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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 20:55:41 GMT -5
FGA MID-ATLANTIC LEGACY CHAMPIONSHIP
© Marlon Cure vs. Piper Lennon J.A. Aldridge: Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for ONE fall and it is for the FGA MID-ATLANTIC LEGACY CHAMPIONSHIP!!! The arena lights dim as the instrumental version of Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" begins to play. A few moments pass before Piper Lennon ambles out from behind the curtain, pausing at the top of the ramp to survey her surroundings. She zigs and zags, taking her time as she makes her way down the ramp, taking everything in but not paying the fans any particular mind. J.A. Aldridge: Introducing first, the challenger! From La Jolla, California… PIPER LENNON!!! After circling halfway around the ring, she removes her jacket and camera, leaving them at the timekeeper's area. She stops in front of the announce desk, leaning back against it and staring up at the ceiling. Only then does she pick the pace up, lurching forward and sliding under the bottom rope into the ring, then popping up to her feet. She takes her corner, slouching back and drumming her fingers as she waits for the match to begin. Kris Cruise: We are back for another championship match from the Vertigo brand. Piper Lennon has been a thorn in Marlon Cure’s side for months on end. Despite his best efforts, Lennon has successfully gotten into his head. Cure is usually calm, cool, and collected. He carries himself with a swagger that he can’t be touched. But Piper Lennon has successfully driven that man up a wall. Mind games have been played for months, Stephy. Will it all pay off for Lennon here tonight? Stephy Auger: It could! She’s thrown Marlon off his game. When he’s in the ring with her, he doesn’t want to showboat and show up the competition like everyone else. He doesn’t just want the one-two-three. He wants to cause as march as as possible and that’s not really Cure’s game, Cruise. King Cure could be playing right into Lennon’s hands. *Static Cut Intro*
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Cure walks down the ramp but stops halfway, unhooking the [insert championship name here] from around his waist as he looks down at the face plate, before raising both hands to his side as the camera pans around Cure and dollar bills begin to fall from the ceiling. The camera settles back into place as Cure puts the title over his shoulder and continues to the ring, then gets a close up of one of the bills to see that Cure's image has been superimposed onto them. J.A. Aldridge: Her opponent, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Weighing in at 195 pounds! He is the reigning and defending Mid-Atlantic Legacy Champion… MARLON CURE!!! The High Flyer walks down to the ring with purpose, oozing confidence as he hops up the steel steps and climbs up to the top rope, reaching a hand for the sky with the championship in his grasp as the fans boo heavily before hopping into the ring. Cure shrugs the sleeveless long coat off of his shoulders and places the black and gold crown around a nearby ringpost as he leans back in the corner, waiting for the match to begin. Kris Cruise: Cure has turned away challengers like Susan Kent and most recently Annie Zellor. But even his dislike for Zellor pales in comparison to his feelings towards Piper Lennon. He’s prove himself to be a formidable opponent in Mid-Atlantic Legacy championship matches, as well as against FGA’s best. But has he met his match with the unflappable Lennon. Lennon darts across the ring and throws out a running double ax handle to start things off. Cure is able to knock her hands away from him with a yakuza kick. King Cure follows up with a Rolling Elbow, which Lennon ducks. When Lennon stands back up, Cure is quick to throw out a Rolling Elbow using his left arm. Again, Lennon’s able to duck in time. When she stands back up, she connects with a gamengiri, knocking Cure back towards the ropes. Lennon then turns and runs into the far ropes. When the challenger comes back, Cure leaps across the ring and knocks her off her feet with a flying forearm bash! A second forearm bash returns Lennon to the mat. The champion then takes Lennon and whips her into the corner. Cure runs in to follow up with an attack when Lennon ducks and dumps him over the top rope. After Cure lands on his feet, Lennon turns around and gets caught with an elbow smash that knocks her back. King Cure follows up with a springboard diving side kick that knocks her down! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Lennon kicks out. Kris Cruise: The diving kick only gets a two count. Stephy Auger: He was trying to send those teeth flying out of her mouth with that one. Cure takes Lennon and whips her into the ropes. When Lennon returns, she’s able to slide down from behind after a back body drop attempt from Cure. She then takes Cure and grabs him around the waist. Cure nails her with a back elbow to the face. But the hold stays on. King Cure nails Lennon with another back elbow to the face. But again, the rear waistlock stays applied! So Cure runs forward, wraps his arms around the ropes and yanks back, sending Lennon falling off his back down to the mat. After she rolls back to her feet, Cure runs over and nearly gets taken out by a running double ax handle from Lennon. This time, Cure avoids the blow by rolling underneath it. When Lennon turns around, Cure hits her with a Pelé Kick. While the challenger is dazed, Cure heads into the far ropes. When he comes back, he knocks Lennon off her feet with a spinning wheel kick! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Lennon kicks out. Kris Cruise: Another two count for the champion! Cure has stayed a step ahead and has been able to control the pace thus far. Cue takes Lennon, moves her into the corner and bashes her with four elbow smashes across the face. He then clobbers Lennon with a Rolling Elbow, sending her slumping down in the corner! Stephy Auger: Oof! I heard that one! While Lennon is dazed, Cure steps back towards the center of the ring. He then charges forward and throws out a bicycle knee strike. Lennon slips out of the way at the last second, causing Cure to crash knee-first into the turnbuckle! Cure stumbles back before Lennon brings him down with a schoolboy. ONE! . Lennon gets her feet on the ropes! . TWO! . . Cure kicks out. Kris Cruise: Lennon tried to steal the championship! Stephy Auger: If you aren’t cheating, you aren’t trying. Both grapplers try to get to their feet. Lennon ends up beating Cure of the punch and grabs his wrist. While Cure’s on his knee, Lennon delivers a soccer kick flurry. She then turns and hits the ropes. When Lennon comes back, she flattens Cure with a running knee to the face! The challenger drops down and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Cure kicks out. Lennon picks up Cure before knocking him against the ropes with a front push kick to the chest. She then heads over and whacks Cure with an open hand chop. Lennon wallops Cure with another open hand chop. After doubling Cure over with a cross chop to the throat, Lennon turns and takes off into the far ropes. When she returns, she finally connects with the running double ax handle to the face, sending Cure flipping over the top rope and falling to the floor! Kris Cruise: What a strike from Piper Lennon! She just tee’d off on King Cure! Stephy Auger: If Cure let’s that happen later, he’ll be eliminated from the Rumble! Lennon steps out onto the apron. She then takes a few steps back. Once she’s through measuring up Cure, Lennon runs across the apron before leaping off and crashing down hard across him with a Cactus Elbow! Stephy Auger: Elbow right to the heart! Lennon returns to her feet and delivers a double foot stomp to the gut. She immediately turns around before delivering another double foot stomp. Lennon reaches down, picks up Cure and whips him hard down ringside. After crashing against the guardrail, Lennon charges down ringside, hops over the guardrail, grabs Cure from behind in mid air and then pulls him down into the crowd with a jumping neckbreaker slam! Kris Cruise: Oh my God! Stephy Auger: Cure just landed on his neck! The ref immediately stops his count before rolling to the outside. He rushes over and makes sure that both champion and challenger are okay. Cure is seen folded up on the floor while Lennon starts to stir. Lennon slowly turns over on all fours before getting back to her feet. She then grabs a hold of Cure before dumping him over the guardrail and back to ringside. After climbing over the rail, Lennon takes Cure and rolls him back inside. After pulling Cure halfway underneath the bottom rope, Lennon climbs onto the apron. She then takes a few steps back before running forward and delivering a leg drop across the apron. Lennon rolls back inside, drags Cure away from the ropes and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Cure gets his shoulder up. Lennon picks up Cure and whips him hard into the corner. As Cure staggers away from the corner, Lennon runs over before connecting with a front dropkick, sending Cure flying backwards into the turnbuckles. After Cure crumbles from out of the corner, Lennon rushes over, slides into place and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Cure gets his shoulder up. Lennon picks up Cure, lifts him up, turns and drops him across the top rope with a flapjack! She makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . T-NO! Cure gets his foot on the bottom rope. Kris Cruise: Another nearfall for the challenger. Stephy Auger: Lennon is feeling it now, Cruise! Cure better think of something quick or else he can kiss his title goodbye. Lennon picks up Cure, heads into the corner and slams him face-first into the top turnbuckle. After slamming Cure face-first into the top turnbuckle again, she takes Cure, lifts him up and sits him down on the top rope. Members of the crowd start to stand up as Lennon climbs to the middle ropes. She grabs a hold of Cure and goes for a belly to back superplex, but the move is blocked. Lennon tries to muscle Cure up for another belly to back superplex when Cure blocks. So Lennon lets go before delivering a clubbing strike across the back of the neck. After Lennon delivers another clubbing strike, Cure answers back with a back elbow to the face. Lennon delivers a third clubbing strike. Cure answers back with another back elbow to the face. King Cure nails Lennon with another back elbow… then another… and another. The last elbow knocks Lennon off the ropes and sends her down to the mat. Cure holds the back of his neck before slowly standing up on the top turnbuckle. He then looks around before at the crowd, who are now on their feet. The crowd gasps when Cure flips off for a corkscrew 450 splash… *THUD!* … only to crash onto the canvas after Lennon rolls out of the way!!! Stephy Auger: HE MISSED! Kris Cruise: That miss may have knocked the air right out of him! Cure bounces off the mat before rolling over onto his back. While Cure is sprawled out on the canvas, Lennon turns over and slowly pulls herself over towards Cure. She then gets on top of Cure and hooks the leg… ONE! . . TWO! . . THR-NO! Cure gets his shoulder up. Lennon gets back to her feet before heading towards the ropes. She then steps up onto the apron before slowly climbing the turnbuckles. Kris Cruise: Lennon’s going up top to put this one away! Stephy Auger: This could be it right here! When Lennon gets one foot on the top turnbuckle, Cure scrambles back to his feet. He then darts into the corner, runs up to the top turnbuckle, grabs Lennon, flips back and throws her down with an avalanche Spanish Fly!!! The crowd erupts into cheers and applause at the athletic maneuver! Kris Cruise: Cure, in an act of desperation, charged up the turnbuckles with what little energy he had left and brought Lennon down hard! Both grapplers remain on their backs. Cure starts to stir on the mat before slowly turning over and draping his arm across Lennon’s chest for the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THR-NO! The crowd boos Lennon gets her shoulder up. Cure picks up Lennon. After placing his arm around her neck, he hooks her leg with his free arm, lifts her up, turns and plants her with a Small Package Driver! ONE! . . TWO! . . THR-NO! Lennon kicks out. Cure takes Lennon and whips her into the ropes. When she returns, Cure leaps up, flips back and spikes her with a Frankensteiner! Cure then pulls Lennon back to her feet, takes control of the back and then brings her down with a Ripcord Slingblade!The Mid-Atlantic Legacy Champion then rushes over towards the ropes before flipping in the air and crashing down across Lennon with No Ceilings v2 (springboard corkscrew senton bomb)! He turns over and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THRE-NO! Lennon gets her shoulder up. Kris Cruise: He almost had her! Stephy Auger: He was THIS close! Cure pulls up Lennon before bringing her back down with the Moment of Clarity (Somersault Reverse DDT)! While Lennon is sprawled out on the mat, Cure heads towards to the ropes before stepping out onto the apron. The crowd stands up as Cure gets into position and then goes for the Ropewalk Corkscrew 630° Senton! Kris Cruise: Reign Storm! The crowd gasps Cure crashes down back-first… across Lennon’s knees! Stephy Auger: She got her knees up! Cure bounces off the knees before rolling across the ring. King Cure slowly tries to get back to a vertical base. He holds his back as he turns over onto a knee. As soon as he gets back to his feet, Lennon charges forward and connects with a front dropkick to the back, sending Cure flying forward and smacking face-first against the top turnbuckle! She then rushes over, lifts up Cure and sits him down on the top rope. After climbing up onto the middle ropes, Lennon takes Cure and brings him down with a belly to back superplex! Cure lands on the back of his neck before rolling over into the prone position. After bringing Cure down with another jumping neckbreaker slam, Lennon pulls Cure back up. She then nails Cure with a Heart Punch. After a second heart Punch doubles Cure over, Lennon brings him down with the Snapshot (Cravate Knee Facebreaker)! She makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THREE! J.A. Aldridge: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this bout… aaaaaaand NEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW FGA Mid-Atlantic Legacy Champion, PIIIPERRRRR LEEENNNNNOOONNNNN!!! |
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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 20:57:38 GMT -5
The match out in the arena had just come to a finish as the scene switches to a fairly quiet portion of the backstage area. Far from the hustle and bustle associated with a large pay per view, the figure of the number one contender to the International Heavyweight Championship Savannah Taylor is shown sitting on a production trunk. She is dressed to compete and sits with her hands resting on her knees and her eyes cast down towards the floor.
Savannah Taylor: Four years. For nearly four years, I have waited for an opportunity like the one I have tonight. Four years of busting my ass, proving myself all over again and starting from the bottom. Four years of blood, sweat and tears have all be leading to this moment. Every professional and personal setback has eventually brought me to tonight. Tonight is the culmination of everything that I have had thrown at me, everything that I have had to endure since I first stepped into a wrestling ring. Tonight, I take what is mine and I take what I bloody earned.
She slowly lifts her head up to look directly into the camera.
Savannah Taylor: Tonight it’s all about me and you, Jimmy. See, while everyone and their uncle are talking about the Gold Rush Rumble and Evan Envi versus Fujiko Mine, no one is paying much attention to our match. On one hand, you have the majority of the people who would rather cheer for the giant meteor to obliterate everyone within a fifty mile radius of the arena than cheer for either one of us. On the other hand, people are afraid that we are going to steal the show and take the spotlight away from friggin Fujiko and her hometown fans. That is the more likely option, don’t you think? As soon as I took my rightful place as number one contender when I beat Salem’s time, people have been oh so quick to make you the odds on favorite to win. People saw the war you went through to become International champion. People saw what you did after the match. They saw just what you did to the man whom you view as the devil incarnate…..and they cheered. They cheered for you probably for the first time ever, and you sat back and ate it up. The people may be willing to buy into your newly reformed self, but you aren’t pulling the wool over my eyes. I saw what kind of man you really were back at A New Odyssey. The only thing you did that night was make me throw up in my mouth a little at the fact that Dom Harter turning over a new leaf was more believable than you being one of the good guys.
She pushes a few strands of hair that have fallen into her face as she slides off of the trunk and places her hands on her hips.
Savannah Taylor: I’m not totally blind to the fact that I am stepping into the ring with the man….no, scratch that….the monster who brutally attacked a then defenseless woman just because of who she is related to. I’m well aware I’m about to face off against the person who has left a path of destruction wherever he goes. I’m painfully aware of the fact that I’m about to take on the man who may have ended the career of FGA’s Ace. Those would be enough to cause any normal person to run for the hills to the safety of their own home. But I am not the typical person who is going to back down from a match just because the opposition is a raging sociopath. You want to compare notes, Jimmy? Okay, let’s play. See, before I even set foot in an FGA ring, I was a member of a group of people who went on a nearly year long power trip that saw countless people get so messed up that they were never the same again. I was accused of being instrumental in the riots that broke out in the developmental training facility that saw several trainees get injured. We made that place out West look like King’s Landing after Drogon and Daenerys set it ablaze. The only bright spot on my record was helping depose of the sick and sad tyrant that ran the place. But in the four years since, I have made ZERO efforts to endear myself to the fans. They never forgave me for what I did prior to FGA. They for DAMN sure never forgave me from being partially responsible for Cordy Stevenson’s exit from FGA. So tell me something, Jimmy. Just WHY should I be afraid of you again? Why is it, when I have done just as many deplorable things as you have, that YOU are the one that I should be afraid of?
Dropping her hands to her sides, she slowly begins to walk around the area surrounding where she was sitting.
Savannah Taylor: On paper, this match couldn’t be any more one sided. You’ve been to the top of the mountain now three times. I haven’t. You’ve won the Gold Rush Rumble. I haven’t. You’ve won awards that, stop me if you’ve heard this before…..I haven’t. I could go on with more examples, but I think you get the point. Yeah, I may have won a one night tournament to crown the first ever United States champion and yes, my name will go down as the best to EVER hold that title………..but I want more. I have much loftier aspirations, and I have every intention of getting what I want. You want to know WHY I am gunning so damn hard for you and your International Heavyweight title, Jimmy? I’ll tell you why. Four years ago, I was screwed out of my first ever World championship opportunity. Towards the end of the year, I was GIFTED a second chance at the top prize and ended up winning. It wasn't something that I earned, by the way. But that was a hollow victory because that was the last night that company was to exist. I was replaced in the tournament to crown the initial International Heavyweight champion because I had another engagement. So when I say this is something that I have EARNED, I mean every word of it. That is why this match means more to me than you and everyone else could POSSIBLY fathom. When I go out there later on tonight, I’m walking to that ring and I am going stare the Devil in the face and laugh. I’m doing this for me and for everyone who has been telling me day in and day out that I’m not good enough and that I don’t stand a chance against you. Despite everything that has gone on between us, I hope a certain person is able to watch tonight and watch you get the beating that you so rightly deserve. You said that you would move heaven and Earth and would do anything to keep your championship. As soon as my music hits tonight, Jimmy, know that Hell is coming with me and Hell is where I am going to drag you kicking and screaming. That is how much this match means to me if I an willing to drag your ass straight to Hell and walk back through the fire……..with the International Heavyweight championship in my possession.
With that, Savannah turns on her heel and walks off as the scene switches elsewhere.
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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 20:58:52 GMT -5
Through darkness, we hear a long, bored-sounding sigh. The camera blinks into color a moment later, revealing Ashlyn De Luca, looking at something slightly past the camera, though the sight of the World Tag Team Champion inspires a deep chorus of boos from the Milwaukee audience. Ashlyn narrows her eyes, shaking her head a little-- and the camera turns to observe what she’s been looking at: a poster advertising the 2019 FGA Gold Rush Rumble, slapped against the wall directly outside of the dressing room door. Ashlyn De Luca: Once again. Missing out on something we obviously deserve. Overlooked in singles action-- burdened by the curse of greatness, uuuuuugghhh. The camera pans back the other way, coming to focus on Logan Alexander. He glances over at the poster and then back across the room at Ashlyn. Logan Alexander: Certainly seems to be our lot here in FGA. Big opportunities come up and we’re constantly ignored. It was like pulling teeth just to get into the Frontier Lions Cup. Then we miss out on the Beat the Clock challenge, while a bunch of people that haven’t done anything got spots in there. And just how does beating someone like Zola Star, Jaelynn Ramsey, or Ashley Sullivan prove you deserve an opportunity to compete for the International title? Ashlyn De Luca: Right?! Should’ve never left the robots in charge.Logan Alexander: Guess we shouldn’t be surprised we get left out of the Rumble tonight. The more things change around here… Notably filmed from only the waist-up, Ashlyn throws the door shut, apparently growing frustrated with the sight of the poster. She looks toward Logan, quiet and in thought for a few seconds before moving forward. Ashlyn De Luca: This place is, like, already tainted, you know. It still reeks of Hadley Herrera. They got rid of her, but everything she did-- everyone she hired to pick up the slack when she was gone in the first place is still treating us like we’re less than people like Savannah, and Lowww...ugghh… De Luca visibly lurches a bit, earning scattered chuckles from the crowd in the silence as she regains her composure. Ashlyn De Luca: ...and Neal. I-- I think I especially hate Neal, and I dunno why. But the point is, WE should be in that Rumble on top of our Tag Title match. Sadie gets to do it. James gets to do it. And we’re the best team to ever step foot in this arena. Period. While that comment, alone, draws some boos from the crowd… Ashlyn De Luca: Because you and I? We’re warriors. The camera pans out, revealing the full bodies of both Logan and Ashlyn, decked in royal blue-and-gold, splashed from waist-to-foot. “BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Logan nods in agreement. Logan Alexander: That we are. We’ve battled through everything put before us. We’ve put down all challengers and pretenders on our way here. We still carry the gold. We are the defending champions. With Lowri and Neal waiting out there, thinking that they will be able to topple us here in Milwaukee, even though they aren’t much better than the other upstarts we’ve gone through, I know that we can go out there, put them down once and for all, leaving them and Milwaukee disappointed and with no choice but to just buck up and accept that we are still... Logan reaches down and pats his half of the FGA World Tag Team championship around his waist. Ashlyn’s eyes light up as she reaches for her title, grabbing it from an out-of-frame surface, gripping it in her right hand. Ashlyn De Luca: And always the champs. Glad we see eye to eye about everything for once, Logan. With that, Ashlyn pivots, prepared to walk away-- to where, exactly is unknown-- but she pauses as Logan places a hand on her shoulder to stop her. Logan Alexander: Mostly eye to eye Ash. Ashlyn’s head falls back a bit, gaze pointed skyward as a sigh escapes her mouth, though her expression isn’t visible to the camera. Logan Alexander: We’re on the same page cause we’re tired of this same old routine. We keep coming out on top against Pendragon. They failed to win with the first free shot they got at us. They deluded themselves into think that they deserved any sort of rematch. They were lucky to get a draw rather than a loss at a New Odyssey. Now management has bought into it and gave them another unearned title match with us. He narrows his eyes at Ashlyn as he continues. Logan Alexander: Tonight can’t be about playing games Ashlyn. No posturing. No gloating. No shortcuts. No rule breaking. We have to go out there, beat them cleanly and decisively and leave no doubt as to who is better. I don’t want them to be able to beg their way back into another match because of any sort of technicality. Ashlyn De Luca: Well. Yeah. Duh. I mean, what are you trying to sa… Ashlyn trails off as she catches the look of her tag team partner. She runs her free hand over her eyes for a moment and then sighs. Ashlyn De Luca: Look. I get carried away sometimes. I get that. But that’s just because I am willing to go to any lengths to hold onto these. You know that. And okay-- okay, last time time we defended our titles against Pendragon, I got super overwhelmed, I got super heated, and I made a lot of bad judgment calls, but I’ve got it under control now. She raises a brow, giving Logan a hopeful side-smile. Ashlyn De Luca: Just need you to trust me a little bit more out there. Logan Alexander: I’m willing to give you the benefit of the doubt out there Ash. I’m also aware that ever since you faced Lowri one on one, she’s been in your head. This draws a sharp scoff from De Luca, who almost recoils from the statement. Ashlyn De Luca: She is not in m… Logan just stares back at Ashlyn intently for a few moments. Ashlyn tightens her jaw and looks away from Alexander, rolling her eyes. Logan Alexander: I’m all for making them pay in the ring. Be as vicious or brutal as you want, but keep it within the rules. Ashlyn leans her head back a bit, giving Logan a smug half-smile. Ashlyn De Luca: Of course. The silence hangs between them before Ashlyn adds, quietly. Ashlyn De Luca: I will. Don’t worry about it. She rubs her neck a bit before she starts to turn again-- but the very act seems to remind her of one more thing. She gestures to Logan. Ashlyn De Luca: Um. After everything that happened with James, y’know, it’s alright if you need me to take the lead out there. No need to take any risks we don’t need to. Logan Alexander: I’m good to go tonight. Edwards did some damage, but I’ve made sure that I’m ready for tonight. I’m not going to let anything keep us from putting Lowri in the hole she’s dug for herself and Neal. Ashlyn De Luca: Mm. I’m happy to hear it. With her gaze resting on her tag team partner for another second, Ashlyn nods a bit and adjusts her grip on the title, moving past Logan and out of frame. Logan watches Ashlyn walk off. He closes his eyes and shakes his head slightly. He then lets out a breath, opens his eyes and sets off after Ashlyn. The scene fades. |
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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 21:04:06 GMT -5
Geoff Penzer: Alright, wrestling fans, we are back! We just heard some strong words from Savannah Taylor, as well as one half of this next bout. Their first encounter at A New Odyssey was a tremendous matchup. It ended in a time limit draw. We could have gotten five more minutes to determine a decisive winner. But Ashlyn de Luca wanted no parts of that. From what I’ve gathered from hearing The Chaotics just now, they really want no parts of Pendragon. From Logan’s perspective, he feels that Pendragon haven’t earned this shot. But judging from De Luca’s demeanor, it’s clear that Lowri Moss is not only in her head, but she has her number as well! FGA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
© The Chaotics vs. Pendragon The lights flicker as "Take A Chance" by CFO$ begins to play over the PA system, and out through the curtains walks Neal Durden, followed closely by Lowri Moss. The Welsh duo stand side by side on the stage for a moment, surveying the crowd, before they then make their way towards the ring, with Neal leading the way. Melanie Sierra: The following contest is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, the challengers! Making their way to the ring at a total combined weight of 320 pounds! They are the team of Lowri Moss and Neal Durden… PENDRAGON!!! After climbing the steps and entering the ring, Lowri heads for one of the corners and climbs to the second rope to look out at the cheering fans, while Neal simply stands in the middle of the ring with his pinky finger up and a smirk on his face. Geoff Penzer: Pendragon are ready to once again give The Chaotics their all in their quest to become World Tag Team Champions. It’s true that they didn’t beat The Chaotics back in March. But guess what? They weren’t beaten, either. A time limit draw prevented us from getting a decisive winner. Hopefully we will see that here tonight! The lights in the arena slowly fade to near-darkness. While this hushes some members of the audience, others grow loud in anticipation. “Deadcruiser” hits the PA system and a silver-blue strobe begins to dance near the top of the ramp, revealing the silhouette of a feminine figure with a hoodie thrown over wrestling gear, marching through the darkness-- drawing a chorus of boos from the live audience, already recognizing the silhouette to be Ashlyn De Luca… but as the camera pans past her, a slightly slower-moving, masculine figure follows, drawing a deep roar from the crowd in contrast. Melanie Sierra: Their opponents, weighing in at a total combined weight of 360 pounds! They are the reigning and defending FGA World Tag Team Champions! The team of Ashlyn De Luca and Logan Alexander… THE CHAOTICS!!! As Ashlyn De Luca reaches the bottom of the ramp, the lights fade to normal, revealing the team for the first time. Ashlyn pauses just once to survey the audience while Logan walks to the ring apron, stepping inside. Ashlyn smirks, jawing back at the rowdier fans at ringside, arms open wide as if inviting a strike as she screams back out into the raucous audience. Behind her, Logan mounts the bottom-and-middle ropes, arms held to his side in a similar pose. Ashlyn backs away from the barricade, rolling into the ring beneath the ropes and Logan, hopping to her feet on the opposite side of the ring, screaming out into the other side of the audience as they rise to their feet. Logan drops down from the ropes and bumps forearms with De Luca in the center of the ring as they pass each other, mounting opposite corners to look out into the masses. The Chaotics remove their hoodies, tossing them simultaneously to the floor as their music fades. Geoff Penzer: The Chaotics weren’t beaten back at A New Odyssey. A time limit draw robbed us, and robbed the four participants in the ring, of knowing just how the better team was. There’s no doubt that The Chaotics have built a lasting legacy as Tag Champions. They’ve put their names in the history books. They are the best team to hold those titles, which is saying a lot. But a New Odyssey left us with one burning question: who is the better team between the Chaotics and Pendragon? We hope to get that answer here tonight. Can The Chaotics turn away another high touted tag team? Or will Pendragon be the ones to end the record setting reign of Ashlyn De Luca and Logan Alexander? De Luca charges across the ring to get the jump on Moss. But Moss is able to throw her down with a japanese arm drag. A second japanese arm drag returns De Luca to the mat. When De Luca gets back to her feet, Moss wrenches her arm before following up with a Scorpion Kick that knocks her back. Moss then heads into the far ropes. When Moss returns, De Luca tries to cut her off with a superkick. But Moss is able to duck before heading into the ropes. When she comes back, she throws De Luca down with an STO! She makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . De Luca kicks out. Geoff Penzer: De Luca tried to get the jump on Moss at the start. But Moss was ready for her! Moss takes De Luca, moves her into the corner and rocks her with European Uppercuts. She then goes to send De Luca into the far corner when De Luca reverses the irish whip. De Luca runs across the ring to follow up with an attack when Moss ducks and dumps her over the top rope. Instead of crashing to the floor, De Luca lands safely on the apron. Moss then turns and throws out a right hand. De Luca ducks. Moss quickly follows up with a left hook. Again, De Luca ducks. She then counters with a shoulder thrust through the ropes that doubles her over. After pulling Moss’ upper body through the ropes, De Luca takes a couple steps back on the apron before running over and going for a knee lift. But Moss slips back inside, grabs De Luca from behind and throws her back into the ring with a German Suplex!!! As De Luca turns over onto a knee, Moss runs over and flattens her with a Shining Wizard! She makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . De Luca kicks out. Geoff Penzer: Moss with a huge German Suplex off the apron that was quickly followed up with a Shining Wizard for a two count! Moss yanks De Luca up, wrenches her arm, drags her over towards the Pendragon corner and tags Durden in. Durden climbs to the top rope, jumps off and delivers a diving double ax handle. He then quickly grabs a hold of De Luca’s arm, wrenches it and then throws her down with an arm drag before transitions into an armbar. The ref is quick to get down and asks De Luca if she wants to give up. De Luca responds by kicking the ref away from her. After battling back to a vertical base, she uses her free arm to move Durden into the ropes. She then shoves Durden off into the far ropes. When Durden returns, he knocks De Luca down with a shoulder block. He then heads into another set of ropes as De Luca gets back to her feet. When Durden returns, he runs De Luca over with another shoulder block. Durden then heads into another set of ropes while De Luca gets back to her feet. When Durden comes back, De Luca leapfrogs over him. Durden continues to run the ropes. When Durden comes back, De Luca goes for another leapfrog. This time, Durden stops and catches De Luca across his shoulders. The crowd cheers as Durden performs an Airplane Spin. The crowd counts with each rotation. “ONE!”
“TWO!”
“THREE!”
“FOUR!”
“FIVE!”
“SIX!”
“SEVEN!”
“EIGHT!”
“NINE!”
“TEN!” Once De Luca’s placed back down, Durden turns and runs into the ropes. When he comes back, he brings De Luca down with a Slingblade! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . De Luca gets her shoulder up. Durden takes De Luca and whips her into the ropes. Instead of coming back, De Luca hangs onto the ropes before dropping to her back and rolling to the outside. The crowd erupts with boos while De Luca paces back and forth on the floor. Alexander hops down and tries to get things under control. But a frustrated De Luca continues to pace back and forth. Unbeknownst to them, Durden has decided to turn and take off towards the far ropes. When Durden comes back, he charges full steam ahead towards the side of the ring. Alexander continues to try and calm De Luca down until he sees something out of the corner of his eye. He then shoves De Luca out of the way as Durden hurls himself over the top rope. The crowd explodes with cheers when Durden takes out Alexander with a somersault plancha! Geoff Penzer: Durden went for a plancha on De Luca! But Alexander was able to push his partner out of harm’s way! De Luca goes over and puts the boots to Durden before he can get back to his feet. She then slams him face-first onto the apron before rolling him back inside. She then climbs up onto the apron without looking back at Alexander. The crowd continues to boo De Luca while she makes her way across the apron. The Mayor of Ashlanta starts to climb the turnbuckles. But as soon as she gets one foot on the top turnbuckle, Durden heads over, grabs her and throws her down with a slam. De Luca turns over and arches her back. While Durden approaches, De Luca scoots herself away from him. She calls for a timeout. But Durden just wags his finger at her. De Luca continues to scoot back until she accidentally backs herself up in the Pendragon corner corner. Geoff Penzer: De Luca’s in a world of trouble now! Moss reaches down, grabs Moss by the hair and pulls her back to their feet. De Luca swats Moss off of her and throws out an elbow strike. But Moss is able to duck. Before de Luca can continue to go after Moss, Durden comes from behind and delivers a schoolboy rollup transitioned into a powerbomb! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . De Luca gets her shoulder up. Durden heads over and tags Moss back in. Once Moss gets in, she takes De Luca and whips her into the ropes. As soon as De Luca bounces off the ropes, Moss connects with a dropsault, knocking her through the ropes and to the floor! Geoff Penzer: De Luca is sent back to the outside! When De Luca gets up on the outside, Durden runs along the apron before leaping off and bringing her down with a flying hurricanrana! The cheers continue as he takes De Luca and rolls her back inside. Moss quickly drops down for a cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . De Luca gets her foot on the bottom rope. Geoff Penzer: This match has seemingly been all Pendragon since the opening bell! De Luca needs to try a new strategy or make the tag out to Alexander! This is not the start the Chaotics envisioned. Moss takes De Luca and whips her into the corner. She then rushes in to attack when De Luca knocks her back with a back elbow to the face. She then charges out of the corner and throws out a savate kick. But Moss is able to duck before heading into the ropes. When Moss returns, she brings De Luca to the mat with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown. A frustrated De Luca rushes back over towards Moss. Moss is able to cut her off with a boot to the midsection before bringing her down with a snap suplex. She then turns over into a lateral press for the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . De Luca gets her shoulder up. Moss heads over and tags in Durden. Once Durden gets in, Pendragon takes De Luca and whips her into the ropes. When Moss returns, Pendragon throw her down with a double japanese arm drag. A second double japanese arm drag returns De Luca to the mat. When De Luca gets back to her feet, Pendragon takes her and sends her back into the ropes with an irish whip. When De Luca returns, Pendragon knocks her off her feet with a double dropkick! Durden makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . De Luca gets her shoulder up. Durden heads over and tags Moss back in. Once Moss gets in, Pendragon takes De Luca and whips her into the ropes. When De Luca returns, Pendragon deliver a high back body drop. De Luca rotates in the air and lands in the prone position! Durden quickly turns and hits the ropes. When he returns, Moss throws him down across De Luca with a hip toss! She then drops down and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . De Luca gets her shoulder up. Moss takes De Luca and whips her into the ropes. Moss motions for a spinning heel kick, but quickly stops when De Luca hangs onto the ropes. The crowd erupts with boos when De Luca drops to her back and slips to the outside. De Luca marches over and kicks the steel steps out of frustration. She then slaps the apron with both hands before throwing her hands into the air. Geoff Penzer: This bad start to the match has clearly gotten to Ashlyn De Luca! De Luca waves her hand at Moss before turning and making her way up the aisle. Geoff Penzer: Woah woah woah! Where does she think he’s going!? We want to see a decisive finish, not The Chaotics losing the match on a countout and still retaining their titles! De Luca continues to march up the ramp until she’s chased down by Alexander. Chaos Stryke grabs De Luca by the shoulders and turns her towards him. The crowd explodes with cheers while Alexander goes off on her. Geoff Penzer: Logan Alexander is giving his tag team partner an earful! We thought they were on the same page but it looks as though Chaos Stryke is at his wit’s end! De Luca turns away until Alexander pulls him back towards him. Alexander continues to scold her while he points his finger at her. Pendragon can be seen in the ring with their arms held out. Geoff Penzer: Moss and Durden don’t know what to make of this. Will The Chaotics return to the ring and fight or is De Luca going to once again take her ball and go home? Back in the aisle, Alexander continues his rant before De Luca slowly nods. The Chaotics slowly make their way back to ringside. Geoff Penzer: The champions are heading back to the ring! It looks like Logan Alexander finally got through to De Luca! De Luca and Alexander climb up onto the apron. As soon as De Luca steps back inside, Alexander reaches over and tags himself in. Geoff Penzer: Alexander has tagged himself back in in an attempt to take advantage of this situation... Alexander steps into the ring as De Luca slowly makes her way out onto the apron. Moss looks over at De Luca and shakes her head before turning her attention back to Alexander. Both grapplers proceed to circle the ring before locking up. After jockeying for position, Alexander brings Moss down to the mat with a fireman’s carry. He goes to slap on an headlock when Moss spins out and reverses into a hammerlock. After battling back to a vertical base, Alexander moves Moss across the ring and against the ropes. The ref then heads over and gives Moss until the count of five to break the hold. Ref: ONE… TWO… THREE… As soon as Moss lets go, Alexander reaches back and throws Moss down with a snapmare. As Moss gets back to her feet, Alexander bounces against the ropes before running over for an attack. Moss counters the charge with a japanese arm drag. Moss then runs over for an attack when Alexander throws her to the mat with an arm drag takedown. Alexander rushes over for an attack when Moss counters with a japanese arm drag. Moss then runs over to complete an attack when Alexander counters with an arm drag takedown. After both grapplers return to their feet, Alexander throws Moss back down to the mat with a side headlock takedown. Moss is able to reverse into a headscissors. After turning over onto his knees, Alexander is able to slip out of the headscissors. He then returns to his feet and goes for the Perfect Chaos Theory (sharpshooter version)! But Moss is able to counter by using her legs to shove Alexander down to the mat. When both grapplers return to their feet, Moss stuns Alexander with a Scorpion Kick. She then turns and hits the ropes. When Moss comes back, Alexander brings her down with a flapjack. Instead of going for the cover, Alexander turns over, grabs a hold of Moss’ leg and applies a standing ankle lock. Geoff Penzer: Pendragon have used their speed to gain control of this contest. Now Alexander is trying to slow things down by keeping this ankle lock applied. The referee gets down and asks Moss if she wants to give up. When Moss refuses, Alexander starts to crank away on the ankle. De Luca can be seen rounding the ringpost so she can walk along the apron and taunt Moss. Back inside, Alexander keeps Moss’ ankle bent. Moss howls in pain while Durden pleads for her to keep fighting. The official checks back in with Moss and asks if she wants to give up. Again, she refuses. She then pushes herself up onto her hands before rolling forward in an attempt to break the hold. But Chaos Stryke is able to roll through it and returns to his feet with the hold still applied. De Luca climbs down to the floor and gets right in Moss’ line of sight. She repeatedly taunts Moss and tells her to tap. She then begins slapping the apron repeatedly in front of Moss. De Luca continues to taunt Moss until she’s given a stern look from Alexander. Moss then then climbs back up to the apron and heads towards her corner. Back inside, Alexander continues to fight for the submission. Moss then turns over onto her back before using her free arm to push Alexander down to the canvas. The crowd cheers, thinking she’s free. But she’s not. Alexander keeps a hold of the ankle! He then turns over and applies another ankle lock. Geoff Penzer: Alexander isn’t letting go of that ankle! Moss reaches out for Durden, but she’s nowhere near the Pendragon corner. Durden continues to plead with her to keep fighting. Back in the ring, Moss is asked once more if she wants to give up. Again, she refuses. She turns over onto her back once more before taking her free arm and hitting Alexander with an upkick. Moss continues to nail Alexander with kicks until he’s knocked off of her. With the hold broken, Moss quickly rolls towards the Pendragon corner. Alexander shakes off the kicks and goes after Moss. But it’s too late. The crowd cheers when Moss tags Durden in. Geoff Penzer: Smart move by Moss to get in the fresh man. Durden slowly gets in the ring while he keeps his eyes locked on Alexander. The two grapplers circle the ring before locking up. Alexander quickly ducks, goes behind Durden and applies a waist lock. Durden breaks the hold with a back elbow to the face. After performing a standing switch, he transitions into a hammerlock. Alexander then leans forward and reverses into a hammerlock of his own. He quickly transitions into a waist lock before throwing Durden down to the mat with a rear waist lock takedown. Durden is able to spin out of it. But before he can gain control of the back, Alexander spins out and reapplies the waist lock. Once Durden battles back to his feet, he breaks the hold with three back elbows to the face. He then takes off into the ropes. As soon as his back hits the ropes, Alexander is there to double him over with a knee to the midsection. He then turns, places Durden in a headlock and goes for a running bulldog. Durden counters by shoving Alexander off of him and into the ropes. When Alexander comes back, he flattens Durden with a lariat takedown! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Durden kicks out. Alexander takes Durden and whips him into the corner. Chaos Stryke rushes in for an attack… only to get knocked back by a back elbow. Alexander runs back into the corner. This time, Durden knocks him back with a boot to the face. Durden runs out of the corner to attack when Alexander delivers an inverted atomic drop and follows up with a swinging neckbreaker. When Alexander turns towards his corner, he sees De Luca applauding before holding her hand out for the tag. Alexander ignores De Luca, turns back to Durden and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Durden kicks out. Geoff Penzer: Alexander shunned De Luca’s attempt at a tag. But given De Luca’s actions as of late, I can’t blame Alexander. He’s clearly the more level headed of the two and isn’t prone to emotional outbursts like his partner. Alexander takes Durden and whips him into the ropes. When Durden returns, he sees Alexander setting up for a back body drop. So he stops and counters with a kick to the face. Once Alexander has been knocked upright, Durden turns to hit the ropes. But Alexander is able to reach out and grab him by the back of the tights. He then yanks Durden into his clutches and goes for the Chaotic Repeater (multiple German Suplex). However, Durden is able to counter with a wheelbarrow victory roll! ONE! . . TWO! . . Alexander kicks out. After both grapplers return to their feet, Durden runs over and brings Alexander back down with a Sling Blade! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Alexander kicks out. Durden takes Alexander and goes for an irish whip. Alexander reverses, sending Durden towards the ropes. Durden then uses his momentum to come back with a handspring back elbow, knocking Alexander down! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Alexander kicks out. Durden takes Alexander and goes for an irish whip. Alexander reverses, sending Durden into the ropes. When Durden returns, he goes for a running arched big boot. But Alexander’s able to grab his leg and throw him down with a dragonscrew leg whip! Geoff Penzer: Ooo, that one might have hurt Durden! Alexander already targeted Moss’ ankle. Now he’s got a target on his knee. Alexander sees Durden clutching his knee. But he shows his opponent no mercy. He reaches down, pulls up Durden and throws him down with a snap suplex. Durden gets pulled back to his feet before Alexander scoops him up from the side and delivers a pendulum backbreaker. He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Durden gets his shoulder up. Alexandr pulls Durden back up, grabs him from the side and brings him down with a russian legs weep. Chaos Stryke heads into the corner and climbs up onto the middle ropes. He measures the distance before jumping off and connecting with an elbow drop. Alexander makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Durden gets his shoulder up. As Alexander slowly picks up Durden, Durden starts to fight back with right hands to the midsection. He then stands up and rocks Alexander with a right hand to the face! Durden nails Alexander with another right hand… and another… and another! Durden throws out another punch when Alexander ducks and counters with a Codebreaker! De Luca calls for a tag. But Alexander ignores her, turns over and makes the pin on Durden. ONE! . . TWO! . . Durden gets his shoulder up. Alexander gets to his feet, drags Durden over towards the Chaotics side of the ring and delivers three elbow drops across the leg. He then returns to his feet and lifts up Durden’s right leg once more. Instead of delivering another elbow drop, he turns and applies a figure four leg lock. Geoff Penzer: Alexander’s got the figure four locked in! The boos continue while Durden is seen writhing in pain. The ref asks him if he wants to give up. But Durden refuses. When Alexander looks back, he sees De Luca reach her arms out. She wants Alexander to grab her hands to that they can apply more pressure to the figure four. Alexander responds by turning away from his partner and focusing solely on Durden. Durden continues to lay in pain. Once both shoulders are down on the mat, the ref starts to count. ONE! . . TWO! . . Durden gets his shoulder up. Geoff Penzer: Alexander had the perfect opportunity to cheat there with help from De Luca. But he refused. Durden tries to turn over towards his right. But Alexander stops him by shifting his weight back over to his left. The ref starts to count once Durden’s shoulders hit the mat again. ONE! . . TWO! . . Durden gets his shoulder up. Durden reaches out for support from the crowd. The capacity crowd starts to rally behind the Pendragon member by chanting his name. “DURDEN!”
“DURDEN!”
“DURDEN!”
“DURDEN!” Durden starts to feed off the energy of the crowd. He begins to shake his arms while Alexander continue to keep the hold applied. Durden grits his teeth as he starts to turn himself over towards his left. Alexander keeps the hold applied tightly. He tries to stop Durden once more. This time, he’s unsuccessful. Durden is now on his side. He continues to wave his arms up and down to get the crowd to cheer louder. The crowd takes their cue from Durden and showers him with cheers. Durden then continues to slowly turn… before ending up on his stomach and reversing the pressure of the crowd! The crowd explodes with cheers at the sight of the reversal. Alexander groans before letting go of the hold. Once both grapplers return to their feet, Alexander runs over and dives at Durden to try and take out the knee. But Durden’s able to jump over him before rolling to the mat. Both grapplers get back to their feet. Before Durden can move, the crowd erupts with boos when De Luca grabs his arms from behind! Durden tries to fight his way out. But De Luca’s able to hold him in place. Alexander turns and heads into the ropes. When he comes back, the crowd gasps when he lunges at Durden with a spear! The gasps turn to cheers when Durden breaks free and dives out of the way, causing Alexander to spear De Luca off the apron before sending them both crashing to the floor!!! Geoff Penzer: Alexander just accidentally took out his partner! While The Chaotics are down on the floor, Durden is seen rubbing his knee back in the ring. He slowly turns over on all fours before getting back to his feet. He continues to massage his leg. When Durden looks back to the outside, he sees Alexander starting to pick himself back up. So Durden turns and runs as best he can into the ropes. After Alexander turns around, the crowd explodes with cheers when Durden flips over the top rope and knocks him down with a somersault plancha! Geoff Penzer: Durden takes out Alexander with another plancha! Durden slowly gets back to his feet. When he turns around, the crowd erupts with boos when De Luca surprises him with a bicycle kick! Geoff Penzer: De Luca obliterated him with that kick! The boos turn to cheers when Moss leaps through the ropes and knocks De Luca down with a suicide dive! Moss gets on top of De Luca and starts raining down right hands to the face! Geoff Penzer: Moss is going to town on De Luca! Moss takes De Luca and goes for an irish whip. The crowd gasps when De Luca reverses, sending Moss into the steel steps! Geoff Penzer: Moss crashed hard into the steps after that reversal from Ashlyn! De Luca heads over and puts the boots to Moss. She then pulls up Moss by the hair before slamming her face-first onto the steel steps. De Luca pulls Moss back up by the hair, talks trash and then slams her face-first onto the steel steps again! The boos continue while De Luca pulls Moss back up by the hair. She then slaps Moss across the face before slamming her face-first onto the steel steps! Moss crumbles to the floor. De Luca kicks Moss again before kicking off the top half of the steel steps. She then reaches down grabs Moss and drags her on top of the bottom half of the steps. Geoff Penzer: This isn’t good... De Luca takes Moss and pulls her into a standing headscissors. The crowd gasps while Moss is in position to receive some type of pieldriver onto the steps. Before De Luca can deliver the move, Durden darts over and tackles De Luca off the steps and to the floor! Geoff Penzer: Durden with the save! Durden pulls up De Luca and socks her right a right hand. De Luca answers back with an elbow strike to the face. Durden socks De Luca with another right hand. De Luca answers back with another forearm strike. Durden then nails De Luca with yet another punch to the face. He cuts off De Luca with another punch. The cheers continue while Durden nails De Luca with another punch… and another… and another… and another… and an-NO! Durden gets blindsided by Alexander, who lunges forward and spears him against the guardrail!!! Geoff Penzer: My GOD what a spear!!! Durden groans as he slumps down to the floor. The crowd starts to boo while Durden clutches his ribs. With Durden down, De Luca turns her attention back to Moss. After rocking Moss with a hard elbow strike to the face, De Luca doubles her over with a kick to the midsection before pulling her up onto the bottom half of the steel steps. The crowd gasps when she hoists De Luca upside down. Instead of planting Moss with a piledriver, De Luca hooks her legs around Moss’ arms. The crowd erupts with boos when De Luca jumps forward, delivering Crashlanta (Styles Clash) across the steel steps!!! Alexander takes Durden and rolls him back inside. He then rolls back in and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Durden gets his shoulder up. Alexander takes Durden and whips him hard across the ring, sending him crashing into the corner. The turnbuckle rattles when Durden collides sternum-first with it. While Durden stumbles back, Alexander attacks from behind and brings him down with a Lungblower! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Durden gets his shoulder up. Alexander takes Durden and whips him into the ropes. When Durden returns, Alexander throws him down with an STO! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Durden gets his shoulder up. When Alexander gets back to his feet, he turns and sees De Luca once again holding her hand out for the tag. Chaos Stryke slowly makes his way over towards the Chaotics corner. Alexander continues to stare down De Luca… before making the tag. The crowd erupts with boos when De Luca rushes in and puts the boots to Durden. She reaches down, pulls up Durden, hooks both arms and then brings him down with a butterfly backbreaker! She then heads across the ring before stepping out onto the apron. After springboarding to the top turnbuckle, De Luca walks halfway across the top rope. She then judges the distance before leaping off and connecting with a diving leg drop! The boos continue as she makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . T-NO! Durden gets his shoulder up. De Luca heads over and tags Alexander back in. Once Alexander gets in, The Chaotics brings Durden down with a russian leg sweep (De Luca)/single knee Lungblower (Alexander) combo! Alexander makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . T-NO! Durden gets his shoulder up. Alexander heads over and tags De Luca back in. Once De Luca gets in, Alexander delivers an inverted atomic drop to Durden. Chaos Stryke holds Durden in place before De Luca follows up with a stiff lariat! She makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . TH-NO! Durden gets his shoulder up. De Luca tags Alexander back in. After dragging Durden back towards the center of the ring, The Chaotics deliver Angolo Caotico (buckle bomb from De Luca, followed by a corner spear from Alexander)! Alexander then pulls Durden back towards the center of the ring, hoists him up and plants him with the Chaotic Shockwave (Implant DDT)! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THR-NO! The crowd cheers when Durden gets his shoulder up. Geoff Penzer: Yet another nearfall for The Chaotics! After a rocky start, the champions gotten on the same page and are working like a well-oiled machine. Alexander tags De Luca back in. The Mayor of Ashlanta heads over, picks up Durden and whips him into the ropes. When Durden comes back, the crowd boos when De Luca knocks him off his feet with the Syxx Kick (running double spinning wheel kick)! The crowd erupts with boos when De Luca stands over Durden, makes a jerking motion in front of her and then throws down the invisible substance on her opponent. Geoff Penzer: Real classy, Ashlyn. Real classy... De Luca reaches down, pulls up Durden and throws out a short-arm forearm smash. Durden ducks the blow, takes control of De Luca back and connects with a ripcord knee strike! Geoff Penzer: OH NO! Durden clutches his knee before dropping to a seated position. Geoff Penzer: De Luca got dropped to the mat! But Durden inadvertently used that hurt knee of his! That move looks like it might have done more damage to him! While De Luca is sprawled out on the mat, Durden turns over and tries to crawl towards the Pendragon corner. Geoff Penzer: Durden is trying to make the tag. But he’s got a long ways to go. Durden reaches forward and pulls himself closer towards the corner. Moss can be seen slowly pulling herself up onto the apron using the ropes. Back in the ring, Durden continues to scratch and claw his way towards Moss. Durden slowly gets up on all fours before continuing to make his trek towards the Pendragon corner. The crowd continue to cheers Durden onto… until erupting with boos after De Luca runs over, jumps off Durden’s back and knocks Moss off the apron and to the floor with a front dropkick! Geoff Penzer: That damn De Luca! The boos continue as De Luca puts the boots to Durden. She pulls Durden back to his feet before hoisting herself up onto the middle ropes. De Luca then grabs Durden before planting him with a Tornado DDT! While Durden is down, De Luca steps back out onto the apron. She then springboards to the top turnbuckle before walking halfway across the top rope. De Luca stops and gauges the distance before jumping off for a Frog Splash. The crowd explodes with cheers when De Luca lands across Durden’s knees! Geoff Penzer: Durden blocked the Frog Splash! But once again, he used that knee! That hurt knee! De Luca bounces off the knees before rolling over and curling up on the mat. Across the ring, Durden can be seen clutching his knee in pain. Durden turns over and starts to pull himself back towards his corner. The crowd rallies behind Durden has he continues to scratch and claw his way towards the Pendragon corner. De Luca slowly turns over and sees Durden making his way to the corner. So she tries to go after him by pulling herself across the mat. Geoff Penzer: De Luca’s trying to stop Durden from making the tag! Durden reaches out for the corner, but he’s not quite there. Durden continues to pull himself forward… until De Luca reaches out and grabs him by the ankle! Geoff Penzer: She’s got a hold of him! De Luca reaches up with her left hand and grabs a hold of the ankle. The crowd boos as she pulls Durden back and wraps her arms around his right leg. Durden tries to shake her off, but it’s to no avail. He then takes his left leg, bends it, and then strikes down with repeated kicks to the head. The last kick knocks De Luca off of him! When Durden looks back over at the corner, he sees Moss pulling herself back up onto the apron. Durden then rolls forward… ...leaps over… ...and tags Moss back in! Geoff Penzer: Moss gets the tag! The crowd explodes with cheers when Moss finally gets back in. She rushes over and knocks De Luca down with a shoot kick to the chest! Moss then takes De Luca and whips her into the ropes. When De Luca comes back, Moss knocks her off her feet with a spinning heel kick! Alexander gets in and goes after Moss. But he ends up getting knocked off his feet with a spinning heel kick! Moss takes Alexander and goes for an irish whip. But it gets reversed, sending her into the ropes. When Moss returns, the crowd boos when she gets tackled down with a spear by Alexander! Geoff Penzer: Moss nearly got the wind knocked out of her with that spear! Alexander takes Moss and turns her over into the prone position. Once De Luca gets back to her feet, she heads into the ropes. When De Luca returns, The Chaotics go for a wheelbarrow suplex lift into a bicycle kick to the back of the head. But Moss reverses with a wheelbarrow victory roll, sending Alexander forward and directly into the path of De Luca’s foot. The crowd cheers when De Luca accidentally nails Alexander in the side of the head with a bicycle kick! When De Luca turns around, Moss nails her with a Scorpion Kick! She then turns back to Alexander and nails him with a Switchblade Kick! Moss turns back to De Luca, rushes over and throws her down with an STO! She then gets back to her feet, turns and flattens Alexander with a Shining Wizard! Moss picks up Alexander and throws him through the ropes and to the floor before turning her attention back to De Luca. Moss rushes over to attack when De Luca knocks her back with a back elbow to the face. The boos continue when De Luca stuns Moss with a crescent kick. She then takes Moss by the wrist and throws out another short-arm forearm smash. Moss ducks, floats over across De Luca’s shoulders and spikes her with a Crucifix Driver! ONE! . . TWO! . . T-NO! De Luca kicks out. Moss nails De Luca across the back of the head with a Switchblade Kick! She pulls De Luca back up, holds her upside down and then plants her with a cradle piledriver! Moss then heads into the Pendragon corner and sits down on the top turnbuckles. On the outside, Durden runs along the apron before leaping off and taking out Alexander on the outside with a flying knee strike! After Durden gets in the ring, Pendragon connects with an aided hurricanrana somersault leg drop (Durden delivers a hurricanrana to Moss, who uses the momentum to deliver a somersault leg drop to De Luca)! Moss heads over and tags Durden back in. After he grabs a holds of De Luca, The Chaotics bring her down with a reverse STO/step-up enzuigiri combination! Durden then heads over and tags Moss back in. Once Moss gets back in, Durden helps her knock down De Luca with an aided dropkick! Both members of Pendragon then stand on opposite sides of De Luca. When De Luca slowly gets back up to a knee, Moss and Durden run over and deliver the Dewin Ddraig gleiniog (Double Shining Wizard)!!! Moss makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THREE! The crowd explodes with cheers when “Take A Chance” blares throughout the arena. Melanie Sierra: Here are your winners, and now, the NEEEEEEWWWWWW World Tag Team Champions, PENDRAGON! The cheers continue as Moss and Durden embrace with a hug. The crowd applauds Pendragon as they get handed the World Tag Team Titles. Moss and Durden stand in the ring and pose with the Tag Titles held high.
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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 21:04:48 GMT -5
Sofia Monzón is backstage by herself soaking in the outcome of the US Tag Title match earlier. Her emotions are hard to read, even as she exhales deeply and hangs her head. Suddenly, one of Delikado’s “Carrier Barracuda” rolls into the room in its red wagon powered by the fish’s breathing. A letter is extended by a robot limb. Carrier Barracuda: Mail here, meow! Sofia Monzón: Oh great, what NOW…? She snatches the letter away and watches as the Cuban’s bizarre news/mail delivery system rolls away silently. She mumbles to herself. Sofia Monzón: Huh…usually those things charge you about five arms and six legs for a single stamp. They must know we’re not in the mood to be trifled with tonight… Sofia tears the letter open and looks it over. For exposition’s sake, she reads it out loud. Sofia Monzón: “Dear Sofia, I hope this letter finds you well. I know we don’t get along, that we can barely even be in the same room without throwing accusations at each other, and that’s why I’m using Delikado’s mail system to convey this message to you. I want us to work together more closely, not just as two women who occupy much of Delikado’s life and career in FGA, but as friends. As I write this, neither of us knows the outcome of the FGA US Tag Title match, but by now I’m sure the contest has been decided, and I can only hope our future is brightly lit by those belts. If not, my message still carries the same intent.
Let us use Only The Strong Survive as a starting point to reinvent our relationship. I know Delikado has a post-Supershow “duel” with that strange vegan man he’s been plotting against almost since the day our paths crossed, and I know you will be there to see him through the challenge, but I’m hoping once that’s all said and done you will meet me at the address attached to this letter. Let us work hard to be absolutely honest and trusting with one another at last. Sincerely,
Susan Kent. P.S. Keep this a secret from Delikado and Ewan, at least until we’ve had time to talk face-to-face.” Sofia examines the address, then re-examines the letter with a cocked eyebrow of initial disbelief. Finally, she snarls angrily and crumples it up. Sofia Monzón: <BEEP> off with your strangely-worded, pigeon scratch-looking letter. The Spaniard marches across the room to throw the balled-up letter into the garbage…until something stops her. By chance, she catches sight of a poster of the Supershow she’s currently attending, advertising among all the other epic matches, the US Tag Title match of The Joker & The Thief vs. Delikado & Susan Kent. Her anger slowly melts away and she closes her eyes with something resembling acceptance. Uncrumpling the letter still in her hand, Sofia skims it over one more time, as well as the address listed, and begins to insert it into her blouse pocket. Sofia Monzón: Trust… As she seems to accede to the request in Susan’s letter, Delikado is rolled into the room by Ewan Jakeway. They all exchange unrevealing looks. Ewan Jakeway: You ready? Sofia nods toward Delikado. Sofia Monzón: Ask HIM. Are you ready, Cuban? … Sofia Monzón: I didn’t ask for a novel. Let’s finish this… The trio proceed to exit the area. The camera hovers for a few moments, until the Carrier Barracuda rolls back into the shot. Its head promptly opens, revealing it to be a costume operated by the talking pigeon brothers Eon Pig and Apocalypse Face. Apocalypse Face: Yo, think she bought it, bro, sqwak? Eon Pig: Hook, line, and sinker, sqwak! A devious look crosses the faces of the birds as they snicker and we cut to black. |
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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 21:13:33 GMT -5
FGA PRIDE CHAMPIONSHIP
TWO FALLS OF HONOR
© Seth Iser vs. Izzy Anders J.A. Aldridge: Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is for the FGA PRIDE CHAMPIONSHIP and it will be fought under TWO FALLS OF HONOR! Here are the rules! There are NO rope breaks! NO disqualifications! The first combatant to reach two falls wins. HOWEVER, one fall MUST be by Pinfall and one fall MUST be by Submission! The hypnotic opening of “Bad Dreams” by Phantogram picks up throughout the arena and the lights fade into a cascade of fuschia and crimson. ♫ Bad dreams never affect me
I'm not afraid of the concrete
Bad dreams never affect me
I'm not afraid of the concrete ♫ As the colors play, the beats becomes harsher and invites Izzy Anders onto the stage. She dances around to the beat of the music until she makes to the center point of the stage. Scanning the arena with that Cheshire grin of hers, Izzy takes her time walking down the ramp. When she does, she does it with an egotistical saunter, knowing that she has the audience wrapped around her finger. ♫ To changing me
(And I believe this happened once before)
To changing me
(And I predict the world will be all gone)
To changing me
(And I can see the same things that you see)
To changing me
(‘Cause I predict the world) ♫ J.A. Aldridge: Introducing first, the challenger! Fighting out of Holland, Michigan by way of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada! She is “The Mindkiller” IZZY ANDERS!!! Izzy climbs the ring apron, turning her back to the ring to stare at the audience. She shifts down the ropes until she reaches the turnbuckle, ascending it with a delicate air. From there, she reaches methodically for her eyepatch, removing it with flair. She lowers it into her mouth, giving it a playful bite and giving the hard cam a wink. Izzy then scales down the turnbuckle into the ring, taking her coat off. A stagehand receives it in the only way Izzy does, a dramatic fling meant to blanket them in the immense coat. The Mindkiller then takes a seat a little off center of the ring, at the very tip of her corner. She sits there with her legs crossed, staring out to the audience as her song dies out. Kris Cruise: Izzy Anders competed earlier tonight in tag action with Fujiko Mine against Delikado and Susan Kent. The team of The Joker & The Thief were able to keep their US Tag Titles. But the match didn’t end the way that they wanted thanks to interference from Silk & Cyanide! Stephy Auger: Silk & Cyanide were screwed out of their rematch, so they took matters into their own hands. As far as I’m concerned, everyone in that ring got what was coming to them! Kris Cruise: Izzy has had a bit of time to rest. But she will need to be wise in how she approaches this Two Falls of Honor match against Seth Iser. Stephy Auger: Izzy was always prepared to go potentially up to three falls with this being a Pride Title match. However, this match is different. Two Falls of Honor means No Disqualification. Given the animosity that Iser has for Izzy - and with good reason - I can’t even begin to imagine the sick things he’s got planned for her. The lights dim down as the music begins to play. Soon enough, Seth Iser slowly walks through the curtain with that familiar scowl on his face with the championship around his waist. He starts walking down to the ring...glare etched on his face and listening to the fans boo him. J.A. Aldridge: Her opponent, from Morgantown, West Virginia! Weighing in at 243 pounds! He is the reigning… defending… FGA Pride Champion… SETH ISER!!! A methodical, slow walk as he cracks his knuckles on the way down before pulling himself up onto the apron and enters the ring calmly before performing a crucifix pose at the center of the ring to revive the lights. He then retreats to his corner while taking off the gold around his waist and taking a seat in the corner while putting the championship over his shoulder while waiting until it's time to hand the gold to the ref for the match. Stephy Auger: Iser has been pushed to this point, Cruise! She took an innocent, honorable man in Vincent Moretti and broke his leg! The Mindkiller has gotten into the head of Wrestling’s Greatest Mind! She forced Iser to dig deep into his bag of tricks and look at what he’s pulled out. Two Falls of Honor! Kris Cruise: Seth Iser competed in this match elsewhere several years ago against Matt Slater. In that match, Iser won both two falls to zero. One thing to make a note of is that Vincent Moretti tried to get involved in that match. Moretti has been taken out of the equation here tonight thanks to Anders breaking his leg several weeks ago. Anders rocks Iser with a hard right hand to start things off! Iser answers back with a hard right hand! The crowd cheers when Anders rocks Iser with another right hand! The crowd boos when Iser comes back with another hard right hand! The crowd cheers when Anders nails Iser with another right hand to the face! The boos return when Iser responds with another hard right hand! The Mindkiller socks Iser with yet another right hand! The cheers grow louder when Anders cuts Iser off with another right hand! Kris Cruise: No punches are being pulled in this one! Stephy Auger: They are unloading on each other! I’m sure those fans all the way up in the cheap seats can hear those punches! The crowd gasps when Iser blocks another punch from Anders and counters with a hard right hand! The boos grow when Iser nails Anders with another right hand! The Mindkiller gets socked with another right hand from the Pride Champion! Iser rears back and throws out a haymaker. Iser whiffs the punch after Anders ducks. When she quickly stands back up and socks Iser with an uppercut, which causes Iser to stumble back two steps! Anders pushes forward and sends Iser’s head snapping to the side with another right hand! When Iser turns back to Anders, The Mindkiller sends Iser’s head snapping to the left with a left hook! The Mindkiller throws out another punch when Iser blocks it. Iser goes to counter with another hard right hand when Anders blocks his punch. She then lunges forward… *CRACK!* … sending Iser stumbling back with a headbutt. Kris Cruise: Anders just cracked Iser right across the face with a headbutt! His head is going to be ringing for hours after that one! Stephy Auger: I’m sure it was already going to be ringing after all those punches he took! The Mindkiller pushes forward and connects with a push kick to the chest, knocking Iser against the ropes. Anders moves forward for an attack when Iser cuts her off with a blistering knife edge chop. He then doubles Anders over with a knee to the midsection before throwing her against the ropes. The Pride Champion throws out another wild haymaker when Anders ducks. When Iser turns around, Anders sends his head snapping back with a hard European Uppercut! The Mindkiller sends spittel flying out of Iser’s mouth with another European Uppercut! She then grabs Iser by the beard, pulls him into the corner and then slams him face-first into the top turnbuckle. Anders pulls Iser’s head back before slamming him face-first into the top turnbuckle again. After turning Iser around, Anders rocks Iser with another European Uppercut. She then delivers an irish whip, follows Iser into the far corner and rocks him with a running European Uppercut! Anders takes Iser, delivers an irish whip, follows him back across the ring and nails him with another running European Uppercut. The Mindkiller takes the champion, delivers another irish whip, follows him across the ring and connects with a step-up enzuigiri, sending Iser slumping down in the corner! Kris Cruise: Seth Iser is on Dream Street right now! Anders reaches down, grabs Iser by the beard with both hands and slowly pulls him back to his feet. Iser swats Anders’ hands off of him and socks her with a right hand to the face! Anders stumbles back a couple of steps. Iser marches forward, grabs Anders by the throat and launches her into the corner. Iser charges forward and throws out a lariat when Anders kicks the arm away from her. She quickly follows up with another European Uppercut. The Mindkiller slams Iser face-first into the corner, turns Iser around and sends him slumping down in the corner MUDA MUDA MUDA (machine gun punches in the corner)! Anders reaches down, pulls Iser up by his hair with both hands… then sends him slumping back down in the corner with MUDA MUDA MUDA! The Mindkiller reaches down, pulls Iser back to his feet… only to send him slumping back down in the corner once more with MUDA MUDA MUDA! Kris Cruise: Anders is unloading on Iser with another flurry of machine gun punches! Stephy Auger: She isn’t slowing down, either! Poor Seth! While Iser is seated in the corner, Anders doesn’t let up. She continues to rain down a flurry of rights and lefts, sending Iser’s head snapping left to right. The crowd starts to chant with each strike to the face. “MUDA!!!”
“MUDA!!!”
“MUDA!!!”
“MUDA!!!”
“MUDA!!!”
“MUDA!!!”
“MUDA!!!”
“MUDA!!!”
“MUDA!!!”
“MUDA!!!”
“MUDA!!!”
“MUDA!!!” A tired Anders staggers back a few steps before leaning forward and resting her hands on her knees. The camera cuts to Iser, who is now bloodied from the nose and the mouth, as well as a split eyebrow (presumably from the headbutt but made worse by the punches). The Mindkiller quickly recovers before heading back into the corner. She grabs Iser by the beard with both hands… slowly pulls him back to his feet and then lunges forward… … bashing him with another headbutt to the nose! Kris Cruise: Izzy’s trying to break his nose! Stephy Auger: No, she’s trying to break his face! Kris Cruise: I’m sure she wouldn’t mind that outcome. Stephy Auger: YOU THINK!? While Iser is groggy, Anders grabs him by the beard and yanks his head down. She then drags Iser towards the center of the ring before throwing him down with a snapmare. The crack from a hard kick to the spin echoes through the arena. Iser arches his back after getting blasted across the back with another shoot kick. A third shoot kick to the back causes Iser to wail as he slowly falls to his side. The Mindkiller shows him no mercy as she takes her heels and grinds it against Iser’s temple. Iser groans while Anders continues to grind away at the side of his head. The ref gets down and asks Iser if he wants to give up. When Iser refuses, Anders lifts up her foot… and starts raining down hard stomps to the side of the head! While Iser lays on his side, Anders circles Iser before nailing him with a light toe kick to the back of the head. After Iser slowly turns over on all fours, Anders hits him with another light toe kick to the side of the head… then another. Anders reaches down and smacks Iser upside the back of the head. When Iser turns and looks up at Anders, The Mindkiller greets him with a toe kick to the mouth, causing Iser to drop back down to all fours. Anders reaches down, pulls Iser up back to his knees and then cracks him across the top of the head with an Axe Kick. The Mindkiller stares at Iser with contempt as she raises her leg and swings down hard… *CRACK!* Cracking him across the top of the head with another Axe Kick across the skull! A trickle of blood runs down Iser’s face as he slowly falls back down to all fours. Stephy Auger: This is becoming too much, Cruise! Kris Cruise: Hey, Seth Iser demanded this! Anders walks over towards his side before delivering a hard punt kick to the ribs. Iser groans after quickly dropping down all across the mat. Iser slowly places his palms on the mat. While he struggles to push himself up, Anders runs over and sends him neck snapping to the side as he gets knocked onto his back after a punt kick to the head! Iser tries to sit up, but Anders is there to knock him down after a stomp to the face. Iser goes to sit back up, only to get knocked back down with another stomp to the face. The Mindkiller reaches down, grabs Iser by his beard and pulls him up to a seated position. The Mindkiller looks out and points to a random fan before heading into the ropes. When Anders returns, she goes for A Gift For You (Penalty Kick)! The cheers turn to boos when Iser reaches out and wraps her arms around Anders legs. Anders tries to pull her leg away from Iser. But Iser keeps his arms wrapped around the leg. She then reaches down and pops Iser with punches to the face. But Iser’s able to fight through the punches as she tries to get back to his feet. Once Iser is able to a vertical base, Anders takes several swipes at Iser. But Iser is able to move his head out of the way. He’s about to deliver a dragonscrew leg whip when Anders counters with a last second enzuigiri, sending Iser staggering across the ring. Iser then stops before flopping face-first onto the mat. The Mindkiller then crawls over, pulls Iser onto his back and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Iser kicks out. Kris Cruise: How is he even able to get his shoulder up? How is he not knocked out cold after all those blows to the head? Stephy Auger: I don’t know, but I sure am grateful! Anders pulls Iser up by the hair before slowly wrenching his right arm. Iser winces when Anders delivers another arm wrench… and another… and another. After yanking the arm, Anders delivers a short-arm shoulder block. Iser groans when Anders delivers another short-arm shoulder block. The Mindkiller wrenches the arm and follows up with an armbreaker across her shoulder, sending Iser staggering across the ring. Anders heads over, pulls Iser away from the ropes by the back of the tights and brings him back to the center of the ring. As soon as Iser is spun towards Anders, The Pride Champion throws out a left hook. Anders ducks, quickly grabs Iser by the right wrist and sending him crashing shoulder-first to the mat with an arm wringer. The Mindkiller gets down, holds the arm against the mat and delivers quick repeated knees drops to the arm. Anders then stands on the arm with booth feet… then delivers a double foot stomp to the back of the arm. Iser pulls the arm towards him and curls up on the mat. Stephy Auger: Anders has beaten the hell out of Iser. Now she’s trying to do to his arm what she did to Moretti’s leg! Kris Cruise: Guess what, Stephy? It’s all legal, too! No DQ in this Two Falls of Honor, which Seth Iser wanted! Ander marches over and puts the boots to Iser before grabbing a hold of his arm. After pulling Iser back to his feet, The Mindkiller hammerlocks the arm, runs forward throws Iser towards the corner. *THUD!* Iser crashes shoulder-first into the ring post! Kris Cruise: It’s never a good thing with the body collides with steel, Stephy! Stephy Auger: Iser’s in so much pain right now! At least if Moretti was there at ringside, he could provide him some comfort. Some words of encouragement. Something! But he’s not because Izzy snapped his leg like a twig! As Iser slowly stumbles back, Anders places him in another hammerlock. The crowd explodes with cheers when Anders knocks Iser down with the Black Song (hammerlock lariat)! She drops down and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Iser gets his left shoulder up. Anders with another cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Iser gets his left shoulder up. Anders holds down the left wrist as she makes another cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Iser kicks out. Anders mounts herself on top of Iser and rains own right hands to the face. She then takes Iser’s arm arm and bends it at 90 degrees. After putting his palm down on the mat, Anders leaps up and delivers a jumping stomp to the elbow!!! Iser howls in agony as he clutches his arm. Kris Cruise: The state of Iser’s arm, my God! Stephy Auger: She’s going to cripple him! Iser rolls across the ring towards the ropes. His wails are heard throughout the arena. But The Mindkiller shows no mercy. She heads over, rolls to the outside, reaches back in and pulls Iser’s arm away from him. The crowd stands and gasps as she slowly drags him over into the corner. Stephy Auger: No. No no no... Anders pulls the arm back… then swings it hard against the ring post! The cheers continue when Anders takes Iser’s arms, pulls it back and then swings it hard against the ring post! Iser rolls away from the corner before getting up to his knee and clutches his arm. After The Mindkiller rolls back in, she pulls up Iser by the arm. After doubling him over with a hard knee thrust, Anders takes the arm before bringing Iser down with a Hammerlock DDT! She pushes him over onto his back and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . Iser gets his foot on the ropes. . THR-NO! Iser gets his left shoulder up. Kris Cruise: Iser instinctively went for the rope break. But he could feel the ref continuing his count and quickly make the effort to get his shoulder up in time. As Anders reaches down and pulls up Iser by his chin, Iser grabs Anders by the front of the tights with his left hand and yanks back, sending Anders through the ropes and to the floor. Anders slaps the floor before turning over and getting back to her feet. The Mindkiller climbs up onto the apron. When she steps back in halfway through the ropes. The crowd gasps when Iser quickly pulls her into a front facelock with his left arm before falling back. Iser goes for the deprivation DDT! But Anders grabs a hold of the ropes, causing Iser to slip off of Anders and smack the back of his head against the canvas! Kris Cruise: Iser already caught her with that DDT! Stephy Auger: Dammit! Iser rolls towards the center of the ring while he holds the back of his head. Once Iser gets back to a vertical base, Anders bounces off the ropes, runs over and goes to attack. The crowd boos when Iser lifts her up, turns and throws her down with a spinebuster! An exhausted Iser stays on his knees while Anders is sprawled out in front of him. Once Iser gets his second wind, he reaches to grab Anders when she pulls him into a Triangle Choke! Stephy Auger: GAH! Kris Cruise: Iser thought it was safe to make a cover! Iser’s eyes widen as Anders cinches in the hold. The ref asks the Pride Champion if he wants to give up. Iser refuses. Anders applies as much pressure as she can. Iser tries to stand up, but Anders is able to keep him held in place. He then tries to hit Anders with his right arm. But the arm is weak after all the damage it took earlier. He then tries to pull her legs from around him. But it’s to no avail. Kris Cruise: Iser’s trapped! He could be moments away from being done one fall! Iser groans as the pain is starting to become too much. The ref asks him if he wants to give up. Again, Iser refuses. Iser takes his right arm and slowly reaches over to grab a hold of Anders. He then gets up on one foot. After getting up on both feet, Iser groans as he slowly lifts Anders up off the mat. The crowd gasps when Iser throws Anders down, slamming her on the mat and breaking the hold! Iser stands doubled over before dropping down to a knee. Before Iser can get back up, the crowd gasps and cheers when Anders reaches up and locks him in another Triangle Choke! Stephy Auger: NO NOOOOO NOOOOOO! Kris Cruise: IZZY’S GOT HIM TRAPPED AGAIN! Iser groans as he tries to fight through another choke. The official continues to ask Iser if he wants to give up. He refuses. After getting his feet planting on the mat, Iser slowly lifts Anders up. Instead of immediately slamming her back down, Iser turns and heads towards the ropes. Kris Cruise: Where is Iser going? Where is Iser going!?!? Stephy Auger: This isn’t good... The crowd gasps when Iser rushes towards the ropes and throws down Iser, sending them both tumbling over the top rope and falling hard to the floor!!! Stephy Auger: AAAAHHH!!! Both grapplers remain on the floor. The ref rolls to the outside and immediately checks on the challenger, then the champion. “HOLY SHIT!!!”
“HOLY SHIT!!!”
“HOLY SHIT!!!”
“HOLY SHIT!!!” Anders and Iser begin to stir on the mat. They slowly turn over before pulling themselves back up using the edge of the apron. The Mindkiller is the first to strike, hitting Iser with a European Uppercut. Iser uses his left arm to answer back with a European Uppercut of his own. Anders nails Iser with another European Uppercut! Iser comes back with a European Uppercut of his own! He then cuts off Anders with another European Uppercut! Anders answers back with a European Uppercut of her own! She then cuts off Iser with another European Uppercut! Iser gets rocked with another stiff European Uppercut from Anders. The Mindkiller motions for another European Uppercut when Iser cuts her off with a jab. He then pops Anders with a second jab. Then a third! The crowd gasps when Iser then goes for a discus lariat. When Iser turns around, he gets rocked with a roundhouse kick! The cheers continue when Anders takes Iser and whips him hard down ringside, sending him crashing shoulder-first into the steel steps! Kris Cruise: Iser goes crashing into another steel structure! This time, the steel steps! Iser groans while he grabs his right arm. Anders heads over, pulls Iser’s arm away from him and slips it down in the place between the steel steps and the ring post. The Mindkiller takes three steps back, rushes forward and kicks the steps into Iser’s arms!!! The crowd explodes with cheers while Iser howls in pain. Stephy Auger: This is just cruel, Cruise! Anders turns and motions for the timekeeper to get up from his seat. After doing what he’s told, The Mindkiller snatches up the chair and folds it up. She then heads over and whacks the steel steps, causes Iser to howl in pain. The Mindkiller whacks the steel steps with the chair again… … and again… … and again… … and again… … and again… … and again! She then repositions the chair in her hands before delivering a hard chest pass, sending the chair smacking off of Iser’s head! Kris Cruise: Seth Iser’s getting beaten like a rented mule! Anders kicks off the top half of the steel steps. After grabbing Iser by the hair, Anders pulls Iser up onto the bottom half of the steel steps. The cheers continue as Anders sets up Iser for a piledriver. Anders is about to lift Iser up when he counters with a back body drop, sending Anders to the floor. Stephy Auger: She was going to try and break his neck with a piledriver on the steps! She’s a psychopath, Cruise! Kris Cruise: Weren’t you signing her praises two years ago when she was running roughshod as the leader of Heroes Never Die? Stephy Auger: … quiet, Cruise!! An exhausted Iser falls down to his knees while Anders struggles to pick herself back up. Once both are back to a vertical base and turn to face each other, the crowd gasps when Iser goes for the Mandible Claw. Stephy Auger: Injection of Poison! The crowd cheers when Anders reaches out just in time and grabs his left wrist with her hands. Anders does her best to keep Iser at bay while the champion tries to put his middle and ring fingers into her mouth. Kris Cruise: Iser’s trying to sink his fingers down into the gullet of Izzy Anders! Iser tries to overpower Anders. But the challenger continues to keep Iser at bay. The boos grow louder when Iser gets closer and closer to applying the move. Just as Iser’s almost there, Anders moves his hand to the side before biting down on his middle finger. Iser howls in pain while the crowd cheers. Stephy Auger: I take it back! Izzy’s not a psychopath! She’s a cannibal! Kris Cruise: Stop it, Stephy! Anders continues to gnaw on the finger until Iser slowly balls up his right fist, swings his arms over and socks Anders with a hard right hand! Anders stumbles back before slumping down against the announce table. Iser heads over, takes his leg with the bulk knee brace and rams his knee into Anders' face, knocking the back of her head against the announce table. After the back of Anders’ head smacks of the announce table, Iser bashes Anders with another knee thrust to the face… then another… and another… and another… and another… and another… and another… and another… and another… and another! The boos continues while Anders slumps down to the side. Stephy Auger: Stay on her, champ! Iser reaches down, pulls up Anders by the hair and slams her face-first onto the announce table. After rolling Anders across the top of the table, Iser reaches down and applies the Injection of Poison! The crowd erupts with boos when Iser gets it fully applied! Stephy Auger: Seth’s got it locked in now! Iser continues to press down hard. Anders uses her left hand to try and pull Iser from off of her. But it’s to no avail. Anders desperately reaches over for something with her right hand. After wrapping cable wire around her hand, Anders swings her right arm over, whacking Iser across the side of the head with the monitor! The crowd explodes with cheers once the hold is broken. Iser then drops down to a knee in front of the announce table. Kris Cruise: That’s one way to break a submission! Anders remains on her back while she gasps for air. She slowly rolls off the table, grabs Iser and rolls him back inside. The Mindkiller then climbs up onto the apron while Iser crawls away from the corner. The crowd stands up when Anders ascends to the top turnbuckle. Once Iser finally gets back to his feet and turns around, the crowd gasps when Anders leaps off for a diving Tornado DDT. She grabs Iser in mid air and turns. But Iser is able to counter into a spinebuster, leaving Anders sprawled out on the mat. He then lunges forward and clamps on the Injection of Poison! The crowd erupts with boos as Iser has the submission locked on once again. Anders is seen kicking her feet while she grabs Iser by the wrist with both hands. She tries to pull Iser’s fingers from out of her mouth. But it’s to no avail. Iser continues to pressure down on the soft tissue under the tongue. The Mindkiller swings up and strikes to knock Iser off of her with wild strikes. But Iser’s able to fight through the blows and keep the submission applied. The capacity crowd continues to try and rally behind the challenger. “PLEASE DON’T TAP!”
“PLEASE DON’T TAP!”
“PLEASE DON’T TAP!” The movements of The Mindkiller begin to slow down the longer Iser keeps the Injection of Poison applied. The official asks Anders if she wants to give up. But he doesn’t get a response. The official asks Anders again if she wants to give up. But again, she gets no response. The crowd erupts with boos as Anders passes out in the hold. The ref has no choice but to call for the bell. ISER - 1
ANDERS - 0 Kris Cruise: And with that, Seth Iser is now up 1-0 in this Two Falls of Honor match! The pressure is all on Anders! She has to win these next two falls! Once the 30 second mandatory rest period has ended, the bell sounds to signal the start of the second fall. Iser immediately pulls Anders back to her feet. The ref pleads with Iser to at least give Anders the chance to rest some more. Iser ends up ignoring his pleads by giving Anders a pendulum backbreaker. While the challenger remains on the mat, Iser turns and hits the ropes. When he comes back, he delivers a knee drop across Anders’ face with the bulky knee brace! The boos continue as Iser returns to his feet before heading into the ropes. When he returns, he delivers a second knee drop. But he’s not done! Iser gets back to his feet before heading into the ropes. Iser goes for a third knee drop. This time, Anders rolls out of the way, causing Iser’s knee to hit the canvas! Kris Cruise: Iser went to the well one too many times! Iser slowly gets back to his feet. Once Anders returns to a vertical base, she rushes over and blasts Iser with a shoot kick to the back of the knee. A second shoot kick causes Iser’s knee to buckle. Anders sizes up Iser and delivers a third kick. The crowd cheers when Iser is knocked off his feet and hits the mat. Iser turns over and gets back to his feet. But The Mindkiller is right there to bring him back down with a chop block from behind! While Iser is down, Anders reaches over, grabs the bulky knee brace and starts to undo the straps. Stephy Auger: Hey hey hey! That’s a protective brace! Kris Cruise: As if Anders cares! Iser reaches over to stop Anders, but he gets a punch to the face for his troubles. The Mindkiller continues to fidget with the brace before yanking it off. She then mounts herself on top of Iser before repeatedly whacking him across the face with it! Anders gets up off of Iser before taking the brace and strapping it on her own knee. Stephy Auger: She can’t do that! Give it back! Kris Cruise: Oh, I’m sure she plans to. But not in the way you imagine... The Mindkiller turns back to Iser and delivers a delayed knee drop across the face! The cheers continue when Anders delivers another knee drop! She then gets to her feet before running into the far ropes. When Anders comes back, she delivers a jumping knee drop! The Mindkiller takes the knee with the bulky knee brace and grinds it across Iser’s face! While Iser covers his face, Anders heads back over and lifts up his legs. Anders motions for a figure four, then thinks better of it, holds Iser’s legs apart and follows up with a jumping knee drop to the groin with the bulky knee brain! The crowd explodes with cheers while Iser howls in pain. Kris Cruise: RIGHT TO THE NETHER REGION! Anders pulls Iser back to his feet by his beard, takes his arm and brings him down with a double knee armbreaker. While Iser remains on his back, Anders steps out onto the apron before heading to the top turnbuckle. Stephy Auger: Where in the world is that psycho heading to? Once Anders reaches the top, she leaps off before coming down across Iser’s arm with a diving knee drop! Kris Cruise: WHAT A MOVE BY ANDERS! DIVING KNEE DROP RIGHT ACROSS ISER’S FACE WITH THE BULKY BRACE! The Mindkiller takes Iser and drags him across the ring. She then rolls to the outside before dragging Iser’s upper body out onto the apron. Anders climbs up onto the apron before stepping back. She motions forward before standing in place. She then climbs up onto the middle turnbuckle. The crowd cheers when Anders jumps off and knocks Iser down with a diving knee drop with the bulky knee brace. Iser ends up folded up on the floor! Kris Cruise: Iser continues to take a beating! Just when you think Iser’s taken the worse, The Mindkiller comes up with something else! Anders gets back to her feet before going over and peeling back the protective matting. The crowd cheers once the concrete floor has been exposed. Stephy Auger: Referee! REFEREE! Anders heads over and pulls Iser back to his feet. After doubling him over with the brace-wrapped knee, Anders brings him down with a hammerlock DDT to the exposed floor! Kris Cruise: Iser’s arm was just driven down onto the concrete floor! Anders pulls up Iser before rolling him back inside. After rolling herself back in, she grabs Iser by the hair before dragging him back towards the center of the ring. Iser is pulled up into a front facelock. Anders looks around before dropping Iser head-first onto the mat with a DDT! She then rolls over, pulls Iser back to his feet and places him with another DDT! The Mindkiller rolls over, pulls Iser back up and spikes him with a third DDT! Kris Cruise: Three Enemigos! Anders rolls over and pulls Iser back to his feet. Instead of going for a fourth DDT, Anders quickly spins before bringing Iser down to the mat with a Fujiwara Armbar! Kris Cruise: The Amputator! Iser howls in pain while Iser pulls back on the arm. The ref gets down and asks Iser if he wants to give up. Iser refuses. Anders then plants her foot while she pulls back, stretching the forearm, tricep and pectoral muscles! Iser groans while he’s trapped in the hold. The official continues to ask Iser if he wants to give up. Again, Iser refuses. So Anders begins to repeatedly yank back on the arm! Stephy Auger: Don’t you tap! Don’t you do it! Don’t you dare do it! Iser wails away while Anders pulls his arm back. She then switches position of the hold. The Mindkiller clasps Iser’s hand as she bridges back! A guttural rail escape the champion while he kicks his legs! The referee asks Iser if he wants to give up. Iser shakes his head ‘no’. Iser continues to refuses… before tapping the mat with his free hand!!! The crowd explodes with cheers when the ref calls for the bell to end the second fall! Kris Cruise: Stephy Auger: GAAAAHHHH!!! ISER - 1
ANDERS - 1 Anders keeps The Amputator applied after the ref calls for the bell. Stephy Auger: She’s not letting go! REFEREE, DISQUALIFY HER! Kris Cruise: He can’t! This is NO DQ! The Mindkiller eventually breaks the hold. Iser clutches his right arm with his left hand before rolling over to his side. The champion tries to get back to his feet. But he quickly drops down to a knee. Anders points to a random fan before running into the ropes. When she comes back, she knocks Iser down with A Gift For You! Anders reaches down, pulls Iser back up to a knee before heading into another set of ropes. When she returns, she knocks Iser down with A Gift For You! The Mindkiller reaches down and slowly pulls Iser up to a knee. She then runs into the ropes. When Anders returns, she runs past Iser before heading into the far ropes. When The Mindkiller comes back, she flattens him with A Gift For You! She drops down and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THR-NO! The crowd sighs when Iser gets his left shoulder up. Kris Cruise: Iser just barely getting his shoulder up! Iser is pulled up by his beard before being whipped hard into the corner. The crowd cheers when Iser crashes into the turnbuckles. The turnbuckles rattle before Iser staggers out of the corner. As soon as the champion drops to a knee, The Mindkiller turns and hits the ropes. When she comes back, she flattens Iser with a Shining Yakuza Kick! She makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THR-NO! The crowd sighs when Iser gets his left shoulder up. Stephy Auger: Come on, Seth! Fight back! Anders pulls Iser up by his blood-soaked beard and goes to lift him up across her shoulders. An exhausted Iser stops her with an elbow to the head with his left arm. He then hits Anders with another elbow. After the third elbow, the crowd gasps when Anders hoists Iser up across her shoulders! Iser then nails Anders with a fourth elbow to the head. The Mindkiller lowers Iser down after she drops to a knee. Iser reaches down with his left arm, pulls Anders back to her feet and then pulls her into a front facelock. The crowd boos while Iser has her set up for a Deprivation DDT. Before Iser can spike Anders, The Mindkiller reaches up, grabs the arm, spins out of it and doubles him over with a boot to the midsection before pulling him into a standing headscissors. Anders then leans forward and wraps her arms around Iser’s midsection. Stephy Auger: No Way… NO WAY... The crowd stands up with anticipation. The Mindkiller then slowly hoists Iser up onto her shoulders… Kris Cruise: What the... “ooooooooooooo…” … rushes across the ring… “...OOOOOOOOOOO…” … and then throws Iser down with a Running Liger Bomb! “OOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!” The crowd explodes with cheers while the ref runs over, leaps over Anders & Iser and drops down in front of them to make the count. ONE! . . TWO! . . THREE! Stephy Auger: NO! Iser gets his left shoulder up just in time!. A tired Anders falls back to the mat and is met with cheers and applause after that move on someone of Iser’s size. Kris Cruise: How did Iser get his shoulder up in time!? Stephy Auger: How did Izzy deliver a running powerbomb to someone Iser’s size!? While Iser is down, Iser rolls over onto all fours. She gets back to her feet before making her way out onto the apron. The crowd stands back up as Anders starts to scale the turnbuckles. Kris Cruise: Izzy’s heading back to the top... Iser turns over on all fours. He then gets to his feet, climbs up onto the middle ropes and goes for a superplex. The crowd breathes a sigh of relief when Anders blocks the move. Iser remains undeterred. He tries to muscle Anders up for another superplex. The crowd gasps when he’s almost got the challenger up. But Anders blocks by kicking her legs, forcing Iser to lower her back down. Iser then muscles her back up for yet another superplex attempt. He’s got Anders up again.!The crowd gasps… then cheers when Anders nails Iser with a knee to the top of the head! She’s then lowered back down. While Anders sits on the top turnbuckle, she takes Iser and rocks him with a European Uppercut! Iser gets rocked with a second European Uppercut! The Mindkiller then reaches her arm back before whacking him across the face with a Stockton Slap! Blood and sweat fly off of Iser’s as as his face whips violently to the side! The crowd cheers as he slowly leans back and falls to the canvas! Kris Cruise: Iser’s down and potentially out! Stephy Auger: Get up, Seth! Get up! This is your championship at stake here! Don’t let it fall into the hands of someone like Izzy Anders! Get up, dammit! An exhausted Anders remains seated on the top turnbuckle while Iser lays sprawled out on the mat. When Anders tries to stand up on the top turnbuckle, the crowd gasps when Iser scrambles back to his feet. He rushes up onto the middle ropes and grabs Anders for another superplex. He then shakes his head ‘no’ before stepping up onto the top ropes. Kris Cruise: Uh oh... The crowd stands up while Iser pulls Anders up onto the top ropes with him. The capacity crowd gasps when Iser muscles up Anders, leaps back and sends them both crashing down to the mat with a thunderous thud with a superplex!!! Stephy Auger: YES!!! Kris Cruise: The ring just SHOOK after that superplex from Iser! Good Lord what a suplex that was! Both grapplers remain sprawled out on the mat. The ref gets down and checks on the challenger before going over to check on the champion. Both grapplers lay motionless on the canvas. The official continues to attend to both grapplers… until Iser starts to stir. His instincts kick in as he slowly turns over and drops his arm across Anders’ chest. ONE! . . TWO! . . THR-NO! The crowd gasps, then cheers when Anders gets her kicks out! Stephy Auger: Dammit! After turning over onto his knees and getting back to his feet, Iser heads into the corner. The crowd stands up when Iser starts to climb the turnbuckles. Kris Cruise: What in the world... Once Iser reaches the top, the crowd gasps when he flips back and crashes down across Anders with a moonsault!!! He makes the cover. Stephy Auger: THAT’S IT! THAT’S IT! IT’S OVER! ONE! . . TWO! . . THRE-NO! The crowd gasps, then cheers when Anders gets her shoulder up. Kris Cruise: Izzy survived the moonsault from Iser! Stephy Auger: What? What!? WHAT!? Iser shakes his head with disbelief. He then grabs Anders by the hair and slowly pulls her back up to his feet. Anders is then hit with three jabs. Iser goes for the discus clothesline when Anders cuts him off with a roundhouse kick! Iser crumbles to the mat while Anders drops to the canvas. Kris Cruise: Izzy connects with a desperation roundhouse! But what did it take out of her!? Anders remains down on the mat while Iser slowly rolls over towards the ropes. The champion can be seen desperately trying to shake out the cobwebs. He slowly reaches up and pulls himself up using the ropes. When Iser turns around, he sees Anders waiting for him in the center of the ring. Iser then marches over and throws out a left hook. Anders ducks and counters with a Stockton Slap! Iser throws out another left hook. Again, Anders ducks. This time, she rocks Iser with a roundhouse kick to the head. Iser motions for another strike when The Mindkiller cuts him off with a roundhouse kick using the opposite leg. The crowd explodes with cheers when Iser unloads on Iser with a kick flurry! Kris Cruise: Dirty Dancin! Anders continues the flurry of kicks before slowing down. The Mindkiller leans forward and rests her hands on her knees… before standing back up and going to town on Iser with another round of Dirty Dancin! Stephy Auger: GAH! Anders keeps up the back as she strikes Iser with kick after the crowd. The capacity crowd is on their feet. “YES!”
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“YES!” When Anders stops, Iser doubles over… before standing back up and spewing mist at Izzy. This time, Izzy’s able to duck the mist before going to town on Iser with another round of Dirty Dancin! “YES!”
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“YES!” Once Iser drops down to a knee, Anders cracks him across the top of the head with an Axe Kick! She then pulls Iser back to his feet, lifts him up and plants him with the Aniplex! She turns over and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THREE! Stephy Auger: NO! The crowd sighs when Iser gets his left shoulder up at the last second. Anders slowly pulls Iser back to his feet before heading towards the ropes, bouncing back and knocking him down with a diving corkscrew European Uppercut! She makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THRE-NO! The crowd sighs when Iser gets his shoulder up. The Mindkiller pulls Iser back to his feet, The crowd cheers when Anders hoists him up across his shoulders for a fireman’s carry neckbreaker. The cheers quickly turn to boos when Iser nails her with elbows to the side of the head. Iser slips down from behind, takes control of the back and throws Anders down with a release German Suplex! The crowd cheers when Anders is able to rotate and land on her feet! When Iser gets back to his feet and turns around, the crowd explodes with cheers when Anders throws out the 540 Kick!!! Kris Cruise: CAPETOWN SUNSET!!! … only to whiff when Iser drops to the mat. Anders then lands on her feet. When she turns to face Iser, the Pride Champion turns her inside out with a lariat! Iser pulls up Anders, lifts her up across his back and then brings her down with the Icebreaker (Irish Curse)! The boos continue as Iser pulls up Anders and whips her into the ropes. When Anders returns, Iser scoops her up and then throws her down with the Pillar of Truth (Bossman Slam)! The boos continue as Iser pulls Anders into a front facelock before planting her with the Deprivation DDT! Stephy Auger: YES! YES! YES YES YES YES YES! YES! YESSSSSSSS!!! Kris Cruise: Iser just drilled Anders with the Deprivation DDT! That’s going to be all she wrote for The Mindkiller! Iser flashes a blood-stained smirk before slowly turning over into a lateral press for the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THREE! Kris Cruise: NO! The crowd gasps, the explodes with cheers when Anders gets her shoulder up. The smirk that was on Iser’s face is quickly replaced with shock. His eyes widen as he can’t believe it. He looks up at the ref for confirmation. The official confirms his worst fears: Anders got the shoulder up in time. Undeterred, Iser goes back down and makes another cover on Anders. ONE! . . TWO! . . THRE-NO! The crowd cheers when Anders gets her shoulder up again. Iser sneers as he makes another cover on Anders. ON-NO! Anders kicks out emphatically! Stephy Auger: How is she still fighting! Kris Cruise: And she kicked out at one to send a statement to Iser! Iser slaps his left hand down on the mat with anger. He looks up at the ref and yells out in frustration. Iser snaps out of it. He reaches down and pulls Anders back to her feet by the hair. The crowd gasps when Iser turns Anders upside down. The Mindkiller fights back by kicking her legs. Iser starts to stumble back and nearly loses control of Anders. But the Pride Champion is able to regain his balance. He then moves forward… … jumps up…. … and plants Anders with the Black Magic (Tombstone Piledriver)! The crowd sits in stunned silence while Anders is sprawled out in front of the champion. An exhausted Iser then falls forward on top of Anders for the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THREE! J.A. Aldridge: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this bout… aaaaaaaand STILLLLL… “BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!” J.A. Aldridge: … FGA Pride Champion, SETH ISER!!! “Psychosocial” blares throughout the arena as an exhausted Iser rolls off of Anders and lays on his back. The referee heads over and raises his arm in victory. When the ref lets go, Iser’s arm falls down to his side. The referee places the Pride Championship across Iser’s chest. |
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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 21:28:23 GMT -5
Kris Cruise: What an exhausting match we just witnessed between Seth Iser and Izzy Anders!
Stephy Auger: That was a match worthy of main eventing any FGA pay per view. But we’re only at the intermission point, Cruise! We still have the second half of this show to call, including the Gold Rush Rumble!
Kris Cruise: That’s right, this event is far from over! Geoff, give us a rundown of what we’ve seen thus far!
Geoff Penzer: Well in our opening contest, Tyler Storm defeated Brian Stryker to win the Best of 5 series! This series came down to the wire with match number five and match number five itself came down to the wire. Tyler Storm scored the only fall with seconds to spare in that 30-Minute Ironman Match. Storm will now go on to challenger the winner of this match we just saw. In the second match of the evening, the United States Tag Team Championship match ended in a No Contest after Silk & Cyanide came out and attacked both teams! Sadie San Francisco was able to successfully defend her 15 Championship against rival Jaelynn Ramsey! On the flipside, Marlon Cure was not able to successfully defend his title, losing the Mid-Atlantic Legacy Championship to rival Piper Lennon! Pendragon ended the historic reign of The Chaotics to become the new World Tag Team Champions! Lowri Moss and Neal Durden have made some history of their own, becoming the only team to have won both the World Tag Team Titles as well as the US Tag Titles. So congratulations to them. Then, as I just mentioned, Seth Iser was able to defeat Izzy Anders in the Two Falls of Honor match to retain his Pride Championship! That match was an absolutely war! I have no idea how Iser is even going to compete later on in the Gold Rush Rumble. He might not be able to.
Kris Cruise: That is something we’ll have to keep an out on on. For the second half of tonight’s show, we still have Jimmy Page defending his International Heavyweight Championship against Savannah Taylor! Our co-main event is the highly-anticipated Gold Rush Rumble! Then in our main event, hometown hero Fujiko Mine will be challenging Evan Envi for his FGA World Championship! Coming up next is the United States Championship match with james Edwards defending his title against former champion, Salem! Before we send it to the ring, let us give you a preview of FGA on tour this summer, coming to an arena near you!
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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 22:07:01 GMT -5
UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
(c) James Edwards vs. Salem Melanie Sierra: The following contest is scheduled for one fall and it is for the FGA UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP! "I'll get you my pretty... and your little dog too!" The funky drum beat and riff of 'Phenomena' by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs fills the arena and the quirky yet energetic Salem appears at the entrance wearing a hooded dark purple cloak with silver trim, the hood pulled over her eyes. She carries a silver cane, the top a silver claw gripping a dark purple crystal that has a plasma globe effect. She's tapping her foot and bopping her head to the beat... She raises both hands and motions for the fans to get hyped, swinging the cane, then bops her way toward the ring in time with the song, popping her shoulders up and down, swaying her arms around with a coy smile and wink to the audience. Geoff Penzer: We heard the strong words from Salem earlier tonight on Twitter. We’ve heard her words over the last several shows. This is now personal between her and James Edwards. She could handle losing the US Championship. She could even handle losing it to Edwards if he ended up carrying the title with respect. Instead, Edwards has thrown that championship around carelessly and has treated it like trash. Edwards’ behavior hasn’t sat well at all with The Phenomena. Salem says she’s going to grab Edwards and take out the trash after the match. But she’s got to get through Edwards first. Whether you love him or hate him, you have to acknowledge Edwards’ talent and that beating The Burning Heart is much easier said than done. She steps up the ring steps, throws her hood back, clutches the top rope and puts her feet on the bottom rope, gazing around and rocking up and down on the ropes... She slides through the ropes, twirls off her cloak with a flourish and drops to a knee in the center of the ring, extending her arms out holding up the cane and playing to the crowd as the music fades. She takes the cloak and cane to the corner, ready for the match. Melanie Sierra: Introducing first, the challenger! From Laval, Quebec, Canada… “Something Like a Phenomena”... SALEM!!! The house lights go down, and the arena stays black during the garbled opening guitar riff, then, "Okay." Strobe lights move with the easy beat of the song. James appears at the top of the ramp with the hood on his ring jacket up. He takes a few moments survey everything before him. The hood goes down and the jacket is unzipped to reveal the United States Championship with the opening lyrics. Melanie Sierra: Her opponent, from Lexington, Kentucky! Weighing in at 204 pounds! He is the reigning and defending United States Champion! He is “The Burning Heart” JAMES EDWARDS!!! Moving with the meandering pace of the music, his eyes never leave the ring. He laps the squared circle, slides under the bottom ropes, and bows martial arts style to all four corners before settling into his own then unstrapping the belt and placing it on his shoulder. Geoff Penzer: Edwards has repeated stated that he’s treating the championship disrespectfully as a protest for not getting the shot at the International Heavyweight Championship that he feels he deserves. But instead of getting that title shot, the only think he’s got was the ire from fans and fellow grapplers. While Edwards has technically been a fighting champion, he’s also tried to purposely lose and has attacked Logan Alexander backstage from behind. Edwards can voice his displeasure all his wants. But his actions have done him no favors. The bell sounds as Edwards takes the United States Championship of his shoulder while making his way to the center of the ring. Salem makes her way over towards Edwards and stares him down. Edwards takes the title and carelessly tosses it behind Salem. Salem turns to look and shakes her head. Edwards darts across the ring. As soon as Salem turns around, the crowd erupts with boos when The Burning Heart turns her inside out with a lariat! Geoff Penzer: Edwards nearly took her head off! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Salem kicks out. Edwards yanks up Salem, heads into the corner and slams her face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning Salem around, Edwards blasts her with a knife edge chop. He delivers another blistering chop that echoes through the arena. The Burning Heart delivers another hard chop, causing Salem to double over and guard her chest. Edwards lifts Salem’s head up before blasting her with a forearm smash to the face. After Edwards delivers another forearm smash, Salem responds with an open palm strike. Edwards blasts Salem with another forearm smash before she answers back with another open palm strike. Salem delivers another palm strike, knocking Edwards away from the corner. The cheers continue when Salem whacks Edwards with yet another open palm strike. Salem goes for another strike when Edwards blocks counters with a forearm smash to the face and follows up with a push kick into the corner. Edwards marches forward before sending Salem slumping down in the corner with Mongolian Chops. Edwards reaches down, pulls Salem up by the hair and delivers a back kick to the ribs. Salem doubles over before slumping down in the corner. After stepping back towards the center of the ring, Edwards charges into the corner before nailing Salem right in the face with the False Gospel (Feigned VG into a reverse roundhouse kick)! He then drags Salem from out of the corner before making the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Salem kicks out. Geoff Penzer: Edwards is putting something extra behind those kicks. Edwards grabs Salem by the hair, pulls her up to a seated position and then delivers a hard soccer kick to the back. Salem arches her back while she howls in pain. The Witch slowly turns over on all fours before Edwards nails her with a punt kick to the ribs, which knocks her over onto her back. When Salem tries to sit back up, Edwards takes the sole of his boot and pushes her back down to the canvas. Once Salem turns back over on all fours, Edwards delivers a toe kick to the side of the head. When Salem gets up on a knee, Edwards hits her with an open hand strike across the face. After Salem stands back up in front of Edwards, The Burning Heart delivers a roundhouse kick to the right outer thigh, which causes Salem to wince. He then delivers a roundhouse kick to the inside right knee, causing Salem’s leg to buckle. After a roundhouse kick to the calf, Salem drops down to a knee. With Salem in position, Edwards turns and runs into the ropes. When Edwards returns, he flattens Salem with the Pole Shift (rebound wheel kick)! He then pulls Salem back up by the hair into a seated position before turning to run back into the ropes. When Edwards returns, the crowd gasps when he throws out the a Running PK! Geoff Penzer: Violent Gospel!!! … then cheers when Salem blocks by catching his leg. Edwards tries to pull his leg away from Salem. But The Phenomena keeps her arms wrapped tight around his leg. Edwards then strikes down jabs to the face. But Salem fight through it as she slowly returns to her feet. After throwing Edwards’s leg down, Salem follows up with a hard chest kick. Another nasty pop is heard when Salem knocks Edwards back with a second hard chest kick. Another hard chest kick knocks Edwards towards the corner. The cheers continue as Edwards gets knocked back with another hard chest kick… and another… and another. After Edwards is shoved into the corner, the crowd explodes with cheers as Salem goes to down on him with a flurry of hard chest kicks. “YES!”
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“YES!” Salem takes Edwards and whips him into the far corner. The Witch charges across the ring, bashes Edwards with a corner space rolling elbow and follows up with a one handed bulldog! She makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Edwards kicks out. As Salem pulls Edwards up off the mat, The Burning Heart swats Salem’s hands off of him. He then throws out a roundhouse kick. But Salem ducks and grabs him from behind. She positions Edwards for an inverted Exploder Suplex when Edwards counters with elbows to the back of the head. He then runs into the ropes. When Edwards returns, he sees Salem running past him. So he slams on the brakes. As soon as Edwards turns around, the crowd gasps when he goes to surprise a charging Salem with the Dead Lights (bicycle high knee). But Salem’s able to slide underneath it. Once Edwards lands on his feet and turns around, the crowd gasps when Salem lunges at Edwards and throws out the New Hampshire Handshake (high velocity leaping elbow strike to the jaw)! But Edwards is able to roll underneath it. Once Salem lands on her feet, she turns, runs towards Edwards and ends up doubled over after a knee thrust to the gut. Edwards then hoists Salem up for a gutwrench powerbomb. As soon as Salem is lifted up onto Edwards’ shoulders, Salem counters with a flurry of punches to the top of the head. After she slips down in front of Edwards, Salem throws out a roundhouse kick of her own. Edwards is able to duck the kick and quickly sets up Salem from behind with the RRE (reverse release exploder suplex). However, Salem’s able to counter with elbows to the back of the head. She then runs into the ropes. When The Witch returns, Edwards goes to cut her off with the Double Tap (consecutive spinning backfists). But Salem ducks. When Edwards turns around, Salem fakes him out with a superkick feint before switching to a rapid knee lift with the opposite leg. The Phenomena follows up with a low dropkick, knocking The Burning Heart down to a knee. Salem then slaps Edwards across the face before turning and running past Edwards. When she returns, she runs past Edwards again as she continues to run the ropes. When Salem comes back, the crowd explodes with cheers when she flattens Edwards with a punning penalty kick to the face! Geoff Penzer: Salem gave Edwards the Violent Gospel! She hit him with his own move! Salem drops down and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Edwards kicks out. Salem picks up Edwards, marches into the corner and slams him face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning Edwards around, Salem nails Edwards with another hard chest kick. After delivering yet another hard chest kick, she rocks Edwards with a roundhouse kick before sending Edwards slumping down in the corner with a high impact spinning backfist. Salem doesn't let up as she rains down rapid fire alternating elbow strikes! Edwards turns and tries to crawl out of the corner. Salem stalks Edwards before nailing him with repeated hard ground knee strikes! She then pulls Edwards back up and pushes him back into the corner. After Edwards is struck with an elbow across the jaw, Salem takes him by the wrist and delivers an irish whip. Salem immediately follows behind him and then throws out a corner high kick. The crowd boos when Edwards drops to the mat, sending Salem crashing into the corner. Geoff Penzer: Nobody was home on that one! Edwards grabs Salem and tosses her through the ropes and out to the apron. After stepping out onto the apron, Edwards delivers repeated stomps to the chest. The boos continue while The Burning Heart stomps the hell out of the challenger. He then grabs Salem by the hair and pulls her back to her feet before lifting her up across his shoulders. The crowd gasps, then boos after Edwards plants Salem with a Death Valley Driver on the apron! Geoff Penzer: Salem just got dropped head-first on the apron! Edwards slips down to the floor. He reaches down, yanks up Salem by the hair and then rolls her back inside. After rolling himself back in, he makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Salem gets her shoulder up. Edwards pulls up Salem, lifts her up onto his shoulders and then brings her down with a fireman’s carry gourdbuster. While Salem is down on the mat, Edwards steps out onto the apron before scaling the turnbuckles. Once Edwards gets to the top, he leaps off before crashing down across Salem with a diving headbutt! Instead of making the cover, Edwards gets back to his feet before heading back out onto the apron. Geoff Penzer: Edwards didn’t go for the cover! It looks like he’s not done! Edwards climbs to the top turnbuckle. The boos continue as he leaps off and connects with a second diving headbutt! Again, Edwards doesn’t go for the cover. The crowd erupts with boos as he steps out to the apron before climbing the turnbuckles. Geoff Penzer: Enough’s enough, James! Once Edwards gets back to his feet, he leaps off and hits a third diving headbutt!!! Geoff Penzer: NO! The crowd explodes with cheers when Salem gets her knees up and rolls back, causing Edwards to land face-first across the knees!!! Geoff Penzer: Salem countered! She blocked the headbutt! Edwards went to the well one too many times and is now paying dearly for it! Edwards bounces off the knees before turning over onto his back. The Burning Heart clutches his face while he groans in pain. Across the ring, Salem is seen starting to turn over on all fours. When Salem gets back to her feet, she turns and sees Edwards starting to pick himself back up. So Salem heads across the ring, steps out onto the apron and starts climbing the turnbuckles. Once she reaches the top, The Phenomena leaps off and strikes him down with a diving overhead chop! The cheers continue as Edwards drops to his knees. Salem sees Edwards positioning and immediately heads into the far ropes. When she returns, she flips over and drives him face-first onto the mat with a Somersault Cutter! She makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Edwards gets his shoulder up. Salem pulls up Edwards, takes control of his back, crosses his arms in front of him and then brings him down with an X-Plex! ONE! . . TWO! . . Edwards gets his shoulder up. Salem pulls Edwards back up before slowly lifting him up across her shoulders. She’s got Edwards set up for a Ushigoroshi when Edwards counters with elbows to the side of the head. Once Edwards slips down from behind, the crowd boos when he throws Salem down with the Half Cut (half nelson suplex)! While Salem is down, Edwards turns over on all fours before crawling towards the ropes. After pulling himself up using the ropes, The Burning Heart steps back out onto the apron before climbing the turnbuckles. Geoff Penzer: Edwards is going to the top again! Did he not learn his lesson last time? When Edwards gets one foot on the top rope, Salem scrambles to her feet, charges into the corner, runs up to the top turnbuckle and grabs him! The crowd explodes with cheers and applause when Salem lifts him up, turns and throws him down with an superplex lift into an avalanche Falcon Arrow! The ref slides into place for the count while Salem hooks the leg. ONE! . . TWO! . . THRE-NO! Edwards kicks out! However, Salem hangs onto his ankle as she turns over and applies an ankle lock. Salem starts to crank away on Edwards’ ankle while he howls in pain. The ref asks him if he wants to give up. The champion refuses. After pushing himself up onto his hands, he rolls forward, sending Salem crashing into the turnbuckles. As the challenger stumbles back, Edwards grabs her from behind before throwing her down with the reverse snap powerslam! He turns Salem over and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Salem gets her shoulder up Edwards pulls up Salem and positions her for an Ace Crusher before Salem shoves him into the ropes. When Edwards returns, he throws out the Double Take (jumping switch kick). But the kick is stuffed after Salem grabs a hold of his leg. After swinging the leg away from her, the crowd gasps and cheers when Salem takes control of his back and sets up for the BOOMSTICK (ripcord jumping reverse STO)! However, the cheers quickly turn to boos when Edwards counters with multiple back elbows to the face with his free arm. After turning around and blasting Salem with the Double Tap, Edwards turns and heads back into the ropes. When Edwards returns, he motions for a lariat towards the dazed Salem. But Salem’s able to counter with a kitchen sink, sending Edwards flipping down to the mat. Edwards gets back to his feet and throws out a roundhouse kick to the chest with his right leg. But Salem’s able to swat it away. Edwards then throws out a roundhouse kick to the head with his left leg. Salem ducks the kick, grabs a hold of the leg, lifts him up and delivers a shinbreaker into a leg-hook Saito Suplex! Edwards slowly rolls underneath the bottom rope and out onto the apron. Salem follows Edwards out to the apron. After pulling Edwards up, she tries to German Suplex him off the apron. But Edwards is quick to wrap his arms around the top rope. So Salem legs go and nails him with repeated punches to the kidney. Once Edwards lets go of the ropes, Salem turns The Burning Heart towards her. She then hooks his right leg with her left arm and hooks her right arm around his neck. Edwards nails Salem with a back elbow to the side of the head. He then hits Salem with another back elbow… and another… and anoth-NO! Salem throws Edwards down on the apron with an Exploder Suplex! The crowd explodes with cheers when Edwards bounces off the apron before falling to the floor. Geoff Penzer: Salem with a huge exploder suplex on the apron! While Edwards is down on the outside, Salem rolls back into the ring. Once The Witch returns to her feet, she sees Edwards slowly trying to do the same on the floor. So she takes off into the ropes. When Salem comes back, she flips over the top rope and strikes Edwards across the back of the neck with a somersault plancha, knocking the champion down! Salem pulls up Edwards and slams him face-first onto the mat before shoving him back into the ring. She then climbs up onto the apron before making her towards the ring post. After climbing the turnbuckles, Salem sits perched on the top turnbuckle in a crouched position. The Phenomena patiently waits for Edwards to get in position. On the mat, Edwards starts to stir before turning over on all fours. He then gets up to a knee. After Edwards gets back up to a vertical base, Salem stands on the top turnbuckle, leaps off and sends him tumbling to the mat with a missile dropkick to the back of the head. The Witch marches over and pulls Edwards back up. She then lifts Edwards up across her back and brings him down with a Ushigoroshi! Salem grabs Edwards by the ears and slowly pulls him back up before bringing him down with another Ushigoroshi! “ONE MORE TIME!”
“ONE MORE TIME!!”
“ONE MORE TIME!!!” Salem obliges as she pulls Edwards back to his feet. She lifts The Burning Heart across her shoulders before heading towards the center of the ring. The crowd cheers when she brings him down with a third Ushigoroshi! Instead of going for the cover, she sits up Edwards and quickly locks him in the Hemlock Groove (Lotus Lock)! Geoff Penzer: Salem’s got the submission locked in! The crowd cheers while Edwards groans. The ref asks him if he wants to give up. When the champion refuses, Salem applies more downward pressure on the neck! Edwards grits his teeth while he tries to power out of the mat. The Burning Heart starts to sit back… before Salem presses down with her legs, moving Edwards’ upper body forward. The cheers get even louder as Salem bridges back! With Salem’s hands and head on the mat, she continues to exert downward pressure and has Edwards nearly folded up on the mat! The ref continues to ask Edwards if he wants to give up. The champion refuses… and refuses… and refuses… before ultimately tapping out on Salem’s leg. The crowd explodes with cheers once the referee calls for the bell! Geoff Penzer: We’ve got a new champion! The crowd explodes with cheers as “Phenomena” blasts throughout the arena. Melanie Sierra: Here is your winner and NEEEEWWWWWWWWW United States Champion, SAAAALEMMMMM!!! Salem keeps the Hemlock Groove applied for a couple of seconds longer before letting go. She then turns over onto a knee before getting back to her feet. Salem takes her newly won championship and holds it high in the air. Geoff Penzer: Salem’s done it! She’s won back the title from Edwards to become a two-time United States Champion! Salem turns and looks down at Edwards. The Witch hands her US Championship off to the official before heading over towards the former champion. Geoff Penzer: Where’s Salem going? The crowd erupts with cheers when Salem grabs Edwards, runs and chucks him through the ropes and to the floor! Geoff Penzer: Salem just tossed Edwards out of the ring! The cheers continue as Salem rolls to the outside, grabs Edwards and throws him down across the ramp. Salem marches up the ramp, grabs Edwards, runs and throws him through the curtain and to the back. Geoff Penzer: Salem’s still not done! She’s headed to the back! The cameraman runs up the aisle and through the curtain after them. We switch to the backstage arena, where Salem pulls up Edwards and places him in a headlock. The Witch continues to look for something while she marches the halls. Once Salem finds what she’s looking for, she takes Edwards, runs forward and throws him against a dumpster backstage! The Burning Heart groans as he slumps down in a seated position against the dumpster. The official comes up behind Salem while she continues to stare Edwards down. The Phenomena then takes the championship from the official and places it on her shoulder. She looks down at the center plate of the belt and taps it before looking down at the former champion. Salem then walks away with her head held high and her championship in tow, leaving Edwards writhing against the dumpster... |
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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 22:09:09 GMT -5
The scene opens up on a familiar shot-- the face of the FGA World Championship belt. The very sight inspires a chorus of boos from the live audience. As we pan out, we see Evan Envi, dressed in tights that we can’t quite make out since he’s filmed from the waist-up, and a black shirt which simply reads “DO GOOD.” It’s unclear what Envi is staring at, but he seems to be in a trance, holding the belt to his shoulder as he looks off into the distance. ??: Evan…? Got a sec? The reigning World Champion doesn’t respond. His eyes, best we can tell, are still glued to something else. Spencer Burke enters the frame a few seconds later, giving a face to the voice. He looks up at the Chief and clears his throat softly. Spencer Burke: Evan, tonight you defend your World Title against Fujiko Mine right here in her hometown of Milwaukee. And… Spencer, perhaps by design, pauses as the audience erupts at the mention of their hometown hero. Spencer Burke: Knowing the kind of environment you’ve entered here at Only the Strong Survive, how are your nerves? How’s the pressure, walking into such an overtly hostile environment, putting your World Title up for grabs? Spencer pauses for a response, and a few seconds roll by where it seems that he may not get one… before Evan sighs, crossing his arms over his chest. He turns to the interviewer and narrows his eyes. Evan Envi: You say it like I’m used to going out there with overwhelming support. Spencer shrugs slightly, unsure of what to say, but Evan goes on. Evan Envi: I know what kind of energy’s, like, surging through these people right now. I know they’re giving every bit of that to Fujiko. So.. that’s something I can’t fight. He inhales, running a hand down his face, over his mouth for a moment before a small, muffled chuckle comes out. Evan Envi: But to a good champion-- to a real champion, that’s all just noise. It’s fine if Fujiko wants to ride that high, but I’m still gonna go out there and wrestle the fiercest match I can. I’m gonna go out there, Spence, and as long as I’m able to do it with my own two hands… nothing is off limits. The last words draw a negative response from the live audience. Evan Envi: But the question, I guess, is am I gonna make it out of here with this? He raises the belt a bit higher, and the question earns an emphatic “NO!” from the live crowd. Envi drapes the belt over his shoulder and nods a bit. Evan Envi: If you listen to someone like Fujiko, my entire title reign’s been defined by people like Nat McKinley, and to a larger extent… Richard. I understand why she’d say something like that. I get why the company I keep is so distracting, and, ha, really, I shouldn’t be stunned. It’s the cost of greatness being in the company of greatness-- it’s blinding. So I suppose it’s up to me to make that right. It’s up to me to get all eyes back on the Chief, and back on the OG World Championship. That’s why there will be no Ricky Valero at ringside. There will be nobody. Evan exhales. Evan Envi: It’s just gonna be me, walking into a war with nothing up my sleeve. And that’s… hm… Evan shakes his head a bit at the audible boos from Milwaukee, laughing bitterly to himself before he turns back to Spencer. Evan Envi: That’s gonna make it so much more heartbreaking. Not that their hero came here, fought for them in attempt to take from the Chief and failed… but that there’s not even an excuse this time. Just pure freakin’ wit and mat freakin’ wrestling, Spencer. God. There’s never been a worse time to gas up Milwaukee. “BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Spencer Burke: So this same match, with these same stakes, in any environment-- the result’s the same? Evan Envi retains? Evan shrugs, nonchalantly. Evan Envi: I think so, yeah. What they’re doing? That just creates this adrenaline rush because Good Guys are fueled by bad people. Milwaukee breeds pure evil. And I’ve learned, with the guidance of my best friend Richard, that Fujiko Mine is an evil human being. Spencer Burke: How do you figure? Evan Envi: She wanted to manipulate my emotions and take my opportunity at the Frontier Lion’s Cup away. She led me to believe that there was some kind of-- of-- of connection between us, Spence. For God’s sake she STUCK HER TONGUE DOWN MY THROAT. She passionately violated my face. It was sweaty. It was messy. It was… Evan trails off, sighing to himself, a fond half-smile creeping across his face. Spencer Burke: ...Ev--? Evan Envi: And I was just supposed to forget about that? No. That ripped at me-- that ate at me for months. And-- and I never got any kind of clarity from that moment. I never got any answers. I just… Evan looks down, sighing to himself. He trails off, seeming to be lost in thought for a second before he looks back up toward Spencer. Evan Envi: Fujiko Mine just wanted to take from me and you know what? She snapped when I became the FGA World Champion. And now that we’re in her hometown she gets to paint me as the villain. But I’m not. She’s the villain. Envi’s voice lowers, neary to a whisper as he brings himself closer to Spencer, repeating himself, glaring into his eyes. Evan Envi: She’s the villain. Scattered boos resonate throughout the arena and a troubled Spencer looks at Envi quietly for a few seconds before giving him a nod to signal the end of the interview, slowly backing away, and out of frame. Envi’s eyes follow Spencer until his footsteps fade. The Chief runs a hand down his face before lowering his gaze to the World Championship once again while the scene fades. |
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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 22:14:17 GMT -5
INTERNATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
© Jimmy Page vs. Savannah Taylor Melanie Sierra: The following contest is scheduled for one fall and it is for the INTERNATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP!!! There was silence; the lights began to fade away slowly. A soft instrumental echoes out across the audience. It starts slowly, a beautiful sound that contrasts the heaviness of the world. Like feathers, it glides among the waiting audience. The lighting fixtures produce a gentle spotlight upon the stage, offset by the occasional flash here and there. As the song continues, a woman’s words begin to come through. Her voice is tender, not raising upon a whisper. Deceived by my eyes and all I was told I should see
Opinions not mine, the person they taught me to be
One night in the dark, a vision of someone I knew
And in the darkness I saw, a voice say, I'm you. On the stage, a feminine figure appears. Her head lowered to everything. People cannot make out who it is. As she stands there, the flashes briefly illuminate her figure. It only gives small clues on who stands at the gate. She stands in the spotlight, her shadow cast large and proudly among the stage. Inside me a light was turned on… The instrumental picks up again. An electric guitar now joins the progressively exciting instrumentals of before. The singer’s voice suddenly intensifies. Then I was alive! In the light, it is revealed that it was Savannah Taylor. She stands at the gate, a robe of obsidian and ivory hues. The hood of it shadows her eyes, but the intensity of the final EXODUS World Champion remains clear as day. She starts off down the ramp, with a serious aura radiating from her body. Melanie Sierra: Introducing first, the challenger! From Las Vegas, Nevada! She is the “Las Vegas Siren,” SAVANNAH TAYLOR!!! If you close your eyes your life,
A naked truth revealed
Dreams you never lived,
And scars never healed Savannah makes her way up the ring steps. She looks out towards the audience for a moment before entering the ring. From there, she heads for a turnbuckle. She stands there, taking in everything. She then lifts her up on top of it. She peers out in nothing, then takes off the hood with a flashy flourish. Her blonde locks fly up in the air. They descend, shaping her face as they famously do. In the darkness, light will take you to the other side
You'll find me waiting there you'll see, if you just close your eyes While she stands in her corner, she closes her eyes and takes a heavy breath. When her bright eyes open, Taylor is completely composed. There is nothing more than the heat of battle awaiting her. She takes off her robe, giving it to a stagehand. She stretches her wrists before devoting her mind to the war upon the horizon. Geoff Penzer: Savannah Taylor has fought her way up the ladder since joining FGA three and a half years ago. She’s been in battles with some of this company’s very best. She’s been Pride Champion. She’s been a two-time United States Champion. Now she has her chance to get to the very top of FGA. But she’s got to get through arguably her toughest challenger to date. Stephy Auger: I normally don’t watch FAILPOINT. But if there’s one shining star you’ve got over there, it’s the Las Vegas Siren! You say that Page is her toughest opponent to date? Are you forgetting her battles with The Monster of the Bay? Are you forgetting her beating Christum Furor in a Shattered Glass Match? Are you forgetting her battles with Chris Madison, a trilogy that she WON, might I add? How about all the battles she’s won in Femme Fatale? Or better yet, how about her winning the brand war as apart of Team Flashpoint last year at All-Star Showdown Seven? Jimmy Page might be those most psychotic and the most unhinged person she’s ever been in the ring win. But Savannah Taylor has been in there with some rough, tough S.O.B.’s and has won, Penzer! Won! You’re apart of the group of people she’s been talking about. The group of people that have doubted her since the moment this match was announced. You’re apart of the group of people that continue to overlook her and fail to vote for her when it comes to ward voting. But Savannah Taylor won’t be overlooked anymore. Once it’s all said and done, everyone will be looking up at her as she takes her spot at the very top of the FGA mountain! Kris Cruise: Stephy, just let Geoff call this Flashpoint matches, please…. A song crashes into the P.A. system that sounds of static and a guitar. The lights begin to flash a violent red frantically. As the song "Murdered Out" by Kim Gordon really kicks in, the lights continue to flash red. A silhouette appears at the entrance. With a controlled stagger, Jimmy Page comes from the back, head down and arms out from his sides. Page swaggers down to the ring in at a methodical pace. The camera gets a close up of his hair covered face as he makes his way down the aisle. He stops at the top of the ramp, flinging his hair from his eyes and glaring around, chewing on a piece of gum. Through the static red, a spotlight follows Page as he makes his way to the front of the ring. Melanie Sierra: Her opponent, from Flint, Michigan! Weighing in at 237 pounds! He is the reigning and defending International Heavyweight Champion! The “King of the F’n World,” JIMMY PAGE!!! He takes a running start, sliding on top of the apron. He stands, gets in the ring, then climbs on top of the turnbuckle. Page spits his gum outside of the ring, into the crowd. Jimmy leaps down from the turnbuckle, and begins to slither down into a seat on the lower turnbuckle; Placing his head against the middle turnbuckle, knocking the back of it against the corner gently as he awaits the bell. Geoff Penzer: Jimmy Page is set to defend his championship for the first time since winning it back in March against Chandler Scott. I don’t want to say that Page has brushed Taylor aside because he recognizes her talent. We all do. But he made it explicitly clear that he will do everything he can to retain his championship. Stephy Auger: Yeah, and you and the rest of those sicko fans on Flashpoint will cheer when he crosses the line again. The man should be locked in jail with the key thrown away. Instead, you continue to excuse his behavior. You looked the other way when he broke both of Chandler’s arms after winning the match. You looked the other way when he bite part of Chandler’s ear off. You looked the other way when he slammed that door on Chandler’s head over and over. You looked the other way when Page tried to cave Chandler’s skull in by throwing those steel steps down over and over at him. Then you were stupid enough to buy his apology and actually make excuses for him. Chandler, Ashyn De Luca and Savannah Taylor hit the nail on the head when it came to Jimmy Page. If there’s any justice, he’ll get what’s coming to him tonight. Kris Cruise: Stephy, please… Geoff Penzer: Look, Page’s actions post-match against Chandler Scott were heinous. They were uncalled for. I admit that! But he was poked and prodded, Stephy. He was pushed past his breaking point! Stephy Auger: Yeah, so that made it perfectly okay to end a man’s career. Got it! Geoff Penzer: I truly believe Page is remorseful for what happened. Stephy Auger: Not when he says he’d do it all over again! Kris Cruise: Stephy, enough! Geoff Penzer: Page is aware that people like you will never forgive him. He’s got to live with that for the rest of his days. There’s no need for people like you and Savannah Taylor to throw his past deeds in his face. By doing that, all Savannah is doing is making things worse for her here tonight. The match starts with Taylor walks across the ring and stepping to Page. “OOOOOOH” Geoff Penzer: Savannah Taylor is getting right in Jimmy Page’s face. Stephy Auger: Look at that, Penzer! No fear from the Las Vegas Siren! Page just shakes his head at his challenger while Taylor while continues to run her mouth at him. Page takes a step back, only for Taylor to step forward and get in his face again. “OOOOOOHHHHHH!” Stephy Auger: Taylor told him she wouldn’t back down from him. She doesn’t scare easily, Penzer. Page narrows his eyes at Taylor. The International Heavyweight Champion starts to say something to her when she pushes him back. Page looks off to the side before shaking his head. Geoff Penzer: She’s pushing her luck here! Page heads back over to his challenger. Who goes to say something to Taylor again when… *WHACK!* The Las Vegas Siren slaps the taste out of his mouth. “OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!!!” Geoff Penzer: Oh dear. Ooooooh dear... Page slowly turns back to Taylor. He sneers at the Las Vegas Siren. But to the Taylor’s credit, she isn’t backing down. The capacity crowd is at a fever pitch while champion and challenger engage in an intense staredown. Stephy Auger: Look at him, Penzer! Look at him! He’s about to SNAP! Taylor goes to strike Page with a punch to the face. Page blocks and counters with a punch of his own. Taylor throws out another punch to the case. Page blocks and counters with a punch of his own. Page knocks her back with another punch. He pushes forward and knocks Taylor back with another punch to the face. Taylor is knocked a couple of steps back after being on the receiving end of another punch. He then takes Taylor and whips her into the far ropes. When Taylor returns, the crowd gasps when she tackles Page down with a Lou Thesz Press! She then mounts herself on top of the champion before raining down right hands to the face. Geoff Penzer: Taylor’s firing away on Page! Taylor continues her flurry of right hands until pulling Page back to his feet. The Las Vegas Siren heads into the corner and goes to slam him face-first onto the top turnbuckle. Page blocks by getting his foot on the middle turnbuckle. He then grabs a hold of Taylor and slams her face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning Taylor around, Page goes for an irish whip into the far corner. Taylor reverses, sending Page into the corner. The Las Vegas Siren runs over to attack when Page knocks her back with a back elbow to the face. After shaking off the blow, Taylor rushes back into the corner. Again, Page knocks her back with another back elbow. Taylor shakes off the blow before rushing back in. This time, Page goes to counter with a boot to the face. Instead of running into the strike, Taylor avoids the boot with a baseball slide to the outside. She quickly reaches back in, yanks Page down to the mat and then pulls him groin-first into the ring post. The crowd boos while Page is heard groaning. Geoff Penzer: Taylor used her quickness to get the better of Page there! Taylor rolls back inside before putting the boots to Page. She then reaches down, pulls up Page by the hair and then rocks him with a hard right hands across the face. Taylor sends Page’s head snapping to the side with hard hard strike to the face. Taylor then goes downstairs with a flurry of right hands to the midsection. She then blasts Page with a left forearm strike to the side of the head. Taylor takes two steps back before applying a foot choke. The ref is quick to give her until the count of five to break the choke. Ref: ONE… TWO… THREE… FOUR… Taylor readily breaks the choke. She puts her hands up and steps away from the corner… only to rush back in and apply another foot choke. The crowd boos while Taylor pulls down on the top rope. Ref: ONE… TWO… THREE… FOUR… F- Taylor breaks the hold. The ref scolds Taylor for pushing her luck. Taylor responds by shooing the official away from her. She then brings Page from out of the corner before whipping him into the far ropes. When Page returns, Taylor knocks him down with a spinning back elbow to the face. She quickly drops down and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . Page kicks out. Taylor pulls Page back to his feet before whipping him into the ropes. When Page returns, Taylor throws out another spinning back elbow. Page ducks before continuing to run the ropes. When Page comes back, Taylor knocks him down with a yakuza kick before quickly following up with a standing moonsault! ONE! . . TWO! . . Page kicks out. Geoff Penzer: Another nearfall for Taylor! The Las Vegas Siren is staying on the champion! She isn’t doing any showboating or taunting the crowd! She’s staying on the offensive. Taylor pulls up Page before doubling him over with a knee strike to the midsection. After placing Page in a headlock, Taylor goes for a running bulldog when Page shoves her off into the ropes. Instead of coming back, Taylor hangs onto the ropes. Page then runs over to attack when Taylor drops down with a low bridge, sending Page tumbling over the top rope and falling to the floor! Taylor stands back up before stepping out onto the apron. She then waves Page up into position. When Page gets back to his feet, Taylor goes for a back kick to the face to set up the Asai Moonsault. But Page is able to grab onto her leg. Taylor tries to shake Page off. But Page keeps his arms wrapping around her leg. Taylor tries to shake him off. But again, it’s to no avail. The crowd cheers when Page yanks Taylor off the apron, causing her to fall and smack her face hard against the edge of the apron! Taylor bounces off the apron before hitting the floor. She immediately covers her mouth. Geoff Penzer: Taylor hit the apron hard on the way down! Page reaches down and grabs a hold of Taylor. After pulling Taylor up, Page runs over and throws Page hard against the guardrail! He reaches down, yanks up Taylor, runs down ringside and flings her down ringside! Melanie Sierra and the timekeeper dive out of the way as Taylor is flung into the timekeeper’s table! Taylor bounces off the table before hitting the floor. Page marches over and kicks the timekeeper’s table off of Page before yanking her back to her feet by the hair. The King of the F’n World charges down ringside before throwing Taylor hard into the steel steps! The top half of the steps roll away after Taylor collides with them. Page marches over, yanks up Taylor by the hair, turns around and runs towards the announce booth! Kris Cruise: LOOK OUT!!! Stephy Auger: WHAT THE FU- The crowd cheers when Page flings Taylor, sending Taylor rolling across the top of the announce table before falling to the floor. Stephy Auger: HEY!!! Page marches over and nudges Kris Cruise, Stephy Auger and Geoff Penzer out of the way. He reaches down, grabs Taylor up by the hair and slams her face-first onto the announce table. “YES!” Page pulls Taylor back by the hair before slamming her face-first onto the announce table again. “YES!” Page takes Taylor and repeatedly slams her face-first onto the announce table while the crowd cheers. “YES!”
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“YES!” Taylor staggers away from page before collapsing to the floor. Stephy Auger: What the hell is wrong with you you psyc- Page quickly turns around and shoots a look at Stephy Auger that shuts her up. The Vertigo color commentator quickly slips behind Kris Cruise and uses him as a shield. Page reaches down, grabs Taylor by the hair and drags her towards ringside before rolling her back in. Page slides back into the ring. Instead of making the cover, he pulls up Taylor and pushes her into the corner. The International Heavyweight Champion unleashes a series of back elbow strikes to the head, followed by a series of knee strikes to the midsection. While Taylor is doubled over, Page hooks her arm and hurls her out of the corner and to the center of the ring. Taylor sits up and arches her back. Page marches over, yanks up Taylor by the hair and then flings her back over towards the corner with another hip toss. Taylor bounces off the mat before turning over into the prone position. The Las Vegas Siren slowly pushes herself up on all fours. As she gets back to a vertical base, Page runs over and nails her with a lariat in the corner. He then takes Taylor, delivers an irish whip, follows her across the ring and connects with another lariat. Taylor doubles over and guards her chest after the blow. Page reaches down, grabs Taylor by the hair and pulls her back up before blasting her with a forearm strike. Page sends Taylor’s head snapping the other way with another hard forearm strike. The King of the F’n World unleashes a flurry of forearm strikes, sending the Las Vegas Siren slumping down in the corner. Page doesn't let up. He grabs the top turnbuckle with both hands and repeatedly stomps away on Taylor’s chest. The cheers continue while Page keeps putting the boots to her. He then transitions into a foot choke of his own while pulling down on the top rope. Ref: ONE… TWO… THREE… FOUR… Page turns and runs into the far ropes. When Page comes back, he picks up speed before smashing her with a running knee facewash! Page turns and heads back into the far ropes. When the champion returns, he smashes Taylor with another running knee facewash. Page still isn’t done! The King of the F’n World turns and runs back into the far ropes. When Page returns, he charges forward and knocks Taylor’s head back with a third running knee facewash! Taylor slowly slumps down to her side. Geoff Penzer: Page is overwhelming Taylor with strikes! Page takes a seemingly lifeless Taylor and drags her by the ankle towards the center of the ring. He then drops down and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Taylor gets her shoulder up. Page pulls Taylor up and sends her into the far ropes. When Taylor comes back, Page returns the favor and knocks her down with a back elbow to the face. Taylor clutches her mouth before slowly turning over on all fours. Page makes his way over and delivers a hard stomp to the left hand. After Taylor pulls her left hand in closers to her body, Page turns and delivers a hard stomp to the right hand. Instead of letting his foot up, Page grinds his heel against the back of Taylor’s hand! Taylor groans before Page finally lets go. While Taylor pulls her hands in to her body, Page turns and hits the ropes. When Page returns, he knocks Taylor down with a running big boot to the face! He drops down and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Taylor gets her shoulder up. Page sits up Taylor and applies a fish hook! The crowd cheers as Page tries to rip Taylor’s mouth apart! Taylor screams in horror while the ref gives the champion until the count of five to break the illegal hold. Ref: ONE… TWO… THREE… FOUR… Without letting go, Page yanks Taylor up to her feet and quickly follows up with a Saito Suplex! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Taylor gets her shoulder up. Page takes Taylor and grabs her by the throat before moving her into the corner. *THUD* Page blasts Taylor across the chest with a knife edge chop *THUD* Page blasts Taylor with another stinging knife edge chop. *THUD* Taylor gets whacked across the chest with a blistering knife edge chop. *THUD* The crowd cheers when Page pummels Taylor with a floor of hard chops to the chest. *THUD* *THUD*
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*THUD* The last strike causes Taylor to drop to a knee while she guards her chest. But Page still isn’t done! He reaches down and grabs Taylor by the hair. After Page pulls Taylor back to her feet, Taylor pops Page with a punch to the eye! Page turns away from the corner and walks towards the center of the ring. Page shakes off the blow before turning around and heading back into the corner. The champion makes his way over to Taylor when she stops him with a kick to the midsection. Page is then doubled over another another kick to the midsection. When Page stands back up, Taylor doubles him over with another kick to the midsection. Page is doubled back over when Taylor connects with another kick. The Las Vegas Siren goes for another kick when Page snatches her foot. He then drags Taylor from out of the corner. Taylor tries to hang onto the ropes. But it’s to no avail. Page then yanks Taylor over towards him before flattening her with a stiff lariat! Geoff Penzer: Good God what a lariat! Page reaches down and slowly pulls Taylor back to her feet. He gets the Las Vegas Siren in position before bringing her down with The Paralyzing (neckbreaker across the knee)! While Taylor is down, Page heads into the corner to set up for his next move. He waits patiently while getting Taylor lined up. As soon as Taylor turns over onto a knee, Page rushes out of the corner. The crowd cheers when he throws out a Boma Ye! Geoff Penzer: Trauma Symphony! The crowd gasps when Taylor slips out of the way. When Page turns around, Taylor doubles him over with another kick to the midsection before bringing him down with The Gamble (corkscrew neckbreaker)! The boos continue as she makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Page kicks out. Geoff Penzer: Taylor only got a two count, but she just cut Page off and swung momentum back into her favor! Taylor brings Page into the corner and slams him face-first into the top turnbuckle. After slamming Page face-first into the top turnbuckle again, the crowd stands up when Taylor lifts up Page and sits him on the top turnbuckle. The crowd boos when Taylor pulls him down into the Tree of Woe. Geoff Penzer: What’s Taylor doing here? Taylor rolls to the outside before undoing the black tape around her wrist. She then turns around, wraps the tape around Page’s neck and then chokes him with it! The crowd erupts with boos as Taylor puts her foot on the edge of the apron while pulling back as hard as she can. The official quickly rolls to the outside and gives Taylor until the count of five to break the choke. Ref: ONE… TWO… THREE… FOUR… F- Taylor lets go. After rolling back inside, she marches into the opposite corner. Taylor turns around, runs across the ring, leaps into the air and knocks Page down out of the corner with a hesitation dropkick! The Las Vegas Siren doesn’t make the cover. Instead, she rolls Page out onto the apron. She then steps out onto the apron, pulls up Page and places him in a headlock. The crowd boos when Taylor runs along the apron, jumps off and drives Page down with a bulldog to the floor! Taylor picks up Page and whips him hard down ringside. The crowd boos when Page crashes against the guardrail before crumbling to the floor! Page pushes himself up on all fours. As soon as Page gets back to his feet, Taylor charges down ringside and hurls herself at him with a running hip strike, sending them both flipping over the guardrail and into the crowd! The crowd in the first few ropes leap to their feet. Geoff Penzer: Taylor just threw herself at Page with reckless abandon before they both flipped over into the crowd! Taylor is the first to her feet. She then grabs a hold of Page and dumps him back to ringside. After climbing over the guardrail, Taylor takes Page and places him in another headlock. She then runs forward and leaps forward, bringing Page down face-first onto the announce table with a bulldog! Page bounces off the table before hitting the floor! Taylor makes her way off the table and heads back towards the ring. After climbing up onto the apron, the Las Vegas Siren begins to wave Page back to his feet. Page can be seen stirring on the floor before turning over on all fours. The International heavyweight Champion slowly pulls himself up using the edge of the table. When Page turn around, the crowd gasps when Taylor knocks him down with an Asai Moonsault! Geoff Penzer: Taylor takes it to the air and takes out Page with a picture perfect moonsault! Taylor takes Page and rolls him back inside. She then rolls herself back in, drags Page away from the ropes and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . Page gets his shoulder up. Taylor picks up Page and pulls him into a front facelock. She sets up for a DDT when Page grabs her, runs forward and rams her back-first into the turnbuckles. After a trio of shoulder thrusts, Page pulls a doubled over Taylor from out of the corner. He then pulls her into a standing headscissors before pointing to the corner. Geoff Penzer: We could see a Buckle Bomb here! Page lifts Taylor up onto his shoulders for a Turnbuckle Powerbomb. Before Page can deliver the move, Taylor counters with multiple right hands to the top of the head. She then slips down in front of Page, doubles him over with a kick to the midsection and then plants him with a DDT! Instead of turning over to make the cover, Page turns over, pulls up Page and plants him with a second DDT! The Las Vegas Siren rolls over, pulls Page back to his feet and plants him with a third DDT! Geoff Penzer: Three Enemigos! An homage to her fellow Heroes Never Die teammate, Izzy Anders! ONE! . . TWO! . . Page gets his shoulder up. Taylor picks up Page. The crowd gasps when Taylor goes a brainbuster. But Page is able to block the move. The Las Vegas Siren tries to muscle Page up for another brainbuster attempt. Again, Page blocks the move. The crowd cheers when Page lifts Taylor up for a vertical suplex. But Taylor is able to slip down from behind before driving Page face-first into the mat with the Blonde Ambition (forward russian leg sweep)! The boos continue as Taylor gets to her feet and heads into the ropes. When Page gets up on all fours, Taylor drives him down face-first to the mat with a Curb Stomp! She pushes Page over and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . T-NO! Page gets his shoulder up. Taylor takes Page and goes for an irish whip. The crowd cheers when Page reverses, sending Taylor into the corner. Page rushes in to attack when Taylor counters with a back elbow to the face. While Page is stunned, Taylor turns to face the ropes, springboards to the top turnbuckle, flips back and brings Page down with a Stylin DDT! Geoff Penzer: Every Rose Has It’s Thorn! Another homage to a fellow Heroes Never Die teammate and longtime friend, Heather Lasiewicz! After dragging Page into position, Taylor steps out onto the top turnbuckle. The crowd stands up while Taylor scales the turnbuckles. When Taylor gets to the top, she leaps off and crashes down across Page’s face with a diving knee drop! Geoff Penzer: All-Kill! A shout out to another Heroes Never Die teammate, Yun Goeun! The boos continue as Taylor crawls over and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THR-NO! The crowd cheers when Page gets his shoulder up. Geoff Penzer: Taylor’s taken it to Page here tonight! She’s pulling out all the stops and digging deep into her bag of tricks here! The International Heavyweight Championship is on the line and Taylor is throwing everything she can at Page to win it! Taylor mounts herself on top of Page and rains down a flurry of right hands to the face. She then gets off of Page and delivers a stomp to the chest before heading back into the corner. The Las Vegas Siren steps out onto the apron before climbing the turnbuckles. When Taylor gets back to the top, the crowd gasps when Taylor leaps off from the top for a Frog Splash… Geoff Penzer: Here she comes.... … then cheers when Taylor crashes down across Page’s knees! Geoff Penzer: Page blocked it! He got the knees up just in time! Taylor bounces off of Page’s knees before rolling across the ring. While the Las Vegas Siren curls up and guards her midsection, Page slowly turns over on all fours. Page shakes out the cobwebs before slowly getting back to his feet. Geoff Penzer: Taylor is still down! She might be hurt! She might have a broken rib or two! Page turns around and sees Taylor slowly pulling herself up with the ropes. When Taylor turns around, Page rushes over and throws out Sole Destruction (Rolling Big Boot)! Taylor ducks, causing Page to whiff and straddle himself across the top rope. Taylor quickly rushes back over, grabs the top rope with both hands and yanks up, hitting Page between the legs with the top rope! The crowd erupts with boos as Page leans over and falls to the apron. Geoff Penzer: OH MY! Taylor steps out onto the apron before putting the boots to Page. She slowly pulls Page back to his feet before he nails her with a double cross chop to the throat. While Taylor is doubled over, Page pulls her into a standing headscissors. The crowd explodes with cheers when Page lifts up Taylor and plants her with a cradle piledriver on the apron! Geoff Penzer: Taylor is planted head-first right on the apron! Jesus! Page takes Taylor and rolls her back inside. After rolling himself back in, he pulls himself up using the ropes and waits for Taylor to get into position. When Taylor gets up on a knee, Page runs over and throws out Trauma Symphony. The crowd gasps when Taylor is again able to slip out of the way. When Page turns around, Taylor rocks him with a roundhouse kick to the head. She then blasts Page with the Ultimecia (spinning backfist)! While Page is dazed, Taylor turns and hits the ropes. When he comes back, Page throws out a lariat. The crowd gasps when Taylor ducks, floats over Page’s back and then plants him with the Siren’s Song (Scissored DDT)! Geoff Penzer: There it is! Siren’s Song! Siren’s Song! Siren’s Song! The crowd sits in stunned silence while Page is motionless on the mat. Geoff Penzer: All Taylor has to do is make the cover! Taylor slowly sits back up. She turns over, pushes Page onto his back and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THRE-NO! The crowd gasps, then cheers when Page gets his shoulder up. The Las Vegas Siren looks over at the referee in shock. She then holds up three fingers at him. The official disagree and tells her that it was only a two count. Taylor drops her head. Geoff Penzer: She can’t believe it! She was convinced she had the match won there! Taylor slowly gets back to her feet. She then heads over into the corner before stepping out onto the apron. Taylor then climbs to the top turnbuckle. Taylor remains in a crouched position as she waits for Page. The International Heavyweight Champion turns over on all fours. After Page gets back to his feet and faces the corner, the crowd stands up as Taylor stands up on the top turnbuckle. She then flips off for Dancing Mad (diving somersault hurricanrana). After Taylor’s lands on Page’s shoulders, the crowd gasps when Page blocks the move after Taylor tries to flip back, leaving her hanging upside down. Page slowly lifts Taylor up onto his shoulders. "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…" Page takes a few steps back while Taylor tries to block with punches to the face. The King of the F’n World fights through the punches as he runs forward and throws Taylor into the corner with a Turnbuckle Powerbomb! After Taylor bounces out of the corner, Page catches her, turns and delivers an Exploder Suplex into the turnbuckles! Page reaches down, grabs Taylor by the hair and slowly pulls her back to her feet. The crowd cheers when Page throws her across the ring with a half nelson suplex! Page heads over, pulls Taylor up and throws her back down with another half nelson suplex! The crowd explodes with cheers when Page delivers a third half nelson suplex, nearly dumping Taylor on the back of her neck! He makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THR-NO! The crowd boos when Taylor gets her shoulder up. Geoff Penzer: Taylor got her shoulder up just in time! Page pulls up Taylor by her hair to a seated position before knocking her back down to the mat with a forearm strike to the face. Page reaches down, pulls Taylor back up to a seated position before knocking her back down with another forearm strike. The International Heavyweight Champion reaches over, grabs Taylor by the hair and slowly brings her back to the center of the ring. He clobbers Taylor with a forearm strike to the face. YES! Page sizes up his challenger before clobbering her with another forearm strike. YES! Page rears back and then blasts Taylor with a forearm strike that drops to her her knee. YES! Taylor immediately bounces back up before getting rocked with another hard forearm strike across the jaw. YES! The crowd stands and applauds the King of the F’n World while Taylor is barely able to stand. Page senses it. The end sf near. This is his moment to pull the trigger and put down his challenger for good. Page steps back. The crowd starts to cheer when Page throws out the Concussion (Rolling Elbow)... … then gasps when Taylor counters with a roundhouse kick to the head! Taylor follows up with another Ultimecia! BOO! Taylor rocks Page with another roundhouse kick! BOO! Taylor follows up with another Ultimecia! BOO! Taylor nails Page with a roundhouse kick, followed by a quick Ultimecia! BOO! The International Heavyweight Champion gets blasted with another roundhouse kick followed by another quick Ultimecia! BOO! Page is rocked by another Ultimecia! BOO! Taylor throws out and connects with yet another Ultimecia! BOO! Page is seemingly out on his feet. Taylor then runs past him into the ropes. Taylor returns, runs past Page as she continues to run the ropes. When Page comes back, the crowd boos when knocks him down with a yakuza kick! She drops down and makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THR-NO! The crowd cheers when Page gets his shoulder up. They follow with applause for Page. Taylor gets to her feet and heads out onto the apron. As she begins to scale the turnbuckles, Page scrambles back to his feet, runs over into the corner and runs up to the middle turnbuckle. He socks Taylor with a punch to the face. Taylor responds with a punch of her own. Page rocks Taylor with another punch to the face. Taylor answers back with another punch of her own. Page goes to deliver another punch when Taylor rakes his eyes. She then carefully switches position up top. After reaching back and grabbing Page, the crowd gasps, then boos when Taylor flips back and brings Page down with Welcome to Sin City (avalanche shiranui)!!! She makes the cover. ONE! . . TWO! . . THRE-NO! The crowd cheers, then applauds when Page gets his shoulder up. Geoff Penzer: Page just narrowly beats the three count!? We are seeing tremendous fight from the champion! While Page is still down, Taylor heads over and steps out onto the apron. The Las Vegas Siren scales to the top turnbuckle, jumps off and crashes down across Page with a Frog Splash! She hooks the leg. ONE! . . TWO! . . THRE-NO! The crowd cheers when Page gets his shoulder up. Taylor pulls Page back to his feet by the hair before bringing him over into the corner. After lifting Page up onto the middle ropes, she steps out onto the apron and climbs the turnbuckles. The crowd stands up when Page gets into position for Welcome to Sin City. Instead of Taylor hitting the move, Page breaks free and hooks Taylor from behind. Geoff Penzer: Uh oh... Taylor tries to get free, but it’s to no avail. The crowd gasps when Page steps up onto the top ropes. "OOOOOOOOOOOOO…" The crowd gasps again when Page hurls Taylor over his head… … then explodes with cheers as Page hits an avalanche half nelson suplex!!! Applause soon follows. Geoff Penzer: Taylor’s down! Taylor’s down! Page just delivered a half nelson suplex off the top turnbuckle!!! The referee checks on the champion, then the challenger. Page remains on his back while Taylor lay motionless in the prone position. The ref then starts his count while the crowd counts along. “ONE!”
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“EIG-” Page slowly turns over on all fours while Taylor slowly pushes herself up on all fours. When Taylor looks over at Page, Page leaps to his feet, darts over and knocks her head back when he clobbers her in the face with Trauma Symphony!!! Page heads over, grabs Taylor by the hair and slowly pulls her back to her feet. After taking control of Taylor’s back, Page spins her out in front of him before nearly taking her head off with the Concussion (ripcord rolling elbow)!!! Stephy Auger: NO! Taylor just barely ducks the Concussion. When Page turns around, he gets whacked across the face with a discus polish hammer. Geoff Penzer: Taylor with the Roaring Hammer! Shades of Chandler Scott! The blow causes Page to slowly drop down to a knee. Taylor the turns and heads into the ropes. When the Las Vegas Siren returns, she leaps into the air before driving Page face-first into the mat with a Curb Stomp! The crowd becomes uneasy when Taylor pulls Page back up, hooks him and then plants him head-first onto the mat with the Siren’s Song! Taylor turns over, hooks the leg and nods with each count. ONE! . . . TWO! . . . THREE! The crowd responds with a surprise pop. Melanie Sierra: Here is your winner and NEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW International Heavyweight Champion, SAVANNAH TAYLOR!!! “Just Close Your Eyes” blares throughout the arena as the shock of Taylor beating Page starts to set in. Some fans come down and start to sit and stand in stunned silence. Taylor rolls off of Page and sobs while she covers her face with her hands. Geoff Penzer: Savannah Taylor has done it! She has defeated Jimmy Page! Boos slowly begin to fill the arena. There are some cheers after the performance of both grapplers. But the boos are prevalent at the realization that a new champion has been crowned. Geoff Penzer: Savannah Taylor is now the new International Heavyweight Champion! Taylor slowly sits up on the mat. The ref kneels down next to her and hands her the International Heavyweight Championship. Taylor cradles the championship in her hands. She stares down at it with disbelief. Once reality sets on, a smile comes across the face of the Las Vegas Siren. Stephy Auger: You’ve earned it, Savannah! Taylor gets to her feet and gets her arm raised. She then heads over into the corner, climbs up onto the middle ropes and holds the IHC belt over her head. Taylor climbs down from the ropes. She steps halfway out onto the apron when she sees Page trying to get back to his feet out of the corner of her eye. The Las Vegas Siren slowly steps back in. Geoff Penzer: What’s this? Taylor eyes Page while he tries to pick himself up. She then looks down at the championship before lowering it to the mat. Geoff Penzer: What’s this all about? Taylor runs over, grabs Page from behind and drives him down with Blonde Ambition! The crowd boos Taylor as she takes Page and places him in the Heartless Angel (Stretch Muffler)! Stephy Auger: YES! GET HIM, TAYLOR! GET HIM! Taylor keeps the hold applies while stomping away on the back of Page’s head! Geoff Penzer: Enough’s enough, Savannah! Let him go! Taylor lets go. She puts her arms up defensively as she backs away from the former champion. The official tends to Taylor while she heads over, grab her championship and raises it in the air. "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Geoff Penzer: The crowd is letting Taylor have it and I can’t say I blame them! Talor steps halfway out onto the apron when she sees footage from the Video Tron showing Page getting back to his feet. The crowd boos when Taylor steps back into the ring. Geoff Penzer: Not again! Not again! After gripping the championship, Taylor charges over and blasts him across the face with the belt, sending Page falling through the ropes and to the floor!!! While Page is motionless on the outside, Taylor backs away before once again holding the championship high above her head. Geoff Penzer: What the hell, Savannah!? Stephy Auger: This is what Jimmy Page gets! Taylor rolls to the outside and makes her way up the ramp. Once Taylor gets to the very top, she keeps her back turned to the fans as she slowly holds the International Heavyweight Championship above her head. Taylor holds the championship so that the belt plates are facing the crowd while she continues to keep her back turned to them. The Las Vegas Siren drops the championship across her shoulder while she heads to the back. "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" A close up shot on the canvas shows a hand reaching up and grabbing onto the apron. Another hand reaches up and grabs onto the apron. The crowd slowly applauds, cheers and gasps as a now bloodied Jimmy Page emerges from the floor. Page staggers around ringside before marching up the aisle... |
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The screen dims slightly, as classical music begins to play. There’s a golden glint, and suddenly… THERE IS LIGHT! Stood centre of the screen, highlighted in a wash of golden light, stands the Funky Dragon, the Ebony Salmon, the Blackest Power Ranger, the Vanilla Thrilla, the Iron King, the Snake Eater, the Puppet Master, the Devil Slayer, the Caffeine in your Coffee, man with a list of nicknames as long as a very long thing… CASSIUS REED! As he feels the warming light wash over him, he rears his head back, and flashes a million megawatt grin at the camera. Cassius Reed: Welcome, suckas… to CASSIUS’ WORLD. He smirks, running his hand through his afro a second, before continuing. Cassius Reed: Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you’re all in for something special. Something unique. Something you know deep down in your burnin’ loins that you want deeply. Not, not the taste of Cassius’ Dark Chocolate Wonder Wand, get yo’ mind out the gutter. Cassius a married man you should be ashamed of yourself sir. Reed shakes his head, all the while continuing to grin broadly. Cassius Reed: You see, you filthy minded sons o’ bitches, Cassius looks tonight to continue one of the greatest legacies in wrestling. THAT’S RIGHT EVERYONE, YOU ALL GET TO BECOME PART OF A STORY BETTER THAN IF THE BIBLE AND THE CAT IN THE HAT HAD A BABY, AND THAT BABY WAS WRITTEN BY DR CHUCK TINGLE. This is the story of the TOURNAMENT GOD, CASSIUS REED. THE 2015 TORNEO DE LAS LEGIONES WINNER. THE 2016 PASSION OF THE JUNIORS CUP WINNER. THE 2017 IRON KING TOURNAMENT WINNER. THE 2018 REY DEL AIRE TOURNAMENT WINNER. THE FUNKIEST GODDAMN WRESTLER IN WRESTLING TODAY, YESTERDAY, TOMORROW, AND EVER. THE ONE. THE ONLY. CASSIUS “DAMN I WISH I COULD BE HIM” REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE… Cassius pauses a moment, holding up a finger indicating the audience should wait whilst he catches his breath… before suddenly continuing. Cassius Reed: ...EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!! TONIGHT, CASSIUS BECOMES THE GOLD RUSH TOURNAMENT WINNER 2019. AND… He suddenly stops, quirking his head slightly, as if hearing something. Cassius Reed: Oh what’s that you say? The Gold Rush ain’t a tournament? Well first… WHERE YOU RUDE MAMMAJAMMAS GET OFF INTERRUPTIN’ A BROTHER AIN’T YO’ MOMMAS RAISED YOU WITH NO SELF RESPECT? SIT YO’ OBESE, TRUMP LOVIN’ ASSES BACK DOWN. And secondly… suckas of course it’s a tournament. Has it got multiple stages? Check. Does Cassius have to beat a bunch of ugly suckas to win it? Check. Does Cassius say it’s a tournament? Check. Let’s throw it over to the calculator… With this, Cassius pulls out an old, battered, very obviously not working calculator. He hamfistedly presses a number of buttons, before just launching it in the vague direction of the camera, thankfully missing it. Cassius Reed: WELL DAMN SHIRLEY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE MATH CHECKS OUT. IT’S A TOURNAMENT. CASSIUS IS IN IT. CASSIUS GOING TO WIN IT. AND MOMMA REED’S FAVORITE SON REALLY DON’T GIVE A FUNK WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT! The camera begins to fade… but not before Cassius shouts one last passing comment, which also fades in time with the image… Cassius Reed: GOLD RUSH BAAAAAAAAAaaabbbbbbyyyyyy... ***** Dom Harter: Don’t worry, I’m here! And I’m ready to ascend to my rightful position atop the mountain here in FGA… Harter boasts, still wearing that familiar crooked grin he wore earlier in the evening. Dom Harter: For far too long others have tried to hold that place, and they’ve failed. Fallen by the wayside. Usurpers, the lot of them. But soon – SOON! I’ll be ready to take my shot at the FGA World Championship once again – Jenevieve Geroux be damned! She can’t stop me forever, she can’t hold me down. Because if there’s one person in FGA who deserves that shot, it’s me. And if I have to go through twenty-nine other people to get it…then I don’t mind making history once again. He humble brags, holding a hand to his chest as he does so. Dom Harter: Dom Harter: three time Gold Rush Rumble Winner, three time FGA World Champion. That is what the history books will say soon enough. And Annie, Jae, Seth, you can all try and stop me. It’s everybody for themselves tonight. But I won’t be stopped! Not tonight! I beat Johnny Karma, I’ve already earned this title shot. Tonight, I’ll just earn it all over again! ***** The pre-recorded video opens up inside of a gym. The ambient sounds of clanging metal and bodies slamming against the mat can be heard off in the distance. The camera quickly cuts to the eastern quadrant of the gymnasium. Seated there is Nina Stokes Nina Stokes: Oh? Did you miss me? There’s a small pause following the rhetorical question. Afterwards, Nina waves her right hand. Nina Stokes: You did, didn’t you? It’s fine to admit it. No need to lie to yourself. There’s a moment’s pause as she tilts her head at the camera. Nina Stokes: You know, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and all of that. The Seattle born woman folds her arms across her chest. Nina Stokes: Would you like to know where I was? The answer is pretty simple, and pretty obvious. I was at home, of course. I wasn’t scheduled to be on Flashpoint. I didn’t have a match. And I didn’t have anyone to address. So, I took an oh so rare opportunity to breathe. We as wrestlers forget to do that sometimes. I’ve certainly forgotten to over the course of my career. She leans back in her seat. Nina Stokes: However, I didn’t just lounge about. No—I observed. That’s what a true professional does, right? They don’t talk out of the sides of their necks. They wander aimlessly into the fray. No. They learn about their opponents. They study movements, patterns, trends. And given what’s around the corner, I think it’s fitting that I take a long gander at the competition. It’s no secret that she’s speaking about the Gold Rush Rumble. Nina Stokes: At the risk of sounding highly arrogant, I’ve been sensational since I made my Frontier Grappling Arts debut. Though, I know fan and critics alike were wondering if the transition would be smooth. They wondered if I would fail. I’m a sure a portion of them wanted me to fail… She shakes her head. Nina Stokes: But you know, I’m not the best at granting wishes any longer. There’s a small pause. Nina Stokes: I’ve shown that my talent can overwhelming. I’ve brutalized some of FGA’s past champions. Love me. Hate me. Boo me. Cheer me. It makes no difference. I’ve handled business each and every time I’ve stepped into that FGA ring. Trying to deny that would be oh so very foolish. There’s a small pause as Nina ponders for a moment. Nina Stokes: My hard fought victories have garnered my a great deal of momentum. I could let momentum stall and peter out. Or I could transfer it over to the Gold Rush Rumble and make something special happen. She taps on her chin. Nina Stokes: The latter sounds good more appealing, don’t you think? She nods her head. Nina Stokes: Yeah, it does. Nina takes a moment before she wraps things up. Nina Stokes: I’m not going to make idiotic claims and outlandish predictions about the Gold Rush Rumble. They would be a waste of everyone’s time, especially my own. She snaps her fingers. Nina Stokes: The only thing I’m going to tell you is to keep your eyes open. Because amazing things happen when Nina Stokes is is involved. A small smirk appears on her face just before the camera fades out. ***** With a scowl on his face the ever intimidating Seth Iser has his arms crossed and the always business oriented Seth Iser just scowls toward the camera with that one lock of hair over his face. Seth Iser: The Gold Rush Rumble...one of the more chaotic events this company holds and with a little bit of luck and the right strategy anybody’s dream can and will come true. And some are chasing history. Dom wants to win this event for the third time. Some are looking to make their mark with the next rung on the ladder...Annie and Marlon Cure being two in particular who want to add to their legacies here. Me? Seth raises his eyebrow as his face stiffens and his intensity is picking up. Seth Iser: I’m looking to fill one of the missing voids in my seventeen year career and that’s a Rumble victory. Doesn’t matter who is in the ring, I will do whatever it takes to whomever it takes until every other person in that match is eliminated and my hand is raised. And then and truly then I’ll have one thing that I’ve desired and not had for the last six years...and that’s World Championship gold… And then he allows himself a brief smirk. Faint and fleeting for a moment before it vanishes behind his usual scowl. Seth Iser: It’ll be a good night to be me as the man who was once known as the Deity of Destruction ascends to his throne. ***** Piper Lennon: I guess I’m supposed to say something here, but honestly I think you should all probably know what I want to do. I don’t want to make proclamations, I want to listen to all the proclamations, the hopes, the desires that everyone else in this thing makes. I want to see them with my eyes as they make their way to the ring, and I want to make them last forever with a Snapshot as I capture them and move on to my next adventure. Winky wink. ***** Mark Bisley: From where I’m sitting right now, I see twenty-eight competitors telling themselves that with a little luck they just might get the win they’re dreaming of, and I also see one coward who doesn’t have the proverbials to let everyone else know who they are. But do you know what the twenty-nine people I just mentioned see? The exact same thing that all of you are looking at right now: the winner of the Gold Rush Rumble, because why delay the inevitable when I’m more than capable of strapping the rocket to my own back tonight? ***** Backstage, and the members of the Polychromatic Lion Attack Squad are standing together, angled towards each other. Both Dan and Peaches are dressed in their ring attire ahead of the upcoming Gold Rush Rumble. Peaches: It’s ‘bout that time again. An’ we ain’t gonna lie to y’all, last year hurt. Missin’ out on the Gold Rush Rumble an’ a chance to become the number one contender… Dan Herrera: But not this year. Because we’ve come a long, long way since that night in Orlando. Peaches: An’ some might say it’s ‘bout time we showed just how far we’ve come. From former FGA World Tag Team Champions… Dan Herrera: To maybe a future FGA World Champion. Best of luck to everybody involved tonight. Peaches: ‘Cause we ain’t goin’ down without a fight! ***** The Tenacious Li’l Bitch is standing backstage with Mary-Jane McCracken by her side. Her HKW Bloodlust title and Millennium Chicago Way title slung over either shoulder, one hand holding each in place as she begins to speak. Annie Zellor: The Gold Rush Rumble…it hasn’t always been my best night, I know that. You all know that. It’s probably one of the reasons people are doubting me right now. Mary-Jane McCracken: Shame on them… Annie Zellor: But 2014, 2015? They were a loooong time ago! And I’m not that same girl anymore! I’ve busted my butt to get to where I am in this business. I’ve busted my ass to get to where I am in FGA! And losses to people like Ricky Valero, or Marlon Cure? They’re not gonna get me down. No way! I’m gonna take ‘em, and I’m gonna build on ’em! Mary-Jane McCracken: That’s right. Annie Zellor: So each and every one of you…who told me that I’m not good enough? That I’m not able to win the Gold Rush Rumble? To the people who told me that they don’t think I can win a world title. To the bosses who didn’t think I could lead a company. To Dom, Marlon, Ricky, or anybody else who thinks they can beat me tonight! She pauses for a moment. Annie Zellor: Just you watch. Just you wait and see. ‘Cause tonight I’m taking what I want. Through fire and blood. And soon enough I’m gonna be holding the FGA World Championship, and there’s nothing – NOTHING - you can do to stop me! ***** Marlon Cure: Gold Rush Rumble, where careers are made and changed. 30 people all enter with one thought in mind: leaving with a guaranteed shot at whomever is holding the big gold at the end of the night. Everybody's saying that it's all level, but you know the people in this match. Half of them aren't built for this. They're not ready for the real, for when the lights are on bright and you got the chance to etch your name in to the minds of everybody in the building and watching at home. We all tryna win and everybody wants to be great. Everybody wants to thump their chest out with pride and say they came through and crushed the buildings but it just ain't in their DNA. Cure wags a finger, smirking cockily. Marlon Cure: Not I, though. I'm made for this shit. I've been through the mud, spent years watching, plotting on the come up to get to this point. Contrary to the claims that I'm Pro Wrestling's future? I'm it's everything. I'm what encapsulates it's past, it's present and what follows. And when tonight's done, the smoke clears and the dust settles? The last image you see before that FGA logo hits the screen is all of Milwaukee bending the knee and paying homage while they witness the crowning of The King. ***** The former two time 15 Champion Kendall Kingham looks … somewhat exhausted, stressed out, bags under her eyes. She’s trying to be her usual upbeat self, but struggling a bit with it. Kendall Kingham: Gonna be real, I’m trying here but it’s tough. Not trying to be emo or anything, but I’ve never claimed to be like the most composed or the most dignified. She forces a brief smile. Kendall Kingham: I did my best to keep pushing forward, to keep finding my new purpose after I felt I finally found one, and honestly I haven’t been doing so hot. I feel like I’ve been falling into the trap of all the other 15 Champs who kinda just …. Her voice trails. Kendall Kingham: … Fell off. A shrug. Kendall Kingham: But I can’t let that happen, even though I keep telling myself I can’t and it seems to be starting to. I keep telling myself, oh it doesn’t matter that you’ve failed in so many other big spots you get it the next time around. Because there’s that creeping doubt in my head that maybe I’m just not good enough, maybe I’m just at a certain level. She lets out a deep breath. Kendall Kingham: But I can’t let that happen, I can’t let that win, because I know the amount of work I put in, I know the skills I’ve learned and the determination to improve I’ve shown and all of those things are telling me there is more to me, there is a bigger goal a bigger purpose. So that’s what I’m going out and fighting in this Rumble for, not just to find my new path, but to prove what I know to be right and shut up what I think... hopefully once and for all. ***** Sloan Talbot: Only the Strong Survive. You’re playin’ into my hands... The deep, raspy voice of none other than Sloan Talbot began, his back to the camera. Sloan Talbot: Twenty nine livin’ souls, and if I had it my way, I’d be the one to snatch life from each and every one of them. Hopes, dreams, whatever the fuck you wanna call ‘em. They step through those ropes and they wanna survive ‘till the end because of what waits for ‘em when it’s all said and done - that shot at gold. I couldn’t give two fucks. Sloan slowly turns to the camera, an apathetic yet intense energy about him as his teeth grind together and his jaw clenches. Sloan Talbot: My prize is knowing I’m the baddest son of a bitch in this company, and when I’m done pulling twenty nine of you apart limb from limb...that’ll be all the reward I need. But maybe I take that shot, maybe I pull another head off and take some gold hostage. This kind of match...pure chaos, not knowin’ where the next guy who wants to take your head off is...well, that’s just fuckin’ perfect for a guy like me. ***** Mark Storm: I want it all. The recognizable voice of Your Hero and Mine, Mark Storm, reverberates through the backstage area, with the former FGA Fifteen Champion standing forefront towards the camera. His signature smirk appears upon his lips, as he continues to wrap tape around his right wrist, momentarily looking away from the camera to focus on it. Mark Storm: But so does everybody else in this match. We’ve all got our different reasonings and agendas, but that’s one thing that connects us all. We all have a necessity for success, a yearning desire to put ourselves right at the top of this industry and tonight, one of us will have the opportunity to leap closer to that step. With his wrists now completely taped up, Storm looks back up at the camera, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes as he does so. Mark Storm: I’ll give it my all, and cut down anyone who dares to stand in my way. I’ve been climbing the mountain here since 2014 and I’ve had my set backs, I’ll be the first to own up to it and admit that. But with every set back, I came back stronger, better, faster, smarter and more determined than ever to correct past failures. I do it because I can… they don’t, because they suck. I’ve seen success, I’ve tasted it. It’s been a long time coming, but I’m home now, and it’s never felt better to be back. With his eyes now fixated on the camera, Storm doesn’t say anything for a few seconds, allowing his words to sink in with the viewers at home. Mark Storm: From Your Hero and Mine… It’s showtime. ***** Johnny Karma: A few years back I would’ve been here talking about how I was going to make myself look good at the expense of everybody else in the match. A couple of years ago I was here looking to go that extra yard to win this match and prove that I had what it took to reach the pinnacle of this company. Tonight, though, tonight is about fulfilling a promise I made and I intend to keep, a promise that if I don’t win the title by Final Frontier I’m done, so tonight is about proving that I am a man of my word and I will be doing everything in my power to earn the win and prove not just to those who doubt me but just as importantly to myself that I have what it takes to lead this company once again. ***** The show cuts backstage to find Ricky Valero standing front and center. He’s sporting a black “DO GOOD” t-shirt in front of a block wall painted white somewhere in the backstage area of the Fiserv Forum. The boos from inside the arena are unmistakable as the so-called “Good Guy” starts to speak. Ricky Valero: Three years...It’s been three years since I first joined the FGA roster. And in that time, I have faced just about every up and down a person could face in such a short span. I’ve suffered embarrassing lows like tapping my way out of a two-out-of-three falls match with Fujiko Mine, and I’ve enjoyed ceremonial highs like winning the FGA World Tag Team Championships. But with all I’ve accomplished and all I’ve failed...my eyes have always remained on one thing and one thing only: the FGA World Championship. Ricky takes a slow, deep breath and swallows hard. There’s fire in his eyes as he bounces back and forth on his toes with his jaw clenched. Ricky Valero: For the last year, I have been closer to calling that beautiful piece of championship gold my own than ever before. I have been so close to it I could smell the blood, sweat, and tears that have soaked into that leather over the last seven years. I have literally held it in my hands. Ricky holds his hands out in front of himself, staring down at his bare palms. Ricky Valero: And it has been a privilege to watch my best friend, my brother, Evan Envi, reign atop the mountain for as long as he has. I am so proud of the champion he has become. I look forward to the champion he continues to be beyond this evening after he makes Fujiko Mine look like the joke she is once again. His eyes travel toward the concrete beneath his feet. Ricky Valero: I look forward to that because I want to see him happy, and goddammit, that FGA World Championship puts a smile on his face. I also look forward to that, because I want to be the man who stands opposite him inside the ring for the main event of All-Star Showdown, because there is literally no better possible outcome for not just Frontier Grappling Arts but the entire sport than to have an all-Good Guy main event for the FGA World Championship fueled by the desire to gain respect in an industry full of jealous fools that couldn’t recognize greatness if it smacked them in their faces and ignited by the pure competitive spirit between two best friends and the two best wrestlers in the entire world. His blue eyes shoot up and lock with the camera in front of him. Ricky Valero: In order for that to happen, I need to win the Gold Rush Rumble later tonight. Finally, that trademark smirk creeps slowly across his face. Ricky Valero: When I think about the Gold Rush Rumble, I can’t help but think about all the past Gold Rush Rumbles. I think about the hell those men and women had to go through. The carnage they had to overcome. The damage done to their bodies, all in the name of competition...of superiority...of victory. You know, the moments that turned contenders into bonafide superstars. Dom Harter, Cordy Stevenson, Tony Carmine and Johnny Cannon, Johnny Karma, Jimmy Page...Each and every one of them with the exception of Carmine eventually became FGA World Champion. Each and every one of them is a name synonymous with the FGA, with its history, remembered as icons, legends in their own right. Goddammit, I wanna know what that smile feels like on my face. Ricky shakes his head, deep in thought for a moment and his eyes wander toward the ceiling. When his eyes set back toward the camera, they narrow and that fire ignites back up inside him. Ricky Valero: 29 other competitors stand in my way. 29 other competitors remain as the last obstacles between me and a shot at the FGA World Championship. The main event that everybody wants to see: Envi vs. Valero. Two best friends. Two brothers. For the love of the game just like it should be. Ricky rubs his hands together, seemingly salivating at the idea of the Good Guys’ hopes and dreams becoming a reality before their very eyes. Ricky Valero: Fujiko Mine believes tonight’s going to be a hometown celebration. Well, she’s in for a rude awakening. Because this evening in Milwaukee is going to be her worst nightmare come to fruition. It all starts with me winning the Gold Rush Rumble and it ends with my boy Evan standing over her with his arm raised in the air and the FGA World Championship in his grasps. Why? Because the Good Guys always win in the end and there’s not a damn thing anyone in this arena can do about it. Ricky lets out a sinister little laugh. Ricky Valero: It’s game time, baby. Let’s go make some history tonight! Our scene fades out on the grinning face of Ricky Valero. |
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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 22:18:12 GMT -5
192: the numbers of entrants that will have participated in every Gold Rush Rumble after tonight! 56: the record amount of minutes Fujiko Mine spent in the 2016 Rumble! 40: the average number of minutes lasted for the Rumble's Ironman! 26: this number has produced two Gold Rush Rumble winners - Cordy Stevenson in 2015 and the 2016 co-winner, Sunshine Scandalous Tony Carmine! 23: this number has also produced two Gold Rush Rumbles winners - Dom Harter in 2014 and the 2016 co-winner, Johnny Cannon! 12: the number of total eliminations by Johnny Karma, a Rumble record! 10: With the exception of one year, no one who has drawn earlier than this number has been in the final four since the Rumble expanded to a field of 30 participants! 8: the record number of eliminations set for a single Rumble by Chandler Scott in 2017! 7: the total number of Gold Rush Rumble matches, including tonight! 6: the number of Rumbles Johnny Karma has participated in! 4: the number of previous Rumble winners that didn't go on to win the championship from the title shot earned with their Rumble win! 2: the number of Gold Rush Rumbles won by Dom Harter! 1: the grappler that will leave the ring tonight with a guaranteed Championship Match at All-Star Showdown VIII!
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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 22:22:51 GMT -5
CO-MAIN EVENT
GOLD RUSH RUMBLE Kris Cruise: Alright, guys! The time is upon us. It is now time to Rumble! Without further adieu, let’s send it to the ring where J.A. Aldridge is ready to give the introductions. Stephy Auger: I can’t wait! *DING! DING!! DING!!!* J.A. Aldridge is standing by in the center of the ring. J.A. Aldridge: Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for the GOLD RUSH RUMBLE!!! The capacity crowd erupts into cheers and applause in anticipation of the co-main event. J.A. Aldridge: Here are the rules! Earlier today, 15 grapplers from Vertigo and 15 grapplers from Flashpoint drew from numbers one through thirty. The two individuals who drew numbers one and two will start off the match. Every two minutes, a new participant will enter the match. This process will occur until all 30 participants have entered the ring. Eliminations can only occur when a participant has been thrown over the top rope and both feet have touched the floor. The last grappler standing will be your 2019 Gold Rush Rumble and will go on to challenge for the FGA World Championship! The crowd responds with a large pop. J.A. Aldridge: ...ooorrrrr the International Heavyweight Championship at ALL-STAR SHOWDOWN EIGHT!!! The fans inside the Fiserv Forum cheer and applaud the announcement. J.A. Aldridge: Now let us find out who drew number one! Geoff Penzer: Who’s it going to be? Stephy Auger: Hopefully someone from Failpoint! We don’t need anyone from Vertigo getting a bad number this early. Kris Cruise: Entering number one hasn’t been great. As a matter of fact, since switching to the 30 entrant format back in 2015, no one that has drawn numbers one through six has been there at the end. Stephy Auger: Well now I REALLY want it to be someone from Failpoint! The house lights go down, and the arena stays black during the garbled opening guitar riff, then, "Okay." Strobe lights move with the easy beat of the song. James appears at the top of the ramp with the hood on his ring jacket up. He takes a few moments survey everything before him. The hood goes down with the opening lyrics. Kris Cruise: It’s James Edwards! Stephy Auger: AH HA HAAAAA!!! Moving with the meandering pace of the music, his eyes never leave the ring. He laps the squared circle, slides under the bottom ropes, and bows martial arts style to all four corners before settling into his own. Introducing the man who drew number one, representing Flashpoint… JAAAAMES EEEEDDDWAAAAAARDSSS!!! Geoff Penzer: Edwards looks to be in a bad mood, guys! He doesn’t look too thrilled about being the first to enter this match! Stephy Auger: When has James Edwards EVER been in a good mood, Penzer? He came out the womb looking angry! Kris Cruise: Edwards has prioritized the International Heavyweight Championship over everything else. He’s done so to the point of treating the United States Championship with the utmost disgust. Geoff Penzer: This match could have been a way for Edwards to get the rematch that he feels he “deserves.” But entering this match at one isn’t going to help matters. He now has to run the table. History is not on his side. J.A. Aldridge: Now let us find out who drew number two! "I'll get you my pretty... and your little dog too!" Kris Cruise: AW YEAH! The funky drum beat and riff of 'Phenomena' by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs fills the arena and the quirky yet energetic Salem appears at the entrance wearing a hooded dark purple cloak with silver trim, the hood pulled over her eyes. She carries a silver cane, the top a silver claw gripping a dark purple crystal that has a plasma globe effect. She's tapping her foot and bopping her head to the beat, showing off the shiny title belt around her waist... J.A. Aldridge: Introducing the participant who drew number two, representing Flashpoint! She is “Something Like a Phenomena”... SAAAAAALEEEEMMMM!!! Geoff Penzer: Salem’s our next entrant and she’s got her newly won United States Championship with her! Kris Cruise: Look at Edwards! He’s fuming! Stephy Auger: I would be, too, if you left me lying against a dumpster! She unstraps the belt and raises it over head in both hands and motions for the fans to get hyped, dropping the belt over her shoulder and swinging the cane, then bops her way toward the ring in time with the song, popping her shoulders up and down, swaying her arms around with a coy smile and wink to the audience. She steps up the ring steps, throws her hood back, clutches the top rope and puts her feet on the bottom rope, gazing around and rocking up and down on the ropes... She slides through the ropes, twirls off her cloak with a flourish and drops to a knee in the center of the ring placing the belt down in front of her, extending her arms out holding up the cane and playing to the crowd as the music fades. The crowd erupts with boos when Edwards knocks Salem down with a Double Take (jumping switch kick) to the back of the head! Kris Cruise: Edwards with a cheap shot from behind! Stephy Auger: She shouldn’t have had her back turned! The bell sounds as Edwards takes Salem and whips her into the ropes. When Salem returns, Edwards knocks her down with the Fire From Heaven (discus roundhouse kick)! While Salem is clutching her hand, Edwards reaches down and slowly lifts up the US Championship… Geoff Penzer: James had a hold of the US Title! … before running towards the ropes and chucking the championship belt into the aisle! The crowd erupts with boos at the disrespect shown to the title. Kris Cruise: He threw that United States Title to the floor! C’mon James! Stephy Auger: Failpoint should have given him his title shot! This is what they get! Edwards marches back over towards Salem before putting the boots to her. The Burning Heart pulls up Salem, moves her into the corner and slams her face-first into the top turnbuckle. The crowd gasps when Edwards reaches down, wraps his arms around Salem’s leg and tries to dump her over the top rope. But Salem is able to block by wrapping her arms around the top rope. Edwards then lets go of the leg, turns around and delivers multiple front kicks to the torso. He then takes The Phenomena and whips her into the far corner. The Burning Heart charges across the ring to follow up with an attack when Salem knocks him back with a back elbow to the face. Edwards charges back in, only to get knocked back by a boot to the face. While Edwards is dazed, the crowd gasps when Salem runs out of the corner and jumps into the air to throw out the New Hampshire Handshake (leaping high velocity elbow strike to the jaw). The Burning Heart ducks the strike before heading into the ropes. When Salem lands on her feet and turns around, the crowd boos when Edwards knocks her down with the Pole Shift (Rebound Wheel Kick)! Edwards takes Salem and hoists her up across his shoulders. He then heads over towards the ropes and tries to dump Salem to the outside with a fireman’s carry. But Salem is able to block by reaching out, grabbing the top rope with both hands and holding herself back. Edwards continues to try and fight for the elimination, but Salem continues to block his attempts at an elimination. Edwards then pulls Salem away from the ropes and heads back towards the center of the ring. He’s about to go for a fireman’s carry gourdbuster when Salem hits him with an elbow to the side of the head. Salem gives Edwards another back elbow to the side of the head. After a third elbow is delivered, Salem slips down from behind. The new United States Champion then grabs Edwards from behind, runs and goes to throw him over the top rope. The crowd boos when Edwards intentionally drops down a knee at the last second and wraps his arms around the middle rope. Salem sizes up Edwards and blasts him with a roundhouse kick to the back. The Witch nails Edwards with another roundhouse kick across the back. After multiple multiple clubbing strikes across the back of the neck, Salem pulls Edwards back to his feet. She then tries to dump him over the top rope when Edwards stops her with a back elbow to the side. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*“Professional Griefers” blares throughout the arena as the crowd cheers loudly over the arrival of the former two-time 15 Champion. No. 3 - Kendall Kingham Kingham rolls into the ring while Edwards and Salem have separate and created distance between the two. Both Edwards and Salem look over at Kingham before staring back at each other. Kingham looks back and forth as she eyes both grapplers… before rushing over going after Edwards! The crowd erupts with cheers as Kingham greets The Burning Heart with European Uppercuts! Stephy Auger: Kingham is going after Edwards! Geoff Penzer: The 15 Championship meant the world to Kendall Kingham! Seeing a fellow champion open disrespect a title probably hasn’t sat right with Kingham for a while. Edwards tries to fight back with forearm strikes after each European Uppercut. But he quickly finds himself at a numbers disadvantage when Salem comes over and attacks. She then holds Edwards’ arms back from behind while Kingham rocks him with multiple European Uppercuts. Salem lets go of Edwards so that Kingham can holds his arms back from behind. Salem brings her index finger to her mouth to quiet the crowd. Once the crowd is down shushing each other, Salem steps to the side… and then nails Edwards with a hard chest kick. *POP* Salem nails Edwards with another hard chest kick. *POP* The Phenomena whacks Edwards with another hard chest kick. *POP* Edwards gets blasted with yet another hard chest kick. *POP* Kris Cruise: Salem is teeing off on Edwards! Geoff Penzer: And this crowd is loving it! Once Kingham lets go, Edwards immediately drops to a knee while he guards his chest. Kingham and Salem show him no mercy as they pounce on him with clubbing strikes! The cheers continue as Kingham and Salem pull The Burning Heart back to his feet and move him against the ropes. Kingham and Salem each wrap their arms around Edwards’ legs before trying to dump him over the top rope. Stephy Auger: They’ve almost got James out! The crowd cheers when Edwards is almost parallel to the top rope. But Edwards is able to avoid going over the top by wrapping his right arm around the top rope and grabbing onto the middle rope with his left hand. Geoff Penzer: James is hanging on! Kris Cruise: But how much longer can he hold Salem and Kingham off? Salem and Kingham continue to try and dump Edwards to the outside. Meanwhile, Edwards hangs on for dear life. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd boos when “Dead and Gone” hits the speakers. No. 4 - Tristan Ambrose Stephy Auger: It’s the leader of The Resistance! Ambrose continues to run down the aisle. As soon as he slides in, he runs over and nails Kingham with a roundhouse kick to the back. When Salem turns towards Ambrose, she gets nailed with a roundhouse kick to the head. Kris Cruise: I’m not sure if that was a wise move on Ambrose’s part! Kingham and Salem nearly had Edwards eliminated. Why save him! Stephy Auger: If Ambrose helped Kingham and Salem eliminate Edwards, they would immediately turn on him. The boos continue as Ambrose moves Salem into the corner before delivering alternating knees to the head. He then whips Salem into the far corner. The leader of The Resistance runs across the ring and goes for a jumping knee strike. The crowd cheers when Salem slips out of the way, causing Ambrose to crash into the corner. Salem quickly rushes in from behind and tries to dump Ambrose over the top rope. But Ambrose saves himself by poking Salem in the eye. Back across the ring, Edwards sends Kingham slumping down in the corner with Mongolian Chops. After reaching down and pulling Kingham up by the hair, Edwards blasts Kingham in the side of the neck with a Kesagiri Chop that sends her staggering out of the corner. The Burning Heart stays on Kingham and follows her out of the corner. He then turns Kingham back towards him before delivering a blistering knife edge chop that echoes throughout the arena. He pulls his arms back whacking Kingham with another stinging knife edge chop. Across the ring, Salem is whipped into the ropes. When Salem returns, the crowd boos when Ambrose turns her inside out with a discus clothesline! Ambrose pulls Salem back to her feet and places her in another clinch. This time, Ambrose delivers multiple knees to the midsection, doubling the US Champ over. Ambrose then grabs her from the side, lifts her up and brings her down with the ドームズデー (Pumphandle Neckbreaker)! Ambrose pulls Salem back to her feet. He sets Salem and sets her up for a T-Bone Suplex. The Witch counters with multiple back elbows to the side of the head. After turning Ambrose away from her and taking control of his back, Salem looks to delivers an X-Plex. However, Ambrose powers his way out and hits Salem with another back elbow to the face. He follows up with a Pelé Kick, knocking Salem back. After Ambrose gets back to his feet with a kip up, he runs over and throws out a clothesline. The crowd cheers when Salem ducks and dumps Ambrose over the top rope! Stephy Auger: Oh no! … only for him to land safely on the apron! When Salem turns around, Ambrose goes for a springboard forearm. The crowd gasps, then erupts with cheers when Salem leaps into the air and counters with the New Hampshire Handshake! Geoff Penzer: Salem caught him in mid air with the New Hampshire handshake! Salem then takes Ambrose, runs and tosses him over the top rope and to the floor. Tristan Ambrose - ELIMINATED Kris Cruise: That’ll be all she wrote for Tristan Ambrose! He should have stuck with Kingham and Salem in trying to eliminate Edwards! TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd erupts with boos as “Sei to Shi to Kimi” hits the speakers. No. 5 - Nina Stokes The boos continue while Nina Stokes takes her time making her way to the ring. Stephy Auger: Great, someone else that hates James Edwards! Geoff Penzer: James hasn’t exactly done himself any favors as of late. In fact, the one true ally he had on this brand, he ended up attacking on the last Flashpoint before the pay per view! Kris Cruise: Nina Stokes is taking her time getting to the ring. She isn’t letting adrenaline get the best of her. She isn’t wasting energy speeding down to the ring. I like her approach here. Back inside, Kingham gets lifted up for a gutwrench powerbomb. As soon as she gets on Edwards’ shoulders, she counters with punches to the top of the head. After slipping down in front of Edwards, she throws out a Samoan Spike. Edwards ducks the strike, grabs Kingham from behind and throws her down with the RRE (Reverse Release Exploder Suplex)! When Edwards gets back to his feet, he motions towards Kingham, only to stop. He slowly turns to his right and locks eyes with Stokes, who has just entered the ring. Geoff Penzer: Edwards is seeing a ghost from his past in Fight One! The Burning Heart narrows his eyes while Stokes stares him down. The Kodiak makes her way right over towards Edwards. The crowd buzzes with anticipation as the two former rivals are now face to face. Kris Cruise: It’s getting tense in here, guys! The two continue to stare each other down before Edwards strikes first with a forearm to the jaw. Stokes answers back with a forearm of her own. Edwards hits Stokes with another forearm strike! Stokes returns the favor with a forearm of her own! Edwards nails Stokes with yet another forearm strike! Stokes answers back with another forearm of her own! Edwards blasts Stokes with a forearm strike! Stokes goes to answer back when Edwards cuts her off with another forearm strike! Edwards pulls his arm back before delivering Stokes with an even harder forearm strike to the face! The thud from the impact echoes throughout the arena! While Stokes is dazed, Edwards throws out the Double Tap (consecutive spinning backfists)!!! Stokes ducks the first strike and cuts him off with a forearm strike! Edwards goes to answer back when Stokes cuts him off with a forearm strike to the face.!The Burning Heart motions for a forearm of his own when Stokes cuts him off again with a forearm! Edwards takes a swipe at Stokes with a Kesagiri Chop. Stokes ducks the chop and overwhelms Edwards with a palm strike flurry! She then doubles over Edwards with a rolling solebutt to the midsection. A hard rising knee knocks Edwards upright. She then blasts Edwards with a hard shoot kick to the chest, doubling Edwards over again. Another hard rising knee knocks Edwards upright. Stokes then turns and hits the ropes. When she comes back, Edwards throws out the Double Take. Stokes slides underneath the kick. When Edwards turns around, Stokes runs over and clobbers him with a bicycle knee strike to the face! While Edwards stumbles back, Stokes and Salem look over towards each other. They then lock their targets on The Burning Heart before rushing forward and connecting with a double clothesline, sending Edwards over the top rope and to the floor with an explosion of cheers! Stephy Auger: WHAT!? Geoff Penzer: James Edwards has been eliminated! His night is done! James Edwards - ELIMINATED The cheers immediately turn to boos when Salem turns to Stokes and gets hit with A Slice of Grace (throat punch)! Stokes then grabs Salem, turns and chucks her over the top rope and to the floor! Kris Cruise: Woah woah WOAH! Salem - ELIMINATED A shocked Salem looks up at Stokes, who looks down at the US Champ and gives her a nonchalant shrug. Geoff Penzer: Nina Stokes has just eliminated both Edwards and Salem in less than a minute! Stephy Auger: She means business, Penzer! Stokes slowly turns her attention to Kingham, who is slowly pulling herself up in the corner. The Kodiak darts across the ring and crushes Kingham with running double knees in the corner! Stokes steps off to the side before unloading on Kingham with a flurry of shoot kicks. She then pulls Kingham from out of the corner, lifts her up across her shoulders and brings her down with a fireman’s carry gutbuster. Kingham rolls away Stokes after bouncing off the knee. While Kingham sits up and guards her midsection, Stokes approaches from behind. She marches over, reaches down, hooks Kingham with an inverted facelock and lifts her back to her feet. The crowd boos when Stokes lifts Kingham up before planting her with the Requiem Aeternam (Inverted Implant DDT)! Stokes picks up Kingham and runs towards the side of the ring. The crowd gasps when Stokes goes to chuck Kingham over the top rope. Kingham counters by wrapping her arms and legs around the top rope! Stokes nails Kingham with several clubbing strikes to the body before trying to push Kingham over the top rope. But Kingham won’t budge. Stokes then kneels down, gets underneath Kingham and then tries to stand up and push Kingham up over the top rope to the floor. The crowd gasps when Stokes gets Kingham out to the ring and over the top rope. Kingham’s feet hit the apron. But she continues to keep her arms wrapped around the top rope. Stephy Auger: Kingham is almost out of there! Stokes grabs the top rope with both hands and repeatedly tries to shove Kingham off the ropes. But Kingham is able to hang on. Stokes then takes a few steps back, runs forward and nails Kingham with a front push kick. Again, Kingham hangs on. Stokes then bashes Kingham with a hard forearm strike to the face. Members of the front row wince and cringe when Kingham gets blasted with a high roundhouse kick to the head. The crowd erupts with boos when Stokes blasts Kingham with the Divine Night (Rolling Elbow), dropping Kingham to the apron! The crowd gasps when Stokes tries to repeatedly stomp Kingham off the apron. NO!
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NO! Stokes grabs the top rope with both hands while she tries to push Kingham off the apron with both feet. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd cheers when "I Bring the Darkness (End of Days)" hits the speakers. No. 6 - Ashley Marie Chase The cheers continue as Ashley Marie Chase races down the aisle. Geoff Penzer: Stokes’ former pal Ashley Marie Chase is headed to the ring! Stephy Auger: If she were smart, she’d put her pride to the side and help Stokes get Kingham out of there! Kris Cruise: I doubt that. Stokes defeated Chase back at 2019: A New Odyssey. I’m sure Chase would love for nothing better than to get even here with an elimination! As soon as AMC rolls in, she immediately rushes over and goes after Stokes! The crowd cheers when Chase knocks Stokes away from Kingham, allowing Kingham to slips underneath the bottom rope and get back into the ring. Stephy Auger: That wasn’t a smart move! Just help Stokes eliminate Kingham, then go after her. Geoff Penzer: Not if Stokes got to her first. Chase continues to go at Stokes with knife edge chops. She then takes Stokes and goes for an irish whip. Stokes reverses, sending Chase into the ropes. When Chase returns, she knocks Stokes down with a diving forearm smash! Another diving forearm knocks Stokes off her feet! When Stokes gets back up, AMC doubles her over with a kick to the midsection and pulls her into a standing headscissors. The crowd cheers as AMC has Stokes set up for the Name Dropper (Pedigree). Before Chase can deliver the move, Stokes counters with a back body drop! When AMC gets back to her feet and turns around, Stokes rushes forward and throws her down hard with an STO! Stokes brings Chase back to her feet, moves her over towards the ropes and then quickly takes control of her back. The crowd gasps when Stokes tries to hurl Chase to the floor with a German Suplex over the top rope. AMC blocks the move. Stoke then tries to muscle AMC up with another German. AMC blocks the move again. The crowd gasps when Stokes lifts AMC off the mat. Before Chase can be thrown over the top rope, she blocks the move with a back elbow to the face, forcing Stokes to lower her back down. Two more back elbows to the face break the waist lock. When AMC turns around, the crowd cheers when she rocks Stokes with the Kick of Doom (superkick)! While Stokes is dazed against the ropes, AMC turns and runs into the far ropes. When Chase comes back, she picks up steam as she goes for a running clothesline. Stokes ducks and then lifts AMC up across her shoulders. The crowd boos as she tries to dump Chase to the floor with a fireman’s carry. But Chase is able to counter with three back elbows to the side of the head. Each elbow knocks Stokes back closer to the center of the ring. After the last elbow, AMC slips down from behind. She then spins Stokes towards her and delivers a shoot kick to the chest. Stokes answers back with a shoot kick of her own. AMC nails Stokes with another shoot kick to the chest! Stokes responds with another shoot kick of her own! AMC hits Stokes with another shoot kick to the chest! Stokes goes to answer back with a shoot kick of her own when AMC swats the leg away and counters with another Kick of Doom! She then doubles Stokes over with a kick to the midsection. The crowd cheers when AMC lifts Stokes onto her shoulders, runs towards the side of the ring and goes to powerbomb Stokes over the top rope and to the floor. The crowd gasps when Stokes flips back and hooks her arm around the top rope, sending them both flipping over the top rope with a hurricanrana!!! Stokes hangs onto the top rope while Chase falls to the floor! Ashley Marie Chase - ELIMINATED Kris Cruise: Chase with a hard fall to the floor! Stephy Auger: But Stokes hangs on! Geoff Penzer: That’s now three straight eliminations for Stokes, guys! When Stokes pulls herself back up onto the apron, Kingham runs over to knock her off the apron with a shoulder thrust through the ropes! Stokes sidesteps the strike and counters with a rising knee to the face. While Kingham is doubled over through the ropes, Stokes steps back inside. She then pulls Kingham out from between the ropes, wraps her arms around Kingham’s waist and then dumps her over the top rope. The crowd sighs with relief when Kingham lands on the apron. But the crowd’s anxiety comes back when Stokes once again grabs onto the top rope with both hands and tries to push Kingham off the apron with both feet. Stephy Auger: Stokes almost has Kingham off! TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*It’s not my fault your girlfriend like me,
I do her hard like fucking warp speed,
Your Dad’s mad, it’s not my fucking fault,
That your Mom wants to fucking fuck me! No. 7 - Cassius Reed “You Suck” blares throughout the arena. The crowd erupts with boos as Cassius Reed runs down to the ring. Stephy Auger: It’s The Funky Dragon! Geoff Penzer: From 2015 through 2018, Cassius Reed has won a tournament somewhere in the world! He’s called his shot here tonight. Kris Cruise: … but the Gold Rush Rumble isn’t a tourna- Stephy Auger: If Cassius Reed says it’s a tournament, then guess what? It’s a tournament! Geoff Penzer: Where is he going? As soon as Reed gets to the end of the aisle, he turns and runs around ringside. Reed rushes over towards where Kingham is on the apron. The crowd erupts with boos when reed wraps his arms around Kingham’s waist and tries to pull her off the apron! NO!
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NO! The crowd boos, gasps and shrieks while Kingham fights for her survival in the Gold Rush Rumble! Reed tries to pull Kingham off the apron while Stokes is trying to push her off. Kingham hangs on for dear life by wrapping her arms and legs around the middle rope. Geoff Penzer: Kingham’s in no man’s land here! The Funky Dragon continues to try and rip Kingham off the apron. Stokes stops trying to push Kingham off the apron and switches strategy. The Kodiak then begins to stomp away Kingham. Stephy Auger: They’ve almost got her out! While Stokes puts the boots to Kingham, reed stops trying to pull Kingham off the apron and instead delivers repeated punches to the head. Kingham winces while she tries to fight through the pain from the strikes. Kris Cruise: How in the world is Kingham hanging on? Reed goes over and tries to unwrap Kingham’s legs from around the bottom rope. Meanwhile, Stokes kneels down in the ring and tries to unwrap Kingham’s arms around the bottom rope. Geoff Penzer: Kingham’s fighting with everything’s she got to stay in this match! Reed climbs up onto the apron and starts stomping away on Kingham’s knee. He then hops back down to the floor. The crowd gasps when Reed is able to unwrap Kingham’s legs from around the bottom rope. Stephy Auger: SHE’S ALMOST OUT!!! Reed grabs a hold of one leg and tries to yank Kingham off the apron. But Kingham’s able to take her free leg and kicks Reed away from her. She then swings her legs back over and wraps them back around the bottom rope. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*“Falling Behind hits the speakers. Dante Difranco steps through the curtain. He surveys the crowd before stepping to the side and gesturing towards the ring. His client, Zack Gall, steps through the curtain. Gall and Difranco shake hands before Gall runs down the aisle. No. 8 - Zack Gall Gall slides into the ring. He then runs over, swing through the ropes and nails Stokes with a Tiger Feint Kick, knocking her back and sending her rolling across the mat! The cheers quickly turn back to boos when Reed grabs Gall by the leg and yanks him down to the floor. Kris Cruise: Kingham was just saved by Zack Gall! Stephy Auger: I don’t get it! Why not just go after Kingham!? Geoff Penzer: Well, Stokes did just eliminate three people in a row. Maybe he thought it was best to go after the biggest threat currently in the ring and take her out. While Kingham slips back into the ring under the bottom rope, Reed takes Gall and unloads on him with a ballistic combination of rights and lefts to the body. Reed knocks the taste out of Gall’s mouth with a Pimp Slap! He then blasts Gall with a Spanish Archer (Bionic Elbow)! Reed then takes Gall and whips him down ringside. The crowd boos when Gall crashes against the guardrail. The Funky Dragon then charges down the ringside area towards Gall before Gall ducks and dumps him over the top rope and into the crowd with a back body drop! Geoff Penzer: Reed goes flying into the front row! Gall leaps up onto the apron before stepping back into the ring. Gall gets immediately crushed with running double knees from Stokes in the corner! Stokes then bliztes Gall with a palm strike flurry. She then turns Gall towards the turnbuckles before wrapping her arms around his leg. She goes to dump Gall over the top rope and to the outside when Kingham rushes over and pulls Gall back inside. Kris Cruise: Kingham returns the favor by saving Gall! Stokes is knocked back with a European Uppercut. Stokes responds with a forearm strike to Kingham. Kingham delivers another European Uppercut to Stokes. Stokes answers back with another boxing forearm strike. After Kingham is knocked back with a front push kick to the chest, she moves forward to strike Stokes when Stokes strikes first with a running roundhouse to the chest. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*“Run This Town” plays while Nate Bristow jogs down to the ring. No. 9 - Nate Bristow Bristow rolls into the ring, rushes over into the corner and puts the boots to Gall and sends him slumping down in the corner with mudhole stomps. He grabs Gall, pulls him back to his feet and delivers a series of knife edge chops. After taking Gall by the wrist, Bristow leads him out of the corner before knocking him down with a short-arm clothesline. Across the ring, Stokes takes Kingham and whips her into the ropes. When Kingham returns, Stokes throws out the Divine Night. Kingham ducks the blow before continuing to run the ropes. When Kingham returns, she throws herself at Stokes with a crossbody block. The crowd gasps, then boos when Stokes counters with a bicycle knee to the ribs! Stokes pulls up Kingham, lifts her up across his shoulders and gives her another fireman’s carry gutbuster! Stokes brings Kingham back to her feet before slipping behind and taking control of the back. She then drives Kingham into the turnbuckles before throwing out the Chaos Theory (Front Turnbuckle Smash into Back Roll German Suplex)! The crowd cheers when Kingham’s able to rotate and land on her feet! Stokes runs towards Kingham and throws out a lariat. Kingham ducks the lariat as she heads towards the ropes. When Stokes turns around, Kingham knocks her down with a springboard European Uppercut! Kingham rushes over and knocks Stokes back down to the mat with a running European Uppercut. Kingham goes for another running European Uppercut. When Stokes slips out of the way, quickly grabs Kingham from behind and throws her down with a snap Saito Suplex! The crowd boos when Stokes grabs Kingham, heads back cover towards the ropes and goes to lift throw her over the top rope. Kingham blocks by wrapping her arms around the top rope. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
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The crowd explodes with cheers when “Warrior” blares throughout the arena. No. 10 - Ashley Sullivan The cheers continue as Ashley Sullivan runs down to the ring. Geoff Penzer: Ashley Sullivan is the second of the three AAA members to enter this match tonight. Since returning to FGA last spring, Sullivan has been close to winning both the 15 and United States Titles. Is tonight the night where she puts it all together and wins the big one? Kris Cruise: If anyone knows about winning Rumbles, it’s Ashley Sullivan. She won the 2016 Rumble to Destiny match over in HKW! That match had 40 people in it, too! When Sullivan rolls into the ring, Stokes runs over and puts the boots to her. She then pulls up Sullivan and whips her into the ropes. When Sullivan returns, she brings Stokes down with a running hurricanrana. Sullivan rushes over towards Bristow and brings him down with a running hurricanrana. Gall then turns Sullivan around and whips her into the corner. He rushes in to attack when Sullivan knocks him back with a boot to the face. Sullivan hoists herself up onto the middle ropes, flips off and brings him down with a Blockbuster. When Sullivan gets back to her feet, Kingham grabs her from behind to go for a German Suplex. Sullivan counters with two back elbows to the face. After the hold is broken, Sullivan turns around, jumps up and brings Kingham down with Into Dust (Codebreaker)! Sullivan runs towards the corner and blasts Bristow with a Wind Kick (running big boot in the corner)! Kris Cruise: Sullivan has been on fire! Sullivan charges across the ring and throws out the Wind Kick at Stokes. Stokes is able to catch Sullivan’s foot in time before shoving her down to the mat. As Sullivan rolls back on the mat and gets up to a knee, Stokes charges out of the corner and clocks her with a bicycle knee to the face! Stephy Auger: … and she just got put out by Stokes! TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd cheers when "Shit Shots Count (instrumental)" hits the speakers. The cheers continue as Peaches makes her way down to the ring. No. 11 - Peaches Peaches slides in and immediately rushes over towards Bristow in the corner. She hops onto Bristow before sending him out of the corner with a monkey flip. Peaches steps out onto the apron before climbing the turnbuckles. Kris Cruise: It’s not a good idea to go for anything high risk in a match like this! Stephy Auger: When have you known Peaches to ever make a smart decision? This is the same woman that willingly married Dan Herrera! Geoff Penzer: What is wrong with you? Once Peaches gets to the top turnbuckle, she jumps off and brings Bristow down with a diving neckbreaker! Peaches takes Bristow and whips him into the ropes. When Bristow returns, Peaches goes for a running butt bump. The crowd gasps when Bristow counters with a backstabber in mid air! Geoff Penzer: Bristow with the well-timed counter! In the corner, Gall takes Sullivan and nails her with a knife edge chop. He then takes Sullivan and whips her into the ropes. When Sullivan returns, Gall throws her down with an overhead belly to belly suplex. When Gall gets back to his feet, he does a double take when Reed leaps off the top turnbuckle and brings him down with a diving huracanrana! The Funky Dragon runs over and throws out a discus punch. Gall ducks, turns around and delivers a clothesline, sending Reed over the top rope! Gall turns and walks after after thinking he’s got an elimination. When he returns around, he sees Reed hanging onto the top rope with both hands. Kris Cruise: Reed’s barely hanging on! Geoff Penzer: His left foot just hit the floor! Kris Cruise: Now his right foot has hit the floor! Stephy Auger: But not at the same time!!! Gall makes his way over to knock Reed off the ropes when Reed pulls himself up, wraps his legs around Gall’s neck and delivers What The Funk (skin the cat headscissors takedown)! While Gall hits the floor, Reed skins the cat to pull himself back into the ring. Stephy Auger: What a save! Zack Gall - ELIMINATED Bristow takes Peaches and whips her into the ropes. When she returns, Bristow lifts her up, turns and thrown her down with a spinning spinebuster! Bristow pulls up Peaches before doubling her over with a knee to the midsection. After lifting Peaches up onto his shoulders, he heads towards the corner for a Turnbuckle Powerbomb. Peaches counters with multiple right hands to the head. Each right hand causes Bristow to begin to lose balance and stagger to the side. Peaches spins on his shoulders, reaches back, hooks her arm around the top rope and flips back, sending them both over the top rope with a reverse hurricanrana! Peaches hangs onto the top rope while Bristow hits the floor! Nate Bristow - ELIMINATED Geoff Penzer: Bristow’s out When Peaches pulls herself back up onto the apron, Reed runs over and decks her with a discus punch that drops her to the apron! Reed tries to push Peaches off the apron. But she’s able to slip back in underneath the bottom rope. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd explodes with cheers when “Young Nation” blares throughout the arena. Sadie San Francisco makes her way down to the ring. No. 12 - Sadie San Francisco Kris Cruise: It’s The Pope! The 15 Champion rolls in, runs across the ring and connects with a Northern Lariat to Reed, knocking The Funky Dragon over the top rope. Geoff Penzer: Reed’s almost out again! The Pope turns her attention to the other grapplers in the ring while Reed lands on the apron and slips back in under the bottom rope. San Francisco runs over and knocks Sullivan off her feet with a bicycle kick. Sadie looks and sees Stokes with Kingham across her shoulder. She’s trying to lawn dart Kingham to the floor. But Kingham blocks by keeping her arms out and holding onto the top rope with both hands. San Francisco makes her way over towards Stokes and nails her with a punch to the ribs, causing Stokes to drop Kingham. When Stokes turns towards San Francisco, The Pope hits her with a knife edge chop. Stokes answers back with a boxing forearm strike. San Francisco nails Stokes with a forearm strike. Stokes comes right back with another boxing forearm strike. San Francisco goes to deliver another blow when Stokes cuts her off with yet another boxing forearm strike. The Kodiak throws out another forearm strike. This time, San Francisco kicks the forearm away with a bicycle kick. She then goes to follow up with a spinning backfist when Stokes blocks and counters with a Cobra Clutch. Stokes keeps the submission applied before throwing San Francisco down with a Cobra Clutch Suplex! In the corner, Reed is seen delivering alternating right jabs to the head and body of Peaches. He then takes Peaches and whips her into the far corner. The Funky Dragon runs across the ring and throws out a jumping Spanish Archer when Peaches slips out of the way, causing Reed to crash into the corner! Peaches quickly wraps her arms around one of Reed’s legs from behind and tries to dump him over the top rope. Reed stops her with three forearm strikes to the face. Kingham heads back over towards Stokes, turns her around and knocks her back with a European Uppercut. The cheers continue when Kingham knocks Stokes back with another European Uppercut. She then turns and heads into the far ropes. When Kingham comes back, Stokes sidesteps, grabs Kingham by the back of the neck, runs and chucks her over the top rope… … only for Kingham to land safely on the apron. Stokes immediately rushes over to knock Kingham off the apron when Kingham leaps through the ropes and knocks her down with a slingshot spear! Reed is still resting in the corner. When he turns around, he turns into a Wind Kick from Sullivan! She then grabs reed and tries to lift him up over the top rope. The crowd cheers when Sullivan’s got Reed parallel to the ropes. But Reed is able to reach over and poke her in the eyes, forcing him to be lowered down. Stephy Auger: How long has Reed been in there for? Geoff Penzer: Reed just saved himself from being eliminated once again! Kris Cruise: Reed’s been in there for roughly eleven minutes. Stokes has been in there for about fifteen minutes and Kingham has been in there for about nineteen minutes. Those are the three that have been in there the longest thus far. Across the ring, Peaches delivers a rib breaker to San Francisco before throwing her down with a fallaway slam! She then heads over, pulls San Francisco up and goes for an irish whip. San Francisco reverses, sending Peaches into the corner. The Pope rushes in to attack when Peaches counters with a back elbow to the face. After Peaches hoists herself up onto the middle ropes, The Pope jumps up and connects with a gamengiri, knocking Peaches over the top rope and to the floor! Peach - ELIMINATED Kris Cruise: Peaches got away with a move off the top turnbuckle! Maybe she thought she would be safe on the sMIDDLE ROPES Stephy Auger: BUT SHE WAS SADLY MISTAKEN! TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd erupts with boos when “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” hits the speakers. Kris Cruise: UH OH! No. 13 - Sloan Talbot Stephy Auger: Trouble’s about to come this way! The boos continue as Sloan Talbot stalks his way to the ring. Geoff Penzer: Sloan Talbot was a wrecking machine in last year’s Gold Rush Rumble! If these guys were smart, they would gang up on Talbot the second he gets in the ring. The crowd erupts with boos when Talbot lays out Peaches with a lariat in the aisle! = Geoff Penzer: Oh come on! Stephy Auger: Hey, she should watch where she’s going! Talbot continues to head towards the ring. Once he climbs up onto the apron, Kingham, Sullivan, Reed and Stokes all step back. Talbot surveys the ring before stepping in through the ropes. The crowd boos Reed when he steps behind Sullivan, only to end up shoving her over towards Talbot. The former 15 Champion doubles Sullivan over with a kick to the midsection before swatting her down with a clubbing strike across the back. Talbot turns to Kingham. The former two-time 15 Champion sizes up her former for before turning to run into the ropes. When Kingham returns, she flings herself at him with a crossbody block. Talbot catches Kingham in mid air before heaving her across the ring with a fallaway slam. Kingham’s momentum sends her rolling across the ring, underneath the bottom rope and to the floor. Kris Cruise: Kingham’s not eliminated. She didn't go over the top rope. When Talbot turns back to his feet, Reed looks back and forth between Talbot and Stokes. The Funky Dragon makes his way over towards Talbot. Reed points between him and Talbot before pointing over at Stokes. The Funky Dragon then puts his hand out towards Talbot for a handshake. Talbot looks down at the hand, then back up at Reed’s face before slapping the hand away. "OOOOOO" Reed turns and smirks before knocking the taste out of Talbot’s mouth with a Pimp Slap!!! Stephy Auger: Noooo, Cassius! What were you thinking!? The smirk is quickly wiped off of Reed’s face when Talbot latches onto his throat. He throws Reed back into the corner. Talbot rushes in and takes a hard swipe at Reed. The Funky Dragon narrowly ducks the blow. When Talbot turns around, Reed nails him with alternating right jabs to the head and body. Talbot then reaches out, grabs Reed and tosses him into the corner. Talbot throws out a wild haymaker. Once again, Reed ducks. When Talbot turns around, Reed delivers body blows before following up with an uppercut. He goes to deliver an irish whip across the ring. Talbot blocks by grabbing the top rope with his free hand. The Funky Dragon goes for another irish whip. Again, Talbot blocks the move. Talbot then grabs Reed, tosses him into the corner and sends him slumping down with repeated stomps to the chest. While Talbot applies a foot choke to Reed, Stokes rushes up from behind, wraps her arms around one of Talbot’s legs and goes to dump him over the top rope. Talbot blocks by reaching over the top rope and bracing himself with his right hand on the middle rope while grabbing onto the top rope with his left hand. He then reaches back in and hits Stokes with a back elbow to the face. Geoff Penzer: Stokes tried to get Talbot out, but he was able to stop it. While Stokes staggers back, Talbot turns around, rushes over and throws out a lariat. Stokes ducks the blow just in time. When Talbot turns around, Stokes delivers a shoot kick to the right leg. She follows up with a shoot kick to the left leg. Stokes hits Talbot with another shoot kick to the right leg, quickly followed by a shoot kick to the left leg. Stokes goes up top and rocks Talbot with a high roundhouse kick to the head. She then blasts Talbot with a high roundhouse using her left leg. After trapping his arms, Stokes lunges forward and nails Talbot with a headbutt. While Talbot is dazed, Stokes throws out the Divine Night. But she gets caught off by Talbot when he reaches out and grabs her by the throat. Talbot then lifts up Stokes before throwing her down with a chokeslam! Kris Cruise: Chokeslam with authority! TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd boos when “Run This Town” plays. Tully Barnes runs down to the ring. No. 14 - Tully Barnes Stephy Auger: Nate Bristow is as tough as they come. He won’t back down from Talbot. Geoff Penzer: Perhaps he should reconsider. Barnes rolls in, rushes over and delivers multiple clubbing strikes to the back of Talbot. He then turns Talbot around and rattles off a trio of knife edge chops. After grabbing Talbot by the wrist, Barnes delivers a short-arm lariat. But Talbot doesn’t get knocked off his feet. Barnes throws out another short-arm lariat. Again, Talbot doesn’t get knocked off his feet. After looking Talbot up and down, Barnes goes for another short-arm lariat when Talbot reaches out and grabs him by the throat. He lifts Barnes up for a chokeslam when Barnes nails him with an elbow to the side of the head. Once Barnes is lowered back down, he turns and runs into the ropes. When Barnes comes back, Talbot flattens him with a running big boot. He then reaches down, pulls up Barnes, runs and tosses him over the top rope and to the floor. Tully Barnes - ELIMINATED Kris Cruise: Well, thanks for coming! San Francisco runs up from behind and delivers a northern lariat to Talbot. The former 15 Champion staggers forward a step or two before regaining his balance. When Talbot turns around, he sees The Pope running into the ropes. When San Francisco comes back, she knocks Talbot back a few steps with a running high knee. She then turns and runs back into the far ropes. When San Francisco comes back, the crowd cheers when she knocks Talbot back with another running high knee! The Pope follows up with a gamengiri. Kris Cruise: Sadie’s got Talbot reeling! Geoff Penzer: can she eliminate the big man!? Stephy Auger: No way... Sadie runs back into the ropes. When Sadie returns, Talbot tries to take her head off with a lariat. San Francisco ducks before continuing to run the ropes. When The Pope returns, the crowd boos when Talbot throws her down with a powerslam! TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*As 'Nightrain' by Guns n' Roses plays, Night Train bounces out to the entrance, headbanging and running back and forth like the little dynamo she is. No. 15 - Night Train Ayano She races down to the ring, slapping a few hands and leaps onto the apron. Running back and forth and pumping her fist into the air, she lets out a howl and springs over the ropes, ready to rock! Geoff Penzer: Night Train is ready to rock and ready to rumble! Stephy Auger: Yeah, and she’s wasting all of her energy like an idiot! Save that for the ring! Ayano rushes over and starts delivering multiple knife edge chops at Talbot. Ayano continues to chop away until Talbot palms her face and shoves her down to the mat. After rolling back to her feet, Ayano connects with a dropkick. A second dropkick knocks Talbot back. Ayano then turns and heads into the ropes. When Ayano comes back, she knocks Talbot back with a spinning heel kick. Ayano turns and heads back towards the ropes. Night Train rebounds back and goes for a handspring back elbow, but she gets swatted out of the air with a lariat from behind! Talbot picks up Ayano and whips her into the corner. He rushes in to attack when Ayano knocks him back with a boot to the face. She then steps out onto the apron before scaling the turnbuckles. Once Ayano reaches the top, she leaps off and knocks Talbot down with a diving thrust kick! Kris Cruise: Talbot’s been taken off his feet! Stephy Auger: Yeah, now she’s go to pick him back up and lift him over the top rope! While Talbot tries to get back to his feet, Ayano reaches into her boot. The crowd cheers when Ayano pulls a Crown Royal bag out of her boot and slips it onto her hand. Stephy Auger: What in God’s name is this? Is this what you guys do over on Failpoint? No wonder Vertigo is the A-Show! When Talbot gets back to his feet and turns around, the crowd cheers when Ayano hits him with the Golden Spike (Santino Cobra)! The Cheap Thrill follows up with a boot to the midsection before delivering the Train Wreck (split-legged Stunner)! Ayano sees Talbot stumble back towards the ropes. So she gets up and runs into the far ropes. When Ayano comes back, Talbot reaches out and grabs her by the throat. He then turns, lifts Ayano up and throws her down over the top rope with a chokeslam! Ayano bounces off the apron before falling to the floor. Night Train Ayano - ELIMINATED Sullivan runs up from behind and jumps on Talbot’s back. The crowd cheers when she slips on a Sleeper Hold. Stephy Auger: Sullivan’s trying to put him to sleep! Geoff Penzer: That will certainly wear the big man down if she can get it on tight. Sullivan cinches in the hold before Talbot runs backwards into the corner and squashes her against the turnbuckles. Talbot turns around, steps to the side and applies a foot choke. Across the ring, Stokes runs up behind Kingham, smashes her against the turnbuckles, rolls back and then heaves her over her head with a Chaos Theory! The crowd boos when Kingham is left folded up on the mat. Reed quickly runs over, grabs Kingham, runs and chucks her. The crowd gasps then Kingham is thrown over the top rope! Stephy Auger: Kingham’s finally out of here! The fans breathe a sigh of relief when Kingham lands on the apron before slipping back in underneath the bottom rope. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd cheers when “Killin It” hits the speakers. Antoinette Sands steps through the curtain before running down to the ring. No. 16 - Antoinette Sands Sands rolls in, runs across the ring and immediately wraps her arms around Talbot’s leg. She tries to dump him over the top rope. But Talbot is able to elbow her off of him. He then releases the foot choke on Sullivan before turning his attention to her AAA teammate. Geoff Penzer: Talbot’s going after Antoinette Sands! Kris Cruise: She was just trying to help her AAA buddy. But now she’s drawn the ire of Talbot. Stephy Auger: Yep, she just put a big ol’ target on her back. Sands gets back to her feet and turns around into a hard right hook that drops her back down to the mat! Talbot yanks her up to her feet by the hair before whipping her into the ropes. When Sands returns, she slides through Talbot’s legs. When Talbot turns around, Sands knocks him down to a knee after a low dropkick to the leg. Sands then gets up and heads back into the ropes. When she comes back, she goes for a crossbody block. But Talbot is able to catch her in mid air. The crowd boos after Talbot gets back to his feet, throws Sands up across his shoulders and then brings her down with a Samoan Drop! Talbot turns over, grabs Sands by the throat and yanks her back to her feet before moving her over towards the ropes. Talbot turns towards Sullivan and looks right at her as he lifts Sands up and throws her down to the floor with a chokeslam! Antoinette Sands - ELIMINATED Geoff Penzer: Oh come on! Stephy Auger: He purposely eliminated Sands right in front of Sullivan! I love it! Sullivan goes to run across the ring to attack Talbot when she gets blindsided by a bicycle knee to the head from Stokes. Kris Cruise: Where did she come from!? The boos continue as Stokes picks up Sullivan, turns and tosses her over the top rope and to the floor. Ashley Sullivan - ELIMINATED Back inside, Kingham and San Francisco are double teaming Talbot in the corner. The Pope then grabs a hold of one leg while Kingham grabs the other. The crowd cheers as they try to dump Talbot over the top rope. But Talbot does his best to hang on. Reed rushes over and joins then in trying to get Talbot to the outside! Talbot then reaches over and knocks Reed down with a punch. He then knocks San Francisco down with a punch before knocking Kingham down with a back elbow to the face. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd erupts with boos as “Psychosocial” blares throughout the arena. No. 17 - Seth Iser The boos continue as Seth Iser labors to the ring. Kris Cruise: The reigning Pride Champion is the next entrant. Geoff Penzer: I didn’t think Iser would make it to the Rumble after that war with Izzy Anders. Judging by the way he’s moving, maybe he just should have stayed in the back. Iser climbs up onto the apron. As soon as he steps into the ring, he looks over and sees Talbot staring him down. Kingham and San Francisco step back while Stokes and Reed continue to rest in their respective corners. The reigning Pride Champion heads over and gets right in Talbot’s face. Kris Cruise: Iser isn’t backing down from Talbot! Stephy Auger: Seth, please. This isn’t a good idea…. Iser nails Talbot with a left hand. Talbot responds with a punch of his own. Iser nails Talbot with another left hand. Talbot answers back with another punch of his own. Iser delivers another left hand. The Pride Champion cuts Talbot off with another punch to the face. Iser then rattles off three jabs before throwing out a discus clothesline. Talbot ducks the clothesline, waits for Iser to turn around and then grabs him by the throat. Geoff Penzer: Talbot’s got him set up for a chokeslam! Talbot lifts Iser up for a chokeslam when Iser counters with a back elbow to the side of the head. He then steps back, lunges forward and knocks Talbot back with a lariat. Talbot gathers his footing, rushes forward and knocks Iser back with a lariat of his own. Iser regains his balance, the rushes forward and connects with a running big boot, knocking Talbot against the ropes. Talbot bounces off the ropes, comes back and follows up with a running big boot of his own. As soon as Iser stumbles into the ropes, Kingham and San Francisco dart over and try to dump Iser to the outside! But Iser is able to grab them each by the hair and slams their heads into each other with a double noggin knocker. When Iser turns his attention back to Talbot, he rocks the Pride Champion with an elbow smash. He strikes Iser with yet another elbow smash. Iser gets rocked with a European Uppercut. Iser shakes off the blow before responding with a European Uppercut of his own. Talbot shakes off the blow before rocking Iser with another European Uppercut. Iser strikes back with another European Uppercut of his own. He knocks Talbot back with another European Uppercut… and another… and another. After a kick to the midsection, the crowd gasps when Iser pulls him into a front facelock to set up the Deprivation DDT! Before Iser can plant him, Talbot grabs him, runs forward and rams him into the corner. He delivers multiple shoulder thrusts to Iser before whipping him into the far corner. The Pope runs over and nails Iser with a running high knee. She then moves out of the way so that Kingham can connect with a running European Uppercut. Stokes darts over and squashes Iser with running double knees, sending the Pride Champion slumping down in the corner. The Funky Dragon then dives at Iser. When Iser gets his hands up, Reed lands in a handstand before pushing him back up and launching back to his feet. Reed begins to mock Iser for flinching. But the laughs stop when Iser slowly pulling himself up using the ropes. Stephy Auger: Behind you! Cassius, behind you! Reed turns around and gets grabbed by the throat by Talbot. Talbot hoists Reed up before throwing him down with a chokeslam! Stokes rushes over to attack, only to get grabbed him the throat and thrown down with a chokeslam! Kingham runs over to attack when Talbot brings her down with a hip toss neckbreaker! As Talbot gets back to his feet, Iser catches him with a Wrestling II Knee Lift! While Talbot is dazed, Iser turns and hits the ropes. When Iser comes back, Talbot grabs him by the throat. He then lifts Iser up before throwing him down with a chokeslam! Geoff Penzer: Talbot is destroying everything in his path! The crowd cheers when Talbot turns around and gets nailed with a spinning backfist from San Francisco! The Pope blasts Talbot with another spinning backfist! She throws out another when Talbot swats her hand down and grabs her by the throat. Before Talbot can lift Sadie up, the crowd erupts with cheers when she spits Red Mist in his face! Kris Cruise: Sadie just blindsided Talbot with that mist! Stephy Auger: GAH! Talbot staggers back before wiping his eyes. The Pope sees her opening, so she turns and runs into the far ropes. When San Francisco comes back, she charges forward and blasts Talbot with the Palo Alto (corkscrew roundhouse knee strike), knocking Talbot over the top rope and to the floor! The crowd erupts with cheers! Sloan Talbot - ELIMINATED Stephy Auger: NOOOOOO! Geoff Penzer: SHE GOT HIM! SHE GOT HIM! SHE GOT HIM! SADIE HAS ELIMINATED TALBOT! Talbot gets to his feet. He slaps the apron with both hands before pulling himself up on it with the ropes. He tries to get back into the ring and go after Sadie. But the officials at ringside pull Talbot back down to the floor. Kris Cruise: Talbot isn’t done with Sadie! He wants another piece of her! Talbot shoves multiple officials off of him. He looks back in the ring and sees San Francisco waving him n! Talbot wipes his face once before backing away from the ring. He nods at the 15 Champion before turning and storming up the aisle. Stephy Auger: Sadie’s a marked woman! She better watch her back… LIKE NOW! While San Francisco keeps her eyes locked on Talbot, Stokes runs up from behind, grabs The Pope and goes to throw her over the top rope! The crowd gasps when san Francisco saves herself by wrapping her arms around the top rope. However, the boos return as Reed heads over, grabs Sadie and helps Stokes dump her over the top rope and to the floor. Sadie San Francisco - ELIMINATED TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! 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*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd explodes with cheers when "Eye of the Tiger (Metal Cover)" blares throughout the arena. No. 18 - Tyler Storm The cheers continue as Tyler Storm makes his way to the ring. Kris Cruise: Tyler Storm’s in the Rumble! He wrestled that 30-Minute Ironman Match earlier! But that was at the top of the show! He has to be well-rested. Geoff Penzer: Which is good news for him. Tyler Storm lasted a whopping 49 minutes last year! The only person who lasted longer in a Rumble was Fujiko Mine back in 2016 with a record 56 minutes! Back inside, Stokes rushes over and takes Storm down with a running leg lariat. She then runs over and blasts Iser with a boxing forearm strike. While Kingham is trying to rest in the corner, Stokes runs over and squashes her with running corner knees! Stokes turns, rushes back across the ring and executes a running hurricanrana to Storm, sending him through the ropes and to the floor. When Stokes gets back to her feet, Iser rushes over and throws out a discus clothesline. Stokes ducks the blow, turns Iser away from him with a high roundhouse kick and then places him in an inverted front facelock. She then struggles to pull Iser up before dropping him down with Requiem Aeternam! Stokes returns to her feet before hitting the ropes. When she comes back, she delivers a jumping senton across Iser. Stokes pulls up Iser by his beard and then goes to town on him with a palm strike flurry. She then goes for the Divine Night when Iser counters with a boot to the midsection. Iser quickly pulls her into a front facelock. The crowd gasps when as Iser goes to plant her with the Deprivation DD-NO! Stokes grabs Iser and pushes him against the ropes. Stokes delivers multiple shoulder thrusts to the midsection. The Kodiak stands up and rocks Iser with four boxing forearm strikes. She then throws out a clothesline, but Iser doesn’t get knocked over the top rope. Stokes takes a few steps back, rushes forward and tries to send Iser over the top rope with a front push kick to the face. Again, Iser doesn’t get knocked to the outside. Stokes takes a few steps back, rushes forward and connects with a lariat, sending Iser over the top rope and to the floor! Seth Iser - ELIMINATED Storm rolls back inside. The crowd gasps when Stokes quickly grabs Storm and throws him over the top rope! Kris Cruise: WOAH WOAH WOAH! Storm lands safely on the apron! Stokes rushes over to attack when Storm knocks her back with a forearm strike to the face. Stokes throws out a high roundhouse when Storm ducks and knocks her back with another forearm strike to the face. Before Storm can step back into the ring, Stokes rushes forward and blast him with a bicycle kick through the ropes, doubling Storm over. Stokes then grabs Storm, runs towards the corner and slams him face-first against the ring post. The crowd boos when Storm bounces off the post before falling to the floor! Tyler Storm - ELIMINATED Kris Cruise: That’s now seven eliminations for Nina Stokes! Reed and Kingham rush towards the center of the ring. The crowd cheers when Kingham knocks Reed down with a European Uppercut. Another European Uppercut returns The Funky Dragon to the mat. She then takes Reed and whips him into the ropes. When Reed returns, he sees Kingham set up for a back body drop. So he hops on her back, flips forward and delivers SWEET CHRISTMAS (sunset flip powerbomb)! The boos continue as Reed pulls up Kingham, runs and chucks her over the top rope! The crowd boos when Reed turns and holds his arms in the air. But Kingham hasn’t been eliminated. When he turns around, he sees Kingham slowly pulling herself up using the ropes. Reed runs over to knock Kingham off the ropes when Kingham leaps through the ropes and tackles him down with a slingshot spear! Kingham picks up Reed and tosses him over the top rope… … only for him to land safely on the apron! Reed goes to step back in through the ropes when Kingham connects with a Knee Trembler, knocking Reed off the apron and to the floor! Cassius Reed - ELIMINATED Geoff Penzer: Cassius Reed’s night is over! The Funky Dragon lasted just over 23 minutes! Stephy Auger: Well, it’s a good thing this wasn’t a tournament! Kris Cruise: … wait a minute! Weren’t you and Cassius adamant that the Gold Rush Rumble was a tourna- Stephy Auger: Hush! When Kingham turns around, she sees Stokes slowly making her way towards the center of the ring. Kingham slowly does the same. The crowd buzzes with anticipation while the Stokes and Kingham have the ring all to themselves. Geoff Penzer: Kingham and Stokes have the ring all to themselves! Everyone that has come before them has been eliminated! Stokes has been in there for roughly 25 minutes with seven eliminations to her name! Kingham has been in there for roughly 29 minutes! Stokes rocks Kingham with a boxing forearm strike. After another boxing forearm strike nails Kingham, Stokes grabs Kingham and positions her for a wrist clutch exploder suplex. Kingham counters with multiple elbows to the side of the head with her free arm, breaking the hold. She then blasts Stokes with a European Uppercut. A second European Uppercut rocks The Kodiak! Kingham then throws out a Samoan Spike when Stokes ducks and quickly takes control of her back. Stokes goes for a German Suplex when Kingham counters with a back elbow to the face. After performing a standing switch, Kingham turns Stokes towards her, doubles her over with a boot to the midsection and lifts her up for a Canadian Backbreaker Drop! Stokes kicks her legs and eventually slips down from behind. When Kingham turns around, Stokes dazes her with a bicycle kick! Stokes then turns and heads into the ropes. When she returns, she throws out a lariat. Kingham ducks before running towards the ropes. When Stokes turns around, Kingham goes for a springboard European Uppercut! The crowd boos when Stokes counters with a bicycle kick in mid air! She then pulls up Kingham before lifting her up across her shoulders. Stokes heads towards the ropes until Kingham counters with elbows to the side of the head. As soon as Kingham slips down from behind, she hooks Stokes’ arms and throws her down with the Australian Suplex! As Stokes slowly gets back to her feet, Kingham runs over and connects with a clothesline, sending her over the top rope and to the floor! Nina Stokes - ELIMINATED Kris Cruise: Kendall Kingham just eliminated Nina Stokes! What a dominant performance from Stokes! Lasted roughly 30 minutes and had 7 eliminations. She wrecked shopped in there tonight. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The sounds of “Devil’s Bleeding Crown” by Volbeat begins to play throughout the arena as the crowd immediately begin to boo. No. 19 - Annie Zellor The boos continue as Annie Zellor takes her sweet time making her way to the ring. Stephy Auger: It’s Bad Bad Annie Z! Geoff Penzer: I think I just heard this crowd collectively groan at the sight of Annie! Kris Cruise: I heard it, too. Stephy Auger: Annie’s as fresh as a daisy. Kingham’s been beaten up for over a half hour. She’ll be lucky if she lasts 30 seconds with Annie! Once Zellor gets in, she tries to cut off the ring. Kingham tries to keep her distance from her much fresher opponent. Zellor continues to inch over towards Kingham. She then shoots in for a takedown. But Kingham is still quick enough to slip out of the way. Zellor gets back to a vertical base before slowly inching back over towards Kingham. Once Kingham is in striking distance, Zellor motions to grab her by the head. Kingham bites on the fake, allowing Zellor to shoot in and pull her down to the mat with a single leg takedown. After hooking her arms around Kingham’s leg, Zellor tries to hook the other leg so that she can slingshot Kingham to the floor. But Kingham is able to use her free leg to nail Zellor with multiple upkicks. The last of which knocks Zellor down to the mat. Once both grapplers return to their feet, Kingham grabs a hold of Zellor. She places Zellor in a Thai Plum before moving her into the corner. The crowd cheers Kingham on as she connects with short elbows and uppercuts. After an irish whip sends Zellor into the opposite corner, Kingham runs across the ring to attack when Zellor quickly hoists herself up onto the middle ropes before knocking Kingham down with a diving knee strike! Zellor pulls Kingham up and delivers a shoot kick to the right leg, a shoot kick to the left leg, followed by a side kick to midsection, then bicycle knee strike to head! While Kingham is dazed, Zellor takes control of her back before rocking her with a ripcord discus elbow. Zellor takes a few steps back before pushing forward and sending Kingham flipping down to the mat with a step-up enzuigiri! The boos continue as Zellor pulls up Kingham, runs and tries to throw her over the top rope. But Kingham blocks by wrapping her arms around the top rope. Zellor responds by knocking Kingham down to a knee with repeated clubbing strikes across the back. She then chokes Kingham across the middle rope by pressing down across the back of her neck. While Kingham is gasping for air, Zellor takes a few steps back. The crowd erupts with boos as soon as Bad Bad Annie Z throws up the devil horns. Stephy Auger: GRRFACE!!! Kris Cruise: The Rough ‘n’ Tumble can’t be too far behind. Zellor turns and runs into the far ropes. When she comes back, she runs across the ring and swings through the ropes to hit the Rough ‘n’ Tumble (Tiger Feint Kick)! The crowd cheers when Kingham ducks, catches Zellor across his shoulders and stands back up. Zellor panics while Kingham tries to dump her to the floor with a fireman’s carry! Zellor blocks by grabbing onto the top rope and hanging on for dear life. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
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Post by FGA Office on Jun 7, 2019 22:34:20 GMT -5
“Amazing” by Kanye West hits, lifting the fans to their feet in a fit of rage. No. 20 - Ricky Valero The crowd erupts with boos while Ricky Valero jogs down to the ring. Stephy Auger: RICKYYYYYYYY!!!! Kris Cruise: Calm yourself, Stephy! Geoff Penzer: Ricky Valero enters at number 20! Last year, Valero lasted 38 minutes! Out of the six Gold Rush Rumble winners, five of them have entered in the 20-30 group! That’s good news for the so-called “Good Guy.” Back inside, Zellor lets go of the top rope, reaches back and rakes Kingham across the eyes. Kingham drops Zellor just before Valero rolls into the ring. Zellor then points back and forth between her and Valero before pointing over at Kingham. Valero nods. The two go to double team Kingham when Zellor attacks Valero from behind with clubbing strikes. Kris Cruise: Zellor’s going after Valero! Stephy Auger: Good! He cost her that Five Way Fray on the last Vertigo! Zellor grabs Valero from behind and throws out a ripcord discus elbow. Valero ducks the elbow and counters with a pelé kick, knocking Zellor back. Valero returns to his feet with a kip up, runs over and sends her flipping down to the mat with a step-up enzuigiri. Valero pulls Zellor back to her feet before doubling her over with a boot to the midsection. He pulls Zellor into a standing headscissors before pointing into the corner to signal a turnbuckle powerbomb. Valero hoists Zellor up onto his shoulder, runs across the ring and throws her into the corner with a Turnbuckle Powerbomb! While Zellor is down on the mat, Valero looks over and sees Kingham down on the opposite side of the ring. So he steps out onto the apron before climbing the turnbuckles. Once Valero reaches the top, he leaps off and goes for Burying The Hatchet (diving double foot stomp). Zellor’s able to roll out of the way at the last second. When Valero lands on his feet, his momentum sends him rolling forward. When Valero rolls back to his feet and turns around, Zellor knocks him down with the Sparkle Princess Special (540 Kick)! Valero clutches his face after getting blasted with the kick. The Franchise slowly turns over on all fours before getting back up to a knee. Once Valero is back to a vertical base, Zellor runs up from behind and goes for a leapfrog into a one-handed bulldog. Valero ends up tucking his head and slipping out of the way. As soon as Zellor lands on her feet, Valero takes control of her back and throws her down with the PinnaclePlex (Regal Plex)! TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*...Spoken... "May I remind you again, this is a dream, and in dreams, you can do anything you darn please!" No. 21 - Dan Herrera When the first bass drum thumps, Dan Herrera pulls the curtain back and walks out from behind the curtain. He gives a head nod to the fans before rushing towards the ring. Stephy Auger: Oh look. It’s Peaches’ husband! Geoff Penzer: That’s Dan Herrera, a former two-time runner-up to his very match. Put some respect on his name. Stephy Auger: Oh goodie! He ALMOST won this match twice. Boy, that’s something to write home about. Second place just means you’re the first loser, Penzer! As soon as Herrera rolls into the ring, Valero rushes over and puts the boots to him. The boos continue as Valero reaches down, pulls Herrera up and tosses him through the ropes and to the apron. Valero reaches out onto the apron, grabs Herrera and pulls him through the ropes to set up an Elevated DDT. The boos quickly turn to cheers when Herrera frees his legs, lifts up Valero and delivers a flapjack across the top rope. Herrera returns to his feet, rushes over and delivers a lariat from behind. The crowd cheers as Valero flips over the top rope! Stephy Auger: RICKY! NO! Herrera turns around and sees Kingham pulling herself up using the ropes. While Kingham steps away from the ropes, Herrera doubles her over with a discus elbow strike to the back of the head. He then hoists Kingham up from the side before throwing her down with the Final Word (pumphandle slam)! Herrera gets back to his feet and sees Zellor approaching him in peace. She extends her hand for a handshake. Kris Cruise: Don’t fall for it, Dan! Stephy Auger: Fall for what? Dan and Dommy are best friends! Annie wouldn’t do anything to hurt him! If he works with her, they can be the last two people in this match! Geoff Penzer: You know Harter’s still to come in this Rumble, right? Stephy Auger: ...okay, so her and Dan can be apart of the final three then! Geoff Penzer: All the more reason not to trust her! Herrera goes to cautiously shake her hand when Zellor throws out a kick to the midsection. Herrera is quick to react and catches her foot. Zellor hops up and down on one leg before throwing out an enzuigiri. But Herrera’s able to block it. After hooking his arms around Zellor’s legs, Herrera leans back and catapults Zellor into the corner! Zellor staggers away from the corner. When Zellor turns around, the crowd erupts with cheers when Herrera nearly breaks her in half with a spear! Kris Cruise: Oh, what a spear! Herrera heads over, picks up Kingham and whips her into the ropes. When Kingham comes back, the crowd erupts with cheers when Herrera brings her down with a spear! Geoff Penzer: Another spear from Herrera! Herrera gets to his feet and sees Valero struggling to pull himself up using the ropes in the corner. As Valero turns around, Herrera charges across the ring and hurls himself at Valero for another spear. The crowd gasps, then boos when Valero dives out of the way, sending Herrera shoulder-first into the ring post! Stephy Auger: Old Man Dan was just a second too slow! Valero pulls Herrera from out of the corner, turns and chucks him over the top rope and to the floor! Dan Herrera - ELIMINATED Valero heads over to attack Kingham until Kingham pulls herself up using the ropes. Valero sizes Kingham up while crowd starts to count down. In the corner of the ring, Zellor can be seen pulling herself back up. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*No. 22 - Mark Storm “Short Change Hero” pumps throughout the arena while Mark Storm makes his way down to the ring. Kris Cruise: It’s Your Hero, and Mine! Mark Storm! Stephy Auger: Speak for yourself! Storm rolls into the ring and is immediately face to face with Kingham. Geoff Penzer: These two had a rivalry over the 15 Championship last summer. A rivalry which quickly became personal after Storm’s comments about Kingham’s brother. This is the first time they’ve been face to face since the last time they wrestled for that championship. The two continue to stare each other down… before running across the ring to attack Valero and Zellor. The crowd cheers while all four grapplers trade fists. Geoff Penzer: There they go! Kris Cruise: Fists are flying everywhere! All four grapplers continue to trade blows until Valero gains the advantage over Storm with a boot to the midsection while Zellor rakes Kingham across the eyes. Valero pulls Storm into a standing headscissors before lifting him up for a Turnbuckle Powerbomb. Before Valero can deliver the move, Storm counters with multiple punches to the top of the head. He then slips down in front of Valero and delivers the Impending Storm (two alternating palm strikes, followed by two elbow strikes, followed by a shoot kick to the leg, followed by a spinning backfist, then a discus clothesline)! Back across the ring, Zellor runs into the ropes. When she returns, she goes for a wheelbarrow bulldog. The crowd cheers when Kingham blocks by keeping Zellor held in the air. Zellor screams out while Kingham runs towards the ropes and tries to throw her down to the floor! But Zellor is able to block by getting her feet on the top rope and then pushing back. She then muscles Kingham down a bulldog! Zellor picks up Kingham pushes her against the ropes and then wraps her arms around Kingham’s leg. The crowd boos while she tries to hoist Kingham over the top rope and to the floor. Kingham blocks by hooking her left arm around the top rope and grabbing onto the middle rope with her right arm. Zellor then lets go of Kingham’s legs, places her in a headlock and rakes her face along the top rope. Zellor turns Kingham around in the corner before delivering a series of knife edge chops that echo throughout the arena. After whipping Kingham into the far corner, Zellor runs across the ring, connects with a discus clothesline and goes to follow up with a running bulldog when Kingham shoves her off into the ropes. When Zellor returns, Kingham runs over and knocks her down with a Samoan Spike! Across the ring, Storm takes Valero and lifts him up onto his shoulders for the Heroes End (one-handed electric chair driver). Before Storm can deliver the move, Valero hits him with right hands to the top of the head. After slipping down behind Storm, Valero throws him down with the PinnaclePlex! TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd explodes with cheers when “War Machine” blares throughout the arena! No. 23 - Chris Madison The cheers continue as Chris Madison marches down to the ring. Geoff Penzer: Here comes Chris Madison! This is my pick right here! Two past winners have also entered at Number 23! Stephy Auger: What? Really? Why? He’s been hit or miss since coming back! Geoff Penzer: His comeback hasn’t been ideal, I agree. But I’ve watched this many for many years and one thing I know is that you never count a veteran like him out. Chris Madison is battle tested. He lives for moments like these and this is the night that could propel him to the main event of All-Star Showdown Eight! After Madison gets in the ring, Valero rushes over and puts the boots to him. The boos continue as Valero pulls Madison up, heads into the corner and slams him face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning Madison around, Valero delivers a trio of stinging chops before sending him into the far corner with an irish whip. The Franchise charges across the ring and connects with a corner forearm smash! Valero brings Madison from out of the corner before whipping him into the far ropes. When Madison returns, he sees Valero setting up for a back body drop. So he stops and pulls Valero into a standing guillotine. Kris Cruise: Uh oh! Stephy Auger: Ricky, get out! Get out! The crowd cheers while Madison spins in place before lifting Valero up. Cheers and applause come from the crowd while Madison delivers the Helicopter Guillotine! The crowd counts with each rotation! “ONE!”
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“TEN!” Madison lets go, sending Valero flying across the ring! Storm runs over to Madison when Madison doubles him over with a kick to the midsection. The crowd cheers when Madison delivers another Helicopter Guillotine! “ONE!”
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“TEN!” Madison lets go, sending Storm tumbling across the canvas. Kingham rushes over towards Madison when he doubles her over with a kick to the midsection. Madison pulling her into another standing guillotine before spinning in place and lifting her up for a Helicopter Guillotine! Geoff Penzer: Now Kingham’s going for a ride! “ONE!”
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“TEN!” Madison lets go, sending Kingham down to the mat. A dizzy Madison staggers forward before dropping down to a knee. As soon as Madison gets back to his feet, the crowd boos when Zellor jumps up and drives him down with a leapfrog into a one-handed bulldog. Kris Cruise: The opportunistic Annie saw her opening and took advantage! Zellor takes Madison and drags him over towards the ropes. After choking Madison across the middle rope, Zellor takes a few steps back towards the center of the ring before throwing up the Grrface! The crowd erupts with boos. Geoff Penzer: She’s gonna go for it again! Zellor turns and hits the far ropes. When Zellor returns, she runs across the ring and swings through the ropes for the Rough ‘n’ Tumble. Madison ducks the blow just in time. Once Zellor lands on her feet, Madison quickly gets up and pulls her into another standing guillotine. Zellor tries to fight her way out of it while Madison pulls her towards the center of the ring. Madison then spins in place before lifting Zellor up for another Helicopter Guillotine! Stephy Auger: Nooooo! Anniiieeeeee!!! “ONE!”
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“TWENTY!” Madison lets go, sending Zellor flying across the ring. A dizzy Madison loses his balance before collapsing against the ropes. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd boos when “Baker Street” hits the speakers. No. 24 - Piper Lennon The boos continue while Piper Lennon makes her way down to the ring. Kris Cruise: The new Mid-Atlantic Legacy Champion is back for more! Stephy Auger: Piper isn’t just satisfied with the title she won earlier. She wants the big gold, too! When Lennon rolls in, she sees Valero, Storm, Kingham and Zellor down in various parts of the ring while Madison continues to be held up by the ropes. Lennon takes the Polaroid camera from around her neck, gets right in Madison’s face and flashes a picture. The crowd boos while Madison covers his eyes after the bright flash. Geoff Penzer: Really, Piper? Really? Kris Cruise: Are you really surprised by Piper’s antics at this point? Geoff Penzer: I really shouldn’t. Lennon heads over to Zellor, puts her foot on her back and snaps a picture of the New Murder member. Lennon then makes her way over towards Valero. After she pulls a dazed Valero up to his knee, she positions herself to snap a pic when Valero quickly gets back to his feet, grabs Lennon and hurls her across the ring with an overhead belly to belly suplex, sending the Polaroid camera flying out of the ring in the process. Valero heads over, pulls up Lennon, lifts her up onto his shoulders and delivers a Turnbuckle Powerbomb. After Lennon bounces out of the corner, Valero knocks her down with Dream Street (jumping corkscrew roundhouse knee to the face)! Across the ring, Storm sees Madison still up against the ropes. So he rushes over and throws out a running clothesline. The crowd gasps when Madison ducks and dumps Storm over the top rope! Kris Cruise: There he goes! Instead of crashing to the floor, Storm lands safely on the apron. Over in the corner, Zellor is trying to dump Kingham over the top rope. But Madison is there to take control of Zellor’s back and pull her off of Kingham. Once Madison has Zellor in the center of the ring, he knocked her down with Comatosed! (ripcord rolling elbow)! TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd boos when “No Regrets” hits the speakers. No. 25 - Jaelynn Ramsey The boos continue as Jaelynn Ramsey runs down to the ring. Stephy Auger: This is great news for Jaelynn! Not only did she draw number 25, but there’s no Sadie San Francisco in sight! In the ring, Madison picks up Zellor and lifts her up onto his shoulders with an electric chair. Before Madison can deliver the End Game (electric chair lift dropped into a German Suplex), Ramsey slides into the ring, runs over and nails Madison with a superkick to the face! The crowd erupts with boos when Ramsey and Zellor put the boots to Madison. Stephy Auger: Annie and Jaelynn reunite! Long live The New Murder! They pick Madison up and move him over towards the side of the ring. After Ramsey and Zellor each grab a leg, they try to dump Madison over the top rope and to the floor. Madison does his best to block them. But The New Murder members have him parallel to the top rope. Geoff Penzer: Annie and Jaelynn almost have Madison eliminated! Zellor and Ramsay nearly have Madison over the top rope when Kingham heads over, grabs both Zellor and Ramsey and slams their heads into each other with a double noggin knocker! Kingham takes Ramsey and knocks her back with multiple European Uppercuts. Meanwhile, Madison takes Zellor and whips her into the ropes. When Zellor returns, she slides through Madison’s legs. When Madison turns around, Zellor stuns him with a step-up enzuigiri. While Madison is still dazed, Zellor turns and runs into the far ropes. When Zellor returns, Madison knocks her off her feet with a running yakuza kick. As Zellor turns over and gets up on a knee, Madison rushes over and throws out a bicycle knee to the face. But Zellor’s able to slip out of the way. When Madison turns around, Zellor rushes over and plants him with All That Glitters (Satellite DDT)! In the corner, Kingham doubles Ramsey over with a shoulder thrust. She then pulls Ramsey out of the corner before lifting her up across her shoulders. The crowd cheers as Kingham heads over towards the ropes and throws Ramsey down. Instead of falling to the floor, Ramsey’s able to land on the apron. Kingham goes to grab her when Ramsey ducks and counters with a shoulder thrust through the ropes. She then grabs Kingham by the hair with both hands and delivers a hangman across the top rope. Kingham stumbles back while she clutches her throat. Kingham then turns before dropping down to a knee. Ramsey gets up off her knee on the apron. She scans the ring before verifying that the coast is clear. She then runs over towards the ring post before climbing the turnbuckles. After Kingham gets back to her feet, the crowd boos when Ramsey leaps off the top turnbuckle and drives her down with The Savagery (diving bulldog)! Across the ring, Valero runs over and clotheslines Lennon over the top rope before heading over to attack Storm. Instead of hitting the floor, Lennon lands on the apron before rolling back inside. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*ALLOW ME TO RE-INTRODUCE MYSELF, MY NAME IS HOV. No. 26 - Marlon Cure The crowd boos as Marlon Cure runs down the aisle. Stephy Auger: ALL HAIL! Kris Cruise: Marlon Cure enters at 26! Geoff Penzer: if you watched the Gold Rush Rumble by the number video, you would know that Number 26 has produced two rumble winners. Cure might be number three! As soon as Cure slides into the ring, Lennon rushes over and throws out a running double axe handle. King Cure ducks the blow before running into the far ropes. After bounces off the ropes, he flies across the ring and knocks Lennon down with a flying forearm bash. Cure takes Lennon and whips her into the ropes. When Lennon returns, Cure goes for a back body drop. Lennon slips down from behind, turns Cure around and doubles him over with a throat cross chop. The crowd boos when Lennon delivers the Snapshot (cravate knee facebreaker), sending Cure stumbling back towards the ropes. Stephy Auger: Piper’s got him rocked! She already took his title! Now she’s gonna eliminate him! Talk about pouring salt in the wound! Lennon gets back to her feet and throws out a running double ax handle. At the last second, Cure ducks. When Lennon turns around, Cure connects with a clothesline, sending Lennon over the top rope and to the floor! Piper Lennon - ELIMINATED Geoff Penzer: Piper’s gone! Cure looks down at Lennon on the floor. While King Cure continues to talk trash to Lennon, Zellor runs up from behind, swings through the ropes and blasts Cure with a Rough ‘n’ Tumble to the midsection! The crowd boos when Cure drops down to his knees. Kris Cruise: Annie caught him! Stephy Auger: Cure took his eye off the ball and paid the price! As a vet, he knows better than that! Geoff Penzer: But it’s like we said earlier. Piper gets under his skin like no one else! Across the ring, Ramsey takes Kingham and grabs her by the wrist. Ramsey throws out a short-arm clothesline when Kingham ducks and counters with a German Suplex! Kingham heads over, picks up Ramsey and moves her against the ropes with a Thai Plum. After short elbows and knees to the face, Kingham lets go to deliver a discus European Uppercut, sending Ramsey over the top rope and to the floor! Jaelynn Ramsey - ELIMINATED In another corner, Madison doubles Valero over with multiple shoulder thrusts to the midsection. He then wraps his arm around Valero’s leg and tries to dump him over the top rope. Valero blocks by wrapping his arms around the top rope. Storm then heads over, grabs Valero’s other leg and tries to help Madison dump Valero to the outside. The cheers get louder as Madison and Storm slowly lifting Valero up. Stephy Auger: RICKYYYY!!!! The crowd explodes with cheers when Madison and Storm lift Valero up and dump him over the top rope. The cheers quickly turn to sighs when Valero lands on the apron and slips back in. Across the ring, Zellor continues to stomp away on King Cure in the corner. Zellor mocks Cure by brushing off her shoulder. After stepping back towards the center of the ring, Zellor runs forward before hurling herself at Cure for the Sparklebutt (running butt bump to seated opponent in the corner). The crowd cheers when Cure slips out of the way, causing Zellor to crash into the corner. Kris Cruise: No one was home on that one! While Zellor staggers away from the corner, the crowd cheers when Cure lifts her up across his shoulders. Before Cure can deliver a move, Zellor counters with multiple elbows to the side of the head. She then slips down from behind before hopping back up onto his shoulders. Zellor’s about to go for an inverted hurricanrana when Cure pushes her up off his shoulders. After Zellor lands in front of him, Cure runs forward, flips back and brings her down with the Moment of Clarity (Somersault reverse DDT)! Cure then yanks up Zellor by the hair, runs and flings her over the top rope and to the floor! Annie Zellor - ELIMINATED Stephy Auger: GAH! Geoff Penzer: Annie’s gone! Annie’s been eliminated! Stephy Auger: Listen to this crowd! They are upset by this news! YES!!!
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YES!!! Random cuts of the crowd show fans pumping their fists, high fiving each other, waving goodbye and jumping with excitement over the elimination of Annie Zellor! Kris Cruise: Yep, they’re completely heartbroken over this. A dejected Zellor continues to head up the aisle while the crowd counts down. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*I THINK YOU’VE GOT A LOW SELF OPINION MAN
I SEE YOU STANDING ALL BY YOURSELF The crowd erupts with boos as Zellor’s eyes light up. Stephy Auger: YESSSSS! No. 27 - Dom Harter Kris Cruise: Dom Harter is out next! Stephy Auger: That’s record two-time Gold Rush Rumble winner Dom Harter, thank you very much! Stephy Auger: I’m shocked Dom Harter didn’t choose number 30! In three of his previous four Rumble appearances, Dom has been lucky enough to enter last. Geoff Penzer: Yeah, I’m sure that was “luck” alright... Dom Harter meets Zellor at the top of the ramp. She then looks back towards the ring before pointing at Cure. The Tenacious Little Bastard pats Zellor on the shoulder before jogging down to the ring. Cure is seen waving Harter on. Harter continues to jog before ultimately slowing down. The crowd boos Harter as his proceeds to circle the ring instead of entering it. Kris Cruise: What the heck is he waiting for? Get in there and fight! Geoff Penzer: He can’t win the Rumble by being on the outside! Stephy Auger: But he can’t be eliminated without ever getting in! Cure continues to go back and forth with Harter while the leader of The New Murder continues to circle the ring. Stephy Auger: Cure’s got his back turned again! Someone could run up from behind and eliminate him! Harter rolls inside. As soon as Cure approaches, the crowd erupts with boos when Harter rolls back out. Geoff Penzer: Give me a break! The officials on the outside scold Harter for not getting in the air. Harter puts his hands up defensively and lets them know that he’s heading into the ring. Harter dramatically walks up the steel steps before stepping onto the apron. The Tenacious Little Bastard steps halfway in through the ropes, then steps back out onto the apron before dropping down to the floor. Kris Cruise: One of these refs need to grow a spine and put their foot down! Harter can’t keep doing this! Stephy Auger: Oh really? What are they gonna do, disqualify him? Cure has had enough of this. He rolls to the outside before going after Harter. The Tenacious Little Bastard goes to take off towards the opposite side when he sees Madison rolling to the outside to cut him off. Geoff Penzer: Harter’s in trouble now! Harter looks to his left and right as he sees Cure and Madison approaching him. The crowd erupts with cheers when Kingham runs forward, leaps through the ropes and knocks Harter down with a suicide European Uppercut! Kris Cruise: Kingham took him out! Cure and Madison grab Harter and roll him back inside, where Valero and Storm put the boots to him. Storm and Valero pull Harter to his feet and whip him into the far ropes. When Harter returns, they throw him down with a double back body drop. After picking up Harter, Cure whips him into the far corner. King Cure then rushes across the ring before nailing him with a flying forearm bash in the corner! When Cure moves out of the way, Kingham charges across the ring and blasts Harter with a running European Uppercut! Madison then charges across the ring and connects with a running yakuza kick! Valero then runs over and bashes Harter with a corner forearm smash! Stephy Auger: Poor Dom! Harter crumbles out of the corner and falls to the mat. Valero, Kingham, Madison and Cure try to pick Harter up and dump him over the top rope. But Harter wraps his arms and legs around the bottom rope. Madison and Valero stomp away on Harter before trying to pull him away from the bottom rope. But Harter hangs on for dear life. TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd erupts with cheers as "When the Levee Breaks" blares throughout the arena. Kris Cruise: It’s the Battle Royal God, himself! No. 28 - Johnny Karma Cherry Baum wishes Johnny Karma luck before he runs down the aisle. Geoff Penzer: Johnny Karma isn’t just a former winner of the Gold Rush Rumble! No one has competed in more Gold Rush Rumbles than him! After Karma rolls into the ring, Valero runs over and throws out a clothesline. Karma ducks the strike. When Valero turns around, Karma drops him with Sugar Ray Karma (three left jabs followed by a right hook)! Valero returns to his feet, only to get returned to the mat with another right hand. After Valero picks himself back up, Karma takes Valero and whips him into the ropes. When Valero returns, the crowd explodes with cheers when Karma knocks him off his feet with Check Your Chiclets (superkick)! Kris Cruise: Karma nearly took his head off! Storm spins Karma towards him and nails him with two palm strikes, followed by two elbows strikes, followed by a shoot kick to each leg. After nailing Karma with a spinning backfist, Storm throws out a discus clothesline. Karma swats away the clothesline, hoists Storm up and knocks him down with Gimme Shelter (pop-up lariat)! Geoff Penzer: Down goes Storm! Kingham rushes over to attack Karma when Karma cuts her off with an NYC Uppercut (running European Uppercut)! Karma returns her to the mat with another running European Uppercut! Karma goes for another NYC Uppercut when Kingham slips out of the way. When Karma turns around, Kingham doubles him over with a kick to the midsection before bringing him down with a double knee armbreaker! As Karma gets back to his feet, Kingham runs over and throws out a running European Uppercut. Karma slips out of the way, doubles Kingham over with a boot to the midsection and throws her down with Dynamite Karma (hammerlock suplex)! Kris Cruise: Karma returns the favor by targeting her arm! Karma gets back to his feet when Cure grabs him from behind. He tries to set up for a ripcord slingblade. But Karma fights out of it with back elbows to the face with his free arm. He then takes Cure and whips him into the ropes. When Cure returns, he sees Karma setting up for a back body drop. Cure hurdles over him before continuing to run the ropes. When Cure returns, the crowd cheers when Karma throws out Check Your Chiclets. Cure’s able to get his hands up in time and catches Karma’s foot. After swinging Karma’s leg away from him, King Cure follows up with a rolling elbow to the back of the head. While Karma is doubled over, Cure turns and hits the ropes. When Cure returns, he flips over Karma and brings him down with the Throwback. Cure picks up Karma, brings him over towards the ropes and tries to throw him down to the floor with a front suplex over the top rope. Cure ends up lifting Karma up too high, allowing Karma to slip down from behind. Karma quickly takes control of the back before bringing Cure down with Instant Karma (hammerlock spun into a DDT)! The cheers continue when Karma takes Cure and tosses him over the top rope. Instead of falling to the floor, Cure lands safely on the apron. The crowd explodes with cheers when Karma blasts him with Check Your Chiclets. Spittle flies out of Cure’s mouth as he slowly falls back like a tree! Kris Cruise: Cure got all of that kick! Cure continues to fall back! The crowd gasps when Cure lunges forward at the last second and grabs onto the middle rope with both hands. Cure keeps his grip on the ropes while he’s got the soles of his boots on the edge of the apron. Back inside, Madison doubles Karma over with a kick to the midsection. He then goes for an irish whip when Karma reverses, sending Madison into the ropes. When Madison returns, he tackles Karma down with a Lou Thesz Press! The cheers continue as he rains down 12-to-6 elbows to the face. Madison pulls Karma back to his feet before whipping him into the corner. He goes to follow up with a running yakuza kick in the corner when Karma catches his foot. Karma walks out of the corner before shoving Madison down. While Madison rolls back to his feet, Karma rushes over to attack when Madison leaps off the mat and cracks him with a bicycle kick. While Karma is dazed, Madison pulls into into a standing guillotine before delivering the Helicopter Guillotine. “ONE!”
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“TEN!” Madison lets go, sending Karma down to the canvas. A dizzy Madison staggers over and pulls Karma back to his feet. After taking control of Karma’s back, Madison doubles him over with Comatosed. He then lifts Karma up onto his shoulders. Before Madison can deliver the End Game, Karma delivers multiple punches to the head. Once Karma slips down from behind, the crowd erupts with cheers when he knocks Madison down with Hard Times (wristlock transitioned into a short-arm Bionic Elbow)! TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd cheers when “Stars” hits the speakers. No. 29 - Zola Star The cheers continue as Zola Star jogs down to the ring. Kris Cruise: This is Zola Star’s biggest opportunity since joining FGA at the top of the year. This could truly be a star making performance for the newcomer. Star runs up the steps before springboarding onto the top turnbuckle. Cure runs over to attack when Star leaps off and brings him down with a flying hurricanrana! Storm heads over to attack when Star doubles him over with a kick to the midsection and brings him down with a Stunner! When Star gets up, Kingham takes control of her back and tries to go for a German Suplex. Star blocks with a back elbow to the face, performs a standing switch, turns Kingham towards her and then brings her down with the Three Amigos! After ducking a rolling elbow from Cure, Star doubles him over with a kick to the midsection before bringing him down with the Three Amigos! Star goes for a Stunner of Madison when he counters by shoving her off into the ropes. When Star returns, Madison doubles her over with a kick to the midsection. He lifts her up for a brainbuster when Star counters with a knee to the head on the way up. Once she’s lowered back down, Star rocks Madison with Seeing Stars (spinning kick to the face)! Valero throws out a clothesline at Star when Star ducks, hooks his arm and counters with the Star Fall (Dark Matter)! Star makes her way over towards Cure. When Storm gets back to his feet, Star goes for the Zola Zinger (RKO) when Storm counters by shoving her off into the ropes. When Star returns, she goes for a crossbody block. The crowd cheers when Storm catches her in mid air. He positions her upside down before planting her with a jumping spinning tombstone piledriver! Storm picks up Star, runs and throws her over the top rope and to the floor. Zola Star - ELIMINATED Geoff Penzer: Zola Star came in like a house of fire! Unfortunately for her, mark Storm got the better of her and sent her to the fl- Madison quickly runs up from behind, grabs Storm and dumps him over the top rope and to the floor! Mark Storm - ELIMINATED Kris Cruise: There goes Storm! TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!
*HORN SOUNDS*The crowd boos when “Storms End” hits the speakers. No. 30 - Mark Bisley Mark Bisley makes his way down to the ring to boos from the crowd. Stephy Auger: The Smartest Man in Wrestling drew the best number in the Rumble! Kris Cruise: Yeah, I’m sure that was on the up and up. Stephy Auger: Are you accusing Bisley of scheming? After ducking a rolling elbow from Cure, Bisley doubles him over with a kick to the midsection before bringing him down with Greetings From The Twin Cities (hangman’s neckbreaker across the knee)! When Bisley turns around, Karma throws out Check Your Chiclets. Bisley catches his foot, throws the leg down and follows up with the Anaconda Bite (superkick to an opponent's leg followed by a superkick to the kneeling opponent)! Kingham rushes over and tries to catch Bisley with a Knee Trembler on his way back to his feet. But Bisley’s able to slip out of the way, doubles Kingham over with a rolling solebutt kick to the midsection when she turns around and follows up with the Blind Destiny (superkick to an opponent's leg followed by a superkick to the kneeling opponent)! After Bisley returns to his feet, Madison takes control of his back, pushes him against the ropes and throws out the Chaos Theory. The crowd gasps when Bisley is able to rotate and land on his feet. Madison then rushes over and throws out another bicycle kick. Bisley’s able to catch Madison and counter with the Paul Krause (Bisley sidesteps his leaping opponent and catches them with a shinbreaker)! Valero then turns Bisley over to him and lifts him up onto his shoulders for The Will be Done (Ushigoroshi). Before Valero can deliver the move, Bisley counters with multiple elbows to the side of the head. After slipping down from behind, Bisley spins Valero towards him before sending him flipping down to the canvas. After successfully dodging all of his opponents moves, Bisley heads over towards the hard camera and taps the side of his head. The crowd rains boos down upon Bisley while “The New Ace” continues to taunt. Stephy Auger: Bisley has outmaneuvered and outsmarted the competition once again! Geoff Penzer: Oh yeah? Well maybe he should take a look behind him. The smirk disappears from Bisley’s face when he turns around and sees Kingham, Karma, Valero, Cure and Madison all getting back to their feet. Bisley starts to slowly back away when the other remaining participants in the Rumble start to zero in on him. Kris Cruise: He shouldn’t have gloated… Bisley puts his hands up defensively and tries his best to talk his way out of this situation. But Madison, Valero, Karma, Cure and Kingham don’t want to hear any of it. Bisley quickly turns and tries to hop to safety through the ropes. But Madison reaches out and grabs Madison reaches him by the back of the tights and pulls him back inside. Geoff Penzer: Bisley’s about to be in for a world of hurt. Bisley goes to preach brand loyalty to Karma. The Karmic Lion responds by decking him with Sugar Ray Karma! After Karma pulls Bisley back to his feet, Karma, Kingham, Madison, Cure and Valero all grab a hold of Bisley before lifting him up over their head. Stephy Auger: Hey! Hey! Put him down! The five grapplers move across the ring with Bisley held high. Bisley shakes his head while he pleads to be put down. The five end up doing just that… by tossing him over the top rope and sending him to the floor to cheers from the crowd! Mark Bisley - ELIMINATED Kris Cruise: Bisley’s outta here! The crowd erupts with cheers when Karma decks Valero with Check Your Chiclets! Kingham is then knocked to the mat with Check Your Chiclets! Madison turns to Karma and gets knocked off his feet with Check Your Chiclets! Cure runs over and throws out a clothesline, which Karma ducks. When Cure turns around, the crowd gasps when Karma delivers a clothesline that sends them both over the top rope! Kris Cruise: OH NO! Instead of falling to the floor, Cure and Karma land on the apron. After pulling themselves back up, Karma connects with Check Your Chiclets, sending Cure flipping over the top rope and back into the ring! Before Karma can turn around, the crowd gasps when Valero rushes over and hits him with a forearm strike to the back of the head! Geoff Penzer: KARMA’S IN TROUBLE HERE! Karma starts to fall forward before turning around, lunging forward and grabbing onto the top rope with one hand. Valero then nails Karma with repeated clubbing strikes to the arm. The crowd boos after the last clubbing strike breaks Karma’s grip! Karma frantically reaches for the ropes! But he’s unable to grab them as he falls off the apron and hits the floor! Geoff Penzer: Aw man! Johnny Karma - ELIMINATED Once reality sets in, a dejected Karma puts his hands on his head in disbelief! His shot at getting back into the World Title mix has now just gone up in flames. Adding insult to injury is Valero, who gives Karma a mocking wave. Stephy Auger: Better luck next time, loser! AH HA! Valero turns around and sees Madison, Cure and Kingham picking them up in three separate corners. He quickly turns and backs himself up into the remaining corner. Kris Cruise: We are now down to the final four, ladies and gentlemen! Marlon Cure is the freshest of the four as he’s been in there for just under nine minutes. Geoff Penzer: Madison’s been in there for roughly 15 minutes. Valero’s been in there for roughly 21 minutes. Then there’s Kendall Kingham, who has somehow lasted approximately 57 minutes, a new Rumble record! All four grapplers eye each other. Valero makes the first move as he darts into the adjacent corner and throws out a corner forearm smash at Madison. But Madison’s able to catch him in mid air, head towards the center of the ring and throw him down with a spinebuster! Across the ring, Cure ducks an oncoming charge from Kingham, sending her over the top rope!!! Stephy Auger: KINGHAM’S OUT! Geoff Penzer: Not yet! After Kingham lands on the apron, she leaps through the ropes and tackles Cure down with a slingshot spear! Kingham heads over, grabs Madison and whips him into the ropes. When Madison returns, he flattens Kingham with a running yakuza kick! Madison picks up Kingham, takes control of her back and drops her with Comatosed! Valero then grabs a hold of Madison from behind before throwing him down with the PinnaclePlex! Cure then takes Valero and whips him into the ropes. When Valero returns, Cure brings him down with a running spanish fly! When Cure gets to his feet and turns around, Kingham grabs him before knocking him down with a Samoan Spike! Madison then lifts Kingham up onto his shoulders from behind before bringing her down with the End Game!!! Kris Cruise: Bodies are flying all over the pla- Geoff Penzer: WHAT THE HELL!? The crowd erupts with boos as Harter rolls back into the ring… Stephy Auger: Dom’s still in the match! He was never thrown over the top rope! Harter runs up from behind, grabs Madison and throws him over the top rope and to the floor! Chris Madison - ELIMINATED Kris Cruise: Chris Madison’s night is done! Harter surveys his downed opponents before choosing Valero. He reaches out, pulls up Valero and takes control of his back before turning him inside out with the Mors Proditoris (Rainmaker)! The crowd erupts with boos when Harter takes Valero and tosses her over the top rope and to the floor! Ricky Valero - ELIMINATED Geoff Penzer: Dom Harter has been hiding all this time just waiting to strike! This is a damn shame! Stephy Auger: No, it’s smart! Members of the crowd groan, boo and throw their arms up in exacerbation after witnessing another Harter elimination. Harter makes his way over and surveys Kingham and Cure still down. He reaches over and grabs Kingham by the hair. Geoff Penzer: No! Not Kendall! She’s fought too hard all match to get screwed over like this! Stephy Auger: Too bad! The Tenacious Little Bastard slowly pulls Kingham back to her feet… before she sends spittle flying out of his mouth with a hard European Uppercut! The cheers continue when Kingham nails Harter with another European Uppercut! Kris Cruise: She’s fighting back! YES! … and another European Uppercut! YES! … and another European Uppercut! YES! While Harter is dazed, Kingham turns and hits the ropes. When she comes back, the cheers quickly shift to boos when Harter hoists her up and throws her down with authority using the Fuckboi Bomb MK I (Pop-up Powerbomb)! After yanking Kingham up by the hair, Harter runs and tosses Kingham over the top rope, sending her down to the floor to an eruption of boos. Kendall Kingham - ELIMINATED Geoff Penzer: Kendall Kingham has just been eliminated after lasting one hour in the Gold Rush Rumble! What a performance! Stephy Auger: If only she won! The crowd can’t help but to applaud Kingham’s spirited performance. Harter takes notice of this and trolls the audience by bowing as if the cheers were for him. Harter heads over and slowly pulls a still groggy Cure back to his feet. Once the Tenacious Little Bastard takes control of his back, the crowd sighs, groans and boos. Stephy Auger: Harter’s about to punch his ticket to All-Star Showdown Eight! Harter flashes his trademark crooked smirk as he rolls Cure in front of him and delivers Mors Proditoris!!! Kris Cruise: NO!!! The crowd gasps when Cure ducks at the last second. When Harter turns around, the crowd gasps again when King Cure quickly lifts him up onto his shoulders! Geoff Penzer: Cure’s got him up! Cure pushes Harter up off his shoulders… … falls back… … and connects with The Blackout (Fireman's Carry dropped into an Overhead Kick)!!! A dazed Harter stumbles back towards the ropes! Cure returns to his feet with a kip up, charges forward and connects with a running clothesline, sending Harter over the top rope and to the floor!!!!! Dom Harter - ELIMINATED “Public Service Announce” blares throughout the arena. Kris Cruise: CURE’S DONE IT! CURE’S DONE IT! MARLON CURE IS THE GOLD RUSH RUMBLE WINNER! J.A. Aldridge: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2019 Gold Rush Rumble… MAAAAAARRRLOONNNNNN CUUUUUUURRRRRRE!!! Cure gets his arm raised to a mixture of boos and applause from the capacity crowd. Geoff Penzer: Marlon Cure last eliminates Dom Harter to win the Gold Rush Rumble! He’s now got his choice. He can either challenge the winner of the main event between Evan Envi and Fujiko Mine for the FGA World Champion? Or he can challenge for the International Heavyweight Championship! Regardless of what he chooses, Cure WILL be in the main event of All-Star Showdown Eight! Cure heads over into the corner. After Cure climbs onto the middle ropes, he surveys the crowd. Cure stands with both arms outstretched on either side of him, eyes closed and his head tilted back, soaking in the atmosphere and energy from the crowd. The camera pans around Cure as the fan reaction grows louder and louder. |
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