(EAW intro plays…)
(Friday Night Dynasty intro plays. A recap of last week’s show plays. Once that wraps up, the shot cuts through inside the arena where pyrotechnics go off and the fans are loud as possible. More fans are shown off in attendance before the camera settles on the commentary team.)
Stew-O: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another LIVE edition of FRIDAY NIGHT DYNASTY! We are here at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, and what a show tonight, guys!
Jake Mercer: Yessir! We got a rematch as my two GOATs duke it out in Cy Henderson and Limmy Monaghan in our main event! We got many developments, including our new general manager! 👀
Flannery McCoy: Definitely curious to see who that is, along with how the road is looking as we get closer to Reckless Wiring. But right now, let’s kick things off with Stephie Love in the ring!
Stephie Love: Ladies and gentleman, please welcome the World Heavyweight Champion… CY HENDERSON!
(The crowd erupted with boos as ‘Saint Pablo’ by Kanye West began blaring through the speakers. As the beat of the theme kicked in, Cy Henderson marched out from behind the stage curtains with his World Heavyweight Championship draped over his shoulder. With a grim expression on his face, he stormed down the ramp, ignoring the crowd lining the front row trying to tag him and the others viciously booing him. He makes his way into the ramp as he takes a look around, surveying the arena.)
Stew-O: This is one hell of a way to open up the show, I’ll tell you what! Cy Henderson, the World Heavyweight Champion of EAW, is making his way out to the ring one week after he viciously ambushed the chairman of EAW, Methuselah himself!
Flannery McCoy: That’s not all that came about as a result of that ambush, though! Methuselah laid down the challenge that we all knew was coming when he said he wanted to face Cy Henderson for the World Heavyweight Championship at Reckless Wiring; after Cy was finished beating the chairman down, though, we heard Cy Henderson proclaim that he accepted Methuselah’s challenge!
Jake Mercer: That locks in the World Heavyweight Champion versus the Chairman at Reckless Wiring, which is a dream rematch for countless members of the EAW Universe since it has been so unbelievably long since the legendary pair clashed! Of course, I’m sure none of the EAW Universe expected it to be happening under circumstances like this, with Cy Henderson having turned his back on the fans and holding a world title in 2025! I believed in him, though, I was always loyal!
Stew-O: Yeah, yeah, save it. It’s definitely a bold move for Cy to be coming out to speak out considering he’s got a main event match against a very game Limmy Monaghan tonight! Cy has never been one to shy away from speaking his mind, though, that’s for sure. Let’s hear what he has to say!
(The World Heavyweight Champion took a microphone from the ringside staff before bringing it up to his mouth and beginning to speak.)
Cy Henderson: I find it ironic that the same people who are the most attached to the narrative that I am irreparably tied to my past are the very same people that can’t seem to let it go for themselves. When I brutalized Joso at the height of his reign, one month after he beat the woman everyone thought was set to make history, I single-handedly eliminated any doubt that was still lingering about who I am as a wrestler and what my future was going to entail. I didn’t keep it a secret how often I heard those same narratives being flung left and right since the day I returned to this company, even just as a special guest referee, but the secret that everyone didn’t want to believe was that I was more than the nostalgia act that they all bargained for when I stepped foot in the squared circle for the first time in years.
Cy Henderson: I escaped the pigeonhole that everyone had set out for me to fill when I burst free from the expectations that you people wanted me to follow to a T. Since that moment, when I turned on the same man I am going to beat in tonight’s main event, I have proved myself to be exactly what I claimed to be. No longer the ‘Justice Seeker’ that was plastered on every other child’s baseball caps or every other manchild’s tshirts, but an undeniable Force of Nature that swept through the Dynasty roster and toppled every rising star and current legend that thought they could take my momentum for themselves.
Cy Henderson: But for some people, it’s never enough. I beat the most dominant world champion in recent history in the form of Myles, and it wasn’t enough. I overcame a crowd of wrestlers and became the Iron Survivor of 2025, and it still wasn’t enough. I beat the former King of Elite and took the World Heavyweight Championship that he risked life and limb for, and it still wasn’t enough. I beat him and a supposed ‘God’ in the main event of Pain for Pride with the entire world watching with bated breath, and for the very chairman that owned the company hosting their biggest event of the year, it still was not enough. If that’s the case, then what is the point in trying to reason with a madman who has made it perfectly clear that he has set his mind on a single narrative and won’t let it go until it gets beaten out of him?
Cy Henderson: I’m no stranger to this. I’ve seen this movie before. A man decides to challenge me with his preconceived notions set in bedrock, and until I leave him laying unconscious with his shattered teeth sprawled across the canvas, he is going to keep repeating the same lines to the point that it makes me sick. So when I ambushed you last week, Methuselah, I did not do it just to shut your mouth, because I know that you’re going to keep talking for as long as you possibly can. I attacked you because I wanted you to feel, first-hand, just a little preview of what is going to be coming your way at Reckless Wiring. I accepted your challenge because there is no greater statement I can make to completely wipe out the narrative you continue to peddle than to tear apart the man that would be most hurt if that narrative came true.
Cy Henderson: I see through all the nonsensical babbling you do. For all the mockery you send my way, the truth is that you secretly WISH it was still 2011 or 2014. Even if it may hurt the company and your bottom line for the greatest single attraction wrestling today to drop everything and leave in the middle of a World Heavyweight Championship reign, it would still benefit you, personally, by getting rid of the biggest wall in your way to becoming the world champion again. Sorry to say, but it isn’t going to be that easy. You can say whatever you want about my past, but the work I put in to become the world champion again at ANY cost, including the bridges I have burnt with the EAW Universe, were recorded by your own camera crews.
Cy Henderson: In contrast, we’ve seen the work that YOU’VE put in over the past few years… but unlike me, it wasn’t enough for you. We’re nearly five years departed from the last world championship reign we’ve seen from you, and you are going to come to find out that getting drafted to my brand in your own company will turn out to be the biggest misfortune you’ve had since the last time I left your company. Ironically, this time the misfortune is the fact that I am staying and that you can’t get rid of me. You’re going to spew the same esoteric word vomit that you always do, but at the end of the day, you’re just using different coats of paint to cover up the fact that you’re whining over the fact that you are incapable of beating the Force of Nature that I am.
Cy Henderson: It doesn’t matter how you approach me. You can talk about my past mistakes, you can talk about your past glory, and you can tie it all together with numerology, hermeticism, astrology, anything you like; the one thing you won’t be able to talk your way through is beating me in a wrestling match. When we step foot in that ring at Reckless Wiring, I am going to show you that I am currently fulfilling every bit of ‘potential’ that the world talked about when I took the wrestling industry by storm in my youth. Every match I’ve wrestled since my return has shown that aging hasn’t taken away from the fact that I am one of history’s most dominant elitists; as a matter of fact, it is showing that if I had stayed in EAW this entire time, your own legacy would have been a fraction of what it turned out to be, because I would have been there at every turn to take the world titles you won in my absence.
Cy Henderson: You are no longer able to benefit from that absence. You’ll have to be happy with the profit you make off of my name value and the ticket sales you make for people paying to see me beat the fuck out of you.
Methuselah: Pray tell, have you finished your masturbatory reflection?
(The crowd turned and started roaring with mixed reactions as Methuselah could be seen making his way down the ramp with a microphone in his hand. He continues talking as he makes his way into the ring to come face to face with Cy Henderson.)
Methuselah: You cannot, in one breath, mock your naysayers for holding onto the same narrative while, in the next breath, continue to prattle on about your past with how clearly it continues to affect you. Perhaps if you spent more time listening to your humbly chosen Elevated Sensei yesterweek instead of trying to get the jump on me to, ahem, ‘make a statement’, you may have come to realize that everything I said about the Principle of Mentalism is true in relation to the problems you have faced. My thesis remains the same, Cyclone.
Methuselah: The dominance wrought since the latest resurgence of EAW’s Cyclone was never in question; when we speak of your past, it is never in question of your physicality as a wrestler but rather of the follies of your mind. Do you truly think that your introspection has rendered your mind impenetrable to all contrary thought? FINISH HIM. OVER FOR THOU. Your dominance is not as a result of the strength of your mind, but in SPITE of its FRAGILITY. It is an indictment on every wrestler you have faced since your return, but it will not be the same for someone that is able to see through all of the mean-mugging you’ve done.
Methuselah: It shouldn’t just be me, but alas, not everyone has experienced the same elevation as Methuselah Elevation גוֹבַה. Not everyone is able to see from above the walls you have put around yourself, but for someone who can, it all becomes laughable. Every speech you make where you spit on the fans for all of their expectations, all of their hopes, all of their beliefs about you, everything that may seem menacing to the common eye gets perceived for the bitchmade whining that it really is. And every cell in your body screaming at you to prove me wrong pushes you to make stupid decisions like speaking against me on the same night as a main event match against Mona_han.
Methuselah: However, I have never been one to stop a lamb from walking mindlessly to the slaughter; if you are so eager to make this mistake, then I invite you to do so. I’ll put you out of your misery with my own hands–
Stew-O: OH! AND CY HENDERSON HAS HEARD ENOUGH! A RIGHT HOOK BY CY STARTS A BRAWL BETWEEN THE TWO HISTORIC LEGENDS! METHUSELAH IS FIGHTING BACK, AND THESE TWO ARE GOING AT IT BEFORE WE CAN EVEN GET TO RECKLESS WIRING!
Flannery McCoy: THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AND THE CHAIRMAN ARE GOING STRIKE FOR STRIKE, BLOW FOR BLOW HERE, AND— A LARIAT FROM CY HENDERSON SENDS BOTH MEN TUMBLING OVER THE TOP ROPE AND TO RINGSIDE NEAR THE RAMP!
Jake Mercer: THE BRAWL IS STILL GOING THOUGH AND IT SHOWS NO SIGNS OF STOPPING! CY GOES FOR A CYCLONE LARIAT BUT METHUSELAH HAD IT SCOUTED AS HE THRUST KICKS THE ARM AND RETALIATES WITH AN ELBOW SMASH— OH, BUT HERE COME THE SECURITY GUARDS TO PULL THEM APART!
Stew-O: THE FANS CLEARLY WANT THEM TO KEEP FIGHTING BUT THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY GUARDS!
Methuselah: IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIVELIHOODS, UNHAND US AT ONCE!
Flannery McCoy: Woah, this definitely isn’t a normal brawl; with their literal employer barking orders, the security guards suddenly throw their arms up– AND CY HENDERSON TAKES FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE CONFUSION AS HE BURSTS OUT FROM THE CROWD OF SECURITY GUARDS TO TOPPLE METHUSELAH WITH A CALAMITY! METHUSELAH IS DOWN! METHUSELAH IS DOWN!
Jake Mercer: The security guards don’t know how to react, so they just step back, leaving Methuselah groaning and snarling on the ground as the chairman glares up at the World Heavyweight Champion, who breathes heavily as he returns the glare at the Chairman!
Stew-O: These two legends are staring off at each other with their title match at Reckless Wiring just over the horizon! Will this have repercussions for Cy Henderson’s main event tonight? And what will come about at the main event of Reckless Wiring?! You’ll have to tune in to find out!
(The video feed lingers on the chaotic scene before slowly fading to black.)
(A commercial plays for Reckless Wiring.)
(Friday Night Dynasty returns from commercials. The shot fades into the backstage area, where Michael Belfort is seen. Various crew members are in and out of the general manager’s room, once belonging to Kensingten Calhoun-Astor and Richard Grant.)
Michael Belfort: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Dynasty. I am Michael Belfort, and last week, we all witnessed Methuselah unceremoniously firing Kensingten Calhoun-Astor and Richard Grant right in the middle of the ring.
(The replay of that moment unfolds. The two show up after Methuselah requests their presence, and soon, their fates are sealed. Both are in complete shock. However, Methuselah reminds them that the Fate of Dynasty match was never on their behalf; it was a means to an end, and the two have lost any bit of usefulness by the end of the season. The two then leave.)
(The replay ends. Shot returns to Michael and the scene. The last bit of crew leaves the general manager room, and Michael approaches the door.)
Michael Belfort: I did, however, get word that we do have a new general manager looking to take over their roles, and so, I figured it’d be a good time to see who that may be.
(Knock knock knock!)
(…)
(Eventually, the door opens up and peeking on in…)
Michael Belfort: Oh!
(The camera shot shifts to reveal TYRONE MONTGOMERY is back as the general managers! The fans in the arena cheer loudly.)
Tyrone Montgomery: Hey, Michael. Long time no see, huh?
Michael Belfort: Well, yes, this is a pleasant surprise! I mean, you were just over on Voltage, and now, you got your old job back!
Tyrone Montgomery: What can I say? Wherever the people need me, I go there. And it seems like that calling has led me back right here on Dynasty.
Michael Belfort: That’s wonderful! Many within the EAW universe missed your presence on Dynasty television.
Tyrone Montgomery: Damn. That makes it sound as if I have been M.I.A all this time. :mjlol:
Michael Belfort: :mjlol: Well, Tyrone—anything you want to say to the fans watching on?
(Tyrone nods. He then turns to the camera directly, having his usual smile on his face.)
Tyrone Montgomery: Well, if you missed me that badly, then don’t worry, because the philosophies I had as general manager before everything hit the fan are still there. I want Dynasty to be where every Elitist here is able to cultivate their own dynasty for themselves. In fact, I’m excited to see that some of the talent that did rise when I was last behind the desk, like Michael, BRAE, and Milli when she returns, have been able to make a name for themselves. And of course, we have mainstays like Drake, Cy, Limmy, and… event Methuselah.
(There’s a bit of hesitance to his tone when he blurts out that last name. However, his smile doesn’t dim as his eyes shift back to Michael.)
Tyrone Montgomery: There’s a lot to look forward to for this season, Michael. I can feel this new surge of energy, and that could be because the season is still pretty new, but… it feels great. And I cannot wait to help push this show forward once more.
Michael Belfort: That’s good to hear. Welcome back!
Tyrone Montgomery: Thanks. Now, if you excuse me… I got some moves to make.
(He winks and then disappears behind the closing door. With that, Dynasty fades back to ringside.)
Stephie Love: The following is scheduled for one fall!
Crowd: ONE FALL!
(‘Rain’ by VKL hits the speakers and Sorn rushes down from behind the curtains. He quickly heads down the ramp, going out of his way to hype the fans up.)
Stephie Love: Introducing first, weighing in at 167 pounds, from Osaka, Japan, he is “THE FUTURE ACE” … SOORRRNNNN!!!
(‘In My Blood’ by The Score is next to play and Rex McAllister walks out with the Unified Tag Team Championship belt around his waist. Following him to the ring is his partner, Raven Roberts. Both tag multiple fans on their way down to the ring.)
Stephie Love: His opponent, accompanied by Raven Roberts, residing in Atlanta, Georgia, he is 1/2 of the Unified Tag Team Champions… “THE LIONHEART” … RRRREEEXXXXX!! MCCALLLISSSTTTEEERRRR!!!
(DING DING DING!)
Stew-O: Both Rex and Sorn circle around the ring, trying to get a feel for one another. They engage in a tight collar & elbow tie-up, and it’s the veteran McAllister who twirls around into a wristlock. Sorn grits his teeth, trying to get free. However, Rex is quick to transition to a hammerlock. Strong start for Rex, who starts working down on that arm of Sorn. He reaches around, shaking his head. Rex keeps applying pressure, but Sorn starts to maneuver his body around.
Jake Mercer: He twists around, snapping free of Rex’s grip and applying a waistlock! He hoists Rex up, but no! Rex drops back to his feet! He swings a back elbow for the skull of Sorn, but Sorn ducks his head and now he has his head ducked in a front facelock. Before Rex can take advantage though, Sorn wraps his arms around his waist and lifts him up for a northern lights suplex—Rex flails his legs in mid-air though and floats over, bringing Sorn down with a sunset flip rollup!
Flannery McCoy: Sorn rolls through before his shoulders touch the canvas, and he grabs the ankle of Rex. He flips him onto his stomach and ties the legs up. He reaches for the wrists, pulling back into a surfboard stretch! It’s in tight, and he’s clamping down on the wrists of McAllister! Raven watches closely, shouting instructions from ringside—but Rex has got it figured out on his own. He twists himself in mid-air, and plops down into a pinfall to Sorn!
ONE!
TWW—
Stew-O: Kick out from Sorn. Both men quickly rise and Rex brings him down with a headlock takeover! Rex wrenches in that grounded side headlock and Sorn places his hands on Rex’s face, pushing his head back! Rex winces, trying tp get his hands out of his face. Furious, he slams Sorn’s head back down against the canvas and applies pressure. Sorn flails his arms around, struggling. Rex continues to pull down on him…
Jake Mercer: But now, Sorn wraps his legs around Rex’s head! He yanks him down with a headscissors! And Rex’s head is trapped between the legs of Sorn! Sorn is going to work right now, and making it a struggle for Rex to even breathe. He slaps his hands on the canvas, trying to call for the fans to rally him into this. Not so easily though, because he still remains stuck on the canvas.
Flannery McCoy: Rex starts to scoot his body around and he spins, his back facing Sorn, while Sorn’s legs are vertical. Sorn starts to raise his elbows at a 90 degree angle and starts to scrape them against the back of Rex, making things uncomfortable for him. If Rex’s back is bent and not straight, that keeps him uncomfortable and unable to swiftly get his way out of this. Sorn continues to beat at the back of Rex, considering it’s wide open for him to do so.
Stew-O: Strong strategy from Sorn so far, but Rex won’t go down that easily! He shifts his body to the left, his legs hitting the canvas, then he shifts to the right! Now, Rex is really working hard to get out of this, and he shifts into the middle, and has the necessary momentum to roll forward into a jackknife pinfall! The shoulders of McAllister are pressed firmly against the canvas!
ONE!
TWWOOO!
Jake Mercer: BUT MCALLISTER BRIDGES UP! He holds onto the waist of Sorn and slowly twists them around into a backslide pinfall—but Sorn won’t go down! Now both men are hooked in backslide position, fighting for control over the other! Rex tries to bring him down, but Sorn holds his ground! He tries to bring Rex down, but Rex won’t let it happen! both men are continuing to fight…
Stew-O: And Rex spins Sorn free, only for Sorn to trap him with a drop toe hold into the middle turnbuckle! The lesser experienced Sorn doing very well in this match so far! Rex stumbles up to his feet and Sorn is up, leaping to the ropes! He springboards off with a CROSSBODY! Rex goes down and Sorn kneels up, pumping his fist. He rises up and calls him up to his feet! Rex slowly rises, and Sorn goes right for the abdomen again with a spinning back kick to the ribs. Rex falls to a kneel and Sorn hits off the ropes!
Flannery McCoy: But Rex sees him coming and he catches him with a TILT-A-WHIRL BACKBREAKER! BEAUTIFUL! Sorn is laid out and Rex rolls to the ropes, taking the moment to catch a breather. Raven comes around, checking on Rex and making sure that he’s good to keep going. The referee is checking on Sorn on the other side.
Jake Mercer: Rex rises to his feet and he pulls Sorn up. He nails him with a forearm to the jaw, which staggers Sorn. Sorn fires off one of his own, but it doesn’t have nearly as much oomph to it as Rex’s forearm did! Rex frowns, not impressed.
Rex McAllister: (off-mic) Come on. You can hit harder than that.
Stew-O: So, Sorn does that! He winds back a TOUGHER forearm! Rex grits his teeth, but he eats it, again! Another forearm from Rex! Sorn fires back! Rex with a forearm! Sorn fires back! Another one, and another one! Now Sorn is swarming him with forearms! Rex falls to the ropes and Sorn turns to hit off, bouncing off the ropes with adrenaline running through his body!
Jake Mercer: FLYING FOREARM FROM SORN! AND DOWN GOES MCALLISTER! REX IS DOWN! AND NOW SORN SEES HIS OPENING! Could we be looking at a huge upset here?! He runs to the ropes and turns around, climbing to the middle rope. Sorn claps his hands, waiting for Rex to get up…
Flannery McCoy: Rex slowly rises, and Sorn flies off the middle rope! ‘MX!’ NO! REX WITH A BACK STEP AND HE CAPTURES THE LEGS OF SORN! The back of Sorn’s head hits the canvas hard, and now all Rex has to do is flip him over! AND THE BOSTON CRAB IS IN! Rex squatting down, sitting on the back of Sorn! Sorn roars out in agony, reaching for the ropes! He’s pretty close—
Stew-O: No! Rex pulls him to the center of the ring! That was a great call, though! Since Sorn made that leap off the middle rope, he was still in close proximity to them despite being caught! Now Rex has Sorn where he wants him, and this is a horrible position for Sorn to be in right now! Rex continues to apply pressure, bending back Sorn’s body!
Jake Mercer: Sorn won’t give up, though! He’s trying to get to the ropes, but it’s no use! Rex continues to sit down on the hold… but Sorn keeps fighting it! Rex shakes his head, as Sorn starts pushing forward to the rope! Rex starts to pull him back again, just like earlier…
Stew-O: But this time, Sorn is privy to it! He rolls to his back and he uses pure lower body strength to kick Rex back! Rex skids down to a seat and rolls right back up to his feet. But once he’s up, Sorn is there with a ROLLING ELBOW! Rex bounces off the ropes as a result, and Sorn is awaiting him… ‘GUN STUN!’ THE CUTTER CONNECTS! AND REX GETS LAID OUT IN THE CENTER OF THE RING! SORN QUICKLY HOOKS THE LEGS!
OOOOOOOONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
TTTTTTTTTWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
TTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHH—
Flannery McCoy: IT’S NOT ENOUGH! REX GETS HIS SHOULDER UP IN TIME! Sorn sits up, slapping the mat! That’s definitely gotta feel frustrating. Especially after feeling like you caught Rex off guard. Raven paces around the ring, calling for Rex to get back into this one. Sorn is up to his feet, and he steps out to the apron. He sees a chance to keep it pushing, don’t blame him!
Jake Mercer: He climbs to the top rope. The Gun Stun may have not worked, but he’s got more tricks up his sleeve! Rex is laid out… as Sorn launches himself off the top rope! ‘SHOOTING STAR PRESS!’ RIGHT DOWN ON THE BODY—NO! REX RAISES HIS KNEES JUST IN TIME! And Sorn’s ribs go crashing into them! Rex hooks the head of Sorn and rolls him over him! Sorn is up to a seated position, and Rex quickly rises to his feet.
Stew-O: Rex runs off the ropes, bringing him down with a sliding lariat! He rises to his feet and drags Sorn up immediately after. He hooks the waist of Sorn! GERMAN SUPLEX! Rex holds on to the waist, rolling over and picking him up again. A SECOND GERMAN SUPLEX! Rex holds on, rolling through for a third time, and he tosses him with a third and final german suplex! Sorn gets launched across the ring, and Rex has indeed found his second wind!
Flannery McCoy: Make no mistake about it! He is really beginning to break Sorn down and give him a lot to think about! Sorn is clutching at the back of his head. Rex is a tough opponent, but this level of endurance and perseverance is not something that many have drowned from! Sorn is struggling up to his feet, and Rex is stalking him…
Jake Mercer: He places his hand on his waistband and he yanks him back! Rex scoops Sorn up off from the canvas! OLYMPIC SLAM! He’s mastered that over the years and it’s driven Sorn right down into the ground! Rex rolls over, hooking the legs! This has gotta be it!
OOOOOOOONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
TTTTTTTTTWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
TTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRR—
Stew-O: NO! SORN KICKS OUT! The kid shows some fight still, and Rex is still going to have to put some work in if he wants to end this one. Rex gives him a nod of respect as he rises to his feet.
Jake Mercer: Sorn rolls underneath the bottom rope, holding the back of his head. Up until that kickout, it’s been all McAllister. We’ll see if that continues, because right now Sorn is in a bad way. Rex reaches down to pull Sorn up… but Sorn with a hot shot! Rex’s throat bounces off the top rope! He stumbles back, and now Sorn starts to climb to the top rope… Rex looks up–
Flannery McCoy: MISSILE DROPKICK FROM SORN! AND REX GOES FLYING ACROSS THE RING! Sorn brings this match back into his favor, and in a big way! Rex rolls over, wincing. Sorn slowly makes his way up, slapping his chest. Rex slowly rises and Sorn with a kick to the gut! He hooks the head! VERTICAL SUPLEX! He rolls through, for a second one, completing the TWO AMIGOS!
Stew-O: He’s starting to pick up! Rex is still laid out on the canvas, and Sorn is really giving him a run for his money now! He rolls away, leaning against the ropes. Rex rolls to his fours and slowly begins to rise to a knee. Sorn points to him and he bounces off the ropes! RUNNING HIGH KN—NO! REX WITH A SPINNING WHEEL KICK! SORN GETS TURNED INSIDE OUT AND BUMPED ONTO HIS NECK!
Jake Mercer: Rex rises and he’s fired up! He drags Sorn up by the hair, and he kicks him in the gut! Rex turns around and runs off the ropes to build momentum, and then he soars into ‘THE REX EFFECT!’ DDT SPIKES SORN INTO THE CANVAS! THAT’S ALL SHE WROTE! Rex rolls him over for the cover!!!
OOOOOOOONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
TTTTTTTTTWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
TTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
(DING DING DING!)
Stephie Love: Here is your winner of this match, RRREEXXXXX! MCCALLLISSSTTEERRRRR!
(Raven Roberts enters the ring with both Tag Team Championship belts and hands Rex his half. Rex rises to his feet, nodding. Raven stands alongside him and she takes his wrist, raising it up high along with the referee. The fans cheer for Rex, who is elated to have picked up the win.)
Stew-O: Sorn tried his best but it just wasn’t enough! Rex McAllister keeps his momentum going with a strong victory over the up and comer!
Jake Mercer: Just like Raven did last week, Rex is able to pick up a singles victory with Raven at his side, but clearly these two have their sights on being the best champions they can possibly be.
Flannery McCoy: And of course, that time will come. Until then, congratulations to Rex for the win tonight.
(A commercial plays for Popeyes.)
(Cult Leader by KiNG MALA hits. As her theme plays, the camera finds Mia Santoro in the crowd. She is pretending that they all love her. She is making a big show of it. She then enters through the crowd and stands on the barricade, soaking it all in.)
Stephie Love: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome at this time, the EAW Specialists Champion… MIIIIIIAAAA SAAAANTOOOOROOOOOOO!!!
(She rolls into the ring and then climbs the top turnbuckle, looking at the crowd with a smirk. Raising the championship above her head, her theme eventually tapers off. Mia is given a microphone, and with that smirk still on her face, she speaks.)
Mia Santoro: Well, it didn’t take long for me to become the center of every woman’s universe here on Dynasty. People would always run their mouths about how unimportant I was, yet the moment I won championship gold, I became a fixture. It all began when I watched as four women did everything they could to position themselves as my next challenger, and with sweet, little Effy winning out? Now she wants to show she can beat me.
(That smirk of hers lessens. Still present, but it’s clear the idea of losing the Specialists Championship doesn’t sit well with her.)
Mia Santoro: And honestly? It kinda sickens me how she treats it like it’s some kind of need. I told her to her face last week that I don’t care about who she’s tryna impress or prove wrong. She was able to be a champion already; she got to be a champion here sooner than me, and while I won’t deny she worked hard for that, what I won’t accept is Effy acting as if this is something she HAS to gain. No one knows more about needing anything here than me. It took me a good bit to get into this position, and quite frankly? I’ll be damned if anyone thinks they can come on in and end my reign before it truly can begin.
Mia Santoro: Effy has all of these aspirations, but so do I… and at least I don’t need to follow behind a man like some needy little pup.
(The fans ‘ooooooh’s at that. Mia’s smirk returns to form.)
Mia Santoro: I only had myself, and that’s good enough for me. I may rub people the wrong way, but no one can say I ain’t serious about this. Being the Specialists Champion means a lot to me, and tonight? I am going to show everyone, including that little freak Effy, that when Reckless Wiring gets here, there is only going to be one outcome that’s gonna happen—
(But as Mia speaks, she’s cut off by the sounds of Psycho by That’s Outrageous. Effy McAvoy arrives, microphone in hand, and Mia’s face scrunches up in annoyance. Effy stalks down to the ring as Mia addresses her.)
Mia Santoro: Out already? I mean, I know they say the early bird gets the worm, but that doesn’t mean you’re gonna be getting anything worthwhile from me, dear. You’d best go sit down and watch like a good little girl and watch me.
Effy McAvoy: Oh, Mia… how sad can you be? Is that the best you have to offer? How I follow around Ahren, or how I’m a freak? I’ve heard it all before, Mia. Even from people who swore I wouldn’t be a champion. Yet, I proved them wrong once…
(She slides into the ring, eyeing her.)
Effy McAvoy: And I can do it again.
(Mia snorts, rolling her eyes.)
Mia Santoro: So, what? Is this gonna be one of those little speeches about how you never gave up and cared for what people thought? Newsflash: you’re looking at the poster girl for that sort of thing already. You can go ahead and have all of this cute self-belief. Hell, even I had to keep my own confidence high in the face of defeat or just narrowly miss out on certain key chances. However, Effy, nothing you can say is gonna deter me. I meant it when I told you last week that you aren’t gonna beat me.
Effy McAvoy: And why are you so sure of that, Mia? While it’s great that you were able to become champion… there’s still some things you have to prove, like being capable of retaining that pretty, precious gold you have on your shoulder.
(That’s when Effy’s finger reaches over. The tip of it brushes along the intricate details of the Specialists title. A pleased smile crawls across her face.)
Effy McAvoy: I have done that. Many times, in fact. And I think you know that if there was any woman who was able to win that fatal four-way, you knew that you were going to be in the biggest of trouble if I pulled it off. Sure enough, I did, and here you are, running your mouth, trying to give the impression of a champion assured of your capabilities… and it feels fake, Mia. Your insecurity, and most importantly, your fear? It’s all showing.
(Mia scowls. She SLAPS her hand away. Her eyes narrow, and do Effy’s.)
Mia Santoro: You aren’t gonna be playing any creepy mind game shit with me, bitch. I’m not like those New Breeders who wanted to get tripped up because you were trained by a hall of famer or walk around acting like some B-horror reject. I absolutely am secure in myself, which is why I am NOT going to back down at Reckless Wiring.
(She takes a step closer to her.)
Mia Santoro: And you’re gonna see for yourself that when it comes to me, Effy? My words aren’t empty. They have weight to them.
Effy McAvoy: …
(Effy stands there, lips pursed in thought. In decision-making. Her gaze falls to the mat.)
(Then, she looks back at Mia and… simply smiles.)
Effy McAvoy: Okay. I guess we’ll see.
(Mia blinks, seemingly taken aback by the unusually calm demeanor. However, Effy doesn’t say anything more. She steps out of the ring, and a ringside crew member brings out a steel chair, opening it up for her. She takes her seat.)
(Mia’s confusion eventually leaves her. She smirks, content with the seemingly submissive attitude from her challenger. And from there, Friday Night Dynasty fades to commercials.)
(A commercial plays for Jet Blue, featuring Charlie Marr.)
(Dynasty returns
Stephie Love: THE FOLLOWING MATCH IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL!!!!!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!!!
Stephie Love: Already in the ring! FROM KEY WEST, FLORIDA…SHE IS THE EAW SPECIALISTS CHAMPION… ‘THE OBSESSION’…MIA SANTORO!!!!!
Stew-O: At Reckless Wiring, Mia Santoro will be putting her Specialists Championship on the line against former New Breed Champion, Effy McAvoy. Last week, Michael Belfort would interview Effy, who would be vocal about her frustration. Mia would interrupt that interview, claiming to be the poster child of frustration.
Flannery McCoy: Mia Santoro put in the work. She had a tough hill to climb and she became Specialists Champion at Pain for Pride. She’s not looking to part with that title anytime soon. But, we’re not here to deny what Effy is capable of.
(‘Phenomenal’ by Eminem begins to play through the speakers as Shio Corin walks out from the back, full of confidence.)
Stephie Love: AND INTRODUCING HER OPPONENT…FROM PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA…WEIGHING IN AT 225 POUNDS…SHIO CORIN!!!!!
Stew-O: Last week, Shio Corin would confront SORN backstage following his loss against former EAW Champion, Michael Machina. The interaction would be interrupted by this man at ringside –
(The camera pans to David Gideon Smith who stands next to the commentators’ booth with his arms folded across his chest as he looks to really watch this next match.)
Flannery McCoy: David Gideon Smith who believed that SORN and Shio Corin were arguing over something entirely pointless. He called Shio a detrimental tag partner after he took the pin over Fire & Ice the week before.
Jake Mercer: Well, Shio Corin has the opportunity to prove that he can pick up the victory. But, he’s got a tough opponent ahead of him in the Specialists Champion.
(The camera pans to Effy McAvoy who is holding a Barbie doll that looks like Mia Santoro. She begins to to play with the doll. Mia glances to the outside as she looks at Effy like she’s weird and rolls her eyes.)
Jake Mercer: It seems like Mia Santoro is not in the mood to play with Effy McAvoy! Right now, she’s going to focus on Shio Corin!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Stew-O: Right away, we see Shio Corin going right after the Specialists Champion! Maybe, some of the words heard backstage by some of his fellow Elitists may have gotten into his head a bit. Now, he is aware that he needs to make an impression with David Gideon Smith at ringside!
Flannery McCoy: Shio Corin connects with a series of left and right punches as he manages to knock Mia Santoro to the horizontal set of ropes! BUT, MIA MANAGES TO SHOVE SHIO BACK! SHE RUNS RIGHT AFTER HIM AND NEARLY TAKES HIS HEAD OFF WITH A CLOTHESLINE! MIA GETS ON TOP OF SHIO BEFORE CONNECTING WITH A SERIES OF LEFT AND RIGHT PUNCHES TO THE FACE OF SHIO! She grabs him with a fistfull of his hair and yanks him up to his feet! She grabs him by the arm and whips him to the ropes! But, he rebounds off those ropes and slides underneath the legs of Mia! He jumps right behind her! Mia turns herself around as Shio connects with a punch that causes her to stagger back! Shio pulls the champion closer to him before lifting her up and dripping her down with a knee cap brainbuster! Shio with the cover!
OOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTT–
Jake Mercer: Mia Santoro kicks out!
(The camera pans to David Gideon Smith, who is near the commentators’ booth, observing this match with a stoic expression on his face. Shio Corin focuses on that for a moment before turning his attention towards Mia Santoro.)
Stew-O: Shio Corin should know better than to be taking his eyes off someone as unpredictable as Mia Santoro. Personally, David Gideon Smith isn’t posing a threat yet. He strikes me as someone who wants to scout the competition for the time being.
Flannery McCoy: At the same time, he’s also someone that you don’t want to turn your back on. Shio Corin gets Mia Santoro up to her feet before connecting with a knee to the gut of the champion! He pulls her into a front headlock before flipping her back, dangling her upside down to one of the corners! BUT, IT SEEMS LIKE MIA IS STILL MOVING, TRYING TO GET HERSELF OUT OF THIS AWKWARD POSITION! BUT, SHIO BEGINS TO STOMP ON THE FACE OF THE CHAMPION! HE PRESSES HIS BOOT AGAINST THE FACE OF MIA AS HE HOLDS IT THERE FOR A SECOND! HE BEGINS TO TRASH TALK TO DAVID, WHO HAS BEEN OBSERVING THE ENTIRE THING!
Referee: (off-mic) ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIVE!
Jake Mercer: Shio Corin is looking at the referee as he begins to back away! I don’t think that Shio wants to risk any sort of disqualification early into the match! Especially, not in front of the competition that he wants to prove something towards! But, before Mia Santoro can get herself back into position! SHIO CORIN SLIDES TOWARDS HER AND NAILS HER WITH A FOREARM TO THE FACE! THIS KNOCKS HER OFF POSITION! SHE COLLAPSES UPSIDE DOWN ON THE MAT! SHIO SLIDES HIMSELF OUT OF THE RING AS HE GRABS THE LEGS OF MIA! IT LOOKS LIKE HE WANTS TO WRAP HER LEGS AROUND THE RING POST –
Stew-O: But, Mia Santoro flings one of her legs out of the grasp of Shio Corin! In the process, she manages to kick him out of the way! She quickly tries to get herself out of position, BUT SHIO MANAGES TO GRAB ANOTHER LEG AND PULLS IT BACK! HE SWINGS IT FOREWARD AS MIA BEGINS TO SCREECH IN PAIN! YIKES! SHIO HAS HIS ARMS OUT, FEELING THE NEGATIVE RECEPTION OF THE CROWD! MEANWHILE, LET’S PAN TO EFFY MCAVOY, WHO IS SLOWLY PEEKING UP, AS SHE OBSERVES THE DAMAGE BEING MADE TO MIA! ALMOST LIKE THERE’S A BIT OF GIDDINESS TO IT!
Flannery McCoy: We talk about how Mia Santoro is unpredictable, but Effy McAvoy is known to be a bit unpredictable as well! This is what is going to make that combination terrifying to see at Reckless Wiring. The referee is checking on Mia’s leg! Mia is trying to get herself to her feet, BUT SHIO MANAGES TO GRAB MIA BY HER LEG AS HE YANKS HER OUT OF THE RING! IT SEEMS LIKE THAT MAY HAVE DONE A BIT MORE DAMAGE TO THAT LEG THAT SHIO TARGETTED MOMENTS AGO! SHIO CONNECTS WITH A SHOOT KICK TO THAT TARGETTED LEG AS MIA HOLDS ONTO IT! THEN, SHIO GETS MIA CLOSER IN A FRONT HEADLOCK BEFORE LIFTING HER UP AND CONNECTING WITH A FRONT SUPLEX ON THE APRON! MIA IS HOLDING ONTO HER RIBS! SHIO BEGINS TO THROW SOME STIFF PUNCHES TO THE FACE OF THE SPECIALISTS CHAMPION! THIS STAGGERS MIA BACK A BIT, BUT MIA CONNECTS WITH A HEADBUTT THAT SENDS SHIO BACK! MIA MIGHT BE GETTING SOMEWHERE HERE!
Jake Mercer: Mia Santoro is holding her head as she tries to get herself back up to her feet on the apron! It’s a bit rough to see, but she waits for Shio Corin to come right after her before jumping off the apron and connecting with a rolling senton as Shio tries to catch her, but Mia manages to land right on top of him! MIA GETS SHIO BY THE NAPE OF HIS NECK BEFORE THROWING HIM INTO THE STEEL STEPS! YIKES! SHIO’S HEAD IS BOUNCING BACK! MIA RUNS FORWARD AND CONNECTS WITH A METEORA TO THE HEAD! ONCE AGAIN, SHIO’S HEAD GOES BOUNCING BACK! MIA GETS SHIO AND ROLLS HIM BACK INSIDE THE RING! MIA QUICKLY GOES FOR THE COVER, HOPING THAT THIS IS ALL THAT’S GOING TO TAKE THE END OF THE MATCH!
OOOOOONNNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!!
TTTTWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Stew-O: Shio Corin with a kick out! Mia Santoro rolls her eyes, clearly not happy! She gets Shio up to his feet before whipping him to one of the corners! Mia runs towards the corner, putting a knee up, cracking him underneath the chin! She is followed up by a bulldog as she takes Shio down! But, she decides not to go for a pinfall attempt here! Instead, it seems like she may go for a submission move! It seems like she’s looking to apply a cobra clutch here! But, Shio manages to rush towards the bottom rope before she could connect with any move! Mia rolls her eyes again as she waits for Shio to get to his feet! As Shio gets to his feet, he goes after Mia, looking to connect a clothesline! But, Mia manages to duck the clothesline! Instead, she goes for a superkick to his knee before taking him down with a roundhouse – ‘Two for the Road’ is what she likes to call that combination!
Flannery McCoy: Shio Corin is down and Mia Santoro looks like she is heading to end this match as soon as possible! In her mind, there’s no need to continue this match for much longer! She begins to run to the top turnbuckle! I think that she is looking to end this match as soon as possible with one of her go-to finishers! This one is called ‘Chase the Feeling’ for those that don’t keep in touch with Friday Night Dynasty! And, it’s her variation of a diving leg drop! She’s put down Elitists on several occasions with this move and it looks like Shio will be put down with this –
Jake Mercer: NO! SHIO CORIN MANAGES TO GET BACK TO HIS FEET, OUT OF NOWHERE! HE JUMPS ONTO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE, MEETING MIA SANTORO UP THERE! SHIO IS NOT LETTING THIS MATCH GO! MIA CONNECTS WITH A FOREARM, LOOKING TO KNOCK DOWN SHIO! BUT, SHIO CONNECTS WITH A FOREARM THAT STAGGERS MIA BACK! MIA WITH A FOREARM! SHIO WITH A FOREARM! MIA WITH A FOREARM! SHIO WITH A FOREARM! THESE TWO ELITISTS ARE LOOKING TO KNOCK THE OTHER OFF THAT TURNBUCKLE! THEY WANT TO GET THEMSELVES THE UPPER HAND! BUT, SHIO MANAGES TO GET ONTO THE SHOULDERS OF MIA AND CONNECT WITH A REVERSERANA AS THAT TAKES HER OFF THE TURNBUCKLE!
(David Gideon Smith raises an eyebrow, thinking that Shio Corin might be able to turn this match around for herself. Meanwhile, Effy McAvoy is sitting on one of the steel steps, as she observes the match, almost like she’s trying to peek through the ring post and trying not to show herself. Instead, it’s the Effy Barbie doll that is doing the staring at the action inside the ring.. Effy begins to talk to it.)
Stew-O: SHIO CORIN IS WAITING FOR MIA SANTORO TO GET TO HER FEET BEFORE KICKING HER IN THE STOMACH AND CONNECTING WITH ‘RAPPER’S DELIGHT’ – THE SITOUT FACEBUSTER! BUT, MIA MANAGES TO TWIST HERSELF OUT OF THE REACH OF SHIO! SHE CONNECTS WITH ‘KILLING MOON’ – THE ROLLING WHEEL KICK! BUT, SHIO MANAGES TO DODGE THE MOVE! INSTEAD, HE GRABS ONE OF HER LEGS! I BELIEVE THAT’S THE LEG THAT HE WAS TARGETING AROUND THE BEGINNING PARTS OF THE MATCH! IT SEEMS LIKE HE MIGHT BE LOOKING TO APPLY A SINGLE LEG BOSTON CRAB ON THE SPECIALISTS CHAMPION! BUT, MIA MANAGES TO ROLL HERSELF THROUGH THE MOVE! NO! SHE MANAGES TO REACH FOR THE HEAD OF SHIO AND CONNECT WITH A ROLL UP! IS SHE GOING TO SNEAK AWAY WITH THE VICTORY HERE?!?!
OOOOOOONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTTTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
TT–
Flannery McCoy: NO! SHIO CORIN MANAGES TO ROLL OUT OF THE ROLL UP! HE MANAGES TO STOP MIA SANTORO WITH A KICK, BUT MIA MANAGES TO GRAB A HOLD OF THAT LEG! SHE MANAGES TO SPIN HIM AROUND, SO THAT HE’S TURNED BACK TOWARDS AND SHE MANAGES TO GRAB HIM BY THE HEAD! SHE’S GOING FOR A SLEEPERHOLD! SHIO, WITH A LOOK OF PANIC ON HIS FACE, MANAGES TO SLIDE OUT OF THE GRASP OF MIA! MIA GOES RIGHT AFTER SHIO! BUT, SHIO MANAGES TO ROLL HIMSELF OUT OF THE RING BEFORE MIA CAN THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE!
(Shio Corin tells the referee to hold Mia Santoro back. He tries to think about his next move before turning around and realizing that he’s standing inches away from David Gideon Smith, who doesn’t look amused or impressed with Shio at the moment.)
Jake Mercer: Now, this isn’t the situation that Shio Corin wanted to find himself in! Shio has his hands up in defense, I don’t think that he wants the smoke from David Gideon Smith! If anything, it seems like David is giving Shio the opportunity to get back inside the ring without things needed to escalate here? Now, is Shio going to accept that?
Stew-O: It seems like Shio Corin is beginning to slowly back away, but he hits his back against the edge of the apron! Still, he is trying not to show any sort of fear with David Gideon Smith in his presence! He is talking his time by trying to get back into the ring, but still keeping his eyes on David! He steps in between the ropes and back inside the ring! Shio is jumping into place, feeling fired up as Mia is ready to resume this match as well! SHIO RUNS RIGHT AFTER HER AS – ‘APHRODITE’S KISS’ – THE LEAPING FLATLINER CONNECTS AS MIA SANTORO FALLS ON TOP OF SHIO! MIA IS STARING DAGGERS INTO THE SOUL OF EFFY MCAVOY, WHO OBSERVES AT RINGSIDE!
OOOOOOONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTTTWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
TTTTHHHHRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
(‘cult leader’ plays once more as Mia Santoro rolls off of Shio Corin. She rests on her knees as she extends her hand out for the referee to hand her the Specialists Championship. She holds her intense stare at her number one contender, Effy McAvoy.)
Stephie Love: THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH…THE EAW SPECIALISTS CHAMPION…MIA SANTORO!!!!!
Flannery McCoy: Not the way that Shio Corin wanted this match to go down, but Mia Santoro was quick with ‘Aphodite’s Kiss’ as that helped her get the victory over Shio Corin!
Jake Mercer: It was a good effort from Shio Corin. I knew that he wanted to go into this match, looking to impress the competition, especially, David Gideon Smith, who had taken time off his busy schedule to observe this match? What do you think his thoughts were?
(Shio Corin is seen at ringside as he tries to pick himself up. He is clutching his neck as he looks across to David Gideon Smith who has that same expressionless look on his face. But, you can tell that there’s an annoyed look on the face of Shio Corin. He begins to talk to David about costing him the match. David has his hands up, claiming that he had nothing to do with his loss.)
Stew-O: SHIO CORIN JUST THREW A FOREARM TO THE FACE OF DAVID GIDEON SMITH! BUT, DAVID CONNECTS WITH AN UPPERCUT THAT SENDS SHIO STUMBLE BACK! SHIO GOES RIGHT AFTER DAVID WITH LEFT AND RIGHTS! DAVID IS MATCH THAT INTENSITY WITH FOREARMS OF HIS OWN! THE TWO OF THEM BRAWLING AT RINGSIDE!
(Meanwhile, Mia Santoro and Effy McAvoy are staring down at each other in the middle of the ring. Effy has the Mia and Effy Barbie dolls in her hands. She extends one to Mia, hoping that she’ll play with her, but Mia slaps the doll to the side, which shocks the audience. It seems like the confrontation between the two women has gotten intense. Mia’s fiery attitude and Effy’s eccentric attitude do not seem like a good combination. Instead, it has the opposite reaction as Mia begins to push Effy as she falls to the ground. Effy looks stunned at what Mia just did. Mia raises her title up high, trying to assert dominance.)
Flannery McCoy: EFFY MCAVOY SWIPES THE FEET OF MIA SANTORO BEFORE GETTING ON TOP OF HER AND CONNECTING WITH A SERIES OF CHAOTIC LEFT AND RIGHT PUNCHES! MIA ROLLS HERSELF ON TOP OF EFFY, TRYING TO FIGHT BACK! THESE WOMEN ARE ROLLING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, TRYING TO GET THE UPPER HAND ON EACH OTHER!
Jake Mercer: As we turn our attention to what’s happening at ringside, David Gideon Smith is getting the upper hand on Shio Corin, who had just wrestled a match! BUT, FROM BEHIND – SORN BLINDSIDES DAVID AS THAT TAKES HIM TO THE GROUND! SHIO TRIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPENING, BUT SORN KNEES SHIO IN THE GUT BEFORE BEGINNING TO THROW PUNCHES TO THE SPINE OF SHIO! DAVID MANAGES TO CONNECT WITH A PUNCH TO THE GUT OF SORN BEFORE TAKING HIM BACK TO THE BARRICADE! THESE THREE ARE BEATING THE HELL OUT OF EACH OTHER!
Stew-O: BACK IN THE RING, WE SEE MIA SANTORO AND EFFY MCAVOY TRYING TO RIP EACH OTHER’S HAIR OUT OF THEIR HEADS! THESE TWO WOMEN ARE GOING BALLISTIC AT EACH OTHER AS MIA TRIES TO GAUGE THE EYES OF HER NUMBER ONE CONTENDER! BUT, EFFY BITES THE HAND OF MIA! MIA WITH A HURLING SCREAM –
Crowd: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
(We see over a dozen security guards scattering inside the ring and ringside, trying to separate everyone from each other. At this point, it’s chaos. Everyone is shouting over another, trying to get a word in. It’s difficult to keep up with all of the altercations happening.)
Flannery McCoy: The security coming out of these altercations could intensify!
Jake Mercer: Let them settle it at Reckless Wiring! Save your energy for the event!
(The camera pans to SORN, Shio Corin and David Gideon Smith being pulled away in multiple directions. David is more willing to walk away. He exits through the barricade. SORN begins to be escorted up the ramp. Shio remains at ringside as security tries to get him to calm down. Inside the ring, Effy McAvoy and Mia Santoro are being separated at corners. Mia is raising her title high up in the air, talking her shit. Effy is more than grinning, possibly thinking about how she will beat the hell out of Mia at Reckless Wiring. The camera pans elsewhere.)
(A commercial plays for Midsummer Massacre.)
(Friday Night Dynasty returns to a pan-around shot of the Golden 1 Center as the crowd here tonight in Sacramento is electric for what is to come in what has already been a jam-packed show. It’s not long before ‘Ballad of a Prodigal Son’ by Lincoln Durham begins to play through the speakers, the crowd coming alive as the camera goes over to the stage. It’s then that Kirk Redwood begins to make his way out from the backstage area, a stern expression on his face as he scans around before then beginning to make his way down the ramp and toward the ring.)
Stephie Love: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome… KIRK REDWOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stew-O: Well, we know these past couple of weeks have been eventful for Kirk Redwood. Having made his in-ring debut this season last week, getting a victory over Nikki Kimura, he’s set his sights on BRAE and the Interwire Championship, with a match being made official for Reckless Wiring in the next couple of weeks.
Flannery McCoy: And I’m certain that both competitors are ready for that. They’ve had some heated confrontations over the past couple of weeks, and I’m certain this one is going to be no different, as Kirk is making his way out here, seemingly with some thoughts on his mind before BRAE’s match against Drake King coming up next.
Jake Mercer: Oh, we’re going to be in for something, I know that’s right. Kirk has a fire in his belly; he’s hot for vengeance! If anything, he’s going to make sure that he gives BRAE hell like one of those anime battles that the Champion likes. I don’t know, let’s just see.
(Kirk makes his way up the steps and onto the apron as he enters through the ropes and into the ring. He makes his way over and takes a microphone from the ringside area as ‘Ballad of a Prodigal Son’ begins to come to a close. Then, as he makes his way toward the center of the ring, he begins to speak from there.)
Kirk Redwood: It feels like, despite everything that has been going on, people have tried their damndest to look over me like I’m some sort of joke.
(Kirk shakes his head, slowly beginning to pace around the ring as he goes on with what he has to say.)
Kirk Redwood: It’s been their M.O. for the past couple of years, disregard me, look over me like I’m something that I’m not, I’d be lying if I said that it wasn’t getting on my nerves. To hear all of this disrespect, and for the longest time not being able to do anything about it, it felt like my entire time in this company was worthless. Yes, I was always getting somewhere, I was always fingertips away from something, but it truly felt as though I was standing in place, and now, with a new season ahead and the entire world right in the palm of my damn hands, it feels like I can do something about that. I’ve always been someone who has happily worn their heart on their sleeve. I have pride in everything that I do, no matter how dire it becomes, no matter how bleak everything seems to become in the process, it has never changed anything. Now more than ever, though, I feel as though I am ready to take the next step in my career, and what that next step is will be winning the Interwire Championship at Reckless Wiring.
(The crowd responds loudly in approval as Kirk takes a moment to nod his head, pausing and taking a deep breath as he goes on with his speech.)
Kirk Redwood: It’s been a long road, one with trials and tribulations that most other Elitists haven’t had to face. It’s been hard on me, and most other people in my shoes would’ve taken the option of quitting and walking away right about now, but I am firm in my belief that everything would pay off at some point, everything would fall into place, and right now, this is exactly how I feel about this opportunity. I don’t care what BRAE brings to the table, I don’t care what he does to get his way or walk out with the Interwire Championship over his shoulder, he’s going to learn one lesson that it’s been made clear that he needs to learn, and that is that fucking with Kirk Redwood is the biggest mistake that he could ever fucking make.
(The crowd roars as Kirk pauses once more, before continuing.)
Kirk Redwood: But I want him out here right now so I can say that to his face, because if there’s one thing that I’ve shown, I’m not backing down from him, I have no intention to. And while people may fear exactly what he’s capable of, that’s not even a thought in my mind. So let’s not beat around the bush any longer.
(Kirk turns around and eyes the stage, as the crowd quiets down to a murmur, waiting a long moment before the Champion to make his presence felt, and it’s not long before ‘Clash of the Gods [EPIC VERSION]’ by Carameii begins to play through the speakers of the arena. The crowd roars as the camera goes over to the stage to show BRAE as he makes his way out from the backstage area. The Interwire Champion is dressed in his ring gear, preparing himself as he gives a battle cry before he then eyes Kirk inside the ring, then begins to make his way down the ramp and toward the ring.)
Stew-O: Well, here comes BRAE, and he’s certainly been preparing at length for his very first title defense as Interwire Champion, which we now know is going to come at Reckless Wiring. I think he knows that Kirk Redwood is not someone that he can overlook in terms of competition, but at the same time…
Flannery McCoy: BRAE has made it known that he doesn’t believe Kirk has what it takes to win his first title in EAW, and that he’s going to be in for one hell of a fight, considering BRAE is at the very top of his game right now. Is that going to come to fruition? I guess we’re just going to have to wait and see.
Jake Mercer: Oh man, I just can’t wait! BRAE has always been one of my favorites to watch. I know that he’s going to beat the tar out of Kirk! He’s not going to know what hit him, then we’re going to see just who’s ready for this!
(BRAE makes his way up the steps and onto the apron as he enters through the ropes and into the ring. He makes his way over and takes a microphone of his own as ‘Clash of the Gods [EPIC VERSION’ then begins to come to a close. Turning around and approaching Kirk, he takes a moment before beginning to speak.)
BRAE: I’ve made it clear to you before this that you’re a threat in my eyes, Kirk. Just like anyone else would be a threat to my title reign. No matter if it was you or anyone else who decided to try their hand at taking this title away from me, I was never going to be the person who was going to back down from a challenge. No matter how I felt, no matter if I thought I was going to win or not, I was going to make sure that I fought against the best of the best because that is what this title deserved, and you fit the bill. But the reason I don’t believe you have what it takes is that you haven’t shown me otherwise. You haven’t gone out there and won a singles Championship yourself to validate your claims. You’re facing the same situation that so many other people have faced in their careers. Some succeed, others fail. I truly hope that you’re the former, but as long as I’m still standing, I am never going to let that be the case.
Kirk Redwood: And that’s exactly what I like to hear, but no offense to you, BRAE, I am tired of that talk. I am tired of people going around trying to tell me the same damn thing, doing whatever they possibly can to try and set me up for disappointment, knowing full and well that was never the answer that I was going to take in the first place. You’re a man with a lot to say, BRAE, but I let my actions do the talking. Even though it was never surefire, it certainly does the trick, and as I said before, now more than ever, I am confident in making sure that I get the job done. I know that I can be a better Champion than you.
(The crowd oohs at that statement as BRAE tilts his head, raising his eyebrow.)
BRAE: You have no grounds for that statement when you have never been a Champion. I showed just how good I can be with a title around my waist as New Breed Champion, and now as Interwire Champion, it is going to be no different. You are going to be in a war, but as I’ve told you before, you better think carefully before you say such braggdocious things, because you never know where that’s going to bring you.
Kirk Redwood: What’s wrong with being confident anymore, BRAE? What’s wrong with rooting for myself? Nobody else is doing it, I might as well take up that task. It seems like you have a problem believing that I’m going to beat you for that title. You don’t think that I can play spoiler.
BRAE: Not while I’m still breathing. Again, you are not a bad competitor by any means; you have just not shown that you can, as you said, take it to the next level.
Kirk Redwood: See, that’s the thing, you’re not taking my words seriously. You’re continuing to try and push me and test me, but that’s going to lead you nowhere. You can’t seem to get into your head that there’s someone who is just as intense as you, who is willing to fight just as hard through tooth and nail, to win that title, all because of my prior name. Is that the hill that you want to die on, BRAE?
(BRAE pauses as he eyes Kirk, who is getting heated. But the Champion backs up, nodding his head slowly.)
BRAE: Yes.
(BRAE takes off his entrance jacket as he makes his way toward his corner, dropping his microphone as he starts to prepare for his match against Drake King, seemingly thinking that the conversation is done. Kirk Redwood looks livid as he turns around and makes his way toward the Champion…)
(THUD!)
(Grabbing him by the head and connecting with a vicious headbutt, as both their skulls meet! BRAE staggers back and falls against the corner, briefly stunned as Kirk raises his microphone again.)
Kirk Redwood: Fine.
(Kirk drops his microphone down to the ground, turning around and beginning to make his way out of the ring. BRAE looks pissed by this, rushing forward and trying to engage him, but before he can, officials quickly come into the ring and break it up, seeing as the Champion has a match after this. Kirk drops under the bottom rope and makes his way out of the ring, beginning to make his way up the ramp as an angry BRAE looks on. It’s the very last shot seen before Friday Night Dynasty, then, begins to fade to a brief commercial break.)
(A commercial plays for Bloodsport.)
Stephie Love: Ladies and gentlemen, the following match is scheduled for ONE FALL!
Crowd: ONE FALL!
(‘When Darkness Falls’ by Killswitch Engage began playing to deafening boos as Drake King strutted out with a self-satisfied smirk plastered across his face. He spread his arms out and basked in his own presence at the center of the stage before making his way down the ramp with a cocky stride.)
Stephie Love: INTRODUCING FIRST! Hailing from Heaven’s Gate, weighing in at 220 pounds… he is GOD, DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE! KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!
Stew-O: We’ve seen Drake King having his issues with both Limmy Monaghan and Michael Machina, both of whom returned to Dynasty from being in the Voltage brand, although Limmy was actually fighting Drake in an official capacity before Michael Machina interfered and caused the match to end in a no contest!
Flannery McCoy: They addressed their issues last week with Michael Machina making it clear that he is going to take control of Dynasty for himself and use the two storied warriors in Limmy and Drake as stepping stones for his ambition! Meanwhile, Limmy certainly isn’t backing down either as he has been forced over the past few months to develop a new edge to himself that is most certainly going to continue in this new season, especially after his defeat to Dr. Bethany Blue!
Jake Mercer: With those two wrestlers on his mind, I’m sure that Drake King has a lot of things to think about as he heads into this battle with the Interwire Champion, but he had better stay focused against a warrior as intense as BRAE! Then again, looking at ringside, BRAE has his own matters to worry about as well…
(The crowd jumped from their seats as ULTRA INSTINCT THEME by Carameii began blaring loudly through the speakers; the Interwire Champion, BRAE, stormed out from behind the stage curtains with his title gripped tightly in his hand. BRAE raised the title up triumphantly with one arm before marching down the ramp, tagging some of the fans while keeping his eyes focused on the ring. At ringside, Kirk Redwood glared menacingly at the champion with his arms crossed.)
Stephie Love: AND HIS OPPONENT! Hailing from Novosibirsk, Russia, weighing in at 215 pounds… he is THE EAW INTERWIRE CHAMPION… SON! BRAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Stew-O: Like you said, Jake, the Interwire Champion’s challenger is going to be watching this match against Drake King up close at ringside! BRAE is going to need eyes on the back of his head to make sure that the ever-unpredictable Kirk Redwood doesn’t decide to take things into his own hands!
Flannery McCoy: After BRAE’s successful victory over the legendary Chris Elite at Pain for Pride to win the Interwire Championship, the Imperial Symphony is looking to cement himself as one of the greatest Interwire Champions of all time – quite the lofty ambition, but it’s just another day in the life of someone as dedicated to the game as our Interwire Champion!
Jake Mercer: There’s no better way to prove yourself than going up against someone as immensely accomplished as Drake King, especially considering he just participated in yet another main event at the grandest show of the year! If BRAE is able to pick up a victory over him, that would be one of the biggest wins in the young elitist’s career! Let’s see if he’s able to do so with Kirk watching close by!
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
Stew-O: And the match is underway! BRAE and Drake King both exit their respective corners as Kirk Redwood strolls around ringside, keeping his eyes directed solely towards the Interwire Champion! The two active wrestlers begin circling the ring before Drake King decides to take matters into his own hands, lunging forward and looking to take the head of the Interwire Champion off with a sudden lariat!
Flannery McCoy: But BRAE was able to duck underneath the maneuver and end up right behind his legendary opponent as a result! The Interwire Champion wastes no time in latching on with a rear waist lock which he uses to execute a waist lock takedown to bring Drake King down to the ground, before BRAE flips himself over the body of God to gain access to Drake’s upper half!
Jake Mercer: That leads to BRAE attempting a knee smash to the side of Drake King’s head, but Drake was able to jerk his head back to avoid the attack just in time! Drake King is then able to leap up from his hands and knees to a crouched position before launching both of his feet forward and executing a dropkick against BRAE, who fell to his own hands and knees after the missed knee smash!
Stew-O: Drake is able to get the first strike in the match as a result and wastes no time in capitalizing as he quickly scrambles over and forces BRAE up to a standing position before executing an Irish whip to send the Interwire Champion over to the corner, where BRAE lands with his back against the turnbuckles!
Flannery McCoy: Drake King rushes over and launches himself towards the Interwire Champion, connecting with a running knee to the head of his cornered opponent! With the dropkick and the running knee back to back, BRAE is surely feeling a bit dazed right now with all of the head trauma, and that’s exactly what Drake King is looking to accomplish!
Jake Mercer: Drake King runs across the ring to the opposite corner before bouncing off of it to get some more velocity in order to rush back towards the Interwire Champion! God is showing off his ridiculous conditioning as a man that we rarely ever see get gassed in the ring as he looks to follow up with yet another running knee to the cornered BRAE– BUT THE INTERWIRE CHAMPION MANAGES TO DUCK OUT OF HARM’S WAY!
Stew-O: That results in Drake King crashing knee-first against the top turnbuckle! The Messiah has his knee gripped in pain as he hops around on his other leg as BRAE vigorously shakes his own head to distract himself from the head pain before lunging at the opportunity to capitalize on Drake King’s brief moment of vulnerability! The Interwire Champion once again latches on with a rear waist lock, but this time opts not to perform a takedown and instead HURLS God over his head with a tremendous German suplex to the canvas!
Flannery McCoy: Drake King lands roughly on his upper back with such force that it flips him through the impact! He does his best to scramble up to his feet and get ready to continue engaging in battle with the Interwire Champion, but BRAE is looking to match Drake’s level of conditioning as he bursts forward once again and knocks Drake King BACK to the canvas with a heavy-handed discus clothesline! Drake King is turned inside out as BRAE crashes right into him!
Jake Mercer: That leads to Drake King being back on the canvas, and BRAE is eager to take advantage as he leaps onto the Messiah and lands on a mounted position before launching a barrage of strikes aimed right towards Drake’s head! Punches, forearms, and elbow smashes galore, BRAE is showing the world exactly why he won the Interwire Championship and why he’s able to go head to head against even people as accomplished as the Messiah himself!
Stew-O: Drake King is able to get his legs underneath BRAE, though, and immediately launches him overhead with a monkey flip to escape from the mounted barrage that BRAE was executing! BRAE lands on his back and turns over as he tries to get back to his feet again, but Drake King is doing the same simultaneously! Drake King does stumble back for a second upon rising back to his feet, clearly feeling the brunt of BRAE’s aggressive onslaught, though!
Flannery McCoy: BRAE rushes forward as he looks to continue applying that same level of pressure against Drake King as he goes for yet another discus clothesline, but Drake King is able to launch a superkick just in time to connect right with the shoulder of BRAE, effectively stopping the discus clothesline attempt in its tracks!
Jake Mercer: Drake King doesn’t stop there, though, as he immediately spins around in the opposite direction to unleash a spinning back elbow at the side of BRAE’s head, knocking the Interwire Champion silly as BRAE starts to stagger back from the pain! But Drake King is absolutely RUTHLESS with his offense tonight as he intentionally falls back and launches an overhead kick back to connect head-on with the face of the Interwire Champion!
Stew-O: Drake King’s offense tends to largely be directed towards the heads of his opponents; it may not be as big of a target to hit as the torso, but it does pay dividends because it results in affecting the opponent’s ability to fight a lot more drastically! We see that now as BRAE staggers back with his head clutched, stunned from all of the damage being directed as his head, which gives Drake King enough time to kip back up to his feet and rush over to the Interwire Champion to capitalize on the window of opportunity granted to him with that trifecta of heavy strikes!
Flannery McCoy: He gives the Interwire Champion a boot to the midsection to force him to double over before tucking his head under his arm and hoisting him up in a vertical suplex position… but then he drops him headfirst onto his knee! A kneecap brainbuster by Drake King, a truly vicious maneuver, connects and drops BRAE like a sack of potatoes for the Messiah to cover as he attempts to go for the pin off of that brutal assault!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Jake Mercer: But BRAE was able to kick out at the second count! Drake King looks angry at BRAE’s persistence, but that isn’t going to stop the Messiah from continuing to fire off his brutal attacks! He drags the body of the Interwire Champion near the corner, with Kirk Redwood watching intently from the adjacent ringside section, before scaling up to the top rope and aiming down at BRAE! We’ve seen Drake King go up to the top a lot in his career, what maneuver does he have in store for the Interwire Champion here?
Stew-O: OH! DRAKE GOES FOR HIS SIGNATURE MANEUVER, THE PHOENIX SPLASH! BUT BRAE ROLLED AWAY JUST IN TIME! Drake King managed to perform a roll upon landing on his feet, demonstrating some of that veteran expertise on his end by not allowing BRAE’s evasion to result in a gruesome landing for himself! He follows through on that roll to get back to his feet, but what he didn’t see coming when he turned back around to face BRAE is the Interwire Champion having scrambled up to his own feet!
Flannery McCoy: Not just that, the Interwire Champion leapt at the middle ropes closest to Drake King to springboard himself towards the Messiah, and he is able to connect with a springboard shoulder tackle to topple Drake King to the canvas with a loud thud! The crowd cheers at BRAE’s versatility as Kirk Redwood has an inscrutable expression on his face as he continues to pace around the ring, narrowing his eyes at the Interwire Champion!
Jake Mercer: Drake King rolls over to create some distance between himself and the rabid Interwire Champion as he starts to get back to his feet, but BRAE pounds the canvas with his fist and pushes himself up, rising to his feet like the terminator with a war cry! Drake King almost turns around to face BRAE before he gets punched in the face to turn back around away from the Interwire Champion, and that’s all BRAE needed before he–
Stew-O: REAR NAKED CHOKEHOLD! REAR NAKED CHOKEHOLD! BRAE is choking Drake King out right here as he drags him to the center of the ring, away from the salvation offered by the ropes! Drake King is being choked out and he’s flailing his arms around, clawing at the arms of BRAE to try to get him to release him, but BRAE’s grip is ironclad! Drake King suddenly clenches his fists before firing back some back elbows aimed at the ribs of the Interwire Champion, doing his best to force a release of the hold through the pain he’s inflicting!
Flannery McCoy: BRAE is doing his best to endure those hits, but Drake King is one hell of a hard-hitting striker! There’s a reason why he’s a multiple time world champion and a multiple time Pain for Pride main eventer at that! Drake King launches another back elbow smash aimed at the ribs of the Interwire Champion, but this time BRAE releases the chokehold and catches that arm before throwing it over his own arm and hoisting the Messiah up into the air before DROPPING him with a vicious uranage!
Jake Mercer: That was a tough landing to say the least, and now BRAE is dragging Drake King back to a standing position with malicious intent as he suddenly begins unleashing his signature machine gun chops aimed straight at the chest of the Messiah! BRAE is looking to tear the skin of Drake’s chest off with those vicious rapid-fire machine gun chops, and Drake is still dazed from the impact of that uranage so he’s only able to stagger back to try to avoid it!
Stew-O: BRAE takes this as a sign to up the ante, so he takes aim before rushing forward AND LAUNCHES HIS FINISHING MANEUVER, THE MORRIGAN! THAT DEVASTATING KICK COMES INCHES AWAY FROM STRIKING DRAKE KING, BUT THE MESSIAH WAS ABLE TO DUCK UNDERNEATH AND GRAB A HOLD OF BRAE’S OTHER LEG TO SWEEP HIM DOWN TO THE CANVAS!
Flannery McCoy: BRAE IMMEDIATELY TRIES TO GET BACK TO HIS FEET, BUT DRAKE KING CATCHES HIM BEFORE HE COULD DO SO AND DOUBLE UNDERHOOKS HIS ARMS WHILE HE’S STILL IN A BENT POSITION! HE DRAGS BRAE UP BEFORE LEAPING UP AND PLANTING HIM WITH HIS SIGNATURE MANEUVER, THE ASCENSION! HE TURNS BRAE OVER AND GOES FOR THE PIN!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
THREEEEEE-
Jake Mercer: UNBELIEVABLE! BRAE WAS ABLE TO KICK OUT OF ASCENSION, AND NOW DRAKE KING IS DEFINITELY LOOKING INFURIATED! HE IMMEDIATELY TAKES SEVERAL STEPS BACK BEFORE TAKING AIM AT BRAE’S HEAD AS HE STRUGGLES TO CRAWL FORWARD ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES! DRAKE KING RUSHES FORWARD AND LOOKS TO STOMP BRAE INTO OBLIVION WITH THE JUDGEMENT DAY–
Stew-O: BUT BRAE WAS ABLE TO ROLL OUT OF THE WAY AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT, AVERTING THAT DISASTER! BRAE IS ABLE TO GET TO THE ROPES AND STARTS TO USE THEM TO GET BACK TO A STANDING POSITION, BUT HOLD ON! KIRK REDWOOD SUDDENLY CLIMBS ONTO THE APRON, THREATENING THE INTERWIRE CHAMPION FACE TO FACE! THE REFEREE STARTS YELLING AT KIRK TO GET OFF OF THERE AND BRAE YELLS AT HIM AS WELL!
Flannery McCoy: BUT DRAKE KING HAS NO QUALMS AT CAPITALIZING! HE SUDDENLY DRAGS BRAE AWAY FROM THE ROPES AND– THERE IT IS! JUDGEMENT DAY CONNECTS THIS TIME! BRAE’S HEAD JUST GOT STOMPED INTO THE CANVAS, AND DRAKE KING TURNS BRAE OVER! HE HOOKS THE LEG!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
(‘When Darkness Falls’ by Killswitch Engage began playing once again to even louder boos as Drake King rolls off of BRAE and staggers back to his feet with a smirk on his face before raising up his arms in triumph.)
Stephie Love: HERE IS YOUR WINNER… DRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE! KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!
Stew-O: It was one hell of a hard-hitting match but it ended up finishing in controversy as Kirk Redwood suddenly jumping on the apron to distract BRAE prevented BRAE from being able to get back to his feet and continue the fight with Drake King! The Messiah, ever the opportunist, immediately took advantage as he pulled BRAE away from those ropes to end the match!
Flannery McCoy: With a victory over the Interwire Champion, Drake King manages to gather a good bit of momentum, and I’m sure that Limmy and Machina will both be watching! Especially Machina, considering how BRAE and Machina’s last clash turned out!
Jake Mercer: As for BRAE, this is sure to heat up the tension between himself and Kirk Redwood with the Interwire Championship being both of their focus right now!
(The video feed lingers at Drake King celebrating while BRAE, after regaining consciousness, glares angrily at Kirk Redwood; the two stare at each other while Drake continues to flaunt before the feed fades to black.)
(Friday Night Dynasty returns to show the backstage area of the Golden 1 Center, focusing on the hallway where someone is seen watching a mounted TV with their arms crossed in intrigue.) The camera pans over to reveal it to be Limmy Monaghan, who is watching a replay of Drake King’s match against Interwire Champion BRAE, a serious expression written on his face as he watches intently. That’s broken, though, as someone is seen making their way toward him.)
Michael Belfort: Limmy, may I ask you a couple of questions?
(Limmy pauses as he turns to look at Michael, eyeing the Dynasty Backstage Correspondent momentarily before nodding his head as he responds.)
Limmy Monaghan: Go right ahead.
Michael Belfort: Well, as we just saw, Drake King had a great match against BRAE, but we also know that you, Drake, and Michael Machina have had issues with one another as well. Can we get your thoughts on that? Do you feel as though those issues are resolved after the confrontation the three of you had last week?
(Limmy looks down at the ground as he ponders the question for a moment, before shaking his head.)
Limmy Monaghan: I feel like it’s only begun, Michael. When I came to Friday Night Dynasty, the one intention I had was to put all my struggles behind me. As I’ve mentioned at length, last season was the first time in a very long time I didn’t hold a Championship, and even though it doesn’t sit well, it motivated me even further to make something out of this and not let it all go to waste. I’m tired of all the roadblocks, I’m tired of things getting in the way of what I truly feel I deserve, and while I see benefits to facing someone like Michael Machina and beating him, seeing that he looks at me as someone who he can make an example out of is not something that particularly sits well with me. I am not just some “””old-timer””” that you can push away to make room for the new blood in this company; I am a man who has consistently been on a level of greatness that I have proven to sustain for years now. The lull that I’ve admittedly been on does not negate that; the only thing that it does is fuel my resolve to remind everyone exactly who Limmy Monaghan is.
Michael Belfort: Do your issues lie with Michael Machina more than they do with Drake King?
Limmy Monaghan: Machina was the one who initiated all of this; he was the one who attacked the two of us to make his statement. I’ve taken more offense to that than anything, but at the same time, that doesn’t mean that there’s any more respect given to someone like Drake. I know exactly the type of character that he is, and the last thing that I need him to do is speak for me against Machina and think he’s doing me and the rest of this company a favor by trying to handle this situation himself. I am not someone that he can just push away because he feels it is more convenient to him; he is going to have to look me in the eyes when the time comes and answer to me as well. I am NO ONE’s easy target. Regardless of who it is that comes for me, it doesn’t change the fact that everyone, until further notice, is seen as competition. It doesn’t matter if I have to go through Machina, or Drake, or both of them to prove my point; what matters is that I have a vision and I will make sure that I see it through.
???: Will you shut up already?
(The crowd inside the arena boos as the shot pans over to reveal Drake King as he storms into the scene. He has a towel over his neck after the grueling match that he went through, but despite the fatigue, a scowl is still prevalent as he looks directly at Limmy with an expression of disdain. As Limmy raises his eyebrow and looks at him, Drake continues.)
Drake King: Just because you got caught in the crossfire as well does not at all mean that we have a reason to see things eye-to-eye. The LAST thing that I need to do is agree with a man who has the most manufactured ideals and motives out of anyone in this company over a savage who thought that the best idea for his career would be to go after ME. What Michael Machina is doing is not for the betterment of this company, and believe me, if there is anyone who would know what is best for EAW, it’s me. What he’s doing is disrupting my business and meddling with what I SHOULD be doing right now, and that’s making my way back into the World Heavyweight Championship picture. The way I see it, it seems like you’re close to becoming a problem as well, since you always seem to have an opinion on everything.
(Drake shakes his head vigorously, visibly frustrated as he pauses in his speech before going on.)
Drake King: I don’t need your help, I don’t need your opinions, and I don’t need anyone else in my way. It’s in your best interest to just leave it alone, walk away, do whatever, but as far as I’m concerned, I have better things to do.
(Drake turns around and begins to walk away, expecting to leave on that, but before he truly can, Limmy stops him by speaking up.)
Limmy Monaghan: Who said that you’re going to win the World Heavyweight Championship?
(Drake pauses as he raises his eyebrow, turning around and getting back into his face.)
Drake King: Excuse me?
Limmy Monaghan: I’m a former World Heavyweight Champion. This season, I have the opportunity to win it for a second time, and I’m not letting that slip away. As long as I’m here, as long as I am on this brand, standing in your way, then I promise that as long as I have a choice, you are not going to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
Drake King: You can’t do anything about it. The last thing that I ended to concerned with is Limmy Monaghan trying to force me into fear by saying that he has a chance, give me a break. You’re playing a dangerous game. I’m giving you one more chance not to drag yourself into this. Let me handle this issue myself.
(Limmy thinks for a moment, perhaps sarcastically, before shaking his head.)
Limmy Monaghan: Nah.
Drake King: You are making a big mistake-
(Before Drake can finish what he’s saying, someone rushes him and clobbers him from behind! Drake stumbles forward and falls against a nearby production crate, and due to his fatigue and everything that he went through before this, it’s taking him a minute to recover. Limmy quickly looks up, but he doesn’t react fast enough before Michael Machina snatches him and throws him against the concrete wall shoulder first!)
(Limmy staggers as he slouches down to his knees, but before Machina can proceed, Drake immediately rushes forward and latches onto his back, locking in a sleeper hold as Machina thrashes around violently, doing everything that he possibly can to try and get him off of him, but he’s severely outnumbered right now. That never stopped Michael Machina, though, as he runs himself backward, slamming Drake’s spine against the wall and forcing him to let go, gasping for air as he staggers forward and tries to collect himself.)
(But Limmy manages to grab hold of him and drive a knee into his abdomen to take the air out of his lungs! Machina gasps as he drops down to a kneeling position, and even though Limmy quickly approaches, trying to attack… He’s shoved back by Drake King.)
Drake King: STAY out of MY WAY.
Limmy Monaghan: …
(Limmy immediately lunges at Drake and grabs him by the head, driving strikes repeatedly toward his face! Drake is ready for it, though, as he responds with strikes of his own, both of them going back and forth in a wild brawl! Machina rises and makes his way to his feet, rushing toward the two of them, but before he can, security quickly rushes in, separating him from Drake and Limmy while another group begins to break their brawl as well.)
(All of them are yelling at each other, trying to break free and get back to the action! But before anything can get too out of hand, someone is seen briskly walking into the scene.)
Tyrone Montgomery: That is ENOUGH!
(Newly reinstated Friday Night Dynasty General Manager Tyrone Montgomery is seen briskly making his way into the scene. He quickly gets in between all of them as everything begins to calm down.)
Tyrone Montgomery: You three have caused enough chaos on Friday Night Dynasty for a season, and I’m going to make sure that this is put to an end sooner rather than later. At Reckless Wiring, it is going to be Drake King versus Michael Machina versus Limmy Monaghan! Take them away.
(The crowd inside the arena roars as Tyrone shakes his head and walks out of the scene again. Drake, Machina, and Limmy all look unhappy, yet satisfied by the announcements made as they’re all dragged away toward separate parts of the backstage area. It’s the very last shot seen as Friday Night Dynasty, then, begins to fade to ringside.)
Stephie Love: The following tag team contest is scheduled for…
Crowd: ONE FALL!
(“The End” by Lil Uzi Vert (feat. BABYMETAL) plays, and KASAI comes out. She walks up to ringside before ‘Vroom by Hoodie Allen & Connor Price’ fades in, and Nikki Kimura comes out. The two former Specialists champions exchange brief glances, not entirely hostile, but sharp. They enter the ring from different sides and warm up.)
Stephie Love: Introducing first! The team of ‘The Immortal Slayer’ KASAI… and ‘The Anchor’, NIKKI KIMURA!
(Then, ‘Genie In A Bottle’ by Christina Aguilera plays. The fans don’t waste time booing as Grace de Luca comes strutting out, oblivious to the negativity. However, when ‘Judas’ by Lady Gaga hits, she’s able to be given a reprieve from the hate. She looks at Holly Arrow with a smirk… and Holly does not reciprocate the gesture. Grace rolls her eyes and both women get in the ring.)
Stephie Love: And next! The team of ‘The Paradigm of Perfection Grace de Luca… and ‘The Lodestar’, HOLLY ARROW!
Stew-O: Tensions have been rising amongst these four women right here, and there’s no doubt those issues are going to boil over, be it at each other or with one another.
Jake Mercer: Oh, it may very well get nasty. However, maybe one of these teams can keep their heads clear long enough to secure the win!
Flannery McCoy: We will have to wait and see!
(DING DING DING!)
Stew-O: The bell is underway, and Holly Arrow and KASAI are starting off for their teams, respectively. Both women circle the ring before they engage in the center, locking up! Off to a fierce start here as they spin one another around, feet stomping, doing what they can to hustle and see which one of them can gain the early control.
Jake Mercer: It’s a crucial factor, Stew-O. You have to be quick on the draw to get the better of your opposition… and it seems like KASAI is the one to do that, as she just tripped Holly up and sent her down! She shifts quickly, lacing her arm around her head to cinch in a headlock. Smooth and quick. I like it!
Flannery McCoy: KASAI has dealt with every kind of Elitist here, quickly developing that necessary experience. However, Holly has been in EAW for almost five years now, and her own experience is beginning to shine through as her hand slips into that thin gap, pushing KASAI’s arm from her. She rises to one knee and, with the other hand, grabs the wrist. She torques it, gaining control with an arm wrench. KASAI winces a bit. You can see the awkward pressure being applied is beginning to take effect.
Stew-O: Yet the Huntress doesn’t remain dormant. She paces around Holly, and rolls forward. She kips up from her back, landing on her feet! Holly tries to readjust her grasp, but KASAI spins through, grabbing her arm, and—OH! She sweeps her down with her right foot, kicking her ankle. Holly’s on the mat as KASAI kneels, keeping a tight hold of her wrist! Good reversal there by the former Specialists champion. Holly reaches up—
Grace de Luca: (off-mic) Come on, Holly! You got this! It’s no big deal, don’t let her psyche you out!
Holly Arrow: 🤨
Jake Mercer: Well, would you look at that? Great moral support system right there! Grace is such a sweetheart.
Flannery McCoy: Uh, don’t know if she needs the cheering right now, though… the match hasn’t even gone on for a minute yet.
Stew-O: Holly seems thrown off by that—but KASAI takes advantage, pressing on that arm as she goes for a lateral press!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEE—
Stew-O: Holly is able to kick out, and rises to a knee in an instant! Seems like Grace’s support almost did more harm than good!
Jake Mercer: What? How can you say that!? God forbid a girl tries to help another woman out. 🙄
Stew-O: Either way, Holly has to get out of this as KASAI maintains her hold on the arm. Arrow rises to both feet, and grabs the back of her head. KASAI winces as she’s being backed up into the ropes. The referee steps in, looking to make sure Holly isn’t grabbing any hair—
(TAG!)
Jake Mercer: Oh! And they see that Grace reached over to make herself the legal woman, but neither Holly nor KASAI realizes! KASAI with a knee to the gut! Holly hunches over! She whips her into the rope… ONLY FOR GRACE TO SNATCH HER BY THE HAIR AND PULL HER DOWN ONTO THE MAT! Holly’s arms loop around the top rope, and she looks confused, but that was effective!
Flannery McCoy: Yeah, Grace seems to be mighty proud of herself, so much so that she’s tapping the side of her head, as if to say that was genius on her part. She steps in, and the official tells Holly she’s got to get out. She doesn’t seem all that eager, though.
Jake Mercer: Well, hey, better to have a tag partner who is willing to step in than not at all! We ought to praise Ms. de Luca for her selflessness!
Stew-O: You can say whatever, but either way, Holly is out on the apron, and KASAI sits up, feeling out the back of her head. In comes Grace, who leads her up and sits her back down forcefully with a snapmare! Chin lock is applied, all while her knee is pressed into her spine.
Grace de Luca: (off-mic) See? She’s not going to get out of this!
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Jake Mercer: Oh! KASAI reaches back, grabbing her hair, and Grace is shrieking! Hey, that’s ILLEGAL!
Flannery McCoy: I thought turnabout was fair play? KASAI is just dishing back out the same energy—and she gets it as she THROWS GRACE ACROSS THE RING WITH THAT HAIR DRAG, OH MY GOD! I THINK SHE MAY HAVE HIT HER FACE HARD!
Stew-O: No kidding! KASAI isn’t one for tricks like that, but in this instance, it was justified—and it worked! Grace stumbles into her and Nikki’s corner inadvertently, clearly loopy from that nasty fall. KASAI begins lighting her up with a rapid series of sharp kicks! Abdomen! Legs! Arms! She’s not discriminating whatsoever with where she hits! Grace screams out in both panic and pain as she tries to huddle up!
Jake Mercer: Oh, man. I don’t think I can watch this.
Flannery McCoy: ROUNDHOUSE KICK TO THE SIDE OF HER HEAD! GRACE FLOPS DOWN!
Jake Mercer: 🫣
Stew-O: Grace de Luca is out! KASAI reaches forward and leads her up, both hands gripping her head…
(TAG!)
Stew-O: And there’s a tag made by Nikki Kimura, who climbs to the top! KASAI seems taken aback by that, but Nikki lets her know she’s ready to go! KASAI shrugs and steps back out onto the apron… and KIMURA TAKES FLIGHT WITH A MISSILE DROPKICK! GRACE GOES TUMBLING ACROSS THE RING!
Jake Mercer: What force! And the other former Specialists champion in this contest gets things going! She scurries in and lifts her up–NORTHERN SUPLEX! She gets the bridge!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOO—
Flannery McCoy: Shoulder up from Grace! Seems like that kick onslaught from earlier didn’t put her away for good, but she’s still in a bad shape. Nikki takes advantage of this though, pushing her into the corner. She throws an elbow her way!
Stew-O: But Grace ducks it! She grabs Nikki and flings her up! Kimura lands on the top though, and—oh! Springboard enzuigiri connects! Grace wobbles!
Jake Mercer: Dangerous territory here! Nikki hits the ropes, and with that high speed energy, KICKS HER LOW WITH THE RUNNING DROPKICK! Grace drops to both knees! Kimura shoots up and comes back from the ropes—SLIDING KICK TO THE CHEST! Jesus! Grace is getting dominated here!
Flannery McCoy: She is! Nikki now takes hold of her arm, all fired up, and she could be going for a submission right here and now! Grace realizes this and flails! She tries reaching for the ropes, but Nikki isn’t budge! There’s no space she’s offering for her to escape!
Stew-O: You can see the desperation set in for Grace. Holly shakes her head, not at all liking this, while a slight smirk is on the face of KASAI. Nikki goes to sit to apply more pressure…
Jake Mercer: …! GRACE WITH THE SCHOOLGIRL! GRACE WITH THE SCHOOLGIRL! SHE FOUND HER OUT!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO—
Flannery McCoy: Nikki with the kickout at two! Both women rush to their feet! Nikki comes with a rolling forearm, but Grace dodges it! Nikki spins again, and this time, she raises the foot for a kick to the gut!
Stew-O: Leg is caught! Grace pulls Nikki in and SNAPS HER FACE DOWN ONTO HER KNEE! Wow! What a reversal! Nikki drops to a seated position, and now, Grace hits the ropes! BASEMENT CLOTHESLINE! Looks like Grace is getting more serious now that she realizes how cutthroat this match is becoming!
Jake Mercer: Atta girl! I told you guys not to count her out!
Flannery McCoy: Grace looks a bit flustered still, and she’s checking her nose. However, Nikki is holding her chest, and Grace pushes her further down into the mat for the pin!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO—
Stew-O: Kick out again. Nikki is far from done, but at least Grace is looking to pull ahead. She forces her up and pushes her into the corner. Hand on the top rope, she stomps her in repeatedly, striking the middle. Nikki is doing what she can to block, but whether it be her arms or her gut, she’s still getting hit, and getting hurt in the process.
Jake Mercer: Oooh, and look at this: Grace raises her foot and presses it into her throat! She gets her trapped with the split choke! Nikki’s feet kick and flail around, and the referee steps in, counting!
Refere: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FI—
Flannery McCoy: And Grace finally lets go, almost risking disqualifying herself and Holly. Grace steps back and grins, feigning ignorance—
(TAG!)
Stew-O: And it looks like Holly herself is getting rather impatient with the coy games as she just tagged herself in! Grace looks offended by the notion, but Holly motions her to get out, and she begrudgingly does! Now, Arrow yanks Kimura away and DROPS HER ACROSS THE KNEE WITH THE URANAGE BACKBREAKER! That knocks the wind out of Nikki, who sits up, yelling out in pain!
Jake Mercer: Pretty, but absolutely gnarly! But Holly yanks her up and has her in the air, running to the middle! SUPLEX! She flips back and gets the pin!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
THREEEEEEE—
Flannery McCoy: Shoulder up, just right on time! Nikki rolls onto her side while Holly comes to a stand. She grabs her—but hunches over after getting hit with an elbow to the stomach! Nikki is still in pain, but she’s looking to fight through it! Another elbow, and—
Stew-O: —She’s hit in the side of the head with a knee! Nikki almost falls down completely from that! She staggers into the corner!
(TAG!)
Jake Mercer: Holly charges in and COLLIDES WITH A CLOTHESLINE! Down Nikki goes! Now, she leans down, but look at KASAI! She’s at the top and she flies through with the SUNSET FLIP! Holly rolls backward—ROUNDHOUSE TO THE HEAD! That has Holly STUNNED! KASAI HURRIES AND MAKES HER MOVE!
Flannery McCoy: SHE LIFTS HER UP, AND SPINS! DOWN HOLLY ARROW GOES FROM THE ‘STARBOMB’!!
Stew-O: CRUCIFIX POWERBOMB IS EXECUTED TO PERFECTION! KASAI NOW WITH THE PIN…!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE…..!
….!
Stew-O: KICK OUT! HOLLY ARROW STAYS IN THIS!
Jake Mercer: HOW?! HOW DID SHE KICK OUT?! KASAI HAD THAT EXECUTED LIKE A SNIPER SHOT!
Flannery McCoy: Holly Arrow is still in this, but she looks dazed—barely able to move right now. That crucifix powerbomb nearly knocked her straight out of her body!
Stew-O: KASAI looks frustrated, but she’s not wasting time! She’s dragging Holly back up by the hair now! She’s stalking behind her, grabs the wrist, and just SLAPS HER ACROSS THE FACE!
Jake Mercer: That echo reverberated around the entire arena! And now she’s pulling Holly in—DOUBLE UNDERHOOK! She’s looking for another big move—but wait! Holly drops down to her knees! She’s trying to fight it!
Flannery McCoy: Holly back body drops out of it! She just barely countered that one! KASAI hits the mat! Holly tries to crawl toward her corner—SHE’S LOOKING FOR THE TAG!
Stew-O: BUT KASAI ROLLS THROUGH AND GRABS THE LEG! SHE DRAGS HOLLY BACK TOWARD THE MIDDLE—BUT HOLLY FLIPS TO HER BACK AND PUSHES OFF! KASAI stumbles, AND HOLLY FLIPS UP TO HER FEET—SUPERKICK!!
Jake Mercer: KASAI EATS THE SUPERKICK FLUSH! She spins and drops to a knee, and Holly gets to the corner—
(TAG!)
Jake Mercer: Grace is in! She runs in and NAILS HER DOWN WITH A BULLDOG! YESSIR! She gets in the corner and she’s calling for KASAI to get up! She’s eyeing her! KASAI staggers back up to her feet, and Grace comes in! ‘GRACE-FUL CLOTHESLINE’!!!
Flannery McCoy: NO! KASAI ducks it, and gets to her corner!
(TAG!)
Flannery McCoy: Nikki took it upon herself to tag in! She climbs to the top, and Grace rushes in at KASAI!
Stew-O: BUT KASAI MOVES!!!
(CRAAAAAAASH!!!)
Jake Mercer: OH MY GOD!???
Flannery McCoy: KASAI MOVED—BUT NIKKI WASN’T ABLE TO GET OUT OF HARM’S WAY! SHE’S DOWN, CLUTCHING HER ARM AS SHE WAS SHOVED OFF ONTO THE BARRICADE BY GRACE! AND DE LUCA LOOKS SHOCKED BY THAT!
(Sure enough, Nikki can be seen clutching her right arm in completely agony, rolling around on the floor in a scary sight.)
Stew-O: OH MY! THAT WAS LIKE A FREAK ACCIDENT—BUT LOOK! HOLLY JUST DRAGGED KASAI OUT OF THE RING AND SHOVES HER BACK FIRST INTO THE BARRICADE! SHE GOES DOWN!
(Holly rises, seeing Nikki. Conflicting thoughts race through her mind, but a win was important here…)
Jake Mercer: …And she has her up! She tosses her back into the ring! She gets on the apron, yelling at grace.
Holly Arrow: (off-mic) Just get the damn job done!
Flannery McCoy: That seems to wake Grace up from her state of shock…?
(However, to careful eyes, they can see a small smirk crawl across Grace’s face. She moves quickly though before anyone can spot her shift in demeanor and grabs Nikki.)
Stew-O: Grace brings her down! She has her ensnared in that modified crucifix roll up she calls ‘Vitrous Trap’–AND THAT’S ADDING MORE PRESSURE TO THE HURT LIMB AS SHE PRESSES NIKKI’S SHOULDERS DOWN TO THE MAT!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
(‘Genie in a Bottle’ hits. Grace rises to her feet, and whether genuine or not, looks conflicted about how she picked up the win. Holly enters the ring, and both women have their arms raised. Meanwhile, medical staff come in to assist Nikki out, who remains in pain—likely moreso thanks to the awkward pressure that was applied with that pinfall in particular.)
Stephie Love: Here are YOUR winners… HOLLY ARROW, AND GRACE DE LUCA!
Stew-O: Well, this was shaping up to be a competitive tag team match up until that freak occurrence with Nikki Kimura! She is able to walk, but it’s clear that right arm may be damaged goods.
Jake Mercer: Yeah, that’s… wow. I hope it isn’t anything too serious! What awful timing, especially with us only being in the third week of the new season and leading into Reckless Wiring. Many talent are trying to leave strong impressions as he advance to our first marquee show of the season.
Flannery McCoy: Yeah, and KASAI looks rather disappointed about how everything has unfolded as she carefully stands. However, she gets the loss tonight, while Grace and Holly are victorious.
(KASAI sighs and shakes her head, holding her back. Nikki has been escorted out entirely. The final shot, however, shows Grace smirking and Holly standing tall as Dynasty fades.)
(A commercial plays for Jackboys 2.)
( “It Ain’t Safe” by Skepta reverberates throughout the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California to a mixed reaction as Charlie Marr begins to make his way out to the ring. He bears a huge smirk on his face, especially after his handiwork last week. )
Stephie Love: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… Please welcome… EAW HALL OF FAMER… CHARLIE.. MARR!!!
Stew-O: It was two weeks ago where Brian Daniels and Charlie Marr crossed paths, and it was the EAW Hall of Famer who said that if anything were to happen between them, it would be on his terms. Last week, he took control by using his voice as a special commentator to monopolize the topic of the match, and if that wasn’t enough, he laid Brian Daniels out with his finishing move, “The Queen is Dead.”
Flannery McCoy: Charlie Marr has dictated the first few moves on the chessboard, and there is no doubt that he will take tonight as an opportunity to celebrate and belittle Brian Daniels.
( Charlie Marr is handed a microphone and begins to speak. )
Charlie Marr: It’s almost like everything that Charlie Marr says is the truth, and it’s the fact that nobody gives a fuck about what Brian Daniels has to do or say because as long as we are on the same brand, he will always be in my shadow. The nostalgia act has run dry, it’s no longer whether or not this chump is going to recapture the magic he did in this company decades ago because it’s been decided. He’s weak, he’s insignificant, and a Hall of Famer who was better off enjoying the retired life.
Charlie Marr: Why he even returned in the first place is beyond him, but at least it’s going to be a bit entertaining as this is an opportunity to get ahead of Brian Daniels, and demonstrate that I am still capable of holding a world championship in this company. I did exactly that when I returned to this company and become EAW World Champion for the second time, and this is something that Brian Daniels truly couldn’t relate t–
( ‘Dragonborn’ by Jeremy Soule hits to an ear-deafening pop as Charlie Marr immediately bats his eyes to the stage, nearly swearing into the microphone as he doesn’t like being interrupted, especially by Brian Daniels. Brian Daniels walks onto the stage with microphone in hand. )
Brian Daniels: You know, when I first heard that we were drafted to the same brand, there was a glitter of hope in me that you being emasculated in front of millions of people, on Pain for Pride 18, by the hands of Ronan Malosi out of all people would have woken you up from your wretched ego, but sure enough, nothing has changed and you’re acting like this is 2019 all over again.
Charlie Marr: I am so sorry, where were you during 2019 again? While I was winning the EAW World Championship for the first time, and setting my EAW Hall of Famer legacy in stone, where were you? You don’t even need to answer because you definitely weren’t here. You believe that acting like this is 2019 has any negative connotations to it because I wouldn’t have thought of anything else as perfect to describe the peak form and condition that I am in right now. In 2019, I was at the top of my game, and that’s been a constant. And when I go on to secure number three via the EAW World Heavyweight Championship, Ronan Malosi isn’t going to be the only person looking up at me in his Publix uniform, because you’ll be standing right beside him stocking the shelves.
Brian Daniels: You can say whatever you want about me, Charlie, but at least my name has more respect than yours! You’re so focused on all these accolades and how you’ve been able to win the world championship, not once, but twice. You are so in love with how you came back to this company after a rut and ascended to the throne, and this is something that I wish I could relate to. I’ll say that! But, at the end of the day, when it’s all said and done, I would rather all of these people in the crowd, rather have the history books remember me as an honourable, dignified warrior. These are two qualities that you’ve never wielded in your career, even when you played nice.
Brian Daniels: All of your accomplishments doesn’t take away from the fact that you stand in the ring as a COWARD! You may have a motormouth now, but when the distance is closed between us, you aren’t man enough to face me. You interrupted me two weeks ago, and instead of stepping into that ring and settling it with me, you didn’t. You bailed, threw the commentators off their game, and interfered in my match just as I was about to win. You claimed that this was all about control, that you wanted to settle this on your terms, but that’s not it, is it?
( Brian Daniels makes his way around ringside, putting his foot on the steel steps and pointing towards the commentator’s desk. )
Brian Daniels: You sat at that commentator’s table, legs kicked up and all, fooling yourself into thinking that you were going to see me embarrass myself. But, we’re not alike. I wasn’t going to start this season with a huge loss, I was going to kick it off with a win, and I was on the cusp, and that didn’t sit well with you, did it? You didn’t want to afford me the validation that you couldn’t get. Let’s address the elephant in the room here, Charlie. I am fresh out of Pain for Pride, albeit a loss, a match against one of the toughest and up-coming elitists in Jay Jerry Johnson. It was a performance that tested my mettle, it allowed me to learn more about myself, and fueled me to become even better. I challenged myself at Pain for Pride, meanwhile, you were involved in a match that was the exact opposite of that. You wrestled Ronan Malosi, you provided the comedic relief to Barcelona, so in a way I sympathize with you. You spent all season so hard trying to become a three-time world champion, only to show that you’ve grown even further from that accolade, by being in a match with Ronan Malosi, and instead of coming to terms with that situation, you’ve decided to use me as a way out.
( Brian Daniels cautiously enters the ring and walks towards Marr. )
Brian Daniels: This is where you’re very mistaken because I am not going to go down easily. You thought your cowardly actions were going to demoralize me, but I’ve got an entire season to wrestle Effy McAvoy again, and all you’ve done is fire me up… and I am going to do what I should’ve done two weeks ago and that is KICK YOUR ASS!!!
( Charlie Marr raises his microphone, but stops himself from responding and instead just waves his hand forward and brushes Brian Daniels off. He turns his back and proceeds out of the ring. )
Stew-O: Oh, well. It looks like Brian Daniels has Charlie Marr tongue-tie–
Flannery McCoy: CHARLIE MARR TURNS TO LAND A CHEAP SHOT ON BRIAN DANIELS!!
Jake Mercer: BUT BRIAN DANIELS DUCKS UNDER IT!! THE AMOUNT OF POWER HE THREW INTO THAT PUNCH CAUSES MARR TO LOSE BALANCE AS DANIELS NOW RUNS THE ROPES! VALAR MORGHULIS!! THE RUNNING KNEE DIRECTLY TO THE JAW OF CHARLIE MARR SENDS HIM SPIRALLING OUT OF THE RING!
Stew-O: Charlie Marr explodes out of the ring following that devastating knee strike and he’s not getting back into the ring to fight back. Brian Daniels riles himself up around the ring as he’s just got his lick back on Marr after all these weeks!
Flannery McCoy: This is definitely not going to sit well with Charlie! He thought he had this in control, but with just one knee strike, Brian Daniels has outstaged the fellow Hall of Famer!
( The final shot is Charlie Marr holding his jaw, scrunching his nose angrily as he glares up to the inflamed Brian Daniels. )
(A commercial plays for Just for Men, featuring Methuselah.)
(The camera cuts to Stephie Love in the ring.)
Stephie Love: The following main event contest is scheduled for one fall!
Crowd: ONE FALL!
(‘Number One’ by Shirō Sagisu & Hazel Fernandez can be heard throughout the speakers as the audience responds loudly for the arrival of Limmy Monaghan. The former World Champion looks ahead to the ring, focused on his match tonight as he proceeds to step himself down the ramp, prepared for his main event outing with Drake King.)
Stephie Love: And first! Residing from Golden Beach, Florida, weighing in at 227 pounds… LIMMYYYYYYYYYY MONAGHAN!!!
Stew-O: Limmy Monaghan will be looking to right a wrong from Pain for Pride Kingdom as he looks to tackle the challenge of Cy Henderson, which will result in quite the battle ahead as we get closer to Operation: Doomsday! There will be a high degree of focus ahead of this bout.
Flannery McCoy: With that all being said, we know that this will be an immense match for both men, as Cy has been able to subside all of his competition thus far, which leaves Limmy with further to garner from a potential victory tonight!
(‘Saint Pablo’ by Kanye West can be heard blaring throughout the speakers as the crowd roars with the arrival of Cy Henderson. Cy takes a glance upon the audience tonight with the World Heavyweight Championship around his waist, as he keeps his expression tame while looking ahead to the ring.)
Stephie Love: Introducing his opponent! From New York City, New York, weighing in at 240 pounds… HE IS THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION… CYYYYYYY HENDERSON!!!
Stew-O: Cy Henderson is intent on maintaining his status quo as the World Heavyweight Champion, which will remain all the more enticing through this embroilment with Methuselah. Tonight, Cy has much more to garner from preserving another win against a man he’s very familiar with!
Jake Mercer: Cy has showcased himself as a dangerous competitor in his own right who is increasingly difficult to take down! Limmy is looking to become another elitist to achieve this win, but Cy is focused after making an example out of Methuselah earlier tonight!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Stew-O: And we’re off!!! The main event of Dynasty is set to go underway as our World Heavyweight Champion Cy Henderson is set to go one on one with a former World Heavyweight Champion in Limmy Monaghan as this match soon kicks off–WITH LIMMY IMMEDIATELY RUSHING TOWARD CY WITH A BIG BOOT THAT SENDS CY STAGGERING INTO THE CORNER! Limmy is looking to begin this match at a pace that Cy Henderson DOES NOT prefer being within, as an overwhelming barrage follows with Limmy sending repeated forearms across Cy’s temple as the champion is looking to protect himself in this encounter just as quickly! An explosive beginning here as Limmy has caught Henderson entirely off guard, it seems there is absolutely no love lost from their encounter at Pain for Pride Kingdom in 2024!
Flannery McCoy: The referee is counting away yet there is absolutely no time given to do so with Cy sending a brief elbow across the temple of Limmy! His opponent has no choice but to back away as Limmy is rattled while clutching onto his own head, with Cy being given ample room to recover as he’s grasping onto his own head as well! Henderson is able to return back to form as he spots Limmy in a worsened manner from his elbow, as Henderson is looking to take advantage after having been placed through a scuffle just mere seconds into this match! CY RUSHES TOWARD LIMMY AS HE SEEKS OUT A QUICK CLOTHESLINE–
Jake Mercer: LIMMY DUCKS UNDER–AND IS ABLE TO HOOK CY FOR A SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX THAT SENDS CY CRASHING ONTO THE BACK OF HIS NECK!! Henderson is laid out as Limmy was able to recover in the same vain that Cy does with the time they were both given! Limmy doesn’t seem all too interested in aiming for a pin, as Cy is now trying to shield himself as Monaghan mounts himself onto Cy and proceeds to send repeated forearm strikes sprawling toward the World Heavyweight Champion! Henderson is doing all that he can to subside the pressure that is being placed onto him–as he shoves Limmy off and retreats himself toward the ropes!
Stew-O: As Limmy is looking to rush himself back toward Cy–but the referee is simply not having any of it happen!! Monaghan is left in front of the referee as the official makes note of Cy remaining situated within the ropes! Limmy is maintaining a measure of patience–AS HENDERSON QUICKLY CLUTCHES HIS WRIST AND SHOVES HIM INTO THE ROPES NECK FIRST!! Limmy is immediately clutching onto his own throat as he coughs himself up a sizable storm, with Cy now able to bring himself back into the ring completely as he has Limmy being placed through the ringer now!
Flannery McCoy: ‘CAUSE CY RUSHES FORWARD WITH A LEAPING SHOULDERBLOCK TO SEND LIMMY STAGGERING BACK INTO THE ROPES!! Not taken off of his own feet as Limmy clutches onto the rope with a hand before he can collapse, but Monaghan is left vulnerable as Henderson gets himself up, and moves back to Limmy as he proceeds to send repeated punches across the head of Limmy! The referee has no choice but to count down from here as Cy is continuing to mount the punches–before transitioning into forearms at the count of three to continue applying as much pressure as possible here!
Flannery McCoy: ‘Till he finally stops at the count of five, with Cy now looking to ensure that there is a measure of momentum to be maintained here as he proceeds to rush toward the ropes before running back at his opponent looking for a BIG BOOT–BUT LIMMY WITH A RUNNING DROPKICK THE MOMENT CY REBOUNDS FROM THE ROPES!! Henderson is absolutely dazed as Limmy himself is trying to recover as quickly as he really can here! Cy is finding some ground while Limmy is looking to recover quickly enough to keep his focus emphasized on Henderson! Monaghan takes hold of Cy and drags him back over as he’s now looking for a traditional SNAP SUPLEX–
Jake Mercer: BUT CY WITH HIS OWN SHOW OF IMMEDIATE STRENGTH HOISTS LIMMY UPWARD AND SENDS HIM CRASHING ONTO THE ROPE WITH A GOURDBUSTER OVER THE TOP ROPE!!! Limmy is clutching onto his own abdomen as Limmy is now clutching onto his midsection in visible pain! The referee is keeping a keen watch as Cy now leans against the ropes, understanding that Limmy has been trying to move this match within a pace of his own accord that Cy has been trying to maintain to his favor! Limmy finds himself rolling toward the apron, and Cy has taken note of that!
Stew-O: Understandably so, as now Cy is motioning himself toward the ropes and now placed over the apron! Limmy is in a very bad position here as Henderson is not looking to hold himself back from ensuring that there is as much offense to inflict against the former World Champion! Cy takes hold of Limmy’s hair, keeping a strong grip as he drags Monaghan back to proper footing before placing him in prime position for the worst.. AS CY HENDERSON IS HOISTING LIMMY UPWARD FOR A SUPLEX ONTO THE RINGSIDE FLOOR!
Flannery McCoy: BUT LIMMY WITH A SWIFT KNEE ACROSS THE SKULL AS CY IS FORCED TO DROP LIMMY BACK DOWN!! Limmy is able drop back onto the apron as Henderson is temporarily dazed–AS LIMMY SENDS A BACK ELBOW ACROSS CY’S TEMPLE TO RATTLE HIM! Henderson is refusing to drop down as he is clutching onto the ropes, but he is just barely holding on as Henderson is trying to recover! Limmy takes notice of the vulnerable state that Henderson finds himself in, seeing the opportunity presented before him BEFORE RUSHING TOWARD HIM!
Jake Mercer: AS LIMMY MOTIONS INTO A SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB THAT SENDS CY CRASHING ONTO THE RINGSIDE FLOOR!!! GOOD GRIEF!!! Henderson kept his hands behind the back of his head to try and outmatch the impact, but there was no protecting his back there as he took the true brunt of that powerbomb! Limmy is leaning against the apron as he looks to recover for as much time as he can give himself while the referee is rushing out of the ring to check on Henderson!
Stew-O: Although, this may not be what Limmy wants right now as this is wasting too much time for allowing the recovery of the champion as well!! Monaghan sees this as he finds himself motioning back over to Cy without a second thought as the referee is trying to tell Limmy otherwise, but Monaghan is looking to take this match back into the pace that he needs!! Limmy is dragging all two hundred and forty pounds of Cy Henderson back toward the ring while he still can–
Flannery McCoy: WHAT THE–BUT CY SOMEHOW SHOVES LIMMY TOWARD THE STEEL STEPS! SHOULDER FIRST!!! Limmy is clutching onto his shoulder as Cy was able to muster up as much of his energy as possible to take advantage of the moment! Henderson is dragging himself upward as Limmy now finds himself clutching onto his own shoulder, with the referee keeping an eye on Limmy as this match is formulating in a manner where this has been a true struggle for each elitist to put themselves through so far!
Jake Mercer: As the referee’s looking to check on Limmy while he can–BUT CY IS NOT INTERESTED IN ALLOWING THE SAME! A BOOT ACROSS THE TEMPLE OF LIMMY TO KEEP HIM SUPPRESSED! The referee is scolding Henderson as the EAW Hall of Famer is now dragging Limmy away from the steel steps and toward the barricade, as he’s bringing his arm around Limmy while he can here while MOTIONING FOR THE WORST TO COME HERE–MY GOD!!
Stew-O: URANAGE RIGHT OVER THE BRUNT OF THE BARRICADE!!!! Limmy was just driven right over the barricade as his back is now left in shambles from here! Monaghan is laid out as he collapses back onto the ringside floor, with a hand over his own lower back as the referee is checking on him! The referee is trying to check on Limmy–but Henderson is directing otherwise, shaking his own head as he refuses the same courtesy!
Flannery McCoy: As Cy is dragging Limmy away from the barricade he’s seated against to toss him back into the ring!!! Henderson rolls himself back inside as Limmy is somehow managing to crawl, and eventually rising to a knee as he is not looking to stay down for long! How he is able to bring himself up so quickly as truly a testament to the elitist he is! But Monaghan is rising to his feet and turning himself around to a POTENTIALLY RUDE AWAKENING WITH CY RUSHING TOWARD HIM–
Jake Mercer: ‘CYCLONE LARIAT’ TURNS LIMMY MONAGHAN INSIDE OUT!!! CY HENDERSON WITH THE DISCUS LARIAT TAKES LIMMY BACK DOWN!! Henderson crawls himself over to Limmy, hooking the leg as we have reached the FIRST pinfall in an immensely heated Dynasty main event!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
THR–
Stew-O: NO! LIMMY KICKS OUT!!! NOT ENOUGH!!! Cy is sitting himself back up as he understands there is far more to Limmy Monaghan in this match, as Henderson is now motioning upward while Monaghan is struggling to keep himself from remaining in the vulnerable state he finds himself in! Henderson takes a hold of Limmy’s wrist as he refuses to slow himself down from here, not much longer before he’s yanking Limmy forward and LOOKING TO HOIST HIM DIRECTLY INTO A SPINEBUSTER–
Flannery McCoy: WHICH LIMMY TURNS INTO A SUDDEN TORNADO DDT THAT SPIKES HENDERSON’S SKULL INTO THE CANVAS!! Cy is wide eyed as he’s shaking his own head vigorously while Limmy is teetering, a bit slower to return to his feet as he is experiencing increased struggle with how the match has turned into amplified strife! Monaghan takes note of Henderson’s struggle in his own right as there is no other alternative to take!!! LIMMY RUSHES TOWARD THE ROPES BEFORE RUNNING BACK TOWARD CY WITH ‘DIABLE JAMBE–
Jake Mercer: CLOTHESLINE!!! AN IMMENSE CLOTHESLINE HALTS MONAGHAN IN HIS TRACKS AS HE IS DROPPED BY HENDERSON!! Cy is shaking his own head vigorously as he is slower to his feet, not the pace he wants to move himself at despite how methodically paced he is as Cy is bringing himself back to Limmy! He’s dragging Monaghan upward as he looks to signal what can potentially be considered the end for his opponent as this match is seeing the conclusion–WITH HENDERSON HOISTING LIMMY UPWARD FOR ‘PHANTOM DEATH’ NOW!!
Stew-O: ‘TILL LIMMY SQUIRMS FREE AND BACK ONTO THE CANVAS WITH HIS ARM AROUND HENDERSON’S NECK TO FORCE HIM DOWNWARD–DIRECTLY INTO POSITION FOR ‘ASCALON’!!!! GOTCH STYLE PILEDRIVER DRIVES CY INTO THE MAT SKULL FIRST!!! Limmy’s got a hand over his own lower back after nailing the piledriver, as he finds himself crawling over to hook the leg on Cy!!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
THR–
Flannery McCoy: NOT ENOUGH!!! CY HEBDERSON REFUSES TO STAY DOWN!! Limmy is sitting himself upward now, breathing heavily as he’s trying to find any way through this match that can bring him an immense win over the World Heavyweight Champion! Limmy is now keeping a hold of Cy’s head, and he’s shaking his own head vigorously as he rises himself upward while keeping Henderson held closely as he refuses to slow down at any point from here! With one swift movement that can bring him the win, LIMMY IS LOOKING FOR THE ‘OUTER HEAVEN’ HERE–
Jake Mercer: CY REMAINS STANDING AND IRISH WHIPS LIMMY TOWARD THE ROPES!!! Limmy couldn’t go through with the maneuver as Cy Henderson finds himself in a much more able position to avoid disaster as now Limmy finds himself rushing for the ropes, rebounding back toward Henderson as Cy is looking for one more BIG BOOT TO KNOCK MONAGHAN BACK DOWN–BUT LIMMY ROLLS UNDER THE BOOT! MONAGHAN MAINTAINS STEADY SWIFTNESS DESPITE HIS OWN BACK AS HE RUSHES BACK TO CY!
Stew-O: TILL CY CATCHES LIMMY BEFORE HE COULD EVEN REACT AND SEND HIM SPIRALLING DOWN WITH ‘LOST TIME’!!!! HENDERSON QUICKLY TO THE COVER FROM THERE, SLOWER DUE TO HIS OWN NECK EXPERIENCING TROUBLES!!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
THREE–
Flannery McCoy: NO!!! NOT ENOUGH!!! Limmy lifts the shoulder up as this match is continuing forward for as long as it needs to!! Monaghan is keeping himself in this match—TILL CY FLIPS HIM OVER WITH IMMEDIACY AND APPLIES THE ‘VOID LOCK’!!!! THE SUBMISSION FROM CY HENDERSON IS APPLIED!!! LIMMY IS STRUGGLING AS HE NEEDED TO THINK QUICKLY BY KEEPING A HAND IN FRONT OF CY’S HANDS TO LESSEN THE PRESSURE!!!! Limmy is in deep waters right now as this submission can still put an end to his match right now if he doesn’t find his own way out of this as soon as possible! Henderson is refusing to let go and the time is counting down on him right here!
Jake Mercer: BUT LIMMY’S GOT NOWHERE TO GO!! Monaghan is trying his best to drag all of the body weight of himself and the World Heavyweight Champion, but Henderson is ensuring that this is shifting in the manner that is most comfortable to him!!! The struggle is being seen across Limmy’s face as he is doing everything to keep his palm in front of the interlocked hands of Cy, not allowing the title winning submission to put him away ‘TILL HE SHIFTS HIS OWN BODYWEIGHT AROUND TO PRESS CY AGAINST THE MAT!!! SHOULDERS DOWN!!!!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE—
Stew-O: HE GOT HIM!?!?! NO!!! CY SHOVES LIMMY OFF, MAKING HIS WAY UPWARD AS HE DOESN’T WANT TO WASTE ANYMORE TIME HERE WHILE MOTIONING UP TO A KNEE AS HE LOOKS TO–
Flannery McCoy: ‘OUTER HEAVEN’!!!!!!! THE BLADERUNNER ROCKS CY HENDERSON AS LIMMY HAS TAKEN CY DOWN, TRYING TO CRAWL TOWARD HENDERSON TO THE BEST HIS ABILITY HERE, MAKING THAT CRAWL YET EACH SECOND COUNTS HERE AS HE IS TRYING TO REACH FOR THAT PIN!!
Jake Mercer: BUT CY USES THE MOMENTUM OF THE MANEUVER TO ROLL HIMSELF AWAY FROM THE CANVAS AND UNDER THE APRON!! Limmy is feeling the ire of the moment as he shakes his own head vigorously, understanding that he needs to keep himself focused as he now finds himself moving himself upward! Limmy is taking hold of Cy while he can, dragging him upward while he’s situated over the apron–CY RAKES THE EYES!!!
Stew-O: OUT OF SIGHT FROM THE REFEREE!!! CY IS RAKING THE EYES AS LIMMY’S CLUTCHING ONTO HIS EYES NOW, IN THE STRUGGLE AS THE REFEREE IS TRYING TO INSPECT MONAGHAN AS HE DIDN’T GET TO LOOK TOWARD WHAT JUST OCCURRED!!! HENDERSON IS MOTIONING BACK INTO THE RING AS HE’S NOT WASTING ANOTHER SECOND HERE WITH A HAND OVER HIS HEAD!!
Flannery McCoy: AS CY TAKES HOLD OF LIMMY’S HAND AND PROCEEDS TO PULL HIS OPPONENT TOWARD HIM TO HOIST HIM UPWARD OVER HIS SHOULDERS!!! NO TIME GIVEN TO RECOVER AS HE’S NOW SPIRALLING DOWNWARD!!!!
Jake Mercer: ‘RISING TIDE’!!!! BURNING HAMMER DRIVES LIMMY INTO THE CANVAS AS CY MOVES UPWARD NOW, TRYING TO GET TO LIMMY WHO’S ROLLING AWAY—WHAT THE?!?!?!?
Jake Mercer: SPEAR!!!!! METHUSELAH JUST SPEARED CY HENDERSON!!!! PAYBACK FOR WHAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE NIGHT AS METHUSELAH HAS JUST DELIVERED PAYBACK AGAINST HENDERSON!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Stephie Love: HERE IS YOUR WINNER… CYYYYYYYYYY HENDERSON!!!!
Flannery McCoy: An immense main event that’s ruined by interference, as Cy Henderson & Limmy Monaghan went to war in a heated rematch from Pain for Pride Kingdom all of that time ago! Limmy provided as much of a war against Cy as he could, forcing him to wrestle at a pace of his own liking as well–till Methuselah pried his way into this!
Jake Mercer: Difficult to see how that turned out, that was certainly a statement to make as Methuselah leaves no reservations behind about what happened earlier and didn’t want to have this night close out without being on his own terms…
Stew-O: Methuselah was not going to allow Cy Henderson to close out this event with his own head held high, and that match was made apparent through how this match ultimately concludes from here. Thank you all for tuning in to Dynasty, and see you all next week!
(Methuselah takes hold of the World Heavyweight Championship, as he gazes upon the gold with a slight smirk on his face as he nods to himself before dropping the title back onto the chest of Cy Henderson. The champion remains laid out in the middle of the ring as Methuselah himself stands tall with the scene fading.)
(EAW logo buzzes.)
