Post by Slaine Rodrick on Feb 1, 2017 2:39:06 GMT
PW Presents...
Airing LIVE on YouTube February 6th @ 7pm EST
NIGHT FOUR
February 6th, 2017
Paramount Theater
Seattle, Washington
DARK MATCHES
Adam Barrera vs. Spiral vs. Frankie Starlight
(Just after Lenne Hardt welcomes the three quarter filled theater to a night of PW action, some vagrant stumbles his way out from behind the left stage side and screams out to the crowd. Crickets. It is only once Lenne introduces Adam Barrera that people know this guy is actually a wrestler and not some wandering bum. He slops his way into the ring and gives the crowd devil horns and a scream, still nothing. To his corner he staggers, and over the PA we hear the intro to ‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’ by Frank Sinatra. Out from the left side of the stage comes Frankie Starlight, singing the lyrics to the song as he saunters across the stage. He casually takes the steps, singing as smoothly as Frank and enters the ring. Adam Barrera barks over his singing, causing Frank to grow louder. That is until his theme is shut off, and the lights as well. The theater is plunged into pure darkness for seconds, then strobe light flickering in the ring. ‘Counting Bodies Like Sheep(The Spiral Effect Remix)’ by APC plays, bringing on a chatter from the fans as they await the debut of Spiral. He’s nowhere to be found amongst the flickering, then the lights go out. Five seconds later the lights go back on and his theme stops. Standing in the middle of the ring is Spiral who immediately takes Adam Barrera out with a roundhouse kick, knocking him down to the mat! Adam checks his mouth for blood as the bell rings. Frankie doesn’t hesitate or show fear, he comes right at the distracted Spiral from the side, nailing him with a front forward dropkick and knocking him to the ropes! Frankie smiles to the crowd, thinking he has Spiral only for Spiral to bounce off the ropes and come back with a superman punch to the side of Frankie’s face! Frankie falls to the mat, grabbing his face and kicking as Spiral eyes his prey. He then looks over to the recovering Adam who is swearing up a storm over getting one of his teeth knocked out. Spiral helps him out even more with the impending dental surgery by giving him a running soccer kick to the teeth! “HOLY SHIT!!” from the crowd as Adam drops to the mat with a pouring mouthful of blood while spitting teeth. Spiral looks back to see Frankie still down, so he picks up Adam and places him in the corner. He nails a couple of jabs to stun him, then backs up, springs off the ropes, and hits the Spiral Effect on Adam, knocking him to the mat in a daze! He wavers on consciousness, on the brink of going out. Just as Spiral is about to capitalize, a recovering Starlight races at him and nails a running no hands enziguri!! “OHHH!!”s from the crowd as Spiral gets knocked over the top rope and is dazed. Frankie quickly scavenges Spiral’s kill and gets Adam in a roll up.)
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WINNER: Frankie Starlight via PINFALL @ 3 minutes, 05 seconds.
(Spiral is absolutely furious that Frankie stole that win from him and he darts into the ring. Frankie quickly bolts and leaves, backpedaling up the ramp with a smile. The infuriated Spiral takes out his aggression on Adam instead. He grabs the back of his skull with both hands and starts pressing his thumbs into his eye sockets!! Adam screams in terror as blood trickles out down the sides of his cheek. A laughing Frankie quickly turns to a shocked Frankie as he watches Spiral try to deform a man. Luckily for Adam security and paramedics rush out from the left side of the stage. Seven security guards try their hardest to rip Spiral off of Adam. Once they do the paramedics quickly tend to the screaming Barrera. Seth Black steps out onto stage with a clipboard, looking pissed over what Spiral did. He shakes his head at Spiral as the maniac is escorted by him, and he walks up to Frankie. With a sigh he hands Frankie the PW contract, to which he signs and “WOOOS!!” at the crowd. One signed, two to go.)
Duos Gauntlet Qualifier
Agnes Gertrude and Phillip Kennedy vs. Frank ‘The Forklift’ Forliti and Tony Tira
(Shortly after the ring is cleared of paramedics and a bleeding Adam, Lenne comes in the ring to introduce the participants of the next match. The theater is completely full at this point, knowing they’re about to go live soon. ‘Kickstart My Heart’ by Motley Crue plays, and out from the right side of the stage comes Phillip Kennedy and Agnes Gertrude. They try to play up to the crowd, but the crowd isn’t very receptive. Agnes removes her bandana and Phillip removes his Stetson, both giving their apparel to the ring girl at ringside. They get in the ring and pace in place in their corners, eyes focused on the left side of the stage. There’s no dialogue between the two as they await their opponents and their theme silences. The instrumental of ‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’ by Frank Sinatra plays, bringing out Frankie Starlight to sing the theme again. Even though he does a good cover, the crowd half boos/half cheers him, making him even louder. Geno and Tony follow behind him with Tony clapping and looking impressed with his friend’s singing skills. Geno remains stone cold with his eyes fixed on the glares of Phillip and Agnes. The Collective enter the ring with Frankie staying on the outside and finishing the song, that is until the song cuts off as Tony and Geno are discussing strategy. Frankie yells out “C’MON MAN!!” and proceeds to slap the mat angrily as the bell rings. Geno starts things off first with Agnes. Phillip tries to convince her otherwise but she’s adamant and puts her fists up to Geno. The two round each other for a bit, feeling each other out. Ten seconds pass and we’re starting to hear some boos from the crowd. Agnes decides to change that by swinging a wild fist at Geno. He catches the fist easily, grabs a hold of her head, deadweight picks her up off the mat, then choke tosses her to the mat! Cheers from the crowd as Agnes grimaces and runs in this time, nailing a flying forearm to the face of Geno! Geno smiles and waves on for another. Agnes obliges and hits the ropes, coming back with another flying forearm that doesn’t even budge the giant! He waves it on, wanting more out of Agnes. She nods and says “ok”, hits the ropes, and with a slight side step Geno moves into position, pops her eight feet into the air, then lands a size fourteen to her stomach as she comes down!! “OHHH!!!”s from the crowd as Agnes curls up in the fetal position and wheezes hard from the air being knocked out of her. Geno gives her no time to breathe as he yanks her up by her grey head, hoists her up with ease into a gorilla press, then he walks a couple of steps and throws Agnes at Phillip, knocking him off the mat and tagging him in simultaneously!! “OHHHH!!!”s from the crowd as Geno casually walks over to his corner and tags in Tony. His first action is slide to the outside, throw in Phillip before the ref can count him out, then wait for him to stand. Once he does he nails Phillip with a right cross, knocking him back to an empty corner! Once cornered Tony unleashes the TTay In The Wind, pounding a covering up Philip with fists! One solid uppercut gets through, dropping Phillip to the mat unconscious! Oz Oxford Jr. is quick to step in and wave off this contest as the crowd cheers!!)
WINNERS: The Collective(Tony Tira and Geno ‘Fortlift’ Forliti) VIA KNOCKOUT @ 4 minutes, 07 seconds.
(Frankie slides into the ring and pushes Oz out of the way, choosing to be the man to raise Geno and Tony’s hands as the crowd gives a loud mixed reaction for the newcomers. They get even louder once they see Seth Black come out from the left side of the stage with two clipboards. He steps up the ring steps, steps into the ring, and hands Tony and Geno the contracts. Both men sign on the dotted line, then raise their contracts to the crowd. Frankie points to his boys as they shake the hand of Seth Black, showing off not only the newest tag team, but the newest stable here in PW. Frankie screams “THEY’RE TAKING THE TITLES!!” as we cut away to an outside shot of the space needle on a dreary afternoon.)
***ON AIR***
(The weather in Seattle is characteristically overcast, though there is a sense of excitement in the air as the cameras zoom in on a figure as he sits in a windowside seat in the famous Space Needle, enjoying a steaming hot beverage as he stares off into the intermittently pouring rain. A small line crawls along the bottom of the screen that reads: Earlier Today. Zack looks up but keeps his gaze out over the Seattlescape, his voice steady and firm.)
Zack Jones: When we started this journey together, I had a feeling deep down that this time would be different. I made it this far, I defeated the challenges laid in front of me. I can visualize myself doing it, you know. I can see myself defeating Cassius Reed, moving on to the semi-finals.
(He pauses and takes a drink before he nods his head firmly.)
Zack Jones: Tonight, Cassius. I can’t wait.
(The cameras fade out, as the theme for the Iron King Tournament plays in the background.)
(Leonicio De Soto approaches Faith backstage with a concerned expression on his face, Faith who is getting into 'match mode' has her attention caught by how he's rounding his shoulder and cringing slightly.)
Faith: What the hell is going on? What's wrong with it?
Leonicio: I'm so terribly sorry mamaci.. uh Faith. I was incline pressing to get pumped for our match mamaci... Faith and I tore a muscle slightly here, in my shoulder.
(Faith huffs and rolls her eyes.)
Faith: You better do your part anyway, I'm not wrestling a handicap match.
(Leonicio nods and follows her out to the ringside area, telling her not to worry.)
Alpine: Ooh, that does not look good for Leonicio! It’s a good thing this is a tag match, he’d get that arm destroyed in a singles contest.
Rodz: Is it really that good? He’s got two dirty competitors who will gladly double team that arm until it falls right off.
Alpine: You make a point Rodz but you’re forgetting to include in the chance of him tagging out to Faith and letting his arm rest.
Rodz: That’s IF Veronica and Seth give him a chance. Which they definitely won’t.
(‘Maybe I’m A Lion’ by Songe plays, bringing Leonicio out from the left side of the stage. For a newcomer he gets a decent pop as he runs across the stage and slides into the ring. He gets up on the top rope and poses for the crowd as his theme switches to ‘Monster’ by Stitched Up Heart. Out from the left side of the stage emerges Faith who raises a fist to the crowd who is loud with their mixed reaction. She rolls into the ring and goes over to Leo’s corner just as he drops down from the top. The two discuss strategy as her theme ends, being replaced by ‘Gehenna’ by Slipknot. Out from the right side of the stage comes Seth Iser with his manager Vincent Moretti. Moretti talks gameplan to a focused Seth on the way to the ring as the crowd boos, stopping at the steps as Seth steps over the top rope. His theme ends and is replaced with the ‘World Is Not Enough’ by Garbage. Veronica Valiant steps out from the right side of the stage to louder boos, smirking to her opposition as she removes her suit jacket. She throws it angrily at the ring girl’s face, stomps up the steps, and takes her corner with Seth. The two talk briefly as her theme ends, discussing who starts. Seth takes to his corner as Leonicio takes to his. The bell rings with Faith and Veronica Valiant starting it out in this contest. Faith starts off the match with a stinging left leg kick, getting Veronica to back up. Veronica presses forward and gets a push kick to the chest this time, causing her to grimace. Yet again she presses forward, and this time Faith feints for a leg kick, then rolls around for a spinning back kick to the stomach! Veronica side steps just in time and thumbs Faith in the eyes, getting her to drop her guard. Veronica hammerlocks her arm, then pushes down with the Brought To Heel as she wrenches Faith’s arm behind her! Faith screams out “NO!!” but quickly finds her way out by lunging for the bottom rope near her with her free arm. She latches on, yet Veronica persists, bringing on a four count from the ref. She releases at the last second, leaving Faith to clutch her arm as Oz Oxford Jr. argues with Veronica. Faith uses this golden opportunity to pick herself up to a crouch and wait behind Valiant. As soon as she turns around, Faith flies through the air and grazes Valiant on the cheek with a flying knee! The shot sends Valiant backpedaling into her corner, where she immediately tags in Seth Iser. Being that her partner is tagged in, Faith does the same, tagging in Leo. He rounds his sore shoulder as he enters, looking ahead to the smiling Seth. The two round each other for several seconds before Seth engages in a collar and elbow tie up, and starts using his strength to bully Leo to the corner with ease. He presses into Leo, then backs up from the corner with his hands held high. Suddenly he goes for a right hook and Leo snakes out of the corner and leaps in the air, nailing THE Enziguri on Seth! The shot stumbles him to the corner, and Leo takes advantage by running in, grabbing the counter clothesline, and taking Seth to the mat with a flying triangle choke! The crowd “OHHH!!”s off of the counter of a counter as Leo drags the big man to the mat and tries to choke the life out of him. The still fresh Seth is having none of that as he hooks his hands, stands up to a crouch, then lifts up Leo high, then DROPS him to the mat with a sitout tiger bomb counter to the triangle choke!! Another “OHHHH!!!” from the crowd as Leo screams in pain, grabbing his affected shoulder and writhing on the mat as Seth smiles maniacally. Faith reaches out her hand in desperation, wanting that hot tag as Leo is picked up by the beastly Seth Iser. He slings up Leo for an avalanche slam, but Leo still has enough juice left to kick with his feet, scurry out the back, and land behind Seth! Seth swings for a big lariat, Leo ducks, and leaps over to his corner! With an extended hand to Faith, he makes that hot tag with a ‘leap of Faith’ and she makes her move! With a spring off the ropes she catches Seth Iser in the face with a springboard flying knee!! “OHHHH!!!”s from the crowd as Seth crumbles to the mat, grabbing his bleeding cheek. He reaches out for Valiant, who is only three feet away, but Valiant smirks, shakes her head, then hops off the apron. Boos follow her as she exits stage right, leaving Moretti freaking out at ringside and Seth looking hopeless. Faith waits for him to stand, hunching down in anticipation. As soon as he does and turns her way he gets The Beautiful Death upside his head!!! “OHHHH!!!”s as Faith doesn’t hesitate to cover!!)
WINNER: Faith and Leonicio De Soto via PINFALL @ 9 minutes, 03 seconds.
Alpine: Seth and Valiant were looking to take out Leonicio, but all it took was one a bad partner for Seth Iser to meet the wrong end of Faith’s boot!
Rodz: Seth is a big, tough prospect. Really hoping the guy can bounce back from this. Getting two move beat by a chick half your size ain’t good.
Alpine: That’s if you throw out the window that Faith is the 2016 Boats N’ Throws winner and one of the toughest women in Phoenix history.
Rodz: Whatevs. All I know is Seth is gonna want revenge, Faith is moderately satisfied, and Leonicio is too injured to compete. In other words, good luck getting a new partner Faith.
(Leonicio is helped to the back by the trainers, Faith showing a look of concern as best she's able, at least pleased that they got the win here tonight. The cameras cut to the back where Finn Whelan is looking at a monitor.)
Finn Whelan: Tonight is a little different for me. I'm here in my hometown, and I'm feeling focused. I'm feeling ready for this match. People might wonder what it's like to take on a legend - even a dark one like Masaru Inoue, and I'm here to tell you that sure, it's a big match, but I don't intend to let you hometown folks down.
(This nets him a cheer from the fans in attendance listening in, then the cameras cut to find his opponent Masaru Inoue. His back is to the camera, and he's speaking lowly, words unable to be picked up by the microphone. Strange shadows are flung on the wall and he finally turns to face the camera as he senses it watching.)
Masaru Inoue: Tonight is special for me. Tonight you all get to meet my new pet, my new friend... a pet with a good set of eyes for watching my prey.
(He laughs as the cameras cut back to ringside.)
Alpine: So Masaru debuts a new pet tonight...any idea on what it might be Johnny?
Rodz: Well being he was looking slightly upward, I’m gonna guess it’s a bird of some sort. Knowing Masaru though it’s probably a hyena that he put in a birdcage to keep everyone guessing.
Alpine: I wouldn’t put it past him. All I know is he’s facing a young and game contender tonight in Finn Whelan who is fighting in front of his hometown crowd. Finn is next in line for a shot at Anastasia’s Rising Phoenix Championship, but he’ll have to get past a dangerous and unpredictable Masaru Inoue before that goes down.
Rodz: Not an easy task, especially considering this painted psycho is now bringing a pet down to ringside. Watch your eyes and throat Finn, and possibly even your nuts.
(After Lenne makes the initial introduction, the lights cut off and a blood red spotlight hits the left side of the stage. ‘Nightlight’ by Silver Sun Pickups plays, bringing out Masaru Inoue to a wave of boos. Perched on his hand is a white snow owl, who inquisitively looks around as Masaru slowly and steadily makes his way to ringside. He walks over to his corner and sets his owl on the turnbuckle of his corner. He says a few inaudible words to the bird as the lights go back on and his theme silences. It’s replaced by ‘Everybody Sells Cocaine’ by Motionless In White, bringing on a gigantic pop from the crowd!! Out from the right side emerges Finn a ball of fire, feeding off the energy from the crowd. Once they see him they get louder, even breaking out with a loud “FINN FINN FINN!!” chant. He enjoys the pop at ringside, soaking in the love before sliding into the ring. Not too appreciative of Finn hogging up the spotlight, Masaru lunges forward with a big roundhouse kick! However Finn blocks and punches, sending Masaru staggering back! The bell rings and Masaru launches forward with a rolling back kick, only for Finn to catch him in mid-air and drop him with a backbreaker! Masaru grabs his aching spine and crawls away from Finn, but Finn persists after Masaru and grabs a handful of hair. Masaru stops that on the come up with a chop to the throat, a boot the gut, and a facebreaker DDT on the mat! “OHHH!!!”s from the crowd as he goes for the pin, only to get a one count. He picks up Finn by his hair and throws him to the ropes with an irish whip. Figuring him to the be the type to reverse being so fresh, Masaru follows him in for a flying clothesline. However Finn scouts him well and pulls down on the top rope just as he makes it over, sending Masaru toppling over to the outside! With Masaru recovering on the outside, Finn doesn’t hesitate to bring the crowd to their feet. He steps to the outside apron, looks back for positioning, then springs off the ropes and nails an asai DDT on Masaru!! Dueling “FINN!!” and “HOLY SHIT!!!” chants as Finn does a bow for the crowd. He then picks up Masaru by his tights and throws him into the ring, following him in shortly after. Not one to give Masaru any breathing room, Finn goes right after Masaru’s sore head and hooks his arms from behind. Before Finn can land the Seattle Terror, Masaru wriggles loose from his grasp and slides to the outside, looking at the gutsy Finn wide eyed as he waves him on in the ring. Finn waves for Masaru to enter the ring and face him with the crowd rallying him on for support. Masaru sneers, rounds the ring for an opening, then slides in. Finn allows him to come to a stand, then the two get to a lock up. Masaru tries to toss Finn to the ropes but Finn puts a stop to that, pulls in Masaru for a DDT, but Masaru rushes his shoulder into his abdomen, pushing him to a corner before he can do so. Finn tries to lock on a guillotine choke from the position with the crowd leaping out of their seats at the potential stoppage. However Masaru powers out of this with a roaring northern lights release suplex! Finn wobbles to a stand and Masaru takes him back down to the mat with a perfectly placed gamengiri to the side of the head!!! “OHHHH!!!”s and boos from the audience as Finn staggers to his feet, and Masaru wastes no time. He drops the Killshot on Fin to the “OHHH!!”s of the crowd, then goes for the hook leg pin.)
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WINNER: Masaru Inoue via PINFALL @ 8 minutes, 41 seconds.
Rodz: Holy shit it’s quiet in here. You can hear a pin drop.
Alpine: The Seattle crowd is not too happy about Masaru winning, but hats off to that hell of a match.
Rodz: I haven’t seen Maz look that worried in a while, I’ll give Finn credit for that.
Alpine: Finn made Maz’s eyes pop. That takes talent.
Rodz: And here I was thinking it was eyeliner.
(With the match coming to it’s end, Mason Daniels found himself in another good spot as he made his way to slide into the ring BUT the quickness and unlikely alliance of Finn Whelan and Masaru Inoue kept the Wrecking Machine out of reach from entering the ring. Daniels shuffling from side to side of the ring, trying to pull a crossover on the two to enter, but their stance didn’t falter. Daniels slapped the side of his head, grabbing at his hair as his plans were at a halt. He found himself backing up the ramp, eyes on Masaru.)
Alpine: Well that was quite unexpected!
Rodz: Tell that to Mason Daniels who obviously can’t believe it. What the hell is going on, now Finn and Masaru are doubling Daniels efforts? Why is Finn even involving himself in this?
Alpine: Simply lending a hand in keeping Daniels out of the ring. They just finished putting on a heck of a match.
(Finn nor Masaru shook hands but with just a dip and a nod of their heads, a bit of respect was obtained as things had cut from ringside to the backstage area. Cameras spot Chris Andrew who’s eyes are in a wandering state, looking for his partner for tonight, Rowyn Starr. Not seeing him waiting by the curtain as he usually would be in the ‘Gorilla Position’, Andrew made his move towards Starr’s locker room instead as he came up on it with the door left ajar. Chris peeking in, makes his way into the room as he only sees a ‘downed’ Rowyn Starr, sitting with his head and eyes aimed at the floor.)
Andrew: Hey! Come on man, are you at least going to try with me or have you already...given up?
(It was as if the stern voice or even the presence didn’t even phase Rowyn who’s attention remained on the floor until he decided to look up, shrugging his shoulders in the process before returning to his original position of looking down at the floor. Chris let off a disappointing sigh as he shook his head.)
Andrew: You know what, Rowyn? I came to Phoenix Wrestling to succeed, man. I didn’t come here to take a backseat. I don’t know what your issue is but I better see your ass out there tonight at ringside!
(Andrew looked at Rowyn, waiting for some kind of response but nothing came. Andrew fanned his hand at his partner as he made his exit out of the locker room. Rowyn’s head rose up as he looked at his door being wide open. Letting off a sigh of his own, Rowyn gets up out of his chair as he makes his way out of his locker room and onto the ring for the upcoming tag match. Switching sides, cameras pick up Mason Daniels, who’s in a rage, pissed off written all over his face as he made his way over to the other side of the dressing rooms. Ron Swat with that grin on his face looked at his partner looking to blow a serious gasket.)
Swat: BRO! CALM DOWN BRO! CHILL! IT’S ALL GOOD!”
(It was as if Mason was a few seconds from exploding all over the place. Grabbing yet again at his hair, screaming, a complete rage fest.)
Daniels: NO! NO IT’S NOT GOOD BRO! NOT GOOD AT ALL BRO! STOP TELLING ME IT’S ALL GOOD WHEN IT ISN’T! I WANT TO FUCKING KILL MASARU! MAYBE THEN IT’LL BE ALL GOOD!
(Ron continued grinning, enjoying the rage of emotion stemming from his partner.)
Swat: I know bro! It’s all good, you’ll get a chance to kill Cutie Pie soon enough. Tonight we get to KILL Rowyn and Chris! Two-for-One platter!
(Hearing that sounded good to Mason who’s frown had quickly turned upside down as he grinned devilishly at Ron, nodding his head. He let off a maniacal laugh, clapping his hands, applauding that deal of a two for one special on case tonight.)
Daniels: YES! ABSOLUTELY YES!!
Swat: FUCK YEA BRO! THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKIN BOUT!
(Cameras cut back to ringside.)
Alpine: Well it seems that the two maniacs are on the same page, which is usually never the case.
Rodz: In this case it works out well because both men have an insane hatred, or butt lust depending on you look at it for their competitors. They’re hungry for more than one thing, while it seems like Chris Andrew is the only hungry guy on his team.
Alpine: Rowyn has been battling demons lately. One can only hope that he’s able to get out of this funk and help out this young blue chipper Chris Andrew.
Rodz: Sadly one of those demons is gonna be across the ring from him tonight. I’d be shocked if Rowyn doesn’t get arrested for ripping Mason’s face off on live TV.
(All is quiet in the Paramount Theater, that is until ‘This Is War’ by Ill Nino hits the speakers. Massive boos from the audience as Mason comes out from the right side of the stage, jawing at the fans and looking pissed as Ron Swat hops alongside of him happy as can be. Toast follows behind, throwing periodic handfuls of confetti out of his crotch as the two enter the ring, both via jump up to the apron and swing through the ropes. The obvious general of the two Mason takes Ron to their corner and starts talking strategy as their theme silences. Suddenly ‘Haunted’ by Poe hits, and we get a mixed reaction, mostly cheers for the tag team tandem of Chris Andrew and Rowyn Starr. The two make their way from the left side of the stage, with Chris looking angrily motivated as he shouts at a depressed looking Rowyn. He hangs his head low and walks to the ring, taking his time as Chris looks back and shakes his head. Chris slides into the ring and is met by a lunging Mason who knocks him on his ass with a dropkick! The bell rings and Mason swarms Chris with stomps. Chris tries to get up, but a clear stomp to the face sends him into an empty corner. Mason flies in for a running knee, but gets nothing but turnbuckle pad as Chris slides out and swings a spinning roundhouse kick at Mason! The crowd “OHHH!!”s as he backs up and nods, seeing how aggressive Chris is. The two round each other for a couple seconds with Mason initiating with a lock up. He quickly stomps on Chris’s knee, european uppercuts him, then takes him to the mat with a swinging neckbreaker! While he has him on the mat he tries to go for the Warrior’s agony, but Chris is still in the game and pushes away Mason with his feet! With a window of opportunity open, Chris runs over to his corner just as Rowyn steps up to the apron and tags him in! Cheers from the crowd as Rowyn stares lasers at Mason upon entering the ring. He runs at Mason screaming, and the smart man is quick to tag in Ron and hop to the outside to the boos of the crowd. Before Rowyn can focus on Mason, Ron starts hammering Rowyn with hard right hooks! This causes him to cover up, leaving Ron sledgehammering down on his back in the corner, screaming as he does so! However this leaves his legs open, leaving Rowyn to take Ron down with a double leg takedown! He tries to go for some ground and pound but Ron is too energetic and pops up to his feet giggling with his fists raised. The two start trading punches in the center of the ring, with Ron winning the initial exchange. However Rowyn starts catching Ron’s punches and countering them with fire, knocking him back to an empty corner! He then irish whips the dazed Ron to the ropes, who in turn counter irish whips him to the ropes. Rowyn ducks what could have been a decapitating clothesline on the repel, but then gets hit with a vicious lariat to the back of the head! Ron giggles and hops in place to the boos of the audience. However those boos quickly change as Richard Roque makes his way from the left side of the stage, nibbling on a Pink Lady apple. He smiles and eats away as Ron leaps up to the ropes, spittle screaming at the casually approaching Roque. With Ron clearly distracted, Rowyn shakes loose the cobwebs and stares ahead at the massive back of his opponent. With not much time to spare, Rowyn goes for his big move and grabs onto Ron’s back, cracking him to the mat with the Wounded Knees! He then goes for the pin as referee Malik Demitrious slides down for the count.)
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WINNERS: Rowyn Starr and Chris Andrew via PINFALL @ 8 minutes, 55 seconds.
Alpine: A choice appearance from Richard Roque was all the distraction Rowyn needed to land the Wounded Knees and take this one home for his team!
Rodz: Ooooh Ron’s gonna be PISSED. If Roque wanted a fight he’s got it.
Alpine: With this win Starr and Andrew will enter the Duos Gauntlet for the vacant Duos Championships!
Rodz: It’s a shame we won’t get to see more of Mason and Ron. They were perfect for each other.
(Immediately after the bout ended, Ron gave no shits as he left ringside and went straight for Richard Roque as the two got into a quick “punch fest”, returning shots back and forth, seeing who’d topple over first. Things were scattering quickly as the two went from ringside area over towards the aisle as Ron looks to have the upperhand momentarily. Roque shoves him off as they head their way towards the lobby area causing all sorts of craziness with the two trying to pop each other’s skulls off their neck like human “Rock Em’ Sock Em’s”.)
Alpine: Ron Swat wasted no time to get to Roque.
Rodz: Roque better not wind up face down, ass up. He can’t take too many more punches to the face.
Alpine: Oh boy....
Rodz: OLLY IN THE HOUSE!
(If it wasn’t already chaotic enough, here was the tipover as Masaru Inoue had made his appearance, coming down the ramp with a very calm stature, his newest colleague in the Owl he calls “Olly”. He sat perched on Maz’s shoulder as Maz had a microphone in hand. Maz stood about five feet from the ring apron as he pointed out to Chris Andrew.)
Maz: Chris, I’m only going to say this once. Leave the ring...while you can!
(It was quiet enough for one to hear Chris Andrew clearly say “You got it!” as he left his partner in Rowyn and made his way from the ring and to the back. Maz smiled as his attention now stood on the two men left in the ring, Mason Daniels and Rowyn Starr. He points to the two.)
Maz: I want you BOTH ... at the pay-per-view, The Awakening. As far as the match, hmm..You know when I found my buddy here, Olly, he was encased in glass. He just looked so ALIVE, more than the other birds that were in a cage. That right there gave me an inspiring idea. Listen!
(Maz face had glown as he grew excited with detailing to the type of match that he wanted.)
Maz: Amazingly, an entire cage made out of glass! Filling the ring, ten feet in height. Outside of the cage, Oooh, weapons galore. So, so many weapons to choose from, all hanging from ropes. How bout that?
(His face continued to glow as he looked like the Owl on his shoulder. The audience seemed to like the idea of the matchtype.)
Maz: I call it ... A BIRDCAGE DEATHMATCH!!!!
Alpine: Oh my! A Birdcage Deathmatch!
Rodz: All I hear are sirens. It’s going to be a damn bloodbath.
(The crowd noise amplified with the announcement of the name of the match as Mason Daniels was the first to accept, nodding his head, balling his fists, ready to throwdown. Rowyn on the other hand was full of a “Meh, Whatever!” response with the way he looked and his body appeared. He wasn’t with it at all. He held no care. He accepted but he didn’t really give a crap. Mason Daniels stepped forward, his eyes on Masaru as his fists unclenched. His attention was all to Masaru. Rowyn came from the side and zinged one right into the face of Mason, who’s guard was clearly down.)
Alpine: What the hell?
Rodz: Rowyn just snapped!
(The fans didn’t know how to react to the sudden choice of actions from Rowyn, but right now the only thing that Rowyn cared about was planting his fists prints into the face of Mason.)
Alpine: Whoa!
(Spotting two bags driving down fast from the rafters, both crashed right down onto Rowyn, completely disabling him as it took him completely out with a loud “thud”. The crowd stood silent as Rowyn was on his back. Mason scooted away freely, sliding to the nearest corner as he held a sadistic smile on his face. Paramedics rushed to ringside, coming in to check on Rowyn as Mason remained with his eyes on Rowyn as they tended to him.)
Alpine: What was in those bags?
Rodz: I don’t know but I tell you right now, it was heavy as hell.
Alpine: Mason with that look on his face, in his eyes. He just took out Rowyn! Folks, we have to go to a break.
(The Paramedics help ease Rowyn from out of the ring onto the stretcher as the cameras cut away to commercial break which features advertisement for Nakamura Global’s own “Ohno Cola!”)
Airing LIVE on YouTube February 6th @ 7pm EST
NIGHT FOUR
February 6th, 2017
Paramount Theater
Seattle, Washington
DARK MATCHES
Adam Barrera vs. Spiral vs. Frankie Starlight
(Just after Lenne Hardt welcomes the three quarter filled theater to a night of PW action, some vagrant stumbles his way out from behind the left stage side and screams out to the crowd. Crickets. It is only once Lenne introduces Adam Barrera that people know this guy is actually a wrestler and not some wandering bum. He slops his way into the ring and gives the crowd devil horns and a scream, still nothing. To his corner he staggers, and over the PA we hear the intro to ‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’ by Frank Sinatra. Out from the left side of the stage comes Frankie Starlight, singing the lyrics to the song as he saunters across the stage. He casually takes the steps, singing as smoothly as Frank and enters the ring. Adam Barrera barks over his singing, causing Frank to grow louder. That is until his theme is shut off, and the lights as well. The theater is plunged into pure darkness for seconds, then strobe light flickering in the ring. ‘Counting Bodies Like Sheep(The Spiral Effect Remix)’ by APC plays, bringing on a chatter from the fans as they await the debut of Spiral. He’s nowhere to be found amongst the flickering, then the lights go out. Five seconds later the lights go back on and his theme stops. Standing in the middle of the ring is Spiral who immediately takes Adam Barrera out with a roundhouse kick, knocking him down to the mat! Adam checks his mouth for blood as the bell rings. Frankie doesn’t hesitate or show fear, he comes right at the distracted Spiral from the side, nailing him with a front forward dropkick and knocking him to the ropes! Frankie smiles to the crowd, thinking he has Spiral only for Spiral to bounce off the ropes and come back with a superman punch to the side of Frankie’s face! Frankie falls to the mat, grabbing his face and kicking as Spiral eyes his prey. He then looks over to the recovering Adam who is swearing up a storm over getting one of his teeth knocked out. Spiral helps him out even more with the impending dental surgery by giving him a running soccer kick to the teeth! “HOLY SHIT!!” from the crowd as Adam drops to the mat with a pouring mouthful of blood while spitting teeth. Spiral looks back to see Frankie still down, so he picks up Adam and places him in the corner. He nails a couple of jabs to stun him, then backs up, springs off the ropes, and hits the Spiral Effect on Adam, knocking him to the mat in a daze! He wavers on consciousness, on the brink of going out. Just as Spiral is about to capitalize, a recovering Starlight races at him and nails a running no hands enziguri!! “OHHH!!”s from the crowd as Spiral gets knocked over the top rope and is dazed. Frankie quickly scavenges Spiral’s kill and gets Adam in a roll up.)
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WINNER: Frankie Starlight via PINFALL @ 3 minutes, 05 seconds.
(Spiral is absolutely furious that Frankie stole that win from him and he darts into the ring. Frankie quickly bolts and leaves, backpedaling up the ramp with a smile. The infuriated Spiral takes out his aggression on Adam instead. He grabs the back of his skull with both hands and starts pressing his thumbs into his eye sockets!! Adam screams in terror as blood trickles out down the sides of his cheek. A laughing Frankie quickly turns to a shocked Frankie as he watches Spiral try to deform a man. Luckily for Adam security and paramedics rush out from the left side of the stage. Seven security guards try their hardest to rip Spiral off of Adam. Once they do the paramedics quickly tend to the screaming Barrera. Seth Black steps out onto stage with a clipboard, looking pissed over what Spiral did. He shakes his head at Spiral as the maniac is escorted by him, and he walks up to Frankie. With a sigh he hands Frankie the PW contract, to which he signs and “WOOOS!!” at the crowd. One signed, two to go.)
Duos Gauntlet Qualifier
Agnes Gertrude and Phillip Kennedy vs. Frank ‘The Forklift’ Forliti and Tony Tira
(Shortly after the ring is cleared of paramedics and a bleeding Adam, Lenne comes in the ring to introduce the participants of the next match. The theater is completely full at this point, knowing they’re about to go live soon. ‘Kickstart My Heart’ by Motley Crue plays, and out from the right side of the stage comes Phillip Kennedy and Agnes Gertrude. They try to play up to the crowd, but the crowd isn’t very receptive. Agnes removes her bandana and Phillip removes his Stetson, both giving their apparel to the ring girl at ringside. They get in the ring and pace in place in their corners, eyes focused on the left side of the stage. There’s no dialogue between the two as they await their opponents and their theme silences. The instrumental of ‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’ by Frank Sinatra plays, bringing out Frankie Starlight to sing the theme again. Even though he does a good cover, the crowd half boos/half cheers him, making him even louder. Geno and Tony follow behind him with Tony clapping and looking impressed with his friend’s singing skills. Geno remains stone cold with his eyes fixed on the glares of Phillip and Agnes. The Collective enter the ring with Frankie staying on the outside and finishing the song, that is until the song cuts off as Tony and Geno are discussing strategy. Frankie yells out “C’MON MAN!!” and proceeds to slap the mat angrily as the bell rings. Geno starts things off first with Agnes. Phillip tries to convince her otherwise but she’s adamant and puts her fists up to Geno. The two round each other for a bit, feeling each other out. Ten seconds pass and we’re starting to hear some boos from the crowd. Agnes decides to change that by swinging a wild fist at Geno. He catches the fist easily, grabs a hold of her head, deadweight picks her up off the mat, then choke tosses her to the mat! Cheers from the crowd as Agnes grimaces and runs in this time, nailing a flying forearm to the face of Geno! Geno smiles and waves on for another. Agnes obliges and hits the ropes, coming back with another flying forearm that doesn’t even budge the giant! He waves it on, wanting more out of Agnes. She nods and says “ok”, hits the ropes, and with a slight side step Geno moves into position, pops her eight feet into the air, then lands a size fourteen to her stomach as she comes down!! “OHHH!!!”s from the crowd as Agnes curls up in the fetal position and wheezes hard from the air being knocked out of her. Geno gives her no time to breathe as he yanks her up by her grey head, hoists her up with ease into a gorilla press, then he walks a couple of steps and throws Agnes at Phillip, knocking him off the mat and tagging him in simultaneously!! “OHHHH!!!”s from the crowd as Geno casually walks over to his corner and tags in Tony. His first action is slide to the outside, throw in Phillip before the ref can count him out, then wait for him to stand. Once he does he nails Phillip with a right cross, knocking him back to an empty corner! Once cornered Tony unleashes the TTay In The Wind, pounding a covering up Philip with fists! One solid uppercut gets through, dropping Phillip to the mat unconscious! Oz Oxford Jr. is quick to step in and wave off this contest as the crowd cheers!!)
WINNERS: The Collective(Tony Tira and Geno ‘Fortlift’ Forliti) VIA KNOCKOUT @ 4 minutes, 07 seconds.
(Frankie slides into the ring and pushes Oz out of the way, choosing to be the man to raise Geno and Tony’s hands as the crowd gives a loud mixed reaction for the newcomers. They get even louder once they see Seth Black come out from the left side of the stage with two clipboards. He steps up the ring steps, steps into the ring, and hands Tony and Geno the contracts. Both men sign on the dotted line, then raise their contracts to the crowd. Frankie points to his boys as they shake the hand of Seth Black, showing off not only the newest tag team, but the newest stable here in PW. Frankie screams “THEY’RE TAKING THE TITLES!!” as we cut away to an outside shot of the space needle on a dreary afternoon.)
***ON AIR***
(The weather in Seattle is characteristically overcast, though there is a sense of excitement in the air as the cameras zoom in on a figure as he sits in a windowside seat in the famous Space Needle, enjoying a steaming hot beverage as he stares off into the intermittently pouring rain. A small line crawls along the bottom of the screen that reads: Earlier Today. Zack looks up but keeps his gaze out over the Seattlescape, his voice steady and firm.)
Zack Jones: When we started this journey together, I had a feeling deep down that this time would be different. I made it this far, I defeated the challenges laid in front of me. I can visualize myself doing it, you know. I can see myself defeating Cassius Reed, moving on to the semi-finals.
(He pauses and takes a drink before he nods his head firmly.)
Zack Jones: Tonight, Cassius. I can’t wait.
(The cameras fade out, as the theme for the Iron King Tournament plays in the background.)
(Leonicio De Soto approaches Faith backstage with a concerned expression on his face, Faith who is getting into 'match mode' has her attention caught by how he's rounding his shoulder and cringing slightly.)
Faith: What the hell is going on? What's wrong with it?
Leonicio: I'm so terribly sorry mamaci.. uh Faith. I was incline pressing to get pumped for our match mamaci... Faith and I tore a muscle slightly here, in my shoulder.
(Faith huffs and rolls her eyes.)
Faith: You better do your part anyway, I'm not wrestling a handicap match.
(Leonicio nods and follows her out to the ringside area, telling her not to worry.)
Alpine: Ooh, that does not look good for Leonicio! It’s a good thing this is a tag match, he’d get that arm destroyed in a singles contest.
Rodz: Is it really that good? He’s got two dirty competitors who will gladly double team that arm until it falls right off.
Alpine: You make a point Rodz but you’re forgetting to include in the chance of him tagging out to Faith and letting his arm rest.
Rodz: That’s IF Veronica and Seth give him a chance. Which they definitely won’t.
Duos Gauntlet Qualifier
Leonicio De Soto and Faith vs. Seth Iser and Veronica Valiant
(‘Maybe I’m A Lion’ by Songe plays, bringing Leonicio out from the left side of the stage. For a newcomer he gets a decent pop as he runs across the stage and slides into the ring. He gets up on the top rope and poses for the crowd as his theme switches to ‘Monster’ by Stitched Up Heart. Out from the left side of the stage emerges Faith who raises a fist to the crowd who is loud with their mixed reaction. She rolls into the ring and goes over to Leo’s corner just as he drops down from the top. The two discuss strategy as her theme ends, being replaced by ‘Gehenna’ by Slipknot. Out from the right side of the stage comes Seth Iser with his manager Vincent Moretti. Moretti talks gameplan to a focused Seth on the way to the ring as the crowd boos, stopping at the steps as Seth steps over the top rope. His theme ends and is replaced with the ‘World Is Not Enough’ by Garbage. Veronica Valiant steps out from the right side of the stage to louder boos, smirking to her opposition as she removes her suit jacket. She throws it angrily at the ring girl’s face, stomps up the steps, and takes her corner with Seth. The two talk briefly as her theme ends, discussing who starts. Seth takes to his corner as Leonicio takes to his. The bell rings with Faith and Veronica Valiant starting it out in this contest. Faith starts off the match with a stinging left leg kick, getting Veronica to back up. Veronica presses forward and gets a push kick to the chest this time, causing her to grimace. Yet again she presses forward, and this time Faith feints for a leg kick, then rolls around for a spinning back kick to the stomach! Veronica side steps just in time and thumbs Faith in the eyes, getting her to drop her guard. Veronica hammerlocks her arm, then pushes down with the Brought To Heel as she wrenches Faith’s arm behind her! Faith screams out “NO!!” but quickly finds her way out by lunging for the bottom rope near her with her free arm. She latches on, yet Veronica persists, bringing on a four count from the ref. She releases at the last second, leaving Faith to clutch her arm as Oz Oxford Jr. argues with Veronica. Faith uses this golden opportunity to pick herself up to a crouch and wait behind Valiant. As soon as she turns around, Faith flies through the air and grazes Valiant on the cheek with a flying knee! The shot sends Valiant backpedaling into her corner, where she immediately tags in Seth Iser. Being that her partner is tagged in, Faith does the same, tagging in Leo. He rounds his sore shoulder as he enters, looking ahead to the smiling Seth. The two round each other for several seconds before Seth engages in a collar and elbow tie up, and starts using his strength to bully Leo to the corner with ease. He presses into Leo, then backs up from the corner with his hands held high. Suddenly he goes for a right hook and Leo snakes out of the corner and leaps in the air, nailing THE Enziguri on Seth! The shot stumbles him to the corner, and Leo takes advantage by running in, grabbing the counter clothesline, and taking Seth to the mat with a flying triangle choke! The crowd “OHHH!!”s off of the counter of a counter as Leo drags the big man to the mat and tries to choke the life out of him. The still fresh Seth is having none of that as he hooks his hands, stands up to a crouch, then lifts up Leo high, then DROPS him to the mat with a sitout tiger bomb counter to the triangle choke!! Another “OHHHH!!!” from the crowd as Leo screams in pain, grabbing his affected shoulder and writhing on the mat as Seth smiles maniacally. Faith reaches out her hand in desperation, wanting that hot tag as Leo is picked up by the beastly Seth Iser. He slings up Leo for an avalanche slam, but Leo still has enough juice left to kick with his feet, scurry out the back, and land behind Seth! Seth swings for a big lariat, Leo ducks, and leaps over to his corner! With an extended hand to Faith, he makes that hot tag with a ‘leap of Faith’ and she makes her move! With a spring off the ropes she catches Seth Iser in the face with a springboard flying knee!! “OHHHH!!!”s from the crowd as Seth crumbles to the mat, grabbing his bleeding cheek. He reaches out for Valiant, who is only three feet away, but Valiant smirks, shakes her head, then hops off the apron. Boos follow her as she exits stage right, leaving Moretti freaking out at ringside and Seth looking hopeless. Faith waits for him to stand, hunching down in anticipation. As soon as he does and turns her way he gets The Beautiful Death upside his head!!! “OHHHH!!!”s as Faith doesn’t hesitate to cover!!)
WINNER: Faith and Leonicio De Soto via PINFALL @ 9 minutes, 03 seconds.
Alpine: Seth and Valiant were looking to take out Leonicio, but all it took was one a bad partner for Seth Iser to meet the wrong end of Faith’s boot!
Rodz: Seth is a big, tough prospect. Really hoping the guy can bounce back from this. Getting two move beat by a chick half your size ain’t good.
Alpine: That’s if you throw out the window that Faith is the 2016 Boats N’ Throws winner and one of the toughest women in Phoenix history.
Rodz: Whatevs. All I know is Seth is gonna want revenge, Faith is moderately satisfied, and Leonicio is too injured to compete. In other words, good luck getting a new partner Faith.
(Leonicio is helped to the back by the trainers, Faith showing a look of concern as best she's able, at least pleased that they got the win here tonight. The cameras cut to the back where Finn Whelan is looking at a monitor.)
Finn Whelan: Tonight is a little different for me. I'm here in my hometown, and I'm feeling focused. I'm feeling ready for this match. People might wonder what it's like to take on a legend - even a dark one like Masaru Inoue, and I'm here to tell you that sure, it's a big match, but I don't intend to let you hometown folks down.
(This nets him a cheer from the fans in attendance listening in, then the cameras cut to find his opponent Masaru Inoue. His back is to the camera, and he's speaking lowly, words unable to be picked up by the microphone. Strange shadows are flung on the wall and he finally turns to face the camera as he senses it watching.)
Masaru Inoue: Tonight is special for me. Tonight you all get to meet my new pet, my new friend... a pet with a good set of eyes for watching my prey.
(He laughs as the cameras cut back to ringside.)
Alpine: So Masaru debuts a new pet tonight...any idea on what it might be Johnny?
Rodz: Well being he was looking slightly upward, I’m gonna guess it’s a bird of some sort. Knowing Masaru though it’s probably a hyena that he put in a birdcage to keep everyone guessing.
Alpine: I wouldn’t put it past him. All I know is he’s facing a young and game contender tonight in Finn Whelan who is fighting in front of his hometown crowd. Finn is next in line for a shot at Anastasia’s Rising Phoenix Championship, but he’ll have to get past a dangerous and unpredictable Masaru Inoue before that goes down.
Rodz: Not an easy task, especially considering this painted psycho is now bringing a pet down to ringside. Watch your eyes and throat Finn, and possibly even your nuts.
Masaru Inoue vs. Finn Whelan
(After Lenne makes the initial introduction, the lights cut off and a blood red spotlight hits the left side of the stage. ‘Nightlight’ by Silver Sun Pickups plays, bringing out Masaru Inoue to a wave of boos. Perched on his hand is a white snow owl, who inquisitively looks around as Masaru slowly and steadily makes his way to ringside. He walks over to his corner and sets his owl on the turnbuckle of his corner. He says a few inaudible words to the bird as the lights go back on and his theme silences. It’s replaced by ‘Everybody Sells Cocaine’ by Motionless In White, bringing on a gigantic pop from the crowd!! Out from the right side emerges Finn a ball of fire, feeding off the energy from the crowd. Once they see him they get louder, even breaking out with a loud “FINN FINN FINN!!” chant. He enjoys the pop at ringside, soaking in the love before sliding into the ring. Not too appreciative of Finn hogging up the spotlight, Masaru lunges forward with a big roundhouse kick! However Finn blocks and punches, sending Masaru staggering back! The bell rings and Masaru launches forward with a rolling back kick, only for Finn to catch him in mid-air and drop him with a backbreaker! Masaru grabs his aching spine and crawls away from Finn, but Finn persists after Masaru and grabs a handful of hair. Masaru stops that on the come up with a chop to the throat, a boot the gut, and a facebreaker DDT on the mat! “OHHH!!!”s from the crowd as he goes for the pin, only to get a one count. He picks up Finn by his hair and throws him to the ropes with an irish whip. Figuring him to the be the type to reverse being so fresh, Masaru follows him in for a flying clothesline. However Finn scouts him well and pulls down on the top rope just as he makes it over, sending Masaru toppling over to the outside! With Masaru recovering on the outside, Finn doesn’t hesitate to bring the crowd to their feet. He steps to the outside apron, looks back for positioning, then springs off the ropes and nails an asai DDT on Masaru!! Dueling “FINN!!” and “HOLY SHIT!!!” chants as Finn does a bow for the crowd. He then picks up Masaru by his tights and throws him into the ring, following him in shortly after. Not one to give Masaru any breathing room, Finn goes right after Masaru’s sore head and hooks his arms from behind. Before Finn can land the Seattle Terror, Masaru wriggles loose from his grasp and slides to the outside, looking at the gutsy Finn wide eyed as he waves him on in the ring. Finn waves for Masaru to enter the ring and face him with the crowd rallying him on for support. Masaru sneers, rounds the ring for an opening, then slides in. Finn allows him to come to a stand, then the two get to a lock up. Masaru tries to toss Finn to the ropes but Finn puts a stop to that, pulls in Masaru for a DDT, but Masaru rushes his shoulder into his abdomen, pushing him to a corner before he can do so. Finn tries to lock on a guillotine choke from the position with the crowd leaping out of their seats at the potential stoppage. However Masaru powers out of this with a roaring northern lights release suplex! Finn wobbles to a stand and Masaru takes him back down to the mat with a perfectly placed gamengiri to the side of the head!!! “OHHHH!!!”s and boos from the audience as Finn staggers to his feet, and Masaru wastes no time. He drops the Killshot on Fin to the “OHHH!!”s of the crowd, then goes for the hook leg pin.)
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WINNER: Masaru Inoue via PINFALL @ 8 minutes, 41 seconds.
Rodz: Holy shit it’s quiet in here. You can hear a pin drop.
Alpine: The Seattle crowd is not too happy about Masaru winning, but hats off to that hell of a match.
Rodz: I haven’t seen Maz look that worried in a while, I’ll give Finn credit for that.
Alpine: Finn made Maz’s eyes pop. That takes talent.
Rodz: And here I was thinking it was eyeliner.
(With the match coming to it’s end, Mason Daniels found himself in another good spot as he made his way to slide into the ring BUT the quickness and unlikely alliance of Finn Whelan and Masaru Inoue kept the Wrecking Machine out of reach from entering the ring. Daniels shuffling from side to side of the ring, trying to pull a crossover on the two to enter, but their stance didn’t falter. Daniels slapped the side of his head, grabbing at his hair as his plans were at a halt. He found himself backing up the ramp, eyes on Masaru.)
Alpine: Well that was quite unexpected!
Rodz: Tell that to Mason Daniels who obviously can’t believe it. What the hell is going on, now Finn and Masaru are doubling Daniels efforts? Why is Finn even involving himself in this?
Alpine: Simply lending a hand in keeping Daniels out of the ring. They just finished putting on a heck of a match.
(Finn nor Masaru shook hands but with just a dip and a nod of their heads, a bit of respect was obtained as things had cut from ringside to the backstage area. Cameras spot Chris Andrew who’s eyes are in a wandering state, looking for his partner for tonight, Rowyn Starr. Not seeing him waiting by the curtain as he usually would be in the ‘Gorilla Position’, Andrew made his move towards Starr’s locker room instead as he came up on it with the door left ajar. Chris peeking in, makes his way into the room as he only sees a ‘downed’ Rowyn Starr, sitting with his head and eyes aimed at the floor.)
Andrew: Hey! Come on man, are you at least going to try with me or have you already...given up?
(It was as if the stern voice or even the presence didn’t even phase Rowyn who’s attention remained on the floor until he decided to look up, shrugging his shoulders in the process before returning to his original position of looking down at the floor. Chris let off a disappointing sigh as he shook his head.)
Andrew: You know what, Rowyn? I came to Phoenix Wrestling to succeed, man. I didn’t come here to take a backseat. I don’t know what your issue is but I better see your ass out there tonight at ringside!
(Andrew looked at Rowyn, waiting for some kind of response but nothing came. Andrew fanned his hand at his partner as he made his exit out of the locker room. Rowyn’s head rose up as he looked at his door being wide open. Letting off a sigh of his own, Rowyn gets up out of his chair as he makes his way out of his locker room and onto the ring for the upcoming tag match. Switching sides, cameras pick up Mason Daniels, who’s in a rage, pissed off written all over his face as he made his way over to the other side of the dressing rooms. Ron Swat with that grin on his face looked at his partner looking to blow a serious gasket.)
Swat: BRO! CALM DOWN BRO! CHILL! IT’S ALL GOOD!”
(It was as if Mason was a few seconds from exploding all over the place. Grabbing yet again at his hair, screaming, a complete rage fest.)
Daniels: NO! NO IT’S NOT GOOD BRO! NOT GOOD AT ALL BRO! STOP TELLING ME IT’S ALL GOOD WHEN IT ISN’T! I WANT TO FUCKING KILL MASARU! MAYBE THEN IT’LL BE ALL GOOD!
(Ron continued grinning, enjoying the rage of emotion stemming from his partner.)
Swat: I know bro! It’s all good, you’ll get a chance to kill Cutie Pie soon enough. Tonight we get to KILL Rowyn and Chris! Two-for-One platter!
(Hearing that sounded good to Mason who’s frown had quickly turned upside down as he grinned devilishly at Ron, nodding his head. He let off a maniacal laugh, clapping his hands, applauding that deal of a two for one special on case tonight.)
Daniels: YES! ABSOLUTELY YES!!
Swat: FUCK YEA BRO! THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKIN BOUT!
(Cameras cut back to ringside.)
Alpine: Well it seems that the two maniacs are on the same page, which is usually never the case.
Rodz: In this case it works out well because both men have an insane hatred, or butt lust depending on you look at it for their competitors. They’re hungry for more than one thing, while it seems like Chris Andrew is the only hungry guy on his team.
Alpine: Rowyn has been battling demons lately. One can only hope that he’s able to get out of this funk and help out this young blue chipper Chris Andrew.
Rodz: Sadly one of those demons is gonna be across the ring from him tonight. I’d be shocked if Rowyn doesn’t get arrested for ripping Mason’s face off on live TV.
Duos Gauntlet Qualifer
Mason Daniels and Ron Swat vs. Rowyn Starr and Chris Andrew
(All is quiet in the Paramount Theater, that is until ‘This Is War’ by Ill Nino hits the speakers. Massive boos from the audience as Mason comes out from the right side of the stage, jawing at the fans and looking pissed as Ron Swat hops alongside of him happy as can be. Toast follows behind, throwing periodic handfuls of confetti out of his crotch as the two enter the ring, both via jump up to the apron and swing through the ropes. The obvious general of the two Mason takes Ron to their corner and starts talking strategy as their theme silences. Suddenly ‘Haunted’ by Poe hits, and we get a mixed reaction, mostly cheers for the tag team tandem of Chris Andrew and Rowyn Starr. The two make their way from the left side of the stage, with Chris looking angrily motivated as he shouts at a depressed looking Rowyn. He hangs his head low and walks to the ring, taking his time as Chris looks back and shakes his head. Chris slides into the ring and is met by a lunging Mason who knocks him on his ass with a dropkick! The bell rings and Mason swarms Chris with stomps. Chris tries to get up, but a clear stomp to the face sends him into an empty corner. Mason flies in for a running knee, but gets nothing but turnbuckle pad as Chris slides out and swings a spinning roundhouse kick at Mason! The crowd “OHHH!!”s as he backs up and nods, seeing how aggressive Chris is. The two round each other for a couple seconds with Mason initiating with a lock up. He quickly stomps on Chris’s knee, european uppercuts him, then takes him to the mat with a swinging neckbreaker! While he has him on the mat he tries to go for the Warrior’s agony, but Chris is still in the game and pushes away Mason with his feet! With a window of opportunity open, Chris runs over to his corner just as Rowyn steps up to the apron and tags him in! Cheers from the crowd as Rowyn stares lasers at Mason upon entering the ring. He runs at Mason screaming, and the smart man is quick to tag in Ron and hop to the outside to the boos of the crowd. Before Rowyn can focus on Mason, Ron starts hammering Rowyn with hard right hooks! This causes him to cover up, leaving Ron sledgehammering down on his back in the corner, screaming as he does so! However this leaves his legs open, leaving Rowyn to take Ron down with a double leg takedown! He tries to go for some ground and pound but Ron is too energetic and pops up to his feet giggling with his fists raised. The two start trading punches in the center of the ring, with Ron winning the initial exchange. However Rowyn starts catching Ron’s punches and countering them with fire, knocking him back to an empty corner! He then irish whips the dazed Ron to the ropes, who in turn counter irish whips him to the ropes. Rowyn ducks what could have been a decapitating clothesline on the repel, but then gets hit with a vicious lariat to the back of the head! Ron giggles and hops in place to the boos of the audience. However those boos quickly change as Richard Roque makes his way from the left side of the stage, nibbling on a Pink Lady apple. He smiles and eats away as Ron leaps up to the ropes, spittle screaming at the casually approaching Roque. With Ron clearly distracted, Rowyn shakes loose the cobwebs and stares ahead at the massive back of his opponent. With not much time to spare, Rowyn goes for his big move and grabs onto Ron’s back, cracking him to the mat with the Wounded Knees! He then goes for the pin as referee Malik Demitrious slides down for the count.)
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WINNERS: Rowyn Starr and Chris Andrew via PINFALL @ 8 minutes, 55 seconds.
Alpine: A choice appearance from Richard Roque was all the distraction Rowyn needed to land the Wounded Knees and take this one home for his team!
Rodz: Ooooh Ron’s gonna be PISSED. If Roque wanted a fight he’s got it.
Alpine: With this win Starr and Andrew will enter the Duos Gauntlet for the vacant Duos Championships!
Rodz: It’s a shame we won’t get to see more of Mason and Ron. They were perfect for each other.
(Immediately after the bout ended, Ron gave no shits as he left ringside and went straight for Richard Roque as the two got into a quick “punch fest”, returning shots back and forth, seeing who’d topple over first. Things were scattering quickly as the two went from ringside area over towards the aisle as Ron looks to have the upperhand momentarily. Roque shoves him off as they head their way towards the lobby area causing all sorts of craziness with the two trying to pop each other’s skulls off their neck like human “Rock Em’ Sock Em’s”.)
Alpine: Ron Swat wasted no time to get to Roque.
Rodz: Roque better not wind up face down, ass up. He can’t take too many more punches to the face.
Alpine: Oh boy....
Rodz: OLLY IN THE HOUSE!
(If it wasn’t already chaotic enough, here was the tipover as Masaru Inoue had made his appearance, coming down the ramp with a very calm stature, his newest colleague in the Owl he calls “Olly”. He sat perched on Maz’s shoulder as Maz had a microphone in hand. Maz stood about five feet from the ring apron as he pointed out to Chris Andrew.)
Maz: Chris, I’m only going to say this once. Leave the ring...while you can!
(It was quiet enough for one to hear Chris Andrew clearly say “You got it!” as he left his partner in Rowyn and made his way from the ring and to the back. Maz smiled as his attention now stood on the two men left in the ring, Mason Daniels and Rowyn Starr. He points to the two.)
Maz: I want you BOTH ... at the pay-per-view, The Awakening. As far as the match, hmm..You know when I found my buddy here, Olly, he was encased in glass. He just looked so ALIVE, more than the other birds that were in a cage. That right there gave me an inspiring idea. Listen!
(Maz face had glown as he grew excited with detailing to the type of match that he wanted.)
Maz: Amazingly, an entire cage made out of glass! Filling the ring, ten feet in height. Outside of the cage, Oooh, weapons galore. So, so many weapons to choose from, all hanging from ropes. How bout that?
(His face continued to glow as he looked like the Owl on his shoulder. The audience seemed to like the idea of the matchtype.)
Maz: I call it ... A BIRDCAGE DEATHMATCH!!!!
Alpine: Oh my! A Birdcage Deathmatch!
Rodz: All I hear are sirens. It’s going to be a damn bloodbath.
(The crowd noise amplified with the announcement of the name of the match as Mason Daniels was the first to accept, nodding his head, balling his fists, ready to throwdown. Rowyn on the other hand was full of a “Meh, Whatever!” response with the way he looked and his body appeared. He wasn’t with it at all. He held no care. He accepted but he didn’t really give a crap. Mason Daniels stepped forward, his eyes on Masaru as his fists unclenched. His attention was all to Masaru. Rowyn came from the side and zinged one right into the face of Mason, who’s guard was clearly down.)
Alpine: What the hell?
Rodz: Rowyn just snapped!
(The fans didn’t know how to react to the sudden choice of actions from Rowyn, but right now the only thing that Rowyn cared about was planting his fists prints into the face of Mason.)
Alpine: Whoa!
(Spotting two bags driving down fast from the rafters, both crashed right down onto Rowyn, completely disabling him as it took him completely out with a loud “thud”. The crowd stood silent as Rowyn was on his back. Mason scooted away freely, sliding to the nearest corner as he held a sadistic smile on his face. Paramedics rushed to ringside, coming in to check on Rowyn as Mason remained with his eyes on Rowyn as they tended to him.)
Alpine: What was in those bags?
Rodz: I don’t know but I tell you right now, it was heavy as hell.
Alpine: Mason with that look on his face, in his eyes. He just took out Rowyn! Folks, we have to go to a break.
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