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Post by Jess Fowler on May 29, 2019 3:39:03 GMT
Night of the Immortals VI
May 26th 2019
STAPLES Center: Los Angeles, California
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SEGMENT Preshow Panel
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{It starts with the IWF logo before Courtesy Call the official song of Night of the Immortals 2019 catching some signs in the stadium âI WANT 2B Infamousâ, âStand with the Packâ âXavier ride or dieâ âLONG TERM BOOKINGâ âGilmore or bustâ ââ âRIP Maxineâ âMandi 4 lifeâ}
Rachel Grimes: Hello and welcome to Night of the Immortals 6! I am Rachel Grimes and with me as always is Tyler Jacobs.
Tyler Jacobs: Hi Rachel. Good to be back.
Rachel Grimes: So shall we start of with the predictions right off the bat?
Tyler Jacobs: I think that makes the most sense.
Rachel Grimes: Elijah Lassiter vs Spencer Vain. Any thoughts on this Tyler?
Tyler Jacobs: Personally I think it will be Elijah. Heâs dedicated and heâs been working hard. Spencer has the ego but you have to believe Elijah has the heart to make it stick.
Rachel Grimes: I have to agree.
Tyler Jacobs: Moving right along we have Charity Crowne vs Astrid Hall on the main card. This rivalry has been coming for months and now that it is here I can not wait to see how it ends.
Rachel Grimes: Iâm pulling for Astrid if I can be honest? Sheâs come back with a mission here and I think she needs to get things handled. Taking Charity Crowne down makes a lot of sense.
Tyler Jacobs: Charity is going to win this. Iâm not sure how or why, but she is going to sneak something up her sleeve to win.
Rachel Grimes: Let me have something positive.
Tyler Jacobs: If you want.
Rachel Grimes: So, Angel Blake vs Nighthawk. Thoughts here?
Tyler Jacobs: I have to pull for Nighthawk here. Heâs been putting Angel in his place. You have to assume that it is going to keep going.
Rachel Grimes: You donât think Angel has been playing with Nighthawk?
Tyler Jacobs: I donât. I think Angel has honestly just been falling victim to the master of a 1,000 holds.
Rachel Grimes: I think Angel is going to win here.
Tyler Jacobs: Really? Believe in Astrid but pull for Angel?
Rachel Grimes: This Iâm being a realist on. Angel is a monster. You never know what he will do.
Tyler Jacobs: Well, I think itâs time for the first match.
Rachel Grimes: Catch you on the other side.
------------------------------------  SINGLES MATCH Elijah Lassiter vs Spencer Vain
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{Elijah wins}
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SEGMENT Preshow Panel
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{The camera comes back to the preshow panel with Rachel and Tyler sitting there.}
Rachel Grimes: That was an impressive match, wouldnât you say, Tyler?
Tyler Jacobs: It went the way we expected though. Iâm glad Eli got the win there.
Rachel Grimes: So the next match we have is kind of a personal match, isnât it?
Tyler Jacobs: I think one of the most.
Rachel Grimes: So we have Mandi Matthews vs Zelda Knite. We have Zelda not only with the accusation of sexual assault if the dirt sheets are to be believed but also the way she has gone out of her way to pick on Mandi.
Tyler Jacobs: Iâm not sure we should bring up those comments, Rachel.
Rachel Grimes: Why shouldnât we? Why shouldnât we address the fact that Zelda Knite is a rapist?
Tyler Jacobs:Innocent until proven guilty, Rachel.
Rachel Grimes: Iâm personally offended Roberto even let that trash into the ring of his company.
Tyler Jacobs: The pack exists.
Rachel Grimes: Even they donât rape people.
Tyler Jacobs: Letâs move on before the lawyers in the back have a heart attack...
Rachel Grimes: So, Angel Blake vs Nighthawk. Thoughts here?
Tyler Jacobs: I have to pull for Nighthawk here. Heâs been putting Angel in his place. You have to assume that it is going to keep going.
Rachel Grimes: Fine.
Tyler Jacobs: Joker in the Pack. Who do you think will walk out of that ring with the breifcase?
Rachel Grimes: Andrew. He wants it more. Heâs been pushing himself for it.
Tyler Jacobs: I honestly think we are going to see Warren Kane, Joker in The Pack again.
Rachel Grimes: Okay, Openweight. Thought?
Tyler Jacobs: Rowan. Sheâs got a lot to lose tonight but you bet sheâs going to do everything in her power to get a belt to try and force Robertoâs hand in case he wins.
Rachel Grimes: I think Kimberly is going to use that anger to really surprise Rowan for the win.
Tyler Jacobs: Which brings us to Roberto Verona vs Dean Harper. Iâm terrified of how this match is going to end.
Rachel Grimes: I think we all are. Either Roberto is going to end the pack once and for all or weâre all doomed.
Tyler Jacobs: I hope Roberto wins.
Rachel Grimes: now to the world title match of Xavier vs Ethan.
Tyler Jacobs: I think you have to give it to Xavier. Heâs been a champion as long as he has for a reason. Heâs worked hard. Heâs put down everyone who's even tries to stand against him.
Rachel Grimes: Honestly it seems like a devil you know situation.
Tyler Jacobs: Are you pulling for Xavier?
Rachel Grimes: I at least know what to expect from him.
Tyler Jacobs: so our main event, Vivienne vs Eternity?
Rachel Grimes: This is a hard call. Eternity is a legend for a reason.
Tyler Jacobs: And it looks like weâre out of time...
Rachel Grimes: Have a good night everyone!
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SINGLES MATCH
Charity Crowne vs Astrid Hall
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Terri Morasco: Ladies and Gentlemen if youâre just joining us now â WELCOME to Night of the Immortals 2019!
Vasco Dias: After a killer pre-show we are ready to kick off the main card of the biggest show of our year with a match months in the making. Itâs finally time to see some justice served!
Terri Morasco: ⌠Wait for itâŚ
Vasco Dias: As Astrid Hall finally pays for her unforgivable acts of unprovoked aggression against the Best Friends Club!
Terri Morasco: ⌠There it is.
Vasco Dias: Letâs get to the action!
Alison Valance: The following contest is scheduled for one fall!
Crowd: ONE! FALL!
{"Pop pop!"}
Alison Valance: Introducing first â from Kensington, London England, weighing in at 130 pounds⌠The Crowne Jewel, CHARITY CROWNE!!!
{The clapping synth intro of "Popular" by The Veronicas plays over the PA, and Charity Crowne walks out onto the stage, rolling her eyes and striking a brief pose at the top of the ramp. She smirks, rolling her wrist, and struts down the ramp, dismissing fans if they reach over the barricade. Charity hooks the ring post with a hand, walking around to the side of the ring, and plants a hand on the ring apron, jumping and swinging herself under the bottom rope. She back-rolls to her feet in the middle of the ring, posing again, and casually walks to a corner. She wraps her hand around the top rope, casually yanking on it a few times as she waits and the music fades.}
Vasco Dias: The queen is here!
Terri Morasco: Charity Crowne â winner of the Diamond in the Rough tournament, former Luchadora Champion, former leader of the Best Friends Club and now member of the reformed House of Howlett. Sheâs been looking forward to this match for a long time, Vasco, but Iâm not sure sheâs ready for it.
Vasco Dias: Donât be ridiculous. Thereâs nothing Charity Crowne canât overcome.
Terri Morasco: Uh⌠huhâŚ
Alison Valance: And her opponentâŚ
{The lights dim as the arena begins to pulse with a driving drumbeat that the audience quickly joins in with, sending reverberating pulses through the building. After a few moments, the drums are joined by the driving strings line of Fall Out Boy's Phoenix as a spotlight shines down on Astrid Hall, standing amidst the crowd as she looks down at the ring with an eager smile.}
"PUT ON YOUR WAR PAINT!"
Alison Valance: Making her way to the ring â from Trondheim Norway, weighing in at 185 pounds⌠The Valkyrie, ASTRID HALL!
{On cue, she smears the red paint across her face and descends to the ring, bouncing with excitement with every step. She leaps up onto the apron and climbs the turnbuckle, raising one fist in the air and pumping it along with the beat of the song. After removing her coat and tossing it to ringside, she vaults over the turnbuckle into the ring, where she cracks her knuckles and settles in for the coming match.}
Terri Morasco: After two years, Astrid Hall is finally making her Night of the Immortals debut! Too new for the company in 2017 and having just found out she was pregnant before last yearâs show, Astridâs been waiting for this moment for a long time. Not to mention that this is the culmination of her long drive to make Charity and her Best Friends Club pay for their actions over their existence, and I donât think weâve ever seen a more driven or relentless Astrid Hall than is in the ring tonight.
Vasco Dias: She tried so hard, and came so far⌠but in the end it wonât even matter.
Terri Morasco: ⌠Linkin Park?
Vasco Dias: Yes, Terri, I listen to the radio, try not to faint.
Terri Morasco: I⌠okay then! Letâs get to the action!
DING!!!
{As soon as the bell rings, Charity goes for the ropes to slip out to the outside â but before she can drop down to the floor Astrid is already on top of her, knocking her hard with a Superman Punch that sends her toppling to the outside in a heap! Unable to play her mind games, Charity can only desperately roll away as Astrid throws herself over the top rope, landing on her feet and stalking after her quarry as Charity makes a run for it.}
Terri Morasco: So⌠what was that about how Charity wanted this fight?
Vasco Dias: Sheâs playing to her strengths and denying Astrid the advantage. Itâs strategy, Terri, though I know you wouldnât recognize it.
{Charity is able to fairly easily outpace her juggernaut of an opponent, and eventually slides back into the ring. She keeps her distance from Astrid, who continues to pace around the edge of the ring like a predator cat, unblinking eyes locked on Charity throughout. Eventually she slowly, carefully steps up onto the Apron as Charity moves back, stepping through the ropes as the two once again square off. Astrid lets out a furious war cry before charging in again, but Charity nimbly moves to the side and takes her down with a Russian legsweep! Astrid quickly gets up to one knee, but Charity is right there with her hitting her with a modified snap DDT. Charity rolls away quickly before Astrid can get back to her feet, rebounding off the ropes and moving in for a leaping headscissors takedown, but Astrid throws herself into a SPEAR that knocks all the wind out of the Crowne Jewel. Astrid goes for the pin!
ONE!
Charity gets a foot up on the ropes, and the ref calls for the break. Astrid rolls away, snarling with frustration as Charity slowly, carefully pulls herself back to her feet, watching Astrid with caution, but no sign of fear.}
Terri Morasco: A strong flurry of offense from Crowne, but that Spear stopped her momentum like a brick wall.
Vasco Dias: The Crowne Jewel will adapt, Terri. Donât you doubt that for a moment.
{Astrid once again charges forward, reckless and relentless in her advance. Charity once again tries to slip to the side, but this time Astrid catches her by throwing both of her arms out in a double-clothesline, despite having only one opponent. The attack catches Charity off-guard, and the Valkyrieâs power knocks her drastically off her balance. Astrid whirls on the Crowne Jewel, moving to capitalize on the disorientation, taking Charity down with a twisting belly to belly suplex. She leaps to her feet, grabbing Charity by the leg before she can get away and pulling her close. Charity tries to pop up and pull Astrid into a DIAMOND CUTTER⌠but Astrid falls back, evading the grasp of Charityâs hands and saving her from the lethal finisher. However, the retreat does give Charity the maneuvering room to break away from the powerhouse, once again getting mobility on her side. As Astrid pulls herself back, Charity is already flying back towards her with the SO LAST SEASON, connecting and taking The Valkyrie to the mat! Now itâs Charityâs turn to go for the pin!
ONE!
TWO!!
Astrid kicks out with authority, and Charity quickly dances away to plan her next attack!}
Terri Morasco: Charity letting her acrobatic style work to her advantage.
Vasco Dias: This is a real battle between the heroic David and the monstrous Goliath!
Terri Morasco: I didnât know David was the villain of that storyâŚ
{Astrid slowly stands, eyes burning with righteous fury as she advances on Charity yet again, single-mindedly driven to destroy her opponent. Charity slips under her and goes for a Reverse Roundhouse Kick, but Astrid spins on her heel and catches Charity by the ankle! Charityâs eyes go as wide as dinner plates before Astrid whips her bodily into the corner!}
Vasco Dias: No no, donât you dare!
{Astrid charges in, grabbing the downed Crowne Jewel and heaving her up, placing her ankles on the top rope and wrapping her arms around Charityâs neck.}
Astrid Hall: FOR SHEA!
{With that call, Astrid wrenches Charity down into the WRATH OF NIDHOGG, and goes for the pin!
ONE!
TWO!!
TH- Charity breaks the pin with an Eye Rake, just out of the refâs field of vision! Astrid shouts in pain as Charity rolls away to catch her breath. The ref goes to check her for injuries as Charity scurries to the far cornerâŚ
⌠where ETHAN KING appears from out of the crowd, a black hoodie having been raised over his face to conceal his identity!}
Terri Morasco: What?! Whatâs King doing here? This isnât his match!
Vasco Dias: The House Always Wins, Terri!!!
{Before the ref can see, Ethan slides something shiny over to Charity who, clearly having known this was coming, snatches it quickly and slips it into what looks like a small compartment in the heel of her boot. She gets to her feet as Astrid staggers upright, keeping her heel out of view of the referee as the two women approach one another again. Astrid moves forward, still seeming half blind, only for Charity to spin forward and nail her HARD with the BEAL NA BLATH, driving the silver-knuckle reinforced heel directly into Astridâs jaw!}
Terri Morasco: Holy shit!
Vasco Dias: That was Ciara OâConnorâs finisher!!
Charity Crowne: THAT WAS FOR MY WIFE, YOU BLOODY BARBARIAN!
{Astrid collapses to the mat like a sack of bricks, insensate and bleeding from the mouth. She is still conscious, and almost reflexively tries to push herself back to her feet, but she barely seems aware of her surroundings. A savage look in her eyes, Charity advances and drops the metal heel on the back of Astridâs head with a wrenching crack, knocking the woman to the ground. Charity laughs mockingly as she turns her back on Astrid Hall, posing and preening for the audience as they unload on her with a cascade of boos, while others cheer and clap to try to encourage Astrid to return to her feet.
Hearing their chanting and encouragement, Astrid drives a fist into the mat. Then another. Then, slowly, she pushes herself up to her knees, still bleeding and delirious from the blows to the head. Charity doesnât even notice that Astrid is back up until The Valkyrie is already on her feet, when she turns around just in time to see Astrid pouncing on her, and lifting her upâŚ!}
Vasco Dias: IMPOSSIBLE!!
Terri Morasco: Here it comes! MJOLNIR!
{⌠But before Astrid can deliver the blow, Charity twists her leg with incredible flexibility and drives her knee into the side of Astridâs head. As she does, Charity reaches up a hand and loosens the knuckles from her boot, causing it to fall to the ground behind them. Astrid staggers and loses her grip, causing Charity to slip off of Astridâs shoulders⌠and rip her into a DIAMOND CUTTER, with Astridâs head landing RIGHT ON THE SILVER KNUCKLES!}
Vasco Dias: DID YOU SEE THAT! That was BEAUTIFUL!
{Charity goes for the pin!
ONE!
TWO!!
THREE!!!}
Alison Valance: Here is your winner, CHARITY CROWNE!!!
{Pop Pop plays triumphantly as Charity rolls victoriously out of the ring. Ethan King stands to the side, applauding her with his signature smug smile as Ciara OâConnor rushes down the ramp. The two women kiss and embrace before the trio walk together up the ramp, Charity laughing mockingly at Astrid Hall, who is still laid out on the mat.}
Vasco Dias: What a match! Can you believe what we just saw?
Terri Morasco: I almost wish I couldnât⌠but after everything, Charity Crowne has beaten Astrid Hall. Albeit not clean.
Vasco Dias: Allâs fair in love and war, Terri, and Astrid Hall made this a War by attacking Charityâs Love. Astrid got what she deserved, and the House of Howlettâs Queen of Diamonds reigns supreme!
{A shock of blue and red hair race down to the ring together, brushing past the House of Howlett as Pandora Freeman enters the ring, checking on the still Valkyrie. She is quickly joined by EMTs, pulling Astrid carefully out of the ring as she leaves streaks of red on the mat, her head and face bleeding profusely from the intense beating she just received. The show cuts abruptly to commercial as they escort her from the ring.}
------------------------------------  Life's Blood MATCH First competitor to draw blood and incapacitate their opponent for a ten count wins Angel Blake vs Nighthawk
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Alison Valance: âThis next contest is your Lifeâs Blood match. The rules are as follows: The first man who has lost enough blood that they can no longer answer a refereeâs 10-count is the winner. There are no disqualifications and no countouts.â
{As Alison Valance moves back into a neutral corner the lights in the Staples Center fade one-by-one as the unfamiliar strains of Orbitalâs âHalcyon On-and-Onâ as cherry blossoms fall from the top of the Staples Center as the ramp is lined with traditional taiko drummers keeping in time with the beat of the song. After a few more beats Nighthawk walks to the rampway in blue-and-white samurai armor from the Tokugawa shogunate, supreme calm emanating from his very being as Sin walks alongside him in a blue-and-orange kimono. Finally heading through the ropes the âAmerican Samuraiâ removes the armor a piece at a time, handing it carefully to the ringside attendant with strict instructions to return it to the locker room before kneeling against the middle turnbuckle and removing the top knot keeping his shoulder-length cherry bomb-red locks tied up while steepling his hands together as he waits for Angel Blake.}
Terri Morasco: I honestly donât know how I feel about this match.
Vasco Dias: Iâm excited. This is the first Lifeâs Blood match in the history of IWF and itâs between two truly great competitors.
Terri Morasco: Itâs the first and I hope to god itâs the last.
{ All the lights in the arena as the crowd starts to buzz wondering who is about to come out next. Words blaze across the screen in purple fire. }
âHeroes die. Villains rise.â
{ The opening notes of Slipknotâs âUnsainted begin to play as purple flames burn in a circle on the top of the stage. Slowly Angel Blake begins to rise from within the flames with his arms outstretched wearing a long black coat with the birthdate of his grandson embroidered on the back. As the lyrics start the lights begin to strobe purple in the arena and we see that Slipknot is actually live performing their song just to the right of Angel. }
Oh, I'll never kill myself to save my soul
I was gone, but how was I to know?
I didn't come this far to sink so low
I'm finally holding on to letting go
Oh, I'll never kill myself to save my soul
I was gone, but how was I to know?
I didn't come this far to sink so low
I'm finally holding on to letting go!!!
{ The song kicks into high gear now and Angel steps out of the flames looking over to the band with a grin before looking toward the ring. He scowls as he begins to walk toward the ring, lifting his coat to walk up the steps. He stops on the apron and looks out toward the crowd as the song blasts. Blake throws his arms out and his head back as the arena lights go up to a blinging level. Blake turns and steps into the ring with confidence heading over to the far corner. The chorus comes back around as Angel stands up on the second turnbuckle and crosses his arms over his head in an X. Blake hops down and turns his back to the corner as Slipknot continues to perform through the second verse and brings the song to and end with the third chorus as Blake waits in the ring for the match to begin. }
Vasco Dias: Both men going for a big entrance tonight.
Terri Morasco: Night of the Immortals is the biggest night of the IWF year and both want to make an impression.
Vasco Dias: The real impression will be made when we see who the winner is and how they got there.
Alison Valance: âIntroducing first, from Chicago, Illinois and weighing in at 185 poundsâŚ.. Please welcome âThe American SamuraiââŚâŚ âThe Wrestling Machineâ Nighthawk!â
{As Nighthawk continues to lean against the middle turnbuckle, hearing the cheers led by his wife Sin but barely acknowledging them as his eyes never leave Angel Blake, the crowd bombs the ring with blue, white, and orange streamers.}
Alison Valance: âAnd his opponentâŚ.â
{But before Alison Valance can get the words out Angel Blake lands a Genocide Kick on her jaw sending her crumpling to the mat as he charges Nighthawk before both men get into a brawl with Nighthawk quickly taking the advantage courtesy of a well-timed flurry of European uppercuts followed by a cracking forearm that lands right on the jaw. }
Vasco Dias: Blake just took out Valanve!?
Terri Morasco: The man has no shame!
{ But as Nighthawk continues to move in Angel buries a knee to the stomach before going for a Last Gasp only to see Nighthawk counter with a pair of open-hand slaps to the flanks which sends Angel into the corner where the âAmerican Samuraiâ lands a massive Concussion on Demand before stepping back and going for another one. But as he does so Angel alley-oops him onto the ring apron and takes a moment to celebrate, thinking heâs sent him all the way to the floor. }
Terri Morasco: Evenly matched here in the opening moments.
Vasco Dias: That wonât last!
{ But as he turns around Nighthawk catches him with a rope-assisted enzuigiri to the back of the head before going for a springboard elbow which lands with a thud and sends Angel to the floor where Nighthawk follows him out with a tope elbow suicida as he seems intent on landing one heavy blow after another to the head. Rolling his man back into the ring Nighthawk goes for a springboard dropkick to the face only to get caught in mid-air and sent flying into the corner with a buckle bomb, followed by a massive lariat.}
Terri Morasco: We were all set to give you the backstory to this bout, fans, but we havenât been able to. Literally, this match started with Angel Blake kicking Alison Valance in the face. And it has not stopped. There will be no wrestling tonight. This will be a fight, until it ends.
Vasco Dias: And Iâm surprised Nighthawk has hung in as well as he has. Heâs not a fighter, Terri, and I think everyone knows that. Heâs not tough, really. Itâs only a matter of time until this is over, and weâre done seeing whatâs going to be a brutal and one-sided beating.
(Grabbing Nighthawk by the head Angel rakes his boot laces across the forehead before removing a top turnbuckle pad, picking Nighthawk up right after and going for Taraâs Wings only to see Nighthawk counter right into a Pele Kick to the left arm followed by a lungblower to the arm which sends Angel into the corner prompting Nighthawk to follow him in with an attempt at a 2nd Concussion on Demand which again allows Angel to alley-oop the Chicagoan onto the ring apron who quickly springboards in with a dropkick to the back of the head sending Angel flying into the turnbuckle he uncovered just a minute ago, albeit back-first and not head-first as the âAmerican Samuraiâ might have wanted. }
Terri Morasco: Nighthawk is setting the pace here tonight!
Vasco Dias: Blake canât seem to mount an offense more than one move at a time.
Terri Morasco: I think Nighthawk has him well scouted this time around!
{ Keeping the heat on Nighthawk tries to follow him in only to see Angel step out of the way at the last moment causing Nighthawk to stagger out of the corner allowing Angel to go for Revelations which the âWrestling Machineâ counters by stepping out of the way and then hitting a basement dropkick to the face which sends Angel to the floor immediately, holding his face. }
Vasco Dias: Nighthawk is focusing all his attention on the head of Angel!
Terri Morasco: He wants to bust him open early here!
{ Refusing to relent Nighthawk keeps the pressure on by going for a Sasuke Special #2 only to be hit in the face mid-dive with a recklessly thrown steel chair from Angel, who smiles the smile of the crazed showing the crowd no signs of blood whatsoever. Grabbing another steel chair from ringside, threatening one of the ringside attendants with violence as he does so, Angel drags the âAmerican Samuraiâ to the nearest corner and then places the chair across his face before getting a running start and hitting a variant of Nighthawkâs Concussion on Demand, laughing maniacally as Nighthawk slumps to the mat holding his face before turning over to reveal a small cut on his forehead that is nonetheless bleeding enthusiastically.}
Terri Morasco: And in a match with more violence than we might have expected so fast, it is Nighthawk who has been opened up first. And that cut isnât deep, Vasco. If this were a boxing match, that cut would not cause the fight to be stopped. But what it is doing, Vasco, is bleeding quickly.
Vasco Dias: The quicker it bleeds, Terri, the more energy Nighthawk is going to lose. His famous cardio, the weapon that he utilizes so well, will begin to betray him. Has he prepared for this? Does the man nicknamed the âWrestling Machineâ for his incredibly high ring IQ have a game plan for something like this? If he doesnât, heâs in deep trouble. Even if he does have a plan, he might already be in deep trouble.
{Pulling himself up to his feet even before the refereeâs count hits 4 Nighthawk is drilled with a cracking open-hand forearm strike known as a ridgehand followed by a short knee strike to the abdomen before Angel goes for another Last Gasp which Nighthawk blocks by going to his knees and frantically looking for a leg pick, which Angel counters by simply letting go of the hold and then taking a step back and landing a flurry of short-range kicks to the forehead as he punctuates each kick with screams of âBleed, Birdâ. }
Vasco Dias: Angel is looking more vicious than usual here tonight!
Terri Morasco: Angel is looking to make a point by ending Nighthawk once and for all!
{ Blake takes the steel chair he had earlier and stands it. The he second guesses that decision and moves the chair over and starts peeling up the padded floor mats. Angel exposes about ten feet of the concrete floor and then grabs the standing chair and places it dead in the center of the exposed concrete. Blake looks over to Nighthawk who is slumped over standing using the ring apron to hold himself up. }
Terri Morasco: I donât like what Angel may have planned here.
Vasco Dias: It definitely wonât be good.
{ Angel drills Nighthawk with a Genocide Kick and sends him falling to the floor. }
Vasco Dias: Blake with the second Genocide Kick of the night!
{ Blake pulls Nighthawk up to his feet and rolls him onto the apron. Angel climbs up onto the apron and pulls Nighthawk up into the double underhook position and looks ready to deliver the Last Gasp off the arpon through the steel chair on the over the exposed concrete. Nighthawk blocks the move and instead hoists Angel up for an absolutely devastating Alabama Slam sending Angel back first onto the chair, crushing it and crashing onto the exposed concrete! }
Vasco Dias: Jesus H Christ!
Terri Morasco: Nighthawk may have just crippled Angel Blake!
Vasco Dias: But he hasnât cut him open yet!
{ Nighthawk wipes the blood from his face. Nighthawk looks to the top rope and decides to climb up it. Angel is very slow to stand as Nighthawk steadies himself on the top rope. Angel uses the announce table to get to his feet and turns in time to see Nighthawk come off the top rope to the outside and grab Angel with an absolutely nasty looking tornado DDT! }
Terri Morasco: The absolute momentum of that move!
Vasco Dias: That may well be the most impressive ddt I have ever seen.
{ Nighthawk in obvious pain as he uses the table to pull himself up. Angel is face down and the referee is trying to check to see if he is bleeding. Nighthawk pulls Angel up and rolls him onto the announce table. Angel is in fact bleeding, blood is pouring from a possibly broken nose. }
Vasco Dias: Angel is bleeding!
Terri Morasco: His nose could be broken!
{ Nighthawk climbs onto the table and pulls Angel up looking for the Orange Crush Bomb but Angel fights his way out of it and catches Hawk with a third Genocide Kick before pulling him in for the Last Gast pulling piledriver through the Spanish announce table!!! }
Vasco Dias: Blake just delivered a brutal pile driver!
Terri Morasco: The last gasp has finished several opponents in the past and it may be the move that takes Nighthawk out.
{ Ther referee is counting as Angel struggles to stand. Blake reaches his feet at five. Nighthawk starts to stir and pulls himself up by the count of eight. Angel rushes in but Hawk tucks the shoulder and catches Angel with a back drop that lays Angel across the crowd barrier. With Angel in such a prone position Nighthawk takes the opportunity to start laying in elbow shots on Angel opening another wound above his right eye and causing his nose to start bleeding even worse. By now the war paint of Angel Blake is starting to wash off in his own blood. }
Terri Morasco: Nighthawk is looking to end this now!
Vasco Dias: Heâs already lost some blood, he has to be feeling it by now!
{ Nighthawk peels Angel off the crowd barrier and sends him face first into the ring apron with an Irish whip drop toe hold, Angelâs skull bounces off the apron hard! }
Vasco Dias: Nighthawk is getting down right brutal!
Terri Morasco: Nighthawk wants this win bad and heâs willing to go close to Angelâs level to get that win!
{ Nighthawk helps Angel up and rolls him into the ring. Nighthawk follows him in as Angel tries to crawl away but Nighthawk pulls him up to his feet and drills him with a European Upper Cut and then throws Angel into the corner of the ring. Nighthawk runs in looking for the Concussion on Demand but Angel moves and Nighthawk manages to catch himself and turn into a fourth Genocide Kick!!! }
Vasco Dias: Four Genocide kicks this match!
Terri Morasco: And Nighthawk is still standing!
{ Nighthawk refuses to go down, using the ropes to keep himself up. Angel sneers and runs in with the knee lift and then grabs Nighthawk looking for the Heavenâs Fury running bulldog out of the corner but Nighthawk reverses it into a release German suplex and dumps Angel on the back of his head! }
Terri Morasco: How are either of these men still fighting at this level!?
Vasco Dias: Pure willpower, Terri!
{ Nighthawk wipes his face again, the wound still pouring freely. Angel pulls himself up at the count of four and this time Nighthawk connects with another Concussion on Demand! Nighthawk doesnât wait for the count though and instead pulls Angel out of the corner and delivers a huge Orange Crush Bomb! }
Vasco Dias: Nighthawk is looking to finish the match!
Terri Morasco: This could be it for Angel Blake!
{ The referee is counting as Nighthawk takes the time to recover in the corner of the ring. At the count of five Angel still hasnât moved. Six and seven pass too. Eight and Angel rolls over pushing himself up to his hands and knees. Nine and Blake manages to lunge at the ropes and pull himself up to his feet. Nighthawk rushes right in with a running big boot and then grabs Angel for a belly to belly overhead suplex and sends Angel over the top rope and crashing to the exposed concrete on the outside! }
Terri Morasco: Nighthawk may well be trying to break the back of Angel Blake!?
Vasco Dias: Heâs certainly giving it his best effort!
{ Angel is struggling to move on the outside as the referee counts. Nighthawk can see that Angel is going to get up and runs to the ropes. Nighthawk bounces off the ropes and comes roaring back across the ring. Nighthawk leaks through the ropes for a tope suicida but Angel has grabbed whatâs left of the steel chair from earlier and catches Nighthawk right on the top of the skull with it stopping him in mid air!!! }
Vasco Dias: Christ!!!
Terri Morasco: Angel just caught Nighthawk at full speed with that chair!
Vasco Dias: He could have caused brain damage!
{ Blake moves to the ring apron and starts looking underneath. Meanwhile Nighthawk has a new wound open on the top of his skull and this one is bleeding a lot. Angel pulls a table out from under the ring and starts to set it up as the referee reaches six on his count. Nighthawk starts to move at seven and manages to stand by eight as Angel has the table set up now. Angel fires off the Genocide Kick but Nighthawk manages to avoid this one and send Angel to the ground with a dragon screw leg whip! }
Terri Morasco: How is Nighthawk even standing!?
Vasco Dias: He wants to slay the dragon that is Angel Blake, simple as that.
Terri Morasco: But is one match worth your entire career!?
Vasco Dias: For Nighthawk it is.
{ Angel is back to his feet but Nighthawk grabs him with Dead on Time right on the exposed concrete! Blake is down and his back is in a bad way. Even Nighthawk struggles to stand as the referee is counting. The referee hits five and Nighthawk is up. Six, seven and eight pass before Angel starts to move. Blake manages to use the apron to stand up by nine and rolls back into the ring. Nighthawk follows Angel in but Blake connects with a nasty looking Curb Stomp! }
Vasco Dias: Blake isnât dead yet!
Terri Morasco: And neither is Nighthawk!
{ Blake watches as the referee counts but Nighthawk pulls himself by the count of seven and Angel comes in hitting the fifth Genocide Kick of the match but this time Nighthawk shrugs it off and starts laying into Angel with European upper cut after European upper cut and drives Angel back into the corner of the ring. Nighthawk just keeps lighting Angel up with the European uppet cuts until Angel basically collapses in the corner of the ring. Nighthawk runs across the ring and bounces off the turnbuckles before he comes roaring back with another Concussion on Demand! }
Vasco Dias: How is Nighthawk standing after five Genocide kicks!? Terri Morasco: I donât know. Iâve never seen anyone take so many Genocide kicks and still be able to function. Vasco Dias: Itâs almost like they just made him angrier! { Nighthawk pulls Angel up out of the corner and hoists him onto the top rope. Nighthawk starts climbing up the ropes as well until he and Angel are both standing on the top rope together. Nighthawk looks set to deliver another Dead on Time off the top rope through the table on the outside over the exposed concrete but Angel fights against it and manages to deliver a knee to the gut of Nighthawk, then Angel grabs him and the two go flying off the top rpe for the Heavenâs Fury bulldog through the table on the outside over the exposed concrete!!!! }Vasco Dias: Holy freaking hell!!!! Terri Morasco: That was insane!!!! Vasco Dias: I donât think either man came out the better for that! Terri Morasco: This match could well end on a double knock out! Vasco Dias: I freaking hope not! { Both men are down in what is left of the table as the referee counts. Angel and Nighthawk are covered in blood, their wounds just gushing at this point. The referee hits four then five and there is no movement. Six and seven, nothing. Eight, nothing. Nine and they both use each other to stand up. }Vasco Dias: Two lifeless bodies holding each other up! Terri Morasco: Unreal! { Angel fires off a palm strike, Nigthhawk hits a European upper cut. The two start to exchange in exactly that same way as the crowd cheers for them to fight forever. Nighthawk starts to get the advantage with his European upper cuts before grabbing Angel and hitting nasty vertical suplex right into the ring apron! }Terri Morasco: Angelâs back has to be absolutely destroyed by now! Vasco Dias: I have no idea how either man is still standing at this point. Terri Morasco: With all the blood theyâve lost, they should be dead! { Angel is pulling himself up and Nighthawk sends him into the ring. Nighthawk follows him in but very slowly. Angel is crawling trying to stand. Nighthawk grabs Blake and pulls him up for an Orange Crush Bomb! }Vasco Dias: Thatâs two this match! Terri Morasco: How many more can he take! { Nighthawk isnât satisfied as Angel starts moving at four and pull him up stopping the count. Nighthawk sends Angel into the corner of the ring and hits yet another Concussion on Demand! Angel looks dead on his feet as Nighthawk hoists him up onto the top rope. Nighthawk climbs up looking for a top rope Orange Crush Bomb! Angel manages to slip off and Nighthawk immediately looks for a shooting star on Angel but Blake fires off a sixth Genocide Kick and knocks Nighthawk out of mid air!!! }Vasco Dias: Oh my god!!!!!!! Terri Morasco: I donât believe it!!!! { The referee is counting but almost like heâs been reenergized Nighthawk stands up at four. }Terri Morasco: Are you kidding me!? Vasco Dias: How is Nighthawk doing this!? Terri Morasco: I have no freaking clue. { Nighthawk is standing but heâs wobbly. Angel doesnât know what to do so he goes back to the well and goes for another Genocide kick but Nighthawk ducks it and gets behind Angel and drills him with an elbow. Nighthawk spins Angel around and hits him with another Orange Crush Bomb!!! }Terri Morasco: I donât understand!!!! Vasco Dias: Me either. These guys have been killing themselves and neither one will give up. Terri Morasco: Eventually one has to lose enough blood to just stop, right!? Vasco Dias: So the rules imply. { The referee is counting. Neither man is moving. Six and seven come and go, still nothing. Eight and Nighthawk starts to pull himself up. Nine and Angel follows. They both reach their feet before ten. Nighthawk and Angel come right at each other, Nighthawk throwing a superkick, Angel a seventh Genocide kick! They both connect! They both stumble. Angel lunges in and hits an eighth Genocide Kick! But Nigthhawk stills doesnât go down!!! }Vasco Dias: What is it going to take!!!  { Angel grabs Nighthawk and lifts him up into vertical suplex position and then drops Nighthawk back of the head first over Angelâs left knee in a modified brainbuster!!!! }Terri Morasco: What was that!?!? Vasco Dias: I think Angel calls it the Deadlights!!!!! { Angel just lays there as the referee counts. }Terri Morasco: Eight Genocide kicks and Nighthawk kept fighting. Will the Deadlights be enough!? Vasco Dias: I donât know what else Angel could possibly throw at him. Nighthawk has literally fought through everything in Angelâs arsenal. Terri Morasco: This has been insane. { The referee hits five, then six, then seven. }Vasco Dias: No one is moving! Terri Morascoi: I donât think either man could survive another match is this is a double knock out. { Eight comes and goes. Nine. The referee is about to throw ten but Angel reaches up for the ropes and crazily pulls himself up as the referee counts TEN!!!! }Vasco Dias: Did he get up in time!? { The referee rushes over and grabs Angelâs hand to hold it up in victory! }Terri Morasco: He did!!! Angel Blake somehow won this match! { Blake drops to his knees, exhausted and covered in both his and Nighthawkâs blood. The referee immediately throws up the X as Angel drops onto his back. }Vasco Dias: Angel won but he doesnât look like a winner. Terri Morasco: He looks like a survivor. Vasco Dias: I suppose thatâs all you could hope for in this kind of match but Nighthawk definitely gave Angel the fight of his life. Terri Morasco: I donât think Iâve ever seen anyone take Angel as far as Nighthawk did. Vasco Dias: I agree with you Terri. Nighthawk took everything Angel had to dish out and asked for more. Nighthawk made Angel bleed, he hurt him, it took Angel pulling out something truly special to win this match and that is not something weâve ever seen from him in IWF. { The medical staff storm the ring as neither man has moved. Nighthawk is breathing heavy and Angel appears to have passed out. }Terri Morasco: This isnât a match I will soon forget. Vasco Dias: Math of the night for me, hands down and maybe even match of the year. { We head to the next promo package as the medical staff attends to Angel and Nighthawk. }------------------------------------ SINGLE MATCHMandi Matthews vs Zelda Knite------------------------------------Terri Morasco: This next match is huge. Vasco Dias: Itâs the in ring debut of Zelda Knite! Terri Morasco: And She is heading into a lot of bad blood against Mandi Matthews. Vasco Dias: I heard Mandi has been experiencing some concussion issues after that brutal chair shot from Zelda. {âsmells like Teen spirit" by one ok Rock plays and Zelda walks out to a chorus of boos}Terri Morasco: Zelda Knite was the premiere female athlete in nCw. Love or hate her personal decisions, She is certainly nothing to sleep on. Vasco Dias: But clearly someone to sleep with. Amiright? Terri Morasco: Would you stop it? {The opening chords of Umbrella by All Time Low hits the speakers as the crowd cheers but after awhile people start to realize that Mandi hasnât hit her normal cues.}Vasco Dias: Where is Mandi? Terri Morasco: Iâm not sure.
{The music fades out and everyone seems confused but Zelda just smirks.}Zelda Knite: Sheâs too scared. Just ring the bell and count her out. {The ref reluctantly obliges and calls for the bell signaling the start of the match. He then starts his out of ring count.}Vasco Dias: Zelda is going to win by count out because Mandi is too afraid to come out here? Terri Morasco: Mandi isnât scared. Sheâs just...waitâŚ.Iâm getting word that something is going on backstage. {The tron burst to life to find Mandi Matthews backstage surrounded by Road agents and staff member Ed.}Mandi Matthews: PLEASE!! Iâm begging you! You HAVE to let me go out there! Please! {Mandi pleads Ed with tears in her eyes. Ed does his best to remain stoic although he wanted to break and let it happen.}Ed: Iâm sorry Mandi, concussions are no joke. I cannot let you compete until you are medically cleared. {Mandi closes her eyes and shakes her head, refusing to take the no as a possibility.}Mandi Matthews: No way. This canât be happening. I have to fight that bitch! Do you know what she did? I have to fight her. Please, Ed! Please. Iâll sign a waiver, Iâll give up my pay. Iâll give it up for a whole month! I just canât miss this fight. PLEASE! Ed: I know this fight is important to you, but safety is also our number one priority. We wonât let wrestlers compete without medical clearance. Especially not after that crazy Bob and Emma controversy. Iâm sorry the answer is no. {Mandiâs shoulders slump in disappointment. She nods her head and just accepts what is happening.}Mandi Matthews: Okay fine. ButâŚ.could you at least turn and look over there for me? {Ed nods and starts to turn}Ed: Well I guess I could do that. Although I donât understand why turning and looking in the opposite direction is going to help in this situation but-....sheâs gone isnât she? {One of the road agents nods his head. Ed just sighs.}Ed: Iâm too trusting. Letâs go stop her. {They all run off after Mandi as the feed on the tron cuts off. The ref was too busy watching the video and Zelda yells at him.}Zelda Knite: Count you idiot! Terri Morasco: Well I guess Mandi does indeed have some concussion issues. Vasco Dias: And now sheâs gonna lose to Zelda Knite by count out! {Suddenly Umbrella by All Time Low starts to play as Mandi Matthews steps out onto the stage as the crowd erupts. She points at Zelda and starts storming down the ramp!}Terri Morasco: I donât think Mandi cares about that concussion. She just wants to fight Zelda Knite! Vasco Dias: Wait here comes security. {Security rush the stage and block Mandi from getting to the ring as the crowd boo. Mandi tries to break free but security was just too much for her and she stands there angry crying as the referee is forced to count to ten and declare Zelda Knite the winner!}Terri Morasco: No! Not like that! Come on damn it! {Inside the ring Zelda raises her arms into the air as she climbs to the second rope celebrating like she had actually won a match. "Smells Like Teen Spirit Begins blaring and Mandi looks furious as the security begins pushing her up the ramp.}Vasco Dias: Look at the victorious Zelda Knite! Her first match in IWF and now she's undefeated again! Terri Morasco: Yes. Lets pretend like she actually did something here... it's what she's doing. {Zelda however jumps off the turnbuckle and begins signaling to a crew member around the ring as the music suddenly cuts off and we can here the sounds of the crowd boos even more.}Terri Morasco: And great. Now she wants to say something. {Zelda is tossed a microphone as she stands pressed right against the ropes leaning forward directly at Mandi.}Zelda Knite: Hold up there... I have something I need to say. I need to get something off my chest. Crowd: booos Zelda Knite: You know Mandi I don't get it! All you've talked about for weeks is getting your hands on me and now this makes twice that I've shown up for a fight and twice you've completely let me down! Terri Morasco: What the hell is she talking about? Vasco Dias: I think that's pretty obvious. Mandi keeps dodging her. Terri Morasco: Mandi has a concussion! It's not safe for her in the ring! Zelda Knite: i've flown out to two different cities, two different shows and still nothing!? All these fans paid to see us, wanted to see this match and you can't even be trusted to show up for the biggest show of the year, for the biggest match of your life!? That's pathetic! I really thought better of you... Crowd: *boos* Terri Morasco: The only thing pathetic here is this rant. Zelda Knite: I guess I should have known better huh Mandi? Always disappointing the people around you. You disappointed him.... in the ring, as a wife... as a mother! You've never accomplished anything, you've never won anything... Steve didn't love you, he could never love such a waste of space like you who was always letter him down when it mattered the most, you didn't deserve to be his wife... and Lauren... sweet little Lauren she's be better off if you were never her mother because who would want a sad excuse of a washed up nobody like you as a mom!? Terri Morasco: This is disgusting. Vasco Dias: She's really letting Mandi have it. {Mandi tries even harder to pushes through security but just can't seem to break through the line as Zelda glares at her.}Zelda Knite: in fact, you should probably just do her a favor and sign over custody to Steve, that way I can be her mom and I can give her somebody to look up to, somebody to be proud of... a true icon and role model to help shape her into strong woman. I would never disappoint that little girl the way you have... can't even find enough courage to get into the ring with the woman who stole your man, can't even nut up long enough to face me? Sad. Pathetic. Worthless.... it's unreal how much you've disappointed everybody.... and you wonder why Steve chose me instead of your marriage! {Zelda shakes her head as she throws down the microphone. Mandi is obviously emotionally distraught as she tries to push her way through the security again. The fans are showering Zelda with boos as she rolls out of the ring and jumps the barricade to head out of the arena.}Terri Meorasco: This might be one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen...Mandi doesn't deserve this, she doesn't deserve any of the hell this little.... ugh.. is putting her through... Can we go to a video package or something. I need to cool down. ------------------------------------
 JOKER IN THE PACK James Gilmore Warren Kane Rob Diamond Andrew Jacobsen Pax Stormcrow Steve Awesome
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Alison Valance: The following ladder match is for Joker in the Pack!
{The camera goes under the ring to show where the ladders are stored, to above the ring where the briefcase with the words JOKER IN THE PACK are written along the side though slightly dented, it goes over the crowd with signs for the many men in the match to going to the announce table.}
Vasco Dias: This is an event I think we have all been waiting for since the Roulette. Itâs a chance to cash in at anytime to try to get yourself a title.
Terri Morasco: As with any ladder match the contract for the Joker in the pack is hung above the ring. When one of the competitors reaches up and grabs the briefcase they will be able to cash it in to get a match with any champion they choose.
Vasco Dias: Weapons are legal as well so anything goes.
Terri Morasco: There has been no shortage of interactions with these men in the months leading up to this. The fact we have two current title
{The lights in the arena dim, and there is the sound of a powerup collected in an old video game system. At the sound, the crowd leap to their feet with cheers. A beat is laid out, filling the arena with the sounds of a Midi file. The lights pulse in time with the music. As they flash as the beat trembles, an explosion of sparks rocks the entrance stage. Pax runs out, shouting at the crowd to hype them up as the chanting on Suplex by A Tribe Called Red kicks in.}
Alison Valance: First down to the ring, Aitkin Minnesota standing at 6â2ââ weighing in at 249 pounds and current Extreme championâŚ. PAX STORMCROW!
{He jumps in place at the entrance ramp, before making his way down to the arena. He slaps hands with fans, especially taking the time to pay attention to a kid or two on the way down to the ring. He slides under the ropes and rolls to his feet, circling the ring as he shouts to the crowd with a giant smile on his face.}
Vasco Dias: Pax has been oddly quiet leading up to this match.
Terri Morasco: He has nothing to prove. He is here to do what he needs to do.
{All the lights in the arena die out and the fans in attendance start chanting
his name.}
"AWE-SOME! AWE-SOME! AWE-SOME!"
{Dramatic Pause.}
"REGRETS I'VE HAD MINE!"
{The lights in the arena explode to life as they flash green and black to the beat as Steve Awesome comes running out with intensity to the hyped up chorus of "Full of Regrets" by Danko Jones.}
Lonely nights/ and a whole lot of wasted time!
If you see her wont you tell her for me/
It's better this way to avoid all the misery
{The chorus plays again as Steve walks down to the ring. The guitar starts soloing and Steve hops into the ring and he provocatively slips off his jacket and then spins and drops into a kneel and he flexes his arms. He gets a slow motion effect as pyro sprays behind him.}
Alison Valance: From Detroit, standing at 6â2ââ and weighing in at 238 poundsâŚ. STEVE AWESOME!
Vasco Dias: Hereâs someone no one expected to see here.
Terri Morasco: With everything going on in the company you have to admit surprise to seeing him out here.
Vasco Dias: Heâs at least consistent in his nose dive to rock bottom.
{ The lights in the arena start to strobe pink when- }
"YOO TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT!"
{ Wannabe by Spice Girls the Punk Goes 90's version hits the loud speakers. Rob Diamond comes strutting out through the curtain and does a little spin on his heels before coming to a stop. }
Alison Valance: On his way to the ring, weighing in at two hundred and five pounds, he is the BLOOD SOAKED CINDERELLA OF PRO WRESTLING!!! ROB DIAMOND!!!!
{ Rob looks out into the crowd with a shit eating grin on his face before marching down toward the ring. He runs up the steps and hops right into the ring doing another little spin before running up to the ropes, putting one foot on the second rope and throwing up the metal horns nodding his head. He spins off the ropes and falls back into one of the corners of the ring, kicking up his legs to rest on the second rope and looks quite relaxed. }
Alison Valance: standing at 5â10ââ and weighing in at 204 poundsâŚ. THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME! The Blood Soaked Cinderella of Pro Wrestling Rob Diamond!!
Vasco Dias: Rob Diamond promised this would be his moment.
Terri Morasco: The question is if he can make that happen. He has friends and enemies in this match.
{ The opening intro to âShell Shockedâ begins to play as we see a video package showcasing James Gilmore from his early childhood days--via black-and-white home movie footage as well as still photos--to his days as a high school and, later in life, a a student of history at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. }
âKnock, knock, you about to get shell shocked
Knock, knock, you about to get shell shocked
Knock, knock, you about to get shell shocked
Knock, knock, you about to get shell shockedâŚâ
{ We then see distorted images of Gilmore during his early wrestling career, including images from his successful tag-team run on the independent circuit. The images, as well as the song, start to fuzz out like an old analog TV as images from his IWF career flash through before turning itself off. }
The Voice of James Gilmore: âGet your popcorn ready, dudes and dudettes! Time for some good olâ-fashioned entertainment!!â
{ Suddenly, jets of water burst from all sides as the opening strains to the Steppenwolf classic âBorn to be Wildâ begins to play. As a spotlight shines, we see the image of James Gilmore as he rides onto the stage in a custom-built patriotic-themed Harley-Davidson, complete with "TRUMP 2020" decals and "#MAGA" on his rear license plate. As he revs the motorcycleâs powerful motor, more jets of water shoot up from all sides as we get a closer look at his wrestling attire. }
âGet your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into spaceâ
{ Tonight, the Islander alum wears attire that looks very reminiscent of what men wore during the era of the Old West--complete with a white long-brimmed hat and even a cigar! The crowd absolutely eats it all up as James tips his hat before revving his engine and driving down the ramp. }
âI like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space
Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never wanna dieâ
{ Gilmore stops just a few feet short of the ring and takes off the bandana that serves as his facemask and tossing his hat into the crowd. }
âBorn to be wild
Born to be wild...â
{ James continues to pose for the fans, taking in the moments around him with wonder as he awaits for the bell to sound. }
Alison Valance: From Corpus Christi, texas standing at 5â10ââ and weighing in at 205 poundsâŚ. JAMES GILMORE!
Terri Morasco: James has been clear on his drive here tonight. He is going to do everything he can to win.
Vasco Dias: He just has to get past everyone else here to do it.
{The bells begin to chime as the arena plunges into darkness, smoke fills up the stage. As each chime hits a single light flashes, showing the smoke. As the guitars and the drums kick in a figure can be seen crawling through the smoke and onto the stage and just as the song builds to a crescendo his rises to his feet drawing his hands inwards and up as the vocals shout out.}
âNIGHTMARE!!!!â
{The Demon slowly stalks towards the ring, hunched over, his eyes darting around, a slight smirk on his face.}
âDragged ya down below
Down to the devil's show
To be his guest forever
Peace of mind is less than never
Hate to twist your mind
But God ain't on your side
An old acquaintance severed
Burn the world your last endeavorâ
{He climbs up the steps and up onto the turnbuckle, his hands clenched inwards like claws, before leaning forwards and extending them up behind him, almost like wings.}
âYou should have known
The price of evil
And it hurts to know
That you belong here, yeah
Ooh, it's your fuckin' nightmareâ
{He leans forwards and rolls off of the turnbuckle, landing in a squat in the corner, with his arms still on the turnbuckle, as his eyes dart around the ring and the arena, the grin still on his face, while the music fades and the lights return to normal.}
Alison Valance: Standing at 6â3ââ and weighing in at 203 pounds current StrongStyle ChampionâŚâThe Demon Princeâ!
Terri Morasco: Kane has been on a renaissance lately. You saw how he got that Strong Style belt, right?
Vasco Dias: He was unhinged. He was a monster. He really reflected his old man in that match. No one questions if he is truly the heir to the Kane legacy now.
{The opening riff of "Unbreakable" plays, sending the crowd into a frenzy, and as the drums kick in Andrew Jacobsen comes striding out onto the ramp, Danielle Chase a step behind him. He takes a few steps forward, looking to either side with a wide grin on his face. Andrew looks dead ahead at the ring, cracking his neck, and throws his arms out and head back as a burst of red and green pyro goes off to either side of him. Andrew and Danielle walk down the ramp, Andrew high-fiving fans as he goes, and he pulls himself up onto the apron, looking around at the fans with an infectious grin on his face. He climbs through the second rope and walks to a corner, checking his gloves and talking with Danielle as he waits for the match to start.}
Alison Valance: And last but not least from Minneapolis, Minnesota standing at 6â2ââ weighing in at 235 pounds⌠ANDREW JACOBSEN
Vasco Dias: And here is one of the big favorites to win tonight.
Terri Morasco: He has made clear his intentions to try and get the insurance policy here tonight. But he seemed tired, didnât you think?
{As each man gets into position there is a clear tension in the air as they all look at each other waiting for the bell to ring to start the match.}
Vasco Dias: Itâs hard to know how this is going to go down.
Terri Morasco: Do you think any of these men are going to work together?
Vasco Dias: No. In a match like this itâs every man for himself. You heard the promos. Infamous is all doing this for themselves. Andrew is doing this for himself. Pax and Warren? You have to assume they want the briefcase to get their hands on whoever is the winner of the menâs world title tonight.
Terri Morasco: But they both have belts.
Vasco Dias: And what better way to ensure no one tries to take advantage than to take it for themselves?
{As soon as the bell goes off each man splits their attention. Pax grabs Steve in a German suplex and tosses him down. }
Terri Morasco: Pax paying Awesome back for his pretty constant disrespect here.
Vasco Dias: Steve doesnât care about anyoneâs feelings. He doesnât care about anything. I doubt he feels even remotely bad about the many ways heâs been dismissive of Pax in the last couple of months.
{James hits Warren with a forearms smash. AJ waits for Warren to get up to hit him with a forearm chop. Rob slides out of the ring and grabs a ladder.}
Terri Morasco: James and AJ going after Warren. Is Rob going to take advantage here?
{Rob climbs back in the ring and hits Warren with the ladder, making sure not to hit AJ or James.}
Vasco Dias: Boo! Down with teamwork! Boo!
Terri Morasco: None of them want a member of The Pack to have a chance at getting the breifcase.
Vasco Dias: If there is even a âPackâ at the end of tonight.
{Rob sets the ladder up in the center of the ring but is distracted by Warren bouncing back to his feet and hitting James with a Pele Kick.}
Terri Morasco: What is Rob thinking?
Vasco Dias: Likely how he wants to save his friend.
{Pax hits Rob with a Power slam. James hits Warren with a dropkick, Aj assists with a Discus chop.}
Terri Morasco: AJ and James are working together. Thatâs...Thatâs weird right?
Vasco Dias: Greater good and all that.
{Rob gets off the mat and SPEARS Pax through the ropes and they hit the area outside of the ring.}
Vasco Dias: Ouch!
Terri Morasco: Well, I didnât see that coming.
{Kane bounces off the ropes and hits James with a Rebound Clothesline. Once James is down he hits him with a pele kick.}
Terri Morasco: Kane bouncing back here.
Vasco Dias: Warren is his fatherâs son.
{Gilmore goes to for a spinning wheel kick and hits AJ knocking the former champion to the mat.}
Vasco Dias: Gilmore is out to win.
Terri Morasco: These things do happen in matches like this.
Vasco Dias: Itâs not like AJ and Gilmore are friends.
{Just as Rob is making his way back into the ring, Warren hits him with a Springboard Enziguri knocking him back to the ground.}
Vasco Dias: This might be a short match here.
{ Warren gets up and and kicks Pax in the head. He moves back, breathing hard before hitting him with a Tilt-a-whirl Back Breaker knocking him to the mat.}
Terri Morasco: Warren getting his hits in on Pax.
Vasco Dias: Pax made himself a target.
{ Warren then looks at the ladder. He start to climb it, just as Uriel jumps the barricade, just missing Pax but kicking him in the head just to be safe..}
Terri Morasco:Whatâs Uriel doing here?
Vasco Dias: Nothing good.
{Uriel starts to climb the ladder after Warren.}
Terri Morasco: Is he trying to cheat his way to a win?
Vasco Dias: That would be the best case scenario I think.
{Warren tries to get Uriel off the ladder but the bigger man grabs him by the throat.}
Terri Morasco: NO!
Vasco Dias: Shit.
{Uriel grabs Warren and choke slams him off the ladder into the Spanish Announce table. The table takes a minute before the weight of the impact seems to make it break. Everyone in the ring stops and looks over. There is clear shock on everyoneâs faces as they all sort of stand there, dumbfounded. Warrenâs legs twitch but he doesnât seem to get up.}
Terri Morasco: No. No. No. No. No.
Vasco Dias: I think i might be sick.
{Uriel laughs as the camera focuses in on the destroyed table, itâs clear something is wrong from the way the ref is panicking. Security comes rushing out to get Uriel who doesnât even seem to fight being dragged out.}
Terri Morasco: I donât think I can handle what I think just happened.
{As EMTs come down to the ring, Steve Awesome starts to climb the ladder while the rest are distracted.}
Vasco Dias: Steveâs looking to pull the heist of the century!
{He climbs up the ladder as quickly as he can, stopping on the third rung from the bottom to reach for the briefcase dangling above. However, before he can get a good grip on the hook to unclasp the briefcase from the chain, Gilmore sees what Steve is up to and begins to violently shake the bottom of the ladder. Steve nearly falls, only barely saving himself by clinging on to the briefcase like a spider monkey as the ladder falls over from underneath him!}
Vasco Dias: Great reflexive instincts from Steve Awesome.
Terri Morasco: Right, because hanging for his life from a chain over a ring full of angry wrestlers is Iâm sure exactly where he wanted to find himself this evening.
{Steve struggles as he hangs over the ring, desperately trying to cling on to the briefcase as the rest of the men in the match realize whatâs going on. Itâs clear that even though Warren is being removed from the match, the Joker In The Pack is still very much ongoing, with one competitor simply having been eliminated from the running. The four men get into the ring if they werenât already and square off against one another, waiting for someone to make the first move as Steve hangs haplessly above them.}
Vasco Dias: A five man Joker In The Pack. With Warren out of the running, who do you think will walk away with it?
Terri Morasco: Well, Steve certainly is the closest by proximity...
{In the end Pax is the man who breaks the uneasy silence as he turns and makes a move against James Gilmore. Rob Diamond moves to defend the other half of Being Infamous, but Andrew interrupts him from tagging down Pax by grabbing him around the midsection and wrenching him into a release german suplex. All the while, Steve hangs above them, trying to find a way to unhook the briefcase without falling to the ground.}
Terri Morasco: ⌠Is anyone gonna help him down?
{Pax begins to work over Gilmore with a potent sequence of grounding maneuvers, using his technical training to his advantage over the self-taught, streetwise ring vet. Pax puts him through a veritable meat grinder of suplexes and holds, wearing down Gilmore and targeting his arms to disable Gilmoreâs more dangerous moves. However, Gilmoreâs resiliency begins to shine through as he grits his teeth and endures Paxâs onslaught long enough to find an opening in the Extreme Championâs offense. He slips through a suplex from Pax only to wrench the olympic wrestler into one of his own, mimicking Jacobsenâs release German to put a little distance between himself and Pax. As Pax gets back to his feet aiming to close the distance once more, Gilmore flies in with a Spear that knocks Pax to the ground, following up with a flurry of mounted punches.}
Terri Morasco: Great turnaround by Gilmore!
Vasco Dias: James really has come a long way, hasnât he?
{As Pax and Gilmore continue to brawl, Rob and Andrew take on a much more measured approach, the two veterans having fought against one another more times than either of them could care to count. While Gilmore and Pax are putting on a gritty street fight, Andrew and Rob engage in something more of a dance. Robâs brawling strikes fly with their usual precision and flair, but Andrew knows the arsenal and is prepared for every motion, prepared to counter each strike with a suplex or backbreaker⌠which Rob, in turn, evades and turns into his own counterpunch, hoping to land a blow. The two men fight in a seamless flow of counters, dodges and reversals typical of two men who know one anotherâs fighting styles inside and out, eventually breaking away from one another to take a breath with neither man having earned any gain on the other.}
Vasco Dias: ⌠See, I think theyâre just showing off.
Terri Morasco: Hush, you, that was pretty.
{It is as the four men are fighting one another to a standstill that the balance is shattered by Steve Awesome falling unceremoniously to the mat with a crash, loudly proclaiming that heâs won the match. Itâs enough of a distraction as the others open their mouths or lower their defenses in shock for Steve to lash out and low blow Andrew Jacobsen!}
Terri Morasco: Bad form! The briefcase is still up there, that was a cheap ruse.
Vasco Dias: I mean⌠worked, though, didnât it?
{AJ collapses to the ground as Rob laughs at the sight of Andrew on the ground just long enough for Steve to turn on him dragging Rob into a swinging neckbreacker that drives him into the mat. He begins to set up the ladder, but Gilmore flies at Steve out of nowhere, having abandoned his offense against Pax entirely in favor of attacking the man who got a cheap shot on his tag partner. Rob Diamond watches almost in disbelief as Gilmore launches himself on top of Steve Awesome like a frenzied wombat, shouting angrily as he punches Steve in the head again and again and again.}
Terri Morasco: Thatâs the power of friendship!
Vasco Dias: Boo! Boo that friendship!
{Rob is about to help his partner focus down Steve Awesome, but Pax stands up from where Gilmore left him and steps up to the fight. Rob looks behind him, hoping that Pax might have a different target in mind, and his shoulders sag in resignation as the Extreme Champion throws himself bodily at Rob Diamond, taking him swiftly to the mat.
Vasco Dias: Be careful Pax, Robâs at his most comfortable on his back under another man.
Terri Morasco: WHAT ARE YOU EVEN-
{Rob Diamond laughs as he begins to work through Paxâs offense, enjoying being able to land a hit on an opponent for the first time in a few minutes and grinding in for more. He begins to keep up with Pax hold for hold, his old expertise as a mat wrestler shining through his usual preferred approach of beating on someone until they canât fight back. In the end, though Pax is well trained, experience begins to give Rob the edge he needs â eventually turning the tables on the Olympic wrestler and tearing into him with a Lou Thez Press into a ground and pound, eventually disabling Pax and leaving him gasping for breath on the mat}
Terri Morasco: ⌠Well shit you were right.
Vasco Dias: Of course I was. I take this job extremely seriously.
{Rob begins to set up the ladder once again, and this time manages to get it set up fully underneath the briefcase. He sets his foot on the bottom rung, but as he does so Steve Awesome reverses one of Gilmoreâs attacks with a brutal eye gouge to Gilmoreâs good eye. Steve then stands and viciously kicks into Gilmoreâs ribs, shouting obscenities and insults at the downed man. Rob looks up at the briefcase⌠then back at GilmoreâŚ
⌠and doesnât even give it another thought before launching at Steve Awesome with a SPEAR! The blow catches Steve in the back, knocking the wind out of him and driving him away from Gilmore, who is still clutching his face in pain from the gouge. The two men, with their long and complicated history between them, lay into one another the way that only men of their kind can â but still exhausted from having to go toe to toe with Andrew and Pax back to back, Steve slowly pulls himself into an advantageous position.}
Terri Morasco: Oh, weâve seen this feud before!
Vasco Dias: Many times, and in many ways, Terri â when Rob Diamond and Steve Awesome go to war, you can bet that magic is going to happen.
{Meanwhile, Gilmore is pulling himself up, shaking off the cobwebs and blinking repeatedly to get sight back into his eyes. As he stands, he realizes that heâs right next to the ladder, and sees nothing between him and a title shot â what could be his chance to win his first championship in the companyâŚ
⌠Unfortunately, the reason he doesnât see anything between them is because Andrew Jacobsen is on Gilmoreâs blind side. Jacobsen grabs Gilmore by the shoulder, pulling him so that the two men are facing one another⌠and squares off. Gilmore blinks before cracking his neck and setting up, ready for the fight of his life against the Hall of Famer with the longest Menâs World Championship Reign in IWF History.}
Terri Morasco: I donât remember the last time we had this showdown, Vasco.
Vasco Dias: Itâs been a while, thatâs for sure. If Gilmoreâs going to make it to the top of the ladder, heâs going to have to make it past one of the most tenured and accomplished vets in the company.
{As the two of them begin to fight it out, Steve seizes on an advantage and brutally strikes Rob in the side of the knee, briefly hobbling him, before moving forward and hauling Diamond up into the AWESOME-PLEX! For a moment he bridges into a pin, as if simply to make a point, before breaking off and standing over Rob, continuing to spew insults at the downed man. Then he turns and sees the ladder unattended. He gives Rob an exaggerated crotch chop, flips him the deuces, and makes for the ladder once again.}
Terri Morasco: This could be it! Robâs down!
Vasco Dias: Will wither James or Andrew notice!
{Andrew, in the end, is the one to see Steve Awesomeâs advance on the ladder. He moves away from Gilmore, looking to intercept Awesomeâs climb before he can get to the ladder, but Gilmore doesnât realize thatâs what heâs doing. Instead of letting Andrew go to intercept, Gilmore flips into the SHELLSHOCKER, whipping Andrew away from the ladder and giving Steve an almost clear path. However, Gilmore realizes midair the nature of his mistake, and doesnât put as much gas into the end of the rana as he otherwise might have. Instead he lands scrambling on all fours and flies up the other side of the ladder, swiftly meeting Steve at the top before Awesome can grab the case. Gilmore chops Steve across the chest, drawing a cheer from the crowd, before the two of them begin to exchange blows atop the ladder.}
Terri Morasco: This looks dangerous, Vasco⌠I donât like how this looksâŚ
Vasco Dias: Take that feeling and double it, Terri! Look!
{Rather than climbing up under James or Steve, Rob Diamond has pulled another ladder up from under the ring and set it up next to the first! He rushes up the ladder next to Gilmore and reaches for the briefcase, but Steve grabs him by the wrist and slams his hand fingers-first into the metal of the ladder. Diamond screams in pain, clutching his seemingly dislocated â or broken - fingers as Andrew Jacobsen rushes up the other side of the second ladder. Gilmore seizes on the opportunity presented by Steveâs distraction and leaps up, grabbing the hook on the briefcase and desperately trying to rip it open⌠but Steve grabs Gilmore by the throat. With his balance thrown off by reaching up so high, James doesnât have the time to brace himself to stop Steve from hurling him off the ladder and crashing to the ground!}
Vasco Dias: He was SO close! Skin of his TEETH!
Terri Morasco: That would have been the biggest upset I think in IWF HISTORY!
{Steve reaches for the briefcase once again⌠but this time Andrew Jacobsen has reached the top of the ladder, and is there to stop him. The two men tussle against one another before Steve slams AJâs head into the steel of the ladder hard enough for Andrew to start bleeding profusely from a cut. Steve goes for the briefcase once again, fumbling against Robâs grasping hands. Steve slaps Rob hard in the face, sending him reeling back⌠before Andrew grabs Steve Awesome wholesale.}
Vasco Dias: What is he doing?
Terri Morasco: ⌠Oh wow this is gonna hurt to watch.
{Andrew fixes Rob Diamond with a hard-eyed stare as he pulls Steve away from the ladder. The two of them make eye contact for a few seconds before Andrew gives Rob a grim sort of smile and nod⌠before wrenching Steve Awesome into a BOREALIS SUPLEX OFF THE LADDER!}
Vasco Dias: HOLY SHIT!
Terri Morasco: Andrewâs not about to let Steve Awesome win Joker in the Pack, even if it means clearing the path for Rob Diamond to make it happen!
{Rob watches with his mouth hanging open as the two men crash to the mat below before hearing the roaring crowd around him. He looks down at the men on the mat below him, then at the crowd⌠then up at the briefcase. A wide, unbelieving smile explodes on Robâs face before he reaches up with his good hand⌠and unhooks the case.}
Alison Valance: Your 2019 Joker in the Pack WinnerâŚ. ROB DIAMOND!!!
{Wannabe by Spice Girls plays as Rob stares at the briefcase in his hands in disbelief. He descends the ladder quickly, beaming and taking in the cheers of the crowd around him. Gilmore pulls him into a hug at the bottom of the ladder, congratulating his friend and teammate on the victory. Then Andrew steps forward and, for the first time in many years, offers Rob a respectful hand in congratulations. The two men shake hands firmly before Andrew steps away, giving Rob his limelight.}
Terri Morasco: A show of respect from the Hall of Famer, and perhaps a burial of the hatchet between these long time rivals.
Vasco Dias: BOO TO ALL OF THIS SPORTSMANSHIP! BOO TO IT I SAY! I WANT POST-MATCH BRAWLS THAT END IN BLOODSHED AND BETRAYAL! QUICK! GILMORE! HIT ROB WITH A CHAIR!
Terri Morasco: I⌠ugh. Youâre all heart, Vasco.
{The show cuts to commercial as Rob bows and blows kisses to the crowd.}
------------------------------------  OPEN WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Rowan vs Kimberly Jackson(c)
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Alison Valance: The following contest is scheduled for one fall with a thirty minute time limit and it is for the IWF OPEN WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
Terri Morasco: I canât wait for this next match.
Vasco Dias: I canât wait for Rowan to squash Kimberly like a bug.
Terri Morasco: I donât think thatâs how itâs going to go.
Vasco Dias: Then you thought wrong because Rowan is a beast if there ever was one and I donât think Kimberly is properly prepared.
{Lights go down, shifting until the entire arena is filled with naught but a dark red glow. The Shadow's Hymn plays softly, growing in volume as hooded figures in bloodstained, dark grey garb file slowly out, singing along with the hymn. They surround the ring as thick red smoke floods the outside, and as soon as they form a circle an illuminated pentagram appears in the ring, flickering red, yellow and orange as though it is burning within. The music fades and the lights in the arena die, leaving the only light coming from the burning sigil on the mat.
A long, dire howl of a wolf breaks the silence, matched with the sound of the menacing opening chords of Trip the Darkness by Lacuna Coil. As the opening riff of the guitar hits, the ringposts burst into pillars of fire as the lights snap back up, revealing Rowan standing in the center of the burning pentagram. She looking down at the ground with her arms held loosely to the sides, shoulders heaving with breath as she rolls her wrists unconsciously.}
Alison Valance: Introducing the challenger, hailing from Kilkenny, Ireland, she is the Wolf of the Abyss⌠ROWAN MCDONNOUGH!!!!
{As Alison finishes speaking, Rowan sharply looks up into the hard camera, her golden eyes flashing with violent, cruel anticipation for what is about to happen. She lopes in circles around the the ring, stalking like a caged wolf as she glares into the crowd, head moving in a jerky, animalistic pattern. She slowly, reluctantly backs towards a corner, eyes constantly moving as she settles in to wait for the bell.}
Alison Valance: And introducing the champion, hailing from Los Angeles, California⌠KIMBERLY JACKSON!!!!
Terri Morasco: Kimberly has been damn near undefeated since joining IWF and has had an impressive run with the Open Weight Championship.
Vasco Dias: A real shame Rowan is going to bring that to an end tonight!
{ The solemn beginning of "Roots" by In This Moment hits the pa with strobe lighting. Once the song kicks into gear Kimberly Jackson steps out through the curtain, throwing some fists before double pumping to some pyro. She struts down the entrance ramp and rolls in under the bottom rope, jumping to her feet and throw a jab/cross combo at the hard camera. }
Terri Morasco: What is your problem with Kimberly?
Vasco Dias: Sheâs a female Nighthawk.
Terri Morasco: And?
Vasco Dias: I hate that guy.
Terri Morasco: Well Iâm glad youâre continuing to be unbiased. This all started a few weeks ago at Open Fight Night when Rowan tried to have Kimberly beat down.
Vasco Dias: Unfortunately Vivienne Rodgers and Eternity saved her.
Terri Morasco: Iâd say fortunately. Kimberly is looking to exact some justice.
Vasco Dias: While Rowan is just looking for Kim to bend the knee.
{ The referee calls for the bell and Kimberly explodes out of her corner of the ring and crashes right into Rowan with a running elbow shot. Kim goes straight to the body with some open fist punches of Rowan before cracking her with another elbow then hitting a snapmare out of the corner and sharp shin kick to the back. }
Terri Morasco: Kimberly right out of the corner with hard hitting action!
Vasco Dias: Take the fight to the beast, may be a mistake!
{ Kim pulls Rowan up with a rear chin lock and looks to transition into an armdrag but Rowan throws her off and hits a spinning back elbow strike that catches Kimberly off guard. Rowan then fires off rapid fire European upper cuts that send Kimberly stumbling backward into the corner of the ring where Rowan hits one more huge European upper cut. }
Vasco Doas: Rowan takes control with authority!
Terri Morasco: Kimberly had her reeling for a minute.
Vasco Dias: Had, key word there.
{ Rowan connects with a leaping kneestrike then a knee lift to the midsection. Rowan backs off and then comes in with a running kneestrike to the head! Rowan then goes for repeated muay thai kneestrikes just rocking Kimberly before pulling her in for an inverted facelock backbreaker spun into a neckbreaker! Rowan goes for the cover here but Kimberly kicks out at two! }
Vasco Dias: Near fall!
Terri Morasco: Not exactly.
Vasco Dias: Are you blind!? The match almost ended right there!
{ Rowan peels Kim off the mat but Jackson throws her off and hits the jab/cross combo followed by a European upper cut of her own! Rowan staggers back but Kim presses in with rapid fire palm strikes that end with a nasty spinning backfist that opens a small cut on the lip of Rowan! Kimberly grabs Rowan for a belly to belly suplex and then drops a big knee across the left leg of Rowan and starts to look for the Tap Out heel hook but Rowan grabs the ropes. }
Terri Morasco: Kim looking to tap Rowan out!
Vasco Dias: Never going to happen Terri! The wolf of the abyss never surrenders!
{ Both women get up to their feet and just collide in the ring with some vicious strikes. Both just unloading with everything theyâve got. The referee is checking for closed fists but itâs just a flurry of flesh and bone. Finally Kim catches Rowan just right and staggers her. Jackson grabs the Wolf of the Abyss and hits a big Orange Crush Bomb to a huge pop from the crowd! }
Terri Morasco: Orange crush bomb!
Vasco Dias: When has that move ever finished anyone!?
{ Kimberly goes for the cover but Rowan gets her shoulder up at the count of two. Kimberly pulls Rowan up but the Wolf hits a huge European upper cut and grabs her with the Eater of Souls! Kim flails wildly as Rowan presses down on the mandible. Finally Kim is able to find the ropes but Rowan only releases so she can hit an arm trap neckbreaker! }
Vasco Dias: Vicious neckbreaker from Rowan!
Terri Morasco: These two just keep going back and forth with some real fast paced action!
Vasco Dias: But the pendulum always swings back to Rowan!
Terri Morasco: Thatâs what back and forth means!
{ Rowan sits ontop of the downed Kimberly and begins wailing away with repeated headbutts that she calls Defiler! Kimberly now has a nice little cut over her right eye as Rowan smiles and then goes for the cover. Kimberly is able to kick out at two but just barely. Rowan pulls Kim up to her knees and goes for Balorâs Gaze but Kimberly catches the superkick and pulls Rowan in for the Tap Out again! }
Terri Morasco: Is this it!? Is Rowan going to tap!?
Vasco Dias: No way in Hades!
{ Rowan once again gets to the ropes but as she stands up Kimberly is there and scoops the Wolf up for another Orange Crush Bomb! Kimberly goes for the cover but Rowan kicks right out at two! }
Vasco Dias: Another failed Orange Crush Bomb! Every minute longer this match goes the more it favors Rowan!
Terri Morasco: How do you figure!?
Vasco Dias: Sheâs masterful at finding an opening Terri, the longer this goes the more openings Kimberly is going to create!
{ Kimberly pulls Rowan up to her feet and hoists her up for the Knock Out but Rowan delivers rapid fire elbow shots to the head of Jackson and she drops Rowan. Rowan superkicks Kimâs left leg out from under her then deliverâs Balorâs Gaze! Rowan heads to the top rope and connects with Lifeâs Finale!!! Rowan makes the cover and the referee counts. ONE! TWO! THREE!!! }
Alison Valance: Your winner and NEW IWF OPEN WEIGHT CHAMPION! ROWAN MCDONNOUGH!!!
Vasco Dias: What did I just say!!??
Terri Morasco: I donât believe it⌠On a night when the Pack may come to an end Rowan was able to capture the Open Weight Championship.
Vasco Dias: She may or may not have her thralls by nights end but what she does have is a championship and the power that comes with it.
{ Rowan clutches the belt in the center of the ring trying to recover after the break neck speed of the match. }
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 LUMBERJACK MATCH Lumberjacks: The Pack and IWF roster
If Roberto Verona wins The Pack is fired If Dean Harper wins Roberto Verona forfeits his shares of the company Roberto Verona vs Dean Harper
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Alison Valance: The following lumberjack match is scheduled for one fall!
{The camera goes around the ring, where it is currently surrounded by members of The Pack and a few members from either division waiting for the match to start.}
Vasco Dias: This is the match Iâm the most nervous about if I am honest.
Terri Morasco: Roberto is putting control of the company on the line against being able to fire The Pack.
Vasco Dias: With anyone who is tired of the Pack allowed to stand outside the ring.
Terri Morasco: This is going to be chaos.
{Lights go to black, leaving the arena in dark silence for a few moments before the dark, rhythmic pulses of the beginning of Hand that Feeds by Nine Inch Nails begins to surge through the arena. Lights flash randomly through the arena, and soon flashes of some of the most savage moments of Dean's career flash in flickering effect on the 'tron. Finally, a single white spotlight shines down in the center of the stage, where Dean is crouching as he shifts side to side along with the music, hoodie and leather jacket open to show a bare chest underneath. He smiles up at the camera, eyes alight with a savage mania before he leaps to his feet, the motion bringing a massive flash as every light in the arena flares. He holds that position for a few moments, fist raised in the air before sprinting down to ringside. He leaps up onto the Apron, vaulting over the top rope and flipping into a roll that carries him to the opposite side of the ring, where he catches himself in the ropes and lounges amongst them almost casually, bobbing his head along with the music. With the help of the ropes, he shrugs off the hoodie and jacket before sliding back into the ring, tossing the removed clothing into the crowd. He takes a slow turn, arms wide as he takes in the reaction from the crowd, before cracking his neck and settling into his corner.}
Alison Valance: Standing at 6â2ââ and weighing in at 200 pounds representing The Pack⌠DEAN HARPER!
Terri Morasco: Dean is looking oddly cocky here tonight.
Vasco Dias: He has to be feeling it a little bit. Rowan has taken the Openweight title tonight. Even with Warren basically removed from the Joker in The Pack match he has to be feeling strong on his options.
{ The lights in the arena all go out at "King of the World" by Porcelain and the Tramps begins to blare out of the PA system. Spotlights begin to scan the crowd before fixating on a figure at the top of the stage which is revealed to be Roberto Verona wearing a The Pack shirt from IWF.com, his head bowed towards the floor. As cheers being to resonate around the arena Verona raises his head and he begins a slow methodical march down the ramp, the spotlight following him as golden pyro rains down from above on the stage. Verona stares at the crowd who cheer him as he approaches the ring, but he doesn't react to them, clearly focused on the task at hand. As he reaches the steps he slowly ascends them before walking towards the middle of the ring apron, turning around to look into the crowd one last time before looking up and closing his eyes as he stretches his arms out wide and basks in the adulation. After indulging himself Verona climbs into the ring, psyching himself up as he awaits the beginning of the match. }
Alison Valance: And last but not least from Firenze, Italy standing at 6â2ââ weighing in at 220 pounds⌠ROBERTO VERONA!
Vasco Dias: IsâŚIs Roberto mocking Dean with that shirt?
Terri Morasco: Heâs done riskier thingsâŚ
{Dean smirks at Roberto who seems to still be getting ready for the match The ref looks between them and looking out to the ring where the crowd closes around it, making sure there is no escape.}
Vasco Dias: With both Brooklyn and Warren out for injuries The Pack side of this is pretty slim.
Terri Morasco: I donât think they are that worried. The Pack prides itself on dealing with bad odds.
Vasco Dias: Have you started looking for other work yet, Terri?
Terri Morasco: Iâm not discussing that on the air with you.
Vasco Dias: There is no shame in a backup plan. Do you want to work for those animals?
{As soon as the bell goes off Dean charges Roberto with a Step-up Enziguri.}
Terri Morasco: Dean is wasting no time.
Vasco Dias: Dean works best when matches are at a fast pace. Roberto has to know that. He has to be prepared for that.
{Roberto recovers quickly sliding into a fast neckbreaker, swinging strongly to the mat. Roberto goes for a volley of multiple strikes ranging from shots of the face of Dean Harper.}
Terri Morasco: Roberto is not taking any chances here.
{ Dean Headbuts Roberto away from him, shaking his head before pursuing Roberto with a Snap belly-to-belly suplex into the turnbuckles.}
Vasco Dias: I donât like Dean getting moves off here. It makes me uncomfortable.
Terri Morasco: It makes us all uncomfortable.
Vasco Dias: My 401k is in the stock options, Terri! Every move Harper gets off puts my retirement at risk! Think of my money, Morasco!
{With a High running dropkick to a cornered Roberto which he chains in succession after stepping back and moving forward.}
Vasco Dias: I canât take this, Morasco.
Terri Morasco: You arenât the only one worried here, Vasco.
Vasco Dias: It feels like I am!
{Dean backs off and goes for a Running double knee strike to Robertoâs head. Roberto slumps forward. Dean grabs him by the hair and drags him away from the ropes. Dean backs up and goes for a Reality Break, hitting Roberto.}
Vasco Dias: No. No, I can not stand this. I can not!
{Roberto quickly hits Dean with a Leg Sweep followed by a hit to the face, knocking Dean back.}
Terri Morasco: Yes! Yes!
Vasco Dias: Fight as if my future depends on it Verona!!
{With a little roll of his shoulders, Verona goes for a Swinging Neckbreaker knocking Dean down to the mat. Roberto barely resists a moment before pulling Dean up into a Snap Suplex.}
Vasco Dias: Keep this up, Verona! I believe in you!
Terri Morasco: That is weird hearing you say that.
Vasco Dias: Weirder then agreeing with me?
Terri Morasco: Yeah, thatâs weird too.
{Dean gets up, spitting out some blood before hitting Roberto with a Spinning Side Kick. He drags Verona over to the ropes and Kicks the middle rope into Veronaâs throat.}
Vasco Dias: No! Boo! Boo!
Terri Morasco: He just wonât give up. We all know this about Harper.
Vasco Dias: Why didnât someone attack him backstage before the match? Helped wear him down for Verona?
Terri Morasco: Vasco!
Vasco Dias: What? It would have been for the good of the company! Is Uriel still trolling around backstage? I bet he would do it.
Terri Morasco: Last I heard, that stunt he did during the Joker in the Pack may have gotten him fired.
Vasco Dias: Damn it, Verona! He may have been our one chance!
{Verona rolls holding his throat, coughing. Dean gets closer and gets a kick to the knee for his trouble. Roberto is back up and hits Dean with a Chokeslam Backbreaker .}
Terri Morasco: He;s turning it around again!
{With out giving Dean a moment, Roberto takes Dean and hits him with a Swinging Neckbreaker.}
Vasco Dias: Roberto is really aiming for that neck and head area.
Terri Morasco: You remember Deanâs Man of Steel run. Knocking him out is your best chance.
Vasco Dias: I didn't disagree.
{ Walking back slightly Roberto goes for the VENI, VIDI, VICI.}
Vasco Dias: Could this be it?!
Terri Morasco: I hope it is. Please let it be it.
{Roberto goes for the pin
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CALEB LOCKWOOD PULLS VERONA OUT OF THE RING!}
Terri Morasco: Oh come on!
Vasco Dias: Thatâs why having The Pack at ringside was a bad idea.
{Roberto gets into a brawl with some of The Pack as the non-Pack section gets involved on the outside. Just as Roberto makes his way back into the ring Dean is standing up. Roberto barely gets to notice that before Dean does a Roll-through Russian legsweep followed by a flipping leg drop.}
Vasco Dias: goddamn it!
Terri Morasco: Roberto isnât done yet. This isnât the end.
{Roberto hits Dean with an Inverted Brainbuster .}
Terri Morasco: See? Roberto still has plenty he can do here.
Vasco Dias: But will it be enough?!
{Roberto moves out of Deanâs range, making Dean pick himself up and come to him.}
Terri Morasco: What is Veronaâs plan?
Vasco Dias: Play with Harperâs pride?
{Dean goes into a running kick but Roberto hits him with a Madame Guillotine.}
Terri Morasco: Yes!
Vasco Dias: Glorious!
{With a little bounce Dean gets back up to his feet with a bit of a struggle, Dean goes for a move but Roberto avoids it hitting him in the knee. Roberto rebounds from the ropes as his Dean begins to sit up and driving his kneecap into Harperâs face}
Terri Morasco: Please let this be making some impact here. He canât keep going.
Vasco Dias: I mean...maybe he can?
Terri Morasco: Donât put that on me, Vasco.
Vasco Dias: I donât like the idea either but heâs shocked people before!
{Roberto bends down and hits Dean in the face over and over again before backing up.}
Vasco Dias: Dean is just taking everything. I donât understand.
Terri Morasco: After everything, how much more can Dean take?
{Verona hits Dean with an Inquisition followed by a few strikes to the head.}
Vasco Dias: End him Verona! It might be the only way!
Terri Morasco: He canât last much longer, can he? Roberto is throwing everything he has at him.
{ breathing heavily, Roberto hits Dean with a Brainwasher followed by a Jumping Knee to the Face. Roberto goes for the pin
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Terri Morasco: He wont stay down. Why wonât he stay down?
Vasco Dias: Verona is getting desperate. We all are.
{Verona picks Dean up and walks around the ring before delivering a brutal Fallen Idol. Dean rolls slightly clearly trying to get up. Verona grits his teeth.}
Terri Morasco: These two are not holding anything back here.
Vasco Dias: Itâs all or nothing here.
{Roberto waits for Dean to get up before hitting him with a Silencer that knocks him through the ropes into the crowd outside.}
Terri Morasco: The one place you donât want to be in a match like this.
Vasco Dias: The one place you want Dean to be though.
{ The non-Pack allied in the crowd outside the ring start going to town on Dean. The Pack try to get involved, it soon turns into a bit of a riotous brawl.}
Terri Morasco: And now we have chaos.
Vasco Dias: Only a matter of time.
{As the brawl continues on the outside, The ref turns to try to calm the situation, clearly telling the group he can eject all of them if he has to. While he is distracted Roberto reaches behind and under his shirt to remove what looks like a broken seat belt from a limo with the buckle still attached. As Dean crawls his way back into the ring Roberto hits him in the head with the buckle end.}
Terri Morasco: What is he even doing with that?
Vasco Dias: Poetic Justice, Terri.
{Roberto hits Dean again and again with it, keeping an eye on where the ref is.}
Terri Morasco: Dean is taking a beating here.
Vasco Dias: As he should be.
{ Roberto hits Dean with a--After a short sharp strike to the gut with the wrecked seatbelt thenhe grabs Deanâs head, leaps into the air and bending one knee as he falls to the mat (sitting) he pushes Deanâs face into his knee cap. The crowd cheers, âRequiescat In Paceâ}
Terri Morasco: This is a little dirty...
Vasco Dias: Against The Pack is there anything that is dirty? Would you rather they were in charge of your paychecks?
Terri Morasco: I canât say I want that...
Vasco Dias: Then shut your mouth and let Roberto win this.
{Roberto tosses the seatbelt and buckle to the outside. He stands by as the ref turns back around to see Dean on the mat in a puddle of his own blood. The ref begins the count
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Terri Morasco: Why isnât Verona pinning him?
Vasco Dias: Itâs about sending a message.
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Alison Valance: Your winner⌠ROBERTO VERONA!
Terri Morasco: He did it! He actually did it!
Vasco Dias: Thank god! Thank the stars! The company is safe!
{As "King of the World" by Porcelain and the Tramps plays over the PA Roberto stands taking in the crowdâs overwhelming cheers, the cheers from most of the outside of the ring. The Pack stand silently outside the ring, as Dean rolls onto his knees, spitting up blood onto the mat. Roberto smiles as the celebration continues, confetti drops from the ceiling above the ring. Dean pulls himself up to his feet on the ropes.}
Terri Morasco: I do wonder what this means for the world title now though...
Vasco Dias: Maybe Rob Diamond will cash in?
{Roberto turns to face the ramp where The Pack is standing, as if waiting for the call Roberto looks more then happy to give. He gets a look of smug satisfaction pointing his finger at them before Dean wobbles to stand in front of Roberto, still bleeding. Roberto narrows his eyes, Dean glances back at The Pack before looking directly at Roberto, swallowing whatever remains of his pride and gets on one knee in front of Roberto. }
Vasco Dias: The hell is Dean doing?
Terri Morasco: I honestly donât know.
{Roberto pauses, lowers his hand, taking in the clear sign of submission from Harper before the camera cuts to commercial.}
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 MENS WORLD TITLE Cell MatchSpecial Guest Referee: Andrew Jacobsen Xavier Cross(c) vs Ethan King------------------------------------Vasco Dias: âAnd here we have it...Roulette Winner, Ethan King, looks to capture the Imperial Menâs World Champion from Xavier Cross, while Andrew Jacobsen looks to make sure this match is called right down the center, or as best as a Hell in the Cell can be called.â Terri Morasco: âHonestly, I believe Jacobsen is here to make sure these two men donât literally try to kill one anotherâŚâ Vasco Dias: âXavier Cross has done a fairly decent job at ducking, squirming, and slipping his way out of trouble lately. But Ethan King is hungry, not just for gold, but to finally get his hands on CrossâŚâ Terri Morasco: âIs strange to think that this match almost didnât happen over a contract dispute.â Vasco Dias: âLetâs be honest Terri, Xavier held the belt and this match hostage for a fat contract. Do I blame him, absolutely not. However, he now has that added pressure of all this big game heâs talked, and all heâs flaunted as of late, to retain tonight.â Terri Morasco: âThese two men are cut from a similar cloth, but their styles couldnât be any different. Both standing six feet, three inches, with only a handful of pounds separating the two.â Vasco Dias: âKing is a powerhouse technician who can throw fists, with his devastating Bare the Throat kick, where Cross is a risk-taking, striker who is still improving his mat game.â Terri Morasco: âIf Ethan can control the pace of the match, I feel like this could be an easy win.â Vasco Dias: âBut once Xavier has a bit of momentum, itâll be hard to stop it.â {âUnbreakableâ by Fireflight hits the speakers, as the fans get on their feet for the special guest referee, Andrew Jacobsen, who slowly steps out. Showing his wear and tear from the Joker in the Pack match, but now is wearing a special guest referee shirt!}Vasco Dias: âYou have to think somewhere John Briggs is watching this, and is jealous that he doesnât look as good as Andrew Jacobsen does in those stripes.â Terri Morasco: âYou wonât get any arguments out of me.â {Andrew takes his time to give a few fans some love, before rolling into the ring himself. Stretching a bit, he glances around at the ring ropes, before slowly looking upwards at the steel cell.}Alison Valance: âLadies and Gentlemen...it is time for your Imperial Menâs World Title Match...introducing first...from Green Bay, Wisconsin...He is your 2019 Roulette winnerâŚ.standing at six feet, three inches. Weighing in at two hundred and forty pounds...The Night King...Ethaaaaaannnnnn KIIING!â {The lights dim slightly, replaced by a blue hue, as the sound of ice cracking, as the stage and ramp are consumed in deep blue ice. The marching of feet of men is heard, as a group of undead warriors making their way out and down the ramp lining up in formation. Each one wearing a shirt representing one of the twenty-nine other competitors in the Roulette. âHail to the Kingâ begins to play, as out comes Ethan King, riding a horse, decayed in structure. He is wearing a suit of blueish-black steel armor, clutching a spear of ice in his hand. The spotlight begins to pan up, as he opens his eyes, showing a dirty iced colored iris. The undead soldiers begin to part ways as Ethan struts down to the ring on his steed, slowly moving around the ring before he hops off the horse, glancing around. One of the undead takes the reigns of the horse before two begin to help remove his armor, until heâs in his wrestling attire, as he slowly walks up to the ring steps, looking to his left and right, wiping his feet on the apron. He pauses in the center of the apron, as he slowly raises his hand as instead of pyro a thick smoke rises from the turnbuckles, like an icy fog coating the arena.}Vasco Dias: â...What a message he sentâŚâ Terri Morasco: âThe Night King staying true to his nickname, has one goal, winning.â Vasco Dias: âRazor sharp, full focus.â Terri Morasco: âItâs said he left Gwen Price-King in the back to go ahead and plan the celebration of his victory.â Vasco Dias: âOr maybe he didnât want her to see Hell rise when he takes Xavier Cross straight to it.â Terri Morasco: âSpeaking of which, itâs time for Xavier Cross to finally face the musicâŚâ {Jacobsen begins to speak to Ethan, reiterating the fact that he will call this match as fairly as possible, and the typical speech. The lights slowly grow dim, until theyâre in complete darkness. A single spotlight hits the rafters of the Staple Center roof, as the Impera-Tron ignites up with a simple written message.}âI need a room full of mirrors so I can be surrounded by winnersâ - Kanye West {Immediately the speakers start playing âRunawayâ by Kanye West, as Xavier is now standing on a platform at the rafters, as it begins to slowly lower. The spotlight barely illuminates his figure, but on the giant tattered dragon or demon wings behind him as he slowly descends down to the eerie piano rift of Runaway.}âMy greatest pain in life will that Iâll never be able to see myself perform live.â -Kanye West {The platform finally hits the top of the stage, as the music cuts just as Kanye says âRunaway fast as you can in the first 2 minutes of the song. The lights follow suit, as the Impera-Tron darkens itself. A single wolf howl is heard, as a image of Caleb, followed by a second wolf howl, a picture of the late Maxine joins Caleb on the Tron. A third wolf howl, as Brooklyn joins the group, a fourth as Dean appears on the Tron, and the loudest and most earth shaking howl that towers over them all is followed by a still of Rowan, as Wolfâs howl is heard, the previous wings on the back of Xavierâs platform ignite into a green fire. The pictures are wiped away by a crimson logo of âThe Packâ as a Dragonâs Roar replaces the wolves howls. The stage explodes in fire as Xavier steps out throwing his hood back holding his hands in the air as âX Gon Give it to Yaâ hits the PA.}Vasco Dias: âHoly shit...THERE IS HE YOUR WORLD CHAMPION!â Terri Morasco: âThat was a majestic way to pay homage to The Pack.â Handsome Guy with intense announcer voice: âLadies and Gentlemen. Allow me the pleasure of introducing you to your Imperial Menâs World Champion! Hailing from the glorious grounds of the Pack Compound, standing at six feet, three inches, weighing in at two hundred and thirty-one pounds. He is your ReigningâŚ.Defending...Undisputed Imperial World ChampionâŚ.He is the Pawn of the Crimson Queen, The Red Dragon of Chaos, Prometheus, The Fire Starter! XavierâŚ.CROOOOOSSSSSS!â {Looking more tense than usual, Xavier struts his way down the ramp glancing left and right as he stands in front of the ring apron leaping from the floor to it, before grabbing the top rope, springboarding himself into the ring with a graceful landing. Looking at Jacobsen, and then Ethan. Xavier unclips his title belt, as he glances around keeping his eye on Ethan as he walks over to the turnbuckle. Ascending to the top, he holds the title belt in the air.}Vasco Dias: âLove him or hate him, Xavier Cross knows how to put on a show.â Terri Morasco: âBoth men look fairly excited for thisâŚâ {Xavier hops off the turnbuckle, turning to Jacobsen as he hands him the belt, before staring at Ethan King as the two get nose to nose. The cage begins to lower slowly, as Jacobsen holds the belt to Ethan showing it to him. But Ethan quickly grabs it, charging forward cracking Xavier across the skull with it! Jacobsen looks shocked as Ethan drops the belt, grabbing Xavier picking him up quickly as he tosses him over the top rope!}Vasco Dias: âWhat the hell?!â Terri Morasco: âEthan King has been waiting too long for this I reckon!â {Ethan slides out of the ring, looking at Xavier who is clutching his head feeling a small cut. Ethan looks up as the cage is still lowering down, as he drags Xavier down, aiming the placement for the cage to come down directly on his throat! Ethan begins to stomp at Xavier to keep him in place. Jacobsen quickly hops out of the ring trying to argue with Ethan! The cage is getting lower, as Cross is bleeding but Ethan isnât moving him. Jacobsen quickly reacts shoving Ethan, but the cage is getting closer to Xavierâs throat as Jacobsen leans down grabbing the bottom of the cage with both hands. Xavierâs in a daze at this point. Jacobsen is using all his strength to lift up the cage as Ethan slides by in the ring. The cell keeps lowering as Jacobsen lets out a shout of power, his referee shirt nearly ripping around his biceps as heâs managed to stop the cage from lowering!}Vasco Dias: âChris Evans eat your heart out! Captain America is HERE!â Terri Morasco: âEthan King tried to murder Xavier Cross!â {Jacobsen shouts at Xavier to get his shit together, who finally snaps out of the daze as he rolls out of the way towards the apron, as Jacobsen lets go as the Cell falls the last foot down. Xavier looks up at Jacobsen who is panting heavily, looking up at Ethan who argues for him to ring the bell. Andrew looks down at Xavier who is lifting himself up with the ring apron, nodding in agreement as Jacobsen reluctantly calls for the bell to start the match!}Vasco Dias: âXavier wants this fight.â Terri Morasco: âHe may wish otherwise.â {Xavier finally gets to his feet, as Ethan reaches over the top rope grabbing Xavier by his hair. Xavier leaps to the apron to prevent Ethan from causing him any bald spots. Cross throws a jab knocking Ethan back. Xavier quickly leaps to the top rope, springboarding off. But Ethan is ready, punching Xavier midair right in the gut taking the champion crashing down to his knees. Ethan quickly squares up, throwing hard strikes aiming from the small cut he created on Xavierâs head earlier. Xavier staggers to his feet, trying to get away from Ethan who isnât letting up. Ethan gets Xavier in the corner, throwing a knee into Crossâs gut, before throwing a solid right that causes Xavierâs legs to go noodle as he falls onto the ground.}Vasco Dias: âAnd itâs been nothing but Ethan King from the start!â Terri Morasco: âHeâs been waiting months to get his hands on Xavier, and heâs gonna make every strike count!â {Xavier looks completely out of it, as Ethan hammers away venting out his frustrations with Cross the last few weeks. Jacobsen eventually steps in between the two, as Ethan looking a bit annoyed, slides out the ring, reaching under the apron he pulls out a steel chair. Xavier grabs onto Jacobsen lifting himself back to his feet as Cross rushes forward throwing himself over the ropes at Ethan who looks up just quickly enough to crack the chair across the side and back of Xavier Cross throwing him off to the side a bit crashing onto the ring apron. Ethan looks around, then back at the chair, proud of himself as he raises it in the air. Bringing it across the side of Xavier with a vicious thud as the chair immediately bends slightly. He raises it up again, as Xavier tries to defend himself as Ethan brings it down with another vicious thud.}Vasco Dias: âJesus christ, each thud of that chair I feel myself cringing a little more and more.â Terri Morasco: âThis has been a night of brutality, and this match was going to be no exception.â {Ethan throws the chair down hitting Xavier with it once more, as he looks around, before kneeling under the apron once more, grabbing one of the ring techâs toolboxes, he grabs a pair of bolt cutters. Looking around a moment, Ethan stares at the cage, before he begins cutting a hole in the ring, shaped big enough for a head to fit into.}Vasco Dias: âOh god, what kind of sick intentions does Ethan have in store?!â Terri Morasco: âWhatever it will take to win.â {Xavier is staggering a bit in the corner, as Jacobsen is checking on him. Xavier grabs onto Jacobsenâs shirt telling him heâs fine, with a typical psychotic smile. Ethan turns, even though his cutting job isnât done. Jacobsen backs off a bit as Xavier staggers to his feet, Ethan tosses the bolt cutters onto the apron as he throws a hard right as Xavier who staggers backward into the cell. Xavier bounces off, coming out with whatever fire he has left, catching Ethan with a forearm staggering his opponent. Ethan grabs the bolt cutters, hitting Xavier in the forearm with âem as Xavier clutches his hand. Ethan brings the bolt cutters down on his left ring finger.}Vasco Dias: âGod No! Ethan King is about to give Rob Diamond a finger buddy!â Terri Morasco: âJACOBSEN STOP THIS!â {Before Andrew can react, Xavier shoves his thumb into the eye of Ethan King, who immediately staggers backward holding his face. Xavier tosses the bolt cutters as far as he can, before charging forward hitting Ethan in the back with a dropkick, sending King shoulder first into the steel ring steps, which fly apart in the impact. Xavier falls backward grabbing onto the ring post trying to keep himself upright. Bruises are already forming on his back and side, a small trail of blood leaking from the shot he took at the beginning of the match. Ethan gets to his feet, as Xavier charges looking to splash King into the cell. But King catches Xavier in his arms, throwing him into the cell wall with a Belly-to-belly suplex! Cross slams into the cell, as he falls to the ground landing on his neck awkwardly. Ethan slowly picks himself back up, rotating his arm where his shoulder was slammed into the steps, as he slides into the ring. Glancing at Jacobsen, who goes to check on Xavier.}Vasco Dias: âJust when you think that Cross has a momentum shift, Ethan King puts him in his place.â Terri Morasco: âThis has been a brutal beating of the champion Xavier Cross.â {Jacobsen checks on Xavier, who shoves at him, refusing to give up. Ethan shakes his head leaning in the corner as Xavier grabs onto the cell. Picking himself up, he staggers forward into the ring as Jacobsen follows. Ethan steps out, grabbing Xavier by the head, before sending a hard right hand into the face of Xavier Cross who staggers backward, as Ethan hits him with a hard left jab lifting Xavier off his feet. King grabs Cross by the shoulders, sending a knee into the champâs gut, before shoving him backward into the ropes. Ethan looks to take Xavierâs head off with the final tilt, but Xavier ducks the clothesline, charging forward he leaps onto the top rope, before launching himself into the cell wall grabbing onto the cage!}Vasco Dias: âXavier Cross is auditioning for Spiderman!â Terri Morasco: âHe looks half decent in tights, but what does he do now?â Vasco Dias: âEthan King doesnât do heights. This may be a way to frustrate Ethan King?â {And as if Xavier could hear Vasco say he was going to stay up there, Xavier throws himself off the cell. Crashing into Ethan King who was going to try and reverse it into a move with the momentum, but Xavier wraps his arm around Kingâs head and turns it into a Cell Wall Falling Tornado DDT! Planting Ethan headfirst into the ring! Xavier quickly goes for the pinfall, as Andrew Jacobsen slides around to count the fall!}Andrew Jacobsen: âOneâŚ!â {Ethan King throws his shoulder up immediately, as Xavier grabs his own hair, looking exhausted.}Andrew Jacobsen: âOne! One!â Xavier Cross: âCan you even count?!â Andrew Jacobsen: âWatch it.â Xavier Cross: âI know! I know! Youâre doing your best, Iâm just really frustrated!â Vasco Dias: âThe first pin attempt by the champ, but Ethan makes a strong statement kicking out at one after Xavier gets his first real bit off offense in.â Terri Morasco: âAnd the back and forth between Jacobsen, Xavier better watch himselfâŚâ {Ethan rolls away while Xavier is arguing with Jacobsen, as he slips out of the ring checking his shoulder, and his head where Xavier implanted the DDT. King tries to shake it off, and regain his process. But Xavier sees this, shoving Jacobsen out of the way and Xavier dives through the ropes legs first hitting Ethan in the side of the shoulder! Ethan staggers into the cage, but he doesnât bounce back. The hole Ethan had cut earlier in the cell, Ethan King is stuck in the cell!}Vasco Dias: âWhat...What the hell?â Terri Morasco: âThe Hole Ethan was cutting earlier, Xavier kicked Ethan, and it had to just be bad luck, but Ethan King is stuck!â {Jacobsen rolls out, checking out King who is remaining calm, trying to get his head out, but the sides of the metal cell are digging into his neck each time he pulls in. Jacobsen scrambles a bit, looking for the bolt cutters. But as he looks up, Xavier is at the cell door holding them, using them to cut through the metal chain that held the door locked. Xavier has escaped the Hell in a Cell structure as he walks around. Jacobsen quickly chases after him to get the bolt cutters, as Xavier chucks them up the ramp. Jacobsen grabs them, as Xavier grabs himself a steel chair, looking for a little payback. Folding the chair up, Xavier doesnât hold back as he hits Ethan King square in the head with an unprotected chair shot! Ethanâs body flails a bit, but he grabs onto the Cell enough so his neck doesnât move too much. Jacobsen is shouting at Xavier to stop, so he can free Ethan but Xavier sends another sickening shot with the steel chair. Xavier takes a few steps back, as Jacobsen starts to cut away at the cell wall, but Xavier throws the chair into the head of Ethan King, followed by a dropkick! Sending Ethan King crashing backwards into the ring apron, as he clutches at his throat and head, rolling around in pain. Jacobsen quickly checks on Ethan.}
Vasco Dias: âI...thought Xavier was going to try to take Ethanâs head off.â Terri Morasco: âXavier has the momentum he wanted, and Ethan has to be hurtâŚâ {Xavier drops to a knee, as he begins to laugh maniacally as he leans into the cell wall from the outside watching Ethan clutch at his throat as he staggers around back through the door. Ethan rolls into the ring, trying to put space between himself and Xavier, as he is in a complete daze now. Jacobsen tries to back Xavier up, but Xavier points at Ethan not wanting to give up his momentum. Xavier staggers over to Ethan, but Ethan rises up with a hard right hand to the gut of Xavier Cross, who immediately hits his knees clutching his stomach. Ethan pulls back and we clearly see the brass knuckles as he cracks them across the skull of Xavier Cross and delivers the BRAZEN EQUALIZER! Cross crumbles down to the mat now, and Ethan takes a deep breath, slamming himself in the face as he crawls over to Xavier throwing an arm over the champion for a pin attempt. Jacobsen slides down to count it.}Andrew Jacobsen: âOne...twoâŚâ {Xavier throws his arm up, like heâs trying to grab the ceiling. Ethan rolls over, clutching his head as he slowly sits up, rolling over to the ring ropes pulling himself up.}Vasco Dias: âEthan King isnât out of the fight yet, both men are not walking out of this match the same.â Terri Morasco: âThe pursuit of the crown is a deadly advance. Theyâll be lucky to walk out of the arena on their own power.â {Ethan staggers forward, still seeing stars as Xavier rolls over to his stomach, pushing himself to his knees. Ethan throws a hard kick catching Xavier right in the ribcage, before stepping on the back of Xavierâs head driving his face into the ring mat. Ethan rubs his boot on the back of Xavierâs head, smashing his face hard into the ground. Xavier flails a bit, feeling the cartilage in his nose beginning to give way, as he reaches up with his hand around Ethanâs ankle forcing it up just enough to slip out of his boot, rolling out of the ring. Xavier puts the distance to catch his breath. Ethan takes the same time, as the two men keep their eyes locked on one another as trickles of blood run down Xavierâs nose, as Ethanâs face is starting to bruise up from the unprotected chair shots.}
Vasco Dias: âYou can cut the tension with a knife, the two warriors staring each other down.â Terri Morasco: âHow much more do they have to give?â {Both men look at each other, Xavier stalking the outside for a moment before sliding back in. Ethan swings with the knuckles again, Xavier immediately ducking under and springboarding off the ropes for a moonsault that catches Ethan flush on the body! Cross immediately shifts backwards and rains down a barrage of fists on Ethan, who finds it his own turn to shove off an assailant. The two get back to their feet, Ethan going for another Brazen Equalizer! No! Cross ducks the shot, hooks the arms, and nails the BLADE JOB backslide driver! Ethan bowls forward, and Cross quickly covers him with a double leg cradle as Andrew drops to count!
ONE! TWO! THRâEthan kicks out again! Cross leaps to his feet, ready to get in Andrewâs face again, but waves it off, grunting in frustration and laying a kick into the bottom rope as he walks towards the corner.}Terri Morasco: Ethan King showing some resiliency there, kicking out right after being dumped straight on his head! Vasco Dias: Neither of these men wants to admit defeat to the other. Neither of them wants to concede that they couldnât get the job done. This is about pride as much as it is a title. {Cross beckons Ethan to his feet, shouting at him with a bloodthirsty glint in his eye. He bounces on the soles of his feet, readying as Ethan gets his knee underneath him, and charges in, looking for the ECHOES OF MADNESS! Ethan swats him to the side, forcing himself to his feet, and hits the ropes on the rebound, looking for the FINAL TILT! Cross ducks this time, catching Ethan as he turns with a kick to the gut! No! Ethan catches it! Cross counters right back, delivering a bicycle kick to Ethanâs chest! Ethan stumbles into the ropes, and Cross takes a step back before roaring in to nail the FORGED IN FLAME! NO! ETHAN COUNTERS IT INTO THE WILDFIRE SUPLEX! CROSS BOUNCES TO HIS FEET AND TRIES AGAIN! ANOTHER WILDFIRE SUPLEX! Xavier staggers back into the corner, and Ethan roars in with a huge elbow shot, scooping up Cross as he staggers out for a Snake Eyes! Cross bounces off the top turnbuckle, and Ethan hits the ropes one more time, finally nailing the FINAL TILT and turning Xavier head over heels! Ethan covers!
ONE! TWO! THRâKICKOUT! Ethan nods again, frustration evident on his own face, but he remains focused, carefully dragging Xavier to his feet.}Terri Morasco: Ethan said heâd make Xavier submit, and he has a look in his eyes that says heâs going to do his best to bring it to life. Vasco Dias: I think Cross would rather die than submit, and after what happened earlier Ethanâs clearly all too ready to return the favor! {Ethan sneers at Crossâs bloodied visage as he drags him up to his feet one more time, shaking his head before leaping to deliver the cutter that sets up the LONG NIGHT! NO! Cross snares Ethan in a rear waistlock, powering him over with a huge German suplex! When the two crash to the mat, though, Cross doesnât let go, shaking his head as he pulls Ethan up for another one! Andrew watches in bewilderment as Xavier struggles back to his feet, having to dig deep after the abuse heâs suffered to deliver a third German suplex and complete Jacobsenâs very own HAT TRICK! Cross bridges!
ONE! TWO! THRâKICKOUT AGAIN! Cross stalks around the ring, stomping frustratedly, and walks back over to Ethan, dragging his thumb across his throat.}Terri Morasco: Cross is calling for the killshot! This could be all we see of Ethan Kingâs chances to be World Champion! Vasco Dias: The Night King may have finally met his match in this mad dragon of the Pack! {Xavier loads Ethan up in a powerbomb position, trying to lift him into place to deliver the WINTER IS COMING kneeling ganso bomb! Ethan hooks his arms under Crossâs knees, however, blocking the lift for the lethal move. Cross hammers away on his shoulderblades, delivering blow after blow that buckle and wither the House of Howlettâs champion as he stubbornly tries to fight. After about six shots, Cross goes to lift Ethan again, managing to get him up into a traditional powerbomb position. As he goes to drop him, though, Ethan manages to push off and land behind Xavier, grabbing his head and delivering a neckbreaker! Ethan wastes no time, hauling Cross up to his feet and hooking one arm, then the other into position for the BEND THE KNEE! NO! Cross snaps his arms free and scores a double-leg takedown, standing over Ethan holding his legs! He looks to Andrew, shouting âTHIS IS FOR YOU, BESTIE!â, and steps through Ethanâs legs, crossing them into a familiar pose!}Terri Morasco: Xavier Cross is going for the Sharpshooter?! Why?! Vasco Dias: Because heâs proving that Andrew Jacobsen is his best friend, and heâs going to make Ethan King submit to his best friendâs finishing hold! Itâs a power play, Terri! I love it! {As Cross goes to turn Ethan over, Ethan pops his hips and yanks his legs back, tripping Cross onto his back. Ethan pushes himself to his feet, quickly grabbing Crossâs leg and dropping an elbow into the crook of the leg! He spins to his feet, delivering a second, then a third, before pulling up Cross and casually scooping him into a half nelson backbreaker! Cross convulses on the mat, and Ethan keeps the arm hooked, spinning through and hooking both arms for a quick BLACK ICE DDT! The deadly finishing move drives Crossâs head into the canvas, and Ethan covers, exhausted!
ONE! TWO! THREE! NO! XAVIER CROSS KICKS OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE! Ethan looks to Andrew ins disbelief, asking for confirmation on the count, and Andrew nods, flashing two fingers. Ethan sighs, nodding back in reluctant agreement before he stands up, hauling Cross along with him.}Vasco Dias: This is Night of the Immortals, this is for the World Title, no way are we ending it with just one big bomb like that! Terri Morasco: Well, it looks like Ethan King is planning on making it twâOH! {As Terriâs interrupted, Cross shoots a low blow between Ethanâs legs, doubling him over. Andrew shouts at Cross for the shortcut, but Cross doesnât seem to care. He backs up, letting Ethan double over, and runs in, drilling him across the side of the face with the ECHOES OF MADNESS! Ethan sprawls across the mat, twitching, and Cross covers, hooking Ethanâs leg tight as he can and kicking his feet against the mat!
ONE! TWO! THRâKICKOUT! Cross springs to his feet, shaking his head like a madman, and beckons him up again, but this time as Ethan reaches his knee heâs smashed in the side of the head by a vicious superkick!}Terri Morasco: BALORâS GAZE! OH NO! Vasco Dias: FOR THE CRIMSON QUEEN!
{Cross covers again, hooking both legs!
ONE! TWO! THREE! NO! ANOTHER KICKOUT JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME! Cross leaps to his feet, shouting at Andrew and debating the count again. Andrew shakes his head, miming his cadence, and Cross mimes a faster cadence, pointing at Ethan and shouting âHE DOESNâT DESERVE YOU OR MY TITLE!â Andrew shakes his head, pointing back to Ethan and telling Cross to get back into the fight. Cross shoves Andrew in frustration before turning away, and Andrew grabs Crossâs shoulder. Xavier throws his hand off, glaring daggers into Andrew, and cocks a fist back. Andrew, weary though he is from the nightâs events, sticks his chin out, almost daring Cross to throw. Something in Xavierâs eyes relents, though, and he lowers his fist, turning back...INTO THE BARE YOUR THROAT FROM ETHAN KING! ETHAN COVERS!
ONE! TWO! THREâCROSS THROWS THE SHOULDER UP DEFIANTLY!}Terri Morasco: The heart of Xavier Cross! The determination! Love him or hate him, he is NOT going down without a fight! Vasco Dias: Heâs certainly making a game of it, Terri! {Ethan and Cross both slowly struggle to their feet. Ethan lunges with a forearm shot, and Cross reels, responding with a right. The two slowly begin to exchange blows back and forth, eyes widening slowly as they fire away with increasing mania. Cross swings wildly with one blow, and Ethan scoops him up on his shoulders, charging and looking for his wifeâs old finisher, a rolling firemanâs carry slam called the Disciple of Discipline! NO! Cross slides out and shoves Ethan into the buckles hard, catching him on the rebound and lifting him into an electric chair, looking for the STORM OF THE MORRIGAN! NO! Ethan rolls through into a victory roll!
ONE! TWO! CROSS KICKS OUT! The two men are up again, and Ethan fires off a superkick to Cross! Cross stumbles and replies with a superkick to Ethan! Both men wobble, and Ethan delivers a big chop, stumbling Xavier one more time before he looks for another FINAL TILT! NO! XAVIER COUNTERS IT INTO THE FINAL FLAME POWERSLAM! He hangs onto the leg, twisting it into a stepover toe hold, and dives forward, hastily locking in the CROSS-WORD PUZZLE V2! Ethan struggles, clawing against the hold as Andrew kneels to ask him if he submits, which is met with a resolute negative!}Terri Morasco: Submission is in! Ethan canât use the ropes to break! Heâs got nowhere to go! Vasco Dias: The Pack might have the last laugh here tonight after all! {Ethan claws his way to the ropes, and Andrew doesnât call the break, given the lack of disqualifications. Ethan can, however, use the ring environment as a weapon, and he does, yanking the rope forward and letting it snap back into the already-damaged nose of Xavier Cross! Cross releases the hold, clutching his nose in desperation, and Ethan rolls across the ring, gasping and wincing in agony. Cross stumbles to his feet, and Ethan rolls to his as well, cradling his midsection...only to drop back to a knee, favoring the one that was just in Xavierâs lethal submission! Cross sees an opening, grinning, and lets out a primal roar, charging in AND BEING MET WITH THE BRAZEN EQUALIZER ON THE CHARGE AS ETHAN LEAPS TO LIFE! With a spray of blood from Xavierâs shattered nose, Ethan hauls Xavier in, kicking the chair from earler into the center of the ring, and hooks his arms, drilling him with a brutal BEND THE KNEE! Ethan collapses into the cover, hooking both legs!
ONE! TWO! THREE! Ethan slumps back in exhaustion as Andrew signals for the bell to ring, medical crews pouring from the back even before it sounds.}Alison Valance: Ladies and gentlemen, here is your winner, and the NEEEEEW IWF Menâs World Champion, ETHAAAAAAN KIIIIIING! Terri Morasco: Two years after the House of Howlett lost that same title to the man who just delivered the three count, they once again control the Menâs World Title! The circle is complete! Vasco Dias: Xavier Cross thought he was sitting on a dragon hoard, but at the end of the day, he was playing with house money, and you know what they say, Terri: The House ALWAYS WINS! {Ethan raises one fist high in the air as Hail to the King roars victoriously over the PA. Gwen leaps into the ring and embraces him warmly, and the two share a long and passionate kiss in the center of the ring as confetti cannons explode throughout the Staples Center. Gwen then steps aside to let Andrew through the mayhem, and Ethan swaggers up to him and boldly extends a hand.
Andrew stares at it for a few seconds before cautiously accepting the gesture. The two of them share a brief, though not terribly tense, moment before they are interrupted by a new song hitting the speakers - Canât Stop by Sixx:AM.Terri Morasco: ⌠Oh, I know that song. Vasco Dias: SHEâS BACK! {With Charity Crowne and Ciara OâConnor beside her, Laura Howlett - sporting a blood red pantsuit - strides down to the ring with a viciously triumphant look on her face. Andrewâs warmth vanishes into a scowl as he leaves the ring just in time for the three women to step through the ropes. Laura walks up to Ethan, a grin on her face⌠before shaking his hand and raising a mic to her mouth.}
Laura Howlett: Ladies and Gentlemen⌠The House has its Queen... and its King. {Laura and Charity flank Ethan King and raise his hands into the air as the Staples Center explodes with fireworks and pyro, closing out the show and ushering in a brand new era for the IWF.}------------------------------------ WOMAN'S WORLD TITLEVivienne Rodgers(c) vs Eternity------------------------------------
{The New Championship logo takes centre stage, marked by its 2114 day lifespan.
New Championship Wrestling August 5, 2007-May 19, 2013
Purple plumes of smoke start to slowly rise up in thick twisted wisps to obscure the memory and cloud the nostalgia of the image completely as a ring bell faintly tolls in the distance. Slowly single words are revealed upon each strike of the bell, forming from the smoke in the following order:}
NOTHING
LASTS
FOREVER
{ Eternity's eyes widen as the official holds up two fingers! She can't fathom the notion of Shea O'Hara kicking out of one of her more dreaded maneuvers, but her fire grows from within as she grabs her opponent's arm, looking to break it a second time... }
Vasco Dias: Shea's gonna have her arm broken again!
{ ...not quite, Vasco. Shea springs to life, turning Eternity sideways with her patented T-Bone suplex she dubs the "SWEET LITTLE MACHINE!!!" The stadium goes bananas as Shea goes for the pin! }
1...!
2...!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
[DING-DING-DING!!!]
Terri Morasco: SHE DID IT!!!
Vasco Dias: The almighty Eternity has been vanquished!
{ "In God We Trust" plays again as Shea, now a second-time Shieldmaiden, is handed the belt by the ref! She celebrates her well-fought victory as she gazes around the Ohio Stadium, taking in the cheers from the 100,000-plus as the clouds part overhead, giving way to a full moon under the lights! }
The image of a victorious Shea freezes and turns grey as the music changes abruptly.
{ Dean and Brooklyn enter the den as Jessica struggles to stand to meet them. The three members of the Pack surround her when something else catches the camera eye. There appears to be a white dove in the rafters of the arena. }
Terri Morasco: This isn't good Vasco!
Vasco Dias: Terri, do you see that!?
{ Just as the camera pans up to catch the dove taking flight the walls of the Dragon's Den erupt into flames as the Pack turns to look all around them. }
Vasco Dias: What the hell is going on!?
Terri Morasco: I think I have an idea...
{ The arena lights turn to a dark purple hue as the Pack readies themselves, keeping Jessica surrounded who has only made it to a knee. }
Terri Morasco: And if I'm right...
{ The Pack focuses their attention to the ramp but from behind a figure emerges from underneath the ring brandishing a baseball bat with nails driven through it. }
Vasco Dias: Is that?
Terri Morasco: ETERNITY!!!!
{ The camera focuses on the returning Eternity, she wears a top hat and half of her face is painted in it's signature style. She tilts her head as she looks at the Pack from outside. Slowly Rowan begins to feel the eyes on her and turns as Eternity enters the ring with her weapon. }
Terri Morasco: Eternity has returned to IWF!
{Rowan barely waits for the bell to ring before going after Vivienne. Rowan is ruthless and undeterred in making Vivienne regret stepping into the ring against her. Vivienne takes the hits, has trouble keeping up but seems to be forcing herself to keep trying. Vivienne uses both her finishers but it doesnât seem to be enough to put the Irish Nightmare away. Rowan knocks them both to the outside and starts an unrelenting beatdown. Vivienne manages to get a pole shift in knocking Rowan into the stairs. Both women are laid out of the outside with Vivienne barely making it into the ring before the 10 count. Vivienne won the match but Rowan retained the title.}
{Vivienne pulls herself to her feet, looking ready to continue her attack⌠but her face turns into a mask of shock and horror as she sees Rowanâs still form on the ground, blood pouring from the back of her head. She shakes her head, aghast, and turns to the referee â begging him to end the match, pointing at Rowan and telling him that she canât fight.}
Vasco Dias: What is Vivienne doing??!
Terri Morasco: Being the better woman, Vasco.
{The referee moves cautiously over to Rowan, lifting her arm to check for any reaction after extinguishing the fire on her mask. Brooklyn Madrox races down the ramp, slamming on the wall of the cage and screaming to be let in. Vivienne leans heavily against the chain wall of the cell, putting pressure on her leg⌠until finally, the ref signals the timekeeper and the bell rings!}
Alison Valance: Rowan MacDonnough is unable to fight! As such, here is your winner⌠AND NEW IWF WOMENâS WORLD CHAMPION⌠LEGENDARY VIVIENNE RODGERS!!!!
{Time seems to stand still as Charity looks down over Eternity, who has collapsed to the ground completely stunned. Charity grins victoriously as she turns, not wanting to risk a pin attempt on Eternity but rather turning to the unconscious Mandi Matthews-Bates. With one last smirk, she shouts the word âFlawless!â before going for the pin!
ONE!
TWO!!
THRE- THUNDERSTRUCK.}
Vasco Dias: ⌠No. No no no, no way, no DAMN wayâŚ
{Dawn stands in the ring, looking down on the unconscious Mandi, the momentarily dazed Charity, and Eternity, who has managed to pull herself up to her knees. Dawnâs face is utterly unreadable as she looks at all three women, Helena still ruthlessly breaking Brooklyn Madrox. She has every opportunity to continue her offense, but⌠something stops her. For the second time in the match, Dawn hesitatesâŚ
⌠And Eternity capitalizes on the opportunity and goes for the pinfall, once again, on Mandi Matthews-Bates.
ONE!
TWO!!
THREE!!!}
Alison Valance: Here is your winner, and 2019 Iron Maiden⌠ETERNITYYYYY!!!!
{âThe Circleâ by Blackmoreâs Night starts to play as Eternity collapses to the mat, laughing insanely as she holds onto her face.}
Terri Morasco: What an explosive Iron Maiden! I canât believe what I just saw!
A clip from The Live Spark follows.
Damien: Vivienne, Are you scared of Eternity?
Vivienne: You mean right now, or in general? Right now, Iâd say yes, in generalâŚI think anyone who has seen a match of hers is....
Eternity: Hehehe...
Damien: Even after taking on much more unhinged and dangerous women like Maxine, may God rest her soul, Brooklyn and Rowan?
Eternity: HahahahahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....
Vivienne: They have ended more careers but I try not to take anyone lightly when it comes to being in the ring. I research them and I try to keep in mind that every match is different. It is better to be over prepared and cautious then reckless.
Eternity: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
{Eternity grabs Vivienneâs hand pulling her close, fixing her with a firm deathly stare, looking right into Vivienneâs quivering lively eyes before Vivienne pulls her hand free, backing up a few steps. The camera pans between Vivienneâs panic and Eternityâs calm before the confrontational image slowly fades to its ultimate conclusion, as all things do.}
{We cut from the hype package to Vasco Dias and Terri Morasco at ringside, at the commentary table.}
Vasco Dias: Well. finally we are here...the main event of Night of the Immortals...
Terri Morasco: That's right partner, and if the return of an IWF Hall Of Famer and former three time World Champion wasn't enough, for the first time in this company's six year history, the grandest stage in our business is being headlined by two of the absolute best in the industry today...
Vasco Dias: I can think of no better way to celebrate the milestone of this company having surpassed its predecessor, New Championship Wrestling than by recognising the true equality among our competitors at a time when the popular perception that this is still a male dominated sport...
Terri Morasco: Oh absolutely Dias, our current reigning and defending World Champion, Vivienne Rodgers, is a third generation wrestler. and tonight she's facing indisputably the most accomplished woman in this entire organisation in Eternity, and if the credentials of both premier athletes don't prove why they belong in the main event here tonight, I don't know what does...
Vasco Dias: Eternity has done it all in this business, former Openweight Champion, former Heiress To The Throne, the only two time Iron Maiden, three time World Champion, and whilst her opponent may not be as synonymous with IWF, Vivienne has proven herself to be remarkably resilient...
Terri Morasco: More than that, Vivienne has proven she can and will stand her ground firmly, no matter the magnitude of the challenge placed in front of her, last year she successfully defended the Openweight Championship against Helena Sawyer and just a couple of months ago at High Stakes Vivienne finally overcame the nightmare that is Rowan MacDonnough to realise her dream and capture the richest prize in our business for the first time in her career. Anybody who doubts her ability to get the job done and shock the world once again here tonight simply hasn't been paying attention to what brought Vivienne Rodgers to the biggest match of her young career so far...
Vasco Dias: I wouldn't go so far as to dismiss our reigning and defending Champion here tonight, but I will say with the highest respect to Miss Sawyer and Miss MacDonnough that for my money Eternity is in a complete league of her own...
Terri Morasco: That may be, but two years ago on this very stage Shea O'Hara proved that whilst Eternity might be the most dominant individual we've ever see in this company, she is not infallible or indestructible. In 2017, people were discounting Shea's ability to achieve the impossible and now in 2019, people discount Vivienne, the more things change...
Vasco Dias: The more they stay the ---
{Vasco is cut off as the arena lights go out completely, and an electric buzz washes over the arena.}
Heeheeheeheeheeheeheehuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhehehehehehehehehehehehehahahahahahahahahahahahaahaahaahaahaahaahaahaahaahaahaahaa...
{The soft chilling female laughter changes the atmosphere in the arena completely before the opening bag pipes, tambourine and soft guitar lead a procession of somber blue strobe lights to dance in time with them. Thirty seconds pass before the lyrics to âThe Circleâ by Blackmoreâs Night begin, the blue strobe lights provide just enough illumination for us to see the purple coloured smoke slowly gathering to cloud the entranceway.
Eternity emerges from within the cloud of colourful smoke. There is a mixed reaction from the adults, but the children seem to fear the shadowy woman who is wearing a black hat and a veil with her head bowed as she seems to lightly bounce halfway down the ramp.}
Vasco Dias: I must say I'm surprised Terri, I expected more pomp and circumstance from an Eternity entrance here tonight...
Terri Morasco: Maybe she learned her lesson, two years ago she came out as a Dragon and Shea ended her historic Openweight reign...
{She stops in the middle of the ramp and takes a bow, taking her veiled black hat off and posing with it in her outstretched arms. She continues her journey down the ramp, skipping and carrying her hat in her right hand. She slides under the bottom rope into the ring and when she reaches the centre, she transitions into a skip, over to the turnbuckle where she hangs her hat on a ringpost, patting it. }
Vasco Dias: Are you suggesting Eternity is superstitious. Terri?
Terri Morasco: Not at all, Vasco, it's equally possible Eternity sees Vivienne as an equal, or that she sees herself back at the position she was in five years ago, walking in as the Iron Maiden against the World Champion. I can't say for certain what goes through that mixed up head of hers, I don't think anyone can...
{She then skips to the middle of the ring and falls to her knees, keeping her head bowed for a moment and her eyes closed. she tilts her head back and slowly opens her eyes to the heavens. This gesture now triggers the lights to slowly be raised back up to normal levels as her music starts also to fade away...}
{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.}
Vasco Dias: Here comes the Legendary Demon Slayer, Vivienne Rodgers...
Terri Morasco: I don't think that's her official moniker, but she has done a remarkable career out of being the brightest light to stand against the most persistent darkness...
Vasco Dias: And tonight she faces arguably the most persistent force of darkness there has ever been in the Imperial Wrestling Federation...
{Vivienne grins confidently as she raises the Women's World Championship 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. She takes to the center of the ring as the chorus plays, raising her fists into the air before Vivienne settles into her corner.}
Alison Valance: Ladies and Gentlemen, the following contest for the IWF Women's World Championship is scheduled for one fall and it is your Night of the Immortals main event for the evening.
{The crowd cheer as the head female referee, Lucy Adams collects the Women's World Championship from Rodgers, and walks it over to Eternity who seems momentarily transfixed on her own warped reflection in the title she remembers as having a different, more fitting name bestowed upon it.
Lucy then walks to the centre of the ring where she invites both the Challenger and the Champion to meet, as Alison fulfils her announcer duties for both competitors.}
Alison Valance: Introducing first, the challenger, from The Other Side...she is a former three time Women's World Champion, a two time Iron Maiden, and IWF Hall of Famer...'The Last Diamond' EEEEETTTEEERRRRNNNIIITTYYYY!
{Eternity simply stares dead ahead at the challenge in front of her.}
Alison Valance: And her opponent, from Madison, Wisconsin, she is a former Openweight Champion and the current reigning and defending Women's World Champion, and a third generation premier athlete...'Legendary' VIVIENNE RRRROOODDDGGGEERRRSSS!
{Lucy then raises the prize above her head to more cheers from the crowd, before handing the Women's World Championship to the stage hand outside.}
Vasco Dias: Here we go...with quite possibly the biggest and most important main event not only in the history of Night of the Immortals, but in the history of professional wrestling...
Terri Morasco: Can you feel the electricity in the air? There's definitely a big fight feel around this match up...
The bell rings and Eternity extends her hand to Vivienne, who seems a little taken aback by the unexpected gesture initially, but is more than happy to accept after she plants her feet firmly into the ground, anticipating being pulled into the gravity of the Hall of Famer's presence once more. Surprisingly though, after the show of respect, Eternity simply backs up a few steps and nods at her.}
Terri Morasco: A rare show of sportsmanship...from Eternity???
Vasco Dias: The world's gone mad...especially when its the nutjobs around here respecting their competition...
{The two competitors then continue to move around each other in cautious half circles, before Vivienne is the first to change direction and move towards Eternity. Eternity seems to anticipates the advance however and backs up before spinning on the spot and nailing the incoming Champion with a beautifully impactful lariat...}
Vasco Dias: Riastad! What a beautiful tribute to the dearly departed Maxine Valentine...
Terri Morasco: I've said it before, I'll say it again, I haven't seen a clothesline delivered with that much force since Emma Danielson was in her prime...
Vasco Dias: That was a while ago, wasn't it?
{As Vivienne is down, Eternity whispers, mostly to herself: "Rest In Peace, my sweet Valentine..."
Eternity then falls to her knees beside her fallen opponent and follows up her tribute with a cover attempt. It takes a moment for Lucy to get in position and count...
1...
2...
Vivienne rolls a shoulder out to break the early pin attempt, Eternity nods and claps her hands together, before helping Vivienne to her feet, Rodgers then strikes Eternity across the face twice to create some separation between the two. The reigning Champion then seizes her advantage, spinning the challenger around and grabbing her by the waist, looking for a German Suplex. Vivienne hits it flush, dropping Eternity blocks on her the head, and following through on shifting her weight and holding on for a pinfall attempt of her own..
1...
2...
Eternity kicks out, wildly.}
Terri Morasco: Both women trying to end it early...
Vasco Dias: Smart strategy, only expend as much energy as is necessary to try and get the job done...
{Vivienne nods in approval as Eternity stands finds her feet again. A slightly out of it Eternity stumbles into the choking grip of Vivienne, who looks for a chokeslam, Eternity however will not be moved so easily as she blocks it and retaliates with a death grip of her own. The two competitors reach a stalemate as neither budges immediately, drawing life from each other...}
Vasco Dias: Oh my, something has to give here, surely...
Terri Morasco: You have to believe whoever gets the advantage here will be looking to capitalise...
Vasco Dias: Vivienne is remarkably resilient, it's easy to discount her strength sometimes because of her bright and pleasant demeanour...
Terri Morasco: She's certainly the best female athlete in our sport today for a reason, Vasco...
{Eternity refuses to give Vivienne any breathing room, leaving Rodgers with no option but to sacrifice her firm grip and swiftly kick Eternity in the gut to break the relentless death grip, doubling the challenger over, as the Champion once again showcases her remarkable physical strength and perseverance. Vivienne lifts Eternity upon her shoulders and plants her into the canvas firmly with a picturesque powerbomb, before stumbling back a few steps.
Vivienne clutches her own throat and coughs twice before the colour returns to her face and she starts to get her breath back...
Eternity hasn't moved, and seeing this Vivienne scrambles for the cover, hooking the leg as soon as she is able...
1...
2...
Eternity kicks out with some considerable authority, showcasing some of her own strength and perseverance.}
Terri Morasco: The champion almost retained her Championship there...
Vasco Dias: Almost doesn't count against somebody with the wealth of experience and the reputation of someone like Eternity...
Terri Morasco: Vivienne needs to continue to do what she has been doing so far, maintaining control over her challenger...
Vasco Dias: I think most of Eternity's opponents know what happens if they loose focus and allow control to slip away from them and the balance to tilt in Eternity's favour...
{Vivienne quickly realises that she cannot allow Eternity to gather two many of her bearings and so moves in slowly looking to lock in a sharpshooter...she fails as Eternity pulls her down into a tight small package reversal, and the quick two count, Vivienne counters it into her own reversing the momentum for another quick two count of her own. Eternity kicks out and is growing increasingly frustrated at the repeated deadlock between herself and Vivienne Rodgers. Both resilient athletes find their feet. Vivienne then looks to press home her advantage once more but Eternity springs out of her grasp and hits her with some forearms to the face, backing her into the ropes, shooting her to the other side, and upon return, lifts up the champion right into an authoritative Blood God's Wrath, planting Vivienne into the canvas in tribute to the late great Spike Kane!
The crowd roar their approval and even start a chant for the fallen legend as Eternity drops down into the cover...}
Terri Morasco: The Blood God's Wrath!
Vasco Dias: What a devastatingly fitting tribute to the one of the greatest to ever lace up a pair of boots in our industry, Spike Kane!
Terri Morasco: Listen to the fans, they're about to blow the roof off this arena!
{...1...
...2...
The challenger grabs Vivienne by the hair and pulls her to her feet, hurling her through the air by the hair. Rodgers crashes to the mat and doesnât know what hurts more, the head where the hair was pulled or the face that just hit canvas.}
Terri Morasco: I hope Eternity doesn't end up regretting breaking up her own pinfall attempt there...
Vasco Dias: What is that lunatic thinking now? She had the match won! She had the Championship won!
{Eternity grabs the champion and pulls her to her feet, lifting her onto her shoulders looking for The Broken Windmill (F-5) but Vivienne slides down the back of Eternity into a roll up, but only gets a two count before Eternity rolls out and as the two women get to their feet rather quick, Eternity lunges into the air with the Fallen Angel (Flying Clothesline). The champion is down again, this time holding her jaw as it seems Eternity connected flush! Eternity then kicks Vivienne in the gut, hooking her arms, looking to deliver the Last Rites.}
Terri Morasco: Things donât look good for the champion!
Vasco Dias: WAIT!
{Vivienne has the move well scouted and back body drops Eternity onto the mat. Desperate to keep up her advantage and stop the momentum of the match from spinning too far out of her control once more, Vivienne quickly drops down and scrambles towards Eternity. Vivienne grabs one of Eternity's writhing limbs before she can recover, an arm. Rodgers holds onto the arm and locks in the ANACONDA VICE!}
Vasco Dias: Another move Spike was known for!
Terri Morasco: All Hope Is Lost!
{Rodgers wrenches back on the hold, determined to prove her doubters wrong by making the mythical Eternity tap in her very first defense, knowing what a definitive statement that would make to kick off her tenure as World Champion. She pulls back as Eternity struggles with nowhere to go. Alexis pulls back some more and thatâs when Eternity sees her opening, sitting bolt upright in the hold, almost as if fuelled by her own pain. The unnatural display of power and resolve shocks Vivienne as her quivering gaze meets the firm stare of the relentless green eyed reaper. The fear and uncertainty loosens Rodger's grip and iEternity's loud howling laughter eventually causes the Champion to break the hold completely as the two women roll away from one another.}
Terri Morasco: What an incredible match this has been so far. Back and forth, each competitor having an equal and opposite response for their opponent's offense.
{The crowd starts a âTHIS IS AWESOME!!â chant.}
Vasco Dias: The crowd agrees with you Terri.
{The two are back to their feet and Vivienne lunges forward looking for a clothesline but Eternity ducks it and runs to the ropes, looking for another Fallen Angel (Flying Clothesline) but Alexis ducks and Eternity tumbles to the outside of the ring.}
Terri Morasco: These two have each other so well scouted.
{The referee begins her count...
...1...
...2...
...3...
...4...
...5...
Vivienne stops Lucy, making her case for allowing Eternity the time she needs to recover.}
Terri Morasco: Vivienne doesn't want to retain her Championship by a possible count out...
Vasco Dias: What are you doing? It's called the Champion's advantage for a reason, the Champion is supposed to use it!
{ Rodgers then leaves the ring to join Eternity on the outside. She grabs Eternity, presumably to help her up but Eternity, instinctively uses all her strength to shove Vivienne into the steps, the back of Rodgersâ head hitting hard.}
Terri Morasco: Eternity operating on pure instinct there!
Vasco Dias: The back of her head just smacked off those steel steps! She could have a concussion!
{The referee has let this match ride now as Eternity crawls over to Vivienne. She grabs hold of her and rolls her into the ring, then herself, as she crawls over Vivienne for the cover, but once again only gets a two count. Eternity sits up on her knees and with a cocked head looks at Vivienne. She stands to her feet and stalks the Champion.}
Terri Morasco: Eternity looks like sheâs ready to put this one away.
{Vivienne struggles to her feet, and stumbles towards Eternity who in one fluid motion and an incredible display of raw power lifts Vivienne onto her shoulders and delivers The Broken Windmill (F-5) }
Terri Morasco: My God, the power!
Vasco Dias: It means nothing if Eternity cannot capitalise though!
{Both women lay flat on the mat, breathing heavily as the crowd roar their approval, truly split now, half chanting for Vivienne and half chanting for Eternity...
Eternity finally manages to throw an arm over for a sloppy cover...
...1....
...2...
...Vivienne rolls a shoulder out at the last possible second...
The crowd explode into a "Fight Forever" chant}
Terri Morasco: Vivienne keeps her Championship dreams alive!
Vasco Dias: Maybe but she'd do well to remember, her challenger is still alive also!
{Eternity makes it to her feet first, and seeing Vivienne still grounded, immediately seizes the champion's arm, flipping her over and kneeling across the isolated limb, locking in the Death Wish submission hold.
In the middle of the ring, with nowhere to go, and not willing to risk an injured or broken arm that she knows full well that Eternity is capable of, Vivienne immediately taps out!
The referee calls for the bell, signifying that Eternity has achieved the seemingly impossible and regained the Women's World Championship for an unprecedented FOURTH TIME!}
Vasco Dias: ETERNITY HAS DONE IT!
Terri Morasco: SHE CERTAINLY HAS VASCO! THAT HISTORIC WIN MEANS THAT ETERNITY HAS ONCE AGAIN MADE HISTORY IN THE IMPERIAL WRESTLING FEDERATION! SHE'S A FOUR TIME WORLD CHAMPION!
THE FIRST FOUR TIME WORLD CHAMPION IN COMPANY HISTORY!
Vasco Dias: As if it was in any doubt, this victory has surely ensured Eternity's immortality within all of professional wrestling!
{Eternity then helps Vivienne to her feet, as the official walks over with the Women's World Championship. Vivienne intercepts the referee and grabs the Championship, she looks at it for a moment in her hand...before stepping up to Eternity and placing the Championship on Eternity's shoulder...
Vivienne then offers a handshake which Eternity graciously accepts. Vivienne then raises Eternity's hand, before graciously leaving the ring, allowing Eternity her moment.
The lights then flicker and go down to a deep blue hue as a memorial image of Michael "Spike" Kane appears on the Imperitron, and the arena falls silent as a sombre ten bell salute begins to honour the fallen warrior.
"He lives in me, " Eternity whispers before she slowly raises the Women's World Championship with one hand in the air, presenting the face of it to the Heavens with a tear in her eye as she holds her head skyward as the bell continues to toll ten times in condolence as the arena is silent.
The lights start to flicker and there is a slow rumble of thunder throughout the arena as Eternity remains frozen in her pose throughout the tolling of the ring bell.
"I will always remember you..." she vows, quietly.
Only after the echo of the tenth toll has faded does Eternity leave the ring with the Women's World Championship, surprisingly there are more cheers than usual for her on this night, serenading her otherwise stoic walk back up the ramp, accompanied only by the sound of thunder and flickering lights.
Vasco Dias: Both these ladies gave it everything they had here tonight, but in the end the 2019 Iron Maiden, Eternity has completed her journey and begun a new chapter in her IWF legacy by becoming a four time Women's World Champion...
Terri Morasco: Something tells me this is only the start of a return to a more unpredictable time for the Women's Division, and that scares the hell out of me...
Purple smoke starts to gather around her as she approaches the stage and then she disappears completely into it...
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Well howdy there pardner.