’s headset is seen and heard being taken off. Sheridan gets off heir comfortable chair and makes her way inside the ring. She rolls underneath the bottom rope and meets up with Chef Viz.)
Deadprez: SHERIDAN MÜLLER CONNECTS WITH A RUNNING DROPKICK, SENDING CHEF VIZ TO THE ROPES! SHE BEGINS TO CONNECT WITH A SERIES OF PUNCHES TO THE HALL OF FAMER! THE REFEREE IS WAVING THIS MATCH!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Gavin Kirkland: The crowd is not satisfied with how this went down! Thanks to Sheridan Müller, this match will not have a clean winner!
Gina Romano: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH…BY DISQUALIFICATION…CHEF VIZ!!!!!!
(The crowd has a mixed reception of this result. Daryl Kinkade has managed to roll himself out of the ring and is resting on the bottom of the apron. He is more than frustrated with the result, knowing that if this match had gone on for a couple more minutes without Sheridan Müller’s presence, he knew that he would have been able to turn the tide of this match.)
Eve: Sheridan Müller wraps his arms around the waist of Chef Viz! She is looking for the ‘Sherplex’ — but Chef Viz is too darn heavy! I don’t think that Sheridan was prepared to lift up over 250 pounds of man in this match! WITH THAT, CHEF VIZ MANAGES TO CONNECT WITH AN ELBOW TO ‘MS. CASH IN THE VAULT!’ HE CONNECTS WITH A SNAPMARE AND TAKES HER UP FRONT! SHERIDAN GETS HERSELF TO HER FEET AS VIZ LOOKS TO TAKE HIM BACK WITH THE ‘IKE TURNER SPECIAL’ — THE SPINNING BACK FIST, BUT SHERIDAN MANAGES TO BACK OUT OF THE WAY! SHE GRABS VIZ BY THE ARM AND CONNECTS WITH ‘ENDLESS FANTASIES’ — THE RIPCORD LARIAT AS SHE KNOCKS VIZ TO HIS BACK!
(‘Amerika’ by Rammstein begins to play through the speakers as Sheridan Müller stands tall over Chef Viz. She looks down on Viz before beginning to exit the ring.)
Deadprez: While this match may have not had a clear winner, Sheridan Müller finds a way to stand tall as she nailed ‘Endless Fantasies’ on Chef Viz! After last week, I believe that must have felt good to her. But, the moment that Chef Viz regains consciousness, he might not be happy and go after her!
Gavin Kirkland: And she’ll be prepared for that!
(it fades to the last commercial break of the night.)
(‘Be Legendary’ by Pop Evil hits over the PA system, the crowd jumping to their feet. The noise intensifies still further as Adam Lucas walks through the curtain and onto the stage.)
Deadprez: Just listen to this ovation for the Answers World Champion, these people are giving Adam the welcome of the night.
Eve: And it wouldn’t take three guesses to understand why he is out here.
Gavin Kirkland: He’s dumped Bethany Blue and set his sights on some of the real talent around here?
Deadprez: Jealousy gets you nowhere Gavin.
Gavin Kirkland: Bro, I can get anyone I want. Ask your mom…
(Adam applauds the fans and nods his appreciation, shifting the world title on his shoulder. He then starts making his way down the ramp and towards the ring, high fiving the fans on his way.)
Deadprez: Last week, Adam was teaming with Sheridan Muller and taking on Devolution when Scott Diamond came out and well, no easy way of saying this, took Adam out and left Sheridan to fight four on one. You can bet that is why the Answers World Champion is out here.
Eve: Adam Lucas has forged a reputation of backing down from no one. He’s going to want answers tonight, that’s for sure.
(Adam reaches the ring and walks around it, stopping at the announce table and picking up a mic. He then slides the title belt into the ring and follows it, before picking it up and climbing a turnbuckle. He then raises the title aloft to another huge reaction before then jumping down, holding up a hand. His music slowly fades, leaving Adam with the fan noise which he clearly enjoys.)
Gavin Kirkland: Look I get it, this guy is popular, but this is sickening. Get a room, people.
Deadprez: He’s a very popular champion… especially with the fans.
Eve: He’s worked hard to get there, no question about it. But now, what can he do with the Championship? Now Territorial Invasion is in the books we can finally find out.
(The camera pans back to Adam, who slowly lifts the mic to his lips, the fans quietening down just a little so that he can speak.)
Adam Lucas: You know, I thought I couldn’t be surprised anymore by this company. I mean, I knew that Sheridan and I were going to have to take on the whole of Devolution, but it wasn’t them who upset the applecart was it. I knew Halsey, or Pandora would have a part to place and hence why I never guaranteed victory. But Scott Diamond… that came right out of left field. See, as always, I’ve moved on from that defeat, it clearly meant a lot to Devolution, and they didn’t care how they achieved it so fair play to them. I’ve not been listening, but I’m sure of the course of the next few weeks they will regale the world due to their ‘victory’. But like I stated before and I’ll state it again… Jon Kelton and Serenity Valdez couldn’t have beaten us without outside interference. They can claim all they want, but when even a victory doesn’t back up those claims, it’s kind of lame you know. But, whatever, it is what it is… we move, and I move onto my next port of call. I move onto you… Scott Diamond.
(Boos ring out as Adam says the name of the legendary Elitist, but there are also mixed in their cheers from Scott’s fans.)
Adam Lucas: See, even though it was a surprise it went down last week, I always kind of knew you wouldn’t be far away from proceedings. I knew that one day, Scott Diamond would come calling for this belt that I currently hold in my possession, my only surprise was it took so long. I’ve watched you since you landed on Showdown, and the abilities that you bring to the table. And why wouldn’t I be considering your status within this company. I saw you dominate Territorial Invasion, and how close you came to winning it for the Blue Brand. I watched, and in that moment, I recognized that our time was coming. It wasn’t coming… it was NOW.
(The crowd roars again as Adam’s tone gets more intense, and with more feeling behind the words.)
Adam Lucas: And Scott, it’s because of that status, that you believed that you could come down to the ring and cost Sheridan and I our match against Devolution. It’s your belief that you are such a ‘big shot’, that allows you to step up to me and attack me without provocation. The thing is Scott, there was no need for such amateur dramatics or histrionics. There was no need for you to be a prize dick about it. All you had to do, Scott, is quite simply… ASK, and I would have been more than willing…
(‘In the air tonight’ by Phil Collins hits, Adam’s face immediately changing as he spins around to face the rampway.)
Deadprez: Oh my, business picking up. Looks like someone has been listening in the back.
Eve: I don’t think we ever thought Scott was going to let this fly.
(Scott Diamond walks through the curtain, grinning as he walks immediately down towards the ring, not even hesitating to pose on the rampway. With microphone in hand, he walks up the steps, and gets into the ring, Adam standing his ground as Scott walks past him still smiling. Adam turns, not wanting to take his eyes off Scott, knowing that he only needs a moment. Scott’s music fades out, the man himself turning now to face Adam.)
Scott Diamond: First of all, keep my name out of your mouth. You are not, nor will ever be worthy of even speaking my name.
Deadprez: Blatant disrespect right there… but then again didn’t expect anything less.
Scott Diamond: Secondly, you want to thank your lucky stars I laid you out and gave you an excuse for last weeks shambles against Devolution. Then again, that’s no great surprise considering you were teaming with Sheridan Muller. Yeah, you ended that match looking up at the arena lights, but it’s far less embarrassing being dominated by me, than that group of reprobates.
Adam Lucas: You have quite the way with words… considering that you couldn’t face up to me man to man and instead preferred to use a cheap shot.
(Scott chuckles to himself, mouthing to the camera ‘can you believe this guy?’)
Scott Diamond: Let me give you a little history lesson seeing as you obviously don’t know who I am.
(He points at the Answers World Championship.)
Scott Diamond: That belt there, I’ve held it twice amongst others. I am a member of the prestigious Hall of Fame. I was knocking heads together before you were even thought of, so there is something that you must recognize. I SAY whatever I want, whenever I want to. I DO whatever I want, whenever I see fit. There is NO ONE that carries the weight I do around here… NO ONE, and that is a situation that you cannot change. I took you down Adam, quite simply because I WANTED to, and even if you had known I was coming, you wouldn’t have been able to stop it. The thing is, if you were as knowledgeable as you say you are, you would already know all of this, and be fully aware. But either way, it doesn’t matter now, not now the chain of events has been put in motion. See Adam, I’m not an afterthought like you are, a marker of a champion only holding the belt because no one else was able to last year. I am the real deal, and thus, I never ask for anything, I expect it. The path you were treading was all sweetness and light, but now, I have placed myself in your way. And that ‘Next Level’ means your title reign is as good as over. I’m sorry, but that is just the way it is around here.
Gavin Kirkland: The Champion being owned here by the Legend… Adam learned what it’s like in the big leagues.
(Scott steps back, Adam looking out over the fans as a smile now forms on his face as well. He then starts to speak.)
Adam Lucas: Scott, you have absolutely no need to worry, because I’m nothing if I’m not prepared for every eventuality. And as it happens bro, I know EVERYTHING I need to know about you.
(Adam moves forwards, so that the two of them are virtually nose to nose, the fans lapping it up.)
Adam Lucas: So, I’m going to make this really simple for you. Do you want a title shot?
(Scott averts his gaze slightly, looking at the crowd as the noise gets louder and louder. He doesn’t reply however and just smirks, Adam nodding his head.)
Adam Lucas: Last Stand… I’ll see you there.
(Adams eyes narrow, and Scott taps the title strap, then points towards his waist.)
Deadprez: Scott making this very clear guys… he wants to become the Answers World Champion for the third time.
Eve: What a match, the Legendary Scott Diamond against the new era in Adam Lucas.
Gavin Kirkland: Finally, we get a decent champion.
Deadprez: Scott now walking away… NO, HUGE RIGHT HAND!!!
Eve: BLOCKED BY ADAM LUCAS, HE SAW IT COMING
(Adam counters, kicking Scott in the gut, Diamond bending over and then coming up, crashing the back of his head into Adam’s jaw sending him flying backwards.)
Deadprez: Blood pouring from the Champs lip… LARIAT FROM DIAMOND!!!! NO, LUCAS SLIPS OUT THE WAY AND TAKES THEM BOTH TO THE RINGSIDE!!!
Gavin Kirkland: And here comes security!
(The two of them trade punches trying to get on over the other, Scott ducking underneath a right hand and then tackling Adam to the floor. Adam rolls through and back to his feet, Scott running in and Adam using that momentum to send Scott crashing into the steel ring post. Scott is stunned, and Adam runs in, but Scott uses Adam’s speed to send him crashing into the security barricade as finally security arrives on the scene, immediately separating the two of them, the crowd booing and letting their thoughts known.)
Crowd: LET THEM FIGHT!!! LET THEM FIGHT!!!
(But security has no intention of that happening, some holding Scott back as the others help Adam to his feet and lead him up the ramp.)
Deadprez: What a momentous night… the match has been set. Answers World Champion Adam Lucas will face Scott Diamond at Last Stand, and considering what we just saw, that confrontation is going to be massive.
Eve: Adam Lucas needed a huge title defense… and they don’t get any bigger than Hall of Famer Scott Diamond.
(The camera pans to Scott who is smiling again, obviously having enjoyed the altercation. It then goes back to Adam, who is wiping the blood from his mouth.)
Deadprez: That’s it for us folks, join us next week for more action. Goodnight EAW Universe!
Gavin Kirkland: SHOWDOWN STYLE!!!
Eve: Gavin, you are so cringe.
(The camera cuts once again to Scott who is now chuckling, and then to Adam who is showing real defiance, staring down at the legend.)
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