NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS XX

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WARNING: This live event contains strong coarse language (L), and intense violence (V) which may be unsuitable for younger viewers. None of the matches you are about to watch have been predetermined. Only some of the thematic story-lines have been discussed beforehand. Accordingly, EWC and it's producers must insist that no one attempt to recreate or re-enact any match or activity performed in this live event.

The Extreme Wrestling Corporation presents

NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS XIX
Brought to you by Under Armour, PS5 and Dr Pepper

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AUGUST 21ST 2023
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LIVE! from Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA

NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS XIX

Commentators: Marcus Woo & Valentina Gomez
Backstage Reporter: Pepper Montana

Announcer: Nina Dobrev
Senior Referee: Toyo Yasahiro
Referees: John Dean & Niklaus Forbes

"Champion" by UB40 begins to blast throughout Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Video footage detailing historic events over the EWC's history.

From March 1997 all the way down to the most recent episodes of Monday Night Brawl, Friday Night Rampage, Paramount Wrestling and EWC Prime!

Images of previous EWC Champions are shown, starting with the very first Champion Black Ninja, then moving onto Big Danny Mac and Steve "The Predator" Bennett. Sped up footage then shows a special montage of Memphis Reigns, Shadow Man, Hirsh Valentine, Jesse Nunez, Hurricane Jeff, Moses Lake, James Chambers, BDC, Jay Cee, Stray, Gladiator, The Rev, Luke Wolfe, Natalie Young, Candy, Dominic Sanders, Cyrus Black, Melody Malone, Scorpio, Xavier Reid, Jordan Sharpe, Stitches, Ace King, Ibuki Ito, Lavender, and Narumi Tsutsumi all with the EWC Undisputed Championship.

This is followed by highlights of showcasing current EWC Champions:


Lavender

Jojo Rush

3pAC

Darius

Mercenary & Vin Havoc

Ibuki Ito

Gabrielle Visconty

Cyrus Black

Andrea Hernandez

Sally Talfourd

Callie Clark

Sunny Skye

The opening pyros hit and here we go.

The energy in Tiger Stadium is insane as the crowd is absolutely electrifying in their uproar of cheers. Spotlights circle around the Stadium as the sold out 110,000 fans in attendance are shown in a wide angle shot.

The camera then zooms around the arena showing the fans in a closer look.

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Fireworks emit outside Tiger Stadium and then all around the ring while a fog machine covers the venue in a red, green, orange and blue haze! Fans stand up, pumping their fists and raising signs as the camera feed pans to each one of them. One last round of fireworks blast out now, and we turn our attention to Marcus Woo and Valentina Gomez.

Woo: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Night Of Champions XX!!!! I'm Marcus Woo alongside Valentina Gomez, and we are excited for what's in store for you here tonight in the Bayou of Baton Rouge, Louisiana!

Gomez: It's an exciting night to be sure, Marcus! We are gearing up for a magnificent night of action here in Tiger Stadium, and it's all building up to one hell of a main event!

Woo: For those who might not be aware, the Insanity Cage is practically ingrained in the history of the EWC, having brought out the best...and worst...out of its competitors, and tonight continues a standing tradition with a twist! Tonight, we watch eight of our reigning champions wage absolute WAR inside that Cage, and the man or woman who throws an opponent off that cage and through a table earns the right to face our EWC Undisputed Champion for the top prize in all of combat sports at WrestleFest XXI!

Gomez: The war of words these fine champions have had all comes to a head tonight, Marcus! BRAWL, RAMPAGE, PARAMOUNT, and PRIME are all represented by those holding gold...but only one champion will punch their ticket to WrestleFest!

Woo: And with that coveted WrestleFest match on the line in our main event, we find the EWC Undisputed Championship being defended in more traditional fare as Lavender and the S-Factor Scorpio do battle in a match that is YEARS in the making! 

Gomez: Lavender has joined the very exclusive two time club as Undisputed champion and she is looking to further cement her legacy with a successful defense against a sure fire first ballot hall of fame in Scorpio! 

Woo: Tag Team Wrestling is alive and well tonight also as the champions 3pAC make their second defense of the EWC World Tag Team championships against a tag team from just up the road in Tennessee, The Heat Packers!

Gomez: They say never bet against the house, but with the tear that 3pAC is on, you cannot count out the champions either! 

Woo:  We have a lot of other action tonight as well, including two more title fights for the HBO and FX Broadcast championships! Cosmo Goldworthy challenges Andrea Hernandez for Rampage's title while Alexander Umbra looks to capture his first piece of EWC gold when he takes on former Multi-time champion and current FX champion Cyrus! 

Gomez: We also have Rampage's Chris Page taking on former Undisputed champion Narumi Tsutsumi, Lil' Petey and Jamie Love continue their bitter rivalry in an exploding barbed wire deathmatch, and then 9 of EWCs finest all compete in one of the more bizarre matches I've seen in a while, it will be a falls count anywhere match at the local Voodoo church! 

Woo: Folks, we are excited to bring you the hottest action here at Night of Champions XX, and we want to thank you for joining us whether it's on Pay-Per-View or on EWCTV! We will be getting this party started very shortly, but first we have a message from EWCTV! We will be right back! 

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The Extreme Tron opens up to a video room at LSU Stadium where seated at a large round table is Paramount Executive Director, Melody Malone. She’s clearly not dressed for a fight tonight, instead looking rather somber in her black ensemble. Beside her, looking no more cheerful than she, is her right hand man, Rory. The door to the room opens and Melody stands up, a small smile crossing her face. Into the room walks EWC Hall of Famer Dominic Sanders, followed closely behind by his wife Cora Whittaker-Sanders, and their toddling son Jordan Frank Sanders. She wordlessly hugs Cora tightly, a shaky exhale between the two women before she turns to Dominic. Both of them embrace, having been busy on their diverging paths.

Melody: Thank you.

Dominic: I wouldn’t miss this. WE wouldn’t miss this.

Cora reaches down, foisting Jordan onto her hip as she moves to take a seat at the table. Before Dominic can sit down, the door opens once more and Clay Byrd walks in to complete the meet up.

Clay: Ain’t start without me, did ya?

Melody: Never.

As Dominic moves to seat himself beside his wife, Melody and Clay exchange a semi-awkward hug before she returns to her seat beside Rory, and Clay pauses before he takes his. Instead, he excuses himself back out the door for a moment before returning with an armful of cans of Best Maid Pickle Beer - the first company to sponsor America’s Most Hated.

Clay: Can’t go havin’ a celebration without these.

Dominic: They were her favorite…

Melody: Well, one of them.

The cans are doled out, Rory looking slightly horrified before reluctantly taking his can and opening it up. As the adults raise their cans and take a drink, Dominic looks at the can and gets a nostalgic look on his face.

Dominic: Can you believe it’s been four years since I asked Iggy to join America’s Most Hated?

The video hazes out, taking the EWC populace back in time to that fateful night. Dominic & The Limit standing in the ring, priceless guitar in hand.

Sanders: You’ve proven tonight that you’ve got what it takes to be one of the best in the EWC. "America’s Most Hated" takes on many meanings. For most of us, it’s because we are assholes or are downright hated people. But it can also mean that you’re hated for being one of the best. You bring out jealousy in others because you sit in the upper echelon of competitors. I’m not saying you’ve got to be an asshole. I’m not saying you have to be anything but yourself. But by being a part of America’s Most Hated, this is an opportunity for you to have ultimate strength in numbers and always have people at your back. The Limit. Draco Lazarus. Melody Malone. Jeff Noon. Rob Garcia. Dominic Sanders… you will be a part of us in a way that you never have to feel unconfident about what you’re doing because you’re one of the best. What do you say?

The crowd yells “no!” repeatedly at Iggy as she stands there and looks at Sanders. She looks down at the Prince guitar and back at Sanders. She walks over and checks the guitar out and picks it up from its stand. She inspects her signature on it and sees her reflection off of the fiberglass. She grabs the strap and slings the Prince guitar over her shoulder. Sanders extends his hand to Swango and Swango pauses. She looks at him once more and extends her hand, shaking Sanders’ hand. Sanders raises Swango’s hand high in the air as the crowd reacts in shock.

Cora: Lady Stardust was magical…

Clay: She had that jen…gen..junes… somethin’ special.

Melody: She was the epitome of an artist, successful but misunderstood by the mainstream.

Hawkins up, circles around the ring as Iggy uses the ropes to begin to pull herself to her feet. Hawkins runs at her and attempts KINSHASA! But, Iggy slides out of the way and leaves Hawkins leg tangled up in the ropes. Iggy is slow to her feet. She grabs the rope and kicks Hawkins in the gut which causes him to come untangled and falls seated into the corner. Iggy circles the ring, runs at Hawkins and connects with a running hip attack! Iggy lifts up Hawkins and hits another NON-ZERO POSSIBILITY! She looks at Hawkins, shakes her head and stands up again. She lifts Hawkins and delivers ACROBATIC TREATMENT! then goes in to cover.
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TWO!

THREE!


DING DING DING

Stroup: Ladies and gentleman, your winner, and NEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION, IGGY SWANGO!

Aiello: This crowd is going absolutely crazy, they can't believe it. IGGY DID IT! Bah GAWD CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!

The video on screen ends on Iggy Swango, International championship held high before we fade out and back to the action ringside at Night of Champions.

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A dark pickup truck slowly pulls into the parking lot as “Black Sheep” by Dorothy is playing through the speakers. Both doors open as a pair of heeled boots step out of the vehicle and a pair of hiking boots step out of the driver’s side. The doors shut as Daphne and Kolby Kreel are making their way towards the backstage entrance.

Daphne Kreel: Did you honestly think I wouldn’t show my face? Did you truly think the Kruel Masters would just sit back and not have our presence felt? Then obviously you guys are clueless.

Kolby Kreel: Alexander Umbra, you fucked up and I promise that by the end of the night. You will soon find out what happens when you cross my beautiful wife Daphne.

Daphne smirks.

Daphne Kreel: Once I’m finished with King Flip, the Dark Wizard will turn her attention towards that pathetic individual who couldn’t fight me like an actual man. He will learn that I don’t forgive and I don’t forget. Now, let’s go watch the carnage unfold.

Daphne and Kolby enter the building as the cameras cut away.

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FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE ELIMINATION MATCH AT THE VOODOO CHURCH

Caleb Scott Vs King Flip

Vs Kisikil Vs Moxie Vs Phoenix Winterborn

Vs El Pablo Vs Tanja Devereaux

Vs Aeon Khronos Vs Box Office Booth

We return to ringside where we are getting for our first match of the evening.

Woo: I don’t know about you, but I am excited to begin the action in this 2023 version of Night Champions

Gomez: And what a way to start. A nine-way Voodoo Church Elimination Match! Let’s head to our palace of pain!

The camera cuts to a beautiful church with some tall spires and grand foliage surrounding the building.

People crowd around the gate outside the building, waiting to see the action. But after a moment or two, a murmur erupts from the crowd.

Woo: Sorry folks, but I am getting word that the building originally advertised for the Voodoo Church Match, is actually the St Louis Cathedral. Our wrestlers and crew are NOWHERE to be found there. Let’s see if we can ACTUALLY find where they are.

Suddenly the scene changes to a new view.

Gomez: You’ve got to be fucking kidding me…

The camera’s cut to the inside of the ACTUAL Voodoo Church, where we see all nine of our competitors sitting at a large table. The room is extremely cramped as it is full of Voodoo items and dimly lit.

Dobrev: The following match is a falls count anywhere elimination match. The last person standing will be the winner! Introducing fi-

DING DING DING

Woo: Whoops. Looks like someone rang the bell early.

At the sound of the bell, some contestants are caught off guard … expecting to hear their name called. But Kisikil is the first to jump as she kicks her chair back and jumps up onto the table, crouching down and onto one knee and her left hand … her eyes meeting those of Phoenix Winterborn in front of her. He tries to move as everyone else quickly stands to their feet, but Kisikil is quick to slam into him and knock him to the ground, straddling his chest.

Meanwhile, Tanja Deveraux has Bruce Booth in a headlock, El Pablo and Caleb Scott are taking turns laying into Aeon Khronos, and King Flip can be seen trying to sneak to the front door. Suddenly a hand reaches out from the shadows and grabs him. It is Moxie. Moxie gets behind Flip and wraps a bone necklace around his neck, pulling back tightly. King Flip tries to fight to get it off before using the cramped-ness to his advantage. Flip jumps and uses both feet to push off the nearest wall and sends both of them flying back into a hutch that had multiple little dolls in it. Moxie lets go of Flip long enough for Flip to charge forward and exit the front door of the church. Moxie starts to follow, but is slammed into by Phoenix Winterborn. Moxie stumbles as a slightly bloody Phoenix hits the floor hard, his eyes still on Kisikil who is stalking him from the doorway. Moxie takes one more look at the front door, then back to look at Kisikil, who has moved her eyes from Winterborn to Moxie himself. A sigh escapes the lips of Mox as he turns and readies himself for The Living Chaos.

With an hellish growl, Kisikil charges forward, using Phoenix as a stepping stone. She pushes off of him and flies through the air at Moxie, who moves at the last second and lets The Soul Prism crash hard into the wall on top of a counter. Kisikil quickly rights herself up onto the corner and jumps at Mox- NO! PHOENIX WINTERBORN GRABS HER FROM BEHIND! HE PULLS HER OFF THE COUNTER, BUT SHE LANDS ON HER HANDS IN A HANDSTAND AND SOMERSAULTS TO LAND BACK ON HER FEET! A demonic smile crosses her lips as she looks at a surprised Winterborn.

Kisikil charges towards Phoe-WAIT! Kisikil stops in her tracks and stands there, arms out to the side. She looks at her limbs confused, trying her best to move them without any luck. From the other room steps Tanja Devereaux holding a small doll that looks similar to Kisikil. She has the doll wrapped in a long purplish colored hair that looked like it had been plucked from Kiskil’s head.

Woo: Tell me if you've heard this one before Valentina. A Demon walks into a Voodoo church-

Gomez: LOOK OUT PHOENIX! 

Phoenix sees the doll and intentions of using it to possibly use Kisikil to get himself far into the match, run through his head. He charges at Tanja, his eyes focused on the doll. AEON KHRONOS COMES RUNNING INTO THE SCENE AND JUMPS OVER PHOENIX … GRABBING HIM AROUND THE NECK! CORKSCREW NECKBREAKER!!! CRASH OF THE TITANS AND BOTH COMPETITORS SMASH INTO THE SIDE OF THE HUTCH!!! The hutch wobbles as Aeon hooks Winterborn’s legs. A ref runs in from the other room.


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THREE!!!

PHOENIX WINTERBORN HAS BEEN ELIMINATED

Suddenly with a loud crack and a creaking noise, the hutch tips over and crashes down upon Aeon and Phoenix. Unknowing of what just happened, El Pablo comes flying into the room with Caleb Scott and Bruce Booth close behind. They bump into Tanja, causing her to drop the doll to the ground. With her no found freedom, Kisikil charges at Devereaux, but she steps out of the way. Quick on her heels Kisikil turns to look at Tanja, who closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. Suddenly the lights flicker … go out … then are replaced by a green hue that seems to be coming from beneath the floorboards.

Meanwhile, on the outside, King Flip has found himself an old faded metal lawn chair and was watching the lights go out while sitting and relaxing in the New Orleans evening.

King Flip (no mic): Oh! Spooky!

Back on the inside, Kisiki, Bruce Booth, and El Pablo lay motionless on the ground around Tanja, who still has her eyes closed with her arms out. The green light flickers as Moxie slowly backs up to the door. With a ding of the bell hanging above the entrance, the door opens and in steps Luke Mason, Caleb Scott’s friend. Before Moxie can turn, Luke hooks his arms around him and holds him tightly. Knowing what is going on, Caleb reaches down to his hiding spot by the nearby cabinet, and produces the small statue Luke had given him, from the small box of other trinkets. Luke’s eyes widen in disbelief as he sees the weapon of choice. Without another word, Luke lets go of Moxie and quickly backs out of the area and out the door. But with Moxie still semi-distracted, Caleb cracks him in the side of the head with it … instantly splitting open a gash near Moxie’s temple. Blood begins to pool on the floor as Moxie drops to his knees.

Again, on the outside … King Flip still sits in his chair, but his eyes lock with Luke’s as he leaves the building.

King Flip (no mic): How’s it going in there?

Luke just shakes his head and continues walking away.

King Flip (no mic): That good, huh?

Still no response.

The sound of glass breaking grabs King Flip’s attention as he looks to the building and sees Bruce Booth’s face being pressed up against the designer metal bars that protect the windows from the outside. Although, nothing could protect them from being smashed from the inside of the building.

The door to the left entrance of the building swings open and out flies Caleb Scott, quickly followed by El Pablo. El Pablo grabs Caleb Scott by the arm and WHIPS him into the side of the building next door. El Pablo’s eyes quickly turn to King Flip, who realizes he has been caught. Flip tosses the chair into his way as El Pablo charges after him. Not once, not twice, but three times around a car parked in front of the Voodoo church, before King Flip gets wise and uses a nearby trash can, to climb up onto a small wall between the church and the next building down. With El Pablo quickly after him, King Flip climbs up onto the room of the Voodoo church, then takes a running jump and grabs the side of the roof of the run down building next door. El Pablo manages to make his way up to the VooDoo church and follows King Flip onto the rooftop next door. By this time, everyone has made their way OUT of the VooDoo church and were fighting in front of it. The only people missing were Aeon and Phoenix, who were presumably still under the fallen hutch.

On the rooftop, King Flip and El Pablo were battling it out, trading punches, but El Pablo had other intentions as he was slowly pushing Flip to the edge. El Pablo caught The Mad King with a right hook that sent him teetering … stepped back, FACEPAINTER!!! A HANDFUL OF SKITTLES INTO KING FLIP’S FACE AND KING FLIP FALLS BACKWARDS OFF THE ROOFTOP!!! BUT HE LANDED ON THE FIGHTING BRUCE BOOTH AND KISIKIL!!!

In all of the ruckus, Tanja Devereaux begins to look around for the doll she had earlier as she knew it got brought out in the fray. She finally eyes it sitting out in the middle of the street. The Cajun Queen goes running out to grab it …

HOOOOOONNNNKKKK!!!

With a sickening thud and the sound of breaks, Tanja goes flying through the air and crashes down hard on the ground about twenty feet away … doing multiple rolls before she comes to a full stop on the curb. With Tanja obviously unable to fight back, Caleb Scott goes running towards the fallen Tanja and drops down onto her .. sickening crunching noises are heard as he flips her onto her back. A ref runs out of the building and drops to the ground next to them.


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TWO...


THRE-

NO! Moxie grabs Caleb’s leg and rips him off of Tanja, when suddenly Kisikil grabs Moxie and whips him around. KISS THE BOOT!!! YAKUZA KICK AND MOXIE DROPS LIKE A BAG OF ROCKS! Kiskil jumps over Moxie, then over Caleb, making her way towards Tanja. Just as she is about to drop down, she stops dead in her tracks … unable to move. The camera pans out to see Aeon holding the voodoo doll with Kisikil’s hair wrapped around it.

Aeon Khronos (no mic): Silly little device. But if it works, why not.

SPEAR! CALEB SCOTT JUST SPEARED AEON TO THE GROUND!!! The Kisikil doll goes rolling away as the Devourer of Women is finally released from her supernatural hold. Caleb Scott rolls off of Aeon, when the camera pans up to the top of the building … EL PABLO WITH A R.P.M. OFF THE TOP OF THE TWO STORY BUILDING ONTO AEON!!! CORKSCREW SENTON AND EL PABLO IS GRABBING AT HIS BACK!!! Kisikil sees all this and drops down onto Tanja as Caleb also reaches over and places an arm across the midsection of Aeon.


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TWO...


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THREE!!


THREE!!!


AEON KHRONOS HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
TANJA DEVEREAUX HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!

Woo: Love me an old fashioned double elimination! 

Gomez: Caleb Scott is looking mighty impressive in this one here. He could win the whole thing! 

Kisikil stands and turns and looks at King Flip and Bruce Booth standing up at one side, while Caleb Scott stands up and looks at Moxie and El Pablo. We are down to six remaining in this little matchup. They all charge forward and meet in the center of the sidewalk, fists flailing. King Flip, though, takes the sudden flurry to slip away again. He runs across the street and past the Etoile Polaire Lodge, Caleb Scott and Moxie quickly following behind. Seeing the group moving, Kisikil, El Pablo, and Booth all go chasing after them. Noticing the entire group chasing him, King Flip continues past the small apartment building behind the Lodge on Kerlerec Street and ducks behind it to the empty concrete lot. He grabs a rusty pole off the ground that looks as it has been there for quite awhile. Caleb Scott comes into sight …

CRACK!!!

Caleb Scott drops to the ground, blood immediately spilling from a gash on his forehead. King Flip pulls it back as Moxie runs around Caleb and charges at King Flip. Flip swings the poll again, but Moxie ducks under it and hits Flip with a right jab straight to the nuts. The Mad King doubles over in pain, dropping the pipe. Moxie takes the opportunity to grab Flip … lift him straight into the air … MOXIE’S CRASH LANDING!!! X-PLEX ONTO THE HARD CONCRETE GROUND!!! Moxie grabs the pole and turns around, swinging it …

CRACK!!!

BOX OFFICE CATCHES THE POLE JUST UNDER THE CHIN AND DOES A COMPLETE FLIP IN THE AIR!!! Kisikil runs over and grabs the pole, wrestling Moxie with it. El Pablo comes into view, seeing three men down and two people fighting for a weapon. The Technicolor Technico sees an opportunity and drops down onto Box Office Bruce Booth. A ref who had been following the group, drops down to the sidewalk.


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TWO...


THREE!!

BRUCE BOOTH HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!

Woo: El Pablo with the opportunistic pinfall there. This match is getting crazier by the minute! 

Gomez: That demon woman is amazing! I love this shit Marcus!!

Kisikil manages to RIP the pole away from Moxie, but loses control of it and it goes flying down the street, back towards the Voodoo church. El Pablo jumps to his feet and sees the pipe go flying as Kisikil and Moxie turn to look as well. All three of them go running back up the street towards the church.

The camera stays on Caleb Scott and King Flip, who are beginning to wake up from their bumps. Flip takes a moment to see the statue still tucked into the back of Caleb’s pants. He slowly reaches for it as Caleb is trying to shake the cobwebs out of his head and blood from his eyes. Just as Flip was about to get his hand on it, Caleb turns and looks at him … a fire in his eyes. He reaches back, pulling the statue out, and holds it above his head. With a the blood curdling scream of a nine-year-old girl King Flip takes off running up the sidewalk, back to the church as well. Caleb lets out a sigh as he lowers the statue and starts walking to follow all of them.

Our camera shot cuts to in front of the Voodoo Church, where El Pablo is trying to fend off both Moxie and Kisikil with the pole. He swings at Moxie, but misses, instead making contact with a car window of a vehicle parked in front of the church. With the loud glass shattering noise echoing between the buildings, King Flip comes charging in and heads right for Kisikil. He spins Kisikil around AND NAILS HER IN THE MIDSECTION WITH A HARD KICK! He grabs her arms AND LIFTS HER UP IN POSITION … FOR THE LAND!!! NO!!! MOXIE WITH A HANDFUL OF THE BROKEN GLASS SHARDS INTO THE FACE AND EYES OF KING FLIP!!! Kisikil slides out of the hold as Flip lets go and reaches at his face. Taking the opportunity, Kisikil lurches forward and throws her shoulder into the back of Flip’s right knee, dropping him down onto it on the sidewalk. In pain, King Flip lifts his head up … AND MOXIE COMES FLYING IN WITH A V-TRIGGER KNEE STRIKE! DRAGOON’S GLORY AND KING FLIP NEARLY BENDS IN HALF BACKWARDS!!! Moxie drops down and hooks both of his legs.



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THREE!!

KING FLIP HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!

Five down, four to go.

Kisikil runs over and hops on top of Moxie, straddling her legs around him like she is sitting on his back. She locks her legs around him and grabs his arm …CROSS-FACE CHICKENWING WITH A BODY SCISSORS! IT’S THE FACE IN THE MIRROR! MOXIE IS YELLING OUT IN PAIN, BUT HE REFUSES TO GIVE IN!!! Suddenly Kisikil let’s go of the hold and stands to her feet. Her eyes darting around as if she is confused and has no idea what is going on. Her head turns … AND THERE IS CELESTE, TANJA DEVEREAUX’S MANAGER, HOLDING THE KISIKIL DOLL!!! Kisikil let’s out a noise that sounds like it came from hell itself, but she is unable to charge Celeste.

Moxie is back up behind Kiskil … Celeste causes her to bend forward in a ninety degree position. Moxie reaches between her legs and grabs an arm. He lifts her up into a pumphandle slam … REVERSE STO!!! MOXIE’S ENDGAME!!! MOXIE’S ENDGAME!!! But … Moxie doesn’t go for the pin. Instead he stands on his feet, pulling Kisikil up with him. He whips her onto the hood of the vehicle with the smashed window, Kisikil still unable to do anything since she is being held by the voodoo doll. Moxie climbs up onto the hood and grabs Kiskil, pulling her up to her feet. Another pumphandle lift … KNEELING REVERSE PILEDRIVER! MOXIE’S DEATH NOTE!!! MOXIE COVERS KISKIL ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR!!!


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THREE!!!

KISIKIL HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!

Woo: From partners to enemies, there is no love lost between Moxie and Kisikil here tonight!

Gomez: Sometimes the best of relationships are forged in the fire of battle! 

Moxie looks down at Kisikil, who is still emitting some odd sounding growls, but Celeste is still holding onto the doll.

CRACK!!!

CALEB SCOTT JUST CRACKED MOXIE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH THAT STATUE!!! Moxie stumbles forward, a foot on the cracked windshield of the car is the only thing that is managing to hold him up. Caleb climbs up onto the hood, picks Moxie up in a fireman’s carry … HOLY SHIT! CALEB JUMPS OFF THE CAR AND HITS A FINAL RESTING PLACE ONTO THE CONCRETE SIDEWALK!!! Caleb barely manages to throw an arm over Moxie as both of them are covered in blood.


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THREE!!!

MOXIE HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!

Caleb barely can open his eyes and see through the red blood haze. The fact that it is him and El Pablo left, just hits him as he sits up and looks around for The Technicolor Technico. He just manages to see Pablo’s foot disappear onto the top of the building next door again. Realizing he has to follow, Caleb climbs to his feet and quickly makes his way up the garbage can, onto the small wall, onto the top of the Voodoo Church … which cracks a bit when he steps on the roof … and hops up, grabbing the roof of the building next door.

Caleb finally gets up and BARELY misses getting slammed into the head with a large metal pole. El Pablo swings again, but Caleb manages to duck under it and land a hard right jab into the ribs of El Pablo, causing him to drop the object. Caleb lurches forward and grabs El Pablo around the waste, lifting him up, AND PLANTING HIM DOWN HARD WITH A SPINEBUSTER! Caleb gets up to knees and takes a moment to breath, before standing back to his feet. He grabs El Pablo by the top of the mask and pulls him to his feet, glancing at the edge of the building’s roof. He whips El Pablo towards the edge, but El Pablo stops just in time. Pablo turns around and sees Caleb just standing there. Charging at Scott with all he has, El Pablo let’s out a roar … BUT CALEB DUCKS UNDER A HOOK AND GRABS EL PABLO ACROSS THE CHEST. Lifts him into the air … GRIM DEATH ONTO THE ROOFTOP!

The blood has turned Caleb’s white face paint red and you can see the tiredness in his eyes. With an attempt to end it, Caleb stands to his feet … pulling a wobbly El Pablo up with him. Leading El Pablo to the edge, Caleb lifts El Pablo up into a fireman’s carry and peers over the edge of the rooftop, down at the Voodoo church. Meanwhile, El Pablo has dug into his pocket and pulled out a handful of skittles, popping them into hi-NO! CALEB SMACKS THEM AWAY, SHAKING HIS HEAD NO!!! This could be it! But Caleb’s act of letting go with one arm, gives El Pablo the opportunity to break the hold. El Pablo lands on his feet and pushes Caleb away from the edge. Caleb Scott stops and comes running back … EL PABLO JUMPS UP INTO THE AIR AND GRABS CALEB AROUND THE NECK WITH HIS LEGS … HE FLIPS BACKWARDS … TASTE THE RAINBOW OFF THE ROOFTOP AND ONTO THE VOODO- NO!! THROUGH THE VOODOO CHURCH ROOF!!! BOTH MEN CRASH DOWN THROUGH THE CHURCH ROOF!!!

The camera’s cut to inside the church, where pieces of the roof and cieling hang down and El Pablo can be seen laying on top of Caleb Scott, both of them busting through the large table from earlier. A ref comes flying into the scene.


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TWO...



THREE!!!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winner, via pinfall and the LAST MAN STANDING … EL PABLO!

Medics quickly run in as the EWC executives are probably ringing their wallets at the sight of all the destruction done to this little church. The ref instantly checks on Pablo, who is visibly bleeding from his mouth.

Woo: What an absolute melee in that church.. and we are JUST getting started folks! El Pablo picks up a big win here to open up Night of Champions XX!

Gomez: We thought the Insanity Cage was going to be wild, but jesus how are they going to top this one?!

Woo: We will find out a bit later, we still have so much more to go until we get there! 

Camera cuts to ...

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In the House’s Private locker room, the stable prepares for their big match. Jamie sits in the corner, headphones on and taping up his wrists, Next Level aggressively game away at an intense game of Smash Brothers. Callie Clark is in her own private dressing room, Tori Taylor stands guard at the door with her arms crossed. Jack Severn walks in, accompanied by Alastor Gray, and he smiles, taking off his sunglasses and stretching out his arms as he sees his stablemates.

Jack: How’s the baddest group in the EWC? Jamie, lookin’ like an absolute PITBULL as usual… Brian, Mark, that’s some impressive gaming skills you got there… Tori! Is the woman of the hour ready yet?

Tori just glares at Jack.

Jack: Come onnnn, I know we’ll be on opposite sides at Prime, but tonight isn’t about that! Tonight is about The House having the opportunity to main event WrestleFest! So, where’s my Golden Goddess?

Tori looks towards Alastor, who nods back. Tori sighs and knocks on Callie’s dressing room door, and Callie soon emerges.

Jack: There you are! You look ready as ever to take on the world now, don’t you? Ready to climb to greatness and bring that Undisputed Championship match to The House?

Jack leans in close, making sure Tori doesn’t overhear.

Jack: And between you and I, I much prefer you winning than that nutjob JoJo. He’s been uh, really-

Jack points to his head with his finger and whistles.

Jack: Lately. Do you think you’re gonna be able to stay, uh, relatively safe in there with him? Or will I need to send someone for backup?

Tori puts her hand on Jack’s shoulder, causing him to flinch. She overheard.

Tori: Listen, if anybody knows Jon best, it's me. He's going through some serious shit right now but I trust him to have Callie's back out there….at least until the top of the cage. Up there, nobody should be trusted.

Callie: I think I know about him, I know in the end it'll have to be my own doing if I'm gonna win. I can make the hard decision if I have to. I-

JoJo enters the locker room with his gym bag and X-Division championship, and everyone else in the locker room goes quiet. JoJo sweeps his gaze through the locker room and breaks the tension in the air.

JoJo: Before we head out there, y’all. Ah want to make sure we’re all on the same page.

JoJo passes a glance to Tori, but then straight to Callie.

JoJo: We are on the same sheet of music, right?

Callie: Absolutely. Us against The World, let's kick some ass and show why The House is the best stable in EWC.

Jack turns his head away, slightly.

Jack: Yup, absolutely rooting for either one of you.

Callie offers a too sweet to JoJo. JoJo raises his hand and pauses for a moment, passing a look at Jack before looking back to Callie and returns the Too Sweet.

JoJo: Ah’m going to get changed. Tori, a word?

JoJo nods to the dressing room for a word with Tori. The rest of the group goes back to their business.

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EXPLODING BARBED WIRE DEATH MATCH

Jamie Love

Vs Lil Petey

We return to ringside where the ringside attendants are in the midst of last second preparations for the upcoming exploding barbed wire death match between Jamie Love and Lil Petey

Woo: From the voodoo church to an EXPLODING BARBED WIRE Match folks! Lil' Petey and Jamie Love are taking their feud to a whole other level here tonight.

Gomez: Oh this should be great! Two little people beating the shit out of each other! GIVE ME MORE MARCUS! 

Dobrev: The following match is an exploding barbed wire deathmatch scheduled for one fall! Joining us first, from THE DRIP HOUSE, weighing in at 210 pounds ... LIL PETEY!

"Betty (Get Money" by Yung Gravy blasts through the speakers and every fan in attendance rises to their feet. Women's built-in waterfalls activate as Lil Petey steps out onto the stage. He interacts with the crowd on his way down the ramp and the runs and slides into the ring.

Dobrev: And his opponent, from Takayama Japan, weighing in at 120 pounds ... 'THE PITBULL' JAMIE LOVE!

Kickstart by K-FORCE hits the PA system and Jamie walks out wearing a T-shirt and denim jeans with his friend and bodyguard John 'JB' Bishop at his side. Forgoing his usual entrance he walks down the ramp without taking his eyes of his opponent in the ring. Jamie rolls into the ring and as soon as he gets to his feet he goes after Petey immediately, not even waiting for the bell to ring before grabbing a kendo stick wrapped in barbed wire and buries it in Petey's stomach. Surprised the ref jumps out of the way and frantically calls for the bell.

DING DING DING

Petey does his best but Jamie continues to lay into Petey causing his arms to well up with blood from the nicks and cuts left behind. It takes a few minutes but Petey is able to push the smaller man away long enough for him to grab the closest thing he could, a barbed wire wrapped steel chair. As Jamie comes in for another shot Petey nails him in the gut with the edge off the chair, doubling him over before using the chair to get to his feet. Once standing Petey takes the chair and swings it has hard as he can, hitting Jamie square in the back. As soon as the chair connects an explosion goes off, leaving scorch marks on Jamie's shirt and burns on his skin. Ever the gentleman Petey backs up and lets the ref pour water on Jamie's back to prevent the burns from getting worse.

Woo: Jamie Love came out a house of fire, to steal a pun, but Petey isn't giving up! 

Gomez: You don't get to have that much style and not know how to handle your business! 

Jamie finally pushes the ref out of the way and slowly gets to his feet. Once he's standing Petey quickly closes the gap and swings the chair but Jamie ducks and spears Petey in the midsection and lays into him with lefts and rights. Petey quickly shoves Jamie off him but his dragged to his feet by his hair and whipped into the barbed wire wrapped ring ropes causing him to stick to them. As Petey gently extricates himself in an attempt to minimize the damage from the barbed wire Jamie goes to the opposite corner and grabs a lightube he then proceeds to swing as hard as he can and breaks it on Petey's right temple, causing a cloud of lightube dust and glass shards to envelope his head as he slides down the ropes and roll out of the ring to collect himself.

Woo: WHAT A SHOT BY JAMIE! I always love the POOF of a lightube blowing up!

Gomez: Petey could be finished after that shot. The brutality just keeps getting worse and worse here. 

Jamie takes time to catch his breath but quickly follows Petey to the floor. As he reaches for the other man Petey grabs Jamie by the arm and whips him hard into the ringside barrier which causes him to scream in pain. As Jamie is getting up Petey looks under the ring and pulls out a board covered in barbed wire and syringes. He pulls it out but before he can do anything with it he notices Jamie has gotten to his feet so he reaches in and grabs his own barbed wire wrapped kendo stick and slams it into Jamie's gut. After a few swings Petey tosses the kendo stick to the floor and grabs two chairs he proceeds to set up on the floor. Once that is done he takes he board he pulled out from under the ring and sets it between them. Jamie notices what's going on and as quick as he's able tries to get back into the ring but Petey follows him and when both are on the apron Petey dogs into the cuts in Jamie's arm causing him to scream loudly in pain which in turn allows Petey to grab Jamie and suplex him into the barbed wire syringe board triggering another explosion. Coughing loudly Petey waves the smoke away and staggers to his feet, pulling Jamie up with him and tosses him into the ring and rolls in right behind him and into a pin which Jamie kicks out of two.

Woo: Neither one of these men are willing to concede, neither willing to be the on the losing side here tonight. 

Gomez: Right now it's the fans that are winning this one! 

annoyed Petey brings his fists down over and over again on the large burns across Jamie's back and chest as both exhausted men slowly get to their feet. Jamie is blocking the shots as he makes a motion to the outside. Petey doesn't notice and goes for the killing blow but as his hand comes down it's stopped in mid swing. Surprised Petey turns his head around and sees the much bigger John Bishop holding his arm. Before he can do anything Bishop pulls him up and grabs him by the throat but before he can chokeslam the other man Jamie stops him and grabs a few bundles of lightubes and then moved out of the way and tells him to slam Petey as hard as he can which Bishop proceeds to do, right through the glass tubes. Jamie quickly falls into the pin but like he did Petey somehow kicks out at 2.

Woo: Another kickout by Lil' Petey. What is it going to take to put this one away?! 

Gomez: I think one of those little guys is going to have to kill the other. 

Frustrated Jamie lets out a primal scream and starts laying into Petey's head with his fists. Petey goes limp but Jamie continues. This goes on until the ref grabs Jamie and physically pulls him off. He looks at the ref like he's going swing on them but instead rolls out the ring and grabs a pane of thick glass that was under ring and pushes it inside. He rolls in after and calls to JB who climbs inside and helps him set it up between two chairs but when he goes to grab Petey Jamie stops him ND says something as he points at the ref. JB smirks and walks over to them and rips their shirt off their body and tosses it on the glass. As he does this Jamie grabs Petey and sets him up for The Love Injection. Once he's in place JB reaches into his back pocket and douses the shirt in lighter fluid and setting it on fire. Once this is done Jamie quickly hits his Spike Tornado DDT sending Petey head first through the flames and the glass. Instinctively Jamie moves to go for the cover but stops himself as a sick smile creeps across his mouth as he rolls out of the ring again. He looks under the ring and pulls out a spool of barbed wire and a pair of wire cutters that he tosses into the ring. He climbs in after them and calls to JB and motions to the barbed wire and then his own arms. Nodding JB helps Jamie wrap both his arms in barbed wire before climbing out of the ring, trusting Jamie knows what he's doing.

While this is going on Petey gets slowly to his feet, not noticing Jamie has come up behind him and locks in the kata-ha-jime, the judo hold he calls The Love Attachment. Petey struggles to get free but the more he fails the tighter Jamie squeezes, his eyes rolling in the back of his head. Fearing for Petey's life the ref immediately calls for the bell and demands that Jamie let go. An order he ignores until he gives one last tight squeeze before untangling himself from his unconscious opponent.

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winner, via referee stoppage JAMIE LOVE!

Jamie looks down and his battered and bloody opponent with no emotion on his face and simply rolls out of the ring and stumbles into JB who holds him up and guides the younger man back up the ramp. As they're walking The Pope with Drip walls by going towards the ring with what looks like twelve of his clones close behind him. They reach into the ring and pulls Lil Petey out of the ring, holding him up with his arms outstretched as they walk silently back up the ramp.

Woo: Well, you said it might take one killing the other and Jamie just did some VERY serious brain damage to Lil' Petey to pick up the win. 

Gomez: Petey represented though here tonight. He did not make it easy on the tiny House member. I do believe though, this feud may be settled

Woo: Only time will tell there Valentina, but there is still SO MUCH MORE including the Insanity Cage here tonight and I don't know if anyone is ready for this one! 

Gomez: They're gonna learn tonight Marcus! 

Camera cuts to the Extreme Tron lighting up once more

We open up backstage again, the pickle beer cans are gone now and little Jordan Sanders stands across from the table with a comically oversized pair of sunglasses and doing his best Iggy Swango impression. Clay, egging him on, has Dominic laughing as both Cora and Melody choke out giggles with a few tears in their eyes.

Melody: I hope he remembers Auntie Iggy when he gets older.

Cora: He’ll know her. I can guarantee that.

Cora nods, smiling as she wipes the corners of her eyes. Melody watches Jordan, a half smile on her face as he does her trademarked post-victory dance.

Melody: She just wanted to vibe, but she could never stay cool about it.

She laughs, shaking her head as Dominic chimes in.

Dominic: She tried, but every win was important to her.

Melody: Every single one.

Another transition, the screen lighting up at Amon G Carter Stadium as Iggy and Melody stand across from ReBelle for the EWC World Tag Team Championships.

Malone looks a tad frustrated but she isn’t wasting time as she pulls Nickles over to her corner and to tag in Swango. Malone grabs Nickles from behind as Swango now drops down to one knee. Malone lifts Nickles up high then lets her go, causing her to fall back first straight onto Swangos knee! Nickles cries in pain, rolling around the ring holding her back as Swango and Malone share a fist bump.

Nickles pulls herself to the corner which gives Swango an opening as she charges at Nickles and hits her trademark running hip attack. Swango pulls Nickles to the center of the ring and makes the pin...
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THR...Nickles again gets a shoulder up! Swango can’t quite believe it and neither can Malone as she shakes her head in annoyance.

Melody: She was so frustrated, afterward she was kicking herself for not getting it done then.

Back in the ring, Nickles gets to her feet just before Swango. Nickles plants Swango back on the mat with a swinging neckbreaker, she then slowly climbs to the top turnbuckle just as Swango is trying to get to her feet. Nickles leaps towards her, trying to hit her top rope sunset flip finisher Carpe Diem but amazingly Swango manages to use her strength to catch Nickles in mid-air, and reverse the sunset flip into her own finisher an air raid crash neckbreaker she calls Acrobatic Tenament! Swango falls on top of Nickles exhausted, as the referee makes count...
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TWO... outside of the ring Scorpio realizes what’s going on, but as he tries to slide back into the ring Malone grabs his legs and pulls him back.
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THREE!!!!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winners, via pinfall... and the NEWWWW EWC TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS... IGGY SWANGO... MELODY MALONE... AMERICAS MOST HATED!

Melody: One night together, and we walked out as EWC Tag Team Champions… no offense Dom, but she was the best fuckin’ tag partner I ever had.

Dominic: Mine too.

He shoots her a look and the two laugh, giving each other digs as the camera fades to a montage of tag team moments where Iggy Swango shone.

Malone runs at Meat and drops him to the mat with a bulldog! She props Meat up in the corner on the bottom turnbuckle. She grabs Tater and props him up in the opposite corner. She looks at Iggy and yells “DO YOUR THING!” Swango is up to her feet. She sprints at Meat and nails him with a running hip attack! She sprints across the ring and does the same to Tater! She does it again to Meat! And then to Tater! The crowd counts along with every rep!

FOUR!

Again to Meat!

FIVE!

Again to Tater!

SIX!

Again to Meat!

SEVEN!

Again to Tater!

EIGHT!

Again to Meat!

NINE!

Again to Tater!

TEN!

Swango stops in the middle of the ring to catch her breath as both members of Lunch Time slump down onto the mat. The crowd is going absolutely wild for Iggy Swango!

NSFW is distraught. They converse quietly as Malone starts to recover. They both nod and decide there is just one finishing touch. Church sizes her up for a running knee … and Malone dodges!

Mike swings her around and tries to Knock her for Six but Malone blocks and jacks her jaw with an European uppercut! Church tries to recover this with a clothesline but Malone ducks and Church turns around, he gets dropkicked out of the ring. Mike, like a vulture, hammers Malone over the back and tries for the Rubbernecker but Malone counters with a shot to the rib and then jams their face with the Crowning Achievement!!

The crowd is electric as Swango reaches in for the tag …

And she gets it!!

Swango is in and she crushes Mike with a spinning kick! She brings in Malone and DSR IS looking for the kill! Iggy drops Church off the apron with another dropkick as Malone whips Mike into the corner. She hits a step up enziguri that knocks McGuire in a seated position!

John Dean is out of position and as Malone looks to swing Iggy into McGuire to complete the Crazy Train, McGuire grabs Dean and he stumbles backwards into them!

Ace intercepts Malone with a sling blade. Swango, however, leaps and drives a hip attack right into his face, smacking the back of his head against the cage. He drops to the apron. Swango reaches down and pulls Sanders into ring #1. She looks over at Sanders’ bag of tricks and runs a hand through her hair. She walks over and grabs the bolt-cutters.

Loydson: Oh no. What is she about to do. This man is damn near dead as it is… again!

Martinez: Jesus! She’s going for the cast!

Swango puts her boot on Sanders’ left elbow, pinning his arm down to the ground. She takes the bolt-cutters and positions them on the end of the cast. She begins cutting down Sanders’ arm towards his hand!

Martinez: She’s cutting the cast off! It’s only been four weeks! Sanders has fresh pins and plates in that left arm!

Swango finishes the cut and tosses the bolt-cutters aside. King has since thrown Malone into ring #2 and followed chase. He had Malone in a single-leg Boston crab, trying to get her to submit. However, Malone was able to reverse it into the Queen’s Grace and now it’s King who is in danger. Swango takes a deep breath and reaches down, grabbing a steel chair. She bends over with the chair and shoves Sanders’ exposed arm through the chair, locking the piece of furniture around his broken arm.

Loydson: Okay, I think I’m going to be sick. Don’t do this.

Martinez: Iggy, stop! That’s your friend!

Swango picks up a second chair as Sanders is beginning to stir a little. She huffs to catch her breath as she stares down at Sanders. She shakes her head.

Swango: Sorry, dude.

Swango lifts the chair up high and slams it down, smacking the other steel chair and Sanders’ arm. Sanders screams in pain as he writhes around on the mat. Cora is on the outside with her hands over her mouth looking up at Swango, who seems to be a little distraught herself. Sanders frees his arm and holds it as he shrieks in the middle of the first ring. Malone still has the Queen’s Grace locked on King, but King has made it to the ropes and is trying to pull himself up the cage. Swango tosses the chair aside and reaches down, grabbing Sanders’ broken arm. She drops and locks him in a fujiwara armbar, wrenching back on it hard. Sanders IMMEDIATELY taps out!!

Cora: Iggy was SAVAGE…

Dominic: I remember…

He winces, flexing his arm instinctively as Melody smiles, thinking back to that night as she sighs wistfully.

Melody: She carried my ass through some hard times. Wrestlefest, I was so out of it going into that weekend. If it wasn’t for her, those two lunkers would’ve eaten their way through Arles with those championship belts ratchet strapped to their bellies.

Clay: Ain’t everybody say Iggy was th’ weak link? Numbers don’t lie.

Dominic: Only people who weren’t paying attention.

Melody: America’s Most Hated had weak links, but none of them were ever Iggy.

Malone looks like she’s getting emotional again, Rory reaching over a comforting hand before she exhales sharply and gets to her feet.

Melody: I need another drink…

The screen fades again, the final shot of Melody and Iggy clutching one another at the conclusion of WarGames with the EWC Tag Team championships over their shoulders.

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FX CHAMPIONSHIP

Alexander Umbra

Vs FX CHAMPION

Cyrus Black

We return to ringside where the mess from the previous barbed wire death match had concluded not too long ago.

Woo: I don’t know how Jamie or Petey survived that last match, but wow.

Gomez: Well I don’t know if you could really call that surviving, but it's time now for our FIRST title fight of the night! 

Dobrev: The following match is for the FX Broadcast Championship. Joining us first, from St, Paul, Minnesota, weighing in at 215 pounds ... ALEXANDER UMBRA!

"Make Believe" by Memphis May Fire echoes out from the speakers as Alexander Umbra steps out onto the entrance ramp, his red purge mask glowing in the dimly lit entrance. Without hesitation he makes his way to the ring, but holds his arms out to the sides, taking in both the cheers and the jeers of the crowd.

Dobrev: And his opponent, from Carson City, Nevada, weighing in at 220 pounds ... the FX Broadcast Champion … CYRUS!

The lights in the arena dim and two spotlights hit the top of the entrance ramp as The Purge by Demetrius X blasts over the PA system. Cyrus calmly walks out and stands in the spotlight for a moment before making his way down to the ring.

Woo: Umbra … or Redd, whomever he is right now … has been pacing the ring the entire time Cyrus was making his descent. And now that the Champ is in the ring, both of them are staring the other down.

DING DING DING

The ref takes the FX Broadcast Championship and holds it up to show the crowd as Cyrus and Alexander both lurch forward and lock up in the middle of the ring. Cyrus quickly gets the upper hand, locking Alexander up with a side headlock. He wrenches down a few times, before letting Alexander out of it. But as Umbra stands up straight, Cyrus grabs him by the arm and WHIPS him into the ropes. Alexander bounces off of them and comes flying back into Cyrus’ awaiting arms. Belly to belly suplex!!! Quick to his feet, Cyrus stands up and turns to look for Alexander, but Umbra has rolled out of the ring to try and regain his composure.

The fans rain down a mixture of reactions onto Cyrus as he smirks and watches as Alexander slowly walks around the ring. Meanwhile, the ref had begun his count onto Umbra.

2…

Alexander rocks his neck back and forth, cracking it.

3…

He adjusts his red purge mask.

4…

Cyrus watches as Umbra uses the ring stairs to climb up onto the apron.

5…

Umbra stares Cyrus directly in the eyes as he hops down off the apron…

6…

Then turns and begins walking up the ramp slowly.

7…

Cyrus laughs out loud, turning and holding his arms out to the crowd and the announcer team.

8…

Umbra suddenly turns around and runs down the ramp…

9…

… sliding into the ring under the bottom rope, before the ref can get to the ten count. Umbra pops up to his feet and SLAMS into Cyrus from behind, putting a forearm to the back of Mr Black’s head. Cyrus stumbles forward, dropping down to a knee and grabbing at the back of his head. He turns around just after Umbra had bounced off the opposite side of the ring ropes AND CATCHES CYRUS IN THE FOREHEAD WITH A RIGHT KNEE!!! Cyrus crumples to the ground and Alexander is quick to follow him down, instantly hooking his leg. The ref drops down for the count.

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TWO...


No! The ref sees Cyrus reach out and grab the ropes!

Woo: The wily vet trying to pull a fast one and put Umbra away quickly, but the referee was keen to it.

Gomez: Can't blame the guy for trying! He has his sights set on greener pastures and he wants to show some dominance here tonight. 

Umbra gives the ref a dirty look from under his mask as he sits up and holds three fingers at him. Cyrus, meanwhile, is grabbing at the back of his head as he uses the ropes to pull himself up to his feet. Umbra takes the moment to adjust his mask again, before hopping up to his feet and turning towards Cyrus. KICK TO THE SIDE OF THE KNEE AND UMBRA WOBBLES. AND ANOTHER KICK! AND ONE MORE! Umbra drops to a knee as Cyrus takes a few steps back. He charges forward, KNEE TO THE HE-NO! UMBRA MOVES OUT OF THE WAY! Cyrus quickly regroups and turns, running back towards Umbra as he swivels around … ENZIGURI!!!

Alexander’s flies off his face and slides under the ring ropes, falling to the outside. Alexander himself falls motionless, onto his back. Cyrus steps forward, jumps into the air, AND STOMPS DOWN ON ALEXANDER’S THROAT!!! ALEXANDER IS GRABBING AT HIS THROAT, FLAILING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING! As Umbra lays on his stomach, Cyrus drops down, hooks one of Alex’s arms in his legs and grabs up under his chin in a crossface submission! UMBRA IS FIGHTING IT! A look of pain takes over his now red-colored face.

He lifts his hand up…

He’s going to tap…

He’s gotta tap…

UMBRA USES HIS LEGS AND WITH ALL HIS MIGHT LURCHES FORWARD, GRABBING THE ROPE!!! The ref taps on Cyrus’ arm to signify him to let go, but the Champ WRENCHES BACK HARDER!!! Umbra lets go of the rope…AND TAPS!!!

ALEXANDER UMBRA TAPPED!!!


Cyrus lets go of the hold and jumps up, lifting his arms in victory! But … the ref is shaking his head no!

Cyrus: But he tapped!

Ref: AFTER I told you to break the hold. He had already grabbed the rope.

Cyrus steps toward the ref to intimidate him, but the ref steps right back up.

Ref: You touch me and I will call this match in his favor.

Cyrus sneers at the ref and turns around to see Alexander standing there, wearing the red Purge mask. His head tilted to the side.


Woo: Cyrus is NOT happy about this! He thought he had it won. 

Gomez: As much as I hate to say this, sometimes you have to listen to the ref! 

Cyrus charges forward and swings with a right hook, but Umbra steps back to avoid the shot. Cyrus a bit unbalanced as he tries for a left hook … BUT UMBRA AVOIDS THAT ONE TOO! KICK TO THE GUT BY ALEXANDER CAUSES CYRUS TO DOUBLE OVER IN PAIN. Umbra goes running and bounces off the ropes … comes flying back … BULLDOG! Cyrus bounces off the mat, but instantly climbs to his feet. ANOTHER BULLDOG FROM UMBRA!!! CYRUS BOUNCES EVEN HARDER! BUT THE CHAMP IS BACK UP! ANOTHER BULL-NO! THE CHAMP PUSHES UMBRA OFF! Umbra flies forward and bounces off the ropes … comes back at Cyrus, WHO SWINGS A RIGHT HOOK AGAIN. ALEXANDER DUCKS IT … but hooks his arm around Cyrus’ as he passes under. Umbra stops and hooks his left arm around Cyrus’s left arm. FULL NELSON … THE CHALLENGER LIFTS THE CHAMP INTO THE AIR!!!

TRIP TO NOWHERE!!!

TRIP TO NOWHERE!!!

FULL NELSON BOMB ON TO THE CHAMP!!! UMBRA GOES FOR THE COVER!!!

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TWO...


THRE-

KICKOUT!!!

Woo: WE ALMOST HAD A NEW CHAMP THERE!

Gomez: Cyrus is not to be denied Woo! He will not give up that title! 

Umbra kips up to his feet, looking down at Cyrus who is slow to move. He quickly climbs up to the middle rope, looking out at the crowd. A mixture of chants rain down on him as he finishes climbing up to the top rope. Alexander turns around and his eyes look down at Cyrus … but quickly shoots up to look at the entrance ramp. Standing at the top of it is Daphne Kreel. He sticks out his right hand and motions for her to come to the ring. With Cyrus still barely moving, Alexander climbs down off the turnbuckle and walks over to the corner closest to the ramp. He climbs up onto the middle rope and again, motions for Daphne to come down to the ring. She slowly begins her descent.

CYRUS OUT OF NOWHERE, IS UP ON THE BOTTOM ROPE, HIS ARMS WRAPPED AROUND UMBRA! Umbra tries to hit him with an elbow, but Cyrus ducks and pushes himself up to the middle rope! Alex, trying to escape, slides up to the top rope and manages to turn around while pushing Cyrus away, but Cyrus follows … still holding on. Cyrus lets out a roar AS HE LIFTS ALEXANDER UP AND THEY BOTH FALL BACKWARDS AS CYRUS HITS UMBRA WITH A TOP ROPE SUPERPLEX!!! ALEXANDER UMBRA JUST BOUNCED FIVE FEET INTO THE AIR!!!

Woo: OH MY GOD!!!!

Gomez: How the hell is Umbra going to continue after that? I think Cyrus might have just pulled a JoJo! 

Cyrus eyes up Alexander as the Champ turns and climbs up to the top rope. The ref comes over and checks on Umbra as he slowly climbs to his feet. Cyrus jumps … DROPKICK!!! BUT UMBRA STEPPED OUT OF THE WAY AND CYRUS JUST DROPKICKED THE REFEREE!!! THE REF GOES FLYING BACKWARDS AND THROUGH THE ROPES, FALLING TO THE MAT ON THE OUTSIDE!!! Cyrus’ eyes widen as he jumps up and looks over the ropes, down at the ref.

Meanwhile, behind him, Alexander Umbra stalks the Champ … sliding Daydream onto his right hand and flexing his fingers. He balls his fist up and cocks his arm back. WAIT, DAPHNE KREEL IS UP ON THE APRON!!! She grabs onto the ropes as Alexander Umbra turns around … she springboards up onto the top rope … JUMPS … SEEING RED!!! HARD RIGHT FOREARM TO THE TEMPLE OF ALEXANDER UMBRA!!! UMBRA COLLAPSES TO THE GROUND AS DAYDREAM GO CLATTERING OFF OUT OF THE RING! Cyrus turns around and looks at the fallen Umbra. He looks down at the ref, who is trying to climb back into the ring. It takes a moment or two, but he finally gets the ref under the ropes and into the ring near Umbra. He drops for the cover.

ONE...



TWO...



THRE-

NO! HE TOOK TOO LONG!!! Umbra BARELY got the kickout, but Cyrus is beside himself as he uses the ropes to stand to his feet, looking out at Daphne who is shaking her head in disbelief. Cyrus leans over the ropes and begins jawing at her, but we are unable to hear what he is saying. Cyrus finally gets tired of the one-sided conversation and turns around … UMBRA IS UP!!! Cyrus lurches forward to grab him, BUT UMBRA DUCKS UNDER AND COMES UP BEHIND CYRUS! He grabs Cyrus’ shoulders, jumps up … THERAPY SESSION!!! DOUBLE KNEE BACKBREAKER ONTO THE CHAMP!!! UMBRA CRAWLS OVER TO CYRUS, WHO IS TOO BUSY TRYING TO CATCH HIS BREATH!!!

ONE...


TWO...


THREE!!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winner, via pinfall... AND NEW FX BROADCAST CHAMPION ALEXANDER UMBRA!!!

Umbra jumps to his feet, still holding his head from the ‘Seeing Red’ from Daphne. The ref hands him the FX Broadcast Championship, which he RIPS from the ref and holds high into the air by himself.

Woo: I don’t know if it was the drive or the pure insanity in that man’s mind, but something kept pushing him to keep going. And in the end, it paid off as he was the man to finally rip the title from Cyrus’ clutches.

Gomez: Cyrus gave him a run for his money. And honestly Brawl number 600’s Main Event just got a whole lot more interesting.

Woo: THE MIGHTY CYRUS HAS FALLEN..... Alexander Umbra may have just pulled out an upset that NO ONE saw coming. 

Gomez: Welcome to the Champions lounge Alexander Umbra! 

Camera cuts to backstage

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We cut backstage to Pepper Montana who is standing with a microphone in hand.

Pepper Montana: At Paramount #34 we learnt of the return of Jack Hart who has been away for the best part of a year. I'm delighted now to be joined by the man himself, 'The Jack of Hearts' Jack Hart.

The camera zooms out to reveal a smiling Jack Hart which produces a smattering of cheers and applause from the EWC faithful. In the background is Luke Saito, wearing a white suit and his White Wolf mask, watching on intently.

Jack Hart: Pepper, it's good to be back. My time here last year was short-lived, through some fault of my own, and some situations out of my control. But standing here today I can say with a smile and with confidence that you're sure to see the best of me this time around. Some say you should never go back, but sometimes you have to do that in order to move forwards, and that's exactly what I intend to do.

Pepper Montana: Jack, it's no secret that you've been through a tumultuous year since your disappearance from the EWC. Can you go into any detail on the troubles you've had, and how you've managed to come out the other side?

Jack looks slightly uncomfortable and fidgets with the sleeve of his long-sleeved black shirt. Luke has edged up a little closer to Jack.

Jack Hart: I don't think going into the details of the issues I've faced does anything for me or any of the fans out there. Let's just say I wasn't taking good care of myself, or those around me in the short time that I was here in the EWC last year. What I will say is that I've worked my ass off to get into shape both physically and mentally for this return. And whilst my life isn't as calm as I'd like it to be, I'm in a much better place than I was when I walked out of here.

Pepper nods her head as she pulls the microphone back to herself.

Pepper Montana: Whilst your time here last year was short-lived, it was full of action. Where there any highlights from your brief stint in the EWC last time around, and have you learnt any lessons from the matches you didn't manage to win?

Jack Hart: Winning at Youngblood against Divewire was a monumental achievement for me. My wrestling background prior to the EWC was high-school gymnasiums and bingo halls, so to wrestle at a Pay-Per-View event in front of a sold out crowd and get the win was a magical moment, and I hope to experience a lot more of that in this second stint. In terms of lessons learned, I think a major problem for me was that I didn't actually learn enough from my losses. I suffered two of those, to EWC mainstays and incredible wrestlers in Sally Talfourd and Tanja Devereux. But rather than taking note of what it was that they were doing right, I focused far too much on what I was doing wrong and that was a mistake. At the end of the day I'm not accustomed to fighting on a stage as grand as this, and I'm lucky that I'm here and can learn from top quality talent like the aforementioned. I need to be able to take something away from each match that is going to improve my own skill-set and help myself to reach the potential that I know I have. That's the reason that the EWC signed me in the first place.

Pepper Montana: You just spoke of Sally Talfourd who is our reigning Apple TV+ Broadcast champion on the Paramount brand. Any thoughts of revenge after your close match last year which resulted in a loss?

Jack smirks at Pepper's loaded question and shakes his head. Luke is now standing right behind him as Pepper now notices him and does a double-take, blinking at the strange sight as if to confirm what she is seeing.

Jack Hart: Look, Sally Talfourd is a superstar. She's an incredible performer, in that ring and on that mic. She's a million miles ahead of me at present. Is that somewhere that I am going to get to? Yes of course, I want championship gold, who doesn't? And yes I would take great satisfaction in evening the score when it comes to Sally. But I'm taking things one step at a time and I'll always keep my eyes on my next opponent, not one that might come a few months from now.

Pepper Montana: And finally Jack, you've decided to re-sign with the Paramount brand. What are you looking to achieve on the orange brand this time around, and is there anyone on the roster that you're looking to challenge

Jack Hart: Listen, like I've said, it's early days. For me to start calling out any of the established roster would be naïve and frankly a little disrespectful. This crowd barely know who I am and I'm pretty sure that most of the guys and girls in the back are struggling to recall my name. But I'm looking to make a much bigger impact this time around and if I'm going to be remembered and respected by both the great talent in the back, and by these crazy fans, I'm going to have to both compete with the best that the EWC has to offer, and beat them. Whether that be Ito, Melody, Lavender, whoever! I'm going to have to show them that they're no match for the Jack of Hearts.

Pepper Montana: Jack Hart, best of luck in your return. Back to you at ringside.

By this point Luke is standing virtually side-by-side with Jack. Pepper is now staring directly at Luke, her eyes bulging in surprise and confusion. Jack turns his head and jumps a little in fright as he finally notices the stalking Saito. Jack mouths the words 'What the f..." as we fade out before he can finish his expletive.

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HBO CHAMPIONSHIP

Cosmo Goldworthy
Vs HBO CHAMPION
Andrea Hernandez

We return to ringside where the Baton Rouge fans have grown rowdy in anticipation of the HBO Broadcast Championship match coming up.

Woo: We follow up a tremendous FX Broadcast Championship match between Alexander Umbra and Cyrus Black with another Broadcast Championship match, as it is our last of two set to take place tonight with Cosmo Goldworthy and Andrea Hernandez fighting for Rampage’s HBO Broadcast Championship!

Gomez: Both Goldworthy and Hernandez have taken Rampage by storm since arriving! This match may be a true indicator of what EWC’s future may be looking like down the line, but only one can leave tonight a champion!

Dobrev: The following match is a HBO Broadcast Championship match scheduled for one fall! Joining us first, from The Golden State, weighing in at 201 pounds ... COSMO GOLDWORTHY!

Gold and white lights strobe around the arena as 'Mo Money Mo Problems' blares through the PA boxes. Cosmo Goldworthy swaggers out with a smug grin on his face. He stops at the start of the ramp, extending his arms out. "Enjoy it while 'ya got it, baby!" He shouts out, chuckling to himself as he continues to walk down the ramp. Cosmo looks at the fans reaching out and sneers at them. He slides up the apron and enters the ring, proceeding to march over to the top rope and raise his arms up one more time. Cosmo nods his head to the tune of his theme song, dropping off the top rope. He shimmies his shoulders, removing his Louis Vuitton® sponsored entrance gear before the match begins.

Dobrev: And his opponent, from Paradise Valley, Arizona, weighing in at 125 pounds, she is the HBO BROADCAST CHAMPION ... ANDREA HERNANDEZ!

"Ultranumb" by Blue Stahli hits the venue’s soundwaves. Andrea appears on the stage to some strong cheers from the crowd. Andrea acknowledges the crowd and completely focused on the task at hand. She gets up to the ring apron and uses the top rope to slingshot herself into it, acknowledging the crowd even further as she leans against the corner, confidently waiting for what comes next.

Woo: The tension is palpable in that ring, as both Andrea Hernandez and Cosmo Goldworthy have to treat this as the biggest match of their EWC career thus far, and based on the expression on their faces.. I think that’s exactly what they’re doing!

DING DING DING

As soon as the bell sounds, both Andrea and Cosmo quickly pace around the ring. Cosmo wiggles his fingers, reaching out to Andrea. Andrea inches over, reaching to Cosmo. Cosmo steps forward to initiate - but knowing that she’s the smaller competitor, Andrea slides through the legs of Cosmo! Cosmo turns around, confused, and is immediately floored by a dropkick! A frustrated Cosmo rolls to his feet, swinging for the fences as Andrea ducks under and bounces off the ropes. She charges forward, tossing Cosmo with a beautiful tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown that gets an applause from the Baton Rouge crowd! Cosmo kneels up against the ropes, wiping his mouth. This isn’t how he saw this match going, and he immediately rises to his feet. “Enough! Enough of this!” He shouts, demanding that they initiate like “professionals”. Andrea isn’t having any of it and marches over to put more of a beating on Cosmo, but that brief break was all he needed - as he immediately pokes Andrea in the eye. Andrea yelps out in pain, holding her eye. Cosmo fires off a roundhouse kick to the chest that drops her to a kneel. The referee warns Cosmo, but he ignores him and drags Andrea back up. Cosmo takes Andrea by the wrist and yanks her into an elbow that lands swiftly on the jaw. Andrea struggles to stand, as Cosmo pulls her in again and instead scoops her up, marching to the center of the ring with a beautiful sidewalk slam! Cosmo rolls to his feet and flexes his muscles. He turns to Andrea and marches over, planting his boot on her chest for the first cover of the match.

ONE!

ANDREA ISN’T HAVING COSMO’S DISRESPECT AND IMMEDIATELY KICKS OUT!

Cosmo sneers, and goes to take advantage - but Andrea has already risen to her feet and STUNS Cosmo with a paintbrush slap! Cosmo wobbles, at a loss for words. He grabs Andrea by the waist and tries to bum rush her into the turnbuckles, but she breaks free and sends Cosmo face first into the middle turnbuckle! Cosmo stumbles out of the corner, holding his forehead in pain as she bypasses him to leap up the middle rope and rotate them both into a bulldog! Cosmo holds his jaw, stumbling up in pain. Andrea sees Cosmo getting up, and musters all her strength to clothesline him OVER! But Cosmo hangs on to the bottom rope, landing on the apron. Andrea shrugs and hits off the ropes, but Cosmo side steps just in time! Andrea stops against the top rope, and Cosmo digs his fingers right into the eyes of Andrea! Andrea yelps out in pain, and once again the referee tries to intervene, but it’s no use as Cosmo grabs Andrea by the arm and yanks her in between the top and middle turnbuckle, shoulder first into the ring post! Andrea falls over, crying out in pain from her shoulder meeting the steel.

Woo: After the wars that Andrea has been through this season, how much more can that shoulder take?!

Gomez: It will need to take a lot more to keep that belt! No one in EWC is going to let her just win a match. 

While the referee is tending to Andrea, Cosmo takes his time pacing around the ring. He looks around at the jeering crowd and waves them off. “Booin’ me ain’t gonna change anything, dumbasses!” He hollers at them, turning and rolling back in the ring. Cosmo’s focus on the fans only comes to bite him in the ass, as Andrea is back up to her feet and starts throwing punches with her good arm! Despite Andrea using one arm, she’s punching the hell out of Cosmo and making him stagger! Cosmo tries to boot the bad arm, but Andrea sees it coming and evades it with quickness. Cosmo turns back to Andrea and she floors him with a spinning heel kick! Cosmo holds his jaw, stunned. Andrea makes the cover, trying to get Cosmo out of here already.

ONE!

KICK OUT!

Andrea rises, grabbing a handful of Cosmo’s hair. Cosmo yelps out in pain, calling for the referee who has no interest in listening to Cosmo’s cries for his assistance. Andrea takes Cosmo’s wrist and irish whips him across the ring, but Cosmo reverses it! Andrea makes an adjustment though, AS SHE RUNS UP THE MIDDLE ROPE AND LEAPS TO THE TOP!

COSMO TRIES TO STOP HER -

BUT ANDREA FLIES INTO A CROSSBODY -

NO!

COSMO CATCHES HER AND ROLLS THROUGH!

HE HOISTS ANDREA UP AND POPS HER INTO POWERBOMB POSITION–

HURRICANRANA FROM ANDREA! AND THE COVER AFTERWARDS!

ONE...




TWO...

COSMO FREES A SHOULDER JUST IN TIME!

Woo: Andrea almost had the win there! Man these two are just going to keep beating the piss out of each other here, aren't they? 

Gomez: And I am all for it! 

After that close call, Cosmo rolls up to his feet, stunned. He tries to stop Andrea, but SHE DROPS HIM WITH A BUSAIKU KNEE FROM OUTTA NOWHERE! Cosmo is down! Andrea holds her shoulder, wincing in pain from the impact of her arm colliding with the mat. Regardless, she crawls over to make the cover, but Cosmo has wisely rolled away from her! Cosmo has rolled all the way to the bottom rope. Andrea winces, pulling herself up. She sees Cosmo near the turnbuckles and steps to the apron. She climbs up top, perhaps calling for the end already?! Cosmo works his way up just in time, and dives for the top rope! The ropes shake, causing Andrea to lose her balance as she ends up being crouched on the ring post, crying out in pain. Cosmo looks at the pain Andrea is in and starts laughing.

He jabs Andrea a couple of times, then pulls himself up to climb the top rope. Andrea finds some fight in her and punches Cosmo in the side of the body. She punches him again, and Cosmo winces out in pain. Cosmo tries to get back at her, but she shoves him off the top rope! Cosmo lands, but it’s no use because Andrea is back standing on the top rope and she dives off the top into a CORKSCREW PLANCHA! Cosmo holds his ribs, yelling out as Andrea isn’t done yet! Cosmo works his way up, and Andrea bounces off the ropes to hit the DESTINY DROP! She spikes Cosmo RIGHT on his head! Andrea makes the cover immediately after!

ONE...



TWO...

T-COSMO KICKS OUT!

Andrea slaps the mat, frustrated from that kick out. Both eventually find their way up after a couple seconds of layoff, and start trading strikes. Andrea kicks the leg of Cosmo, making him wheeze. She kicks him in the ribs, and backs up. Andrea bounces off, ducking under Cosmo. She leaps up the ropes and flies into a shoulder block - but COSMO WITH AN AXE KICK IN MID AIR! HE DROVE HER HEAD RIGHT INTO THE MAT WITH HIS FOOT! Cosmo wastes no time, forcing Andrea up to a knee and bounces off the ropes for added momentum to jump into a SAVATE KICK! Andrea topples to the mat, as Cosmo quickly rolls her over and makes a cover of his own!

ONE...



TWO...

ANDREA KICKS OUT!

“AAAHHHHH!” Cosmo shrieks at the referee. He looks at him, expecting a count closer to three, but clearly Andrea still isn’t that damaged! That starts to mess with the psyche of Cosmo, as he marches over to Andrea, forcing her up.. Andrea breaks free from Cosmo though, sending him reeling with a nasty jawbreaker. Cosmo holds his jaw, wincing in pain as he angrily tries to blast Andrea’s head off with another kick. Andrea has it scouted this time, and when she ducks, Cosmo’s leg gets stuck on her shoulder! Andrea starts to work her way up, as she grabs Cosmo’s other leg for potentially a powerbomb, but Cosmo saves himself the embarrassment as he jabs Andrea RIGHT in the eye! Andrea falls to a knee, trying to regain her sight as Cosmo glances at the frustrated referee, telling him don’t even bother. Cosmo twirls his finger around, signaling a rotation as he turns and hits the ropes. There’s a rotation though, as Andrea is back up to her feet and throws Cosmo out the ring!

Cosmo catches himself just in time, but it doesn’t matter because Andrea is building momentum going off the ropes! He turns around to Andrea, trying to dive in and stop her–

BUT IT’S TOO LATE!

ANDREA DIVES INTO A TOPE CON HILO!

BOTH ARE DOWN!

Woo: TOPE CON HILO!!!! Andrea takes to the skies! 

Gomez: Is it enough to retain Though?

The crowd absolutely loses their mind at the depths that these two are going to in order to win this match tonight! “THIS IS AWESOME!” chants reverberate throughout the sold-out Tiger Stadium, as Andrea finally gets herself up. Hellbent to make a statement, Andrea doesn’t opt-in for a countout victory, but instead muscles up a near knocked out Cosmo and rolls him in the ring, at the drop zone. Andrea slides up the apron, and then ascends up the top rope. She looks around, calling for the crowd - and many rise to their feet in sync with Andrea! She’s on the verge of turning, setting up for the Rise of The Phoenix–

but Cosmo is back up to his feet and he quickly gets to the top rope! Cosmo takes the head of Andrea, looking around. He goes for a superplex, but Andrea strategically wraps her foot around the turnbuckle hook! Cosmo tries to overpower Andrea, but he’s so exhausted it’s not easy! Andrea starts to break free and punches Cosmo. She grabs Cosmo by the head and SLAMS his head into the top turnbuckle! This forces Cosmo to double over, as he tries to work his way back up - but Andrea has already got an idea in mind.. She nods her head, furiously!

ANDREA DIVES INTO A SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB OFF THE TOP ROPE!!

BUT COSMO BACKFLIPS FREE, LANDING IT!!!

THE ROAR OF THE CROWD TAKES OVER, AS ANDREA IS IN DISBELIEF OF WHAT COSMO JUST DID..

..AND HE IS AS WELL! ANDREA RISES, TRYING TO STOP COSMO!

CASH ROLLS EVERYTHING ELBOW! COSMO DROPS ANDREA, AND HE GOES DOWN WITH HER!

Woo: What an elbow from Cosmo!!!

Gomez: C.R.E.A.M Marcus... C.R.E.A.M.

Urgency kicks in for Cosmo after that fantastic counter, and he crawls over, strapping his arm over Andrea’s chest for the cover!

ONE...



TWO...


TH–ANDREA JOLTS HER SHOULDER UP JUST IN TIME!

Cosmo rolls over, running his hands through his hair. He’s damn near about to cry as he’s trying to figure out what it will take to put Andrea out! He slaps the mat, looking around. Despite being as sly as he possibly can, he’s got a Plan B.. Cosmo crawls over to the turnbuckle, grabbing at his entrance jacket under the bottom rope. On the other side of the ring, the referee is checking on Andrea and Cosmo looks over his shoulder to be 100% sure.

He digs into the pocket of his entrance jacket, pulling out his trusty 24 Karat Gold Brass Knuckles. He slips them onto his hand and nods, calling Andrea up.. Andrea has finally worked her way up, and Cosmo is wrapping this thing up!

COSMO FLIES INTO THE 24K MAGIC!

BUT NO! ANDREA CATCHES HIM IN MID AIR AND USES HIS MOMENTUM TO ROTATE HIM INTO THE PHOENIX BACKBREAKER!

COSMO LOSES HIS GRIP ON THE KNUCKLES AND THEY FLY OFF HIS HAND!

Woo: Both fighters trade signature moves here! There is still no end in sight! 

Gomez: Is this a Sally Talfourd match? I just saw MAGIC!!!

Cosmo’s back CRUNCHES against the knee of Andrea, as he wails out in pain! The weight of Cosmo crashing down onto her knee hurts Andrea as well as she falls back, clutching at it! She slaps the mat, rolling to the apron! Andrea is closing in on victory, and despite the pain in her knee, she needs to KEEP it going!

While Andrea is rising, a dazed Cosmo holds at his back, trying to get back up to his feet. Andrea takes the ropes and springboards up for the SEDONA SPLASH!

BUT ANDREA’S KNEE BUCKLES IN PAIN AS SHE LEAPS TO THE TOP ROPE, AND SHE CRASHES TO THE GROUND! Andrea holds her knee, crying out in pain! Cosmo stares in shock, realizing there’s an opening, and he dives RIGHT into the CASH COW! Andrea’s chest and injured shoulder takes the brunt of that impact! She rolls over, trying to find a way back up!

Cosmo knows how tough Andrea is and snatches the arms of Andrea, forcing her to the center of the ring. Cosmo’s grip on her injured shoulder makes it near-impossible to break free of, as Cosmo twists them both…

INTO THE GOLD MINE!

ANDREA IS OUT COLD!

COSMO ROLLS ANDREA OVER AND MAKES THE COVER, EAGERLY HOLDING HER DOWN FOR AS LONG AS HE POSSIBLY CAN!

ONE...



TWO...



THREE!!!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winner, via pinfall, and NEW HBO BROADCAST CHAMPION, COSMO GOLDWORTHY!

As soon as the bell sounds, Cosmo releases the pin from Andrea as he once again stares around in awe of what he just did. Cosmo hears his music playing and hangs his head on the mat, staying in that position for a few seconds to take in what just happened. When he’s done, Cosmo bangs the fist repeatedly and rises to his feet, snatching the HBO Broadcast Championship from the referee. He marches over to the ropes, climbing up the middle rope and emphatically RAISES the championship up! “I TOLD YOU! I FUCKING TOLD ALL OF YOU! THIS CHAMPIONSHIP IS MINE!” He holds the title up in the air, and turns over, kissing the front plate. Cosmo drops off the top rope, rarely showing genuine emotion (in the ring) as he rolls out the ring, marching to the back while the referee tends to Andrea.

Woo: Cosmo Goldworthy was very sure that he needed to cheat to win tonight’s match, and while he did cheat throughout the match - he showed his true ability and endurance at the end to win the championship! What a performance from both Andrea and Cosmo!

Gomez: Both fought their hearts out, no doubt about that! Cosmo Goldworthy said this would be Louisiana's first time seeing a champion since Joe Burrow and he delivered on that promise! This kid is going places!

Woo: Only time will tell what he can do with that belt, but Kudos to Andrea Hernandez on a hell of a fight! 

Gomez: And there are STILL two more championship matches to go before the Main Event Marcus!

Camera cuts to ...

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We open up backstage to find Shinijoshi's Narumi Tsutsumi and "Headhuntress" Aiya, Bloody Sureiyāzu, hanging out in front of the camera. Narumi playfully toys with the Prime Minister with a wild glint in her eyes, being with The Headhuntress out of all her partners is when the Onihime is at her most mischievous and sadistic as a yokai.

”Headhuntress” Aiya: I told you bitches and bastards we weren’t ‘done’, that I hadn’t been disowned, or anything of the fact. We simply had to wait due to a few circumstances.

Narumi: Originally, after Parabellum, I didn't think I would be competing tonight. I figured I'd be spending time with my Shinijoshi sisters and scouting who would be leaving Night of Champions Tag Team Champions and who would emerge from the Insanity Cage having won the main event. But a soul was brazen enough to summon an oni for his purposes, and in a magical place like this city we'll see if evocation was wise.

Narumi smirks.

Narumi: But that doesn't mean we haven't paid attention to the tag division. And as exciting as the division is, I see people are still doing the whole pity party about the Southern Express are gone. When will you all get over it already? I get they were legendary, I went to war with them frequently to know it, and there's a special place in my heart over the fact Senshi of the Blade gave them their last loss in the EWC in what ended up being the Senshi of the Blade's last and greatest match. I especially appreciate the kind words they gave Aiya and I just as I do Ace King's words to me in singles, but time eventually moves on. And time isn't something that automatically rewards people who think lingering on without being champions somehow makes them better than us because our reign didn’t go as well as we have wanted, I’d say it’s better to have a short reign and have a shot at another someday than to never have had a reign to begin with despite having a longer tag career.

Aiya nods in agreement, shrugging her shoulders as she speaks up.

”Headhuntress” Aiya: Sadly, a lot of people are too quick to just zone in on what they want to and, in the process of doing so, fail to think about certain things. The concept of having a reign at all is definitely one of them. That’s exactly why people have been so certain we’re both going to keep failing - because we’ve had major losses. Me with the fact my singles career most admittedly has not gone smooth at all this season and you losing the Undisputed title.

It’s mainly a shame because this shows the number of people who haven’t listened to us about tunnel vision and why it can be as big of a problem as it is.

Aiya smirks in response as Narumi nods.

Narumi: Now I'm not quite fond of the fact we as the tag team with the second best record isn't on the contenders list, but soon enough we'll remind the world that there's a reason why 3pAC tried to take Aiya for good and why one of us have been around for all 3 times they got packed up in defeat. All you teams seem to be under the impression that us having one reign causes some preordained cycle where others are somehow owed a guaranteed chance to be better champions than we were, but every day is one we walk towards joining the club of the very few two time tag team champions.

”Headhuntress” Aiya: Our official journey to earn our place in the ranks begins when we fight on the 35th episode of Paramount. And last, but not least … 3pAC? Do make sure to try to come out with the win tonight. It’ll be much more fun for us to yank those titles away from you than The House, though we can adapt if push really comes to shove.

Both Narumi and Aiya flash the signature Shinijoshi pose as we go to ringside. 

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SINGLES MATCH
Chris Page
Vs Narumi Tsutsumi

We return to ringside where Marcus and Valentina are standing by! 

Woo: And now we've got an exciting one, its the United States #1 Contender Chris Page taking on former Undisputed Champion Narumi Tsutsumi.

Gomez: This'll be a banger Marcus! I wish these two had gotten a chance to face off at Parabellum!

Dobrev: The following is a singles match scheduled for one fall. Joining us from Zzyzx, California... weighing in at 227 pounds and being accompanied by EWC Hall-Of-Famer Dominic Sanders... "THE ELITE" CHRIS PAGE!!

"Stepped On" by Hurricane Chris begins to blare over the speakers throughout the arena. The crowd bursts into boos as "The Elite" Chris Page and Dominic Sanders step out onto the stage. Page wears his signature yellow and red tights while Sanders is in a sharp navy blue suit. Sanders, as usual, has his melted down Drake Memorial Trophy Championship slung over his shoulder. They look around in disgust at the crowd who, clearly, does not appreciate greatness. Sanders whispers something in Page's ear and Page chuckles. They begin to make their way down the ramp.

Page slides underneath the bottom rope and stands up to his feet. Sanders stays on the outside of the ring and bickers with some neck-beard in the front row. Page puts his arms out to the side and plays to the booing crowd. He brushes them off and walks over to Sanders, talking through the ropes about something.

Dobrev: And his opponent, Making her way to the ring, weighing in at 125 pounds, from Shinjuku Japan.......representing Shinijoshi...she is the wielder of the Prime Minister Necklace The Onihime……. ... Narumi Tsutsumi!

Stage spotlights shine down in the dark as "The Baddest" by Raon Lee begins to play with the oni princess skipping onto the scene in a pink oni mask, wearing the Prime Minister Necklace wrapping her neck, Narumi waves at the fans as the spotlight follows her. As she makes her to the ring apron, she turns to the camera to take off her mask and strikes the Shinijoshi's double deuce pose as the lights turn back on in the arena. She enters the ring to skip around and lifts her hands into the air and winks at the crowd while brandishing the Prime Minister Necklace with a smile.

DING DING DING

Chris Page and Narumi Tsutsumi step into each other, Chris Page holds out his hands looking for a shoulder/collar tie-up. Narumi accepts. After a few seconds of struggle, Page overpowers Narumi and pulls her into a side-headlock. Page shoves Narumi out of the hold into the ropes and catches her with a kitchen sink into her stomach on the rebound. Narumi pops up to her feet and sends both of said feet right into Page's sternum with a dropkick. Page stumbles backwards into a corner. Narumi rushes into the corner and jumps up into a rear view, smashing her backside right into Page's head. Narumi pulls Page out of the corner into a side-headlock of her own that she transitions up into a vertical suplex and down into a brainbuster. Chris Page rolls out of the ring to catch his breath. 

Woo: Already a hot hot start to this one folks!

Gomez: Chris Page maybe getting more than he bargained for!

Chris Page slaps the apron before rolling back into the apron, as he does Narumi throws herself into him with a Whirling Candy crossbody press. Narumi goes for the cover but Page is out at one. Narumi drags Page up and goes for the Irish-whip, but Page yoinks her right into him and a lariat. Page drags Narumi up by her head into a fireman's carry and then he spikes her down with a Death Valley Driver. Page repeats this action again, and again, and again. After a series of DVDs Page makes his way over to the top-rope, then he jumps down and catches his leg right across Narumi's throat with Titletown! Page covers!

ONE...


TWO... Kickout By Narumi.  

Woo: Page might have Narumi where he wants her now. That Titletown did some serious damage. 

Gomez: No kidding!

Chris Page drags Narumi up by her hair and then he drops her down into a spinebuster. Page goes for it and lands another spinebuster. Page goes for it a third time, but this time Narumi reverses into a brainbuster! Narumi keeps on her headlock as she pops her hips to stand and then she spikes Page down again with a brainbuster!

Woo: That was a giant brainbuster!

Gomez: That's a lot of weight dropped right on Chris Page's head. 

Narumi pulls herself up, goggled and stumbling around. She drags Chris Page up and gives him a slap into his mouth. Narumi spins around in a 360 and gives him a forearm right into his face, sending him backwards into the corner. Narumi rushes the corner and jumps into a splash. Narumi stumbles back, her pain catching up on her. Chris Page rushes out of the corner and catches Narumi with a shotgun dropkick! Narumi hits the canvas hard but she rolls through to her feet and she flies into Chris Page with a superman punch! Both are down!

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SEVEN... Chris Page and Narumi Tsutsumi get to their feet. 

Woo: I have a feeling this could be the closing stretch!

Gomez: Both look ready to go down from merely a winds blow. 

Chris Page punches Narumi in her throat and then takes-a-back, Chris Page lifts Narumi up and drops her for an atomic drop. Page hoists Narumi up and goes for another atomic drop but Narumi spins around into another Whirling Candy! Chris Page kicks out of Narumi's cover at one, flinging her off him. Chris Page gets to his feet and roars out and rushes Narumi, directly into a Paymon! Narumi's boot stumbles Chris Page backwards, and before he can fall she pulls him into another Paymon! Then she turns that into a roll-up cover!

ONE...


TWO...


THREE!!!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winner, via pinfall, NARUMI TSUTSUMI!

Narumi releases the hold and Chris Page tries to get to his feet but the two Paymons sink in and Chris Page falls limp. Narumi Tsutsumi holds both her hands into the air with victory. She stumbles backwards losing her footing and falling into the ropes to stay on her feet. Medical staff help Chris Page up, but he shrugs them off and leans on Dominic to head to the back. 

Woo: It took TWO Paymon's to put him down, but the Onihimi is victorious here in Baton Rouge!

Gomez: GODDAMN what a match that was! 

Woo: You're telling me! Valentina, things are still JUST ONLY heating up! 

Gomez:  EWC4LIFE!

Camera cuts to backstage.

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Moments after his HBO Broadcast Championship victory, Cosmo Goldworthy holds the title firmly over his shoulder - clearly on cloud nine after accomplishing such a feat. He’s clearly overwhelmed with emotion, and certainly isn’t expecting to be stopped, but when he sees a camera in his face, and Ace Heart walking over to him with a microphone in hand he cracks a sly smirk.

Ace Heart: Ladies and gentlemen, joining me at this time, he is your NEW HBO Broadcast Champion, Cosmo Goldworthy!

Cosmo nods to Ace. It feels good to be announced as a champion, especially this early on into his career.

Ace Heart: I know you just picked up the win, but it’s well documented that you were extremely confident going into this match, and ultimately you walked out the victor. What are your thoughts coming off this victory?

Cosmo looks around, taking a second.

Cosmo Goldworthy: My thoughts are quite simple, Ace. Eight wins. Zero losses. Did you hear that? Eight wins. Zero losses. June 1st was when I officially signed and earned a contract with this company, and in those two months I have already wrestled EIGHT matches, and I HAVEN’T LOST A SINGLE, GODDAMN, ONE!

He starts the fire up, as Ace listens intently.

Cosmo Goldworthy: Now I know I ain’t a people pleaser, I know there’s guys and gals here backstage that would love to shut me up.. But can’t a SINGLE SOUL shut me up! I am the HBO Broadcast Champion, and all it took was victory… After victory… After victory… AFTER VICTORY! And I’m headed to the top! I want to reach the mountaintop of the EWC, ‘cause I know when I’m there..? I’m grabbin’ my flag and plantin’ it STRAIGHT into the ground ‘cause there ain’t a single soul who can stop me from doin’ whatever the hell I want…

He adjusts the championship on his shoulder, breathing heavily. Cosmo takes a second to wipe sweat out of his eyes as he continues on.

Cosmo Goldworthy: I’m hurt, I’m exhausted.. But at the end of the day, this championship is MINE and can’t nobody ever take that away from me. Let’s look at all of those who have held a championship in this company, they can’t compare to me! Moxie, King Flip, El Pablo, Cyrus, Scorpio, Lavender, and don’t get me started on Mercenary and Vin Havoc... The list goes on and on, and you wanna know why?!

Ace stares at Cosmo, puzzled.

Ace Heart: Wh–

Cut off. Per usual.

Cosmo Goldworthy: BECAUSE THEY DON’T POSSESS WHAT COSMO GOLDWORTHY POSSESSES! AND THAT’S THE ABILITY TO TAKE THIS COMPANY BY THE BALLS AND FLIP IT UPSIDE DOWN!

Ace’s eyes widen and his eyebrows raise at such an idea.

Cosmo Goldworthy: People are frustrated by me ‘cause of all the shit I talk… They say I talk a big game, well DAMN IT, I TALK A BIG GAME BECAUSE I RUN THIS GAME!

Cosmo firmly raises his HBO Broadcast Championship up for everyone to see.

Cosmo Goldworthy: You see this?! This is MINE now! THIS COMPANY IS MY HOUSE NOW, AND I’M SICK AND FUCKIN’ TIRED OF INTRUDERS THAT DON’T BELONG! INTRUDERS LIKE ANDREA! INTRUDERS LIKE YOU! GO! GET OUTTA HERE!

Cosmo snatches the microphone out of Ace Heart’s hand, shooing him off. He raises a finger up to tell the cameraman to stay, and he breathes heavily as he holds the championship over his shoulder and microphone in the other hand. He gasps for air, panting over the microphone.

Cosmo Goldworthy: Y’all done fucked up givin’ me this championship. The fire has been ignited, and I don’t see anyone bein’ able to extinguish it.

Cosmo leans his head down, shoving the microphone into the chest of the cameraman, who fumbles with it and eventually staggers against the wall. While he’s fumbling with the camera and microphone, Cosmo walks off.

Cosmo Goldworthy: NOW GET ME SOME FUCKIN’ CHAMPAGNE!

The camera cuts away as Cosmo is heard yelling and screaming in the distance.

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We return to the film room, drinks circling the table again as Melody takes a long drink of a lavishly garnished pina colada. Cora has a matching drink, whereas Dominic and Clay have taken to fresh cans of Pickle Beer.

Rory: She was on her way to somethin’ special…

Melody looks over to him, surprise on her face softening as she looks down at the melting slush in her drink.

Melody: She was always special… but after that shoulder injury at Parabellum 2020, she was so worried she wouldn’t be able to come back.

Dominic: Or play guitar.

Melody: She shocked the world though…

The camera opens to the Brawl season opener, 2022. Iggy standing across from Dio. She pulls out the victory over the former Indy champion, Dio raising her arm high in the air. We roll seamlessly into the next episode of Brawl, Iggy attempting to earn a shot at the International championship at Stranglemania.

Swango turns around slowly while trying to catch her breath. This seems to be ill advised as Candy comes charging and strikes with two knees into the same area Swango just struck the turnbuckles. Swango staggers forward as Candy goes to grab Swango by the neck. Swango instinctively grabs Candy by the arm and performs a judo throw over her shoulder. Candy lands awkwardly on her right shoulder as Swango quickly picks Candy up in the cradle position once again. This time she connects with Noise Pollution and floats over with the cover while hooking the leg closest to the ring ropes.

ONE!



TWO!



THREE!!

Reid picks his moment, and charges, looking for that trademark punt kick. The arena holds its breath, and then EXPLODES as Lady Stardust comes to life, evades the strike, then snatches the stumbling Reid's legs and brings him crashing to the floor. Fighting the pain and discomfort as much as she's fighting him, hot tears streaming down her cheeks, Iggy clambers along her grounded opponent, pulls his head forward and brings her wire-wrapped leg up and over, trapping him in the Space Oddity submission hold - and worse, in-between the barbs that now enter both their flesh. She pulls his arm against her midsection, twisting the wrist to ensure the wire pierces the full length of Reid's hyper-extended limb. Her screams are no more, and his begin! The crowd goes wild!

Clay: Reid was a crazy sonofab-

Cora: Language!

Clay: Biscuit.

Dominic: She was within a hair. Xavier knew it too.

Rory: She earned every scar.

Melody: Thank you.

The rest of the group looks at Melody curiously, but her eyes are locked on Rory beside her.

Melody: Without you, I don’t know if I would’ve gotten to see her again…

She quiets, looking down at her drink again. Thoughts of Parabellum 2022 flooding in as the camera reveals those brief moments.

Swango: Mel?!

Malone: Oh my God I’ve missed you so much.

Malone throws her arms around Iggy who eagerly returns the hug as the former tag team champions just stand in an embrace for a moment.

Swango: So… miss Undisputed champion. I knew you could do it.

Malone: Cheeks of Steel is killing it.

The awkward small talk fizzles and Melody sighs, shaking her head.

Malone: Ugh, I can’t do this. Look… I’m sorry. I’m sorry I wasn’t a better friend. I’m sorry that I didn’t reach out to you when you went silent… I was just so consumed with everything that when you started blowing me off for Dio, I just let myself get focused on my career. I mean it only felt like the right thing to do after Cy-

Swango: What? I never blew you off. You stopped answering my messages…

Malone: No..? Every time I had someone reach out to you, you were always too busy. You were either working on something with Soul Love, you were busy with Dio, it was always “she said she’ll call you back”.

Swango: And you were always too busy with brand meetings, photo shoots for Dior, or some training session that you’d call me “after you were done”.

Both women look at each other in confusion before their reunion is interrupted by Iggy breaking into a huge smile.

Swango: Rory!

She jumps into a hug from the hulking man before he chuckles and pulls her up off of her feet briefly. As he sets her back down, his hand finds the small of Melody’s back and he gives her a knowing look.

Rory: I know you gals wanna catch up, but we’ve got a big night tonight. We can get this reunion tour kicked off later though?

Swango: I’ll leave Rachel a message later?

Rory grimaces and shakes his head, pulling his hand from Malone and patting the front pocket of his shorts.

Rory: Yanno… she’s really overwhelmed with the brand people and the real estate team. Probably better you text me and we’ll get ye all set up.

Iggy flashes a thumbs up as Melody frowns at cutting the meeting short, but ultimately knows there’s too much at stake tonight to risk getting sidetracked. With a nod to Rory, she reaches out and wraps Iggy into another hug and gives her a friendly kiss on the cheek.

Malone: This isn’t goodbye. I promise.

Melody buries her head in her hands, Rory and Cora flanking her consolingly as Dominic and Clay take over the emcee duties.

Dominic: No matter what happened, she would always soldier on.

Clay: Kinda poetic wasn’t it? She started her final season against Dio, and she finished it teaming up with Dio on the Prime finale.

Severn and Swango trade gnarly European uppercuts back and forth. Jack easily gains momentum here as he nails uppercut after uppercut bringing his opponent to a free corner. Jack takes a few steps back, making sure the referee isn't in the way again, then rushes into a nasty running Euro uppercut in the corner. Then a KNIFE EDGE chop. Fans reluctantly 'WHOOOOO' throughout the arena. Jack soaks it in while disparaging the crowd, causing another sea of jeers to hit PRIME TIME. He returns to his opponent for a second chop that connects. Even Flip 'WHOOOO's with the audience. They don't like that. It even startles Jack for a second. He goes for a third chop but Swango jockeys and switches positions with Severn and follows with an ECHOING slap to the face. Flip 'WHOOOO's by himself that time.

Dio kicks into third gear. LEARTIUS EFFECT! Dio hits his finisher on Jamie and Iggy Swango spears Jack Severn through the ropes and out of the ring. Dio lifts the leg for the pinfall.

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DING DING DING

Reid: And your winners, via pinfall, IGGY SWANGO AND DIO!

Evans: This was all over the place, but Dio and Iggy pick up the win!

Kushnir: They just had more chemistry, Marshall. They, ahem, know each other's bodies very well.

Iggy jumps into Dio's arms as they start heading up the ramp.

Clay: They were cute, I gotta admit..

As the screen stills on the shot of Iggy and Dio, Melody finally pulls her hands away and wipes under her eyes, attempting to clean her running makeup up. She sniffles, grabbing hold of her drink and downing the remainder with a grimace at the brain freeze before she sets the glass back down on the round table.

Melody: … I guess there’s just one thing left to do. Cora? Boys?

She and the entire group stand up and look at each other before they begin to file out of the room as the camera follows them toward the door. The door closes, the cameras turning back to the table to one final chair, unmoved, with a full and fresh pina colada sitting alone before fading out ringside once more.

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EWC WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

The Heat Packers
Vs EWC WORLD TAG CHAMPIONS
3pAC

We return to ringside where the crowd is red hot, thoroughly ready for the final three matches of the evening.

Woo: We are back in action, and this one has huge ramifications - not just because it's for the EWC World Tag Team titles, but because the Heat Packers have thrown one hell of a gauntlet, claiming if they fail to win here they will NEVER challenge for the belts again. This could be the one and only time we seen them in action, Valentina, and it goes down right here in Baton Rouge!

Gomez: Are you sure this is Baton Rouge, Woo? I'm pretty sure it's New Orleans.

Woo: Uh... You've been spending too much time with 3pAC, haven't you?

Gomez: That is a horrible lie! ...there's no such thing as spending too much time with 3pAC.

Woo: What?

Gomez: Que?

Dobrev: The following match is for one fall, and is for the EWC World Tag Team Championship!

The lights in the arena dim as Ennio Morricone’s “The Ecstasy of Gold” begins to play over the speakers. Over on the Extreme Tron, we see images of cowboys in the Old West, getting into duels and robbing banks. The weathered voice of a narrator speaks.

Narrator: What is it that makes a Southern Outlaw?

The Heat Packers appear on the Tron, walking down the path of a ghost town together.

Narrator: It’s not the color of the black hat they wear, or the company they keep, or even the dirty deeds they get away with…

We see clips of The Heat Packers’ various matches thus far, and their brutal assaults on The Southern Express & Bunny Love.

Narrator: A true Outlaw doesn’t give a damn what others think. A true Outlaw may break your rules, but that’s because they don’t pretend to be anyone else but themself as they raise hell. A true Outlaw picks themself back up from the mud and dirt every time they fall off that horse, and they get right back on the saddle.

Back in the ghost town, The Heat Packers find a pair of horses. They each get on one.

Narrator: And they keep on riding, until they finally feel the Ecstasy of Gold.

The Heat Packers each spin a pistol, putting it in their holsters.

Narrator: And they make sure to pack heat in every duel.

The Extreme Tron dims as a spotlight appears on stage, and the music swells. Dan Funk and Brodie Dawson ride out from the back on the same horses as in the video, although now they’re dressed in cowboy themed ring gear. Cowboy boots, black chaps with big gold buckles, black vests with gold fringe, and of course, black cowboy hats. Rather than holding up their index fingers as they get off their horses and storm to ring, they hold up bull horns.

Dobrev: Please welcome the challengers, at a combined weight of four hundred and forty six pounds ... THE HEAT PACKERS!

When they get to the ring, they pose in the corner, Dan on the ropes and Brodie on the top rope, asking the crowd “who’s the best tag team on the planet?!” for the first and perhaps only time in a tag team championship bout.

Dobrev: And their opponents, at a combined weight of four hundred pounds ... they are the EWC World Tag Team Champions ... 3pAC!!!

'My Hero' plays out as Deimos and 'Little' Danny walk out onto the stage holding up crowbars to some cheers. Behind them Bunny Love walks out, proceeded by a scowling Xavier Reid, as the two men drop to a knee and whisper back and forth about their game plan. Bunny taps them on the shoulders and the two mean stand up and they walk towards the ring. When they reach ringside they hand Bunny the crowbars, as Reid takes his place at the bottom of the ramp, watching for interference.

Bunny is smirking, as her boys dash around the ring and slide in to ambush the Heat Packers before the bell!

Woo: THE CHAMPS WITH THE AMBUSH! I DIDN'T HEAR NO BELL!

DING DING DING

The official looks panicked as he rushes toward the action, trying to separate the four competitors, who are wailing on each other with heavy shots. Little Danny over-extends himself, and eats a hastily-improvised Complete Shot from Dynamite Dan, LAUNCHED into the canvas hard enough he bounces right back to his feet, landing on wobbly legs. Deimos blocks a haymaker from Dawson, sharply headbutts him, then hurls himself at Funk, spearing him in the ribs! The pair of them fly off the ropes, going down in a tangle of limbs. Funk manages to come out on top, raining down fists from mount, only to be dragged off by a punch-drunk Danny.

In desperation, the referee inserts himself, parting Dan and Danny, who stumble off in opposite directions just as an enraged Deimos surges into a snug clothesline-- on the ref! Funk backs off into the corner wide-eyed, coming face-to-face with Brodie Dawson - who stands in the opposite corner. 3pAC swiftly rearrange themselves in the middle of the ring, turning to face their respective opponents just as they sprint forward, and shoot in for a pair of superkicks!

THE CROWD POP HUGE AS THE CHAMPS COUNTER WITH A PAIR OF THEIR OWN!

Deimos and Danny turn to each other, laughing, glance toward the groaning ref, then shout together, "GET THE CROWBARS!" Grinning deviously, Bunny Love hops onto the apron, ready to provide - but she only has one crowbar in hand? Danny grabs for it, but Deimos gets there first, receiving an astonished glare from his partner; who then shoves him in the chest!

Woo: Uh oh, a miscommunication by the champions, you hate to see it.

Gomez: Bunny should have brought enough for the entire class! Luckily, these boys are smart, Woo.

3pAC sort out their dispute with a fair compromise - both having one hand on the crowbar as they turn, carefully synchronized, to face their downed opponents-- who aren't down any more! POW! Tandem superkicks to the THROAT take Little Danny up and over the top rope, Deimos barely clutching onto the crowbar, weaving to one side before aiming it at the skull of Brodie Dawson. NO!! It's caught and ripped away by the plucky official, who tosses the weapon to one side as he reprimands the champions. Little Danny protests from ringside, until he's taken out by a baseball slide from Dan Funk, who continues to take it to him on the outside!

Deimos and Dawson are separated, and separately reprimanded by the ref for their actions thus far; until Brodie points out that they were jumped, and indicates Dan Funk's willingness to leave the ring. Deimos is furious, and raring to go as the match is restarted with just two competitors inside the ring, charging at Brodie Dawson, who steps aside and bum-rushes him into the turnbuckle, then heaves him backwards with a crunching Dragon Suplex! He tries to bridge, but Deimos thrashes free, and springs to his feet - straight into an arm drag, then a precision dropkick to follow up, sending him careening off the ropes and into a snug hiptoss into an armbar! On the outside, the Packers' divide and conquer stratagem is paying further dividends, as Funk chops Little Danny in his injured throat, bounces his skull off the apron, and then powerslams him up and over into the barricade!

Woo: They've reined in the chaos of the champs, and the Heat Packers are firmly in control here.

Gomez: Ugh! Actual wrestling!?

Deimos is struggling to escape the hold, his arm contorting horribly as he bends and bucks to extricate himself. Dawson tries to clap it on more tightly, looking frustrated at the sheer toughness of his opponent, shifting to drive a heel repeatedly down into his ribs. The crowd 'ooooh' in sympathy for the tag champ, who snarls, and uses the extra momentum from being brutalized to his advantage, TWISTING against the pressure, his shoulder almost ripping from the joint as he throws out his other arm, barely securing a hold on the bottom rope and forcing the break! Brodie holds on until 4.5, and rises smoothly to his feet, shaking out his arms and flicking imaginary lint from one shoulder. Confident, despite the escape.

Little Danny has been helped up by the crowd, and ejected back to ringside, where he's quick to duck a lariat from Funk, kick him hard in the shin, and then scramble to hide behind Bunny Love, who looks horrified. After hopping off the pain, Dan Funk gives chase, juking this way and that before teasing that he'll just go straight through the bombshell valet - who screams and ducks instinctively. Funk laughs, turning to the crowd and tapping at his own skull, getting a chorus of boos for his trouble.

Xavier Reid has left the ramp, striding toward this display with his face contorted in anger. A few smart fans look toward the stage and start to boo preemptively, sure the House will pick this moment to intervene...

A shot rings out, to a GASP from the crowd at large. Xavier Reid had nothing to worry about; Bunny Love proves quite capable of taking care of herself, driving a wicked slap into Dan Funk's face, then kneeing him between the legs; the opening taken by a chortling Little Danny, who returns the earlier favor by tackling Funk straight into the barricade, raining down blows!

Gomez: ¡Sí, Bunny! That will learn him!

Woo: I'm not altogether sure that it will.

Gomez: Honestly, I hope it doesn't. I want to see more violence.

In the ring, Deimos has been playing keepaway, getting caught up in a few rest holds, and clawing his way out - quite literally - raking his fingers across Dawson's eyes, hitting him with desperate liver shots, and generally being a menace in defiance of the other man's greater wrestling ability. He looks frantic though, as he's finally taken down with a crunching Saito suplex, then subjected to a flurry of kicks to the chest as he tries to struggle upright. Brodie manages to isolate him in the corner, kicking him against the turnbuckle and laying in with chops, missing the action on the outside as he lights up his opponent.

He pauses to glance toward his corner, realizing Dan Funk isn't there to make the tag, just as Little Danny slides into the ring! Brodie Dawson curses, and grabs at Deimos - who has weathered his storm, and grabs right back, rocking him with another headbutt, and switching places with him in the corner, laying in with a thick chop of his own before dropping down onto all fours, setting up for his partner to hit the POETRY 'N' MOTION! Little Danny soars, yelling boisterously--

--and is caught by Brodie Dawson, who growls and flips him into position before hitting a brainbuster right onto the turnbuckle! Deimos slams his hands on the mat, and leaps upright, straight into a superkick! Brodie has that scouted, too, dropping underneath and grabbing his opponent, twisting to hit a capture suplex clean in the middle of the ring! Deimos thrashes in pain, stumbling upright with his eyes rolled back into his skull, finally falling against the middle rope in the opposite corner. Dawson glances back to see Danny senseless on the outside, and dashes to his corner, where a dazed Funk has just clambered into position for the tag.

Brodie makes the tag, and Dan climbs in, swiftly moving to hook the stunned Deimos up onto the top rope, carefully setting up for a massive superplex!! The impact is tremendous, the ring shaking... as Dawson leaps from the other corner, following up with a splash! GREETINGS FROM THE SOUTH! The official starts to drop for the fan, but stalls-- Dawson isn't the legal man.

Brodie is ahead of him, rolling to ringside, as Funk slides in to hook the leg.

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TWO...



KICKOUT!

Woo: Dawson executed that plan perfectly, demonstrating a deep understanding of his opponents. But it wasn't enough.

Gomez: The champs are tough, Woo! Not like those Southern Express losers!

Woo: What?

Gomez: I'm just saying, they're nothing like them... it's a good thing...

Woo: Is it?

Funk brings Deimos up in a headlock, but is countered with a sudden suplex, as the champ digs deep, crashing down with his opponent and looking equally winded by his own move. He struggles for his corner, as Dawson yells at his partner to stand up. Dan Funk clambers to his feet, shakes off the cobwebs, and dives after Deimos-- as he makes the tag! Little Danny gets a pop as he leaps over the top rope, and looks momentarily distracted by it, until a shout from Bunny reminds him where he is. Blinking, he spins to face Funk, who shoots for a double-leg... only to get leapfrogged! Little Danny falls to one knee on the other side, staggering into a dash toward the ropes, rebounding into a spectacular flying forearm that floors Funk!

Danny tries to kip up, and gets it on the second attempt, throwing up his arms for another pop from the crowd. He seems to be enjoying himself, much to the annoyance of Brodie Dawson, who starts to enter the ring only to get cut off by the official. Little Danny sticks out his tongue, pulls down his eyelid, and then gets back to business, throwing hands at Funk as he tries to find his footing, then whipping him into the 3pAC corner. A tag to Deimos brings the other man in, and a double hiptoss brings Dan Funk out of the corner. Deimos yanks him to his knees, as Little Danny further taunts Dawson from behind the official.

This resets the proverbial timer, and gives 3pAC ample time to take an arm each, look knowingly at the crowd with their own arms raised, and then turn as one to drive their knees into the nose of their opponent! IN YOUR FACE!!

Woo: Didn't you just say--

Gomez: NOTHING like them, Woo.

Funk is bust open, groggily trying to rise only to get stomped into the canvas, lying in a puddle of his own blood as the official finally turns away from Brodie Dawson and yells at the warning at the champs. They both turn, spread their legs, and dance like Eddie Guerrero, to another surge of appreciation from the crowd that leaves Deimos confounded. Danny assures him it's all good, and they both shrug, ignoring the official's warning to pull the bloodied Dan Funk upright. Funk stumbles forward, about to faceplant-- and Danny catches him, hoisting him upright, and falling backwards--

--as Deimos lunges in to catch him with an emphatic cutter! THE pAC DROP!!

Brodie Dawson has seen enough, bellowing desperately as he ducks through the middle rope and dashes past the official, hitting Danny with a sliding kick to the skull, then springing up to deal with Deimos - who feints a superkick, and grins as his opponent buys it and covers up. With a grunt, he goes low, pulls Dawson up, and drops his throat over the top rope! Brodie tumbles to the canvas, red-faced and choking, only to be pulled upright by Little Danny, who drags him into the center of the ring. Deimos circles around, and it's clear they're setting up for a second pAC Drop. Danny makes sure his partner is in position, then drops down...

WHAM. Though still struggling for breath, Dawson kicks him right between the legs!

Danny's mouth forms a perfect 'O' as he stumbles from the blow, turning around right into Deimos, who is sent staggering himself-- straight into a CUTTER FROM DAN FUNK! The other Heat Packer laughs, kipping up and leaning down to flip off the stricken Deimos, before diving to cover Little Danny as Dawson heads back to his corner.

LITTLE DANNY COUNTERS WITH A ROLL-UP!

ONE...



TWO...



THR-- KICKOUT!!

The entire arena gasps as the bloodied Funk barely escapes, diving immediately to make the tag on Dawson, before Danny can get over his frustration. Both Heat Packers converge on Little Danny, drilling him with a pair of forearms, then hiptossing him to center. Dan Funk ducks back onto the apron, the official content that the Heat Packers have separated and left one man in.

Danny struggles upright, but is met with a kick to the gut, doubling over as Deimos yells in frustration. Bunny Love is further ahead, eyes widening as she struts off around ringside, and Little Danny is flung onto the top rope, hanging face forward over it. Dan Funk is waiting in position, Bunny Love's hand barely missing his ankle as he flips up and over his opponent, nailing him with a beautiful TENNESSEE DESTROYER!! He slides out of the other side of the ring, as Dawson makes the cover.

Gomez: That moves belong to the Southern Express! What a rip-off, Woo!

Woo: Ayayay...

ONE...



TWO...



NO! DEIMOS MAKES THE SAVE!

Dawson looks frustrated, but has little time to do more than that, as he's jerked to his feet and turned inside out with a clothesline from the larger member of 3pAC. Little Danny is helped to his feet, and together they pull Brodie Dawson upright, and whip him off the ropes. Little Danny drops under, leaving Deimos to meet Dawson further along with a kitchen sink, flipping the Heat Packer up and over his knee-- agonizingly close to Dan Funk, who reaches out for the tag! Deimos catches on, and yanks Dawson out of the corner, raining down a few punches, before pulling him back up and driving him into the 3pAC corner. Little Danny works him over, as Deimos ducks under the ropes, makes the tag, and weaves right back in. Dawson's in trouble, but has managed to weather the storm, and drives an uppercut into Danny's throat, then shoves him at his partner! Deimos catches him, but they go down together, struggling to their feet too late to stop the Heat Packers from making the tag!

Dan Funk comes in hot, hitting a lariat on Little Danny, then a dropkick on Deimos, before bringing Danny upright into a hefty vertical suplex! Deimos tries to intercept, only to eat a back body drop! Roaring, he darts toward Little Danny, who wisely rolls clear, slipping out of the ring and forcing his opponent to turn back toward his partner. The momentum seems to be shifting, and Deimos looks wary, adjusting his tights-- and pulling his hand away bearing a telltale glint.

Funk steps in, and barely shifts his head aside to avoid a brass-knuckle punch to the jaw, blinking and driving a sharp knee into Deimos' gut! Looking left and right for any signs of interference, he barks an instruction to his own partner, pulling Deimos up and over into position for a piledriver - to an expulsion of realization from the capacity crowd!

Bunny screams and jumps up onto the apron, but is too late again - to stop Brodie Dawson from slipping onto the second rope in the corner, and flying off to complete the spike piledriver! SAYONARA EXPRESS!!! Deimos' skull impacts the canvas with a grim finality.

The official refuses to be distracted as Funk makes the cover!

ONE...



TWO...



THR--- KICKOUT!!

Woo: This is unbelievable! The Heat Packers have to be asking what the hell they have to do? What can't these men take?

Gomez: They're not champions for nothing, Woo! And they're going to be champions for a long, long time!

Woo: They just might be. If the Heat Packers can't put them away tonight, they won't get another shot...

Dan Funk SCREAMS in frustration and shock, his face draining of color as he sits up, gripping at his head with both hands, pulling at hair that isn't there. Brodie Dawson falls off the apron, beseeching the cheering crowd with both hands... and then eats a running knee from Little Danny! Deimos hasn't moved following his dramatic kickout, but his flung-out arm did send the brass knuckles flying to ringside, and Danny slips them on now, mounting up on Dawson and raining down punches that split him wide open, practically frothing at the mouth as he lays a late-match beatdown on his opponent!

The official is shouting a warning from the ropes, but - to what has to be smug satisfaction from 3pAC and their retinue - isn't calling for the disqualification. Seeing what's going down, Funk moves to intervene, but with the ref distracted, Bunny Love appears next to him on the turnbuckle, indeed smirking enough that she seems to emanate an entire cloud of SMUG. She's also holding the goddamned CROWBAR. She rounds up to swing, but Funk spots her at the last possible instant, eyes wide as he catches the foreign object and tugs it from her hand. He raises it to strike back at Bunny, who's suddenly begging him off, feigning horror.

Funk shakes his head, moves to swing-- and DEIMOS PULLS THE CROWBAR FROM HIS HANDS! Chaos reigns, as at ringside Brodie Dawson, soaked in blood, manages to throw Little Danny from on top of him, roll over and hit him with one, two, three, four headbutts in succession! Danny is senseless! Inside the ring, Deimos swings the captured crowbar--

--and Dan Funk drops like a sack of potaters! Of his own volition!

The crowbar soars past where he was standing, and right into the skull of Bunny Love, who spins through one eighty degrees and falls dramatically from the apron; right onto Xavier Reid, who was moving to intervene! The lovebirds go down in a tangle of limbs!

Brodie Dawson looks panicked, sliding into the ring just in time as Dan Funk pulls Deimos up with a mighty roar, spins and falls backwards... as Dawson staggers into place for a cutter! 3pAC DROP!!!! That could be it!!

Funk moves to cover, but Dawson shoves him back, shakes his head, and they exchange quick words. Nodding, Dan Funk pulls Deimos back up, and onto his shoulders, in the electric chair position. Brodie Dawson pulls himself up in the corner, beckoning his partner toward him. Working in slick tandem, they carry Deimos into the corner, Dawson hooks his head, and springs up and over, ripping Deimos from his partners' shoulders with an absolutely brutal DDT! FINAL JUDGEMENT!

Funk makes the cover, as Dawson takes off, diving through the ropes into Xavier Reid before 3pAC's enforcer can try to intervene again!

ONE...



TWO...



THREE!!!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: Your winners, via pinfall, and the NEW EWC World Tag Team Champions ... THE HEAT PACKERS!

The Heat Packers are beside themselves, staring at each other in disbelief - Dawson from the outside, Funk from on top of Deimos, before meeting each other in the center of the ring with a boisterous hug. The crowd rain down jeers and boos, but as their music plays, the self-proclaimed best tag team in the world collect their straps and pose regardless, heading to opposing corners and hoisting the belts aloft with a joint bellow of triumph. They meet back in the middle of the ring to 'toast' with the belts over the still down-and-out Deimos, both dripping with blood and grinning fiercely as they continue to celebrate, watched aghast by a concussed Bunny Love and a snarling, disgusted Xavier Reid.

Woo: The FORMER champions pulled out all the stops, but in spite of all the punishment, it's the Heat Packers who pull off the unbelievable, the impossible, and prove themselves the best--

Gomez: NOPE! They haven't proved anything yet, Woo. They look like they've been through hell, and 3pAC still get a rematch. They may have won the battle, but they have not won the war.

Woo: But they HAVE won the EWC World Tag Team Championship. Believe what you want, Valentina, the Heat Packers talked a big game and they backed it up - without any help from their House 'associates'. They won this... mostly fair and square, and while there may inevitably be a rematch, made a tremendous statement against the dominant duo of 3pAC. The Love Club are going to need to regroup after this one, and we have brand new champions!

Gomez: Staff to setup the transition to (commercial / backstage / etc)

Camera cuts to ...

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EWC UNDISPUTED
CHAMPIONSHIP

Scorpio
Vs EWC UNDISPUTED CHAMPION
Lavender

We return to ringside where (match writer add content here)

Woo: And now we move on to our semi-final match of the evening, for the Undisputed Championship. 

Gomez: Scorpio wants to prove he's a changed man, but Lavender wants the Scorpio of old. This match is a powder keg ready to blow. 

Dobrev: The following match is a singles match and is for the EWC Undisputed Championship. Joining us first, from London, England, weighing in at 205 lbs... 'The People's Camp', 'The Baddest Bitch On The Planet', 'The Prime Minister'... 'THE S-FACTOR' SCORPIO!

'Rule Britannia' hits the speakers as red, white, and blue lighting flashes around the arena. The crowd begin to cheer with a few smattered boos as the image of a waving Union Jack is displayed on the X-Tron. Superimposed on this is the message "Please be upstanding for your Prime Minister". After a little while the orchestral music fades down...

'Iconic' - Madonna feat. Chance The Rapper hits the speakers as the house lights go down, switching to a spotlight focused on the curtain. It parts, revealing 'The S-Factor' Scorpio stood behind, a hand on his hip cutting a beautiful silhouette. He sashays forward, a long coat dripping in jewels swaying with every step. Behind him steps Crème de la Crème, Scorpio's drag queen confidant and manager. The two look to one another and nod, before Scorpio opens his coat and drops it to the floor, revealing another stunning outfit. He steps down the ramp with a confident strut, emulating that of the catwalk models of Paris and Milan, before reaching the ring. Scorpio climbs up one set of steps as Crème climbs the other, parting the ropes to allow 'The S-Factor'' in. Stepping into the middle of the ring Scorpio raises one arm, and blows a kiss with the other, a smile forming on his beautifully made-up face.

Dobrev: And his opponent, from Seattle, Washington, weighing in at 132 pounds, She is the EWC Undisputed Champion, "The Silent Princess" ... LAVENDER!

The lights go out as 'Challenge' by Cellar Darling begins to play. The lights flash in time to the intro until the first vocals hit. As the vocals hit smoke billows from behind the curtains and a spotlight shines down upon the center of the stage. The lights come back on shortly afterward and out walks Lavender. She looks out across the crowd as the crowd erupts into cheer. A smile creeps across her face as she embraces their warm welcome.

Lavender begins to make her way down to the ring with a calm and cheerful demeanour. As Lavender reaches the bottom of the ramp she walks over to the steel steps, walks up the steel stairs, and enters the ring. Lavender then climbs the nearest turnbuckle and holds her arms up high in the air to accept the warm adulation from the crowd. Lavender steps down from the turnbuckle and waits for the match to commence.

Woo: Buckle up folks, this is gonna be a car crash of passion!

DING DING DING

With the ring of the bell, Lavender and Scorpio step into the center of the ring. Scorpio raises his hands looking for a shoulder/collar tie-up, Lavender returns his request with a punch right in the kisser. Scorpio takes a few steps backwards, Lavender grabs his face and pulls him right into a big time DDT. The DDT spikes Scorpio on his head hard enough to pop him up to his feet. Scorpio stumbles and falls to a knee. Lavender pulls Scorpios head up and down into a reverse DDT. She covers...

ONE... Kickout By Scorpio

Lavender mounts Scorpio and starts to throw down punches and slaps before dragging him up and sending him into the ropes. On the rebound Lavender floors Scorpio inside out with a clothesline. Lavender drags Scorpio up, Scorpio shoves her off and leaps into an enziguri, Lavender ducks sending Scorpio landing wildly on his stomach. Lavender grabs on a waist-lock and rips Scorpio backwards into a German suplex, but Scorpio lands on his feet and catches Lavender with a superkick followed by a snap suplex followed by a moonsault and both are down. 

Woo: An exciting start to this match as both champ and challenger begin the feeling out process. 

Gomez: I have a feeling this one is a lot more personal for Lavender than it is Scorpio. 

Scorpio pulls himself up and then he drags Lavender up into a wrist-lock, and then he turns that into an Irish-whip. On the rebound Scorpio feigns a superkick to instead jump and sling his thighs around Lavender and yeet her over into a hurricanrana. Both competitors get to their feet, but Scorpio drops Lavender off hers with a big time roundhouse kick! The impact of the kick sends Lavender begin the top and middle rope out of the ring. Scorpio rushes over to the ropes and leaps over down into Lavender, Scorpio goes for another hurricanrana, but Lavender counters into a powerbomb on the apron! Scorpio gasps for air and stumbles towards Lavender, and he gets lifted up and over into a back-body drop. Lavender rolls back into the ring before the ref can count ten, and then she rolls back out to drag Scorpio up into a wrist-lock and Irish-whip him right into the steel steps. Lavender makes her way over to Scorpio, she drags him up by his head and then she underhooks his arms and swings him up for the... NO, Scorpio reverses the Tiger Bomb into a hurricanrana sending Lavender into the steel steps herself! Scorpio drags Lavender up by her ear and sends her into the ring, he follows and covers!

ONE...



TWO... Kickout by Lavender

Scorpio is quickly to his feet and standing moonsault! Cover!

One...



Two... Kickout by Lavender

Scorpio drags Lavender up and shoves her into the corner, then he comes in with a superkick, and another superkick, and a third superkick, and a fou.. Lavender ducks the kick, grabs the waist and rips Scorpio into a German suplex, this landing he does not stick, and both wrestlers are down as the ref beings a standing ten count!

ONE...


TWO...


THREE...


FOUR...


FIVE...


SIX...


SEVEN... Lavender and Scorpio both get to their feet and rush into each other for a double lariat, turning each other inside out! Another standing ten is started. 

Woo: Scorpio and Lavender are bringing it all out here today, all for the sake of the Undisputed Championship. 

Gomez: But I'd actually argue this goes deeper than that. I'd argue this is bigger than that, this is about pride and what it does to a person. 

FIVE.

FIVE...


SIX... Lavender and Scorpio help each other up and start trading forearms and elbows. Lavender forearm, Scorpio elbow, Lavender forearm, Scorpio elbow. Scorpio shoves Lavender off him and jumps into a knee that catches her right on the chin, Lavender falls forward into a Scorpio Brexit Means Brexit! lariat that flips her backwards and lands her on her stomach. Scorpio jumps up onto the top rope and then he moonsaults back into Lavender, Margaret Thatcher's Revenge! Scorpio rolls Lavender on her back and cover!

ONE...


TWO...


TH.. Kickout by Lavender

Scorpio pulls Lavender up and sends her into the ropes, on the rebound he cuts her in half with a giant spear! Cover!

ONE...


TW.. Kickout By Lavender

Lavender rolls Scorpio off of her and stands to her feet while yelling. Lavender turns around and AGR, AGR, AGR OUT OF NOWHERE!!! Scorpio covers!

ONE...


TWO...


THREE... KICKOUT BY LAVENDER AT 2.99!!

Woo: OH MY GOD. DID SHE JUST!

Gomez: I THINK SHE DID!

Scorpio cracks a smile at the camera and nods his head. He grabs Lavender's head and brings her up in a cravat and then he immeditally drops her with another AGR, this one lands her right on the top of her head. Scorpio rolls her over and covers!

ONE...


Two....


Three.. LAVENDER GETS HER FOOT UNDER THE BOTTOM ROPE!!! Scorpio cannot believe it, he had it, he had it again! Scorpio drags Lavender up and slaps her backwards into the corner, he rushes in and gives her a nice superkick followed by a roundhouse kick followed by a corner lariat. Scorpio drags Lavender out of the corner in another cravat right to the middle of the ring, he lifts goes for the AGR... Lavender shoves him off. Scorpio is quickly to his feet pouncing on her, Lavender hoists Scorpio up and slams him down with Amity Affliction! One of the most powerful spinebusters you'll ever see! The whiplash of the spinebuster sends the back of Scorpio's head into the canvas. Lavender grabs Scorpio's leg and rolls over into a sort of Boston crab, then she drops the hold and spins herself around while spinning Scorpio up and then she drags him up and spikes him down on his head with a Tiger Bomb, Butterfly Effect! Lavender falls backwards into the center of the ring unable to cover. 

Woo: Lavender and Scorpio are both down, this is bad!

Gomez: They are giving it all here tonight. 

Our ref gives more leniency here than he did earlier, letting both Lavender and Scorpio have about thirty seconds before he begins his count, both are up at three. Scorpio throws a punch into Lavender's mouth. Lavender throws a slap into Scorpio's cheek. Scorpio explodes into a headbutt, but Lavender sees the cues and she catches that into a DDT! Cover!

ONE...


TWO...


THRE... KICKOUT BY SCORPIO!!!

Lavender drags Scorpio up, grabs him in a bear-hug, and then she hoists him up for one more, Scorpio breaks the hold and spins around catching Lavender down into an AGR! OUT OF NOWHERE again! Scorpio drags Lavender up and places his heel against the side of her face.. he goes for Heel Turn, Lavender pulls him into her high above her shoulders while dropping him down into the sit out spinebuster, Amity Affliction, Amity Affliction out of nowhere! Lavender uses the rest of her energy to cover. 

ONE...


TWO...


THREE!!!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winner, via pinfall, LAVENDER!

Lavender falls flat, absolutely pushed to her limit against Scorpio. Ring crew and medical staff enter to put ice-packs on both competitors and help them up. Scorpio and Lavender shove off their aid and come face to face. Scorpio extends a handshake, Lavender begrudgingly takes it and the crowd gives a thunderous applause. Scorpio exits the ring to a sea of "Thank you Scorpio" chants. After he's left view, Lavender retrieves her Undisputed Championship and holds it high in the air for a thunderous cheer and ovation. 

Woo: Great match from Lavender and Scorpio, they brought the best out of each other. I don't know if Lavender will ever forgive Scorpio, but I think it cannot be argued she respects the warrior. 

Gomez: A warrior who nearly left tonight reclaiming the Undisputed Championship. That was possibly the last title match Scorpio will ever have, hits you right in the feels big time. 

Woo: Absolutely. Thank You Scorpio. 

Gomez: And now Ladies and Gentlemen... it's time to officially honor the memory and legacy, of Iggy Swango..

The cameras cut backstage, the crew of America’s Most Hated walking through the hallways of LSU Stadium. From the locker room areas, various EWC talent are all lining the hallways with black ‘SWANGO’ armbands on. As they pass by, the likes of Ibuki Ito and Narumi Tsutsumi incline their heads in their wake. The sound of Skittles hitting pavement can be heard as El Pablo pours one proverbially out as AMH passes by. Former opponents like Scorpio, Gabi Vee, and Caleb Scott all bow their heads respectfully, Scorpio giving a solemn glance to Malone as she passes by. They continue on and Sanders stops at an old face, an old friend. Carlos Ruiz stands there in a full-suit clutching an old picture of he and Iggy Swango on vacation together. Sanders offers some kind words in Spanish to Carlos and Ruiz nods. Finally, Melody and the entourage stop, Melody locking eyes with Dio who stands stoic as ever. She steps forward, embracing him and can be heard whispering ‘thank you for being hers’ in his ear. Before she can begin walking down the hallway again, King Flip steps forward and blocks her path. She looks at him, almost shocked before he kneels down and bows his head. Melody takes a deep breath, continuing on as Clay Byrd reaches down and pulls Flip to his feet with a brief exchange of words.

Grizzly Duggan: You ready?

Dominic and Clay nod, while Melody shakes her head no before she gets a reassuring pat on the back from both Rory and Dominic.

The cameras cut out the stage, a podium set up as “Hold the Line” by Toto begins to play. America’s Most Hated comes out onto the stage to the most welcoming reception in the group’s history.

Sanders steps up to the podium, ready to speak as the music fades. He clears his throat and takes a step back. He walks quickly to the back and disappears for a moment. The rest of the group looks confused before Sanders comes back to the stage. In his hands is the special Prince guitar, complete with Iggy Swango’s signature and given as a gift from Sanders to Swango on the night she joined America’s Most Hated. He lays it across the top of the podium in front of the microphone before speaking into the microphone.

Sanders: Iggy Swango was one of the most special people I have ever encountered in my twenty or so years of professional wrestling. I’ve gone through fifty stages of hell in my career, from getting my ass kicked all over the world as a rookie to calling an early retirement in the early 2000s to my late wife and son dying in a car accident… there have been many reasons in my life and my career that I could have given up and just called it done. Regardless, I came back to the game and met some incredible people along the way. Daryl Prichard, Gil Griffin, Melody Malone…

He peeks over at Melody and cracks a soft smile at her. She reciprocates.

Sanders: But it was the day that Iggy Swango joined America’s Most Hated that made me the happiest in my professional career. You see, she had something that many others didn’t have: a willingness to live life and not give a damn what anyone else did or thought of her. You called her weak? She proved you wrong. You called her stupid? She shined brighter. Really, nothing could get to her. I would prod and poke and jest and fire at her and she would tilt her sunglasses down, snicker, take a sip of her piña colada, and go about her business. Iggy Swango truly was one of a kind. No one in this world could take that from her, and tonight is a testimony to that.

Sanders reaches up and scratches his head. He clears his throat once more and continues.

Sanders: Tonight we celebrate a life and a career that no one will ever forget. Iggy Swango, you were a partner, a friend, a sister, and we love you very, very much. To Iggy Swango!

Sanders reaches underneath the podium and grabs a piña colada. He steps out from behind the podium and stands on the stage, holding the drink up high in the air. He pours it out onto the stage as the crowd stands and cheers for Iggy.

Dominic grabs the guitar off of the podium and steps back, Cora placing a consoling hand on his arm as Clay steps up, taking his cowboy hat off. He pauses momentarily, trying to think of where to begin.

Clay: “Now I ‘member a time, and it feels like a long time ago where I was a bit unsure of ya darlin’. Ya’d just takin’ that big ol funny golden guitar from ol’ Dom… and well I was lookin’ ta beat the hell out of one of Mel’s exes.”

Clay holds up a glass, a grin on his face.

Clay: “But really, who hasn’t wanted ta beat up one of Mel’s exes?”

The crowd laughs, Melody turning her head to the side to stifle a similar laugh.

Clay: “So there I was, drunk, alone, lost. And just like with you, the serpent came ta the apple tree fer me too.”

Clay looks towards Dom and the two smile before he continues.

Clay: “And Mel’s as mean, nasty, and resentful as it gets. So she wasn’t real keen on me bein’ ‘round since I wanted ta put lover boy in a grave.”

Melody winces, a nod and a shrug of her shoulders mouthing ‘I meeeean…’ to Clay before they both laugh.

Clay: “And I was just a big mean ol’ fuck.”

The crowd cheers, his antics not lost on the EWC faithful.

Clay: “But you Dahlin’, there was always somethin’ special ‘bout ya. An innocence hidden behind that devils’ smile. That twinkle of mischief in your eye. Ya were the heart of us, everyone thought Dom was the leader, or Mel, but naa. The entire time it was you.”

Clay takes a moment to compose himself, chants of “IGGY, IGGY, IGGY” breaking out in the silence.

Clay: “And you said yes, that big ol dumb Texan can be in America’s Most Hated and you allowed me ta change my life. Ya allowed me ta meet all these people and make all of these life long friends. I can never say thank you enough for that. Iggy, darlin’ this is your Final Transmission to the Hall of Fame and it’s a pretty damn good one.”

The crowd erupts, Clay pausing and pointing out to the crowd. A huge Iggy Swango poster held up across half a row of seats in the lower bowl taking center stage. With tears in his eyes, he raises his glass once more to the crowd.

Clay: “Thank you all for allowin’ me ta speak this evenin’. ‘Ppreciate ya. I’ll get ya’ll on over ta the real show.”

Clay steps back, taking a hefty breath as Melody finally steps up to the podium. She sets down her own drink on the podium and readies herself but before she can begin, the LSU crowd roars to life.

DSR!

DSR!

DSR!

DSR!

Melody: I was given the opportunity to induct Dominic Sanders into the Hall of Fame two years ago… and when I did, I remember thinking about what I would say the next time when it was going to be me and Iggy standing here, being named Hall of Famers together as the Dream Sound Revolution, Part Deux. And now here you are Iggy, beating me to the punch.

The crowd laughs, Melody trying to mask the pain in humor.

Melody: Dominic and Clay said it best, that you were unique, and you were the glue that held America’s Most Hated together… but Iggy, nobody on this planet knows just how much you meant to me. Everyone saw you as my tag team partner, hell even you called yourself the person I would drag kicking and screaming into the winner’s circle. But nothing in this industry comes without support. Every step of the way, you were there for everybody around you. When we lost our championships at Brawl #555? We were disappointed and your first thought was go to cheer for Dominic in the finals. When your shoulder injury happened at Parabellum, your first instinct wasn’t to get medical treatment. It wasn’t to make sure you could come back to the squared circle, your first instinct was your friends. Your family. And that word is the only one I can think of to even describe you tonight.

Melody: America’s Most Hated is the only real family I have left. And losing you was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to go through... Forget losing a championship, losing a finger.. Sondra, I’d give up my arms and legs if it meant having you back.

She pauses to breathe, looking skyward before continuing. The crowd giving her a respectful round of applause.

Melody: When they said you were going to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, I knew that deep down there was only one way I could ever give you the send off you would’ve wanted. I would do everything in my power to make them remember your name. Remember Iggy Swango, the International champion. Iggy Swango, the two-time Tag Team champion. Iggy Swango, certified platinum recording artist… and Lady Stardust. The woman who saw colors that no one else could perceive. Hear sounds only she could hear. And who knew love, who knew happiness, better than any other person on the planet. Anybody could get into the hall of fame on merit. Anyone can be hailed as ‘a great’ in this industry with a good stroke of luck. But Hall of Fames don’t have near enough people like you my love. And I doubt EWC will ever see another like you again.

She turns to Rory, who hands her the pink satin ‘Gutterslut’ jacket. She looks at it with a pained smile, slipping her arms into the jacket before she closes out.

Melody: And I don’t know if anyone on this planet, EWC or otherwise, would ever deserve another person like you either. Iggy. I love you. I will always love you. And I wish with everything in my heart, you were here to hear everything we’ve said tonight. I know your soul is soaring through space… and anywhere I go, we go… you will always be there by our side. Drink responsibly tonight everyone, it’s what Iggy would’ve wanted. Thank you.

Malone raises her drink high, the crowd erupting once more into thundering chants for the former EWC superstar, the former champion, and the forever friend.

---

ALL CHAMPIONS
INSANITY CAGE
8 PERSON INSANITY CAGE MATCH
EIGHT CHAMPIONS WILL FACE-OFF IN THE MAIN EVENT
THE WINNER WILL BOOK A GURANTEED TICKET TO WRESTLEFEST XX
AND BATTLE FOR THE EWC UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONSHIP

EWC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION
Darius

EWC UNITED STATES CHAMPION
The Mercenary

EWC UNITED STATES CHAMPION
Vin Havoc

EWC NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION
Ibuki Ito

EWC INDY CHAMPION
Gabrielle Visconty

CW BROADCAST CHAMPION
Sally Talfourd

SHOWTIME BROADCAST CHAMPION
Callie Clark

EWC X-DIVISION CHAMPION
JoJo Rush

We return to ringside where the devastating structure, a brand new mountain of horrifying steel, descends from the ceiling to surround the ring. Dobrev stands proud ready to call the main event of the evening. The EXT begins displaying the safety facts about the new house of next year's nightmares, including but not limited to the reinforcements to the new structure, additional entry/exit points to the second stage, a second exit door to climb to the third stage, and a big question mark at the top of the third stage.

Woo: If you'll give us one last moment before we get these eight Extreme Wrestling champions out here, folks, all vying for the same opportunity at Lavender's Undisputed championship, all wanting that shot at the main event on the final night of WrestleFest, we're going to tell the tale of these tapes.

Gomez: We're not watching all the previous ones again, are we? We did that last year.

Woo: No, actually. This time we're going to take a look back at what brought each of these competitors to the table. Starting first with a return customer, now TWO-time Apple TV+ Broadcast champion, Sally Talfourd, but will this be The Last Appearance?

Gomez: She can't do worse than last year; she got her ass beat, Woo.

Woo: And not soon after we'd see her drop the championship to Asriel Buzzard. But since dusting herself off, Gomez, picking herself back up, and winning the championship against Tanja Devereaux, she's been on an absolute David Miller tear through the Paramount roster.

Gomez: Next.

Woo: Next up is the second of the two broadcast champions that moved forward from that hellacious fight at Parabellum between all four brands. There was only supposed to be one! But while Sally got the submission from Cyrus, so too did Callie Clark win with her pinfall over Hernandez. And with a wrap sheet over three-hundred-and-fifty days long you know that every defense of the AMC Broadcast championship was worth the price of admission. Tori once again by her side in the most dangerous structure in the business today, with JoJo also in the match, you've gotta wonder if Callie Clark is even accepting the literal GRAVITY of the situation.

Gomez: First of all The House always wins; second and second mostly, Callie Clark is a Goddamn queen and I won't hear anything otherwise. What, is she supposed to be afraid off all this nonsense? You know as well as I do, Marc, that those two know exactly what they're doing and tonight will be a damn fine example of that.

Woo: Did you just call me Marc?

Gomez: Since we're on about Prime we'd be remiss not to mention the Indy champion.

Woo: Of course! Gabrielle Visconty, after defeating Scorpio and Delilah Ashe to get the decorated championship, looks to turn around the pretty run of the mill Parabellum experience for her--

Gomez: And what does that mean?

Woo: She loses at Parabellum?

Gomez: Well, I don't know if you noticed, but Gabrielle Visconty needs nobody to make a match a marvel to watch. Her rise to the Indy championship not long after debuting on Prime is a testament to at least that much. This is also a TWO-time former International champion. If you didn't know anything about the woman or her story you could at least understand and respect those two things.

Woo: She's also had a lot of great friends along the way, like Candy and Ito, that may have gotten into her ear here and there about match types like the one tonight.

Gomez: Speaking of Buddy Love's only working muscle.

Woo: That's right, from Prime back to Para-wait what did you say?

Gomez: We're segueing to Ito. Keep going.

Woo: I...

Gomez: The list of titles this man has held is definitely longer than Buddy Love's favorite toy; nevertheless...

Woo: Ibuki Ito, North American champion, a beacon of Paramount, has been at the top of the mountain here in this company but does he have what it takes to physically do that tonight? It's like you said, Val, we could name title after title for this guy. Two-time Former television, former Indy, two-time former X-Division, and of course nobody will ever forget the RIVALRY... between then Killjoy Ito against Ace King that started his 193 day reign as Undisputed champion.

Gomez: When those two men enter a ring? I think the only thing missing is me.

Woo: Valentina Gomez shooting her shot on Pay-Per-View? Folks, we still have several more champions to cover here so I'm just going to move past it. Let's talk about the red brand and their International addition to the Insanity Cage: the E in EWC, Darius.

Gomez: Another TWO-time champion. Now married to the seemingly recovered Elissa Bradley. I wonder if she'll play a role in tonight's events.

Woo: Well, we didn't see her get too involved when Darius put Caleb Scott away on his way to winning the International championship again -- at PARABELLUM of all places!

Gomez: I could watch anybody bash Melinda Rhodes' face in with a metal briefcase, but the way Darius did it really was something in and of itself.

Woo: Cosmo Goldworthy had informed someone in the audio booth that he wanted to extend his best wishes to 'Co-International cham-' okay I'm not reading the rest of this. Darius pinned Melinda Rhodes, finally cashing in the sacred Golden Ticket he held in that briefcase, and now finds himself in the towers of metal terror here tonight instead of her.

Gomez: Sent her to the retirement home, Marcus.

Woo: Speaking of actual co-champions, though, over on the green brand we've got BOTH Mercenary and Vin Havoc entering Insanity Cage for the first time.

Gomez: A massive opportunity for everybody in this match without a doubt but I don't think that escapes either of these guys, especially.

Woo: Both of these men have withstood the test of wrestling time and tonight we're going to see exactly where that testicular fortitude takes these men.

Gomez: You give me a hard time for flirting and now you're talking about their testicles?

Woo: Vin Havoc an absolute menace with weaponry; Mercenary no slouch in situations at least similar to these. We watched he and Gabrielle Visconty share a briefcase just last season, actually, in a magnificent ladder match you can watch -- ANYTIME! -- on the EWC Network. See? Mercenary's just a nice guy. He shares opportunities and titles.

Gomez: That does seem to be the trend. But never count out The Outlaw. That man isn't just a workhorse, alright? He's the whole damn cart.

Woo: We have had several reports that he does, in fact, hit like a truck.

Gomez: We'll see how far that gets him when Vin Havoc pulls out a stop sign or something. Punch a stop sign, Mercenary. I dare you.

Woo: Now that you mention it I think there's one last guy that could probably punch through a stop sign.

Gomez: Oh, JoJo...

Woo: Second time's the charm for JoJo Rush, now X-Division champion after beating Reid at Parabellum, who's coming into this like a bull seeing red folks. This is a violent man.

Gomez: Poor Tori's going to be too busy watching Callie's back. I could watch his for her.

Woo: JoJo Rush indeed the second member of The House in the match. Do you think they'll take this match to the Ne--

Gomez: Let me jack that pun from you and just say that JoJo Rush, with or without Callie Clark, is without a doubt getting to the top of that cage.

Woo: Oh, I thought you'd picked Ito.

Gomez: There's eight people, Woo. I'm allowed more than one pick.

Woo: Well as the one at the table not interested in the size of their inseam, folks, I'm going to toss it back one last time to Dobrev for the main event of the evening: Insanity Cage!

Dobrev: The following match is the Insanity Cage! In order to win this contest, one competitor must through another from the top of the third cage onto an assembly of tables set up at the floor level below. Joining us first, from Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, weighing in at 140 pounds ...

A the buzz of the crowd falls as the lights fade down and everyone finds themselves in darkness. After a moment of nothing, there's the crackling of an old recording, and then a voice, distorted, warped and deep:

"Ladies and Gentlemen!"

"Your act at this time!"

The Extreme-tron begin to flicker to life with an old reel of film showing various clips of magicians performing, shots of crowds smiling and laughing, point and wondering. All, of course, in silence.

"Sights of wonder and amazement!"

"A spectacle that will confound and amuse your mind!"

The Extreme-tron continues to flicker with the images of an era bygone. The final clip comes to focus on a figure standing alone on a stage, the back to the Extreme-tron, obscured by the shadows.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!"

"The Last Magician!"

There's a pause, and then the beginning of ''Let Me Out'' by Hidden Citizens (Feat. Rånya) comes across the PA, the beat reverberating across the arena. The fan's reception is a mix of cheers and boos. The Extreme-tron still shows the silhouette of a lone person standing in the shadows.

Then, mirroring that shot, a sole spotlight fades in at the top of the ramp, and we find 'The Last Magician' Sally Talfourd with her back to the arena. The crowd gets louder and then. Sally turns to face the crowd, her arms outstretched and her head bowed.

Dobrev: Ladies and gentlemen, making her way to the ring, she is the AppleTV+ Broadcast champion ... 'The Last Magician' Sally Talfourd!

Sally lowers her arms, raises her head, and makes her way down the ramp. The spotlight follows her. There is a heavy pause at the cells as she brings her hand out to remember, or perhaps show respect, to the structure. She makes a direct line to the ring, pulling herself up to apron, looking around the darkness before she steps in. Sally takes turns on the posts, climbing them with a raised fist before stepping to the centre, and with a flurry and a twirl unwraps her hanbok, handing it over the ropes to the crew and then takes up position in her corner of the ring, stretching her legs on the ropes and readying herself for the match.

Dobrev: And her first opponent, from New York, New York, weighing in at 115 pounds ... She is the AMC Broadcast champion ... Now trending, 'THE Golden Goddess' CALLIE CLARK!

A red carpet is rolled out going from the stage to the bottom of the ramp, and Bad Reputation hits as the lights turn gold in the arena. Callie comes out with Tori walking out behind her, and strikes a pose showing off her masterfully made Maleficent costume as pyro goes off behind her. Callie's paparazzi takes pictures of her as she walks down the ramp, taunting the fans as she goes. Callie seems a little hesitant to enter the structure before Tori. Tori goes ahead of Callie, holding open the ropes so Callie can step through, and walk to the middle of the ring, where she strikes a pose again while winking at the camera. She then goes to her corner as the music cuts. The barks of the intro of 'X Gon Give It To Ya' by DMX pierce the arena, as the crowd anticipates the arrival of Vin Havoc. As soon as DMX utters the chorus, Vin comes bursting out of the back, looking pissed off and reading for a fight, pushing a shopping cart filled with weapons. He storms down to the ring, smile on his face, as Callie Clark looks to Sally Talfourd, then back to Tori. The shopping cart appears to be holding steel chairs, barbed wire, a spare gallon of gasoline, a clear plastic bag filled with broken glass, and light tubes protruding out from the cart in all directions.

Dobrev: And their next opponent, from Brooklyn, New York, weighing in at 240 pounds ... He is one HALF of the Co-United States champions ... 'WILD THING' VIIIN HAVOC!

Havoc joyfully enters the structure and steps to the corner of the ring. He does a silent prayer while holding the cross around his neck, hoping for forgiveness on what he's about to do.

Dobrev: And their opponent, from West Oakland, California, weighing in at 360 pounds ... He is one HALF of the Co-United States champions ... 'The EWC Outlaw' THE MERCENARY!

Black Label Society's Fire It Up starts to play as Mercenary rolls out onto the top of the stage astride his custom Harley Davidson. Over his shoulder is for some reason a trash can. Pausing he salutes the fans with a raised fist before taking off his signature shades and tossing them out to a lucky fan.

Revving the engine while holding the brake Mercenary burns out before rolling down the ramp in a cloud of smoke. A few security folk have to open a wall piece of the structure for Mercenary to drive on in. He roars his engine to a huge reaction, biking around the opposite end of the ring before parking the bike ringside next to Vin Havoc. Mercenary sneers at his co-champion.

Mercenary: You forgot something!

Mercenary tosses the trash can to Vin who looks equal parts amused and insulted as he catches it. Merc stomps up the steps, steps through the ropes and again salutes the audience before throwing some shadow punches and preparing for a fight, again looking solely and directly at Vin Havoc.

Dobrev: And their next opponent, from Honolulu, Hawaii, weighing in at 120 pounds ... She is the INDY champion ... 'THE ANGEL' GABRIELLE VIIISCONTY!

The lights in the arena explode in strobing attack on the senses. A single spot light shines down on the entrance. Wargasm's "I Do It So Good" begins to play as the EXTREME-TRON lights up to display G A B I V E E ! ! ! before the lyrics to “I Do It So Good” begin to scroll across it.

(Here we go, here we go, here we go now)
No one ever sees it coming
When the house lights kill the party
And I'm gunning for a little bit more
Hitting hard like Sarah Connor
Ripley and Madonna, baby, I got what you’re looking for

Gabrielle Visconty runs out of the back and stops at the top of the ramp rubbing the back of her head and neck, followed a second later by Buddy Love. Her blue eyes scan over the area as the fans welcome Gabi Vee with cheers. A huge grin spreads across her face before her and Buddy walk down the ramp towards the ring. The lyrics continue to follow along on the EXT.

Bullets hanging off my
Chains holding up my
Gold dripping down my
It makes you tremble baby, tremble baby, oh
Bullets hanging off my, girls wanna have my
Chains holding up my, boys wanna be my
Gold dripping down my
It makes you tremble 'cause you know that you can't
I do it so good (x5)
Do it so good

Gabi slaps hands and interacts with the crowd. She and Buddy give each other a confident nod before entering the structure. Gabi then hops up nimbly onto the edge of the ring to grin out at the crowd once more. Gabi turns and springboard herself gracefully into the ring, then ventures over to her corner where Buddy has taken his place outside the ring. The two share a brief conversation before Gabi turns her attention back to the ring. Buddy Love turns and catches a trash can with his face. Vin Havoc starting things early as he points up to the four in the ring, inviting them outside to meet his friends. Mercenary is still trying to figure out how Callie Clark is about to wrestle in a dress, with Gabi staring daggers into Callie for but a second as she again rubs the back of her neck, but both Gabrielle and Sally Talfourd answer the call as they exit the ring from opposite sides of the steel steps Buddy Love is dramatically recovering on.

Dobrev: And their next opponent, from Daly City, California, weighing in at 235 pounds ... He is the North American champion ... 'THE ACE OF PARAMOUNT' IBUKI ITO!

'The Prodigal Son' Buddy Love wobbles about near the steel steps and raises his arms into the air as the lights fade out. He jumps up and down as ‘Deeper Depper’ begins to play. A strobe light circles around the stage as a single white spotlight hits the stage where Ibuki is standing, his back facing the ring, his arms stretched out and his head down. He swings around to face the ring as Buddy Love runs past the brawling between Havoc, Talfourd, and Visconty and stands next to his second client, Ibuki Ito. After a quick word the pair start to walk towards the ring, Buddy runs ahead and charges up the steps and holds open the ropes for Killjoy to step through. Ibuki walks to the center of the ring, extends his arms and tilts his head back to soak everything in, almost purposefully ignoring the brawl outside the ring. Talfourd has been shoved into the cage wall and Gabi just rolls under a light tube swing from Vin. The sound of rapid drumbeats and guitar riffs blare through the arena as white smoke billows from the stage area.

ON THIS DAY!
I SEE CLEARLY!
EVERYTHING! HAS COME TO LIFE!

Dobrev: Making his way to the ring, from Albany, New York, weighing in at 265 lbs ... He is the International champion ... The "E of the EWC" ... DARIUS!

Darius rushes through the smoke, hyping himself up at the top of the ramp as Elissa emerges behind him. He runs to each side of the ramp, firing up the crowd as he reaches them, and then makes his way back to Elissa, giving her a big kiss before standing at the end of top of the ramp for his signature pose. Ibuki Ito suicide dives out of the ring onto an an unsuspecting Vin Havoc.

I'LL NEVER LONG FOR WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN!
AND NOW REGRET WON'T WASTE MY LIFE AGAIN!
I WON'T LOOK BACK!
I FIGHT TO REMAIN!

Darius and Elissa then march down the ramp until they reach the structure, Darius already having a plan for the madness happening outside the ring. Darius slip by and slides into the ring. He looks around the arena with a grin before jumping to his feet. He leaps onto a turnbuckle and throws up devil horns as he waits for the match to begin, he and Elissa comfortably choosing the opposing corner away from Vin, Ibuki, Gabrielle, and Sally engaging on the outside. Darius looks to Mercenary, they both shrug, then they both just atart punching each other in the face. Callie Clark chuckles as she looks to Tori also having a laugh.

Dobrev: And the final opponent, from The Badlands, weighing in at 270 pounds ... He is the X-Division champion ... 'THE BEAST OF BANDERA' JOJO RUSH!

The lighting in the stadium go to a pitch black. Smoke fills the stadium entrance. Spotlights shine down on the LSU marching band and choir. JoJo emerges from beneath the stage with the help of his patented JoJovator. JoJo wore a long black leather duster, the right sleeve completely missing while the left sleeve appeared wrapped in an excessive amount of red LED lights. The activation of the light-sleeve reveals JoJo wearing a black bandana and black Stetson. Rush lifts his head and lifts his left arm up with a Too Sweet. flame throwers shoot fire up along the ramp, following JoJo on his slow walk to the Insanity Cage. He gives it a good shake and a nod, then onward to the ring keeping his attention focused on the task at hand, ignoring jeers and boos. Once in the ring, JoJo stares directly at the hard cam and points another finger gun and is prepared to fire it once more as Darius and Mercenary spill right into interrupting his entrance.

Woo: IT'S ALREADY INSANITY AND THE BELL HASN'T EVEN RUNG! HERE WE GO, FOLKS!!

DING DING DING

Vin Havoc has recovered from the suicide dive and finds himself on one knee, a light tube in hand, with Gabrielle Visconty on one side and Ibuki Ito on the other. He ducks a superkick party leaving Ito and Visconty nearly kicking each other. Right as Havoc cackles to himself ready to swing his tube, in comes Talfourd! CRACK! With a steel chair crashing across the back of Havoc does The Last Magician save the Love Clubbers from having any bright ideas with broken lights.

Inside the ring, JoJo Rush double noggin knocks Mercenary and Darius into and therefore away from each other and even more aggresively does his finger gun shoot to finish his entrance. Callie Clark and Tori applaud against the boos from the crowd. The crack of the steel chair outside the ring brings both Housemates to one another for a quick nod. Tori pulls from beneath the ring one of perhaps many available ladders. She is about to slide it in when CRACK! Once again Sally Talfourd comes in from Nope Town to stop some nonsense. JoJo rages out of the ring toward his Tori leaving Callie backing into a recovering MerceDarius sandwich.

Once again back to one knee is Vin Havoc but he's still stinging from the chair shot to avoid this one. DOUBLE SUPERKICK! Gabrielle Visconty and Ibuki Ito, after having a bit of a standoff with Buddy Love pleading between them, have come back together to properly doubly kick Vin Havoc in the face.

Woo: The Love Club is trending!? But look out behind you, Callie, because you're backing right into trouble with Darius on one side and Mercenary on the other!

Gomez: And the Sharpie for 'Best Brazzer-

Woo: Really, Valentina. You're still doing the lady pervert thing? This is Insanity Cage!

Gomez: And Sally Talfourd is about to find out what happens to people who hit his lady with a steel chair. If Love Club is trending it looks like The House might not be in these opening moments. Still way too early to tell.

Woo: Looks like Callie has figured out her predicament and -- OH MY GOODNESS I CAN'T LOOK! THEY TORE HER DRESS OFF!!

Gomez: With the wrestling gear on underneath? That's hot.

Callie bumped into Merc and immediately ran away. The Outlaw snags her by the dress and it tears away, revealing lines of velcrow as Merc falls into the ropes with this material flying all about him. Darius comes in from behind before Callie can stand and comes in with a forearm to the back of the head. Callie throws her head back, however, and the final Maleficent costume piece shatters all around as Darius' arm barrels through paper mache and barbed wiring. Callie chuckles again.

On the outside, Buddy is cheering Ito on as he continues going to work on Vin Havoc with some stern boots to the back and ribs. Gabrielle sees JoJo going for Sally Talfourd and comes rushing in from behind with some efforted but otherwise ineffective forearms to the back of the X-Division champion. With Callie now calling down for Tori and the ladder distracting Gabi, JoJo cracks her HARD in the jaw with a back elbow. CRACK! JoJo takes a steel chair to the face. Sally Talfourd gulps as JoJo still stands and is now definitely much angrier than he already was. Callie's eyes go wide in disbelief. CRACK! JoJo takes a second steel chair hit directly to the face, but this one almost drops his hard. Rush blinks several times as he shakily drops to one knee. CRACK! JoJo takes a third chair shot, is bleeding from the forehead, and finally drops to the thinly-padded concrete. Sally yells out to a massive pop from the crowd. Callie is rushing Tori who missed all this and slides the ladder into the ring. She turns to see JoJo bleeding on the floor and CRACK! Sally makes sure to leave a spot open next to him before colliding this warped steel chair with Tori's face.

Back inside, Callie gets all of two steps into bringing the ladder into the ring. HUNTER'S MARK! Darius hits the signature spear, planting Callie ONTO the ladder with authority. Mercenary had gotten some feathery bullshit in his mouth and has been spilling this costuming onto Ito and Havoc outside the ring. Buddy Love gets involved and starts yelling at Mercenary to watch what they're doing. The Outlaw shoves the big boy by his face into Ito and Havoc banging them apart like bowling pins. The crack of Darius' spear gets his attention involved back into the ring just as Gabrielle Visconty slides in behind Darius. Mercenary watches on for a moment as Elissa calls out to her husband too little too late. Gabrielle swings Darius around. Idjitbuster? The International champion has it scouted and blocked by throwing a leg up. Meanwhile, Talfourd has finally thrown her warped metal to the side and comes up the steel steps. Mercenary sits on the ropes and she cheerfully accepts his invitation back into the ring.

Woo: We've got Ibuki Ito, Buddy Love, Vin Havoc, Tori, and JoJo Rush all DOWN outside the ring. Callie Clark just ate a steel sandwich via Darius' Hunter's Mark. Gabrielle Visconty looking for a little Darius love but the International champion perhaps hearing his wife and blocking the classic Visconty Idjitbuster.

Gomez: Did Sally Talfourd seriously just lay out the X-Division champion AND his girlfriend? That's a bad bitch, all jokes aside.

Woo: Mercenary probably the freshest man here albeit at the price of looking a little silly. Now that he's got all that Malefe-whatever off of him he's roaring and ready to dance with anybody. And it looks like Sally Talfourd will be his dance partner! But they're both watching on as Darius and Gabrielle exchange holds and show the world just how well they know one another.

Darius swings around from a hammerlock into a headlock on Gabi as Sally turns to Mercenary and challenges him to a test of strength? The Outlaw thinks she can't be serious but, with a big roar of approval as he looks out to the fans, he shrugs and steps toward The Last Magician. Visconty shoves Darius off after the two bound off the ropes together. They then bounce off opposing ropes and run full force at on another. Visconty shoves a Darius dropkick aside and jumps onto the second rope. Mercenary has locked hands with Sally Talfourd and to his and the arena's shock Sally roars out again and overpowers the much larger competitor for a moment. Darius gets to his feet and eats a springboard satellite DDT that plants him to the canvas.

Ito has crawled to the steel steps and now stands across from Tori using the opposite side of the steel steps. They stare at one another as they both get vertical, then things go to heavy blows immediately. Havoc, on the other hand, crawled back to his hovel of treasures and has been recovering on an unfolded steel chair watching the choas with his can of gasoline in hand and a smile on his face. Vin peers behind him and gets up from his chair after noting the massive ladder lying against the wall of the first cell structure. Wild Thing drops the gas and begins setting up the ladder against the structure as three separate but equal fist fights happen behind him.

Back in the ring, Callie has also weaseled around the fighting with the ladder inside the ring. Vin and Callie make eye contact before both go rushing up their ladders. Vin is completely uninhibited and gets to the rooftop of the first cell with ease. Callie, on the other hand, has to yell at Elissa to shut up, balance herself on the ladder as Darius shoves Gabrielle into it, and Mercenary finally overcomes Sally's superheroic strength as they both slam into the ladder as well. Callie has to leap at the last second and finds herself dangerously dangling as the ladder falls out beneath her. Vin approaches the second cell in all its barbed wire wrapped magnificence, really taking a moment to appreciate the artistry.

BLACKOUT! Ito connects with a savage signature suplex on Tori that dumps her neck first onto the errant trash can. Buddy Love rushes to Ito's side and tells him the situation happening above, ushering him to take Havoc's ladder up. Love disastrously opens the gas can as Ito ascends and starts spilling out the slippery substance all around the ladder to give Ito a buffer.

Callie Clark screams from her real bad spot and snaps Vin Havoc into attention. The AMC Broadcast champion is using all her strength to pull herself right into the welcoming arms of the most violent man on the second floor. Ito emerges from the exterior entrance to the second floor as Havoc continues to stalk for their spot on Clark.

Below Clark, Mercenary angrily has Sally Talfourd down on both knees but not giving up, the two still fending one another through this extended test of strength. Gabrielle connects with a European uppercut and finally the hands of Sally and Merc are broken apart when The E of EWC comes crashing into them. Mercenary hits Visconty with a MASSIVE spinebuster. Darius stumbles around. Spinebuster from Mercenary lays him out flat on the canvas. Sally Talfourd gets vertical. Spine-no! Talfourd with a surprise forearm to the face of The Outlaw. Spinebuster on Mercenary! The crowd explodes as Sally looks up with a smile before gassing out to the canvas just as JoJo finally sits up holding his forehead.

Woo: Ito, Havoc, and Clark are our first three to the second level! Sally Talfourd just SPINEBUSTERED Mercenary! JoJo is getting back to his feet and he is READY to continue! THIS IS INSANITY CAGE!!

Gomez: Don't forget Mercenary got those two massive spiebusters and squelched the ever-loving rivalry between Darius and Gabrielle there, too. The only one untouched from all this nonsense is Elissa Bradley and, whelp, maybe I spoke too soon. JoJo is eyeballing Vin's cart after taking a look around to assess the damage. But yeah, Marcus, you're right... THIS IS INSANITY CAGE!!

COBRA TWIST! Vin Havoc has snagged an errant piece of barbed wire and wraps it into the signature abdominal stretch submission right when Callie Clark pulls herself into position. She wails out in pain.

Down below, Darius has been assisted out of the ring by his beloved. She hands him a staple gun and a trading card. Darius looks to her for a moment, pride in his eyes and a smile on his face, just as Gabrielle is painfully rolling toward the two. Darius shoots the crowd a huge grin before stapling a '2X INT DARIUS' trading card directly onto Gabrielle Visconty's forehead. CA-CLUCK! Gabi retches and wails herself, rolling about in even more pain. JoJo has gotten himself over to the shopping cart. From it he withdraws some barbed wire and begins slowly wrapping it around his left arm. He almost completely ignores Buddy Love sneaking by him. JoJo grabs the manager by the scruff and yeets him into the steel steps to a KA-BONG!

Back up top, Ito flies in from behind for a MASSIVE knee to the back of Havoc to break the submission. These two men begin viciously but respectfully exchanging chops while Callie recovers at their feet. The tumbled ladder inside the ring, however, has been reset and Sally Talfourd makes her ascent followed closely by an on-one-knee Mercenary holding the ladder straight but also catching his breath. The click from the staple gun stops The Outlaw from following as Sally gets to the top and pulls herself into the barbed second cell.

Woo: Elissa Bradley and Darius giving Gabrielle Visconty a little "return to sender" with that callback moment between Darius, Gabi, and a staple gun.

Gomez: I don't think Mercenary quite cares what the sentiment was, he's getting involved!

Woo: And now we've got Ibuki Ito and Vin Havoc beating each other senseless up to after Havoc locked in the abdominal stretch!

Gomez: We're now adding some Sally to that salad so that's about to turn up the magic.

Woo: Meanwhile, I think JoJo Rush has gone completely robotic or something. The Beast of Bandera has wrapped wire around his arm and now he's heading straight for the gas... and walking right over it, no problem, apparently life isn't like the video games. Sorry Buddy!

Gomez: I honestly still can't count anybody out here, Marcus. Sure, there's blood and bent steel all over, but... is anybody winning?

Woo: Extreme Wrestling fans are winning!

Havoc and Ito spill out of the second cell nearer and nearer to the edge as JoJo Rush ascends into frame. Havoc chuckles as he stumbles backward behind Ito who steps forward instinctively. Callie is hardly recovering as Sally Talfourd is securely inside the second cell with Gabrielle Visconty on auto pilot climbing up the ladder. Mercenary is shaking his head to a bit of a shaken up Darius backing away. Darius shoots a few staples out at Mercenary but The Outlaw bats them away as he draws nearer. Elissa Bradley low blow from behind! GREY MATTER! Darius plants Mercenary forehead first onto the staple gun with the Impaler DDT. His beloved rushes him to his feet and into the ring to follow after Visconty who has him scouted again. THE FALLING! Gabrielle opts not to climb up and instead blasts Darius to the canvas with her shooting star finisher that leaves her flat on the canvas as well. BULL-RUSH LARIAT! Ito eats the finishing clothesline and is left cold on the steel as JoJo continues forward. Havoc backs away while continuing to egg JoJo on. Unfortunately, the ladies inside the second cell have begun exchanging forearms with a power struggle over some handcuffs with neither in the lead. Vin shrugs and ushers JoJo to just bring it, but JoJo stops and looks over to the scuffle for a moment instead.

Mercenary and Darius and trying to find a vertical base themselves as Gabrielle picks herself up onto the ring apron just above Tori. WRATH! Signature spinning heel kick from the ring apron takes Tori down HARD. Gabi stumbles into the shopping cart with a smile as she looks up. Sally is getting the upper hand on Callie Clark when JoJo comes in from behind with a left arm headlock, that barbed wire catching Sally by surprise. Callie chokes to one knee just in time for Vin Havoc to running knee her into the barbed walling. JoJo tries to toss Sally aside but she hangs onto his wirst and pulls him with her. Havoc bull-rushes JoJo and both men go barreling THROUGH a cell wall! KUH-CRASH! An entire wall panel detaches from the second cell leaving Rush and Havoc to spill out onto the ceiling of the first cell.

Woo: People are bleeding all over the damn place! With Gabrielle now grabbing more light tubes and heading for the ring, it looks like Darius is about to be in a ton of trouble here as tubes begin getting rolled in.

Gomez: And with Mercenary now back to his feet ready to address that situation, uh oh. Look out Elissa Bradley.

Woo: As much as The Outlaw loves payback, Gomez, he knows as well as we do that he's gotta focus and get himself up top.

Gomez: Speaking of which, all hell just broke loose up there as well.

Woo: That's right! What is Insanity Cage if the thing isn't falling apart? It's great.

Gomez: Oh! It looks like Sally got the drop on Callie Clark! The Last Magician handcuffed Callie to the second cell!

Woo: THIS IS INSANITY CAGE!!

Talfourd with a few well-placed boots to the back of the head has Callie in position. Click-click. Clark freaks out but aside from errant kicks and screams down to Tori? It's the end of the line for Callie Clark if she can't get herself free. Talfourd drops to her hands and knees in pain outside the exit on her way to climb further still. Ibuki Ito is on his feet and has began his own ascension on the opposite end. JoJo Rush and Vin Havoc are still obliterating each other's faces with fisted wire and well placed elbows.

Ringside, Mercenary has opted for the oil-slicked floor and is not having as easy a time as JoJo. Gabi is about to bring the pain to Darius when she hears the slipping. She rushes to that ladder and purposefully baseball slides to the ladder. Merc sees this, laughs, calls Visconty a 'smart ass', and combat rolls in response to pit himself on the opposite end of the ladder. A tug of war begins. Darius, still not feeling great, looks around a little confused at all the light tubes. Elissa gets his attention up top and he solidifies. Darius snatches up several tubes and heads up the ladder in the ring.

Talfourd is about halfway up the second cell. The crowd roars in approval as Ito shows them appreciation from the top of the second cell. JoJo and Vin stop, look up to Ito, then roll away from each other to get up and catch up.

Woo: They are heading up to the top of the structure. 

Gomez: Be careful!

Ibuki Ito and Sally Talfourd are the first people to the top, and Ibuki gives Sally a nice boot to her mouth for her troubles. Ito drags Sally up towards him and then he flips her up and down with a Falcon Arrow. Vin Havoc and JoJo Rush make their way to the top next. Ito flies into both of them with a double dropkick and they nearly fall off, but manage to hold firm and pull himself up. Ito rushes at both again looking for a double clothesline, but instead he eats a double spinebuster! JoJo Rush makes his way over to Sally Talfourd, while Vin brawls with Ito. Darius comes up from behind and smashes light-tubes into Ito and Vin!

Woo: The ultimate opportunist strikes again! 

Gomez: And this time with some light-tubes!

The glass shreds into Vin and Ito, really cutting them up. Darius seems to have an endless supply of Light-Tubes he uses on them both. Darius turns around and sees The Mercenary poke his head up and he brings his last light-tube crashing down over Merc's head, sending Merc flying down into Gabi Vee. Darius turns around with a smile, but his smiles quickly fades as Vin Havoc grabs a meaty hand around his throat. Darius tries to fight out of it by using some broken glass to stab into Vin's cheek, but Ito comes up and kicks Darius in his stomach. Vin Havoc hoists Darius up and chokeslams him down from wince he came into The Mercenary an Gabi Vee!

Woo: Good god! That's brutal!

Gomez: You can say that again!

Ito turns around and Vin grabs him up in a choke as well. Ito jumps up into a knee right in Vin's mouth, dropping the hold and sending Vin back to his knees. Ito comes flying in with a lariat, but Vin ducks the lariat and grabs Ito while pulling himself up and spinning around to hoist Ito up and down into a German suplex on the cage. 

A few feet from them, Sally Talfourd is on the receiving end of a series of knife edged chops from JoJo Rush. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven! JoJo goes for an European uppercut, but Sally counters around into a Japanese arm-drag. Sally spins around as JoJo stands and she pops him on the mouth with a big forearm! Sally turns around as Vin pulls himself up. Vin turns around and sees the look in Sally's eyes. Vin holds up his middle fingers and tells her to bring it on. 

Woo: No, you don't think??

Gomez: OH MY GOD!!!

Sally doesn't hesitate, she rushes at Vin Havoc and throws everything she's got into it. Sally jumps up, leaping from her feet almost gracefully as she soars through the air and plants her two feet square into Vin Havoc's mouth. The explosive affect of the dropkick sends her flying backwards off Vin's face, and Vin himself flies backwards away from her feet. Vin twists mid-air, a smile on his face as the tables grow closer and closer until he finally crashes through their flaming brilliance. The crowd goes silent for a split second before they absolutely lose their minds at what they just saw and what it means for the outcome!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winner, and advancing to WrestleFest... "The Last Magician"....SALLY TALFOURD!

Vin Havoc yells out in pain, or maybe delight, as the flames kiss his skin. At the top of the structure a bloodied and bruised Sally Talfourd carefully stands and yells out to the heavens, a scream of pain and ecstasy as she realizes that she did it! She prophesized this and the magic was with her!!! She has won the insanity cage!!!! Sally falls to her knees, the sheer exhaustion of what she just endured finally catching up to her. She punches the cage a few times with the last bit of energy she can muster and then she carefully looks down at Vin Havoc being sprayed with water. JoJo Rush and Ibuki Ito both slump, the affects of the match and the weight of the loss setting in as the adrenaline stops flowing and the pain of the war they just fought rolls through their bodies. Callie Clark is pulling at her handcuffs yelling to be let free, yelling that she's the winner by default because of cheating. Merc, Gabi Vee and Darius are a bundled mass of blood and pain as they grunt and pull themselves apart. 

Woo:  SALLY TALFOURD HAS DONE THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSILE!!! She has redeemed herself and will represent Paramount Wrestling in the main event of WRESTEFEST XXI!!! That was a brutal and bloody affair as expected, with everyone bringing their absolute all. 

Gomez: Vin Havoc has been put through the ringer this year, and he may never recover from all the damage he has absorbed. 

Woo: Sally Talfourd did what she said she would. She won Insanity Cage, she's going to WrestleFest. She's going to face the Undisputed Champion and Narumi Tsutsumi. We could be looking at an all women's triple threat if Lavender keeps her belt through EWC Rumble and UNCENSORED.

Gomez: EWC Rumble is where we are next on Pay Per View, but don't miss TV tapings of BRAWL, RAMPAGE, PARAMOUNT and PRIME before then! Congrats again to Sally Talfourd as we bid you a goodnight. 

The camera pans up to Sally's face looking around the venue, soaking in the moment and what she has just achieved as we fade to black... 

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SEGMENT WRITERS

Queen Melody , Dominic Sanders & Tyler Bradford
Jack Hart & Saito Family (Luke and Luna)

Daphne Kay
"Headhuntress" Aiya & Narumi Tsutsumi
Cosmo Goldworthy
Callie Clark , JoJo Rush , Jack Severn , Next Level , 

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MATCH WRITERS

MATCH ONE
WRITER: Alexander Umbra

MATCH TWO
WRITER: Jamie Love

MATCH THREE
WRITER: Alexander Umbra

MATCH FOUR
WRITER: Cosmo Goldworthy

MATCH FIVE
WRITER: FN'R

MATCH SIX
WRITER: Chunks of Darna Dare

MATCH SEVEN
WRITER: FN'R

MATCH EIGHT| MAIN EVENT
WRITER: The Mad King

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RECAP OF WINNERS

FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE ELIMINATION MATCH AT THE VOODOO CHURCH
Caleb Scott Vs King Flip
Vs Kisikil Vs Moxie Vs Phoenix Winterborn
Vs El Pablo Vs Tanja Devereaux
Vs Aeon Khronos Vs Box Office Booth
WINNER: El Pablo
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EXPLODING BARBED WIRE DEATH MATCH
Jamie Love
Vs Lil Petey (NS)
WINNER: Jamie Love

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FX CHAMPIONSHIP
Alexander Umbra
Vs Cyrus Black
WINNER: And NEW FX Champion - Alexander Umbra

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HBO CHAMPIONSHIP
Cosmo Goldworthy
Vs Andrea Hernandez
WINNER: And NEW HBO Champion - Cosmo Goldworthy

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SINGLES MATCH
Chris Page
Vs Narumi Tsutsumi
WINNER: Narumi Tsutsumi

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EWC WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The Heat Packers
Vs 3pAC
WINNERS: And NEW EWC World Tag Team Champions - Heat Packers

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EWC UNDISPUTED
CHAMPIONSHIP
Scorpio
Vs Lavender
WINNER: And STILL EWC Undisputed Champion - Lavender

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INSANITY CAGE

EWC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION
Darius

EWC UNITED STATES CHAMPION
The Mercenary

EWC UNITED STATES CHAMPION
Vin Havoc

EWC NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION
Ibuki Ito

EWC INDY CHAMPION
Gabrielle Visconty

CW BROADCAST CHAMPION
Sally Talfourd

SHOWTIME BROADCAST CHAMPION
Callie Clark

EWC X-DIVISION CHAMPION
JoJo Rush
WINNER: Working The Main Event Of WrestleFest - Sally Talfourd. (2nd Place/Thrown Off - Vin Havoc)

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MVP OF THE NIGHT: Sally Talfourd (x2), Vin Havoc, Ibuki Ito, Darius, Narumi Tsutsumi and Heat Packers
MATCH OF THE NIGHT: Main Event Insanity Cage

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