Vertigo (08.18.18)

[FGA Office]

There’s a buzz amongst the crowd as the night continues on, it doesn’t take long for their interest to grow as “Blockbuster Night Part I” by Run The Jewels starts thumping throughout the arena. The crowd’s response grows, as right enough, Owen Gonsalves steps out from behind the curtain. He’s dressed in track pants and a GNSLVS shirt with a hoody over it, unzipped completely. In his hand is the package that he opened earlier in the night. The fans found out earlier in the night that the package was an old mask that Seth Iser once donned in his career. A mask synonymous with an even more dark and violent Seth Iser, one that was more monster than perhaps man. Gonsalves slides the package into the ring before making his way up onto the apron, glaring down at the package before entering the ring. He’s given a microphone as his music cuts and the crowd comes to a hush. Gonsalves picks up the package and looks at it.

Owen Gonsalves: I...I don’t know how this can end. I don’t know what to do to make it stop, to finally put all this behind me...behind us.

He looks at it in almost confusion, and folded into that confusion is some disbelief, perhaps at how far this has gone.

Owen Gonsalves: For those who don’t know, this box holds a piece of history, this box holds a mask once worn by Seth Iser himself-

On cue, the jeers from the crowd rain down at the mere mention of Seth Iser. Gonsalves would normally smile or acknowledge that, but he’s too caught up in the package, or rather the mask, that he holds in his hand. Owen takes the interruption as a chance to instead pull the mask out of the package. He flings the packaging to the side and his eyes observe every crevice, every detail within the mask. The horns on the mask, sitting like they’ve been taken care of, the painted detail as fresh as it was from the moment it was worn. It was handled with care since those days, taken care of by whomever was handling it.

Owen Gonsalves: To a lot of people, this mask symbolizes a gun aiming straight from my head, this mask symbolizes the beginning of that end that I’ve so desperately wanted. This mask means danger, it means no more mercy, no more apologies, no more...forgiveness. This mask means blood, it means violence, it means a Seth Iser that isn’t coming to win but is coming to kill.

The visceral nature in which Owen speaks further portrays the idea that this mask is certainly the stuff of nightmares at least symbolically.

Owen Gonsalves: This is the next step huh, Seth? This is where we’re going next? To a lot of people that was what this mask meant, it means game over, it means the end. But it means something a little different to me, you see to me...this mask symbolizes that Seth Iser is backed into a corner with nowhere to run, this mask symbolizes that Seth Iser knows that if...no, WHEN...we stand across each other again he’s going to need something more to put me away, because Iser knows that I get closer to making his nightmares come true every time we meet in this ring. Iser is running out of cares to put down and so...we’ve come to this. We’ve come to more mind games, more intimidation tactics.

The crowd boo at the idea of Seth aiming to perhaps intimidate Owen Gonsalves. Gonsalves remains calm, his eyes having not left the mask.

Owen Gonsalves: I know the Seth Iser that wears this mask, I know the person he becomes. The Iser that dons this mask isn’t the father, he isn’t a boyfriend, he isn’t a mentor. When this mask sits on Seth Iser’s cold face, he is merely the Deity of Destruction. He’s a twisted, violent monster. That’s supposed to scare me, that’s supposed to send a shiver down my spine and I won’t lie...maybe it did, maybe upon first glance I did feel the cold breeze in the room, maybe upon first glance I did feel a little fear but the more I look at this mask the more I’m reminded that this is what we’ve pushed each other to. I’ve pushed Seth Iser to this and that means that I’m closer to finally overcoming him than I’ve ever been in the 3 years we’ve been going to war. This is a symbol of war to everyone else, but to mean this...this is a symbol that I’ve got him.

???: Are you stupid?

The fans howl in boos with the familiar voice of Vincent Moretti as he hobbles down with a cane aiding his walking for his broken ankle. He is dressed in a traditional suit in the black and the white and he’s staring a hole through Owen.

Vincent Moretti: You know what that mask REALLY is right? You’re half right but you’re glossing over the details a little too much. You’ve infuriated a man SO much that he’s willing to dig deep down and find that evil son of a bitch that wrestled in barbed wire in Japan...that wrestled in kegs of nails and crucified a jesus loving man in front of a christian audience to get at them. You kept prodding and nipping and pissing him off…

A pause while Vincent scowls down at Owen and there’s even a slight look of concern from him.

Vincent Moretti: The evil that’s in Seth...that he’s worked so hard to suppress...that primal instinct that we all have...he’s letting loose. I’ve known this man for a decade Owen. We’ve went to war in Vegas together and I saw this and when I was at my worst I never understood why he shunned that away. I’m glad he did looking back. But now...that’s gone.

Vincent’s eyes close for a moment.

Vincent Moretti: Owen. He’s sat down and apologized to me. He apologized to his daughter. He apologized to Rebecca for what he’ll have to do...knowing what he’s going to do and now…

Moretti’s face is going white thinking about it as his eyes are taking a breath.

Vincent Moretti: Now...God help you, Owen Gonsalves. God f*bleep*ing help you...because there’s no mercy left in Iser’s heart for you. You’ll end up like Mike Park. And Matt Slater. And half of the TEW locker room that crossed him. And god knows how many more in Japan when you dig up those bloody wars…

Moretti’s frown gets lower as he glares down at the booing audience.

Vincent Moretti: What? You people don’t understand that the man isn’t a terrible human being. You people are JUST as responsible to what happens to Owen in that ring as Owen Gonsalves is himself for BELIEVING his propaganda...and his lies. But I’m telling you this right now...Owen...get out of that ring and never cross Seth again. That mask he sent is the final warning. Leave now. Don’t pursue it further. Or you’ll be another statistic. And there won’t be a damn person who would question your manhood if you would do that. Do that for your wife. Do it for your kids. Do it for your own future in this industry.

The whole time Moretti has been talking, Gonsalves has been pacing around back and forth in the ring. It’s Moretti’s final words that cause Gonsalves to finally interrupt him.

Owen Gonsalves: For my own future, Vince? For my family? You don’t know a damn thing about what I should and shouldn’t do for MY family. I wish I didn’t have to do what I have to do but we are too far gone now. This story only ends one way and that’s with one of us no longer able to continue. This story ends with Seth Iser no longer being able to continue. For everything Seth did with that mask on, I’ve done tenfold in my own skin, I may not be proud of it but that’s my history, that’s my past. So he can bring that mask, he can bring whatever prop he wants...I’ll bring everything I have and tap him out.

Vincent Moretti: Then I have no more conscious for what will happen to you since you seem to have no regard for those things yourself...but just remember...you asked for this.

With that Moretti then turns his head toward the entrance ramp he just came out and extends his hand.

Vincent Moretti: Then I give you...The Deity of Destruction!

As soon as Moretti announces that the beginning rummings of ‘Psychosocial’ go off and the fans are booing loudly. Soon coming through the curtain in a methodical manner is the man he introduced by in a way nobody has really seen him yet. The rundown blue jeans with the blood stains on them, a tattered black t-shirt with the leather jacket on...with his hair wild and out of control as well as his beard. And a black and purple mask put on his face while he has a shovel over his shoulder. Seth Iser without any emotion or remorse just stares down at Owen after making that entrance and there are a handful of people who know this incarnation in the crowd...and the boos are muted and become looks of terror. Moretti has a smirk on his face now...he can’t help himself fully as Iser takes hold of the microphone Moretti had.

Seth Iser: The cycle...will end. And you...you will be broken.

Gonsalves’ takes a step back as he looks on, he shakes his head slowly, almost as if he’s seen some sort of ghost. You can see a chunk of saliva slide down his throat, swallowing whatever fear he has in him with it. He walks up to the ropes and climbs them, pointing out at Iser and mouthing just one word, “In-de-structible”. Moretti’s contorted face is turning sadistic and Seth is stoic...cold...uncaring. And we fade out with this standoff.

• Commercial Break •

[FGA Office]

The show cuts backstage to The New Murder locker once again; inside, Dom Harter is sitting on a bench in the center of the shot, his elbows resting on his knees, his fingers steepled around his forehead. The frustration of that ‘failed’ attack on Malcolm Drake clearly showing. The other members of The New Murder, however, are stood around the room. Annie and Jaelynn on one side of Dom, Fenrys and The Crimson Baroness on the other. Chris Bond is conspicuous by his absence.

Jaelynn Ramsey: So it’s up to us now, I assume?

She glances over to Fenrys, who nods his head enthusiastically, rubbing his hands together as he does so. A smirk crossing Jae’s face as she looks towards Annie.

Jaelynn Ramsey: Don’t worry, we won’t let them get away with their transgressions earlier tonight.

She says this, feeling the urge to get back in on the action after being on a brief hiatus. Annie doesn’t look best pleased with what’s happened either, scowling as she speaks.

Annie Zellor: After all they’ve done tonight, you gotta make ‘em pay. They ruined our night, they ruined our crowning moment! Mine and Dom’s first match back in FGA, and they ruined it!

She stomps her foot.

Annie Zellor: Make ‘em pay. Make ‘em hurt. You got that Fenrys?

Fenrys: Ye--

Jaelynn Ramsey: He does, and I’ll make sure of it. If they think that I came back learning some kind of “lesson,” then I get to show them I’m far from being passive or reformed.

Fenrys blinks repeatedly, staring at Jae in disbelief after she cut him off like that. He’s about to talk again, when suddenly.

The Crimson Baroness: We know, sweetie. And we hope you never change…

Annie Zellor: Not if you’re gonna beat Marlon for that Mid-Atlantic Legacy title. But, and I think Dommy will agree with me, it’s more important that Pendragon don’t leave Cincinnati with smiles on their faces.

The Crimson Baroness: Even better if they didn’t leave on their own volition.

Dom Harter: No crippling…

Harter speaks up for the first time as he pushes himself up off his knees, and to a standing position.

Dom Harter: ...not tonight. Not by anyone other than me. But you two…

He points to Jae and Fenrys respectively.

Dom Harter: You make them pay. You show these FGA fans what they were missing while you were suspended, you show Susan Kent what she has coming soon enough. You make them hurt! You make them bleed! And sooner or later, we will finish the job.

Jae clasps her hands together, setting them under her chin in agreement.

Jaelynn Ramsey: I’ll do my best to not cripple, but yes, we will definitely finish the job.

Dom Harter: Attagirl, now go get ‘em.

He says as Jaelynn and Fenrys leave the locker room, ready for their upcoming tag team match. Annie leans back against Dom’s chest as the camera lingers on them for a moment, before cutting back to ringside.

[FGA Office]

• Tag Team Match •
Pendragon vs. Jaelynn Ramsey & Fenrys

The match starts off with former rivals Lowri Moss and Jaelynn Ramsey racing to the center of the ring to trade fists! The crowd explodes with cheers as the two former Mid-Atlantic Legacy Champions exchange punches. The fists continue to fly until Moss gains the upper hand and proceeds to knock Ramsey closer and closer towards the ropes. She goes for an irish whip, but Ramsey reverses. When Moss comes back, she throws Ramsey down with an STO for a two count.

Moss moves the action into the corner, where she lights up Ramsey’s chest with knife edge chops. After whipping Ramsey hard into the opposite corner, Moss catches her off the rebound with a pair of japanese arm drags. Another irish whip sends Ramsey into the ropes. When Ramsey returns, Moss throws her down with a back body drop. Another irish whip sends Ramsey into the far ropes. When she returns, she gets caught with a dropsault which knocks her down to the mat. Moss heads over to continue her attack, but Ramsey puts a stop to that by rolling to the outside. The crowd boos while Ramsey and Fenrys talk over strategy on the outside. But the meeting of the minds doesn’t last for long as Moss scales to the top turnbuckle, leaps off and knocks them both down with a diving crossbody! Moss takes Ramsey and rolls her back inside to make the cover, but Ramsey kicks out at two.

The tag is then made to Neal Durden in minute three. Durden takes control of the arm and wrenches it several times until Ramsey stops him with an eye rake. The boos continue as Ramsey delivers an arm wrench of her own. Durden then rolls forward, leans back, kips up and reverses into another arm wrench before shooting Ramsey off into the ropes. When Ramsey returns, she sees Durden setting up for a back body drop. So she grabs him by the hair and throws him down with a mat slam. The boos continue as he heads over and tags in Fenrys. The New Murder member rushes in and puts the boots to Durden. He pulls Durden back to his feet, rushes into the corner and goes to slam him face-first into the top turnbuckle. But Durden blocks, elbows Fenrys and counters by slamming Fenrys face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning Fenrys around, Durden delivers multiple knife edge chops of his own. He then sends Fenrys crashing into the opposite corner. Durden runs across the ring to attack when Fenrys ducks and dumps him over the top rope. Fenrys howls at the moon after thinking he’s taken care of Durden. But Durden landed safely on his feet. When Fenrys turns around, Durden doubles him over with a shoulder thrust through the ropes. He follows up with a sunset flip. But Fenrys rolls through it and follows up with a front dropkick to the face! The boos continue as fenrys make the cover, but Durden gets his shoulder up.

Fenrys brings the match over into The New Murder corner before tagging Ramsey back in. Fenrys delivers multiple shoulder thrusts before exiting the ring. Once Ramsey gets back in, she applies a foot choke to Durden. Ramsey reluctantly releases the choke when the ref’s count approaches five. After delivering knife edge chops of her own, she takes Durden by the wrist and leads him out of the corer before knocking him down with a short-arm clothesline for a two count. An irish whip then sends Durden into the far ropes. When he returns, Ramsey brings him down With A Twist (hurricanrana). She makes the cover, but only gets two. Ramsey goes for another irish whip. But this time, Durden reverses. When Ramsey returns, she leaps up for a Lou Thesz Press. But Durden catches her in mid air and counters with a bridging northern lights suplex for a two count.

Durden tags out to Moss during the seventh minute. Pendragon take Ramsey and whip her into the far ropes. When she returns, they through her down with a double back drop drop. Moss makes the cover, but Ramsey gets her shoulder up. She then delivers a headbutt, sending Ramsey stumbling backwards into the ropes. While Ramsey shakes out the cobwebs, Moss rushes over to attack. But Ramsey ducks and dumps her over the top rope. After Moss lands safely on the apron, Fenrys heads over to attack. But Moss counters with a back elbow. When her attention turns back to the ring, Ramsey connects with a superkick, knocking her off the apron and to the floor. Ramsey then heads over and taunts Durden before running into the far ropes. When Ramsey comes back, the crowd boos when she leaps through the ropes and takes out Moss with the Jaegerbomb (suicide dive)! Ramsey brings the match back inside and makes the cover, but Moss gets her shoulder up at two.

A tag is made to Fenrys. The New Murder member delivers a standing moonsault, then a standing senton for a two count. Fenrys picks up Moss, only to bring her back down with a hair pull backbreaker for a two count. A lungblower gets another two count. After whipping Moss hard into the corner, Fenrys runs into the far ropes, catches Moss off the rebound and brings her down with a two-handed bulldog for another two count.

The crowd begins to rally behind Moss after she gets placed in a neck crank. The ref asks the tag champ if she wants to give up. But Moss refuses. She begins to feed off the energy of the crowd before battling back to a vertical base. After four elbows to the midsection, she takes off into the ropes. But the crowd boos when Ramsey goes over and knees her in the back.!Fenrys then heads over and spikes her with a frankensteiner. After turning Moss over into the prone position, Fenrys steps out onto the apron and scales to the top turnbuckle. He flips off as he goes for the Moon’s Light Splash (Corkscrew 630 Senton). But Moss rolls out of the way, causing Fenrys to crash back-first onto the canvas! She drapes her arm across his chest for the cover. ONE! TWO! THR-NO! The crowd boos when Fenrys gets his shoulder up.

Moss picks up Fenrys and goes for an irish whip, but he reverses. When Moss returns, Fenrys throws out a rolling elbow. But Moss ducks, floats over across his back and brings him down with a crucifix driver! Moss then gets to her feet, dives over and makes the tag to Durden! Durden springboards to the top turnbuckle, leaps off and knocks Fenrys down with a missile dropkick for a two count! Durden picks up Fenrys, lifts him up onto his shoulders and performs an airplane spin. After five rotations, Durden lets him down before shooting him into the corner with an irish whip. Durden rushes over before blasting him with a running arched big boot! He pulls Fenrys from out of the corner before throwing him down with a sitout scoop slam piledriver! The cheers continue as Durden pulls Fenrys back to his feet. He reaches behind him, hooks Fenrys’ arms, turns, lifts Fenrys upside down and plants him with the Strike Back (Vertebreaker)! Durden makes the cover. ONE! TWO! THRE-NO! The Tenacious Wrecking Crew rush the ring and put the boots to Durden, causing the ref to call for the bell!

Pendragon O || Disqualification (10:59) || Jaelynn Ramsey & Fenrys X

Moss rushes in and tackles Zellor down to the mat. The crowd cheers Moss as unleashes a flurry of right hands to Zellor. But the cheers turn to boos when Moss gets attacked by Harter and Fenrys. The Harter continues to put the boots to Moss until the crowd explodes with cheers. The crowd goes wild at the sight of Sadie San Francisco, who’s racing down to the ring with a steel chair in hand! As soon as The Pope slides back in, she rushes over and nails Fenrys with a chairshot to the head! She then rushes over and swings wildly at Ramsey. But Ramsey wisely drops and rolls to the outside. Across the ring, Durden gets back to his feet and helps Moss fight back against the Tenacious Wrecking Crew, ultimately sending them retreating from the ring as well. The four members of The New Murder retreat up the ramp while Sadie stands tall in between Pendragon...

• Commercial Break •

[FGA Office]

• Tag Team Match •
Pendragon vs. Jaelynn Ramsey & Fenrys

The match starts off with former rivals Lowri Moss and Jaelynn Ramsey racing to the center of the ring to trade fists! The crowd explodes with cheers as the two former Mid-Atlantic Legacy Champions exchange punches. The fists continue to fly until Moss gains the upper hand and proceeds to knock Ramsey closer and closer towards the ropes. She goes for an irish whip, but Ramsey reverses. When Moss comes back, she throws Ramsey down with an STO for a two count.

Moss moves the action into the corner, where she lights up Ramsey’s chest with knife edge chops. After whipping Ramsey hard into the opposite corner, Moss catches her off the rebound with a pair of japanese arm drags. Another irish whip sends Ramsey into the ropes. When Ramsey returns, Moss throws her down with a back body drop. Another irish whip sends Ramsey into the far ropes. When she returns, she gets caught with a dropsault which knocks her down to the mat. Moss heads over to continue her attack, but Ramsey puts a stop to that by rolling to the outside. The crowd boos while Ramsey and Fenrys talk over strategy on the outside. But the meeting of the minds doesn’t last for long as Moss scales to the top turnbuckle, leaps off and knocks them both down with a diving crossbody! Moss takes Ramsey and rolls her back inside to make the cover, but Ramsey kicks out at two.

The tag is then made to Neal Durden in minute three. Durden takes control of the arm and wrenches it several times until Ramsey stops him with an eye rake. The boos continue as Ramsey delivers an arm wrench of her own. Durden then rolls forward, leans back, kips up and reverses into another arm wrench before shooting Ramsey off into the ropes. When Ramsey returns, she sees Durden setting up for a back body drop. So she grabs him by the hair and throws him down with a mat slam. The boos continue as he heads over and tags in Fenrys. The New Murder member rushes in and puts the boots to Durden. He pulls Durden back to his feet, rushes into the corner and goes to slam him face-first into the top turnbuckle. But Durden blocks, elbows Fenrys and counters by slamming Fenrys face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning Fenrys around, Durden delivers multiple knife edge chops of his own. He then sends Fenrys crashing into the opposite corner. Durden runs across the ring to attack when Fenrys ducks and dumps him over the top rope. Fenrys howls at the moon after thinking he’s taken care of Durden. But Durden landed safely on his feet. When Fenrys turns around, Durden doubles him over with a shoulder thrust through the ropes. He follows up with a sunset flip. But Fenrys rolls through it and follows up with a front dropkick to the face! The boos continue as fenrys make the cover, but Durden gets his shoulder up.

Fenrys brings the match over into The New Murder corner before tagging Ramsey back in. Fenrys delivers multiple shoulder thrusts before exiting the ring. Once Ramsey gets back in, she applies a foot choke to Durden. Ramsey reluctantly releases the choke when the ref’s count approaches five. After delivering knife edge chops of her own, she takes Durden by the wrist and leads him out of the corer before knocking him down with a short-arm clothesline for a two count. An irish whip then sends Durden into the far ropes. When he returns, Ramsey brings him down With A Twist (hurricanrana). She makes the cover, but only gets two. Ramsey goes for another irish whip. But this time, Durden reverses. When Ramsey returns, she leaps up for a Lou Thesz Press. But Durden catches her in mid air and counters with a bridging northern lights suplex for a two count.

Durden tags out to Moss during the seventh minute. Pendragon take Ramsey and whip her into the far ropes. When she returns, they through her down with a double back drop drop. Moss makes the cover, but Ramsey gets her shoulder up. She then delivers a headbutt, sending Ramsey stumbling backwards into the ropes. While Ramsey shakes out the cobwebs, Moss rushes over to attack. But Ramsey ducks and dumps her over the top rope. After Moss lands safely on the apron, Fenrys heads over to attack. But Moss counters with a back elbow. When her attention turns back to the ring, Ramsey connects with a superkick, knocking her off the apron and to the floor. Ramsey then heads over and taunts Durden before running into the far ropes. When Ramsey comes back, the crowd boos when she leaps through the ropes and takes out Moss with the Jaegerbomb (suicide dive)! Ramsey brings the match back inside and makes the cover, but Moss gets her shoulder up at two.

A tag is made to Fenrys. The New Murder member delivers a standing moonsault, then a standing senton for a two count. Fenrys picks up Moss, only to bring her back down with a hair pull backbreaker for a two count. A lungblower gets another two count. After whipping Moss hard into the corner, Fenrys runs into the far ropes, catches Moss off the rebound and brings her down with a two-handed bulldog for another two count.

The crowd begins to rally behind Moss after she gets placed in a neck crank. The ref asks the tag champ if she wants to give up. But Moss refuses. She begins to feed off the energy of the crowd before battling back to a vertical base. After four elbows to the midsection, she takes off into the ropes. But the crowd boos when Ramsey goes over and knees her in the back.!Fenrys then heads over and spikes her with a frankensteiner. After turning Moss over into the prone position, Fenrys steps out onto the apron and scales to the top turnbuckle. He flips off as he goes for the Moon’s Light Splash (Corkscrew 630 Senton). But Moss rolls out of the way, causing Fenrys to crash back-first onto the canvas! She drapes her arm across his chest for the cover. ONE! TWO! THR-NO! The crowd boos when Fenrys gets his shoulder up.

Moss picks up Fenrys and goes for an irish whip, but he reverses. When Moss returns, Fenrys throws out a rolling elbow. But Moss ducks, floats over across his back and brings him down with a crucifix driver! Moss then gets to her feet, dives over and makes the tag to Durden! Durden springboards to the top turnbuckle, leaps off and knocks Fenrys down with a missile dropkick for a two count! Durden picks up Fenrys, lifts him up onto his shoulders and performs an airplane spin. After five rotations, Durden lets him down before shooting him into the corner with an irish whip. Durden rushes over before blasting him with a running arched big boot! He pulls Fenrys from out of the corner before throwing him down with a sitout scoop slam piledriver! The cheers continue as Durden pulls Fenrys back to his feet. He reaches behind him, hooks Fenrys’ arms, turns, lifts Fenrys upside down and plants him with the Strike Back (Vertebreaker)! Durden makes the cover. ONE! TWO! THRE-NO! The Tenacious Wrecking Crew rush the ring and put the boots to Durden, causing the ref to call for the bell!

Pendragon O || Disqualification (10:59) || Jaelynn Ramsey & Fenrys X

Moss rushes in and tackles Zellor down to the mat. The crowd cheers Moss as unleashes a flurry of right hands to Zellor. But the cheers turn to boos when Moss gets attacked by Harter and Fenrys. The Harter continues to put the boots to Moss until the crowd explodes with cheers. The crowd goes wild at the sight of Sadie San Francisco, who’s racing down to the ring with a steel chair in hand! As soon as The Pope slides back in, she rushes over and nails Fenrys with a chairshot to the head! She then rushes over and swings wildly at Ramsey. But Ramsey wisely drops and rolls to the outside. Across the ring, Durden gets back to his feet and helps Moss fight back against the Tenacious Wrecking Crew, ultimately sending them retreating from the ring as well. The four members of The New Murder retreat up the ramp while Sadie stands tall in between Pendragon...

• Commercial Break •

[FGA Office]

Backstage, Spencer Burke stands in front of the Vertigo banner, a smile on his face. The consummate professional pauses appropriately, then speaks.

Spencer Burke: Ladies and gentlemen, my guest at this time: The FGA Pride champion, Fujiko Mine.

Fujiko takes a step in towards Spencer, placing her alongside him in the shot. The FGA Pride championship is cradled in her arms, and she looks up at the slightly taller Spencer expectantly.

Spencer Burke: Fujiko, you successfully defended your championship against Seth Iser last week in the main event, but your celebration was cut short by--

Fujiko takes her right hand off her title, and raises it up to stop Spencer.

Fujiko Mine: Sorry. It’s not my intention to be rude, but I had to stop you for a second. Seth Iser learned that his mind is not the premier mind in wrestling. He was able to pull a fast one by playing possum, but that only worked for him in the short term. He left his little entourage behind, and I did exactly what I said I was going to. I outsmarted him, and while he deserves credit for being a worthy adversary, my praise of him is only to his ability and nothing more. Please continue.

Spencer nods, with a little difficulty.

Spencer Burke: Well, you were attacked by your next challenger, Ricky Valero. But he wasn’t alone. He also had Evan Envi, and...this is a kind of difficult to say, but also Natalie McKinley.

At the mention of her name, Fujiko’s expression turns towards one of hurt and disbelief.

Spencer Burke: Tonight, you and Jimmy Page get a chance to have some retribution, but not against just them...but also against the general manager of Vertigo. Your thoughts?

Fujiko hasn’t lost the look on her face.

Fujiko Mine: Last Vertigo was bittersweet, for sure. It felt good to get one step closer to my goal. If I can beat Ricky Valero, I tie the record for most defenses of this championship. It felt really good to silence another idiot who wants to question my honor, my pride, and ability. So I go from that...to another idiot that is going to say the exact same things about me that I’ve been railing about. It’s going to be another ‘same old same old’ with Ricky Valero. He’s going to say the exact same things that others have already said about me. Look at two weeks ago. He called me a “glorified instagram model’. That sound familiar?

She rolls her eyes.

Fujiko Mine: But not just him. Evan has toyed with my emotions enough. It’s going to be rather sweet to get to face him and get a chance to return the favor of that kick he gave me. And Natalie?

She seems to want to say something. Her mouth works, but no sound seems to come out. She exhales, and then just shakes her head.

Fujiko Mine: And Brandon? Well, he’s guilty of the mess we as a brand got into at All-Star Showdown. His hubris is the reason that we no longer have an Undisputed champion. And when he heard me constantly ask for challengers, he chose to ignore me. When Brian Stryker had his opportunity, Brandon took it from him. He’s not been good for this brand. Beyond how he affects me, or Jimmy, it’s his fault he were humiliated. And to possibly get to hurt Evan and Ricky, as well as bring some respectability back to this brand? I’m more than happy to beat his chosen number one contender and his champion.

Fujiko chokes back some of the anger that she was holding onto.

Fujiko Mine: Spencer, tonight I get the chance to end Brandon’s tenure as general manager. And I can’t think of a better partner than Jimmy Page to help me do it. Jimmy has a huge bone to pick with Evan, Brandon, and Ricky. And it’s going to feel really good when we emerge victorious.

Fujiko turns to face the camera.

Fujiko Mine: This is the last night that all of you will have to suffer Brandon MacDonald as general manager. And Ricky? You’re going to be the next in a long line of fools who learn exactly what happens when you step to the Apex Goddess and underestimate her. You are going to end up denied...just like Chris Madison, and Seth Iser. You aren’t coming out of this as Pride champion. You’re just going to get humiliated. And it all starts tonight.

Spencer looks at her again.

Spencer Burke: But, you didn’t really comment on the situation with Natalie…

Fujiko narrows her eyes at Spencer. Not out of annoyance, but out of heartbreak. It is clear she can’t say anything. She exits the scene, and Spencer nods, sending the show back to ringside.

[FGA Office]

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• Singles Match •
Kol vs. Izzy Anders

The bell sounds as Kol and Anders make their way to the center of the ring. With both grapplers now chest to chest, Kol looks down at Anders while The Mindkiller stares up at him. The two stare each other down while the crowd buzzes with anticipation. There isn’t any taunting going on. There’s isn’t any trash talk going back and forth. Just two grapplers continuing to stare each other down as the anticipation builds. They then slowly step away from each other before circling the ring. A collar-and-elbow tie up soon follows. After jockeying for position, Kol uses his strength advantage to move Anders across the ring and into the corner. While Kol has Anders pressed up against the turnbuckles, the ref heads over and gives both grapplers until the count of five to break the hold. Both grapplers break it up once the count reaches ‘four’. Kol keeps his arms in the air as he slowly steps back towards the center of the ring. Anders keeps her guard up until Kol is out of striking distance. The Mindkiller marches out of the corner and engages in another lock up. This time, it’s Anders who gains the advantage with a side headlock. Kol tries to shove her off, but Anders stays attached to him. After a forearm strike to the ribs, Kol tries to shove her off. But it’s to no avail. He then wraps his arms around Anders, moves her into the near ropes, runs and tries to shove her off. But Anders drops to a knee while keeping the hold applied.

Anders continues to try and wear down Kol with the wrenching side headlock. While Kol is on his knees, Anders quickly lets go, turn and throws out an Axe Kick. But Kol reaches up and grabs her ankle. After returning to his feet, he swings the leg away from him, grabs Anders from behind and goes for a belly to back suplex. But Anders rolls over his shoulder, lands on her feet and knocks him down with the Black Song (hammerlock lariat)! After pulling Kol up into a seated position, Anders points to a fan in the crowd before turning to run into the far ropes. When Anders comes back, she throws out A Gift For You (Penalty Kick). But Kol blocks by wrapping his arms around Anders’ left leg! So Anders reaches down and hits Kol with multiple hammer fists to the top of the head. Once Kol lets go, Anders quickly takes a few steps back, then runs forward and throws out the kick. But Kol leans back to evade the kick before following up with a schoolboy. ONE! TWO! Anders kicks out. Both grapplers scramble back to a vertical base. Kol beats her to the standing position and tries to take advantage by knocking Anders’ head off with a roundhouse kick. But Anders rolls out of the way, rests the side of her head on the palm of her hand and smirks at Kol. Kol rushes over and throws out an elbow drop. But Anders rolls out of the way, underneath the bottom rope and out onto the apron while Kol’s elbow hits the canvas. When Kol gets back to a vertical base, Anders doubles him over with a shoulder thrust. She goes for a sunset flip. But Kol rolls through it. He then throws out a front dropkick to the face. But Anders rolls out of the way. As Kol tries to get back to a vertical base, Anders knocks him down with a front dropkick to the side of the head for a two count.

As the match continues, Anders moves Kol into the corner before delivering a knife edge chop. Another knife edge chop echos throughout the arena before Anders hits him with a European Uppercut. Kol then grabs Anders, tosses The Mindkiller into the corner and unleashes a furry of knife edge chops of his own. After the flurry of chops, Anders pushes him back. When Kol heads back over into the corner, he gets whacked across the face with a Stockton Slap! The crowd cheers at the sight of Kol getting the taste slapped out of his mouth. The slap causes Kol to turn around. While Kol holds his right cheek, Anders rushes out of the corner and knocks him down with a running European Uppercut to the back of the neck. After Kol drops down to a knee, The Mindkiller positions herself in front of him before knocking him down with an Axe Kick! She makes the cover, but Kol gets his shoulder up at two.

Anders begins to target the arm in the fifth minute. She pulls Kol back to his feet before applying an arm wrench. Another arm wrench gets a groan out of Kol. After a third arm wrench, Anders follows up with short-arm shoulder blocks to Kol’s shoulder. The last of which drops Kol back to a knee. As Kol tries to get back to a vertical base, a yank to the arm drops him back down to a knee. Once Kol gets back to a vertical base, Anders tries to rip his arm out of his socket a second time. Another tug on the arm drops Kol back to a knee. While Anders has her left arm wrapped around Kol’s arm, she takes her free hand and paintbrushes the back of Kol’s head, adding insult to injury. After Kol gets back to a vertical base, he uses his free arm to move Anders back into the ropes. Once the ref calls for the two grapplers to break it up, they both appear to make a clean break. While Anders has her arms in the air, the crowd boos when Kol quickly takes advantage, grabs the middle ropes with both hands and nearly drives the air out of Anders with multiple hard shoulder thrusts to the midsection. While Anders is doubled over, Kol steps back, runs over and sends spittle flying out of her mouth with a high knee lift, knocking Anders through the ropes and to the floor! Kol steps out onto the apron, takes a few steps back and crouches down as he waits for Anders. As The Mindkiller slowly gets back to a vertical base, so does Kol. He then runs along the apron before knocking Anders down with a flying clothesline! He brings the action back inside and makes the cover, but Anders gets her shoulder up at two.

Kol stays on offense in the eighth minute, moving Anders into the corner. He connects with multiple Bionic Elbows. The last of which sends Anders slumping down in the corner. Kol reaches down, pulls up Anders by the hair and whips her into the far corner. He runs across the ring to follow up with an attack when Anders cuts him off with a European Uppercut. After stumbling back, Kol runs back into the corner and gets caught with another European Uppercut! As The Mindkiller motions to walk out of the corner, Kol runs over and sends her flying into the turnbuckles with a running front dropkick! The boos continue as Kol puts the boots to Anders. He reaches down, pulls up Anders by the hair and slams her face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning Anders around, Kol throws out multiple back elbows before cracking her across the face with a forearm smash! After delivering an irish whip, Kol follows Anders into the opposite corner, connects with a clothesline and follows up with a running bulldog out of the corner for a two count. A neckbreaker gets another two count. After delivering a scoop slam, Kol heads into the ropes, comes back and delivers a leg drop. Then a second. Then a third! He makes the cover. ONE! TWO! Anders gets her shoulder up.

As Kol slowly pulls up Anders by the hair, The Mindkiller catches him by surprise with a small package! ONE! TWO! TH-NO! Kol kicks out. After both grapplers scramble back to a vertical base, Anders connects with a step-up enzuigiri. While Kol is rocked, Anders turns and takes off into the ropes. When Anders returns, Kol rocks her with a roundhouse kick! While Anders is dazed, Kol turns and runs into the ropes. When he comes back, Anders rocks him with a roundhouse kick of her own! She then blasts Kol with a palm strike, then another. Kol’s then hit with two more palm strikes. The Mindkiller then fires off a flurry of palm strikes before taking him by the wrist, wrenching the amr and following up with a double knee armbreaker! After Kol drops down to a knee, Anders takes off into the ropes again. When she returns, she flattens Kol with a shining yakuza kick! She makes the cover. ONE! TWO! TH-NO! The crowd boos when Kol gets his good arm up. Anders then takes Kol by the good arm and drags him over towards the corner. After slipping to the outside, Anders takes the arm and gives him The Break Up, Part II (armbreaker onto the ring post)! Anders delivers another Break Up for good measure! The Mindkiller slips back inside, grabs Kol and pulls him up in the corner. After slamming Kol face-first into the top turnbuckle, she turns Kol around and sends him slumping down in the corner with MUDA MUDA MUDA (machine gun punches)! The Mindkiller runs into the opposite corner, bounces off the turnbuckles, runs back over and goes for double knees to the face. But Kol rolls out of the way, causing Anders to crash knees-first into the corner! While Anders rolls away from the corner Kol tries to pull himself back up.

While Anders tries to pick herself up off the mat, Kol runs into the far ropes. When he returns, he flattens Anders with a single leg dropkick! He makes the cover. ONE! TWO! Anders gets her shoulder up. Kol pulls her back up in the eleventh minute and sends her into the ropes with an irish whip. When Anders returns, Kol throws out a bicycle kick. But Anders catches his foot and counters with a dragon screw! Kol clutches his knee as he rolls away from Anders. The Mindkiller heads over and slowly pulls up Kol when he grabs her by the front of her tights and pulls back, sending Anders through the ropes and onto the apron. Kol quickly rolls out onto the apron, pulls Anders up and delivers a belly to back suplex on the apron! Kol pulls Anders off the apron, lifts her up and delivers a belly to back suplex on the floor for good measure! He rolls Anders back inside and makes the cover. ONE! TWO! TH-NO! Anders gets her foot on the bottom rope. Kol pulls Anders back up and goes for a third belly to back suplex. But Anders counters by wrapping her right arm around the top rope. So Kol lets go and doubles her over with a knee to the midsection. After delivering clubbing strikes across the back, Kol follows up with repeated knees to the head. He then yanks Anders away from the ropes, lifts her up, runs across the ring and delivers another belly to back suplex! He makes the cover. ONE! TWO! THR-NO! Cheers and jeers can be heard when Anders gets her shoulder up. Kol yanks up Anders before whipping her hard into the corner. Anders arches her back when her spine collides with the turnbuckles. Kol marches over, takes Anders and whips her hard into the opposite corner. Anders crumbles from out of the corner as soon as her back hits the turnbuckles. Kol marches over, pulls Anders back up by the hair and sends her back into the previous corner with another irish whip. Kol runs over and throws out double knees when Anders crumbles out of the corner, sending Kol crashing knees-first into the turnbuckles! After rolling away from the corner, Kol gets up onto a knee. After he slowly gets back to a vertical base, Anders steals a move out of Kol’s playbook and brings him down with a jumping reverse bulldog!

While both grapplers are down, the ref starts his count. When the count reaches ‘four’, Anders begins to stir on the mat before turning over into the prone position. As the ref’s count reaches ‘seven’, Kol is still sprawled out on the mat. When the count hits ‘eight’, Anders gets up onto a knee. Just before the count reaches ‘ten’, Anders gets to her feet before staggering across the ring and falling against the ropes. As she turns and rests her back against the ropes, she sees Kol beginning to stir on the canvas. After Kol turns over on all fours, Anders heads over, pulls Kol up and pulls him into a front facelock. She goes to steal another move from his playbook with an Evenflow DDT. But Kol counters by running forward and ramming her back-first into the turnbuckles. He then turns Anders around, lifts her up and sits her down on the top turnbuckle. After climbing up onto the middle ropes, Kol goes for an avalanche belly to back suplex. But Anders blocks it. So Kol tries to muscle her up for another suplex. But again, Anders blocks it. When Kol lets go, Anders hits Kol with multiple back elbows to the face. She then places Kol in a headlock and uses her free hand to hit Kol with a flurry of short-range punches to the head. Once Anders lets go, she hits Kol with another back elbow to the face, knocking him off the ropes and to the floor! The Mindkiller then climbs up onto the top turnbuckle, turns around, leaps off and delivering a diving knee drop across Kol’s arm! Kol groans as he rolls back and forth clutching his arm.

Anders heads over, pulls Kol up to a seated position by the nose and points to a random fan before heading into the far ropes. When Anders returns, she flattens Kol with A Gift For You in the seventeenth minute! The Mindkiller pulls Kol back up by the arm, wrenches the arm and nails him with a palm strike. She then whacks Kol across the face with another Stockton Slap.!While Kol is dazed, Anders unleashes a barrage of strikes with Dirty Dancin (kick flurry). Once Kol drops down to a knee, Anders turns and runs into the far ropes. When Anders comes back, Kol leaps to his feet and turns her around with a bicycle kick to the face! While Anders is stunned, the crowd boos as Kol applies an inverted front facelock before bringing Anders down with the Kol Kutter (rolling cutter)! Kol lays sprawled out on the mat while Anders stays face down on the mat. After a few seconds, Kol begins to stir on the mat. Meanwhile, Anders is still motionless on the mat. Kol struggles to pull himself over towards the side of the ring. After slowly pulling himself up using the ropes, he turns and rests his back against the ropes as he eyes Anders. The Mindkiller begins to move on the canvas. Kol narrows his eyes as he sees Anders trying to pick herself up off the canvas. While Anders struggles to push herself up on all fours, the crowd erupts with boos when Kol runs towards the center of the ring and nearly kicks her head off with Broken Dreams! Anders’ body collapses back to the canvas while Kol crumbles to the mat. He then crawls back over, pulls Anders over onto her back and hooks the leg for the cover. ONE! TWO! THREE!

Kol O || Broken Dreams (20:58) || Izzy Anders X

• Commercial Break •

[FGA Office]

[FGA Office]

We cut to the backstage area where the audience unleashes a mixed reaction at the sight of Natalie McKinley. She’s sitting in the Good Guys’ dresser room, looking at her phone as she sits in a folding chair over her bag. She takes a deep breath as the “Sent” notification audibly rings out from her speaker.

After a few seconds of silence, an audible “hm” comes from the far corner of the room. Natalie looks up and blinks a few times to mask her annoyance before our cameras pan out, revealing Evan Envi and Ricky Valero seated on a leather sofa at the far end of the dressing room, close to the door. Natalie perks an eyebrow, waiting for Evan to speak his mind. The Chief frowns slightly.

Evan Envi: Huh. Heard you send the text but…

He picks his phone up, which was facedown on the arm of the sofa.

Evan Envi: This is weird. I don’t seem to have gotten a text. Did you, Ricky?

Ricky Valero: I did not, which is kinda crazy.

Evan Envi: Crazy.

Ricky Valero: Crazy.

Evan Envi: Who ya textin, Nat?

Ricky Valero: It’s probably Fujiko.

Evan Envi: It probably is Fujiko. Jeez, Nat, the enemy?!

Natalie McKinley: Who I text is no--

Evan Envi: Kidding. We are kidding, dude. That’s your business. Don’t swing.

Natalie McKinley: Okay. Good. But I’m still not happy with either of you, for coercing me into… well, you know.

Ricky Valero: “Coercing”?

He repeats it with his eyes growing wide in surprise.

Ricky Valero: You make it sound like we were plotting a crime or something, Nat! Calm down with the old news and the finger-pointing, okay? We’re all in this together. Evan and I are trying to learn from our mistakes…

Natalie doesn’t look entirely impressed, but her eyes drift over to the FGA World Champion as he speaks up.

Evan Envi: Yeah. That was on us. But we’ve learned from it, right? We’re better for it now, right? We all understand each other a little better. So uh…

Envi runs a hand through his now-blonde hair and pushes himself up off the couch, picking the FGA World Title up as well, throwing it on his shoulder as he moves toward Natalie.

Evan Envi: So maybe this week, we can--

Natalie McKinley: I can’t, Evan. I can’t help the two of you tonight.

Evan Envi: Hey. This…  

He points to his heart and then Natalie’s, beaming widely.

Evan Envi: This is why we’re basically soulmates. All three of us. Ricky and I were just talking about how maybe it’s best for all of us… maybe even for Fujiko… if you just stayed in the back anyway. I meeean, emotions are high. No need to make matters worse, right?

Natalie gives Evan an indistinguishable look before her gaze falls on Ricky, who offers a broad grin. Natalie sighs a little, but her eyes dart toward the door as it’s pushed open without warning.

Natalie McKinley: Hey—!

She stops herself, sighing a little as Brandon Macdonald walks into the room, earning a deafening chorus of boos from the audience.

Brandon Macdonald: Guys. I think it’s about time we talk about…

He shrugs, an annoyed expression on his face, as if waiting for one of the Good Guys to finish his sentence for him.

Brandon Macdonald: ...the main event?

Envi looks back at the GM, rubbing his jaw for a moment before a smile eventually forces itself onto his face.

Evan Envi: Ah. Sorry. Didn’t even hear you knocking. Just caught us a little off guard is all.

Brandon Macdonald: Right. Look. I think we should make it a point to get to the ring first. Who knows what kind of demons are on Jimmy Page’s shoulders right now, okay? He and Fujiko Mine have it out for me. They have wanted me gone since the moment I came here.

The Good Guys look at Macdonald quietly before Envi offers a faint smile.

Evan Envi: Brandon. Sir.

Brandon Macdonald: Yeah?

Evan Envi: I uh…

Ricky Valero: Don’t come out there.

Valero says it sternly and quickly. Macdonald narrows his eyes in confusion for a moment while an “OOOOOHHH…” thunders through the live audience. Macdonald shakes his head, blinking rapidly.

Brandon Macdonald: What? Listen. I-- I trust your guys’ judgment, hah, but this is my career on the line. My job.

Evan Envi: And that’s why you need to trust us now more than ever. I mean, we have something to lose too, man. Especially me.

He tightens his grip on the title before clearing his throat.

Evan Envi: Just let us take care of it. We know what we’re doing.

Brandon Macdonald sighs loudly and looks at the three of them in silence. Tense, quiet seconds pass before he shakes his head and storms out of the room, throwing the door shut behind him. Envi shrugs slightly and looks at his comrades.

Evan Envi: Well then.

He slaps Ricky’s chest and moves toward the door. Ricky lingers, giving a quick glance back at Natalie, and offering a wink before he turns and follows the champion. We fade to black on the thoughtful, pondering gaze of Natalie McKinley.

[FGA Office]

MAIN EVENT
• Tag Team Match •
The Good Guys vs. Jimmy Page and Fujiko Mine

As soon as the bell sounds, Jimmy Page charges across the ring to go after Evan Envi. But The Chief wisely steps halfway between the ropes, forcing the ref to hold Page back. The crowd erupts with boos as Ricky Valero taunts Page from the apron. Once the FGA World Champion steps back into the ring, the two grapplers proceed to circle the ring before Page makes a beeline towards Envi. The Chief’s eyes widen as he sees Page charging full steam ahead. So he backpedals before sticking his upper body between the middle & top ropes, once again forcing the ref to move Page back. Page curses at Envi through gritted teeth while he reluctantly steps back. The Chief smirks as he’s solidly in Page’s head at this point. After slipping back inside, Envi begins to motion for Page to come to him. The King of the F’n World obliges and marches back over towards the champion. The two engage in a collar-and-elbow tie up. But Page uses his strength advantage to move Envi easily against the ropes. The ref gives the two until the count of five to break the hold. Once the count reaches ‘four’, both grapplers go to make a clean break until Envi slaps Page, which elicits an eruption of boos from the crowd. When Page slowly turns back to Envi, the Chief motions to turn and hop through the ropes. But Page grabs him by the back of the neck! Cheers follow as Page pulls Envi back inside, runs over towards his team’s corner and slams Envi face-first into the top turnbuckle. Page catches Envi’s neck after his face ricochets off the turnbuckle and slams him face-first back into the top turnbuckle. After turning Envi around, Page unleashes a flurry of right hands, sending Envi slumping down into the corner. Page reaches down, pulls Envi back up and sends him slumping down with another flurry of right hands. Page then turns and flips off Valero before running into the adjacent set of ropes. When Page returns, the crowd explodes with cheers when he bashes Envi with a running knee facewash! Page reaches down, pulls up the Chief and doubles him over with a double chop to the throat before throwing him out of the corner with a double underhook suplex!

The crowd explodes with cheers when Fujiko Mine is tagged in! The reigning Pride Champion springboards onto the top turnbuckle and stays crouched as she awaits the World Champion. Once Envi returns to his feet and turns around, Fujiko stands up, leaps off and brings Envi down with a flying hurricanrana! She makes the cover, but Envi kicks out at two. An irish whip then sends Envi into the ropes. When Envi returns, Fujiko leapfrogs over him. Envi continues to run the ropes. When he returns, Fujiko runs past him. So Envi stops on a dime. As Fujiko hits the ropes, Valero yanks down the top rope, sending Fujiko flipping over the top rope. But instead of crashing on the canvas, Fujiko’s able to use her supreme agility to land safely on her feet. She then takes Valero by the ankle and yanks him off the apron. The crowd cheers when Valero smacks his face on the edge of the apron! The cheers get even louder when Fujiko knocks him down with a dropkick. When the Pride Champion gets back to her feet, the crowd erupts with boos when Envi knocks her down with a suicide European Uppercut! The boos continue as the Chief puts the boots to the Apex Goddess on the floor. Once Valero returns to his feet, he heads over and helps Envi stomp away on Fujiko. Page then jumps off the apron and marches down ringside!

Page rounds the ringpost and knocks Valero down from behind with a lariat. He then turns to Envi, who turns white as a ghost. The FGA World Champion then turns and takes off. But the King of the F’n World isn’t about to let Envi get away. So he takes off after the Chief. While Valero gains the ref’s attention, Page continues to chase Envi around the ring. Once Envi laps the ring, Page is right behind him until Valero blows him up with a huge lariat! The crowd erupts with boos when Page collapses to the mat and clutches his chest. After kicking over the top half of the steel steps, The Good Guys lift up Page before dropping him across the bottom half of the steps with a double pancake! They then pick Page back up before whipping him down ringside and sending him crashing hard into the guardrail! Envi grabs Fujiko and rolls her back inside for the cover. But the Pride Champ gets a shoulder up at two.

The crowd erupts with boos when Valero is tagged in during the sixth minute. Valero puts the boots to Fujiko before whipping her into the far ropes. When Fujiko returns, Valero knocks her down with a back elbow to the face for a two count. He then sends her back into the ropes with an irish whip. When Fujiko returns, Valero knocks her down with a running dropkick for another two count. Valero moves Fujiko into the corner before applying a foot choke. Once the ref’s count reaches ‘four’, Valero reluctantly lets go. He then lets off a series of shoot kicks to the chest. After whipping Fujiko across the ring into the Good Guys’ corner, Valero runs across the ring and connects with a corner forearm smash! He then pulls Fujiko away from the corner before bringing her down with a russian leg sweep. Valero heads into the ropes, comes back and delivers the Leg Drops of Jupiter (rally of consecutive leg drops)! He hooks the leg. ONE! TWO! Fujiko gets her shoulder up.

Valero stays in control as he doubles Fujiko over with a knee strike to the midsection. After bringing Fujiko down with a swinging neckbreaker, Valero heads out onto the apron. He goes for a springboard maneuver when Page reaches up and grabs his ankle mid-jump and yanks him down to the floor. When Valero turns to Page, he gets doubled over with a boot to the midsection. The crowd cheers when Page takes Valero and plants him with a Snap DDT on the floor! Page rolls Valero back inside while Fujiko begins to stir on the canvas. The Pride Champion crawls over and makes the cover. ONE! TWO! T-NO! The crowd boos when Valero gets his foot on the bottom rope. Fujiko picks up Valero and goes for an irish whip. But Valero reverses. When Fujiko comes back, she goes to slide through Valero’s legs. But Valero reaches down and grabs her by the hair with both hands. After pulling Fujiko back up, Valero positions her for the PinnaclePlex. But Fujiko counters with repeated elbows to the back of the head. After a spinning back kick doubles Valero over, Fujiko delivers a shoot kick to the back of the thigh, dropping Valero down to a knee. Fujiko follows up with a headscissors facebuster! She makes the cover. ONE! TWO! Valero gets his shoulder up.

Fujiko heads over and tags Page back in. Page gets in during the ninth minute and knocks Valero across the ring with a flurry of right hands. An irish whip sends Valero into the far ropes. When Valero returns, Page sets up for a back body drop. So Valero counters with a kick to the face. He then turns and runs back into the ropes, where Envi makes the blind tag. When Valero returns, he slides through Page’s legs, pops back up and grabs page from behind. Once Envi steps back in, the crowd erutps with boos when the Good Guys deliver the Pinnacle Kick (PinnaclePlex/Kapowski Kick combination)! Envi makes the cover. ONE! TWO! T-NO! Page gets his shoulder up. Envi moves Page into the corner and delivers alternating European Uppercuts and knife edge chops. Valero “WOOO”s after each strike. He then takes Page and whips him into the opposite corner. The Chief runs across the ring and nails Page with a running European Uppercut! After sending Page back over into the Good Guys’ corner, Envi runs over to follow up with an attack. But Page counters with a back elbow to the face. He then hits Valero with a back elbow. Envi runs back over. This time, Page knocks him back with a boot to the face. He then turns and drops Valero to the mat with a right hand. While Envi is dazed, Page runs out of the corner and throws out the Concussion (rolling elbow). But Envi ducks, hoosk the arm, lifts Page up and throws him down with a Uranage! The boos continue as Envi drops down and underhooks the leg for the cover. ONE! TWO! T-NO! Page gets his shoulder up.

Valero is tagged back in and puts the boots to Page. He then picks up Page, moves over over to the side of the ring and chokes him across the top rope. When the ref’s count reaches ‘four’, Valero reluctantly breaks the choke. Envi then takes Page and places him in a front facelock between the ropes while Valero runs the ropes. When he returns, he delivers a jumping stomp across the back! He then pulls Page back inside before bringing him down with a double underhook backbreaker! Valero makes the cover. ONE! TWO! TH-NO! Page gets his shoulder up. Envi is then tagged back in. While Evi positions himself in the corner, Valero heads over, jumps on Envi and monkey flips him out of the corner, causes Envi to deliver a splash onto Page. The ref slides into place for the count. ONE! TWO! TH-NO! Page gets his shoulder up. Valero is tagged back in. The Good Guys pick up Page, move him over towards the corner and deliver a double suplex into the turnbuckles! Valero drags Page away from the corner and makes the cover. ONE! TWO! TH-NO! Page gets his shoulder up. Envi gets tagged back in. After Page is thrown down with a Sambo Suplex, The Good Guys head into their corner and climb up onto the ropes. The crowd boos as Valero hits a second rope leg drop, quickly followed by a top rope leg drop from Envi! He makes the cover. ONE! TWO! THR-NO! The crowd gasps, then cheers when Page gets his shoulder up.

Page gets placed in a sleeper hold during minute fourteen The ref gets down and asks Page if he wants to give up. But he refuses. Once Fujiko starts slapping the top turnbuckle, the crowd begins to rally behind Page. Meanwhile, Valero can be heard taunting Page from out of the apron. Page begins to feed off the energy of the crowd. Envi shakes his head in disbelief as Page slowly turns over onto a knee. After he gets back to a vertical base, Page nails him with four elbows to the midsection, breaking the hold. He then runs into the far ropes. When Page returns, Envi brings him down with a belly to belly suplex. The boos continue as the Chief scales to the top turnbuckle and flips off for The Classics (diving moonsault). The boos then turn to an explosion of cheers when Page rolls out of the way, causing Envi to splat on the canvas! Valero is horrified. Page turns on the canvas before turning over into the prone position. Page pulls himself across the ring. Once he gets back to a vertical base, he staggers over and tags Fujiko back in!

The crowd explodes with cheers as the Pride Champion slingshots herself back into the ring. Valero runs over and tries to knock her down with a clothesline. But Fujiko ducks and runs towards the ropes. When Valero turns around, he gets caught with a handspring rebound enzuigiri! When Fujiko returns to her feet, Envi throws out a superkick. But Fujiko swats it down and counters with a handstand calf kick. While Envi is dazed, Fujiko heads towards the ropes, bounces back and brings him down with a handspring rebound Ace Crusher! She makes the cover. ONE! TWO! T-NO! The crowd boos when Valero dives over and breaks up the pin!

Valero unload son Fujiko with clubbing strikes to the back. He then yanks up Fujiko, lifts him up onto his shoulders and goes for a turnbuckle powerbomb. But Fujiko punches him on the top of the head and counters with a hurricanrana. She then slingshots herself out onto the apron, springboards to the top turnbuckle and goes for a diving double foot stomp. But Valero rolls out of the way. Once Fujiko lands on her feet, her momentum sends her rolling forward. When Fujiko turns around, Valero runs over to attack. But Fujiko knocks him down with the 4-Play (running single leg dropkick)! Just as Fujiko gets back to her feet, Envi shoves her from behind into the ropes. When Fujiko returns, Envi goes for a Pop-up Elbow Strike. But on the way up, Fujiko counters with a dropkick to the face! She then follows up with a standing Shooting Star Press! She hooks the leg. ONE! TWO! TH-NO! The crowd boos wen Envi gets his shoulder up. Fujiko then takes Evi by the wrist and blasts him with Sealed With A Kick (ground arm pull roundhouse kick)!

As the match continues, Fujiko goes for an irish whip. But Envi reverses. Instead of bouncing back, Fujiko hangs onto the ropes. So the Chief runs over to attack when Fujiko ducks and dumps him over the top rope. When Envi lands on his feet, Fujiko knocks him to the floor with a 360 Kick! While Envi pulls himself up on the outside, Fujiko turns and takes off into the afr ropes. When Fujiko returns, she flips over the top rope, tags Page in mid air and takes out Envi with a topé suicida over the top rope! Page hops off the apron, grabs Envi and rolls him back inside. Page picks up Envi and whips him hard sternum-first into the turnbuckles. As Envi stumbles back, Page grabs him from behind before nearly dropping him on his head with a half nelson suplex! Page then heads over against the ropes and waves Envi up. The crowd is buzzing with anticipation as they know what’s about to one next. They want to see Envi get kneed in the face. Once Envi gets up on a knee, Page runs over and throws out the Trauma Symphony (Boma Ye). But Envi slips out of the way. When Page turns around, the crowd boos when Envi doubles him over with an inverted atomic drops before planting him with The Blues (scissors snap double arm DDT)! The crowd gasps, then boos as Envi pushes Page over to make the cover. ONE! TWO! THRE-NO! Fujiko reaches in and yanks Envi off of Page! Envi slaps the canvas out of frustration before turning onto his back and trying to kick away at Fujiko. Valero hops down from the apron, runs around ringside and tackles Fujiko down! The crowd boos as Valero gets on top of Fujiko and raisin down right hands ot the face. The boos then turn to cheers when Fujiko rolls over and delivers right hands of her own.

While this is going on, the ref goes over and tries to get some order. The crowd erupts with boos as GM Brandon Macdonald marches down to the ring with a steel chair in hand. Macdonald slides the chair into the ring before rolling in after it. Macdonald takes the chair and positions himself behind Page. The boos get even louder as Macdonald is ready to blast Page with the chair. Once Page gets back to his feet and turns around, Macdonald swings the chair. But Page ducks, causes Envi to get hit with the chair! The crowd explodes with cheers. Macdonald drops the chair in shock before putting his hands on his head. Macdonald shakes his head in disbelief while Page approaches from behind. He then grabs Macdonald from behind before clobbering him with a ripcord Concussion! Page then takes Macdonald and chucks him through the ropes and to the floor. After kicking the chair to the outside, Page turns back to the Chief, who is struggling to get back to his feet. After Envi gets back to a vertical base, Page grabs him and then brings him down with Nirvana (hangman's facebuster)! The crowd explodes with cheers upon seeing Envi driven face-first into the mat. Page then pushes him over and makes the cover. ONE! TWO! THREE!

The Good Guys X || Nirvana (22:07) || Jimmy Page & Fujiko Mine O