YOUNGBLOOD V

[EWC]

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

YOUNGBLOOD V
Brought to you by EWCTV, Under Armour, PS5 and Dr. Pepper

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OCTOBER 30TH 2023
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LIVE! From the Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania

YOUNGBLOOD V

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

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

"My Hero" by Foo Fighters begins to blast throughout the Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania

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, Killjoy Ito, Melody Malone, Lavender and recent shots of Xavier Reid all with the EWC Undisputed Championship.

This is followed by highlights of showcasing current EWC Champions:


Xavier Reid

Jojo Rush

The Heat Packers

Chris Page

Ibuki Ito

Callie Clark

Stitches

Cosmo Goldworthy

Marcu$ $t John

Mark Keaton

Sunny Skye 

The opening pyros hit and here we go.

The energy in the Arena Națională is insane as the crowd is absolutely electrifying in their uproar of cheers. Spotlights circle around the stadium as the sold out fans in attendance are shown in a wide angle shot.

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PAGE WILL TURN OVER HIS CHALLENGERS

BRUCE IS IN MY BOOTH

I WANNA MAKE OKITA O

INSERT CROSS JOKE HERE

GOLDWORTHY? HE'S A CHAMPION! 

PaC V PACKERS MACK! 

UP, UP, AND AWAAAAAY WE GO!

I MISS SOUTHERN EXPRESS

WHAT'S THE RUSH JOJO? 

A MONKEY ASKED ME WHERE YOUNGBLOOD

EMMANUELLE IS FROM BARCELONA, RIGHT?

Fireworks emit outside Arena Națională 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: Hello everyone and welcome to the fifth edition of EWC's showcase of rookies, YOUNGBLOOD! I'm Marcus Woo alongside Valentina Gomez, wishing you a happy Halloween as we thank you for joining us tonight for some exciting action between our first and second year competitors!

Gomez: Yeah, hopefully you have fun watching...man, I could've gone out as Wednesday this year...

Woo: Funny you say that Valentina, I can just imagine you in that. Tonight, n our main event, 3PaC get another crack at the Tag Team Champions, Heat Packers and, it will be contested under Two Out Of Three Falls!

Gomez: It's gonna be bonkers out here, Marcus! These two team WILL go to war tonight, but only one will come out as champion!

Woo: We also have a slew of other bouts on tap, from a four way Tables Match with Alexander Umbra, Bruce Booth, Jack Hart and Sally Talfourd. On top of that we have Emmanuelle, Marquis Hathaway, Sakura Yamamaoto and Chris Page facing off in a Ladder Match!

Gomez: Wow, you really went through those quick Marcus...but yes, some really big matches between our rookies in singles competition tonight!

Woo: I'm just very eager to get to the action, Valentina! After all, we have all that PLUS a Tornado Tag bout between Shinijoshi and Young Justice and, rounding out the card, The House will collide when Jojo Rush faces off with Cosmo Goldworthy in a champion versus Champion clash!

Gomez: Between the likes of Sakura Yamamaoto, Marquis Hathaway, Cosmo Goldworthy, Jojo Rush, Sally Talfourd, and Alexandra Umbra, you have an eclectic mix of talent in that ring tonight, I can not wait to see how many of them pick up the win tonight!

Woo: Folks, we are excited to bring you this special presentation tonight, and we want to thank you for joining us whether it's on Pay-Per-View or on EWCTV!

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FATAL FOUR WAYS ARE FOR FIGHTING FORWARD!
FATAL FOUR WAY TABLE MATCH, NO DQ

Alexander Umbra
VS Bruce Booth
VS Jack Hart
VS Sally Talfourd (C)

We return to ringside where a loud murmur floats across the crowd.

Woo: So with all the introductions and ‘welcomes’ finally out of the way, how about we get to our first match of the night?

Gomez: A fatal four-way table match to start Youngblood? Yes please! No DQ? You’ve got my heart pumpin’. AND IT STARTS RIGHT NOW??? You’ve got one happy Latina.

Dobrev: The following match is a fatal four-way no-disqualification table match! Joining us first, from Saint Paul, Minnesota, weighing in at 215 pounds ... ALEXANDER UMBRA!

’Make Believe” by Memphis May Fire hits the speakers as the Arena Națională crowd pops. Alexander Umbra slowly walks out of the entrance as red and cyan lights swirl around on the stage. Dressed in a black t-shirt with red letters that read ‘Transitional’ in comic sans font plastered on the front. He occasionally reaches out and slaps a hand or two, but mainly focuses on the ring and the plethora of tables that are still folded up… but littered around the ring. Umbra slides into the ring under the bottom rope and instantly pops up and climbs the nearest turnbuckle… looking out to the crowd and taking in the cheers and boos directed towards him. A few seconds pass before he hops down and begins pacing in the ring.

Dobrev: And his first opponent, from The Hollywood Hills, weighing in at 220 pounds ... ’BOX OFFICE’ BRUCE BOOTH!

As 'Burn In My Light''s unmistakable intro sounds throughout the venue, the fans turn their head toward the entranceway, and out comes the superstar (at least in his own mind) with chiseled supermodel looks (at least in his own mind) and a superhero body (at least in his own mind), who stops a few feet out from the curtain. Without hesitating, he throws his arms up in the air and holds his chin high, posturing tall as gold pyro rains behind him, painting an image of an undeniable sensation. Letting it breathe for a few seconds, Bruce then takes to the ring, his eyes shooting to a few fans offering their thoughts of him in the form of obscene finger gestures and even worse comments-- but he does his best to pay it no mind. As Booth heads in, he ascends the second turnbuckle and raises his arms once again- this time in a slow, graceful motion, almost like a shot straight out of a movie. He closes his eyes, living in the moment, instead of having to look at the fans, and steps down from the second rope, but never quite leaves that moment of self-absorption, as his music is cut off.

Dobrev: Their next opponent, from Hurricane, West Virginia, weighing in at 232 pounds ... ’THE JACK OF HEARTS’ JACK HART!

'God's Gonna Cut You Down' by Johnny Cash begins to play and as the words begin, through the curtain emerges Jack Hart with a black T shirt reading 'The Jack of Hearts' and a heart symbol beneath the text. With minimal fuss, he marches down the ramp and to ringside, slapping the hands of the fans as he does a circle around the ring before climbing the steel steps and entering the ring through the middle rope. Arms aloft he gees up the crowd by bouncing off the ropes closest to the camera in this stance and climb up to the middle turnbuckle to raise one arm aloft with his index finger pointing to the sky.

Dobrev: And finally, from Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, weighing in at 125 pounds ... ’THE LAST MAGICIAN’ SALLY TALFOURD!

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 begins 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.

Sally lowers her arms, raises her head, and makes her way down the ramp. The spotlight follows her She makes a direct line to the ring, pulling herself up to the 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. Sally turns around to get ready… BUT HERE COMES ALEXANDER UMBRA WITH A RIGHT HOOK, DAYDREAM ALREADY ON HIS FIST! BUT JACK HART STOPS HIM MID-SWING WITH A RUNNING ELBOW TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD, SENDING THE FORMER FX BROADCAST CHAMP DOWN TO THE MAT!

Woo: Seems this one is starting a hair early!

DING DING DING

Bruce Booth stands back, watching the chaos unfurl before him when suddenly ‘Daydream’ clatters onto the mat and to his feet, like an early Christmas present. Bruce picks the set of brass knuckles up and slides them onto his fist. With Hart yelling and taunting Umbra who was fighting to even wake up from the vicious elbow shot, Sally Talfourd turned her attention to Bruce Booth. She unleashes with a quick spinning heel kick, but Bruce steps back, her heel just grazing the lone unplucked hair from his chin. But with Sally being vulnerable, Bruce quickly snaps forward and catches her with a right hook that rocks her and sends her into the ropes. She bounces off and stumbles forward… DIRECTOR’S CUT!!!

Bruce gets onto his hands and knees and starts laughing in the face of the former Apple TV+ Champion. He slides to the outside and grabs one of the tables leaning up against the ring apron. He unfolds the legs and sets the table up, right against the side of the ring. He looks up and watches as Jack Hart continues to stomp a hole into the back of Alexander Umbra’s head, before reaching into the ring and grabbing Sally. He pulls The Last Magician out of the ring, onto the table, positioning her lengthwise to match the table. Booth slides into the ring, climbs up the turnbuckle and poses for the crowd. He jumps…

SALLY TALFOURD SLIDES OFF AND BRUCE’S ATTEMPT AT A DIVING KNEE DROP DOES NOTHING BUT SEND HIM CRASHING THROUGH A TABLE! Sally crumples to the ground on the side of the table, trying to shake the cobwebs loose.

Woo: Wow, just like that our opening bout was almost over!

Gomez: These matches are so chaotic!

On the other side of the ring, Jack Hart has slid two tables into the ring and has already set one up in the corner, with Umbra laying in a broken, bloody mess in the middle of the ring. Hart walks over and pulls Alex to his feet. A hard SLAP across the face sends Umbra stumbling back up against the table. Jack Hart measures up Umbra… charges forward… DROPKICK INTO THE CHES-NO! UMBRA MOVES OUT OF THE WAY AND HART GOES FEET FIRST THROUGH THE TABLE!!!

Pieces of table clatter around the ring and Alexander Umbra picks up a chunk of the table that was big enough to hold and hand a sharp point on one end. He stares Jack down as The Jack of Hearts fights to get himself out of the table debris. Thoughts of when he stabbed Suene El Molde at Parabellum, fill his head. Memories of when he tried stabbing Daphne Kreel two weeks later, swirl around his brain.

Woo: What's going on with Umbra? He needs to get his head into the game. 

Gomez: Or else his head is going to go through a table!

Jack Hart pulls himself out of the wreckage and with a hard toss, Umbra chucks the knife-shaped shrapnel out of the ring. Jack is up to his feet, BUT CATCHES A HARD RUNNING CLOTHESLINE FROM UMBRA that sends them BOTH into and OVER the ropes!!! Both men land on their feet, but Jack crumbles… blood trickling down from a wound on the back of his calf, with a large chunk of table stuck in it.

Alexander Umbra takes advantage of Jack Hart being on the ground in pain. He grabs the apron of the ring, tossing it up onto the ropes so that he can get a good look at the plethora of goodies underneath. With a wicked smile on his face, he pulls out an eighteen-inch steel pipe wrench. What was that doing under the ring? Lord only knows. But Umbra grabs the apron and pulls it back down…ONLY TO CATCH A BASEBALL SLIDE FROM SALLY TO THE FACE! SALLY TALFOURD COMES SLIDING FROM INSIDE THE RING, UNDER THE ROPES, AND FEET FIRST INTO THE JAW OF UMBRA… sending the latter crashing into the crowd barricades and sending the wrench clattering to the floor.

Woo: Sometimes I wonder if the EWC should pay those sitting ring-side hazard pay. 

Gomez: Pfft. Us first. 

Sally, still rubbing the bruise forming on her jaw from the hit by Bruce Booth, grabs one of the tables that are around ringside, and quickly sets it up… not taking the proper precautions to make sure everything is set up. She grabs Hart, who just managed to get the large splinter out of his leg, and pulls him to his feet. Hart tries to fight back, but is having trouble putting weight on that leg. Hart knocks away Sally’s hands and tries to catch her with a European uppercut, but Sally evades the hit… instead grabbing an unstable Jack by the back of the head… ‘EITHER OR’!!! DOUBLE KNEE FACEBREAKER ON JACK HART!!! Jack Hart pops up and is barely hanging onto the apron… the look on his face and in his eyes looks as if he is barely holding on to consciousness. Sally quickly back to her feet, grabs Jack and lays him out onto the table. Without further thought, she climbs up onto the apron, grabs the ropes… she springboards up onto the second rope… SPRINGBOARD MOONSAULT! HIGH HOPES!!! SALLY COMES DOWN HAR-NO! UMBRA KICKED ONE OF THE TABLE LEGS OUT THAT WASN’T LOCKED IN PLACE AND THE TABLE COLLAPSES TO THE SIDE, CAUSING JACK HART TO SLIDE OFF AND SENDING SALLY TALFOURD CRASHING THROUGH THE TABLE!!!

Umbra uses the barricade to stand to his feet, as does Jack Hart. BUT UMBRA HAS THE PIPE WRENCH!!! HE SWINGS IT AT HART… Hart ducks… AND UMBRA CATCHES A FAN IN THE FRONT ROOM!!! The fan falls into the crowd behind him, blood pouring from his mouth and teeth obviously missing. Umbra, watching the people tend to the fan, looks towards Hart… SUPERKICK!!! DON’T KNOW HOW JACK DID IT, BUT HE SUCKED UP THE PAIN AND LANDED A HARD SUPERKICK ONTO UMBRA, SENDING HIM OVER THE ANNOUNCER’S TABLE AND TO THE FLOOR!!!

Woo: Jack Hart is in good position to win this match! 

Gomez: Jack Hart might have the best odds of anyone else in the match right now. 

Jack Hart steps out of the way of the crumpled table, looking at the fallen Umbra and the barely moving Talfourd, two former Broadcast Champions lay in defeat around him. Still nursing his bleeding and open wounded-leg (Is that bone, we see?) Jack eyes up an undamaged table against the barricades, about ten feet away. He starts for it… not noticing the apron moving. As he makes it to the table, he begins to set it up… and Bruce Booth crawls out from under the ring! Daydream still hugging his knuckles, Bruce measures up Jack. Jack turns around AND BRUCE BOOTH WITH A RIGHT HOOK… THAT MISSES AS JACK DROPS TO A KNEE!!! Bruce over-corrects and turns around… SALLY TALFOURD WITH AN ‘EITHER OR’ ON BRUCE BOOTH!!! Bruce pops up from the impact and Jack Hart is there to grab him as he drops to his knees… ‘HEARTSTOPPER’ THROUGH THE TAB-NO! THE TABLE DIDN’T BREAK!!! BRUCE BOOTH BOUNCES OFF THE TABLE… OVER THE BARRICADE… AND INTO THE CROWD!!!

Jack turns from looking at Bruce and Sally is up too. She grabs Jack by the arm and WHIPS him into the pole at the corner of the ring. Jack slams off of it hard, a fresh gash, opening above his left eye. Sally is quick to charge forward AND BEGINS TO REIGN FOREARM STRIKES ONTO JACK HART! He is trying to block them as she pins him up against the barricade, but he can’t block every one of them. Talfourd steps back from the onslaught, giving Jack a moment to breathe… BUT A SPINNING WHEEL KICK SENDS JACK HART UP AND COVER THE BARRICADE! The fans spread out as Jack crashes into a couple rows of metal chairs.

Woo: JACKS HOPES HAVE BEEN DASHED, DASHED AGAINST THE METAL SIDING OF ABOUT 15 STEEL CHAIRS TO THE FACE!

Gomez: That's one gnarly bump! 

Sally quickly grabs a table and sets it up, hoping to end this match and give the ring crew enough time to clean up all the splinters before the ladder match that is next. She turns and walks to the barricade… JACK HART POPS UP AND CATCHES HER UNDER THE CHIN WITH THE TOP OF A FOLDING CHAIR! Sally stumbles back, but with only enough time to react to catching the chair as Jack throws it at her. She grabs it with both hands… Jack grabs the barricade and uses it to jump onto the top of it… DROPKICK FROM HART… NO! HIS INJURED LEG GAVE OUT AND HE FALLS TO THE OUTSIDE MAT! Sally, sensing an opportunity, grips the chair and lifts it above her head. She swings dow-NO! Sally turns around and sees Umbra has grabbed the chair from inside the ring. He rips it away from her and looks out past her. He grabs the ropes, springboards to the top… DROPKICK FROM THE TOP ROPE TO THE OUTSIDE…SHOVING THE CHAIR INTO THE FACE OF AN ADVANCING JACK HART! Umbra up and quickly turns,both he and Sally face each other… neither moving.

Woo: This is so tense you could cut it with a knife. 

Gomez: And Umbra might use that knife to stab Sally in the face!

Sally nods to behind Umbra, causing Umbra to turn… RIGHT HOOK BY BRUCE BOOTH WITH DAYDREAM ON HIS KNUCKLES STILL!!! UMBRA CATCHES THE SHOT IN THE JAW AND COLLAPSES!!! Bruce has no time to celebrate though, as Sally grabs him under the arm and HIP tosses him over the barricade. The nimble Booth lands on his feet, but Sally quickly reacts by trying to hit a roundhouse kick… but Bruce grabs her leg and pushes it away. BUT SALLY USES THE MOMENTUM TO HIT A DRAGON WHIP ON BRUCE, SENDING HIM UP AND ONTO THE APRON!!!

Sally climbs up onto the apron… Jack Hart and Umbra are still down on the outside. She gets Bruce booth up to his feet, facing her, grabs him up and around the neck from the side with one arm. She moves forward, BUT SNAPS BACKWARD… THE OUTRO!!! AND BOTH SHE AND BRUCE GO THROUGH THE TABLE!!!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winner, ’THE LAST MAGICIAN’ SALLY TALFOURD!

Sally is quickly helped to her feet by the referee, pulling her from the wreckage of table and Bruce. He raises her hand in the air as she bends over slightly, in obvious pain. The fans give a mixed reaction as ''Let Me Out'' by Hidden Citizens (Feat. Rånya) blares out of the speakers, filling the arena

Woo: What chaos! Broken bodies, shattered chairs, Sally did what had to be done to earn herself a victory in her first Youngblood show, tonight.

Gomez: It wasn’t an easy win though, as there are three competitors around her right now that tried their best to break each other. Umbra, Hart, nor Booth, should look at this as a sign of failure… but simply that Sally made the right choice at the right time.

Woo: Sometimes a magician has all the answers, and this match was one such occasion. But I tell you, I think Umbra got within a whisker of walking out the winner. I'd love to see them run it back as a singles. 

Gomez: That smells like a great bout in the new year. But now we'll cut to the back where I'm told Grizzly Duggan is being harassed.

Camera cuts to ...

Cameraman: Please Mr. Duggan Please. Can't you tell us anything about who might be getting that Bye in the tournament?

Grizzly Duggan sighs and turns back to the camera.

Duggan: If I tell you, do you promise to leave me alone so I can work on this show?

Cameraman: Yes!

Cameraman #2: The people want to know!

Grizzly gives a big sigh.

Duggan: I am not going to reveal a name. But I will tell you

Duggan looks around real sneakily.

Duggan: Wait that camera isn't on is it.

Cameraman #2 lowers the camera to point at the floor.

Cameraman #2: No, of course not.

Duggan: Good good. The tournament bye goes to Uppa.

Cameraman: Uppa?

Duggan: Yea. My boot uppa couple asses if you don't get the fuck out of my way.

Grizzly Duggan shoves past the cameramen.

Duggan: And I'm taking this out of Gideon Gage's pension fund!

GO FORTH, RISE ABOVE THE REST!
LADDER MATCH, WINNER GETS BROADCAST TITLE SHOT
*If Chris Page Wins, Instead He'll Be Gifted A Check*

Emmanuelle
VS Marquis Hathaway
VS Sakura Yamamaoto
VS Chris Page (C)

We return to ringside where Marcus Woo and Valentina Gomez prepare for the next match.

Woo: From one fourway match to another we go!

Gomez: That's right, Marcus. From tables in the last match to ladders in this upcoming match, the stakes could not be higher, at least for three of these competitors.

Woo: That's right, Valentina, because if anyone but Chris Page wins, they are awarded a Championship opportunity! There is a briefcase hanging high above the ring and one of these four competitors will get to fill it with what they desire, be it a contract for a Broadcast Championship match or a big, fat check if you're Chris Page! Let's go to Nina Dobrev in the ring to get this one kicked off!

Dobrev: The following match is a ladder match! Joining us first, from Los Angeles, California ... EMMANUELLE!

"B.I.T.C.H." by Megan Thee Stallion begins playing throughout the stadium. Emmanuelle comes out from the back and onto the stage. She looks around the stadium as she makes her way to the ring. She slides under the bottom rope and rolls up to her feet. She looks above the ring and sees the briefcase, wringing her hands together as she waits for the other three to arrive. 

Dobrev: Next, from Fukuoka, Japan, weighing in at 185 pounds ... He is the Kabuki Kid, MARQUIS HATHAWAY!

The stadium is pitch black and as the opening words to "New Magic Wand" by Tyler the Creator comes on, the lights flicker on and kabuki dancers start circling around and dancing. They form two straight lines revealing Marquis with an open umbrella that reads "Kabuki Kid" in spray paint. He marches down the ramp with the umbrella over his shoulder as the dancers all drop as he walks past them. Marquis slides in the ring leaps to the top rope and sprays his mist in the air then opening his umbrella as Kabuki dancers surround the outside of the ring. Emmanuelle stands by on the outside watching as Hathaway's show wraps up.

Dobrev: Next, from Chicagoland ... SAKURA YAMAMOTO!

"Under The Bridge" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers hits the PA system and Sakura comes out with Emi at her side. Emi notices the nervous looks over at her friend and gives her hand a gentle squeeze as they walk together down the ramp. Sakura gives Emi a quick kiss on the cheek before climbing into the ring and getting a few last minute stretches in as she peers up at the briefcase.

Dobrev: And their opponent, from from Zzyzx, California... weighing in at 227 pounds... He is the EWC United States Champion... "THE ELITE" CHRIS PAGE!

"Stepped On" by Hurricane Chris begins to blare over the speakers throughout the stadium. The crowd bursts into boos as "The Elite" Chris Page steps out onto the stage. Page wears his signature yellow and red tights and the EWC United States Championship proudly around his waist. He looks around in disgust at the crowd who, clearly, does not appreciate greatness. Page chuckles as he begins to make his way down the ramp. Page slides underneath the bottom rope and stands up to his feet. Page puts his arms out to the side and plays to the booing crowd. He brushes them off and walks over to the corner. He climbs the turnbuckles and holds the United States Championship high in the air. Emmanuelle rushes over and drives a double axe handle into Page's back. Page rolls over the top rope and tumbles onto the floor. The bell rings as this one gets underway in a hurry.

DING DING DING

Woo: Emmanuelle with a hard shot on the United States Champion before the bell rings!

Gomez: I knew I liked her.

Woo: And watch, Valentina, these three know exactly who to target!

Emmanuelle, Hathaway, and Yamamoto are all on the outside taking it to Page. The three lay stomps on him at ringside as he tries to cover himself up. Hathaway walks over and grabs a ladder. Yamamoto and Emmanuelle lift Page up to his feet and each olds an arm, leaving him wide open. Hathaway drives the top of the ladder right into the ribcage of The Elite! Hathaway slides the ladder into the ring as Emmanuelle and Yamamoto toss Page over the ringside barrier and into the front aisle of the crowd.

Seeing her opportunity, Emmanuelle grabs Yamamoto and shoves her hard into the ring post! Hathaway is in the ring setting the ladder up. Emmanuelle slides in and grabs Hathaway before he can begin climbing. She drives a hard right fist into his face, but he reciprocates. Emmanuelle grabs Hathaway and lifts him up… Michinoku Driver! Hathaway rolls out of the ring. Yamamoto slides under the top rope and runs, driving a knee into Emmanuelle’s back. Her momentum takes her forward and she goes chest-first into the top turnbuckle. Yamamoto spins her around in the corner and begins delivering quick rabbit punches into Emmanuelle’s ribs. Yamamoto grabs Emmanuelle by the wrist and Irish-whips her. Emmanuelle reverses and sends Yamamoto face-first into the ladder. The ladder collapses, as does Yamamoto.

Emmanuelle grabs the ladder and folds it up. She lays it on top of Yamamoto. Emmanuelle turns around right into a springboard knee from the Kabuki Kid! Emmanuelle crumbles to the mat. Hathaway lifts her off of the mat and lays her on top of the ladder, Yamamoto still on the bottom of the pile. Hathaway exits to the apron and climbs to the top turnbuckle. He measures Emmanuelle up and leaps, driving a big elbow drop into her sternum! The impact squashes Yamamoto underneath the pile as Hathaway lands hard, as well!

Woo: What carnage we have here already! These three are tearing each other apart!

Gomez: And Chris Page is still in the crowd, but he appears to be stirring, Marcus.

The camera pans over and sees Page leaning on the guard rail and looking into the ring. Page slowly climbs over the rail and to the floor outside the ring. Page walks around the ring, looking inside and seeing Hathaway and Emmanuelle stir. Emmanuelle has gotten off of the ladder and Yamamoto looks to free herself from the carnage, but has not succeeded quite yet. Page walks over to the timekeeper’s table and moves Nina Dobrev out of the way. He grabs her steel chair and folds it up. Page walks over to the ring and slides in with the chair. He stands up to his feet and lifts the chair high above his head. Page slams the chair hard down onto the ladder, sending the vibrations throughout Yamamoto’s body! He turns his attention to Emmanuelle, the one who attacked him before the bell rang. Page hasn’t forgotten, as he mouths off to her before lifting the chair above his head. He goes to slam it down on her back, but Hathaway rips the chair out of his hands. Page spins around and Hathaway throws the chair right into Page’s face! Page drops to the mat and clutches at his face, rolling around in pain.

Hathaway picks the chair back up off of the ground and turns it over. He drives the top of the chair into Page’s left leg, deadening his thigh. Page grabs his leg and rolls out of the ring, a knot on his forehead already swelling. He stands with one leg on the outside while leaning against the ring apron. Page glares up into the ring at Hathaway, who runs to the opposite ropes. Hathaway bounces off of the ropes and dives through the ropes, driving Page into the ringside barricade with a suicide dive!

In the ring, Yamamoto has finally freed herself from underneath the ladder and is up to her feet. Emmanuelle is on her feet, as well. The two stand face-to-face in the middle of the ring and begin to slug it out. Yamamoto, the very slightly bigger of the two, gains the advantage. She grabs Emmanuelle up and lifts her into the air. Emmanuelle slips free, landing on her feet behind Yamamoto. She spins Yamamoto around and lifts her up into the Queen Bee Drop! Emmanuelle shoves Yamamoto out of the ring underneath the bottom rope and she walks over to the ladder and picks it up off of the mat. Emmanuelle sets it up in the middle of the ring.

Outside, Chris Page and Hathaway have been fighting. Hathaway had been taking it to the United States Champion, but Page delivered a low blow that incapacitated the Kabuki Kid. Now, Page has Hathaway where he wants him. He grabs Hathaway and lifts him up, driving him to the outside floor with the Funky Town suplex! Page looks into the ring and sees Emmanuelle halfway up the ladder.

Woo: Emmanuelle is climbing and she is getting very close to winning this one, Valentina!

Gomez: She has her right hand on the briefcase, but look out!

Chris Page is in the ring and he hurries up the ladder. Page drives a left hook into Emmanuelle’s stomach, causing her to release her grip on the briefcase. Page climbs up to the top farther and is on a level plane with Emmanuelle now. Page grabs Emmanuelle and drives her face into the top of the ladder. Emmanuelle is stunned and she leans backwards, nearly falling off of the ladder. Page grabs Emmanuelle by the hair and yells at her before driving a hard right fist into her face. Emmanuelle falls backwards and onto her back in the ring. Page is up at the top of the ladder alone. He looks up at the briefcase.

Woo: This is it, Valentina! Chris Page is seconds away from winning this thing!

Gomez: I think I am gonna be sick!

Woo: Wait… what is he doing?

Page climbs up and sits on the top of the ladder and looks down at Emmanuelle. He stands up on the top rung and leaps off, drilling her with a guillotine leg drop! Titletown! The crowd gets to their feet and they go nuts for the United States Champion’s gutsy move!

Woo: My God! Page just dropped the leg on Emmanuelle from about fifteen feet high in the air!

Gomez: Not too smart, in my opinion. He had a chance to win and now he might have taken himself out of the match.

Woo: He very well may have, Valentina.

Hathaway is back in the ring and stands next to Yamamoto in the corner. They look at each other and speak quietly as they look over at Chris Page, who holds his lower back in pain. The two walk over to Page and Hathaway grabs Page by the legs. He locks him into the Jigoku No Kagi! With Page in the submission hold, Yamamoto spins around and drills Page in the face with a roundhouse kick! Hathaway releases the hold as Page goes limp. The referees on the outside of the ring check on Page and begin to look him over with careful attention.

Hathaway and Yamamoto stand there looking at each other as the crowd cheers. They bump fists out of respect and then tie up. Hathaway shoves Yamamoto in the corner and goes for a clothesline. Yamamoto ducks and Hathaway crashes into the corner. Hathaway spins around and Yamamoto hits him with a clothesline of her own. She turns around and sees Emmanuelle slowly getting up to her feet in the opposite corner. Yamamoto sprints at Emmanuelle and goes for a clothesline. Emmanuelle ducks and dumps Yamamoto over the top turnbuckle. Yamamoto smacks into the top of the ring post and tumbles to the ground on the outside. Hathaway walks over to Emmanuelle and spins her around, but Emmanuelle calculates it and drills Hathaway with a European uppercut! Hathaway stumbles backwards and Emmanuelle runs at him, delivering a hard shotgun dropkick into his chest! Hathaway drops to the mat.

Emmanuelle walks over to the ladder and lifts it off of the ground. She begins to set it up, but she is smacked in the side of the head by a steel chair!

Woo: How on earth is Chris Page back onto his feet?! I thought he was out cold from that kick by Yamamoto!

Gomez: I hate to say it, but he’s a Champion for a reason. The man doesn’t know how to quit.

Page looks around and sees his competition all down. Page grabs the ladder and moves it to the middle of the ring. He steps up onto the bottom rung and begins to climb.

“WILL THERE BE ANYONE LEFT, TO CLEAN UP THE MESS WE’VE MADE?”

Page’s attention turns to the stage as “The Mess We’ve Made” by Sin Shake Sin begins to play throughout the stadium. He looks over to the stage and sees New Money, Jamie Love, and Eddie Dozier walking down the ramp.

Woo: It’s The House! The House is here, but why?

Gomez: I’m not sure, Marcus. We know that they are hell-bent on owning all of the gold in the EWC. And we know that Chris Page has a date with Cosmo Goldworthy later this year. Maybe they’ve decided the time is now to paint a target on Chris Page’s back! I don’t usually like The House, Marcus, but if they’re here to destroy Chris Page then consider me all for it!

Goldworthy, Booth, Dozier, and Love all climb up onto the ring aprons, surrounding Page from every side. Page yells at them, focusing most of his attention on Cosmo Goldworthy. He motions for them to bring it as the four of them step through the ropes into the ring. Cosmo has his gifted brass knuckles on his right fist as he clenches his hand and stares directly into Chris Page’s eyes. Page looks around at the other three men as The House closes in on the United States Champion.

Woo: This is looking very, very bad for “The Elite” Chris Page.

Gomez: I am on the edge of my seat. I am so excited.

Suddenly, Cosmo Goldworthy drills Marquis Hathaway with the brass knuckles! The crowd pops loudly with boos as the members of The House all smirk. The camera looks over to Chris Page and his trepidation turns to elation. Bruce Booth pats Page on the back as Dozier and Love grab the ladder. They fold it up and run, clotheslining Emmanuelle with the ladder right in the face! Booth drops to the outside and grabs Yamamoto. He whips her hard into the steel ring steps. Goldworthy and Page are in a bit of a stare-off, but they shake hands.

Gomez: Damnit, Marcus! Damnit! This makes me sick!

Woo: I can’t believe what we’ve just seen, Valentina! Chris Page has joined The House! This was his plan all along! That’s why he didn’t go for the briefcase earlier, instead opting to drop Emmanuelle with Titletown. It didn’t matter to him because he KNEW that The House would be coming out here for him. And it looks like the United States Champion is going to coast to a victory.

Yamamoto is down on the outside with Booth wailing on her. Marquis Hathaway is busted open and getting pummeled more by Cosmo, now. Emmanuelle is also busted open as Eddie Dozier drives a boot into her throat, using the top rope as leverage. Jamie Love helps Page set the ladder up in the middle of the ring and Page climbs up the ladder smugly. He reaches up and grabs the briefcase and unhooks it. The bell rings.

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winner, the EWC United States Champion ... "THE ELITE" CHRIS PAGE!

Page descends the ladder and smiles as "Stepped On" begins the play. The crowd boos loudly as Page hands the briefcase over to Goldworthy, awarding his new stable-mate with the cash reward. The House all stands tall in the middle of the ring and offer up a 'too sweet' to each other before they all exit the ring and leave up the ramp together.

Woo: I cannot believe what just happened, Valentina. That was just sick. Chris Page continues to show that he is a page ahead, no pun intended, of the rookies he just battled with.

Gomez: I think I'm going to throw up, Marcus. That was disgusting. Big props to the other three in this match, but it ended in the grossest way possible.

Woo: I guess at this point they say The House always wins because they add everyone and always cheat!

Gomez: Pretty stinky. The General Managers have got to get this under control. And speaking of something not under control, we cut backstage to Alexander Umbra...

Camera cuts to ...

We cut to the back halls, where we see Alexander Umbra pacing back and forth. He has fresh bandages and multiple places on his face with stitches, yet seems more focused on the ground as he walks back and forth.

Umbra: Redd, I know you can hear me. I hear YOU mumbling every now and again. Did you see what we did out there? Did you see the path that we forged for ourselves? And yes, it took some bumps and bruises… but we didn’t have to fall into utter chaos to do so! And I know we lost, but we made one HELL of a showing.

A pause as Umbra waits to hear something… anything…

But there is no response.

Umbra: It DID require balance. I don’t know why you are so mute now, after all the shit you have been talking. After all the blaming of me for losing to Caleb Scott… after losing our FX Broadcast Championship… I get us almost back to our winning ways and now you won’t even acknowledge me?

Still no response.

Umbra: I DON’T need you. I can do this without you. Honestly with you being quiet, I have a newfound faith in myself. I have a newfound respect for myself. I am better off without you.

Redd: Yooooouuu… you need me…

Redd’s voice sounded distorted and glitchy, echoing through Umbra’s head. Alexander looked around, to make sure it was no one trying to play tricks on him. Afterall, Daphne Kreel could be around the corner. Yeah, they haven’t been heard from in quite some time. Was that Redd’s doing? Was that Umbra’s doing? Was it someone else?

Redd: Thhhheeeerreee… there is something else here…

Umbra: Can’t be Daydream. She abandoned us. She left us.

Redd: Noooooo… no, it’s balance.

Umbra: I know, I see the signs everywhere. What is this Cyanne?

Redd: Dangerous… Unpredictable…

Umbra: More dangerous than you?

Redd: Decisions must be made. Cries for balance… only dives further into chaos.

And with that last word, the s seems to drag on just a bit but fade.

Umbra: Redd?

Nothing.

Umbra: REDD?

Still nothing. Umbra looks down the hall and sees some backstage crew members looking at him. He shoves his hands in his pockets and quickly takes off walking down the hall.

TANTALIZING TAG TEAM TACTICS!
TORNADO TAG TEAM MATCH, NO DQ

Shinijoshi (Emi Okita & SONYA)
VS Young Justice

We return to ringside where fans are eager for this tornado tag match to get underway!

Woo: Well folks, it's time for the first of two tag team matches on the menu for tonight! Shinijoshi is represented by Emi Okita and SONYA in this bout, taking on Young Justice!

Gomez: This will get real exciting, real quick I'm sure!

Dobrev: The following match is a tornado tag team bout sanctioned for no disqualifications! Joining us first, representing Tokyo and Honolulu respectively, weighing in at at combined weight of 284 pounds, on behalf of Shinijoshi ... EMIKO OKITA & SONYA!

As ‘Abnormal’ hits, Emiko steps through the curtain purposefully and gazes down into the camera with a coy smirk on her face. With a baseball bat balanced across her shoulders Emiko strides down to the ring with a casual malice in her step. At ringside she stops by a female fan, hands them her sunglasses and winks playfully afterwards. After this she rolls in under the bottom rope, gets to her feet and swings her bat a couple of times before pointing it at the camera, and then turning her back to the camera to reveal this is a new purple leather jacket with the kanji for Shinijoshi printed on the back. Emiko gives another smirk and finally she removes her coat and starts limbering up. 'Abnormal' bleeds out and the first few notes of "Rusalka" play over the loudspeakers. Sonya stands just a few feet away from the entrance way, the cameras picking up her peaceful expression and smile. The song kicks into high gear and she makes her way to the ring with determined eyes and calm demeanor, stepping into the ring and performing her signature pose in the corner. SONYA jumps down and gives Emiko a fist-bump and they prepare in their corner.

The intro to Jonathon Young's cover of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes theme hits the speakers and Cassie and Harper emerge from the back ready for action! The two Hero Academy Graduates pose back to back with their arms crossed at the top of the ramp as they wait for their introduction.

Dobrev: And their opponents, hailing from Nevada and standing at a combined weight of 243 pounds... The Team of Cassie Wolfe and Harper Mason... YOUNG JUSTICE!

Once they are announced the two metalheads throw up the devil horns and share a fist bump before they run down to the ring, Cassie leaps into the ring between the middle and bottom rope before rolling to her knees whilst Harper slides into the ring! They two youngsters share another fist bump before posing for the fans.

Woo: This being a tornado bout, it means all four women are legal and the pinfall can come really at any moment, especially with the added edge of no DQs!

DING DING DING

With the ring of the bell, Emiko rushes her opposition and takes Cassie Wolfe off her feet with a sick spear! Emiko rolls out of the ring, dragging Cassie with her right into a European uppercut. The euro-cut takes Cassie off her feet and she slumps against the apron. Emiko grabs Cassie by the arm and gives a massive Hammer-Whip away from the ring up the apron where Cassie loses her footing and falls hard on the ramp. Emiko rolls back into the ring where SONYA and Harper are in a shoulder/collar tie-up. Upon seeing Emiko slide back in, SONYA shoves Harper backwards into an Emiko lariat to the back of her head. The impact off the lariat sends Harper stumbling into SONYA, who flips Harper inside out with her own lariat. SONYA makes a cover, but Harper kicks out before one. Emiko and SONYA pull Harper up into an Irish-whip, and on the rebound floor her off her feet with a double shoulder block. Emiko grabs a handful of hair to drag Harper back to her feet, before punching her square in the top of the head with a closed fist blow. Harper falls to her knees, clutching her head in both hands to stop the ringing. SONYA comes in from behind Harper to give a running big-boot right to the back of the head. Emiko makes the cover!

ONE



T... KICKOUT BY HARPER MASON!

Woo: Shinijoshi have the early advantage in this one, but as we saw in the last Shinijoshi Vs Young Justice bout, Young Justice are pretty tough!

Gomez: I am surprised Young Justice and SONYA are even standing to work this match after surviving the death-trap that was that Cabin In The Woods match on Friday Night Rampage. 

SONYA drags Harper up by her head and pulls her into a knee-lift. The sick thud of SONYA's knee off Harper's face echoes throughout the venue as Harper stumbles backwards. Emiko comes up from behind and gives Harper a kick to the back of her left leg to drop her into a flat-back bump. There is a whistle and when Emiko turns around, Cassie Wolfe comes flying off the top-rope, ripping Emiko off her feet into a springboard DDT! SONYA is quick to drag Cassie up by her face and fling her into the ropes. On the rebound SONYA goes for the big-boot but Cassie grabs SONYA's leg and throws herself to the ground into a leg-DDT, causing SONYA's knee to lock-up! SONYA stumbles backwards trying to get feeling back into her 'deadleg', while Cassie jumps up to swing SONYA into a front-flip with a hurricanrana. Cassie gets to her feet and sticks her tongue out at SONYA, but when she turns to help up Harper there is a sickening *clink*.

Woo: Oh my god...

Gomez: That's going to leave a mark...

Cassie Wolfe falls like a sack of potatoes as Emiko's bat rattles off her jaw. The camera shifts and we see Emiko's face has a line of blood trickling down it from where Cassie landed that DDT. Cassie tries to push herself off her hands and knees to her feet, but she falls face-first. She's probably got a concussion! Emiko turns around to smash Harper, but Harper smashes Emiko in-half with her own lariat. Harper Mason drags Emiko up by her hair and transitions into a gutwrench form up and down into a powerbomb. Harper Mason mounts Emiko and begins to rain down punches into her wound, causing it to open bigger and deeper, and bleed more freely. Harper stops punching and slides out onto the apron. Emiko pushes herself up to her feet and stumbles around. Harper hits a front-flip over the top-rope, landing on her feet before spinning to her left and jumping up to bring her calf into Emiko's face with a leg-lariat! That's Harper's signature Masonline Special! Harper Mason makes a cover!

ONE!



TWO!!... BROKEN UP BY SONYA!

SONYA drags Harper off Emiko and gives her a stomp to the back of the head, causing her own knee to lock up again and drop her to a seated position. Cassie Wolfe is finally able to push herself up, and upon seeing SONYA in a seated position, she immeditally rushes into SONYA, bringing up her boot to PK SONYA in the face! But given her current state of things, Cassie is unable to slow herself down, and she yeets herself right over the top-rope to the padded concrete below. All four women are down!

Woo: This match is as exciting as you'd expect from a tornado tag, with all four women giving their all here to win on Pay-Pew-View. 

Gomez: A win here could lead to title opportunities in the future one would think. 

Harper Mason pushes to her hands and knees and she crawls over to Emiko, making a quick cover.

ONE... KICKOUT BY EMIKO. 

Harper immeditally goes for another cover. 

ONE... KICKOUT BY EMIKO.

Harper goes for another cover. 

ONE!



T... KICKOUT BY EMIKO!

Harper transitions into a mount and punches Emiko in the mouth, once, twice, thrice, four times!!!! Harper transitions into another cover!

ONE!



TWO... KICKOUT BY EMIKO!

Harper screams out and starts to punch and slap Emiko. Punch, punch, punch, slap, punch, slap, slap, slap, punch, punch. Another cover!

ONE!



TWO!!



THR... KICKOUT BY EMIKO!

Harper Mason yells out in frustration. Her yelling quickly changes octaves as SONYA grabs on a waist-lock and rips Harper off her feet into a German-suplex. Harper hits the canvas hard but rolls up to grab her own waist-lock and rip SONYA backwards into a German-suplex. SONYA rolls through, grabs Harper and yeets her into a German suplex that goes half the distance of the ring. Harper rolls through, falls to her knees, but gets back up to lung into another waist-lock and German-suplex SONYA. SONYA rolls through, slaps the canvas with both arms and grabs Harper up with more gusto than before. SONYA rips Harper from this reality up and down with a high-angle Everest German-suplex, dropping Harper right on the back of her neck. SONYA falls forward to a knee. Cassie Wolfe slides into the ring and rushes at SONYA, jumping up and driving her knee between SONYA's eyes with The Greenest Shining Wizard you'll ever seen. Cassie Wolfe jumps to her feet, then jumps onto the second rope and then springboards into a 450 Splash, her signature Air Aussie, landing flush on SONYA! Cassie Wolfe goes for a cover, but Emiko is there to drag Cassie off SONYA into a waist-lock and then backwards into a German-suplex over the top-rope to the outside on the padded concrete. Emiko stumbles forward and lands into a pin on Harper Mason. 

ONE!



TWO... KICKOUT BY HARPER MASON!

Woo: This match is just pure action, pure entertainment, pure wrestling!

Gomez: These women are putting on an all-timer. Everyone is so desperate to win!

Emiko helps SONYA to her feet, SONYA stands and falls back down a few times but she's finally able to get her footing. Emiko grabs Harper Mason's feet and then drags her to the center of the ring before beginning to swing. One revolution, two revolutions, three revolutions, four revolutions, five revolutions, six revolutions. On the seventh revolution, SONYA comes in and gives Harper Mason a punt right in the side of the head. Emiko stumbles backwards off her feet into the corner, dizzy from the spinning. SONYA makes the cover on Harper!

ONE!



TWO!!



THR... KICKOUT BY HARPER MASON!

SONYA drags Harper up by her head and then lifts her off her head up into a powerbomb. SONYA goes for Dreadnaught, but Harper turns it into a hurricanrana that sends SONYA flying out of the ring into Cassie Wolfe. Harper yells out in adrenaline and then she rushes the corner for Emiko. Emiko jumps up to her feet while grabbing a head-lock on Harper. Emiko pulls Harper into the corner and then she jumps up onto the top-turnbuckle while lifting Harper off her head. Emiko jumps off the turnbuckle and spins around, bringing Harper down into a Superplex! Emiko keeps head-control as she pops her hips to spin up to the ring and bring Harper up and down with a brainbuster in the center of the ring. Emiko's Endgame!!! Emiko drags Harper into a hunched over position, putting Harper's arm behind her back and her head under Emiko's leg. Emiko then spins down and gets Harper into Megumi's Triangle Lancer arm-bar! Harper tries to fight it but after about thirty seconds, she has to tap!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winner, via submission, EMIKO OKITA AND SHINIJOSHI!

Emiko drops the hold and begins to cry upon using Megumi's finisher to get the job done. Emiko points at the hard-cam, knowing Megumi is surely watching in Japan. Medical staff help SONYA and Cassie Wolfe to their feet, but the two women begin to throw fists at each other and knock each other down. Ring-crew finally get it broken up and Emiko meets SONYA on the ramp. The duo hug and raise their arms in victory as they head to the back. Cassie Wolfe checks on Harper in the ring while glaring down SONYA. 

Woo: Emiko used one of Megumi's finishing maneuvers there to pick up a win here on Young Blood V. I know her former mentor is so proud to see that. 

Gomez: And I'm not sure what happened there at the end of the match. Maybe we'll see SONYA and Cassie Wolfe lock horns again soon? 

Woo: That's a singles match I'd like to see. And you can wrap up this Shinijoshi Vs Young Justice rivalry we've found ourselves in the middle of. 

Gomez: Whichever GM is watching right now, book that match!

Camera cuts to ...

HOLY HORSE HOCKEY THE HOUSE COLLIDES!
Singles Match, Non-Title

Cosmo Goldworthy (C)
VS JoJo Rush (C)

We return to ringside where the packed Arena Națională is loud and ready to go for the co-main event.

Woo: What a night this has been already, folks! But trust and believe, it only gets up from here, because it’s a clash of The House as the X-Division and International Champion JoJo Rush takes on the HBO Broadcast Champion Cosmo Goldworthy! This is a match built all on respect, and I’ve got a suspicion we’re going to see fully why..

Gomez: This match has huge implications for EWC going into the next year! Regardless of the winner, these two men are the future of EWC, and some would even argue that they’re headed to being the present! Keep your eyes peeled for two of The House’s strongest superstars!

Dobrev: The following is a non-title match scheduled for one fall! Joining us first, from The Golden State, weighing in at 201 pounds … he is the HBO BROADCAST CHAMPION ... 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 The Badlands, weighing in at 270 pounds … he is the EWC X-DIVISION AND INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION ... JOJO RUSH!

JoJo's music hits and the stadium lights go pitch-black. With the stage filling with smoke, JoJo approaches the stage and steps into the lone spotlight. From there, JoJo points a "Too Sweet" hand gesture like a finger gun towards the ring. JoJo "fires" the hand gesture at the 36 second mark, pyro explodes behind him around the EXT. JoJo then approaches 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 fires it once more.

Woo: You can feel the animosity between these two, and the bell hasn’t even rung yet! JoJo wants to teach Cosmo a lesson, while Cosmo is looking to prove a point!

DING DING DING

As soon as the bell sounds, Cosmo and JoJo approach the center and grab one another into an extremely aggressive lockup. The two tie-up, and it appears that the power of JoJo is starting to overwhelm Cosmo and push him down. Cosmo struggles, falling to a knee as JoJo continues to push him down. But Cosmo finds it in him to work himself back up, as the two continue to tussle. Neither are quite proficient grapplers, so it’s all in the power – but Cosmo places his hands on his mouth, pushing JoJo back. He places his hands to the eyes, and JoJo’s vision being blocked gives Cosmo the chance to drive a knee in the ribs of JoJo! JoJo releases, wheezing out in pain as Cosmo fires off a pair of palm strikes, then two kicks to the legs! Cosmo backs up to wind back a middle kick, but JoJo shoulder blocks him down! Cosmo quickly rises, and JoJo hoists him up for a nasty tilt-a-whirl backbreaker this time! Cosmo cries out in pain, holding at his back. JoJo pulls Cosmo up by his hair and looks at him, shaking his head. He nods, following up with a BLISTERING chop that rings throughout the stadium! Cosmo groans, and JoJo follows up with another chop! Cosmo’s already being lit up, and JoJo firmly grabs the wrist of Cosmo. He irish whips him across the ring with authority, and it’s so hard that Cosmo charges right into the turnbuckle CHEST FIRST! Cosmo falls back, holding at his chest as he’s brought to his ass. Cosmo rolls over, trying to get up. JoJo yanks Cosmo up and CHOPS him again! Cosmo falls to the ropes, his arms wrapped around the top rope as he wheezes out. JoJo snags the wrist of Cosmo for another irish whip! He swings a final chop, but Cosmo ducks under! He elbows JoJo! And again! JoJo wobbles from two hard elbows from Cosmo, and Cosmo gets overzealous and SWINGS THE C.R.E!

JoJo ducks and snags a hold of the waist! He looks to take Cosmo to Suplex City, but Cosmo wraps his foot around JoJo’s ankle. He uses this distraction to spin out and take JoJo’s waist, looking for a DDT - but JoJo holds onto his waist and rams him back first into the turnbuckles! Cosmo wheezes out in pain, and then JoJo places his hands under Cosmo’s arm and above his head, and BIEL TOSSES HIM ACROSS THE RING! Cosmo’s eyes bulge out as he stares around in shock, in complete disbelief of the fact that he was tossed across the ring. JoJo cracks his knuckles, approaching Cosmo. Cosmo grabs at the middle rope, struggling up to his feet. He throws a punch, but JoJo doesn’t budge. This time, he throws a left hook, and JoJo still doesn’t budge! JoJo shoves Cosmo off into the corner and starts unleashing hellacious punches! Cosmo covers up, but the power of JoJo is ridiculous. Cosmo falls to a seated position, and the referee comes over to enforce a break. When the referee gets to four, he forces JoJo away, while Cosmo is breathing heavily.

The referee tries to tend to Cosmo, but JoJo pushes the referee out of the way and approaches Cosmo.. And with the referee moved out of the way, Cosmo digs his thumb into the eye of JoJo! The bigger man yells out in pain, as Cosmo follows up with a chop block! JoJo falls to a knee, and Cosmo swings a ROUNDHOUSE KICK TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD! JoJo goes down! Cosmo falls into the first cover of this match!

ONE!

JOJO KICKS OUT!

Cosmo struggles up to his feet, staring at JoJo. JoJo rolls to the apron and Cosmo hops up and down, trying to get some momentum going. He bounces up and down, hitting off the ropes with authority! JoJo tries to get back in, but COSMO FLIES THROUGH THE AIR WITH A BIG TIME DROPKICK TO THE SIDE OF JOJO’S HEAD! THE IMPACT SENDS JOJO FLYING OFF THE APRON AND INTO THE BARRICADE!

Woo: That'll take out your ribs with a landing like that! 

Gomez: Either that or some of the front row. 

There’s a loud thud as JoJo’s body weight shakes the barricade, then falls head first on the ground. Cosmo gasps for air, quickly rolling out and grabbing JoJo in a front facelock. He muscles him up, grabbing him and throwing him into the ring! Cosmo leans on the apron, starting to wear down after all that energy exerted. He slides in, covering JoJo.

ONE!


KICK OUT!

Cosmo sits up, and he can’t believe it! All of that, and he STILL ends up with another kickout at one! JoJo starts to sit up, and Cosmo grabs his wrists, kicking him back down! Cosmo yells in JoJo’s face, and follows up with double wrist clutch stomps to the head! Cosmo stomps away, continuously slamming his boot down into the side of JoJo’s head! He drops the arms, covering him!

ONE!


T-


KICK OUT!

JoJo groans in pain, rolling over. He plants his hands on the mat, trying to force himself up.. And Cosmo kicks him square in the ribs! JoJo coughs out, and Cosmo forces him up, since he won’t stay down. Cosmo starts firing off elbows, and JoJo is close to falling. The elbows keep going, and Cosmo backs up to SPIN INTO THAT C.R.-- JOJO ROCKS HIM WITH A HEADBUTT! JoJo’s head connects with the jaw of Cosmo, and he shoves him to the ropes.. And JoJo scoops him up in the air, driving him right into the mat with a SPINEBUSTER! Cosmo holds his back, yelling out in pain. JoJo shakes his head, not done. He rises to his feet, dragging Cosmo up. He looks into his eyes, and fires ANOTHER headbutt! Cosmo falls to his knees, as this time it's a forehead-to-forehead collision. That doesn’t stop JoJo though, as he yanks him back up and grabs the waist, tossing him overhead with a belly to belly suplex!

Cosmo flies through the air, and eventually makes his way back down to the mat, as the ring slightly shakes. He lies there, barely moving as the pain is coursing through him. JoJo rolls over, making the cover whilst driving his forearm into the jaw of Cosmo.

ONE!


TWO!


KICK OUT!

Cosmo gets a shoulder up, but at what cost?! JoJo stares at Cosmo’s arm up in the air and firmly grabs hold of it. He pulls back, holding Cosmo up in a kneeling armbar. Cosmo yells out in pain, reaching for the ropes. Surprisingly, the crowd see that as a sign calling for that effort – and for perhaps the first time in his career, the fans are CLAPPING for Cosmo Goldworthy! It takes a second, but Cosmo is taking note of the overwhelming support, while JoJo Rush angrily eyes the crowd, trying to get them to calm down! Cosmo slowly starts to roll, as JoJo holds onto that arm! Cosmo drives a punch into JoJo’s side! He drives another! And the last punch is a KIDNEY PUNCH! JoJo releases Cosmo, as he holds at his sides in pain! Cosmo sees JoJo’s doubled over, and follows up with a toe kick to the jaw! JoJo bounces off the ropes, dazed.. AND COSMO NAILS HIM WITH THE C.R.E! CASH ROLLS EVERYTHING ELBOW! JoJo is down, but Cosmo forces him up by the hair again!

He looks around, letting out a war cry in the face of JoJo! Cosmo bounces off the ropes, and JoJo stumbles forward, trying to stop him from gaining any more momentum.. BUT COSMO LEAPS UP THROUGH THE AIR…

CASH COW! COSMO’S FEET DRIVES RIGHT INTO THE CHEST OF JOJO! JoJo gets slammed HARD to the mat, and nearly folds inside out from the impact, as Cosmo makes the cover!

ONE!


TWO!


KICK OUT!

JoJo kicks out, but progress is being made! Cosmo breathes heavily, as JoJo rolls over, dazed. He holds at his chest, and Cosmo starts SLAPPING himself, trying to keep himself in this! Cosmo reaches down to JoJo, slowly pulling him up.. But JoJo slaps his hands away and HOISTS HIM UP IN THE AIR! URANAGE SLAM! Right on the neck of Cosmo! Cosmo yells out in pain, holding at the back of his head! JoJo falls back, the ropes keeping him from hitting the ground. Cosmo rolls over, grabbing the ropes as he crawls to the turnbuckles.. And JoJo drives through with a CORNER SPEAR! Cosmo wheezes, and JoJo takes the wrist for an irish whip, but Cosmo reverses it! JoJo bounces back first into the turnbuckles, and the ropes shake. Cosmo points at JoJo, charging into a corner splash–

BUT JOJO CATCHES HIM WITH A FLAPJACK! AND COSMO GOES HEADFIRST INTO THE RING POST! HE TRIES TO HANG ONTO THE POST, BUT HE TUMBLES TO THE OUTSIDE ONTO HIS BACK!

Cosmo hits the ring floor hard, and he’s barely conscious upon impact. For a second, JoJo was shocked by his own power, as he hoisted Cosmo into the post – and then out the ring.. And while JoJo recuperates outside the ring, the referee takes a second to leave the ring to check on Cosmo, because he’s now busted open.. The cut across his forehead pours down, and Cosmo holds at his face, wheezing out in pain.

Woo: Bloody hell! 

Gomez: That blood is a hell for Cosmo Goldworthy and his beautiful face

JoJo grabs onto the ropes, and smirks at the display. A count-out win isn’t what he wants, but he wants to see something.. JoJo leans out the middle rope, yelling at the referee to get his ass back in here. “Let ‘em grit it out!” JoJo shouts from above. The referee is conflicted, but he rolls back in and begins the count!

ONE!


TWO!


THREE!


FOUR!


FIVE!


SIX!

Cosmo begins to stir, wiping blood out of his eyes..

SEVEN!

He rolls over, slowly crawling to the apron skirt. He grabs it with a tight grip..

EIGHT!

..And pulls himself up, staring deep into the bloodthirsty eyes of JoJo Rush. Cosmo leans on the apron, knowing that he could let go here..

NINE!

BUT HE SLIDES IN, BREAKING THE COUNT!

JoJo is impressed at Cosmo’s intestinal fortitude. But while the crowd is behind him, Cosmo is trying to get up to his feet.. JoJo snags a hold of Cosmo’s wrist and lifts him up in a fireman’s carry! JoJo marches around the ring, seeing the end in sight.. He swings Cosmo into the DEEP-SIX SHOOTER! SLAMMED COSMO RIGHT INTO THE CANVAS!

JoJo rolls Cosmo over and hooks the legs for the cover!


ONE!


TWO!


T–COSMO KICKS OUT!

The arena comes alive when Cosmo jolts his shoulder up, and everyone seems to be happy except for JoJo Rush! He angrily stares down at the bloodied Cosmo, forcing him up. He paintbrush slaps him, and Cosmo falls to his knees. JoJo forces him up, and slaps him again! Cosmo falls to his knees a second time, and JoJo forces Cosmo up for a third slap– but Cosmo throws a right haymaker! JoJo nearly falls from the powerful shot! Cosmo kicks the leg of JoJo! He kicks the other! AND HE SPINS INTO A BACKFIST! JoJo falls into the ropes, and Cosmo grabs onto JoJo, muscling him up– but JoJo drops back down, and hoists him up! Cosmo starts slipping free through, rolling over JoJo’s shoulder for a sunset flip!

Before a count can be made though, JoJo backrolls to his feet! Cosmo rolls back up to his feet as well, and JoJo looks for a big boot! But Cosmo sidesteps it! JoJo turns back to Cosmo – Cosmo handstands into a SCORPION KICK! JoJo bounces off the ropes, and Cosmo follows with a knee to the ribs! JoJo doubles over in pain, holding at his ribs, and Cosmo raises his leg overhead for an AXE KICK! JoJo gets planted into the mat, but somehow, he starts to kneel up. Cosmo runs his hands through his hair, hitting off the ropes! But JoJo shows some agility with his big frame and ROLLS UNDER Cosmo! Cosmo turns back in shock, and JOJO LAUNCHES HIM ACROSS THE RING WITH A BIG DROPKICK!

JoJo kips up to his feet, and he smirks, looking at the stunned Cosmo. Cosmo leans his head against the bottom turnbuckle, as JoJo shows that he can do what Cosmo does. JoJo marches over to Cosmo, and Cosmo forces himself up and starts throwing a barrage of punches and forearms! JoJo covers up, but Cosmo keeps going! JoJo shoves Cosmo off, and sends him flying with an European uppercut! Cosmo hits the back of the turnbuckles, and JoJo follows up with a barrage of European uppercuts in the corner! The referee warns Cosmo about the ropes, and JoJo yanks the wrist, pulling Cosmo out for the G90! But Cosmo floats over him! Cosmo takes the waist of JoJo, shoving him forward for an O’Connor Roll, but JoJo hangs on!

Cosmo backrolls to his feet, and turns back to JoJo! He charges in and JoJo sends him back with a side elbow. Cosmo falls to a knee, as JoJo looks around.. He adjusts his right elbow and raises the Too Sweet up! BIG IRON!

NO! COSMO DUCKS UNDER! JoJo turns back and Cosmo leaps into another Cash Cow! But JoJo has it scouted out and catches the legs! Cosmo tries to stop JoJo, and JoJo slingshots him forward into the ring post! But after the flapjack, Cosmo has the corner scouted out and blocks his impact by leaping up the middle rope! Cosmo leans forward though, an inch away from hitting the top of the steel post again.. But the hesitation hurts Cosmo, BECAUSE JOJO RUNS UP THE TOP ROPE AND GRABS THE WAIST OF COSMO!

GERMAN SUPLEX OFF THE TOP ROPE! AND AS BOTH MEN GO FLYING..

JOJO HOLDS ONTO COSMO’S WAIST!

Woo: What a counter! 

Gomez: Drove him to the canvas, but he's not done! 

JoJo slowly rolls over, as Cosmo is barely even conscious from the FIRST German suplex.. And JoJo tosses him with a SECOND GERMAN SUPLEX! He holds on, and Cosmo clutches at the back of his head.. JoJo rolls over, nodding his head.. AND HE COMPLETES SUPLEX CITY WITH A THIRD, THE BRIDGING GERMAN SUPLEX!

ONE!


TWO!


THR–COSMO RAISES A SHOULDER UP!

Once again, the arena shows some life as the HBO Broadcast Champion shows some life against the only double champion in EWC right now! JoJo rises to his feet and shoots daggers at the referee. Cosmo wheezes out in pain, trying to will himself back up. He rolls over, groaning. JoJo grabs a handful of Cosmo’s now bloodied hair and forces him up. JoJo looks around, and hits off the ropes! STORMBRING– COSMO BLOCKS IT WITH A BOOT TO THE HANDS! JoJo shakes his hands out in pain, and he turns back to Cosmo who JUMPS INTO A FLYING SWITCH KNEE!

JoJo bounces off the ropes, and Cosmo with a SPINNING BACK ROUNDHOUSE – JoJo ducks it! And as he ducks it, he grabs Cosmo by the legs and hoists him up in an electric chair! JoJo looks around, but Cosmo brings them both down with a VICTORY ROLL!

ONE!


TWO!


T–JOJO KICKS OUT!


But as he does, JoJo latches onto Cosmo’s waist and backrolls, deadlifting him off the canvas.. OVERHEAD GERMAN SUPLEX! COSMO LANDS IT! JoJo hears the mat shake and realizes Cosmo has landed it, and HITS OFF THE ROPES IMMEDIATELY! Cosmo sees JoJo coming and ducks under him before he can make an attack! Cosmo bounces off the ropes! COSMO ROTATES INTO THE READY TO DIE–

JOJO CATCHES HIM IN MID AIR WITH A FLYING BIG IRON! THE ELBOW CONNECTS FLUSH ON THE JAW OF COSMO! Cosmo gets turned inside out as he slams HARD on the mat, and JoJo scrambles into the cover!

ONE!


TWO!


THR–COSMO KICKS OUT!

Cosmo SOMEHOW is still going, and JoJo rolls over! He slaps the mat, SHOUTING at the kid to stay down! Cosmo waves a hand towards JoJo, grabbing at his ankle.. He starts dragging his body across the canvas to grab JoJo’s other ankle.. He forces himself up, gasping in air.. And JoJo grabs Cosmo by the head, jamming his head in his thighs! He takes the waist, hoisting him up high in the air.. HE HITS THE BANDERA BOMB WITH AUTHORITY! JoJo slams Cosmo so hard into the mat that Cosmo isn’t moving! JoJo stares down at Cosmo, and drops to his knees, making another cover.

ONE!


TWO!


THR–COSMO KICKS OUT AGAIN!

JoJo lets out a guttural yell of anger, as he’s grown increasingly agitated! Cosmo is bleeding buckets now, but he keeps kicking out! JoJo rises to his feet, looking around. Cosmo digs his elbows into the mat, trying his absolute hardest to get up.. JoJo backs up, yelling as he dares Cosmo to get up.. Cosmo slowly rises, and JOJO HITS OFF THE ROPES! STORMBRINGER— COSMO DUCKS UNDER! HE LEAPS INTO A GAMENGIRI!

The gamengiri connects flush on the back of JoJo’s head, and he falls to a knee! JoJo starts to force himself up, but Cosmo rolls to his feet and grabs JoJo by the hair, leaning his head down! He starts throwing HEAVY KAWADA KICKS TO THE FOREHEAD OF JOJO! JoJo is getting battered with each kick, and Cosmo releases him, taking the wrist and pulling him to his side! BACKDROP DRIVER!

Woo: That looked painful. 

Gomez: Probably a good reason for that: it was. 

JoJo gets spiked right onto his head, and Cosmo rises to his feet, beating his chest like a mad man! He looks around, and he nods, wanting to put this to rest. He pulls JoJo up, snaggilng onto the arms.. But JoJo swings free, grabbing the legs of Cosmo! Cosmo rolls to his back, trying to kick JoJo free! He does, but JoJo leaps RIGHT back onto his legs! He starts crossing them, and Cosmo is slapping at him!

It’s no use, as JoJo hoists him – and slams him right onto his knees with the SPURBREAKER! Cosmo shouts out in pain, and JoJo pulls back, as HE LOCKS IN THE HOUSE SPECIAL!

The standing inverted Texas Cloverleaf is locked in tight, as JoJo pulls hard on the legs and ankles of Cosmo! Cosmo reaches out, yelling out in pain! JoJo pulls back as tight as possible, and Cosmo is considering tapping out, as blood leaks all over the mat! Cosmo reaches to the bottom rope – and he’s starting to fade! But as he does, the crowd is trying to will him back into this!

"COSMO!"

"COSMO!"

"COSMO!"

JoJo pulls onto Cosmo’s legs with authority, as Cosmo is crying out in pain! But his EYES open! He’s still got some fight left! JoJo has continued to pull back on this hold, but Cosmo won’t let go! Cosmo pulls on the kneepad of JoJo! He plants his hands onto his mat, starting to use his upper body strength to crawl to the ropes! But JoJo takes note of this and starts to lift Cosmo back up onto the mat, swinging him–

BUT WITH THE SWING, COSMO ROLLS HIS BODY FORWARD AND PROPELS JOJO FACE FIRST INTO THE MIDDLE TURNBUCKLE! JoJo’s face eats the turnbuckle, and Cosmo rolls over, holding his knees in agonizing pain. He crawls to the ropes, pulling to the apron.. JoJo holds his jaw, starting to pull himself up – but is he aware of what’s awaiting on him!

Cosmo hesitates, the pain in his knees killing him, but he nods.. Cosmo stands on the apron, grabbing the top rope as he waits for JoJo.. AND HE FLIPS OVER THE TOP ROPE! AND HE NAILS JOJO WITH THE GOLD RUSH LARIAT!

BUT JOJO TURNS AND NAILS HIM WITH THE BULL-RUSH LARIAT AT THE SAME TIME!

BOTH MEN HIT EACH OTHER SO HARD THAT THEY’RE BOTH KNOCKED OUT COLD!

Woo: Both men down! First to their feet will have the advantage! 

Gomez: That's IF one of them can even get to their feet, this has been a fight! 

"THIS IS AWESOME!"

"THIS IS AWESOME!"

"THIS IS AWESOME!"

The crowd absolutely loses their shit as both JoJo and Cosmo are still knocked out cold! The referee checks both men, and clearly it was the last thing many expected to see coming! They both threw their best shot..

..And neither are moving as a result! BUT WAIT!

AN ARM GOES UP!

Cosmo slowly rolls over, strapping an arm over JoJo’s chest!

ONE!



TWO!



THREE!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winner, via pinfall COSMO GOLDWORTHY!

The crowd erupts, because Cosmo gets it done! Cosmo is hardly moving after the match ends, and blood continues to leak everywhere.. He rolls off of JoJo, staring at him in shock – because he just weathered the storm.. He took the Bull-Rush Lariat, he took JoJo’s best shots, and ultimately preserved to get up and beat the X-Division and International Champion!

Cosmo pushes up to a kneel, as the referee hands him his HBO Broadcast Championship. The title may have been non-title, but Cosmo hugs his championship with all his might. JoJo’s eyes finally open, as he slowly comes to terms with what just happened. Upon hearing Cosmo’s theme, he rolls over, knowing he didn’t get the job done. JoJo struggles to get to his feet as the referee obtains his two championships, but Cosmo waves him away.

JoJo sits in the corner, holding his head. Despite his feelings going into this match, he extends a hand out to JoJo. JoJo looks at Cosmo, hesitating for a second– but he takes it, and allows the young buck to pull him up. The two share words that can’t be picked up by the camera, but what can be picked up, is a “thank you” from Cosmo.

Cosmo embraces JoJo with a hug and while he isn’t fully registering what’s going on, he breaks from Cosmo and takes his wrist, raising it up high. Cosmo Goldworthy is far from a good guy, but the Romania crowd, and anyone else for that matter can’t take away what he just accomplished tonight.

Woo: Might I say, that was one hell of a matchup! Cosmo Goldworthy and JoJo Rush battled it out with their absolute all, and while JoJo may be on a hot streak right now, Cosmo showed what he’s capable of against Brawl’s very best!

Gomez: The entire Rampage roster needs to continue looking out for this kid, because he continues to go up! As for JoJo, you can’t take anything away from him! He has shown time and time again what he’s made of, and perhaps we could see this match end a different way if we saw these two enter JoJo’s wheelhouse, for maybe the X-Division Championship?!

Woo: It's a fair question, as we gear up for our main event in just a moment. The EWC Tag Team Championship is on the line as 3pac looks to regain their belts from the Heat Seekers in a two out of three falls match!

Gomez: Before we get to that, though, I'm hearing now that Alexander Umbra is backstage with some words for, well...

Valentina seems a little confused as we cut to ...

Finding ourselves in the back one more, we see Alexander Umbra walking through the busy back halls. Every person he passes, pauses for a moment and gives him odd looks... due to the fact that he seems to be talking to himself.

Umbra: Redd, I don't understand the things you were saying earlier. Will you please talk to me?

Just like how we ended the Umbra segment earlier, Redd is oddly silent.

Umbra: I need advice, man! In four days, I have to be in New Orleans to fight in Rampage's Death Match Tourney. Five days after that, I need to find my way up to New York and take on Sally Talfourd in a one-on-one match. And after tonight's utter shitshow of a match... I need help.

Silence.

Umbra: I need advice.

More silence.

Umbra: I need a friend.

There is silence from Redd, but something else chimes in.

Female Voice: I can be your friend, Benjamin.

The voice started with an echo behind it, like it was calling out from somewhere distant, but became clearer as it continued. Alexander stopped dead in his tracks and looks around.

Umbra: Wh-who said that?

No one is around Alexander and the terror in his eyes is real.

Female Voice: Do not fear me, Benjamin. I bring balance. I bring stability. I bring an end to the chaos that consumes you.

Redd: Ignore her! Don't listen!!! SHE LIES!!!

Redd tries to fight it, but it does not help. Alexander Umbra is already listening...but we do not have time to do much of our own, as we cut away.

The camera cuts backstage where we find Ace Heart.

Heart: Tonight it’s the rematch the world has been waiting for…ok, maybe not the world but those crazy fans of tag team wrestling. At Night of Champions we saw The Heat Packers make good on their claims of being the BEST tag team in the business when they beat my guest at this time, Deimos and ‘Little’ Danny…3pAC!!!

The camera pulls back to show the former tag team champions along with their managers Bunny Love.

Heart: Some say that Dan and Brodie, despite their claims as being the BEST tag team in the business, pulled the upset at Night of Champions when they took those championships off you…[/font]

Deimos: Listen, nobody but Dan and Brodie were ever calling The Heat Packers the BEST tag team in the business…

Danny: That would be like Deimos and I calling ourselves the sexiest tag team in the business…just because we say it doesn’t make it true just like Dan and Brodie saying they are the BEST tag team in the business doesn’t make it true…

Heart: Well, those EWC Tag Team Championships help make the case for them boys…

Deimos smirks at Ace’s comment…

Deimos: And why is that Ace?

Danny: Could it be because the reputation those tag team championships carry…

Deimos: For the past five or so years the EWC Tag Team Championships have been the pinnacle in this business…thanks to teams like NSFW, DSR Vol 2, The Southern Express, Rustin Roulette, The Bastard and US, the 3pAC…we have all taken the EWC Tag Team Championships to a higher standard…

Danny: That’s why we laughed when Dan and Brodie came out and thought we’d shit on their reign…

Deimos: They were CONVINCED we would take shots at them so I ask Ace, what’s that say about them and their own feelings about their reign as the EWC Tag Team Champions…

Deimos shrugs as he looks at Ace…

Danny: See we didn’t even have to say their reign isn’t up to the high standards we have all set because they even know it…

Deimos: Those past teams that I mentioned made those championships elite, held them on par with the other championship here in the EWC…took on the STARS of the EWC and yet, who have Dan and Brodie beat as tag team champions…

Danny: The Kruel Masters, who they pointed out they beat to become the #1 Contenders and Autumn Raven and Phoenix Winterborn, who they crapped all over and pointed out that neither of them have beaten anyone this season…

Deimos: Ace we didn’t need to point out that they have brought down the championships because they did that for us…

Bunny steps forward to address Ace Heart…

Love: It was an insult when they accused us of not letting the tag team division change or evolve…those championships were held to the highest standards in this company…we continued to face the best the EWC had to offer, CHAMPIONS…it wasn’t too long ago that the people that held those belts were named EWC Champions of the Year…that’s the standard that is set and now what, you two idiots want to bring the bar down, to make those championships less valued here in the EWC…where are the big names you’ve beaten…seriously I’ll wait…

Bunny pauses for a moment while she looks at Ace for an answer…

Love: Where are the Narumi’s and Aiya’s, the JoJo’s and Dozier’s… hell we’ve even beat The House’s next new hot tag team in New Money while you guys…you two are bragging about how many times you’ve beaten The Kruel Masters and Moonshine Inc…you aren’t breaking out and facing top superstars, no, you two are playing it safe and devaluing those belts that we helped to keep elite…

Deimos: It’s time to make things right once again…

Danny: You can act like we want to be The Dudley’s and hey…they were a dominant team but hey…you guys are chasing the ‘Ghosts’ of The Southern Express so, those in glasses houses right…

Deimos: We’ve seen what the tag team division will become under your reign and we can’t stomach it…you want to say that this match here tonight is the Main Event because of you two…serious question Ace, how many time have The Heat Packer’s Main Evented a show here in the EWC…

Ace looks at Deimos who is smiling but it’s Danny that pipes up…

Danny: NONE, not once…but they want to brag because what…they made a poster…good on you two…

Deimos: While ignoring the fact that WE have MVP’s four shows and been in the Main Event as a tag team…we are everything they want you to believe they are Ace but tonight we will expose them for the frauds THEY ARE…we might ‘borrow’ a thing from time to time but they have made a career of being a B-Version of our friends Bobby and Jimmy and tonight we show the EWC and the wrestling world that when it comes to tag team wrestling the 3pAC…are just the better team…

Danny: And we won’t even ‘Too Sweet’ it…oh yeah, I guess we aren’t the only ones that ‘borrow’ things are we boys…

Danny mocks them with the ‘Too Sweet’ hand gesture but flips it upside down and then just flips the bird to the camera as it fades into…

THE ROCKING REMATCH TO THE WORLD RENOWNED TAG TEAM BOUT THAT BROKE BOX OFFICE RECORDS!
BEST TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS
EWC WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

3pAC
VS Heat Packers (C)

We return to ringside.

Woo: Some heavy words there from 3pAC as they fire on all cylinders. Getting pumped for our main event!

Gomez: And that's coming right now!

Dobrev: The following match is a best two out of three falls bout for the EWC World Tag Team Championship. Joining us first, they are former EWC World Tag Team Champions and stand at a combined weight of 400 pounds. They are Deimos and ‘Little’ Danny... 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 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 and roll into the ring under the bottom rope.

Dobrev: And their opponents, from Memphis, Tennessee and standing at a combined weight of 446 pounds. Representing The House, they are "Dynamite" Dan Funk and "Beautiful" Brodie Dawson! The current reigning EWC World Tag Team Champions... THE HEAT PACKERS!

The familiar old school synth of 'Chase' by Giorgio Moroder hits and The Heat Packers come strutting out, holding up their index fingers and talking trash to the crowd. The spotlight dances on their EWC World Tag Team Championships, and then up to them as their give a little spin in their sparkly purple robes that say 'Main Event'.

The Heat Packers get to the ring and pose in the corner, Dan on the ropes and Brodie on the top rope, holding up their index fingers and talking more trash, asking the crowd "who's the best tag team on the planet?!"

Woo: Well boys, I think we are going to get the answer to that question here!

DING DING DING

With the ring of the bell, Heat Packers huddle in their corner while 3pAC huddle in their own with Bunny Love. After a few minutes, Dynamite Dan and Lil Danny step into the center of the ring our legal men. The two men look at each other while the Romanian crowd cheers louder and louder. Out of nowhere, Lil Danny lunges into Dynamite Dan Funk, bringing him face-first into the canvas with a Complete Shot! Lil Danny floats over and grabs on a waist-lock to drag Danny up to his feet. Lil Danny shoves Funk into the ropes and then pulls him backwards into an O'Conner Roll and pinning attempt. 

ONE!... KICKOUT BY DAN FUNK!

Following the kickout, Dan Funk grabs grabs his arm around Danny's throat and applies on a sleeper-hold while the two men are still grounded. Danny grabs at Funk's bicep but can't seem to break the hold! Danny in a last-ditch effort shoves himself further backwards into Dan Funk, causing himself to roll backwards into a cover on Funk. Funk drops the hold to kick out and both men get up to their feet. Dan Funk swings wildly to punch Lil Danny in the top of the head and knock him back off his feet. Dan Funk mounts Danny and begins to rain down punches. Deimos grabs the top-rope and vaults off the apron into the ring about two feet from Dan Funk, and then in a smooth transition he brings up his leg to superkick Dan Funk in the side of the face. 

Woo: This match starting off with a lot of similarities to the war these teams had back at Night Of Champions, which means this match is a powder keg about to explode. 

Gomez: You can say that again. 

Brodie Dawson is quick into the ring rushing at Deimos, but Deimos is a hair quicker to bring his boot up, his foot French kissing Brodie's mouth into a backflip off the superkick. Brodie Dawson lands hard on his stomach, but he bounces off back to his feet. Deimos goes for another superkick, but Brodie catches this one by the ankle, before flinging Deimos' leg wildly to the left. The thrown leg kicks Lil Danny in his ass as he tries to stand and before Deimos can apologize, Brodie jumps off his feet to smash those feet into the back of Deimos' head with a dropkick. The impact off the dropkick sends Deimos' stumble forward through the middle and top ropes outside to his feet. Dynamite Dan rubs his ear that has began to cauliflower, before dragging Danny up by his face and giving him a playful boot to the ass towards his corner to tag out to Deimos. 3pAC makes the tag.  

Woo: That superkick to Dan Funk's ear was personal, and now he's ready to give Deimos his receipt.

Gomez: This is nothing more than a pissing contest, but in the opening bit of a bout, it's an important one. 

Dan Funk raises his arms up, looking for the shoulder/collar tie-up. Deimos obliges, but quickly pulls Dan Funk forward into a drop-toehold. Dan lands face first, giving the canvas a little kiss on the way down. Lil Danny jumps back into the ring and rushes in to give a punt-kick into Dan Funk's other ear. Dan Funk jumps up to his feet and begins to curse at 3pAC, but a double-superkick sends him off his feet backwards towards his corner. Dan turns around and crawls the rest of the way and tags out to Brodie Dawson.

Dawson jumps into the ring and gives his neck a little crack, and he pops his knuckles. Then he heads towards the center of the ring while Lil Danny exits. Brodie throws a chop into Deimos' chest when Deimos approaches, and Deimos throws back a chop of his own. Brodie chop, Deimos chop, Brodie chop, Deimos chop. That last shot echoed like a gosh darn gunshot and Brodie Dawson stumbles back in pain. Deimos advances, chop, chop, chop. Deimos goes for another chop, but Brodie raises his fist for the punch and Deimos immeditally sets his guard. Brodie transitions from the feint punch into a snap DDT that lands Deimos right on the top of his head.

Dawson grabs Deimos' head by both hands before dragging him to his feet and hitting chop, after chop, after chop, after chop, after chop into Deimos chest, backing him into the neutral corner. Brodie Dawson goes for another chop, but Deimos lunges into Brodie and spins the two to swap places, before throwing himself to the canvas as Lil Danny flings into Brodie with a stinger splash! Deimos gets up to his feet and he gives a big AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH scream before rushing to do his own splash. But Brodie Dawson catches Deimos' splash up into a flapjack, sending Deimos over the top turnbuckle crashing to the padded concrete with a belly-flop. Lil Danny drags Brodie out of the corner by his face and into a DDT, but it's pointless as he's not the legal man and is forced to exit. On the outside Dan Funk drags Deimos up and rolls him into the ring just as Brodie stands and shakes off the DDT. Brodie makes his way over to Deimos, but Deimos grabs Brodie's legs into a double leg-takedown before jumping to his feet and then off his feet into an elbow drop, smashing his elbow right into Brodie's mouth. Deimos gives summersault roll thing after the elbow drop and makes the tag-out to Lil Danny, before rolling out of the ring to the apron to catch his breath. 

Woo: I'd say at this point in the match, both teams are on even footing and nothing is really giving way just yet. But when the flood gates fail, it's going to be bad for whoever that happens to. 

Gomez: I definitely feel as if the first and second fall might come quickly in this one. 

Brodie Dawson gets to his feet, dazed from the elbow and spitting up blood from a busted lip. Lil Danny rushes him and hits him with a clothesline. Brodie hits the canvas and pops back up to his feet to get taken out by another clothesline. Brodie bounces back up and this time Lil Danny pulls him down into a DDT with a cover. 

ONE!



T... BROKEN UP BY DAN FUNK!

Dan Funk drags Lil Danny up with a fishhook to the mouth before slamming his bicep into Danny's face with a European Uppercut. Lil Danny fires back his own Euro-Cut. Dan Funk slaps Lil Danny in the face. Lil Danny chops Dan in the chest. Dan spits on his hand and rubs his two hands together to really get some mustard on this next one. Dan Funk swings wildly with the chop, but drops it halfway to just gouge at Lil Danny's eyes. Dan Funk is quick to break it up as the ref begins to count him towards DQ. Dan Funk quickly exits the ring to avoid that. Lil Danny stumbles, trying to regain his composure. Brodie Dawson stomps on Lil Danny's toes and then drags him via headlock into his corner. Brodie tags out to Dan Funk, who jumps into the ring. Dan and Brodie pull Lil Danny to the center and then drop him with a double DDT. Brodie rolls out of the ring and begins to pound on the apron to fire up Dan Funk. 

Dan Funk drags Lil Danny up into a headlock, but Lil Danny stomps down on Dan's toes and throws his everything into a chop right into Dan Funk's throat. Dan gasps for air as he backs up into the neutral corner. Lil Danny rushes in and jumps into another Stinger Splash. From behind him, Deimos rushes in and this time he lands his Stinger Splash. Deimos backs away from Dan Funk and drops down to his hands and knees. Lil Danny rushes in and jumps off Deimos' back, throwing himself into Dan Funk with a Poetry 'n' Motion! Dan Funk is able to catch Lil Danny through!! Dan Funk spins Lil Danny around up and down into a powerbomb on Deimos' back! Dan keeps the powerbomb hold and clinches his core as tight as possible to drag Lil Danny back up, but his grip fails and Lil Danny is able to swing Dan Funk off his feet with a hurricanrana!

Woo: What a series of reversals from these two teams who know each other so well!

Gomez: I could watch these teams fight forever as cliche as that sounds. 

Deimos crawls over to Dan Funk and pulls himself up while grabbing Dan's ankles. Deimos yeets Dan Funk towards him with a slingshot, right into Lil Danny's waiting arms as Lil Danny spikes Dan Funk down into a brainbuster! Lil Danny makes the cover but Brodie Dawson is there immeditally to break it up by stomping down on Lil Danny's head. Deimos shoves Brodie away from Lil Danny and they begin to swing wild on each other with haymakers and chops and slaps! Deimos shoves Brodie off him and calls for a time-out. Brodie is confused but doesn't give chase as Deimos makes his way to his corner. Deimos yells down at Bunny, who throws the two crowbars up into the ring. Deimos throws one over at Brodie and the crowd gives a giant pop.

Brodie and Deimos charge each other, bringing their crowbars up and smashing them into the other. They begin to have a duel with the crowbars while the crowd goes nuts! Cling, ping, clunk, thud, the noises of the crowbars smashing into each other with metal on metal echo throughout the venue. The ref has enough and gets in between the two men, shoving them away from each other. Brodie and Deimos catch their breath, then shove the ref out of the way and smash the crowbar into each other's head! Both men fall to the canvas unconscious and our ref Toyo Yasahiro calls for the bell!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And the result of the first fall... I'm being told is a double disqualification!

The crowd boos Toyo, but he pays them no mind and just shakes his finger before kicking the crowbars out of the ring. Dan Funk and Lil Danny drag their respective partners to their corners. Toyo announces Dan and Danny are the legal men and signals the bell.

DING DING DING

Dan Funk and Lil Danny finish checking up on their now bleeding idiot tag team partners. Both seem both annoyed and worried and also secretly think "holy shit I wish I had got to have a crowbar lightsaber fight", but alas the fight must continue. They turn to face each other.

Woo: Thanks to that disqualification, both teams are up a point. Or I guess you could say down a point, as the next fall wins this match. 

Gomez: Unless they do another lightsaber fight and get another DQ.

Woo: At that point, I think Toyo would beat these two teams to death with his bare fists. 

Dan Funk and Lil Danny step into the center of the ring, Dan gives a chop into Danny. Danny claps both his hands into Funk's ears. Funk stumbles backwards and cusses as his cauliflower ears begin to ring. Lil Danny jumps off his feet, bringing his right boot up into Dan Funk's left ear with an enziguri! The kick and loss of balance send Dan Funk off his feet and Lil Danny is quick to cover. 

ONE!



TWO... KICKOUT BY DAN FUNK!

Lil Danny drags Dan Funk up by his ears and shoves him into the ropes, on the wobbly rebound Danny smashes Dan Funk in-half with a spear out of nowhere! And a cover!

ONE!



TWO!!



T... KICKOUT BY DAN FUNK!

Woo: The count is getting dangerously close to a three count, but keep in mind. These two teams are masters, they know you have that full three count. If you need an extra second to recover, you can take it. 

Gomez: An underrated ideology in modern wrestling. You can take as much of that three count as you need to catch your breath. 

Danny pulls Dan Funk up again, but this time Dan Funk hits his own double-leg takedown before grabbing Danny's ankles and slingshotting him backwards face first into the top-turnbuckle. Danny stumbles out and Dan Funk grabs on a roll-up!

ONE!



TWO!!



TH... KICKOUT BY LIL DANNY!

Woo: I bit hard on that nearfall. I thought it was over!

Gomez: Danny's just using his three count. 

Dan Funk turns and is shocked to see in his corner, Brodie Dawson is standing on the top corner with both hands out. Dan Funk drags Lil Danny closer to the corner and then Brodie Dawson leaps into the ring. It's the most beautiful 450 Splash you'll ever seen, it's truly a masterpiece. Brodie looks like he's walking on air as he crashes down into... the canvas because Lil Danny moves! Dan Funk rushes Lil Danny, but Lil Danny flapjacks him up and down into Deimos awaiting with a cutter! THE pAC DROP! Lil Danny covers!

ONE!



TWO!!!



THREE!!... KICKOUT AT 2.99999999 BY DAN FUNK!

Woo: OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL!

Gomez: DAN FUNK HAS JUST KICKED OUT OF THE pAC DROP I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER!

HOLY SHIT. HOLY SHIT. HOLY SHIT!

Lil Danny drags up Dan Funk and gives him an Irish-whip into the ropes, but after a few feet Dan Funk loses his footing and lands in a heap. Lil Danny stomps on Dan's back and drags him up, shoving him into the ropes, this time completing the whip and getting Dan to rebound into him. As Lil Danny lifts Dan for the flapjack, Dan Funk shifts his weight into a diving cross-body! Deimos steps in to break it up, but Brodie Dawson jumps up onto the middle rope before springboarding out into a flying roundhouse kick, A Disaster Kick! The kick stumbles Deimos back and he drops to his knees. Brodie drags Deimos up into a powerbomb, but drops it early into a kneeling piledriver. A fucking Ganzo Bomb! Brodie Dawson rushes to the corner and scales up it. Brodie says a prayer before front-flipping off the top turnbuckle into a 450 LEG DROP RIGHT ON LIL DANNY'S HEAD! Brodie Dawson grabs his ass and lower back yelling in pain while Dan Funk makes a deadweight cover.  

ONE!



TWO!!



THREE!!!

DING DING DING

Dobrev: And your winners, via pinfall... AND STILL EWC WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS... THE HEAT PACKERS!

Brodie Dawson is still yelling out in pain from the supreme aftershock to his tailbone and doesn't realize his team has won until he's handed his World Championship. Brodie gently sets the title on the canvas, limps over to Dan and helps his partner up into a big bear hug! The two embrace and have both titles handed to them as they hold them up high. Bunny Love checks on Deimos and Lil Danny while holding an icepack against both of their necks. Heat Packers make their way over to 3pAC and extend hands, and 3pAC return in kind and the four men give handshakes and respect to the EWC World Tag Team Championship.  

Woo: Now that is good wholesome content. You love to see it. These teams just went to war for those straps. 

Gomez: When you go so hard against an opponent, and exhaust all your moves, you grow a bond. 

Woo: And speaking of moves, it looks like Heat Packers have found themselves a new Super Finisher with that 450 leg drop. Never seen anything like that!

Gomez: Neither have I, you never know what tricks these guys have up their sleeves. And I am sure 3pAC have a few we've yet to see. I expect these two to run it back again in 2024!

Woo: Agreed there, Valentina! Folks, this has been a thrill ride of a night! Coming out of Romania, you can't help but wonder what it all means for the EWC as we start the home stretch before WrestleFest XXI! It all starts this Friday with RAMPAGE #520 followed by the beginning of our Season Finales with PARAMOUNT #38 and beyond, when we see how our big four-day extravaganza comes together! Until then, for Valentina Gomez I'm Marcus Woo saying good night and thank you for joining us for YOUNGBLOOD V!

3pAC take their leave from the ring, allowing the champions to continue celebrating the big win as YOUNGBLOOD V comes to a close ...

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SEGMENT WRITERS

Alexander Umbra x2
3pAC
Grizzly Duggan

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MATCH WRITERS

MATCH ONE
WRITER: Alexander Umbra

MATCH TWO
WRITER: Dominic Sanders

MATCH THREE
WRITER: FN'R

MATCH FOUR
WRITER: Cosmo Goldworthy

MATCH FIVE | MAIN EVENT
WRITER: FN'R


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RECAP OF WINNERS

FATAL FOUR WAY TABLE MATCH, NO DQ
Alexander Umbra
VS Bruce Booth (NS)
VS Jack Hart
VS Sally Talfourd
WINNER(S): Sally Talfourd Puts Bruce Booth Through Table
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LADDER MATCH, WINNER GETS BROADCAST TITLE SHOT
*If Chris Page Wins, Instead He'll Be Gifted A Check*
Emmanuelle
VS Marquis Hathaway
VS Sakura Yamamaoto (NS)
VS Chris Page (C)
WINNER(S): Chris Page

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TORNADO TAG TEAM MATCH, NO DQ
Shinijoshi (Emi Okita & SONYA)
VS Young Justice
WINNER(S): Shinijoshi

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Singles Match, Non-Title
Cosmo Goldworthy (C)
VS JoJo Rush (C)
WINNER(S): Cosmo Goldworthy

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BEST TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS FOR THE EWC WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
3pAC
VS Heat Packers (C)
WINNER(S): AND STILL CHAMPSIONS - Heat Packers

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MVP OF THE NIGHT: Cosmo Goldworthy & JoJo Rush
MATCH OF THE NIGHT: Cosmo Goldworthy Vs JoJo Rush

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