( EAW intro plays…. )
( RECAP – The “Showdown” logo sting briefly appears. The show begins with Lexi having a successful return match against Oliver Taylor. Afterwards, Hurricane Hawk punishes Ronan Malosi on his Kassidy Heart assault by awarding the Towering Inferno qualification to Veena Adams. The second match of the night is Roberto De La Rosa and Abel Atami teaming against The EAW Unified Tag Team Championship Number One Contenders, The Ice Aces. Roberto De La Rosa attacks Atami mid-match, leaving the opportunity for The Ice Aces walking out with the tag team win. Tensions continue to rise between Atami and Rosa. Hurricane Hawk is able to stop the fight, but it is too late as Roberto De La Rosa had already thrown Atami through a glass window. Hawk announces they will settle their dispute in a Ring Of Fire match. MaryBecca confronts SEROTONIN after the brawl earlier in the week. Pandora Paisley and Jonny Airhart is able to lay them out weeks before Dia Del Diablo. Eve hosts a contract signing for Adam Lucas versus Impact at Dia Del Diablo. Impact hits a cheap shot, but Lucas maintains his emotions and just smiles in response. Lucas Knight defeats Flash Princeton to set the time to beat at 7:45. Aurora Monroe defeats Victor Blade and beats the time with 6:11. This gives the right for Aurora Monroe to choose the stipulation and SEROTONIN attacks her from out of nowhere. MaryBecca is able to even the odds and send Lucas Knight and SEROTONIN away. Monroe makes it official that she will team against them with MaryBecca in a Devil’s Playground Match. Mikaela hosts a roundtable between the Towering Inferno participants. Limmy Monaghan and Amir Yusuf joins the commentary booth to oversee the main event between Theron Nikolas and Charlie Marr. Monaghan distracts Charlie Marr, giving Nikolas the edge to pick up the victory. After the match, Charlie Marr goes right after Monaghan in anger. Amir Yusuf does the same and attacks Nikolas. To close out the show, Kassidy Heart shares her thoughts about the Ronan Malosi assault. Kassidy Heart announces that Ronan Malosi will face her in a Lake Of Fire at Dia Del Diablo. )
( “Brick Wall” by A Day To Remember blasts through the speakers as it opens up to the Enterprise Center in St Louis, Missouri. Blue-tinted pyrotechnics illuminate the venue before it is filled with unison “WE WRESTLE” chants. The camera pans through various sections of the venue before it focuses in on the commentary team. )
Deadprez: WELCOME ST LOUIS, MISSOURI TO THE PREMIERE PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING BRAND, SATURDAY NIGHT SHOWDOWN!!
Gavin Kirkland: WE WRESTLE!! WE WRESTLE!! WE WRESTLE!!
Eve: WE ARE ON THE GO TO SHOW WHERE WE WILL TAKE A DETOUR IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TO HOST THE RETURN OF DIA DEL DIABLO IN THE ALAMODOME!! We will see Rogues Gallery compete together for the first time against the star-studded trio of Aurora Munroe, and MaryBecca inside the Devil’s Playground! Will Olivia Tate spoil the re-emergence of Lexi in a Blowtorch on a Pole match! Abel Atami and Roberto De La Rosa will settle their dispute once and for all in a Ring Of Fire phenomenon! Ronan Malosi aims to make everyone see him a serious threat in the land of Elite against Kassidy Heart in the first-ever Lake Of Fire match!
Deadprez: Amir Yusuf and Theron Nikolas will go toe-to-toe in a Trial By Fire match! The Haircare Kings will make their next EAW Unified Tag Team Championship defense against the fan-favorite Ice Aces! Limmy Monaghan’s biggest EAW Hardcore Championship defence to date will be against Charlie Marr in a Fire & Steel match! Adam Lucas and Impact will collide in a Three Degrees of Hell match! LASTLY! TLA will defend his newly-won EAW Answers World Championship against Cameron Ella Ava, Veena Adams, and the EAW Specialists Champion, Harper Lee! No pun intended, it is going to be lit in San Antonio, Texas. However, that is one week away and we plan to leave you satisfied in the go-home show!
Gavin Kirkland: WORD! WE GONNA BE LITTY AS A TITTY! Ruler makes his long-anticipated return to Elite Answers Wrestling against the exciting Victor Blade! LIT! We will get an in depth interview with Rogues Gallery on Mikaela Knows Best! LIT! The acrobatic enigma Flash Princeton, and the ambitious Abel Atami will collide! LIT! Veena Adams looks to look strong heading into Dia Del Diablo in a match against the rising Olivia Tate! LIT! Ronan Malosi looks to gain momentum before the biggest match of his career against Lexi in the main event! Please note that anything that I said about any of these elitists do not define my beliefs in this industry. Someone gave me this script, and I have to read it! HOWEVER, ONE THING I AM EXCITED FOR! KASSIDY HEART BEING BURNED TO DEATH WHILE ALSO BEING DROWNED AND FOREVER GONE FROM ELITE ANSWERS WRESTLING! AS IF KING OF ELITE WASN’T GREAT ENOUGH!
Eve: We are one week away from Dia Del Diablo and why should we keep you waiting! HOW ABOUT WE GET THIS STARTED! Deadprez will you do the honors!
(Deadprez takes off his headset and grabs a mic, getting into the ring as the fans cheer….)
Deadprez: St. Louis! Are we ready!
(The crowd explodes in cheers.)
Deadprez: So, with that said, Ladies and Gentlemen, please show your appreciation for the EAW Hardcore Champion, Limmy Monaghan.
(‘King’s Dead’ by Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future and James Blake hots over the speaker system and to a loud roar Limmy Monaghan steps out onto the rampway, the Hardcore Championship draped over his shoulder. Looking left and then right, a smirk forms on his face, as he begins the walk down to the ring.)
Eve: No question, Limmy Monaghan has put his own personal stamp on the Hardcore Championship after taking it from Adam Lucas. I think however that without question this will be his greatest challenge to date.
Gavin Kirkland: Never mind that, how about the fact it’s Deadprez up there and not you? Did you do that bad a job of that contract signing last week?
(Limmy reaches the ring and walks around it, picking up a mic as he does before rolling into the ring with a simple nod at Deadprez. His music then fades out.)
Deadprez: And his challenger at Dia Del Diablo… Charlie Marr
(‘Praise the Lord’ by Bandokay hits, and even before it kicks in, the fans are on their feet showing their displeasure for Charlie Marr. After a while, he steps through the curtain and is straight away dismissing the fans as if they don’t matter, and after shrugging his shoulders he confidently starts making his way to the ring. Limmy just watches him carefully as he too picks up a microphone and walks up the steps. Motioning for Limmy to back off, Charlie bends through the strands and into the middle of the ring, looking out over the fans and smiling.)
Eve: And Charlie showing he couldn’t care less about this reaction.
Gavin Kirkland: And why should he? All Charlie has done for this company and they react like this. I’d flip them the finger too.
(Charlie’s music dies down, and Deadprez looks nervously at both individuals, who already look like they just want to tear into each other.)
Deadprez: Limmy, Charlie, thank you for joining us out here tonight.
Limmy Monaghan: Pleasure
Charlie Marr: Wasn’t doing anything else.
Deadprez: In just seven days’ time, the two of you will face off for that Hardcore Championship, in a ‘Fire and Steel’ match that is destined to push both of you to your limits.
(Charlie seems to scoff at the thought, but Limmy at least listens.)
Deadprez: Limmy, if you would, your thoughts ahead of such a crucial match in your title reign.
(The crowd roars as Limmy lifts the mic, Monaghan hesitating for just a moment, before starting to speak.)
Limmy Monaghan: You’re right, this is a crucial match, but not in the way that Charlie may believe. See, Charlie believes he is my greatest challenge to date. He believes he is the one most qualified to take away this belt.
Crowd: NOOOO!!!
Limmy Monaghan: No, he’s right… maybe he is. He is a former World Champion after all. But the greatest challenge? No, I don’t think so. My greatest challenge Charlie is with myself, each time I step into that ring. My greatest challenge was having the fortitude to face my demons head on. To lay claim on this title, I had to defeat a man who had given me my lowest point. A man who I almost killed to get my hands on the Hardcore Championship. Every time I have stepped into this ring to defend the belt, I have shown that I am a million miles away from the person that lost the Pure Championship to Adam Lucas. This road I am on, I’m not pretentious enough to call it redemption, but it has been a start. A start that I intend on continuing at Dia Del Diablo.
(He pauses for a moment, as the crowd reacts to him.)
Limmy Monaghan: Because Charlie, I have very little doubt that this is an environment that you are suited to. I’ve listened as you have told me time and time again that I, just like Adam, am not suited to this division. Charlie, Adam and I have held this belt for almost ten months between us. NO ONE else has even touched it, whilst he and I have been in possession.
(Limmy chuckles to himself)
Limmy Monaghan: Adam used to talk a lot about ‘Limmy’s World’ the place I live in. Well guess what Charlie…
(He holds the belt aloft to another roar.)
Limmy Monaghan: THIS… is the world, and you ain’t no longer welcome. You outstayed your welcome in fact the moment you attacked Walter Bivens
(Boos ring out again, but all Charlie does is laugh, enjoying that he has riled the arena so much, and apparently Limmy as well.)
Limmy Monaghan: Because that one act, Charlie, made it personal. And if there is one individual that you don’t want to get personal with… it’s me.
(Limmy stares down Charlie who stands his ground.)
Deadprez: How do you respond to that Charlie?
(Charlie Marr strokes his facial hair, the smile still not leaving his face.)
Charlie Marr: I don’t know, I mean how do you respond to such an idiotic statement. You’ve been doing this what, three – four months, Limmy. That belt you hold; it defines my life. Having to scratch and claw for every success I have ever had. Each season I have been a competitor, I have had to evolve, and evolve I have. Adjusting to my surroundings and taking down ‘flavors of the month’ just like you.
Limmy Monaghan: Flavor of the month? Please.
Charlie Marr: What, that’s all you are Limmy. You, Lucas, Yusef, you’re all the same fly by night ‘Elitists’ that will be gone long before I hang up the boots. I know I haven’t had the best of luck of late, but find me one person, ONE, that can say that they didn’t find a match with me one of the toughest of their careers. Even your love interest Adam Lucas would tell you the same.
Gavin Kirkland: Love interest???? HAHAHA.
Limmy Monaghan: Yeah, that’s right Charlie, rely on the childish insults. You wouldn’t know a damn thing about respect.
Charlie Marr: Respect? How can I respect two people that have feelings for each other because they had to have a couple of battles? And this is my biggest problem with you Limmy. You think you are a Hardcore wrestler, but you’re not. You believe you are the hero in your little redemption story, when really that’s only a figment of your imagination. This isn’t about redemption Limmy, it’s about Gold, and a division that I excel at, and you quite frankly do not.
Limmy Monaghan: And yet here I am as champion
Charlie Marr: Yeah, granted… you carry that belt around right now. But not for much longer Monaghan, you can count on that.
Limmy Monaghan: And yet, I’ve heard that before. My bet Charlie, this isn’t going to be any different. You’ve failed throughout Season fifteen, and in seven days, you’ll fail again. You’ll fail Charlie, because that is what you do. It’s the ONLY thing that you are still good at.
Eve: Seems to be a lot of heat between these two
Gavin Kirkland: No surprise there, a title belt is on the line. But Charlie Marr has been here a hundred times before, he knows what he is doing.
Deadprez: So Limmy, with all that said…
(Charlie Marr cuts him off mid-sentence.)
Charlie Marr: It’s a shame you feel like that Limmy and have come at me with all this animosity. I mean, I was going to come out here and say that it kinda upset me what happened to Bivens… seeing as it’s obvious that revenge, and not the Hardcore title is the main thing on your mind.
(Limmy looks at him inquisitively.)
Charlie Marr: Yeah, hard to believe huh… that I was sad about those events, and I look back on them with some regret. After all, he’s only on the shelf temporarily, I SHOULD have crippled that son of a bitch permanently.
Eve: Oh, come on, now there is no need for that.
Gavin Kirkland: Look at Limmy’s face right now… its about as red as the Dynasty banner.
(Deadprez steps back a little, as Charlie just smirks at Limmy, muttering something to him that the camera doesn’t pick up.)
Eve: Charlie taunting Limmy, OH CHAMPIONSHIP BELT TO THE FACE. LIMMY MONAGHAN HAS JUST CLOCKED CHARLIE MARR!!!
(Charlie drops, and Limmy is on him immediately, panning around at Charlie’s face with some hard ground punches. Deadprez goes to get involved but thinks better of it, the distraction allows Charlie to roll over and throw Limmy off, and then get to his feet.0
Eve: Charlie up, Limmy joins him… KICK TO THE GUT FROM CHARLIE MARR. AND A DDT… NO, LIMMY SLIDES OUT AND CLOTHESLINE CHARLIE OVER THE TOP ROPE AND TO THE OUTSIDE.
Gavin Kirkland: Limmy’s up… taking a few steps back, and SLINGSHOT OVER THE TOP ROPE!!!
Eve: BUT CHARLIE IS READY AND EVADES THE SHOT. LIMMY MONAGHAN CRASHES INTO THE ARENA FLOOR.
(Charlie goes to pick Limmy up, but Monaghan gouges Charlie in the eyes, Charlie backing off. Limmy then runs in…)
Gavin Kirkland: BIG BOOT FROM MARR STRAIGHT TO THE FACE. LIMMY OUT OF IT, CHARLIE MARR CHARGES IN.
Eve: BUT LIMMY SEES IT, AND SMASHES CHARLIE MARRS HEAD INTO THE STEEL RING POST.
(Security comes storming down the ramp, grabbing Limmy Monaghan and pulling him away, Limmy trying to escape but there’s too many.)
Eve: Security out here and mopping up… NO, LIMMY ESCAPES, AND PUMMELS CHARLIE MARR WITH SOME MORE HEAVY SHOTS
Gavin Kirkland: Come on security do your job.
(Charlie is dragged away finally, around the ring and back up the ramp, as Limmy continues to shout expletives at him. Finally, Limmy calms down enough, and shrugs security off, the camera then cutting to Deadprez who’s not sure what just happened.)
Eve: Pure animosity between these two. Limmy Monaghan is fueled by revenge, but will he let that revenge blind him when they face off at Dia Del Diablo.
Gavin Kirkland: Charlie has him right where he wants him. Angry and reckless, and at the FPV, he will take advantage of that, mark my words.
(The camera shows Charlie being escorted through the curtain, as Limmy reaches the bottom of the ramp, grabbing his title belt from inside the ring, before then heading up the ramp himself.)
Eve: Seriously cannot wait to see how this one transpires
(The scene fades into an ad for Maximum Strength Alocane Burn Cream! One of the official sponsors for Dia Del Diablo)
(As the camera fades back to the announce team….)
Deadprez: If you’re just joining us tonight, welcome and if you’re not well you sure know what’s about to happen next and I don’t know how this crowd will be that’s for sure….
Eve: I couldn’t agree more. We have ourselves a cross brand battle. Showdown’s Victor Blade… will be taking on Dynasty’s own new signee, Ruler!
Gavin Kirkland: Showdown of course the superior brand and Victor Blade will despatch this Ruler without a doubt…
(Suddenly ‘The Mad King’ plays, as 12 people walk out, wearing an attire similar to the attire of the main characters in Assassin’s Creed, with the primary color as black. They lined up at both sides of the ramp, each side with 6 people. Then, as the first chorus of the song hit, Victor Blade walked out in a similar attire, only with the primary color of his being gold, and more grand than everyone else’s. When he does the sold out crowd erupts into an incredulous series of boos for the Russian.)
Eve: Wow… LISTEN to this crowd, they are already letting him know what they think about him!!
Deadprez: Of course they are, it’s what makes wrestling so great but in hindsight it IS wrestling and it’s a sport that tries very hard to stay out of politics.
Gavin Kirkland: But that is easier said than done also.
Gina Romano: The opening contest of Showdown has a 20 minute time limit and it is scheduled for ONE FALL!!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!!
Gina Romano: Ladies and Gentleman, introducing first, he hails from Moscow, Russia… The Hunter… VICTOR BLADE!!
(The boos from the crowd get even LOUDER than moments ago. Victor Blade looks a little surprised but tries to bask in it the best he can. Compared to everyone else, his attire seemed like that of royalty. He walks out with an axe in each hand, pointing them to the sky, and then at the ring. He had a utility belt filled with all kinds of knives, and over his shoulder he had a bow and a quiver filled with arrows. As he walked down the ramp, he handed his weapons over to the hooded people on both sides, until he finally got to the end of the lines, and handed both people on either side of him an axe each.)
Deadprez: Good thing he’s handed off those items, this isn’t Dia Del Diablo just yet or Ukraine…
Eve: I imagine he has some kind of way to create fire, he has everything else it seems.
(Everyone apart from Victor walked back to the backstage area, and Victor made his way onto the apron. He got into the ring, and stood right in the middle of it. As he did his signature taunt, the pyro around the ring went off. Once the pyro was finished, he walked into one of the corners, waiting for his opponent…)
Gavin Kirkland; He certainly looks the part, but then we all see how he was disposed of by Aurora Monroe last week in the beat the clock challenge he has a weight on his shoulders.
Eve: That is true Gav, but he has a great chance to make an impression and would be wise to seize it even more so in the current climate…
(Blade leans back in his corner looking out at the crowd with a typical Russian emotionless expression. Gina Romano raises her mic once again…)
Gina Romano: And his opponent… Boston, Massachusetts… He represents the EAW Brand, Dynasty… He is the Monarch of Agony… RULER!!
(There is a far more positive reaction from the EAW fans as Legacy by Eminem hits over the P.A System. All eyes focus on the stage as the curtains part ways and out walks Ruler onto the stage. The crowd cheers loudly for the Dynasty star as he looks out to the crowd and then down to the ring…)
Eve: Listen to this crowd, even though he represents a totally different brand, he is getting all the adulation tonight here in St, Louis.
Gavin Kirkland: It’s all well and good, it matters whether he can deliver in the ring and for the hope of Dynasty he better do that.
Deadprez: We’re going to find out soon enough.
(Victor Blade stands in the ring looking up at Ruler as he begins to walk down towards the ring. Some fans reach out but he ignores them at this point. His focus is the man in the ring who immediately runs towards the ropes and vaults over looking for a suicide dive through the ropes but Ruler moves out of the way and Victor Blade lands hard on the one inch matting outside…)
Deadprez: Oof he’s going to feel that in the morning i’m certain. Victor gets up holding his chest and turns around only to get a right hand from Ruler, and another before being grabbed and dragged towards the steel ringpost where he is thrown into it head first with a crack. Blade connects hard and spins through from the impact before falling to the matting outside the ring.
(The crowd “oohs” as the official exits the ring trying to step between Blade and Ruler which he does. The camera looks at Blade however and he already seems to be in bad shape…)
Eve: That shot to the ring post opened Victor Blade up! Blade rolls over holding his head and looks at his hand which has blood on it. The official puts on his black latex gloves, but while doing that Ruler goes on the offensive. He once again grabs hold of Blade, only Blade now hits a low blow right to the family jewels to boo’s from the St Louis crowd!
(The crowd boos. He waves them off before getting to his feet and slapping the face of Ruler who spins around and connects with a lariat taking Blade off his feet to a roar from the crowd. The referee backs up and watches.)
Gavin Kirkland: This official needs to get some order, we need a damn bell to ring!
(Ruler pulls Victor up like a rag doll almost and throws him into the ring. Leaping onto the apron he pulls himself up as Victor Blade with blood still pouring from his face crawls across the ring. Ruler enters and with both men in the ring, along with the official. The bell finally sounds…)
Deadprez: It’s about as good as an opportunity we’ll likely get tonight.
DING! DING! DING!!
(The crowd roars when Ruler runs at the scrambling Victor Blade and leaps up and stomps the back of his head driving it into the canvas. He does so again and once more before rolling him onto his back and covering.)
ONNNNNEEEEEE
TWOOOOOOOOOO
THREEEE-
Eve: Victor Blade KICKS OUT!
(The crowd boos at the kick out, but Ruler shakes his head before getting to his feet and pulling Victor Blade up with him. Blade rakes the eyes of Ruler who staggers back, the referee reprimands Blade but the Russian ignores the official and grabs hold of Ruler and sends him across the ring with an Irish whip into the corner. Blade follows it up with a running clothesline into the corner in mind, but Ruler gets a boot up which connects hard with the face of Victor Blade.)
Gavin Kirkland: Big boot to the face from Ruler, Blade looks like he is out on his feet right there.
Eve: If he isn’t he will be now if he hits what it looks like…
(Ruler quickly runs out and kicks Victor Blade in the gut before dragging him into the middle of the ring. He doubles him over and pushes his head between his legs and applies a waist lock before lifting him up and hitting a spike piledriver into the canvas, Victor Blade lands viciously and folds up like an accordion from the impact.)
Deadprez: MADE IN HEAVEN! That is what he calls that and with the cover now academic is there a more apt name for this debut?
(Ruler sits there for a moment with a broken Victor Blade in a pile before him, he then grabs the legs and covers him to much cheer from the crowd….)
ONE!!!
TWO!!!
THREEEEEEEE!!!!!
(The bell sounds and Legacy by Eminiem immediately hits over the P.A System. Ruler sits up and looks down at Victor Blade unimpressed at all before getting to his feet. The referee checks on Blade who isn’t moving at all.)
Eve: What a debut there by Ruler, living up to the name in this match tonight.
Deadprez: It is a HELL of a debut if I ever see one and now all eyes will be on Ruler from here on out.
(Ruler exits the ring and begins to walk up the ramp in the same manner he arrived, while the focus is on Victor Blade who is conscious with the official talking to him. The referee immediately throws up an X signally a potential serious injury to the Russian.)
Gavin Kirkland: The spike Piledriver from Ruler may have done more damage than first thought here.
Eve: If that is true, we’ll give the EAW fans an update when one is available.
(The scene cuts backstage where Kira Phillips is standing by.)
Kira Phillips: Well, I think we can all agree that tonight has been one heck of a ride thus far, and that Dia Del Diablo is going to show once again why Showdown is the premier brand in Elite Answers Wrestling. A part of that and looking to conquer ‘Three Degrees of Hell’ at the Free-Per-View is my guest currently… Impact.
(The camera pans out to show Impact standing in his street gear. He greets the reaction from the crowd with a nonchalant shrug of the shoulders.)
Impact: ‘Conquer’. Yeah, that sounds about right Kira.
Kira Phillips: Impact, at Shock Value Adam Lucas…
(Impact holds up his hand, and then puts up a single finger, placing it on Kira’s lips.)
Impact: Shush now Kira… and let me make one thing crystal clear. I do not give a shit about Adam Lucas, how he is the future of EAW, or that he is getting married to EAW’s resident whore Bethany Blue. If I had to choose my opponent to prove that I should once again get a shot at the World Championship, Adam Lucas isn’t the person I would have chosen. And before you get your panties in a twist and try to put forth a narrative where I fear ‘The Next Level’, that’s nothing more than a fairytale. I gain NOTHING from beating Lucas… AGAIN. It’s barely worth my time.
Kira Phillips: But…
Impact: That’s enough from you… but someone out there in EAW World thinks Adam Lucas is a man of substance. Out there, in that crowd, you have people that truly believe Adam Lucas will defeat Impact at Dia Del Diablo and give them their little fan favorite fest between him and TLA. Newsflash Kira, Lucas may be the ‘Next Level’, but he’ll never be at MY level. And that is all that matters next week. Never mind the belief from the teen girls that he tries to claim is a fanbase. What really matters… is Adam Lucas good enough to stop Impact? And the answer to that question is categorically NO.
Kira Phillips: You seem quite dismissive of his chances
(Impact rolls his eyes, as if his reaction to the challenge is a surprise to anyone.)
Impact: And why shouldn’t I be? I expected perhaps Kassidy Heart to recover in time and look to regain her title belt by attempting to go through me, though obviously she is still too broken to do so, having been outsmarted by Ronan Malosi of all people. I thought that perhaps Hawk would try and make a play to let Theron Nikolas in through the back door and make me kick his ass again for the pleasure of getting to TLA. Who did I get? Adam Lucas. The guy who couldn’t beat me in the Elimination Chamber or failed to win King of Elite by losing to that clown Andre Walker. How can I be anything but dismissive? It’s my only option, to treat this ‘challenge’ in the only way it deserves.
Kira Phillips: And you don’t think that attitude is dangerous?
Impact: No, and why should I? Look Kira, have you even been paying attention this year? Granted, Kassidy has had a stellar year, but taking her out of the equation, is there anyone else more qualified to go up against TLA than myself? Of course not. And if Adam’s little followers thought about it for a second instead of being nothing more than fangirls, they would realize that Adam has done nothing to deserve this opportunity. And that when I say that all he is, is an obstacle, I am telling the truth. The last obstacle in my way before I once again claim the Answers World Championship as my own, which I surely will. My rise to prominence this season will one day be the subject of a documentary talking how #EAW15 was all about me. I’m sick and tired of waiting to become a TEN-time World Champion and I suppose I should be thankful that it is ONLY Adam Lucas who stands in my way. But even if it wasn’t Kira, the result would still be the same. TLA had one of the shortest reigns in history when he loses his hard-earned belt to me.
Kira Phillips: It sounds like you are already looking forward to that match.
Impact: I am, and you know why? Adam Lucas is stupid. I know that he’s seen as the future of this company, and how people think his shit smells of roses or something, but the fact is, why should anyone listen to a single word he says, when the sad fact of the matter is he is lacking even the slightest nugget of intelligence. When he speaks, why should we listen, when he takes a match with Minerva just a week before he faces me. Are those the actions of a clever man Kira?
(Kira shrugs)
Kira Phillips: He’s explained why.
Impact: You mean his fluff story, right? How he couldn’t stand to see Minerva kept off the Shock Value card. Pathetic. Are we supposed to believe Minerva would do the same thing for him? No. But I bet Adam thinks she would. Like they are BFF’s or something. The reality is, taking this match is disrespectful to me, the ONLY match he should have been thinking about. But Adam is a good guy, a respectful human being… is he REALLY? He’s an idiot, pure and simple. And if he doesn’t realize it now, he will. Mark my words.
Kira Phillips: Anything you would like to add?
Impact: Cameraman, bring that camera zoom in a little closer.
(The camera does indeed focus in on his face.)
Impact: This could have been a big opportunity for you Adam. A chance to be a part of history. Granted, it would be my history, but a part of history, nonetheless. You’re gonna lose, it’s inevitable, and I’m moving on, but that was going to happen regardless of your choices regarding Shock Value. But now, KID, after Minerva beats your ass, you’ll be easy pickings, and all you’ll be able to do is watch as I become Mr. Ten Times. Period.
(Impact knocks the camera away with his hand, Kira just shrugging as the scene fades to a commercial break.)
(As the break ends we transition into the footage recorded earlier today.)
(Screen Bar – EARLIER TODAY)
(As the camera fades in we see Mikaela Street in her bow tie and suspenders, wearing her glasses smiling and waving while sitting with Lucas Knight, Jonny Airhart and Pandora Paisley, also known as the Rogues Gallery.)
Mikaela Street: Hello EAW Universe, I am Mikaela Street, and I am here today with the Rogues Gallery. First of all, welcome and it is a pleasure to talk with you three, Hi Lucas.
Lucas Knight: Hey love, how’s things? It feels like an age since we last spoke, always a pleasure to see you.
Mikaela Street: They are great! If some of you don’t know, Lucas Knight is married to my cousin, so we kind of know each other really well. With that said…. EAW. You have traveled around the world, we have been in many promotions together, now you are here, why, and what is Pandora Paisley and Jonny Airhart to you?
Lucas Knight: Hitting me with the hardballs aren’t you, Miks? Fair question really and it all goes back to when I wanted to sign on the dotted line with EAW. There is a lot of talent here, a lot of people who have all the tools to go far in not only this company but this industry as a whole. Pandora and Johnny here caught my eye early on, Pandora especially and you know why that is.
(Pandora smirks as Mikaela nods.)
Mikaela Street: Of course, she was trained by someone very close to you. Pandora and Jonny, we all saw that you had a chance to win the Trip to Purgatory match, Pandora elected to continue instead. You two would be wrestling for a Unified Tag Team Championship. How do you feel now about the decision and what role has Lucas Knight played?
Pandora Paisley: We won, but I did decide to punish them more because I wanted to send a message. Mikaela, you have been in this business for a while too, love, you even wrestled once. It’s not just about wins and losses, it’s also impression. I wanted to make sure everyone remembered what Pandora did in that ring to those bloody cunts in their own match. Did I fuck up, yes I did it was a teachable moment like Lucas had told me, but there isn’t a single person that can say we didn’t win that match. Now they go on to lose to the Haircare Kings, we just need to wait a little longer.
Mikaela: Jonny?
Jonny Airhart: Would? We should’ve been because The Ice Aces didn’t pin or submit us to win, they won on a technicality, and the fact these snobby bitches brag as if they beat us legit is a bunch of crap. I still feel the same way; screwed over, and Pandora would agree. Lucas played quite a big role in making me and Pandora better wrestlers, along with him wanting more achievements with us.
(Mikaela again nods and turns to Lucas Knight…)
Mikaela Street: Lucas, this thing that you have had with Aurora Monroe, it stems from your EAW debut match, but since then you have been playing mind games which has led to this. Two questions, was this your plan all along and what can they expect from a “Devil’s Playground” match?
Lucas Knight: It all goes back to what I told you earlier, Miks. There is a lot of talent, Aurora has it in spades. But she thinks she knows it all already after only being in this business for a short while. This is all designed to prove a point to the woman and as to what they expect? Who knows what can happen, it’s all new to me. I love to try no things and a “Devil’s Playground” match sounds like it’s right up my alley to provide those three some true teachable moments of their own.
(Pandora though chimes in….)
Pandora Paisley: Absolute hell and carnage. They think they are tough? They think this is some wrestling match? Aurora is impressive in the ring, but is she all glam? MaryBecca can go, but will they be ready after Shock Value? Does it matter? No, what you are looking at is two starving Elitists and one that has played the absolute best mind games so far this season. The Devil’s Playground? Its really OUR playground, love.
(Mikaela looks a little intimidated at the psychotic smile coming from the Cheshire lips of the Hellcat.)
Mikaela Street: Fair enough. The Rogues Gallery….. Eve came up with the name and you three ran with it. What does it mean pertaining to you three and what can we expect moving forward?
Lucas Knight: Hanging about with Johnny here has been an, how can I say, experience. The kid has a good head on his shoulders but just like those Yugi-oh and Uno tournaments he plays in, I plan to keep those cards close to my chest when pertaining to what EAW can expect. I’ll say this though, Dia Del Diablo, the Devil’s Playground will be just a slither.
Jonny Airhart: Means we’re going to make a bigger impact and make the world fear us, fear The Rogues Gallery. Our faces of the famous paint artists paint pictures of us three not only being tag champions but also solos champions and being put in an art gallery. We’re still going to chase for gold and capture any belts we can, showing the world that me, Pandora, and Lucas aren’t to be disrespected any longer
Pandora Paisley: We are everything they hate; we are everything this company has tried to keep away. Right now they are small ripples in the ocean, but in time, what you will see is the manifestation of the future in the business. We are the forbidden door, we are the outside world, we are what they pretended didn’t exist, we are wrestling.
(Mikaela smiles, noddin a bit going into her last question…)
Mikaela Street: Finally question, I will leave the floor to you three, what would you like to say to Aurora Monroe and MaryBecca as we head toward Dia Del Diablo?
Jonny Airhart: Be prepared to be crying all over your mother’s breastmilk because us three sexy bitches are going to dominate and take the win so the legacy of The Rogues Gallery will live on forever.
(Pandora turns to Jonny and starts laughing at his comment….)
Pandora Paisley: I fucking love this wanker. MaryBecca and Aurora, you’re walking into our playground now and we have always been in control and flower? When it is all over, I told Jonny to bring the Graham crackers, Lucas to bring the chocolate bars and I’m bringing the marshmallows so we can roast S’mores all over your burning corpses.
(Lucas smirks, before clearing his throat…)
Lucas Knight: Aurora I offered a hand of mentorship, you could be sitting here beside me where instead of facing me, I would be promoting you to the moon and allowing you to tap up twenty years of experience in this business….
(Lucas points to his temple)
Lucas Knight: But it wasn’t meant to be and that is fine. It is what it is, what will be will be etc etc. Because I have two beside me instead who not only respect me, but want to learn from me and elevate their careers to the very next level.
Mikaela Street: Thank you soooo much for your time and remember to tune into Dia Del Diablo, it’s going to be so exciting and remember… Mikaela Knows Best! Bye!
(The scene fades to a commercial as Mikaela is seen waving while the Rogues Gallery look on…)
(after the commercial break and ads to the three Brand Free Per Views, the camera pans to ring…)
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL!! WITH A TWENTY MINUTE TIME LIMIT!!
( “95 South” by J Cole blasts through the speakers as Abel Atami jerks the curtains and makes his entrance to a monsoon of boos. He looks more focused than ever as he doesn’t pay attention to the crowd at all and stares directly at the squared circle. )
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING FIRST! By the way of provenance known as Upolu, Samoa, weighing in at 227 pounds… THE GOLDEN TICKET.. AAABELLL ATAMII!!
Deadprez: Abel Atami has known to pride himself of his Samoan culture. As of late, he has felt like he hasn’t been able to proudly pay tribute to his family back home, and he has put every single ounce of that blame onto Roberto De La Rosa. Rosa has been instrumental in stopping him from becoming EAW Hardcore Champion, and he intends on showing Rosa that he is the superior athlete when he takes on someone who knows a thing or two about him, Flash princeton.
( Abel Atami sits in the corner as he waits for his opponent to come out. His theme song goes silent and is followed up by “Bow Down” by I Prevail. It is accompanied by a positive reception from the crowd as Flash Princeton flanked by wrestling coach Tim Idol. Princeton seems just as focused as Atami as well, as Tim Idol whispers some words into him as they make their way down the ring. )
Gina Romano: AND HIS OPPONENT! From Fayetteville, North Carolina, weighing in at 190 pounds.. Accompanied to the ring by Tim Idol.. HE IS THE PRINCE OF FLYING.. FLASH. PRINCETON!
Deadprez: Flash Princeton makes his way down to the ring tonight looking more focused than his debut match. He is walking into this match knowing his homework as he has talked to Roberto De La Rosa and continues to be guided by Tim Idol. A victory over Abel Atami will be hueg for Flash Princeton, but will he be able to do it?
( DING! DING! DING! )
Deadprez: This match is underway as Abel Atami and Flash Princeton immediately engage in a collar-and-elbow tie-up! Abel Atami quickly overpowers Princeton and muscles him into the corner turnbuckles. Their referee counts for them to break up the entanglement, but Atami with a knife-edge chop to the midsection! AND HE IRISH WHIPS PRINCETON TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RING!! Princeton slides into the center of the ring and evades the collision into the turnbuckles. Atami charges into him, Princeton with a front roll evasion and rebounds off the ropes! PRINCETON WITH A HURRICANRANA!! AND ATAMI GOES FLYING INTO THE AIR AND TUMBLES THROUGH THE ROPES OUT OF THE RING!
Eve: PRINCETON NOW RUNS THE ROPES! AND HE DOES A CARTWHEEL BEFORE DESCENDING DOWN ONTO “THE GOLDEN TICKET” ABEL ATAMI WITH A FOSBURY FLOP!!! WAIT NO!! PRINCETON LANDS ON HER FEET AND ABEL ATAMI RUSHES IN FROM BEHIND! AND ATAMI DRIVES PRINCETON FACE FIRST ONTO THE RINGPOST!! BEFORE COMING FROM BEHIND AND TOSSES HIM ACROSS RINGSIDE ONTO THE FLOOR WITH A RELEASE HALF AND HALF SUPLEX!! ATAMI CONTROLS THE NARRATIVE OF THIS MATCH EARLY IN AS HE BRINGS PRINCETON BACK INTO THE RING FOR THE FIRST PIN FALL OF THIS MATCH!
ONEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Gavin Kirkland: KICK-OUT! And Abel Atami quickly transitions the kick-out into a waist lock! Atami applies pressure in the midsection before Princeton quickly turns it into a headlock. Atami gets the leg scissors and Atami kips-up onto his feet. Princeton does the same as Atami runs into the ropes! Princeton jumps down and Atami runs over! PRINCETON ATTEMPTS A LEAPFROG!! BUT ATAMI CATCHES HIM AND CONNECTS WITH A REVERSE ATOMIC DROP!! HOISTED RIGHT INTO A PICTURE-PERFECT SPINEBUSTER!! ATAMI GOES FOR THE COVER!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
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Deadprez: KICK-OUT! Abel Atami emerges to his feet and steps through the ropes. He begins to climb to the top turnbuckle! This is usually where Flash Princeton finds himself most comfortable, but Atami looks to take him out with a maneuver out of his playbook! Atami walks the tightrope on the top rope! FLASH PRINCETON GETS UP AND REACHES FOR THE LEGS! ATAMI SPRINGBOARDS AND ROLLS INTO THE CENTER OF THE RING! Flash Princeton effortlessly moves up the turnbuckles and SPINS OFF THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!! FLASH PRINCETON WITH A CORKSCREW CROSSBODY THAT FLATTENS ATAMI IN THE CENTER OF THE RING!! Atami goes down as Flash Princeton is back up to his feet! He is waiting impatiently in the corner for Atami to get up to his feet!
Eve: AND FLASH PRINCETON BLASTS ATAMI WITH A HUGE OPEN-HAND CHOP TO THE CHEST! Princeton follows it up by sweeping the legs and crashing down onto his chest with a jumping senton! BACKPRESS COVER AS HE HOOKS BOTH LEGS!! CAN FLASH PRINCETON PICK UP THE VICTORY OVER ATAMI!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Deadprez: KICK-OUT! Princeton puts Abel Atami into a headlock right after the kick-out. This has already been a fast-paced match out of the get-go! Atami begins to fight out of the headlock and gets onto his feet. He directs punches into the midsection before Princeton stuffs him with a knee to the midsection followed by a knee facebuster! Atami is stunned as Princeton goes to run the ropes! Atami holds onto his tights! Princeton kicks his hand away and goes for a forearm smash! BLOCKED! Atami with a spinning heel kick to the midsection preceded by a kick to the side of the head! Atami sweeps the legs, Princeton jumps over and connects with a leg drop onto the back of the head! Atami just got leveled by that leg drop as Princeton now goes back to running the ropes as planned!
Eve: Flash Princeton rebounds off the ropes and goes for a bicycle kick! HE FAKED IT AS ATAMI THROWS UP HIS ELBOWS! AND PRINCETON WITH A DROPKICK TO BOTH KNEES! He rolls backwards up to his feet and connects with a basement dropkick right toe face of Atami! Atami rolls to the corner of the ring as Princeton continues to put gas on the pedal! HE CHARGES IN FROM THE OPPOSITE CORNER! ATAMI BRINGS HIS LEGS UP AND ROLLS OFF PRINCETON’S BACK INTO THE CENTER OF THE RING! Princeton comes out of the corner and Atami aims for a superkick! Princeton grabs his foot and spins him around! ATAMI CATCHES HIM WITH AN ENZIGURI RIGHT TO THE MUSHER!
Deadprez: Atami hit right on the button with that Enziguri! He gets up to his feet and scoops Princeton up! Princeton uses the momentum to escape his clutches and attempts a back suplex! Atami flips onto his feet and throws Princeton through the ropes! Princeton remains on the apron! Atami tries to push him off, but Princeton pipes right back with a precision rope-assisted enziguri to the face! Atami is staggered in the center of the ring as PRINCETON NOW ROLLS THROUGH THE ROPES!! AND LEAPS INTO THE AIR!! AND ABEL ATAMI INTERCEPTS HIS FLIGHT WITH A FLUSH SUPERKICK RIGHT ACROSS THE JAW! ATAMI QUICKLY FALLS TO THE GROUND AND HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE VICTORY!! SHOULDERS ARE DOWN!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Gavin Kirkland: PRINCETON THROWS HIS SHOULDER UP AT TWO! Abel Atami connected with that perfectly placed superkick to the jaw and I thought that was it! You could see the look of Tim Idol on his face as that superkick connected and he fell into the cover. Abel Atami gets up to his feet, calm and connected and steps through the ropes. Samoan Kaiser lite steps onto the turnbuckles and begins to ascend the heights! What is the madman thinking here! Just go for that damn spear and this will be done and over with??!
Eve: Abel Atami has something huge in mind! PRINCETON KIPS-UP AND LEAPS ONTO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE! AND CONNECTS WITH MULTIPLE FOREARM SMASHES TO THE JAW!! FOREARM AFTER FOREARM!! ATAMI IS STUNNED ON THE TOP TURNBUCKLE AS HIS PLAN BACKFIRED!! HE IS IN A POSITION WHERE PRINCETON EXCELS AS
Deadprez: PRINCETON NOW GOES TO HIS LEFT SIDE!! HE DROPS AND SPRINGS OFF THE TOP ROPE WITH HIS LEGS!! AND HE FLIPS BACKWARDS AND CONNECTS WITH A MARVELLOUS SPLIT-LEGGED SPANISH FLY OFF THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!! I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE SPANISH FLY MODIFIED LIKE THAT AS PRINCETON SLOWLY, BUT IS ABLE TO GET THE BACKPRES COVER ONTO ABEL ATAMI!! COUNT IT, REF!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Eve: KICK-OUT!! PRINCETON ALMOST HAD HIM, BUT HE ISN’T TAKING ANY CHANCES TO CONTEMPLATE ABOUT IT!! HE ROLLS UNDER THE BOTTOM ROPE!!! AND HE LEAPS ONTO THE TOP ROPE WHILE ABEL ATAMI IS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE SPLIT-LEGGED SPANISH FLY!! AND PRINCETON LEAPS INTO THE SKIES!! AND CONNECTS WITH THE SPRINGBOARD SHOOTING STAR SPLASH!!
Deadprez: ABEL ATAMI GETS BOTH OF HIS KNEES UP AND GETS AN INSIDE CRADLE! OH NO!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Eve: KICK-OUT!! ABEL ATAMI ALMOST STOLE THE VICTORY THERE AS HE NOW GETS UP TO HIS FEET AND JUMPS ONTO THE SECOND ROPE!! AND PRINCETON GETS UP AND GETS TURNED INSIDE OUT WITH THE THE SECOND VOLUME KICK!! ATAMI SLIDES OVER FOR THE COVER AND HOOKS BOTH LEGS!! COME ON!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-
Deadprez: PRINCETON GETS HIS SHOULDER UP YET AGAIN!! Abel Atami cannot believe it! Princeton remains alive in this match as Atami angrily gets up to his feet and gets in the face of the referee! That would have been it for The Prince Of Flying, but Abel Atami needs to inflict more pain and damage onto his opponent! Atami walks over to Princeton and gradually helps him up to his feet! You can see the look on Abel Atami’s eyes; he has brought out the ruthlessness out of the man! Atami places his head between his legs and looks to be applying a gotch clutch? I THINK THIS COULD END IT ALL!
( Roberto De La Rosa appears from out of nowhere and jumps onto the apron. The referee instructs Rosa to leave. )
Eve: We are already aware that Rosa is affiliated with Flash Princeton, but what is he doing here distracting the referee? Abel Atami is a tad bit confused, but not surprised as he looks at Roberto De La Rosa with an unimpressed look on his face. However, the distraction doesn’t get him to ignore the prize at hand as he looks to lift Princeton up! BUT PRINCETON SPINS OUT OF HIS CONTROL!! AND CONNECTS WITH A SPINNING HEEL KICK TO THE JAW! ATAMI IS OUT WHILE ROSA CONTINUES TO DISTRACT THE REFEREE! WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?!?
( As Flash Princeton rolls away towards a corner of the ring. Tim Idol brings a steel pipe and slides it towards Flash Princeton. )
Gavin Kirkland: NOW PRINCETON HAS A PIPE? THIS IS NOT FAIR! DISQUALIFY THIS MAN!!
Deadprez: Flash Princeton is taking a couple of seconds to think about it before he reluctantly holds up the steel pipe. He holds it like he is ready to strike as Abel Atami gingerly gets up to his feet. It is now or never, kid! That is exactly what Tim Idol is shouting from the sidelines! Will Princeton use the blunt weapon that Roberto De La Rosa gave him earlier this week! What is his decision! It is now or never! Rosa continues to distract the referee, but Princeton has a limited time to work with!
Gavin Kirkland: PRINCETON RUNS AND SMASHES THE PIPE ACROSS ATAMI’S FACE!!
Eve: WAIT!! FLASH PRINCETON THROWS AWAY THE PIPE AT THE LAST SECOND!! HE IS SHAKING HIS HEAD AS HE NOW TURNS AROUND AND SWINGS AT ABEL ATAMI!! ATAMI QUICKLY DUCKS AND RUNS INTO THE ROPES!! HE REBOUNDS OFF AND SPIKES PRINCETON WITH THE HANDSPRING CUTTER!! HE CALLS THAT VOLUME TWO AS ABEL ATAMI ROLLS OVER AND HOOKS BOTH LEGS!! ROBERTO DE LA ROSA AND TIM IDOL ARE SHOCKED AS THE REFEREE REALIZES WHAT IS GOING ON AND SLIDES OVER FOR THE COVER!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
( DING! DING! DING! )
Gina Romano: HERE IS YOUR WINNER!! ABEL ATAMI!!!
( “95 South” by J Cole begins to play to a huge mixed reaction as Abel Atami gets off Flash Princeton and raises his fists in a kneeled position. He sports a smirk on his face as Roberto De La Rosa slides into the ring. )
Deadprez: Flash Princeton waited too late to make his decision and now Roberto De La Rosa COMES FROM BEHIND!! AND HE LOOKS TO CLUB THE KNEELING ATAMI WITH A FOREARM SMASH TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD!! ATAMI SENSES SOMETHING FROM BEHIND AND ROLLS TO THE SIDE!! ROSA MISSES AS HE TURNS AROUND!! AND HE REELS RIGHT INTO A PRECISION SUPERKICK FROM ATAMI!! AND NOW ATAMI CONNECTS WITH ANOTHER SUPERKICK TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD!
Eve: ABEL ATAMI NOW PULLS HIM IN BETWEEN HIS LEGS!! AND HE HOISTS HIM UP!! AND DROPS HIM DOWN ONTO THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WITH THE GOTCH PILEDRIVER! ABEL ATAMI LAYS OUT ROBERTO DE LA ROSA AND WILL THIS BE A PREVIEW OF WHAT WE WILL SEE AT DIA DEL DIABLO?
( Abel Atami sits directly on top of Roberto De La Rosa. He crosses his legs and shoulders and smiles as the camera fades from Abel standing tall, footage of the Trip to Purgatory Match is shown…)
( Ayu Megumi grabs the steel chair and uses it to prop herself up. )
Deadprez: AYU MEGUMI GETS UP TO HER FEET! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! Pandora Paisley and Jonny Airhart can’t believe it! Megumi now sits down on the chair and sits in front of it! AND SHE IS NOW MOCKING SEROTONIN!! PAISLEY AND AIRHART CAN’T BELIEVE IT! AND SEROTONIN NOW CHARGES FULL SPEED AHEAD OF AYU MEGUMI!! AYU MEGUMI YELLS GO AS USAGI SENSHI APPEARS FROM BEHIND MEGUMI AND STEPS OFF HER SHOULDERS!! AND MEGUMI SOARS ONTO SEROTONIN!!
Eve: BUT SEROTONIN CATCHES HER!! THE PLAN DID NOT WORK AS MEGUMI NOTICES AND GRABS THE STEEL CHAIR!! BUT BY THE TIME SHE PICKS IT UP, PANDORA PAISLEY AND JONNY AIRHART CARRIES HER INTO AN ASSISTED GORILLA PRESS!!! AND THEY CHUCK HER INTO AYU MEGUMI!! NO!! USAGI SENSHI GETS OFF THEIR ARMS AND AYU MEGUMI SMASHES THE STEEL CHAIR INTO THE MIDSECTION OF JONNY AIRHART!! AND USAGI SENSHI WITH THE RETRACTABLE BATON ONTO THE BACK OF PANDORA PAISLEY!! MEGUMI CLOCKS AIRHART ONTO THE FOREHEAD WITH THAT REINFORCED STEEL CHAIR AS SENSHI NOW HELPS PANDORA PAISLEY UP TO HER FEET!
(The footage then switches to Deadprez sitting in his street clothes with the Dia Del Diablo logo on the corner of the screen and the date, where it will be held at….)
Deadprez: One of the most brutal matches we have ever seen on Showdown TV wasn’t involving some of the biggest legends in the business, it was involving four young Elitists in this company that want to make a future of themselves. We are in the fifteenth year of the EAW and itr is easy to forget the young talent right now trying to set the tone for the next fifteen years with all the big names coming back and rightfully so, it’s an exciting time for the EAW no question about it, but what Ayu Megumi, Usagi Senshi, Jonny Airhart and Pandora Paisley reminded us all of is that they too can not only main event but also steal the show.
(It transitions back to the footage from the match….)
Deadprez: AYU MEGUMI MISSES AND HER KNEE CRASHES INTO THE STEEL CHAIR!! AND JONNY AIRHART JUMPS UP AND CONNECTS WITH THE JUMPING REVERSE BULLDOG ONTO SENSHI!! AYU MEGUMI REELS OFF THE SECOND ROEP AND KICKS AIRHART’S HEAD OFF WITH THE CLAYMORE KICK! NO!! AIRHART WITH A KIP-UP EVASION!! AND AIRHART WITH A SLIDING KNEE STRIKE TO THE HEAD!! AIRHART FRANTICALLY CHECKS ON PANDORA PAISLEY!! BUT HE DOESN’T SEE MEGUMI REBOUND OFF THE SECOND ROPE OFF THAT PREVIOUS KNEE STRIKE!! AND HE TURNS AROUND!! AND MEGUMI TAKES HIS HEAD OFF WITH THE CLAYMORE KICK!! THAT HAS TO BE IT!
Eve: Usagi Senshi focuses her attention onto Pandora Paisley, who is struggling to even get up on her knees. Senshi sits on the second turnbuckle and waits for Paisley to get up to her feet! Her back is turned against Senshi as the crowd is beginning to buzz what Paisley has in her hands! Senshi is clueless on what she has as she signals for the end!! AND SHE RUNS OUT OF THE CORNER!! AND CHARGES INTO PAISLEY!
( Paisley retracts her baton at the last second and drives it into the nose of Senshi. )
Gavin Kirkland: BANG!! BANG!! BANG!! PANDORA PAISLEY USES HER SPECIAL BATON TO ABSOLUTELY EVISCERATE USAGI SENSHI!! AND THAT HAS TO BE IT!! USAGI SENSHI IS LITERALLY FOLDED LIKe AN ACCORDION!! WASTED LIKE IT IS FUCKING GRAND THEFT AUTO!! THE REFEREE HAS TO END THIS MATCH!
( The referee checks on Usagi Senshi and sees that she is out cold. He goes to ring the bell, but Pandora Paisley pushes him off his feet. )
Pandora Paisley (off-mic): It isn’t done, until I say I am done! You heard me!?!?
Deadprez: What the? The Haircare Kings are just as confused as us as this match is basically over! Pandora Paisley not only wants to vye for the EAW Unified Tag Team Championship, but she aims to take years, possibly decades off the life span of Usagi Senshi! Jonny Airhart looks from his supine position in confusion as Pandora Paisley wants to end Usagi Senshi for good! Airhart is too tired to get up as Paisley now brings Usagi Senshi up to her feet! She grabs the steel chair and wedges it in between her neck and jaw! Oh my god! What is Pandora Paisley thinking here!??
(And fades back to Deadprez speaking in his editorial…)
Deadprez: Far too often there is a huge focus on the established stars but when you look at Showdown, there is a huge shift in the new blood and the Ice Aces and Serotonin have not been a team for that long. This Trip to Purgatory match is still talked about weeks later in the backstage area, those four competitors do not realize how much respect they got after the match was over, granted the stakes were high and the Ice Aces came out victorious, they now get the chance to become the Unified Tag Team Champions and that is HUGE.
(As it transitions back to the footage, it shows the ending of the Trip to Purgatory Match….)
Deadprez: USAGI SENSHI WITH AN AVALANCHE BRAINBUSTER ONTO THE EXPOSED WOOD WITH THE STEEL CHAIR WEDGED AROUND PANDORA PAISLEY’S HEAD!! BOTH COMPETITORS GO CRASHING AND BURNING ONTO THE EXPOSED HARDWOOD AS THE REFEREE CHECKS ON BOTH COMPETITORS!! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!
Eve: THE HAIRCARE KINGS, ALL OF US HERE, WE ARE HERE ON OUR FEET AND JAWS DROPPED TO THE FLOOR!! THE POTENTIAL FUTURE OF THE EAW TAG TEAM DIVISION IS UP FOR GRABS HERE AS BOTH USAGI SENSHI AND PANDORA PAISLEY HAS YET TO MOVE!! THE REFEREE SLIDES OVER AND CHECKS ON THEIR WELL BEING AS THIS MAY BE THE ENDING OF THIS MATCH!!
Crowd: WE WRESTLE!! WE WRESTLE!!! WE WRESTLE!!
Deadprez: This is what professional wrestling is all about! Even with the flashy stipulation, these competitors showcased top premiere wrestling and showed the best of their abilities. The referee continues to see if they’re conscious or not and gets up to his feet! He checks on their conscience once again!
( The referee gets down on the ground to check the essentially unconscious individuals. He checks their pulse, their breathing, and talks to them, and gets back up to his feet. )
Deadprez: WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE!?!
Pandora Paisley: ….
Usagi Senshi: ….
Jake Smith and Chris Elite: :lupe: !!
Deadprez, Gavin Kirkland, and Eve: :lupe:!!!
Referee: THAT’S IT!! RING THE BE-
( Usagi Senshi grabs the referee’s leg, indicating that she is conscious. )
Deadprez: USAGI SENSHI IS CONSCIOUS!! AND THE REFEREE SEES PANDORA PAISLEY IMMOBILE AND RINGS THE BELL!!
( DING! DING! DING! )
(The echoing of the bell continues to play, the footage goes into slow motion showing Usagi and Pandora both laid out in the middle of the ring….)
Deadprez: But what the Ice Aces showed, is they can persevere against two hungry stars like Serotonin. Jake Smith and Chris Elite are two of the absolute best and let’s be honest, the Ice Aces are underdogs here, no question about it, but what they lack in tenure and experience they make up in heart. The Ice Aces are climbing an uphill battle for sure, Jake Smith and Chris Elite are legends in the EAW, but I wouldn’t bet against the Ice Aces because at Dia Del Diablo? Anything is possible in a Scorched Earth match… anything.
(The final footage shows The Ice Aces together, celebrating as a tag team and ready for their huge match at Dia Del Diablo, with Usagi Senshi yelling in the camera…. We WILL Be the
Unified Tag Team Champions!
… before fading to black and the scene transitioning elsewhere, showing Aurora Monroe in her street clothes standing in the back with Kyra Phillips…)
Kyra Phillips: Aurora, you asked for this time, wanted something to say to your opponents, the Rogues Gallery?
Aurora Monroe: That’s right. I saw that shit show of an interview earlier and they want to talk about playing mind games and being in control. Let me ask you since those three are not here tonight, do I look like I’m not in control?
(Kyra shakes her head quickly….)
Aurora Monroe: Exactly, I am in total control. Lucas Knight, do I look like a woman that cares if the chips are stacked against her? Am I the kind of Elitist who thinks that giving you the upper hand somehow hurts me in any way? I don’t care what kind of match you pick, the Beat the Clock Challenge was never about being able to pick the stipulation, it was always about being Aurora Monroe in that ring. Tell me this, what happens when the Rogues Gallery loses on their own turf?
(Kyra clears her throat….)
Kyra Phillips: With that said, are there any concerns that your partners could be at less than 100% come Dia Del Diablo since they are competing at Shock Value this weekend.
(Aurora simply chuckles….)
Aurora Monroe: I don’t care how they feel, I know that MaryBecca will be there because they are two stubborn bitches just like me and Serotonin pissed them off. Bottom Line, I would fight the Rogues Gallery myself if I have to, Kyra. That doesn’t make a difference to me. See, the Devil’s Playground? They think that is their park and swing set? Nah girl… nah because in any environment you put me in I will survive. And a bitch like me? Eats the Devil for Breakfast.
(Aurora brushes her hair back and smirks before walking off, leaving Kyra Phillips there nodding. The camera cuts to Gina Romano in the ring.)
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST HAS A 20 MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND IT IS SCHEDULED FOR…ONE FALL!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!
(‘Brutal’ by Olivia Rodrigo plays out Olivia Tate, who cockily struts down to the ring, taunting the booing fans.)
Gina Romano: Introducing first! From Upper East Side, New York City, New York, weighing in at 143 pounds…THE MEAN GIRL…OLIVIA TATE!!
Gavin Kirkland: I’ll never protest seeing this woman.
Eve: I’m sure you won’t. But when it comes to Olivia Tate, she’s shown some immense potential in that ring, despite barely being deep in her wrestling career.
Deadprez: But at the end of the day, it’s all about wins, and she has the opportunity to score a big one over a game Veena Adams tonight.
(“7 Rings” by Ariana Grande plays out Veena Adams to astounding boos from the audience.)
Eve: Veena has one final obstacle before Dia Del Diablo, and Olivia Tate is exactly that.
Deadprez: I think Veena would say that of a pointless obstacle, because in her mind, the match is already won tonight.
Eve: Confidence is good, but for some, it can be the kiss of death.
(Both competitors prepare to square off, but before the referee can signal for the bell to ring, “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers plays, and out comes Lexi to observe the match, much to the annoyance of Olivia Tate, who’s demanding the referee send her away.)
Eve: Can’t say I was expecting the presence of Lexi tonight.
Deadprez: Neither was I, but I guess that’ll only make this exciting contest already more combustible.
(DING! DING! DING!)
Eve: There’s the bell, and this match is underway, but we haven’t seen a stitch of action just yet as Olivia delivers a message to Lexi on the outside, who’s already throwing off Tate’s game a bit with her presence.
Deadprez: Olivia’s warning Lexi not to interfere in her business, knowing this could be a huge win to knock off someone who COULD become our next Answers World Champion.
(Lexi puts her hands up as a way to show she means no harm before leaning back on the announce table with her arms crossed, and a slight smile on her face to observe the action.)
Deadprez: It’s not like Tate didn’t scout Lexi last week, so this is just Chambers returning the favor it seems.
Gavin Kirkland: I believe you meant LEXI.
Deadprez: I believe you get no bitches.
Gavin Kirkland: :kyrie:
Eve: Meanwhile in the ring, Olivia realizes she can’t focus too much on Lexi, and starts to turn attention to Veena as the two come face-to-face in the center of the ring, going back-and-forth in a war of wards. But after a shove from Tate, Veena grabs her in a standing side headlock.
Deadprez: As expected, no respect shown from each competitor early on as Tate throws some forearms to the ribs of Veena in hopes of escaping this predicament. Her grip loosens, and Olivia takes this time to slip out the side headlock, and trap Veena in one of her own. You can see Tate really wrenching on it, but again, some of her attention is turned to Lexi, who notices this, and gives Olivia a sarcastic applause.
Eve: In Tate’s annoyance, she gets bounced off the ropes by Veena to escape out the side headlock! OLIVIA REBOUNDS BACK WITH A SHOULDER BLOCK THAT TAKES DOWN ADAMS! Olivia runs off the ropes for a second time, but Veena turns to her stomach, and forces Tate to leap over her! Veena rushes back to her feet, and leapfrogs over Olivia, WHO RUNS OFF THE ROPES AGAIN FOR A FRONT DROPKICK!
Deadprez: Veena grabs at her sternum area while pulling herself up using the ropes. BUT FROM BEHIND, OLIVIA ATTEMPTS THE REAR NAKED CHOKE! HOWEVER, VEENA ISNT LETTING GO OF HER GRIP ON THE TOP ROPE! Referee gonna have to intervene as Tate tries her best to tear Veena away!
Referee: ONE! TWO! TH-
Gavin Kirkland: It’s kinda hard to focus on the action with Lexi in front of me, but I was able to catch Veena poke Olivia in the eye!
Eve: Tate staggers away, creating distance from Veena before turning around to a spear attempt! …BUT OLIVIA SIDESTEPS, CAUSING VEENA TO GO OUT THROUGH THE MIDDLE ROPE!
Deadprez: But she lands on her feet in front of our announcers table, briefly locking eyes with Lexi on the outside before sliding back into the ring, and both seem to be at a stalemate, staring each other down. But perhaps her bit of inexperience showing, Olivia runs full steam ahead toward Adams, who wisely makes a quick go behind on Tate, using the momentum to her advantage!
Eve: Rear waistlock takedown in the center of the ring, and Tate moves up to a seated position, but Veena keeps those arms clasped around her waist, trying to squeeze the life out of Olivia. Tate powers back to her feet, and tries to break Veena’s grip, attempting to force those arms apart, which she does! Olivia does a go behind of her own now, and transitions quick into a side headlock, followed by a takedown.
Deadprez: Veena puts those legs to good use with a headscissors! But there’s Tate, trying to fight out of it with a front neck bridge, pushing her way out the hold, and lunges back into a grounded side headlock! Similar to Tate earlier, Veena fights back to her feet, AND A BACK SUPLEX ALLOWS HER TO ESCAPE THE HOLD!
Eve: Both competitors roll out to the apron, and Veena climbs up to the bottom turnbuckle, reaching over to grab the hair of Olivia, who’s on the opposite side of her! TATE THROWS A RIGHT HAND! BUT VEENA FIRES BACK WITH ONE OF HER OWN! BOTH WOMEN CLIMB UP TO THE MIDDLE TURNBUCKLE WHILE EXCHANGING BLOWS, AND A DOUBLE HEADBUTT SEND BOTH CRASHING DOWN TO THE OUTSIDE!
(Lexi can be seen chuckling to herself, finding this quite amusing from both competitors.)
Deadprez: Lexi’s laughing, but you can tell each landed hard as the referee begins to count!
Referee: ONE! TWO! THREE!
Eve: Now they finally start to show signs of life, using the apron to pull themselves back up to a kneel.
Referee: FOUR! FIVE! SI-
Eve: Somehow, both make it back into the ring, and crawl towards each other. OLIVIA TAKES THE FIRST SHOT WITH REPEATED RIGHT HANDS WHILE GETTING UP TO A VERTICAL BASE! TATE RUNS OFF THE ROPES IN FRONT OF THE KNEELING VEENA, WHO CATCHES HER WITH A SCHOOL BOY ROLLUP, HANDFUL OF THE TIGHTS!
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Deadprez: KICKOUT BY VEENA, AND BOTH SCRAMBLE BACK TO THEIR FEET! CLOTHESLINE ATTEMPT BY VEENA, OLIVIA DUCKS UNDER, AND PULLS VEENA DOWN WITH AN O’CONNOR ROLL, HANDFUL OF TIGHTS HERSELF, RETURNING THE FAVOR TO VEENA!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHH-
Eve: KICKOUT! AND VEENA STARTS TO ARGUE WITH THE REF, BUT TURNS AROUND INTO A FLATLINER FROM OLIVIA TATE, WHO SHOOTS THE HALF! COVER IS MADE!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Deadprez: Veena kicks out, and back to the drawing board for Tate, who stalks Adams as she slowly gets back to her feet! OLIVIA BOUNCES OFF THE ROPES! SCISSORS KICK ATTEMPT, BUT VEENA STANDS HERSELF UPRIGHT TO AVOID IT, AND GOES FOR A ROUNDHOUSE KICK! BUT OLIVIA DUCKS DOWN, AND PULLS THE LEG OF VEENA OUT FROM UNDER HER, CAUSING ADAMS TO LAND ON THE CANVAS FACE FIRST!
Eve: OLIVIA RUNS OFF THE ROPES FOR A SECOND TIME AS VEENA TRIES GETTING UP TO A VERTICAL BASE! SCISSORS KICK CONNECTS THIS TIME ROUND! DOWN GOES VEENA, AND ANOTHER COVER IS MADE BY TATE, HOOKING THE OUTSIDE LEG!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHH-
Gavin Kirkland: THANK GOD! Olivia gets the shoulder up at two, so I have reason to see these three women here still. :mjlit:
Deadprez: Olivia begins to lift Veena back to her feet, signaling to Lexi that this’ll be her come Dia Del Diablo- BUT SHE MIGHTA SPOKE TOO SOON AS VEENA CONNECTS WITH A JUMPING KNEE STRIKE, STUNNING TATE LONG ENOUGH FOR GERMAN SUPLEX! BRIDGE PIN, IMPRESSIVE ATHLETICISM ON DISPLAY!
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Eve: Olivia gets the shoulder up, and rolls away from Veena to create space, picking herself up in the corner. BUT VEENA CHARGES IN WITH A RUNNING FOREARM SMASH BEFORE HANGING OLIVIA UP IN THE TREE OF WOE POSITION! …Veena walks away to the opposite turnbuckle before building up steam for a running DROPKICK! Tate falls out the corner, and gets dragged to the center of the ring for another lateral press cover!
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHRRRRR-
Deadprez: Another kickout by Olivia, who begins to get stood up by Veena. Tate looks to be slightly out of it before getting dropped with a body slam by Veena, just ensuring that Olivia stays down for what she has in store next, climbing to the top rope, but taking her time in the process. A bit too much time as she gets cut off with a running bicycle kick! Olivia climbs to the rope now as Veena remains stunned, and sets her up for a TOP ROPE SUPERPLEX, WHICH CONNECTS!
Eve: Both competitors seem to be feeling the effects of that, writhing in pain on the mat, and Olivia crawls to cover Veena, who rolls out to the apron, much to the annoyance of Olivia Tate.
Deadprez: “The Mean Girl” can’t get frustrated now, and needs to capitalize, which she seems to be aware of, CHARGING OFF THE OPPOSITE SET OF ROPES- OOH! VEENA LOW-BRIDGED THE TOP ROPE, AND TATE FINDS HERSELF IN FRONT OF OUR ANNOUNCERS TABLE!
Eve: More importantly, in front of Lexi, who simply stares down at Olivia. Tate gets back to her feet in order to briefly staredown Lexi, but turns around into a SUICIDE DIVE FROM VEENA!
Deadprez: First time you’ll ever see the crowd boo after one of those as Tate gets rolled back into the ring! Veena’s stalks Tate as she slowly gets back to her feet! I don’t think Olivia has any idea what’s in store with her back to Veena, WHO SPRINGS OFF THE ROPES FOR A BULLDOG! OLIVIA COULD BE OUT HERE AS VEENA GOES FOR THE COVER! IS THAT ENOUGH TO PUT THIS THING AWAY?!
Eve: NO! Another kickout by Tate, who’s showing her value tonight as a competitor, going the distance with someone the caliber of Veena Adams. Veena’s clearly starting to get frustrated with the resilience of Olivia, and maybe wants to put things away soon, attempting to lift Tate up for a powerbomb like manuever it seems. BUT OLIVIA BACK BODY DROPS HER TO COUNTER IT!
Deadprez: VEENA LANDS ON HER FEET, AND PULLS THE HEAD OF OLIVIA BACK FOR A DARK TURN! BUT TATE TWISTS AROUND, PUTTING HERSELF IN POSITION FOR A FRONT FACELOCK, DRIVING VEENA BACK FIRST INTO THE CORNER, AND HOOKING HER UP FOR WHAT LOOKS TO BE A SUPLEX, BRINGING VEENA TO THE CENTER OF THE RING!
Eve: BUT IT TURNS OUT TO BE A BRAINBUSTER, SPIKING ADAMS RIGHT ON HER HEAD! COVER IS MADE!
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHH-
Deadprez: KICKOUT! Nearfall there by Veena, who gets rained down upon with stomps by Olivia Tate. Veena retreats to the corner in order to avoid any more of this barrage. Olivia perches her on the top rope, and starts to hammer him with punches as she climbs up herself. TATE WITH A TOP ROPE HURRICANRAN- NO! VEENA HANGS ON TO THE TOP ROPE, AND OLIVIA LANDS ON THE TOP OF HER HEAD, WHICH SHE CLUTCHES WHILE STAGGERING BACK TO HER FEET! VEENA BALANCES HERSELF ON THE MIDDLE ROPE, AND DIVES DOWN AT TATE!
Eve: OOH! OLIVIA ATTEMPTED A DROPKICK, VEENA CAUGHT HER IN POSITION FOR A SLINGSHOT CATAPULT, SENDING OLIVIA FACE FIRST INTO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE! Tate’s on spaghetti legs before collapsing to the mat, and Veena aims to take advantage with a cover!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Deadprez: Shoulder up by Olivia! Veena takes ahold of her hair, and uses that to slam Tate face first into the top turnbuckle for a second time, nothing pretty about that, however. Veena pulls Tate back to the center of the ring by the band of her trunks, and goes for a back suplex! BUT OLIVIA BACKFLIPS OUT OF IT, TURNING VEENA AROUND FOR A SUPERKICK! JUMPING NECKBREAKER TAKES ADAMS DOWN, AND TATE RUSHES INTO THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Gavin Kirkland: Kickout!
Eve: Olivia watches Veena from the corner, demanding that she get up, cruel intentions on the mind of Tate, WHO RUNS RIGHT INTO A PALM STRIKE! OLIVIA GETS PUT ON WOBBLY LEGS AGAIN BY VEENA ADAMS, AND STUMBLES BACKWARDS, REBOUNDING OFF THE ROPES FOR A CLOTHESLINE THAT TURNS VEENA INSIDE OUT!
Deadprez: Olivia put her all into that clothesline, but doesn’t go for the cover just yet, pulling Veena up for another, this time of the short arm variety! BUT VEENA DUCKS UNDERNEATH IT, COUNTERING WITH DARK TURN! SPINNING HEADLOCK ELBOW DROP! VEENA CLIMBS TO THE TOP ROPE, BACK TO TATE!
Eve: FATAL VOW! MOONSAULT DOUBLE FOOT STOMP! THE COVER IS MADE, HOOKING BOTH LEGS!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
(“7 Rings” by Ariana Grande plays to thunderous boos as Veena Adams smugly rises to have her hand raised in the air.)
Eve: It was a hard fought match between these two, but in the end, Veena Adams continues to show why she’s in the spot she is.
Deadprez: Yeah, a win tonight gives her momentum for the Towering Inferno match at Dia Del Diablo.
Gavin Kirkland: Wouldn’t mind seeing some gold on Veena. :shaq:
(Veena heads up the ramp in celebration, but in the ring, Lexi enters while Tate reminds down on the mat.)
Eve: Oh no, things are about to go from bad to worse for Olivia.
Deadprez: Lexi’s finna pick the scraps of Veena Adams.
(Lexi helps Olivia back to her feet, and after coming to, Olivia gets in a defensive stance. However, Lexi simply smiles, and leaves the ring.)
Eve: Wow. I’m shocked.
Deadprez: Yeah, I thought for sure Lexi was gonna look to inflict damage, but I guess she’s gonna save that aggressive side for later on tonight.
Eve: Yeah, and Ronan Malosi better watch out.
(Lexi heads up the ramp, leaving Olivia confused as the camera fades to a commercial break.)
(As the break ends, a panoramic view of the sold out arena leads way to “The Rumbling” by SiM playing over the sound system. The audience comes alive for Theron Nikolas as he steps through the curtain and walks out to the ring. )
Gina Romano: Ladies and Gentlemen please welcome THEEERROOOON NNNIKKOOOLLLLAAAASSS!!
Gavin Kirkland: Theron appears to be all business coming off of an interesting weekend. On one note he came away victorious in the main event over Charlie Marr. However Theron’s evening did not end without controversy, as we take a look.
( RECAP: A highlight reel of Theron Nikolas’ main event match last week against Charlie Marr is shown; with Charlie’s Dia Del Diablo opponent Limmy Monaghan at ringside, and Theron’s opponent at Dia Del Diablo Amir Yusuf also at ringside as well. After a knockdown dragout contest Limmy Monaghan decides he has had enough, and perches himself on the top turnbuckle just before Charlie Marr could deliver the double foot stomp to Theron. Theron capitalizes off the distraction with superkicks and a God’s Requiem. Following the match Amir Yusuf enters the ring and blindsides him with a haymaker shades of the week before. Amir follows it up with an imploding 450 Splash, and the night ends with Theron looking back up into the ring at a smiling Amir who looks down on him from the ring. )
( Return to the live feed, where Theron has a microphone handed to him on the apron before entering the ring. )
Deadprez: If there’s one thing about Theron it’s that he responds to the “hard evidence” so to speak. He got one over on Amir a couple of weeks ago and accepted his challenge for Dia Del Diablo before setting the terms of the match as “Trial By Fire”. Last week Amir gave Theron his receipt, which probably surprised him if you ask me. Needless to say Theron is going to return fire in some way or another.
( Theron’s music settles down and the audience shows Theron some respect. )
Crowd: THERON! THERON! THERON! THERON! THERON! THERON! THERON! THERON!
( Theron lifts his hand as if to get the crowd to settle down and let him speak. )
Theron Nikolas: Everybody knows that defeat is difficult. It is one of the hardest things to stomach when it comes to doing what we do in this ring here. Hell defeat is challenging, period, no matter who you are in your profession. And the more talented you are at what you do, the more bitter a taste it is to swallow. However there is something just as challenging as learning how to take a loss, believe it or not. There is an equal challenge in knowing how – and when – to take a victory. It isn’t always about just being victorious, sometimes it is about deciding for yourself when it is appropriate to consider yourself the victor.
Theron Nikolas: I say this because I could see it in your eyes last week, Amir. After you got one up on me when my back was turned and I wasn’t looking. Which I fully own. But I could see you standing there and for a moment all of the hunger that you supposedly had was gone from your beady little eyes. There wasn’t that rabid intensity that you boldly confronted me with on numerous occasions. You completely lost yourself and lost what you are or what you think you are, in that moment. But even with my body wracked with pain at ringside I could not mistake what I saw. I saw a stupid kid who got his lucky shot and didn’t seem to understand how lucky his shot really was. I saw you standing there happy as a clam and while many could mistake that look of yours for youthful exuberance, I saw your painfully apparent inexperience for what it was. (Theron cracks a rare grin) And damn it, kid. Had it not physically pained me to do so, I’d have belly-laughed. Like a king in court with his jester prancing before him, because you just made it obvious that you have no idea what you are in for.
Theron Nikolas: Amir there is a lesson that you dearly need to be taught. There is a difference between moral victories and complete victories. Take my victory over Charlie for instance. You don’t see me hanging my hat on it. I know that what transpired had led way to me picking my spot and sealing the win for myself, and I accept that. I will never deny an opportunity when it is presented before me, regardless of the circumstance. But I’ve learned over the years as painfully as one can learn their lessons not to allow these opportune moments to go to my head. Moral victories can serve their use, don’t get me wrong, but collect too many of them and they become another bar of fool’s gold in a vault of lies. You stood right in this ring big and bold, as if you were proud of something, because you are way too short sighted to see the big picture. I’m not only referring to the sneak attack either. I’m talking about your mentality to #EAW15, your response to this campaign essentially was to challenge me to make a statement that your generation will not be denied by veterans who have returned to take back their spots. And if there were more to your story here I would be able to at least try to understand where you are coming from.
Theron Nikolas: My first objection however is that I am not to be categorized as anyone who is here to take your spot, because I have been here this entire season fighting for my keep as much as anybody else. Furthermore, you are concerned with the wrong opportunities. You see these returning Elitists as individuals looking to find spots and fail to see that your generation is being given a blueprint of the failures and successes of others who have done what you have done, and been where you are right now. You are being given the rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the war plans of the more tenured and see where they failed so that you may succeed. That is the example of earning a complete victory. Wargaming your moves that are tweaked by your motives and seeing to your grand design. But you are so trapped in your need for moral victories, concerned over your spot here as if it is not imaginary and can’t be taken away. You see only in black and white, which is why you were happy as a clam when you caught me, not realizing your symbolic gesture will have very real consequences.
( ‘Elevate’ by DJ Khalil hits, the crowd gives a huge positive response for Amir Yusef who steps out to the stage with a microphone in hand. He begins to talk over his music and speak to Theron while slowly walking down the ramp. )
Amir Yusuf: Hang on a minute! Hang on a minute! Short sighted? Is that what you really think of me?
( The music dies down, Amir closes in nearer to the ring. )
Amir Yusuf: Theron, you’re making some pretty bold judgment calls, considering you don’t know me!
Theron Nikolas: The eyes don’t lie. I know what I saw.
Amir Yusuf: No Theron you only know what you think you saw. I get that your opinion isn’t exactly the highest of me especially since I’ve had to resort to calling you out of your name on occasion, and of course dropping you right where you stood last week. So I can totally get why you’re a bit embarrassed and feel the need to lash out.
( Amir steps through the ropes and enters the ring. Theron creates some space between Amir and himself, allowing Amir to continue speaking. )
Amir Yusuf: I just did what I had to do to get you to open up, that’s all!
Theron Nikolas: You think you’re funny.
Amir Yusuf: Oh the contraire! I wish this were a laughing matter. I know what you think. That I’m in over my head. That I think in black and white. That I’m some rookie who won himself a nifty award and brought home a few trinkets in his time here and now I think I know the business. Look man, I understand the difference between complete victories and moral victories. I get that there’s a difference. A complete victory is what I’m getting ready to earn over you at Dia Del Diablo. A moral victory is the kind of victory that you earned last week over Charlie Marr thanks to Limmy’s interference. A moral victory…is also what you earned to become the Answers World Champion! When The 1% bailed you out and practically won your title for you. And proceeded to do it again, and again, and again for all of Season 12.
( Theron gives Amir a look that could kill. )
Amir Yusuf: A complete victory? :patrice: Well I already named the Trial By Fire next weekend. But how about the LAST time we had a Trial By Fire in EAW? Coincidentally, at the last time EAW hosted a Dia Del Diablo event? Oh, that’s right! I can think of no victory more complete than the victory that Tiberius Jones had when he defeated you in the EAW Title match at Dia Del Diablo 2017.
Theron Nikolas: Of course. Funny how that works isn’t it. When I invoked The 1% it was a “bail out”, but when another man does the equivalent against me to save his sorry forgettable title reign suddenly everything is copacetic. You must have done your 30 minute’s homework after class and now you think you’ve gotten it all figured out, don’t you now.
Amir Yusuf: That actually isn’t my point at all. I’m surprised you didn’t pick up where I’m going with this since I’m supposed to be the short sighted one and you’re supposed to have that 30,000 ft wisdom. You don’t even realize that you spent a lot of your career making some of the same mistakes and doing some of the same nefarious deeds that your predecessors did. And it always blows up in your face because you never break the recurring themes. Whether it was as Answers World Champion when you won that title due to your strength in numbers, just to be beaten by the odds at the end of your reign. Or just recently when you couldn’t accept your elimination at Road to Redemption and tried to sabotage the Elimination Chamber because you didn’t get your way. And in turn Impact sabotaged your chance at signing a contract for another title shot before TLA could, and he held you accountable by beating you at King of Elite. But still you’re the one trying to dish lessons out to people. When are you going to learn YOUR OWN lessons?
Amir Yusuf: While you are a victim of your own recurring themes, I am here to break the cycle. I know they say that old habits die hard but you have spent way too many years dying hard from your old habits for me to see all of your mistakes and repeat them. Even if it would have been easy. I could have done what my predecessors have done and taken the low-down grimy route the way you still struggle with stopping yourself to resort to. But nah instead I decided to call you out to your face like a man, because I know there are mountains that I need to climb before I ever consider having it all figured out here. But don’t let last week fool you. That was nothing more than just desserts for the way that you did me. But I’m fully aware that there is no sneaking and conniving your way up that mountain. I’m here to do the hard work that everybody else is afraid to do. And part of that work includes making an example out of one of making an example out of you next weekend.
( Theron scoff and keeps a straight face before cutting in. )
Theron Nikolas: “Making an example of me.” Son, this world has made an example of me. I have fought through the fires of hell to get to the point of standing right where I am right now. And in my own right, I have made my everlasting mark on this world. The bottomline is I have made a mark on this business that cannot be taken away no matter how unfairly I am treated by this business.
Amir Yusef: There you go, it’s vintage Theron all over again. “The world is always sooooo unfair!”–
Theron Nikolas: It sure as hell is, and you’ll have your day in which you come to a brutal understanding of it, I assure you. Notwithstanding, no matter what turn my fate will take, I have left an imprint that will not be denied no matter how many years go by. And that is something that you haven’t done. You haven’t made an imprint even for the sake of your own success level, let alone in the bigger picture. There are those such as The Visual Prophet, Jacob Senn, Ashten Cross who had won Rookie of the Year and who everybody knew, at the time, would go on to become top Elitists without a shadow of a doubt. Despite how differently the three of their careers have transpired, the one theme that ties them together is they reached a point of time in their young career where it was known they would be able to lead their rookie classes into dominant positions in this company. How many people believe you have what it takes to become a World Champion? How many people have “Amir Yusuf as World Champion in 2022” on their bingo card? Ah, right. That would be nobody.
( Amir burns a hole through Theron with a stern look of his own now. )
Theron Nikolas: The people have lost faith in you. And why is that? Because there’s been far more style than there has been substance. There’s been far more glow in the dark outfits than there has been your name in actual lights. All you have got going for you is the endless waxing poetry every time you fall short from your own expectations. And at least you could have relied on your inexperience as a caveat. But this is no longer the case of being the victim of the hype and the pressure being placed on you. Now you are willfully bearing this burden upon yourself. Which is a disaster situation for you Amir because you do not have the credibility that you think you do. You haven’t earned it. You’re hardly familiar with these fires that you’ll have to face soon enough. I’ve made a home in the devil’s den that awaits you at Dia Del Diablo in Trial By Fire. You’re still a visitor around these parts. Until you’ve done more and until you have something to establish you are still just a visitor in Elite Answers Wrestling my book. You’re damn right you have got a mountain to climb and I’m going to put you through hell for you to get to the summit.
( Theron and Amir find themselves face to face. )
Theron Nikolas: I’ll give you this, it’s a bold move even showing up to the climb. But it doesn’t change where you stand. You know the death toll for climbing Mt. Everest is roughly 30%. You would think with such a toll that is claimed from climbing these mountains it would be a deterrent. But it still doesn’t stop the brave from trying. Unfortunately for the brave, their bravado also doesn’t stop them from dying as well. A word to the wise.
( Theron drops the microphone and “The Rumbling” by SiM comes back on as Amir gives his inaudible response to Theron. Theron nods his head as if he is listening to what Amir has got to say, only to cut him off and take his leave. Rather than physically responding, Amir continues to talk making some assurances that we are not able to make out. )
Eve: Spoken like a man who has competed in Trial By Fire before and knows the elements of a match like that as well as anybody else. We could be in for some serious carnage.
Deadprez: Theron knew what he was doing, calling Amir’s spot in EAW into question. It looks like it may have gotten under Amir’s skin, I haven’t seen him look this tense as he does right now.
Gavin Kirkland: “Tense” sounds like a good word to describe it. Yeah, to me he looks outright pissed! But like, not unconfident as you would think someone would get after being dressed down…just angry and ambitious!
Eve: Amir definitely looks like he is chomping at the bit to get into the ring at Dia Del Diablo, but to your point Deadprez Theron definitely came and delivered the intended message to Amir. We will see if he gets the intended result come the Marquee next weekend.
(The final shot is Amir looking on as Theron walks to the back as we fade to a commercial break.)
(It fades back in from break to Gina Romano is in the center of the ring ready to announce the upcoming match. )
Gina Romano: This following is our MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING!!! It is scheduled for ONE FALL with a time limit of TV time remaining! Introducing first…
( “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers comes on and Lexi makes her entrance with eyes of fire and fury written on her face. )
Gina Romano: Making her way to the ring, hailing from Detroit, Michigan, she is “THE MOTOR CITY MACHINE GUN” LLLLLEEEEEEEEXXIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Get a look at the determination on that gorgeous little face! It is SO GOOD to have my Sexy Lexi back where she belongs!
Eve: Lexi made her return match last week in a winning effort against Oliver Taylor after missing the first half of the season. Now she’s out of the frying pan and into the fire, for lack of a better term, because while last week it was more about getting her wrestling legs back under her tonight Deadprez she’s going to need to really prove that she can perform at her best under the bright lights.
Deadprez: Most definitely. This is a woman who’s been at Pain for Pride, who’s known success, so when you reach a level like that you never really lose it all. But you still have to prove that you can return to form. You can tell by her demeanor though that she is putting herself exactly back in the place she was a year ago, considering who she is up against.
Eve: That definitely is a factor. But she’s not just facing Ronan Malosi, she’s facing a jaded, pissed off version of Malosi who is a week away from going against The Mauler in the Lake of Fire. A Malosi who feels as of late that he’s been slighted, who has made it clear-
Gavin Kirkland: SPEAK OF THE DEVIL!!! LEXI WATCH OUT BABY!!!
( Lexi is perched on the top turnbuckle after climbing up from the apron, raising her fists as part of her entrance, and Ronan Malosi sneaks up from ringside and yanks down the ropes. )
Deadprez: LEXI GOES TUMBLING FROM THE TOP ROPES, SMACKING AGAINST THE APRON BEFORE DROPPING TO THE FLOOR!!! RONAN JUST CAME OUTTA NOWHERE!
Gavin Kirkland: AND HE’S PUTTING THE BOOTS DOWN ON MY DEFENSELESS LITTLE DOVE!
( Ronan unloads with mud hole stomps to Lexi’s torso and finishes with a jumping stomp into the unprotected side of her head. He places his boot on her head similarly to the way Kassidy did the same to him a week ago. )
Ref: (from in the ring) WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING, RONAN?!
Eve: RONAN TAKES HIS FIERCE RIVAL FROM SEASON 14 AND SENDS HER RUNNING ACROSS RINGSIDE, SENDING HER BODY CAREENING OFF THE BARRICADE IN A SICK THUD!!!
( The audience lets Ronan have it with the boos. Ronan snaps at the crowd telling them to “shut up” which only provokes the audience to jeer even louder. )
Deadprez: Ronan’s taken Lexi up muttering under his breath before pressing her face first over the barricade and teeing off with those barricade pressed elbow strikes!!!! Lexi slides to the floor, hardly able to defend herself from that onslaught. Ronan’s got her scooped up and held over his shoulder. I don’t know about the looks of this!
Eve: RONAN GOES FULL SPEED AHEAD!!!! LAWN DART THROW SENDS LEXI SKULL FIRST INTO THE POST!!!
Gavin Kirkland: GOOD GRIEF HER HEAD CRACKED SO HARD AGAINST IT THAT IT INTERRUPTED SOME OF THE LED OUTPUT! RONAN WHY?!
Deadprez: I think we know why. With all they’ve been through and the fire that’s already been burning under Ronan’s ass, I really don’t know why we didn’t all see it coming.
( Ronan Malosi leans over the barricade and takes a hold of an idle metal folding chair. The official decides to physically intervene, admonishing Ronan and threatening to cancel the entire match. )
Ref: (off-mic) RONAN THAT’S MORE THAN ENOUGH! YOU’RE WAY OVER THE LINE! I’M TAKING THAT AWAY! WE MIGHT NOT HAVE A MATCH BECAUSE OF YOU!
( Ronan and the referee struggle for the chair but Ronan manages to overpower the ref. He walks over to his downed would-be opponent with a chair in hand looking to deliver more punishment. )
Gavin Kirkland: SOMEBODY PUT A STOP TO THIS! ANYBODY!
( A scowling Ronan Malosi approaches… )
“IIII shoot the lights out”
Gavin Kirkland: WAIT ANYBODY BUT HER!!! :noah:
“Hiiide til’ it’s bright out”
“Ohhh, just another lonely night”
“Are you willing to sacrifice your life”
( “Monster” by Kanye West hits and the arena comes into a frenzy as Kassidy Heart walks through the curtain in a nonchalant manner. She is dressed tonight in a pair of red satin shorts with a matching red satin blazer over a red satin bralette top, appropriately themed for Dia Del Diablo. Ronan stops in his tracks, appearing to be highly upset about Kassidy’s presence. )
Eve: The Mauler has arrived! She had meant to be a part of the commentary team for the match we were supposed to have coming in just a matter of minutes.
Deadprez: I wondered if we were going to see her, looks like we got our answer, and it ain’t one that Ronan likes!
Gavin Kirkland: It isn’t one that I like either. SHIT! I can’t believe I forgot this wicked witch was supposed to join us. On second thought it was more like I was trying not to remember. What am I supposed to do now?!
( The official yanks the chair out of a distracted Ronan’s hands. His primary focus is on Kassidy with anger to the point of snarling just watching approach. Kassidy eventually comes within a few meters of him and Lexi right in front of the commentary tables. )
Kassidy Heart (off-mic): Don’t mind me, I’m not here to get in the way of a good time. I’ll be right over here if you need me.
Ronan Malosi (off-mic): I HOPE YOU SAW WHAT I JUST DID! I HOPE YOU SAW THAT! IF THAT HAPPENS TO YOU NEXT WEEK YOU’RE TOAST! DO YOU HEAR ME?!
Kassidy Heart: https://tenor.com/view/jennifer-lawrence-ok-whatever-gif-5333452
( Kassidy continues to her seat on the right side of the commentary table. It just so happens to be the empty seat directly next to Gavin at his right. Before she can get there, Gavin takes off his headset and stands up. )
Eve: Gavin what the hell are you doing?
( Eve asks this as Gavin physically rolls Eve in her chair next to Kassidy’s chair before Kassidy gets the chance to sit down next to him. )
Gavin Kirkland (off-mic): Nothing just taking a quick trip to the men’s room. Here Eve, you keep our guest company!
( Gavin scooches behind Deadprez and escapes from the left side of the table before walking across ringside and taking his leave. Lexi is being checked on by another ringside official and Ronan Malosi is back in the ring soaking in the hatred from the audience. Kassidy takes her seat at commentary and puts on her headset. )
Deadprez: Thanks for joining Kass. Though I’m not really sure what you’re walking into to be frank with you.
Kassidy Heart: My bad. Fashionably late. (watching Gavin leave) Where is that clown going?
Eve: I don’t know but this entire situation has spiraled out of control and we’re going to try to get things back into order. We’re just going to take a breather and we should have an update when Showdown returns.
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( BEFORE THE BREAK – NARRATED BY EVE )
Eve: It was set to be a main event singles match between two long time rivals, with Lexi in only her second match of the season. Ronan Malosi had other plans, sneaking up from behind her during her entrance and sending her plummeting down to the floor from the top turnbuckle. Ronan would ignore the demands of the ref and send her crashing into the barricades and then spiking her head against the ring post with a lawn dart throw!
( Back to the live feed. Lexi is in the ring in her corner still showing signs of damage but mostly recovered while Ronan Malosi is in the other corner warming up. The official is given multiple reassurances from Lexi that she is willing to continue. )
Deadprez: Despite all that Lexi has no plans of bowing out. Something to admire here as Kassidy Heart joins us at ringside to help call this!
Kassidy Heart: Hopefully there’s much of a match to even call. Alexis was caught way off guard by that revolting oaf and it could very well cost her.
( DING! DING! DING! )
Deadprez: Lexi rushes into Ronan, Ronan into Lexi!
Eve: DEATH-RO!!!!!
Deadprez: LEXI IS TAKEN UP BY THE END OF DAYS, BUT FLIPS BACK AND LANDS ON HER FEET! LIGHTS OUT!!!
Eve: FLUSH SUPERKICK CATCHES RONAN! HE HITS THE DECK BUT COMES RUSHING BACK UP — INTO ANOTHER LIGHTS OUT!!!
( The audience explodes with enthusiasm after Ronan has been caught with those two kicks. )
Deadprez: YOU CAN TELL LEXI GAVE BOTH OF THOSE SHOTS HER ALL! Lexi is seated on the mat still for sure feeling the effects of the ambush from earlier and she knows she hasn’t got a whole lot of time to waste. She wills herself to a rise and goes straight for the turnbuckle, looking like she wants a Heart Stopper!
( Lexi takes the painful climb up the turnbuckle for a moonsault, only for Ronan Malosi to roll out of the ring, setting off the audience that has grown to become partial against Ronan this evening. )
Deadprez: Ronan had just enough awareness to get out of the drop zone much to the chagrin of Lexi and this capacity crowd. Lexi decides to drop from the top turnbuckle to the apron and watch Ronan Malosi straighten himself up. She runs across the apron! FOR AN APRON SOCCER KICK RIGHT INTO THE FACE!! She steps through the ropes and Ronan rushes back up to the apron. BACKSPIN KICK to the bread basket of Ronan brings him down off the apron!
Eve: Ronan is hunched over for a few seconds but pulls himself back up to the apron using the ropes, just for Lexi to REBOUND OFF THE OTHER END AND SEND HIM BACK TO RINGSIDE WITH A RUNNING KNEE! RONAN GOES DOWN SPLAT ON HIS BACK INTO THE FLOOR! He drags himself up again a little slower to the draw, but it gives Lexi enough time to pull into her well for some momentum and rebound off the ropes!!! SUICIDE DIVE!!!!
Deadprez: RONAN CATCHES LEXI IN HER ARMS, READJUSTS, AND SENDS HER RIBS FIRST OVER THE BARRICADE, LEAVING HER DRAPED OVER AS A RESULT! A show of resounding strength after Lexi went flying at him through the ropes like a bullet!
( Ronan drops to a knee holding his jaw, still reeling from the superkicks from earlier. )
Kassidy Heart: It looks like those kicks still fucked him up.
Deadprez: Ronan takes Lexi by the head after she was stunned going ribs first over the ‘cade, and sends a knee right into the ribs! Follows up with a headbutt right after! That sends her down and crawling away to create some space, going over to the steel stairs to pull herself back up. Ronan rolls into the ring and rolls back out from the other side of that corner, and hovers over Lexi to pick her up as she’s leaning back on the stairs trying to find some reprieve.
Eve: Oh! She fires off some kicks to the quad from that position to back him away! Lexi straightens herself up! There’s one! Two! Three consecutive forearm strikes! BUT RONAN CONNECTS WITH A STEEL STEPS MAT SLAM SENDING THE BACK OF LEXI’S HEAD RIGHT INTO ONE OF THE JAGGED EDGE OF THE RING STAIRS!!!!
( Ronan re-enters the ring, and Lexi rolls off of the steel steps holding the back of her head. )
Eve: Kassidy it does seem worthy of noting that Ronan’s gone for some significant attacks to the head, almost as if he is ‘exhibiting’ the approach that he intends to take at Dia Del Diablo. You, like plenty of Elitists in the past, have had to deal with a recurring injury that is liable to be isolated. What has been your personal approach in protecting the proverbial target on your back?
Kassidy Heart: It isn’t too complicated. Any and everybody can be a target. Some people target an injury. Some people shoot for the head. Some people stab in the heart. Everybody’s got a weak point. So what do you do to stop your weak point from being exploited? You destroy your opponent before they are given a chance to hit their target. It’s really that simple. Hello, Gavin. Had fun hiding in the bathroom from me?
( Gavin Kirkland has quietly snuck his way back to commentary and is now seated on the far left side of the table, on polar ends from Kassidy, and not where he normally sits. )
Gavin Kirkland: Of course I get seated and the first thing I hear is “stab in the heart”. (in the fakest inflection as possible) Hello Kass!! So good of you to join us!
Eve: So good of YOU to join US, Gavin. Glad you’re feeling up to doing your job! But in any case, the official has spent some time lecturing Ronan for his antics while Lexi drags herself up the steel stairs and comes crawling back into the ring. Ronan manages to catch her with a series of shoulder thrusts into the corner turnbuckle! One after another after another! Lexi falls down to all fours. Ronan yanks her up by the back of her sports top to lean her against the same corner, wedges her head against the turnbuckle for an ELBOW STRIKE with her head sandwiched against the turnbuckle pad! And there is a FOURTH and a FIFTH AND A SIXTH rib-splitting shoulder thrust into the mid section!
Gavin Kirkland: Malsoi is showing no mercy. This time he decides to sling Lexi over his shoulder to bring her seated up at the top turnbuckle. But my Sexy Lexi rattles his noggin with a kick to the head! Ronan comes right back with a stiff right hand! That seems to have stunned her and now he is making the climb, hooking one of her arms, wanting a SUPERPLEX!!!! HE’LL BREAK SWEET LEXI INTO PIECES IF THAT HAPPENS!!!!
Deadprez: You’re not wrong, and she’s definitely made herself aware of that, now firing off some body punches with her available arm! Lexi drops from the top rope down to her feet by sliding between Ronan’s legs and ending up behind him, and Lexi shoves him from behind to send him FACE PLANTING INTO THE TOP OF THE RING POST!!!!
Kassidy Heart: That caught him real good.
Deadprez: It damn sure did! Ronan slithers down off the top rope and turns over leaning back in that corner! Lexi pulls her much taller opponent forward for some leverage and UNLOADS WITH A SERIES OF SHOOT KICKS DIRECTLY INTO THE CHEST! LISTEN TO THE THUNDEROUS SOUND OF HER BOOT GOING AGAINST HIS CHEST! THE AUDIENCE IS COUNTING ALONG WITH EACH DELIVERED STRIKE!
Crowd: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIVE! SIX! SEVEN! EIGHT! NINE! TEN!
Deadprez: TEN WICKED SHOOT KICKS TO LIGHT UP THAT CHEST! Lexi takes a second to favor the ribs and get some air back into her, before taking him out of the corner with a WRIST CLUTCH INTO THE ROUNDHOUSE!!! Ronan side steps it! ROLLING FOREARM STRIKE BY RONAN! Lexi’s turned away! AND SHE RETURNS FIRE! PELE KICK!!! Sending Ronan flat on his back and allowing Lexi to scramble over him for a cover!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONEEE!!!! TTTTTTTTTTTTTWWWWWWWW-
Eve: Kick out a nanosecond after “two”. Lexi makes her way over to one of the corners. Not only is she surprisingly not concussed but you can see she’s got an idea as to what to do next, despite the damage that she took to the head earlier.
Gavin Kirkland: Good to see a competitor who doesn’t need to resort to acting like a wild hyena to make up for their fragile skull!
Kassidy Heart: Five seconds.
Gavin Kirkland: What was that?
Kassidy Heart: That’s how long I’ve estimated it would take me to stop you from breathing, on a bad day.
( After an awkward silence, Gavin grunts dramatically in stomach discomfort. )
Deadprez: Gavin you alright man?
Gavin Kirkland: Gahhh I’m hanging in there. Must have been the Batman Calzony I had from Little Caesars. It’s got my stomach all bent out of sorts.
Kassidy Heart: I thought so.
Deadprez: I got some pepto bismol if you like.
Eve: BACK IN THE RING LEXI HAS REMOVED THE TOP TURNBUCKLE PADDING! THE REF IS ACTUALLY SURPRISED BY THIS AND TRIES TO INTERVENE, WHICH ALLOWS RONAN TO PICK UP OFF THE DISTRACTION AND SEND A CLUBBING BLOW TO THE BACK OF HER NECK! Now Ronan grabs the turnbuckle cover out of the ref’s hands and tosses it into the crowd! This poor referee has not had an easy go dealing with these bitter enemies, but LEXI TAKES RONAN TO THE FLOOR FROM BEHIND WITH AN O’CONNOR ROLL PIN!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOONNNEEEEE!!! TWOOOOOOOOOOOO
Deadprez: That one caught Ronan slipping and almost cost him severely! Ronan races back up, LEXI WANTS A BICYCLE KNEE!!! NOPE RONAN CATCHES THE ONCOMING LEG UNDER AN ARM, AND GETS THE OTHER HAND AROUND HER THROAT! SENDING HER UP HIGH AND DOWN HARD WITH A CHOKESLAM!!!
Gavin Kirkland: LEXI COUNTERS IN MIDAIR TAKING RONAN DOWN WITH AN ARMDRAG! Nice reversal from my Lovely Lass, Ronan comes back after her, RUNNING CLOTHESLINE! NOBODY HOME! RONAN TURNS BACK TO HER! LOW DROPKICK by Lexi to cut him down to a knee! ROUNDHOUSE KICK TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD DELIVERS! THAT ONE ALMOST SENT HIM ON HIS BACK! BUT LEXI HOLDS HIM STILL AND TUCKS HIS HEAD UNDER THE ARM FOR A DDT FROM THAT BASE!!!
Deadprez: NOT YET! MALOSI RISES UP AND SENDS LEXI DAMN NEAR INTO THE SKY WITH A FREE FALL DROP!!! SHE JUST COMES CRASHING DOWN RIGHT INTO HER RIBS AND THE MOMENTUM SENDS HER ROLLING DOWN TO RINGSIDE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US! That was a rough landing but Ronan’s got more in the tank, he watches Lexi try and pull herself together right here in front of us at ringside and CLOBBERS HER WITH THE BASEBALL SLIDE LARIAT TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE RING, TURNING THE CORNER AND TURNING LEXI INSIDE OUT!!!
( Ronan gives himself a round of self-applause. Kassidy is seen rolling her eyes. The referee begins his ring-out count. )
Ref: 1!!!! ………………. 2!!!!!
Kassidy Heart: Everything about this insufferable dumbass is irritating. That weird baseball slide lariat is also stupid when he does it on opponents who are in the ring.
Gavin Kirkland: Well she wasn’t in the ring this time.
Kassidy Heart: Either way why the fuck wouldn’t you run at your opponent with a lariat head-on like a normal person? What good is running out of the ring and jogging around the post going to do? It’s the same fucking lariat. The only difference is it makes you look like an idiot. Good thing if this idiot tries that in the Lake Of Fire match he’ll burn himself to death. I wouldn’t complain if he did to be honest. Oh no I’m being pretty loud you guys don’t think he can hear me, can you? 🙁 It’d be “such” a “shame” if he were to I dunno provoke me.
Ref: 5!!! ……….. 6!!!
Deadprez: Ronan Malosi definitely wanted you to see that lariat up close and personal. He may have his antics but at the end of the day he packs a real punch and is a dangerous competitor. The history is already there between Lexi and himself which is what is in part bringing out this different side of Ronan Malosi, as he rolls Lexi back onto the apron with the top half of her torso laying out on the apron. And he HAMMERS an elbow strike across the exposed temple, piling on with the head trauma. Lexi is rolled fully into the ring and her opponent follows her in to get the cover!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE!!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Eve: Kick out from Lexi! No exception taken from Ronan, he looks like he’s already got a plan. Ronan brings Lexi into his arms from behind with a rear waistlock. Lexi is trying to pry his arms apart, forcing Ronan to club a series of angry strikes over the back of Lexi’s neck and shoulders area! Softening her up! Ronan overpowers her with a GERMAN SUPLEX!!! PLANTING IT AND ROLLS THROUGH! INTO ANOTHER GERMAN SUPLEX!!! RIGHT ONTO HER NECK! HE ROLLS THROUGH IT AGAIN, WANTING IT ONE MORE TIME…. OH NO…
( Ronan positions himself in front of the turnbuckle with the exposed steel. )
Gavin Kirkland: RONAN YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO THIS!
Eve: GERMAN RELEASE SUPLEX INTO THE EXPOSED STEEL!!!
Deadprez: WHEELBARROW VICTORY ROLL COUNTER BY LEXI! SAVES HER OWN SKIN!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONEEE!!! TWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-
Eve: KICK OUT! Lexi and Ronan recover at roughly the same speed! Ronan takes Lexi INTO THAT EXPOSED CORNER WITH A HARD IRISH WHIP!!! BUT LEXI SPRINGS UP TO THE ROPES INSTEAD AND COUNTERS WITH A SPRINGBOARD BULLDOG!!! Ronan hits the mat hard! Lexi watches him recover from her knees, favoring her pounding head while Ronan is on his way up from the mat. LEXI WANTS THE STANDING SHIRANUI!!!! “FOH” AS SHE CALLS IT!!!
Deadprez: RONAN CAUGHT HER STOMACH DOWN OVER HIS SHOULDER! STANDING HIS GROUND! AND COMES CHARGING AT THE EXPOSED STEEL TURNBUCKLE WITH A RUNNING SNAKE EYES!!!!!
Eve: OH I DON’T BELIEVE IT! LEXI TURNS A 180° ON RONAN’S SHOULDER AND ALLOWS HER FEET TO PROPEL OFF THE CORNER! CORNER-ASSISTED TORNADO DDT!!! SHE DRILLS HIM!!! LATERAL PRESS TO FOLLOW UP!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNEEEE!!! TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: RONAN WITH A SHOULDER UP! BUT GOOD HEAVENS MY BABY GIRL DID SO AMAZING!
Kassidy Heart: I hate to agree with a doofus like you about anything but I concur. It just feels nice to watch Ronan be dropped on his head, but it’s going to feel even nicer to get the chance to do it myself.
Gavin Kirkland: Well fortunately not even being in agreement with you is enough to make me turn my back against my darling!
Kassidy Heart: I swear you have 10000 ‘darlings’ and like, none of them are reciprocal.
Deadprez: Lexi heads for another turnbuckle and steadily makes her way to the top in the right position, outside of Ronan’s peripheral view. By the time he manages to pull himself up he turns around remaining unaware! INTO THE DIVING CROSSBODY FROM THE TOP ROPE!!! TAKES HIM DOWN!
Gavin Kirkland: Not so fast! Ronan rolls through it, coming back up to a standing base with Lexi caught in his arms!!! AND COUNTERS WITH A RELEASE FALLAWAY SLAM!!! BUT YES! HEAVENS YES! LEXI RE-ADJUSTS HER WEIGHT BEFORE THE TOSS AND TAKES RONAN CRASHING DOWN ONTO HIS SHOULDERS WITH AN ARMDRAG!!!
Eve: Ronan looks like he landed awkward on his left shoulder on the way down! He rolls underneath the ropes and out of the ring in retreat, drawing a look of concern from the official now. Ronan went from trying to injure his opponent to possibly dealing with an injury himself, and I hate to say it but it would probably serve him right if that ends up being what’s happening here.
Kassidy Heart: Shit, I don’t hate to say it. He deserves to be injured. He deserves to be screwed out of an FPV match the same way he screwed himself out of Towering Inferno. However I don’t deserve to be screwed out of a match at the Marquee myself, so he’d better pop that stupid shoulder into place and get his ass back in gear.
Deadprez: The official is at Ronan’s side at ringside as he stands there writhing in pain with his eyes closed. AND LEXI TAKES RONAN DOWN WITH A LESZ PRESS OFF THE APRON!!! SHE GOES HAMMERING AWAY WITH CLOSED FISTED RIGHTS AND LEFTS TO THE HEAD! RONAN IS BARELY ABLE TO COVER HIMSELF UP! AND LEXI UNLEASHES WITH SOME ELBOW STRIKES TO THE TEMPLE TO FOLLOW!
Gavin Kirkland: The referee implores Lexi to take this match back into the ring, but she doesn’t seem to even be able to hear him! She’s a focused and determined young lady with tunnel vision and an apparent bloodlust! Lexi’s got Ronan by the head after he attempts to crawl up the ramp possibly looking for an escape… AND SHE SENDS RONAN CRASHING SHOULDER FIRST RIGHT AGAINST THE METAL GUARD BARRIER ON THE SIDE OF THE RAMP!!! LEXI IS GOING TO TOWN WITH STOMPS TO THE DAMAGED SHOULDER THAT JUST TOOK AN UNTIMELY COLLISION INTO SOLID STEEL! The official starts back up his count!
Ref: 1!!!!!!
( RECAP: Lexi delivers a diving crossbody from the top rope which Ronan attempts to roll through into a fallaway slam. However Lexi counters with an armdrag and a view from multiple angles shows Ronan crashing with his full body weight landing on his left shoulder, including one that accentuates the torque of his neck and head on that landing. )
( Back to ringside. )
Ref: 3!!!! …………… 4!!!!
Deadprez: Lexi’s got a very out of it Ronan staggering in her clutches and is taking him back towards the ring, however RONAN SHOVES LEXI SPINE FIRST INTO THE APRON OUT OF NOWHERE! It isn’t the easiest for Lexi to control her opponent, he’s got a 275 pound difference and a full foot of height on her, so Ronan is going to take opportunities like this and for you Kass, you’re going to see Ronan try to use those kinds of advantages against you.
Ref: 5!!! …………. 6!!!
Eve: RONAN GOES FOR A RUNNING ATTACK ON LEXI!!!! BUT LEXI DIVES OUT OF THE WAY AND RONAN ENDS UP SPEARING HIMSELF INJURED-SHOULDER FIRST INTO THE RING STEPS RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP!!!
Ref: 7!!!! …………. 8!!!!!
Kassidy Heart: I was going to respond to your point Deadprez but I think Ronan made my point for me! The big dumb fuck is going to need to be manipulated, out-maneuvered and ultimately beaten into submission. As much as I’d enjoy hearing him squeal and watching him squirm and cry as he burns in hell for all eternity, I’ll gladly spill his remains into the Lake Of Fire and sap the life from out of his eyes with my bare hands before that. Test me not.
Gavin Kirkland: Tell me Kass what is it like being a deranged lunatic every single day?
Eve: Uhh we could ask you the same question, Gavin. Nevertheless Alexis had the chance to take the victory by countout but she rolled into the ring at “9” and rolled back out before “10”. We’re talking about a brutal enemy from a year ago who along with Ryan Wilson had her kidnapped and found beaten within an inch of her life. Who screwed her life partner at the time out of the King of Elite tournament. She’s not going to allow Ronan to get the easy way out, as she fires off one! two! three straight rights with all she’s got! Sending Ronan staggering away across ringside! Lexi comes after Ronan and takes him by the left arm to SWING IT DOWN AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE RING APRON!
Gavin Kirkland: LEXI HOLDS THAT ARM IN PLACE AND SLAMS A GRUELING KICK TO THE OPEN LEFT SHOULDER, BRINGING RONAN SLIDING BACK DOWN TO A SEATED BASE IN SORROW!
Ref: Come on Lexi we need to bring this back in the ring let’s go! 1!!!!!!
Deadprez: FULL STRENGTH KNEE TO THE FACE BY LEXI RIGHT INTO THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE! Just uncouth brutality on the part of The Motor City Machine Gun! In just her 2nd match back she is giving Ronan absolute hell, and some of her mannerisms right now even remind me of The Mauler!
Kassidy Heart: Don’t get carried away. She’s doing good. But not the greatest World Champion in EAW history good.
Gavin Kirkland: Jamie say whaa?
Kassidy Heart: Don’t make me beat the Little Caesars out of you. Because you know I will.
( Gavin moans in “stomach pain”. Lexi drags Ronan to a position where he is slung over on the barricade leaning over it by his left arm as the referee’s count hits “5”. And Lexi climbs over the barricade herself into the crowd. )
Deadprez: TAKE A LOOK AT LEXI! SHE’S GOT THE CHEERING FANS BEHIND HER AS SHE CLIMBS UP THE BARRICADE AND LOOKS DOWN AT RONAN WHO IS EXPOSED AND OUT OF SORTS!!!! GOOD GOD!!! DOUBLE FOOT STOMP INTO THE INJURED SHOULDER!!! RONAN DROPS TO THE FLOOR HOLLERING IN HURT! AND HE RETREATS BACK INTO THE RING INSTINCTIVELY!
Eve: This crowd loved what they just saw, but she doesn’t give a damn about what they think! She follows Ronan in before the referee’s count of “7” and comes after a squatting Ronan at the corner to the far side away from Lexi! She grabs him by the head!!! AND COMES RIGHT OUT OF THE CORNER FOR FOH!!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: OH NO!!! RONAN COUNTERS THE SHIRANUI AT THE LAST SECOND WITH THE HIERARCHY!!! POP-UP FALLING POWERSLAM PLANTS LEXI!!!
Deadprez: BUT RONAN HIMSELF IS IN NO POSITION TO CAPITALIZE! YOU CAN SEE HIM ROLLING AROUND THE FLOOR AND FAVORING THAT SHOULDER! THAT LAST GASP MOVE MAY HAVE SENT HIM PAST THE PAIN THRESHOLD! Lexi is halfway across the ring from him, which may as well be a lap through that Lake Of Fire he will find himself surrounded with next weekend! However he is pushing through the discomfort and making the strides that he needs to to drag himself over to Lexi and get a solid hook of both legs!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONEEE!!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! THR-
Gavin Kirkland: MY SWEET BABY KICKS OUT! SHE’S STILL GOT FIGHT!
Kassidy Heart: That was a lot of precious time afforded to Alexis.
Gavin Kirkland: HER NAME IS LEXI!!!!
Kassidy Heart: Raise your voice at me again and Gawd as my witness I will fucking kill you right here, right now.
Gavin Kirkland: YOU KNOW WHAT KASS!?!
( Another awkward silence. We can hear the sound of a headset being taken off. )
Eve: Gavin what in the world??
( Gavin makes more of those exaggerated groans and holds his stomach. )
Gavin Kirkland: Sorry everyone I promise I’ll be right back, CURSE YOU BATMAN!!!
( Gavin races away from the desk and runs to the bathroom before Kassidy can kill him. )
Kassidy Heart: This guy cannot seriously be real. He’s almost as bad as Ronan.
Deadprez: Speaking of which Ronan himself is in bad straits with that shoulder, but he’s found himself enough space to heal with the assistance of the ropes. Ronan LEVELS Lexi with a BIG TIME RUNNING CLOTHESLINE AS SHE RECOVERS! Momentum takes her back up off the mat in a hurry, AND AN EVEN MORE PUNISHING STANDING LARIAT, HITTING HER SO HARD HE DROPS TO THE MAT HIMSELF OUT OF THE SHEER VELOCITY!!!
Eve: But it all comes back to the left shoulder! Ronan hasn’t been able to capitalize as quickly because he more than likely dislocated, if not separated, and hopefully nothing worse. Ronan comes after Lexi as she fights her way up to a vertical base! AND HE’S GOT HER WITH A KNEELING BELLY-TO-BACK BACKBREAKER!!!
Deadprez: NOT YET HE DOESN’T, HE’S GOT HER LIFTED BUT LEXI SENDS DOWN SOME POINTED ELBOWS TO THE CHEST AFTER BEING HOISTED UP FROM THE GROUND! AND A NASTY CROSS RIGHT TO THE NOSE FORCES RONAN TO LET HER DOWN! Ronan straightens up, and is met with another Backspin kick! No he catches the boot and FIRES BACK! SNAP UPPERCUT STRAIGHT INTO THE JAW! Lexi is sent back pedaling into the ropes and the moment he moves in forward SHE RESPONDS WITH A BICYCLE KNEE TO THE JAW!!!
Eve: RONAN CAUGHT THE LEG AGAIN! HE HAS THAT KNEE WELL SCOUTED! AND THERE’S A THROAT PUNCH BY RONAN! RIGHT ACROSS THE LARYNX!!!
Kassidy Heart: Come the fuck on. Don’t let him see you coming. Put an end to this.
( Lexi goes down. Ronan pulls her up from the floor and reels her in… )
Deadprez: RONAN’S GOT LEXI TUCKED BETWEEN HER LEGS WANTING A SNAP POWERBOMB!!! BUT LEXI COMES BARRELLING DOWN WITH SOME MORE STRIKES, THIS TIME STRIKING RONAN REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE NOSE IN THE PROCESS! It is like Lexi has had an answer at every opportunity! It’s been some of the best defensive work we’ve seen from her in her possibly ever! She is finding every crevice and using every sliver of space that she’s got! Working for every bit! LEXI FROM HIS SHOULDERS DELIVERING A HURRICANRANA!!!
Eve: RONAN REFUSES TO BE TAKEN OVER! HE DEADLIFTS LEXI BACK UP TO HER INITIAL POWERBOMB BASE… REVERSE POWERBOMB!!!! INTO THE EXPOSED TURNBUCKLE!!!
Deadprez: HANG ON LEXI CATCHES HERSELF ON SEATED POSITION AT THE TOP ROPE — BUT SHE LOSES HER BALANCE AND ENDS UP CAUGHT IN A TREE OF WOE POSITION!
Eve: AND RONAN WITH NO HESITATION REFUSES TO WAIT EVEN A SECOND! HE PRESSES HIS BOOT INTO THE WINDPIPE TO CHOKE LEXI OUT! THE REFEREE IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT AT ALL, AND RONAN GOES RIGHT TO WORK WITH STOMPS TO THE OPEN PART OF LEXI’S MID SECTION WHICH LOOKS BEET RED FROM THE ABUSE IT HAS TAKEN! THE REFEREE WANTS LEXI OUT OF THE CORNER, BUT RONAN MAY AS WELL BE DEAF, HE ADDS EVEN MORE FORCE TO THAT FLURRY OF BOOTS!
Ref: I said get her out of there Ronan let’s go! 1!!! 2!!! 3!!! 4!!!!
Ronan Malosi (off-mic): (to the referee) I HAVE FIVE!!!
( A panting, profusely sweating, angry Ronan lifts Lexi by the hair from her upside down position. )
Ronan Malosi (off-mic): You stupid bitch look what you did to me! You tried to injure me! You tried to take away my match at the Free-Per-View! I HOPE YOU KNOW I’M NOT BUYING THIS “LEXI” CRAP FOR A SECOND. NOTHING ABOUT YOU HAS CHANGED! YOU’RE STILL ALEXIS!
Deadprez: CLUBBING STRIKE TO THE FACE SENDS LEXI BACK UPSIDE DOWN!
( Ronan lifts her by the hair again to come face to face with her again and continue the abuse. )
Ronan Malosi (off-mic): YOU’RE STILL TERRY’S WORTHLESS LITTLE SISTER!
Deadprez: ANOTHER STRIKE! SENDS HER UPSIDE DOWN!
Eve: She’s defenseless!
( Ronan lifts her by the hair again and gets right in her face for more where this came from. )
Ronan Malosi (off-mic): YOU’RE STILL NOTHING MORE THAN BETHANY’S SLOPPY SECONDS-
Eve: LEXI GRABS THE LEFT ARM AND COUNTERS OUT OUT OF THE CORNER WITH A ROPE-HUNG CROSS ARMBREAKER!!!! SEPARATING THE INJURED LEFT SHOULDER LEANING HERSELF AND HER BODY UPSIDE DOWN OVER THE ROPES!!! RONAN INADVERTENTLY GAVE LEXI ANOTHER OPENING DEADPREZ AND TO YOUR POINT SHE IS TAKING IT! RONAN IS SCREAMING FOR HIS LIFE AND BEGGING THE REFEREE TO SAVE HIM!
Ref: 1!!!!! 2!!!!!!! 3!!!!!!! 4!!!!!! FI-
Deadprez: Lexi drops to the apron and allows Ronan to collapse to the mat! Ronan bangs his fist into the floor, that added torque to the submission on the already injured shoulder is looking like it’s becoming way too much! And anyone who’s been in the ring to deal with having a weakness targeted knows that it is a unique level of pain!
Kassidy Heart: I know the feeling well. It’s like a feeling of being incensed, like you were betrayed by your own body. It’s like anger, sadness and shock rolled into one emotion. That’s the kind of pain that this dumb cunt is in. You absolutely love to see it.
Deadprez: An utterly exhausted Lexi is just out there on the apron basically dry heaving. That girl is just spent. This thing has been PERSONAL. There has been no other incentive other than to punish and maim for the majority of this match, but now she is in 100% survival mode. That armbreaker had nothing to do with malice, it was about living to see another day! She climbs through the ropes gingerly approaching her opponent — BUT RONAN SENDS HER INTO THE ROPES WITH AN IRISH WHIP! SHE REBOUNDS!!! INTO “VERTIGO”!!!! RONAN WITH THE DEEP SIX —
Eve: COUNTERED INTO THE “LEXI LOCK”!!!!!!
Kassidy Heart: Ooooh!
Deadprez: YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING! RONAN IS CAUGHT IN AN OCTOPUS STRETCH WITH LEXI REARING BACK USING EVERYTHING SHE HAS!!! SHE IS RIPPING RONAN’S LEFT ARM OUT OF ITS DISLOCATED SOCKET!!!! FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING RONAN IS GOING TO LOSE HIS FUCKING LIMB! THERE’S NO WAY HE CAN CONTINUE!!!!
( Ronan is yelling in pain with every added pressure that Lexi puts into the hold. Ronan staggers around the ring but is unable to shake Lexi as she is latched on for dear life. )
Eve: RONAN IS FIGHTING WITH EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING TO STAY ON HIS FEET!!! HE IS HUNCHED OVER WITH EVERY PASSING SECOND CREATING ANOTHER TEAR IN RONAN’S DAMAGED SHOULDER! BUT HE KNOWS IF HE FALLS TO THE FLOOR IT’S OFFICIALLY OVER!
Kassidy Heart: I don’t think that’s going through his mind! Ronan is too stupid! He’s just trying to survive! But I do agree, if he loses any more leverage you can stick a fucking fork in his ass!
Eve: WAIT A MINUTE ON THE CONTRARY, IT LOOKS LIKE LEXI IS OUT OF STEAM! SHE’S LOSING HER GRIP!
( Lexi now has reached a point where she barely has the submission held. She is hanging on by her fingernails. )
Deadprez: YOU’RE RIGHT EVE SHE IS COMPLETELY OUT OF GAS AND SHE COULDN’T HAVE POSSIBLY PICKED A WORSE TIME FOR HER TANK TO GO ON EMPTY! LEXI KNOWS THAT SHE HAS TO HANG ON! SHE HAS TO TRY, BUT IT IS SLOWLY SLIPPING AWAY! SHE IS TOTALLY BURNT OUT, AND RONAN MUSCLES HER UP!!!! — GOOD LORD!!!! DEATH-RO INTO THE EXPOSED STEEL!!!
( Ronan counters out of the Lexi lock and delivers the Death-Ro sending Lexi into the exposed turnbuckle right between the eyes. Lexi collapses to the floor unconscious. )
Eve: YOU CAN SEE THE EYES ROLL BACK INTO HER SKULL! RONAN DROPS OVER LEXI IN A HEAP WITH A COVER!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
( DING! DING! DING! )
( ‘Mo Money’ by Ben McLusky hits and Ronan Malosi gets up wincing and bracing his shoulder, but has his free arm raised by the official begrudgingly before ripping it away. )
Gina Romano: Here is your winner, RONAAAAAAAAAAN MALOSI!!!!!!!
Kassidy Heart: :trash: I want a refund. BOOOOOOOOO!
Deadprez: This thing by all definitions was a grudge match! Absolutely no loss Ronan Malosi and the woman he just pinned tonight. She’s going to need some help out here!
( The official kneels over a totally unconscious Lexi and calls for some medical assistance. Ronan raises both fists in the air and goes back to favoring his left shoulder. )
Eve: You can tell Lexi wanted more than anything to leave victorious. It was her second match back and her first main event of the season against a person who she still very clearly carries fresh animosity towards.
Deadprez: You can also see how badly Lexi wanted this victory on Ronan. He did not leave this thing no worse for wear, he is going to be wearing some damage heading into Dia Del Diablo no doubt about that.
Kassidy Heart: Sure she wanted this badly. A lot of people want a lot of things in EAW. It still doesn’t change that she made some critical mistakes. She expended far too much energy, allowed too many attacks to the ribs which you need to breathe, and was disadvantaged from the onset of the match by not watching her guard. Now she’s paying for it. But Ronan expects the same outcome against me he is in for a long fucking night.
( Two additional medical professionals come to the aid of Lexi to evaluate her after the trauma she has taken to the head. She lays there, covering her arms over her head while Ronan gingerly exits the ring. Meanwhile Gavin Kirkland has returned to his seat at commentary. )
Gavin Kirkland: *sigh* I think I feel a wee bit better guys. What did I miss?
Kassidy Heart: (sarcastic) Oh no you missed Lexi’s nuclear wardrobe malfunction!
Gavin Kirkland: NO FUCKING WAY. WAS IT CAUGHT ON CAMERA?! DID SHE MOON THE CROWD?! WAS THERE AREOLA?!
Kassidy Heart: No you disgusting sack of shit, fuck you! (Her attention turns elsewhere) Oh great what do YOU want.
( Ronan slowly makes his way over to the table and leans over it to talk to Kassidy. )
Ronan Malosi (off-mic): You saw what I did to Lexi right?! (pants) I dominated her with EASE! I made her my VICTIM! (winces his teeth, favoring his left shoulder) It wasn’t even a CHALLENGE! I hardly broke a SWEAT! (sweat pours from his head down to the hood of the table)
Gavin Kirkland: Jesus Christ Ronan get a hold of yourself we’re at ringside not in Noah’s arc!
Ronan Malosi (off-mic): You saw up close and personal what I’ll do to you. You’re probably scared. I wouldn’t blame you. If I were you and you were me I might be scared of me too. I’ll tell you what, since you’re the Chairman’s wife I’ll do you the one-time courtesy. Go ahead and run away.
( Kassidy stands up from her desk creating a moment tense enough for Ronan’s music to die down. She takes off her headset and calmly places it on the table to her side. )
Eve: WHOA!!
Gavin Kirkland: YES DEAR GOD YES!!!
( Ronan catches Kassidy across the face with a huge slap! This knocks Kassidy back into her seat with enough force to bring her to the ground. )
Eve: RONAN HAS JUST FLOORED KASSIDY WITH THAT CHEAP SHOT! KASS ARE YOU OKAY?
Gavin Kirkland: WHO CARES IF SHE’S OKAY?! RONAN, YOU’RE MY HERO!!!
( We can hear the sound of a microphone fumbling as the impact distorts the audio on commentary. Kass scrambles up from the floor with a furious expression on her face. )
Deadprez: RONAN LOOKS LIKE HE’S SEEN A GHOST! HE’S HIGH TAILING IT OUTTA HERE! BEFORE WE KNOW IT THE MAULER IS HOT ON HIS HEELS!!!
( Kassidy sprints a half lap around ringside to try to catch up with Ronan, but Ronan Malosi hops the barricade and heads straight for the arena stairs until he finds himself deep into the audience. Kassidy remains at ringside and Ronan makes it to the top flight of one of the sections of the arena opposite to the hard camera. “Monster” by Kanye West comes back over the sound system, as Kassidy challenges Ronan to come back down and finish their fight. )
Eve: Ronan knew better than to stick around for whatever The Mauler had coming for him!
Deadprez: Kassidy is spoiling for a fight, but there’s not going to be anywhere for Ronan to run in the Lake of Fire! He had better enjoy the space he’s got to roam free now while he’s still got it, because I got a feeling come next weekend he is in for a heluva long night!
( Kassidy sends Ronan a look of pure death, and Ronan turns ghost white in response. However, Deadprez’ words appear to describe the realization that Ronan has reached. Kassidy paces around ringside, fired up and in a mood to kill. )
(It fades to the final commercial break of the evening, a brand new subscription to Beer 365, the all day, everyday beer service for all your drinking needs. For a limited time, use Promo Code PANDORA PAISLEY to get 20% off.)
(As Showdown comes back from Commercial Break, ‘Ambitionz az a Ridah’ by Tupac starts to play at the entire arena stands up and cheers. TLA comes out with his suit on, sporting the Answers World Championship over his shoulder. Looking out at the crowd, stopping for a moment before he nods and heads toward the ring.)
Deadprez: And after an incredible Main Event we are finishing things up tonight with the Answers World Champion and a very dangerous first title defense coming, this man is going to be dealing with three hungry women that want to be the Answers World Champion, two of them have never been in a World Title match before which changes the dynamic, but the biggest thing? The Towering Inferno. This monstrosity is downright scary.
Eve: It’s terrifying to say the least and we all know that no matter what happens, TLA is ready for anything. This is his first title defense, look at who he beat and that will tell you right there that TLA is back on top and he is destined to hold onto the title for a long time.
Gavin Kirkland: It still smells like Kassidy here.
Eve: She always smells good, Gavin.
Gavin Kirkland: I know that’s why I hate it.
(TLA gets to the ring, stepping up the stairs, he looks out into the crowd, nods and holds up the Answers World Championship much to the delight of the fans as they cheer loudly. He has a mic in hand….)
TLA: ORALE ST. LOUIS!
(The crowd cheers….)
TLA: Your mero mero had to come out here because I think it’s time we finna get down to da the bitniss. See, when I beat La Reina at King of Elite, I promised, te promete to be a fighting champion against ALL comers. Look at this monstrositry, we looking at fuego all up in this bitch come Dia Del Diablo but not just that, see we talking about three mujeres, three strong and powerful, we talking about fuerte here in the women that are challenging for this title. Harper Lee….
(The fans boo at the sound of her name…)
TLA: Yeah, she’s a bitch. We have Veena Adams.
(The crowd even boo louder at the sound of her name….)
TLA: Yeah, she’s a bitch too. Then we have my homie,. Cameron Ella Ava!
(This time the crowd cheers at the sound of her name. TLA nods in approval.)
TLA: But friendships? They finna get thrown out the window. Chales buey, this this gonna be one of the toughest matches in your boys career because of the Towering Inferno and if you don’t know what that is? Well here… take a look.
(TLA points to the tron as it starts to play the video package of the Towering Inferno for Dia Del Diablo, the Showdown exclusive, when a voice is heard, a very dark and ominous voice as they start to show fires burning down buildings and homes.)
Voice: Fire is an element that you cannot escape, it ravages everything in its path. There is nothing that can stop it once it gets out of control. Once trapped inside, there is nowhere to go, nowhere to run, and all that is left is to perish within its scorching flames. So, the question is, what is the TOWERING INFERNO? It is the creation of the Devil.
(The footage starts to show cages being constructed, bigger than they normally are, but some smaller. There are a slew of weapons being shown, those that are mainly used to combat fires like pickaxes, hoses, and saws.)
Voice: The Towering Inferno will change the lives of four individuals, they will enter this abomination with one goal in mind, to survive and walk out as the Answers World Champion. What is the TOWERING INFERNO? It is three cages stacked on top of each other, the second level and first level smaller than the final level. Four individuals will climb fire ladders to the very top, they will start out in the first level, with weapons hanging all over the cages, once locked in it is when the fun begins.
(Now it shows the three cages stacked on one another, the various weapons hanging from it and there is a lever in each cage.
Voice: Each cage has a lever, once the lever is pressed, the weapons are released and the trap door is open. The object of the match is to get through the trap door until the next level, ah but there is a catch, you cannot open the trap door until the ten minute timer goes off. Once it is activated, an Elitist must escape to the next cage, and it repeats itself once again. The last person to not go through the trap door will be eliminated and….. trapped…..
(Suddenly various flames surround the ring and the three cages, if an individual is stuck in one of the cages, they must try to survive and not get burned until the match is over.)
Voice: When the final two land in the last level, the only way you can win is by pinfall or submission. Each level is unique, each Elitist must try to survive and escape the TOWERING INFERNO and the one who does? Becomes the Answers World Champion. The three that don’t?
(The flames ravage on as the cage starts to get engulfed in the fire….)
Voice: They will burn in hell.
(The voice starts to laugh as all you can hear is screams of those trapped in the Towering Inferno. The footage ends and shows TLA taking a deep breath knowing that this could be the most brutal match he has ever been in.)
TLA: Hurricane Hawk wanna burn a Mexicano, but that’s okay because I already went through hell with Kassidy Heart, I will go through it again!
(The crowd erupts in cheers when suddenly “7 Rings” by Ariana Grande starts to play throughout the arena, the crowd boos as Veena Adams still in her wrestling gear from her victorious match earlier is seen in all of her glory, walking down to the ring, and grabbing a mic….)
Deadprez: That didn’t take long and Veena Adams in her first World Title Main Event and she is going to take full advantage of it.
Eve: She really is and there is nothing stopping her now.
Gavin Kirkland: THE REAL KWEEN!
(Veena steps into the ring with mic in hand….)
Veena Adams: Pardon me, I’m still glistening from my victory earlier and the fact St. Louis is such a shit town to begin with.
(The crowd carpets Veena in boos…)
Veena Adams: Right… whatever. Okay, so let’s get this straight, we all saw the footage of the Towering Inferno and if there is ANYONE in this match that should be concerned about her safety it’s me. I’m worth more than you TLA or the other two skanks, I am Veena Adams and even though I have not been showcased properly for quite some time, look at me now. Let’s face facts muchacho….
TLA: … hombre.
Veena Adams: … muchacho. We have had our little feuds between you, Cameron and Charlie, but truth is, nothing was really settled. Then at King of Elite I proved just how worthy I am when a former Answers World Champion couldn’t beat me. Yeah you defeated Kassidy Heart…. YAWN…. Whatever. But like I told Cammy, I’m telling you the same thing…. This is VEENA’S TIME.
(The crowd continues to boo as TLA nods…)
TLA: Si mon heina. I get it Veena, the Answers World Championship is a new toy, you never been in this position, it’s exciting, this HOMBRE understands but I’m finna give you a little lesson right now in what it takes to be the Answers World Champion. This? Isn’t facile. It’s not easy, a pinche perra like you don’t get it.
(As they hear the word perra, the crowd explode in cheers as Veena’s facial expressions turn a bit sour and a scowl forms on her face….)
Veena Adams: You are calling me a bitch? TLA, what you are is a fad. Just like any other fad, sooner or later it fizzles away. Hurricane Hawk knows how valuable I am, the Empress of Elite tournament was an anomaly, I’m already KWEEN so why do I need a stupid crown. Listen to me very closely. I have had my ups and my downs, yes. Maybe some people feel I have never lived up to my potential, too busy trying to gain power running a brand than actually wrestling in it. But look at me now, even the General Manager decided I was too good for business and he basically allowed me to enter the Towering Inferno without a qualifying match… furthermore….
(But before Veena Adams could finish, ‘ULTRAnumb’ by Blue Stahli starts to play throughout the arena as Cameron Ella Ava walks out to the cheers of the fans. Veena Adams turns quickly with a look of disgust as Cameron beelines to the ring…)
Deadprez: And business is about to pick up! Cameron is coming down to the ring and she looks hella determined to make a statement and after hearing Veena, she has had enough!
Eve: Cameron and Veena have continued this rivalry for the better part of this season and nothing is going to change, both women want to be World Champion!
Gavin Kirkland: Now we have MILF! The ring is filling up quick and I love it!
(Cameron slides in and TLA hands her the mic, standing face to face with Veena….)
Cameron Ella Ava: I have had just about enough, listening to this shit. You did NOTHING to qualify for this match! To be honest, after what I saw in the Main Event? Ronan would have beaten you.
(The crowd oh’s as Veena rolls her eyes….)
Cameron Ella Ava: You may think this match is just about the Answers World Championship, but it is a lot more, it is about US. We have some unfinished business here and it’s time that we settled it and I can’t think of a better time than now! Because when it is all said and done, TLA knows that when we step inside the Towering Inferno, the friendship is out the window!
(Looking over her shoulder, TLA nods, and Cameron then steps right up Veena Adams who starts to laugh….)
Veena Adams: Cam…. Cam……
PLONK!
Deadprez: VEENA ADAMS JUST STRUCK CAMERON ELLEA AVA IN THE HEAD WITH THE MIC AND SHE TACKLED HER DOWN! CAMERON AND VEENA ARE NOW BRAWLING ON THE MAT AND THEY ROLL TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE RING, TLA IS WATCHING THE COMMOTION!
(Veena and Cameron are back up to their feet both laying waste on each other, they continuously bombard and pepper one another with stiff rights and lefts, the referee’s and officials are coming out to separate the two….)
Eve: THIS HAS BROKEN DOWN COMPLETELY AND BOTH CAMERON AND VEENA ARE BEATING THE HELL OUT OF ONE ANOTHER!
Gavin Kirkland: CATFIGHT! CATFIGHT! CATFIGHT!
(The two women continue to brawl as they now turn the fight up the rampway as TLA looks on, the crowd cheers, some start to scream as TLA looks at the brawl….)
Deadprez: HOUSE OF BALLOONS! HARPER LEE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE DURING THE DISTRACTION AND SHE JUST LAID OUT THE ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION! TLA IS ON THE MAT WRITHING IN PAIN, TRYING TO GET UP BUT HARPER TRAPS HIS ARMS, SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR! TLA IS OUT AND HARPER LEE STANDS OVER HIM WITH A HUGE SMILE ON HER FACE!
Eve: NOBODY SAW HARPER LEE COMING AND SHE JUST LAID OUT THE WORLD CHAMPION AND LOOK AT HER! CAMERON AND VEENA ARE STILL BRAWLING AND HARPER LIFTS THE ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN ONE HAND, SHE LIFTS THE SPECIALISTS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE OTHER, STANDING OVER THE FALLEN TLA AND ARE WE SEEING A PREVIEW OF THINGS TO COME!?
Gavin Kirkland: Soccer Mom as a dual champion!? Please no….
Deadprez: That is it for us here tonight! Thank you for joining us on Showdown and we will see you next week LIVE from the Alamo Dome for DIA DEL DIABLO! Goodnight everyone!
(The final shot is of Harper Lee standing over TLA holding up both championships with the rain of boos from the fans in the arena, before she cracks a smile.)
(EAW Logo Buzzes)
