(EAW intro plays.)
(As always, Voltage fades into a recap for last week’s Voltage. The recap starts with Raven Roberts confronting New Eden with Harlow helping her attack the group, before Captain Charisma would announce Raven versus Minerva at Shock Value in a special edition of Barbed Wire Massacre, as well as Harlow and Raven versus Drake and Myles next week on Voltage. After this IDOL-GUN call Jon Kelton out for having to think about challenging them, before being interrupted by Holly Arrow and Kensingten Calhoun-Astor, who promise to knock them down a peg. Next, Sierra Bradford manages to defeat Shane Gates after Shane fails to take her teeth and hair. After this Sierra is seen backstage, and she’s asked about by referee Jayson Maximoff before being interrupted by Drake King, who wasn’t too happy to see this go down. Next on the recap Candice Blair had a little issue with Lizzie the doll, being creeped out by it before Shane Gates would attack her. Following this Alexis Chambers would defeat Holly Arrow thanks to IDOL-GUN’s involvement. Holly and Kensingten would try to get back at IDOL-GUN in a failing attempt. The recap then shows a scene from earlier in the week, where a conversation between Kensingten Calhoun-Astor, her daughter Dixie Rose, and Prince Fayyaad led to Prince deciding to finally free Lisa Wren. After this on the recap the Corona Hombres defeat IDOL-GUN, and Jon Kelton would take out the Unified Tag Team Champions before challenging Hikari Kanno to a match at Under Siege.)
(Next on the recap, Captain Charisma shows off the Shock Value wheel. Constance Blevins would spin the wheel, and her match against Sierra Bradford would become an Electric Chair match. Afterwards, Sierra would attack Constance Blevins and take her out. After this, Alexis Chambers says she is not bothered by Lisa Wren’s addition to her match against A. Catalina Flowers, and after her interview Los Hermanos Flores would attack her for Catalina, breaking Alexis’ fingers. After this, the hurt Candice Blair is defeated by Darcy May Morgan, but only after Harper Lee accidentally hits Candice with the Universal Women’s Championship, attempting to hit Darcy in a failing attempt. After this TLA interrupts an interview from Myles, and Myles vows to end TLA. New Eden would then come up short against Rex McAllister and Ms. Extreme after TLA would stop Myles’ plan to use the National Elite Championship against Rex once again. The recap then shows Azrael taking out Ahren Fournier having already sent him a dead cat as a “gift”. Backstage, Terry Chambers would be interviewed before being interrupted by Drake King, who says he doesn’t deserve to be EAW Champion. Terry then challenges Drake, and allows the Shock Value EAW Championship match to become a triple threat before Drake would be slapped by SOSA Henderson. Finally, the match between Drake and SOSA would end with a no contest as Terry Chambers would attack SOSA, leading to a huge brawl between all three men that’d end with all of them laid out.)
(The recap ends, and ‘33rd Blakk Glass’ by Sosmula and ZillaKami plays. Finally, the camera opens to the World 1 Theatre in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It pans to the cheering virtual crowd before transitioning to the commentary area where James Peters, Rich Russillo and Persephone Tsitsipas are seated.)
James Peters: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Voltage! As always I’m James Peters, and with me is Rich Russillo and Persephone Tsitsipas! We’re only one week away from Shock Value, and I couldn’t be more excited!
Persephone: Rexy deserved a Championship match on the show, but at least he gets to kill that adopted ginger.
Rich Russillo: Before we get to Shock Value we still have this week’s Voltage to go through, and believe me it looks like we have a great show coming up! Drake King and Myles versus Harlow Reichert and Raven Roberts! Miku Sakai versus Azrael! Lisa Wren’s in ring return! Candice Blair versus Harper Lee!
James Peters: We also have a huge contract signing in the main event for the Universal Women’s Championship match! Before we get there though, it looks like we’re about to learn another Shock Value match stipulation!
(Voltage fades to the stage, and the virtual crowd begins cheering as loud as they can as Captain Charisma is seen with the Shock Value wheel. The Voltage Commissioner has a smile on his face and a microphone in his hand as he waits for the crowd to quiet down, and after a few more moments he begins to speak.)
Captain Charisma: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Voltage!
(The cheering continues, and Captain Charisma looks around the World 1 Theatre and nods before continuing to speak.)
Captain Charisma: Shock Value is only ONE WEEK from now, but there’s still more that needs to be done which is exactly why I’m out here! Last week Terry Chambers added Drake King to the match between himself and SOSA Henderson for the EAW Championship, and at the end of Drake’s match with SOSA all hell broke loose. The one-on-one match erupted and turned into a huge brawl involving all three competitors in the now triple threat for the Championship, and in the end no man was able to stand just because of what they did to each other. They used tasers, electrified steel chairs, and so much more to hurt each other and it’s clear that this match is going to be personal. With that being said we still need to find out what the stipulation for that match will be, so right now I’m asking for the EAW Champion, Terry Chambers, to come out here and spin the wheel!
(The virtual crowd begins cheering once again, and finally ‘Natural’ by Imagine Dragons hits. As the crowd cheers Terry Chambers slowly walks out to the stage. He has a microphone in his hand and the EAW Championship around his waist, but he actually doesn’t look too happy following his huge brawl to end last week’s Voltage. As soon as Terry walks up towards Captain Charisma, he begins to speak, not even looking at the wheel.)
Terry Chambers: Before I spin that wheel I have something to say, because I’ll admit Voltage didn’t end how I thought it would. I got involved with SOSA and Drake’s match, and in the end things erupted in a brawl that wasn’t able to be contained. In the end Drake, myself and SOSA took each other out. None of us were even able to stand after what we did to each other, and I can promise you all one thing. What happened on Voltage won’t be repeated at Shock Value, because I already came this close to losing my EAW Championship right after winning it. I already had to deal with someone coming as close as possible to taking this from me and that’s not going to happen again. Drake, SOSA and I tore each other apart. We destroyed each other. We ended the night unable to leave on our own two feet, but Shock Value is going to be different. At Shock Value we won’t just be tearing each other apart. It won’t just be mindless violence. Regardless of whatever the hell the stipulation ends up being there will be one person walking out of Shock Value with the EAW Championship, and it WILL be me.
(‘Faneto’ by Chief Keef hits, and the virtual crowd begins booing as SOSA Henderson walks out to the stage. He looks at Captain Charisma before walking up to Terry Chambers, and because SOSA already has a microphone he wastes no time beginning to speak.)
SOSA Henderson: Yeah you’re right, one of us will be walking out of Shock Value with that title while the other two will be confined to stretchers, but it ain’t gonna be you leaving that building. You don’t have what it takes to be Champion Terry. You don’t know how to carry a brand the same way I did which is why your dumbass nearly lost the title just a few weeks after winning it. You were bailed out back then but this won’t be any better for you. You had your little month with that Championship but now it’s going right back where it belongs, with me. I don’t give a fuck if it’s a one on one match or a triple threat match. I ran through a whole damn Extreme Elimination Chamber during my title reign Terry, and you were one of the participants in that match. Shit this match favors me more than it favors you, because I don’t crumble under pressure and I know damn well I woulda beat Drake’s ass if you didn’t get involved. That’s just how good I’ve been this entire season, and I’m not content with what happened last week. I’m not happy with having that match end the way it did. I want the gold, and when you’re the one standing in my way I know damn well I have what it takes to get back what’s mine. I thrive doing shit like this Terry, so you better hurry up, spin that wheel, and count your days, because time’s running out and this title reign is on borrowed time. You were never gonna be holding that title as long as I’m here-
Terry Chambers: You just never shut up, do you? You are out of your Goddamn mind if you think I’m letting anything else get in the way of me having the Championship reign I’ve worked YEARS to get. I don’t give a shit what you think SOSA, because in the end you couldn’t stop me from getting that moment at King of Elite. You couldn’t stop me from winning this Championship in the first place and I know damn well you won’t stop me from retaining it. This is my title, and things are going to stay that way for a very long time.
SOSA Henderson: Yeah and I bet you said that same shit right before embarrassing yourself against Minerva. That could never be me, and when I reclaim my EAW Championship she could come at me. I’ll do what you couldn’t and I’ll knock her ass right back down just like I’ve been doing to all of Voltage’s best Elitists my entire title reign.
(Just as SOSA finishes speaking, ‘Taking a Stand’ by Henry Jackman hits, causing the virtual crowd to begin booing even louder than before. Drake King walks out and joins the three men already on the stage, before looking at Captain Charisma and the wheel before shaking his head. He finally diverts his attention to his future King of Elite opponents before finally beginning to speak.)
Drake King: You two really believe you have what it takes to walk out of Shock Value with that Championship and that’s sad. Terry it never should have been you in this position and you know that. You know that you don’t deserve to be EAW Champion and the fact that you didn’t do the right thing and relinquish the title is even worse. It doesn’t matter how long your journey to the top was, because clearly you’re still not ready to be Champion. You don’t have what it takes. You’re not the type of person this brand needs at the top. You made the worst mistake possible if your goal is to leave with that title, because at Shock Value I’m going to have to do what Minerva would have had Raven Roberts not attacked her. SOSA’s not the only person in this match in over their heads Terry, because you let that title make you overconfident and that’s become crystal clear in only a matter of weeks. You’re just like everyone else, and just like everyone else that stands against New Eden’s vision, you’ll fail. As far as I’m concerned this match can only go one way, because clearly you two don’t know what you’re dealing with if you think I’m going to let this match stop me from making the progression needed for New Eden’s vision to become a reality.
SOSA Henderson: Damn, this the shit we gonna have to deal with next week, huh? Drake you’re lucky Terry got involved in our match, but you won’t be as lucky at Shock Value, because Terry’s involvement won’t end the match. Shit’s not gonna get called off just ‘cause Terry wants to be a bitch. I don’t give a damn what stipulation this is gonna be. Y’all should be more scared than anyone right now because you won’t be able to hang with me. I know exactly what I’m walkin’ into. How could I not? I was beatin’ ya ass until Terry got involved.
Drake King: SOSA, that match was going to end just like all of our previous encounters, so consider yourself lucky Terry Chambers got involved. That’s in the past though, because right now there’s nothing more important than making sure the EAW Championship isn’t in the hands of neither you or Terry Chambers. I have no reason to be afraid of competing in whatever stipulation that wheel has in store even if it means giving Captain Charisma what he wants. I’m going to take that Championship, and I’m going to be the reason neither of you hold it again. After that, this war won’t seem so unwinnable, will it?
(Drake looks directly at Captain Charisma as he says this, and the Commissioner simply remains silent, refusing to entertain Drake.)
Terry Chambers: Look Drake, I don’t give a shit about your quest to change EAW. You’ve been trying to change this company all season and that didn’t stop me from becoming Champion in the first place. It didn’t stop any of these title changes from happening, because you never had the effect you think you had on this industry. That’s not about to change at my expense.
(The virtual crowd cheers for Terry, and finally Terry spins the wheel to determine Shock Value’s EAW Championship match stipulation. The wheel spins for a while, and as the virtual crowd anxiously waits the wheel starts to slow down, before finally landing on one of the matches. Terry just raises an eyebrow seeing the stipulation chosen, meanwhile both SOSA and Drake remain silent.)
Captain Charisma: And there it is! Terry Chambers versus Drake King versus SOSA Henderson for the EAW Championship at Shock Value will be…. A HIGH VOLTAGE MATCH!!
(The virtual crowd begins cheering heavily for the announcement, while Terry and SOSA don’t seem to mind the stipulation, and Drake shakes his head reading the wheel. Captain Charisma has a bit of a surprised look on his face, clearly pleased with the stipulation chosen.)
Captain Charisma: I guess I should be explaining the rules of this match, and I’m sure you’re going to love this! In a High Voltage match the ring is surrounded by an electrified steel cage. In most steel cage matches you’re allowed to escape the cage in order to capture the victory, but of course due to the cage being electrified you can’t do that in a High Voltage match. This means that the ONLY ways to win a High Voltage match are via pinfall or submission. It doesn’t matter how you have to do it, and if you feel the need to use the cage as a weapon by all means please do! In the end, you must do whatever it takes to either win or retain the EAW Championship-
James Peters: DRAKE KING JUST ATTACKED SOSA HENDERSON FROM BEHIND! DRAKE KING JUST SENT SOSA HENDERSON INTO THE BARRICADE ON THE RAMP, AND NOW HE’S JUST PUNCHING AWAY AT THE FORMER EAW CHAMPION! DRAKE NOT GIVING SOSA A CHANCE TO BREATHE HERE, AND THERE’S NO WAY HE EVEN COULD HAVE EXPECTED THAT!
Rich Russillo: SOSA trying to fight back here as he turns around and hits Drake with a right hand, but Drake hits SOSA with a knee to the midsection in return! Drake now grabbing SOSA, AND HE SENDS HIM INTO THE BARRICADE ONCE AGAIN! SOSA is able to push Drake away though, and now SOSA charges in-
James Peters: JUST TO BE MET WITH A HUGE KICK TO THE MIDSECTION! Drake now grabbing SOSA, BEFORE SENDING HIM INTO THE RING APRON! Drake now charging in, BUT SOSA HITS DRAKE WITH A BACK ELBOW TO THE FACE! SOSA now grabbing Drake, before slamming him face first into the apron!
Persephone: I can’t believe this is gonna be a World Championship match. Just take three of the least entertaining guys on the roster and throw them the top title. If only Rexy was here, I’m sure he’d do just fine against these morons even with another match.
James Peters: SOSA going to throw Drake into the ring post, but Drake manages to stop himself before hitting SOSA with an elbow! SOSA charging back towards Drake- BUT DRAKE SLIPS BEHIND SOSA BEFORE CONNECTING WITH THE CROWN OF THORNS! CROWN OF THORNS CONNECTS ON SOSA HENDERSON!
Rich Russillo: SOSA Henderson is out, and now Drake is slowly making his way up the ramp while just watching the fallen challenger! Drake now turning around towards the stage- JUST TO GET HIT WITH THE RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE!! TERRY CHAMBERS HITS DRAKE WITH THE RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE AND DRAKE KING IS OUT!
James Peters: These three are going to face each other at Shock Value for the EAW Championship, and it’s happening in a High Voltage match! Terry Chambers stands tall now, will this be the same case in the Championship match? In just one week, we’ll find out!
(As Captain Charisma remains at the stage seeing all of this go down, Terry stands over Drake and holds up his EAW Championship to the crowd’s overwhelming cheers. As all of this goes down, ‘Natural’ plays once again, and finally Voltage begins to fade away from ringside.)
(Promotional ad for Shock Value, featuring the EAW Championship triple threat High Voltage match.)
(Voltage fades back in from break and cuts to the ringside area. “Feel It Still” [instrumental] by Portugal the Man plays through the speakers as the crowd gives a mixed reception for Lisa Wren, who is out and free from the Saudi prisoner. This is her first time on Voltage since the entire thing and instead of looking sad, Lisa wants to put the whole thing in the past and focus on Shock Value.)
Bella Braxton: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…PLEASE WELCOME AT THIS TIME…LISA WREN!!!!
James Peters: Lisa Wren is back from Saudi prison. Prince Fayyaad actually did it. He lived up to his word and freed the woman from the prison.
Rich Russillo: It’s a shock that Lisa is here, James. I didn’t expect her to be out of prison. She slapped and spit on the Prince and disrespected a lot of people that landed her behind bars, but this is almost like her second lease on life. She can’t take it for granted.
Persephone: As of last week, it was announced that Lisa would join Alexis Chambers and Catalina Flowers in a triple threat unique opportunity match at Shock Value. We still have yet to determine the stipulation for the match, but we’ll focus on that a bit later. As for right now, I’m kinda interested in all the shit that Lisa is gonna say.
(Lisa Wren is in the middle of the ring with a microphone in her hand. She looks at the mixed ovation from the crowd, who are now applauding her return. Her entrance music dies down as she begins to speak.)
Lisa Wren: I know people are gonna be expecting me to talk about the Saudi assholes. They are expecting me to trash them for keeping me in jail for “disrespecting” the Prince. As satisfying it was to slap him across the face, I don’t wanna talk about those assholes or anything about that. I also don’t want to talk about how a dumbass can like Kenni had to be the one to negotiate my freedom. I’m surprised that the cac didn’t fuck things up for me. At least, she made herself useful and talked to the Prince, but I don’t wanna spend too much time talking about this. I just wanna move forward and beating the fuck out of Ronan Malosi because there’s not a white bread muthafucka on this planet who will ever beat me again. It’s amazing that someone like him could kidnap someone and leave them for dead and he gets a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, I slap a Prince across the face and end up in jail. Yet, people wanna be like there’s no double standard with that? I digress and will shift my attention towards Shock Value. I am glad that I get my chance at the event; I missed King of Elite and I hated being suspended, so there’s no way in hell that I am going to miss out on Shock Value. Now, I was worried that Captain Charisma wouldn’t have room for someone, but it’s nice that he thought of me when making this ‘unique opportunity’ match. :mjgrin:
Lisa Wren: All I want is an opportunity and a chance to prove that I cannot be held down. Not by a jail cell, stale muthafuckas or this brand, I will rise above everything holding me down and prove that no one is ever going to silence Lisa Wren. With all of this talk about opportunities, my eyes go directly to the ‘unique opportunity’ match at Shock Value. I think it’s the appropriate match to be a part of. If there is anyone that deserves an opportunity, it’s me. It’s not Annie or DysAlexisia. You kidding me? These bitches are going to wrestle for a future opportunity? No one is paying to see that white piece of bread, Alexis Chambers, looking to ‘redeem’ herself for getting the boot on Showdown. As for Annie, are we supposed to be trembling our boots over a bitch who needs her brothers to fight her battles? Bitch doesn’t scare me and if she wants to use her brothers to send me a message, I’m more than open for the challenge. Let’s see them try to break my hand like they did with DysAlexisia last week. I bet that they won’t get that opportunity as I drop them on their asses.
(“Roses (Imanbek Remix) by SAINt JHN plays through the speakers as the crowd showers A. Catalina Flowers with boos. She walks and gives herself a nice twirl with the microphone in her hand, which has replaced the rose that she normally walks out with. Close behind are her brother and bodyguards, Los Hermanos Flores. Catalina takes a stand on top of the ramp as her brothers stand on each side of her. Her music dies down as she looks at Lisa Wren at ringside.)
Catalina Flowers: Oh Lisa, it’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance once again, belleza. The last time that we all saw you, you were being taken into custody. I thought that we would never see your face around here again. It would have been muy triste if that happened because you stood your ground against the Prince. You expressed your opinion when it came to the mistreatment of the periodistas and reporteros and it’s commendable, but you could not be more wrong about me. Have you not learned from our last interaction, Lisa? Have you forgotten about the last time we faced off against each other? Yo ganè. I defeated you in that ring and I can do it again. It’s what I plan to do to you and Alexis at Shock Value and take that oportunidad unica for myself. You like to think that I’m nothing more than a coward who likes to hide behind her brothers? No me escondo de nadie. No tengo miedo. If anything, you all should be afraid of me. I am the rising star of Voltage. I am the next hottest thing to come out of this brand.
(Catalina Flowers steps inside the ring as Los Hermanos Flores join her as they stand behind her, looking intimidating and what not.)
Catalina Flowers: Mis Hermanos aren’t here to fight for my battles, Lisa. Their purpose last week was to send un mensaje to Alexis Chambers. When it comes to stepping into the ring with me, it’s not going to be her hand that she loses, but the match as well. The same thing goes for you because this match and the unique opportunity has my name on it —
???: No, it doesn’t, Catalina.
(Alexis Chambers comes out as she gets somewhat a good reception from the crowd. She stands on top of the ramp. The hand that Catalina Flowers’ broke last week is wrapped around in a brace.)
Alexis Chambers: It’s really a shame because I really didn’t want any bullshit going into this match. I figured that there was nothing wrong with two women like ourselves, putting on a wonderful match for a unique opportunity. I should have known better than to think that you wouldn’t be capable of that, Catalina. You used your brothers to “send a message” to me and well, message received when you stomped on my hand. You have no intentions of playing nice at Shock Value. You only have the intentions of weakening the competition for your own selfish gain. Well, you picked on the wrong woman, chica because you pissed me off. Newsflash, a pissed off Alexis Chambers is the last thing that you need to deal with. You can stand there thinking that you look cute and what not, but you think that this unique opportunity match is going to be a walk at a park for you? With me in the match, it makes things a billion times more difficult. I haven’t felt a rush and need to step inside the ring in ages. I’ve been put through shit in my rookie year in this company, but with each time I have faced some obstacle, I’ve found a way to overcome it and become stronger.
(Alexis Chambers steps into the ring to look at Catalina Flowers and Lisa Wren.)
Catalina Flowers: Stronger? From the looks of how easy it was to take you down, I wouldn’t say that you got stronger, but weaker.
Alexis Chambers: Let’s go right now and I’ll show you who’s weak.
(Los Hermanos Flores step in front of Catalina Flowers, more than ready to defend her when needed to be.)
Lisa Wren: The two of you have some beef going on, but don’t forget that you gotta deal with me who will be the freshest woman in the match. I don’t have some hand injury to deal with DysAlexisia or got people to do her work like Annie over here. I’ll be going into myself with nothing to help me win this unique opportunity match. No bodyguards, no family name; it’s going to be all me, but I like it that way. After everything I’ve gone through since February, it would make all of this worth it to win at Shock Value.
Alexis Chambers: You’re not the one who has gone through things too, Lisa.
Lisa Wren: I’m sick of white bitches like you downplaying the struggle the women of color like myself go through. I find myself locked in a prison in Saudi Arabia and you want to use the situation to make it about yourself and your ‘struggles?’
Alexis Chambers: That wasn’t what I wanted to do. :skip:
Catalina Flowers: Cálmense, señoras. I’m not really in the mood to get into those discussions, but I’m one of the last people that you ever want to have a discussion with that yet. Trust me, my knowledge on that topic will surprise everyone —
???: *coughs*
(The three women in the ring find Voltage Commissioner Captain Charisma on top of the stage. He points at the wheel which had been left on the stage due to the previous segment. )
Captain Charisma: How about we seal your fates right now?
(The crowd pops at the possibility of the wheel being spun again. Lisa Wren shoves both Catalina Flowers and Alexis Chambers before making her way into the ring. She makes her way towards the wheel before taking a moment to look at it. She spins the wheel. For a moment, the wheel spins around as the anticipation builds on where the wheel is going to land on before it stops on …)
Captain Charisma: …ELECTRIC FLOORS!
(The crowd cheers as Lisa Wren is completely silent and where the wheel landed on. Catalina Flowers and Alexis Chambers look at each other before looking at the wheel. It wasn’t the stipulation that they were hoping to get due to how things went in the Electric Floors match last year where Sarah Price and Jayln Garcia weren’t able to win the match for themselves.)
Captain Charisma: It’s one of the interesting matches on the card. It provides you ladies with a ton of room to be creative, innovative and do what you can to make sure that you don’t touch the floors which will be surrounded with electricity. One step on it and your body will be struck with electricity that could potentially paralyze your bodies for a certain period of time.
(Catalina Flowers seems a little uncomfortable with the possibility of being electrocuted, but she tries not to show it.)
James Peters: All of these women have mixed emotions about an Electric Floors match. Last year, Sarah Price and Jalyn Garcia competed in the same match, but none of them were able to win the match due to being stuck with the electricity that was enough to paralyze them.
Rich Russillo: These women are going to need to think outside the box for this match, but it should be interesting to see who stands tall in this match and who gets struck with electricity. :lupe:
Persephone: The possibility of one of these bitches being clumsy is enough to engage me in the match. My money is on Alexis getting electrocuted. :blessed:
(The commentators continue to talk about the match, while the competitors digest what they’re about to engage in, and Voltage fades elsewhere.)
(We reopen to see Candice Blair preparing for her match with Harper Lee when Sofia Clarke makes her way into the backstage area to get a word with the beautiful Ava who is in her wrestling gear.)
Sofia Clarke: Hi Candice, I know you have a big match coming up with Harper Lee, I wanted to get a few words with you about that and what happened last week, we also heard the huge announcement on Fight Grid pertaining to your match at Shock Value against Shane Gates.
Candice Blair: Hey Sofia, sure. Last week we all saw me get brutally attacked by Shane Gates, I could have suffered some serious injuries, especially a concussion. Luckily, I escaped without anything too harming and was able to compete against Darcy May Morgan last week, and even if I were hurt to the point I couldn’t, I still would have. I lost because of Harper Lee and I’m grateful to get the shot at her this week coming up. Even not at 100%, I gave the Universal Women’s Champion the fight of her life which speaks volumes about the type of ‘Hot Commodity’ that I am :wow:. After tonight, and I get some payback on Harper for costing me the match, accident or not, I then head to Shock Value and I’m sure that’s going to be a rather interesting encounter.
Sofia Clarke: Yes, where you will be facing Shane Gates, tell us exactly how you feel about the huge announcement the other day on Fight Grid. And it will be in an Electrified Casket Match, that has to be a bit nerve-racking.
(Candice tries to laugh it off some, but it was apparent she was a little worried about it.)
Candice Blair: It is but at the same time I can’t be afraid, and move forward, that is what it’s all about here, and I know that I didn’t have to challenge Shane Gates but after what happened last week and the attack, I felt I needed to make a point and so that’s exactly what I did. I hope that people realize that I cannot be pushed around, and I will never be bullied, scared or ran off by anyone to be honest. This casket match is a bit symbolic though, my sister buried him alive last year at Wicked Games, he arose and is now this with the little creepy doll, Lizzie. This time around I am going to send him and that ugly little doll straight to hell.
Sofia Clarke: Also I…..
(Sofia’s eyes widen as she slowly backs off, seeing as Shane Gates with Lizzie sitting on his shoulder appear in front of Candice, who stands her ground and looks up right at him not backing down while Sofia is now away from the two, Shane grabs the mic.)
Shane Gates: I will give credit where credit is due, challenging me takes a lot of courage, and you did it. So now what did you expect to come out of this? Wanting to challenge me and now it is in an Electrified Casket Match? Do you know how stupid you are for basically setting up your own funeral at Shock Value?
Candice Blair: Is it my funeral? Do you think I have some sort of death wish or something? I don’t, but I also do not appreciate what you did to me last week either attacking or trying to injure me permanently. I was not myself last week in my match against Darcy May Morgan, I could have defeated the Universal Women’s Champion and put myself in a very good situation to go after the belt, but you helped in taking that from me, so yes, I made the challenge. I’m not afraid of you Shane, and if this means one of us is thrown into an electrified casket, then so be it.
(Shane laughs a little, looking over at Lizzie who also starts to laugh which in a way creeps out Candice a little but not enough to make her back off while standing her ground.)
Shane Gates: You are brave, I will give you that, but what you do not understand is that there are powers which are at work far more complicated than your comprehension, for you think this is all about who can outwrestle who? Oh no Candice, can’t you see how the landscape of this has all changed so quickly, and now suddenly you find yourself as the victim now? I wish you could see your face right now and know what is about to happen is no one else’s fault but your own.
Candice Blair: I have a match next, we are done here and don’t even try to do anything this time, because Shane, I swear that if you even try to cross that line you will learn firsthand why I am an Ava and I will never back down to a piece of shit like you.
(Again, Shane Gates starts to laugh some, but that quickly stops. He then turns to Lizzie who’s mouth drops open, she then starts to laugh to and starts to speak in tongues, Candice tilts her head a little in confusion as Lizzie continues her chants before some smoke comes out blowing right in Candice’s face causing her to cough.)
Candice Blair: What the hell was that!? Get out of here, Shane and take that stupid doll with you!
Shane Gates: I told you there were powers at work that you would never understand. See, Candice, Lizzie just put a little black magic spell on you, having cursed the young Ava heading into our match at Shock Value, now you have been marked and there is no way around it. The curse you carry will be the curse you become.
(As he slowly walks backwards, Lizzie again starts to laugh leaving Candice standing there in a state of confusion. Shane finally leaves and disappears off screen, where she turns to Sofia Clarke just as confused. Before turning back and shaking her head, as she heads out for her match with Harper Lee which is next leaving Sofia there standing and worried.)
(Voltage fades to a commercial break.)
(Commercial for TikTok featuring Candice Blair, its most loyal user.)
(Voltage fades back to ringside, and Bella Braxton stands in the center of the ring with a microphone in her hand.)
Bella Braxton: Ladies and Gentlemen, Introducing the Universal Women’s Champion…. “THE LEADING LADY” DARCY MAY MORGAN!!!
(“Spotlight Savior” by Iggy Azalea plays throughout the arena as Darcy walks out holding the Universal Women’s Championship proud. She poses in the entranceway before making her way down to the ringside area strutting with confidence, she then sits at the announcers table.)
James Peters: We are being joined by the Universal Women’s Champion, Darcy May Morgan and she will be watching her opponent at Shock Value, Harper Lee when she defends the title in a Shock Collar match.
Rich Russillo: Welcome champ.
Darcy May Morgan: The pleasure is all yours, of course.
Persephone: This is going to be fun.
Rich Russillo: I sense a little sarcasm there.
(“Diva” by Beyonce hits as the virtual crowd begind to cheer. Candice Blair steps out and poses before taking a deep breath and walking toward the ring.)
Bella Braxton: The Following Contest is scheduled for ONE FALL!
Virtual Crowd: ONE FALL!
Bella Braxton: Introducing first, from San Francisco, CA.! Weighing in at 126 pounds…. She is “THE HOT COMMODITY” CANDICE BLAIR!!!!!!
(Candice looks around and smiles, she then heads to the ring, posing as she slides in looking directly at none other than Darcy May Morgan after last week.)
Darcy May Morgan: Back up little girl you don’t want none of this again.
James Peters: Last week we saw a war between you and Candice Blair which ended with Harper Lee interfering and costing Candice the match.
Darcy May Morgan: I did nothing wrong, not my fault Harper can’t aim right.
Rich Russillo: She looks to bounce back tonight, and we saw moments ago Lizzie putting a curse on Candice.
Persephone: Please, the doll is creepy but there are no such things as curses.
(As “Diva” dies down, it is replaced by “Sweet Dreams” by Annie Lennox. Harper Lee walks out and poses before making her way toward the ring.)
Bella Braxton: Her opponent hails from Charlotte, North Carolina! Weighing in at 118 lbs., she is “THE DAREDEVIL” HARPER LEE!!!!!
(Harper Lee walks around the ring and stares at Darcy who slowly stands up.)
James Peters: Tensions are high, but we have a match here ladies.
Darcy May Morgan: What’s the matter, Harper? Take care of Candice tonight like I did, love.
(Harper slides back into the ring, still staring down Darcy.)
Rich Russillo: Harper looks ready and this match at Shock Value is going to settle the score between these two women but first Harper has to fend off Candice.
(The referee calls for the bell)
(DING!!!!!!!!!! DING!!!!!!!!!!! DING!!!!!!!!!!!)
(Candice runs behind Harper and quickly rolls her up in a School Girl while she was still paying attention to Darcy!)
ONE!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!
Persephone: That dumbass was almost pinned seconds into the match while she paid attention to Darcy and it serves her right!
James Peters: Candice was wasting no time and tried to come up behind her to end this match quickly, she remembers full well what happened last week and how she not only cost the match against Darcy, but she was also so close to victory even hurt! Harper is back up, Candice with a quick hip toss! Harper is up again and Candice starting off fast with an arm drag! Harper though is now taking her time getting up, they both lock up, headlock by Harper, no, Candice pushes her off, she bounces off the ropes, shoulder tackle by Harper!
Rich Russillo: Harper now runs against the ropes again, Candice is up, leap frogs over Harper, she bounces back, another leapfrog but Harper puts on the brakes and elbow to Candice! That stuns her a little, Harper with a standing dropkick! Candice is down, Harper goes to pick her up, now a trip up by Candice, she goes for a pin, Harper kicks out before the count of one! Kip up by Candice and both women stare at each other!
(The Virtual Crowd is clapping as Harper and Candice glare at one another, circling the ring)
Darcy May Morgan: How cute they are having a wrestling match, I’m still better than either one of them.
Persephone: Can they just get this over with!?
(Both women lock up again, this time Candice gets behind Harper with an arm wrench, but Harper stops it with a huge elbow, stunning Candice again, Harper tries to run against the ropes, but Candice grabs her by the hair and pulls her down, slamming Harper back of the headfirst on the mat)
James Peters: What a move by Candice Blair! Harper Lee is stunned, Candice drops an elbow on Harper, and another one, Candice is up waiting as Harper is slowly back to her feet, Candice bounces off the ropes, a clothesline, no Harper ducks, Candice turns and Harper with a hard right, and another, she whips Candice into the turnbuckle, charging in, NO! She was just hit with a huge boot by Candice, a bulldog takes her down! Candice with a quick cover!
ONE!!!!!!!!
TW….
Persephone: Hit her harder!
Darcy May Morgan: You’re not going to beat Harper Lee like that, though she better be ready for Shock Value when I electrocute her with the shock collar!
Rich Russillo: Candice is up and waits, Harper is back up, hooking her up into a snap suplex, but Candice hangs on, she twirls, and another suplex on Harper Lee, but she twirls around and hangs on, one more suplex for good measure! Candice now climbs to the second ropes, she waits as Harper gets up, a double forearm, NO! Harper with a left right into the midsection! Candice buckles over, Harper from behind, a hard German Suplex and she holds her for the cover!arkeH
ONE!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!
James Peters: Candice with a kick out! Harper Lee isn’t wasting any time, she grabs her, snap suplex by Harper, she floats over, grabbing Candice over with a snap DD… No! Candice hooks Harper with a Northern Lights suplex, she releases it, Harper is back up, flying forearm by Candice and these two women are keeping a fast pace in the match! Candice has Harper in her sights, Meteora…. NO! Harper catches Candice in midair, SIT OUT POWERBOMB!
ONE!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!
TH….
Persephone: This match has gone on too long already!
Darcy May Morgan: I must admit, I like the resiliency of Harper Lee, but she will never be able to pull that off on me!
(Harper turns to the referee not pleased with the count, then at Darcy who smiles. Harper grabs Candice and whips her into the turnbuckle, she runs at her with a Springboard elbow smash, slowly stumbling out of the corner….)
James Peters: BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX BY HARPER LEE! She is climbing the top rope, and MOONSAULT… NO! CANDICE WITH HER KNEES UP! HARPER LANDS HARD BUT STAYS ON HER FEET! CANDICE IS UP AND SHE RUNS AT HARPER, BICYCLE KNEE STRIKE! HARPER IS DOWN AND CANDICE RUNS AGAINST THE ROPES, SPINNING INTO A VAULTING LEG DROP ON HARPER FOR THE COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!
THR….
Persephone: Harper gets her shoulder up of course, because nothing seems to ever go my way and just end this match already!
Darcy May Morgan: She is tough, I will give her credit, she’s a former champion and that accounts for something but I’m not Candice Blair, had I done this, it would have been better executed and over!
Rich Russillo: Harper is in trouble, Candice is now trying to tie up the legs, she maybe going for a figure four leg lock, no! Harper punched her in the face! Candice seems a little stunned, Harper is back up, DRAGON FIST! SHE JUST RIGHT HOOKED CANDICE AND SHE’S ON WOBBLY LEGS! IT SPUN HER AROUND… LEE- PLEX! SHE JUST TOOK CANDICE DOWN AND HOOLS THE ARMS DOWN FOR THE COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE…..
Persephone: That was a three count referee! Come on!
(Harper Lee turns to the referee who holds up two fingers and the frustration is starting to show on Harper who thought to have had the match won. She slams the mat and gets up, grabbing Candice, front face lock into a stalling suplex…)
James Peters: A knee to the head of Harper! Another and Harper drops Candice to her feet, HURRICANRANA! Harper falls over, she gets back up METEORA AND THIS TIME IT CONNECTS ON HARPER! CANDICE HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!
THRE…..
Persephone: Kill me now, I hate these two!
Darcy May Morgan: They have not stopped, these two are going at it though I grounded Candice last week, I will do the same with Harper!
Rich Russillo: Harper kicked out, and here is Candice, she is trying to lock her up, grab Harper from behind with an arm wrench, Harper though with a snapmare, a HUGE KICK TO THE BACK OF CANDICE! Harper though bounces back, basement dropkick on Candice in the back of her head! Harper is relentless, she picks up Candice, this time for another supl… NO DIRTY FIREWORKS AND SHE HIT THAT RIGHT ON THE MONEY! CANDICE BLAIR MAYBE OUT AND HARPER IS GLARING RIGHT AT YOU DARCY!
(Harper turns and points at Darcy who again smirks, she stands up and holds the Universal Women’s Championship in the air, laughing a little. Harper rolls out of the ring and walks right up to the announcers table.)
James Peters: Ladies, let us keep our cool here. Darcy, you are our guest commentator tonight for this match!
Persephone: Oh, let them fight, it will be much more fun to watch!
(Harper Lee is standing right in front of Darcy May Morgan, The Leading Lady taunting her with the Universal Women’s Championship.)
Harper Lee: (Off Mic) Yeah, enjoy it while you still have it! Because come Shock Value I will be the new champion!
Darcy May Morgan: Oh really? How about this, why don’t you turn around first?
(Harper looks confused, then turns right into a sliding dropkick by Candice! She hits her back hard on the announcers table before Candice grabs Harper by the hair and throws her back in the ring, she then stares at Darcy who shrugs her shoulders and sits back down. Candice slides back in.)
Darcy May Morgan: I told her to turn around and watch behind her, not my fault!
James Peters: Candice is back in the ring, she wants to end this now, picking up Harper, she is going for the Candy Destroyer! Wait… HARPER WITH A BACK BODY DROP! SHE LANDS HARD ON THE MAT! CANDICE IS BACK UP, ROUNDHOUSE KICK AND THAT CONNECTED FLUSH ON THE HEAD OF CANDICE! SHE FALLS ON THE MAT! HARPER IS BACK UP TO THE TOP ROPE! SENTON SPLASH AND THIS IS OVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!
THREE…..
Persephone: HOW DID SHE GETS HER SHOULDER UP!? WHY!?
Rich Russillo: CANDICE BLAIR IS SO TOUGH AND SHE IS FIGHTING THROUGH THIS AGAIN AND LOOK AT HARPER LEE! SHE IS LIVID! SLAPPING HER HANDS HARD AT THE REFEREE WHO CONTINUES TO HOLD UP TWO FINGERS! SHE MAY HAVE A POINT! THAT WAS A SLOW COUNT!
Persephone: Oh who cares, both of these ladies are boring and next week one is going to be buried in an electrified casket, the other in a shock collar with Little Miss Sunshine here.
Darcy May Morgan: That is Leading Lady Sunshine to you.
Persephone: Whatever, someone put them out of their misery!
(Harper looks frustrated and is still paying too much attention to Darcy who continues to look on and smile. Harper tries to shake it off, she turns and grabs Candice, lifting her up, jumping on her back…)
James Peters: HOUSE OF BALLO… NO! CANDICE SOMEHOW HANGS ON TO THE ROPES AND HARPER HITS HARD! THE BACK OF HER HEAD BOUNCED FROM THE MAT! CANDICE IS PRIMNIN HERSELF! HARPER IS HURT AND SHE IS SLOWLY GETTING UP, SPEAR BY CANDICE! SHE JUST TORE HARPER LEE IN HALF AND THIS IS OVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREEE…..
Persephone: HOW!? HOW!? DID SHE GET HER SHOULDER UP!? HOW!?
Darcy May Morgan: That was quite impressive.
Rich Russillo: I don’t know what to say!? Harper Lee is still alive in this match and now she is slowly being picked up by Candice Blair! I think that we are going to see the Candy Destroyer again! Candice has her up! Harper tried for a back body drop, Candice lands on her feet! Harper turns into the BICYCLE KNEE! HARPER IS IN A LOT OF TROUBLE AND CANDICE WITH A FRONT FACELOCK, WE HAVE A TORNADO DDT! NO! HARPER THROWS HER OFF! CANDICE LANDS HARD ON THE MAT FACE FIRST, SHE GETS UP AND RED SKULL!
James Peters: CANDICE BLAIR JUST DROPPED LIKE A TON OF BRICKS THERE! THAT HEADBUTT WAS DEVASTATING! Candice may be out and here comes Harper, she is climbing the top rope, this could be a huge mistake, Candice is barely on her feet, MISSILE DROPKICK! RIGHT IN THE FACE OF CANDICE! AND HARPER IS GOING FOR THE FOLDABODY AND…. DARCY!?
Darcy May Morgan: Yeah, I’ve had bloody enough of this.
(Darcy May Morgan gets out of her seat as Harper Lee is about to wrap up the Octopus Stretch on Candice, she hops on the apron and starts to show off the Universal Women’s Championship to her, Harper stops, she lets go of Candice and starts pointing at Darcy as the referee screams for her to get down.)
Referee: (Off Mic) GET DOWN NOW DARCY!
Harper Lee: (Off Mic) Oh, you want to do this now!? Come on, step in the ring!
(Darcy just laughs it off as Harper takes a swing at her but the champion quickly drops down to the floor and starts to back up, laughing.)
James Peters: CANDICE FROM BEHIND WITH A CRUCIFIX PIN!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!
(DING!!!!!!!!!!!!! DING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(Darcy laughs and starts to make her way toward the back as Harper looks up in shock at the referee who holds up three fingers after calling for the bell.)
Bella Braxton: Here is your winner….. CANDICE BLAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(‘Diva’ starts to play throughout the arena as a furious Harper Lee slams the mat and rolls out of the ring, she starts to go after Darcy who looks behind her and sees Harper coming before suddenly she starts to run and Harper chases her until they disappear in the back. Candice drops to her knees looking relieved to have escaped with a huge win.)
James Peters: Highway robbery, but last week it was Candice, this week it was Harper, and we saw what just happened, Darcy decided to distract her and we can all see that Harper couldn’t keep her eyes off her the entire match, in the end it did cost her.
Rich Russillo: It sure did and that was Harper’s fault, because she looked ready to put Candice away with that devastating Octopus Stretch! Now what we have to wonder moving forward is how will this affect Harper heading into Shock Value.
Persephone: Who cares, she was stupid, she took her eye off the ball and she paid for it! That’s nobody’s fault but her own, I’m just glad it is over!
(Candice is finally up to her feet, she looks around the Virtual Crowd and smiles…)
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Suddenly the arena goes dark and there is an explosion in the front stage area and it was not four sparklers either. Candice drops to the mat startles as does the rest of the announce team, as a lone spotlight shines at the entranceway.)
James Peters: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?
Persephone: AM I DEAD!?
Rich Russillo: No, you are still alive.
Persephone: So are you…. Damn it.
James Peters: LOOK AT THE STAGE!
(The stage shows a black casket upright, it seems to be electrified as there is surging electricity running through it. Suddenly it opens and there is an exact replica of Candice Blaire lying in it with her wrestling gear on, splattered in blood and bruises, her eyes dilated a pure white. You can then hear a disturbing Lizzie and Shane Gates laugh as Candice looks on from her knees clearly nervous and a little disturbed, looking around to see if she sees Gates and Lizzie but they are no where to be seen.)
James Peters: Talk about symbolism, this is absolutely creepy.
Persephone: Okay…. I need to go hide.
Rich Russillo: Imagine being Candice and looking at that!? A glimpse into the future!? Run Candice, run!
(Candice continues to look on, extremely anxious, looking around and glaring at the casket as the lights go back out and after a few seconds come back on and there is nothing there. Candice continues to look on confused.)
(Cut to Commercial on Raven Roberts new self-help book, “How To Get Revenge In Seven Months”, out in stores now.)
(The camera fades into the backstage area as the crowd cheers upon seeing Sierra Bradford appear in the camera frame. She doesn’t have a match this week so she’s not necessarily doing anything. She finds herself seated on a production crate, thinking heavily for a good moment before looking to the camera in front of her as she begins to speak)
Sierra Bradford: Ok, maybe I was a bit ticked off last week. Maybe Constance Blevins did piss me off with the words that she said to me, so what? Is it justified that I attacked her? Of course. I don’t see a mistake in that, it’s about what she said. How she boasted this confidence, this aura that I’ve heard all before with a hint of a condescending tone. Does she think I’m playing games? Does she think that I’m just going to just roll into this match and allow her to get the pin on me, that easily? Unfortunately Constance, you must have me mistaken for someone else around here, because that definitely is not Sierra Bradford.
(Sierra ruffles her hair up as she gives a deep sigh. Giving a long pause and allowing the silence to creep in for just a bit before she continues)
Sierra Bradford: She needs to get into her head that this isn’t a game for me. That I’m not going to be taking what she’s saying so lightly anymore and refute it with some cliche bullcrap like I used to. That’s not me anymore, I know what I have to do. I realize the strides I have to take to win this and I will do so, with no hesitation. Constance needs to see that this isn’t the Sierra Bradford that she saw at Pain For Pride, or whenever the hell we saw one another across the ring, I am dead focused. I see that title, and I desire it, it’s not a want anymore, I need it. I need to show that my ceiling is not The Realm, but my ceiling is much more than that. Because for too freaking long now people have tried to get into my head. They’ve tried to say that I’m not ready and there was a part of me that believed that they were right. A part of me was beginning to believe that, as the losses began to pile up and everything began to go wrong, what was left of The Girl Who Lived? Nothing.
Sierra Bradford: I realized, that needed to change.
(Sierra closed her eyes as she brought her head back, pushing herself up against the white painted brick wall behind her and leaning against it. She opened her eyes as she continued forward)
Sierra Bradford: I don’t want people to remember me as an afterthought. Someone who came and went without a hint of significance whatsoever. Because it got worse, when a part of me wanted to believe that. Do you know how sick it makes me to even recount that? Losing faith in my own goddamn self? That wasn’t the life I wanted to live. I need to get back, back on track. I need to make sure that everything is my favor, that I become none more than an anomaly. Because I’m not going to let anyone get into my head again, not even you Constance. I’m not going to fall for your tricks about who wants it more, I have it thought out in my head, and it’s me. Let’s not even try to compare that. I’ve shown my stripes, I’ve shown I’m not just going to sit on the sidelines, especially with the scenario I’m in right now. With my fate in my hands of course I’m going to seize the opportunity. To get what I never could in my entire career, and that’s the Specialists Championship. For everyone.
Sierra Bradford: For everyone who has continued to support me. Because I took something throughout my career and I rode with it. It was what Andrea Valentine and Ms. Extreme said to SASS that one time when we faced off, and it was the fact that we needed to stop thinking about proving the naysayers wrong, but proving the people that believed in us right. And that will continue to stay the same, no matter if you’re still employed in this business or not, I will make you proud. I don’t care about the stipulation, I don’t care about the experience. All I know is that you could’ve put me in any other damn match and I would’ve tore the damn roof off this place if I had the chance. I have nothing to lose anymore Constance, and that makes me one dangerous freaking woman. So if absolutely nobody believes in my abilities, if absolutely nobody believes that I’m going to be the one to come out as your new Specialists Champion? I have nothing more to say than to watch the looks on your faces when it happens. I hope after I speak this gets lodged deep in your head. Once Shock Value comes around I hope your damn perception of me has changed by then because with this mentality of believing that you, somehow miraculously, can work harder than me, it won’t get you anywhere. I will continue to fight for what’s right in my career and I will continue to climb the mountain. It’s about damn time I took this to the next level, that I ramped it up and stamped my ticket to Pain For Pride. And Constance, you’re in the way of that. I don’t care who the hell you are or whatever you have against you or by your side, you’re going to need much more than an electric chair to take me down. You my friend, are going to have to kill me.
(Sierra slams the production crate and stands up as she walks immediately off. Clearly taking this seriously more than ever as from there, Voltage fades to a commercial break.)
(Commercial break for Disney Plus starring various EAW Elitists promoting all things Marvel because apparently all they do in their spare time now is watch the movies and spin off series and talk about them amongst themselves :wow:)
(Voltage fades in and even though we are taken backstage, the crowd can be heard booing. That’s because their least favorite Elitist, Drake King, is being shown. As always, The Redeemer has a smile on his face, despite being laid out by Terry Chambers earlier in the evening. He approaches a small group of officials but his focus is only one, and it doesn’t long for Jayson Maximoff to notice Drake. As Drake stops beside the group, the conversation between the officials comes to a stopping point.)
Drake King: Gentlemen! Please! Carry on! I don’t let me be the reason you stop your conversation despite the fact we are in the middle of a show right now and should be focusing on that! I have come to speak to only one of you.
(Everyone turns to look at Jayson, who lets out a sigh.)
Jayson Maximoff: What can I do for you, Drake?
Drake King: You can start by excusing yourself and taking a little walk with me.
(What choice did Jayson really have? He does as Drake requests and the two men begin to walk. After putting some distance between themselves and the group of officials, Drake brings them to a stop and turns to face Jayson. The bright smile is still intact, but there is something in Drake’s eyes that leaves Jayson feeling a little apprehensive.)
Drake King: How are you today, Mr. Maximoff? Did you have a good Sunday?
Jayson Maximoff: I did.
Drake King: Did you go to church?
Jayson Maximoff: I don’t necessarily believe in a higher power.
Drake King: Hmmm. That’s interesting because if I were you, I would have gone to church this morning.
(Jayson squares his shoulders, anticipating the worst.)
Jayson Maximoff: And why is that?
(And just like that, Drake’s smile is gone.)
Drake King: Because last week you attempted to lure my woman away from me. Thou shall not covet another man’s wife. I’m sure you understand that adultery is a sin, and is frowned up, even in today’s rather loose society.
Jayson Maximoff: Sierra is not your wife, and when you refer to her as your woman, you are making her sound like she is a piece of property. Surely, you aren’t trying to insinuate that you own Sierra, are you?
Drake King: I own her heart, and she owns mine, and that is why we wear rings that represent our promise to be chaste and wait for one another. One day, Sierra will be my wife, and we will consummate our relationship, but I don’t expect a neanderthal to understand the deeper meaning behind a pure connection such as the one I share with my girlfriend. I would appreciate it if you abstain from any further contact with Sierra. She is particularly willful and doesn’t always make the best decisions, and she doesn’t need someone like you tempting her with a piece of forbidden fruit.
(Jayson raises an eyebrow.)
Jayson Maximoff: So what you’re telling me is that you don’t trust Sierra to be faithful because she knows what a controlling nutbag you really are, and she is likely looking for a way to escape you?
Drake King: :skip: How on Earth did you even draw that conclusion? I trust Sierra, but I don’t trust you. Women are weak-minded no matter how often they try and argue this point. Some would argue that the story of Adam and Eve is outdated and sexist, but everyday we are reminded about how fragile women really are. My opponents tonight, Raven Roberts and Harlow Reichert, are wonderful examples of this. Both fell off the deep end after Pain for Pride after taking particularly hard losses. Neither one learned from this, as you see Raven going after Minvera all this time later for absolutely no reason other than to feed her own ego. It took Harlow having to face Xavier again and winning to give her a bit of confidence back, although she didn’t bring anything interesting to the table this week. While I believe Sierra to be stronger than both of them, she is flawed and it’s up to me to hold her hand and guide her in the right direction. It’s my job as her future husband to teach her right from wrong and make sure she stays the course, and that means protecting her from people like you.
???: :comeagain:
(Unbeknownst to Drake and Jayson, Candice Blair had been in earshot of their conversation. She had needed some time to herself after seeing a replica of herself in a coffin thanks to Shane Gates and Lizzie. As horrible as that image was, Candice’s mind had been taken off of it thanks to the conversation between Drake and Jayson. She doesn’t want to interrupt them, or even have them notice her, so she steps back even further into the shadows.)
Jayson Maximoff: I asked Sierra to dinner, not really knowing how serious your relationship was. I mean, she did dump you in a promotional video last year during Grand Rampage in case you forgot about that.
Drake King: She had every right to do that. I was not a good man back then, and I didn’t appreciate the absolute light that Sierra brought into my life. I thought of her as nothing more than a fling and someone to have a good time with, and I had to beg her for her forgiveness. To this day, I still regret everything that happened last Spring, but while I know I didn’t treat her with the respect she deserved, a lot of the blame for our problems can be put on you know who.
Jayson Maximoff: Of course, of course. Nothing is ever completely your fault, is it?
Drake King: No it’s not. I’m glad you see that and understand it. I wish more people realized that, but it is what it is.
Jayson Maximoff: :francis:
Drake King: I won’t ask you again to leave Sierra alone. I’m tired of asking people to do the right thing, and then having to watch them not do it. There will be severe repercussions if you approach her again and have another inappropriate conversation with her. You need to be respectful of the fact she’s taken and the two of us are very happy together. Do not put her in an awkward position again.
(There’s so much more Jayson wants to say, but he knows it’s useless to argue with someone who is clearly sick in the head. Drake King is the type of person you really want to walk on eggshells around because these days he is rather unpredictable when it comes to his moods.)
Jayson Maximoff: Whatever dude.
(Satisfied that Jayson has gotten the message, Drake’s bright smile is back in place. He nods his head towards Jayson and walks off without saying another word. Jayson looks frustrated and after he walks off, Candice steps out and walks to where the two men were just standing. Despite all the bullshit she has going on right now, there is nothing but worry on her face.)
Candice Blair: :lupe: Poor Sierra. She’s trapped with a future serial killer :lupe:
(On that note, Voltage fades back to the ringside area.)
(‘Feel It Still'[Instrumental] by Portugal The Man starts playing as Lisa Wren comes out with the most attention going into her. She is here to perform and everyone will only watch her pull it off. Bella Braxton smiles as she starts her ring introduction.)
Bella Braxton: This singles match is scheduled for ONE FALL! Making her way to the ring. From British, Columbia. Weighing in at 130 pounds, LISA WREN!
James Peters: Lisa Wren is definitely feeling every moment that she’s had outside of bars, and now she is put against someone that is definitely deserving of getting imprisoned!
Rich Russillo: Why would you say that about a wrestler? Like it doesn’t make sense for any wrestler, ever. Not even Persephone deserves things like that getting thrown at her.
Persephone: Hey, everyone is nice to me.
Rich Russillo: They sure are nice to you. Tell em, queen!
James Peters: Lisa Wren has some things to remember, and that is that she doesn’t want to get in prison again. Prince Faayad is one scary guy! That must be admitted by literally anyone because it’s true.
Rich Russillo: I’m afraid that I might be his next target.
Persephone: Prepared to be locked down!
(As Lisa Wren’s theme stops playing, Fire Storm A by Hermann Langschwert and Wolfgang Killian started getting louder and louder. Ronan Malosi arrived on Voltage! Bella Braxton continues her introductions.)
Bella Braxton: And her opponent. From Cape Town, South Africa. Weighing in at 280 Pounds, he is the HOT TAKE KING, RONAN MALOSI!
Rich Russillo: Ronan Malosi is coming off from hot weeks after hot weeks and facing Lisa Wren will just be another day at work!
James Peters: You’re right on that. He is going to face Justin Windgate for the Interwire Championship soon. That man is one of the hottest prospects in our company right now!
Persephone: He looks like a thin Kingpin, I don’t know if I’m invested.
James Peters: In case of Ronan Malosi, looks don’t matter. His character does matter more than anything. He’s an entertaining piece in EAW and that needs to be appreciated.
Persephone: Yeah. That’s not true. I mean, he does have a championship match coming but does that already mean he’s going to win? I guess not.
(DING! DING! DING!)
Rich Russillo: The match started and Ronan already got Lisa Wren down with a huge Big Boot out of nowhere as Lisa Wren is down. Ronan goes pound for pound, punching the poor lady unstoppably.
Persephone: This looks like an ad that is used in every gofundme page that has the goal to stop abuse against women. This is some ruthless stuff!
James Peters: Isn’t Ronan Malosi known to be representing every kind of abuser no matter the species?
Persephone: Yes. Shut up about that. Continue your commentating.
Rich Russillo: Now, Ronan quickly throws Lisa to the corner, as she counter attacks and throws Ronan instead! Ronan lands on his back as Lisa quickly goes with a Stinger Splash attempt that misses as Ronan goes with a very weak rollup for the victory!
Referee: ONE!!!! TWO!!!! THR-
James Peters: Kick out by Lisa Wren, very quick reflex. She ran towards him but he sneakily lies below, making sure that she trips and she does! Ronan Malosi quickly goes for an attempt at an Ankle Lock, only for Lisa Wren to spin her legs and push him away!
Rich Russillo: He goes to the ropes and Lisa Wren with a kip up and a slap right to his face! Ronan felt that the slap was too impactful. He quickly talks to Lisa Wren, he is angry, he is unpleasant with what just happened! You can see him yelling at her right now!
Persephone: And Lisa Wren just elbowed his face multiple times and now he is apologizing, apologizing unstoppably. I feel bad. You don’t mess with someone like Lisa Wren unless you’re a Saudi Arabian prince that has a lot of money.
James Peters: Lisa Wren tried to throw Ronan to the ropes but her plans backfired as Ronan did it instead. Ronan with another Big Boot but this time ducked by Lisa Wren as she gets to the other side of the ropes, SHE ATTEMPTED A DISCUS KNEE STRIKE BUT SHE GOT CAUGHT BY RONAN! RONAN PUSHED HER TO THE FRONT AND A LARIAT WAS DONE TO THE BACK!
Rich Russillo: Ronan Malosi now trying to get her up once again to execute his next move, fails to no avail as Lisa goes for a Jawbreaker! Ronan Malosi on the corner, grabbing onto his face. Lisa Wren with a Backstabber attempt but she wasn’t strong enough to pull it off as she fell to her own back! Ronan quickly looked at the opportunity and did an elbow drop right on her neck!
Persephone: That was a very nasty move by the Hot Take King. However, I believe this is just the start.
James Peters: This should be because Ronan Malosi should be ready for the ultimate comeback story of Lisa Wren! Started from the bottom now she’s here.
Persephone: She went from prison to losing to Ronan Malosi… that is not an improvement by any chance necessary.
Rich Russillo: At least she is OUT of jail. That is good. I mean, hey we never know but she could still be inserted back if she commits more bad stuff! That is how I got in before.
Persephone: I s- wait what?
James Peters: Ronan Malosi grabbed Lisa Wren by the hair as he is slamming her face into the turnbuckle! Ronan Malosi is thinking of something. He is tying Lisa Wren’s hair to the turnbuckle!
Rich Russillo: Ronan tried it but Lisa Wren resisted a lot and OH, Ronan got a little bit of her hair. Gross.
Persephone: He is pretty much very experienced when it comes to handling women.
James Peters: Now, Ronan quickly poke Lisa in the eyes, and he got her in a headlock. Lisa pushed him to the turnbuckle and there he goes! He hits the turnbuckle and Lisa quickly attacks him with a forearm smash towards the back of the head. He is thrown to the ropes, Lisa Wren with a Discus Jumping Knee Strike to his face! Ronan Malosi is on one knee.
Rich Russillo: Lisa Wren quickly assaults him more with a bunch of elbows and she is in it, SNAP SUPLEX TO RONAN!
James Peters: That is a very surprising show of strength by the one and only, Lisa Wren. He is double her weight! Lisa Wren is crazy and she is going to show even more next. Lisa quickly gets him locked in another headlock, but Ronan manages to escape from it as he quickly goes to the turnbuckle to avoid other attacks, Lisa goes to him and a kick is done to her face.
Rich Russillo: Ronan with a Snapmare and a headlock countered as Lisa rolled around and got up to lock him in a Front Chancery and Ronan quickly pushed her to the turnbuckle. Lisa landed on her back and Ronan pushed again, he speared her on the corner and another one was done! Ronan Malosi quickly ran from the corner and a Corner Big Boot was done! Ronan throws Lisa out of the ring and she lands on the apron. Ronan ran outside and Lisa managed to catch him and Ronan was out of the ring!
James Peters: Lisa Wren waits for the Hot Take King to get up. Ronan is up and Lisa goes with a Hurricanrana but Ronan managed to stand on his own two feet and he ran towards Lisa and Lisa made him trip and he rolled and ran back into the ring!
Rich Russillo: That is a lot of showing towards Ronan’s athleticism, he is definitely impressive.
James Peters: I hope Justin Windgate should definitely watch this episode of Voltage. Not just because we want him here, but he should look out on his opponent right now.
Persephone: Lisa Wren gets in as Ronan Malosi quickly tries to defend himself as he is sticking towards the ropes. Lisa with a bunch of elbows. However, Ronan managed to survive without feeling any of the damage given by his opponent right now. Ronan is taunting the hell out of Lisa Wren as Lisa can be seen getting pissed off, a SLAP! Ronan laughed and smirked, what is this guy thinking?
Rich Russillo: He’s pretty handsy with women so it’s no surprise that he is like this with Lisa Wren.
James Peters: He is telling Lisa Wren to give him her best shot yet. I don’t like how this sounds and definitely don’t like how this is going.
Persephone: This is a wrestling match.
James Peters: I apologize.
Rich Russillo: Lisa Wren with a chop and Ronan laughed it off, mocking her as if she is that weak. She chopped again and OH, THAT MUST HURT LIKE HELL! That was a very loud thud heard throughout the whole arena and Ronan can be seen having a shocked face. Look at Lisa Wren right now, she is telling Ronan that he is done for tonight. Lisa Wren with a bunch of unavoided painful elbows and Ronan is in trouble. Lisa throws him to the ropes, knee strike to his face!
James Peters: Not just that, Lisa Wren goes with a Frankensteiner and she quickly progresses to the turnbuckle waiting for him to get up. He is up and Lisa charged to him, JUMPING DDT ATTEMPT FAILED AS RONAN CAUGHT HER, CHOKESLAM BACKBREAKER!
Persephone: Not just that, Ronan quickly got into position again. This time ready for a signature move, HE IS SPINNING FOR VERTIGO BUT LISA GOT HIM AGAIN, HURRICANRANA ONCE AGAIN SENDING RONAN AWAY! RONAN IS UP BUT LISA QUICKLY ROLLED TO THE APRON! RONAN TRIED TO CHASE OFF HER ONLY FOR HER TO GET OUT OF THE RING! Ronan hits on the ropes with full anger surrounding his head.
Rich Russillo: Lisa can be seen trying to hold on the pain on her back, but Ronan quickly got to the outside area, forcing Lisa to go fast and sprint again as Lisa quickly got back into the ring. Ronan followed her! THEY ARE BOTH CHASING OFF EACH OTHER, LISA FROM THE ROPES CAUGHT BY RONAN FOR A POP UP POWERBOMB BUT LISA ESCAPED AND KNEED RONAN’S FACE. HE IS THROWN TO THE ROPES AND A SUPERKICK WAS DONE TO HIS FACE! LISA WREN RAN AGAIN TO THE ROPES AND….
James Peters: RONAN CAUGHT HER WITH THE DEATH-RO!!!!!!! DEATH-RO BY RONAN MALOSI CONNECTS! HE IS PINNING LISA, THIS MUST BE IT!
Referee: ONE!!!!! TWO!!!!! THREE!!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Bella Braxton: Here is your winner, RONAN MALOSI!!!!
Rich Russillo: After a back and forth on every minutes during the match, Ronan Malosi managed to seize the right opportunity and made a moment for himself.
James Peters: This showing does represent a future champion to me so Showdown players need to keep their heads up because this guy is potentially personified. However, what would this mean for Lisa?
Persephone: She is not even a jobber yet. That’s the thing for me. She doesn’t have a problem because she performed. She doesn’t need to go back to jail, she did what she had to do after all. We need to appreciate that.
Rich Russillo: She showed no signs of getting rusty in the ring even though she was held from being in that ring. After all, why are we so into this topic of Lisa Wren?
James Peters: What would be the future for this star, what will she do at Shock Value? I guess we’ll only find out only here on Voltage.
(Ronan Malosi celebrates as “Fire Storm A” is playing. Lisa Wren looked disappointed as the referee checked on her and Ronan got out of the ring, making a pose that represents someone having a championship on his waist.)
(A few seconds later, Voltage fades to commercial break.)
(Commercial for Coming to Australia, the hit movie starring Myles.)
(After the break, we are taken back to ringside.)
(“Enemy Strike” by Yuki Hayashi plays as Myles comes out without the National Elite Championship. He looks at ringside, which is being surrounded by the electrified tables, ladders and chairs, but for the safety of the competitors before Shock Value, there is no electricity added to any of the weapons. It will be a different story at Shock Value.)
Bella Braxton: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…PLEASE WELCOME AT THIS TIME…THE EAW NATIONAL ELITE CHAMPION…MYLES!!!!
Rich Russillo: On Fight Grid, we saw TLA spin the wheel to determine the stipulation for his National Elite Championship match at Shock Value and by the look of all the weapons at ringside, it’s going to be an Electrified Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match! From the word on Myles in one of his videos, he feels annoyed that he wasn’t invited to spin the wheel.
Persephone: I’m annoyed that we only get to see Rex once on this show, but Myles is the National Elite Champion and he wants to be treated with respect or what not, but anyone who cheats Rexy out of the title deserves NOTHING.
James Peters: Due to the concern of this getting out of hand, Captain Charisma requested that none of the electricity being added to the weapons. He wants to make sure that this match happens at Shock Value, but he doesn’t want for things to get bad, especially with someone who can dish out pain like Myles.
Rich Russillo: Decent call by the Voltage Commissioner, but I feel like he’s going to have some things to say, so let’s see what Myles has to say.
(Myles is inside the ring as “Enemy Strike” dies down. Myles doesn’t look to be in a great mood as the crowd showers him with boos. Myles mocks the crowd before shushing them as they all quiet down.)
Myles: I truly despise how this event is turning out. Am I really expected to defend my National Elite Championship in an Electrified TLC match? Is this what people consider to be entertainment? Do you people find joy in watching me and women put their bodies on the line only to get electrocuted in the process? I go on Twitter and I read about people who want to see me electrocuted to death by TLA. They want to see TLA win after being put through so much this season and how he fell short at winning King of Elite? If I gave a fuck, there would be a part of me to feel some sort of sympathy with TLA. There would be a part of me that feels bad about having electrocuted another man for the sake of keeping my reign as National Elite Champion alive, but I’ll do it. I’ll do it as many times as I possibly can and it’s going to feel so damn good to knock another Hall of Famer down. As good as that sounds, it’s not going to feel great to have a bunch of crying consume EAW television the week after Shock Value. I mean, it’s what I’ve heard from Rex McAllister and in his videos about how I “cheated” and “broke the rules!” Shoutout to Rex about being a good boy scout and locker room leader, but I’m not here to get a dad lecture about what I did at King of Elite from Rex. He is nothing more than a thing in my past. As much as this type of match makes me sick, there is a part of me that is going to enjoy inflicting the pain onto TLA and make him realize that we’re both on different levels. I am in a different league than him. After I beat and embarrass him, I hope that he doesn’t make excuses about how I ‘cheated.’ I don’t want him to come up with excuses like I was: ‘too pussy to fight him like a real man.’
Myles: There is a part of me that senses that he’s already thinking about which excuses that he’s going to be using after Shock Value. The thing is: I don’t want to hear about his excuses. I don’t want to hear him talking about how I was the better man that night. I’m the better man period. I am also a simple man and I ask one thing: I want for TLA to pack his bags and get out of my brand. I am going to embarrass him so hard, that he has no other choice, but to do that. I am going to embarrass him so hard, he’ll have no clear path or direction to go with after Shock Value. I want him to feel hopeless. I want him to feel like he has no other purpose to be on Voltage. You see, by ridding the world of TLA, I would be doing EVERYONE a favor. No longer will you have that ‘lovable underdog’ that you find your neckbeards and losers relating too. If you’re so pathetic that you find yourselves relating to TLA out of all people, you need to get some new standards. You need to find someone that makes you want to achieve something in your life rather than achieving mediocrity like TLA. You cheer for men and women like TLA, but you boo me? You boo Minerva? You boo Drake? You boo the New Eden? I get it — the truth is too hot for the two of you to handle, but if you neckbeards can eat five Hot Pockets straight out of the microwave with your bare hands, you can handle the truth that is coming out of my mouth. I really got nothing to say at the moment because I am going to hate a lot to say to TLA all this week, but I’m here to warn him that when he steps up to someone like myself, he is going to get burned. He is going to find himself with another loss. How many losses can your hero TLA handle? If history is bound to repeat itself, it won’t be the first time that TLA was ran out of the company by an Australian —
(“Ambitionz az a Ridah” by Tupac cuts Myles off as the virtual crowd pops for the entrance music of TLA. TLA comes out with a focused look on his face, but he has a shit eating grin on his face when he stares at Myles. His entrance music dies down as he finds himself on top of the stage.)
TLA: Cállate la boca, puto. Ay Dios mio, you go on and on and on and on and on. I think that we’ve had enough with your little edge lord mierda.
(The virtual crowd pops.)
TLA: You’re such an edge lord, I had contemplated putting on my old ‘Pantera Negra’ mask because it seems like everyone has an edgy side to themselves. Do you think that the shit that you’ve been spewing is the first time that I’ve heard of any of this shit? Nah, I’ve been hearing this shit all of my career. I’ve been hearing edgy muthafuckas like yourself trying to tear a hombre like myself down, saying that I would never be something if I didn’t change my look, styles and slang. Plenty of people think that I am slowly going to go back to that side of myself who was obsessed with the results. They want me to go back to being that old version of TLA, who would let all of these losses rack up and get bitter whenever I lose a match. Why though? Because it basically feeds into the perspective that people see in me, but I’m not going to give them that satisfaction, Myles. Just like I am not going to allow you the satisfaction of being the one that gets rid of TLA. I said it last week, dawg, but you can’t get rid of TLA. Jamie O’Hara tried for the longest time, but I’m like a cockroach. Even when you think that you killed me, I am still moving around. I’m still running my mouth and I’m not gonna stop. You think that a couple of electrified tables, ladders and chairs are gonna keep me down? Muy adorable, but no. From all of the shit you’ve been talking Myles, it makes me want to take that National Elite Championship away from you even more. You and this whole New Eden are a bunch of pussies who think that they are doing right in this company when they’re one of the wrong things about this company.
(Myles signs and does the ‘talking’ gesture with his hand, implying that TLA is talking and he’s heard all of this before. TLA steps into the ring, standing across from Myles.)
TLA: Listen here, vato because I’m going to be real, but your reign comes to an end at Shock Value. Taking that National Elite Championship is in the step in the right direction. That, plus my boi Terry Chambers retaining his championship is going to be the thing that really hits New Eden where it hurts. Your pride, egos, and ability to make yourselves feel good about yourself. That’s because of the championship that you all want to wear around your waist, but just because you have a championship Myles, it doesn’t mean that we need to hand you the respect that you think you’re entitled too. You think that someone like Captain Charisma, who you’ve disrespected would want to invite you to spin the wheel earlier this week? Hell nah, I wouldn’t want to invite you. I wouldn’t want to be in the same room as you, but in the same ring though? That’s something that I’ll be able to live with. The two of us are going to hell and back. We gonna see sparks flying. We gonna see muthafuckas being fried to bits and I am going to do everything I can to not become a fried hombre at Shock Value. If I have to be anything at Shock Value, National Elite Champion is going to be it.
Myles: You, just like everyone doesn’t acknowledge how a catastrophe it would be if you become National Elite Champion at Shock Value. People don’t realize that it’s the worst thing that could happen. You don’t deserve this championship let alone a shot at the championship, but it’s just a few of the things that makes me despise Captain Charisma and how he runs Voltage. It’s like he doesn’t hide his bias around here, but I am more than looking forward to seeing the look on his face when I demolish one of his favorites on Voltage and run him from my company.
TLA: Why don’t we see right now?
Myles: I am not going to let you bait me, TLA. Drake told me that you’d do something like this and he was right. When we face off, it will be at Shock Value and not right now —
James Peters: MYLES STRIKES THE MICROPHONE TO THE SKULL OF TLA! MYLES MANAGES TO TAKE DOWN TLA BEFORE THROWING SOME PUNCHES TO THE FACE OF THE WORLD CHAMPION! BUT, TLA MANAGES TO ROLL ON TOP OF MYLES BEFORE NAILING HIM WITH SOME PUNCHES OF HIS OWN, BUT MYLES MANAGES TO PUSH TLA OUT OF THE WAY! TLA RACES TO HIS FEET FIRST AND RUNS TOWARDS MYLES WITH A HURRICANRANA AS THAT TAKES DOWN THE NATIONAL ELITE CHAMPION!!!
Rich Russillo: TLA rushes towards Myles before taking him down with a dropkick as Myles falls back to the corner! TLA follows that with a running uppercut to Myles as he stumbles forward as TLA gets Myles in position for the ‘Mexican Destroyer,’ his variation of the Canadian Destroyer, but Myles manages to flip TLA over him as he lands on his back! Myles rolls himself to ringside, where it’s surrounded with electrified tables, ladders and chairs! Myles gets his hand on one of the ladders before slamming it shut! BUT, TLA MANAGES TO BASEBALL SLIDE UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM ROPE AS THAT KNOCKS MYLES BACK AND THE LADDER OUT OF HIS HANDS! TLA THROWS A PUNCH TO MYLES! MYLES THROWS A PUNCH TO TLA! TLA WITH A PUNCH TO MYLES! MYLES WITH A PUNCH TO TLA! MYLES KNEES TLA IN THE STOMACH BEFORE GETTING HIS HANDS ON THAT LADDER AND SLAMMING IT AGAINST THE BACK OF THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION!
Persephone: Aren’t these ladders supposed to be electrified? :skip:
James Peters: It seems like the electricity hasn’t been added to the ladders yet, but it will be a different story at Shock Value! Myles slides the ladder underneath the bottom rope as he slides himself inside the ring! Myles sets the ladder up with the National Elite is on the hook before he climbs up! He climbs a couple of steps before TLA slides back inside the ring and climbs on the other side of the ladder! MYLES SEES TLA AS HE THROWS A PUNCH TO TLA! TLA WITH A PUNCH TO MYLES! MYLES WITH A PUNCH TO TLA! TLA WITH A PUNCH TO MYLES! HEADBUTT TO TLA BY MYLES AND ANOTHER HEADBUTT AS MYLES THROWS TLA OFF THE LADDER AND ONTO ONE OF THE STEEL TABLES SET UP AT RINGSIDE! TLA GOES THROUGH IT!
Rich Russillo: All of these weapons were really for show? :mjlol:
Persephone: MYLES GRINS AT TLA BEING PUT THROUGH THE TABLE AS HE MANAGES TO GET HIS HAND ON THE NATIONAL ELITE CHAMPIONSHIP AND UNHOOKS IT!
(“Enemy Strike” plays as Myles raises the National Elite Championship, almost like this was Shock Value and he had won this match. Meanwhile, the medical personnel are checking on TLA who had gone through the table.)
James Peters: Myles had fooled TLA into believing that he wasn’t going to play TLA’s games, but it seemed like Myles had games of his own that TLA got baited with. Just look at that. Could this be what we should expect at Shock Value?
Rich Russillo: When you add electricity with those tables, ladders and chairs, it’s going to be deadly! I’m excited about how this is going to pan out!
(The camera takes another shot of Myles holding up the National Elite Championship before fading elsewhere.)
(Things during the Voltage broadcast return to the backstage area, more specifically, inside the office of Captain Charisma! He’s seen just rising from behind his desk and coming around to the front, presumably to exit, but as he hears the door opening he stops in his tracks, being greeted to the sight of Ms. Extreme and Rex McAllister entering!)
Captain Charisma: Ms. Extreme, Rex! With the both of you coming in here together, I can imagine that you’re prepared to spin the wheel-
Ms. Extreme: Actually, that’s exactly what we came to talk to you about, but the thing about it is, we’ve got no intentions of spinning that wheel! See, we’ve seen the options on that wheel and when me and Rex got to talking, we were thinking that this needs to be bigger than anything on there. I mean, me and him? Have you seen the Bloodsport match we’ve had against each other?!
(Captain Charisma chuckles, nodding his head as it was a gruesome, bloody match that he’s clearly among the plenty of who can recall it quite well.)
Captain Charisma: There are moments in that match that I can’t help but think about whenever I’m watching either of you compete, and really, I appreciate all that the both of you have given to this brand.
Rex McAllister: So, then you’ll completely understand when we say that there’s nothing on that wheel that’s going to meet our expectations for what we’ve got in mind. I mean, the 30-minute Hardcore Ironman Match we had against each other is something that I don’t think either of us will ever forget. We put each other through absolute hell and then still had to take it a whole step further because neither one of us wanted to go down.
Captain Charisma: Trust me, I remember; the screwdriver you took to Camille’s gums still haunts me.
Ms. Extreme: He’s lucky I’ve got good coverage But c’mon, let’s not beat around the bush here: we’re not interested in what you’ve got in mind. Some of the others here on Voltage might be satisfied with what’s up there and that’s their choice, I’m not gonna judge them, but me and Rex are going to need more.
Captain Charisma: …“more” what, exactly? And for the love of God, please no knives!
(Annoyed, Ms. Extreme rolls her eyes and waves her hand dismissively, which really does nothing to put Captain Charisma at ease in his anticipation of what these two Elitists have got in mind.)
Ms. Extreme: More freedom, more time, more of a chance to beat the absolute shit out of each other for one of us to come out on top. I’m the one that can give Rex the challenge that he’s looking for and I know just like Rex knows that he can give me the fight that I said I wanted for Shock Value just the same, and if that much is obvious, then you should know that yourself! With what we could end up doing at Shock Value, the both of us know that it’s a chance to reassert ourselves back into the main event picture like Rex said when I told him I was accepting his challenge.
Rex McAllister: Me versus Ms. Extreme is a World Title caliber match-up, and not even you can deny that, Cap, so if we’re going to do this then we’re going to need something that’ll push the both of us beyond anything people are going to be seeing already. I’ve got no doubt that the other matches are going to be great but we’re ready to take this one to whole new heights.
Ms. Extreme: Whole new extremes, I guess you could say
Rex McAllister:
(Captain Charisma is clearly thinking this one over and can’t help but wonder himself how to approach this offer from Ms. Extreme and Rex to want to take things a whole step further. But considering how things went for them at Bloodsport, what else could’ve been expected? These two are more than willing to put it all on the line and then some, just for them to get the best out of each other and themselves to position themselves for more opportunities. Finally, Captain Charisma begins to nod and this catches their attention, putting them on alert!)
Captain Charisma: Alright, if this is what it’s come down to for the both of you, then how about this: a 30-minute ELECTRIFIED Hardcore Ironman Match?! Let’s see if you two can do even better than your Bloodsport match!
(Ms. Extreme’s face practically lights up, a look of what can only be described as being excited disbelief coming over her with a massive grin, while it certainly doesn’t take Rex long at all to come around to the idea as he nods his head almost instantaneously!)
Ms. Extreme: Y’know what?! I think that’s going to work out just fine for me! You want us to do better than what we did at Bloodsport? Come Shock Value, I plan on seeing to it that that’s exactly what you get!
Rex McAllister: Definitely no complaints here; I’m more surprised we didn’t come up with it ourselves. But this definitely means it’ll only be bigger and better, and Ms. Extreme, I know you’re not one to back down, so I can’t wait for you to throw everything you’ve got at me so that we can go that extra mile. Like I said, I’ll be looking forward to making it seem like a repeat victory of Bloodsport. This can very well be the win that gets me right back at the EAW World Championship, if not then I know it’d have everyone talking about how I’m well on my way to getting there again.
Ms. Extreme: I’ll be holding you to be looking to go well out of your way to try to accomplish that, because this time around, I’ll be doing everything to make sure I’m pushing myself to take all the extra steps necessary to get that victory over you this time. Whatever the implications of a win might be here, we’ll cross that bridge for it means when I’m the one who gets there, but for now, I’m looking forward to showing why nothing is going to take me off track toward getting closer to a World Championship.
(Ms. Extreme and Rex nod at one another, a definite and clear sign of respect between the two of them before they thank Captain Charisma for the chance and head out the office, leaving the General Manager behind contemplating what he’d just allowed the two of them to be getting themselves into as the scene fades out.)
(Commercial break for Bang energy drinks starring Kassidy Heart, who hopes and prays to Gawd that by drinking these she can finally stay up past 7:00PM.)
(Voltage fades back in from break and cuts to the backstage area. The stunning Kensingten Calhoun-Astor, dressed in all her finery, is seen walking towards the catering area. As she enters catering, she spies the woman she is looking for, holding court, and telling a story about her days as an indy wrestler. At first, Holly Arrow doesn’t notice Kensingten, but some of the people she is talking to do, and they quickly begin to disperse. Kensngten rolls her eyes at this, used to the treatment, but annoyed nonetheless.)
Kensingten Calhoun-Astor: I mean, I’m wearing Chanel No. 5. I just don’t understand why people leave whenever I walk into a room! It’s just the darndest thing.
(Holly can’t help but roll her eyes, and she gets up from the table she had been sitting on.)
Holly Arrow: Imagine not knowing why people don’t want to be around you.
Kensingten Calhoun-Astor: Touche, Miss Arrow, and quite frankly, I do not have the time nor the patience to sit around and spar with you today. No, m’am. We’re not going to do that.
Holly Arrow: Then what are we going to do?
Kensingten Calhoun-Astor: We are going to get on the same page and focus everything we have into defeating IDOL-GUN next weekend at Shock Value in whatever a Blackout Match is. I can only assume they spun that kewt little wheel sometime earlier today and we were not invited, but no matter. The stipulation matters not. There are other things we need to address right now. I see you went to Dynasty on Friday night and had yourself a bit of fun teaming with Miss Mary S. Atlas, and I do hope that your new found friendship with that Missouri woman doesn’t get in the way of you teaming with me this upcoming week and perhaps for the foreseeable future should things go our way and we walk out of Madison Square Garden as first time champions.
(Holly rolls her eyes once again, and really, that was a natural reaction for most people who found themselves involved with Kensingten.)
Holly Arrow: I did have fun teaming with Mary, to be honest, and if I get invited to team with her again, I will probably take it. She doesn’t come with a ton of baggage or a shoddy reputation like some people I know, but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to give you my all. You should know by now how much this match means to me, and how badly I want to be the person who brings IDOL-GUN down a peg or two. They have gone out of their way to bully me and talk crap about me since they arrived here, and I’m not the type of person that is just going to sit around and take that. I have proven myself as a competitor and as someone you can count on, and if you don’t know that by now, then I don’t know what else to tell you. The thought of taking the championships from IDOL-GUN before they can even defend them once is pretty incredible to me, and I’m focused and motivated to go out and get the job done.
(Holly flashes Kensingten a sugary sweet smile, but there’s definite power behind her words. Kensingten believes her, and relaxes just a little.)
Kensingten Calhoun-Astor: Well that is good to hear, Miss Arrow. Please keep that energy, as the cultured would say, and bring that type of ‘smoke’ all week. Is that the proper use of those phrases? I don’t really know, but I will need you to be at your very best this week, and leave nothing on the table.
Holly Arrow: As I said, you don’t have to worry about me, but allow me to question you for a moment.
(Kensingten blinks, a bit caught off guard.)
Kensingten Calhoun-Astor: I beg your pardon?
Holly Arrow: Well, I think it’s obvious to everyone that your history in championship matches leaves a lot to be desired. You’ve had every opportunity here handed to you, and yet you still somehow fail to grab the ole brass ring. I don’t really think it’s a question of talent with you. I know you are talented having been your opponent before, but you aren’t always the most dedicated. You have said it before that your family will always be your number one priority, and I can only assume that if I were a mom, I would feel the same. However, there are plenty of working mothers out there who are able to find a nice balance between their families and their careers. I believe you when you say you want to win championship gold, but I don’t believe you have always given this your full effort.
Kensingten Calhoun-Astor: And who are you to decide what my best effort is when you couldn’t even get Miss Lee to shake your hand for a good match?
(Holly’s face flushes just a bit, because Kensingten did have a point. Harper Lee had refused a show of sportsmanship from Holly all because Harper didn’t believe Holly had given their match her full attention that week.)
Kensingten Calhoun-Astor: That’s what I thought, Miss Arrow. You have no business questioning my work ethic when yours is quite questionable.
Holly Arrow: Well you won’t have to question me this week.
Kensingten Calhoun-Astor: Nor will you have to question me. I do understand that most people around these parts would never even think of giving me the time of day, and while your personal feelings towards me likely haven’t changed, you have found a way to push that aside and work with me towards a mutual goal. I do respect that and begrudgingly I will admit that I respect you for it. All I want is a fair chance in this company and for people to take me seriously as a competitor. Contrary to popular belief, I do work hard. I may not be the most vocal Elitist on the roster, but you have to understand that I am a bit shy these days. My opinions are not popular ones. My words always seem to ruffle quite a few feathers. I have to pick and choose my words carefully because we are living in the snowflake era where absolutely everyone finds themselves offended by something. More often than not, I have to work very hard to censor myself, and while other Elitists are allowed to use this company to talk about their beliefs and push their agendas on the impressionable young fans who look up to us, I don’t have that luxury. I just don’t think you have any clue how hard it is for me here. These people have painted me as a monster, Miss Arrow, and it gets harder and harder every day for me to keep my head held high and persevere!
Holly Arrow: :comeagain:
Kensingten Calhoun-Astor: You had no idea about the discrimination I face on a daily basis, did you?
(Kensingten reaches out and puts a comforting hand on Holly’s shoulder. Holly is just flabbergasted at this point, because even if she had given Kensingten the benefit of the doubt, it was obvious that Kensingten hadn’t changed.)
Kensingten Calhoun-Astor: Most people don’t realize that I have been suffering in silence. The arranged marriage was the breaking point for me, and while there is little I can do about that right this minute, I can focus on moving forward with my career and that includes marching my little butt down that ramp at Madison Square Garden and help you yank the Unified Tag Team Championships right out of the dirty hands of those Japanese adult film stars.
(A bright smile flashes across Kensingten’s face as she squeezes Holly’s shoulder and puts her hands on her hips.)
Kensingten Calhoun-Astor: Ta ta for now, Miss Arrow. I look forward to becoming a champion with you!
(Kensingten spins on her heels and saunters away, and Holly stands there a bit stunned. Kensingten’s words begin to sink in, and Holly can’t help but feel a sense of dread.)
Holly Arrow: (whispering) :lupe: I wonder if it’s too late to call out sick?
(On that note, Voltage fades down to the ringside area.)
(We see a shot of Bella Braxton standing in the center of the ring holding an EAW-branded microphone.)
Bella Braxton: The following contest is scheduled for… ONE FALL!
Crowd: WOOOOOOOOOOOO. Oh we were supposed to say it. :will:
(‘How You Like That’ by BLACKPINK hits the speakers as Ahren Fournier walks out through the curtains, with his umbrella resting over his shoulder. He begins to walk down the ramp.)
Bella Braxton: Ladies and gentlemen… AAAAAAAHREEEEEEEEEEEEEN FOOUUUUUUUUUURNIEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR!!
James Peters: Joining us tonight on commentary for one match only, the man who will be facing off against Azrael next week at Shock Value, after a rather… unsettling encounter last week on Voltage.
Rich Russillo: Unsettling? That was CRIMINAL, that’s what it was. Ahren Fournier and his precious Jennipurr were put in danger as that maniac delivered a DEAD CAT as a gift to them. And you expect him to get away with it?
Persephone: You have a lot of hatred towards these “maniacs” huh?
Rich Russillo: Baby, it’s justified!
James Peters: Justified or not, let’s move on. I have to point out that earlier today, Ahren was given a chance to spin the wheel and the stipulation for Ahren versus Azrael is a rather unique one.
Persephone: Right. A power grid street fight whatever the fuck that is.
Rich Russillo: Sounds like something a monster like Azrael and a former Hardcore Champion like Ahren would enjoy.
(Ahren Fournier walks to the commentary table, taking a seat, and putting on his headset as ‘Girei’ by Yasuharo Takanashi plays through the speakers. The lights slowly dim, before turning red, as Azrael walks through the speakers, slowly, with a turn up hood over his head.)
Ahren Fournier: I overheard you talking about what happened last week with the dead cat in a gift box, and I couldn’t agree more. That was criminal. And he could have scarred Jennipurr, for life. And what’s even worse? It’s a cat. It’s one thing to scar a human, but an animal is just disgusting. It’s messed up.
Rich Russillo: I totally agree with you on that, there’s absolutely no way he should’ve got away with what he did, but I trust you in doing that yourself next week. It’s absurd he even decided that would be a good idea.
James Peters: Well uh… Instead of talking about the obvious, let’s not forget that Azrael is great in the ring too. He’s one of those with a brutal side to him, obviously, but it’s been rather successful in the past, the question is, will it be the same this week?
Ahren Fournier: Don’t even talk about him in any other way. :skip:
Bella Braxton: Introducing first… hailing from the world of freedom… weighing in at 290 pounds… AAAAAAAAZRAEEEEEEEEEEL!!!
(Azrael walks up the steel steps and enters the ring, before jerking his body towards the hard cam. He raises his arms, and stares down the camera, with a crazed look in his eyes. ‘Masterpiece’ by SCANDAL hits the speakers, as Miku Sakai walks out through the curtains holding one of the EAW Unified Tag Team Championships, the other being held by Hikari Kanno who follows shortly behind.)
James Peters: And here comes one of the newest Tag Team Champions that we witnessed victorious a few weeks ago at King of Elite, winning a four way tag match against other talented teams. What makes this victory more interesting is that they have only just arrived here, and are already taking the company by storm.
Rich Russillo: They’re also not psychopaths! And that’s always a plus. Especially when they’re going AGAINST psychopaths, just so it exposes to the world what these people are like, and how you don’t approach them if you ever see them.
Ahren Fournier: Azrael has shown it himself that he shouldn’t be approached. It’s probably his goal too. Despite reaching his freedom, he still behaves the fucking same. By the way, this Miku chick? She seems cool…
Persephone: A bit of a kindred spirit with yourself, huh?
Bella Braxton: And introducing his opponent… Hailing from Fukui, Japan. Weighing at 110 pounds… SHE IS ONE HALF OF THE EAW UNIFIED TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS… MIKUUUUUU SAKAIIIIIII!!!!!
(Miku Sakai enters the ring, along with Hikari Kanno, as they both raise their championships up high. Her theme fades out, and Hikari takes both championships to the outside.)
Rich Russillo: That weight difference… that psychology difference. :lupe:
Persephone: The more you obsess over mental states the more I hate you. Just be normal.
(DING! DING! DING!)
James Peters: We are underway, as Azrael faces off against Miku Sakai, and it is safe to say that this match just completely consists of two complete opposites, and whilst it’s not exactly black and white – yin and yang – these two are far from alike. I’m sure as Rich would put it, Azrael is “insane” and Miku is… well… far from it, I would hope so.
Rich Russillo: If there’s anything I hate, it’s insane people. Shane Gates is one of them, do you really expect Azrael to be an exception? You can even ask our guest!
Ahren Fournier: People like Azrael are scum, that’s all I need to say. More than likely scarring my precious Jennipurr. I mean, who the hell even gives away a dead cat as a “gift”? Better yet, who the hell expects to get away with it?
Rich Russillo: 100% agree, spittin’ nothing but facts right there. He’s a sick minded individual, deranged. Doesn’t even deserve to be stepping in the ring with you. In fact, he shouldn’t even be ther-
Ahren Fournier: No. No, you’re wrong. He should be in that ring with me, so he can find out he fucked with the wrong guy.
Rich Russillo: :krabs:
James Peters: Azrael slowly walks towards Miku Sakai, staring straight through her, like a rabid animal in the wild hunting its prey. But Miku doesn’t see herself as prey, looking for the flying headscissors! But Azrael quickly catches her in a powerbomb position! He then turns around, and drives her into the turnbuckles! Not at full power though, as it seems he wants to save that with some follow up strikes straight to the gut- However this time Miku counters, sidestepping out of the way, and letting Azrael punch the ring post! However he’s not affected in the slightest!
Rich Russillo: He punched the steel ring post, and not even a scrape or bruise on his hand! How the hell do you even train your body to do that? If I punched that, my hand would be at most bruised.
Persephone: :usure:
Rich Russillo: Yes! I have very sensitive hands.
Persephone: You’ll have a sensitive everything real quick.
Rich Russillo: That’s not going to be necessary, honey. Love you.
James Peters: Miku Sakai tries to take control of this mishap, grabbing his hand and placing it against the middle turnbuckle, before pressing the sole of her boot straight into the fingers, and palm, trying to cause as much damage as possible! However, look at Azrael’s arm! The one that’s trapped! It’s shaking and… pretty much rattling just to escape! Oh no, not to escape! Instead it’s to punish Miku Sakai! He quickly snaps his arm free, before using both arms to grab her straight by the throat, which if you’ve seen any man with a completely dominant form – height and strength – you’ll know that is a bad place to be held! Azrael turns around, before throwing Miku forward with a double handed chokeslam-
Ahren Fournier: You see right there, that’s a problem I see with Azrael’s attack. It’s all power and strength, without focusing on whether that move is counterable! But no, Miku manages to slip behind and escape behind him. That lacked any sense of direction whatsoever, and it didn’t pay off.
James Peters: I don’t actually think that was the case right there! Miku Sakai had to struggle to slip behind, it wasn’t just a lack of grip, or a lack of direction. She then grabs Azrael by both of his arms… BEFORE BENDING DOWN AND TRYING TO GET HIM ON HER BACK! IT LOOKS AS IF SHE HAS THE ‘STARFALL’ VERTEBREAKER IN MIND!
Rich Russillo: But Miku is barely able to get Azrael off his feet, no matter into the back-to-back underhook position! Azrael takes note of this quickly, as he pushes Miku’s head up away from his back, before running backwards and absolutely sandwiching her in between himself and the turnbuckles! Miku Sakai got flattened, however Azrael is far from done! He grabs Miku Sakai by the sides of her hair, before running back out of the corner… AND TOSSING HER INTO THE AIR, OVER HIS HEAD! A BEIL THROW WITH HER HAIR AS THE GRIPPING!
James Peters: How do you even prepare for a maneuver like that? It isn’t the most impactful move in the entire world, but regardless it still hurts. And to be thrown into the air by just two grips of your hair? That’s just going to cause even MORE pain to the head after landing, with the possible chance of even hitting your head against the mat. Really, if you boil it down, there’s so many moves hit in professional wrestling that are just that painful. Can you even prepare for it?
Ahren Fournier: You can prepare for it. Specifically, you can prepare for someone. We all know that Azrael is a disturbed mind that could hurt ANYONE given the chance, there’s no exceptions, no special rules. However that doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed a loss now, does it? It doesn’t mean that you’re just guaranteed to be dominating the entire match, with no open windows. I’m out here for a reason. I’m out here to prepare, to get an up close view of Azrael. Just so that when I get the chance when Shock Value rolls around, I can send Azrael straight to the morgue.
Persephone: You sound serious and like you actually care about the business for once. I hate it.
Ahren Fournier: Well when you do what Azrael did and purposely seek out my attention in the way he did, I have no choice but to take this seriously, and I hate that. Azrael is gunna get this hooves and a lot more come Shock Value.
Rich Russillo: Azrael begins to follow a crawling Miku Sakai towards the ropes, the ropes that she’s crawling towards, standing above her and towering over her like a giant in comparison. Knowing how psychotic this man can be, that is never a good sign, not at all! Miku starts to crawl the ropes, using each one to pull herself back to her feet, and I don’t think she notices Azrael behind her whatsoever :lupe:. Azrael begins to approach from behind, Miku not even realizing, as he grabs her again by the hair, pulling her to her feet-
James Peters: WAIT A SECOND! SHE WAS PLAYING POSSUM ALL ALONG! AS SOON AS AZRAEL GOT ANY FLICKER OF CONTROL OVER HER, SHE DROPPED DOWN TO HER BACK, AND PULLED HIM STRAIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE TURNBUCKLE, FACE FIRST! AZRAEL IS DAZED, HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HIT HIM JUDGING BY THE WAY HIS HEAD TILTS DOWN, WITH LITTLE TO NO MOVEMENT IN THE MATTER! HE TRIED TO SQUASH HER LIKE A BUG, BUT THE ROLE WAS INVERTED, AND NOW MIKU SAKAI IS THE ONE TOWERING ABOVE AZRAEL! SHE TAKES A FEW STEPS BACK BEFORE RUNNING FORWARD… RUNNING KNEE STRIKE STRAIGHT TO AZRAEL’S HEAD, CRUSHING IT AGAINST THE TURNBUCKLES! MIKU INTRODUCES US TO THIS MATCH’S FIRST PINFALL!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
T-
Rich Russillo: KICK OUT! KICK OUT FROM AZRAEL, POPPING THE SHOULDER UP AT TWO, AND VERY QUICKLY! HE ISN’T OUT IF IT AT ALL, FAR FROM IT! THE FIRST MAJOR MOVE MIKU HAS MANAGED TO HIT COMPLETELY ROCKED AZRAEL, THOUGH! HEREBY SHOWING US THE BEST CAUSE OF ACTION WHEN AN INSANE MANIAC IS STALKING YOU OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE! YOU RUN, HIDE, AND THEN STRIKE! DON’T RUN UP THE STAIRS AND TRIP OVER ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING!
James Peters: Are you… referencing horror movie logic, Rich?
Persephone: **audible sigh**
James Peters: Anyway, yes, what he was saying. The first major move Miku hit managed to temporarily rock Azrael, and if she continues to go down a path of those, who knows how quickly she could end the match? Of course, it’s never that simple, but if she continued to hit moves as brutal as that knee strike, assisted by the turnbuckles? She may have this one in the bag! Miku rises back to her feet, before kneeling down and grabbing Azrael by his hair! She then rests his head against the bottom turnbuckle and takes a few steps back… oh no we’ve seen this before… ‘MUSTACHE RIDE’ BRONCO BUSTER!
Rich Russillo: IT CONNECTS! I’M SURE THE MAIN SOURCE OF IMPACT WAS THE COLLISION AGAINST THE TURNBUCKLES, AND PERSEPHONE… I THINK WE GOTTA TRY THAT MOVE!
Persephone: Ew.
Ahren Fournier: Azrael sure as hell isn’t looking like the same guy who mailed me a dead cat and talked about how he’s not a waste of my time, is he? I’m sure in his mind he’d have loved to come out here, get a clean dominant win, and “send a message” to me, but now he’s in a good position to lose, as he begins to get covered.
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
THRE-
James Peters: BUT AGAIN A KICK OUT! POWERING OUT AND LIFTING UP THE SHOULDER, I WOULD SAY SHOWING OFF RESILIENCE, BUT IS IT REALLY THE CASE?
Persephone: Swear you say that every week.
James Peters: :francis:
Rich Russillo: Miku Sakai now mounts on top of Azrael, and wastes no time as she BEGINS TO CLAW AT AZRAEL’S EYES, THROUGH THE MASK! ‘FEEL THY WRATH!’ AS SHE LIKES TO CALL IT, GIVING AZRAEL A TASTE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE! I’M NOT SURE THIS IS ENTIRELY LEGAL, BUT IF IT WORKS-
James Peters: WAIT! HOLD ON A SECOND! AZRAEL GRABS MIKU BY THE THROAT, AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY HER HANDS SHIFT AWAY FROM HIS EYES, AND TOWARDS HER THROAT! IS HIS GRIP SERIOUSLY THAT STRONG? TO THE POINT WHERE HE FORCES MIKU SAKAI TO COMPLETELY LOWER HER GUARD, STOP DOING THE MOVE SHE WAS DOING, HE TOOK COMPLETE ADVANTAGE OF A BAD SITUATION, AND I DOUBT HE WAS EVEN DAMAGED IN THE SLIGHTEST!
Ahren Fournier: Regardless if he’s showing it or not, he’s hurt on the inside, I’m more than sure that he’s not 100% in the head after the knee and bronco buster, perhaps even the claw to the eyes.
Rich Russillo: You’re damn right he’s not 100% in the head, he’s a motherfucking maniac that needs to be stopped! Look at him now, shoving Miku Sakai straight into the corner, as if she was just a piece of meat that he can throw around like it’s nothin-
James Peters: BUT WAIT A SECOND! MIKU JUMPS ONTO THE MIDDLE ROPE AT THE LAST SECOND AND LEAPS OFF! TORNADO DDT, SPIKING AZRAEL STRAIGHT INTO THE MAT! SHE TAKES QUITE A FALL TOO, BUT I DON’T THINK IT’S TO THE POINT WHERE SHE CAN’T CAPITALIZ-
Rich Russillo: HOLD ON!?!?!? HOW IS AZRAEL GETTING TO HIS KNEES BEFORE MIKU EVEN GETS TO HER FEET? SHE STARTS STANDING UP, FACING AWAY FROM HIM, NOT EVEN KNOWING THAT HE’S RISING JUST AS FAST! AZRAEL GRABS MIKU FROM BEHIND AND TRIES TO LOCK IN THE MANDIBLE CLAW! ‘LAST BREATH’- NO! MIKU SLAPS THE HAND AWAY, BEFORE PUSHING AZRAEL BACK INTO THE ROPES-
James Peters: ‘WHIPLASH’ BATTERING RAM HEADBUTT!!! MIKU SAKAI GETS ABSOLUTELY TURNED INSIDE OUT WITH THE HEADBUTT THAT LANDS ON HER CHEST, FORCING HER TO FLIP OVER ONTO HER STOMACH! AZRAEL KNEELS DOWN, AND FALLS INTO A COVER!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
THRE-
Referee: (off-mic) ROPE BREAK!
James Peters: WAIT A SECOND! DID HIKARI JUST PLACE MIKU’S FOOT UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM ROPE, OR DID SHE DO IT HERSELF? HIKARI IS RIGHT NEXT TO HER, BUT THAT WASN’T PICKED UP ON CAMERA! :lupe:
Rich Russillo: Either way, her foot was out of the ring, underneath the ropes, meaning a rope break had occurred! And the match continues. More importantly, we don’t have another psychopath winning!
James Peters: I don’t know exactly about that one, as Azrael is now lifting Miku Sakai off her feet, and I can only assume he’s looking to end it! But first… punishment!
Rich Russillo: What the hell is he doing? He’s grabbing her middle finger… OH GOD! AND NOW HE’S BEGINNING TO TWIST IT TO THE SIDE! THAT’S NOT HOW FINGERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BEND IN THE SLIGHTEST! MIKU IS IN CLEAR PAIN, AND I CAN ONLY ASSUME AZRAEL IS ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF THIS!
James Peters: BUT WAIT A SECOND! MIKU SAKAI TWISTS HER BODY TO BE SIDE BY SIDE WITH AZRAEL, AND HOOKS HER LEG ON THE INSIDE OF HIS! SHE THEN HOOKS THE ARM! SHE COMPLETELY LED HIM IN WITH A MOVE, AND NOW SHE PUSHES HIM HEAD FIRST INTO THE TURNBUCKLE! HE THEN FALLS BACK, AND SHE ROLLS INTO A LEVERAGE PIN!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Bella Braxton: HERE IS YOUR WINNER… ONE HALF OF THE EAW UNIFIED TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS… MIKUUUUUU SAKAAAAAIIIIIIIII!!!
(‘Masterpiece’ by SCANDAL hits the speakers as Miku Sakai rolls off of Azrael. Not willing to stay in the ring much longer, she begins to roll to the outside, where Hikari Kanno is waiting for her with their tag team gold.)
James Peters: Oh my! Miku defeated Azrael, by luring him in with a move, pretty much playing possum, and turned it into a creative roll up, preceded by slamming him into the top turnbuckle, without any means of protecting himself!
Rich Russillo: Miku has to roll out because she’s not going to allow herself to be stuck in a ring with a pissed off maniac, but she did it! Brains over brawn, I tell you. Brains over brawn. Wait… where is-
(It would be quick knowledge that Ahren Fournier had left the broadcast booth, as he slides into the ring behind a kneeling Azrael.)
Rich Russillo: YES! YES!
James Peters: OH GOD, LOOK WHAT HE’S HOLDING ABOVE HIS HEAD! AHREN FOURNIER IS IN THE RING, HOLDING HIS UMBRELLA, AND HE SWINGS IT TOWARDS AZRAEL! GOD! STRAIGHT ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD-
Rich Russillo: YOU WHAT!!?!?! HOW IS HE NOT PHASED BY IT!?!? AZRAEL IS COMPLETELY UNPHASED BY THAT UMBRELLA SHOT RIGHT TO THE HEAD, AND NOW HE’S STARING STRAIGHT THROUGH AT AHREN’S SOUL! HE GETS UP, AND GRABS HIM BY THE THROAT!
James Peters: AZRAEL IS CHOKING AHREN OUT WITH ONE HAND BECAUSE HE WAS ALMOST BLIND SIDED AND HIT WITH AN UMBRELLA STRAIGHT IN THE HEAD, BUT HE MANAGED TO COMPLETELY TANK IT, AND NOW HE’S IN CONTROL-
Rich Russillo: WAIT! BUT AHREN SWINGS THE UMBRELLA STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE LEGS OF AZRAEL, HANDLE FIRST, WHICH IS TILTED UPWARDS, AND PROBABLY THE HARDEST PART OF IT! AZRAEL FALLS TO HIS KNEES, AND NOW AHREN IS IN CONTROL!
James Peters: ANOTHER UMBRELLA SHOT TO THE HEAD, THIS TIME IT KNOCKS AZRAEL DOWN, HOWEVER HE ISN’T OUT EXACTLY! BUT AHREN LOOKS TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THAT, AS HE RUSHES CLOSER TO AZRAEL’S HEAD! ANOTHER UMBRELLA SHOT! AND ANOTHER!
Rich Russillo: AHREN IS SWINGING THAT UMBRELLA DOWN OVER AND OVER REPEATEDLY INTO AZRAEL’S HEAD, UNTIL HE FINALLY FALLS LIMP! AHREN WARNED HIM THAT HE’D PUT HIM IN A BODY BAG, AND NOW HE HAS GOTTEN A TASTE OF EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANS! BRUTALLY BEATING HIM DOWN OVER AND OVER, AND NOW AHREN IS STANDING ABOVE THE MONSTER!
James Peters: HE BLIND SIDED HIM, GAVE HIM NO CHOICE! THAT’S WHY HE WAS OUT HERE TONIGHT! THIS WAS PLANNED FROM THE BEGINNING!
(Voltage fades to commercial, as the final shot is Ahren Fournier standing above a grounded Azrael, raising his umbrella high up into the air.)
(A commercial for Strawberry Steve’s freshly-picked strawberry flavored strawberry smoothies plays.)
(Voltage returns and fades into footage shot earlier in the day.)
[SCREEN BAR – EARLIER TODAY]
(We see a junkyard, where the fences are barbed wired, one of the wires seems to have been ripped off the top of the fence, and while still connected, it rests in the hands of “The Gypsy Moth” Minerva and member of the newly formed New Eden. Leaning against the fence in black jeans and boots, a black t-shirt with an orange rose on it and leather jacket, shoulder length orange hair hanging down and long sharp matte black polished nails gripping the steel, she takes off her sunglasses and glares into the camera with her icy blue eyes…)
Minerva: Art imitates life, history has a propensity of repeating itself. The past will always come back to haunt you. Nothing is sacred anymore. Our actions will always have a reaction, they tend to pop back up at the most opportune times. For me lately it has been the woman who I wrestled with for almost an entire half season, matter of fact my Universal Women’s Championship reign was defined by her, as most of my defenses were against her, I am speaking about Raven Roberts. What happens though when you go on about your life so broken and full of disdain, that the hatred for another human being eats away at your very soul to the point there is nothing left and devoured? Has this become the journey for a once promising and outstanding Elitist that was considered one of the best in the industry and in my eyes still is? Or are we looking at a petty, overbearing, sinful prided bitch who decided that the time to exact this said revenge against me was now? At the very moment when I was about to become the EAW World Champion, and now I must deal with a situation I had already dealt with over seven months ago, in a Season when it was ALL ABOUT Raven Roberts and never about ME?
(Shaking her head, she chuckles a little while glancing down at the barbed wire…)
Minerva: And so now it happened, we have a woman that had waited all of this time to strike at me, not as a Bird of Prey but a scavenger. Sadly, Captain Charisma bought into it, all he wanted was to see her get revenge on me for what I did, Raven is his little Voltage Beating Hearts Darling who brought victory at Territorial Invasion in Season 13, well what about me? I was a survivor, I brought pride and victory to the yellow brand, but this has always been about one thing, nepotism, like he owed her something because her life went so tragic. Well Raven, I told Rex McAllister last week, and it didn’t matter if they won or loss, we all knew that New Eden would have its challenges coming out of the gates, but in due time we would plant our foot, flag and continue on to do exactly what this group had set out, but Raven couldn’t leave well enough alone, she decided to take away my moment like I was the one that magically made her infertile. This could have ended the way it did, but in life some people cannot handle the outcome. Tell me something, do you think that I will go after Raven if things do not go my way at Shock Value?
(The Gypsy starts to laugh…)
Minerva: Isn’t this the best part about it all, I have absolutely nothing to prove, I walk into this match as the prey and not the predator, and it makes me feel so tingly inside because of one reason, I get to hurt Raven Roberts. See what I have in my hand, it is the barbed wire that will be surrounding us, Barbed Wired Massacre, the first of it’s kind involving two women, though it is the sixth in history and this is what Captain Charisma gave you so that you’re able to make me suffer, so that I can bleed for my past sins and what I did to you which was basically every wrestler wants and that is win at Pain for Pride. Raven, you could have moved on, taken your chances and become a World Champion on Showdown but instead you didn’t and now it is going to cost you more than blood, more than a pound of flesh, more than any pain you have ever possibly imagined. I know I will hurt, bleed, and with-it being Shock Value, electrocuted as well. Raven, this was a mistake you made, the biggest one of not only your career but life as well. Marquis de Sade once said, that in order to know virtue, one must first know vice, and what do you think this is for me? My Vice, and all you had to do was stay within the confines of Showdown and do your own thing, raise your stock again after I dropped you flat on your face, but no, the gluttony of punishment was too great all for the journey to get some dignity and pride back?
(Minerva tsks tsks before running her fingers through her hair, then gripping the barbed wire in her fists raising it up to the camera, squeezing it as some blood trickles down her palm and wrist…)
Minerva: You are in MY backyard now; MY world and I am the Devil who runs this Hell. Raven, you should have simply walked away from this, stayed your lane, course and instead you decided to cost me the EAW World Championship and knowing Captain Charisma, that was probably my last and only shot. I never took away your ability to have children, I took away the only thing you had left Raven, one that you can never get back…. Your Main Event Pain For Pride moment. And come Shock Value, New Eden will walk out with victory, New Eden will make their stand known for being the ones who were willing to change the industry. And as for Raven Roberts? Barbed Wire, Electrocution? It will be nothing and I mean nothing compared to what I am going to do to you when I finally end this and we can Quote the Raven, NO MORE.
(Her icy blue eyes narrow glaring into the camera as the blood continues to trickle down her hand, licking it before cracking a smirk.)
(The scene fades out and reopens to an up close shot at the EAW Specialists Championship title plate for a moment before it’s adjusted, the camera following the movements. The title appeared to be strapped around a slender figure before being lifted from the waist area up higher. The shot stays on the Specialists Championship a second longer before it slowly pans out to show current Specialist Champion, Constance Blevins. “The Forgotten” had her hair hanging down sporting her black eye patch. She’s dressed in her usual all black get-up: Leather Jacket, halter top, jeans, and leather boots. For a brief moment, Constance, with her good eye, does a once over of the Specialist Championship she won back at King of Elite over a month ago. She admires it as she starts to speak.)
Constance Blevins: Twelve weeks….
Constance Blevins: Twelve short weeks is all it took to return, to rise like a Phoenix from the ashes, and began fulfilling but a microcosm of my potential. In twelve weeks I went from absolutely nothing to become one of the most important, notable names this place has invested its time in for the long haul. “Forgotten” I was, but as the EAW Specialists Champion memorable I will become.
(Constance finally turns her attention toward the camera, slightly adjusting her stance, with the Specialist Championship now draped over her right shoulder. )
Constance Blevins: This run, this reign, it won’t just be about gaining acknowledgement, respect, or validation, oh no no no, I’m afraid not. It’s about so much more. You see, I’m going to make this title and take it to all new levels, and if I’m going to do that I must redefine what the meaning of holding it should be. This run, this reign, it’s about conquering. Conquering all of my fears, all that once held me back! Made me weak! Most of all, this reign will be defined by one thing.
(Constance narrows her head slightly to the left before continuing.)
Constance Blevins: Dominance.
Constance Blevins: You wanna know what the Specialist title means to me!!??…That’s what the Specialist title means to me, and what it will be known as for each name, no matter how big or small, that will be introduced to that dominance. I don’t want to be just a fighting champion that dominates in the Specialist division. I want to prove that I’m the most dominant champion in all of EAW.
Constance Blevins: Being Champion will be about thinking outside the box, being innovative without limiting myself to certain things and going places others won’t dare go. It will all unfold at Shock Value. Shock Value will bring about…
(Constance pauses for effect, a hint of a smile appearing on her face.)
Constance Blevins: …shocking results.
Constance Blevins: An Electric Chair Match. I must admit at first when the vaunted wheel of doom made its return and stopped on yet another match that could change my career forever, I was a bit intimidated. It immediately brought back bad memories and nightmares of being in complete utter darkness. But then suddenly it was in the very same moment that it hit me. My mind was struck with a lightning bolt of clarity. That wheel, the one that decided my fate back at Bloodsport, it was a fear, one that I needed to conquer. It was Bloodsport in the Taipei Death Match where I nearly lost more than my eye. I nearly lost my career because I had lost myself, but that same wheel is a small part of what made me into the woman who stands before you now.
Constance Blevins: Over a month ago at King of Elite was when and where I did things that no other woman in this era had done when I walked up into Kasey Kaos’ “House of Horrors”, through Hell’s gates, and conquered a lot of my anxieties and fears and in the process completely shattering the confidence and will of Hell’s favorite demon. I finally slammed the door shut on the stupid biased debates used against me of whether “The Forgotten” Constance Blevins could shatter a glass ceiling on her own. Shock Value, the Electric Chair Match, it will prove to be no comparison to anything I’ve already conquered. If nothing else it will prove to all of you that still want to doubt me, but especially Sierra Bradford, that Constance Blevins as your Specialist Champion is here to stay.
(Constance pauses a moment. She glares toward the shot, knowing she’ll be in for the fight of her life to keep what was hers. Another part of her thought of the woman she once was, one that wasn’t strong enough in the past to measure up to what she’s become now and couldn’t wait to prove it at Shock Value against a motivated Sierra Bradford, someone that reminded Constance of who she used to be.)
Constance Blevins: Sierra Bradford. She sees herself as a woman on a little solo voyage that’s leading her to Shock Value to challenge for my EAW Specialist Championship. She sees herself on a mission to prove to the world that she wasn’t the inferior member of The Realm by finally securing her first singles Championship and making her dreams come true, which is admirable, but how far is she willing to go to prove her point?
Constance Blevins: It goes without question that she’ll need to go a lot further than she did at King Of Elite when she and Harper Lee didn’t have enough to remain champions. She’ll need to do more than the last woman who held this title did to even have a chance at dethroning me. Kasey Kaos did everything she could to try to end my comeback, trying to end my run for good to keep me from ending her reign of terror, and where did it get her? She was always going to fail from the moment she decided to get in my way, and now you want to make the same mistake, Sierra. Over a month ago in “Kasey’s House of Horrors” you and the rest of EAW saw what I was willing to do to win this title? Now at Shock Value you and the rest of EAW will bear witness to what “The Forgotten” will do to remain the Specialist Champion.
(Constance paused for a moment to let that last part sink in. She wasn’t over confident, self deluded, or blissfully unaware of the danger that was awaiting her and Sierra come Shock Value. She simply knew now how good she was and what she was capable of doing to anyone who stood in her path.)
Constance Blevins: I expect you’ll bring everything you got to Shock Value to win this, Sierra. You’ll do everything you can to end my run, to take away this title that’s been held by legends like the Iconic Brody Sparks, a future Hall of Famer like Andrea Valentine, that I swore to elevate, but before this is over you’ll find out that everything you got…
(Constance pauses very briefly before continuing.)
Constance Blevins: …won’t be enough.
Constance Blevins: Everything you think you know, Sierra, it will all end with you being dead wrong. In the end, “The Forgotten”, she’ll make sure you always remember this.
(With that, Constance once again takes a moment to allow her words to sink in, before a small grin appears on her face as the shot fades out and heads to commercial break.)
(Commercial promoting Gawdcoin, Mr. DEDEDE’s new form of cryptocurrency.)
(Returning from a commercial break, Bella Braxton stands inside the ring ready to call the next match!)
Bella Braxton: The following tag team match is scheduled for one fall!
(“In My Bones” by The Score starts up and the virtual crowd can be heard cheering as Raven Roberts and Harlow Reichert make their way out from the back, taking in the Voltage atmosphere.)
Bella Braxton: Introducing first… from Saturday Night Showdown… the team of RAAAAAVENNNNNN ROBEEERRRRTTTTSSS and HAAARRRRLOOOWWW REEEIIIICHEEERRRTTT!!
James Peters: As Raven looks to take on Minerva at Shock Value in what’ll no doubt be a brutal Barbed Wire Massacre IV, she has to deal with Myles and Drake King tonight while Minerva lurks at ringside! It’ll be a tough challenge for these two, but do you think they can pull it off?!
Persephone: Ummmm, what kind of question is that? Are you stupid? This is Rex’s show – if they know what’s good for them, New Eden will make sure these Showdown sluts don’t make it out of here alive!
Rich Russillo: Raven and Harlow have the potential to be quite the interesting team! They’re no strangers to each other, and while the early history between them is rocky to say the least, they’ve come together to defeat Myles and Drake here tonight!
Persephone: Didn’t Raven dislocate Harlow’s arm way back then? If Harlow really wanted justice, she’d abandon that bitch and leave Raven to fend for herself.
(Raven and Harlow enter the ring and take their spots inside of it with the referee motioning for them to stay back so as to call for allowing their opponents to appropriately enter the ring. Just then “My Brother (the Dragonslayer)” by Shiro SAGISU takes over with Drake being followed out by Myles and Minerva to the stage.)
Bella Braxton: And their opponents… representing New Eden… the team of the National Elite Champion, MYYYYLLLLLEEESSSS, and DRAAAAKKKEEE THE REDEEEEEMMMEEEERRRR!!!!
Rich Russillo: After Raven prevented Minerva’s EAW Championship victory, these three showed up on Showdown and attacked Raven, as well as Harlow when Harlow tried to intervene!
Persephone: Serves her right for thinking it’d ever be a good idea to stand up for Raven!
James Peters: New Eden isn’t going to allow people to stand in the way of what they’re looking to accomplish – you’re either with them or against them, and Harlow’s made her choice quite clear! They’ll be looking to make sure that she faces consequences for her actions, and in a match like this, that’s a challenge ahead of Raven and Harlow that won’t be easy to overcome with the way Drake and Myles will surely plan to operate, never mind the fact Minerva will be present!
(The trio comes down to ringside with Minerva staying on the outside while Drake and Myles enter the ring, standing across from Raven and Harlow, who are just as ready for the match to get underway!)
(DING! DING! DING!)
James Peters: Raven and Drake look set to start this one off! AND RAVEN GOES RIGHT AFTER DRAKE, LAYING INTO HIM WITH HEAVY FOREARM CLUBS TO THE HEAD! DRAKE SWINGS BACK, EXCHANGING BLOWS WITH RAVEN! DRAKE WORKS TO SEND HER BACK BUT RAVEN APPEARS TO HAVE GOTTEN THE ADVANTAGE WITH THE SUDDEN ATTACK!! RAVEN BACKS HIM INTO A CORNER, TRANSITIONING OVER INTO KICKS AND STOMPS!!
Rich Russillo: RAVEN LOOKS TO SUPLEX DRAKE OUT THE CORNER BUT LANDS ON HIS FEET BEHIND HER AND DRAKE STRIKES WITH TWO FOREARM STRIKES TO THE BACK OF THE NECK, AND NOW CLUBBING RAVEN’S BACK! DRAKE KICKS RAVEN DIRECTLY ON THE LOWER BACK AND RAVEN HITS THE TURNBUCKLES, DRAKE HITTING A BICYCLE KNEE TO THE BACK! AND BEFORE RAVEN CAN MAKE A MOVE, DRAKE PULLS HER IN AND TAKES HER DOWN OUT THE CORNER WITH A LIFTING INVERTED DDT!!!
Persephone: The back of Raven’s head gets driven against the mat and I’m honestly looking forward to seeing Raven get her ass kicked; the first way they can start to reform EAW is by getting rid of this cunt! Drake comes up off the mat to try to come down on Raven with an elbow drop- but he’s fucked up already! Raven rolls out the way and Drake’s elbow spikes off the canvas! This is a disaster and it’s only just gotten started!
James Peters:
Rich Russillo: Raven beats Drake to a vertical base and is able to strike with a clothesline to keep him down! Drake turns over but Raven captures him in a front headlock, lifting him up and over with a snap suplex! While Drake is still down, Raven grabs the arm that Drake struck the mat with and lays it out, coming down on it with a double knee drop! Raven comes off with a hold on the wrist, twisting around into an arm wringer to get it to turn into an uncomfortable position! Raven wrenches on the arm before bringing her knee to strike the elbow, looking to inflict damage on the joint!
James Peters: Raven Roberts seems intent on working the arm over before yanking Drake forward and flooring him with a short-arm clothesline! Raven takes off into the ropes and springs back but has to jump over a rolling Drake King as he tries to get up, Raven running off the next set of ropes and Drake surges forward with a kick to the gut! Raven doubles over and she gets struck with a snapmare facebreaker that leaves her unsteady on her feet after getting her head spiked off Drake’s knee! Drake strikes with a punch to the gut and then comes up to his feet with an uppercut that nearly takes Raven’s head off followed with a spinning side kick! DRAKE LEAPING OVER RAVEN AND CONNECTING WITH A BLOCKBUSTER THAT TAKES RAVEN BACK DOWN TO THE MAT!! DRAKE WITH THE COVER!!!
OOONNNEEE
TTTTWWWOOO-
Persephone: Someone tell this bitch to stay the hell down! Drake does the smart thing and starts dropping a set of knee strikes against Raven while she’s still down on the mat, and Raven turns away but Drake just continues on kneeing the hell out her back! That bitch Harlow has her hand outstretched for Raven but if she knows what’s good for her by not getting on my bad side, she’ll just let Raven get her ass beat!
Rich Russillo: Drake brings Raven to her feet standing between her and Harlow, Raven reaching for Harlow but Drake throws a knee up against her stomach while trapping her in a headlock and that puts any stop to that! Raven takes another knee and another again- RAVEN GETS LAUNCHED TO THE MAT OFF A SUPLEX!! Raven sits up and Drake takes her arms back into a seated surfboard, and Raven is helpless in the middle of the ring! Drake pulls harder on her arms while he’s got his knee in her back and Raven is trying to fight out of this!
James Peters: Raven’s finding a way to work her way up to her feet without the use of her hands and she just might- NO! DRAKE STOMPS ON THE BACK OF HER KNEE! RAVEN DROPS DOWN TO A KNEE BUT DRAKE STILL HAS HOLD OF THE ARMS! RAVEN, THOUGH, SHE’S TRYING TO GET HER WAY BACK UP- AND SHE FALLS BACK JUST IN FRONT OF DRAKE AND SENDS DRAKE FLYING FORWARD WITH A MODIFIED MONKEY FLIP!!!
Persephone: GROSS!! THIS IS THE LAST THING WE NEEDED TO SEE HERE ON VOLTAGE!! DRAKE HAD BETTER GET HIS SHIT TOGETHER- RAVEN WITH TOTALLY UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT BY NOT ALLOWING DRAKE TO GET TO HIS FEET AND KNOCKS HIM DOWN WITH A DROPKICK! RAVEN RUNS UP TO THE ROPES AND SPRINGS OFF THE MIDDLE ROPE- JESUS CHRIST, WHAT THE HELL?! DID HE EVEN TRY TO BLOCK THAT HURRICANRANA?! HE JUST GOT HIS SPIKED OFF THE MAT AND HE SHOULD PROBABLY TAG OUT IF RAVEN’S GONNA DOMINATE HIM LIKE THIS!
Rich Russillo: Minerva looks pissed off on the outside-
Persephone: Imagine how I feel!!
Rich Russillo: And just as Drake pushes himself up onto his knees, Raven charges and takes him down with a bulldog! RAVEN DRIVES DRAKE’S FACE INTO THE MAT AND RAVEN TURNS HIM OVER INTO THE COVER!!!
OOONNNEEE!!
TTTTWWWOOOOO-
James Peters: Myles calls for Drake to make the tag but it’s Raven with the look to Minerva on the outside, the two of them sharing a quick staredown before Raven turns her attention back to Drake! Raven snatches Drake and forces him to his feet before taking him across the ring, into her team’s corner with Harlow! RAVEN MAKES THE TAG! Raven snapmares Drake down into the corner and Harlow runs out to the middle of the ring, COMING BACK WITH A CANNONBALL SENTON INTO THE CORNER!!
Rich Russillo: HARLOW LOOKS TO KEEP THEIR MOMENTUM OF CONTROL ROLLING AS SHE BRINGS DRAKE OUT AND AWAY FROM THE CORNER! HARLOW LOOKING TO HOIST HIM UP FOR A SUPLEX BUT DRAKE HOOKS HIS LEG AROUND HERS! HARLOW TRYING TO LIFT HIM UP AND FORCE HIM OFF BUT DRAKE BLOCKS IT AGAIN, DRAKE COUNTERING WITH A SUPLEX OF HIS OWN!
Persephone: Harlow quickly turns over and goes to get her hands on Drake’s leg but he turns over, pulls his legs in and kicks them out to send her away! Drake now going to make the tag! MYLES BURSTS INTO THE RING TO THE SOUND OF BOOS AND GOES RIGHT AFTER HARLOW, BACKING HER INTO A CORNER OF THE RING AS SOON AS HE GETS HIS HANDS ON HER! HARLOW TAKES A SERIES OF SHOTS TO THE FACE AS MYLES STRIKES AWAY ON HER! THE REFEREE FOR WHATEVER REASON FEELS THE NEED TO STEP IN HERE BUT I’M NOT SURE WHY WHEN THESE SHOWDOWN BITCHES HAVE NO PLACE ON OUR SHOW!!
James Peters: The ring official backs Myles away and Myles looks like he’ll oblige- MYLES SHOVES PAST HIM AND GOES FOR HARLOW BUT HE TAKES A BACK ELBOW! MYLES IS STUNNED AND HARLOW FIGHTS HER WAY OUT THE CORNER, KEEPING MYLES CLOSE AS SHE THROWS FOREARMS AND SHE’S GOT JUST AS MUCH OF A REASON TO BE GOING THIS HARD AT HIM! LET’S NOT FORGET, THEY ATTACKED HARLOW AS WELL BACK ON SHOWDOWN! HARLOW REELS BACK AND SWINGS- MYLES DUCKS AND LIFTS HER OFF HER FEET INTO A BRIDGING BACK SUPLEX!!
OOONNNEEEE!!!
TTTWWWWOOOOO-
Rich Russillo: Harlow kicks out! Myles makes the first move to stay in control of the match, grabbing a handful of Harlow’s hair and launching her across the ring, earning a smirk from Minerva on the outside! Harlow crashes to the mat and turns over grabbing her back, but the National Elite Champion doesn’t plan on giving her much room to breathe- RUNNING OVER AND COMING DOWN ON HER BACK WITH A JUMPING DOUBLE FOOT STOMP, DIGGING HIS HEELS INTO HER BACK! MYLES STEPS DOWN BUT ONLY TO GRAB HARLOW AROUND THE WAIST, LIFTING HER FROM THE MAT AND FLINGING HER DOWN WITH A GERMAN SUPLEX! THE STRENGTH DISPLAYED BY THE CHAMPION RIGHT NOW!
James Peters: Myles brings Harlow up and whips her across the ring, Harlow running the ropes and coming back into a knee lift that stops her in her tracks! Myles sends her off into the ropes again and Harlow comes running back, getting lifted up onto Myles’ shoulders in a samoan- NO! HARLOW SLIPS DOWN AND ROLLS HIM UP- SUPERKICK!!! HARLOW RELEASES THE ROLL-UP TO HIT A SUPERKICK ON A KNEELING MYLES AFTER COMING OUT OF IT AND MYLES GOES DOWN! BUT HARLOW KNOWS SHE CAN’T STOP THERE AND FINDS MYLES FOR A DOUBLE UNDERHOOK SUPLEX, SLAMMING HIM TO THE MAT!!
Persephone: I already don’t trust New Eden to not embarrass Rex’s show right now!! Harlow whips Myles into the corner but Myles counters, but the girl who needs to give no fucks about this match steps off the middle buckle and comes down with a back elbow! Myles stumbles back covering his face- AND NOW A SLEEPER SUPLEX FROM HARLOW TAKES MYLES DOWN! CAN THE REFEREE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?! THIS IS GETTING INSANE!
Rich Russillo: Harlow and Raven have definitely brought a fight to New Eden here tonight, but should anyone have expected any less?! They weren’t going to lay down and take that attack without some retribution! Myles ends up in the corner but Harlow isn’t letting him get up to his feet, charging into the corner and HITTING A RUNNING FACEWASH! HARLOW’S BOOT STRIKES THE HELL OUT OF MYLES’ HEAD AND MINERVA IS ABSOLUTELY GLARING A HOLE THROUGH HARLOW! Harlow takes him out the corner by the arm to get him to his feet, eventually coming to lift him up into the air- “AS I LAY DYING”!! HARLOW DROPS HIM WITH A BRAINBUSTER DIRECTLY ONTO HER KNEE AND HARLOW GOES FOR THE COVER!!!
OOONNNNEEE!!!
TTTTWWWWWOOOO!!!!
TTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHH-
James Peters: Myles remains down but Harlow might’ve just bought herself a moment! Imagine if she and Raven manage to hold this control to a win here tonight!
Persephone: How dare you literally try to speak that shit into existence?! Are you actually insane?!
James Peters: :woah: I’m just saying! Harlow and Raven aren’t two women to be underestimated in any circumstances – Harlow’s defeated World Champions and Raven came back defeating Darcy, you can’t exactly put it past them to be able to pull it off here! And being a former Tag Team Champion herself, I’d say Raven knows a thing or two about working these kinds of matches! But Harlow goes to grab Myles as he’s rolling toward the ropes, grabbing his leg and trying to pull him away except Myles won’t let go! Harlow letting go to grab Myles some other way-
Rich Russillo: BUT HARLOW GETS PULLED NECK-FIRST INTO THE BOTTOM ROPE! HARLOW’S HEAD SNAPS BACK AS SHE GETS HUNG UP ON THE BOTTOM ROPE AND THAT WAS HONESTLY UNCOMFORTABLE TO WATCH! However, quick thinking on the part of Myles! He rolls away with the referee admonishing him for the use of the ropes that way and Myles gets up, arguing with the official and Drake tries to talk him down- ALL WHILE MINERVA LANDS A CHEAP SHOT ON HARLOW!! THE REFEREE DOESN’T IT SEE BUT RAVEN CERTAINLY DID AND SHE’S LIVID ON THE APRON!!! RAVEN STARTS ACROSS THE APRON BUT THE REFEREE SPOTS HER AND ORDERS HER BACK, RAVEN TRYING TO ARGUE WITH THE REFEREE BUT MYLES GOES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DISTRACTION!
James Peters: Myles drags Harlow up onto the middle rope, Minerva assisting with pushing the rope into Myles’ hands for efficiency in quickly tying Harlow’s arms up with the top and middle ropes?! Myles stepping back AND HITTING HARLOW WITH A VICIOUS KNEE STRIKE! HARLOW’S UNABLE TO BLOCK ANOTHER ONE THAT COMES HER WAY AND NOW MYLES TAKES OFF INTO THE OPPOSITE ROPES, RUSHING BACK AND HITTING A THIRD!!! The referee orders Harlow to get taken out the ropes and the anger on Raven is blatant as ever! She’s shaking her head, as Minerva knows damn well what she’s doing, just further inciting Raven’s fury! Myles now ripping Harlow away from the ropes and dragging her over to Drake, who tags in!
Persephone: But not without making it obvious that they totally want me rooting for them by leaving Raven irritated as she’s left to watch Myles lift Harlow up- POWERBOMB!!! BUT MYLES ISN’T FINISHED! HE LIFTS HER UP AND DRAKE CATCHES HARLOW INTO A GERMAN SUPLEX !!! DRAKE WITH THE BRIDGE TO MAKE SURE RAVEN GOES HOME MAD AS FUCK !!!
OOONNNNEEE!!!
TTTTTWWWWOOOO!!!
TTTTTHHHHHHRRRRRRR-
Persephone: THE BIRD BITCH COMES DOWN WITH A SENTON ON DRAKE?! HELLO, WHERE’S THE DISQUALIFICATION?! WHY IS RAVEN BREAKING UP THE PIN?!! CAN THE REFEREE DO HIS DAMN JOB AND GET HER THE HELL OUT?! THIS SHOULD BE OVER!! FUCK!!!
Rich Russillo: While I doubt it’d be over after that, Raven clearly isn’t about to let these double teams and outside interference go on without making it clear she’ll jump in to break things up! She can’t exactly trust Minerva to play fair, not with what they’ve been through and certainly not when it leaves Myles and Drake to take advantage of the situation!
James Peters: Raven exits from the ring as the referee orders her out and she calls for Harlow to make it to their corner, but Drake is able to recover quicker than Harlow, stopping her from trudging over to Raven as he grabs Harlow’s ankle! Harlow tries to kick him away but Drake holds on, contorting around into a heel hook! Will Harlow tap out?! Harlow reaches for the ropes but she’s simply too far away in this position! Raven’s desperate, outstretched hand isn’t any closer, either! Harlow tries to turn out but Drake has her leg wrapped up and he isn’t going anywhere fast! Harlow starts attempting to drag all of Drake’s weight with her to the ropes BUT DRAKE STARTS PUNCHING AT HER TRAPPED LEG!!!
Rich Russillo: The pain on Harlow’s face is clear as Drake goes right back into the hold and- Drake starts moving them back toward New Eden’s corner! Drake releasing the hold to get to his feet while holding Harlow’s legs as Myles slaps his shoulder for a tag- DRAKE FALLS BACKWARD AND CATAPULTS HARLOW UP INTO A STIFF FOREARM FROM MYLES, SENDING HARLOW BACK DOWN INTO DRAKE’S KNEES!! MYLES NOW SLINGSHOTTING OVER THE TOP ROPE AND COMING DOWN ON HARLOW WITH AN ELBOW DROP!!! MYLES WITH THE COVER AS DRAKE LEAVES THE RING!!!
OOONNNNEEEE!!!
TTTTTWWWWWOOOOOO!!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHRRRRRRRRREEEEE-
Persephone: Anyway.
James Peters: This match isn’t over as Harlow gets her shoulder up off the mat! Myles gets to his feet and stands over Harlow as she’s barely coming to, pulling herself up with the use of Myles before Myles slaps her down! Harlow pushes herself back up only for Myles to knock her back down and now he’s got a handful of hair, shouting in Harlow’s face- HARLOW SLAPS MYLES RIGHT ACROSS HIS FACE!!! MYLES LOOKS SHOCKED AS HARLOW TEARS OUT OF HIS GRASP AND STARTS FIGHTING TO HER FEET! HARLOW THROWING PUNCH AFTER PUNCH AS SHE SURELY KNOWS SHE HAS TO MAKE THE TAG! HARLOW HAS MYLES STUNNED!!! HARLOW KICKS AT ONE OF HIS LEGS AND MYLES DROPS TO A KNEE, HARLOW LOOKING TO DIVE OVER HIM BUT MYLES CATCHES HER!!!
Rich Russillo: HARLOW’S KICKING HER LEGS AND REACHING OUT FOR RAVEN, WHO’S DESPERATE TO GET INTO THIS MATCH! HARLOW’S WRIGGLING AND MYLES CAN’T KEEP HIS HOLD- HARLOW ENDS UP SLIPPING OVER MYLES’ BACK AND SHE GOES TO THE MAT BUT MYLES STOMPS DOWN DIRECTLY ON THE MIDDLE OF HER CHEST!! MYLES PUTS A STOP TO- WAIT! HARLOW HAS THE FOOT!!!
James Peters: HARLOW MANEUVERS HERSELF OUT FROM UNDER MYLES WHILE LEAVING HIM ON ONE LEG!! HARLOW HAS DEFINITELY TAKEN A BEATING AND MYLES TRIES TO SWIPE AT HARLOW BUT SHE LEANS OUT OF REACH! MYLES TRIES AGAIN FOR THE SAME RESULT AND HARLOW THROWS HIS LEG TO SPIN HIM AROUND- A LEAPING LARIAT FROM HARLOW STRIKES DOWN MYLES!!! HARLOW TAKES DOWN MYLES AND SHE’S GOT HER OPENING!!! HARLOW TRUDGING OVER AND SHE LEAPS WITH MYLES TRYING TO GET HER LEG-
Persephone: WHAT THE FUUUUCCCCCKKKKK!!!!! RAVEN GETS TAGGED IN AND THIS BITCH KICKS MYLES IN THE GUT AS SOON AS SHE’S IN RANGE! RAVEN DELIVERING A PUNCH TO THE FACE AND NOW AN UPPERCUT! RAVEN LITERALLY HAS MYLES ON THE ROPES BEFORE SHE WHIPS HIM ACROSS THE RING AND NOW HE COMES SPRINGING BACK LOOKING FOR A BIG BOOT BUT RAVEN SIDESTEPS HIM, ENDING UP BEHIND MYLES! AND- HA! MYLES DUCKS THAT STUPID “FACELIFT” AS HE TURNS AROUND AND SHOVES RAVEN INTO THE ROPES, RAVEN TILT-A-WHIRLS HER WAY ONTO MYLES AND ENDS UP ON HIS BACK IN A BODY SCISSORS- A DRAGON SLEEPER?! HE BETTER NOT TAP OUT TO THAT WHORE!!
Rich Russillo: RAVEN STRIKES WITH SHOTS TO THE NECK AS SHE’S GOT HIS HEAD BENT BACK, MAKING IT HARDER TO BREATHE AND MYLES MIGHT DROP HERE IF HE CAN’T GET OUT!! RAVEN’S GOT THAT HOLD ON TIGHT AND SHE’S GOT NO INTENTIONS OF LETTING GO!!! The National Elite Champion stumbles back into the ropes and somehow has the ring awareness to follow them down to the corner, ending up against the turnbuckles where he starts shoving Raven back against them to try to knock her off! Raven doesn’t want to let go- BUT SHE ULTIMATELY DOES AND SHOVES MYLES AWAY AFTER GETTING DOWN TO THE MAT! MYLES TURNING AROUND TO GO AFTER RAVEN BUT HE GETS KICKED IN THE FACE AND GOES DOWN! RAVEN STEPPING OUT ONTO THE APRON- WAIT A MINUTE!
James Peters: Just there at ringside is Minerva watching Raven closely, and Raven’s telling her to stay the hell out of it and to not get involved like she has already! Minerva raises her hands feigning innocence- BUT THAT’S ENOUGH FOR MYLES TO KNOCK RAVEN OFF THE APRON! RAVEN GETS BLASTED TO THE FLOOR OFF THE SUPERKICK AND MYLES FOLLOWS HER OUT, GRABBING RAVEN BY HER HAIR AND SWINGING HER INTO THE BARRICADE!!! Minerva casually leans against the apron as she watches this go down, surely getting some satisfaction out of this! Myles swings Raven the opposite way into the barricade and then rolls her into the ring, Raven struggling to make it to her feet without the ropes and Myles dashes past her to run off the ropes, COMING BACK WITH A HUGE SPEAR!!! MYLES WITH THE COVER ON RAVEN!!!
OOOONNNNEEEE!!!
TTTTTWWWWWOOOOOO!!!!
TTTTTTHHHHHHRRRREEEEEEE-
Rich Russillo: RAVEN KICKS OUT !!!
Persephone: Can you guys literally stop getting excited for these Showdown hoes? It’s literally sickening to have to hear this shit!
James Peters: Myles seems intent on continuing to beat down on Raven, punching away before bringing her up into a suplex! He doesn’t release it though and turns over into another, slamming Raven down against mat! Raven now getting lifted in a double underhook- BUT SHE LOOKS TO COUNTER WITH A HEADSCISSORS! MYLES KEEPS HIS BALANCE THOUGH AND RAVEN HANGS UPSIDE DOWN BEFORE MYLES LIFTS HER UP ONTO HIS SHOULDERS, RAVEN PUNCHING DOWN AT HIS HEAD TO TRY TO SLOW HIM DOWN AS HE GETS A RUNNING START- SITOUT POWERBOMB!!!
Rich Russillo: Myles takes a moment to get to his knees, looking down at Raven with a scowl before Raven finds herself getting lifted over his shoulder in a canadian rack! Myles jumps and comes down on his feet, causing even more pain in that overhead submission! Myles does it again to have Raven’s back come crashing down into his shoulder! Raven reaches out for the ropes or maybe even Harlow, who’s kneeling as she clutches at her back after the double team from earlier, but Myles isn’t letting her go anywhere! Myles looks to lift her out possibly for “WRATH OF PANDORA”!!! BUT RAVEN SLIPS DOWN BEFORE HE CAN GET HER AND RAVEN STOMPS THE HELL OUT OF THE BACK OF HIS LEG!! RAVEN SEEING THE CHANCE AS MYLES RISES UP!!! “FACELIFT” SPINNING HEEL KICK!!!
OOOONNNNEEEE!!!
TTTTTWWWWOOOOOO!!!!
TTTTTHHHHHHHRRRRREEEEE!!!!
James Peters: Raven breaks the hold as she spots Minerva climbing up onto her knees on the apron!!! Raven storms over and calls for her to get into the ring if she wants a fight, but Minerva remains outside and appearing unfazed by Raven! Raven stares her down as if waiting for her to try something again but now that it’s clear nothing’s going to happen, she goes back to Myles, pulling him in for a suplex but the distraction proves to be effective as Myles has the chance to escape behind Raven! Myles stumbles into the ropes and Drake makes a tag, unknown to Raven who rolls Myles up from behind!
Rich Russillo: BUT DRAKE COMES IN WITH A FLYING KNEE TO KNOCK RAVEN FROM OFF ON TOP OF MYLES!! DRAKE SWIFTLY TAKES ADVANTAGE AS MYLES ROLLS OUT BY GRABBING RAVEN AND RUNNING HER FACE-FIRST INTO THE TURNBUCKLE! RAVEN GETS SPUN AROUND AND DRAKE LIFTS HER OFF HER FEET, RUNNING HER ACROSS THE RING AND SLAMMING HER INTO THE TURNBUCKLES! Drake looks to set her atop the turnbuckle and climbs up after her, landing clubbing shots along the way before he tries to hook her up for a superplex-
James Peters: RAVEN FIGHTS HIM OFF AND SHOVES HIM DOWN!!! DRAKE LANDS ON THE MAT BUT RAVEN HAS THE ARM, AND SPINS OUT THE CORNER OFF THE TURNBUCKLE TO THE CANVAS!!! “WING BREAKER”!!! RAVEN GOES AFTER THE ARM SHE’D TARGETED EARLIER AND DRAKE IS SCRAMBLING FOR AN ESCAPE!!! DRAKE KICKING HIS LEGS AND REACHING FOR THE ROPES!!
Persephone: AND SHE’S LITERALLY ABOUT TO TRY TO MAKE A MOCKERY OF HER SO-CALLED “MAN”’S SHOW?! THIS IS WHY HE’LL NEVER LOVE HER! BUT THANK GOD, DRAKE IS STARTING TO TURN SO THAT HE CAN TRY TO REACH THE ROPES! CAN MINERVA DO SOMETHING?! MYLES?! SOMEBODY?! HELLO?! DRAKE ISN’T GONNA MAKE IT-
Rich Russillo: DRAKE GET HIS FOOT ON THE ROPE AND RAVEN BREAKS THE HOLD! Frustrated but she nonetheless complies and goes to pull Drake away from the ropes, Drake getting dragged to his feet as Raven lifts him up just in front of her- BUT DRAKE GOES OVER HER AND INTO A SUNSET FLIP PIN!!!
OOONNNNEEE!!!!
TTTTTWWWWOOOOO!!!
TTTTTHHHHHHRRRRREEEE!!!
James Peters: RAVEN KICKS OUT!!! They race to their feet with Drake ducking a clothesline, Raven running off the ropes with Drake catching her on the rebound but Raven counters and switches the hold for a hip toss! RAVEN BACKFLIPPING HER WAY OVER INTO A DROPKICK ONLY FOR DRAKE DUCK AND ROLL, THE TWO OF THEM RACING TO THEIR FEET WITH RAVEN JUMPING UP INTO A HURRICANRANA BUT DRAKE KEEPS ON HIS FEET AS RAVEN’S MOMENTUM SWINGS THEM AROUND! DRAKE LAUNCHES RAVEN AT A CORNER- BUCKLE BOMB!!!
Persephone: YAAAAAASSSSS !!!! RAVEN HITS THE TURNBUCKLES AND DRAKE GETS HER AS SHE COMES OUT!!! “ASCENSION”!!! RAVEN GOES DOWN AND DRAKE COVERS!!! OOOOONNNNNEEEE!!! TTTTTWWWOOOOOO- Why the fuck isn’t the referee counting? I’m just as confused as Drake as he sits up-
Rich Russillo: HARLOW RUSHES IN AND OBLITERATES DRAKE KING’S FACE WITH A DOUBLE FOOT STOMP!!! HARLOW TAKES DOWN DRAKE KING!!!! Drake unknowingly threw Raven into her team’s corner when he blocked that hurricanrana and Harlow jumped up to land the tag! Harlow taking Drake into the corner with shoulder thrust after shoulder thrust AND NOW RAPID-FIRE UPPERCUTS TO FOLLOW!! DRAKE SHOVES HER DOWN AND AWAY BUT HARLOW ROLLS BACK TO HER FEET, LEAPING IN WITH A FOREARM SMASH!!! HARLOW DASHES OUT THE CORNER WITH A HOLD ON DRAKE AND DRAKE SNAPS TO THE MAT AFTER BEING ON THE RECEIVING END OF A FACEBREAKER!!! HARLOW LOOKING TO PIN ANOTHER FORMER WORLD CHAMPION THIS YEAR!!!
OOOOONNNNNEEEE!!!!
TTTTTWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!!
TTTTTHHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEEEEE-
James Peters: MYLES COMES CRASHING DOWN WITH AN AXE HANDLE TO HARLOW TO BREAK THE PIN!!! MYLES RUSHING TO GRAB HARLOW AND HE DRAGS HER UP TO HER FEET! Drake comes to his shortly after and Myles lifts Harlow up onto Drake’s shoulders in position for a powerbomb- RAVEN STRIKES MYLES FROM BEHIND! AND NOW A KICK TO DRAKE’S MIDSECTION THAT CAUSES HIM TO LET GO OF HARLOW, BUT RAVEN MAKES SURE SHE STAYS ON HER FEET! DRAKE GOES FOR HARLOW AS MYLES HAS TO FIGHT OFF RAVEN! THE SHOWDOWN ELITISTS ARE TAKING CONTROL OF THIS BRAWL THAT THE REFEREE CAN’T CONTROL!!!
Rich Russillo: DRAKE CLOTHESLINING HARLOW OVER THE TOP ROPE AND THEY BOTH FALL OUT THE RING!! INSIDE THE RING, MYLES CATCHES RAVEN ONE GOOD TIME AND SHE STUMBLES BACK AGAINST THE ROPES! MYLES CHARGING AT RAVEN BUT SHE POPS HIM UP AND OVER THE TOP ROPE! Myles lands on the apron- NO! RAVEN SHOVES HIM AND HE GOES DOWN!
James Peters: But look at Minerva, crouching over Harlow, who’s totally unaware of it as she’s trying to get up onto her hands and knees! Raven takes notice and heads out the ring but Minerva meets her head-on, the two of them looking like they just might get into it as they look ready to confront each other! BUT RAVEN’S NOT INTERESTED IN TALKING! RAVEN STARTS REELING BACK AS SHE WALKS UP ON MINERVA AND- MINERVA DUCKS AND RAVEN JUST CLOTHESLINED THE FUCK OUT OF HARLOW?! HARLOW GETS SENT DOWN AND RAVEN’S IN TOTAL SHOCK!! SHE CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED! WAIT- DRAKE SHOVES RAVEN TO THE GROUND BEFORE GRABBING HARLOW AND ROLLING HER INTO THE RING!
Persephone: HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!! AMAZING!!! DRAKE RUNS AT A DOWN HARLOW JUST AS SHE’S TRYING TO GET UP!! “JUDGEMENT DAY”!!!! RAVEN’S SHOCK SEEMS TO HAVE WORN OFF AND SHE GETS OFF THE GROUND IN A RUSH TO SLIDE INTO THE RING AS DRAKE MAKES THE PIN ON HARLOW- BUT MYLES GRABS RAVEN’S LEGS AND PULLS HER RIGHT BACK OUT AND LETS HER HIT THE FLOOR AS THE REFEREE COUNTS DRAKE’S PIN ON HARLOW!!!
OOOONNNNNEEEE!!!!
TTTTTWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!!
TTTTTHHHHHHHRRRRREEEEEEE!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
(“My Brother (the Dragonslayer)” by Shiro SAGISU begins to play and Drake rises to his feet with his hand raised by the referee, Myles and Minerva entering the ring to join him!)
Bella Braxton: Here are your winners… Myles and Drake the Redeemer, NEW EDEN!!!!
James Peters: A wild finish to this match as Raven ended up laying out Harlow with a clothesline that was intended for Minerva! This certainly wasn’t how Raven expected things to go judging from the look on her face!
Persephone: And the look on her face is totally hilarious! I mean, hello?! Nobody wanted to see her win and she dragged Harlow down right along with her!
Rich Russillo: There’s no denying that Raven and Harlow put up a great fight, but ultimately, an ill-timed clothesline brought on by a baited distraction is what led to their downfall here tonight! You can’t fault Myles and Drake for taking advantage of that mistake for the win!
(Raven enters the ring to go assist Harlow in order to help her out of the ring as New Eden stands a bit away, watching Raven as she tries to help Harlow but the look of burning anger she gives them is undeniable.)
James Peters: Who knows what would’ve happened had Minerva not gotten involved the way she did, but the effort from both teams here-
Rich Russillo: AND NOW MINERVA IS STOMPING DOWN ON RAVEN!!! MYLES GOING AFTER HARLOW AND DRAKE IS RIGHT IN THERE WITH THEM!!! THIS IS A MAULING!!! RAVEN AND HARLOW ARE HELPLESS AS THE REFEREE CAN’T CALL THEM OFF, IT’S LIKE HE MIGHT AS WELL NOT EVEN BE THERE!! HARLOW WEAKLY COVERS UP BUT SHE’S GOT TO BE BARELY CONSCIOUS AS THIS IS HAPPENING WHILE RAVEN IS ON THE RECEIVING END OF A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT OF KICKS AND STOMPS HERSELF, UNABLE TO BLOCK THEM AS SHE CAN’T EVEN TELL WHEN OR WHERE THEY’RE COMING FROM!!!
Persephone: I mean, I’m sure as fuck not complaining!
James Peters: AND WHILE RAVEN IS STILL GETTING MERCILESSLY BEATEN DOWN, NOW MYLES DRAGS HARLOW UP, TOSSING HER THROUGH THE ROPES AND HARLOW HITS THE GROUND WITH A THUD!! MINERVA, THANK GOD, FINALLY DECIDES THAT RAVEN’S HAD ENOUGH AND SHE GETS HER UP, DOING THE SAME TO RAVEN, WHO CAN’T FIGHT HER OFF, AND RAVEN FALLS OUT RIGHT NEXT TO HARLOW!!! THIS IS JUST INSULT TO INJURY AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED!!!
(The referee hurries from the ring to go check on Raven and Harlow, with Raven advising him to get Harlow first while she clutches her arm over her midsection and looks up into the ring at a New Eden that stands tall. Their entrance music starts up again as it had stopped during the jumping, and Raven shakes her head before struggling up to her feet in an attempt to assist the referee with Harlow, while Drake, Myles, and Minerva proudly stand in the ring with their arms raised. The scene then fades out.)
(Commercial for the upcoming Fantastic 4 movie, starring Insurgency.)
(Voltage returns from its final break of the evening.)
(Voltage cuts to the ring and inside of the ring is a table with two microphones, pens, and a contract on top of the table. There’s a chair on both sides of the table, and on the vertical end of the table is James Peters, who also has a microphone in his hands. The virtual crowd immediately begins cheering upon seeing the contract signing setup, before finally James Peters begins to speak.)
James Peters: Ladies and gentlemen, up next we will be seeing the contract signing between the two women who will be competing for the Universal Women’s Champion at Shock Value in a Shock Collar match! Introducing first is the challenger! She’s a former Unified Tag Team Champion now getting an opportunity at the Universal Women’s Championship. Please welcome Harper Lee!
(‘Sweet Dreams’ by Eurythmics, Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart hits, and Harper Lee begins making her way out to the stage, causing the virtual crowd to cheer once again. Harper doesn’t look happy at all after Darcy cost her the match against Candice Blair earlier in the night, but the challenger for the Universal Women’s Championship makes her way into the ring anyway, before looking over the contract signing setup and sitting down in one of the chairs. Finally, Harper picks up one of the microphones.)
Harper Lee: You know this is actually my first time doing this whole contract signing thing. Crazy, right? I’ve been here since 2019 and I never got to do one of these until now, but you know what? This is actually pretty fitting. My first ever contract signing and it’s for the match where I’m going to win the Universal Women’s Championship. You know I’ll be the first to admit this past month hasn’t been the best for me. In fact I’ve pretty much been saying that this whole time, but at Shock Value I’m more than ready to turn things around. This is my first one-on-one shot at the Universal Women’s Championship. No multi-woman match, no triple threat, none of that is happening this time. It’s just gonna be me and Darcy at Shock Value in that Shock Collar match, and I hope Darcy knows that this time Wallace won’t be able to hold me back like he did on Dynasty. She took away my win against Candice Blair earlier tonight, but at Shock Value I’m taking her Championship.
(With that being said, Harper finally puts down her microphone, allowing James Peters to continue.)
James Peters: Introducing next, the woman that managed to win the Cash in the Vault briefcase back at Pain for Pride before finally successfully cashing it in back at King of Elite! She’s a former Specialists Champion. Please welcome the current Universal Women’s Champion, Darcy May Morgan!
(As Harper looks towards the stage, ‘Spotlight Saviour’ by Iggy Azalea hits, and the virtual crowd gives Darcy May Morgan a mixed reaction as she begins making her way out to the stage. She’s holding the Universal Women’s Championship on her shoulder, and she begins making her way down to the ramp as Harper continues watching. As Darcy makes it inside of the ring she walks straight to her side of the table, before holding up the Universal Women’s Championship and picking up the microphone on her side of the table.)
Darcy May Morgan: I tried to tell you that you were in over your head Harper. It’s not my fault you had to get knocked out on Dynasty, or that you ended up losing tonight. You should have just listened to me instead of trying to attack me, maybe then you wouldn’t embarrass yourself so much. What I do to you at Shock Value is going to be bad enough, you just had to make things worse for yourself. I just don’t get it Harper. I don’t understand why you actually think you have any chance of becoming Universal Women’s Champion when I’m the one holding this title. This isn’t the tag team division, and even that division you couldn’t survive in. This isn’t even the Specialists Championship you’re fighting for. You’re trying to dethrone the face of women’s wrestling Harper and it’s just not going to happen. You can keep dreaming Harper, but only in your dreams will you ever have a chance of taking this title from me. It doesn’t matter that this is a Shock Collar match. The stipulation won’t make a difference. There is nothing that could make a difference here, because when it’s Harper Lee versus Darcy May Morgan, Darcy will win. Every single time.
(Darcy finally takes a seat in her chair, and Harper just shakes her head after listening to the Champion.)
Harper Lee: You can keep telling yourself that. Darcy, weeks ago you chose to attack me after I just went through a match and wasn’t even looking in your direction. Now on Dynasty you needed Wallace to help you because if he didn’t I wasn’t the one that’d be knocked out. You weren’t looking like the “face of women’s wrestling” back then, you looked like a coward. I know you think you’re ready for this Shock Collar match stipulation, but I know you. We ALL know you. You got to compete in a Scaffold match, and what happened? You were scared. You got to compete in a Barbed Wire Ladder match to defend your Cash in the Vault briefcase, and what happened? You were scared. I know you’re scared Darcy, because you’re not facing someone equally as afraid of these crazy stipulations. I’m looking forward to this Shock Collar match, and I’m looking forward to beating you and taking your title. Unlike you, I won’t need to cash in a briefcase in the middle of someone else’s match to do it.
Darcy May Morgan: That’s right, you won’t even get the opportunity to because you’ve never been in the Cash in the Vault ladder match, and even if you were you wouldn’t win it. You have no idea what it’s like competing in the Cash in the Vault ladder match, and not only did I compete in one of the most competitive ladder matches in EAW history, but I won. So excuse me for using the privilege that came with winning the briefcase. If you sign that contract you’ll get to see what I can do without cashing in. You’ll be able to face me one-on-one in that Shock Collar match just like you want, but I’ll warn you one more time. You’re not taking this Championship from me. I worked way too hard to get here, and I’m not letting you take it away from me. You don’t have what it takes to be World Champion, Harper. Maybe one day you’ll have it. Maybe in a few years you’ll be able to look over the amazing career of Darcy May Morgan and finally understand what it takes to be the best, but you’re not becoming Champion at Shock Value. It’s just not happening.
(Harper remains silent as she looks down at the contract on the table. She reads over the contract, before finally taking it and signing it with the pen on her side of the table, causing the virtual crowd to cheer. Finally, she turns it around and pushes it towards Darcy May Morgan before once again picking up her microphone.)
Harper Lee: There. I signed it. Are you gonna do the same, or are you too scared of your Championship reign ending at your first title defense? You’ve waited months for this moment Darcy. You said you were gonna cash in on the Universal Women’s Champion all along and you actually did it, just to have to face me in a Shock Collar match. That’s not the match you want if you want a long title reign Darcy. You saw what I did right after King of Elite, and honestly I’m still mad that I’m not holding the World Heavyweight Championship right now, but you know what that means? I’m not about to let this opportunity slip through my fingers like my shot at Lethal Consequences did. I’m not going to let our match at Shock Value end until I’m the Universal Women’s Champion.
(Finally, Darcy May Morgan signs the contract, clearing having heard enough from Harper. The fans all cheer once again, even louder than before as both competitors have finally signed the contract for the Shock Collar match for the Universal Women’s Championship. Darcy gets out of her seat, and Harper does the same as the two slowly come face to face.)
Darcy May Morgan: You’re going to eat your words after Shock Value, you know that right?
Harper Lee: We’ll see about that.
(Darcy just holds up the Universal Women’s Championship, and ‘Spotlight Saviour’ hits as Darcy turns to make her way out of the ring.)
Rich Russillo: And that right there ladies and gentlemen is the Universal Women’s Championship match at Shock Value! Darcy May Morgan versus Harper Lee in a Shock Collar match, and- TTYN!! WAIT, NO! IT DOESN’T CONNECT THIS TIME!
Persephone: Yikes, Darcy tried to hit Harper with that knockout punch just like she did on Dynasty, but Harper saw it coming this time.
Rich Russillo: HARPER MANAGED TO AVOID THE TTYN, AND HARPER NOW CONNECTS WITH THE DRAGON FIST TO DARCY MAY MORGAN! SHE’S NOT DONE YET THOUGH, AND NOW THERE’S THE BACKSTABBER!! HOUSE OF BALLOONS CONNECTS ON DARCY JUST AS DARCY TRIED TO TAKE HARPER OUT! It looks like Darcy’s plan backfired this time around!
(The crowd cheers Harper on as she picks up Darcy’s Universal Women’s Championship, as well as the microphone that she dropped. Harper looks down at Darcy May Morgan, before beginning to speak.)
Harper Lee: I am the future.
(As the crowd continues cheering, ‘Sweet Dreams’ begins playing once again, and Harper drops her microphone before holding up the Universal Women’s Championship. James Peters makes sure to exit the ring, making his way back to the commentary table to join Rich Russillo and Persephone.)
Rich Russillo: This could very well be the sight we see in just one week, but only time will tell! Either way I know we’re going to get one hell of a match, and I for one can’t wait to see it!
Persephone: I can. Rexy should honestly be allowed to compete for this title. There’s nobody good enough to hold it but him. Either let Rexy fight for it or just get rid of it, I don’t care which.
James Peters: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for tuning into Voltage tonight. As always I’m James Peters and with me is Rich Russillo and Persephone. We’ll see you all at Shock Value, where this match for the Universal Women’s Championship will finally go down!
(With Harper Lee standing over Darcy May Morgan with the Universal Women’s Championship being the final image, Voltage fades out for the final time before Shock Value.)
(EAW logo buzzes.)
