(EAW intro plays)
(Showdown opens up with a recap of everything that happened in the last Showdown. Caroline comes out, actually budging and kind of accepting to work together with Adam at Blind Faith, with Adam coming out and trying to solidify an answer from her before she ends up leaving him in doubt. Jon Kelton defeats Kirk Redwood by count out after an interference from Veena. PJ and Terry have a talk, Terry threatening him to actually work together with him on Blind Faith while PJ continues to question him about his recent actions, Terry gives him a warning before leaving. Miku Sakai versus Halsey Neel ends in a no contest after Pandora interferes, Raven enters the ring to actually help her out against Devolution, but Miku repays her back with a punch. Princess Candice and Madison Kaline have problems teaming with each other, before they are forced by Alana to actually try to work together in some capacity. KASAI is able to defeat Madison Kaline after Candice trips up her partner. Cy Henderson tries to talk through to Scott Diamond and get him to work together with him at Blind Faith, but Scott ends up punching him and laying him out, not wanting to work with him. Kennedy Street announces the Call Your Own Shot match for those who didn’t get in on Blind Faith. Raven Roberts defeats Ashlynn Quinn after a distraction from Auburn, with Raven paying back Miku with a slap as well. Ashlynn is irate after what Auburn did to her, with Auburn attacking her and challenging her to a match at Reasonable Doubt. Devolution without Jon Kelton plan out what they will do at Reasonable Doubt, with Daryl snooping in on them and hearing them out, as they assure him they will not cross him, and to remind them all where they come from. In the main event, Solomon Stane versus Veena Adams ends in a no contest as Kirk attacks Veena, and then ends up brawling with Solomon as well. In the final segment, Jon Kelton and Chef Viz have a back and forth in a contract signing that ends with Jon Kelton standing tall.)
(The recap ends, and it is replaced with the song “Brick Wall” by a Day to Remember, as the camera pans around the inside of the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Fireworks are shooting out of the stage and the Showdown crowd can be seen cheering in excitement. The camera ends up panning over to the commentary table with Deadprez, Eve and Gavin Kirkland as the commentators.)
Eve: Welcome everybody…TO SATURDAY NIGHT SHOWDOWN!!! WE ARE JUST ONE WEEK AWAY FROM REASONABLE DOUBT, BUT WE WON’T STOP WITH THE ACTION TONIGHT IN ANY WAY!
Deadprez: We have so much to look forward to, with various Call Your Shot preview matches underway, Delilah Rose facing off against Damien Kutcher and Mattias Burke, as well as Daniella Atlas facing Clayton Golde and Jade Phoenix!
Eve: While we also have a Blind Faith preview, PJ Hendrx and Daryl Kinkade fighting against Miku Sakai and Princess Candice, with the main event having Adam Lucas facing off against Cy Henderson!
Gavin Kirkland: LET’S NOT WASTE ANYMORE TIME, LET’S GET RIGHT INTO THE SHOW!
(Showdown quickly transitioned towards the ring now as a woman that most of you must be used to now was standing in the middle of the ring. Alana Starr stood there with a bright smile on her face, the people in the crowd obviously booing for her and not giving her a chance to take it in as she shook her head hearing them all and then she began speaking up.)
Alana Starr: Now, there is no need for all of you to be so rude, I am just here to do a GOOD job as to be the middle woman in this conversation and make sure nothing ends up going into chaos in this very… fine show that we have made for all of you tonight! So please, in the most polite way possible, I would like for all of you to stop talking!
(The crowd boos a bit louder hearing those types of comments from Alana as she keeps up her bright smile and continues talking.)
Alana Starr: Alright, now that all of that is settled and done with, please welcome at this moment the two incredibly talented gentlemen that will end up wrestling in the Answers World Championship match! Please welcome Jon Kelton and Chef Viz!
(Alana signals towards the entrance as the crowd waits for who is going to end up walking out first, and as “Paint It Black” by The Rolling Stones starts playing, the crowd boos loudly, as Jon Kelton calmly walks out once again with a confidence to his step, this time having a small smirk on his face, proud of the attack that he was able to pull off against Viz last week.)
Gavin Kirkland: Here comes the fraud once again thinking he can walk down the ramp all willy nilly without repercussions about what he did last week? My chef is going to knock him out!
Eve: Jon Kelton was able to get the upper hand against Chef Viz last week in the contract signing, he is looking incredibly confident heading into the ring right now but is he going to keep that smile when he looks towards Chef Viz face to face once again tonight!
(Jon Kelton walked down without wasting any time, very much the opposite of what Chef Viz likes to do when he is in front of a crowd. He ends up taunting some of the crowd and continuing to prosper in the hate being thrown at him before he moved across ringside and jumped onto the ring apron, he quickly got up onto the top rope and waited patiently for a moment, as he slowly raised his arms up and he was going to hit his pose-)
(“shut the fuck up talking to me” by Zack Fox hits on the speakers and the crowd goes wild with cheers, Jon Kelton quickly turns towards the entrance with a shocked and incredibly angry expression on his face as just like last time, Chef Viz interrupted the other person with his own entrance. The camera’s focused on the entrance as Chef Viz walked out in a surprisingly good mood despite what happened last week with Jon Kelton. He stood still on the ring ramp and raised his championship up in the air while he took in the cheers of the crowd.)
Gavin Kirkland: HAHAHAHAHAAAAH! THERE WE GO, MY CHEF DID IT AGAIN! AIN’T NOBODY SAFE FROM HIM! CHEF VIZ LIKES TO COME OUT WHEN HE LIKES TO COME OUT!
Deadprez: Our Answers World Champion displaying the same mental games he did with Adam against Kelton, and it seems they ended up affecting Kelton a lot more than Adam as he is waiting there inside of the ring, furious at the disrespect that Chef Viz ended up showing him, made sense to get some payback that way and annoy Kelton after what he did to him last week, but I think these two men won’t hold back on the microphone at all as they go face to face right now!
(Chef Viz moves down the ramp in a surprisingly fast manner, raising his arms up a bit to make the crowd continue to cheer louder for him, as he then jumped up onto the ring apron and raised his championship up high in the air one more time and then entered the ring, keeping an cocky grin on his face while Jon Kelton stared daggers at him. His theme song died down and Alana cleared her throat, speaking up.)
Alana Starr: Alright now gentlemen, please be civilized at this mo-
Jon Kelton: I suggest you don’t get involved with this or you will end up paying for it.
(Alana is immediately shut down by Jon Kelton and she decides to step aside for a moment as Jon Kelton looks straight at him with anger in his eyes.)
Jon Kelton: I don’t get you at all, Viz, I ended up laying out last week, I ended up threatening you by taking your title and standing over your defenseless body, but you have the will to be able to come out here and smile, do your usual antics without a hint of vengeance in any way?
(Chef Viz lets out a small laugh to himself, putting the Answers World Championship on his shoulder while he begins to talk onto his microphone with a confident tone.)
Chef Viz: Why should I bother about the ants spreading around my shoe, Kelton? Yeah, obviously it was annoying to have you be the one come out on top in that cute exchange that we had between each other, but after thinking it over, I believe it was for the best of both of us, to be able to create some intrigue for the match, let your delusions just rise up like a nice baked pie in the oven and give you just that little spice that you need, that small motivation to make you actually try in our match, you don’t have to resort to taking on a fake persona to try and seem threatening, you leave out your harem to the side and then you face me one on one like the man that you supposedly say that you are.
Jon Kelton: I am more of a man that you will ever be, you are the one telling me that I am the one hiding behind a fake persona when you continue to do bits about so many different characters that at the end nobody even gives a shit about, everything that I do, everything that I showed in front of this people is completely real, and it makes me sick that because of you and the people who dare boo me for taking a different road than expected, for actually trying to make a change in this damn place, and all of you loathe me for it? Why the hell do we need to have someone like Viz in the same position? Why do you cheer for him when he continues to pull the same jester trick to all of you imbeciles? When you need someone like me right at the top of the food chain, someone who has gone through hell and back, someone who ended up being just like you people who end up sitting in the crowd waiting, praying, that the spot that I am in right now is yours, I am a hard working every day man, someone who has shed blood, sweat and tears to be standing here in this ring, with this opportunity in my hands, I should be the one here with the world championship while the man in front of me should be in a stand-up show with 80 people max, shut down by a health inspector from the roaches that were stuck in the food that he has made. Jokes told by an actual joke, that is who you want to be your World Champion? Not when the Devil of Devolution is standing here, not when I am going to lay him out and make sure he stays down for good with my own hands, and I take the Answers World Championship, and make it rightfully mine-
Chef Viz: MAN, STOP TRYHARDING THAT SPEECH!
(The crowd lets out a pop when Chef Viz suddenly butts in and once again Kelton turns to him with an incredibly angry expression on his face as Chef Viz talks his piece this time.)
Chef Viz: You are doing too much, you are choking yourself with the goddamn pasta! Choking on your words! Choking on the love game! Choking on the fashion game! Tripping on actual air and tripping off the stage! You can do so much better than whatever you continue to do but you need something else to get inspired about! Where did this whole Devil thing come from? Don’t tell me it came from the fact Devolution kind of sounds like Devil if you are suffering through a peanut allergy trying to say the damn word. Don’t tell me it is because you have tried to base off the other wrestlers who speak in that kind of tone and use those kind of words to try and make yourself seem more intelligent, like ain’t no one was going to notice, you the bitch that got handed his tests upside down, that’s for sure. You end up doing too much and then you end up burning your tongue against the pan. You know why I can be so many things at once Kelton? Because I can make them work. It is Cook Chef Viz Cook every single time Showdown has me on the screen, here you go.
(Chef Viz quickly puts his microphone out to the crowd and it picks up loud cheers as Chef Viz puts it back onto his mouth.)
Chef Viz: Exactly, big pop. While it took you almost 1 year of your return to find some kind of interesting personality, and that was being a fucked up little whiny bitch. And then while trying to trick people into making you believe you changed things up, you re-wrote the same fucked up little whiny bitch script on your google documents, you changed the font to bold times new roman, and then that is how The Devil of Devolution ended up being born, it is once again Jon Kelton in disguise, and yes, I know you are going to end up asking me “Why do I make people react?”. A car crash makes people react, doesn’t mean they end up liking it. You had the National Elite Championship on your shoulder for ages, good for you, you cheated and tricked your way into underseved wins, bad for you, doesn’t mean anyone liked what you did because you came out here repeating the same speech just with a few sentences changed to it. You are a bitch under me every single time, and that’s what I will solidify next week. Any other questions-
Eve: JON KELTON HAS HEARD ENOUGH, HE THROWS A PUNCH RIGHT AT CHEF VIZ’S FACE!
Deadprez: CHEF VIZ THIS TIME SCOUTED OUT KELTON, QUICKLY DUCKING DOWN AND THIS TIME, MOVING OVER TO TRY AND SLAM THE ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ONTO KELTON’S FACE!
Gavin Kirkland: BUT THAT RAT OF KELTON SLIPS OUT OF THE RING AT THE LAST SECOND!
(Jon Kelton quickly rolls out of the ring last second as he slowly backs up the ramp with that confident grin on his face. Chef Viz quickly raises up his world championship in defiance while keeping his own smile as Jon Kelton shouts back.)
Jon Kelton: (off-mic) I WILL GET YOU IN ONE WEEK VIZ! EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BUILT UP… CRASHES DOWN!
(And with those last words being uttered, Showdown has one last shot of the two opponents staring at each other before it quickly fades to commercials.)
(As the show comes back from commercial break, the camera pans to Gina Romano.)
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING IS THE OPENING MATCH AND IS SET FOR ONE-FALL!
(‘Cypher’ by Northlane begins to play as Delilah Rose makes her way out to the ramp. The crowd relentlessly boos her, but she stays focused on the match ahead.)
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING FIRST…FROM SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND…WEIGHING IN AT 130 POUNDS…SHE IS ‘THE RUNAWAY’…DELILAH ROSE!
(‘Cypher’ fades out as she gets inside the ring. ‘We Won’t Back Down’ by Ra takes its place as Mattias Burke walks out onto the stage. He makes way down to the ring as the crowd cheers him, stopping to interact with fans on the way.)
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING HER OPPONENT…FROM LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND…WEIGHING IN AT 185 POUNDS…’THE DEVIATION’…MATTIAS BURKE!
(Burke gets inside the ring and Rose sneers at him. The two stare but are interrupted by ‘Hard Out Here for a Pimp’ by Three 6 Mafia, Paula Campbell begins to play. The 1985 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham with Damien Kutcher rolls up on the stage. Kutcher exits the vehicle, mouthing and dancing his theme song. He seems extraordinarily confident tonight.)
Gina Romano: AND THEIR OPPONENT…FROM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE…WEIGHING IN 240 POUNDS…HE IS “MR. HUSTLE & FLOW”…DAMIEN KUTCHER!
(He gets inside the ring and smiles at both of his opponents. He gets in their faces before hopping on a turnbuckle to pander to the crowd. They seem behind Damien Kutcher tonight. He climbs back down and the ref calls for the bell.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
Deadprez: That’s the bell and this match is kicking off! Wait a second here folks, Damien Kutcher and Delilah Rose are turning their attention over to Mattias Burke! An unholy alliance is being forged here! It looks like the Deviation has no problem squaring up with two opponents! HE DRILLS KUTCHER WITH A FOREARM! Rose comes from behind looking for a german suplex! Burke is able to slip behind her, looking for a German suplex of his own!
Gavin Kirkland: But Delilah Rose gets him in the jaw with an elbow! Damien is more than happy to hold Burke in place! ROSE LOOKS FOR THE ENZIGURI ON THE TRAPPED BURKE! But he’s able to free himself! Damien Kutcher is caught by it instead! Burke then drops him with an impressive pele kick! Rose tries to get some offense in, but he drills her in the gut with a spinning back kick!
Eve: He follows up with the fisherman’s neckbreaker! Mattias Burke is on fire in the opening moments of this match! He’s about to cover Rose…but Kutcher comes from behind WITH A DROPKICK TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD! All that momentum is stopped in a single moment! Kutcher of course, annoyed with Burke already, just starts stomping away at him! He then pries him off the mat…GUN STUN! That dropped onto the ropes might have just taken out Burke!
Deadprez: Damien Kutcher now looks towards Rose! Wait…he helps her stand up! And then he encourages her to get some shots in on Burke! She goes to do so BUT KUTCHER SCOOPS HER UP FOR A SLAM! It was a trick! Rose however, is able to escape and she looks for the schoolboy! She follows through with it…AND BRINGS A KNEE INTO THE JAW OF KUTCHER! What a shot! Rose wants to take advantage with a Gotch-Style Piledriver, but she can’t seem to lift the massive Kutcher!
Gavin Kirkland: AND HE THROWS HER OVERHEAD! She lands on the mat from nearly ten feet in the air! He shakes off her knee and picks her up! SCOOP SLAM! He takes a moment to pander to the crowd, letting them know that Mr Hustle & Flow is here to win! He focuses back up and looks to hit the elbow drop on Rose! BURKE COMES OUT OF NOWHERE WITH THE CUTTER!
Eve: Kutcher saw it coming from the corner of his eye…he caught him! He then shoves Burke back into the ropes and drills him with a leaping clothesline to the back of the head! Now look at him! He’s doing push-ups, showcasing his confidence so far! But he gets back to his feet as he notices Rose doing the same! He looks for a suplex, but she brings a knee down on his head! She slips out of the suplex AND NAILS HIM WITH A SUPERKICK!
Deadprez: But all that seems to do here is stagger the big man! So Delilah Rose takes a few steps BEFORE LAUNCHING INTO HIM WITH A BUSAIKI KNEE STRIKE! That seemed to do it as she looks for the first cover of the match!
ONE!
TW-
Gavin Kirkland: Kutcher is able to kick out before the two! Rose quickly gets back up and drops the now standing Burke with a discus lariat! SHE THEN APPLIES THE CATTLE MUTILATION TO KUTCHER! He starts breaking free, so she has to transition into the dragon sleeper! Still, the powerful Kutcher manages to force himself back up AND DROPS ROSE WITH A SUPLEX! He grabs her by the hair and goes to lift her back up…BUT THERE’S BURKE WITH A ROUNDHOUSE!
Eve: Kutcher is turned all the way around with that one! So Burke decides to get him with the inverted backbreaker! He transfers his gaze to the Delilah Rose! Mattias Burke with an IMPRESSIVE STANDING 270 SENTON! What athleticism as he looks for the cover!
ONE!
TWO!
Deadprez: That didn’t get the job done against Delilah! Burke instead attempts to apply a Boston crab on Kutcher! Kutcher is able to shove him away before it can be locked in! He tries to get back up, but Burke catches him WITH THE CRAVATE NECK CRANK! This can be a painful submission, especially when executed from someone with Burke’s proficiency! But Kutcher counters with a massive punch to his stomach! AND THEN HE HITS AN UPPERCUT! Burke is knocked right off his feet!
Gavin Kirkland: Kutcher is about to wish he had eyes on the back of his head! ROSE WITH THE POISONRANA! Burke pulls himself back to his feet and storms her…but she catches him! URANAGE! She slams him right on top of Kutcher! She lays Burke on top of him before heading to the top rope! Rose is looking for the FUNERAL FOR YESTERDAY on both opponents! BUT KUTCHER SHOVES BURKE AND ESCAPES JUST BEFORE IMPACT!
Eve: Delilah rolls across the ring from the momentum! She turns around and WOW! KUTCHER WITH THE SUPLEX TOSS! He throws Burke across the ring into Delilah Rose! Using his opponent as a weapon, that is clever thinking on the part of Damien Kutcher Kutcher! He then forces Mattias Burke back up to his feet…AND HE HITS HIM WITH RIGHT THURR! Kutcher covers!
ONE!
TWO!
T-
Deadprez: Burke kicks out! Damien Kutcher does not seem happy about that at all! His attitude changes as he notices Rose draped across the middle rope! He looks for RICKY but she pulls her head out in the nick of time! Kutcher climbs back onto the ring ropes, only for her to drop him with an enzuigiri! He gets back to his feet…BUT HERE COMES BURKE WITH THE CON HILO! He leaps right over Rose in order to take down Kutcher on the outside!
Gavin Kirkland: Burke knees him in the face before pulling back up! Wait a second…he seems to be holding him in place! ROSE WITH THE SUICIDE DIVE ON KUTCHER! Burke and Rose seemed to have formed a temporary alliance to take out the biggest threat! But that’s over as Rose smashes his head right off the apron! She throws Burke back inside the ring and lines up her shot! ROSE IS LOOKING FOR THE KISS GOODNIGHT! But Mattias Burke is able to duck right under it! HE COUNTERS WITH THE BLAST POINT! COVER!ONE!
TWO!
TH-
Eve: Delilah Rose is able to stay in the game with that kick-out! Burke wants to put this one away, so he looks for the Fatal Deviation! He gets her up on his shoulders, but SHE HITS A POISONRANA ON HIM NOW! She gets him back to his feet…JOKERPLEX! Impressive manuever from The Runaway herself! But she better have something else up her sleeve as Kutcher manages to crawl back inside the ring! SHE LOOKS FOR THE RUNNING BICYCLE KICK!
Deadprez: Somehow, Kutcher is able to catch the leg! He shoves her back and LOOKS FOR THE RIDIN’ DIRTY! Rose limbos right under that discus clothesline and gets him with a elbow smash! Rose now looks for the Falcon Arrow, once again trying to lift the big man! Kutcher brings his knee up and into her stomach! He then gets her with the cross chop! He rushes over to the ropes, looking to building momentum with a strike…SUN KILLER! ROSE GETS HIM WITH THE FALLAWAY MOONSAULT SLAM! She covers!
ONE!
TWO!
TH-
Gavin Kirkland: KUTCHER KICKS OUT! Rose gets back to her feet to carry on the offense, but here comes Burke! HE GETS HER WITH THE WHEELBARROW FACEBUSTER! He bounces her face right off his knee but doesn’t let her hit the ground! Instead he hoists her back up into the air AND GETS HER WITH THE DEADFALL! A magnificent Emerald Flowsion from Mattias Burke! Now he goes to the top rope…we all know what he’s looking for!
Eve: AND SO DOES DAMIEN KUTCHER! He knocks the ropes right out from under Burke! Mattias ends up landing right on his family jewels and that might take him out for a while! Kutcher leaves him hanging before turning his attention back towards Delilah Rose! He picks her up and drops her with a spinning neckbreaker! That just seemed to be some insurance, as he marches back towards Burke!
Deadprez: He goes to pull him off the top rope, but Burke gets him with a kick! He sends him back a few feet…BEFORE HITTING HIM WITH A DIVING DDT! Mattias spikes the head of Kutcher right into the mat! HE THEN KIPS UP TO HIS FEET! Burke is in control here and he has a golden opportunity to end it! He pulls Kutcher up to his feet and gets him on his shoulders! HE’S LOOKING FOR THE FATAL DEVIATION ON KUTCHER NOW!
Gavin Kirkland: Wait a minute here! Damien Kutcher starts punching down on the head of Burke! He gets himself out of the danger zone here! He looks for a pumphandle slam but Burke manages to escape! He looks for the rolling elbow, but Kutcher slaps him across the face! HE THEN NEARLY DECAPITATED HIM WITH THE RIDIN’ DIRTY! The discus clothesline connects and down goes Burke! Kutcher looks for the cover!
ONE!
TWO!
THRE-
Eve: Burke is able to kick out once more! Burke is displaying some real resilience tonight! But that might have run out as Damien Kutcher now wants to be the one who flies! He climbs up to the top rope which can only mean one thing! HE’S LOOKING FOR WE FLY HIGH! BUT WAIT! ROSE RUSHES UP THE ROPES AND DRILLS HIM WITH A KNEE! She then lifts him up…FALCON ARROW FROM THE TOP ROPE! I can’t believe it! She finally got him for that massive maneuver! She looks for another cover!
Deadprez: BUT BURKE DOESN’T LET IT HAPPEN! He lunges at her with an uppercut, knocking her down! But he’s still exhausted and wounded from everything that’s happened so far! All three competitors are down and one of them has to make a move soon! It looks like both Rose and Burke are climbing back to their feet, both having to use the ropes to stand up! Once they get there, they waste absolutely no time laying into each other!
Gavin Kirkland: Mattias Burke looks for a roundhouse kick, but she ducks under! Rose grabs the arm and pulls him in the ripcord dropkick! It knocks him right into the corner! She then rushes him, looking for the shotgun dropkick! BURKE LEAPS UP ONTO THE MIDDLE ROPE! He manages to dodge it and Rose ends up caught in the ropes! Burke is looking at her with a smile on his face! DOUBLE FOOT STOMP OFF THE TOP! He drops right down into her and covers!
ONE!
TWO!
THR-
Eve: Rose kicks out at two! Burke doesn’t seem to know what to do next! Wait a minute, Kutcher is back inside the ring! He just makes eye contact with Burke, staring him down with malice! BURKE LOOKS FOR THE BLAST POINT! Kutcher dodges to the side…HE HITS THE DIRTY SOUTH! He kicks with so much force that he might have just broken his freakin’ neck! Kutcher drags Rose now to her feet…HE HITS HER WITH THE DIRTY SOUTH! Two flying superkicks and this might be over!
Deadprez: But Damien Kutcher wants to make a statement here tonight! He lays his opponents on top of each other, flipping Burke onto his chest to make sure there’s no accidental three count! He then climbs up to the top of the turnbuckle, looking as serious as we have ever seen him! HE GOES FOR THE FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH ON BOTH OPPONENTS! STILL FLY! He hits that lethal combination! Now look at him! He lays them on top of each other for the cover!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
(DING! DING! DING!)
(‘Hard Out Here for a Pimp’ by Three 6 Mafia, Paula Campbell begins to play as Damien Kutcher rises back to his feet. He looks down at his opponents and smirks.)
Gina Romano: HERE IS YOUR WINNER…’MISTER HUSTLE & FLOW’…DAMIEN KUTCHER!
Gavin Kirkland: Damien Kutcher just sent a warning to every single opponent at Reasonable Doubt! I mean, there was some close calls during this match, but he just dominated at the end! I mean, pinning two opponents at the same time? That is simply dominance. If this is what we see from him in that tables, ladders and chairs match, then he might be the one calling his shot!
(The camera pans over the carnage in the ring. Rose and Burke still have yet to stand up. Kutcher is walking around the ring, climbing the ropes and letting every person in the crowd know he won.)
(We open up backstage on Showdown, Miku Sakai can be seen, she was just getting amped up for her match tonight, you know, the usual. Things were at a precise point up until someone would greet her that surprised her.)
Raven Roberts: Hey Miku, do you have a minute?
(Raven Roberts appeared to the surprise of Miku Sakai, and more specifically she wanted to speak with her.)
Miku Sakai: What do you need? I usually don’t expect people here unless they’re trying to pull something weird, don’t overstep your boundaries and watch it.
Raven Roberts: No, no.. that isn’t the case at all. I just wanna tell you, we gotta be the same page.
Miku Sakai: Hey, why does everyone keep fucking saying that in EAW nowadays? Are none of us on the same page anymore? I feel like every week it’s like “HEY YOU! We gotta be on the same page forreall.” I don’t know what the fuck it is, but Showdown right now must be a child’s notebook, due to the overwhelming tendency to NOT keep everything on the same script!
Raven Roberts: I…. is this some sort of personal vent coming from you? That is definitely what it sounds like to me.. everything going good with you?
Miku Sakai: Perfectly fine! I’m just saying, no one is on the same page anymore! It’s just like what the hell? something in the water on Showdown, I’m telling you.
Raven Roberts: To be fair, most Elitists are built differently, and we all have different strengths and weaknesses. Some may be nullified by being on the same page, which makes it harder for others to buy in on that factor. But- You’re making me skip the point here. I came here because yes, we need to be on the same page.
(Raven said firmly, she stood there awaiting what answers Miku Sakai had to give. Miku allowed Raven to finish speaking..)
Miku Sakai: Well with that being said misses ominous speaker, we must be on the same page so, what do you have else to say? Kind of being wishi washi and ducking the point here, lay it on me damn.
Raven Roberts: Well, I don’t think you need common sense to really realize what I am referring towards..
Miku Sakai: Are you calling me dumb or something? What the fuck!?
Raven Roberts: No, no.. you are taking what I say out of context vividly. The over the top Cage Brawl… we both want an inclusion in that, if I’m not mistaken, right?
(Raven Roberts alluded to the situation now, as Miku Sakai started to come to terms with what she was clamoring about.. nodding her head.)
Miku Sakai: Well, no shit I wanna be in, so I can fucking win obviously, gotta find my direction and get things going properly here in the big year of 2024!
Raven Roberts: Well, being on the same page, it gets us to the goal where wanna be. Are you picking up what it is that I’m putting down, now?
Miku Sakai: Oh absolutely! And you know, Raven..I don’t really like you. I don’t really like you at all, actually, that’s an understatement. BUT, I can tolerate you.
Raven Roberts: Ensuring victory for the both of us, that’s all you really gotta do here. Toleration is key you can do that, I’d hope?
Miku Sakai: I can tolerate you. It’s not gonna be easy, it was never gonna be easy. It’s gonna take a lot out from me, but we can both benefit from this decision. We both get what we want out of this; beneficial friendship! Might as well just call us the friends with benefits!
(Raven Roberts looked at Miku Sakai with an eyebrow raised, did Miku not know what she was alluding towards?)
Raven Roberts: Maybe work on that name just a little bit.
Miku Sakai: To be fair, we don’t need a fucking name at all. Because after this, throw everything out the window, all bets are off.
Raven Roberts: I can come to agreement of that. But this is beneficial for myself and you, we both get what we want, and after that. Everything comes down to the wire. So with that being said Miku. I hope you keep that mindset in your head, I know the Showdown roster has presented itself weirdly for you, these past couple of months, no? seemingly as if nothing is working out right and no one is on the same page. But optimism is definitely one to keep and have in a scenario like this. Things are on the uplook, and are about to get a whole bunch better from here, as long as you keep on the same page as me, and don’t stray too far from the initial goal. But after that– nothing more, nothing less.
Miku Sakai: Nothing more nothing less, deadass. Because after this, things are going to go my way, and my way only. It’s gonna take a lot out of me. To be able to tolerate you, I may have to get some pepto bismol in order to keep it all together, but I’ll stomach it. So I pray that you aren’t scamming me right now, because I seem to be getting scammed a whole fucking lot lately. I just want one hundred percent of the energy that I give, back. And ultimately that is all at the end of the day, please do not make me regret another decision that I have made. Been doing too much of that lately.
Raven Roberts: No regrets will be made for you here. So, shake on it?
(Raven Roberts extended her hand for Miku Sakai after she was done speaking, to fully settle in on the deal. Miku looked at her and just..)
Miku Sakai: Pffft, yeah right!
(Miku Sakai denied the handshake as she just walked off leaving Raven Roberts a bit perplexed as she looked on, she just shrugged however, it was definitely going to be one tough cookie to crack, but it was only temporary. She then walked off as Showdown faded elsewhere.)
(Showdown transitions, as it quickly started showing the backstage area and once again, Kyra Phillips was standing right in front of the camera with a small smile on her face, once they gave her the good to start talking, the camera began filming and then she spoke up with a cheery tone to her voice)
Kyra Phillips: Goodnight, ladies and gentlemen! Hope that all of you have been enjoying the show so far, Kyra Phillips here again to bring you another special interview with one of the Showdown Elitists to look forward to! I am joined this time by one of the newer wrestlers, someone who has impressed in every way possible when getting inside of that ring. She has had an incredible start for a rookie of her caliber and she has definitely captivated the audience with the way that she carries herself towards the people around her. She has been a bit lost the past few months trying to find an opportunity that she needs to break through that glass ceiling but she hasn’t given up on that quest just yet, please welcome, Auburn Ware!
(The crowd cheers when hearing Auburn’s name, as the camera man quickly turned over to the side and Auburn walked in on the shot, waving in a quick manner towards the camera before focusing directly on Kyra Phillips.)
Kyra Phillips: Hey there Auburn! I hope you have had a fantastic day so far!
Auburn Ware: Thanks, you too! Do let me tell you that the person who has bothered me last week and challenged me to a match, isn’t going to have such a pleasant day when we face :troll:
Kyra Phillips: I will assume you are talking about…
Auburn Ware: Yeah! Obviously talking about Ashlynn. And I will assume you will end up asking me questions about what has happened with her.
Kyra Phillips: Indeed I will! What has happened that the two of you ended up getting this match between each other?
Auburn Ware: Ugh, you tell me Kyra, would you believe me that all of this ended up happening just because of a little comment that I threw out? What do you expect me to say in that kind of situation? I am all in on being good to your friends, and giving back to them for all of their appreciation, I can definitely respect that kind of thing but come on, that woman Ashlynn believes that the only way to be able to fix things and apologize is by continuously giving gifts and hoping that the other person is less mad about her, just giving gifts is not enough at the end of the day, apologizing and being there for that other person means more than giving a gift that will eventually break apart and stop having use. That is why I ended up calling her a tool because she has no sense at all when it comes to being friends with another person, and for telling the truth, she ended up attacking me, I attacked back and then I challenged her to a match to settle it, I don’t really know what is up with most of the people around here, seriously.
Kyra Phillips: From my years here, the best reason that I can give is that wrestling is just that way!
Auburn Ware: Really wish it wasn’t like that.
Kyra Phillips: Moving on though! Despite the tensions, I know that the two of you will end up having an incredible match at the end of the day, what are your thoughts on the match itself?
Auburn Ware: My thoughts on the match itself? You know, it might sound weird at first when I say this, but I am actually excited to meet Ashlynn in the ring? You know why is that? Because that way I have the chance to knock her down a few pegs and be able to get back at her for what she has done, honestly, everything that I have seen from Ashlynn gives me the vibes of a bully, she only cares about people she considers her friends and she could care less about all of the other people around her, and it feels like she treats others below her because she is apparently richer than most of us, but when it comes to wrestling ability, she can be as poor as you can get, and when she is up against me? She might as well be completely broke. She thinks she is the shit when she is nothing that she says she is at the end of the day. I am going to end up exposing her inside of that ring and I am going to be one with my hand raised up in the sky as I look forward to continue rising up in EAW.
Kyra Phillips: Fighting words from Auburn Ware at this moment! We are going to wrap up this interview in a bit and we don’t want to waste anymore time so one last question Auburn, after your match with Ashlynn is over, what do you look forward to do in the future?
Auburn Ware: Well, I think it is pretty simple, I-
(Something suddenly fell over in the distance and both Kyra and Auburn stopped for a moment, looking over confused as Auburn spoke up.)
Auburn Ware: What was that-
Eve: ASHLYNN COMES OUT OF NOWHERE AND HITS AUBURN RIGHT ACROSS THE HEAD WITH A FOREARM! IT WAS A DISTRACTION FROM ASHLYNN TO ATTACK HER FROM BEHIND!
Gavin Kirkland: OH HEY, WE ARE HERE NOW! ASHLYNN IS NOT HOLDING BACK AT ALL, GRABBING AUBURN FROM HER HAIR AND THEN SLAMMING HER BACK FIRST ONTO THE WALL!
(Auburn ends up resting against the wall after that kind of blow and then Ashlynn looks down at her with a pissed off expression.)
Ashlynn Quinn: Like, how many times do I have to beat you up to get you to understand to not talk shit behind my back? You ended up making a huge mistake-
Deadprez: AUBURN SUDDENLY POPS UP TO HER FEET AND THEN SHE FOREARMS ASHLYNN RIGHT ACROSS THE FACE!
Auburn Ware: UH-HUH, SURE!
Eve: AUBURN AND ASHLYNN START COMING TO BLOWS! The two ladies are not going to end up taking that kind of disrespect laying down, they are throwing each other against walls and against doors hoping to get the other one to stand down, but they continue fighting down the hallways!
Gavin Kirkland: Oh man, glad we can see the two of them in HD on these monitors-
Eve: :mjpls:
Gavin Kirkland: …FIGHTING! YEAH! Glad we can see this great action in such high definition!
Eve: Right then, it seems that Ashlynn is able to quickly get something here, she elbows Auburn right on the face and grabs onto her head, she seemingly plans to DDT Auburn on the concrete floor!
Deadprez: But Auburn fights back! Elbowing Ashlynn a few times on the sides of her body before pushing her forward and slamming her back first onto the wall! This time grabbing her arm and head… AND PICKING HER UP TO SUPLEX HER ONTO ONE OF THE CRATES BACKSTAGE!
Eve: Ashlynn rolls around in pain and off the crate, slowly moving forward and around the corner as Auburn tries her best to get up quickly and rush right after her! Auburn turns around the corner as Ashlynn grabs…a pink purse?
Gavin Kirkland: ASHLYNN TURNS AROUND AND SHE HITS AUBURN WITH THE PINK PURSE! HOW WOULD THAT WORK AS A WEAPON- Huh?
(Auburn was completely out in the floor, she was straight up knocked out from Ashlynn hitting her with the pink purse! How is that possible?! It was only then when Ashlynn opened up her purse and she revealed… there was a brick inside of it! As Auburn took the full blow of the purse and she got knocked out!)
Deadprez: Clever little girl…
Gavin Kirkland: That is a grown woman, Deadprez, she isn’t little at all.
Deadprez: No, that was a reference to the movie- man, whatever.
Eve: It seems that Ashlynn was able to think outside of the box and catch Auburn off guard by doing that, but wait, Ashlynn is not finished yet. She ends up getting something out of her pocket, a small box, she opens it up to reveal… a makeup kit?
Gavin Kirkland: My interest has peaked.
(Ashlynn sits down and using the makeup kit, she puts pink eyeshadow and pink lipstick on Auburn, before suddenly starting to draw in the rest of her face with the lipstick, scribbling all over her face and then putting in her forehead the words “LOSER”. Ashlynn finished and then she called out one of the stagehands to come over as she speaks to him.)
Ashlynn Quinn: Hey, you! Tell her when she wakes up that I had a talk with Kennedy, and now there is a bet for our match. The loser of our match gets a makeover from the winner. And end the message dramatically with bitch ✨
(Ashlynn gets off the floor and dusts herself, walking away feeling proud of the “art” that she has done while the stagehand tries her best to wake up Auburn. On that note, Showdown fades away to commercials.)
(The camera returns to the ring where Gina Romano is standing with a microphone ready to begin the introductions for the next contest.)
Gina Romano: The following contest HAS A TWENTY MINUTE TIME LIMIT and it is a TRIPLE THREAT CALL YOUR SHOT PREVIEW MATCH SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!
(‘Bloodline’ by Northlane starts playing as Daniella Atlas enters the arena to a somewhat mixed reaction from the crowd as she heads to the ring.)
Gina Romano: Introducing first and making her way to the ring! From Dunkirk, France! Weighing in at 121 pounds! Here is “THE BLACK FLAME” DANIELLA ATLAS!
Deadprez: Here comes Daniella Atlas as she heads to the ring for triple threat action and what an announcement we heard about Reasonable Doubt.
Eve: That’s right! Daniella is one of seven competitors who will compete in what Kennedy called a Call Your Shot TLC Match. The winner of this match will earn themselves a title match of their choosing at Fighting Spirit.
Gavin Kirkland: Woooo! I am glad to be watching this match right now. A beautiful lady in Daniella Atlas is about to enter the ring. As pretty as she is, she needs to be on her game in this match.
(Daniella enters the ring and takes her corner as ‘MELTDOWN’ by Travis Scott ft Drake starts playing as Jade Phoenix now enters the ring to loud boos from the crowd. Jade doesn’t care what the fans are thinking as she now heads to the ring.)
Gina Romano: Introducing her opponents! First! From Las Vegas, Nevada. Weighing 160 pounds! Here is “THE RISING PHOENIX” JADE PHOENIX!
Gavin Kirkland: Another beautiful woman heading to the ring for this match. Can we just get rid of the time limit so we can watch Daniella and Jade compete? Can that be done?
Deadprez: No it can’t. Sorry to burst your bubble, Gavin. Right now the powerful Jade Phoenix is heading to the ring and if anybody could be considered the power advantage in the TLC match, Jade would be in the running.
Eve: That’s very true. Will we get a taste of that in this match or will her opposition find the secret to neutralize Jade Phoenix?
(Jade enters the ring and shoots a glare at Daniella before taking her corner. Seconds later, her music is replaced by “Betty (Get Money)!” by Yung Gravy and Clayton Golde enters the arena to even louder boos. He’s too busy filming himself to notice the fan reaction as he heads to the ring!)
Gina Romano: Introducing the final participant! From Romania! Weighing in at 210 pounds! Here is “THE GOSPEL” CLAYTON GOLDE!
Eve: Romania? What the hell? Is he a descendant of Count Dracula or something? Part of me hopes this translates to him getting punched in the face.
Gavin Kirkland: Vampire or not, Clayton is starting to develop a following with his fans. Can you imagine the reaction of Clayton wins the contract?
Deadprez: It would incite a reaction alright. Seven competitors at Reasonable Doubt. Tonight it’s triple threat action. Who will win? We’re about to find out.
(Clayton enters the ring and showboats a little before taking his corner and his music fades off. The referee checks all three competitors before calling for the bell.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
Eve: Here we go! Bell has rung and we have our second triple threat preview underway. As we can see all three competitors are acting a little bit cautiously in the early goings of this match.
Deadprez: Remember that this match will be contested under sudden death rules. First pinfall or submission wins this. All three are looking on cautiously–
Gavin Kirkland: CLAYTON STEPS IN BETWEEN THE LADIES! I don’t know what he is doing, but I am a little bit jealous of him.
Deadprez: I don’t think it really matters much right now AS ATLAS AND JADE ARE JUST BEATING THE HELL OUT OF HIM! THE LADIES ARE JUST DOUBLE TEAMING CLAYTON GOLDE!
Eve: Clayton is down on the mat as both ladies quickly hit the ropes AND DELIVER A DOUBLE BASEBALL SLIDE DROPKICK THAT SENDS CLAYTON RIGHT OUT OF THE RING AND TO THE FLOOR!
Gavin Kirkland: Now all we have in the ring are the two lovely ladies and they look ready to fight it out as they both head back to the center of the ring and lock up.
Eve: To say the least, this will be a battle of competitors who aren’t high on the list of Showdown’s most popular. Be that as it may, Atlas and Jade are locked up before Jade uses her power advantage and switches into a side headlock.
Deadprez: The headlock doesn’t last long AS JADE JUST THUMPS ATLAS ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD! ATLAS DID NOT LIKE THAT ONE BIT! Now Atlas is getting right in Jade’s face–
Gavin Kirkland: JADE JUST SLAPS DANIELLA ACROSS THE FACE AND NOW WE HAVE A BRAWL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING! LOOK AT THE FISTS FLY! Now all we need is a pool or something.
Eve: Oh shut up, you nasty pervert. Atlas is starting to get the advantage in the fist fight BEFORE SHE SWITCHES TO SOME DANGEROUS JUDO STYLE KICKS! GOOD GRIEF!
Deadprez: One of those kicks might have caught Jade in the side of the head because Jade looks dazed before ATLAS FIRES OFF A KNIFE EDGE CHOP! JADE IS HOLDING HER CHEST IN PAIN AS ATLAS WHIPS HER TO THE ROPES!
Gavin Kirkland: Atlas comes running to the corner AND JADE COMES FLYING OUT OF THE CORNER AND COUNTERS WITH A POWERFUL LARIAT! WHAT A SHOT!
Deadprez: Jade is still feeling the effects of that chop as she picks up Daniella AND TAKES HER DOWN WITH A POWERFUL SNAP SUPLEX! Jade goes to the well once more AND DROPS HER WITH AN EXPLODER SUPLEX!
Eve: Atlas lands hard and crawls into the corner that Jade follows up with a clothesline. Now Jade sits Atlas on the top turnbuckle before climbing up there herself. She has hold of Daniella–
Gavin Kirkland: AND JADE BRINGS DOWN DANIELLA WITH A POWERFUL SUPERPLEX THAT ROCKS DANIELLA! Jade doesn’t waste a second as she floats over for the cover!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOO!
Eve: HERE COMES CLAYTON GOLDE TO BREAK UP THE COVER! Clayton really didn’t appreciate the double team at the opening bell and now he is looking to get some payback right now.
Deadprez: He goes after Jade Phoenix and kicks her in the gut and doubles her over before hooking her arms AND TAKING HER OVER WITH THE BUTTERFLY SUPLEX!
Gavin Kirkland: Jade was snapped over hard and now Clayton takes advantage of the situation by going over to Daniella and just starts pounding on her. The referee is admonishing the closed fists as if Clayton cared.
Eve: Naturally, he doesn’t and Clayton hoists Atlas onto his shoulder and sends her face first into the top turnbuckle with the Stun Gun! Daniella comes stumbling out of the corner–
Deadprez: AND CLAYTON WITH A POWERFUL CLOTHESLINE THAT SENDS DANIELLA OVER THE TOP ROPE AND NOW IT’S HER TURN TO HIT THE FLOOR!
Gavin Kirkland: That’s probably the best thing to do in a match like this because it reduces the possibility of somebody breaking up a pin cover. You can’t leave anything to chance in situations like this.
Deadprez: Very astute statement, Gavin. What isn’t astute is all the damn showboating after hitting a nice move, BUT HERE COMES JADE READY TO CLOBBER HIM FROM BEHIND, BUT CLAYTON SAW IT COMING–
Eve: AND HE COUNTERS WITH AN ARM DRAG TO TAKE JADE DOWN! Jade is back to her feet and she attempts a clothesline, but Clayton ducks out of the way before grabbing Jade’s legs and taking her down.
Gavin Kirkland: The beautiful Jade is in the slingshot position as Clayton puts her under the bottom rope BEFORE FALLING BACK AND JADE FALLS VICTIM TO THE DREADED DECAPITATOR!
Eve: Her head and neck snapped hard against the bottom rope. Clayton is now in control of this match with Daniella on the outside and Jade neutralized in the ring. Can you imagine if this loudmouth wins this match? He wouldn’t shut the hell up!
Deadprez: Probably, but he does have some talent hidden underneath that attitude. Right now, there doesn’t look to be any joking as he makes his way to the top rope.
Gavin Kirkland: Clayton is in the proverbial high rent district and he is waiting for Jade to get back to her feet so he can strike next. Jade is feeling the decapitator, but she is slowly getting back to her feet.
Eve: She is finally up AND CLAYTON COMES OFF THE TOP ROPE AND IT’S A DIRECT HIT WITH THE MISSILE DROPKICK! THE FORCE OF THE MOVE SENDS JADE HEAD OVER HEELS!
Deadprez: Nice move by Clayton as drags Jade away from the ropes and stands her back up. He is not wasting a second AS HE HAULS OFF AND CLOCK JADE WITH THAT DISCUS ELBOW! “DEMONETIZED” BY CLAYTON GOLDE AS HE GOES FOR THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHRRRRRREEEEE—-
Gavin Kirkland: DANIELLA COMES BACK IN THE RIGHT TIME TO BREAK UP THE COVER! OHH SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL! I wanna know her hopes, her dreams, and maybe even her phone number.
Deadprez: That’s never going to happen so you might as well just focus on the match. Now all three competitors are back in the ring and it could be anybody’s match. Right now, Jade rolls off to the side to catch a breather.
Eve: That leaves Daniella and Clayton to battle it right now AND DANIELLA GOES BACK TO THE KNIFE EDGES CHOPS! This isn’t a game. This is a chance to gain some momentum as they head towards the TLC match.
Gavin Kirkland: Atlas is still firing off those chops to try and get Clayton to the corner, but Clayton reverses it into an Irish Whip and sends Daniella to the ropes. Daniella comes back off the rebound–
Eve: CLAYTON GRABS DANIELLA AND TURNS HER INSIDE OUT WITH THE TILT-A-WHIRL BACKBREAKER! Clayton looks to go down for the cover–
Deadprez: AND JADE IS BACK IN THIS MATCH AS SHE CLEANS CLAYTON’S CLOCK WITH A BICYCLE KNEE TO THE FACE! Daniella is back up on her feet and her and Jade each grab one of Clayton’s legs–
Gavin Kirkland: BOTH WOMEN FALL BACK AND CLAYTON IS UNFORTUNATE VICTIM TO THE INFAMOUS WISHBONE! The only benefit of that is Clayton might be able to do the splits now.
Eve: The temporary alliance is over as the ladies go back to fighting amongst themselves as Clayton tries to recover from his unfortunate accident. Jade is starting to get the upper hand, BUT DANIELLA FIRES OFF A SPINNING HEEL KICK–
Deadprez: JADE CATCHES HER A COUNTERS THE KICK INTO A URANAGE BACKBREAKER! Jade is starting to build up some fire right now as she grabs Daniella and lifts her up in the air!
Gavin Kirkland: Atlas is up in the vertical suplex position as the blood rushes to her head. Jade showing off some power as she keeps Atlas up in the air for a good amount of time. Come on and put her down. I hate seeing you beautiful women beat each other.
Deadprez: Will you stop? But Atlas has been up there long enough AND JADE BRINGS HER DOWN AND DROPS DANIELLA RIGHT ONTO HER KNEE! “JADED” BY JADE PHOENIX AND THAT COULD BE ENOUGH RIGHT THERE AS JADE ROLLS DANIELLA OVER FOR THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOO!
THHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEE!
Eve: CLAYTON JUMPS IN AT THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND AND BREAKS UP THE COVER! We can hear that Clayton isn’t singing an octave higher so I guess he’s physically alright.
Gavin Kirkland: I don’t know who is going to win this match, but I am so glad it is going on right now. Such action. Such beauty. That all makes for a happy Gavin.
Eve: Please just shut up. Anyways, Clayton goes after Jade and just starts firing off forearms to back her into the ropes. Clayton with the Irish whip that takes Jade to the ropes on the other side. Jade comes back–
Deadprez: CLAYTON GOES FOR A SUPERKICK THAT JADE DUCKS AT THE LAST SECOND! Jade is waiting as Clayton turns around AND HE TURNS RIGHT INTO A SUPERKICK FROM JADE PHOENIX!
Gavin Kirkland: Clayton bounces into the ropes AND JADE GRABS HIM! WHAT POWER AS SHE HOISTS HIM INTO THE AIR FOR A POP UP SAMOAN DROP–
Eve: CLAYTON MANAGES TO MANEUVER HIMSELF AND COUNTER THE SAMOAN DROP INTO A MODIFIED FRANKENSTEINER! WHAT A COUNTER FROM CLAYTON!
Deadprez: Nobody expected that to happen as Jade goes for the ride off the Frankensteiner. Jade is getting back to her feet and as she turns around–
Gavin Kirkland: SHE RUNS INTO THE SUPERKICK FROM CLAYTON GOLDE! THIS TIME THE SUPERKICK FROM GOLDE HITS AND JADE GOES DOWN! Golde is feeling it! Golde thinks this is the perfect time to finish this match.
Deadprez: Golde drops down to try and bring Jade back to her feet in the hopes of finishing her off. From the looks of it, I think Golde might be trying for “C’est La Vie”. The modified stunner is Golde’s ace in the hole—
Eve: BUSAIKU KNEE STRIKE FROM DANIELLA ATLAS OUT OF NOWHERE! “LIKE CLOCKWORK” BY DANIELLA! DANIELLA WAS LOOKING TO HIT THE KNEES ON THEM BOTH, BUT SHE ONLY GOT CLAYTON!
Gavin Kirkland: Jade ducked out of the way at the last second and the force of the knee strike sent Clayton through the ropes and back out to the arena floor. That might have put Golde down for the night.
Deadprez: But it also leaves Jade in the ring AS SHE CLOBBERS DANIELLA FROM BEHIND!
Eve: Jade isn’t stopping. Jade grabs Daniella and whips her to the ropes. She comes back AND JADE PICKS HER UP AND PLANTS HER WITH THE POP UP SAMOAN DROP!
Gavin Kirkland: But Daniella rolled to the ropes as well as she could in order to prevent the cover. Daniella is using the ropes to pull herself back up to her feet.
Deadprez: Jade is right there and she throws her left fist in the air and that has Daniella all sorts of confused–
Eve: IT WAS A DECOY! JADE USES THE DISTRACTION TO GO FOR THE “BOP AND JADE” RIGHT HOOK PUNCH, BUT ATLAS WAS ABLE TO CATCH IT IN THE NICK OF TIME AND GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE PUNCH–
Deadprez: BUT JUST AS SHE GOT OUT OF THE WAY, CLAYTON WAS JUMPING BACK ONTO THE APRON JUST AS JADE THREW THE PUNCH AND HE GETS CLOBBERED WITH THE “BOP AND JADE”!
Gavin Kirkland: POOR CLAYTON GOES FLYING OFF THE APRON AND BACK DOWN TO THE FLOOR! JADE IS STUNNED THAT SHE HIT THE WRONG PERSON AS SHE WATCHES CLAYTON HIT THE FLOOR!
Eve: SHE NEEDS TO TURN AROUND BECAUSE ATLAS IS BACK UP AND SHE HAS JADE PHOENIX RIGHT IN HER SIGHTS, BUT DANIELLA ISN’T WAITING FOR HER TO TURN AROUND–
Deadprez: “BLACK DEATH”! WHAT AN ELBOW TO THE BACK OF JADE’S HEAD! JADE FALLS TO THE MAT LIKE STONE AND SHE HAS GOT TO BE OUT OF IT AS DANIELLA ROLLS HER OVER AND HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOO!
THHHHHRRRRRREEEEEEE!
(DING! DING! DING!)
(‘Bloodline’ starts playing again as Daniella rolls off of Jade and slowly starts to get back to her feet as Gina Romano starts to announce the final decision of the match.)
Gina Romano: Here is your winner… DANIELLA ATLAS!
Deadprez: What a match we just watched! Fast paced action throughout the entire match and it was a match that could have gone to any of the participants in this match.
Eve: Hard hitting. Fast Paced. That’s why these three are some of the rising stars that Showdown has to offer. What a match. They were willing to do everything they could in order to win.
(Daniella has made it back to her feet and her arm is raised in victory before the referee goes back to check on Jade. Daniella gives Jade one last look before leaving the ring and heading up the ramp. As she’s leaving, Clayton is still outside the ring starting to come around.)
Gavin Kirkland: Our beautiful GM Kennedy Street is also smart. She knows how to pick up and coming talent. All put forth a great showing tonight.
Eve: You gotta give both Jade and Clayton a lot of credit for the effort they showed in this match. They didn’t get the momentum tonight, but it could spell a different tale at Reasonable Doubt.
Deadprez: All three fought hard, but it was the great timing and the power of the “Black Death” elbow that gave Daniella the win. Congratulations once again to Daniella for the hard fought win.
(The final shot has Daniella celebrating her victory at the top of the entrance ramp while looking down at the ring before cutting to Jade still being taken care of by the referee before cutting to Clayton, who is sitting outside and pissed off that he was taken out of the action before the camera cuts elsewhere.)
(As the camera fades to the backstage area, we see Halsey Neel and Pandora Paisley talking in the background down the hallway, when suddenly Solomon Stane walks into view, Pandora stands between Halsey and the Zealot, but he reassures her that he is not there for harm.)
Solomon Stane: It is very brave and noble of you to stand guard for your friend, You love thy neighbor as you love thy self, which is a rarity these days to see, but my issues are not with you or your partner, at least not until the over the cage brawl. I would like to have a word with her.
Pandora Paisley: Sorry love, no offense, but I don’t trust you, mate. I think we are better off if you just leave.
(Halsey places her hand on Pandora’s shoulder.)
Halsey Neel: I got this, I’ll be fine, trust me.
Pandora Paisley: Are you sure?
Halsey Neel: Yeah, I’m sure. Just don’t go too far.
Pandora Paisley: I won’t.
(Pandora and Solomon lock eyes before she turns and walks off, leaving Halsey alone with Solomon Stane. She then turns to face Stane who towers over Halsey.)
Halsey Neel: What do you want?
Solomon Stane: After watching what has been happening with a lot of these teams, I have had a calling, where he has been talking to me, a whisper in my ear and what I need to tell you is that you can count on me to be your partner. I want to win the Over the Top Cage Brawl. There is no reason to be at odds, until we get to the cage of course, but when looking across the ring and seeing our opponents in Terry Chambers and PJ Hendrx, they are not getting along.
(While Halsey thinks that Solomon Stane is a fruitcake, at the same time, she at least feels a little more comfortable knowing that Solomon is in line with working together and not having to worry if he has her back, though for someone like Halsey, she needs to be aware that anything can happen after the match. She is willing to entertain this though.)
Halsey Neel: I am a little hesitant, everyone in this match should be considering. I’m sorry if trust isn’t in my vocabulary here, considering we both want the same thing, in order to get it though, we must work together, I think we both grasp that concept of this, but in the end, you will do whatever it takes to put me down, so while you have my undivided attention in the tag team match against Terry Chambers and PJ Hendrx, once that match is over, what happens next? See, either you go after me, or I go after you and the lines are crossed.
Solomon Stane: What happens in the cage will be that of God’s work, you see Halsey, every Elitist here will have a reckoning, this has always been preached and coming to pass. What he wants, he gets, and as I have been talking to the Lord, he wants me to team with you and make sure that we are a cohesive unit entering Blind Faith. Don’t you see Halsey, that is what Faith has always been about, being blind at the notion of knowing something powerful is watching over us. There is no deterrent here, we are not supposed to fight, we are supposed to team, he wishes it.
(Halsey is a bit taken back by all of this, as she is trying to process this all right now. She takes a second and takes a deep breath, all before she could even respond to Solomon and the craziness of the situation. Halsey nods.)
Halsey Neel: Right, so what you are telling me is that God wants us to get along and team together for the better good and then get to the Over the Top Cage Brawl, correct?
Solomon Stane: That is correct. We together will take care of the heathens that re Terry Chambers and PJ Hendrx. Are you with me sister Halsey?
(She pauses for a second and nods.)
Halsey Neel: Yeah, I’m with you.
Solomon Stane: Excellent, then Halsey Neel, pray with me.
Halsey Neel: Huh?
Solomon Stane: Pray with me!
(Solomon extends his arms out, wanting Halsey to grab his hands so they can pray together. She doesn’t want to, but for the sake of the team, Halsey sighs and does so.)
Solomon Stane: Dear Lord, give us the strength and guidance of your light, as one of your warriors, help me bring another into your presence as she also fights for your almighty glory. We are together as one as we enter the Blind Faith and will do whatever it takes to make sure that we enter that cage. You will give us your sword and shield, the armor that we need to protect us from those that do not5 believe in your might. We have become your soldiers under your grace to ensure that your kingdom will forever stand as the fortress of life. Take Halsey Neel here and show her through the path of the shadow of the valley of death, where she will fear no evil, for thou are not with her, the rod, and the staff, they comfort her. Give her the way, to help me through this and make those that do not believe pay. Amen.
Halsey Neel: Uh…. Amen.
(Solomon lets go of her hands and he nods, before walking off, leaving Halsey standing there trying to figure out what had just happened. After a few moments, Pandora Paisley walks up to her and checks on Halsey.)
Pandora Paisley: Are you alright, love?
Halsey Neel: Not going to lie, I don’t know. He just held my hands and asked me to pray with him. That might be the strangest thing that has ever happened to me.
Pandora Paisley: Let’s go wash those hands in holy water.
(Halsey tilts her head and rolls her eyes before she walks off with her friend and tag team partner, as the camera shifts elsewhere.)
(Showdown shifts as it opens up as we see Madison Kaline. She was making her way through the backstage area.. before she would be interrupted by one: Mikaela Street.)
Mikaela Street: Madison, can I capture a second of your time to talk?
Madison Kaline: What do you need? I am very stressed being here backstage at Showdown nowadays. Seems as if there’s a negative aura in the air, that keeps trying to take me out!
Mikaela Street: Well alright, I’ll make it as quick as I possibly can.
Madison Kaline: Alright we are already past the point of interest, let’s get onto it!
Mikaela Street: So I just wanna start by going ahead and asking you, what is the issue that lies between yourself and Princess Candice? How come the two of you, can’t seemingly work together.
Madison Kaline: You see, this is a question you’re asking me. But you should be asking that same exact question back towards the others involved. I am the victim here, and if you want to point the finger at someone, Mikaela. Look no further than Kennedy Street. I am sick of playing these continuous games, again and again. My head is bursting, feeling as If I can routinely slam it against the wall. But don’t lose sight of it, okay? I am the victim here. This is all on Kennedy Street.
(Madison showed signs of distress, as she just paced around slightly, before looking at Mikaela Street.)
Mikaela Street: What was the straw that broke the camels back, in this endeavor. Surely there’s so much more than that, at stake.
Madison Kaline: Is it anymore glaringly obvious than it needs to be here, Mikaela? Come on, I was teamed up with a Disney loving princess, who is on the brink of clinical insanity. She barely should be classified as a Princess. I am an Elite Answers Wrestling Hall Of Famerrrr!! So many people barely even remain on my level, truthfully. It is kind of a rigged up broken system, that people are saying these claims. Makes me very sick to my stomach, but again. I’ll digress.
Mikaela Street: I haven’t heard anyone saying many things Madison, honestly.. I was just asking you.. how come yourself and Princess Candice can’t get on the same page.
Madison Kaline: Because! She’s a dumb princess who didn’t deserve my presence. She didn’t know how to act within my presence either. There is a reason I should take no accountability, she should be blamed for EVERYTHING, and I mean absolutely EVERYTHING. Whatever goes wrong, I just so hope you know, it’s all her fault!
(Madison Kaline was blistering with anger, as she was going over the significance of the events that occurred. But just then, something would happen that threw her off. A voice was heard.)
Princess Candice: Are you going to keep yapping and acting like that, or are you going to realize it’s not all perfect in your witch hut!
(Princess Candice appeared on the scene next to Madison. Madison looked absolutely bewildered and disgusted to see her. She looked at her and just scoffed.)
Madison Kaline: Are you really going to come in here and tell me I need to be in a witch hut, don’t you hang out with witches in the first place!?
Princess Candice: Uh, NO? I hang out with ✨️PRINCESSES ✨ ️ You wouldn’t understand it! But I do not appreciate your attitude that very much, miss!
Madison Kaline: Oh joy, I’m sorry. You hang out with princesses, dirty dumb princesses like Sleeping Beauty! You know that prince assaulted her, right?
Princess Candice: WILL YOU STOP SPREADING ALLEGATIONS THAT AREN’T TRUE? It was true.. ✨️LOVE✨️ that broke the curse! Quit talking about things that are as disgusting as that, you need to be locked up!
Madison Kaline: Oh yeah, you wanted to lock me in The Dungeon right? You’re absolutely a weirdo. You need help on every aspect, because something isn’t mentally right deep in there.
(Princess Candice gasped, covering her mouth as she heard what Madison Kaline said.)
Princess Candice: I have you know, you aren’t saying it correctly first of all. It isn’t THE DUNGEON, it’s — ✨️THE DUNGEON✨️ And that is exactly where you belong. Anyone who accuses and makes accusations like that belongs in the–
Madison Kaline: OKAY, will you get your tiara on and explain the point of why you are interrupting my interview? Everything was going well, and my voice and vision was being heard, yet you had to come along for some reason, and start spreading unreal philosophies!
(Madison Kaline clamored, as you could tell she was angered. Princess Candice stood firmly, arms behind her back, nodding her head, eh whatever. Before she spoke.)
Princess Candice: Have you ever asked yourself the question “why isn’t my career up to par with where I think it should be right now?” Of course you do! You probably ask that question every single day you step out the front door. I think having a positive outlook on things would make you less of a miserable, suffering, wench….who is always never happy!
Madison Kaline: Uhm, excuse me?
Princess Candice: I am sick of your pompous butt and negativity! Like it or not, we are partners at the end of the day, and no conclusion is going to be made off this attitude that you have! Get it together, act your age!
Madison Kaline: So you want me to act my age…
(Madison said as she stood there after listening to what Candice had said.)
Princess Candice: Yes! I want you to act your age and–
(BOOM! Princess Candice was slapped directly across the face by Madison Kaline who stood there with a smile.)
Princess Candice: HOW DARE YOU!
(Just then, Princess Candice and Madison Kaline came to blows! As both women were fighting and absolutely going at it back and forth! Immediately they were seperated once the fight got too much…)
Princess Candice: I will put you into ✨️THE DUNGEON✨️ I PROMISE!
Madison Kaline: Shut up!
(Both women were held back by security officials at the mess that had just unleashed, as Showdown pans to ringside.)
(‘Exhibit C’ by Jay Electronica plays as the crowd gives a huge ovation for PJ Hendrx who walks out and scans the crowd, taking a huge deep breath soaking in the moment before hyping himself up and making his way down the ramp.)
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS A TAG TEAM BLIND FAITH PREVIEW MATCH SET FOR ONE FALL!!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!
Bella Braxton: INTRODUCING FIRST….FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA…WEIGHING IN AT 195 POUNDS…”PHANTOM”…P…J…..HEENDRRIIIXXXX!!!!
(Kamikaze – RedHook plays as Daryl Kinkade walks out and is immediately showered in boos. He soaks in the reaction playing into it while taunting some fans on his way to the ring. He walks past PJ Hendrix without even really acknowledging his presence as PJ is annoyed by it but eventually just shrugs it off entering the ring.)
GIna Romano: AND HIS PARTNER….FROM NORWICH, ENGLAND….WEIGHING IN AT 225 POUNDS…HE IS “THE KINK OF ELITE”…DAARRYYLLLL KIINNKKKADDDEEEE!!!
(‘Rhapsody in Pink’ by Stela Cole (Clean Version) plays as Princess Candice receives a mixed reaction while walking out from the curtain, wearing a princess tiara while making her way down to the ring.)
Gina Romano: AND ONE OF THEIR OPPONENTS….FROM ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA. WEIGHING IN AT 130 POUNDS….”THE FACE OF DISNEY”….PRINCESSSS CAAANNDIICCEEE!!!!
(STFU! by Rina Sawayama plays as Miku walks out and is met with boos. Determination is on her face as she meets Princess Candice halfway on the ramp, and you can tell things aren’t going to go well with this tandem.)
Gina Romano: AND HER PARTNER….FROM FUKUI, JAPAN….WEIGHING IN AT 110 POUNDS….MIKKKUUU SAAKKAAIIII!!!
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
Eve: It looks like PJ and Daryl are at a disagreement of who will start off but PJ eventually agrees and lets Daryl start the match off, and meanwhile on the other side of the ring Candice and Miku are arguing but are not in agreement at all.
Referee: Candice you’re starting off, let’s go.
Deadprez: Well the referee had enough and made the decision for them as Miku steps out on the apron as Candice and Daryl are starting this tag match off
Eve: Daryl and Candice both circle the ring waiting for the other to make the first move. They both now step towards each other in the center of the ring holding their right hands up looking for a little test of strength to start the match. They lock hands for a brief moment but quickly back up and circle the ring just waiting on the other to make the first move. After several moments, the two finally lock up in a collar and elbow tie-up! It seems to be a struggle for a moment or two before Candice looks like she manages to gain control over him and get him in a side headlock before flipping him forward on his back, but then Daryl uses his legs to clip the head causing her to let go as they race back up to their feet and Candice charges at him with a full head of steam – BUT DARYL COUNTERS WITH A FLAPJACK AS SHE HITS THE TURNBUCKLE FACE FIRST!!
Eve: Daryl looks to take advantage here as he runs off the ropes full speed and drives both of the knees into the back of Candice before dropping her with a jumping neckbreaker out of the corner. Daryl picks her up by the head, BUT CANDICE DELIVERS A FEW SHOTS TO THE RIB CAGE BEFORE SHE SLAPS HIS HANDS AWAY AND DELIVERS A STIFF FOREARM THAT DROPS HIM DOWN TO A KNEE WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT DARYL A BIT OFF GUARD! Candice then repeatedly drives her elbow straight into his face before Candice grabs him by the head and repeatedly rams her knee into the face of Daryl before running off the ropes and hits a shining wizard to the back of the head!
Gavin Kirkland: Candice feels momentum on her side as she begs for Daryl to stand up measuring him up early. Daryl is back up and turns around to Candice who picks him up in a fireman’s carry….BUT DARYL SLIPS OUT FROM BEHIND AND RUNS RAMMING HER INTO THE CORNER BEFORE LOOKING FOR THE ROLL UP….BUT LOOK!
*TAG!*
Deadprez: Daryl is yelling at the referee to make the count but the referee is telling him.he can’t do that because of Miku now being the legal competitor….AND MIKU RUNS TAKING HIM OUT WITH A RUNNING KNEE! Some inadvertent teamwork from Miku and Candice here as Miku hooks the leg for the first cover of the match!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
Deadprez: And there’s the kickout from Daryl as Miku right away transitions into a cross armbreaker as if she was expecting it! Daryl is like a fish out of water in a panic as Miku looks like she is about to pull the arm out if it’s socket, but Daryl drags himself over to that bottom rope inch by inch and reaches out with his free hand….AND HE GRABS IT! Miku is forced to let go of the armbar as Daryl tries his best to scoot away and get out of the ring…BUT MIKU DRAGS HIM BACK BUT HE USES HE FEET TO PUSH HER AWAY TRYING TO CRAWL OVER TO MAKE THE TAG TO PJ IN THE CORNER –
Eve: BUT MIKU CHARGES AT HIM IN THE CORNER, BUT DARYL COUNTERS WITH A FLAPJACK BEFORE TAKING HER DOWN WITH A NECKBREAKER! AND THEN HE REACHES OVER AND TAGS PJ HENDRIX IN!
*TAG!*
Gavin Kirkland: PJ Hendrix is in the match as he follows up Daryl’s offense as he climbs up to the top turnbuckle right next to him….AND HE LEAPS OFF AND DELIVERS A PICTURE PERFECT SHOOTING STAR PRESS!! AND HERE’S THE HOOK OF THE LEG FROM PJ!!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
Eve: Miku gets the shoulder up at two and PJ doesn’t waste any time in going back on the attack mounting over her and repeatedly driving his forearm into her face as Miku tries her best to cover up but it’s having little to no effect. PJ now picks her up by the head, but Miku begins to fight back as she delivers several shots to the ribs trying to break free from his grip before hitting a European uppercut that drives PJ back a few feet. PJ then runs full speed at Miku here, but Miku counters with a hop toss as PJ lands flat on his back! Miku buys herself a few valuable seconds here.
Deadprez: Miku doesn’t waste any more time looking to take advantage of this window of opportunity running up behind PJ and hits a SNAP GERMAN SUPLEX! PJ landed hard on the back of the head as Miku stands up shaking the cobwebs out from a few moments ago and refocusing her attention on him once more pretty much begging him to rise back his feet.
Eve: PJ stands up holding his head in pain and here’s Miku who delivers a stiff right hand to the face, and then another one as PJ falls back into the corner! Miku then runs and drives both knees into his chest before following it up with a monkey flip toward the center of the ring – But PJ lands on his feet! Miku stands up and turns around before walking right into an enzuigiri kick to the side of the head as she falls back into the corner now. Momentum is just shifting back and forth between these two as Miku tries to make her way over to Princess Candice in the corner to make the tag, but PJ has her by the foot not allowing it to happen dragging her back to the center of the ring!
Deadprez: PJ right away gets her up and places her in the corner and sits her up on the top turnbuckle and this can’t be good oid as he delivers several punches to the face trying to wear her out before he goes up with her – AND HE TRIES GOING FOR THE SUPERPLEX!! BUT LOOK, MIKU IS TRYING HER BEST TO FIGHT OUT OF THIS WITH SHOTS TO THE RIBCAGE NOW BEFORE GETTING HIM TO LOOSEN HIS GRIP AS THE BOTH OF THEM ARE EXCHANGING BLOWS BACK AND FORTH WITH ONE ANOTHER ON THAT TOP ROPE BATTLING FOR CONTROL OVER THE OTHER… AND A THUMB TO THE EYE FROM MIKU! Miku pushes him off the top before she goes for a meteora, but PJ moves out of the way just in the nick of time as Miku rolls through to her feet….THEN BOTH STAND UP AND RUN INTO A DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE! Both competitors are down now!
Gavin Kirkland: Double clothesline takes them both down and they both crawl to their respective corners to make the tag to theor partners –
*DOUBLE TAG!*
Eve: Miku Sakai and Daryl Kinkade burst into the ring. Miku is shown shoving Candice out of the ring as she gets through the ropes and charges in at Daryl! But Daryl takes advantage of this momentary distraction and levels Miku with a Clothesline!!! Miku back up as she runs off the ropes… but Daryl catches her and lifts her up… Samoan Drop! No! Miku slips off behind Daryl and shoves him hard into the corner! Daryl goes face first into the corner as Miku charges in! But Daryl gets an elbow up striking Miku as she comes running towards him! Daryl hits a European Uppercut on Miku staggering her backwards. Daryl hoists himself up to the middle rope before propelling himself off with a Flying Crossbody! Daryl gets all of it as he smashes Miku like a pancake! The cover!!!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: Kickout by Miku Sakai! But Daryl Kinkade is staying on her here looking to put her away one way or another. Daryl runs off the ropes and stomps down hard at Miku but as he bounces off the ropes PJ Hendrx tags himself into the match! Daryl does not look happy about this as PJ orders him to help him out with something. Both men measuring Miku as she gets back up. They lift her up… Double Team Flapjack! Miku is driven down hard face first in the middle of the ring. Daryl rolls to the outside of the ring as PJ slides in to make the cover!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Another kickout from Miku Sakai! Miku surviving this double team assault here as PJ Hendrx is visibly upset over the kickout and thought he had it there. An instant replay is shown of the double team maneuver as both competitors slowly return to their feet and square off once again. PJ punches Miku hard sending her into the ropes… but Miku throws herself up off the ropes and hits a punch of her own! Miku is fighting back! Miku staggers from a shot from PJ as they continue to exchange punches. Miku! PJ! Miku! PJ! Miku! Miku! Miku! Miku gets the advantage here as she is really laying into PJ! PJ manages to stay on his feet however!
Eve: But Miku Sakai off the ropes with a Diving Clothesline! Miku gets all of it taking down PJ Hendrx! Both competitors down now as Miku has dived her way over towards her corner and reaches up and slaps the hand of Candice Blair! Candice climbs her way up to the top rope as PJ slowly gets back to his feet in the middle of the ring and turns around towards her-
Deadprez: THE PRINCESS TAKES FLIGHT!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Candice Blair comes crashing down on top of PJ Hendrix with a Flying Spinning Elbow Strike!!! Candice gets all of it with the high speed rotation her elbow knocking PJ the hell out!!! Candice falls into the cover!!!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TH-
Eve: But PJ Hendrx kicks out just in time! Spectacular move there from Candice Blair and maybe her and Miku Sakai are actually a pretty good team after all! Candice now pulling PJ back up to his feet as PJ tries to get over into the corner to tag in Daryl Kinkade. But Candice looking to cut him off! Before PJ can get the tag in Candice kicks Daryl off the apron with a Superkick! Daryl crashes down to the floor but PJ now turning on Candice and grabs her from behind! PJ rolls Candice up…
Deadprez: But Candice Blair rolls through avoiding the School Boy rollup! Candice back up to her feet as she runs off the ropes and comes back towards PJ Hendrx… Candice with a leaping knife edge chop! The chop connects to the skull of PJ taking him down to his back! Candice takes a bow like a proper princess as she is getting worked up and runs off the ropes… Candice runs off the ropes and drops the leg over the throat of PJ! Candice with the Guillotine Leg Drop and she gets all of it! Another cover from Candice!!!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TH-
Gavin Kirkland: But Daryl Kinkade slides into the ring to break up the cover! But Miku Sakai springboards into the ring! Springboard Spin Kick in midair as Miku kicks Daryl’s head right off! The referee scolding the interference as Miku jumps Daryl pounding on him and getting him out of the ring. Miku then returns to her corner as Candice Blair turns back to PJ Hendrx once more.
Eve: Candice Blair is bringing PJ Hendrx in… Candice going for the Candy Destroyer!!!!-
Deadprez: But PJ Hendrx counters it throwing Candice Blair over and onto her back with a Back Body Drop! PJ now crawling towards his corner but Daryl Kinkade is still on the ground from the earlier attack so PJ cannot tag out! PJ back up as he turns around to meet Candice in the ring. PJ measuring Candice as he charges in… But Candice cuts him off with a Jumping Enzuigiri! Candice tags in to Miku Sakai who climbs up to the top rope and comes flying into the ring with a sky high Frog Splash! Miku gets all of it and the cover on PJ! This has to be over PJ takes yet another cover!!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TH-
Gavin Kirkland: No! PJ Hendrx kicks out! How in the hell!!! Miku is shocked as she turns around and yells at Candice Blair somehow blaming her for what happened. Candice tags herself into the match telling Miku that she will finish it herself… but Miku immediately tags herself back into the match and turns back towards PJ Hendrx! Candice is outraged as she tries to storm the ring but the referee forces Candice to leave the ring. Miku is the legal competitor! Wait look out-
Eve: With the referee’s back turned Daryl Kinkade is shown jumping Miku Sakai from behind with a rushing Axe Handle strike! Miku goes down as Daryl makes his way back over to the corner as the referee turns around. PJ Hendrx crawling over towards the cover… PJ leaps in… and he makes the tag in to Daryl! Daryl entering the match at last as he charges in and levels Miku with a Clothesline! Daryl knocks Candice off the apron as he grabs Miku and slams her down hard in the middle of the ring. Daryl off the ropes now as he lunges in with a leaping Elbow Drop! Daryl gets all of it!-
Deadprez: Wait no! Miku Sakai moves out of the way dodging it as she falls back into her corner! Candice Blair jumps back up onto the apron and slaps Miku Sakai across the face! I guess that is one way to tag back into the match! Miku rolls out to the outside!!! Candice into the ring as she charges in at Daryl Kinkade and takes him down with a high speed Spear! SPEAR! SPEAR! SPEAR!
Gavin Kirkland: Wait what the hell? Is that…
Deadprez: It’s Madison Kaline! Madison is making her way down to ringside and is yelling at Candice Blair! Madison is telling Candice to hit the Candy Destroyer right now! Madison is screaming at Candice instructions and bossing her around telling her what to do-
Eve: But Miku Sakai just yanked Madison Kaline off the apron! Miku charges Madison with a Thesz Press and she is lighting her up outside the ring with strikes! Madison flips Miku over and throws strikes of her own! All hell has broken loose and Candice is looking on in confusion yelling at them to stop fighting! But Candice needs to pay more attention to this matchup!!!
Deadprez: DARYL KINKADE CONNECTS WITH THE BEAUTIFUL LIE ON CANDICE BLAIR!!! DARYL GETS ALL OF IT AS HE GOES FOR THE COVER!!!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: THRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Gina Romano: Here are your winners… DARRRRRRRRRRRRRRYL KINKADE AND PJ HENDRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRXXXXXXXX!!!!!!!!!
(Kamikaze – RedHook plays as Daryl Kinkade has his arm raised in victory by the official. He rolls out of the ring where he is confronted by PJ Hendrx. PJ looks flabbergasted by what just occurred but Daryl is just ignoring him as he heads backstage.)
PJ Hendrx: (off-mic) :wtf:
Eve: Well PJ Hendrx is confused about what went on here tonight but he walks away the winner of this match alongside Daryl Kinkade.
Deadprez: It turns out that Madison Kaline was the factor that led to the collapse of the Candice Blair and Miku Sakai team. We thought they would just implode on their own but it seems that they actually might have had this thing until Madison came out.
Eve: What a preview for Blind Faith though. Miku Sakai will be teaming up with Raven Roberts against Madison Kaline and Candice Blair and tensions have to be high for that after what just occurred. Reasonable Doubt is going to be fire!
(The camera cuts to a commercial featuring EAW Elitists cosplaying at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.)
(Kyra Phillips is standing by in the back, with her microphone already primed. She is looking as smart as always, a trouser suit and heels in her choice of attire. She nods the camera as she gets her cue, the camera only focused on her, though inevitably not for long.)
Kyra Phillips: Thank you for joining me at this time Ladies and Gentlemen and I hope you are enjoying the show? I have with me at this time two young ladies who have most certainly been making an impact on Showdown and will look to do so again at Reasonable Doubt as they both compete in ‘Blind Faith’. Pandora… Halsey, thank you for granting me this interview.
(The camera pans out to reveal Pandora Paisley and Halsey Neel who make up The British Invasion. Both smile at the camera as it focuses on them.)
Pandora Paisley: You’re welcome flower… though you could have dressed up for the occasion.
Kyra Phillips: I thought I was dressed up.
Halsey Neel: She’s ribbing you, Kyra; you get used to it eventually. You look good. Not as good as us, but it’s a good effort.
Kyra Phillips: Err, thank you, I guess.
Halsey Neel: You’re very welcome, consider it British hospitality.
(Kyra is a little confused with the start of the conversation but carries on regardless.)
Kyra Phillips: As I said at the outset, you both have an amazing opportunity coming up next week, as you will both compete in tag team matches for the right to enter the steel cage. Is it difficult to focus on that, considering you have made your mark as a tag team.
Pandora Paisley: I’ll take this one Halsey
Halsey Neel: Be my guest.
Pandora Paisley: Just because we pooled our resources Kyra, doesn’t mean that we are not capable of great things individually. Yeah, it would have been more favorable if we had been teaming together, but the way we see it, is that if we can drag our partners into that cage, then when we enter, we can have each other’s backs then. You’re right of course, this is a huge opportunity for us, and if you think we are going to let a couple of tossers hold us back, rest assured it ain’t going to be happening.
Kyra Phillips: But say you do make it to the cage, only one of you can win the title shot.
Pandora Paisley: Ooo, you adding a little spice to your interview technique. Good for you.
Halsey Neel: Let me get this straight so that there is no misunderstanding. You are implying that at some point we are going to have to fight each other, right?
Kyra Phillips: Well, that is the stipulation.
Halsey Neel: And we don’t care Kyra. See, we’re not as weak little wall flowers like many of the individuals in this roster. We take responsibility for our own actions. Yes, we will have the potential to throw the other out of the steel cage, but not before we have eliminated everyone else. Look at the field Kyra, we are literally just about the only people who get on with each other. Someone like Adam Lucas, everyone hates the son of a bitch. Is Caroline going to have his back if they get to the cage? What about PJ Hendrix and Terry Chambers. The only alliance that will form at that point is ours, mine, and Pandora’s, and if you can’t see that is our advantage, then you need to get your head out of the mud. ONE of us is winning that title shot, and we’ll fight each other to claim it, but only after we have taken care of the rest of our business. You even asking the question is nothing more than lazy journalism, and it’s laughable.
Pandora Paisley: Couldn’t have put it better myself.
Halsey Neel: Thank you.
Pandora Paisley: So yes Kyra, it is a huge opportunity, but winning the cage isn’t the difficult part. You see the British Invasion in that cage, and we immediately become the favorites, that’s a given. This is our ticket to championship gold, but the difficult part is dragging our partners kicking and screaming with us.
Kyra Phillips: About your partners… I mean, I hope you don’t take it as me trying to stir the pot…
Halsey Neel: Yeah, why would you do that right?
(Hasley and Pandora both look at each other and laugh.)
Kyra Phillips: But let’s face it… neither Daryl Kinkade nor Solomon Stane could ever be described as trustworthy.
Pandora Paisley: True. But couldn’t that be said for every other team? Why are you trying to suggest that we are the only ones with that problem. And anyway, why wouldn’t Daryl and Solomon work with us, when they reckon, they can tear us apart once we get in that cage. If they didn’t, then they are the only ones who would suffer.
Halsey Neel: Pandora is right, as usual. Daryl Kinkade has made it clear that he wants championship Gold, so why wouldn’t he work with Pandora for what might equate to fifteen minutes of his career?
Pandora Paisley: And Solomon has been banging on about his opportunity since King of Elite… why wouldn’t he use Halsey to get what he wants?
Halsey Neel: And there’s our point… we have no problem trusting them, why shouldn’t we, pardon the pun, have a little faith in them doing the right thing.
Pandora Paisley: Our only issue is can they keep up. If they can, then it’s a ticket to the steel cage, and a title shot for either Halsey or me. Daryl Kinkade has beaten some of the very best in this company this season, and all I need him to do is repeat that once more. Solomon Stane is an absolute monster… if he keeps Chambers and Hendrix away from Halsey, she’ll do the rest.
Halsey Neel: And like we said, once we are in that Cage, all bets are off, and the only person I have to trust is Pandora, just the way I like it.
Pandora Paisley: I’ve got your back Halsey, like always. I promise. We don’t need anyone else once we get in that Cage.
Halsey Neel: I know… I trust you with my life Pandora. I got you.
(Pandora smiles, and in a very rare occurrence, shows some emotion towards her tag team partner, before turning back to Kyra.)
Pandora Paisley: We promised we would take over Kyra. We promised that our time would come, and that time is right now, at Reasonable Doubt. Not a single wanker in that tournament is going to take that away from us, my alliance with Daryl is only temporary… and I’ve shown where my loyalties lie. Me and Halsey… the rest of them can go to hell.
Kyra Phillips: And the final words Halsey?
Halsey Neel: Lock that cage and throw away the key. The British are coming, and this time, we will NOT be stopped.
(Both Halsey and Pandora stare down the camera lens, before heading off on their way.)
Kyra Phillips: The British Invasion guys… who do YOU think can stop them? We will see.
(The camera pans to the General Manager’s office.)
(We cut to the back and in particular the office on Kennedy Street. Kennedy is sitting behind her desk, and Veena is ranting as per usual, as well as making demands.)
Veena Adams: Look Kennedy, I don’t like you, you don’t like me, but you know I am a fighting champion. I’m the MOST fighting champion in this entire company in fact. Never back down from ANYONE.
Kennedy Street: No, we don’t like each other. As a champion, or even a wrestler not going to deny that Honey, you have done wonders to the reputation of the National Elite Championship since you claimed it.
Veena Adams: So, you know, as the whole world knows, it doesn’t matter who you put in front of me, I’ll face them. And my word I will beat them. I’m a future World Champion.
Kennedy Street: I cannot disagree with you there either. So why are you in my office giving me all this angst?
(Veena folds her arms in apparent disgust.)
Veena Adams: It’s Kirk Redwood, does he HAVE to be the number one contender? Is he really the best that we can come up with? I mean, what has he ever done except fail in the tag team division. I think I’d rather face the religious nut than him. What’s his name again?
Kennedy Street: Solomon… and Kirk has paid his dues Veena, and he deserves his chance. Anyone who works hard will be rewarded. It’s kind of Kennedy’s thing honey and it has served this brand well… including you.
Veena Adams: OK, well I don’t like it. And I have a few things that I must insist on if I am going to do this. And these are non-negotiable.
Kennedy Street: I don’t do well with demands Veena, but as we are friends, I will allow you to speak your mind this time. Please do not cross the line however… Kennie doesn’t like line crossing, and I’d hate to make AJAX angry. Right Honey?
(AJAX doesn’t react, and just stares at Veena.)
Veena Adams: Well, number one…
(She holds up her index finger to emphasize her point, which actually makes Kennedy chuckle.)
Veena Adams: He has got to be clean, and I mean properly, squeaky, clean. He has to have at least THREE showers and be properly sanitized before I go anywhere near him. I will not have my rose like smell tainted by his… odorous stench.
Kennedy Street: I can agree that Honey, hygiene is super important, so we will try and tell him not to stink. I mean, that should always be a pre-requisite anyway. Anything else?
Veena Adams: Yes, and I must insist on this one as well. If these demands are not meant, and I get even the slightest hint of body odor from that man, then the match is forfeit and I win by default.
(Kennedy shakes her head and decides that now she has to intervene.)
Kennedy Street: No. I can’t allow that.
Veena Adams: What?
Kennedy Street: No, that isn’t going to happen.
Veena Adams: But…
Kennedy Street: No Veena, I cannot allow that, I have a brand to look after, and matches being forfeited… not going to happen on my watch. You ARE going to defend the title at Reasonable Doubt, I will not let those fans down and neither will you.
Veena Adams: I have no problem wrestling and beating this clown, But…stench.
Kennedy Street: I will make sure that he is…
(Just at that moment, Kirk Redwood walks into the office without even knocking, and almost immediately Kennedy slinks lower into her chair in an attempt to hide behind her desk. Venna looks him up and down and then turns up her nose in a real look of disgust. AJAX just watches the situation, ready to intervene if he has to, but at the moment now making a move.)
Kirk Redwood: Bitch, you need to get that thong out your ass to stop playing these games.
Veena Adams: Bitch? Have you heard this Kennedy, maybe you are not up to date with how things work around here, but the way he speaks to a respected member of the Adams Family.
(Kennedy rolls her eyes.)
Kirk Redwood: Yeah, Adams Family is about right, and you’re Cousin It. Wait, what does that make Kassidy?
Veena Adams: Now hold on… I’m all for Kassidy being demeaned, but not me.
Kirk Redwood: No, YOU hold on. I have waited a long time for this opportunity, and I’m not going to allow you to play the system. I’ve heard what you have been saying about me, and you’d better believe, I’m not going to let you walk away from this match.
Veena Adams: Just be clean, that’s all I ask, and don’t be an ugly and gross man for once in your life, and we can have our match and I will beat your ass, I am not afraid of you Kurt, I just don’t want to catch anything that would prevent me from defending this title. Either way, don’t you worry, I’ll be dealing with you at Reasonable Doubt, and you won’t be taking my title.
(She goes to walk away, but Kirk grabs her arm, causing Veena to instinctively slap him across the face. Kirk then pulls her in so that they are face to face, and he kisses her on the lips, Veena’s eyes widening in shock. Kirk then let’s go and walks away and out the office, and as the shock desists, it is replaced by her gagging, and almost being sick. Kennedy quickly grabs some bottled water and unscrews the cap, Veena immediately taking it and filling her mouth, before spitting it out on the floor, inches away from AJAX’s shoes.)
Kennedy Street: Quick Honey, more water… before it gets into your system.
Veena Adams: You saw it Kennedy, that was assault! But of course, you will do nothing about it!
(Veena once again takes on a huge chug of water, AJAX this time taking a few steps back while Kennedy rolls her eyes, as the scene slowly fades into the last commercial break of the night.)
(As Showdown comes back from commercial break,‘Tupac Back’ by Meek Mill featuring Rick Ross begins to play through the speakers of the arena. Cy Henderson comes out like a ball full of energy, hyping up the crowd and looking forward to this action on Showdown.)
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING MATCH IS YOUR MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING AND IT’S SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL!!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!!!
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING FIRST…FROM NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK…WEIGHING AT THE WEIGHT OF 240 POUNDS…HE IS THE ‘JUSTICE SEEKER’…CY HENDERSON!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: At King of Elie, Cy Henderson found himself on the losing end of his beef with Drake Armstrong. But once more, he graces his presence on the Showdown brand. That’s always the beauty of the ‘Free Agent’ policy that EAW has created this season! We’ve seen him on Dynasty and Showdown and I’m always glad to be in the presence of Cy Henderson!
(At one of the corners, we see Scott Diamond, Cy Henderson’s partner in ‘Blind Faith’ at Reasonable Doubt looking at Cy coming into the ring. Not much is said between the two Hall of Famers as Cy seems to be clearly focused on this match.)
Eve: Kennedy Street is someone who ALWAYS has something underneath her sleeve! I was pleasantly surprised to see these two on the same side! With Scott’s history of turning on people and Cy Henderson, who has a past full of antics and controversy, it should be interesting to see how these two do in ‘Blind Faith.’
Deadprez: At Reasonable Doubt, it will be the team of Scott Diamond and Cy Henderson facing Daryl Kinkade and Pandora Paisley. Now, that is going to be a hell of a match up there! But, first, he is going to need to overcome the man who reigned as Answers World Champion for about eight months!
(‘Be Legendary’ by Pop Evil begins to play through the speakers. The crowd gives the same amount of love and energy to Adam Lucas, who seems to be crystal focused on his match wit Cy, but hypes up the crowd on his way to the ring.)
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING HIS OPPONENT…FROM NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK…WEIGHING AT THE WEIGHT OF 231 POUNDS… HE IS ‘THE NEXT LEVEL’…ADAM LUCAS!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Now, here is the man who was defeated by Chef Viz at King of Elite for the Answers World Championship. Now, he finds himself in ‘Blind Faith’ with former New Breed Champion, Caroline. And speaking of Caroline…
(The camera pans to Caroline who stands on the side of the bottom of the ramp. She has zero emotion written on her face, but she is more than watching Adam Lucas and seeing what he does in this match.)
Eve: Caroline helped Adam Lucas out when it came to Terry Chambers attacking him two weeks ago. Prior to all of that, Adam tried to talk with her in hopes of getting on the same page and it seems like it may have done something?
Deadprez: I mean, his wife did cause Caroline to injure her eye a few seasons ago, so I’m not shocked that Caroline is upset about that. But, that’s none of Adam’s business.
Gavin Kirkland: Still, it seems like one step forward, two steps back with these two. ‘Blind Faith’ is next weekend, so either these two get on the same page or Usagi Senshi and Kasai are going to make them look terrible!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Gavin Kirkland: Adam Lucas goes one-on-one with the Hall of Famer, Cy Henderson! I see that these two men are staring across the ring from each other! ‘The Next Level’ versus ‘The Justice Seeker.’ Both men who have a past that they aren’t proud of, but arrive in this company, looking to redeem themselves in some sort of way.
Eve: I think that’s a unique way to look at this match, Gav. Both men might have let their attitudes get the best of them in the past. They might have done things that they weren’t proud of, but that’s the beauty with this company. People can change and evolve. They can become better people.
Deadprez: Or for the sake of Caroline, probably for the worst.
Gavin Kirkland: Honestly, I still find Caroline kind of —
Eve: Isn’t she way too old for you?
Gavin Kirkland: In the wise words of the Chairman of the Board, if—
(Gavin Kirkland is heard yelping in pain as Eve rolls up her script and slams it against the top of Gavin’s head. Gavin’s headset is knocked off a bit, but enough to keep him quiet.)
Deadprez: I’m not going to lie, but you deserved that, Gav.
Gavin Kirkland: I’m not going to lie, but that hurt there. Cy Henderson and Adam Lucas come together at the middle of the ring. A sign of respect is shown by Adam, who extends his hand to the Hall of Famer! And, Cy has no hesitations, but to accept the handshake! We are seeing some decent sportsmanship between these two Elitists!
Eve: — BUT, CY HENDERSON MANAGES TO PULL ADAM LUCAS CLOSER TO HIM WITH A PUNCH TO THE FACE! CY STILL HAS THE WRIST OF THE FORMER ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION AS HE WHIPS ADAM TO THE HORIZONTAL SET OF ROPES! HE GOES TO CLOTHESLINE ADAM OVER THE TOP ROPE, BUT ADAM THROWS HIS ELBOW UP AND KNOCKS CY BACK A BIT! Adam rebounds off the horizontal set of ropes, looking to connect with a lariat of his own, but Cy ducks it! Cy runs the same set of ropes that Adam just ran moments ago before knocking down Adam with a shoulder tackle!
Deadprez: Adam Lucas manages to kip up himself back to his feet! He shakes some feeling back to that shoulder that Cy Henderson had connected the shoulder tackle on! Adam’s shoulder is going to go as Cy looks to connect with a collar-and-elbow tie up with ‘The Next Level.’ Adam looks for his opening to make this tie up good to go! Both Elitists lock up, but it’s Cy who manages to get behind Adam and looks for some sort of chokehold on Adam, but Adam manages to slide his head out of the grasp of Cy’s chokehold! He gets right behind Cy before connecting with a full Nelson of his own! He tries to take Cy back with a dragon suplex!
Gavin Kirkland: Cy Henderson keeps his feet planted firmly on the ground! He grabs Adam Lucas from underneath his neck and delivers a snapmare as Adam finds himself in a seated position! He rushes forward, nailing a penalty kick to the back of Adam’s skull as that knocks him to his side! Cy looks for the first pin fall attempt of the entire match!
OOOOOOONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Eve: No! Adam Lucas manages to kick out pretty quickly in this match! This match is still young and Adam has no intentions of ending things right now! CY HENDERSON MANAGES TO GET ADAM LUCAS ON HIS SHOULDERS! IS HE GOING FOR ‘RISING TIDE’ — HIS VARIATION OF THE BURNING HAMMER SO EARLY INTO THIS MATCH??
Deadprez: No! Adam Lucas slides off the back of the ‘Justice Seeker!’ Cy Henderson turns a round as Adam connects with a forearm that knocks Cy back a bit! Adam manages to land another punch to the Hall of Famer! He looks to punch Cy back to the ropes! There, he connects with a few knees to the ribs of the Hall of Famer! Adam takes a few steps back before charging towards Cy and nailing a knee underneath the chin! Cy stumbles forward as Adam manages to pick him up by his feet —
Gavin Kirkland: Adam Lucas takes back Cy Henderson with belly-to-back suplex as Adam throws Cy over his head! Cy picks himself up as Adam connects with a side hand chop to the chest of Cy! Now, it seems like that had little response there! But, Cy returns the favor by connecting with a chop to Adam’s chest! Adam manages to keep himself perfectly still, not giving Cy the satisfaction of taking him down just yet! ADAM CONNECTS WITH ANOTHER CHOP TO THE CHEST! AND, ANOTHER ONE! AND ANOTHER ONE! NOW, WE ARE SLOWLY BEGINNING TO SEE CY HENDERSON SLOWLY GOING BACK! ADAM NAILS A HEADBUTT TO THE FOREHEAD OF THE HALL OF FAMER! THAT KNOCKED CY OFF HIS FEET, FOR SURE!
Eve: That looked brutal as Cy Henderson gets dropped to a knee! Adam Lucas gets Cy in a front headlock, pulling him closer and connects with snap suplex! Adam gets Cy in a seated position as he goes for a headlock! He begins to take Cy down for a headlock takedown! But, we see Cy trying to get his legs up and wrap them around the neck of Adam! Cy applies the legscissors around the neck of Adam! But, Adam manages to kip up back to his feet! He did something like this a bit earlier into this match, but you can see that Adam is clearly focused! Cy looks to be a bit impressed with all of this! He finds his way back to his feet, but Adam connects with a dropkick as that takes Cy back to the vertical set of ropes!
Deadprez: Adam Lucas begins to knee the ‘Justice Seeker’ in the ribs! Then, he gets Cy Henderson into position before hoisting him up and sending him down on the back of his neck with a brain buster! Adam looks at Scott Diamond, who you can say is at Cy’s corner! After all, they are partners in ‘Blind Faith,’ so there is going to be a need to look out for each other!
Gavin Kirkland: At the same time, Caroline is at Adam Lucas’ corner as she’s remained perfectly in the same place that she placed herself in before the match even began. But, we see Scott delivering some form of trash-talk to the former Answers World Champion! Adam turns away from Scott, knowing that he shouldn’t be easily manipulated into doing what Scott wants him to do! Adam turns around as Cy Henderson manages to take down ‘The Next Level’ with a clothesline! But, Cy is just getting started here!
Eve: Cy Henderson hosts up Adam Lucas and throws him to the corner! It was like Adam was a stack of flour! There was little to no effort for Cy when it came to throwing him to the corner! It seemed all flawless as Cy takes a couple of steps back before charging at Adam at the corner! Running uppercut from Cy as that sends Adam forward into a sidewalk slam by Cy! Cy is in the perfect position for a pin fall attempt!
OOOOONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
TTTT—
Deadprez: Adam Lucas with a kick out! Cy Henderson has taken some advantage of the little distraction that Scott Diamond provided him! Cy rises back to his feet as he looks to get Adam into position for this next move! Cy lifts up Adam in a vertical position before taking him back with a vertical suplex! But, Cy rewinds himself and gets back up! He has Adam in position for the vertical suplex again! He connects for the second time! Once more, Cy rewinds himself and gets back up before connecting with a third vertical suplex! ADAM IS TAKEN TO THE GROUND AS CY BACKS AWAY TO THE HORIZONTAL ROPES AND CONNECTS WITH A GIANT LEG DROP TO THE CHEST OF THE FORMER ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION! I THINK THAT CY MIGHT HAVE LANDED ON ADAM’S THROAT!
Gavin Kirkland: Adam Lucas is coughing up quite a bit, but it looks like he’ll be more than okay to continue on! Adam is grasping onto his throat, but it seems like Cy Henderson had the same idea as he grabs Adam by the throat and lifts him up to his feet! Cy manages to lift him up, looking to connect with a chokeslam, but Adam manages to jump out of bounds of the move! He finds himself on his feet as he delivers a kick to the gut of Cy, getting him in a bended forward position! Then, Adam backs up to the vertical set of ropes before rebounding off of them and connecting with a spinning neckbreaker that takes the Hall of Famer to his back! ADAM FINDS HIMSELF BACK TO HIS FEET BEFORE HE RUNS TO THOSE SAME HORIZONTAL SET OF ROPES AND CONNECTS WITH A SPRINGBOARD MOONSAULT! HE LANDS PERFECTLY ON CY! ADAM WITH THE COVER!
OOOOOOONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTTTTWWWWWWOOOOOO—
Eve: Cy Henderson with a kick out! That was a beautiful springboard moonsault from Adam Lucas, but it was not enough to keep Cy down! He gets Cy by the nape of his neck before throwing his skull first against the corner! Cy gets knocked into the corner before he turns around as Adam begins to connect with a series of mudhole stomps to the abdomen of the Hall of Famer! Adam is being aggressive with those stomps, not holding back against the Hall of Famer! Cy begins to collapse to the ground as Adam continues to —
Deadprez: CY HENDERSON DELIVERS ONE POWERFUL UPPERCUT THAT SENDS ADAM LUCAS BACK! HE THROWS A PUNCH TO ADAM! AND ANOTHER ONE! AND ANOTHER ONE! CY IS TRYING TO FIGHT HIS WAY OUT OF THE CORNER, DELIVERING THE BEST PUNCHES THAT HE POSSIBLY CAN FOR THE TIME BEING! FOR THIS SMALL MOMENT, IT SEEMS LIKE ADAM MIGHT BE OVERWHELMED BY THE POWER THAT CY IS GIVING HIM! CY GETS ADAM AND SPEARS HIM TO THE CORNER DIAGONALLY FROM THEM! CY BEGINS TO CONNECT WITH A SERI S OF TURNBUCKLE TRUSTS TO ADAM’S RIBS! NOW, WE SEE THAT CY IS LOOKING TO SIT ADAM ON THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!
Gavin Kirkland: Adam Lucas has no clue what is going on, but he wants NO part of what Cy Henderson is looking to do! He delivers a punch that takes Cy back for a moment. Adam tried to get himself balanced on the top turnbuckle! But, Cy goes right after him! Adam gets one leg up and tries to kick Cy away! BUT, CY MANAGES TO GRAB ONTO ADAM’S LEG! I THINK THAT THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT ADAM IS GOING TO TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY REGRET! CY CONNECTS WITH A DRAGON SCREW LEG WHIP AS THAT TAKES ADAM OFF THE TOP ROPE! NOW, THAT WAS A NASTY BUMP THERE! THE FORMER ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION COLLAPSES DOWN HORRIBLY FROM THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!
Eve: Adam Lucas finds himself in a vulnerable situation as Cy Henderson is now the one that finds himself on the top turnbuckle! Adam is currently down at the moment, but it seems like he won’t be down for long! HE FINDS HIMSELF IN A CRAWLING POSITION AS CY, FROM THE TOP ROPE, JUMPS OFF AND CONNECTS WITH A GIANT KNEE DROP TO THE BACK OF ADAM’S NECK! YIKES! ADAM JUST PLOPS DOWN IN RESPONSE TO THAT! ADAM IS CLUTCHING TO THE BACK OF HIS NECK AS HE TRIES TO FIND HIMSELF INTO A VERTICAL BASE! CY TAKES ADAM DOWN WITH A SPINE BUSTER! CY GOES FOR A COVER ON THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION!
OOOOOOONNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTTTTWWWWWOOO—
Deadprez: Adam Lucas with another kick out! But, the veteran seems to be really calm about the situation! Scott Diamond is at ringside, trying to throw a suggestion here and there! I mean, while Scott hasn’t technically gotten himself involved, his presence has been enough to knock Adam off guard once before! We see that Cy is getting Adam in a seated position and we see that Cy begins to apply a basement abdominal stretch on Adam! Now, this seems to be a smart approach. Cy is trying to weaken the joints and muscles of a younger Adam Lucas! He is pulling back those limbs, as the abdominal is being stretched out! I think this is a nice, but effective approach!
Gavin Kirkland: You can see Caroline, who happens to be in Adam Lucas’ corner and she’s done completely nothing. She is looking at Adam having the abdominal stretch applied to him with an expressionless look on her face. It’s difficult to know what exactly she is thinking about. I like to think there is some possibility of these two being on the same page for Reasonable Doubt.
Eve: Maybe, maybe not! Now, we see Cy Henderson go from the abdominal stretch to apply a full Nelson on ‘The Next Level.’ Adam Lucas continues to cry out in pain, knowing that this is not the situation that he wants to find himself in! Cy hoists up Adam back to his feet while maintaining the full Nelson arm lock synched in! Adam is just thinking about how exactly he wants to get himself out of this situation in the safest way possible! How is Adam going to get himself out of this situation without hurting himself?
Deadprez: It seems like Adam Lucas doesn’t need to worry about that because Cy Henderson hoists Adam high up and connects with a uranage! Adam falls flat on his back as it seems like Cy might be looking to try ‘Rising Tide’ once more? He manages to get Adam up by that gorgeous bed of hair of his before lifting him up! But, Adam manages to slide behind Cy — almost like what happened last time Cy attempted this move! ADAM IS RIGHT BEHIND CY AS CY TURNS HIMSELF AROUND, BUT ADAM CONNECTS WITH A PELE KICK AS THAT SENDS THE HALL OF FAMER BACK! THEN, WE SEE ADAM RUN TOWARDS CY BEFORE FOLLOWING THAT UP WITH A DROPKICK TO THE RIBS! THIS CAUSES FOR CY TO COLLAPSE DOWN TO A KNEE! BUT, ADAM IS NOT DONE THERE!
Gavin Kirkland: ADAM LUCAS TAKES A COUPLE OF STEPS BACK BEFORE CHARGING TOWARDS CY HENDERSON AND DELIVERING A GIANT CLOTHESLINE THAT SENDS HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE! BUT, LOOK AT THIS! ADAM SENDS HIMSELF OVER THE TOP ROPE! ADAM WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SENSE OF CONTROL IN THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT! BOTH OF THEM TOPPLE OVER THE TOP ROPE AND FIND THEMSELVES AT RINGSIDE! NOW, THIS IS INTERESTING! h:
(There, we see Caroline who is behind Adam Lucas, but at a far distance. We see Scott Diamond who stands right behind Cy Henderson, a lot closer than Caroline is for Adam. Both of them are curious to see if one of them will intervene in this mess.)
Eve: Adam Lucas is staring down at Scott Diamond, one of the men that he defeated during his reign as Answers World Champion! I want to say that it was The Last Stand, but do not quote me on that, but Scott looks directly at Adam with a sense of calm and assurance on his face. Meanwhile, it seems like Adam is a little more concerned about whether Scott will intervene in this match and if Caroline will do anything to even the odds.
Deadprez: Caroline did help out Adam Lucas two weeks ago on Showdown, but was that just Caroline being nice? Was it just a one time thing? Or was she looking at Adam as someone who could be beneficial to her and whatever championship aspirations that loom ahead of her. BUT, CY HENDERSON MOVES IN FRONT OF SCOTT AS ADAM GETS TAKEN DOWN BY A HUGE SHOULDER TACKLE AS ADAM FALLS TO THE FLOOR! THAT CAME OUT OF COMPLETELY NOWHERE AND I THINK THAT WAS INTENDED BY CY! CY LOOKS AT SCOTT, ALMOST TO TELL HIM TO NOT GET HIMSELF INVOLVED IN THIS MATCH! I THINK THAT CY WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO KEEP THINGS WITHIN THE RULES AND THAT’S VERY ADMIRABLE OF THE VETERAN! CY GETS A HOLD OF ADAM BY HIS HAIR AND THROWS HIM TO THOSE STEEL STEPS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIM! CY GETS A HOLD OF ADAM BEFORE GETTING HIM IN A POWERBOMB POSITION! OH MY GOD —
Gavin Kirkland: CY HENDERSON JUST POWERBOMBED ADAM LUCAS ON THE TOP OF THOSE STEEL STEPS!
Eve: I’m surprised that Caroline didn’t respond to that. She is just looking at Adam Lucas, who is contorting in pain! Being power bombed to that isn’t the most pleasant experience that anyone can have in a match! Scott gives a slight applause as his confidence must have boosted at the expense of Cy Henderson! Cy gets Adam and rolls him back inside the ring! NOW, WE SEE CY HEADING FOR THE TOP ROPE ONCE MORE! I AM UNSURE OF WHAT CY IS LOOKING TO DO HERE, BUT HE IS LOOKING FOR THE MOST PRISTINE MOMENT TO JUMP OFF THE TOP ROPE AND CONNECT WITH A GIANT LEG DROP TO THE CHEST OF ADAM! THIS HAS TO BE IT!
OOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTTTTTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
TT—
Deadprez: Adam Lucas kicks out! Adam lives on in this match! BUT, CY HENDERSON TURNS ADAM TO HIS STOMACH AND BEGINS TO APPLY THE ‘VOID LOCK’ — HIS VARIATION OF THE STF IS LOOKING TO BE APPLIED TO ‘THE NEXT LEVEL!’ THE MOVE ISN’T APPLIED TO ITS FULL EFFECT AS ADAM IS ABLE TO SCRAMBLING LEFT AND RIGHT! HE IS ABLE TO REACH FOR THE ROPES WITH SO MUCH EASE AND CY REALIZES THAT! CY KNOWS THAT HE IS GOING TO NEED TO PULL ADAM AWAY FROM THE ROPES AS HE TAKES THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROPE! HE IS GOING FOR THE ‘VOID LOCK’ ONCE MORE, BUT ADAM MANAGES TO GET ON TOP OF THE HALL OF FAMER AND CONNECT WITH A SERIES OF LEFT AND RIGHT PUNCHES TO THE FACE! ADAM STILL HAS A TON OF FIGHT IN HIM! BUT, CY MANAGES TO YANK ADAM OFF OF HIM! HE IS TRYING TO GET HIMSELF TO HIS FEET!
Gavin Kirkland: BUT, ADAM LUCAS SEES THAT AND LOOKS TO GO AFTER CY HENDERSON, BUT CY DELIVERS A KNEE TO THE RIBS OF ADAM! THIS GETS ADAM IN A BENDED POSITION AS CY GETS ADAM UP AND CONNECTS WITH THE MICHINOKU DRIVER — ‘PHANTOM DEATH’ CONNECTS AS CY HAS ADAM THERE FOR THE COVER! IS THIS WHAT IS GOING TO TAKE TO PUT DOWN ADAM?!?
OOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
TTTTWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Eve: Adam Lucas with a kick out! Cy Henderson has the look on his face like he knows what he is going to need to do to end this match! He rises back to his feet as he gets Adam into position! He gets him up for the ‘Rising Tide’ once more! NO! ADAM GETS HIMSELF AWAY FROM CY! ADAM DROPS DOWN AS PUSHES CY INTO THE HORIZONTAL SET OF ROPES! CY REBOUNDS AS ADAM LIFTS HIM UP ‘LEVEL UP’ — HIS VARIATION OF THE POP-UP POWERBOMB! NO! CY MANAGES TO JUMP TO THE SIDE AND OUT OF RANGE THAT WAS NEEDED FOR THE MOVE TO BE EXECUTED! HE DELIVERS A KICK TO THE GUT — NO! ADAM GETS CY’S FOOT AND CONNECTS WITH A DRAGON SCREW LEG WHIP ON THE HALL OF FAMER! NOW, WE SEE THAT ADAM IS LOOKING TO WRAP THINGS UP FOR HIMSELF AS HE HOPES OVER THE TOP TURNBUCKLE AND LANDS ON THE APRON —
Deadprez: Just like that, Scott Diamond looks to be meddling into this match! He went against the wishes of what Cy Henderson would have wanted! He tugs Adam by the ankle, trying to get the attention of the former Answers World Champion! BUT, ADAM CONNECTS WITH AN APRON KICK AS THAT SENDS SCOTT BACK! THEN, ADAM FRONT FLIPS HIMSELF BACK INSIDE THE RING AND DELIVERS A GIANT DISCUS LARIAT TO CY! ‘EQUALIZER’ ON CY HENDERSON! ADAM IS HYPING HIMSELF UP!
Gavin Kirkland: Scott Diamond gets himself on the apron as he’s trying to get the attention of the referee! Adam Lucas was probably moments away from winning this match and Scott just took that away from him! Adam is now yelling at the face of Scott, almost like he’s completely lost his cool!
Adam Lucas: (off-mic) SIT YOUR ASS DOWN, SCOTT!
(The sound of Adam Lucas being upset did not go unnoticed. This man is normally calm, but in this instance, he lost his cool. Scott Diamond is on the apron to cost him the match. The referee tries to separate these men as Scott is talking to Adam. Cy Henderson begins to rise up to his feet as he uses the ropes to help him up. He sees that Scott and Adam are arguing and it dons on him that Scott was probably trying to distract Adam enough for Cy to make a comeback in this match. It’s not how Cy wanted to win this match and Cy is not happy about that.)
Eve: Cy Henderson and Scott Diamond are arguing with each other! Scott is doing his best to place the focus on ‘Blind Faith’ and how they will need to get along enough to win that match. Cy turns around, trying to keep his cool in the situation. But, look at who just slipped inside the ring —
Deadprez: IT’S CAROLINE! LOW BLOW TO CY HENDERSON FROM CAROLINE AS SHE SLIDES OUT OF THE RING! AT THE SAME MOMENT, WE SEE ADAM LUCAS DELIVERING A NASTY FOREARM THAT KNOCKS SCOTT OUT OF THE RING! CY SLOWLY CRUMBLES TO HIS KNEES AS ADAM IS COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE ACTION THAT HAPPENED BEHIND HIM! ADAM PUSHES CY INTO THE ROPES, CY REBOUNDS OFF OF THEM — ‘LEVEL UP’ CONNECTS ON THE HALL OF FAMER AS ADAM LUCAS GOES FOR THE COVER!
OOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TTTTTTWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
TTTTHHHHRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
(‘Be Legendary’ plays once more as Adam Lucas rolls off of Cy Henderson. The referee helps Adam to his feet and raises his hand in victory, declaring him as the winner.)
Gina Romano: THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH…ADAM LUCAS!!!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: I was not expecting for any of that to go down! I thought that maybe Cy Henderson would use the distraction that Scott Diamond was looking to present to him! But, Cy was not having it whatsoever! That’s not how he wanted to win this match! But, Caroline on the other hand, seemed to have used Scott’s distraction more than Cy did! She would slide into the ring and deliver a nasty low blow!
Eve: I don’t think that Adam Lucas was aware of what just happened, but if he found out, I don’t think that he would be too happy about how things went down.
(Scott Diamond looks down at Cy Henderson, who is still down and out for the count. Scott stands tall over his ‘Blind Faith’ partner with a disappointed look on his face. Like, Cy should have just taken advantage of the distraction given to him.)
Deadprez: In this instance, it seemed like Cy Henderson wanting to do things the right way, may have come back to haunt him.
(Adam Lucas slides out of the ring as he looks at Caroline who stands across from him a few inches away, almost at arms length. Adam extends a fist bump to Caroline, who looks down at his fist.)
Gavin Kirkland: CAROLINE JUST SLAPS ADAM LUCAS IN THE FACE! ADAM LUCAS’ FACE JUST FLINCHES TO THE SIDE, BUT NOTHING MUCH IS SAID OF THE MATTER AS CAROLINE BEGINS TO WALK UP THE RAMP! CAROLINE IS NOT LOOKING FOR FRIENDSHIP, BUT TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF HER CAREER!
Eve: ‘Blind Faith’ is all about going into the unknown with someone that you would normally not align with. But, would you do it if a chance to get a championship opportunity is on the horizon? So many questions that we will answer next Saturday at Reasonable Doubt! Who will win the ‘Blind Faith’ matches? Who will come victorious in the ‘Blind Faith’ Eight Person Over the Cage Brawl? Also, will it be Veena Adams or Kirk Redwood who will walk out as National Elite Champion? Will it be Chef Viz or Jon Kelton who walks out as Answers World Champion? ALL OF THIS WILL BE ANSWERED AT REASONABLE DOUBT NEXT SATURDAY ON THE EAW NETWORK! SIGNING OFF FOR GAVIN KIRKLAND AND DEADPREZ, I AM EVE! GOODNIGHT FROM LISBON, PORTUGAL!
(EAW logo buzzes.)
