Post by Kai Morgan on Apr 5, 2024 20:14:36 GMT
The scene starts with Valentina Skye smirking as she knows that she got her wish when she told Zion to give her both Nao and Xavier.
Valentina Skye: Well, I guess management got their wish on having me face off against both Xavier Amari and Nao Saegusa!
She smirks at this and knows that her plan worked.
Valentina Skye: I guess they probably were scared about me walking out of the company because if I did, they would be begging on their knees and pleading for me to come back.
She rolls her eyes
Valentina Skye: As well as offering me anything I want! Guess what? I gave them that ultimatum and it worked.
She keeps her eyes focused.
Valentina Skye: Now….it’s plotting revenge….
She bites the bottom of her lip with her smirk.
Valentina Skye: Xavier, Nao, I think everyone knows by now, you two are in cahoots. You two are plotting everything and anything to prevent me from going after the National Championship, and not facing the consequences YOU BOTH DESERVE!
Valentina stands frozen.
Valentina Skye: I don’t want to hear any type of back-talk from the both of you because we all know that what you two are doing is PLEASING management and making sure that I don’t get to the top!
Valentina’s eyes become frozen.
Valentina Skye: THIS all changes tonight and whoever I pin IN THIS MATCH UP, I want NEXT!
She leans into the camera.
Valentina Skye: Nao, Xavier, tonight one of you is going to be the victim of Valentina Skye. I have BOTH of your numbers and I have BOTH of you where I want! It’s not going to be ANY DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER NIGHT!!!
She walks away and heads to her triple threat match.
The screen switches over to a POV shot of someone walking through the locker room hallway, while there is some life back there, no one seems to be concerned with the person walking.
Disguised Voice: I thought Zion was going to have the basic run of the mill talent. They wanted new life. New Chaos. That’s why they signed me. But…there is one person I have seen here. Above all else, I want to stare her in the eyes when I do show up.
A white sheet of paper with the words “Fight for Justice” written in crimson red over a golden four segment cross is held up into the frame before it is folded in half.
Disguised Voice: Someone who I know is just like me. A mirror that must be broken.
As the camera stops, it quickly ducks behind an equipment box, just as Nao leaves her dressing room. It waits for a moment until the Warrior for Justice walks around the corner to the arena.
Disguised Voice: That was close. It is not yet time for our meeting. But soon, our Destinies will cross.
The camera comes around the corner and a smiley face sticker is used to stick that paper to the door over her name.
Disguised Voice: Good luck against Xavier and Valentina. Not that you will need it. I will see you soon.
The familiar black gloved hand comes up to cover the camera before it clicks off.
We cut to the sight of the National Champion, Nao Saegusa. There’s a complete lack of her usual energy, a frown on her face. She’s coming off a hard week in the other company she wrestles for, having lost a championship to an opponent that wasn’t even supposed to be in the match. It seems to have robbed her of her usual good cheer. The fact she’s wrestling tonight because of Valentina Skye’s demands probably doesn’t help things, a thing she confirms quite quickly when she speaks.
Nao Saegusa: “Now you can just sit in the ring and huff and make demands, and you’ll get your way?”
The frown turns to a scowl.
Nao Saegusa: ““What a ridiculous jok-”
She stops, closing her eyes as a look of annoyance comes onto her face as she mutters suddenly.
Nao Saegusa: “I already did that one, come on.”
When she opens her eyes that look fades, replaced with a bit of annoyed weariness.
Nao Saegusa: “I’m a little tired.”
She shrugs her shoulders, trying to move them around to keep herself going.
Nao Saegusa: “Tired, physically. And tired of people thinking they can just say whatever they wish like it’s the truth. Tired of people thinking they can do whatever they wish and have it treated as a just reality. It’s tiring.”
She looks at the camera with a deepening frown.
Nao Saegusa: “Valentina, you tried to win a match underhandedly, and I stopped you. There’s no injustice there, stopping you from getting a win over Xavier like that is Justice. There is no conspiracy, no grand plan to get rid of you. And you don’t deserve anything for your bad attitude and poor performances. No amount of yelling and crying will make that change. You trying to make demands in the ring a few weeks ago or you’d leave? They should just have let you rather than give you what you asked for. Now you’ll think you can get what you want, you’ll feel even more right in doing whatever you want to get what you think you deserve. You might try to go for the back of my head again to try to get another shot at the National Championship. And you’ll think you’re right.”
She closes her eyes again, letting out a sigh.
Nao Saegusa: “It’s tiresome.”
She opens her eyes and rolls her neck.
Nao Saegusa: “I want to be done with this. I’m going out there to win, so I can put that screaming thing behind me. Xavier, I hope we can have a singles match sometime after this. But for now, I don’t get to go out there tonight for the love of wrestling or the enjoyment of performing for the crowd.”
She reaches down and unclasps the National Championship from around her waist and holds it up.
Nao Saegusa: “I’m going out there to remind people that I’m the National Champion for a reason. And that as long as I’m around, there’s only so far screaming and crying will EVER get you in this division.”
With that, we fade off.
OPENING CONTEST: NAO SAEGUSA VS VALENTINA SKYE VS XAVIER AMARI
Darrion Hughes: The following is a Triple Threat Match…scheduled for one fall!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!
Darrion Hughes: Introducing first…from Los Angeles, California…weighing in at 128 lbs…Valentina! Skye!
Next…from Chicago, Illinois…weighing in at 189 lbs…Xavier! Amari!
And their opponent…from Saitama, Japan…weighing in at 117 lbs…she is the Zion Wrestling National Champion…Nao! Saegusa!
Amber Westgate: Valentina Skye looks to be seething heading into this match! She feels as though she’s been fighting an uphill battle both against Amari and the champion!
Adam LaRue: Yeah, but the two of them best do well to remember that this is a triple threat match, not a handicap match! Amari could very easily make his case for why he should be next in line for the National Championship, and I don’t think Nao should like that very much!
The atmosphere in the arena is electric for the opening match of Fusion 122! The National Champion Nao Saegusa, Valentina Skye, and Xavier Amari all exchange fleeting glances at one another to see who is going to make the first move. There is a silent look of mutual acknowledgment between Nao and Xavier but Valentina looks at both of her opponents with equal disdain. From the get-go, the tension is palpable and Valentina wastes no time, launching a brutal assault on the National Champion, gunning for her right from the off. She launches herself at Nao, taking her down with a Lou Thesz Press before pulling at her hair and slamming the back of Nao’s head into the mat like a madwoman!
However, out of nowhere, immediately setting his tone for the match, Amari explodes through Skye with his Divine Smite elbow strike, laying her out completely! He immediately rolls her off of Nao and goes for a quick cover, hoping to secure a fast win as the referee counts!
ONE…!
TWO…!
But Nao pushes him off, breaking the count up! Amari comes to his feet, giving Nao a look as if to say “what the fuck?” The two competitors then begin to lay into each other in a good old-fashioned slugfest, grabbing each other by the backs of their heads and peppering each other with rights and lefts much to the delight of the fans. Nao throws a roundhouse kick which Amari deftly avoids and goes for his own spinning crescent kick but Nao athletically bends backwards, almost Matrix-style to avoid it. However, Amari is quicker in the exchange, grabbing Nao by the wrist and he takes her down with a hard short-arm lariat. He keeps a hold of Nao’s wrist though and goes to pull her up but in comes Valentina Skye! LA Lights out of nowhere! She goes to cover Amari but the referee barely gets down before Nao grabs Valentina from behind and drills with an impressive high-angle German suplex, bridging into a pin!
ONE…!
TWO…!
Thr-but Valentina rolls her shoulder off the mat at the last second. Both come back to their feet but Nao is a fraction faster and takes to the air, catching Nao with a beautiful dropkick that sends Skye through the ropes and out to the floor. Nao doesn’t waste any time and hops over the top rope, landing seamlessly on the outside of the turnbuckle, flying through the air with TAKE ME HIGHER! But Valentina reacts to it, rolling out of the way. Nao collides hard with the barricade chest-first! As Valentina picks her up to take advantage, she doesn’t see Amari is also back to his feet and he too takes flight, taking out both Skye and Saegusa with an incredible Sasuke Special and a “Holy shit!” chant breaks out from the fans! Xavier climbs to his feet and roars, pumping himself up! He grabs Nao up and throws her into the barricade before taking her down with a painful-looking snap suplex on the floor before bringing her back up and throwing her back into the ring.
However before he can follow her back in, a sickening slap sound echoes throughout the arena and Amari sinks to his knees, yelling in pain. The camera pans back to see Valentina holding a steel chair, grinning wickedly. She brings the steel chair up again, crashing it on top of Amari’s head and he collapses onto his front. Skye lifts the chair above her head once more, looking to dish out even more damage but she doesn’t see Nao running full speed and she flies through the top and middle ropes, kicking the steel chair hard into Skye’s face with an incredible improvised missile dropkick.
The impact sends Valentina stumbling backward, the steel chair flying from her grasp as she staggers against the barricade. Meanwhile, Xavier struggles to his feet, shaking off the effects of Valentina's attack. He and Nao temporarily join forces, launching a coordinated attack, with a double suplex to Valentina onto the arena floor. As Nao goes to further lay into Skye, Amari out of nowhere drills her in the back with the steel chair Valentina brought in earlier and throws her back into the ring.
Nao, clutching her back, crawls on the mat, pain etched on her face. Amari, chair in hand, goes to the top rope and holding it close to him, he launches himself on top of Nao with the One 2 Midnight! He makes the cover!
ONE…!
TWO…!
THREE-
No! Valentina makes the save at the last minute, this time bringing a kendo stick down across Amari’s back as he roars in pain, rolling off of a prone Nao. She pulls Amari up and drills him into the mangled remains of the steel chair in the ring with the Suns Out!
Just when it seems like Valentina might have the match won, incredibly, Saegusa mounts a furious comeback, adrenaline coursing through her as she unleashes a barrage of roundhouse kicks and forearm strikes on Skye. With a cry of determination, she hoists herself onto Valentina’s shoulders and spikes her with a brutal Frankensteiner! However the adrenaline she used to fight back into the match means she’s unable to take advantage and make the cover.
The camera pans back but only Nao and Valentina can be seen with no Xavier Amari. However he can be seen sliding back into the ring and he has brought a table into the ring! He looks at Nao and Valentina lying side-by-side and sets the table up, taking a moment to lean on it, as he too is struggling from the punishment he’s received. Nao and Valentina both soon make their way back to their feet. Amari cracks Valentina with a hard elbow but she eats it and nails Nao with a forearm smash that rocks her head back. Nao, in-kind responds with a roundhouse kick that catches Amari right on the temple that wobbles him like a Russian doll. He falls back leaning on the table but rushes forward with an enziguri but Valentina avoids it. She grabs Amari for a TKO but he fights out of it too, taking her down with a headscissors takeover that sends her flying onto the table. Nao and Amari begin another mini-slugfest before Amari throws Nao into the corner. She uses her ring savvy to leap straight onto the top turnbuckle and kicks Amari flush in the jaw to send him staggering back. Nao quickly regains her bearings and comes flying off the top with the Justice Crash! On Valentina, but the table doesn’t quite break!
However, Xavier is now on the top rope and he sends himself imploding through both Valentina, Nao and the table with Gravity Falls! The impact shakes the ring to its core as all three competitors lie in a heap of bodies and broken table, none of which are in a pinning predicament. The ref is immediately down, checking on all three. He lifts the arms of all three competitors individually and all of them flop to the mat, lifeless. He immediately calls for the bell, waving the match off to a chorus of boos.
Amber Westgate: Well as much as the fans may not like it, that’s all she wrote!
Adam LaRue: Rule number one, if a man can’t stand, a man can’t fight! These three gave it their all in this ring tonight! So much so that it made not a damn bit of difference to their situation!
Medical personnel come to check on all three competitors as we fade!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!
Darrion Hughes: Introducing first…from Los Angeles, California…weighing in at 128 lbs…Valentina! Skye!
Next…from Chicago, Illinois…weighing in at 189 lbs…Xavier! Amari!
And their opponent…from Saitama, Japan…weighing in at 117 lbs…she is the Zion Wrestling National Champion…Nao! Saegusa!
Amber Westgate: Valentina Skye looks to be seething heading into this match! She feels as though she’s been fighting an uphill battle both against Amari and the champion!
Adam LaRue: Yeah, but the two of them best do well to remember that this is a triple threat match, not a handicap match! Amari could very easily make his case for why he should be next in line for the National Championship, and I don’t think Nao should like that very much!
The atmosphere in the arena is electric for the opening match of Fusion 122! The National Champion Nao Saegusa, Valentina Skye, and Xavier Amari all exchange fleeting glances at one another to see who is going to make the first move. There is a silent look of mutual acknowledgment between Nao and Xavier but Valentina looks at both of her opponents with equal disdain. From the get-go, the tension is palpable and Valentina wastes no time, launching a brutal assault on the National Champion, gunning for her right from the off. She launches herself at Nao, taking her down with a Lou Thesz Press before pulling at her hair and slamming the back of Nao’s head into the mat like a madwoman!
However, out of nowhere, immediately setting his tone for the match, Amari explodes through Skye with his Divine Smite elbow strike, laying her out completely! He immediately rolls her off of Nao and goes for a quick cover, hoping to secure a fast win as the referee counts!
ONE…!
TWO…!
But Nao pushes him off, breaking the count up! Amari comes to his feet, giving Nao a look as if to say “what the fuck?” The two competitors then begin to lay into each other in a good old-fashioned slugfest, grabbing each other by the backs of their heads and peppering each other with rights and lefts much to the delight of the fans. Nao throws a roundhouse kick which Amari deftly avoids and goes for his own spinning crescent kick but Nao athletically bends backwards, almost Matrix-style to avoid it. However, Amari is quicker in the exchange, grabbing Nao by the wrist and he takes her down with a hard short-arm lariat. He keeps a hold of Nao’s wrist though and goes to pull her up but in comes Valentina Skye! LA Lights out of nowhere! She goes to cover Amari but the referee barely gets down before Nao grabs Valentina from behind and drills with an impressive high-angle German suplex, bridging into a pin!
ONE…!
TWO…!
Thr-but Valentina rolls her shoulder off the mat at the last second. Both come back to their feet but Nao is a fraction faster and takes to the air, catching Nao with a beautiful dropkick that sends Skye through the ropes and out to the floor. Nao doesn’t waste any time and hops over the top rope, landing seamlessly on the outside of the turnbuckle, flying through the air with TAKE ME HIGHER! But Valentina reacts to it, rolling out of the way. Nao collides hard with the barricade chest-first! As Valentina picks her up to take advantage, she doesn’t see Amari is also back to his feet and he too takes flight, taking out both Skye and Saegusa with an incredible Sasuke Special and a “Holy shit!” chant breaks out from the fans! Xavier climbs to his feet and roars, pumping himself up! He grabs Nao up and throws her into the barricade before taking her down with a painful-looking snap suplex on the floor before bringing her back up and throwing her back into the ring.
However before he can follow her back in, a sickening slap sound echoes throughout the arena and Amari sinks to his knees, yelling in pain. The camera pans back to see Valentina holding a steel chair, grinning wickedly. She brings the steel chair up again, crashing it on top of Amari’s head and he collapses onto his front. Skye lifts the chair above her head once more, looking to dish out even more damage but she doesn’t see Nao running full speed and she flies through the top and middle ropes, kicking the steel chair hard into Skye’s face with an incredible improvised missile dropkick.
The impact sends Valentina stumbling backward, the steel chair flying from her grasp as she staggers against the barricade. Meanwhile, Xavier struggles to his feet, shaking off the effects of Valentina's attack. He and Nao temporarily join forces, launching a coordinated attack, with a double suplex to Valentina onto the arena floor. As Nao goes to further lay into Skye, Amari out of nowhere drills her in the back with the steel chair Valentina brought in earlier and throws her back into the ring.
Nao, clutching her back, crawls on the mat, pain etched on her face. Amari, chair in hand, goes to the top rope and holding it close to him, he launches himself on top of Nao with the One 2 Midnight! He makes the cover!
ONE…!
TWO…!
THREE-
No! Valentina makes the save at the last minute, this time bringing a kendo stick down across Amari’s back as he roars in pain, rolling off of a prone Nao. She pulls Amari up and drills him into the mangled remains of the steel chair in the ring with the Suns Out!
Just when it seems like Valentina might have the match won, incredibly, Saegusa mounts a furious comeback, adrenaline coursing through her as she unleashes a barrage of roundhouse kicks and forearm strikes on Skye. With a cry of determination, she hoists herself onto Valentina’s shoulders and spikes her with a brutal Frankensteiner! However the adrenaline she used to fight back into the match means she’s unable to take advantage and make the cover.
The camera pans back but only Nao and Valentina can be seen with no Xavier Amari. However he can be seen sliding back into the ring and he has brought a table into the ring! He looks at Nao and Valentina lying side-by-side and sets the table up, taking a moment to lean on it, as he too is struggling from the punishment he’s received. Nao and Valentina both soon make their way back to their feet. Amari cracks Valentina with a hard elbow but she eats it and nails Nao with a forearm smash that rocks her head back. Nao, in-kind responds with a roundhouse kick that catches Amari right on the temple that wobbles him like a Russian doll. He falls back leaning on the table but rushes forward with an enziguri but Valentina avoids it. She grabs Amari for a TKO but he fights out of it too, taking her down with a headscissors takeover that sends her flying onto the table. Nao and Amari begin another mini-slugfest before Amari throws Nao into the corner. She uses her ring savvy to leap straight onto the top turnbuckle and kicks Amari flush in the jaw to send him staggering back. Nao quickly regains her bearings and comes flying off the top with the Justice Crash! On Valentina, but the table doesn’t quite break!
However, Xavier is now on the top rope and he sends himself imploding through both Valentina, Nao and the table with Gravity Falls! The impact shakes the ring to its core as all three competitors lie in a heap of bodies and broken table, none of which are in a pinning predicament. The ref is immediately down, checking on all three. He lifts the arms of all three competitors individually and all of them flop to the mat, lifeless. He immediately calls for the bell, waving the match off to a chorus of boos.
Amber Westgate: Well as much as the fans may not like it, that’s all she wrote!
Adam LaRue: Rule number one, if a man can’t stand, a man can’t fight! These three gave it their all in this ring tonight! So much so that it made not a damn bit of difference to their situation!
Medical personnel come to check on all three competitors as we fade!
RESULT: NO CONTEST (TRIPLE KNOCKOUT)
Katie Simmons: They say monsters don’t exist…
The scene fades in from black. Katie Simmons is sensually splayed out on a large bed with velvet sheets as she stares up towards the ceiling where the viewer’s point of view is from
Katie Simmons: They tell you the monsters under your bed and in your closet aren’t real. They will say the things that go bump in the night are nothing to worry about. They say that monsters do not exist…
The redhead’s soft, warm smile suddenly falls into a scowl.
Katie Simmons: They are liars.
Simmons sits up on the bed and crosses her legs as she continues to look up at the viewer.
Katie Simmons: Monsters are very real. For proof, you need only look to last week’s Battleborn. A Lights Out Steel Cage match where two supposed titans clash in a barbaric grudge match…
She suddenly covers her mouth with her hand as she breaks out into giggles.
Katie Simmons: But please, don’t let yourself believe this is some King Kong versus Godzilla. No, this match is an infallible god of death being challenged by a lion. A fierce competitor in its own right, but a mere mortal creature trying to take on an omnipotent being is going to lose every single time.
Katie sighs blissfully.
Katie Simmons: So, to be more specific, one monster does exist. And unfortunately for Zion Wrestling, the Friday Night Fusion roster, Kelsey Savage and anyone who qualifies for the Chance Ladder match, that monster is hiding in their closet. He is under their bed. Everywhere they go, he’s there, waiting. And all it will take is for them to let their guard down. Take your eyes off of him for one second. Simply blink. In that moment of hesitation the monster will come from the shadows and rip you all limb from bloody limb.
The Siren lays back down, stretching her arms before resting them over her head.
Katie Simmons: You see, it's like quicksand. The only winning move is to not play. Don’t struggle, don’t fight.
A devilish smirk crosses her face.
Katie Simmons: Or maybe don’t needlessly step into harm’s way to begin with. But as was made clear with the last one, it seems the Zion roster isn’t smart enough to do that… So, Zion Wrestling, my advice to you… If you feel the hairs on your arms standing on end or the solid weight in the pit of your stomach, don’t ignore that. If you feel the monster in your presence. Your only hope for survival is to Ř̴̺̘̀̾Û̶̻͕̈́̔Ņ̸̼͎̎̌.
The video suddenly cuts to black as as the last word, through a layer of distortion, is spoken.
MATCH #2: DAMIAN SIMMONS VS KELSEY SAVAGE
CHANCE BRIEFCASE LADDER MATCH QUALIFIER
The bell rings and Savage and Simmons progress to the center of the ring! Despite the mismatch between these two both in style and stature, Savage actually manages to get the upper hand right out of the gate, catching Simmons with a flurry of the strikes that have no breathing room between them for him to answer for! This backs him into the corner, with Savage continuing the assault with Stomps against the turnbuckle now! Simmons retaliates, pulling Savage into his place in the corner and nailing her with a Headbutt! Savage begins to fall against the turnbuckles, but Simmons pulls her back up, throwing her into the center of the ring with a Belly-to-Belly Suplex! Simmons isn’t done with her however, pulling her up as she attempts to make it to her feet and dropping her with a German Suplex! He bridges for the pin, with Savage kicking out at two!
Simmons pulls Savage to her feet off the failed pin attempt, immediately dropping her right back down with a Lariat! He paces the ring before waiting for her to get up in the corner! He rushes towards her for a Big Boot, but Savage dodges, bringing Simmons’ shoulders to the mat for a Schoolboy Roll Up! Simmons kicks out at two, with Savage immediately capitalizing as she nails a Pump Kick on Simmons as he tries to get up! Savage looks for the finish here, looking for her signature Jumping Single Knee Facebuster! But Simmons reverses, tossing Savage to the mat with a Powerbomb! Savage crawls to the corner, with Simmons rushing towards her! She dodges him, before nailing her signature Yakuza Kick! A pin by Savage, but Simmons kicks out right before three!
Savage looks for the end, waiting for Simmons to get to his feet before launching a boot into his midsection for the Savage Stunner! But Simmons catches the boot, getting a hand around Savage’s throat before dropping her with Hellfire (Chokeslam)! Simmons isn’t finished there however, getting Savage to her feet before dropping her with Sky Burial (JBL Bomb)! Pin by Simmons, picking up the win!
Darrion Hughes: The winner of this match…Damian! Simmons!
Amber Westgate: Damian Simmons with the win, and now we suddenly see the field for the Chance Briefcase Ladder Match becoming a lot more uneven!
Adam LaRue: I wouldn’t entirely give the match to this man just yet, Amber! He may be powerful, but not unstoppable, as we saw with Kelsey Savage’s performance tonight! All the other competitors have to do is climb a ladder and they’re golden! But with the Colossus looming, that may be easier said than done!
Simmons stands tall, with his wife joining him in the ring as we fade!
RESULT: PINFALL (SKY BURIAL)
We open backstage where we find…Wasley! Yes, the beloved plush penguin owned by “The Woman Scorned” Kimberly Williams. Wasley is dressed up to cosplay as The Disciplinarian. It isn’t long until we see Kimberly herself skipping into the scene from the right. The Queen of the Death Match is wearing her crimson red and black ring gear. She has her collection of hardcore title belts, including the SCW Underground Championship, the HKW Bloodlust Championship, and the Zion Hardcore Championship title belts all with her. A smirk is etched across her face.
Kimberly Williams: Discipline…discipline…discipline! Do I look like the kind of person who listens to any kind of authority? Does it look like any form of discipline has had any impact upon me whatsoever? Here is a newsflash for the stick in the mud known as The Disciplinarian; many have tried to discipline me. Authorities far greater than you have tried to tame yours truly. Hell, the State of Massachusetts tried locking me up but did it do any good? Nope! I’m still the same old fun loving psychopath that you see standing here today! She poses and cackles happily.
Kimberly Williams: You see, a psychopath like me when left to her own devices can be a very deadly and very dangerous thing. You think what I’m doing now is bad, Dissy? Just take away my muse. Take away the one thing that occupies my time and see just how bad I can get. These hardcore matches, the death matches, it is fun. It is my enjoyment. It occupied my time. Trust me, Dissy, you want me occupied with something, anything. You don’t want me to get serious. And as far as this goes…” she holds up the Zion Hardcore Title belt.
Kimberly Williams: …this is my gift to my Kimmymaniacs! The big bad buffoon Isis threw this in the trash. Why? I’ll tell you why. Because the one time she defended this against me, she saw her life flash before her eyes. And I don’t mean that figuratively. I went to my dark place and I was within an inch of gutting the bitch. She knew the damage I did to her and it was so bad that she ran like a cowardly chicken shit away from the Hardcore Division. Furthermore she tried to end the Hardcore Division. But not on my watch! My Kimmaymaniacs love hardcore wrestling! They loved this Zion Hardcore Championship and just because that big idiot Isis says no more Hardcore Title does NOT mean that this Title will be gone forever! I have sworn to keep up the pride and prestige of this title all on my own if I have to which is why I have decided to defend it anytime, anywhere, 24/7! Hell, last week Aubrianna Powers of Mayhem came and tried to take this title from me! A pizzy guy tried to take this title from me! Anyone and everyone has been trying to take this from me! Kelsey Savage tried to take this from me! For an “inactive” title, it certainly has a lot of attention and a lot of followers! My fellow Zion wrestlers want this…the fans want this…and I will continue to give them this for as long as I draw breath! Kimberly points a finger at the camera.
Kimberly Williams: Now that brings me to you, Nova! Soothsayer! Can you look into the future for me and tell you how tonight is gonna go down? The truth is that you don’t need to be a soothsayer to figure out just what will happen tonight. All you need is to be a half-assed student of the game. Keep up with what I have done since fully immersing myself in the world of death match wrestling. I have created chaos and carnage in my wake! I have struck fear in even the most hardened of monsters within this company! And I have been willing to risk my own health and well being just to rain down destruction upon anyone who dares to step up against me! Now you’ve been chosen as the unlucky next victim of The Woman Scorned. She snickers.
Kimberly Williams: But don’t worry, Nova, I will make it worth your time! In fact, this bad boy will be up for grabs. This Zion Hardcore Title will be on the line. And assuming that stick up his ass Disciplinarian doesn’t decide to get involved, then you and I just might steal the show tonight. She winks at the camera before picking up Wasley and skipping away happily.
MATCH #3: NOVA THE SOOTHSAYER VS KIMBERLY WILLIAMS
HARDCORE MATCH
We’re off to the races in this match where it’s extremely plain to see that Williams is well in her wheelhouse, immediately nailing Nova with a shot from a Kendo Stick she carried to the ring with her! Nova falls to her knees, with Williams going for another shot to her back and doing for the pin! Nova kicks out of this, with Williams being surprised by the abnormal amount of resistance she’s getting here! She pulls Nova to her feet, nailing her with a European Uppercut that sends her back into the corner! Williams looks to follow up, rushing into the corner to clobber Nova with a move! But Nova gets out of the way, slipping through the ropes and onto the apron! She nails Williams with a shot to send her backing away, before jumping to the top rope and launching off for a Springboard Hurricanrana to Williams!
Williams rolls out of the ring, with Nova approaching the ropes to go after her! But Williams is already back to her Hardcore antics, smacking her head as she peeks through the ropes with a pizza pan! Nova falls back into the center of the ring, with Williams rolling in and nailing her with a Shining Wizard! She goes for the pin, with Nova kicking out at two! Williams looks for a devastating move, setting the pizza pan down in the center of the ring and looking to drop Nova onto it with a Suplex! But Nova is able to reverse, hooking Williams with a few shots to the midsection before rushing to the corner and dropping Williams onto the pizza pan with a Tornado DDT instead! Nova with the pin, but Williams kicks out!
Nova looks for the finish, going to the top rope and looking for her signature Moonsault! But Williams gets out of the way, leaving Nova to faceplant on the mat! She attempts to get up, only for Williams to nail her with Morrigan’s wrath (Superkick)! Williams looks to finish this off, getting to the top rope for Chaos Theory! But just then, The Disciplinarian shows up to the ring, heavily announced by the noise made by the siren of the bullhorn he’s carrying! She shoots through the bullhorn, which he’s now put up to a microphone to make it even more annoying, for Williams to stop with her antics! This leaves a long enough distraction for Nova to come back and throw Williams down from the top rope! Williams pulls herself to her feet, only to be met with The Unforeseen (Jumping Corkscrew Roundhouse Kick)! Nova with the pin, securing the three count!
Darrion Hughes: The winner of this match…Nova! The Soothsayer!
Amber Westgate: I’m sorry…what?!
Adam LaRue: I really do wish I had a proper explanation for why the head of our HR department saw it fit to interfere in an actual match, but I guess it’s his funeral!
The Disciplinarian now hops onto the top of the announce table, still using a microphone on this bullhorn to project his voice at an ear-splitting volume!
The Disciplinarian: That is right, everyone! I have done it! I have put an end to the games! To the buffoonery! Zion is now a safe space once again all thanks to my efforts! You may thank me now, or on your way out the door tonight!
The Disciplinarian does a bit more chin-wagging as he celebrates what he had done tonight! He turns around on the table, only to be met face to face by Kimberly Williams herself! She lifts him up, before dropping him through the table with a Uranage!
Amber Westgate: It looks like Williams isn’t submitting to The Disciplinarian’s authority! We seemingly haven’t seen the last of things between the two of them!
Adam LaRue: I for one am just glad that Kim got him to shut up!
Williams stands tall as we fade!
RESULT: PINFALL (THE UNFORESEEN)
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MATCH #4: LARA BRATTON VS LUKAS BAUDELAIRE
CHANCE BRIEFCASE LADDER MATCH QUALIFIER
Baudelaire and Bratton meet up in the center of the ring with Baudelaire looking for a lockup. He stops however when Bratton puts a hand to her stomach and stops him with a finger coming up. Bratton’s eyes go wide, she braces and lets out a loud BELCH inadvertently (or perhaps not) right in Baudelaire’s face. He retracts, crinkling his nose and looking grossed out as the crowd chuckles, and that’s when Bratton strikes, raking the eyes and unleashing a series of right hands. The fans are into it, despite the referee trying to admonish Bratton as she goes to town with the shots, backing Baudelaire into the corner and pulling him back out at the count of 4 into a headlock where she drives a punch into his nose. He staggers and she grabs him by the hair, yanking him down to the mat with a loud thud before dropping down for a cover.
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Baudelaire gets the shoulder up before two and rolls out of the ring, trying to get a breath of fresh air as the referee takes a moment to remind Bratton of the rules. She rolls her eyes, making the yapping motion with her hand and walks (or stumbles, depending on how you see it) past him. As Baudelaire climbs back up onto the apron, Bratton grabs him by the hair and pulls him up the rest of the way, looking for a Suplex back into the ring but Baudelaire gets his feet back down onto the apron, slips his head free and cracks her in the jaw with a stiff Palm Strike. Bratton stumbles back, allowing Baudelaire to enter the ring again and capitalize, rocking her with forearms and a series of knee strikes to the midsection. Baudelaire looks for a Vertical Suplex but Bratton counters, landing behind him and shoving him into the ropes but Baudelaire uses the momentum to come off with a Rebound Lariat that Bratton doesn’t expect and knocks her inside out. Rather than going for a cover just yet, he glares down at her, infuriated still over the opening antics. He hits the ropes again as Bratton starts to sit up and takes her back down with authority via a stiff as hell Yakuza Kick to the face. Only then does he drop for a cover.
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Kickout by Bratton! Baudelaire’s even more infuriated now as he swings a leg over, mounting Bratton and goes into a Ground and Pound, keeping her head in place by a handful of hair. The referee warns about the hairpulling which stops Baudelaire at 4 to argue back with the official. It’s just long enough for Bratton to get a recovery in, grabbing Baudelaire by the legs and sitting right up into a counter cover!
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Shoulder up by Baudelaire and he rolls out of it, looking a little shocked. Bratton rolls backwards up to her feet as Baudelaire comes in fast but he runs right into a Double Chop to the Throat. Baudelaire staggers back into the ropes, grabbing at his throat and gasping for air when Bratton runs in and clotheslines him, sending both of them over onto the floor. Baudelaire writhes on the floor beside Bratton who looks just as bad from the landing but she makes it up first and takes a cup from a fan in the front row, raising it to the man before chugging the beer. It seems to energize her, oddly enough, and she grabs Baudelaire, slamming his face against the apron before rolling him back into the ring. Bratton climbs in behind him and grabs him, lifting him up across her back for a Crucifix Bomb but Baudelaire kicks his legs and manages to wiggle free, landing behind Bratton. Bratton spins around, feeling another belch coming along. As it worked before, she lets loose again. BELCH. This time, however, Baudelaire grabs the referee from off to the side and yanks him in the path. The referee crinkles his nose and waves his hands in front of his face, taking his eyes off the match for a few seconds. In the time it takes this to happen, Baudelaire launches forward with ”The Beauty Of Suffering” (Discus Elbow Strike) but Bratton ducks underneath it! Both competitors turn towards each other and Bratton drives her foot right up between Baudelaire’s legs with ”D*ck Kick! Baudelaire grabs himself and falls to his knees, then over onto his side. Bratton covers!
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THREE!
There’s no referee, though! Bratton looks over to see the ref fighting the urge to gag in the corner. She stands up off of Baudelaire and walks over, grabbing the man’s attention that she’s trying to end the match. The referee takes deep breaths, nodding as Bratton steps back and slaps her hands together, telling him to get his shit together. Meanwhile, Baudelaire’s taken the time to recover and is fuming mad now as he looks up at Bratton from behind. As she starts backing towards him, he grits his teeth and lets his rage fly, coming right into her with ”Th Beauty Of Suffering” (Discus Elbow Strike) right to the back of the head! Bratton staggers forward into the ropes, bounding back off right into Baudelaire’s grasp where he snatches her wrist around in front of her and adds insult to injury with ”Red October” (Wrist Lock Ripcord Lariat)! Baudelaire covers!
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THREE!!
Darrion Hughes: The winner of this match…LUKAS BAUDELAIRE!
Amber Westgate: Another one qualifies, and we’re now just one match away from getting the full picture of who will be competing for the opportunity of a lifetime!
Adam LaRue: Lukas Baudelaire has been dominant from his debut, but we’ll have yet to see if this dominance can translate well to a ladder match, especially one with this many people and stakes!
Baudelaire stands tall, a single spotlight shining over him as we fade!
RESULT: PINFALL (RED OCTOBER)
We cut to the outside of the medical area, with the door flying open as Kai Morgan walks out. Devyn Mitchell immediately leaps to his side, with Morgan rolling his eyes at the camera filming him before bracing himself for the incoming question.
Devyn Mitchell: Mr. Morgan, can you provide us with an update on the conditions of Xavier Amari, Valentina Skye, and the National Champion Nao Saegusa after a wild start to tonight?
Kai Morgan: All three of them are still being checked out, but from the looks of things right now, they're all cleared to compete. Which is good, because at Destiny, they will. I've seen quite a bit of unresolved conflict between members of our roster. Things that people just can't seem to solve in the ring. In fact, I had to end a meeting with one Ravenna Rojas just to be here, Devyn. Which gives me an idea.
Kai looks towards the camera.
Kai Morgan: Since the members of this roster can't seem to resolve their issues in the ring without the need to get an underhanded victory or taking each other out entirely, I'm gonna put everyone in a match where none of that is possible. And I'm gonna put the gold on the line to really put a twist in the tail. At Destiny, I'm gonna combine Xavier Amari, Nao Saegusa, and Valentina Skye's unfinished business, with Sofia Hilton and Ravenna Rojas' unfinished business. And I'm gonna put them all in a Sovereign of the Frontier Match for the National Championship.
Devyn Mitchell: Wow...that is some incredible news, Mr. Morgan! It looks like-
Just then, things are interrupted by the crashing of metal. The camera rushes around the corner, where we see Barry MacKenzie and Max Walker standing over Lara Bratton. The two get her up, nailing her with shots in tandem. Before they can do to much damage however, Mai Blackman shows up, fighting them both back, before Morgan comes to split them up!
Kai Morgan: Hey! That's enough from all of you! Now get back to your locker rooms!
Walker and MacKenzie walk off, trash talking the whole way out. Meanwhile, Blackman turns to Bratton.
Mai Blackman There. We're even.
And with that, Blackman walks off as we fade.
MATCH #5: SCYLLA VS AYU MEGUMI
Scylla and Megumi both are in their corners as they stare at each other before the referee rings the bell but Megumi rushes over at Scylla immediately after ending the sound of the bell and Megumi connects with a Dropkick! Sending Scylla’s back hits with the turnbuckle and we didn’t see any of these things from Megumi before! Megumi gets back to her feets and gets into the opposite corner before charging into the corner but meets a boot from Scylla causes Megumi to stumble away from the corner before Scylla rushes over at Megumi and Scylla connects with a Lariat! But Megumi ducks and Megumi grabs Scylla from behind and wraps her arms around Scylla’s waists and Megumi connects a German Suplex! Before Megumi rolls up while still holding Scylla up with her and connects with another German Suplex! And Megumi rolls back to her feets again as she still holds Scylla up and Megumi connects with another German Suplex! But this time Scylla lands right to her feets and Scylla grabs Megumi’s arm and turns Megumi around and Scylla kicks Megumi right to her gut causing Megumi to bend over and Scylla connects with a Canadian Destroyer! Spikes Megumi’s head down to the mat! Before Scylla gets back to her feets and Scylla grabs Megumi’s hair and Scylla pulls Megumi back up to her feets and Scylla whips Megumi into the corner before Scylla charges into the corner but Megumi counters with a Pendulum Kick! Right to Scylla’s face causes Scylla to stumble away from the corner and Megumi follows by a Springboard Moonsault DDT! Spikes Scylla’s head down to the mat! And Megumi gets back to her feets and stares at Erissa before yells at her in anger while Erissa just smirks as she keeps her eyes on Megumi before Megumi gets back to Scylla and Megumi grabs Scylla’s hair and yanks her head up and Megumi slaps right to Scylla’s face over and over again before Megumi pulls Scylla back up to her feets and Megumi whips Scylla into the corner before Megumi charges into the corner and Megumi connects with a Helluva Kick! Boot right to Scylla’s face before Megumi grabs Scylla’s hair and Megumi drags Scylla back to the middle of the ring and Megumi runs towards the rope and hits the rope back and Megumi connects with ETHEREAL BLADE, CLAYMORE KICK!!!!!! KICK RIGHT TO SCYLLA’S FACE SENDING SCYLLA DOWN TO THE MAT AND SCYLLA ARE KNOCK OUT COLD! BEFORE MEGUMI GETS COVERS ON SCYLLA AND HOOK HER LEG UP AND THE REFEREE COUNTS!
ONEEEEE…!
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TWOOOOO…!
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SCYLLA KICK OUT AT TWO! MEGUMI WAS CLEARLY PISSED OFF AND NO ONE USED TO SEE HER LIKE THIS BEFORE! BUT EVERYONE UNDERSTAND HER FROM WHAT SCYLLA AND ERISSA DID TO HER! Before Megumi gets back to her feets and Megumi gets into the ropes and she stares at Erissa and starts to yells at Erissa again as Megumi demands Erissa to watches her beat Scylla before Megumi gets into the corner before Megumi climbs over the top ropes and Megumi connects with LEAP, DIVING MOONSAULT!!!!!! BUT SCYLLA LIFTS HER KNEE UP ONLY FOR MEGUMI LAND RIGHT TO SCYLLA’S KNEE! MEGUMI SCREAMS OUT IN PAIN BEFORE SCYLLA GETS BACK TO HER FEETS AND A WICKED SMILES ON HER FACE! Before Scylla grabs Megumi’s hair and Scylla pulls Megumi back up to her feets and Scylla whips Megumi into the corner before Scylla charges into the corner and Scylla connects with a Clotheslines! Bumps Megumi into the corner before Scylla grabs Megumi’s hair and drags Megumi away from the corner and Scylla tucks Megumi’s head underneath her arm and Scylla connects with a Suplex! Slams Megumi down to the mat! Scylla gets back to her feets and Scylla grabs Megumi’s hair and Scylla pulls Megumi back up to her feets and Scylla whips Megumi into the ropes and Megumi hits the ropes back and Scylla connects with a Dropkick! Kick right to Megumi’s face sending Megumi down to the mat! Megumi holds her face and groans in pain while Scylla smirks and Scylla grabs Megumi’s hair and pulls Megumi back up to her feets again and Scylla whips Megumi into the corner again before Scylla charges into the corner and Scylla connects with a Shotgun Dropkick! Sending Megumi’s back hits with the turnbuckle causes Megumi to stagger away from the corner and back to the middle of the ring while Scylla gets back to her feets and Scylla runs towards the ropes and hits the ropes back and Scylla connects with a Discus Elbow! Smash right to Megumi’s face sending Megumi down to the mat! Scylla grabs Megumi’s hair and Scylla pulls Megumi back up to her feets and Scylla hang Megumi on the ropes and Scylla connects with MARKED FOR DEATH, ROPE-HUNG DOWNWARD SPIRAL!!!!!! SENDING MEGUMI DOWN TO THE MAT BEFORE SCYLLA ROLLS MEGUMI OVER AND SCYLLA COVERS ON MEGUMI AND SCYLLA HOOK HER LEG UP AND THE REFEREE COUNTS WHILE ERISSA CLAPS HER HANDS!
ONEEEEE…!
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TWOOOOO…!
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MEGUMI KICKOUT AT TWO! SCYLLA SITS BACK AND SCYLLA SMIRKS BEFORE SCYLLA GETS BACK TO HER FEETS AND SHE STARTS MOCKS MEGUMI! Before Scylla grabs Megumi’s hair and Scylla pulls Megumi back up to her feets but Megumi counters with a Back Kick! Right to Scylla’s guts causes Scylla to go down to her knees before Megumi runs towards the rope and hits the rope back but Scylla gets back to her feets and Scylla counters with a Discus Lariat! Sending Megumi down to the mat! Before Scylla grabs Megumi’s hair and Scylla pulls Megumi back up to her feets again and Scylla whips Megumi into the ropes before Scylla charges into the corner but meet a boot from Megumi causes Scylla to stumble away from the corner and Megumi rushes over at Scylla and Megumi connects with a Slingblade! Sending Scylla down to the mat! Before Megumi gets back to her feets and Megumi grabs Scylla’s hair and Megumi pulls Scylla back up to her feets and Megumi whips Scylla into the corner before Megumi charges into the corner and Megumi connects with a Helluva Kick! Boot right to Scylla’s face before Megumi grabs Scylla’s hair and drags Scylla back to the middle of the ring and Megumi runs towards the rope and Megumi hits the ropes back and Megumi connects with a Step-Up Enzuigiri! Kick right to Scylla’s head sending Scylla down to the mat! Before Megumi gets back to her feets and Megumi grabs Scylla back to her feets and Megumi takes a few steps back and Megumi connects with RYO NO IKARI, SUPERKICK!!!!!! KICK RIGHT TO SCYLLA’S JAW SENDING SCYLLA DOWN TO THE MAT! BEFORE MEGUMI CLIMBS OVER THE TOP ROPES AND MEGUMI CONNECTS WITH LEAP!!!!!!!!! LANDS RIGHT ON TOP OF SCYLLA! AND MEGUMI COVERS ON SCYLLA AND HOOKS HER LEG UP AND THE REFEREE COUNTS!
ONEEEEE…!
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THREEEEE…!
Darrion Hughes: The winner of this match…Ayu! Megumi!
Amber Westgate: Ayu Megumi gets the win here, and finally gains some vindication against The Cult of Erissa!
Adam LaRue: I can’t imagine Erissa being happy about her follower failing against someone she thinks as low of as Ayu Megumi!
Megumi celebrates her victory in the ring, with Erissa slowly rising from her seat at ringside before rapidly rushing into the ring! She has her eyes locked on Megumi, who rushes to slide under the ropes and out of the ring! Erissa stares daggers into Megumi, before turning to check on Scylla as we fade!
RESULT: PINFALL (LEAP)
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“Bow Down” by I Prevail begins to play and the crowd inside the arena comes to its feet as Jessi Ozborne comes out from the back followed by Jordan Majors. They pose at the top of the ramp and can’t hide their smiles at the reaction as they too sweet each other and begin walking down the ramp. Jordan is noticeably sporting a bulky knee brace on her left knee over the top of her white sweats as she makes her way around the ring to the nearest ring steps. Jessi goes around the outside to retrieve microphones and then makes her way inside and hands one to Jordan.
Majors gives her a knowing look and Jessi steps back and gestures for Jordan to take the lead.
Jordan Majors: Before we really get going here, I have something I want to say…
The past few months in a wrestling ring have been some of the toughest for me personally and professionally in a long time. The downs have certainly outweighed the ups, and many of those ups came with serious baggage attached that downplayed anything that could be seen as an accomplishment. I’ve been hurt. Humbled and embarrassed. I’ve seriously considered what my future will be in this industry.
And I know how that might sound when you’re looking at someone who is coming off the longest run as World Heavyweight Champion in this company’s history. But most of the people who came before me and went on decent runs, disappeared after they lost. They didn’t stand in and take a beating night after night while they were battling just to get back to 100 percent at the same time.
Jordan looks down in front of her and then over at a patiently, actively listening Jessi. Her friend gave her a reassuring glance.
Jordan Majors: I’ve made a lot of mistakes. We all make mistakes. But I’ve taken my family for granted. I’ve never been a great “sister” to the Queens of Chaos. I’ve always kept close to just Jessi and Sanada, truth be told. I’ve stuck close to my best friends. I’ve stayed out of the big family issues, I’ve stuck to my own thing, kept my ear to the ground and worked hard to give everyone the best Jordan Majors that they could get.
And even on that… I have failed lately. Many months ago I made an effort to protect one of my best friends from a tough moment in her home country. My action instead cost us a match. It cost us tag team championships. It’s frankly been downhill since then. Because I became much more protective of myself first. I stopped thinking about others’ needs and considered mine first. Last week, I could have stayed backstage with the doctors while they looked at my knee. I could have let them beat Jessi to nothing. But something lit inside of me. A fire that has long been dormant. One that many have made every effort to keep snuffed out for month on month now. I felt it reignite. I pulled a chair right out from under one of those doctors and I limped down that ramp with one purpose in mind.
Jordan angles herself to point at Jessi and then looks back out at the crowd.
Jordan Majors: This girl gave me a family when I was dying out here trying to play lone wolf. She gave me a place to voice my thoughts and feelings and she saved me from myself. It was time to start paying that favor back. And I know her and I have had rough times. Hell, we might find ourselves swinging chairs at each other some day because we’re just too damn competitive sometimes. But I love her. She IS my sister. She needed me at that moment and I knew it.
Now we need each other. And hell or high water, I’m going to make sure we play a role in ending this facade of G.O.D. once and for all. Not for the Queens of Chaos and not for Blaze Darling. Because, girl… we know you’ve got this. We’re doing this for all of Zion. We’re doing this for us. To take months of torture and bullshit from that group and shove it back in their faces.
There’s a reaction from the crowd and a slight grin from Jordan as she looks at Jessi.
Jordan Majors: Also, I know this might not be popular in some of the current or former QoC circle, but welcome back RAZZLES MARS!!
That gets a huge reaction from the audience and Jordan can’t help but laugh as she looks at Jessi.
Jessi Ozborne: Eden…Hana…hell Kaya, Maki, ISIS, I hope y’all are watching, too. Because whether you wanna admit it or not, or whether you’ve smartened up and realized it or not…this right here is the last thing you wanna see!
Jessi gestures between her and Jordan.
Jessi Ozborne: You guys have survived off of one thing: Dividing and conquering. You picked off our friends one by one…injured my wife when she was all alone…you turned one of our own against us, and in the process you took out one of the best of us. Any lesser group of people would quit by now. Cut their losses, fall back and regroup…
And that’s the exact moment you realize that it ain’t a catchphrase when we say we’re Un. Like. Anyone.
The crowd begins to cheer louder as Jessi’s words pick up steam.
Jessi Ozborne: This right here is the very last thing that you guys wanna see. Because it’s bad enough for you that we’re still here, but now we are more unified than ever! Now the Queens of Chaos have one goal and one goal only: The downfall of The Genesis of Destruction!
Jessi stares deep into the hard camera now, her words as serious as they’ve ever been.
Jessi Ozborne: Blaze has ISIS at Destiny, and we already know she’s more than ready. Nadia has her score to settle with Maki. Oh, and trust me, once Kaya Parker steps into the ring with Yukiko Kusanagi tonight, it’s gonna become very clear who’s dealing with her! Which leaves a little vacancy in the spot of who gets to knock the heads off of tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber, and I don’t think I can let that stand. What say you, bestie?
Jordan moves closer to Jessi and puts an arm around her and brings her own microphone up.
Jordan Majors: You thinking what I’m thinking? Hana and Eden need a little dose of reality? Second hand sushi or whatever they’re called? No disrespect, girls, but I don’t care enough to remember what you call yourselves.
For me you’ll always be the girl that is never satisfied and the bitch that threw it all away to turn on me so she could join the worst faction Zion has ever seen. And where did that get you, Hana? Hmm? Right back in another faction that’s about to find itself burnt to the ground at the end of Destiny.
I say, yes, Jo. I say you and I walk into Destiny together and we finish what they started. Show them they bit off more than they can chew when they came for the Queens of Chaos. Maybe they won a few battles along the way. But when this war comes to a close, only one group will be standing. And you and I know that’s going to be the Queens of Chaos. There’s a thing we used to say. Shed your skin and start again. Hell, G.O.D. is used to beating on the old us. They forced us to take the next step. They’ve created what will be their undoing. Take a look, Eden and Hana. Take a look at the two people who will take everything from you.
Jordan stares straight ahead at the camera with a serious look on her face before she turns and looks at Jessi in her arms.
Jessi Ozborne: That’s not a threat, that’s a promise, and if you don’t like it…you can fucking cry about it.
Jessi drops her microphone, with “Bow Down” playing again as the duo make their exit.
MATCH #6: KAITLIN WILLIAMS VS DARIA DORSEY
CHANCE BRIEFCASE LADDER MATCH QUALIFIER
As both women prepare for the match, before the bell can even ring, chaos erupts as Angelica Matthews launches a surprise attack on Daria, blindsiding her with a vicious assault. However, Daria quickly retaliates, fighting back against Angelica's ambush and taking her down with a flurry of strikes before the referee intervenes, ejecting Angelica from ringside.
However, the opening is enough to give Kaitlin the opening she needs and grabs Daria by the hair and the back of her head and takes her down with a hard-hitting inverted DDT. She immediately goes for a quick cover but Darsia shows her tenacity by kicking just before 2.
Williams hastily brings Daria back to her, rocking her with a series of European Uppercuts, jacking Dorsey’s jaw. Kaitlin goes to follow up with a Northern Lights suplex but Daria stuffs it, spreading her weight back, resisting. She pulls on Kate’s head tight for a front face lock and lifts her into a beautiful high vertical suplex before seamlessly transitioning into a cover, floating over as she does, hooking the leg. The referee counts but this time Kaitlin is the one to force the near fall.
The momentum shifts back and forth as both competitors trade a series of impressive technical wrestling techniques, countering each other's attacks with precision. Daria snatches Kaitlin’s leg out of mid-air from an attempted roundhouse kick and sends her twisting across the mat with an impressive Dragon Screw. Daria takes to the outside and uses the ropes for momentum to nail Kaitlin with a Springboard Uppercut to keep her off balance. However Kaitlin answers back with a spine-jarring pendulum backbreaker before stuffing Daria’s momentum build with her Tempest twisting uranage. However once more, Daria showcases her resilience by kicking out of another pinfall attempt.
Despite the back-and-forth nature of the match, it's Williams who keeps the upper hand in her favor, locking in her patented Kalamity locking in the Cloverleaf while burying her knee straight on Daria's head. Despite Daria's valiant efforts to escape, she ultimately succumbs to the excruciating pain, forced to tap out.
Darrion Hughes: The winner of this match, via submission…Kaitlin! Williams!
Amber Westgate: Another impressive victory for Kaitlin Williams to cap off the qualifier stage of the Chance Briefcase Ladder Match!
Adam LaRue: And we just need to take in what the victory means for Kaitlin Williams! She just pinned one former World Champion last week, and she just made one submit tonight! What a run of competition The Crown Jewel has been on! But again, in a ladder match, you can’t pin anyone, nor can you make them tap out! Williams now needs to prepare herself for this match, as well as the seven others in it!
Williams stands tall, seeing the full graphic for the match as we fade!
However, the opening is enough to give Kaitlin the opening she needs and grabs Daria by the hair and the back of her head and takes her down with a hard-hitting inverted DDT. She immediately goes for a quick cover but Darsia shows her tenacity by kicking just before 2.
Williams hastily brings Daria back to her, rocking her with a series of European Uppercuts, jacking Dorsey’s jaw. Kaitlin goes to follow up with a Northern Lights suplex but Daria stuffs it, spreading her weight back, resisting. She pulls on Kate’s head tight for a front face lock and lifts her into a beautiful high vertical suplex before seamlessly transitioning into a cover, floating over as she does, hooking the leg. The referee counts but this time Kaitlin is the one to force the near fall.
The momentum shifts back and forth as both competitors trade a series of impressive technical wrestling techniques, countering each other's attacks with precision. Daria snatches Kaitlin’s leg out of mid-air from an attempted roundhouse kick and sends her twisting across the mat with an impressive Dragon Screw. Daria takes to the outside and uses the ropes for momentum to nail Kaitlin with a Springboard Uppercut to keep her off balance. However Kaitlin answers back with a spine-jarring pendulum backbreaker before stuffing Daria’s momentum build with her Tempest twisting uranage. However once more, Daria showcases her resilience by kicking out of another pinfall attempt.
Despite the back-and-forth nature of the match, it's Williams who keeps the upper hand in her favor, locking in her patented Kalamity locking in the Cloverleaf while burying her knee straight on Daria's head. Despite Daria's valiant efforts to escape, she ultimately succumbs to the excruciating pain, forced to tap out.
Darrion Hughes: The winner of this match, via submission…Kaitlin! Williams!
Amber Westgate: Another impressive victory for Kaitlin Williams to cap off the qualifier stage of the Chance Briefcase Ladder Match!
Adam LaRue: And we just need to take in what the victory means for Kaitlin Williams! She just pinned one former World Champion last week, and she just made one submit tonight! What a run of competition The Crown Jewel has been on! But again, in a ladder match, you can’t pin anyone, nor can you make them tap out! Williams now needs to prepare herself for this match, as well as the seven others in it!
Williams stands tall, seeing the full graphic for the match as we fade!
RESULT: SUBMISSION (KALAMITY)
We go backstage, before the main event is set to begin. At the end of the hall, the door to the Queens of Chaos’ locker room opens and Queen of Strong Style Champion, Yukiko Kusanagi comes walking out. She’s sans her mask, kimono and even her full face paint. Dark green streaks run down her eyes and mouth like some venomous mockup of The Crow and she wears a QoC shirt over her black and magenta colored ring gear. She slaps the QoC armband on her bicep, slaps the title on her shoulder and starts walking down the hallway. A mix of cheers and boos from the Denver fans sound as The Osaka Devil makes her way through the arena, headed for the ring.
She just starts to pass a corner when she stops short, almost bumping into someone who also stops. Yukiko meets the eyes of Yumi Akiyama. The latter of whom looks a bit taken aback to come across her rival from War Games. The two stare back and forth at each other with Yumi shifting in place a little but holding her ground. Visibly swallowing air as an eerie smile slowly creeps across Yukiko’s green lips.
Yukiko Kusanagi: ”.......”
Yumi Akiyama: ”.......”
Yukiko Kusanagi: ”.......”
Yumi Akiyama: ”.......”
And Yukiko starts to laugh softly before continuing down the hallway, letting the tense moment pass. The camera stays on Yumi as she slowly turns to watch Yukiko go. The laughter is still audible but growing distant. Yumi’s tense expression slowly hardens with her jaw tightening and a look of frustration crossing her features before the camera cuts away.
Amber Westgate: An interesting confrontation involving the champion before her match tonight! But we of course have to look forward to next week as we come to live from the Golden 1 Arena in Sacramento!
Adam LaRue: It all starts with our opening contest, the World Tag Team Champions have their hands full with The Queens of Chaos, and things have the potential to reach critical mass next week as Jessi Ozborne goes one-on-one with Senshi No Akumu’s Hana Megumi!
Amber Westgate: As we saw last week, Razzles Mars is back in Zion Wrestling! Next week, we get to see her in action, as she faces Lena Galante in one-on-one action!
Adam LaRue: Unlikely “allies”, if you can call them that, come together over a common enemy! This may be cliche to say, but will Mai Blackman and Lara Bratton be able to co-exist as they take on The Carlton Crew?
Amber Westgate: And in the main event, Blaze Darling has been moving strong heading into her Destiny Main Event against ISIS, but before she can get there, she has to overcome her Angel of Destruction! Will she be able to overcome, as the 2024 Madness Rumble Winner goes one-on-one with Maki Megumi? All this and more goes down next week on Fusion!
MAIN EVENT: KAYA PARKER VS YUKIKO KUSANAGI ©
QUEEN OF STRONG STYLE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Darrion Hughes: The following contest is scheduled for one fall
Crowd: One fall!
Darrion Hughes: And it is for the Zion Wrestling Queen of Strong Style Championship!
The lights go out in the Arena. “Evil Ways” begins playing, as the fans begin to give a mixed reaction, a man in a three piece suit steps out in the shadows, looking at all the fans and laughing a bit, a woman follows out behind him as a white spotlight shines on the spot she stops. The black cowboy hat covers her face, along with a black bandana. She holds up a single black rose, looking at it carefully, then with a single word, she drops it.
“Dracarys”
With that a red fire ring forms around her as the music begins to pick up.
So I won't hide
Ooooo
I won't hide
Oooooo
I can't hide Yeah!
Ooooooo
I can't hide HEY!
My evil ways
She steps through the fire ring, then looks out at the fans continuing to give a mix reaction to her. She puts her hands up, and “Flowers” by Kayla King and Halocene begins playing. Kaya along with her coach, begins the slow walk down to the ring, she turns to him and he motions her to keep her eyes on the ring.. She turns back focusing her grey eyes on the ring, As she gets to the bottom, she stops taking the guitar she was wearing off, placing it at ringside.
I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours
Say things you don't understand
I can take myself dancing
And I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can
Kaya then walks over to the stairs looking up at the ring, she takes her hat off putting it on her guitar, then she climbs up the stairs. Kaya steps through the middle rope, then turns her orange hair floating in the wind. She pulls down her bandana, snarling a bit at the camera. Kaya then takes her jacket and bandana off, tossing them over the ropes. She backed into her corner as she looked out.
Vincent Moretto's cover of Yakuza 0's "Pledge of Demon" comes on over the PA system with its grueling guitar riff and thunderous drums, sending the crowd into a mixed reaction. Some cheer with bloodlust, others boo in disdain. The rest of the lights go out, leaving the audience shrouded in darkness as an eerie purple light illuminates the ring itself. The stage and ramp are lit up with plain white lights, violently flashing in sync with the music. As the music swells, the lights take on a more intense flashing, adding a purple hue among the whites. The crowd waits in anticipation as smoke fills the entryway as the music flows from the speakers, assaulting the ears of those present. The camera focuses intently on the entryway as the inner lights come on and, combined with the smoke, give off an almost ethereal, heavenly appearance. The video wall is alight with the visage of the Queens of Chaos logo and the name “草由紀子."
The wall of light within the entryway is disturbed by the visage of a black silhouette, soon coming into view to reveal Yukiko Kusanagi. Sleeveless robe over her gear, with her hood drawn up over her hood. We see her eyes though are, as always, cold and utterly hateful towards everyone present as they peer out over her black face mask. Her eyes then shift down the ramp and aim directly to the ring. Her battleground. Angel holds her position on the stage throughout the chorus and when the second verse begins, she shifts forward and begins her walk down the ramp. She completely ignores the fans in the front row, throwing jeers and boos at her. That which she sees as nothing more than scum beneath her. Angel moves methodically but with a sense of purpose as she approaches the ring. As she reaches the ring, she circles around to the opposite side of where she approached and stands on the apron, turning her head to sneer towards the fans again. Despite the sour attitude she gives off, she wipes her feet on the apron before entering the ring through the top and middle ropes at the return of the chorus.
She comes to stand in the center of the ring, continuing to just glare hatefully at any and everyone. One hand comes up to unclasp the buckle on her coat before he peels the hood back and slides the garment off of her body, dropping it to the floor for the ringside attendant to take while she goes to her corner and uses the ropes to get some stretching in. Finally, she turns towards the ramp with that ever hateful expression and calmly waits for the match to begin.
Darrion Hughes: Introducing first, the challenger… representing The Genesis of Destruction… from Dallas, Texas…weighing 114 lbs…. KAYA! PARKER!
Darrion Hughes: And her opponent… representing the Queens of Chaos…from Osaka, Japan… weighing 125 lbs…. She is the Osaka Devil! The reigning and defending Zion Wrestling Queen of Strong Style Champion… YUKIKO! KUSANAGI!
Amber Westgate: Kaya Parker has been on a massive roll ever since betraying the Queens of Chaos at War Games! But could this be where the buck stops?
Adam LaRue: One thing I know very well about Yukiko Kusanagi is that she hates traitors! I mean, she hates people in general! But traitors most of all!
It’s now time for the main event, the Ball Arena is absolutely buzzing with anticipation Kaya and Yukiko stand face to face in the center of the ring, the Zion Wrestling Queen of Strong Style Championship glimmering around Yukiki’s waist. A sadistic smile painted across her painted features, she hands the championship to the referee. Kaya isn’t intimidated though and stares back with equal conviction.
As the bell rings, the match explodes into action, with Kaya and Yukiko wasting no time in unleashing a whirlwind of strikes on each other. Kaya opens the assault with a lightning-fast series of kicks, looking to keep Yukiko on the defensive in the early-going. But Yukiko absorbs the punishment and retaliates with a flurry of brutal knife-edge chops that sting Kaya’s chest, causing her to wince before the champion connects with a hard spinning back elbow, reeling Parker.
Undeterred though, the challenger regains her composure and launches a counterattack. She connects with a spinning back fist that catches Yukiko on the temple before quickly climbing out of the ring. She uses the ropes for momentum to take down the champion with a springboard European Uppercut, sending her tumbling back. Kaya keeps the assault going, lifting Yukiko up for a powerbomb but the champion also counters, driving a vicious knee strike into Parker’s jaw that stuns her and shifts the momentum back to her.
With a sadistic grin, Yukiko seizes the opening, flooring Kaya with the Black Rain short-arm lariat but she keeps a hold of her grip on Kaya’s forearm, pulling her back to her feet. Yukiko, yanks Kaya towards her, throwing her overhead with the Blizzard of Ozz bridging exploder suplex! The referee gets down for the count:
One…!
Two…!
But Parker shows her tenacity to muscle out of the pinning predicament. Yukiko is relentless though and doesn’t give Kaya a chance to recuperate, moving to her legs and locks in a deep and painful-looking Sharpshooter. Kaya immediately yelps out in pain as Yukiko wrenches back with all her strength. The referee is prone now, in front of Kaya, checking for a submission but she shakes her head defiantly, before finding the strength to crawl across on her front to Kaya to grab the bottom rope. The referee calls for Yukiko to break the hold but the sadistic champion grins and holds on forcing the ref to give her a count.
One!
Two!
Three!
Four!
Right before the five-count, Yukiko finally lets go as Kaya arches her back, reaching behind her with a hand. Yukiko slows the pace down, feeling like she’s in full control of the match and grabs Kaya by the hair, dragging her back to her feet. Kaya, though, begins to fight back, burying a couple of rights and lefts to Yukiko’s midsection that catches her off-guard. She leans back before delivering a brutal headbutt to the champion before transitioning into a jumping knee strike that floors Yukiko. Kaya continues to build momentum, lifting Yukiko up and drilling her with the Road to Dead Silence! She makes the cover!
One…!
Two…!
No! Yukiko kicks out! She rolls to the side, climbing back to her feet as Kaya goes back on the attack, a sadistic grin crosses her face. Seemingly reinvigorated, she unleashes a barrage of brutal strikes targeting Kaya's limbs with almost surgical precision before leaping up pulling Kaya down to the mat, locking her in a Fujiwara armbar, wrenching back on her arm.
Kaya again though refuses to submit, With a defiant shout, she resists the hyperextension of her elbow and is able to lift Yukiko off the mat and drops her with a modified powerbomb onto her knee, leaving Yukiko stunned on the mat. Kaya begins to set Yukiko up for the Parker’s Web….
Amber Westgate: NO! FUCKING! WAY!
Adam LaRue: You’re joking!
Kaya lets go of Yukiko and turns to face the stage, a look of confusion when her face goes chalk white as she sees who appears on the stage.
Amber Westgate: Lilith Parker! She’s back! Lilith Parker is back!
Adam LaRue: We haven’t seen her since War Games! Since Kaya Parker took her out during the War Games match!
Amber Westgate: Oh, and you can tell by the look on her face that she hasn’t forgotten!
The camera pans from Lilith’s sudden appearance on the stage to Kaya who can’t quite believe what she’s seeing. However, the sudden distraction is all Yukiko needs as she delivers a vicious Steel Feather kick, catching Kaya on the temple, dazing her. Yukiko instantly follows up, drilling Kaya with the Kuro Gishiki! She floats over into the cover as the referee counts!
One…!
Two…!
Three!!
Darrion Hughes: The winner of this match…AND STILL! Zion Wrestling Queen of Strong Style Champion! Yukiko! Kusanagi!
Amber Westgate: Yukiko Kusanagi gets the win tonight, and thwarts the Genesis of Destruction’s attempts at taking back the Queen of Strong Style Championship! All thanks to a good friend!
Adam LaRue: Judging by the reaction of this crowd, everyone seems to be happy to see Lilith Parker back in the fold! Everyone except for her sister!
Kusanagi stands tall with her title in hand as Kaya rolls out of the ring! She books it out through the crowd as Lilith attempts to give chase to her, escaping her clutches for the time being! Lilith celebrates with Yukiko as we fade!
Crowd: One fall!
Darrion Hughes: And it is for the Zion Wrestling Queen of Strong Style Championship!
The lights go out in the Arena. “Evil Ways” begins playing, as the fans begin to give a mixed reaction, a man in a three piece suit steps out in the shadows, looking at all the fans and laughing a bit, a woman follows out behind him as a white spotlight shines on the spot she stops. The black cowboy hat covers her face, along with a black bandana. She holds up a single black rose, looking at it carefully, then with a single word, she drops it.
“Dracarys”
With that a red fire ring forms around her as the music begins to pick up.
So I won't hide
Ooooo
I won't hide
Oooooo
I can't hide Yeah!
Ooooooo
I can't hide HEY!
My evil ways
She steps through the fire ring, then looks out at the fans continuing to give a mix reaction to her. She puts her hands up, and “Flowers” by Kayla King and Halocene begins playing. Kaya along with her coach, begins the slow walk down to the ring, she turns to him and he motions her to keep her eyes on the ring.. She turns back focusing her grey eyes on the ring, As she gets to the bottom, she stops taking the guitar she was wearing off, placing it at ringside.
I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours
Say things you don't understand
I can take myself dancing
And I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can
Kaya then walks over to the stairs looking up at the ring, she takes her hat off putting it on her guitar, then she climbs up the stairs. Kaya steps through the middle rope, then turns her orange hair floating in the wind. She pulls down her bandana, snarling a bit at the camera. Kaya then takes her jacket and bandana off, tossing them over the ropes. She backed into her corner as she looked out.
Vincent Moretto's cover of Yakuza 0's "Pledge of Demon" comes on over the PA system with its grueling guitar riff and thunderous drums, sending the crowd into a mixed reaction. Some cheer with bloodlust, others boo in disdain. The rest of the lights go out, leaving the audience shrouded in darkness as an eerie purple light illuminates the ring itself. The stage and ramp are lit up with plain white lights, violently flashing in sync with the music. As the music swells, the lights take on a more intense flashing, adding a purple hue among the whites. The crowd waits in anticipation as smoke fills the entryway as the music flows from the speakers, assaulting the ears of those present. The camera focuses intently on the entryway as the inner lights come on and, combined with the smoke, give off an almost ethereal, heavenly appearance. The video wall is alight with the visage of the Queens of Chaos logo and the name “草由紀子."
The wall of light within the entryway is disturbed by the visage of a black silhouette, soon coming into view to reveal Yukiko Kusanagi. Sleeveless robe over her gear, with her hood drawn up over her hood. We see her eyes though are, as always, cold and utterly hateful towards everyone present as they peer out over her black face mask. Her eyes then shift down the ramp and aim directly to the ring. Her battleground. Angel holds her position on the stage throughout the chorus and when the second verse begins, she shifts forward and begins her walk down the ramp. She completely ignores the fans in the front row, throwing jeers and boos at her. That which she sees as nothing more than scum beneath her. Angel moves methodically but with a sense of purpose as she approaches the ring. As she reaches the ring, she circles around to the opposite side of where she approached and stands on the apron, turning her head to sneer towards the fans again. Despite the sour attitude she gives off, she wipes her feet on the apron before entering the ring through the top and middle ropes at the return of the chorus.
She comes to stand in the center of the ring, continuing to just glare hatefully at any and everyone. One hand comes up to unclasp the buckle on her coat before he peels the hood back and slides the garment off of her body, dropping it to the floor for the ringside attendant to take while she goes to her corner and uses the ropes to get some stretching in. Finally, she turns towards the ramp with that ever hateful expression and calmly waits for the match to begin.
Darrion Hughes: Introducing first, the challenger… representing The Genesis of Destruction… from Dallas, Texas…weighing 114 lbs…. KAYA! PARKER!
Darrion Hughes: And her opponent… representing the Queens of Chaos…from Osaka, Japan… weighing 125 lbs…. She is the Osaka Devil! The reigning and defending Zion Wrestling Queen of Strong Style Champion… YUKIKO! KUSANAGI!
Amber Westgate: Kaya Parker has been on a massive roll ever since betraying the Queens of Chaos at War Games! But could this be where the buck stops?
Adam LaRue: One thing I know very well about Yukiko Kusanagi is that she hates traitors! I mean, she hates people in general! But traitors most of all!
It’s now time for the main event, the Ball Arena is absolutely buzzing with anticipation Kaya and Yukiko stand face to face in the center of the ring, the Zion Wrestling Queen of Strong Style Championship glimmering around Yukiki’s waist. A sadistic smile painted across her painted features, she hands the championship to the referee. Kaya isn’t intimidated though and stares back with equal conviction.
As the bell rings, the match explodes into action, with Kaya and Yukiko wasting no time in unleashing a whirlwind of strikes on each other. Kaya opens the assault with a lightning-fast series of kicks, looking to keep Yukiko on the defensive in the early-going. But Yukiko absorbs the punishment and retaliates with a flurry of brutal knife-edge chops that sting Kaya’s chest, causing her to wince before the champion connects with a hard spinning back elbow, reeling Parker.
Undeterred though, the challenger regains her composure and launches a counterattack. She connects with a spinning back fist that catches Yukiko on the temple before quickly climbing out of the ring. She uses the ropes for momentum to take down the champion with a springboard European Uppercut, sending her tumbling back. Kaya keeps the assault going, lifting Yukiko up for a powerbomb but the champion also counters, driving a vicious knee strike into Parker’s jaw that stuns her and shifts the momentum back to her.
With a sadistic grin, Yukiko seizes the opening, flooring Kaya with the Black Rain short-arm lariat but she keeps a hold of her grip on Kaya’s forearm, pulling her back to her feet. Yukiko, yanks Kaya towards her, throwing her overhead with the Blizzard of Ozz bridging exploder suplex! The referee gets down for the count:
One…!
Two…!
But Parker shows her tenacity to muscle out of the pinning predicament. Yukiko is relentless though and doesn’t give Kaya a chance to recuperate, moving to her legs and locks in a deep and painful-looking Sharpshooter. Kaya immediately yelps out in pain as Yukiko wrenches back with all her strength. The referee is prone now, in front of Kaya, checking for a submission but she shakes her head defiantly, before finding the strength to crawl across on her front to Kaya to grab the bottom rope. The referee calls for Yukiko to break the hold but the sadistic champion grins and holds on forcing the ref to give her a count.
One!
Two!
Three!
Four!
Right before the five-count, Yukiko finally lets go as Kaya arches her back, reaching behind her with a hand. Yukiko slows the pace down, feeling like she’s in full control of the match and grabs Kaya by the hair, dragging her back to her feet. Kaya, though, begins to fight back, burying a couple of rights and lefts to Yukiko’s midsection that catches her off-guard. She leans back before delivering a brutal headbutt to the champion before transitioning into a jumping knee strike that floors Yukiko. Kaya continues to build momentum, lifting Yukiko up and drilling her with the Road to Dead Silence! She makes the cover!
One…!
Two…!
No! Yukiko kicks out! She rolls to the side, climbing back to her feet as Kaya goes back on the attack, a sadistic grin crosses her face. Seemingly reinvigorated, she unleashes a barrage of brutal strikes targeting Kaya's limbs with almost surgical precision before leaping up pulling Kaya down to the mat, locking her in a Fujiwara armbar, wrenching back on her arm.
Kaya again though refuses to submit, With a defiant shout, she resists the hyperextension of her elbow and is able to lift Yukiko off the mat and drops her with a modified powerbomb onto her knee, leaving Yukiko stunned on the mat. Kaya begins to set Yukiko up for the Parker’s Web….
Amber Westgate: NO! FUCKING! WAY!
Adam LaRue: You’re joking!
Kaya lets go of Yukiko and turns to face the stage, a look of confusion when her face goes chalk white as she sees who appears on the stage.
Amber Westgate: Lilith Parker! She’s back! Lilith Parker is back!
Adam LaRue: We haven’t seen her since War Games! Since Kaya Parker took her out during the War Games match!
Amber Westgate: Oh, and you can tell by the look on her face that she hasn’t forgotten!
The camera pans from Lilith’s sudden appearance on the stage to Kaya who can’t quite believe what she’s seeing. However, the sudden distraction is all Yukiko needs as she delivers a vicious Steel Feather kick, catching Kaya on the temple, dazing her. Yukiko instantly follows up, drilling Kaya with the Kuro Gishiki! She floats over into the cover as the referee counts!
One…!
Two…!
Three!!
Darrion Hughes: The winner of this match…AND STILL! Zion Wrestling Queen of Strong Style Champion! Yukiko! Kusanagi!
Amber Westgate: Yukiko Kusanagi gets the win tonight, and thwarts the Genesis of Destruction’s attempts at taking back the Queen of Strong Style Championship! All thanks to a good friend!
Adam LaRue: Judging by the reaction of this crowd, everyone seems to be happy to see Lilith Parker back in the fold! Everyone except for her sister!
Kusanagi stands tall with her title in hand as Kaya rolls out of the ring! She books it out through the crowd as Lilith attempts to give chase to her, escaping her clutches for the time being! Lilith celebrates with Yukiko as we fade!
RESULT: PINFALL (KURO GISHIKI)
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The sounds of “Murder On The Dancefloor” by Sophie-Ellis Bextor begins to play throughout the arena. Colorful lights swirl around the crowd and everyone begins to clap to the beat of the music. It’s clear they know who’s making her entrance and they anticipate her with open arms. Finally, the young woman makes her way out onto the apron with a happy little spin. Stopping only when she reaches the middle of the stage. She shakes her head, giggling softly as she takes a moment to catch her balance. Once she’s on steady feet, she waves out to the crowd, running from left to right to get them hyped up.
She’s dressed in her own custom QOC jersey and wears a matching cap to pull the look together. She’s not dressed for action, as she doesn’t have a match tonight. But, she does have a lot on her mind. Making her way to the ring, she stops to slap hands with fans along the way. She even hugs a few kids at ringside, before finally climbing the steel steps. Her music dies out and she’s handed a microphone as a smile crosses her features.
BLAZE DARLING: You guys are absolutely electric tonight! I love that for me. Thank you so much for the warm welcome. You guys are awesome, as always.
Blaze’s expression turns into something neutral, but she keeps herself in an upbeat mood.
BLAZE DARLING: At Battleborn, we came to a stunning conclusion. With ISIS managing to retain the championship. I ended up coming out to remind her who the real challenge is and there was some tension. However, I would like to take the chance to speak with ISIS here tonight. No GOD. No QOC. Just the two of us. One on one. As it should be. So, ISIS… Please, come out.
“Bad” by Royal Deluxe plays. The undefeated World Champion doesn’t waste any time making her presence known. She honored Blaze’s request of not coming out with Genesis of Destruction. Not bothering to pose at the top of the ramp, ISIS, with the World Championship hugging her waist, \power walks down to the ring. She walks to the ring steps, walks up them. She bends down to grab the microphone that was placed there. Entering the ring she walks over to Blaze. The size difference is striking. She brings the microphone to her lips.
ISIS: I’m here, Blaze. What’s on your mind? I concede the floor to you.
Blaze keeps her eyes on ISIS the entire time. She doesn’t show a single ounce of anxiousness or fear. But, she does have her guard up.
BLAZE DARLING: You've always made it clear you’re not a fan of my sisters. In fact, we’ve gone to war with GOD and I was there as well. So, why me? Why now? I mean, you claim you have this sort of faith in me and I… I just don’t understand.
ISIS ponders for a quick moment the questions Blaze directed her way. Tilting her head slightly she proceeds to give Blaze an answer.
ISIS: Would you like to know the moment you grabbed my attention? War Games. I was one thousand percent certain that Fate would spell the end of the Queens of Chaos. Kaya betrayed your sisterhood. All Team G.O.D needed to do was pull the trigger. Maki making a mess of things aside, the person in that match who showed true fire and grit was you. You scored the deciding fall. You gave your sisterhood hope that everything would be alright. On that night I knew our paths would cross eventually. I felt an eerie sense of excitement I hadn’t since I took the Hardcore Championship from Yuki at Destiny II one year ago.
ISIS pauses for a quick second.
ISIS: You have no clue how happy it made me when you won the Madness Rumble. From the bottom of my heart I’m proud of you. All of this. My streak. My reign as World Champion. I believe it was my calling to dominate. To destroy anyone who was laid out in my path. Running through your Queens, mostly, has been a job. A task I needed to complete. Putting Indigo in the hospital wasn’t personal. A message needed to be sent. That’s all. Beating Jessi, Nadia, it was what it was. With them, they have their accolades. The world bends to their will. You Firestarter, what I see in you is the potential to become greater than your Sisters. The one true Queen amongst the clan. That’s how much I believe in you. Might make Maki upset. If you didn’t hate me and G.O.D, I would offer you a chance to stand by my side. Together Blaze, I could make you better. You love your sisters way too much, that’s fine, I respect your loyalty. So I am going to offer you the next best thing.
There’s a look of contemplation on Blaze’s face, a mixture of shock, confusion, and even slight nervousness. However, she pulls herself together to truly focus this time.
BLAZE DARLING: You put a lot of faith in me. Just like Jessi does. It’s why she chose me. She chose me because she knew I wasn’t bound to be a loser forever. That I was destined for greatness one day… and that day might come sooner than any of us realize. There’s a lot of pressure on me to do better. To be better. So, I have to push myself to be just that. No matter the outcome of what happens between you and I.
ISIS nods.
ISIS: You mentioned on Twitter about digging into the deepest parts of you to guarantee I don’t walk away champion. Lofty words I have heard before. I like you, Blaze. I want the best for you. My offer is simple. We train together. I intend to push you to your mental, emotional, physical, spiritual limits. Only then can you say you discovered a side of yourself you didn’t know existed. Whether you win or lose at Destiny III, I want Zion to truly appreciate the force Blaze Darling can be. I’m going to make you better one way or another. All I ask is you trust me. What do you say? How bad do you want to have the whole world in your hands?
Blaze can’t believe the words she’s hearing right now. Trust ISIS? She has proven to be a woman of her word time and time again. Even if not in ways Blaze had approved of. Blaze toys with the microphone in her hands, listens as the fans try to sway her decision. For several moments, there’s nothing but silence before Blaze nods her head slightly.
BLAZE DARLING: I don’t think my sisters will be too happy with me… But, you’ve always been a woman of your word. Even if your decisions aren’t something I always agree with. However… They always say keep your friends close and your enemies closer so… I accept your offer.
The crowd was in shock that Blaze would accept the offer from a woman who has been more devil than God over the past two years. A genuine smile forms on ISIS face. To make the deal official, ISIS offers Blaze her hand to shake on it. Blaze looks at ISIS hand, soaking in the moment. Eventually she does shake the God of Destruction’s hand. For the capacity crowd this moment is unexpected and surreal.
ISIS backs up towards the ropes. Sitting on the middle rope, she holds the top one up. It becomes clear she is holding the ropes open for Blaze. She does walk towards ISIS. They exchange a few words the camera doesn’t pick up on. The complete the surrealness of the moment, she does exit the ring. ISIS hops off the apron. Both women head towards the back to start their journey as the most unlikely training partners of all time as the logo for Zion shows up on the screen as the show fades to black.
