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TABLES MATCH
Ashley Mastrangelo vs Amber Richards
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{"What Have You Done" by Within Temptation begins to blare over the speakers as the crowd give a mixed reaction to the newly reinvented Ashley Mastrangelo. She walks out onto the stage with a slow staggering walk before stopping atop the stage to cast her glare over the audience. She then heads down to the ring, unphased by any distractions as she's announced.}Alison Valance: From Cleveland, Ohio, weighing in at 112 pounds, ASHLEY MASTRANGELOOOOO!
{She gets to the steps and ascends them before entering the ring and walking to the far side ropes where again, she cast her gaze to a mixed reaction before turning and backing into a corner, waiting for the match to begin.}Alex Jones: I kind of like the metamorphosis of Ashley Mastrangelo. She went from a bubby blonde to a dangerous raven haired mystery girl...
Vasco Dias: With mixed results...
Terri Morasco: But she can be a force in the Heiress to the throne..
{"cry little sister" by Seasons after slowly comes on the PA system, the lyrics rolling out. As the song explodes after the first verse Amber makes her way out her black hair flowing down as she throws her head back and lets out a laugh. Amber makes her way down to the ring, she runs and slides on her knee across the apron before resting her body against the ropes as the music fades out}Vasco Dias: This must be interesting for you, watching a friend in the ring...
Alex Jones: Amber is a competitor and a good friend..so is Renee and they make an amazing couple...
Terri Morasco: Imagine if Renee and Amber won the tournaments?
Alex Jones: I'd feel bad for Eternity and Angel...
Terri Morasco: Or Alexis and Ace....
Alex Jones: Very true....
{The bell rings and Amber and Ashley stand face to face. Alot of tension between them. Amber a little taller than Ashley as both women look around the ring at the tables set up. They both take steps back and move around one another, they lock up, Amber shoves Ashley back to the corner using her height advantage and strength advantage. Amber puts her hands on her knees and smiles calling Ashley from the corner, Ashley comes out with a clothesline, Amber ducks and lays in a few jabs before a low stiff kick to Ashleys thigh and then a hard forearm staggering Ash. Amber grabs the top rope and lays in some hard roundhouse kicks to Ashley's midsection before leaping up hitting a high knee}Vasco Dias: So...Ambers sister....
Alex Jones: We're not here to talk about personal lives Vasco...
Vasco Dias: You're right..I apologize
Terri Morasco: So Alex....Kayla Richards....are you two-
Alex Jones: Look at Amber with those crisp strikes...
{Amber pulls Ashley out and hits a snap suplex, she rolls her hips and does a second one, Amber goes for a third and as she goes for the "snap" part Ashley grabs the top rope causing Amber to throw her own body backwards full force into the mat. Ashley stomps Amber down on her chest and stomach before pulling Amber up to her feet, she goes for a snap suplex of her own and drills Amber into the mat before pulling her up again hitting a hard DDT, Amber's head bounces off the mat as she has no idea where she is, Ashley slides from the ring and grabs a table that was left leaning against the ring barricade.}Vasco Dias: Here we go...first table being grabbed
Alex Jones: This could be the end already....
Terri Morasco: To win all you have to do is put your opponent through the table...
{Ashley puts the table on the apron and prepares to slide it in, Amber comes flying through the ropes with a baseball slide causing the table to slam into Ashley, Ashley stumbles back holding her ribs as the table drops, Amber gets to her feet and sprints to the ropes and then across the ring launching herself through the top and middle ropes with a suicide dive onto Ashley right in front of the announce desk. Amber gets to her feet and climbs up on the desk high fiving Alex and celebrating with the fans as Ashley he no clue where she is.}Alex Jones: Go get her Amber!
Terri Morasco: See...uh...Alex you need to be impartial as a commentator...
Alex Jones: You mean like you two?....
Vasco Dias: He's got us there Terri.....
{Amber turns around and Ashley grabs Ambers leg pulling her up and forward causing Amber to fall back first onto the announce table. Ashley crawls onto the table and grabs Amber by her hair slamming the back of her head into the table over and over again before pulling Amber down off of it. Ashley then slams Amber face first into the table then the ring apron with a few hard right hands. Amber shoves Ashley back and goes for a running yakuza kick, Ashley catches her leg and spins Amber around before lunging forward with a superkick hitting Amber in the jaw sending her down}Alex Jones: WOW! what a shot from Ashley....Amber's jaw may be broken...
Vasco Dias: Poor Renee....
Terri Morasco and Alex Jones: REALLY?!?!
Vasco Dias: What?
{Ashley grabs a table and sets it up on the outside, she pulls Amber up and onto the table, Ashley leaps onto the announce table and leaps off with an "elbow of the damned". Amber moves at the last moment and Ashley crashes through the table, but the referee waves it off as it wasn't Amber responsible. Amber pulls herself up and back into the ring as Ashley holds her arm and side in pain, Ashley gets onto the ring apron and Amber hits a hard right hand before going to suplex Ash into the ring, Ashley blocks it and hits Amber into the ribs and then a hard elbow, Amber stumbles back and Ashley hits a springboard clothesline into the ring.}Vasco Dias: These two are athletically gifted...
Terri Morasco: Ash's new attitude has helped her
Alex Jones: The diamonds division is amazing guys...Ana Valentine, Amber, Ashley, Alexis, Eternity and Jess Reed?....wow...
{Ashley slides back out of the ring and sets up a table on the floor, she gets onto the apron and reaches over grabbing Amber by the hair, she pulls Amber onto the ring apron, Ashley pulls Amber onto her shoulders going for the wickid cutter, Amber slides down and goes for the package piledriver, she leaps off the apron and drills Ashley through the table!}Vasco Dias: Amber does it!
Terri Morasco: She becomes the outright leader in the heiress to the throne!
Alex Jones: Wow...Amber and Ash just brought the house down.....
Participant | Points |
Amber Richards | 30 |
Ashley Mastrangelo | 20 |
Kate Steele | 0 |
Maria | 0 |
Mercedes Vargas | 10 |
Sunshine Sparkles | 20 |
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SEGMENT
"Family Ties"
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{Amber Richards comes through the curtain post match, sweat dripping down her body as she turns the corner to disappear down the hallway towards her locker room. Out of nowhere a flash of Ebony black hair lunges forward, steel chair in hand and smashes the chair over Amber’s head. Not expecting the shot, Amber hits the ground hard and is met with the side of the chair to her ribs and spine a few times, before her attacker steps back, throwing the chair to the ground.
As the woman steps back, she flips her hair from her face and the assailant is revealed to be Kayla Richards! Kayla stands over her sister, a small sick smile on her face as dips her toes under Amber’s midsection and flips her over onto her back. Kayla then presses her boot into the throat of Amber, whose fingers claw at her sisters foot desperately.
Slow, loud applause can be heard from just out of range of the camera as Kayla leans down close, bending her knee and leaning on it, choking her sister in the process. Amber’s eyes grow wide as Kayla begins to laugh before her voice, a loud whisper raises above the gasping sounds made by Amber.}Kayla Richards: Hey sis… How you feeling… A little blue?
{Kayla chuckles and a sound of a throat being cleared can once again be heard off camera… Amber turns her head what little she can and spots the person queuing Kayla… Her eyes grow wider still and she suddenly starts struggling beneath Kayla’s foot, making strangled yelling sounds.
The voice behind the camera laughs cold and controlled. Kayla looks over in the same direction and smiles, nodding, before leaning back down close to Amber with a mean look in her eye.} Kayla Richards: That’s right… You know my mentor don’t you Amber?! See… When I came to you six months ago and I asked.. No… I BEGGED you to help me learn too, you turned me away. You told me I was too young… Too ‘precious’… Like I was a doll, some little china thing to be wrapped in cotton wool and protected!
{The anger in Kayla’s voice rises as she pushes her foot off Amber’s throat and slams her boot, sole down into Amber’s face. The impact of the shot is met with a crack sound and blood pours down Amber’s face… Her nose broken.
Kayla steps back, licking her lips as she pushes her hair from her face once more, before lunging forward again and stomping down on Amber’s stomach, three or four times she stomps down so hard that Amber doubles up, screaming in pain, Kayla just laughs.}Kayla Richards: Now whose delicate Amber?! Now whose the poor little soul?! HUH?!
{Kayla leans down and grabs a handful of her sisters hair, she pulls Amber’s head up and slaps her hard across the face, releasing her head to fall to the ground with a thud… Kayla’s chest heaves with adrenaline and anger.}
Kayla Richards: So I got smart.. I decided to seek the advice and the training of a REAL Champion. Someone who knows what it is to be treated like a doll… A sweet little thing to be protected. And after all Amber, who better to teach me how to destroy you… Than the woman who did it herself…
{The camera pans out to show Ana Valentine, resting on a singular crutch under her left arm. She smirks and cocks a brow at the bleeding mess on the floor that equates to Amber Richards. Kayla stands back and looks at Ana, a smile on her face but a desperate need for approval in her eyes.}Ana Valentine: I told you Amber… We’re not friends, we will NEVER be friends… You are nothing. You are weak and pathetic… Your sister is everything you are not and she will be everything you never could be… Under MY tutelage she will rise to be the greatest Diamond IWF has ever seen…. Next to me of course!
{A couple of stray tears mix with the blood on Amber’s cheeks as she shakes her head ‘no’. She tries to get up, but Kayla is one step ahead of her, she has picked the chair up again and she slams in right into her sisters face!! She does so a second time as Amber falls. Amber hits the ground, out cold.}Vasco Diaz: Wow… Seems like Ana Valentine has found something to do whilst she recovers…
Terri Monasco: And Amber Richards just learned that in Ana’s world, blood is most definitely NOT thicker than water.
Alex Jones: I don’t… I don’t even understand what we just watched…
Vasco Diaz: Little, uh, awkward for you Alex?
Alex Jones: NO… Why would it be awkward it’s not like me and Kayla….. Don’t we have a match coming up!?
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SINGLES MATCH
Spike Kane vs Kristoff Liam Bates
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{"Hail to the king" blasts over the PA as Spike Kane emerges from the back, his head covered with the hood from a black hoodie. Spike walks down to the ring looking around at the crowd before walking up the steps and entering the ring taking the hoodie off and warming up in the corner}Vasco Dias: Spike Kane was the best Imperial..er world champion we've had in IWF.
Terri Morasco: Very true, we've had some who should have been better but in the end Spike has bee the best
Alex Jones: I agree, love him or hate him Spike is a champion...
{"Actions Speak Louder Than Words Do..."
The song by Celldweller, Louder than Words begins to play over the P.A. and the lights start to spazz out to the beat as Kristoff Liam Bates comes down the ramp, clutching his trademark briefcase.
"Did I really Hear you say you're sorry, hard for me to believe..."
Bates ascends the stairs, leaving his briefcase on the outside and meticulously takes off his suitcoat and tie before hopping through the ropes and cockily smiling, waiting in the corner stretching before the bell rings.}Terri Morasco: KLB is a tough guy and can stand up to te best of the best hell he's the invictus champion.
Alex Jones: If he wins this he could end up being a double champ...that would cement his legacy in IWF and the business...
Vasco Dias: But can he do it?
{Before the bell can ring KLB attacks Spike he slams into Spike with a forearm and backs Spike into the corner, KLB hits some hard rights and lefts before Spike slumps down. KLB grabs the top rope and stomps on Spike before leaning his knee into his chest and neck choking Spike. KLB gets pulled back by the referee and as he does Spike gets to his feet, he runs out at KLB who is able to hit an armbar takedown, he locks it in on the ground and then slams his knee into Spike's shoulder again and again before Spike fights to get up. KLB moves in and loops his arm around Spike's shoulder and hits a hip toss slamming Spike on his back.}Terri Morasco: KLB blindsiding Spike there with a blitz attack
Vasco Dias: The bell run just after the attack and KLB is looking pleased with himself
Alex Jones: That is one way
{Spike pulls himself to his feet and KLB goes in again, he ducks down and picks Spike up in a hard powerslam. KLB pins 1...2...Spike kicks out. KLB leans on Spike and locks in a side headlock Spike fights to his feet and slams his elbow into KLB's ribs befoe shoving hi into the ropes KLB hits a high shoulder tackle. Spike goes down and KLB runs to the ropes, Spike rolls under and gets to his feet he ducks down going for a back body drop, KLB stops and drops to his knee's hitting an uppercut. Spike holds his jaw and stumbles back}Vasco Dias: KLB really turning it on here.
Alex Jones: Spike can take alot of abuse, I know he will come back guys and KLB will have to weather a storm...
Vasco Dias: You'd know...
Alex Jones: What was that?...
{As KLB comes in Spike hits a side knee and grabs KLB into a powerbomb move picking him up and running towards the corner, he throws KLB against the top rope and as KLB hits the corner he stumbles out holding his back, Spike runs to the ropes and leaps up hitting an enzuguri causing KLB to drop to one knee, Spike gets to his feet and spins around hitting a shining wizard. He pins 1...2....KLB kicks out. Spike gets to his feet and slaps his thigh telling KLB to get up, Spike runs in for the Bloody Sunday kick and KLB rolls out of the way and out of the ring.}Vasco Dias: Smart move from KLB.
Terri Morasco: KLB had Spike scouted there...
Alex Jones: Yeah taking that kick from Spike sucks...
{Spike slides from the ring and as he rounds the corner KLB slams his fist into Spike's face, he then chops spike hard and gets him against the ring apron doing it again and again. Spike stumbles forward and holds his chest, KLB comes up behind and grabs Spike head ramming him into the barricade. Spike lands hard and KLB grabs Spike by the head and runs at the announce table looking as if he's about to ram spike into that to, Spike spins and turns grabbing KLB by the head slamming him into the corner of the announce desk. }Vasco Dias: Oh KLB slammed into the corner!
Terri Morasco: THERE'S BLOOD...EWWW..ALEX HELP...
Alex Jones: What?...it's blood..get over it....
{Spike grabs KLB and slams his head into the table again and again, he looks over the table at Alex and smirks, SSpike walks around to the side of the table. Alex gets to his feet with the headset still on.}Alex Jones: What?.....we have a problem?
Spike Kane: I don't have problems with people beneathe me...
{Alex stands up and Spike pie faces Alex down and steps back laughing, Alex goes to get up and security hold Alex back, Spike turns into a kick to the stomach from KLB who picks Spike up and slams him down with a double A spinebuster. Spike hits with a thud, KLB pulls Spike up and slides him into the ring following. Spike hits a hard right to KLB's stomach and then hits the wings of liberty!(flipping piledriver).}Vasco Dias: That could be it!
Terri Morasco: A flipping piledriver!
Alex Jones: @#$%ing ass....
{Alex jumps up onto the announce table and yells at Spike, Spike turns and laughs yelling back at Alex, KLB meanwhile is starting to stir, he shakes his head and gets to one knee, Spike turns around and KLB slams his fist into Spike's stomach and gets to his feet and picks Spike up for the crucifix powerbomb}Vasco Dias: Alex sit down!...POWERBOMB FROM KLB
Terri Morasco: Spike is down.
{KLB grabs Spike's legs and goes for the texas cloverleaf. Spike kicks KLB off him and gets to his feet, KLB goes for a right hand, Spike blocks it and kicks KLB in the stomach hitting the thundrstruck! (stunner) he pins, 1...2....3}Participant | Points |
Kristoff Liam Bates | 0 |
Mike Laszlo | 5 |
Nero Blake | 0 |
Falcon (Resigned) | 0 |
Reneé Pleasant | 20 |
Sheriff Caleb | 10 |
Spike Kane | 20 |
Xavier Cross | 30 |
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DIAMONDS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Eternity (c) vs Alexis Caffery
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Alison Valance: Ladies and gentlemen, the following is for the Diamonds CHAMPIONSHIP!
{The crowd stands up and cheers as “Cult of Love” by Living Colour hits the sound system with a slow piano theme. The drums beat as "Cult of Personality" is mashed in just as Alexis and Mike walk out onto the stage. Mike steps back and lets Alexis pose for the cheering crowd as he claps along with them, urging on his girlfriend. Alexis heads to the ring followed by Mike. She gets to the ring and climbs up on the apron and into the ring. She heads to the corner opposite the entrance ramp as Mike climbs onto the apron to give her words of encouragement and further instruction.}Terri Morasco: Alexis has a lot going for her, but is she over being dragged under the ring last week by Eternity?
Vasco Dias: I don’t think she has what it takes to beat Eternity. After all, Eternity beat Ana Valentine for that belt.
Alex Jones: I may despise her choice in men, but Ana is a tough chick in that ring. Eternity…I think…got lucky.
{The lights in the arena go down to a blue hue and purple smoke begins to fill the entrance way as the banging drums of "Apex Predator" by Otep resound throughout the arena, the sirens and the lyrics introduce Eternity to the audience and as the adults boo, the children seem to fear the shadowy woman who is wearing a black hat and a veil with her head bowed as she walks down the ramp. 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 accompanied by the chorus. 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. She then skips to the middle of the ring and gets down on one knee, a leg outstretched behind her, as she looks heavenward and raises an arm in front of her, her hand reaching towards the sky. This gesture now triggers the lights to slowly be raised back up to normal levels as her music starts also to fade away.Terri Morasco: No matter if it was luck or skill, Eternity is indeed the Diamonds Champion.
Vasco Dias: I call it skill. It was Ana’s only defense, and Eternity, after many attempts, finally achieved her goal.
Alex Jones: Took her long enough…just ask Alexis who reminded us again that it was just under a year.
{We go to Alison in the ring as both competitors stand in opposite corners.}Alison Valance: As stated before, this contest is for the DIAMONDS CHAMPIONSHIP! Introducing first, the challenger, from Cleveland, Ohio, weighing in at 115 pounds…ALEXIS…CAFFREEEEEEEY!
{Alexis glances around at the cheers and blows a kiss to the crowd before turning her attention to Eternity, cocking her head to the side.}Alex Jones: Listen to the support for Alexis. Too bad she’s with Laszlo.
Terri Morasco: Just had to get that shot in?
Alex Jones: Yeah, so?
Vasco Dias: Good timing…
Alex Jones: Nobody asked you dumbass.
{Terri can be heard snickering as we go back to Alison in the ring.}Alison Valance: And her opponent, weighing 137 pounds, she is the IWF DIAMONDS CHAMPION…Eeeeeternity!
{Eternity holds the title in the air to a chorus of boos. She simply smiles as she hands it off to the referee.}Vasco Dias: She’s struck fear into her opponent last week.
Terri Morasco: Praying on your opponent’s fears is indeed a sound strategy.
Alex Jones: Unless you just pissed her off. She’s a little unhinged in case you couldn’t tell. Eternity might be setting off an explosion.
{The two women walk to the center of the ring as the bell rings. Eternity starts talking to Alexis, putting her hand on her shoulder. She can be seen saying “It’s okay, Mommy’s here.”, as she places her free hand on her chest. Alexis starts balling her fists. Eternity goes to say something else, but Alexis screams and lunges at her, taking the champion down, repeatedly blasting her with lefts and rights as Eternity covers up, though a good amount of the shots do get through.}Alex Jones: I love it when I’m right.
Terri Morasco: The shots from Alexis are hitting Eternity as the referee tries to pull her away.
Vasco Dias: Screw that! Let her go!
{The referee doesn’t heed Vasco’s sentiment and pulls Alexis off of Eternity as Eternity rolls out of the ring holding the side of her face. As the referee goes to check on Eternity, Alexis rolls out of the ring and runs up behind Eternity, keeping the momentum in her favors and shoves the champion into the ring post!}Vasco Dias: Is this one of those hell have no fury moments Terri?
Alex Jones: I’m never pissing another chick off again.
{Terri glares at the two as Alexis rolls back into the ring and back out again to break any count the referee may have been able to forge. She grabs Eternity and sends her rolling back into the ring where the champion scurries for the corner. Alexis follows in but is met with a boot to the gut as she is then pulled in by the hair, her face hitting the bottom turnbuckle.}Vasco Dias: That’s why she is champion. You weather the storm and pick your spot.
Terri Morasco: The momentum for Alexis has completely come to a halt.
Alex Jones: I may have said that Eternity got lucky, but she’s not an idiot inside the ring…elsewhere…that’s another story.
{Eternity gets to her feet as Alexis turns in the corner, holding her face. Eternity then charges slamming her thigh into the face of Alexis, snapping her head back hard. Eternity grabs Alexis by the legs and drags her to the center of the ring where she locks in the “Time of Death” Indian Deathlock! Alexis screams in pain as Eternity wrenches in the hold.}Vasco Dias: Effective maneuver by Eternity. By doing this, she may be taking away the Entanglement Submission hold from Alexis’ repertoire.
Alex Jones: That looks like it hurts.
Terri Morasco: She’s reaching for the ropes, but they’re in the center of the ring.
{Alexis reaches for the ropes, her fingers stretched out as far as they’ll go. Eternity laughs at the pain she’s causing, but then Alexis starts trying to roll over. Eternity starts shaking her head, denying Alexis the roll over. Alexis then starts pushing with her elbows enough so that she can finally make the ropes.}Terri Morasco: Fortitude showed their by Alexis. She fought through the pain and got to the ropes.
Vasco Dias: That hold was in for a while though. That doesn’t bode well for her.
Alex Jones: Nice little match here so far.
{Alexis starts to pull herself to her feet as Eternity stalks her. She spins Alexis around, kicks her in the gut and executed a flawless Snap Suplex, she then swings her hips and goes to do so again but Alexis blocks the attempt. Eternity tries once more but it’s blocked again and Alexis starts taking shots at the midsection of the champion, breaking up the lock-up. Eternity goes for a while swing to the face, but Alexis ducks, grabs Eternity around the waist and plants her on the back of her head with a German Suplex, bridging into the pin…
1…
2…
Eternity kicks out at two and a half.}Terri Morasco: Eternity showing her own resilience.
Alex Jones: Who cares? What a Suplex by Alexis.
Vasco Dias: It wasn’t enough to get the job done though.
{Eternity holds the back of her head as Alexis grabs hold of her leg, adding more stress herself with the bridge after the Suplex. Both women get to their feet and Alexis strikes first with a forearm to the side of the head of the champion. Eternity strikes back with a shot of her own. The two go back and forth a few times before Eternity gets the upper hand, grabbing Alexis and sending her into the ropes and upon return hitting her with the “Dust to Dust” Tilt-a-Whirl-Backbreaker. She stands up, Alexis in her arms, and hits the move one more time as Alexis screams out in pain.}Alex Jones: This isn’t looking good for the challenger.
Terri Morasco: Eternity with firm control of this match after a nice offensive maneuver from Alexis.
Vasco Dias: And that’s why she’s champion…SKILL…not luck.
{Eternity takes Alexis’ lifeless body and lifts her up in the air, looking for the Death Knell (Omega Driver), but Alexis in mid-twist, spins it around and locks in the Entanglement Submission hold out of nowhere in the center of the ring!}Alex Jones: She’s got it locked in! Prove Eternity was lucky! DO IT!
Terri Morasco: It looks like there’s nowhere to go for the champion here.
Vasco Dias: This is a bad situation to be in.
{Alexis lets out a primal scream as she wrenches back on Eternity’s arm who screams as well in pain. The torque on Alexis’ leg giving her pain as well, and eventually forces her to let go of the hold before Eternity could tap out. Alexis stumbles back, holding her leg from the Indian Deathlock earlier.}Alex Jones: So close.
Terri Morasco: The pain was too much to bear.
Vasco Dias: I knew the deathlock would come into play here.
{Alexis backs into the corner as Eternity regains her senses. Eternity charges in and catches an elbow from the challenger. She looks for the “Kiss Goodnight” (Double Knee Spinning Codebreaker) but Eternity grabs hold of the top rope as Alexis falls hard to the mat. As Alexis gets to her feet, she turns into a boot from Eternity, followed by the “Last Rites” (Pedigree). Eternity hooks the leg…
1!
2!!
3!!!
The bell rings as Mike looks defeated at ringside.}Alison Valance: Here is your winner and still Diamonds Champion…EEEETERNITY!
{Eternity blows a kiss to Alexis who is out cold in the center of the ring.}Vasco Dias: Perhaps it wasn’t luck, eh Alex?
Alex Jones: Shut up D-bag.
Terri Morasco: Eternity turns back a very game Alexis here tonight.
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IMPERIAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Jake “The Ace” Conway vs Angel(C)
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Vasco Dias: Next up we’ve got our main event, we’ve seen these two men go back and forth all month long with The Ace getting the upper hand on more than one occasion.
Terri Morasco: I can’t imagine that’s sitting to well with the self proclaimed World Champion, Angel .
Vasco Dias: Alex, you probably know Angel better than anyone, what’s his mind set coming into this match?
Alex Jones: Pretty simple, he’s gonna be looking to destroy the Ace, make an example out of him.
Vasco Dias: Pretty much his MO since day one.
Alex Jones: He doesn’t change tactics often, if it ain’t broke, you know?
Vasco Dias: I do.
{ The lights in the arena start to flash red, green, yellow and purple in rotation with the opening guitar and drums. As the lyrics to 'You Know My Name' by Chris Cornell kick in, the circular platform that The Ace is stood upon with his back towards us, the platform is decorated to look like a roulette wheel. Slowly it spins a full one-eighty degrees and as the chorus is reached and we see The Ace facing us, and cards begin to fall from the rafters. The Ace waits a moment before stepping off the platform and grasping the hand of Kathleen Conway, who is carrying her husband's steel rake in one hand and the couple proudly walk through the shower of falling cards, hand in hand. At the foot of the ramp, the cards stop falling as the couple share a kiss. The Ace then confidently struts over to the steel steps as Kathy remains at ringside, armed. The Ace climbs the steel steps towards the ropes and steps through them. He walks over to the adjacent turnbuckle, unhooking his title belt and climbing the second rope. He raises both arms in the air. The Ace then climbs down and he walks to the middle of the ring, the lights return to normal... } Alex Jones: I’ve got to say I don’t think it’s wise of Ace to bring Kathy out here like this, not in a match against Angel .
Terri Morasco: Angel is a violent and unpredictable man, I wouldn’t want to be caught in his cross hairs.
Vasco Dias: A place Alex could potentially put himself if he so choose.
Alex Jones: Lets not start rumors.
{ The somber tones of "Sail" by DevilDriver hit the PA as the arena is plunged into darkness. An "X" burning in black and white tones is displayed on the screen as a lone spot light appears on the stage just as the song starts to kick into gear, Angel stands there with his back to the crowd, his arms out in the mock Christ pose. Angel turns to face the crowd and they erupt into a chorus of boos as he sneers and heads to the ring in step with the song. Angel walks up the steps and quickly climbs up the ropes on the outside, he throws out his arms and tosses his coat to the side as he stands on the top rope, arms out stretched and the arena is blinded in light.. Angel jumps down and waits for the match to start as the music comes to a stop. } Vasco Dias: The champion, looking as deadly as ever tonight as the crowd really lays into him.
Alex Jones: England is like a bizarro world where the Ace is Superman and Angel, well he’s a dick in any country.
Vasco Dias: Not going to argue with you there.
Terri Morasco: You also can’t argue about Angel’s ability to pick his opponents apart mentally and physically.
Alex Jones: True, that being said, and I’m no Ace advocate, but he’s been known to break a few bones in his day as well.
Vasco Dias: He has but I feel like there is one question looming over this match and it’s how far is the Ace willing to go to win?
{ The bell sounds and both men move out of their corners and toward the center of the ring where they move around each other. The Ace reaches out for Angel who goes to meet his hand but Angel throws a boot that the Ace catches and instead drives Angel hard into the corner and fires off an elbow shot to the side of the head. The ref is quick to pull the Ace back as Angel grips the ropes. }Vasco Dias: Angel is playing defense here in the opening.
Terri Morasco: You have to assume the Ace has spent his time scouting Angel .
Vasco Dias: Can you plan for everything?
{ Angel moves out of the corner and Ace lunges forward and ties Angel up. Ace quickly drives him back into the corner where Angel wraps his leg around the ropes and has the hold broken. Ace backs off and looks a little frustrated as Angel smirks from beneath his paint. Angel moves out of the corner and Ace comes right for him, Angel frontward rolls out of the way and springs to his feet, he spring boards off the ropes and comes flying backward where the Ace connects with a drop kick! }Vasco Dias: The Ace with an ACE up his sleeve!
Alex Jones: If you even think of saying another pun I will cut you.
{ Ace is up and quickly pulls Angel to his feet. Angel fires off a few elbows but the Ace pulls him into a side head lock and then a take down. Ace drives his knee hard into the spine of Angel and then locks him up in a choke hold. Angel struggles to kick his feet free and eventually bridges himself up but the Ace doesn’t let go, instead him makes an adjustment, spins Angel around into a release sleeper suplex! Angel lands hard and tries to get right up but Ace connects with the running knee to the mid section and then grabs Angel by the hair and drives his face down into his knee! }Terri Morasco: The Ace is all over Angel, I mean he’s straight up out classing him!
Alex Jones: Angel is like a snake, he will wait until the time is right and then he will strike.
Vasco Dias: But what if he waits too long?
{ Ace sends Angel into the corner and runs in with a big clothesline. Angel staggers out and Ace connects with the Russian Roulette! Ace goes for the cover. ONE! TWO! KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: Ace with the first cover of the night and it’s a kick out at two!
{ Ace pulls Angel up and drives two hard elbows into the side of Angel’s head, he bends him over and lifts him up over his shoulder into crucifix position, Ace runs forward and sends Angel flying into the turnbuckles with a crucifix power bomb! Angel bounces off and right into the Reversal of Fortune! }Vasco Dias: REVERSAL OF FORTUNE NECK BREAKER!!!
{ The Ace covers again. ONE! TWO! KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: Another close call and with each cover he wears the champion down. Still think he’s a snake, Alex?
Alex Jones: I think you don’t ever bet against Angel, ever.
Terri Morasco: Maybe not but you can’t argue how this looks for the champion so far.
{ Ace pulls Angel up by the hair and sends him across the ring into the ropes, Ace charges at Angel off the rebound and connects with a big time SPEAR! Right in the middle of the ring. The Ace smirks as he stands up and Kathleen cheers him on. He pulls Angel up by the hair and pushes him into the corner. Ace charges in with a knee lift and then grabs Angel around the waist for a release over head belly to belly suplex! Angel tries to get up but Ace is right on him with a German supelx bridged into a pin! ONE! TWO! KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: Angel hasn’t gotten in a single hit of offense!
{ Ace backs up into the ropes and then charges at Angel as he tries to stand and goes for the Seventh Street Scissor kick but Angel gets underneath it and hits the GENECIDE KICK! Ace slumps down onto his knees and Angel groggily runs into the ropes and comes back with a roll over neck breaker driving the Ace’s face right into the mat! }Alex Jones: BAM! The snake strikes!
Vasco Dias: Well… I guess you were right.
Alex Jones: There’s something neither of my ex wives ever said… Can you say it again?
Vasco Dias: No.
Terri Morasco: Bet you heard that a lot too.
{ Angel quickly hits the ropes and comes back at the Ace as he gets to his feet and takes to the air for a running Tara’s Wings DDT! Angel nips up and the crowd is infuriated by this second wind as he quickly climbs to the top rope and leaps off, The Ace moves and Angel forward rolls and leaps back to his feet and runs at the Ace who swings with big clothes line but Angel gets underneath and runs up the ropes for GOD’S WORD! He lands on top of the Ace and covers. ONE! KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: Just a one count!
{ Angel is right up and catches Ace with a spinning heel kick to the midsection and he looks to run him up the ropes for sliced bread but Ace pushes Angel off the top rope and he goes flying to the outside where he lands very hard! }Alex Jones: Damn!
Vasco Dias: A very rough landing for the champion.
Alex Jones: Ace just needed to get Angel off of him, pretty sound move.
Vasco Dias: Perhaps his best option.
Terri Morasco: But will he capitalize on it?
{ Ace climbs out onto the apron as Angel starts to stand up and jumps off with a double axe handle over his back. Ace scoops Angel up and slams him hard into the crowd barrier and kicks him in the gut. Ace rips him up into the air for a power bomb and turns and slams him down on the ring apron! }Vasco Dias: Oh! The outside of the ring is made of pure steel, there is no padding there except for the canvas.
{ Angel rolls off onto his knees and Ace lines up a shin kick right to his mid section. He pulls Angel up and runs him down the length of the ring and slams him face first into the ring post. Ace pulls Angel back by the hair and slams him back first into the ring barrier again. Ace runs in and drives his knee into the face of the champion. }Vasco Dias: Angel is taking a beating right now.
Alex Jones: Say what you want about the Ace but he can be as violent and detestable as anyone.
Vasco Dias: Coming from you that means something.
Alex Jones: The hell is that supposed to mean?
Terri Morasco: Boys! There’s a match happening right now.
{ Ace pulls Angel up to his feet as the ref reaches the count of eight. Ace, knowing he can’t win unless he gets Angel into the ring throws him into the apron and then rolls him into the ring. Ace climbs up on the apron and steps into the ring. Angel reaches up and grabs at the referee’s shirt who tells him to let go, Ace reaches for Angel and Angel pulls back hard on the ref and sends him into the Ace, Ace catches the ref and goes to move him aside and Angel lands a hard low blow and pulls back on the Ace’s tights for a roll up! ONE! TWO! KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: Angel went below the belt! Did you see that!
Alex Jones: Hard to miss.
Vasco Dias: Angel nearly stole this one from the Ace.
Alex Jones: With a move only the ref didn’t see.
Terri Morasco: That’s how it usually goes.
{ Angel is slow to his feet as he stalks Ace. The referee checks on Ace but Angel drives a boot down into his chest, then another and another. He pulls the Ace up and sends alternating knees into his midsection before exploding with a back fist and a punt kick that drives him into the corner. Angel hits the running knee and then a Heaven’s Fury bulldog out of the corner. Angel rolls him over to cover. ONE! TWO! KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: Angel is throwing everything he has at Ace but just isn’t enough.
{ Angel looks frustrated as he pulls the Ace up to his feet and runs him at the ropes, Ace reverse it and sends Angel over the top, Angel lands on the apron and spring boards back into the ring with a flying fore arm shiver to the face! Ace stumbles back into the ropes and Angel slams into him with a running clothes line and both men spill over the top rope onto the floor. }Vasco Dias: Back into no man’s land.
Alex Jones: Ace is gonna want to get this back inside the ring.
{ Both men get to their feet and Angel swings big but Ace spins him around into a double under hook back breaker! Ace stomps hard on Angel ’s chest and backs up a little before hitting a rolling knee across the throat and chest of Angel . Ace pulls Angel up to his feet and hits a hard shiver before turning him and aiming for the steps, Angel reverses and sends Ace crashing into the steps and knocking them over. Angel rolls into the ring as Kathy checks on the Ace. }Alex Jones: She’s gonna wanna move.
Terri Morasco: The referee needs to move her quick.
{ Angel comes running across the ring and leaps to the top rope and sentons to the outside aiming for both Conway’s but KATHLEEN PULLS ACE OUT OF THE WAY AND ANGEL CRASHES ONTO THE LOWE HALF OF THE STEEL STEPS!!!! }Vasco Dias: OH MY GOD!
{ Angel rolls off in serious pain as Ace smiles and kisses his wife. }Vasco Dias: I think he played him!
Alex Jones: He definitely played him.
Terri Morasco: The Ace has the upper hand now.
{ Ace grabs Angel and grins wide at the cheering crowd before hitting a big time Ace plant right on the steps. He pulls Angel up and rolls him into the ring and climbs in after him. Ace hooks the leg and ONE! TWO! THR- FOOT ON THE ROPES! }Vasco Dias: Angel using his ring awareness to keep the match going.
{ Ace backs up and waits for Angel to stand, he does so slowly and Ace hits a big kick in the midsection and looks for the Fame Acer but Angel grabs his legs and drops him on the mat, Angel sling shots the Ace into the corner. Angel is up but slow and looks for the REVELATIONS! Angel covers slowly with an arm over the chest of Ace. ONE! TWO! TH-KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: Ace kicked out of the Revelations!
Alex Jones: Damn, don’t see that too often.
Terri Morasco: Ace wants this win bad, you can see that.
Alex Jones: Who wouldn’t.
{ Angel rolls over onto his back, the fast pace taking it’s toll. Ace uses the ropes to pull himself to his feet, Angel rolls over on his hands and knees and slowly stands. Ace comes at him with a clubbing blow, Angel fires off a European upper cut, Ace comes back with a right hand, Angel hits another European upper cut, Ace hits a stiff kick and the BLIND BET! Angel is down and Ace throws himself over the top of him. ONE! TWO! KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: Both men have thrown everything they have at each other and their starting to slow down.
Alex Jones: They’ve been working an exhausting pace.
{ Ace looks for the Royal Flush and locks it in tight in the center of the ring. Angel kicks and scratches and the Ace just wrenches as hard as he can trying to get the champion to give up. }Vasco Dias: The fans are getting hot, they want to see the Ace walk out of here with the Imperial Championship.
Terri Morasco: It could happen, he could make Angel tap out right here.
Alex Jones: I’ve never seen Angel tap out but this could be it, it could happen.
{ Ace is yelling along with the crowd for Angel to SUBMIT! Angel refuses and the referee checks to make sure he’s still there and he is. Angel kicks and kicks and finally after several long minutes gets his foot to just barely touch the ropes. The referee starts to count but Ace shifts his weight and moves Angel away from the ropes! }Vasco Dias: He won’t let go!
{ Angel is fading as he kicks his leg toward the ropes again. Ace wrenches and yells and Kathy slaps the mat to cheer him on. Angel finally gets his foot on the ropes again and the referee breaks the hold as Ace gets to his feet, his seething, his second wind having kicked in. }Vasco Dias: The Ace looks ready to put him away.
{ Angel is very slow to his feet and the Ace is right on him, he grabs him and sets up the Ace Plant, he lifts him up, Angel throws his weight and lands over Ace’s shoulders, he spins with a back first and catches the Ace off guard, he pulls him in for a CABLE’S LAST BREATH PULLING PILE DRIVER! Angel very slowly throws his arm over the top of Ace and covers. ONE! TWO! T-KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: The Ace is just refusing to give up here.
Terri Morasco: The man has a lot of fight in him.
Alex Jones: I honestly wasn’t expecting this match to be this good.
Vasco Dias: Is that praise?
Alex Jones: Shut your face.
{ Angel drags himself to his feet as does the Ace, both men extremely tired. Angel swings for a clothes line but the Ace spins him around for a release German that drops Angel right on the back of his neck. Ace pulls him up to his feet and sends a hard knee into his mid section and then lifts him up for a high angle spine buster. Ace slumps into the corner and looks ready to try and put Angel away. }Vasco Dias: Alex, you’ve been in this situation before, what’s it like knowing the next move could be the one to win you the match?
Alex Jones: Frustrating, because the next move is usually your finisher and in big matches like this you just don’t know if that’s going to be enough.
Vasco Dias: And when it isn’t enough?
Alex Jones: That’s the worst feeling in the world.
{ Angel staggers to his feet and the Ace charges him looking for another spear and NAILS IT RIGHT INTO THE TURNBUCKLES! Ace pops up and surges with adrenaline as the crowd cheers him on. He pulls Angel to his feet and hits a big release T-Bone suplex! Angel is laying flat out on the mat when Ace comes off the ropes and drops another knee across his chest. Ace grabs him by the hair and pulls him up to his feet and sends him into the ropes. Ace runs at him with a high knee to the mid section. Ace takes him out of the corner with a hip toss. }Vasco Dias: Ace looks like a young man out there.
Terri Morasco: You can’t judge a book by it’s cover.
Vasco Dias: He hasn’t looked this good in year.
Alex Jones: I’m definitely surprised.
{ Ace grabs Angel off the mat and Angel pulls him into a roll up! ONE! TWO! KICK OUT! Both men are quick to their feet and Angel punts Ace hard into gut and then kicks him square in the face! Angel runs at him sweeps the leg while slamming him down to the mat with a reverse Russian leg sweep! Angel is up and staggers to the corner where he pulls himself up to the top rope and quickly jumps off with a flying leg drop. He hooks the leg, ONE! TWO! KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: Angel is looking for that one big move to put Ace away and nothing seems to be doing it.
Alex Jones: He’s definitely stolen the momentum.
{ Angel pulls himself back up to his feet, he bounces off the ropes and looks for a running senton but Ace gets the knees up. Ace rolls over to his hands and knees and stands up, he grabs Angel for a Northern Lights suplex! Ace isn’t done as he pulls Angel up and sends him into the corner. Ace runs in with a another knee lift and then hoists angel up onto the top rope. }Vasco Dias: Ace is going up top!
Terri Morasco: This could be extremely bad for both men.
Alex Jones: I can say from experience, it takes a certain kind of individual to use the top rope.
Vasco Dias: What kind of individual is that?
Alex Jones: A damn lucky one.
{ Ace hooks Angel over his shoulder and starts to lift him up for a vertical suplex off the top rope. Angel drives his knee down into the head of Ace, one, two and three, Ace lowers him back down where Angel drives a right hand into the face of the Ace and knocks him off the top rope. Ace lands on his feet and runs back to the corner and hops up the ropes and nails a big time European upper cut right to the jaw of Angel ! }Vasco Dias: OH!
{ Ace climbs right back up, hooks him up and rips him off the top rope for a VERTICAL SUPERPLEX!!!! }Vasco Dias: SUPERPLEX!
Alex Jones: The full weight of their bodies just bounced off that mat from ten feet up, no sugar coating that, it hurts.
Vasco Dias: They’ve just about used every move in the book.
Terri Morasco: These men are giving their all for the IWF and the Imperial Championship, love or hate them you’ve got to respect them.
Alex Jones: Maybe you do.
{ Ace is slow to turn over and cover Angel , ONE! TWO! THR-KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: I don’t believe it, the Ace hit that monster superplex and it wasn’t enough.
Alex Jones: Both guys are scraping the bottom of the barrel here, all it’s going to take to win is one big move.
Vasco Dias: They’ve been at that point for the last ten minutes.
{ Ace pushes himself up to his feet and looks to his wife and the crowd as they cheer him one. Angel uses the ropes to pull himself up and turns to the Ace who hits a right, another right and a third right. Ace drives a forearm into the face of Angel and sends him across the ring into the ropes. Ace comes back and Ace hits a big kick to the mid section. }Vasco Dias: THIS IS IT!
{ Ace comes off the ropes and looks for the FAME ACER! }Vasco Dias: FAME ACER!
{ ANGEL MOVES! Ace stumbles as he catches his footing and turns into the GENECIDE KICK! }Vasco Dias: GENECIDE KICK!!!
{ Angel quickly drops over him and hooks the leg. ONE! TWO! THREE!!! }Allison Valance: YOUR WINNER!!! And still IWF… WORLD CHAMPION!!! ANGEL!!!!
Vasco Dias:… Even in victory he shows off his blatant abuse of power, World Champion? I still can’t believe he’s trying to force that name change.
Alex Jones: He’s the champion, he can call it whatever the hell he wants.
Terri Morasco: So Alex, are you going to be cashing in?
{ Angel stands up, the belt over his shoulder as the referee raises his hand, the Ace rolling out of the ring to be with his wife. }
Alex Jones: Well…
{ Before Alex can answer “Hail to the King” hits the PA as Spike Kane out onto the ramp. }Vasco Dias: What the hell is he doing out here?
Alex Jones: Age of X celebration?
{ Spike walks to the ring as Angel looks on. }Terri Morasco: The match is over, the Ace and Kathleen have left, what does Spike want?
Alex Jones: Maybe their gonna make out or something?
{ Spike climbs into the ring and walks right up to Angel, the two power houses of the industry stare at each other for a long time before Spike grabs Angel by the wrist and raises his hand as the crowd boos, “Sail” hitting the speakers now. }Alex Jones: See? Now their gonna bone.
Vasco Dias: Looks like just another excuse for the Age of X to gloat.
Terri Morasco: I didn’t know they needed an excuse.
{ Spike lets him go and claps his hands as Angel grips his belt with a smirk on his face. }Vasco Dias: In all my years watching this business I never believed I’d see the two of them on the same page.
Alex Jones: Somewhat a scary thought.
Terri Morasco: So I take it you won’t be cashing in right now?
Alex Jones: Spoilers.
{ Spike claps some more as Angel turns to hold the belt up but then Spike spins him around, kicks him hard in the gut and THUNDERSTRUCK!!!! }Alex Jones: PEARL HARBOR!
{ The fans pop huge for the double cross as Spike scoops up Angel’s specialized IWF World Championship and holds it up over his head. }Vasco Dias: Spike Kane just turned his back on Angel and the Age of X! What does that mean for his regime!?
Terri Morasco: No idea but with the Heir to the Throne coming up are we looking at Angel ’s next challenger?
Vasco Dias: I kind of hope so.
{ “Hail to the King” hits again as Spike climbs the ropes and holds the belt over his head and the crowd cheers. }