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Post by Riley Gordon on Dec 20, 2017 5:50:00 GMT
{The women involved are standing in the ring awaiting the final participant as “Cult of Love” by Living Colour hits the sound system with a slow piano theme. The drums beat as "Cult of Personality" is mashed in just as Alexis shuffles out onto the stage. Alexis poses for the crowd who show their appreciation for the IWF Hall of Famer before she skips down to the ring.}Alison Valance: Making her way to the ring, from Cleveland, Ohio, weighing in at 115 pounds, she is an IWF Hall of Famer...Alexis Caffreeeey!!! {She gets to the ring and climbs up on the apron. She steps in under the middle rope and heads to the corner opposite the entrance ramp waiting for the match to begin.}Terri Morasco: A return we didn’t see coming, just showing how important this match really is. Vasco Dias: That it is. The winner getting a shot at the Diamonds Championship, the one garnering the most eliminations getting a shot at the Shieldmaiden Championship, and if the winner has the most eliminations, the second most eliminations would then garner that shot instead. {The 13 women are gathered in the ring as the bell rings, and immediately a riot breaks out and they all go after one another, some in their old or current rivalries, others just taking shots at whoever they can find. In one corner of the ring, there’s Bliss Riley and Charity Helms hammering away on Astrid Hall, enjoying their two on one advantage. Another corner sees Sara Garcia and Alexis Caffrey going at it, reviving the Garcia vs Caffrey rivalry, Kate and Crystal are trading shots, Pandora and Charity Crowne, Brooklyn and Vivienne, and Luna is taking it to newcomer Sasha Grey.
Astrid has freed herself from the double team, headbutting Charity Helms before grabbing Bliss Riley and using her power to turn the tables, sending Bliss into the corner. Helms is back to her feet and attacks Astrid from behind, barely phasing the “The Valkyrie”. Astrid turns again and scoops Helms in the air and drives her to the mat with a hard slam. Bliss Riley jumps off the second rope onto Astrid’s back but Astrid, aware of where she is, turns and grabs Riley by the hair, yanking her over her shoulder, over the top rope, and hitting the floor with a hard thud.}Alison Valance: Bliss Riley has been ELIMINATED! {Astrid stands in the corner, rubbing her throat as Bliss was attempting a Sleeper Hold. Charity comes soaring in with a forearm to the face of Hall who looks stunned. Charity charges again, but Astrid is able to throw her up over her shoulder, over the rope, and to the floor.}Alison Valance: Charity Helms has been eliminated! Terri Morasco: Astrid Hall is clearing house! Vasco Dias: I guess those two tried...right? {As Astrid rests in the corner, we turn our attention to Gabriela Luna and Sasha Grey on the other side, Luna taking the new girl to school, stomping her down in the corner.}Terri Morasco: What the hell is this? Vasco Dias: He wants a front row seat! {Xavier Cross comes out from the backstage area with a steel chair and a bag of popcorn. He sets the chair up at the end of the ramp and proceeds to eat said popcorn.}Terri Morasco: Are you kidding me? Vasco Dias: Wouldn’t you get the closest view you can of this great action? {Luna pulls Grey to her feet, but the new comer breaks Luna’s grip and hits her with a few forearms to the face. She backs up and charges Luna, looking for a Clothesline, but the more experienced Luna ducks, lifting Sasha up with her shoulder, and elevating her over the top rope and to the floor.}Alison Valance: Sasha Grey has been ELIMINATED! {Sasha is slow to her feet as Luna goes back for more. Sasha starts to head up the ramp and as she does Xavier offers her a pat on the back and some of his popcorn. Frustrated she didn’t last a little longer, Sasha takes the popcorn and pours it all over Xavier who looks around in shock, holding his arms out as the innocent bystander he is.}Vasco Dias: Well that was uncalled for. Terri Morasco: He knows what it’s like to be a competitor, he should know better than to try and irritate these women as they’re eliminated. Vasco Dias: He’s being the consoling father figure half these women wish they had. Terri Morasco: Talk about uncalled for… {Xavier calls one of the ushers over and pulls some money out of his pocket, paying him for some cotton candy. Meanwhile, in the ring, Crystal and Kate are trading blows, and it’s Kate getting the better of Crystal before taunting the crowd.}Terri Morasco: Remember, it was Kate who attacked Crystal about a month ago. Vasco Dias: Trying to regain her footing in the division, but she didn’t really pick a big statement piece. {Before Kate could celebrate much more, she turns and is met by Luna and a Jumping Heel Kick straight to the face! Gabriela doesn’t have much time to celebrate as she’s basically run over by Astrid Hall! Astrid then pulls Crystal out of the corner, literally to her feet and then forward into a Samoan Drop!
Pandora had freed herself from the fight with Charity Crowne, getting the better of the Diamond in the Rough winner, and from behind, she tries to his Astrid with the Beat Drop, but Astrid holds onto the top rope, seeing her on the screen, and Pandora hits hard on the mat. She turns though and is met by Sara Garcia who lunges off of the top rope with a Missile Dropkick that takes Astrid down!}Vasco Dias: Astrid has been dominant, and the element of surprise might be the only way to get her down, as was the instance there. Terri Morasco: Look out though! {Sara is getting to her feet when Charity comes up from behind and plants her with a Snap DDT before the twin can even get off the mat fully. She then turns her attention to Kate Steele who is recovering from the kick to the face. She grabs the smallest member of the Diamonds Roster, and looks for another DDT, but Kate blocks it, holding onto the rope, and Charity hits hard, holding the back of her head.
Before Kate can capitalize though, Crystal grabs her from behind and hits her with a “Flashing Lights” Kick to the face!}Terri Morasco: What a shot by Crystal! {Charity is slow to her feet, and Crystal goes to measure her as well, but Charity is able to avoid the kick, and a knelt over Astrid takes the shot right to the side of the head! Crystal tries to capitalize, grabbing and tugging at Astrid, and then Charity comes in from behind...DIAMOND CUTTER!
Charity pops back up and holds her arms out when Pandora comes in, leaps up and hits Charity with a BEAT DROP!
Kate tries to intervene, grabbing Pandora by her blue hair, trying to throw her over the top rope, but the strength just isn’t there, and then from behind, Sara Garcia grabs hold of Kate’s legs, flipping her over Pandora and the top rope, Kate tumbling to the floor.}Alison Valance: Kate Steel has been ELIMINATED! {Kate falls right at the feet of Xavier Cross who helps her to her feet and offers her some of his cotton candy, even proclaiming that it matches the color of her hair. Kate is clearly upset, and she knees Xavier in the crotch before grabbing hold of his head and planting him with a DDT on the floor!}Vasco Dias: That’s like a double low blow! What the hell is wrong with her!? Terri Morasco: That...that’s going to need ice. {Kate starts yelling at Xavier, slamming the Cotton Candy on top of him before storming off up the ramp. Meanwhile in the ring, as the cluster of Diamonds mentioned rest or recuperate, on the other side of the ring, Brooklyn and Vivienne have been going at it the whole time, both trading blows and a move or two, and it looks like Brooklyn has the advantage as of the current moment, locking Viv up and taking her down with a Sitout Facebuster!
She’s getting to her feet, and the Hall of Famer Alexis Caffrey hits her from behind with a Bulldog into the mat! Brooklyn is back up quick, stumbling around, and Alexis hits her with a flying clothesline, and another. She looks to be readying for a “Kiss Goodnight” but from behind, she’s grabbed by Pandora who hits her with a forearm shot, rocking the former Diamonds Champion back into the corner. Meanwhile, Brooklyn is slow to her feet and Vivienne is as well, grabbing Brooklyn from behind before popping off a German Suplex! Both women are down on the side of the ring.}Terri Morasco: What a Suplex by Vivienne! Vasco Dias: I gotta give it to her...she’s been backing up her talk of late...and she’s looking damn good doing it! Terri Morasco: Do you want another lawsuit? Vasco Dias: Oh crap. {On the outside, Xavier is slowly getting back to his feet, grabbing hold of another vendor, grabbing a beer, sitting back in his chair, and placing the ice cold can in his crotch region hoping it eases the pain. Meanwhile, back in the ring again, and we have Crystal Hilton and Sara Garcia going at it in the corner, Crystal getting the better of the situation, taking Sara down. She turns to get some distance and run toward the center of the ring, but Astrid is back to her feet, lifting Crystal up and slamming her down hard with a Running Powerslam!}Terri Morasco: The power of Astrid is astounding. Vasco Dias: She just scooped her out of a sprint and slammed her down, nearly right back where she came from. {Astrid grabs hold of Crystal and lifts her back on her shoulders again, this time carrying her toward the ropes, looking for her third elimination. Crystal though, somehow is coming to and starts kicking her legs, landing behind Astrid, using any strength she has left to shove the bigger woman toward the rope. Pandora joins in, as does Luna, and they all try to lift Astrid over the top rope, but she’s seated between the top and middle rope making things that much more difficult. She then starts fighting out of her predicament, nailing Luna with a right hand, and then Pandora. Sara then comes in and kicks Pan in the gut, and the two head off in another direction leaving Astrid with Crystal who she clubs in the back. Crystal releases her grip, holding her back as she heads toward the center of the ring. Astrid is vertical again, and charges at Crystal, taking her out with a Lunging Shoulder Tackle!}Terri Morasco: She plowed through her like a bulldozer! Vasco Dias: I think Crystal is out. {Astrid lifts Crystal’s limp body up, and again carries her to the ropes, unceremoniously dumping her body over the top rope and tumbling to the floor.}Alison Valance: Crystal Hilton has been ELIMINATED! {Crystal lies motionless on the floor. Xavier finds it in his good graces to gingerly walk over, opening his beer and pouring on Crystal, hoping the cold will shock her to life. It does it’s job and Crystal kicks and screams, slowly to her feet with the help of officials. She glares at Xavier as the smell of beer permeates the air. Xavier goes to hug her but she slaps him in the face. He stumbles around and Crystal hits him with the “Flashing Lights” Chick Kick, leveling Xavier, his beer can flying out of his hand. Crystal dusts her hands off and heads up the ramp as Xavier rolls around holding his face.}Terri Morasco: Isn’t he going to learn? Vasco Dias: Sure...he tries to help these poor girls after they’re eliminated, and this is how they repay him? SOMEBODY GET HIM AN ICE PACK! {The action continues inside the ring Luna nailing Sara Garcia from behind as she tried to take advantage of Pandora’s wounded state. Luna spins Sara around, and hits her with a Snap Suplex in the center of the ring. She’s quick to her feet, and continues the assault, stomping away at Sara until Charity Crowne comes up from behind, grabbing hold of Luna, hitting her with a couple Knife Edged Chops that back Gabriela into the ropes. Charity sends her to the far side, and upon return looks for a Back Body Drop, but Luna kicks her in the face, standing her up straight. She then grabs hold of her and flips her into a seated position with a Snapmare Takeover, then runs to the ropes, and lands on Charity with a pair of knees!}Terri Morasco: The action is fast paced and hard hitting here folks. Vasco Dias: We have the best women’s wrestling on the planet! {Before Luna can capitalize any further, she’s grabbed by Brooklyn and pulled onto her shoulders where she’s hit with the BAMf! (Reverse GTS).}Terri Morasco: That’ll turn someone’s lights out real quick! Vasco Dias: It’s about to do more than that. {With Gabriela out on her feet, Brooklyn is able to get her up, leaning her against the ropes, then charges in and Clothesline Luna over the top rope and to the floor below.}Alison Valance: Gabriela Luna has been ELIMINATED! {Brooklyn turns and as she does, Alexis charges in and hits her with the “Kiss Goodnight” (Spinning Codebreaker)!}Terri Morasco: Talk about out of nowhere! Vasco Dias: She drove that knee right into the face of Madrox! {Both women are down, and on the outside, Xavier is reeling from the Flashing Lights, but is on his feet, staggering about. Luna walks by and her temper gets the better of her and she lays him out with the “Aerial Spike” (Edgecution)! She rolls to her feet and “kicks the dirt off her boots onto Xavier before being told to head to the back.}Vasco Dias: This is ridiculous...that poor guy. Terri Morasco: You’d think he’d want to get away from ringside? Vasco Dias: He doesn’t even have a chance! They keep hitting him with moves before he can even walk! DESPICABLE! {In the ring Alexis is to her feet and sees Charity recovering from the double knees by Luna. She gets to her feet and Alexis charges in, leaping through the air before swinging her legs down with momentum, planting Charity with the “Graceful Letdown” DDT! Alexis gets to her feet, and that’s where she’s met by a “Knockout Kiss” Standing Sidekick from her former protege Sara Garcia that lays her out!}Terri Morasco: Did you see Alexis’ head snap back? Vasco Dias: A wicked kick by Sara Garcia, that’s for sure. {Vivienne comes in, grabbing Sara from behind and taking her over with a Belly to Back Suplex before she can capitalize. Vivienne grabs hold of Sara and looks to eliminate her, Sara holding on with all of her strength and determination as Viv continues to push against her.}Terri Morasco: These two are no strangers, that’s for sure. Vasco Dias: Sara has something to prove against Vivienne. {Sara manages to kick free, and Vivienne turns into Brooklyn who hits her with a European Uppercut. Vivienne then stumbles into Astrid who lifts her up and drops her with a Samoan Drop!}Terri Morasco: Poor Viv was caught between a rock and hard places. Vasco Dias: That wasn’t ending well no matter who took the final shot. {Before Astrid can get up though, the rest of the Diamonds jump her, stomping and kicking away at perhaps the biggest threat in the match, kicking her out of the ring under the bottom rope.}Terri Morasco: That doesn’t count as an elimination. She has to go over the top rope! Vasco Dias: I think the people know that...I think. {With the biggest threat out, the other girls go at it again, similar to how the match started. Brooklyn and Sara are duking it out. Pandora is biding her time in the corner. Vivienne is still out from the Samoan Drop. Astrid is down on the outside, and we focus on Alexis and Charity who are slugging it out. Charity gets the upper hand after a well placed knee to the gut. She starts talking trash to the Hall of Famer before going for the Diamond Cutter, only to be pushed off by the former Diamonds Champion, into the ropes. Charity returns and nearly has her head taken off by a Spinning Heel Kick! Charity is to her feet, but out of it, and Alexis charges, hitting a front dropkick that sends Charity hard into the turnbuckle. She’s slumped as Alexis comes in for a Running Knee, but Charity catches her and turns, looking to take her over the top rope.}Terri Morasco: Alexis is in trouble here! Vasco Dias: The Crowne Jewel is about to get a huge elimination! {Charity almost has Alexis out, but the savvy veteran locks her legs around Charity’s head and pulls her over the top rope and TO THE FLOOR holding on for dear life!}Alison Valance: Charity Crowne has been ELIMINATED! Terri Morasco: Well played by Alexis, using Charity’s momentum and slightly bigger size against her, locking her with the headscissors and pulling her over. Vasco Dias: She got lucky. {Charity is slow to her feet and sees Xavier is back up. She takes a fans drink and splashes him in the face, blinding him momentarily before hitting him with a Diamond Cutter on the outside of the ring!}Vasco Dias: WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!? Terri Morasco: This just isn’t his night. {Charity dusts her hands off before turning toward Xavier.}Charity Crowne: Don’t you ever think of touching me! {She heads up the ramp leaving Xavier in a puddle of the fans drink. Alexis slides under the bottom rope and rests while Brooklyn and Sara continue on the other side of the ring, Brooklyn laying in strikes to the Garcia Twin in the corner. Vivienne is slow to her feet, and as Brooklyn takes a final shot on Garcia that sends her into a seated position, she turns to Viv and locks her up with a Vertical Suplex with some forearm shots to her opponent.}Terri Morasco: The B-Side by Brooklyn who is taking it to Vivienne right now. Vasco Dias: She’s got a meanstreak to be sure. {Brooklyn gets to her feet, grabbing hold of Vivienne, pulling her to her feet as well. She lifts Vivienne up onto the top rope and tries to push her over as Viv begins to teeter. From behind though to make the save is Pandora who hits Brooklyn from behind. Brooklyn’s attention is turned, and Vivienne falls into the ring. Brooklyn is then sent across the ring by Pandora who waits for her return and drives her into the canvas with a Sidewalk Slam!
Pan gets to her feet and she’s leveled from behind by Sara Garcia and a Running Bulldog! Vivienne is up and she grabs hold of Sara who turns and knees the cinnamon roll in the stomach before lifting her up and driving her down with the “Moment of Bliss” Cradle DDT!}Terri Morasco: Sara seems to have the momentum going for her! Vasco Dias: She’s taunting the crowd though, and the Hall of Famer is up, blowing her a kiss! {Sara turns...KISS GOODNIGHT!}Terri Morasco: She turned her lights out! Vasco Dias: But this match has been so taxing that they’re both down! {Brooklyn is slow to her feet but sees that Vivienne is out cold. She pulls the deadweight to her feet and lifts her onto her shoulders, dumping her over the top rope!}Alison Valance: Vivienne Rodgers has been ELIMINATED! {Brooklyn falls to her knees. We’re down to five, and Astrid is beginning to stir on the outside as is Xavier Cross who might have taken the biggest beating of everyone in the arena. He sees Vivienne crawling on the floor and helps her to her feet. He gives her a hug, and being the sweet girl she is, she reciprocates. Xavier’s hands try to move down and Vivienne notices right away, slapping him across the face for his...tactics. She storms off, glaring over her shoulder at Xavier who merely shrugs his shoulders.
In the ring, Alexis is to her feet, and she grabs hold of Sara. Sara though breaks free of her grip and hits her with some forearm shots to the face before sending her into the corner. Sara charges, Clotheslining Alexis in the corner. Alexis stumbles out and Sara kicks her in the gut, looking for the Double Underhook Backbreaker, but Alexis fights out of it and manages to twist her way into the ENTANGLEMENT!}Terri Morasco: There’s no submissions in this match, but that is one way to suck the energy out of your opponent. Vasco Dias: I don’t know if it’s working though. Sara’s fighting it. {Sara manages to break free, spinning the lighter Alexis around and dropping her with the “MOMENT OF BLISS” DDT! She gets up and screams at Alexis who is out cold. She lifts her to her feet and sits her on the top turnbuckle before hitting her with a vicious forearm, reminiscent of her sister that drops Alexis to the apron and then the floor!}Alison Valance: Alexis Caffrey has been ELIMINATED! Terri Morasco: Well if that’s not revenge… Vasco Dias: She deserved it! {Sara is still yelling at Alexis on the floor, and from behind, Pandora leaps up...BEAT DROP! She springs to life, but is grabbed from behind and thrown over the top rope by Brooklyn Madrox!}Alison Valance: Pandora Freeman has been ELIMINATED! Terri Morasco: Well, talk about a surprise elimination. Vasco Dias: I don’t know if it was a surprise as far as who it was, as much as it was how. {Astrid rolls into the ring as Brooklyn is slumped against the corner, and Sara in a seated position in another corner.}Terri Morasco: We’re down to our final three! {The women try to regain their composure as Astrid looks at Brooklyn and Sara who look at one another and then at their bigger foe. The two then charge and start hammering away on Astrid who tries her best to cover up. She then manages to catch Sara with a knee while still blocking shots from Brooklyn. She then plants an elbow into the stomach of Brooklyn, grabbing her by the arm and pulling her in for a Short-Arm Clothesline that nearly decapitates Madrox!}Terri Morasco: Holy hell! Vasco Dias: She’s gonna have to eat through a straw for a week. {Astrid then focuses on Sara, grabbing her and headbutting her, sending her stumbling toward the center of the ring. She turns into the grip of Astrid...WINTER’S GRIP!}Vasco Dias: She nearly drove her through the ring! Terri Morasco: Things are looking bleak for Sara. {Astrid pulls her up on her shoulder, and dumps her out of the ring.}Alison Valance: Sara Garcia has been ELIMINATED! Terri Morasco: We’re down to our final two! Vasco Dias: And Brooklyn is barely standing, holding onto the ropes! {On the outside, Alexis is finally getting up and making her way to the back. Xavier...again, ever the consoling human being, tries to hug Alexis, but she hits him with a Forearm that staggers him back before hitting him with a KISS GOODNIGHT on the outside of the ring. She holds her back as she stands back up, leaving the “innocent bystander” lying on the ground.
In the ring, Astrid turns to Brooklyn who doesn’t necessarily look like she wants to be in her current predicament. Astrid stomps forward, and Brooklyn tries to get away, only to be grabbed and tossed nearly halfway across the ring. She continues stalking the smaller Madrox who starts to beg her off, but Astrid pulls her up and shoves her into the corner taking a few shots with some back elbows, and a knee before once more peeling her out of the corner and across the ring.}Terri Morasco: She’s treating her like a rag doll! Vasco Dias: She needs to think of something and fast. {Meanwhile on the outside, Sara is headed toward the ramp and sees Xavier barely pulling himself up on the ring skirt. She fires off a Standing Sidekick to the side of his head, laying him out one more time.}Terri Morasco: If he wasn’t braindead before… Vasco Dias: THAT’S NOT FUNNY! {In the ring, Brooklyn struggles to pull herself up with the ropes. Astrid charges in BROOKLYN DUCKS, PULLING DOWN THE ROPE! ASTRID’S MOMENTUM CARRIES HER OVER THE TOP ROPE AND OUT OF THE RING TO THE FLOOR!
The bell rings.}Alison Valance: Here is your winner and NEW NUMBER ONE CONTENDER FOR THE DIAMONDS CHAMPIONSHIP...BROOKLYN...MADROXXXX! Terri Morasco: What a match and what some might consider a big time upset! Vasco Dias: The pup of the Pack has claimed her spot in the division! Terri Morasco: Both her and Astrid had four eliminations, so by rule, Astrid will get the shot at the Shieldmaiden! {Brooklyn celebrates her victory, fellow Pack Members coming to usher her to the back where a celebration was sure to take place.}Alison Valance: The following contest is a Street Fight, and is scheduled for one fall! {The lights go out, and we see a combination of eerie green lighting and fog fill the entire arena. Suddenly, a dancer, clad in green, walks onto the stage and performs a tap dance routine to an original Celtic piece, stopping to look at herself in front of a giant mirror--which projects an image of a very young Fiona McFly, aged seven, standing in front of a proud Royal Navy sailor as the first excerpt from the final tweet given by famed actor Leonard Nimoy is shown on the big screen above.}"A life is like a garden..." {As the music increases in intensity, a second dancer, sporting a silver uniform, performs a slightly longer version of the same tap dance routine until stopping to look at the mirror--which then projects Fiona as a preteen, posing with her first go-kart racing trophy she'd won in the summer of 1994 at the age of 12. The second excerpt from the "Star Trek" legend's tweet is shown as the photo in the mirror fades into nothingness...}"Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved..." {A third dancer, wearing a gold uniform, walks onto the stage to join the other two in a frenzied "Lord of the Dance"-style routine as the music reaches its crescendo. At this point, all three dancers stop to look at the mirror once again--this time, it projects an image of Fiona sporting blonde hair, wearing her old University of Wisconsin, followed by a photo of her beating up on Ana Valentine, her first IWF opponent, as the final except for Nimoy's tweet is displayed.}"...except in memory." {As the dancers begin their final tap dance, the four different photographs, all black-and-white, fade in and out as the tune reaches its climax before coming to a stop. The trip walks over to the end of the stage to grab a giant mallet; as a group, they carry the object over and, with all their combined strength, aim it directly at the glass, which shatters into pieces. At this moment, the Dropkick Murphys' "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" begins to play as Fiona McFly, with a gold-hued whip in hand, leaps through the busted mirror, prompting pyrotechnics to go off as a shower of confetti rains down from the ceiling.}Alison Valance: Introducing first, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, weighing in at 135 pounds, Fiona McFly! {With the dancers tapping to her entrance theme, Fiona smiles lovingly before joining the dancers for a routine of her own before walking down to the ring, hugging fans along the way as the lights come back on. Before stepping into the ring, Fiona gives the whip to a lucky soul as a souvenir.}Terri Morasco: And here comes Fiona McFly as we get set for this street fight! Vasco Dias: Yeah, yeah...another loss on her record. I love it. Terri Morasco: You know what? Sometimes I wish you'd be blackballed from wrestling altogether... {The opening riff of “Slave to the Grind” plays as Emma Danielson walks out onto the stage, cracking her neck with a grin on her face. She rolls her wrists, eyes scanning the audience before she walks down to the ring, fistbumping with members of the audience.}Alison Valance: And her opponent, from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, weighing in at 157 pounds, she is the Hardcore Hellion, Emma Danielson! {As she reaches the end of the entranceway, Emma speeds up, jumping and sliding beneath the bottom rope. She rolls to her feet, walking over to the corner, and climbs the turnbuckles, letting out a roar of joy that the crowd returns. Emma hops down off the turnbuckle, reaching over and testing the ropes before leaning back in the corner with a grin on her face as she waits for the bell.}Vasco Dias: Oh, HERE WE GO!!! {The bell rings, and immediately Emma charges Fiona, sandwiching her into the corner with a Stinger Splash! Not content to wait, she grabs Fiona’s wrist and whips her to the ropes, meeting her with a Thesz press and volleying rights down into the Irishwoman. Fiona covers up, defending as best she can, and manages to catch one of the fists, arm-dragging Emma off of her form and spinning up to her feet warily as Emma rolls to the floor.}Vasco Dias: Here we go...this is gonna be a quickie folks! Terri Morasco: Riiiiight...I'd say this match is only beginning. {Undeterred, Emma beckons Fiona on, shouting at her from ringside. Fiona’s eyebrow twitches, and she hits the ropes, looking for a baseball slide. Emma sidesteps, though, and scoops Fiona up with her shoulder, driving her spine-first into the barricade! Emma steps back, reaching under the ring, and pulls out a Singapore cane, drawing a pop from the crowd for the first weapon of the night. She measures, teeing off on Fiona with a huge swing before stepping in and hooking the weapon around Fiona’s throat, hauling her back with a cane-assisted Russian legsweep into the barricade! Emma covers her on the floor!
ONE! TWO! KICKOUT!}Terri Morasco: Oh Lord! That sort of move'll leave you struggling to breathe! Vasco Dias: Does this mean she won't be singing anymore? Terri Morasco: Oh, for the love of—I'm gonna have you thrown out of here in a minute if you keep this up! {Emma nods, as if she didn’t expect the match to be over so quickly. She hauls Fiona up by the hair, drilling her with a right hand that sends Fiona staggering. Emma follows Fiona, stepping into a Roaring Elbow which sends Fiona sprawling into the barricade again! Emma moves in to press the advantage, but Fiona lashes out with a boot, buying herself some valuable breathing room to recover. Emma charges in again, and Fiona uses the barricade to bring her boots up, catching Emma under the chin! Fiona takes a deep breath, letting out a frustrated war cry before charging and dropping Emma with a spinning wheel kick!}Terri Morasco: Right to the schnozz! Vasco Dias: This is gonna be fun. {It’s Fiona’s turn to shout at Emma now, shaking her head and reaching under the ring. She pulls out a steel chair, winding up and taking a shot across Emma’s back. Fiona shouts “Turnabout’s fair play, love!” as she paces around Emma, winding up and delivering another shot before dropping the chair. Fiona measures up Emma as the bigger woman begins to get to her feet, charging and nailing the CHALLENGER chop block! She immediately gets to her feet as Emma slumps back against the ringpost, charging and sandwiching her head against the post with the PENALTY! Fiona covers, hooking Emma’s leg tightly!
ONE! TWO! Emma kicks out forcefully, shoving Fiona off with both hands!}Terri Morasco: Fiona with that lethal combination that's been so effective in the past, and Emma looks like she's been knocked for a loop! Vasco Dias: She's been knocked for an entire roller coaster after that, Terri. I've got ringing in MY ears! {Emma pushes back up to her feet, hobbling slightly from the chop block, and Fiona swings with a huge roundhouse kick! NO! Emma dodges out of the way, causing Fiona to kick the ringpost! Fiona staggers back, clutching her leg, and Emma seizes the moment to wrap her up in a pumphandle, delivering the LAST ROUND powerslam onto the abandoned chair! Fiona’s spine arches in agony, and Emma drops to a knee, neglecting the cover in her pain. She grabs the chair, tossing it in the ring before throwing the ring apron up and searching for something, a glint in her eyes.}Vasco Dias: I don't think she's lookin' for Christmas presents underneath the tree. {Emma finds what she was looking for, dragging it out: a table. The crowd pops once again, and Emma slides the table into the ring, shaking her leg out as she hauls Fiona to her feet. Emma grabs Fiona next, lacing into her with a European uppercut before she throws Fiona under the bottom rope into the ring. Emma kneels, searching under the ring again, and withdraws a fire extinguisher, rolling that in next. As she eyes up the extinguisher, a look crosses her face, and she walks over to a fan at ringside, shouting at him with her hand out. The fan looks perplexed, and Emma stabs her finger into her open palm, beckoning to him. Reluctantly, the fan hands the whip he received from Fiona during her entrance to Emma, who cracks her neck with a smile as she enters the ring, coiling the whip up and stalking the recovering Fiona.}Terri Morasco: Oh, c'mon man! Emma's got Fiona's whip! Vasco Dias: This might get hotter than a BDSM party! Terri Morasco: ...WILL YOU STOP!?! {Emma rears back to whip Fiona, but the Irishwoman thinks quickly, firing off an uppercut that stuns the bigger woman. She delivers another strike that spins Emma about, and Fiona quickly wrests the whip from Emma’s grasp, readying it with the practice of a seasoned veteran. Emma shakes her head, trying to regain her bearings, and Fiona lashes out with the whip, the signature crack echoing throughout the Superdome as the whip connects with Emma’s lower back. She doubles back in pain, crying out as Fiona readies the whip again and connects a second time, this time between Emma’s shoulderblades.}Terri Morasco: Fi's takin' Emma to the woodshed! Vasco Dias: {off-key} ...and whip it good! Terri Morasco: You and your bad song jokes... {As Fiona winds up for a third strike, though, Emma regains her footing, turning around to face Fiona with a murderous glare on her face. Fiona lashes out for a third time, but this time Emma is ready, getting her arm up and quickly wrapping the whip around her forearm. Fiona’s eyes go wide, and Emma grins, yanking on the whip and pulling Fiona towards her into a big boot! Emma unwinds the whip from her arm, shouting down at Fiona “WHO USES A GODDAMN WHIP?! What are you, Indiana FUCKING Jones?!”}Vasco Dias: She's right Fi...you AIN'T no Harrison Ford! Terri Morasco: But Fi's just as feisty as Daisy Ridley... Vasco Dias: ...she never used a whip. But Emma's got it now and she wants to have a l'il fun with it! {Emma coils the whip, delivering one strike of her own with the whip to Fiona’s back before tossing the whip out of the ring. She stalks Fiona, hounding her into the corner with a series of well-placed stomps. As Fiona hauls herself to a seated position using the bottom turnbuckle, Emma hits the ropes, charging and looking for a facewash! No! Fiona rolls out of the way, springing to her feet and hitting a leaping neckbreaker! Emma clutches the back of her neck as Fiona drapes an arm over her chest to cover!
ONE! TWO! KICKOUT! Fiona pounds the mat in frustration before shaking her head, forcing herself to calm down.}Terri Morasco: Fiona had it right there... Vasco Dias: ...but she was just as close to winning as the Falcons were close to winnin' the Super Bowl. {Fiona gets to her feet, measuring a rising Emma, and moves in on Emma, snaring her in an inverted facelock and looking for the SENDING OFF! NO! Emma grits her teeth, letting out a primal scream, and reaches up, muscling Fiona over and onto her shoulder in powerslam position! Emma charges the corner, flinging Fiona into the top turnbuckle with Snake Eyes! Emma presses her advantage, boosting a dazed Fiona to the top rope, and climbs up with her, looking to set up the HEINEKENRANA!
NO! Fiona lashes out with her right hand as Emma climbs, snaring her about the temples and locking her in the YELLOW CARD! Emma tries to pry her grip loose, but Fiona bears down on it with both hands, gritting her teeth and digging her nails deep into Emma’s head! Emma cries out, staggering back, and Fiona walks her back from the ropes, using her slight height advantage as she bears down on the hold!}Terri Morasco: Bless Fi's heart...she learned the clawhold from her husband Jack Gaither, and given what they've gone through in recent weeks, this is therapeutic for her. {Emma begins to power out of the hold, forcing Fiona’s fingers back from the now-bloody crescents in her forehead, and Fiona thinks quickly, kicking her right foot out and sweeping Emma down to the canvas with a clawhold STO! Emma hits the canvas hard, and Fiona releases the hold, moving to hook the leg!
ONE! TWO! THR—KICKOUT!}Terri Morasco: That was one hell of a modification to that Yellow Card, and it almost paid off huge for Fiona. Vasco Dias: Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. {Fiona is undeterred, cracking her neck and stalking Emma from behind as she rises. Emma makes it to her feet, left hand clutching at her bloodied temples, and Fiona moves in to attempt to hook Emma for the RAISE YOUR CUP! However, Fiona struggles to lift the heavier woman, and Emma shifts her weight, falling behind Fiona and hooking her arms behind her back, hoisting her up for the FACEPLANT! Emma rolls into a cover!
ONE! TWO! KICKOUT! Emma shakes her head, shouting at Fiona to “STAY DOWN!” as she moves to set up the table she slid in earlier in the corner.}Vasco Dias: Tell ya what...as much crap as I and so many others give Fiona, you can't question her heart. You just can't...and if ya do, you're nuts! {Fiona stirs on the canvas, seeing the fire extinguisher, and begins crawling towards it as Emma’s busy with the table. She elbows her way towards it, snaring it with one hand and pulling it tight to herself as Emma turns back around. The Minnesotan towers over Fiona’s prone form, reaching down to grab her by the hair again, and Fiona quickly blasts her in the face with the extinguisher, causing Emma to stumble back again. Fiona grabs the extinguisher in both hands, charging and leaping at Emma to deliver a big shot to Emma’s forehead! The dull thud of skull-on-steel echoes throughout the Superdome, and the wounds opened by the Yellow Card earlier turn into a full-fledged geyser of blood! Fiona covers hastily!
ONE! TWO! EMMA HURLS FIONA OFF OF HER, LEAPING TO HER FEET WITH BLOOD POURING DOWN HER FACE!}Terri Morasco: And Emma kicked out! Vasco Dias: Shoot, I'll give both these ladies credit...neither will stay down. {Fiona looks shocked, and Emma lets out another primal scream, blitzing her in the corner and hammering her with right hand after right hand, driving Fiona to a seated position. Emma begins stomping away at Fiona, pushing her further and further back, and takes a few steps back, grabbing the discarded steel chair and wedging it against Fiona’s face. Emma steps back a few more steps before charging in and nailing a huge knee to the chair, sandwiching Fiona’s head between the chair and the bottom turnbuckle!}Vasco Dias: OWWIE!!! Terri Morasco: Chair meeting head is never a good thing...and what a shot THAT was! {Still not content, however, Emma grabs Fiona by the legs, ripping her out of the corner and planting her with a modified sitout powerbomb! Emma rolls back out of the cover, shaking her head and shouting “Not like that, bitch!” She wipes the blood from her eyes, spitting some of it out of her mouth, and hauls Fiona up, lifting her in a crucifix for the DETOXIFIER powerbomb! As she charges the corner, though, Fiona manages to wriggle free, landing on her feet. Emma turns around quickly, ready to confront her, and Fiona charges, leaping with a brutal SPEAR!
NO! EMMA GOT OUT OF THE WAY AT THE LAST SECOND! FIONA GOES THROUGH THE TABLE HEAD-FIRST! Emma scoops her up into a schoolgirl!
ONE! TWO! THRE—NO! FIONA SOMEHOW KICKS OUT!}Terri Morasco: Unreal!!! Vasco Dias: I tell you what...Fi's not afraid to lose. You can see it in her eyes! {Emma shakes her head again, rolling to the outside, and reaches under the ring one more time, retrieving a spool of barbed wire. She unwinds a length, cutting it free with a pair of wire cutters, and slides back in the ring, slowly winding the wire around her arm. Fiona slowly pulls herself back to her feet, her own forehead now bleeding, and Emma charges, looking for the BROOKLYN HANGOVER! NO! Fiona side-steps, sending Emma crashing into the turnbuckle chest-first, and attempts to maneuver Emma’s wire-wrapped right arm into the KIMBLELOCK!}Terri Morasco: KIMBLEOCK IS IN!!! Vasco Dias: Uh-oh...that's the same arm Eternity broke some years ago--and Fi's tryin' to replicate that too! {Something about the hold seems to light a fire in Emma’s eyes, though, and she hurls Fiona over her back, letting a furious, primal scream of “NO!” rip from her lungs. Fiona rolls to her feet, and Emma hits the ropes, drilling Fiona with a huge wire-assisted BROOKLYN HANGOVER! She drops into the cover, ignoring the pain from the barbed wire as she uses her right arm to hook the leg!
ONE! TWO! THREE! “Slave to the Grind” plays over the PA, and Emma slumps back, exhausted but victorious.}Alison Valance: Here is your winner by pinfall, Emma Danielson! Terri Morasco: That was...that was brutal. Vasco Dias: That was beautiful. Beautiful and bloody. {Emma rolls to her knees, the hate slowly dying in her eyes as she begins to carefully remove the barbed wire from her arm. Fiona stirs, coughing and holding her head in agony, and Emma just shakes her head, reaching out and fistbumping the knuckles of Fiona’s open hand before tossing the wire away. She goes to leave the ring, but Fiona grabs at Emma's wrist, hauling herself up with a determined look in her eyes. Emma stands, Fiona following her up to a vertical base. Both women stare at each other for a long moment before Fiona falls forward, wrapping her arms around Emma and hugging her. Emma looks around, confused, and awkwardly hugs back, patting Fiona's back as she looks to the crowd, bafflement written across her face.}Terri Morasco: And after all that, Fiona's embracing Emma Danielson. I can honestly say I didn't see that coming. Vasco Dias: Boo! BOO! Rubbish with this sportsmanship nonsense! {After a few more seconds, Fiona lets go, sitting down with a thud. Medics are already on their way to the ring, but Emma brushes them off, directing them towards Fiona. The crowd cheers as Emma limps her way to the back, EMTs tending to Fiona mid-ring.}{“Blood” by In this Moment roars throughout the arena as the crowd cheers. Rayne storms out from the back and through the curtain and stops on the center of the stage soaking in the cheers. Rayne looks around with a sly smirk before marching her way down to the ring. Rayne rolls right in under the bottom rope and jumps right to her feet before heading to the corner of the ring and throwing her arms up yelling out "The Boss Bitch is Here!" }Alison Valance: The following is a Shield Maiden Title match and is scheduled for ONE FALL! Introducing first standing at five feet and five inches , weighing in at one hundred and fifty five pounds, from San Diego California. The Boss Bitch RAYNE! Terri Morasco: Rayne looks ready for this opportunity! Vasco Dias: Yeah, right. {“The Wolf’ By Fever Ray starts to play , and out stalks Maxine, Gas mask on her face, walking slowly to the ring and head bowed, even as the lights flicker red and green discarding the Shield Maiden title haphazardly on the stage behind her a s she matches out rolling under the bottom rope to make a Beeline for Rayne! The two of them trading blows before the mask has even come off!}Terri Morasco: Max has taken the match directly to her wheelhouse! Vasco Dias: Yes! That’s it! {Maxine quickly gets the advantage and hauls Rayne across the ring with a cry before she takes a minute and unbuckles the max to move over to the standing Rayne who throws a couple of punches into Max’s body, Max huffs a breath and drives a forearm into Rayne’s spine and then stomps her knee Rayne recoils as Max is kicked away from the leg and Rayne starts to stand up, only for Max to run in and throw all her weight into a shoulder block at Rayne’s knee making her drop to her back as Max slides through smoothly}Terri Morasco: Max is just picking at that knee, not like this! Vasco Dias: That’s right, Pack dominance! Pick her to pieces! {Max wheels around now that Rayne is on her back to stand and grab the leg she was working on Rayne maybe not so much in desperation but determination kicks Max once, then twice before Max smoothly drop and elbow on the knee Rayne cries out again even as the Ref starts to count Max off her as Rayne was still held onto the ropes and Max stands up hands in the air even as Rayne begins to sand, Max barely gives Rayne chance to stand before she tries to whip Rayne off an Rayne dodges tow sleep attempts before taking a huge flip after Maxine hits another low shoulder block to the front of Rayne’s Knee!}Terri Morasco: Rayne is wearing a pair of bulls eyes and Maxine is relentless every piece of offence she’s done has been to that knee! This is not Maxine’s usual game plan! Vasco Dias: She’s decided she’s going to make the Boss Bitch feel every minute! Playing with her meal! Terri Morasco: I don’t think that’s entirely wise! {Max is up slowly again even as Rayne holds her knee a bit Max is now satisfied it seems as she hauls Rayne to her feet Rayne however proves this wrong with a hand forearm, That Makes Max Pause enough to receives a second and then third and then fourth Before she manages to plant her weight and whip Max for the ropes Max runs in and Rayne leaps up for the LOU THEZ PRESS Max catches Rayne even as she eats more punches and finally loses her patience running Rayne into a Corner and pausing to shake off the punches and lay in a forearm of her own as she lifts Rayne up to the Top rope hitting her again as she starts to climb up With Rayne}Terri Morasco: Rayne in dangerous waters! Vasco Dias: Kill Max Kill! {Rayne very suddenly seems to come to life with forearms and head-butts Max holding onto the ropes and covering up with a free hand before Rayne Ryan quickly slams Max’s head into the top Buckle, stunning her, and hooking an arm into butterfly position, then a second arm Using the Turnbuckle support To leap off the Second Turnbuckle with Max into a BITCH BREAKER! Landing heavily on her knees and rolling away as the entirety of Maxine’s weight comes crashing down and the two of them roll away Rayne grips the Knee Max has been working on whilst Maxine looks like she’s out!}Terri Morasco: Max is out for the count! Cover her! Vasco Dias: It’s the knee! Rayne is just as bad off as Max is! {Rayne sensing toe opportunity crawls herself over to Max and rolls her over , covering he r with a sense of desperation}ONE!! TWO!! THRE- KICK OUT! {Max‘s shoulder ops off the mat as she sits out and grabs a rope and Rayne just watches for a moment looking down at her own knee and is quick to follow Max up , Hobbling a bit as she is and leaps up an Max’s Back to apply a Sleeper as Max is pulled away from the ropes! Max thrashes bit even as Rayne gets into a more dominant position and apples the hold fully, Maxine now on a knee!}Terri Morasco: Is this the end of Valentine’s reign?! Vasco Dias: No Max! Fight it! FIGHT IT! {Max does indeed stand up as she works to the ropes and a hand reaches out before Max pauses and reaches behind herself to grab Rayne’s hair, working the woman up to her shoulders even as she brute forces the Sleeper off of her Taking a moment to breathe and look angry as she looks over the ropes for a moment before Rayne start to thrash and elbow away trying to throw her weight backwards for a crucifix pin! Max hangs on and pulls Rayne back up as Rayne shifts her momentum again to roll through with a vicious Yoshi Tonic Bomb holding on for the pin!}ONE! TWO!! KICK OUT! {Rayne is quick to roll away and stand up charging at Maxine to connect with a SPEAR As she Rises looking at Maxine and dragging her for The Turnbuckle again as best she can sitting on the top Rope she hooks both of Max’s Arms again!}Terri Morasco: She’s going for it again! Vasco Dias: Surely this won’t work a Second time?! {Maxine indeed manages to hang on Rayne unable to lift Max into a Second Bitch Breaker as Maxine starts to stand Rayne’s form upright As it looks like Max is slowly breaking the Butterfly grip with a flex of her arms!}Terri Morasco: What’s she doing!?! Vasco Dias: Turnabout is fair play she’s gonna drop Rayne right on her Neck!! {Rayne , sensing the danger, obliges Max and switches her grip form Butterfly to Sunset flip folding Max up with a vicious looking Powerbomb before she rolls over using her good leg to hold a Jack knife Pin!}ONE! TWO!! THREE!! {Maxine kicks out just after the hand drops and Rayne rolls away as Maxine stands up slowly, whilst. “Blood” by In this Moment roars throughout the arena and Rayne is passed a battered and bruised Shieldmaiden Belt}Alison Valance: Here is your winner AND NEW SHIELDMAIDEN CHAMPION RAYNE! Alison Valance: the Following match is scheduled for ONE FALL Terri Morasco: The upcoming match has been building for some time backstage. Vasco Dias: Lizzy Dalmon has been bullying the local cream puff, Vivienne Rodgers. This is where this gets settled. With some good old fashioned violence. Alison Valance: Coming down to the ring from Madison, Wisconsin weighing in at 140 pounds… VIVIENNE RODGERS! {The opening trumpets to Confident by Demi Lovato begin to play as the lights in the ring drop, leaving gold and green spotlights on the stage and ramp. The lights in the arena pulse with similar colors as the bass kicks in. Vivienne herself does not appear until the lyrics begin in Earnest, walking on from backstage with Ciara alongside her. Vivienne grins confidently as she raises a fist into the air on stage, holding the pose for a few seconds before stepping toward the ring, throwing a few punches and a kick as she begins to walk. She jumps up onto the apron, walking alongside the outer part of the ring before going in over the top rope, interacting with the crowd as she circles the inside of the ring.}Terri Morasco: This is also Vivienne Rodgers second match of the evening. One might wonder if this is a test to see how well she can handle this sort of pressure. Vasco Dias: She wants to prove she can be a top tier superstar then this is how she does it. {Ciara follows her in, circling opposite her and working to get the crowd psyched up for the match. She takes to the center of the ring as the chorus plays, raising her fists into the air before she and her manager share a high five before Vivienne settles into her corner as Ciara slips out to ringside.}Alison Valance: Next, coming down to the ring from Beverly Hills, California, weighing in at 110 pounds… LIZZY DALMON! {“We Can't Stop” by Trust the Medic begins to play and Lizzy Dalmon makes his way to the ring, her brother Landon following close behind. The fans boo her as she makes her way to the ring.}Terri Morasco: Is it just me or do the fans seem to be giving her more hate than normal? Vasco Dias: She Lives off their spite. It doesn’t matter! {Halfway there she stops and poses so that people can take a picture of her. When she gets to the ring she climbs the steps and enters. Once in the ring she continues to pose for more pictures.}Vasco Dias: There is no doubt that Lizzy Dalmon is going to make her family proud by beating this little cupcake Vivienne! Terri Morasco: Do you need an intern to bring you a snack or something? {The bell goes off and Lizzy and Vivienne go straight for each other. They grapple up but Lizzy kicks Viv in the ankle causing Viv to let go of her. }Terri Morasco: Lizzy has clearly done her homework on Vivienne Rodgers. Vasco Dias: Of course she did. She’s a Dalomn! {With Vivienne backed off, Lizzy runs back to the ropes and launches into a Front Flip Kick that knocks Viv down. Lizzy kicks her in the ribs twice before going back and waiting for Viv to get back up before hitting her with a Step Up Knee Strike.}Terri Morasco: Lizzy is coming out strong. She hasn’t just been sitting around this whole time. Vasco Dias: She wants to make an example of Rodgers and it’s about time someone did! {Looking overly proud of herself, Lizzy gets back onto the ropes and hits a TRUST FUND FLIP, landing hard onto Viv. She goes for the pin…
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KICK OUT}Vasco Dias: DID THAT JUST HAPPEN?! {Lizzy backs off looking angrily at Viv who grins back at her, stretching as she stands up.}Vasco Dias: What is going on? {Viv motions Lizzy to come back to her again, smiling kindly. Lizzy glares and runs over towards the other girl but Viv grabs her by the throat Choke Slamming her to the ground. As Lizzy scrambles to get up and come at Viv again she choke Slams her again, standing over her with the same kind smile.}Terri Morasco: you know, I think Viv is upset…. {Viv grabs Lizzy by the hair pulling her under her arm and grabbing her by the tights, before setting off a Reflection}Terri Morasco: I think she might be very cross… That was one of her father David’s finishers back from his days on the indies if I recall. {Viv rolls away from Lizzy, not pinning her but waiting for her to get up.}Vasco Dias: What is she doing?! Terri Morasco: I think making an example of her own. {As Lizzy trys to lift herself up on the ropes Vivv grabs her leg and drags her away before pulling her into a Sharp shooter. Lizzy struggles to get out but Viv is using her weight and height on the other women to keep her from moving.}Vasco Dias: Oh my god. Is this happening? {the Ref rushes to Lizzy clearly talking to her and she’s shaking her head ‘No’. Landon Dalmon makes a move to get into the ring to break up the hold but Ciara O’Connor grabs him by the leg and drags him down. He turns to yell at her and she moves up in his face yelling louder.}Terri Morasco: Well, we might need security here in a minute to break up the manager fight that is brewing on the side lines… Vasco Dias: Let them fight! Terri Morasco: You’re only saying that in hopes it will distract the ref, Vasco. Vasco Dias: I can’t believe you would say such things about my character, Terri. {Viv leans back slightly on the sharpshooter leaning entirely on Lizzy but keeping her shoulders off the mat. Lizzy desperately taps the mat to get Viv off her}Alison Valance: Winner by Submission… VIVINNE RODGERS! {As Confident by Demi Lovato hits the loud speakers, Ciara and Landon are still loudly arguing on the outside of the ring. Viv lets go of Lizzy and stands up as the ref checks on Lizzy. Viv seems to check with the Ref that Lizzy is okay before moving away and smiling at the crowd with a small self-satisfied smile}Terri Morasco: Vivienne seems satisfied with how things turned out. She seems to have shut up one of her loudest critics. Vasco Dias: I…I did not see that happening. Alison Valance: The following contest is scheduled for one fall, and is for the IWF Diamonds Championship! {Lights go down in the house, leaving white light filling the stage. Rowan steps out, wearing a long coat and looking down at the floor. She nods, mostly to herself as she listens to the music, almost seeming to let it encourage her to step forward. She walks down the ramp, eyes closed as she tries to block out the reaction from the crowd as she simply rolls into the ring. She steps into the center, raises a fist in the air for a few seconds, and settles into her corner, breathing carefully to calm her nerves.}Alison Valance: Introducing first, the challenger, weighing in at 145 pounds: From Kilkenny Ireland, Rowan MacDonnough! {The crowd seems hesitant and uncertain in response to Rowan’s arrival. The former Diamonds Champion pays them little heed, standing glassy-eyed in her corner.}Terri Morasco: After what happened last week, I think I’m more frightened of this broken girl than the Rowan of old. Vasco Dias: I never thought I’d miss the sadistic demon, but at least I knew what to expect in those matches. This… Alison Valance: And her opponent… {he lights go out before the tron flickers to life with a flick of orange hair, before "In God We Trust” by Sweet Little Machine blasts out of the PA with orange and green lights flashing wildly, in time with the drums.}Alison Valance: From Cork, Ireland, weighing in at 135 pounds… she is the IWF DIAMONDS CHAMPION: SHEA O’HAAAAARAAA!!! "ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! NAH, NAH, NAH NAH! NAH NAH-NAH NAH NAH!" {The crowd chant along with the song, as Shea O’Hara barges through the curtain before standing in the middle of the stage. She lowers herself, almost squatting, before thrusting her arms into the air with the “devil horns” as a small pyro goes off behind her. She then sprints to the ring, sliding under the ropes and runs to the camera side and leans through the ropes on the second rope throwing up her “devil horns” once again.
She O’Hara is not, however, alone. Lining in behind her are five other figures – Pandora Freeman, Brooklyn Madrox, Caleb Lockwood, Maxine Valentine, and Dean Harper! The five of them surround the ring, their faces a mix of emotions. Dean is holding something in his hands, but it’s not entirely certain what it is. When Rowan sees him, however, she becomes notably agitated.}Vasco Dias: It looks like The Pack and, of all people, Pandora Freeman are out here tonight. What’s their game, I wonder? Terri Morasco: Only time will tell, Vasco. Right now it’s time for Rowan and Shea to stand against one another for the sixth time in this year alone. DING! {Rowan charges forward with the same feral insanity that she displayed against Dawn last week, but Shea is entirely prepared for it. With practiced grace she slips under Rowan’s attack and takes her to the ground with an arm drag. Rowan rolls over onto all fours, slowly standing up as she glares at Shea with an unhinged fury. She screams as she charges at Shea again, but the Irish bombshell simply sidesteps and sends Rowan sprawling with a calf kick.}Terri Morasco: Shea is absolutely dominant tonight! Shea O’Hara: Give me a reason not to do this, Ro. {Rowan stands with a snarl, briefly clutching her leg before rushing forward again, only to have Shea take her down with yet another arm drag.}Shea O’Hara: I can do this all day, Ro. Halliwell wasn’t prepared for you being this savage, but I’ve done this dance enough to know your game. You might be feral, but you’re not as skilled, not as quick… you lack her instincts. You’re no threat to me in the ring. So I’ll ask you again, give me a reason not to do this. Rowan MacDonnough: Shut up. {Rowan stands, leaping like a wild animal at Shea in a furious, sloppy tackle… but Shea easily reverses it into a DDT, once again leaving Rowan sprawled on the mat.}Shea O’Hara: I won’t do that. I need to talk to you. Need to see if there’s something… someone in there who can be helped. Rowan MacDonnough: I DON’T WANT YOUR HELP! {Rowan climbs to her feet again, lunging recklessly at her opponent, but again Shea simply takes her down with a pele kick.} Terri Morasco: She really is just a teenager under it all… just anger with no real instinct. Shea O’Hara: Maybe you’re right. Maybe my trying to help you was misguided from the start. I only saw the girl helplessly shackled to a monster, never thinking what kind of monster would invite her in to begin with. I’m sorry for that, Ro. Rowan MacDonnough: Too little too late! {Before Rowan can lunge, this time Shea is ready for her and interrupts her attempt at a charge by expertly taking her to the ground and locking her into the WRATH OF IRELAND!} Rowan MacDonnough: Let me go! Shea O’Hara: You know I can’t do that, Ro. Not until I have an answer from you. I know now how dangerous you are. How foolish of me it was to let you loose. But I’m not going to let you hurt any more innocent people, do you hear me? Rowan MacDonnough: You can’t stop me! {Rowan desperately strains against the hold, but lacks the strength or the technical know-how to break away. She screams in pain and frustration as she goes limp, seething into the mat from the strain. Even as she fights to maintain control of the hold, a look of sad resignation crosses Shea’s face.} Shea O’Hara: So that’s it, then? Rowan MacDonnough: Win or lose, Shea… win or lose, I walk out of this ring, and I’m never coming back to the IWF. I walk away, and I do what I should have been doing all this last year. {She once again desperately tries to fight free of the hold, and this time almost slips away… but Shea lets go, rolls over, and twists Rowan into the CELTIC PRIDE!}Shea O’Hara: That’s where you’re wrong. One way or another I’m not going to let you leave this company to do what you wish with the world. So you have two choices, Ro. Two. You’re not strong enough to beat me here, and now that you’ve made it clear what you’ll do if you walk out of this ring? I have to make sure that you’ll never be able to be a threat to anyone else, ever again. Vasco Dias: What was that?! Did Shea O’Hara just threaten to permanently injure a 19 year old girl? Terri Morasco: If that girl is dead set on being a serial killer, Vasco… Rowan MacDonnough: What’s the other choice? {Dean steps forward and jumps onto the apron. His eyes aren’t glowing, instead giving Rowan a sad, pleading look as he holds his hands forward.}Shea O’Hara: Or you take your chances, and reclaim your only way to beat me. Terri Morasco: She can’t possibly mean…! {Rowan howls with hatred and agony as she strains against the Celtic Pride. She locks eyes with Dean Harper, and the two of them stare at one another for a few long moments… before her cries fall silent, and she closes her eyes…}Vasco Dias: I’ve got a bad feeling about this… {Rowan gives a single, small nod… and all Hell breaks loose. The lights flicker and die, and sparks rain down from the ceiling as though lightbulbs are exploding in their sockets. The flashing from those explosions are enough to see what’s happening inside the ring, or at least get a good sense. Thick red smoke fills the ring as Rowan screams, clutching at her face with both hands as Shea breaks the hold and moves away. Dean slips hastily under the ropes, rushing to Rowan’s side as he slips something over her head. Then the pops stop, and the lights go entirely dead.}Terri Morasco: What just happened? Vasco Dias: I don’t think I want to know… {The lights come back up, revealing Shea standing in the middle of the ring looking around with confusion, waving her arms to get the smoke to clear… when suddenly, right behind her, Rowan MacDonnough rises from the thick smoke… once again wearing the black and crimson mask, eyes gleaming with inhuman gold! Shea doesn’t see her as she takes a step forward, tilting her head with an almost curious menace… before kicking Shea hard in the back of the leg, dropping the Irish Bombshell to her knees! Before Shea has fully realized what’s going on, Rowan plants her hard in the face with the BALOR’S GAZE!!!}Vasco Dias: Balor’s Gaze! For better or worse, Terri, the Wolf of the Abyss is back! The Demon Queen of the IWF has returned to try to reclaim her throne! {Shea rolls away from Rowan, who never bothered going for the pin after landing the deadly kick, and slowly picks herself to her feet. Rowan looks down at her arms and slowly peels off the arm-wraps that had been concealing the twisting black tattoos and jagged scars up and down her arms. Then, once again locking eyes with Shea O’Hara, she spreads her arms wide in invitation. Shea rises to her feet… grins… and charges, sending the two women tumbling over the ropes as they engage in a furious brawl!} Terri Morasco: An all-too-familiar battle now, Vasco! {Rowan and Shea struggle against one another with renewed gusto, striking at one another with increasing ferocity. The ref, baffled, begins his count as both women left the ring simultaneously – however, neither Rowan nor Shea seem particularly inclined to return to their appointed place of battle. They spill onto the ramp, letting loose upon one another with everything they have… until the referee reaches ten, and calls for the end of the match!}Alison Valance: The match has ended in a no-contest! By the rules of champion’s advantage, your IWF DIAMONDS CHAMPION IS STILL SHEA O’HARAAAA!!! {In God We Trust plays as the crowd at ringside rushes in to break up Rowan and Shea, still at one another’s throats. Pandora pulls Shea back while Dean pulls Rowan away and back into the ring. Shea leaves the arena with Pandora at her side, holding the title with a victorious smile on her face as she watches the ring.}Terri Morasco: One hell of a match, but no decisive ending to this better feud. Vasco Dias: Something’s gotta give! I have no doubt that now that the Demon is back, there will be a final chapter to this battle to end this war once and for all – and if one thing is for sure, Terri that battle will be bloody! {Rowan kneels in the middle of the ring as The Pack all rush in and join her. She reaches out to all of them, giving them almost gentle looks as she touches them all on the face with an uncharacteristic fondness. She rises to her feet, once again among family, as she grips Dean and Brooklyn by the hands – Maxine and Caleb linking with the other, respectively – before they all raise their fists into the air, The Pack Reunited. Then, as is their way, the lights black out… and when they raise all that remains is red smoke.}
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