SSW SUPREMACY (2018)

(A video package airs, highlighting the Jacob Senn vs Stark feud, from Stark’s initial challenge and assault to the two making their match official in a contract signing before brawling. The match card for the match appears on the titantron: https://i.imgur.com/0X3MUWA.png. The feed then pans to Ring Announcer Saya Takada standing by in the ring.)

Saya Takada: The following contest is set for ONE FALL!!!!!

(“S.O.A.R” by Devour the Day hits the speakers to massive cheers from the crowd. Jacob Senn steps out through the curtain and to the stage as the crowd rises to their feet, firmly giving their support to the Chairman.)

Saya Takada: Introducing first, he is from Chicago, Illinois... weighing in at 218 pounds…. THE PUNISHER!!!!... JAAACCCOOOOOOOOBBBBB SEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!

Stephens: A match nearly four months in the making, one that at one point was even considered off from happening, is finally here and kicking off SSW Supremacy! If you asked me to sum up what this match is about in just one word, that would be it - supremacy. Stark goaded Senn into this match with the prospect of establishing his legacy at the cost of Senn’s, and all that instigating finally got Stark the match he was practically begging for! My question is, does Stark have what it takes to go toe to toe with The Punisher, a man who’s in the running for the GOAT conversation? Or he will come to regret pushing Senn to this extent?

(“Blue Bird” by Ikimono Gakari hits to boos from the crowd as the stage lights begin flashing. Stark steps through the lights and emerges in front of a hostile crowd, taking in the boos and jeers as he enters the ring, eyes locked on Jacob Senn.)

Saya Takada: And his opponent, he is from New York City… weighing in at 210 pounds… THE PSYCHEDELIC SAMURAI!!!!.... STTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!

Wilson: Your limited knowledge of wrestling fails you again Mark! If we’re going to talk about pre-SSW accolades, then Stark is every bit as decorated as Jacob Senn, and that might just be one of his biggest gripes with the Chairman! When he’s over in OWA wrestling CM Nas for a World Championship while Stark is over here having to beg and go underhanded to try to get a match with Senn, can you blame the man for snapping? We’re looking at a different Stark, a side of him that he says he had locked away for years. If anyone is in the unknown, I’d say it’s Jacob Senn himself!

(DING! DING! DING!)

Stephens: WE’RE UNDERWAY!!!! STARK AND SENN KICKING THE COMPETITION OFF HERE AT SUPREMACY CHARGING AT EACH OTHER IN THE CENTER OF THE RING!!! THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR BOTH MEN!!!! SENN GOES LOW FOR THE LEGS AND GETS STARK ON HIS BACK WITH THE TAKEDOWN, LAYING INTO HIS ARCHNEMESIS WITH A FRENZIED STRIKE, LANDING FISTS, ELBOWS, AND FOREARMS ALIKE WHEREVER HE CAN LAND THEM!!!! SENN TRYING TO GET MORE PRECISE WITH HIS AIM NOW GOING STRAIGHT FOR THE HEAD WITH EVERY SHOT -- AND STARK FINDS AN OPENING TO GO RIGHT IN WITH A HEADBUTT TO JACOB SENN’S NOSE, STUNNING HIM MOMENTARILY BUT LONG ENOUGH FOR STARK TO FLIP SENN OVER ONTO HIS BACK AND TURN THE TIDE!!!!

Wilson: STARK HAS SENN PINNED DOWN MORE METHODICALLY WITH A KNEE PRESSED INTO HIS MIDSECTION, LAYING STIFF PUNCH AFTER STIFF PUNCH TO THE MOUTH!!! SENN SWINGS BACK AT EVERY SHOT THAT STARK LANDS BUT THOSE SHOTS ARE STILL LANDING, AND SENN’S SWINGS ARE COMING IN WITH LESS AND LESS POWER WITH EACH COMING ONE… STARK GRABS A HANDFUL OF SENN’S HAIR AND YANKS HIS HEAD FORWARD INTO A BRUTALLY SHARP ELBOW TO THE FACE!!!! Stark finally picks himself off of Senn who’s still in a daze - legend or not, no one can take that many shots to the head and stand up straight after! Just look at Stark himself, barely able to stand on his own two feet!

Stephens: Senn is sat up now but Stark grabs him by the arm, pulling him all the way up to his feet… AND STARK COMES IN WITH THE KNEE TO SENN’S MIDSECTION!!! SENN GROANS IN PAIN AND NEARLY DOUBLES FORWARD BUT STARK HOLDS HIM UP FOR ANOTHER SHARP KNEE TO THE GUT!!! Stark lets Senn fall to his knees this time -- AND HERE HE GOES TO THE ROPES!!!! STARK IS LOOKING TO HIT HIS ACE IN THE HOLE EARLY HERE AS HE COMES FORWARD WITH THE KNEE… RASEN SHURIKEN!!!!!!!!

Wilson: JACOB SENN PUSHES HIMSELF UP TO HIS FEET AT THE LAST SECOND AND IN ONE FLUID MOTION JUMPS HIGH UP FOR THE DROPKICK TO STARK’S CHEST, MID-RUN!!!! STARK’S OWN MOMENTUM CAUSES HIM TO DROP BACK SEVERAL FEET AWAY FROM SENN, WHO NOW FINDS HIMSELF ON A VERTICAL BASE BEFORE RUNNING AFTER STARK WHO STARTS TO GET OFF THE MAT… SLIDING BASEMENT FOREARM SMASH TO THE FACE!!!! SENN TAKES STARK RIGHT BACK DOWN AND PINS HIS SHOULDERS TO THE MAT!!!!

Referee: ONE!!!!....

Stephens: ONE IS ALL HE’S GETTING OFF OF THAT AS STARK KICKS OUT WITH FORCE!!!! AS IF HE’D LET THE MATCH END RIGHT THERE!!! Senn gets Stark up to his feet AND CHOPS HIM IN THE CHEST!!!! HIS HANDPRINT IS ALREADY IMPRINTED ON STARK’S CHEST -- ALL THE MORE REASON FOR STARK TO RETALIATE WITH A HEADBUTT TO SENN’S JAW!!!! Stark recoils off of that one, clutching his head while Senn falls down to a knee. If Stark keeps throwing headbutts like that he may very well end up knocking himself out! Senn reaches up for Stark -- STARK KICKS SENN IN THE CHEST, POINT BLANK, COMPLETELY KNOCKING THE WIND OUT OF THE CHAIRMAN WHO SLUMPS FORWARD TO THE MAT, GASPING FOR AIR!!!!

Wilson: AS IF STARK CARES!!!! STARK GRABS SENN FROM BEHIND IN A WAISTLOCK AND PULLS HIM UP TO HIS FEET… FLAPJACK INTO THE ROPES!!!! SENN’S CHEST BEARS THE BRUNT OF THE ROPES AND HE STAGGERS BACK SLOWLY INTO STARK’S SIGHTS… STARK GOES FOR THE JUMPING CUTTER!!!! SENN HOWEVER GROUNDS HIMSELF MOMENTARILY BEFORE SHOVING STARK AWAY!!!! Senn falls back into the ropes while Stark finds his footing… And Stark rushes right back to the ropes at an unsuspecting Senn -- SENN GOES LOW AND PULLS DOWN THE ROPE SENDING STARK OVER THE TOP ROPE AND OUT OF THE RING!!!! SENN RUSHES ACROSS THE RING, BOUNCING HARD OFF OF THE ROPES FOR MOMENTUM… AND OVER THE TOP ROPE HE GOES!!!! FOSBURY FLOP!!!! SENN CRASHES RIGHT INTO STARK, USING HIS BODY AS A TWO HUNDRED POUND PROJECTILE!!!! BOTH MEN CRASH INTO THE BARRICADE AND FALL TO THE FLOOR, LAID OUT!!!

Stephens: Stark was starting to build momentum there, and Jacob Senn showed his expert ring awareness, sacrificing his body to put a stop to it! Both men are back at ground zero now as they pull themselves up using the barricade, while fans in the front row start to disperse, knowing full well the action could spill into the crowd at a moment’s notice! Stark is the first on his feet, measuring down Senn who’s still slowly pulling himself up… AND STARK LUNGES HIS LEG STRAIGHT AT SENN’S FACE, TRYING TO KICK HIM WHILE HE’S DOWN -- SENN CATCHES HIS FOOT!!!! SENN CATCHES STARK BY THE FOOT AND SLAMS IT AGAINST THE BARRICADE, BEFORE HITTING THE SINGLE LEGGED TAKEDOWN!!!! SENN AGAIN GOES FOR THE LEG, THIS TIME TRAPPING STARK’S ANKLE IN THE BARRICADE… OH GOD!!!! SENN IS REACHING UNDER THE RING, PULLING OUT A STEEL CHAIR!!!!! THIS ISN’T A NO-DISQUALIFICATION MATCH!!!!

Wilson: ARE YOU GOING TO TELL THE CHAIRMAN THAT?!!! SENN SWINGS WILD WITH THE CHAIR AT STARK’S MIDSECTION, RELISHING IN STARK’S AGONY!!!! STARK IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET HIS ANKLE AND FOOT OUT OF THE STEEL BARRICADE, HOPING TO ESCAPE WHILE SENN BATTERS AWAY AT HIS CHEST… BUT SENN TURNS HIS ATTENTION BACK TO STARK’S ANKLE, CHAIR IN HAND… SENN SWINGS!!!! BUT STARK SLIDES HIS FOOT OUT IN THE NICK OF TIME!!!! STARK KICKS SENN’S KNEE OUT, MAKING HIM DROP THE CHAIR, AND STARK USES HIS OTHER LEG TO KICK SENN SQUARE IN THE MOUTH!!!! Stark now drags himself away, unable to get back up on his bad foot until the blood gets flowing there again… BUT THE PUNISHER IS NO EASY FOE TO PUT DOWN!!!! SENN IS BACK UP ON HIS FEET WITH THE CHAIR BACK IN HIS GRASP --- STARK HAS NO OTHER CHOICE, REACHING FOR THE BARRICADE WITH BOTH HANDS AND PULLING IT TOWARDS HIM BEFORE PUSHING IT AT SENN!!!!

Stephens: JACOB SENN IS EASILY ABLE TO GET OVER THE BARRICADE -- BUT IT WAS ONLY A DISTRACTION!!!! STARK REACHED UNDER THE RING FOR A CHAIR OF HIS OWN, THROWING IT WITH FORCE AT SENN’S FACE!!!! SENN USES HIS CHAIR TO SHIELD WHAT HE CAN BUT THE CHAIR THROWN BY STARK MAKES SENN’S OWN CHAIR BOUNCE BACK AGAINST HIS FACE, STUNNING HIM FOR JUST A MOMENT… AND STARK WILLS HIMSELF UP TO HIS FEET!!!! BICYCLE KNEE!!!!!! STARK HITS THE BICYCLE KNEE TO THE CHAIR IN FRONT OF SENN’S FACE, ONCE AGAIN DRIVING THAT STEEL INTO HIS HEAD!!!! SENN GOES DOWN TO HIS KNEES AND STARK COLLAPSES BACK TO THE FLOOR, NURSING HIS BAD LEG AGAIN!!!!

Wilson: Neither man can find an answer for the other, both going back and forth destroying each other’s bodies for their pride… Stark crawls over to the ropes and pulls himself up, grabbing Senn by the hair and trying to roll him back into the ring -- SENN SPRINGS BACK TO LIFE!!!! ELBOW SMASH TO STARK!!!! STARK IS STUNNED AND SENN FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH ANOTHER ELBOW!!!! SENN SPINS STARK AROUND AND LIFTS HIM UP IN GERMAN SUPLEX POSITION… HOLDING HIM IN THE AIR… AND SENN SPINS BACK BEFORE DRIVING STARK’S SPINE INTO THE BARRICADE WITH THE GERMAN SUPLEX!!!! SENN ISN’T DONE, HOLDING STARK BACK UP IN THE GERMAN SUPLEX POSITION… BEFORE TRANSITIONING IT INTO THE WHEELBARROW FACEBUSTER ON THE APRON!!!! STARK’S HEAD BOUNCES OFF THE HARDEST PART OF THE RING AND SENN DROPS HIM TO THE FLOOR, COMPLETING THE SENN SUPLEX SPECIAL!!!! EVERYTIME IT LOOKS LIKE STARK IS ABOUT TO TAKE THE LEAD, SENN FINDS A WAY TO STOP HIM DEAD IN HIS TRACKS!!!!

Stephens: Stark is out cold at this point. If Senn wanted to, he could roll him back into the ring and pin him for three right here!

Wilson: Don’t think it’s that easy. If he could, he would.

Stephens: Nevertheless, Senn picks Stark’s carcass back up and sits him up against the steel steps, taking a few steps back… SENN COMES FORWARD WITH THE STOMP TO STARK’S HEAD!!!!! BUT STARK ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY!!!! STARK GETS BACK UP TO HIS FEET -- HOLD ON!!!! SENN JUST JUMPED UP TO THE TOP STEP!!!! STARK TURNS AROUND CONFUSED -- SENN FLIPS BACK OFF OF THE STEEL STEPS WITH THE ELEVATED PELE KICK!!!!!! SENN STRIKES STARK BACK DOWN TO THE FLOOR!!! HIS RING IQ SIMPLY CANNOT BE MATCHED!!!!

(A slow-motion replay of Jacob Senn’s Pele Kick off of the steel steps airs before the camera pans back to Jacob Senn rolling Stark into the ring.)

Wilson: There’s no denying Stark has been outclassed so far… Especially when Senn is still able to pull of moves like that. Senn squats down next to Stark, picking his head up to yell in his face, reminding him that he’s still one of the best when it comes to the ring! Senn SLAMS Stark’s face back into the mat before hitting the Iconic taunt to the crowd’s pleasure. Senn turns back to Stark now, who shakes with pain as he pushes himself up to his hands and knees… AND SENN COMES OFF THE ROPES… SHADOW STEP!!!!!!! --- THAT’S WHAT STARK WAS WAITING FOR!!!! STARK ROLLS UP TO HIS FEET AND TOWARDS SENN, TAKING HIM DOWN WITH THE ROLLING LEG SWEEP!!!!

Stephens: SENN’S ANKLE TWISTS BEFORE HE FALLS TO THE MAT!!!! STARK ROLLS OVER ONTO SENN, PUTTING HIM IN A GROUND WAISTLOCK… BEFORE DEADLIFTING THE CHAIRMAN AS STARK HIMSELF RISES TO HIS FEET… DRAGON SUPLEX!!!!! STARK DIVES SENN HEADFIRST INTO THE MAT WITH THE DRAGON SUPLEX, THE ENTIRE WEIGHT OF SENN’S BODY COMING DOWN ON HIS NECK!!!! AN EXHAUSTED STARK MANAGES TO BRIDGE THE SUPLEX INTO A PINFALL!!!!

Referee: ONE!!!!!!...... TWO!!!!!!!!!!.....

Wilson: SENN THROWS THE SHOULDER UP TO BREAK THE COUNT!!!! STARK BREAKS THE BRIDGE AND COLLAPSES NEXT TO SENN!!!! STARK CRAWLS HIS WAY OVER AND THROWS HIS ARM BACK OVER SENN WHO HASN’T MOVED AN INCH SINCE KICKING OUT!!!

Referee: ONE!!!!!!...... TWO!!!!!!!!!!.....

Stephens: ANOTHER KICKOUT FROM JACOB SENN!!!! STARK CLIMBS UP OVER SENN… AND GOES FOR THE EYES!!!! BUT SENN BLOCKS IT!!!! SENN SWINGS WITH A FIST AT STARK’S HEAD AND CATCHES HIM!!!! STARK SHAKES IT OFF AND GOES BACK IN FOR THE EYES BUT SENN SWINGS BACK WITH ANOTHER SHOT AT KNOCKS STARK OFF OF HIM!!! STARK TRIES TO GET BACK UP BUT SENN GETS UP TO HIS KNEES AND HITS AN ELBOW TO THE BACK OF STARK’S HEAD TAKING HIM BACK DOWN!!!! SENN FINALLY GETS BACK UP TO HIS FEET --- STARK FOLLOWS HIM UP WITH THE LOW BLOW!!!! SENN SEES IT COMING!!!! KNEE TO THE FACE!!!! STARK IS DAZED BUT TRIES AGAIN TO GET UP TO HIS FEET DESPITE HIS BODY FAILING ON HIM… BUT SENN COMES SPRINGBOARDING OFF OF THE ROPES!!!! THE PHENOMENON DDT!!!! SENN SPIKES STARK ON HIS HEAD!!!!!

Wilson: Senn gets back up to his feet, new life and energy surging through him now after putting Stark down… No way… HE’S GOING TO THE TOP ROPE!!!! SENN IS CLIMBING UP!!!! HE’S PUTTING THIS ENTIRE MATCH ON THE LINE HERE!!!! SENN IS PERCHED ON THE TOP ROPE!!!! HE THROWS THE ICONIC HAND TAUNT UP TO A HUUUUUGE OVATION FROM THIS CAPACITY CROWD… AND HERE COMES SENN OFF THE TOP ROPE!!!!! THE SPIRAL TAP!!!! VINDICATION!!!!! SWEET VINDICATION AGAINST --- STARK GETS THE KNEES UP!!!!! JUST A SECOND AGO HE WAS LYING COMPLETELY MOTIONLESS - AND NOW HE JUST DROVE HIS KNEES INTO SENN’S MIDSECTION AS HE CAME OFF THE TOP ROPE WITH THE VINDICATION!!!!

Stephens: SENN FLOPS OFF OF STARK’S KNEES AND LANDS ON THE MAT, CLUTCHING HIS MIDSECTION!!!! STARK MAKES A MAD DASH OF A CRAWL FOR THE ROPES, PULLING HIMSELF UP TO HIS FEET WHILE SENN TRIES TO STABILIZE HIMSELF IN THE CENTER OF THE RING, GETTING UP TO HIS KNEES…. BUT STARK COMES ZOOMING BY FROM BEHIND!!!!! RASEN SHURIKEN TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD!!!!! STARK DROPS OVER SENN AND PUSHES HIS SHOULDERS INTO THE MAT, HOOKING THE LEG FOR THE COVER!!!!!!!!

Referee: ONE!!!!!!...... TWO!!!!!!!!!!..... THREE!!!!!!!!!........

Wilson: SENN GETS THE SHOULDER UP!!!!! SENN GETS THE SHOULDER UP!!!! HE SHOULDN’T BE CONSCIOUS RIGHT NOW!!!! HE SHOULDN’T BE ABLE TO KEEP GOING!!!! YET TIME AND TIME AGAIN, SENN SHOWS THE WORLD EXACTLY WHY HE’S ONE OF THE MOST RESILIENT FIGHTERS IN ALL OF WRESTLING HISTORY!!!! STARK IS AT A LOSS, TRYING TO PUSH HIMSELF BACK UP, COLLAPSING AFTER EACH ATTEMPT!!!! YOU GOTTA HAND IT TO HIM FOR KEEPING UP WITH SENN FOR THIS LONG… BUT IF THAT RASEN SHURIKEN DIDN’T DO IT, I DON’T KNOW WHAT WILL!!!

Stephens: Stark finds his way to his knees while Senn begins to slowly sit up, both men gasping for air as they try in failed attempts to get up to their feet. The two stare down now… AND NOT A SECOND LATER DO THESE WARRIORS BEGIN TO EXCHANGE BLOWS AGAIN!!!! FOREARMS AND ELBOWS BEING TRADED BACK AND FORTH, EACH MAN GOING DOWN ONLY TO GET BACK UP AND FIGHT!!!! STARK IS LANDING FOREARMS WITH SPEED BUT SENN HAS MORE IMPACT PER SHOT, YET THE OFFENSE IS CATCHING UP TO BOTH OF THEM, BOTH MEN FIRING OFF WITH A LAST ELBOW SHOT THAT KNOCKS THE OTHER DOWN!!!! NEITHER SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF LIFE… THE REFEREE MIGHT HAVE TO BEGIN COUNTING THESE TWO OUT HERE IF THEY CAN’T GET BACK TO THEIR FEET!!!!

Wilson: HOLD ON!!!! SENN THROWS HIS HAND IN THE AIR!!!! SENN MAKES THAT FINGER GUN… AND POINTS IT STRAIGHT AT STARK’S HEAD!!!! SENN POWERS UP TO HIS FEET WITH A PRIMAL ROAR AND THE CROWD IS BACK ON THEIRS!!!! THE ELECTRICITY IN THIS ARENA MUST BE WHAT’S KEEPING SENN GOING HERE AS HE KICKS STARK STRAIGHT IN THE CHEST!!!! SENN STEPS BACK AND TELLS STARK TO GET UP TO HIS FEET, THE PSYCHEDELIC SAMURAI TAKING THAT IN STRIDE AND PUSHING HIMSELF UP AS WELL… SENN COMES FORWARD WITH THE FOREARM SMASH!!!! STARK STAGGERS BACK ALMOST FALLING BACK DOWN TO THE MAT BUT SENN RUNS… PAST HIM!!!! AND SPRINGBOARDS OFF THE ROPES BEHIND STARK!!!!! HIGH KNEE TO THE BACK OF THE --- STARK TELEGRAPHED IT!!!! STARK TURNS… AND JUMPS UP FOR THE RASENGAN!!!!! SUPERMAN PUNCH TO SENN’S JAW!!!! BOTH MEN COLLIDE AND CRASH BACK DOWN TO THE MAT!!!!!

Stephens: EVERY TIME THAT IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE HAS ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO END THIS MATCH, THE OTHER MANAGES TO PUT A COMPLETE HALT TO IT!!!! THAT KNEE COULD HAVE KNOCKED STARK OUT PROPER, YET STARK SOMEHOW SAW IT COMING AND MANAGED TO SUBDUE SENN!!! BUT IF ALL THESE TWO CAN MANAGE TO DO IS SURVIVE, HOW IS ONE OF THEM GOING TO BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE AND WIN?!

Wilson: Stark tries to stand back up in the center of the ring, only to fall back down, while Senn has an easier time getting up with the assistance of the ropes… Senn has Stark in his sights… AND HERE HE GOES!!!! SHADOW STEP --- SENN SEES STARK ROLL AWAY AND CATCHES HIMSELF, LUNGING ANOTHER STEP FORWARD FOR THE SHADOW STEP AGAIN -- STARK ROLLS OVER ONTO HIS BACK AND CATCHES SENN’S BOOT!!!!! STARK CATCHES SENN’S BOOT JUST INCHES BEFORE IT WOULD’VE CAVED IN HIS FACE!!!! SENN TRIES TO KICK STARK AWAY BUT STARK HOLDS ONTO SENN’S BOOT FOR HIS LIFE… SENN GRABS THE ROPES AND JUMPS UP COMING DOWN WITH HIS OTHER LEG, FORCING STARK TO SEPARATE AND ROLL AWAY!!!!

Stephens: Stark pushes himself back up to his feet, running on nothing more than fumes and brute force at this point… SENN DOESN’T GIVE HIM A SECOND LONGER TO RECOVER COMING FORWARD WITH A STIFF PUNCH TO STARK!!!! SENN FOLLOWS UP WITH ANOTHER PUNCH LANDING SQUARE ON THE SIDE OF STARK’S HEAD, KNOCKING HIM FOR A LOOP BEFORE TURNING WITH THE SHOOT KICK TO THE MIDSECTION!!!! STARK REELS OVER BUT SENN FIRES BACK WITH THE SPINNING BACKFIST!!!! STARK GETS SENT BACK A STEP BUT SENN COMES FORWARD WITH THE LARIAT --- STARK SLAPS SOME SENSE INTO HIMSELF AND JUMPS UP FOR THE SLINGBLADE!!!!! STARK TAKES SENN DOWN TO THE MAT WITH HIM, AGAIN, THE TWO MEN KNOCKING EACH OTHER OUT!!!!

Wilson: JACOB SENN KIPS UP!!!! HOW?!!!! HOW DOES HE STILL HAVE THE ENERGY TO?!!! SENN IS BACK ON HIS FEET!!!! STARK SITS UP IN DISBELIEF, GRABBING AT SENN’S TIGHTS TRYING TO PULL HIMSELF UP TO A VERTICAL BASE… AND SENN PULLS HIM UP THE REST OF THE WAY BEFORE KICKING HIM IN THE GUT!!!! WEAPON X!!!!! SENN NAILS STARK WITH THE STUNNER!!!! SENN GOES TO THE ROPES AT FULL SPEED… STARK IS BACK ON HIS FEET!!!! STARK IS BACK ON HIS FEET!!!!! EGO DEATH!!!!! STARK CATCHES A RUNNING SENN WITH THE SPINNING HOOK KICK!!!! SENN FLIPS OVER AND CRASHES TO THE MAT, HIS HEAD BOUNCING OFF OF THE CANVAS!!!! STARK NAILS THE LAST DITCH EGO DEATH BEFORE FALLING BACK TO THE MAT!!!! STARK MAKES A SLOW CRAWL TOWARDS SENN… AND THROWS HIS ARM OVER HIS CHEST!!!! THE COVER IS MADE!!!!

Referee: ONE!!!!!!!!!...... TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!..... THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!.............

Stephens: SENN!!!! KICKS!!!! OUT!!!!! UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE!!!! IT WAS AMAZING AT FIRST THAT STARK WAS EVEN ABLE TO GET UP TO HIT THAT EGO DEATH AFTER TAKING A POINT BLANK WEAPON X STUNNER FROM JACOB SENN, BUT EVEN MORE AMAZING THAT SENN WAS ABLE TO MOVE AT ALL AFTER GETTING KICKED IN THE FACE RUNNING AT FULL SPEED!!!! Senn rolls away from Stark now, who himself is laid out still on the mat. Senn crawls towards the ropes… and drops out of the ring! What is he going for there?... SENN IS BACK UP ON HIS FEET!!!! STEEL CHAIR IN HAND!!!! THE CHAIRMAN HAS HAD ENOUGH!!!! SENN NAILS STARK FLAT ON THE BACK WITH THE CHAIR BEFORE SLAMMING IT ON THE MAT IN FRUSTRATION!!!!! SENN GRABS STARK’S HEAD AND SLAMS IT DOWN ON THE CHAIR!!!!!

Wilson: SENN GESTURES THAT THE END IS HERE FOR STARK!!!!... TO THE ROPES HE GOES!!!!... AND SENN JUMPS!!!!... THE SHADOW STEP!!!!! STARK ROLLS OVER JUST ENOUGH TO TAKE THE IMPACT OF THE SHADOW STEP TO THE ARM, GRABBING THE CHAIR WITH HIS OTHER ONE TO SWING AT SENN’S LEG!!!! STARK DROPS SENN TO A KNEE BUT AGAIN WILDLY SWINGS THE CHAIR WITH ONE ARM CATCHING SENN ON THE HEAD!!!! STARK GETS UP TO HIS KNEES AND AGAIN WITH ONE ARM DRIVES THAT CHAIR INTO SENN’S HEAD!!!! SENN’S EYES ARE GLASSED OVER, I CAN’T EVEN TELL IF HE’S CONSCIOUS ANYMORE!!!! STARK POWERS HIMSELF UP TO HIS FEET, HOLDING THAT CHAIR WITH ONE ARM -- AND HE CHUCKS IT RIGHT AT SENN’S FACE!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!! THE HILT BOUNCES OFF OF SENN’S FACE, LEAVING A DEEP SCAR JUST UNDER HIS EYE!!!!

Stephens: I’VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A CRAZED LOOK ON STARK’S FACE BEFORE!!!!! HE HAS SENN POINT BLANK IN HIS SIGHTS!!!! THE CHAIRMAN IS DEAD ON HIS KNEES!!!! HE CAN’T EVEN THINK, LET ALONE MOVE!!!! HIS EYES ARE COMPLETELY DEVOID OF CONSCIOUSNESS… BUT THAT’S ALL THE MORE REASON FOR STARK TO RUN FORWARD… RASEN SHURIKEN!!!!!!!! THE KNEE TO THE FACE!!!!! SENN GOES DOWN!!!! THAT’S IT!!!!.... HOW??!?!?!! THE CHAIRMAN SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, WILLING HIMSELF BACK UP TO HIS KNEES!!!! HE STILL HAS FIGHT IN HIM!!! HE STILL HAS THE WILL TO KEEP GOING --- BUT STARK DRILLS THROUGH HIM WITH ANOTHER RASEN SHURIKEN TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD!!!!! SENN GOES BACK DOWN AND STARK BEGINS STOMPING VICIOUSLY AT HIS HEAD!!!!

Wilson: HE COULD HAVE JUST PINNED HIM AFTER THAT SECOND RASEN SHURIKEN!!!! STARK IS JUST TOYING WITH AN UNCONSCIOUS SENN, PICKING HIM BACK UP TO HIS KNEES… OH GOD!!!! STARK GOES TO THE ROPES!!!! A THIRD RASEN SHURIKEN!!!!! THE BACK OF SENN’S HEAD AGAIN GETS CRUSHED BY THE WEIGHT OF STARK’S KNEE BEING DRIVEN INTO IT!!!! THE RASEN SHURIKEN SENDS SENN DOWN TO THE MAT AND STARK DROPS FOR THE COVER!!!!!

Referee: ONE!!!!!!!!!...... TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!..... THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!.............

(DING! DING! DING!)

(“Blue Bird” by Ikimono Gakari hits to boos from the crowd as Stark slowly gets up to his feet, his left arm hanging limp at his side. Stark raises his other arm in victory while the crowd continues to drown him boos.)

Takada: HERE IS YOUR WINNER BY WAY OF PINFALL…. STARK!!!!!!!!

Stephens: This was the only way this match was going to end - with one man completely decimated, unable to move by his own will. The other, Stark, standing tall with sick pleasure at the pain he inflicted upon Jacob Senn. Senn still hasn’t moved an inch after that second Rasen Shuriken, let alone the third one Stark hit after the fact. I’m concerned for the Chairman’s well-being…

Wilson: Hell, after tonight, Jacob Senn might not even be Chairman anymore! He might need to take an extended stay at a rehabilitation facility… who knows if he can even move or talk after taking all that damage to the brain! You have to hand it to Stark though… I didn’t expect this side to come out of him tonight. Senn is someone he once respected, but tonight he was here simply to kill, going so far as to sacrificing his right arm to take down Senn. Whether or not Stark is satisfied… I don’t know. But that sadistic smile on his face says it all. What the future holds for both Jacob Senn and Stark is up in the air… All I know is that after this war, things aren’t going to be the same around here.

(The camera pans back to the ring where medical staff are tending to Jacob Senn, before cutting to Stark walking up the ramp to the back with a satisfied smile on his face, while the crowd continues to boo him all the way to the back with the ring emptied out.)

(A video package airs for the main event: Matias Navarro vs Aria Jaxon, before transitioning to Saya Takada standing by at ringside. https://i.imgur.com/MAR0dEL.png appears on the tron.)

Saya Takada: The following contest is a FATAL FOUR-WAY MATCH scheduled for one fall...AND IT IS TO NAME THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER FOR THE SSW HERITAGE CHAMPIONSHIP!

(“Big Bad Wolf” -- In This Moment hits to a rapturous ovation, and Tarah Nova “conducts” the cheers of the fans, so to speak, as she runs out into view. She eggs the crowd on to become louder as she makes her way down the aisle.)

Saya Takada: IIIIIIIIINTRODUCING FIRST! Representing Ronin...from Detroit, Michigan...weighing in at 118 pounds...THIS IS THE LEADER OF RONIN...TARAAAAAAAAAAH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOVA!

(“Despair” -- Piko hits, and the fans’ reception changes on a dime ahead of the impending arrival of Jun Nobunaga. He appears unbothered, waving them off as he heads down to the ring.)

Saya Takada: AAAAAAAND HER OPPONENTS! Representing Tres Comas Club...from Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan...weighing in at 209 pounds...HEEEEE IS “ATISUTO”...JUUUUUUUUUUUUN NOBUNAGAAAAAAAAA!

(The Phantom Troupe logo appears on the titantron in tandem with “Say Amen (Saturday Night)” -- Panic! At the Disco hitting the PA system. There’s a cold expression on Kerry Keller’s face as he walks out into view and stops at the top of the ramp. He adjusts his leather vest before descending the ramp.)

Saya Takada: NEEEEEXT! Representing The Phantom Troupe...from Grand Rapids, Michigan...weighing in at 235 pounds...THIS IS “THEEEE SILENCER”...KERRYYYYYYY KELLLLLLLLLER!

(The lights dim and “Dancing Mad” -- The Black Mages hits, and once again, the fans are cheering their hearts out to welcome Shinati Mizarki. The lights come back up as he strides into view triumphantly, appearing to be both moved and motivated by the reception he’s received. He looks incredibly focused as she makes his way to the ring.)

Saya Takada: FINALLY! Representing Shoot Nation...from Ginza, Tokyo, Japan...weighing in at 205 pounds...HE IS “THEEE JAPANESE ARCHITECT”...SHINATIIIIII MIZARKIIIIIIIIIIIIII!

Daniel Wilson: We got one hell of a collection of combatants on our hands. The four combustible elements in this ring are gonna explode in no time flat, but when the dust clears? We’re gonna have ourselves a number one contender for the Heritage Championship. Who’s the smart money on? I got eyes on Jun Nobunaga. The ruthless streak he’s had since defecting to Tres Comas Club means he won’t think twice about brutalizing anyone in this match for a chance at gold!

Mark Stephens: Personally, I’m going with Shinati Mizarki. He’s as impressive of a newcomer as we’ve seen in SSW, and I’ve got no qualms about putting all my chips on the possible dark horse. The other competitors in the match would be remiss to count him out! All the same, we must emphasize that it’s anyone’s game. I’m excited to see how this plays out!

(The referee glances back and forth between all four wrestlers, who’ve all cordoned themselves off to separate corners of the ring. They’re readying themselves right up until the very last second, when the official calls for the bell.)

(DING! DING! DING!)

Mark Stephens: There’s the opening bell, and this fatal four-way for all the marbles breaks down into two singles contests almost immediately! Nobunaga and Mizarki run at each other with a full head of steam near the center of the ring, and they each hook one arm behind the other man’s head before teeing off with a quick flurry of punches with the other hand! It’s a hell of an even exchange, and it’s hard to tell who’s got the upper hand here! Meanwhile, Keller and Nova charge at each other as well, but Nova wisely drops down and performs a sliding evasion through the legs of the standing Silencer! Kerry turns around to face Tarah, and it promptly met with a standing dropkick from Ronin’s rep in this contest! The Phantom Troupe drone falls back-first into the corner! She wastes little time rushing into the corner right after him, but Keller thinks quick and side-steps the oncoming Nova altogether! Unfazed, she maintains that speed and runs right up the ropes onto the top turnbuckle! CORNER BACKFLIP ONTO KELLER!

Daniel Wilson: NOPE! Hold the phone! Keller effortlessly catches the much-smaller Nova mid-maneuver and hefts her up onto his shoulders! THERE’S THE OLYMPIC SLAM FROM KELLER! He opts for something high-impact, even in these early goings! The Olympic slam is held for the bridge, and here comes our first pin attempt of the match!

Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEEE!

Mark Stephens: Tarah throws the shoulder up with gusto! Meanwhile, Nobunaga and Mizarki are still in close quarters, though Mizarki has long since won that power struggle that both men were engaged in! Mizarki whips Nobunaga into the ropes, and Jun comes hurdling back in his direction at a high rate of speed...BAM! There’s the uppercut from Shinati to the oncoming Jun, and it more than hit its mark! Nobunaga drops to the mat like a sack of potatoes and Mizarki rushes into the cover!

Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEE!

Daniel Wilson: There’s the early kickout from Mizarki, not that it makes a difference to Keller, who runs right in and starts stomping on either man before they can even THINK of springing back onto their feet! A variation of a side kick to the temple of the previously-seated Nobunaga and a big boot right smack dab to the middle of Mizarki’s face, and suddenly Keller is the only man on his feet here! He’s got options right now, and he opts for the quick cover on Mizarki as he hooks the leg!

Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEE!

Mark Stephens: Now, I’m sure Mizarki would’ve kicked out anyway, but Tarah Nova wasn’t leaving it up to chance! She breaks up the cover with a running knee drop to the back of Keller’s head! Keller rolls away, holding onto the back of his head! Nova moves to go after him, but she should look out! Tarah stoops to pull Kerry up, but Nobunaga runs in and drops her with a running single-leg dropkick to the nape of the neck! She falls, and Jun wastes absolutely zero time yanking her up to her feet and flinging Tarah into the nearest corner! OUCH! She slams shoulder-first into the ring post, and the Ronin representative in this match might be out of commission for the time being! Keller, on the other hand, has rolled out onto the ring apron, one hand still clutching the back of his head. Jun reaches over the middle rope to grab him -- BUT KELLER WAS WAITING! The Silencer strings the Tres Comas Club recruit up throat-first across that second rope! Jun falls back into the ring coughing up a storm! Keller’s got him right where he wants him now!

Daniel Wilson: Keller latches onto the top rope with both hands and springboards back into the ring! BANG! Springboard elbow drop, on the money! Kerry drives the point of his elbow into the sternum of Jun, and I know he’s in a world of hurt right now! Keller hooks the leg!

Referee: ONEEEEEEEE! TWOOOOOOOOO!

Mark Stephens: Mizarki absolutely won’t have it! There’s a stomp to the back of Keller, bringing the pin attempt to a screeching halt! Keller is none too pleased as he springs back up to his feet to confront Mizarki -- WHO PROMPTLY RESPONDS WITH A WELL-PLACED STRAIGHT RIGHT JAB TO THE FACE! Keller might’ve been knocked loopy there, judging by the way he went staggering backward! He looks like he hasn’t completely gotten his bearings back as he swings for a superkick, which Mizarki ducks! Kerry turns back around, but Shinati’s already sized him up! Mizarki swings...FANTASY AWAKENS! The discus elbow smash connects flush, and Keller is down! Mizarki drops down into the pin attempt!

Referee: ONEEEEEEEE! TWOOOOOOOOOO!

Daniel Wilson: There’s a kickout from Keller just after two! He doesn’t even have time to blink before the obviously-unfazed Mizarki seizes one of his arms and slaps on a cross armbreaker! He’s wrenching that submission for all it’s worth, and Keller has absolutely nowhere to go! He’s flailing that free arm around, scratching and clawing at the hands of Mizarki, but the Shoot Nation rep is hanging tough! He might just force a tapout here! Keller’s hand is hovering! He’s about to tap!

Mark Stephens: GOOD GOD! Tarah’s back in the game, sliding across the canvas with a baseball slide to the side of Mizarki’s head! Keller should be thanking his lucky stars, but Nova just effectively extended his shelf life in this match! Mizarki has no choice but to roll away to recoup, and Keller lurches up to a seated position holding his afflicted arm. Shinati had that cross armbreaker locked in for long enough to cause damage, even if Kerry refused to tap. Keller’s trying to drag himself up to a knee, and all the while, Nova is screaming at him to get up! The second Keller is even remotely steady, Nova strikes -- KJB! That spinning backhand from Tarah connects, and Keller’s been dropped! Nova scrambles into the lateral press, still looking as if she’s suffering some lingering effects from Jun’s attack on her shoulder earlier! Cover!

Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEE! TWOOOOOOOOOO!

Daniel Wilson: There’s another kickout from Keller! And since you mentioned Nobunaga having attacked the shoulder of Nova earlier, there he is again! He plucks Nova up from the canvas with ease and looks to be trying for a dragon suplex here! Before he can try to fling her up and over, Nova hooks the leg and slips her arms free from the full nelson hold! A perfectly-placed shoot kick to the knee causes Nobunaga to drop down to a kneeling position! Nova shakes out that arm again as she eyes the ropes! She runs toward them and rebounds off, running right back toward Nobunaga with a full head of steam -- RUUUUUUUUUUDE AWAKENING! Jun eats canvas, courtesy of that running stomp from Nova, and he’s got to be down and out! She’s frantically rolling him over, hooking the leg with the good arm with all she’s got! Here comes the count!

Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEE! TWOOOOOOOOOOO!

Mark Stephens: MIZARKI IS RUNNING TO BREAK UP THE COVER! WILL HE MAKE IT?

Referee: THREEEEEEEEEEEE!

Mark Stephens: HE MADE A MAD DASH, BUT HE DIDN’T MAKE IT IN TIME!

(DING! DING! DING!)

(“Big Bad Wolf” hits once more, and a smiling Tarah keeps her bad arm tucked closely to her side as she gets up onto one knee. She nods to herself before the official helps her up to her feet, and he graciously raises her other hand.)

Saya Takada: HEEEEEEEERE IS YOUR WINNER...AND THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER FOR THE SSW HERITAGE CHAMPIONSHIP...TARAAAAAAAAAAAAAH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOVA!

Daniel Wilson: When the time comes, Ronin will be getting the next crack at the Heritage Championship! To Shinati Mizarki’s credit, it looked like he was about to save that chance for Shoot Nation, but he was just a millisecond too late. As it stands, Tarah Nova’s got herself a title match on the horizon.

Mark Stephens: A wonderful showing from all four involved, no doubt, and congratulations to Tarah on a hard-fought and well-deserved win!

(An video package recapping Scott Oasis’ signing to Strong Style Wrestling as a free agent airs. The video feed returns to Saya Takada standing by in the ring.)

Saya Takada: The following contest is scheduled for one fall...AND IT IS FOR NUMBER ONE CONTENDERSHIP OF THE SSW JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP!

(“Caterpillar” -- Royce da 5’9”, Eminem, & King Green to a mostly positive reaction. The energy given off by Shaun Till is an easygoing one as he dances out onto the stage. He nods his head to the beat of the music as he makes his way down the ramp, soaking in the warm reception from the fans. Once he makes his way up to the ring apron, Till latches onto the top rope and springboards into the ring, where he’s showered with streamers.)

Saya Takada: IIIIIIIIINTRODUCING FIRST! Representing Ronin...from Los Olivos, California...weighing in at 191 pounds...THIS IS “NEVERLAND”...SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUN TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILL!!

Daniel Wilson: This kid’s got nerve! He steps right up to Miltiades, someone with more standing than him in SSW, and throwing his name into the hat of potential Junior Heavyweight Championship contenders. I can appreciate a guy who line-jumps and knows what he wants, but his back’s against the wall here.

Mark Stephens: You’d think the crowd wouldn’t take to that particular facet of Shaun Till’s personality, but they’re loving him! He’s effervescent, fun, and almost certainly has a bright future ahead of him. Imagine if he punches his ticket to a championship match in his debut outing in SSW! It’s an interesting prospect, but he’s up against someone who won’t make it easy for him.

(“King’s Dead” -- Jay Rock hits to an emphatic -- albeit divided -- reception from the fans. Miltiades looks unaffected by it either way, striding confidently out onto the stage and giving the crowd a once-over with a smirk on his face. He gives off an air of self-assuredness as he makes his way down the aisle.)

Saya Takada: AAAAAAAAND HIS OPPONENT! Representing Tres Comas Club...from Rome...weighing in at 235 pounds...THIS IS MIIIIILLLLLTTTTIIIIAAADDDEEESSSSSSS!

Daniel Wilson: Miltiades demonstrated just how ruthless he was when he took out his own Tres Comas Club brother-in-arms, Chase Vedder, without so much as a second thought! Vedder hasn’t been seen since, and Miltiades effortlessly glided into his next venture, staring straight ahead to a potential Junior Heavyweight title match. This guy eviscerated his one-time stablemate, what makes Till think he won’t do the same to him?

Mark Stephens: Miltiades’ confidence may be through the roof right now, and in his defense, I don’t believe it’s misplaced. However, while he might be the odds-on favorite tonight, here’s to hoping he doesn’t get too comfortable! When it all comes down to it, he’s still facing someone he’s never dealt with before. He’ll have to be ready for anything.

(DING! DING! DING!)

Daniel Wilson: HERE WE GO! Shaun Till looks eager to get this match underway and really bring the fight to Miltiades! He takes off running across the ring, sprinting headlong in Miltiades’ direction! LOOK OUT!

Mark Stephens: KING’S DEAD! KING’S DEAD! MILTIADES WAS READY! He catches the running Till with that patented spinning heel kick to the jaw, and Shaun is down just that quick! Miltiades drops down for the confident cover! Could it really be over already?!

Referee: ONEEEEEEEEEE! TWOOOOOOOOOOO! THREEEEEEEEEEE!

(DING! DING! DING!)

(Miltiades quickly hops up to his feet, dusting his hands and shaking his head. He mouths “too easy” as the official raises his hand.)

Saya Takada: HEEEEEEEEERE IS YOUR WINNER...AND THE NEW NUMBER ONE CONTENDER FOR THE SSW JR. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP...MIIIIILLLLLTTTTIIIIAAADDDEEESSSSSSS!

Daniel Wilson: JEEEEEEEESUS, we should’ve had a stopwatch ready for that one! Till tried to make a splash in his debut outing and it backfired bigtime!

Mark Stephens: Without even breaking a sweat, Miltiades now has a date with whichever Tres Comas Club cohort of his happens to be Junior Heavyweight Champion once Supremacy is over. All in all, not a bad night for him at all!

(Miltiades continues his stride up the ramp to where he doesn’t even acknowledge the fans as he makes his way to the backstage area with Shaun Till still feeling the effects of that kick, holding his jaw from it, as he rolls out of the ring. Young Lions and medical staff attempt to help him, but he shoves them off… disappointed as he walks to the backstage to leave the ring empty.)

(A video package airs, showing the original incarnation of The Phantom Troupe in January 2018, highlighting John Doe and Vanessa Santiago working together, before switching to Doe declaring Santiago the traitor of The Phantom Troupe. https://i.imgur.com/WAKsiJs.png appears on the tron and the feed cuts to Saya Takada standing by in the ring.)

Takada: The following contest is set for one fall!!!!

(“Run That” by Show Tha Product hits to cheers from the crowd as Vanessa Santiago runs out to the stage, hyped up before running down to the ring.)

Takada: Introducing first, from Havana, Cuba, weighing in at 115 pounds… Representing Shoot Nation... ELLA ES UNA PROBLEMA MALDITA!!!!... VANESSA SANTIAGO!!!!!!!!!!!

Wilson: Vanessa Santiago makes her SSW Special Event debut here at Supremacy tonight! Santiago once stood side by side with John Doe in The Phantom Troupe, but she’s had a change of heart since leaving SSW and wants to give back to the fans as part of Shoot Nation. John Doe, of course, did not take kindly to that and wants to get revenge on the TRAITOR of the Phantom Troupe!

(“The Killing Joke” by Captain Murphy hits as John Doe steps out through the curtain and slowly walks down to the ring staring down Vanessa Santiago while the crowd boos him.)

Takada: And her opponent, from Parts Unknown, weighing in at 228 pounds… HE IS THE LEADER OF THE PHANTOM TROUPE!!!!... THE MAN WITH NO NAME!!!!... JOHN!!!... DOE!!!!!

Stephens: The Phantom Troupe are traitors to this company and this cowardly bastard John Doe is behind it all! All he knows are his smoke and mirrors! He wouldn’t dare to fight Kawada or Pendragon, so he’s calling out Santiago!

Wilson: Woah woah woah, I think you’re selling Vanessa a little short there! You saying she’s not as big of a threat as Kawada or Pendragon? Are you a sexist Mark?

Stephens: Shut up. You know what I mean. I’m rooting for her anyways!

(DING! DING! DING!)

Wilson: Doe stands in his corner, staring down Santiago… SHE ISN’T PLAYING THOSE GAMES!!!! THE JUDO QUEEN LEAPS ACROSS THE RING AT JOHN DOE TAKING HIM COMPLETELY OFF GUARD WITH A DOUBLE KNEE STRIKE -- NO!!! DOE CATCHES HER BY THE KNEES AND THROWS HER BACK INTO THE CENTER OF THE RING!!!! THAT’S WHAT A HUNDRED POUND WEIGHT DIFFERENCE WILL DO FOR YA!!! SANTIAGO HOWEVER GETS RIGHT BACK UP TO HER FEET READY TO THROW HANDS WITH JOHN DOE!!!!

Stephens: SANTIAGO IS FIRING OFF WITH A BARRAGE OF FISTS AT JOHN DOE BUT HE HAS THE SPEED AND RING IQ TO DODGE EACH AND EVERY SHOT FIRED BY VANESSA SANTIAGO!!!! SHE BACKS HIM UP INTO THE CORNER BUT THAT’S EXACTLY WHERE DOE WANTED HER!!!! HE HITS THE STANDING SWITCH AND PUSHES SANTIAGO BACK INTO THE CORNER BEFORE HITTING AN ELBOW TO THE JAW!!!! ANOTHER ELBOW!!!! AND ANOTHER!!!! DOE IS OUTSTRIKING A JUDO SPECIALIST HERE WITH EASE!!!! DOE ELBOWS SANTIAGO UNTIL SHE SLUMPS DOWN TO A SEATED POSITION IN THE CORNER!!!!

Wilson: Doe has her right where he wants her, walking to the center of the ring… AND DOE RUNS BACK AT SANTIAGO!!!! THE RUNNING KNEE TO THE HEAD --- SANTIAGO JUMPS OUT OF THE WAY!!!! DOE’S KNEE CRASHES INTO THE TURNBUCKLES AND SANTIAGO GRABS THAT LEG BEFORE SLAMMING DOE INTO THE MAT!!!! SANTIAGO CLIMBS ONTO DOE’S BACK WITH HIS LEG TWISTED IN THE AIR!!!... BUT DOE MANAGES TO ROLL OVER ONTO HIS SIDE AND KICK SANTIAGO AWAY!!!! HE WAS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HAVING HIS LEG SNAPPED ALTOGETHER THERE!!!!

Stephens: Doe gets back up to his feet, clearly shaken up but he gets back to his normal demeanor very quickly, staring down at Vanessa Santiago… SANTIAGO RUNS FORWARD!!!! DOE LUNGES FOR HER --- IT WAS A FEINT!!!! SANTIAGO ROLLS DOWN UNDER JOHN DOE’S LEG AND POPS UP BEHIND HIM, TAKING HIM TO THE MAT WITH THE TOMOE NAGE!!!! DOE TRIES SPRINGING UP BUT SANTIAGO KICKS HIM STRAIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD, DROPPING HIM BACK DOWN, BEFORE GRABBING HIS ARMS FROM BEHIND FOR THE GUILLOTINE CHOKE!!!! SANTIAGO HAS IT LOCKED IN!!!!

Wilson: DOE IS TRYING TO POWER HIMSELF TO HIS FEET, LUCKILY FOR HIM SANTIAGO’S WEIGHT IS LESS THAN WHAT HE’S NORMALLY USED TO… BUT SANTIAGO TRAPS HER LEGS AROUND HIS MIDSECTION!!!! SHE’S TILTING HIS HEAD BACK TRYING TO CHOKE HIM OUT!!!! SANTIAGO IS PULLING DOE BACK DOWN TO THE MAT… BUT DOE REFUSES TO GO DOWN!!!! DOE KEEPS SLAPPING HIMSELF IN THE FACE TO KEEP HIMSELF CONSCIOUS… TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT AS HE SCANS THE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE RING... HOLY SHIT!!!! DOE RUNS TO THE ROPES AND DIVES THROUGH THE SECOND ROPE AND OUT TO THE FLOOR WITH SANTIAGO STILL LATCHED TO HIS BACK!!!!! WHAT THE HELL DID THE MADMAN JUST DO?!!! HE MANAGED TO TURN HIS BODY TO WHERE SANTIAGO HIT THE FLOOR FIRST!!! HE JUST CRUSHED HER ENTIRELY UNDER HIS OWN WEIGHT!!!!

Stephens: UNBELIEVABLE!!!! Doe rolls off of Santiago, taking few seconds to recover before he pushes himself up to his feet. Santiago is still laid flat out, but Doe picks her up and rolls her back into the ring before stepping up to the apron… Doe watches as Santiago slowly picks herself up to her feet… AND HE SEES HIS OPENING!!!! DOE SPRINGBOARDS OVER THE TOP ROPE AND FLIES STRAIGHT FOR SANTIAGO WITH THE MISSILE DROPKICK, AIMED STRAIGHT AT THE BACK OF HER HEAD!!!! NO!!! SANTIAGO ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY!!!! MY GOD!!!! SHE DIDN’T EVEN SEE HIM COMING YET SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO DODGE!!!! THAT’S THE AWARENESS THAT COMES WITH BEING A SEASONED JUDO FIGHTER!!!!

Wilson: DOE CRASHES TO THE MAT AND GETS RIGHT UP ONLY TO FIND HIMSELF IN A WAISTLOCK FROM SANTIAGO, WHO LIFTS HIM UP FOR A SPINNING RELEASE TORNADO SUPLEX!!!!! DOE LANDS ON HIS NECK BUT IS ABLE TO QUICKLY ROLL THROUGH WITH THE MOMENTUM UP TO HIS FEET -- BUT SANTIAGO IS RIGHT AFTER HIM!!!! LEAPING UPPERCUT!!!! DOE FALLS BACK TOWARDS THE CORNER AND CATCHES HIS BALANCE ONLY TO CATCH A SPINNING BACKFIST!!!! DOE GETS KNOCKED FOR A LOOP AND FALLS INTO CORNER, WHERE THE RABID VANESSA SANTIAGO UNLEASHES A BARRAGE OF SHOOT KICKS!!!!

Stephens: DOE IS DEFENSELESS TO THOSE KICKS, AND SANTIAGO FINALLY STOPS, ONLY TO GRAB DOE BY THE ARM AND PULL HIM OUT FROM THE CORNER BEFORE TAKING HIM TO THE CENTER OF THE MAT WITH THE JUDO TOSS!!!! SANTIAGO KEEPS DOE’S ARM TRAPPED AND FIRES OFF WITH ELBOW STRIKES TO HIS NECK NOW!!!! SHE’S BEEN ON A GOD DAMN RAMPAGE!!!! Santiago finally lets go of Doe’s arm and he falls face forward to the mat, slowly trying to push himself up to his feet while Santiago keeps her eye on him, ready to strike at any moment… SHE JUMPS WITH THE KNEE -- NO!!!! DOE CATCHES HER!!!! WITH JUST ONE ARM!!!! AND FLIPS HER BACK WITH THE RELEASE DRAGON SUPLEX!!!! SANTIAGO GOES DOWN TO THE MAT NECK FIRST BEFORE FLIPPING BACK AND OVER INTO THE CORNER!!!!

Wilson: Santiago uses the corner to pull herself up to her feet, while Doe gets back up to his… The former Phantom Troupe stablemates turned bitter enemies staring each other down… Doe mocks Santiago and tells her to bring it on -- SHE DIDN’T TAKE TOO KINDLY TO THAT, RUNNING AT JOHN DOE!!!!... BUT SANTIAGO DROPS DOWN TO THE MAT AND SLIDES IN BETWEEN DOE’S LEGS, KIPPING UP BEHIND HIM!!!! DOE TURNS AROUND AND SWINGS WITH THE LARIAT BUT SANTIAGO DUCKS IT AND FIRES WITH A LEFT HOOK -- DOE DODGES IT BUT IT WAS A FEINT!!!! SANTIAGO FIRES WITH HER RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME WITH A STRAIGHT JAB TO THE NOSE!!!! DOE STAGGERS BACK AND SANTIAGO NAILS HIM IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD WITH THE ROUNDHOUSE KICK TO TOP OFF THE HAVANA HAVOC!!!!

Stephens: SANTIAGO FALLS BACK INTO THE ROPES, YELLING AT DOE TO GET UP AS HE FRANTICALLY GRASPS AT THE ROPES… TURNING AROUND AS SANTIAGO CHARGES AT HIM, JUMPING WITH THE SWITCH KICK!!!! THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS!!!!! DOE BLOCKS IT!!!! HE GETS BOTH ARMS UP IN AN X IN TIME, CATCHING THE BRUNT OF THE CMC!!!! THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT STILL SENDS DOE DOWN TO THE MAT, AND SANTIAGO GOES TO THE ROPES WHILE DOE SITS UP… SHINING WIZARD -- NO!!!! DOE ROLLS AWAY AND USES THE ROPES TO PULL HIMSELF UP!!!! SANTIAGO CATCHES HERSELF BEFORE SHE CRASHES BUT DOE REACHES AROUND HER TO GRAB HER BY THE WRIST, SPINNING HER AROUND INTO THE DISCUS ELBOW SMASH!!!!!

Wilson: SANTIAGO DROPS TO HER KNEES ON THE MAT IN FRONT OF DOE, WHO STILL HAS HER WRIST GRASPED FIRMLY… AND DOE PULLS SANTIAGO BACK UP FOR THE BICYCLE KNEE, HOLDING SANTIAGO UP BEFORE SHE FALLS THIS TIME TO SPIN HER OUT BEFORE NAILING HER ACROSS THE FACE WITH THE OPEN HAND PALM STRIKE!!!!

Stephens: SANTIAGO DROPS BACK TO HER KNEES BUT DOE FIRES OFF WITH ANOTHER -- SANTIAGO REACHES FOR DOE’S LEG, GRABS IT, AND FLIPS HIM OVER TO THE MAT WITH THE FIREMAN’S CARRY TAKEOVER!!!! THE JUDO QUEEN WILL ALWAYS FIND AN ESCAPE!!!! DOE IS ON THE MAT AND SANTIAGO RUSHES TO GRAB DOE BY THE NECK, POSITIONING HERSELF… YES!!!! SHE LOCKS IN THE OMOPLATA!!!!! THE TAKEOVER!!!!!! SHE’S GOT IT LOCKED IN ON JOHN DOE!!!!!

Wilson: DOE IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE ROPES TO WHERE HE COULD GET THE BREAK… BUT SANTIAGO IS A JUDO EXPERT AND PURPOSEFULLY KEEPS DOE JUST A FINGERTIP’S REACH AWAY FROM THE ROPES, SHOWING HIM THAT SHE KNOWS HOW TO PLAY MIND GAMES AS WELL!!!! IF DOE STAYS ON THE TAKEOVER FOR TOO MUCH LONGER, HE MIGHT END UP PASSING OUT!!!! DOE IS BANGING HIS FIST ON THE MAT TRYING TO KEEP HIMSELF ALIVE BUT SO FAR IT LOOKS LIKE THAT HOLD ISN’T GOING TO BREAK ANYTIME SOON!!!!... WAIT!!! DOE IS CRAWLING HIS WAY TO THE ROPES!!!! CENTIMETER BY CENTIMETER, HE’S DOING IT!!!!! HE STILL HAS ENOUGH STRENGTH LEFT TO USE THAT WEIGHT ADVANTAGE!!!! CLOSER… CLOSER…. HE’S THERE!!!! DOE’S GOT THE ROPES!!!!! SANTIAGO HAS TO BREAK THE HOLD!!!!!

Stephens: Her attempt to mock John Doe by keeping him just a fingertip’s reach away from the ropes might have ended up hurting her here! She could have had this match won by knockout if she had just locked The Takeover in the center of the ring or even just further away from the ropes… Dammit!

Wilson: At least she’s the first one back up to her feet here as she picks up John Doe by the arm… SANTIAGO USES ALL THE POWER SHE HAS LEFT TO WHIP JOHN DOE INTO THE ROPES!!!!... AND SHE JUMPS UP ON THE RETURN!!!!! THE SWITCH KICK!!!!! THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS!!!!! SHE NAILS IT!!!!! DOE CRASHES TO THE MAT AND SANTIAGO PICKS HERSELF OFF OF THE MAT -- WHAT!!!! JOHN DOE JUST PICKED HIMSELF UP AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED!!!! SANTIAGO LOOKS LIKE SHE’S SEEING A GHOST RIGHT NOW… I MEAN FUCK, SO AM I!!!!

Stephens: DOE POINTS THAT FINGER GUN AT VANESSA SANTIAGO… AND SHE LUNGES STRAIGHT FOR JOHN DOE --- WHO JUMPS UP AND NAILS HER IN THE FACE WITH THE BICYCLE KNEE!!!! SANTIAGO SLUMPS FORWARD INTO JOHN DOE WHO PICKS HER UP TO HIS SHOULDERS IN THE FIREMAN’S CARRY… AND DROPS HER FORWARD INTO ANOTHER BICYCLE KNEE!!!!! GOOD NIGHT SWEET PRINCE!!!!! SANTIAGO DROPS TO THE MAT IN FRONT OF JOHN DOE, COMPLETELY UNCONSCIOUS, AND HE STOMPS ON HER CHEST FOR THE COVER!!!!!

Referee: ONE!!!!!!......... TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..... THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!......

(DING! DING! DING!)

(“The Killing Joke” hits the speakers as the crowd erupts into boos, while John Doe raises his arm in victory, still standing tall over Vanessa Santiago.)

Sakada: HERE IS YOUR WINNER BY WAY OF PINFALL…. JOHN DOE!!!!!!!!

Wilson: AS IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTION ABOUT IT!!!! JOHN DOE FINDS JUSTICE!!!! THE TRAITOR HAS BEEN PUT TO REST!!!!

Stephens: CAN YOU STOP?!! Santiago put up ONE HELL OF A FIGHT against John Doe, and like I said, if she was more focused on putting him away than proving a point when she had that Omoplata locked in, she could’ve won this match altogether…

Wilson: Let’s not get too carried away, alright? She could’ve stayed in the presence of greatness with The Phantom Troupe, but she chose to join the Shoot Nation and well, that’s why she’s laid out dead on the mat there!

Stephens: You are a disgusting human being. Now that John Doe has resolved things with Vanessa Santiago, what is next for the enigmatic leader of The Phantom Troupe?

(The camera pans to Vanessa Santiago laid out in the ring before cutting to John Doe walking up the ramp to the back. The Young Lions and medical staff start to come into the ring to be able to help escort Vanessa out of the ring and towards the backstage area to where the ring has been emptied out.)

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(The titantron showcases the next match that will be contested between all four factions of Strong Style Wrestling for the SSW Freebird Tag Team Championships! Highlights are shown of the competitors with Tres Comas Club’s One True Pairing, Shoot Nation’s Belle Kingsley and Masanori Kawada, The Phantom Troupe’s CM Nas and Saul Omen, and the reigning champions of Ronin with Atem Octavian Amun-Ra and Damien Walker.)

Saya Takada: The Following contest is a Four Corners Tag Team Match for the SSW FREEBIRD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS!

(“Shoot All Over Them” by contRoVersy hits the speakers as Masanori Kawada and Belle Kingsley enter, flexing to chants of “PLUS ULTRA” and “LET’S GO KINGSLEY”.)

Takada: Introducing first… Representing Shoot Nation and weighing in at a combined 367 pounds… MASANORI KAWADA AND BELLE KINGSLEY!

Wilson: The high road has been a tough road for Shoot Nation as a whole and Masanori Kawada here in particular. There has been some fine performances along the way but also heartbreak as the stable is yet to hold a SSW Championship between them while less scrupulous rivals have profited. Shoot Nation will be hoping more than anyone that this long road has finally lead to Supremacy over the Tag Team Division.

(“The One True Theme” by contRoVersy begins to play as The One True Pairing, Cassius and Sakura Corleone, enter wearing creepy masks imposed with the faces of Yusuke Urameshi and love interest Keiko Yukimura from the anime Yu Yu Hakusho.)

Saya Takada: Representing Tres Comas Club and weighing in at a combined 357 pounds… CASSIUS AND SAKURA CORLEONE. THE. ONE. TRUE. PAIRING!!!

Stephens: The King and Queen of Soulmate Style! Success in tag team wrestling, as in love, has a lot to do with chemistry and that is what these two lovers bring over some of the more established names in Tres Comas Club. Rest assured though, the club would not have invested in these two if they were not up to scratch in terms of individual skills. They are going to be a threat tonight.

(“Riot” by Yoshihisa Hirano erupts from the speakers as purple lights bathe the stage. CM Nas and Saul Omen enter with Rick Walton in tow holding up Nas’ Azteca De Lucha Heavyweight and Proving Ground Wrestling Heavyweight Championships.)

Saya Takada: Representing The Phantom Troupe and weighing in at a combined 414 pounds… SAUL OMEN AND C. M. NAS!!!

Wilson: Funny you should say that, because the first thing that pops into my head when I hear “threat” is the Phantom Troupe. They have run roughshod of late. They are a constant threat to other talent. A threat to management. Maybe a threat to the very existence of this promotion but you can’t argue with results. Do CM Nas and The Phantom Troupe add to their existing collections. Don’t be surprised if they do.

(“A Warrior’s Call” by Volbeat fills the arena as Damien Walker and Atem Octavian Amun Ra enter with the SSW Freebird Tag Team Championships around their waists. Amun Ra leads the crowd in a chant of “MUMMIFY”.)

Saya Takada: Finally, weighing in at a combined 439 pounds… DEFENDING THE SSW FREEBIRD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON BEHALF OF RONIN… DAMIEN WALKER AND ATEM OCTAVIAN AMEN RA!!!

Stephens: And off course let’s not count out the Champions themselves. Maybe not the two who claimed the title in the first place but Ronin’s chosen to defend the Stable’s greatest accomplishment in SSW. While The Troupe and Tres Comas Club might have their best talents with their eyes elsewhere, this match holds particular importance for Ronin so you can be sure they haven’t held anything back in pushing these two forward into the spot.

(DING! DING! DING!)

Wilson: Ok we are ready to go now as Damien Walker representing the champs kicks us off against an eager Masanori Kawada of Shoot Nation. AND BOTH COLLIDE FOREARM FIRST TO THE OTHER’S FACE! We have fireworks right from the get go here as Walker and Kawada lock up and slug it out forearm for forearm. Walker, the younger man, is looking just a little bit more wild like he has just got that little bit more energy behind him and Kawada is looking slightly overwhelmed. BUT KAWADA turning it back in his favor with a huge openhand liver shot that stops Walker in his tracks. He hits another. Now Kawada goes high with a vicious one-two that rocks Walker and sends him stumbling backwards.

Stephens: Kawada looks to press the advantage but walks right into a superkick which takes his knee out from under him. Damien Walker turns around and races off the ropes… HARD JUSTICE!!! KAWADA HOOKS THE ARM INTO A HALF NELSON AND LIFTS WALKER UP INTO THE BRIDGING OLYMPIC SLAM! What an excellent counter! Damien Walker is sent tumbling across the ring towards the Phantom Troupe corner. Here Saul Omen tags himself in. AND KAWADA BLITZES STRAIGHT FOR HIM WITH A LARIAT! Omen rolls underneath and hooks his heel under the arms of Masanori Kawada. Looking for the victory roll… NO! KAWADA BLOCKS IT WELL, SITTING IN DEEP TO STACK SAUL OMEN HIMSELF UP!

Referee: ONE!... TWO!...

Wilson: Close call. Kawada took just about everyone by surprise there but Saul Omen manages to save it. Both men race to their feet. AND KAWADA IS THERE FIRST WITH THE SHOULDER TACKLE! Omen drops hard but staggers back up as Kawada hits the ropes. A SECOND SHOULDER TACKLE! He is looking really up for it tonight and the confidence just oozes off Masanori Kawada as he pulls Saul Omen IN FOR A SNAP DDT! Omen does a full flip with his head spiked into the canvas and he is already not looking ok.

Stephens: Kawada pulls up behind him and applies the rear waistlock on Saul Omen. He drags him up to his feet and it looks like he’s going for a german suplex. BUT OMEN CATCHES HIM WITH A BACK ELBOW TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD! Signs of life returning as Omen continues to drill that elbow into Masanori Kawada. He has Kawada stalled and the release must come soo-NO! KAWADA MUSTERS THE GERMAN SUPLEX REGARDLESS BUT OMEN LANDS ON HIS FEET! MEMENTO MORI!!! KAWADA DUCKS ONLY INCHES UNDERNEATH THE DEVASTATING REVERSE ROUNDHOUSE AND SHOOTS IN LOW - RIGHT INTO A PELÉ KICK!!! OMEN CATCHES HIM FLUSH ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT!

Wilson: Kawada doesn’t even know what hit him. The way that kick came up over the top, it looped around the back of Kawada’s head so he is definitely going to need a moment to shake out the cobwebs, not that Saul Omen intends to afford him it, mind. Omen is going straight for Kawada’s back as he places his arm under the chin. OMEN WITH THE REAR NAKED CHOKE! IT’S CINCHED IN!!! KAWADA’S FACE IS TURNING A DEEP SHADE OF PURPLE IN EVIDENCE OF THE VICE-LIKE GRIP THAT SAUL OMEN HAS AROUND HIS NECK! NOW IF ONLY SAUL OMEN COULD PULL HIM DOWN ONTO HIS BACK THEN IT MIGHT NEED SOME OUTSIDE INTERVENTION TO SAVE THE MATCH HERE!

Stephens: Don’t count Kawada out too quickly. Because I don’t see him going down right now, I see him inching up to his feet. KAWADA’S BOUNDLESS RESERVES OF WILLPOWER CAN SELDOM BE OVERESTIMATED AND WE ARE SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW! SAUL OMEN IS STILL HANGING AROUND HIS NECK BUT KAWADA IS UP ON HIS OWN TWO FEET AND HOBBLING HIS WAY BACK TO THE SHOOT NATION CORNER! HE’S GOING TO MAKE IT… TAG MADE!!!

Wilson: Belle Kingsley hits a pinpoint enzuigiri on Saul Omen from the apron. He drops handily off Kawada’s back and tries to find his footing though he is in a daze. SPRINGBOARD MISSILE DROPKICK! KINGSLEY LAUNCHES HERSELF OFF THE ROPES AND ALMOST KNOCKS OMEN OUT HIS BOOTS IN THE PROCESS! Shoot Nation in control here as Belle Kingsley moves in on Saul. OMEN SUCKERS HER WITH A STRIKE TO THE MIDSECTION! He starts clubbing at Belle’s head with some heavy forearms but Kingsley soon fire’s back. This is Shoot Nation that we are talking about after all. Kingsley, like her partner, is not at all afraid to get stuck in to a clear test of endurance. In any case she is getting the better of this test against a Saul Omen who is a little more worn down than she is.

Stephens: Accurate analysis. Kingsley is striking with more authority and regularity here AND SHE CATCHES HIM SQUARE ON THE BUTTON! SAUL OMEN IS REELING BACK IN FULL RETREAT HERE! HE FALLS BACK INTO THE ROPES AND EXPLODES BACK AT HER WITH A MOMENTOUS LARIAT! KINGSLEY DUCKS IT AND HANDSPRINGS INTO THE ROPES. TAG MADE! FATEFUL FALL!!! Belle Kingsley catches Saul Omen in the handspring cutter but I don’t think that she noticed Sakura Corleone tag herself in. Kingsley drops down for the cover BUT HERE IS SAKURA! She grabs Belle by the tights and taxis her through the ropes and out to ringside. Kingsley tumbles painfully as Sakura Corleone looks down from inside the ring with a wide goofy grin and two thumbs up for the effort.

Wilson: LOOK! OMEN TAKES ADVANTAGE, CLOCKING SAKURA FROM BEHIND WITH AN ELBOW TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD! Omen laces his arms around her waist and drops backwards for the O’Connor roll AND CONTINUES INTO A TEXTBOOK GERMAN SUPLEX! HE DROPS SAKURA DIRECTLY ON THE BACK OF HER NECK BUT SOMEHOW… I CAN’T BELIEVE IT! SHE ROLLS STRAIGHT BACK UP TO HER FEET, A CRAZED LOOK IN HER EYES!!!

Sakura: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Stephens: AND SAKURA WITH A SERIES OF QUICKFIRE ROUNDHOUSE KICKS TO THE CHEST OF SAUL OMEN! THIS A GOOD WAY TO BREAK SOME RIBS, OMEN LOOKS UNABLE TO CATCH ANY WIND AS SAKURA SPRINTS OFF THE ROPES… TAG BY KINGSLEY!!!

Wilson: SAKURA CORLEONE IS ABSOLUTELY LIVID! She shoots a glare at Belle Kingsley and lets her know what unrepeatable things are on her mind. Tensions are starting to mount between these two women AND IT COMES TO BLOWS! EACH LAYING INTO EACH OTHER WITH WILD AND RECKLESS ABANDON! Cassius Corleone rushes to the aid of his One True Love AND SAKURA SHOVES KINGSLEY RIGHT INTO THE PATH OF THE MONEYMAKER!!! THE DISCUS ELBOW STRIKE BY CASSIUS WEDGES RIGHT INTO HER THROAT AND KINGSLEY DROPS DOWN TO THE CANVAS COUGHING AND SPLUTTERING AND JUST STRUGGLING TO BREATH!

Stephens: KAWADA HAS SEEN ENOUGH. SPEAR OF JUSTICE!!! THE SPEAR OF JUSTICE TO SAKURA CORLEONE AND THERE IS A MEASURE OF JUST PUNISHMENT DEALT OUT! CASSIUS FLIES INTO A RAGE! HE PUMMELS MASANORI KAWADA DOWN WITH THE DOUBLE AXE-HANDLE BEFORE DRAGGING HIM BACK TO A VERTICAL BASE BY THE CHIN… KNIFE-EDGED CHOP! RIGHT ACROSS KAWADA’S FACE!!! THAT KNOCKED THE TASTE OF THE ICON OF JUSTICE’S MOUTH - BUT KAWADA REPLIES WITH AN OPEN PALM TO THE THROAT!!! CASSIUS CORLEONE GETS A TASTE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE FOR KINGSLEY AND NOW KAWADA FORCES HIM AGAINST THE ROPES. KNIFE-EDGED CHOPS!!! ONE AFTER THE OTHER WITH SPEED AND POWER AS KAWADA FEROCIOUSLY LIGHTS UP CASSIUS’ CHEST!

Wilson: Neither of these men are even meant to be in the ring right now. The official is trying to get between them and usher each man back to his own corner but this has quickly become personal. KAWADA CLOTHESLINES CASSIUS OVER THE ROPES! Small victory aside, he is starting to cool down now and take notice of the official. Kawada tries to show some contrition and apologise BUT HERE’S OMEN OFF THE DISTRACTION! MEMENTO MORI!!! AND THIS TIME IT HITS! KAWADA’S LIGHTS GO OUT AND HE DROPS BACKWARDS OVER THE ROPES! HE’S… HE’S NOT MOVING! IT IS HARD TO TELL HOW SAFELY HE LANDED AT THE MOMENT BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO NEED MEDICS TO CONFIRM WHETHER KAWADA CAN CONTINUE!

Stephens: Killer instinct there by Saul Omen. I know that this won’t be a popular opinion but that is what you call picking your shots. He may have just taken out The Phantom Troupe’s biggest threat in this match and now he finds himself alone in the ring with a Belle Kingsley who has hardly moved since Cassius hit her with the Moneymaker. Omen drags her out to the centre of the ring and hooks the leg.

Referee: ONE!... TWO!...

Wilson: Amun Ra barrells in to break it up. CM Nas goes to get involved but is headed off by Damien Walker. Amun Ra and Walker quickly back off and roll to the outside leaving an angry Troupe behind. CM Nas heads down to ringside and challenges to come over as Saul Omen curses them from inside the ring and delivers a menacing cut throat gesture. BUT LOOK! Belle Kingsley is starting to stir although it does not look like any of the other competitors have noticed her. AND SHE PULLS SAUL OMEN DOWN TO THE CANVAS FROM BEHIND! PRAWN HOLD! USING ALL THE LEVERAGE SHE CAN GET AS SHE LOOKS TO STEAL THIS WIN FOR SHOOT NATION!!!

Referee: ONE!... TWO!... THR-

Stephens: Close call. The reaction is slow and Omen only just manages kick out in time. Both legal competitors hop to their feet with some urgency BUT SAUL OMEN IS A FRACTION QUICKER AND CATCHES HER RIGHT ON THE JAW WITH THE LEAPING KNEE STRIKE! KINGSLEY FALLS ONTO HER BACKSIDE AND NOW SAUL IS LOOKING TO MAKE HER PAY FOR THAT PIN ATTEMPT! He pulls Belle up and drags her over to The Phantom Troupe’s corner, LAUNCHING HER SHOULDER RIGHT AGAINST THE RINGPOST! TAG MADE!!!

Wilson: CM Nas enters the ring as Saul Omen steps out onto the apron and holds Belle Kingsley still in the corner. SPINNING ELBOW BY NAS! KINGSLEY’S HEAD SLUMPS AFTER THAT CRUEL STRIKE BUT THE TROUPE ARE NOT DONE YET! Nas backs off into the opposite corner. Omen continuing to hold Belle up and steady as his teammate lines himself up. NAS SPRINTS IN… SUPER GOD FIST!!! BELLE FREES HERSELF AND THE LAST MOMENT AND THROWS HERSELF OUT OF THE WAY AS NAS ALMOST TAKES OUT HIS OWN TEAMMATE WITH THAT SUPERMAN PUNCH! EACH MAN TAKES A DEEP BREATH BECAUSE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER!

Stephens: Atem Octavian Amen Ra sees his chance. He tags himself in on Belle Kingsley and races in the direction of CM Nas. Nas turns to confront him BUT EATS A RUNNING FOREARM IN THE PROCESS! AMEN RA ROUND FOR ANOTHER RUN AND HE KNOCKS NAS DOWN A SECOND TIME WITH THE FOREARM! Nas gets back up a fraction slower AND HERE’S ATEM WITH A SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Well these are the two freshest men in this match but Atem Octavian Amun Ra is the individual with the most energy and momentum about him at the moment. He drags Nas up to a vertical base and pulls him in… RAGE OF RA!!!

Wilson: NO! NAS BLOCKS IT WITH SOME SHOTS TO THE MIDSECTION! SITOUT JAWBREAKER!!! AMUN RA STAGGERS AWAY RUBBING HIS CHIN AS NAS COLLECTS HIMSELF! HE LUNGES AT THE ANCIENT ONE BUT ATEM OCTAVIAN AMUN RA CATCHES HIM WITH A VETERAN COUNTER AS HE DROP TOEHOLDS NAS INTO THE ROPES! Nas might be suffering some serious whiplash with how his neck landed on the second rope but that is what Ronin ois counting for. HE IS DAMIEN WALKER WITH THE GUILLOTINE LEG DROP! AND AMUN RA WITH A DRAGON SUPLEX SOON AFTER!!! HE DOESN’T RELEASE BUT HOLDS ON AS HE ROLLS THROUGH INTO A FULL NELSON LOCK! ATEM OCTAVIAN AMUN RA WILL NOT BE SATISFIED UNTIL HE MAKES CM NAS SUBMIT TO THE DEITY OF THE NILE!!!

Stephens: Nas is thrashing about trying to find an opening to escape but there is just no fault in Amun Ra’s technique here. He has Nas in a vice grip and is inching him away from any support and closer to the the Ronin corner. NAS DRIVES FORWARD TOWARDS IT!?!? BAH GAWD! HE SURPRISED AMUN RA THERE AND PULLS HIM OFF BALANCE, HEAD FIRST INTO THE SECOND TURNBUCKLE! DAMIEN WALKER TAGS IN! Nas attempts to scramble away BU WALKER MOUNTS RIGHT ON TOP OF HIM, GROUNDING AND POUNDING WITH SOME HEAVY FOREARM STRIKES! Damien heaves him to his feet. DEATH PENALTY! THE DEATH PENALTY SPINNING HEADLOCK ELBOW DROP AND WALKER STAYS ON TOP OF NAS FOR THE PIN!

Referee: ONE!... TWO!...

Wilson: Nas with a brave shoulder up. Regardless, it looks all in the hands of the defending Champions at this moment in time. Damien forces NAs between his legs and underhooks both arms. HE’S LOOKING TO PUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP HORDER FOR GOOD WITH THE CRANIAL CONTUSION PILEDRIVER!!! WALKER HOISTS HIM UP… AND NAS COUNTERS WITH A HURRICANRANA!!! WE’RE WITNESSING A NEW BURST OF LIFE HERE AS NAS TURNS WALKER INSIDE OUT WITH THE KITCHEN SINK! AND A SECOND ONE! DAMIEN JUST KEEPS GETTING UP… WALKER TRIES TO CUT NAS OFF WITH THE BICYCLE KICK BUT HE SIDESTEPS IT AND REBOUNDS AGAIN OFF THE ROPES FOR A LEAPING CLOTHESLINE!!!

Stephens: HOLD IT! WALKER POPPED NAS UP AND CAUGHT HIM IN THE FIREMAN’S CARRY! HOLY ROLLER!!! WALKER HITS THE ROLLING FIREMAN’S CARRY SLAM AND ROLLS RIGHT BACK TO HIS FEET WITH NAS STILL ON HIS SHOULDERS! Walker has so much offense out of the fireman’s carry but what is next, I wonder. Will this be the maneuver that puts CM Nas away...NO!!! NAS SHIFTS HIS WEIGHT AND FINDS A REVERSAL! IT LOOKS LIKE HE HAS GOT SOME KIND OF BUTTERFLY LOCK CINCHED IN AND DAMIEN WALKER HAS JUST COLLAPSED TO HIS KNEES IN SEARING PAIN. NAS IN COMPLETE CONTROL… BUTTERFLY SUPLEX!!! AND HE ROLLS THROUGH FOLLOWING UP WITH A FALCON ARROW!!!

Wilson: That would have been as good a spot as any to hook the leg and hope for the win but CM Nas is taking the opportunity to stand and gloat as The Phantom Troupe’s apparent dominance in SSW continues. With a smirk he bends down to Damien Walker and hoists he man up into a fireman's carry of his own. No prizes for guessing what comes next this time… ETHER!!! BUT WALKER COUNTERS IT AT THE LAST MOMENT INTO A DDT THAT PLANTS NAS’ SKULL INTO THE CANVAS! CM NAS’ EYES TILT BACK AS HE TRIES TO FIND HIS BEARINGS, MEANWHILE THIS IS THE OPENING THAT WALKER NEEDS! HE IS CRAWLING DESPERATELY TO HIS OWN CORNER TO MAKE THE TAG BUT WILL HE MAKE IT IN TIME?! WALKER LUNGES THE LAST COUPLE OF FEET...BUT AMUN RA DROPS OFF THE APRON!!!

Stephens: SAUL OMEN JUST PULLED ATEM’S LEGS OUT FROM UNDER HIM! FOLLOWING UP WITH A **BIG TIME** BICYCLE KNEE RIGHT UNDER THE CHIN! AMUN RA IS DAZED! OMEN BACKS UP FOR ANOTHER KNEE… BUT ATEM TURNS IT INTO THE RINGPOST! BOTH MEN GO DOWN AT RINGSIDE BUT THEY AREN’T ABOUT TO STOP BATTERING EACH OTHER FOR ANYTHING AS THE HANDS AND FOREARMS AND ELBOWS CONTINUE TO BE TRADED WITH MALICIOUS INTENT!

Wilson: Back in the ring and panic looks to be setting in for Damien Walker. With no opportunity to make the much needed tag, he pulls himself up by the turnbuckles as Nas eyes him with the fire of ambition. There is only one way out of this now… WALKER ERUPTS OUT OF HIS CORNER - SUPER GOD FIST!!! CM NAS JUST KNOCKED WALKER OFF HIS HEELS AND NOW HE ISN’T WASTING ANY TIME TO HEAVE HIM BACK UP ONTO HIS SHOULDERS. HERE IT IS… SPEAR OF JUSTICE!!! SPEAR OF JUSTICE!!! MASANORI KAWADA BULLDOZES THROUGH CM NAS AND DAMIEN WALKER IS SENT ROLLING ACROSS THE CANVAS!

Stephens: TAG MADE! Belle Kingsley tags herself in on Damien Walker just as Nas is beginning to pry himself up off the canvas. AND SHE WIPES HIM OUT WITH A SHINING WIZARD! The Shoot Nation team are the only two that I see left standing here. They each begin to climb a turnbuckle AND THE CROWD ARE AT FEVER PITCH! CM NAS LOOKS ABOUT TO EAT BOTH A HIGH IMPACT FROG SPLASH FROM KAWADA AND KINGSLEY’S CROWNING! THAT WOULD SURELY BE THE END FOR NAS AND PERHAPS THIS GREATER STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY HERE TONIGHT! HERE WE G-

Wilson: WAIT! SAKURA CORLEONE! SHE HOPS UP ONTO THE APRON AND TAGS HERSELF IN ON BELLE BEFORE PUSHING KINGSLEY OFF THE TURNBUCKLE AND DOWN BELOW TO RINGSIDE! AND ACROSS THE RING CASSIUS ATTEMPTS TO DO SIMILAR TO KAWADA! MASANORI HOLDS FIRM AND EACH MAN THROWS FOREARMS IN TURN, ROCKING THE OTHER’S JAW AND TRYING TO KNOCK HIM DOWN! Sakura sprints across the ring… AND A HIGH DROPKICK CAUSES KAWADA TO SLUMP ON THE TURNBUCKLE WHERE HE’S SAT! Sakura climbs up to meet him in the high rent district as Cassius enters the ring and slides in underneath Kawada. Oh no… IT’S A COMBINATION AVALANCHE SHIRANUI POWERBOMB BY THE ONE TRUE PAIRING AND OH HOW QUICKLY FORTUNES MAY CHANGE IN THIS MATCH!

Stephens: Cassius Corleone kicks the limp body of Masanori Kawada out underneath the ropes. Meanwhile CM Nas is just regaining cogency to find that the numbers are still against him. He is cornered. The One True Pairing are closing in… AND NAS FIGHTS BACK! HE LEAPS INTO THE FOREARM ON SAKURA BEFORE TURNING A SPINNING BACKFIST RIGHT ACROSS THE CHEEK OF CASSIUS! CM NAS IS FIGHTING WILDLY LIKE A CORNERED ANIMAL TO FEND THESE TWO OFF BUT FOR HOW LONG CAN HE KEEP THIS UP?!? Cassius hits the ropes. LARIAT-NO!!! Nas dips underneath it BUT CASSIUS TURNS ON A DIME FOR A SECOND LARIAT! NAS EVADES IT AGAIN BY THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH BUT SAKURA CATCHES HIS ARM HOLDS HIM STILL WITH THE WRISTLOCK! AND CASSIUS CONNECTS WITH THE HEAT SEEKER LARIAT ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT AND SENDS NAS FLIPPING HEEL OVER HEAD!

Wilson: The One True Pairing share a tender embrace as Cassius whispers in Sakura’s ear while pointing up to the top turnbuckle. SHe gives two thumbs up before making her ascent. Cassius leans down a pulls CM Nas up onto his shoulders in the electric chair position. I think I know what comes next… THE JUDAS CRADLE! If The One True Pairing hits this then I think we have new Champions because I don’t see Nas kicking out of it and I don’t see anybody around to make the save.

Stephens: There is still Nas’ partner Saul Omen. He’s just realised what is happening though he’s still caught up brawling with Atem Octavian Amun Ra at ringside. SAUL DUCKS A SHOT AND LEAPS UP ONTO THE APRON - BUT ATEM PULLS HIM BACK DOWN AND HITS HIM WITH A CLUBBING FOREARM AROUND THE TEMPLE! Saul is trying to explain the situation with OTP to get Atem Octavian on side. BUT AMUN RA IS HAVING NONE OF IT! HE TACKLES SAUL OMEN INTO THE BARRICADE AND THEN CLOTHESLINES HIM WITH SO MUCH FORCE THAT BOTH MEN SPILL OUT INTO THE CROWD!

Wilson: The One True Pairing look over the situation as they assume the appropriate positions. THE JUDAS CRADLE!!! IT CONNECTS! SAKURA DROPS DOWN FOR THE COVER AS CASSIUS STANDS GUARD FOR ANY INTERFERENCE.

Referee: ONE!... TWO!...

Stephens: KINGSLEY HITS THE RING-

Referee: THREE!!!

(DING! DING! DING!)

(Belle Kingsley barrells straight through Cassius Corleone but breaks the cover fractionally too late. “The One True Theme” by contRoVersy hits the speakers as The One True Pairing roll out of the ring to claim the SSW FreeBird Tag Team Championships. They make them kiss, then kiss each other. Meanwhile the brawl between Saul Omen and Atem Octavian Amun Ra continues through a block of the crowd. Security swarm over to try and separate them.)

Saya Takada: Ladies and gentlemen, your winners and THE NEW SSW FREEBIRD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS… SAKURA AND CASSIUS CORLEONE… THE ONE TRUE PAIRING… TRES! COMAS! CLUB!!!

Wilson: AND SO IT ENDS! A topsy turvy pile-up where you could never tell who was coming away with the gold and who was going to have the rug pulled out from under them. Give the new Champions their due, they picked their spot and they took decisive advantage. Love really DOES conquer all.

Stephens: Much commiserations for the defeated. Shoot Nation in particular looked as though they had finally ended their barren spell but it was not to be. It might have been a different result if The Phantom Troupe and Ronin could have kept their attentions on the ring but I guess tensions do rise in these kinds of matches. Saul Omen finally seems to have left Atem incapacitated in the crowd as he walks back over to join CM Nas at ringside, while the OTP take their belts up the ramp.

(Cassius Corleone and Sakura Corleone take their newly won titles and walk up the ramp, celebrating their victory. Damien Walker tends to Atem in the crowd before helping him to the back too, while Belle Kingsley and Masanori Kawada recuperate in the ring.)

Wilson: What a way to kick off the first of our many championship contests tonight, with the newcomers Cash and Sakura Corleone managing to secure the SSW Freebird titles for the Tres Comas --- WHAT?!!! SAUL OMEN AND CM NAS JUST SLID INTO THE RING BEHIND KAWADA AND BELLE AS THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE RING!!!! NAS GRABS BELLE FROM BEHIND AND WEARS HER DOWN INTO A REAR NAKED CHOKE WHILE KAWADA TURNS, REALIZING WHAT’S GOING DOWN ONLY TO GREET SAUL OMEN’S KNEE WITH HIS FACE!!!! SAUL TAKES KAWADA DOWN WITH THE DEATH’S VOW!!!!

Stephens: THIS IS DISGUSTING!!!! THERE WAS NO BETTER TIME FOR THE PHANTOM TROUPE TO STRIKE, THEY’VE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY TARGETING SSW MANAGEMENT ALL IN AN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE VERY FABRIC OF STRONG STYLE WRESTLING! JACOB SENN WAS PUT ON THE SHELF WITH SEVERAL CONCUSSIONS EARLIER TONIGHT, EVERYONE ELSE HAS MATCHES THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON TONIGHT… KAWADA AND BELLE ARE GETTING TRASHED IN THAT RING BY NAS AND SAUL WITH SEEMINGLY NO END IN SIGHT!!!

( https://youtu.be/yTcCVYLT2NE hits the tron, and the crowd erupts into an ear-shattering standing ovation. Brian Daniels steps the curtain before running down to the ring, while CM Nas and Saul Omen quickly get off of Kawada and Belle, staring down the former Chairman as he slides into the ring. )

Stephens: BRIAN DANIELS!!!! BRIAN DANIELS!!!!! NAS LOOKS LIKE HE’S FACE TO FACE WITH THE DEVIL HIMSELF -- AND DAMMIT HE IS!!!! IT’S BEEN NEARLY TWO MONTHS SINCE NAS PUT DANIELS ON THE SHELF AND HERE HE IS, BACK FOR VENGEANCE ON THE PHANTOM TROUPE!!!! NAS AND OMEN SWING WITH THE DOUBLE LARIAT HOPING TO QUICKLY SUBDUE DANIELS -- AS IF!!!! DANIELS DUCKS UNDER SAUL AND NAS AND IS ALREADY HALFWAY ACROSS THE RING, ZOOMING BACK AS NAS AND SAUL TURN AROUND… DANIELS JUMPS!!!! A DOUBLE DROPKICK!!!! A BOOT TO THE FACE EACH FOR CM NAS AND SAUL OMEN!!!!

Wilson: NAS FALLS BACK NEAR THE CORNER AND SAUL RUNS AT DANIELS… DANIELS RUNS FORWARD AT SAUL JUMPING IN THE AIR FOR THE SINGLE LEGGED DROPKICK TO THE FACE!!!! VALAR MORGHULIS!!!! THIS ISN’T EVEN FAIR!!!! SAUL AND NAS JUST WRESTLED A HARD FOUGHT MATCH!!! DANIELS SPENT TWO MONTHS AT HOME, FULLY RESTED UP!!! BULLSHIT!!!! SAUL STILL POWERS HIS WAY TO HIS FEET, THE TOP LAD HE IS -- GERMAN SUPLEX FROM DANIELS!!!! SAUL IS DOWN AND OUT!!!!

Stephens: NAS SNEAKS UP ON BRIAN NOW, BUT BRIAN FIRES OFF WITH THE BACK ELBOW!!!! FOLLOWED BY A FOREARM SMASH!!!! DANIELS NAILS THREE KICKS IN QUICK SUCCESSION BEFORE FOLLOWING UP WITH THE SPINNING BACKFIST TO TAKE NAS DOWN TO HIS KNEES!!!!... DANIELS HAS THE ENTIRE CROWD HERE AT THE TOYOTA PREFECTURE ON THEIR FEET!!!!!....... CAUSTIC!!!!! ECHO!!!!!!! NO!!!!! SAUL OMEN GRABS BRIAN DANIELS FROM BEHIND!!!!! THE REAR NAKED CHOKE!!!!!!! SAUL PULLS DANIELS TO THE MAT AND HOLDS HIM DOWN!!!!!

Wilson: CM Nas finally finds himself back on his feet, The Phantom Troupe back in the lead with Brian Daniels stuck firmly in Saul’s Rear Naked Choke…

(“Blue Bird” by Ikimono Gakari hits to deafening boos from the crowd as Stark steps out from behind the curtain, a huge smile on his face as he jogs down to the ring.)

Stephens: OH COME ON!!!! WAS ONE CHAIRMAN NOT ENOUGH?!!! AFTER ALL HE DID TO SENN TONIGHT… HE’S GOING TO TAKE OUT DANIELS TOO?!!! I KNEW HE WAS IN CAHOOTS WITH THE PHANTOM TROUPE DAMMIT!!!!

Wilson: AHAHAHA!!!! THIS IS PERFECT!!!! THIS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!!!! LOOK AT HAPPY NAS AND SAUL ARE!!!! THIS IS LIKE CHRISTMAS MARK!!!! WE GET TO WATCH NOT ONE, BUT TWO CHAIRMEN DIE HERE TONIGHT!!!! Saul picks up the half-conscious Brian Daniels and holds him up as Stark reaches the ring… Rolling inside and up to his feet as he nods at Saul and Nas… Staring down at a helpless Brian Daniels now…

Stephens: WHAT THE HELL?!!!! STARK JUST FIRED OFF WITH THE SUPERKICK TO SAUL!!!!! NAS CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT’S HAPPENING AS HE SWINGS AT STARK --- STARK CATCHES THE FIST, BEFORE PULLING NAS INTO THE EGO DEATH!!!!! HE JUST LAID OUT THE PHANTOM TROUPE!!!! BRIAN DANIELS DOESN’T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING ON… I DON’T KNOW IF A SINGLE SOUL HERE DOES…

Wilson: Belle Kingsley and Masanori Kawada are up on their feet, standing next to Brian Daniels now, cautiously across the ring from Stark who by all accounts SHOULD be an enemy of Shoot Nation… But The Psychedelic Samurai simply rolls out of the ring, leaving Daniels and Shoot Nation with just a wink and a smile as he walks up the ramp to the back!

Stephens: I’m still not sure what exactly went down here… But because of Stark, Brian Daniels just got to live to see another day! But to do that after everything tonight… I think we just got left with questions we may not find answers for!

(The camera pans to Stark at the top of the stage, bowing before Daniels, Belle, and Kawada, before stepping through the curtain to the back. The camera pans back to Daniels in the ring, staring down the ramp.)

(The video feed cuts to a groundbreaking announcement that will forever shape the future of SSW: Strong Style Wrestling is canceled! Go home! It’s over!)

(COMMERCIAL BREAK-- Who will be the strongest of Strong Style Wrestling? With The Heaven’s Arena Tour reaching its climax, a new tour rises from its ashes! On the road to Budokai Tenkaichi and Domination, prepare for The Strong Survive Tour!)

(A video package airs, recapping the GREED vs Virgo feud. Virgo is shown receiving the SSW Jr. Heavyweight Championship from Mark Montana, before cutting to GREED interrupting him, and their brawls in the weeks leading up to Supremacy. https://i.imgur.com/iQmMGDl.png appears on the tron, before the camera cuts to Saya Takada standing by in the ring.)

(“Hysteria” by Muse plays around the arena as the crowd begins to boo. GREED steps out to the stage in a black and gold robe, making his way down to the ring.)

Wilson: GREED came out of virtually nowhere just two weeks after Exodus, immediately challenging André Virgo for his crown as both the leader of the Tres Comas Club and the SSW Junior Heavyweight Champion! It takes guts to make a challenge like that, and even more guts from Virgo to accept it against an opponent like GREED! GREED wants it all - money, power, fame, and he says that tonight it begins with the title and the leadership of the Tres Comas Club!

(“Screwed by Janelle Monáe hits to a wave of cheers around the arena. André Virgo comes out to the stage with Tomazeya Venus at his side, and the SSW Junior Heavyweight Championship draped over his shoulder. Virgo walks down the ramp dancing and moving his shoulders to his music while he high-fives the fans on his way to the ring. Tomazeya stops outside the ring and takes the championship, while Virgo poses in the center of the ring before bowing for the crowd.)

Stephens: I don’t think there’s a single person on the SSW roster as beloved as André Virgo! Ever since becoming the leader of the Tres Comas Club, the faction has had it’s issues, but as individual competitor, VIrgo is one of the best there is! This is his first real defense with the Junior Heavyweight Championship, but there’s more on the line than just that… The fight these two are going to have is for EVERYTHING - and a wrestler is never better than when they have everything to lose!

(The camera pans to the ring, with the lights dimmed, two spotlights on Virgo and GREED.)

Takada: The following contest is set for one fall… AND IT IS FOR THE SSW JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!! AND!!!!... THE WINNER WILL BE DECLARED THE LEADER OF THE TRES COMAS CLUB!!!!

(The camera pans to GREED, who has a cocky smirk on his face.)

Takada: Introducing first, from Azabu, Japan, weighing in at 236 pounds… THE DEVIL OF AVARICE!!!!.... GREED!!!!!

(The camera pans back to Virgo who stares GREED down with contempt.)

Takada: And his opponent, from Motown, weighing in at 230 pounds…. HE IS THE SSW JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!!!!... THE STOLEN BREATH!!!!!....

(Virgo stops Takada and asks her for the mic. Virgo looks around at the crowd who stay quiet with anticipation…)

Virgo/Crowd: ANDRÉ!!!!... VIR!!!!.... GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

(Virgo hands the mic back to Takada and bows for the crowd again before taking his corner.)

(DING! DING! DING!)

Wilson: The charismatic Virgo and standoffish GREED lock up in the center of the ring! Despite the wild difference in their personalities, both are technical wizards in the ring - and they’re showing just that right now! GREED has Virgo in a side headlock but Virgo stays latched onto him with the waistlock, trying to push GREED over to the ropes, but GREED holds him down in the center of the ring! Virgo continues to buck away from GREED’s grasp but GREED tries going low, perhaps looking to transition his hold into a mat headlock… BUT THAT WAS THE OPENING VIRGO NEEDED TO SLIDE OUT OF GREED’S HEADLOCK!!!!

Stephens: VIRGO HAS SEPARATION AND GOES TO CLOSE THE GAP WITH A KNIFE EDGE CHOP, AIMED RIGHT AT GREED’S --- GREED CATCHES VIRGO’S WRIST!!!! HE STARTS SHAKING HIS HEAD, WITH VIRGO TRAPPED EXACTLY WHERE -- NO!!! VIRGO ROLLS DOWN TO THE MAT AND KIPS UP BEHIND GREED, FORCING A BREAK ON THE WRISTLOCK… VIRGO TAKES GREED TO THE MAT WITH THE INVERTED BUTTERFLY SUPLEX!!!! Virgo rolls back off of GREED and goes to the ropes, standing up to the second turnbuckle… GREED starts to push himself up… VIRGO LEAPS!!!! THE DIVING CROSSBODY!!!!... AND VIRGO ROLLS GREED UP THROUGH ONTO HIS SHOULDERS AFTER STICKING THAT PICTURE PERFECT CROSSBODY!!!!

Wilson: GREED NOW FIRING ELBOWS AT VIRGO’S HEAD, TRYING TO GET OFF OF VIRGO’S SHOULDERS WHILE VIRGO STRUGGLES TO HOLD HIM STILL LONG ENOUGH… TO HIT THE ROLLING DEATH VALLEY -- NO!!!! GREED FIRES AN ELBOW THAT CATCHES VIRGO ON THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE, STUNNING HIM LONG ENOUGH TO DROP OFF OF HIS SHOULDERS… GREED COMES OFF THE ROPES… SPINNING BACK ELBOW TO VIRGO’S HEAD!!!! Virgo falls forward a few steps and GREED SPINS him around… LIFTING DDT!!!!! GREED POPS VIRGO STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR BEFORE SPIKING HIS HEAD TO THE MAT!!!! GREED COVERS VIRGO!!!!!

Referee: ONE!!!!!!..... TWO!!!!!!!......

Stephens: VIRGO KICKS OUT!!!! No question about it, even Tomazeya Venus at ringside doesn’t look the slightest bit surprised. You can argue whether or not Virgo SHOULD be Champion, but damn it does he fight like one! GREED pulls Virgo up to his feet by his tights… AND SLAPS HIM STRAIGHT IN THE FACE!!!! THAT OPEN HAND SLAP REVERBERATED TO THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THIS STADIUM BUT THAT ISN’T GOING TO STOP GREED FROM HITTING ANOTHER, EVEN LOUDER ONE!!!! THIS IS BARELY OFFENSE, THIS IS JUST DISRESPECT!!!! GREED finally picks Virgo up by the arm and whips him into the corner, Virgo’s body sent crashing into the turnbuckles!

Wilson: Virgo manages to hang on and stay on his feet… WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT GREED WANTED!!!! HE CHARGES AT VIRGO IN THE CORNER… ANOTHER BACK ELBOW -- NO!!!! VIRGO HAD IT SCOUTED!!!! BIG BOOT CATCHING GREED RIGHT ON THE FACE!!!! VIRGO PROPS HIMSELF BACK UP ON THE SECOND ROPE AND FLIES!!!! FLYING CORKSCREW NECKBREAKER!!!!! VIRGO TAKES GREED TO THE MAT, HIS NECK TWISTING AT AN UNNATURAL ANGLE, BUT VIRGO IS RIGHT BACK UP ON HIS FEET TO FOLLOW IT UP WITH A HUGE JUMPING ELBOW DROP!!!! VIRGO’S ELBOW CATCHES GREED ON THE UPPER CHEST CAVITY, AND VIRGO HOLDS HIM DOWN FOR THE COVER!!!!

Referee: ONE!!!!!!..... TWO!!!!!!!......

Stephens: GREED GETS THE SHOULDER UP AT TWO!!!! VIRGO IS BACK UP ON HIS FEET AND STARTS STOMPING AWAY AT GREED’S CHEST!!!! It’s funny how the dynamic has changed - GREED is taking every moment he can to mock Virgo, but Virgo is all business! GREED has everything to gain, Virgo has everything to lose, and you can really tell that from the way they’re fighting here! GREED tries to push himself up but VIRGO STOMPS DOWN ON HIS ARM… AND WITH HIS OTHER LEG HE JUMPS UP TO CONNECT A BRUTAL MUDSTOMP TO GREED’S MIDSECTION!!!! IF THAT DOESN’T KNOCK THE WIND RIGHT OF YOU THEN I DON’T KNOW WHAT WILL!!!!

Wilson: Virgo again with a STOMP to the arm, smart to take out GREED’s greatest source of offense, trying to render The Seventh Sin Lariat ineffective… Virgo has GREED back up on his feet now, CHOPPING HIM STRAIGHT IN THE CHEST!!!! VIRGO FIRES WITH ANOTHER KNIFE-EDGE AND KEEPS THEM UP, CHOPPING GREED ALL THE WAY BACK INTO THE CORNER!!!! VIRGO SWITCHES IT UP TO OPEN PALM STRIKES AT RAPID FIRE SPEED TO GREED’S CHEST!!!! NO QUESTION ABOUT IT - VIRGO IS A GOD DAMN FIGHTING CHAMPION!!!! LOOK AT GREED’S CHEST, RED AND WELTED!!!! VIRGO TAKES A STEP BACK… AND FIRES WITH ANOTHER CHOP TO THE SAME SPOT, FINALLY LETTING GREED DROP FORWARD OUT OF THE CORNER FACE DOWN TO THE MAT!!!!!

Stephens: I can’t lie, I wasn’t expecting this out of Virgo at all! Even Tomazeya on the outside has a huge grin on his face, he might not have a single thing to worry about tonight! GREED crawls away towards the center of the ring… EXACTLY WHERE VIRGO WANTS HIM!!!! GREED IS ON HIS KNEES AND VIRGO RUNS UP, GOING LOW… FOR THE DRIVE BY KICK!!!! GREED WITH A QUICK MATRIX EVASION LETTING HIS BACK DROP TO THE MAT WHILE VIRGO JUST BARELY MISSES HIM!!!! GREED PUSHES HIMSELF UP TO HIS FEET BUT IS UNABLE TO CATCH HIS BALANCE, FALLING BACK INTO THE ROPES!!!! VIRGO SEES HIM AND CHARGES BACK AFTER THE MAN TRYING TO TAKE EVERYTHING HE HAS… BUT GREED USES THE ROPES FOR ASSISTANCE AND JUMPS WITH THE HIGH KNEE!!!! GREED CATCHES VIRGO IN THE FACE WITH THAT!!!!

Wilson: VIRGO STAGGERS BACK AFTER THAT KNEE FROM NOWHERE… BUT GREED COMES OUT OFF OF THE ROPES WITH A HUGE RUNNING BIG BOOT, TURNING VIRGO INSIDE OUT!!!! GREED drops down to a knee, trying to recover from Virgo’s earlier assault… It looks like the wound on his chest is already festering, blood pouring down from it at an alarming rate… VIRGO HOWEVER IS STILL KICKING!!!! VIRGO PUSHES HIMSELF UP TO HIS FEET -- GREED COMES FORWAD WITH ANOTHER BIG BOOT TO THE BACK OF VIRGO’S HEAD, PUTTING HIM RIGHT BACK DOWN TO THE MAT!!!! GREED ROLLS VIRGO TO HIS BACK AND MAKES THE COVER!!!!

Referee: ONE!!!!!!..... TWO!!!!!!!......

Stephens: VIRGO STAYS ALIVE!!!! GREED starts to pound his fist on the mat in frustration, grabbing Virgo by the hair and yanking him up to his knees. GREED starts mouthing off again… AND ANOTHER HARD OPEN HANDED SLAP ACROSS VIRGO’S FACE!!!! GREED PICKS VIRGO UP TO HIS FEET AND LIFTS HIM UP TO HIS SHOULDERS!!!!! GREED HAS VIRGO FIRMLY IN PLACE… AND HE HITS THE USHIGOROSHI!!!!! WAIT!!!!! VIRGO FLIPS OVER AND LANDS ON HIS FEET RIGHT IN TIME!!!!! GREED TURNS --- INTO A HUGE SUPERKICK FROM VIRGO!!!!!

Wilson: GREED GOES STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE MAT, AND VIRGO FALLS INTO THE ROPES!!!!.... HE’S LOOKING ALL AROUND THE ARENA AT A CAPACITY CROWD ON THEIR FEET FOR HIM… THEN TURNS HIS GAZE TO THE CORNER!!!! VIRGO MARCHES RIGHT OVER AND CLIMBS UP TO THE TOP ROPE!!!! GREED IS DOWN AND OUT!!!! VIRGO IS PERCHED!!!!... AND HE FLIES!!!!! ANDRÉ’S COMET!!!!!!! VIRGO DRIVES THE ELBOW STRAIGHT INTO GREED’S HEART!!!!! VIRGO BOUNCES OFF OF GREED, IN PAIN FROM THE RECOIL, BUT HE POWERS HIMSELF UP TO HIS FEET BEFORE FALLING RIGHT BACK DOWN ON TOP OF GREED, HOOKING HIS LEG FOR THE COVER!!!!!

Referee: ONE!!!!!!..... TWO!!!!!!!...... THREE!!!!!!!!!......

Stephens: GREED THROWS THE SHOULDER UP!!!!! MY GOD!!!!! THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IT!!!! HOW MANY MATCHES HAS VIRGO WON WITH ANDRÉ’S COMET?!!!! FOR GREED TO KICK OUT OF THAT HERE…

Wilson: I KNOW MARK, I KNOW!!! Virgo sits up, just as surprised as we are… BUT HE’S FAR FROM GIVING UP!!!! VIRGO GOES RIGHT FOR THE LEGS!!!!! HE’S SETTING UP FOR THE INDOCTRINATOR!!!! VIRGO LOCKS THE LEGS --- GREED SLIPS ONE OUT AND KICKS VIRGO IN THE BACK OF THE KNEE AT FULL FORCE!!!! GREED FOLLOWS UP WITH MORE OF THOSE HARD KICKS UNTIL VIRGO FALLS FORWARD INTO THE ROPES!!!!

Stephens: Virgo turns around while GREED starts to get up… AND RUNS AT HIM, WHIPPING GREED ACROSS THE RING INTO THE ROPES!!!! NO!!!! GREED GROUNDS HIMSELF, AND WHIPS TO THE ROPES VIRGO INSTEAD!!!! VIRGO COMES RUNNING BACK AND GREED DUCKS FOR THE BACK BODY DROP!!!!... BUT VIRGO JUMPS OVER, SLIDING BEHIND GREED’S BACK!!!! VIRGO SPINS GREED AROUND --- AND CATCHES A SNAP UPPERCUT TO THE JAW FROM GREED!!!!! VIRGO IS STUNNED AND GREED FIRES A FOREARM, FOLLOWING WITH ANOTHER AND ANOTHER AFTER THAT, NAILING VIRGO IN THE JAW WITH FOREARMS UNTIL HE GOES DOWN TO HIS KNEES!!!!

Wilson: GREED has Virgo in a vulnerable spot… AND HE CHARGES FOR THE ROPES -- NO!!!! VIRGO LUNGES FORWARD AND GRABS GREED BY THE TIGHTS!!!! VIRGO PULLS HIMSELF UP AND TRIES TRAPPING THE ARMS FOR THE VIRGO BOMB!!!!… GREED HOWEVER EASILY BREAKS FREE AND PUSHES VIRGO A FEW STEPS AWAY… BEFORE COMING FORWARD, SPINNING WITH THE DISCUS ELBOW SMASH TO ANDRÉ VIRGO!!!! VIRGO GETS HIS LIGHTS KNOCKED OUT AND HE FALLS FORWARD INTO GREED… WHO SCOOPS HIM UP FOR THE SNAP POWERSLAM!!!!!

Stephens: GREED PLANTS VIRGO ON HIS SPINE, BUT HE ISN’T DONE, PICKING VIRGO BACK UP TO THE MAT NOW BY HIS WRIST!!!!... AND HE PULLS VIRGO INTO THE RIPCORD LARIAT!!!!! THE SEVENTH SIN!!!!! --- NO!!!! VIRGO JUMPS UP WITH THE LEAPING CLOTHESLINE!!!!! THE DEAD END!!!!! VIRGO TAKES GREED DOWN TO THE MAT WITH HIS LEAPING CLOTHESLINE, COMPLETELY COUNTERING THE SEVENTH SIN!!!!

Wilson: VIRGO KEEPS HIS HOLD ON GREED’S WRIST AS HE PULLS HIM UP TO THE MAT NOW…. LIFTING GREED UP FOR THE SNAP URANAGE!!!!! WAIT!!! GREED SPINS HIS WAY AROUND VIRGO’S BACK AND LANDS ON HIS FEET!!!! VIRGO GETS SPUN AROUND FACE TO FACE WITH GREED WHO DRIVES HIS KNEE INTO VIRGO’S MIDSECTION!!!! GREED SPINS VIRGO BACK AROUND AND HOOKS HIM BY THE ARMS!!!! THE RELEASE DRAGON SUPLEX!!!!! GREED THROWS VIRGO WITH COMPLETE DISREGARD, LETTING HIM CRASH TO THE MAT ON HIS NECK!!!!

Stephens: GREED falls back into the corner directly behind Virgo, climbing up to the second rope… Virgo slowly gets up to his knees clutching his neck… OH NO!!! OH GOD NO!!!! GREED FLIES!!!!! MISSILE DROPKICK DRIVING BOTH OF HIS FEET INTO THE BACK OF ANDRÉ VIRGO’S NECK!!!!! GREED FALLS TO THE MAT HIMSELF BUT CLAWS HIS WAY UP TO HIS FEET!!!! VIRGO STARTS TO PUSH HIMSELF UP TO HIS KNEES ON INSTINCT ALONE AS GREED RUNS TO THE ROPES!!!! GREED MAKES HIS WAY BACK TO VIRGO --- VIRGO IS ON HIS FEET!!!! VIRGO IS ON HIS FEET!!!! HE LEAPS UP INTO THE AIR AGAIN!!!! DEAD END!!!! BUT GREED CATCHES VIRGO ON HIS SHOULDERS!!!!! VIRGO IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO BREAK FREE BUT GREED WASTES NO TIME… JUMPING AND SPINNING!!!... BEFORE SPIKING VIRGO’S HEAD INTO THE MAT!!!!! THE TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER!!!!!! THE PRICE OF GREED!!!!! GREED FOLDS VIRGO’S ARMS OVER EACH OTHER AND FALLS FORWARD TO DRAPE OVER HIM FOR THE COVER!!!!!

Referee: ONE!!!!!!!!!..... TWO!!!!!!!!!!...... THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!........

Wilson: HOW??!?!?!!!! HOW CAN VIRGO STAY ALIVE?!!!! TOMAZEYA ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKS LIKE HE JUST HAD A CORONARY AND SO DOES GREED, FOR GREATLY DIFFERENT REASONS!!!! THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IT!!!! GREED MADE SURE TO CHIP AWAY AT VIRGO’S NECK, HOPING FOR THE PRICE OF GREED TO PUT HIM AWAY FOR GOOD… YET STILL, VIRGO FINDS A WAY TO SURVIVE!!!! THAT IS WHAT A REAL CHAMPION DOES!!!! THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT - THAT BELT BELONGS TO ANDRÉ VIRGO!!!!!

Stephens: DON’T COUNT GREED OUT JUST YET!!!! GREED GRABS VIRGO’S WRIST ON THE MAT… AND PULLS HIMSELF UP TO HIS FEET, DRAGGING VIRGO UP WITH HIM!!!! GREED SWINGS WITH ANOTHER OPEN HAND SLAP TO VIRGO’S FACE, BEFORE PULLING HIM IN!!!!! THE SEVENTH SIN!!!!! -- NO!!!! VIRGO BLOCKS IT!!!!! AND NAILS THE URANAGE!!!!!! VIRGO PICKS GREED BACK UP AND GRABS THE ARM!!!! GREED IS FIGHTING!!!!! GREED BREAKS VIRGO’S HOLD AND GOES FOR A KICK TO THE MIDSECTION BUT VIRGO KICKS HIS LEG OUT!!!! GREED GOES BACK DOWN TO THE MAT BUT FORCES HIS WAY UP!!!!... INTO VIRGO’S GRASP!!!! VIRGO SETTING UP FOR THE VIRGO BOMB AGAIN -- GREED HITS THE BACK BODY DROP!!!!

Wilson: GREED REFUSES TO GET HIT WITH THAT VIRGO BOMB!!!! VIRGO JUMPS BACK UP BEHIND GREED AND KICKS HIM AGAIN IN THE BACK OF THE LEG!!!! VIRGO STEPS BACK… ELBOW TO THE BACK OF GREED’S HEAD!!!! AND VIRGO JUMPS UP BEHIND GREED FOR THE BACKSTABBER!!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!!! HE’S GOING FOR IT!!!! THE ZODIAC WHIPLASH!!!!! GREED HOWEVER FALLS BACK INTO THE CORNER WITH VIRGO LATCHED ONTO HIS BACK, SLAMMING HIM INTO THE TURNBUCKLES!!!! GREED STAGGERS BACK ON HIS BAD LEG AND STUMBLES TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE RING… VIRGO COMES CHARGING OUT OF THE CORNER… THE RUNNING DOUBLE KNEE!!!! VIRGO CRASHES STRAIGHT INTO GREED AND BOTH MEN GO RIGHT DOWN TO THE MAT!!!!!

Stephens: NO MATTER WHAT VIRGO DOES HE JUST CAN’T SEEM TO LAND ONE OF HIS MATCH-ENDING MOVES!!!! THERE’S NO DOUBT GREED HAS STUDIED EVERY POSSIBLE COUNTER TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF VIRGO’S MOVES… BUT VIRGO GRABS GREED’S LEGS FROM BEHIND AGAIN -- GREED AGAIN STARTS KICKING AWAY!!!! VIRGO DROPS HIMSELF TO THE MAT TRYING TO LOCK GREED INTO THE INDOCTRINATOR!!!! GREED IS FIRING ELBOW AFTER ELBOW AT VIRGO… BUT VIRGO GETS THE LEGS LOCKED!!!!! VIRGO SLIDES DOWN NEXT TO GREED!!!!!... IT’S LOCKED IN!!!!! THE INDOCTRINATOR!!!!!!!!

Wilson: NO!!!! NOT ALL THE WAY!!!! GREED HAS HIS ARM WRAPPED AROUND VIRGO’S NECK!!!! HE’S CHOKING HIM OUT AS HARD AS HE CAN!!!! GREED BREAKS HIS OTHER ARM FREE AND FIRES WITH ELBOWS AT VIRGO’S HEAD!!!! GREED ROLLS VIRGO OVER ONTO HIS STOMACH AND GRABS AT HIS HEAD… SITTING UP TO HIS KNEES… GREED HAS IT LOCKED IN!!!!! THE KNEELING STF!!!!! THE SEAL OF THE SEVEN SINS!!!!! VIRGO IS SO CLOSE TO THE ROPES YET SO HELPLESS AS TO MOVE!!!!! THERE’S NO WAY HE’S GOING TO TAP OUT BUT IF HE PASSES OUT HERE… EVERYTHING HE HAS IS GOING TO BELONG TO GREED!!!!

Stephens: VIRGO IS FADING!!!!! HIS EYES ARE STARTING TO ROLL BACK INTO HIS HEAD!!!! THE REFEREE IS TRYING TO CHECK ON VIRGO, SLAPPING AT HIS ARM TRYING TO SEE IF HE’S STILL CONSCIOUS!!!!! YES!!!! VIRGO SHAKES HIS HEAD AND STARTS TO MOVE HIS -- WAIT!!!! WHO THE --- IT’S TOMAZEYA VENUS!!!!! HE’S IN THE RING!!!! HIS CANE IS HIS HAND --- AND HE SMACKS GREED ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH THE CANE!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK?!!!! THE REFEREE IS ON HIS FEET CALLING FOR THE BELL AS HE TRIES TO SEPARATE TOMAZEYA FROM GREED!!!!!

(DING! DING! DING!)

Wilson: THE REFEREE FINALLY MANAGES TO GET TOMAZEYA OUT OF THE RING!!!! Watching our replays now, Tomazeya managed to sneak into the ring in the midst of GREED and Virgo’s final frenzy there, saving Virgo at the last second! The referees on the outside are discussing this situation while GREED lays in the ring unconscious from those cane shots to the head! Tomazeya is attending to Virgo on the outside, but it seems like Virgo himself is also passed out right now! What a clusterfuck this has turned into!

Stephens: We’re still waiting on official word on the result of this match… But my God. What a war these two had right before Tomazeya broke up their fight to seemingly save Virgo from losing what was at stake here! After all, championships don’t change hands on disqualifications… It looks like Tomazeya really saved the day here! And it looks now like Saya Takada has gotten word from backstage…

(The camera pans to Saya Takada standing by at ringside.)

Saya Takada: The winner of this match by way of disqualification… GREED!!!!!!!!

(“Hysteria” by Muse hits to boos from around the arena as GREED slowly sits up in the ring, with a dejected and defeated look on his face as he stares down Tomazeya Venus on the outside, who wears a sadistic and satisfied smile.)

Saya Takada: However, still your SSW Junior Heavyweight Champion…. ANDRÉ VIRGO!!!!!!!!!!

Wilson: The Tres Comas Club may have been the laughingstock of SSW for these past few months with all of their internal struggles… But this what they’re truly capable of - cold, calculating moves like this. GREED could very well have had that won with The Seal of The Seven Sins, but Tomazeya made sure Virgo was able to retain what he had put on the line here tonight. With investors like these at his side, Virgo as the leader of Tres Comas may be unstoppable ---

(“Play For Keeps” by B.o.B begins to play around the arena to confusion, with a few scattered pops around the stadium. Tomazeya and Virgo look down the ramp whispering to each other, while the camera stays aimed at the stage. A few seconds pass by and Jaywalker walks out to the stage suit as the crowd goes insane.)

Stephens: WHAT?!!!! AM I… AM I SEEING THIS RIGHT DANIEL?!!! IS THAT… CAN IT BE?…

Wilson: JAYWALKER!!!! WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK IS HE DOING HERE?!!! AFTER ALL OF THIS…

(The camera pans back to Jaywalker who scoffs before beginning to speak.)

Jaywalker: I was hoping that I could continue operating from the shadows, but that doesn’t seem like an option anymore. Being an investor for Tres Comas is all well and good, but as I can see from Tomazeya Venus there, being it’s leader has even more perks. More money, more power… You should all know me. Those are the two things I need in this world more than anything else. Investing in GREED… That’s how I thought I’d make it happen. He’s a true visionary like myself. His aims and goals in this world align perfectly with my own.

(The camera pans back to Tomazeya who stares Jaywalker down with pure hatred.)

Jaywalker: Let’s make something clear. My days in the ring are done. If I wanted to, I could’ve put Virgo away myself in seconds. GREED however had a lot more to prove tonight in his personal quest to take the championship and leadership, and that he did. Regardless of who was the better man in their match, there’s only one concrete thing in this world - results. And as far as I can see, the winner of this match was supposed to be crowned the leader of the Tres Comas Club. Sure Tomazeya, getting Virgo disqualified may have saved your little championship…

(Jaywalker looks down and starts to laugh while GREED walks up the ramp to join him.)

Jaywalker: But GREED still won the match. So as for the Tres Comas Club, I am now it’s principal investor… And ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the NEW leader of the Tres Comas Club…. GREED!!!!!!

(The crowd starts to boo Jaywalker and GREED as they walk to the back, while Tomazeya Venus and André Virgo stay at ringside, discussing the situation amongst themselves before the feed switches to an advertisement for OWA: Game Over.)

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(The titantron showcases the building animosity that has been made between Khmaoch Sângkât and The Apparition over the SSW Heritage Championship. As the crowd starts to clap at the sight of the upcoming match, Saya Takada walks forward and begins to introduce the match.)

Saya Takada: The following contest scheduled for one fall AND IS FOR THE SSW HERITAGE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

(“Street Dreams” by Hollywood Undead hits the speakers with The Apparition walking out when the song starts to pick up, rolling his neck around as he jumps up and down, striking in the air as he walks towards the ring. He looks out to the clapping audience with a nod to his head, nodding to the beat of the song, before he slides into the ring to take in the applause of the audience.)

Saya Takada: Introducing first, the challenger… he is from Newfoundland, Canada… he weighs in at 205 pounds… representing the Shoot Nation… “THE FORGOTTEN ONE”... THHHEEEEE APPAAARRRIIITTTIIIOOOONNNNN!!!

Mark Stephens: The Apparition has made very clear that his intention is to walk out of here tonight as not only the new SSW Heritage Champion, but to be able to let the world have a restored hope in Shoot Nation when combating the evils of The Phantom Troupe with his match that is about to happen! With the track record of late, The Apparition may definitely have an opportunity in doing just that.

Daniel Wilson: With that being said, you do remember who he’s facing right now? He’s facing a man that has been reigning as our champion for quite a long time! Don’t worry, however. This match is bound to be quite a fight, but I don’t think it will be the result that you’re hoping for.

(“Oculus Ex Inferni” by Symphony X plays on the speakers with purple lights spinning around the ring before stopping directly in the middle of the stage with a man standing in there with a towel over his head and the SSW Heritage Championship in his hand. He marches down the ring to the disdain of the crowd before he stops at the bottom of the ramp, pulling the towel down to reveal his sinister face, as he enters the ring and stares down his opponent.)

Saya Takada: Introducing his opponent, he is from Prey Veng, Cambodia… weighing in at 235 pounds… he is the SSW Heritage Champion… representing The Phantom Troupe… “THE PHANTOM MENACE”... KHHMMMAAAOOOCCCCHHHHH SANNNGGGKKKAAAATTTTT!!!

Mark Stephens: Khmaoch Sângkât has been one of the more dominant champions as of late in Strong Style Wrestling, reigning for 125 days and has defeated the likes of Masanori Kawada and Atem Octavian Amun-Ra in this path of brutality, but the question remains is if he can defend the championship here tonight in what may be his hardest challenge yet with a man of a similar wrestling background?

Daniel Wilson: I don’t think so. Khmaoch Sângkât has been a force to be reckoned with between those ropes and I haven’t seen a single person able to knock him down in a singles match setting! The Apparition has been able to capture a pinfall via some luck in multi-man tag team matches, but this is a whole different beast to handle and I think that Khmaoch will have his number!

(DING! DING! DING!)

Mark Stephens: The referee has called for this match to start with Khmaoch Sângkât handing the SSW Heritage Championship to the referee with The Apparition staring right back at his opponent with determination! Khmaoch looks over towards Apparition with a bit of an uninterested look on his face as he calls for him to bring it WHEN APPARITION RUSHES TO GRAB HIS LEG TO WHERE KHMAOCH STARTS TO BACKPEDAL TOWARDS THE TURNBUCKLE TO FORCE HIM TO LET GO! APPARITION ISN’T PLAYING HIS GAMES AS HE WILL TAKE ANY OPENING THAT KHMAOCH ALLOWS HIM TO HAVE AND RUN A MILE WITH IT! Khmaoch nods his head and walks around the ring to where he starts to call upon Apparition once more, both easing towards one another for a grapple, to where they start to go for the clench ONLY FOR APPARITION TO SLIDE THROUGH AND COME FROM BEHIND TO WHERE HE COULD ALREADY BE LOOKING FOR A GERMAN SUPLEX THAT COULD PUT THE CHAMPION AWAY!

Daniel Wilson: BACK ELBOW STRIKE! Khmaoch Sângkât strikes back with the elbow before he grabs The Apparition for the arm drag to drop him to the canvas before he goes for the side-headlock! WAIT! THE APPARITION STARTS TO PRY THE ARM OF KHMAOCH OFF OF HIS THROAT TO WHERE HE ROLLS THROUGH WITH HIM AND GOES FOR THE CROSS ARMBREAKER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING! Apparition is fighting with Khmaoch for control of the arm, but Khmaoch rolls through with the leg of Apparition LOOKING TO LOCK HIS CHALLENGER INTO THE STF! COULD WE ALREADY SEE A SUBMISSION RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING? NO! THE APPARITION QUICKLY MAKES HIS WAY TO THE BOTTOM ROPE AND LATCHES ONTO IT TO WHERE THE REFEREE FORCES THE CHAMPION TO BREAK THE HOLD AT THIS POINT! Khmaoch keeps the hold applied for as long as he can before he raises his hand SLAPPING THE CHALLENGER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AS HE LAUGHS IN PRIDE ABOUT IT!

Mark Stephens: The Apparition jumps up and walks right towards Khmaoch Sângkât to get into his face WITH THE TENSION BETWEEN THE TWO OF THESE MEN STARTING TO TURN PALPABLE! Khmaoch just laughs at this face with Apparition walking back and holding his hands up for a fight! Khmaoch joins him as both men circle the ring TO WHERE KHMAOCH STRIKES WITH A SHOOT KICK TO THE SHIN OF APPARITION! Apparition holds his legs a bit BEFORE HE FIRES BACK WITH HIS OWN SHOT TO THE LEG OF KHMAOCH! Khmaoch slaps his leg to get the blood rushing through it RIGHT WHEN HE FIRES WITH A SLAP TO THE FACE OF APPARITION TO FOLLOW UP WITH SOME COMBINATION OF STRIKES INTO HIM! APPARITION DUCKS UNDER ONE OF THE STRIKES TO WHERE HE STARTS RESPONDING WITH HIS OWN BEFORE THEY GET CAUGHT BACK INTO THE CLENCH AND APPARITION STARTS TO PUSH KHMAOCH INTO THE ROPES! Both men are grappling in the ropes, with the referee calling for them to break, to where Apparition backs off SLAPPING KHMAOCH ON THE CHEST TO WHERE HE TAUNTS HIM! Apparition is starting to play those mind games to where Khmaoch isn’t about to have any of that CALLING FOR APPARITION TO STRIKE HIM RIGHT IN THE FACE!

Daniel Wilson: The Apparition doesn’t seem to be intimidated in the slightest by what Khmaoch Sângkât is doing AS HE INSTANTLY STRIKES WITH A HEAVY FOREARM SHOT TO HIS FACE! Khmaoch staggers from the blow to where he nods in response that strike FIRING BACK WITH HIS OWN SLAP TO THE FACE OF APPARITION! YOU CAN SEE THE SPIT AND SWEAT JUST FLY OFF OF HIS FACE TO WITH APPARITION REELING FROM THAT HEAVY BLOW! Apparition sits up and holds his cheek from the pain BEFORE SHOOTING ANOTHER FOREARM STRIKE RIGHT INTO THE CHAMPION’S FACE! KHMAOCH ANSWERS WITH ONE OF HIS OWN! APPARITION COMING BACK WITH HIS OWN! KHMAOCH WITH ANOTHER! APPARITION! KHMAOCH! APPARITION! KHMAOCH! APPARITION! APPARITION! APPARITION! THE APPARITION IS TAKING CHARGE WITH THESE FOREARMS STRIKES AS HE STARTS TO SEND KHMAOCH BACK INTO THE ROPES AS HE GETS STUCK BETWEEN THEM! The challenger could be having the champion where he wants him OR IT COULD BE THE WILY NATURE OF KHMAOCH TO WHERE HE PULLS APPARITION DOWN ONTO THE TOP ROPE WITH A ROPE-HUNG CROSS ARMBREAKER! HE’S PULLING DOWN ON THE ARM AS THE APPARITION IS REACHING OUT FOR AN ESCAPE, BUT THE REFEREE IS COUNTING TO WHERE IF THE CHAMPION DOESN’T RELEASE HIM, HE COULD BE MET WITH A DISQUALIFICATION!

Mark Stephens: Khmaoch Sângkât finally releases the submission from the top rope to where he rolls his way to the outside, but not before he grabs The Apparition by the leg to drag him out of the ring, to meet him with a knee strike right into the stomach! Khmaoch turns over towards the barricade AS HE LAUNCHES THE APPARITION RIGHT INTO THE BARRICADE! THE APPARITION COLLAPSES TO THE FLOOR FROM THE IMPACT OF BEING SENT INTO THE BARRICADE TO WHERE KHMAOCH STARTS STOMPING RIGHT INTO HIS FACE WHILE HE’S DOWN THERE! Khmaoch finally decides to pull Apparition back up to his feet LAUNCHING HIM RIGHT INTO THE TURNBUCKLE POST BY HIS HEAD! YOU COULD HEAR THAT SICKENING THUD ALL ACROSS THE TOYOTA STADIUM WITH APPARITION COLLAPSING TO THE FLOOR! Khmaoch smiles devilishly at the camera to where he walks over and grabs Apparition to throw him right back into the ring! Khmaoch rolls back into the ring himself to where he starts to mock the Shoot Nation member, pleading with him to stand up on his feet, kicking him in the face while he does RIGHT BEFORE HE RUSHES IN AND LOCKS HIM INTO A KIMURA LOCK!

Daniel Wilson: THE KIMURA LOCK! KHMAOCH SANGKAT BENDS DOWN ON THE ARM TO WHERE THE APPARITION IS HOWLING IN AGONY FROM THE WAY HE’S BENDING IT! Khmaoch could have the submission right here as The Apparition starts to claw his way over towards the bottom rope! Will he? Can he? YES! THE APPARITION IS ABLE TO HOLD ONTO THE BOTTOM ROPE TO WHERE ONCE MORE, KHMAOCH HAS TO RELEASE THE SUBMISSION! Khmaoch releases him to where he smiles as he stands BUT APPARITION POPS UP WITH A CHOP TO THE CHEST THAT CAN BE HEARD ACROSS THE ARENA… BUT TO NO EFFECT TO KHMAOCH? Khmaoch just smiles at the fight that the challenger has BEFORE HE BLASTS HIM WITH A KICK TO THE CHEST TO SEND HIM BACK DOWN ONTO THE CANVAS! Khmaoch is just having a blast right here to where he brushes his chest off before he hunches over, picking up The Apparition as he hooks him in by the neck, but we can see Apparition has some fight AS HE REMOVES HIMSELF FROM HIS NECK AND STARTS CHOPPING AWAY AT THE CHEST OF KHMAOCH! CHOPS ARE JUST FLYING OUT HERE TONIGHT TO WHERE HE’S SENDING HIM BACK INTO THE ROPES BEFORE FINALLY KHMAOCH RUSHES FOR A BIG BOOT! APPARITION DUCKS UNDER THAT BOOT AND SPINS AROUND FOR THE SPINNING HEEL KICK! IT CLOCKS KHMAOCH! KHMAOCH IS SENT TO THE TURNBUCKLE AS APPARITION NOW HAS THE BALL IN HIS COURT IN THIS MATCH!

Mark Stephens: The Apparition starts to pick up the pace as he runs across the ring to a turnbuckle RETURNING WITH A CORNER DROPKICK RIGHT INTO THE FACE OF KHMAOCH SANGKAT! Khmaoch stands in the ring stunned with Apparition rolling up to his feet and rushing to a different turnbuckle RETURNING WITH A SECOND CORNER DROPKICK TO THE JAW OF KHMAOCH! Khmoach starts to stumble out of the corner as Apparition rolls back to his feet and rushes to the final turnbuckle LANDING A THIRD CORNER DROPKICK BEFORE ROLLING BACK TO HIS FEET TO HOOK KHMAOCH INTO A SNAP BELLY-TO-BACK SUPLEX! ELBOW STRIKE! KHMAOCH LANDS A STIFF STRIKE TO THE JAW BEFORE LANDING BACK DOWN ONTO HIS FEET AS HE STEPS BACK FOR A HUGE THROAT THRUST! SNAP BELLY-TO-BACK SUPLEX! THE APPARITION DOES ACTUALLY CATCH HIM AND TOSS HIM RIGHT INTO THE CANVAS! THE APPARITION STANDS ON HIS FEET TO WHERE HE LOOKS AROUND THE RING TO FEEL THE ENERGY OF THIS CAPACITY CROWD! THE APPARITION COULD BE CLOSING IN ON BECOMING THE NEW HERITAGE CHAMPION AS HE DROPS DOWN AND HOOKS THE LEG OF THE CHAMPION!

Referee: ONNNEEE!!!... TWWWOOO!

Daniel Wilson: KHMAOCH SANGKAT RAISES HIS SHOULDER UP FOR BARELY A TWO-COUNT TO WHERE THE APPARITION HAS IT MADE CLEAR TO HIM THAT HE NEEDS TO KEEP PUSHING EVEN FURTHER! The Apparition stands to his feet and stalks the champion DRIVING A KNEE RIGHT INTO HIS RIBS THAT SENDS KHMAOCH ROLLING! The Apparition stands on his feet again THIS TIME STRIKING WITH AN AXE KICK ON THE SPINE OF KHMAOCH THAT SENDS HIM DOWN TO THE FLOOR! The Apparition follows this up with a stomp where he kicked him previously in the spine before grabbing Khmaoch by the waist HOISTING HIM UP AND THROWING HIM BACK WITH A GUTWRENCH SUPLEX! THE APPARITION LANDS THE GUTWRENCH SUPLEX TO WHERE HE ROLLS THROUGH WITH IT AND HOLDS KHMAOCH IN THE AIR FOR HE THROWS HIM BACK FOR A SECOND GUTWRENCH SUPLEX! The Apparition rolls through again to where he releases him, stomping onto the stomach of Khmaoch once more, before pulling him up and hooking him between his legs! The Apparition throws him up on his shoulders RIGHT BEFORE DROPPING KHMAOCH WITH THE THUNDER FIRE POWERBOMB! HE DROPS KHMAOCH RIGHT ON HIS SHOULDERS TO WHERE HE HOLDS HIM DOWN FOR THE PIN ATTEMPT!

Referee: ONNNEEE!!!... TWWWOOO!!!...

Mark Stephens: NO! THE APPARITION IS STILL UNABLE TO PUT AWAY KHMAOCH SANGKAT IN THIS MATCH! The Apparition has had enough and starts to point towards the turnbuckle to where he exits through the middle rope, making his way to the top rope, to where he ends up standing up there! Apparition looks around at the adoring audience BEFORE HE TAKES THE LEAP FOR THE HIGH-ANGLE SENTON BOMB! KNEES! KNEES! KHMAOCH SANGKAT JUST LIFTED UP HIS KNEES AS APPARITION ARCHES HIS BACK IN PAIN! OH MY! KHMAOCH CATCHES APPARITION INTO A REAR-NAKED CHOKE! HE’S CHOKING THE LIFE OUT OF HIM TO WHERE THIS COULD BE WHERE THE CHAMPION KEEPS HIS DOMINANT REIGN INTACT! APPARITION IS REACHING OUT TOWARDS THE ROPES TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITIES, BUT TO NO AVAIL! APPARITION IS SEEING HIS CHANCES OF BEING KNOWN AS THE SSW HERITAGE CHAMPION DWINDLING! WHAT WILL HE DO? HE… HE FLIPS BACK TO PULL HIMSELF OUT OF THE SUBMISSION TO WHERE HE STUMBLES BACK INTO THE TURNBUCKLE! Khmaoch pushes himself back to his feet to where The Apparition rushes in LOOKING FOR A RUNNING KNEE STRIKE! KHMAOCH STRIKES WITH HIS OWN KNEE INTO THE STOMACH OF THE APPARITION BEFORE HE HOOKS HIM IN! HE’S LOOKING TO THE PLANT TO KAPOK TREE!

Daniel Wilson: THE APPARITION SLIDES THROUGH KHMAOCH SANGKAT’S LEGS AND WRAPS HIS ARMS AROUND KHMAOCH TO WHERE HE STARTS TO GRAB HIM BY HIS ARMS! The Apparition has Khmaoch where he wants him AS HE STARTS TO THROW HIM BACK FOR THE PHANTASM! NO! KHMAOCH GRABS HIM BY THE WRIST AND SPINS AROUND HIM TO WHERE HE PULLS HIM IN FOR A BIG BOOT TO THE FACE! The Apparition is hanging by the wrist of Khmaoch to where he pulls him up HOOKING HIM BY THE NECK AS HE LIFTS HIM UP FOR THE BRAINBUSTER! KHMAOCH SPIKES APPARITION ON HIS HEAD BEFORE HE ROLLS THROUGH AND SQUEEZES DOWN ON HIS NECK WITH THE ATTACHMENT DEMERIT! THE ROLLING BUTTERFLY LOCK HAS BEEN APPLIED WITH THE BODY SCISSORS ONTO THE APPARITION TO WHERE HE BEGINS TO CHOKE HIM OUT! NOWHERE TO RUN, NOWHERE TO HIDE, HE HAS HIM RIGHT WHERE HE WANTS HIM AND WE SEE SELDOM LIFE COMING OUT OF THE CHALLENGER WHILE HE’S STUCK IN THIS! The Apparition is reaching out as he hopes to make an escape… BUT HE CAN’T AS HIS ARM SLUMPS DOWN FROM THE CHOKE! THE REFEREE COMES OVER TO CHECK ON THE CHALLENGER AND HAS TO WAVE THE MATCH OFF! IT’S OVER!

(DING! DING! DING!)

(“Oculus Ex Inferni” by Symphony X plays in the background as Khmaoch Sângkât shoves The Apparition away from him to where he stands up, kicking him in the rib to where he starts rolling out of the ring, turning back towards the referee to be handed his SSW Heritage Championship.)

Saya Takada: Here is your winner AND STTTTTIIIILLLLLLLLLLL SSW HEEERRRRIIITTTAAAGGGEEEE CHHHAAAMMMPPPIIIOOONNNNN… KHHMMMAAAOOOCCCCHHHHH SAANNNGGGKKKAAAAATTTTT!!!

Mark Stephens: There it is, folks! The Phantom Troupe retains control of The SSW Heritage Championship with Khmaoch Sângkât retaining his championship against The Apparition by submission! This match was brutal and intense with all the hard strikes and the submissions that were done in his bout, but at the end of the night, Khmaoch Sângkât proved that he was the superior tactician in the match!

Daniel Wilson: Other than the finals moments of the match, you had moments where you could tell that this match was heavily in Khmaoch Sângkât’s favor! The moment where he was able to sucker The Apparition into a rope-hung armbar was one of those pivotal moments in the match to me! Khmaoch Sângkât came looking for a fight and the bad news for the rest of you, The Apparition became that victim!

(The Apparition is escorted out of the arena by some of the Shoot Nation Young Lions that were at ringside for this match to where Khmaoch Sângkât continued to celebrate his victory as SSW Heritage Champion… until we hear a roar from the crowd that merits a smile from Khmaoch. He turns around already knowing THAT TARAH NOVA HAS ENTERED THE RING! Khmaoch nods to where he holds up the SSW Heritage Championship as Tarah Nova looks at it, pointing directly at the championship, with both sharing a staredown before a commercial interruption.)

(COMMERCIAL BREAK -- On July 28th, 2018, one man will be able to to challenge for whatever championship they decide upon after their victory in The Heaven’s Arena Cup! Our biggest PPV yet is just upon the horizon with Domination!)

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(The titantron showcases the highlights of the first-ever Heaven’s Arena Cup Tournament to where it highlights the rise of Jaydayne Pendragon and Gronk in the tournament to lead to this finals match. The camera turns around to reveal the beautiful ornate Heaven’s Arena Cup that sits at ringside, gleaming over a red velvet pedestal, as the crowd cheers in response.The ring announcer is now shown in the middle of the ring to where the camera focuses on him.)

Saya Takada: The following contest scheduled for one fall AND IS THE FINALS OF THE HEAVEN’S ARENA CUP TOURNAMENT! The winner of this match will not only receive The Heaven’s Arena Cup, BUT WILL CHALLENGE FOR A TITLE OF THEIR CHOOSING AT DOMINATION!!!

(“Just Another Hero” by Yuki Hakayashi begins to play as a masked Pendragon in seiza position is slowly elevated from beneath the stage platform. Once reaching level ground he remains in position to pay tribute to the arena until his song hits “Can’t you hear cries for help!?” and he lifts his head to remove his mask and runs to the ring, where once he slides into the middle greets the audience with a point and nod. He stops at the center of the ring and turns towards The Heaven’s Arena Cup at ringside, staring at it with determination, as he hopes that it will be his tonight.)

Saya Takada: Introducing first, he is from Westminster, England… he weighs in at 220 pounds… he is the leader of the Shoot Nation… “RED STRIFE”... JAAYYYDDDAAAYYYNNNNEEEEE PEENNNDDDRRRAAAGGGOOOONNNNN!!!

Mark Stephens: This tournament has been a wild ride for the leader of the Shoot Nation faction! In the first round of the tournament, he endured punishment from the hands of Saul Omen that allowed him to advance because of the brutality. In the second round, he had a stellar match with Atem Octavian Amun-Ra of Ronin that stole the show! Finally, in the semifinals of the tournament, he had to defeat his own brother-in-arms in Masanori Kawada to make it here! The question remains, will he be able to succeed for a chance at redemption?

Daniel Wilson: No, short and sweet. Jaydayne Pendragon is going to be met with a rude awakening here tonight that his dreams don’t matter in the grand scheme of Strong Style Wrestling! He’s about to meet The Mad Titan in the ring and what happens will not be pretty whatsoever!

(“Come Together” by Godsmack blasts from the speakers to where Gronk walks out and spins his arms around, marching down the ring and walking down the ramp with a stoic look upon his face. He roars out to the crowd from the bottom of the ramp before walking over towards the steel steps, climbing up them to walk across the ring apron, going over the top rope to enter the ring in one stride. He walks into the ring and raises his hands with that signature roar escaping his mouth before he looks over towards The Heaven’s Arena Cup at ringside with a nod, pointing at it while looking back at his opponent, screaming about how that belongs to him.)

Saya Takada: Introducing his opponent, he is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania… weighing in at 370 pounds… representing The Phantom Troupe… “THE MAD TITAN”... GRROOONNNNKKKKK!!!

Mark Stephens: The most intimidating force on the entire Strong Style Wrestling roster has made his way to the ring here tonight! Gronk has mowed through the competition that has been placed before him in this tournament! In the first round, he decimated one half of the SSW Freebird Tag Team Championship and retired Piero. In the second round, he brought ruin and destruction upon Chase Vedder of Tres Comas Club. After that, he would be able to knock off Belle Kingsley in the semifinals of the tournament in an attempt to impress her for his love! Gronk has made short work of almost every opponent he has been in the ring with, but Jaydayne Pendragon isn’t like any other opponent!

Daniel Wilson: That’s what you want to tell yourself, Mark! Jaydayne wants everyone to believe that he will be the odd man that is able to knock off Gronk here tonight, but the facts remain that this will not be his night. Gronk has laid waste to everyone that he has come in contact with and to think that Jaydayne will survive unscathed tonight is an insult to him and The Phantom Troupe!

(DING! DING! DING!)

Mark Stephens: The finals match for The Heaven’s Arena Cup Tournament has been called to begin! Jaydayne Pendragon stares directly into the eyes of The Mad Titan as he walks forward towards the center of the ring while Gronk chuckles while joining him in there, both men in the middle of the ring, with an intense staredown that you could cut the tension with a knife right here! The crowd is electric with this going on AS GRONK THROWS A PUNCH RIGHT INTO JAYDAYNE! ELBOW STRIKE! JAYDAYNE FIRES THAT ELBOW STRIKE LIKE A QUICK JAB FROM A BOXER THAT SENDS GRONK TEETERING A BIT! Gronk shakes it off and goes for another strike BUT JAYDAYNE’S QUICKNESS IS PLAYING TO HIS ADVANTAGE RIGHT NOW TO WHERE HE LANDS ANOTHER FAST ELBOW STRIKE TO GRONK’S JAW! Gronk is stunned by this strike before he starts to rush the leader of Shoot Nation BUT JAYDAYNE SIDE STEPS BEHIND HIM TO WHERE HE STRIKES WITH A SHOOT KICK RIGHT INTO THE KNEE OF GRONK! Gronk shakes his leg from the kick to where he turns around to look at Jaydayne with irritation on his face WITH JAYDAYNE RUSHING TOWARDS HIM AND GRABBING AT THE LEG OF GRONK!

Daniel Wilson: I don’t think this is the best idea that you could have in facing Gronk, even though going for the legs could be beneficial, BUT GRONK CLUBS JAYDAYNE PENDRAGON IN THE SPINE WITH AN AXE HANDLE THAT SENDS JAYDAYNE RIGHT DOWN ONTO THE CANVAS! Jaydayne starts to crawl his way back to his feet with Gronk grabbing him by his head and yanking him up to his feet SMASHING INTO HIS FACE WITH A HEADBUTT THAT SENDS HIM RIGHT BACK DOWN TO THE CANVAS! Gronk has swung control of this match into his favor as he drags Jaydayne to his feet LAUNCHING HIM OVER TOWARDS THE TURNBUCKLE WITH TREMENDOUS STRENGTH TO WHERE JAYDAYNE SLAMS INTO THE TURNBUCKLE AND COLLAPSES TO THE FLOOR! Gronk starts to roar in pride to where he screams at him about this being his tournament to win before he walks over to Jaydayne, pulling him up by his hair RIGHT BEFORE HE HAS A MEETING OF THE MINDS WITH HIM AGAIN WITH THE HEADBUTT! Jaydayne collapses back into the turnbuckle right before Gronk grabs him by the arm LOOKING TO TOSS HIM RIGHT BACK INTO THE TURNBUCKLE ONCE MORE!

Mark Stephens: WAIT! LOOK AT THIS! JAYDAYNE PENDRAGON CATCHES HIMSELF ON THE TURNBUCKLE AND RUNS RIGHT BACK TOWARDS GRONK WITH A LOW DROPKICK! JAYDAYNE LANDS THE DROPKICK TO WHERE GRONK STUMBLES BACK FROM THE SHOT TO WHERE JAYDAYNE LOOKS FOR ANOTHER! ANOTHER LOW DROPKICK! GRONK TEETERS BACK INTO THE ROPES TO WHERE JAYDAYNE IS BUILDING SOME MOMENTUM AGAINST HIM RIGHT HERE! Jaydayne watches Gronk before he rushes to the ropes LOOKING TO COME BACK WITH A BICYC-- DISCUS LARIAT! GRONK JUST DECAPITATES JAYDAYNE ON THE TRIP BACK WITH A MASSIVE LARIAT BEFORE HE CALLS THE REFEREE OVER AND PLACES HIS HANDS ON THE CHEST OF SHOOT NATION’S LEADER TO GO FOR THE PIN!

Referee: ONNNEEEE!!!...

Daniel Wilson: ONLY A ONE-COUNT! JAYDAYNE PENDRAGON HAS ENOUGH TO LIFT HIS SHOULDER OFF OF THE CANVAS WITH THAT AND GRONK IS NONE TO HAPPY ABOUT IT! Jaydayne starts to pick himself back up to his feet BUT GRONK RUNS IN AND PUNTS JAYDAYNE RIGHT INTO THE RIBS THAT SENDS HIM FLYING OUTSIDE OF THE RING AND ONTO THE FLOOR! Gronk starts to make his way outside of the ring, but the referee is pleading for him to keep it inside of the ring, only for Gronk to just keep making his way out to join Jaydayne! Gronk grabs Jaydayne by the throat and pulls him up to his feet LAUNCHING HIM RIGHT BACK INTO THE RING AS HE THROWS HIM RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE ROPE! Gronk climbs his way back into the ring while Jaydayne is trying to get himself back up to his feet to where Gronk grabs him by the hair again TUGGING IT TO WHERE HE LIFTS HIM UP TO HIS FEET AND STRIKES WITH A STIFF KNEE TO THE STOMACH! JAYDAYNE WHEEZING FROM THE IMPACT THAT HE MADE TO WHERE ALL THE AIR HAS ESCAPED HIS LUNGS TO WHERE GRONK WASTES NO TIME IN LANDING ANOTHER KNEE INTO HIS ABDOMEN! JAYDAYNE COLLAPSES FROM THE BLOW AND THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT! There’s no way that Jaydayne will be walking out of this unscathed because Gronk is a bulldozer that just runs through all the competition that has been placed in front of him! Jaydayne Pendragon is no except to this rule!

Mark Stephens: Well, that might be the case as we could see The Phantom Troupe’s Gronk walk out with that beautiful Heaven’s Arena Cup and a title shot of his choosing, but there is enough heart in Jaydayne Pendragon that he will fight to the bitter end to make sure that won’t be a possibility! Gronk pulls Jaydayne back up to his feet LAUNCHING HIM ACROSS THE RING INTO THE TURNBUCKLE WITH AUTHORITY BEFORE HE RUSHES BEHIND HIM TO LAND A CORNER SPLASH ONTO HIM! DOUBLE BIG BOOT! JAYDAYNE LANDS A DOUBLE BIG BOOT RIGHT INTO THE FACE OF GRONK TO WHERE JAYDAYNE WALKS OVER TOWARDS A DIFFERENT CORNER TO CATCH A BREATH! Gronk starts to shake off those boots before he turns around towards Jaydayne in the corner SPRINTING IN ONCE MORE FOR ANOTHER CORNER SPLASH RIGHT HERE! THE DOUBLE BIG BOOT AGAIN! Gronk stumbles back from the blow to where Jaydayne walks to another corner as he desperately needs this reprieve to be able to combat The Mad Titan in this match! Gronk isn’t stunned for much longer as he turns to notice Jaydayne in the corner again RUNNING OVER TO HIM FOR THE THIRD ATTEMPT AT THE CORNER SPLASH THIS TIME! JAYDAYNE LEAPS OUT OF THE CORNER AND OVER THE TOP ROPE TO LAND ON THE RING APRON! GRONK LANDS ON THE TURNBUCKLE BEFORE HE IS MET WITH A POP-UP ENZIGURI BY JAYDAYNE! Gronk stumbles back towards the center of the ring to where Jaydayne enters back into the ring RUSHING TOWARDS THE MONSTROUS MAN WITH THE MASTER SWORD! WHAT? GRONK CATCHES JAYDAYNE AND LIFTS HIM UP ON HIS SHOULDER BEFORE RUNNING FOR THE RUNNING POWERSLAM RIGHT INTO THE CENTER OF THE RING! UNBELIEVABLE!

Daniel Wilson: BELIEVE IT, MARK! GRONK HAS ONCE AGAIN STOPPED THE MOMENTUM OF JAYDAYNE PENDRAGON DEAD IN ITS TRACKS IN ONE FELL SWOOP! Gronk has been just dominating this match at each turn and now, he starts to drag Jaydayne up to his feet as he slaps him in the face, telling him that he wants to see that fight from him that he’s heard so much about! Gronk grabs Jaydayne by the throat AS HE STARTS TO LIFT HIM UP HIGH IN THE AIR FOR THE CHOKEBREAKER! THIS COULD BE IT RIGHT H-- NO! JAYDAYNE LEAPS DOWN FROM THE CHOKEBREAKER AND ROLLS OUT OF THE RING TO AVOID IT! Jaydayne just looks like he has seen his life flash before his eyes right there, but he’s almost out of it as he’s barely standing on the barricade as we speak! Gronk rolls out of the ring to join him, but he’s on a different side of the ring as he starts barreling towards Jaydayne LOOKING TO MEET JAYDAYNE WITH A SPEAR! THE MASTER SWORD! JAYDAYNE CLOCKS GRONK IN THE JAW WITH THE ROARING ELBOW AND IT DROPS GRONK DOWN TO HIS KNEES FROM THE IMPACT! I’VE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE ABLE TO DO THIS TO GRONK AT THIS STAGE OF THE MATCH!

Mark Stephens: JAYDAYNE PENDRAGON SEEKS REDEMPTION IN THIS MATCH WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY LYING IN THE HEAVEN’S ARENA CUP AND HE WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO ACHIEVE THIS! Jaydayne enters back into the ring to where he can avoid the count-out, but Jaydayne suddenly starts to shake his head, as he rolls back outside of the ring on the ring apron! I think he believed that he wanted that count-out victory for a moment, but he decided against it! HE WANTS TO END GRONK RIGHT HERE AT SUPREMACY! Jaydayne pulls himself to stand on the ring apron as he looks behind him to see Gronk pushing himself on his hands and knees FLIPPING BACK FOR THE JOYEUSE ON THE OUTSIDE! THE MOONSAULT DOUBLE KNEE DROP RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF GRONK’S NECK FROM JAYDAYNE! IMPRESSIVE AND STUNNING MOVE RIGHT THERE AS JAYDAYNE ROLLS BACK UP TO HIS FEET AND COLLAPSES BACK INTO THE BARRICADE! Gronk is lying onto the floor, but starts to already show some movement to where Jaydayne shakes his head once more to where he turns around CLIMBING ONTO THE BARRICADE THIS TIME? WHAT ON EARTH IS HE DOING? Gronk picks himself up on his hands and knees again WITH JAYDAYNE FLIPPING BACK OF THE BARRICADE THIS TIME TO LAND ANOTHER JOYEUSE TO THE BACK OF GRONK’S HEAD THIS TIME! GRONK COLLAPSES ONTO THE FLOOR TO WHERE WE CAN SEE THAT HE COULD BE OUT OF IT TO WHERE JAYDAYNE ROLLS BACK INTO THE RING AND WITH THE REFEREE NOW FORCED TO DO A COUNT WITH GRONK LAID OUT ON THE FLOOR! COULD JAYDAYNE WIN THIS MATCH VIA COUNT-OUT TO BE OUR FIRST-EVER HEAVEN’S ARENA CUP VICTOR?

Referee: ONE!... TWO!... THREE!... FOUR!... FIVE!...

Daniel Wilson: Jaydayne Pendragon is crawling his way back towards the turnbuckle to where he can pull himself up to his feet while Gronk is starting to roll around the arena floor with his hand holding the back of his neck in agony!

Referee: SIX!... SEVEN!... EIGHT!... NINE!... TEN!...

Mark Stephens: Jaydayne Pendragon is able to hoist himself up to his feet with the assistances of the ropes to where he leans on the turnbuckle as Gronk rolls around to start pushing himself up to his feet by his hands and knees!

Referee: ELEVEN!... TWELVE!... THIRTEEN!... FOURTEEN!... FIFTEEN!...

Daniel Wilson: The exhausted Jaydayne Pendragon watches out onto the outside to see if he will be able to capture redemption throughout count-out here tonight in this match! Gronk picks himself up, but collapses onto the ring post where he is only inches away from saving himself and Phantom Troupe from meeting defeat against Shoot Nation!

Referee: SIXTEEN!... SEVENTEEN!... EIGHTEEN!... NINETEEN!...

Mark Stephens: HE DOES IT! HE DOES IT! I CAN’T BELIEVE GRONK HAS MADE HIS WAY BACK INTO THE RING AS HE LIES IN FRONT OF THE TURNBUCKLE TO WHERE JAYDAYNE PENDRAGON LOOKS IN DISBELIEF! TWO JOYEUSES AND A MASTER SWORD WEREN’T ABLE TO KEEP THE BEAST DOWN ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE RING! Jaydayne lines Gronk up to where he waits for him to stand to where Gronk pulls onto the ropes to pick himself up WITH JAYDAYNE MAKING A MAD DASH TOWARDS THE MAD TITAN TO WHERE HE HOPES TO NAIL HIM WITH A RUNNING CORNER YAKUZA KICK! SPEAR! GRONK FLIES IN THE AIR AND RUNS RIGHT THROUGH JAYDAYNE WITH A MASSIVE SPEAR THAT SENDS THE LEADER OF SHOOT NATION OUT OF HIS BOOTS! Gronk brings himself back to his feet and roars out to the crowd to signal the end as he drags Jaydayne up to his feet LIFTING HIM UP IN THE AIR FOR OBELISK! THE SWINGING VERTICAL NECKBREAKER! GRONK DROPS JAYDAYNE ON HIS NECK TO WHERE HE ROLLS HIM ON HIS SHOULDER FOR THE PIN ATTEMPT!

Referee: ONNNEEE!!!... TWWWOOO!!!... THHHRRREEE!!

Daniel Wilson: WHAT? NO WAY! THIS REFEREE HAS JUST WAVED OFF THE PIN BECAUSE HE HAS APPARENTLY SEEN JAYDAYNE PENDRAGON PUT HIS FOOT ON THE BOTTOM ROPE! Gronk stands up with a glare directed at the referee to where he grabs him by the collar, screaming about how he needs to be faster or he will squash the Chink out of him, his words not mine! Gronk shoves the referee away to where he turns around and stomps right onto the lower back of Jaydayne to where he pulls him up and between his legs CALLING TO END THIS MATCH RIGHT HERE WITH GRONK SMASH! HE SCREAMS THOSE WORDS BEFORE HE THROWS JAYDAYNE UP INTO THE AIR ON HIS SHOU-- WOW! JAYDAYNE IS ABLE TO LEAP DOWN FROM THE SHOULDERS OF GRONK AND TURN AROUND WITH A MASSIVE ROUNDHOUSE KICK TO THE BACK OF GRONK’S HEAD! THIS MAN IS STILL IN THIS MATCH?

Mark Stephens: Jaydayne Pendragon trails back into the ropes to where he looks with exhaustion towards Gronk who is stunned by the roundhouse kick to where Jaydayne rushes in LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MASTER SWORD! ROARIN-- NO! GRONK DUCKS UNDER IT AND RESPONDS WITH AN UPPERCUT TO THE JAW! OH, BUT LOOK AT THIS! JAYDAYNE PENDRAGON JUST LOOKS BACK WITH A FIRE IN HIS EYES THAT I’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE? IS THIS… IS THIS THE ULTRA INSTINCT OF JAYDAYNE PENDRAGON WE’VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT! Gronk doesn’t find this intimidating in the slightest as LOOKING TO GRAB HIM BY THE THROAT FOR ANOTHER CHOKEBREAKER! JAYDAYNE STEPS OUT OF THE WAY AND SPINS AROUND FOR HITCHEN’S RAZOR! THE SPINNING WHEEL KICK CONNECTS TO THE SIDE OF GRONK’S HEAD THAT SENDS HIM DOWN TO A KNEE! Jaydayne crouches down SLAPPING GRONK IN THE FACE BEFORE EGGING HIM TO COME AND SHOW HIM SOMETHING TO WHERE GRONK LOOKS FURIOUS BEFORE LUNGING FOR A MASSIVE STRIKE!

Daniel Wilson: NO! JAYDAYNE PENDRAGON CAUGHT HIS ARM AND GRABS GRONK BY HIS WRISTS BEFORE PULLING HIM IN FOR A KNEE STRIKE RIGHT INTO THE JAW! GRONK COLLAPSES TO THE FLOOR, BUT JAYDAYNE HAS TRANSFORMED TO WHERE HE’S GLEAMING WITH PRIDE AND CONFIDENCE NOW! Jaydayne tucks his foot underneath the chin of Gronk to where he starts to hoist him up until he’s on his knees LOOKING FOR A REN RAZOR! GRONK CATCHES THE BOOT AND SHOVES JAYDAYNE AWAY BEFORE GETTING TO HIS FEET! ISE-NO-KAMI! JAYDAYNE LANDS A SCISSORS KICK TO THE BACK OF GRONK’S NECK TO WHERE HE IS DROPPED TO THE CENTER OF THE RING! JAYDAYNE IS DOING EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WALKS OUT OF HERE TONIGHT WITH THAT HEAVEN’S ARENA CUP! Jaydayne leans against the ropes, but then looks over towards the turnbuckle before he exits the ring on the ring apron, making his climb all the way to the top rope! He climbs his way up to the top of the turnbuckle to where he stands on his feet, looking down upon Gronk to where he’s demanding for him to stand up! Gronk starts to push himself up with his hands and knees BUT NOT BEFORE JAYDAYNE LEAPS FOR THE DIVE! THE F.L.S.! THE FLAMING LASER SWORD FROM JAYDAYNE AS HE LANDS RIGHT ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK WITH THE DIVING KNEE DROP! THIS COULD BE IT! WE COULD HAVE OUR WINNER RIGHT HERE AS JAYDAYNE USES THE REST OF HIS STRENGTH TO ROLL GRONK ONTO HIS SHOULDERS FOR THE PIN!

Referee: ONNNEEE!!!... TWWWOOO!!!... THHHRRREEE!!!

(DING! DING! DING!)

(“Just Another Hero” by Yuki Hakayashi plays in the background with Jaydayne Pendragon removes himself from Gronk and lands on the canvas to where he’s almost into tears with emotion from this victory as the entire Toyota Stadium erupts into adulation for this man.)

Saya Takada: Here is your winner AND THE FIRST-EVER WINNER OF THE HEAVEN’S ARENA CUP TOURNAMENT… JAAYYYDDDAAAYYYNNNNEEEEE PEENNNDDDRRRAAAGGGOOOONNNNN!!!

Mark Stephens: UNBELIEVABLE! DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES, DANIEL? JAYDAYNE PENDRAGON HAS WENT THE DISTANCE AND HE HAS BECOME THE INAUGURAL WINNER OF THE HEAVEN’S ARENA CUP TOURNAMENT! Against all the odds that were put before him, with everything put against him in this tournament, Jaydayne has exceeded them all and has won this coveted tournament and the trophy that comes with it!

Daniel Wilson: You’re forgetting about the one thing that the entire world hasn’t forgotten about… the championship opportunity that comes along with The Heaven’s Arena Cup! Jaydayne Pendragon is about to have to make his decision because it looks like Saya Takada is about to speak to the victor about what championship opportunity he will be gifted with!

(The referee delivers the enormous golden bejeweled trophy towards Jaydayne Pendragon as he holds it in his hands, lifting it high in the air for the entire audience to see, with confetti raining down onto him as he dons a smile on his face. Saya Takada walks over towards Jaydayne Pendragon to where she meekly stands beside him with the microphone.)

Saya Takada: Mr. Pendragon, congratulations on becoming the first-ever winner of The Heaven’s Arena Cup Tournament. With this tremendous victory, you have earned yourself an opportunity to challenge any champion for their championship title at Domination. My question for you is the same that all of these people have for you… who will be the champion that you will face?

Jaydayne Pendragon: Arigato. However, I’m going to speak English for that the champion that I already know that I will face will be able to know exactly what I say, so apologies to the audience here tonight. The champion that I choose to face at Domination will b--

(“The Wreckoning” by Nonpoint blares throughout the Toyota Stadium as the crowd leaps to their feet.)

Stephens: NO WAY!!!... YOU’RE KIDDING ME!!!

(... Scott Oasis enters onto the stage with Sebastian Monroe trailing behind him, sporting his beanie, “The Ice Man” t-shirt, and Xbox ONE sponsored MMA shorts, to a huge mixed reaction from the crowd)

Wilson: IT’S SCOTT OASIS!!! WHAT THE HELL IS OASIS DOING HERE?! WHAT’S WITH ALL THESE HUGE SURPRISES?!

(Jaydayne exhaustingly stares down at Scott Oasis who immediately marches down to the ring)

Stephens: I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE’S DOING HERE, BUT JAYDAYNE NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THERE!!! THIS IS NOT GOOD!!!

(Oasis with a smile on his face, makes his way down to the end of the ramp, as he stares up at a preparing Jaydayne Pendragon…)

Wilson: Pendragon isn’t afraid! He’s not going ANYWHERE!

(... Jaydayne continues to stare down at Oasis, as Oasis slowly pulls himself up onto the apron, while Sebastian Monroe watches with a sadistic smirk on his face)

Stephens: GET OUT PENDRAGON!!!!

(Oasis enter the ring…)

Wilson: AND OH!!! JAYDAYNE STRIKES FIRST! JAYDAYNE STRIKING OASIS AS HE GOES TO ENTER THE RING! HE’S NOT WAITING AROUND FOR THIS!! HE’S NOT GOING TO LET OASIS GET THE UPPER HAND---BUT OH!!! OASIS JUST SHOVES HIM EFFORTLESSLY AWAY!!! JAYDAYNE DARTS AT HIM SOON AFTER!!! BUT JAYDAYNE RUNS RIGHT INTO A BELLY-TO-BELLY SUPLEX!!!! MY GOD OASIS JUST TOSSES HIM HALFWAY ACROSS THE RING!!! NEARLY RIGHT INTO THE TROPHY!!!!

Stephens: SOMEONE NEEDS TO STOP THIS MAN!!! THIS ISN’T RIGHT!!!!

(Jaydayne pushes himself up, breathing heavily..)

Wilson: JAYDAYNE SHOULD KNOW WHEN TO STAY DOWN---BUT OASIS DOESN’T CARE! HE’S LAUGHING! AND OH! HE WRAPS HIS HAND AROUND THE SKULL OF JAYDAYNE PENDRAGON, GRIPPING IT TIGHTLY!!! OASIS SHOUTS IN JAYDAYNE’S FACE!!!!... BATTLE CRY!!!! A GROUND-LIFTED IRON CLAW MAT SLAM!!!!! JAYDAYNE HAS BEEN LAID OUT INSIDE THE MIDDLE OF THE RING!!!

(Young Lions, referees, and security quickly rush down to the ring, as they seperate Oasis from the laid out Jaydayne Pendragon, Oasis willingly abides and exits the ring, while medics rush in to check on Jaydayne…)

Stephens: This is not the way Jaydayne should have been celebrating his victory! This is disgusting! Oasis had NO reason for doing this! NONE!

Wilson: You sure, Mark? I mean, there’s a reason for everything.

Stephens: If you can tell me a logical reasoning behind this, feel free! Otherwise I want some damn answers!

(The camera fixates itself on Scott Oasis laughing, while panning back to the medics still aiding the downed Jaydayne Pendragon, as it fades to SSW official advertisements…)

(COMMERCIAL BREAK -- For the first time ever, SSW hosts an event that will eclipse every other event… A CROSSOVER SUPERSHOW WITH OMEGA WRESTLING ALLIANCE! The stars from OWA and the fighters from SSW collide for the first time ever at Budokai Tenkaichi! The two day event that will shock the world happens on June 30th and 31st! Don’t miss it!)

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(The titantron starts to play highlights of the build that has been created between Aria Jaxon and Matias Navarro that have led to the match. The moment where Matias challenged Aria with her denial as Gronk would decimate him, Matias being able to pull off a shock pinfall over her, and when the match was finally accepted by Aria and Matias left her laying as he held the SSW Puroresu Heavyweight Championship high in the air. The camera fades back into the ring where Saya Takada can be seen standing in the ring.)

Saya Takada: The following contest scheduled for one fall AND IS FOR THE SSW PURORESU HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

(“Me Acostumbre” by Arcangel ft. Bad Bunny echoes throughout The Toyota Stadium to where we see Matias Navarro walking out with a winning smile on is face and Tomas Aguilar behind him, wearing a golden variation of his attire, all while taunting to the crowd about how he’s ready to win the championship by wrapping his hands around his waist. He stops at the ramp to where he looks out at the sea of people in attendance before he walks over towards the steel steps, climbing up them before he enters the ring, circling around before walks towards the center of the ring to be introduced.)

Saya Takada: Introducing first, the challenger… he is from Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico… he weighs in at 210 pounds… accompanied by Tomas Aguilar… representing Tres Comas Club… “THE MAESTRO”... MAATTTIIIAAAASSSS NAAVVVAAARRRRRRROOOOO!!!

Mark Stephens: Matias Navarro has finally reached the opportunity that he has been searching for to where he has gotten an opportunity to challenge for the SSW Puroresu Heavyweight Championship and be known as the top name in all of Strong Style Wrestling! He has went through the abuse that Gronk can put on a human!

Daniel Wilson: If you think Gronk was bad, just wait until what The Queen of Strong Style Wrestling will be able to do to him! Matias has thrown himself into The Lion’s Den and by doing so, he’s about to experience the greatest humiliation that he’ll ever witness! I hope that challenging for the SSW Puroresu Heavyweight Championship was worth it, because his dream is about to be shattered tonight!

("Freedom” by Beyonce & Kendrick Lamar plays on the sound system emphatic boos from the crowd kick up right on cue. A smirking Aria Jaxon saunters out onto the stage, lowering her signature shades on the bridge of her nose to shoot condescending looks at members of the crowd. She has the Puroresu Heavyweight Championship slung over her shoulder. Standing at the top of the ramp, she turns around briefly in a cocky manner, her arms outstretched as she shows off The Phantom Troupe's logo on the back of her jacket before she makes her way down the aisle. She'll work the crowd as she makes her way to the ring, holding up her belt in the air, waving off members of the audience with a hand, or smiling in the most artificially sweet way possible. She hops up onto the ring apron, dropping her jacket and glasses at ringside before entering the ring and making a beeline for the center, holding her title up high with a big grin on her face.)

Saya Takada: Introducing his opponent, she is from Los Angeles, California… weighing in at 114 pounds… she is the SSW Puroresu Heavyweight Champion… representing The Phantom Troupe… “THE QUEEN OF STRONG STYLE WRESTLING”... ARRIIIAAAAA JAAXXXOOOONNNNN!!!

Mark Stephens: The SSW Puroresu Heavyweight Champion has arrived in The Toyota Stadium! If you also notice something, she has walked out here without any member of The Phantom Troupe flocking behind her, something that I thought would never be happening with her as champion! However, this doesn’t discount that the members could be lurking in the shadows waiting to pounce on the challenger, so keep your eyes peeled!

Daniel Wilson: The fear of the other members of The Phantom Troupe rushing down to be the salvation of Aria Jaxon in this match has to be in the back of Matias Navarro’s mind, but that’s what The Troupe is all about! Matias might believe that he’s fighting just Aria here tonight, but he’s not just fighting the ace of The Phantom Troupe, but he’s fighting the entire Phantom Troupe when the things get tough!

(DING! DING! DING!)

Mark Stephens: Our main event SSW Puroresu Heavyweight Championship match has been called to start with Aria Jaxon displaying all the confidence in the world when she stares across the ring towards her opponent of Matias Navarro! Matias glares with determination towards the proud champion to where both individuals start to encircle the ring RIGHT WHEN THEY GO FOR THE CLENCH BETWEEN EACH OTHER TO WHERE IT BECOMES A FIGHT FOR DOMINANT POSITIONING IN THIS MATCH! Both are fighting it out between each other in this grapple BUT MATIAS HAS THE DEFINITE STRENGTH ADVANTAGE TO WHERE HE WRAPS HIS ARM AROUND THE NECK OF ARIA TO DROP HER DOWN ONTO THE CANVAS WITH A SNAPMARE! Matias starts to grab her arms to where it looks like he could be looking for an arm-trap triangle choke BUT ARIA QUICKLY RAISES HER LEGS UP TO CATCH MATIAS BY THE NECK TO LOCK HIM INTO A HEAD SCISSORS! She starts squeezing her legs onto the throat of Matias to where she could be looking for the submission right out of the gate!

Daniel Wilson: DO YOU KNOW HOW LUCKY MATIAS NAVARRO IS RIGHT NOW, MARK? There are people in this audience that would KILL to be right between Aria Jaxon’s thighs right now! Hell, I know I would! However, Matias doesn’t find them to be a paradise like most men would to where he kips up out of the head scissors and quickly grabs her by the waist LIFTING HER UP FOR WHAT COULD BE A GERMAN SUPLEX! HOLD UP! ARIA IS ABLE TO SPIN HERSELF OUT OF THE WAISTLOCK AND SHOVE MATIAS ACROSS THE RING TO HIT THE ROPES! Matias rebounds off the ropes as he returns RIGHT INTO A ROLLING ELBO-- A SHOULDER TACKLE FROM MATIAS STOPS ARIA DEAD IN HER TRACKS TO WHERE SHE’S FLOORED FROM THE IMPACT! Matias doesn’t show any sign of mercy or arrogance to where he instantly starts to stomp on the spine of Aria with the Tres Comas Club member intently focused on being crowned the new SSW Puroresu Heavyweight Champion right here! Matias hoists Aria up to her feet with this AS HE STARTS TO SPIN AROUND AND HOOK HER IN FOR BLOOD MONEY RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE! COULD WE SEE THE HAMMERLOCK DDT?

Mark Stephens: NOPE! ARIA JAXON SPINS AROUND THE HAMMERLOCK OF BLOOD MONEY TO HOOK MATIAS NAVARRO BY THE NECK FOR THE 187! NOT EVEN CLOSE! MATIAS IS ABLE TO STUN HER WITH AN ELBOW BEFORE ONCE MORE LOOKING FOR THE HAMMERLOCK IN AN ATTEMPT TO SPIKE HER HEAD DOWN FOR THE BLOOD MONEY! HOLD UP! ARIA SPINS OUT OF IT AGAIN AND HOOKS HIM BY THE NECK FOR THE REVERSE STO OF 187! SHE LANDS THE STO AND NOW, SHE’S LOOKING TO GET THAT KOJI CLUTCH IN… BUT MATIAS QUICKLY ESCAPES THE SNAKE’S CLUTCHES AS HE ROLLS HIS WAY OVER TOWARDS THE TURNBUCKLE! BOTH PARTICIPANTS SO CLOSE TO LANDING THEIR BIG IMPACT MANEUVERS ON THE OTHER, BUT NEITHER WE QUITE ABLE TO GET IT IN! Aria looking towards Matias with a smile on her face, showing that she’s impressed with what has been happening in this match, as Matias gives a smile of his own before both of them stand up and return to walking around the ring to where they are deciding how to get the best advantage in this match between one another! Both walk towards one another with trepidation as they attempt to ease into another clench BUT ARIA QUICKLY STOPS THAT TO WHERE SHE STRIKES HIM IN THE STOMACH WITH A KNEE STRIKE BEFORE FOLLOWING IT UP WITH A PUNT KICK TO THE FACE THAT SENDS MATIAS UP AND HOLDING HIS FACE FROM THAT SHOT! Aria grabs Matias by the wrist LOOKING TO LAUNCH THE TRES COMAS CLUB MEMBER ACROSS THE RING INTO THE TURNBUCKLE AS SHE FOLLOWS BEHIND HIM FOR WHAT LOOKS TO BE A CORNER DROPKICK!

Daniel Wilson: MATIAS NAVARRO SAVES HIMSELF BY RUNNING UP THE TURNBUCKLE AND FLIPPING BACK OUT OF THE WAY TO WHERE ARIA JAXON CATCHES HERSELF ON THE TURNBUCKLE! Aria turns around to see that Matias is standing up to where she rushes in LOOKING FOR A SECOND ROLLING ELBOW! MATIAS DUCKS UNDER AND SHOVES HER INTO THE ROPES TO WHERE HE LOOKS TO COME BEHIND HER WITH THE DISCUS BACK ELBOW AGAIN! ARIA DUCKS UNDER IT AND STOPS IN THE CENTER OF THE RING WHILE MATIAS HITS THE ROPES TO WHERE SHE TURNS AROUND TO LOO-- HURRICANRANA! MATIAS FLIES IN AND LEAPS UP TO CATCH ARIA BY THE NECK AND LAUNCHES HER ACROSS THE RING WITH A HURRICANRANA! Matias stands back to his feet to where he stalks the champion as she rolls her way back to up turn RIGHT INTO A PICTURE PERFECT STANDING DROPKICK FROM MATIAS THAT SENDS HER BACK TO THE FLOOR! Matias rolls back to his feet and once again stalks the champion to where he pulls her in by her hair to where he hooks her in LIFTING HER UP IN THE AIR AS HE HAS HER THERE FOR THE VERTICAL SUPLEX! HE SPENDS A MOMENT TO SHOWBOAT TO THE FANS ABOUT HIS STRENGTH BY HOLDING HER UP THERE BEFORE DROPPING HER BACK AND THEN ROLLING THROUGH TO LOCK HER INTO THE GUILLOTINE CHOKE! MATIAS IS HOPING TO MAKE THE CHAMPION PASS OUT RIGHT HERE WITH THIS GUILLOTINE CHOKE APPLIED! MATIAS REARS BACK ON THE SUBMISSION WITH THE HOPES OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE THE QUEEN OF SSW TAP OUT TONIGHT TO BE CHAMPION, BUT HE HAS HIMSELF PUT IN A RISKY SCENARIO WITH THE ROPES BEING SO CLOSE TO BOTH OF THE PARTICIPANTS! Aria starts to reach out to where she hopes she can grab the ropes, but Matias lets off the intensity of the submission to prevent her from reaching the ropes, but this also gives Aria a reprieve from the submission to where Matias has to pull on that neck! A complicated position for the challenger right here that he has gotten himself into!

Mark Stephens: Aria Jaxon keeps reaching out in hopes of grabbing that bottom rope, but Matias Navarro is just keeping her away from the ropes, where Aria finally starts to get move herself around to her feet! Aria starts to push herself up WHEN SHE FINALLY DROPS DOWN WHILE GRABBING THE HEAD OF MATIAS FOR A SIT-OUT JAWBREAKER! MATIAS HOLDS HIS JAW FROM THAT TO WHERE ARIA STANDS UP TO GRAB MATIAS BY THE WRIST TO THROW HIM INTO THE TURNBUCKLE ONCE AGAIN! Aria starts to follow behind him BUT STOPS WHEN SHE SEES THAT MATIAS DOES WHAT HE DID LAST TIME IN FLIPPING BACK BY RUNNING UP THE TURNBUCKLE! Matias has a smile on his face before he turns RIGHT INTO A CRACKLING SLAP TO THE FACE FROM ARIA THAT SENDS THE CHALLENGER REELING! Matias is holding his cheek before he starts to get infuriated as he starts to go after her MET WITH A SUPERKICK RIGHT INTO THE FACE FROM ARIA TO BRING THE MAESTRO DOWN TO THE CANVAS! She used to call that the Contract Killer and right now, you could see how devastating a kick like that can be on a performer, as it’s giving Aria enough time to talk trash ALL WHILE STOMPING ON EACH AND EVERY BODY PART OF MATIAS WHILE SHE DOES IT! SHE’S SCREAMING TO HIM ABOUT HOW SHE’S THE ONE THAT RULES THIS COMPANY, HOW SHE’S THE ACE, HOW SHE’S THE CHAMPION! Finally she reaches down to grab the hair of Matias PULLING HIM UP FOR THE HAIR-PULL CURB STOMP RIGHT INTO THE CANVAS! MATIAS JUST EATS THE CANVAS RIGHT THERE TO WHERE SHE ROLLS HIM ON HIS SHOULDERS AND HOOKS HIM IN FOR THE PIN!

Referee: ONNNEEE!!!... TWWWOOO!

Daniel Wilson: NOT ENOUGH! THE QUEEN HASN’T DONE ENOUGH TO MATIAS NAVARRO TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE CHALLENGER OUT OF CONTENTION IN THIS MATCH! Aria Jaxon rolls her eyes at the fact that he had kicked out to where she has stood up to her feet, grabbing Matias by the hair once more, as she drags him over towards the corner STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE ONCE AGAIN WITH A HARD SLAP THAT IS FILLED WITH DISRESPECT! WHAT? MATIAS FIRES BACK WITH A HARD RIGHT TO THE QUEEN AS HE CLIMBS HIS WAY UP TO THE TOP OF THE TURNBUCKLE! Aria looks livid because of this and turns his attention back towards the challenger WHO LEAPS FROM THE TOP ROPE AND THROWS HER ACROSS THE RING WITH MATIAS STANDING RIGHT BACK UP AFTER THAT! Aria rolls her way over towards the ropes to where she picks herself right back up to her feet WHEN MATIAS SLAMS INTO HER WITH A LARIAT THAT SENDS HER OVER THE TOP ROPE AND ONTO THE FLOOR! Matias looks down and starts jumping up and down before he runs to the ropes LOOKING TO FLY FOR THE SUICIDE DIVE! ARIA BACKPEDALS TOWARDS THE RAMP AS MATIAS SPINS AND LEANS ON THE ROPES IN HIS SIGNATURE POSE WITH THE CROWD APPLAUDING HIM FOR SOME REASON! Matias showing some of that Tranquilo as he leaps down to the floor BUT ARIA RUSHES IN FOR A KNEE STRIKE! MATIAS THROWS HER UP ON THE RING APRON TO AVOID IT AS HE TURNS AROUND TO WHERE ARIA SPRINGBOARDS OFF THE MIDDLE ROPE FOR A MOONSAULT TO THE OUTSIDE! WHAT? MATIAS JUMPS ON THE APRON AND STRIKES ARIA RIGHT IN THE FACE WITH A SUPERKICK THAT SENDS HER REELING BACK TOWARDS THE END OF THE RING! Aria is stunned as she wobbles around holding onto the turnbuckle post to be able to keep herself standing as she stands up and turns RIGHT INTO AN APRON DIVING SENTON FROM MATIAS! NO! ARIA ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY AND MATIAS LANDS ON THE ARENA FLOOR HARD ON HIS BACK! ANOTHER OPENING HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CHAMPION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND END THIS! DO IT, QUEEN! Aria walks over towards the challenger and lifts him up SLAMMING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD INTO THE BARRICADE BEFORE SHE DRAGS HIM TO HIS FEET! She looks over towards the turnbuckle post BASHING HIS HEAD RIGHT INTO IT BEFORE THROWING HIM INTO THE RING! Aria slides in with him HOOKING HIS LEG IN AGAIN FOR ANOTHER PIN TO HOPEFULLY PUT THE CHALLENGER AWAY!

Referee: ONNNEEE!!!... TWWWOOO!!

Mark Stephens: YES! MATIAS NAVARRO THROWS HIS SHOULDER UP TO KEEP THE MATCH GOING AS ARIA JAXON ONCE AGAIN ROLLS THOSE EYES OF HERS AS SHE DOES WITH A HUFF UNDER HER BREATH! Aria stands up to her feet to where she looks at the enormous amount of people that are firmly against her in this match, scoffing at them as she lands a few stomps into the lower spine and back of the neck of Matias, before she drags him up to his feet ONLY TO BE MET WITH A FOREARM STRIKE FROM MATIAS! Aria reels back and looks to fire back BUT MATIAS LANDS ANOTHER FOREARM STRIKE BEFORE STUMBLING DOWN TO A KNEE! Aria stumbles back from the shot WITH MATIAS LAUNCHING HER ACROSS THE RING INTO THE ROPES… BUT ARIA LEAPS OVER THE TOP ROPE AND LANDS ONTO THE RING APRON TO KEEP HERSELF IN CONTROL! Matias notices this and rushes in for the lariat BUT ARIA BLOCKS IT WITH HER ARMS AND GRABS MATIAS BY THE BACK OF HIS HEAD TO WHERE SHE LOCKS HIM INTO AN INVERTED FACELOCK RIGHT ONTO THE ROPES! THE REFEREE RUSHES OVER AND STARTS CALLING FOR ARIA TO RELEASE MATIAS, BUT SHE SHAKES HER HEAD NO TO WHERE SHE’S KEEPING THIS SUBMISSION LOCKED IN FOR AS LONG AS SHE CAN! The referee starts to make his count BUT ARIA RELEASES IT TO WHERE MATIAS HITS THE CANVAS FROM IT! Aria enters back into the ring and sprints into the ropes to gain speed to where she returns LANDING A SLIDING KNEE STRIKE TO THE FACE OF A KNEELING MATIAS THAT SENDS HIM IN QUITE A DAZE! He’s still kneeling on his knees, however, as Aria lifts him up HOOKING HIS ARMS AS SHE THROWS HIM BACK WITH A BUTTERFLY SUPLEX ONLY TO LOCK HIM RIGHT INTO A CROSS ARMBREAKER AFTER IT! ARIA HAS THE SUBMISSION APPLIED TO WHERE WE COULD BE LOOKING AT THE CHAMPION RETAINING IN THIS MATCH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PHANTOM TROUPE KEEPS ALL OF THEIR GOLD!

Daniel Wilson: ARIA JAXON COULD DO IT! SHE COULD RETAIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP RIGHT HERE AS SHE’S BENDING THE FINGERS OF MATIAS NAVARRO BACK WITH THAT ARM THAT’S SHE’S TRYING TO RIP OUT OF SOCKET! ARIA IS SCREAMING LIKE A BANSHEE FOR MATIAS TO SUBMIT TO THE CROSS ARMBREAKER, BUT MATIAS WILL NOT LET HIS DREAM OF BEING THE SSW PURORESU HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION DIE LIKE THIS! Matias starts to turn over as he picks himself LIFTING ARIA OFF OF THE CANVAS AS HE DIRECTS HER TOWARDS THE TURNBUCKLE! MATIAS RUSHES TOWARDS THE TURNBUCKLE BEFORE LAUNCHING ARIA INTO THEM WITH A TURNBUCKLE POWERBOMB! ARIA SMACKS RIGHT INTO THE TURNBUCKLE TO WHERE SHE SLUMPS DOWN TO THE CANVAS AS MATIAS COLLAPSES TO HIS KNEES WHILE SHAKING HIS ARM TO GET THE BLOOD FLOW GOING INTO IT AFTER THAT CROSS ARMBREAKER! Both individuals start to push themselves back to their feet WITH MATIAS ABLE TO MEET ARIA WITH A FOREARM STRIKE! ARIA STUMBLES BACK FROM THE HIT AND LOOKS TO FIRE HER OWN, BUT MATIAS DUCKS UNDER AND BLASTS HER WITH ANOTHER FOREARM STRIKE TO THE JAW! MATIAS SPINS BACK FOR A DISCUS BACK ELBOW RIGHT TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD BEFORE SPINNING AROUND WITH A SPINNING ENZIGURI RIGHT TO THE FACE OF THE QUEEN OF SSW! MATIAS IS NOW ABLE TO FIND HIS FOOTING IN THIS MATCH WHILE ARIA SEEMS TO BE LOSING HERS AS SHE COLLAPSES BACK INTO THE TURNBUCKLE! Matias notices that Aria is slumped to a seated position into the turnbuckle corner to where he starts to slap against his knees, pointing directly towards the champion with Tomas Aguilar cheering him on in the sidelines, as he sprints in LOOKING TO LAND BENJAMIN’S BULLSEYE! THE DOUBLE KNEE SMASH INTO ARIA WITH HER HEAD BOUNCING RIGHT OFF OF THE TURNBUCKLE FROM THE IMPACT! MATIAS THROWS ARIA TO THE GROUND TO WHERE HE INSTANTLY HOOKS HER LEG IN FOR THE PIN ATTEMPT!

Referee: ONNNEEE!!!... TWWWOOO!!!...

Mark Stephens: NO! ARIA JAXON IS ABLE TO KICK OUT OF THE BENJAMIN’S BULLSEYE TO WHERE THIS FIGHT FOR THE SSW PURORESU HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MUST CONTINUE! Matias Navarro sits up in disbelief from that before he grabs her by the hair, lifting her back to her feet, as she is barely able to stand AS HE SLAPS HER IN THE FACE WITH THE SAME BITTER DISRESPECT THAT SHE SHOWED HIM EARLIER! MATIAS LOOKS TO BE GOING FOR THE BLOOD MONEY ONCE MORE, BUT ARIA JABS HIM IN THE EYE BEFORE HE COULD GET THE HAMMERLOCK IN! Matias walks back while holding his eye before Aria grabs Matias THROWING HIM INTO THE ROPES TO WHERE SHE COULD GET A BREATHER! HOWEVER, MATIAS SPRINGBOARDS ONTO THE MIDDLE ROPE AND LEAPS BACK TO THE CATCH ARIA WITH THE SPRINGBOARD REVERSE SOMERSAULT DDT THAT SPIKES HER HEAD RIGHT ONTO THE CANVAS! AMAZING! JUST BRILLIANT! Both of them roll around the ring to where Matias still feels the effects of that eye jab to where he calls Tomas Aguilar over towards him to get some water into his eye to clean it out to stop the irritation while Aria is rolling over towards the turnbuckle to try and pick herself up back to her feet! Matias starts to pick himself up to where he has gotten his eye to calm down as he sees Aria seated at the turnbuckle AIMING TOWARDS HER AGAIN AS HE RUSHES IN FOR THE BENJAMIN’S BULLSEYE ONCE MORE! DOUBLE FOOT STOMP TO THE CHEST! ARIA LURED HIM IN LIKE A SIREN TO AS SHE USES THE ROPES TO PULL HERSELF UP AND LAND A DOUBLE FOOT STOMP TO PUT HIM DOWN ON THE CANVAS! She looks over towards the turnbuckle to where she exits out of the ring, making her climb to the top rope, to where you have to wonder what’s going to happen here shortly! She stands on the top of the turnbuckle and looks down upon Matias that is still lying on the canvas TO WHERE ARIA LEAPS FROM THE TOP WITH A ROUNDING MOONSAULT! SHE USED TO CALL THIS THE CODE BLUE! NO! MATIAS ROLLS OUT OF THE TRAJECTORY OF THE MOONSAULT TO AVOID IT, BUT ARIA LANDS ON HER FEET AND FLIPS BACK WITH ANOTHER MOONSAULT! THE MOONSAULT CONNECTS AFTER MATIAS THOUGHT HE HAD AVOIDED IT TO WHERE ARIA HOOKS HIS LEGS IN FOR THE PIN!

Referee: ONNNEEE!!!... TWWWOOO!!!...

Daniel Wilson: NO! NO! MATIAS NAVARRO KICKS OUT OF THE PIN AND EVEN THOUGH THAT MIGHT BE A RELIEF TO TOMAS AGUILAR AND THE AUDIENCE, I’M CERTAINLY NOT PLEASED THAT ARIA JAXON HASN’T TAKEN CARE OF BUSINESS ALREADY! Aria Jaxon is screaming at this point in frustration to where she pulls Matias up to his feet FIRING WITH FOREARMS STRIKES RIGHT INTO HIS FACE! REPEATED STRIKES JUST LAYING INTO THE CHALLENGER AS SHE’S BRINGING THE FIGHT RIGHT TO HIM, BUT MATIAS DUCKS ONE OF THE STRIKES AND JUST STARTS FIRING WITH HIS OWN! MATIAS IS TURNING THE TIDE WITH THESE STRIKES BEFORE HE RUNS BACK INTO THE ROPES TO LOOK FOR A DIS-- SUPERKICK! A SUPERKICK RIGHT INTO THE MOUTH OF MATIAS THAT LEAVES HIM STUNNED TO WHERE ARIA RUSHES BACK INTO THE ROPES AS SHE FLIES IN FO-- DISCUS BACK ELBOW! AS SOON AS MATIAS LANDS THE ELBOW, BOTH FIGHTERS DROP DOWN TO THE FLOOR FROM THE IMPACT TO WHERE BOTH HAVE EXPENDED QUITE A BIT ALREADY INTO THIS FIGHT! This has been a brawl between these two to see who will walk out of this match as our SSW Puroresu Heavyweight Champion and not one of these two has given up an inch in the process to do so! Aria starts to make her way over towards the turnbuckle to where she can start to pick herself up, pulling herself up to her feet to where she turns around, SEEING MATIAS RUSHING IN FOR THE CORNER LARIAT TO TAKE HER OUT! KNEE STRIKE! ARIA FIRES A KNEE STRIKE RIGHT INTO HIS CHIN BEFORE SHE THROWS MATIAS INTO THE CORNER AND LIFTS HIM UP TO WHERE HE’S SITTING ON THE TOP! Aria starts to make her climb to where she hooks Matias by the neck LOOKING TO PUT HIM AWAY WITH A DIVING CUTTER FROM THE TOP THAT COULD LEAD TO A MIDNIGHT ZERO! WHAT IS MATIAS GOING TO DO? ARIA GOES FO-- MATIAS WITH A BACK ELBOW TO THE NECK OF ARIA BEFORE SPINNING HER AROUND AND PUSHING HER DOWN TO WHERE SHE’S CAUGHT IN THE TREE OF WOE! Matias holds her by her wrists and pulls himself up with her being pulled up the same AS HE LEAPS OFF FOR THE TIDES OF TERROR! DOUBLE FOOT STOMP FROM THE TREE OF WOE POSITION INTO ARIA JAXON! MATIAS ROLLS ARIA ONTO HER SHOULDERS AND HOOKS HER LEG IN FOR THE PIN ATTEMPT!

Referee: ONNNEEE!!!... TWWWOOO!!!...

Mark Stephens: SHOULDER’S UP! SHOULDER’S UP! ARIA JAXON HAS THE SHOULDER UP AND IS STILL FIGHTING IN THIS MATCH! Matias Navarro thought that he could put the champion away with that, but there was no way that he was able to do so! Matias strokes his hair out of his face to where he stands up to his feet, marching over towards the champion, as he lifts her off of the canvas PUTTING HER ON HIS SHOULDERS AS HE’S ALL READY TO FINISH THIS MATCH RIGHT HERE WITH THE KILLSHOT! H-- WAIT A MINUTE! LOOK WHO’S COMING DOWN THE RAMP! CM NAS AND SAUL OMEN ARE AT THE STAGE TO WHERE IT HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF BOTH MATIAS AND TOMAS AGUILAR! Matias is calling for them to try and get him in the ring to where both men are just standing at the stage and watching from afar before MATIAS THROWS ARIA UP IN THE AIR FOR TO STRIKE WITH THE OVERHEAD KICK FOR THE KILLSHOT! WAIT! ARIA LANDS ON HER FEET AND CATCHES THE FOOT OF MATIAS BEFORE HE SPINS AROUND WITH IT AND LOCKS HIM INTO THE FIGURE-FOUR LEGLOCK! THE FIGURE-FOUR HAS BEEN APPLIED TO WHERE MATIAS IS HOWLING IN PAIN MUCH TO THE HAPPINESS OF ARIA! ARIA PULLS ONTO HIS LEG BEFORE SHE SLAPS MATIAS IN THE FACE TO LOOK AT HIM… FLIPPING HIM OFF BEFORE SHE ARCHES BACK TO BRIDGE THE FIGURE-FOUR INTO ABSOLUTE MONARCHY! THE BRIDGING FIGURE-FOUR LEGLOCK HAS BEEN APPLIED AND THERE’S NO ESCAPE FOR MATIAS! HE’S GOING TO HAVE TO FIND HIS WAY NEAR A ROPE QUICK IF HE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FIND A WAY TO BE KNOWN AS THE SSW PURORESU HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! ARIA IS SCREAMING FOR HIM TO TAP OUT TO WHERE SHE KEEPS PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE LEGS OF MATIAS AS THE PAIN HAS TO BE EXCRUCIATING FOR HIM TO DEAL WITH! MATIAS IS IN TROUBLE AS YOU CAN SEE HIS HAND SHAKING FROM BATTLING WITH HIMSELF WHILE HE TRIES TO DRAG HIMSELF NEAR THE BOTTOM ROPE! HE REACHES OUT AND EXTENDS HIS HAND OUT WHERE H--

Daniel Wilson: THAT SNAKE! TOMAS AGUILAR PUSHES THE ROPES FAR ENOUGH TO WHERE MATIAS NAVARRO WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE BOTTOM ROPE AND FORCE THE BREAK FOR THE SUBMISSION! OH, AND HERE COMES THE CAVALRY! CM NAS AND SAUL OMEN RUSH DOWN THE RAMP TO WHERE TOMAS STARTS TO MAKE A BEELINE OUT OF THE RING AREA! NAS AND SAUL CHASE HIM THROUGH THE CROWD OUT OF THE ARENA TO WHERE NOW THE RING HAS BEEN LEFT TO THE TWO COMBATANTS IN THE RING! Aria Jaxon picks herself up to where she realized what has happened and starts stalking the challenger, stomping her foot down on the canvas to make sure he can get himself up, LOOKING FOR WHAT COULD BE A PURPLE REIGN RIGHT HERE TO END THIS MATCH AND RETAIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP SHE HAS FOUGHT SO HARD TO EARN! Matias starts to push his way up to his feet with the help of the ropes, wobbling around a bit from that Absolute Monarchy he had endured, before he stumbled out and turned around RIGHT INTO THE BICYCLE SUPERKICK FROM ARIA! DISCUS BACK ELBOW! ARIA IS LEFT GROGGY FROM THE DISCUS BACK ELBOW BEFORE HE GRABS HER BY THE WRIST, PULLING HER AROUND AS HE LOCKS HER IN THE HAMMERLOCK, HOOKING HER UNDER HIS ARM AS HE HAS HER RIGHT WHERE HE WANTS HER! BLOOD MONEY! THE HAMMERLOCK DDT SPIKES ARIA’S HEAD RIGHT INTO THE CANVAS! NO! NO! WE CAN’T HAVE A NEW CHAMPION! THIS CAN’T BE THE END OF THE MATCH, ALREADY! MATIAS NAVARRO ROLLS ARIA JAXON ONTO HER SHOULDERS AS IT LOOKS LIKE HE COULD STEAL THE SSW PURORESU HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AWAY FROM THE QUEEN HERSELF! THE REFEREE SLIDES IN FOR THE COUNT

Referee: ONNNEEE!!!... TWWWOOO!!!... THHHRRREEE!!!

Mark Stephens: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THERE’S NO WAY! THE REFEREE IS WAVING OFF THE PIN BECAUSE ARIA JAXON WAS ABLE TO GET HER FOOT ON THE BOTTOM ROPE AT THE VERY LAST SECOND! MATIAS NAVARRO IS LIVID, HE’S FURIOUS, HE HAD THE MATCH WON AND COULD HAVE BEEN OUR NEW PURORESU HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION IF THE RING AWARENESS OF THE CURRENT CHAMPION WASN’T THERE! Matias pulls himself up back to his feet to where he’s furious over this match before he turns back to Aria to where he grabs her by the head, pulls her up to her feet to where he looks her in the eyes, right before he SMACKS THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF HER WITH A OPEN-HAND SLAP BEFORE LAUNCHING HER INTO THE TURNBUCKLE! Aria slumps into the turnbuckle before Matias walks over to her LIFTING HER UP ONTO THE TOP OF THE TURNBUCKLE AS HE STARTS TO HOOK HER IN FOR THE ROPE-HUNG BLOOD MONEY! HE’S ABOUT TO FINISH THIS MATCH RIGHT HERE AND BE OUR NE-- NO! ARIA STRIKES WITH A KNEE, BUT MATIAS STILL HAS IT LOCKED IN! ANOTHER KNEE FROM ARIA, BUT MATIAS IS STANDS RESOLUTE IN THAT HE WILL LAND THIS SECOND BLOOD MONEY! DOUBLE KNEES! ARIA DROPS DOWN TO THE CANVAS AFTER LANDING A DOUBLE KNEE STRIKE TO THE FACE OF MATIAS THAT SENDS HIM BACK! Aria shakes off what she can of that first Blood Money to where she stumbles out of the corner BUT MATIAS RUSHES IN TO WHERE HE CAN LAND THAT CORNER LARIAT! EXPLODER SUPLEX! ARIA CAUGHT MATIAS ON THE TRIP BACK AND THROWS HIM BACK INTO THE TURNBUCKLE WITH THE EXPLODER SUPLEX! Aria stands up to her feet with a determination coming out of her eyes as she looks down towards Matias and up towards the turnbuckle before she grabs him by the hair USING WHAT STRENGTH SHE HAS TO LIFT HIM UP TO THE TOP OF THE TURNBUCKLE! WHAT VIOLENT IDEAS COULD BE FORMING IN THE MIND OF ARIA JAXON?

Daniel Wilson: I DON’T KNOW, BUT WHATEVER IT IS BOUND TO BE, IT WILL BE A GLORIOUS SIGHT FOR US TO SEE! Aria Jaxon finally makes it where Matias Navarro is sitting on the top of the turnbuckle! Aria climbs her way up to the top to where she is standing HOOKING MATIAS BY THE NECK TO WHERE SHE LOOKS DOWN AS SHE COULD BE GOING FOR A DIVING CUTTER RIGHT HERE BEFORE OUR EYES! NO! STOP IT! MATIAS IS STRIKING WITH ELBOWS AND PUNCHES TO WHERE ARIA DROPS DOWN AND SITS ON THE ROPES BESIDE HIM! Matias shifts himself to where he’s now turned away from the ring, but standing on the turnbuckle, with one arm keeping him up there as the other pulls Aria up with him! He hooks Aria by the neck AS HE COULD BE LOOKING FOR A DIVING BLOOD MONEY FROM THE TOP ROPE! NO WAY! IF HE LANDS THIS, HE WILL BE OUR NEW CHAMPION RIGHT HERE AND OUR QUEEN WILL BE UNCEREMONIOUSLY REMOVED FROM HER THRONE! He’s sitting himself up to where he can get that hammerlock in AS HE L-- ARIA STRIKES WITH AN ELBOW TO THE STOMACH! ANOTHER! ANOTHER! ARIA IS FIGHTING TO KEEP THIS MATCH ALIVE BEFORE SHE STANDS UP AND HOOKS HIM BY THE NECK OUT OF NOWHERE! DIVING CUTTER! SHE LEAPS FROM THE TOP ROPE WITH MATIAS’ NECK HOOKED BY HER AS THEY LAND IN THE CENTER OF THE RING, BUT SHE’S NOT DONE AS SHE ROLLS THROUGH FOR THE MIDNIGHT ZERO! SHE GETS HIM IN THE DRAGON SLEEPER AND THIS HAS TO BE IT! NO WAY THAT MATIAS IS ABLE TO ESCAPE THIS! HE’S REACHING OUT TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITIES, BUT THERE IS NO ONE TO SAVE HIM NOW! MATIAS IS STARTING TO FADE, BUT WE CAN STILL SEE LIFE IN THOSE FINGERS WHILE ARIA SCREAMS WITH ALL THE PASSION SHE HAS FOR MATIAS TO TAP OUT RIGHT HERE! MATIAS KEEPS FIGHTING AS HE WILL NOT LET THIS END RIGHT HERE… BUT HE HAS NO OTHER CHOICE TO WHERE HE HAS JUST PASSED OUT FROM THE MIDNIGHT ZERO! THE REFEREE CHECKS ON MATIAS… BUT MATIAS SHOWS A LITTLE BURST OF LIFE! HE’S STILL FIGHTING! HE’S TRYING TO REACH OUT TO WHERE ARIA STARTS PUNCHING INTO THE CHEST AND NECK OF MATIAS TO GET HIM TO GO OUT! ARIA GIVES IT ONE LAST PULL TO WHERE MATIAS REACHES OUT ONCE MORE… BUT HIS HAND GOES LIMP AND SLUMPS TO THE CANVAS! THE REFEREE CHECKS ON HIM AGAIN… AND HE CALLS FOR THE MATCH! IT’S OVER! RING THE BELL!

(DING! DING! DING!)

("Freedom” by Beyonce & Kendrick Lamar plays in the background as Aria Jaxon releases Matias Navarro from the submission to where she collapses onto the canvas from exhaustion. She rolls over towards the ropes to where she starts to pick herself back up, the referee handing her the SSW Puroresu Heavyweight Championship, as her hand is raised high for all the bitter audience to see that she has done it.)

Saya Takada: Here is your winner AND STTTTTIIIILLLLLLLLLLL SSW PUUUURRROOORRREEESSSUUUUUU HEEEAAAAVVVVYYYYWWWEEEEIIIGGHHHHTTTT CHHHAAAMMMMPPPPIIIOOOONNNN… ARRRRIIIIIIAAAAAA JAAXXXXOOONNNNNN!!!

Mark Stephens: Man, I can’t believe she did it. After all that she had went through in that match, she gave a hell of a fight and walked out the winner of this match! Even with some interruption from The Phantom Troupe, you have to give her credit for how she won the match at the end right there to where we actually thought for a second that Matias Navarro was about to achieve the dream he was chasing after!

Daniel Wilson: That’s what happens when you chase after dreams, Mark! You get crushed by them and that’s why you don’t see me chasing after my dream woman! However, you’re right in that Matias Navarro gave a hell of a fight in this match, better than I even thought was going to happen in this match. However, the congratulations belong solely to THE QUEEN OF STRONG STYLE WRESTLING, ARIA JAXON!

Mark Stephens: Yeah, she deserves the credit, but this is the end of our event known as Supremacy! We hope that we see you at our next event and thank you all for being here with us for this tremendous occasion! Until next time!

(Matias Navarro rolls out of the ring and looks out into the crowd with a broken disappointment on his face as he holds his neck to where Aria Jaxon lifts up the SSW Puroresu Heavyweight Championship with a large smile on her face! She drapes it on her shoulder as he does a confident taunt to the crowd before the purple confetti starts to cascade down from the arena to where she continues to celebrate...)

???: The show’s not over until I say it’s over!

("Freedom” by Beyonce & Kendrick Lamar cuts out, as a very confused Aria Jaxon is left bewildered inside of the ring, as the crowd stirs…)

Stephens: Huh? What’s going on?

Wilson: Does it look like I know, Stephens? Idiot.

(Aria Jaxon continues to look around the arena, until her eyes immediately lock on the stage, the crowd gasps loudly, as Aria’s eyes widen as a man with a microphone emerges on the stage…)

Stephens: IS THAT…

Wilson: THAT’S DRAKE JAEGER!!!! DRAKE JAEGER IS HERE!!! WHAT?!?! I THOUGHT HE WAS LONG GONE!!! WHAT IS HE DOING IN STRONG STYLE WRESTLING?!?!

(Drake Jaeger stands there with a wide smile on his face, staring down at a flustered Aria Jaxon, as he goes to speak…)

Drake Jaeger: We have unfinished business to settle!

(Drake Jaeger drops the microphone, while aiming down at Aria’s Puroresu Heavyweight Championship with his signature gun taunt)

Stephens: WHOA!!! I was not expecting that!

Wilson: It looks like Aria Jaxon might have her next challenger!

Aria Jaxon: (shouting without a microphone) You want some, bitch?! Come get some! I’ll send your ass back packing!

(Drake Jaeger’s smile forms into a smirk, while the camera continues to fixate itself on the staredown between Drake and Aria, as the camera fades to black…)

(SSW Logo Fades…)