(EAW Intro plays…)
(RECAP–The recap replays all the Showdown action from Madrid, Spain. First, Roberto De La Rosa defeats Mary S. Atlas by submission. Then we have Komatsu Ogawa defeating Lucas Johnson before transitioning towards the first week of the Xander Payne “Best of the World” Open Challenge as he defeats the Campeon de España El Toro de Madrid. After that we have Veena Adams getting a win against Xerxes Godfrey. After the match, she keeps attacking Xerxes before Roberto De La Rosa makes the save. Then we have Jon Kelton defeating Harley Lewis with National Elite Champion Donovan Duke as the Special Guest Referee. After that match, Donovan and Jon end up in a fight that officials break up. Then in an interview with Kyra Phillips, Answers World Champion Impact throws out an open challenge for ANYBODY on the Showdown roster to step up and challenge him.Then we have Holly Arrow defeating Abel Atami. Back, Hawk and Heidi name Chris Elite the team captain of the Showdown five person team at Territorial Invasion. Finally, New Breed Champion Alex Myers defeats Ryan Wilson after an interference by Antonne Prudence backfires. After the match, Ryan is attacked by Kassidy Heart as she claims that if anybody can bring victory home to Showdown, it’s her and she stands over Ryan Wilson as the recap ends…)
(“Brick Wall” by A Day to Remember plays throughout the arena while the camera pans across the loud and sold out crowd on their feet at the Palazzo Dello Sport in Rome, Italy. The camera takes its time panning throughout the arena showing all the faithful EAW fans in attendance that are filling up the sold out arena holding up their colorful and creative signs and wearing the shirts and other merchandise of the many EAW Elitists before settling down at ringside where Eve, Deadprez, and Gavin Kirkland are sitting at the commentary table ready to call all the amazing Showdown action.)
Deadprez: We are on the road to the next big events of Showdown’s Monumental Season 16. Welcome everyone! This is SATURDAY! NIGHT! SHOWDOWN! We are coming to you live in the Palazzo Dello Sport in the ETERNAL CITY…ROME, ITALY! I’m Deadprez and as always alongside Gavin Kirkland and Eve, we are here to call all the action that the blue brand has to offer.
Gavin Kirkland: You got that right! Tonight the blue brand is going to do what they do best and that is WRESTLE! There is so much action tonight that I am already excited! We have a huge tag team match with the National Elite Champion Donovan Duke teaming with his Number One Contender, Jon Kelton, to take on Showdown Territorial Invasion Team Captain Adam Lucas and his partner and future teammate Mr. Cash in the Vault, Jake Smith.
Eve: Almost a case of “Can they Coexist?” here tonight. But we also have the Xander Payne “Best of the World” Open Challenge back again this week. Who will step up to the plate? Who knows?
Gavin Kirkland: We also have the determined Lucas Johnson looking to build some momentum tonight as he takes on the skillful and dangerous Lexi in singles action. We also have Jack Ripley, who is looking to get back to his winning ways against a competitor who is on a roll since returning to EAW with Komatsu Ogawa
Deadprez: That match will no doubt be explosive and so will these next two matches. Both of them are main event quality matchups. First we have Champion vs. Champion action with the Answers World Champion Impact taking on the very tough New Breed Champion Alex Myers. Finally…OHHHH this is going to be HUGE! We have the Universal Women’s Championship ON THE LINE HERE TONIGHT! It should have happened at Midsummer Massacre, but now we have it. It is the Universal Women’s Champion Harper Lee defending against the woman she beat for the title, Andrea Valentine. Andrea is looking to become a 3- time World Champion here tonight. Can she do it? We’ll find out. Right now, let’s take it to our ring announcer Gina Romano for the introductions of our opening contest.
(The camera then cuts to Gina Romano standing in the middle of the ring, ready to announce the opening contest of Saturday Night Showdown.)
( The scene fades to the ring with the one and only Gina Romano standing in the middle of the ring with a microphone in her hand. )
Gina Romano: THE OPENING TAG TEAM MATCH HAS A TWENTY MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND IS SCHEDULED FOR…
Crowd: ONE FALL!
( ‘You Know My Name’ by Chris Cornell hits the speakers as Adam Lucas makes his way out to the stage to a mixed reaction. He walks down to the ring, and ‘Polaris’ by BLUE ENCOUNT replaces Adam’s theme music as Mr. Cash In The Vault, Jake Smith, makes his way following Adam Lucas down to the ring. )
Gina Romano: FIRST! FROM NEW YORK… WEIGHING IN AT 231 POUNDS… HE’S ‘THE NEXT LEVEL’… ADAMMMMMM LUCASSSSSSSSSS!… AND HIS PARTNER FROM ATHERTON, CALIFORNIA!… WEIGHING IN AT 210 POUNDS… HE’S MR. CASH IN THE VAULT… ‘THE NEW’… JAKEEEEEEEEEEEE SMITHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Here come two team Showdown members, Adam Lucas and Jake Smith. Recently, these two just had their match with Xander Payne at Midsummer Massacre. These two are still yet to really be on the same page as their oppositions like Donovan Duke and Jon Kelton.
Deadprez: Pretty sure there is no team in this match that are good together but tonight, both teams have to co-exist to get through today and earn themselves a victory. Question, which team would be the one to do it?
Eve: This would be a great opening to Showdown here tonight is all I know. Both teams require very talented elitists so I can tell that this is going to be a great tag team match.
( Jake signals Adam to get behind the ropes then ‘Last Strike’ by Polo G plays throughout the arena as Jon Kelton makes his way to the ring with Londyn Zelaya on his side. After that, ‘The Outsiders’ by Eric Church replaces Kelton’s theme music as the National Elite Champion, Donovan Duke, makes his way and follows Kelton down to the ring. )
Gina Romano: NEXT! ACCOMPANIED BY LONDYN ZELAYA… FROM TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA… WEIGHING IN AT 204 POUNDS… HE’S ‘THE CHOSEN ONE’… JONNNNNNNNNNN KELTONNNNNNNNNN!… AND HIS PARTNER FROM STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA!… WEIGHING IN AT 212 POUNDS…HE’S THE CURRENT NATIONAL ELITE CHAMPION ‘THE OKLAHOMA GENTLEMAN’… DonovanNNNNNNNNNNN DUKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Here come the National Elite Champion, Donovan Duke and his upcoming challenger, Jon Kelton. These two seem to be displeased with each other due to Kelton who is the number one contender for the title and Donovan who will have to fight him soon to protect him title away from his hands!
Deadprez: True. However, these two still have to co-exist which each other to save themselves from embarrassment here tonight against Jake Smith and Adam Lucas. Would they be able to do that?
Eve: These two are professional so I’m sure they will be fine in this match so as Jake and Adam. They know what this is all about and they are going to do it for a win for their team tonight!
( Donovan’s music fades out. Kelton signals Donovan to get behind the ropes. Donovan doesn’t think much of Kelton then goes behind the ropes as this match will start off with Kelton and Jake as a legal man. )
(DING DING DING!)
Deadprez: And the match starts! This is going to be a great start for Showdown tonight! Jake and Kelton are two legal men who will be kicking this off first. Jake begins to circle to the side so as Kelton. Both men come and join together with a collar and elbow tie-up. Kelton can push Jake back to the ropes but Jake quickly pulls himself away, goes for Kelton’s legs, and looks for a sliding dropkick to Kelton’s legs.
Gavin Kirkland: Jake slides down but Kelton ducks to the side, picks Jake back to his feet, sends Jake to the ropes, and looks for ‘Final Atonement’ !!!-
Eve: Jake uses both arms to hang on the top rope. Kelton misses it, he sprints up to Jake instead but Jake moves out of his way. Kelton’s chest hits the ropes and Jake strikes Kelton to the back of his head with a Bicycle Kick!
Deadprez: Kelton falls down to his knees and holds the back of his head in pain. Jake picks him up, sends Kelton to the corner, runs down to Kelton and clashes him with a corner dropkick! Jake rises back to his feet and quickly connects Kelton with a Step-Up Enzuigiri!
Gavin Kirkland: Well that was a lot of damage, folks! Too much impact from those moves, even Kelton has to roll the outside of the ring after those moves. Jake looks a little disappointed that Kelton has already run away from him. Jake follows Kelton to the outside and tries to bring him back.
Deadprez: Jake grabs Kelton’s head from behind but Kelton sends Jake to the ring post in front of him instead! Jake’s face crashes into the ring post! Kelton quickly pushes Jake back inside the ring. Kelton rolls back inside the ring, runs up to the ropes, hops onto the second rope, and connects with a Lionsault!
Eve: It connected but that doesn’t mean Kelton is done with his business! Kelton pops back to his feet right after he takes Jake down with a Lionsault, Kelton pulls Jake back immediately and sends him down to the mat with a Spinebuster!
Gavin Kirkland: That has to hurt! But no matter how painful this will be, one of them has to determine a pinfall or submission to declare themselves a victory for their team. Kelton rolls down to the corner while Jake struggles to get back to his feet. Kelton charges it up and looks for a Running single knee strike at Jake!-
Deadprez: Jake stops him with a rolling elbow! Jake turns around and connects him with a discus clothesline- Kelton blocks it! Kelton kicks Jake to his gut and looks for a Twist of Fate!- JAKE REVERSES IT INTO A BACKSTABBER ON HIS OWN! SMART COUNTER BY MR. CASH IN THE VAULT!
Eve: Jake gets back to his feet and drags Kelton over to his team’s corner where we could see Adam standing on the apron…
TAG!
Gavin Kirkland: Jake makes a tag and here comes the Next Level, Adam Lucas! Adam pulls Kelton, makes him lean his back against the corner, and blows a discus punch right across his jaw! Adam pulls Kelton from the corner, turns Kelton around and sends Kelton down to the mat with a German Suplex! Kelton is down and Adam goes for a quick cover, telling Jake that he has things handled from here!
ONEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Eve: Jon Kelton kicks out, and Jake didn’t look impressed by that at all! Kelton kicks out but Adam pops back from behind Kelton and quickly puts him down into a sleeper hold! Kelton is in danger! This is not a good spot to be in and Donovan Duke tries to reach his hand for help!
Deadprez: That’s totally useless, Eve! Adam locks up Kelton in the middle of the ring. Donovan has no choice. Donovan runs into both men and breaks them up! Donovan proceeds to stomp on Adam and the referee tries to tell him to get back behind the ropes!
Donovan raises his hands and then slowly gets back to where he is supposed to be.
Gavin Kirkland: Kelton tries to crawl down to the corner to recover but Adam slowly rises back to his feet, and drags Kelton down to the middle of the ring. Adam picks Kelton back to his feet and looks for a spinebuster!-
Eve: Kelton with a back elbow to the side of Adam’s head! Adam lets him off, and Kelton quickly takes this chance to snatch Adam and sends him down to the mat with a Sit-out Brainbuster! Adam holds the back to his head in pain and Kelton backs away-
TAG!
Deadprez: AND DONOVAN TAGS HIMSELF IN! The current National Elite Champion is now a legal man in this match! Donovan runs down to Adam, picks him back to his feet, and Northern Lights Suplex to Adam! Adam is still in pain after taking a sitout brainbuster but that doesn’t back Donovan away from this match at all! Donovan runs over to Adam and picks him back to his feet once again. Donovan sets it all up, and Dragon Suplex to Adam!
Gavin Kirkland: Donovan feels the chance for him to apply a high-flying move here, folks! Donovan walks over to the corner and climbs up to the top rope! Donovan turns his back on Adam and flies off the top rope with a beautiful moonsault-
Eve: Donovan, look out! Jake runs down from the side on the apron and hits Donovan’s right foot with a superkick from the apron! Donovan’s back lands on the top turnbuckle and ends up falling off it down to the mat!
Deadprez: Donovan attempts to get back to his feet even though he’s still hurt from falling off the top turnbuckle but look! Adam Lucas is fully recovered and targeting Donovan who’s still lying down on the mat! Adam hoists Donovan up and takes him down to the mat with a German Suplex!
Gavin Kirkland: Adam uses this chance to crawl over to his corner!
Jake Smith: (off-mic) It really doesn’t look like you have this all under control.
(Adam just rolls his eyes before tagging Jake in.)
TAG!
Eve: Annnnd Mr. Cash In The Vault is on his way! Jake pulls the National Elite Champion back to his feet and sends a knee to his gut. Jake tosses Donovan over to the corner, he runs up and connects with a corner Shinning Wizard! Jake snatches Donovan down to the middle of the ring and proceeds to take Donovan down with a Package Piledriver!
Deadprez: Jake successfully takes Donovan down then gets back to his feet and takes Kelton down at the apron with a basement dropkick to both of Kelton’s legs! Jake pops back to his feet, Donovan is still trying to get back to his feet even though he’s not in his best form. Jake runs up to Donovan and sends a punt kick, cracking Donovan’s skull! Donovan is down, and Jake goes for a pin!
ONEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!-
Gavin Kirkland: Donovan Duke gets his shoulder up in time!
Eve: Jake looks down at Donovan after he is kicked out but that didn’t surprise Jake much as he knows deep down that the National Elite Champion like Donovan won’t be easy to take down. Jake slowly ascends back to his feet while Donovan is still trying to crawl down to the rope to use it to pull himself back to his feet.
Gavin Kirkland: It takes too long and it just nothing but annoys Jake. Jake pulls Donovan back to his feet, sets him up, and Double Arm Suplex on Donovan!-
Deadprez: Donovan uses his right leg to stop Jake’s movement. Donovan twists Jake by his left arm, pulls Jake in and turns Jake’s Double Arm Suplex into a Belly to Belly Suplex!
Eve: Jake holds his back and yells out in pain! Donovan rises back to his feet slowly, runs back to Jake, and looks for a dropkick but Jake rolls down to the side. Jake hops back to his feet, runs over to the ropes, rebounds back, and jumps up to Donovan for a Shotgun Dropkick- POWERBOMB COUNTER! Donovan WITH A POWERBOMB, CATCHES JAKE IN A MID-AIR AT THE MOMENT HE JUMPED FOR A MOVE! Donovan HOLDS ON TO JAKE AND GOES FOR A PIN!
ONEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
THRE-
Gavin Kirkland: Kick out by Mr. Cash In The Vault!
( Donovan rolls away from Jake after he is kicked out. Donovan takes his time off and slowly recovers himself at the corner while Jake is trying to get back to his feet on his own in the middle of the ring. )
Deadprez: Kelton gets back to the apron and he makes a tag as he sees that none of them will fight each other soon so he will do it instead. Kelton sends a stomp on Jake’s gut and then picks him back to his feet. Kelton sends Jake over to the corner, Kelton runs down and connects Jake with a corner spear!
Eve: Jake holds his gut and falls down to the mat. Kelton runs down to Adam and sends him outside with a forearm smash! Adam falls off the apron, and Kelton shifts his target back to Jake who tries to get himself back to his feet. Kelton points down to Jake, runs up and looks for a Canadian destroyer!
Gavin Kirkland: OH!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOUBLE KNEE FACEBREAKER BY JAKE SMITH! KELTON RUNS INTO JAKE’S MOVE, CAUSING HIM TO UNCONSCIOUSLY DOWN TO THE MAT! JAKE SLOWLY RISES BACK TO HIS FEET AND LOOK! FROM BEHIND! DONOVAN RUNS UP TO THE FRONT, HOPS OFF THE ROPES AND TAKES JAKE DOWN WITH A HANDSPRING STUNNER!!!
Deadprez: DONOVAN TOOK JAKE DOWN AND ADAM COMES FROM BEHIND. DONOVAN WON’T REALIZE UNTIL HE TURNS AROUND AND ADAM MEETS HIM WITH ‘LEVEL UP’ !!!! POP UP POWERBOMB, SENDING DONOVAN INTO THE DREAMLAND! DONOVAN ROLLS DOWN TO OUTSIDE THE RING, ADAM DRAGS JAKE BY HIS HAND AND PUTS IT OVER KELTON’S BODY AS THE REFEREE STARTS TO COUNT!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Eve: Jon Kelton with a kick out!
Gavin Kirkland: After Kelton escapes with a kick-out, both men are trying to get back to their feet on their own. Jake pushes himself off the mat slowly and tiredly so as Kelton… Jake finally gets back to his feet and sends a football kick to Kelton’s chest! Kelton holds down his chest and replies to Jake with a chop right across his chest too! Jake holds his chest and turns back to Kelton with a Thrust kick to his gut!
Eve: Jake holds down his chest and runs down to the ropes!- ‘OBLIVION’ !!! RUNNING METEORA, CATCHING JAKE IN A MID-RUN! KELTON TAKES HIM DOWN AND PROCEEDS TO GO FOR A PINFALL!-
Deadprez: ADAM PULLS KELTON OFF JAKE FROM BEHIND AND SENDS KELTON FLIES ACROSS THE RING WITH A GERMAN SUPLEX! Adam hops over to Jake, grabs him by his wrist, pulls him down over to his team’s corner as Adam goes under the top rope…
TAG!
Gavin Kirkland: Adam makes the tag, likely looking to prove Jake wrong as he enters the ring and goes straight to Kelton. Kelton tries to get back to his feet after taking a german suplex from Adam at the corner… STINGER SPLASH BY ADAM! ADAM LETS KELTON WALKS UNCONSCIOUSLY OFF THE CORNER AND CONNECTS HIM WITH A SPINEBUSTER! ADAM HOOKS KELTON’S LEG AND GOES FOR A PIN!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
THR-
Eve: Again! Jon Kelton kicks out in time!-
Deadprez: WAIT LOOK! ADAM IMMEDIATELY GETS BACK TO HIS FEET AFTER KELTON IS KICKED OUT AND TRIES TO PUT KELTON DOWN WITH ‘LUCAS LOCK’ !!! SHARPSHOOTER INCOMING!!!-
Gavin Kirkland: DONOVAN DUKE IS HERE! HE SLIDES BACK INSIDE THE RING, HOPS BACK TO HIS FEET AND KNOCKS ADAM OUT WITH ‘DEALER’S CHOICE’ !!! SPINNING BACK FIST SENDING ADAM DOWN TO THE MAT!!!-
Eve: JAKE STALKS FROM BEHIND, SPINS DUKE AROUND AND ‘STARMAKER’!!!- DONOVAN HOLDS IT ON AND SENDS JAKE DOWN TO THE MAT WITH A DRAGON SUPLEX!
Deadprez: IT LANDED! JAKE HOLDS THE BACK OF HIS NECK IN PAIN. KELTON RECOVERS BACK TO HIS FEET, COMES FROM BEHIND, TURNS HIM AROUND, POPS HIM ON HIS SHOULDERS, AND SENDS JAKE DOWN TO THE MAT WITH A F10 FACEBUSTER!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Jake is out and now his partner, Adam, is pulling the corner and getting himself back to his feet at the corner. Donovan signals Kelton to turn their target on Adam!
Donovan Duke: (off-mic) Get Adam!
Jon Kelton: (off-mic) I don’t need you trying to tell me what to do!
Donovan Duke: Just do it!
Gavin Kirkland: KELTON RUNS UP AND LOOKS FOR A CORNER SPEAR BUT ADAM NOTICES IT IN TIME AND SENDS KELTON RIGHT INTO THE RINGPOST! DONOVAN SEES THAT THIS ISN’T GOOD FOR HIS TEAM AS HE RUNS UP TO ADAM-
Eve: ADAM CATCHES DUKE WITH A DISCUS PUNCH, PUSHES DONOVAN TO THE ROPES, QUICKLY GRABS KELTON AND THROWS KELTON AT DONOVAN! DONOVAN GETS HIT BY KELTON WHO GOT THROWN BY ADAM AND FALLS DOWN TO THE MAT! ADAM CONTINUES TO GRAB KELTON, TURNS HIM AROUND TO FACE HIM AND ‘HONOR BOMB’ TO KELTON! KELTON IS DOWN AND ADAM GOES FOR A PIN ONE MORE TIME!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Deadprez: JON KELTON LIFTS HIS SHOULDER UP!
Gavin Kirkland: These two teams have been putting out a great match here tonight, ladies and gentlemen! We have yet to determine the true winners of this match but soon, someone will! Adam finds nobody to make a tag because Jake is still recovering from those moves he took. Adam has no choice but to push himself off the mat while Kelton is still trying to get back to his feet from ‘Honor Bomb’ either!
Eve: Adam finally gets back to both feet and waits next to Kelton to hit him with a move… ADAM JUMPS UP FOR A STANDING DROPKICK AT KELTON BUT KELTON MOVES TO THE SIDE, QUICKLY PICKS ADAM BACK TO HIS FEET, AND SENDS HIM DOWN TO THE MAT WITH A TWIST OF FATE!
Deadprez: ADAM IS DOWN BY KELTON’S TWIST OF FATE BUT KELTON ISN’T GOING FOR A PINFALL! KELTON CRAWLS OVER TO HIS TEAM’S CORNER TO MAKE A TAG WITH DONOVAN WHO IS WAITING FOR HIM TO MAKE A TAG!!..
TAG!
Gavin Kirkland: TAG! DONOVAN IS NOW A LEGAL MAN! DONOVAN JOGS OVER TO ADAM, PICKS ADAM BACK TO HIS FEET FROM THE FRONT AND STUNS HIM WITH A SITOUT JAWBREAKER! ADAM HOLDS DOWN HIS JAW AND TURNS AROUND FOR DONOVAN… DONOVAN TURNS ADAM ALL AROUND, POPS HIM UP IN THE AIR AND ‘DRAWING DEA-
Eve: KITCHEN SINK FROM JAKE SMITH TO DONOVAN’S GUT WHILE HE GOT ADAM UP IN THE AIR!
Jake Smith: (off-mic, towards Adam) You’re welcome!
Eve: JAKE CONTINUES TO PICK DONOVAN UP. JAKE SIGNALS ADAM TO GET BACK TO HIS FEET. ADAM RISES BACK, JAKE THROWS DONOVAN AT ADAM AND ADAM HITS DONOVAN WITH A ENZUIGIRI KICK! DONOVAN STUMBLES BACKWARDLY TOWARD JAKE. JAKE SEIZES DONOVAN, AND LIFTS HIM UP FOR A PENDULUM BACKBREAKER!-
Deadprez: WAIT! WAIT! KELTON FROM BEHIND JAKE! HE PULLS JAKE AWAY FROM DONOVAN… ‘AVADA KEDAVRA’ !!!!!!! HEADLOCK DRIVER, SPIKING JAKE’S HEAD TO THE MAT!!!-
Gavin Kirkland: Kelton successfully took him down with his signature… LOOK UP TO THE AIR, GUYS!!!! ADAM FLIES OFF THE TOP ROPE AND TAKES KELTON DOWN WITH A SPRINGBOARD CLOTHESLINE!!!
Eve: ADAM ROLLS BACK TO HIS FEET INSTANTLY AFTER TAKING KELTON DOWN WITH A SPRINGBOARD MOVE INTO ‘GAMBLER’S ROULETTE’ BY DONOVAN DUKE! A GIANT SWING CONNECTS ADAM! ADAM FALLS TO THE MAT AND Donovan GOES FOR A PIN ON ADAM LUCAS! WOULD THIS BE IT FOR HIS TEAM???
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: ADAM LUCAS LIFTS HIS SHOULDER UP! THE MATCH CONTINUES!
Deadprez: What a match that has been through this match so far. I can’t believe that this is still going, what a way to kick off Showdown here tonight! Donovan crawls over to the bottom and tries to reach it. Adam is still down to the mat after taking a massive Giant Swing from Donovan Duke. Donovan grabs the second rope and pulls himself back to both feet. Donovan leans at the corner, and yells at Adam to sense him to get back to his feet. Adam slowly rises back to his knees….
Eve: DONOVAN RUSHES DOWN TO ADAM FOR A SLIDING LARIAT BUT ADAM MOVES OUT OF HIS WAY! DONOVAN MISSES AND RUNS INTO JAKE! WHERE THE HELL DID JAKE COME FROM???
Gavin Kirkland: WE HAVE ZERO IDEAS! JAKE POPS DONOVAN UP ON HIS SHOULDERS AND SENDS HIM DOWN TO THE MAT WITH AN USHIGOROSHI! DONOVAN GETS SET IN A SEATED POSITION- ADAM RUNS DOWN AND PUTS DONOVAN INTO ‘ICONIC’ !!! A TRIANGLE CHOKE!-
Deadprez: WAIT, KELTON IS BACK! KELTON GRABS ADAM FROM BEHIND AND TAKES HIM DOWN WITH A ROLLING CUTTER! ADAM IS DOWN. KELTON HOPS BACK TO HIS FEET AND JAKE RUNS OVER DONOVAN’S BODY AND THEN SENDS A SHINING WIZARD TO KELTON, TAKING HIM DOWN!
Eve: ‘ETHER’ IN REVERSAL!! KELTON CATCHES JAKE IN A MID-AIR AND TURNS HIM INTO AN ARM-TRAPPED CROSSFACE ON HIS OWN! UNFORTUNATELY, KELTON IS NOT A LEGAL MAN, THAT MEANS NOTHING TO THIS MATCH AT ALL!
( Kelton has Jake locked up tightly with ‘Ether,’ but Donovan runs down and pushes Kelton away from Jake. Kelton gets pushed away and looks at Donovan in confusion. )
Jon Kelton: (off-mic Bro, what are you doing?
Donovan Duke: (off-mic) Do you want us to get disqualified? You’re not the legal man get back in your corner!
( Donovan looks at Kelton in anger and points at his team’s corner for Kelton to tell him to get back and stand where he is supposed to be. Kelton refuses, gets back to his feet immediately and starts to argue with Donovan. )
Jon Kelton: (off-mic) You don’t see that I’m trying to help? Unless you want us to lose, stop getting in the way.
Donovan Duke: (off-mic) Please just go.
Jon Kelton: (off-mic) Shut up!-
Gavin Kirkland: ADAM COMES FROM BEHIND AND PUSHES KELTON AT DONOVAN! KELTON CONFUSEDLY LOOKS DOWN AT DONOVAN! HE HAS NO IDEA HOW THAT HAPPENED!
Deadprez: KELTON TURNS AROUND, BUT JAKE GETS BACK TO HIS FEET AND TAKES HIM DOWN FROM BEHIND WITH ‘SO LONG AND GOODNIGHT’ !!!! JAKE PUSHES KELTON DOWN TO OUTSIDE THE RING AND PROTECTS HIM FROM INTERRUPTING THE MATCH BY KEEPING HIS EYES ON KELTON. ADAM PICKS DONOVAN BACK TO HIS FEET, AND THROWS HIM TO THE ROPES….
Eve: POP-UP, RIGHT INTO THE CUTTER!!! ‘THE NEXT LEVEL’ CONNECTS ON Donovan! ADAM DROPS DOWN FOR A COVER TO GAIN A VICTORY FOR HIS TEAM!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
(DING DING DING!)
Gina Romano: HERE ARE YOUR WINNERS…. ADAM LUCAS AND ‘MR. CASH IN THE VAULT, JAKE SMITH!
Gavin Kirkland: What a way to kick Showdown off here tonight which is such an impressive match from these two teams! However, Kelton and Donovan had an issue during this match caused Donovan to eat a pinfall from Adam.
Deadprez: In the end Jake and Adam was the better team, and that’s saying something seeing how those two kept trying to one up each other and prove something.
( ‘You Know My Name’ by Chris Cornell hits the arena as Adam Lucas rises back to his feet. Jake grabs his Cash In The Vault Briefcase and rolls back inside the ring with it. The referee raises both men’s arms up in the air, and Jake and Adam both look at each other, knowing that both men wanted to prove the same thing to each other throughout the match. Jon Kelton is down outside of the ring frustrated, and from there Showdown fades out.)
( Following a brief commercial break, cameras are backstage in the locker-room of the captain for Showdown’s Territorial Invasion team, Chris Elite! Last week, we saw Chris converse with both Hurricane Hawk and Heidi Huxley. Chris felt that he let people down in the build-up to his match against Impact at Midsummer Massacre, he even went as far as to apologize for his performance! But management felt a little differently about Chris’ performance, praising him for his efforts against the ten-time World champion. Elite’s spirits were still a little under the weather, but all of that changed when Hurricane Hawk not only made him captain for team Showdown as they head into brand warfare at Territorial Invasion, but gave him free reign on who to pick as the members on his team too! )
( Chris is situated in his locker-room, eyes glued into a monitor. He’s watching a replay of the opening tag team match from tonight’s show, where Adam Lucas and Jake Smith faced Donovan Duke and Jon Kelton in tag team action! These men are four of the best Showdown have to offer, so it’s no wonder the match was such a close, high-octane encounter. Chris’ viewing is interrupted however, as a back-and-forth gradually building in pitch takes his attention elsewhere. Chris shakes his head, walking over and swinging his locker-room door open to look outside. It’s the National Elite champion, Donovan Duke and the man he’ll be facing at Dead Men Tell No Tales, Jon Kelton! Their conversation is now audible and it’s quite heated! )
Jon Kelton: We needed to work better together in that match, you’re letting what’s going to go down in the future influence what you’re doing now and it’s costing us, Duke! We should have had that match wrapped up quickly. Barely got out of there with my face intact.
Donovan Duke: Me? I’m the one costing us? Jon, you’ve been one-foot-in and one-foot-out for months now. Don’t talk to me about commitment and influence, I show up week-in and week-out for this company and I do my best in that ring, always. I showed that tonight, you didn’t.
Jon Kelton: If only I got that version of you as my tag team partner tonight. You weren’t anything close to the man I’ve seen fighting, defending that National Elite Championship. Don’t you dare insinuate I didn’t give it my all tonight. I wasn’t holding back, I was trying my best to work with my tag team partner and he failed me.
Donovan Duke: Hah, well at Dead Men Tell No Tales, that version of me is the last thing you’ll see before you’re left staring up at the lights, a loser. Though, hey man, that’s sort of the story of your career recently isn’t it? No disrespect intended.
Jon Kelton: Aye, you know what? Why wait until then? Why don’t you and I take this outside and we can settle this right now. I’m not gonna let you mouth off to me after that horror-show of a performance. I was focused on us showing out. But you clearly didn’t want to gel with me and you can’t act like that against tough guys like Adam and Jake.
( Donovan Duke and Jon Kelton begin to square up to one-another. It’s clear their issues with team work in the tag match are a driving force behind the anger being demonstrated here. Both men believe that the other is at fault, their disjointed display falls on both shoulders. Donovan Duke proceeds to push Jon Kelton, who’s facial expression turns sour. Before Kelton can retaliate, Chris Elite intervenes, keeping both men apart. Both Donovan and Jon seem a little shocked at this, but for now they put down their swords, allowing Chris to begin to speak. )
Chris Elite: Easy, easy. I know you guys want to tear each other limb from limb, maybe you’re right to do that. But this isn’t the place and it’s definitely not the time. You guys have a match soon! There’s no point letting things boil over now and perhaps being punished for it. I am sure that outing was frustrating for you, I actually was just watching things on the monitor back there. But Showdown talent needs to stick together, have no hard feelings with Territorial Invasion a few weeks out, trust me, I’ve been here for a long, long time. It’s more important than you’d think to go into that event aligned with each-other and trusting your fellow brand members.
Chris Elite: How about this, give me a second. You two face at Dead Men Tell No Tales. Have your match, show out and squash this beef. After, though? It stops. The moment the bell rings you guys need to be good with each other, because I want both of you on Showdown’s team for brand warfare. Kelton, you’re an incredible wrestler, same goes to you Donovan. I’m trying to build the best team I can, but I can’t have that team if neither of you are on it. There’s obviously issues here, clear them up and then let’s kill it at Territorial Invasion.
( Silence fills the corridor, that is until Chris Elite extends a hand and Donovan Duke, without much thought, reaches an arm out to accept it! )
Donovan Duke: I don’t need much more convincing than that, I’m in, I’ll happily represent Showdown alongside you, no matter who else is on the team.
( Donovan shakes Chris’ hand, then nods his head in Jon’s direction. The National Elite champion proceeds to walk off, leaving Jon and Chris to their own devices. Jon however, isn’t as enthusiastic as Donovan to shake Chris’ hand. He waits for a couple of seconds, conflicted expression on his facial features. But eventually, Jon Kelton too shakes Chris’ hand! Jon walks off soon after in the opposing direction to the man he teamed with to open tonight’s show, leaving Chris Elite satisfied. Two fine acquisitions for his Showdown team, with three of five members selected he only needs two more recruits for the bout at Territorial Invasion! )
(The camera transitions to ringside.)
Gavin Kirkland: What night so far here in Rome and we’ve only really just started to boot! Hell of an opening contest already and we learned who Jon Kelton would be picking for our very own showdowns team.
Deadprez: Next though we got the very Best in the world coming out here to continue his open challenge.
Eve: I wonder who will accept it tonight?
(The EAW Cameras float over the Italian crowd capturing their attention and causing them to cheer as they see themselves on the big screen. The focus quickly switches however to the ring where Gina Romano stands with mic in hand…)
Gina Romano: Ladies and gentlemen… Please, at this time stand to your feet and welcome The Best in the World – XANDER PAYNE!!!
(It Follows by Cain Hill hits over the P.A System and the moment it does, the EAW crowd erupts into a sea of boos. The entrance video of his begins to play showcasing incredible feats in and out of the ring. But the eyes shift from the screen and the focus now is on the stage as the curtains part ways and slowly and methodically out walks Xander Payne with an unamused look on his face.)
Eve: Well he is certainly dressed to compete tonight.
(The crowd continues to jeer the Canadian superstar who now begins to slowly walk down towards the ring taking his time in the process while looking at fans closest to him in disgust.)
Gavin Kirkland: The Italian fans here tonight letting Xander know what they think about him, and the Best Wrestler in the World is just shaking his head.
(Xander reaches the bottom of the ramp and confidently walks around the ring paying no mind to those vocal fans in the front row. He stops at the announcers table and takes a mic from there before giving Deadprez, Eve and Gavin a look. He then slowly backs up towards the ring and rolls in via the bottom rope and getting back to his feet.)
Deadprez: Can’t say I liked that look he gave us.
Gavin Kirkland; Speak for yourself, he wasn’t looking at me man. That was all you.
Eve: No it wasn’t.
Gavin Kirkland: Then we should probably say a lot of nice things about him so he can listen back later.
(Gina stands in a corner with her microphone raised to reintroduce Xander but The Best Wrestler in the World interjects.)
Gina Romano: Ladies an-
Xander Payne: NO! I DON’T NEED YOU TO SPEAK FOR ME GINA. In fact, get out of my ring right now.
(Xander feigns a lunge which gets a shriek from Gina who quickly exits the ring as fast as her high heels can carry her. The EAW fans boo loudly but Xander ignores them entirely and begins to talk over them.)
Xander Payne: Shut UP! Where do you get off sitting here with your little ticket for the show and booing me, BOOING The Best WRESTLER in the World?! You PAID to see me, ME! You should be thankful that I am here in this God Awful country bringing my open challenge to entertain your abysmal lives.
(The Crowd boo’s louder.)
Eve: Xander not holding back tonight, everyone else personally loves it here in Rome, Italy. One of the most beautiful locations in the world today.
Gavin Kirkland: He has a point though, I went to Venice the other day and god it wasn’t as nice as I imagined. Far from home lied to me, let me tell you that!
Deadprez: Nice Marvel Plug there.
(The crowd is continuing to jeer Xander, some are screaming at him in Italian but he is just laughing.)
Xander Payne: I’m sure if I could understand what some of you were saying I’d be insulted but I get it, you live here so you’re all miserable and that’s fine because I am here to relieve that burden from you by destroying one of your very own!!! That is right, EAW has scoured this country for a talent that can rival my own. One who has accepted the open challenge!
Eve: Someone actually accepted it? Wow, wonder who it is?
Xander Payne: Now I don’t know WHO it is, but that doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things because whoever it is, I am going to kick their ass because I am the Best in the Wor-
Heavenly male Voice: SILENCE MY CHILD, YOUR SALVATION IS AT HAND…
(Suddenly the sound of a bell toll is heard three times, and that is followed by a choir singing. Xander turns around and looks pissed at the interruption as the arena’s light begins to dim and the focus is on the stage where a beam of light shines down from the heavens.
Standing in the light is a figure draped in a while robe with golden trims. The hood is pulled up over the figure’s head and in their hands clasped tightly is a golden cross which looks to be adorned with an assortment of gemstones…)
Gavin Kirkland; Oh wow… Look at that CROSS…
Gina Romano: Ladies and Gentlemen, representing Vatican City, he hails from Rome, ITALY!!!
(The crowd roars loudly.)
Gina Romano: Being accompanied to the ring by GOD himself, he is FATHER LUCIANO MESSI!!!!!
(The crowd roars loudly, Father Luciano Messi raises the cross into the air and the arena’s lights brighten. The hood falls back to reveal a man with long brown hair and a beard. Messi begins to walk down the ramp with his eyes fixated on the man in the ring. Once he reaches the bottom of the ramp he stops and turns to a fan in the front row who seems to be pleading with him.)
Eve: The fan has his attention. What’s he doing?!
(Father Luciano Messi approaches the fan and talks to them, he then nods and places his hand onto their head. Father Luciano Messi says a prayer and the fan themselves start to almost convulse the moment he starts and collapses to the ground. In the ring Xander is confused as to what the hell is going on, the fan however gets up and begins to thank Father Luciano Messi.)
Gavin Kirkland: What the hell did we just witness?! Was that an exorcism?
Deadprez: Think that was a blessing? I don’t know…
(Father Luciano Messi now turns his attention back to the ring where Xander stands motioning for him to get in. Messi removes his robe to reveal a muscular build and his ring attire that is much like the robe, pure white with gold trim. He folds the robe up neatly and places it under the ring post before walking up the steps and saying a prayer as if almost blessing the ring tonight.)
Eve: Xander is getting frustrated now, he wants him in the ring and now finally after the interruption, Messi is now in the ring and without a second thought, Xander runs across the ring and begins to club away at Father Luciano Messi.
(Xander notices an official now sliding into the ring and yells at him)
Xander Payne: RING THE GOD DAMN BELL!!!
DING!! DING!!! DING!!!!
Gavin Kirkland; Welp, ask and ye shall receive and rightfully so, it’s his open challenge, his rules!! Messi is down in the corner with Xander stomping away at the chest of the priest, pope? I don’t know what he actually is other than Father. Either way a more fitting term is victim right now as Xander Payne is assaulting him.
Deadprez: He certainly is, if the fans here tonight weren’t enough to anger Xander, this dude right there interrupting him was… I mean look at him now just choking Father Luciano Messi with his boot!!
(The good father is being choked out by Xander who is pushing up up against the ropes for more leverage. The official tries to get him off but opts to count instead…)
OOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEE!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
FOOOOOOUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRR!!!
(Xander steps away from the corner and holds his head and shakes it, Luciano Messi begins to pull himself up as the Italian crowd chants his name over and over again.)
Crowd: MESSI, MESSI, MESSI!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Not to be confused with the soccer player let me tell you, but these fans are chanting his name like he was him! Xander turns back around and runs at Messi in the corner, but he moves out of the way at the last moment. Xander lands into the corner after a big splash attempt!
Eve: Father Luciano spins him around now and hits a holy chop across his chest, he hits another holy chop and another before signalling a cross on Xander Payne and slapping him hard across the face…
Deadprez: That did NOT have the desired effect on Xander who looks even more pissed than before. Xander connects with a right hand taking Luciano down with one strike, but the holy man gets back up only to be brought back down with another stiff shot to the face. Xander now pulls him up and drags him to a corner and begins to unload a barrage of lefts and rights before driving a knee into his gut. He hits another and hip tosses him up and out of the corner effortlessly.
(Father Luciano Messi lands in the middle of the ring and winces in pain. He begins to get back to his feet unaware Xander is already charging at him like a Bull that sees a red rag.)
Gavin Kirkland: Xander takes down Father Luciano Messi with that shoulder block.
Xander Payne: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?! YOUR GOD ISN’T GOING TO SAVE YOU!!!!
Eve: Xander stomps the chest of Father Luciano over and over again, he pulls him up to his feet but Father Luciano pushes Xander away and stumbles to the ropes.
Deadprez: Xander is looking irritated by this cat now, he runs at Father Luciano to send him up and over the ropes but it’s Xander who goes over!! Father Luciano pulls the top rope down and Xander crashes to the outside into the aisle, not somewhere he wants to be…
(The Italian crowd roars once and watches in awe as Father Luciano begins to climb a corner. Xander begins to get to his feet and hasn’t noticed, but Luciano says a prayer before running across the top rope and springboarding off for an asai moonsault onto Xander Payne!!)
Gavin Kirkland: HOLY COW, WE GOT A FLYING PRIEST ON OUR HANDS!
Eve: HUGE Asai Moonsault on Xander Payne there which i don’t think anyone expected, especially Xander!!
(Xander rolls away and begins to crawl towards the ring shaking his head, Father Luciano is feeling the crowd tonight as he gets back up and rushes over to Xander to stop him entering the ring. He spins Xander around and says a prayer not unlike what happened during his entrance and slams his hand on top of the head of Xander Payne…)
Deadprez: What in the WORLD?!
(The crowd is watching and cheering on Father Luciano Messi as Xander Payne begins to convulse against the ring, not unlike the fan. Father Luciano Messi is shouting something at Xander and then suddenly the convulsing stops and Xander stands there…)
Gavin Kirkland: HE’S FINE! HE WAS TOYING WITH FATHER LUCIANO MESSI!!
(Father Luciano Messi tries again but Xander kicks him in the gut forcing him to let go, he kicks him again and grabs hold of Messi and pushes his head between his legs before grabbing the waist as the Italian fans begin to scream in horror. Xander then lifts Messi up and slams him across the ring apron witha power bomb!)
Eve: APRON POWERBOMB TO FATHER LUCIANO MESSI AND AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY IT, NOT EVEN GOD COULD SAVE HIM FROM THAT.
Deadprez; You’re damn right and Xander is finished there, he has him up again and another power bomb onto the apron he has HAD enough of these games.
Xander Payne: I AM THE BEST IN THE WORLD! YOU THINK YOU CAN COME TO MY COMPANY, STEP INTO MY RING AND EMBARRASS ME! COME HERE YOU SONOVA…
(Payne grabs Messi and rolls him into the ring, he shortly follows and pulls Messi upon his shoulder for what looks like a back body drop and sits him on the top turnbuckle with his back facing the ring.)
Gavin Kirkland; I have no idea what Xander is planning now, but whatever it is Messi isn’t going to like it. If there is a god he better do something quickly…
Eve: Xander is the best in the world for a reason, he knows exactly what he’s doing. No doubt he knows who this is he is facing as he is a student of the game unlike any other. Xander now stands on the second rope and grabs hold of both of Messi’s arms and holds them outstretched for a crucifix bomb.
Deadprezz: That’s a move I’m hearing is called the Holy Communion!! He’s using MESSI’S OWN FINISHER AGAINST HIM!! THE ULTIMATE INSULT!!
(Xander sneers before leaping off the second rope and throws Father Luciano Messi across the ring. He lands with a hard crash as the Italian fans are now starting to cry as Xander rolls over and extends Messi’s arms like he was Jesus and covers while pushing down on his chest…)
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE!!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
DING DING DING!!!
(It Follows by Cain Hill hits over the P.A System, Xander gets to his feet and looks down at Father Luciano Messi almost daring him to get up but he does not. The official grabs hold of Xanders arm to raise it but he snatches his arm away. The referee checks on Messi, but Xander tells the referee to raise his arm… The official does and the crowd boo’s loudly at the sight of Xander standing victorious over one of their own as the camera fades to commercial.)
(9 5. South’ by J Cole hits over the PA system, the arena immediately erupting in a chorus of boos and jeers. That noise intensifies tenfold as Abel Atami steps out onto the rampway, followed by Antonne Prudence. Abel looks at his manager, and they nod to each other, both wearing the smuggest of looks, before they then make their way down to the ring.)
Deadprez: It looks like these two have something to say, and you can bet the hot topic is Alex Myers. They seem to have gotten under Atami’s skin of late.
Gavin Kirkland: I honestly don’t know why we all can’t just get on with each other
Eve: Are you serious right now?
Gavin Kirkland: Always, we are owned by Disney, this is the promised land people.
(They reach the ring, and both climb the steps, Abel entering the ring first, and then Prudence following. Antonne takes a microphone from someone at ringside, before striding in the center of the ring, the fans trying to drown him out but Antonne continuing regardless.)
Antonne Prudence: Thank you for that rousing ovation, we are humbled by your generous reaction.
(The crowd predictably reacts.)
Deadprez: Antonne not going out his way to please people, is he?
Gavin Kirkland: And why should he after their reaction to them?
Antonne Prudence: I hope you all caught on to my sarcasm, but then again you people are not exactly known for your intelligence, are you? But no matter, we are not here to pander to you people, or entertain you like some around here. Since we arrived in this company, our mission has been simple. For Abel to get the respect he deserves. And you know what Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s quite fitting that we have a show coming up called ‘Dead Men Tell No Tales’. It’s quite apt in fact that someone came up with that title. Because that is the fate that is waiting for Mr. Myers after he decided to get involved in our match with Holly Arrow, a match Abel would have undoubtably won. In fact, Death might be a kindness for Mr. Myers after he put himself firmly in the eye of the storm.
Gavin Kirkland: Sounds like someone signed their own death warrant
Deadprez: Or just more empty threats,
Gavin Kirkland: Well, you’re a big meanie today
Antonne Prudence: But don’t for one second believe that ‘distraction’ has taken us away from our cause, far from it in fact. Because nothing will stop Abel from continuing his climb, and being the New Breed Champion, his rightful title. Ryan Wilson believed he could get involved, and unfortunately, he got caught in the crossfire. If he wants to continue with his childish games we will make time for him as well, but right now our concern is firmly on Alex Myers…
(Abel out of nowhere snatches the mic from Antonne, shocking the Manager a little.)
Abel Atami: Sick of this… sick of this. Nothing’s changing. The words are being said, but the actions remain the same. So, I’m going to change the narrative once and for all. Myers, if you know what is good for you, you’ll get down here and you face me like a man, because if I must find you, there will be hell to pay…
(‘Chum’ by Earl Sweatshirt hits, the crowd jumping to their feet which annoys Abel still further. Alex stands there with a smirk on their face. After the noise dies down, Alex starts to speak.)
Alex Myers: You’re a big man, with a big mouth and yet everyone around the locker room believes you to be nothing more than a joke. You walk around as if you own the place, when the harsh reality is you haven’t achieved a single thing since you’ve been here. I’m the New Breed Champion for a reason Abel, it’s because I’m good. It also means that I don’t stand around letting people badmouth me, especially though who made a crucial mistake the moment they decided to attack me on the very first Showdown of the season. You want to make me a target, that’s fine. I’m more than capable of taking care of myself, but first how’s about you come up with something with a little more substance?
(Abel turns to Prudence, telling him to exit the ring which Antonne does.)
Abel Atami: OK Myers, how’s about this for substance? You get your ass down here, and face me… or are you a coward?
Deadprez: Uh ho…
(Myers looks at the crowd, still smiling, before he drops the belt and then sprints down to the ring.)
Gavin Kirkland: It’s ON, oh Goody.
(Alex slides under the bottom rope and the two of them start to brawl, each of them throwing bombs like they have gone out of fashion. Abel grabs them, and throws them into the turnbuckle but Alex runs up the ropes and then springboard backwards, taking Atami down to one knee. Alex gets to their feet and then runs to the ropes and hits Atami with a double footed dropkick knocking him over.)
Deadprez: Alex Myers getting himself some here… OOOOHHHHH ANTONNE PRUDENCE WITH THE CANE TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD!!!
(Alex drops to one knee, dazed, and confused as to what has just happened. But Abel is already recovering behind him and is on his feet.)
Deadprez: PENTAGRAMS WRATH!!!
(Alex is dropped with the Piledriver, Atami getting to his feet and looking out over the fans who boo him incessantly. Atami then picks up Alex and bails them through the ropes, following them to the outside.)
Eve: Alex has Impact later tonight, I’m not even sure they are going to be able to compete after this.
(Abel shouts at the fans at ringside, shrugging them off when they try to touch him. He then picks a damaged Alex to their feet, before lifting them up high.)
Gavin Kirkland: POWERBOMB ONTO THE STEEL STEPS!!! MYERS HAS TO BE DEAD.
(Abel chuckles at what he’s done, pushing Alex off the steps with his foot, Myers crashing onto the concrete floor. Finally, officials arrive on the scene, thankfully for Alex who for now isn’t moving. The official motion for Atami to leave, and with a grin on his face he does, a shocked Antonne following him behind.)
Deadprez: Abel Atami said things were going to change… the cane from Prudence made all the difference. However, with the Champion versus Champion match tonight, is Impact going to get a free one?
(Alex sits up, obviously still shaken but refusing help as they pull themselves back up using the apron. They then gingerly lean against the turnbuckle, still not sure what just happened as an ad for Showdown: Dead Men Tell No Tales plays.)
(Saturday Night Showdown comes back to the arena to show Stephie Love standing in the ring with a smile on her face.)
Stephie Love: The following singles match is a contest scheduled for…
Crowd: ONE FALL!!
( “Ready to Die” by The Notorious B.I.G. starts to play as Lucas Johnson makes his way to the ring to a mixed reaction from the crowd. )
Bella Braxton: INTRODUCING FIRST! He is from Long Island, New York! Weighing in at 210 pounds; “THE EMPEROR OF VIOLENCE” LUCAS JOHNSON!
Gavin Kirkland: Lucas is still looking for his first win of the season and tonight might just be it for the veteran.
Deadprez: Never the quitter, Johnson has a chance to truly get his season started with a win tonight
Eve: Lexi won’t be the type to let him have it easy, he will have to work for that dub!
( ‘Mr. Brightside’ by the Killers plays through the arena speakers as Lexi comes out with a cocky smile on her lips. She keeps this confident and almost chaotic nature as she goes down the entrance ramp and into the ring.)
Gina Romano: AND HIS OPPONENT! From Detroit, Michigan! Weighing in at 117 pounds; “THE MOTOR CITY MACHINE GUN” LEXI!
Gavin Kirkland: This little spitfire is on a mission and looks like she has no intentions of being denied!
Deadprez: Her last outing ended up in a disqualification loss as she smacked a chair to the back of Holly Arrow in a tag team match which led to a disqualification for her team.
Eve: This is Lexi’s opportunity to gather some momentum and prove to everyone that she is more than the general perception of her.
( Ding! Ding! Ding! )
Deadprez: And this match is officially underway!! Lexi moves to the center of the ring- no, she’s actually moving to step right into Lucas’ face getting up in his business before quickly stepping away and extending a hand to Lucas.
Eve: Wait, sportsmanship? From Lexi? That’s new!
Deadprez: Lucas doesn’t seem to know what to make of this but he ends up putting his hand in hers AND SHE SUDDENLY PULLS HIM TO HER TO BUTT HEADS WITH HIM! THE TOP OF HER HEAD CONNECTING UNDER HIS JAW which has Johnson reeling into the ropes as Lexi begins to throw punches at the man but the referee is asking for separation!
Gavin Kirkland: Already? The match barely even started AND LEXI GOES RIGHT BACK TO LUCAS THROWING FISTS AT THE MAN WHO QUICKLY REVERSES THINGS TAKING LEXI TO THE CORNER AND THROWS PUNCHES AND ELBOWS AT HER!
Deadprez: A quick thumb to the eye stops his efforts though and a warning goes to Lexi who doesn’t seem to give a damn. She hops on the second rope of the corner AND DOUBLE AX HANDLES LUCAS WHO GOES TO HIS KNEES! Chambers goes to th-
Gavin Kirkland: She doesn’t want to be called by her family name you know.
Deadprez: I understand, but that is still her name AS SHE DROPKICKS LUCAS TO THE FACE AFTER HAVING BOUNCED OFF THE ROPES!! The early advantage to Lexi at the beginning of this match! She picks up Johnson, head locking her under an arm BUT LUCAS COUNTERS WITH A HIPTOSS! Both are on the ground now yet Lexi still has the lock held in tight! Lucas the stronger of the two manages to get them both vertical and Lexi throws some over-the-head punches which the official reprimands!
Eve: Lexi sends Lucas to the ropes, she tries for a clothesline ducked up Johnson WHO TAKES HER DOWN WITH A NECK BREAKER! Both are on the floor now and BOTH are doing a kip-up to return on their feet BUT LEXI GOES FOR A TAKEDOWN QUICKLY ON LUCAS WHICH WORKS AND SHE BEGINS TO THROW FISTS AND ELBOWS LIKE A WILD WOMAN AT JOHNSON!!
Gavin Kirkland: Lexi’s trying to prove a point here it seems, the intensity from this one is unlike what we’ve seen out of her before! Johnson rolls trying to gain the edge but Lexi is not having it as she ends up on top once again throwing elbows with fury and yelling even while she does it! The referee forces her to get off Lucas which seems to annoy her before she shoves him away and goes back to Lucas WHO GETS A KNEE INTO HER GUT! An Irish whip sends Lexi to the ropes AND DOWN WITH A SPINEBUSTEEEEER!! NO! LEXI MANAGED TO TWIST THIS INTO A HURRICANRANA!!! DOWN GOES LUCAS But he gets up fairly quickly!
Deadprez: Lexi goes to him again BUT A DROP TOE HOLD SENDS HER FACE FIRST ON A CORNER TURNBUCKLE! This seems to have pacified the Detroit native for the time being as Lucas looks down at Lexi wondering what she ate this morning.
Deadprez: Johnson needs to focus on the task at hand if he wants to leave Rome with his first win of the season. He shakes his head and picks up Lexi who seems to be seeing stars before throwing a picture-perfect uppercut to her FOLLOWED BY A SHINING WIZARD THAT TAKES HER DOWN!! He picks her up, a few strikes to the face to maintain the pain before sending her to the ropes AND TAKING HER DOWN WITH A BIG CLOTHESLINE! She finds herself back to her feet rather fast! Lucas was into the ropes already AND TAKES HER DOWN WITH A RUNNING CLOTHESLINE! She almost flipped on herself! Lucas watches on as she is showing her heart and is moving upward and to her feet with a bit more difficulty.
Eve: One jab! Two jabs! Square on the jaw of Lexi he goes for a third but Lexi blocks it! She goes for one of her own BUT WALKS RIGHT INTO A GERMAN SUPLEX SENDING HER ON HER BACK BEHIND LUCAS!! Good thinking by Lucas who forces Lexi to her feet ONLY TO BRING HER DOWN AGAIN THIS TIME WITH A RING SHAKING BELLY-TO-BELLY SUPLEX!!
Gavin Kirkland: Lexi seems in pain but she keeps on getting up, Lucas notices as she is struck with a few punches AND SUDDENLY TAKEN DOWN WITH A STANDING HURRICANRANA! LEXI’S DOWN AGAIN! She’s quickly flipped on her stomach by Lucas WHO APPLIES THE CROSSFACE!! THE MANEUVER LOCKED IN AND LEXI’S FLAILING AROUND! Luckily for her, she managed to grab at the official and pull him against her, and for Lucas, the confusion forces him to let go of the hold!
Deadprez: That’s an unusual way to get out of a predicament. The official doesn’t like that one bit!
Eve: Neither is Lucas WHO GRABS AT LEXI’S LEGS AND FORCES HER INTO A BOSTON CRAB!!! THAT’S ONE MANEUVER LEXI WON’T BE ABLE TO USE THE REFEREE AGAINST HE WHO HIMSELF KEEPS HIS DISTANCE FROM HER!! LEXI ‘S SCREAMING IN PAIN IS THIS HOW THE MATCH Is GOING TO END? IS SHE GOING TO TAP??
Deadprez: No! It won’t as she managed to grab a hold of the ropes, Lucas didn’t measure the distance enough as he applied the hold! The referee asks him to let go of Lexi which he does a few short seconds later.
Eve: AND SUDDENLY A STANDING FROG SPLASH LANDS ATOP OF LEXI’S BACK!! Lucas moves her to her back and attempts a cover!
OOOOONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: And Lexi lifts the shoulder! Keeping the match alive!
Gavin Kirkland: Lucas moves quickly to his feet and goes to the ropes, hops on the middle rope, AND PERFORMS A BEAUTIFUL SPRINGBOARD MOONSAULT THAT LANDS ON LEXI’S BACK!! Lucas doesn’t seem to be done as he grabs Lexi by the hair, pulling her up to her feet, AND APPLIES THE COQUINA CLUTCH WHILE STANDING!!!
Deadprez: HE’S GOT IT IN TIGHTLY AND LEXI’S IN TROUBLE NOW!! SHE KICKS AND SWINGS HER ARMS SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE’S STARTING TO FADE BUT SHE BACKS HERSELF INTO THE ROPES!!
Eve: The bounce back allows her to grab at Lucas as she raised her arms to grab at his and TAKES HIM DOWN IN A JUDO-LIKE MOVE! What a way to break this move which could’ve cost her the match!! Lucas goes back to his feet and Lexi tries for a running high knee BLOCKED BY JOHNSON!
Gavin Kirkland: Lucas with a knee of his own connects with Lexi who bends forward! Johnson reaches to grab his opponent by the side AND LIFTS LEXI UP FOR THE GUTWRENCH POWERBOMB THAT LANDS HER HARD ON HER BACK!! COVER BY LUCAS!!
OOOOONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eve: NOT YET! LEXI KICKS HER WAY OUT OF IT!
Gavin Kirkland: Lucas shrugs and keeps going he knows he has the upper hand and he quickly goes topside looking to take things airborne! 450 SPLASH CRASHES AND BURNS AS LEXI MOVED OUT OF THE WAY!! Great thinking and situational awareness by Lexi who saved herself from a World of pain!
Deadprez: Lexi has an opportunity to turn the tides of this match to her favor as she moves to bring Lucas to his feet but he is stunned.
Lexi: (Off-Mic) Look at you! You’re pathet-
Eve: THE KILLSWITCH!! LUCAS JOHNSON WITH THE SKULL CRUSHING FINALE ON LEXI!! NO!! SHE BLOCKS IT!! SPINS LUCAS AROUND AND DRIVES HIS HEAD DOWN WITH A DDT!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Lexi is now in control of this match as she moves Lucas to his feet and throws a backspin kick that connects to his gut before she grabs him by the trunks and whips him outside of the ring! SHE QUICKLY THROWS HERSELF IN A SUICIDE DIVE NOT GIVING LUCAS MUCH TIME TO RECOVER!! SHE LANDS RIGHT ATOP OF HIM!
Eve: What a move by Lexi who is already back to her feet and fired up! She goes behind Johnson, hugging him, AND TAKES HIM UP OVER HER HEAD WITH A SNAP SUPLEX! LUCAS LANDS ON THE HIGH OF HIS NECK and Lexi doesn’t seem like she’s done! She throws a few kicks at Lucas as the official orders her to bring the business back inside the ring which she goes AFTER SLAMMING LUCAS AGAINST THE BARRICADE!!!
Deadprez: She goes on the offensive once inside the ring with a quick backspin kick that connects to Lucas making him bend forward AND ALLOWS HER TO GO FOR A HURRICANRANA OF HER OWN!! DOWN GOES LUCAS AND LOOK!! SHE’S APPLYING HER OWN CROSSFACE NOW TO JOHNSON!! SHE’S PLAYING MIND GAMES WITH HIM OBVIOUSLY AND SHE ALREADY PULLS HIS HEAD BACK AS HARD AS SHE POSSIBLY COULD!! IS THIS HOW THIS MATCH WILL END?? WILL LUCAS TAP OUT?? THE OFFICIAL IS LOOKING HIM OVER AND HE SHAKES HIS HEAD NO WHILE SCREAMING IN PAIN!!
Gavin Kirkland: LUCAS IS CRAWLING SLOWLY BUT SURELY TOWARDS THE ROPES!! LEXI HAD HIM BETTER POSITION THAN HE DID WHEN SHE SUFFERED THE HOLD BUT LUCAS STRONGER WHILE LEXI IS ALSO LIGHTER!! SHE TRIES TO STOP HIM BUT HE MANAGES TO GRAB ONTO THE BOTTOM ROPE!! THE REFEREE ORDERS HER TO LET GO BUT SHE DOESN’T LISTEN!
Referee: ONE! TWO!! THREE!!! FOUR!!!!
Eve: She let go of Lucas just as the referee was about to get to five! She really seems hell-bent on making a point tonight by hurting Lucas!
Deadprez: Off of Lucas she now is, back to her feet and moving him along with her as he gets whipped into the corn-NO he reverses! She slams her back to the turnbuckles BUT SHE CHARGES AT JOHNSON AND HOPS ON AND OVER HIM!!
Gavin Kirkland: SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB!!! SHE HOOKS THE LEGS!!
OOOOONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eve: CLOSE!
Deadprez: But not enough as Lucas managed to save himself just in a nick of time!
Eve: Perhaps she is looking to make this match a showcase of her abilities in order to convince someone to pair up with her on her quest to face The Prescription!
Deadprez: It’s obvious she needs to fight to impress at this point because she can’t face her former lover and Sheridan Muller by herself. She’s showing us tonight that she has the will and drive to do it on her own but the Champions are really way too strong to be tackled solo. Besides, this is for the Unified Tag Team Championships! Although we’ve had a few one-person Champions in the past.
Gavin Kirkland: Plenty of options for Lexi to choose from but tonight her focus is on Lucas Johnson AS SHE CONNECTS WITH A RUNNING HIGH KNEE!! IT WORKED THIS TIME AND LUCAS IS DOWN! Not for long though as he moves back and is vertical BUT GETS BROUGHT DOWN ONCE MORE WITH LEXI’S LOU THEZ PRESS FOLLOWED BY A SLEW OF FAST DELIVERED PUNCHES!!!
Eve: She moves away from him, taking herself against the ropes as Lucas is now on his knees AND SLAMS HIS HEAD ON THE RING FLOOR WITH A RUNNING BULLDOG!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: She’s looking to gain massive momentum now as she moves to the top ropes and calls for the Heart Stopper! THE ELEVATED MOONSAULT CONNECTS!! COVER BY LEXI!!
OOOOONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eve: SO CLOSE!!!
Deadprez: Lexi is looking to kick things up a notch in this match as she tunes up the band for Lights Out! Her patented superkick she goes for it a-
Deadprez: JOHNSON HITS THE BLUEPRINT!! THE CUTTER TAKING DOWN LEXI HARD!! JOHNSON CAN SENSE THE OPPORTUNITY AS HE BACKS HIMSELF INTO A CORNER AS LEXI IS SLOWLY TRYING TO MOVE! SHE’S ON HER HANDS AND KNEES!! LUCAS HAS A CHANCE TO END THIS RIGHT NOW WITH AS HE LINES HIMSELF UP FOR THE FINAL CALL!! LEXI IS IN A PERFECT POSITION FOR IT AND LUCAS CHARGES FORWARD!! HE SWINGS!
Eve: LEXI MOVED OUT OF THE WAY AND SUDDENLY GRABBED AT LUCAS MOVING HIM INTO A ROLL-UP!!! HE DIDN’T EXPECT THAT!!!
Gavin Kirkland: LOOK LEXI HAS BOTH FEET ON THE ROPES!!!!
OOOOONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: WAIT A SECOND!!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: NOT LIKE THIS!!!
TTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRREEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: THE REFEREE DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!
(DING! DING!! DING!!!)
(‘Mr. Brightside’ by the Killers plays through the arena speakers as Lexi moves away from her opponent and gets to her knees celebrating before rolling out of the ring. The official didn’t have time to raise her arm in victory but she looked mighty happy! On the other end, Lucas looks frustrated. )
Gina Romano: HEEEERE IS YOUR WINNER!!!! LEEEEEEEE-XIIIIIII!!!!!
Deadprez: Well, one had to expect such a result I mean the way she’s been battling tonight… Congratulations?
Gavin Kirkland: We both know that a win is a win and Lexi will take them if it helps her get closer to her goals. Great effort from Lucas but the opportunity was on his opponent’s side tonight.
( As we are given a final shot of Lexi celebrating a well-earned victory the scene fades to the next two shows coming for Dynasty and Voltage … )
(We cut to Hurricane Hawks office, and he sat with Heidi, talking through the show and indeed their plans for Dead Men Tell No Tales.)
Heidi Huxley: I agree, everything’s coming together nicely, just a few more matches and we should have quite the card.
Hurricane Hawk: And the perfect momentum builder ahead of Territorial Invasion.
(At that point the door swings open, Hawk sighing as Lexi walks in, a huge smile on her face after what had happened on Voltage. Challenging Bethany and Sheridan to a tag team match had been quite a big deal for her, and she is obviously pleased with herself.)
Lexi: Did you see what I did, did you see?
Hurricane Hawk: If you are talking about your performance on Voltage, yes, we saw.
Lexi: Wasn’t I amazing? Talk about making my presence known. Voltage didn’t know what hit it, and did you see the look on their faces when I delivered my challenge? They know I’m going to take those titles away from them and its going to be A-MAZE-ING. I bet you are both soooo proud of me for taking the initiative, aren’t you? You don’t have to thank me though, it’s my pleasure. Well, maybe just a little if you want.
Hurricane Hawk: You do realize that The Prescription are TAG TEAM champions, right?
Lexi: I do.
Heidi Huxley: And you do realize that to challenge for the tag team championship you must have a partner… of which you most certainly do not.
Lexi: I’ll be fine, it’s all good.
Hurricane Hawk: No it isn’t, if you don’t have a partner, there is no challenge. Simple as that.
(Lexi looks puzzled, as if she doesn’t understand.)
Heidi Huxley: Are you ok?
Lexi: Just thinking… well, I know of a certain ‘Next Level’ that I’m sure…
Heidi Huxley: NO
Lexi: Huh, but Adam is…
Heidi Huxley: We know what Adam is, he’s engaged to be married to Bethany. In fact, by the time this match comes around they WILL be married. It is not good for Disney’s look and business model to be shown allowing a married couple to face each other in the ring, especially when they are facing the ex-fiancé who’s been nothing but a thorn in their side.
Lexi: But…
Heidi Huxley: No Lexi, it’s not happening. In fact, to put an end to this, if you don’t find a partner within an hour the match is canceled. Full stop.
(Lexi’s bottom lip comes out, and tears form in her eyes as she turns to Hawk.)
Lexi: She’s just being mean because I’m a strong woman and she’s jealous of me.
Hurricane Hawk: No, she isn’t, she’s right. If you are going to challenge for such a prestigious championship, you should have a partner, or you degrade the entire division.
Lexi: But no one is going to team with me. I have no friends on this roster. None. Nobody even likes me, so how am I supposed to find someone just like that? You’ve already said I can’t have Adam even though your reasoning is bogus.
Heidi Huxley: Perhaps you should have thought about that before you alienated an entire brand.
Hurricane Hawk: I can appoint someone if you like?
(Lexi pulls a face, believing that Hawk would only screw her over.)
Lexi: No, forget it. I’ll tell you what, the next person to walk through that door will be my partner.
Hurricane Hawk: That’s quite the risk
Heidi Huxley: No, let’s see how this pans out.
(All eyes turn towards the door, Heidi loving the intrigue. Seconds later the door opens, the camera focusing on Lexi whose face goes a pure white. The camera pans around to see who has entered, and it is a very upset Ryan Wilson after events last week.)
Lexi: I didn’t mean that.
(Ryan’s anger turns to confusion, not knowing what is going on.)
Heidi Huxley: YES!!! This is brilliant, an almost perfect scenario.
Lexi: I didn’t mean it, I was only joking, you can’t do this to me.
(She turns to Hawk.)
Heidi Huxley: Think about it, the history they have with each other. The history they have with Bethany. This is television on a totally different level to anything that Showdown has ever seen. Lexi, considering your match booked.
Ryan Wilson: What are we talking about again?
Hurricane Hawk: Quite simply Ryan, Lexi challenged The Prescription to a title match at Dead Men Tell No Tales, for the Unified tag team titles. She needed a partner and as it turns out, it’s going to be you. Don’t let the brand down now will you?
(Lexi screams at the top of her voice and stomps her foot before heading out the office in a huff. Ryan is like, still really confused and he follows, shouting after Lexi.)
Hurricane Hawk: You know something Ms. Huxley, I think we make quite the team.
Heidi Huxley: You know what Mr. Hawk; I believe we do!
(They look at each other for a moment, and then the two of them both break out into laughter, as the scene cuts to Gina Romano in the ring.)
Gina Romano: The following contest has a twenty-minute time limit and it is scheduled FOR!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING FIRST…..!!! HE IS ‘THE STRAIGHT SHOOOTER!’ HAILING FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA….. JACK RIPLEYYYY!!!
(‘Blue World’ by Mac Miller hits as Jack Ripley would make his way down to the rampway from the stage not showing off much. Ripley looks a little unhappy, a little unlike himself. Ripley makes his way into the ring as his music fades out.)
Gavin Kirkland: Geez what’s wrong with him? This is a blissful world! Why the huge frown guys?
Eve: He probably caught a glimpse of your face on the way down.
Gavin Kirkland: Wha?
Eve: Sorry, that wasn’t very nice.
(‘Get Going” by The Muddy Apes hits as the crowd starts showering the entire arena in boos. Komatsu Ogawa would come out with his manager Tanaka.)
Gina Romano: AND HIS OPPONENT… BEING ACCOMPANIED TO THE RING BY TANAKA… FROM TOKYO, JAPAN… HE IS ‘THE DRUNKEN HEEL KING’ KOMATSU OGAWA!!!
(As Ogawa made his way down the ring Tanaka would be yelling and clapping in support of his client. Both men would enter the ring.)
Deadprez: Komatsu Ogawa has been quite impressive since coming to Showdown, but this? This is a real test for ‘The Craftsman.’ He’s in the ring with a former world champion!!
(Before the match starts Tanaka exits the ring after holding Komatsu back from starting this match off early.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
Deadprez: Woah!!! Ripley wastes absolutely no time running at Ogawa clocking him with a huge forearm! Ripley after that huge forearm follows up with a series of hooks and jabs to the gut of Komatsu Ogawa!!! What is going on with Jack Ripley tonight!!! Ripley backs up as Komatsu is recovering in the corner… RIPLEY NAILS A HUGE BIG BOOT TO OGAWA IN THE CORNER!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: AND FOLLOWS IT UP WITH A HUGE ENZIGURI THAT LANDS RIGHT ON THE HEAD OF OGAWA!!! Jack Ripley on fire, and he looks to be continuing this trend as he kips back up and nails one last forearm smash that lands right on the button!!! Jack Ripley wowza!!! This is an impressive series of strikes!!!— I can’t believe this side of Jack!!!!
Eve: All of that, even after that series…. Komatsu still doesn’t fall? Komatsu looks to be clenching the top rope to lift himself up….! Ripley tries for something here but finally!!! Komatsu looks to have had enough he grabs Ripley around the throat and—
Gavin Kirkland: CHOKESLAM!!! HE JUST SENT RIPLEY INTO A DIFFERENT DIMENSION!!!
Eve: Thanks for that Gavin— although that did look very painful. Komatsu doesn’t look too good either, he’s still holding his head seemingly a bit dazed. What’s Komatsu doing here???
Deadprez: Komatsu has got himself up on the middle rope… he’s waiting for a slow Jack Ripley to get up to his feet… As Jack Ripley staggers up to his feet KOMATSU LOOKS FOR SOMETHING—— NO! RIPLEY CUTS OGAWA’S OFFENSE OFF!!!
Gavin Kirkland: JACK WITH A CLOTHESLINE TO TAKE OGAWA DOWN! Ogawa is back to his feet and Jack runs the ropes! ‘DAYLIGHT SLAYING TIME’! A modified version of Jack’s signature running knee strike connects right with Ogawa’s face! Komatsu folds like a pancake!!! Ripley goes for the cover!!!!
ONEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
———-
————
THRE-
Deadprez: Jack is a former world champion, so I’m sure he didn’t expect for that to put Ogawa away.
Gavin Kirkland: Ripley is getting himself back up and trying his best to lift the big man up to his feet also… Jack manages to get Komatsu balanced on his knees!!! What does Jack have in mind? He runs and bounces off the ropes and tries for a HUGE KICK—-
Eve: You can try all you want but that doesn’t mean you hit it!!! Komatsu grabs the leg of Jack Ripley at the last second and trips him up! Ripley falls back but Komatsu doesn’t let go of his leg!!! KOMATSU OGAWA GRABS AHOLD OF RIPLEY’S BACK AND LIFTS JACK UP AND HITS A MAKESHIFT POWERBOMB!!!!
Deadprez: ‘The Craftsman’ using his name well. Quick thinking from Komatsu Ogawa. Woah, woah what in the world is happening here? Tanaka is on the apron!!! He’s yelling for the ref’s attention!!! Tanaka gets in the ref’s face as he tries to kick him off. Tanaka thought about that snake!!! He lifted his hand over the ref’s shoulder and as the official couldn’t catch it… OGAWA HAS BRASS KNUCKLES!!!
Gavin Kirkland: IT’S NOT CHEATING IF YA DONT GET CAUGHT AMIRIGHT!!! Ripley makes his way to his feet and OGAWA swings absolutely wildly on the veteran Jack Ripley!!!! RIPLEY DODGES IT! Komatsu slips the knuckles off to avoid getting caught! And Ripley runs for them!!! Tanaka is still distracting the referee completely oblivious to how the tables have turned OH MY!!!
Eve: Jack Ripley uses the knuckles AND CLOCKS KOMATSU! A JAB ON THE JAW! Tanaka’s and Komatsu’s plans have turned against them! Ripley tosses the knuckles to the outside and quickly mounts upon Ogawa!
Deadprez: Jack Ripley is going absolutely insane! Punch after punch, slap after slap!!! Finally our official gets things under control, Tanaka is off the apron now, and the ref is trying to calm Ripley down but what can he truly do about this? Ripley backs himself up as our ref makes sure Komatsu is ok.
Eve: Ripley has backed himself up the corner turnbuckle to Komatsu… he’s stalking Ogawa…. Komatsu after a little bit of stirring gets up in a seated position….! Ripley runs at KOMATSU FOR ‘YOU’LL FLOAT TOO’ AND IT GETS SCOUTED!!! Komatsu moves out of the way—— AND GRABS AHOLD OF THE ANKLE OF RIPLEY!!!
Gavin Kirkland: ‘The Drunken Heel King’ has been extremely calculated with his attacks which you’d think to be vice versa between the two elitists. Not because Komatsu is fat….
Deadprez: Nevermind what Gavin is rambling about!!!! Ripley is struggling as Komatsu drags him to the middle of the ring!!!! Could Komatsu have Ripley tap out right here and now??
Eve: Ripley looks to push his arms up and shift his weight to the right…. IT WORKS! Jack narrowly escapes from the ankle lock and rolls over to the ropes. You can clearly see Ogawa still feels the effects of that Brass Knuckle assault from earlier on. This has been a fast paced match at all times. Komatsu doesn’t let that slow him down either as he makes his way over to Ripley!!
Gavin Kirkland: The Big Boy versus Little Boy commences once more!!! Komatsu Ogawa grabs Ripley by his hair and lifts him up… Ogawa pulls Jack over to a turnbuckle and SLAMS HIS HEAD INTO THE PAD——!!! AND AGAIN—-!! AND AGAIN!!! AND—- NO! Jack Ripley uses his arms to stop his skull being slammed down once more!
Deadprez: Yes he did! Ripley falls behind Komatsu and kicks him right in the back of the knee! Ripley jumps up on the middle rope and off—- he goes!!! —- JACK RIPLEY PLANTS OGAWA WITH A LEAPING DDTT!!!—— OH MY! KOMATSU holds his head in pain!!! Jack Ripley rolls off and lifts himself up with the top rope!
Eve: That was a clean move and escape there from Ripley! He’s truly showing a vicious side here tonight! An aggressive version of himself we don’t typically see and it shows as he lifts both the arms of Ogawa up and starts slamming down his boots onto Ogawa over and over again!
Gavin Kirkland: Jack Ripley has had to have kicked his chest six— seven… WAIT CALL THAT EIGHT TIMES!!! HE’S GOING FOR A NINTH! Noooo!!! Tanaka grabs the leg of Jack Ripley and makes him fall face first and hard!! Komatsu Ogawa has been saved but he certainly is still hurt!!! Look at his face, it’s turning blue as he tries to catch his breath!
Deadprez: The fight in this man is insane… Ripley is rolling over to the ropes now trying to recover…Komatsu is doing the same!!! How the hell is he even standing!!!???— Both men stand up at THE SAME TIME!!! AND THEY BOTH ARE RUNNING AT ONE ANOTHER! BOTH MEN LOOKING FOR LARIATTSSSSS—-!! AND BOTH MEN HAVE FALLEN!!!
Eve: These two men both dazed, seeing stars in the sky! This is great!! Two men trying to further their name for the Showdown brand!!!— Wait… look at Ogawa being smart about things as he rolls his arm over on top of JACK RIPLEY FOR A PIN OOOOOHHH!!!
ONEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOO!!!!
———
THREEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: NOPE! MAMA MIA WELCOME TO HER PIZZARIA!!!! JACK RIPLEY HAS KICKED OUT!!!!!! This is awesome! Jack Ripley…. WAIT AS HE LIFTED HIS SHOULDER UP HE MANAGED TO GET HIS ARM AROUND THE NECK OF KOMATSU!!! HE HAS LOCKED IN A GUILLOTINE CHOKE HOLD!!!
Deadprez: Komatsu is struggling!!! He can’t get out…! KOMATSU LOOKS LIKE HE IS SLOWLY FADING BY THE SECOND!!! AND OGAWA IS… HE HAS MANAGED TO GET A KNEE UP!!!
Eve: Oh!!! KOMATSU IS USING HIS BRUTE STRENGTH!!! HE HAS PICKED HIMSELF UP AS RIPLEY IS STILL LOCKING IN THE CHOKEHOLD!!!— KOMATSU SLAMS THE BACK OF JACK INTO THEEEE CORNERRR!!! RIPLEY FOLDS!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Like me when Veena makes her entrances but look! Komatsu doesn’t let Jack fall to the mat, he catches him by the back of his neck!!! Komatsu picks Jack up on his shoulders…. OGAWA TRIES TO HIT THE BLOODY MARYYYYY!!!! AND HE DOES!!! BOTH OF THE ‘THE DRUNKEN HEEL KING’S’ KNEES HAVE BEEN DRILLED INTO THE SKULL OF JACK RIPLEY!!!!
Eve: Overstatement there Gavin…. Ogawa lays over the seemingly limp body of Ripley… is it over!!!???
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
THREEEEEEE!!!!
Deadprez: Ripley barely manages to toss the shoulder up!!! How??? Jack Ripley has shown everything a true Elitist can in this match! Of course no discredit to Komatsu Ogawa!!! Speaking of the devil, ‘The Craftsman’ has started to pound his fist onto the mat in frustration!!!
Eve: The fight of Jack Ripley clearly has pissed off Komatsu Ogawa!!! Komatsu is slowly making his way to his feet as he grabs Jack by the waist…. NO TIME WASTED FOR A DEADLIFT GERMAN SUPLEX!!!! Ripley is slammed down hard on his back!!! Oh my, this could be devastating… Jack Ripley is still in it so far though!
Gavin Kirkland: Ogawa is tired! Look he’s not even getting up himself!!!
Eve: Well you’d be tired a few seconds in Gavin.
Deadprez: He’s probably real used to the “seconds.”
Gavin Kirkland: :mjcry: woah. Ok anyways back to the action!!! Ogawa has gotten up and he’s waiting for the stirring ‘Straight Shooter’ Jack Ripley!!! Komatsu spins around twice… AND TRIES TO KNOCK JACK’S HEAD OFF!!!—— JACK DUCKS, HE DUCKS THE LARIAT!!!
Deadprez: WOAH! WOAH! WOAH!!! HEY!!!! ‘YOU’LL FLOAT TOO!!!’ SUPERKICK! KOMATSU FALLS DOWN FLAT, AND THERE IS NO SNOW ANGELS BEING MADE!!!—— what is he doing?
Eve: Isn’t it obvious?! Jack is going up to fly… he slowly is making that climb, Ripley manages to balance himself on the top rope!!! ‘BELIEVE IT OR NOT’ SHOOTING STAR PRESS!!! Jack Ripley flies and lands clean on top of ‘The Drunken Heel King!’ Jack… doesn’t go for the cover, what is he doing?
Gavin Kirkland: He’s not trying to end the match after TWO? TWO? OF HIS MOVES THAT NORMALLY PUT AWAY HIS OPPONENTS!!! Jack Ripley is getting back up and he’s leaning against the ropes!! He’s getting the crowd hyped up, YES JACK! WAIT… meh Jack’s cool I guess…
Deadprez: Jack is waiting… he’s now backing himself into a corner of the ring and awaiting Komatsu… but Ogawa isn’t getting up? WAIT WOAH TANAKA WHAT… DID HE JUST TASE THE LEG OF JACK RIPLEY??? WHERE DID HE GET A TASER WHAT THE HECK!!!
Eve: Oh! What a match this has been, forget the interference earlier!! This is just foul, and now conveniently Komatsu is getting up now that Jack is holding his leg in pain! Jack gets up from his one knee… and EATS A SPINNING HEEL KICK!!! ‘The Craftsman’ just turned Jack inside out and grabbed him from behind….!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Komatsu…. Lifts Jack Ripley up on his single shoulder….!!! HE’S GOING FOR THE IRISH CAR BOMB!!!!— RIPLEY WEASELS OUT!!! WOW!
Eve: Wow? He just got tazed Gavin!!! Jack Ripley throws a kick to the leg of Komatsu with his non-tazed leg!!! Jack does it again and kicks him straight into the chest but Jack loses his balance…!!! He holds his leg in pain… What can ‘Straight Shooter’ Jack Ripley do to put down Komatsu Ogawa???
Deadprez: Komatsu turns around… AND JACK RETURNS A SPINNING HEEL KICK TO HIS SKULL!!!! BACK TO BACK, WHAT YOU CAN DO– I CAN DO BETTER!!! Komatsu falls back onto the ropes… AND BOUNCES OFF AND NAILS A HUGE SHOULDER TACKLE!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Komatsu collapses on top of Jack Ripley… This is a cover…!!! THIS COULD BE IT!!!
ONEEEEEEEEE!!!!
TWOOOOOOO!!!!!!
THRREEEE—
Gavin Kirkland: HUH? RIPLEY GETS HIS SHOULDER UP!!!??? HOW!!!! Jack Ripley pushes Komatsu off of him in pain!!! Komatsu is holding his head still hurt from that kick!! This is great!!! Jack rolls over to the ropes and picks himself up with the middle rope…. … seconds have gone by… and Ogawa slowly… is getting up…. KOMATSU GETS HIMSELF UP!!! AND IMMEDIATELY, STARTS THROWING PUNCHES!!! JACK IS FEELING ADRENALINE!!!
Deadprez: Jack clocks Ogawa in the jaw! A hook to the gut, an elbow to the side of the face!!! And a HUGE kick to the leg…. Jack Ripley is continuing… Komatsu is standing his ground, he’s attempting to block but Ripley is just that much faster and more calculated… that veteran instinct!!!—- Jack Ripley WITH CHOP!!!! AND ANOTHER CHOP!!! KOMATSU IS TURNING REDDD!!! AND… JACK BACKS UP…..——
Eve: ‘YOU’LL FLOAT TOO!!!’ SUPERKICK!!! JACK RIPLEY CONNECTS RIGHT ON THE JAW!!! Komatsu has fallen… for what has to be… HAS to be the last time…. Jack slowly… slowly crawls over and lifts his arm over the body of ‘The Craftsman’ he’s going to look to finish this match once and for all!!!
ONEEEEEEE!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
(Ding! Ding! Ding!!!)
(‘Blue World’ by Mac Miller hits as Jack rolls out of the ring holding his stomach!!! He doesn’t have the ref hold his hand high, he won! Showing off in spirit but not with taunts! Jack Ripley walks back with a huge grin on his face as he showed an aggressive side of himself tonight and it got him a win!!!)
Deadprez: What a match that was, Jack Ripley really showing off he can be that guy!
Eve: Don’t count Komatsu out, even if there was some foul play with Tanaka that was still a good match!
Gavin Kirkland: Meh… I’ve seen better!!! :mjlol:
(The crowd goes silent for a moment…)
Eve: Hey is that Harley Lewis coming down the rampway!??
Deadprez: It appears to be him, what’s he doing? That’s the better question!
Gavin Kirkland: Harley Lewis….
Eve: That is his name Gavin, good job. Harley walks over to Tanaka and starts speaking to him?! Komatsu Ogawa is back up to his feet and looks extremely confused! As confused as I am, this seems to be an unexpected surprise for us all!!!
Deadprez: Whatever Harley is saying, it’s clearly intriguing to Tanaka… Tanaka is now signaling for Komatsu to come on… ‘The Craftsman’ rolls out… and the three men are leaving together!!!???
Gavin Kirkland: Hmmmm…. Interesting.
Eve: Gavin… Please stop. This however does happen to be interesting… an oddball couple, are we looking at an alliance or two enemies is the best question!
(Harley Lewis, Tanaka and Komatsu Ogawa all make their way to the back together as the camera fades to a commercial for Ronan Malosi’s new water… No Water… in Lemonade flavor, available soon….)
(The camera cuts to a battered and bruised Lucas Johnson. He looks like he’s come from a fight, and right now— he’s looking to rest and recuperate from a war. Lucas walks into a locker room, where he unknowingly sits next to a man wearing a suit and tie. In contrast to Lucas’ rather groggy and exhausted posture, this unknown individual sits in a very formal and elegant position, but Lucas is too tired to even acknowledge the man.)
Lucas Johnson: Crap, man. Week after week, I’m getting my butt kicked all over the place. What happened to me? I was a Young Lions Cup Winner. A former New Breed Champion, and here I am— stuck in the damn midcard getting beat up by people I would’ve beat with one hand behind my back a few months, or hell, years ago.
(Lucas leans forward with a towel over his head, panting in pure exhaustion. However, this silent panting is cut short by an interruption from this unknown suited man.)
???: Don’t count yourself out just yet, Lucas.
(Lucas turns his head to find a blonde, lean and well-dressed man. He spoke in a British accent, and it became clear as to who this man is.)
Lucas Johnson: Harley?
(This unknown man turns his head to Lucas Johnson. It is revealed to be Harley Lewis, clad in a Kingsman-style outfit with gold-framed eyeglasses placed over his eyes.)
Harley Lewis: Mhm.
(Lucas stands up in somewhat pure anger. He knows what Harley has said about him in the past, although small, those are words that he must stand by forever.)
Lucas Johnson: You looking for a beatdown, Harley?
(Harley stands up, showing no fear in his eyes, but rather a serious and firm demeanor. Lucas sees this, and immediately sits back down, knowing that he’s not looking for a fight.)
Harley Lewis: I’ve said some things about you in the past. Things that personally, I won’t take back. You have been performing like absolute crap recently, and you and I both know why that is. You and I both know why you’re nothing like you were before, why you’re not the ‘Wrestling Machine’, but now— ‘Wrestling’s Easiest Fight’. People see you as a stepping stone these days. People see you as lazy, unmotivated and weak. They’re right. You don’t want it as badly as anybody in this company anymore. You may have all this talent, all these martial arts black belts, but that doesn’t mean crud when everybody wants it more than you. I’ve been known to keep it real. I’ve been known to keep it hundred when it comes to situations like these, and it’s because of that, that I think you should trust me more than anybody in the locker room, even more than you trust yourself. I know how to push you to the stars, but before that— you have to be willing to be broken. You have to be willing to take the pain, the torture that comes with training otherwise this was all for nothing.
(Lucas takes the towel off in an aggressive manner, and gets into Harley’s face, having a fire reignited in his belly.)
Lucas Johnson: Is this what you want to see? Huh? You want to see fire, Harley? I’ll give you fire. But how the hell am I supposed to trust you? You lost to Joso at Pain for Pride Fifteen. You haven’t had any direction in this company other than beating Lila Vandran and Mary St. Atlas. Tell me, Harley. Tell me what you can give me. Tell me what you can provide that I don’t already have.
Harley Lewis: Good. I like that, I like that fire that I lit in your belly, mate. You want to know what I can give you? You’ve already seen it. You’ve already seen that I can make you more aggressive. Whether you hate to admit it or not, you miss that feeling, do you? I know you do. I know that deep down you know that I can bring out what was already there, a dragon that was asleep. I am the best thing that will ever happen to you, Lucas. I am a martial artist myself. I’ve lost myself, and I’ve lost a million times but I always get back up. This is more than just your wrestling skill, Lucas. I know you’re a hard worker, but you’re a hard worker with no direction. You don’t know where you’re headed. I do. I know where you can be headed, I just need you to trust me. I need you and I to be on the same page otherwise you’ll be left in the dust. If you and I are on the same page, we can create a new chapter. A new chapter of two of EAW’s hardest hitting fighters, not just wrestlers— fighters. Think about it. It’s not easy to feel like this all the time, I know that. I know it’s not going to be easy trying to get back to who you once were, but I’m not looking to bring you back to the past, I’m looking to make you better for the future. You’re not going to be under my wing. I’m not going to be your leader. I’m going to consider you an ally. Someone to keep me in check, and someone I consider to be a friend. Did I talk down on you? Yes. Prove me wrong. Prove me and all these fans wrong, that you can be a young lion again. You’re a natural for this sport, and you’re not getting complacent. You just have no direction. I had no direction once. I got my butt kicked by Rokuro Nakano in my second match, but I got off my butt and worked harder than I ever have. You can help me, and I can help you.
Lucas Johnson: How, Harley? How can you help me? I’m a lost cause.
Harley Lewis: You’re not a lost cause. You, however, are someone that’s on the edge of becoming one. Allow me to return you to your former glory. They don’t call me the Don of EAW for no reason. I have resources, connections— some of which involve people who understand you and can make you not just a Wrestling Machine, but a Wrestling God. This is a step up from your old tag partner, Lucas. I’m not just looking to make a tag team, I’m looking to make an enterprise. An enterprise of violence, to be exact. Allow me to harness that beast inside of you, Lucas. That beast is hungry, looking for a monster to sink its teeth into. I know you don’t want to feel like crap anymore. I don’t want you to lose. Don’t take my hand, stand beside me. That’s what I’m asking of you, Lucas. Are you in, or are you out?
(Harley walks out of the locker room, leaving Lucas to think about it. It is now up to him to follow or not. After a while, he takes the towel off and wraps it around his neck in a proper way.)
Lucas Johnson: I’m in.
(Lucas whispers to himself, as he walks out of the room, to meet a Harley who leaned back against a concrete wall. Lucas nods, as he walks together with Harley towards an unknown destination as it fades to the ring.)
(Por Ni Mexico’ by Lefty SM featuring Santa Fe Klan kicks in and Roberto De La Rosa appears at the top of the ramp with Esmeralda by his side. Roberto receives a mixed reaction from the capacity crowd, not that he cares either way, as he follows Esmeralda down to the ring.)
Gavin Kirkland: Roberto and his beautiful wife heading to the ring, is there a more beautiful couple in wrestling today?
Eve: You really are full of it today, aren’t you? This Disney buyout did you very little favors that’s for sure. I think I liked the old Gavin better. Ewww, that makes me feel dirty.
Deadprez: Roberto and Esmeralda certainly turn heads wherever they go. I’m sure Roberto would swap that however if he could climb the ladder.
(Roberto steps up onto the apron, rubbing his feet across the apron as Esmeralda walks around the ring and past the announce table, waving at Gavin Kirkland. She then grabs a microphone and rolls under the bottom rope, passing it to her husband as she joins him. He lifts the mic, and immediately starts to speak.)
Roberto De La Rosa: Has my time in this company thus far saw the success I believe my talent deserves? It’s a very simple question to answer. I hear it in the locker room, I hear it from the commentary team. Roberto has all the tools. Roberto has all the skills. But he doesn’t use them to his full potential. The attributes I have in my possession, I should be a champion in this company no doubt. And yet, I must stand in line, waiting for my opportunities, whilst people like Ryan Wilson and Abel Atami get theirs. I am better than them, I know I am. And yet, here I am still seemingly on the first rung of the ladder looking up. It annoys me, it disappoints me. I know I must do better.
(Some of the crowd boo, but some cheer, as Roberto opens his heart to the crowd, Esmeralda placing a hand on his shoulder reassuringly.)
Roberto De La Rosa: To do that, I must make a statement, I realize this more than anyone. I know my failings; I don’t need people shoving them down my throat. So, with that in mind, I am out here right now to put the entire Showdown brand on notice. I don’t care if you are an Atami, or an Impact, this season, season sixteen is going to be the one where Roberto De La Rosa rises, not just one rung, or two, but to the very top. Roberto De La Rosa knows he can achieve this…
(He points around the arena.)
Roberto De La Rosa: And soon, so shall every single one of you.
(He lowers his head, suddenly a little more subdued.)
Roberto De La Rosa: But I can’t do that until I take of an outstanding issue. To move forwards, you must deal with the past, and that past is the woman who put her hands on my precious wife… Veena Adams. I never gave you that receipt Veena for your actions, so how’s about before I set my sights higher, you and I end this once and for all. What do you say… you and me, Dead Men Tell No Tales? Yo Quiero esa perra, Veena Adams… Ahorra!
(Esmeralda smiles, proud of her husband’s stance, and the two of them both look up the ramp towards the entranceway. To no music, but a smattering of boos, Veena Adams steps through the curtain nonchalantly with mic already in hand.)
Deadprez: On cue, there she is.
Veena Adams: This must be a joke, right?
Gavin Kirkland: I don’t think he was joking.
Eve: That’s Veena for you, supremely confident.
Roberto De La Rosa: I never joke when someone attacks my wife
Veena Adams: Surely you see I helped… I mean it’s not like she didn’t need the plastic surgery, is it? But I digress… this little challenge of yours. I’m afraid I will have to decline.
Deadprez: That’s a shock.
Veena Adams: See, I don’t think you know who I am. I am a part of the family dynasty that built this place from the ground up. My surname alone commands respect. I don’t have the time to waste on people like you when I could be winning championship gold. The last few seasons I’ve wasted dealing with curtain jerkers like you and it stops, TONIGHT, I move on.
(Roberto is about to answer back but Veena continues.)
Veena Adams: And anyway, a woman like me, with my reputation, I don’t always have to fight my own battles…
(Roberto De La Rosa looks on confused, not sure what she is talking about.)
Deadprez: CHARLIE MARR!!!
(Charlie Marr has entered the ring from behind. And Roberto doesn’t even see him coming…)
Eve: STEEL CHAIR SHOT… TO THE SKULL!!
Gavin Kirkland: Roberto doesn’t drop though
(With Esmeralda squealing, Roberto turns, straight into another chair shot, dropping De La Rosa to his knees. Charlie goes to pick up Roberto, but Esmeralda bravely jumps on his back, stopping him from getting to her husband. Veena though slides into the ring, and Charlie escapes, now dropping the chair and picking up Roberto as Veena hits a huge uppercut on Esmeralda, lifting her out of her heels. Charlie then looks at Veena who nods her head, Marr hooking Roberto’s head…)
Deadprez: DDT!!! ON THE CHAIR. Charlie Marr has just decimated Roberto De La Rosa:
Eve: And Esmeralda lost her heels in the process. This is Carnage!
(Veena picks up a mic and kneels next to Roberto who is out.)
Veena Adams: Like I said, I don’t have time for you… but at Dead Men tell No Tales… HE DOES.
(She points at Charlie who laughs, the two of them chuckling still as they exit the ring and back up the ramp.)
Deadprez: That looks like another match booked for Dead Men Tell No Tales, which is now a stacked card. Add to that Roberto De La Rosa versus Charlie Marr!
Eve: That’s gonna be one heck of a grudge match!
(As Charlie and Veena disappear, the camera pans back to Roberto who is pictured crawling towards his wife as the officials try to help her.
(The camera cuts back to the ring where Gina Romano is standing with a smile on her face as she is ready to announce the next match.)
Gina Romano: Ladies and gentlemen! This next contest, with a 20 minute time limit, is a special CHAMPION VERSUS CHAMPION MATCH SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!
(“”M3tamorphosis” by Playboi Carti ft. Kid Cudi starts playing as the Answers World Champion Impact enters the arena to boos from the Rome crowd. He takes a quick second to look around the arena before heading to the ring with authority.)
Gina Romano: Introducing first! Residing in Seattle, Washington! Weighing in at 221 pounds! He is the reigning ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION. Here is IMMMMMMMPPAAAAAAACT!
Gavin Kirkland: This man has done it all and he is no doubt one of the best in our business and he is heading to the ring for Champion vs. Champion action.
Deadprez: Last week, Impact made a strong declaration to the entire Showdown locker room. To put it simply, he said if you want some, come get some. He has pretty much issued an open challenge. If you want a shot at the Answers World Champion, step right up and get your shot.
Eve: It will be interesting to see who will be the first person to step up and try to take the Answers World Title away from Impact, especially since he also claimed that nobody is going to be able to beat him and he is going to be at the top of the mountain as long as he wants. His opponent tonight might have something to say about that.
(Impact enters the ring and hands his Answers World Championship belt to the referee as he takes his place in the ring as his music fades away. Seconds later, the crowd explodes as ‘Chum’ by Earl Sweatshirt starts playing as the New Breed Champion Alex Myers enters the arena and heads straight for the ring. They are walking a little slower, though, due to the attack on them earlier in the night.)
Gina Romano: Introducing his opponent! They reside in Auckland, New Zealand. Weighing in at 170 pounds! Here is “THE NEW BREED SAVIOR” and the reigning NEW BREED CHAMPION ALEX MYYYYYYYYYERRRRRRRRS!
Deadprez: I’ve said it before and I will say it again! The fans absolutely love Alex Myers. Their reign as the New Breed Champion has shown the world that they will no doubt be a force to be reckoned with in the years to come.
Eve: They have some momentum coming into this match with a huge victory over Ryan Wilson last week. Sure the advisor for Alex’s challenger Abel Atami, Antonne Prudence, tried to make his presence felt in the match but it completely backfired. Will it backfire when Atami and Myers finally meet with the New Breed Title on the line?
Gavin Kirkland: Alex Myers has such a daredevil level arsenal and they are going to have to dive in deep, no pun intended, into that bag of tricks to try and stay one step ahead of Impact. This match will be interesting to say the least and I can’t wait until it starts.
(Alex enters the ring and hands their New Breed Title to the referee who hands it off to Gina Romano as Alex’s entrance music fades off. The referee checks both competitors before calling for the bell.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
Deadprez: Here we go! Champion versus Champion action right now. This is going to be a good match right here. This is a matchup I have been waiting to see for a long time. We are about to see a lock up in the center of the ring, BUT IMPACT WITH A BOOT TO THE GUT DOUBLING ALEX MYERS OVER!
Gavin Kirkland: I can imagine how Alex’s back and ribs are feeling after getting beat up earlier in the night. To make it worse, Impact knows what happened and Impact will exploit that in this match and that’s exactly what he is doing right now as Impact clobbers Alex’s back with repeated forearms.
Eve: Trouble out of the gate for the New Breed Champion as they are down to one knee and Impact is relentless right now as Impact shoves Alex right into the corner. Shoulder tackles right into the injured midsection and ribs before pulling his hand back AND IMPACT WITH A KNIFE EDGE CHOP ACROSS THE CHEST! THE FANS DID NOT LIKE THAT ALL!
Gavin Kirkland: Alex’s chest is flying all around the arena right now AND IMPACT WITH ANOTHER CHOP TO THE CHEST! IT’S ONLY BEEN TWO CHOPS AND LOOK AT ALEX’S CHEST! Alex’s chest is already starting to turn red. Impact is not playing around here tonight.
Deadprez: Alex is holding onto the top rope to keep standing on their feet as Impact picks up Alex and sits them right on the top turnbuckle. IMPACT WITH A SLAP TO ALEX’S FACE! THAT MIGHT HAVE KNOCKED THEM A LITTLE LOOPY. Impact tries for a lock up, but Alex staggers Impact back with a boot to the face.
Eve: Alex is standing on the second rope AND ALEX JUMPS OVER IMPACT’S HEAD FROM THE SECOND ROPE! ALEX ATTEMPTING A SUNSET FLIP! Impact is trying to keep his balance, but IMPACT SITS DOWN IN A PINFALL OF HIS OWN!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOO!!
Deadprez: Alex kicks out at two! Neither competitor is playing around right now. This match could absolutely be a long contest or it could easily be a short match. It just depends on the competitors in the ring right now. Impact picks Alex back up and whips them to the ropes.
Gavin Kirkland: Look at Alex holding onto the ropes and prevent the rebound. Impact catches that and runs to the ropes, BUT ALEX LOW BRIDGES HIM AND IMPACT TUMBLES OVER THE TOP ROPE AND TO THE APRON!
Eve: Veteran instinct kicking in as Impact prevents himself from falling to the floor, BUT THE VETERAN INSTINCT DIDN’T HELP IMPACT WITH THAT SAVATE KICK TO THE JAW FROM ALEX MYERS SENDS IMPACT CRASHING TO THE FLOOR!
Deadprez: Alex Myers is psyching themself up and Alex is ready to fly. Alex hits the far ropes and picks up speed after the rebound AND THEY DIVE THROUGH THE ROPES AND TAKES IMPACT BACK DOWN TO THE FLOOR WITH A SUICIDE DIVE! WHAT A MOVE FROM THE NEW BREED CHAMPION!
Eve: The momentum can change at the drop of a hat and now Alex Myers has control of the Answers World Champion. Alex has a handful of Impact’s hair, bringing him back to his feet AND SMASHING HIM FACE FIRST AGAINST OUR ANNOUNCE TABLE! WHAT A THUD!
Gavin Kirkland: The crowd is loving every second of seeing one of their favorite Elitists completely control the match. Now Alex Myers is attempting to whip Impact into the ring steps, BUT IMPACT COUNTERS AND IT’S ALEX WHO GOES FOR THE RIDE AND THEY GO BACK FIRST INTO THE RING STEPS! THE BACK OF ALEX’S HEAD MIGHT HAVE HIT THE RING STEPS AS WELL!
Deadprez: Impact catches the referee counting them both out, so he rolls into the ring and right back out to break the count before he goes right back to business. Impact pulls Alex back to their feet and JUST SMASHES THEM FACE FIRST AGAINST THE RING STEPS! IMPACT MEANS BUSINESS!
Gavin Kirkland: Impact has a 50 pound weight advantage over Alex. Impact with a military press and Alex is just being held above Impact’s head as Impact walks over to the ring barricade AND IMPACT JUST DROPS ALEX CHEST FIRST RIGHT ACROSS THE TOP OF THE RING BARRICADE!! ALEX IS JUST BEING DECIMATED EARLY ON IN THIS MATCH!
Eve: The referee’s count is getting high again as Impact just picks Alex up like a sack of potatoes and throws them right back into the ring. Impact quickly follows as he drops the elbow across the chest before hooking the leg for the cover.
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHRRRRRR–
Deadprez: ALEX GETS THE SHOULDER UP! Alex has been on the receiving end of a beating in this match, but they still have the intensity and determination to keep fighting. They are willing to put their body on the line all for the sake of victory. That’s why the fans adore Alex Myers so much.
Gavin Kirkland: But it has also brought out the ire and hatred of both Antonne Prudence and Abel Atami and that’s why they want to dethrone Alex Myers as New Breed Champion, but Alex can’t worry about them right now, they have Impact right now. Speaking of… Impact right now picks up Alex and whips them to the turnbuckle.
Eve: Impact runs towards the corner. Alex was expecting a clothesline and tries to duck it, BUT IMPACT FAKES THEM OUT AND KICKS ALEX RIGHT IN THE FACE! DID YOU SEE ALEX’S FACE AND NECK JUST SNAP BACK? THAT KICK COULD HAVE KNOCKED THE FACEPAINT OFF OF THEM!
Gavin Kirkland: Alex snaps back in the corner and IMPACT GOES RIGHT BACK TO THE CHOPS! Impact doing whatever he can to just weaken the body of Alex Myers so they have nothing left to fight. Impact whips Alex to the opposite corner and runs right behind them—
Deadprez: WAIT A SECOND! ALEX JUMPS UP TO THE SECOND THEN THE TOP ROPE! ALEX CORKSCREWS THEIR BODY AND LANDS RIGHT ON TOP OF IMPACT! WHAT A COUNTER WITH A CORKSCREW MOONSAULT! ALEX HOOKS THE LEG!
ONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEE!!
Gavin Kirkland: IMPACT GETS THAT SHOULDER UP! OHHHH THAT WAS SO CLOSE! ALEX ABOUT PULLED THE VICTORY OUT OF NOWHERE WITH THAT SHOW OF CREATIVITY! Alex Myers goes back to pick up Impact, BUT IMPACT GRABS ALEX BY THE TIGHTS AND SENDS THEM THROAT FIRST INTO THE MIDDLE ROPE!
Eve: Impact’s arsenal doesn’t always include the cleanest of moves, but he doesn’t care. Impact puts Alex’s throat back on the middle rope and puts the point of his knee on Alex AND IMPACT IS CHOKING ALEX ON THE MIDDLE ROPE! The referee is trying to get Impact to break the hold clean, but to no avail.
Referee: (off-mic) Break the choke, Impact. BREAK IT NOW! ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FI–
Deadprez: That was very close and Impact doesn’t care because he knows exactly what he is doing right now. He takes Alex with a handful of hair and just flings them back. The back of their head again lands hard on the mat.
Gavin Kirkland: Impact comes back AND KICKS ALEX IN THE SIDE OF THE RIBS! That rolls Alex onto their stomach. Now Impact is standing over Alex AND IMPACT JUST SITS DOWN ON ALEX’S BACK! IMPACT DOING MORE DAMAGE TO ALEX WHERE HE WAS ATTACKED EARLIER!
Deadprez: Impact now grabs Alex’s arms and puts his boot right in the middle of their spine and Impact just pulls back! MODIFIED SURFBOARD BY IMPACT AND THAT IS A SUBMISSION RIGHT THERE! REFEREE IS CHECKING WITH ALEX TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO GIVE IT UP!
Eve: The referee can ask all day, but we already know what the answer is coming from Alex… NO! I don’t think that the word quit is in Alex’s vocabulary. Alex would rather be brutalized than submit to an opponent..
Gavin Kirkland: LOOK AT IMPACT! IMPACT MOVES HIS BOOT FROM ALEX’S SPINE TO THE BACK OF THEIR HEAD! IMPACT KICKS FORWARD AND SENDS ALEX FACE FIRST TO THE MAT WITH THAT MODIFIED CURB STOMP! Impact making sure that Alex kisses the mat.
Deadprez: Impact brings Alex back up to their feet and locks their arms and LOOK AT THOSE HEADBUTTS! REPEATED HEADBUTTS BY THE ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION JUST DOING MORE AND MORE DAMAGE TO THE NEW BREED CHAMPION! Alex Myers might be out on their feet right now after those repeated headbutts.
Eve: Alex kept up by Impact as Impact whips Alex to the ropes. Alex rebounds AND IMPACT JUMPS UP! IMPACT LOOKING FOR TURNING TIDES! FRANKENSTEINER ON THE WAY–
Deadprez: WAIT A SECOND! ALEX COUNTERED WITH A POWERBOMB! IMPACT TRIED FOR THE TURNING TIDES FRANKENSTEINER BUT ALEX USED THE MOMENTUM TO POWERBOMB IMPACT! ALEX STACKS UP IMPACT AND GOES FOR THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHRRRRRREEEEEE!!
Gavin Kirkland: HE GOT THE SHOULDER UP! IMPACT ROLLS THROUGH AND GETS THE SHOULDER UP! OHHH ALEX WAS SO CLOSE TO PICKING UP THE VICTORY BY USING IMPACT’S MOMENTUM AGAINST HIM!
Deadprez: Alex is not going to waste a second and they just mount Impact’s back and they are just pounding on Impact just trying to keep him down. But will the significant weight difference keep Impact down. So far so good for Alex as they now try to choke out Impact. Alex trying for a Rear Naked Choke–
Eve: IMPACT IS GETTING BACK TO HIS FEET! HE IS GETTING CHOKED BY ALEX BUT HE IS STILL GETTING UP! IMPACT IS BACK UP TO HIS AND HE TURNS HIS BACK TO A CORNER AND RUNS FULL SPEED BACKWARDS!
Gavin Kirkland: ALEX JUST SENT BACK FIRST INTO THE CORNER! ALEX RELEASES THE CHOKE AND IMPACT SLOWLY COMES OUT OF THE CORNER! Impact comes back to the corner with a forearm right to the side of Alex’s head.
Deadprez: Impact once again sits Alex on the top turnbuckle and Impact quickly follows him to the top as well. Impact trying to get Alex over for a superplex, BUT ALEX IS FIGHTING BACK TRYING TO PREVENT IT, BUT IMPACT WITH ANOTHER HEADBUTT! GOOD GRIEF! THAT COULD BE A KNOCKOUT SHOT!
Gavin Kirkland: Impact looks to be changing course AND IMPACT JUMPS AND CATCHES ALEX WITH HIS LEGS AND SENDS THEM CRASHING TO THE MAT! TURNING TIDES FROM THE TOP! FRANKENSTEINER FROM THE TOP ROPE AND THAT LOOKED LIKE A BAD LANDING FOR ALEX! IMPACT DOESN’T CARE AND HE GOES FOR THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE!!
Deadprez: ALEX GRABS THE ROPES! THEY WEREN’T PULLED AWAY FROM THE CORNER AND THAT HELPED ALEX GRAB THE ROPES AND THE MATCH CONTINUES! IMPACT IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT AT ALL!!
Eve: He most definitely is not happy and he mounts Alex and is now just throwing lefts and rights into their skull! Impact is not pleased that Alex Myers has been able to last this long in this Champion versus Champion Match.
Deadprez: It’s the fight, the heart, and the desire that has given them the honor to call themselves champions. The referee is doing their best to get Impact to open his fists, but to no avail so the referee starts the count again.
Referee: (off-mic) OPEN THE FIST NOW! ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FI-
Gavin Kirkland: Once again at the very last second, Impact opens his fist. But that won’t stop Impact from just throwing Alex around the ring. The Answers World Champion takes so much pleasure in beating down his opponents. Now Impact picks Alex up and sets them up and leans them on the top rope before he backs up.
Deadprez: IMPACT RUNS FULL SPEED TOWARDS ALEX AND CLOTHESLINES THEM OVER THE TOP ROPE! BUT THEY HANG ON AND STAY ON THE APRON! Impact tries to grab Alex by the head, BUT ALEX DROPS THEM THROAT FIRST HANGMAN STYLE OVER THE TOP ROPE!
Eve: Impact is still up and ALEX FIRES BACK WITH A SPINNING HEEL KICK THAT CATCHES IMPACT RIGHT IN THE TEMPLE AND SENDS HIM CRASHING TO THE MAT! NOW ALEX SEES A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY PLACED RIGHT BEFORE THEM!
Deadprez: ALEX MYERS WAS ATTACKED EARLIER IN THE NIGHT AND THEY CAME INTO THIS MATCH SORE AND LESS THAN 100 PERCENT, BUT THEY ARE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING WITHIN THEIR POWER TO WIN THE MATCH! ALEX SPRINGS UP TO THE TOP ROPE AND JUST FLIES! THAT’S THE BIRD’S CRY! SPRINGBOARD PHOENIX SPLASH SENTON FINDS IT MARK! ALEX SCRAMBLES INTO THE COVER AND HOOKS THE LEG! I THINK THEY HAVE IT RIGHT HERE!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRREEEEEEE!!
Gavin Kirkland: HE KICKED OUT! IMPACT KICKED OUT AT THE VERY VERY LAST SECOND TO KEEP THIS MATCH GOING! The crowd let out a collective groan mixed with shock. The crowd can’t believe it. From the look on Alex’s face, they can’t believe it. Honestly, I can’t believe it. I thought that that high risk move would have ended it all.
Deadprez: Alex Myers slowly getting back to their feet. All the punishment they have endured not just in this match, but this entire night is slowly starting to catch up with them. They are rubbing their ribs and back as they wait for Impact to get back to his feet.
Eve: Impact is back up AND ALEX GOES FOR ANOTHER SUPERKICK, BUT IMPACT CATCHES THE LEG! THIS MIGHT NOT BE GOOD! Impact has a stronghold on Alex’s leg and he just lifts Alex up and PLANTS THEM WITH A POWERBOMB! ALEX LANDS HARD ONCE AGAIN ON THEIR BACK!
Deadprez: BUT THAT’S NOT IT! IMPACT LIFTS ALEX BACK UP AND HE DROPS ALEX ONCE AGAIN WITH A POWERBOMB! WE JUST WITNESSED THE PATENTED IMPACT DOUBLE POWERBOMB! That just doubled the damage to Alex’s back.
Gavin Kirkland: Now Impact has hold of both of Alex’s legs AND IMPACT MIGHT BE GOING FOR THE WALLS OF IMPACT…NO! HE FULLY COMPLETES THE TURN AND HAS ALEX IN A BOSTON CRAB! THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR ALEX!
Deadprez: All the back damage that Alex has taken is coming back right now. They are feeling it right now with that Boston Crab and they are nowhere near the ropes! I hate to say it but Antonne Prudence would feel like he hit the jackpot if Alex Myers submits in this match.
Eve: That’s the last thing that Alex Myers wants to do is make Antonne or Abel Atami happy. Alex has such a high pain tolerance, but they couldn’t help the small yell of pain that escaped them. The human body can only take so much.
Deadprez: BUT LOOK AT ALEX! THEY ARE STILL FIGHTING! THEY ARE DRAGGING THEMSELVES TO THE ROPES! ALEX IS STILL IN THIS MATCH WHETHER IMPACT LIKES IT OR NOT!
Gavin Kirkland: LISTEN TO THE CROWD! THEY ARE CHANTING FOR ALEX MYERS! THE CROWD WANTS TO SEE THEM STAY IN THIS MATCH! ALEX IS SO CLOSE! ALEX IS A FINGERTIP AWAY FROM A ROPE BREAK–
Eve: IMPACT DRAGS THEM RIGHT BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE RING AND ALEX LOOKS LIKE THEY JUST PASSED OUT, BUT THEY ARE STILL FIGHTING IT! THEIR BACK HAS GOT TO BE HURTING THEM! NOW IMPACT IS STEPPING BACK EVEN FURTHER!
Deadprez: LOOK AT THE ANGLE ALEX’S BACK IS IN RIGHT NOW! I DON’T THINK THE HUMAN SPINE IS SUPPOSED TO BEND THAT WAY! ALEX HAS THEIR HAND UP! ALEX MIGHT BE ABOUT TO GIVE IT UP! ALEX MIGHT TAP OUT RIGHT NOW!
Gavin Kirkland: LOOK! IMPACT MIGHT HAVE STEPPED TOO FAR BACK AND NOW ALEX IS IN THE SLINGSHOT POSITION AND ALEX KICKS BACK AND IMPACT RELEASES THE HOLD! WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?
Deadprez: I’m not going to question it, but Alex just showed how they can pull out such creative counters in the bottom of the ninth. Impact now comes back but Alex kicks him back into the ropes. Impact comes forward again AND ALEX WITH A KICK TO THE GUT DOUBLING IMPACT OVER AND NOW ALEX GRABS IMPACT’S HEAD AND ROLLS HIM UP! INSIDE CRADLE FOR THE WIN!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOO!!
THHHHHRRRRREEEEEE!!
Gavin Kirkland: IMPACT KICKS OUT AND GETS RIGHT BACK TO HIS FEET! ALEX IS TRYING TO GET BACK TO THEIR FEET BUT THEIR BACK IS SCREAMING AT THEM WITH HOW LONG ALEX WAS IN THAT BOSTON CRAB! ALEX FINALLY MAKES IT BACK UP, BUT IMPACT IS RIGHT THERE AS HE GRABS ALEX’S HEAD AND PLANTS THEM WITH A DDT!
Eve: Myers is taken down and Impact goes over and grabs both of Alex’s arms. Impact hooks both arms and he is trying to lift Alex up for the backbreaker in the hopes of making the Walls of Impact much more effective. Impact tries lift them up–
Deadprez: BUT ALEX MYERS IS FIGHTING IT! ALEX HOLDING THEIR GROUND AND FIGHTING IMPACT OFF AND THEY GET FREE OF THE DOUBLE UNDERHOOK! IMPACT TRIED FOR A SPINNING HEEL KICK, BUT ALEX DUCKS THE KICK AND MOVES BEHIND IMPACT!
Gavin Kirkland: ALEX HOOKS IMPACT’S ARMS AND FINDS SOME HIDDEN REMAINING STRENGTH THEY HAVE INSIDE THEM AND LIFTS IMPACT UP AND DROPS HIM WITH A TIGER SUPLEX! IMPACT LANDS HARD ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD!
Eve: IMPACT IS DOWN AND NOT MOVING RIGHT NOW AS ALEX MYERS HAS A GOLDEN CHANCE RIGHT HERE! THE ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION IS NOT MOVING ALEX STARTS CLIMBING TO THE TOP ROPE! THE CROWD HAS ABSOLUTELY COMING ALIVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT!
Deadprez: ALEX IS SETTING THEMSELVES UP FOR THE SINNER’S LULLABY! IF ALEX HITS THIS, THEY WILL HAVE ACHIEVED THE BIGGEST WIN OF THEIR CAREER! ALEX IS IN POSITION TO PUT IMPACT TO SLEEP RIGHT NOW!
Gavin Kirkland: ALEX JUMPS AND IS HOPING TO GIVE IMPACT HIS SINNER’S LULLABY! WAIT A SECOND! IMPACT WAS PLAYING POSSUM! IMPACT GETS BACK TO HIS FEET AND CATCHES ALEX IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH THE FIST OF FURY!
Deadprez: HOLY MICKEY MOUSE! WHAT A RIGHT HOOK FROM IMPACT AND ALEX MYERS IS OUT COLD! ALEX NEVER SAW IT COMING AND THEY JUST FELL TO THE MAT LIKE A STONE! WILL THE FIST OF FURY BE ENOUGH TO FINISH MYERS OFF? IMPACT SEEMS TO THINK SO AS HE HOOKS THE LEG!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
(“M3tamorphosis” starts playing again as Impact rolls off of Alex and gets back to his feet.)
Gina Romano: Here is your winner! The ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION… IMPACT!
Deadprez: That was an amazing and hard hitting match to watch. Alex was going for it all, but it was the veteran instinct of Impact that tipped the scale in his favor and gave him the victory.
Gavin Kirkland: Of course you can’t take anything away from Alex Myers. They gave it everything they had to try and walk away the victor, but it was just a quick reversal of fortune that led to their downfall.
(The referee raises Impact’s hand in victory, but Impact’s attention is quickly diverted by someone coming down the ramp.)
Eve: What in the world is going on… OHHHHH! THAT’S ANTONNE PRUDENCE! THE ADVISOR OF ABEL ATAMI HAS MADE HIS WAY TO THE RING! What does he want?
(Antonne goes over to the side of the ring where Alex rolled over to and just starts talking trash to him.)
Antonne Prudence: (off-mic) Get used to this feeling, Alex! That’s the same thing you’ll feel when you lose your title to Abel Atami. Enjoy that title while you still have it.
Gavin Kirkland: What is the meaning of this! Alex was already beaten by Impact. This is completely unnecessary. NOW LOOK WHO IS COMING DOWN THE RAMP!
(The camera cuts back to the ramp where Abel Atami is coming down to loud boos from the crowd as he looks ready to attack Alex while they are down.)
Deadprez: Nothing good is going to come out of this. Abel Atami has his match in the future. There is no need for insult to injury. He’s done enough damage already.
(Before Abel can make it down to the bottom of the entrance ramp, multiple referees have come down to stop Abel from getting any closer to Alex.)
Eve: Thank goodness they figured out what was going to happen and they have come down to stop Abel, but listen to Antonne Prudence give these referees and officials the what for.
Antonne Prudence: (off-mic) What do you idiots think you are doing? He has done nothing wrong so I see no point in doing this.
Deadprez: He sees no problem in doing this? What is wrong with this guy? It’s because of Abel Atami that Alex came into this match hurt. That might have been another factor as to why… HOLD ON A SECOND! WE NEED A CAMERA BACK TO RIGHT NOW!
(Impact has been in the ring the entire time watching this exchange go down, but when the camera cuts back to the ring, Impact has been knocked out cold by someone who snuck into the ring during all the chaos. That man was…)
Gavin Kirkland: What in the world? What did he do that for?
Eve: THAT’S JACK RIPLEY! WE KNOW VERY WELL WHAT HE’S DOING! JACK RIPLEY JUST STEPPED RIGHT UP! WHILE WE ARE ALL FOCUSED ON THE CHAOS OUTSIDE THE RING, JACK RIPLEY CAME FROM WHO KNOWS WHERE AND SUPERKICKED IMPACT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH THE YOU’LL FLOAT TOO!
Deadprez: You have to give it to Jack Ripley for picking possibly the best time to strike and make his move. Now Jack Ripley is asking for a microphone!
(Gina Romano quickly walks up to the ring and hands Jack a microphone as he collects his thoughts for a second before speaking.)
Jack Ripley: Ohhhh. Ok. So this is how we do things around here, right? We just wanna challenge someone and the match is granted? That’s fine by me. If you haven’t figured it out yet, I challenge YOU, Impact!
(The crowd cheers at the idea of someone stepping up to the plate to challenge the Answers World Champion.)
Jack Ripley: So how about it, Impact? You and me at Territorial Invasion. That’s when I plan on taking back MY Answers World Championship. See ya then, champ.
(Jack drops the mic as “Blue World” starts play and Jack exits the ring and heads up the entrance ramp.)
Deadprez: Holy Epcot Center! Did you hear that? Jack Ripley challenging Impact for the Answers World Championship. What a match that’s going to be! I can’t wait to see that.
(The final shot shows Jack Ripley walking behind the curtain and Impact slowly waking up after the You’ll Float Too as the camera cuts elsewhere.)
(Backstage….
As Andrea Valentine prepares for her match, stretching by the guerilla position, with the match happening after the commercial break, she focuses on her chance to become the Universal Women’s Champion once again. The Hall of Famer knows that this could be her last chance in a long time and after defending the title against all comers, she knows there is a line of women waiting for their shots, one is already guaranteed, but for now, it is all about Harper Lee, the woman that attacked her on the Draft Show and become the champion wasting no time and cashing in her Iconic Cup. As Andrea is now set to head into position to make her entrance, she turns and is face to face with Kassidy Heart.
The two women stare down at each other for a moment.)
Kassidy Heart: You and I have unfinished business because all I have been thinking about is what happened at Pain for Pride. That was supposed to be my moment, where I walked out as the Universal Women’s Champion, but that’s not what happened. For the last few months, I have been trying to figure out how the hell you came out on top, maybe I could say you were the better woman on that night, but it would admit that you are better than me in every facet, and we both know that you’re not. Pain for Pride was the biggest accomplishment in your career, we were both inducted into the Hall of Fame, but while I became the most important win inn your life, that doesn’t mean this was also a turning point for mine, because you see Andrea, women like myself are used to winning, and while one loss for the rest of the Elitists in the EAW doesn’t mean squat to them, a woman of my standards it is everything. I came to terms with your win at Pain for Pride…. I didn’t accept it though.
(Andrea just stands there listening to her for a second, ready to say something but Kassidy cut her off quickly…)
Kassidy Heart: I’m not finished. Nothing is settled between us and now that you are getting the Championship rematch that you deserve, I want to make it clear right now my intentions. My feelings need to be known and I have stared up at the ceiling at night thinking of every single scenario as to why I lost. I’m obsessive that way, but it is why I have been so successful. But Pain for Pride? Oh, it shattered me Andrea to extents you don’t know especially after the year I had, there is no fathomable excuse as to why you walked out as Champion. Andrea, let’s be clear, you overachieved in Las Vegas and while I find it absolutely hilarious that you were given no time to celebrate the most monumental win of your career at the draft show thanks to Harper Lee, and you truly deserved it, the truth is? Harper struggles with women above her pay grade and that is what you are.
(Andrea was a bit surprised by the backhanded compliment, she just cracks a half smirk and nods…)
Kassidy Heart: I know that you are going to go out there tonight and become the Universal Women’s Champion, I have absolutely no doubt about it. So, what I am saying is, and I know that Dr. Bethany Blue is waiting in the wings for her shot as she has already made it perfectly clear she also wants to take the title from you and not Harper, I’m going to make sure that she will have to go through me to get it. I want the first match after you win the belt tonight. I want my rematch from Pain for Pride. I know you are a fighting champion, but let me be clear, lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place. You’re not getting a second victory over me, that was your one mulligan. What do you say?
(Staying quiet for a moment, a slight chuckle escapes her before she looks right at Kassidy and nods)
Andrea Valentine: I know my challengers and honestly I had a feeling this was going to happen. I’m not going to put the wagon before the horse in this instance, but I am going to accept your challenge because you already know, Kassidy, I would never turn down the opportunity to prove you wrong, again. I have made a career of overcoming the odds over and over, defeating opponents she was never supposed to beat, that much is certain, and if I need another match embedded in your head that I can defeat you and what happened at Pain for Pride was not some fluke? So be it.
(Surprised though she looks down and sees that Kassidy has extended out her hand for a shake…)
Kassidy Heart: Okay, then let’s prove it. You go out there now and become champion and I will see you soon.
(Andrea takes a second, before she finally shakes the hand of Kassidy who brings her in as they stand face to face and nose to nose….)
Kassidy Heart: Good luck.
Andrea Valentine: I won’t need it.
(She pulls back some from Kassidy who smirks, watching Andrea go through the curtains at guerilla as it slowly fades to the last commercial break.)
(As the camera cuts back from commercial break, it pans to Gina Romano for the announcement of the Main Event….)
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS THE MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING WITH TV TIME REMAINING AND IT IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!!
Gina Romano: AND IT IS FOR THE UNIVERSAL WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
(The crowd erupts in cheers as “Roll With Me” by Charlie XCX blasts throughout the arena. Andrea Valentine slowly walks out with a smile on her face as she waves to the Italian fans and starts high fiving on the way to the ring.)
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING FIRST THE CHALLENGER! FROM ORLANDO, FLORIDA! WEIGHING IN AT 110 POUNDS! SHE IS THE HALL OF FAMER! ANDREA VALENTINE!
(The fans continue to show her love as she makes it to the ring and gets in, posing to the loud ovation, standing on the ropes, and pointing to the rest of the crowd)
Deadprez: Hall of famer, beautiful, dangerous and a former World Champion that looks to become that again here tonight and who is going to bet against her! She is focused, determined and we saw the confrontation between her and Kassidy Heart right before she came out. Harper Lee is in a lot of trouble.
Eve: This is going to be Harper’s biggest test because what Harper wants more than anything is that signature win to solidify this Championship reign, but will she be able to do so? That is the question.
Gavin Kirkland: The Kween is back on Showdown for one night! But after she wins the Universal Women’s Championship she will be back!
(Andrea smiles and takes off her entrance gear as her theme fades and it is replaced by the Eurythmics with “Sweet Dreams” and also blanketed with boos.)
Gina Romano: AND HER OPPONENT IS THE UNIVERSAL WOMEN’S CHAMPION! FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA! WEIGHING IN AT 118 POUNDS…. “CAPTAIN” HARPER LEE!!!
(The boos rains out as Harper walks out and pays no attention to the fans. She slowly makes her way to the ring not taking her eyes off Andrea Valentine who stands there watching her as she gets to the apron, poses, and gets in the ring holding up the Universal Women’s Championship as Andrea looks up at it as well.)
Deadprez: And the World Champion is here and in all her glory she looks extremely comfortable right now and ready to do whatever it takes to survive and defend the championship at any cost.
Eve: She has a lot to prove and if she can walk out as Champion, then Harper Lee proves to be the top woman in the division!
Gavin Kirkland: Soccer mom is here, and she looks so ready, but can she take down the Kween! We are about to find out!
(The referee checks both competitors before calling for the bell and the start of the Main Event…)
(DING!!! DING!!! DING!!!)
(Both women circle the ring and quickly lock up. Andrea though shifts behind Harper holding her midsection as the champ tries to throw a couple of stiff elbows, but Andrea quickly runs her to the ropes, but Harper hangs on as the challenger falls back rolling on her feet, Harper turns….)
Deadprez: DROPKICK! ANOTHER DROPKICK! HARPER LEE TOOK THAT FLUSH ON THE CHIN! SHE FALLS THROUGH THE ROPES BUT GETS BACK IN AND ANDREA WITH AN ARM DRAG, AND ANOTHER! HARPER DOESN’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON AND SHE CHARGES INTO A HIP TOSS SLAM AND THE CROWD GO WILD AS HARPER SLIDES OUT OF THE RING!
Crowd: ANDREA!!! ANDREA!!! ANDREA!!!
Eve: A quick start for the challenger and Andrea looks ready to go all night long but she wants to show just how superior she is as a wrestler and looking to become the next Universal Women’s Champion by making things all right!
Gavin Kirkland: The speed of Andrea was amazing, and I think the Kween caught Harper off balance! Soccer mom though is doing it right. Get outside the ring and collect yourself, no need to force it!
(The referee starts the count as Harper is asking for a time out.)
Referee: 1….. 2….. 3….. 4……
(Harper though screams at the referee to stop the count as Andrea sits on the ropes opening them up for her.)
Referee: ….. 4…. 5…. 6….. 7…… 8….. 9….
(Harper slides into the ring, where Andrea quickly rolls her up….)
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: Harper Kicks out and she has not been able to get on track yet! She is back up, and vicious forearm by Harper that staggers Andrea and cuts off her momentum! And another before Harper scoops her up, back suplex by the champ! Harper took control quickly, picking up Andrea and whipping her into the turnbuckle! She charges in and NO! Andrea with a boot! She stumbles back and Andrea with a spinning reverse side kick! She takes down Harper and runs against the ropes, springboard Moonsault!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO…..
Eve: Harper quickly kicks out! She is back to her feet, but Andrea takes her over with a side headlock, squeezing it in, having it locked as she pulls up with her feet planted holding it tight, but Harper turns her over! She has Andrea’s shoulders down!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TW….
Eve: Andrea pushes back up and she now has the headlock in tight, but Harper is now on her knees, trying to get to her feet, slowly as Andrea is trying her best to hang on, but she throws her into the ropes, Andrea bounces back, huge shoulder tackle! Andrea goes down! Harper with a smile, she runs against, but this time Andrea is up, leapfrog over Harper, she runs under, Harper bounces back and…. BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX BY ANDREA ON HARPER LEE!
Gavin Kirkland: THE KWEEN IS ON POINT TONIGHT! HARPER IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO BUT SHE CAN’T! ANDREA RUNS AGAINST THE ROPES, CORKSCREW ELBOW! Andrea picks up Harper by the hair and sets her up for a suplex… but Harper hangs on and REVERSES IT! THE SNAP SUPLEX CONNECTED AND ANDREA IS DOW, HARPER ROLLS BACK ON HER FEET AND CLIMBS THE ROPES! She stays perched, waiting for Andrea to get back to her feet….. Double Axe handle by Harper, NO! Andrea punches her midsection! She flips over in pain!
(Andrea looks out at the crowd as the cheer her on. She sees Harper down and bounces off the ropes, jumping and hitting a Rolling Thunder….)
Deadprez: ROLLING THUNDER! SHE HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: Harper Lee kicks out! Andrea though quickly wraps her arms around her head in another side headlock…. NO! HARPER SNEAKS FROM BEHIND WITH A BACK BODY DROP! Andrea is stunned and she gets right back up and Harper with a quick PILEDRIVER! ANDREA COULD BE OUT AND THIS MATCH IS OVER ALREADY! HARPER HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TH……
Eve: ANDREA VALENTINE WAS ABLE TO KICK OUT! Harper looks shocked, angry! She is unloading on Andrea’s face with punch after punch as the referee administers the count!
Referee: 1….. 2….. 3…… 4……
Eve: Harper stops and then starts punching her again as Andrea tries to block them! Covering up the best she can!
Referee: 1….. 2….. 3…… 4……
Eve: Harper breaks it again, picking up Andrea by the hair, she snapmare’s her over landing hard on the mat! And another while holding her hair! One more time and ripping hair from Andrea’s scalp before a stiff kick to her middle back! Harper now runs to the ropes and a Shining Wizard to the back of her head and Andrea could be out, but Harper is not going for the cover, instead she is distracted as the crowd get to their feet, some cheer, most boo at Kassidy Heart walking out and standing in the entranceway watching as Harper is seething right now! The former Answers World Champion is out here to take a peek at the match, and we saw what happened earlier between her and Andrea. She wants the first shot but maybe this is her way of reminding Andrea of just how important this is!
(Harper stops dead in her tracks, glaring at Kassidy who smirks, her eyes too are fixated on the Universal Women’s Champion.)
Harper Lee: (Off Mic) WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE!?
(Kassidy only smiles when suddenly…..)
Gavin Kirkland: SCHOOL GIRL! ANDREA CAME UP FORM BEHIND WITH THE PIN!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THRE………………..
Gavin Kirkland: SOCCER MOM KICKS OUT! THE CROWD SIGHS AS THEY THOUGHT ANDREA HAD IT! HARPER IS BACK UP AND ANDREA HITS A TILT A WHIRL HEADSCISSOR TAKE DOWN! HOW LUCKY IS HARPER! I MEAN WHAT A SHAME! ANDREA THOUGH IS BACK UP AND SHE RUNS TO HARPER…. GRABS HER AND TORNADO DDT! THIS MIGHT BE IT!
(Andrea doesn’t go for the cover, instead she runs up to the ropes….)
Deadprez: MAGIC HOUR! THE ROUNDING MOONSAULT THAT CONNECTS ON HARPER LEE AND WE ARE ABOUT TO CROWN A NEW WORLD CHAMPION!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE……………………………
Deadprez: SHE KICKS OUT! HARPER LEE KICKS OUT AND ANDREA IS BACK TO HER FEET, HARPER IS SLOWLY GETTING BACK UP, SHE TURNS RIGHT INTO A HURRICARANA! HARPER IS DISCOMBOBULATED! COMPLETELY OUT OF IT AS SHE GETS RIGHT BACK UP AND ANDREA DROPKICKS HER INTO THE TURNBUCKLE, AND SHE RUNS WITH A METEORA! HARPER IS DOWN AND ANDREA DRAGS HER OUT OF THE CORNER, SHE WHIPS HER AROUND AND SLIDES OUT OF THE RING…. WAIT….. CORNERPOST FIGURE-FOUR LEGLOCK!
(Harper screams in pain as she scrambles around trying to grab anything she can to lift herself up, the referee though sees this and knows that it is an illegal hold as he counts Andrea as she pulls back harder trying to do damage to Harper’s leg and knee…)
Referee: 1….. 2….. 3…… 4……
(Andrea breaks the hold and drops to the floor as she looks out at the crowd while they cheer….)
Crowd: THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!
(Harper crawls back into the ring holding her leg and knee as Andrea slides in, grabbing Harper’s legs but she kicks Andrea off, who hops on the second turnbuckle, diving off with a senton bomb…..)
Deadprez: Harper quickly moves to the side and Andrea lands hard on her back! Harper grabs the ropes and slowly gets up; she uses the ropes as Andrea gets back upholding her back and Harper hits…. RAGNAROK! THE OLYMPIC SLAM THAT HAS TAKEN ANDREA DOWN AND NOW HARPER WAITS AS ANDREA SLOWLY TRIES TO GET UP AND SHE HITS A ONE ARM SWINGING NECKBREAKER! SHE HOPS ON ANDREA FOR THE COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE……
Eve: ANDREA WITH A SHOULDER UP! HARPER CANNOT BELIEVE IT! SHE IS HURTING RIGHT NOW BUT IS BACK TO HER FEET, GINGERLY HOBBLING ALONG AS SHE GRABS ANDREA BY THE HAIR. SLOWLY LIFTING HER UP AND FRONT FACELOCK…. HARPER IS ABOUT TO…. NO, ANDREA SPINS AROUND, DDT! ANDREA WITH A DDT AND HARPER LEE COULD BE OUT BUT ANDREA CANNOT MAKE THE COVER AS BOTH WOMEN LIE THERE AS THE REFEREE STARTS TO MAKE THE COUNT….
Referee: 1! 2! 3! 4!
(Andrea slowly rolls to her side, she sees Harper lying on her back as she is motionless, and Andrea though is trying to muster all of her strength to crawl, but she cannot get on her feet…)
Referee: 5! 6! 7! 8! 9!
Gavin Kirkland: THE KWEEN HAS HER ARM ON TOP OF HARPER FOR THE COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE…..
Gavin Kirkland: SOCCER MOM GETS HER SHOULDER UP RIGHT BEFORE THE THREE COUNT! Andre cannot believe, she looks stunned and turns to the referee who is giving her two fingers. Andrea though knows that she has to do a lot more than that to put Harper away!
(Andrea looks out at Kassidy who is standing there watching the match. Andrea though knows that she has to stay focused and needs to continue giving it her all to the Harper if she is going to become the Universal Women’s Champion. She gets right back up, picking up Harper again by the hair….)
Deadprez: Andrea with some weak forearms, but they are doing the job as she is backed up into the corner, Andrea lifts her up on the turnbuckles, she now climbs, I don’t know what she has in mind but Andrea….. GOES FOR A TOP ROPE HURRICARANA AND….. NO! HARPER LEE HANGS AND ….. SIT DOWN POWERBOMB OF THE TOP ROPE AND THAT IS IT! THE CHAMPION RETAINS!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE……………
Deadprez: YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN! HOW DID THAT JUST HAPPEN!!? ANDREA VALENTINE BARELY KICKS OUT AND NOW HARPER LEE IS STUNNED! THESE TWO WOMEN FOR THE LAST TEN MINUTES HAVE DECIMATED THEMSELVES AND THERE IS NO STOPPING THEM NOW! HARPER IS UP AND ARGUING WITH THE REFEREE….
Harper Lee: (Off Mic) THAT WAS A THREE COUNT!?
Referee: NO! IT WAS 2.99999!
Harper Lee: (Off Mic) YOU ABSOLUTELY SUCK AT YOUR JOB!
Referee: :francis:
(Harper turns back to capitalize on Andrea being down, she turns her over, ready to curb stomp her but….)
Eve: ANDREA MUSCLES UP, SHE STANDS AND HAS HARPER ON HER SHOULDERS, LISTEN THIS CROWD AS SHE DROPS HARPER FACE FIRST INTO THE MATS WITH AN ELEVATED FACE BUSTER ELECTRIC CHAIR! HARPER IS DOWN BUT ANDREA AGAIN DOESN’T GO FOR THE COVER! ANDREA SLOWLY IS BACK UP AND SHE GETS TO THE ROPES, BUT INSTEAD, SHE GRABS HARPER TO LIFT…. THUMB TO THE EYE BY HARPER!
(Andrea is blinded and the referee didn’t see it. Andrea is trying to get her vision back, but Harper is hurt, she tries to get up but rolls on her stomach, slowly trying to get back to her feet, Andrea feels around, turns…..)
Gavin Kirkland: DRAGON FIST! ANDREA VALENTINE MIGHT HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT! SHE IS OUT ON THE MAT AND HARPER FALLS ON ANDREA FOR THE COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
…..
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Gavin Kirkland: HOW!?!?! ANDREA VALENTINE KICKS OUT! SHE KICKS OUT! HARPER LOOKS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED SLAMMING THE MATS AS SHE NOW DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO PUT ANDREA VALENTINE AWAY! WHAT MUST BE DONE FOR THIS WOMAN TO WALK OUT AS CHAMPION AND KEEP HER TITLE! I LOVE THIS…. THE KWEEN VERSUS THE SOCCER MOM!
(Harper slams the mats multiple times before finally getting back up, she sneers at the fallen Andrea and starts kicking her repeatedly, finally losing her cool and just continuously stomping her down as the referee finally gets in the way to stop her, but she doesn’t stop, he finally physically pulls her away….)
Deadprez: The referee is trying to stop Harper who has completely snapped! All she can think about is keeping Andrea down for the count and nothing else. She is so desperate in retaining her title that she doesn’t care anymore and knows the threat that Andrea Valentine is! Harper though grabs Andrea and gets her back up, forearm after forearm as Andrea stumbles back! Harper whips her into the corner, and she charges in, ANDREA MOVES OUT OF THE WAY AND HARPER HITS THE STEEL POST! SHE FALLS BACK AND THROUGH THE ROPES. HERE COMES ANDREA THOUGH SHE STRUGGLES AND IS CLIMBING THE TOP ROPE, HARPER IS ON THE MATS HOLDING HER SHOUDLER….. WAIT…. WAIT……
Eve: SWANTON BOMB OFF THE TOPR ROPE ON TOP OF HARPER ON THE FLOOR! I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT WE JUST SAW AND HARPER LEE IS IN A LOT OF TROUBLE HERE! SHE IS DOWN AND ANDREA HURT HERSELF IN THE PROCESS!
Crowd: THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!
(Harper and Andrea lie on the floor as the referee drops down to check on both women. He then has no choice but to administer the count…)
Referee: 1! 2! 3! 4!
Deadprez: The referee is counting both women on the outside and this has turned into a demolition derby as both women are beaten and broken! Andrea though is stirring, and she is getting back to her feet.
Referee: 5! 6! 7! 8! 9!
Eve: She rolls to the ring and stops the count! The referee was going to count Harper out, but Andrea stopped him from doing so! She is begging him not too as she rolls back out of the ring and grabs Harper throwing her back in, Andrea now is climbing to the top rope again and this could be it! We are about to see a new Universal Women’s Champion! Andrea is up, Harper is slowly trying to stand…..
Gavin Kirkland: XOXO!!!!! SHE LANDED AND CRUSHED HARPER INTO THE MATS! YES KWEEN! YES!!!!! WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION! HERE SHE TURNS HARPER OVER FOR THE COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gavin Kirkland: FDDBUYGVFDYFGQDYTFDGQYDFBUYFWBVGFWYUVGFWUYW!!!!! SOCCER MOM GETS A SHOULDER UP AND LOOK AT ANDREA! SHE IS STUNNED! PLEADING WITH THE REFEREE! SHE DOESN’T KNOW HOW THE HECK HARPER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THAT! ANDREA VALENTINE HAS ALSO NOT FOUND A RESOLUTION FOR HARPER LEE EITHER! THESE WOMEN HAVE BEEN BEATING THE TAR OUTTA EACH OTHER FOR 14 MINUTES ALREADY AND NONE OF THEM ARE CLOSE TO WINNING THIS YET!
(Andrea scurries to the ropes just glaring at Harper, she then looks at Kassidy who stoically looks on, she thought Andrea had it too, even motions to Andrea for her to finish it. Andrea Valentine gets up and waits as Harper gets up to, the crowd start to cheer loudly as both women spaghetti legged glare at each other….)
Crowd: FIGHT FOREVER!!!! FIGHT FOREVER!!!!! FIGHT FOREVER!!!!!!
Eve: Look at the face off here! Both women are nose to nose talking their trash! They are not backing down from each other….. wait….. and A RIGHT HOOK FROM HARPER BUT ANDREA BLOCKS IT! ANDREA NOW WITH A RIGHT OF HER OWN BY HARPER BLOCKS IT TOO! SHE HITS A LEFT AND IT STRIKES ANDREA, WHO RETURNS THE FAVOR WITH ANOTHER STRIKE! AND ANOTHER! AND ANOTHER HARPER IS TAKEN TO THE ROPES AND ANDREA WHIPS HARPER, BUT NO SHE REVERSES IT AND WAIT… ANDREA REVERSES IT AND SHE…. NO HARPER REVERSES AND THEY ARE TOO CLOSE TO THE OFFICIAL….. ANDREA AND THE REFEREE BUTT HEADS AND THE OFFICIAL FALLS TO THE MATS! ANDREA TURNS INTO FROM THE DEAD!
Deadprez: NO! SHE DROPS ON HARPER AND LEANS FORWARD PINNING HER BUT THERE IS NO REFEREE TO MAKE THE COUNT! HARPER THOUGH KICKS OUT AND ANDREA GETS UP….. HARPER WITH A DRAGOON FIST! SHE DIDN’T GET IT ALL BIT IT TURNS ANDREA BACKWARDS AND HARPER….. HOUSE OF BALLOONS!
Gavin Kirkland: NOOOOO! ANDREA WAS ABLE TO REVERSE GETTING BEHIND HARPER LEE….. THE ATOMIC BLONDE AND SHE HIT IT! SHE HAS BEATEN SOME OF THE VERY BEST WITH THAT MOVE! HARPER LEE IS OUT AND ANDREA IS ON TOP OF HARPER SLAMMING THE MATS…..
Crowd: ONE!!!!! TWO!!!!! THREE!!!!!
Deadprez: THE REFEREE IS STILL DOWN AND ANDREA IS STILL SLAMMING THE MATS AS THE CROWD CONTINUES TO COUNT WITH HER!
Crowd: ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: BUT THERE IS NO REFEREE TO FOLLOW THROUGH! HE IS OUT ON THE MATS AND ANDREA JUST NOW IS REALIZING THIS! SHE HAS HARPER LEE DEFEATED AND SHE IS BACK UP AND TO THE REFEREE, SHE IS SHAKING HIM TO GET UP! COME ON REFEREE! GET UP!
(Andrea continues to shake the referee some when the crowd erupts, suddenly some figure hops the barricade wearing a hoodie, they slide into the ring as Andrea slowly turns around and the hooded figure takes it off to reveal….)
Eve: SERENA BENNETT! WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE AFTER SHE RETURNED ON DYNASTY LAST NIGHT! SHE IS HERE AND LOOK AT ANDREA VALENTINE! HER EYES SAY IT ALL! SERENA BENNETT GOES FOR A CLOTHESLINE BUT ANDREA DUCKS! SHE UNLOADS WITH SOME STIFF RIGHTS AS THE CROWD GOES NUTS!
(The crowd is deafening while Kassidy wants to get in the ring but doesn’t, instead she paces watching this unfold…..)
Deadprez: SERENA IS BEING BACKED UP AND ANDREA GOES FOR A SUPERKICK, BUT SHE IS TIED UP IN THE ROPES AFTER SERENA MOVES OUT OF THE WAY! TIP TOE! CATCHES ANDREA RIGHT IN THE FACE AND SHE HAS HER STAGGERED LIFTING HER UP AND ….. CAPTAIN HOOK! ANDREA IS FLOORED AND LOOK AT SERENA! SHE IS GETTING HARPER BACK UP AND SLIDING OUT OF THE RING! SHE SHAKES THE REFEREE …. HE IS GETTING BACK UP…. NOT LIKE THIS DAMN IT!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: ANDREA IS ALMOST OUT OF IT AND SHE IS STILL TRYING TO GET UP BUT HARPER TRAPS HER ARMS….. NO….. NO……
Eve: SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR! SHE CURB STOMPED ANDREA INTO THE GROUND! THE REFEREE IS NOW AWAKE AND CRAWLING OVER AS SERENA LOOKS ON RIGHT AT KASSIDY AS HARPER MAKES THE COVER!!!!!
(The crowd boos….)
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(DING!!! DING!!! DING!!!)
Gina Romano: THE WINNER OF THE MATCH AND STILL EAW UNIVERSAL WOMEN’S CHAMPION…. HARPER LEE!!!!
(Harper rolls off Andrea as the referee hands her the title. “Sweet Dreams” starts to play to the resounding boos of the arena as Harper gingerly slides under the ropes falling to the mats and clutching her championship. Serena Bennett stands on the outside with a smile on her face while Kassidy Heart is seen seething, glaring at the face of Bennett.)
Deadprez: THIS WAS HIGHWAY ROBBERY! ANDREA VALENTINE WAS ABOUT TO WIN THE UNIVERSAL WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP BUT THE RETURNING SERENA BENNETT HAD SOME OLD SORES THAT NEEDED HEALING AND SHE JUST COST ANDREA VALENTINE THE CHAMPIONSHIP! HARPER LEE RETAINS AFTER THE REFEREE WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD HAPPENED!
Eve: THIS IS A DISGRACE! SERENA BENNETT LEFT THE EAW THINKING SHE WOULD FIND GREENER PASTURES AND AS THE WOMEN’S DIVISION GREW AND PAST HER BY SHE RETURNS TO DO THIS!? THIS NEEDS TO BE STOPPED RIGHT NOW!
Gavin Kirkland: I can’t believe…. This is not very Disney like!
(Harper is back to her feet and she is already making her way to the back, passing Kassidy Heart who glares at her down, with narrowing eyes. Harper starts to laugh and walks past her clutching the Universal Women’s Championship as Kassidy turns back her attention to Serena who slides back in the ring at the fallen Andrea Valentine quickly lifting her up by the hair and pointing at Kassidy Heart….)
Deadprez: What is she doing!? OH, COME ON STOP THIS! SERENA BENNETT ANDREA UP AND….. TIP TOE ON ANDREA VALENTINE BUT SHE ROLLS OUT OF THE RING, GRABBING THE BELL… WHAT THE HELL IS SHE DOING!?
Eve: SOMEBODY NEEDS TO STOP THIS! SERENA IS CLIMBING TO THE TOP ROPE…. SHE HAS THE BELL AND JUMPS….. DRIVING THE BELL TO THE NECK OF ANDREA VALENTINE! SHE MIGHT HAVE CRUSHED HER WINDPIPE AND LOOK AT ANDREA! SHE CAN’T BREATHE! SHE IS ALREADY TURNING BLUE IN THE FACE AND SERENA STILL HAS A HOLD OF THE BELL…..
(DING!!!)
Gavin Kirkland: SHE SLAMMED THE BELL IN ANDREA’S FACE BUSTING HER WIDE OPEN AND SHE’S UNCONSCIOUS BUT CAN’T BREATHE! HERE COMES THE EMT’S!
(Officials and EMT’s rush the ring as Serena rolls out. Kassidy hasn’t moved, staring at Serena the whole time as the blue-haired vixen starts to laugh, jumping the barrier into the crowd….)
Deadprez: ANDREA CANNOT BREATHE AND SHE IS BLEEDING ALL OVER, GET HER HELP RIGHT NOW!
(The EMT’s quickly start to perform a tracheal tube on her as they try to stop the bleeding, a stretcher has been rolled out as Serena looks on with a smile on her face before turning back to Kassidy with a sneer.)
Deadprez: This is not good…. This is not good at all….. I’m speechless….. Serena Bennett, why!?
Eve: Prez, we have to stay calm here. I…. I don’t know what to say? This is a very dangerous and serious situation right now. We are running out of time… thank you for joining us… we will see you next week from Greece and keep tabs on the EAW Network for updates on Andrea Valentine. Goodnight everybody!
Gavin Kirkland: Andrea….
(The fans watch in silence, many booing as the final shot is the EMT’s working on Andrea Valentine when the camera pans back to show Serena with a huge Cheshire grin on her face while Kassidy eyes continue to stare right at her with clenched fists, the camera fades.)
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