(EAW Intro plays.)
(There is a violent storm, winds rushing through trees, the water on the lake rippling from the effects. Thunder roars while shaking the walls, the lightning streaming through the sky lighting up the night. There is an old house sitting on the embankment, the eyes of the alligators floating in the murky waters can be spotted. Inside the home there is a table, a woman in a black cowl sits behind it, her hands with what seem to be Tarot Cards. Her fingers with the black nails slowly sift through the cards, her haunting and yet serene tone speak.)
???: Tempest, the strongest of storms, wild and vicious in its own beauty. What will it hold for the future of those on Voltage who will compete here tonight in the eye of it? What fate holds in the cards?
(The woman in the cowl slowly separates the card, tilting her head, she looks down ready to flip one.)
???: Sheridan Muller and TLA, two respected Elitists and former champions looking to get there once again, but enemies under the blanket of success.
(The woman flips the first card and then the second.)
???: For these two gladiators, the Wheel of Fortune, destined for Change, the cycles of fate which manifest into luck and unexpected events, but it could also mean a reversal of luck, clinging to control while delayed in their attempts to reach the top. A match that can have huge implications in the title pictures moving forward.
(Her finger then taps at the next card.)
???: The Page of Pentacles. Symbolizes ambition, much like the song of TLA. Desire, diligence with commitment, but if reversed, it can spell greed and laziness. Then we have ARIA and Sierra Everett with the chance at the Specialist Championship.
(The woman then flips two more cards over, her fingers gently brushing over the first.)
???: The Ace of Cups. ARIA, the brilliant champion, and detective always prided herself on knowing. Sierra, a brash and egotistical spitfire ready to become champion. The Ace of Cups brings new feelings into light, spirituality, and intuition like a Detective, but it can also give emotional loss and emptiness.
(Flipping the other card over.)
???: Ah… The Ten of Wands. Accomplishment, responsibility, and burden but it could lead to burn out and stress. Can the Champion survive? Or will the battle between two former best friends and tag team partners define the ultimate sacrifice for the EAW Hardcore Championship? What holds in the fates of Hikari Kano and Miku Sakai?
(The woman flips two cards over, this time a slight giggle slips from her lips.)
???: The Hanged Man. Signaling ultimate sacrifice, release, and even martyrdom, but it can also lead to fear and needless sacrifices for a championship that is known to spill blood in order to win it. Then we have The Magician, a rather interesting card that holds willpower, desire, and creation yet the trickery and illusions can blanket its true meaning. Which former friend, sister, and tag team partner will bleed tonight? What about Usagi Senshi and Minerva?
(A slight laugh can be heard as her fingers, the black nails gripping the next card flipping it over.)
???: How fitting, the former EAW World Champion recovering from a heartbreak, the ambitious “Leader” of the Ice Aces, looking for her place in this world we call EAW. They draw Justice, a card with cause and effect, clarity, and truth. But it only dwells outside dishonesty and unaccountability. This next card may explain it all.
(The woman then holds up the card.)
???: The Queen of Wands. Courage, determination, and joy for the winner, but the loser? Nothing but selfishness, jealousy, and insecurities. What about Drake King and Yhwach O’Hara? Two bitter rivals, men with God Complexes and only one will stand and the other will feel the fires of the brimstones in pure defeat.
(Turning more cards over, she then rubs her fingers on the face of one….)
???: The Tower. Sudden upheaval, broken pride, disaster. For many they wish this upon Drake King, but could it be for Yhwach instead? As with every card, reversal is the alternative. Delayed disaster and fear of suffering. Then we have the second card.
(She then glares at it for a moment, before holding it up and revealing it.)
???: Judgment. A clear reflection, reckoning, and an awakening. But with Lack of Self Awareness and loathing, one of these two “Gods” will fall. What would happen between the former and current Universal Women’s Champion? Dr, Bethany Blue waited all these years to make it to the top and Harper Lee was ready to get back there and split the clouds for one more day of sunshine on her reign that was cut short.
(As she flips the two cards, the woman in the cowl takes a moment of silence before speaking.)
???: The World. A card of fulfillment, Harmony, and completion, it can factor into the one who does not walk away with the championship as failure to closure. These two women at war though will look to the last card…. The Ace of Swords.
(Twiddling her fingers in almost excitement, the woman continues to speak.)
???: A breakthrough, clarity, and sharp minds, yet this could manifest into confusion, chaos, and utter brutality to the unlucky one. One championship, two Elitists, what will give? Or are all eyes on Theron Nikolas and Methuselah.
(Two more cards are drawn.)
???: Two greats, legendary competitors written in the annals of the EAW. Titans clashing for supremacy and old wounds being dug up. Methuselah and Theron Nikolas drew The Chariot. Direction, control, willpower with the dangers of aggression. Their second card is The Emperor.
(She laughs some.)
???: Authority, structure and fatherhood, but if they are lost in their way, expect tyranny, coldness and rigid rule. Which finally leads to the last of many clashes. The EAW World Championship which pits Samael taking on Myles.
(Flipping the last two cards, the women’s index fingers points at the first.)
???: Ah… The Fool. How quaint with new beginnings, recklessness, and aloofness. Always taking advantage of a situation with no consideration. Their last card though is probably the telltale of them all. The Devil. A monster looking to take away what they see as materialistic, an addiction to brutality, but for the champion this is their moment to restore control and order.
(The woman finally looks up; you can see the bottom half of her face as it slowly cracks a smile.)
???: And now comes the eye of the storm, ready to wreak havoc on Voltage and the EAW. Remember, it is all in the cards.
(She removes her cowl, a familiar face with her eyes shining bright without pupils and a mist coming out of them.)
Minerva: Welcome to Tempest.
(The scene slowly fades)
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Narrator: AND NOW EAW AND THE PROUD FAMILY ONLY ON DISNEY PLUS PRESENT….. TEMPEST!
(The camera pans to the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio as “The Wolf You Feed It” by Nita Strauss plays throughout the arena, the fireworks start to sound off, the roar of the crowd is deafening as it shifts to the announce table with James Peters, Rich Russillo and Persephone, the broadcast team of the Voltage.)
James Peters: WELCOME EVERYONE TO TEMPEST! I AM JAMES PETERS AND ARE JOINED BY THE LOVELY PERSEPHONE AND RICH RUSSILLO! WHAT A CARD WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT CAPPED OFF WITH THE EAW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH OF MYLES AND SAMAEL!
Rich Russillo: TALK ABOUT A COMBUSTIBLE ELEMENT! THE 24/7 CONTRACT WAS CASHED IN, WE ARE GOING TO SEE IF SAMAEL THE MONSTER AND BEAST INCARNATE CAN DEFEAT THE MAN KNOWN AS THE PEAK, MYLES! BUT WE ARE NOT DONE THERE, TWO HUGE MATCHES WITH IMPLICATIONS IN YHWACH O’HARA AND DRAKE KING! ALSO, METHUSELAH AS HE TAKES ON ARCHRIVAL, THERON NIKOLAS!
Persephone: TALK ABOUT A BLAST FROM THE PAST, IT IS GOING TO BE SUPER BOR…. EXCITING PERSONIFIED! BUT GIVE THE LADIES SOME LOVE TOO! FOUR BIG WOMEN’S MATCHES TONIGHT! ARIA DEFENDS HER SPECIALISTS CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST SIERRA EVERETT! HIKARI KANNO DEFENDS HER HARDCORE TITLE AGAINST FORMER TAG TEAM PARTNER AND FRIEND, MIKU SAKAI! DR. BETHANY BLUE WILL FACE THE FORMER CHAMPION, HARPER LEE IN A VOLTAGE VERSUS SHOWDOWN UNIVERSAL WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH!
James Peters: AND WE HAVE MINERVA, THE FORMER EAW WORLD CHAMPION IN HER FIRST SINGLES MATCH SINCE LOSING THE TITLE TAKE ON A VERY HUNGRY AND DETERMINED, USAGI SENSHI! DON’T FORGET THAT SHERIDAN MULLER WILL FACE TLA IN A TACO BELL BRAWL! ALL THIS AND SO MUCH MORE BUT LET’S KICK IT OFF WITH OUR FIRST MATCH AND DOWN TO THE RING WITH BELLA BRAXTON!
(The graphic of the first match is shown.)
(The camera cuts to Bella Braxton in the ring.)
Bella Braxton: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR… ONE FALL!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!
Bella Braxton: AND IS FOR THE EAW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!!
(A hush falls over the crowd as a black bird flies through the arena, and the lights go out. After a gong sound, reverberating throughout the arena, a scary voice can heard saying “I SEE YOU” as smoke fills the stage area. Dimmed red lights color the arena, and Samael starts making his entrance as “Down with the Sickness” by Disturbed plays.)
Bella Braxton: Introducing first! Weighing in at 285 pounds… THE GRIM REAPER… SAMAEL!!!!!!
James Peters: Samael has held onto the 24/7 Contract since Pain for Pride of last year, after King of Elite, decided to cash in.
Rich Russillo: Well, Caine decided to cash in, much to the shock of Myles, who didn’t expect him to cash in upfront.
Persephone: Some say that was a bit of an idiotic move on Caine’s part.
James Peters: Idiotic? I’d call it brave. He isn’t waiting for Myles to be on his last legs, he’s allowing him to compete at one-hundred percent. If Myles loses the title tonight, he has no excuses, Samael was simply the better man.
(‘Enemy Strike’ by Yuki Hayashi blares throughout the arena, receiving a mixed reaction, loudly leaning towards cheers as opposed to Samael’s jeers. Myles has the World Championship around his waist, and paces back-and-forth on the stage area, that is before locking eyes with Samael in the ring, and begins walking down the ramp, never taking his eyes off Samael.)
Bella Braxton: And his opponent! Hailing out of Melbourne, Australia, weighing in at 215 pounds…HE IS THE EAW WORLD CHAMPION…THE PEAK…MYLES!!
Rich Russillo: Beating Myles is easier said than done, but at the end of the day, Myles is a man, and any man can be defeated in between the squared circle.
James Peters: Yes, Myles is a man, but he can take punishment as if he’s abnormal. In big match situations like this, Myles ascends into something far more, and you can credit that to grit, you can credit that to determination.
Rich Russillo: Myles certainly doesn’t lack determination right now, keeping his eyes solely on Samael.
Persephone: Speaking of, I’m sure Daryl Kinkade is keeping his eyes on this match, anticipating to find out his opponent at Grand Rampage.
(Myles enters the ring, and sticks his torso out through the middle rope, raising the championship up to his face. Afterwards, ‘Enemy Strike’ by Yuki Hayashi, and Myles backs himself into the opposite corner to Samael, handing his title off to the referee, who raises it high, signifying what this match is all about.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
James Peters: The bell has rung, and we are officially underway, big fight feel in the arena as Myles prepares to take on Samael in our OPENING MATCH of the evening. Winner gets the World Title, but that doesn’t equal rest either, because immediately after, they’ve gotta shift focus to Grand Rampage, along with their opponent, Daryl Kinkade, who punched his ticket last week, toppling Candice Blair.
Rich Russillo: Speaking of, Daryl must be watching this match, eager to find out who his opponent will be.
James Peters: He’s not exactly getting lucky with either competitor, because if Myles wins, congrats, you’re facing one of the best wrestlers in Elite Answers Wrestling today, who has achieved triple crown status within this company. If Samael wins, you’re facing someone who outmatches you physically, and is unpredictable in every way, something Myles has found out throughout their interactions. You’re not preparing for one person, you’re preparing for multiple personalities, I’d go as far to say people inside of one person.
Rich Russillo: Regardless, Myles refuses to be scared, he refuses to be intimidated. He has never shied away from competition, and won’t start now, even if the man standing across from him is Samael.
James Peters: We’ve seen these two surprise one another, catch each other off guard with attacks. Samael used lights to his advantage, Myles used Samael being in the midst of a match with TLA to his. Now, there is room for surprises, these two are gonna fight, and they’re gonna fight straight up, and they’re gonna fight right now.
Rich Russillo: Both Myles and Samael exit their corners, slowly circling one another as the anticipation builds for the two bulls to finally lock horns, man-to-man, mano y mano. A collar and elbow tie-up takes place in the center of the ring, BUT SAMAEL IMMEDIATELY SHOWS OFF HIS POWER, SHOVING MYLES TO THE GROUND! Myles rolls through to a knee, and locks eyes with Samael, who stares right back at him, not attempting to follow up, which might be a mistake on his part. Last thing you want to do is give Myles opportunity to breathe, or possibly begin to form a game plan in his head.
Persephone: Myles needs to form a good one, because Samael is quite the freak… of nature.
James Peters: Myles gets back to his feet, slightly taken aback by Samael’s strength, but isn’t going to let that get him off his game, and both competitors circle one another for a second time in this match up. The two bulls lock horns with another collar and elbow tie-up, but again, Myles gets shoved to the ground like nothing. Myles sits himself up, and pounds the mat in frustration, not thrilled at being punked out by Samael for a second time.
Rich Russillo: Myles rushes back to his feet, determination etched across his face as he circles Samael for a third time before the duo lock up in the center of the ring. Myles catches Samael off guard with a drop toe hold! Samael gets to all fours, clutching at his face area, BUT MYLES IS THERE TO CAPITALIZE WITH AN OKLAHOMA ROLL, THE SHOULDERS OF SAMAEL ARE DOWN ON THE MAT! HE COULD POSSIBLY SCORE A FAST ONE HERE!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
James Peters: Kickout! Both competitors get to a knee, and stare one another down. Myles can’t overpower Samael, but he can certainly outmaneuver him. Earlier, we mentioned Myles is a triple crown champion. Well, he didn’t get there by being stupid. If Samael was underestimating Myles before, he isn’t now as both competitors circle each other for a fourth time.
Rich Russillo: Samael gets the advantage early, grabbing Myles in a side headlock, and going down to knee, bringing the champ with him as well. Myles powers back to his feet, and loosens the grip of Samael with forearm shots to the ribcage, allowing Myles to shift the momentum, grabbing Samael in a side headlock of his own, going down to a knee himself. Samael remains on both feet, and powers Myles back to his.
James Peters: Samael shoves Myles toward the ropes, but pulls Myles back in by the rear waistband of his shorts, grabbing Myles in a rear waistlock. Samael goes for a back suplex, but Myles backflips onto his feet, landing behind Samael, who quickly turns around. The two engage in an intense collar and elbow tie-up, which features Samael overpowering Myles again, backing him into the corner, and keeping him pinned there. The referee is going to have no choice but to intervene with a five count.
Referee: ONE! TWO! THREE!
Rich Russillo: The referee gets in between both men, and forces a clean break. No cheapshots taken by either Myles or Samael, then again, there’s no need for either competitor to take a cheapshot. They are very dominant in their own right, and don’t need to take shortcuts much for an advantage.
Persephone: :wow:
James Peters: Samael backs to the center of the ring, giving Myles space to exit the corner. Samael posts himself in the center, and Myles begins to close the distance between them, raising his hand for a Greco-Roman knuckle lock, otherwise known as a test of strength. Myles manages to outsmart Samael, having baited him in for a kick to the hamstring that Samael shrugs off. Myles keeps his space from Samael afterward, staying out of the bigger man’s reach.
Rich Russillo: Samael marches toward Myles with a purpose, possibly showing signs of frustration himself with the champion’s elusiveness. But as Samael went to get his hands on Myles, Myles slipped behind him for a rear waistlock. Samael pries the hands apart of Myles, and wrings his arm for an extended wristlock.
James Peters: Myles rolls forward to a seated position, and rolls back to his feet, proceeding to wring Samael’s arm for a wristlock of his own. OOH! Samael shuts that down with a kick to the midsection of Myles, doubling him over. Samael stands Myles upright, and goes for a KNIFE EDGE CHOP TO THE CHEST!
Rich Russillo: Myles ducks underneath, and Samael spins around, getting grounded with a side headlock takedown by Myles!
Persephone: 🥱 Technical wrestling is on full display!
James Peters: I’m sorry, Percy, did I just hear you yawn?
Persephone: No, your headsets must be malfunctioning. If you’d be fine going silent for a few minutes, I’m sure we could get you a new one. 🙂
James Peters: No, I’ll stick with my “faulty” headset for now. But returning attention back to the in-ring action, Myles continues to tighten his hold over Samael, who’s struggled in this submission hold. But Samael rolls onto his side, and simultaneously rolls Myles onto both shoulders, keeping him there for a pinfall victory attempt! Myles might regret applying the side headlock!
ONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Rich Russillo: No! Myles rolls back into position for the grounded side headlock, regaining the advantage over Samael, and managing to save his World Title.
James Peters: Myles can’t keep Samael grounded forever, and is learning that right now as Samael powers back to his feet, and backs Myles up against the ropes. The referee calls for a break, giving both competitors til the count of five.
Referee: ONE! TWO! THREE!
Rich Russillo: Once again, were seeing a clean break between Myles and Sa- NO! Samael drives his shoulder into the midsection of Myles, but isn’t done, doing it AGAIN, and AGAIN! Myles probably has the wind knocked out of his sails, and Samael looks to capitalize, grabbing the back of Myles’ head, and directing him towards the corner, bouncing Myles FACE FIRST off the top turnbuckle.
James Peters: Myles gets pinned in the corner, AND SAMAEL LIGHTS HIM UP WITH AN OPEN-HANDED CHOP TO THE CHEST THAT ECHOES THROUGHOUT THE ARENA! Pain is etched across the face of Myles, who tries to cover up his chest, but Samael removes his hand out of the way, wanting to inflict more damage with a SECOND open-handed chop to the chest, sounding JUST as loud as the first.
Rich Russillo: Myles gets whipped to the opposite corner by Samael, WHO CHARGES IN TO DELIVER A BODY AVALANCHE! THATS 285 POUNDS CRUSHING MYLES IN THE CORNER! Samael isn’t done, and grabs hold of the champion, BIELING MYLES HALFWAY ACROSS THE RING! Myles favors his back while getting to a knee. Samael methodically approaches Myles, and stands him back up to a vertical base, BUT MYLES BEGINS TO UNLOAD WITH RIGHT HANDS, CATCHING SAMAEL OFF GUARD, WHO QUICKLY REGAINS THE ADVANTAGE WITH A KNEE TO THE ABDOMEN!
James Peters: Myles staggers back into the corner, and just like that, Samael has effectively shut down his momentum. Samael grabs the wrist of Myles, and irish whips him into the opposite corner! HES LOOKING TO HAVE A REPEAT OF EARLIER, CHARGING MYLES FOR A BODY AVALANCHE, SO HE CAN CRUSH HIM IN THE CORNER! BUT MYLES ANTICIPATED IT THIS TIME, AND SAMAEL RAN INTO A BACK ELBOW, STAGGERING HIM A BIT, AND CREATING SEPARATION BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE CHAMPION!
Rich Russillo: MYLES CHARGES OUT OF THE CORNER, AND FOLLOWS IT UP WITH A CLOTHESLINE, BUT THE CHALLENGER DOESNT LEAVE HIS FEET! HOWEVER, IS STUNNED, AND MYLES RUNS OFF THE ROPES TO DELIVER A SECOND CLOTHESLINE! STILL, SAMAEL REMAINS ON HIS FEET, WHICH TAKES MYLES ABACK, SHOCKED AT HOW MUCH PUNISHMENT HIS OPPONENT CAN EAT! THESE APPEAR TO BARELY BE PHASING SAMAEL!
James Peters: MYLES RUNS OFF THE ROPES AGAIN, AND ALMOST GETS HIS HEAD TAKEN OFF BY SAMAEL, BUT DUCKS UNDERNEATH THE CLOTHESLINE ATTEMPT, AND KEEPS MOMENTUM GOING, RUNNING OFF THE ROPES BEHIND SAMAEL, WHO SPINS AROUND, AND FINALLY GETS TAKEN OFF HIS FEET WITH A CLOTHESLINE! Although, not for long as Samael rushes back to a knee, already beginning to stir, which puts into question how much effect that clothesline had over him, even if he did get taken off his feet.
Persephone: Unfortunately, if Myles had the strength of Rex McAllistar, he wouldn’t struggle this hard to phase Samael.
James Peters: You think so?
Persephone: I know so. 😌 …of course, Myles is strong in his own right.
James Peters: AND HE LOOKS TO PROVE IT, STANDING SAMAEL BACK UP TO A VERTICAL BASE, AND PLANTING HIM WITH A VERTICAL SUPLEX! Samael sits himself up off the ground, and holds his back in pain. Myles gets to his feet, and goes to inflict more damage on Samael, who’s gotten up to a knee.
(Suddenly, Samael falls to a seated position, and places his hand up while scooting back into the corner, cowering in fear from Myles.)
Michael: (off-mic) NO, PLEASE! STOP! IM SCARED, PLEASE!
Myles: :comeagain:
Rich Russillo: We talked about Samael being unpredictable, and harboring many personalities within himself. Well, we’re seeing one right now, that being Michael, who wouldn’t hurt a fly.
James Peters: Myles appeared confused at first as to why Samael was cowering in fear, but seems to have pieced the puzzle together in his head. Samael appears to have flipped the switch to Michael, and Myles questions the referee as to what he should do, seeing as his opponent clearly can’t defend himself.
(Myles goes to approach a scared Michael in the corner, but the referee blocks Myles path, keeping him at bay from getting near Michael, who appears to flip another switch within, channeling a more sinister side of himself.)
Caine: (off-mic) No, no, NO! Quit ruining things for us, and get back out there!
Justin: (off-mic) Maybe Caine is right. I mean, we can’t squander our opportunity like this.
Michael: (off-mic) But, I-
Caine: (off-mic) No buts!
Michael: (off-mic) I can’t-
Caine: (off-mic) Aw, boo-hoo. You can’t, but I know someone who will…
(The inner conflict between himself ends as Samael is back in the forefront, pulling himself out of the corner, and marching toward Myles.)
Rich Russillo: SAMAEL PUSHES PAST THE REFEREE, GETTING HIM OUT OF THE WAY, AND SCORES WITH A KICK TO THE MIDSECTION OF MYLES, DOUBLING HIM OVER FOR A CLUBBING BLOW TO THE BACK! He appears to have flipped the switch from Samael to Michael to Caine to Justin BACK to Samael.
James Peters: Usually, turning to Michael would be a hindrance during competition, but it appears to have done Samael some good, putting Myles’ guard down a bit, and allowing him to capitalize. Speaking of, Myles crawls toward the corner, and pulls himself back to a vertical base while Samael watches.
Rich Russillo: SAMAEL UNLEASHES MULTIPLE KICKS TO THE GUT OF MYLES, SINKING HIM DOWN TO THE SECOND TURNBUCKLE! Samael grabs hold of Myles, and directs him toward the ropes, leaning him up against said ropes for an irish whip that Myles reverses at the last minute, sending Samael off the opposite set of ropes instead!
James Peters: ARM DRAG! SAMAEL RAN INTO AN ARM DRAG, AND GETS BACK TO HIS FEET, RUNNING INTO ANOTHER ARM DRAG! SAMAEL REFUSES TO STAY DOWN, AND RUSHES TO HIS FEET AGAIN, RUNNING INTO A THIRD ARM DRAG! MYLES SCRAMBLES TO HIS FEET, PREPARED TO DELIVER A FOURTH ARM DRAG POSSIBLY, BUT NOTICES THAT SAMAEL HAS SLID OUT UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM ROPE!
Rich Russillo: Samael’s anger appears to be reaching a boiling point as he kicks the steel steps, which managed to dislodge them. Samael hoists the top half of the steel steps up, and contemplates going into the ring with them.
Persephone: DO I- DONT DO IT!
James Peters: If Samael does, that’d equal a disqualification, which the referee reminds him of, causing Samael to throw the steel steps down, and kind of collect himself a bit. Last thing he wants to do is waste the 24/7 Contract opportunity, because he got disqualified.
Rich Russillo: Yeah, hitting Myles with the steel steps would only temporarily solve his problems. BUT SAMAEL SLIDES IN THE RING WITH A PURPOSE, OPTING TO TAKE OUT MYLES WITH HIS BARE HANDS! BUT MYLES IS PREPARED FOR SAMAEL, AND TAGS HIM SQUARE ON THE CHIN WITH A BICYCLE KNEE STRIKE THAT STAGGERS SAMAEL BACK UP AGAINST THE ROPES! MYLES PROCEEDS TO CLOTHESLINE SAMAEL OVER THE TOP!
James Peters: Samael gets to all fours, and Myles isn’t going to allow this monster any extra time to recover, keeping the pressure on as he slides out underneath the bottom rope, and pulls Samael to a knee. MYLES’ BONE MEETS SAMAEL’S JAW AS HE DELIVERS A STIFF FOREARM THAT SENDS SAMAEL BACK DOWN TO ALL FOURS!
Rich Russillo: Myles grabs hold of Samael’s head, and lifts him up to a vertical base, BOUNCING SAMAEL’S FACE OFF THE STEEL STEPS! Samael falls back to a seated position afterwards, visibly knocked loopy after that, attempting the shake the cobwebs out of his head. Myles rolls back into the ring, and rolls back out, restarting the referee’s count, and giving him more leeway to inflict damage on the outside.
James Peters: Myles pulls Samael back to a knee, BUT SAMAEL BATTLES BACK, DRIVING MYLES BACK FIRST INTO THE RING APRON! SAMAEL ISNT DONE YET, AND LIFTS MYLES UP IN POSITION FOR A SPINEBUSTER, BEGINNING TO EYE THE RINGPOST! NO, NO, N-
Persephone: NO! SAMAEL DRIVES MYLES BACK FIRST INTO THE RINGPOST AS WELL! 🫣
Rich Russillo: Myles collapses down to both knees, and is at the mercy of Samael, who stares down at him before pie-facing Myles down to all fours! Myles goes to crawl away from Samael, hoping to create seperation, so he can catch his breath, and at least get to his feet. Samael mirrors Myles from earlier, rolling back into the ring, and quickly rolling back out, wanting more time to use the outside area to his advantage possibly.
James Peters: Myles has crawled in front of our announcer’s table, and Samael catches up to him, leaning Myles up against our table for a KNIFE EDGE CHOP TO THE CHEST! Myles melts down our announcer’s table, falling to his knees, and Samael stands him back up, grabbing Myles’ head, and a handful of hair.
Rich Russillo: Samael is eyeing the barricade, and builds momentum, keeping hold of Myles, WHIPPING HIM BACK FIRST INTO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BARRICADE! MYLES HIT SIDEWAYS, SHOWING YOU JUST HOW MUCH FORCE AND MOMENTUM SAMAEL HAD INTO THAT THROW!
James Peters: Samael presses his boot down on the side of Myles face as he stares down at him. Myles flails his feet, and tries to lift Samael’s boot off his face, but he doesn’t appear to possess the strength to do so, getting worn out and put through the wringer by Samael, who has been firmly in control.
Rich Russillo: Samael relents, taking his boot off Myles’ face, and lifts the current champion back to his feet, having eyes on the southwest corner of the barricade now. Samael grabs the back of Myles’ neck, and begins building steam to throw Myles into the barricade- BUT MYLES CHANGES THE MOMENTUM AT THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND, SENDING SAMAEL BACK FIRST INTO THE BARRICADE HIMSELF!
James Peters: Myles grabs hold of Samael, and rolls him back into the ring, sliding in almost immediately afterward. Samael gets to his feet as Myles gets to his, the difference is: Samael is on more shaky ground than Myles, who approaches the challenger to deliver a forearm! BUT THAT MIGHTVE FIRED SAMAEL UP, ONLY ANGERING HIM MORE AS HE RETALIATES WITH A FOREARM OF HIS OWN THAT KNOCKS MYLES BACK INTO THE CORNER!
Rich Russillo: Once again, the strength differences are highlighted. Samael marches toward the corner, getting a second wind almost, and hammers Myles with a right hand to the abdomen, doubling him over. SAMAEL DOESNT STOP THERE, AND CONTINUES TO UNLOAD WITH A FLURRY OF CLUBBING BLOWS TO THE BACK, DROPPING MYLES TO A KNEE!
James Peters: BIG BOOT TO THE SIDE OF MYLES’ HEAD KNOCKS HIM BACK INTO THE CORNER, AND LEAVES HIM SEATED AS SAMAEL STOMPS DOWN ON MYLES, WHO IS BARELY GETTING HIS HANDS UP TO PROTECT HIMSELF, BEING OVERWHELMED BY THIS HARD-HITTING OFFENSE FROM SAMAEL!
Rich Russillo: The referee pulls Samael away from Myles, and almost regrets that decision as Samael stares daggers into him.
Persephone: The official seems a bit intimidated.
Rich Russillo: I’m intimidated by Samael, and I’m ringside, having no hand in this match.
Persephone: Pu-
James Peters: Samael goes back on the offensive, focusing his attention away from the referee, and back on Myles, who should be his only priority in this match up. Samael stands Myles up in the corner, and grabs him by the wrist for an irish whip to the opposite corner! MYLES FLIPS UP AND OVER THE TOP ROPE, CATCHING HIMSELF ON THE APRON, AND SAMAEL CHARGES IN!
Rich Russillo: SHOULDER THRUST BY MYLES, WHICH CAUSES SAMAEL TO DOUBLE OVER! MYLES GOES TO SLINGSHOT OVER THE TOP ROPE- OOH! SAMAEL CAUGHT HIM WITH A RIGHT HAND IN MID AIR, SENDING MYLES DOWN TO THE RINGSIDE AREA, CLUTCHING AT HIS JAW!
James Peters: Samael takes a moment to catch his breath while Myles recovers on the outside, slowly getting to a knee, Samael has been stalking his opposition, AND HIS PLAN GETS SPRUNG INTO ACTION AS HE RUNS OFF THE ROPES FOR A SUICIDE DIVE OVER THE TOP ROPE!
Rich Russillo: THAT SHOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR A MAN OF SAMAEL’S SIZE, BUT SOMEHOW, HE PULLED IT OFF, MAKING IT LOOK LIKE A THING OF BEAUTY! ITS NOT EVERYDAY YOU SEE A 285 POUND MAN SOARING OVER THE TOP ROPE LIKE A CRUISERWEIGHT! IF THERE WAS ANYBODY I EXPECTED THAT FROM IN THIS MATCH, ITS MYLES!
James Peters: SAMAEL IS PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS TO BECOME WORLD CHAMPION, BUT OF COURSE, A DIVE LIKE THAT DOESNT COME WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES AS SAMAEL ROLLS OFF OF MYLES, AND BOTH COMPETITORS ARE LAID OUT! WHO WILL BE THE FIRST BACK TO THEIR FEET?! WILL IT BE MYLES, OR WILL BE SAMAEL?
Rich Russillo: The referee can only get to three before Samael begins to stir, getting to his feet. Although, you can tell he’s in pain after that death-defying stunt, which took a lot out of him. Samael pulls Myles back to his feet, and rolls him back into the ring before hanging Myles’ head out over the apron, and gingerly climbs on the apron himself, LEAPING IN THE AIR FOR A GUILLOTINE LEG DROP!
James Peters: NO! MYLES AVOIDED IT, GETTING HIS HEAD OUT OF HARM’S WAY, AND SAMAEL WRITHES ON THE OUTSIDE IN PAIN, CLUTCHING AT HIS HAMSTRING, WHICH CAME DOWN HARD ON THE APRON!
Persephone: That’s the hardest part of the ring! 😧
Rich Russillo: Indeed, it is. Myles rolls out underneath the bottom rope, and slowly stands himself up on the apron, seeing opportunity knock as Samael slowly gets to his feet ringside.
James Peters: Samael has his back turned toward Myles, and may not be aware of the danger that awaits, still clutching his hamstring in pain as he gets to a knee.
Rich Russillo: Myles gestures for Samael to stand up, which he soon does, and turns around to face Myles, WHO RUNS OFF THE APRON TO DELIVER A HURRICANRANA!
James Peters: NO! SAMAEL STANDS HIS GROUND, AND HAS MYLES SUSPENDED UPSIDE DOWN, SHOWING OFF HIS STRENGTH, AND SHOWS OFF HIS AGGRESSION BY POWERBOMB SWINGING MYLES INTO THE BARRICADE! MYLES HIT SHOULDER FIRST, AND I THINK THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD SMACKED AS WELL!
Rich Russillo: Myles has a glossy look in his eye, and the referee exits the ring to check on him, to make sure Myles can even continue.
Persephone: Here’s to hoping he can, so this “banger match” can continue.
James Peters: Samael ignores the referee, not caring if he gives Myles the greenlight to go ahead or not, and I don’t think the referee plans on standing up to Samael either.
Rich Russillo: At least Myles didn’t lie completely motionless on the outside, and showed some signs of life.
James Peters: If it’s there, Samael doesn’t mind beating it out of him as he stands Myles back to a vertical base, and directs him towards the southern barricade, bouncing Myles off FACE FIRST! Myles tries shoving Samael back to create a bit of space for himself, but the shove was extremely faint, carrying no real force as Myles isn’t exactly running on all cylinders at the moment.
Rich Russillo: But Samael is, and Samael scores with a HARD right hand to the temple while Myles is leaned up against the barricade. Myles tries kicking Samael away with his boot, but again, the kicking is extremely faint, not doing much to phase Samael, who delivers ANOTHER right hand to the skull!
James Peters: Myles gets rolled back into the ring by Samael, and has his head hung over the apron for a second time. Samael climbs up on the apron, and stares down at an almost motionless Myles, who doesn’t go anywhere AS SAMAEL LEAPS IN THE AIR FOR A GUILLOTINE LEG DROP ACROSS THE THROAT! Myles was in no condition to move that time, and Samael got all of the move.
Rich Russillo: Samael rolls back into the ring, but Myles showcases some ring IQ, rolling out underneath the bottom rope, and lies prone on the apron, coughing for air after that leg drop.
James Peters: That was a wise move by Myles, who lingers close to the ropes, and buys himself some time to recover as Samael needs to retrieve him, which he goes to do, reaching out over the top rope, and pulling Myles back to his feet on the apron. Myles continues to be at the mercy of the challenger, who hooks Myles up for a suplex back inside the ring.
Rich Russillo: But Samael can only get Myles up ever so slightly before the World Champion blocks the suplex attempt, forcing Samael to try again. BUT MYLES FLOATS OVER SAMAEL, LANDING ON HIS FEET BEHIND HIM, AND TAGS HIM WITH A FOREARM STRIKE TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, LEANING SAMAEL FORWARD AGAINST THE ROPES!
James Peters: MYLES RUNS OFF THE OPPOSITE SET OF ROPES- RUNNING CROSSBODY! SAMAEL CUTS MYLES OFF WITH A RUNNING CROSSBODY, AND HOOKS THE LEG DEEP FOR A COVER, HAVING JUST STEAMROLLED MYLES!
ONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHH-
Persephone: Kickout! Myles kicks out! 😅
Rich Russillo: Samael stands himself up, and lifts Myles to a seated position before applying a head crank, turning Myles’ head sideways, and putting him in quite the uncomfortable position. Myles has struggled to mount momentum against the hulking Samael, and any chance of that might be getting killed off with this maneuver as Samael slows the match down.
James Peters: There’s a method to the madness, he’s slowing the match down, but he’s also giving himself a breather while wearing his opponent down.
Rich Russillo: Myles is in a bad way, but grits through the pain, powering back to his feet, and breaks the grip of Samael with right hands to the rib cage. Myles begins to deliver shots to the forehead, but Samael shrugs them off, irish whipping Myles to the corner, and building a full head of steam- HOWEVER, MYLES CONNECTS WITH A BACK ELBOW THAT STAGGERS SAMAEL BACK!
James Peters: MYLES TURNS HIS BACK ON THE OPPONENT, NOT SURE HOW WISE THAT IS, AND SPRINGBOARDS HIMSELF OFF THE MIDDLE ROPE IN THE CORNER, AND INTO SAMAEL WITH A FRONT DROPKICK!
Rich Russillo: Both competitors are down, albeit momentarily, because Myles is already getting back to his feet. The champion’s endurance is on full display, managing to take Samael’s abuse, and still fire back with offense.
James Peters: Myles hobbles toward Samael, who’s gotten up to all fours, and grabs control of both the opponent’s wrist. MYLES BURIES HIS KNEE INTO THE JAW OF SAMAEL! BUT DOESNT LET GO OF THE WRIST, PLANNING FOR MORE KNEES IM GUESSING!
Rich Russillo: MORE KNEE STRIKES WILL BE NEEDED AS SAMAEL POWERS UP TO A KNEE, FIRING HIMSELF UP, AND YELLING AT MYLES TO BRING IT ON SOME MORE, ALMOST ASKING “IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?!” MYLES LETS HIM THAT COULDNT BE FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH, WINDING HIS KNEE BACK, AND BURYING HIS KNEE INTO THE JAW OF SAMAEL FOR THE SECOND TIME!
James Peters: SAMAEL CONTINUES TO FIRE HIMSELF UP, BUT HE’S VISIBLY STUNNED OFF THAT KNEE STRIKE! MYLES STILL HAS CONTROL OF THE WRISTS, AND COCKS HIS KNEE BACK FOR THE THIRD, MOST POWERFUL KNEE STRIKE OF THEM ALL, WHICH SNUFF OUT SAMAEL’S FIRE, AND KNOCKS HIM DOWN TO THE CANVAS! MYLES FALLS INTO A COVER, HOOKING THE LEG!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHRRRRRRRRR-
Rich Russillo: SAMAEL GETS THE SHOULDER UP, BUT MAY LIVE TO REGRET IT AS MYLES TRANSITIONS INTO A CROSSFACE, CRANKING BACK ON THE HEAD AND NECK OF SAMAEL, WHO HAS NOWHERE TO GO, TRAPPED IN THE CENTER OF THE RING!
James Peters: RIGHT WHEN WE THOUGHT MYLES HAD NOTHING LEFT IN THE TANK, HE PROVES THE WHOLE WORLD WRONG, HAVING GAINED THE UPPER HAND OVER SAMAEL, WHO IS IN A SPOT WE HAVENT SEEN MUCH OF HIM IN THIS MATCH, WHICH IS VULNERABLE! FOR ONCE, HE IS AT THE MERCY OF OUR WORLD CHAMPION, WHO HAS INTENSITY IN HIS EYES! INTENSITY WE HAVEN’T SEEN OUT OF HIM QUITE YET DURING THIS MATCH UP!
Rich Russillo: WEVE TALKED ALL MATCH ABOUT HOW SAMAEL IS DANGEROUS, WELL, WHAT ABOUT MYLES?! THAT MAN IS EQUALLY DANGEROUS, POSSIBLY EVEN MORE DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN HIS BACK IS UP AGAINST THE WALL!
James Peters: MYLES KNEW HE HAD TO MOUNT MOMENTUM, AND MOUNT MOMENTUM QUICK! SAMAEL TRIES TO SHIFT THE BALANCE BACK IN HIS FAVOR, ATTEMPTING TO PRY THE HANDS APART OF MYLES, BUT THE GRIP HAS BECOME VISE LIKE! IN THE POSITION HES IN NOW, SAMAEL CANNOT QUITE PRY THE HANDS OF MYLES!
Rich Russillo: WITH THAT BEING SAID, SAMAEL SWITCHES THE GAME PLAN, AND BEGINS CRAWLING TOWARD THE ROPES! MYLES TIGHTENS HIS HOLD OVER SAMAEL, WANTING TO FORCE A TAP OUT, WHICH MIGHT HAPPEN AS SAMAEL RAISES HIS HAND HIGH! IS MYLES GOING TO SUCCESSFULLY TAME THIS MONSTER?!
James Peters: NO! SAMAEL GRABS HOLD OF THE BOTTOM ROPE, BUT THAT DOESNT FORCE A BREAK OUT OF MYLES JUST YET, WHO CONTINUES WRENCHING ON THE HOLD! SAMAEL LOOKS TO BE FADING, AND THE REFEREE INTERVENES WITH A FIVE COUNT ON MYLES, WHO COULD GET HIMSELF DISQUALIFIED! GRANTED, WOULD KEEP HIS TITLE!
Referee: ONE! TWO! THREE!
Persephone: Myles breaks it at three, getting close to full use out of the submission as the match… continues. 😒
Rich Russillo: Myles releases the hold, and creates a bit of separation between himself and Samael as the referee admonishes Myles for not immediately breaking the hold. Myles takes a moment to catch his breath, the adrenaline possibly starting to wear out. Samael uses the ropes to pull himself back to a vertical base, Myles picks up on this, and realizes he needs to stay on the opposition.
James Peters: Myles goes to close the distance between himself and Samael, BUT SAMAEL EXPLODES WITH A BLOOD DONATION! BIG BOOT OUT OF NOWH- NO! MYLES SIDESTEPPED IT, AND HOPS ON SAMAEL’S BACK, WRAPPING HIS LEGS AROUND THE WAIST FOR A SLEEPER HOLD!
Rich Russillo: SAMAEL ALMOST LOSES HIS FOOTING, BUT STUMBLES OVER TO THE ROPES, HOOKING HIS ARM ON THE TOP ONE, AND THE REFEREE INTERJECTS HIMSELF AGAIN WITH A FIVE COUNT!
Referee: ONE! TWO! THREE!
James Peters: Again, Myles keeps the hold locked in til the count of three. After all, he has til five, why not utilize the time given, and inflict more damage on your opponent? Samael looks to be on his last legs, and after hopping off his back, Myles leans Samael up against the ropes for a forearm shot! Samael is dazed, and Myles follows that up with a THUNDEROUS knife edge chop to the chest!
Rich Russillo: Myles goes to whip Samael off the ropes, BUT SAMAEL COUNTERS WITH AN ARM WRINGER, AND SHORT-ARMS MYLES INTO A URANAGE! Samael collapses down to a knee, showing how much the wear and tear of this match has taken effect. So much so, he can’t capitalize off the uranage, and Myles takes full advantage of the fact, rolling out underneath the bottom rope while clutching the back of his neck in pain.
James Peters: Samael smells blood in the water, and stands himself back up, proceeding to exit the ring, and enclose on Myles, who’s gotten himself up to all fours ringside.
Rich Russillo: Samael grabs a handful of Myles’ hair, and pulls him back to a vertical base, BOUNCING MYLES FACE FIRST OFF THE APRON, AND SENDING HIM GUT FIRST INTO THE BARRICADE! SAMAEL ISNT DONE, AND SENDS MYLES FACE FIRST INTO THE RINGPOST! Myles does a spin off the impact before collapsing down to all fours, AND SAMAEL GRABS MYLES BY THE HEAD AGAIN, BOUNCING HIM FACE FIRST OFF OUR TABLE COVER! BUT DOES IT AGAIN! AND AGAIN! AND AGAIN!
James Peters: SAMAEL IS UBER AGGRESSIVE, AND SENDS MYLES SHOULDER FIRST INTO THE STEEL STEPS!
Persephone: :roman:
James Peters: Samael rolls back inside the ring, and quickly rolls back out, resetting the referee’s count. Myles has sat himself up against the steel steps, favoring his shoulder while grimacing in pain. As if you can’t tell from the body language, he’s hurt, and hurt bad.
(Samael goes down to a knee, getting eye-level with Myles, and having a sinister grin on his face.)
Caine: (off-mic) I said I’d hurt you, didn’t I? I said I’d have you wheeled out on a stretcher, didn’t I? Well, allow me to be a man of my word.
(Caine switches back into the Samael personality, who grabs Myles’ head.)
Rich Russillo: No, no, NO! SAMAEL SLAMS THE BACK OF MYLES’ HEAD INTO THE STEEL STEPS, BUT ISNT DONE AS HE DOES IT AGAIN!
James Peters: Myles plops to his side, and Samael rolls back inside the ring, restarting the referee’s count of six before rolling back out. Samael grabs control of Myles’ wrist, and lifts him back to his feet, bringing him over to our announcer’s table once more, AND BOUNCING MYLES FACE FIRST OFF THE COVER! AS IF IT COULDNT GET WORSE, SAMAEL SLAMS MYLES ONTO OUR ANNOUNCE TABLE COVER WITH A URANAGE!
Persephone: That’s about as good as a view of the action gets, watching it go down right in front of you.
Rich Russillo: The referee has got to a count of seven, and Samael takes Myles off the table, and rolls him back into the ring for a cover!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRR-
Rich Russillo: AND MYLES ABLE TO KICKOUT! BEFORE THE PIN, HE DIDNT SHOW MUCH SIGNS OF LIFE, BUT POSSIBLY, MAYBE GOT ANOTHER GUST OF WIND, FEELING THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SLIP AWAY FROM HIS FINGERTIPS!
James Peters: Samael mounts Myles, and starts to reign down with vicious forearms! They’re coming at a slow, methodical pace, but they’re having a great impact over Myles, who can barely cover up to defend himself. Samael stands himself up, and stomps down onto Myles’ abdomen.
Rich Russillo: Samael reaches down, and grabs the throat of Myles, pulling him up for a signature CHOKESLAM! BUT MYLES JUMPS OUT OF SAMAEL’S REACH, LANDING BEHIND HIM, AND WRAPS HIS ARMS AROUND SAMAEL’S WAIST FOR A REAR WAISTLOCK, POSSIBLY LOOKING FOR A GERMAN SUPLEX!
James Peters: BUT SAMAEL BACKS MYLES INTO THE CORNER, AND BREAKS THE WAISTLOCK WITH A STIFF BACK ELBOW! SAMAEL TWISTS THE ARM OF MYLES, AND ASCENDS TO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE, GOING FOR OLD SCHOOL! LOOK AT THE BALANCE POSSESSED BY SAMAEL AS HE WALKS THE METAPHORICAL TIGHTROPE IN THE FORM OF THE TOP ROPE!
Rich Russillo: BUT MYLES REVERSES THE OLD SCHOOL WITH AN ARM DRAG THAT SENDS SAMAEL CRASHING BACK FIRST ONTO THE CANVAS! Samael favors his back while getting up to all fours, and Myles comes crawling over, attempting to capitalize.
James Peters: Samael gets lifted up to both knees by Myles, WHO GETS CAUGHT OFF GUARD WITH A KNIFE EDGE CHOP! MYLES RESPONDS WITH ONE OF HIS OWN! SAMAEL RETURNS FIRE! BOTH COMPETITORS RISE TO THEIR FEET, AND MYLES CONNECTS WITH ANOTHER KNIFE EDGE CHOP!
Rich Russillo: MYLES IS GROGGY AFTER A REBUTTAL FROM SAMAEL, WHO BACKS INTO THE CORNER WITH A SECOND KNIFE EDGE CHOP! Samael walks toward Myles, who grabs hold of Samael’s head, and switches places with him, now Samael is pinned in the corner for an OPEN-HANDED CHOP TO THE CHEST BY MYLES! PAYBACK FROM EARLIER, AND MYLES ALTERNATES BETWEEN OPEN-HANDED AND KNIFE EDGE CHOPS TO THE CHEST!
James Peters: SAMAEL IS BEING LIT UP, AND PUSHES PAST MYLES, NEEDING TO GET SOME BREATHING ROOM AS HE COMES STAGGERING OUT OF THE CORNER! Samael spins around in the center of the ring, and almost gets caught with a knife edge chop by Myles! BUT MANAGES TO DUCK UNDERNEATH, AND TAGS MYLES WITH A THROAT THRUST THAT DROPS HIM!
Persephone: Myles is gasping for air, and Samael has switched the momentum back in his favor.
Rich Russillo: Samael lifts Myles back to his feet, and hooks him up for a suplex, hoisting Myles high in the air, and crotching him on the top turnbuckle. Samael climbs to the middle rope, and reigns down with clubbing blows to the back of Myles, who gets set up for a top rope SUPERPLEX!
James Peters: Both competitors are writhing in pain, as that was a mighty fall both men took. Having hit the move, Samael recovers quicker than Myles, and crawls over towards him for a cover!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHH-
James Peters: MYLES ABLE TO KICKOUT! If I were to chalk that up to something, it’d be the time Myles had to recover as Samael couldn’t instantly capitalize. Samael gingerly gets to his feet, and watches as Myles crawls toward the ropes, slowly pulling him back to his feet, needing assistance. Samael cuts Myles off once he gets to a knee, and stands him up for a HEADBUTT that knocks Myles back against the ropes.
Rich Russillo: Samael whips Myles off the ropes, and goes for a clothesline, BUT MYLES DUCKS UNDERNEATH, AND CONTINUES RUNNING! SAMAEL RUNS OFF THE OPPOSITE SET OF ROPES HIMSELF, AND GOES FOR THE CROSSBODY FROM EARLIER! BUT MYLES WAS THINKING THE SAME THING, AND BOTH COMPETITORS CRASH INTO EACH OTHER, MEETING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING!
James Peters: Both competitors are down, but they can’t be there for too long as the referee begins a ten count. If neither competitor can get to their feet, this match will be, unfortunately, called off.
Persephone: I’d hate for that to happen. 🤞
Referee: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIVE! SIX! SEVEN! EIGHT!
James Peters: Samael is the first competitor back to his feet officially, but Myles pulls himself up in the corner. SAMAEL CHARGES IN- BUT RUNS RIGHT INTO A BACK ELBOW THAT SENDS HIM DOWN TO A KNEE! MYLES STARTS SCALING TO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE, BUT SAMAEL IS THERE TO CATCH HIM WITH A RIGHT HAND!
Rich Russillo: Myles is seated down on the top turnbuckle as a result, and Samael continues to unleash right hands, making sure his opponent is stunned before draping Myles over the top rope for a shoulder jawbreaker from the looks of it.
James Peters: BUT MYLES GETS HIS FEET OFF THE ROPES, AND FINDS HIS FOOTING, ELBOWING HIS WAY FREE OF SAMAEL’S GRASP BEFORE SHOVING HIM BACK INTO THE ROPES FOR A POP-UP KNEE STRIKE AS HE CAME REBOUNDING BACK! SAMAEL GOES DOWN IN A HEAP, AND MYLES MAKES THE COVER, HAVING TO SHOOT THE HALF ON A LIMP SAMAEL! IT TAKES HIM A WHILE TO TURN THE BIG MAN OVER, BUT HE MANAGES TO DO SO, HOOKING THE LEG!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEE-
Rich Russillo: SHOULDER UP! Myles rolls off of Samael, and picks himself up using the ropes. The champion stalks Samael as he slowly gets to his feet, AND MYLES DOESNT WAIT FOR SAMAEL TO STAND UPRIGHT, CATCHING HIM WHILE HES DOUBLED OVER WITH A BIG BOOT TO THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD!
James Peters: SAMAEL GOES DOWN TO A KNEE, AND A SUPERKICK FORCES HIM DOWN TO THE CANVAS! BUT SAMAEL REFUSES TO STAY DOWN, SITTING HIMSELF BACK UP, AND MYLES RUNS OFF THE ROPES IN FRONT OF HIM FOR A SLIDING KNEE STRIKE! MYLES MAKES THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THH-
Rich Russillo: AND A KICKOUT! Myles stands himself back up, and climbs to the top rope, perching himself on the top turnbuckle, waiting, watching as Samael gets to his feet. …DIVING METEORA! MYLES MAKES THE COVER ON SAMAEL ONCE AGAIN!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHRRRRRREEE-
James Peters: NO! SAMAEL CONTINUES TO LIFT HIS SHOULDER OFF THE CANVAS!
Persephone: :madstare:
Rich Russillo: Myles lies prone on the canvas, getting wind back in his sails as the match continues on. Samael gets to his feet, and backs himself into the corner, which Myles takes notice of, rising back to his feet, not taking his eyes off Samael. MYLES RUSHES IN!
James Peters: SAMAEL SIDESTEPS WHATEVER MYLES HAD PLANNED! MYLES HALTS HIMSELF FROM COLLIDING STERNUM FIRST WITH THE TOP TURNBUCKLE, AND SPINS AROUND INTO A CHOKESLAM BY SAMAEL! CHOKESLAM PLANTS MYLES IN THE CENTER OF THE RING, AND SAMAEL DROPS THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRREEEEEE-
Rich Russillo: MYLES KICKS OUT!
James Peters: I wonder what it’ll take for either competitor to put the other away.
Rich Russillo: For Myles, he’s in desperate need of a De Facto. For Samael, it’d do him good to connect with either R.I.P., Death Row, or Blood Donation. He has three finishers he can turn to when it comes to putting away Myles, it’s just a matter of timing, and when he’ll attempt to put Myles away with one of said finishers.
James Peters: The time may be approaching as Samael moves to all fours, getting level with Myles, and rising with him as Myles slowly gets to his feet. SAMAEL GOES FOR THE SWINGING REVERSE STO KNOWN AS R.I.P! BUT MYLES GETS OUT OF IT, SLIPPING BEHIND SAMAEL, WHO HE SHOVES TORSO FIRST INTO THE ROPES FOR A REBOUND GERMAN SUPLEX!
Rich Russillo: NO! SAMAEL SLIPS BEHIND MYLES FOR A GERMAN SUPLEX! BUT MYLES GOES FOR A BACK ELBOW TO FIGHT HIS WAY OUT OF IT! SAMAEL DUCKS UNDERNEATH, AND MYLES SPINS AROUND TO FACE HIM, GRABBING AND PLANTING SAMAEL WITH A SPIKE DDT! HOOK OF THE LEG!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHRRRRRRRREEEEEEE-
James Peters: SAMAEL KICKED OUT AGAIN! An exhausted Myles grabs Samael’s head, and pulls him back to his feet before leaning Samael up against the ropes for an irish whip! But Samael reverses, sending Myles toward the ropes! MYLES GETS LAUNCHED IN THE AIR WITH A BACK BODY DROP, AND ARCHES HIS BACK IN PAIN AS HE LIES ON THE CANVAS!
Rich Russillo: SAMAEL RUNS OFF THE ROPES BESIDE HIM FOR A RUNNING SENTON, AND LEANS BACK INTO THE COVER, HOOKING THE LEG OF MYLES!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE-
Rich Russillo: MYLES MANAGES TO KICKOUT!
Persephone: Both competitors REFUSE to stay down! 😐
Rich Russillo: You’re right as Myles uses the ropes to pull himself back up. Samael goes to irish whip Myles off the ropes, BUT MYLES TWISTS HIS ARM, AND PULLS SAMAEL INTO A MICHINOKU DRIVER! MYLES HOOKS THE LEG FOR A MODIFIED COVER ON SAMAEL!
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHRRRRRRRR-
James Peters: SHOULDER UP BEFORE THE COUNT OF THREE! Myles’ determination is etched across face, realizing he’s in the closing stretch, and all either competitor need is that one lucky punch, which can put the other down for the count of three.
Rich Russillo: Myles goes to lift Samael back to his feet, but can only get him to a knee before Samael shoves him away! Myles rebounds off the ropes as a result, and Samael powers to his feet, attempting a clothesline! BUT MYLES DUCKS UNDERNEATH, AND PULLS SAMAEL DOWN FOR A BACKSLIDE!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
James Peters: KICKOUT! BOTH COMPETITORS SCRAMBLE BACK TO THEIR FEET, AND SAMAEL NEARLY TAKES MYLES’ HEAD OFF WITH BLOOD DONATION! THE RUNNING BIG BOOT CONNECTS, AND SAMAEL QUICKLY FALLS INTO A COVER! WE COULD HAVE A NEW CHAMPION!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE!!
Rich Russillo: OH MY GOD, MYLES GOT THE SHOULDER UP IN TIME!
Persephone: Are you sure? :comeagain:
James Peters: It was a close call, but that was definitely 2.99. Despite all the punishment he’s taken, Myles still has fight left in him. But if anything will extinguish it, it’s Samael’s next move he has planned, lifting a limp Myles off the ground, and up in position for R.I.P.
Rich Russillo: MYLES! MYLES REVERSES THE SWINGING REVERSE STO FOR A SECOND TIME, AND COUNTERS WITH A SCHOOL BOY ROLL-UP! BUT QUICKLY RELEASES IT, AND BOTH COMPETITORS RUSH BACK TO THEIR FEET! MYLES PLACES SAMAEL ON WOBBLY LEGS WITH A BICYCLE KNEE STRIKE, AND PLANTS HIM WITH DE FACTO!
James Peters: MYLES GOES INTO THE CO- NO! MYLES HAS SLIGHT HESITATION, AND SHAKES HIS HEAD, THE INTENSITY STARTING TO RAMP UP AS HE PULLS SAMAEL BACK TO HIS FEET! THE MONSTER IS CLOSE TO BEING SLAYED AS SAMAEL CAN BARELY STAND AS A RESULT OF THAT DE FACTO!
Rich Russillo: MYLES HOOKS SAMAEL UP, AND SCORES WITH A SECOND DE FACTO! THATS TWO IN A ROW, AND SAMAEL IS MOTIONLESS ON THE CANVAS AS MYLES FINALLY CRAWLS INTO THE COVER, HOOKING THE LEG DEEP!
ONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Bella Braxton: HERES YOUR WINNER… AND STILL THE EAW WORLD CHAMPION… MYLES!!!
(‘Enemy Strike’ by Yuki Hayashi plays to a thunderous ovation from fans as Myles rolls off the motionless body of Samael, who lies sprawled on the canvas. Myles struggles to a seated position, and scoots back against the ropes, using them for assistance to get back to his feet with one hand as the referee grabs the other, prepared to raise it high in the air, which he does as Myles stands himself up, prompting more cheers from the crowd.)
James Peters: That match definitely lived up to main event status, because both Myles and Samael left everything in the ring.
Rich Russillo: Both competitors wanted nothing more than to walk out victorious, but in the end, the man who has that privilege is Myles.
Persephone: I’m unsure if he’ll exactly walk out.
(Myles falls to all fours from wear and tear he’s suffered, but gets to a knee, and is handed his championship by the referee.)
James Peters: Caine said he’d hurt Myles, and was right about that at least, because Myles is in a bad way at the moment.
Rich Russillo: But is Samael okay? He hasn’t moved since the De Facto’s, and still lies motionless in the ring.
Persephone: I’m sure we’ll get an update to that soon, but for now we still have the rest of this show to go. Congratulations Myles!
(The camera fades to black on a shot of Myles rolling out underneath the bottom rope, and starting to backpedal up the ramp with the championship over his shoulder, staring back inside the ring as referees tends to Samael, who brought the fight to Myles, giving him one of his toughest challenges to date.)
(A promotional ad for the next big EAW event, Grand Rampage, airs. The road to Pain for Pride officially starts the weekend of April 15th as Grand Rampage comes to you live from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts!)
( It opens up to several outside angles of a Taco Bell establishment just a couple steps away from the sold-out Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. There are several advertisement banners promoting the return of the Volcano menu and their $5 Cravings Trio Ad. The perimeter of the property is surrounded with reinforced barricades to ensure a safe brawl between these two elitists. )
James Peters: Welcome everyone to the first-ever Taco Bell Brawl! This is one for the history books.. and we’re going to see the issues that have been brewing between Sheridan Muller and TLA be resolved right here in the fine establishment at Taco Bell..
Rich Russillo: This is going to be a unique fight that the EAW universe has definitely been waiting for all week! It probably doesn’t need to be said; but this match is officially sponsored by Taco Bell! Catch the return of the Volcano Menu and save with their $5 Cravings Trio and more! Visit your local Taco Bell franchise and grab your food today!
( The camera continues to explore the signature dark purple colors of the fast food chain until it fades into the inside. It shows a static shot of the front counter, to where a bell can be heard to indicate that someone has entered the premises. )
**RING.. RING.. RING**
( It shows Sheridan Muller opening the door wide open; appearing more confident while maintaining vigilance of her surroundings. The referee officiating this match is seen following her and watching from a distance. She makes her way through the lobby, keeping eyes at the back of the head as she approaches the front counter. There would usually be someone at the cash register to take her order, but there are no patrons. It will only be the two elitists in the vicinity tonight. )
Persephone: Sheridan Muller is using her head and making sure that she is able to counter a sneak attack that TLA might have in store! No one is as smart as Sheridan Muller in the ring; I tell you!
( Muller peeks her head over the counter, trying to see if her opponent is hiding anywhere to no avail. Muller continues to walk around the lobby, checking out the utility closet and partially looking underneath tables. )
Sheridan Muller: (off-mic) Where can this man be?
(The establishment is so quiet that her voice almost echoes throughout. Muller begins to approach the door that leads her behind the front counter. She grabs the door knob, presses her left ear against the door to catch any noise, and cautiously pushes the door open. )
( A huge air horn blasts into the ears of Muller. )
Persephone: AHHH!! MY EARS!!!
James Peters: GOD! THAT WAS LOUD!
( A huge air horn noise blasts into the eardrums of Sheridan Muller. She takes a couple of steps back and retracts her steps. It seems like the door was booby trapped, but nonetheless she walks through and makes her way through the counter area. Muller now knows that she is prone to rigged traps, as she now inches closer towards the kitchen area. )
Persephone: This is where the magic is made! The uber-talented workers over at Taco Bell make the food here.. and if you ever have cravings for that Taco Bell.. Catch the return of the Volcano Menu and save with their $5 Cravings Trio and more! Visit your local Taco Bell franchise and grab your food today!
James Peters: Perse… Rich already plugged that advertise-
Persephone: How is that my fault? They are telling us to say that after every sentence here on commentary.
Rich Russillo: Guys! Sheridan Muller is just standing in the middle of the kitchen, looking down at her feet at what! It’s so thin I can’t even see it!
( Sheridan Muller sees not just one tripwire right in front of her, but two more of them. Muller is puzzled, seeing as even if she goes straight, right, or left; there is a tripwire in front of them. Muller walks backwards and just laughs at how poorly laid these traps are. Muller begins to look around, before she immediately crouches down to what she hears next. )
**RING! RING! RING!**
James Peters: Guys, guys, guys.. Keep quiet.. Shoooooshh.. Someone is here.
Persephone: We’re not even there?
( Muller goes on guard, knowing those ringing sounds were the same ones she heard as she walked into the establishment. Sheridan Muller quietly grabs a metal spatula from one of the kitchen stations and sneaks her way to the front counter. She tries her best not to make any noises in the process, and gradually peeks her head over the top of the counter. )
Persephone: CAN IT BE?!?
( Muller’s pupils pop out as she looks at the back of a certain gentleman who is facing the door. She observes the man who wears a black coat, with a black cowboy hat, and black pants. This man matches the description of her opponent tonight. Muller can’t believe that TLA is being this foolish, as she sneaks over the counter and clutches her metal spatula in the left hand ready to strike. )
James Peters: TLA! TURN AROUND!
**BANG!**
Rich Russillo: MULLER SMASHES THE SPATULA INTO THE BACK OF… I BELIEVE.. IS TLA!
( The individual drops like a ragdoll. Muller looks down in confusion, eventually leading to disappointment as she just attacked a paper mache TLA. It seemed too good to be true! )
Persephone: THAT WAS A FAKE TLA! A FAKE TLA!! THAT WASN’T HIM!
( Muller scrunches her nose and becomes incensed that TLA is treating her with this lethal amount of disrespect. Muller almost wants to stomp down on the paper mache clone, but she begins to freeze as she hears a couple of footsteps behind her. )
( The real TLA creeps behind her, slowly raising his head up to his feet and smiling whereas Sheridan Muller slowly turns her head around. )
Sheridan Muller: (off-mic) F-
Rich Russillo: TLA WITH A MEXICAN UPPERCUT THAT SENDS SHERIDAN MULLER A COUPLE OF STEPS AWAY!!
( DING! DING! DING! )
James Peters: THE TACO BELL BRAWL IS ON AS TLA HAS FINALLY SHOWN HIMSELF! IT SEEMS LIKE TLA ARRIVED EARLY TO RIG THE PLACE UP.. AND MULLER SQUIRMS AWAY UNDERNEATH THE TABLES.. TRYING TO GET HERSELF AN ADVANTAGE OVER THE CHARISMATIC SAVANT.. BUT TLA DODGES THE PROJECTILES AND DROPS SHERIDAN WITH ANOTHER MEXICAN UPPERCUT!
Persephone: NOPE! SHERIDAN BLOCKS THE MEXICAN UPPERCUT.. AND SHE WRAPS HER ARMS AROUND HIS NECK.. LIKE A CHEESY GORDITA CRUNCH THAT YOU CAN GET AT YOUR LOCAL TACO BELL.. AND SHE BEGINS TO ADMINISTER A SLEEPER CHOKE ONTO THE HALL OF FAMER! THIS TACO BELL BRAWL MIGHT END IMMEDIATELY IF MULLER IS ABLE TO PUT HIM TO SLEEP!
James Peters: TLA is able to back up against the walls in the lobby.. and Muller smashes her lower back into the wall.. This works in freeing TLA of the sleeper hold momentarily as he now lunges towards her! AND CLOCKS HER WITH A FOREARM SMASH! NO! MULLER BLOCKS THE FOREARM SMASH.. AND HOOKS HIM BY THE ARM.. AND HE THROWS HIM DOWN WITH NO MERCY WITH A JUDO TAKEDOWN!! AND MULLER IS SIGNALING FOR THE CROSS ARMBREAKER HERE!
Rich Russillo: TLA IS ABLE TO GET BOTH OF HIS FEET UP.. THRUSTS THEM UPWARDS AND DRIVES THEM INTO THE JAW OF MULLER.. MULLER EATS TWO FEET TO THE JAW AND BACKS UP AGAINST THE TABLES! AND TLA BEGINS TO DEAL PUNCHES TOWARDS MULLER.. TLA WITH ANOTHER SOUTHPAW PUNCH.. AND ANOTHER ONE.. AND HE LANDS ANOTHER ONE. AND TLA WITH A MEXICAN UPPERCUT THAT LEANS MULLER UP AGAINST A TABLE..
Persephone: AND TLA GRABS A STOOL AND LOOKS TO DRIVE IT INTO THE FACE OF HIS OPPONENT HER-
Rich Russillo: Muller traps TLA’s head into a leg scissors and has him in the arm triangle! Muller administers an arm triangle while she is laying her upper body on top of the table.. and Muller continuing to be resourceful of her surroundings and looking for opportunities to use her technical expertise to put TLA away.. TLA is reaching for something, but there is nothing within grabbing distance. TLA GIVES UP ON FINDING A WEAPON TO BREAK FREE.. AND GOES FOR ANOTHER PLAN!
Persephone: AND THIS PLAN IS STICKING HIS HAND INTO THE MOUTH OF HIS OPPONENT.. THE MANDIBLE CLAW IS IN.. AND MULLER STARTS GAGGING AND IT DOESN’T TAKE LONG FOR HER TO LET GO OF THE ARM TRIANGLE.. TLA MAINTAINS THE MANDIBLE CLAW.. BUT IT ALSO DOESN’T TAKE LONG FOR HIM TO LET GO AS MULLER SMASHES ONE OF THE STOOLS INTO THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD!
James Peters: WHAT A TACO BELL BRAWL THIS HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY TACO BELL! AND TLA MIGHT BE KNOCKED OUT FOR GOOD BY TAKING THAT STOOL TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD! Sheridan Muller drops the stool and walks back over to TLA. She picks him up and looks to be going for a suplex on the lobby floor.. but MULLER PUSHES TLA INTO THE TABLES.. MULLER PUSHES THE BRAKES AND TURNS AROUND..
Persephone: AND TLA WITH A SHOTGUN DROPKICK TO THE CHEST OF MULLER.. AND IT PROPELS MULLER TO GO FLYING ONTO THE TABLE AND OFF IT!! Muller plops onto the floor on the other side of the tables and TLA starts to get lightbulbs turning on over his head..
James Peters: And TLA NOW LEAPS OFF THE GROUND ONTO THE STOOL.. LEAPS ONTO THE TABLE.. RUNS ACROSS THE TABLE.. AND NOW SOARS OFF IT WITH A CROSSBO-
Rich Russillo: HUH! MULLER HAS THE WHEREWITHAL TO REVERSE THE CROSSBODY BY SNATCHING HIS ARM IN MID-AIR AND ROLLING HIM UP INTO WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN ATTEMPT AT THE CROSS ARMBREAKER.. BUT WHAT MULLER IS TRYING TO DO IS WHAT TLA HAS BEEN FAMOUS FOR HIS ENTIRE CAREER.. THE CROSSED PATHS.. AND NOW TLA ADMINISTERS THE MONKEY GRIP TO AVOID THE FULL EXTENSION OF THE CROSS ARMBAR!
James Peters: AND THE BIGGER TLA… PLUCKS SHERIDAN OFF THE LOBBY FLOOR AND DRIVES HER DOWN INTO THE TILED FLOOR.. BUT SHERIDAN DOESN’T LET OFF AND NOW TRANSITIONS IT INTO AN ARM TRIANGLE.. TLA begins to panic in the submission, but he refuses to submit as he now plucks Sheridan off the ground yet again.. and TLA brings her closer towards the front counter.. AND SHE POWERBOMBS SHERIDAN ONTO THE FRONT COUNTER.. BUT THE SUBMISSION HAS MADE IT SO WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE POWER BEHIND THE POWERBOMB WAS DEBUFFED..
Persephone: AND BECAUSE OF THAT! SHERIDAN NOW HAS THE FREEDOM TO APPLY THE ARM TRIANGLE RIGHT ON TOP OF THE FRONT COUNTER.. AND TLA CONTINUES TO FIND HIMSELF IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE SUBMISSION WIZARD..
( TLA tries to reach for a weapon that could break him free of the arm triangle. He reaches to the right, to where he blindly mashes the buttons on the cash register. He somehow is able to get it open, and grabs the cash and coins, but throwing them does nothing to relinquish the arm triangle. TLA now begins to grab the credit card machine and tries to rip it out, but it seems to be anchored to the counter. )
Persephone: TLA IS SOMEHOW ABLE TO RIP THE CARD TAP MACHINE FROM THE COUNTER.. AND HE SMASHES REPEATEDLY INTO THE FOREHEAD OF THE FORMER TAG TEAM CHAMPION.. HE DOES IT HOWEVER MANY TIMES IT TAKES TO FREE HIMSELF OF THE ARM TRIANGLE.. AND MULLER IS MOMENTARILY STAGGERED.. WHEREAS TLA IS LEANED UP AGAINST THE COUNTER, GASPING FOR AIR!
James Peters: Sheridan Muller is sprawled on top of the front cover TLA is able to get himself moments of respiration–BUT NOT FOR LONG.. AS MULLER SWINGS HER UPPER BODY ON THE COUNTER AND WRAPS HER ARMS AROUND THE NECK OF TLA.. AND SHE APPLIES A SLEEPER HOLD.. BUT MULLER DOESN’T HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING HER FEET PLANTED TO APPLY MORE MOMENTUM.. AND TLA KNOWS THIS.. AND TLA IS ABLE TO QUICKLY PRY HER ARMS AWAY.. AND HE BACKFLIPS..
Persephone: AND TLA LANDS THE CARTEL KICK ONTO THE CROWN OF SHERIDAN MULLER’S HEAD.. THE OVERHEAD KICK SENDS MULLER OFF THE FRONT COUNTER AND PLOPPING DOWN BEHIND IT ONTO THE FLOOR! WHAT A MATCH THIS HAS BEEN.. BROUGHT TO YOU BY TACO BELL.. CATCH THE RETURN OF THE VOLCANO MENU AND SAVE WITH THEIR $5 CRAVINGS TRIO AND MORE! VISIT YOUR LOCAL TACO BELL FRANCHISE AND GRAB YOUR FOOD TODAY!
Rich Russillo: THIS TACO BELL BRAWL HAS BEEN HARD-HITTING AND PERSONAL.. That overhead kick earlier to Sheridan on the front counter was enough to get her away for now. Sheridan grabs onto the counter for support, trying to regain her consciousness after that kick whereas TLA has taken a couple of steps back.. What is the man thinking here? TLA begins to gain speed while Sheridan is back on her feet…
Persephone: AND TLA JUMPS OVER THE FRONT COUNTER.. AND MEETS SHERIDAN IN THE BACK.. AND NOW ADMINISTERS THE GROUND AND POUND OFFENSE!! A THESZ PRESS ONTO MULLER AS TLA IS NOT PULLING BACK ON THESE STRIKES! TLA CONTINUES TO RAIN DOWN STRIKES ONTO MULLER BEFORE HE GRABS SHERIDAN.. AND TLA GRABS HER BY THE TIGHTS.. AND THROWS HER INTO I BELIEVE IS THE OVEN.. AND SHERIDAN SMACKS HER FACE AGAINST THE GLASS OVEN AND FALLS TO THE GROUND.
Rich Russillo: What is TLA thinking here next? Sheridan has yet to recalibrate and get herself level-headed as TLA now grabs her head as he brings her up to her feet.. and TLA KICKS UP OFF THE KITCHEN TABLES.. SPINS AROUND WITH HER HEAD GRAPPLED.. AND DRILLS SHERIDAN ONTO THE KITCHEN FLOOR WITH A SENSATIONAL TORNADO DDT! It doesn’t matter where TLA he is; he is always down to pull off those types of maneuvers even if it is inside a Taco Bell kitchen! TLA grabs onto the table for support and waits for Sheridan to get up to her feet. TLA landed a punch onto the crown of the head, before pulling her up and chopping her right in the chest beneath her jaw.
Persephone: Sheridan doesn’t take lightly to the cop and immediately responds with a stiff elbow that brings TLA to a knee. Sheridan now swings forward for a roundhouse kick to the head, but TLA ducks under it… and TLA WITH A BELL CLAP! FOLLOWED BY A COMBINATION OF RAPID-FIRE STRIKES!! ENDING WITH MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! NO!! MULLER REVERSES IT BY SIMPLY GRABBING ONTO HIS HEAD!! AND SMASHING IT INTO THE KITCHEN STATION TABLE.. AND MULLER DOES IT AGAIN.. AND AGAIN.. AND AGAIN.. AND MULLER IS NOW REPEATEDLY SMASHING HIS HEAD INTO THE TABLES OVER AND OVER AGAIN!
( Sheridan Muller grabs a flour tortilla from the table and smacks it against the head of TLA. )
Persephone: THAT SURELY GOT TO HURT! TLA MUST HAVE MAX LEVEL CTE NOW!
Rich Russillo: Sheridan Muller is just doing this to spite him.. to send some disrespect towards his way.. and Muller throws the tortilla at him.. before kicking him mercilessly in the back of the head. She isn’t done yet as she now stomps his head into the ground as he’s fallen! Muller is not holding back on these strikes.. and that is the type of ferocity she will need if she plans on winning this thing! TLA slowly crawls away from her, seemingly purposefully as he heads towards his own tripwires..
James Peters: Sheridan Muller grabs one of his legs, but TLA pops up with a headscissors.. and TLA SENDS MULLER OVER HIM.. AND MULLER GOES FLYING INTO THE TRIPWIRE AND ACTIVATES IT! OH NO!!
Persephone: I BEEN WATCHING THE SAW FRANCHISE ON REPEAT RECENTLY.. DO YOU THINK TLA HAS TAKEN INSPIRATION FROM THEM?!?! IMAGINE HOW IT WOULD BE!
**SNAP**
( A bucket of Nacho Cheese tilts over and deposits onto Sheridan Muller below. Muller is able to get out of it, but that movement only leads her to getting most of the nacho cheese all over her face. TLA smiles brightly while Muller disgustingly wipes it away from her face. )
Rich Russillo: BAH!! NACHO CHEESE IS ALL OVER THE FACE OF MULLER!! THE DISRESPECT!!
James Peters: AND SHERIDAN MARCHES FORWARD.. BUT TLA ACTS FASTER.. AND BLASTS HER IN THE FACE WITH A SHOOT KICK.. AND IT SENDS SHERIDAN STUMBLING BACKWARDS AND INTO THE CREW ROOM!! SHERIDAN IS STILL TRYING TO WIPE OUT THE NACHO FROM HER FACE.. MEANWHILE.. TLA GRABS THAT PORTABLE TALL COAT HOOKS AND PICKS IT UP OVER HIS HEAD..
Persephone: AND SHERIDAN EATS THE COAT HOOK RIGHT TO THE FACE! AND SHERIDAN IS NOT DOWN AS SHE IS MANAGING TO LEAN UP AGAINST THE WALL IN THE CREW ROOM.. AND NOW TLA SEES THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY.. AND HE NOW BEGINS TO BEGIN A BARRAGE OF MEXICAN UPPERCUTS TO SHERIDAN IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM.. UPPERCUT.. AFTER UPPERCUT.. AFTER UPPERCUT.. AFTER UPPERCUT.. AFTER UPPERCUT..
James Peters: AND SHERIDAN HAS HAD ENOUGH.. AS HE NOW COUNTERS ONE OF THE FINAL UPPERCUTS.. GRABS HIM BY THE HEAD.. AND THROWS HIM FACE-FIRST INTO THE TELEVISION SCREEN IN THE CREW ROOM! TLA’S FOREHEAD LEAVES A DENT IN THE TABLE AS SHERIDAN RESTS AGAINST THE WALL TO RECUPERATE FOR A MOMENT! THAT’S ONE WAY TO GET HIM OFF YOUR CASE!
Rich Russillo: Sheridan Muller grabs one of the napkins in the crew room and is able to get the most of the nacho cheese left on her face. She has had it enough with TLA’s antics and now sits him on the chair.. and now it is now MULLER’S TIME TO STRIKE.. AS HE NOW PUMMELS THE LIVING HELL OUT OF THE HALL OF FAMERS CHEST WITH POWERFUL ROUNDHOUSE KICK.. KICK AFTER ANOTHER.. AFTER ANOTHER.. AFTER ANOTHER.. AFTER ANOTHER.. AFTER ANOTHER.. AFTER ANOTHER..
Persephone: AND MULLER CONCLUDES THE STREAK OF ROUNDHOUSE KICKS WITH A STIFF KICK TO THE FAC–
Rich Russillo: WHAT THE?! How does TLA still have it in him after consuming several roundhouse kicks to the upper chest.. as he blocked the kick by snatching it in mid-air.. and Sheridan is frozen! AND TLA PULLS HER IN.. AND SNATCHES HER.. AND SCOOPS HER OVER.. AND DEPOSITS HER ONTO THE CHAIR WITH A RELEASE EXPLODER SUPLEX.. AND THAT SUPLEX IS ENOUGH TO BREAK THE CHAIR INTO PIECES AS MULLER GRABS HER BACK IN PAIN! OUCH!
Persephone: We are not kidding when we say that Sheridan Muller and TLA are showing zero mercy whatsoever in this Taco Bell Brawl sponsored by Taco Bell! Catch the return of the Volcano Menu and save with their $5 Cravings Trio and more! They both have been incredibly resourceful of their environment and have made sure to make every strike and maneuver count.
James Peters: Here goes TLA practicing that ferocious mindset as he now GRABS SHERIDAN.. AND THROWS HER SHOULDER FIRST INTO THE SMALL SET OF LOCKERS IN THE CREW ROOM.. AND NOW HE GRABS THE LONG COAT RACK.. AND DRIVES IT INTO THE LOWER BACK OF THE FORMER TAG TEAM CHAMPION!
Rich Russillo: AND TLA NOW PULLS SHERIDAN UP TO HER FEET.. AND GOES FOR A MEXICAN UPPERCUT.. BUT SHERIDAN DUCKS UNDER IT.. AND GOES FOR THE SHERPLEX.. BUT TLA SLAPS HER WRISTS AWAY.. COCKS HIS ELBOW BACK, BUT HE MISSES.. AND SHERIDAN HUGS HIS WAIST.. AND TOSSES HIM OVERHEAD..
**CRASH**
Persephone: **AND SHERIDAN DRIVES TLA THROUGH THE DRYWALL IN THE CREW ROOM WITH AN OVERHEAD BELLY-TO-BELLY SUPLEX..** AND TLA IS NOW EMBEDDED INTO THE DRYWALL.. AS THIS MATCH MAY BE OVER! SHERIDAN IS SHOCKED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.. BUT SHE CALLS OVER FOR THE REFEREE AND THROWS HER ARM OVER TLA..
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THR-
Rich Russillo: TLA POWERS OUT AT TWO! Sheridan Muller can’t believe that TLA was able to survive it, but she keeps pushing through. She gets up to her feet and pulls TLA away from inside the wall. She brings TLA with her into the kitchen area, and wide opens one of the fridge doors.. and she places TLA’s head into it.. and SHE WHIPS THE DOOR BACK INTO THE FRIDGE INTO THE HEAD OF TLA.. BUT TLA PULLS HIS HEAD AWAY.. AND TLA WITH A MEXICAN UPPERCUT THAT SENDS MULLER AWAY FROM THE KITCHEN..
Persephone: Sheridan Muller reels away from the kitchen and ends up in the storage room… and TLA follows her into it.. and both competitors are in an incredibly cramped position. A claustrophobic human would not like being in this room.. and TLA utilizes the lack of space.. and REPEATEDLY SMASHES MULLER INTO THE LEFT SHELF.. AND THEN DRIVES HER HEAD INTO THE RIGHT SHELF.. AND TLA ALTERNATES LEFT AND RIGHT FOR A MINUTE BEFORE TOSSING HER RIGHT OUT OF THE STORAGE ROOM..
Rich Russillo: TLA gradually steps out of the storage room and reaches his hand on the edge of the doorfra-
Persephone: SHERIDAN MULLER WHIPS THE DOOR BACK INTO THE FRAME.. AND TLA’S RIGHT ARM GOT CAUGHT INTO IT.. AND IT SMASHES RIGHT INTO HIS RIGHT ARM.. TLA NURSES THE ARM, BUT MULLER QUICKLY TAKES ADVANTAGE.. AND SHE DRIVES HIS RIGHT ARM INTO HER LEFT SHOULDER.. BEFORE HAMMERLOCKING THE ARM AROUND HIS WAIST.. AND DRIVING HIM INTO THE FRIDGE DOOR.. TLA CLUTCHES HIS RIGHT ARM AS MULLER MIGHT HAVE STARTED SOMETHING THAT WILL DEFINITELY COME IN HANDY IN THE FINAL STRETCH OF THIS MATCH!
Rich Russillo: TLA tries to get up to his feet, but Muller steps onto his right arm.. TLA continues to favor his right arm in pain.. and Muller opens the fridge door and looks to wedge his right arm in between the door and the frame in the fridge… but TLA is able to push Muller away.. and Muller immediately charges back into him.. and TLA GRABS A MOP HANDLE AND SMASHES IT AGAINST THE FACE OF MULLER.. THE EAW HALL OF FAMER GIVES HIMSELF A MOMENT OF RECUPERATION AS HE CRAWLS BACKWARDS
Persephone: TLA fights through the agony and is able to partially use his right arm normally. He picks up one of the trash cans and smashes it against the back of Muller. He then proceeds to cover Muller’s entire upper body with the trash can.. and then he leaps onto one of the small tables.. and he is now perched on top of it.. What is the EAW Hall of Famer thinking here in this Taco Bell Brawl presented to you by the return of the Volcano menu??!
Rich Russillo: TLA JUMPS OFF THE TABLE.. AND HE DELIVERS A DOUBLE FOOT STOMP ONTO THE GARBAGE CAN THAT MULLER WAS TRAPPED INSIDE! AND TLA REMOVES THE TRASH CAN FROM MULLER.. AND HE NOW GRABS MULLER.. AND HE SMASHES MULLER’S FACE REPEATEDLY INTO THE TRASH CAN OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.. TLA SMASHES HER FOREHEAD INTO THE TRASH CAN BEFORE NOW AGGRESSIVELY DRAGGING HER TOWARDS THE DRIVE-THRU WINDOW..
James Peters: Both competitors are now at the drive thru receptacle here at Taco Bell in Cleveland. TLA is able to remove the monitor from this area and chucks it onto the back of Muller.. and now TLA grabs a handful of her hair and DRIVES HER FACE FIRST INTO THE DRIVE THRU WINDOW.. AND HE DOES IT AGAIN.. AND HE DOESN’T DO IT FOR A THIRD TIME AS HE NOW UNLOCKS THE WINDOW AND SLIDES IT OPEN..
Rich Russillo: AND TLA RESTS MULLER’S HEAD IN THE FRAME OF THE WINDOW.. AND HE NOW LOOKS TO SLIDE IT BACK INTO PLACE!!
Persephone: MULLER GRABS THE SLIDING WINDOW AND HOLDS IT IN PLACE! AND TLA IS TRYING TO SLIDE IT BACK IN, BUT MULLER RESISTS!! AND TLA EVENTUALLY LETS GO.. AND MULLER HEADBUTTS THE HALL OF FAMER.. AND MULLER GRABS THE RIGHT ARM.. AND SHE LOOKS TO DO MORE DAMAGE TO IT.. BUT MULLER EATS A HEADBUTT FROM TLA!! TLA GIVING HER A DOSE OF HER OWN MEDICINE.. AND NOW TLA SWINGS FORWARD FOR A STRIKE!!
Rich Russillo: TLA MISSES AND HE TRIPS.. LOSING BALANCE AND DANGLING HIS RIGHT ARM INTO THE DRIVE THRU WINDOW.. AND MULLER WITH A KICK TO THE BACK OF THE KNEE.. AND NOW MULLER DRIVES THE WINDOW BACK INTO PLACE.. AND TLA IS STUNNED RIGHT NOW.. AND THE WINDOW IS DRIVEN BACK INTO HIS RIGHT ARM!! TLA SCREAMS IN PAIN AS HE FALLS BACK AND HOLDS HIS ARM IN PAIN!
Persephone: MULLER HAS FOUND AN EXPLOIT AND TLA IS GOING TO BE IN HUGE TROUBLE IF HE DOESN’T FIND A SOLUTION TO HIS RIGHT ARM PROBLEM! MULLER RESTS AGAINST THE WINDOW WHILE TLA GINGERLY GETS UP TO HIS FEET. Muller is in no hurry as he is just waiting for TLA to get to a vertical base.. and TLA is heavily favouring his right arm.. and he needs to get away from Muller… BECAUSE!
Rich Russillo: MULLER JUMPS AND LATCHES ONTO TLA… AND SHE APPLIES THE KIMURA LOCK!! SHE CALLS THIS THE GEHENNA!! THE GEHENNA KIMURA LOCK IS CINCHED IN TIGHT IN THE DRIVE-THRU RECEPTACLE.. AND IF THE RIGHT ARM WASN’T DAMAGED ENOUGH.. MULLER IS GOING TO SNAP IT AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE WINS THIS TACO BELL BRAWL! THE REFEREE IS ON BOARD LOOKING TO SEE IF HE WILL TAP, BUT TLA HASN’T EVEN FALLEN DOWN TO A KNEE!
James Peters: TLA MIGHT HAVE ALWAYS HAD A UNSERIOUS PERSONALITY.. AND HE MIGHT BE SEEN AS ALL JOKES.. BUT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS HEART AND SOUL… FOR HIS RESILIENCE.. AND IT IS ON DISPLAY AS HE FIGHTS THROUGH THE AGONY AND PAIN WHILE BEING STUCK IN THE EXCRUCIATING GEHENNA KIMURA LOCK IN HIS RIGHT ARM!
Rich Russillo: AND TLA DROPS DOWN TO ONE KNEE.. IF MULLER IS ABLE TO GET HIM DOWN ONTO THE GROUND RIGHT HERE.. THEN TLA WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TAP OR GET HIS ARM SNAPPED!
Persephone: BUT TLA SUDDENLY SPRINGS UP TO A FULL VERTICAL BASE.. AND SHERIDAN IS CONFUSED AS TLA’S FACE IS FULL OF PASSION AND HEART.. AND TLA SPRINTS FULL SPEED TOWARDS THE DRIVE-THRU WINDOW WITH SHERIDAN MOUNTED ON TOP OF HIM…
**SMASH**
Rich Russillo: AND TLA SPEARS SHERIDAN MULLER THROUGH THE DRIVE THRU WINDOW AS BOTH ELITISTS SPLATTER ONTO THE ASPHALT BELOW! OH MY GOODNESS.. TLA BREAKS FREE OF THE GEHENNA KIMURA LOCK IN THE BIGGEST WAY POSSIBLE.. BUT WHAT DOES HE GAIN?!
Persephone: BOTH COMPETITORS WENT CRASHING THROUGH THE GLASS.. AND WENT CRASHING DOWN ONTO THE HARD ASPHALT ROAD OF THE DRIVE-THRU LANE BELOW.. AND HAD GLASS SHARDS RAINING DOWN BELOW.. YOU ARE RIGHT.. BUT, TLA HAD NO CHOICE THERE AND IT WAS EITHER THAT OR HAVE HIS ARM SNAPPED IN HALF!! AND TLA CHOSE BREAKING THROUGH THE WINDOW.. BUT HE IS NOW FREE OF THE GEHENNA.. AND HE GETS TO LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY! OR LIVE WITH HIS RIGHT ARM ACTUALLY!
( TLA and Sheridan Muller continue to be sprawled across the drive-thru lane with glass shards scattered around them. The referee jumps down to check on them. Both elitists seem to be still able to wrestle through this Taco Bell Brawl as they slowly begin to crawl and make their way up to their feet. )
Rich Russillo: Sheridan Muller and TLA are using the wall to get up to their feet, trying to recollect and put their pieces back together. This has been a grueling brawl between these two in this Taco Bell franchise, and crashing right through the drive-thru window is seemingly not enough to put either of these uber-talented elitists down! Neither of them stepping down as they now meet each other and begin to engage strikes! TLA! SHERIDAN! TLA! SHERDIAN! TLA! SHERIDAN! TLA! SHER! TLA! SHER! TLA! SHER! TLA! SHER!
Persephone: Until Sheridan stuffs TLA in the midsection with a heavy knee strike, and he tosses him head first into one of the pillars. Sheridan now leans him face first into the pillar, grabbing both of his wrists and forcefully pulling him into the pillar! Sheridan repeatedly reels him in face first into the concrete pillar. Sheridan stops this brutal enclave and finishes him off with a stiff kick to the face! NO! TLA grabs her foot yet again, and whips it against the concrete pillar. Sheridan hops on one foot and GETS BLASTED WITH A PIMP SLAP! IT DOESN’T TAKE SHERIDAN DOWN.. SHERIDAN HAS TAKEN MUCH TOUGHER STRIKES THAN THAT IN HER FIELD..
Rich Russillo: It is enough to have Sheridan leaning up beside the pillar, dropped onto one knee whereas TLA takes a couple of steps back. What is the EAW Hall of Famer have in his mind here? TLA SPRINTS TOWARDS THE PILLAR.. AND HE JUMPS SIDEWAYS, GRABBING BOTH OF THE PILLAR WITH HIS TWO HANDS AND SWINGING HIS ENTIRE BODY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF IT….
James Peters: ..AND TLA DELIVERS A TIGER FEINT KICK USING THE PILLAR ONTO SHERIDAN MULLER!! TLA WITH THE 305! THE 305.. AND A MOMENT OF DOWNTIME IN THIS TACO BELL BRAWL AS TLA ELECTS TO NOT TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PIN HER SHOULDERS DOWN TO THE ASPHALT SURFACE.. TLA IS THINKING OF SOMETHING MORE TO TAKE HER DOWN..
( After using the pillar to deliver a tiger feint kick that seemingly stuns Muller for now, TLA sets his eyes on the ladder that leads to the roof of the Taco Bell establishment. )
Persephone: The Taco Bell products have always been known to take you to the moon! So, it should come as no one’s surprise that in a Taco Bell Brawl; the shenanigans will be taken to the roof of the building! TLA is able to slide the metal ladder down and begins to climb it, whereas Sheridan is still shaking off the cobwebs after that tiger feint kick. TLA has successfully made his way to the roof rung-by-rung and stands on the edge of it, looking down onto Sheridan Muller..
( TLA stands on the edge of the roof, overlooking Sheridan. He decides to jump down onto a lower platform at the drive-thru lane that is just beneath the roof and begins to run across it. )
Rich Russilo: TLA IS RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP OF A SHORT WALL AT THE DRIVE-THRU.. AND SHERIDAN HAS NO IDEA WHERE HE IS.. AND TLA LEAPS OFF THE SURFACE… AND HE DELIVERS A CORKSCREW SENTON OFF THE PLATFORM ONTO SHERIDAN MULLER BELOW!!! TLA MIGHT HAVE TAKEN SOME DAMAGE LANDING ONTO THE ASPHALT FOLLOWING THE AERIAL ASSAULT.. BUT HE IS ABLE TO WIGGLE HIS WAY TOWARDS SHERIDAN..
Persephone: AND TLA LOOKS TO WIN THIS TACO BELL BRAWL SPONSORED BY THE RETURN OF THE VOLCANO MENU WITH THE DEATH-DEFYING CORKSCREW SENTON! TLA WITH THE LATERAL PRESS WITH HIS FACE DOWN!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Rich Russillo: SHERIDAN MULLER POPS HER SHOULDER UP AT THE VERY LAST SECOND.. BUT SHE MIGHT AS WELL SHOULDN’T HAVE AS TLA IMMEDIATELY SNATCHED THAT SAME SHOULDER AND NOW APPLIES HIS CROSS ARMBREAKER ONTO HER RIGHT ARM! TLA HAS CROSSED PATHS CINCHED IN THE DRIVE THRU LANE, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS NOW THINKING ABOUT IT.. AND MULLER IS STARTING TO SLIP AWAY IN HER MONKEY GRIP.. AND ONCE IT IS BROKEN.. TLA WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE FULL EXTENSION OF THE CROSSED PATHS.. AND IT MIGHT BE ACADEMIC FROM THAT POINT!
Persephone: AND MULLER’S MONKEY GRIP BREAKS… AND TLA HAS THE FULL EXTENSION LOCKED IN!! AND WE ARE SECONDS AWAY FROM SHERIDAN MULLER SUBMITTING OR GETTING HER ARM SNAPPED… BUT SHERIDAN IS ABLE TO TILT HER ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT ON TOP OF TLA AND BEGINS TO STOMP DOWN ON HIS LEFT ARM!! TLA TRIES TO IGNORE AND COPE WITH THE PAIN.. BUT MULLER’S REPEATED KICKS ARE TOO POWERFUL AND TLA LETS GO OF THE ARMBAR..
Rich Russillo: TLA holds his left arm, but still hustles his way onto his feet.. BUT HE WALKS RIGHT INTO A DEVASTATING ROUNDHOUSE KICK COURTESY OF THE FLAMESTRESS! TLA IS DOWN ONTO BOTH KNEES..
Persephone: AND SHERIDAN MULLER HOPS ON ONE OF THE MINI PLATFORMS NEAR THE DRIVE-THRU LANE.. AND SHE RUNS ACROSS IT NOW.. AND SHE DESCENDS ONTO THE EAW HALL OF FAMER WITH A CANNONBALL SENTON!!
Rich Russillo: BUT TLA CATCHES SHERIDAN MULLER IN MID-AIR!! AND HE HOLDS THE FLAMESTRESS ON HIS SHOULDERS IN A CRUCIFIX POSITION..
( While TLA carries Muller on his back in a crucifix position, he makes his way towards the Taco Bell dumpster. )
James Peters: IS HE THINKING WHAT I AM THINKING?!!
Persephone: TLA TOSSES SHERIDAN MULLER INTO THE DUMPSTER WITH A CRUCIFIX POWERBOMB TOS-
Rich Russillo: BUT SHERIDAN MULLER IS ABLE TO WIGGLE OFF HIS SHOULDERS.. AND MULLER PUSHES HIM.. AND TLA GOES FACE FIRST AGAINST THE DUMPSTER.. AND TLA GRABS HIS FACE IN PAIN.. AND MULLER WRAPS HER ARMS AROUND HIS WAIST..
Persephone: AND SHERIDAN MULLER GOES FOR THE SHERPLEX!
Rich Russillo: BUT TLA LANDS ON HIS FEET! IT IS A MIRACLE!
James Peters: AND TLA JUMPS ONTO THE DUMPSTER.. WHAT GREAT HEIGHT HE ATTAINED.. AND HE LEAPS OFF IT!! AND CONNECTS WITH A FLYING MEXICAN UPPERCUT THAT SENDS SHERIDAN MULLER WELL FAR FROM THE DUMPSTER!! MULLER CRAWLS AWAY FROM THE SCENE AFTER THE UPPERCUT AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE MADE A FULL CIRCLE AROUND THE BUILDING!
Rich Russillo: Sheridan Muller is on a platform right against the windows up in the front, and TLA follows closely behind her. TLA grabs her–MULLER GOES AROUND THE WAIST.. AND LOOKS FOR A SHERPLEX THROUGH THE WINDOWS!
James Peters: BUT TLA TRIES TO ESCAPE THE TRAP OF THE SHERPLEX….
Rich Russillo: BUT! IT IS TOO LATE AS TLA GOES CRASHING THROUGH THE WINDOW COURTESY OF THE SHERPLEX!
**SHATTER**
Persephone: MY GOODNESS! SHERIDAN MULLER HAS LAUNCHED TLA THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW AT THE TACO BELL WITH A RELEASE GERMAN SUPLEX.. AND THAT MUST BE IT!!
( TLA is sprawled on the lobby floor inside, whereas Sheridan Muller carefully tiptoes around the glass shards and pulls TLA away from them.)
Persephone: SHERIDAN HOOKS THE LEG!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Rich Russillo: ……….
James Peters: ………
Persephone: ………..
Rich Russillo: TLA POPS HIS SHOULDER OFF THE FLOOR AT THE LAST MILLISECOND! SHERIDAN CAN’T BELIEVE IT!
Persephone: Sheridan does not waste a single moment, immediately brings the broken TLA up to his feet and throws him back out of the Taco Bell. Muller drags TLA towards one of the cars in the parking lot and throws him face first into the hood of the car! Sheridan Muller now pushes TLA on top of the car and joins him there.
James Peters: Both competitors in this Taco Bell Brawl have now found themselves on top of the hood of a car.. and Sheridan wraps her arms around the waist.. and she may be thinking of dropping TLA onto the windshield with a SECOND SHERPLEX!
Rich Russillo: BUT TLA FIGHTS HER OFF!! AND STUNS HER WITH A MEXICAN UPPERCUT… AND ANOTHER ONE!! AND ANOTHER ONE!! AND ANOTHER ONE!! AND NOW SHERIDAN IS LEANING ON TLA, OUT LIKE A LIGHT, AND NOW TLA PLACES HER HEAD IN BETWEEN HIS LEGS…
Persephone: AND TLA LOOKS TO CONNECT WITH THE MEXICAN DESTROYER OFF THE HOOD ONTO THE WINDSHIELD!!!
**CRASH!!***
Rich Russillo: SHERIDAN DOES NOT LEAVE THE HOOD.. AS TLA GOES CRASHING BACK FIRST ONTO THE WINDSHIELD OF THE CAR!! DO YOU SEE THAT DENT THAT HIS ENTIRE BACK LEFT ON THE WINDOW?!?! TLA IS SPRAWLED ON THE WINDSHIELD AS SHERIDAN COULD GO FOR A COVER HERE.. BUT SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT TLA IS DONE FOR GOOD!
Persephone: TLA is literally down for the three count.. All she has to do is cover him! But, Sheridan hops off the hood of the car and pulls TLA down with her. TLA is unable to stay on his feet, but Sheridan helps him up and keeps his balance.. and SHERIDAN NOW TWISTS HIM AROUND IN RIPCORD FASHION..
Rich Russillo: AND SHERIDAN CONNECTS WITH THE ENDLESS FANTASIES RIPCORD LARIAT TO FINISH OFF TLA IN THIS TACO BELL BRAWL!
Persephone: BUT TLA EXPLODES INTO SHERIDAN FROM OUT OF NOWHERE WITH A TORPEDO MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! SHERIDAN WAS ON THE PRECIPICE OF WINNING THIS MATCH WITH ENDLESS FANTASIES.. BUT TLA IS STILL ALIVE AS HE SUDDENLY LUNGED INTO SHERIDAN AND CAUGHT HER OFF GUARD WITH A MEXICAN UPPERCUT.. BOTH COMPETITORS ARE DOWN!
James Peters: Sheridan Muller is literally stunned, shaking her body and trying to get rid of the cobwebs. She definitely did not see that uppercut coming towards her way after that crash into the windshield would’ve taken a normal human being out, but TLA is no normal being! He is the Baddest Hombre on the Planet.. and Sheridan is starting to realise the lengths that it will take to defeat that man.
Rich Russillo: Both competitors begin to somewhat get up to their feet relatively at the same time. They aren’t interested in engaging in a battle as Sheridan seems to be limping her way back towards the dumpster area. TLA gingerly follows behind her.. This has been an intense Taco Bell Brawl, folks. They have been resourceful and used everything that is in and around this franchise chain.. and do you think that Sheridan has realised the true resilience of the EAW Hall of Famer and is trying to get away from him as far as possible?
Persephone: I never pegged Sheridan Muller for a coward. Muller continues to inch her way closer towards the dumpster and sees TLA right behind her. Muller swings for a forearm, but TLA blocks it and hits a punch! TLA goes for another punch, but Muller ducks under it and goes for a judo takedown! TLA blocks it with elbows to the neck, and whips her face first into the side of the dumpster.. and whips her again into the dumpster.. and Muller falls to the ground as TLA now looks towards the ladder.
Rich Russillo: TLA begins to climb back up the ladder, but this time he has Sheridan Muller right on the chase. Both competitors are now on the ladder, with Muller right below TLA! TLA tries to traverse up the rungs as quickly as he can, but Muller grabs his left leg.. and SHE APPLIES AN ANKLE LOCK ON THE LADDER!! IMAGINE HOW EMBARRASSING AND HUMILIATING WOULD IT BE FOR THE EAW HALL OF FAMER TO LOSE IN THIS KIND OF FASHION!
Persephone: TLA KICKS MULLER IN THE FACE OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO FREE HIMSELF OF THE ANKLE LOCK.. and Muller is momentarily stunned on the ladder whereas TLA goes back to climbing up it and eventually getting up onto the roof. TLA walks towards the centre of the roof, and falls to his knees whereas Muller has gradually made her way up to the roof right behind him.
( Both competitors stand on opposite sides of the Taco Bell roof. An intense staredown takes place between Sheridan Muller and TLA before they charge into each other for an all-out brawl.)
Persephone: SHERIDAN MULLER AND TLA FULL SPEED AHEAD AS THEY MEET HALFWAY.. AND BEGIN TO ENGAGE IN AN ALL-OUT BRAWL!! AND SHERIDAN WITH A FOREARM! TLA WITH A MEXICAN UPPERCUT! TLA! SHER! TLA! SHER! TLA! SHER! TLA! SHER! SHER TRIES TO STUFF HIM WITH A KNEE, BUT TLA SIDE STEPS IT!
Rich Russillo: AND TLA PACKS A PUNCH IN A MEXICAN UPPERCUT THAT STUNS MULLER.. TLA TAKES A STEP BACK. ROTATES AND FURTHER STUNS THE FLAMESTRESS WITH A DISCUS MEXICAN UPPERCUT.. AND TLA NOW WALKS BEHIND HER.. AND CLUBS HER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH ANOTHER MEXICAN UPPERCUT! SHERIDAN IS STILL NOT DOWN AS SHE IS DOWN ON KNEES.. AND NOW TLA RUNS ACROSS THE ROOF… AND LAYS SHERIDAN OUT WITH A RUNNING MEXICAN UPPERCUT!
Persephone: IT IS OVER!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!1
Rich Russillo: SHERIDAN GETS HER SHOULDER UP!! TLA’S JAW DROPS TO THE FLOOR.. OR SHOULD I SAY TO THE ROOF.. I DON’T EVEN THINK SHERIDAN KNOWS WHAT CITY SHE IS IN RIGHT NOW.. I DON’T EVEN THINK SHERIDAN KNOWS WHO SHE IS.. TLA DELIVERED ALL THOSE DEVASTATING MEXICAN UPPERCUTS TO THE HEAD.. AND TLA NOW KNOWS WHAT HE MUST DO..
( TLA brings Sheridan with him towards the edge of the roof. TLA peeks over the edge and sees the dumpster right below them. TLA places her head in between his legs and signals for the end. )
Persephone: NO! NO! NO!! DON’T RISK YOUR CAREER FOR THIS!
Rich Russillo: TLA IS LOOKING TO COMPLETELY END SHERIDAN MULLER.. BY DRIVING HER INTO THE DUMPSTER BELOW WITH A MEXICAN DESTROYER.. THIS IS THE SAME MOVE THAT HE USED TO WIN THE EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AROUND THE SAME TIME LAST SEASON…
James Peters: SHERIDAN GRABS HIS RIGHT ARM.. AND SNAPS IT ONTO HER OWN SHOULDER.. AND NOW TURNS HIM AROUND.. AND HAS HER ARMS AROUND THE WAIST..
Persephone: AND SHERIDAN GOES FOR A SHERPLEX OFF THE ROOF AND ONTO THE DUMPSTER…
Rich Russillo: TLA BREAKS FREE OF THE WAIST HOLD, COCKS HIS ELBOW BACK.. BUT SHERIDAN DUCKS UNDER IT.. AND SHE GOES FOR AN EXPLODER SUPLEX OFF THE ROOF AND ONTO THE DUMPSTER BELO–
James Peters: BUT TLA ESCAPES THE CLUTCHES OF THE EXPLODER WITH ELBOWS TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD.. AND TLA BACKS UP INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOF WHEREAS SHERIDAN, IMMEDIATELY CHARGES INTO TLA!
Persephone: TLA POPS HER UP INTO THE AIR!! AND CONNECTS WITH A VERY MEXICAN UPPERCUT! POP-UP MEXICAN UPPERCUT CONNECTS!
James Peters: AND TLA DOES NOT GO FOR THE PIN AS HE KNOWS WHAT HE MUST DO TO COMPLETELY PUT THE FLAMESTRESS AWAY!
Persephone: AND TLA BRINGS SHERIDAN BACK TO THE EDGE OF THE ROOF.. AND HE PLACES HER HEAD IN BETWEEN HIS LEGS.. AND TLA FLIPS OVER!
**CRASH**
James Peters: OH MY GOD!! THE MEXICAN DESTROYER OFF THE ROOF RIGHT INTO THE DUMPSTER BELOW!! BOTH GOTTA BE OUT!
Persephone: THE REFEREE COUNTS! COME ON! GIVE US AN ANGLE OF INSIDE THE DUMPSTER!
ONEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
( DING! DING! DING! )
Persephone: THE TACO BELL BRAWL HAS BEEN CONCLUDED!
James Peters: But, who is the winner?
( We finally get a close-up angle of inside the dumpster, to where we see who got the pinfall. It remains to be a confusion as the referee jumps into the dumpster and grabs the hand of the winner to raise it. )
…..
…
..
Referee: HERE IS YOUR WINNER! **SHERIDAN MULLER!**
( The camera clears up to both unconscious elitists; to where Sheridan Muller somehow ended on top of TLA following the crash into the dumpster. The referee raises her unconscious hand into the sky to designate her as the victor of the first-ever Taco Bell Brawl. )
( An echoing pop can be heard from the broadcast over at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse… and “Amerika” by Rammstein begins to play through the speakers as Sheridan Muller remains unconscious. A plethora of stagehands and medical personnel begin to arrive the scene and remove Sheridan Muller and TLA from the dumpster. )
James Peters: What a hellacious inaugural Taco Bell Brawl that this was! We saw windows getting broken! We saw walls getting caved in! We saw nacho cheese being thrown! We saw windshields getting broken! Sheridan Muller and TLA might have not been happy to see that their Tempest match would be a Taco Bell Brawl, but they made perfect use of their surroundings and gave an incredibly violent performance here in Cleveland, Ohio!
Rich Russillo: Sheridan Muller and TLA literally destroyed the entire establishment! I kind of feel bad for whoever has to clean up!
Persephone: They get paid minimum wage! That is their job!
James Peters: They definitely left a mess in the wake of their brawl.. Sheridan Muller is able to walk away as the victor of this match.. almost by chance that she somehow ended up as the elitist on top to get the legal cover.. and this definitely leaves things unfinished between Muller and TLA!
Persephone: Well, there you have it! Sheridan Muller is your winner of the first-ever Taco Bell Brawl! These two put everything on the line and they’re definitely going to be leaving this property with war scars! Make sure you catch the return of the Volcano Menu and save with their $5 Cravings Trio and more! Visit your local Taco Bell franchise and grab your food today!
(Tempest fades away from the area.)
(Commercial for Taco Bell, the location for Tempest’s Taco Bell Brawl! Catch the return of the Volcano Menu and save with their $5 Cravings Trio and more! Visit your local Taco Bell franchise and grab your food today!)
(Tempest returns to ringside, and Bella Braxton is seen with a microphone.)
Bella Braxton: Ladies and gentlemen… The following contest is scheduled for…
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!
Bella Braxton: ONE FALL! And it is a Falls Count Anywhere Match for the EAW Specialists Championship!!!
( The crowd erupts into boos as “Spaceship II” by Alex Wiley, Chance the Rapper begins to play throughout the arena.)
Bella Braxton: Introducing first the challenger… from Charlotte, North Carolina weighing in at 132 pounds she is “The Queen Bee” SIERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRA EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!
(The crowd is shown giving her a mass thumbs down as Sierra Everett steps out onto the stage. She looks down at them with disgust before waving them away from her. She walks down to the ring wearing a multi-colored fur coat as she laughs at the disrespect hurled at her by the crowd. She informs them that she is “Simply Better” before sliding into the ring and posing for the camera. It is clear that Sierra has all the confidence in the world she is going to walk out as champion tonight.)
Rich Russillo: Sierra Everett has claimed she will not only win the Specialists Championship here tonight… but she will become the new face of Voltage itself!
James Peters: Big words from a fierce challenger. But can she back it up? Sierra coming out here alone noticeably absent her allies. She may truly think she is good enough to win this match all on her own and I can respect that.
Persephone: I wonder if having her allies at ringside would make this match more efficient however? If it was a three on one assault she might be able to end things much faster. Of course that would be bad for ratings and I wouldn’t approve.
( ‘MEGITSUNE’ by BABYMETAL hits as the crowd goes wild for the Specialists Champion. They are hyped to see the arrival of the champion and they make this known, cheering as loud as they can as ARIA makes her way out to the stage.)
Bella Braxton: And her opponent from Chandler, Arizona weighing in at 110 pounds she is “The Sacred Detective” and the EAW Specialists Champion… ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
(ARIA comes out to the stage with full darkness as the spotlight shines down upon her. ARIA then makes her entrance to the ring amidst the rainbow colors surrounding her. ARIA is wearing the latest Ice Aces merchandise and is shown handing some of it to a young girl at ringside. Sierra Everett looks on in disgust in the ring telling security to take the merch away from the children but they ignore her to her outrage.)
Sierra Everett: (off-mic) She’s corrupting them!
ARIA: (off-mic) :wtf:
Rich Russillo: ARIA in the ring now as it is clear she is not backing down from the challenge of Sierra Everett! ARIA has proven to be an impressive fighting champion and she will take on all comers.
James Peters: But has she met her match in Sierra Everett? Just like Sierra, ARIA is coming out here alone to face this challenge. Can ARIA win this match without the help of the Ice Aces?
Rich Russillo: I am pretty sure that she has won most of her matches without them and has proven herself more than capable. But Sierra has been on another level. This could be a very fierce and long contest.
Persephone: Fierce is good. I’m not so sure about the other part tho. :lupe:
(DING! DING! DING!)
Rich Russillo: We are underway as Sierra Everett is sizing up the Specialists Champion ARIA. They circle around each other in the ring. Sierra is taking this whole thing very seriously. She knows that she has to really do this whole thing perfectly if she wants to walk out as champion. This lockup in the ring! A very standard start to this match which is Falls Count Anywhere and will no doubt spill outside the ring sooner or later! And I may have spoken too soon as Sierra charges ARIA up towards the ropes shoving her over the top!
James Peters: But ARIA battling back and transitions into an arm drag taking Sierra down. Sierra rolls out to the apron but ARIA grabs her by the arm yanking her back into the ring. But Sierra swings around whipping ARIA up into the ropes. Sierra back up as she charges the ropes and knocks ARIA to the outside with a Clothesline! But ARIA flips over the top rope and lands on the apron!
Rich Russillo: ARIA hooks the arm of Sierra and tosses her over the ropes with a Suplex to the outside! No! Sierra manages to land on the apron! But ARIA charges in! ARIA WITH A RUNNING SPEAR TAKES SIERRA EVERETT OFF THE APRON AND BACK FIRST ONTO THE GROUND OUTSIDE THE RING!
James Peters: But Sierra Everett is fighting back! Sierra and ARIA rolling around outside the ring throwing punches hard at each other! They are really going at it just straight up relentlessly! Sierra manages to somehow get back up but ARIA runs into her throwing shots to the gut! But Sierra uses the momentum to grab ARIA by the hair and whip her into the ringside barricade! The referee now rolling out of the ring to be out here near the action! The referee getting into place in case they need to count a fall! Because as you are aware they do indeed count everywhere! Sierra throws ARIA into the barricade at ringside again! Who knows how far this match will spill from ringside! They could even get in a car and drive away but if the opponent finds them the fall will still count even if they travel to another country! There is no escape from the fall! No escape at all!
Persephone: Let’s hope they at least stay in the arena James. Imagine how long the match would take if we had to wait for them to go on a road trip.
Rich Russillo: Wild theories aside they are battling in the ringside area and Sierra Everett throws ARIA back first into the steel ring steps! No! ARIA reverses in and throws Sierra to the ring steps instead! Sierra slams into that unforgiving steel shoulder first and that had to hurt! Real painful things! Sierra collapses outside the ring here as our great Voltage fans are shown cheering ARIA on! They love to see Sierra suffer! ARIA now guiding Sierra back into the ring and throws her back in under the bottom rope aggressively. Sierra rolls back into the ring and back up to her feet trying to escape from ARIA as she staggers backwards into the corner with ARIA in pursuit! ARIA shoves Sierra back into the corner and climbs up to the top rope and just begins to pummel away on her opponent! ARIA with a shot! And another one! And another one! And the crowd begins to count along!
Crowd: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIVE! SIX! SEVEN! EIGHT! NINE! TEN!
James Peters: Ten consecutive shots from ARIA who is crushing this match here tonight and getting all kinds of support from our great fans. Sierra Everett is dazed as she staggers around the ring on wobbly legs and ARIA looking on possibly looking to put Sierra away early here! Sierra staggers into ARIA who hoists Sierra up onto her shoulders! We don’t see moves like this too much from ARIA but Sierra is of a size that ARIA is more than capable of lifting! But Sierra manages to squirm off the shoulders of ARIA before she can connect with whatever move she had planned! Sierra falls down onto her back on the mat and smartly rolls out of the ring to safety! The crowd booing that tactic from Sierra but honestly that might have been her best play in the match so far!
Persephone: Count her out ref!
Rich Russillo: I am pretty sure there are no count outs in this match. :wtf:
Persephone: It’s Falls Count Anywhere Rich! That doesn’t mean we can’t still have disqualifications and count outs!!!
Rich Russillo: :comeagain:
James Peters: ARIA not letting Sierra Everett get away that easily! ARIA in pursuit as Sierra rolls outside the ring. ARIA reaches through the ropes to grab Sierra by the hair! But this is exactly what Sierra had intended! Sierra uses this to her advantage to yank ARIA between the ropes! Sierra drives ARIA’s neck down across the middle rope! Sierra with a hard punch right to the head of ARIA sending her backwards! ARIA stuck between the ropes as Sierra walks over to our commentary desk getting a bit of a breather. Oh wait Sierra is going even further than that! Sierra is climbing over the barricade! But ARIA rolls out of the ring and grabs Sierra before she can escape! Sierra possibly trying to lure ARIA away from the ring rather than actually escape I’m not sure what Sierra’s strategy is but maybe she thinks she will have a better chance of dealing with ARIA in a different environment.
Rich Russillo: But ARIA manages to stop Sierra Everett before she can hop the barricade into the audience area! ARIA with a hard headbutt to the skull of Sierra after yanking her leg back towards the ring. Sierra staggers backwards landing face first on the barricade. Sierra barely able to stand as ARIA pulls her back up and connects with a Rushing Uppercut! DOWN GOES SIERRA! DOWN GOES SIERRA! Sierra crawling across the floor after eating dirt for the first time in the match and ARIA with a serious intense expression on her face! ARIA stalking Sierra as she gets back up and ARIA’s usual personality has become all business here tonight! Sierra back up as ARIA considers charging in! But Sierra smartly staggers over to the barricade and ARIA thinks better of it! ARIA instead walks over to Sierra and punches her again! Sierra possibly trying to lure ARIA into making a mistake but ARIA wrestling too conservatively for Sierra to capitalize on that strategy.
James Peters: ARIA employing basic brawling tactics here tonight and Sierra Everett unable to counter them thus far. ARIA grabs Sierra by the hair and tosses her back into the ring. Sierra’s attempt to escape and lure ARIA away has seemingly come to a complete crushing failure as she is right back where she started at the beginning! ARIA follows Sierra back into the ring as Sierra gets back up to her feet. Sierra grabbed from behind by ARIA who lifts her up… ARIA slams Sierra down with a Spin Out Powerbomb!!! ARIA gets all of it as she falls into the cover!!!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Persephone: THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
Rich Russillo: No! The kickout from Sierra Everett! The champion stays alive! ARIA is not letting the kickout bother her. She knew that this would be a hard fought contest and the first pinfall probably wouldn’t be the end of it. ARIA looking at the two fingers being held up by the referee and immediately accepts it as she turns back to a suffering Sierra who has really been struggling so far in this match. ARIA back up as she moves to the corner and slaps her knee! The crowd cheering as they know what is coming here! Sierra slowly back up as ARIA intends to nail her with that famous knee strike! Will there be Justice for All here tonight??? Sierra turns around!!! J4A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
James Peters: BUT SIERRA EVERETT MOVES OUT OF THE WAY!!! ARIA misses with the Running Knee Strike! The momentum sends ARIA running off the ropes as she comes off the ropes and runs right into the arms of Sierra! Sierra lifts ARIA up and drops her with a Spinning Side Slam! Emphasis on the spin as ARIA went out of control before crashing down on her back with all kinds of speed there! Both competitors now laid out in the ring as for the first time in this match Sierra has found a real opening! Sierra slowly to the cover as she hooks the legs!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rich Russillo: Kickout by ARIA! Sierra Everett is visibly angered by the kickout looks like she is not handling it nearly as well as ARIA did. Sierra arguing with the referee insisting it was three as the crowd boos loudly and tells her it really was just a two count. Sierra holding the back of her neck in pain here tonight as the damage has been done but she knows she has to maintain control here tonight.
Persephone: ARIA now crawling on the mat with a wide eyed expression of surprise on her face she knows that she messed up and now is going to have to pay for it as Sierra is back up and does not look happy! Sierra grabs ARIA by the hair picking her back up and immediately tosses ARIA up over the top rope to the outside! Sierra reverting back to her original plan to remove ARIA from the ring to an environment where she can control the match! ARIA crashes to the outside but somehow manages to land on her feet leaning up against the apron!
James Peters: Sierra Everett to the outside of the ring now as she slams ARIA’s face into the ring apron. Sierra grabs ARIA and throws her over the barricade and into the crowd! WATCH OUT FANS!!!
Persephone: LMAO! ARIA JUST TOOK OUT THE ENTIRE FRONT ROW! I HOPE SHE GETS SUED FOR THAT!
Rich Russillo: No! ARIA manages to stop herself before she goes over the barricade but she does smash her knees up against the top of that which is just as painful!
James Peters: Our crowd members looking absolutely terrified as Sierra Everett clearly meant to put them in danger there possibly as revenge for their general demeanor towards her tonight. Sierra mocking the fans who are shown visibly frightened by the near incident. Sierra now looking around ringside as she grabs the steel ring steps and picks them up! I honestly didn’t think she’d be able to get them up but Sierra is stronger than she looks! Sierra holding the steps as she waits for ARIA to get up and she has bad intentions in mind! Sierra charges in and rams the steps as hard as she can into the skull of ARIA! Sierra immediately drops the stairs as ARIA is out cold at ringside! Sierra to the cover and we could have a new champion!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rich Russillo: No new champion has been crowned! ARIA with the kickout! Sierra Everett slaps the ground in anger but this time doesn’t bother to argue with the referee. Sierra now making her way over towards the commentary desks and she just threw everything off that table! She is making short work of one of the alternate commentary tables!
James Peters: Sierra Everett throwing everything aside from that commentary table as she grabs ARIA by the hair and drags her towards it. ARIA doesn’t even know where she is after taking those steel stairs to the face! But Sierra doesn’t even go for the table she destroyed! Sierra instead slams ARIA face first into our desk! Come on leave us alone! But ARIA somehow manages to get an arm on the desk preventing her face from going into it!- ARIA slams Sierra face first into the table instead! ARIA punching Sierra away from the tables likely not wanting any part of whatever Sierra had planned there! Sierra sent flying towards the fans and the ringside barricade as ARIA connects with a big Superkick! Sierra sent flying over the barricade!!! Watch out yet again fans!!
Crowd: :whoa: !!!
Rich Russillo: The fans spilling out of the way as Sierra Everett comes flying into the crowd! Security doing their thing as well getting our great Voltage fans to safety as it looks like this match is indeed spilling out of the ringside area as we had predicted it might! ARIA hops the barricade going after Sierra! ARIA saying that there will be no escape for the challenger here tonight! She wanted a title shot! She’s getting everything and more! Sierra staggers back to her feet in the crowd as she stumbles off into the pathways through the crowd with security standing between the competitors and the fans. ARIA hauls off with a hard punch to the face nearly knocking Sierra into the fans. Sierra falls over onto a railing to manage to maintain her footing but ARIA just drives down the elbow down hard into the back shoulder muscles of Sierra causing her to scream out in pain!
James Peters: ARIA choking down on the neck of Sierra Everett with the railing between her throat and her ability to breathe! Sierra kicks backwards catching ARIA in the leg forcing her to let go. Sierra staggering away further into the crowd as she begins to climb up the stairs! But ARIA manages to get her leg under control and begins to slowly climb the stairs after Sierra! Sierra grabbed by ARIA who tosses her down the stairs!
Rich Russillo: No! Sierra manages to rake the eyes of ARIA knocking ARIA down as Sierra continues to make her way up into the stands further here. Eventually they reach the back row of the lower level and ARIA is coming for her! ARIA kicks Sierra in the gut and is going for a Suplex! ARIA looks behind her and the entrance tunnel is right below her! She’s going to toss Sierra up over the railing of the tunnel and drop her down like ten feet below! RIGHT DOWN TO THE HARD CONCRETE!!! AHHHH!!!
Persephone: WOW SHE KILLED HER!!! But I am not excited about it. That’s not acceptable family friendly television. Turn the cameras away Disney!
Rich Russillo: There is no need for that because Sierra Everett managed to counter! She punched her way out and landed behind ARIA on the opposite side of the railing over the entrance tunnel! But ARIA with a back elbow! Sierra nearly falls off but manages to hold onto the railing! And Sierra throws a punch hard right to the face of ARIA! Sierra grabs a drink from a fan and bashes it across the skull of ARIA! ARIA falls backwards allowing Sierra to climb up over the railing!!! Wait no! ARIA retaliates back with a sudden Superkick out of nowhere! Sierra goes flying off the railing below!!!! No! She somehow manages to catch on the bottom of the railing with her hand and swings her way back up! Sierra quickly throws herself over the railing to safety! She pulls herself up!!! WAIT WATCH OUTT!!!
James Peters: ARIA WITH A RUNNING SPEAR!!! ARIA TACKLES SIERRA EVERETT OVER THE RAILING AND THEY BOTH PLUMMET TEN FEET DOWN TO THE CONCRETE!!! THEY JUST BUSTED THEIR SKULLS ON THE CONCRETE!!!
Crowd: HOLY [BLEEP]! HOLY [BLEEP]! HOLY [BLEEP]!
Persephone: NO! I can’t believe what I am seeing! This is horrible!
(An instant replay is shown of ARIA spearing Sierra Everett from ten feet above one of the crowd entrance tunnels as they both crash to the ground below.)
Persephone: Absolutely disgusting to see all of this!
Crowd: HOLY [BLEEP]! HOLY [BLEEP]! HOLY [BLEEP]!
James Peters: I know. I hope that they are okay.
Persephone: No not them. I mean these fans! What they are saying! Absolutely appalled!
James Peters: :francis:
Rich Russillo: Both ARIA and Sierra Everett are completely motionless at the bottom of the tunnel as security routes fans in a different direction. Looks like the fans taking a bathroom break during this match are going to have to take the long way to get back to their seats! Wait look! ARIA somehow! Someway! ARIA rolls over and places her arm on top of the chest of Sierra!! ARIA with the cover and this thing has to be over! You can count to three, four, ten, fifty! Sierra is deceased!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
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James Peters: Sierra Everett kicks out! How did that even happen? This crowd and the referee is shook! Sierra possibly out of instinct alone managed to kick out there after the head trauma she has suffered she can’t even be conscious of what just took place! And now we have medical staff approaching from backstage. Doctors are applying bandages and cleaning the wound of Sierra as they load her up onto a stretcher!
Persephone: You hate to see a match end like this. You hate to see a match end at all. 😃
Rich Russillo: But Sierra Everett pushes the medical staff away! ARIA is back up being checked on by our staff as well but Sierra shoves them away and tackles ARIA! Thesz Press from Sierra as she begins unloading punches onto ARIA! But ARIA throws her off her down the stairs through the entrance tunnel! Both women rolling down the stairs now throwing punches at each other! They are taking bumps and bruises with each stair they fall down! Eventually they crash into a metal trash bin with ARIA’s back slamming right into it! Sierra back up as she kicks ARIA backwards into the trash bin! Sierra with a wild look on her face as she gives it a shove!!! ARIA goes tumbling down the rest of the stairs inside the trash bin! The trash bin crashes on each of the steps as ARIA is heard screaming within! ARIA falls out of the bin at the bottom of the stairs covered in trash as a deranged looking Sierra laughs and slowly descends the stairs to continue the fight!
James Peters: But ARIA with a coffee mug to the head of Sierra Everett! ARIA found a broken coffee mug in all of that trash and used it to smash open the head of Sierra! I think that was a piece of Ronan Malosi merchandise! No wonder it broke so easily! They are making those things real cheap!
Rich Russillo: The fight has now spilled out into the concession stands as ARIA has knocked Sierra Everett down here in the concourse. Some of these fans and their families are getting a front row seat even if they didn’t purchase front row tickets! At EAW you never know what is going to happen! ARIA picks Sierra up and tosses her over a merchandise stand table! T-shirts and lucha masks go flying across the floor as ARIA wipes the table with Sierra! But Sierra fighting back as she grabs one of those replica championships and nails ARIA in the head with it! I think that was a replica of the old National Extreme Championship!
James Peters: But ARIA is rebelling as she smashes a replica of the REVOLT! Freeweight Championship across the skull of Sierra Everett! Both women out cold in the concourse area having destroyed each other with everything they can get their hands on! Somehow Sierra is the one who lands on top of ARIA after they both fall unconscious to the mat! The cover!!!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
Persephone: DING! DING! DING!
Persephone: Here is your winner… and NEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW EAW SPECIALISTS CHAMPION… SIERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRA EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRETTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Persephone: “Spaceship II” by Alex Wiley, Chance the Rapper begins to play as the crowd is erupting into cheers for the new champion!!!
Rich Russillo: She’s done gone off the deep end again. Because ARIA clearly kicked out at two. :wtf:
James Peters: Both Sierra Everett and ARIA slowly back up. ARIA holds up her fists ready to continue the fight. Sierra looking uncertain. Could Sierra be giving up? Wondering if ARIA is even a mountain that she is capable of climbing? Sierra putting her fists up ready to engage! This match is far from over and these hot blooded competitors are about to throw down in a straight up brawl! They are taking it to the streets here tonight at Tempest!
Sierra Everett: (off-mic) :russ:
Rich Russillo: Sierra Everett suddenly turns around and begins running in the opposite direction! Sierra is getting the hell out of there!
ARIA: (off-mic) :comeagain:
James Peters: ARIA is flabbergasted as she shrugs and begins taking off in pursuit of Sierra Everett! The cowardly Sierra fleeing from the champion here tonight! They begin to run around the concourse of the arena here as ARIA is attempting to catch up with Sierra! An absolutely disgraceful display from the challenger here tonight! The crowd in the arena watching this on the big screen is absolutely livid! Sierra is absolutely disgracing the name of Voltage here tonight!
Rich Russillo: But ARIA is gaining on her! ARIA begins to catch up to Sierra Everett who quickly darts through a side door and down some stairs as ARIA rips the door open and chases her down. Both women now in the backstage area as they are seen running past the locker rooms.
Persephone: I see they are headed back to collect their things before heading home for the night. I guess it was a good match. Good fight y’all!
James Peters: But Sierra Everett runs right into the women’s locker room! Sierra slams the door shut behind her but ARIA kicks the door down! Sierra goes flying backwards into the locker room as ARIA enters and slams the door shut! Sierra holding both hands up telling ARIA to stay away from her! Sierra in absolute fear of ARIA here tonight as she scrambles towards the showers trying to escape. Sierra is trapped now in the showers! There is nowhere for her to go now! ARIA approaches her with a crowbar in hand! Where did she even get that? Did she have it stored in her bag in the locker room? Did ARIA lure Sierra back here intentionally? There is no way she could have known this would happen… ARIA raises the crowbar at Sierra and brings it down on her he-
Rich Russillo: What the? Did we lose the feed? Everything just cut to black.
James Peters: The fans here are confused as the feed on the big screen has just cut to black. I think it is still recording though! Maybe a power outage?
Rich Russillo: No the lights are still on in the rest of the arena! Someone shut the lights off in the locker room! Wait! The lights just came back on!
Persephone: No they didn’t! I can’t see anything! Technical difficulties! The match is canceled!
Rich Russillo: The lights are back on and ARIA has been laid the hell out! And standing over her is not only Sierra Everett but also Halsey Neel and Candice Blair!
Persephone: :oh: Did they take the lights out to distract ARIA?
James Peters: ARIA wasn’t the one who had this all planned out after all! It was Sierra! Sierra Everett luring ARIA into a trap as she, Candice Blair, and Halsey Neel begin to stomp away at ARIA in the middle of the shower! A gang assault here tonight as Halsey picks up the crowbar! Halsey smashes the crowbar down into the leg of ARIA just torturing the champion now! This three on one assault is absolutely ruthless and ARIA is completely screwed here! The referee looking on but there is nothing they can do but watch until Sierra decides she is ready to go for the pin! Sierra pulls ARIA up and she is getting her into position.
Halsey Neel: (off-mic) That’s right! Finish her!
Candice Blair: (off-mic) Get your happily ever after girl! 😃
Rich Russillo: Sierra Everett connects with the Mount Everett right in the middle of the shower! ARIA rolls over face first in the running water as Sierra flips her over and goes for the cover!!! That has got to be it! We have a new champion and what an absolute disgusting display from Sierra! This is not how a true champion is! You can’t take anything away from ARIA if she loses in this manner. Sierra did not beat ARIA tonight! Sierra had to rely on her gang of thugs to get the job done!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
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Rich Russillo: WAIT WHAT THE HELL?!?! IT’S THE ICE ACES!!! THE ICE ACES HAVE JUST STORMED INTO THE LOCKER ROOM AND BROKE UP THE COVER JUST IN TIME!!! USAGI SENSHI AND AYU MEGUMI HAVE ARRIVED!!!!!!
James Peters: And they didn’t come unarmed! The Ice Aces are wielding staple guns!!! They are going to staple Candice’s mouth right shut once and for all!!!
Rich Russillo: Usagi Senshi and Ayu Megumi tackle Candice Blair and Halsey Neel and begin unloading staples into every part of their body that they can reach! Sierra Everett is back up and she charges in to try to take the staple gun away from Usagi but ARIA spears her right out of the showers back into the dressing room! ARIA just drove Sierra right into one of the benches in the dressing room! But Sierra grabs one of the wrestler’s bags and throws it into the face of ARIA! Whoever’s bag that is is going to be seething later their gear is all over the place!!! But the distraction allows for Sierra to escape! The Ice Aces are in pursuit with their staple guns and Sierra had better get the hell out of there if she doesn’t want to suffer the same fate as her allies!
James Peters: Sierra Everett abandoning her partners? Shouldn’t she stay and fight to help them?
Persephone: Or… she could focus on the match and ending it? I mean I know what I would choose! Not that I want it to end. I’m enjoying this way too much!
Rich Russillo: Sierra Everett is running with the speed out of the locker room area and down the hallway. ARIA is in pursuit as it looks like the other Ice Aces have decided to stay backstage to continue fighting Candice Blair and Halsey Neel. That is probably a good plan to keep them from interfering unless Sierra has another trap up her sleeve! ARIA chasing her again and that did not pay off well for her last time!
James Peters: Sierra Everett now hiding in gorilla where she ducks beneath the curtain to sneak back out into the ringside area. ARIA looking around in confusion as the producers point her towards the ring indicating where Sierra went. ARIA thanks them before charging off towards Sierra who has made her way back down the ramp to heavy boos from our audience. It is clear they are not impressed by her performance here tonight and her shady tactics!
Rich Russillo: Sierra Everett slides back into the ring as ARIA walks down the ramp with purpose before sliding into the ring! ARIA charges in to grab Sierra-
James Peters: But Sierra Everett throws a handful of sand right into the face of ARIA!!! Where did she get that from? She must have picked it up somewhere along the way while she was running back! ARIA is blinded!!!
Persephone: Imagine being blind. You wouldn’t even be able to watch the match then…
Rich Russillo: Sierra Everett taking full advantage now as she rolls ARIA up in the ring!!!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
James Peters: NEW CHAMP!!!
Rich Russillo: No! ARIA manages to kick out! ARIA has no idea where she even is in the ring but she is clawing her way back to her feet! Sierra Everett unable to steal the win and the championship there with that rollup! Both women back up now…
James Peters: ARIA swings wildly in the air but misses by a foot! ARIA unable to see Sierra Everett who smiles at the damage she has done. She is mocking ARIA being unable to even see her. Sierra lets her swing at the air for a few moments before grabbing her by the hair. Sierra yanks ARIA in…
Rich Russillo: Sierra connects with Aphrodite’s Kiss!!! The Rolling Cutter connects in the middle of the ring! But Sierra isn’t done yet!!! She picks ARIA back up!!! Sierra is screaming in ARIA’s face.
Sierra Everett: (off-mic) SIERRA EVERETT! YOU HEARD ME? THE FACE OF VOLTAGE!!! :blessed: !!!!
James Peters: SIERRA EVERETT HITS THE MOUNT EVERETT ONCE AGAIN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING!!!
Rich Russillo: NO! ARIA counters it and rolls Sierra up!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Rich Russillo: Sierra Everett manages to kick out! Sierra back up as- WAIT LOOK OUT!!!
James Peters: J4A CONNECTS!!! ARIA GOT ALL OF THAT RUNNING KNEE STRIKE RIGHT TO THE SKULL OF SIERRA EVERETT! HOW DID SHE EVEN DO THAT? SHE CAN’T EVEN SEE BUT SHE STILL MANAGED TO HIT IT!!! ARIA TO THE COVER!!!
Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Referee: THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Bella Braxton: Here is your winner… and STILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL EAW SPECIALISTS CHAMPION… ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
(The crowd erupts into cheers as ‘MEGITSUNE’ by BABYMETAL begins to play throughout the arena. ARIA celebrates with the fans as the referee hands her back her EAW Specialists Championship.)
Rich Russillo: ARIA did it! Another great title defense for the champion ARIA! She continues to reign and dominate this division like no one has before! No one expected she’d make it this far but she has proven them all wrong and the ARIA Era is in full swing!
James Peters: Sierra Everett had devious intentions. She lured ARIA backstage and she had her allies Candice Blair and Halsey Neel lying in wait. But ARIA was prepared even for that! The Ice Aces came in clutch for ARIA and Sierra had nothing left after that! Even being blinded could not stop ARIA from doing what she does and crushing in skulls with her knee! That thing is like a homing device! A flawless victory for ARIA here tonight!!!
Rich Russillo: The Ice Aces continue to reign and run the entire show here on Voltage for the foreseeable future. Can anyone even touch them? Is there a woman on this roster even capable of defeating ARIA when this is what she brings to the table?
(Suddenly, just as ARIA raises the Specialists Championship, her music is replaced with ‘Changed It’ by Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Wayne.)
Rich Russillo: :krabs:
James Peters: THIS WOMAN SET HER SIGHTS ON THE SPECIALISTS CHAMPIONSHIP BACK ON FRIDAY NIGHT DYNASTY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE’S NOT WASTING ANY TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE! IS SHE REALLY HERE!?
(The fans begin to cheer extremely loudly as Milli Banks begins to walk out to the stage. She’s holding a microphone in her hand, and she’s staring directly at the Specialists Champion with a grin on her face. ARIA is still hurt from the match, having to wipe her eyes, but as she regains her vision she looks directly at Dynasty’s Milli Banks, who is walking down the ramp and towards the ring.)
Rich Russillo: She IS here! Milli Banks is here and it looks like she has something to say after seeing ARIA successfully defend the Specialists Championship for the second time!
James Peters: It looks like ARIA is ready for whatever Milli has to bring, but I’m not so sure about this. She’s just been through a match, a falls count anywhere match at that. If Milli wanted to, she could probably lay ARIA out right now!
(Milli enters the ring, walking directly up to the Champion as the fans cheer seeing her and ARIA face to face. There is a brief staredown as ARIA isn’t entirely sure what to think just yet. This would change soon enough though, as Milli begins to speak.)
Milli Banks: Congrats.
(The fans continue to cheer, but the look on ARIA’s face doesn’t change just yet, knowing that anything could happen and she’s not in any condition to fight at this point.)
Milli Banks: Don’t worry, you can relax. I’m not gonna take your moment. That was a kewt title defense, you should live it up! You just went through hell and back and you came out of it the winner, you can be proud. I just hope you know that Sierra’s not the only one that’s been eyeing that title.
(ARIA nods her head, and she doesn’t look very surprised to hear this, understanding that being Champion means having a target on your back and that Milli had already set her sights on becoming Champion.)
Milli Banks: We both know how my last few matches for that title went down, but now that I’m able to leave that all in the past and I put the Queen Bees and their nonsense behind me, it’s time for me to make the mark on EAW that I was expecting to a long time ago by winning my first Championship. Now that you got the Disney girls outta your way you’re gonna need a new challenger, right? Well there’s no need to start looking, ’cause you’re looking at your next challenger right now.
(The two Elitists stare at each other for a few seconds, before ARIA finally begins to speak.)
ARIA: (off-mic) Well if a title shot is what you want, I’m not gonna deny you of it. See you soon, Milli.
(After saying this, ARIA extends her hand out for a handshake with a smile on her face. Milli looks at ARIA’s hand before looking back at her.)
Milli Banks: This the only kudos you gonna get from me so enjoy it, Champ.
(Milli shakes ARIA’s hand, seemingly making a future match between the two official as the cheers only continue.)
James Peters: It looks like we know who’s up next for a Specialists Championship match against ARIA, and it’s none other than Milli Banks!
Rich Russillo: This is huge! ARIA and Milli Banks are both very impressive Elitists, and their match for the Specialists Championship will definitely be amazing!
Persephone: I sure can’t wait! Nothing more exciting than learning about new matches that have nothing to do with Rex McAllister. 😃
(Milli Banks makes a Championship motion around her waist after letting go of the handshake, and the two Elitists stare each other down as ‘Changed It’ begins to play once more. ARIA raises her Championship one more time, and the last image shown is the two women staring at each other. After this, Tempest begins to fade away from ringside.)
(The camera fades into a video package featuring the announcement that Lunchables will now be available in EAW catering.)
Bella Braxton: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS SET FOR ONE FALL!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!
(‘A Cruel Angel’s Thesis’ – Yoko Takahashi plays as the crowd erupts for Usagi Senshi as she walks out and scans the crowd. She takes a deep breath soaking in the positive reaction while making her way to the ring. As the camera reveals her attire it becomes clear that this isn’t her normal attire, and that’s because it’s actually the attire of Ayu Megumi, Usagi’s tag team partner and girlfriend. Not only that, but her initials are seen on her wrist. Seeing this only makes the fans cheer even louder.)
Bella Braxton: INTRODUCING FIRST…FROM FUKUOKA, JAPAN….WEIGHING IN AT 115 POUNDS….SHE IS “THE MASTER OF EXCELLENCE”….USSAAAGGGGIIIIIIII SEEENNNNSSSHHHIIIIIIIII!!!!
James Peters: Usagi has really been coming into her own lately as a singles competitor and tonight she could get the biggest win of her career. She was the one who wanted to compete here tonight, and mo fear has been shown going against a competitor like Minerva. Can’t wait to see what she has in store tonight.
Rich Russillo: She’s had a bit of a situation with Ayu Megumi in recent times, but her attire tonight should say everything that needs to be said! She obviously still cares about Ayu, and judging by the look on her face she’s clearly ready for this match!
(“Blood, Milk & Sky” by White Zombie is next to play, receiving a positive reaction , a reaction which only grows once the lights go out. Soon, a single spotlight shines on Minerva, who’s knelt on the stage area. Despite the injury she received back on Voltage, Minerva looks ready for the upcoming match as she stares directly at her opponent tonight, Usagi Senshi. Minerva doesn’t spend too much time on the stage either, soon beginning to make her way down the ramp to meet her opponent inside of the ring.)
Bella Braxton: AND HER OPPONENT….FROM THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES…WEIGHING IN AT 122 POUNDS….”THE PRINCESS KILLER”…..MMMIIINNNNNERRRVVVAAAAA!!!!!
James Peters: Fresh off an amazing EAW World Championship reign ending not the way anybody expected, and her having some problems with her fiance, Minerva comes into this match fresh and looks to get a good win under her belt here tonight and ready to make another great impression.
Rich Russillo: You have to wonder about her head injury when she suffered a concussion a few weeks ago. Rumors are she was cleared but we should keep an eye out.
Persephone: Yeah, wouldn’t want her to get hurt or anything. That’d just be awful.
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
James Peters: And here we go, two of the most talented wrestlers Voltage offers, the crowd in Cleveland is ready and so are we. Both of them scan the arena and turn their attention back to one another.
Rich Russillo: Usagi and Minerva both take a deep breath and begin circling the ring waiting for the other to make the first move, and after several moments, finally they are stepping up in the center of the ring, and then lock up in a collar and elbow tie-up with a roar from the crowd! It looks like neither can get the advantage over the other, but that doesn’t last long because a few seconds later, Usagi gets her in a side headlock before Minerva pushes her to the ropes, AND THEN MINERVA TAKES HER DOWN WITH AN ELBOW TO THE FACE!!
Persephone: USAGI STANDS AND CHARGES AT HER AGAIN, BUT IS KNOCKED DOWN AGAIN! Usagi nods at how the match started and they start over again and lock up in the center of the ring MINERVA GETS THE UPPER HAND AND KNOCKS USAGI BACKWARDS ON HER BACK! Usagi is on her knees in the corner as Minerva stands and dares Usagi to step up again to her. Remember that Minerva said this would be her funeral if she stepped in the ring with her and so far looks to be one step ahead of Usagi.
James Peters: The former EAW World Champion is begging her to bring it and it seems like she is playing a little bit of mind games with Usagi in the early goings. AND USAGI CHARGES AT MINERVA OUT OF NOWHERE WHO SIDESTEPS AND SENDS USAGI INTO THE CORNER BEFORE FOLLOWING UP WITH SEVERAL BODY SHOTS TO THE RIBS AND THEN A FEW KNIFE EDGE CHOPS!
Rich Russillo: SHE’S NOT DONE YET, AS THERE’S SEVERAL SHOULDER THRUSTS TO THE MIDSECTION!! Minerva now uses her foot to try and choke her out, but the referee steps in quickly. Minerva backs away from Usagi again and if Usagi was worried that Minerva was going to perhaps take her lightly like she originally suspected, we found out pretty quickly that she is not as she seems to be one step ahead of Usagi in everything she’s done in the early goings of this match.
Persephone: And the look on Usagi’s face has not changed at all as she steps up and they lock up once more! Minerva switches to Usagi’s backside… But Usagi then switches and then delivers a snap German suplex as Minerva lands hard on the back of her head which can’t be good for Minerva and her head already! Usagi is now pumped up as the match just took a 180 turn with Usagi now the one in control!
James Peters: Usagi truly showing no fear of Minerva here tonight. It looks like the tables have turned in favor of Usagi who’s now begging for Minerva to step up. Minerva gives a little bit of a smirk as she holds her head while standing back up to her feet, and the two of them come face to face in the middle of the ring. And Minerva goes for a right, but Usagi blocks it and delivers rights of her own as she has Minerva backed into the corner after several punches to the face!
Rich Russillo: Usagi then delivers several chest kicks and she is feeling herself as she runs back to the opposite rope, AND SHE CHARGES AND HITS A LEAPING FOREARM SMASH TO THE FACE IN THE CORNER! AND THEN FOLLOWS IT WITH A HIP TOSS THROWING MINERVA BACK FIRST ON THE MAT!! Minerva uses the ropes to pull herself up, BUT HERE COMES USAGI AGAIN WITH A FULL HEAD OF STEAM WHO DELIVERS A RUNNING DROPKICK SENDING MINERVA THROUGH THE SECOND ROPE TO THE OUTSIDE FLOOR!
James Peters: AND HERE COMES USAGI AGAIN FULL SPEED AND DELIVERS A SUICIDE DIVE THROUGH THE SECOND ROPE!! Usagi is fired up big time feeding off if this crowd’s response to her as she then approaches Minerva near the steps…
Persephone: AND MINERVA GRABS THE ARM AND PULLS HER BACK AS USAGI LANDS SHOULDER FIRST INTO THE STEEL STEPS!! AND SHE DOES IT AGAIN AND THEN A THIRD TIME Minerva buys herself a little bit of time to take a small breather after overcoming that strong flurry from Usagi early on as Usagi holds her shoulder. Minerva picks Usagi up and then delivers a spinebuster on the ting apron before she tosses her back in the ring who looks like she’s trying to shake off some pain in the elbow after colliding with the steel stairs just a few moments ago.
Rich Russillo: Minerva slides back into the ring and reaches down to pick Usagi up by the front – AND WHOA LOOK OUT USAGI LEAPS UP AND LOCKS HER IN A TRIANGLE CHOKEHOLD FROM OUT OF NOWHERE!! USAGI HAS THE TRIANGLE CHOKE LOCKED IN AND MINERVA IS IN A PANIC TRYING TO SCRAMBLE TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THIS!! MINERVA TRIES TO PICK HER UP AND SLAM HER DOWN, BUT USAGI HASN’T LET UP ONE BIT APPLYING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRESSURE!! This match in the early goings is just the two of them playing chess with each other and that move from Usagi may have Minerva in a little bit of trouble here!
Persephone: And we all know that Minerva is not going to have it end this kind of way as she’s fighting trying to stretch her lower body to reach the ropes, but is not quite there yet! Usagi is relentless with this submission trying to choke the absolute life out of Minerva, and Minerva is still a long way from the ropes, what is she going to do? BUT LOOK! MINERVA PICKS USAGI UP OFF THE MAT, AND FREES HERSELF OF THE CHOKE BY TOSSING USAGI INTO THE CORNER CONNECTING WITH A BUCKLE BOMB!! Usagi stumbles out of the corner holding the back of her head after the way it bounced off the turnbuckle pad, AND RUNS RIGHT INTO A BICYCLE KNEE STRIKE ACROSS THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE FROM THE FORMER EAW WORLD CHAMPION AS MINERVA DROPS DOWN ON TOP OF USAGI FOR THE FIRST PINFALL ATTEMPT OF THE MATCH!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!!
RIch Russillo: And an early kickout from Usagi! I think Minerva was expecting that as she quickly mounts over top of her and begins raining down several punches to the face as Usagi is trying to cover up although it isn’t really helping. She stands up and then begins to stomp the life out of her as well.
James Peters: Now Minerva looks to go back on the attack as she gets her up off of the mat, but before we could know what she had in mind, Usagi is trying to fight back with several shots to the ribcage, and then she delivers an uppercut that drives Minerva back a step or two…
Rich Russillo: AND USAGI RUNS AND DRIVES MINERVA BACK FIRST INTO THE CORNER! SHOULDER THRUST BY SHOULDER THROAT TO THE MIDSECTION OF MINERVA IN THE CORNER, AND THEN UH OH, USAGI SITS HER UP ON THE TOP ROPE, WHAT COULD SHE POSSIBLY HAVE IN MIND HERE?
James Peters: She looks to be going for the superplex, but Minerva now is trying to prevent it by fighting back, and now both of them are going back and forth on the top exchanging blows with the other battling for control…until Usagi slips and falls down a step thanks to a vicious headbutt from Minerva! , and Minerva uses this slight window of opportunity- AND SHE LEAPS OVER USAGI AND GOES FOR A SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB OFF THE TOP ROPE!! BUT USAGI HELD ON AS MINERVA LANDS RIGHT ON HER BUTT, AND THEN USAGI DELIVERS A CROSSBODY FROM THE SECOND TURNBUCKLE AS SHE STOOD UP – BUT MINERVA ROLLS THROUGH UP TO HER FEET HOLDING USAGI…AND THEN DELIVERS A SPINNING SIDE SLAM PLANTING USAGI ONTO THE MAT!!
Rich Russillo: BUT WHAT?! USAGI SOMEHOW LANDED ON HER FEET – AND THEN DELIVERS A ENZIGURI KICK TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND MINERVA DROPS DOWN TO A KNEE!! Usagi looks to take advantage of this opportunity for some serious momentum AS SHE RUNS AND SPRINGBOARDS OFF OF THE SECOND ROPE AND GOES FOR A SPRINGBOARD ENZIGURI KICK TO THE HEAD….AND IT CONNECTS!!! Two enziguri kicks within the last few minutes. That sounded like a firecracker as Minerva drops to a knee and again holds her already concussed head in some pain, as Usagi is like a shark that smells blood in the water as she runs off the ropes – AND SHE DELIVERS A HURRICANRANA DDT SPIKING THE INJURED HEAD OF MINERVA INTO THE MAT! USAGI FLIPS MINERVA OVER AND HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE COVER!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
Persephone: And Minerva gets the shoulder up! Now it’s Usagi who mounts over top and begins to throw several rights and she is for sure targeting that head. Usagi stands back up and is begging for her to get back to her feet. Usagi then picks Minerva up for a scoop slam, but Minerva drops down to her feet and runs up behind Usagi – AND DRIVES HER FILL SPEED SHOULDER FIRST INTO THE RING POST THROUGH THE SECOND TURNBUCKLE! Minerva takes this little bit of time to regroup a little bit and she is clearly in pain as the referee is blocking her path trying to check up on her.
Rich Russillo: Minerva is clearly annoyed that the referee in her point of view was trying to halt her momentum, and she then pulls Usagi out of the corner by her trunks….And she goes for a back suplex, BUT USAGI LANDED ON HER FEET! The referee checking on Minerva likely bought Usagi that little extra time she needed as….USAGI RUNS OFF THE ROPES – AND SHE TAKES DOWN MINERVA WITH A FLYING ELBOW!
James Peters: USAGI RUNS OFF THE OPPOSITE ROPES AND THEN HITS ANOTHER ONE!! Usagi is on fire right now as Minerva stands up, AND USAGI RUNS AND SPRINGBOARDS OFF THE SECOND ROPE AGAIN, AND THE SPRINGBOARD ENZIGURI DROPS MINERVA TO A KNEE AGAIN AS USAGI RUNS OFF THE ROPES – SHINING WIZARD TO THE BACK OF MINERVA’S HEAD! BUT HE DUCKS BUT USAGI RUNS OFF THE OPPOSITE ROPES AND HITS A SHINING WIZARDBFROM THE FRONT SIDE!! AND THEN USAGI FLIPS HER OVER AND GOES FOR ANOTHER COVER!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
James Peters: And Minerva gets the shoulder up again, and now Usagi thinks of what next to do to wear Minerva down a little bit, and she eyes the top rope as she walks over and makes her ascent up to the top, AND USAGI LEAPS OFF AND FLIES THROUGH THE AIR GOING FOR THE FROG SPLASH!!!
Persephone: AND IT BACKFIRES ON USAGI AS MINERVA GOT HER KNEES UP JUST IN TIME TO SAVE HERSELF!! That may have been a fatal mistake by Usagi going high risk this early in the match as…MINERVA TRIES TO LOCK HER “OWL OF MINERVA” SUBMISSION MANEUVER – BUT USAGI USES THE ROPES BESIDE HER TO PULL HERSELF OUT OF HARM’S WAY BEFORE THE SUBMISSION WAS APPLIED! I don’t know if that was luck or great ring awareness but it got the job done in saving himself for now, Minerva doesn’t think too much into it and Minerva wastes no time in trying to go right back on the attack as Usagi is balanced up against the barricade, AND THEN HERE COMES MINERVA!!! –
*CRASH!!*
James Peters: MINERVA JUST SPEARED USAGI RIGHT THROUGH THE BARRICADE!!! :damn: The referee takes a second to go check on both of them before having to go back inside the ring and begin the count.
(Instant replay of the spear through the barricade.)
ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIVE!
Rich Russillo: Minerva has emerged from the rubble and pulls Usagi out of it before slowly picking her up and rolling her back inside the ring. Minerva slides back in and begins to stalk Usagi – AND MINERVA HAS HER IN POSITION…”PARADISE LOST!!!” MINERVA DRILLS HER RIGHT ON THE MAT BEFORE HOOKING THE LEG!!!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
TTTHHRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-
James Peters: AND USAGI IS STILL IN IT! Now the tides have turned as now it’s Minerva who thinks on what to do next. Minerva now drags the lifeless body of Usagi over to the corner, and I think we all know what she has in mind here in the corner. AND MINERVA GOES FOR “HELL’S BELLS” IN THE CORNER!!!
Rich Russillo: BUT NOBODY HOME AS USAGI MOVED AT THE VERY LAST SPLIT SECOND!! Minerva makes a mistake that might come back to haunt him later on Usagi buys herself some very valuable time after taking an insane amount of damage there from the Gypsy. Both of them are going in opposite directions as Usagi pulls herself up in the corner and Minerva rolls under the bottom rope and stands on the outside apron. And oh my, USAGI HAS A CERTAIN LOOK ON HER FACE AS SHE SITS ON THE TOP ROPE AND STANDS – AND SHE LEAPS OFF THE TOP ROPE AND DELIVERS A LEAPING TORNADO DDT FROM THE RING APRON TO THE OUTSIDE FLOOR!!! :damn: :damn:
(Instant replay of Usagi leaping off the top rope delivering a tornado DDT off the outside apron to the outside floor.)
(A doctor comes out to check on Minerva to see if she’s concussed just as a precaution because of what happened the past week, she obviously isn’t too thrilled about it. Usagi is in pain too as she did damage herself in doing the move she just did a moment ago.)
James Peters: If Minerva was just cleared from a concussion, odds are she might just have another one after that. :yikes: Might end up like poor ole Tua. :francis:
Rich Russillo: And now once more, both of them are down on the outside and it’s pretty much a race on who can get to their feet first here to gain the upper hand. Minerva is just holding the head in pain trying to shake the cobwebs out and get back on track, and Usagi sees that as she stands back up and looks to take full advantage by picking Minerva up…AND SLAMS HER FACE FIRST OFF THE STEEL STEPS!! AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN! USAGI IS ABSOLUTELY RELENTLESS ON THIS ATTACK AS SHE TOSSES MINERVA BACK INSIDE AND SHE CLIMBS UP THE APRON TO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE QUICKLY – AND USAGI LAUNCHES HIMSELF OFF THE TOP ROPE AND CONNECTS WITH A FROG SPLASH RIGHT ON TOP OF MINERVA!!! WHAT PICTURE PERFECT ELEVATION SHE GOT THERE AND THERE’S THE THE HOOK OF THE LEG FROM USAGI!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEEE!!!!
James Peters: AND MINERVA STAYS ALIVE!! Usagi scoots back into the corner and begins to ponder on what to do next and now begins to stalk Minerva who is trying to stir back to her feet in pain, she just might be in a vulnerable spot here…
Rich Russillo: AND USAGI LOOKS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE BY GOING FOR HER “FATALITY” RUNNING BICYCLE KNEE!!
Persephone: BUT MINERVA SIDESTEPPED AT THE LAST SECOND AND USAGI CRASHES INTO THE CORNER, AND OH NO! Usagi is caught in the tree of woe in the corner, and Minerva sees that after shaking the cobwebs out. AND MINERVA RIGHT AWAY DELIVERS HER “DEVIL’S TOUCH” SUPERKICK WHILE SHE’S STUCK IN THE TREE OF WOE!! She’s still stuck there and Minerva climbs the turnbuckle right above her…AND SHE JUMPS HIGH AND DRIVES BOTH FEET INTO THE HEART OF USAGI AS SHE LANDS BACK FIRST ON THE MAT!!
James Peters: Minerva doesn’t go for the cover though? Not quite sure I’m following but she stands and backs up still holding her head and she eyes Usagi who is trying to stir back up to her feet, AND SHE SLOWLY CREEPS UP BEHIND HER – AND SHE BENDS HER DOWN….AND SHE CONNECTS WITH “TWILIGHT!!!” MINERVA SLAMS HER DOWN TO THE MAT WITH THE INVERTED FACELOCK ELBOW DROP AND THIS TIME SHE GOES FOR THE COVER!!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!
Rich Russillo: AND USAGI IS STILL ALIVE BY GETTING THE SHOULDER UP JUST BEFORE THE REFEREE COULD REACH THREE!! Minerva gives a little smile and it looks like she knows exactly what she has to do in order to put Usagi away for good as she picks her up off of the mat by the head!
James Peters: BUT WAIT A SECOND, THERE’S USAGI SENSHI WITH A HUGE BURST OF ENERGY!! SHE VERY QUICKLY DROPS MINERVA DOWN AND LOCKS IN THE CROSSFACE OUT OF NOWHERE!!! EITHER SHE WAS PLAYING POSSUM OR MINERVA JUST TOOK TOO LONG AND HAS TO PAY THE PRICE FOR IT AND NOW MINERVA MIGHT BE IN SOME TROUBLE HERE!
Rich Russillo: THE CROSSFACE IS LOCKED IN AND SHE’S APPLYING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PRESSURE YELLING AT MINERVA TO TAP OUT! MINERVA IS TRYING TO DRAG HERSELF TO THE ROPES AND SHE ALMOST HAS IT….AND MINERVA TRIES TO ROLL THROUGH TO COUNTER – BUT ALL IT DID WAS PUT HER BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING, WELL THAT COMPLETELY BACKFIRED!
James Peters: USAGI IS WRENCHING BACK ON THAT CROSSFACE AND THERE’S NOWHERE FOR MINERVA TO GO!! NOBODY THINKS MINERVA IS ACTUALLY GOING TO TAP OUT HERE RIGHT?
Rich Russillo: OH MY GOD!!! USAGI SCREAMS AND LETS GO, MINERVA WAS BITING HER AND THAT CAUSED USAGI TO FREE HER FROM THE HOLD!
James Peters: That’s quite the way to escape a submission hold! USAGI ISN’T TOO PLEASED ABOUT THAT AS SHE CHARGES AT HER ONCE MORE – BUT MINERVA CATCHES HER AND PLANTS HER WITH A DEVASTATING SPINEBUSTER!! Both women are down in the center of the ring and man, both of them throwing haymakers at the other here tonight so far. Who is going to get to their feet first here and gain the upper hand on the other? Both of them stand up and then turn around to face one another…AND THEY GO BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH WITH BLOWS TRYING TO GET THE UPPER HAND ON THE OTHER BUT NEITHER IS MAKING IT EASY IN THE SLIGHTEST!!
Persephone: MINERVA THEN SWINGS AT THE HEAD, BUT USAGI DUCKS IT AND PUSHES MINERVA CHEST FIRST INTO THE CORNER! MINERVA STUMBLES OUT OF THE CORNER – AND OH MY GOD!!! USAGI JUST HIT “FATALITY!!!” THE RUNNING BICYCLE KNEE CAUGHT MINERVA OUT OF NOWHERE AND WE COULD BE IN FOR A HUGE UPSET AS USAGI GOES FOR THE COVER!!!!
James Peters: BUT LOOK!! USAGI COULDN’T GET TO HER IN TIME AND MINERVA FALLS OUT OF THE RING BEFORE A COVER COULD BE MADE! Dumb luck or very smart from The Black Rose, either way you can see the look on Usagi’s face that she can’t believe she just let that opportunity slip through her fingers. Now Usagi eyes the top rope and looks to go high risk once more eyeing Minerva on the outside and I don’t know if I agree with this decision here…AND USAGI LEAPS OFF THE TOP ROPE –
Rich Russillo: “THE DEVIL’S TOUCH” KICK IN MID AIR!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! MINERVA CAUGHT HER WITH THE SUPERKICK IN MID AIR ON THE OUTSIDE, AND NOW MINERVA IS STRUGGLING TO GET USAGI BACK IN THE RING, AND SHE DOES AND SLIDES BACK IN AND CRAWLS TO MAKE THE COVER!!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!!
James Peters: AND USAGI GETS THE SHOULDER UP AT TWO AND A HALF!! That small delay in getting her back in the ring was likely just all Usagi needed in order to survive and now Minerva thinks of what to do next. Minerva now goes to pick Usagi up by the head, but Usagi still has some fight in her as she tries to throw some punches to the ribs and lower body and then pushes Minerva away from her, but Minerva quickly retaliated with a hard right hand that knocked Usagi back a few feet who can barely stand at this point, AND MINERVA NOW LOOKS TO HAVE HER IN POSITION FOR ‘ATLAS FALLS!!” MINERVA IS LOOKING TO PUT USAGI AWAY FOR GOOD!
Rich Russillo: BUT AGAIN USAGI CONTINUES TO FIGHT, AND THEN SHE MANAGES TO COUNTER AND DELIVERS A SNAP SUPLEX!! Minerva stands up in the corner and Usagi runs at her again – BUT MINERVA DROPS HER WITH A BOOT! Minerva sits herself on the top rope…AND BEFORE WE COULD EVEN GUESS WHAT SHE HAD IN MIND USAGI RISES FROM THE DEAD AND RUNS UP TO THE TOP ROPE MEETING MINERVA THERE LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL – AND USAGI DELIVERS AN “ACE-PLEX” OFF THE TOP ROPE, OH MY LORD!! MINERVA LANDED HARD AND USAGI HOOKS BOTH LEGS FOR THE COVER!! THERE’S NO WAY SHE SURVIVES THAT RIGHT?!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEEE!!!
Persephone: YES SHE DOES AS MINERVA KICKS OUT SOMEHOW!! AND OH NO, USAGI IMMEDIATELY HOOKS BOTH OF THE ARMS OF MINERVA AND TRANSITIONS INTO MINERVA’S “OWL OF MINERVA” SUBMISSION HOLD! USAGI IS TRYING TO BEAT HER WITH HERSELF OWN SUBMISSION!! :damn:
James Peters: THE BRIDGING DOUBLE CHICKEN WING IS APPLIED AND HOW IS MINERVA GOING TO ESCAPE AFTER JUST BARELY SURVIVING AN AVALANCHE “ACE-PLEX”? USAGI IS PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS AND MINERVA HAS NOWHERE TO GO, BUT SHE STILL ISN’T QUITTING, ESPECIALLY TO HER OWN MOVE! MINERVA IS TRYING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO FIND A WAY OUT, AND SHE IS TRYING TO STRETCH THAT LEG OUT TO REACH THE ROPE WHILE USAGI IS YELLING AT HER TO TAP OUT AND SHE MAY HAVE TO DO JUST THAT – BUT SHE’S GETTING CLOSER AND REACHES HER LOWER BODY OUT AS FAR AS SHE CAN TO THE ROPES AND SHE DOES REACH IT AND USAGI IS FORCED TO BREAK THE HOLD! Usagi though doesn’t release the hold right away until the referee steps In and creates a little bit of separation. Minerva showing why she’s as great as she is escaping two major blows from Usagi who is pulling out all the stops here tonight in getting one of the best wins of her young career.
Rich Russillo: The two questions are, was that Usagi’s best shot to perhaps win this and how much does Minerva have left in the tank after surviving all that punishment she just took. Usagi grabs the feet of Minerva and drags her back to the middle of the ring, but Minerva uses her feet to push Usagi back into the corner giving her just enough to to get to a vertical base, USAGI RUNS, BUT MINERVA TAKES HER DOWN WITH A RUNNING STO!
James Peters: Minerva buys herself some valuable time to regroup a little bit and regain a little bit of strength. Both of them crawl away from one another and pull themselves up with the ropes on opposite ends of the ring and turn around to face one another, USAGI TRIES TO GO FOR A URANAGE, BUT MINERVA DRIVES THE ELBOW INTO THE SIDE OF HER FACE AND PUSHES HER BACK BEFORE CHARGING AT HER AND CLOTHESLINES HER SENDING BOTH OF THEM OVER THE TOP ROPE AT THE SAME TIME!!
Rich Russillo: Both are on the outside once more and both simultaneously begin standing while exchanging blows before climbing up the apron and uh oh, both of them are throwing hard punches at the other on the apron, A RIGHT HAND FROM MINERVA, AND THEN AN UPPERCUT FROM USAGI, A RIGHT HAND FROM MINERVA, AND THEN ANOTHER, AND ANOTHER…. AND OH NO-
Persephone: A DOUBLE SUPERKICK FROM THE OTHER AS THEY BOTH FALL BACK DOWN TO THE OUTSIDE FLOOR! It looks like they both got a good piece of each other on that one. Both are down and the referee begins the count! Minerva had her head hit the floor pretty hard as she landed pretty awkwardly.
ONE! TWO! THREE!
Rich Russillo: Both of them don’t seem to be moving at all. Minerva might need a little help with how she landed there. :yikes:
FOUR! FIVE!
James Peters: Both of them are beginning to stirring and are trying to make their ways back to the ring, and Minerva seems to have the head start.
SIX! SEVEN! EIGHT!
Persephone: Minerva is back in the ring as Usagi is tugging on the ring skirt trying to stand up. This just might be a count out victory for Minerva!
NINE!
(The crowd boos at the thought of this match ending in a countout.)
Rich Russillo: MINERVA RUNS OFF THE ROPES AND DELIVERS A SUICIDE DIVE TO USAGI ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE RING! It seems as if Minerva had NO interest in a countout victory. And now we’re back at square one between the two on the outside once more.
James Peters: Minerva picks her up, AND USAGI THROWS RIGHTS AND THEY ARE AGAIN FIGHTING FOR CONTROL, AND IT LOOKS LIKE USAGI HAS THE CONTROL BACK AS SHE PULLS HER IN WITH A RIPCORD KNEE STRIKE TO THE FACE FOLLOWED UP BY AN UPPERCUT FROM USAGI AS MINERVA STUMBLES BACK TOWARDS THE SPANISH ANNOUNCE TABLE….AND THEN USAGI RUNS AND SPEARS MINERVA ACROSS THE ANNOUNCE TABLE CRASHING INTO THE SPANISH COMMENTATORS!!!
Rich Russillo: BOTH OF THEM ARE GOING AT IT BEHIND THE ANNOUNCE TABLE LIKE THEY WANT TO RIP EACH OTHER APART, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE USAGI HAS THE UPPER HAND ON THE COMMENTATORS SIDE OF THE TABLE AND GRABS MINERVA BY THE HEAD AND REPEATEDLY SLAMS HER FACE FIRST INTO THE ANNOUNCE DESK! Usagi smells blood and is targeting the head of Minerva which has taken some serious damage after recovering from a concussion a few weeks back. Usagi takes her back to the ring and rolls her back inside and takes a deep breath before sliding back in…AND USAGI CONTINUES TO TARGET HER HEAD AS SHE STOMPS THE LIVING LIVE OUT OF IT! Minerva is trying her best to cover up and escape and finds herself sitting in the corner….AND USAGI RUNS AND DRIVES BOTH KNEES INTO THE FACE OF MINERVA SEATED IN THE CORNER!! All of the momentum is on Usagi’s side right now!
Persephone: Usagi looks like she is ready to put the finishing touches on this one and get the biggest win of her career and like a predator stalking its prey,she stalks Minerva who slowly stirs back up to her feet, AND USAGI RUNS OFF THE ROPES AND GOES FOR “FATALITY”, BUT MINERVA SIDESTEPS AND USAGI RUNS EVEN FASTER OFF THE OPPOSITE ROPES….”FATALITY” CONNECTS!!!! THE RUNNING KNEE STRIKE TAKES DOWN MINERVA AND USAGI CRAWLS OVER AND MAKES THE COVER ON HER!! SHE’S GONNA DO IT!! USAGI SENSHI IS GOING TO BEAT MINERVA!!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEEE!!!!
…
Rich Russillo: MINERVA IS STILL IN IT!! SHE GETS THE SHOULDER UP!! ARE YOU KIDDING?!
James Peters: Usagi can’t believe it and neither can any of us, we all thought she was about to beat one of the biggest stars in the entire company and pick up the biggest win of her career, and now what does she do from here to beat Minerva? Was that the best shot Usagi will have to win this match?
Rich Russillo: Usagi slowly picks up Minerva who is almost like dead weight at this point – A VICIOUS HEADBUTT FROM OUT OF NOWHERE BY MINERVA AND THAT SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT USAGI OFF GUARD, AND MINERVA DELIVERS A SPINNING LARIAT ACROSS THE CHEST! The momentum just swinging back and forth between these two making the other every single inch in this match so far. It’s a question of who wants it more? And honestly I have no clue.
Persephone: Both of them stand up, AND MINERVA GOES FOR “DEVIL’S TOUCH” ONCE MORE….BUT USAGI CATCHES THE FOOT AND PUTS HER IN AN ANKLE LOCK!! USAGI IS TWISTING THAT ANKLE AND AGAIN APPLYING THE MIST PRESSURE SHE CAN! ANOTHER SUBMISSION FROM USAGI AS MINERVA AGAIN LOOKS TO BE IN SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE HERE! MINERVA ROLLS THROUGH IT SENDING USAGI FACE FIRST INTO THE TURNBUCKLE! Usagi turns around and walks into the arms of Minerva who goes for a scoop slam, but Usagi lands on her feet…AND THEN SHE ROLLS MINERVA UP FROM BEHIND!!!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!
Rich Russillo: DID SHE GET HER?! The referee says it was only two and a half as they both race back up to their feet and Usagi goes for the clothesline, but Minerva ducked it…AND SHE PICKS HER UP AND IS GOING FOR “THE PRINCESS KILLER” – AND IT CONNECTS!!! MINERVA SPIKES USAGI INTO THE MAT AND MINERVA AFTER A FEW MOMENTS HOOKS THE LEG! IS THIS GOING TO BE ENOUGH?
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEEE!!!
…
James Peters: WHAT?!?! USAGI GETS THE SHOULDER UP AND THE ROOF JUST ABOUT CAME OFF HERE IN CLEVELAND!! Now it’s Minerva who is in disbelief that Usagi just kicked out ” The Princess Killer” and this battle continues on and I can say we and everybody else has no problems with that.
Rich Russillo: What an absolute war this has been. How much more do these two have left in the tank to put the finishing touches on this match? Minerva now…MINERVA HOOKS THE ARMS AND SHE IS TRYING TO GO FOR “OWL OF MINERVA”…BUT BEFORE SHE COULD BRIDGE, USAGI BARELY MANAGED TO ESCAPE THE GRASP BY REACHING OUT AND GRABBING THE BOTTOM ROPE!
James Peters: The referee backs Minerva up, but not for long as she approaches her in the corner, AND USAGI CATCHES MINERVA OFF GUARD WITH A ELBOW STRIKE TO THE FACE BEFORE SPRINGBOARDING OFF THE SECOND TURNBUCKLE AND DELIVERS A TORNADO DDT SPIKING HER HEAD INTO THE MAT! She doesn’t go for the cover though as she crawls over to the top rope which I’m not so sure is a smart decision at this stage of the match. :lupe:
Persephone: May not be too smart but with everything they have already thrown at each other you have to think outside the box a little and take a risk and she ascends up the top rope and looks down at a motionless Minerva….AND SHE STANDS TALL…BUT MINERVA POPS UP AND THROWS HERSELF ON THE ROPES CAUSING USAGI TO LOSE BALANCE ON THE TOP ROPE!! Minerva goes up top with her…HEADBUTT FROM USAGI! AND THEN USAGI TRIES TO GO FOR A HURRICANRANA OFF THE TOP, BUT MINERVA HOLDS AND DOESN’T LET IT HAPPEN, AND THEN PULLS HER UP – A SITOUT POWERBOMB FROM THE TOP ROPE!!! FOLLOWED BY THE COVER, WILL THIS BE ENOUGH?!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!!
James Peters: NO IT’S NOT!! NOT YET! Usagi continues to put her resiliency on display here tonight showing just how much heart she was wearing it on her sleeve against a competitor like Minerva while Minerva proves why she’s one of the top stars of this brand. And now an exhausted Minerva looks to try and put this one away as she picks her up off the mat, AND SHE IS GOING FOR “ATLAS FALLS!!!” BUT AGAIN SHE CAN’T CONNECT AS USAGI JUST CONTINUES TO KEEP ON FIGHTING BACK LIKE SHE HAS BEEN ALL NIGHT LONG! A shot to the ribs from Usagi, and then another…AND A SPINNING BACK ELBOW SHOT TO THE FACE THAT STUMBLES MINERVA BACK AND KNOCKS HER DOWN TO A KNEE FOR ABOUT A SECOND OR TWO BEFORE WALKING RIGHT ONTO THE SHOULDERS OF USAGI!! USAGI LOOKS TO BE GOING FOR “CRITICAL DARLING” –
Rich Russillo: MINERVA SLIPS OFF THE SHOULDERS FROM BEHIND AND SLAMS USAGI INTO THE CORNER AND TRIES TO ROLL HER UP….BUT USAGI HELD ON! MINERVA ROLLS BACK UP TO HER FEET – AND USAGI WAS WAITING FOR HER WITH A SUPERKICK! THAT SUPERKICK LITERALLY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AS MINERVA IS ON SPAGHETTI LEGS AND USAGI PUTS HER ON THE SHOULDERS AGAIN……AND “CRITICAL DARLING” CONNECTS THIS TIME!! THE SAMOAN DRIVER SPIKES MINERVA ON TOP OF HER HURT HEAD AS USAGI HOOKS THE INSIDE LEG, THIS HAS GOTTA BE IT!!!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!
Persephone: MINERVA GETS HER FOOT ON THE BOTTOM ROPE AT THE LAST SECOND!! Great ring awareness from the former multi time champion. And now you can see the frustration on Usagi’s face right now thinking she should have had this match won on a couple of occasions and it’s getting to her that her options are running a bit low on getting this win. What else does she have to do? Usagi stands in the corner and is now begging for her to stand up once more and then places her between the legs! BUT MINERVA COUNTERS WITH A BACK BODY DROP!! Minerva can barely stand but she wants to end thus match right now AND PICKS HER UP FOR “THE PRINCESS KILLER” FOR THE SECOND TIME –
James Peters: USAGI REVERSES AND HAS MINERVA IN POSITION FOR A PILEDRIVER OF HER OWN!!!
Rich Russillo: NOW IT’S MINERVA WHO ESCAPES OUT FROM BEHIND, AND GRABS THE HEAD FROM BEHIND….AND SHE GOES FOR “TWILIGHT”!!!! BUT OH MY, USAGI SPINS OUT OF IT AND PULLS MINERVA IN FOR A RIPCORD KNEE, BUT MINERVA CATCHES THE LEG AND HITS A DRAGON SCREW!! They have thrown everything at each other but are still playing chess with the other on who can one up the other even as exhausted as they are, something had to give here sooner rather than later. AND NOW MINERVA GOES FOR A CLOTHESLINE BUT USAGI DUCKS IT AND SPRINGBOARDS OFF THE SECOND ROPE –
James Peters: OH MY GOD!! “DEVIL’S TOUCH” IN MID AIR!!!! THE SUPERKICK IN MID AIR FOR A SECOND TIME IN THIS MATCH AND MINERVA DOESN’T WASTE ANY TIME IN PICKING HER UP AND SETTING HER UP… WILL THE THIRD TIME BE THE CHARM?! “ATLAS FALLS” FINALLY CONNECTS DRILLING USAGI’S HEAD ONTO THE MAT AS MINERVA TURNS USAGI ON HER BACK AND HOOKS THE LEG! IS FINALLY GOING TO BE ENOUGH OR DOES USAGI HAVE ENOUGH LEFT IN THE TANK?!
OOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEE!!!
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
(“Blood, Milk, and Sky” by White Zombie plays as the crowd erupts in cheers. Minerva rolls off of Usagi, holding her head in pain after the match she just had against Usagi Senshi. Minerva stands up exhausted and has her hand raised.)
Bella Braxton: HERE IS YOUR WINNER…..MIIIINNNNEEERRRVVVVAAAAA!!!!
Rich Russillo: What a match between two talented athletes! Usagi showed that she has what it takes to make it as a singles competitor with an amazing effort while Minerva showed why she’s one of the biggest stars in our industry.
Persephone: Usagi did put up a fight. I thought Minerva might have lost thanks to her injury.
James Peters: It actually looked like that may have been the case at times. In any case it’s undeniable that Usagi had a fantastic performance where she successfully proved herself as a singles competitor, but it was Minerva’s night, congratulations to her!
(Usagi Senshi is seated out at ringside, leaning against the barricade. She’s disappointed in the loss, but she’s mostly just exhausted after what she just went through. As Minerva celebrates her victory, Voltage fades away from ringside.)
(Commercial starring Jake Smith, featuring his Tempest playlist, only on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Ea8GVCwHOo3y9ziQ9QZRB?si=mc4gvoXMSOi4NshaMabBhQ )
(Tempest returns to ringside, and Bella Braxton is seen with a microphone.)
Bella Braxton: Ladies and gentlemen… The following contest is scheduled for ONE FALL!!!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!!
(‘Show Me Your God’ by The Amity Affliction hits, and there’s a loud, mixed reaction from the fans as Theron Nikolas slowly steps out to the stage. There’s nothing but a look of pure focus as soon as he’s in the camera’s view, as this is the match he’s waited for ever since King of Elite. Tempest doesn’t remain at the stage for long at all, immediately beginning to walk down the ramp and towards the ring, looking to get the match started as soon as possible.)
Bella Braxton: Introducing first… From Edmonton, Alberta, Canada… Weighing in at 224 pounds… TTTHHHHHEEEEERRRROOONNNNN NNNNNNIIIIIIIIKKKKKOOOOLLLAAASSSS!!!!!!!!!!
James Peters: Theron Nikolas is here, and you can tell that there’s a lot on the line for him tonight. Methuselah made his return by attacking Natasha Agnello in a way that very well could have killed her, and that was only the start.
Rich Russillo: Yeah, there’s a lot of importance to this match and that’s all without mentioning their history before 2023. This won’t be an easy victory for either competitor, not with how well they must know each other.
Persephone: Oh. That’s great. That means there’s no telling just how long this match is going to last.
(As Theron waits in the ring, the lights in the arena go out as his music is replaced with ‘Blackstar’ by David Bowie. There’s loud boos coming from the fans, and after a while, the stage is filled with rising smoke. A blue spotlight would appear on the stage, and standing in that spotlight is none other than Methuselah. Methuselah stares directly at Theron Nikolas, and a smirk would appear on his face as he begins walking through the fog, making his way down the ramp as he approaches the ring.)
Bella Braxton: And his opponent… From The Solitary Candle in the Villa of Ormen… Weighing in at 220 pounds…. MMMMMEEEEEEETTHHHUUUUUSSEEEEELLLLLAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
James Peters: Methuselah is here for his first marquee event match since that shocking return, and I don’t even need to question whether he or his opponent is ready for this match. Judging by the looks on their faces, it’s obvious that they’ve both been waiting.
Rich Russillo: Methuselah isn’t the type of Elitist that could be taken down easily, even if he’s up against the very best to ever do it. With that being said however, someone like Theron knows Methuselah and may know what it’ll take to keep him down.
James Peters: This is an interesting match, and I think these two don’t want to wait any longer to get this one started!
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
James Peters: To say that these two have history with each other would be an understatement. We all knew that Methuselah versus Theron Nikolas would be a huge deal, and it’s not just because of how much they’ve torn each other apart after Methuselah returned at King of Elite, it’s because of how well they already knew each other before we even had any idea that he’d be back! This isn’t the first time that these two are sharing a ring with each other, but with everything that’s happened between them, this could be their most personal match yet.
Rich Russillo: There’s no Answers World Championship on the line tonight like there was back at Pain for Pride 12. This match is just the result of a challenge put out by Methuselah directly after his shocking return where he laid out Natasha Agnello with a flaming Equalizer! Neither man has moved from their spots in their respective corners of the ring, and I think we all know that once these two get going, we’re in for one hell of a match! Theron and Methuselah slowly step out of their corners, not taking their eyes off of each other for even a second!
Persephone: THERON NIKOLAS IS THE FIRST TO MAKE HIS MOVE AS HE CHARGES AT METHUSELAH, BUT METHUSELAH DUCKS UNDER THE ATTACK! THERON TURNS AROUND, AND METHUSELAH RUNS IN WITH A CLOTHESLINE THAT SENDS BOTH MEN OVER THE TOP ROPE, TUMBLING OUT TO RINGSIDE! METHUSELAH AND THERON JUST FELL OUT TO RINGSIDE AFTER THE VERY FIRST MOVE IN THE MATCH, AND NOW METHUSELAH GRABS THERON BEFORE SENDING HIM INTO THE BARRICADE! It looks like Methuselah got the better of that fall as he immediately got to his feet! Theron just hit the barricade hard, and now Methuselah charges in!
James Peters: THERON GETS AN ELBOW UP THOUGH, AND HE’S ABLE TO GRAB METHUSELAH BY THE BACK OF HIS HEAD BEFORE SENDING HIM FACE FIRST INTO THE RING POST! METHUSELAH DROPS TO HIS KNEE BEFORE GETTING BACK UP AND STUMBLING BACK, AND NOW THERON HOPS ONTO THE RING APRON BEFORE RUNNING IN, JUMPING AT METHUSELAH AND CONNECTING WITH A DIVING KNEE STRIKE! That’s a move you wouldn’t normally see from Theron, but it looks like he’s going high risk as he’s fighting one of his most personal fights in recent memory! Theron now grabbing Methuselah before pulling him up, AND SLAMMING HIS FACE ONTO THE APRON!
Rich Russillo: NO! THIS TIME IT’S METHUSELAH THAT COUNTERS AS HE BLOCKS THE SHOT ONTO THE APRON BEFORE ELBOWING THERON IN THE RIB! Methuselah now kneeing Theron in the midsection before hitting him with a right hand, and we’re so early into this match yet things have already spilled into a ringside brawl! The referee is hesitant to even start counting knowing that Methuselah is one of the Elitists involved! Theron hits Methuselah with a right hand in return, but Methuselah follows it up with a forearm before grabbing Theron by the arm and pulling him, aiming towards the steel steps!
Persephone: WAIT A SECOND, THERON TURNED IT AROUND AND SENT METHUSELAH CRASHING INTO THE STEPS!!! THERON WITH A HUGE COUNTER AS HE JUST GAVE HIMSELF A GREAT OPENING, AND IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HE’S FINISHED YET EITHER! METHUSELAH IS IN A SEATED POSITION LEANING AGAINST THE STEPS, AND THERON RUNS IN BEFORE CONNECTING WITH DOUBLE KNEES!!! This match only just started, and already Methuselah might be out of it! Theron grabs Methuselah before sending him rolling back into the ring, and this match might already be over! Theron returns to the ring, hopefully for the cover-
James Peters: BUT BEFORE THERON COULD EVEN TRY TO PIN METHUSELAH, METHUSELAH GETS UP AND USES ALL HIS POWER TO SEND THERON CRASHING INTO THE TURNBUCKLES! THERON HITS THE TURNBUCKLES BACK FIRST- AND BEFORE HE COULD EVEN REACT METHUSELAH RUNS IN AND KICKS HIM IN THE HEAD WITH “RAPTURE”!!!! RAPTURE CONNECTS THIS EARLY ON IN THE MATCH, BUT TO THE CREDIT OF THERON NIKOLAS, HE’S ABLE TO ROLL OUT OF THE RING TO PREVENT A COVER FROM BEING MADE! That was a huge move to hit this early on! The match basically started at ringside, and ALREADY Methuselah just used one of his big moves!
Rich Russillo: Theron rolled under the bottom rope, but he’s on the ring apron which means that he’s not entirely in the clear just yet! Methuselah drags Theron back up to his feet before holding him by the head, AND SLAMMING HIM FACE FIRST INTO THE RING POST! THERON NEARLY FALLS OFF OF THE APRON, BUT METHUSELAH GRABS HIM BY THE ARM BEFORE PULLING HIM INTO A FRONT FACELOCK, ALLOWING METHUSELAH TO DELIVER A ROPE HUNG DDT! Theron Nikolas is in trouble now, as Methuselah seems to have gained control over this match thanks to Rapture!
Persephone: Theron Nikolas is in the corner in a seated position, AND NOW METHUSELAH JUST STARTS STOMPING AT THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD! METHUSELAH IS REPEATEDLY STOMPING ON HIS HEAD, AND THE REFEREE STARTS TO COUNT, BUT AFTER A QUICK GLARE FROM METHUSELAH HE IMMEDIATELY STOPS! I guess the referee is just letting Methuselah do whatever he wants, that’s one way to make things worse for Theron! Methuselah pulls Theron out of the corner before sending him away from the turnbuckles and to the other side of the ring with an overhead belly to belly, and I think Methuselah may be looking to end this one quickly!
James Peters: Methuselah now waiting in the corner for Theron to get back up, and I’m actually kind of surprised seeing the way this match has turned out! It started out of nowhere with a brawl on the outside, and it looks like it might just be ending far sooner than any of us could’ve expected a match between these two to end! Theron Nikolas is slowly pushing himself back up to his feet, and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what Methuselah is setting up for!
Rich Russillo: METHUSELAH CHARGES IN, AND HITS THERON WITH THE SPEAR!!!!!
Persephone: NO!!!! THERON LEAPED OVER HIM!!!! THERON LEAPED OVER METHUSELAH, AND METHUSELAH JUST RAN SHOULDER FIRST INTO THE RING POST!!!!
James Peters: THERON GRABS METHUSELAH FROM BEHIND AND PULLS HIM AWAY FROM THE CORNER BEFORE HE COULD RECOVER! “TOUCH OF HEROINE”!!!!!! TOUCH OF HEROINE CONNECTS AND THERON MIGHT HAVE JUST TAKEN METHUSELAH’S HEAD OFF WITH THAT ONE!!! THERON NIKOLAS NOW WITH THE FIRST COVER OF THE MATCH AS HE LOOKS TO DENY METHUSELAH OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE NATASHA’S VISIONS RIGHT!!!!
OOOOONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Rich Russillo: OH NO WAY, AT ONLY THE COUNT OF ONE METHUSELAH KICKS OUT!!!!
Persephone: I don’t think Theron should’ve even gone for the pin there, Methuselah always kicks out of stuff at one! Theron’s starting to really beat Methuselah up, though! He got on top of him, and now Theron is just driving a bunch of elbows into Methuselah’s face and jaw! I guess I can’t blame Theron for being mad. That was one of the main moves in his arsenal and Methuselah kicked out of it like it was nothing! It’s obviously gonna take a lot more than that to put Methuselah down, which means…. This match might last a while. Great.
James Peters: Methuselah pushes Theron Nikolas off of him, BUT THERON RUNS IN AS METHUSELAH GETS TO A KNEE, AND THERE’S A HUGE RUNNING KNEE LIFT TO THE SIDE OF METHUSELAH’S HEAD!! METHUSELAH STUMBLES BACK AND FALLS INTO THE CORNER, AND THERON IMMEDIATELY TURNS AND CHARGES IN BEFORE DELIVERING A RUNNING EUROPEAN UPPERCUT!!!! THERON NOW TOSSING METHUSELAH OUT OF THE CORNER, AND IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THERON IS FINISHED JUST YET!!!! METHUSELAH DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HE EVEN KNOWS WHERE HE IS, AND NOW THERON RUNS THE ROPES!!!
Rich Russillo: HEADHUNTER!!!!
Persephone: NO, METHUSELAH GOT TO HIM BEFORE THERON COULD HIT THE KNEE!!! METHUSELAH CAUGHT THERON WITH A REVERSE ROUNDHOUSE KICK JUST AS THERON BOUNCED OFF THE ROPES!
James Peters: Theron drops to the mat, but he doesn’t remain there for long! He’s slowly stumbling back up, using the ropes to remain on his feet as Methuselah charges in- RUNNING RIGHT INTO AN ELBOW FROM THERON! This has been an all out brawl between the two men, AND NOW METHUSELAH RESPONDS TO THAT ELBOW WITH A KICK TO THE MIDSECTION, PULLING THERON INTO A SCOOP SLAM!! Methuselah now running the ropes, AND THERE’S THE TWISTING ELBOW DROP!
Rich Russillo: DOESN’T CONNECT!!! THERON ROLLED OUT OF THE WAY, CAUSING METHUSELAH’S ELBOW TO HIT NOTHING BUT THE MAT! CLOSE CALL FOR THERON NIKOLAS THEREX AND AS SOON AS BOTH ELITISTS GET BACK UP THERON CONNECTS WITH AN ENZUIGIRI, CAUSING METHUSELAH TO STUMBLE BACK! Theron now quickly getting back up as Methuselah recovers and charges in- AND THERON CATCHES METHUSELAH BEFORE DROPPING HIM WITH A REVERSE STO, BUT IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HE’S FINISHED JUST YET!!! THERON JUST ROLLED AROUND BEHIND METHUSELAH, AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S ATTEMPTING A DEADLIFT GERMAN SUPLEX!!!
Persephone: THAT DIDN’T WORK! METHUSELAH HIT THERON WITH A BACK ELBOW STRONG ENOUGH TO FORCE THERON OFF OF HIM! Methuselah turns towards Theron, AND HE JUST GRABS THERON BY THE THROAT BEFORE QUICKLY RUSHING TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RING! METHUSELAH IS CHOKING THERON- AND NOW HE JUST SHOVES THERON THROUGH THE ROPES, SENDING THERON OUT TO THE RING APRON! I think Methuselah was trying to dump him out to ringside entirely, but Theron was able to grab onto the ropes and land on the apron instead!
James Peters: I’d say that saved Theron, but it looks like that might not have been the case! Methuselah immediately goes back after Theron before starting to drag him back up to his feet-
Rich Russillo: HEADBUTT BY THERON!! It looks like you spoke too soon James, because Theron clearly had some more tricks up his sleeve! Methuselah stumbles back thanks to that headbutt and now Theron Nikolas does something we don’t see from him very often, as he’s heading up to the top turnbuckle! Theron not wasting any time, DIVING AT METHUSELAH AND HITTING HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A MISSILE DROPKICK! WHAT A MOVE BY THERON, AND IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HE’S FINISHED JUST YET!
Persephone: THERON PULLS METHUSELAH BACK UP AND PULLS HIM BY THE ARM, RIGHT INTO THE GHOST’S REQUIEM!!!!!
James Peters: WAIT, NO! METHUSELAH SPAN OUT OF IT, AND NOW AS SOON AS THERON TURNS AROUND HE’S MET WITH A RUNNING BIG BOOT!!! THERON IS DROPPED ONTO THE MAT, AND METHUSELAH DOESN’T GIVE HIM ANY TIME TO RECOVER AS HE DROPS DOWN AND LOOKS TO BEAT THERON AT HIS OWN GAME, GRABBING HIM BY THE HEAD BEFORE BEGINNING TO HEADBUTT HIM REPEATEDLY! That was five headbutts in a row by Methuselah, AND NOW HE FOLLOWS IT UP BY REPEATEDLY SLAMMING THE BACK OF THERON’S HEAD ONTO THE MAT!
Rich Russillo: Methuselah drags Theron Nikolas back up, AND NOW THERE’S AN UPPERCUT, CAUSING THERON TO STUMBLE BACKWARDS INTO THE CORNER! Methuselah walks over to him, BEFORE DELIVERING SOME ELBOWS TO THE SIDE OF THERON’S HEAD AND NECK! Those were some nasty elbows, and it doesn’t look like things are about to get any better for Theron as Methuselah lifts him up onto the top rope! Methuselah now hitting Theron with a right hand, and that alone nearly made Theron fall off the top rope completely!
Persephone: Methuselah climbs up to the top, AND NOW HE STARTS HITTING ELBOWS TO THE BACK OF THERON’S NECK!! METHUSELAH REPEATEDLY ELBOWS THERON IN THE BACK AND IN THE BACK OF HIS NECK, AND THERON CAN’T EVEN FIGHT BACK AT THIS POINT! Methuselah now hooking both of his arms knowing that Theron is too worm out to even try fighting back and stopping whatever his plan is here, AND METHUSELAH JUMPS OFF THE TOP ROPE, TAKING THERON WITH HIM AND CONNECTING WITH THE SUPER BUTTERFLY EFFECT!!!!
James Peters: IT’S NOT OVER YET, EITHER!!! METHUSELAH ROLLS THROUGH ONTO HIS FEET WHILE HOLDING THERON, AND NOW HE LIFTS HIM UP!!! EGO DEATH DRIVER!!!!!
Rich Russillo: IT CONNECTS!!!! THE EGO DEATH DRIVER CONNECTS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS ONE MAY BE OVER AS METHUSELAH HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE COVER!!!!
OOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
TTTTTTTTTWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
TTTTTTTHHHHHHRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE-
James Peters: NO, NOT JUST YET!!!! THIS MATCH ISN’T OVER, THERON NIKOLAS MANAGED TO GET THE SHOULDER UP BEFORE THREE AND KEEP THIS ONE ALIVE!!!! That was a close one though! More major moves like that and I think this match will be over, and it doesn’t help Theron’s case knowing that Methuselah still has him exactly where he wants him!
Rich Russillo: Methuselah drags Theron Nikolas back up to his feet, AND HE BEGINS TO PUT HIM IN A DOUBLE UNDERHOOK ONCE AGAIN! METHUSELAH IS CLEARLY SETTING UP FOR SOMETHING BIG HERE AS THERON NIKOLAS MIGHT JUST BE COMPLETELY DEFENSELESS AFTER THE SUPER BUTTERFLY EFFECT AND EGO DEATH DRIVER!!!! METHUSELAH LIFTS THERON UP IN THE DOUBLE UNDERHOOK, AND HE GOES FOR THE MK DRIVER!!!
Persephone: NO!! THERON MANAGES TO KEEP HIMSELF DOWN BEFORE GETTING HIMSELF BEHIND METHUSELAH!! DRAGON RUSH!!!! THERON NIKOLAS JUST HIT METHUSELAH WITH DRAGON RUSH, BUT HE’S STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THOSE TWO HUGE MOVES AND CAN’T HOLD THE BRIDGE TO PIN METHUSELAH!!!
James Peters: Thanks to Theron’s inability to hold the bridging pin, Methuselah was able to roll out to the ring apron! This isn’t bad for Theron though, as now he has time to recover AND Methuselah is the one that’s in trouble! Theron Nikolas slowly grabs onto the ropes and uses them to pull himself back to his feet, and it looks like he’ll be joining Methuselah out on the apron as he seems to have something on his mind! Theron now dragging Methuselah up before pulling him into a front facelock, AND I THINK THERON MAY BE LOOKING FOR EITHER A SUPLEX OR A BRAINBUSTER ONTO THE RING APRON!
Rich Russillo: WELL I’M NOT SURE WHICH ONE HE WAS THINKING ABOUT, BUT METHUSELAH IS ABLE TO PREVENT EITHER OF THEM FROM CONNECTING AS HE KEEPS HIMSELF DOWN ON HIS FEET! METHUSELAH NOW RUNNING FORWARD, RAMMING THERON BACK FIRST INTO THE RING POST!!! THINGS MAY HAVE JUST BACKFIRED FOR THERON, AS NOW IT’S METHUSELAH THAT HAS THE UPPER HAND! METHUSELAH NOW GRABBING THERON, AND HE MANAGES TO LIFT THERON UP ONTO HIS SHOULDERS! WHAT IS HE THINKING ABOUT NOW!?
Persephone: I don’t think it matters much now, Theron just elbowed Methuselah in the side of the head and dropped down to ringside! Theron now grabbing Methuselah’s legs, AND HE PULLS METHUSELAH’S LEGS OUT FROM UNDER HIM, CAUSING METHUSELAH TO FALL BACK FIRST ONTO THE APRON! THERON QUICKLY SHOVES METHUSELAH BACK INTO THE RING BEFORE QUICKLY FOLLOWING BEHIND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERON HAS SOMETHING ON HIS MIND!
James Peters: Methuselah is on all fours and is already pushing himself back to his feet, BUT IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THAT’S A BAD THING FOR THERON, WHO HAS ALREADY STARTED RUNNING THE ROPES! THERON NOW WITH CARPE DIEM!!!
Rich Russillo: NO! METHUSELAH DUCKS UNDER THE CARPE DIEM AND MANAGES TO HOOK METHUSELAH’S ARM BECAUSE OF IT! METHUSELAH LIFTS THERON’S ARM, AND NOW THERE’S THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT!!! IT WASN’T THE AVALANCHE VERSION THIS TIME, BUT IT STILL MAY HAVE DONE NEARLY AS MUCH DAMAGE AS THE NORMAL BUTTERFLY EFFECT IS A DOUBLE UNDERHOOK BACKBREAKER, A MOVE THAT THERON IS CLEARLY FEELING THE EFFECTS OF NOW AS THIS TIME IT’S METHUSELAH WITH THE UPPER HAND, LOOKING TO PUT THIS ONE AWAY!
Persephone: Theron Nikolas is on all fours and is trying to push himself back to his feet! Methuselah seems to be waiting for him to get back up, AND NOW AS SOON AS THERON GETS TO A KNEE METHUSELAH TURNS AND RUNS THE ROPES-
James Peters: BUT THERON RUSHES IN AND CONNECTS WITH AN UPPERCUT BEFORE METHUSELAH COULD DELIVER WHATEVER MOVE HE WAS LOOKING FOR! THERON IS STILL HURTING BUT HE KNEW HE HAD TO BE CAREFUL THERE, KNOWING THAT THE SPEAR IS ONE OF METHUSELAH’S FINISHING MOVES AND IF HE HAD GONE FOR THAT AND CONNECTED, THIS MATCH MAY HAVE BEEN OVER! Theron was luckily able to avoid it though, AND NOW HE PULLS METHUSELAH INTO A FRONT FACELOCK AS HE SETS HIM UP FOR SOMETHING!
Rich Russillo: THERON LIFTS METHUSELAH UP, AND I THINK HE’S GOING FOR A BRAINBUSTER!!!
Persephone: METHUSELAH DOESN’T LET IT HAPPEN, THOUGH!! HE MANAGED TO DROP DOWN AND LAND ON HIS FEET IN FRONT OF THERON, AND HE QUICKLY GRABS THERON BY THE HEAD BEFORE GOING FOR DEMOLITION!!!
James Peters: THERON MANAGED TO GRAB ONE OF METHUSELAH’S ARMS BEFORE METHUSELAH COULD PULL BOTH MEN DOWN! THERON SPINS METHUSELAH AROUND, AND THERE’S A SECOND TOUCH OF HEROINE!!!!! THE RIPCORD LARIAT CONNECTS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THIS MATCH AS THERON ONCE AGAIN PUT ALL HIS POWER INTO THAT STRIKE!
Rich Russillo: Yeah, but for some reason Theron isn’t even going for the cover! When Theron first connected with the move it was still early on in the match, but surely things would change at this point now that they’ve really started beating chunks out of each other! Theron must have something else planned if he’s not going for the pin right away!
James Peters: It looks like you’re right about that much! Theron grabs Methuselah by both arms before dragging him up to his knees, AND NOW THERE’S THE DIVINE SUNDERER!!!! THERON DRIVING HIS KNEE RIGHT INTO METHUSELAH’S FACE, AND NOW THAT’S GOTTA BE ENOUGH! THERON HOOKS THE LEGS!!!!
OOOOOONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
TTTTTTWWWWWW-
Rich Russillo: SOMEHOW METHUSELAH KICKS OUT, AND THAT STILL WASN’T EVEN A TWO COUNT!!!!
Persephone: Yayyyy, the match gets to continue. I’m so happy it’s not over. 😀👍
James Peters: That wasn’t a two count, but it definitely wasn’t as quick or as strong of a kickout as we saw early on in the match! I think Theron Nikolas knows exactly what he’s dealing with by now, especially given the history these two have with each other, and because of that Theron just looks more annoyed than surprised!
Rich Russillo: Theron is a very talented Elitist though, one that’s accomplished a lot and managed to get very far in his career. I think we all know that he has something up his sleeve, and I think we’ll be seeing that very shortly as Theron once again grabs Methuselah’s wrists, ONLY THIS TIME THERON DOESN’T BOTHER DRAGGING METHUSELAH BACK UP, INSTEAD BEGINNING TO DELIVER REPEATED BOOTS TO THE HEAD AS METHUSELAH HAS KNOW WAY TO DEFEND HIMSELF FROM THESE STOMPS! THERON LOOKS LIKE HE’S JUST GOING TO KEEP STOMPING ON METHUSELAH UNTIL THERE’S NOTHING LEFT!!!
Persephone: Theron is still stomping at Methuselah, is there anything that we could do about it? Like… I don’t know, disqualify him, call the match off since Methuselah definitely can’t continue, something?
James Peters: :cmon:
Persephone: What? I care about the safety of the Voltage roster, unlike you two clearly.
James Peters: Right… Well in any case I don’t think we’ll be seeing this match called off. Not like this, at least! Methuselah just kicked out of two of Theron’s best moves at one! This isn’t going to take Methuselah out, but it will wear him down and that’s exactly what Theron wants!
Rich Russillo: Theron pulls Methuselah back up before kneeing him in the midsection, AND NOW THERE’S A RIGHT HAND, CAUSING METHUSELAH TO STUMBLE BACKWARDS! THERON NOW WITH ANOTHER! THERON WITH A THIRD AS METHUSELAH STUMBLES BACK INTO THE ROPES! THERON GOES FOR ONE MORE- BUT METHUSELAH BLOCKS THIS TIME, BEFORE HITTING THERON WITH A RIGHT HAND OF HIS OWN! The effects of this match are finally starting to show, AS THERON IS ABLE TO RESPOND WITH ANOTHER RIGHT HAND! METHUSELAH NOW WITH ONE OF HIS OWN! NOW THERON! NOW METHUSELAH! NOW THERON WITH A-
Persephone: NOPE, METHUSELAH DUCKED UNDER THAT BEFORE HITTING THERON WITH A SPINNING BACK FIST!!! Theron just stumbled backwards before dropping to a knee, AND NOW METHUSELAH QUICKLY GRABS HIM BEFORE PULLING HIM INTO THE DOUBLE UNDERHOOK- BUT THERON NIKOLAS RUNS RIGHT INTO THE ROPES, ONCE AGAIN CAUSING BOTH MEN TO FALL OUT TO RINGSIDE!!! The referee better get to counting, otherwise these two might just spend the entire night fighting at ringside! We’ve already seen them brawl with each other for weeks!
James Peters: Theron Nikolas is hurting badly, and I think he actually may have taken the worse fall there! For what it’s worth though, I’m sure he’ll probably take that over whatever Methuselah was setting up for! Theron now using the steel steps to try and pull himself up-
(*CRASH!*)
Rich Russillo: METHUSELAH JUST DOVE FORWARD AND SHOVED THERON HEAD FIRST INTO THE STEEL STEPS, CAUSING THERON’S FOREHEAD TO BE SENT RIGHT INTO THE CORNER OF THE STEPS! METHUSELAH GETS UP AND GRABS THERON BEFORE SENDING HIM INTO THE RING, AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT NOT HAVE SAVED HIMSELF AFTER ALL!
Persephone: METHUSELAH ROLLS BACK INTO THE RING BEFORE GRABBING THERON AND SENDING HIM INTO THE CORNER! METHUSELAH NOW RUNNING IN, AND HE GOES FOR RAPTURE!!!
James Peters: THERON WAS BARELY ABLE TO PULL HIMSELF OUT OF THE WAY!!!! PART OF NATASHA’S VISION FROM THE VERY START WAS THERON BEING LAID OUT IN A POOL OF HIS OWN BLOOD, BUT THERON IS DOING EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO PREVENT METHUSELAH’S VISION FROM BECOMING A REALITY! He can barely stand after going head first into the steps and he’s having to use the ropes just to remain on his feet, but lucky for him he may have just found an opening as Methuselah pulls his foot off of the top turnbuckle!
Rich Russillo: Theron Nikolas grabs Methuselah from behind, AND HE DELIVERS THE CARPE DIEM!!!!!
Persephone: IT CONNECTS!!! CARPE DIEM CONNECTS BUT- OH COME ON!! NO WAY, METHUSELAH FELL OUT OF THE RING UNDER THE BOTTOM ROPE!!!! I THOUGHT THAT WAS THERON’S CHANCE TO END THE- I MEAN WIN THE MATCH, BUT METHUSELAH JUST FELL OUT OF THE RING AND STOPPED THERON FROM EVEN GOING FOR THE COVER LET ALONE WIN THE ENTIRE THING!
James Peters: Theron is out of it, I don’t think he even had it in him to drag Methuselah away from the ropes even if he wanted to! He just needed to take Methuselah down while he still could, and he ended up making the right choice as Methuselah is STILL down and out!
Rich Russillo: Theron Nikolas slowly rolls out of the ring, and he slowly walks over to Methuselah, although seeing the shape he’s in right now I think it’d be more accurate to say he’s limping or stumbling over to him. This match has definitely taken its toll on Theron, but it’s still not over yet, and it looks like Theron has found a good way to capitalize on the opening he received with the Carpe Diem!
James Peters: Theron grabs Methuselah before pulling him up, AND THERON BEGINS BASHING HIS FACE INTO THE RING POST!!!! THERON REPEATEDLY SMASHES METHUSELAH’S FACE INTO THE RING POST, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERON MAY BE LOOKING TO RETURN THE FAVOR AFTER HAVING HIS OWN HEAD BUSTED OPEN NOT TOO LONG AGO! THERON MUST BE LOOKING TO DRAW BLOOD HERE, AND WE’RE STILL EARLY IN THE TEN COUNT SO THERON HAS ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD TO TRY AND GET WHAT HE WANTS!
Rich Russillo: METHUSELAH IS STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THAT CARPE DIEM HE WAS JUST HIT WITH, SO HE DOESN’T HAVE IT IN HIM JUST YET TO FIGHT OUT OF THIS! I don’t think this is gonna stop until either Theron draws blood or the referee gets far in the ten count, and even then Theron could always just roll back into the ring and restart the count, it’s not like Methuselah’s going anywhere!
Persephone: It looks like there’s no point of thinking that far! Theron just got what he wanted, he got blood! We all know about Natasha’s visions or whatever, and I think he may be trying to turn this around on Methuselah by being the one to leave HIM in a pool of his own blood!
James Peters: You could definitely be right about that! Theron sends Methuselah back into the ring before following behind, and now he grabs Methuselah from behind before pulling him back up to his feet! THERON HAS METHUSELAH IN A RIPCORD POSITION, AND I THINK HE MIGHT BE LOOKING TO PUT METHUSELAH DOWN FOR GOOD WITH THIS! CARPE DIEM!!!!
Rich Russillo: NO! IT DOESN’T CONNECT!!!! METHUSELAH DUCKED UNDER THE ELBOW BEFORE GRABBING THERON BY THE HEAD!!!
Persephone: DEMOLITION!!! METHUSELAH JUST DROPPED THERON WITH DEMOLITION!!!!
James Peters: THERON NIKOLAS IS DOWN, BUT METHUSELAH DOESN’T GO FOR THE COVER!!! IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S NOT CONTENT EVEN AFTER CONNECTING WITH ONE OF HIS SIGNATURE MOVES, AND HONESTLY THAT’S SOMETHING I’D BE WORRIED ABOUT IF I WAS THERON, BECAUSE METHUSELAH CAN’T HAVE ANYTHING GOOD IN MIND HERE!
Rich Russillo: Methuselah pulls himself over to Theron before lifting his head up, AND METHUSELAH BEGINS TO SMASH THERON’S FACE RIGHT DOWN ONTO THE MAT!! METHUSELAH CLEARLY DIDN’T TAKE TOO KINDLY TO HAVING HIS OWN FACE SLAMMED INTO THE RING POST REPEATEDLY, AND NOW HE’S SENDING THERON’S FACE RIGHT DOWN ONTO THE MAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN!
Persephone: That wound on Theron’s head has gotten way worse than it was before! Methuselah just turned Theron around, AND NOW HE’S JUST HITTING THERON WITH A BUNCH OF ELBOWS TO THE HEAD, NOT EVEN GIVING THERON MUCH OF A CHANCE TO DEFEND HIMSELF! I know that you guys were against stopping the match before, but are you two sure that it isn’t an option now? Theron is kinda bloody right now, and last I checked that’s not exactly Disney-friendly! I think it’d be in everyone’s best interests to just call for the bell and move on to the next match.
James Peters: Again, that’s not happening! Even if the referee wanted to call for the bell right now I have a feeling that Methuselah would stop him, because he’s clearly not finished just yet! METHUSELAH GRABS THERON AND DRAGS HIM BACK UP TO HIS FEET BEFORE PULLING HIM INTO A FRONT FACELOCK, AND SUDDENLY THINGS MAY HAVE JUST GOTTEN A LOT WORSE FOR THERON! METHUSELAH IS SETTING UP FOR SOMETHING BIG, AND IT MIGHT JUST BE THE MOVE NEEDED TO PUT THERON NIKOLAS AWAY! METH KNELL!!!!
Rich Russillo: NO! THERON NIKOLAS WAS ABLE TO COUNTER IT, DROPPING BACK DOWN ONTO HIS FEET BEFORE BACKPEDALING AND BOUNCING OFF THE ROPES-
Persephone: RIGHT INTO METHUSELAH’S GRASP! METHUSELAH CATCHES THERON BEFORE SCOOPING HIM UP ONTO HIS SHOULDER, AND NOW HE APPROACHES THE CORNER OF THE RING, LOOKING TO SEND THERON INTO THE TURNBUCKLES!
James Peters: THERON SLIPS BEHIND THOUGH, AND HE SHOVES METHUSELAH INTO THE CORNER BEFORE RUNNING IM WITH A EUROPEAN UPPERCUT! Both men stumble away from the turnbuckles, BUT THERON TURNS AND HITS METHUSELAH WITH A LEFT HOOK TO THE RIB!!! THERON WITH AN OPEN HAND SLAP TO THE FACE NOW, FOLLOWED BY A HUGE FOREARM SMASH!!! THERON NOW LOOKING TO FINISH THE BATTLE FURY COMBINATION, AS HE GOES FOR THE BURNING LARIAT!!!!
Rich Russillo: NO, DUCKED BY METHUSELAH, WHO HITS THERON WITH A JUMPING FOREARM SMASH!!!! THERON GETS RIGHT BACK UP, BUT METHUSELAH TAKES HIM RIGHT BACK DOWN WITH A SECOND FOREARM SMASH! THERON GETS BACK UP BUT METHUSELAH GRABS HIM BY THE ARM WITH A REVERSE IRISH WHIP- TRANSITIONED INTO A LEAPING REVERSE STO!!! Somehow it looks like Methuselah still has this much energy this late into the match, what is he made of?? Theron rolls towards the ropes to pull himself back up, AND NOW METHUSELAH CHARGES IN!
Persephone: THERON GETS THE BOOT UP THOUGH, STOPPING METHUSELAH IN HIS TRACKS! Methuselah stumbles back but Theron rushes towards him, AND HE GOES FOR GHOST’S REQUIEM!!!!!
James Peters: NO!! METHUSELAH SAVED HIMSELF BY SLIPPING BEHIND THERON AND PUSHING THERON AWAY, BUT WAIT A SECOND!!! THERON JUST RAN ALL THE WAY TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RING AND BOUNCED OFF OF THE ROPES!!! WHAT’S GOING ON HERE-
Rich Russillo: SSPPPEEEEAAAARRRR!!!!!
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Rich Russillo: BY THERON NIKOLAS!!!!! THERON NIKOLAS JUST HIT METHUSELAH WITH HIS OWN MOVE!!! HE MAY HAVE JUST CUT METHUSELAH IN HALF WITH THAT SPEAR!!!
James Peters: THERON NIKOLAS HOOKS THE LEGS, THIS MATCH HAS TO BE OVER AFTER THAT!!!
OOOOOONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
TTTTTTWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
TTTTTHHHHRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Rich Russillo: METHUSELAH GETS THE SHOULDER UP!!!! THIS MATCH STAYS ALIVE, BUT THAT WASN’T A KICKOUT AT ONE LIKE WE’VE SEEN ALL THROUGHOUT THIS MATCH!!! THERON NIKOLAS NEARLY HAD THIS MATCH WON WITH METHUSELAH’S OWN MOVE, BUT METHUSELAH WAS BARELY ABLE GO POWER OUT JUST BEFORE THE COUNT OF THREE COULD BE MADE! That was close, that was really close and it’s all because of a really smart move on Theron’s part! Theron didn’t just use Methuselah’s own move against him, he used a move that he’s had in his own arsenal for a long time now!
Persephone: It was good, but it wasn’t good enough, clearly. The match isn’t even over yet, which means that even after all that, Theron still needs to find another way to take Methuselah down before Methuselah could somehow get back into this and make a comeback. Methuselah’s gotta be all worn out by now, though. Theron hit that back elbow earlier, busted his face open and now hit him with a spear, I don’t see a way that Theron doesn’t finish this match soon!
James Peters: Theron Nikolas slowly drags Methuselah back up, AND HE KICKS HIM IN THE MIDSECTION, CAUSING METHUSELAH TO DROP TO A KNEE! THERON NOW BEGINNING TO PUNCH AWAY AT METHUSELAH, TRYING TO GET RID OF EVERYTHING METHUSELAH COULD POSSIBLY HAVE LEFT AFTER THAT HUGE KICKOUT! THERON CONTINUES THROWING STRIKES AS HE STARTS TO TRANSITION INTO ELBOWS AND FOREARMS, AND NOW THERON PULLS METHUSELAH INTO A FRONT FACELOCK BEFORE-
Rich Russillo: NO! METHUSELAH PUNCHES THERON IN THE MIDSECTION REPEATEDLY, FORCING THERON TO LET GO OF HIM AS METHUSELAH STUMBLES BACK TOWARDS THE ROPES! THERON NOW QUICKLY CHARGES IN- BUT METHUSELAH AVOIDS HIS MOVE AND SENDS THERON OUT ONTO THE RING APRON!
James Peters: Methuselah heads over to Theron to try and capitalize, BUT THERON STOPS HIM IN HIS TRACKS BEFORE HITTING HIM WITH AN ELBOW! Methuselah stumbles back and Theron heads back up to the top rope, BUT METHUSELAH RUNS IN AND PUSHES THERON’S LEGS OUT FROM UNDER HIM, CAUSING THERON TO BE TRAPPED UP ON THE TOP ROPE! I don’t know what Methuselah could possibly have planned at this point, especially seeing how hurt he is and how exhausted he must be- ?????????? WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT???
Rich Russillo: WELL YOU WONDERED WHAT METHUSELAH WAS GOING TO DO, AND YOU JUST HAD YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED! BEFORE THERON HAD ANY CHANCE TO REACT METHUSELAH RUSHED UP TO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE, AND HE TOOK THERON OFF THE TOP ROPE WITH AN AVALANCHE FRANKENSTEINER!!! THIS ISN’T THE KIND OF MOVE I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE FROM METHUSELAH TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY THIS LATE INTO THE MATCH, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE REALLY SHOULD’VE TAKEN NOTE OF HEADING INTO THIS! NOT ONLY IS METHUSELAH DANGEROUS AND ABNORMALLY RESILIENT, BUT HE’S FAR MORE AGILE THAN YOU’D EXPECT FROM SOMEONE HIS SIZE!!
Persephone: I don’t even know what to say! Not only did Methuselah move really quickly for a tired old man, but because he just did that, neither man can even get back to their feet! That move clearly didn’t come without a price, that had to have taken whatever Methuselah had left in the tank! You know what I think the ref needs to do right now?
James Peters: Let me guess… end the ma-
Persephone: End the match, exactly! It’s part of his job, isn’t it? If they can’t get up by the count of ten, that’s it!
Rich Russillo: Well Persephone I’m not sure whether you’re actually paying attention or not, but Methuselah is already showing signs of life so the referee doesn’t even see any need to count! Theron Nikolas is beginning to stir as well, which just goes to show how far these two are willing to go in order to settle things with each other! Methuselah is the first to make it back to his feet, AND AS SOON AS THERON GETS BACK UP, METHUSELAH KICKS HIM IN THE MIDSECTION BEFORE PULLING HIM INTO A FRONT FACELOCK! THE HELLFIRE IMPALER DDT BY METHUSELAH!!!!
James Peters: NO! THERON SPINS OUT OF IT BEFORE KICKING METHUSELAH’S LEG OUT FROM UNDER HIM!! THERON NOW GRABBING METHUSELAH BY BOTH WRISTS JUST LIKE HE DID EARLIER IN THE MATCH, AND HE GOES FOR A SECOND DIVINE SUNDERER!!!!
Rich Russillo: METHUSELAH AVOIDS THIS ONE THOUGH, MOVING HIS HEAD OUT OF THE WAY WHILE FREEING ONE OF HIS ARMS! METHUSELAH CONNECTS WITH A FOREARM TO THE BACK OF THERON’S HEAD BEFORE TURNING HIM AROUND, AND NOW METHUSELAH SETS UP FOR THE EGO DEATH DRIVER!!!!
Persephone: DOESN’T CONNECT!!! THERON MANAGED TO DROP DOWN AND LAND ON HIS FEET, AND NOW HE TURNS AND CONNECTS WITH AN ENZUIGIRI, CAUSING METHUSELAH TO STUMBLE!
James Peters: THERON TRIES TO PULL METHUSELAH IN FOR EITHER THE GHOST’S REQUIEM OR A MODIFIED TOUCH OF HEROINE, BUT METHUSELAH WAS ABLE TO PREVENT THAT BY CONNECTING WITH A FOREARM! METHUSELAH HOLDS ONTO THERON’S ARM, AND NOW HE HITS THERON WITH A SHORT-ARM LARIAT!!! Methuselah now grabs Theron before pulling him up, AND NOW METHUSELAH PULLS THERON DOWN INTO THE FRONT FACELOCK BEFORE TRANSITIONING INTO THE DOUBLE UNDERHOOK! METHUSELAH MIGHT BE THINKING OF THE MK DRIVER, BUT THERON IS STILL FIGHTING BACK AS HE MANAGES TO FREE AN ARM BEFORE BEGINNING TO PUNCH METHUSELAH IN THE RIB!
Rich Russillo: THERON GETS BEHIND METHUSELAH BEFORE TRYING TO PULL HIM UP FOR A GERMAN SUPLEX- BUT METHUSELAH CONNECTS WITH A BACK ELBOW, FORCING THERON TO LET GO OF HIM AS NEITHER MAN SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND MUCH MORE PUNISHMENT! That elbow created some distance between the two, AND NOW THEY CHARGE AT EACH OTHER- AND METHUSELAH CATCHES THERON OFF GUARD WITH A RUNNING BACK ELBOW! THAT ELBOW JUST DROPPED THERON, AND THAT JUST GAVE METHUSELAH THE OPENING HE NEEDS TO PUT THIS MATCH AWAY! At this point, the only question remaining is what he’ll actually do to keep Theron down!
Persephone: Methuselah slowly pulls Theron Nikolas up, and it looks like he’s about to put him on the top rope again! He could always go for the Super Butterfly Effect from up there, but I’m not entirely sure how well that’d work out for him when he wasn’t able to put this match away with it earlier!
James Peters: If there’s one man I wouldn’t down in this company, it’s Methuselah. Especially with a move like the Super Butterfly Effect I’m sure he has thought of a way to put this match to rest, the only question is really whether or not he’ll be able to accomplish that, as Theron seems to STILL have life left in him!
Rich Russillo: That’s right! Theron delivers multiple elbows to the back of Methuselah’s head before Methuselah could even put him on the top rope, and thanks to that Methuselah can’t do anything but drop him! Theron now with that left hook, AND IT SEEMS LIKE HE’S ONCE AGAIN GOING FOR THE BATTLE FURY COMBINATION AS HE OPEN HAND SLAP AS WELL AS THE FOREARM SMASH- ONLY THIS TIME HE DOESN’T FOLLOW IT UP WITH THE LARIAT!!! THIS TIME HE FOLLOWS IT UP WITH GHOST’S REQUIEM, DROPPING METHUSELAH ONTO HIS OWN FACE AS HE’S SENT HEAD FIRST INTO THE MAT!!! THIS IS IT!!!!!
Persephone: METHUSELAH IS DOWN, AND THERON NIKOLAS NOW LOOKS FOR THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THIS MATCH AS HE QUICKLY PULLS METHUSELAH UP AND HOLDS ONTO HIS ARM FROM BEHIND!!!!! CARPE DIEM!!!!!!!!
James Peters: WAIT, NO!!!! METHUSELAH IS ONCE AGAIN ABLE TO AVOID CARPE DIEM AS HE DUCKED UNDER THE RIPCORD SPINNING BACK ELBOW, BUT THAT’S NOT ALL HE DOES!!! METHUSELAH QUICKLY RUNS THE ROPES, NOT GIVING THERON ANY TIME TO REACT AS HE TURNS TOWARDS HIM!!!
Rich Russillo: SSSPPPEEEAAAARRRRR!!!!!
James Peters: METHUSELAH CONNECTS WITH THE SPEAR, AND HE DOESN’T WASTE ANY TIME PULLING HIMSELF OVER THERON NIKOLAS, JUST BARELY HOOKING THE LEG!!!! THAT’S GOTTA BE IT, THIS ONE IS OVER!!!!!
OOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
TTTTTTTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
TTTTHHHHRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
Bella Braxton: Here is your winner…. MMMMEEEEEETTTHHHUUUUUUSSEEEELLLAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!
(‘Blackstar’ hits, and Methuselah slowly rolls off of Theron Nikolas as the fans in attendance slowly begin to boo extremely loudly. After a few seconds, Methuselah gets to all fours, finally starting to get back to his feet following his match against Theron Nikolas.)
James Peters: That did it! The spear was enough to get Methuselah the victory, but that wasn’t just a normal match! It was a war between himself and Theron Nikolas, a war that Methuselah was able to come out of on top!
Rich Russillo: Methuselah seems to be unstoppable at the moment! Even when Theron Nikolas hit the Carpe Diem, the spear, the Ghost’s Requiem, and so much more, Methuselah found ways to get back up. Every single time!
Persephone: Yes, very good match! Take nothing away from Theron Nikolas, blah blah blah! Very glad that we still have a lot more to come! 😃
James Peters: Congratulations to Methuselah, who defeats Theron Nikolas after one amazing match!
(Methuselah stands over Theron Nikolas, having his hand raised by the referee. Theron Nikolas is still bleeding thanks to the damage he’s taken throughout the match, and as the camera fades back to Methuselah, he just stares down at Theron Nikolas before slowly making his way out of the ring. As Methuselah begins to walk up the ramp, Tempest fades away from ringside.)
(A commercial is shown advertising Taco Bell, using footage from the previous TLA and Sheridan Müller Taco Bell Brawl.)
(Tempest returns to ringside, and Bella Braxton is seen with a microphone.)
Bella Braxton: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR… ONE FALL!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!!!
Bella Braxton: AND IT IS HARDCORE RULES, FOR THE EAW HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!
Crowd: :blessed:!!!!!
(‘Brooklyn The Hole’ by Miku Sakai begins to play through the arena to an immediate response of loud, deafening boos, followed by Miku Sakai herself walking out onto stage, not even singing her own theme this time around. Just a stone cold look plastered right over her face. Miku Sakai seems as focused as ever tonight, determined to walk away tonight with the EAW Hardcore Championship over her shoulder, but more importantly with her former tag team partner, Hikari Kanno, completely disposed of. It is obvious that she won’t risk anything here, choosing not to sing her way down to the ring and instead simply walking her way down the ramp with a look of nothingness. Fury. Rage. Heartbrokenness. All of these emotions kept buried underneath her skin.)
Bella Braxton: INTRODUCING FIRST; SHE IS THE CHALLENGER!!!! FROM FUKUI, JAPAN… WEIGHING IN AT 110 POUNDS… MIKUUUUUUUUUUU SAKAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
James Peters: Personal. Everything here is personal. That is what this match is.. That is what this story can be summarized as. Hikari Kanno and Miku Sakai; Formerly Unified Tag Team Champions of this entire promotion as the team known as IDOL-GUN. Two women who were once so close with one another now completely torn apart and pushed away to the point of this very up and coming Hardcore Championship Match. Fitting enough that we are well on our way to the upcoming Grand Rampage free per view, as this is where it all started just last year. Having had to leave EAW for a well extended period of time due to an ample amount of injuries… Miku Sakai is here once more, now looking to seek revenge upon Hikari Kanno, her former best friend for life.
Rich Russillo: Over the time of her absence, Miku Sakai was able to refind herself as she puts it, getting clean and rehabilitating the many grueling wounds that she had taken, both physically and perhaps more importantly; emotionally. It takes a lot to bounce back from such pain, and such life altering situations.. But Miku Sakai has done exactly that. She might not be well accepted by the audience, but she is human too, and to come back in the way she has is things you could only really see in storybooks. I give my props to her where it is due, as she now has the great opportunity here tonight and go after every single thing that has been on her mind during the many months of being away from competition. There is a fire lit underneath her, and a very strong fire at that. It is going to take a lot for that fire to be put out…
(Miku Sakai gets onto the apron as ‘As Long As I Love’ by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure then replaces her theme song, a look of pure hatred forming on the face of Miku. Out walks the reigning and defending EAW Hardcore Champion; Hikari Kanno. She holds the championship in her right hand, looking down at it in the middle of the Tempest stage as the arena responds with a mixed reaction, Miku Sakai standing on the ring apron and looking dead at her from some way away. Hikari Kanno takes a moment to think to herself before beginning to walk down the ramp, exhaling and throwing the EAW Hardcore Championship over her shoulder.)
Bella Braxton: AND HER OPPONENT!!!!! FROM OKINAWA, JAPAN… WEIGHING IN AT 121 POUNDS… SHE IS THE CURRENT REIGNING AND DEFENDING EAW HARDCORE CHAMPION!!!!! THE ‘PENITENT IDOL!!!!!!!’ SHE IS… HIKARIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII KANNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Persephone: And here comes the champion.. A match that I am actually looking forward to. A story so personal that they will have no other choice but to quite possibly kill themse–
James Peters: Hikari Kanno won the title back in December, ending the historic reign of Charlie Marr in a multi-person match. Not an easy challenge or match at all, but nonetheless, she was still able to take home the prize that night, not looking back one bit after doing so… Up until more recently when Miku made her surprising return to the land of Elite. Hikari has a look of determination as well, and I don’t think that…
Rich Russillo: Oh? Miku Sakai jumps off of the ring apron? Hikari is still midway through her entrance… OH! AND NOW MIKU SAKAI RUSHES RIGHT AFTER THE HARDCORE CHAMPION! HIKARI DROPS THE HARCORE TITLE AND BEGINS TO RUN STRAIGHT AFTER MIKU AS WELL!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
James Peters: THESE TWO AREN’T GOING TO EVEN WAIT TO GET STARTED, AS THEY ARE ALREADY BRAWLING ON THE RAMPWAY! THIS MATCH IS EXTREMELY PERSONAL BETWEEN THE TWO, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY AREN’T GOING TO WASTE ANY TIME, AS MIKU SAKAI GRABS HIKARI KANNO BY THE HAIR BEFORE SLAMMING HER RIGHT INTO THE BARRICADE, AND HIKARI LANDS HARD! MIKU IS CATCHING HIKARI WITH THOSE LEFTS AND RIGHTS, AND HIKARI CAN’T EVEN PROTECT HERSELF AS MIKU HAS TAKEN THE EARLY STORM!
Persephone: VIOLENCE!!!! YIPPIE!!!! KILL EACH OTHER!!
James Peters: :whoa:
Persephone: I mean. It’s going to suck seeing just how much they are going to hurt each other here tonight. 😖
Rich Russillo: Miku Sakai grabs the current Hardcore Champion, as she drags her towards the apron before throwing her into the ring, and it looks like Miku is going to bring out the hardware early into this match, as she pulls a kendo stick from underneath the ring! Miku slides into the ring, as Hikari is slowly getting back to her feet, AND MIKU SWINGS THE KENDO STICK RIGHT INTO THE SIDE OF HIKARI, BEFORE THEN SWINGING IT ACROSS THE BACK, AND HIKARI LETS OUT CRIES OF AGONY!
James Peters: Miku Sakai has found a way to take the early control of this match, AS SHE WRAPS THE KENDO STICK AROUND THE THROAT OF HIKARI KANNO, BEFORE THROWING HER DOWN WITH A HUGE RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP, FORCING THE KENDO STICK TO PRESS UP AGAINST HER THROAT UPON IMPACT! MIKU JUST SLAMMED THAT KENDO STICK INTO HIKARI’S THROAT, AND SHE IS HURT!
Persephone: You can tell that the kendo stick crushed Hikari’s throat, as she is gasping for air right now, and this match has only just gotten off, I can only imagine how much more torture these two are going to put each other through🤩! Miku quickly slides up to her knees, grabbing Hikari once more before lifting her up, and throwing her back to the outside of the ring, AND MIKU RUNS OFF THE ROPES, AND LOOKS FOR A HUGE SUICIDE DIVE TO TAKE OUT THE CHAMPION–
Rich Russillo: BUT HIKARI SIDE STEPS THE SUICIDE DIVE, AND MIKU GOES CRASHING INTO THE BARRICADE! That was a rough landing for Miku, as she quickly tries to get back to her feet, only to crumble back down to a knee, AND HIKARI GRABS A STEEL CHAIR FROM UNDERNEATH THE RING, AND SHE CRUSHES IT RIGHT INTO MIKU’S KNEE, THE PREVIOUSLY INJURED ONE FOR THAT MATTER, AND MIKU LETS OUT A DEFINING CRY! HIKARI KNOWS MIKU’S WEAKNESS, AND SHE CAPITALIZED ON IT!
(Miku immediately grasps at her knee as the chair is slammed into the back of it, trying to kick Hikari away and backing up as much as possible, but Hikari doesn’t let off, and she uses the opening that was given to her, as she continues to stalk Miku down.)
James Peters: HIKARI KANNO IS ABSOLUTELY RELENTLESS RIGHT NOW AS MIKU IS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HER, AND HIKARI SLAMS THAT STEEL CHAIR RIGHT INTO HER KNEE ONCE MORE, YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR THE SHATTERING OF GLASS COMING FROM MIKU’S KNEE, AS HIKARI THROWS THE CHAIR TO THE SIDE BEFORE GRABBING MIKU BY THE HAIR, AND SHE THROWS HER KNEE FIRST INTO THE RING POST, AND MIKU GOES RIGHT BACK DOWN, ONCE MORE HOLDING THAT KNEE THAT IS QUITE POSSIBLY INJURED ONCE AGAIN!
Persephone: This chick is sick. I like it. And it looks like she is going to bring out even more weaponry into this match, as she checks back under the ring… AND SHE PULLS OUT A TRASH CAN LID, BEFORE SWINGING IT RIGHT ACROSS THE HEAD OF MIKU, FORCING MIKU TO CRUMBLE RIGHT BACK DOWN TO THE RINGSIDE FLOOR! Hikari is going to make sure that Miku is going to suffer as much as possible in this match, and it goes without saying that she has already found a way to accomplish as such.
(Hikari throws the trash can into the ring, looking back under the ring as she pulls out chair after chair after chair, throwing them into the ring, to the point where just about the whole entire ring is filled up with chairs.)
Rich Russillo: Hikari Kanno is looking to bring the true meaning of the hardcore name into this match, as she just filled the ring with those steel chairs! She walks back towards Miku, grabbing her by the head as she pulls her up to her feet, and you can tell that Miku is barely even able to stand on her own two feet right now due to the damage already caused to her previously injured knee dealt by a steel chair.
James Peters: BUT MIKU SAKAI IS ABLE TO GRAB HIKARI BY THE ATTIRE, BEFORE PULLING HER BACKWARDS AND THROWING HER OVER THE BARRICADE, AND HIKARI FALLS INTO THE CROWD, BUT HIKARI WAS ABLE TO HOLD ONTO MIKU, AS THEY BOTH GOT SENT OVER! THEY ARE BOTH IN THE CROWD RIGHT NOW, AND THEY ARE GOING AT IT ONCE AGAIN, MUCH LIKE WHAT WE SAW AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MATCH! THE BRAWL IS CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE CROWD AS THEY GET TO THEIR FEET AND TRADE LEFTS AND RIGHTS!
Persephone: THEY KEEP GOING THROUGHOUT THE CROWD, AND MIKU IS ABLE TO GRAB HIKARI BY THE HEAD BEFORE SLAMMING HER RIGHT INTO THOSE CRATES THAT ARE SET UP IN THE BACK, AND NOW MIKU IS SLAMMING HIKARI’S HEAD INTO THE THAT CRATE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND MIKU IS SHOWING ZERO SIGNS OF STOPPING! MIKU GRABS A STEEL CHAIR THAT WAS TO THE SIDE OF HER, AND SHE TAKES A QUICK STEP BACK, BEFORE STEPPING BACK IN AND SWINGING THAT CHAIR RIGHT INTO HIKARI’S HEAD!! SHE’S LOOKING TO CRUSH HIKARI IN BETWEEN THE CHAIR AND CRATE!!
Rich Russillo: BUT HIKARI KANNO MANAGED TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, JUST BARELY, BUT IT DOESN’T SAVE HER FROM A CHAIR SHOT RIGHT ACROSS THE BACK, AS IN A FIT OF RAGE FROM MISSING THE FIRST SHOT, MIKU SWINGS AGAIN AND SLAMS IT RIGHT INTO HER BACK! Miku quickly picks Hikari back up, as they continue to fight through the crowd, and Miku is able to get the advantage over her, AND SHE LIFTS HIKARI INTO THE AIR BEFORE SUPLEXING HER RIGHT DOWN ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR!
(As Hikari gets suplexed onto the floor, Miku pulls herself back up, sadistically laughing as she continues to drag Hikari through the crowd, until they eventually are in the empty area to the side of the stage and rampway.)
James Peters: It looks like the two have gotten out of the crowd and to the side of the stage here, as Miku pushes Hikari further away, before Miku walks up to a fan, and… what is she taking from them?!
Miku Sakai: (off-mic) Give me that!
(Miku takes away a sign that the fan had been holding up, as it is revealed to be a sign made for Hikari Kanno. Miku with a smile on her face, goes to rip the sign in half, but it looks like she seems to be struggling with it, looking curious to why it isn’t just easily ripping through.)
Miku Sakai: ???
Persephone: Lmao.
Rich Russillo: WHILE MIKU SAKAI WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THAT SIGN, HIKARI KANNO COMES FROM BEHIND AND SHE JUMPS MIKU ONCE AGAIN, SENDING MIKU TO THE FLOOR, AND SHE STARTS CONNECTING WITH STIFF FOREARMS RIGHT TO THE BACK OF MIKU’S HEAD!
(As Hikari gets back up to her feet, she spots the sign, and she picks it up, looking at it before looking at the fan with a smile.)
James Peters: It looks like Hikari Kanno has noticed the sign, and giving the fan an acknowledgement of the support that he is giving her!-
(WHACK!)
Persephone: WHAT THE HELL?!
Rich Russillo: HIKARI KANNO JUST SWUNG THE SIGN RIGHT INTO THE HEAD OF MIKU AS SHE WAS GETTING BACK UP TO HER FEET, AND MIKU JUST CRUMBLED RIGHT BACK DOWN! IS SHE KNOCKED OUT?! WHAT?! DID YOU HEAR THAT NOISE COME FROM IT, AS WELL?
Persephone: Never thought plastic could hurt that much-
James Peters: WAIT, LOOK AT HIKARI NOW!
(Hikari would then hold onto the sign, as she feels the bottom of it, and is able to pry it to where it opens.)
Rich Russillo: IS THAT A METAL PLATE THAT WAS INSIDE OF THAT SIGN?!
Persephone: :oh: Innovative by the… fan?
Hikari Kanno: :notbad:
James Peters: AND HIKARI USES THAT METAL PLATE THAT CAME OUT OF THE SIGN AND SHE SWINGS IT RIGHT INTO MIKU’S FACE ONCE AGAIN, AND A CUT IS STARTING TO FORM ON HER FOREHEAD, BLOOD IS TRICKLING! WE GOT OUR FIRST TASTE OF BLOOD WITHIN THIS MATCH!
Persephone: BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD! OH MY GAWD THERE’S BLOOD!
Rich Russillo: MIKU SAKAI IS CUT RIGHT OPEN, AND HIKARI KANNO IS GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AS SHE KNEELS DOWN AND MOUNTS MIKU, BEFORE SLAMMING HER RIGHT HEAD INTO THE OPENED WOUND OVER AND OVER AGAIN! SHE’S DIGGING HER NAILS INTO THAT CUT AND THE BLOOD IS ONLY POURING FASTER! Hikari quickly grabs Miku before lifting her back to her feet, and Hikari throws Miku back up onto the rampway, before jumping up as well, and it looks like they may be going right back to the ring!
James Peters: Miku stumbles back up to her feet, as she sees Hikari stalking her, AND HIKARI RUNS STRAIGHT FOR HER–
Persephone: But Miku steps to the side and grabs Hikari by her attire much like she did earlier, this time throwing her forward off of the other side of the stage, and Hikari goes tumbling back down. Wow. How do you fumble that bad–
Rich Russillo: AND DESPITE HER INJURED KNEE, MIKU SAKAI IS ABLE TO GAIN STEAM AND SHE RUNS THE RAMP, BEFORE DIVING OFF OF IT AND SHE FALLS ONTO HIKARI WITH A HUGE DIVING CROSSBODY!! HIKARI’S HEAD HIT THE CONCRETE FLOOR HARD UPON IMPACT, AND SHE MAY JUST BE OUT COLD RIGHT NOW! But look at Miku, grasping right at her knee once again. That landing might have hurt her just as much as Hikari’s impact did to her, as she quickly staggers back up, and crumbles into the barricade, having to use it to hold herself up.
James Peters: Miku quickly pulls Hikari back up to her feet, limping back towards the ramp with Hikari in her grasp, as she throws her back up. Miku carefully jumps up onto the ramp as well, as she grabs Hikari by the hair, before pulling her back down the rampway down towards the ring, and it looks like the action is going to finally come back over towards us, as they make it down to the ringside area, AND MIKU SAKAI LIMPS HER WAY AT FULL SPEED, SLAMMING HIKARI RIGHT INTO THE STEEL STEPS!
Persephone: Hikari crashed hard into those steps, and you can see the agonizing pain that came from it! Dang. Ok anyways. Miku is going back towards the ring apron, as it looks like she is going to look under the ring once more for more hardware! That’s what I’m talking about!
Rich Russillo: HARDWARE QUITE LITERALLY PERSEPHONE; AS MIKU SAKAI JUST PULLED OUT A WOODEN TABLE FROM UNDER THE RING, AND SHE SLIDES IT INTO THE RING!
Crowd: IUGEBUOFNWIBUOGINPRWIGEONWPFGIOENFOGINPFWP
James Peters: But look! It’s not just an ordinary table, it’s one of those Japanese tables! And I’m sure both Miku and Hikari understand first hand just how much harder those tables are to break through compared to the ones that we have in America, and it’s going to make it all that much more brutal when one has to go through it!
Persephone: Miku slides the table into the ring, and immediately turns her attention back towards Hikari who is still down and out next to those steel steps. Realizing that she has an opening right here, Miku walks back towards Hikari, grabbing her by the hair and lifting her up to her feet, and one can only wonder what Miku has planned to do next–
Rich Russillo: Well whatever Miku had planned, Hikari just pushed her away, stopping her from doing it! But that angered Miku even more, as she quickly rushes back towards Hikari, and grasps onto her tightly–
James Peters: BUT HIKARI FORCES MIKU TO LET GO OF HER AGAIN, BEFORE TURNING MIKU AROUND AND HIKARI WRAPS HER ARMS AROUND MIKU’S WAIST… AND SHE LIFTS MIKU INTO THE AIR BEFORE DROPPING HER WITH A HUGE GERMAN SUPLEX ONTO THE STEEL STEPS! THE BACK OF MIKU’S NECK JUST MADE IMPACT WITH THE CORNER EDGE OF THOSE STEEL STEPS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SHE IS NOT OKAY! MIKU MADE ONE LITTLE MISTAKE AND SHE PAID THE PRICE FOR IT, AS HIKARI JUST CREATED AN OPENING FOR HERSELF RIGHT HERE!
(Miku falls limp onto the steel steps, laid out after the german suplex that forced her neck to be driven into the corner edges of such. Hikari doesn’t have any remorse for such, she quickly grabs Miku’s lifeless body, before throwing her back into the ring, entering as well as she rolls back in, looking to cause even more torment to her former best friend.)
Rich Russillo: Miku Sakai is completely out of it right now, she’s bloodied and now might have an injured neck on top of that knee that she had just came back from after recovering from such a brutal injury that occurred nearly a year ago, but Hikari clearly isn’t going to stop, as she grabs one of the many steel chairs that Hikari introduced early in the match, AND HIKARI SLAMS THE STEEL CHAIR RIGHT INTO MIKU’S BACK, AND MIKU LETS OUT ANOTHER BLOOD CURDLING CRY, POSSIBLY OUT FOR HELP, BUT THERE IS NO ONE AND NOTHING TO EVEN SAVE HER FROM THIS TORTURE THAT HIKARI IS PUTTING HER THROUGH!!
Persephone: Hikari throws the chair back down to the side for whatever reason…
James Peters: AND HIKARI GRABS A HOLD OF MIKU’S FALLEN BODY, BEFORE TURNING HER OVER… AND HIKARI IS TYING HER UP LIKE A PRETZEL! SHE PUTS MIKU’S ARMS IN BETWEEN HER LEGS AND TIES THEM AROUND BEFORE TURNING HER OVER, AND HIKARI TURNS HER OVER INTO THE PARADISE LOCK!!! ‘MEMORIES OF MIKU!!!!’ THE PURE HUMILIATION OF HER FORMER TAG PARTNER, AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, SHE SITS RIGHT ON TOP OF MIKU!
Miku Sakai: (off-mic) GET OFF ME!!! YOU ぼぼ!!!!
Rich Russillo: Hikari Kanno is just laughing at Miku’s humiliation! This is a pure insult! Hikari hops off of Miku, BEFORE LEAPING INTO THE AIR AND STABBING RIGHT DOWN INTO MIKU’S SPINE WITH A DOUBLE FOOT STOMP! Miku goes crashing down to the mat below, and now… Hikari sets her sights on going to set up that Japanese table! She picks it up, and sets it up in the ring, looking at it with a smirk on her face, as she turns back towards the lifeless Miku-
(CRACK!)
James Peters: WAIT NO! MIKU SAKAI WAS ABLE TO RECOVER WITHIN THE TIME IT TOOK FOR HIKARI TO SET UP THE TABLE, AND QUITE POSSIBLY OUT OF INSTINCT, SHE GRABBED ONE OF THE STEEL CHAIRS AND THREW IT RIGHT AT HIKARI, AND IT SMACKED HER RIGHT IN THE FACE! THAT IMPACT WAS NOT PRETTY AS HIKARI FALLS BACKWARDS INTO A SEATED POSITION, AND NOW HIKARI IS BLEEDING! BOTH WOMEN ARE BLEEDING NOW!
Rich Russillo: AND NOW MIKU SAKAI STUMBLES UP TO HER FEET AND SHE RUSHES OVER TOWARDS THE FALLEN BODY OF HIKARI, BEFORE MOUNTING HER AND… IS SHE BITING?! SHE’S BITING AT HIKARI’S FOREHEAD, THE NOW OPEN WOUND THAT JUST FORMED, AND MIKU IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE FORCES THE BLOOD TO FLOW OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, EXACTLY WHAT HIKARI DID TO HER EARLIER IN THIS MATCH, AND HIKARI CAN’T EVEN FIGHT IT!
Persephone: As far as I see it, this is nothing more than sweet revenge for Miku as she quickly lifts Hikari back up by the hair, before throwing her into the ropes, BUT HIKARI TRIES TO FIGHT BACK WITH A FOREARM SMASH, BUT IT IS TOO WEAK TO AFFECT MIKU ANY, AND MIKU KNOCKS HIKARI RIGHT BACK DOWN TO A KNEE WITH A STIFF UPPERCUT… but Miku falls to a knee as well! This has been a bloody mess, and I don’t even think that it is close to being done just yet.
James Peters: MIKU QUICKLY GETS BACK UP DESPITE THE PAIN IN THAT KNEE, AND SHE GETS HIKARI AS WELL BEFORE WRAPPING HER ARM AROUND HER NECK, AND LIFTING HER UP INTO THE AIR… AND MIKU DROPS HIKARI KANNO DOWN ONTO THE PILE OF CHAIRS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING WITH A HUGE BRAINBUSTER!!!! HIKARI IS OUT COLD, AS MIKU QUICKLY FLOATS OVER AND SHE HOOKS THE LEG, WE MAY BE SEEING A NEW HARDCORE CHAMPION WITH THIS RIGHT HERE!
Referee: OOONNNEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWWWWOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Rich Russillo: HIKARI KANNO IS ABLE TO ROLL HER SHOULDER OFF THE MAT, AND THAT WAS ONLY THE FIRST COVER OF THIS WHOLE MATCH, THAT IS HOW BADLY THESE TWO WANT TO DESTROY EACH OTHER! THESE FORMER BEST FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES IN IDOL-GUN HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF BAD BLOOD FOR EACH OTHER, AND IT HAS RESULTED IN THE BRUTALITY THAT THIS MATCH IS BRINGING US HERE TONIGHT!
(Miku backs away from Hikari after the kickout, looking frustrated that it wasn’t enough to put her down. She tries to stand back up, but the pain in her knee forces her to collapse right back down. Hikari is still out cold from the brainbuster onto the pile of chairs.)
Persephone: She can’t even stand up right now!
James Peters: You can tell just how much of a toll that this match has taken on both Miku and Hikari. They are clearly both hurt, but the anger and envy that the two hold against each other won’t allow for them to stay down, and one can only wonder just how much these two are willing to go just to be able to put an end to the other once and for all. We have seen it already on display within this match, but that’s the scary thing; I’m sure this match ain’t close to coming to an end just yet and they have already put each other through hell.
Persephone: AND THERE’S STILL SO MUCH THAT THEY CAN DO!
(Miku would push herself up against the ropes, leaning against them as she continues to try and stretch out her leg to bring some use back to her knee. She shakes her head in frustration, before rolling under the bottom rope, and dropping to the ringside floor, as she begins to look under the ring.)
James Peters: :lupe: I can only wonder what Miku is looking for under that ring, and we don’t even know all that *is* under there! We have seen steel chairs, trash can lids, signs with metal plates in them, even a Japanese table was introduced into this match and one has to wonder what is about to come next–
Persephone: OMG. OMG. OMG. THAT’S BARBED WIRE. BARBED WIRE!!! MIKU HAS BARBED WIRE!! THIS IS GOING TO GET EVEN MORE BRUTAL AND I LOVE IT!!… *cough.* I mean… :lupe: Oh no! What could she possibly be doing with that?! :lupe: :wtf: :mjlit:
Rich Russillo: That is just straight up barbed wire that Miku Sakai just grabbed from under the ring, and look at the sick smile that just appeared on her face as she looks directly at it! She rolls herself back into the ring with the barbed wire in hand, pushing herself up to her feet with the help of the ropes, and while she’s doing that, you can see that Hikari Kanno is slowly making movement once more, and this isn’t going to go well as Miku starts limping up to Hikari…
James Peters: MIKU SAKAI SWINGS THE BARBED WIRE RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF HIKARI!! YOU CAN HEAR THAT SCREECH OF PAIN COME OUT OF HIKARI’S MOUTH THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ARENA, AND MIKU ISN’T DONE… SHE’S PRESSING THE BARBED WIRE UP AGAINST HIKARI’S BACK, AND SHE STARTS TO SCRAPE AND CLAW IT RIGHT THROUGH HER BACK! HIKARI’S SKIN IS RIPPING AND YOU CAN SEE THE BLOOD FLOWING AT A FAST RATE COMING FROM HER BACK!
Persephone: AND MIKU HAS TO FORCEFULLY PULL THE BARBED WIRE OUT OF HIKARI’S BACK! THAT WAS DISGUSTING, AND HIKARI FALLS AGAINST THE ROPES! MIKU IS LOVING EVERY SECOND OF THIS, AND SHE ISN’T EVEN DONE AS SHE GRABS HIKARI BY THE HAIR, PULLING HER BACK UP… AND NOW MIKU IS PUSHING THE BARBED WIRE UP AGAINST HIKARI’S ALREADY BLOODIED FACE! IT’S GOING INTO HER EYES, AND HIKARI IS TRYING HER HARDEST TO GET MIKU TO LET GO!
Rich Russillo: SHE’S BITING! HIKARI IS BITING THE HAND OF MIKU TO GET HER TO LET GO! MIKU SAKAI IS FORCED TO DROP THE BARBED WIRE AND LET GO OF THE GRIP, AS HIKARI FALLS AGAINST THE ROPES! WHAT A WAR THAT THIS HAS BEEN! THESE TWO ARE ABSOLUTELY TEARING EACH OTHER APART, AND THEY ARE STILL FINDING WAYS TO PULL THEMSELVES BACK UP TO THEIR FEET! LOOK AT HIKARI; SHE’S USING THE ROPES TO GET TO HER FEET WHILE MIKU IS STILL CARING TO HER HAND THAT HIKARI BIT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THAT KNEE!
(As Hikari gets back to her feet, she grabs a hold of one of the trash can lids that she introduced into the match. Meanwhile, Miku is struggling to get herself back up, her knee buckling under her each time that she tries to stand back up.)
James Peters: HIKARI KANNO HAS THE TRASH CAN LID IN HER HAND, AND SHE USES THAT TRASH CAN LID TO HER ADVANTAGE AS SHE SWINGS IT RIGHT INTO THE FACE OF MIKU, AND MIKU FALLS LIMP TO THE MAT!! HIKARI USES THAT TRASH CAN LID EFFECTIVELY AS SHE THROWS IT TO THE SIDE, BEFORE PICKING MIKU BACK UP BY THE HAIR, AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO PUT AN END TO THIS MATCH ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!
Persephone: MIKU SAKAI TRIES EVERYTHING THAT SHE POSSIBLY CAN TO FIGHT OUT OF HIKARI’S GRASPS, BUT IT ISN’T ENOUGH AS HIKARI LIFTS HER UP INTO THE AIR, AND DROPS HER RIGHT BACK DOWN WITH THE HIGH ANGLE URANAGE SLAM!!! ‘BRIGHTSTAR!!!!’ HIKARI DROPS MIKU RIGHT DOWN ONTO HER HEAD WITH ‘BRIGHTSTAR,’ AND SHE GOES IN FOR THE COVER!
Referee: OOONNNEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWWWWOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TTT–
Rich Russillo: MIKU SAKAI KICKS OUT! SHE KICKS OUT! THE CHALLENGER STAYS ALIVE IN THIS MATCH, BUT LOOK AT HIKARI’S EXPRESSION ON HER FACE; SHE ISN’T EVEN SURPRISED MIKU KICKED OUT, BUT SHE IS FRUSTRATED TO SAY THE VERY LEAST!
(Hikari starts to pound the mat in frustration, almost looking like she is going to pull her hair out. She gets back to her knees, before looking at the Japanese table that was set up in the ring by Miku Sakai not long ago.)
Rich Russillo: :lupe:
Persephone: :blessed:!!!
Hikari Kanno: (off-mic) 伏せておいてください。
James Peters: I DON’T KNOW WHAT HIKARI JUST SAID, BUT YOU COULD ONLY IMAGINE THAT IT WAS AN ACT OF WAR, AS SHE GRABS MIKU SAKAI BY THE HAIR, AND PULLS HER OVER TO THE CORNER, EXACTLY WHERE THE JAPANESE TABLE IS POSITIONED AT! HIKARI LIFTS MIKU TO HER FEET, BEFORE PLACING HER ONTO THE TOP ROPE, AND SHE JOINS HER UP THERE! THIS ISN’T GOING TO END WELL FOR EITHER OF THESE TWO!
(As Hikari gets to the top rope, joining Miku there, she lifts Miku’s face up, and they lock eyes. They look at each other, and there is nothing more than looks of disdain – of complete envy almost – showing that they truly do want to put an end to each other once and for all.)
Rich Russillo: Hikari Kanno is going to make sure that she can **FINISH** Miku Sakai once and for all, and whatever she is possibly going for off of the top rope, there is a Japanese table waiting behind them, this is going to be completely disastrous–
Persephone: WAIT; SHE’S FIGHTING BACK! MIKU IS HOLDING HIKARI AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT HIKARI CAN’T DO ANYTHING! MIKU GETS HER STANDING ON THE TOP ROPE AS WELL, AND SHE NAILS A HUGE HEADBUTT DAZING HIKARI! SHE MAY BE COMPLETELY OUT OF IT FROM THAT HEADBUTT, BUT MIKU ISN’T DONE, SHE’S LIFTING HER INTO THE AIR!!!
Rich Russillo: AND THEY GO CRASHING THROUGH THE TABLE!!!!
(CRAAAAAAASSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
James Peters: MIKU SAKAI JUST PUT HERSELF AND HIKARI KANNO THROUGH THE JAPANESE TABLE WITH A SWINGING FISHERMAN SUPERPLEX!!!! THESE TWO JUST WENT CRASHING THROUGH THE TABLE, AND THEY BOTH LOOK TO BE COMPLETELY OUT OF IT, BUT LOOK! MIKU IS HOLDING ONTO HIKARI’S LEG, AND THAT COUNTS AS A COVER!! THIS MIGHT BE IT RIGHT HERE!
Referee: OOONNNEEE!!!!!!!!!
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Referee: TWWWWOOOO!!!!!!!!!
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Referee: TTT–
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Rich Russillo: SHE’S STILL ALIVE! THE HARDCORE CHAMPION IS STILL ALIVE! THROUGH ALL OF THE HELL AND TORTURE SHE IS SOMEHOW STILL ALIVE, AND MIKU IS JUST COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS NOW! MIKU IS PANICKING RIGHT NOW, AND SHE QUICKLY SCRAMBLES BACK TO HER FEET, PICKING HIKARI BACK UP AS WELL, AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS GOING TO BE THE ONE WHO PUTS AN END TO THIS MATCH ONCE AND FOR ALL! HIKARI IS COMPLETELY DEFENSELESS, AND THIS MIGHT SPELL THE END TO HER HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP REIGN AS…
Persephone: ‘DEATH NOTE!!!!’ MIKU CONNECTS WITH ‘DEATH NOTE!!!!!’ THE ASAI DDT CONNECTED WITH ABSOLUTE FORCE AND HIKARI JUST GOT FREAKING SPIKED; AND WORSE, IT WAS DIRECTLY, ALBEIT INADVERTENTLY ONTO A STEEL CHAIR!!! AND NOW MIKU FLOATS BACK INTO THE COVER ONCE AGAIN! THIS HAS GOT TO BE IT THIS TIME AROUND! THIS IS OVER!
Referee: OOONNNEEE!!!!!!!!!
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Referee: TWWWWOOOO!!!!!!!!!
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Referee: TTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rich Russillo: HOW?!?!?!
James Peters: SHE DID IT AGAIN! HIKARI JUST PUSHED MIKU OFF HER AND SHE MANAGED A KICKOUT ONCE AGAIN! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE, EVERYONE IN THE ARENA IS ON THEIR FEET RIGHT NOW!
(Miku Sakai can’t believe it. She thought that she had won the match. She backs into the ropes, looking upset and pissed off at herself, as she continues to try and lessen the pain in her injured knee. She feels around her knee brace… before she makes a decision, and she takes the brace off, looking at it with a shit-eating grin painted all over her face.)
Persephone: I have no idea what is going through Miku’s mind right now, but she just took off that knee brace. I don’t know if that is to relieve the pain, or if it is to–
Rich Russillo: SHE’S GOING TO USE IT AS A WEAPON!!!!
Persephone: OH CRAP!!! WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
James Peters: AND MIKU SLAMS THE KNEE BRACE RIGHT INTO THE HEAD OF HIKARI!! DID YOU HEAR THAT SHOT? MIKU HAD MISCHIEVOUS INTENT WITH THAT, AND SHE KEEPS DOING IT! SHE CONTINUES TO SWING AND SLAM THAT BRACE RIGHT INTO THE SIDE OF HIKARI’S SKULL OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND HIKARI ISN’T EVEN MOVING RIGHT NOW! SHE IS COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE, AND IT’S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THE REFEREE HAS TO GET IN BETWEEN HER TO GET HER TO STOP IN A HARDCORE MATCH! MIKU IS A WOMAN POSSESSED!!
Rich Russillo: Oh man, the referee has to go check on the unconscious body of Hikari Kanno, and I don’t think she is even close to responding right now… BUT MIKU ISN’T GOING TO STOP! MIKU QUICKLY RUSHES BACK OVER TO HIKARI, AND SHE STARTS SLAMMING THE BRACE RIGHT INTO HER FACE AGAIN! MIKU ISN’T STOPPING! SHE KNOWS HOW MUCH THIS MATCH MEANS TO HER, AND SHE WANTS TO PUT AN END TO HER TAG TEAM PARTNER ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND SHE IS GOING TO GO TO ANY LENGTHS TO DO AS SUCH!
Persephone: She quickly grabs Hikari by the legs, before turning her over onto her back, and one has to wonder what she could possibly be going for here… as she grabs a hold of Hikari’s arms?! Truly, my question stands, what is she going for?!
James Peters: I KNOW WHAT SHE’S GOING FOR, IT’S MIKU’S TURN TO INSULT HIKARI! SHE THROWS HIKARI’S ARMS IN BETWEEN HER OWN LEGS AND TIES HER UP, BEFORE TURNING HER BACK AROUND, AND THIS TIME AROUND, IT’S MIKU LOCKING HIKARI WITHIN THE PARADISE LOCK! ‘MEMORIES OF MIKU’ IS LOCKED IN ON HIKARI, AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE CALLING IT ‘MEMORIES OF HIKARI!!!’ MIKU SITS DOWN ON HER, THE PURE INSULT, AND SWEET REVENGE FOR MIKU!
Miku Sakai: (off-mic) HOW DOES THAT FEEL?! HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE HUMILIATED, HIKARI?!
Rich Russillo: LISTEN TO MIKU JUST SCREAMING AT HIKARI AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS! MIKU IS GETTING HER MOMENT TO INSULT HIKARI RIGHT HERE! Miku quickly gets off of her back now, as she looks around her, Hikari still being trapped in the move… no… Miku is grabbing a steel chair! What is she going to do with the steel chair?!
Persephone: WHAT DO YOU THINK, RICH?! SHE’S PUTTING A PERMANENT END TO HER FORMER BEST FRIEND!!
James Peters: Miku quickly walks back over towards Hikari’s trapped body… AND SHE’S AIMING FOR HIKARI’S HEAD! MIKU IS GOING TO SLAM THE STEEL CHAIR RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF HIKARI’S HEAD! SHE LIFTS THE CHAIR INTO THE AIR… AND SWINGS IT DOWN, LETTING IT CRASH INTO THE BACK OF HIKARI’S FREAKING SKULL!!!!
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Rich Russillo: HIKARI MOVES OUT OF DODGE! HIKARI JUST BARELY AVOIDED THE CHAIR SHOT, AND SHE QUICKLY BACKS INTO THE ROPES! MIKU IS NOT HAPPY WHATSOEVER AS HIKARI QUICKLY GETS BACK TO HER FEET, BUT MIKU ISN’T GOING TO LET HIKARI GET AWAY THAT EASILY, AND SHE SWINGS THE CHAIR RIGHT AT HIKARI AGAIN–
(CRACK!)
Persephone: LMAO. HIKARI JUST MOVED OUT OF THE WAY AND THE CHAIR BOUNCED UP AGAINST THE ROPES AND WENT RIGHT BACK INTO MIKU, SHE JUST HIT HERSELF WITH THE CHAIR, AND NOW SHE BACKS UP… AND HIKARI CAPTURES HER! HIKARI GRABS A HOLD OF HER…. AND HIKARI DROPS HER WITH ‘KANNO SUPER BUSTER!!!!’ THE GUTWRENCH SITOUT POWERBOMB!!! THIS MATCH IS ALL OVER, ALL HIKARI HAS TO DO IS GET A PIN, AND THIS CAN BE OVER!
(….But Hikari can’t capitalize, and she collapses to the side of Miku. Both women are down and out, and the referee has no choice but to go check on them.)
James Peters: No Persephone! This isn’t over, because Hikari couldn’t even capitalize and hold down a pinfall! Both women are down and out, and now the referee has no choice but to check on the both of them. This match has taken a huge toll on both Miku Sakai and Hikari Kanno, and now the referee has to make a decision!
(After taking a couple of seconds to come up with a decision, the referee has no choice but to administer a count of ten for Miku Sakai and Hikari Kanno to get back up.)
Crowd: :lupe:!!!!
Referee: *ONEE……*
Referee: *TWOO……*
Persephone: Nonononono. Don’t end like this. :noah:!!!
Referee: *THREEE……*
Referee: *FOURR……*
Rich Russillo: Neither women are moving! The referee has no choice but to count to ten, and if neither of them get back up, he’s going to have no choice *but* to throw the match away and rule it a no contest!
Referee: *FIVEE……*
(Still no movement…)
Referee: *SIXX……*
James Peters: Notice the dead silence from the crowd. They have been loving every moment of this match, and Hikari and Miku tearing each other apart; I can’t help but think that they will be extremely disappointed if it ends like this.
Referee: *SEVENN……*
(For the first time since the count had started… Hikari Kanno makes a singular movement.)
Crowd: :krabs:
Referee: *EIGHTT……*
(And what follows Hikari, is a singular movement from Miku Sakai right now. The crowd are on the edge of their seats.)
Crowd: :krabs:!!!!
Referee: *NINEE……*
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Persephone: OMG. THEY’RE GETTING UP!!!
Rich Russillo: BOTH WOMEN ARE MAKING IT BACK UP TO THEIR FEET AT THE SAME EXACT TIME, AND THE CROWD JUST EXPLODED! NEITHER OF THESE TWO ARE GOING TO GIVE UP THAT EASILY, AND THEY ARE GOING TO GO RIGHT BACK TO TEARING EACH OTHER APART, AS THEY FORCE THE REFEREE TO WAVE OFF THE COUNT AT A COUNT OF NINE!
(As they both get back to their knees, and then up to their feet, they stare into each other’s eyes. A lot of emotions are running through the both of these women, as they use each other to hold themselves up. The crowd is loving every moment of this.)
Miku Sakai: (off-mic) ….[BLEEP] you…
Persephone: MIKU PUSHES HIKARI BACKWARDS BEFORE SWINGING AT HER–
James Peters: HIKARI CATCHES IT!!! HIKARI CATCHES THE ARM OF MIKU SAKAI, AND MIKU IS STRUGGLING TO BREAK FREE, BUT HIKARI TURNS HER AROUND INTO A HAMMERLOCK POSITION, BEFORE THROWING HER WITH A BACK SUPLEX!!!
Rich Russillo: AND SHE TRANSITIONS THE HAMMERLOCK BACK SUPLEX INTO THE MICHINOKU DRIVER II!!!! HIKARI PLANTS MIKU WITH ‘BOOK OF THE END!!!!’ THAT’S IT! IT’S OVER! MIKU SAKAI IS OUT! SHE’S DONE! HIKARI PINS MIKU, AND SHE IS GONG TO RETAIN THE HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP!
Referee: OOONNNEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWWWWOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Persephone: NO WAY…
James Peters: SHE KICKED OUT!!!!
Crowd: THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME!
Rich Russillo: NO WAY MIKU SAKAI JUST KICKED OUT! HIKARI CAN’T BELIEVE IT! WE CAN’T BELIEVE IT! EVERYONE ALL AROUND THE WORLD CAN’T BELIEVE IT!
Persephone: BUT LOOK; HIKARI IS THINKING FAST! SHE’S USING WHAT CAUGHT HER OFF GUARD TO HER ADVANTAGE, AND SHE QUICKLY ROLLS OUT OF THE RING ONTO THE APRON! SHE PULLS HERSELF UP – BARELY STANDING AT THIS POINT – AND I THINK SHE’S FINALLY GOING TO FINISH MIKU OFF!!!
(Miku isn’t moving… and Hikari takes a high risk, for a huge reward…)
Rich Russillo: AND HIKARI KANNO SPRINGBOARDS ONTO THE ROPES, CORKSCREWING IN MIDAIR!!!!!! ‘SAYONARA, FROM SUCH GLORIOUS, HEAVENLY PEAKS!!!!!!!’
James Peters: SHE HITS IT! HIKARI KANNO HITS IT! HIKARI FLATTENS MIKU SAKAI WITH HER FINAL DEATH OPTION OF A FINISHING MOVE; THE SPRINGBOARD CORKSCREW 450 SPLASH!!!! MIKU SAKAI IS COMPLETELY OUT OF IT, AND HIKARI IS JUST BARELY ABLE TO GET HER ARM TO DROP OVER MIKU! IT’S A COVER!
Referee: OOONNNEEE!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TWWWWOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Referee: TTTHHHHHRRRRREEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Bella Braxton: HERE IS YOUR WINNER; AND STILLL!!!!! THE EAW HARDCORE CHAMPION… HIKARIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII KANNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(‘As Long As I Love’ begins to play throughout the speakers once again. Hikari Kanno has come out victorious, but it definitely doesn’t look like it right now; as both women are completely down and out from the torment that this match caused on the both of them. Neither one is moving. The crowd gives them a standing ovation.)
Persephone: Wow.
James Peters: What. A. Match. This was extremely personal from the get go, neither women were willing to give up; they wanted to tear each other apart. Former best friends and IDOL-GUN partners colliding in a huge hardcore match, and yet, in the end, only one could stand tall in victory. And even then, it doesn’t look much like victory right now.
Rich Russillo: But I can assure you that through all of the suffering and pain she may be feeling right now, Hikari Kanno is satisfied. Neither of them are moving, but only one is leaving as the Hardcore Champion, and she earned the right to hear “And Still.”
(Hikari Kanno and Miku Sakai are both laid out, exhausted. After a couple of long agonizing moments, Hikari is able to slowly pull herself back up to a seated position… but, she isn’t alone. Somehow, someway, Miku is still able to pull herself back up as well, and they are both in a seated position in the middle of the ring. Bloodied, battered, bruised.)
(The referee would then come over and hand the Hardcore Championship over to Hikari. She takes the title, looking down at it with a vague and faint smile on her face. She gets her arm raised by the referee, as she can’t even make it back to her feet. But, as her arm is raised by the referee… Hikari extends her other hand out to Miku.)
Persephone: What? Aren’t they supposed to still hate each other? NO! STOP THIS!
James Peters: It seems that, after putting each other through hell and back, Hikari Kanno has a new found respect for her former best friend, and she maybe wants to bury the hatchet, as well. And the extension of her hand to Miku proves that.
(Miku turns her head towards Hikari… and notices that her hand is out to her. She looks down at Hikari’s hand… and it almost looks like she is disgusted by it. She just shakes her hand in anger… before spitting right in Hikari’s face! Hikari is just left disappointed by that. Miku would then push herself over to the ropes, before rolling out of the ring under the bottom rope, as she gets help to the back.)
Rich Russillo: Welp.
Persephone: :whew:
(Hikari Kanno would shake her head, as she would get helped back up to her feet by a referee. She slightly shoves the referee away, letting him know she doesn’t need help, as she looks back down at the Hardcore Championship. She shrugs, before raising it high in the air, as the camera would then fade elsewhere from there.)
(A commercial is shown for next week’s episode of Friday Night Dynasty! With the main event featuring Scott Diamond and Jay Jerry Johnson!)
(The camera returns to the ring where ring announcer Bella Braxton has a microphone in hand ready to start the introductions for the next match.)
Bella Braxton: Ladies and gentlemen! This next contest is scheduled for… ONE FALL!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!
Bella Braxton: …and it is for your ELITE ANSWERS WRESTLING UNIVERSAL… WOMEN’S… CHAMPIONSHIP!
(The lights go out, a lone spotlight shines at the entrance way before the sounds of a heart beating begin to fill the arena, suddenly it goes flatline as the chords of “Somebody Get Me A Doctor” by Van Halen plays throughout the arena. Dr. Bethany Blue M.D. walks out in her extravagant Doctor’s coat and shiny wrestling gear. She has a stethoscope around her neck and the Universal Women’s Championship belt around her waist. Bethany stops for a moment, looking out at the crowd with a smirk before heading to the ring.)
Bella Braxton: Introducing first and making her way to the ring. Currently residing in Boca Raton, Florida. Weighing in at 125 pounds. Here is the reigning and defending Elite Answers Wrestling UNIVERSAL WOMEN’S CHAMPION! DR. BETHANY BLUE! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!
James Peters: Here comes a very stoic Universal Women’s Champion heading to the ring as she gets ready to defend her Universal Women’s Championship, but you have to believe that behind that calm demeanor is anger that is ready to be unleashed.
Persephone: Why? Adam Lucas didn’t let her ride on Space Mountain?
Rich Russillo: PERSEPHONE!
Persephone: What? It’s a valid question.
(The Doctor finally makes it to the ring, she hops on the apron, steps in-between the ropes, hopping on the second cable and motioning with her hand to “Bring It” with an infectious smile on her face.)
James Peters: That’s enough. This is a serious matter on hand. Dr. Bethany Blue has been put through nothing but nightmares ever since winning the title at King of Elite. Tonight, she is looking to successfully defend her title against a young lady who has made getting under somebody’s skin an artform.
Rich Russillo: But will that annoyance come to bite Harper and lead the Doctor to retain her title or will the mind games of Harper Lee be too powerful for her?
(Dr. Bethany Blue M.D. leans against the ropes as her entrance music fades off and she waits for her opponent to make it to the ring. Seconds later, “Sweet Dreams” by Eurythmics, Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart starts to play as Harper Lee enters the arena to a mixed reaction from the crowd. She has an evil smirk on her face as she heads to the ring.)
Bella Braxton: Introducing her opponent AND CHALLENGER! From Charlotte, North Carolina. Weighing in at 118 pounds. Here is “CAPTAIN” HARPER LEE!
Rich Russillo: Here comes the challenger. Harper Lee is representing POTARA tonight and she is looking to become a two time Universal Women’s Champion here tonight at Tempest.
Persephone: Did you say that she was a two-timer?
Rich Russillo: NO! I said she is wanting to become a two-time World Champion tonight.
Persephone: Whoops. My mistake!
James Peters: Of course it was. But Harper Lee is more than ready to get this match started to get back the championship that she believes is hers. What remains to be seen is–
(As soon as Harper gets about halfway down the entrance ramp, out of nowhere, Bethany gets out of the ring and runs full speed up the entrance ramp and TACKLES HARPER LEE DOWN!)
James Peters: OH MY GAWD! DR. BETHANY BLUE DIDN’T WANT TO WAIT! SHE COULDN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
Rich Russillo: DR. BETHANY BLUE IS JUST POUNDING ON HARPER LEE ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP AND THE REFEREE IS DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN TO BREAK IT UP!
Persephone: Yeah, like that’s accomplishing anything right now. It looks like the referee is about to give up.
Referee: (off-mic) OH FORGET IT! RING THE BELL!
Persephone: Told ya.
(The timekeeper heard the referee’s request loud and clear before they ring the bell.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
James Peters: Here we go! Bell has rung and we are underway. The Universal Women’s Championship is officially on the line. This is going to be good.
Persephone: Did that ding dong of a referee really start the match before both of these jezebels are in the ring? What is wrong with the referee?
Rich Russillo: Nothing. They know that this match is going to break down very quickly and it did. Before the bell. Bethany has hold of Harper’s throat and SHE IS BASHING THE BACK OF HARPER’S HEAD AGAINST THE METAL ENTRANCE RAMP!
James Peters: The referee is doing whatever they can to get them into the ring. Bethany has a handful of Harper’s hair and brings her back to her feet. She pulls Harper down to the bottom of the entrance ramp AND SNAPMARES HER TO THE FLOOR BY THE HAIR!
Rich Russillo: This is very obvious, but Dr. Bethany Blue is P’d Off! Not only does she want to successfully defend her title against Harper Lee. She wants to make Harper Lee PAY by any means necessary.
Persephone: That takes away all of the good methods because she’s a doctor and she took the Hippopotamus Oath and all that garbage blah blah blah. No fun.
Rich Russillo: Oh for the love of gawd. Is there something in your water again? It’s the HIPPOCRATIC OATH! If Bethany heard that, she would smack you so hard the botox would fly out of your face.
James Peters: Will you stop it! Bethany is in firm control against her challenger as she brings Harper Lee back to her feet AND WHIPS HER RIGHT INTO THE STEEL RING STEPS! Bethany is not having it, especially after being made to pass out last week thanks to Harper.
Rich Russillo: Harper is holding her back in pain and Bethany picks her back up AND SMASHES HER FACE AGAINST THE RING STEPS! Now Bethany has a waistlock and RAMS HARPER SPINE FIRST AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE RING!
Persephone: Yet they still haven’t made it into the ring. This referee should disqualify them both for this blatant disregard of the rules. End this match and we can move on and I can move on to my Rexy.
James Peters: Of course you would. You love it when people break the rules. BUT HARPER IS NOW STARTING TO FIGHT BACK! HARPER WITH A RIGHT HAND STAGGERS BETHANY! BUT ALL IT DID WAS FIRE HER UP!
Persephone: Harper likes to make people mad. She’s good at it. She’s making me mad right now because of her existence. I mean this is a great start to what will be a great match.
Rich Russillo: Bethany looks mad AND SHE SENDS HARPER SPINE FIRST ONTO THE EDGE OF THE RING AGAIN! Bethany grabs Harper and rolls her into the ring for the first time tonight.
James Peters: Bethany quickly follows and hits the ropes before coming back AND HITTING LEG DROP ACROSS THE BACK OF HARPER’S NECK! WHAT A MOVE BY THE DOCTOR! Bethany rolls Harper onto her back and goes for the cover.
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWW—
Rich Russillo: HARPER KICKS OUT! After that beatdown, Harper manages to kick out at one. Then again, we expect nothing different from these two amazing competitors and it’s only going to get more intense from here.
Persephone: Why? Because they are both stupid? I mean because they both have so much heart and conviction and all of that other stuff that everybody enjoys.
Rich Russillo: The first part? NO! But yes to the rest of it. These two both have World Championship reigns on their resumes because of the amount of pain they are willing to take and dish out in order to be successful.
James Peters: We are going to see that and more in this match. Bethany brings Harper back up and whips her to the ropes. Harper comes back and Bethany puts her head down–
Rich Russillo: HARPER LEE WITH A KICK RIGHT TO BETHANY’S FACE! Bethany flies back from the impact as Harper hits the ropes again AND TAKES BETHANY DOWN WITH A SLINGBLADE TO THE THROAT!
Persephone: Leave it to someone like Harper to always go for the throat. That’s about as high as she can reach. It’s a small world after all :mjlol: .
James Peters: Will you stop that? Harper is now going to try and get some payback after being blindsided by the Doctor during her entrance. She has mounted Bethany AND SHE IS THROWING PUNCH AFTER PUNCH INTO BETHANY’S SKULL!
Referee: (off-mic) Open the fist! OPEN IT NOW! ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FI–
Persephone: I am not sure what is the bigger shocker. Harper opening the fist or the fact that Harper can count to five. Both are pretty miraculous if you ask me.
Rich Russillo: You are full of joy today, aren’t you? Either way, Harper stops on four to not risk getting disqualified. But Harper did some pretty good damage. Now she picks the champion up and whips her to the ropes.
James Peters: Here comes Harper following close behind AS SHE JUMPS ON THE SECOND ROPE AND CATCHES BETHANY IN THE JAW WITH THAT STEP UP KNEE STRIKE! BETHANY FALLS TO THE MAT IN A HEAP!
Rich Russillo: Now Harper climbs up to the top rope high rent district as she now looks to start flying. Bethany is barely moving after that knee to the jaw and HARPER FLIES FOR THE ELBOW DROP!
Persephone: Look! A top rope move actually worked. She actually did something. Good for her. There’s a first time for everything. Now it’s time to quit and never come back.
Rich Russillo: Persephone’s comments aside, that elbow landed RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF BETHANY’S BACK! RIGHT IN THE SPINE! NICE MOVE BY THE CHALLENGER! Harper rolls the Doctor over and goes for the cover!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE!
TWWWWWOOOOOO–
James Peters: NOW IT’S BETHANY’S TURN TO KICK OUT AT ONE! This is just the very beginning of things. I highly doubt that either competitor is gearing for the quick victory. They both want that STATEMENT MAKING WIN!
Rich Russillo: That’s why there is going to be so much more damage caused in this match before all is said and done. Now the challenger is in control of this match. NOW SHE IS STANDING ON BETHANY’S BACK! THAT ISN’T COMFORTABLE!
Persephone: Now she’s grabbing Bethany’s arms and pulling them back. Now the Doctor looks like a gussied up jet ski. Amusing.
James Peters: HARPER JUST DROPPED TO HER KNEES ON BETHANY’S BACK! LOOK AT THE PAIN IN BETHANY’S FACE AND THE EVIL IN HARPER’S. NOW HARPER THROWS HERSELF BACK AND WE HAVE A SUBMISSION!
Persephone: What kind of submission is this? It looks like an awkward hamster or something. You just can’t throw stuff at the wall in this type of environment and hope it sticks. Now what is she doing?
Rich Russillo: HARPER IS KICKING HER LEGS OUT AND WE HAVE A MODIFIED BOW AND ARROW SUBMISSION! THE REF IS ASKING BETHANY IF SHE WANTS TO GIVE IT UP RIGHT NOW!
James Peters: We know that Bethany isn’t going to submit. Especially this early in the matchup. There is so much left in both tanks before submissions are even a factor. Bethany is trying to get free, but Harper is torquing Bethany pretty badly.
Rich Russillo: BETHANY GOT AN ARM FREE AND SHE’S TRYING TO GET THE OTHER ARM FREE! HARPER TRIED TO KICK BETHANY IN THE KNEE, BUT SHE CARTWHEELS OUT OF THE WAY!
Persephone: Of course that wouldn’t cause her pain. Bethany probably has a cousin or something that is a chiropractor, so she’s used to stuff like that.
Rich Russillo: Harper still has a grip on Bethany’s arm, BUT BETHANY YANKS HARPER BACKWARDS AFTER THE CARTWHEEL! HARPER BACKFLIPPED AND PULLED BACK TO HER FEET AND CLOBBERED WITH A CLOTHESLINE TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD!
James Peters: Harper goes down like a ton of bricks and now Bethany sits on Harper’s back AND STARTS THROWING FOREARMS TO THE BACK OF HER HEAD! RIGHT AT THE BASE OF HER NECK!
Referee: (off-mic) That’s enough, Bethany. STOP IT NOW! ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIV-
Rich Russillo: Bethany does relent at four and she pulls Harper back to her feet and whips her to the turnbuckle. Bethany follows up AND TACKLES HER IN THE CORNER! BETHANY’S SHOULDER BEING DRIVEN INTO HARPER’S MIDSECTION!
Persephone: Of course these two are going to do everything they can to make sure that this is the best match ever… or the longest match ever. They have no issue putting me through all this fun.
James Peters: What is your problem? Do you have a hot date or something tonight? There’s nothing wrong with sitting and watching this amazing championship match. So stop complaining.
Persephone: First off, shut up and don’t tell me how to live my life. Second, it’s none of your business, but the first second my Rexy asks me out on a date, my butt is gone and my night will get so much better.
Rich Russillo: It’s nice to dream, isn’t it. Right now, Bethany stops the tackles and facelocks Harper before putting her on the top turnbuckle before climbing up as well. Be careful up there!
James Peters: NOW LOOK AT BETHANY! SHE IS THROWING FISTS ON THE TOP ROPE! THE REFEREE IS ONCE AGAIN ADMONISHING BETHANY AND STARTING ANOTHER COUNT! SHE STOPS ON FOUR! WHAT IS GOING ON WITH BETHANY?
Rich Russillo: Who knows, but this is almost a new aggressive side of Dr. Bethany Blue. She has this take no prisoners attitude and it’s almost scary. At this rate, she is going to maim Harper Lee.
Persephone: Of course this doctor has snapped. First, Sienna Jade put her hands on her dad and now Harper is beating the tar out of her. I’m sitting here watching it all happen eating popcorn, but someone like her can only take so much.
Rich Russillo: Aww. Are you actually showing compassion for someone on the roster? That is a miraculous breakthrough for you, Persephone.
Persephone: SHUT UP OR I WILL HURT YOU!
James Peters: Do we need to separate you two? All you’ve been doing in this match is fighting. But I will continue to call the match. Bethany once again has a facelock on Harper, BUT HARPER IS FIGHTING IT!
Rich Russillo: Harper doing whatever she can to break free because she’ll be in trouble if she doesn’t. Bethany is holding strong AND SHE GETS HARPER LEE IN THE AIR! OH MY GAWD! BETHANY IS ON THE TOP ROPE!
Persephone: Look at the bright side. For the first time in her life, Harper Lee is tall. Of course she’s upside down, but she might never get to reach the sky like this ever again. She should celebrate.
James Peters: I don’t think she has anything to celebrate right now, BUT LOOK AT BETHANY AND THE POWER SHE IS SHOWING! HARPER LEE HAS BEEN IN THE AIR FOR A WHILE NOW AND THE CROWD IS GOING ABSOLUTELY CRAZY WITH CHEERS!
Crowd: (off-mic) NINE! TEN! ELEVEN! TWELVE! THIRTEEN! FOURTEEN! FIFTEEN! SIXTEEN! SEVENTEEN! EIGHTEEN!
Persephone: The crowd feels obligated to join in on all this fun. Good. They can enjoy all this and I can go back to texting Rexy!
Crowd: (off-mic) NINETEEN! TWENTY!
Rich Russillo: The crowd reaches twenty and this is going to be a very dangerous spot right here AS BETHANY JUMPS OFF THE TOP ROPE AND BOTH WOMEN COME CRASHING DOWN TO THE MAT! STALLING VERTICAL SUPERPLEX BY THE UNIVERSAL WOMEN’S CHAMPION!
James Peters: HARPER HAD TO HAVE BEEN ABOUT TEN FEET IN THE AIR ON THAT TOP ROPE AND SHE TOOK A HECK OF A LOT OF DAMAGE! BETHANY TOOK SOME DAMAGE AS WELL, BUT SHE STILL IS ABLE TO TURN AROUND AND HOOK THE LEG FOR THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHHHRRRRREEEE—
Rich Russillo: OH MY GAWD! HARPER LEE KICKS OUT BEFORE THREE! HOLY MOLY! That was a very dangerous move right there. Bethany is pulling out all stops in order to retain her title here tonight at Tempest.
Persephone: Of course she was going to kick out. These people never know when to stay down. I mean this is such a competitive matchup that I really don’t know if I can stand it.
Rich Russillo: Harper is trying to get her wits about her after that superplex, but Bethany of course is back to her feet first and pulls Harper back to her feet. Bethany whips Harper to the ropes, BUT HARPER SOMEHOW HOLDS ON!
James Peters: Bethany comes in BUT HARPER GETS A BOOT UP! BETHANY THROWS HER BACKWARDS AND HARPER LANDS ON THE APRON! BETHANY GRABS HARPER AND RUNS HER TO THE RING POST–
Rich Russillo: HARPER GETS A BOOT UP AND GRABS HOLD OF BETHANY AND SENDS HER HEAD FIRST INTO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE! Bethany staggered back and Harper tries again by climbing up to the top rope.
Persephone: Why in the world is she doing that again? Did that superplex knock a few screws loose in that head of hers? She needs to stay away from flying for now.
James Peters: Harper doesn’t waste a second AND SHE JUMPS FROM THE TOP ROPE AND CATCHES BETHANY IN THE FACE WITH THE DIVING METEORA! BETHANY CRASHES AGAINST THE CANVAS HARD!
Persephone: Well look at that. I guess lightning can strike twice. I mean that was such an impactful move from the challenger as she leans back and grabs Bethany’s legs for the cover!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEE–
Rich Russillo: BETHANY BLUE KICKS OUT AT TWO! HARPER WAS A SECOND AWAY FROM BECOMING THE NEW UNIVERSAL WOMEN’S CHAMPION! Harper is staying on the offensive by dragging Bethany over to the ropes.
James Peters: Harper puts Bethany’s neck on the middle rope AND HARPER IS CHOKING BETHANY! HARPER IS CHOKING BETHANY ON THE SECOND ROPE AND WHAT IS SHE DOING NOW? SHE’S MOTIONING FOR A CAMERAMAN TO COME OVER THERE!
Harper Lee: (off-mic) Smile pretty for the camera, Bethany! SMILE!!! LAST SMILE YOU’LL HAVE BEFORE YOU LOSE YOUR TITLE TO ME!
Rich Russillo: In case you couldn’t hear because of Harper screaming like a banshee, the referee was starting a count to get Harper to let Bethany off the ropes which she did at four. Harper is making sure to give Bethany a receipt for what she did before the match even started.
Persephone: Of course Harper is not playing with a full deck. I knew that she had a few screws loose and this is verification. Here’s the Mad Hatter of EAW. She’s late. She’s late. She’s late for a meeting with her psychiatrist.
Rich Russillo: She’s not crazy, Seph. A little eccentric but not crazy. But Harper believes she’s only a three count away from getting HER Universal Women’s Title back. Harper pulls Bethany back up to her feet and whips her to the ropes.
James Peters: BETHANY REVERSES AND HARPER GOES FOR THE RIDE! Harper comes back AND GOES FOR THE BICYCLE KNEE STRIKE AND BETHANY CAUGHT THE KNEE AND HOISTS HER IN THE AIR!
Rich Russillo: WHAT POWER SHOWN BY THE CHAMPION AS SHE HAS HARPER IN A POWERBOMB POSITION BUT HARPER IS THROWING PUNCHES TRYING TO GET FREE!
Persephone: Of course a Doctor is going to have some power behind them. Some of those patients take some strength to move them. But not that it matters because Harper gets free.
James Peters: HARPER GETS FREE AND SLIDES DOWN BETHANY’S BACK AND GRABS HER WAIST FOR THE SUNSET FLIP AND TAKES BETHANY DOWN FOR THE COVER!
Persephone: Well look at that! The Doctor slides through and the referee doesn’t get a chance to start the count. Reversal after reversal like some wrestling video game or something.
Rich Russillo: Bethany rolls through and gets back to her feet and FIRES OFF A KICK, BUT HARPER FALLS BACK AND AVOIDS THE KICK AND GRABS THE BACK OF BETHANY’S TIGHTS TO GET HER INTO A SCHOOLBOY ROLLUP!
James Peters: BUT BETHANY ROLLS THROUGH AND BETHANY COUNTERS WITH AN OKLAHOMA ROLL, BUT HARPER ROLLS THROUGH AS WELL AND GRABS BETHANY’S LEGS!
Rich Russillo: HARPER LEE WITH A JACKKNIFE PIN AND BETHANY GETS FREE AND BRIDGES BOTH WOMEN UP! AGAIN WHAT POWER BY DR. BETHANY BLUE AS SHE GETS HARPER INTO AN OVERHEAD BACKBREAKER POSITION!
Persephone: Who in the world is spamming the reversal button in this match? Break the controller. Turn off the game! Hurry! NOW!!
Rich Russillo: I think it’s great that these two are on an even battlefield right now with all the reversals, but right now Bethany has Harper on her shoulder AND FLIPS HER FORWARD AND DROPS HARPER ON HER KNEE!
James Peters: WHAT A GUTBUSTER BY DR. BETHANY BLUE! BOTH WOMEN ARE PULLING MOVES OUT THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULDN’T USE! THIS IS AN AMAZING MATCH TO WITNESS!
Rich Russillo: Harper could have an injured rib or something as Bethany drags Harper over to the corner once more. Bethany climbs up to the second rope and looks down at Harper Lee.
Persephone: What is their fascination with the ropes? You can get the same thrill with a steel chair or a kendo stick. Why won’t they listen to me?
James Peters: Besides the fact that they don’t like you? It’s because it’s NOT a no disqualification match.
Persephone: SHUT UP!
James Peters: Anyways, BETHANY JUMPS FROM THE SECOND ROPE AND DOESN’T DROP ONE KNEE, BUT BOTH KNEES ON HARPER’S CHEST! I GUESS YOU CAN CALL THAT THE DEFIBRILLATOR EFFECT BY DR. BETHANY BLUE AND HARPER LEE IS FEELING IT!
Rich Russillo: She doubled up on her standard knee drop and she drags Harper towards the center of the ring and she hooks the leg for the cover. Will she retain the title right here?
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOO!
THHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEE!
James Peters: HARPER LEE POWERS OUT AT TWO! Even after the double knees to the chest, Harper Lee is still fighting on. This has been tremendous action for the Universal Women’s Championship.
Rich Russillo: Bethany pulls Harper back up to her feet and whips her to the ropes, BUT SHE PULLS HARPER BACK IN AND FIRES OFF THE RIPCORD FOREARM, BUT HARPER LEE DUCKS IT!
Persephone: Of course she does, but she also manages to grab the back of Bethany’s head and counters with a jawbreaker. More of these reversals. You have just gotta love it.
Rich Russillo: I do love it because these two are some of the best competitors in EAW today and they are willing to put it all on the line for the sake of leaving Tempest as a World Champion. Harper now grabs Bethany and runs her to the corner–
James Peters: BULLDOG INTO THE MIDDLE TURNBUCKLE BY HARPER LEE! BETHANY’S FACE CRASHES AND BURNS ONTO THE TURNBUCKLE! Harper climbs onto the second rope and grabs Bethany by the head.
Rich Russillo: Harper jumps off the second rope and she’s going for a Tornado DDT, BUT BETHANY IS BLOCKING IT BY KEEPING HARPER IN THE AIR! HARPER IS TRYING TO SLIDE DOWN BETHANY’S BACK AGAIN!
Persephone: Here we go! Another counter by Bethany and Bethany is trying to grab Harper’s head and set her up for a Grade C2. Oh come on and put some more effort into this and get the job done, Doc!
James Peters: Bethany can’t get the move applied, and Harper manages to get Bethany into a position where she can sit on Bethany’s back and getting her legs around her waist–
Persephone: Is this more of that chiropractor stuff again. Come on and try to hit an impactful move to possibly end this match so I can get a marriage license for me and Rexy so I can marry my Prince Charming.
Rich Russillo: We need the air turned on in here because Persephone is delusional. What isn’t a delusion is Harper Lee using all of her power and THROWING HERSELF FORWARD AND PLANTING BETHANY WITH THE RUMBLING!
James Peters: SUNSET FLIP BOMB BY HARPER LEE AND THE BACK OF BETHANY’S HEAD CRASHES HARD ONTO THE MAT AND HARPER STACKS BETHANY UP FOR THE COVER! DO WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION?
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEE!
Persephone: Did she get it? She got it! The match is over! NEW CHAMPION! YAY! Ring the bell! Let’s move on!
Rich Russillo: SHE DID NOT GET IT! BETHANY GOT HER SHOULDER UP BEFORE THE REFEREE COUNTED THREE! THIS MATCH WILL CONTINUE! THIS MATCH HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS SO FAR! I LOVE IT!
Persephone: Seriously? OH FOR THE LOVE OF GAWD! I mean… YAY! I was wrong and this match will go on. I am so happy about that.
James Peters: We’re all glad that you are wrong. Right now, Bethany is not moving at the moment and Harper pulls Bethany back to her feet and whips her to the ropes, BUT BETHANY REVERSES AND HARPER HITS THE ROPES!
Rich Russillo: Harper comes back and Bethany grabs her by the side AND HARPER GETS HER LEGS AROUND BETHANY’S NECK AND COUNTERS WITH A HEADSCISSORS SENDING BETHANY FOR THE RIDE–
Persephone: Like always, Rich, you are wrong again because look at Bethany flip forward and land on her feet. Pulling all of these “creative reversals” out of thin air all for the sake of leaving as Champion.
James Peters: Bethany gets her balance as Harper gets back to her feet AND SHE WALKS RIGHT INTO A SUPERKICK FROM DR. BETHANY BLUE! T! J! D! Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction by the Universal Women’s Champion and she falls into the cover!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHHHHRRREEEEEEEE!
Persephone: ANOTHER NEAR FALL! WHAT A CLOSE COUNT FOR THE DOCTOR! SHE WAS A SECOND AWAY FROM RETAINING HER TITLE! I CAN’T STAND IT!
Rich Russillo: Harper had her bell rung after that superkick and she is easily on dream street right now, but Bethany doesn’t care. She wants to win. She wants revenge for the trouble that Harper Lee has been causing.
James Peters: Bethany brings Harper back to her feet, BUT HARPER GETS HERSELF FREE AND GLARES AT BETHANY FOR A QUICK SECOND BEFORE SHE HAULS OFF AND JUST SLAPS DR. BETHANY BLUE RIGHT ACROSS THE FACE!
Rich Russillo: I don’t think that was the best thing to do at the moment, especially with everything that has been going down between these two. The last thing she needs to do is show more disrespect than she already has.
Persephone: I think it’s great. Let the troll slap her again. That was so fun. Do it again! Do it again! Most fun I’ve had during this whole match. Look at Bethany!
Rich Russillo: LOOK AT HER EYES! THERE IS FIRE SPEWING FROM THAT GAZE OF DR. BETHANY BLUE! Harper isn’t affected by that at all and SHE GOES TO SLAP BETHANY AGAIN–
James Peters: BETHANY GRABS HARPER’S HAND AND SHE IS STILL GLARING AT HARPER! LOOK AT THE GRASP BETHANY HAS ON HARPER! HARPER JUST LET OUT A YELP OF PAIN!
Rich Russillo: SHE’S CRUSHING HARPER’S HAND! SHE IS TRYING TO BREAK HARPER’S HAND! BETHANY’S GRIP IS GETTING TIGHTER AND HARPER DROPS TO A KNEE! SHE IS IN THAT MUCH PAIN!
Persephone: This is great! NOW GO FOR THE THROAT NEXT, DOC! CRUSH HER VOICE BOX SO WE DON’T HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT GAWD AWFUL SOUND COME OUT OF HER MOUTH AGAIN!
James Peters: Bethany finally lets Harper’s hand go and she holds onto her hand in pain, BUT NOT FOR LONG! BETHANY JUST CRACKS HARPER IN THE JAW WITH A KNEE AND HARPER FALLS TO THE MAT!
Persephone: Ladies and gentlemen, we are witnessing the official breaking point of Dr. Bethany Blue. Now let’s get the happy squad team out here and take her away. She has officially lost it.
Rich Russillo: She is not going crazy! She is fed up and she has had it with Harper Lee! Harper has made it back to her feet AND DR. BETHANY BLUE HAS GRABBED A HANDFUL OF HARPER’S HAIR AND THROWS HER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RING!
James Peters: Harper is trying to get back to her feet, AND BETHANY WITH A RUNNING KNEE LIFT SENDS HARPER THROUGH THE ROPES AND TO THE FLOOR! BETHANY GETS ON THE APRON AND WAITS FOR HARPER LEE TO GET BACK TO HER FEET!
Rich Russillo: Harper is back up to her feet AND BETHANY JUMPS FROM THE APRON AND DELIVERS A MISSILE DROPKICK SENDING HARPER CRASHING BACKWARDS INTO THE RING STEPS AGAIN!
Persephone: She hasn’t had very much luck with the steps today, has she? Now she’s being bounced around like a ragdoll and I couldn’t be more amused. Actually I could, but it’s not Disney appropriate anymore.
Rich Russillo: Of course it is, but right now, Bethany picks Harper up and SENDS HER BACK FIRST INTO THE RING POST! BUT THAT’S NOT ALL! BETHANY STILL HAS HARPER AND SHE NOW SENDS HER BACK FIRST INTO THE RING BARRICADE!
James Peters: The referee has reached a count of seven and Bethany slides into the ring and slides right back out to break the count. But she goes right back to Harper and rolls her back into the ring.
Rich Russillo: Harper has barely moved since being thrown in the ring and BETHANY BLUE WITH A SENTON ACROSS HARPER’S BACK! BETHANY HAS HAD IT! Bethany rolls Harper onto her back and grabs her legs–
Persephone: If she was expecting a fight as she rolls Harper over, then she shouldn’t have beat the snot out of her outside the ring. But I guess that’s that new aggressive side that you guys have been talking about.
James Peters: Without a doubt AND BETHANY HAS HARPER TURNED BACK OVER AND BETHANY HAS THE ELEVATED BOSTON CRAB EXECUTED! THAT’S “FRACTURED” AND THE SUBMISSION IS FULLY APPLIED!
Persephone: Will this be the moment that we have all been waiting for and Harper Lee taps out and this match ends and we can move on with this show and I can picture myself being Mrs. Rex McAllister.
Rich Russillo: This isn’t the fantasy part of the show!! This is serious. HARPER IS IN THE CENTER OF THE RING STUCK IN A BOSTON CRAB! SHE NEEDS TO GET FREE OR TRY TO GET TO THE ROPES OR THIS MATCH IS OVER!
James Peters: The referee is right there to make sure that they are in perfect position just in case Harper does tap out and end this match, but I highly doubt that Harper is going to tap out with this much on the line.
Rich Russillo: She needs to find a way to get to the ropes if that’s the case…. WAIT! LOOK AT HARPER! EVEN AT THAT HORRIBLE ANGLE, SHE IS FIGHTING TO GET TO THE ROPES! SHE IS SCRATCHING AND CLAWING HER WAY TO THE CLOSEST ROPES SHE CAN!
Persephone: WHAT? NO! STOP HER! I mean look at the intensity being shown this entire match. It makes my heart skip a beat that I can’t explain.
Rich Russillo: I think that’s the numerous special drinks at the after shows, but that’s a different story. The story right now is Harper Lee AND HARPER IS STILL CLAWING AND SHE IS ABOUT TO REACH THE ROPES—
James Peters: BUT BETHANY PULLS HER RIGHT BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE RING AND NOW WE CAN SEE THE ANGUISH IN HARPER’S FACE! SHE IS RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS AND SHE NEEDS TO THINK QUICK OR SHE LOSES HER CHANCE AT THE TITLE–
Rich Russillo: HARPER ROLLS FORWARD AND BREAKS THE BOSTON CRAB! HARPER KICKS BETHANY BACK AND SENDS HER INTO THE CORNER! BUT BETHANY COMES RUNNING OUT OF THE CORNER WITH A CLOTHESLINE–
Persephone: Of course Harper avoids it with that stupid matrix evasion move. I think she calls it Ultra Instinct or something. Is there like a copyright law with that name or something? Whatever. It just means the match is still going.
James Peters: Harper bridges back up BUT BETHANY WAS RIGHT BEHIND HER AND SHE IS CLOBBERED WITH A STIFF CLOTHESLINE! Harper knocked down and Bethany picks her back up and sends her into the corner.
Persephone: Now Bethany gets on the second rope and balls her fist up. Here we go with this stuff again. Cue the crowd… NOW!
Crowd: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIVE! SIX! SEVEN! EIGH–
Rich Russillo: OH MY GAWD! HARPER USES ALL OF HER MIGHT AND SHOVES HER OVER THE TOP OF THE RINGPOST, SENDS HER OUTSIDE THE RING, AND BETHANY CRASHES HARD ON THE RING STEPS BELOW!
James Peters: THAT WAS A HORRIBLE LANDING AND HARPER IS LEANING AGAINST THE ROPES LAUGHING LIKE A MANIACAL PSYCHOPATH AT WHAT SHE JUST DID! But Harper now gets herself on the apron.
Rich Russillo: Bethany hasn’t moved since she crashed and burned on the steps and HARPER IS CLIMBING UP TO THE SECOND ROP– NOPE! SHE’S GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP ROPE! COME ON!
Persephone: What is this nitwit think she’s doing. She misses this move and Harper loses this match. Guaranteed. But she doesn’t care. She only wants that championship around her waist.
Rich Russillo: BIG RISKS MEAN BIG REWARDS AS SHE JUMPS OFF THE TOP ROPE AND LANDS ON BETHANY ON THE RING STEPS WITH THE MOONSAULT! OH MY GAWD!!
James Peters: HARPER WENT FOR IT ALL AND IT PAID OFF IN SPADES! HARPER LEE WITH AN AMAZING MOONSAULT AND SHE’S STILL ABLE TO MOVE! I DON’T BELIEVE IT! The referee is starting a count as Harper is dragging, for lack of a better term, the lifeless carcass of Dr. Bethany Blue towards the ring.
Rich Russillo: Bethany hasn’t moved since the moonsault and this could spell the end of the heartwarming title reign of Dr. Bethany Blue. Harper has her back up and rolls her back into the ring.
Persephone: The referee should just call the match right now and give the title to Harper. It’s obvious that Bethany is in no condition to continue. Just my opinion.
James Peters: That’s all it will be because as long as these competitors are breathing, they will still compete. Harper now just drags Bethany to the center of the ring like a sack of potatoes before she hooks the leg!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEEE!
Rich Russillo: THIS MATCH IS OVE–! NO IT’S NOT OVER! BETHANY BARELY GOT HER SHOULDER OFF THE MAT AS THE REFEREE WAS COMING DOWN FOR THREE AND HARPER CAN’T BELIEVE IT!
Persephone: BAHAHAHAHAHA! Look at Harper. She looks so close to throwing a psycho witch fit in the center of the ring. I am all for it if it makes her look like an idiot. Sorry. I mean look at the frustration start to set in as Harper can’t put the champion away.
James Peters: Nice save, Persephone. Now we will never know what you really meant.
Persephone: SHUT UP!
James Peters: :mjlol: Harper once again brings Bethany back to her feet AND WHAT THE HECK WAS THIS! BETHANY OUT OF NOWHERE WAS TRYING FOR THE REMEDY CUTTER TO PLANT HARPER-
Rich Russillo: BUT HARPER GETS FREE AND SPINS BETHANY AROUND BEFORE DROPPING HER WITH THE DRAGON FIST! WHAT A RIGHT HOOK PUNCH BY HARPER AND BETHANY FALLS LIKE STONE!
Persephone: It must be nice to be able to punch Bethany in the face. If I had my way, I would punch Harper too because I don’t like her. Sorry. I mean what a shot by the challenger and the challenger is looking to close in and become the new champion. Thank GAWD!
Rich Russillo: Will you quit it? Bethany is down and Harper gets in position AND HARPER HAS APPLIED FOLDABODY! OCTOPUS STRETCH EXECUTED BY HARPER LEE! NOT AGAIN!
James Peters: THAT’S THE SAME MOVE THAT TOOK BETHANY BLUE OUT LAST WEEK ON VOLTAGE! IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, HARPER LEE BECOMES THE NEW UNIVERSAL WOMEN’S CHAMPION!
Rich Russillo: BUT BETHANY IS STILL FIGHTING IT! SHE IS DOING EVERYTHING SHE CAN TO MAKE SURE SHE DOESN’T PASS OUT AGAIN! SHE IS NOWHERE NEAR THE ROPES SO A ROPE BREAK IS OUT OF THE QUESTION!
Persephone: That is so horrible! Nowhere near the ropes. Whatever will she do? She has been fighting so diligently this entire match. What a way for her title reign to end.
James Peters: Will you stop with your negativity? Both competitors have put such heart and soul in this match and listen to this crowd right now! They are cheering loudly and willing Bethany Blue on.
Persephone: Yeah yeah. I’ll try to cut it out. I guess. Dang. Such a killjoy.
Rich Russillo: BETHANY BLUE IS STARTING TO FADE! SHE IS STARTING TO GO TO SLEEP! IF SHE PASSES OUT, SHE LOSES THE CHAMPIONSHIP! BETHANY IS STRUGGLING SO MUCH BUT IS IT ALL IN VAIN?
James Peters: BETHANY HAS GIVEN EVERYTHING FOR THIS TITLE REIGN AND SHE WOULD HATE TO SEE IT END LIKE THIS, BUT WHAT CAN SHE DO? SHE HAS BEEN IN THAT SUBMISSION FOR A LONG TIME SO—
Rich Russillo: WITH HER LAST BIT OF ENERGY, BETHANY MANAGES TO FLIP ENOUGH TO GET FREE AND FLIP INTO A COVER, BUT HARPER EASILY KICKS OUT BEFORE ONE!
Persephone: HOW IN THE HE– HECK DID SHE DO THAT? SHE WAS ALMOST DEAD AND THIS HAPPENED! LEAVE IT TO A DOCTOR TO FIGURE A WAY OUT OF THIS MESS!
Rich Russillo: HARPER IS BACK TO HER FEET FIRST AND SHE IS THROWING FOREARM AFTER FOREARM IN BETHANY’S FACE AS SHE PULLS THE CHAMPION BACK TO HER FEET! SHE WHIPS HER TO THE ROPES AND BETHANY DUCKS THE HARPER CLOTHESLINE!
James Peters: Bethany quickly turns around AND THROWS AN ELBOW SMASH TO THE BACK OF HARPER’S HEAD! HARPER GOES DOWN AND BETHANY GOES DOWN AS WELL! SHE ALMOST SEEMINGLY PASSED OUT!
Rich Russillo: The referee is checking both competitors to see if a count will need to be started, but Harper is starting to move. The peace was nice while it lasted, but Harper is back to her feet after the elbow to the back of the head as she stalks her way back to Dr. Bethany, who still hasn’t moved. She could have very well passed out.
James Peters: Harper grabs Bethany and brings her back to her feet AND OUT OF NOWHERE, BETHANY DROPS DOWN AND COUNTERS WITH A JAWBREAKER! WHAT IS HAPPENING? BETHANY COMES BACK AND PICKS HARPER UP BEFORE THROWING HER BACK WITH A FALLAWAY SLAM!
Persephone: WHAT IS GOING ON? Are we in the freaking Twilight Zone or something? How in the world is this happening? She was almost dead not two minutes ago.
Rich Russillo: BETHANY’S EYES ARE STILL FULL OF FIRE AND SHE JUST GRABS HARPER BACK UP AND SLAMS HER TO THE MAT! NOW SHE PULLS HARPER BACK UP AND SNAPMARES HER OVER!
James Peters: Harper is sitting on the mat and Bethany is climbing up to the second rope. She doesn’t waste a second AS BETHANY HITS THE MISSILE DROPKICK TO THE BACK OF HARPER’S HEAD FROM THE SECOND ROPE! WHAT A SHOT!
Persephone: Isn’t it unethical in that quack’s world to do stuff like that to a potential patient? You’re supposed to care for them, not dropkick their head off their shoulders.
Rich Russillo: Professionally? Yes. But this is personal and it’s Harper’s fault for doing that. Bethany Blue has had enough of Harper as she brings Harper back to her feet–
James Peters: HARPER RAKES THE EYES! CHEAP TRICK BY THE CHALLENGER AS SHE GETS BETHANY UP IN THE AIR FOR RAGNAROK! BUT BETHANY IS FIGHTING IT!
Rich Russillo: BETHANY IS THROWING THOSE ELBOWS OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OLYMPIC SLAM DOESN’T HAPPEN AS SHE SLIDES OFF HARPER’S SHOULDER!
Persephone: This match has been going on for how long and they still have the energy to do all these dang counters? Words can’t describe how I feel at the moment with all this going on.
James Peters: I can think of some words. Tremendous! Amazing! A great wrestling spectacle that the fans have been enjoying since the bell rang and it doesn’t look like it’s going to stop any time soon.
Rich Russillo: Bethany lands behind Harper and Harper quickly turns around AND SHE PICKS HARPER UP AND SETS HER UP FOR THE WHIPLASH! VOODOO STYLE DROP CONNECTS AND HARPER LEE IS SNAPPED BACK HARD! THAT WAS AN UGLY LANDING!
Persephone: You know what else is ugly? Actually nevermind. That would be too easy. So I guess I’ll be decent this time and just say that Bethany stacks Harper up and goes for the cover! Will Harper experience a bad case of Whiplash?
ONNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHRRRRRRRREEEEEEE!
Rich Russillo: HOW IN THE WORLD DID HARPER LEE DID THAT? SHE GOT THAT SHOULDER NUDGED OFF THE MAT ENOUGH FOR THE REFEREE TO DEEM IT A KICKOUT! HOLY CRAP! THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING MATCH!
James Peters: These two have thrown literally EVERYTHING at each other and neither competitor has been able to put down the other. It’s matches like this that make me love our business.
Rich Russillo: Bethany Blue taking a chance to hand out some more aggression AND SHE IS JUST POUNDING HER FIST IN HARPER’S SKULL ONCE AGAIN! SHE IS WANTING TO CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE AS SHE POSSIBLY CAN! SHE WANTS TO LEAVE AS CHAMPION!
Persephone: Well no duh, Sherlock. They both wanna leave as the champion. If they didn’t, why in the world are they even here in the first place? I swear, when Disney sings about small worlds, they are talking about your brain power.
James Peters: The referee admonishes Bethany once again and Bethany pulls Harper back to her feet, BUT HARPER BREAKS FREE AND RAKES HER EYES AGAIN! BETHANY TRYING TO GET THE STING OUT, BUT HARPER PLANTS THE CHAMPION WITH A SNAP DDT!
Rich Russillo: Bethany is down, but Harper isn’t done yet. The champion isn’t moving at the moment and Harper doesn’t care. She hoists Bethany back to her feet and lifts her up.
James Peters: RAGNAROK! NOW SHE HITS THE OLYMPIC SLAM AND BETHANY BLUE JUST EXPERIENCED RAGNAROK! BETHANY IS NOT MOVING AND HARPER LEE HOOKS BOTH LEGS FOR THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHRRRREEEEEEE!!
Persephone: HOW? WHY? BUT SERIOUSLY HOW? THE DOCTOR STILL KICKS OUT! WHEN WILL ONE OF THESE TWO LEARN WHEN TO GIVE IT UP?
James Peters: Never! Giving up is in nobody’s vocabulary around here. This is a testament to the desire both these women have. Right now, Harper isn’t pleased that Bethany kicked out as she gets back to her feet.
Rich Russillo: HARPER WITH A BOOT TO THE MOUTH! THAT WAS AN UGLY KICK! The referee is checking on Bethany to see if she’s bleeding from the mouth and Harper is going over to the corners. What is she doing?
James Peters: SHE’S RIPPING OFF THE TURNBUCKLE COVER PADS! WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON IN HER MIND? I guess when she wins the match and the title, she wants the biggest exclamation point possible.
Rich Russillo: Not only cover, SHE TEARS ALL THREE OFF! HARPER GETS THE LAST ONE OFF AND HAS A VERY MALICIOUS LOOK IN HER EYES! IT’S ALMOST SCARY!
Persephone: No. That’s just her normal look. You get used to it after a whi–
James Peters: BETHANY BLUE WITH A DROPKICK SENDING THE BACK OF HARPER’S HEAD INTO THE EXPOSED TOP TURNBUCKLE! HARPER FALLS TO HER KNEES AND HOLDS HER HEAD IN PAIN!
Rich Russillo: THAT’S NOT IT! HARPER STILL IN THE CORNER AND BETHANY USES THE ROPES TO SPRING UP AND DELIVER THE CONCUSSION PROTOCOL TO THE MIDDLE TURNBUCKLE! WHAT A CURB STOMP BY THE CHAMPION!
James Peters: Harper slumps to the bottom turnbuckle and she is barely moving. I did not expect that from Dr. Bethany Blue at all. We have noted that this new intensity she brought into this match and it’s that intensity that could lead to her retaining her title tonight.
Rich Russillo: Harper is starting to climb up and she is on her knees and Bethany has one thing on her mind as she gets her boot ready and SHE SPRINGS UP ON THE ROPES AGAIN!
Persephone: WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS QUACK? SHE DID THAT ONCE! ISN’T THAT ENOUGH? I GUESS THIS BIT– WITCH HOLDS A GRUDGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE’S—
James Peters: ANOTHER CONCUSSION PROTOCOL INTO THE EXPOSED BOTTOM TURNBUCKLE NOW! HARPER TRIED TO TAKE A SHORTCUT AND IT BACKFIRED IN HER FACE! WILL HARPER LEE HAVE TO FOLLOW CONCUSSION PROTOCOL NOW? BETHANY PULLS HER OUT OF THE CORNER AND FALLS INTO THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEE!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOO!
THHHHHHHRRRRRREEEEEEE!
(DING! DING! DING!)
(“Somebody Get Me A Doctor” starts playing again as the crowd goes absolutely wild with cheers as Dr. Bethany Blue rolls off of Harper and Bella Braxton announces the final decision.)
Bella Braxton: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this contest…
Bella Braxton: …AND STILLLLLLLL THE ELITE ANSWERS WRESTLING UNIVERSAL WOMEN’S CHAMPION! DR. BETHANY BLUE! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!
(Bethany still hasn’t made it back to her feet and decides to sit on the mat and take a quick breather as the referee goes over to Bella to retrieve the championship belt.)
James Peters: WHAT! A! MATCH! Two of the best competitors in all of EAW had a match that could be considered a match for the ages.
Rich Russillo: This match was rooted in personal matters and it was shown in the ring. These two ladies put it all on the line all for the sake of leaving Tempest as the Universal Women’s Champion.
(Bethany has finally made it back to her feet and the referee presents her with the Universal Women’s Championship belt and then raises her arm in victory to the still cheering crowd.)
Persephone: This is such a heartwarming moment. I still can’t find the words to describe what I am feeling at the moment.
Rich Russillo: Good. But you would have to admit that some of those cheers aren’t just for Bethany, but some of those have to be going Harper Lee’s way. These two literally gave EVERYTHING to each other and more. No real losers in that match if you ask me.
James Peters: That’s right. Like her or hate her, Harper Lee showed the world once again why she is a former World Champion and why she has three title reigns to her resume. She fought hard and had the title within her grasp on more than one occasion, but unfortunately, it just wasn’t meant to be tonight.
Persephone: How heartbreaking. Close, but no dice for the purple troll. Better luck next time. But I guess the match was ok for what it was…don’t look too much into that.
(Bethany takes a second to celebrate on the second rope and raise her title high before she jumps down and leaves the ring to head up the ramp.)
Rich Russillo: Sweet as always, Persephone. But I highly doubt this will be the last time we see Harper Lee in the title picture, but tonight the MD is still the UWC.
James Peters: This was a memorable championship match that could have gone either way, but it was the newfound intensity of Dr. Bethany Blue that helped turn the tide in her favor and give her the victory and the successful title defense over a very game Harper Lee tonight at Tempest. Congratulations once again to Dr. Bethany Blue!
(The final shot shows Dr. Bethany Blue standing at the top of the entrance ramp holding her Universal Women’s Championship belt high in the air as the referee is still tending to a still down Harper Lee as the camera cuts elsewhere.)
(A commercial is shown for tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Showdown, featuring Adam Lucas, Donovan Duke and Alex Myers facing Jake Smith, Amir Yusuf, and Impact!)
(Tempest comes back from a brief commercial break, with the next and final match graphic being shown flashing across the screen.)
(The camera then goes over to Bella Braxton seen standing at the center of the ring, microphone in hand as she then begins to speak.)
Bella Braxton: Ladies and gentlemen THIS is your MAIN EVENT!!! And it is a contest scheduled for…
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!
(‘Low of Solipsism II’ by Yoshihisa Hirano is heard blasting through the speakers, with the crowd erupting into thunderous boos upon hearing the familiar theme. The camera goes over to the stage, where Drake King is seen slowly beginning to make his way out to the stage, staring down at the ground and ignoring the reaction the crowd has toward him. Right now, he’s focused on one thing and one thing only, and makes that apparent as he heads straight down the ramp and toward the ring.)
Bella Braxton: Introducing first… residing in The Dead Sea… weighing in at 220 pounds… ‘The End of the World’… DRAKE KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rich Russillo: After his supposed “break” post Road To Redemption, after the events of King of Elite, Drake King made his “return” to this company with the same purpose as ever, to bring down this company into nothing but smoldering ash. But it seems that even with that being his main goal, the demons of his past came back to haunt him in a way he never expected.
James Peters: Drake believes he did nothing wrong to his opponent tonight, and doesn’t believe that he deserves any of this at all. But knowing him, in spite of that, he’ll do what he must in order to get the point across. It’s escalated to the point where the two of them find themselves face-to-face in our main event, and this is sure to be interesting.
Persephone: Not for ME! Maybe if my Rexy was in this match I would be saying something very different, but we just have this guy. Imagine how I feel???
James Peters: I bet you feel excited, you ball of sunshine!
Persephone: WHAT DID YOU SAY-
(Drake is seen making his way around the ring, heading up the steel steps and stepping onto the apron before slipping through the ropes. He stands at the very center of the ring for a moment, finally breaking away and taking a moment to scan around at the Cleveland crowd here tonight. He then begins to make his way over to his corner, slowly peeling off the leather jacket he has on while ‘Low of Solipsism II’ begins to come to a close from there. Drake has his eyes focused on the stage, patiently awaiting his opponent.)
(It’s then that ‘SUN//EATER’ by Lorna Shore is heard playing up, with the camera going away from the ring and to the stage where Yhwach O’Hara is then seen beginning to make his way out from the backstage area. He’s a man on a mission right now and has a sole purpose in mind, making that none as he makes his way to the ring. He has his eyes fixed on one thing and one thing only, and that’s made apparent while he makes his entrance.)
Bella Braxton: And his opponent… weighing in at 190 pounds… ‘Omnipotent’… YHWACH O’HARA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rich Russillo: We all know the story at this point. The one formerly known as Jamie O’Hara was taken out more than a year ago at the hands of the New Eden trio. Upon returning as the reborn Yhwach O’Hara, he first set his sight on Myles, and while he found himself caught up in other business momentarily, it seems he found himself confronting the puppetmaster in the entire act once and for all, which was Drake King.
James Peters: This was a long time coming, and while Drake doesn’t believe he did anything necessarily wrong, Yhwach was always going to trace this back to him and make poor Icarus atone for his sins. There’s no denying the facts, and that’s that New Eden, specifically Drake King, was the ones that took him out in the first place, and Yhwach is going to make sure that he pays it back in blood here tonight at Tempest.
(Yhwach begins to make his way up the steel steps and into the ring, having his eyes set on one thing and one thing only, Drake King. He doesn’t break away from him, even when he makes his way over to his corner and takes off the entrance gear that he has on, he has one thing he knows he needs to accomplish today and that’s finishing him off once and for all, and nothing is going to stop him from doing so. ‘SUN//EATER’ begins to come to a close while the referee checks on the two of them, all before signaling for the bell…)
(DING! DING! DING!)
Rich Russillo: Here we go, with the bell having officially rung we are underway with our MAIN EVENT of Wicked Games! Let me just say, what a ride it has been tonight in Cleveland, with twists and turns of all sorts. But it all culminates right here, right now for the Voltage brand with what is bound to be a stellar grudge match between two of the brand’s best set to take place, and I just can’t wait!
Persephone: ENOUGH WITH THE SMALL TALK YOU DUMB C-WORD, YHWACH JUST LAUNCHED FROM HIS CORNER AND NAILED DRAKE WITH A FOREARM SHOT!
James Peters: Drake barely even had time to get out of his corner before Yhwach connected with that, and now the ‘God Devourer’ wastes absolutely no time beginning to connect with a variety of strikes and chops! We know these two have had their issues these past couple of weeks to say the very least, and tonight with the opportunity to finally settle the score I guarantee you they’re going to lunge at the opportunity of taking the head off of the other.
Rich Russillo: That’s exactly what Yhwach is doing right now, the referee tries to split the two of them up before this can get out of hand, but he has no need to do so as Drake is tossed down to the center of the ring. He tries his best to get back up, clutching his head, ONLY FOR YHWACH TO SPRINT FORWARD AND LEAP INTO THE AIR BEFORE TAKING HIM OUT WITH A SHOTGUN DROPKICK WHICH SENDS HIM TUMBLING BACK!
(Drake does not waste any time rolling out of the ring, which isn’t met by a very positive reception by the crowd in return. Yhwach rolls up to a kneeling position after connecting with the Dropkick, staring a hole into his opponent, unfazed and having barely broken a sweat. Meanwhile the referee yells at Drake to get back into the ring, but he has no interest in doing so right now, taking a moment to think over his game plan and what he should do now.)
James Peters: Drake slowly steps onto the apron, with Yhwach getting back up to his feet, and you can tell that this match has quickly slowed down to a much more methodical pace right now. He tries to enter into the ring, BUT YHWACH RUSHES FORWARD AND LOOKS TO SHOULDER THRUST HIM OFF OF THE APRON-
Persephone: BUT DRAKE MOVES OUT OF THE WAY AND KICKS HIM IN THE FACE LIKE HE DID THAT STUPID DOG IN KUWAIT!
Rich Russillo: Yhwach’s assault is halted as he grabs his face and retreats backward, but don’t think he’s going to go silently though because there is no doubt in my mind that Drake is going to take the opportunity while he can, LEAPING OFF OF THE ROPES AND NAILING HIM AGAINST THE FACE WITH A SPRINGBOARD KNEE STRIKE! Yhwach is taken down to the ground but shoots back up to his feet, looking to grab a hold of him, ONLY FOR DRAKE TO GO UNDER THAT AND LIFT HIM UP WITH A GERMAN SUPLEX!
James Peters: BUT YHWACH ELBOWS HIM IN THE FACE! He forces Drake to bring him back to the ground before he breaks his grip, SPINNING AROUND AND CONNECTING WITH AN ENZUIGIRI TO THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD TO TAKE HIM OUT! ‘The Messiah’ is leveled but plans not to be in a vulnerable position for long, bringing himself over to the corner and beginning to make his way up, but I don’t really expect him to get much solace out of that either. Yhwach grabs a hold of his head, BEFORE CLOBBERING HIM WITH A CLOTHESLINE! He isn’t done, CONNECTING WITH ANOTHER! Drake is certainly feeling it right now, AND YHWACH LOOKS TI EMPHASIZE IT WITH A THIRD CLOTHESLINE-
Rich Russillo: But Drake ducks under and out of the way before shoving Yhwach into the corner and beginning to connect with a flurry of shots toward his face! He managed to get himself out of that position and turn it around, now looking to make the best of this offense while he has it! Drake then grabs him by the arm and sends him into an Irish whip toward the opposite corner… RUNNING TOWARD HIM AND CONNECTING WITH A LEAPING FOREARM TO THE FACE! Yhwach stumbles out of the corner while Drake backs up, then proceeds to run to the ropes and back… BEFORE TAKING HIM DOWN WITH A SLINGBLADE TO FINISH IT OFF!
James Peters: Yhwach is dropped, but once again that’s not for long as he rolls to the ropes and uses them to get back to his feet, WHILE DRAKE RUNS OVER AND ATTEMPTS TO SEND HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE WITH A CLOTHESLINE- ONLY FOR YHWACH TO BOOT HIM IN THE FACE! He then approaches Drake, GOING UNDER AND GRABBING HIM BY THE LEGS BEFORE LIFTING HIM OFF THE GROUND INTO A STUN GUN AGAINST THE ROPES! Drake is dropped while Yhwach keeps the ball rolling, running toward the ropes… BEFORE NAILING HIM WITH A BASEBALL SLIDE WHICH SENDS HIM FLYING OUT OF THE RING!
Rich Russillo: Drake takes a hard landing but despite that still does whatever he can to get back up to his feet, falling back against the apron and taking a breather while he has the chance, knowing that taking this much offense this early into the match definitely does no favors for his chances continuing onward. He tries to enter back into the ring, BUT YHWACH ALREADY HAS HIM SCOUTED, RUNNING TOWARD HIM ON THE APRON AND NAILING HIM WITH A PENALTY KICK TO THE FACE TO TAKE HIM OUT AGAIN!
Persephone: Well I don’t know why Drake is even trying to begin with, it’s clear he’s got a brain the size of a pea and is clearly lacking something up there, if he’s going to get beat then he might as well accept his fate while he has the chance instead of wasting our time.
James Peters: Well this is the main event to be fair…
Persephone: DOES IT LOOK LIKE I CARE?! END THE SHOW!
James Peters: :francis:!!!
Rich Russillo: Drake crumbles down to the mat, but still like the stubborn Elitist that he is finds himself continuing to get back up to his feet. Yhwach isn’t all that satisfied with that though, grabbing him and rolling him back into the ring before entering in himself, looking to inflict some more damage within the confines of the squared circle. Drake is trying his best to make his way up to his feet, BUT BEFORE HE CAN DO THAT YHWACH CONNECTS WITH A PUNT KICK TO HIS ABDOMEN TO KEEP HIM DOWN! He isn’t done either, approaching him, BEFORE LEAPING INTO THE AIR AND CONNECTING WITH A KNEE DROP TO HIS SKULL!
James Peters: Drake is going to have to find a way out of this position and fast, because if he doesn’t then this match is going to be over a lot quicker than people anticipated. He tries his best to get back up to his feet, but really he’s not going to be able to do much considering Yhwach is hot on his tail and has no intentions of letting up right now. He’s doubled over, clutching his head and trying his best to get back into this match, but Yhwach is once again not going to let that happen, LEAPING INTO THE AIR AND CONNECTING WITH A SCISSOR KICK TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD TO TAKE HIM BACK DOWN-
Rich Russillo: BUT DRAKE MOVES OUT OF THE WAY! Yhwach lands on his tailbone, WHILE DRAKE STEPS FORWARD AND CONNECTS WITH A SUPERKICK TO THE FACE TO TAKE HIM DOWN TO THE GROUND! He knows that this is the opportunity that he’s been waiting for, but everything that’s happened so far has also taken a lot out of him as he falls back against the ropes, WITH YHWACH TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND SEND HIM OVER- ONLY FOR DRAKE TO DROP DOWN THE ROPES AND SEND HIM OVER INSTEAD!
James Peters: Yhwach lands on his feet at ringside but it’s clear that he’s dazed right now, and it’s the perfect opportunity for Drake to take advantage…AS HE LAUNCHES THROUGH THE ROPES WITH A SUICIDE DIVE! Yhwach is sent back against the barricade, but it looks like Drake isn’t done as he slides back into the ring… CONNECTING WITH A SECOND SUICIDE DIVE! Yhwach still manages to keep himself up and Drake knows what that means as he reenters the ring… BEFORE CONNECTING WITH A THIRD SUICIDE DIVE TO COMPLETELY TAKE HIS OPPONENT DOWN TO THE GROUND!
Rich Russillo: Yhwach is hurt and Drake knows it, grabbing him by the head and sliding him back into the ring before entering back inside himself. Drake slowly begins to approach him while he makes his way up to his feet, pulling him in before hooking the arms and maneuvering him to the center of the ring…
James Peters: PLANTING HIM DOWN WITH ‘ASCENSION”! PEDIGREE ATTEMPT!
Rich Russillo: BUT YHWACH WITH PURE STRENGTH MANAGES TO LIFT HIM UP OVER HIS HEAD AND SEND HIM CRASHING DOWN WITH A BACK BODY DROP! WHAT A COUNTER BY YHWACH O’HARA TO GET HIM OUT OF SUCH A TRICKY SITUATION!
James Peters: That’s the perks of being a Hall of Famer with years of experience, it comes with the process and Yhwach knows it. He looks to systematically pick apart Drake King every chance that he gets, and that comes by creating opportunities to do so, not waiting for them to happen by chance. Yhwach has a million ways to create opportunities for himself and turn the tides in his favor and he just did that leaving Drake on the defense once again.
Persephone: You know, James, you just reminded me of another Hall of Famer I hold near and dear to my heart…
James Peters: Here we go again…
Rich Russillo: Yhwach grabs his back in pain while he turns around to see Drake down on the mat, but that’s not for long though as he rolls himself out onto the apron to get himself up to his feet and possibly create some distance between his opponent. Yhwach is absolutely not just going to stand by and watch though, approaching Drake before nailing him with a punch to the face! Drake is nearly sent down to ringside but manages to hold on for dear life, but he’s so distracted by that he doesn’t have a counter for Yhwach grabbing him by the head with a front facelock, BEFORE LIFTING HIM OVER THE ROPES AND DROPPING HIM DOWN TO THE CANVAS WITH A HUGE SUPLEX!
James Peters: The impact was so rough that it sent Drake across the ring and onto the apron on the other side, as he once again got back up to his feet. But Yhwach is once again approaching, nailing him with another punch, BEFORE PULLING HIM IN AND LIFTING HIM UP OFF THE APRON INTO ANOTHER SUPLEX WHICH ONCE AGAIN SENDS HIM BACK INTO THE RING! Yhwach is slowly but surely wearing him down and you can tell that it’s doing a number on Drake right now, as he slowly begins to rise back up to his feet. Yhwach tries to attack, BUT DRAKE SPINS AND ATTEMPTS TO CONNECT WITH A ROUNDHOUSE KICK TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD-
Rich Russillo: But Yhwach manages to absorb the attack, placing Drake’s leg onto his shoulder before taking his other leg and doing the same, having him up into a Powerbomb position! He looks for something big with this move, RUSHING FORWARD AND LOOKING TO SEND HIM INTO THE TURNBUCKLE WITH A BUCKLE BOMB- But before he can do that it’s Drake that rains elbows down onto the top of his head! He continues to show that he has some fight left in him as that attack is enough for Yhwach to lower him back down, so Drake can pull him in and lift him up… SENDING HIM INTO THE CORNER WITH A BUCKLE BOMB OF HIS OWN! SIGNATURE DRAKE KING OFFENSE ON DISPLAY!
James Peters: Yhwach has no intentions of going quietly though, bouncing off of the corner, BEFORE GOING FOR A CLOTHESLINE TO THE HEAD- But Drake manages to duck under that before turning Yhwach around into a front facelock, LOOKING FOR A DDT- Before he can go for it though it’s Yhwach that begins to send shots to his midsection, trying to prevent it before it can happen! Drake tries to hold on, AND THAT’S GOING TO COST HIM AS YHWACH LIFTS HIM UP INTO THE AIR AND CONNECTS WITH A NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX! DRAKE IS DROPPED DOWN WHILE YHWACH KEEPS HIS SHOULDERS DOWN FOR A PIN ATTEMPT!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
Persephone: As great as it would’ve been for that match to just end right there, unfortunately Drake manages to kick out!
Rich Russillo: Yhwach releases the pin and quickly shoots up to his feet before Drake can get back up, PULLING HIM IN AND POPPING HIM UP FOR ‘INTO THE DREAMSCAPE’! BELLY TO BACK SUPLEX TRANSITIONED INTO A PILEDRIVER SPIKING HIM ONTO HIS HEAD!
James Peters: BUT BEFORE YHWACH CAN FULLY EXECUTE IT, DRAKE FLIPS OVER AND LANDS BEHIND HIM! HE GRABS HIM FROM BEHIND BEFORE GOING FOR ‘CROWN OF THORNS’! HALF NELSON BACKBREAKER!
Rich Russillo: BUT YHWACH SHOOTS AN ELBOW TO HIS FACE TO FORCE DRAKE TO RELEASE! Drake is too tired to respond, AND HE PAYS FOR IT DEARLY WITH A ‘GALACTIC BUSTER’! PUMPHANDLE LUNGBLOWER DROPS DRAKE DOWN TO THE GROUND AND YHWACH WASTES NO TIME HOOKING THE LEG ONCE AGAIN IN A PIN ATTEMPT!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
TTTTTHHHHHHRRRR-
James Peters: BUT DRAKE MANAGES TO KICK OUT! You can see him breathe a sigh of relief seeing himself get out of that, but he also knows that he has to also get out of this situation he’s in at the hands of Yhwach O’Hara, and that’s going to be a pretty tall task. Yhwach gets back up to his feet, while Drake slowly begins to do the same, realizing that it’s do or die right now.. Yhwach though isn’t just going to let him do that, STEPPING FORWARD AND GOING FOR A SUPERKICK TO THE JAW-
Rich Russillo: BUT DRAKE BARELY MANAGES TO GRAB A HOLD OF THE LEG! He keeps his grip on it, BEFORE DRIVING HIS ELBOW INTO YHWACH’S RIGHT KNEECAP! BEFORE PROCEEDING TO SPIN AROUND AND TAKE HIM DOWN TO THE CANVAS WITH A DRAGON SCREW! Yhwach is taken down to the ground while Drake still has him by the leg, NOW PROCEEDING TO DRIVE REPEATED ELBOWS INTO HIS KNEECAP! Smart move by the former World Champion, he knows that most of Yhwach’s moves rely on leg, and more specifically knee, power, especially his finishing maneuvers such as ‘In Excelsis’. So taking those out now before he has a chance to connect with that gets him more of the edge in this match.
James Peters: Drake has found a target and he’s going to take it, continuing to connect with elbows to the knee before Yhwach ultimately uses his free leg to shoo him away! He rolls back up to his feet while Yhwach tried to get himself away from the situation, but Drake is right back on the attack, bringing him back up to his feet, BEFORE DROPPING HIM DOWN WITH AN ATOMIC DROP! Yhwach manages to keep himself upward, AND DRAKE LOOKS TO ADD MORE STRESS WITH A SECOND ATOMIC DROP! Drake then turns him around, BEFORE UNWINDING HIM INTO A RIPCORD KNEE STRIKE TO THE FACE!
Rich Russillo: BUT YHWACH MANAGES TO SHOVE THE KNEE AWAY BEFORE IT CAN CONNECT! Drake stumbles back, WHILE YHWACH SPINS AROUND AND CONNECTS WITH A DISCUS LARIAT TO THE HEAD TO TAKE HIM OUT! He then starts to crawl, realizing that he needs to get some offense in and fast, using the turnbuckle padding to help himself back up to his feet before now beginning to scale up to the top rope. It baffles me how much energy both of them have left in the tank, but that’s just the perks of being great Elitists like they are. Yhwach is perched up on the top rope while Drake begins to get back up to his feet, setting him up for something here…
James Peters: DRAKE ATTEMPTS TO RUN HIMSELF INTO THE CORNER TO FORCE YHWACH TO LOOSE BALANCE, BUT YHWACH MANAGES TO LEAP OFF OF THE TOP ROPE AND LAND ON HIS FEET TO GET OUT OF IMMEDIATE DANGER!
Persephone; Look at that landing, that definitely wasn’t easy on those legs. He’s like a wounded animal, and I wouldn’t miss the opportunity to put one of our absolute fabulous Voltage Elitists out of their misery if I had the chance!
Rich Russillo: Yhwach did land awkwardly and you can tell with the pain that’s on his face, but despite that he’s on a mission to continue delivering offense toward Drake, and with him having collided into the turnbuckle at full force and being stunned momentarily, this is the opportunity to do so. YHWACH LEAPS INTO THE AIR AND GOES FOR A FRONT DROPKICK TO THE CHEST TO SEND HIM BACK INTO THE CORNER- BUT DRAKE ONCE AGAIN HAS HIM BY THE LEGS! He begins to send kicks to the back of his knee for good measure, BEFORE SENDING HIM INTO THE TURNBUCKLE WITH A SLINGSHOT!
James Peters: Yhwach bounces off of the turnbuckle padding and stumbles out of it, ONLY FOR DRAKE TO PULL HIM IN AND CONNECT WITH ‘ASCENSION’! THE PEDIGREE PLANTS YHWACH DOWN TO THE CANVAS! DRAKE HOOKS THE LEG FOR A PIN ATTEMPT!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRREE-
Rich Russillo: BUT YHWACH KICKS OUT THIS TIME! Both of these Elitists have been going back and forth in this match and you can tell that Drake is just at his wits end now with all of this. He begins to push himself back up to his feet, grabbing a hold of the head of Yhwach and dragging him back up as well. With whatever is left in the tank right now he’s going to have to make sure that he delivers some offense to him and fast if he wants to further his chances of winning. He sends him into the corner, before beginning to connect with a barrage of strikes toward his head! Yhwach is too weakened to respond and Drake knows it, taking advantage as he goes under and grabs him by the legs and lifting him up into a seated position on the top turnbuckle. Drake continues to send strikes to his face, and what in the world does he have in mind right now with this move?
James Peters: HE CLIMBS UP TO THE TOP BEFORE PUSHING HIMSELF OFF WITH YHWACH IN HAND, DROPPING HIM WITH A SUPERPLEX! Drake then begins to follow through, BEFORE LIFTING HIM OFF OF THE GROUND AND CONNECTING WITH A FALCON ARROW TO FOLLOW UP!
Rich Russillo: WAIT, YHWACH MANAGES TO SLIP OUT OF THE FALCON ARROW BEFORE IT CAN CONNECT! The Superplex had to have hurt but Yhwach is still fighting, LEAPING INTO THE AIR AND CONNECTING WITH A JUMPING NECKBREAKER TO TAKE DRAKE DOWN TO THE GROUND! He then proceeds to roll through while Drake is up in a seated position, CONNECTING WITH A BASEMENT DROPKICK TO HIS FACE TO FOLLOW THAT ONE UP! Drake is down and Yhwach isn’t done, LEAPING INTO THE AIR AND CONNECTING WITH A FOOT STOMP TO THE CHEST WHICH TAKES THE WIND OUT OF HIS CHEST!
James Peters: Yhwach is still fighting despite all the offense that’s being thrown at him, and I feel like that’s going to be a common trend for both Elitists as this match goes on. Drake is rolling out of the ring, realizing exactly where this is going and wanting no part of it until he can collect himself and get back into this match. But as far as Yhwach is concerned, he’s not just going to let him roam like that. He slowly begins to rise back to his feet before running to the ropes and back… BEFORE LEAPING OVER THE TOP ROPE AND ATTEMPTING TO TAKE DOWN DRAKE WITH A TOPE CON HILO!
Persephone: Ewww but he crashes and burns a little too close to our announcer’s desk because Drake moves out of the way.
Rich Russillo: Well you’re right about that, Yhwach takes a hell of a landing on the outside! Drake stumbles back and falls against the barricade but quickly begins to approach him, bringing him back up to his feet… BEFORE LIFTING HIM UP AND DROPPING HIM WITH A RELEASE BACK SUPLEX ONTO OUR ANNOUNCERS TABLE!
(Drake pulls Yhwach off of the table, beginning to rip off the front of it, possibly to put him through it. The crowd continues to boo the actions of ‘The End of The World’, but it’s clear that he’s just not listening to them.)
Persephone: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! GET OUT OF HERE ARE YOU CRAZY!
Drake King: (Off-Mic) SHUT UP.
Persephone: :dame:
James Peters: Well he didn’t exactly stutter, Drake turns around and rolls into the ring, and it looks like he’s going to make an attempt to put Yhwach through the announcers table with a top rope maneuver. It seems like it’s going to end up going his way as well, with Yhwach barely even moving right now. If he could pull this off, then this could very well turn the tides of this match in an instant in his favor, and that looks to be exactly what he hopes to get out of this. Drake is balancing himself, what the heck could this madman possibly have in mind…
Rich Russillo: DRAKE LEAPS OFF OF THE TOP ROPE, ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT WITH A PHOENIX SPLASH THROUGH THE TABLE!
(CRASH!)
James Peters: BUT YHWACH BY A HAIR MANAGES TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY AND DRAKE IS SENT INTO THE TABLE INSTEAD AT FULL FORCE WITH NO CUSHION FOR HIS LANDING!
(The crowd cheers loudly while Yhwach, breathing a sigh of relief himself, grabs a hold of the apron and pulls himself toward them to help himself back up to his feet. He takes a moment to collect himself while the camera goes over to a completely lifeless Drake King in the wreckage of the announcers table, before he begins to approach.)
Rich Russillo: Before the body is even cold, Yhwach has Drake and begins to heave him back up to his feet. I don’t know what in the world he has in mind here, but it’s certainly not going to be good at all for him. He pulls Drake in before lifting him up into a Powerbomb position, lifting him off the ground, oh dear…
(CRASH!)
James Peters: YHWACH SENDS DRAKE DOWNWARD THROUGH THE SPANISH ANNOUNCER’S TABLE ADJACENT TO OUR’S!
Persephone: :francis: Is there any concern for our wellbeing. How is Drake? How is Yhwach? How about Persephone huh? HOW IS PERSEPHONE?!
Rich Russillo: Well we’re certainly going to be asking about the condition of Drake King after what Yhwach just put him through, and it looks like he’s far from done either as he rolls him back into the ring and jumps up onto the apron, climbing up to the top rope. There’s only a number of things he can go for up there, and we already know what he might have in mind right now for Drake…
James Peters: ‘WELCOME BACK, O’ SLUMBERING ACE’!
Rich Russillo: DIVING DOUBLE FOOT STOMP OFF OF THE TOP ROPE CAVES DRAKE’S CHEST IN! YHWACH O’HARA FIGHTING THROUGH THE PAIN AND TAKING OUT HIS OPPONENT, QUICKLY HOOKING THE LEG AND GOING FOR A PIN!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
TTTTTHHHHHRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
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James Peters: ROPE BREAK!
(Yhwach and everyone in attendance here in Cleveland is shocked, while the referee tries to explain that Drake had his foot on the ropes. Most of if not everyone expected this match to be through, but it’s clear that Drake is one stubborn man, and refuses to leave his business unfinished, especially when it comes to someone like Yhwach O’Hara.)
(REPLAY: Yhwach O’Hara leaps off of the top rope, connecting with ‘Welcome Back, O’ Slumbering Ace’. He hits the Double Foot Stomp on Drake King and drags himself over to the pin, hooking the leg. The referee counts to two, then right before three it’s seen that Yhwach has pulled Drake’s leg back so much that his foot was able to reach out and touch the middle rope, thus causing the rope break.)
Rich Russillo: By a possible string of luck, Drake King manages to escape, but speaking of luck, is it possible that there was where his luck ran dry? That’s something that remains to be seen as this match goes on. Yhwach is back up to his feet and now begins to stomp down on the body of Drake, looking to continue his assault and weaken him further! Despite Drake managing to avoid a loss here tonight, that doesn’t take away from the fact that Yhwach can continue to pick him apart with this opportunity in his weakened state! Drake rolls to the edge of the ring, trying to get away or at least force a break, but Yhwach continues to stomp down repeatedly! He grabs a hold of the top rope, LEAPING INTO THE AIR AND STOMPING DOWN ONTO HIM-
James Peters: BUT DRAKE BOOTS YHWACH IN THE FACE FROM THE GROUND! He brings his legs up and manages to nail him before he could connect with another one of those stomps and that sends Yhwach backward, allowing Drake to get back up to his feet using the ropes, before sending a variety of punches to his face! This sends Yhwach backward and against the ropes while Drake sends him to the opposite side with an Irish whip- But Yhwach manages to turn it around and send him into an Irish whip again… ONLY FOR DRAKE TO NAIL HIM WITH A FLYING FOREARM WHICH DROPS HIM TO THE CANVAS!
Rich Russillo: Yhwach is dropped but manages to get back up to his feet, ONLY FOR DRAKE TO TAKE HIM DOWN WITH A CLOTHESLINE! He attempts to get back up again, ONLY FOR DRAKE TO TRY FOR ANOTHER- BUT YHWACH MANAGES TO DUCK UNDER THAT BEFORE CONNECTING WITH A PELE KICK TO HIS FACE! That sends Drake against the ropes but he rebounds off of them… GOING FOR A BIG BOOT!
James Peters: BUT YHWACH SHOVES IT AWAY BEFORE DRAKE SPINS AROUND AND IS MET BY ‘IN EXCELSIS’! BICYCLE KNEE TO THE FACE!
Rich Russillo: BUT DRAKE BLOCKS WITH HIS FOREARMS! Yhwach is blocked and you can tell that hurts, he’s been relying on that knee of his to hold up but right now that’s proving to be quite difficult with the smarts of Drake coming into play right now. Yhwach stumbles back against the ropes but attempts to rebound, GOING FOR A DISCUS LARIAT!
James Peters: BUT DRAKE DUCKS UNDER BEFORE PULLING HIM IN, TRYING TO GO FOR A SECOND ‘ASCENSION’! PEDIGREE!
Rich Russillo: BUT YHWACH MANAGES TO SLIP OUT BEFORE LOCKING IN A CROSSFACE! The Crossface submission hold is locked in and Drake is screaming for dear life in hopes of getting out of this! He knows that this is absolutely not a position that he wants to be in, especially with how much damage he’s already taken in this one, and is going to have to do everything he can right now if he wants to get out of this! But who knows if he has it in him, who knows if he has that energy to get out of this submission hold!
Persephone: I hope he doesn’t, I hope he passes out and this match is over with, because this match has gone on longer than it needed to and I think it’s time we finally put a cap on it for the greater good and for all our sanity.
James Peters: Well I think I want to see this match go on longer if you ask me…
Persephone: NOBODY ASKED YOU FOR YOUR OPINION, JAMES!
James Peters: :mjcry: Sorry, but back to the match! Yhwach is pulling back on the head of Drake, trying to get him to somehow submit, but he’s still trying his best! He’s scratching and clawing in hopes of reaching the ropes, but right now that’s proving a lot more difficult than he anticipated it being, so he’s going to have to try and find another way out of this, which is what he’s doing! Drake has his free hand planted to the ground, trying to push upward in hopes of getting some form of leverage in this submission hold! Yhwach is trying his best to keep all his weight down on him, but that’s not stopping Drake whatsoever as he continues to push upward… BEFORE HE’S ABLE TO ROLL TO HIS SIDE AND PUSH YHWACH OFF OF HIM! Both of them get back up to their feet…
Rich Russillo: BUT DRAKE IS QUICKER, ‘GUILLOTINE’!
James Peters: THE SICK KICK CONNECTS, DRAKE GOES FOR THE PIN!
Persephone: NO YOU IDIOT, YHWACH WAS SENT OVER THE TOP ROPE!
(While the ‘Guillotine’ finisher did connect on Yhwach, he wasn’t taken down to the ground, instead the move having sent him over the top rope and down to the ringside area. Drake is absolutely livid at this, he can’t believe his eyes, not even able to fathom what in the world is happening right now. One thing for certain though, is that this is another example of one of these Elitists getting out of the situation they’ve been placed in by the skin of their teeth, and this match being able to continue because of it.)
Rich Russillo: Drake is not at all taking this lightly, I think he’s truly had enough of Yhwach and this match right now. He’s dropped down and rolled out of the ring, and now is taking all of his aggression out on him by just beginning to stomp down on his chest! It’s clear that he expected this match to end a long time ago, so the fact that it’s still going on and Yhwach is still finding ways to get out of these types of positions really has to be getting to him as this goes on! Drake wavers as the referee yells at him inside the ring, instead grabbing him by the head, but I don’t think he has any intentions of rolling him back in. He brings his head between his legs before lifting him up into a Powerbomb position…
James Peters: RUNNING FORWARD AND GOING FOR A BUCKLE BOMB INTO THE BARRICADE!
Rich Russillo: BUT YHWACH MANAGES TO GET OUT OF IT JUST IN TIME, GOING OVER DRAKE’S HEAD AND LANDING BEHIND HIM! Drake is baffled, wondering what just happened, while Yhwach grabs him around the waist, RUNNING HIM FORWARD AND RAMMING HIM INTO THE BARRICADE AT FULL SPEED! Drake takes the damage inflicted to him while Yhwach steps back, getting a running start… BEFORE RUSHING FORWARD AND CONNECTING WITH A FRONT DROPKICK TO HIS CHEST WHICH SENDS HIM BACK INTO THE BARRICADE!
James Peters: Drake is hurt and you can tell, but he still manages to keep himself up while Yhwach rolls in and out of the ring, assuring that a countout isn’t going to be a factor in this match between the two of them. He approaches Drake who is trying his best to gain his bearings right now, beating him with repeated strikes toward the head! He then turns him around, BEFORE SLAMMING HIM ONTO THE EDGE OF THE BARRICADE! Drake’s head bounces off upon impact, and it doesn’t look like Yhwach is at all done either, TURNING HIM AROUND BEFORE SENDING HIM INTO THE RINGPOST WITH AUTHORITY!
Rich Russillo: BUT DRAKE HOLDS OUT HIS HAND! He stops the attack just in time before turning it around on Yhwach and sending an elbow to his face! This gives him a moment, BEFORE HE STARTS AGAIN AND TAKES YHWACH BY THE HEAD, SLAMMING HIM AGAINST THE RINGPOST AGAIN! Skull meets steel and you can tell that Yhwach is hurt because of that attack, clutching his face in pain, even checking for blood.
James Peters: Right now it’s a methodical game of chess, to see who will blunder first so that the other can take advantage, both of them know this. Yhwach stumbles backward, grabbing a hold of the apron while Drake once again rolls into the ring to reset the count. He pulls him in… BEFORE LIFTING HIM OFF OF THE GROUND AND PLANTING HIM AGAINST THE RINGMAT WITH A HUGE FALCON ARROW! What in the world does he have in mind at the ringside area?
(Drake makes his way over to the steel steps, shoving the top part off so the base of the steps are exposed. He makes his way back over to Yhwach, grabbing a hold of his leg and beginning to stomp down on it once again. From there, he begins to drag it over to the base of the steel steps, propping it up onto there with a sinister smirk on his face.)
Rich Russillo: DRAKE TAKES THE STEPS, HE’S LIFTING IT OVER HIS HEAD! HE’S GOING TO SLAM IT DOWN ON YHWACH’S LEG! IS HE INSANE?!
James Peters: HE IS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE’S UNSUCCESSFUL! YHWACH MANAGES TO PULL HIS LEG AWAY!
(Yhwach once again finds himself a moment where he breathes a sigh of relief, meanwhile Drake slams his hand on the steps in frustration, clearly unhappy that not everything is happening to go to plan for him. He rolls in and out of the ring to reset the count, before beginning to close in on Yhwach one more time, looking to somehow make something out of this situation and further his attempt at offense.)
Persephone: Honestly I think he should just give up at this point, it just isn’t working.
Rich Russillo: He’s Drake King, he’s not going to give up until he gets his point across. He makes his way back over to Yhwach, who’s trying to crawl away and recover, SENDING A SHARP KICK TO HIS ABDOMEN TO SEND HIM BACK ONTO HIS BACK! He seizes him once again, beginning to drag him back over to the steel steps. This is ridiculous, do you really have to go to these lengths in order to prove a point?
James Peters: Well depending on who you ask, yes.
(Drake props Yhwach’s head on the steel steps, muttering to himself in frustration, wondering what it’s going to take to get the better of Yhwach in this match. He takes a few steps back, while the crowd continues to boo his actions.)
Rich Russillo: DRAKE IS GOING FOR ‘JUDGEMENT DAY’! HE’S TRYING FOR THE CURB STOMP ONTO THE STEEL STEPS!
(BANG!)
James Peters: YHWACH ONCE AGAIN MOVES OUT OF THE WAY, WITH DRAKE’S FOOT SLAMMING AGAINST THE STEEL STEPS! HE THEN SWOOPS IN FROM BEHIND, GRABBING DRAKE BEFORE SLAMMING HIS HEAD DOWN ONTO THE STEEL STEPS TO STOP HIM FROM TRYING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE!
(Yhwach falls backward against the apron after the attack, with Drake downed and clutching the back of his head in pain. A trickle of blood is seen coming from the point of impact and is seen painting the steps, while the camera does everything that it can to avoid it. Yhwach is clearly on his last legs, metaphorically and literally, and realizes that this singular point could either be the end of this match or the point where everything blows up in his face.)
Rich Russillo: Yhwach makes his way over and grabs a lifeless Drake by the head, rolling him back into the ring, possibly seeing this as the moment to finally finish things off once and for all in this match. But you can see that this match has also beaten him down, Drake has clearly not let up despite the roadblocks that have stood in their way, and both of them have done everything in their power along with laying it all on the line for bragging rights in this one. But none of them have given an inch, and I’m starting to ask the question of whether or not this match is ever going to come to an end…
Persephone: You’re an idiot, it’s a match, regardless it’s going to come to an end. Sure I wanted it to end sooner, but as long as it ends, at this point I don’t even care. I scheduled a hair and nails appointment early tomorrow and I don’t want to stay up late so I wake up later and end up missing it, so sooner rather than later would be greatly appreciated guys!
Rich Russillo: Yhwach slides into the ring…
James Peters: ‘JUDGEMENT DAY’!
Rich Russillo: DRAKE EYES HIS TARGET AND NAILS THE SECOND ATTEMPT, CONNECTING WITH THE CURB STOMP UPON YHWACH ENTERING INTO THE RING! HE’S OUT COLD AND DRAKE WASTES ABSOLUTELY NO TIME DRAGGING HIM TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE RING AND AWAY FROM THE ROPES, HOOKING THE LEG AND GOING FOR THE PIN ATTEMPT! COULD THIS BE THE END OF THE ROAD FOR YHWACH O’HARA RIGHT HERE?!
OOONNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWOOOO!!!!
TTTTTHHHHHRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
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James Peters: YHWACH KICKS OUT! YHWACH KICKS OUT!
Drake King: (Off-Mic) WHAT?
(Drake, for the first time in a very long time, does not know what to say. He expected, after taking Yhwach by surprise and hitting him with the finishing move, that this match once and for all would be through. But unfortunately, there were different plans in store for him. Through an untapped amount of energy left in his body, Yhwach found it in him to miraculously kick out of the move, and that leaves Drake on the edge. He doesn’t know what to do next, he doesn’t know what he *can* do next that would possibly call for the end of this match.)
James Peters: I don’t know how he did it, but Yhwach managed to keep his chances in this match alive. Drake begins to get back up to his feet, and he truly feels like this very well might be, unironically, the end of the world for him. He’s pulled out all the stops, but even then that hasn’t been enough to put Yhwach down, I have to ask the same question as he is right now, what in the world is it going to take?!
(Drake falls back into the corner, shaking his head repeatedly, he refuses to believe that it’s come to this, but at the same time he also has to do whatever is possible in order to pull this out. Despite everything he knows that Yhwach is reaching the end of his rope, and that one big move could possibly put this one away, they both know that. So Drake has to choose what he’s going to do carefully, and Yhwach has to concoct a plan to respond.)
Rich Russillo: HE’S GOING FOR ‘BOOK OF DRISTIANITY’! PUNT KICK TO YHWACH’S SKULL!
James Peters: YHWACH MOVES!
Rich Russillo: DRAKE DROPS DOWN TO A KNEE, YHWACH GRABS BOTH WRISTS AND PULLS HIM IN…
James Peters: ‘HATHAWAY’S DREAMS’! KAMIGOYE TO THE FACE!
(Both Drake and Yhwach collapse down to the ground, both of them having pulled out some of the biggest moves in their arsenal, but right now with the state that their in and the clear inability to capitalize as being shown right now, it’s clear that it’s going to be too little, far too late. Drake is completely out of it, and on the other hand Yhwach, after that ending sequence especially, has had every bit of energy sucked out of him especially with that last ditch effort of connecting with ‘Hathaway’s Dreams’, immediately after the counter to the Punt Kick. Despite escaping immediate doom, it’s been made apparent that the damage has already been done.)
(Yhwach knows that if he can get the pin on Drake right now, that he can get the victory under his belt. But as of right now, the state that he’s in is buying enough time for Drake to get his wits about him. He reaches out and claws at the canvas, trying to inch over to his battered body in hopes of at the very least throwing his arm over him. But right now he’s too out of it to do that.)
Rich Russillo: YHWACH THROWS HIS ARM OVER DRAKE…
James Peters: WHAT THE?! DRAKE JUST ROLLED AWAY!
(As predicted, it bought enough time, and just before Yhwach was able to call an end to this match, Drake realized what was happening and was barely able to roll even just a few inches away… but those few inches decided the fate of this match at that very moment.)
Rich Russillo: Yhwach is indeed just as unhappy about this as expected, you can see him ball his hand into a fist, he by no means expected that to happen either just as Drake did moments ago. But these fighters continue fighting despite the obstacles that continue to be thrown their way, and I’m just baffled by all of this. Drake has just rolled onto his side to face Yhwach…
Persephone: Is that sicko laughing???
(Drake, with the last fiber of energy that he has left in him, laughs weakly at Yhwach’s last attempt to win. Given their state it was not enough, and he looks to rub it in his face. But deep down, he doesn’t want to admit that he was put on the defensive as well, and that ‘Book of Dristianity’ was his desperate last attempt as well.)
James Peters: Yhwach seems to be fired up by this, rolling himself out of the ring so he can have a crutch to get back up to his feet, dropping down to a kneeling position at ringside but using that to push himself back up. Meanwhile Drake has rolled over to the ropes gingerly, and it seems like he’s going to do what he can to counter whatever Yhwach has in mind before it can even happen.
Rich Russillo: YHWACH JUST GRABBED DRAKE BY THE ANKLE AND PULLED HIM OUT OF THE RING, AND NOW THE TWO OF THEM ARE COMING TO BLOWS!
James Peters: It seems like this is the only thing left to do with both of them, lay it all on the line with whatever they have left to see which one will remain on top when it’s all said and done! At this point, it’s survival of the fittest and only one of them can win!
Rich Russillo: DRAKE HAS YHWACH BY THE HEAD AND HE SLAMS HIM AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE APRON! Yhwach’s head bounces off of the apron while Drake goes under and quickly pushes him back into the ring before entering in himself. Yhwach is trying to get back up to his feet, but Drake already has him by the arm, looking to send him to the ropes with an Irish whip- But Yhwach manages to drop his weight! He does so before sending a kick to the abdomen to stop Drake, sending him to the corner instead using an Irish whip! Drake is backed up and tries to go for something…
James Peters: BUT YHWACH RUSHES TOWARD HIM AND CONNECTS WITH A CHOP TO HIS CHEST! Drake tries to respond, but Yhwach connects with another one for good measure! He then goes under before placing him onto the top rope, sending strikes toward his face! He’s looking to go for something in the high rent district and he needs to do it now before Drake can fight back!
Rich Russillo: But it seems like that’s asking for too much, with Drake sending a kick to the face to force him backward before he can try anything! He knew that he was in danger and was going to do anything he could to at the very least create some distance between both him and Yhwach. But Drake is still keeping himself up on the top rope… AS HE LEAPS OFF AND GOES FOR A DIVING BLOCKBUSTER TO TAKE YHWACH DOWN TO THE GROUND!
James Peters: BUT YHWACH MOVES OUT OF THE WAY! Drake crashes and burns but tries to get back up to his feet…
Rich Russillo: WHAT THE?! YHWACH JUST CONNECTED WITH A CURB STOMP ONTO DRAKE!
(Yhwach is barely able to keep himself upright, only able to connect with that move to keep Drake down for the time being so he can try and compose himself. He then turns him over onto his back before proceeding to grab a hold of the wrist of Drake, pulling him back up to his feet and looking to connect with a move that he connected with earlier in the match…)
James Peters: YHWACH GOES FOR ‘HATHAWAY’S DREAMS’! KAMIGOYE TO THE FACE!
Rich Russillo: BUT DRAKE SEES IT COMING! HE’S NOT GOING TO LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN AS JUST IN TIME HE MANAGES TO GRAB THE LEG BEFORE PUSHING IT DOWN AND LEAPING UP INTO THE AIR TO CONNECT WITH A HIGH KNEE TO THE FACE!
James Peters: DRAKE IS BACKED INTO THE CORNER, HE LOOKS AROUND AT THE CROWD WHO ARE RESPONDING WITH DEAFENING BOOS! HE RUSHES FORWARD…
Rich Russillo: ‘JUDGEMENT DAY’! CURB STOMP TO YHWACH O’HARA!
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James Peters: ‘IN EXCELSIS’!
Rich Russillo: BICYCLE KNEE TO THE SKULL TAKES DRAKE DOWN!
(Yhwach stumbles down to a kneeling position, seizing that injured right knee before giving a cry of pain. It’s unbearing, and has definitely taken its toll on this match so far, but just as he’s done, he’s pushed through it if it means getting the victory over Drake. He drops down and rolls out onto the apron, using the ropes to get back up to his feet while Drake is seen still lifeless on the canvas. Yhwach every so often looks back to him, knowing that this is what he’s been waiting for this entire time. With that, he begins to scale up to the top turnbuckle and lie in wait…)
James Peters: YHWACH IS ON THE TOP ROPE! HE’S PERCHED UP AND LOOKING TO CLOSE THIS ONE OFF RIGHT NOW! THIS IS *THE* OPPORTUNITY THAT HE’S BEEN WAITING FOR, THAT *ONE* SIGNIFICANT MOMENT THAT WOULD CHANGE THIS MATCH AND TURN IT ON IT’S HEAD! YHWACH IS GOING TO WIN THIS!
Rich Russillo: ‘WELCOME BACK, O’ SLUMBERING ACE’! DIVING DOUBLE FOOT STOMP TO THE CHEST OF DRAKE KING!
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James Peters: SPEAR!
(The crowd is in shock while the camera is focused on Yhwach O’Hara holding his ribs in pain after being taken out by a Spear in mid air. Their reaction is dead silent, and they don’t know what to say. Especially after everything that has happened in this match so far, the last thing that people expected was someone else other than the two Elitists participating to have a hand in the match itself. The camera pans up as upon further inspection it’s revealed…)
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(Methuselah.)
(There is no response, Yhwach is down and Methuselah is seen standing over him, a small grin on his face, proud of his work. Meanwhile, Drake King has just gotten his bearings, grabbing a hold of the ropes and beginning to drag himself toward them, looking up at the scene that has unfolded in absolute shock. He can’t even bring himself to believe this is happening right now, but at the same time even if this is the reality that he lives in, he’s irate. He wanted to finish Yhwach off himself, by any means, and Methuselah just swiped that out from under him.)
Drake King: (Off-Mic) WHAT ARE YOU DOING???
Methuselah: :mjgrin:
(DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!)
Bella Braxton: Ladies and gentlemen your winner by DISQUALIFICATION… YHWACH O’HARA!!!!!!!!!!!
(After the bell is rung, the commentators go silent, they don’t know what to say about what happened, or can even formulate a theory as to why things went the way that they did. It was a great match, nothing is going to take away that fact, but nobody in their right mind was going to expect an ending like that to happen.)
(Methuselah breaks his gaze away from Yhwach, instead turning to look at Drake, who is slowly beginning to rise back up to his feet in the corner. He pushes himself off, and the two of them find themselves face-to-face for the first time in quite a while. They stare down one another, Drake with a straight expression on his face yet Methuselah with the same grin that he’s always had bearing him. It’s only then…)
(That Methuselah holds out his hand.)
(The crowd is in shock, just as in shock at Drake, at what Methuselah is doing right now. A possible olive branch, a peace offering, between some of Sunday Night Voltage’s very best. EAW Hall of Famer and Chairman, along with a bonafide Hall of Famer in his own right and a multiple time World Champion. Drake is confused at what’s going on right now, more than angry at this point, as he looks down at the hand. Methuselah is in no rush, awaiting Drake’s response to a situation which has no sort of explanation. Finally, after quite some time…)
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(Drake shakes his hand.)
(The two of them stare at one another, before both release the handshake, with Drake turning around on the spot and leaving the ring. Methuselah watches him leave for a moment, before looking down at what he was truly here for, Yhwach O’Hara. Yhwach is unresponsive on the canvas, and the only thing that Methuselah does is look down at him, before looking up at the crowd. It’s the last shot seen before then, Tempest begins to fade to a complete black.)
(EAW logo buzzes.)
