November 11, 2017 (Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA)
(The opening of “What Do They Know” by Mindless Self Indulgence begin to play.)
Beat me up
Beat me down
Mess me up
Beyond all recognition
(Video of the ten competitors from the 5 on 5 tag elimination are shown battling it out with each other and against other opponents.)
For what it's worth
I'd do it again
With no consequence
I will do it again
Hard up, so hunt me down, down, down
Jump the gun bust a cap hit the crowd
(We see Kendra Classic hitting the ClassiCrash on Olivia. We see Brooklyn Smith hitting an opponent with the Night Cap.)
yo yo, word
My dignity's never returned
Recieved like a big fat jerk
A bit silly, but not absurd
Criminal that's what I heard
Thinking thoughts that's most impure
Not ever going to extend it, sure
I'm just there to insure
On the fence
The consequence
What do they know
About that
(We see footage of Adrian Waters, Julia Braddock, Glory Braddock, Brookford, Chantelle Chambers, and Victoria Salinas all in action shots, hitting their various signature moves on other opponents.)
On the track
Ahead of the pack
What do they know
About that
(We see Timothy Myers and Malcolm Cross brawling throughout the arena.)
I'm quite depressed
I'm quite a mess
Beat me up
Beat me down
Mess me up
Beyond all recognition
For what it's worth
I'd do it again
With no consequence
I will do it again
(We see footage of Jazmyn Rain, Travis Vessey, Isabella Harker, Gabriela Austin, Myra Lynwood, and Aphrodite Noel in action shots hitting their various signature moves.)
Hard up, so hunt me down, down, down
Jump the gun bust a cap hit the crowd
yo yo, word
My dignity's never returned
Recieved like a big fat jerk
I bit silly, but not absurd
Criminal that's what I heard
Thinking thoughts that's most impure
Not ever going to extend it, sure
I'm just there to insure
(Finally a quick run through of everyone on the card for tonight is shown. Then the Survival of the Fittest logo pops onto the screen.)
5 on 5 Elimination
Team Shotgun (Casey Holiday, Queen Mamba, Darian Andrews, Nate Lawson, Kimberly Williams) vs. Team Livewire (Andrea Hernandez, Jenni Anderson, Loretta Inglewood, Karen McBride, Aubrianna Powers)
[Loretta and Darian were the two that started the match. It was even for a bit before Loretta would bring him down with an enziguri. Cover by Loretta, but Darian kicked out. Jenni was next tagged in. Darian would overpower her and bring her down with a Northern Lights that Jenni had to kick out of. Kimberly was tagged in next. Jenni fought back until she took her down with a springboard facebuster. Cover was made, but Kim kicked out. Karen would be the next one in against Kimberly. Kimberly came back before she took Karen down with a scoop slam. Cover was made, Karen kicked out. Casey was next in. Karen would stymie her and eventually bring her down with a tornado DDT. Casey kicked out of the cover. A moonsault attempt was blocked. Casey tortured her with submissions until she took her down with a spinning heel kick. Cover… no, Karen kicked out. Nate would blind tag himself in. Karen took control again. Running knee to the skull! Darian kicked out. Flying clothesline… COUNTERED BY A SPEAR! Nate then hit a Double Edge Spinebuster. Nate made the cover, and the referee made the three count.]
ELIMINATED: Karen McBride (Shotgun leads 5-4)
[Queen Mamba was tagged in. Andrea took the torch for her team trying to rally back. It started with an even fight, but Mamba would eventually take control of Andrea. Mamba nailed a Fisherman’s suplex, but Andrea would kick out. Mamba attempted a missile dropkick but Andrea ducked it. She went to the skies and brought mamba down with a somersault leg drop. She stumbled into her corner and Loretta blind tagged herself in much to her chagrin. Loretta began to dominate Mamba for a but with suplex after suplex, armdrag after armdrag. She, Aubrianna and Jenni would all trade tags. After a bit, Loretta was legal again. After nailing Mamba with a running lariat, she covered, but Mamba kicked out. This enabled Jenni and Aubrianna to jump in illegally and double team her. The referee was able to pry Aubrianna off of her. Loretta would pull Jenni off of Mamba while Andrea escorted Aubrianna back to the ring. Loretta would argue with Jenni, telling her that her actions weren’t pure. While this was going on, Casey was tagged in. Casey took advantage of Loretta being distracted by turning her around and nailing her with the Stock Plunge. Darian and Nate chased Aubrianna out of the ring. Casey dropped down to make the cover on Loretta and the referee got to three.]
ELIMINATED: Loretta Inglewood (Shotgun leads 5-3)
[Aubrianna bolted into the ring with anger and she and Casey traded punches for a while before Aubrianna would pin Casey back into her own corner. This enabled Kimberly to tag herself back in. Try as she may, Aubrianna was caught off guard by Kim’s wildness as the Jones sister would largely dominate her for the next few minutes. Kim would nail her with a jawbreaker and make the cover, but Aubrianna kicked out. Kimberly then pulled out a Swiss army knife from her wrestling trucks and staid “Stabby Stab Stab”. This enabled Casey to come in and restrain her, pulling her back into her corner until Mamba tagged herself back in. Aubrianna almost got to her corner, but Mamba pounced on her and would dominate. German suplex! Missile dropkick. Swinging neckbreaker. Mamba made the cover, no Aubrianna kicked out. Aubrianna was dazed. She was able to escape a powerbomb attempt to make a tag to Andrea. But Andrea was also dominated by Mamba for a few minutes, culminating with a running spinebuster. Cover was made, but Andrea kicked out. A hurricanrana gave Andrea a chance to get to her corner and Jenni blind tagged herself in. Mamba would dominate her too, culminating with a Snake Chamber. Cover… no, Jenni kicked out. Jenni fought back, but Mamba maintained control. Casey then stepped away from her corner a bit. She springboarded into the ring looking to nail Jenni with a forearm, but she dodged it and it nailed Mamba instead. Jenni threw Casey out of the ring, then she got Mamba up… ADORA-BOMB! Cover… and… three count!]
ELIMINATED: Queen Mamba (Shotgun leads 4-3)
[Kimberly ran in with the Swiss army knife, but Nate and Darian stopped her and restrained her. However, Kimberly was ruled legal but the knife was taken. Jenni couldn’t slow her down as Kimberly would dominate some more with her mind games. A double underhook powerbomb resulted in a cover, but Jenni kicked out. She went to the corner and Darian went in. Darian was in total command, wearing her down with submissions. Darian then took her down with a Tiger bomb! However, Jenni kicked out at two. Casey then blind tagged herself in. Jenni shoved her away and managed to tag Aubrianna in. Casey began showing what she could do, taking over for a few minutes. A float over backbreaker brought her down and she covered, but Jenni broke it up. Casey got distracted with Jenni, getting her out, not noticing Andrea got tagged in. Andrea waited on the apron and once Casey turned around… SKY HIGH!!! The springboard somersault senton smothered Casey in the middle of the ring and her teammates did NOTHING to help her as the three count was made!!!!]
ELIMINATED: Casey Holliday (Tied 3-3)
[The fans erupted with cheers as Casey sat up in shock! Andrea was beaming with joy at eliminating Casey after all the words she threw at her. Casey attempted to protest but it was no use. She attacked Andrea in a tantrum drawing security out to drag her away shamefully. Casey flipped the finger to her teammates as she was dragged up the ramp kicking and screaming. Meanwhile, back in the ring, Nate was going at it with Andrea. Andrea kept her momentum going, nailing a springboard cross body, but Nate kicked out. Jenni blind tagged herself in. Nate took over, stymying Jenni until he nailed her with a spinning side slam! Cover… no! Jenni kicked out. Darian would then be tagged in. Jenni and Darian were evenly matched. Darian eventually brought her down with a running powerslam. Cover… Andrea ran in for the save, surprisingly. This drew out Kimberly after Andrea, then Aubrianna ran in, then Nate ran in. Hell broke loose. Things spilled to the outside with Nate and Aubrianna, who slid a chair into the ring. Jenni picked up the chair… smacking Darian in the spine with it in plain view of the referee and right in plain sight of Andrea.]
ELIMINATED: Jenni Anderson (DQ) (Shotgun leads 3-2)
[Andrea was dragged out of the ring by Kimberly before the referee spotted her to declare her legal. Jenni continued to go berserk on Darian, constantly beating him down with the chair again and again and again. She was about to go for another swing when the chair was snatched from behind by… CHELSEA SUMMERS???? Jenni laughed and left the ring, no problem and Chelsea threw the chair after her. She helped Darian up…]
Chelsea: I’m here for you… I love you…. I FUCKING LOVE YOU!!!!!
[Darian looked at her, not knowing how to react.
Chelsea: I’m sorry… I LOVE YOU….
[CHELSEA LOW BLOWED DARIAN!]
Chelsea: YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!!! YOU ARE GOING TO BE MINE NOW!!!! MINE!!!! MIIIIIIINE!!!!!!
[At this point, security jumped in to drag Chelsea out of the ring and up the ramp!]
Chelsea: I HAD TO TEACH YOU A LESSON!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!! I LOOOOVE YOU!!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! LET ME BE WITH HIM!!!!!
[Aubrianna slid into the ring and groggily crawled toward Darian. She pinned his shoulders to the mat and after the assault from Jenni and the low blow from Chelsea, there was no way he was kicking out and the fans groaned when the three was made.]
ELIMINATED: Darian Andrews (Tied 2-2)
[Nate slid into the ring to take on Aubrianna and again, both were evenly matched. Somersault splash by Aubrianna. Kickout. Cradle suplex by Nate. Kickout. Nate eventually took control with a spear. He would keep Aubrianna grounded with submissions until he got more physical. This would end with a belly to belly from the second rope. Cover was made, but Aubrianna kicked out again. Kimberly was tagged in and she’d continue to dominate to the point where she’d toy with Aubrianna and Andrea, letting them tag in and out. Aubrianna had to kick out of a corkscrew spinning kick to the jaw and Andrea had to kick out of a brainbuster. Finally, the two remaining Team Livewire members had enough and decided to take on Kimberly together. This two-on-one charge would keep Kimberly off balance. Nate tried to stem the tide, but Aubrianna ducked a clothesline that aimed for her, that nailed Kimberly instead. Nate rolled out of the ring. Aubrianna took the chance to lock in the Ties That Bind. She pulled Kim to the other side, but she wasn’t suffering. No… she was ENJOYING IT! Kimberly had a sick smile on her face and she kept laughing and laughing, completely freaking out Aubrianna. But Aubrianna kept it locked in and well… Kimberly essentially “died laughing” as she eventually passed out from the hold. The referee called for the bell, declaring her eliminated by way of enjoying the submission so much she passed out.]
ELIMINATED (via sado-machosist submission KO): Kimberly Williams
[The announce team was confused, but they realized it was a fitting elimination for someone that enjoyed pain so much, noting that with the way Kimberly dominated while she was in there, that was practically the only way she was going to be taken out. Nate rolled back in, being Shotgun’s last hope. But he really held his own, even with Andrea’s speed and Aubrianna’s technicality taking so much out of him. However, he wasn’t going away. Backbreaker on Andrea. DDT on Aubrianna. Electric chair drop on Andrea. Belly to back suplex on Aubrianna. STO on Andrea. Electric chair facebuster on Aubrianna. At this point, Nate and Andrea were legal. Nate went for the double edge spinebuster, but Andrea would block it by synching in an improvised dragon sleeper hold. She applied a bodyscissors and Nate, try as he may, took so much of the hold until he collapsed to the mat. However, he was still able to reach the bottom ropes. Andrea broke the hold and tagged in Aubrianna. Aubrianna let Nate slowly get up until she knocked him down with the Powers That Be! Rather than go for the Asai, she then quickly tagged Andrea back in. Andrea went to the top rope and… PHOENIX SPLASH! Andrea landed right on Nate. His efforts were tremendous for Team Shotgun, but ultimately, Andrea’s submission counter wound up being the beginning of the end as the combination of two finishers is what ultimately did him in as the final count was made.]
WINNERS: Team Livewire (Survivors: Andrea Hernandez & Aubrianna Powers)
[The fans cheered what took place at the end as Andrea stood up, while Aubrianna wasn’t too far behind. Both of their hands were raised, and the celebration began, though Aubrianna was far more animated, gloating that she was a big part of the victory. Andrea had a smile on her face, knowing that she did her part in pulling through and the announcers noted all of it as they took in the opening match that was just witnessed. The two survivors shook hands, but aside from that, being on opposite sides of the spectrum, they didn’t interact much otherwise. The announcers then noted the incentive for Team Livewire and wondered how Aubrianna, Andrea and the rest of the team would use it. Nate would get a rousing ovation for his efforts, as well as compliments from the announce table, while he went to the back in the midst of the survivor celebration in the ring.]
(We cut backstage where we find GCW’s roving reporter Janice King standing next to Marie Annabelle Jones. The Crown Jewel of Professional Wrestling is already decked out in her wrestling gear and has her GCW Heritage Championship title belt draped over her right shoulder.)
Janice: Ladies and gentlemen, joining me at this time is the GCW Heritage Champion, Marie Annabelle Jones. Thank you for joining me, Marie.
Marie: My pleasure.
Janice: Tonight, you face a woman who already beat you once in a non-title match. Knowing that Hayley Gold already has a win over you, does that make tonight any harder, considering your championship is up for grabs?
(Jones shakes her head.)
Marie: Absolutely not. You see, my mother and aunt, you know them better as The Sisterhood, recently was in a bit of a rut in another company but they managed to pull themselves out. And they are the current Undisputed GCW Tag Team Champions. Hayley Gold is a former champion in her own right. There is no shame in losing to her. Now am I happy about losing?
(Again she shakes her head.)
Marie: Absolutely not. I am, first and foremost, a competitor. I have to be the best. And this championship…
(She pats the Heritage Title belt.)
Marie: …will be defended to the best of my ability. And tonight, Janice, you will be reminded, as will Hayley Gold, that I am The Crown Jewel of Professional Wrestling and that I won’t relinquish this GCW Heritage Championship without a fight.
(Marie walks off.)
Backstage, Brooklyn Smith is preparing for her upcoming rematch for the GCW North American Championship. She sits in a chair, tying her high tops. She smirks into the camera briefly before she starts to speak.
Brooklyn: "Tonight is the night. The night that I get payback against Kendra Classic...the woman who suckered me into believing she was my friend, when her only goal was to take my championship off of me. To Kendra, I was just a chess piece, a pawn in her game. My value as a human being nor my feelings ever accounted in her actions. I was nothing more than an obstacle to her...something to be tossed aside."
Finished with one shoe, Smith sits up, looking hard into the camera.
Brooklyn: "Do you know what a person who does that is called? Well, besides 'bitch' and a few other words I'll refrain from using. 'Sociopath.' It's something we see all too often in life, in sports, and especially in pro wrestling. There are plenty of them in this building tonight...I don't have to name names."
Smith leans over and starts to tie her other shoe.
Brooklyn: "Losing the belt hurt...but what hurt worse was the betrayal. I loved being North American Champion for the great fans of GCW, but losing it wasn't going to be the end of the World. All losing a title means is it's time to get better, push yourself harder to reach that status again."
Her shoes tied, Brook stands, grabbing a pony tail out of her bag. She begins to put her long brunette hair in the holder as she stares into the camera again.
Brooklyn: "You did teach me a valueable lesson, Kendra. I can promise you I won't be letting my guard down again. I have a close knit group of friends who I trust. I can afford to be picky from here on out. It's sad it has to be this way, but it is what it is."
Now, her hair is done. She looks directly into the camera, her eyes cold.
Brooklyn: "What you did is unforgiveable, Kendra. I know, I'm the 'good guy,' I'm supposed to forgive, right?"
Smith shakes her head.
Brooklyn: "Wrong. I have the capacity to forgive, but only those who want it. You obviously don't give a shit. Anyone who follows me on Twitter has seen the hashtag, #EndOfCEra'. That will happen tonight. I'm not going to let you get away with all the shit you pulled."
Brook smiles.
Brooklyn: "Oh, and I do want my North American Championship back. Let's not forget that. See you in the ring."
Smith winks before leaving the dressing room, shutting the door behind her.
Gold: “I’ve come a long way…”
The scene rises up to show clips of Hayley Gold’s recent successes.
Gold: “After spending the better part of a year as an afterthought, ignored, pressed down and used to make other talents look good, I said no more. And, in a couple of short months, I find myself here.”
A clip of Gold defeating Marie Jones is shown…
Gold: “Marie, I respect you. You’re a hell of a talent. But tonight, I have my sights set on that Horizon Championship. Tonight, I’m taking that next step to get back where I belong. It’s been almost three years since I challenged Jazmyn Rain for the Global Championship… that belt – or the World Title – is my endgame. Tonight is the end of stage one. Marie… I hope you’re ready. Because I’m going to prove that I am good as Gold!”
The scene shifts…
(We cut backstage area. Francis Taylor, Livewire General Manager, is making her way towards her office. She rounds a corner and gets to the door. She opens it and steps inside only to gasp as she sees Alan Monroe sitting there on her desk.)
Francis: What the…who the…why…
Alan: Oh hi…
(He waves.)
Alan: …I’d offer you popcorn but I got no money for the concession stand.
Francis: What ar…oh wait a minute, I recognize you. You’re that new hire for the Shotgun Brand. Alan Monroe.
Alan: That’d be me, British babe. Hell’s Reject himself.
(She frowns.)
Francis: If you’re Shotgun talent then why aren’t you bothering Allison Mayberry?
Alan: She has her door locked. Yours wasn’t locked.
Francis: What about…
Alan: Your brother? The great Head of Security? Yeah, he’s off staring at some woman’s ass.
(Taylor rolls her eyes.)
Francis: Bloody hell…
Alan: Do you want popcorn? I might be able to get some outta the Mayberry chick if I promise her to never break into her office again in exchange for some cash.
Francis: NO! Just no! Just…
(She sighs and points towards the door.)
Francis: Just leave!
(Monroe shrugs as he hops up off of the desk.)
Alan: Suit yourself.
(With that he makes his exit.)
[A short while after the five on five, Livewire’s Andrea Hernandez is sitting down on a crate, soaking in what just happened. She’s drawing some pretty solid cheers from the crowd, cheers made even better by the fact that she managed to secure the final fall with Nate Lawson’s elimination. This is clearly the happiest Andrea has ever been up to this point, but a sarcastic clap and the sudden appearance of Shotgun’s Casey Holliday draws her ire.]
Casey: So, you think you’re the shit now huh?
[Andrea slides off the crate and shoots a glare at Casey.]
Casey: You come in here, with your new look, your “metamorphosis, and you SOMEHOW eliminate me AND you get the final fall in the five on five, and suddenly, you think you’re the shit? I don’t understand. I mean, all of that is hard enough to swallow, but the fact that you… you actually… DID SOMETHING?!?!?!
[Andrea rolls her eyes at Casey’s denial.]
Casey: This wasn’t supposed to happen. You’re not supposed to be THIS good. There’s no way you can capitalize on this.
Andrea: Are you done yet?
Casey: Oh you disrespectful…
Andrea: Word of advice, Casey. Don’t give any opponent any sort of motivation they can get to come back and shut you up and that’s exactly what I did, didn’t I? Even if we had lost, I STILL would have been glad that I eliminated you from that match. Tonight, I came here wanting to have my “big breakthrough moment” and while I can’t say for sure whether this was it or not, I CAN say that I have proof that I’m getting there.
Casey: But… if my teammates…
Andrea: “They didn’t save me”. That’s your excuse? It’s not my fault or their fault that you not only didn’t have enough in you to kick out at that particular moment, but also, the fact that with YOUR behavior and everything YOU are all about, you completely alienated them. Accept it, Casey. Someone you saw as so far beneath you, that being yours truly, got the better of you and suffice to say, Miss “Prodigy of Her Generation”, I think… wait… no…. I KNOW I can match up to you.
Casey: No… you… you can’t…
Andrea: Did I not, tonight?
Casey: UGH!!!
Andrea: You can try to be the best of our generation all you want. No question that when 2020 comes, you’ll be the cream of the crop. But, I want to let you know right here, right now, that you’re not the ONLY one that’s going to be there. I’ll be there right there with you. What’s the matter, Casey? You can’t handle a little competition? Fifth generation “prodigy”, you’d do well to remember that. And you also better remember that starting tonight, I am done taking shit from people like YOU. So, why don’t you fuck off back to Shotgun, hmm? Maybe you can get SOME satisfaction with fucking your girlfriend or something, you know?
[Casey’s eyes widen as the crowd lets out an “OOOOOH” sound]
Andrea: All I am saying, Casey, is that you better get used to me because… I have a feeling we’ll be crossing paths a lot… for quite a long time… heck, we might even have ourselves a Myra-Victoria style rivalry for the next decade the way we’re going right now.
[Casey’s eyes narrow, obviously not thrilled with the idea.]
Casey: No… that’s… that’s not possible. YOU a rival to ME? We’re not equals…
Andrea: Not tonight, because hey… I pinned you so on this night, I was simply better than you. Accept that.
Casey: NO! You know what, fuck this… fuck ALL of this! You have pushed me over the fucking edge and I am going to do something about it.
Andrea: Bring it! I got plenty left in me! I’m right here!
[Andrea gets ready to fight Casey, who scoffs with disgust.]
Casey: I’m not going to fight you.
[Casey turns and begins to walk away from Andrea and the fans immediately boo her.]
Andrea: Oh really? Are you THAT much of a coward?
Casey: I’ve got a bigger fish to fry… namely… Nate Lawson…
[Casey at this point disappears out of Andrea’s sight, leaving her to shake her head in disappointment.]
Andrea: Unbelievable. How much I’d give to have HER in the ring again… one on one. I’d show her who the REAL prodigy of our generation is!
[Andrea shakes her head again, turning around and walking in the other direction opposite from the one Casey walked down. The crowd delivers some final cheers for the newly-confident Andrea as she disappears from the scene, which fades out.]
Backstage…
Jenni Anderson can be seen walking through the hallways, satisfied with the victory by Team Livewire. As she walks, smiling, Janice King approaches.
King: “Jenni… a word?”
Jenni stops, turning around exaggeratedly.
King: “Why did you get yourself disqualified in the 5 on 5 match?”
Jenni laughs.
Anderson: “Really? That’s your big question? Look at what happened afterwards… I directly led to Darian Andrews’ elimination! Sure… Chelsea Summers may have come in to try and swoop on my actions, but no one gives a shit about her or her “feelings”. In the end, I sacrificed myself so that my teammates could eliminate a threat. I’m a bloody hero! They… they should make movies about me! In fact… where’s my phone?”
King: “Probably in your locker room.”
Jenni smiles, remembering…
Anderson: “Right. I have to call Leviticus… my sacrifice needs to be immortalized!”
King: “So now that you have the opportunity to book any match – so long as it’s not involving the Global Championship – what are you…?”
Anderson: “Ah-ah-ah…”
She presses a finger against King’s lips.
Andersons: “No spoilers.”
She smirks as she steps away from Janice, exiting the scene. The scene shifts…
GCW Heritage Championship
Marie Jones (champion) vs. Hayley Gold
[In this championship rematch, both champion and challenger really elevated their games in order to come away with the GCW Heritage Championship when it was all said and done, but rather than a simple lock up, Marie would surprise her challenger with a clothesline and from there, decided to focus on a submission based attack. Hayley would suffer through a cross armbreaker and and a cobra clutch. She’d escape both moves, but unfortunately, Marie was only getting started as impact moves like a back cracker, a double arm DDT and a knee lift. Yet, Hayley was able to stay in it, kicking out after the latter. Marie would attempt a split legged moonsault, but it would get blocked. Hayley would be the one applying submissions at this point as holds like a Boston crab and a surfboard would keep Marie grounded. Hayley upped her game in the technical department also, including an array of suplexes in her moveset and then following up with moves like a swinging neckbreaker and a float over DDT. Hayley went for a cover, but Marie would kick out. The title match would continue to go back and forth. Marie nailed the Kiss By Fire. Hayley kicked out. Hayley responded with a running bulldog, but Marie kicked out. Still, the challenger followed up with a Gold Club Legdrop and… it CONNECTED! Hayley quickly went for the cover, but NO… Marie kicked out. Hayley dominated the next few moments, keeping the champion down. Hayley brought her down with an STO, and then attempted another Gold Club Legdrop...Marie TELEGRAPHED IT! Hayley would turn around right into a wicked superkick by Marie that certainly had shades of Kayla Jones! Cover… NO… Hayley STILL kicked out at two. This didn’t deter Marie, who got back up, dragging Hayley along with her. Marie set her up and… AVE MARIA! Marie turned Hayley over and pinned her shoulders to the mat and some of the fans cheered as the referee got to the three count.]
WINNER and STILL GCW Heritage Champion: Marie Jones
[After a tiring match, Marie was slowly able to get up and the referee was right there waiting for her to hand her the championship that she just retained. Marie clutched it and held it close to her and afterward, looked down on a groggy Hayley Gold. She stood up and noticed that Hayley was stirring and as such, she extended her hand to her. Hayley grabbed it and Marie helped her up to her feet. In a class act of sportsmanship, Marie raised Hayley’s hand before leaving her alone in the ring. The announce team discussed the match that happened, saying that Marie’s actions were a class move and that there was no doubt that Hayley Gold was definitely back despite her defeat on this night. The crowd cheered for the fallen challenger, obviously believing the same thing.]
[Survival of the Fittest fades backstage and the fans are instantly reviled at the sight of former GCW Global Champion Myra Lynwood as she takes in the atmosphere of the moment in Los Angeles. More than anything, she is clearly ready to try to take back that championship that she lost nine months ago. Though, unknown to her, her husband, Adrian Waters, is about to appear on the scene. Myra however, detects him almost right away.]
Myra: Fancy you showing up right about now…
[Adrian merely chuckles at this, knowing Myra doesn’t mind at all.]
Adrian: Let’s cut right to the chase. Is this going to be a great night or is this going to be a great night?
Myra: Oh it’s going to be one HELL of a night. And hey, it’s great to hear a real question for once after being badgered again and again by Brittany Kayl.
Adrian: I know, right? And she thinks she has every right to play the victim. It makes me sick. I feel bad for you that you have to deal with people like that on a regular basis, not to mention people like Jazmyn, Andrea and Brooklyn who all act like we should all feel sorry for them at every turn.
Myra: I’d still rather deal with them, then deal with Victoria though.
Adrian: Don’t get me started on HER! All the stories you’ve told me about how she essentially stole your spot from you many years ago, how she put on that mask of hers to take a shortcut to the top at your expense, how much she’s hurt your confidence for so many years… yeah, taking the world title from her once was a thrill, but believe me, doing it AGAIN would be even BETTER!
Myra: Heck, just ELIMINATING her would be good enough for me.
[Adrian laughs before he responds.]
Adrian: But I’m aiming for the top… just like you are. Look at the competition you’re dealing with. Let’s just say I’m so fucking glad Isabella Harker is on Livewire now and I don’t miss her at all. Travis Vessey is the most overrated wrestler in GCW today, only having this chance because he’s International Champion. You know how I feel about Jazmyn, so I won’t get into that. As for the other two…
[Adrian pauses, even shuddering a bit.]
Adrian: One has given you enough problems lately in Gabby Austin…
Myra: I’m going to maim the bitch if she pushes me too far…
Adrian: And Aphrodite… who in the grand scheme of things never had the same conviction you did.
Myra: Right, right, I’ll talk about those two a little more later. As for YOU? Who do you have? Vicky, obviously. You’re dealing with Chantelle, who in my book will be your toughest competition, an old vampire who is trying to grasp one last moment of GLORY, if you know what I mean, the lite version of said old vampire who will probably go back to pretending she’s a queen six months from now and Brookford…
Adrian: If I don’t win the chamber, I’ll be sure to at least take HIM out of the equation. That bitter butterball is going to be silenced, I promise you that.
Myra: And through it all, we’ll BOTH be ruling over GCW when it’s all said and done. We’ll finally have… UTOPIA… which is ironic considering… well… we’d do better WITHOUT Sedona Sky and Clarissa than WITH them.
Adrian: Pure genius! I love the irony. Maybe we only needed each other all along if you really think about it. Why did we ever have people like THEM and the hood rat to begin with? Why did we even bother trying to bring that idiot Aphrodite into the fold at all?
Myra: No worries, it’s all behind us. We all make mistakes. We’re definitely smarter about things now. So, needless to say, we’ve got history of our own to make tonight!
Adrian: Indeed! And when we’re both world champions, I’ll be seeing you at the hotel… later… if you know what I mean…
Myra: Shut up and kiss me you fucker!!!!
[Myra and Adrian briefly have a passionate makeout session, undoubtedly disgusting the crowd before they part ways, confident in their chances of attaining ultimate glory on this very night.]
(We cut backstage to the dressing room of the Ginger Nation. Allison Lorraine and her partner, Ginger Enigma, are both dressed to compete as they do some last minute stretching for tonight’s match.)
Allison: Are you ready for tonight, Enigma?
Enigma: ZIPPY!
(Lorraine chuckles.)
Allison: I know, I know, you’re excited, but I’m serious. Are you ready?
Enigma: Yeah! I’m ready! At least I think so! I mean, we can win, right? You said so!
(Lorraine nods her head.)
Allison: You’re right, we can win. We can win because we are a well-oiled machine, we have chemistry, and…
(She places a hand on Enigma’s shoulder.)
Allison: …because we are friends. And we’ll need to watch each other’s backs out there. This match tonight is unlike any other we’ve ever been in our entire careers, Enigma. It will take every bit of our endurance and ability in order to outlast them all. But I’m confident that we can do it.
Enigma: Well if you think we can do it, then yeah! WE CAN DO IT! SMOOSHED!
(Lorraine chuckles.)
Allison: That’s right, smooshed.
(The scene shifts.)
Backstage, Janice King stands next to Hannah Myers. Myers is in her ring gear and the look on her face is one of determination.
Janice: "Standing with me right now is one-half of the tag-team Controversy...Hannah Myers. Hannah, tonight, you and your partner Destiny Skye, along with several other teams, have a chance to become GCW Unified Tag-Team Champions. How do you prepare for a match like this?"
Hannah: "It's simple Jan. We try to keep it simple. One opponent at a time. It doesn't matter if it's the Sex Nachos or the Soviet Gingers or The Sisterhood...we need to be focused. One step at a time. That's our plan. Put them in front of us, and we'll knock them the fuck down."
Janice: "Will you be able to keep emotion out of it though? I'm thinking specifically about the Soviet Gingers."
Hannah shakes her head.
Hannah: "No, Jan, we won't be able to keep emotion out of it...nor do we want to. Both Destiny and I are very emotional. One lesson we needed to learn is how to use that emotion to our advantage. We needed to learn how to harness that emotion to make us better. You will see plenty of emotion tonight. We have a score to settle with Karina and Anastasia, sure. But, we also have a whole bunch of doubters in that match...including the champions. Angelica, I heard what you had to say at Shotgun. How did you put it? We...and some other teams...are only getting this shot because you allowed it? I respect the hell out of you and Kayla. Two of the greatest women wrestlers ever....and tag-team masters. Yeah, you took on this epic match and you deserve praise for that..."
Hannah shakes her head.
Hannah: "But your comment implied that otherwise, we don't deserve this shot? I can't help but to feel a bit offended. Nine months ago, I would have agreed with you. Since then? Destiny and I have bled and sweated GCW and have come a long way in a short amount of time. Maybe we don't have any titles under our name, but we've been damned close on more than one occasion. I don't mean to single you out...there are plenty of doubters in that match tonight. Destiny and I plan on proving each and every one of you wrong...when we walk away new GCW Unified Tag-Team Champions."
Hannah walks off, and the scene shifts.
(We cut backstage where we find The Sisterhood, Angelica Jones and Kayla Jones, in their dressing room getting ready for the tag team turmoil. The dressing room door opens and GCW Heritage Champion Marie Jones walks in fresh off of her title defense.)
Angel: Congratulations, Marie!
(Angelica approaches Marie and embraces her in a hug. Kayla walks over and hugs Marie as well.)
Kayla: Good job, Marie.
Marie: Thanks, mom. Thanks, Aunt Kayla.
Angel: I bet it felt good to get that win back.
(She nods her head.)
Marie: It did, but like I said earlier, Hayley is a damn good competitor. Losing to her that one time doesn’t bring any shame. But yeah, it always feels good to win. But speaking of winning, are you two ready to make it a clean sweep for the Jones family?
Kayla: We’ll do our best, Marie, that’s all we can…
“Oh it will be a clean sweep for the Jones family.”
(The three turn and find Anastasia Ivanova standing there in the doorway.)
Anastasia: But perhaps that clean sweep will be created by me and my comrade Karina? Nyet?
Kayla: Not a chance, Anastasia. We’re…
(Angelica steps in front of Kayla, interrupting her.)
Angel: Anastasia, I thought we had buried the hatchet. Is that no longer the case?
Anastasia: Oh sestra, we have buried that proverbial hatchet. Tonight, however, I get to bury another hatchet; and I’ll bury it in the skulls of anyone who stands in the way of myself and Karina.
(She chuckles nastily as she makes her exit.)
[Survival of the Fittest cuts in on Casey Holliday who is still upset as she continues to walk down the hallway. She’s trying quite hard to hold in her anger, but it is clearly not working as she’s even more angry following her brief confrontation with Andrea Hernandez earlier. However, things don’t appear to be getting any better for the self-proclaimed “prodigy”as her trek down the hallway is interrupted by Brittany Kayl.]
Brittany: And where do you think you’re going?
[Casey rolls her eyes, clearly wanting nothing to do with her.]
Casey: Not now. Seriously. I’m not going to put my hands on you or anything, but if I were you, the last thing I’d do is bother someone that is incredibly pissed off. I’m not in the mood. First my girlfriend gets victimized by the current GCW World Champion, then by some sort of… I don’t know how to explain it… I get ELIMINATED by ANDREA HERNANDEZ… of ALL PEOPLE! I mean, if I got eliminated by someone like Jenni Anderson, then okay… I can buy it… but ANDREA HERNANDEZ?!?!?!? REALLY? Oh and just when this can’t get any worse… team Shotgun CRUMBLES without me! Yeah, why would I want to talk to you right now?
Brittany: Well, you did just give us all some juicy details to work with so…
Casey: Right…
[Casey rolls her eyes and sighs again.]
Brittany: Let’s break this down though. First off, you don’t think that MAYBE you’ve been underestimating Andrea JUST a little bit? She stepped up to the plate and she eliminated you and I guess if it makes you feel any better, at the end, she eliminated Nate Lawson too.
[Casey just laughs at this.]
Casey: My team suffered karma, I’ll say that much. They NEEDED ME! Then they left me out to dry thinking they were too good for me and SURE ENOUGH, they collapse without me. And do you want to know who’s fault this is, Brittany? Hmm?
Brittany: Hmm?
Casey: This is all NATE LAWSON’S FAULT!
Brittany: Oh brother…
Casey: Don’t “OH BROTHER” me! I can understand Aubrianna being pretty damn close to his level, but ANDREA? How do you get eliminated by ANDREA?
Brittany: I don’t know. You tell me. She eliminated you too. Again, don’t you think you’re underestimating her too much?
Casey: No! It wa sa FLUKE and that’s all I have to say about that. But this is all NATE’S fault. HE was the last member of Team Shotgun with a chance to bring us all to glory…. Albeit, he would have had a world title shot and I would have done everything in my power to screw him out of it, but STILL… this is on HIS shoulders. HE is the one that screwed us all with his pompous, arrogant, self-righteousness and to be honest, I am starting to get REAL TIRED of his shit. So, maybe now is the time for me to do something about this… from his choke tonight, to the way he treated Bianca a while back… fuck it all! Fuck Allison’s incentive that he cost ME! Time to fight back and get revenge.
Brittany: Oooookaaaay… and…. How are you going to do that?
Casey: Well… uh…
[Casey pauses, not knowing how to respond. But then, her eyes widen when she spots someone that is off-camera. Her eyes narrow, but a wide smirk appears on her face.]
Casey: Watch this….
[Casey bolts away from the interview and suddenly the word “BITCH” is heard. By the time the camera turns in that direction, Casey is seen having someone in a chokehold before the person gets tossed in a closet. The camera did not catch a face.]
Brittany: What the? Don’t just stand there! We have a breaking story here!
[Brittany and the cameraman quickly rush to the door where some brutal sounds are already being heard.]
Casey (from inside): SUFFER!!!!! FUCKING SUFFER!!!!
Brittany: Oh my god…
[Brittany tries to grab the doorknob to open the door, but finds that it’s locked. Some screams are heard before things get completely quiet for a minute. Nothing happens until Casey opens the closet from inside and walks out with a baseball bat in her hands.]
Brittany: What the… what did you do?
Casey: Uh…
[Casey tries to hide the bat behind her back, though obviously the effort is pointless.]
Casey: You might want to look inside to find out. Let’s just say that… Casey was at the bat and she DIDN’T strike out… HAHAHAHAHA! I feel SO much better….
[Casey walks away, still carrying the bat.]
Brittany: We need to check out who’s in there.
[Brittany walks toward the door, opening it, but not showing the person.]
Brittany: Oh my god!
Cameraman: Britt?
Brittany: What?
Cameraman: I’m just about out of tape.
Brittany: Forget it! Someone needs help in there!
[Before anything else is said or done, the tape expires, causing the scene to static.]
The opening strings of “Explosive” by Bond play, with the lights fading down around the arena. As the drums kick in, Kendra Classic comes out on top of the ramp with a big smile on her face, and the GCW North American Championship wrapped around her waist! The crowd boos as Kendra taps the top of a microphone.
Classic: “AND STILL YOUR NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION…”
She reaches behind her, unclasping the belt and lifting it above her head.
Classic: “KENDRA CLASSIC!”
The crowd boos.
Classic: “I know… I hate the idea that there are some people who claim I don’t deserve this, but I earned my opportunity fair and square! Remember: I was given my shot at this belt BEFORE Brooky ever knew that I was the one who attacked her backstage on Independence Day. I EARNED my opportunity, and I took advantage to become YOUR North American Champion!”
The crowd continues to boo, as Kendra walks, still holding the belt up.
Classic: “Get a good look at this scene. Take out your little cameras and get allllll the pictures you want! But don’t worry… after tonight, I’m STILL going to be your North American Champion… I know Brooky is sitting back there waiting for her turn to come out…”
Kendra walks up the steps, entering the ring as the crowd boos. She drapes her Championship over her shoulder.
Classic: “Brooky… Brooklyn… I want you to listen to my words and think them over as you walk out here. I don’t hate you. I don’t. I like you. I like you a heck of a lot more than I like most people here. But you stood in my way and had something I wanted… so I took it.”
She pats the belt.
Classic: “Now, tonight, I’m going to do what I have to do to keep it. At the end, if you want to let bygones be bygones, so be it. I will let bygones be bygones. But if you think that I’m going to get emotional out here… if you think I’m going to let myself be weak and lose this to you? You’re out of your mind! This belt BELONGS to me. Now come on out here so I can pin you – twice – and prove it!”
Kendra drops the microphone and lifts her belt again as the crowd boos…
2 out of 3 Falls
GCW North American Championship
Kendra Classic (champion) vs. Brooklyn Smith
At the beginning of the match, Kendra put out a hand for a shake. Smith consulted the crowd, who was fully against the idea. Brooklyn looked like she was going to do it anyhow, but instead, she speared Classic to the canvas. Smith lifted Kendra and caught her with a dropkick before throwing Classic into the corner turnbuckles where Smith rained down punches to Kendra's head before allowing Kendra to fall face first to the mat. Brook went for a cover, but Kendra kicked out.
The next several minutes were all Brooklyn Smith, relying on her technical prowess to keep Kendra grounded. A couple of near falls, but Kendra would not stay down. Brooklyn looked to throw Classic off of the ropes, but Kendra reversed it, sending Smith hard into the turnbuckles. Kendra followed up with a running elbow to Brooklyn's face. She then grabbed Smith by the hair and ran her head across the top rope, gaining herself a scolding by the referee. Classic ignored this, chopping Smith then chokeslamming her to the mat before going for a cover...but Brooklyn kicked out.
Kendra started to work over Brook's left leg, softening her up for the Contortion leglock. She drove several knees into Smith's leg, then further tortured her with a spinning toe hold. Kendra dropped out of the ring, grasping Smith's leg, then smacked it off of the ring post, sliding back inside the ring before she was counted out. The crowd booed Kendra as she put her arms up in the air as if she had already won. Classic then grabbed Smith by the ankle, dragging her to the center of the ring, where she started to lock in the Contortion Leglock...but Brooklyn countered, rolling Kendra up with a small package...1...2...3!!!
Winner of the first fall: Brooklyn Smith
Kendra was irate and got in the referee's face complaining about a fast count. As they argued, the bell rang to begin the second fall and Smith rushed Classic, rolling her up with a schoolboy!!! 1...2...Kickout! Both women were to their feet, but Kendra got a thumb to Brooklyn's eye. Classic caught Smith off of the ropes with a sidewalk slam. She followed this with a verticle suplex, then an bionic elbow. She went for the pin, but Smith kicked out. Kendra punished Smith for the next several minutes before throwing Smith out to the floor. Kendra threw Brooklyn into the steel steps, then the ring barrier before rolling her back into the ring. Kendra with Classy Crash! 1...2...kickout by Smith!
Kendra went for the Contortion Leg Lock again...and this time got it locked in! Brooklyn struggled for over three minutes before reaching the ropes. Classic dragged Smith back out to the center of the ring and went for the Contortion Leg Lock again, but this time Smith booted her in the rear! Kendra ran off the ropes and went for an elbow drop, but Smith rolled out of the way! Brooklyn with a head bunt, causing Kendra to stagger into the ropes. Brook with several chops before throwing Classic off the ropes and hitting a cross body block...1...2...kickout by Classic!
Both women were slow to their feet, but Kendra slid out to the floor. Smith followed her outside the ring, which was a mistake, as Classic hit her in the face with the ring bell. Smith fell to the floor and Kendra brought the bell down on her hurting knee, before rolling Smith back inside the ring. Once again, Kendra dragged Smith to the center of the ring and applied the Contortion Leg Lock. Smith tried to fight it, but was in too much pain...finally tapping out.
Winner of the second fall: Kendra Classic
After confirming that Brooklyn could continue, the referee called for the bell to begin the third and final fall. Kendra immediately went for Brooklyn's left leg, but Smith took her down with head scissors. Classic was able to fight free but Smith was able to keep her grounded for a while, giving herself time to rest her leg. The two would go back and forth for nearly ten minutes, trading pinfall attempts. Fatigue was wearing on both competitors, but Classic started to pick up steam after Smith missed a corner splash. Kendra hit a reverse neck breaker, a running boot to the side of Brooklyn's head, and a vertbreaker. Howver, Smith kicked out when Kendra made a cover. Classic started to shows signs of frustration again, shouting at the referee. She then nailed Smith with the Classy Crash...1...2...Kickout!
Classic lifted Smith for a pile driver, but Brooklyn countered with a back-body drop! Kendra was quick to her feet, but Smith lashed out with a bicycle kick to her face! Smith with two hammerlock slams before locking in The Hammer Comes Down...but Kendra got a foot on the bottom rope!
Kendra started to complain to the referee about the hammerlock slams, demanding a DQ for what were completely legal moves, as the ringside commentators pointed out. This gave Smith time to climb to the top turnbuckle, where she waited her chance to execute The Night Cap...however, with the referee distracted, Ian McKinnon came out from the shadows with a steel chair. He clipped Brooklyn in the back of the leg, causing her to fall to the canvas in agony! Ian then disappeared back into the shadows as Kendra, seeing what happened, hit Smith with another Classy Crash before making a cover...1...2...3!
Winner: Kendra Classic (Still North American Champion)
No sooner was Kendra announced the victor than Ian returned to the ring, still carrying his steel chair. However, he was followed by Mark and Sophie O'Brian. The three slid into the ring and Classic made haste getting out of there. The three encircled Brooklyn, who was trying to rise to her feet.
Sophie: "It is time, Ian. To embrace your true potential, you must destroy all ties to your old self. Now, destroy this bitch!"
Sophie and Mark grab Smith and raise her to her feet. Ian grabs the chair and rushes forward, slamming the chair into Smith's face, knocking her to the canvas! Sophie and Mark then drag Brook to the center of the ring, stretch out Brook's hurt leg, and place the steel chair on top of it. Ian smirks and climbs up to the top turnbuckle, setting up for Superman's Dead on to the steel chair, on top of Brooklyn's leg. The crowd, who have been jeering and throwing trash at the horrifying scene, now start to cheer when Darian Andrews rushes to the ring, carrying a baseball bat! Darian rushes at Ian, who barely dodges being struck by the bat, but Darian continues to swing until Ian drops to the floor. Sophie and Mark both start at Darian, which Ian starts to climb back into the ring. Sophie spits a fireball (Scorched Earth), but Andrews defensively puts up the bat to block it, setting the bat on fire! Darian start to chase both O'Brians with the flaming bat, until Ian pulls them to the floor, the trio retreating quickly to the back.
Darian stands tall in the ring, brandishing the bat like a torch until security enter the ring with a fire extinguisher. Darian drops the bat and it is put out. Andrews then scoops Brooklyn up in his arms, saying something to her before carrying her out of the ring and up the aisle to the back.
(We cut backstage in the Pure Class dressing room. Summer and Jessica are there by themselves.)
Summer: The time has come, Jessica. Tag team turmoil is upon us. You do know what this means, don’t you?
(Jones bows her head.)
Jessica: Educate me, Ms. Newman.
Summer: It means that your transformation, your purification, is complete. You are now, and always will be, mine. And tonight we can symbolize that purification by claiming the Undisputed GCW Tag Team Championship as my own…
(She chuckles.)
Summer: …because, remember your place in the hierarchy.
Jessica: I know my place, Ms. Newman, just as I know what it will take to become Undisputed GCW Tag Team Champion here tonight.
(Jessica grabs Summer’s hand and places it upon her chest.)
Jessica: I am YOUR Archangel and I will cut down anyone who dares get in our way.
Summer: Excellent, because we have worked far too long to get back to this situation. We were a great tag team, Jessica. We have held the tag team gold before but your own fierce independence nearly destroyed what we had. Now thanks to me, thanks to purification, your are obedient to my leadership and under my leadership we will climb back to the top of the mountain.
Jessica: Yes, Ms. Newman.
(The scene shifts.)
[Survival of the Fittest cuts to the backstage area where GCW interviewer Janice King is standing by, seemingly in a strong, confident mood as the interview with her unidentified subject begins.]
Janice: Ladies and gentlemen, with me at this time is none other than someone who was looking to come through in a big way and did precisely that. I am talking about one of the victors earlier tonight from Team Livewire, none other than Andrea Hernandez!
[The crowd cheers as the scene pans on Andrea, who is in probably the best mood that she’s been in up to this point in her career.]
Janice: Now, earlier tonight, you were definitely on top of your game. You eliminated Casey Holliday, and to win the match, you eliminated Nate Lawson and those two are definitely two of Shotgun’s best. You’ve been starving for what you called your “big breakthrough moment” for quite some time. So, with what happened earlier, do you think this is it?
Andrea: It’s too early to tell for sure, but if it’s not, it’s progress on the way to getting there. But, I’m not here to talk about that right now. The fact of the matter is, this was a team effort that needed to be made and that’s precisely what happened. Well… with the exception of Jenni Anderson, but that’s something I’ll talk about another day. Aubrianna had two eliminations of her own and in the end, we came through and Shotgun did not. I’d say that story is simple enough.
Janice: Great stuff. Now, you and your teammates have a dream match to use whenever you want. But before we get to that, let’s talk about that last elimination over Nate Lawson. You have been through so much this year, not just in GCW, but “other companies” where all you ever heard was you can’t do this and you couldn’t do that. For so long, you had to deal with listening to some ridiculous negativity from so many people in GCW and elsewhere. Does your performance tonight silence those critics?
[Andrea smiles and laughs for a bit before she makes her answer known.]
Andrea: I will leave that for others to talk about because as far as I’m concerned, I’ve already given them enough time of day.
Janice: I see where you come from. But, coming into this night, Loretta Inglewood had so many doubts and concerns about you because you didn’t “have your head in the game”. Clearly, you did. You went out there and got two eliminations, including the match winner. Is there anything you’d like to say about those doubts?
Andrea: Those doubts are going to keep on being proven wrong. This is the beginning. I’ve had it rough, no question. Dealing with the closure of a family heirloom being sold off and torn down was the end of an era for me, so between the last Livewire and tonight, I took that time for myself. I realized that I had no reason to be defined by that school going down, or any other words that people had to say about me for that matter. I couldn’t be a pushover anymore. I couldn’t be weak. I couldn’t be the way I was before. The school being torn down, sad as it was for me to deal with, was a big wake up call for me. It taught me that I had to let go of the past and begin to focus on the future. And again, tonight was the beginning of that. I can confidently say that you have seen the last of the “scared” Andrea that would always lash out at people. I am above those former criticisms that were coming my way before tonight.
Janice: And Casey Holliday learned that lesson, right?
Andrea: You’re giving her too much credit, but gosh was it so gratifying to shut her up and prove her wrong.
Janice: All that being said, you certainly caught yourself a big break tonight. This is, in fact, your first win on a Pay-Per-View since last year’s Survival of the Fittest when Sedona Sky retained against High Voltage. Now, about that free match that you have. You and the rest of Team Livewire have it as a reward. Do you have an idea of what match you are going to want coming out of tonight?
Andrea: Right now, I’m not really thinking about it. I have my ideas, that’s a fact, but I am not going to run through them right away. The best thing for me to do is be patient and let it all come to me. For now though, I am going to enjoy the success of Team Livewire tonight, and starting on Livewire next week, against any comer that I step across the ring with, I will let that person know that Andrea Hernandez is no victim, Andrea Hernandez is a champion in waiting!
[A newly confident Andrea winks at Janice before she turns around and walks away, thus bringing about an end to the interview.]
Janice: Well folks, Andrea definitely pulled through in a huge way tonight and there’s no denying that young lady has a hell of a future ahead. What is she going to use her chosen match on? What about the rest of Team Livewire? We don’t know yet, but it should be interesting to find out. Right back to you guys.
[Janice nods at the camera and walks off, thus ending the scene.]
(We cut backstage where we find Dexter Russell standing by next to the GCW X Division Champion Julia Braddock.)
Dexter: Ladies and gentlemen, my guest at this time is none other than the GCW X Division Champion, who later tonight will compete inside of the Elimination Chamber for the GCW World Heavyweight Championship. Thank you for joining me, Julia.
Julia: My pleasure, Dexter.
Dexter: You had what would have to be considered two match of the year nominations with your own sister, Glory Braddock. One match was at Resurrection in which you won but you lost the other, an Iron Man Match, at For Glory & Gold. Now you find yourself as the X Division Champion on the precipice of becoming World Champion. What is going through your mind right now?
(Julia chuckles.)
Julia: Well you’re right, Dexter, it has been quite the whirlwind ride for me. After losing the World Heavyweight Championship it has been my goal to get back to the top. It’s like Glory always says, once you’ve been there and tasted the gold, it becomes addictive. You have to have it again. But that addiction drove me crazy, my obsession with proving I was on par with my sister drove me crazy, and that obsession led to two of the best matches I have ever had in my entire career. While I wish they would have occurred under better circumstances, I would not take back either performance, because that was Julia Braddock at her absolute finest. Looking back at what I did at Resurrection, making The Best in the World tap out, looking back at what I did at For Glory & Gold by going bell to bell with The Best in the World for over sixty minutes, and looking back at how I defeated Cody Lindberg-Knight and Katherine Prescott to become the new GCW X Division Champion…
(She holds up her GCW X Division Championship title belt.)
Julia: …and the roll I’ve been on ever since, defeating not just one but both members of Total War, I know that I am better than I have ever been, I am at the top of my game, and I am ready to once again climb to the top of the mountain and become the GCW World Heavyweight Champion. And that, Dexter, happens tonight, inside of the elimination chamber, whether Chantelle Chambers likes it or not and yes, whether Glory Braddock likes it or not.
(She pats herself on the chest.)
Julia: Tonight is my night.
(She walks off.)
Chambers: “Right there… right there…”
The scene comes on inside the private locker-room of Chantelle Chambers, where she can be seen sitting in a comfortable chair, her hair flung in front of her shoulder with her close friend, Selina Baxter, seated behind her, pressing her knuckles into Chambers’ shoulders. As she continues, Samuel Price enters the locker-room.
Price: “Chantelle?”
Chantelle opens one eye, looking to Price.
Chambers: “Not interested.”
Price: “Chantelle, I was just sent here to get some words on your match toni-…”
Chambers: “Can’t you see that I’m in the middle of a deep tissue massage?”
Price looks around. Selina smiles and waves.
Price: “Well, the form looks rather amateurish, but…”
Chambers: “Well, what do you know?”
Price: “But later tonight, you’ll be comp-…”
Chantelle sighs heavily, standing up as Selina slinks into the chair fully.
Chambers: “Is this all the time you want me to have? You have so many people try to push their faces onto the programs here multiple times when, quite honestly, I don’t care what they have to say! Me… MY face… should be the one plastered on posters. I deserve to be the focus of these programs. So you go away now, and when I’m ready, I’ll come out of here and provide you my thoughts, m’kay?”
Price: “Al… alright?”
Chambers: “Good… now shoo!”
Chantelle shoos Price out of the locker-room before turning back and taking a seat in her chair.
Chambers: “The nerve of some people!”
Selina begins to massage her shoulders again, as the scene shifts.
Lee: Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for the tag team turmoil for the Undisputed GCW Tag Team Championship! Here are the rules. Two teams will start out the contest and the match will begin. Every two minutes thereafter another team will enter the match based on the number they drew. Eliminations occur by pin or submission and falls count anywhere. This will continue until all teams have entered and the last team standing will be the Undisputed GCW Tag Team Champions!
Karina Lysenko and Anastasia Ivanova step out onto the stage.
Lee: Introducing the team that drew number one, Karina and Anastasia, THE SOVIET GINGERS!
They make their way down towards the ring.
Lee: And now introducing the team that drew number two…Hannah Myers and Destiny Skye, CONTROVERSY!
"Adrenalize" by In This Moment plays as they make their way down towards the ring.
[The match begins with Karina pairing off against Hannah inside the ring while Destiny and Anastasia brawl outside the ring. Anastasia gets the better of Destiny and throws her into the steel steps and then smashes her face first against the steel steps. Ivanova retrieves a Singapore cane but Destiny blocks it and drives Ivanova into the steps. Skye gets the cane and uses it against Anastasia. Karina is being dominated by Hannah’s martial arts striking skill. Hannah with Lights Out to Karina but doesn’t want to end it there, as she wants to teach Karina a lesson. Hannah goes up top and connects with Falling Angel to Karina. Hannah then gets her set up for Unnerved when…
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Jefferson Bentley and Sierra Michaels of Nirvana charge the ring.
[Bentley and Sierra slide into the ring. Sierra into the ring with the Simply Amazing Shooting Star Body Press onto Hannah. Jefferson follows that up with a big boot onto Hannah. Destiny brings the Singapore cane into the ring and uses it against Bentley and Sierra. This has the Nirvana duo reeling until Anastasia comes in wielding a ring bell and she blasts Destiny in the back of the head with it. Karina and Anastasia then double team Destiny while Bentley and Sierra double team Hannah. Karina and Anastasia with a double power bomb to Destiny and Jefferson choke slams Hannah and Sierra follows that up with a 450 splash. Covers to both ladies…1…2….3NO! Both kick out! The double team continues for awhile longer until…]
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Sparkling angel
I believe
You are my saviour
In my time of need
(The lights in the arena go dim.)
Blinded by faith
I couldn't hear
All the whispers
The warning's so clear
I see the angels
I'll lead them to your door
There is no escape now
Now mercy no more
(The Global Tron flashes to life. An image of Angelica Jones followed by one of Kayla Jones and then the word “Sisterhood” appears on the tron.)
No remorse 'cause I still remember
The smile when you tore me apart
(Pyro goes off and immediately following the pyro the lights come back on. Angelica Jones and her sister Kayla come running through the curtain and out onto the stage. The crowd comes alive with loud cheering for the pair of siblings who pump their fists, trying to get the crowd excited and into this! The crowd responds in kind with loud cheers.)
[Chorus:]
You took my heart
Deceived me right from the start
You showed me dreams
I wished they'd turn to real
You broke the promise
And made me realise
It was all just a lie
(Angelica and Kayla look into each other’s eyes, nod, and then turn and begin to make their way with a determined stride towards the ring, taking time to slap the hands of a few fans along the way.)
Sparkling angel
Couldn't see
Your dark intentions
Your feelings for me
Fallen angel
Tell me why?
What is the reason?
The thorn in your eye
(Kayla and Angelica slide into the ring.)
[Jefferson goes for a big boot on Kayla but a Kaylan Wind Kick knocks him outside of the ring. Anastasia attacks Angelica from behind but Angelica quickly counters and drills her with From The ashes. Karina charges the Sisterhood but she gets drilled with Kaylan Wind Kick Times Two that sends her tumbling outside into the waiting arms of a now recovered Jefferson Bentley. Kayla drops down on her hands and knees and acts as a platform, allowing Angelica to springboard off of Kayla over the top rope, and onto Jefferson and Karina, taking both of them out. Kayla turns around into Destiny from Destiny Skye! Destiny then turns around into Sierra but ducks a clothesline attempt and Sierra runs into a straight superkick from Hannah Myers, knocking her down. Hannah and Destiny high five as they seem to hold the ring for now…]
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Connor and Corbin of Total Emissary enter the match.
[Kayla rolls to the outside and she brawls with Karina while Bentley brawls with Angelica. Connor and Corbin get right up in Hannah and Destiny’s face, talking trash, but Destiny snaps off another Destiny to Corbin and Hannah then drills Connor with Lights Out! Cover to both…1…2…3!]
Lee: TOTAL EMISSARY has been eliminated!
[Sierra has the Singapore cane again and blasts Destiny and Hannah with it, dropping both. Sierra goes out to the outside and continues using the Singapore cane. Jefferson has Angelica set up for a choke slam near the announce position but Angelica blocks it and lands a low blow. Angelica picks up a steel chair and blasts Jefferson over the head with it repeatedly. Kayla and Karina are brawling near the ramp. Anastasia has paired off with Hannah and Sierra has paired off with Destiny. Then…]
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You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Get ready 'cause I've had enough
I see it all, I see it now
Katy Perry’s “Roar” begins to play over the PA system. Allison Lorraine and The Ginger Enigma step out onto the stage.
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, #GingerNation and Silverstone Internation presents, THE GINGER NATION!
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire
'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're gonna hear me roar
[Allison and Angelica double team Jefferson. Allison has a chair as well and they take turns teeing off on Bentley. Angelica places Bentley on the announce table. Angelica climbs up one turnbuckle and Allison climbs up the other. They leap off at the same time, converging on Bentley, crushing him through the table!]
Crowd: HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!
[The Enigma peels Sierra off of Destiny and throws her back into the ring. Enigma and Sierra brawl inside the ring. Anastasia attempts to help but she is blindsided by Hannah. Myers and Destiny double team Anastasia up the ramp. Karina has the Singapore cane and is wearing out Kayla Jones at ringside with it. Karina celebrates over the fallen Jones as the crowd boos loudly. Karina then reaches underneath the ring and produces a steel trash can lid. She walks towards Kayla who reacts with a Kaylan Wind Kick out of nowhere, kicking the lid back into Karina’s face! But Kayla has taken so much abuse that she cannot capitalize on it!]
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Pierce Manning and Melanie McBride come down to the ring.
[Pierce enters the ring and assists Sierra against The Enigma. Melanie goes around and attacks Angelica Jones. Allison chooses to help Enigma and leaves Angelica to her own devices. Allison inside the ring pairs off against Sierra while Enigma goes after Pierce. Hannah and Destiny double suplex Anastasia on the top of the steel ramp. Karina with Ravishing Red Drop onto Kayla but she is too fatigued to cover. Meanwhile inside the ring The Enigma with The Enigma Driver onto Pierce! He rolls outside the ring. Allison with Ferocious Fate to Sierra! Enigma comes off with Journey Into The Unknown! A cover…1…2…3!]
Lee: JEFFERSON BENTLEY AND SIERRA MICHAELS have been eliminated!
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(The lights immediately go out and soft, elegant piano music can be heard playing over the PA system. Finally a woman’s voice is heard as the lyrics to “Hands of the Wicked” start up.)
Winter loves the fate of the meek
Her velvet touch prays on the weak
(A spotlight chines on the stage. The phrase “Wisdom will be the death of you” passes across the tron followed by the name “Sophie O’Brian in green lettering.)
Cold winds screamin’
Evil’s stealin’
Darkness twists in (The hands of the wicked)
Rapid blood flow
Secrets unfold
Winter shadow from (The hands of the wicked)
(The tron shows images of Sophie striking Natalie Burrows and Eli Legacy. It shows Sophie celebrating with her newly won MCW World Heavyweight title belt. Sophie O’Brian then steps out onto the stage, followed closely behind by her brother Mark.)
There’s a voice that changes good in our lives
We either give in or fight to survive
Feedin’ off the innocent ones (Innocent ones)
When lost what follows is destruction
(Sophie’s arms slowly rise up so that they are extended outwards from her sides in a crucifix like pose. She soaks up the response from the crowd as Mark stands there, glaring angrily at the audience. Finally Sophie and Mark begin to make their way towards the ring.)
Cold winds screamin’
Evil’s stealin’
Darkness twists in (The hands of the wicked)
Rapid blood flow
Secrets unfold
Winter shadow from (The hands of the wicked)
(Sophie is to the ring area first but she waits for Mark, who climbs up onto the ring apron. He holds the ropes open for Sophie, who steps into the ring. Mark then enters the ring behind her. The duo poses in the center of the ring.)
A blackened heart has no soul (No soul)
No reason to love
No reason to hope
It’s venom paralyzes the mind (The mind)
It’s curse will forever hold mankind
Cold winds screamin’
Evil’s stealin’
Darkness twists in (The hands of the wicked)
Rapid blood flow
Secrets unfold
Winter shadow from (The hands of the wicked)
[Sophie immediately goes Scorched Earth Policy on Kayla and Karina, taking both out with a fireball blast! Mark meanwhile takes Allison down with Art of War and The Enigma down with War Games. Hannah and Destiny race to the ring just as Sophie enters the ring. Hannah pairs off against Sophie while Destiny goes after Mark. Pierce rounds a corner and assists Melanie against Angelica, double teaming her on the outside. This remains the status quo for the remainder of the time until…]
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"The World Is Not Enough" by Garbage begins to play. Summer and Jessica step through the curtain to a shower and chorus of booing and jeering as they make their way down towards the ring.
[Summer and Jessica target Karina and Kayla. Summer goes after Karina while Jessica goes after Kayla, putting a beating on her already injured aunt. Summer does well against the fatigued Karina until Anastasia jumps back into the equation, blindsiding Summer. Jessica sees Summer in trouble and immediately jumps to her aid, attacking Anastasia. The Soviet Gingers have paired off against Fame and Fortune. Controversy continue their brawl with Total War inside the ring. Outside the ring Angelica is still getting pummeled by Nirvana until Kayla manages to pull her way over to try and help but to no avail. All she manages to do is end the double team, as Pierce goes over to assault Kayla, leaving Melanie alone against Angelica.]
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Richard Dix and Crystal Swift, The Sex Nachos, make their way down towards the ring.
[Richard and Crystal watch on inside the ring while eating their nachos. What they do not notice is Allison and Enigma sneaking up from behind. Allison with her patented #Yummy kick to Richard, knocking him out of the ring. Enigma drops Crystal with The Enigma Driver. Allison follows it up with Eye of the Tiger! A cover…1…2…3!]
Lee: THE SEX NACHOS have been eliminated!
[Allison and Enigma leap over the top with stereo planchas taking out Jessica and Summer respectively. Then, intentionally or unintentionally it is not clear, they seem to help their ginger comrades by taking Jessica off their hands. The Ginger Nation double team Jessica while the Soviet Gingers double team Summer. Controversy continue their fight with Total War while Sisterhood, who has regained some footing, brawls with Nirvana outside the ring.]
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WE...
ARE...
THE BEST!!!
The screen lights up, with the words, 'THE BEST... Tag-Team in the World' scrolling across the screen. The music of "Charisma" by W. A. S. P. hit the p. a. system heralds the arrival of Steve and Derek Powers, the self-acclaimed 'THE BEST... Tag-Team in the World'. The Powers brothers make their entrance, and the crowd reacts as you would expect... with booing and insults being hurled in the teams direction. Steve and Derek could care less, however... their arrogant swagger as they head to the ring, taunting the crowd along the way, getting on the fans nerves.
The two brothers enter the ring, taking perch on opposite corners and taunting the crowd some more. Jumping down, they head over to a corner, talking strategy amongst themselves, as they wait for the match to begin.
[Steve and Derek immediately target Ginger Nation. Steve rolls Allison inside the ring and brawls with her while Derek attacks Enigma outside the ring. Anastasia wastes no time in going after Jessica to keep her from coming back after Karina who continues her fight with Summer. Melanie rolls Angelica inside the ring where she snaps off Evolution. She goes up top and looks for McBride Flies but Kayla knocks her off the top and she crashes ribs first into the guard rail. Pierce snatches Kayla from off the apron and looks to power bomb her through a table but Kayla slips out and snaps off a Kaylan Wind Kick out of nowhere! Kayla falls on top of him for the cover…1…2…3!]
Lee: PIERCE MANNING AND MELANIE MCBRIDE have been eliminated!
[Destiny is down and out and Sophie and Mark are setting them up for Sudden Jolt. Angelica comes in with a low blow to Mark which causes him to drop Hannah. Sophie with a ddt to Angelica. Mark connects with Art of War to Hannah and a cover. 1…2…3NO! She kicks out! Anastasia goes for The Red Scare on Jessica but Jessica slips free and drills her with Deformation on the outside! Karina drills Summer with Ravishing Red Drop on the outside! A cover..1…2…3NO! Jessica breaks it up! Enigma and Derek end up brawling to the outside. Steve has Allison set up and goes for The Very Best Finishing Move but she moves out of the way and connects with Ferocious Fate! She goes up top and comes off with Eye of the Tiger! 1…2…3!]
Lee: THE VERY BEST TAG TEAM has been eliminated!
[Allison and Enigma once again leap to the assistance of their fellow ginger pals. With Anastasia still recovering from Deformation, and Karina brawling with Jessica, Allison and Enigma assist Karina in a triple team of Jessica. Anastasia gets back up and attempts to join in but gets drilled with a steel chair shot from Summer that brings her down. Summer uses that same chair to bring down Allison, Enigma, and finally Karina as well! Meanwhile inside the ring Sophie is being double teamed by Controversy while The Sisterhood have Mark. Kayla with a Kaylan Wind Kick to Mark and he stumbles into a Hot Shot from Angelica! A cover…1…2…3!]
Lee: TOTAL WAR has been eliminated!
[Without Soviet Gingers to help, Summer directs traffic. She orders Jessica to drill Allison with another Deformation onto the steel chair and she does so. She then orders Jessica to drill Enigma with Our Lady of Sorrows on the outside and she does so. Summer makes the cover…1…2…3!]
Lee: THE GINGER NATION has been eliminated!
[Before Summer and Jessica can celebrate much, Karina and Anastasia blindside them and that fight begins again on the outside. Meanwhile this entire time Controversy has been brawling with The Sisterhood inside the ring. Hannah paired off with Kayla and Destiny paired off with Angelica. Destiny goes for Destiny but it is countered by Angelica into a Hot Shot attempt but Destiny attempts a back drop counter but Angelica rolls through into The Angel’s Arch! Hannah takes down Kayla with Lights Out and covers…1…Angelica releases the Angel’s Arch…2…3NO! Angelica just barely breaks it up in time! Anastasia shoves Jessica face first into the steel ring post. She picks up a steel trash can lid. Summer goes for The Money Clip on Karina but she counters by shoving Summer off and she runs right into a steel trash can lid to the head from Anastasia! Karina with Ravishing Red Drop to Summer! A cover…1…2…3!]
Lee: FAME, FORTUNE, & PURE CLASS have been eliminated!
[Anastasia, still feeling a little bloodthirsty, wants to jump right back into the ring and fight but Karina holds her back and whispers something into her ear. Anastasia laughs and nods her head as she and Karina decide to sit back and watch as Controversy and Sisterhood continue to fight it out. Hannah goes for Lights Out on Angelica but she ducks out of the way and drills her with From The Ashes. Kayla is up and she measures Destiny for a Kaylan Wind Kick as Angelica stands ready to catch her for the Hot Shot. Kayla goes for the kick but Destiny ducks it and Kayla misses, drilling her own sister instead! Kayla turns around into Destiny from Destiny! The cover…1…2…3!]
Lee: THE SISTERHOOD has been eliminated!
[Before Hannah and Destiny realize what has happened, Karina and Anastasia are right on top of them. We’re back to the two teams that started this match as Karina stomps away at Hannah and Anastasia stomps away at Destiny. Hannah and Destiny fight back into it. Things go back and forth and Hannah goes for Falling Angel but Karina gets her knees up. Destiny goes for Skye High on Anastasia but she counters into a sit out power bomb. Karina then produces a pair of handcuffs and handcuffs Hannah to the ring ropes. Meanwhile Karina drills Destiny with Ravishing Red Drop. Anastasia locks Destiny up in The Crimson Horror. Karina mocks Hannah, who is forced to watch her partner get tortured because she cannot escape the handcuffs to help her. Finally Destiny taps out.]
DING! DING! DING!
Lee: Ladies and gentlemen, here are your winners, and NEW Undisputed GCW Tag Team Champions, Karina Lysenko and Anastasia Ivanova, THE SOVIET GINGERS!
ORDER OF ELIMINATION
Total Emissary: 1 minute. Eliminated zero.
Bentley & Sierra: 7 minutes & 45 seconds. Eliminated zero.
The Sex Nachos: 45 seconds. Eliminated zero.
Pierce & Melanie: 10 minutes. Eliminated zero.
The Very Best Tag Team: 4 minutes 15 seconds. Eliminated zero.
Total War: 12 minutes. Eliminated zero.
Ginger Nation: 17 minutes. Eliminated 3.
Fame, Fortune, & Pure Class: 13 minutes & 30 seconds. Eliminated 1.
Sisterhood: 23 minutes 45 seconds. Eliminated 2.
Controversy: 31 minutes 15 seconds. Eliminated 2.
Soviet Gingers: WINNERS, 31 minutes 15 seconds. Eliminated 2.
[Survival of the Fittest cuts in on GCW World Champion Victoria Salinas clutching the GCW World Championship as it’s slung over her shoulder. She’s definitely leaning against the wall, definitely trying to figure out how to navigate the elimination chamber that she has to defend the title in later on in the night. She draws some very strong cheers from the crowd, not knowing someone is about to greet her.]
Voice: Something on your mind?
[The camera pans,e revealing Jazmyn Rain smiling with confidence as she stands next to Victoria, who looks at her and quickly cracks a smile. Jazmyn’s presence draws a massive cheer from the Los Angeles audience.]
Victoria: Making as much psychological preparations as I can for that elimination chamber later tonight. What else is know, you know? I’m not exactly facing the most tremendous odds, I am well aware of that, but as I’ve shown over the last eight years, I have always had a knack for doing my very best with my back against the wall. There are five tough competitors, that’s for sure. I’m just hoping that this title doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. Brookford doesn’t have the heart of a champion. You and I both know this. He’d carry this title around like if it was some sort of prize trophy and we can’t have that. The last thing this title needs is for Chantelle to be holding it again. Lord knows HER reign was fucking insufferable. And then… Adrian…
[Victoria pauses and sighs.]
Jazmyn: Yeah, considering my battles in the past with him and the rest of Utopia, I can definitely feel your pain at the moment.
Victoria: I just hope if it’s not me, it’s one of the Braddocks.
Jazmyn: Vicky, let’s not say that right now. I know Adrian has been well… Adrian… Yes, understatement. I’m aware of that. But you need to realize who he’s been casting his lot with the last two years: our “mutual friend” named Myra? He’s learned a hell of a lot from her, as you know and how many times have you turned back Myra over the years?
Victoria: You’re right, I’m just so tired of it all. I’m sick of his mind games. I’m sick of his “fat jokes”, I’m sick of him having every fucking excuse to even have my name in his mouth at all. I’m tired of him just jumping at me at random times, trying to twist and spin even a tweet about what I had for breakfast this morning into SOMETHING, just to rile me up.
Jazmyn: Vicky… I am going to tell you what you told me at Resurrection 5, that I once told the aforementioned “mutual friend” nearly 10 years ago: “what other people say about you DOESN’T matter”.
[Victoria laughs for a little bit.]
Victoria: Thanks for reminding me of that. I’m sorry. I often forget with everything I put my heart into that I’ve dealt with guys like him time and time again throughout my 8 year mainstream career. Once again, I got to remind myself that this chamber may be so much to deal with, but growing up, I defeated far worse odds than this. That inner child of mine, the one that used to be so scared and who feared the worst again and again, whose self-esteem was once through the floor… I’ve got a stronger bond with her than ever before and that’s why, Jazmyn, I’ve been able to pull through challenges like this again and again!
[The crowd cheers this and Jazmyn can’t help but smile.]
Jazmyn: That sounds just like the Victoria Salinas I’ve come to know the last few years.
Victoria: Thanks Jaz, but that’s enough about me. What about you? How are you holding up? Albeit as a challenger, you’ve got an elimination chamber to go through to leave tonight as a world champion… in the main event, in the bright lights of Los Angeles no less…
Jazmyn: I got this… this vibe… I don’t know how to describe it other than the fact that it’s one hell of a vibe… a POSITIVE vibe. Thinking about the last 20 months… gosh, it’s insane. To think that 20 months ago, I was dealing with the biggest heartbreak of my entire wrestling career after I lost the Global title in the cruel fashion that I did, hit rock bottom in GCW, and to go from THAT to where I am NOW? Heck, I even DIED! To know I came all the way back from that… the perspective… wow…
Victoria: You really, truly have come such a long way ever since. Though, it didn’t come without struggles. Sophie? Original Intent? Myra? Utopia? And recently, Aphrodite and how she’s treated your… well… OUR... friends in the past? Gosh Jaz, you’ve grown not just into an inspiring champion, but my god… the person you have become over the last 20 months… I have never felt such a strong spirit!
[Jazmyn can’t help but smile as she takes a quick look around the room, remembering the challenges and obstacles she’s overcome.]
Jazmyn: Well… I’ve been thinking… and this one question is so burned in my brain…
[Victoria’s eyes widen.]
Victoria: Oh no…
Jazmyn: What? I can trust you with this.
Victoria: Please don’t tell me you’re going to ask me what I think you’re going to ask…
Jazmyn: What if… tonight… is the BEGINNING?
[Victoria takes a deep sigh of relief.]
Victoria: I’m… at a loss for words.
Jazmyn: What if this is it? What if this is the beginning of my second Global Championship reign? I know it’s crazy to think that, facing such long odds but I’m feeling it, Vicky. I feel like it’s going to happen, even more than I did back at For Glory & Gold. What if my dreams come true? What if I finally heal those remaining scars that only winning the title back would heal?
Victoria: Jaz… there’s no “if”. Tonight WILL be that beginning. If anyone deserves it, it’s you! This was the way it was meant to happen. You were going to struggle. You were going to overcome. You were going to defeat your demons again and again until the day came when you were ready to become Global champion again. That day… IS today! I do though, want to point out one last thing.
Jazmyn: What’s that?
Victoria: There’s a piece of your heart that’s still troubled by the way things went down in your first reign. I can sense it. In order to win tonight, you have to come to full terms with it. I just want you to know… during that reign, you were never a charity case. You never made a joke out of your former conditions. You never were a cry for attention. Love is the key, Jaz. That’s how it’ll happen.
[Victoria and Jazmyn give each other a hug at this point.]
Jazmyn: Thank you, and best of luck to you tonight.
Victoria: Same to you!
[Victoria turns and leaves the scene, giving Jazmyn some time to really ruminate about the last piece of advice that Victoria just gave her as the scene fades out.]
In a darkened room, Maria Prado can be seen standing by a seated Malcolm Cross.
Prado: “Timothy… this game of cat and mouse has gone on long enough.”
She snarls.
Prado: “We have watched as you talk week after week about your intentions towards Malcolm, and we have allowed you that freedom to speak. What has come of you in response is merely consequences. You do not live without consequences. You live in a world where your actions spawn reactions. You are learning that now. Tonight, you learn that lesson again.”
Prado steps back, motioning to Malcolm.
Prado: “Use your words, Timothy. Say everything you want. This man is not intimidated by you. He never has been. He never will be. Tonight… you find out first-hand just how far Malcolm Cross is willing to go to put you down. Tonight… prepare for pain.”
The scene immediately cuts out.
The scene rises up in the parking garage, where Isabella Harker can be seen entering the arena. She drags her gear with her on her wheeled-bag, and in her mind, she begins to go over all of the scenarios. As she does, she is approached by Brittany Kayl…
Kayl: “Hey…”
Harker looks up, flicking her head upward.
Harker: “Hey…”
Kayl: “So this is it, eh?”
Harker: “Guess so.”
Kayl: “I just want you to know that, no matter what happens out there, I’m proud of you.”
Harker turns her head to Kayl, tilting a bit.
Kayl: “No, really! When I brought you into GCW, I didn’t think much of you. I know I should have treated you better, but what you’ve done with the opportunities provided to you has been nothing short of extraordinary. You could walk out of tonight as the International Champion… the Global Champion… or both! But even if you walk out empty-handed…”
Harker: “I won’t, but go on.”
Kayl: “Even if you do, you’ve proven that you’re a force to be reckoned with! I don’t think anyone can say you don’t belong in the main event and I’m sure that its inevitable. You WILL do what we both dreamt of… you WILL reach the top of the mountain. And I just…”
Awkwardly, Brittany moves forward, hugging her friend.
Kayl: “I’m proud of you.”
After a few moments, Harker hugs Brittany back.
Harker: “Thank you.”
The scene shifts.
Backstage in the medic's room, Brooklyn Smith sits in her ring gear, with a bandage above her eye and an ice pack on her swollen knee. Standing in front of her is Darian Andrews, who looks concerned.
Darian: "Can I get you anything?"
Brooklyn: "I'm fine, Darian."
Darian: "You sure?"
Brook smiles, leans forward, and kisses Darian. She grabs his face and deepens the kiss, causing the crowd watching on from the jumbotron to cheer and wolf-whistle. At the cheers, Brook and Darian start to giggle, breaking the kiss.
Brooklyn: "Umm, is that for us?"
Andrews looks around, then spots the camera. He smirks and waves to it.
Darian: "Yep, that was for us. Hi L.A."
Smith reddens slightly, but grins into the camera.
Brooklyn: "Well, I guess it's out there now. I don't just kiss any guy who rushes to the ring to save my ass, even if he is hot. Darian and I are a couple!"
More cheers.
Brooklyn: "I wish I could give you all some sort of post-match commentary, but I have a lot to think about."
Brook sighs.
Brooklyn: "All I will say for now is that I'm not going to run away. I'm not going to let the Ians and Kendras of this world win. Derek does not believe that any serious damage was done to my leg...nothing some rest and aspirin can't fix...so, I have this man right here to thank for that."
Brook strokes Darian's cheek, and he grabs her hand, kissing it.
Darian: "I probably looked quite fierce brandishing a flaming baseball bat."
Brooklyn: "I can't wait to see the replay."
Both chuckle.
Darian: "Anyhow, let's get out of here. I think we both have had enough attention for one night."
Brooklyn slides off the table, but winces when she tries to put weight on the leg. Seeing her struggle, Darian scoops her up in his arms again, while she laughs and protests in vain. He then carries Brook out of the room. Before the camera can cut away, however, we see a closet door in the room open, and out walks Chelsea Summers. Tears are falling down her face, but the look in her eyes is pure hatred.
Chelsea doesn't move or say anything, in obvious denial at first but this doesn't last long.
Chelsea: "I lost the competition... to HER?!?!?! They're DATING?"
Chelsea takes a long dramatic pause!
Chelsea: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO............ THIS IS BULLSHIT! THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT..... GET THAT FUCKING CAMERA OUT OF MY FACE!!!!!"
In a fit of rage, she shoves the cameraman and the camera lands on the ground, immediately shattering it. Chelsea is heard screaming and crying hysterics and even breaking something in the camera's last seconds before it goes static.
(We cut backstage where we spot Glory Braddock next to GCW’s roving Hall of Fame reporter Janice King.)
Janice: Ladies and gentlemen I am here with The British Bombshell and, some would say, The Best in the World, Glory Braddock, and it is this woman who will compete inside of the elimination chamber tonight for the GCW World Heavyweight Championship.
(Braddock chuckles.)
Glory: That’s right, I am The British Bombshell, but am I The Best in the World? I heard my sister earlier refer to me by that very name and it got me to thinking Janice, am I really The Best in the World?
(She shrugs her shoulders.)
Glory: I have beaten some of the best that there is to beat in this business. I have been world champion on thirteen different occasions. I am a member of three halls of fame. But that’s all in the past. I only recently stepped back into the ring and resumed my active wrestling career and yeah, I’ve been on a roll. Yeah, Julia and I have recently put on some damn good performances at the last two pay per view events. But who is the current World Champion?
Janice: That’d be Victoria Salinas.
Glory: Exactly. While I’ve been resting on my laurels, people like her have been rising to the occasion, people like my sister Julia have stepped up to the plate, and hell, as much as some of us may find her annoying, even Chantelle Chambers has been pretty damn good inside the ring. Adrian Waters is a former world champion, he stepped up his game.
(Braddock grins knowingly.)
Glory: To be The Best in the World you have to beat The Best in the World. That’s what I told Julia at For Glory & Gold and when we went the distance I walked away the winner, cementing my spot among the best, but who is THE best today? That’s what we’re going to find out tonight inside the elimination chamber. Six individuals who can legitimately claim to be The Best in the World will step inside that chamber but only one will walk away as the GCW World Heavyweight Champion.
(She pats herself on the chest.)
Glory: And as God as my witness, that person will be me! My quest for number fourteen ends tonight when I become GCW World Champion and I prove once again that I am exactly what I say I am…The Best in the World…
(Glory walks away.)
(We cut backstage shortly after the tag tea turmoil has concluded. Steve and Derek Powers are angrily storming through the backstage area.)
Steve: Damn it! DAMN IT!
Derek: This sucks!
Steve: You damn right it sucks, bro! We’re supposed to be THE VERY BEST…
(He grins from ear to ear…despite his current mood…)
Steve: …TAG TEAM! And yet we were eliminated after just four damn minutes?!
Derek: We’re gonna make someone pay. That’s for damn sure.
(Steve grins knowingly.)
Steve: Let’s find those dumb McBride chicks, all three of ‘em, and make THEM pay.
Derek: Great idea! They keep getting in our business, let’s take them out.
“What are you two ass-hats talking about?”
(Steve and Derek turn to find their sister Aubrianna Powers standing there.)
Steve: This is none of your business, Aubrey.
Aubrianna: It might as well be my business. Anything and everything you do I end up getting blamed for just because of my last name.
Derek: Look, sis, let me spell it out for you. Steve and I were humiliated out there…
(Aubrianna snickers.)
Aubrianna: Not a surprise there.
Derek: Shut up! Look, we were humiliated out there and now we’re going to take our frustrations out on the damn McBride sisters!
Aubrianna: No…
(Aubrianna shakes her head.)
Aubrianna: …just no.
Steve: No? And why the hell not?
Aubrianna: It’s none of our business, ok? Melanie and Karen are going through some issues, but it is none of our business.
Steve: Yet it WAS our business when they MADE it our business when they attacked us and now you want us to hold back?
(He sighs.)
Steve: We’re really sick and tired of being jerked around by the likes of you, Aubrey!
Aubrianna: Steve, just…
Steve: No, SHUT UP! Shut up and listen!
(Aubrianna isn’t used to being spoken to like this and does remain silent.)
Steve: We’ll back off but if the McBride sisters cross our paths again, we won’t hold back. And you, you’d better be careful where you tread, Aubrey. Derek and I are done playing nice.
Aubrianna: Is that a threat?
Derek: More than a threat, sis. It’s real.
(Derek and Steve walk away.)
Last Man Standing Match
Timothy Myers vs. Malcolm Cross
Myers didn't wait for the bell to attack Cross, ambushing him before Malcolm got to the ring. Myers hit a spear then a knee to the head. Myers with a DDT...but Cross blocked it and bodyslammed Myers on the floor. Cross and Myers slowly fought their way to the ring, but not before Cross busted Tim open with the ring post to Tim's skull. Cross dropped Tim throat first across the ring barrier. The ref started the count-out but Cross pushed him aside and continued to punish Myers.
Myers would start to rally back with a jawbreaker and an uppercut to Malcolm's jaw. Tim chokeslammed Cross on the floor. The ref started the first count-out on Cross, but this time, Myers pushed the ref aside. He repaid Cross by slamming his face off of the ring post, and now, both men were bleeding. Myers was in control now, driving Cross back with lefts and rights. Malcolm climbed into the ring to get a breather and Myers rolled in after him. Cross caught Tim with an eye rake, then a knee below the belt. Cross with a powerbomb, then a second powerbomb. Cross with a fist drop, then he begins to choke Tim until the referee pulls him off. Malcolm steps back and a count-out is started.
Myers is back up by 6 and Cross rushes him for a spear, but Tim ducks it sending Cross off of the ropes and into a powerslam! On instinct, Myers makes a cover, but the referee reminds him that falls don't count. Myers with a verticle suplex...then a second...then a third. Myers with a gorilla press slam, then The Room Spun! Another count on Cross...but he's up by 8. Myers with a swinging neck breaker, then an elbow drop from the second turnbuckle. Cross is up by 4. Myers with an uppercut, a spinebuster, then another elbow drop from the second turnbuckle...but Malcolm rolls out of the way! The referee begins a double count-out. Tim is up by 5 and Cross by 7. Cross with Fade to Black! Myers appears to be out!
1...2...3...4...5...6...Myers rolls to his hands and knees... Cross goes outside the ring and under the ring apron.
7...8...9...Tim is up!
Cross has set up a table on top of a table out on the floor before rolling back into the ring with a 2x4. Malcolm swings the board at Tim's head, but Tim is ready and ducks the blow before tackling Cross to the canvas where he starts to repeatedly punch Cross in the face until Malcolm is able to block the shots with the weapon. The two begin to tug-a-war with the 2x4, Myers winning and driving it into Malcolm's gut before bringing it down across his back.
Myers tosses the board aside and sets Cross up for The Room Spun, but Cross back drops Tim. Myers tries for a big boot, but Cross catches him by the ankle and drops Tim with a boot to the back of the knee. Cross with a Boston Crab, but Myers reaches the ropes. Cross grabs the 2x4 and brings it down on Tim's leg three times. Malcolm drags Myers to the center of the ring and goes for a figure four leg-lock, but Myers grabs Cross by the hair and begins to punch him until he drops to his knees. Myers gets to his feet and hits Rock Your World! Both men are down as the referee begins his count...
1...2...3...4...5...6...7...Myers is up!
8...9...Cross is up!
The two men begin a slugfest, which Myers starts to get the better of, backing Cross slowly into the corner. Tim climbs up to the second turnbuckle and starts to rain down punches on Cross' bloody head. Cross is able to grab Tim around the waist and drill him into the mat with a spinebuster. Cross starts to work on Tim's knee, then transitions back to the head. Cross lifts Myers for a piledriver, but Tim boxes Cross's ears with his boots, lands on his feet, then backdrops Malcolm to the canvas. Spent, Myers falls to his knees.
1...2...3...4...5...Myers reaches the ropes...
6...7...Cross gets to his feet.
Seeing Myers is also rising, Malcolm starts to boot Myers then starts to choke him with the ropes. Cross then throws Myers out to the floor and takes a few moments to catch his own breath. Malcolm then starts to exit the ring, but Myers is back up on the ring apron. Cross intercepts Tim before he can get back inside the ring. Cross tries to suplex Tim back into the ring, but Myers blocks. Myers blocks a second attempt. Myers then suplexes Cross out of the ring and both men crash into the tables!!!
Crowd: "HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!"
The tables crash upon impact and both men are lying in the rubble. The referee starts a ten count...
1...2...3...4...5...6...
Both men start to stir...
7...
Myers gets to his hands and knees...
8...
Cross gets to his knees...
9...
Cross gets to his feet. Tim attempts to get to his own feet, but then falls to his face, passed out!
10!
Winner: Malcolm Cross
The official raises the arm of a bloody Malcolm Cross, who stares down at Myers briefly before making his way to the back. Medics immediately swarm to Timothy to make sure he is alright.
Crowd: "THAT WAS AWESOME! THAT WAS AWESOME! THAT WAS AWESOME!"
After a couple of minutes, Tim rises from the rubble, flanked by medics. He waves to the fans, who cheer him, as he is led up the aisle and to the back.
[Survival of the Fittest cuts to the interview area where Samuel Price, shocked and looking scared at this point, is nervously holding a microphone. Once the cameras come on, he regains his composure as much as he can before he begins to speak.]
Price: Ladies and gentlemen, with me at this time… and I never thought I would say this part but, um… after one of the most SHOCKING, STUNNING outcomes in the tag team division that GCW has ever seen, we have NEW GCW Tag Team Champions and with me at this time is… uh… one half of the new tag team champions… Karina Lysenko!
[The scene pans revealing Karina, holding one half of the tag team championships. Clearly, she’s happy even though the crowd is booing her nevertheless.]
Price: I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it! How??? How did this happen?
Karina: What do you mean how did this happen? The Soviet Gingers were the best team tonight. Why is the fact that Anastasia and I winning shock so many people? Oh I get it… one year ago, we were the neglected ones and nobody saw anything in us. We were branded as wrestlers that were never going to amount to anything. Remember when I was in the purgatory of LOSERS like Madame Santos? It’s funny how things come full circle, huh?
Price: What do you mean?
Karina: Well… last year, at Survival of the Fittest, I made the choice that would ultimately save my career. I joined the OLD Ginger Nation, remember that? Yes… those were the days… GREAT days… before stupid bitches like Destiny had to ruin everything and leave some low-rent version of it like Allison and Enigma behind. And yet, it was the NEW wave of ginger dominance that won this night! The Soviet Gingers “shocked” the world, but now they will dominate it!
Price: All said and done… uh… what does this mean for YOU personally?
[Karina raises her eyebrows, seemingly not pleased with the question that she just got. This eyebrow raise causes Price to shudder slightly.]
Karina: Why is this about me? This was a SESTRA effort you foolish American! Anastasia and I were equally victorious as far as I’m concerned.
Price: I was… I was just trying to point out that you personally have come a LONG way from being… you know… “in purgatory”...
Karina: Yes… I have. I had my struggles. The old Ginger Nation going soft on me didn’t help anything. Plus, I had a collection of failed minions: that oaf Vladimir who never did anything, that idiot Monroe Jones, who, the less said of the better… there was a point where I thought maybe something like this wasn’t meant to be. I even had my failures like trying to win that TV title from Nate Lawson at Civil War. But none of that matters now. What matters now is the MOMENT and at this moment, Anastasia and I have conquered the GCW Tag Team division and now, the greatest dynasty since the Romanovs themselves shall RULE this division with an iron fist!
Price: For how long?
Karina: EXCUSE ME?
Price: You know the Sisterhood are going to want to get those titles back and…
Karina: SILENCE, MONGREL!
[Price shuts up for the remainder of the interview.]
Karina: We shall not talk about them! They are now ANTIQUATED! Yes, they will probably get their rematch but it will be the same result. This division isn’t about THEM anymore! They are the old regime: a thing of the past. No more is the Sisterhood going to be synonymous with the tag team division. Starting with this very moment, Anastasia and I will be unstoppable and we will make everyone forget ALL about Kayla and Angelica which…. For Anastasia, I know how much THAT personally means to her!
[Karina chuckles for a bit before she brushes by Samuel Price, who at that point just breathes a sigh of relief once he got the interview over with. From there, the scene fades out.]
[Survival of the Fittest cuts to the studio where Myra Lynwood is standing by, waiting to speak her mind in the best way that she knows how to. Her appearance, of course, draws some heavy, near-deafening boos from the fans but of course, this makes the former three-time World Champion and the former GCW Global Champion chuckle for a bit before she begins to cut her promo about the elimination chamber match to come.]
Myra: Two elimination chambers tonight, on Survival of the Fittest. This is what GCW is all about, right? I mean, it’s a great justice to my intelligence that we’re going to have two REAL elimination chamber matches and not some sort of “secrets” farce added onto it IF you know what I mean. But at the end of the day, the reason why I am going to walk out a two-time GCW Global Champion, and a four-time world champion overall, is the fact that every single opponent of mine carries some form of weakness that is going to hinder them against the best pure women’s wrestler her generation has ever known. So, who should I start with? Shall I start with Isabella Harker, the one that has been anointed “the next big thing” for so damn long now?
[Myra pauses, her face expressing an annoyed scowl.]
Myra: Face it, Isabella. That’s your big weakness. For all your hype, you can’t seem to come through when it matters most and if you want a quick refresher of memory, I was the one that won at Survival of the Fittest to win the Global Championship to begin with. I made everyone forget about the reign of… well, no need to mention HIS name. ANYWAY, you may have won Civil War, you may have been X-Division Champion earlier this year, but what do you have to show for it? Do you have a Resurrection main event win? Do you have a World Championship? No and no. Sure, you managed to get into this match, I will give you that. But, had it not been for Gabby Austin, you know I would have beaten you. It wasn’t your time at Resurrection, and it won’t be your time tonight. You just can’t do it, Isabella!
You can’t come through when it matters…
[Myra pauses to chuckle again, before she gets angry.]
Myra: Gabby Austin… so stuck in her ways. But see, that is not the only mistake that you have made. You’ve made the mistake of getting involved in my affairs as of late. You really think that your rhetoric still holds up in this day and age? That’s where you’re wrong. There was a point in my career where I fought just like you, where I was all about “pure honor” and such. But see, honor? That’s outdated. Like I’ve said before, this business is about humiliating your opponents and making them your bitch and for all the nonsense you have given me in recent months, that is exactly what I am going to do to you. Tonight, I’ll show you exactly what I mean. We’ll see how far “purity” takes you.
Then we have another pretender…
Travis Vessey…
See, you’re the International Champion these days and that might be great and all, but what took you so long to even come this close to a World Championship again? The last thing you did was your cheap attempt to break down Victoria Salinas… you know… that attempt that ended in failure? What crawled up your ass? Being unable to take the TV title away from Dominic Baine? Christy Clucktower betraying you? Whatever the case may be, Travis, you’re not the kind of champion the X-Division Champions on Shotgun have been. You got in for being the International Champion but you never even defended that title did you? You can tweet all you want, reminding the world that you’re going to make history but it’s the same, boring, thing. The only history you’re going to make is losing the title you have currently, whether it’s me, or someone else.
And speaking of history….
[Myra’s next pause REALLY makes her angry.]
Myra: Aphrodite… you WEAKLING! Did you honestly think we could ever be “soul sisters”? I mean, before you ever won that championship, I already sensed that you didn’t have the conviction within you to maintain what brought you to the gold to begin with. Have ANY of your defenses been without shenanigans even? Heck, that’s what your reign has been. “Benevolent queen”? REALLY? You go SOFT once you got what you want? So what you did to get to the title was all some big, giant temper tantrum because you had never held a world title before? I’m DISGUSTED that I ever saw YOU as my successor. Plus, what kind of champion goes the entire Livewire before this show without even appearing on camera ONCE? I’ll show you what a REAL World Champion is like. Heck, I’d even have Jazmyn over you if I HAD to choose between you two… speaking of…
Jazmyn… sweet, precious, Jazmyn…
[Myra of course, saves her nearly lifelong rival for last.]
Myra: I admit… you’ve come so far. You dismantled Utopia. You’ve given Aphrodite fits. Had it not been for a referee error, YOU would be coming into this the champion and not her. But as far as you’ve come, you’re STILL not ME! Since our last one on one encounter, I’ve become even BETTER! Do you think you can handle me in an environment like this, Jaz? After all, for as strong as you have come, NOBODY knows how to break your spirit more than I do! If it’s not me coming out of this chamber with the title, I hope it’s you… not because I like you, not because I want to be friends again, but because you’re the only one I can even respect. But in the end Jaz… it’s not you coming out of the chamber with the title. It’s ME! Once again, I’ll rob you of your heart’s biggest desire and such a feeling Jaz… NEVER gets old.
Tonight, I prove once and for all that I’m the best pure women’s wrestler of my generation. Try and stop me now!
[Myra scoffs before leaving the promo studio. She gets showered with boos as the scene comes to an end.]
Chantelle Chambers steps out of her locker-room before the Elimination Chamber. Looking around, she shakes her head.
Chambers: “God-damn Price…”
Looking to the camera, she straightens her posture.
Chambers: “I guess if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.”
She smirks.
Chambers: “I hope that each and every one of you – opponents, colleagues… I can’t say “peers” because I am truly without peer – I hoped you all watched as I faced a man over a foot taller than me… a man who carries an “Elite” Championship… and I hoped you took notes as I BEAT HIM in the middle of the ring and cemented my reputation as one of THE SINGLE BIGGEST pieces of this industry’s future! That is going to continue right here. That is going to continue tonight in the Elimination Chamber.”
Chantelle points out towards the ring.
Chambers: “Out there, I intend to reclaim something that over one year ago was STOLEN from me. It’s been a long time since the World Championship was taken away and that year has felt so unnatural. Face it… it doesn’t matter who else is around – I belong as part of the conversation to be on top! I don’t deserve to have to deal with dregs like Queen Mamba. I don’t deserve to be relegated to secondary status behind whatever the hell Victoria Salinas has going on. I should be the face of this company.”
A grin forms on her face.
Chambers: “And tonight, I will be. See, I’m not satisfied being a mere cog in the machine. I’m great. I’m astounding. I am among the very BEST in this company, and I’m certainly the most downloaded woman in GCW history! No one compares to my looks. No one compares to my physical gifts. So when I raise the World Championship again… and I will… you will then be left with nothing but to accept that this was inevitable… and this will be as it always is: ALL EYES ON ME!”
She blows a kiss to the camera before walking off.
[The scene cuts to GCW World Champion Victoria Salinas walking down the hallway, drawing some huge cheers from the crowd as she carries the championship with her. She’s definitely focused, more than she’s been recently as she knows that she needs to be so in order to find a way to still be the GCW World Champion after it’s all said and done. There still appears to be some look of guilt on her face after her conversation with Jazmyn. But, she stops once she notices the presence of her former trainer: Mr. Holliday.]
Victoria: Hey! What in the world brings you here?
Mr. Holliday: We need to talk…
Victoria: Oh…
[Victoria expresses a pout that indicates that she’s slightly glum. She clearly knows what the subject matter is going to be and she takes a deep breath, not even bothering to hide the guilt she still has.]
Victoria: Listen, about that… I’m really sorry. I lost myself for a moment and I never had any intention of hurting Bianca that way. Thankfully, she’s going to be okay and I didn’t separate her shoulder or anything, but still, nobody feels worse about that than I do because that goes completely against everything that I am all about in that ring, not just now, but when I first started to be involved in the mainstream scene eight years ago.
Mr. Holliday: Vicky, you don’t need to worry. Like I said, it’s all well and good. If that son of a bitch Adrian Waters didn’t put her up to it, it wouldn’t have happened to begin with. I wouldn’t feel guilty about it any longer than you already have. Trust me, nobody knows more about what you’re all about in that ring more than I do. You’ve come a long way, you really have. Sure, you took a step back with that whole “vainglorious” phase at one point, but even then, it didn’t hinder your in-ring abilities.
Victoria: Yeah, that’s true. I still got my first three world championships out of it.
Mr. Holliday: But, I wouldn’t care for you at all if I didn’t tell you something that you needed to hear. I’m not concerned about what happened with Bianca. What I AM concerned about, however, is you… or rather… your psyche.
Victoria: What do you mean?
Mr. Holliday: Vicky, clearly everyone knows that one of the biggest constants of your career has been your exemplary ability to come through in the clutch. Five world championships, including three in GCW, eight and one in flagship pay-per-views and with the one loss, it took some nonsense, bullshit Pyramid for that to happen, and beating some of the very best in your generation many times over. In my book, you are without a shadow of a doubt the most clutch competitor of your generation. You’ve got that ice water in your veins many don’t… but I’ve also realized another constant with you… one that’s… NOT so good…
Victoria: And that would be?
Mr. Holliday: When the stress and the pressure gets to be too much for you, you’re not as strong as you’re known to be. Remember that long dry spell you had before your 4th world title? Remember how being “shoehorned” into the tag team division with Kayla bothered you? Remember when in other companies you were pressing so hard to be accepted as legitimate and not as a Slay Revolution joke? Think about the times you’ve LOST your world championships. The first time, you lost it to someone who declared himself the “King of Mind Games”... and Adrian… well… he HAS gotten to you before with very similar methods.
Victoria: Right, I do understand what you’re saying. As time goes along, his nonsense is becoming harder to ignore. It’s just this relentless wave of crap, you know? It almost feels like I’m in high school all over again dealing with… well… I won’t get personal on that right now, but you know exactly what I am referring to. You’re right though. When it comes to “mind games”, I don’t do so well with those. When there’s an extreme, multi-person elimination deal going on, I don’t do so well with those either. But you know what, why not overcome both weaknesses in one night, right?
Mr. Holliday: You have the right idea. But, when you lost the GCW World title the first time… you know… to someone who had no business ever beating you… that was because you let her get inside of your head too much. It’s not just tonight I’m concerned about, it’s the near-future. If Adrian comes away with the title, I fear that you’ll just about lose it.
Victoria: I’m not going to lose it, okay? I know I can do this. As I’ve said many times before: when I compete under the biggest stage, under the brightest lights, there is nobody better than me! I proved it at For Glory & Gold when I beat Adrian to get this back again, I proved it at Resurrection when I beat a very game Isabella Harker, and I WILL prove it again. My heart has always been my key to my success, and it’s going to be so again! Trust me, I’ll be fine.
[Victoria takes a deep breath, obviously feeling a little better now after the conversation.]
Mr. Holliday: I don’t doubt that. Eight years… you’ve been an absolute revelation and even after all you’ve done in this business, you still are. Remember: one night, one person or one loss isn’t going to take away any of that.
[Victoria nods.]
Victoria: Completely understood. I’ll see you after the show, alright?
[The two exchange an embrace for a few seconds before they part ways for the time being. Victoria heads further down the hallway, ready to face what is unquestionably one of the biggest challenges of her career to date.]
(We cut to the boiler room area. Melanie McBride is there, crouched down in a heap, rocking back and forth. It is clear that something is wrong when the sound of a door opening is heard. Melanie immediately pops up to her feet.)
Melanie: Go away! Whoever it is go away!
“You’re still too predictable.”
(Melanie spots Karen McBride walking in.)
Karen: Didn’t I tell you the boiler room is NOT a good hiding spot?
Melanie: No! Go away!
(She turns her back to Karen.)
Melanie: Go away!
Karen: We need to talk.
Melanie: There’s nothing to talk about, Kare-Bear! Nothing!
(Karen snickers.)
Karen: I used to be “whore”…then two weeks ago at Livewire it was Karen…now it’s back to Kare-Bear? I thought you had “evolved” past that, Mel?
Melanie: I have! I…have…I…
(She shakes her head.)
Melanie: …I don’t know!
(She turns around and embraces Karen in a hug.)
Melanie: I’m confused! I am happy with who I have become, I am pleased with my evolution, but I…I just…
(She shakes her head.)
Melanie: …I missed you so much, Kare-Bear! And I didn’t think I was supposed to! I thought it was a sign of weakness, a lack of evolution! So I tried to push you out of my life but I missed you…I missed you…
Karen: I missed you too, Melanie, and I am sorry I wasn’t there for you earlier, but I am here for you now, and I am not going to leave you. Do you have any idea how much your sister Blair and I care about you? We care about you so much that getting you back caused us to make peace with one another.
(Both Melanie and Karen laugh a little at this.)
Melanie: Yeah, that was shocking to see you too working together.
Karen: Come with me, Mel. Please.
Melanie: I…
(She shakes her head.)
Melanie: …I can’t. I still serve Nirvana.
Karen: Bullshit. You can do whatever you want. Didn’t you notice how your other “evolved” pal Sierra is all chummy-chummy with her brother Joey? If she can do it so can you. What makes you any different?
(Karen holds out a hand.)
Karen: Please, Mel.
Melanie: Well, I…
(Melanie reluctantly accepts Karen’s hand.)
Melanie: …I guess it’s time to go home.
Karen: Yes, time to go home. Your real home.
(Melanie smiles.)
Melanie: Thanks, Kare-Bear.
(Karen and Melanie exit the boiler room. Once they are gone, Sierra Michaels steps out from the shadows. A nasty grin is on her face.)
(We cut backstage where we find Kayla Jones pacing the floor, clearly upset over tonight’s proceedings in tag team turmoil and losing the tag team gold.)
Kayla: God, I…I’m so sorry, Angel. I really am…
Angel: Kay, really, stop…
Kayla: No, I mean it, I’m sorry.
(The younger Jones sighs deeply and shakes her head as she continues to pace.)
Kayla: It’s all my fault…
Angel: No it’s not.
Kayla: I’m sorry, I’m normally more surefooted than that. I just…
(The elder Jones stands up and gets in her way to block her path.)
Angel: Kayla, stop. Stop and just listen for a moment, ok?
Kayla: What?
Angel: It wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t my fault either. Neither of us screwed up.
Kayla: But I kicked you…if I hadn’t have kicked you then maybe…
(Angelica rolls her eyes.)
Angel: Yeah, a nice what if scenario. I don’t care about those scenarios, Kay. What I care about are facts and the fact is that we did everything we could to retain our titles tonight. We lasted over twenty minutes in that match and came in third place. We gave it our all and we were damn impressive. Our all just wasn’t enough on this night.
Kayla: What does that mean for us?
(Angelica shrugs her shoulders.)
Angel: I don’t know. You can have Oliver go over our contract and see if we have a rematch clause. If we do we could invoke that. Or we could go our separate ways…
(There is a pause as that possibility sinks in.)
Angel: …I mean, if you want to…
Kayla: I’m not sure. I only started wrestling again because YOU wanted me to reform The Sisterhood with you and go after tag team gold.
Angel: And we succeeded. We won GCW Tag gold on multiple occasions, we won SCW tag gold on multiple occasions. But seriously, Kayla, haven’t you ever considered the possibility of becoming a two time GCW World Champion? I’ll admit that I have considered it for myself.
(Kayla sighs and shrugs her shoulders.)
Kayla: I’m not sure…continue the tag team scene or go our separate ways? I just don’t know yet. I need time to think.
(Kayla turns and makes her exit.)
Isabella Harker can be seen standing in front of a Survival of the Fittest backdrop.
Harker: “I’ve said it all along: I’m not leaving this event tonight empty-handed. For some people, that means I would be happy and satisfied if I leave with only the International Championship, so I want to clarify something…”
She adjusts her position.
Harker: “I would be PROUD to walk out of this event tonight as the International Champion. It may be seen as a consolation prize to win that and not the Global Title, but there would be no shame in winning that belt. That being said… I’m aiming for the Global Championship.”
Harker steps back.
Harker: “See, ever since I fell short at Resurrection last year, I have been on a journey. I have been pushing myself harder and harder, going farther and farther, in an effort to prove that I CAN be Champion… that I CAN sit on top of this business… that I CAN carry GCW on my shoulders! Resurrection wasn’t my night, and that fact continues to dog me. But my night is coming… my night may well be tonight.”
She smiles.
Harker: “I could very well walk out of here as Global Champion. But if this is not my night, then it’s not my night… my night, however, IS coming. The day will come, tonight or in the future, where I become Global Champion. Mark my words: I’m not here to be a second-tier superstar. I’m first-tier. I’m not going to rest on my laurels at any point, no matter what happens tonight. I’m here to be the best. And tonight… I plan to do exactly that: Be the best!”
With that, Harker exits the scene and we fade away…
Lee: Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest, scheduled for one fall, is an elimination chamber match for the GCW World Heavyweight Championship!
(The first chords of "Blank Space" by Taylor swift begins to play over the PA system...)
Cherry lips, crystal skies
I could show you incredible things
Stolen kisses, pretty lies
You're the king baby I'm your Queen
Find out what you want
Be that girl for a month
Wait the worst is yet to come, oh no
Lee: From London, England, she is The British Bombshell GLORY BRADDOCK!
(Glory Braddock steps out onto the stage, wearing her ring gear consisting of purple spandex pants, boots, and a purple top. She really does look like a million bucks and grins from ear to ear, gazing out at the crowd for a moment before making her way down the entrance ramp.)
Screaming, crying, perfect storm
I can make all the tables turn
Rose gardens filled with thorns
Keep you second guessing like
"Oh my God, who is she?"
I get drunk on jealousy
But you'll come back each time you leave
'Cause darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream
(The British Bombshell steps up the steel steps and then onto the ring apron. She poses momentarily on the apron, allowing people to take snapshots before stepping through the ropes and into the ring.)
So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game
(Once in the ring Glory heads to the center of the ring and poses once more. Then the music dies down slowly...)
Lee: From Manhattan, New York, BROOKFORD!
“I’m Bad" by LL Cool J plays as Nate BROOKFORD waste no time making his appearance known. He power walks down to the ring not bothering to savor the less than pleasant reaction from the crowd. He slides under the bottom rope, he pops up. Opting to head over to the turnbuckle nearest the announce table, he leans back with his arms crossed. The ref checks Nate for any foreign objects as the man who wants to be referred to as BROOKFORD keeps his eyes locked on the entrance awaiting his prey for the night.
Lee: From New York, New York, ADRIAN WATERS!
"Bad Company," as performed by Five Finger Death Punch, starts to play on the loud speakers. As the song kicks in, Adrian Waters, wearing a flashy robe, makes his way towards the ring. He ignores the jeering crowd along the way.
Once he is at ringside, he removes his robe, handing it to a GCW staffer before entering the ring between the middle and top ropes. He continues to ignore the fans, as his music fades and he awaits the start of the match.
Lee: The reigning and defending GCW World Heavyweight Champion, VICTORIA SALINAS!
The arena speakers play the chorus of "I Am The Fire" by Halestorm and the crowd has a loud, positive reaction when Victoria Salinas appears on the stage. Victoria gives a quick salute to the crowd to acknowledge the reaction she's getting as she starts to make her way to the ring. Arriving at ringside, she pauses for a split second and collects herself to soak it all in. She enters the ring and stands on the second rope to soak in and acknowledge even more cheers from the crowd, saluting them by pointing in their direction and making a symbol of a heart with her hands to acknowledge the love she has for her fans. She comes off the second rope and leans against the corner, while she waits for the match to start.
Lee: And now the two competitors chosen to start this match! Introducing London, England, she is the reigning GCW X Division Champion, “The Kensington Knockout” JULIA BRADDOCK!
(The lights dim as several spotlights shine down upon the entrance ramp. The opening chords of "Killer Queen" begins to play over the PA system.)
She keeps Moët et Chandon
In her pretty cabinet
'Let them eat cake,' she says
Just like Marie Antoinette
A built-in remedy
For Kruschev and Kennedy
At anytime an invitation
You can't decline
(The lights all come on. Pyro goes off. The tron flashes to life and the words "Her Royal Majesty" appears on the tron. Then Julia Braddock steps out onto the stage decked out in her wrestling attire, looking ready to go.)
Caviar and cigarettes
Well versed in etiquette
Extraordinarily nice
She's a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime
(Julia Braddock strolls ever so confidently and arrogantly down the ramp towards the ring, not bothering to pay attention to any of the fans at ringside along the way.)
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?
(Julia hops up onto the ring apron and then jumps over the top rope and into the ring. Julia goes to each corner and hops up to the top, posing for the fans.)
To avoid complications
She never kept the same address
In conversation
She spoke just like a baroness
Met a man from China
Went down to Geisha Minah
Then again incidentally
If you're that way inclined
Perfume came naturally from Paris
For cars she couldn't care less
Fastidious and precise
She's a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime
(Braddock steps to the center of the ring and waits on the match to begin.)
Lee: And finally…
(“The Brod” Broderick Chase steps out on top of the ramp, microphone in hand…)
Brod: “Mr. Lee, I’ll take it from here…”
(He clears his throat.)
Brod: “Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you a woman who is far beyond any others. The most alluring, the most bombastic, the most athletically gifted and absolutely the most beautiful woman in all of GCW. She is coming out here to give your women a jealous streak, and give your men second-thoughts about their life choices. I present to you wrestling’s most vivacious and greatest Knockout, the Beverly Hills Bombshell… CHANTELLE CHAMBERS!! WOOOOO!!!”
(Then, “All Eyes On Me" by LeToya feat Paul Wall begins to play out over the crowd. Chantelle Chambers steps out on top of the stage, her arms already stretched out to receive her adulation from the crowd – and ignoring that it is boos that shower her. She throws her sunglasses aside and begins to walk down towards the ring, followed by The Brod, who’s grinning like a Cheshire cat the whole way. When they get to the ring, The Brod rushes to the apron first, lifting the ropes up for his client to step through. Chambers does and stands in the ring, removing her robe and handing it aside to The Brod. She poses in the middle of the ring as the crowd boos her…)
[Chantelle and Julia start by trading right hands. Julia gains the upper hand and hits a spinning heel kick, a flying forearm smash, and a dropkick. Julia charges but Chambers sends her flying over the top rope, crashing into the steel floor! Chambers goes outside after her and goes for a suplex but Julia floats over and strikes a reverse ddt on the steel! Julia whips Chambers face first into the steel chain then back drops her back into the ring. Julia with a missile dropkick back into the ring and a cover…1…2Kickout! Julia goes for an axe kick but Chambers ducks it and then strikes a ddt. Chambers with a springboard spin kick taking down Julia. Chambers delivers Worship. Chambers with a cover…1…2Kickout! Chambers with a belly to belly suplex, sending Julia over the top rope to the steel outside! Chambers goes up top and goes for a moonsault but Julia moves and Chambers hits nothing but steel!]
5!
4
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BUZZ!
[The first of the four chambers opens and Brookford enters the match. He makes a beeline for the recovering Chantelle and Julia, mowing both over with clotheslines. He power slams Chambers on the steel and then gorilla press slams Julia back into the ring. Brookford steps into the ring and drills her with a sitout spine buster. Brookford with a cover…1…2…3NO! Brookford with a spinning side slam to Julia. Brookford sets her up for a spear but Chambers comes up from behind and lands a low blow! Chambers with a springboard bulldog to Brookford, taking him down! Chambers with a springboard hurricinrana taking down Brookford. Julia with a roundhouse kick taking down Brookford. Julia turns right around into a spinning neck breaker from Chambers. Chambers covers Julia…1…2…3NO! Chambers puts the boots to Julia, not noticing that Brookford has gotten up. He spins her around and drills her with a pump handle slam. Brookford goes for a choke slam but Chantelle slips out and shoves him over into a Julia Braddock superkick but Brookford doesn’t go down, instead he stumbles back into an enziguri from Chambers that does finally take him down. This time it’s Julia who turns on Chambers as she clotheslines her over the top and onto the steel. Julia with a slingshot leg drop onto Chambers on the steel! Brookford steps out onto the steel and spears her through the empty chamber he once occupied, smashing it to pieces!]
5!
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3!
2!
1!
BUZZ!
[The second of the four chambers opens and the world champion Victoria Salinas enters so she can officially begin to defend her championship. She begins by throwing rights at the dominant Brookford. Brookford shoves her off and attempts to spear her but Vicky moves out of the way just in time and he goes smashing through the chamber that Vicky just escaped from! Before Victoria can react, Chantelle grabs her from behind and drops her with a release German suplex on the steel. Chantelle rolls her into the ring. Chantelle goes up top and looks for a Falcon Arrow but Victoria moves out of the way. Salinas with a chick kick followed up by a double knee face buster. Victoria with a busaiku knee and then a handspring moonsault for a cover…1…2…3NO! Victoria pulls Chantelle up and drops her with the Ginger Breaker! Before she can cover she turns around into a massive spear from Brookford! Chantelle uses this opportunity to roll out of harm’s way while Brookford attempts to take over on Salinas. Brookford with a pump handle power slam followed by a brain buster to Salinas. He turns around into a missile dropkick from Julia Braddock who just got back into things! Julia with Glorification to Brookford! A cover…1…2…3NO! Brookford shockingly kicks out! She sets up for it again but this time he counters with a release Northern Lights suplex! Brookford turns around into a running knee to the face from Victoria Salinas. Julia pulls herself back up but is caught by a spin kick from Chambers. Chambers pairs off against Julia while Brookford and Salinas brawl.]
5!
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3!
2!
1!
BUZZ!
[The third of the four chambers opens and Glory Braddock enters the fray! She targets Chambers with a back cracker. Brookford with a gorilla pres slam to Victoria. He then charges Glory and breaks her in half with a spear. Julia goes after Brookford with rights, lefts, and kicks but Brookford lifts her up and hurls her over the top and to the outside onto the steel. Brookford goes out after her and throws her face first into the steel chain, again and again. He rakes her face across the steel chain. Glory and Chantelle are trading right hands. Chambers gains an unfair advantage with a rake of the eyes but Vicky spins her around and drops her with a chick kick. Glory with three consecutive elbows, doing a courtesy before the third, completing the Noel Effect as a nod to Aphrodite. Glory with Your Majesty to Chantelle, another nod to Aphrodite! Chantelle again rolls to the outside to get away from Glory. When it’s just them inside, Glory and Vicky begin to trade right hands. Vicky gains the upper hand and then goes for a chick kick but Glory ducks it and goes for Gloria In Excelsis Deo but Victoria hangs on to the top rope to keep from going down and Glory hits back first on the canvas. Victoria with a running neck whip followed by a neck breaker. Meanwhile Brookford is in trouble at Julia’s hands when Chantelle gets involved, attacking Julia from behind. Brookford and Chantelle double power bomb Julia on the steel! Chantelle tries a handshake but Brookford takes the hand and drops her with a side slam on the steel!]
5!
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BUZZ!
[The fourth and final chamber opens, allowing Adrian Waters entrance into this match! He rushes in and strikes Victoria with a hard lariat clothesline. He snap suplexes Glory. Adrian with a gut wrench suplex to Glory and then a brain buster to Victoria. Adrian with a Smart Elbow to Victoria. He covers…1…2…Kickout! Brookford rolls Julia back into the ring. He drops her with PROBLEM SOLVED! Before he can cover, Chantelle Chambers kicks him in the back of the head with a springboard spin kick from the top rope! Chantelle with The Nightly Knockout to Julia Braddock! A cover…1…2…3!]
Lee: JULIA BRADDOCK has been eliminated!
[Adrian goes for a Use Your Head on Salinas but Glory spins him around, causing him to drop her. Glory drops him with Gloria In Excelsis Deo! Chantelle spins Glory around and the two begin to trade right hands. Brookford, seeing an opportunity, pulls Adrian up and drops him with a pump handle power slam and then a sit out spine buster! Brookford measures Adrian for a spear and connects! Adrian tries to roll to the outside to escape Brookford but he goes out after him. Brookford with a gorilla press slam converted into a spine buster slam on the steel! Brookford tosses Adrian back into the ring. Glory Braddock goes for Glorification but Chantelle shoves her into a corner. Glory staggers backward into a sleeper neck breaker from Chantelle. Victoria with a flying forearm to Chantelle, sending her over the top and to the outside. Victoria goes out after her. Brookford has Adrian set up for Problem Solved but Adrian rakes him in the eyes before dropping him with a neck breaker. Victoria whips Chantelle into the steel chain and then suplexes her on the steel. Brookford and Adrian are both back to their feet. Adrian and Brookford go toe to toe, exchanging rights and lefts in the center of the ring. Brookford seems to get the better of the exchange. He whips him into the ropes and snaps off a power slam. Brookford sets up a spear but Adrian moves out of the way and Brookford hits the steel turnbuckle hard with his shoulder. Adrian with an even flow ddt followed up by the Super Smart Elbow! A cover…1…2…3!]
Lee: BROOKFORD has been eliminated!
[Victoria throws Chantelle back into the ring. Victoria with a springboard bulldog. Salinas with a chick kick dropping Chambers. Victoria goes to the very top of one of the chambers and then leaps off, looking for a frog splash, but Chambers moves out of the way and Vicky hits nothing but canvas! Chambers with FLASH to Victoria Salinas! Chambers notices Glory slowly rising to her feet and takes aim. She goes for The Nightly Knockout but Glory avoids contact, kicks her in the gut, and drops her with Beautiful Insanity! But Glory can’t make the cover! Adrian tries to be opportunistic with a Super Smart Elbow to Glory! A cover…1…2…3NO! Glory kicks out! Waters throws her out onto the steel! Waters with a Super Smart Elbow on Glory out onto the steel! Waters slingshots Glory through another chamber door, shattering it! Chantelle and Victoria are back up inside the ring. They trade right hands. Chambers gains the upper hand. She goes for a slam but Victoria slips free and then drops her with the Ginger Breaker! A cover…1…2…3!]
Lee: CHANTELLE CHAMBERS has been eliminated!
[Adrian throws Glory back into the ring and then heads up top and goes for another Super Smart Elbow but he gets caught up top by Salinas who dropkicks him down onto the steel! Victoria goes for a springboard cross body but Adrian moves out of the way and she slams into the steel chain! Waters with a belly to back suplex on the steel! Waters throws Salinas back into the ring. He goes up to the very top of one of the chambers and comes off with a Super Smart Elbow! Before he can cover Glory connects with Glorification! A cover…1…2…3NOOO! Waters gets a foot on the bottom rope! Glory sets him up for Beautiful Insanity but he counters with a Northern Lights suplex with a bridge…1…2…3NO! He pulls Glory up and drops her with Use Your Head! He considers covering but notices Victoria coming to. He snatches the brass knuckles Trenton had earlier. He takes a swing but Victoria ducks it! She goes for a roll-up but Adrian rolls through into a roll-up of his own…1…2…Adrian holds onto her tights…3!]
Lee: VICTORIA SALINAS has been eliminated!
[The crowd is stunned at Victoria’s elimination, which guarantees that a new World Heavyweight Champion will be crowned tonight! Adrian mockingly waves bye to Victoria, not noticing that Glory comes up from behind, rolling him up…1…2…3NO! Adrian with a short-arm clothesline! Adrian puts the boots to Glory before throwing her outside onto the steel. Adrian hooks her up for Use Your Head onto the steel but Glory counters into Shekhinah Glory! It isn’t long before Waters goes down and he starts tapping like a madman but submissions cannot be gained outside of the ring on the steel! Glory keeps the hold locked in until it seems like Adrian may have passed out. Glory climbs up to the top and flies off, looking for Blaze of Glory, but Adrian moves and Glory hits nothing but steel! Adrian throws her back into the ring. Adrian with a cover…1…2…3NO! Adrian goes up top of one of the chambers goes for The Super Smart Elbow but Glory moves out of the way! Glory kicks him in the gut and drops him with Beautiful Insanity! She covers…1…2…3!]
DING! DING! DING!
Lee: Ladies and gentlemen, here is your winner of the elimination chamber, and NEW GCW World Heavyweight Champion, “THE BRITISH BOMBSHELL” GLORY BRADDOCK!
(The referee hands Glory the championship belt and she clutches it in her hand, staring at it in disbelief at first and then in elation as she stands up and raises it high over her head, celebrating her fourteenth championship! The crowd roars its approval!)
[We cut backstage, where Travis Vessey is sitting on the bench inside his locker room. He has his GCW International Championship draped across his shoulders. His ring gear is on. He looks straight ahead into the camera.]
Travis: Well, this is it. Elimination Chamber. Six people enter. One match. One opportunity to make history.
Travis chuckles a bit.
Travis: You know when I decided that i wanted to become a pro wrestler I had all these ideas in my head as to what kind of wrestler than i wanted to be. Maybe I wanted to be a performer, this larger than life character fresh out of a superhero comic or something. Or maybe I wanted to be the ultimate wrestler; I would show up in simple black trunks, black boots, the whole nine. And live and die by pro wrestling. And even when I arrived here in GCW three and a half years ago, I had all these visions of becoming the next wrestling superstar.
I wanted to be on everything. Cereal boxes, commercials, magazines, everything. I wanted to be with every woman, which is funny to think about since til this day I haven't found the one. I wanted everything. And my first year I earned everything. I won this title twice. I won the Global Champion. I became a World champion. I thought I made it. I thought I was the next best thing. And then all of a sudden, I choked under pressure, I lost to Malcolm Cross in my first defense and slowly everything that I thought of myself went crumbling down. I was humbled. I saw all these expectations, all these opinions about myself turn out to be false.
I tried everything I could to fix it. I acted like I didn't care. I was a jerk to people. But then eventually I realized something. I realized that i was acting like I own the place when actuality, I didn't appreciate the hustle, the grind it took to achieve those goals. I just wanted the fame. I just wanted the money. I wanted the admiration. And one by one, people beat that arrogance out of me.
And so before coming back here to Livewire, I was at a crossroads. I knew I belonged in the elite but for the last two years I had underachieved. I had taken everything for granted. And I thought back to when I was a kid and I asked myself what kind of wrestler did I want to be. And that is THE elite pro wrestler. THE WRESTLER.
Travis looks at his championship.
Travis: I didn't just want to be anyone, I wanted to be what I've always known what I could be and that's the guy. The difference? Is that now I know what it takes. And now I know these moments, these opportunities, they're not given to you. You have to work for it. And ever since coming back on this brand, ask Francis Taylor, no one's worked harder than me. No one has pushed the enevlope more than me because I don't just want to be someone who had a nice career. I want to make...history.
Travis eyes the camera.
Travis: Winning the International Championship was good. To be reunited with this. Great. But my goal has always been higher and while 'm focused on raising the profile of this title, it's all about that Global Championship. The one thing that would complete this "resurgence." I've already pinned the champion. Aphrodite Noel, I pinned her in the middle of the ring. Then again, a month ago, Gabby Austin also beat me. You got Jazmin Rain and Isabella Harker who have been so close. So, so close. Not to mention Myra Lynwood and whatever she's got cooking. Because that's what she does. She's a schemer. You add all of that and then you got me, Travis Vessey, reigning International Championship. And then you got this Chamber.
Travis pauses.
Travis: Noel isn't the only one defending her title. 'm defending this thing too. And in order for me to get to the Global title shot, I have to defend this. I know how daunting that Chamber is. I know how much pain I'm going to feel in the morning and I know there's a chance it could shorten my career. But this is the match i've been waiting for the last two years. This is where everything comes full circle. This is where I finally get back to where I was three years ago. And it doesn't matter who I have to go through, how much pain i will feel, how many scars that will form on my body, I WILL defend this title and I WILL make history. I will be the One. The One that becomes the first ever Global Champion AND the International Champion. This is my dream! This is my moment. This is what I've been working for and I can't...I can't let it slip.
Travis pauses.
Travis: No blueprints, no catchphrases, not tonight. But I'll leave you with this. For moths people thought I was crazy. People said that I was crazy for thinking that I could pull this off. It isn't possible. Francis Taylor, GCW fans, everyone in the Chamber match, tonight, I pull off the impossible.
Travis stands up and walks away.
[Moments before what she would likely consider the biggest match of her life, Jazmyn Rain is sitting down alone in her locker room, ruminating about what’s to come one last time. Adorned in a neon green wrestling get-up, the former Global Champion is currently trying to decode the advice that Victoria Salinas had given her earlier, though she appears to be stumped a little…]
Jazmyn: Love is the key… love is the key… I still don’t know the entire meaning of that. How can love be the key to finally regaining the GCW Global Championship?
[Jazmyn takes a deep sigh, in order to keep herself calm. But then, her thoughts are interrupted by a knock on the door. She maintains her composure as she stands up from where she was sitting. Walking to the door, she wastes no time opening it and she’s a little surprised to see her best friend Brooklyn Smith standing there.]
Jazmyn: Brook?
Brooklyn: Can I come in for a moment?
[Jazmyn sees that Brooklyn still has a bit of a pained look on her face stemming from the way she lost her match to Kendra Classic earlier.]
Jazmyn: Yeah… of course.
[Jazmyn steps aside to allow Brooklyn to walk in. She then shuts and locks the door behind them and of course, she shows concern.]
Jazmyn: Are you okay? After what happened earlier, I mean…
Brooklyn: Don’t worry about me. I came here to talk about you actually.
Jazmyn: But Brook, if there’s anything I can do right now to help you get past that, then by all means.
Brooklyn: I appreciate it, and I love that you have always been there for me but it’s someone else’s turn to be there for you for a change.
Jazmyn: But…
[Brooklyn raises a hand, indicating how serious she is.]
Brooklyn: For the last year or so, you’ve done everything for me, and all of our friends. I understand why you want to make Aphrodite pay for everything she’s put us all through. You’ve certainly shown love to us, and to the fans. But you need to have some for yourself too.
Jazmyn: Were you watching my conversation with Victoria earlier?
Brooklyn: “Love is the key”... and she’s right, Jazzy. I know you love your friends, but the kind of love she was referring to was love for yourself and she’s right, you need to come to full terms with everything that happened in your first reign before you can start another one. I don’t care if Trenton kept calling you a charity case constantly and was relentless of your hatred of you, I don’t care if all the critics you dealt with were harsh, there’s no reason why someone so strong should continue to allow the words of other people to define something she accomplished.
Jazmyn: So what you’re saying is, I don’t give myself enough credit for that first title reign.
Brooklyn: Exactly.
Jazmyn: But… it wasn’t… I failed you guys. I wasn’t the champion I could have been.
Brooklyn: But did you know what you’d become now during that time? No. You didn’t fail me. You couldn’t have considering the circumstances. You made the most out of what you could and you should be proud of that considering that you weren’t strong then, as you are right now. So what if all Golden Class did was criticize you. So what if Trenton said this or did that. He’s not around anymore. It’s all in the past. I understand you want to fully redeem yourself for what happened then, but in my eyes, you already have.
Jazmyn: I have?
Brooklyn: You ended Original Intent and Utopia, you made Myra finally respect you, and obviously you haven’t been perfect, but you’ve done nothing but learn, grow and be so much better.You have long put the “bipolar” stuff in the past. There’s nothing I want more at this moment for someone else, then to see you finally win that title back. You were a great champion once before. You may not think so right now, but considering your demons of the time… you really were.
[Jazmyn soaks in and thinks about what Brooklyn has been telling her and it’s clearly resonating with her as a few breaths follow up. She begins to smile as she thinks about some of the more positive aspects of her Global title reign.]
Jazmyn: Things weren’t perfect, but thinking back to that reign, I’ve just realized that there were some pieces of the Guardian Angel that would come out every now and then. I beat Malcolm Cross and Jessica Jones for it, two wrestlers that had my number up to that point in a triple threat. I turned back Myra. I made my “no more episodes” promise and I kept it, and against all odds, when Apocalypse and their mothers had every role in the sun including Guest Cotton Candy Vendor, I retained that title against Hayley Gold when the situation was seemingly impossible. I’ve cheated death, I’ve even turned back someone in Sophie O’Brien that was trying to turn me back to where I was before. But all this time, I’ve held serve and you’re right… I deserve to give myself more credit for what I DID do as Global Champion and I shouldn’t be worrying about what I DIDN’T do… because all I have to do is win tonight for another chance to make those further dreams happen. Oh my God, Brook…
It’s hit me…
[Brooklyn’s eyes widen in curiosity as Jazmyn hits her epiphany.]
Jazmyn: In my first match as the Guardian Angel, I slayed my biggest demon, the one that I seemingly never could.
I turned back a former GCW owner that never wanted me on her roster in the first place at that time.
I faced the embodiment of my old demons and overcame it, WITHOUT reverting back to those old ways
I took on my biggest adversary of my life in Myra Lynwood, saving GCW from Utopia and then finally getting her to respect me after nearly three decades of her never doing so.
I reacted to adversity in Montreal like a true champion…
And before all of that? I even challenged death… and won! I realize that I am a person worth loving. I realize why I have you, Tim, Derek, and others by my side. I realize, and I never had the strength to admit it for fear that I would come off arrogant… but I realize it’s not arrogant, it’s fact...I realize how beautiful of a person that I am and for so many people to be behind me means so much to me. I know deep in my heart, that I’m beautiful and nobody can take that from me because everything, my strengths, my spirit, my imperfections, my flaws, they make me who I am and good, bad, and in-between, I don’t think I’ve ever loved myself more than I do right now… THAT’S the key
[Brooklyn has a wide smile on her face, happy that Jazmyn has now realized what Victoria was trying to tell you earlier.]
Jazmyn: I am going to win tonight not just because of the love for my fans and all of my friends, but also for the love of everything I am all about. And now...I’m going to carry that love… and I am going to write the final chapter to a story that’s been 20 months in the making. The time is now… to take that flight… to regain that Global Championship and be the champion I know I can be. I’m going to win Brook… in the City of Angels of all places… I’m going to be Global Champion again!
Brooklyn: I know you’ll be.
[Jazmyn and Brooklyn exchange a warm hug.]
Jazmyn: Thank you! Thank you for everything you’ve ever done for me and for standing by me even through the worst of times.
Brooklyn: I never lost faith in you, Jazzy. Ever!
[They let each other go and Jazmyn takes one final breath before she turns around, walks out of the locker room, and makes her way down the hallway. Soaking in enormous cheers from the audience, Jazmyn walks toward the entrance ramp, her love for herself finally realized, ready to perhaps take that final step at last toward regaining the Global Championship that meant so much to her.]
(We cut backstage where we find Glory Braddock with her newly won GCW World Heavyweight Championship belt draped over her right shoulder. With her is GCW’s roving hall of fame reporter Janice King.)
Janice: Ladies and gentlemen, Janice King here with my guest at this time, the NEW GCW World Heavyweight Champion, Glory Braddock! Thank you for joining me and congratulations!
(Braddock grins from ear to ear.)
Glory: Thanks, Janice. I think it’s safe to say that the Queen has finally returned to her throne!
(The crowd cheers loudly in the background.)
Glory: Now Janice, this championship right here…
(She pats it with her free hand.)
Glory: ...it is the culmination of a journey. I’ll talk about it more on Shotgun but let’s just suffice it to say that this journey, a roller coaster of emotional and mental ups and downs, has damn sure been worth it now that I have won my fourteenth World Heavyweight Championship! And I have a few more things to say, first of all, don’t overlook the X Division Champion, my sister Julia Braddock. Her time is coming. And as for those competing in the next elimination chamber…
(She nods her head.)
Glory: …good luck topping the performance that Shotgun put on tonight!
(She chuckles.)
Glory: But on a serious note, good luck to a friend of mine…Jazmyn Rain, but with all due respect, more luck to my mother, the reigning Global Champion Aphrodite Noel. I hope you win the whole thing. I really do. Mother and daughter reign supreme on both brands. I like the sound of that.
(Glory nods to Janice and then walks off.)
Backstage…
Kendra Classic can be seen moving through the backstage area, her North American Championship belt clutched close to her chest. She is approached by Brittany Kayl.
Kayl: “Kendra… what happened out there?”
Kendra turns to Brittany.
Classic: “I had NO IDEA Ian was going to be out there. I swear to God!”
Kendra continues to move, and Brittany keeps pace alongside her…
Kayl: “I’m sure you understand why people may have a hard time believing you.”
Classic: “Look…”
She turns and faces Brittany again.
Classic: “I don’t care if people BELIEVE me or not. I don’t need that vindication! I believe me! And I believe – because I KNOW – that I had NO IDEA that Ian McKinnon was looking to come after Brooklyn! What he did is on him and him ALONE, okay?”
Kendra looks at Brittany, who steps back a smidge.
Kayl: “Okay… I believe you.”
Kendra smiles.
Classic: “Good.”
She turns and makes a hasty exit, leaving Brittany scratching her head.
Main Event
Elimination Chamber
GCW Global Heavyweight & International Championships
Aphrodite Noel (Global Champion) vs. Jazmyn Rain vs. Isabella Harker vs. Travis Vessey (International Champion) vs. Gabby Austin vs. Myra Lynwood
[After all of the wrestlers made their entrances and four of the six entered their pods, it was revealed that, quite fittingly, Jazmyn and Aphrodite would be starting the match. The two completely went at each other, firing a flurry of lefts before a missed clothesline by Jazmyn followed by a counter lariat by Aphrodite would put the Global Champion in control. Aphrodite would use a combination of impact and power moves as Jazmyn would fall victim to a DDT and a sidewalk slam. Aphrodite covered after the latter, but Jazmyn kicked out. A missed elbow enabled Jazmyn to even the score, as her rally was highlighted by a missile dropkick and a shining wizard. Jazmyn covered, but Aphrodite kicked out. Jazmyn had a Boston crab locked in as the clock counted down…]
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ENTRY: Travis Vessey
[Travis walked out of his pod, confident and now the dynamics certainly changed with the International title now in play. Travis would deck Jazmyn causing her to stumble and break the hold. Travis would use a power advantage, nailing Jazmyn with a belly to belly suplex. But she wouldn’t be the only victim. Aphrodite got up and Travis ended up getting her with a Fisherman’s suplex. He went for the cover, but the Global champion kicked out. Jazmyn got up again and Travis threw her outside to the chamber floor. He dragged her to one of the pods and pounded her head on it and Aphrodite recovered and left the ring. Double team time! Jazmyn fell victim to a double back suplex on the chamber floor. Travis would cover, but Jazmyn kicked out.]
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ENTRY: Gabby Austin
[The pod opened and Gabby made a quick beeline for Travis Vessey, knocking him down with a shoulder block. Aphrodite chucked Travis back in the ring and she and Gabby went back in themselves. Now Travis was the one getting double teamed. Travis was no match for a double flapjack. Then, Aphrodite and Gabby teamed up to lift Travis off the mat and nail him with a double powerbomb. Gabby would make the cover on Travis, but Travis kicked out at two. Aphrodite would lock in a cross armbreaker. Gabby would leave the ring to focus on Jazmyn who was barely getting up. Gabby would greet her with a German suplex into a pin, but Jazmyn kicked out. Back in the ring, Aphrodite continued to work on Travis as the clock counted down…]
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ENTRY: Myra Lynwood
[It was no surprise that Myra bolted out of the pod aiming right for Gabby Austin as she tried a clothesline, but Gabby countered and threw her into the chamber wall. Myra would stumble into a jawbreaker. Jazmyn got up and would hit a snap suplex on Gabby. Jazmyn would then follow up with an application of a Cloverleaf, but Myra, wanting Gabby for herself, nailed Jazmyn with a chick kick to the side of the head. Back in the ring, Aphrodite would continue to wear down Travis and this time she would bring him down with a float over DDT! Jazmyn crawled back in the ring, but Aphrodite was quick to pounce on her. On the outside, Gabby and Myra would continue to fight each other, with neither woman giving an inch. Aphrodite had the upper hand on Jazmyn initially, but Jazmyn began to fight back. As the clock wound down for the last time, Myra and Gabby were brawling and the same went for Jazmyn and Aphrodite…]
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ENTRY: Isabella Harker
[Aphrodite hit a Northern Lights on Jazmyn for a pin, but Jazmyn kicked out. Isabella then went for the champion as they started to exchange blows and eventually suplexes. Isabella had Aphrodite down after a double knee backbreaker, but Aphrodite kicked out. Likewise, Aphrodite had Isabella pinned after a lariat, but Harker kicked out. Travis and Jazmyn would recover and eventually fight each other. On the outside, Gabby just picked up Myra and shoved her back first into the wall. She briefly went back in the ring only to bring Myra down with a springboard cross body. Cover… NO! Myra would come back with her own offense, nailing her with a spinning fireman’s carry slam. A cover was made, but Gabby kicked out. Gabby eventually gained the upper hand, giving Myra a belly to belly that sent her face first into the floor. Myra slowly got up near a pod. Gabby went for a spear and… MYRA STEPS OUT OF THE WAY CAUSING GABBY TO CRASH THROUGH THE POD! The crowd erupted out of their seats, a “holy shit” chant starting. Myra smirked as she dragged her out of the shattered pod, lifted her up and TRADITION BREAKER. Gabby was motionless as Myra dropped down and hooked the leg. Gabby would not kick out as the referee hit 3.]
ELIMINATED: Gabby Austin.
[Myra stood over Gabby and laughed at her, but she wasn’t done yet. As the chamber door opened, Myra locked in the Relentless Torture on Gabby, just to rub it in. Meanwhile, Aphrodite and Harker were still tangling and Travis nailed Jazmyn with a second rope powerbomb. The referee left the door unattended as he desperately tried getting Myra off of her. She would break the hold, but would keep attacking Gabby until she was pulled out of the chamber safely by… Brittany Kayl?!?!?! This infuriated Myra as she dragged Brittany by the hair and her top into the chamber itself. Aphrodite nails Harker with a double underhook facebuster. Myra begins to assault Brittany and tosses her headfirst into a pod without breaking it. Myra follows up with a suplex but little did she know, Aphrodite was watching. This ENRAGED the Global champion and she dove through the ropes, bringing Myra down on the floor. Aphrodite went into a fit of rage, spinebustering Myra through another one of the pods. After a slow recovery, Aphrodite dragged Myra to the chamber wall, constantly bashing her head into the wall until she got busted open and then a double underhook facebuster followed. Still, Myra was stirring and crawling, but not for long… EX-COMMUNICATION INTO ONE OF THE PIECES OF A POD! Aphrodite turned Myra over and made the cover and pinfall.]
ELIMINATED: Myra Lynwood
[Security had to step into the chamber to get both Myra and Brittany out of it. Meanwhile, back in the ring, Vessey tried to cover Jazmyn, but she kicked out. Harker grabbed Aphrodite from behind and gave her a Forward Russian legsweep into a piece of pod fiberglass. This didn’t bleed the Global Champion, but this took her out of commission for a while. Isabella got back in the ring where Travis was waiting for her. Travis had the advantage in the early going, bringing her down with moves like a spinebuster, an electric chair facebuster and a cradle suplex. Travis had the cover after the latter, but Harker kicked out. A missed Vessey-sault opened the door for Harker to get back in it. Harker used her speed to her advantage. A senton, a hurricanrana facebuster and a springboard cross body would do the trick. Cover after the latter, but no, Travis kicked out. Aphrodite and Jazmyn recovered and would start fighting each other again. Travis caught another cross body attempt. POWERSLAM. Travis then went to the top rope… no… to the TOP OF THE POD. However, Isabella was right behind him and when Travis turned on the pod to make a move, Isabella was scaling the pod. They were both on it. Punches were exchanged for a minute or two. Then, Travis kicked her in the gut. He set her up for a powerbomb to the floor. However, Harker fought back. She would slide down his back, and now she was in an Alabama slam position. Travis went for it, but Harker used her strength to go vertical and then push herself forward…. SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB FROM THE TOP OF THE POD ONTO THE FLOOR! MORE “Holy Shit” chants rang out. BOTH were motionless. While Aphrodite and Jazmyn continued their fight, Harker barely moved, dragging herself toward Vessey. She draped an arm over his chest for the cover… and got the three count.]
ELIMINATED: Travis Vessey (NEW GCW International Champion: Isabella Harker)
[The brand new International Champion was barely moving while help was needed to get the now-former one in Travis Vessey out of the chamber. Jazmyn and Aphrodite would continue to fight each other in the ring. Aphrodite would take control with a headbutt, followed up by moves like a spinning heel kick, a brainbuster and a lifting cutter into the mat. Cover was made, but Jazmyn kicked out. Aphrodite went for a corner slingshot splash… BLOCKED! Jazmyn would take command again. With a running punt to the chest, Jazmyn followed up with a backbreaker. A standing moonsault into a cover would follow, but Aphrodite would kick out. Jazmyn went to the top rope with something in mind, but Harker recovered and shoved Jazmyn off the top onto the mat. Harker went in and began to dominate her remaining competition. German to Jazmyn. German to Aphrodite. Belly-to-belly to both wrestlers. Harker covered Jazmyn after a moonsault, but she kicked out. Harker would go back to the top and nail a flying headbutt on the Global Champion. Cover… no the champion kicked out. Frogsplash attempt by Harker… BLOCKED by Jazmyn. She and Aphrodite recovered at the same time with Harker standing up in between them. Jazmyn nailed Harker with a right. She stumbled toward Aphrodite who decked her with a right. This resulted in a game of pinfall for a few punches before Jazmyn gave Isabella a German. This led her to meet the champion face to face much to Aphrodite’s chagrin. Aphrodite was pissed, but when Harker got up, the champion made a beeline for her as she pounced on her and pounded her into the ropes. Irish whip… into a Jazmyn spinning heel kick. Jazmyn cover… Aphrodite breakup! Aphrodite nailed Harker with an Alabama slam. Cover… Jazmyn break up! Harker fought back, rallying against both for a bit, but a springboard flying forearm smash by Jazmyn stalled this. Harker fell as Jazmyn went to the apron. Harker crawled for a bit… EX-COMMUNICATION FROM NOEL! Harker bounced off the mat and flopped face up. Aphrodite was too weakened to make a cover right away. Jazmyn springboarded in and… RAIN SPLASH! Jazmyn took a second to recover, but she pinned Harker’s shoulders to the mat… at the same time Aphrodite hooked the leg for a cover of her own. The referee counted the double pin, both apparently unaware that the other side had a pin of their own and after the unlikeliest of double teams, that was all she wrote for Harker.]
ELIMINATION: Isabella Harker
[Harker would get a rousing ovation and compliments from the announce team for being able to come away with the International championship and withstanding the two on one scenario for so long, but once they recovered, it all came down to the final two in the match… Jazmyn and Aphrodite… who were also the first two. The fans were clamoring with anticipation for what they were about to see. Champion and the last remaining challenger would exchange some right hands for a bit. A sudden kick to the gut and an STO by Aphrodite put her in control. She tried to torture her with a camel clutch, but Jazmyn wouldn’t submit. Aphrodite continued with a rake to the eyes, then a snap Fisherman’s suplex into a cover, but Jazmyn kicked out. Aphrodite got her up and nailed the Noel effect. The four elbows knocked Jazmyn straight down to the mat. Jazmyn sat up but… MALICIOUS INTENT! The crowd died down for a bit with the cover made, but Jazmyn kicked out. Still, she was in trouble. She crawled toward the ropes… EX-COMMUNCIATION… NO… dodged by Jazmyn. Aphrodite turned right into a hurricanrana. Coming off the ropes, Jazmyn rallied. A Thesz press kept it going, but then she really took it to the skies. A senton, a reverse springboard elbow and a handspring elbow in the corner, followed up by the Rain Drop would do the trick. Cover… no, Aphrodite kicked out. Jazmyn got up… stepped through the ropes and… RAIN SPLASH! The crowd went completely insane! The cover was made but NO, Aphrodite kicked out just in the nick of time.]
[Jazmyn was in stunned disbelief for a bit before she dragged Aphrodite to the ropes and dumped her out of the ring. Now on the chamber floor, Jazmyn went for another Rain Splash and… SHE GOT OUT OF THE WAY! Jazmyn got nothing but floor and some pod pieces as well. Aphrodite laughed as she slowly got up. To further make life miserable for her, she would smack Jazmyn across the head with one of the pod fiberglass pieces. She jammed her head into the steel, much like she did Myra earlier. A snap suplex into the floor would follow. Jazmyn set up again, but she would eat another Malicious Intent from Aphrodite as the crowd fell further into silence. Aphrodite taunted the crowd, confident that victory was in sight. Jazmyn barely got to a crawling base when… EX-COMMUNICATION! Aphrodite had a huge smirk on her face as she went for the cover, the crowd dead as Jazmyn was bleeding from the forehead from the move. The count was made and… JAZMYN SOMEHOW KICKED OUT! Aphrodite was stunned as she couldn’t believe it. Stunned, yet unfazed… Aphrodite waited patiently as Jazmyn turned over and tried to crawl. She would and Aphrodite went for the Ex-Communication again! MISSED! Aphrodite landed hard on her ankle and she was in pain to show for it. Jazmyn would grab her and throw her head first into a wall. An axe kick would follow, then a float-over DDT! Jazmyn went for the cover, but the champion wasn’t done yet as she kicked out. Jazmyn stepped through the ropes as Aphrodite got up. Springboard forearm smash right into the jaw. Aphrodite fell onto the floor, landing pretty hard on it. She stepped through the ropes again, another springboard… RAIN SPLASH CONNECTS! Jazmyn nailed it perfectly, going for another cover… BUT APHRODITE KICKED OUT OF IT AGAIN!!!! Jazmyn and the fans were equally stunned by this, but Jazmyn turned her game face back on as she climbed through the ropes, to the top… and then to the top of the CHAMBER POD! The fans were with her all the way as she gave a split second thought to the move on her mind. She turned around, back toward the champion, before leaping backward… INTO A PHOENIX SPLASH!!!! Jazmyn’s momentum carried her off of Aphrodite for a split second before the groggy challenger on instinct rolled onto the champion and pinned her shoulders into the chamber floor. The fans went insane at the move as the referee dropped down to make the count. The crowd chanted along and went completely psychotic as the final three count was made!]
ELIMINATED: Aphrodite Noel
Winner and NEW GCW Global Champion: Jazmyn Rain
[Time stood still for a second as the crowd soaked in what they just witnessed. After a little bit, Jazmyn kneeled over Aphrodite and the moment hit her as a wide smile appeared through some of the blood going down her face. She’d wipe the blood away as the chamber door opened and officials entered the chamber to help Aphrodite out of it. The announce team broke down what they just witnessed, noting the insanity that occurred throughout. The referee handed the Global Championship to Jazmyn who grabbed it and clutched it in her chest as the crowd went insane for her. Realizing that the title was in her grasp, finally, 20 long months after it was cruelly taken from her two Resurrections ago, Jazmyn could no longer contain the tears of joy that were streaming down her face as she stood up. After getting back in the ring, she began to celebrate with the fans, clearly enjoying the moment in front of her as Survival of the Fittest went off the air with a huge ovation for the new Global Champion.]
