No hype, no pyro, just Kellen Jeffries seated in the center of the ring with Spencer Klein stood behind him. A single spotlight shines down from the rafters highlighting them both and nothing else. Slowly and methodically, Kellen raises a mic to his lips.
Kellen: Why, why, why? Why would I lower myself as to shoot a flame into the eyes of Aaron Harrison, shelving him from Reawakening Day at the very moment those around him needed him most? What a ridiculous question, as surely there could be no greater retribution for what Aaron took away from me. A year ago almost to the day, in this ring, Aaron Harrison and his friends almost beat me to death and set fire to me. The damage they did took six months to recover from physically, but a year to rebound from psychologically.
He pauses for a moment, obviously troubled.
Kellen: The surgeons scalpels, they could repair the scars on my body no problem, but the thoughts in my head, the scars on my mind; they were not so easily fixed. Therapists couldn’t help me, friends and family couldn’t help me, and I admit I was beginning to lose hope I could ever recover, but then I came across a man who gave me the means, the strength to come back. Spencer Klein
Boos rumble throughout the arena at the mere mention of his name
Kellen: Spencer entered my life and put things in focus, he made everything so much clearer. He outlined a strategy for me to follow, one that would get me through the trauma that I was put through by the Blacklist. He showed me that there was only one way I could ever truly become the ‘Man God’ again, and that was by giving the Blacklist a receipt, payback for what they did to me. He was right…smelling Harrison’s burning flesh, making sure he was unable to help his precious Mika, it has done what no therapy session could achieve.
He passes the mic to Klein who places a hand on Kellen’s shoulder.
Spencer: Montgomery, Kozlov, and you too Harrison, you almost crippled my belief in the Blacklist and in what the group was supposed to represent. But now, I see that the problem isn’t with the Blacklist, it never was, it’s with those that Broderick Chase chose to carry the Blacklist mantra. So I’m not just stripping Harrison and Montgomery of Mika, oh no, I am also taking the name of the group as well, a name they do not deserve and one they have repeatedly failed to live up to. The Blacklist is now MY property, and I will bestow the group name, and everything it stands for to those that rightfully earn it
The arena is filled with boos again
Spencer: I am proud to announce that Kellen Jeffries is the first to join the NEW Blacklist, and there will be others who soon rally to my cause, others that will come to me looking for solace, to recover from the scars that the world has inflicted on them. I will give guidance to those that desperately need to rebuild their fractured lives. And Montgomery and Harrison, you will be the outlet for these lost souls, a target for their aggravations and hostilities. You will both make PERFECT targets for the NEW Blacklist. And you will be far more susceptible to their punishment now that Mika isn’t there to protect you.
The place erupts as Taylor Chase of all people, the sister of Mika Kozlov, sprints down the ramp and slides into the ring, causing Klein and Jeffries to quickly bail. The lights come up, as Jeffries tries to get back in, Spencer not letting him. Taylor picks up the mic, and waits for the noise to die down before speaking
Taylor: Aaron and Lukas are not here yet Klein, but I am, and I am going to do EVERYTHING in my power to make those responsible for what happened to my sister, PAY.
Spencer scoffs at the idea.
Taylor: YOU Spencer, threw my sister into the trunk of that limo driven by Aiken and Jaina, YOU are just as responsible for what’s happened to her as the Frost family is. So don’t think you’re getting off Scott-free, I’ve seen enough of that bullshit already. You and Kellen both are going to get your….
Spencer might be obliged to let Kellen lose if Tina Valentine’s music wasn’t piping through the PA system, Taylor spinning around, her furious eyes glaring at Tina who stands at the top of the stage with her Queen of the Ring title around her waist.
Tina: Whoa…whoa…WHOA! Hold up, Tay-Tay, don’t be a hater. I am the FIRST EVER Queen of the Ring champion….THE FIRST EVER Queen of the Ring Champion…let me repeat that one last time in case those in the nosebleed section didn’t hear…the FIRST EVER Queen of the Ring Champion…and Queens don’t take a backseat to no one and nothing. You have no time to be worrying about your pooooor lil sister, wwwwwaaah, because you need to be concentrating on me, the woman who is about to SLAY the TAY!
Taylor: That right?
Tina: Damn right it is. And the celebration in Harlem after I’ve kicked your ugly face in is going to be off the HIIIIIZZZZY!
Taylor nods her head
Taylor: OK Tina, I hadn’t forgotten you, but if you want to have your skull caved in that badly then I’m not going to make you wait. I’m going to beat you all the way back to streets Duchess…and that’s…
The crowd beats her to the punch, chanting the very words Taylor hesitates to speak.
Taylor: A TRUE STORY.
The NewAge theme music plays as various shots of the IWC superstars appears then disappear on the screen. We see Taylor Chase hitting the TKO on Katelyn Buehler, followed by an image of Orlando Cruze’s crucifixion. We see Hurse hitting More than meets the Eye on Danny Darko, as Abigail Lindsay battles with Ba’al. Aerik Walker power bombs William Mason through a table as Paul Garett looks on, Katelyn delivering the KTFO on Taylor, and then the various factions appear on screen one by one, until finally Ba’al appears again, the SIN World Championship on his shoulder, the rest of the Sinistry smiling behind him
We come back to the show and see Tina Valentine handing over the Queen of the Ring strap to Alex Ingelson, as Taylor stretches in the corner.
Mayne: ladies and Gentlemen welcome to SIN’s NewAge, and we are kick starting early here as Taylor Chase, the former champion will face the current and New Queen of the Ring Tina Valentine, who has promised Chase the match of her life. And it is my opinion that we may be just about to witness the end of Taylor Chase-Cruze…true story. Oh, and erm yeah, still no sigh of my CO-commentator Suzanne Moore after she was taken by that lizard thingy, Kalinda, at Reawakening Day. So that means more Mayne for everyone!
TAYLOR CHASE-CRUZE VERSUS TINA VALENTINE
Both ladies circled each other to begin with, both of them respecting the others abilities and not wanting to make a mistake. Tina was the first to attack, driving her knee into the stomach of Taylor and winding her, setting her up for a knee lift which Taylor evaded, taking Tina to the mat with a clothesline. Taylor then worked over Tina, using her experience to grind Valentine down with a succession of face locks and arm bars, Tina getting more and more frustrated as the match went on. Taylor then when for a Irish Whip into the ropes, looking for a TKO, but Tina grabbed the ropes and slid out of the ring, Taylor following her to the outside. Tina then got back in the ring, slamming her foot down hard on Taylor’s head as she reentered, and then driving her knee down into the back of Taylors. Tina then proceeded to work over that knee, hooking in a leg lock and twisting the knee into an unnatural position. Tina begged Taylor to quit, but of course she wouldn’t, bringing her body onto her back, and then ramming her foot into Tina’s face. Tina rocked backwards and again Taylor signaled for the TKO, but again Tina evaded her by getting out of the ring, this time however Taylor catching her and ramming her head into the steel barricades. Back in the ring, the pair then traded moves, Valentine hitting a DDT which got her a near fall, but then Taylor rebounded, a Missile Drop Kick, followed by a big boot when rebounding off the ropes only failing because Tina put a boot on the bottom rope
When Taylor shot Tina off into the ropes once more and went for another big boot, Tina had it scouted, catching Chase’s leg and nailing a dragon screw leg whip. She then went back to the knee, working it over with the use of the turnbuckle, her arms and even whipping her into the steel steps at ringside, which Tay’s knees bounced off of. She returned her to the ring, put on a figure four and just as it seemed Chase was all but done she managed to drag herself into the ropes, grabbing hold of them.
Mayne: Tina just not able to get the job done thus far. She’s worked over that knee in her attempt to “SLAY the TAY,” Sinistry help me if that’s trending right now. But Taylor keeps fighting through this.
Tina grows frustrated by Chase’s defiance, prompting Valentine to exit the ring, grab her coveted Queen of the Ring Championship and put it to use. She slides into the ring and rushes right at Tay with the belt only to be caught with a school girl. Tay on the cusp of victory
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Tay did not sneak her way in through the backdoor, nuh’ uh, Tina kicks out and sends Chase spiraling away from her. But in the process of standing up, Chase has snatched hold of the Queen of the Ring Title and looks to use it to relieve some of her own stresses. She rushes straight at Tina only to have the belt grabbed by Ingelson, the ref tearing it out of Chase’s hands. Tay turns to argue with the ref, but in the process of putting her back to Valentine, Tina leaps in and nails her with the lungblower. Tay drops to her back and Tina crawls into the cover.
Ingelson tosses the belt then his body down to the canvas.
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Taylor ain’t havin’ none of that, she gets her shoulder off the ring and deprives the Queen a royal victory. Valentine drags Tay up and runs into the ropes, ricocheting off and going for the Harlem Crusher only to have Chase counter the Code-Breaker into a sit-out powerbomb, wedging her shoulders to the back of Tina’s knees for a pin.
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Tina says ‘nope,’ getting her shoulder up and rolling back onto her feet. She immediately grabs Tay’s legs and swings around them, applying another figure four.
The crowd is screeching at the top of their lungs, Tay raising her hand in anticipation of tapping out. The pain too severe. Everyone watches as Chase scoots across the canvas, nearing the ropes but falling short of them, raising her hand and dropping it to the canvas…Only to stop herself just shy of tapping out. Finally with one last lunge she extends her hands and grabs the bottom rope, forcing the submission to be broken.
A furious Valentine drags Tay back to the center of the ring by her ankle and goes for another figure four.
However, Chase wedges her foot to Tina’s bum and shoves her off, sending her charging into the ropes. Tina bounces off and comes back in at Chase who leaps to her feet then into the air for a TKO only to have Valentine drop into a baseball slide under the leg and under the ropes. She then approaches her belt, grabbing it off the mats and preparing to put it to use once again. She slides into the ring behind Taylor, but before she can get her Queen of the Ring Championship through the ropes she finds it snagged on something. Tina turns and finds the other end of the belt being held in Cassidy Cage’s palms.
Mayne: Hey! Why can’t this lesbo-bitch just stop stalking Tina?
The woman, Cage, who had the Queen of the Ring Title won at Reawakening Day only to have Valentine sneak in and lay her out with a hammerlock DDT on her arm, finally DOES get her hands on the belt, just in time to rip it out of Tina’s clutches. A furious Valentine spits at Cage who responds by holding the title high above her head. This causes Tina to lower her guard just long enough to turn and find herself subjected to the TKO by Chase. Taylor’s knee smashes Valentine in the jaw and then leaves her susceptible to the pin.
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The crowd blows their wads after a grueling opening match that saw Tay the victor after one of the toughest encounters of her career. In spite of her loss, Tina made a HUGE statement tonight, taking the former World Champion and current number one contender to her limit.
Tina: You God damned skank!
Valentine does not lash out at the woman who pinned her, but the woman who set her up to take the TKO. Once she’s regained consciousness, Valentine is staggering up the ramp and throwing punches into Cage’s face. Both ladies fighting back and forth as they brawl towards the backstage area.
After a grueling battle Tay comes up smelling like roses, rising to her knees to embrace this incredibly hard fought victory. However, she soon finds her achievement marred by the arrival of two of Sinistry’s newest allies, two ladies who have a connection with the man, Aiken Frost, who had Tay’s sister abducted.
Mayne: What a match, what an opening to NewAge. And…uh oh
The crowd goes silent as first Red Rayne with glowing white eyes, and then Silk with glowing black eyes, come out and occupy both sides of the ring. Taylor gets to her feet, and lifts her fists, preparing to fight off the inevitable onslaught as Aiken Frost steps out from the back.
Aiken: Oh my dear Taylor, we are not out here to fight, at least not on this occasion. No, I am afraid that I am here to once again set the record straight, for you continue to misrepresent the entire relationship between your ‘sestra’ and I. I thought in our meeting earlier this week that we had moved past such miscues, but it seems I must reinforce to you and the world that Mika isn’t a captive that needs to be rescued, far from it. Mika in fact volunteered to take your place in the ranks of the Sinistry.
Mayne: And there is a true story for Taylor
Taylor in the ring shakes her head, deeply troubled by this news
Aiken: Mika volunteered those services because she wants family, she yearns to be accepted. Acceptance that you never showed her. Acceptance you denied to her. Acceptance you tormented her with. You never loved her, you never valued her, you never respected her, and you always harbored a deep seated resentment for the poor beautiful Russian, so it should come as no surprise to you, that she would come to me, that she would come to the Sinistry.
Taylor: Shut up, Aiken…SHUT UP!
Aiken: You still have trouble accepting this? Well, allow Mika to tell you herself. I will allow you the opportunity to meet with Mika once more, this time without the use of chloroform and 2 way mirrors so that she shall prove her dedication to the Sinistry, and show you how my acceptance and love has transformed her. However, there is one provision. If you wish to speak to Mika, you must meet her alone.
Aiken smiles, and then turns around walking to the back as Taylor looks on. Silk and Red Rayne follow their leader, pausing at the end of the ramp to give Taylor another chilling stare.
Mayne: Is there no limit to the generosity of the Sinistry?
An intense Aaron Harrison and Lukas Montgomery storm through the double doors and into the Manhattan Center, intense expressions filling their faces.
Mayne: The final remnants of the fallen Blacklist at long last arriving here, but these two had better not be here to stand in the way of their partner Mika’s enlightenment.
Taylor is shown stepping through the curtains and into the gorilla position, totally fired up by what has just occurred. Silas Mason, Brittany Lohan, Lenore-Price Mason, Angelica Jones and Sienna Swann walk up to her, Silas looking increasingly perturbed.
Silas: What ya up to, heading to the ring without Silas World ‘aving ya back?
Taylor: I don’t NEED your help to deal with Spencer…
Silas: I would never discredit ya abilities to take care a business on ya own, and that fancy new knee brace I bought ya for Reawakening Day wud help, but Kellen and Spencer are unpredictable, and so are the Sinistry. You will NEVER walk into another fight with such unpredictable forces again without backup…so we WILL be accompanying you to see Mika tonight. I ain’t bout to find ya laid out all drugged up again.
Clearly Silas is referring to an incident that occurred earlier in the week, where Taylor was drugged and forced to meet Mika. It was Silas who discovered Chase’s unconscious body after this whole abduction and meeting played out.
Taylor: No, Aiken’s instructions were clear, either I meet her one on one or else there is no meeting
Silas: Are ya delusional, Baby Doll ya walking into a trap? Do ya want to be abducted again?
Taylor: That is a risk I am going to have to take if I want the opportunity to reason with Mika.
Silas: She’s lost to ya, I thought ya accepted that.
Taylor: I’m not just going to give up on her, Silas, not if there’s even the slightest glimmer of hope. I’m going to do what I should have and fight for her like she’s fought for me. I have to stop this before she’s too far gone.
Taylor walks straight past Silas and down the corridor, Silas shaking his head and Sienna speaking up.
Sienna: How can you put up with all this disrespect from these delusional Barbie Dolls?
Silas: You just calm down Baby Face, Baby Doll may disobey me, but I ain’t about to let her go and get herself drugged and beat-down by the Sinistry, I’ve invested way too much time in her…So Baby Red…
Angelica: Yep?
Silas: Keep those dragon eyes of yer’s on Baby Doll.
Angelica: Gotcha.
The legend doesn’t mind playing the part of Emilio Estevez or Richard Dreyfus in Stakeout, eagerly following Taylor at a distance.
Silas: Now that Baby Doll’s got some protection, it’s time for the rest of us to do some protectin’ of our own. Let’s go find McBride.
Brittany: Much as that is important, I have some important business of my own to deal with. Could I be excused, just for a short while?
Silas takes a deep breath, annoyed
Silas: Just make it snappy Baby Blue…
Brittany: Thank you Silas
Brittany walks away, the camera facing her as she steps down the corridor looking to be on a mission.
Samantha Hodgson is standing in the ring with microphone in hand. She doesn’t pause and gets on with what she has to say
Samantha: I am here to handle the introductions for one of the most underappreciated and undervalued members of the entire SIN roster. I am humbled and honored to introduce to the world the woman who had her coming out match at Reawakening Day, a match that shook the landscape of SIN to its very core, because after my client defeated the “best wrestler on the planet,” there is no denying that the Phoenix deserves titles and main event exposure. And might I just add that my client defeated Skyy without the NEED for help from that holier-than-thou Jackson Adams. Anyway, the time has now come for everyone to be uplifted the same way I have been, by the flaming wings of the phoenix, the beautiful, majestic and benevolent, Marie Jones.
Mayne: That was quite an introduction
Marie makes her entrance; the loudest boos of the night spat from the crowd. A spotlight highlights the Red Headed Royalty, as she walks down the ramp, Samantha sitting on the middle rope so that Marie can enter the ring.
Mayne: There is no doubt Marie made quite an impact at the PPV, and this No Disqualification match is full of hatred due to the fact they have been at each other’s throats ever since Orlando Cruze was rightfully crucified. Marie and Aerik attacked Amanda backstage and stopped Blayze from trying to help, and it only took till the next RIOT for Blayze to get some semblance of revenge. All of these attacks come to a head right here, right now.
Amanda’s entrance theme blares through the speakers and it doesn’t take long for the MMA brawler to come looking for some retribution. Blayze steps through the curtain to a huge response, the crowd cheering at their loudest. Blayze walks down the ramp, high fiving a few of the crowd, but her eyes never leaving Marie
AMANDA BLAYZE VERSUS MARIE JONES
NO DISQUALIFICATION
The moment Amanda slides into the ring, Marie pounces upon her, jumping onto her back with forearms ramming into her spine. She then drags Amanda to her feet and goes for a step up Enziguri, only for Amanda to catch the leg and take her down into an ankle lock. Marie screams in agony, but reaches the ropes, Amanda releasing the hold but as Marie gets to her feet, delivering a Spear which takes her through the ropes and to the outside. On the outside Marie has her head slammed into the steep steps, as she then reaches under the ring for a 2×4. Before she can swing it though Marie kicks her in the gut, then drives her head forwards and into the wood. Marie then grabs a chair from around the announce table and slams it down onto Amanda’s back. Marie then runs in, but Amanda Drop kicks the chair into Marie’s face, before forcing her backwards, her spine colliding with the steel ring post. Both ladies continue to make use of the no disqualification stipulation, as Amanda slides a table into the ring, and sets it up in the corner. She then goes for an Irish Whip but Marie reverses it, and turns it into a belly to belly suplex straight through the table. Amanda ends up outside the ring once again, Marie batting her around the ringside area before Amana battles back and manages to hit three rolling suplexes onto the mats. She then drives Marie’s head next to the steel barricade, Blayze brings a chair down on her skull.
As Blayze throws Marie back into the ring, and then the chair, Jones recovers in time to catch Amanda coming back into the ring with a diamond cutter right into the chair. Marie shocks Blayze and then goes for the pin.
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Marie: No-nooo-nooooo…
Jones breaks her own pinfall, rising to her knees and shouting at the fans.
Marie: I haven’t even begun to make my statement yet.
Marie grabs the steel chair and bring it down over Amanda’s back and skull the moment she tried to get back up.
Mayne: These two ladies beating the ever living piss out of one another.
Amanda is in bad shape at the moment. Marie is laying into her with chair after chair shot. Another blow from the chair crushes Amanda’s spine, followed by one aimed at her skull.
Marie: Are you taking me seriously now? HUH? Is the world taking me SERIOUSLY!?!
Marie’s face is just as red as her hair as she screams at the crowd and her opponent.
Marie: I said I would beat Skyy and I did…
She refers to her victory over Vanilla Skyy at the pay-per-view.
Marie: And I didn’t need Jackson Adams to do it, you hear me!?! I don’t need anyone to win!
Jones pulls back the chair for a fourth time and is about to bring it down over Skyy’s body.
Adams: Disgusting, absolutely disgusting.
Marie turns her attention from her wounded opponent, throwing down the chair when she spots Jackson Adams standing at the top of the ramp, shaking his head and giving Jones a judgmental frown.
Mayne: What the hell is this do gooder hypocrite doing out here? Wasn’t it bad enough that he sullied Jones’ victory over Vanilla Skyy at the pay-per-view.
William is speaking of the way Jackson Adams was inserted into Jones’ one on one match against Marie, making it a handicap bout, and JUST distracting Skyy long enough for Marie to pick up the victory. Jones should be thankful for Jackson’s aid, but she does not express anything in the way of gratitude.
Marie: I told you to stop meddling!
Jackson: Apocalypse was supposed to be so much better than this.
Marie: Apocalypse is dead, when will you accept that!?!
Adams upturns his nose from the ring, though he should have been watching, because now he misses Jones being hit between the eyes with a steel chair. The moment Marie turns around, her skull is caved in with the chair, but it’s not a blow delivered by Blayze, it’s delivered by Vanilla Skyy.
Mayne: You idiot Adams, you just set Marie up…You caused her to fall pray to a damned chair shot from this bitch, Vanilla Skyy.
The chair is thrown down by a rejoicing Skyy. A big ole’ grin is stretched over Skyy’s face as she vacates the ring and Marie tries to push herself up off of the canvas. Surprisingly Jones is actually able to get up when Amanda swoops in from behind, catches her around the waist with her thighs and flips her back into the sunset flip driver putting the back of the Phoenix’s head into the chair dropped a few seconds earlier. Blayze leans forward into the creases of her opponent’s knees.
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Samantha Hodgson is having a hissy fit as she tries to get in the ring and break up the pinfall to save her client. She doesn’t get there in time, the official’s hand coming down for the three count.
Mayne: Another brutal confrontation between these two, and you have to say this cannot be over, I want to see it again.
Although Amanda just BARELY won this match, she rolls to the center of the ring and lifts her arm into the air, commemorating this victory. Her celebration is short lived when a familiar figure slides into the ring, that figure being Scott Cannon.
Mayne: Amanda barely hung in there to win this match and now Scott Cannon is getting himself a close up. We all saw at Reawakening Day how Amanda TRIED to maliciously attack Scott with no real provocation. I wonder if he’s going to return the favor.
What William fails to mention is that Cannon had just laid out Amanda’s new associate, Weapon, with the House Rules onto a set of steel steps after their match at the PPV, which compelled Blayze to come to the ring and help Weapon out before any further damage could be done.
Who knows how much damage will be done now as Cannon slides into the ring and slowly picks up the steel chair that proved so instrumental in the outcome of this match. Scott now stands over a wounded and ailing Amanda. Before he can continue with his plans, his plot goes awry at the sight of Lethal Weapon rushing down the ramp. Weapon slides into the ring at the same time that Scott has exited it. Cannon now swaps a chair with a microphone.
Scott: Hold on mates, I think the two of you have got the wrong idea for why I was out here.
Weapon picks up the chair that Scott WAS about to use and sneers at it before throwing it back down to the ring.
Scott: I apologise sincerely for my poor timing, but I knew that coming out here was the only way I could get your attention and get you to listen to me. You’re both being played by the Sinistry, you shouldn’t be coming after Silas World, because Silas World is just misunderstood.
Amanda shakes her head, almost laughing
Scott: We are doing EVERYTHING in our power to fight the Sinistry, to stand up for what happened to Orlando, and yet here you guys are, two people who claim to be Orlando’s greatest supporters, opposing Silas World and actually HELPING the very force that crucified the Icon. I’m just trying to fight for Orlando, I’m trying to fight for Taylor, hell, I’m trying to fight for the IWC, so why are you two trying to stop me?
Amanda gets to her feet, holding the back of her head. Weapon helps her up and pats her on the shoulder, though he’d much rather be using his hands to deliver a few punches on Cannon’s face.
Scott: If any of us are going to be of any help to Orlando and the IWC then we need to resolve this, and we need to resolve this tonight. Right now I have business to conduct with Karen McBride, our new boss, but after that’s finished, I’m kindly asking the two of you to come to the ring so that Silas and I can have a talk with the both of you and we can all get on the same page, battling the Sinistry.
He drops the mic and backs up the ramp
Mayne: What is he up to?
Katelyn Buehler is in the locker room, seated in a chair and staring at her IPhone, scrolling through some text messages. The door opens, and Hurse enters, Katelyn immediately jumping to her feet. His head is lowered, and a sullen expression resides on his face, looking almost grief stricken
Katelyn: Steven? Is there something I can do for you?
Hurse: No, I just-I just wanted to talk.
Buehler puts her phone away.
Katelyn: Talk.
Hurse: I know I said before, but I can’t say it enough. I’m sorry…for everything that I have done over the past few weeks. I never meant for things to go so far. I always wanted to help you Katelyn, I never wanted to cause you so much pain, and I cannot believe that I was responsible for so much heartache and humiliation. I’ll never be able to fix what I did to you…
Katelyn: You already did Steven. You reunited me with my children.
Hurse: That’s not good enough…I won’t be able to look you in the eye again until I have made the Sinistry pay for what they made me do to you.
Katelyn: What do you mean?
Hurse: You’ll find out later Katelyn…I’m sorry.
Hurse leaves the dressing room, Buehler shaking her head and goes back to her phone. The door opens again
Katelyn: Came to your senses I hope Ste…
She looks up, and instead of seeing Hurse, she finds herself staring at Brittany Lohan
Brittany: You and I NEED to talk…NOW
Samantha Hodgson is in the back on her phone…talking to someone in anger.
Samantha: Let me make it clear, Amanda’s victory should be stricken from the record books. How could it possibly count? Vanilla Skyy interfered…
She listens to the voice on the other end of the phone.
Samantha: I don’t care that the match was no disqualification. Under no circumstance should a woman be forced to fight two opponents at one time. Skyy and Blayze double teamed Jones. That is totally and completely unlawful.
The hypocrisy knows no ends.
At least not until a finger taps Hodgson on the shoulder and she turns around, surprised to be face to face with Kordy.
Samantha: Can I help you Kordy?
Kordy: Yes Samantha helps Kordy
Samantha: Really?
Kordy: Kordy know that you have a lawsuit filed against Abi for Marie being falsely imprisoned, Kordy wondering if Samantha could file a lawsuit for Kordy too. A lawsuit against Andre for abducting my husband Herbert.
Samantha: I wish I could help you, my GOOD colleague, but my hands are tied as Herbert is a tag belt that Andre won fairly, so filing kidnapping charges could be quite difficult. Beside, I’m busy right now dealing with this injustice that was just committed in the ring.
Kordy: But Kordy loves Herbert…
Before she can protest any further Polly steps in and grabs her wrist
Polly: There you are Kordy. Someone wants to see you right now…this way.
Sophie pulls Kordy away from Hodgson.
Samantha shakes her head and goes back to her phone, but before she can speak, Marie appears with a bag thrown over her shoulder, tapping her feet impatiently. Samantha hangs up the call, and turns to Marie.
Samantha: I’m so disgusted by what happened to you in that ring just now…
Marie: I’m not surprised that classless bitch, Skyy, would react the way she did to my victory over her at Reawakening Day. She’s street-trash, a perennial loser, you should expect behavior like that out of such filth.
Samantha: It won’t happen again Marie, it’s going to be the royal treatment all the way for you from this point onwards.
Marie: GOOD….I trust that you’ll deal with this Vanilla Skyy fiasco…
She feels the knot in her forehead from that chair shot she took to the skull from Skyy a few moments ago, just part of the reason she wants to get out of the building so quickly.
Marie: And that you’re making sure my lawsuit against Abigail is moving forward.
Samantha: I understand your eagerness, but the wheels of justice turn very slowly. The lawsuit has made significant progress however and you will see your day in court against Abigail shortly.
“Speaking of justice”
Adam Chase steps into view, a smile on his face
Samantha: What do you want Adam?
Adam: The same as you Miss Hodgson. I want justice, justice for my new client; and she will have her justice tonight.
Mayne: Lots of talk of justice tonight, when the only justice that matters is that given out by the Sinistry.
Kellen Jeffries appears at the top of the ramp, with Spencer by his side. They ominously walk down to the ramp with boos filling their ears.
Mayne: The returning Kellen Jeffries with a chance to make an immediate impression here, some might say well deserved for what he did to Harrison
As they get into the ring, The Night hits over the PA system and William Mason appears, JaMarcus Avery by his side.
Mayne: And here is his opponent, William Mason, the winner of this match will enter the Evolution title Gauntlet next week on RIOT. Tell me that SIN doesn’t deliver. I’m glad to see that they are rewarding Kellen and Spencer for their efforts to rid SIN of the Blacklist.
WILLIAM MASON VERSUS KELLEN JEFFRIES
WINNER GETS LAST SPOT IN GAUNTLET
Kellen Jeffries was eager to kick this match off, but Mason not so, and in the beginning spent a lot of time on the outside, preferring to stay away from the sadistic Jeffries and hide behind JaMarcus. When Mason finally did hook up, Jeffries was the one with the early advantage, hitting a succession of high impact moves, the most destructive a Spine Buster which Mason kicked out of a pinning attempt at two. Kellen would then go for a high risk knee drop from the top rope, but Mason moves, Kellen injuring his knee in the process. Mason would then take a semblance of control, using his wrestling ability to grind Jeffries down, a Chicken Wing damaging Kellen’s arms, and causing him to be the one to escape to the outside. When he did however Mason dived through the ropes and took both Kellen and Spencer down, before mounting Jeffries and landing right hands into Jeffries face over and over.
Mason pulls Jeffries up to his feet and then rolls him into the ring. William begins to enter only to have Spencer grab him by the ankle, preventing him from getting inside. Klien only detaches when Avery comes storming towards him, causing Spencer to release Mason and allow him to stagger back into the ring. Klein gave Kellen more than enough time to recover, grab William by the neck and setting up for the Best Damn Finisher Ever. He is about to flip back into the move when Mason delivers a back elbow to the skull of Jeffries, breaking the attempt. Jeffries staggers forward into the ropes, ricochets off and William turns around right in time to be hit with a massive clothesline to the throat. Jeffries then turns towards Klein, Spencer fishing something out of his pocket, a taser. He slides the weapon that has been synonymous with the Blacklist into the ring and it is immediately snatched up by Jeffries. He is just about to employ it on Mason before MONSTER blares over the PA speakers…
Almost immediately Harrison and Montgomery come barreling down the ramp from the backstage area to a tremendous ovation. They slide into the ring, but Spencer gets Kellen out, and they back up the ramp and away from danger. All the while the referee is making a ten count, reaching ten and officially disqualifying Kellen, giving Mason the victory and the opportunity to compete in the Evolution Title gauntlet on Riot!
Mayne: The Blacklist does what the Blacklist does best, RUIN everything. Kellen was about to tase the life out of that Prestige bastard, Mason, who was going to get what he had coming to him for supporting Karen McBride, his Prestige teammate, in the dropping of her nuclear bomb.
Mason did not get tased here tonight, instead he got a victory. Avery rolls his employer out of the ring and out harm’s way, leaving the ring to the Blacklist.
An heavily breathing Aaron picks up a microphone and stares up the ramp
Aaron: Yeah, run Kellen, and you too Spencer. I may want to destroy you both, but I want Mika back more
He passes the mic to Lukas
Lukas: Your day is coming Jeffries, I assure you of that. But tonight, the TRUE Blacklist is focused on one thing, the return of Mika Kozlov.
The crowd cheers, but they soon turn to boos as Jaina Frost appears, mic in hand
Jaina: Boys, I’m afraid Mika already has plans for this evening, and honestly, the pair of you are going to be far too busy for any meeting, far too busy licking each other’s wounds after what is about to happen…NEXT
THE MOVEMENT HAS COMETH
The words flash across the screen and the occultist group that has been targeting Montgomery for weeks, heads for the ring. Deimos and Phobos come sliding into the squared circle, going after the Blacklist. Declan Bishop, the leader of the Movement, and his concubine watch from ringside as the Blacklist are overcome by the onslaught of Deimos and Phobos. The two monsters pitch Harrison from the ring and then go straight after Montgomery, bludgeoning him with forearms and then setting up for a stereo Chokeslam.
Mayne: Here we go the end of Montgomery
Harrison then comes sliding in with a Singapore cane in hand, one he fetched from beneath the ring. taking the staff over the back of Deimos.
Phobos then turns to get his hands on Harrison in retaliation for the plight befallen Deimos, but that sets Phobos up for the Quieter to the back of his skull. Lukas and Aaron then deliver a stereo superkick to the jaw of Deimos, knocking him over the ropes to the outside of the ring. Declan helps Deimos and Phobos regroup at ringside as the fans go nuts
Mayne: Oh come on, they survive again? How does Montgomery continue to evade being sacrificed by the Movement?
Declan backs up the ramp, Declan shouting down towards the ring
Declan: Your sacrifice WILL happen Lukas, it WILL happen soon and there will be nothing that can stop it
While the Blacklist are watching the MOVEMENT, SIN security hit the ring from behind their targets. Harrison and Montgomery are once again forced to fight, a couple of security being taken out, but only until Hunter Locke, head of SIN security and personal protector for Jaina Frost, catches both men from off guard. He takes Aaron down with an amateur wrestling move before transitioning into a front chancery, holding him in place so that security can put zip-ties around his wrist. Locke then does the same to Montgomery, allowing the rest of security to zip-tie his wrists. Eventually both men are dragged up the ramp. As they are marched away, William Mason and Avery watch from ringside, overwhelmed by all this madness.
Mayne: And that is how you deal with the Blacklist…I love this guy Locke.
Axl Evermore is shown backstage with Mic in hand.
Axl: I would like to introduce my guest at this time…Hurse
The arena erupts at the sight of the eye patch wearing Hurse, who steps to the side of Axl.
Axl: Hurse, at Reawakening Day we seemed to see the return of the real Hurse, would you agree with that?
Hurse: If you mean did I find my conscious, then yeah, I guess so.
Axl: Why now, after everything you have done?
Hurse: Axl, I was used and manipulated by the Sinistry, can you imagine how that makes me feel? I believed I was a master of manipulation, and to realize that they were trying to turn me into a monster. I couldn’t take it anymore. I’m not a monster; I’m a man, a man of principle. And Ba’al is going to learn that tonight, because right here on NewAge…I am challenging Ba’al to go one on one. He’s gonna answer for what he made me do to Katelyn.
“If you hurt her, I swear I will make your daughters orphans”
We return to see Brittany and Katelyn still having their conversation in Buehler’s dressing room, Brittany obviously making her point clear
Katelyn: Brit, I have no intention of hurting Abigail again.
Brittany: If you do, the consequences will not be to your liking Katelyn. I thought this whole relationship was going to be nothing more than another of Abigail’s flings, short lived and uneventful. But, this time it’s different, you have brought something from my sister I have never seen before, legitimate feelings of love and affection. So if you betray those feelings, your worst nightmares will be realized.
Katelyn: I understand, I feel the same about Abi, and I’ll do anything I can to make her as happy as she’s made me.
The door to the dressing room opens, Abigail walking in
Abigail: Am I interrupting something?
Abi’s eyes shift from her sister to her girlfriend, feeling the tension in the room. Lohan goes to explain things but Katelyn cuts her off.
Katelyn: No, Brittany was just stopping in to say hi.
Abigail: Awww Brit, you are sooooo sweet. I appreciate you looking out for me, but I’m fine. And now that Katelyn is back, I’m feeling even better.
Brittany nods, staying silent until she utters just three words
Brittany; Just be careful
She then leaves the room, Abigail turning to Katelyn
Abigail: Kate….
Katelyn steps towards her and puts a hand across the back of Lindsey’s skull, rubbing her hair.
Katelyn: God, it’s so good to have you in my arms again.
Abigail: Well, you’re gonna get your opportunity to feel me up reeeeaaal good. Just found out that the Sinistry has arranged a fun little match for you, Cass and I on Riot.
Katelyn: Oh great, this should be good.
Abigail: Sure, if you consider being forced to fight your best friend and lover to be fun.
Katelyn: No, that’s not my idea of a good time.
Abigail: Really? Then you’re gonna hate what I tell you next. Our little Sinistry buddies have booked a three way between you, Cassidy and I for Riot.
Katelyn: You’re shit-kidding me.
Abigail: Nyope.
Katelyn: That is such crap.
Abigail: Hey now, don’t go getting stressed out…I don’t like you stressed out.
Katelyn: I’m not stressed, because I’m gonna make sure this match DOESN’T happen.
Abigail: Where are you going?
Katelyn: To find Cass so that we can get together and deal with this.
Abigail: Well I’m coming with.
The door opens and Katelyn and Abigail just begin to exit into the hall only to stop when none other than Taylor Chase comes walking by.
Katelyn: Oh…
Buehler tries to back up into the room but her spine hits Abigail’s chest, Lindsey unintentionally blocking her girlfriend from avoiding an awkward conversation with Chase. Taylor would like to do nothing more but keep moving, but stops when she hears Katelyn’s voice.
Taylor: You.
Katelyn: Me.
Taylor’s fist rises.
Taylor: I’ll deal with you later. After I’ve dealt with Mika.
Katelyn: Alrighty then.
Taylor: Just know that in spite of what Silas wants, the two of us are NEVER going to be friends again, and you haven’t begun to pay for betraying me with that KTFO.
Chase walks on and leaves Buehler to groan.
Abigail: That went well.
William Mason and Avery are standing in the ring, both looking stunned, Mason even shaking his head.
Mayne: William Mason remained at ringside even after his match, and now it seems he wants to open his big fat trap just like Karen did at Reawakening Day.
William lifts a microphone and starts to speak
William: It’s scenes like that one moments ago, I’m talking about the brawl between the Blacklist and the Movement, that remind me why I gave up on my desire to be the face of this company. However, now that my friend Karen dropped her nuclear bomb at the PPV and announced that she is a principal owner, I am pleased to announce to you all that I am once again proud to represent the IWC as it’s spokesman. And as the spokesman of the IWC, I am honored to introduce to you, the principle owner, and my Prestige business partner…Karen Mcbride.
Mayne: Oh great…
Karen makes her way down to the ring with Blaire and Melanie behind her. However they are not the only ones, and William stands wide eyed as with her is none other than Silas World. Karen enters the ring with Silas directly beside her. She is handed a microphone by William, as Sienna, Lenore and Scott Cannon surround the ring. William and Lenore glare at each other as Karen starts to speak.
Karen: Thank you, William.
Mason bows his head.
Karen: At Reawakening Day I shocked the world. I made headlines, and I’ll continue to make headlines here tonight. if recent weeks have taught me anything, it’s that I shouldn’t beat around the bush, if I have something to say, it needs to be said and said immediately. I’m here to make changes, and Silas World is going to make sure those changes are enforced. So let’s get started. William Mayne, could you please join me?
Mayne: What the hell? No, not a chance
Sienna and Scott grab him, and force him into the ring.
Karen: Mayne, thank you, but your services as commentator on NewAge are no longer required.
Silas: Sienna.
Sienna Swann drags Mayne from the ring, and sends him kicking and screaming to the backstage area.
Karen: Now Ladies and Gentlemen please welcome back the NewAge commentators, Paul Hunter and David Mackie
The former commentators make their way down the ramp and around the ring, taking their seats
Hunter: Well lookie here…
Mackie: The Dangerous Duo ride again…did you miss us IWC?
Karen: That’s not the only change I’m making…because while Desmond Drake is away, Karen gets to play..
Hunter: Yeah, heard Desmond was meeting with his lawyers tonight and wouldn’t be here.
Mackie: Horny little bugger got himself in some trouble for his escapades with Mya Denton.
Karen: The Sinistry’s dominion over NewAge is coming to an end this very moment. I am returning all the power back to Prestige, and back to the Independent Wrestling Cartel. Once RIOT rolls around, I shall be making the same sweeping changes as I have here, scrubbing away SIN’s influence piece by piece.
The fans are in hysterics at this news, but she isn’t done.
Karen: Also, I shall be removing the sway the Sinistry has over the championship belts. In my opinion William Mason did NOT receive a fair shot at the NHB title, and rechristening it the PURE Championship. Therefore, on RIOT, there will be a special ceremony, in which the PURE championship will be created, and William will be announced as the first recognized Pure Wrestling Champion.
Hunter: Wow, huge announcements all over the place here…Orlando must be loving this
Mackie: Yeah, Get well soon boss
Mason grins from ear to ear, but Karen continues
Karen: And as long as I am talking about titles being rechristened, it’s time for the SIN championship to once again become the IWC World Heavyweight Title. So my final announcement is this, at Upping the Ante, I am going to receive what was promised to me an age ago. As I am ordering Ba’al to put the SIN title on the line, one on one against… MYSELF…and when I win the belt, it will once again become the IWC World Heavyweight title.
Silas clears his throat and steps forth.
Hunter: I’m not sure about that announcement…Silas has got to be annoyed with that one
Mackie: Annoyed? He’ll be pissed. Taylor was supposed to get that shot, she is the rightful number one contender.
To everyone’s amazement, Silas takes Karen’s hand and places a kiss on her knuckles
Silas: Karen, I wish ya the best of luck at Upping the Ante. Silas World will be there to ensure ya dreams are realized.
Karen: Thank you once again Silas, you’ve been so helpful. And you will no doubt continue to be helpful as Prestige takes ALL of the championships away from the Sinistry. Not only will I become World Champion, and William will become Pure Champion, but with both of us entered into the Evolution Title Gauntlet on Riot, we’ll also lay claim to that belt as well.
William: Ahem.
Now it’s Mason who clears his throat and steps forth.
William: Sorry to be a wet blanket, but ummm with your announcement about me becoming Pure Champion in mind, I think it’s only fair that my bodyguard be rewarded for his loyal and faithful service to me by taking my place in the Evolution Title #1 Contenders match on Riot!
Karen: I see your point, William. I’m flexible. So you got it.
Silas: That’s real sweet of ya. And if yer makin’ concessions, how about I make a’cupple requests of my own…
“DON’T fall for it Karen.”
All eyes turn to the stage where Lethal Weapon and Amanda Blayze step out, collectively showing their disgust. They start walking down the ramp, Weapon talking as he does.
Weapon: Don’t fall for the same trick Kloe did at Reawakening Day.
Lethal and Blayze get closer to the ring.
Lethal: Scott requested that we have a meeting of minds with Silas World, so here we are…but trust me, I’m given you one opportunity to talk before my fist meets Mason’s mind and gives him permanent brain damage.
Amanda: Talk Silas, and talk fast before I snap your neck for sending that cockroach Ashley Marie Chase out to cost me my Queen of the Ring Championship at Reawakening Day.
It isn’t Silas that speaks though, it’s Scott Cannon.
Scott: Stifle the hostility guys. Didn’t you two listen to me earlier tonight. We are fighting a battle, a war to return the IWC to its former glory. Not for us, but for your friend Orlando. This is why Silas has backed Prestige, to restore the company legacy and free it from SIN. We seem to be the only one doing anything, yet you two continue to oppose us
Amanda: It’s clear as day to anyone that actually watches you, that Silas only wants to get rid of SIN so that he can turn the company into his own personal sandpit. Silas wanted control of the federation so that he can use it to exploit his own needs, and it doesn’t matter who he uses and who he steps on, nor who he hurts in the process.
Silas: Yeah, that’s it, there seems ta be a lot of disillusion in the air tonight. Did ya not just see me sacrifice my clients titles shot in order fer Karen to jump to the front of the queue?
Weapon: Yeah, and we know that you must have ulterior motives to allow that to happen. Karen, you should watch your back
Scott: She doesn’t need to watch her back, because Silas World is there to do it for her, to make sure that people don’t make mistakes and spear the wrong people like you did poor Kloe.
Weapon is just about to attack when McBride steps in
Karen: Calm down, this animosity doesn’t help anyone.
Scott: Yes, Karen is right, this isn’t helping at all. We need to be on the same page if we are to cripple the Sinistry
Silas: Think of this, tonight when Hurse takes on Ba’al, it wud be a watershed moment if Silas World, Blayze and Weapon all fired a cripplin’ shot against the Sinistry by taking down their figure head.
Weapon: I’m not delusional, I see clear as day. I’m not going to agree to any offer you are making
Karen: You don’t have a choice in the matter. You and Silas World WILL work together for the salvation of this company, and to take out the people responsible for what happened to Orlando Cruze. So later tonight, it is going to be Ba’al versus Hurse, but not only that, Scott Cannon will be the special guest referee, and Lethal Weapon will be the special ring enforcer.
The camera zooms in on the SIN championship, and then pans out to reveal it over the shoulder of Rachel Foxx. She is shouting at Martin Howe III.
Rachel: I’m not playing here, what you going to do about the abduction of my children?
Martin: I’ve tried to take the matter to court, but Hurse was the one granted custodial rights and is the court mandated guardian of the children. So he has the legal standing to remove them from your home
Foxx bites her lip
Rachel: Martin, there HAS to be something that we can do about this…anything
Martin: Of course, I’ll continue working on it.
He walks away; Rachel turning her focus to Ba’al sat in his antiquated throne, obviously annoyed. Jessica Wilde and the Executioner are kneeled by his side.
Jessica: I cannot express my sorrow enough for what happened tonight Master, and with regards to the children
Ba’al: I do not hold you culpable for that my child, but I assure you those responsible will suffer. Go to the ring with my Executioner, and compete against two of our greatest agitators. Take care of Davids and Denton.
Jessica: We will not fail you my lord.
Jessica and the Executioner take their leave
Foxx approaches Ba’al and parks herself on his lap
Rachel: Do you feel tense?
Ba’al: With what my love?
Rachel: Your match against Hurse, and all the changes Karen McBride has made
Ba’al: Tense my dear, oh no, not in the slightest. Because all that Karen has done is ensure my victory, and the annihilation of all those that oppose me
Foxx smiles, stroking her husband’s hair as the scene fades.
William Mason strides through the backstage area, talking to JaMarcus.
William: It makes me so proud to feel that finally the company is moving in the right direction, and that my title ambitions….no…OUR title ambitions will finally be satisfied. It’s long overdue, me having a belt grace my waist, a belt that epitomizes everything I stand for
“So, is it called the ‘Cowardly Lion’ title?”
Adam Chase stands right in front of the two
William: Well-well, how can I help Unky Adam?
Adam: I gave you the chance to help me months ago, when you could have joined Chase Global and been the cream that rose to the top. But you made a mockery of my attempts to recruit you, a decision you are going to regret later tonight.
Chase walks away, William grinning from ear to ear
JaMarcus: Why are you smiling?
William: Because my friend, no force on earth could take the grin from my face right now. I’m on way to much of an emotional high to be effected by Uncle Adams words
The pair smile, and carry on walking
Hunter: He’s going to be a champion, he has every right to be happy
Mackie: Perhaps, one has to wonder what Adam is up to though
Mya Denton’s music hits over the PA, and she steps out from behind the curtain with Chris Davids.
Mackie: Looks like we’ve got tag team action up next. Chris Davids and Mya Denton are in for one hell of a ride though.
Hunter: They gave us one hell of a ride at ReawakeninG Day when Davids speared Rachel Frost through a table, AND Mya shocked the world by revealing that Desmond Drake sexually assaulted her.
Mackie: Hence why Desmond hasn’t been seen all night, as he’s been in discussions with his lawyers.
Hunter: Otherwise we probably wouldn’t be sitting here right now.
Denton and Davids continue along towards the ring when they are suddenly assaulted from behind by Jed and Decay.
Hunter: What the…
Mackie: Out of nowhere, this is not good news for Denton and Davids.
Hunter: Retribution for their actions at the pay-per-view.
Davids gets thrown down the ramp and Mya is brutally pummeled, and then thrown into the ring. Chris is then given a stereo Spinebuster on the ramp, before Decay and Wayne then slide into the ring and hit a double sit out power bomb on Mya across the canvas. Boos rain down, but Jed and Decay don’t care, even less so as the carnage continues. Rachel Frost makes her way from the back and down to the ring, snatching up Davids in the process. She pulls his injured body off the ramp, leads it towards the ring and talks into his ear the whole time.
Rachel: You did a bad-bad thing at Reawakening Day, sugar. You committed a big ole’ no-no by spearin’ me on through that table, and now ya gonna have to answer for it.
The NHB tosses Davids into the ring and Frost reaches under the tarp and pulls out two strait-jackets, sliding them into the squared circle. Immediately Jed and Decay stop the attack, and instead put the strait jackets on Chris and Mya, Rachel getting on the microphone
Rachel: Oh, I’m sorry sugars, you see, Karen Mcbride isn’t the only one who can make changes to the card on the fly, because SIN still has 25% ownership of this company, and we still have the right to alter stipulations. So I’m addin’ a little somethin’ to this match, to promise that these two crazier than coon dog agitators are kept under control. So, the two will now wrestle their tag team match wearin’ strait jackets, AND if Vanilla Skyy or Danny Darko interfere, they will be indefinitely suspended.
Hunter: Oh come on, they don’t have a chance
Mackie: I think that’s the point
Rachel: Maybe, this will teach Mya to stop spreading her lies as wide as her legs, and teach Davids that there are always ramifications for putting your hands on me, just like he did with that Spear at Reawakening Day
Hunter: This is huge, Mya and Chris are going to be obliterated…and its coming up next
Martin Howe III is pacing the corridor outside the Sinistry dressing room, talking on the phone, trying to figure out who he needs to bribe to get Rachel custody of Katelyn’s children. That’s when a finger taps him on the shoulder and he turns around to face Kordy.
Martin: What the hell do you want, can’t you see I’m busy?
Kordy: Kordy sorry, Kordy understands that Marty McHowe is a super awesome spectacular lawyer, and I want to hire you
Martin: Why would you need legal counsel?
Kordy: Kordy needs someone to file a lawsuit against Andre Jordan for abducting and falsely imprisoning my husband Herbert
Martin: Really?
Kordy: Yes, Kordy heartbroken
Martin: I’m sorry, I don’t have time for this…I can’t help you.
Kordy lowers her head, Sophie O’Brian storming into the scene and grabbing her wrist
Sophie: Someone is still waiting to talk to you Kordy…stop running away and stay in the room until he arrives.
She is forced off camera, Martin watching them leave. He then goes back to his phone conversation or tries to, until Jacob Laymon steps in front of him. He hangs up the phone, and gives Jacob his full attention
Martin: Why the hell are you standing in front of me with a smug grin on your face?
Jacob: Just amused Martin, listening to you waste your breath. I was the one who handled Hurse’s custodial claim you see, and although I only practice law on the side, I’m pretty sure I have all my ducks in a row, and there is nothing you can do to reverse the decision.
Martin: We’ll see about that, you really shouldn’t be so happy with yourself. All your actions have done is ensure your own destruction when Sinistry come looking for revenge.
Laymon smiles, turning away whilst shouting over his shoulder
Laymon: Maybe I’d best get myself some protection then
The words Rachel Frost/Lukas Montgomery are zoomed in upon, a camera pulling back to reveal the names spray painted onto a table, a table slanted diagonally against a wall. Aerik Walker and Arcus Maxton are standing at opposite sides of the table, overlooking it with smirks on their faces. “The Genius” Paul Garrett steps into view and begins to speak
Paul: It’s going to be so beautiful to finally witness whoever is the NHB champion after Riot go for the plunge through a table, leading to Aerik Walker finally taking his rightful place as the NHB Champion. Aerik has waited a long time for this opportunity, this one on one shot, and nothing is going to be left to chance considering how many times he has been screwed out of his rightful opportunity.
Aerik: Too right, we have the numbers to counter the forces of the Sinistry or the Blacklist….
Walker slaps Arcus on the shoulder, his equalizer.
Aerik: We have the match I’ve mastered at Upping the Ante.
Walker slaps the table slanted against the wall.
Aerik: And I am more determined to be champion than I ever have in my entire time on this earth.
Walker slaps his own chest.
Aerik: The only thing we need to worry about now are disgruntled officials.
Walker would slap either Patrick Fitpzatrick or Alex Ingelson, the two referees who screwed him out of the NHB Championship, straight in their faces if they were nearby.
Paul: Relax, already got it taken care of.
Aerik: Really how?
Paul: Because Arcus…in his debut match on RIOT, is going to teach the officiating staff a lesson. Next week, Arcus will face Alex Ingelson and Patrick Fitzpatrick in a handicap match.
DAVIS & DENTON VS. WILDE & EXECUTIONER
Hunter: The referees are being put in matches now?
Mackie: Maybe they can start a faction? The disgruntled Zebras
Hunter: Before the break we saw Chris Davids and Mya Denton set upon, and Rachel Frost changing ourext match, Chris and Mya now having to fight wearing strait jackets.
Davids and Denton are in bad shape, having been busted up by Decay and Wayne pre-match, and are now restrained in strait-jackets.
So The Executioner and Wilde are fairly confident as they make their entrance to the tunes of Glory and Gore, walking down the ring exuding an air of confidence. As they enter the ring, the bell chimes, and immediately Denton kicks Jessica in the stomach, Davids launching at Executioner with a high knee. Denton then headbutts Jessica, dropping her to the mat, as Davids is pushed away, Executioner taking him down with a clothesline from hell. Denton tries to launch at Executioner with a tackle, but he catches her, and power slams her down into the mat brutally
Hunter: They tried…
Mackie: They never had a hope.
Jessica climbs up onto the turnbuckle, and drops a leg straight across the throat of Davids, as Executioner picks Mya put into the Gorilla press, dropping her across the strands. He then picks up Davids and Mya, and cruelly Chokeslam them both
Hunter: This is awful
The Executioner picks Mya up again, looking to break her in half, but he is interrupted as Jacob Laymon runs down the ring and onto the apron, shouting at the big man causing him to drop Mya
Laymon: You need to walk away from this match, away from the Sinistry, come back to my side, be my bodyguard again, we can still go back to being the men we once were before the Sinistry got their hooks into us…WAKE UP GODDAMMIT!!!
Laymon is then dragged off the apron by Wilde who chases Laymon around the ring and to the backstage area
Hunter: He isn’t listening, he just wants to hurt people, and Mya is about to be broken.
The Executioner spins around grinning, straight into an headbutt to the crotch from Mya Denton. As he stoops, Davids hits a scissor kick to the back of his head, the both of them dropping into the cover
1…
2…
3…
They both roll off and to the outside, the fans going bananas
Hunter: I don’t believe it…Mya and Chris win
Mackie: Executioner distracted just for a second, and that was all they needed.
Mya and Chris back up the ring, as the Executioner comes to, trying to shake out the cobwebs.
Mackie: How the hell did Davids and Denton pull this off? They were jumped before the match AND they were wearing friggin strait-jackets!
Strait-jackets that both grapplers are trying to free themselves from as they back away from the seething Executioner in the ring.
Cameras open on Desmond Drake backstage, who has been keeping a low-profile, and no that isn’t a short joke. He’s talking to someone off camera, looking up at them wide eyed.
Desmond: I know Mya mistreated you, just like she mistreated me. The woman has LOST it. She’s snapped. She filed false police reports against me, and I’ve been talking to my lawyers about it all night long, plus she pushed you out of her life. She obviously needs help…LOTS of help. And you’re just the person who can help her.
The camera pans into view and shows Lilith Evans, Mya’s former good friend.
Lilith: No one knows how much Mya needs help more than I do Desmond.
Desmond: Then you need to help me stop her
Lilith nods her head, pondering what Drake has said
Lilith: I will consider your offer Desmond, I’ll let you know
Andre Jordan stretches his arm out backstage, the arm still aggravated in the muscles and elbow after being subjected to the Hello Kordy several times in recent weeks. Head Trainer, the very one that Andre refereed to as a prick at Reawakening Day, is currently surveying the extent of Jordan’s injury, closely examining his elbow.
Surly Sam: I told you not to compete at the PPV, now look at you. I wish you people would listen
Andre: I got another ‘medical professional’ to clear me for the event…no biggie
Surly Sam: Another medical professional?
Andre: Lampshade McSofa, ever heard of him?
Surly Sam: I don’t know if I ever met him.
Andre: Believe me, you would know if you met him, the odor sticks with you.
Sam frowns, as Gavin Taylor grins, stepping into the room and deliberately slapping Jordan on his injured arm
Gavin: There he is, THERE’S the man. I’m so happy that you FINALLY got over your injuries and trust issues to win the tag titles alongside me. Maybe our little double date a few weeks ago finally made you see the light.
Andre: We may have the title Gavin, but we are certainly NOT a team
Gavin: How can you say such mean things? I thought our tag match at Reawakening Day was a real bonding experience, and solidified us as the best champions on the planet
Andre: You are kidding me right? It was nothing more than an attempt by you to ensure I was crippled
Gavin: How could you come up with such a ludicrous conspiracy theory?
Andre: You want the Evolution title, simple as. You are doing everything in your power to injure me, to give you a free shot at the belt.
Gavin: This is ridiculous, what are you going to accuse me of next, faking the moon landings, being Keyser Soze?
Andre: Just fuck off.
Gavin: You need a hug? Come on, lets get you amped for that title match with a big old hug, then we’ll be on the same page when I come to the ring with you tonight as you defend that Evolution Title against Kordy.
Gavin holds out his arms, but Andre holds him back
Andre: You try that again Gavin and I swear I’m going to blow on a rape whistle and then shove said whistle up your ass. And if you think you are stepping one foot towards the ring later tonight, then I’ll do something much, much worse.
Andre grabs his title, the EVOLUTION Title, and throws it over his shoulder, leaving Gavin stood there shaking his head, mouthing the words ‘I’m crushed’
Mackie: Still trouble in paradise.
Hunter: What do you expect? Jordan doesn’t trust him, and why should he?
Adam Chase’s music hits and he walks through the curtain and straight down the ramp
Hunter: Seems Adam has something to say…I wonder if this is his retribution on William Mason and Marie Jones.
Adam gets into the ring and takes a mic, bringing it to his lips
Adam: Shocks, Intrigue…we have had it all of late, but right now the time has arrived for me to drop my own nuclear bomb. You see, I was treated like a second rate citizen at Reawakening Day, I was ignored and insulted, and tonight I remind the world why ignoring Adam Chase is the single biggest mistake anyone can make. It’s time that I stopped being pushed into the shadows and reclaimed the spotlight. I am here to announce the individual that will help me reclaim that dominance, the individual, the ICON that will help me reestablish Chase Global’s Dominance. Ladies and Gentlemen I give you…
Leviticus: No worries Adam.
Chase and the world simultaneously groan at the sight of Leviticus cutting Chase off and sashaying towards the ring. Caitlyn follows her boyfriend with Leviticus’ Alana Starr title over her shoulder. She and Leviticus climb into the ring.
Leviticus: I know for weeks I’ve been demanding that you sign me a bodyguard to protect me from the Black Crusade and the O’Brians, but there’s no need for that anymore. I’ve taken care of business myself. I went out and found my OWN bodyguard, P Clarence Whitman III. And although he isn’t here tonight, he’ll be right at my side in the coming weeks to make sure the Black Crusade no longer pelt me with jelly beans and Mark O’Brian no longer attacks me from behind with baseball bats. So yeah, no need for you to sign me bodyguards.
Adam: Uuuuugh….Levi-Levi-Levi-Levi…do me a favor.
Leviticus: Yep?
Adam: Turn around.
Leviticus: Sure.
Levi turns and receives the Whit Out, Vanilla Sky connecting with the pump kick straight to Leviticus. The shot to the bridge of the nose knocks Levi flat on his ass before ultimately being dragged up into the Last Rites by Danny Darko. Eventually both members of Pain & Pleasure pitch Levi from the ring with his screaming girlfriend following her mangled lover.
Adam Anymore interruptions? I didn’t think so. Ladies and gentlemen, my NEW client….VANILLA SKYY.
Chase greats Skyy and her husband both with handshakes. Skyy then takes the a microphone and addresses the masses who settle down to listen
Vanilla: That’s right, Chase Global will be rebuilt, but not only that, I am here to claim my spot at the top of the wrestling industry. I joined Chase Global because Adam shares a similar philosophy to myself, in that he BELIEVES in wrestling, and I am a wrestlers wrestler, and the greatest this business has ever seen. It is only fitting that the best wrestler should join the best agent, so that we can take control of the wrestling universe
Adam: I signed Vanilla because she embodies the old school philosophy of wrestling, and her determination to prove that she is the greatest athlete to lace up the boots is exactly why I was drawn to her. And she was more than eager to sign with Chase Global when I promised her the opportunity at a rematch against Marie Jones, a rematch that has been approved for Upping the Ante.
Hunter: That is a huge challenge
Adam: However, beating Marie won’t be enough for Vanilla, not this time. Because to prove she is the best, Skyy is gonna make Marie tap out. That’s right folks, I requested and received approval for an old school ‘I QUIT’ match.
Hunter: Wow, Upping the Ante is already off the chart.
Darko motions for the crowd to hush, and takes a mic
Danny: But there is more…
Adam: Oh yes, there is Danny, because in return for Danny’s support signing Vanilla, and the business relationship between Chase Global and Pain and Pleasure, I also took the liberty of pushing for another match at Upping the Ante, this time on Danny’s behalf. I got a match booked that will finally end this long standing feud between Danny and William Mason
Mackie: Here iT comes…
Danny: Not just any match though
Adam: Right again Danny, because when Mason and Darko collide at Upping the Ante, it will be in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match.
Mackie: Wow…just wow.
Adam: Remember this moment, because this was the moment Chase Global and Pain and Pleasure made the statement that they will not be ignored, and will in the end prove that they are the greatest force in all of WRE-STL-ING.
Kordy is escorted into a room by Sophie. A room occupied by Alana Starr. She sits inside polishing her X-Class Championship and glancing in Kordy’s direction.
Sophie: Wait here…don’t move
Sophie leaves the room and Kordy awkwardly stares at Alana.
Alana: You’ve been a bad-bad girl Kordy. I turned my eyes away from you for a moment and you took off again.
Kordy: Sorry, Kordy was looking for someone to help Kordy get her beautiful Herbert back.
Alana: Then look no further than the man who has been trying to talk to you all night long. The man standing behind you this very moment.
She smiles, and turns to face Porno Lad. Kordy looks stunned for a moment, and then throws her arms around him, giving him a hug
Kordy: You really are super human…what a miraculous recovery.
Porno: Don’t hug me, you disappoint me
Kordy: What did Kordy do?
Porno: You didn’t take out the yeti when you had the chance, and in not doing so, you almost cost me my career. Lohan assaulted me with a crowbar, and you did nothing. And then, to make matters worse, you lost the tag team belts.
He pushes her away. Yes, Ethan still has Kordy believing that Brittany pummeled him with a crowbar at Reawakening Day, when in actuality, Ethan pretending to be hit with the weapon so that Lohan would be disqualified and Von Aaron could play at Kordy’s emotions.
Porno: Reawakening Day could have been the night that the GOOD Movement took over the entire company and established just how GOOD they are by retaining the tag belts, and capturing the X-Class Title, but instead, the only accomplishment the GOOD Movement could salvage from the pay-per-view, was Alana Starr’s X-Class Title victory. If it hadn’t have been for YOU, I could have made sure you still had the belts.
Kordy: Kordy so sorry…I beg you, forgive Kordy.
Porno: There is only one way for you to earn it
Kordy: Kordy will do anything
Porno: I’m sure you will Kordy, I’m sure you will.
A concerned Kordy glances towards a winking Alana.
Alana: Make us proud tonight, or else.
A vignette airs, a little girl stooped over a pile of dirt. She digs through it with her hands, ignoring the pain in her fingers, her hands moving with the speed of a dog unearthing a bone. An eerie tune plays in the background, while the little lady’s spine faces the camera. She continues to dig and dig, obviously looking for something, throwing the dirt back between her legs until finally she stops. The camera moves as the girl stares down into the unearthed eyes of Jessica Lasiewicz
Jessica’s eyes snap open, words flashing across the screen
FROM THE DEPTHS I WILL RISE
JESSICA LASIEWICZ: RETURNS SOON
Hunter: Christ, that wasn’t spooky enough
Mackie: You think? I think I shit myself
Hunter: It’s been a shocking night that’s for sure and it’s going to get worse. Hurse and Ba’al are about to do battle in one of the grudge matches of the century, Hurse promising to destroy Ba’al on behalf of Katelyn
Mackie: I wish him luck…he’s going to need it.
Lethal Weapons music hits over the PA system, and the man himself appears at the top of the ramp wearing a sleeveless black t-shirts and blue jeans. He heads down to the ring, speaking to a few of the fans at ringside as he does
Hunter: Karen McBride made a raft of changes to this match, one of them putting Weapon in the role of special guest enforcer and he looks ready.
Mackie: He’s certainly going to have his work cut out for him that’s for sure.
Scott Cannon then appears with a referee’s jersey on, and walks down to the same ring, the two engaging in a stare down,
Hunter: After everything that has gone on between these two, Weapon and Cannon, you have to wonder if they will be able to resist coming to blows.
Scott steps around Weapon and slides into the ring, just as Hurse’s music hits, and he walks down with the most determined look on his face
Mackie: Hurse means business, he wants to put things right, he can do that tonight by beating Ba’al and making him pay…not that he will.
As he gets to the ring, Ba’al walks through the curtain, surrounded by his entourage of Jaina, Hunter Locke, Rachel Foxx, Rachel Frost, Jed and Decay. They walk down the ramp together till they get to half way, Ba’al turning, and pointing towards the back
Foxx: You serious?
Ba’al nods, and the Sinistry do as they are told, heading towards the back confused
Hunter: Ba’al wants to obviously deal with this himself, and the odds just got a little better for Hurse
Ba’al walks up to Weapon with the SIN title over his shoulder, and the two have a brief stare down, Ba’al recalling how Weapon attempted to run him down with a semi-truck on Lethal’s first night with the company. Finally Ba’al slides into the ring where he has a stare-down with Cannon, a man who aided in the crucifixion of one of Ba’al’s followers on Riot. Ba’al isn’t able to move the title from his shoulder, before Hurse is on him.
Hunter: Hurse not hanging around here…he wants to get this done
Mackie: And there is the bell, this match is on.
Hurse reins in shot after shot, putting Ba’al on his back, the Sinistry leader covering up to try and defend himself against the onslaught. He picks Ba’al up to his feet, and whips him into the ropes, taking him down on the rebound with a Lou Thesz press, and continuing the onslaught. He then picks him up and pushes him into the corner, driving his knee into Ba’al stomach, before leaping up and driving Ba’al head into the mat.
Hunter: Hurse coming out swinging…
Hurse goes for a knee drop but misses, Ba’al jumping up and Spearing Hurse to the mat, before hitting a somersault leg drop across Hurse’s throat. He then pucks him up, lifting him into a Suplex position before slamming him back into the mat with a Facebuster and into a pin
1…
2…
Hurse kicks out, Ba’al grinning evilly before sending him back towards the ropes with a standing drop kick, then down to the mat with a vicious clothesline and into another pin
1…
2…
The crowd goes mad as Hurse kicks out again, Ba’al picking him to his feet, but Hurse drilling Ba’al to the groin out of the sight of the referee. Hurse picks Ba’al up, and throws a right hand, but Ba’al ducks, grabbing the arm and snapping it down to the floor, hooking it behind Hurse and into a modified sleeper hold. Hurse powers out of it, but Ba’al takes him down once again with an Ankle Lock, torqueing the limb. And Hurse grabs the ropes, Ba’al drags him back into the center and applies a figure four.
Mackie: Hurse wanted this to be a brawl; Ba’al is countering that with submission.
Hurse reverses the pain by rolling onto his front, Ba’al having no choice but to release the hold. He stands, and as he does Hurse runs in, drop kicking Ba’al through the ropes, the World Champion landing at the feet of Lethal Weapon. Ba’al gets to his feet, and the two end up nose to nose, staying in that position for a while until Ba’al suddenly slaps Weapon across the face, before retreating to the ring. Weapon grins, but then rushes towards the ring, sliding under the ropes but cut off by Scott.
Scott: Geez, all he did was give you a little slap. Who knew you would react so poorly to a little peck on the cheek.
Weapon pushes Scott back, but he just raises his hands
Scott: I don’t want violence; I just want to see Ba’al lose, fairly. So why don’t you leave?
Weapon begrudgingly nods, but the moment he turns, Ba’al shoves Cannon into Lethal, sending Weapon through the ropes, landing on his back, Lethal looks up at Cannon furious with what has just happened, and Scott turns around to argue with the smirking Ba’al.
Hunter: He didn’t mean it Nick, it was Ba’al
Suddenly Hurse rolls Ba’al into the school boy, Cannon dropping for the count.
1…
Hunter: He’s got him
2…
Mackie: Sinistry is beaten
3…NO, at the very last moment Lethal Weapon pulls Scott out of the ring, and then nails him with a Superman Punch on the chin. Lethal then slides into the ring, and sets up for the Golden Bullet Spear. Ba’al sees this, but turns to escape and is caught by Hurse who delivers the More than meets the Eye on the SIN Champion. Hurse then applies the pin and Weapon is the one who makes the count.
1…
2…
3…
NO, this time Weapon is dragged from the ring by Scott and allowed to drop straight on his face across the mats, momentarily incapacitating Weapon. Scott turns back to the ring where Hurse having been denied twice, is pleading with Scott to get back in and make the count. However, Ba’al has recovered, and he runs in, hitting Hurse with the Totalis. Scott slides back into the ring and as Ba’al applies the pin, reluctantly counts
1…
2…
3…
Hunter: I don’t believe it…Hurse was denied twice, and gets done by the Totalis from the champion
Hurse slides out the ring holding the back of his head, as Ba’al grabs a hold of Scott demanding he raise his hand. Scott takes him by the wrist and lifts his arms to a chorus of boos, but then boots him in the ribs, readying the House Rules. But Weapon clobbers Scott from behind with a double axehandle, and puts the boots into Scott. . Ba’al stalks Weapon, looking to hit the Totalis while Lethal is preoccupied delivering shots to the laid out Cannon. Ba’al now leaps I and catches Lethal around the neck but Weapon pushes off with his back, sending Ba’al across the canvas and to his feet. He then stands up, just as Weapon dives across the ring and hits Ba’al with the Flying Superman Punch.
Hunter: Yes, finally…uh oh
The ‘uh ho is reserved for the Sinistry, who hit the ring at full speed going straight after Weapon. Nick gets in a few shots but soon he is overcome and taking down by the Sinistry forces. To a huge cheers Amanda Blayze appears from out the back and hurtles down the ramp, only to be cut off by Wayne, the two of them going back and forth. In the ring Decay and Hunter hold Weapons arms to his side, dragging him up to his knees, while Ba’al stretches the SIN championship across his palms
Mackie; I think Weapon is about to get his skull caved in
Hunter: Not quite…here comes the cavalry
Chris Davids and Mya Denton slide into the ring, going after the Sinistry and giving Weapon enough time to recover, and deliver the Golden Bullet Spear on Locke, before then doing the same thing to Rachel Foxx. Rachel Frost suddenly finds herself kneeling in the center of the ring, Denton and Davids looking for some retribution. It doesn’t come however, as the GOOD Movement arrive, Ethan Von Aaron leading Polly Norah, BMW, Sophie O’Brian and Mark O’Brian into the battlefield. The loyal supporters of the Sinistry are all over Mya and Chris, forcing them back into the corners, and destroying them, as Porno Lad helps Rachel Frost to her feet. Then Abigail, Katelyn, Cassidy and Maxine appear, and waste no time going after the Good Movement, and the Sinistry clearing the ring. The crowd erupts as from the dust, Katelyn stands, stalking Rachel Frost, looking to hit the KTFO on the NHB champion.
Hunter: Katelyn has been waiting months for this, this is her big chance to stick it to the Sinistry.
As she lines up the KTFO on Rachel, Buehler’s eyes avert to a recovering Ba’al at ringside.
Katelyn: If you think Abi, Cass and I are going through with that three way on Riot, you’ve got another thing coming…and that THING is the KTFO I’m about to plant across your sister-in-law’s ugly mug.
She runs in, but at the last moment Ethan pulls Rachel out of the way and to the outside of the ring, receiving the Roaring Elbow for his troubles, falling through the ropes to the outside, and followed by Katelyn.
Hunter: This is madness…oh no, look out Nick
Weapon starts to get to his feet, but Ba’al stands behind him, the title tightly grasped in his hands.
Mackie: He doesn’t know he’s there
Ba’al is just about to swing the gold into the back of Weapons skull when he turns around, spotting him coming. Ba’al hesitates, allowing Cannon to swoop in and steal the belt from out of his palms. Ba’al instinctively slides out the ring, Scott Cannon coming face to face with his nemesis Weapon. He then swings the belt he just stole from Ba’al, not at Weapon, but into the chin of Decay who was sneaking up behind Nick.
Hunter: What the hell?
Mackie: Scott Cannon just SAVED Lethal Weapon…shock of the night right there.
Hunter: I guess Scott was serious about wanting to be on the same page with Weapon and Blayze.
Lethal looks visibly shocked, and Scott just nods in Weapons direction before departing the ring. Lethal continues to watch Cannon, total bewilderment on his face, before turning and nailing a recovering BMW with the Spear. As the arena erupts, Lethal Weapon looks around at the chaos and grins.
Hunter: Lethal Weapon standing tall, and thanks to Scott Cannon…this story is going to roll on.
We see Silas, Sienna, Lenore and Brittany gathered in front of an angered Kelcey Wallace in the backstage area.
Kelcey: Why did you let him go out there alone? You should always back up Scott, always
Silas: Flyboy knew what he was doing, knew what the plan were. Don’t concern yerself with Fly-boys wellbeing.
Kelcey: Another thing, why would you allow the number one contendership Taylor earned to be usurped by Karen McBride. You do realize she is going to be furious?
Silas: Will ya stop ya squawking, and take that base out yer tone. Baby-dolls title opportunity will ‘appen at the End of the Year special, and whoever survives outta Ba’al and Karen is not going to be in the best condition to fight ‘er. And lettin’ our new boss have this shot at Uppin’ the Ante, further ingratiates Silas World with the powers that be. I got everything sown up nicely, Baby doll WILL get ‘er title shot, and Silas World gets in even better with Prestige…so is baby girl happy now?
Kelcey: I’ll only be happy when I see Taylor with the world championship once again
Silas: End of Year special…guaranteed
Silas World then walks away, Sienna and Kelcey exchanging a tense stare between one another. Wallace then turns around and finds herself glaring at a smug Franklin Paradise.
Kelcey: How long you been standing there?
Franklin: I’ve bin watching ya from afar all night long sweet cheeks
Kelcey: That’s called stalking
Franklin: No, its called observing. Just thought it would be funny to see ya dig a deeper grave fer ya best friend, and it was. It’s hilarious seeing you push for ya bestie to be massacred by the Sinistry, but then again, you’ve been a detriment to Taylor for some time now. You cost her her title; almost cost her her freedom, and no doubt you’ll cost her career at the End of Year Special.
Kelcey: You continue to run your mouth Frankie, and I’ll really take something from Taylor, her stalker.
She then pie-faces Paradise down on his ass, Franklin looking up and laughing
Franklin: Not my fault your nothing but an albatross
Kelcey backs away, obviously flustered
Suzanne Moore sits in an undisclosed location, wide eyed and bound to a chair. Behind her are stood AI and the Mr Hush. AI is crouched at Suzanne’s side, a hand on her shoulder and lips nearing her ear.
AI: You were taken by Kalinda for reasons Miss Moore, as we needed a test of her abilities
Suzanne looks panic stricken.
Suzanne: Abilities, what are you going to do to me? I cannot fight her
AI: No, this test won’t be of combat, we need to test another of her dragon-inspired abilities.
Kalinda enters, and crouches before Suzanne, sliding a finger under Suzanne’s chin and directing her eyes towards Kalinda’ s.
AI: Suzanne, you are going to help Kalinda test her talents at mind control, or in this instance, undoing mind control.
Before Suzanne can question what Al means by this, she finds herself absolutely enchanted by the mesmerizing eyes of Kalinda. Moore is unable to turn away from the deep cavernous pupils of the dragon.
Hunter: This place just gets weirder and weirder…
Mackie: Mind controlling dragons…I don’t think we can go anywhere from here.
Hunter: Well now it’s time for our final match of the evening, and it’s for the Evolution Championship.
Kordy’s music hits and she appears at the top of the ramp alone, the rest of the GOOD Movement having been involved in that huge brawl just moments ago. She heads down to the ring looking determined, and slides under the bottom rope
Hunter: Huge chance for Kordy here
Mackie: But huge pressure as well, Ethan claiming her place in the GOOD movement will be in jeopardy if she doesn’t bring the title home.
Andre then appears at the top with Sebastian Knight and Tabitha Silverstone, holding only the Evolution title
Hunter: Where is the tag belt?
Mackie: It’s not a tag match, stop looking for issues that aren’t there.
Hunter: Come on, Andre obviously wants nothing to do with his association with Gavin Taylor and the Tag Titles.
Andre makes his way down the ramp and into the ring, passing the belt to the ref who holds the belt aloft.
Hunter: Here we go then, can Kordy pull this off?
The pair circles each other for a moment before Kordy immediately goes after the arm, looking to hook in the Hello Kordy again. Andre is ready for it however and pushes her away, whipping her into the ropes and drop kicking her in the thigh. He then lays down some stomps, working the leg before picking her up and nailing her with a short arm clothesline. Kordy drops to the floor, Andre going for an arm drop, Kordy shifting and Andre hitting nothing but mat. Kordy hooks in the Hello Kordy, and has Andre in agony, the referee asking if he wants to submit. Jordan refuses, and edges towards the ropes, Kordy putting on even more pressure, but thankfully for Jordan he makes it, and the referee breaks the count. Kordy gets to her feet, Andre doing the same, running in with a Clothesline, but again Kordy grabs the arm, Andre shifts his weight however and sends Kordy over his body, before ignoring the pain to scoop her up and hit a side walk slam.
Hunter: This has been tough for Andre, Kordy has had the brunt of this match, but now she is in trouble.
Mackie: And here comes trouble…Gavin Taylor is coming to the ring, and he has his tag title.
Andre shouts at Gavin, telling him to get away from the ring, and this distraction gives Kordy long enough to get to her feet. Andre turns around, and Kordy hits the Can Opener DDT on Dre, slamming his head into the ring, but for some reason she does NOT go for the pin.
Hunter: Why isn’t Kordy going for the pinfall here? She has the title won.
Tabitha and Seb plead with Gavin to leave.
Tabitha: Please Gavin, he doesn’t want you here
Gavin: I’m here only to support my brother from another mother. I’m staying
Kordy then rolls to the outside and grabs a steel chair, sliding it into the ring and preparing to use it on Andre
Hunter: Kordy with the chair…but hold on why is she doing this? I thought she wanted to become champion.
Knight enters the ring and grabs the chair, getting out of dodge quickly. Kordy spins around, wondering what is happening, before turning back, and straight into Andre’s Game Changer.
Mackie: That’s it…we are done
Hunter: Knight paying dividends for Silverstone Inc, keeping Kordy from using the chair. God only knows what she was thinking bringing that chair into this match.
Mackie: It might have just cost her.
1…
2…
3…
NO, Kordy gets out at the last moment, Andre really feeling his injured arm now.
Andre reaches down and pulls Kordy up, dragging her to her feet and her head under his seat. He hooks her arms, going for the Opinion Changer. The pedigree is about to connect but Dre’s arm gives out, allowing Kordy to swing out from under him, catch his injured arm and drag him to the canvas. The Hello Kordy is locked in once more. Jordan is screaming at the top of his lungs and trying to resist the urge to tap out. All the while Ethan Von Aaron, nursing a swollen jaw, steps down the ramp.
Hunter: And here comes Ethan. He looks like he recovered from that KTFO he suffered at the elbow of Katelyn Buehler a few minutes ago.
At the same time that Ethan is encroaching the ring, Gavin is rushing towards Sebastian at ringside and grabbing the steel chair out of his hands. He now tries to step towards the ring only for Knight and Silverstone to hold him back.
Silverstone: WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!
Gavin: Saving Andre’s title of course.
Silverstone: By getting him disqualified?
Gavin: Whatever it takes.
Knight: Naaah, that’s not how this is going to play out Gavin.
Taylor CLAIMS he wants to save Dre, but his actions are only distracting Silverstone and Knight, keeping their eyes on him as opposed to Porno lad making his way up the steps and to the apron. Right in front of the official Ethan throws a crowbar into the ring, which ends up directly at Kordy’s feet.
Ethan: It’s time.
Kordy looks down at the crowbar and synches in the Hello Kordy a little tighter on Dre.
Kordy: But-but-but…
Ethan: But nothing. You PROMISED to do whatever I ordered! Now DO IT!
Kordy: But Kordy’s gonna win the Evolution Title. Kordy’s gonna have a brand new husband.
Ethan: I don’t give a flying FUCK! This isn’t about you winning the title. Pick up the crowbar and use it GOD DAMMIT!
With tears in her eyes Kordy breaks the high angle arm bar on Andre’s injured limb and grabs the crowbar. Dre just begins to force himself up to his feet when Kordy swings the crowbar down into his bicep and shoulder, directly before the eyes of the referee. This forces the official to call for the end to the match, disqualifying Kordy.
Hunter: The FUCK!?!
Mackie: Kordy had the Evolution Title won, she was seconds from forcing Andre to tap out, why did she just get herself disqualified?
Ethan slides into the ring and watches as Kordy bashes Jordan over the arm with the crowbar once again, inflicting further damage.
Ethan: Gooood…real GOOD!
Von Aaron now stretches Jordan’s arm out over the canvas and begins to stomp at the bicep and the elbow repeatedly. He then takes the crowbar away from Kordy and swings it down into the already debilitated limb. All the while Kordy stands back watching, her eyes filling with tears, knowing she was so close to winning the Evolution Title only to turn around and throw the opportunity away. Ethan now crouches down beside Jordan, bringing a little clarity to this attack.
Ethan: You hurting Jordan? You in a little pain there buddy? Well then, Kordy accomplished her mission tonight. Cause now, when I win the number one contendership for the Evolution Title in that Gauntlet on Riot, you will be in absolutely no condition to defend your title against me.
His eyes shift towards Kordy.
Ethan: Did I tell you to take a break?
With reluctance Kordy steps forward, grabs Dre by the back of the neck, pulls him to his feet and delivers a Can Opener DDT, a move targeting Jordan’s injured arm. She then reapplies the Hello Kordy while Porno Lad stomps away at his shoulder.
Hunter: I get it.
Mackie: You do?
Hunter: Kinda.
Mackie: Seems to me that Ethan ordered Kordy to throw the match so she and Von Aaron could injure Andre’s arm. Now if Ethan wins the Gauntlet on Riot and becomes number one contender for the Evolution Championship there will be nothing left of Dre to defend the belt against him.
Hunter: That’s actually pretty damn smart.
Mackie: Yeah, but it doesn’t look like Kordy likes this at all.
Kordy doesn’t, hence why she sobs in the process of fracturing Jordan’s arm. But she isn’t sobbing out of remorse for Dre, she’s sobbing out of grief over losing a shot at the Evolution Championship. She throws it all away just to please Ethan. Unlike Kordy, Ethan delights in every blow he throws at the Evolution Champion’s mangled arm. All the while the only two people on the planet interested in helping Andre are presently standing at ringside arguing with Gavin….Taylor purposely keeping Tabitha and Sebastian distracted so neither can help Dre.
Ethan: Listen here, THUG!
Von Aaron drops to his elbows and knees, eyes mere inches removed from Dre’s face.
Ethan: You will no longer violate my client, Alana Starr…
Speaking of Alana, the NEW X-Class Champion finally makes her presence known, stepping to the stage with her belt over her shoulder. She watches gleefully as Ethan grabs Jordan under the jaw and twists Dre’s neck to stare to the stage where Alana is holding up her title.
Ethan: You tried to take what meant the most to her, and now I’ll return the favor on her behalf. I WILL win the Gauntlet on Riot, and I WILL take your Evolution Championship….no…maybe I’ll even take your fucking career in the process. BREAK IT KORDY!
Kordy wrenches back even further on the arm, bending it an incredibly awkward angle and eliciting guttural roars from Dre.
Alana’s eyes glisten as bright as the X-Class Title she holds aloft while standing on the stage. And speaking of glistening, we see Gavin’s teeth glistening as he flashes the biggest smile in the world, looking over the shoulders of Tabitha and Knight, who remain fixed on Gavin while his eyes are fixed on the pain etched in the lines of Jordan’s face.
Taylor Chase-Cruze is shown in a hallway, stood just outside of a door, one that will lead to Aiken’s dressing room, where she’ll finally have the chance to speak with Mika, this time not through a 2 way mirror. She takes a deep breath.
Taylor: I know you’re there.
Chase refers to the person standing at the end of the hall, Angelica Jones TRYING to discreetly hide behind a stack of crates. Now that the cat is out of the bag, Jones peaks her head out and let’s her presence be known.
Angelica: Rats, and here I thought I was being pretty stealthy.
Taylor: No-no, you were doing great, really you were. My senses are just a little heightened at the moment.
Angelica: Understandable.
Taylor: Listen, I know you’re operating on orders from Silas, but this is something I HAVE to do on my own.
Angelica: I can’t let you go in that room by yourself.
Taylor: You can, and you will.
Chase twists the door knob, stepping inside and finding Aiken Frost sat at a table.
Aiken: Welcome Taylor, please take a seat.
Chase closes the door before Jones can be spotted dashing up the hallway.
Taylor: I’d rather stand thank you.
Taylor plays things surprisingly cool and cavalier in spite of being in the same room with the man who had her drugged earlier in the week.
Aiken: Hmmm, your choice.
The empty chair remains just that, empty.
Aiken: Bring her forth.
The door opens to a side room, and Red Rayne and Silk lead Mika into the larger chamber occupied by Frost and Chase, the backs of Aiken’s followers and Kozlov are turned to the camera. Taylor shifts around to eye her sister, her face contorting with shock
Mika: Hello Malishka…
The camera shifts to face Mika, providing a glimpse of her features….but its her eyes that are focused upon. Her eyes that are as black as a sea of oil.
Taylor: What have they done to you?
Mika merely smiles in response.
Aiken: We accepted her.
END
QUICK RESULTS
TAYLOR CHASE CRUZE DEFEATED TINA VALENTINE VIA PINFALL
AMANDA BLAYZE DEFEATED MARIE JONES VIA PINFALL
WILLIAM MASON DEFEATED KELLEN JEFFRIES VIA DQ
BA’AL DEFEATED HURSE VIA PINFALL
ANDRE JORDAN DEFEATED KORDY VIA DQ