SEGMENTpreshow------------------------------------
{the camera pans through the crowd while High Road by Kesha the official song of Danger Zone 2020 plays, catching some signs in the stadium “Wallace is lolz so random” “Emma retains or we riot” “Gabi = world champ!” “Being Infamous means never saying you’re sorry” “Fernando? Fernando!” “Belle of the Ball” “Caleb and Dean to death” “Fiona and Brooklyn foreva”}Summer Thompson: Hello and welcome to the second pay per view of 2020! Hi guys gals and nonbinary pals! How are you all doing? Are you excited?
{Camera pans to the crowd right behind Summer who scream and jump up and down}Summer Thompson: the card is packed tonight so we have to kick things off almost immediately.
Rayne: Not wasting anytime today? That’s new.
Uriel Black: Give the girl a break.
Robert Henderson: Can you two not?
Summer Thompson: Alright, let’s start with the preshow match. Wallace and Fernando Amadeus Silveck vs Phillip Deforrest and Adel Travent. Thoughts?
Rayne: I might not understand or really know the new gentleman Fernando and Wallace but I think this will be a good time to see them try things out.
Uriel Black: Are we not going to talk about how Abraxes kidnapped Adel and he’s a completely different person now?
Robert Henderson: I for one look forward to the new talent going up against some of the performance center kids. I think it will be a good way for them to really expand on who they are and what kind of personality they have to bring to the table.
Summer Thompson: Then we have Fiona and Brooklyn. Two pay per views in a row. Anyone know what’s caused this rivalry to develop?
Rayne: Brooklyn was in The Pack. Fions is part of being infamous, if I had to guess. I honestly think Brooklyn might be the one to win this match here tonight.
Summer Thompson: I don’t want to agree. I like Fiona better as a person, but I understand Brooklyn’s past as a champion does make this look one sided.
Uriel Black: Fiona might surprise us all and just unleash the furry like she did during the heiress to the throne semi-final.
Robert Henderson: I think this match could go either way here tonight.
Summer Thompson: Then we have the Belle of The Ball first match. With the limited new female talent my understanding is there will be another match next week and the winner will face the winner of this match. Thoughts?
Robert Henderson: Lina Lang was hand picked by a member of staff. She’s got size on her side. I do think she has a good chance of winning this match.
Uriel Black: You can’t undersell the ferocity of Ganzorig though.
Rayne: I like Samira. She’s a bitch but I enjoy her.
Summer Thompson: Well, we must switch over to the preshow match, see you in a bit folks!
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PRESHOW MATCHWallace and Fernando Amadeus Silveck vs Phillip Deforrest and Adel Travent------------------------------------
{ The match started off slow with Fernando taking the lead for his team and working over Phillip Deforrest for the early going of the match, focusing primarily on his left arm. Eventually Phillip would break free for the hot tag to Adel trevant but Fernado would take his leave and tag in Wallace. Wallace and Adel went back and forth for several minutes before Wallace begin hitting his fast passed high impact offense, starting with a beautiful running float over Japanese arm drag. }Vasco Dias: This has been a great showing for the two young up and comers in IWF!
Terri Morasco: We could be seeing future champions right now!
{ Wallace hits Adel with rolling thunder and then goes right into a standing moonsult and the cover. Phillip breaks it up but Fernando enters the ring and takes Phillip down with the Austria Bomb! Phillip rolls out of the ring and to the floor. }Vasco Dias: Surprising amount of team work between these two.
Terri Morasco: Sometimes odd bed fellows make great tag teams.
Vasco Dias: I don’t think they’re sleeping together.
Terri Morasco: That’s not what that means.
{ Wallace puls Adel up to his feet and hits him with the Chicago Crunch and the cover but Adel manages to get his foot on the ropes. Fernado reaches out for the tag and Wallace pulls Adel up and throws him into Fernado’s corner. Wallace makes the tag and the two men grab Adel for a two man flap jack into the turnbuckles. Adel is stunned and Fernando grabs him with the Austria bomb and the cover! ONE! TWO! THREE!!! }Terri Morasco: Fernando and Wallace pick up a tag team victory here on the pre show!
Vasco Dias: Great performance from two men with very bright futures!
{ Fernando and Wallace have their hands raised in victory but Fernando makes sure he lets Wallace know who got the pin sowing seeds of a match down the road perhaps? }------------------------------------
SEGMENTpreshow------------------------------------
{the camera cuts back to the preshow panel.}Summer Thompson: Well, that was exciting. Keep moving forward here we now have Caleb Lockwood versus Dean Harper. This has been building for a little bit.
Rayne: From “brothers” to Enemies. Caleb has been pretty clearly calling for Dean’s blood since returning to the ring. His match from last month against Warren was to draw Dean out. Now he has him. I don’t doubt that Caleb is going to break Harper.
Uriel Black: Can I abstain?
Robert Henderson: Serious journalism doesn’t allow that.
Summer Thompson: If you don’t want to answer you don’t have to.
Uriel Black: I think Dean is pushing every single one of Caleb’s buttons in his own sick twisted martyr complex to get Caleb to do his worst.
Rayne: Interesting take.
Robert Henderson: I think Dean Harper is lulling us into a false sense of security. Sure, he betrayed The Pack and there was that whole thing with Mandi Matthews but I’m not sure anyone is ready to forgive him for everything he has done.
Uriel Black: That’s what I said. In less words even.
Robert Henderson: Let me finish. I think he doesn’t want to turn over a new leaf. I don’t think he’s capiable.
Uriel Black: Hot take, that?
Summer Thompson: Then we have the women’s world championship. Gabriela with Openweight and Luchadora combined against Emma with the world champion belt. Who will win?
Rayne: Gabriela is a short angry little bitch. I have no doubt she will do everything possible to beat the shit and grab that title.
Summer Thompson: I am not sure who I want to win.
Uriel Black: Emma has worked her whole life for this. She’s not going to let it slip out of her hands.
Robert Henderson: I agree with Mr. Black.
Summer Thompson: Now we talk about the main event. The moment we all have to ask ourselves if Being Infamous can ever recover from the situation it is in.
Robert Henderson: I believe Rob Diamond will retain here. He might be a little less hard edged then he used to be but he is not going to let what he worked so hard for slip away. He is going to retain. He is going to hold all three belts at once. First moment in history and I think he deserves it.
Uriel Black: It will likely just be another cluster fuck of a match like Meta. No one wins. They continue to blue ball us on this for ages.
Summer Thompson: I want James to win. He’s a nice guy and deserves to have his moment in the sun.
Rayne: I’ll settle for not Steve Awesome to be honest.
Summer Thompson: Well, that’s all the time we have here. Enjoy the show everyone!
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SINGLES MATCH
Writing Challenge:
Use the world Revolution
Brooklyn Maddox vs Fiona McFly------------------------------------
{The lights go dark again, the arena filling with swirling tones of purple light on black. It is a much darker tone than her usual fanfare. The mood is tense, and the arena fills with the screeching and cawing of crows. At first it seems as though they are coming over the sound system… but it is quickly apparent that a huge flock of ravens – have suddenly begun swooping through the rafters of the stadium. A long, distorted tone rings through the arena as purple smoke floods the ramp… and begins to play.}Alison Valance: Making her way to the ring, weighing in at 112 pounds: The Little Bad Wolf, BROOKLYYYYYYN MAAAAAADROOOOOX!
{A wind seems to kick up from the entrance arena, blowing the smoke through the audience, revealing Brooklyn Madrox standing there in the dark mist – her usual attire covered by what appears to be a dress of raven feathers. She stands there, grinning with a cruel gleam in her eye as she stares down the ramp. After a few moments, she strides towards the ring while maintaining eye contact with her opponent. She shrugs off the dress after climbing onto the apron. The crows land around her, perching on the ropes as she ducks under the top. She takes to the center of the ring and slowly spins, closing her eyes and chuckling as the crows take flight, swirling around the ring. When she stops, the sound of a thunderclap rings through the arena, causing the crows to fly off and vanish.}Terri Morasco: Welcome to Switzerland! And welcome to the newly-christened Roger Federer Arena as we get set for our opening contest!
Vasco Dias: A rubber match, no less…
{ The lights go out, and we see a combination of eerie green lighting and fog fill the entire arena. Suddenly, a dancer, clad in green, walks onto the stage and performs a tap dance routine to an original Celtic piece, stopping to look at herself in front of a giant mirror--which projects an image of a very young Fiona McFly, aged seven, standing in front of a proud Royal Navy sailor as the first excerpt from the final tweet given by famed actor Leonard Nimoy is shown on the big screen above. }"A life is like a garden..."
{ As the music increases in intensity, a second dancer, sporting a silver uniform, performs a slightly longer version of the same tap dance routine until stopping to look at the mirror--which then projects Fiona as a preteen, posing with her first go-kart racing trophy she'd won in the summer of 1994 at the age of 12. The second excerpt from the "Star Trek" legend's tweet is shown as the photo in the mirror fades into nothingness... }"Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved..."
{ A third dancer, wearing a gold uniform, walks onto the stage to join the other two in a frenzied "Lord of the Dance"-style routine as the music reaches its crescendo. At this point, all three dancers stop to look at the mirror once again--this time, it projects an image of Fiona sporting blonde hair, wearing her old University of Wisconsin, followed by a photo of her beating up on Ana Valentine, her first IWF opponent, as the final except for Nimoy's tweet is displayed. }"...except in memory."
{ As the dancers begin their final tap dance, the four different photographs, all black-and-white, fade in and out as the tune reaches its climax before coming to a stop. The trip walks over to the end of the stage to grab a giant mallet; as a group, they carry the object over and, with all their combined strength, aim it directly at the glass, which shatters into pieces. At this moment, the clean version of Halestorm's "Love Bites (So Do I)" begins to play as Fiona McFly, with a gold-hued whip in hand, leaps through the busted mirror, prompting pyrotechnics to go off as a shower of confetti rains down from the ceiling. } "Don't listen what your girlfriend says
She reads those magazines
That say you fail the test
You don't have what she needs
I'll slither like a viper
And get you by the neck
I know a thousand ways to help you forget about her
That chick can eat her heart out
Love bites, but so do I, so do I
Love bites, but so do I, so do I
Love bites..."
{ With the dancers tapping to her entrance theme, Fiona smiles lovingly before joining the dancers for a routine of her own before walking down to the ring, hugging fans along the way as the lights come back on. Before stepping into the ring, Fiona gives the whip to a lucky soul as a souvenir. }Terri Morasco: What a night it’s gonna be! Being Infamous will battle it out to unify the World title, and--
Vasco Dias: But right now, we have the token female in the ring! Too bad Mama Bear’s gonna get declawed…
Terri Morasco: Highly unlikely.
[DING-DING-DING!!!]
{ As Blue Shoes checks Fiona’s gear, Brooklyn decides to jump her from behind! She has come into the match with nothing to lose, and the former Women’s and Openweight champ tees off on the 2016 Iron Maiden with some clubbing forearms to the back of the noggin! Brook shoots Fi into the ropes from the corner, and the latter bounces off the ropes and into a pair of dropkicks! After delivering with a back-handspring elbow, Madrox hits her victim with a vicious snap underarm STO that gets her a count of two. }Terri Morasco: Not wasting any tme!
Vasco Dias: Brook’s lookin’ to go to war here!
{ Brook scowls as she yanks Fiona to her feet by the hair--to which Blue Shoes is heard yelling “HEY, WATCH THE HAIR!!”--she pulls her back down with a cross armbreaker! Brook fires off several rights and lefts to Fi’s torso and head, but as she begins using closed fists, the zebra yanks Madrox off and takes her into the corner! }Blue Shoes: Do anything stupid and I’ll disqualify you right now!!
{ The ref’s mlitary-style dressing-down gives Fiona plenty of breathing room in which to pull herself back to her feet! Brooklyn charges forward with a wild clothesline… }Vasco Dias: Ah, Brooklyn missed with that one!
Terri Morasco: And now it’s Fiona’s turn!
{ And she goes right to work, flipping Brooklyn head over heels with a pair of armdrag takedowns. Holding onto Brooklyn’s left arm, Fiona transitions nicely into a hammerlock takedown. As Madrox tries to use her legs to push herself back off the mat, Fiona puts a halt to that idea with a sharp, swift kick to the ribs followed by a trio of vertical suplexes--the last of which gives her a two-count! Fiona doesn’t waste any time and climbs up to the top buckle, but Brooklyn gets back to a vertical base! McFly improvises on the fly--literally--by connecting with a high crossbody! }Vasco Dias: Oh!!
Terri Morasco: Fiona’s reaching into the playbook!
{ Fiona hooks the leg… }
1…!
2…!!
THREEEEE--NOPE!!!
{ Fiona doesn’t complain--she gets right back to work! But as she pulls Brooklyn back to her feet… }
Vasco Dias: HA!!
Terri Morasco: Uh-oh!!
{ McFly winds up on the wrong end of Brooklyn’s Gravity Falls reverse-jumping STO combination! With a smirk on her mug, Madrox goes for the cover… }1…!
2…!!
THREEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW....!!!!!!!!!!
{ Unlike Fiona, however, Brookyn stands up pissed, She screams at Blue Shoes as he holds up the dreaded two fingers! }Vasco Dias: Brook’s had this match won, Terri!
Terri Morasco: Not according to Blue Shoes!
{ Scoffing, Brooklyn yanks Fiona back to a seated position and PLASTERS her with her other patented special, the Balor’s Gaze superkick! The Swiss folks boo and whistle derisively as Madrox stands over her opponent and spits in her general direction! }Terri Morasco: Stay classy there, Brooklyn!
Vasco Dias: I’ll tell ya what, there’s no love lost between these two.
Terri Morasco: But that wasn’t necessary! She’s willing to rub some more salt into the wounds!
{ Brooklyn stalks Fiona, ready to end the match with her patented Big Bad Wolf swinging ripcord facebuster...and connects! Fiona is laid out spread-eagle in the center of the ring as Madrox goes for the cover… }1…!
2…!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
[DING-DING-DING!!!]
{ “Second Coming” plays again as Brooklyn stands over Fiona without a care in the world. }------------------------------------
SEGMENT"No Interviews"------------------------------------
{ We find A Girl Has No Name Robins standing in front of a door labeled "JAMES GILMORE" as she pulls out her trusty notepad. }A Girl Has No Name Robins: We are an hour or so away from the big world title unification match, I'm standing backstage, and the door you see right behind me leads into the locker room of James Gilmore. After an explosive podcast from Montreaux the other day, I do understand that JJ is, at this time, meditating on the big title match and, perhaps, how far he's come within the space of over a year.
{ She pauses, her soft-spoken demeanor evident throughout her report. }A Girl Has No Name Robins: Obviously, he is not granting interviews to anybody. All we can tell you that his mind is fixated on two things...proving to Rob Diamond how far he has grown within the space of a year and holding Steve Awesome to account for the Extreme champion's actions over the past few months.
{ She places her notepad back into her small handbag. }A Girl Has No Name Robins: Regardless of who wins or loses, JJ did state on Twitter that Being Infamous WILL be fine. Perhaps, this journey might not be over...
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BELLE OF THE BALLGanzorig Jalair vs Samira Hamilton vs Lina Lang------------------------------------
Alison Valance: The follow is the first match of the Belle of The Ball tournament! The match is a triple threat with a one fall moving on to the next round of the competition!
Terri Morasco: Jess Fowler has been trying to bring some real interest to the women’s division of late and I feel this tournament might be just the thing.
Vasco Dias: That’s still to be seen.
{ "Savages" by Ice Nine Kills it's the PA to strobbing lights as Eddie D. walks out with his hand picked face of the IWF Women's Division, Lina Lang. The two make their way to the ring. Lina marches up the steps and climbs into the ring staring coldly out in front of her waiting to strike. } Alison Valance: first to the ring, standing at 6’0’’ and weighing in at 272 pounds from Sydney, Australia… LINA LANG!
Terri Morasco: Handpicked by a member of staff. She’s got a bit of an unfair advantage here.
Vasco Dias: How? By being bigger and taller than the other women? I don’t bet on my job but if I did I would say the odds are in Lang’s favor.
{Screeching fiddle, pounding drums, and bird calls echo through the arena, and Ganzorig Jalair saunters out onto the stage, raising her eyebrows and grinning at the ring. She slowly walks down the ramp, the guttural call-and-response lyrics of "Wolf Totem" sounding out with each step.} Alison Valance: next down to the ring at 5’8’’ and 135 pounds from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia … Ganzorig Jalair!
Terri Morasco: Jalair has some pretty tight strength skills and while rusty on the camera she seems confident in going forward here.
Vasco Dias: She’s scary, I’ll give her that but I don’t think there is anything against Lang.
{Arena light fade down. A pulse sound starts from the arena speaks, carrying with it some added bass. User cameras are shown filling up the entire arena in a sea of light. “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish tolls over the arena sound system, which also kicks in the purple spotlights, sending everything into a rave like experience until spotting Samira Hamilton looking down toward the wrestling ring from the middle section stands. She begins walking down to the stairs heading to the ground floor of the arena and hops over the soft barricade. Samira stops, looks at ring and proceeds, circling around the ring going to the time keepers position, where she climbs the steel steel steps nearby and enters the ring.} Alison Valance: last but not least down to the ring.. standing at 5’11’’ weighing in at 129 pounds from Coronado, California… Samira Hamilton!
Terri Morasco: Samira has been pretty outspoken leading up to this match.
Vasco Dias: Sure but that’s not going to do anything to save her from the obvious winner.
{As soon as the bell rings Hamilton and Jalair go for Lang. Jalair goes for a Ground and pound Leaping corner splash. Lang seems to shrug her off, Hamilton hits a Diving knee drop. Lang tosses both women aside. Eddie D distracts the ref so Lang can hit Jalair with a Two handed choke slam that she clearly holds longer than allowed but releases before the ref notices.}
Terri Morasco: Lang is cheating! Eddie is helping her win!
Vasco Dias: Duh.
{Jalair gets frustrated and leaps out of the ring and goes after Eddie with a penalty kick. Lang goes after Hamilton but the smaller women avoids it before hitting her with a LIBERATION!}Terri Morasco: Lang just fell down like she was hit with a truck.
Vasco Dias: No!!!
{Hamilton goes for the pin
1
2
3!!!!!} Alison Valance: And the winner of the first Belle of The Ball Match is… Samira Hamilton!
{Both Eddie and Jalair looks stunned that their spat left Samira the opening she needed. Hamilton for her part kisses her fist while “Bad Guy” plays from the speakers and she preens to the crowd.} Terri Morasco: I can’t believe she won…
Vasco Dias: I can’t believe Lang lost!? I lost a grand on this match!
Terri Morasco: What?
Vasco Dias: What?
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GRUDGE MATCHCaleb Lockwood vs Dean Harper------------------------------------
{"Sorry to disappoint you..."
The whispered, guttural intro of "Dead Man Walking" echoes over the PA, the lights beginning to strobe, and Caleb Lockwood stalks out from the back, twirling a lead pipe in his hands as he glares out at the crowd for a moment, stalking down towards the ring. After his initial glance, he seems to completely ignore the crowd, focused solely on the ring in front of him as he advances with purpose in his eyes. Caleb slides into the ring, pushing himself up to his feet, and twirls the pipe in his hand, idly handing it to the referee before walking to a corner and grabbing the ropes, leaning forward and letting his grip arrest his momentum, bouncing back with a manic energy in his movements as the lights come up and the music fades.}
{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, AND CALEB LOCKWOOD TACKLES DEAN THROUGH THE ROPES AND BOTH MEN CRASH TO THE ARENA FLOOR!!! }Vasco Dias: What the hell was that!?
Terri Morasco: Caleb couldn’t wait any longer for Dean to get into the ring!
Vasco Dias: That was an insane tackle!!!
{ Caleb is just potatoing Dean left and right as the referee in charge, Tommy Knocker calls for the bell to start this grudge match! }Vasco Dias: Tommy deciding to start this one!
Terri Morasco: It’s his discretion and a grudge match, they’re aren’t many rules in a grudge match!
Vasco Dias: Besides win!
{ Caleb finally steps up off of Dean and lets out a low growl. Caleb pulls Dean up by the hair and just runs him back first into the crowd barrier. Caleb then picks Dean up for a flap jack across the crowd barrier. }Vasco Dias: Brutal!
Terri Morasco: Knocking all the air out of Dean’s lungs.
{ Dean slumps into the crowd now and Caleb hops right over after him. Caleb takes Dean by the neck and drags him through the floor crowd to the barrier blocking the floor from the first level seats and bounces Dean’s face off of it and then hits a quick Russian leg sweep driving Dean’s face into the barrier a second time! }Terri Morasco: Caleb is like an uncaged animal right now!
Vasco Dias: He’s been waiting for this for a long time.
{ Dean pulls himself up but Caleb charges at him hitting a high single leg drop kick straight to the jaw of Harper that snaps his head back wildly! Dean quickly drops to his knees as Tommy Knocker checks on him but Caleb pushes Tommy away and pulls Dean up. Caleb proceeds to just smack Dean across the face as hard as he can. }Terri Morasco: Caleb isn’t trying to win this match, he’s trying to kill Dean Harper!
Vasco Dias: Is that even possible?
Terri Morasco: We may find out tonight!
{ Caleb walks Dean over to the concrete steps that lead further up into the crowd and spins him around for a nasty looking Evenflow DDT right on the steps!!! Caleb yelps in pain but smiles through it. Dean is laid flat out and blood is starting to pool beneath his head. }Terri Morasco: Should Knocker stop this?
Vasco Dias: He probably should.
{ Caleb doesn’t give Tommy a chance to check on Dean and instead forces Harper back up to his feet and proceeds to drag him up the first set of stairs. Caleb now stands at the top of the first level of arena seating and knees Harper in the gut. Caleb sets up for a Curb Stomp but Harper comes back to life and instead picks Caleb up and slams him down on the concrete with a desperation power bomb! }Vasco Dias: Did you see Caleb’s head bounce off the floor!?
Terri Morasco: That was sickening!!!
{ Both men are now laying there but Dean starts to move. Dean wipes the blood from his brow and forces himself back up. Caleb rolls over too. Dean is teetering at a vertical base. Caleb springs off his hands and knees with a spear to Harper! Caleb mounts Harper again but this time Dean throws him off. Caleb is up but Dean comes from behind with a PoisonRana on the concrete floor!!! }Terri Morasco: HOLY HELL!!!
Vasco Dias: No finesse tonight, just fighting.
Terri Morasco: Brutal and bloody!
{ Caleb now has a cut open on the back of his head as well but the blood only seems to inspire him. Dean is still very much fighting on instinct as he throws a wild right hand that catches Caleb on the jaw. Caleb fires back with brutal muay thai strikes that sends Dean to a single knee. Caleb then connects with a running knee to the face. }Vasco Dias: Harper doesn’t want to fist fight a street fighter!
Terri Morasco: You’ll lose a hundred percent of the time everytime.
{ Lockwood pulls Dean up to his feet and drags him out into the hall way now where fans are surrounding him. Lockwood runs Dean head first and throws him into a merchandise table. Dean tries to get up but Lockwood leaps over it and attacks him again. Caleb pulls Dean up but Harper picks Caleb up off the ground and both men go through the merch table via a spine buster from Harper!!! }Vasco Dias: A wicked spinebuster from Harper!
Terri Morasco: But that move took a lot out of Dean too!
Vasco Dias: Dean is fighting for survival at this point.
{ Dean crawls off of Caleb and makes his way back up to his feet, the blood pouring from his wound nearly blinding him. Dean reaches in desperation and finds a trash can. Caleb stands up and Dean wraps it around his head like a metal blanket! }Vasco Dias: Harper nearly caved his skull in!!!
Terri Morasco: Probably what he was going for!
{ Dean unleashes his own animal now and goes absolutely wild with the trash can on Caleb Lockwood to the point it is so bent and misshapen it actually begins cutting Caleb in several places across his back and shoulders! }Terri Morasco: Harper just made his weapon even more dangerous!
Vasco Dias: Leave it to Harper.
{ Finally Dean chucks the trash can aside and pulls Lockwood up to his feet. Dean says something to him and then repays him with a smack across Caleb’s cheek! Dean then hits Caleb with a PRODUCT OF WAR!!!! Right there on what’s left of the merch table! }Vasco Dias: PRODUCT OF WAR!!!!!
Terri Morasco: If this were a regular match, it could be over.
Vasco Dias: But it’s a grudge match and I don’t see it ending that way.
{ Dean pulls Caleb up and then runs him back toward the arena door and throws Lockwood into it with all his strength! Lockwood slams hard against the metal door and slumps to the ground. Dean then runs in with a double knee strike on Caleb against the metal door! }Vasco Dias: Dean is literally trying to take Caleb’s head off!
Terri Morasco: Eye for an eye, Vasco!
{ Dean drags Caleb back out to the arena and leads him to the steps but Caleb throws Dean off and superkicks him Harper right in the chest! Lockwood then hits a superkick to Dean’s jaw and follows it up with a snap vertical suplex onto the floor! }Vasco Dias: Harper’s back has to be made of jelly at this point!
Terri Morasco: At least a fine paste, to be sure.
{ Caleb stands but he’s staggering now. Dean is barely moving but through pure rage alone he rises. Caleb shakes his head at Dean who just smiles through his crimson mask. Caleb charges and hits Dean with a third spear and both men going rolling down the concrete arena steps before just spilling out onto the arena floor!!! }Vasco Dias: What in the hell!?
Terri Morasco: This grudge match looks like a murder scene!
Vasco Dias: I feel like we are going to be interviewed on a murder pod cast after this!
Terri Morasco: Hopefully not Buzzfeed!
{ Caleb stands up shakily. He looks with crazed eyes at Dean who is pushing himself up and Caleb just hits him with the most devastating Curb Stomp in the history of the world driving Dean’s face straight into the concrete floor!!!!! }Vasco Dias: CURB STOMP!!!
{ Caleb backs off but Dean picks his head up again, blood pouring from his mouth and spitting out a tooth. Caleb shakes his head and then jumps up for ANOTHER CURB STOMP ON THE CONCRETE!!! }Terri Morasco: STOP THIS MADNESS!!!!
{ Caleb tells Tommy Knocker to call it, Dean’s out. BUT DEAN STARTS TO PUSH HIMSELF UP!!!??}Vasco Dias: How is Dean even conscious!?
Terri Morasco: This is inhuman!!!!
{ CALEB HITS DEAN WITH A THIRD CURB STOMP ON THE FLOOR!!!!! Finally Tommy Knocker calls for the bell, declaring Dean Harper unable to continue and this time, Dean doesn’t try to get up, not that he’s even capable of it. }Vasco Dias: Thank god this madness is over.
Terri Morasco: Caleb picked up the win but at what cost?
Vasco Dias: Possibly the career of Dean Harper…
{ Medical staff make their way out to check on Dean Harper who has not moved. Caleb just watches from the background as they roll Dean over and put a neck brace on him. }Vasco Dias: Jesus, Terri, this is bad.
Terri Morasco: I’m not a Dean Harper fan but nobody wants to see a wrestler hurt.
{ The medical staff gently load Dean up onto a gurney and strap him down. They begin to move Dean toward the back but Caleb runs and pushes them all away!!! }Vasco Dias: What is he doing!?
Terri Morasco: He’s gone insane!!
{ Caleb takes Dean on the gurney and wheels him toward the ring. Lockwood kicks open the crowd barriers and wheels the gurney toward the ramp. Dean isn’t moving, his eyes aren’t even open, there is blood everywhere. }Vasco Dias: Where the hell is security!?
{ Caleb runs Dean up the ramp and hooks a hard right as security comes running out. Caleb pushes the gurney with everything he’s got and sends Dean Harper flying off the side of the stage and ten feet straight down to the concrete floor where lands with a sickening thud still strapped to the gurney!!! }Vasco Dias: JESUS! GOD! NO!!!!!
Terri Morasco: I can’t watch anymore of this…
Vasco Dias: This is too much even for me.
{ Security pushes Caleb back, Eddie D. comes out screaming. The medical staff surround Dean Harper who is literally twitching while still being strapped to the gurney. }Vasco Dias: We… Show a damn hype package or something… I can’t… I’m not calling play by play on this… I didn’t sign up for this shit.
{ Cut to black for a long moment before moving to a highlight reel for the next match. }------------------------------------
SEGMENTFINAL CONFRONTATION: THE SHOWDOWNING OF ETERNITY------------------------------------
*Lord Dominicus' Flagship, High Orbit over Dominicus City, Wolrd Capital of DominicEarth, Throneworld of the Dominicus Galactic Empire
Taco Tuesday*{Rob Diamond, Chris Diamond and Mama Spike Kane huddle together in a dark, EVIL spaceship corridor. There are EVIL lights casting an EVIL red glow over the three of them. Though perhaps launching a 3-person assault on an EVIL spaceship would require laser guns and power armor, the three are in their wrestling attire, Chris not quite fitting into his old Maniac garb anymore. None of them seem bothered by their lack of armament, however, as the hall behind them is littered with EVIL goons.}Rob Diamond: Thanks for coming along. No matter what else might happen, I knew I couldn't do this alone.
Chris Diamond: You didn’t give me a choice. You literally said if I ever wanted to see Hope again I had to come.
{ Rob shushes his older brother. }Mama Spike: Did he tell you Steve and James turned him down for this adventure?
Chris Diamond: What?
Rob Diamond: We’ll talk about it later!
{ Rob leads his crew through the EVIL hallway. }Chris Diamond: I still can't believe we got through the army of space marines with nothing but wrestling moves.
Rob Diamond: We're being InFamous (zero)! The best in the multiverse!
Chris Diamond: Zero?... I'm just saying, I find myself questioning the logic of being able to dropkick a Robot Dragon.
Mama Spike: -Into a power reactor!
Rob Diamond: -That exploded!
{Chris sighs heavily. He’s already over this..}Rob Diamond: But this is it. Beyond this door is Lord Dominicus' personal command chamber. It is from here that he has planned and launched every EVIL scheme in his long history of Diabolical Scheming. But it ends here! His reign of terror... his ruthless attacks on innocent Robs throughout the multiverse... we're here to stop his senseless violence!
Mama Spike: I was promised a trench run...
Chris Diamond: Maybe a side plot where Shelly and I went to a casino planet...?
Rob Diamond: We couldn't fit that in the budget! All we have is this... Ultimate Showdown of Supreme Destination Legendary Importance!
Mama Spike: YES!
{ Chris rolls his eyes at Mama Spike’s support of these shenanigans. }Chris Diamond: Whatever.
{With a leaping, flipping DIAMOND CUTTER, Rob lands a blow on the EVIL reinforced door. However, he alone is not enough, but his strength is paired with a MANIACAL PUMP HANDLE SLAM and a THUNDERSTRUCK! With the combined power of Being InFamous' (zero) finishers, the door explodes into LORD DOMINICUS' EVIL SANCTUM OF DOOM.}Chris Diamond: ... How did we make those moves work on a door?
Rob Diamond: LORD DOMINICUS! WE ARE HERE TO PUT AN END TO YOUR DARK REIGN OF ADMITTEDLY HANDSOME TYRANNY! SHOW THYSELF, O VILLAIN, AND FACE THE FISTS AND FEET OF JUSTICE!
{The smoke clears... revealing Lord Dominicus himself, wearing an EVIL bathrobe, Laying down on an EVIL couch, with a bucket of EVIL dry-rub hot wings as he pauses a show on his EVIL 76" plasma screen TV.}Lord Dominicus: .... Uh. Hey guys. What's, uh.... what's goin' on?
Chris Diamond: ... Does he have a beer gut?
Lord Dominicus: You should talk.
Chris Diamond: I’m retired!
Mama Spike: Rob, you never said that Lord Dominicus' Evil Lair was a bachelor pad.
Rob Diamond: Don't fall for his tricks! Robs around the multiverse have been targeted! There's nothing he can say to make me believe he's not responsible!
{Dominicus points at the TV screen.}Lord Dominicus: ... Binging early access Stranger Things Season 4?
{Being InFamous (zero) gasps in shock.}Mama Spike: What foul evilness must he have done to obtain such a thing?
Lord Dominicus: ... This is my dimension. I've completely conquered it. I own DominicusFlix.
Rob Diamond: ... Yeah, that tracks.
Chris Diamond: If he’s got season two of the Witcher already then I’m switching sides.
Mama Spike: Subscription fees are a menace.
Rob Diamond: But then... who's been attacking Robs and leaving them unconscious or possibly ambiguously dead in my locker room?
{Lord Dominicus shrugs slowly, holding out the bucket.}Lord Dominicus: Hot wing?
Rob Diamond: NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR HOT WINGS! Someone is attacking the Robs of the multiverse, and it isn't YOU!
Lord Dominicus: Well ya you got like super mad last time.
Chris Diamond: We should kill him just to be sure.
Mama Spike: He doesn’t exist on our earth technically so it isn’t murder. I’ve looked into this.
{Mama Spike squares up, readying herself to fight Lord Dominicus... who is suddenly consumed in a MASSIVE EXPLOSION that rips through the Command Bachelor Chamber Pad!}Mama Spike: Did I just go ultra instinct?
Rob Diamond: NO!
{Rob throws himself through the wreckage, trying to find some sign of Dominicus as he devolves into very manly sobbing.}Rob Diamond: No! No no no! Not like this! You weren't supposed to die like this!!!
Chris Diamond: Well that was easier than expected. What now? Should we get shawarma?
Rob Diamond: Don't you understand!? Of all the beings in the multiverse... Lord Dominicus was the one man who truly understood me! He was like a brother! He wasn't supposed to die like this!!!
Mama Spike: ... So good news then, because he's totally over there by the door labeled "secret escape door".
Rob Diamond: He was my greatest nemesis, but he had such a noble and beautiful soul! He could have been redeemed! I should have been there to give him a better fate!
Chris Diamond: Dude, he's RIGHT there
Lord Dominicus: Stupid, goddamn lock...
Rob Diamond: I SWEAR ON MY FATHER! AND MY FATHER'S FATHER! AND MY FATHER'S FATHER'S FATH-
Chris Diamond: Oh god here we go
Mama Spike: Babe, look to your right.
Rob Diamond: I WILL FIND WHOEVER IS BEHIND THIS AND MAKE THEM PAY!
{Rob strikes a dramatic pose. Dominicus slips into frame and grabs the bucket of hot wings that he forgot in the wake of the explosion before vanishing offscreen once more.}Rob Diamond: WITH INTEREST!
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WOMEN'S WORLD TITLE MATCH
Writing Challenge:
What Does Legacy Mean to you?
Emma Danielson(c) vs Gabriela Luna------------------------------------
{The relentless opening chords of "Vortex" by Los Savants crash out as Gabriela Luna dashes out onto the stage, throwing her fist into the air to the cheers of the crowd. She shouts at the crowd, beckoning them on with her hands, and grins widely at them before turning and charging down the ramp. Gabriela leaps and slides feet-first under the bottom rope, rolling to a crouch with a grin on her face.}Terri Morasco: Gabriela Luna with the biggest match of her career. She could become the only woman to win the IWF Women's World, Openweight, and Luchadora Championships. She could secure the crowning achievement on what has already been a truly phenomenal career. But to do so, she has to stop the wild ride of one of the most tenacious champions we have ever seen in the Imperial Wrestling Federation.
Vasco Dias: It's a mismatch, unfortunately. I don't see it working out in her favor. Gabriela is fast, but all it takes is one lariat and three seconds to end a dream.
{She stands, walking to the middle of the ring, and paces back and forth in the center for a moment before dropping back to a knee and pounding her fist into the mat as pyro erupts from the ringposts. She leaps back up to her feet, popping her hood back with a shout, and runs over to the nearest corner, hopping onto the second turnbuckle and further beckoning the crowd on before dropping down into a crouch and waiting for the match to start.}Terri Morasco: You can HEAR the electricity in this place. This is going to be a clash.
Vasco Dias: For once, two of the mouthiest women on the roster decided to let their talking be done in the ring. I'm surprised, but intrigued.
{The opening riff of “Slave to the Grind” plays as Emma Danielson walks out onto the stage, IWF Women's World Championship over her shoulder, cracking her neck with a grin on her face. She rolls her wrists, eyes scanning the audience before she walks down to the ring, fistbumping with members of the audience. As she reaches the end of the entranceway, Emma speeds up, jumping and sliding beneath the bottom rope. She rolls to her feet, walking over to the corner, and climbs the turnbuckles, letting out a roar of joy that the crowd returns. Emma hops down off the turnbuckle, reaching over and testing the ropes before leaning back in the corner with a grin on her face as she waits for the bell.}Terri Morasco: Emma Danielson capped a twenty-year career and a run of bad luck by winning the IWF Women's World Championship back at Diamonds are Forever. This is her fifty-sixth day as Women's World Champion. She doesn't want this run to end, but Gabriela Luna may have something to say about that.
Vasco Dias: That's the problem with wants. It's so hard to translate them into reality. Both of these women need this to cement their legacy, and they'll fight like they're possessed to achieve it.
{Alison Valance steps forward as she raises the microphone and both women cross to the center of the ring, lights dropping as a spotlight illuminates the trio.}Alison Valance: The following contest is scheduled for one fall, and it is for the IWF Women's World Championship!
{The crowd cheers at the announcement, and Alison lets them die down for a moment before proceeding.}Alison Valance: Introducing first, the challenger. From Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, weighing in at 105 pounds, Gabriela Luna!
{Gabriela runs to the ropes and leaps up to lean over them, roaring at the crowd with a fist in the air as they cheer her. Hopping back down, she turns and walks back to stare down Emma again, who remains impassive the entire time.}Alison Valance: And her opponent! From Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, weighing in at 157 pounds, she is the reigning and defending IWF Women's World Champion, Emma Danielson!
{Emma simply shrugs the title belt off her shoulder and raises it high in the air, not saying a word as Gabriela unleashes a torrent of vitriolic Spanish at the much larger woman. Emma hands the belt backwards to the referee, again not breaking eye contact or saying a word, and the lights go up as the referee directs them back to opposite corners.}Terri Morasco: Two women. One prize. No excuses. Let's get this action underway!
{The bell rings, and immediately Gabriela blitzes out of the corner, ducking under Emma's wild swing, and runs up the turnbuckles to throw herself off with a moonsault press! NO! Emma catches her on her shoulder, spinning her one hundred and eighty degrees, and charges to the other corner to fling her off with a Snake Eyes! NO! Gabriela catches the top rope with both hands, curling her feet underneath her and kicking back with both legs to shoot Emma away and stabilize her own momentum, and spins midair to land on her feet! She runs at a rising Emma and leaps with a jumping calf kick, but that only puts her down for a moment before Emma's back up again. Undeterred, Gabriela leaps again, whipping Emma over with a headscissors takedown! Emma rolls to the ropes, coming up in a kneeling crouch, and Gabriela charges her only for Emma to dip her shoulder and send her to the apron. Gabi lands on her feet, leaping for an enzuigiri, but Emma gets her arms up to block and swings with a clothesline! Luna ducks under, but on the return eats a VICIOUS spinning backfist that sends her flying off the apron and crashing to the ringside mats!}Terri Morasco: What a fast-paced opening, and what a BRUTAL strike by Emma Danielson to cut the momentum of Gabriela Luna short!
Vasco Dias: This is what Emma needs to do. She needs to control the pace and not let Luna's speed advantage win out. All it takes is a few solid hits to put down someone, even a world-class athlete like Gabriela Luna.
{Emma rolls to the outside, picking up Gabriela, and snaps her head back with a European uppercut before picking her up and driving her back-first into the ring apron. Gabi lets out a cry of agony, and Emma takes a few steps back, wrenching her arm and whipping her at the apron ONLY FOR GABRIELA TO LEAP UP ON THE APRON AND SWING BACK INTO EMMA'S FACE WITH A TIGER FEINT KICK! Emma stumbles back, and Gabriela backs up, delivering a running Penalty Kick to Emma that bowls her over onto her back. She rolls to the side, hoping to get some distance on her challenger as she gets to her feet, and Gabriela glances back before rolling to the inside, running to the opposite side to gather momentum and hurling herself into a dazed champion with the ARROW OF ARTEMIS! The impact of the move carries both of them to the feet of the ramp, where they crash with a heavy impact! Gabriela bounces back up, clutching her knee as the referee slowly counts off in the background, and slowly drags Emma to her feet before rolling the bigger woman inside. Gabriela hops up on the apron, coming back in with a slingshot somersault leg drop! COVER! ONE! TWO! KICKOUT!}Terri Morasco: And there's that agility of Luna, buying her some precious space and delivering some damage to the champion! You have to wonder if the impact on that vicious suicide dive may end up coming back to bite her.
Vasco Dias: The last thing she can afford is a knee injury, especially given how much of her style revolves around speed. That's the danger with wrestling like she does. One bad move and it's all over.
{Gabriela drags Emma up, laying a chop across her chest with a whip-crack echo. She follows up with a low kick, then a knee to the midsection, and caps it with a spinning heel kick to the sternum before hitting the ropes and delivering a single leg dropkick to the head of the doubled-over Danielson! Wasting no time, Gabriela hits the ropes and leaps for a knee drop, connecting flush with Emma's skull! Another cover! ONE! TWO! EMMA PRESSES GABRIELA OFF OF HER! She staggers to her feet, seeing another charge from Luna coming, and heads her on into the ropes. Gabi leaps and springboards off the middle rope with a crossbody THAT EMMA CATCHES INTO A FALLAWAY SLAM! Emma rocks to a sitting position as Gabi is launched halfway across the ring, working her neck out as she gets to her feet.}Terri Morasco: What was that about one bad move, Vasco? That fallaway slam might have been it!
Vasco Dias: That's the concern, isn't it? Give an opponent an opening, and they can completely neutralize your strengths. Luna was doing it by not letting Emma get ahold of her, and now it's been turned around on her.
{Emma pulls Gabriela up and bulls her into the corner, delivering her own vicious knife-edge chop that doubles over Gabriela for a moment. Emma pushes her right back up and delivers a second, then a third, before climbing to the second turnbuckle and beginning to rain down right hands on her challenger! The crowd counts along eagerly as Emma unleashes fist after fist into Gabriela's head, but after the seventh, Gabriela manages to slump forward and roll underneath Emma's legs, leaving her to punch the turnbuckle bolt! Emma clutches her hand as she staggers back, and Gabriela hits the ropes, coming from behind and spinning through a headscissors into an armbar takedown, grabbing Emma's injured hand and yanking her fingers back in a huge Fujiwara armbar! Emma cries out in agony as the referee checks to see if she wants to submit, to which Emma replies in the strong negative!}Terri Morasco: HOLY HELL! What a fantastic counter! Gabriela Luna is hauling back with all her might on that hold!
Vasco Dias: If she can get the right angle on that armbar, she could force a submission! This could be it right here!
{Emma tries to force her hand underneath herself, pushing up to alleviate the angle on the hold. Gabriela kicks her feet, trying to get every single degree of leverage she can, and Emma promptly sweeps her hand out, rocking to the other side and jostling Gabriela enough to loosen her grip and allow Emma to pull free! Clutching her arm for a moment, Emma lets another swing fly, and Gabriela ducks it, but Emma quickly lashes out with a back kick that tracks right into her ribs, as if she had seen it coming! With one arm, Emma scoops up Gabriela, dropping her with a sidewalk slam! She hauls Gabriela back up, only to eat a quick uppercut, and Gabriela hits the ropes, bouncing back and looking for a wheelbarrow bulldog! NO! EMMA HOOKS ONE ARM, THEN THE OTHER, AND QUICKLY DROPS GABRIELA WITH THE FACEPLANT! COVER! ONE! TWO! THR—KICKOUT!}Terri Morasco: AND ANOTHER COUNTER! These two women have done their homework, and we came within a quarter-second of seeing this match come to an end right there!
Vasco Dias: Look at the agony on Danielson's face. She had to power through on that move, and her arm is still killing her. Luna may have done more damage than we anticipated.
{Emma drags Gabriela up, putting her in position for a powerbomb, and signals for the end! She hauls Gabriela up into a crucifix, taking a few steps back to drive her forward with the DETOXIFIER! NO! Gabriela wrenches hard on the injured arm, and Emma snaps it down in pain, allowing Gabriela to roll to the side and whip Emma over with an arm drag! Gabriela immediately meets Emma with a dropkick to the knee, hitting the ropes, and delivers a vicious ONATOPP DRIVER! COVER! ONE! TWO! THR—KICKOUT! Gabriela shakes her head, trying to comprehend how Emma can absorb the punishment she has, and hauls Emma up, wrenching the bad arm before stepping forward and leaping for the SUDDEN IMPACT! NO! Emma catches her on her shoulder, struggling, and spins her into a gutwrench, hauling her up for the HOLY DRIVER! Gabriela bounces up, glassy-eyed after the piledriver, and Emma hits the ropes, delivering a massive BROOKLYN HANGOVER that spins Luna head-over-heels! Gabriela is sent flying, and Emma clutches her arm in agony, slowly crawling over to make the cover! ONE! TWO! THREE!}Terri Morasco: That's it! Emma Danielson has done it!
Vasco Dias: Wait a second! NO SHE HASN'T!
{The referee is waving the timekeeper off, pointing at Gabriela's foot, sprawled unconsciously across the bottom rope! Emma shakes her head, cursing herself for such a rookie mistake, and pulls herself together, gritting her teeth. She drags Gabriela up, hooking her into a suplex position, and lifts, looking for the MIDORI! GABRIELA KNEES HER IN THE HEAD! EMMA'S STILL STANDING! A SECOND KNEE! GABRIELA SLIPS OUT, LANDING ON HER FEET! KICK TO THE BACK OF THE KNEE! KICK TO THE GUT, AERIAL SPIKE DDT CONNECTS! Gabriela wastes no time, clutching her ribs, and staggers to the corner, climbing it and facing out to the crowd. With a brief pause at the top, she crosses herself and hurtles backwards INTO THE PHOENIX SPLASH! COVER! ONE! TWO! THREE! Gabriela is out of energy, slumping back across Emma as "Vortex" plays and the bell finally rings.}Alison Valance: Here is your winner, and the NEW IWF Women's World Champion, Gabriela Luna!
Terri Morasco: What a war! Gabriela Luna, after all of that violence, all of that pain, gritted through and managed to secure the ultimate prize in IWF! She can say, finally, that she is the Women's World Champion!
Vasco Dias: It has to be a heartbreak, though, for Emma Danielson. She worked so hard to win this title, and now, not two months later, she's seen it slip through her grasp. Truly crushing.
{The referee helps Gabriela to her feet, handing her the Women's World Title. Gabriela doesn't have the energy to climb the ropes, simply dropping to her knees and hugging the title to her chest, tears streaming down her face. Emma slowly stirs, pushing herself up, and hangs her head, her own eyes brimming with emotion. Emma staggers her way over to Gabriela, who slowly rises and turns to her. The two women exchange a hard stare between themselves, both full of emotion, before Emma breaks the dam and scoops Gabriela into a hug. The crowd erupts as the two women embrace, and Emma takes Gabriela's hand, raising it as Gabi raises the title high in her other hand.}Terri Morasco: There it is, Vasco. The sportsmanship you so loathe. But it is so, so well deserved for these two! They put it all on the line, and they have NOTHING to be ashamed of!
Vasco Dias: Agreed, Terri. For once, I don't mind it. Maybe it's the Swiss air, mellowing me, but these two both poured their hearts into this match. They deserve this moment.
{Emma lowers Gabriela's arm, the two women exchanging brief words, before offering Gabi a fistbump with her good hand. Gabriela quickly obliges her, and Emma rolls out of the ring, walking slowly back up the ramp, fans encouraging her and patting her back as Gabriela takes a little more time in the ring. Eventually, Gabi does make her own exit, blinking away tears and interacting with the crowd as she climbs the ramp. At the top, Gabriela turns and raises the belt high, prompting another wave of cheers before she lowers it and heads to the back, a disbelieving smile on her face.}------------------------------------
WINNER TAKES ALL UNIFICATION MATCHWriting Challenge:
1. Staff will start a role play thread for you.
2. You can reply to each other and otherwise role play in this thread as many times as we want.
3. But, you are capped at 3000 word limit total between the posts. Anything over will not count toward victory.
Rob Diamond vs James Gilmore vs Steve Awesome
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Terri Morasco: Okay. It is main event time, Vasco. Are you ready?
Vasco Dias: I got butterflies in my stomach and I’m not even in the match. Man, there is just so much on the line tonight it’s not even funny.
Terri Morasco: That is an understatement. Not only are all three men’s championships on the line. Winner take all. But there is pride, friendships, dreams, goals, aspirations, livelihoods. It’s all up for grabs here tonight as Being Infamous IMPLODES!
{ An instrumental with hook version of "Shell Shocked" by Juicy J, featuring Wiz Khalifa and Ty Dolla $ign, begins to play, and a video package begins to play stock footage of waves crashing, followed by bolts of cloud-to-cloud lightning. }"Knock, 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 shocked..."
{ As jets of water shoot out from all directions, we tsee James Gilmore stepping out onto the stage, posing along to the hip-hop tune, before high-fiving the crowd and walking down to the ring. }"(All for one when we fight together)
Knock, knock, you about to get shell shocked
(All for one when we ride together)
Knock, knock, you about to get shell shocked
(All for one when we fight together)
Knock, knock, you about to get shell shocked
(This family can bear any weather)
Knock, knock, you about to get shell shocked..."
{ Once inside the ring, the Islander alum points heavenward, taking in the moments as he waits for his opponent. }Terri Morasco: Dare to dream. That’s been the motto of James Gilmore since the beginning. As he awaits his opponents, you know he is taking a moment to really take on everything that has happened.
Vasco Dias: James Gilmore has had the year of his life. He won the Strong Style Championship twice, and even was awarded Superstar of the Year.
Terri Morasco: And now he’s looking to try to top his amazing two thousand nineteen by becoming the IWF World Champion and unifying all the belts.
{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.}Vasco Dias: You want to talk about amazing years? Steve Awesome has been on a mega roll! He made himself the best Extreme Champion of all time, and quite arguably the best male champion in history.
Terri Morasco: Well, you can dispute the means, but the numbers don’t lie. Eleven Defenses. Longest reign.
Vasco Dias: Come on Terri, stop being biased for one second and admit that our SeXtreme Champion can totally win this tonight.
Terri Morasco: He absolutely can. But at what cost?
Vasco Dias: Oh boy….it’s already heated in the ring.
{Steve and James are nose to nose. Steve is talking mad trash and the ref is already starting to get between them.}
{ 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. }Terri Morasco: And our World Champion. Rob Diamond has been an amazing champion. We all had our doubts but he has been nothing but class and he handles the championship with pride.
Vasco Dias: He really became a bit of a role model.
Terri Morasco: He has. Everyone talks about Steve and James runs as champions but Rob has defeated every competitor he’s come across. He has been nothing short of a dominant world champion.
{Rob steps into the middle of Steve and James and shoves both men back toward their corners. Rob yells at them to wait for the damn bell.}Terri Morasco: Here we go, Vasco. The moment we’ve been waiting for. Being INfamous…...IMplodes!!
Vasco Dias: I cant believe it’s really happening.
Terri Morasco: And there is the bell. This match is official and this sold out crowd is ON FIRE! And oh look, Steve Awesome is already trying to make an alliance.
{All three men stand in the middle of the ring as Steve Awesome runs his mouth. Steve points to himself and Rob and then he points at Gilmore and pounds his fist. Rob looks at Gilmore and Gilmore looks at Rob and they both shake their heads and then they both start laying right hands on Steve Awesome!! One from Rob and then one from James, one from Rob and then another from James. Rob Diamond whips Steve to the ropes and James catches Steve with stiff elbow to the gut that hunches the Sextreme Champion over and then Rob comes flying in with a big knee that catches Steve hard on the side of the head. Steve hits the mat as the crowd go nuts for Rob and James tandem offence. Steve pulls himself back to his feet only to eat a couple more right hands from each man. He stands in a daze and Rob and James double drop kick Steve out of the ring to the floor as the crowd cheers!! Rob and James pop up to their feet and pose for the crowd.}Terri Morasco: Rob Diamond and James Gilmore showing they can work together.
Vasco Dias: They have a good friendship. I can’t deny that.
Terri Morasco: That they do. That they-HEY WAIT A MINUTE!! DIAMOND WITH A SCHOOLBOY!!!
Vasco Dias: AHH!!!
{Rob drags James down into a school boy position the ref slides into position! James is shocked! He struggles! He kicks out at two in a half. James Gilmore gets to his knees and looks at Rob who just shrugs his shoulders and smiles. “Almost had ya. Let’s do this!” Gilmore nods his head and gets up and locks in for a tie up. The two men exchange strength advantage but Rob manages to win out and he nails James with a snap suplex. Rob tried to hold on for another suplex but James pulls himself out. Gilmore is back to his feet and runs in but Rob his a quick spinning powerslam and hooks the leg. One! Two! Gilmore gets his shoulder up. Gilmore slaps the mat and he gets up and he ducks a clothesline attenmpt from Rob, Rob spins around and eats a few strikes from James. James goes for a suplex of his own but Rob blocks it and hits a spine buster! James clutches his back but climbs to his feet, kick to the mid, James goes for a ddt, but Rob reverses into a spinning neckbreaker and he hooks the leg. The ref counts to two and James kicks out.}Terri Morasco: Man, it just seems like Rob Diamond is one step ahead of James Gilmore here tonight.
Vasco Dias: I’m not surprised Terri. James Gilmore is in there with the world champion. And Rob taught Gilmore everything Gilmore knows. But not everything Rob knows.
Terri Morasco: Well you might be on to something there, Vasco. The mentor/student like relationship between these two is no secret.
Vasco Dias: If James Gilmore wants to win this thing he is going to have to turn it up and show Rob Diamond something he hasn’t seen!
Terri Morasco: James Gilmore shoots in for a double leg takedown but Rob sprawls backs and looks for the la magistral cradle the ref counts one but Gilmore shifts his weight and now Gilmore is pinning Rob! Rob needs to let go of that hold before the ref gets to three…. and he does so. Rob up to his feet! OH! Fist full of Dem- oh wait GILMORE DUCKED IT! OH MY SHELLSHOC—-NO! Rob stepped out of the way! Gilmore goes for a belly to back but the world champ elbows out of it. Rob goes for another but Gilmore ducks this one too! Gilmore swings but Rob ducks underneath it and takes off running to the ropes. Gilmore does the same! OHHH MYY GODDDD!!!! Double spear!!! Both men collide in the middle of the ring!”
{Rob and James smash into each other head first in huge XFL like collision. The fall side by side each other’s arms falling on each other’s chest.}Terri Morasco: DOUBLE PIN! They are pinning each other!
Vasco Dias: Hey wait a minute!
Terri Morasco: One! What does this mean!? Two! This can’t happen! OH THEY BOTH KICKED OUT!!
{Both men lay in the ring with there arms reaching up toward the lights. They both look at each other like “damn” and they slowly crawl back to opposite corners to regroup.}Terri Morasco: I think both Rob and James learned a lot right there. Gilmore learned about what it’s going to take, and Rob is learning what Gilmore is all about.
{ Rob sits in one corner holding his forehead where a big lump was forming and James was bleeding from the nose and lip. The crowd chants “This Is Awesome”.}Vasco Dias: I think you are absolutely right, Terri. Both men are tired. They are hurt. Both men are starting to realize that it’s going to take way more then even they realized to get the job done tonight.
Terri Morasco: oh no! Look Vasco. On the apron!
Vasco Dias: Steve Awesome, the difference maker!
{The crowd boos as Steve Awesome glares at both men as he steps into the ring. The crowd starts to chant “not what we meant”.}Vasco Dias: Steve Awesome is a smart man, Terri. He knows when to pick his spot.
Terri Morasco: You mean, he waited for James and Rob to be tired and beat up before he got back into the match?
Vasco Dias: Even Hyenas gotta it.
{Steve Awesome surveys the situation. He looks at Gilmore and then at Rob and scratched his chin and smiled as he decides who to go after.}Vasco Dias: He has his pick of the litter. Both men are easy prey.
{Steve gives both men a quick suck it then walks toward Rob. Gilmore explodes from the corner and runs up behind Steve!}Terri Morasco: SHELLSHOCK!!
{Steve bounces back up to his feet from the momentum but he was clearly in a daze.}Terri Morasco: And he walks right into a DIAMOND CUTTER!!
{Steve hits the mat hard and roll back out of the ring! The crowd laughs and cheers.}Terri Morasco: And there were two, once again.
Vasco Dias: No fair! That’s double team! Steve can’t even get into this match!
Terri Morasco: Triple threat. Anything goes. Steve shouldn’t run his mouth.
{James Gilmore runs in and nails Rob with a couple hard chops. He hits a suplex, then another suplex and then follows it up with a quick brainbuster. James hooks the leg and Rob kicks out at two. Rob gets to his feet and James Irish whips him looking for a back body drop but Rob counters and whips him and catches him with a big boot, followed by a huge leg drop, brother! Rob hooks the leg!}Vasco Dias: The most powerful leg drop in the business!!
Terri Morasco: Rob hooks the leg! Can he do it!!??
{Gilmore shoots a arm up to lift his shoulder up and Rob reaches up hooks it and Jame’s other arm and locks him into the Last Chancery!!}Terri Morasco: Rob Diamond with the submission hold! Will James tap?
Vasco Dias: Gilmore doesn't have anywhere to go.
{Rob pulls and tugs on the hold as Gilmore cries out in pain. He tries to reach the ropes with his leg but he can't reach! He just sits there, gritting his teeth, yelling in pain. Finally, Rob Diamond hops backward to his feet and pulls James into the DOMINICUS DRIVER!}Terri Morasco: OH MY! Thats it. James didnt tap out, but thats it.
Vasco Dias: Package Piledriver right on his head, ouch.
{The ref slides into positions and he starts slapping the mat. ONE!......TWO…….James Gilmore throws another arm in the air. The crowd cheer on the islander alum but Rob Diamond starts hulking up!!}Terri Morasco: Uh oh….the champ is starting to feel it now!
Vasco Dias: James has been doing great so far, amazing even, but we all know that if Rob Diamond hits his five moves of doom then its all over!
Terri Morasco: I hate to say I agree with you, James has shown amazing heart and resilience but no man can withstand the five moves of doom.
Vasco Dias: Yup…..here it comes. Annnnnnd the Hip toss!
Terri Morasco: How does he get them to land in the center of the ring like that EVERY TIME?
Vasco Dias: Were dealing with a pro.
{Rob Diamond stands at the head of Gilmore and holds his hand in the air and looks from side to side at the crowd. No one is sure why he does this. But then he lens down and waves his hand in front of his face and for some reason the crowd instinctively yells “YOU CANT SEE ME!” right there and then Rob Diamond bounces off the rope, shimmys, dusts off his shoulder and then drops a fist right in Gilmores face!}Vasco Dias: Five knuckle shuffle!!
Terri Morasco: Thats a euphemism for throwing dice, right?
Vasco Dias: Um….yeah, lets go with that.
Terri Morasco: Gilmore back up to his feet and oh man, the spinning back fist.
Vasco Dias: That is move three….its only a matter of time now.
{Gilmore pops up again and runs right into a HUGE ATOMIC DROP, and Rob literally follows it up immediately with a LUNGING CLOTHESLINE! Gilmore takes the blow and stumbles back into a seated position in the corner. Rob starts hitting a bunch of crotch chops as he sets up for the bronco buster!}Vasco Dias: If Rob hits this, he will definately go for the Diamond Cutter, the deadly fifth move!
Terri Morasco: Wait….wouldnt that be seven moves?
Vasco Dias: …..no Terri it would be…….my god….
Terri Morasco: Well Rob Diamond rushes in, gets his leap and NEARLY GETS HIS HEAD TAKEN OFF WITH A DAMN SUPERKICK!!!
Vasco Dias: HOLY HELL!
Terri Morasco: Take a look at the replay ladies and gentlemen!
{The replay shows a new angle where Rob is coming in full force and Steve Awesome shows up at the just the right time and Superkicks Rob Diamond out of the air. The replay shows how Rob Diamond landed on only his head after getting kicked in the face.}Terri Morasco: That looked like a shotgun went off. Rob Diamond might be concussed.
Vasco Dias: His head just just slammed right on the mat.
Terri Morasco: We may need medics out here for Rob.
{The ref is checking on Rob and he looks out of it and Steve runs up and kicks him in the head! Blue Shoes gets hot and yells at Steve but Steve just tells him to do his job and Steve drops down and hooks the leg.}
Terri Morasco: Steve Awesome! In his first pinfall of the match!
Vasco Dias: The best champ ever!
Terri Morasco: One! Rob isn't moving. TWO! Rob looks out. THR-no Rob just barely rolls over to his side.
Vasco Dias: He kicked out but Rob still isn't moving.
{ Steve grips his hair in frustration and yells at Blue Shoes. But Blue disregards Steve and tries to check on Rob but Steve Awesome is just too relentless. Steve scoops Rob up, loads him up on his shoulders, and drops him with a devastating STEVEKO! Steve hooks one leg. one….two…..Rob gets his foot on the ropes. Steve just looks at the foot in anger and then Rob rolls himself to the outside. Just then, James Gilmore comes back around to what is going on, and the seething angry glares of Steve Awesome and James Gilmore finally meet, one on one in the middle of a pro wrestling match. They do exactly what you think they would do.}Terri Morasco: My god! Steve and James…..they have just exploded! This is a straight up FISTFIGHT!
Vasco Dias: Right and lefts. Its all a blur. I cant tell who is hitting who!
{Steve Awesome and James Gilmore are just full on hockey fighting in the middle of the ring. Fists are flying to the side of the head. To the face. To the chest. To the gut. Steve has Gilmore pressed against the ropes. Gilmore spins Steve’s back against the turnbuckle. But Steve spins it around and reverse the situation. Starts raining blows on Gilmores head. Gilmore manages to push his way back and gets Steve’s back up against the rope. Gilmore has Steve by the throat and is shoving Steve backward over top rope. Steve hauls off and kicks James right in the balls so hard his rose off his feet a few inches. James drops down to his knees holding his junk and Steve laughs. “I think I hit him so hard, even his bad eye went cross! HA HA HA!”}Terri Morasco: Steve Awesome with a blatant low blow and the ref is currently checking on Rob Diamond.
Vasco Dias: Even if the ref saw that, it wouldn't matter. Anything goes in a triple threat.
{Steve Awesome knees James right between the eyes just as the ref is rolling back in the ring. Steve hooks the leg. But James kicks out at two. Steve yells at the ref. Steve gets up and hooks Gilmore into the cross face chicken wing suplex and Gilmore lands hard on his head. Steve crawls over and hooks both legs. one….two….Gilmore still kicks.}Terri Morasco: And James Gilmore kicks out again and Steve can’t believe it. There really must be something to this whole dare to dream mentality because James Gilmore is really hanging in there.
Vasco Dias: It’s no doubt he wants it. But how bad?
{Steve Awesome gets frustrated and he jumps into a mounted position and starts hammering punches into Jame’s head. Steve yells out in anger and wipes the blood coming from his cut underneath his eye. Steve signals that its over and he grabs Gilmore up and onto his shoulders for a STEVEKO but Gilmore throws some wild elbow strikes. Gilmore slips off the shoulders of Steve and he leaps up for the Shellshock but Steve moves out of the way. Steve tries to quickly turn around but he throws a wild superkick that misses and seems to stumble. James Gilmore goes for another Shellshock but this time Steve holds on and he falls forward and James falls throat first onto the top rope!! James writhes in pain holding his throat and gasping for air.}Terri Morasco: Oh no! James came down like guillotine onto the top rope.
Vasco Dias: That may have busted his trachea, Terri!
Terri Morasco: He is having trouble breathing.
{Steve Awesome dumps Gilmore over the top rope and he grabs the ring bell. Steve runs over and shoves the corner into James throat, and James barely gets out a raspy screech. Steve clears off the announce table and he grabs James like he’s going to powerbomb him through the table!}Terri Morasco: Steve is going to put James right through our table!
Vasco Dias: Look out!!
{All of a sudden, Rob Diamond comes running in with a spear that takes Steve off his feet and James lands on the ground. Both men, beaten and battered, take the Extreme Champion and double powerbomb him through the table!}Terri Morasco: OH MY GOD! Steve Awesome is out cold laying in the wreckage of our table.
Vasco Dias: AHHH! Steve are you okay!? Steve?
{Rob and James stand side by side enjoying there handy work. Then they leave Steve behind and roll into the ring. They both square up in the middle of the ring and lock up.}
Terri Morasco: Both men looking for the advantage. At this stage of the match, after everything that has been going on. How can these men still be going hold for hold like this?
Vasco Dias: It’s heart. Both men want it more.
Terri Morasco: Oh wait, Diamo-NO! Shell-NO! Roll up! 1...2….reversal...1….2…..reversal….1…..2…..REVERSAL...1…….2…...KICKOUT!
Terri Morasco: James is to his feet! SHELLSHOCK!
{the crowd roars with excitement.} Terri Morasco: HE GOT HIM! HEY WAIT A MINUTE!
{Steve Awesome appears from out of nowhere and shoves Gilmore out of the ring and to the floor! Steve turns around and pins Rob Diamond before GIlmore even knows what's happening. The ref slides into position.}Terri Morasco: ONE! NO! NOT THIS THIS WAY!
Vasco Dias: TWO! ITS THE HEIST OF THE CENTURY, TERRI!
Terri Morasco: THREE! NO! DAMNIT NO! Steve Awesome just won it all!
{Gilmore finally realizes he got screwed and just stands there in disbelief as the referee hands Steve Awesome, all three championships.}ALISON VALANCE: HERE IS YOUR WINNER-
{Steve rushes over to Alison and whispers something in her ear. She sighs and nods her head.}ALISON VALANCE: AND STILLLLLLL, THE IWF SEXTREME CHAMPION…..OF THE WORLD!!!!! STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVE AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWESOME!!!!!!!
{Steve Awesome drops to his knees and clutches all three titles and he spots Gilmore who is just staring. Steve Awesome just smiles and laughs at him.}Terri Morasco: James Gilmore fought so hard and he overcome so much. And in the end, he had Rob Diamond down and out. James was literally three seconds away from being world champion. And Steve Awesome stole it.
Vasco Dias: Right place, right time.
Terri Morasco: Ohhh piss on that. And piss on Steve Awesome.
{Fade out on Steve Awesome celebrating with all three titles.}
Well howdy there pardner.