Chapter 4: Vergil Urahara's Spring Break Fiasco!!

(We open to a wide angled shot of the Watsco Center in Coral Gables Florida and the traffic outside before it cuts to the inside of the arena with its several thousand strong wrestling fans as the camera swoops wide and low around the PWN stage and the NovaTron before cutting over to the commentary table where where we see the boys-Croft, Cole, and van Zandt-already sitting at ringside and looking as cool as ever)





Croft: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to this chapter of Pro Wrestling Nova which has actually been brought together by the rather infamous Vergil Urahara of all people.

Zandt: That's putting it lightly, Thomas. Urahara gave up a very lucrative pay day to be a part of the huge Black Waltz match at the last chapter just so that he could book tonight's chapter and to be honest, he does have some pretty incredible matches for tonight's show.

Cole: Exactly as we have our first Horrorcore title defense as the champion Ian Dickenson puts his belt on the line against Wil Pierce, Jacob Knight and Jericho Morton go double or nothing for position in the Challenge of the Immortals, one half of our new world tag team champions Jacob Striker squares off against Arata Asakura in a submission match, and Rhiannon Hartwell goes up against Patrick Slayton of the Dynasty for a shot at David Slayton at our first pay per view!!

Croft: At any rate, let's not waste anymore time because Isabel is in the ring and looking ready to rock!!

(The camera cuts from the commentary table to Isabeal who is standing in the middle of the ring and looking as stunning as ever as the crowds chant her name)

Isabel: Ladies and Gentlemen, the following Lucha is scheduled for one fall and it is your opening match of the evening!!!



(As the opening of "Burn the house down", the crowds start to groove with the music as the power half of the Guerilla House Party comes out onto the entrance way with his tag team partner following close behind, both men hyping up the crowds as they go)

Isabel: Introducing first, he weighs in at two hundred and sixty nine pounds from the closest house party and being escorted to the ring by his tag team partner in Dion "The Fool" Arcana...

(The pair begin a practiced dance routine which changes from time to time. The pair make their way down the ramp, making sure to give a high five to most of the people who are lining the entrance. They slide into the ring on their stomachs and pop up, embracing each other in a bear hug, before lifting their arms, holding each other's hand)

Isabel: He is Devin "Alpha" Bravo of the Guerilla House Party!!!

Cole: The GHP looking to continue a strong showing after how impressive they were last chapter during the Black Waltz and they almost made it to the final waltz had not been for a fluke move that took them out.

Zandt: I can agree with you on them being strong, Cole, but I just can't get behind their goofy friendly antics you know?



(Suddenly the music shifts to a familiar sounding rising score as the crowds at ring side suddenly explode with cheers as Europe's "The Final Countdown" begins to play)

Isabel: And his opponent, he is being escorted to the ring by his best friends in "Hot Stuff" Robert Garcia and "Wrestling's Hottest Property" Uiriamu Minami...

[Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.]

[We're leaving together,]
[But still it's farewell]
[And maybe we'll come back]
[To earth, who can tell?]

(Through the smoke gathering at the entrance way, out strides in his signature ring coat and perfectly cofied blonde hair is the "Invincible Dragon" himself, Ryo Sakazaki, flanked by his two best friends as he starts to be move a little bit to the music as he starts to make his way to the ring, the crowds loving this young man's energy)

Isabel: He weighs in tonight at two hundred and thirty six pounds and hails from Sleepy Hollow New York!! This is the "Invincible Dragon" himself...RYO SAKAZAKI!!!

[I guess there is no one to blame]
[We're leaving ground (leaving ground)]
[Will things ever be the same again?]

[It's the final countdown]
[The final countdown]

(Ryo gets to the ringside area and walks up the ring steps before swinging himself up onto not only into the ring but also up onto the top turnbuckle as he throws his arms up to a huge wall of cheers before he slowly shimmys his ring coat off to reveal a his muscular form before hopping back down to the ring as he hands off his coat to Uiriamu before he starts to do a little bit of shadow boxing as he waits for the bell to ring)

*DING DING*!!!

Zandt: While he may think of himself as a rockstar, Ryo does have a certain level of talent behind him because not just anybody can be accepted into the War Room dojo as a student of Stephanie Matsuda.

Cole: That is very true and he is no slouch in that ring either as he made his debut for Super Japan Pro Wrestling in the final days of their operations.

(Devin and Ryo circle each other in the ring before the two men quickly hook up in the middle with both men fighting for supremacy before finally Devin gets the upper hand and gets ready to shoot Ryo into the ropes but the lighter man in this match instead reverses it and shoots him into the ropes where he rebounds and catches Ryo flat footed with a football tackle before quickly going for the pin but Ryo kicks out of it and attempts a discus forearm but Devin instead catches him with a pump kick square to the chest that takes him down as he goes for the pin)

1….2….!!!

(Ryo kicks out of the pin attempt but Devin shows his experience in wrestling styles by grounding the New York native by locking in an underhook and attempting to keep him grounded)

Zandt: A very logical tactic from the party boy by trying to keep Ryo down and onto the mat but only time will tell if he will truly be successful at this.

Croft: I have to agree with you on that, Davis. I mean Devin has that hold cinched in firmly and he has Ryo’s arms in the right position so that he’s basically got several parts of Ryo grinding against each other in that hold.

(As the ref checks in on Ryo, the Sleepy Hollow native shakes his head as he slowly but surely forces his way back up to a vertical position but before he can do anything to break the hold, Devin hits him with a couple of knee strikes before driving him into the mat with a double underhook DDT followed by a pin attempt but Ryo kicks out of it before the ref can get into position and as Devin gets himself vertical, Ryo catches him with a couple of kneeling knife-edged chops to the gut before he himself is able to stand up at which point he hits a picture perfect standing dropkick that slams Devin into the ropes before Ryo drills him with a discus clothesline)

Cole: Alright, now we’re picking up some steam as Uiriamu, Robert, and Dion start to slam their fists against the ring apron as they attempt to get their respective wrestlers up and going!!

Croft: This has been a pretty impressive showing of both men’s talents thus far. I mean from the way that he and his partner acts, one would assume that the Guerilla House Party were nothing more than a couple of brawlers but instead Devin used a very technical hold a few moments ago to try and help him get control of the pacing of the match.

(Both men slowly get up to their vertical base and start exchanging rapid fire blows for a few minutes before Ryo is able to duck under a wide swing by Devin which enables Ryo to lock in a half nelson and hit a dropdown neckbreaker before he quickly rolls with it, taking Devin with him as he thrusts him up a little bit before he hits a German suplex onto Devin that drives him head first into the nearest turnbuckles as Ryo quickly kips up and moves to the opposite turnbuckles as Devin quickly starts to gather his thoughts, but right as Devin does so-he suddenly gets blasted with a running single leg dropkick that slams him hard enough into the mat where Ryo quickly goes for the pin)

1….2….3!!!!

*DING DING!!*

Isabel: The winner of your match, RYO SAKAZAKI!!!

(Devin rolls to the outside while Uiriamu and Robert quickly enter the ring to celebrate with their friend as the “Final Countdown” begins again)

Zandt: To be honest, I thought that this match would go on a bit longer.

Cole: True but I think once Ryo was able to actually get himself going, it was pretty much all said and done for Devin.
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Scene fades in somewhere in the parking lot, where the camera pans around at the various people making their way to the arena. Continuing to pan around, the camera eventually stops when it comes upon the Horrorcore Openweight Champion Ian Dickenson standing in his wrestling gear, his title draped over his shoulder and his girlfriend Ebony Arceri standing by his side. She gazes up at her boyfriend’s face with a look of pride as she rubs his arm. With a somewhat cocky smirk on his face, Ian stares into the camera as he speaks.

Ian: You see, there are some people that want to run their mouths about how I was handed this championship belt that I carry, that I don’t deserve to call myself a champion. Well, those whiny motherfuckers can bitch all they want, because Ebony and I couldn’t give half a rat’s ass what anyone thinks!

Ebony: There’s one whiny, entitled shitbag in particular that has been rather vocal as to his displeasure in the boss’s decision to present Ian with this beautiful piece of hardware, and that’s the guy formerly known as RWL’s ONE World Champion, Jacob Knight. Now, since he wants to act like a spoiled little brat and piss in Ian’s Cheerios, let me say something. I was IN that gauntlet match where Ian won the championship in the first place, and I can tell you that my body STILL feels the pain of that contest just THINKING about it!

Ian smiles at Ebony, even as she seethes, her voice twisting into a hiss as her words force their way through clenched teeth.

Ebony: And ever since then, from the moment we stepped foot in PWN, with the exception of the Black Waltz…

Ian cuts her off, calming her down by placing a hand on her alabaster shoulder. She pouts disapprovingly, but her expression nonetheless softens at his touch.

Ian: As much as I appreciate your passion, my little Banshee, I’ll take it from here.

Ian’s expression shifts as he turns his attention back to the camera, with a gleam in his eye to go along with the cocky smirk from before.

Ian: As she was saying, with the exception of the Black Waltz, I’ve won every match I’ve been a part of. So for you to say I haven’t earned this title is a load of horseshit, especially considering the fact that even before RWL shut its doors, I still managed to do something you never did, and that was to actually DEFEND my championship.

His expression starts to sour as he begins to furrow his brow, a sneer creeping up onto his face.

Ian: But pretty soon, that won’t matter either, because later tonight, I’m going to put all doubt as to whether or not I’ve earned this belt to rest when I defend it against the so-called “Blackheart” Wil Pierce.

His voice takes on an irritated growl as he continues.

Ian: I find it interesting that since the moment this match was booked, the one that’s supposed to be challenging me for MY Horrorcore Openweight Championship hasn’t even uttered a goddamned word in over a week! Does he think he’s too good to step into the ring with me, or is he too much of a chickenshit to speak up?

He scoffs. As he has been speaking, a young man with dark purple hair and an Ian Dickenson t-shirt stands at a safe distance away, watching in earnest as the others continue to file into the building.

Ian: Not that it really matters. Wil Pierce, if you’ve got the balls to even show up tonight, I suggest you bring everything you’ve got and then some, because if you don’t…

Ebony cuts him off, flashing a wicked smile into the camera.

Ebony: You’re going to find out the hard way why they call him the Undisputed King of Hardcore. And to those that STILL want to cast doubt as to why he’s the Horrorcore Openweight Champion…

Ian: What’s that phrase I keep hearing the kids say?

Young man: HOES MAD!

They turn to look at the source of the exclamation, acknowledging him with approving nods of their heads as he starts to head into the building, repeating the phrase as he raises his arms into the air. They watch him for a bit before turning back to the camera. They both shrug their shoulders.

Ian: You heard the kid…

Ian begins to head inside, with Ebony following close behind him, repeating the young man’s sentiment.

Ebony: HOES MAD! HOES MAD! HOES MAD!

Eventually, they both start to laugh as the camera follows them until they disappear inside and the scene fades out.

Croft: Alright our next match is what is being called an Urhara's Casino Royale match in which if Morgan Payne can defeat her chosen opponent for this match, then she will be given a first stage match at the very next chapter for a spot in the challenge of the immortals tournament.

Cole: However if she can't, then that means her opponent will be awarded a Pro Wrestling Nova contract and considering who her opponent is, I think that Morgan is in for quite the fight here tonight.

Zandt: That is saying something considering that all Morgan said to her opponent for the entire time leading up to this match was that Risa of the Kawaii Trash Pandas wasn't going to have sex with him...

Croft: Yeah...it has been an odd couple of weeks, hasn't it?



Dekker: The following match is a Urahara’s Casino Royale match!!! Introducing wrestler number one at one hundred and thirty pounds and hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania!!
(The lights go out, shrouding the arena in darkness as those opening piano notes of "Infinite" sound throughout the speakers. As soon as the guitar riff starts, the video wall comes to life with the BEHOLD THE KINGDOM banner while the back wall screen comes to life with a combined static and barbwire design.)

(Who is gonna save you now?!)
I'm the tallest of mountains!
I am the roughest of waves!
I'm the toughest of terrors!
I am the darkest of days!
I'm the last one that's standing!
Don't try to stand in my way!
Cause I've been up against better!
Just take a look at my face!

(As the lyrics to the song start, the video wall switches to images of a woman in a hooded sweatshirt, sitting in a chair with a barbwire baseball bat being held vertical under one hand, in between her knees. Her hand spins the bat like a top as the camera cuts around to different angles of her in the black and white video. The final clip shows a closeup of her lifting her cold, merciless eyes to the camera before the Kingdom banner fills the screen again)

Cause if you're messing with me
I am a dangerous weapon
I am the sharpest of blades
I'll cut you down in a second
Cause I was born in this pain
It only hurts if you let it
So if you think you can take me
Then you should go and forget it

(As “then you should go and forget it” is heard, a black silhouette walks out into view in front of the staticy barbwire image on the back wall. The silhouette turns towards the camera from the distance and steps out onto the stage, wielding the same bat seen in the video. The figure twirls the bat lazily once at their side before resting it over their shoulder. The lighting changes just enough to illuminate the figure, revealing none other than Morgan Payne! She stares down the ramp with coldness in her heterochromic eyes, briefly glancing around at the audience)

And after all this time you're back for more
(I won't stop until they know my name)
So I'll take what's mine and start this war
(I'm coming at you like a tidal wave)

When everything you know has come and gone
(You are at your lowest, I am rising higher)
Only scars remain of who I was
(What I find in the ashes, you lose in the fire)
When there's no one left to carry on
(This is an illusion, open up your eyes and...)
This pain persists, I can't resist
But that's what it takes to be INFINITE!!

(Morgan walks down to the ring intently but in no rush at all. The look on her face, cold and hard, never changes as she reaches ringside and ascends the steps before entering the ring over the middle rope. As soon as she’s in the ring, she brings the bat back up onto her shoulder and moves to a corner, climbing the turnbuckle and raises her bat overhead to the jeering audience. Once she steps down, she sets her bat in the corner, throwing back her hood and removing her jacket, tossing it over the ropes to the timekeeper as she turns around, facing inside the ring and loosening up some)

Dekker: She represents the Kingdom, This is MORGAN PPAAYYNNEE!!!



(Suddenly the lights in the arena fade down to a low green as a very hard beat starts to play throughout the arena)

I got a song filled with shit for the strong-willed
When the world gives you a raw deal
ets you off 'til you scream, "Piss off! Screw you!"
When it talks to you like you don't belong
Or tells you you're in the wrong field
When something's in your mitochondrial
'Cause it latched on to you, like—

Dekker: And her opponent, he hails from FORKS WASHINGTON...and weighs in tonight at two hundred and twenty seven pounds!!

(As "Venom" by Eminem continues to play through the arena, the fans give up a huge cheer as the man himself walks appears on the entrance way with the NovaTron showing a highlight reel of his past in the industry as he bobs his head to the music before starting to make his way down to the ring)

Knock knock, let the devil in
Malevolent as I've ever been, head is spinnin'
This medicine's screamin', "L-L-L-Let us in!"
L-L-L-Like a salad bowl, Edgar Allan Poe
Bedridden, shoulda been dead a long time ago
Liquid Tylenol, gelatins, think my skeleton's meltin'
Wicked, I get all high when I think I've smelled the scent
Of elephant manure—hell, I meant Kahlúa
Screw it, to hell with it, I went through hell with accelerants
And blew up my-my-myself again

Dekker: He is the "Warwolf"... the "Jigen Bakudan" himself...this is the one and only, SABIN RICHARDS!!!!

(Sabin gets down to the ringside area and jumps up onto the ring apron before slipping between the ropes and into the ring proper, tilting his masked head to the left and right for a moment before yanking off his warped headgear to reveal the darkly handsome face of the "Horror King" as he shrugs out of his ringcoat and tosses it to the outside as the ref calls for the bell)

*DING DING*!!!

(Morgan looks dismissively at Sabin who has a look of pure anger on his face before the two start to circle one another before Morgan simply charges forward with with a series of MMA kicks at Sabin's legs but instead he rolls out of the way before coming back at her with a handstand cartwheel kick that knocks her into the ropes before he comes right at her with his own savage MMA kicks before she manages to quickly move in and hits a Kouchi Gari to take Sabin down to the mat but before she can move into a ground mount, Sabin quickly wedges an arm up and around her to turn it around so that he is in a side mount position and starts to unload several elbow shots into her side before she starts to unload a couple of stiff rights into the side of Sabin's head that causes him to break off his attack and Morgan rolls to the outside of the ring to try and create some distance between the two of them)

Cole: I'm thinking that Morgan Payne here has gone into this match thinking that this was going to be an easy victory only to find out that Sabin is one of the toughest wrestlers on any roster!

Croft: I can agree with that, both Morgan and Sabin have incredible striking abilities but the question is who has the more experience with it?

(As Morgan starts to pace back and forth on the outside and the ref starts her count, suddenly Sabin comes flying out of nowhere with a Springboard tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown suicida onto Morgan that sends her flying hard across the ringside area as Sabin is quickly back to his feet next to Mullet guy's group and when he stands up fully, they give Sabin a huge cheer before he exchanges fist bumps with most of the group before he notices Morgan slowly pulling herself up at which point he charges at Morgan, launching himself like a cannonball hard at the rising woman who barely scrambles out of the way before she quickly scrambles back into the safety of the ring, trying once more to create separation between her and the "Warwolf" as the ref restarts her count once again)

Croft: If you pardon the pun, Sabin is really throwing himself into this match isn't he?

Zandt: I would say so but Morgan Payne has proven herself in other promotions to be quite the clever opponent, so she might get her chance to shine yet.

(Sabin slowly gets back to his feet and then back into the ring but as he moves to a standing position, Morgan quickly moves in and hits a Sok Tong, driving her elbow hard into the crown of Sabin's head, before following that up with a low single takedown that she quickly transitions into a Calf Slicer while working in a La Bell lock style crossface with a wicked gleam in her eyes as she starts to wrench back on the hold, causing Sabin to grit his teeth before she really starts going to work on him, even attempting to fish hook him at which point he manages to bite down hard on the invading finger, catching and then grinding it with his teeth-the more that Morgan wrenches Sabin’s calf, the more he tears at Morgan’s finger until finally Morgan releases the hold but starts to work on the left leg of the former Vanguard Pro member who fights through to create some distance of his own)

Zandt: You see, I knew that she’d be able to pick her moment to start tearing apart Richards.

Cole: That is very true, but you and I both know that an injured Sabin Richards isn’t a meek one, Mister van Zandt!

(Morgan continues to work at the leg of Richards with a few very stiff MMA kicks that finally makes Sabin quickly grab at the nearest ring rope to hold himself up at which point Morgan motions that it's time to end this at which point she hits a stiff knife-edged chop into Sabin's chest before immediately throwing him into the nearest corner and then to the mat before she quickly turns and hits a dead run at the far ropes)

Zandt: And I think this is the end because...

(Sabin is sitting up on his knees as Morgan hits the rebound and right when she gets just close enough, Sabin rolls backwards at the last moment as Morgan's basement dropkick misses him but when she quickly gets back up to her feet, she turns right around into a jumping cutter from Sabin from outta nowhere before he drops right down into the pin)

Zandt: WHA...NO!!!!

Croft: CRUEL ANGEL'S THESIS FROM OUTTA NOWHERE!!!

1.....2......3....!!!!

*DING DING*!!!!

Dekker: The winner of this match, Sabin Richards!!!

(As "Venom" begins to play again, Sabin hauls himself up to one knee with a slight smile on his face as he looks down at his opponent at which point the smile disappears as he simply shakes his head with a certain disgusted motion before he simply rolls out of the ring and heads into the back)

(The cameras cut backstage and that is where we find ourselves looking at the bare and powerful back of one half of the Pro Wrestling Nova World Tag Team champions in the “Natural” Jacob Striker as he prepares for his match, his ring coat and his half of the tag team titles are off to one side as he does some Hindu squats when the door opens and “The Boys” enter the room, Ryo still in his wrestling gear but with a towel draped over his shoulders)

Ryo: You ready for your submission match here tonight, Jake?

Jacob: Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?

Uri: Well, Arata did have some rather stiff things to say about you in his promo the other day, brother.

Jacob: I know and to be honest my promo to him was a bit...harsh. I think that was more my frustration with NFW just kind of boiled over into my promo with Arata.

Ryo: Quite possibly. I mean I know that eating loses comes with being a rookie and all that, but what’s happening to you and Wil over in NFW is just criminal.

(The Japanese-American then gets a hopeful smile on his face as he reaches out and lays a comforting hand on his best friend’s closest shoulder)

Ryo: But hey, you do have one good thing in NFW right?

(In the background, Uri’s face takes on a very visible wince at which point Jacob simply shrugs as he moves away from Ryo’s hand)

Jacob: Sure man.

(Something in Jake’s voice brings a slight look of concern to Ryo’s face but he chooses not ask or say anything else as he nods in agreement)

Jacob: Look, the point of the matter is guys that if Arata kicks my ass here tonight then I’ve earned at least part of it due to my frustration getting the better of me and I can accept that, but after tonight I’m done being nice over in NFW because I’m really fucking sick and tired of feeling like Brody wants to do nothing more with me and Wil then feed us to everyone, you dig?

(The various members of the “Crew” agree with Jake before Uiriamu reaches into a pocket and pulls out a black can of Full Throttle which he hands to his best friend)

Uri: Thought you might need a bit of an extra boost tonight, brother.

(Jacob accepts it and then pops the top before taking a long pull, nodding in thanks to his friend)

Uri: You know that no matter what happens, we got your back right? The three of us plus Lash and maybe the Duo...maybe Knight too if we buy him enough beer maybe?

(That brings a round of chuckles around the room)

Jacob: Alright, enough of the melancholy crap. Ryo won his debut here tonight, let’s fucking celebrate a wee bit!!

(As the rest of the “Crew” jump in on that idea, we cut back to ringside)

Ian Dickenson vs. Wil Pierce

In our first match for the newly created Horrorcore Openweight championship, Ian Dickenson took on Wil Pierce, with Davis van Zandt on commentary saying that Pierce had been all over the world in one week and was personally curious to see what would happen in this case.

The match was a very bloody affair with Ian seeking to prove that he was more of a “paper champion”, as Jacob Knight alluded too, and Wil seeking to prove something from how hard he fought, constantly kicking out of increasingly more brutal pinning attempts by Ian, which the commentary crew assumed that it was due to his forthcoming match against Kai Stevens in less than two weeks for Strong Style Wrestling.

Whatever the reason, the “Albert Wesker of Luchadores” was giving as good as he was getting, going as far as hitting a steel chair assisted leg drop from the top of the NovaTron onto Ian through a table, but the Horrorcore champion still wouldn’t stay down-despite the levels of carnage around the area….but that’s when things got really interesting!

In the final moments of the match, Wil had wedged a steel chair and then a pane of glass in one corner of the ring while Ian was recovering on the floor and neither man didn’t see that Wil’s hated arch rival Graham Baker had slipped into the ring and when he’d turned around-Baker hit Psalm Twenty-Knee onto Wil, sending the other man’s head not only through the glass but hard into the chair as well and got out of the ring before Ian could see him.

Ian then quickly got two barbed wire wrapped boards, hit a pop up powerbomb on Wil onto one of them before covering him with the over one before hitting an off the top rope senton bomb onto both boards before laying down on top of the top one for the pin to retain the title.

The commentary table then mused about Baker’s interference as the ref and medical crew extracted Wil from the barbed wire, with Croft chalking it up as repaying Wil for his attack on him following Baker’s match two chapter’s prior.

However things were made even more interesting as the camera switches backstage to show Commissioner Booth had been watching that match in particular with a couple of representatives from Strong Style Wrestling.

Winner and still Horrorcore Openweight champion, Ian Dickenson.

Lexi Gold vs. Kamila Rose

This match was full of real energy as both women put it all on the line against each other, a match made more interesting with both of them having someone at ringside with Devon Slayton at ringside for Lexi and of all people Ryo Sakazaki at ringside for Kamila.

Both men didn’t interfere at all in the match, but only cheered on their respective charge with Kamila often times proving to be the more experienced of the two but Lexi proving to be quite cunning as she was able to escape several rapid fire near falls, which caused Kamila to become more and more frustrated as the match went on.

The end of the match came when Kamila had Lexi on the top rope and was going for a top rope version of her “Bunny Hop” finish only to have Lexi push her off, Kamila landing on her feet before the smaller blonde came off of the top rope with a Diving Codebreaker for the pin.

After the match, Yeh Shen Li came out and announced that she liked the fire in both of the women and said that their match also made her consider them both for a future opportunity.

Your Winner: Lexi Gold

(As we come back from commercial, we are shown an oddly mismatched group of people taking several front row seats)

Zandt: It seems that we have some unusual company as this group of mystery people have arrived to watch the following match.

Cole: Yeah especially since one of them is the mystery man who helped keep Super Tiger in the Black Waltz at the last chapter after her near elimination by members of the Dynasty right?

(The cameras then zoom in on the handsome young wrestler with the mullet who seems to be in deep conversation with a bearded man in biker leathers)

Croft: I do believe that you’re right there, Cole. Well he must be here to watch everybody's favorite Pandito because it’s time for our next match!

Dekker: The following match is scheduled for one fall and introducing our first competitor!!



(The lights go completely out, only to be replaced with red and purple pulsating strobe lights along the stage. Music queue up "You Should See Me In A Crown" by Billie Eilish. A series of light blue laser ringed spotlight dangles directly over a certain spot in the center of the stage as smoke and fog begins to roll into the arena. At the moment when a trapdoor opens and raises "The Invincible" Miho Li from the bottom onto the top of the stage in the center of the ringed spotlight, an oversized inflatable wacky cartooned spider raises up from right behind her)

Dekker: She weighs in tonight at one hundred and twenty pounds, from Riverside California...she is the deadly darling princess of Pro Wrestling Nova herselF!!!

(We see Miho Li posing on her knee with her hood over her head with her manager, The HellFighter posing stoically behind her. She leaps up onto her feet and behinds moving and dancing in sync with the beat of the music, and the rampway LEDs illuminating each and every step she takes toward the ring greeting as many outstretched hands from fans toward the ring. Miho Li runs along the ringside area and then runs and slides up on her knee gliding across the ring apron, Miho then leaps up onto her feet, and springboard flips off of the ropes doing a one-eighty reverse cartwheel flip and landing on her feet in the center of the ring)

Dekker: She is escorted to the ring by the legendary "Hellfighter" Patrick Michael Shutt, this is the one and only Deadliest Daughter in the Dominion of these United States, she is "INVINCIBLE" MIHO...LLLLIIIII!!!!

(Miho then runs to each of the four turnbuckles soaking in the cheers from the crowd. On the final turnbuckle, she hops off of the turnbuckle, removes her sunglasses and hooded sleeveless coat, and handing them to The HellFighter, then falls backwards into the turnbuckle calm and focused while The HellFighter goes over last minute strategy into her ear while she waits for match to officially begin. "You Should See Me In a Crown" slowly fades out)

Croft: Miho Li is a very capable and skilled young woman, having been trained by her parents in the famous or infamous, depending on who you ask, Jade Court-style Puroresu which was founded by her infamous uncle in the Reaver himself.



(As Miho waits for her opponent to show, suddenly a very cheery sounding song starts up and the fans let out a wide cheer as a very excited young woman comes running onto the entrance way as the NovaTron showcases her career across the WWR/NFW/NVR/PWN promotions)

Dekker: And her opponent, she hails from the Kyoto Prefecture in Kyoto Japan and weighs in tonight at a hundred and five pounds, she is one half of the Kawaii Trash Pandas!!

(The woman once simply known as "Super Tiger" starts to make her way down to the ring at an energetic run, high fiving the fans including the strange lot at ringside including the guy with the mullet who helped her last time, which draws short to with a look of slight confusion before she breaks out into a wide smile and gives him a double fist bump before she quickly slides into the ring)

Dekker: She is the "Starlight Kid of New Frontiers Wrestling", the girl we all know as the "Super Tiger"...the "Genius Girl", RRRIIISSSSAAAAA!!!!!

(Risa looks over at Dekker with a slightly confused look on her face as the ever present PWN "hyper hype man" finishes up his introduction before rolls out of the ring as the ref calls for the bell as "Fly High" by AmaLee fades out)

*DING DING*!!

Croft: This is Risa's first match since she and her tag team partner Arely Kirk lost their NFW tag team titles to the Skillz Vendorz at the "March Madness" pay per view last month and I can tell you that she's on quite the roll.

Cole: That is saying something because Risa has been somewhat more...I wanna say freeier since she stopped wearing that mask but then again being able to turn your head without someone yanking the eyeholes of your mask down might be helping too.

(Risa and Miho circle each other for a couple of minutes, each one feeling the other out with strikes and kicks until finally Miho decides to take things another step forward by slowly starting to speed up her strikes somewhat which in turn drives Risa back towards the turnbuckles before she catches one of Miho's arms, quickly springboards off a near-by rope, hitting a Japanese arm drag in the process with both women rolling through with it and winding up looking right into each other's eyes as they quickly then start to right back at it with Risa hitting a high kick that Miho ducks under followed by a legsweep that Miho jumps over followed by an enzugiri that Risa ducks under and finally catches Miho with a short-range leg lariat that brings her down to the mat but before Risa can lock in a submission hold, Miho is already kipped up and back on her feet before she hits a startling fast handstand into a poison rana that bounces Risa's head right off of the mat)

Croft: An impressively speedy display of moves by both of these young women and their hunger to be the best in this company.

Zandt: Yeah, but while Miho only has the infamous Hellfighter watching her back, Risa has her own cheering section!

(The camera cuts over to mullet and his crew, the guy in the biker gear is exchanging glares with Hellfighter as he starts tossing jeers at Miho while the guy sitting next to Biker is trying to yank him down while a blue haired woman with glasses simply looks on with a look of abject shock on her face)

Biker (w/o mic): COME ON RISA, KICK HER KNOW NOTHING ASS LIKE SHE OWES YA MONEY PANDITO!!!

Blue-Hair (wi/o mic): Would you please sit down, pretty please with a Sierra Madre martini on top?

(Miho has gone for the pin but Risa kicks out of it before the ref can start counting and Miho shows Risa enough respect to allow her to get back up but then Risa explodes into a massive flurry of action as she unloads with huge barrage of Shotei strikes that drives Miho back into the nearest turnbuckle before she then hits a beautiful standing shotgun dropkick that launches the "Daughter of the Black Phoenix" the rest of the way into the turnbuckles before Risa charges at her and lands a Meteora hard into Miho's face and chest, causing her to fall forward as Risa uses her momentum to launch herself upwards into a sitting position at the top of the same turnbuckle as she waits patiently for Miho to get moving again and once she is, Risa hits a triangle jump Meteora onto Miho before she reaches back and yanks Miho's legs up for a pin)

Biker (w/o mic): SHE'S GOT THE SKINNNY BITCH!!!!

Blue-Hair (w/o mic): *sighs*

Cole: AND RISA WITH THE HYPER KAWAII POUNCE FOR THE PIN!!

Zandt: Please don't ever repeat that move name like that again.

1.....2.....!!!!

(Somehow at the very last moment, Miho is able to get enough of her body to flex to break the pin at which point she follows that up by rolling to the outside while Risa looks on with an approving look on her face at the young woman)

Croft: I think that kick out was more out of desperation than anything guys.

Zandt: I'll agree to that...but what the!!

(On the other side of the ring, Biker is looking like he's about to climb over the guardrails to go after Miho who has landed near-by but three of the people with him-minus mullet and blue-hair-are working on holding him back as Hellfighter comes over and gets into the man's face with Hellfighter being taller than the other man by six inches roughly in height but Biker doesn't seem too impressed by Hellfighter's presence but before anything more can be done, Mullet simply stands up and places a hand on the center of Biker's chest who looks over at Mullet who shakes his head and at that point, Biker sits back down slowly with the other members of Mullet's "crew" sitting down with him as Hellfighter shoots him a warning before walking away with Biker mocking him)

Cole: I wonder what that was all about?

Zandt: I don't know but that Biker guy wasn't not standing down to Hellfighter and HF has a pretty strong history about going up against crazies like Kevin Powers, Gabriel Poe, and Ubas for fucks sake!

(Meanwhile Miho has finally gotten her wits back to her and slides back into the ring, apparently having enough of everything from the look on her face as when she enters the ring she quickly launches herself at Risa and the two simply explode with a flurry of movement as the two young women exchange fast and hard MMA style strikes until finally Miho catches Risa with a one-two combination, one low snap kick to the back of Risa's right calf followed up by two snap back fists to the left side of Risa's head which stuns and knocks her down to one knee long enough for Miho to deliver a hard, stiff kick to Risa's chest)

CROWD: MI!!!

(Another stiff kick)

CROWD: MI!!!

(Another stiff kick)

CROWD: MI!!!!

(Miho then unloads several stiff kicks hard and fast right into Risa's chest, with the lighter of the two women taking each shot full on without flinching)

CROWD: MI!! MI!! MI!! MI!! MI!! MI!! MI!! MI!!

(Miho then takes a step back and then does a bit of winding up before she finally unloads with a big three hundred and sixty degree stiff full extension roundhouse kick squarely to Risa's face, knocking her down to the mat hard followed by Miho covering her for the pin)

CROWD: HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

1.....2.....3!!!!

*DING DING*!!!

Dekker: The winner of your match, MIHO LI!!!

(Miho has a big smile on her face as the ref holds up her arm and then the camera splits to show us that it looks like Biker is about to come over the guardrail again but Mullet stops him and starts to whisper hard into the bearded man's ear at which point Biker throws his drink to the ground and forces himself to sit back down)

Cole: A really hard fought match by both of these young women and I know that this will fact hard into the final rankings of Yeh Shen Li's division to see who will start their own road to the PWN Joshi title.

Croft: Not only that, but we have this as well.

(As her music plays throughout the arena, Miho goes down on one knee and helps Risa up and holds up her arm as a sign of respect to her opponent which brings out an even larger amount of cheers as we once more cut to commercial)

(We come back from commercial and we are shown the commentary table with all three men have a very serious expression on their faces)

Croft: Ladies and Gentlemen, our following match is going to be an interesting one as it not only puts two second generation wrestlers against each other but it is also going to be a very high impact match as Sweet Roxy takes on Caine Marik in what is being called a Wrath’s Proving Grounds Match.

Cole: Basically the rules are simple. Sweet Roxy has to win the match via pinfall or submission and if she cheats or does any of her usual tactics then she will be penalized for her actions no matter what or how small. But if she wins then she will automatically be given a first stage match in the challenge of the immortals.

Zandt: Yeah, but what happens if Caine wins...what great and glorious prize does he get?

Croft: Nothing...he just wins.

Zandt: So let me get this straight...he doesn’t want anything?

Cole: Dude...it’s Caine Marik, you want to guess what he wants?

(The camera gives us a close up of Davis who slowly shakes his head as the camera then cuts to Dekker in the ring)

Dekker: Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s time for our next match and it is a Wrath’s Proving Ground match!! Introducing wrestler number one!!



(“Chemical X” by ContRoVersy starts to blast around the arena. A curtain of pink and blue fog fill the entranceway and Sweet Roxy emerges)

Dekker: Introducing first from Las Vegas Nevada and weighing in tonight at one hundred and thirty seven pounds!!

(She walks down the ramp flipping her pink hair as she blows a kiss to the audience before rolling under the bottom rope. She poses with her hand under her chin while still on her stomach and smirks for the crowd. She jumps up and shows off her in-ring gear before her music fades)

Dekker: She is the "Playtime Princess", the "Barbie Doll" herself...this is SWEEEEETTTT ROXY!!!



(As Roxy off her in-ring gear, suddenly the music shifts from the bouncy and sinister sounding “Chemical X” to the sound of the wind whistling through the air as a guitar starts to strum upwards as the crowds start to quiet down somewhat)

Cole: Playtime Princess...meet the Black Swan.

(Suddenly the NovaTron starts up a entrance video showcasing the career of the very man who slowly steps out onto the entrance way with a devlish smile on his handsome face before it disappears and he starts making his way down to the ring as Ayumi Nakamura’s “Kaze Ni Nare” echoes throughout the arena)

Dekker: And her opponent, weighing in tonight at two hundred and twenty five pounds, from Lost Hills California….

(As he makes his way down to the ring, several of the fans start acting like they are bowing to him and several actually are doing it as he slowly makes his way down to the ring, stopping long enough to look at Mullet and his group before giving an approving smirk before he walks up the ring steps and along the ring apron, before wiping his feet off as he slips one foot into the ring before he motions for the crowds to sing along with the chorus of the song)

Dekker: He is "El Arquitecto del Mal", the man with the most sadistic plan...The “BLACK SWAN”...CAINE MARIK!!!

(Caine then slips into the ring and whips his vest off before he turns and faces Roxy, holding his arms out to his side before motioning for her to come at him as the ref calls for the bell)

*DING DING*!!!

(The two move to the center of the ring where Roxy starts to trash talk Caine, but the “Black Swan” simply stands there and listens to Roxy as she looks rather confident as she goes about…)

*WHAM*

Cole: god-*DAYMN*!!

Zandt: Did he just floor the “Playtime Princess” with a backhand?!

Croft: I do believe that he did!!

(Roxy is on the mat looking up at Caine while holding the right side of her face with a look of intense murder in her eyes as Caine simply smiles sadly as he shakes his head and motions for her to come at him which Roxy does as she instanly snaps off a Pele kick, only for Caine to quickly catch Roxy’s extended leg and quickly transitions it into a grapevined ankle lock with his right foot pressing hard into the very back of Sweet Roxy’s knee, the pink haired vixen letting out an intense scream of pain at the mere pressure alone)

Caine (w/o mic): Come on Roxy, you’re so much better than me than you should be able to break this hold in a mere instant, right?

(Caine then simply starts to stretch the leg out more as Roxy bites her lower lip as she starts to shake her head madly at the ref’s questions if she wants to submit)

Caine (w/o mic): Come on!! Show me what perfection is!! Show me how much better you are, you false fucking idol...SCREAM FOR ME!!!

(Caine then starts to stretch the leg more while pressing down on the back of Roxy’s knee as she does indeed let out a very loud scream but she manages to fight her way to a ring rope finally and the ref calls for Caine to release the hold which he does without hesitation, rolling backwards and into a sitting position as he watches Sweet Roxy slowly start to use the ropes to pull herself up, staring with hate at Caine)

Cole: I’m starting to think that maybe Sweet Roxy might be reconsidering what she said in her promo to Caine a few days back, huh guys?

Zandt: I still don’t think that it’s fair that Roxy has been put into this match with a guy like Caine! Not because she’s the daughter of Claudia Michaels and Robbie V or that she’s a former champion in the OWA and WWH, but because this guy is simply a cruel sadist who will possibly end her career if he just chooses to!

(Roxy slowly finishes pulling herself up to her feet and Caine appears to be simply willing to wait for her to be ready at which point she charges at him, aiming for a basement dropkick but Caine simply rolls out of the way but Roxy goes for a ground based double leg take down but instead he simply kicks Roxy in the head before he quickly reaches down, grabs her in a Cravate, hauls her up and then shakes his head as he drives a couple of knees into her chest before he hits a cravate suplex onto Sweet Roxy, rolling through with it before hitting a second cravate suplex at which point he covers Roxy for the pin)

1...2….!!

(Roxy kicks out, much to Caine’s apparent pleasure from the smile on the man’s face)

Croft: So far, all of the action has been Caine Marik in this match as he’s been using his experience to basically power Roxy around the ring like she was nothing.

Zandt: Yeah he is for now, but what about when Roxy finally gets up and gets herself going?!

(Caine moves back and allows Roxy to get back to her feet at which point she charges at Caine again and starts to unload with a series of rights and lefts into the face and upper body of Caine before she gets a solid kick to his stomach and she goes for the “Tramp Stamp” superkick and Caine catches it in the face, knocking him back into the nearest turnbuckles and as she gets a thrilled look on her face as she starts unloading a series of knees to Caine’s chest before the taller Caine suddenly lashes out and spins the two of them around with Roxy in the corner as he starts unloading very solid body blows with a rapid fire speed before suddenly things are reversed as Roxy takes a moment to gouge Caine’s eyes with her fingers and she tosses him back into the corner and starts unloading with a fury that hasn’t been seen in the pink haired woman in…*EVER*!)

Croft: OH.MY.*GOD*!! Sweet Roxy showing a very molten rage as she unloads one incredibly stiff blow to Caine after another in a manner that I don’t think any of us have seen before!!

Zandt: I can definitely say that because there is a fire in those punches that I don’t think that Roxy has ever been pushed this far before!!

(Roxy continues this onslaught until finally Caine gets his arms up far enough to shove Roxy away but that only lasts a second before the pink haired woman is already back right into Caine’s face, grabbing the back of the taller man’s head as she starts to unload one stiff forearm shot after another into Caine’s face before Caine shoves her away again and he follows that up with an arched big boot kick to send her into the opposite turnbuckles to try and create some distance between the two of them as he checks his nose and mouth for blood before a strange noise can slowly start to be heard)

Zandt: Is he…

Cole: I think he really is…

Croft: Oh.MY.*GOD*!! Caine Marik is actually laughing at the efforts of Sweet Roxy during that last exchange between the both of them I think!!!

(Caine then spins and points right at Roxy with a broad grin on his face)

Caine (w/o mic): THAT’S IT!!! GIVE ME MORE!!!

(Roxy doesn’t answer but instead simply charges across the ring and meets Caine in the middle of the ring with the two of them exchanging increasingly stiff blows in the middle of the ring where Caine once more backhands Roxy to which Roxy doesn’t go down from the force of the impact but instead returns it with one of her own which actually makes Caine stumble a little bit before she quickly grabs him and starts hitting knee strikes hard into the face of the “Black Swan”, before quickly leaping up on one leg to hit kind of combination Rocker Dropper/Code Breaker move onto Caine at which point she rolls him up for the pin)

1...2…!!!!

(Caine kicks out but Roxy then mounts him and starts to unload stiff elbow and forearms shots hard into Caine’s face before hitting him with a couple of strong headbutts before she tries for the pinning hold again)

1...2…!!!

(Caine kicks out again and Roxy has a look of rage on her face as she quickly stands up, kicks Caine a few times hard in the chest and once in the face before she quickly climbs up to the top rope, checks on his location and then makes a throat cutting motion)

Cole: It looks like Roxy’s waiting for Caine to do something as she is just perched up there on the turnbuckle.

Zandt: If I didn’t know any better, I’d think that Roxy was getting ready to hit possibly that beautiful frog splash that she’s known for hitting on rare occasions, but I’m not sure at the moment.

(Caine slowly gets up to his feet at which point Roxy launches off to top rope, quickly wrapping herself around Caine as she quickly spins around him before launching him towards the mat)

Zandt: THE RAZZLE DAZZLE!!! THE RAZZLE DAZZLE!!! Talk about a move that she really doesn’t let out very often, it’s the end of Caine Marik for certain!!

(Roxy manages to finish hitting the 720 DDT onto her opponent and then quickly goes to cover him but before the ref can get into position, Caine lifts Roxy up with a rather sadistic look on his face as he hauls her up onto his shoulders before suddenly dropping her down into a Burning Hammer at which point he simply rolls with it, locking her firmly into a double underhook submission hold before he reaches up and grabs ahold of Roxy’s lower jaw and starts to yank downwards on it as he eyes widen in utter pain)

Cole: I've heard of that move, it's called the Cask of Amontillado and it is one of more sadistic moves in Caine's arsenal!

Croft: Look at the tears that have started to stream down the face of Roxy as she fights to keep from tapping out from the pain that she must be in!!

(Right when it looks like Roxy is about to submit, suddenly there is motion from ringside as a man dressed in a suit and wearing a particular black mask explodes over the guardrail, slides into the ring, and explodes into action with a savage knee strike to the back of Caine’s head, instantly both breaking the hold and the ref calling for the bell)

*DING DING*!!

(As Roxy scrambles away from Caine, the masked man starts to brutally attack Caine, stomping on the son of the “Taskmaster” with such savagery that it’s unmistakable that there is some kind of personal issue between the two men as the ref moves to speak with Dekker who nods)

Croft: Um, what the hell is happening here?

Cole: I don’t know, but that guy is wearing the same kind of mask as Wrestleworld’s the Professional which begs the question is that really him or someone else??

Zandt: I don’t know but I think he just cost Sweet Roxy her chance!!

Dekker: By order of Sean Eastwood, the winner of this match is Caine Marik by DQ!!

(The look on Sweet Roxy’s face is one of pure anger as she surges to her feet and moves to go after the “Professional” but instead he simply drops to the mat and flees out the same way that he came in with a very enraged Sweet Roxy hot on his heels as the camera fades out to commercial)

(We come back from commercial and we are once more shown the commentary table)

Cole: Ladies and Gentlemen, our backstage camera crews are trying to locate Sweet Roxy and the person who interfered in her match against Caine Marik to find out what if anything about that situation.

Zandt: I honestly don't think that was the Professional and for a couple of solid reasons.

Cole: Such as, Davis?

Zandt: First off if you rewatch the tape, it’ll show that the guy was the wrong build for, and I hope that he forgives me for calling himself this, the Pizza Boy. Plus I don’t think any member of Claudia Michaels or the Underworld would be here helping Sweet Roxy considering how her own mother views her.

Cole:...okay, I’ll give you that.

Zandt: I’m going to rewatch the video a few more times until I can get a definite feeling for it but I think that can wait because it looks like Thomas has something for us.

Croft: That I do. It seems that shortly after being helped to the back, Caine Marik requested to speak with President Slayton and Mister Zahn as well as Commissioner Booth about the outcome of the match and we hope to have something more for you by the end of the night, but now we are onto our next match!!

(The camera changes to a view of Dekker in the ring)

Dekker: Ladies and Gentlemen, the following match is a DOUBLE OR NOTHING MATCH in the Challenge of the Immortals tournament!! The winner of the match will receive an automatic bye into the semi-finals while the loser of the match is out of the tournament!!



(The crowds at ringside explode into a healthy mixture of cheers and jeers as the NovaTron suddenly flashes to black with the following in bold green letters)

#CTS

I'm coming up for air so I can
Check myself again and I stand
Proven to the man but sheltered
Confidence we tend to shelf and

Unexpected hunger drives me
Just shut up and stand beside me
I don't need your understanding
I don't need to change a damn thing

(As Tantric's "Down and Out" begins to play throughout the arena, the rather confident look figure of Jacob Knight slowly walks out onto the entrance way, dressed in his ususal ring gear as he slowly starts to make his way down to the ring)

Dekker: Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing first from New York City, New York, and weighin in at two hundred and thirty five pounds. He is "Wrestling's Knight in Shining Armor", "That Guy with the Agenda"...

(Jacob slowly makes his way down, looking around with a big smile on his face before he grabs a hold of the bottom ropes and swings himself up and into the ring)

And though I'm used to have you here
It doesn't change the man I was
When you found me
And there was no one else around me, yeah

Dekker: He is the "Pride of New York, the Oen and the ONLY"..."HEADSTRONG"...JJAACCOOBB KNIGHT!!!!

(As Knight moves to stand in the middle of the ring with that same look of confidence on his face, the camera's view shifts back to that of the entrance way as a hard guitar beat slowly starts to build up until finally..)



FUCK!!

There's a time and a place for all the hate inside
No regrets I'm gonna live and let die

I'm a savage lockjaaw for the ravage
Take a look and you can witness the damage
Now I think of the rhymes I wanted to say
And then I think about the times you got in my way

Dekker: And his opponent, he hails from Memphis Tennesse and weighs in tonight at two hundred and twenty pounds!!

(The NovaTron then starts a highlight reel of the dark history of the man once known as the "Underboss of the Reign of Terror" as Jecicho Morton steps out onto the entrance way, a serious look on his face as he starts his march towards the ring, his eyes never leaving the figure of Jacob Knight)

I'm an outcast look at my sandbland skin
It's wearin' thin, c'mon!
They see me rockin' but they don't wanna know
But every dog will have it's day and I'll have mine at the show!

Here I go!

Dekker: He is the Don of CERBERUS, the "Memphis Mobster"...the "Anti-Hero of the Working Class Heroes"...he is JJEERRIICCHHOO MORTON!!

(Morton quickly gets into the ring and the two men come face to face in the middle of the ring as "Wish it Away" by Psycko Dalek fades out as the fands start to chant the two men's respective names as they have a very intense stare down for several long seconds as Sean Eastwood attempts to get the two men to separate)



Cole: It looks like we're going to have one hell of a match on our hands as both of these men are almost mirror images of the other when you look at their respective histories.

Croft: That’s right, Cole. Jericho Morton, the rookie who fought and clawed his way up through the ranks of Peter Graves’ Reign of Terror stable back in twenty thirteen and was a loyal soldier in that group’s war across the old Summit Wrestling Alliance and it’s various member promotions to make things better for the mistreated members of the SWA’s combined undercards.He had a tremendous rookie year as he would be apart of the twenty thirteen SWA SUmmit Games champions as one third of the ROT followed a mere two weeks later as he turned that into him winning the SWA Unified Junior heavyweight championship which he would go onto hold for the majority of that year before an injury at the start of twenty fourteen at the hands of Maverick Feral when he chose to try and dethrone the BNLL Mexican Heavyweight championship reign.

Zandt: That's right, Morton might have had an impressive tenure before but now he is in the ring against Jacob Knight, a man who was the first and only Royalty Wrestling League ONE heavyweight championship, all that stuff about the company's VP's actions aside, and he's had an impressive tenure across multiple promotions since then.

(The two men have separated and tossed their ring jackets to the outside as the ref calls for the bell)

*DING DING*!!!

Cole: And they are right at it with both men meeting in the middle of the ring in a head and collar tie up with Morton getting the edge over Knight with a brutal knee to Knight’s gut that he quickly transitions into an arm wrench takedown that he quickly follows up by attempting to move to Knight's legs, but Knight instead quickly turns and grabs Morton's left leg and yanks it out from under him before he himself moves in quickly to hit a couple of forearm smashes to the back of Morton's head before he quickly goes himself to lock in a cloverleaf but Morton is able to get a hold of the bottom ropes before the cloverleaf can be locked in and the ref calls for Knight to break the hold which he does as Morton quickly slides out of the ring to try and catch a breather but instead Knight follows him to the outside and starts to unload a couple of stiff chops to the older man's chest before Morton is able to return in kind as the ref begins his count)

Croft: These two men are out to prove who has the real right to move on in this tournament and as such are going all out.

Cole: Combine that with Morton is no doubt feeling the sting of the words that Jacob Knight there said about him and while you have to admit that the actions that CERBERUS has done in opposition to what the old Reign of Terror before it has done, Knight does have a valid point.

(Knight goes in for a short-range clothesline only for Mrton to step inside Knight's movement which allows him to trap Knight's arms in a reverse underhook before Morton hits his unique twist on the Trapping suplex that he calls the "Bolt Suplex", driving Knight into one of the guardrails before he pulls himself back into the ring followed slowly behind by Knight, who from the look on his face, is bound and determined not to be out done by the older wrestler as he quickly moves in and as Morton goes for a superkick, Knight quickly ducks down and hits one of his own to Morton's knee, causing the older man to stumble forward in sudden pain before Morton drops down to one knee and Knight connects with another superkick squarely to Morton's face before Knight quickly moves in and starts to lock in an inverted sharpshooter before he quickly adds in a double chickenwing before Knight starts to lean back onto Morton's now slightly damaged knee)

Croft: Knight has Morton locked into the Break from Chivalry submission, that twisted inverted sharpshooter that has made quite a few opponents tap out due to Knight's carefully planned tactics!!

(Morton keeps fighting to break free of the hold until Knight starts to bounce up and down on the knee the twisted impact of the earlier superkick before he finally taps out and the ref calls for the bell)

*DING DING*!!!

Dekker: The winner of your match and continuing in the Challenge of the Immortals, JACOB KNIGHT BY SUBMISSION!!!

(Knight releases the hold as "Down and Out" begins to play as the ref goes to check on Morton but as Knight starts to enjoy his victory when abruptly his music cuts out)



(Saliva's "Click Click Boom" begins to play as the crowds explode in a massive wave of cheers as none other than Zell Hunter walks out onto the entrance way as he looks right at Knight with a cold and calculating look on his face)

Croft: After a quick but impressive match, suddenly the last FWA World Heavyweight champion in Zell Hunter makes an appearance and is staring down Jacob Knight.

Cole: It's never a good thing when someone as established as Zell Hunter comes out after a match and just stares at you, I guess that's his way of telling Jacob Knight that he'll be watching him, huh guys?

(We cut to commercial as the staredown between the two men continues before Knight waves it off like it's nothing important before the screen goes completely black)

As we came back from commercial, Sweet Roxy had lost track of the "Professional" and started to slam her fists against a couple of things in the backstage area only to knock over a metal trash can...with the suit and mask of the "Professional" falling out of the can.

Picking up the items, she looked at them before looking around with a questioning look on her face before her eyes finally light onto a sign next to her which the camera then pans to show us as the screen slowly starts to cut back to ringside;

BLOODY FAIRYTALE LOCKER ROOM
=========================================

Kenta Stryfe of the Mavericks vs. Lena Soulas of Golden Smiles vs. Dion Arcanna of the Guerilla House Party vs. Christina Olson of Bloody Fairytale

The next match was the “Urahara’s Mount Rushmore Challenge” in which the winner of the match would not only be the number one contenders for the World Tag Team titles and challenge the current champions, the Mechanical Animals, at Pro Wrestling Nova’s first pay per view “Genesis”, but Thomas Croft further announced that the other teams would make up the rest of the rankings.

Cole then brought up a very valid point about teams like Kawaii Trash Pandas, Onslaught, and Deliverance with Croft simply telling them that “Commissioner Booth has plans for them”.

The match was incredibly fast paced and hard hitting with Kenta Stryfe using his experience over the other three people in the match at each and every turn, almost getting the first pinfall on Christina no less than three times but Kenta went to the well one too many times and the Kingdom representative rolling through a Kenta “Chaos Bomb” to catch him flatly with a handspring cutter for the first fall of the match!!

However Christina in turn suffered as she turned around right into a "Raise the Roof!" diving double knee facebreaker by Dion Arcanna who then rolled it into a pin with the more vocal of Bloody Fairytale very barely managing to kick out of it before nearly kicking the teeth out of Dion's mouth.

At this point the camera showed us a split view between the three other teams not involved in this match in the Kawaii Trash Pandas, Onslaught, and Deliverance and their own reactions-before the camera refocused on the action in the ring itself as Olson had just quickly taken down Lena with a standing Meteora but before she could get the pin, Lena managed to roll out of it and then quickly hit a German suplex with a bridge, using her weight and smaller frame to get the pin and the second elimination of the match.

The match then was fought hard and fast between Dion and Lena, with the both of them trading intense moments like Dion going for a “Raise the Roof!” on Lena, only for her to roll through with into a “Cookies and Cream” crossface attempt that lead to a near submission finish before Dion could hook the nearest bottom rope with his foot and Dion hitting a series of beautiful rolling Gutwrench suplexes on Lena before turing one into a spinning gutwrench powerbomb for his own near pin.

But the ending of the match was surprising as during the match, an accidental ref bump lead to referee Sean Eastwood coming out to cover for the downed Deanna Blake, but Deanna came to just in time to count alongside her counterpart that lead to a double pin situation with Deanna counting the pin for Dion and Sean counting for Lean!!

Both refs alongside senior PWN official Kevin Harrison were arguing about the situation as the show went to commercial.

<Positive Feed>

The camera begins to roll and we are shown the “Fire Fist Ace” himself, Alex Pierce, as he sits in his home in Toronto, dressed plainly in a pair of jean shorts and a white tank top. Looking as always the neat and respectable man that he’s always tried to be at heart.

But reflected in his eyes is something more darker, a flame that hasn’t been there in a while and one only has to guess as to its origins.

Alex:
“Stephanie Matsuda, here we are again aren’t we? Two of the top wrestlers in this entire company in terms of pure wrestling and while I’m glad that we are finally getting our rematch, but I hate to say that this time the odds are a little bit more in my favor because this kind of match is one that I’m all too used to.”

Alex reaches down next to his chair and places a championship belt on the table next to his chair, it is the Super Japan Pro Wrestling World’s Heavyweight championship with his name on the nameplate

Alex:
“You see Stephanie, the Jade Court match was a match type created specifically for this title in Super Japan Pro Wrestling. To ensure that only a true champion could walk out with this belt held high. A match designed for kings by a king of kings...best two out of three falls, no real rules with nobody allowed at all to come and fuck with the match, each and every time that I went to war over this title in that kind of match, deep down I dreaded it because I knew how much pain was coming.”

Alex then picks up the title and sets it back down where he got it from.

Alex:
“But you see Stephanie, this match will also give the powers that be a real chance to see who truly deserves the right to be in this tournament and while I respect the hell out of you for what we went through in our last go around, that doesn’t mean that you’ll win this match.”

“Not a match that I’ve fought in several times before, became accustomed to it in ways that I know how to stretch the rules...we could make it a hardcore match if we want it to, just as long as there is a definite winner for it.”

Alex then leans forward, fixing his hard gaze firmly on the camera and by extension, Matsuda herself.

Alex:
“But that’s not taking anything away from you, War Queen, and I know that you’re just as capable a wrestler as you have proven yourself against an entire host of opponents and you even bring your newest trophy in the form of the World Wrestling Headquarters World’s Women’s championship with you tonight.”

“Congratulations on that victory by the way.”

“I know that you’re not an opponent to tread lightly with and if I have to break my back to beat you, to earn my place at the table with Asakura, Morton, Knight, Hunter, and whomever else is in this tournament...then so be it. But I want you to fully understand that respect or no respect...tonight the Black Fire will engulf you.”

<NEGATIVE FEED>

Arata Asakura vs. Jacob Striker

The next match was a submission match between Arata Asakura and Jacob Striker, the “Self Made Man” vs. the “Real Rock’n’Rolla” in a match that President Slayton himself came down to do commentary first hand.

As both wrestler’s made their entrances, the president explained his reasonings for allowing this match to happen which included testing the waters with Asakura with a possible future opponent, seeing how he did in a submission match, and a couple of others that the commentary crew all agreed had to do with the world title tournament.

The match was high impact from the moment that the bell rung, with both men treating this match with the same measure of respect with Striker showing none of the arrogance as he did in his earlier promo, something that commentary chalked up to Striker simply being more anxious than anything, and the two men exchanged one impressive series of moves and holds after another with Striker showcasing a strong grasp at European catch wrestling while Asakura showed why he was already a world champion only two years into his career by being able to step up and provide interesting and logical counters for most of Striker’s holds.

After a number of close calls on both men’s parts, the two traded several very powerful and painful looking series of strikes from two very talented men with Arata even as going as far as showing how skilled he was by taking Striker to school by hitting a series of his "Ayatsuri" knee strikes to the young man, hitting him five time in the head with that painful signature move before dropping down and going for the "Touch of Gold" crossface only for Striker to fight through the pain for four minutes, Arata fighting to keep him in the center of the ring, before finally Striker was able to make his opponent break the hold as one of the major highlights of this part of the match.

Striker at another point of the match hit a series of rolling dragon suplexes until finally hitting one that he rolled through with before locking in the twisted submission hold that was known as the “Lament Configuration”, which Striker attempting to force the more senior Arata to tap out but Arata was able to twist his body just enough to strike directly at Striker’s knee-forcing the hold to break.

The match came to a surprising end as following a couple of his famous but not often seen "Silence s'il vous plaît" lifting knee strikes before he quickly transitioning himself into a combination Dragon Sleeper/Guillotine Choke submission, the bell started to ring as the two men had literally wrestled to a time limit draw!!

After the match, President Slayton announced that he now had a pretty good idea of Arata’s skills in the ring for what was to come next.

Winner: None/Time Limit Draw

Rhiannon Hartwell vs. Patrick Slayton

Before this match started, there was a quick recap of the series of events that lead to the following match with PWN security physically escorting David Slayton of the Dynasty out of the building-to which David is not doing anything to stop them, causing a tone of concern with the commentators.

At the sounding of the bell, Rhiannon went right after the taller, more experienced Slayton like a honey badger only to find out that despite his rather “brutish” actions over the past few months, Patrick’s skills as a wrestler were not to be understated as two very talented young wrestlers went full bore, practically trying to destroy each other in a worse manner than the Dickenson/Pierce Horrorcore match from earlier in the night, before too long both of them were bloody with Patrick putting Rhiannon through table via his “Devil’s Trident” spear that was braced against the ringpost-but the red-haired hellion wasn’t going to stop until she destroyed the two Slayton brothers-starting with Patrick.

It was after this point that Patrick slipped and Rhiannon was able to really go to town on the bare-foot wrestler, managing to get a pair of handcuffs onto him to the top ropes at which point Rhiannon then started to slam a chair over the top of Patrick’s head but when Sean Eastwood attempted to get her to stop so that he could check on her opponent, Rhiannon-in a fit of spite-slammed the chair full force into Eastwood’s face, bloodying the young man before she went back to work on Patrick who was now fully busted open.

At this point, two of Mullet’s crew jumped the guardrail with Blonde hitting a springboard missile dropkick into Rhiannon to stop her assault on Patrick while Biker moved to cover Patrick as Mullet slid into the ring and attempted to act as peace-keeper, able to be heard saying that “if she wanted to get to David Slayton, this was costing her big time” but the “Shadow Sister” of Vanita Thompson wasn’t having any of it and got a massive big boot from Biker right to her face for her trouble.

General Manager Tennyson arrived with security and medical at that moment with Mullet and his crew being escorted out of the arena while some of security checked on Rhiannon and medical took care of an unconscious and bleeding Patrick Slayton, leaving the end result of the match in question.

The "War Queen" Stephanie Matsuda vs. The "Eliminator" Wil Pierce

The Main event of the night was the infamous “Jade Court” match putting the “War Queen” Stephanie Matsuda against the “Eliminator” Alex Pierce in a rematch from the main event from the first chapter of Pro Wrestling Nova’s Defiant show.

To say that this match was not a conflict of sheer physicality would be to understate it as both wrestlers threw everything that they had and even more at each other-while both wrestlers are on equal terms experience wise, but Alex’s experience with the type of match works slightly more in his favor as he is able to quickly switch things up and he gets the first pinfall a "Fire Pillar" (German suplex followed by a sitout belly-to-back facebuster) onto a couple of chairs in the middle of the ring.

The match somehow only seems to ramp up from there but these two did just that as the match became even more fast paced and brutal, with such spots as Matsuda taking a flaming kendo stick to the back of Alex Pierce to the "Fire Fist Ace" hitting his "Higan" running stomp to "Cloud"-putting her head through a pane of glass supported by two steel folding chairs!!

Finally Stephanie Matsuda managed to get the second pinfall following perhaps one of the most brutal moments in the entire match that was so strong and visceral that showed just how badly the drive was for these two people to earn their spot in this tournament when following two sets of her infamous "Kill Your Master" shoot kick sprees, a very bruised and dazed Pierce moved to stand up but Matsuda hit her "Yahtzee" superkick but Pierce still would not go down, not even after a second one at which point he brutally slaps her and yells at Matsuda to try harder at which point he grabs her and shoots her into the far ropes with him trying to go for one of his signatures instead gets hit with the "Last Surprise" that Matsuda keeps her arm wrapped around Pierce's throat as she rolls through with the move, pulling him up and into her "Special Delivery" package piledriver which gives her the fall.

At this point many of the PWN roster has come out-faces and heels-mixing together and discussing the match itself as both wrestlers in the ring are practically spent as they lay in the middle of the ring, trying to catch their respective breaths as Tobi Tachibana, the special guest ref for the match, starts his count and slowly but surely both of them get up with the camera cutting over to where Monica is standing with Jacob Striker in a hushed conversation with concern on their respective faces.

In this last leg of the match, every final effort to get that second fall for either wrestler is sought out and every avenue of using submission holds to put that final bit of damage onto already damaged body parts and everything inbetween such as Pierce attempting his sinisterly infamous "Aronist Lullaby" which almost grants him the three count but he allows Stephanie to get several very good strikes in on him after that-perhaps in penance for going back on one of his old heel tactics.

After several more close calls, Matsuda was finally able to obtain the second and final pinfall following of all moves a Gory Special Reverse STO, a move made famous by her late friend Brody Sparks, which was the thing that finally put down the "Fire Fist Ace" for good!!

As "Rainy Days" started to play and her place in the Challenge of the Immortals secured-Stephanie Matusda helped up her now former opponent and offered him a hand shake as a sign of respect to which Pierce accepted before pulling her into a hug before he held her arm up, showing that there was no hard feelings but respect from him as the show goes off of the air.

Winner and advancing to the next stage of the Challenge of the Immortals: Stephanie Matsuda