(EAW Intro Plays)
(An aerial shot of The Shrine Auditorium in downtown LA is shown as it goes past Burbank, Hollywood Studios and the Iconic sign itself. The city of LA bustles with people, showing them walking down the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame with all the Stars and their names on it. It shows the beaches, the mountains, the Lakers, Clippers, Dodgers, Kings, and then transcends right back to the Shrine where one man stands in front of it.)
Narrator: Just like in Hollywood, seasons end, and new ones begin! Cliffhangers leave us at the edge of our seats as we must await to see what happens next. The hero lives? Die? Will they make it out just in time? But here in The Shrine Auditorium we are about to witness a quick turnaround and the new season of EAW as it enters its 19th year.
(Footage shows of various things that happened throughout the year, the feud between Drake King and Minerva, the cash in by Donovan Duke after Bronson Daniels became the Answers World Champion, Jake Smith and Adam Lucas trying to get one over on the other when it came to supremacy on Voltage.)
Narrator: There were memorable moments that no one is going to forget in Season 18. It was those very instances that fans and Elitists alike will never forget, as they paved the roads to champions, and the feuds which followed.
(The scene switches to footage of Showdown winning Territorial Invasion’s War Games and Brand Warfare, to Joso winning the Answers World Championship from Myles and then transcending to Michael Machina dethroning Jake Smith to become the EAW World Champion.)
Narrator: But with all the triumphs, there are the torments, those matches that left us in shock, what some Elitists are capable of doing, and what that means for each one as they enter a new season.
(The footage starts to play bloody matches such as Ultimate X, Hardcore Matches, House of Glass, a variety of scenes with many of the top stars beating the hell out of each other.)
Narrator: Legends fell, stars were born and many finally broke the glass ceiling.
(The British Invasion are shown stunning The Jaded Hearts to become the Unified Tag Team Champions. Bea Valentine rises to her feet with the Universal Women’s Championship. Shots of Kai Rabeaux, Mia Santoro, Nikki Kimura, Brianna Hill, Solomon Stane, and Drake Armstrong becoming King of Elite.)
Narrator: But now the question is, will it be a fresh start for many? A continuation of what started in Season 18, or could we see the evolution of those that everyone thought we already knew?
(The various faces of EAW Elitists flash through quickly until it finally lands on the three Brand World Champions.)
Narrator: We are about to find out. WELCOME TO THE EAW SEASON 19, 2025 DRAFT SHOW!
(The camera slowly fades from the narrator and The Shrine Auditorium focusing on the LA Basin and lights of Hollywood.)
???: AND NOW ELITE ANSWERS WRESTLING AND NINTENDO SWITCH 2 PROUDLY PRESENT THE 2025, 19TH ANNUAL EAW DRAFT SHOW!
(The camera pans to inside The Shrine Auditorium in beautiful Los Angeles, CA. The fireworks go off as “Never Enough” by Turnstile plays loudly. You can see the sold out crowd of fans packed to the rafters as they cheer for their favorite EAW Elitists with signs and excitement. It then shifts to the Tri-Brand trio announce team of Dynasty’s Stew-o, Voltage’s Persephone, and Showdown’s Gavin Kirkland.)
Stew-O: WELCOME EAW UNIVERSE! IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN TO SHAKE UP THE FOUNDATION AND ROSTERS OF THE 2025, SEASON 19 EAW DRAFT! I AM STEW-O ALONG WITH PERSEPHONE AND GAVIN KIRKLAND, COMING OFF A MEMORABLE PAIN FOR PRIDE AND THE BEGINNING OF OUR 19TH YEAR! WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SHOW WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT!
Persephone: I guess, yelling is what we do every time so here we go. IT IS SOOOOO SUPER EXCITING SEEING PEOPLE GET DRAFTED ON TO DIFFERENT BRANDS AND WATCHING THEM ALL GET EXCITED OR MAD! ROSTERS WILL BE BROKEN UP, MAYBE EVEN TEAMS AND LOVERS! I MEAN, WHO DOESN’T LIKE WATCHING ELITISTS GET SPLIT FROM THEIR FRIENDS! THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE NIGHTS!
Gavin Kirkland: WELL! BESIDES ALL OF THE GREAT MATCHES INCLUDING A TRI-BRAND CHAMPIONS SHOWCASE AND TWO LEGENDS MAIN EVENTING, WE HAVE A MATCH TO DETERMINE WHO WILL BE THE FIRST PICK IN THE 2025 DRAFT! SO WHY DON’T WE GET RIGHT TO IT WITH BELLA BRAXTON! TAKE IT AWAY!
(The camera pans to Bella Braxton as she is ready to announce the first match of the night.)
Bella Braxton: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS A TRIPLE THREAT MATCH SCHEDULED FOR… ONE FALL!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!
Bella Braxton: AND THE WINNER’S BRAND WILL RECEIVE THE FIRST PICK IN THE 2025 DRAFT!!!
(‘Ambitionz az a Ridah’ by Tupac is first to play, and TLA makes his entrance, receiving a loud reaction from fans in attendance. TLA stands on the stage, soaking in the reaction with a giant grin on his face while sauntering down the ramp, high fiving a couple fans along rhe way.)
Bella Braxton: Introducing first! Residing out of the Poon Palace in Miami, Florida, weighing in at 210 pounds…HE IS LA PANTERA SEXUAL…TLA!!
Stew-O: First, Showdown’s TLA. This man’s resume speaks for itself, being an EAW Hall of Famer.
Gavin Kirkland: TLA’s accomplishments are a mile wide, and might be able to secure us a solid draft pick.
Stew-O: Then again, it could be this man…
(‘Pride and Arrogance’ by Takeru Kanazaki plays to a completely opposite reaction from fans as Drake Armstrong makes his way onto the stage, and glances out at the crowd before sauntering down the ramp with a smug expression on his face, wearing his flashy robe.)
Bella Braxton: Hailing out of Scarsdale, New York, weighing in at 260 pounds…HE IS YOUR 2025 KING OF ELITE…DRAKE ARMSTRONG!!
Stew-O: Drake could win this match as well, given he’s our current King of Elite.
Persephone: Yawn.
Gavin Kirkland: To win that match, he had to win a triple threat as well, which did involve one of the men in this match.
Stew-O: TLA has an opportunity to redeem himself here tonight.
(“Apostle’s Warning” by Mobb Deep blares throughout the arena, receiving a loud reaction from fans in attendance as Michael Machina steps through the curtain, and marches down to the ring, staring directly at Drake and TLA in the ring.)
Bella Braxton: Hailing out of Brooklyn, New York, weighing in at 240 pounds…HE IS THE MONEYMAKER…MICHAEL MACHINA!!
Stew-O: Michael Machina is definitely heading into this match with momentum, being fresh off a World Title reign.
Persephone: Yeah, which got ended by Adam Lucas of all people. We’re cooked.
Gavin Kirkland: Hey, Adam’s a great competitor. Smoking hot wife too-
Stew-O: Alright, that’s enough.
(The referee signals for the bell as each competitor stands in their respective corners.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
Stew-O: Here we go! Fans in Los Angeles, California, are electric tonight as the bell has rung! Making this match officially underway! It is Drake Armstrong, TLA, and Michael Machina each competing on behalf of their respective brands, all to vy for first draft pick. Personally, I am excited-
Persephone: :noah: Yes, we get it. The match is exciting… for those that care about draft picks. I don’t. Just said draft pick better not be someone annoying like Jake Smith.
Gavin Kirkland: I wonder who’d Showdown get. Imagine-
Persephone: I’ll stop you right there. I can already tell you were going to say something perverted.
Gavin Kirkland: I was going to recommend Silas World…
Persephone: Why on Earth would you want that? :comeagain:
Stew-O: Guys, turning our attention back to the in-ring portion… each competitor have exited their respective corners, and look to close the distance between each other. Inching further and further towards the center… AND TLA TAKES THE FIRST SHOT WITH A KNIFE EDGE CHOP TO THE CHEST OF DRAKE!
Gavin Kirkland: MICHAEL MACHINA FOLLOWS SUIT! BACKING DRAKE INTO THE CORNER WITH A COUPLE OF RIGHT HANDS!
Stew-O: TLA THEN JOINS IN ON THE FUN! WITH THE TWO MEN BOTH STOMPING DRAKE OUT IN THE CORNER! ARMSTRONG FALLS TO A KNEE, AND MACHINA PUSHES TLA ASIDE! WANTING DRAKE TO HIMSELF!
Persephone: Jeez, it’s been nothing but open season on his ass since the bell rang. I’d feel bad, but then again… it’s Drake Armstrong.
Gavin Kirkland: WHO THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GO FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR AS MACHINA STANDS HIM UP IN THE CORNER! DELIVERING MULTIPLE SHOTS TO THE ABDOMEN! BUT TLA INTERJECTS, AND SHOVES MICHAEL MACHINA ASIDE HIMSELF! RETURNING THE FAVOR AS HE ATTACKS DRAKE WITH RIGHT HANDS!
Stew-O: BUT MACHINA! MACHINA SPINS TLA AROUND!
(Michael spins TLA around, and the two engage in a heated staredown before-)
Stew-O: DRAKE! DRAKE JUST SHOVES TLA INTO MICHAEL MACHINA! AND MACHINA GOES DOWN, ROLLING OUT OF THE RING! ARMSTRONG MIGHT STEAL ONE AS HE TURNS TLA AROUND, AND HOISTS HIM ONTO HIS SHOULDER FOR THE DEATH PENALTY! :lupe:
Gavin Kirkland: BUT TLA SLIPS OUT BEHIND HIM, AND TURNS DRAKE AROUND FOR A KICK TO THE GUT! DOUBLING HIM OVER AS HE GOES FOR THE MEXICAN DESTROYER! :damn:
Persephone: Welp.
Stew-O: ARMSTRONG BACK BODY DROPS HIS WAY OUT OF IT! BUT TLA LANDS ON HIS FEET, AND DRAKE SWINGS WILDLY WITH A CLOTHESLINE! TLA DUCKS UNDERNEATH IT! AND BOTH COMPETITORS GO RUNNING OFF OPPOSITE SETS OF ROPES- WHOA, MACHINA!
Gavin Kirkland: MACHINA GRABBED TLA BY THE ANKLES, AND DRAGGED HIM OUT UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM ROPE! NOW, THOSE TWO ARE DUKING IT OUT RINGSIDE! THROWING BACK AND FORTH RIGHT HANDS! LEAVING DRAKE INSIDE THE RING!
Drake Armstrong: 👀
(Armstrong’s wheels are visibly beginning to turn in his head before he runs off the ropes!)
Stew-O: ARMSTRONG GOES TO RUN OFF THE ROPES, BUILDING MOMENTUM FOR A SUICIDE DI-
(Armstrong stops himself last minute, and gives a dismissive wave towards Machina and TLA on the outside before turning his back to them, taunting the crowd.)
Stew-O: Nevermind.
Persephone: Coward.
(What Drake doesn’t realize was Michael Machina and TLA stopped what they were doing, having thought he was going to dive on them. Both men give each other a look before sliding back in the ring.)
Gavin Kirkland: Uh, Drake…
(Drake continues taunting, oblivious to what’s behind him as the crowd reaction starts rising.)
Drake Armstrong: (off-mic) That’s right, peasants! Show some respect!
(Drake smugly turns around, and stops in his track once seeing Machina and TLA standing side by side, staring a hole into him. Drake’s smile quickly fades as a result… panic setting in…)
Drake Armstrong: (off-mic) Wait. We can talk about thi-
Stew-O: OOH! NEITHER MAN ARE GOING TO HEAR DRAKE OUT FIRST AS TLA TOOK THE FIRST SHOT WITH A KICK TO THE GUT! DROPPING DRAKE TO A KNEE! NOW, BOTH SWARM HIM! CLUBBING DOWN UPON DRAKE AS HE FALLS TO ALL FOURS! TRYING TO COVER UP, BUT BOTH MEN ARE CLEARLY OVERWHELMING HIM HERE!
Gavin Kirkland: TLA AND MACHINA STAND DRAKE UP, AND BACK HIM AGAINST THE ROPES FOR A DOUBLE IRISH WHIP! FOLLOWED BY A DOUBLE BACK BODY DROP! LAUNCHING DRAKE OVERHEAD!
Stew-O: ARMSTRONG LANDED HARD ON HIS BACK, AND PULLS HIMSELF UP WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE ROPES! THAT IS BEFORE HE GET CLOTHESLINED UP AND OVER BY TLA!
Persephone: Who knew watching Drake Armstrong getting his ass kicked would be so fun?
Gavin Kirkland: Fun? It’s hard to watch. Drake’s a man of loyalty, he doesn’t deserve to be treated like this!
Stew-O: Gavin, whose side are you on? TLA is the one representing Showdown.
Gavin Kirkland: I understand that, but I can also acknowledge the truth standing right in front of me!
Persephone: Somebody shut this guy up.
Gavin Kirkland: :mjcry:
Stew-O: With Drake Armstrong disposed of, that leaves only two… which are TLA and Michael Machina. Despite their temporary alliance formed, there can be only one, and these two know that! AND RESUME RIGHT BACK TO WHERE LEFT OFF AS TLA CHARGES MACHINA IN THE CENTER! ITS TURNED INTO A FULL BLOWN HOCKEY FIGHT AS BOTH SIDES ARE THROWING RIGHTS!
Gavin Kirkland: BUT MICHAEL MACHINA BREAKS THINGS UP BY USING HIS POWER ADVANTAGE! HOISTING TLA UP IN POSITION FOR A SPINEBUSTER, AND RUNNING TO DRIVE HIM BACK FIRST INTO THE CORNER!
Stew-O: MACHINA DOESNT STOP THERE, AND BEGINS TO REPEATEDLY THRUST HIS SHOULDER INTO TLA’S MIDSECTION! MICHAEL FOLLOWS THAT UP WITH A CLUB TO THE BACK THAT SENDS TLA DOWN TO A KNEE MOMENTARILY! ALTHOUGH, HE STANDS HIMSELF BACK UP! STAGGERING TOWARDS THE CENTER!
Gavin Kirkland: HOWEVER, MACHINA TURNS HIM AROUND! AND LIFTS TLA UP FOR A STALLING SUPLEX! NO DOUBT THE BLOOD IS RUSHING TO HIS HEAD RIGHT NOW AS MICHAEL MACHINA HAS HIM SUSPENDED WITH THE CROWD COUNTING ALONG!
Crowd: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIVE! SI-
Stew-O: TLA! TLA IS SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE AS HE KNEES MACHINA IN THE DOME A COUPLE TIMES, FORCING “THE MONEYMAKER” TO DOUBLE OVER, DROPPING TLA DOWN IN THE PROCESS! TLA STANDS MACHINA UP, AND CRACKS HIM ACROSS THE CHEST WITH A KNIFE EDGE CHOP!
Gavin Kirkland: Oh no…
Persephone: The meathead barely felt it, and TLA might have somehow made him angrier in the process.
Stew-O: MACHINA SWINGS WILDLY! BUT TLA DUCKS UNDERNEATH, AND CONNECTS WITH YET ANOTHER KNIFE EDGE CHOP ACROSS THE CHEST! TLA LANDS A COUPLE OF FOREARM STRIKES AFTER THAT, BACKING MACHINA UP AGAINST THE ROPES! TLA WHIPS HIM OFF- OR AT LEAST ATTEMPTED TO! BUT MICHAEL MACHINA REVERSES, SENDING TLA INSTEAD!
Gavin Kirkland: MICHAEL WENT FOR THE SCOOP POWERSLAM AS HE CAME REBOUNDING BACK! BUT TLA COUNTERS WITH A SMALL PACKAGE!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Gavin Kirkland: KICKOUT!
Stew-O: BOTH MEN SCRAMBLE TO THEIR FEET, AND TLA CONNECTS WITH A KICK TO THE GUT! PULLING MACHINA IN FOR A MEXICAN DESTROYER!
Persephone: Fingers crossed it actually hits this time.
Gavin Kirkland: NO, MACHINA HAS THE SAME IDEA AS DRAKE! ESCAPING WITH A BACK BODY DROP! BUT TLA HAS IT SCOUTED, AND COUNTERS WITH A SUNSET FLIP! HOWEVER, DOESNT HOLD IT FOR THE COVER! IMMEDIATELY LOOKING TO TRANSITION INTO AR15! THAT LASSO FROM EL PASSO SUBMISSION HOLD AS HE ROLLS MICHAEL MACHINA OVER!
Stew-O: MICHAEL REACHES OUT FOR THE ROPES, BUT FINDS THEY ARE JUST OUTTA REACH AS TLA HAS IN THIS ELEVATED CLOVERLEAF! HE COULD FORCE MACHINA TO TAP OUT HERE- BUT ONE FACTOR STANDS IN THE WAY OF THAT AS DRAKE ARMSTRONG SLIDES BACK INTO THE RING!
Persephone: Oh, brother. Guess he didn’t learn his lesson from the first time.
Gavin Kirkland: TLA INSTANTLY RELEASES THE HOLD ON MACHINA, WHO ROLLS OUT OF THE RING AFTERWARDS, AND TLA BLASTS ARMSTRONG WITH A RIGHT HAND! BUT DRAKE DELIVERS ONE RIGHT BACK WITH THE TWO EXCHANGING RIGHTS! DRAKE! TLA! DRAKE! TLA! TLA! TLA! TLA IS STARTING TO OVERWHELM DRAKE AS HE BACKS HIM AGAINST THE ROPES FOR AN IRISH WHIP!
Stew-O: DRAKE COUNTERS! SENDING TLA TOWARD THE ROPES INSTEAD, AND DRAKE GOES TO FLOOR HIS OPPONENT WITH A CLOTHESLINE! BUT TLA DUCKS UNDERNEATH, AND RUNS OFF THE ROPES A SECOND TIME- ONLY TO GET INTERCEPTED WITH A HIGH KNEE! THAT CAUGHT TLA FLUSH!
Persephone: A rare time when Drake hasn’t been getting his ass kicked in this match. We’ll see if he keeps it up.
Gavin Kirkland: TLA crawls over towards the corner, and pulls himself up in it with assistance from the ropes. Armstrong closes in, and scores with multiple right hands to the face! Drake directs TLA toward the ropes, and leans him up against them for an IRISH WHIP! DRAKE DUCKS DOWN, SIGNALING FOR A BACK BODY DROP! GOING TO ENACT A LITTLE REVENGE!
Stew-O: BUT TLA AVOIDS IT! JOLTING DRAKE UP WITH A PENALTY KICK TO THE CHEST! ARMSTRONG’S STRUGGLING TO STAND, AND TLA MARCHES TOWARD HIM! BUT GETS SCOOPED UP FOR THAT DEATH PENALTY MANEUVER! DRAKE WANTING TO SPIKE TLA ON HIS HEAD WITH THE TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER!
Gavin Kirkland: BUT TLA REMAINS ONE STEP AHEAD, AND SLIPS OUT BEHIND DRAKE FOR A SECOND TIME! TLA SHOVES DRAKE FORWARD, AND DRAKE KNOCKS MACHINA OFF THE APRON WITH A RIGHT HAND AS HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP!
Stew-O: BUT TLA COMES FROM BEHIND, AND BOUNCES ARMSTRONG OFF THE ROPES FOR AN O’CONNOR ROLL!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Gavin Kirkland: DRAKE KICKS OUT, SENDING TLA RIGHT INTO MACHINA! WHO JUST SLID BACK INTO THE RING! MACHINA CATCHES TLA, AND LAUNCHES HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE WITH AN OVERHEAD BELLY TO BELLY!
Stew-O: HARSH LANDING FOR TLA ON THE OUTSIDE!
Persephone: Hopefully, he stays out.
Stew-O: DRAKE SCRAMBLES TO HIS FEET, AND SWINGS AT MACHINA WITH A CLOTHESLINE! BUT MICHAEL DUCKS UNDERNEATH IT, AND HITS A BEAUTIFUL GERMAN SUPLEX! BUT NOTICE THAT MICHAEL’S GRIP HASNT BROKEN! THOSE HANDS ARE STILL LOCKED IN PLACE, AND HE DRAGS DRAKE BACK TO HIS FEET FOR A SECOND!
Persephone: Again, I don’t think Machina’s done.
Gavin Kirkland: NOT IN THE SLIGHTEST AS HIS GRIP REMAINS INTACT! PULLING DRAKE UP TO HIS FEET FOR A THIRD ONE- WELL, NOT IF DRAKE CAN HELP IT! FIRING OFF WITH BACK ELBOWS TO THE JAW OF MACHINA! ARMSTRONG GOES FOR ONE BIG SWING- BUT MICHAEL DUCKS UNDER IT, AND DRAKE SPINS AROUND AS A RESULT! GETTING HURLED WITH A RELEASE NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX INSTEAD!
Stew-O: MICHAEL MACHINA ABLE TO ADAPT THERE AT THE DROP OF A HAT! PROVING WHY HE IS A FORMER WORLD CHAMPION!
Persephone: Emphasis on former. The poor guy lost it to Adam Lucas, who is about as bland as toast.
Gavin Kirkland: Drake favors his back while returning to a vertical base, and staggers into the corner. Machina is quickly back to his feet… AND CHARGES IN! BUT DRAKE GETS HIS BOOT UP TO SEND MICHAEL MACHINA STAGGERING! ARMSTRONG HOPS TO THE MIDDLE ROPE AS MACHINA IS STUNNED, AND DIVES OFF WITH A CROSSBODY!
Stew-O: BUT LOOK AT THE POWER AS MICHAEL MACHINA ROLLS THROUGH!
Gavin Kirkland: DRAKE IS IN TROUBLE, AND I THINK THE LOOK ON HIS FACE RIGHT NOW TELLS THE STORY!
Stew-O: MACHINA MUSCLES UP ARMSTRONG INTO POSITION FOR A SUPLEX, AND STALLS HIM THERE MOMENTARILY- BEFORE IMMEDIATELY DUMPING HIM WITH A BRAINBUSTER!
Gavin Kirkland: SKULLPIERCER! SKULLPIERCER BY MICHAEL MACHINA! AND IS VOLTAGE CLOSING IN ON THE DRAFT PICK AS MICHAEL MACHINA MOVES INTO THE COVER! HOOKING THE LEG!!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHH-
Stew-O: NO! BECAUSE TLA DRAGS MACHINA OUT BY THE ANKLE! MACHINA DROPS TO A SEATED POSITION ON THE OUTSIDE, AND TLA HOPS UP ON THE APRON! GOING TO SLINGSHOT HIMSELF OVER THE TOP ONTO THE DRAKE- BUT RIGHT AS HE LEAPED UP SLIGHTLY, MICHAEL MACHINA GRABS HOLD OF HIS ANKLE, AND YANKS HIM DOWN!
Gavin Kirkland: TLA HITS HARD ON THE APRON! LANDING FACE FIRST! BUT REMAINS ON HIS FEET, AND MICHAEL MACHINA JERKS HIM TOWARD OUR COMMENTATOR DESK! SLAMMING TLA FACE FIRST OFF THE ANNOUNCE TABLE COVER!
Persephone: Fuck, I know how this usually goes.
(TLA drops to a knee from being slammed off the announce table cover, and Machina gestures for the commentary team to clear out, which they do.)
Stew-O: UH-OH, MICHAEL MACHINA HAS THAT DANGEROUS LOOK IN HIS EYE AS HE CLIMBS ONTO THE APRON! TLA HAS NO IDEA WHAT AWAITS HIM AS HE USES OUR ANNOUNCE TABLE FOR ASSISTANCE IN GETTING BACK TO HIS FEET!
Gavin Kirkland: …OH MY GOD! MICHAEL MACHINA LEAPS OFF THE APRON, AND AT TLA WITH A DIVING CLOTHESLINE AS HE WAS LEANT UP AGAINST THE ANNOUNCE TABLE! BOTH MEN GO TUMBLING BEHIND IT!
(Michael lands on all fours, and stands himself back up before letting out an intense scream!)
Michael Machina: (off-mic) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
Persephone: Jesus. Does he have to be so loud?
Stew-O: WHEN YOURE THAT FIRED UP, I GUESS SO! MICHAEL MACHINA IS RUNNING ON ALL CYLINDERS AT THE MOMENT, AND SLIDES BACK INTO THE RING! LINING DRAKE UP FROM THE CORNER AS HE BEGINS TO STIR!
Gavin Kirkland: Oh no… Showdown aren’t about to get first pick, and Drake Armstrong’s going to get speared out of his boots as well. Could this night get any worse?
Persephone: I have to sit through more matches. My night is already ruined.
Stew-O: Armstrong has no idea what awaits him. My best advice… don’t turn around.
Gavin Kirkland: I can’t watch. 🫣
Persephone: But I can.
Stew-O: MICHAEL MACHINA SHOOTS OUT OF THE CORNER! GOING TO SPLIT DRAKE IN HALF WITH BULLET FROM HELL! :damn:
Stew-O: WHAT THE-
Gavin Kirkland: ARMSTRONG INTERCEPTED HIM! SPINNING AROUND LAST MINUTE TO DELIVER A SHOT RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES! USING THAT FAMILY RING!
Persephone: When did he have time to slip that on?
Stew-O: LIKELY WHEN MACHINA WAS DISTRACTED WITH TLA! MACHINA RAN FULL SPEED INTO THAT PUNCH, AND DRAKE FALLS INTO THE COVER! NOT LIKE THIS!
Gavin Kirkland; AND TLA IS STILL LAID OUT BEHIND OUR ANNOUNCE TABLE! THERE MIGHT BE NO SAVING THIS!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE!!
Persephone: Did he get him?!
…
Stew-O: NO! MICHAEL MACHINA POPPED THE SHOULDER UP! STAYING ALIVE, ALBEIT HANGING ON BY A STRING!
Gavin Kirkland: DRAKE IS IRATE! THINKING HE HAD MICHAEL MACHINA BEAT RIGHT THEN AND THERE!
(Drake can’t believe it, and pounds the mat in frustration before grabbing the referee by his shirt, backing him into the corner.)
Stew-O: I believe Drake wants the referee to count faster!
Persephone: That makes two of us. Please, get this over with.
(Drake looks over his shoulder, and notices Machina beginning to stir, so turns his attention away from the referee as he lines Machina up in the corner with that family ring still on his finger.)
Stew-O: Drake is urging for Machina to get up…
Gavin Kirkland: AND GOES FOR ANOTHER SHOT BETWEEN THE EYES WITH THAT RING! BUT MACHINA DUCKS UNDERNEATH IT THIS TIME!
Stew-O: DRAKE SPINS AROUND- BUT GETS CAUGHT WITH A KICK TO THE GUT! MICHAEL PULLS HIM IN, AND LIFTS DRAKE UP IN POSITION FOR THE .50 CAL!
Gavin Kirkland: BUT WAIT! DRAKE ARMSTRONG STILL HAS THAT RING ON HIS FINGER! RAISING IT UP!
Stew-O: .50 CAL! MACHINA DROPPED FOR THAT SITOUT POWERBOMB BEFORE DRAKE COULD CONNECT WITH THE PUNCH! AND CRAWLS INTO THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Gavin Kirkland: SPRINGBOARD LEGDROP!
Persephone: :roman:
Stew-O: TLA CAME FROM OUT OF NOWHERE! DROPPING THE LEG ON THE BACK OF MICHAEL MACHINA’S HEAD TO BREAK UP THAT COVER! MACHINA ROLLS OFF DRAKE, AND TLA MOVES INTO THE COVER ON ARMSTRONG! LOOKING TO STEAL ONE!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE-
Gavin Kirkland: ALMOST!
Stew-O: TLA ALMOST HAD THE MATCH WON THERE! BUT DRAKE ARMSTRONG MANAGES TO KICKOUT!
Persephone: Ughhhh. :noah:
(TLA maintains his composure after the kickout from Drake Armstrong, and turns his attention to more pressing matters while his opponent’s stunned.)
Gavin Kirkland: What’s TLA doing?
(TLA pins Drake’s arm down with his knee, and pulls the family ring from off his finger while Drake attempts to use his other hand to swat TLA away, although they are feeble, being stunned still from that .50 Cal Powerbomb.)
Stew-O: TLA HAS GOT THE RING!
(TLA contemplates putting it on, but has another idea as he drags Drake Armstrong up to both knees.)
Gavin Kirkland: OH, CMON! ADDING INSULT TO INJURY!
Stew-O: TLA IS SHOVING THAT RING INTO DRAKE’S MOUTH, AND DELIVERS A SUPERKICK THAT CAUSES IT TO GO FLYING!
Persephone: Ha! If only he made him swallow it instead.
Gavin Kirkland: Pause.
Persephone: I know you aren’t talking-
Stew-O: TLA sets his sights on Michael Machina as Drake Armstrong rolls away, trying to pull himself up in the corner. Machina has gotten to all fours, and TLA needs to act fast before he fully regains his bearings.
Gavin Kirkland: TLA stands Machina back up, and slams him FACE FIRST off the top turnbuckle! TLA FOLLOWS IT UP WITH A VERY STIFF, VERY MEXICAN UPPERCUT IN THE CORNER! THAT EUROPEAN UPPERCUT NO DOUBT JACKING MACHINA’S JAW!
Stew-O: TLA TURNS TO DRAKE IN THE OPPOSITE CORNER, AND RUSHES INTO HIM AS WELL WITH A RUNNING MEXICAN UPPERCUT! TLA GOES TO FOLLOW THAT UP, CHARGING TOWARD MACHINA!
Gavin Kirkland: BUT TLA HITS BACK FIRST INTO THE CORNER AS MACHINA SIDE STEPS, AND CHARGES TOWARD ARMSTRONG WITH A RUNNING CLOTHESLINE IN HIS!
Stew-O: MACHINA KEEPS THE MOMENTUM GOING, CRASHING INTO TLA WITH ANOTHER RUNNING CLOTHESLINE IN HIS CORNER! BUT MACHINA TURNS AROUND-
Gavin Kirkland: HALBERD FROM HELL!!
Stew-O: ARMSTRONG SHOT OUT OF HIS CORNER WITH A HALBERD FROM HELL! SENDING MACHINA DIRECTLY INTO TLA WITH THE SHOTGUN DROPKICK!
Persephone: A lame name for a lame finisher.
Gavin Kirkland: MACHINA COLLAPSES DOWN TO THE CANVAS, AND ROLLS OUT ONTO HIS KNEES, STRUGGLING TO GET BACK UP! TLA STAGGERS FROM OUT THE CORNER, STICKING CLOSE TO THE ROPES, AND DROPS TO A KNEE AS ARMSTRONG RUNS OFF THE OPPOSITE SET OF ROPES!
Stew-O: ONLY FOR TLA TO USE DRAKE’S OWN MOMENTUM AGAINST HIM! SENDING ARMSTRONG UP AND OVER HIS SHOULDER! LANDING ONTO MACHINA WITH A CROSSBODY!
Gavin Kirkland: UNINTENTIONAL TEAMWORK THERE FROM DRAKE AND TLA!
Stew-O: SPEAKING OF, TLA’S WHEELS ARE BEGINNING TO TURN AS BOTH DRAKE AND MACHINA STIR ON THE OUTSIDE! RISING BACK TO THEIR FEET! TLA RUNS OFF THE ROPES, AND WIPES BOTH MEN OUT WITH A TOPE CON HILO!!!
Gavin Kirkland: WOW!
Persephone: Calm down. It wasn’t *that* impressive.
Stew-O: RESPECTFULLY, I BEG TO DIFFER! BUT TLA POPS TO HIS FEET, FIRED UP FROM THE ADRENALINE COURSING THROUGH HIS VEINS AT THE MOMENT! AND ROLLS MICHAEL MACHINA BACK INSIDE THE RING! MACHINA RETURNS TO HIS FEET RATHER QUICKLY, AND WANDERS RIGHT INTO A KICK TO THE GUT!
Gavin Kirkland: MACHINA GETS DOUBLED OVER, AND TLA GOES FOR ANOTHER MEXICAN DESTROYER! HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO HIT THIS MOVE ALL MATCH!
Persephone: Bummer. He’ll have to keep trying.
Stew-O: YES, BECAUSE MICHAEL MACHINA COUNTERS BY HOOKING BOTH LEGS! TRIPPING TLA DOWN TO THE CANVAS FOR A SLINGSHOT CATAPULT INTO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE! TLA STAGGERS BACK, AND INTO THE CLUTCHES OF MICHAEL MACHINA FOR A BACK SUPLEX CUTTER!
Gavin Kirkland: MICHAEL MOVES INTO THE COVER AS TLA ROLLS ONTO HIS BACK!
ONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHRRRRRRRR-
Stew-O: JUST NOT ENOUGH AS TLA GOT THE SHOULDER UP! BUT MICHAEL MACHINA IMMEDIATELY USES THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ROLL TLA ONTO HIS BELLY! SETTING HIM UP FOR THE CALLISTO CLUTCH!
Gavin Kirkland: BUT TLA SLIPS OUT BEHIND MACHINA BEFORE HE COULD FULLY APPLY THAT CAMEL CLUTCH! MICHAEL SPINS AROUND, AND WENT FOR A CLOTHESLINE! BUT TLA DUCKS UNDERNEATH IT, AND NAILS HIM WITH A CARTEL KICK!
Stew-O: PELE KICK FROM TLA! BUT IT DOESNT DROP MACHINA AS HE STAGGERS BACK AGAINST THE ROPES BEFORE DOUBLING OVER SLIGHTLY AS HE CAN BARELY STAND!
Gavin Kirkland: A LIGHT BULB SEEMS TO HAVE GONE OFF IN TLA’S HEAD AS HE BOUNCES OFF THE OPPOSITE SET OF ROPES! BUILDING MOMENTUM FOR DESMADRE! THAT REBOUND SITOUT POWERBOMB ONTO MACHINA!
Stew-O: BUT AS HE’S TRYING TO GET HIM HOISTED- DRAKE ARMSTRONG HOPS ONTO THE APRON, AND SLINGSHOTS HIMSELF FOR A SUNSET FLIP ONTO TLA! MICHAEL MACHINA TIMBERS OVER ONTO THE CANVAS AS DRAKE ARMSTRONG MIGHT STEAL ONE HERE!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Persephone: Any hope I had of there being a God disappears as TLA kicks out.
Gavin Kirkland: TLA CLICKED HIS HEELS TOGETHER, CRUSHING DRAKE’S HEAD BETWEEN THEM! AND BOTH COMPETITORS SCRAMBLE BACK TO THEIR FEET! TLA IS THE QUICKER TO DRAW WITH A RIGHT HAND! BUT DRAKE ARMSTRONG RESPONDS BACK IN KIND!
Stew-O: BOTH COMPETITORS HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN A SLUGFEST! THROWING RAPID FIRE RIGHTS WITH NO SIGNS OF STOPPAGE! TLA THROWS A WILD RIGHT- BUT DRAKE ARMSTRONG DUCKS UNDER IT, AND TLA SPINS AROUND INTO A REAR WAISTLOCK FROM ARMSTRONG!
Gavin Kirkland: TLA SENSES HE COULD BE IN TROUBLE, AND LANDS BACK ELBOW AFTER BACK ELBOW! MANAGING TO BREAK THE GRIP OF ARMSTRONG, AND TLA GETS FREE TO RUN OFF THE ROPES! BUT REBOUNDS RIGHT INTO A SPINEBUSTER FROM ARMSTRONG!
Stew-O: DRAKE EXHAUSTEDLY HOOKS THE LEG FOR A COVER! WANTING THIS TO BE OVER!
Persephone: That makes two of us.
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRR-
Gavin Kirkland: SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY! TLA IS STILL IN IT!
Stew-O: MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF DRAKE ARMSTRONG!
Gavin Kirkland: DRAKE DOES A BETTER JOB AT LEAST OF KEEPING HIS EMOTION IN CHECK THIS TIME, HOWEVER! AND BRINGS TLA BACK TO HIS FEET- BUT TLA GETS A SECOND WIND! DRIVING DRAKE BACK FIRST INTO THE CORNER, AND LIFTS HIM TO THE TOP ROPE! TLA CLIMBS UP THERE HIMSELF, AND GOES TO CONNECT WITH AN AVALANCHE HURRICANRANA!
Stew-O: BUT DRAKE ROLLS TLA THROUGH TO HIS FEET! AND TLA GOES FOR A CLOTHESLINE- BUT DRAKE DUCKS UNDERNEATH, AND HOOKS HIM UP FOR NATURAL TALENT! HALF NELSON, HALF CHICKENWING SUPLEX! DUMPING TLA HIGH ON HIS NECK AND SHOULDERS WITH A BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE BY ARMSTRONG!
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Gavin Kirkland: MICHAEL MACHINA! BUT NOT IN THE WAY WE THOUGHT AS HE LEAPS OVER ARMSTRONG‘S BODY, NOT IMMEDIATELY BREAKING UP THE PIN!
Persephone: Is he stupid?
THHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE-
Stew-O: ALMOST A THREE COUNT UNTIL MIKEY SCORES WITH A STANDING MOONSAULT ONTO ARMSTRONG! BREAKING UP THE PIN, AND COLLAPSING DRAKE’S BRIDGE IN THE PROCESS! DRAKE STRUGGLES BACK TO HIS FEET, FAVORING THE RIBS!
Gavin Kirkland: MEANWHILE, MICHAEL MACHINA IS BUILDING MOMENTUM AS DRAKE DOES RETURN TO A VERTICAL BASE! RUNNING BACK AND FORTH OFF THE ROPES UNTIL… A DEVASTATING BULLET FROM HELL!!!
Stew-O: MACHINA ALMOST SPLIT DRAKE ARMSTRONG IN HALF, AND WATCHES AS DRAKE ROLLS OUT UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM ROPE! HOLDING HIS RIBS IN EXTREME AMOUNTS OF PAIN!
Persephone: But of course, the big lug forgets he’s in a triple threat match instead of a one-on-one, focusing too much attention on the opponent outside the ring.
Gavin Kirkland: AND TLA LOOKS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE WITH A SCHOOL BOY FROM BEHIND! ROLLING MACHINA THROUGH TO A KNEE! TLA PULLS HIM IN A FOR A MEXICAN DESTROYER! AGAIN, HAVING TRIED ALL MATCH TO HIT!
Stew-O: BUT MICHAEL MACHINA BACK BODY DROPS HIS WAY OUT OF IT! TLA LANDS ON HIS FEET, AND MACHINA GOES FOR A CLOTHESLINE! BUT TLA DUCKS UNDER IT, AND BOTH GO RUNNING OFF OPPOSING ROPES WITH TLA GETTING CAUGHT WITH A BULLET FROM HELL!!
Gavin Kirkland: MICHAEL MACHINA CAUGHT HIM WITH THE BULLET FROM HELL, AND HOOKS THE LEG FOR A COVER!!
ONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
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Persephone: Finally!
Stew-O: NOT SO FAST, PERSEPHONE! DRAKE ARMSTRONG MUSTERED UP ENOUGH STRENGTH TO DRAG THE REFEREE OUT UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM ROPE!
(The referee immediately reprimands Drake, who couldn’t care less with the arrogant, albeit slightly pained grin on his face as he collapses down to a knee, using the apron for further assistance.)
Gavin Kirkland: MICHAEL MACHINA IS IRATE, AND REACHES THROUGH THE MIDDLE ROPE! DRAGGING DRAKE BACK INSIDE THE RING-
Stew-O: LOW BLOW! DRAKE DROPPED TO HIS KNEE, AND UPPERCUTTED MICHAEL IN THE FAMILY JEWELS!
Persephone: Might have been the smartest thing he’s done thus far.
Gavin Kirkland: MACHINA DROPS TO A KNEE, AND DRAKE SCOOTS BACK INTO THE CORNER! A SMUG EXPRESSION FORMING ON HIS FACE AS HE SHOOTS OUT THE CORNER FOR HALBERD FROM HELL!
Stew-O: BUT MICHAEL MACHINA POPS DRAKE UP IN POSITION FOR A POWERBOMB, AND SLAMS HIM DOWN ONTO TLA WITH THAT .50 CAL POWERBOMB!
Gavin Kirkland: DRAKE ROLLS OFF TLA, AND MACHINA SLOWLY PULLS HIMSELF ON TOP OF TLA FOR THE COVER, KNOWING THAT TLA WAS JUST HIT WITH THE BULLET FROM HELL AND HAD DRAKE GET HIT WITH THE .50 CAL ON TOP OF HIM RIGHT AFTER!!!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Bella Braxton: HERES YOUR WINNER… MICHAEL MACHINA!
(“Apostle’s Warning” by Mobb Deep plays as Michael Machina rolls off of TLA. The fans in attendance begin to loudly cheer for the former World Champion, who begins to slowly sit up as both TLA and Drake Armstrong are still seen writhing in pain on the canvas. Michael Machina slowly pushes himself up, still feeling the effects of that match.)
Persephone: Voltage wins- yada, yada, yada. First draft pick, whatever.
Stew-O: You should be a lot more excited, you never know who is joining the Gold brand! The draft is so unpredictable, that despite all three of these men fighting for different brands, they could all end up on the same brand if things play out that way!
Persephone: I just know we better not waste our time getting a shitter.
Gavin Kirkland: Well, congratulations to Michael Machina for the victory in a fantastic opening match. It’s a shame, though. Now Voltage gets the first pick instead of Showdown. :mjcry:
(Machina has his hand raised by the referee, and there’s a focused look on his face as he prepares for the season ahead of him. Michael Machina continues to celebrate as the camera fades elsewhere.)
(A graphic showing the various faces of members of the EAW Roster is shown, rapidly going through every person before finally stopping.)
(“Another World” by Gojira starts to play throughout the arena as the Los Angeles crowd stand up and start to boo loudly. Silas World slowly walks out and followed by him are Donovan Duke, the National Elite Champion, Harper Lee, and Brianna Hill. They do not look happy after what happened at Pain For Pride)
Steve-O: Talk about some pissed off people, Silas World definitely planted their flag in the EAW. Donovan Duke, Harper Lee, and Brianna Hill are all wrestling on a different level now, but even from afar on Dynasty, it was not a good weekend for Silas World.
Persephone: Uh no. They lost three matches and two titles, their Pain For Pride sucked.
Gavin Kirkland: That might be true, but Silas is a man that looks at the silver lining, they did gain the National Elite Championship.
(They walk into the ring, it is obvious that Ronan Malosi is missing as all four are in, Donovan Duke still has bandages on his mouth and jaw, Harper Lee the only one in her wrestling gear as she has a match later tonight. Silas takes the mic. The theme dies down.)
Crowd: SILAS SUCKS!!!! SILAS SUCKS!!!! SILAS SUCKS!!!! SILAS SUCKS!!!!
(Silas just looks around as the crowd is screaming and heckling Silas World.)
Silas Mason: Good, get it out of your system, I’m glad all of you degenerates are inside the arena and not outside setting Waymo’s on fire, but hey, just another excuse to have less transportation in this city so your lazy fat asses can sit at home and do absolutely nothing in your lives.
(The crowd boos even louder)
Crowd: F*CK YOU SILAS!!!!! F*CK YOU SILAS!!!!!! F*CK YOU SILAS!!!!!!!
Silas Mason: Yeah well f*ck you too!
(The crowd erupts again in loud boos as the chants get louder.)
Crowd: F*CK YOU SILAS!!!!! F*CK YOU SILAS!!!!!! F*CK YOU SILAS!!!!!!!
(Silas just shakes his head and continues to speak.)
Silas Mason: I know what all of you are thinking, that Pain For Pride was supposed to be the END of Silas World. That our losses would spell ultimate defeat and to cap it off, it took the Showdown roster to take away the Answers World Champion from Donovan Duke! It took three women to take the Specialist Championship from Brianna Hill!
(Silas looks angered now, he paces some in the ring while Donovan, Harper, and Brianna Hill stand quietly behind him.)
Silas Mason: As you can see we are one short, Ronan Malosi made his money and he is done with what he was paid to due, but if you THINK for one second that Silas World is going to stand by and allow the misjustices of Pain For Pride stand? Then you are wrong!
(As the crowd peppers Silas World with boos, Silas just shakes his head, obviously extremely frustrated but he turns back to the camera.)
Silas Mason: See, before the EAW, I was the most successful manager in this business! I made champions, and when I saw the talent in these three, knowing that I could take them to the top of Showdown and make them champions, turn them into what they should have been this entire time, Hall of Famers and Main Eventers, which is exactly what I did.
(He pauses)
Silas Mason: Every single Elitist in this company, all the fans around the world want to vilify us and for what? Because every single one of them and you need a group of villains to label and make your lives have some sort of distorted meaning and importance. The last six months I saw the RISE of Brianna Hill, from a member of La Familia who are all gone now, she was dead in the water until I approached her. Then she became champion.
(Silas turns to Brianna who nods knowing that is exactly how it went down before becoming the Specialist Champion.)
Silas Mason: Harper Lee was the most disrespected and overlooked wrestler in this company. As an Elitist she has won 5 straight Pain For Pride tying a great such as Minerva who I once had a working relationship with outside of the EAW. She is a former World Champion, Iconic Cup winner, and other titles, making her almost a Grand Slam champion but do any of you talk about her in that light? No, and so with my help we reminded everyone what Harper Lee was about, and she became a champion AGAIN.
(As the boos get louder, Silas turns to Harper who nods as well and holds up the National Elite championship with a smirk on her face.)
Silas Mason: And then there is Donovan Duke, an Oklahoma Gentlemen, the nicest guy in this company, and what did that get him? NOTHING! But the second he cashed in the briefcase at the last Road to Redemption, all of you started paying attention then, didn’t you! When he became the face of Showdown, you all watched, didn’t you! When he was Answers World Champion and the best this damn company has, you saw greatness unleashed, didn’t you! And that happened after he talked to me!
(Silas then turns to Donovan Duke and raises his arm as Duke can only nod and not able to say much yet after the injuries suffered at Pain For Pride.)
Silas Mason: And yet every single one of you disrespected us. Here’s the reality, last season I signed an ironclad contract with the EAW and with Kennedy Street. Kennie, honey, I get it, I really do that you feel threatened by Silas World because if anyone knows the power we have, it is you. But this is not just about Showdown, this is also about Dynasty and Voltage. My outreach is Promotion wide, and it doesn’t matter who is champion. It could be Adam Lucas, who I am a very big fan of along with his wife. It could be Cy Henderson, a legend. Or it could be Veena Adams, sniveling little bitch. Whatever the rosters, whatever the place, when Season 19 Is done?
(Silas notions the camera to get closer to him.)
Silas Mason: Every single Elitist can stand against us! Every single General Manager and Commissioner can line up the troops! Which will end in futility. It will not just be these three that stand here in unity holding gold, but others WILL join OUR cause and then? This entire company will be under my hand when it becomes?
(As he shakes in anger, Silas finally screams out.)
Silas Mason: Only ONE World…. Silas’s!
(He throws the mic down as “Another World” by Gojira starts to play throughout the arena as Silas Mason just stands there staring into the camera when he is flanked by Donovan Duke, Harper Lee, and Brianna Hill.)
Stew-O: Normally, I know that a lot of times it is all words, but I’m going to admit, that when it comes to Silas Mason, there is an aura around this man, and his resume speaks volumes. I believe every single word he says.
Persephone: Right, and he is going to find himself looking back at rosters all teaming up against him. Hey, if he wants to be General Custer then I’m sure the EAW will be fine with the role of Wounded Knee.
Gavin Kirkland: I’m surprised you know anything about history Persephone, but one thing is for sure, I saw what they are capable of firsthand, and Silas World is far from done, if anything Pain For Pride made them even MORE dangerous. Season 19 is going to be so fun!
(Silas World starts to make their way to the back as it fades to an ad for Bluer Cross/Blue Shield Health Insurance featuring two bandaged up and hospitalized EAW Elitists, that being Limmy Monaghan and Ronan Malosi fighting over the remote control to the television.)
Stephie Love: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FOLLOWING MATCH IS A FATAL FOUR WAY SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL!
Crowd: ONE FALL!
(Daisy by Ashnikko began blaring through the speakers to huge boos as Mia Santoro, the newly crowned EAW Specialists champion, strutted out onto the center of the stage with her title proudly displayed around her waist; with an arrogant stride, she began making her way down the ramp, taking the gold off her waist and flaunting it arrogantly to all of the fans booing her in the front row.)
Stephie Love: INTRODUCING FIRST! Hailing from Key West, Florida, weighing in at 115 pounds… she is the SPECIALISTS CHAMPION, THE OBSESSION, MIAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! SAAAAAANTOOOOOOOOOROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Stew-O: What a star-studded match we have tonight, or rather a GOLD-studded match as we’re about to witness the Champion’s Showcase of the EAW Draft! All of these newly crowned champions from across the three brands are going to clash tonight for dominance, and only one of the champions can walk out with the win!
Eve: First up, we’ve got the newly crowned EAW Specialists Champion, Mia Santoro! She has been convinced all season that there have been plots and conspiracies that have been stopping her from reaching the heights she felt she deserved to reach; now that she actually won at Pain for Pride and got the gold she was looking for, it seems that she feels completely vindicated for all of those thoughts!
Persephone: Ugh, what a delusional bitch.
(ULTRA INSTINCT THEME「Clash of the Gods」| EPIC VERSION by Carameii began playing to huge cheers as BRAE, with the Interwire Championship held in his hands, marched out from behind the stage curtains. He gave an intense stare at the gold and his reflection in it, before raising the gold up high and giving a warrior’s yell. He stormed down the ramp, adorning the gold over his shoulder.)
Stephie Love: INTRODUCING NEXT! Hailing from Novosibirsk, Russia, weighing in at 215 pounds… he is the INTERWIRE CHAMPION, THE IMPERIAL SYMPHONY, BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Stew-O: Sticking on the Dynasty brand, we’ve got the newly crowned Interwire Champion in BRAE, who has now won his second consecutive Pain for Pride match with a second consecutive title win at that! Last year, he ended the historic New Breed title reign of Michael Machina, and now he toppled a former world champion and then-Interwire champion, Chris Elite, to win his second title in the company!
Eve: BRAE has shown time and time again that he is one of the most fearsome wrestlers of the new generation, and he looks to define the meaning of the word elitist every time he steps between those ropes!
Persephone: Maybe he’ll do us all a favor and end this match quickly.
(‘Juno’ by Sabrina Carpenter began blaring through the speakers to loud boos as Ashlynn Quinn strutted out with the New Breed Championship displayed prominently over her shoulder; she excitedly held out the title, pointing at it and proclaiming that this is in honor of Miss Valentine before making her way down the ramp.)
Stephie Love: INTRODUCING NEXT! Hailing from Los Angeles, California, weighing in at 115 pounds… she is the NEW BREED CHAMPION, MISS VOLTAGE, ASHLYYYYYYYYYYYYN! QUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!
Stew-O: The third of the newly crowned champions is the New Breed Champion, Ashlynn Quinn, winning her first ever title in EAW! While she thought her, Bea, and Machina were all going to walk out of Pain for Pride as champions, it turned out that it was only Ashlynn with the gold once the show came to a close! Now she finds the responsibility on her to represent Voltage as Miss Voltage in this Champion’s Showcase!
Eve: Like her or hate her, Ashlynn has definitely shown a lot of growth in the years she has been in EAW, because this is no longer the pure sidekick of Veena; this is a true CHAMPION in EAW now, and she is looking to show the world she has what it takes!
Persephone: Can someone break this barbie’s face and get it over with already?
(‘Sweet Dreams’ by Eurythmics began blaring through the speakers to massive boos as Harper Lee made her way out from behind the stage curtains with the National Elite Championship held in her hands; she had a sneer on her face at the reaction, but nevertheless held the National Elite Championship up in the air, looking up at it with pride. With an arrogant stride, she made her way down the ramp, ignoring the boos of the audience.)
Stephie Love: INTRODUCING LAST! Hailing from Charlotte, North Carolina, weighing in at 118 pounds… she is the NATIONAL ELITE CHAMPION, THE TROUBLEMAKER… HAAAAAAAAARPERRRRRRRRRRR! LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Eve: Oh, look, it’s the sole survivor from Silas World after Pain for Pride! The EAW Universe made their displeasure perfectly clear when Harper Lee won the National Elite Championship, but it was made up for by the rest of Silas World getting what was coming to them throughout the biggest show of the year.
Stew-O: Harper Lee spoke about how she feels the extra pressure from that survivor’s guilt, especially the way Donovan’s title reign ended in the main event of Pain for Pride; that’s just going to make her more dangerous in this match, though, because she is going to approach it with the fervor of representing Silas World against all the other champions in the match!
Persephone: Four champions going all out, sounds like it’s going to end up being a really long match. Sigh…
Stew-O: Only ONE of the champions can walk away with the prestige of having came out on top in the champion’s showcase, and it’s time to find out which one it’ll be!
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
Stew-O: And the match is underway! All four champions are in their respective corners, with their eyes flitting from one to another; a fatal four way match is quite the difficult position to be in compared to any other standard match, because at any given moment you can be focusing on one opponent and have two more attacking you from behind at a moment’s notice!
Eve: It looks like Ashlynn Quinn acknowledges that reality as she quickly drops to the canvas and tries rolling out of the ring to bide her time and wait for a better opportunity… but that just seems to have activated the warrior spirit in the Interwire Champion, BRAE! Before the other two champions can even move a muscle, BRAE bursts out of his corner and immediately sprints towards the corner that Ashlynn just fled from!
Stew-O: And he baseball slides himself right below the bottom rope, unbeknownst to Ashlynn Quinn until he connects right with her head, crashing into her and landing them both outside the ring! Given that BRAE was the New Breed Champion just one year ago, it looks like he won’t abide by Ashlynn Quinn tainting his old gold with cowardice! He’s begun battering her outside of the ring… and now inside the ring, Harper Lee looks to take the fight to Mia Santoro! All four champions are at war right now, looking to establish dominance for their brand and for their title above all else!
Persephone: Please let someone get hurt, please let someone get hurt…
Eve: Please stop with your insane chants! In the ring, this isn’t a type of match up we get to see Harper Lee engage with that often; Mia Santoro is a rare opponent in that she’s actually Harper Lee’s size, and it’ll be interesting to see how the newly crowned Specialists Champion is able to handle a veteran and former world champion like Harper Lee!
Stew-O: They’re going strike for strike at the moment, both launching forearm smashes at each other’s heads in unison, but Harper Lee is able to break away from the sequence by ducking Mia Santoro’s final forearm smash attempt and ending up right behind her! Harper Lee takes hold of the Specialists Champion with a rear waist lock and immediately hoists her overhead and plants her upper back to the canvas with a German suplex, looking to bridge it–
Eve: But Mia Santoro kicks out before the referee can even begin a count! Harper isn’t able to hold on to the rear waist lock, and Mia Santoro is able to roll away before scrambling up to her feet! Harper Lee returns to her feet as well, and rushes straight towards Mia Santoro looking to connect with a vicious spinning backfist, but Mia Santoro is able to duck underneath in order to evade the attack!
Persephone: BOOO, LET HER CONNECT! WE WANT BLOOD!
Stew-O: Mia Santoro was actually able to reverse the maneuver as well, reaching up over her head and catching Harper’s arm in order to send her flying down to the canvas with an arm drag, but that wasn’t enough to keep Harper down for more than a second because Harper was able to roll back to her feet in a moment’s notice! Mia Santoro looks to continue that momentum as she rushes forward and attempts a high knee, but now Harper Lee is able to sidestep it, pushing Mia over into the nearby corner!
Eve: Mia is barely able to turn around before getting connected with a big European uppercut by Harper Lee, dazing her right in the corner of the ring! Harper Lee is as vicious a champion as they come, stopping at nothing in order to achieve victory, and we see that ferocity right now as she has both ropes grabbed while she delivers a ruthless barrage of kicks to the midsection of Mia Santoro, forcing her to fall to a seated position with her back against the bottom turnbuckle of the corner!
Stew-O: And Harper Lee is more than happy to take advantage of that fact as she takes a few steps back, measuring Mia Santoro up before sprinting over and sliding on the canvas to deliver a sliding elbow smash right to the face of the Specialists Champion!
Eve: As those two continue going head to head, we’ve got the Interwire and New Breed Champions, BRAE and Ashlynn Quinn, going head to head out at ringside where BRAE applies a rear waist lock with the grounded Ashlynn Quinn before deadlifting her up off the ground and dropping her right back TO the ringside floor with a deadlift German suplex! BRAE is, pound for pound, one of the strongest wrestlers we have in the ring; he may not be as big as some of our larger heavyweights, but he can definitely LIFT those heavyweights and he can lift someone of Ashlynn Quinn’s weight as well!
Stew-O: He walks over to where Ashlynn Quinn landed, looking to drag her up to her feet, but Ashlynn Quinn suddenly blasts the Interwire Champion with an elbow to the face! That was definitely a well placed elbow smash, because it causes BRAE to stagger back clutching at his face in pain, giving Ashlynn Quinn the opportunity she needed to scramble back to her feet and double up on the attack by connecting with a superkick to the face of BRAE!
Eve: That superkick was enough to send BRAE stumbling back before falling with his back up against the steel steps leading up to the corner of the ring! Ashlynn Quinn looks at the precarious position that BRAE finds himself in and gets a devious idea, apparent by that expression that suddenly appeared on her face; BRAE may be stronger than her, but even a strong opponent like that isn’t invincible!
Persephone: Oh Gawd, I think we’re about to get something good here, finally!
Stew-O: Ashlynn Quinn takes a few steps back before rushing at BRAE as quickly as she can… AND SHE CONNECTS WITH A RUNNING HIP CHECK TO THE HEAD OF BRAE, CAUSING IT TO SMASH UP AGAINST THE MASSIVE STEEL STEPS THAT HE WAS LEANING UP AGAINST!
Persephone :ahhh: I know he’s going to be feeling that for at least a week~
Eve: There is seriously something wrong with you, you know that? Nevertheless, that was definitely a well placed attack by Ashlynn Quinn, and without a doubt an impact like that with the steel steps right behind his head is sure to leave BRAE completely stunned; there was nowhere for all of that energy and momentum to go, he felt ALL of that!
Stew-O: Back in the ring, Harper Lee drags Mia Santoro up by the hair, forcing her to get back to a standing position as she connects with a heavy knee smash right to the midsection of the Obsession, which must already be sore with all of the boots that Harper managed to connect with when Mia was driven up against the corner! She drags Mia away from the corner now, though, before tucking Mia Santoro’s head underneath her arm and reaching down to grab a hold of her leg! This is a maneuver we don’t see Harper Lee unleash that often, but against someone of Mia Santoro’s size, she’s able to expand her move set to accommodate it!
Eve: SHE HOISTS MIA UP, LOOKING TO DROP HER WITH AN EXPLODER SUPLEX… but Mia Santoro is wriggling with every bit of energy she has, preventing Harper Lee from being able to get her up fully! Harper struggles as she attempts to force the maneuver to happen, but Mia Santoro completely sandbags her! Soon enough, Mia Santoro is able to drop down to the canvas as Harper gives up on the attempted attack, and this opens her up in a vulnerable position allowing Mia Santoro to grab both of Harper Lee’s ankles and sweep her legs, causing Harper to drop onto her back right down to the canvas!
Stew-O: Mia’s still got both of those ankles held, though, and uses them to flip Harper Lee over to a prone position on the canvas! Without a moment of hesitation, Mia Santoro leaps up and drops down to connect with a double foot stomp right to the back of Harper Lee, applying all of the Obsession’s body weight right through her feet and into Harper Lee’s lats! Masterful technique against a veteran with far more experience than her, this is definitely an impressive showing by the Obsession!
Eve: If she keeps this up, she may actually convince the rest of the world that all of the plots and conspiracies she’s been complaining about all season were actually true! Against the National Elite Champion and a former world champion and Iconic Cup winner like Harper Lee, this is the type of performance that shows the world that Mia Santoro is most certainly here to stay for the long run!
Persephone: If she was REALLY that good, she would send Harper Lee to the hospital!
Stew-O: The jury is still out on whether all four of these champions will be able to make it out of this match on their own two feet, but Mia Santoro looks to follow up on that as she slithers her body over the back of Harper Lee and makes her way up to the upper half of Harper’s body, where Mia Santoro immediately snakes her arm around the neck of Harper Lee and applies a guillotine chokehold! Harper Lee is in trouble now, as Mia Santoro looks to deprive the mind of the Silas World member of oxygen, and you can see the way Harper’s body immediately started writhing and flailing that this is not a position that the National Elite Champion wants to be in!
Eve: Mia Santoro keeps the hold locked in even as Harper Lee plants both of her feet on the canvas and tries to force herself into a more advantageous position; Mia is holding on to that chokehold for dear life, and now they’re both up to a standing position even with Mia leveraging herself over Harper to apply more pressure from up above! But now Harper has begun unleashing closed fist punches to the ribcage of Mia Santoro, and we saw earlier how Harper had already dedicated a good amount of her offense to damaging the midsection of the Specialists Champion! Whether this was planned or unintentional, Harper’s investment earlier in the match is paying off as each and every one of those strikes is causing Mia to cringe in great pain!
Stew-O: Soon enough, the strikes are too much to handle as Mia Santoro is forced to let go of the chokehold and stagger back, finally letting the oxygen get back to Harper’s brain! The National Elite Champion has a coughing fit as she staggers back, coping with the air finally getting back into her lungs, but Mia Santoro had Harper on the edge and doesn’t want to lose that momentum! She rushes over and attempts to connect with a running superkick! Harper Lee was able to have it scouted, though, and sidesteps the attack in the nick of time! Once again, Harper Lee is able to get Mia Santoro into the corner area as she thrust kicks the back of the Obsession to force her with her chest up against the turnbuckles this time!
Eve: Harper Lee doesn’t waste a second, though, before connecting with a lariat to the back of Mia Santoro’s head in order to force her to fall between the top and middle ropes and land out onto the apron, where Harper Lee intends to continue the onslaught! We see down at ringside, BRAE has managed to get back to his feet and now is laying into the New Breed Champion with some knife-edge chops that end up sounding more like gunshots the way they’re connecting with her chest and collarbone!
Stew-O: BRAE looks to connect with a discus clothesline, but Ashlynn Quinn is able to duck underneath the maneuver that surely would have turned her inside out with all of the force that BRAE put behind it! That force ended up being a detriment to BRAE as it caused him to stumble forward, opening up a moment of vulnerability for Ashlynn Quinn to rush towards the back of BRAE and connect with a running back elbow to send him face-first into the ringpost! The sound of BRAE’s head connecting with the ringpost sounded so painful it’s making ME cringe, and I’m far away from the action over here in my commentator’s desk!
Eve: Ashlynn Quinn looks to take advantage as she grabs BRAE by the hair from behind and continues bashing his head against the steel post, but suddenly BRAE is able to launch a heavy back elbow smash behind, connecting right where he was laying in with all of those knife-edge chops! Much like Harper Lee in the ring, BRAE’s targeting was able to benefit him in this case as he basically prepped Ashlynn Quinn to feel that back elbow smash like a bomb just exploded, and it causes the New Breed Champion to stagger back in pain!
Stew-O: BRAE reaches over to where Ashlynn Quinn is, though, and grabs a tight hold of her wrist before executing an Irish Whip towards the steel post– wait, no, it wasn’t a full Irish Whip because he actually maneuvered his legs to execute a drop toe hold while dragging Ashlynn Quinn over! That drop toe hold sent Ashlynn face-first at an angle towards the steel post, causing her to connect jaw-first with the metal! That must’ve chipped one of Miss Voltage’s teeth!
Persephone: YES! THAT’S WHAT I’M HERE FOR! AND I THINK I SEE SOME BLOOD SPILLING FROM HER MOUTH BECAUSE OF THAT IMPACT! ALRIGHT, I’M ROOTING FOR BRAE NOW!
Eve: Woah, but Ashlynn Quinn is showing a level of toughness that you wouldn’t expect from her Barbie-like appearance! She just got dropped jaw-first against the steel of the steel post, but she spits that blood out and glares back at BRAE! That didn’t knock the New Breed Champion out, it just made her even angrier! That look is saying you don’t EVER mess with a lady’s appearance, definitely not a lady like Miss Voltage, Ashlynn Quinn! BRAE just nods, though, with his heart only lusting after war, and they begin duking it out strike for strike as they launch heavy elbow smashes at each other’s heads!
Stew-O: Up on the apron, right above where they’re having that fight, Harper Lee has joined Mia Santoro and they’re now taking the fight to each other! Mia Santoro is once again looking to take back the momentum that she had against the former world champion as she keeps trying to throw Harper Lee down to the ringside floor, but Harper, veteran that she is, is able to make clever use of the ropes to not only keep her balance, but to leverage herself and get some heavy shots to land on the head of the Obsession! The tables turn as Mia Santoro starts to get driven back, and Harper Lee looks to drop her with a roundhouse kick to the side of the head!
Eve: Mia Santoro is able to dodge that roundhouse kick, though, and is actually able to switch positions with Harper Lee as a result! That ends up with Harper Lee closer to the ring post than Mia Santoro is, and Mia connects with a step-up enziguiri to the side of Harper Lee’s head in order to stun her, causing the National Elite Champion to stagger back towards the corner of the ring! Mia Santoro rushes over to where Harper Lee has staggered back and props her up onto the corner… woah, this is a precarious position for those two to be in to say the least! If they fall from that height, that’s going to be one of the most devastating impacts we’ve seen in the match thus far!
Persephone: That’s exactly what I came here to see! This is the moment I’ve been waiting for! Send that bitch to the hospital! Hell, send BOTH of them to the hospital!
Eve: :whoa:
Stew-O: Harper Lee is teetering up on the corner there, and Mia Santoro is climbing up with her as she looks to make a demonstration of the National Elite Champion right here by taking her out of the running! There’s no way… is she thinking of landing a superplex from the corner to RINGSIDE?! That’s murder… AND suicide, at that! But that’s exactly what she seems to be going for as she looks to daze Harper Lee up on the corner with some well-landed strikes to the side of the head, perhaps softening her up as she looks to tuck her head underneath her arm and hoist her up with that vertical suplex lift!
Eve: But now Harper Lee is blocking some of those shots and sending some strikes back of her own! Both of these ferocious ladies are teetering on the precipice of their potential demise and they’re trying to decide who is going to take the brunt of it as they launch these strikes back and forth… Harper seems to be picking up steam here, though, and WOAH! A HEADBUTT BY HARPER LEE! MIA SANTORO HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DAZED BY THE IMPACT OF THAT, CAUSING THE OBSESSION TO SLUMP UP AGAINST HARPER LEE… WHO SLIPS OUT FROM BETWEEN MIA AND THE CORNER, RETURNING DOWN TO THE APRON!
Stew-O: Down at the ringside floor, Ashlynn Quinn and BRAE are brawling like their lives depend on it, completely unaware of the chaos that’s going on up at ringside as their focus is entirely dedicated to each other right now! But Harper has everybody’s positions scouted out right now as she climbs the turnbuckles with Mia between her and the corner, and she’s applying a rear waist lock on her…! OH GOD, SHE’S LOOKING BACK, AND–
(CRAAAAAAAAAAASH!)
Persephone: :blessed:
Crowd: :damn: :damn: :damn:
Eve: AVALANCHE GERMAN SUPLEX! AVALANCHE GERMAN SUPLEX OUT ONTO THE RINGSIDE FLOOR! HARPER LEE JUST HIT THAT GERMAN SUPLEX, AND THEY CRASHED INTO BRAE AND ASHLYNN QUINN DOWN AT RINGSIDE! ALL FOUR CHAMPIONS ARE LAID OUT AT RINGSIDE RIGHT NOW, AND IT’S LOOKING LIKE A MORGUE HERE BECAUSE THEY’RE ALL FLATTENED LIKE CORPSES AFTER THAT DEVASTATING MANEUVER!
Stew-O: Even though it was Harper Lee who initiated that move, she took almost as much damage there as anybody else did… but Mia Santoro took the worst of it all, though, being sent down the hardest before connecting with the bodies of the Interwire and New Breed Champions! The referee gets out of the ring to check on all four of the champions, making sure they aren’t completely knocked out and injured…
Persephone: If this match ended with all four of them injured, I might actually end up going home happy tonight!
Eve: There doesn’t seem to be any indication from the referee that any of the wrestlers are injured in a way that the match would have to end, but they’re all certainly in bad shape! At this point, all four of them are struggling in an attempt to stagger back to their feet; no matter what, they won’t be able to win the match out here! Harper Lee is the first one to get back to their feet, using our commentator’s desk as a grip to help her leverage herself up, but the pained expression on her face lets us know exactly how bad that landing hurt her! On the other side of the wreckage, BRAE staggers up with his head clutched in pain; it looks like the impact of the Avalanche German Suplex caused his head to collide with the edge of our commentator’s desk, and it’s definitely left him worse for wear!
Stew-O: That warrior’s spirit in BRAE doesn’t let him stay down, though; if there’s one thing everybody knows the Imperial Symphony for, it’s the fact that he is unwilling to give up until his body completely collapses on him! He staggers forward towards Harper Lee, but Harper Lee, being the less hurt of the two after that tremendous impact, was able to preempt BRAE’s attempt at offense by connecting with a swift knee lift to the jaw of the Interwire Champion, which stunned him enough to give Harper Lee the opportunity to roll him into the ring! Harper Lee staggers onto the apron herself, once again scaling the corner of the ring as she looks to take to the skies in order to put BRAE down! Unlike Mia, BRAE is significantly heavier than Harper and thus Harper will have to rely more on her striking and high-flying offense to be able to effectively target the Interwire Champion!
Eve: Now on the outside of the ring, Ashlynn slowly comes to, with Mia Santoro doing the same; with both women right next to each other as they try staggering up, it’s a race to see who will be able to get into the ring in order to pursue victory in this match! However, neither of them are willing to let the other go, as they’ve both begun firing off punches against each other on their knees as they try to put the other down for good!
Stew-O: Up on the corner, Harper Lee dives at BRAE with a diving crossbody, turning her own body into a weapon in order to put the Imperial Symphony down! AND IT CONNECTS! BUT WAIT, BRAE JUST ROLLED THROUGH THE IMPACT OF THE CROSSBODY AND HE HAS HARPER LEE LIFTED IN A BODY SLAM HOLD AS HE, WITH SHAKING KNEES, STAGGERS BACK TO HIS FEET! HE THROWS HARPER LEE UP IN THE AIR BEFORE DROPPING HER BY THE GUT ON BOTH OF HIS KNEES! GUTCHECK CONNECTS ON HARPER LEE, DROPPING THE NATIONAL ELITE CHAMPION TO THE CANVAS!
Eve: Ashlynn Quinn and Mia Santoro are back on their feet as they duke it out on the outside, and Mia Santoro attempts a superkick to the knee, going for her signature Two for the Road maneuver… but Ashlynn Quinn did her homework as she jumps up in the air to avoid it, and instead Ashlynn launches a jumping lariat of her own to target the head of Mia! BUT MIA IS ABLE TO DODGE THAT AND SCURRIES PAST ASHLYNN TOWARDS THE RING! ASHLYNN MAKES HASTE AS SHE CHASES HER! MIA RUSHES INTO THE RING WHERE–
Stew-O: BRAE IS UNLEASHING HIS OWN SIGNATURE MACHINE GUN CHOPS ONTO HARPER LEE, JUST ABSOLUTELY CUTTING HER APART AS WE START TO SEE BLISTERS START TO APPEAR ON HER CHEST! IN FACT, SOME OF THOSE MACHINE GUN CHOPS ARE EVEN ANGLED HIGHER TO CONNECT WITH THE HEAD OF HARPER LEE, AND THIS IS JUST AN ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL ASSAULT! BRAE IS PUTTING ALL OF HIS ENERGY INTO THIS!
Eve: LITERALLY ALL OF HIS ENERGY! HE’S GASSING HIMSELF OUT, AND HE’S BARELY ABLE TO THROW ANOTHER CHOP AT THIS POINT! BUT HARPER LEE IS LAID OUT ON THE CANVAS, WITH THOSE BLISTERS LOOKING REDDER THAN EVER; BRAE JUST HAS TO SUMMON ENOUGH ENERGY TO DROP HER RIGHT HERE TO WIN THE MATCH! BREATHING HEAVILY, BRAE TAKES AIM AT HARPER LEE AND SIGNALS FOR THE H-BOMB! HE RUSHES FORWARD AND LAUNCHES HIS ENTIRE BODY AT HER HEAD, THE H-BOMB! HE LAUNCHES THE H-BOMB!
Stew-O: BUT HARPER LEE JUST BARELY MANAGED TO ROLL OUT OF THE WAY IN THE NICK OF TIME! BRAE JUST CRASHED INTO THE CANVAS FROM HIS OWN FINISHING MANEUVER! MIA SANTORO SEES HARPER LEE REACHING TOWARDS BRAE AND QUICKLY SHOVES HARPER OUT OF THE WAY AS SHE LOOKS TO GO FOR THE PIN ON BRAE RIGHT FROM THAT MISSED H-BOMB! HARPER IS REACHING FOR MIA TO STOP IT, BUT THOSE MACHINE GUN CHOPS ARE WEIGHING DOWN ON HER!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
THREEEEEEEEEE
Persephone: OH COME ON! ASHLYNN QUINN JUST SHOVED MIA OFF OF BRAE! AND NOW ASHLYNN GOES TO PIN BRAE–
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Stew-O: DRAGON FIST! DRAGON FIST JUST CONNECTED ON ASHLYNN QUINN FROM HARPER LEE, RIGHT ON THE JAW, KNOCKING HER OFF OF BRAE AS WELL! MIA SANTORO GETS ON HER HANDS AND KNEES AS SHE REACHES FOR BRAE, BUT HARPER GRABS BOTH OF MIA’S WRISTS AND- OH MY GOD!
Eve: MIA SANTORO HAS BEEN FLATTENED! SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR! SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR! THE ARM TRAPPED CURB STOMP JUST DROPPED MIA’S HEAD INTO THE CANVAS, AND NOW HARPER LEE HAS BOTH OF HER LEGS HOOKED AS SHE GOES FOR THE PIN!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
Stephie Love: HERE IS YOUR WINNER… THE NATIONAL ELITE CHAMPION, HARPEEEEEEEEEEEER! LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
(‘Sweet Dreams’ by Eurythmics began blaring through the speakers once again to deafening boos as the Silas World faction’s champion rolls away from BRAE and Ashlynn with a smug, exhausted smile on her face. The referee helps her to her feet before she shoves him away and takes her National Elite Championship to hoist into the air in triumph.)
Stew-O: What a hard-fought bout from all four of these champions! All four of them came inches away from victory in their own right, but at the end of the day, Harper Lee was able to maneuver through all of the obstacles in the match and was ultimately able to put Mia Santoro down and prevent both Ashlynn and BRAE from getting victory!
Persephone: Thank Gawd it’s finally over…
Eve: If this match showed anything, it’s that all four of these champions are fearsome and clever warriors in their own rights; BRAE’s intensity, Mia and Ashlynn’s devious tactics and hard-hitting strikes, and ultimately, Harper Lee’s experience and wrestling acumen all show exactly why they’re champions! At the end of the day, only one of them could win, and for tonight Harper Lee ended up on top; congratulations to the National Elite Champion!
(The video feed lingers as Harper Lee fights through the pain to flaunt her National Elite Championship triumphantly, with deafening boos raining down from the crowd, before fading to black.)
(A graphic showing the various faces of members of the EAW Roster is shown, rapidly going through every person before finally stopping.)
(‘I2I’ by Magnolia Park cuts through the arena speakers. The fans cheer, and they only get louder as Raven Roberts and Rex McAllister, known collectively as Fire & Ice, come out with a sight that is new yet familiar — the EAW Unified Tag Team Championships. It had been years since they last held tag team gold together, and with the ups and downs they faced all throughout season 18, this one was a sweet win.)
(The two look around, waving to the fans as they make their way down to the ring. Their all smiles. Their pride, and relief, simply couldn’t be contained.)
Stephie Love: Laaaadies aaaand gentlemeeeeen, please welcome at this time… the NEW EAW Unified Tag Team Chaaampiooooons..! FIIIIIIIREEEEE AAAAAAND IIIIIIICEEEEEE!!!
(The two get inside, already having their microphones in ther respective hands. However, as they stand within the center, the spotlight shining down on them and the titles, it becomes an even bigger moment for them. Rex lets out an exhale, saying ‘*wow*’ as it all soaks in for him. Raven nods, and she seems to be even more emotional as she looks out into the sea of fans. Their theme fades, and they can hear the EAW Universe’s love and support wholly.)
Crowd: YOU DE-SERVE IT! 👏👏👏👏 YOU DE-SERVE IT! 👏👏👏👏 YOU DE-SERVE IT! 👏👏👏👏
(Both of them nod, taking in everything. Raven looks around, and she raises her mic to speak.)
Raven Roberts: Well, thank you. However, as cliched as it’s going to sound… we didn’t *just* deserve this championships: we EARNED them!
Crowd: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :blessed:
(Raven takes a deep breath before she continues.)
Raven Roberts: Of course, Rex and I made it known all last season how we wanted to be champions together. If it came from tag team gold, great! Singles? Great! It didn’t matter. All we wanted was to succeed right alongside each other, because we are each other’s biggest fans and motivators. Rex coming back helped push me to return and amend some things. Without him? I don’t even know if I would be here.
Raven Roberts: And I mean that. It’s not to be dramatic. Rex helped rekindle my confidence and love for this sport. It was aggravating hearing people say how he let the ball drop from his hands when a year ago, it seemed like he was poised to be the one to take down Charlie Marr. It was just an unfortunate slip, yet for that to have been the prevailing narrative to come out of season seventeen…? It was annoying. And of course, I had gone through my own issues. Went to war with various people, thought I would be grand slam, only for that to not happen. Considering I’ve been propped as someone who just needed that *one* more push before I became a name worthy of being in the Hall of Fame one day… I will admit that it did eat at me for a bit. But now?
(Raven smiles down at the title around her waist.)
Raven Roberts: This is the most *alive* I have ever felt.
(The fans applaud. Raven smiles over at Rex, who reciprocates the heartfelt gesture.)
Rex McAllister: Absolutely. And I feel the same thing. Granted, I never cared for the noise surrounding my name; I know my own failures better than anyone here. Besides, I was someone who once was seen as an Elitist who should’ve *never* been a world champion. For as much as people deem to be the model and standard that everyone else should aspire to, it wasn’t always the case.
Crowd: :wow:
Rex McAllister: But learning to drown out the excess chatter is good. If I was someone who was never truly secure in my talent and hard work, I wouldn’t have been a world champion, a Grand Rampage winner, a Pain for Pride main eventer, a Hall of Famer, and I *certainly* wouldn’t be able to stand here and persist in this new era right alongside my amazing wife.
(He gives a closed-eye smile, reminiscing on everything he has been able to do in his career.)
Rex McAllister: … and, well, good thing she seemed to have gotten that same trait during the marriage. :troll:
Raven Roberts: Okay, Casanova, settle down.
Crowd: :mjlol: !!
Rex McAllister: Alright, I’ll be serious! Heaven forbid someone as plain and vanilla as me shows a bit of personality now. 😉
Rex McAllister: But yeah… Raven talks about how I helped her, but she has helped me out. I kept going as hard as I did, aside from always being one stubborn son of a gun by nature, because I truly did believe in us. I knew we could get to this point, and granted, it wasn’t easy. Elysium are two men who absolutely *deserve* the faith they continue to get, and while Halsey Neel and Pandora Paisley of the British Invasion aren’t going to be coming along to any family get-togethers… those two women are *tough*. We can talk about their attitudes all day long, but they grew, and for them to have been one month shy of beating a record that has stood for six years now is a testament to how truly dangerous they are. Rest up well, Halsey.
(The fans give a mixed reaction to this; any cheers for them were mainly for the sake of being nice as the former tag team champions have never been well-liked. However, Rex and Raven remain firm with their thoughts.)
Raven Roberts: Yeah, and if any of those two teams wish to come and duke it with us one more time? They know where to find us. Because we aren’t going to be losing these titles ANYTIME soon!
(Raven says that with a lot of vigor behind her words. The fans eat it up, loving the confidence.)
Raven Roberts: After all, from the start of season eighteen until its literal end, Rex and I had to go through uphill battle after uphill battle. We got these at Pain for Pride, which makes this all the more special for us, especially when Rex and I have won big at that show before, but that doesn’t mean we’re content with having the cheesy fairytale ending: we want to be the **best.**
Rex McAllister: And we *are* the best. But we aren’t gonna stand around running our mouths off about that. No. Fire & Ice have always been about action first, words second, and that isn’t gonna change.
(Rex cracks a smirk.)
Rex McAllister: So, this season? Any team is allowed to step up. We won’t back down. However, just know we’re still here to further define our legacies, and there’s no better way of us getting to do that by being the Unified Tag Team Champions *again*….
Raven Roberts: …*together*.
(Raven and Rex embrace once another, smiling as ‘I2I’ blares out one more time. The fans come to a rise, cheering and supporting them fully!)
(With that, the Draft Show fades elsewhere…)
(A commercial plays advertising tourism to Cancun, featuring Milli Banks and Halsey Neel ENJOYING RETIREMENT there, broke foot and all. 🥥🧉☀️)
(The camera cuts to Gina Romano in the ring.)
Gina Romano: The following contest is scheduled for one fall!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!
( Many Men- 50 Cent hits to loud cheers from the crowd. )
Gina Romano: Introducing first from Brooklyn, New York, weighing in at 210 pounds he is “UNCLE” CHRIS ELIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
( Chris Elite makes his way down to ringside slapping hands with the fans. He looks to be in a good mood despite what happened at Pain for Pride. )
Eve: Chris Elite may have lost the Interwire Championship at Pain for Pride but he is still a legend and one of the greatest of all time! And tonight he intends to show what he is all about!
Deadprez: This is facts. Chris Elite is never a competitor to be taken lightly. He can and will beat anyone in this game and this season I am expecting him to reach new heights.
Gavin Kirkland: Chris has his work cut out for him this week tho! Can he pull it off?!?!
( “Dragonborn” by Jeremy Soule hits to more loud cheers from the crowd. )
Gina Romano: And his opponent from New York City, New York weighing in at 195 pounds he is BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIAN DANIELSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
(Brian Daniels makes his way down to the ring looking focused as he briefly celebrates with the fans but then enters the ring getting right to business.)
Eve: Brian Daniels is also looking to rebound after Pain for Pride but like Chris Elite he is not worrying about it too much and instead focusing on getting right back on track.
Deadprez: Brian is all fight and we are going to see that here tonight!
Gavin Kirkland: The history these two men have in EAW goes way back this week we saw them discussing some truly ancient lore. It all comes to a head here at the Draft Show! Who will win it???
(DING! DING! DING!)
Eve: This match is underway as these two grizzled veterans collide! They slowly pace around the ring methodically before locking up in the middle of the ring. They begin fighting each other for position in the ring as Chris Elite manages to overpower Brian Daniels and shove him backwards into the ropes. However, Brian ducks under the bottom rope and the referee calls for the break!
Referee: ONE! TWO! THR-
Deadprez: But Chris Elite quickly breaks it up not even waiting for the referee to keep on counting. Back to the middle of the ring again and they extend their fingers out towards each other looking to lock up yet again. But Brian Daniels ducks underneath the arms of Chris Elite and across the ring. Chris looks annoyed as he suddenly slaps the shit out of Brian! Brian whirls around and swings at Chris but Chris hits him with a Dropkick into the ropes! And Chris rushes the ropes and flips Brian up and over the top to the outside of the ring!
Eve: Big time moves there from the former Interwire Champion! Brian Daniels is raging on the outside of the ring! He gets back up as Chris grabs the top rope and throws himself over! But Brian smartly rolls under the bottom rope and back into the ring! Chris is going to crash and bur-
Deadprez: No! Chris smartly grabbed the top rope and swung his legs around up onto the apron! Good call as that would have been disastrous for his chances in this match.
Gavin Kirkland: Chris is now out on the apron as Brian is taunting him from inside the ring. And I can’t quite make out what they are saying but it is obviously not making Chris happy! He gets back into the ring and glares at Brian but Chris isn’t letting it throw him off his game. He is going right back to circle with his opponent around the ring. They lock up and it looks like we are back to square one!
Eve: The grapple quickly turns into a Side Headlock from Brian on Chris. But Chris backs Brian into the ropes and sends him across the ring! Leapfrog! On the rebound Chris grabs Brian with a Belly to Be-
Deadprez: No! Brian Daniels with a somersault across the ring in the opposite direction smartly evading! Brian runs across the ring and hits Chris with a Diving Double Forearm knocking him down to the mat! Chris quickly gets back up and Brian hits him with a-
Eve: No! Chris smartly rolls to the outside of the ring and pulls himself up on the floor! But Brian out onto the apron now! Brian runs across the apron and hits a Running Knee Strike on Chris to the skull! Chris collapses to the ground and that might have been the first really big difference maker in this match! Chris just got his entire skull rocked from the impact of that strike!
Deadprez: Chris isn’t unconscious but he was definitely feeling that. But Brian is quickly taking advantage and grabs Chris and throws him back into the ring. Clearly he is looking to take advantage here! Chris slowly gets back up as Brian stalks him… Brian with another Running Knee Strike to the head! He got all of it! Brian to the cover!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: But Chris Elite gets the shoulder up! That was a two count this early in the match! That just goes to show how devastating Brian Daniels’ kicks can really be!
Eve: Brian pulls Chris back up and hooks the arm! Suplex incoming! No! Chris sandbags in and then charges towards the corner! Chris gores Brian into the corner and then begins to unload with repeated Shoulder Thrusts! Chris is really laying into Brian here before grabbing him with a Snapmare Takedown into the ring! Chris goes to the middle rope and hits a Flying Senton Bomb! Chris to the cover!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Deadprez: Brian Daniels kicks out! But he might regret it as Chris begins to light up his back with hard repeated kicks! Chris kicking the shit out of Brian before locking him into a headlock and tearing at the hair and beard of his opponent! Brian might be wishing that he was as bald and hairless as Chris Elite is right now!
Eve: He might be after this match as Chris is yanking and tearing at the hair of Brian! The referee is warning him. He backs up and gets up whipping Brian into the corner! But Brian pulls himself up onto the top rope and throws himself backwards at Chris! But Chris had it scouted and grabs him from behind and hits a modified German Suplex! Brian took all of that on his neck before pulling himself up in the corner! And a hard back chop to the chest from Chris! And another! And another! And now Chris grabs the neck of Bria-
Deadprez: But Brian suddenly yanks Chris forward into the corner sending him head first into the middle turnbuckle padding! Damn he turned the tides out of nowhere! Brian then jumps up from behind Chris and comes down on him with a double knee strike to the back of the neck! Chris is flattened as he slides under the bottom ropes but Brian grabs him and prevents him from leaving! Brian lifts up Chris and sets him on the top rope before hitting a Leaping Dropkick! Chris goes flying off the top rope and crashes down onto the apron back first! Brian is following up! Chris gets back up on the apron and Brian grabs him by the arm and leads him up to the top rope! And Brian is following Chris up the top rope! Looking for a Superplex here! Can Brian execute it for the win?!?!
Gavin Kirkland: No! Chris slips out under the legs of Brian and yanks him down off the top rope! Brian goes face first hard into the middle of the ring crashing and burning! Brian rolls back up but Chris hits him with a Diving Crossbody! Chris rolls through and runs across the ring with a Running Kick to the gut as Brian sits back up! Chris falls back on him with a Standing Moonsault for the cover!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: THR-
Eve: Kickout by Brian Daniels! It is going to take more than that to put a legend like Brian Daniels away and Chris Elite knows this!
Deadprez: Chris climbs on top of Brian and begins throwing punches! But Brian rolls over and throws Chris off! Brian begins throwing punches too! Both men on their knees now exchanging blows as they get back up while slugging it out! Chris catches the arm of Brian and hooks it! Chris grabs Brian and throws him backwards with a Snap Suplex! And Brian is sent flying back first into the corner smashing his spine into the turnbuckle before slowly sliding off and crashing down on his neck! Chris pulls him out of the corner and picks Brian u-
Eve: But Brian with a headbutt! Brian fights back out of nowhere now and slugs back against Chris across the ring! But Chris with strikes and punches and kicks and back elbows of his own! Chris Elite with a Running Discus Lariat as he takes Brian down to the ground! Brian is in pain now as he pulls himself up in the corner! And Chris runs in with a Leaping Clothesline! Brian falls out as Chris kicks Brian in the gut and twists him around… TWIST OF FATE!!!
Deadprez: No! Brian got out of it! Brian runs up on Chris leaping at him!-
Gavin Kirkland: But Chris catches Brian and throws him backwards with a Flapjack! Chris holds onto Brian and twists him around and lifts him back up before dropping him again with a Modified Piledriver! Chris goes for the pi-
Eve: But Brian Daniels with a Small Package out of nowhere!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Referee: THRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Deadprez: Not quite! Brian Daniels nearly stole it there but it was not enough to do it! Brian back up as Chris Elite is enraged now. He is seething as he charges in at Brian and presses his thumbs into the eyes of his opponent! But the referee warning him off!
Referee: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIVE!
Eve: But Brian Daniels manages to peel the fingers of Chris Elite out of his eyes himself! Brian twists the fingers of Chris Elite backwards and shoves one of the fingers into Chris’ nose! Brian jammed that finger real hard up there and Chris yells out in pain! Brian then grabs the leg of Chris and twists him down before grabbing the arm and transitioning into a Fujiwara Armbar!
Deadprez: Brian is looking to make Chris Elite tap out! Will he tap out!
Gavin Kirkland: Chris Elite flails and rolls over trying to get a leg on the bottom rope!
Brian Daniels: (off-mic) Trying to go for a rope break? You coward. Can’t break it yourself?!? :mjlol: !!!!!!!!!
Chris Elite: (off-mic) :stfudamn:
Eve: Chris Elite reaches across with his other arm and yanks on the hair of Brian Daniels! Brian is forced to release the hold as Chris rips and tears! It looks like Chris was able to break the hold without a rope break after all! Not that there is actually anything wrong with using a rope break… You gotta use what you have available to you in the savage environment that is EAW.
Deadprez: Brian releases the hold and Chris Elite is back up and swings his leg around kicking the side of Brian’s head with a Spinning Heel Kick! No! Brian grabs the ankle and yanks Chris downwards with a Tornado Spin. Chris falls to the mat as Brian holds the leg and drops an elbow on his knee. Brian keeps the leglock applied with his arms but Chris uses the other leg to kick him off. Brian then gets Chris into Piledriver position… but Chris reverses it and they fall backwards into the corner! Brian takes a hard elbow from Chris who then jumps up to the top rope! Chris off the top with a quick Moonsault flying and crashing down on top of Brian! Chris for the cover!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Eve: Kickout by Brian! Great high flying maneuver there from Chris as we have come to expect from him. If Brian can’t keep Chris grounded he might not be able to win this match! The same can be said the other way around! If Chris can’t keep himself airborne Brian just might make him tap out to some deadly submission hold!
Deadprez: Chris immediately goes back up to the top rope but Brian is up and charges in to punch at him! But Chris kicks him backwards! Chris leaps off the top rope with a Sunset Flip! Chris to another cove-
Gavin Kirkland: No! Brian rolls through it! Brian picks up Chris and throws him backwards into the corner with a Buckle Bomb! And now it is Brian who is going high up and high risk! Flying Headbutt from Brian!
Eve: He got all of it! Brian Daniels got all of the Flying Headbutt! All of the damage and all of the CTE!
Deadprez: Brian swings an arm over the chest of Chris Elite as the referee slides in to make the count! This could be it!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Eve: No! Chris Elite kicks out! Brian’s sacrifice turned out to be for nothing!
Deadprez: But now Brian is in full control of this match and he can work on preparing his next move to put Chris away once and for all! Brian pulls Chris back up-
Gavin Kirkland: But Chris Elite is throwing hands! Despite all the damage Chris is still fighting and that is why he is a Hall of Famer in this industry! Never give up energy is crazy!
Eve: Chris is fighting back as he hits an Enzuigiri knocking Brian into the ropes. Brian falls out of the ropes as Chris grabs him and twists him around into an Octopus Stretch! Chris is tearing Brian limb from limb with impressive technical wrestling skills here tonight! Brian being made to submit on the Draft Show would be an absolutely devastating start to the season for this proud man!
Deadprez: But Brian manages to slip an arm free! Brian elbowed Chris hard in the back of the skull until he falls over! Brian lands on top of Chris but gets up instead of going for a cover. Brian whips Chris into the corner and then begins kicking him repeatedly in the gut. Brian grabs the arm of Chris and whips him across the ring into the opposite corner. Brian charges in but Chris gets the boot up! Chris kicks Brian in the face knocking him backwards. Chris runs off the ropes and grabs the back of Brian’s head going for a Facebuster! But Brian sidesteps it and sends Chris into the ropes! Chris offf the ropes and Brian throws him back with a Backtoss!-
Eve: But Chris Elite does a flip in the air and lands on his feet! Holy shit the agility is insane!
Deadprez: We should not be surprised by the bullshit that Chris Elite pulls at this point in his career.
Gavin Kirkland: Brian Daniels whirls around but Chris Elite pulls him in and drops him with a Package Piledriver! He got all of it! Chris Elite then picks Brian up and is going for the Opp Spotter!!!
Eve: No! Brian Daniels counters into Forever in Paradise!!!! The opp was not spotted!!!
Deadprez: No! Chris Elite ducks what would have for sure been a match ending maneuver there! Chris rolls up Brian from behind!!!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Referee: THRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!!
Eve: Brian Daniels kicks out! Chris now stomping on Brian’s head and yelling at him talking shit. Chris kicks Brian across the ring now just toying with him. Brian falls into the corner in a seated position as Chris runs in and hits him with a Cannonball Senton. Chris then jumps up on the middle rope before coming down with a Double Foot Stomp right into the midsection of Brian. Chris is rolling on all cylinders now as he goes up to the top rope as Brian is beginning to recover. Chris leaps off the top rope with a Flying Sunset Flip taking Brian down across the ring! Chris has it!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Referee: THRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!!
Referee: EEEEEEEEEEEEE-
Deadprez: But Brian Daniels kicks out! How does he do it?!?!
Gavin Kirkland: Chris Elite is getting frustrated now but he can’t let Brian Daniels’ survival instincts throw him off his game! Chris signals for the ending as he pulls up Brian and prepares to go for the Box Office Smash! Chris is looking to end it here!
Eve: BOX OFFICE SMAS-
Deadprez: No! Brian Daniels counters it and flips Chris Elite over into the middle of the ring!
Eve: Chris back up but Brian meets him with a Superkick! But Brian ducks it! Chris jumps in the air with a Spinning Heel Kick but Brian ducks that! Brian goes for a Leg Sweep with his leg but Chris jumps over that and cartwheels across the ring behind Brian! Chris with a Dropkick to the back of Brian sending him into the ropes! But Brian grabs the ropes and swings through them before running across the apron and up to the top rope! Brian off the top with a Corkscrew Press as he comes down on Chris!!! The cover!!!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Referee: THRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!!
Deadprez: But Bhristopher Elitus Elite kicks out!!!
Gavin Kirkland: But Brian Daniels is starting something. He is waiting for Chris Elite to get back up! Chris gets back up and turns around!!!
Eve: CAUSTIC ECHO!!!
Deadprez: No! Chris ducks beneath!
Eve: And now Chris is running up on Brian and throwing clubbing blows into his midsection! Chris knocks Brian down and begins stomping repeatedly into his face! It looks like Brian’s nose has been busted open!
Chris Elite: (off-mic) This is what you get for being a dickeater.
Deadprez: Chris Elite pulls Brian Daniels back up!!! He’s going to put him away here and now!!!
Gavin Kirkland: BOX OFFICE SMASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-
Eve: No! Brian escapes the box! CAUSTIC ECHO!!!
Deadprez: He got all of it! Unlike Brian, Chris could not counter that devastating finishing maneuver! It’s so over!
Eve: The cover!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Referee: THRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!!
Referee: …
Referee: . . .
Referee: . . . . .
Referee: ?
Deadprez: I CAN’T BELIEVE IT! CHRIS ELITE KICKED OUT! CHRIS ELITE KICKED OUT OF THE CAUSTIC ECHO!!!
Brian Daniels: (off-mic) :oh:
Gavin Kirkland: Brian Daniels is in complete disbelief! He cannot and will not believe it!
Eve: But it is true!
Deadprez: Brian pulls Chris back u-
Eve: BOX OFFICE SMASH!!!-
Deadprez: No! Brian Daniels got out of it and shoves Chris Elite away! Chris falls backwards into the ropes but then pops back and hits a rushing forearm into the head of Brian! But Brian comes back with a forearm of his own! They are going back and forth now aggressively! Brian! Chris! Brian! Chris! Brian! Chris!
Gavin Kirkland: BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS! BRIAN! CHRIS!
Eve: Ok man that’s enough.
Gavin Kirkland: I can’t stop… :mjcry:
Deadprez: And neither can Chris Elite!! CHRIS! CHRIS! CHRIS! He is bashing Brian’s brain in and seems to have won this exchange!!!
Eve: BOX OFFICE SMA-
Deadprez: No! Brian counters and falls backwards towards the ropes!!!
Eve: :damn: :damn: :damn!
Deadprez: Both men just fell through the ropes to the outside!!
Eve: And they landed horribly! Chris just hit his head on the apron! And then with Brian falling beneath him to the ground they crashed onto the mat with Chris landing on top of Brian’s skull!
Referee: ONE! TWO! THREE!
Eve: I don’t think they will get up!!!
Referee: FOUR! FIVE! SIX!
Eve: Oh shit they actually are getting up!
Referee: SEVEN!
Deadprez: Chris Elite lunges towards the ring!
Referee: EIGHT!!!
Gavin Kirkland: But Brian grabs his leg and yanks him back outside!
Referee: NINE!!!!
Eve: BOX OFFICE SMASH!!!! CHRIS JUST WRECKED BRIAN!!!
Referee: TE-
Deadprez: CHRIS ELITE LEAPS BACK IN THE RING JUST IN TIME!!!
Chris Elite: (off-mic) :blessed: :blessed: :blessed: !!!!
Referee: TEN!!!!!
Eve: NO! He doesn’t make it in time!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Gina Romano: This match has been declared a double countout! Therefore it is a draw!!!
Crowd: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Eve: Damn that is a disappointing ending. Clearly this crowd wanted a draw.
Deadprez: Chris Elite is mad salty about what happened! He was so close!
Gavin Kirkland: Brian Daniels doesn’t look happy either.
Eve: But on the bright side they didn’t start the season with a loss. That was a great match even if we didn’t get a clear victor.
(Chris Elite and Brian Daniels shake hands in the ring out of respect as the booing crowd starts cheering instead showing love to the talented veteran competitors that just put on a hell of a match for them.)
Eve: That is what EAW is all about!!
(The camera cuts to a trailer featuring Andre Walker as Akuma in the upcoming Street Fighter movie.)
(A graphic showing the various faces of members of the EAW Roster is shown, rapidly going through every person before finally stopping.)
Stephie Love: The following showcase match is scheduled for…
Crowd: ONE FALL!
(‘The Leaving Song Pt. II’ by AFI hits, and Hans Grayson comes out, causing the fans to cheer wildly! He smiles as he raises his newly-won Cash in the Vault briefcase and heads to the ring!)
Stephie Love: Introducing first! From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he is the NEEEWWW Mr. Cash in the Vault… HAAAAAAAAAAAANS GRAAAAAAYSOOOOOOOOOON!!!
Stew-O: It’s been an incredible run for Hans on Dynasty, but now, he’s ready to take over all of EAW! He’s reinvigorated, and with him remaining undefeated at Pain for Pride, you can only imagine he’s all the more eager to make sure that momentum does not go to waste!
(Hans is in the ring, and looks down at the briefcase, proud as can be. He hands it off to the referee before ‘Burn in My Light’ by Mercy Drive blares out. The fans boo. Kai Rabeaux comes strutting out, having his own 24/7 contract in hand. He grins, and walks down to the ring.)
Stephie Love: And his opponent! From New York City, he is the 2025 24/7 Contract Battle Royale winner… KAAAAAAAAAI RAAAAAABEAAAAAAUUUUUUX!!!
(Ding Ding Ding!)
Stew-O: Here we are! Hans Grayson and Kai Rabeaux left Pain for Pride with flawless records at the show, and now, the Cash in the Vault and 24/7 Contract holders get to showcase to the world who is truly up next for big things here in EAW!
Gavin Kirkland: Granted, it would’ve been better if a couple of pretty women got to win :wow: but there’s no denying that these two earned their respective victories.
Persephone: You’re *already* starting? Why couldn’t you have been up for grabs today?! :ohlawd: We need a new commentator!
Gavin Kirkland: Hey, I said Hans and Kai deserved it! It’s just that—
Stew-O: —and they’re locking up! :stfudamn: Both Elitists jockey for position as they get to wrangling in this energized collar-and-elbow lock up! Kai and Hans go around the ring, but Kai drops down, sending Hans over and through with an arm drag! Grayson pops back up his feet and Kai charges! Standing headlock from Hans, and he takes him down to the ground!
Persephone: Smart—too bad that’s doing little to keep him truly stifled. Kai raises his legs and wraps them around his head, forcing him to let go. Down he goes now! Kai’s looking to tighten that headscissors, and you know what? That’s good. The sooner he can choke this bastard out and make this show move along faster, the better off we all will be.
Gavin Kirkland: God, I wish that could be me one day with a fine woman…
Persephone: :wtf:
Stew-O: Hans isn’t going to let this be the end of him. He shifts his weight and gets up to his feet… oh, and he shoots up with a handstand before he kicks up, and comes down with the grounded side headlock *again*! Great adaptability there from the former Interwire and New Breed champion.
Gavin Kirkland: Guess that experience is paying off. Kai is confident, but still too green even with the success he’s had thus far. Meanwhile, Hans knows what it’s like to be in big matches like these, and he’s showing that on full display as he leads him up and into the ropes. Kai is back in the rebound, and Hans SNAPS HIM DOWN WITH THE JAPANESE VARIANT OF THE ARM DRAG, locking him in place with a kneeling armbar! Man, he’s really about to make Kai *work* in this match, isn’t it? :lupe:
Persephone: If you mean “work to lose as quickly as possible”? I’ll take it! :teehee:
Gavin Kirkland: And here *you* go again… :cmon:
Stew-O: Hans has Kai down. He grimaces, feeling some tension in that trapped limb. However, he works his way back up to his feet and he grabs his wrist! Twisting around, and he sends Hans down with the arm drag! Kai gets to moving as he runs to the ropes. Hans springs up! Clothesline—NO! Kai traps the arm and sends him down onto the knee for a quick-thinking facebuster! Grayson stumbles back, and Kai SNAPS him down with a suplex! He floats up and over, going for a pin attempt!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE—
Gavin Kirkland: A brisk kickout, but so much for that feeling-out process—and so much for any sign of respect with Kai SMACKING Hans on the back of his head! The 24/7 Contract holder isn’t here to make nice! Driving the knee into his back, he reaches forward and traps the Fire Breathing Dragon into a chin lock! Two different types of pressure are being applied, and neither are good at all for the Cash in the Vault winner!
Persephone: Damn. Tough break, huh?
Stew-O: It appears to be the case… or maybe not, because Hans is FORCING his way up to his feet! The fans come alive, seeing the absolute willpower on display by him! Kai’s eyes widen—and he lets out a cough from Hans driving his elbows into his side! He does it again! The grip on the chin loosens and Hans—
Persephone: Goes right on down after Kai yanks the hair! :mjlol: That is so damn petty, but I love it.
Gavin Kirkland: Reminds me of one late night in Saint Tropez where this fine dame held me by the hair and said–
Persephone: We do not care.
Gavin Kirkland: 😢
Stew-O: Kai mounts Hans, raining down with forearms! Rabeaux is showing off a little bit of a mean streak now. The fans boo, but he doesn’t care. Not even the referee is enough for him to back off and afford any kind of mercy to Hans!
Gavin Kirkland: Definitely viscous in the early goings of this fight, but he’s gonna have to be careful! He can get himself disqualified, and then that’s any chance of winning this match ruined. :lupe:
Persephone: Oh, right, I forgot that the referees here were pussies. 🥱 We couldn’t have gotten *any* new ones in this draft this year? Damn. EAW needs a *complete* overhaul.
Stew-O: Hans is trying to cover up now, but Kai is relentless! Another clubbing forearm connects—and the referee finally steps in between them, issuing a stern warning! Kai throws his hands up like he’s innocent, but there’s a smug smirk on his face. He knows exactly what he’s doing out there.
Gavin Kirkland: He’s walking that razor-thin line between dominance and disqualification, Stew. Gotta admire the confidence, even if it’s a little… smug.
Persephone: And since when was *that* a problem? Everyone’s a smug bastard here.
Stew-O: Rabeaux now backing off—momentarily. Hans is clutching at his jaw, trying to regain some sense of where he is, and Kai sees that opening! He charges—
Gavin Kirkland: —BUT HANS WITH THE DROP TOE HOLD INTO THE MIDDLE TURNBUCKLE! HE BAITED HIM IN!
Persephone: Well damn! Guess the Viking’s still got some tricks in his pillaging satchel or whatever. Good for him.
Stew-O: Hans scrambles to his feet, AND FOLLOWS UP WITH A RUNNING KNEE TO THE BACK OF KAI’S HEAD! That sends Rabeaux slumping down in the corner! The crowd is rallying now, stomping their feet, clapping, getting behind Hans as he finally finds some rhythm here!
Gavin Kirkland: And look at the fire in his eyes now, Stew! Hans is feeling it! The tides may be turning!
Persephone: Wow, amazing. He’s not dead yet. Let’s throw a parade.
Stew-O: Hans grabs Kai by the wrist—Irish whip! Rabeaux rebounds—AND HANS LIFTS HIM ONLY TO HOIST HIM DOWN WITH THE SPINNING POWERSLAM! HOOKS THE LEG!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO—
Stew-O: And a kickout! Hans rolls his head around, trying to get the cobwebs shaken off. However, he grabs Kai by the head and comes to a stand, looking to follow that bit of offense up…!
Persephone: But down he goes—*with a drop toe hold no less*! Kai quickly scrambles on over and gets in a crossface! Arms trapped and everything! So much for that!
Gavin Kirkland: And Hans’ eyes go wide in panic as he realizes the compromising spot he’s in! :damn: Just when he got a little offense going for himself, Kai got a little breather and came back HUGE! Now he’s at the crossroads of misery and wanting to TAP!
Stew-O: It’s definitely troubling, but… Hans shakes his head! He even wags his finger ‘no’!! The referee sees this, but look at Kai–his nostrils *flare* in annoyance! He wrenches back, torquing the chin and everything! He’s got it deep!
Gavin Kirkland: That torque is nasty! Hans is trapped in the center of the ring—he’s got nowhere to go!
Persephone: He should just tap and save himself the humiliation. There’s no shame in quitting when it hurts this bad. I do it at work all the time.
Stew-O: Hans is fighting, *clawing* inch by inch, *draaaaagging* himself across the mat with Kai latched on like a vice! His fingers stretch toward the ropes…he’s almost there—!
Crowd: :lupe:
Stew-O: AND HE MAKES IT! HANS GETS TO THE ROPES!
Crowd: :blessed:
Gavin Kirkland: He’s got the rope, he’s got the rope! But Kai… Kai’s not letting go! That submission is still locked in!
Crowd: :damn:
Referee: ONE!
Referee: TWO!
Stew-O: The referee’s laying in the count, but Kai isn’t letting go! Hans grabs the middle rope now..!
Referee: THREE!!
Persephone: He’s really about to break his neck before the count hit five. :mjlol:
Referee: FOUR…!!!
Stew-O: Hans is grimacing in pain, using the ropes to steady himself….WAIT!
Referee: FI–
Stew-O: *—BACK SUPLEX OUT OF NOWHERE!!!* HANS JUST COUNTERED WITH A BURST OF STRENGTH!!
Gavin Kirkland: Oh, WOW! THAT’S THE SECOND TIME HE’S DUG DEEP AND TURNED IT AROUND!! He just muscled Kai off of him and planted him on the mat, and there goes Kai as he rolls to the outside, clutching at his back in agony!
Stew-O: Meanwhile, Hans Grayson pulls himself up using the ropes—wobbling a bit, but he’s up—and he sees Kai on the outside, trying to recover in his own right! The fans are coming alive now! Hans looks out at the crowd… then back at Kai… and he’s not going to wait around!
Persephone: Please don’t tell me he’s thinking what I think he’s thinking.
Stew-O: Hans hits the ropes, PICKS UP SPEED AND HE GETS IT! SUICIDE DIVE THROUGH THE ROPES TO TAKE KAI DOWN!!!
(***CRAAAAAAAAASH!!!***)
Gavin Kirkland: RIGHT INTO THE BARRICADE, TOO! HE GOT WIPED THE HELL OUT! :damn:
Persephone: … Alright, man. I hate to be that kind of person, but–
Persephone: Why is it called a ‘*suicide dive*’ if no one has yet to kill themselves from performing the move?
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Gavin Kirkland: Because we have *ELITISTS* here, baby! Not amateurs! They’re never gonna hurt themselves!
Stew-O: …
Persephone: …
Gavin Kirkland: *MINUS* last weekend at Pain for Pride! 😀😄😁
Persephone: :drakelike:
Stew-O: Either way, Hans might very well be on the cusp of killing Kai’s dreams of getting to walk out of the Draft Show with a win underneath his belt! He grabs him and tosses him back into the ring, climbing up onto the apron. Rabeaux continues to favor his back, writhing around in discomfort. That dive could’ve been the major difference maker the former New Breed and Interwire Champion needed to set things in motion for an incredible win right here!
Gavin Kirkland: It could be! Kai has NO idea, either; he’s staggering up, but his hand is STILL on the lower back! He’s too focused on the pain!
Persephone: Damn. Like a lost little lamb. You hate to see it!
Stew-O: But not these fans! They rally behind Grayson as he lines him up! UP AND OVER HE GOES! BUCKSHOT LARIAT—
Gavin Kirkland: —**RIGHT INTO A JUMPING DOUBLE KNEE FACEBREAKER!!** :damn: !!!
Persephone: WHAT THE HELL!?
Stew-O: HANS GRAYSON GOT CAUGHT! HE GOT CAUGHT! HE STUMBLES UP ONTO HIS FEET, CLUTCHING HIS FACE! THE FORERUNNER MIGHT HAVE A DIRECT PATH NOW TOWARDS THE FINISH LINE AS HE SCRAMBLES UP, DESPERATION SETTLING IN…!!
Persephone: SHIT! DOESN’T HE CALL THAT ONE THE ‘CRYSTAL KINGDOM CUTTER’!??
Stew-O: HE DOES—AND HE GOT *ALL* OF IT! HANS IS DOWN! KAI DROPS TO A COVER! COULD THIS BE IT!??
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Referee: THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE—
Stew-O: THE SHOULDER IS LIFTED UP IN TIME, BUT *WOW*, WHAT A HEART-RACING CLOSE SAVE THAT WAS! THIS MATCH WAS A MERE SECOND AWAY FROM BEING KAI’S!
Gavin Kirkland: Wow! I’m sweating, guys! This match has been NUTS!
Persephone: Eh. It’s been alright. Decent, even.
Stew-O: Definitely been high-speed from the start, and the fans are on their feet. They’re chanting for Hans, yet here Kai is, looking to play spoiler! He’s slower this time rising, but he grins, and mocks the audience!
Crowd: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Gavin Kirkland: He definitely doesn’t care about the hate, that’s for sure! This young man is just looking to etch his name as a legend in its own right, and he could be mere seconds away from that as he grabs Hans and flings him into the corner! Punches connect! He’s looking to soften him up even more before he batters him again, and maybe this time, for *good!*
Persephone: Oh! Oh! Strike him in the nose! Make it leak!
Stew-O: Knees now to the gut! He’s *smothering* him with this flurry of attacks, and Hans can’t defend himself! He’s still rocked by that devastating cutter. How he was even able to survive that is a wonder in of itself, but that doesn’t mean he’s in a good physical state as this match continues! Hans shoves him away, but Kai comes in—STEP-UP KNEE! Hans gets knocked back from that, and Kai lifts him up to the top!
Gavin Kirkland: Yeah, Kai can feel it! He knows he has Hans dead to right here!
Stew-O: And Kai… oh, *no*! HE’S TRYING TO GO FOR AN AVALANCHE VERSION OF THAT SPINNING TOMBSTONE KNOWN AS ‘KINGSTONE PILEDRIVER’!!
Crowd: :damn: :damn: :damn:
Gavin Kirkland: WAIT! HANS! HANS IS ABLE TO LATCH ONTO THE TOP ROPE BEFORE HE CAN LIFT HIM UP COMPLETELY! KAI STRUGGLES! HE SNARLS, ANNOYED, AND CLOBBERS HIM OVER THE BACK TO TRY AND GET HANS TO LET GO! HE *DOESN’T!*
Persephone: God, let both of them break their necks, please. 🙏
Stew-O: Kai is stubborn! He tries to lift him again, but Hans DENIES IT! Kai yells out, and shoots him up, going for a backhanded fist!
Gavin Kirkland: BLOCKED! Kai throws a punch—BUT HANS BEATS HIM TO THE *PUNCH*, LITERALLY, AND DOWN HE GOES! I think that may have been a more straightforward ‘Flaming Punch’, he just… you know… couldn’t do the Superman leap from up there!
Persephone: Yeah, can’t lie–looked like that right hand had more power behind it since Kai is loopy on his damn feet!
Stew-O: And now, Hans comes to a stand! He FLIES OFF! **WHAT THE HELL!??**
Gavin Kirkland: !?!?!?!?!!?
Stew-O: AND HANS GRAYSON CATCHES KAI RABEAUX WITH THE DIVING 450 INTO THE LARIAT! ‘BURNING SHOT LARIAT’!!!
Gavin Kirkland: OH MY GOD!! THAT WAS MADNESS!! USUALLY IT’S A *SPRINGBOARD*, BUT DESPERATE TIMES CALLED FOR DESPERATE MEASURES, AND IT PAID OFF!! NOW FOR THE PIN!!
Persephone: KAI GOT KNOCKED OUT! HANS COVERS WITH THE LEG HELD!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Referee: THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
(‘The Leaving Song Pt. II’ plays. Hans rolls onto his back, still recovering from some of the major moves he had to take. However, a small smile covers his face as he rolls onto his hands and knees, gathering his breath. When he is able to, he stands. The referee raises his arm, and hands him his CITV briefcase.)
Stephie Love: Here is YOUR winner… THE CASH IN THE VAULT HOLDER… HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANS GRAAAAAAAAAAAYSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!
Stew-O: A spectacular performance here by both men! They’re still young, with a lot of energy to them, but tonight, Hans Grayson secures the victory after getting his third win in a row at Pain for Pride last weekend! It’s safe to say he is operating at a whole new level, and it may be soon before long where he can *finally* call himself a world champion!
Gavin Kirkland: Absolutely! Hans took all of that moxie and gusto from Kai Rabeaux, who looked phenomenal himself! However, Hans has been in major clutch-time matches like these before, and all of that experience helped.
Persephone: Yeah, yeah, big whoop. Just curious to see which of these two are gonna flop their cash-ins. Maybe *both* will! :mjlol:
(Kai has managed to stir back away, clutching his throat and chest. Realizing the bitter outcome, he grimaces. However, Hans is triumphant, and the final shot shows him standing tall before the Draft Show fades elsewhere…)
(A graphic showing the various faces of members of the EAW Roster is shown, rapidly going through every person before finally stopping.)
(The camera returns to ringside, as the fans in attendance wait in anticipation. After some time, “It Follows” by Cane Hill blares throughout the arena, prompting thunderous boos from the fans in attendance.)
Stew-O: Well, if it isn’t man of the hour… Xander Payne. Who shocked the world with his actions at Pain for Pride, turning his back on Holly Arrow, and costing their team the match altogether by misting her in the eyes.
Persephone: Right in front of the kids as well, who… if they didn’t know before, should know now they have a terrible father.
Stew-O: Jesus, Persephone. :mjlol:
Persephone: What? It’s true! His only competition in that aspect is Ronan Malosi, and that’s only because he doesn’t actually see his kid.
(Finally, Xander Payne steps out onto the stage area, and glances around at fans in the arena before Caroline and Jake Smith eventually come out to flank him, garnering even more heat. Xander looks to both before each proceed down the ramp, sauntering to the ring.)
Bella Braxton: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome… JAKE SMITH, XANDER PAYNE, AND CAROLINE!
Persephone: Oh, great. They’re joining him too?
Stew-O: I mean, you sorta had to expect it with their upcoming match tonight.
Persephone: Ugh. Don’t remind me I’ll have to see these two jack offs perform.
Gavin Kirkland: Ya know, I think everyone is on Xander Payne’s case a little too much. Sure, it was a little messed up what he did to Holly Arrow. But think about who was on the other side. Caroline could get me to do anything she asked.
Persephone: Thankfully, she isn’t asking you for anything.
Gavin Kirkland: I wish she would. Please, ruin my life. 🙏
(The trio steps in the ring, and Jake Smith retrieves a microphone, beginning to speak as “It Follows” fades into the background.)
Jake Smith: Everyone has been asking for an explanation. It’s been the same tired question of “why, Xander, why?” But if you want answers for why he joined the winning team, look no further than the man himself. Go ahead. Explain yourself, Xander, in a way that all these people can understand. But fair warning, you might have to speak reallyyyy slowly for them to get it.
(Jake chuckles to himself before handing the microphone off to Xander Payne, and gestures for the crowd to quiet down as they’re still pelting the trio with boos. Xander takes a moment before speaking into the microphone.)
Xander Payne: All season, I never fought for titles, or any sort of personal gratification on my end. I fought for my family. I came back to this company for one reason, and one reason only, which was my kids. I came back after they were disrespected by The British Invasion, because no one was going to speak to them that way. Not when their father could do something about it, and fight on their behalf. Because that’s who Xander Payne is at the end of the day. Like it or not, I’m a fighter, and I wanted my kids to know that as well.
(Xander Payne thinks to himself.)
Xander Payne: But as I‘ve reflected back on last season, it’s occurred to me that maybe… maybe I fought for the wrong things. Maybe I was fighting a battle that just… wasn’t mine to fight.
(Xander Payne shrugs.)
Xander Payne: As mentioned, I got into it with The British Invasion. But after that, the cycle continued on as I became engulfed in this rivalry with Limmy Monaghan where the two of us did everything towards each other. I mean, Limmy broke into my home, and assaulted my wife for crying out loud. Hell, he beat me up on my own lawn with my family watching. However, you can’t say I didn’t give it right back, and make him pay for such cruel actions when I not only cost him in Championship matches, but also made it my mission to maim him when I got the opportunities. However, once the dust settled, I had lost.
Xander Payne: Limmy Monaghan beat me in each and every one of our encounters, so I moved on after our last man standing, and tried turning my attention to something else, which… turned out to involve the two people standing behind me.
(Xander gestures to Jake and Caroline.)
Xander Payne: Granted, I didn’t initiate it this time. Jake and Caroline decided to attack me first, and to her credit… Holly Arrow saved me from that beatdown when she didn’t have to. But I never wanted her help for anything else past that. In fact, I wanted to face Jake Smith alone at Pain for Pride, so we could settle things man-to-man, mano y mano. But Holly suggested a tag team match instead, and I was more than willing to compromise. Because I believed Holly deserved her shot at retribution too, so who was I to deny her?
Xander Payne: Despite still wanting my one-on-one with Jake… I put those feelings aside, and at Pain for Pride, was ready to step in there alongside Holly to win that match, so that one of my last Pain for Prides ended on high note. But… It ended more on a confusing note than anything. Because as Jake alluded to, people have been asking me “why?” They want an explanation for my actions, for why I misted Holly in the eyes, and intentionally cost our team the match, or for why I walked out with Jake Smith and Caroline after we were just at each other’s throats. But it comes down to this…
(Xander droops his head down momentarily before giving an intense stare in the camera as he screams out-)
Xander Payne: MY KIDS NEEDED TO KNOW THE TRUTH!!!
(Xander pauses, continuing to stare daggers into the camera while Jake Smith can be seen clapping in the background, proud of him getting this all out while the crowd can be heard booing.)
Xander Payne: Despite everything I’ve done for them, even risking electrocution to make one of their dream matches come true, I get a feeling they’re STILL missing the point entirely as the only person that should matter in their world, or matters in the world… is me. It isn’t Holly, it isn’t anyone else but ME! Their father. Which they need to understand. But that brings me to the partnership formed between I, Jake, and Caroline. Because I have found my true purpose, and this is the perfect couple that’ll bring me a step closer to said purpose.
Xander Payne: Jake and I have already been drafted and it looks like Showdown will be our new home heading into this season, but truth be told, it doesn’t matter to me where any of us end up. It never mattered, because what matters is how we’re going to handle it from here, because the lesson is quite simple: my kids are going to learn that in a world like this, nobody will have their backs. Nobody else will watch out for them. Nobody else cares about them, but ME!
(The fans loudly boo as Xander Payne throws his microphone down, showing a cold look on his face. Meanwhile, both Jake Smith and Caroline have sinister smiles on their own faces.)
Persephone: Wow, really setting a new precedent for worst father of the year award is Xander Payne.
Stew-O: Xander Payne has seemingly lost it, wanting his kids to look up to no one… but him?
Gavin Kirkland: Talk about an ego… but can we also talk about how good Caroline loo-
Persephone: Shut up, bozo.
(Jake decides to pick up the microphone, which garners loud boos as he begins to speak.)
Jake Smith: Oh, shut up!
(The boos continue, but Jake just brushes off the angry fans as he continues to speak.)
Jake Smith: Listen for once, because Xander is right! It doesn’t matter where we wind up, because this is the group to watch out for. Going forward, we WILL be a force, and if you thought last season was bad? Buckle up, because it’s about to get a thousand times worse! I have a lot of history on Showdown but this season’s gonna be the best one yet, so Kennedy you might as well start getting ready for the Jake Smith Show! But as for Elysium? Get ready to become our first victims!
(Jake Smith drops the mic, and the trio leave the ring as “It Follows” by Cane Hill hits to a negative reaction once again.)
Persephone: I speak for everyone when I see this… please don’t let him come back over to Voltage.
Stew-O: Well, hang on a minute. We don’t want him either.
Gavin Kirkland: If he’s bringing Caroline along, I’ll gladly welcome Jake Smith to the brand!
Persephone: Good luck with that.
Stew-O: Seriously.
(Jake Smith, Caroline, and Xander Payne all head up the ramp, turning back once they’re on the stage, and shout some words off-mic to the crowd before turning around to leave. During this, the camera begins to fade away from ringside.)
(The EAW draft faded back into the ring as at that moment, “Mr. Rager” by Kid Cudi started to play on the speakers, loud cheers rang all across the arena, the camera focusing towards the entrance stage. Jon Kelton walked out first, taking it in for a few seconds and then trying to show focus on the match, despite the heavy loss they had to suffer last week, Kelton still showed determination on his face, and seeing the people still support them despite what they suffered did end up calming his worries, but he knows damn well that tonight of all nights can’t be a misstep at all.)
(He turns over and just by his side comes out Bronson Daniels as well, INCREDIBLY loud cheers ring out for the hometown boy, his expression is one of seriousness, far more focused after their last failure, not the kind of man to show weakness after experiencing a situation like this, he only goes forward. He stands right next to Kelton, staring at his partner before the two of them fist bump and then go forward.)
Bella Braxton: INTRODUCING FIRST, AT A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 400 POUNDS, BRONSON DANIELS AND JON KELTON, EEEEEELYYYYYYSIIIUUUUMMMMMMMMMM!!!
Persephone: Jon Kelton is not GOOD. He can’t play, no disrespect whatsoever but I’m sorry to tell everybody the truth. The man cannot play the game. He has small hands. He can’t catch the ball. He has bad feet. He can’t really move, even though he’s mobile. He doesn’t really know what he’s doing, he doesn’t have a post move that he puts to memory that he can do two times in a row. He plays no defense. He does not have the heart, the passion, or anything that comes with it!
Stew-O: …Did you just memorize all of that?
Gavin Kirkland: Guys, I am exposing Persophone right now, she is reading the note under her desk-
Persephone: JON KELTON IS ASS, PLAIN AND SIMPLE!
Stew-O: That is honestly a very harsh comment to make, last week was genuinely a great performance from every team once it came down to it, it was just in a very critical moment that they ended up making a mistake, both Elysium and the British Invasion that cost them the championships, no matter how great they are, everyone is human. What they have to do tonight is just bounce back from the failure to start a new season off.
Persephone: Gawd, I can’t wait for Stew-O to be wrong for the one millionth time!
Stew-O: And that is just plain rude!
(Elysium arrives at the ring, sliding inside together and then rising up to the cheers of the crowd, fully behind them as the two of them back away towards their corner. The crowd now waits for the inevitable as surprisingly, or more unsurprisingly, there is something.)
(“Lovin On Me” by Jack Harlow plays on the speakers and there is a collective groan from some people in the crowd, before followed by incredibly loud boos.)
(The camera turned towards the entrance stage before none other than Jake Smith himself walked out, he let out a gigantic shit eating grin as he walked out with his arms spread to the side, Caroline slowly followed behind him, a visible roll of the eyes as yet again she has to deal with Jake’s bullshit. The camera focuses on the shirt that he is wearing though as he stops right at the top of the ramp, showing it off towards the camera.)
Jake Smith: (off-mic) Peep the shirt!
(He is wearing a black shirt that has in white Impact text “BEST ALLIANCE EVER”, followed by faces of Jake, Caroline and Xander plastered on the middle, and another text that says “WILL LAST MORE TIME THAN ELYSIUM AFTER THIS MATCH LMAO”)
(He has two other ones hanging from his ring gear, as he grabs one and tries to give it to Caroline. She almost immediately gives him a death stare in response as Jake pulls his hand back and he turns back to go down the ramp, further showing it off to the crowd.)
Bella Braxton: AND INTRODUCING HIS OPPONENTS, FIRST, FROM-… PARTS UNKNOWN???, WEIGHING IN AT…???????, HE IS “THE PROCESS”, JAKEEEEEEEEEEE SMIIIIIITHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Man… what does SHE see about HIM?!
Stew-O: Well, at least he still has hair on his head compared to the bald spots of an old man.
Persephone: Not for long. That witch from Etsy I paid will make sure of it.
(Jake quickly stops in the middle of the ramp and then he turns, he claps along and tries to hype up his partner as the song dies down, he moves over and then points to the entrance! “It Follows” by Cane Hill plays on the speakers as the crowd reaches a fever pitch of boos, Xander Payne walks forward in a slow manner, a completely neutral expression on his face as he takes a moment to stand there in the entrance stage, almost like there is some regret and sadness in his eyes but he hides it as he turns, his expression turning into one of cold seriousness. He walks forward, not even entertaining the reaction of the crowd.)
Bella Braxton: AND HIS PARTNER, FROM TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, WEIGHING IN AT 262 POUNDS, HE IIIISSS XANDEEEEEEEEEERRRRRR PAAAAAYYYYYNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Stew-O: I genuinely don’t have words for what we ended up witnessing last week at Pain for Pride, the genuine disgust and rage that has been seen as well from so many of our fans once they witnessed what ended up happening, I genuinely can’t understand what kind of man Xander Payne is after seeing him for so many years.
Persephone: Well hey, I don’t blame him! Holly Arrow is a total loser, it shouldn’t make you wonder why 3 different people ended up turning on her. Although I can’t find the logic of partnering up with “””””””””””””Jake Smith””””””””””””””” but it is not my job to make questions, just make fun of people!
Stew-O: That is not your job.
Gavin Kirkland: Yeah man, it isn’t!
Stew-O: You don’t do a good job either.
Gavin Kirkland: Okay but at least I give comments! To further delve into it, Xander Payne is just a naturally bad person, he has turned on 3 different people in his EAW career, I don’t think we should be surprised! And in my opinion that gels with Jake Smith’s evilness too in a perfect way! Elysium will have to make up a miracle of sorts because they might have ‘the power of friendship’, they can’t deal with the power of two Hall of Famers!
(As Xander walks down the ramp, Jake ends up taking out the other shirt, an extra large one, he made sure to size it! But Xander completely ignores him as he tries to hand him the shirt. He further walks down towards the ring.)
(Jake keeps the positive mood instead and doesn’t get bothered by it though, as he bundles the two shirts and decides to be charitable, as he throws the shirts towards the crowd with force and it hits some random guy on the face. Jake follows along with Xander towards the ring while Caroline accompanies them.)
Stew-O: Don’t tell me he is going to keep the shirt on for the whole match…
Gavin Kirkland: You can’t stop a man with a passion!
(Finally, the theme dies down and Xander already takes the corner, Jake stops in response and decides that he will be going out first. But as he turns, he sees right across him that Bronson is also stepping inside while Kelton takes the corner. And then at that moment the two of them stare each other down.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
Stew-O: AND NOW THE MATCH IS UNDERWAY! Jake Smith and Bronson Daniels starting it out and I think you can already cut the tension with a knife, former friends turned into bitter enemies as the crowd is loud and very much supportive of Bronson! They are cheering loudly now at the two of them yet again ready to collide!
Gavin Kirkland: The two of them start circling around the ring now as they don’t leave each other’s sight, the atmosphere is electric as Bronson and Jake seem ready to brawl! Bronson decides to take the first step-
(TAG!)
Persephone: AS JAKE SMITH TURNS OVER AND DECIDES TO TAG XANDER PAYNE INSTEAD! HAH!
Stew-O: The cheers go just as they arrive, and they are replaced by loud boos at Jake Smith taking away the chance for the crowd to see him and Bronson duke it out once more! Jake Smith yet again being yet again a slimy son of a mother!
Persephone: See now that I find it funny! I just hope he doesn’t keep doing that for the whole match, otherwise he would be wasting my time, but I find it funny so far!
Gavin Kirkland: Xander Payne enters through the ropes and cracks his neck in response, almost like he is ready to fight against Bronson here, not the first time these men have met in the squared circle, but it seems they are ready to bring hell to each other either way!
Stew-O: AND BRONSON WASTES NO TIME! HE RUSHES BACKWARDS FOR SOME DISTANCE AND THEN HE MOVES FORWARD, TRYING TO HIT XANDER DOWN WITH A SHOTGUN DROPKICK!
Gavin Kirkland: Xander is able to sidestep out of the way and avoid the dropkick!
Persephone: The ever so graceful Bronson is able to slide across the ring mat without problem after the failed dropkick! He actually backflips over! NOT ONCE BUT TWICE! These gawddamn circus performers!
Stew-O: Bronson’s legs being able to land on Xander’s shoulders, closing them in- AND THEN BRINGING HIM DOWN WITH A HEADSCISSORS OUT OF NOWHERE! Bronson kips up to his feet to loud cheers from his hometown! He raises his arms trying to get them to cheer louder as he turns over and then he readies himself here with Xander moving towards the corner! Bronson runs forward!
Gavin Kirkland: BUT XANDER SUDDENLY BURSTS OUT OF THE CORNER LIKE NOTHING! He grabs Bronson by the neck and then lifts him up in the air before SLAMMING him down with an Uranage! Bronson gets rocked hard by it as Xander lifts him up once more- AND THEN GOES FOR AN URANAGE BACKBREAKER THIS TIME! The knee of Xander going right into Bronson’s lower back! Xander fully slows Bronson down as Xander moves over and covers him!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Referee: TWO-
Stew-O: Not even a two count as Bronson is able to kick out with conviction! And Xander is not wasting any further time, grabbing Bronson by his hair and throwing him back onto the corner! He starts LAYING it in with elbows right over his head! One after another trying to keep Bronson from fighting back!
Persephone: THAT FATSO ENDS UP MISSING ONE ELBOW! Bronson goes right down under it and he turns over, beginning to light up Xander with various punches to that stomach of his! Before finishing it off with a forearm right across his head!
Gavin Kirkland: Bronson grabs onto Xander and then he tries to irish whip him towards his team’s corner! Bronson trying to cut Xander off and use Kelton here as help! Bronson runs forward!
Stew-O: Xander side steps and moves away from the corner in time, forcing Bronson instead to SMASH hard against the corner chest first!
(TAG!)
Gavin Kirkland: But that gives the chance for Kelton here to tag in! Bronson rebounds back from the force and right onto the grasp of Xander Payne! Xander tries to go here for a German Suplex but Bronson is able to reverse it and then go behind him- As he pushes Xander forward!
Stew-O: INTO A BIG BOOT RIGHT ACROSS THE FACE FROM JON KELTON! Kelton trying to grab onto Xander and then throwing him right towards the ropes!
Gavin Kirkland: Xander rebounds- AS BRONSON SLIDES DOWN AND TRIPS HIM TO THE GROUND WITH A LOW DROPKICK TO THE SHIN… FOLLOWED UP BY A BASEMENT DROPKICK RIGHT TO THE SIDE OF XANDER’S HEAD! Just as Bronson slides out the ring and back to the team corner, good team work!
Persephone: And the best move they could do in their arsenal because I know damn well they wouldn’t have been able to pick him up, even if it was all by themselves! Kelton goes and covers!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Gavin Kirkland: Xander is able to kick out right at two! Kelton not wasting time and grabbing onto the former world champion here, he yet again tries to throw him over towards the corner with an irish whip!
Stew-O: Xander stopping himself though! He is letting his body turn into dead weight and prevent Kelton from irish whipping him, as he suddenly pulls Kelton back- AND WITH A LARIAT THAT HITS HIM RIGHT ACROSS THE HEAD! Kelton goes down hard onto the mat! All while Jake ends up clapping in glee! The momentum for Elysium suddenly stops!
Gavin Kirkland: And it stopped right when it was starting to get good! Xander holding onto Kelton’s arm and then lifting him up right up to his feet- BEFORE SLAMMING HIM DOWN HARD RIGHT AGAINST THE MAT WITH AN EXPLODER SUPLEX! Xander trying to go for a cover but Kelton is rolling away, not willing to let Xander get a pin attempt-
Persephone: And he stupidly rolls onto the enemies corner! JAKE SMITH STOMPS HIM RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE BODY! Just like he has no sense to better himself as a wrestler, he doesn’t even have a sense of direction!
Stew-O: Jake keeps that grin on his face as he extends his hand out and is willing to enter in for Xander. Xander just almost stares at him in silence before he moves over and tags him in!
(TAG!)
Gavin Kirkland: And now one of the most hated men in all of EAW is inside of the ring! Xander ends up lifting Kelton up right onto the air… BRINGING HIM DOWN HARD ONTO HIS KNEE WITH A BACKBREAKER!
Stew-O: Before Jake moves over- AND THEN HITS KELTON RIGHT ACROSS THE FACE WITH A KNEE DROP! Kelton turns over in pain, holding onto his head from that knee. Jake Smith spreads his arm and yet again flaunts to the crowd, and once more trying to show off the shirt, he is clearly not taking this seriously at all!
Persephone: When have you ever seen this man take Jon Kelton and Bronson Daniels seriously?! See, now I am annoyed about it now, just do your job, Jake, for fuck’s sake!
Gavin Kirkland: He is instead pulling Kelton over towards the center of the ring and forcing Bronson to watch here- AS JAKE GRABS KELTON BY HIS HEAD AND THEN HE STARTS LAYING IN HARD KNEES RIGHT TO THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITHOUT ANY MERCY AT ALL!
Stew-O: Bronson is furious at the display of overconfidence and brutality from Jake Smith here! Jake not even considering stopping as Bronson is this close to entering the ring but the referee has to step in to try and prevent Bronson from breaking any rules- AND THAT JUST GIVES JAKE THE CHANCE TO CLAW AT KELTON’S FACE!
Gavin Kirkland: JAKE IS TAKING OFF HIS SHIRT AND NOW HE IS USING IT AS LEVERAGE TO CHOKE OUT KELTON AS WELL! All while behind the referee’s back! The crowd is booing loudly at Jake pulling this kind of thing off, and Bronson despite his best attempts, he can’t get through the ref!
Persephone: Personally, I am taking advantage of a blind and deaf referee! Stuart Little here throws the shirt over to the side and he grabs Kelton over by his head, ready to throw him towards the corner and tag Xander back in.
Stew-O: But Jake… is unable to bring Kelton over! Kelton is lowering down to the ground and preventing him from picking him up! Kelton uses the same trick that Xander used against him!
Gavin Kirkland: The crowd are clapping along trying to give Kelton that last bit of energy that he needs to fight back! Kelton slowly rises up and does everything that he can to not let Jake bring him to that corner! Kelton finally pulls Jake back- AS HE PULLS HIM IN!
Stew-O: BEFORE GETTING DROPPED DOWN BY A DDT! JAKE SMITH SHUTTING KELTON DOWN ONCE MORE! Kelton seemingly got dropped on the top of his head from that one! Jake is starting to get serious as he grabs Kelton and then he throws him over towards the bottom of one of the corners! He starts shouting towards Xander as well as Xander moves over, the two of them are going to go for a team move here!
Persephone: Now I KNOW damn well Jake Smith can’t pick Xander up!
Gavin Kirkland: They will both run together seemingly! As Xander is the one that rushes first- GOING FOR A CANNONBALL SENTON RIGHT ONTO JON KELTON!
Stew-O: KELTON ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY RIGHT IN TIME! XANDER CRASHES HARD AGAINST THE CORNER BACK FIRST, ALL WHILE JAKE PANICS SEEING THE TAG TEAM MOVE FAILED! HE WAITS FOR KELTON TO GET UP, AS HE RUSHES AND THEN HE TRIES TO HIT A BICYCLE KICK RIGHT ONTO KELTON’S JAW!
Gavin Kirkland: KELTON CATCHES THE BICYCLE KICK! Kelton throws Jake’s leg to the side and forces him to spin around before grabbing onto his head and pulling back- HITTING A SNAP SUPLEX ONTO JAKE AND SENDING HIM RIGHT ONTO THE DOWNED XANDER!
Persephone: DON’T LET THIS BUM DO YOU LIKE THIS, COME ON!!!
Stew-O: Kelton is trying to push through the pain that he just received a few minutes ago, but his sights are clear and right in front of him… HE GETS UP AND LEAPS FORWARD!
(TAG!)
Gavin Kirkland: BRONSON DANIELS HAS BEEN TAGGED IN! JUST AS XANDER AND JAKE ARE ABLE TO HELP EACH OTHER UP! BRONSON JUMPS ONTO THE TOP ROPE AND THEN HE FLIES OFF, HITTING BOTH OF THEM DOWN WITH A SPRINGBOARD CROSSBODY!
Stew-O: The crowd is growing with louder cheers as Bronson is finally able to stand his ground, Xander is forced to roll away and now it is nobody else but him and Jake! Jake trying to get up himself- AND BRONSON HITS HIM RIGHT ACROSS THE CHEST WITH A PALM STRIKE! AND THEN A KICK TO THE LEG, BEFORE GOING FOR AN ENZUIGIRI!
Gavin Kirkland: JAKE DUCKS RIGHT UNDER THE ENZUIGIRI! Jake rushed over towards the ropes and then bounced back, trying to go for a running knee right across Bronson’s jaw!
Persephone: Bronson said no to all of that bullshit, going down instead AND SWEEPING THE LEG UNDER FROM JAKE SMITH! Bronson turns over and prepares- TRYING TO GO FOR A STANDING MOONSAULT ONTO JAKE!
Stew-O: JAKE PUTTING UP HIS KNEES RIGHT IN TIME BEFORE BRONSON CAN FULLY DELIVER IT! Jake is using his quick thinking now to try and reverse Bronson’s position into a package roll up!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Gavin Kirkland: Bronson is able to kick out right before the three count can hit, Jake trying to get some distance away from him… BUT BRONSON DOES NOT LET GO OF JAKE’S ARM!
Stew-O: AS BRONSON PULLS HIM INTO A CLOSE RANGE “MICKEY I KNOCKED YOUR HEAD OFF!!!!!!!”
Persephone: AND OF COURSE HE MISSES! JAKE ENDS UP DUCKING DOWN RIGHT IN TIME, GRABBING INSTEAD TO BRONSON’S OTHER ARM AND FLIPPING HIM OVER! I don’t get paid enough to shout stupid move names from wrestlers so take it away!
Gavin Kirkland: JAKE REVERSES RIGHT INTO THE “STARMAKER!!!!”
Stew-O: AS BRONSON PUTS UP HIS HANDS IN TIME AND REVERSES IT INTO A HANDSTAND!!! BRONSON AVOIDS THE CUTTER AT THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND, JAKE SMITH UTTERLY CONFUSED AT FALLING DOWN BY HIMSELF AS BRONSON GRABS HIS ARMS AND PULLS HIM DOWN INTO A CRUCIFIX ROLL-UP!!!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Referee: THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Gavin Kirkland: JAKE SMITH KICKS OUT JUST IN TIME! THE TWO SCURRY UP TO THEIR FEET, BUT BRONSON IS FASTER! GRABBING JAKE BY HIS HEAD AND THROWING HIM TOWARDS THE ROPES!
Stew-O: RIGHT ONTO A RECOVERING XANDER! Xander falls onto ringside-
Persephone: AS A NORMAL BUM TURNS INTO A FLYING BUM! JON KELTON COMES FROM OUT OF NOWHERE AND THEN HE HITS A SUICIDE DIVE ONTO XANDER, TAKING HIM DOWN!
Stew-O: BRONSON MEANWHILE IS ABLE TO THROW JAKE TOWARDS THE ROPES, LETTING HIM BOUNCE- RIGHT INTO A DISCUS LARIAT THAT TURNS HIM INSIDE OUT! BRONSON IS FULLY FIRED UP NOW!
Gavin Kirkland: He is walking over towards the corner, Jake’s shirt is still there! AS Bronson suddenly grabs it and he starts bundling it up into a ball! What is he doing?!
Persephone: Jake is trying to recover and get up- AS BRONSON SUDDENLY SHOVES THE SHIRT RIGHT INTO JAKE’S MOUTH TO THE LOUD CHEERS OF THE CROWD! OKAY, SOMETHING INTERESTING!
Stew-O: JUST AS BRONSON BACKS AWAY… AND THEN HE HITS A SUPERKICK RIGHT ACROSS JAKE’S JAW!!! JAKE SPITS THE SHIRT AND IT GOES FLYING OUT INTO THE AIR! KARMA DELIVERED OUTRIGHT BY THE HAND OF BRONSON DANIELS!!!
Gavin Kirkland: BRONSON STARTS BACKING AWAY TOWARDS THE CORNER! KELTON COMES OVER AND JUMPS ONTO THE RING APRON!
(TAG!)
Stew-O: Kelton gets tagged in and the two of them stand together in the corner! They wait for Jake Smith to raise up to his feet and take him down! They are going for the strongest move in their arsenal! They ready it! They stand their ground! AND THEY RUN FORWARD!
Gavin Kirkland: “HAKAIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!”
Persephone: OF COURSE THEY FORGOT ABOUT THAT EMO BITCH! CAROLINE HOLDS ONTO BRONSON’S FOOT, PREVENTING HIM FROM RUNNING WITH THAT IDIOT OF KELTON!
Stew-O: KELTON ONLY RUNNING HIMSELF GOES FOR THE “FINAL ATONEMENT!!!”
Gavin Kirkland: RIGHT INTO THE “STARMAKER” OUTTA NOWHEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
Stew-O: WHAT IS THIS INJUSTICE?! XANDER COMES ALIVE AS WELL, GRABBING ONTO BRONSON’S OTHER FEET AND PULLING HIM OUT OF THE RING! AS XANDER THROWS HIM RIGHT OVER THE BARRICADE! NOT LIKE THIS!
Gavin Kirkland: Jake isn’t done yet with Kelton, pulling him up to his feet and waiting for Xander here! Xander rolls back inside and readies! AS JAKE THROWS KELTON TO XANDER!
Stew-O: “THE LAST SEDATION!!!”
Gavin Kirkland: TRANSITIONED INTO A SECOND “STARMAKER!!!” POP UP POWERBOMB RIGHT INTO THE CUTTER! IT’S OVER!
Persephone: Thank gawd! Jake rolls Kelton over and pins him down while Xander watches out for him!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Referee: THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
(“Lovin On Me” plays yet again once more, with even louder boos playing in response as Jake Smith slowly backs away and laughs to himself, rising up to his feet and pulling Xander along into a hug as the two of them celebrate together in victory all while Caroline gives a small clap.)
Bella Braxton: HERE ARE YOUR WINNERS, XANDER PAYNEEEE AND JAKEEEEE SMIIIIITHHHHHHHHH!!!
Stew-O: Absolutely despicable.
Persephone: But very funny! Cheating or not, did we really think Elysium was going to bring it back again?! Of course they weren’t! I hate getting my time wasted, and I hate having to hear dumb people think they always have a chance!
Gavin Kirkland: I knew they were always going to win with the beautifully deadly Caroline by their side, but seriously, Caroline, if you really need anything, you know where to call.
Stew-O: The wrestlers don’t have your phone number. But seriously, I shouldn’t even be surprised when thinking more about it, knowing what these men have done in their lifetime, of course they would cheat against two men that have genuinely wanted a chance to bounce back. But now what?
(Xander and Jake roll out of the ring, Caroline meeting up with them on the ramp and the three of them raise their hands up in the air in celebration. Kelton slowly sits up, his head hurting from how much force it took. Bronson is simply staring over in the distance, laying against the ropes, clearly angry, clearly frustrated at another loss that they suffered.)
(There is a clear tension in the air as Kelton turns and notices Bronson in that kind of way, he pushes himself slowly up to his feet, walking over and then grabbing onto Bronson’s shoulder.)
Jon Kelton: (off-mic) You alright?
Bronson Daniels: (off-mic) …
Jon Kelton: (off-mic) Come on, man. You know damn well what happened. It does not mean we are weaker than them if they are forced to take those measures.
(Kelton is right in his words, but Bronson can’t still shake his anger off, he is just tired of continuing to lose again and again with someone that he loves and appreciates, it feels like all of that strength that he showed was in vain, all of those championships and accomplishments but he is not able to succeed with a man that he considers his brother? It truly gets at him.)
(But Kelton either way walks over and then gives him a hug, the two of them lay against the ropes, taking in the weight of the situation as best as they can before they slowly push themselves off the ropes.)
Bronson Daniels: (off-mic) Thanks. Genuinely.
Jon Kelton: (off-mic) It is what a brother does.
(The two of them walk away from the ring, the hometown crowd of Bronson cheering loudly either way for both Elysium still willing to fight the good fight. Bronson and Kelton put an arm over each other’s shoulders and they go forward, still determined to not let this be the end. As the Draft Show fades away on that last scene.)
(A graphic showing the various faces of members of the EAW Roster is shown, rapidly going through every person before finally stopping.)
(The camera returns to ringside, and pans towards the timekeepers area, where Bella Braxton can be seen holding a microphone in her hand.)
Bella Braxton: Ladies and gentlemen… Please welcome…
Bella Braxton: The NEW EAW WORLD CHAMPION, AAAADDAAAAMMMM LUUUUUUUUUUUCAAAAAASSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
(There is a loud, mixed response coming from the fans in attendance, which only grows louder as ‘Everybody Knows (Unstoppable)’ by Royal Deluxe hits. The camera pans towards the stage, and after a moment Adam Lucas begins to finally walk out, wearing his newly won EAW World Championship around his waist. Adam is holding a microphone in his hand, and he can be seen beginning to walk down the ramp, looking to enter the ring.)
Stew-O: It’s good to see Adam Lucas following Pain for Pride. He may not be a member of the Dynasty roster, but I know how talented he is and at Pain for Pride, he was able to defeat Michael Machina to win his second ever World Championship!
Gavin Kirkland: It was definitely a big match to close out night one of Pain for Pride, but I see that microphone in his hand, so I wonder what he has to say after that win. You think he’ll bring out Bethany?
Persephone: No, you creep. Adam’s boring, he’s probably just going to brag about winning the title and putting the rest of us through the torture that is an Adam Lucas Championship reign.
(Adam walks up the steel steps, before finally entering the ring and walking into the center of it. He stares at the fans in attendance for a moment as his entrance music fades out, before finally he looks away and begins to slowly pace back and forth, beginning to speak.)
Adam Lucas: I said what I was going to do at Pain for Pride. I promised to win the EAW World Championship, not just because I wanted it, but because this was exactly what I’ve been waiting for since season 18 started. I lost the Answers World Championship a while ago and since then I’ve been scratching and clawing my way back up the ladder, fighting until I could find myself in a position to become World Champion, and to be honest, the moment where it all paid off should’ve come a long time ago. It should’ve happened nearly an entire year ago when I told the Champion at the time Jake Smith what I wanted, but you all know what happened. Jake wanted me nowhere near this title and Captain Charisma spent way too long allowing him to run away, but he couldn’t run forever, and nothing was going to keep me away from this Championship.
Adam Lucas: I had my decisions questioned all throughout the season. People were confused because I wasn’t the Adam Lucas I used to be. They were worried that I went back on my words of the past, and they didn’t like that I wasn’t allowing people to walk over me anymore, but as you can see I knew exactly what I was doing. I didn’t do what I did back at Bloodsport for nothing. I did it because I walked into season 18 planning to put my career first, and now I’m walking out of it as a two-time Pain for Pride main eventer, a two-time World Champion, and your NEW EAW World Champion. This is everything I promised back when the season started. This is everything I said I would do throughout this year, and it’s exactly what I vowed to end Jake for heading into Fighting Spirit. It was all leading to this, and in the end I got exactly what I wanted.
(Adam stops in his tracks, standing in the middle of the ring once more as the camera gets a close up shot of his EAW World Championship. After this, Adam continues.)
Adam Lucas: I won’t pretend that this victory came easy, because it didn’t. I don’t like Michael Machina. We’re far from friends and I’m not so easily going to forget what he did leading up to this match, but as frustrating as all of this has been, there’s a reason he was the man I took this Championship from. Michael Machina gave it everything he had, and as I told him heading into the match, I knew why he was the EAW World Champion. He’s a threat, and even that is putting it lightly. Thinking that match would be easy would’ve been my downfall, because I already experienced a match against him so I knew from the start that he was far from some pushover. I walked into Pain for Pride ready for war, and whether you all like it or not I’m walking out of it the winner.
(This receives another mixed reaction, and Adam takes a moment and glances towards the stage.)
Adam Lucas: I don’t expect to go this entire Championship reign without being challenged, and it’s not like I want to, either. I’m finally the EAW World Champion and I plan to make sure this reign means something, so I’m saying this to everyone in the back, whether you’ve already been drafted or not. You can come after my title. You can take your shot, but I just hope you know you won’t be taking this out of my hands anytime soon-
(Before Adam could finish speaking, ‘Invincible’ by Pop Smoke hits, which catches the attention of Adam as he immediately turns back towards the stage.)
Stew-O: LOOK WHO IT IS! I can’t say I expected this!
Persephone: Oh, great… Just the guy we needed to see.
(The fans cheer, excited for the potential confrontation as Chris Elite begins to walk out to the stage. Adam Lucas waits inside of the ring, keeping a calm expression on his face as Chris can be seen holding a microphone in his hand, beginning to make his way towards the ring to meet the newly crowned World Champion.)
Gavin Kirkland: We saw Chris Elite in action against Brian Daniels earlier following what I’m sure was a disappointing loss of his Interwire Championship to BRAE at Pain for Pride. I can’t say I expected him to be the one to come out here right now!
Stew-O: Me neither, but if Chris Elite is looking to bounce back, I don’t know if there’d be a bigger way to do so than with a World Championship match. Could that be what he’s thinking right now?
(Chris Elite climbs onto the apron and enters the ring, walking up to Adam Lucas as ‘Invincible’ fades out. The two Elitists stare at each other, and Adam Lucas begins to speak.)
Adam Lucas: I didn’t think you’d be the one interrupting me right now.
(After hearing this, a smirk appears on Chris Elite’s face as the Hall of Famer begins to respond.)
Chris Elite: You’re not the only one that’s been waiting. Since I lost the World Heavyweight Championship it took years for me to hold another singles title, and I’m not gonna act like everything has gone perfect since then but I got exactly what I wanted when I became Interwire Champion. People are constantly wondering when I’ve had enough and whether or not it’s time, but I shut that shit up back at Grand Rampage. I won the Interwire Championship and gave everyone a reminder of who I am. Problem is, that reign didn’t last as long as I wanted it to. I didn’t leave Pain for Pride as Champ. Nah, instead I’m starting from square one, and if I were anyone else I’d be letting all that get to me, but instead of doing that, I’m ready to look forward and find out what’s next.
(The fans cheer, but after hearing this, Adam Lucas begins to respond.)
Adam Lucas: That’s fine, but we all saw what happened at Pain for Pride, and what happened didn’t happen for no reason. I don’t plan to be one of the people who have spent all of this time telling you that you’ve lost your touch, but what you did lose is the Interwire Championship, and right around now should be the part where you work your way back up to the top. I was just in the middle of something Chris, so if you don’t mind, I’d like to know what was worth interrupting me.
Chris Elite: I said it all this week. I’m done being the type of guy that lets their losses get to them and hold them back when we already know what kind of heights I can reach, so you’re coming out here talking about what you went through to finally win another World title and that’s cool, but if you’re gonna open the door for anybody to step up and challenge you then you better realize what you’re setting yourself up for, because you’re not the only one who’s been waiting for their shot to get back to the top. I’m not done just ‘cause I lost the Interwire Championship. That title reign was just the start, and you should already know what’s next, so I shouldn’t have to spell it out for you.
(Chris Elite steps forward, and the fans cheer seeing the tension in the ring, knowing that Elite is after the EAW World Championship. Adam is staring at Chris Elite, and while he doesn’t say anything, the look on his face tells Chris that he knows exactly what he is talking about.)
Chris Elite: You don’t wanna spend your title reign sitting on your ass and letting your work last season go to waste, and I’m not interested in my last title reign being the last thing I accomplish. I’m not done yet and I don’t plan to spend all of season 19 sitting back and continuing to wait for a shot, so here’s what’s gonna happen. You’re putting that title on the line against me Adam, and when it happens, congrats on getting that fairy tale ending at Pain for Pride but that shit is gonna be real short-lived, because I’m taking that Championship and when I do, I’ll be the one becoming a two-time World Champion.
(Cheers are heard from the fans after this, and Chris stares at the World Champion with a serious, focused look on his face as he continues.)
Chris Elite: So what is it? I don’t got all night, and I know nobody here is trying to listen to you talk about Pain for Pride for another hour, so you might as well give them what they’re actually looking for and answer me. I know the season’s just getting started, but we might as well start it off rivht. Now are you gonna put that title on the line, or not?
(Adam Lucas thinks about what Chris Elite said for a moment, remaining silent before he slowly raises his microphone, preparing to answer Elite’s challenge for an EAW World Championship match. However, as Adam gets ready to give him the answer he’s been waiting for, loud cheers can be heard coming from the crowd, even louder than what was previously heard as even the two men appear to be confused.)
Gavin Kirkland: HEY, WAIT A SECOND!!!!
Persephone: ???
Stew-O: SIN CITY STUNNER!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: NO WAY! THAT’S… THAT’S CODY MAVERICK!!!!
Persephone: …Who?
Stew-O: YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHO THAT IS! THAT’S CODY MAVERICK, THE FORMER NATIONAL ELITE CHAMPION!! HE JUST SLID IN THE RING BEHIND ADAM LUCAS, BEFORE TURNING HIM AROUND AND DROPPING HIM WITH THE SIN CITY STUNNER!!!! THE EAW WORLD CHAMPION IS DOWN AND OUT, AND NOW AS CODY TURNS TO HIS FEET, CHRIS ELITE QUICKLY LOOKS TO ATTACK, OBVIOUSLY NOT THRILLED ABOUT HAVING HIS CHALLENGE INTERRUPTED!
Gavin Kirkland: CHRIS ELITE SWINGS AT CODY MAVERICK, BUT CODY DUCKS UNDER THE STRIKE ATTEMPT BEFORE BOUNCING OFF OF THE ROPES!
Stew-O: LIGHTS OUT!!!! THE SUPERMAN PUNCH CONNECTS ON CHRIS ELITE, WHO STUMBLES RIGHT BACK TOWARDS CODY FOR A SECOND SIN CITY STUNNER!!!! CHRIS ELITE HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT BY THAT VICIOUS COMBINATION, AND CODY MAVERICK JUST LAID OUT THE TWO MEN WHO MAY HAVE BEEN SETTING UP AN EAW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH JUST NOW!
(The fans are as loud as they can be, cheering for the former National Elite Champion as he quickly returns to his feet with a focused look on his face. He looks down at the two men he just took out, and both Adam Lucas and Chris Elite are down on the mat, trying to recover from the attack they were just on the receiving end of. Cody crouches down and takes the EAW World Championship off of Adam, before looking down at it as the fans continue cheering.)
Gavin Kirkland: The last we saw of Cody was back at Pain for Pride when he lost the National Elite Championship! From the looks of it, I think he may be setting his sights on Adam Lucas’ EAW World Championship next!
Persephone: You can’t be serious. I just saw Adam Lucas win the World title and Chris Elite come out to try and challenge him. How are things getting worse?
Stew-O: If this really is Cody’s plan, then I’d say that’s one hell of a way to make a statement! Cody Maverick just took out a Hall of Famer and the current EAW World Champion! Cody was a major fan favorite back on Showdown and established himself in impressive fashion. It looks like he’s planning to keep his foot on the gas, and reach newer heights in season 19. However, I’m sure that doing so at the expense of the former Interwire Champion and current World Champion will be easier said than done!
(After staring at the title for a while, Cody gets back up and drops the EAW World Championship on top of Adam Lucas, before turning and acknowledging the crowd. After this, the camera begins to fade away from ringside, showing one last shot of Cody Maverick standing over the two Elitists before the camera fades out.)
(The camera returns to the ring for the final time this evening as Bella Braxton is standing with a microphone in her hand as she is ready to begin the introductions of the match.)
Bella Braxton: Ladies and gentlemen, this following contest is the main event of the evening, and it is scheduled for ONE FALL!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!
(The piano key to Still D.R.E. hits and nobody emerges from behind the curtain for a moment, the titantron denoting in bold text various accomplishments Karl Impact has notched over the years alongside the video of the events as the piano version continues. Piano version of Still D.R.E. cuts into the original song from its start as emerald green strobe lights affix the emerging Impact, simultaneously with his pyro, as he makes his calculated saunter down the ramp with over fifteen years and ten EAW World Championships behind his every step.)
Bella Braxton: Introducing first and making his way to the ring! Residing in Seattle, Washington! Weighing 228 pounds! Here is “THE QUINTESSENTIAL CHAMPION” IMPACT!!
Stew-O: Here comes the legendary Hall of Famer, Impact, coming to the ring for non title action. He doesn’t exactly look very pleased after what went down at Pain for Pride.
Persephone: I think he looks that way because he doesn’t have enough roughage in his diet. The older you get, the more you need. Oh! You mean when he lost. He’ll get over it. He’s lost plenty of times.
Gavin Kirkland: Drake Armstrong screwed him out of the victory with that sneaky low blow. Regardless, Impact is looking to go into the next season with a victory and we are about to find out if it will come into fruition.
(Impact enters the ring and takes a corner as his entrance music fades off. Seconds later, “Saint Pablo” by Kanye West starts to play and any negativity felt towards Impact gets worse when the EAW World Heavyweight Champion, Cy Henderson enters the arena. He has the title on his shoulder and doesn’t acknowledge the crowd at all as he heads to the ring.)
Bella Braxton: Introducing her opponent! From New York City, New York! Weighing in at 240 pounds! Here is the EAW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! “THE FORCE OF NATURE” CY HENDERSON!!
Gavin Kirkland: Here comes probably the most hated man in EAW right now. He might have won the match in one of the most unorthodox ways, but we are still in the middle of the Cy Era of the World Heavyweight Championship.
Persephone: He won because his opponents died or something. That was shit. He should be happier that he got rid of that giant bald spot he had going on for the longest time. Hilarious that he was showing his age.
Stew-O: But he also showed that he still can go in the ring by being able to retain his title at Pain for Pride. Let’s see if Cy can win this match against the former 10 Time World Champion in Impact.
(Cy enters the ring and hands his title to the referee before taking a corner and his entrance music fades off. The referee checks both competitors before calling for the bell.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
Stew-O: Here we go with our main event match of the 2025 Draft Show! This match is certainly one for the ages.
Persephone: Yeah… for ages over 70.
Gavin Kirkland: Will you quit? Two legends. Two Hall of Famers. A match for the history books as we can see that neither man is stepping up to lock up.
Stew-O: Yeah, that’s not gonna happen as Impact and Cy are just jawjacking in the middle of the ring BUT THAT DOESN’T LAST LONG AS IMPACT JUST SLAPS CY ACROSS THE FACE!! ALL THAT DID WAS GET CY MAD!!
Gavin Kirkland: Cy goes for a clothesline, AND IMPACT DUCKS OUT OF THE WAY! Cy hits the ropes, BUT IS STOPPED BY A KNIFE EDGE CHOP TO THE CHEST!!
Persephone: Oh great!! It’s like watching two ancient advertisements. One is spokesman for Hair Club for Men and the other is the spokesman for Just for Men Hair Color. One’s going bald and the other is going gray. Where did they park their walkers?
Stew-O: They aren’t that old, Persephone. Be that as it may, Impact is still firing chops into Cy’s chest and that backs him up into the corner as the referee tells Impact to get Cy out of the corner. Naturally, Impact is ignoring the referee.
Persephone: That’s because he probably left his hearing aids in the locker room. Good gawd!! I hope that the nurses put their medicine in their food so this match doesn’t go very much longer.
Gavin Kirkland: The referee started a count before pulling Impact out of the corner–
Stew-O: CY WITH A THUMB TO THE EYES BLINDING IMPACT! Of course he would wait until the referee had no chance of seeing him pull that off.
Persephone: Why are you complaining? It could have knocked some cataracts loose or something. Or it blinded him. I could care less.
Gavin Kirkland: Impact is trying to get the sting out of his eye off the cheap shot, but Cy comes running in AND CLOBBERS IMPACT WITH A CLOTHESLINE!! Listen to the crowd boo Cy after that.
Stew-O: I don’t think we will be hearing very many cheers in this match considering these two aren’t exactly the most popular in EAW regardless of their respective Hall of Fame statuses.
Gavin Kirkland: Cy right now is keeping complete control as he puts the boots to Impact who is rolling as quickly as he can to get away from the boots of the World Heavyweight Champion.
Persephone: Damn! I haven’t seen him move that fast in years. What happened? Did somebody ring the pudding bell at the home or something? Or the fiber has finally kicked in.
Stew-O: You’re not going to let up on these old remarks with either of them, are you?
Persephone: Fuck no. I need to get as many of these in as I can before they have to take their mandatory naps?
Gavin Kirkland: It’s going to be a long match with this bitch. Anyways, Impact has made it to the ropes and the referee is trying to pull Cy away from the ropes–
Stew-O: ANOTHER CHEAP SHOT BY CY AS HE THROWS HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE ROPES AND KICKS IMPACT IN THE HEAD!! OH COME ON!!
Persephone: If you aren’t cheating, you aren’t trying. Doesn’t make it any extra entertaining. It would have been funny if he kicked him then broke his hip.
Gavin Kirkland: Impact rolls off the apron to the floor after that kick as Cy breaks away from the referee and gets out onto the apron–
Stew-O: IMPACT PLAYS POSSUM AND SWEEPS CY FORWARD AND CY GOES FACE FIRST ON THE HARDEST PART OF THE RING!! THAT COULD HAVE BROKEN HIS NOSE WITH THE FORCE OF THAT MOVE!!
Gavin Kirkland: Impact grabs Cy by the neck and adjusts Cy’s position BEFORE TOSSING HIM LIKE A DART OFF THE APRON! CY GETS LAUNCHED AS HE GOES HEAD FIRST INTO OUR ANNOUNCE TABLE!
Persephone: Keep these decrepit old fossils away from the announce table. The closer they get, the more it looks like a pathetic version of Jurassic Park.
Stew-O: Can you call the match?
Persephone: You are such a damn buzzkill! Alright, Cy is holding his head in pain even though there is nothing left up there to hurt as Impact and his numerous titanium limbs come over and grab him by the head and pulls him back to his feet.
Gavin Kirkland: Impact has Cy and whips him back to the ring AND CY GOES KNEES FIRST INTO THE RING STEPS!! CY WOULD HAVE HIT THE FLOOR IF HE DIDN’T GRAB ONTO THE BOTTOM ROPE TO KEEP HIS BALANCE!
Stew-O: Impact goes in for the attack as HE GRABS CY BY THE HEAD AND DELIVERS THE BULLDOG ONTO THE RING STEPS!! CY GOES FACE FIRST INTO THE STEPS AS IMPACT IS TAKING IT TO THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
Persephone: When Cy hit the steps, it didn’t sound like a normal thud. It sounded more like a splat. Pretty much describes this match doesn’t it?
Gavin Kirkland: I wonder how you still have a job, but Cy did not land well on those steps. I wonder if Impact is trying to injure Cy or just getting his anger of losing to Drake out on the Heavyweight Champion.
Stew-O: Impact pulls Cy off the steps and rolls him into the ring BEFORE DROPPING A KNEE ACROSS CY’S THROAT AND THEN HOOKING THE LEG FOR THE FIRST COVER OF THE MATCH!!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE!
TWWWWWW-
Gavin Kirkland: CY KICKS OUT AT ONE!! They might have a few extra years on them, but it is still going to take a lot more than that to put him down.
Persephone: Of course it will. Is it just me or does anybody else see vultures circling above the ring? Maybe they will strike and this match ends. Yay!!
Stew-O: You are sadistic! But Impact pulls Cy back on his feet and whips him to the ropes. Cy with the rebound AS IMPACT LIFTS HIM UP AND TURNS HIM UP AND OVER WITH THE TILT-A-WHIRL BACKBREAKER!
Persephone: That could have broken his brittle bones with that move. Oh the inhumanity. Let’s just end the match and get them to the E.R.! Damn, what a shame!!
Gavin Kirkland: Impact rolls Cy onto his stomach AND DRIVES HIS KNEE INTO CY’S LOWER BACK!! Impact being smart and starting to take away Cy’s power advantage by damaging his back as much as possible.
Stew-O: Impact once again pulls Cy back to his feet and doubles him over before hooking his arms. Impact lifts him up for the backbreaker, BUT CY IS ABLE TO COUNTER WITH A BACK BODY DROP! WAIT! IMPACT STILL HAS THE ARMS HOOKED AND CY BRIDGES FOR THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOO!
Persephone: He kicked out. Come on, you can’t believe that Cy was thinking that far ahead. How stupid would it have been if Cy wins another match by dumb luck?
Gavin Kirkland: Yeah… it would be stupid. I will give you that one. You’re right every once in a while, bitch.
Stew-O: Alright, as we get back to the action, both men are back to their feet Cy throws a forearm in Impact’s face as Impact comes back with a right hand of his own. CY TRIES TO GO FOR ANOTHER THUMB TO THE EYE, BUT IMPACT DUCKS OUT OF THE WAY!
Gavin Kirkland: Impact is now behind Cy and IMPACT GRABS CY BY THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND PULLS HIM INTO ANOTHER BACKBREAKER! DID IMPACT USE THE HAIR?
Persephone: If he did, he shouldn’t do that because then we would have to look at that ugly bald spot again. If that happens, get some car wax and shine that bald spot up so you can see your reflection.
Stew-O: Cy is taking more damage to his back, but Impact is not through as he grabs Cy by the head AND LIFTS HIM UP AND OVER WITH A SNAP SUPLEX BEFORE FLOATING OVER FOR THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWWWW—
Persephone: He kicked out. Well that was a giant surprise right there. We should be happy these two old guys still know how to count to three. I’m curious. Is this match sponsored by AARP?
Gavin Kirkland: For the love of gawd! NO!! Do your job and focus on the match, you skank. Impact picks Cy up and whips him to the ropes, BUT CY IS ABLE TO REVERSE AND SEND IMPACT FOR THE RIDE!
Stew-O: Impact comes back off the ropes AND CY LEAVES HIS FEET AND TAKES IMPACT DOWN WITH A SHOULDER BLOCK!! Cy stays on the attack AND JUST STARTS THROWING LEFTS AND RIGHTS INTO IMPACT’S SKULL! IMPACT IS TRYING TO BLOCK AND THE REFEREE IS TELLING CY TO OPEN THE FIST!
Persephone: Good luck. Isn’t the ref aware that with both of these ancient fucks that the lights are on and nobody’s home? Now the referee is being a killjoy and starts a count.
Gavin Kirkland: Cy is naturally going to use all of the referee’s count before he stops punching Impact on four and risking disqualification on five. Cy glares at the referee as he brings Impact to his feet and once again whips him to the ropes.
Stew-O: Impact comes back AND CY LIFTS HIM UP AND TURNS HIM AROUND INTO A TILT-A-WHIRL BACKBREAKER OF HIS OWN! TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY!
Gavin Kirkland: Impact is down and Cy STARTS THROWING ELBOWS INTO THE BACK OF THE NECK AND THE BASE OF HIS SKULL! NOW HE GRABS IMPACT BY THE BACK OF THE HAIR AND JUST PULLS BACK TO PUT IMPACT IN A HORRIBLE TORQUE!
Persephone: I guess we will be able to see how gray Impact’s hair truly is. OH COME ON!! WHY IS THIS REFEREE COUNTING AGAIN?!? JUST LET THESE TWO BEAT THE DUST OUT OF EACH OTHER!!
Stew-O: Cy lets go of Impact on four BEFORE FIRING ANOTHER ELBOW TO THE BASE OF IMPACT’S SKULL SENDING HIM FACE FIRST INTO THE MAT!
Persephone: Is this match going on in slow motion? No? This is their actual speed? This is so boring. Somebody better ring the pudding bell again to get them to speed up or else they are going to put us all to sleep.
Gavin Kirkland: I wish we had someone on commentary who is more beautiful and less of a bitch. Guess not. But Cy brings Impact back up AND TAKES HIM DOWN WITH A POWERFUL URANAGE SLAM!!
Stew-O: But that’s not all. He brings Impact back to his feet again and doubles him over before lifting him up in the air and running to the corner–
Persephone: BUCKLE BOMB BY CY HENDERSON! LOOK AT ALL THAT DUST THE EXPLODED OUT OF THE CORNER AND COLLAPSES TO THE MAT! Impact might be dead and I am fine with that as Cy goes for the cover! Please let this be it!!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHHHHHRRRRR—
Gavin Kirkland: IMPACT KICKS OUT AT TWO! Near fall for the Heavyweight Champion as he drags Impact over to the ropes AND STARTS CHOKING HIM ON THE MIDDLE ROPES!
Stew-O: Given the status of Impact and Cy, I can understand some of the leeway that the referee has given, but Cy is completely taking advantage of this as the referee once again has to warn Cy.
Gavin Kirkland: The referee reaches a four count again as Cy stops choking Impact on the ropes. Cy grabs Impact and brings him up again BEFORE DROPPING HIM WITH REVERSE DDT!!
Persephone: Wow. This is so exciting. I should have brought a magazine or a pillow because this match is putting me to sleep.
Stew-O: Of course you only like matches where people are bleeding to death or getting dismembered.
Persephone: So what?
Gavin Kirkland: As Impact is down on the mat, Cy is choosing to leave his ground attack and go up to the top rope. You don’t see that very often. Sometimes you just have to pull out all stops in order to win.
Stew-O: Cy is on the top rope as Impact has rolled over and made it to his knees. Impact is making it to his feet AS CY COMES OFF THE TOP ROPE–
Persephone: BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! DUMBASS MISSED!! Cy went for that stupid Diving Leg Drop bulldog of his and Impact got out of the way. Get the medics! The idiot might have broken his hip.
Gavin Kirkland: Well he certainly didn’t sprain his ankles when he landed. Cy is trying to recover while holding where he landed because he’s in pain, BUT IMPACT HAS HIM!!
Stew-O: Impact has him in a Full Nelson. Cy right now has nowhere to go AS IMPACT LIFTS HIM UP BEFORE DROPPING HIM FACE FIRST INTO THE MAT!!
Gavin Kirkland: Impact with “The Hail Mary”! Full Nelson Facebuster was a direct hit as Impact has Cy kissing the mat as he rolls Cy over and hooks the leg. Will Impact pin the Heavyweight Champion here?
ONNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHHHHRRRREEEEEEE–
Persephone: He kicked out. Why in the hell am I not surprised. Even the senior citizens around here have all this “fight” and “determination” and all that other bullshit. How sickening.
Stew-O: This has been an amazing matchup between two high quality Hall of Famers as we head into the new season. Impact isn’t happy that Cy chose to kick out and continue the match.
Persephone: I’m not happy that this match isn’t over yet, but I guess I can briefly tolerate watching Impact just kick Cy right in the spine. A few more kicks and Cy might be ready for the Iron Lung.
Gavin Kirkland: Cy is not moving here and Impact drags Cy over to the corner and Impact has decided to take a gamble of his own as he climbs to the top rope. High risk could equal high reward if this pays off.
Stew-O: Impact likes to go for the moonsault in this situation. He doesn’t fly very often, but he has a pretty decent track record with the Moonsault.
Persephone: The high altitude must have messed with his memory or something because it’s like he was up there for about three days. That gave Cy plenty of time to recover as he got back to his feet.
Gavin Kirkland: Cy goes to the corner AND CLOBBERS IMPACT IN THE SPINE! Now Cy turns Impact around and fires a shot to the gut that doubles Impact over.
Stew-O: Cy grabs hold of Impact’s head and leg BEFORE LIFTING HIM IN THE AIR! WAIT! CY HENDERSON IS CLIMBING ONTO THE MIDDLE ROPE! OH GAWD! THIS MIGHT BE UGLY RIGHT HERE!
Gavin Kirkland: Cy is throwing caution to the wind on the middle rope BEFORE FALLING BACK AND DROPPING IMPACT RIGHT ON HIS HEAD WITH THE “DOWNWARD SPIRAL”! WHAT A FISHERMAN BUSTER BY THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
Persephone: Both men are down at the moment as the referee checks on them. Screw the count and ring the bell. Point to the timekeeper, DING DING DING, match over! YAY!!
Stew-O: Will you stop complaining about this match? The referee was going to start a count, but they see Cy crawling over to Impact before finally draping an arm over him for the cover!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEEEE!
Persephone: OH FOR THE LOVE OF GAWD!! WHY DID HE HAVE TO GO AND DO THAT?
Gavin Kirkland: IMPACT GOT THE SHOULDER UP!! HOLY CRAP THAT WAS A VERY CLOSE NEAR FALL FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AND CY LOOKS UP AT THE REFEREE IN SHOCK!! TIRED, BUT IN SHOCK!!
Stew-O: I think Cy would have had the match there if he wouldn’t have landed on his back off the Fisherman Buster. He took even more damage and that bought Impact just enough time to recover and kick out of the pinfall.
Persephone: This match is getting as long as the stories these two tell to their grandchildren. Don’t these two know how to wrap things up. They’ve been in the spotlight so long the bulb went out!!
Gavin Kirkland: Complain all you want, but this match is still going on and Cy is looking to get a little annoyed that he hasn’t been able to put away the Hall of Famer Impact.
Stew-O: Cy is now to the point that he might just try and dissect Impact and make his life a nightmare for the rest of this match as he brings Impact up and whips him to the ropes.
Gavin Kirkland: Impact comes back off the ropes AND CY FIRES OFF THE “CYCLONE LARIAT”—
Persephone: Wow. What a surprise! The bullseye was right in front of his face and he missed the target. And he’s the Heavyweight Champion. He needs some damn glasses.
Stew-O: Impact ducked the lariat before stopping in his tracks and quickly turns Cy around—
Persephone: IMPACT WITH A HEADBUTT! Don’t see why. There’s nothing up there for either of them to hurt.
Gavin Kirkland: Cy is dazed as Impact kicks him in the gut to double him over. Impact picks him up AND DROPS CY TO THE MAT WITH A POWERBOMB!
Persephone: Good for him. He did something good for once. But naturally he doesn’t stop there as he picks Cy up again—
Gavin Kirkland: BEFORE DROPPING HIM WITH ANOTHER POWERBOMB!! Double powerbomb by Impact as Impact rolls Cy onto his stomach.
Stew-O: Impact runs over to the ropes BEFORE JUMPING UP ONTO THE SECOND AND FLIPPING BACK FOR THE LIONSAULT!!
Persephone: Surprisingly he got a direct hit with that Lionsault. He calls it “Flight Sights” for some idiotic reason, but he did land on Cy’s back which caused Cy major pain and that makes me hate this match a little less. Now Impact rolls over Cy and hooks the leg. FINISH THIS MATCH!!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEEEE!
Gavin Kirkland: CY GETS THE SHOULDER UP!! HOLY CRAP THAT WAS A CLOSE NEAR FALL! I mean another millisecond longer and Impact would have won.
Stew-O: Impact is starting to get a little annoyed that he can’t put away the Heavyweight Champion at this point in the matchup.
Gavin Kirkland: Impact is on his feet and he is calling for Cy to get back on his feet. He’s ready to finish this match. He’s done playing around.
Persephone: Because he has nobody his age to play with.
Stew-O: It took some time but Cy is back on his feet. Cy is standing AND IMPACT FIRES THE RIGHT HOOK! “FIST OF FURY TO END THIS MATCH–
Persephone: BAHAHAHAHAHA! WHAT AN IDIOT!! CY DUCKED AND IMPACT CAUGHT THE REFEREE!!
Gavin Kirkland: THE REFEREE GOT CAUGHT ENOUGH BY THE RIGHT HOOK TO GET TAKEN DOWN AND POSSIBLY OUT! THINGS JUST GOT INTERESTING NOW–
Stew-O: LOW BLOW!! CY WENT DOWNSTAIRS AND CAUGHT IMPACT WITH A LOW BLOW!! WHAT A CHEAP SHOT BY THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!!
Gavin Kirkland: The crowd is booing even louder at Cy’s dirty trick. Cy picks up Impact before he hits the mat AS HE LIFTS IMPACT IN THE AIR AND DRIVES HIM DOWN WITH THE “PHANTOM DEATH”!
Persephone: Michinoku Driver by Cy as this match could be over but Impact stupidly punched the referee. NOW WHAT IN THE HELL IS CY DOING!?!?
Stew-O: Cy has rolled out of the ring to the floor AND HE IS LOOKING UNDER THE RING FOR A WEAPON!! WHY?
Persephone: He’s old and lost. Or he’s stupid. Could go either way. But since he’s there, GET A WEAPON TO MAKE THE BASTARD BLEED! YOU OWE ME THAT MUCH!!
Stew-O: Cy really doesn’t need to be outside the ring in the first place. He doesn’t need a weapon to finish off Impact. He just needs to wake up the referee–
(CRASH!)
Persephone: OH GREAT!! JUST WHAT WE NEEDED!! ANOTHER ESCAPEE FROM THE HOME!!
Gavin Kirkland: SHUT UP BITCH!! THAT’S METHUSELAH AND HE HIT CY WITH THE INFAMOUS ADAMS FAMILY SPEAR!! HE TURNED CY INSIDE OUT WITH SUCH FORCE!!
Stew-O: CY IS DOWN AND METHUSELAH IS JUST BEATING THE HOLY HELL OUT OF CY ON THE FLOOR, ALL WHILE THE REFEREE STILL HAS NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED!
Persephone: Kind of hard to when the referee was taken out for the time being. Don’t be so stupid.
Stew-O: You know what I meant!!
Gavin Kirkland: Methuselah has been putting the boots and fists to Cy, but now Methuselah picks him back up and hooks his arms BEFORE DROPPING CY WITH THE “MK DRIVER”!! FUTURE SHOCK DDT BY METHUSELAH SPIKES CY RIGHT ON HIS HEAD!!
Persephone: Future shock huh? At Cy’s age, he should be shocked about the future because that means he has one and he still has time left. Go ahead and hit Impact with one.
Gavin Kirkland: Cy is barely moving as Methuselah picks him up and rolls him back into the ring. What in the hell is all this for?
Stew-O: I don’t think it matters because Impact is back on his feet and he pulls Cy to the middle of the ring before starting to bring him back to his feet.
Persephone: He’s gonna throw his back out trying to get him on his feet. Have the paramedics ready!!
Stew-O: Impact manages to pull up the pretty much lifeless Cy back to his feet long enough to grab him AND PULL HIM DOWN INTO THE “EVISCERATION”! THE CODEBREAKER BY IMPACT!! IF CY WASN’T UNCONSCIOUS BEFORE, HE IS NOW!!
Persephone: Oh darn. Looks like Cy’s medicine kicked in just a little bit quicker than Impact’s. You hate to see shit like that happen.
Gavin Kirkland: THE KNEES TO THE FACE WERE JUST THE EXCLAMATION POINT TO THIS MATCH AS IMPACT ROLLS CY OVER FOR THE COVER! THE REFEREE HAS RECOVERED AND IMPACT’S GONNA STEAL IT HERE THANKS TO METHUSELAH!!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE!
(DING! DING! DING!)
(“Still D.R.E” starts playing again as the fans start booing the end result. They don’t like Cy, but they don’t like the underhanded tactics either. Methuselah is watching intently as Impact rolls off of Cy and takes a breather as Bella Braxton announces the final decision of the match.)
Bella Braxton: Here is your winner… IMPACT!!
Stew-O: Well that was certainly a way to end this match. But you can’t ignore the fact that Impact did get a pinfall victory over the World Heavyweight Champion.
Gavin Kirkland: Regardless of the end result, it certainly was a hell of a match between two Hall of Fame level competitors. Would anybody consider Impact beating Cy an upset considering Cy is the Champion?
Persephone: Don’t be stupid. Of course not. One old man beating another isn’t exactly the biggest shocker of the year.
(Impact is back on his feet as the referee tries to raise his arm in victory before it is quickly snatched away. Impact looks down at Cy before leaving the ring and passing Methuselah, who is still glaring at Cy.)
Persephone: You know what? I actually would call this an upset. I’m upset this match went as long as it did. I’m upset that I didn’t see any bloodshed. I’m also upset that I didn’t at least get to laugh at anybody for having their dentures knocked out of their mouth. THIS SUCKS!!
Stew-O: Of course you would find something to complain about everything, but for the rest of us, we were glad for the chance to watch a match between two legendary competitors.
(The referee helps Cy sit up in the ring and Cy immediately catches Methuselah glaring at him and then everything clicks. Cy now puts everything together and he is pissed off.)
Gavin Kirkland: Well, Cy now put all the pieces together and he is not happy about what went down. Some people might feel bad that Cy lost the match and others probably believe this is karma for the way he won last week at Pain for Pride. Either way, Cy is walking into next week with a loss to start things off.
Stew-O: Either way, I think we have just witnessed the beginning of some very interesting development. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for tuning in and with this… here’s to the official beginning of EAW’s nineteenth season and I just know that this season is going to be very monumental. Goodnight everybody!!
(The final shot starts with Impact standing at the top of the entrance ramp soaking in his victory before transitioning to Methuselah glaring at Cy with a smirk on his face before cutting to Cy, who is now sitting up and glaring at Methuselah in return before the broadcast fades to black.)
(EAW logo buzzes….)
