-NCW Spirit Championship-
Eight Women Scramble
The show returns its attention to the interior of the NCW Arena, where fans are settling in for the upcoming match. Stephen DeAngelis steps into the ring to present the introductions.
"Ladies and Gentleman, we at Northern Carnage Wrestling would like to apologize but two of the eight women who are to compete in just a few short moments are having travel difficulties and will be unable to be here tonight." Stephen announces to sarcastic boos. In actuality, some fans were glad the following contest was going to be shortened for they knew it was going to be a long one.
"Therefore NCW Rejuvenation continues with the SIX Women Scramble for the NCW Spirit Championship. Now In this match, two women will start this contest. After defeating their first opponent by pinfall or submission, another wrestler will then make their way to the ring and compete. This process will go on till we end up with one winning the final match and thus becoming the new NCW Spirit Champion!" Stephen states, informing the crowd in the building and at home on what is to come.
"Rooftops" by Lostphropets is what fills the ears of the audience in the NCW Arena. The arena lights turn pink while in contrast the cloudy plexi-glass that makes up the fake molten steel turns white. And who is emerging through the melting pot into the building?
"Introducing first, from California. Weighing in at 119 lbs, Sarah Ortiz!" Stephen announces as the now masked luchadora strolls to a ring at a brisk pace. Sarah looked ready to go the distance, and indeed she would need to if she wished to place the new Spirit Title around her waist. Once she is in the ring, the music dies down as the lights return to their default settings.
"Again, we apologize folks for the no-shows. But still, if Sarah Ortiz wishes to have the NCW Spirit Championship she has a feat in having to go through five other wrestlers." Joey states.
"Not going to happen. Simple as that." Critic replies.
The lights suddenly black out, leaving everyone clueless on to what is going on. There is a 10 second lull through the arena as nothing appears to be happening.
But then the arena appeared to become kaleidoscope, an array of lights began to quickly pulsate from the lights on the stage. Soon the colors became apparent: white, red, green, pink. The colors alternated at a rapid speed that becomes a blur.
"What did the time warp from Space Odyssey just open up on the stage?" Critic asked.
The turbine of colors appears to be gradually slowing down as each shade becomes identifiable once more, an electronic 'bleep' heard as each color changes as the sequence comes to a crawl.
White, Red, Green, Pink, White, Red, Green, Pink
White, Red, Green, Pink, White, Red, Green
Pink, White, Green, Red, Pink, White, Red
Green, Pink, White, Red, Green, Pink
White, Red, Green
Pink, White
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The sequence came to a stop on pink, which nearly blinded many in the NCW Arena for a few brief moments as the artificial melting pot aimed the pink glow out across the fans. Sarah herself can be seen lifting her arm up to shield her eyes.
An unfamiliar theme, at least to the crowd, "Vortex" by John Carpenter begins to play. Through the light could be seen the figure of a woman, about 5'8". She made her way out of the melting pot and into the NCW Arena as everyone could finally identify who she was, but many had initial harsh reactions do to preceding events of the past year.
"And Her Opponent Who Weighed in Tonight at 142 lbs. and representing the Multiverse Defenders, this is Aelita Schaeffer!" Stephen DeAngelis announces.
"And Not To Be Confused With The Aelita Who Wreaked Havoc With The Four Horsewomen On Electric In 2016. This is an older-" Joey begins to stay.
"But not wiser." Critic inserts.
"….more experienced…" Joey tries to continue to say.
"But nevertheless overrated." Critic states.
"You know I thought you loved what Younger Aelita did to Ko-"
"1) You said 'not to be confused', meaning two different people 2) we can't say that name on television."
"….Why?"
"Because she'll have an Aneurism like She Did When She Let Her Team down in the Hammerstein Ballroom! And I Already Have ONE Person to criticize right now."
"….wonderful…."
A view of the NCW Spirit title as shown. The belt is black with a silver round center plate with ornate designs making it look like various narrow triangle fanning out from the center. The bulk of the plate though is covered with Spirit written in purple cursive. The side plates are keystones outlined in silver with a red fill. The camera then turns to the ring where Aelita and Sarah stand.
The gauntlet commences with Aelita vs. Sarah, both locking up in the ring. The tie-up benefits Sarah briefly who begins to drive Aelita back toward the turnbuckle. But Aelita is able to return fire with a series of fists to the gut. The match is quickly leaning into Aelita's favor within the early going, as she whips Sarah back first into the turnbuckle before crashing into her with a corner clothesline.
The crowd is still harsh on the debuting wrestler, who continues to take the fight to the former Spirit Champion looking to continue right where she left off. Aelita softens up Sarah with a series of of suplexes that wrapped up with a german. It seems Sarah has been replaced by a rag doll, having little offense throughout the previous 3 minutes. And that might very well be Sarah's intention.
Aelita goes for a cover…
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2.75 But Sarah kicks out.
Aelita once again continued the offense, the time gap between each move however began to increase. The one half of the Digital Angels began to move up to her signatures. She executed perfectly a Lethal Virtualization (STO Backbreaker into a Reverse STO), but the result was once more a 2 count. This was becoming a demonstration of Aelita's entire arsenal, which for the most part had been used. Aelita went ahead for the finish, a simple moonsault.
"Going up for the moonsault, the plainest of her finishers but effective never the less." Joey states as Aelita scales the turnbuckle, leaping down….
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But Sarah Comes To Live And Rolls Across The The Ring, Aelita Landing Ribs First On The Canvas.
"Sarah Rolls Out! She Still Got Some Life Left In Her!" Joey exclaims.
"….whoopie…" Critic sarcastically remarks.
Sarah is sore from all the times her body has hit the canvas in the match thus far. But unlike Aelita who has expelled a lot of her energy wearing down her foe. She begins to rise up along the ropes, much like the mythical animal depicted on her mask.
Aelita returns to her feet within a few moments, clearly favoring her ribs from landing on the canvas. She rushes toward Sarah, but is struck in the ribs by a kick to those very ribs Aelita is favoring. Sarah opens up a barrage of fists to the head before locking Aelita into a headlock. She leaps onto the turnbuckle, spinning around before planting Aelita into the canvas with a Tornado DDT.
"Yes good, good, wait…no-no….agh I wish either not to progress!" Critic cries out.
"Sarah played possum, she bit the bullet and is now relishing in the reward." Joey states.
But Joey should have been more careful with his words, at least in Sarah's case. For as Sarah attempted to move Aelita toward the ropes for Love So Blue, her fiancée's finish. But Aelita manages to weave out of Sarah's hold and get her arms around the neck of Sarah and locked her into the Creeper Clutch (Cobra Cluth w/ bodyscissors).
"Wait-Wait-Wait, Aelita Still Getting Back In This! Creeper Clutch!" Joey exclaims as Sarah fights to keep vertical by hanging onto the top rope with both hands. But Aelita tugs harder and harder on her neck, and eventually pries Sarah off the ropes and drops onto the canvas. But Sarah uses the momentum of being brought down on top of Aelita to keep rolling over and has her shoulders on Aelitas!
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"Aelita surprised Sarah, just like Sarah has surprised Aelita, but not enough." Joey addresses.
Aelita crawled back to the opposing end of the ring, pulling herself back up to her feet. Sarah also began to get to her feet, clutching her throat. Sarah found herself in the line of fire as Aelita bolted forward, appearing to be going for some kind of punt that Sarah rolls out of the way of. Aelita turns around, running back toward Sarah only to be tripped up with a drop toe hold.
Sarah takes advantages, pulling Aelita forcefully to her feet before locking Aelita's head under her arm before throwing her back first on the canvas with the Divine Phoenix (Sara Del Ray's Royal Butterfly).
"DIVINE PHONEIX! First Time She's Used That Move In NCW!" Joey exclaims as Sarah rolls Aelita up like an accordion.
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"SHE GOT IT!" Joey shouts as the bell rings, signaling Aelita's removal from the gauntlet.
"That's Just One Pinfall However, Joey. If She Wants That Spirit Title Back She's Going To Have To Do FOUR More Divine Phoenixes." Critic reminds Joey.
Aelita, her back visibly clutching her back, rolls to the outside and begins the long saddening walk to the back. But Aelita is getting off easy; she too would have to go through what Sarah was looking to go through to win the Spirit Title. Sarah readjusted her mask and leaned back into the rope.
"Immigrant Song" by Karen O plays over the loud speakers in the NCW Arena, the lights going purple and green as a mix response is given from the crowd. Through the melting pot comes Jessica Wilson. Wanting to ascend to the top of the NCW Totem Pole, she would need to win the Spirit Championship first. And she had a slightly easier task with Sarah already having gone through one seven minute contest.
"Participant Number Three is from Nashville, Tennessee. Weighing in at 105 lbs, Jessica Wilson!" Stephen announces.
"F*** THIS COVER! F*** THIS COVER! F*** THIS COVER!" A small portion of the crowd began to chant, having a dislike for this variation of the song for some reason. As Jessica enters the ring and wastes no time and immediately begins hammering at the back of Sarah's skull, the crowd is more occupied with quieting the Cover Haters.
"F*** YOU HIPSTERS! F*** YOU HIPSTERS! F*** YOU HIPSTERS!"
The majority of the crowd becomes embroiled in a duel of chants which consumes more and more of the attention. Jessica in the ring is looking to be decimating the exhausted Sarah, who is curled up in the corner with arms up to block any fists. As referee Pee Wee Moore directs Jessica to move away from Sarah, Jessica briefly turns her attention to the crowd who seem oblivious there is a match occurring.
"F*** YOUR CHANTS, ENJOY THE MATCH!" Jessica shouts at the crowd, consequently uniting the crowd into a chorus of boos.
"…..Oh I'm sure Time Warner just loves their new investment right now." Joey sarcastically states, with references to NCW's new TV provider.
But within a few moments away from the fight, Jessica finds herself eating a superkick from Sarah that sends her reeling into the corner. The distraction marks the turning point for Sarah who gradually begins to regain momentum that Jessica slowly starts to loose. Before it's all over, Sarah has complete control over Jessica and able to pin her after an Angelic Splash.
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"That's Called Luck." Critic grumbles as the bell rings signaling Jessica's departure from the match. Having now survived just under ten minutes, Sarah's stamina was noticeable starting to decrease.
"Who shall be number four, who will be Sarah's third opponent? The third of five she must go through in order to hold the new incarnation of the NCW Spirit Championship." Joey states as a shot of the belt sitting on the velvet covered pedestal at ringside is shown.
The camera transitions to the entry way where the lights are alternating from bright green to bright blue. A new theme yet to be heard in NCW, "Tokiwakita (Time Has Come)" by CFO$ plays throughout the arena. A person steps through the faux molten iron within the melting pot, and that's quickly revealed to be Sapphire.
"Participant Four, From the Hoen Region. Weighing in at 115 lbs, this is Sapphire Birch!" Stephen announces.
"And Here Comes Sapphire, Participant Number Four In This Gauntlet For The Spirit Title! She's had only a few appearances on the main show and in our developmental of AMW, but is not one to second guess." Joey states.
"Personally I don't see her appeal but either way, she's healthy while Sarah's already gone through two fights. Do the math." Critic replies as Sapphire rushes into the ring and tackles a feeble Sarah with a Lou Thesz press. Sapphire hammers at Sarah's head with an assortment of right and lefts. The match soon phases into more crisp action as Sapphire used a variety of suplexes and slams to soften Sarah up even more.
Sapphire snatches up Sarah, placing her on her shoulders as the crowd cheers in anticipation for what they believes is coming next.
"Sapphire got Sarah on her shoulders…" Joey begins to say as Sapphire drops the luchadora jaw first on her knee for a GTS!
"GTS! GTS! GTS! GTS! GTS!" The crowd chants as Sarah looks to be levelled.
"GTS, Go To Sleep!" Joey exclaims.
"Yeah, what I want to do right now…" Critic grumbles as Sapphire senses an easy victory may be near and just lightly covers Sarah….
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"And Sarah kicks out. Sapphire not taking her as a threat." Joey explains.
"She shouldn't have too, especially when this lucha-nut's been in this thing for thirteen minutes." Critic states.
Sapphire is frustrated, she knew she should have won it there and was even more angered knowing it was her fault she couldn't get the three. Sapphire paces around the ring, and looks she's decided on another GTS. But Sarah has a burst of energy and able to soften Sapphire's mid-section up with a series of fists.
Sarah manages to return to her feet, drilling a bionic elbow to the back of Sapphire's head before throwing her through the ropes. Sapphire thinks she's safe on the ring apron but almost immediately is pulled back through and hung on the ropes, and dropped to the mat with Love So Blue.
"LOVE SO BLUE, known also as Noel Vermillion's Valkyrie Veil. Sapphire's brain is spinning." Joey states.
Sapphire is struggle to shake off the pain, but doesn't do so in time. Sarah is perched up on the turnbuckle and one….no…TWO Angelic Splashes finish Sapphire off. Sarah taking the extra measure of running to the other turnbuckle is what puts Sapphire away.
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The bell rings, and out goes Sapphire who rolls under the bottom rope and to the floor. She looks up at Sarah, who briefly stands before crumbling against the ropes. Sapphire had let a golden opportunity slipped, and is not too pleased. She heads back up the aisle with head held low.
"Sapphire, not pleased with the outcome here." Joey addresses.
"No duh, she blew it. Sarah is just getting more and more weak and each wrestler coming out has a better chance on ending this luncha-nut." Critic replies.
"Okay, okay, we get the fact you don't like anyone or have anything nice to say." Joey grumbles.
"….the weather's slightly nice out, there. There's something nice from me." Critic states.
Beads of sweat can be seen trickle off the edges of Sarah's mask, she has fought three wrestlers already; she makes four of the six participants. That means two more lie ahead. Who would they be?
"I Can't Wait" by Stevie Nicks plays over the loud speaker, blue lights flash rapidly when the music hits and Catherine Wilson walks out into the NCW Arena to a slight cheer but few have no idea who she is.
"Participant Five is from San Diego, California. Weighing in at 130 lbs., this is Catherine Wilson!" Stephen announces.
"…..Who?" Critic asked.
"Well clearly you don't follow AMW…." Joey grumbles. "Catherine Wilson is making her main roster debut, and in a near perfect position in this scramble. Sarah's beaten, Sarah's holding on to her last straws. Catherine will need to beat Sarah and last one match to be declared Spirit Champion."
Catherine slides into the ring and runs her hands through her black hair with blue and white highlights. She looks across the ring at Sarah, who is struggling up to her feet and prime to be demolished. Catherine uses her knees in the early going to deteriorate her ribs. Sarah is sent flying across the ring into the opposite ropes before dropping the luchadora spine first on the mat with a scoop powerslam.
Catherine throughout the first three-four minutes in the ring is denying Sarah of any offense, often throwing her around. Soon, Catherine feels it's time to finish Sarah's run in the Scramble and lines up Sarah for Seeing Stars (Spear). Catherine rushes forward but Sarah rolls out of the way. The loud clang from Catherine's shoulder meeting the post informs every one of the spear missing.
"Sarah manages to move out the way. Good god, Catherine may literal have a chip on her shoulder after that." Joey exclaims as Catherine stumbles back, favoring her right shoulder.
Sarah notices her opponent clutching the shoulder and snatches Catherine's right arm. She turns it over and pulls Catherine into a bridging Fugiwara armbar. Sarah needs a breathier and this is the best opportunity.
"Bridging Fugiwara. Catherine's in trouble. I didn't thin Sarah could possibly go this far but she may force Catherine to submit right here!" Joey exclaims.
But Sarah is just too weak to keep the bridge up, and Catherine eventually manages to use her good shoulder to push up on Sarah's back and roll her over into a roll up pin attempt.
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Catherine gets to her feet quickly compared to Sarah, who doesn't even try to move at first. Catherine hoists up the prone Sarah and executes Lights Out (Cradle DDT). Sarah is nearly motionless as her skull is drilled into the mat.
"Lights Out for Sarah!" Joey exclaims as Catherine Wilson goes for the cover…
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"But Sarah Manages To Kick Out! After Going Through Aelita, Jessica, Sapphire and now Catherine, Sarah STILL won't' quit!" Joey exclaims.
"If she was smart she would." Critic grumbles.
Catherine was starting to get discouraged, and she argues with referee Pee Wee Moore on the decision. But arguing is going to get Catherine nowhere, but instead buys Sarah a few moments to generate the last of her energy into one climatic Divine Phoenix. It's enough to knock Catherine out for the cover…
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"And Sarah Manages To Pull Ahead Of Catherine Wilson!" Joey exclaims. "The clocks at 19:21, shes survived 4 opponents."
Catherine groggily begins to roll to the edge of the ring and then ends up out on the floor. Meanwhile, Sarah is motionless and remains where she landed for the cover.
The lights in the NCW Arena go out, and a few moments past with everything being covered by the dark. Then, a purple light begins to faintly pulse within the melting pot. The light grows stronger and stronger as "Plague" by Crystal Castles begins to play to a chorus of boos. Lucia Siycroin appears through the fake iron and takes her time heading to the ring.
"The final participant weighs in at 125 lbs., she's the last of the Siycronians, this is Lucia Siycroin!" Stephen announces as the stoic and deadly alien nears the ring.
"Lucia Siycroin, who we last saw taking on Katara for the NCW Women's Championship at No Way Out 2016, if without a doubt one of the most dangerous wrestlers in NCW. And unfortunately for Sarah, she has to get through her to win the Spirit Championship." Joey states.
"Get through her? Joey, Sarah isn't even moving!" Critic exclaims.
"Your right on that Critic. Sarah's out. She must have used all the energy she had left in that Divine Phoenix on Catherine." Joey says as Lucia weaves her way through the ropes and stands over the depleted luchardora.
Sarah eventually began to try to get to her feet, pulling herself up by clinging to Lucia's legs. Lucia only waits till Sarah is halfway to a stance before hammering the back of Sarah and tossing her into the corner. She then whips Sarah into the ropes merely to be able to level her with a big boot.
The crowd hisses as Lucia starts to stomp on Sarah's weakened ribs, knowing Lucia could just end the match early but instead Lucia looks to want to put the luchadora in as much pain as possible.
"Sarah's defenseless! She's had the live sucked out of her after four matches already. But no, Lucia TOYING with Sarah." Joey decrees.
"Wow, how supportive of you." Critic sarcastically remarks.
Lucia grabs a hold of the head of Sarah, holding her as Sarah looks up at the ceiling with a glazed look…
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Before Sarah's Face Is smothered Into the Mat with Kiss and Torment (STO)!
"Kiss and Torment!" Joey yells as Sarah's body is lifeless in the ring.
"And there's The Final Nail in the Coffin." Critic states as Lucia places her boot on Sarah abdomen, a showing of dominance…
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"No, Sarah's Still In This!" Joey exclaims as the crowd pops, with chants of "LET'S GO SARAH!" deflecting off the walls of the NCW Arena. Lucia's eyes widen in shock that Sarah is still even conscious after all she's been through in this Scramble…..and then that wide eye look shows frustration that boils over quickly. This frustration is released suddenly and painfully as Lucia begins to stomp away on the FACE of Sarah to the dismay of the crowd.
"Oh My God, Lucia's livid With the Kickout!" Joy shouts.
"Sarah Just Did The Stupidest Thing In Her Life!" Critic declares as Lucia violently tosses Sarah shoulder first into the ring post. She quickly pulls Sarah back into the ring, grabbing her head and locking her head and arm into the Andromeda Stretch (Gogoplata)!
"The Andromeda Stretch, The Gogoplata Is Cinched In Tight!" Joey exclaims. "Sarah Has Nothing Left In The Tank, Nothing Left! She's Fading Fast!"
Sarah moved crazily but move was going to pull her out of the Andromeda Stretch which Lucia had on tightly. Sarah quickly began to fade before passing into dreamland. Pee Wee Moore looked to find any signs of life from Sarah, but it's clear the 3 count would not be needed as the referee calls for the bell to bring a conclusion to the Scramble.
"It Is Over. Six Wrestlers and One Champion emerges." Joey states as the crowd boos, Sarah is unconscious and oblivious to whom the victor is. Stephen DeAngelis removes the Spirit Championship from its podium and hands it to Pee Wee Moore who then hands it to the winner of the Six Women Scramble.
"Sarah tried; she bit the bullet and managed to claim victories over four other wrestlers. Aelita Schaeffer, Jessica Wilson, Sapphire & Catherine Wilson. But the matches took their toll gradually and the most well rested of all the wrestlers gained the victory. Lucia could have taken it quickly though but instead inflicted as much punishment on a weakened Sarah Ortiz to capture the NCW Spirit Championship, Lucia Siycroin's first championship in NCW." Joey states just before Stephen DeAngelis gives the final announcement.
"Ladies and Gentleman your winner of the match and NEW NCW Spirit Champion, Lucia Siycroin!" Stephen announces, an announcement many in the NCW Arena did not want to hear.
The new champion looks down upon Sarah, giving her one final kick to roll her to the edge of the ring before departing the squared circle. Lucia flings the belt over her shoulder, not looking back once to the ring as she returns to the back.
(Rising Flame Transition)
On a dark red background with flames for borders on the top and bottom of the screen, images of Joan Rivera and Pyrrha Nikos divided by a microphone appear in the middle with the text "Joan's Rant" at the bottom.
"….What the…uh….oh….um….okay…..I'm getting word from the truck that sometime tonight their will be an installment of Joan's Rant featuring Pyrrha Nikos…..sounds like fun…" Joey grumbled.
"Oh just what I needed, first I listen to Joey praising a looser luchadora, THEN I have to hear….HER….." Critic mutters.
(Rising Flame Transition)
The show's feed transitions to the match card for the next upcoming contest. The faces of Aang, X-Virus, Bolin, Zach Cage, Hernan Ortiz & Roadkill all appear in front of a very dark red background with three spinning (poorly) animated ladders. Flames rise up from the bottom to reveal the following text.
Hypersonic Championship
Ladder War III
"Last year at No Way Out we replaced the NCW X-Pro Championship with the Hypersonic Championship. But all titles were stripped when NCW went on hiatus. Tonight we shall for once and for all determine a true champion between six extraordinary high flyers." Joey states.
"I cannot wai-" Critic begins to say, but suddenly the video feed from the arena is cut and replaced with another feed coming from the small garage in the rear of the NCW Arena. A series of well maintained, high quality cars have been parked inside as an assortment of wrestlers begin to step out. At first nobody can tell who they are, but when Streak walks into frame everyone realizes who they are then.
"Alright, we got over an hour or so before we clean up DXP's mess. But before that we got a TV title to fix." Streak said, as the Steel Syndicate begin to nod. Car doors are closed as they begin to move through the garage with a traitor to NCW leading them.
"…Oh good lord, the Steel Syndicate have arrived here at the NCW Arena. I wondered when they would show their face with Streak being a co-owner of the company." Joey states.
"And leading them is the Benedict Arnold of wrestling, Sokka." Critic adds.
"….and we know Renton Thurston, another member of this group will be one of the four fighting for the NCW Television Championship tonight as well." Joey groans.
The camera focuses in on Sokka, who has a lot to say.
"They are scared of change so what do they do? Strip the title and go into hiding for a year. You can run, but you can't hide. The World Title is coming back to the right side before this night is over."
The Steel Syndicate then departs from the parking garage, a dark cloud moving in to rain on the show. But before that can happen, a Ladder War is about to occur
