“Supreme Championship Wrestling...”

A shot of Kelcey Wallace nailing Bree Lancaster with the Perfect Ending, followed by a shot of Steve Griffin hitting the Decimator off the top rope on CHBK at the first Rise to Greatness, before turning a shot of Jake Starr pumping up the crowd on his way to the ring, before turning into a shot of Ravyn Taylor sitting in the corner, waiting for the start of a match. We then see a shot of Katie Steward holding the Women’s Championship before cutting to a shot of Selena Frost hitting Vixen Cain with the Defying Gravity at Supreme Saturday: Just Desserts.

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MAIN SHOW:

The opening bars of “The Old Me” by Memphis May Fire play as the Breakdown logo flies across the screen.

I'm thinking about the old me

'Cause I've been feeling empty

I never used to be so dead inside

Shots of Selena Frost celebrating with the World Championship start before we see a shot of the Minerva with Konrad Raab standing tall in the ring. Following this is Cid Turner punching CHBK in the concourse. Ace Marshall hitting the Air Marshall on an opponent follows.

I think I lost my memory

I can't remember carefree

And all my days turn into fight or flight

Ricky James hitting the Art of the Deal on Shilo Valiant follows before we see Syren hitting the Total Makeover on an opponent. Bree Lancaster hitting the Classifier on Aaron Blackbourne follows before we see Asher Hayes and Cid Turner coming out of their A/C unit.

I wanna get back, tell me how to get back

I wanna get back, tell me how to get back

Holly Adams throwing Syren into the windshield of a pink convertible follows before we see Kandis and Tommy Valentine holding the SCW World Tag Team Championship. Kennedy Street standing on the ropes follows before we see Jordan Majors hitting a Cash Out on Sienna Swann. Glory Braddock hitting the London Plunge on a downed opponents is next before we see Xander Valentine booting an opponent in the face.

Say it again, say it again, tell me what I wanna hear

Tell me that I'm gonna be fine and there's nothing left to fear

'Cause I've been losing sleep (losing sleep)

Trying to get back to who I used to be

Where is the old me?

Chris Cannon spearing Konrad Raab follows before we see a shot of Gavin Taylor on his way to the ring, and then a shot of Kimberly Williams licking a staple gun. The Breakdown logo comes up on the screen and remains on it for a few moments.

We then cut to a live shot of the inside of the Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay, Florida. The cameras pan across the crowd for a few moments.

Sharper: “We are live in Tampa Bay, Florida on a night where the World Championship will be the decided!”

The cameras continue to pan across the crowd.

Sharper: “Tonight, Glory Braddock challenges Selena Frost for the World Title. No interference.”

Knots: “Yeah, but we got a guest in the ring and he aint leaving!”

We cut to the ring where Giovanni Aries sits cross-legged in the ring, microphone in his hand. He looks around as the Breakdown theme cuts out and the crowd boos.

Giovanni: “The hypocrisy is getting too obvious to call.”

The crowd boos as Giovanni looks around.

Giovanni: “While I train some to understand that they must accept their failures…”

Giovanni looks around.

Giovanni: “I cannot help but feel distant from nirvana when so many others are given opportunity and I am the odd person out.”

Giovanni looks around as he then slowly stands up. He looks around.

Giovanni: “While individuals like Holly Adams, representing the Brand…trademarked…should not have to jump through hoops to define their championship status, that is what has happened there. And meanwhile, some flimsy rationale has been used to explain why individuals like Kimberly Williams, the floosy Kandis, and the woman who will be felled by me later tonight, Brittany Lohan, are getting opportunity to stop the inevitable.”

Giovanni looks around, extending his left arm.

Giovanni: “If the goal is equality and opportunity…then I stand here as the rightful next contender when I defeated your Champion here in this ring.”

Giovanni looks around.

Giovanni: “That seems to be a trend. She cannot handle the Brand…trademarked…and so she has to hide behind those who value her, the Kingdom….the associates…It’s so obvious. It’s a shame.”

Giovanni shakes his head.

Giovanni: “Because this is what even nirvana cannot contain. The hypocrisy of Shaun Cruze when I am more deserving than all but Holly Adams herself, the rightful World Champion. It’s sad.”

Giovanni shakes his head.

Knots: “He’s not wrong.”

Lyman: “He’s not wrong. But Giovanni Aries has also been a secondary figure to Holly Adams.”

Knots: “What about Brittany Lohan to Kennedy Street? You saying that’s better.”

Giovanni: “Are we going to openly confront this façade? I at least speak in truth! I have offered that truth to so many, Sammy Thomas Davies, among them. And I will continue to….for a modest price. But this…this is so transparent, I can not only see through it, I can walk through it and smell the odious nature of the decision-making-“

Just then, “You’ll Know My Name” by Chris Cornell starts to play. The crowd cheers. A few moments pass before Shaun Cruze walks out from the back. He starts to head to the ring. Giovanni just smirks as Cruze makes his way down to the ring.

Sharper: “Shaun Cruze has heard enough. Guess the misinformation too much.”

Lyman: “It’s Giovanni. Of course half of this is BS.”

Cruze walks over to the ring. He then walks up the steel steps and then steps along the apron and steps into the ring. He then looks at Giovanni. Giovanni smiles and extends his hand, only for Cruze to ignore him. Cruze walks over to the corner, demanding a microphone. Phillips hands him one and Shaun Cruze turns back to the middle of the ring.

Giovanni: “Well this should enlightening.”

Cruze: “Oh it’s going to be Giovanni. You want to know why you’re not in the match at Retribution?”

The crowd roars a bit.

Cruze: “I mean you beat Selena Frost. You did. I saw it. We all did.”

Cruze looks at Giovanni.

Cruze: “And yet your reputation precedes you and frankly, that’s why I didn’t put you there. Someone who tries to take down the company…sorry, you’re not going to get the benefit of the doubt.”

The crowd roars.

Giovanni: “So you hold a grudge…even though I have been only peaceful since returning-“

Cruze: “And you only returned by Cian didn’t care about your past. I do. And you’ll need to re-earn any opportunity here. So as far as I’m concerned, there’s no more issue here. You don’t like it. I don’t care. Holly Adams has her rematch. You…you deserve nothing!”

The crowd roars. Giovanni smiles and steps up.

Giovanni: “Still upset that I showed Owen his truth….if only he would turn to me now…he could have true nirvana instead of this pathetic attempt at redemption…”

Cruze: “One’s in the past. Owen controls his future. Neither need involve you. So get out of the ring-“

Giovanni: “Perhaps you should send Lohan out here. We are scheduled to fight. What will happen when I beat her? Prove that I should be under consideration.”

Cruze looks at Giovanni as the two lock eyes. The crowd roars as Giovanni smirks. Just then, “Duality” starts to play as the crowd erupts again. A few moments pass before Josh Hudson walks out from the back.

Sharper: “That’s not a song we expected to hear! Josh Hudson coming down to the ring!”

Lyman: “We knew we’d hear from him!”

Josh Hudson walks down to the ring in his hoodie. She walks to the ring and then walks up the steel steps. He walks along the apron and steps into the ring. He then looks at Giovanni as Shaun Cruze looks at him. The crowd roars. Giovanni steps back, smirking.

Giovanni: “Well isn’t this just quaint. Looks like Josh Hudson continues to be a stooge.”

Hudson turns to Cruze, asking for his microphone. Cruze hands it to him. Hudson takes it and steps up.

Hudson: “No Giovanni. I came out here myself. Mr. D’s gone. Cruze certainly didn’t ask me to be out here. I just have a problem with jackasses who think they’re deserved the world when they’d owed nothing. Well…except for this!”

Hudson then nails Giovanni Aries with a hard right. The crowd cheers. Hudson steps up as Giovanni rolls over to the floor. He then backs up.

Sharper: “That was all Hudson!”

Knots: “No patience for Giovanni Aries! No nirvana!”

Giovanni looks at Josh Hudson before “Duality” starts to play again. Hudson keeps his eyes on Giovanni Aries as Cruze does too. Giovanni walks around the ring, holding his jaw. He then takes a deep breath and closes his eyes, trying to return to a state of inner peace. The crowd continues to cheer before the scene cuts away.

COMMERCIALS

Backstage, Gavin Taylor is talking with Ava St. Claire in one of the common areas. Jack and Karl Barker, the All-Star Security, stand in the background. Nicole “Ducky” Kinneck stands between them, mimicking them.

Gavin: “Any word from Ravyn?”

St. Claire: “Nothing yet. So maybe she was bluffing. She always is one for bluster.”

Gavin: “We’ve already seen her flat out lie. There’s no Uncle Roy-“

St. Claire: “I know that. You know that. Ravyn probably knows that. But….”

Ava looks over at Nicole.

Ducky: “Come on! We need to look the same! We’re Gavy’s ass! Look at us! We follow him around!”

Karl: “Uh…we’re his security!”

Jack: “Yeah, just…”

Ducky: “Yeah…and people call us the ass!”

We cut back to Gavin and Ava who watch this.

Gavin: “Well we can only hope. Also, the Farmstead people, what about them-“

Ducky stops and runs over.

Ducky: “The Happy Farmstead Friends! Did you talk to them?! Aren’t the coolest?! La-La-La-La Lexy! She’s our half-Canadian, half-Britainian, All-American girl…”

Ducky starts to sing.

St. Claire: “We had a talk. Just some interest in the World Tag-“

Gavin: “No!”

Ducky: “THEY WANT TO FACE US FOR THE TITLES! I GET TO BE THE RING WITH MY HEROES!”

Ducky runs over and grabs St. Claire.

Ducky: “Make it happen! They may make a song just for me!”

Gavin: “Ducky, you can’t just give everyone a shot.”

Ducky: “Why not?!”

Gavin: “Well we want to hold onto the titles and we have to worry about Ravyn….”

Gavin sighs.

Gavin: “Don’t you want to do it for Roy.”

Ducky: “Oh yeah….for Roy…uh…uh….Still…I want to face them. Dancing Bear is probably really furry!”

St. Claire: “I’ll figure something out. Just focus on what you can.”

Ducky: “Yayyyyy! La-la-la-la Lexy!”

Ducky skips around, grabbing her World Tag Team Championship, flinging it around in the air as Gavin and Ava turn to one another. The scene fades out.

Alexis Quinne vs. Crystal Zdunich

The lights grow dim. Opening strum of Rage Against the Machine’s “Calm Like a Bomb” plays. White house lights illuminate the ramp.

Feel the funk blast

Feel the funk blast

FEEL THE FUNK BLAST

The song kicks it. The house lights turn blue, red, green, etc. Alexis Quinne walks out through the curtains. The crowd roars. She is dressed in a silver and black sugar skull mask. She also had a silver and black Varsity Jacket with a few badges on the sleeves. She looks out at the arena, turning left and right. She then starts her march down to the ring.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a fifteen minute time limit. Introducing first, from San Francisco, California, she is Alexis Quinne!”

Sharper: “Alexis Quinne making her way to the ring and you have to think she’ll be looking to make up for her recent loss to Amelia Stone.”

Lyman: “She’d been on a roll up until that, but she has a chance to get back on track here.”

Alexis stops mid-way and once again, takes the moment to look out at the crowd. The song reaches the bridge. The figure lowers their head, their hands reaching towards the mask. The crowd roars as she removes some strains of hair from her sight so it's clear to everyone. She then looks to both sides of the front row, raising a finger to her ear to provoke a louder reaction. She then tosses her mask to the crowd. Reaching ringside, the camera does the classic rotation that it used to do for her entrances. She gets to the steel steps and then turns back at the fans behind her. She sticks her fist out and soon a legion of fists touch hers.

Knots: “A chance to get back on track, a chance to maybe make a statement to Owen Lee. Alexis wants some adrenaline. She’s counting on Owen to bring it!”

Satisfied, she takes a moment to gather herself before walking up the steps. Resting her head on the top turn post for a few moments, she then climbs up the top turnbuckle. Alexis yells to the crowd. The crowd responds with her. She stands there before jumping inside and then raising a fist in the air, looking at the sky. Shortly after, she takes off her jacket and tosses it to one of the staff members outside. Quinne then retreats to the corner and hoists herself up to sit on the top turnbuckle as her music fades.

The entire arena fades to black as we are left in nothing but darkness. All of a sudden Crystal's voice can be heard all throughout the speaker systems.

“YOUR SMILE MAKES MY HEART EXPLODE... THANK YOU FOR WAKING ME UP!!!!”

As soon as that is said explosions can be heard going off as we are treated to some flame pyros.

“Smile Bomb” by 17thekid plays across the speakers and it is at that moment when the crimson red haired “Burning Rose” Crystal Zdunich walks from the curtains. She is accompanied by her fiancee Alexandra Caldwell, and the two of them make their way to the ring.

Phillips: “And her opponent, accompanied to the ring by Alexandra Caldwell, from Los Angeles, California, she is The Burning Rose, Crystal Zdunich!”

Sharper: “And unlike Quinne, Zdunich was able to pick up a win her last time out, defeating Cassidy Carter two weeks back.”

Lyman: “And we’ve seen her attitude change lately. No doubt in my mind she’d love to put a halt to the momentum Alexis has built since returning at the end of the year.”

Crystal runs up the stairs and walks to the middle of the apron. She flicks her hair before she drops down into a split. She slides into the ring and as soon as she is inside she kips up to her feet. She tosses her Shoto inspired hoodie towards her wife as she steps forward while her music fades. Quinne steps forward as well. The two begin to circle one another. The bell sounds.

Lyman: “In Quinne’s video message to the fans this week, she mentioned how her style differs from Crystal’s. Crystal more aerial, Alexis more of a scrapper. That said, something they have in common is their agility. Expect this to be a fast-paced match from these two.”

Knots: “Which is something Owen should be keeping an eye on!”

Crystal lunges forward and goes for a grapple, but Quinne ducks it and slips behind Crystal, quickly locking in a hammerlock. Crystal throws an elbow back and manages to catch Quinne in the face. Quinne stumbles back near the ropes. Crystal turns and runs at her before leaping up to the second rope and springboarding off. In mid-air, she grabs Quinne’s arm and flings her across the ring with an armdrag. Quinne goes sliding into the corner, swiftly pulling herself up. Crystal charges the corner and leaps up, but Quinne swings out of the corner. Crystal crashes on the top turnbuckle. She stumbles back right into a backslide pin from Quinne.

1!

Crystal rolls out of it, right into a vertical base. Quinne gets to her knees and Crystal quickly leaps into a hurricanrana, spiking Quinne to the mat!

Sharper: “As predicted, quick start here!”

Lyman: “Beautiful snap-rana from Crystal there, don’t think Alexis expected that.”

Crystal rolls Quinne over and hooks the leg.

1!

2!

Quinne kicks out just after two and rolls towards the ropes before slipping onto the apron. She scrambles to pull herself up using the ropes as Crystal gets back to her feet. Crystal runs at Quinne, but Quinne yanks the top rope down, sending Crystal spilling out to the floor, rolling into the announcer’s desk. Quinne briefly looks back before stepping back into the ring and immediately running to the opposite ropes. She rebounds and goes full speed ahead before flying through the ropes with a suicide dive, crashing right into Crystal! The crowd roars. Crystal stumbles back and falls on top of the announcer’s desk.

Sharper: “Taking the fight outside now!”

Lyman: “And that’s a good way to keep Crystal grounded. Smart play from Alexis.”

(1) Quinne gets to her feet and grabs Crystal by the hair. She slams Crystal’s head into the desk a few times before Crystal rolls off of the desk. (2) Quinne drags Crystal to her feet and whips her towards the steel steps. Crystal leaps up on top of the steps before landing on the other side. (3) Quinne turns the corner to go after Crystal, but Crystal turns around with a stiff forearm. Quinne staggers back around the corner. (4) Crystal leaps back up to the top of the steps before jumping off and landing onto Quinne with a meteora! (5) The crowd roars. Crystal swiftly gets to her feet.

Sharper: “Crystal using her environment, continuing to impress here.”

(6) Crystal picks Quinne up and throws her back into the ring. Crystal quickly climbs to the apron and then to the top turnbuckle. Quinne gets up and turns around to see Crystal flying off the top rope with a crossbody. Crystal connects and transitions right into a cover.

1!

2!

Quinne gets a shoulder up. She crawls away towards the ropes and starts using them to pull herself back up. Meanwhile, Crystal stalks her from behind, measuring her up. Quinne gets up and turns around. Crystal goes for Flashing Lights, but Quinne ducks it. Quinne springs right back up and blasts Crystal with a forearm. Crystal stumbles back, but Quinne stays on her, running ahead and dropping her with a Boomerang! Crystal rolls away into the corner.

Lyman: “Perfect scouting from Alexis, she saw that kick coming and dodged it perfectly.”

Sharper: “And it’s got things swinging back her way now!”

Crystal sits up in the corner, but Quinne charges the corner before leaping up and impaling Crystal with a low-angle dropkick! Crystal rolls out of the corner, holding her face. She staggers to her feet, looking a bit lost while Quinne positions herself on the middle turnbuckle. Crystal finally turns towards Quinne and immediately gets planted with the Ditzy Tour! The crowd roars as Crystal bounces away.

Sharper: “Quinne on fire now, dropping Crystal with that tornado DDT!”

Knots: “Alexis showing she can fly too!”

Quinne scrambles over to Crystal and hooks both legs for the cover.

1!

2!

Crystal kicks out just before three. Quinne looks up at the referee while Crystal rolls away. Quinne and the referee exchange a few quiet words while Alexis shakes her head.

Sharper: “Almost picking up a win there!”

We cut backstage to see Owen Lee staring at a monitor displaying the match. He nods along as Quinne gets back to her feet, staying on Crystal.

Sharper: “You see there, Owen Lee watching along with us.”

Knots: “Seeing just how fierce Alexis is. Alexis is trying to prove she can keep up, but we’re seeing the display here, maybe it should be Owen worrying about keeping up!”

Quinne bends down to grab Crystal, but Crystal drops her into a small package!

1!

2!

Quinne kicks out just in time and rushes to her feet. She runs at Crystal, but Crystal counters into a snapmare. Quinne hits the mat and sit up on impact. Crystal reacts quickly, running by Quinne and rebounding off the ropes before driving into Quinne with a running dropkick. Crystal goes for another cover.

1!

2!

Quinne kicks out again. She swiftly crawls to the corner. Crystal gets back up and follows her. Quinne pulls herself up to the corner. Crystal comes from behind and grabs her, but Quinne shoots a mule kick back, catching Crystal in the gut. Crystal stumbles back. Quinne climbs onto the second rope. She looks to be turning, but Crystal runs forward and clubs her in the back, sending Quinne onto the ring post. Crystal clubs away a few more times for good measure.

Sharper: “Quinne caught in the corner now.”

Lyman: “Might have been looking for another Ditzy Tour, but like you said, she got caught.”

Crystal steps onto the apron before climbing to the top turnbuckle with Quinne slumped over. Crystal sets up above Quinne, almost getting her into a powerbomb position. The crowd buzzes. Crystal tries to flip forward, but Quinne manages to grab her leg at the last second, keeping Crystal in place.

Sharper: “Crystal, looking for maybe a sunset flip bomb!”

Knots: “Alexis stopping her though!”

Quinne slips out of Crystal’s grip and stands on the second rope. She throws up a few harsh elbows, catching Crystal flush in the face. The crowd continues to buzz as Quinne gets a couple more shots in until Crystal mostly goes limp. Quinne carefully climbs to the top rope and pulls Crystal up with her before throwing Crystal’s arm over her shoulder. Quinne steadies herself before leaping back and bringing both herself and Crystal down with a Spanish fly! The crowd explodes on impact as the crash to the mat sends both women bouncing away from one another.

Sharper: “A massive Spanish fly! Did you see that?!”

Knots: “Hard to miss, Adam!”

Owen is shown backstage once again. He smiles and shakes his head before giving a golf clap.

Lyman: “And there’s a man who didn’t miss it!”

Sharper: “But Quinne’s got to cover!”

Quinne slowly crawls over to Crystal, who’s found herself near the ropes. Quinne reaches out and pulls Crystal closer, rolling her onto her back and going for the cover.

1!

2!

Crystal gets her leg on the nearby bottom rope. The crowd ohs before booing. Quinne looks up at the referee, a bit dazed. The referee gestures towards Crystal’s leg and waves off the pin.

Sharper: “Oh, but Crystal! Crystal found the rope!”

Lyman: “And without that break, I think we’re hearing Quinne’s music right about now.”

Knots: “Crystal with the veteran instinct. Let’s see if Alexis shows some of her own by not letting this rattle her!”

Quinne pushes herself up. She pulls Crystal away from the ropes and yanks her to her feet. Quinne grabs Crystal and looks to be trying to roll her into the Jack in a Box Cradle, but Crystal stands her ground.

Sharper: “Quinne looking for that cradle!”

Quinne falls back onto the mat, still trying to roll Crystal down. Crystal reaches down and takes Quinne in the eyes. The crowd boos as the referee steps in, pulling Crystal off, but the damage is done. Quinne scrambles to her feet and uses the ropes to pull herself up, but quickly goes back to nursing her eyes. Crystal steps forward and doubles Quinne over with a toe kick. Crystal hooks Quinne in a stunner position.

Sharper: “And now Crystal looking for Flame On!”

Crystal jumps up and floats over, but Quinne keeps her in the air before stepping back and dropping her stomach-first onto the ropes. The momentum causes Crystal to swing back over Quinne’s head and Quinne plants Crystal right on her backside, breaking the grip Crystal had on her head. 

Knots: “But a counter!”

Crystal gets up, holding her back. Quinne runs forward and leaps up, catching Crystal in a flying headscissors before releasing and launching Crystal into the corner. Crystal plows into the corner, the impact sending her stumbling right back towards Quinne. Quinne waits for a stunned Crystal to turn around before catching her in the Jack in a Box Cradle!

1!

2!

3!

Quinne releases the pin and rolls away. The crowd roars as “Calm Like a Bomb” hits. Crystal looks up at the referee, still a bit dazed.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Alexis Quinne!”

Quinne gets up and the referee raises her arm up. Crystal rolls out of the ring and falls to a knee. Alexandra comes up to check on her.

Sharper: “Quinne back on track with another victory!”

Knots: “A good showing too! Owen oughta be concerned!”

Once again, we see Owen watching the monitor. He nods as Quinne gets her arm raised in victory.

Lyman: “Or maybe excited. If tonight’s performance was any indication, you put Alexis Quinne in a ring with Owen Lee and you’re bound to see the house torn down!”

Sharper: “That may be, but for now, Quinne celebrates her win here! Now let’s go backstage where Jessica Winters is standing by.”

Quinne climbs up to the second rope and looks out to the crowd. She throws her hands up to the cheering crowd as her music continues to play in the background.

We cut backstage as Jessica Winters stands with Matt Hodges in the backstage area.

Winters: “Thank you Adam. I’m here with Matt Hodges. I’m not sure why though. You asked for this time, Matt. And it seems you’re trying to pull Ace Marshall from Lexy Chapel-“

Matt Hodges holds up a finger, stopping Jessica Winters.

Hodges: “Just wait a moment, and all will be clear.”

Winters: “What are we waiting for, and-“

Ace Marshall then saunters onto the scene. He shakes his head.

Ace: “Have to do this on camera?”

Hodges: “Well I figured I could kill two birds with one stone. See, Ace, as you manager, I think you deserve better. But Lexy is soooo focused on her wife…have you been forgotten? I thought you were the star of Lexy’s Coven or Harem or whatever the hell it is.”

Ace just looks down.

Hodges: “A bit speechless. Well, that’s wonderful. Think about it. And I can get you there. Because until Lexy, I can stay focused. There’s no conspiracy. There’s no BS. Just one thing holding you back and its her.”

Winters: “Why do you care about Ace so much? This started as something with Cian O’Dwyer trying to help Ace. Autumn even helped it-“

Hodges: “Convenient, huh.”

Ace: “Leave her out of it.”

Hodges: “Oooo…touched a nerve. Well, Lexy’s focused on Autumn. No more tag titles. That’s good for me. You…have goals. You want to be World Champion? US Champion? Don’t care what. We’ll break eggs. Already mentioned Syren. Wouldn’t you love to push her down the mountain…watch her cry as she tries to remember what it’s like to be legit.”

Ace: “So what do you get out of it? I mean you’re the happy former druggie, who was on everything to keep your leg from being in pain. Now you’re back and you’re screwing with me. I mean, I’m honoured and all. But I’m no Alistaire Allocco. I’ll at least see through your crap.”

Hodges: “See through it all you want. I have unfinished business and maybe for me…well…I said you didn’t want a tag title rematch…But I want those titles. Shove them into my own Lexy…that dumbass James. Shove them right into his face. Bring me some joy.”

Hodges shrugs.

Hodges: “I’m going off to see what I can arrange. You can decide to join me. Or keep talking about bullshit conspiracies. Maybe she’ll bring another ex back. Maybe Ryan Watson will be able to talk to a officer at the airport and get through customs this time. If they can make out his gibberish.”

Hodges turns and heads off. Ace looks at him and turns to Jessica.

Winters: “You’re less talkative than normal…”

Marshall walks past Winters and in a different direction as Hodges as the scene cuts away.

COMMERCIALS

Spencer Pryce vs. Amelia Stone

“Shot like a rocket up into the sky, Nothing could stop me tonight!”

The chorus of Skillet's “Invincible” plays as Spencer Pryce runs out through the curtain to the stage. He stops at the top of the ramp, claps his hands together one time, then spreads his arms out wide, taking in the crowd with a smile on his face. The SCW United States Championship sits around his waist. Amy Chastaine walks out behind him, drawing cheers.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a fifteen minute time limit. First, on his way to the ring, accompanied by Amy Chastaine, from Beaumont, Texas, he is the SCW United States Champion, Spencer Pryce!”

Spencer makes his way down the ramp, Amy following a few steps behind. After going up the ring steps, Spencer 'wipes his feet' on the apron before stepping through the ropes as Amy walks around the ring, staying on the outside. In the center of the ring Spencer does the hand-clap then arms spread motion once more. He then meets Amy at the corner, and they chat a bit as the music fades out. Pryce hands her his US Title.

Sharper: “Spencer Pryce making his first in-ring appearance since Body, Heart, and Soul. He’s the new US Champion.”

Lyman: “But he’s going to have to refocus. He’s going to have to come down that high. Winning the title and they always say. Now you’re a champion, now it’s the hard part.”

Knots: “Yeah. It can change you. And in a lot of different ways.”

"Look what you made me do" begins to play throughout the arena. The crowd gives a lukewarm reception as Amelia Stone makes her way out from behind the curtains. She waves cheerfully at the crowd.

Phillips: “His opponent, making her way to the ring, coming in from Phoenix Arizona, Amelia Stone!”

Making her way down to the ring, she climbs up onto the apron before ducking down under the middle rope. Raising her arms up she begins to casually stretch one arm behind her back. She waves out cheerfully to the crowd again before going up to Phillips, enthusiastically reaching her hand out. He looks at it awkwardly before shaking it. She proceeds to head over to the corner to wait for the start of the match.

Sharper: “Amelia Stone meanwhile excited to be here. She’s coming off a solid win against Alexis Quinne. Gave her her first loss since returning.”

Knots: “Yeah. And she’s looking now to move up. Beat the US champion!”

The bell sounds. Pryce steps up as Stone steps up too. The two jockey for a few moments before Pryce lunges at Stone. Stone drops down and spins around and grabs the legs of Pryce. Pryce reaches around before Stone takes him down. Pryce rolls to his back. Stone steps through and goes to grab his arm, but Pryce pushes back with his legs. Both get up and Stone grabs at Pryce, going for a side headlock takedown. Pryce however lifts her up and runs back into the ropes and fires her off. Stone bounces off and Pryce shoulders her down. Stone hits the mat. Pryce dives onto her and goes for a side headlock. Stone tries to block and then turns and rolls over, pulling Pryce over.

1!

Pryce rolls through and both get up and Stone goes for a dropkick. Pryce side steps. Stone hits the mat and Pryce grabs her and whips her into the ropes. Stone bounces off and Pryce hits a hip toss. Pryce goes to grabs her arm, but Stone rolls back and hooks his head with his legs and pulls him forward with a headscissors takedown.

Sharper: “Back and forth! These two young stars showing what they can do.”

Lyman: “We thought Zdunich and Quinne worked a fast pace. Pryce and Stone are looking to surpass it!”

Both get up and Stone wrenches the arm of Pryce. She then runs forward and to the ropes. Pryce stops as Stone plants her foot. She turns back and Pryce pulls her in and into another hip toss. Stone rolls through and gets up and Pryce kicks her in the ribs. He then hooks her up and hits a snap suplex. He turns and goes for the pin.

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Stone kicks out. Both get up and Pryce knees Stone in the ribs before spinning around and pulling her down by the legs. Stone falls face first and Pryce jumps up and hit an elbow drop to the back of Stone. He rolls her over and goes for another pin.

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Stone kicks out again. She rolls over and moves to the ropes. Pryce walks over and elbows her in the back of the head. He then grabs her arm and wrenches it and whips her across the ring. Stone bounces off and Stone runs at Pryce. Pryce hoists Stone up and Stone grabs his head and kicks her legs before using her momentum to drag Pryce over to the top rope, guillotining him on the top rope. Pryce fall back. Stone turns and Pryce gets up and lunges for Stone. Stone lowers her head and shoulders him in the ribs. She grabs his arm and places it on the top rope before Stone springboards to the top rope and hits a double stomp to Pryce’s left arm. Pryce steps off, wincing in pain. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Oh! Right on the shoulder. Stone trying to snap Pryce’s arm!”

Knots: “Maybe looking to find another way to end Pryce’s reign. Does Pryce owe Stone money?”

Pryce turns around and Stone runs at him and jumps up and onto the left shoulder of Pryce. Stone rolls through and locks in an armbreaker. The crowd roars. Pryce grimaces in pain as Amy looks on. Stone keeps pulling back as Pryce moves to the ropes and hooks them with his feet.

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Stone lets go and rolls back. Pryce rolls over, shaking his arm. He moves into the corner. Stone walks around the ring and runs at him and jumps up and hits an elbow to the left arm in the corner. Stone steps back as Pryce staggers forward and Stone grabs the arm and wrenches it, but Pryce spins through and takes her over with a release headlock takedown. Stone rolls through and gets up as Pryce turns and scoops her up with his right arm and hitting a sidewalk slam. He pulls back on her legs.

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Stone kicks out. Pryce rolls off. He gets up, shaking out his arm as Stone slowly stirs. She gets up as Pryce grabs her and hooks her by the head. He then hoists her up and holds her up in a vertical suplex position. Pryce grimaces in pain as Stone is upside down for several moments. The crowd cheers Pryce before he throws her back with a hanging vertical suplex.

Sharper: “Spencer Pryce showing his strength, fighting through pain.”

Lyman: “And I don’t know how wise that was. The crowd getting behind him though.”

Knots: “Maybe he wants the attention. Liking that spotlight.”

Pryce gets up and grabs Stone. He whips her into the corner. Pryce runs after and clotheslines her. He then grabs her and places her on the top rope. Pryce then steps up, but Stone nails him with a forearm and then another before shoving him back with her foot. Pryce steps back. Stone then jumps forward and hits a jumping armbreaker DDT on Pryce’s left arm. He winces in pain and Stone goes for the pin.

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Pryce kicks out. Both get up and Stone grabs his arm and spins through and goes for the La Magistral.

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Pryce rolls out, but Stone holds on and gets up and starts to force him down, going for the cattle mutilation. Pryce keeps fighting before rolling through with her and ending up on top of her.

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Stone kicks out. Both get up and Stone lunges at Pryce. Stone misses a clothesline and stops at the corner. She turns around and Pryce runs at her and drills her with the Sticker Shot. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Pryce just so quick. Knee right to the jaw!”

Lyman: “Amelia Stone may be stunned by that.”

Knots: “Maybe out on her feet!”

Amelia staggers out and falls to a knee. Pryce looks at this and then climbs up to the top rope. Amelia turns and Pryce dives back with the Texas Tornado, taking her down to the mat. He covers her.

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The crowd cheers. Amy walks into the ring as the bell sounds. Spencer Pryce gets up and Amy hands Pryce the US Championship. Pryce holds it over his head as the crowd cheers.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Spencer Pryce!”

The crowd cheers some more.

Sharper: “The Texas Tornado takes down Amelia Stone. She’s dazed and confused. Pryce continuing his winning ways.”

Knots: “Yeah and going into whatever is next for him. Sorry, whoever is next for him.”

Pryce holds up the US Championship as the crowd cheers and the scene cuts away.

Ace Marshall walks down the hallway and we see the LexyCorp locker room door in the foreground. As Ace walks forward, the door opens. Ace stops and slows down before Autumn steps out, blinking her eyes and closing the door behind her. She then turns.

Autumn: “Oh…Ace. You’re here. Thank God. Maybe you can talk some sense into her.”

Ace: “I mean those conspiracies are pretty crafty. Has she moved to something else?”

Autumn: “No…but she’s set that Hodges is trying to tear this all apart. You actually can help this. You talking to Hodges-“

Ace: “He’s actually my manager somehow. Look…I’m going nowhere. Remember, Lexy…me…you…you’re my girlbro! Not going to pass out on watching you rise.”

Autumn: “That’s kind. Just…with everything else, I’d love to just have to focus on one thing…the World Title. I finally have a shot. Took a crazy bitch to get me there.”

Autumn touches her forehead.

Ace: “Don’t worry. I’ve won many of them. I’ll train you myself! Going nowhere. You can even tell Lexy there.”

Autumn: “You won’t tell her yourself.”

Ace looks around and then leans in, but just as this happens, the door opens again and Lexy darts her head out of the room.

Lexy: “Autumn….ACE! You’re here!”

Lexy steps out.

Lexy: “SEE WORLD! HE’S STAYING WITH LEXY! MANAGER OF THE YEAR! MANAGER OF CHAMPIONS! GREATEST MANAGER IN MANAGERING!”

Ace: “And I’m even going to help Autumn train. Become a World Champion. Like I was!”

Ace says with a bit of bite in his voice. He keeps his happy demeanour.

Lexy: “Great! We can start now-“

Lexy grabs Ace and goes to pull him in.

Ace: “I can’t…I’ll be back…”

Autumn: “Where are you going, Ace?”

Ace looks around and leans in.

Ace: “Look…while I’ll train Autumn because that’s what I’ll do for my girlbro….do you want Matt screwing up more?”

Lexy looks at Autumn and then back at Ace.

Ace: “He’s focused on me…I’ll keep him away. So Autumn can kick ass.”

Lexy looks at Ace and then Autumn. Autumn looks at Ace as they lock eyes. Lexy then smiles.

Lexy: “That’s BRILLIANT! Keep that stinky Hodges away from us. Split up the conspiracy and then what…yeah…Autumn will be World Champion!”

Lexy turns and kisses Ace on the cheek before then flustered, turning and kissing Autumn on the lips and heading into the locker room. Ace looks at Autumn and then walks off as Autumn watches him leave and returns into the locker room.

COMMERCIALS

We open up to see Hairless Penguin and Dancing Bear talking backstage. Bear has several bottles of water in his paws. Penguin has one too, taking a swig from it, through his mask.

Penguin: “You see that. We’re going to get a title shot. I mean, we’ve only lost once and it was crap!“

Bear: “Yeah…and I’m still trying to get the plastic from my snout out of my face. God…I didn’t think Holly had manly arms like that to take my head off.”

Penguin: “But we’re going to get a shot Bear. Lexy’s going to be so happy.”

Bear stops and turns. We assume the bear smiles inside. He goes to dance, but drops some of the water.

Penguin: “Don’t drop the water. She’ll totally listen to us. Be thrilled. We’ll hydrate the team, tell them we’ve got a title shot. Lexy will probably jump into your arms and kiss you in joy. You saw how she was with Autumn…”

Penguin pauses for a moment.

Penguin: “And Ace.”

Penguin becomes a bit less thrilled. Bear stops and turns and runs down the hallway.

Bear: “Come on! We gotta go!”

Bear runs down the hallway.

Penguin: “Hey! Wait!”

Penguin runs after before an arm grabs Penguin by the arm. Penguin yelps as he falls, throwing the water back before the arm drags him into a doorway. The door slams shut as the camera runs over to check. The camera then turns to show the Dancing Bear still heading, presumably to get his kiss from Lexy.

Justin Davis vs. Cassidy Carter

The arena goes dark and the top of the entrance ramp starts to be covered by smoke. A spotlight shines through the smoke  and a dark figure stands in the middle. Once the beat picks up in the song a loud boom goes off as pyro shoots off from the stage. Then the dark  figure comes out from the smoke with his hands spread like a cross. The crowd begins to roar as Justin Davis stands proud at the top of the ramp and slowly makes his way down. 

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a ten minute time limit. First, on his way to the ring, from Boston, Massachusetts, Justin Davis!”

The crowd roars once again as Davis approaches the ring. He rushes and slides into the ring, then starts doing laps around the ring before choosing a random corner, standing on the middle rope and lifts his arms up high in the air posing to the hundreds of fans in front of him. He jumps down from the rope and sits in the corner, starting to psych himself up before the match.

Sharper: “Davis taking up Konrad Raab on his desire for a fight last week. And it looks like Davis is on a collision path with our new Underground Champion.”

Knots: “Then he has a hell of an opponent tonight. Cassidy may turn this one into a Underground match!”

The lights in the arena go dark for a moment, and the crowd hushes in anticipation.  After a few moments, the baseline to "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish begins thumping through the speakers. The arena fills with a mixture of boos and cheers.  As Billie's voice begins singing, low red lights begin flashing in time with the rhythm.

White shirt now red, my bloody nose 

Sleeping, you're on your tippy toes 

Creeping around like no one knows 

Think you're so criminal 

Cassidy's face appears on the big screen, blood streaming down her nose as she flashes a sadistic smile before her face disappears and her name flashes across the screen in blood red letters.  The red lights keep flashing. 

Bruises, on both my knees for you 

Don't say thank you or please 

I do what I want when I'm wanting to 

My soul? So cynical

White strobes begin flashing as Cassidy appears in the entryway.  The crowd is louder now, mostly booing Cassidy, but there are a few audible cheers mixed in. Cassidy is wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood up and "Bad Guy" sprayed on the back in red spray paint, and a pair of mirrored aviator sunglasses.  

Phillips: “His opponent, from Las Vegas, Nevada, she is the Duchess of Debauchery, Cassidy Carter!”

She pauses, taking a deep breath before she begins walking down the ramp, ignoring the fans.  She looks straight forward as she comes to the end of the ramp and climbs up the stairs.  she moves right to the ropes, ducking under the top rope as she enters the ring and walks straight to the corner.  She leans against the ropes and waits. 

Sharper: “Cassidy Carter hasn’t had the return she wants. She’s caused a lot of chaos though.”

Lyman: “She’ll do whatever she wants. She’s almost more nihilistic than ever. And Davis should be careful. That makes her very dangerous!”

The bell sounds. Cassidy then runs at Davis and nails him with a couple of hard right hands to the head. He covers up as the crowd boos. Cassidy drills him over and over again.

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Davis then shoves Cassidy back. Cassidy rolls through and gets up and turns and runs at Davis and Davis runs out and clotheslines her down. The crowd roars. Cassidy slowly gets up and turns and Davis nails her with a knee to the ribs. He then pulls Cassidy by the arm and drills her with a short-arm clothesline.

Sharper: “And just like that. This is turned up a notch! Hard clothesline!”

Knots: “Cassidy came right for Davis and Davis is firing right back!”

Davis turns and grabs Cassidy and whips her into the corner. Davis runs after and nails her with a running clothesline. Cassidy drops to a knee. Davis grabs her and snapmares her over and goes for the pin.

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Cassidy kicks out. Both get up and Cassidy moves to the ropes. Davis turns to her and Cassidy kicks him in the ribs. She kicks him again and then jumps up and boots him in the face, causing him to fall back and Cassidy to backflip onto the apron. Davis then gets up and runs at her and Cassidy hits a pump kick and Davis falls back and rolls over. Cassidy remains on the apron for a moment.

Sharper: “Cassidy with a couple of hard kicks and Davis jarred.”

Lyman: “There is something behind every shot with these two!”

Sharper: “A good test for facing Konrad, to say the least!”

Cassidy then rolls to the floor. She turns and lifts up the ring skirt, getting a roar from the crowd. She grabs a steel chair and throws it up and into the ring. The official runs over and kicks it out of the ring. She grabs another one and does the same before the official kicks it out. Cassidy then grabs a kendo stick and pulls it up before we see Davis roll to the floor. He then looks under the ring skirt as the crowd cheers some more and Davis pulls out a steel chair.

Sharper: “And this is breaking down! Cassidy going for weapons!”

Knots: “And Davis is saying, why not! I’ll join you!”

Sharper: “This is not an Underground rules match though!”

Cassidy starts to walk around the ring and Davis holds his chair up as the official rolls to the floor, getting between the two. Davis and Carter lock eyes before Davis then throws the chair down and rolls into the ring. Carter looks at him and grits her teeth and throws the kendo stick down and slides in. She then gets up and runs at Davis and nails him with a couple of shots to the ribs, but Davis takes them before kneeing her in the ribs and then again. He runs into the ropes, bouncing off and Cassidy jumps up and hits an uppercut. She runs into the ropes, bouncing off and Davis suddenly scoops her up and hits a sidewalk slam. Cassidy rolls over, holding her lower back. She starts to get up and runs at Davis and Davis ducks a running clothesline. Cassidy stops at the corner and turns around. Davis launches Cassidy up and Cassidy crashes to the mat chest first.

Sharper: “Cassidy is just a ball of aggression! She misses again!”

Lyman: “And she’s down!”

Cassidy starts to get up on her knees. Davis steps to the corner and runs out, not hesitating a second, and hitting the One for All. Cassidy goes down. Davis rolls her over. He covers her.

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The crowd roars. Davis rolls off as the bell sounds.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Justin Davis!”

Davis gets up and has his arm raised.

Sharper: “No hesitation. Just decisive strikes and Davis dealing with an aggressive Cassidy Carter, picks up the win.”

Knots: “Cassidy may have, without intending to, gave Davis the best idea of what facing Konrad is like.”

Lyman: “One difference…he’ll use weapons should they meet.”

Davis turns and celebrates to the crowd as the scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Polly Playtime vs. Kimberly Williams

A coin can be heard dropping into a coin slot and then the words “START GAME” show up on SCW’s Jumbotron.  A bunch of girls can be heard giggling before “C’est La Vie” by B*Witched begins to play.

The music plays for quite some time and it is not until it comes to the first chorus that Polly emerges from the backstage area wearing a frilly pink skirt and a very cute and fashionable strapless crop top that has black paw prints on it.  She is carrying a personally made microphone, clearly wanting to make the world wait to see her.  While she gets the cat calls and the whistles from a lot of the guys in the crowd, she definitely appears to be ignoring them, instead choosing to focus on only herself, allowing the cameras to film her, but not too much.  The crowd boos as she arrives down at the ringside area.  She walks up the steel steps and into the ring and is very careful to not show off any of her assets.  She hands over her personalized microphone to Jason Phillips and tells him to announce her using ONLY that microphone.  He looks at her and just shrugs before taking it.

Jason Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a fifteen minute time limit. First, the challenger, from Panguitch, Utah, she is the girl that just LOVES to play… Polly Playtiiiiime!”

She immediately snatches her microphone back away from him and nods, telling him “Good job”, before she heads to her assigned corner.  It’s here that she begins to warm up for the upcoming matchup.

Sharper: “Polly Playtime showing more attitude this year. Throwing Owen Lee to the wolves. Defeating Carter and Zdunich at Body, Heart, and Soul. And could she gain gold tonight.”

Knots: “Well the question is what Kimberly Williams is going to be like.”

The opening chords of Paranoid begin to play. Kimberly Williams steps out onto the stage to a loud, mostly positive, reaction from the fans. The SCW Television Championship is around her neck. A sinister smirk is on her face as she ponders what she is about to do tonight. She winks at the fans before pointing towards the ring and making a beeline towards it. 

Phillips: “Her opponent, from Boston, Massachusetts, the SCW Television Champion, the Woman Scorned, Kimberly Williams!”

She slides into the ring underneath the bottom rope.  Kimberly then poses in the center of the ring to another loud reaction from the fans.  The music slowly dies down and Kimberly goes to a corner to await the start of the match. The referee comes over and Kimberly takes the title off from over her head, waving it in front of Steve Hollinsworth. She pulls away as he’s going to take it before holding it out again. Hollinsworth takes it as Kim chuckles to herself. Hollinsworth holds it over his head as the SCW Television Championship logo comes across the screen.

Sharper: “This is going to be an odd sight. First time since last spring that Autumn Valentine is not defending the TV Title.”

Knots: “Yeah. Kim does and immediately Hollinsworth is regretting that!”

Sharper: “Polly Playtime her first challenger. Here we go.”

The bell sounds. Kim skips out and Polly steps out and Kim just blasts her with a hard right. The crowd ohs. Kim forearms her again before grabbing her and spinning around, throwing her into the corner. Kim then kicks her in the ribs over and over and over again. Hollinsworth comes over and counters.

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Kim steps back and laughs as she walks around the ring. Polly winces as Kim walks back over to her and Polly then reaches up and spins throwing Kim into the corner. Polly chops her. The crowd woos. She hits an overhead chop onto Polly before hitting a knife-edged chop in the corner. Kim winces as Polly whips her across the ring. Polly runs after and Kim drops down to the floor. She walks around as the crowd boos. Polly stops herself at the corner.

Sharper: “Kim drops to the floor. Getting distance.”

Lyman: “And Polly stopping. Kim taking a moment. A bit surprising.”

Kim takes a few steps. (1) She then turns and rolls back into the ring and gets up and points to Polly before pointing to her jaw. Polly turns and forearms Kim in the jaw. Kim falls back into the corner. Polly steps up and kicks her in the ribs over and over. The crowd roars.

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Polly steps off and walks around the ring before turning back and looking at Kim, motioning to her to come at her. Kim slowly gets up and smirks. Polly then steps up to her and grabs her and knees her in the ribs. She goes for a bulldog, but Kim shoves Polly forward. Polly stops at the corner and turns around and Kim hits a dropkick. Polly hits the mat. Kim dives onto her and nails her with a couple of hard rights. Polly blocks them, covering up. Kim gets a few more shots in before Polly moves to the ropes and pulls herself to the apron.

Sharper: “Polly just using the ropes, getting to the apron to protect herself.”

Knots: “That looks more like Kim, right?”

Lyman: “Yeah and Polly may have a busted lip. Kim just decided to fight. At least it’s not using a fork like last week!”

Polly starts to get up and Kim turns and grabs Polly. Polly instead pulls down Kim’s tights, revealing her underwear. The crowd roars.

Knots: “A partial moon in Tampa!”

Sharper: “Polly using anything she can think of. I don’t agree but…”

Kim looks down briefly, first upset, before then shrugging, but Polly then forearms her in the jaw. Kim staggers back, pulling her pants back up and then running at Polly. Polly jumps up, bringing her legs up and wrapping them around Kim’s head and taking her up and over to the floor with a frankensteiner. Polly remains on the apron. Kim rolls over. (1) She starts to get up. Kim looks up. (2) Polly dives off the middle rope with an asai moonsault onto the TV Champion. The crowd cheers. (3)

Sharper: “Asai moonsault. Polly off the ropes onto the champion on the floor!”

Lyman: “Kimberly William wasn’t ready for it. Landing right on her and taking her down to the mats!”

Polly rolls over and starts to get up and looks at Kim. (4) She then grabs her and drags her up. She rolls her into the ring. Kim rolls over. (5) Polly slides in. Kim starts to get up and Polly waits for her to get up and Kim turns and Polly goes for the Chick Kick. Kim ducks and grabs Polly from behind and clubs her in the back before running forward and jumping to the middle rope and backflipping through into a reverse DDT. She turns and hooks the leg.

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Polly gets her shoulder up. Kim rolls over and starts to get up and grabs Polly and drags her to the ropes. She then moves to the apron and pulls Polly up to the top rope before jumping up and locking in a figure four headlock on the top rope. Polly struggles as Kim chokes her!

Knots: “Polly may have pissed off Kim!”

Sharper: “Maybe and she’s just choking the life out of Polly on the top rope! Come on ref!”

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Kim lets go and drops down to the apron. Polly staggers back and falls to the mat. Kim steps into the ring slowly as Polly gets up and Kim runs at her and spins around her, hooking her by the waist and taking her over with a German suplex into a bridge.

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Polly gets her shoulder up. She rolls over and starts to get up, moving to the corner. Kim follows up and grabs her, but Polly hits a mule kick. Kim winces and Polly then runs out and grabs her and hits a Drive-by facebuster. Polly rolls over.

Sharper: “Polly driving Kim into the mat. Back and forth!”

Knots: “And that stops Kim’s latest rage too!”

Lyman: “But instead maybe setting up for a short-reign. Polly Playtime back up. Could we get another shock in the TV Title ranks?”

Polly then gets up and exits to the apron. She climbs up to the top rope. Kim slowly stirs and starts to get up. Polly then dives off and goes for the Downplay. Kim moves out of the way. Polly rolls through and turns and Kim lunges and jumps up and hits the Shadowblade. The crowd ohs. Kim turns and falls onto Polly.

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The crowd roars. The bell sounds.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, and still, SCW Television Champion, Kimberly Williams!”

Williams rolls over and starts to get up. The official hands her the TV Title. Kim pulls it away and rolls to the floor.

Lyman: “Williams taken to the limit by Polly. But coming out on top.”

Sharper: “Playtime not victorious, but you could see the edge. There’s a confidence there. But Kimberly Williams saw it coming and then the Shadowblade…she retains and marches into Retribution!”

Williams starts to walk around the ring, clutching her title. Polly rolls over, holding her jaw in pain as the scene cuts away.

Amelia Stone is shown walking backstage. She has a piece of paper in her hand. She then continues to head down the hallway.

Amelia: “One-oh-two….One-oh-three….”

Amelia smiles as she steps in front of the next door. She opens the door and steps inside.

Amelia: “Glory?”

Amelia takes a step forward before the door slams shut and we hear some ruckus inside.

Sharper: “What the hell was that?”

Knots: “Amelia just went in there…but someone didn’t want the cameras following?”

Sharper: “Who? Glory?”

The scene cuts away.

COMMERCIALS

Brittany Lohan vs. Giovanni Aries

"I Am Machine" by Three Days Grace blasts over the loudspeakers as the lights in the arena go out and the fans instantly start to boo heavily when they recognize whose theme song it is. Just a spotlight focuses on the curtains of the entrances the clips once again fades away into the words that read: “Bleeding you is more than just torment.”

The curtains slowly start to part as Brittany Lohan, slips through the curtain like a slithering snake. She looks like everything, but relaxed as her whole body is tensed looking like she’s ready to strike at the drop of a dime like a coiled cobra. Her icy eyes pan around the arena and the fans closest to the ramp and she snarls at a few of them get a little too vocal with her. However, the moment that her eyes catch the glimpse of the ring she shuts the fans out and turns all of her attention to the squared circle.

Phillips: “The following contest is schedule for onefall and has a twenty minute time limit. First, representing Kennedy Street, from San Diego, California, she is the War Machine, Brittany Lohan!”

With clenched fists, gritted teeth, and glaring icy eyes… Lohan starts to make her way down to the ring methodically. Lohan is taking slow, calculated, but powerful steps towards the ring. Her icy glare is so fixated on the ring that it would seem to appear that she doesn’t realize that the arena is nearly sold out. The way that she looks right now it might as well be empty for all she cares.

As she nears the squared circle, Lohan slows down to a snail’s pace as she proceeds to walk around the perimeter of the ring with her eyes closed. When she’s satisfied she opens her eyes and reaches up to grab the bottom rope with her right hand and pulls herself up onto the apron only allowing one knee to touch before she rolls into the ring. 

With Lohan in the ring, she gets on both of her knees, closing her eyes, as she lifts both of her arms up into the air. She holds that position for several seconds before she slows climbs up to her feet, but then as if a switch was flipped somewhere her entire presence changes. It intensifies as she starts to warm up by running off the ropes and doing some stretches as she waits for her victim of the night. Lohan’s video finishes up with the words: “…Just stand there and stare as my world crumbles.” 

Sharper: “Brittany Lohan returning to the ring here tonight-“

Knots: “Hear that? Representing Kennedy Street? You serious!”

Sharper: “Guess so. Lohan in the big World Championship scramble at Retribution. Giovanni Aries is not. Her opponent tonight and let’s be clear, win or lose, he won’t be. Shaun Cruze making that clear. So this is more him fighting for Holly Adams.”

Lyman: “I’m sure he loves that. Won’t help with his nirvana.

“Awake” by Jim Morrison begins to play as the arena goes dark except for a spotlight as from beneath the stage rises Giovanni Aries sitting cross legged dressed in all white tunic and pants combo. He sits with his eyes closed for a few moments before they spring open as he has an eerie smile upon his face. Giovanni Aries jumps to his feet as starts toward the ring with hands interlocked at his waist. He walks to a few fans as he proceeds to give the Holly Adams Brand Trademarked Spiritual Advisor business cards to the fans. He does this a few more times before making it to the apron as he swiftly jumps on the apron and faces the crowd. He extends his arms outward  as he throw more business cards out among the crowd and yells.:

“FOLLOW ME TO A WONDERLAND OF SALVATION!!!!”

He then looks at the camera and says “For Only 5 Payments of 29.99” before he cackles out before flipping into the ring as he got offers more fans his spiritual services before he takes a seat on the top turnbuckle and begins to meditate before the match.

Phillips: "Hailing from Black Rick Desert, Nevada, the Spiritual Advisor of The Holly Adams Brand Trademarked! Giovanni “GiGi” Aries…..

Giovanni remains on the top turnbuckle as his music fades out.

Sharper: “Giovanni Aries still finding clients. Sammy Thomas Davies among them.”

Knots: “Good for him. I mean he got planted and that apparently that was part of things.”

Lyman: “An interesting approach.”

Sharper: “Yeah, interesting approach. Losses are good apparently. I doubt Holly will agree in this context.”

Aaron Demitra steps back and calls for the bell. Aries looks at Lohan as Lohan steps across the ring. Aries steps to the apron and down to the floor. He then walks around the ring slowly. (1) Lohan watches him as the crowd boos. Giovanni walks over to the crowd. (2) He identifies one fan and smiles before handing them a card. He grabs their hand, talking to them. (3) Lohan then rolls to the floor and heads over to Giovanni and Giovanni turns and nails her with a hard right. The crowd boos. The fan, meanwhile, smiles as Giovanni turns to him. Giovanni then turns back and nails Lohan again. (1) Giovanni grabs her and runs her over to the announce table, driving her face first into the top of it. (2) Lohan pops up and Giovanni kicks her again. (3) He then turns and spins her around, throwing her into the steel steps. The top half bowls over. (4) Giovanni looks at her and shakes his head.

Sharper: “And Gigi since being helped by that fan he identified, he’s been taking the fight to Lohan!”

Knots: “I still can’t believe some fools actually follow this dimwit!”

Giovann turns and grabs Lohan. (5) He pushes her back and sets her up for a vertical suplex. He glances back at the steel steps, but Lohan then shoves him back. Giovanni falls over the bottom half of the stairs. (6) Lohan rolls into the ring and then back out. Giovanni gets up and Lohan follows. (1) Giovanni rolls back into the ring. Lohan slides in after and Giovanni turns and stomps Lohan in the back and then again and again. The crowd boos. Giovanni drags Lohan up and then nails her with a throat thrust. Lohan falls to the corner. Giovanni moves in with his boot, using it to choke her while she leans against the middle rope.

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Giovanni steps back and looks at Lohan.

Sharper: “Giovanni now choking Lohan. More just sapping the strength from her.”

Lyman: “Doing whatever he can to just keep Lohan from ever getting out of the blocks. I know Lohan hasn’t been in the ring in a while, but I never saw this happening.”

Knots: “She better look out. Kennedy may reconsider everything she’s arranged with her!”

Giovanni then runs over and knees Lohan in the jaw. Lohan falls to a knee. Giovanni grabs her and drags her up before hitting a running facebuster. Giovanni goes for the pin.

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Lohan kicks out. Giovanni looks at her and drags her up. He whips her into the corner. Giovanni follows up and grabs Lohan and whips her across the ring, but Lohan spins through and sends Giovanni in. Giovanni hits the corner hard and staggers out and Lohan drills him with a clothesline. The crowd roars. Giovanni slowly gets up and turns and Lohan forearms him in the jaw and then again and again. Giovanni falls to the ropes and Lohan grabs him and whips him into the ropes. He bounces off and Lohan presses him over his head. The crowd roars as Lohan turns to face to camera before throwing him back, chest first into the mat.

Sharper: “The power! The strength of Brittany Lohan! Just hoisting Giovanni up!”

Knots: “And then dumping him back! Jesus!”

Giovanni slowly gets up, holding his chest and Lohan steps up and hits a series of hard right hands to the ribs of Giovanni. Lohan whips Giovanni into the ropes. Giovanni bounces off and Lohan scoops him up and powerslams him down. She hooks the leg.

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Giovanni gets his shoulder up. The crowd buzzes as Lohan grabs Giovanni. Giovanni stumbles up to his feet and Lohan headbutts him. Giovanni falls back into the corner. Lohan follows up with a shoulder to the ribs and then another and another. Lohan then grabs Giovanni and pulls him out and hoists him up into a spinning spinebuster. The crowd ohs. Lohan rolls through for the pin.

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Giovanni pushes her off and rolls over. He moves to the ropes. Lohan gets up and walks over to him and Giovanni grabs her by the tights and moves her to the apron.

Lyman: “Giovanni getting space. To the apron!”

Sharper: “Lohan getting back up though. How much space!”

Lohan gets up and Giovanni runs at her and shoulders her in the ribs. She falls back to the floor. She staggers back and steps forward as Giovanni runs across the ring, bounces off and then goes for a baseball slide. Lohan steps out of the way and Giovanni slides to the floor and Lohan scoops him up and hits a back suplex into a barricade. Giovanni arches his back in pain and Lohan grabs him and rolls him into the ring. Giovanni starts to get up as Lohan slides in and Giovanni turns as Lohan then runs past him and bounces off the ropes before drilling Giovanni with the Pounce. The crowd ohs. Lohan goes over for the pin.

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Giovanni gets his shoulder up. Lohan rolls off. She looks around and grabs Giovanni and drags him up. She then forces him into the corner.

Sharper: “Lohan just forcing Giovanni where she wants him.”

Knots: “And time to do what she does best. Clobbering time!”

Lohan hits a back elbow and then another and another and another.

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Lohan steps back and grabs Giovanni and whips him across the ring. Giovanni hits chest first and Lohan runs into the ropes. Giovanni staggers back and Lohan goes for a clothesline. Giovanni ducks at the last moment. Lohan stops and turns and Giovanni hoists Lohan up onto his shoulder and spins her around a few times in an airplane spin before dropping Lohan in the Complete Nirvana. Lohan ends up on her back. Aries goes for the pin, hooking the leg.

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Lohan gets her shoulder up. Aries rolls over and looks out.

Sharper: “Only two! Complete Nirvana only got two!”

Knots: “I thought it was going to solve everything!”

Lyman: “Lohan didn’t pay five easy payments of $29.99 yet!”

Knots: “Oh that’s right. Kennedy hasn’t spotted her the money from her debt!”

Aries gets up and grabs Lohan. He drags her up and clubs her in the back and then again before hooking her up. Lohan then lifts Aries up and throws him forward. The crowd roars. Lohan staggers back. Aries starts to get up and turns and Lohan runs at him and goes for a clothesline. Lohan stops and turns and Aries grabs her and rolls her with a small package.

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The crowd boos as Giovanni lets go and rolls out of the ring. Lohan turn and looks at him. The bell sounds.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Giovanni Aries!”

Giovanni gets up and calmly recovers, taking a deep breath and then looking up. Lohan looks over at him as Giovanni starts to walk around the ring.

Sharper: “Aries now just adding to his claim. Pinning Lohan!”

Knots: “Cruze won’t care. Aries’s reputation precedes him!”

Sharper: “Maybe Aries even taking a shot at Hudson…winning with a wrestling move.”

Aries starts to walk around the ring as Lohan gets up and looks around annoyed and the scene cuts away.

Backstage, we see Holly Adams looking at the monitor in her locker room. She throws her arms up.

Holly: “See! As expected, Brittany can’t even wrestle well enough. I mean she was a terrible assistant. And she’s getting a title match.”

Holly sighs. We then see Cid Turner standing next to her. Cookie Dreams meanwhile is on camera before walking off camera.

Cid: “Yeah, yeah…Brittany, bad. Not even a good brand, trademarked, candidate.”

Holly: “You’re telling me! And now we have Asher too. He almost screwed everything up Cid. Cid…you need to deal with him.”

Cid: “Me?! I thought we were in this together?”

Holly: “We are, but I’m going for the World Title and well…you’re his friend. Best friend. And he probably just needs a hug or something. You know…before he sniffs some of the dank kush and then turns into Pot Hulk or something.”

Cid: “Not like it was helping me much before-“

Holly: “Exactly! He’s probably just wanting a friend and he’ll sulk off. Just take care of it, okay?”

Cid sighs.

Cid: “Okay…”

Cid looks around.

Cid: “Hey…where did Cookie go?”

Holly: “I don’t know. Haven’t gotten a bell for her. She seems like a bell person.”

Cid turns and heads off.

Cid: “Cookie?! We have to go to the ring!”

Cid leaves the room as the scene fades to commercial.

COMMERCIALS

The lights slowly dim down. The crowd buzzes in anticipation, many of them taking their phones out and lighting up the arena with their flashlights. After a few moments of silence, “Dark Child” by Marlon Williams plays as the lights flash back on. The big screen shows several highlights of Cid Turner's career as the song continues to play. The crowd boos as Cid makes his way onto the stage, looking tensely out into the crowd. The SCW Adrenaline Championship sits around his waist. Cid looks behind him before turning and heading to the ring.

Sharper: “Cid Turner coming out here and this is interesting. Cookie Dreams now disappearing too.”

Lyman: “Something is going on backstage. I don’t know what. But something is.”

Sharper: “Cid Turner coming out alone. You saw him looking behind him. Thinking Cookie Dreams may come out after. She’s not here. And Cid Turner is going to call out his former friend, Asher Hayes.”

Cid Turner walks over to the ring and looks around. He looks a bit anxious as he then take a deep breath, slapping his face a bit before turning and running up the steel steps. He then walks into the ring. Cid Turner steps forward and walks across the ring. He demands a microphone. Phillips hands him one and Cid takes it and walks over to the middle of the ring. His music fades out as he looks around. He then shakes his head.

Cid: “It’s come to this, friend.”

Cid shakes his head.

Cid: “I didn’t want to have to do this. After everything we’ve been together. The Tag Titles. The World Title. The long nights over glasses of milk!”

Cid looks down and sighs.

Cid: “And after all of that, everything I stood by you…so I didn’t come to prison to check on you. Maybe I forgot to return phone calls. And yeah, one time, I was about to be killed by Brittany Lohan, Holly’s assistant…but I NEVER stopped caring about you. You’re my friend. My buddy. The man who helped me find myself….with the help of the Holly Adams Brand…trademark. But we helped each other. Over and over. You wanted to be a champion. I BECAME a champion….again.”

Cid looks around.

Cid: “Ahhh….You wanted to be important. I became important! You wanted to beat Syren…I did it. At Rise to Greatness. I did it again at Under Attack. I made sure OUR goals were met. And little did I know…you were too busy with that dank kush…just spiraling. And now, after having gotten out of doing your time….who knows what horrible deal you had to make to get out as soon as you did. But someone clearly played some trick on you to have you come back with violence in your heart. And Asher…look, things have changed since Under Attack. I know, I know…I didn’t win Trios. I know I may have failed there. But I was World Champion. I was trying to get to a moment where we could have that classic!”

Cid looks around, eyes darting.

Cid: “And since then, with Gleebnorb inside of me, I have people who count on me. Cookie Dreams, wherever she may be…maybe getting me a cold glass of milk to keep me going…she needs me to guide her. Jordan Majors when she gets out of whatever drunken cesspit she probably is spending an awful lot of time in…I’ll be here for her. And not to mention I am Holly Adams’s prized success story. You got the haircut, but I got the championship. Look, it’s just the way it was. Some other things had to-“

The opening riff to "The Kingdom" by Bush kicks in. At the 11 second mark, the name "Asher Hayes" blares through the PA system, and Asher appears on the stage, wearing a long leather jacket and sunglasses. The crowd cheers as Cid stops and looks up at the stage. Asher Hayes looks down at the ring.

Sharper: “Well looks like Asher Hayes has had enough of Cid’s retelling of history.”

Knots: “Does he think he did nothing wrong? If so, hot damn…talk about sticking with the story.”

Asher Hayes starts to walk to the ring. Cid looks around and then places his microphone in the middle of the ring. He backs up and turns and asks for another one. Hayes continues to walk down the rampway. Cid is handed a second microphone. He then turns and stands back, giving Hayes a wide berth. Asher walks over to the steel steps and walks along the apron before getting into the ring. He then looks at Cid as Cid smiles before sheepishly pointing to the microphone he placed down on the mat. Cid points at it again as Asher walks over to it and glances at him before looking at the microphone. He then slowly squats down, looking at Cid the entire time before grabbing it.

Lyman: “He doesn’t trust Cid at all.”

Cid: “Brother…come on! I wouldn’t-“

Asher: “Don’t give me that crap, Cid! Given that Holly even told you to take care of this…”

Cid: “Wait? That was on camera?!”

Cid looks around at the cameras at ringside.

Asher: “You still haven’t figured it out that Holly loves to control things. Her little brand! And for someone who claimed to be my friend, I saw you and Holly try to awkwardly deal with whatever the hell I was saddled with.”

Asher shakes his head.

Asher: “I could stand here and say I was innocent, that I was set up. The fact is that Holly and you already decided. I was a little too fast and loose with the so-called dank kush and so somehow that became my downfall. What I went through the last few months isn’t your concern though Cid. It never was as you wouldn’t talk to me for long than fifteen seconds. You wouldn’t even visit me when you said because holy hell, you’ve got a GOD DAMNED alien in you.”

Asher shakes his head.

Cid: “Well I do but-“

Asher: “And look, I’m not going to say I respected our friendship that much in the early days. There was some truth to me using you. I wanted that World Title. I wanted it more than ANYTHING. It’s something I’ve wanted for YEARS. Even when I was laid out, broken back, I wasn’t sure it was going to ever happen and I was that close. And it stung when you won. I’ll admit that. But at the same time, I understood…you were in the same place as me…maybe worse…and you came back and won the title. And I was an asshole at times, but going into Under Attack, I thought we finally were on the same wavelength. And instead, I go to jail and you and Holly couldn’t wait to get rid of me.”

Cid: “It wasn’t like that…”

Cid looks around.

Cid: “We didn’t want to get riiid of you. We just felt you weren’t ready. The pressure. I mean…you had a lot of dank kush. Too much for a World Champion!”

Asher: “Enough with the mother[bleep]ing dank kush!”

Asher looks at Cid.

Asher: “The fact is at Under Attack, you slapped me in the face first by saying I didn’t deserve it. No…you feared that if I won a Trios Tournament…if I was in the title match…you’d not walk out champion. You realized that maybe I was better than you. But instead of doing what we always talked about…you and I…proving who was best between us…And you bitched out!”

The crowd roars.

Asher: “And last week, I saw everyone helping each other…Giovanni running to Holly after Kandis drove her ass through that barricade.”

Asher points to the barricade. Asher then turns back and points to where Cookie Dreams was last week.

Asher: “And Cookie Dreams even ran into the ring to save you. And did you even thank her? Maybe that’s why she’s gone?”

Asher shrugs. Cid then looks at Asher before then stepping up.

Cid: “What did you do to her?! See! This is why we needed to help you. You go off the path and-“

Asher: “I don’t have a damn clue where she is…but why ‘we’ needed to help you.”

Asher looks at Cid as the crowd ohs.

Asher: “Given how quickly you all moved on from me, tossed me aside, while you all were helping each other last week…I know the truth. Too bad that I’m back…and after so long…we’re finally getting that title match together. At Retribution!”

The crowd roars. Cid’s eyes widen. He quickly hides it by trying to act confident.

Asher: “And Cid…I was ready and I will be ready and while I won’t be fighting for the World Championship. I will happily take your Adrenaline Championship!”

Asher steps back and keeps his eyes on Cid, who’s hand moves to the belt around his waist.

Asher: “Don’t bother trying. I know all of your tricks.”

Cid gulps as Asher backs up. “The Kingdom” plays throughout the arena. The crowd cheers as Hayes then steps through the ropes. He drops down to the floor. He then turns back to the ring.

Sharper: “Hayes going right for Cid!”

Knots: “Well Holly will be happy? Cid’s dealing with it, right?!”

Lyman: “Notice that Cid was grabbing the belt. Asher Hayes still watching him. Clearly he thought Cid may try, again, to try and hit him with the belt. That’s been Cid’s go to for the last year!”

Asher backs away from the ring and keeps his eyes on Cid. Cid just watches him, before his eyes dart up as we see Tommy Valentine running out from the back and Tommy jumps up and lifts his foot up and pushes, driving Asher down hard into the floor with the Beggar’s Throne. The crowd ohs. Tommy spins around and turns and walks over and grabs Asher’s microphone.

Sharper: “Tommy from behind! Tommy Valentine!”

Knots: “And Cid’s past continues to haunt him and Tommy certainly doesn’t give a damn about Asher. The dank kush is what screw him over too!”

Lyman: “And Kennedy too.”

Knots: “Don’t remind me of Asher Hayes’s good qualities!”

Tommy turns back to the ring.

Tommy: “Well now that that reunion is over. I’m not happy about this son of a bitch jumping the line.”

Tommy steps forward and looks at Cid. Cid takes off the title and brings up his title to use as a weapon. Tommy stops at the ring and smirks.

Tommy: “Cute. Needing to hide behind the title…literally now.”

Tommy pulls himself up onto the apron.

Tommy: “Well while Asher has his little shot against you at Retribution. I’m coming for my pound of flesh to hold as collateral until someone has the balls to give me another shot at that.”

Tommy points at the Adrenaline Championship. The crowd roars.

Tommy: “So…”

Tommy throws the microphone behind him and steps into the ring. He then lunges at Cid and Cid drops back and rolls out of the ring. He backs up as the crowd boos. Tommy just shakes his head and stops at the ropes. He then yells at Cid to get back into the ring.

Sharper: “Cid immediately getting out of dodge. Cookie Dreams now here to help him.”

Knots: “Where is she, by the way?”

Sharper: “I don’t know, but Tommy wants Cid! He’s not stopping there!”

Lyman: “At least he got a shot in on Asher Hayes. Intentional or not-“

Knots: “Maybe looking to line everyone up. If Asher wins the title, then Tommy already sent a message and I doubt Asher Hayes is going to want to be punked out like that. They don’t like that in prison!”

Cid looks around and starts to walk around one way before stopping, seeing Asher Hayes down in the entrance way. Cid grits his teeth and turns back as Tommy snaps at Cid from the ring. Tommy then steps through the ropes. Cid backs up and moves over to the barricade. He steps over as Tommy then steps back into the ring. Cid steps back to the ringside area, looking around as the crowd keep watching Tommy. Asher stirs in the rampway as we cut away.

COMMERCIALS

Christy Matthews vs. Konrad Raab

Violence Fetish by Disturbed plays over the sound system as Konrad comes out through the curtain, acting erratic with an angry look on his face, wearing red and black face paint on the right side of his face with a red and black suit hoodie over his head he wears with pieces of ice blood designed all over them. The SCW Underground Championship sits in his hand. He also wears black boots along with Red and Black Gloves on his hands before he crouches down on the floor, looking at the ring with evil intentions.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a fifteen minute time limit. First, from Cologne, Germany, he is the SCW Underground Champion, The Ice Blood, Konrad Raab!”

After the announcement, Konrad slowly walks to the ring with a massive amount of boos before Konrad runs up the steps and goes underneath the ropes. He throws the title into the ring. As he's in the ring, Konrad without showing any sign of acknowledgement from the fans sits in the corner of the ring with the crowd booing him, having a nasty look in his eyes, flicking his fists as if he's already ready to fight, waiting for the match to start as he takes his hoodie off from his head.

Sharper: “We saw Justin Davis in action earlier and you wonder if that will motivate Konrad here.”

Lyman: “If that doesn’t, the fact that he’s facing Lucas Knight’s OOC partner here in Christy Matthews. “

The opening “King of the World” by Porcelain and the Tramps hits the PA system. The fans cheer as we cut to black. Spotlights highlight areas of the crowd. We cut to an area of the crowd where we see Christy walking through. Her fists are taped and she’s wearing a red ring jacket with red hood pulled up over her head.

...O R D E R O F C H A O S P R E S E N T S...

...C H R I S T Y M A T T H E W S...

Christy pauses, her head down for a moment before extending her arms in the mock crucifix pose. After a moment she starts walking to the ring. When she approaches ringside, she doesn’t even break stride, simply vaulting over the guardrail and toward the ring apron where she jumps up, quickly ascending the turnbuckles and extends her arms again in the mock crucifix pose.

Phillips: “His opponent, from the City of Angels, weighing one hundred and thirty-seven pounds, representing the Order of Chaos, this is CHRISTY MATTHEWS!”

She steps up onto the top turnbuckle and then jumps down to the ring, taking off her jacket and throwing it into the corner. She drops to her knees, extending her arms out again before collapsing back into a seated position in the corner.

Sharper: “Matthews here to fight and Konrad Raab is going to give her that.”

Lyman: “Just she better be careful. Raab has tried to maim opponents.”

The bell sounds. Matthews pulls herself up. Raab steps out and goes to fight Matthews. He quickly goes for a hard right and then a left. Matthews ducks both and kicks him in the thigh. He attempts a hard right, but Matthews ducks again and hits a shoot kick to the left leg before then forearming him. Raab staggers back. Matthews forearms him again. Raab falls to the ropes. Matthews then hits a shoot kick to the ribs and then another to the jaw before jumping up and hitting a jumping gamengiri to the face, knocking Raab through the ropes to the floor. The crowd cheers.

Sharper: “And quickly, Matthews knocks Raab to the floor!”

Knots: “Raab’s already riled!”

Sharper; “Matthews not caring. She’s waiting for him to get back in.”

Raab gets back up. (1) He runs at the ring and climbs up onto the apron. Christy jumps up and dropkicks him off. The crowd roars as Raab falls back to the mats. He rolls over and starts to get up. (1) Christy backs up, waiting for Raab to enter again. Raab, instead, lifts up the ring skirt and grabs a steel chair. (2) The official warns him and he turns and runs to the ring again. Christy runs over and jumps up and dropkicks him again, this time, sending the chair into Raab’s face. Raab falls back as the crowd roars. He drops the chair. (1) The official keeps counting as Raab gets up and staggers around the ring. (2) He then turns and rolls back into the ring. He starts to get up and Matthews heads over and stomps him in the back, over and over. The crowd roars. Raab rolls over to the ropes. Matthews steps up and kicks him in the ribs.

Sharper: “Matthews showing that edge. Raab not even out of the blocks.”

Lyman: “But he’s loving it. He’s loving the fight as screwed up as that is!”

Matthews knocks Raab back to the ropes and Raab nails her in the ribs with a shot and then another before going low and lifting Matthews up and running across the ring and spearing Matthews in the ribs on the opposite corner. He rears back and shoulder thrust her again and then again and again. Matthews winces with each blow and Raab then steps out and pulls her out and drags her in before hooking her by the head and then hitting an STO. He goes for the pin.

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Matthews kicks out. Raab then goes for a blatant choke.

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Raab lets go and rolls over. Matthews stirs as she starts to get up and Raab steps up and kicks her in the ribs. She rolls over. Raab kicks her again. Matthews rolls over to the corner. Raab then pulls her up and nails her with a series of lefts and rights in the corner.

Sharper: “Raab got the opening and now just hammering away. Lefts! Rights!”

Lyman: “Going to just do as much damage before the five count.”

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Raab grabs Matthews and whips her across the ring. Matthews hits the corner and Raab runs after and Matthews gets a boot up. Raab staggers back. Matthews then climbs up to the top rope. She goes for a moonsault, but Raab moves out of the way. Raab then dives onto Christy as Christy stirs and drives his elbow into her. He gets up and hits another elbow drop before getting up and hitting a third elbow drop. He goes for the pin.

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Christy kicks out. Raab gets up and grabs her. He then whips her into the ropes. Christy bounces off and Raab spins around her on the rebound. He sets up for the Frozen Pin, but Christy backflips through.

Sharper: “Christy with a hell of an agile counter! Backflipped through!”

Knots: “And landed on her feet!”

Raab turns around and Christy jumps up and hits the hurricanrana driver. Raab pops up and staggers around before turning as Christy grabs him and drops him with the Happily Never After. She rolls him over and goes for the pin.

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The bell sounds and the crowd roars.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Christy Matthews!”

Sharper: “Matthews right at the end, she knew Raab was closing in and she didn’t hesitate when she had the opening!”

Knots: “Dropped Raab twice in the mat. Normally doesn’t do much, but this time, it did enough!”

Lyman: “Short trip, bad landing for Raab and the former US champion bounces back from Body, Heart, and Soul!”

Matthews gets up and celebrates, raising her arm. The referee raises her arm too as Raab stirs in pain and the scene cuts away.

Cid Turner can be seen looking around.

Cid: “Cookie should be here…can give her lessons on how to stand up for herself and….gah…”

Cid continues down the hallway before walking over to the office of Shaun Cruze. He heads over and knocks on the door. He waits a moment, and shakes his head, he steps inside and we then see Kennedy Street with Alana Starr and Brittany Lohan, talking to Shaun Cruze.

Kennedy: “Okay, okay…Tommy got his shot. Come on-“

Lohan turns and stands guard of Kennedy. Cid jukes back.

Cid: “Oh cra-“

Lohan: “We can take care of this now-“

Cruze: “No! Touch him and I start making decisions everyone in his office will hate.”

Cid sighs in relief. Kennedy whispers to Lohan.

Kennedy: “I’ll pay you extra to bop him now.”

Cruze: “Kennedy!”

Kennedy: “What? Anything she does is of her own volition! Just because everyone hates Cid.”

Cid: “Hey! Not EVERYONE. Where’s Cookie, by the way?”

Lohan: “Don’t know. Don’t care.”

Cid: “Well that’s unnecessarily cold.”

Kennedy: “Well whatever. Let’s make this easy. I want Cid…and I’ll even take his Adrenaline Championship. At least as some collateral until you agree to Britt here’s title shot being mine.”

Cruze looks at Kennedy and then Lohan.

Cruze: “No and no.”

Kennedy: “What? Shaun! We’re buds! Come on!”

Cruze: “And you walked out of this company for months. All because Cid Turner made a decision. Sure, at some point, you’ll get your hands on him. A few others have a stronger line on that.”

Kennedy: “Asher?! The druggy?!”

Cruze: “Yes, he’s included there.”

Kennedy turns to Brittany.

Kennedy: “Can you believe this? Shaun…I’m your friend. The person who made you a Hollywood star. It’s Keenie!”

Cruze: “And I’m commissioner of SCW now and none of that matters here. In fact, you’re going to wait in line.”

Cid: “Good. My turn. Look, with Tommy coming out. I think Asher should have to wait a bit. I don’t want him to now have all of this and fall short. He may relapse or something. That’s what those with the dank kush do, right?”

Lohan: “That’s not how it works.”

Alana looks at Lohan.

Cid: “So just let Tommy, Kennedy…throw Asher in there. Tommy went after him-“

Cruze: “I have a better idea. You will defend your title against Asher Hayes at Retribution, Cid. That’s not changing. But Tommy…he wants you…he wants revenge. He can have it. Next week on this program.”

Kennedy & Cid: “What?!”

Cruze: “Yeah.”

Cid: “Um…look…Asher will come out…hell, Kennedy will. Have you looked at her? She’s totally the vengeful type!”

Lohan smiles at Cid.

Kennedy: “I am.”

Cruze: “Well don’t worry. Because Cid…you and Tommy will meet next week inside a steel cage.”

The crowd cheers. Cid gulps. Cid turns and looks around and heads off. Kennedy then turns back to Shaun.

Kennedy: “Now that’s Tommy taken of. Me?”

Shaun sighs as the scene cuts away.

COMMERCIALS

Backstage, Nicole “Ducky” Kinneck can be seen, skipping down the hallway, eating Skittles, while humming her favourite song from the Happy Farmstead Friends. She keeps skipping before we see behind her, Alexander Crowe stick his head out and then step back, motioning.

Woman’s voice: “Ahhhh! Help! Give that back! That was Roy’s!”

Ducky stops and turns back.

Ducky: “Did she say Roy?! NOOOOOOOOOO!”

Ducky bolts down the hallway, dropping her Skittles, clearly showing how serious this is and runs into the area where Crowe was. Crowe is not there but we see Ravyn Taylor in a tug of war with a man, clearly CHBK wearing a bad grey wig and a fake beard, along with a monocle, pulling on what appears to simply put a black belt.

Ravyn: “Let go! It was his favourite belt!”

“Old man”: “No! You don’t deserve it. It should be in a museum!”

Ducky: “LEAVE HER ALONE!”

Ducky steps up, just plainly punching the “old man” in the throat. The old man lets go and falls back, coughing in pain.

“Old man”: “God damn it!”

Ducky: “Leave her alone! That’s Uncle Roy’s. The family has been through enough.”

Ducky turns to Ravyn, who is apparently in tears, clutching the belt.

Ducky: “Don’t worry, Ravyn. I’ll stand with you and the family. You and Gavy need to have this. In his memory!”

Ravyn: “Thank you Ducky. So many people have been coming after me. Gavy won’t return my calls. From old men, to bank tellers…to ninjas!”

Ducky: “Ninjas! Oh no!”

Ducky is deadly serious as clearly Ravyn was hoping to push a button.

Ravyn: “Look, I know I can’t fight them alone. I mean they’re going to come for the Tag Titles-“

Ducky: “No! Nooo!”

Ravyn: “I need a team. And I need someone I can trust. Will you team with me….to stop this affront against Uncle Roy?”

Ducky looks at Ravyn, almost teary-eyed herself.

Ducky: “Anything. I’ll fight alongside you. To protect Uncle Roy’s legacy and the Tag Titles. FOR ROY!”

Ravyn extends her arms for a hug. Ducky jumps up into Ravyn, nearly knocking her over. Ravyn hugs her as we see a smirk on her face as the camera focuses on her, Nicole “Ducky” Kinneck none the wiser.

The lights in the arena plunge into darkness. A pulsing sound plays out across the PA system as the fans cheer. “Groupie” by Cassie Steele plays as Syren walks out from the back. She pauses to take in the atmosphere before walking down toward the ring.

Sinfully Seductive

Captivatingly Corrupt

DARK FANTASY

Syren walks down the rampway. She jumps up onto the apron before climbing the turnbuckles on the outside and waving her hands to get the fans fired up. As the camera gets closer to her, she shouts at the camera before pointing out at the fans. Syren smiles before leaping over the top rope and posing in the ring with both her arms outstretched. She climbs up on the middle rope, posing for a moment before jumping back down and going to the corner, asking for a microphone.

Sharper: “Syren now out here and we’ve heard Matt Hodges mentioned her twice. Both as a potential target for Ace Marshall.”

Knots: “I would’ve asked if he was trying to get Ace fired after Adam Allocco was for attacking Xander Valentine, who still is out on the shelf.”

Sharper: “Hodges revealing he has goals. He wants to Tag Champion. And he sees Ace as that potential partner. But that’s not sure by any stretch.”

Syren is handed a microphone. She turns back to the middle of the ring, the music fading out.

Syren: “Well looks like some people want to keep talking about me? Like I’m some sort of target to be taken out to help themselves.”

Syren pauses.

Syren: “I can’t realize say I don’t understand it. It’s professional wrestling after all. You focus on the people ahead of you to try to get up, but we also know that these people have no problem taking different tactics. And I know what you’re all thinking. I used to do them myself….I’m not going to say any more than that. The last year should’ve proven that I’m moving on from that past one way or another. But…”

Syren shakes her head.

Syren: “I can’t stand here and say I’m happy. I was hoping last month to be getting into the ring with Xander Valentine. A man who I’ve wanted to go one on one with for a while. To see who may be the top of the mountain here, not counting Syren. But instead, I faced Glory Braddock. Braddock won and tonight, she has a shot at the World Championship. I’m standing on the outside in. That’s the result of sometimes what happens. The twists of fate. I don’t have to stand here and say I’m happy.”

Syren pauses again.

Syren: “But as I said, twists of fate…not the actions of someone who was manipulated by someone else and took Xander out for what reason? Because? Adam Allocco attacked Xander Valentine, putting him on the shelf. We all know it. Adam’s not in SCW because of it. But there’s a second part of it…I asked if people would get what they deserve and that seems to be a bit slow coming. And now we come to last week.”

Syren looks down, pacing around the ring for a moment, gathering her thoughts.

Syren: “Matt Hodges…I don’t know you as well. I know what you’ve done. But Ace…I know you very well. We’ve had some interesting memories in the past. And you’re listening to Matt Hodges, who just a couple of weeks being the person behind Adam Allocco attacking Xander, he’s trying to use me to get you to side with him. Now I know you’re not that stupid. You’re not easily manipulated. But you know one thing about me…get in my way and I will fight for everything!”

Syren looks at the main camera.

Syren: “So if the plan is for Hodges to use you to go through me to get you a title shot…I’m not going to hide. And maybe you’ll then get what you deserve…Not just you Matt…but you, Ace, too…”

The crowd roars before suddenly, we hear Matt Hodges’ voice.

Hodges: “Well isn’t that a nice confident salvo.”

Matt Hodges walks out from the back, microphone in his hand, the crowd boos seeing him.

Hodges: “Even in Tampa, they don’t like that I’m from Florida’s best, Miami…”

The crowd boos loudly as Hodges looks around.

Hodges: “But good news Tampa…you’ll get to watch something historic! You’ll get to see the last time we hear Syren give one of these speeches where she’s holier than though.”

Hodges starts to walk down the rampway.

Hodges: “You’re pissed off that I took out your easiest path to a World Title shot? Beat the Executioner and get to the top. No, Syren…I just made it that you have to try to get back up there. Two Hall of Famers acting like they’re owed…”

Syren: “You’re one too.”

Hodges: “I don’t care about the World Title…at least yet. I care about a different world title. And I just happened to offer an option. An option that would help everyone. And what Ace needs…is credibility. And you offer it, even if you’re the most annoying son of a bitch here.”

Syren: “Well I’m not going too far here. Where’s your friend? Where’s Ace? Or does he see through this crap too?”

Hodges walks over to the ringside area. He looks in the ring.

Hodges: “Maybe he just needs a push. You know…how you needed a few years ago. When the geriatric bastard CHBK played kingmaker…kicked Tommy Valentine…Ravyn Taylor came in…yeah, but you’ve moved on. Sorry, I shouldn’t bring up that trope. Here’s a simple one. Yeah, I convinced Adam to attack Xander. Yeah, Xander’s out. Adam’s gone too. Thank God. I don’t have to carry that drunk around. But now, I’m back…and dealing with my unfinished business. Just like you had…the difference…you’re in MY way. And just like you, I’m stubborn.”

The crowd then roars as Syren looks up at the stage as Ace Marshall walks out from the back. He runs his hand across his face and continues to the ring. Matt smirks noticing Syren’s reaction and glances back.

Hodges: “Looks like Ace Marshall has some unfinished business too and I can help him.”

Matt turns, bringing the microphone down. Ace looks at him and then Ace heads in one direction around the ring. Matt heads in the other. Syren watches both. Matt and Ace then stop, glancing at each other and then Syren.

Sharper: “Ace Marshall joining Matt Hodges here.”

Lyman: “Is this to distract or is it legitimate? Syren caught in the middle!”

Knots: “Syren better decide. She going to try to run or fight!”

Sharper: “Hodges and Marshall keep their eye on the rampway. That’s the easy exit.”

Syren remains in the ring, watching both as Ace grabs the ropes and Matt Hodges looks on, just then, the crowd roars as Christy Matthews bolts out from the back. She runs down to the ring and slides into it. The crowd cheers. She gets up and Syren looks at her as Christy turns and moves to watch Hodges as Syren turns to Ace. Matthews and Syren stand back to back with one another.

Sharper: “Christy Matthews! She’s come out to help Syren. Her friend!”

Knots: “Two on two now! Hodges! Marshall! You gotta think again!”

Hodges backs up as Marshall looks at Hodges. Hodges backs away. Matthews watches Hodges as Syren keeps watching Ace. The crowd cheers Christy and Syren as Marshall backs away now. Hodges moves to the middle of the rampway.

Sharper: “Looks like the plan is changing again!”

Lyman: “And if Marshall was siding with Hodges, is that quickly fading too? Nothing firm here.”

“King of the World” by Porcelain and the Tramps plays throughout the arena. The crowd cheers some more as Hodges turns and backs away. Ace watches him, almost unimpressed, before turning to the ring. Syren and Christy walk up to the ropes, waiting for a fight.

Selena can be seen getting prepared for her match. Deanna stands in the background.

Deanna: “Just focus on what you need to tonight. For once, there shouldn’t be noise. No Holly. No anything else. Just Glory. You know she’ll give you a fair fight.”

Selena: “A nice change of pace. God…how terrible is that to say? Best company in the world and we’re talking about a fair fight as a chance of pace.”

Deanna: “At least, if you get through Glory, you’ll know the crap you’re facing.”

Selena: “That’s one way to look at it. And if?”

Deanna: “Hey! I’m just trying not to come off THAT arrogant.”

Selena smirks as there’s a knock at the door. Deanna heads over to the door. She opens it and we see a crew member there. He hands Deanna a note and turns back.

Selena: “What’s up?”

Deanna: “A note from Shaun. Looks like he wants you to come see him, when you get a chance.”

Selena looks down and slides into some flats.

Selena: “I’ll take care of it now. I want to make sure I’m in the right headspace later.”

Deanna: “Want me to come to?”

Selena: “It’s Shaun. Probably just going to make sure Glory and I are aware of the seriousness of this. Don’t have to tell me again. You can think about what our celebration will be.”

Deanna: “Now who’s being arrogant?”

Selena: “Not arrogant. Confident. Glory will bring it. I need to be better.”

Selena kisses her wife and heads off as the scene cuts away.

COMMERCIALS

Syren and Christy walk backstage and Syren turns to Christy.

Syren: “Thanks for coming out. I wasn’t sure if anyone would.”

Christy: “I know we’ve been doing our own things for a while now. But with Lucas out, the stuff with Jacob…I’m not seeing another person I give a damn about knocked out of the sport.”

Syren: “Thanks….”

Christy: “No problem. Just know, we’ve probably got a war.”

Syren: “Oh, I know we do.”

Christy heads off as Syren watches her leave for a moment before following after.

Breakdown cuts to another part of the arena as we see Selena Frost walking over to the office of Shaun Cruze. Cruze is talking to SCW road agent Hiro Tanaka. Tanaka then heads off as Selena Frost heads over to Cruze, looking a bit confused at first.

Selena: “Shaun…you wanted to see him? I figured you’d have Glory here and-“

Shaun: “Hi Selena. I’m sorry, but I didn’t ask for you.”

Selena stops and looks around.

Selena: “I’ve been so focused on the World Title match…just-“

Shaun: “Who came and told you I wanted to see you?”

Selena: “A crew member. Probably one of the temps. Probably some bullshit attempt by Holly Adams. Look, I gotta go. Clearly just trying to rattle me.”

Shaun: “Fair enough…”

Selena: “Sorry to waste your time.”

Shaun: “Never a waste. Good luck tonight.”

Selena nods. She takes a few steps and stops. She then shakes her head.

Selena: “Thanks…but I may need more than that.”

Selena turns and runs down the hallway. Cameras follow her as she runs down the hallway. We hear the sound of a scuffle as Selena then picks up the pace.

Sharper: “Selena thinks something is up-“

Lyman: “Deanna? We know she handle herself!”

Sharper: “Selena’s worried about something!”

The cameras keep following as we then see Selena turn down one hallway and jog over to her locker room where we see the door ajar. She steps in and steps forward. A few steps behind her is the cameraman, showing the locker room has been somewhat ransacked. There is a clear sign of a scuffle, including some blood on the floor. Selena looks at it as we then see some strands of red hair on the ground too. Selena walks over and grabs them. We then see Shaun Cruze walkin into the locker room.

Selena: “There’s blood…there’s this…There’s…”

Cruze: “Selena….stay here…we’ll get security.”

Selena: “I’m getting sick of this shit! Can’t anyone just fight me in the ring?! Where the hell is Holly?!”

Selena turns and storms out of the locker room and stops. Cruze turns, walking out, his phone in hand.

Selena: “Or Kandis…or…”

Selena stops and turns back and storms into the room and we then notice that the SCW World Championship is still on the bench, next to her gear. Selena walks over and grabs the title. She looks at it as we cut away.

We open up back at ringside at the announce table to see Adam Sharper, Jonathan Knots and Simon Lyman.

Sharper: “There was clearly a struggle. Red hair…”

Lyman: “Someone came and attacked Deanna. Deanna clearly defended herself. But I’m more intrigued. The title is still there.”

Sharper: “So what does that mean?”

Knots: “Probably not Holly! Unless she doesn’t have any more bugs.”

We cut abruptly backstage as we see a cameraman being led into a dark room. Kimberly Williams seems to be doing the honours, grabbing the lens.

Kim: “Come one! Come all!”

We hear Kim’s voice, but it’s not coming from the figure dragging the cameraman in, meaning Marie is pulling the cameraman into the room.

Kim: “Are we ready?!”

We then hear a woman’s voice.

Deanna: “Go to hell. Seriously? This is what you’re doing?!”

Amelia: “What is going on?”

The lights then turn on and we see handcuffed to a chain-link fence in one of the storage rooms in the Amalie Arena, a series of figures, Deanna Frost, Amelia Stone, Cookie Dreams, Hairless Penguin and Dawn Lohan, in that order. We also see a hanger with some rolled up black tights. Kim then steps into view.

Kim: “Time to play who has their head up their special person’s ass! And I’m your host…KIMMY!”

Kim poses as Marie applauds. Kim turns and jabs Amelia in the ribs with what appears to be a cane. She winces.

Kim: “Come on. Applaud. Work together.”

Dawn: “Why the hell am I here?”

Cookie: “Probably some sweet karma.”

Cookie looks at Dawn.

Dawn: “Then Jordan should be here. Then again, she may fall in love with Kim.”

Penguin: “You two mind…Not with me in between you. Look…I’m just a humble penguin-“

Kim: “NO!”

Kim then turns and grabs something off camera, her stuffed penguin, Wasley, and turns and nails Hairless Penguin in the ribs. He grimaces, barely holding on, as he hangs by his arm, handcuffed to the fence.

Deanna: “What the hell are you doing?”

Marie then steps up and punches her in the ribs.

Amelia: “Hey!”

Deanna winces as Marie steps back, touching her head before we step back and see a scrape on her arm.

Kim: “Well my feisty redhead. That’s just the first of many receipts for you. You have a lot of fight.”

Marie: “Oh don’t worry…maybe we’ll get more that just a receipt. Didn’t realize you were so catty, pulling at my hair.”

Kim: “We’ll have the foxy-boxing portion later, Marie. And trust me, you’re above that. They may not be….Cookie…that’s perfect for you. ALL THE EYES can be on you.”

Kim shakes her head.

Kim: “But no…I’m here because it seems some people need to pay attention! TV Champion…”

Kim blows a raspberry before pointing to the TV Title. She grabs the camera turning it to the title, showing it sitting on top of her Dalek, and we see also Kim’s various weapons, including Betty White, her staple gun, and a barbed wire bat.

Kim: “You mean Underground Champion. And yeah, blah, blah, blah, World Champion. Can’t Shaun figure this out. No. Justin Davis gets his little shot. Well, he’ll have to listen to me when I give him his HIGHEST RATED SEGMENT…and am the rightful Underground and World Champions…And Marie…you can be World Champion too. I don’t give a damn about your annoying wife’s quest for integrity and Glory is an old fuddy-duddy!”

Amelia: “She’s a hell of a wrestler, you crazed person!”

Dawn: “Again…why the hell am I here? I don’t give a damn about this.”

Marie: “Don’t care about your sister…maybe she doesn’t care about you? I don’t know. Maybe we’ll find out!”

Dawn scoffs.

Dawn: “She’s going to kick your ass.”

Kim turns and walks over and grabs the barbed wire baseball bat and holds it up.

Kim: “Well, we’ll find out. Maybe we’ll see if sisters do feel pain…wait…Marie…do you feel my pain?”

Marie: “Share the lack of respect we both get.”

Kim: “Perfect!”

Cookie: “Just do it. Turned your back on her. Probably sitting there jealous Brittany got a shot when she’s not yet even been booked. Big return and all-“

Dawn: “Go for her first! Jordan’s not here to distract anyone. Waste their time. She always liked you more-“

Kim: “Enough! Dalek!”

We then turn to see the Dalek starting to move.

Dalek: “EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!”

Kim: “Now now…not yet…hmmm…let’s go for something else.”

Dalek: “APPLICATE! APPLICATE! APPLICATE!”

Penguin: “What is going-“

Marie watches as the Dalek then proceeds to produce a steady stream of orange liquid, missing both Cookie and Dawn and hitting the Hairless Penguin who yells in pain.

Penguin: “AHHHHH! OH GOD! IT BURNS!”

Kim: “Dalek!”

Marie: “Guess he found him annoying too.”

Kim: “If only that was Lexy?”

Marie: “She’s already paranoid enough.”

Deanna: “This is getting stupid. You have an opportunity at the World Title.”

Kim then walks over and looks at her, getting up in her face.

Kim: “And I have a chance to make sure no one ever forgets me again. And how great would it be if little Miss Face of SCW had a hole where her heart was forever!”

Kim then smiles. Deanna then swings and Kim jukes back.

Kim: “Now, now…wait your turn.”

Cookie is shown closing her eyes.

Cookie: “I shall find my nirvana. Through the power of Gleebnorb. I can stand tall. I have stood tall.”

Marie: “We’ve helped Cookie find God.”

Kim: “And we’ll reveal that there isn’t one here. Kandis is actually a tub of goo. I KNOW IT…and well…”

Kim then rips off the package of spanx.

Kim: “Nothing will contain her now!”

Kim then turns and grabs Betty White.

Kim: “I can only imagine how she’s struggling. Slowly seeping down her legs. Tommy squeezes her and she goes all over! Can a world champion be a jellyfish?”

Marie: “I don’t know.”

Deanna: “Won’t be someone insane.”

Kim steps up and holds up Betty White to her face.

Kim: “Wait your turn-“

The door start to move as someone is clearly on the other side, trying to get in.

Kim: “Oh finally! That took longer than I thought. Time to find out who loves you! Who wants to fight for you! And who is going to get their lips stapled together with my name the last on their lips!”

Kim turns and walks over and puts down Betty White.

Marie: “I’m hoping for Kandis, personally.”

Kim: “The Spanx stealing is a declaration of war.”

Kim nonchalantly says as we then hear the sound of someone unlocking the door and the door opens and we see Selena Frost step into the room with Shaun Cruze and several other officials.

Kim: “HI BOSS! HI CHAMP!”

Kim waves as Selena steps up and immediately is stopped by Hiro Tanaka.

Cruze: “You…free them…now…enough of this.”

Kim: “But we’re just having our pilot of our new game show. Selena! You get to prove how much you love your wife-“

Selena turns and goes to lunge again, but Hiro Tanaka keeps her back.

Deanna: “Check on the Penguin guy…”

Penguin is now just sobbing. Cookie turns to him.

Cookie: “I’ll give him a hug. People used to love my hugs. The healing power of Gleebnorb.”

Dawn: “Wonderful…Maybe if you uncuff me, I’ll just finish what I should’ve done at Body, Heart, and Soul.”

We then see Brittany Lohan storm into the room too. Kim turns.

Kim: “Now we can have fun-“

Brittany steps up and goes to lunge for Kim and Marie as the officials keep them apart. Others focus on freeing everyone. Deanna gets free and heads over to Selena.

Deanna: “I’m fine! I’m fine…”

Selena stops and looks at her. She then turns away. The camera focuses on her as Deanna follows. Hiro Tanaka follows out too to keep them out.

Selena: “Look, I know-“

Deanna: “The blood and the hair. I know….Marie. I wasn’t going to go down swinging.”

Selena: “Well of course…just….”

Deanna: “I know. All of this. Just…you need to reset.”

Selena: “Glory…Just…”

Deanna: “We need to focus there.”

Shaun: “Deanna…we’ll have the trainer check you out-“

Shaun Cruze walks out of the room.

Deanna: “I’m fine. I’m going to be at ringside with Selena. I know the rules-“

Shaun: “Look, with this-“

Selena: “No…we need to do this. The World Title needs it. SCW needs it. And I’m not letting anything stop this match with Glory.”

Selena and Deanna head off as we cut back to the inside of the room, a second camera on scene, as Brittany is pulled away by officials as Kim just laughs in the room. Penguin continues to sob. The spanx, meanwhile, trampled by the officials in the room.

COMMERCIALS

Jaina Lancaster vs. Tsunami

Phillips: “The following match is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first....”

[You hit me like a lightning strike from the sky
Now everything you do can make me ignite]

"Supercharged" fills the arena as Jaina Lancaster steps out onto the stage and looks around, as the music picks up and the chorus kicks in.

[Hey now, you can be my breakdown, setting the fire
You're my bizarre, I'm supercharged]

Phillips: “From New Orleans, Louisiana... she is Jaina Lancaster!”

Jaina heads down the ramp, trying to look confident but the apprehension coming through.

[Hey now, everybody needs a little spark in the wire
You shock my heart, I'm supercharged]

Getting to the ring, Jaina runs up the ring steps and steps through the ropes. She goes to her corner, and pulls on the ropes a bit, stretching, before backing into the corner.

Sharper: “Jaina Lancaster coming to the ring alone tonight, her friend Marie Caedes currently rehabbing a neck injury. She sustained a stinger a few weeks ago, when Tsunami, Jaina's opponent, rammed Marie headfirst into the ringpost, with added chair.”

Lyman: “This after Tsunami was directed by his father Martin Howe III to hold down and threaten further harm on Marie unless Jaina agreed to face Tsunami. She did... and Marie was hurt anyway.”

Knots: “Can't say I'm surprised. If Martin Howe tells you the sky is blue, you'd better look out the window just to make sure.”

Phillips: “And her opponent....”

Martin Howe III walks out on the ramp. Smiling at the crowd who is already booing at the sight of him and has a microphone and addresses the fans who are booing him even louder now. In one hand he holds a mic. In the other, a single red rose.

Howe: “Good evening ladies and gentlemen. My name as you know is Martin Howe III, senior partner in the law office of Dewey, Cheatum, Howe. And now presenting to all of you, standing 7 feet tall, weighing 355 pounds, and accompanied to ring by Lester Damron. He is the one true giant, a tower of power, this is my son…..

TSUNAMI!!!”

Tsunami then appears on the ramp alongside Damron as “Open Up” by Korn explodes into the arena. Howe then begins down the ramp with Tsumani close behind, ignoring the hostile, booing crowd who already don't like them. Only Damron has a smirk on his face. Arriving at the ringside area Tsumani reaches and pulls himself up along the ropes before stepping over the top rope while Damron watches in the corner the entire time. Once inside the ring Tsunami looks toward the referee briefly in an intimidating manner before going to his corner. He looks at Jaina across the ring and gives her a smile. It was probably meant to be nice or flirtatious but it comes across leering and creepy. Jaina leans further back into her corner.

Sharper: “Martin Howe has claimed that Tsunami's recent actions towards Marie Caedes and Jaina Lancaster are because he's infatuated with Jaina.”

Knots: “In love, Adam! He's in love with her. He called her beautiful!”

Lyman: “And you see nothing wrong with that? Howe is a creep. Look, he even brought a rose!”

Howe gets up on the apron and gives the rose to Tsunami. He then points to Jaina, nodding with a smile. Tsunami looks at the red flower, then towards Jaina. He nods, and grins. Howe steps down. Tsunami walks across the ring to Jaina in her corner. She just watches as he approaches. Tsunami stops arms length away, and holds the rose out, head tilted slightly, the same weird smile on his face. Jaina looks at it, then up at the large man.

Knots: “Take it, its just a rose! He's trying to be nice!”

Sharper: “Or maybe apologize for Marie?”

Lyman: “Don't do it Jay! It's a trap!”

Jaina looks around, the fans are yelling and gesturing. Some telling her to take it, others warning her not to. The crowd being no help, Jaina turns back to Tsunami. He's still holding out the rose. She reaches for it slowly, unsure. Tsunami leans closer. We see Howe with a large smile, nodding in approval. Damron seems unmoved as he watches. Jaina takes the rose then steps back. The crowd oohs. Tsunami smiles. Jaina looks at the flower, smells it. She shrugs a bit, then sets it down on the apron behind her. With her back turned. Tsunami grabs her from behind and spins her around, then plants her with a side slam. The crowd boos.

Lyman: “I knew it! It was a ploy to catch her off guard!”

Sharper: “Jaina just learned an important lesson... never turn your back to your opponent.”

Tsunami backs up, allowing Jaina to get up. She does, holding her back. Jaina looks around, then decides to go on the offensive. She runs at Tsunami, and lands a discus punch. Tsunami barely moves, one foot moving slightly backwards. He just stares at Jaina. She looks the large man up and down, and backs up, then throws a roundhouse kick. Tsunami backs up a step. Jaina follows up with a few forearm strikes.. due to the size difference her strikes land across his chest rather than his face. Tsunami takes a few, then grabs her arm, blocking the last strike. He then grabs her and sends her flying into a corner. Jaina hits the turnbuckles hard. The crowd oohs.

Sharper: “Got to give Jaina credit, she is not intimidated by the large man.”

Knots: “I would have thought Amy Chastaine's daughter would be smarter than to piss off a guy like him.”

Lyman: “She is smart, she's trying to prove herself, Jon!”

Howe grins in delight as Tsunami runs into the corner and drills Jaina with a knee strike. Jaina hunches over, holding stomach. Tsunami pushes her back up straight by her head, then lands another knee. Jaina slides down, seated in the corner. The crowd boos. Tsunami pulls back for another knee strike, this one aimed directly at Jaina's head. But she lays down at the last second, and Tsunami hits the ring post instead. He roars in pain, and Howe beats the mat in anger. Jaina rolls away from the corner, and uses the ropes to pull herself up. Tsunami turns, looking for where Jaina went. He see her, and she runs and hits a low doropkick to the knee that just hit the post. Tsunami goes down. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “She got the big man down! Jaina attacking the hurt knee!”

Lyman: “I told you she was smart!”

Knots: “Okay, okay... that was a good attack.”

Jaina starts to get up, but stops when she sees Howe standing near her, holding the rose he made Tsunami give her.

Howe: “How can you hurt him like that, Miss Lancaster? He loves you!”

Jaina backs away, looking offended. Howe waves the flower around a bit. We see Tsunami starting to get up, shaking his leg out. Howe offers the flower again, holding it out under the bottom rope towards Jaina. Jaina gets to her feet, eyeing Howe suspiciously. Howe holds it higher. Tsunami gets to his feet, watching this exchange. Howe then offers the rose back to Tsunami.

Howe: “Here, give it back to her, son!”

Tsunami grabs the flower, and immediately walks up to Jaina, shoving the rose at her. She backs away, but he continues approaching. Jaina backs up all the way against the ropes on the other side, with Tsunami still shoving the rose into her face. Frustrated, Jaina swats it away. The bloom breaks and petals fly everywhere. Tsunami steps back, looking at the mess.

Sharper: “Uh oh. That might have pissed him off!”

Lyman: “Maybe he shouldn't have been so aggressive.”

Knots: “He can't help it, it's love!”

Sharper: “Would you stop?”

Tsunami suddenly grabs Jaina by the throat. The crowd boos as he lifts her up, turns, and chokeslams her down in the middle of the ring. He then kicks at the rose petals in the ring before sliding out. Tsunami then starts walking up the ramp. The official, a little confused, starts a count. (1)

Sharper: “Is he leaving? Why wouldn't he just pin her?”

Knots: “I keep telling you. It's LOVE, Adam!”

Lyman: “Looks to me like he wants no part of whatever trickery Howe is trying to do.”

Howe runs and gets in front of Tsunami, a hand on his chest to stop him. (2) Howe speaks but we can't hear him. He points to the ring. (3) Tsunami turns and looks. Jaina is starting to stir, holding the back of her head.. (4) Tsunami starts to go back to the ring. Howe claps him on the back as he walks. (5) Tsunami gets to the apron, but makes no move to get back in. (6) Jaina sits up. She looks around, wondering what the large man is doing. (7) Howe pushes his son a bit urging him to get back in.

Howe: “Take care of it son!”

Tsunami looks down, where a few rose petals had fallen out of the ring and on the floor. He shakes his head no. Howe seems stunned. (8)

Howe: “We talked about this... “

The disagreement is broken up by Jaina, she's gotten up and hits a baseball slide into Tsunami! The contact shoves Tsunami into Howe, and the older man hits the ground. (9) Tsunami turns and gets back in the ring, breaking the count. Jaina gets to her feet, still holding her head. Tsunami grabs her and picks her up, then dumps her out of the ring over the top rope. She lands next to Howe, who is starting to get up. The crowd boos. Tsunami slides out again and walks over. He pulls Jaina up, but she fights back. She gets out of his grip, and turns to get back in the ring, but Howe is to his feet and blocking her. The official starts counting again. (1) Howe leans into Jaina's face.

Howe: “How dare you attack me?! I'm a manager!”

Jaina: “I hit him, you were in the way! Get away from me!”

Jaina backs up, hitting the ring behind her. (2) Howe grabs her arm and forces her to turn around, facing Tsunami.

Howe: “Look at him! He just wanted to have a good match out of respect for the love he has for you. And you couldn't comply!” Howe shoves Jaina into Tsunami. Tsunami then grabs her and tries to shove her back into the ring. The official though calls for the bell.

Sharper: “Howe put his hands on Jaina! He just cost his son the match!”

Phillips: “Your winner, by disqualification.... Jaina Lancaster!”

Jaina is shoved into the ring, and Tsunami follows. The official runs over and gets in between, explaining the match is over. He shoves the official aside and stalks Jaina. Just then the crowd roars and we see Spencer Pryce running down and sliding into the ring.

Sharper: “Spencer Pryce! The United States Champion to Jaina's rescue!”

Lyman: “He said he would be watching closely! The match is over thanks to Martin Howe but Tsunami still wants to fight. Spencer is having none of it.”

Knots: “He's getting in the way of love! Maybe Tsunami just wants to hug her.”

Sharper: “You don't really believe that... do you?”

Spencer stands between Tsunami and Jaina, blocking the big man's path to her. Tsunami stares Spencer down, takes a step forward as if he might attack... then steps back, and drops down to exit the ring. He goes over to Howe. Howe speaks very animatedly and upset as Damron just listens and Tsunami glances back at the ring every few seconds. Spencer and Jaina exit the ring, making a wide berth around Tsunami and his handlers. As they go up the ramp, Marie Caedes walks out and meets them halfway. The crowd cheers a bit on seeing her. She and Jaina speak as Spencer keeps an eye on the men still talking at ringside.

Sharper: “Marie Caedes here, yet not cleared for action. Concerned about her friend.”

Lyman: “It's good to see her but maybe she shouldn't be out here.”

The two young women go up the ramp together, Spencer walking up with them but backwards, making sure Tsunami won't follow and attack. Tsunami goes to the bottom of the ramp. He and Spencer glare at each other for a few moments before we cut away.

COMMERCIALS

Backstage, we see Selena Frost, in her wrestling gear, and entrance attire, walking over to the tunnel just before heading to the ring. Deanna Frost walks with her and they head over as we see Glory Braddock standing there, waiting for her cue.

Selena: “Glory…Good luck out there.”

Glory: “You too…just don’t want to hear any excuses.”

Selena: “Don’t plan any. Same for you.”

Glory: “I’m not going to have any. I’ve been focused on this. You have to learn to ignore the noise.”

Selena glances over at Deanna and then back.

Selena: “Excuse me?”

Glory: “Look…I know Deanna can handle herself. Saw it myself. But people are going to come after you.”

Deanna: “You realize Amelia was in there?”

Glory: “Amelia’s a big girl. She’s in this sport. She can handle herself. Just like you can, Deanna.”

Glory turns to Selena.

Glory: “Now let’s focus on why we’re here. Don’t lose sight of that.”

Glory turns and heads down the tunnel as Selena looks down, somewhat rattled, if not annoyed, as we cut away.

Glory Braddock vs. Selena Frost

SCW World Championship

The first chords of "When Legends Rise" begins to play over the PA system. Glory Braddock steps out onto the stage, wearing her ring gear consisting of purple spandex pants, boots, and a purple top. She really does look like a million bucks and grins from ear to ear, gazing out at the crowd for a moment before making her way down the entrance ramp. The crowd cheers.

It's burning down, it's burning high
when ashes fall the legends rise
We burned it out oh my oh why
When ashes fall the legends rise

Throat is dry, my vision's fading
I'm paralyzed and left here waiting
Taking time just one step forward
Won't lose my mind, I'm here to stay

The British Bombshell steps up the steel steps and then onto the ring apron. She poses momentarily on the apron, allowing people to take snapshots before stepping through the ropes and into the ring.  Once in the ring Glory heads to the center of the ring and poses once more. Then the music dies down slowly...

Sharper: “A rematch with high, high stakes here. They were to meet two weeks ago. Interference prevented this match from happening. Now, Glory wins and she’s World Champion. She loses, she’s out of contention. But not only that, this has taken on a new wrinkle.”

Knots: “Glory all business. Sometimes you need to do that. The old school in Glory coming out. You focus on the ring. You tune out the noise. Glory came here tonight to become the SCW World Champion. Amelia Stone can handle herself. She said as much for Selena too.”

Lyman: “Yeah, but there’s a difference. One involves the champion’s wife. Selena wasn’t worried about Deanna taking care of herself. She was not sure where she was!”

BELIEVE IT!

The SCW Universe are on their feet as “Kings and Queens” by Ava Max as plays throughout the arena, snow “falling” along the electronic floor and screens as, out from the back walks the Snow Queen, Selena Frost, taking in the crowd of the SCW Universe. The crowd gives a cheers as Selena glances around the arena, holding the SCW World Championship over her shoulder. She glances back as Deanna Frost walks out with her. Selena focuses on the ring, almost glaring at Glory.

Knots: “If looks could kill…”

Slowly, Selena shifts her head, her sapphire eyes locked towards the ring as she lifts her front hand gracefully, extending it towards the ring, palm upward, her back arm lifted behind her to the sky. With a lift of her right foot, she suddenly slams it down into the ground, causing a crack like ice to form and sprint down the ramp and towards the ring! Deanna runs with her.

Reaching the ring, Selena slides under the ropes to enter it. She gets up and lifts her hand up to give a twirl as the lights form to make a massive snowflake under her. She holds her World Title over her head as Deanna slides in too. Stopping her spin and lowering her hand back down, towards the audience, once again palm upright, a smirk graces Selena’s lips, her other arm lifting to the sky once more. With a slam of her foot, Selena caused the snowflake at her feet to “crack” as the rampway did, the shards of ice streaking out to all four corners of the ring to shoot out blue sparkles of light as the lights return to normal. She looks around as the crowd roars. She turns to Glory as Jason Phillips steps up and Selena backs up to her corner, joined by Deanna. She keeps her eye on Glory. We then cut backstage to see Kandis watching with Tommy Valentine, before cutting to show Holly Adams ignoring the monitor while talking to Giovanni Aries.

Sharper: “Selena Frost focused on Glory. Selena trying to do everything to restore integrity to the title. Tonight, having to deal with the challenge of Kimberly Williams. It all worked out.”

Knots: “The question now is if Kim will stay away. Anyone interferes and they’re getting a big hit.”

Lyman: “They’re out of contention. They’re going to be suspended. This is going to be one on one. Even Deanna there. She’s allowed to be out here because she’s a manager. I heard original she wasn’t going to be but after tonight…”

Sharper: “Do you want her backstage where it could be a distraction now?”

Lyman: “But if she in any way gets involved, her SCW career could be forfeit too.”

Sharper: “And all of this surrounding the SCW World Championship.”

The cameras cut to the ring where Jason Phillips stands in the middle.

Phillips: “Fans, the following contest is scheduled for onefall with a thirty minute time limit and is your main event of the evening and for the SCW World Championship!”

The crowd cheers. The SCW World Championship logo comes across the screen.

Phillips: “First, the challenger…fighting out of the corner to my left. From London, England….She is the British Bombshell, Glory Braddock!”

Glory steps up and poses as the crowd cheers. The camera then shifts to Selena Frost. Frost slides off the SCW World Championship.

Phillips: “And her opponent, accompanied by Deanna Frost, from New York City by wave of Nome, Alaska, she is the SCW World Champion, the Snow Queen…Selena Frost!”

Selena steps forward and stomps her foot as she holds the title over her head. She then turns and hands the title off to Aaron Demitra. Selena motions to Glory as Deanna kisses Selena, saying something to her, before stepping to the floor. Demitra hands off the title.

Sharper: “And here we go!”

The bell sounds. Glory steps out from the corner as Selena does too. The two lock up in the middle of the ring with a collar-and-elbow tie-up. The two push back on one another before Glory pushes Selena back and Selena struggles as Glory gets her back into the corner. She leans in.

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Glory lets go and steps back. Selena looks at her. Glory says something to her before Selena walks out from the crowd. The two watch one another before the two lock up in the middle of the ring again. Selena pushes back, but Glory spins through and then gets her to the ropes. Glory then grabs her and steps back and goes for an Irish whip. Selena spins through and sends Glory in. Glory bounces off. Selena goes for a clothesline, but Glory ducks under and gets up and locks in a side headlock. The crowd looks on.

Sharper: “And Glory right now a step ahead.”

Lyman: “You wonder if the events of tonight, no matter what Selena may have thought, if that’s weighing on her. Selena’s always taken things head on. Glory always has been able to try and get over that noise.”

Knots: “She’s also been dealing with a lot outside of the ring. She runs a wrestling school, a promotion…Selena, I’m sure, has problems too, but Glory is geared into wrestling to the max.”

Selena gets Glory back to the ropes and then fires her off. Glory bounces off and Selena steps up and shoulders Glory down. Selena runs into the ropes. Glory turns and drops down in front of her. Selena hops over and hits the opposite side. Glory, however, closes the gap fast and forearms her down. She goes for the pin.

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Selena kicks out. Glory gets up and Selena gets up too and Glory hits a leg trip. She goes for the pin on Selena.

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Selena kicks out again. Glory gets up and Selena turns and lunges at her and Glory ducks under and rolls through into a school boy.

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Selena kicks out. Selena then rolls out of the ring. She backs up and looks at the ring. Glory then looks at her before slapping her chest and telling her to come at her.

Sharper: “Glory still a step ahead. Selena backing up and actually exiting the ring here.”

Lyman: “I think Selena may be a bit shaken. I mean think of what she’s been through. Kim touched a nerve. Something that’s been a story all year. Deanna as a target. And Selena had to battle with all of that.”

Knots: “Glory didn’t care. She focused on one thing. The World Title. That’s what integrity means to her!”

Selena looks in. (1) Glory backs up and Selena grabs at the ropes and pulls herself up onto the apron. She steps in to the ring and steps up and Glory runs over and forearms her. Selena falls to the ropes. Glory whips her across the ring. Selena bounces off and Glory goes for a back elbow. Selena ducks and bounces off the other side. Selena then jumps up and goes for a jumping sidekick. Glory ducks and Selena lands and turns and Glory grabs her arm and wrenches it before snapmaring her to the mat. Glory pushes Selena down and jumps up, hitting a knee drop to the throat. She goes for the pin.

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Selena kicks out. Selena rolls over and starts to get up. She moves to the corner. Glory flollows up and chops her. The crowd woos. She chops her again. Selena then forearms her and Glory kicks her in the ribs before pulling her out and hitting a gutwrench suplex. Glory moves into a lateral press.

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Selena kicks out again. Glory moves into a reverse chinlock. The crowd looks on.

Sharper: “Glory looks as good as we’ve seen her. Not giving Selena an inch.”

Knots: “We’ve never seen Selena like this. Glory came in with a plan. And I think Selena came in with one and I know we go back to it, but she was removed from her focus with everything happening backstage.”

Lyman: “But this is what she needs to deal with. We all know Selena. She cares deeply about what she represents as champion. But has the pressure finally gotten to her?”

Sharper: “She’s been a target for years. We talk about her as the Face of SCW. At some point, you just can’t keep going at full speed.”

Glory holds on as Selena reaches around. Demitra checks on her and Selena says no before Glory moves and leans on Selena. Selena reaches around and grabs at Glory’s head. Glory turns again and Selena starts to get her legs under her. She starts to get up and Glory moves into an elbow strike to the back of Selena’s had. Selena steps forward. Glory elbows her again. She then pushes Selena into the ropes. Selena hits chest first and Glory grabs her in a waistlock. Selena grabs the hands and tries to pull them apart. Glory lets go and clubs Selena in the back. She then hoists Selena up for a back suplex, but Selena backflips through. Glory turns around and Selena kicks her in the ribs and hits a snap suplex. The crowd roars. Glory rolls over and starts to get up and Selena chops her in the chest. Glory staggers back. Selena chops her again. She grabs her and whips her across the ring. Glory hits the opposite corner and Selena runs after. Glory moves out of the way and runs out. Selena stops herself and Glory stops at the middle of the ring. Selena turns around and runs at Glory. Glory goes for a back drop. Selena spins through and lands behind Glory before grabbing her and hitting a Russian leg sweep, rolling through to a pin.

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Glory kicks out.

Sharper: “Selena moving with the momentum. Leg sweep only gets two.”

Lyman: “But it’s the best she’s looked so far!”

Glory rolls over and gets up and Selena kicks her in the ribs. She pushes her into the ropes and whips her across. Glory bounces off and Selena hits a leg lariat. She turns and gets up and hits a flipping senton. She goes for the pin.

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Glory kicks out. Both get up and Selena forearms Glory in the jaw. Glory falls to the corner. Selena forearms her again. She goes to whip her across the ring. Glory however spins through and sends Selena in. Selena runs up the turnbuckle to the top and backflips through. Glory jukes back and Selena lands on her feet and spins around and Glory scoops her up and slams her down. Selena gets back up and Glory hits a dropkick. Selena hits the mat and Glory goes for the pin.

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Selena kicks out. She rolls over and moves to the ropes. Glory walks over to her and clubs her in the back and then again and again.

Sharper: “Glory again. Looking great tonight.”

Knots: “She’s been waiting for this for months. She’s not going to let it slip through her fingers.”

Lyman: “Selena’s trying to find something though. An opening. Anything. She’s not giving up.”

Selena then turns and knees her in the ribs. Glory turns and grabs Selena by the arm and goes to wrench it, but Selena after she does it, Selena kicks her in the thigh and then lifts the left arm up and slams it over the top rope. Glory’s arm snaps off and turns and Selena runs at her, grabbing her arm and spinning through, taking Glory down with an arm drag. Glory rolls over. She gets up, shaking her arm and Selena runs over and grabs her and takes the left arm, wrapping it around the top rope. She pulls on it. Glory yells in pain.

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Selena lets go. She backs up a moment and Glory gets her left arm free and catches Selena with a back elbow to the jaw. Glory then turns and climbs up to the middle rope. She turns back and goes for the Prankster’s Paradise, but Selena jumps up and drives her knees into the left shoulder of Glory as she goes down. Glory rolls over, holding her arm and moving to the floor.

Sharper: “Glory with her first big mistake. She went for a big move. The Prankster’s Paradise, but Selena had it scouted!”

Knots: “Not just scouted, but timed perfectly. She got that arm!”

Glory moves around on the floor, holding her left arm. (1) Selena gets up and turns and grabs the top rope. She slingshots over. Glory ducks at first and spins around as Selena runs along the apron and hits a somersault dive off the apron onto her challenger! (1) Selena rolls over and starts to get up. (2) Glory rolls over and Selena grabs her. She drags Glory up and then turns and whips her across and into the barricade. Glory hits hard and falls over. (3) Selena looks around. The crowd roars. Selena then heads over to Glory and grabs her and drags her up. (4) She forearms her in the jaw and then again before running Glory over and sliding her into the ring. Glory rolls over as Selena hops onto the apron. She then waits as Glory starts to get up and Selena springboards to the top rope and then flips forward into the Alaskan Dragonrana!

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Glory kicks out. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “My God! The Alaskan Dragonrana! Just nearly got three!”

Lyman: “But nearly isn’t enough. And this match continuing!”

Glory rolls over and gets up and Selena grabs her left arm. She clubs it in the shoulder once and then again before jumping up and going for the Frost’s Bite, but Glory drops down and into a cover, driving her knees into Selena’s face.

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Selena lets go as Glory falls back. Selena rolls over and gets up. She then turns and runs at Glory, but Glory steps up and lifts Selena up and drops her throat first on the top rope. Selena falls back. Glory then turns and jumps to the top rope at the nearby corner and hits a split-legged moonsault into a pin. Selena is still clutching at her throat.

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Selena kicks out just in time. Glory rolls off. Selena rolls over and starts to get up, coughing and Glory grabs her and pulls her back and hits a neckbreaker. Glory sits up and looks around.

Sharper: “Selena grasping at her throat. Still fighting!”

Knots: “That’s a big target. The arm for Glory – that’s for the Frost’s Bite. Glory on a throat. Shekinah Glory could be focusing right on that. If Selena’s already struggling to breathe.”

Lyman: “But right now, Glory is figuring out what’s next. Maybe wondering if she wants to do a bit more damage.”

Glory turns and stomps Selena in the side of the head. She stomps her again and grabs her and lifts her up. She stands next to her and shoves her chest first into the corner. Selena staggers back and Glory grabs and her lifts her up and places her on the top rope. Glory then pulls her down and kicks her in the ribs over and over and over again.

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Glory steps away and walks over to the middle of the ring. She turns and runs at the corner, going for a dropkick. Selena sits up and Glory hits the corner. She rolls over, holding her ankle from the impact. She then starts to get up and staggers around before running at Selena as she get sup on the top rope and Selena hits a back kick to the jaw. Glory falls back and Selena then hits a huge moonsault right onto Glory! The crowd cheers. Selena stays on her for a pin.

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Glory gets her shoulder up. Selena rolls over and turns and grabs at the left arm. She starts to pull on it. Glory tries to stop her, but Selena gets it free enough before moving into a crossface!

Sharper: “Selena now showing the same stubbornness as Glory! Right into the crossface!”

Knots: “And Selena is between Glory and the ropes!”

Lyman: “Selena’s got that arm scissored! Pulling back on the head. The pressure on the shoulder!”

Glory reaches out as Selena pulls back. The crowd roars as Glory reaches around and Selena keeps trying to pull back. Glory bridges up and Demitra checks on her. Glory shakes her head no and then bridges up again before rolling and trying to roll through. Selena is thrown off. Selena gets up in the middle of the ring and Glory starts to get up and Selena runs at her and Glory hits a drop toe hold onto the middle rope. Selena holds her throat and staggers back. Glory and then grabs her from behind. She tries for a German, but Glory winces, pulling her left arm away before hooking Selena in a half nelson with her right arm and throwing her back with a half nelson suplex. The crowd ohs. Selena rolls through. Glory pushes her down and goes for the pin.

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Selena shoots her shoulder up. Glory rolls off. She then gets up and shakes out her arm. Selena rolls over and starts to stir. Glory walks over to her and lifts her up and knees her in the ribs and then again before whipping her into the corner. Selena hits hard. Glory runs at her and nails her with a running clothesline. She then steps back and whips Selena across the ring. Glory runs after and Selena gets a boot up. Glory spins around. Selena then lifts her up and places her on the top rope. Selena forearms her in the jaw and then again.

Sharper: “Selena trying to maybe jar Glory-“

Knots: “Maybe concuss her!”

Sharper: “Selena throwing hard forearms. Glory has to be careful. That left arm is a target too.”

Selena then goes lower and lifts Glory up and places her on the top turnbuckle. Selena then steps up and Glory nails her with a hard right. She nails her again. Selena staggers back. Glory winces and starts to get up and Selena then turns and runs at her and runs up and grabs Glory. She hooks her up and then hooks her by the head and hits a top rope superplex. The crowd roars. Selena however rolls through. She starts to then pull Glory up. The crowd erupts .

Sharper: “My God! Selena rolls through!”

Lyman: “She’s not done!”

Selena struggles to drag Glory up. She grits her teeth and pulls her up. Glory drops to a knee and Selena then hoists her up again and Glory then pushes out of Selena’s grip and jumps up and tries to lock in the Shekinah Glory! The crowd erupts. Selena tries to fight as Glory tries to synch up. She doesn’t fully and then, while holding onto Selena’s right arm, she kicks Selena in the head and then again before pulling her down. Selena tries to fight as Glory keeps trying to lock it in. Selena then pushes back on the leg and then reaches down, grabbing the left arm of Glory, twisting just enough as Glory grimaces. Selena spins through and drops down, trying to lock in the Frost’s Bite!

Sharper: “Glory was going for the Shekinah Glory! Selena fought out!”

Knots: “Both know their hold could win it!”

Lyman: “Selena used the arm to get leverage and now trying to get the Frost’s Bite in!”

Sharper: “Glory holding on for dear life!”

Glory continues to hold on, trying to avoid letting go. Selena uses her leg and just as Glory did earlier, Selena drives her right leg into the head of Glory once and then again. Glory keeps holding on, while moving her legs and trying to get around. She hooks the bottom rope. The crowd ohs.

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Selena lets go and rolls back. She takes a moment to catch her breath. She then gets up as Glory starts to try and catch her breath. Selena walks over to Glory and Glory just blasts her in the throat with a forearm shot. Selena falls back to the middle of the ring, coughing as Glory leans back on the middle rope.

Sharper: “Right to the throat. Again, trying to cut off the air. Glory trying to make it so if she gets the Shekinah Glory on…it’s over.”

Knots: “Not just that. I think she’s counting on Selena to do anything to not tap. She’s struggling to breathe, she doesn’t need to keep it on as long!”

Lyman: “Maybe a function of Glory’s left arm being in so much pain!”

Sharper: “This is anyone’s match. But you both may be right. One move could do it. One hold could decide it!”

Glory then gets up and steps up as Selena starts to get up. Glory grabs her by the arms and starts to twist her around for the Glorification. The crowd roars, but Selena shoves Glory forward. Glory bounces off the ropes and Selena catches her and hits an inside cradle!

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Glory shifts her weight.

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Selena kicks out. Both get up and Selena catches Glory with the Glass Shard. Glory hits the mat. Selena rolls through and hooks the leg.

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The crowd roars as Selena rolls off of Glory and falls to her side. Deanna rolls into the ring as the bell sounds.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, and STILL SCW World Champion, Selena Frost!”

Sharper: “Selena Frost did it! Back and forth. A hell of a challenge from Glory Braddock and at the end, she did it. Straight up!”

Lyman: “We may have had some hijinx with Kimberly Williams before, but when the bell rang, that’s what the World Title is about!”

Sharper: “Frost victorious here in Tampa, here on Breakdown, and she will now go to defend the title at Retribution!”

Selena gets up as Demtira hands her the World Championship. The crowd cheers and Deanna raises Selena’s arm, holding the title over her head.

Sharper: “Congratulations to Selena Frost. That’s all for tonight here on Breakdown. For Jonathan Knots, Simon Lyman, I’m Adam Sharper. Good night everyone!”

Selena continues her celebration as the scene fades to black…