BTWF Octane (August Week 2)
'Are You Ready?' by Disturbed plays throughout the speakers, as pyro went off on the stage with the crowd cheering. The camera panned throughout different parts of the crowd, showing that there were not only humans in the crowd but a wide variety of creatures that were cheering on the show. The camera then panned to the announce team, who were looking right into the camera as Jim Cornette began his opening.
"From the fantastical city of Vector City, welcome to BTWF Octane! I'm Jim Cornette alongside my broadcast partners, Beth Vanderwood and Rintaro Okabe!" Jim Cornette exclaimed as Beth and Okabe waved at the camera.
"Thanks for that introduction Jim, but we should keep it short, as we have a night of hot action tonight! One of those matches is a 6 woman tag team match where BTWF World Women's Champion Rei Ayanami, #1 contender Zoey Hanson, and Zia Simpson will take on Asuka Langley Soryu, Akira Hayami, and Clover Lamoreaux!" Beth exclaimed as Okabe nodded in response.
"We also have a match between Soul Eater Evans and Ed in a singles match, along with the Hollywood Hooligan taking on Valentino Clavara!" Okabe exclaimed, as 'Legacy' by Adelitas Way played, as the crowd booed Sting and Rogue coming out of the back laughing and confident.
"And speaking of matches for tonight, we have another tag team match where the winner will be eligible to be selected for a BTWF World Tag Title match starting right now!" Cornette exclaimed as Sting and Rogue walked their way to the ring, arguing with the fans that were booing them.
"The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall. Making their way to the ring, from Magnolia, Fiore; Sting and Rogue, the Legacy!" Justin Roberts announced, as the two rolled into the ring and went to adjacent corners and posed, which made the crowd boo even louder.
"The Legacy had an opportunity for the tag titles at Bash at the Beach but came up short against Naruto and Sheldon Lee," Beth reminded the audience, as Sting and Rogue went into their corner and started going over plans with each other.
"And they want to get another title shot by being eligible for selection at Cyber Sunday," Okabe continued, as Shane McMahon's theme song played, as the crowd cheered before Eddy and Gene Belcher came out from the back, dancing to the beat of their music.
"And their opponents, Eddy and Gene Belcher!" Justin Roberts announced, as Gene and Eddy continued to dance their way to the ring, as Sting and Rogue looked at them with disgust, rolling their eyes before yelling at fans that were cheering for Eddy and Gene and dancing along with them.
"Speaking of opportunities at the tag titles, aside from their participation in a tag team battle royal at Hardcore Heaven, Gene and Eddy haven't had many opportunities at the tag titles despite their impressive win-loss record," Cornette explained, as the two came into the ring, dancing right in front of Rogue and Sting. Legacy responded by hitting both of them with clotheslines and stomping on the both of them before the referee pushed them both away from the two.
"Looks like Legacy got tired of the dancing and wanted to start fighting!" Beth exclaimed as the Legacy willingly went back to their corner, waiting for whether Gene and Eddy wanted to continue. Gene and Eddy both nodded at the referee, telling him that they wanted to continue the match. The referee responded by ringing the bell, and Sting immediately went after Gene, who was able to duck out of the way and hit him with multiple right-handed jabs to the face and Irish whip him into the ropes. Gene hit a rebounding Sting with a spinebuster before tagging Eddy back into the match and Gene hip tossed Eddy onto Sting's stomach, causing Eddy to hit a senton like attack onto Sting, causing the crowd to cheer.
"Despite the attack onto Eddy and Gene earlier in the match, they're still able to fight back against the Legacy!" Cornette exclaimed in surprise, as Eddy picked Sting up and hit him with multiple punches to the face before kneeing him in the gut before running the ropes and hit a dropkick to the side of Sting's head before Eddy ran the ropes and hit a standing moonsault onto Sting before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…
Sting kicked out and jumped into his corner to tag Rogue into the match. Rogue ran at Eddy, but he countered with multiple Japanese arm drags before hitting him with a Float Over DDT and going for another pin.
Ref: 1…
"Eddy and Gene are not letting Legacy have a moment of breathing room in this match!" Beth exclaimed, as Eddy picked Rogue up and grabbed him to his corner and tagged Gene into the match. Gene and Eddy hit a double suplex onto Rogue, along with a double elbow drop, causing the crowd to cheer.
"And that's exactly what they need to do in this tag match, as if they give Rogue and Sting an inch in this match, they will happily take a mile," Okabe explained, as Gene picked Rogue up and hit him with a reverse atomic drop before running the ropes and hit him with a big boot to the face before running the ropes. However, Sting pulled down the ropes causing Gene to fall to the outside of the ring.
"And there is some of that excellent teamwork that Sting and Rogue are well known for!" Cornette exclaimed. However, Gene was able to land on his feet, pull Sting down to the floor and start punching him in the face before hitting him with a Dusty Rhodes Bionic Elbow. However, in the ring, Rogue had gotten back to his feet and hit Gene in the back with a baseball slide dropkick before springboarding to the outside with a diving body press onto Gene, causing the crowd to boo as he and Sting hi-fived each other, while Sting was still holding his head in pain.
"And just like that, the Legacy has taken back control of the match!" Okabe exclaimed as Rogue threw Gene into the fan barricade before throwing him back into the ring. Rogue tagged Sting into the match, and the two picked Gene up by his arms. They wrung his arms before hitting a double punch to the gut before Sting hit an uppercut to Gene's throat and Rogue ran the ropes to hit a clothesline that turned Gene inside out before leaving the ring and allowing Sting to go for the pin.
Ref: 1…2
Sting ran the ropes and hit a knee drop to Gene's face before mounting him and punching him in the face before the referee pulled him off. Sting mocked Gene by dancing in the middle of the ring, causing the crowd to boo, before he hit a Penalty Kick to Gene's ribs before throwing Gene into the corner and stomping his gut. Sting was again pulled away from the corner by the referee, and with this distraction, Rogue hit a dropkick to the side of Gene's head, allowing Sting to hit a Silver Spoon DDT onto Gene before going for another pin.
Ref: 1…2
"Rogue and Sting showing their desperation for getting another shot at the BTWF World Tag Team titles," Beth explained, as Sting pushed Gene into the corner and tagged Rogue into the match. The two stomped on Gene before they hit Gene with a double falcon arrow, and Sting left the ring, allowing Rogue to run the ropes and hit a jumping elbow drop onto Gene before Rogue dragged him to the ropes, and started choking him with it. Rogue put Gene on his back and hit multiple fist drops onto Gene's head before going for another pin.
Ref: 1…2
"Well, I wouldn't call it 'desperation', Beth. They're a tag team that knows how to work together, and that was just another example of their excellent teamwork," Okabe countered, as Sting was yelling at the fans chanting for Gene and Eddy.
Gene kicked out, frustrating Rogue, who saw Eddy try and get Gene back to his feet. Rogue responded by hitting Eddy with a punch, sending Eddy falling off of the apron, causing the crowd to boo even more. Rogue immediately went back to Gene and put him in a headlock, causing Gene to squirm around and try to escape the hold.
"Rogue using this headlock on Gene, trying to choke him out!" Cornette exclaimed as Gene was able to drag his feet onto the ropes. However, Sting kicked his legs off of the ropes, causing the crowd to boo and allowing Rogue to put Gene back in the center of the ring, turning the headlock into a Cobra Clutch.
"And now Rogue has turned the headlock into a Cobra Clutch, possibly preparing for the Nightmare Road (Dream Street)!" Okabe exclaimed as Gene attempted to get to the ropes, but Rogue rolled Gene back at the center of the ring. Gene, after another minute, was able to get back onto his feet and elbow Rogue in the gut to get him off of him. Rogue attempted to put Gene back in the Cobra Clutch, but Rogue countered with a hip toss and hitting Rogue with a jumping senton to the stomach, causing the crowd to cheer.
"And Gene has finally been able to take control of the match! Can he get Eddy back into the match!?" Beth exclaimed, as Gene started to crawl to the ropes, where Eddy was pounding his foot on the top of the steel steps. However, Sting got into the ring and tried to pull Gene back to his corner by his ankle. Fortunately, Gene was able to turn around and push Sting away before tagging Eddy into the match, causing the crowd to cheer.
"And Eddy has finally gotten back into this match!" Cornette exclaimed, as Eddy springboarded into the ring with a dropkick onto Sting, sending him out of the ring before he turned his attention to Rogue, who was just starting to get back to his feet. Eddy hit two clotheslines, a swinging neckbreaker, a jumping stomp to the face, and a twisting leg drop before he picked Rogue up, and put him in the corner for a ten punch salute. At the 10th punch, Eddy dived to the outside to hit a diving hurricanrana onto Sting, sending him into the fan barricade much to the delight of the crowd.
"This is a good strategy by Eddy, take out Sting so that you can have Rogue all to yourself!" Okabe exclaimed, as Eddy got to the top rope and hit a crossbody onto Rogue before going for a pin.
Ref: 1…2.
Rogue kicked out, and Eddy responded by mounting him with multiple punches to the face. However, Rogue poked Eddy in the eye, causing the crowd to boo before Rogue got back to his feet as quickly as he could before throwing Eddy face-first into the corner before running the ropes and hitting a knee strike to the face. Eddy didn't go down, so Rogue ran the ropes and attempted another knee to the face, but Eddy was able to counter into a hurricanrana before pinning him, causing the crowd to cheer.
Ref: 1…2.
"And Sting was just there to break up the pin, saving the matchup for his team!" Cornette exclaimed, as Sting ran into the ring and broke up the pin causing the crowd to boo. Gene got into the ring and hit Sting with multiple Dusty Rhodes Bionic Elbows before hitting him with a clothesline, sending him back to the outside. However, Rogue hit his own clothesline that sent Gene to the outside, but Gene was able to hang on to the apron. Rogue didn't notice this, as he went to pick Eddy up, and the two exchanged punches in the ring, before Eddy dropkicked Rogue in the face, sending him to the ropes, where Gene was waiting for him with a running Stunner, causing the crowd to cheer.
"Oh my God! A Running Stunner onto Rogue by Gene!" Okabe exclaimed as Gene ran off the apron to hit a now standing Sting with a running senton. Rogue fell to the ground, allowing Eddy to go up to the top rope, causing the crowd to cheer as he dived off the rope with a Money Shot (Diving Body Splash) before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2…3
*Bell Rings*
"Ladies and gentlemen, here are your winners, Eddy and Gene Belcher!" Justin Roberts announced as the crowd cheered Gene and Eddy getting into the middle of the ring, and dancing in celebration.
"This is a shocking victory. Eddy and Gene were able to beat the Legacy at their own game with some excellent tag team strategy!" Okabe exclaimed in shock, as Sting pounded his fists onto the apron, before pulling Rogue out of the ring.
"Eddy and Gene are a perseverant tag team that loves to have fun, and they are showing that in this match!" Beth exclaimed as Eddy and Gene were dancing in the middle of the ring as Sting yelled at them and the fans while carrying Rogue to the backstage area.
"Well now, we have two of the three teams for Cyber Sunday's selection revealed, and next week, we will have the third," Cornette explained. However, Sheldon Lee and Naruto, the BTWD World Tag Team Champions, came rushing the ring and hit both Gene and Eddy in the head with their titles, causing the crowd to boo as they held their titles over their head.
"And those two teams got a message straight from the Tag Team Champions, telling them that they will not take those titles away from them," Beth explained, as the camera panned to the backstage interview area, where Alex Vasquez, Ochako Uraraka, Haruko Haruhara, Meg Griffin, Agent Xero, and Star Butterfly were talking to each other while Matt Striker was next to them with a microphone in his hand.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here with Alex Vasquez, who has formed quite the impressive team to take on the Sisterhood of Darkness at Cyber Sunday. Alex, can you give us some insight into this team and the match you will have at Cyber Sunday?" Striker asked.
"Most of these women knew that the Sisterhood of Darkness are a danger to this women's division, especially with them trying to attack me and Ochako with that pickaxe. Ochako wants her own revenge on the Sisterhood, as they could've shortened her career before she even started in the BTWF. As for Haruko, she hasn't been in the BTWF for a few months, but she wants to make up for lost time by helping us take out the Sisterhood," Alex explained while Matt Striker nodded before bringing the microphone back to his mouth to ask another question.
"This does look like quite the powerful team, but I have to ask where Erza Scarlet and Alexis Rhodes are. After all, they did help you deal with the Sisterhood of Darkness last week," Striker asked.
"We…we're just not sure if we can trust them yet. The Beautiful People have a history of screwing over people they're allied with. They've done that before with other members of the Beautiful People, and I think they may do something like this to us," Alex explained. However, before Striker could take the microphone back, Haruko grabbed the microphone, much to the shock of both Striker and Alex.
"Alex is right on the money with every fucking thing she just said! But I want a match with one of the members of the Sisterhood, so I can take them down and build up the team morale! I don't care who it is either! I want them in the fucking ring with me so I can show them what they're messing with!" Haruko exclaimed before she power-walked away from the group, causing everyone sans Alex and Striker to start mumbling in surprise.
"Well…I suppose you have some more time to gel with your new team, so ladies and gentlemen, please don't go anywhere as BTWF Octane will be right back after these commercial messages!" Striker exclaimed, as Alex, Ochako, and the rest of the team followed Haruko as the camera faded to a commercial break.
*Commercial Break*
*Commercial Over*
The camera panned to the ring, where Denki Kaminari was standing in the middle of the ring with Kirishima massaging his shoulders as a sign of the support, with the crowd cheering.
"The following contest is scheduled for one fall. In the ring, being accompanied by Kirishima, from Tokyo Japan; Denki Kaminari!" Justin Roberts announced as the crowd continued to cheer as Kaminari threw both his arms up into the air.
"Well ladies and gentlemen, before we get into this match, you heard before the commercial break that we have another match planned for Cyber Sunday!" Cornette exclaimed as Beth and Okabe nodded in response, as a few tiny balls of glitter flew past them, causing Okabe to sneeze.
"That's right Jim, and we heard over the commercial break that the fans will choose how this match goes; will it be a one on one Lumberjill match between Sherry Blendy and Alex Vasquez, a 5 on 5 tag team match, or a 7 on 7 elimination tag team match?" Beth asked the crowd, before 'Patriot' by Jim Johnston played, as the crowd booed Stan Smith coming out with his American Flag in his hand.
"And his opponent, from Langley Falls, Virginia, he is a Real American, Stan Smith!" Justin Roberts announced as the crowd continued to boo as Stan glared at the various creatures in between all the humans in Vector City, and just shook his head as he continued to make his way to the ring.
"Well now that the opponent is here, we should be talking about why Kaminari is challenging Stan Smith to this contest," Okabe noted before the bell rang and Stan responded by immediately tackled Kaminari to the ground, and locked him in a seated abdominal stretch.
"There isn't much of a story to it, Okabe. Kaminari wants to challenge the bigoted views of Stan Smith since he is of Japanese descent!" Cornette exclaimed as Kaminari was able to escape the abdominal stretch before picking him up and hit him with a Matt Riddle-esque combination of palm strikes and punches before hitting multiple karate kicks to the chest of Stan before Irish whipping him into the ropes. Stan attempted to hit a clothesline, but Kaminari was able to counter it into a Crucifix pin.
Ref: 1…
"Well, Kaminari seems to have things at hand so far. Hopefully, he can teach Stan some respect when it comes to foreigners!" Beth exclaimed as Kaminari Irish whipped Stan into the corner. Kaminari hit multiple knees to Stan's gut before he ran into an adjacent corner and ran into the corner to hit a running knee strike to Stan's head, and much to the crowd's delight, hit him with a snap suplex, pinning him by hooking both of Stan's legs up with his legs.
Ref: 1…2
Stan kicked out and rolled onto the apron. Kaminari ran the ropes and hit Stan with a basement dropkick, sending a Stan sending on all fours crashing face-first to the outside.
"Well, you two may get your wish of Stan losing this match because Kaminari has been all over him since the get-go!" Okabe exclaimed as Kaminari waited for Stan to get up, and when he did, Kirishima led the crowd to clap for Kaminari. When Stan did get up, Kaminari ran through the ropes with a suicide dive, but Stan was able to dodge, sending him crashing into the fan barricade, causing the crowd to cringe in shock before booing Stan.
Ref: 1…2…3
"Well, …he may have been on his way to winning this match before he basically launched himself like a lawn dart into the fan barricade!" Beth exclaimed as Stan picked Kaminari up and hit him with a Belly to Belly Overhead Throw onto the fan barricade, before throwing Kaminari into the steel steps before throwing Kaminari back into the ring. Stan saluted the fans, as if he was a war hero, causing the crowd to boo him even louder, as he noticed the referee was still counting.
Ref: 4…5
Stan rushed back into the ring and stomped on the back of Kaminari's leg multiple times before hitting him with multiple knee smashes into the ring canvas, before going for another pin.
Ref: 1…2
Kaminari kicked out, and Stan responded by picking Kaminari up and hitting him with a Belly to Belly suplex before yelling at Kirishima and stomping on Kaminari's knee, before glaring at the fans that were booing him.
"Stan taking advantage of Kaminari lawn darting himself into the fan barricade by going after the leg," Cornette explained, as Stan mounted Kaminari and punched him in the face multiple times before seating Kaminari into the corner. Stan glared at the booing fans and Kirishima before he started choking Kaminari with his foot before the referee pushed him away.
"And all that damage to the leg will defiantly aid in the application of the Patriot Lock (Ankle Lock)," Okabe explained, as Stan ran the ropes and hit a running knee to Kaminari's face before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2
Stan dragged Kaminari to the center of the ring and put him in a leglock. Kaminari tried to wriggle his way out of the hold, but Stan continued to pound on his knee. Kaminari started to drag his way to the ropes, and Stan tried to prevent this from happening by dragging him back to the middle ring. However, Kaminari was able to grab the bottom rope with his right hand, causing the crowd to cheer, as a frustrated Stan let go of Kaminari, but hit him with a Foot DDT before going for another pin.
Ref: 1…2
Kaminari kicked out and got up from the ground with the ropes. Stan started kicking at Kaminari's legs, but Kaminari started punching him in the face multiple times before pushing him away and hitting him with a superkick to the face, causing the crowd to cheer.
"Kaminari finally able to get some traction back in this match after that devastating superkick!" Cornette exclaimed, as Stan got back up and attempted a running move onto Kaminari, but he pulled the rope down, causing Stan to fall to the padded concrete, causing Kirishima and the fans to cheer for Kaminari. With the crowd's support, Kaminari springboarded out of the ring and hit Stan with a twisting splash, causing the crowd to cheer even louder.
"What a twisting dive by Kaminari!" Beth exclaimed, as Kaminari, who was limping from his right leg, picked Stan up and threw him back into the ring, before hi-fiving Kirishima.
"It was a good looking move, but look at what's going on with Kaminari's leg. He must've landed awkwardly on his knee," Okabe explained, as Kaminari climbed up to the top rope. The crowd and Kirishima were cheering him on, though it was taking Kaminari longer than normal to do so due to the damage done to his leg. By the time he got to the top rope, Stan got up to the top rope himself and attempted to lock him in a Belly to Belly suplex position. However, Kaminari was able to hit multiple punches and headbutts onto Stan, causing him to fall off of the top rope. Kaminari then dived off the top rope to hit a frog splash onto Stan before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2..
"Kaminari is showing that he is a fighter, taking all these risks despite his injured leg!" Cornette exclaimed as Stan kicked out. Kaminari limped onto the ropes and waited for Stan tog et back to his feet.
"Well, we know that Kaminari's not the brightest bulb on the tree," Okabe quipped, as Stan got back into his feet while holding onto his chest. Kaminari hit Stan with two clotheslines, a knee to the gut, a single knee Facebuster, and a snap DDT before going for another pin.
Ref: 1…2.
"Kaminari may win this match, and finally shut Stan up!" Beth exclaimed, as Kaminari picked Stan up and threw him into the corner, hitting him with multiple punches to the face before going up to the top turnbuckle, and hit him with a 10 punch salute. However, when he got to the 7th punch, Stan countered the move by hitting him with a Powerbomb. Stan picked him up and hit him with the Olympic Slam.
"Well, there goes that theory," Okabe quipped, as Stan outstretched his arms with his fists clenched, much to the crowd's chagrin, before putting Kaminari in the Patriot Lock (Ankle Lock). The crowd cheered and clapped for Kaminari, praying that he would escape the hold. Kaminari attempted to drag himself back to the ropes, but Stan put Kaminari's ankle in a grapevine, causing more pain to go through his leg. Kaminari quickly tapped out after the grapevine was applied, causing the crowd to boo.
*Bell Rings*
"Ladies and gentlemen, here is your winner as a result of a submission, he is a Real American; Stan Smith!" Justin Roberts announced as the crowd booed. However, Stan did not let go of Kaminari and continued to attack the leg with the Patriot Lock.
"And Stan, once again, attacking his opponent after he already won the match!" Beth exclaimed in disgust as the referee tried to pull Stan off of Kaminari, but failed to do so. Kaminari was able to pass out from the pain, but Kirishima ran into the ring and pulled Stan off. Kirishima punched Stan in the face multiple times and attempted to lock him in the Cobra Clutch before he was able to escape and run out of the ring, much to the chagrin of the crowd.
"And when Kirishima came into the ring, Stan ran away like a coward!" Cornette exclaimed with equal amounts of disgust, as Kirishima helped Kaminari up as Stan yelled at a child that looked like a dolphin, causing the crowd to boo even louder at him.
"Well cowardly tactics aside, Stan is showing that he has not lost a step in the squared circle," Okabe defended, as Stan went back to the backstage area before the camera panned to the locker room, where Arnold Jackson and Valentino Clavara were talking to each other, with Valentino occasionally glancing at the small piece of paper in his hand.
"Dude is that another love note!?" Arnold asked with a vested interest.
"Yeah, I found it in my bags, and it's really sweet," Valentino responded with a smile and a blush on his face.
"Well congratulations man, I can't wait to meet her!" Arnold responded before the Hollywood Hooligan barged into their locker room, with a smirk on his face before swiping the note out of Valentino's hand.
"A love note!? Ha! You've got to be kidding me!" Hooligan laughed, as he crumpled up the note and threw it in Arnold's face.
"Yeah, what's so unbelievable about it!?" Valentino argued, causing Hooligan to continue and laugh at him.
"Well, look at you! You're a fat little twerp, while I am a hot Hollywood star, so who do you think any woman with a brain would choose?" Hooligan asked.
"A woman worth dating cares about the personality and the compatibility of the man, not if they look like a supermodel. I know that you're no supermodel, but I just thought I should tell you," Valentino responded, which Arnold nodded to in agreement.
"Please, that's just what women who can't get people like me say. Plus, that's probably not even a datable woman talking to you. For all you know, it's your Grandma that's sending you these stupid little letters to make you feel better after you lose to me tonight," Hooligan smirked. Valentino looked at him with a cold glare, before slapping Hooligan in the face, sending him down to the ground. He then picked Hooligan up by the back of his shirt and threw him out of his locker room, leaving Arnold in shock. He took a few deep breaths before opening his mouth again.
"Anyway, after I defeat Hooligan tonight, we're going to have all the momentum in the world for when the fans vote for us to take on the NWO and win the BTWF World Tag Team Championships," Valentino explained, causing Arnold to nod his head, still a bit shocked at the sudden near eruption of anger that Valentino had displayed earlier before the camera panned to a commercial break.
*Commercial Break*
*Commercial Over*
The camera panned to the backstage interview area, where Himari Anzai (Sempai from the anime/manga Magical Sempai. She doesn't have a real name as far as I know so I decided to give her one), was waiting at the interview area with a microphone in his hand.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest at this time, he is the new BTWF champion, Kaworu Nagisa," Anzai announced, as Kaworu Nagisa came in the frame of the camera, causing the live crowd to boo while he was holding the championship on his shoulder.
"Kaworu, at BTWF Cyber Sunday, you will be fighting Natsu in a 2/3 falls match, whether it'd be a regular match, a no DQ and no countout match, or a 3 Stages of Hell match. I wanted to get your thoughts on this match," Anzai asked.
"I think this is an unfair ruling by Mr. Morgan and Mrs. Von Degurechaff. We all know how Natsu is and how desperate he can be, so for all I know, he could cheat so that he could take the title that I earned away from me! Plus, with all of these no-disqualification stipulations, I know that Natsu is going to take this too far and bring great harm to my person!" Kaworu exclaimed as Anzai nodded before she asked another question.
"So…what do you plan on doing about it?" Anzai asked.
"I have several lawyers going over this with the BTWF Board of Directors, and rest assured, I WILL cancel this match!" Kaworu exclaimed as the crowd outside continued to boo.
"One final question, Shoto Todoroki will be in action against doctors' orders. Since he is next in line for a shot at the BTWF Championship, what are your thoughts on this decision of his?" Anzai asked, causing Kaworu to chuckle.
"Well, while I would normally advise against competing against the order of medical professionals if my #1 contender wants to play Russian Roulette with his career, then who am I to stop him?" Kaworu responded with a smirk before he left the interview area. The camera then panned back in the ring, where Manny Rivera was in the ring.
"The following contest is scheduled for one fall. In the ring, from Miracle City, Mexico; Manny Rivera!" Justin Roberts announced as Manny raised both his arms up, causing the crowd to boo, before 'Duality' by Set It Off played, causing the crowd to cheer. Shoto Todoroki was sitting criss-cross on the stage, and the lights in the arena were dimmed. However, when Todoroki shot his eyes open, the lights in the arena turned back to full blast in an array of red and blue, before Todoroki got back up onto his feet and walked to the ring, accompanied by the roaring cheers of the crowd.
"And his opponent, from Tokyo Japan, Shoto Todoroki!" Justin Roberts announced as the crowd continued to cheer Shoto when he jumped up onto the apron and flipped into the ring. Manny looked on with a shocked look when he saw the gauze wrapped around Todoroki's upper chest and right arm.
"Todoroki still feeling the effects of his brutal ladder match at Bash at the Beach, how do you think this match will go, knowing how injured that Todoroki is?" Beth asked Cornette and Okabe, as the referee ring the bell. Todoroki ran at Manny with a Hot & Cold (Mushroom Stomp) before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2…3
*Bell Rings*
"Ladies and gentlemen, here is your winner, Shoto Todoroki!" Justin Roberts announced as the referee raised Todoroki's hand in victory.
"That's how it goes Beth. Todoroki has shown in the past that the Hot & Cold can come from out of nowhere," Okabe explained, as Todoroki let go of the referee and attempted to leave the ring, but when he did, he was ambushed by Kaworu, with a tackle to the ground and multiple forearm strikes to the face.
"I guess Kaworu wants to make sure that Todoroki won't be 100% by the time these two face off for the BTWF Championship!" Cornette exclaimed, as Kaworu grabbed Todoroki's taped-up arm and put it in between the steel ring post and the steel steps. The crowd booed as Kaworu backed up, about to smash Todoroki's already damaged arm.
"Someone needs to come out here and help Todoroki!" Beth exclaimed as Todoroki tried to free his arm. The crowd stood up and cheered as Natsu ran down to the ring and attacked Kaworu, throwing him into the fan barricade before helping Todoroki out from between the ring post and the steps.
"Thankfully, Kaworu's opponent for Cyber Sunday just saved Todoroki from more injury!" Okabe exclaimed, as Todoroki left Natsu's grasp and started attacking Kaworu with his left fist and kicked him in the gut. Natsu went after Kaworu and traded blows with him before multiple referees came from the back and separated the three of them while the crowd was chanting 'Let Them Fight!'
"Well, Todoroki will have time to heal thanks to Natsu saving him from a vicious assault from Kaworu that could've taken him out of action indefinitely!" Beth exclaimed as the three were led to the back, separated from each other.
"And we've been seeing a much more aggressive side of Kaworu this past month, showing how desperate he is to not only win the BTWF Championship but keep it as well!" Cornette exclaimed as the camera panned backstage where Matt Striker was backstage in the interview area.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guests at this time, 'The Fabulous One' Clover Lamoreaux and her manager, BTWF Hall of Famer, Jerry Lewis!" Striker introduced as the live crowd booed Clover and Jerry coming into the camera's frame.
"Now, I wanted to ask how you feel about this 6 woman tag match coming up after the commercial break," Striker asked, as Clover gave him an incredulous look.
"How do I feel? It should be a crime that I'm even in this match at all! I have nothing to do with any of the stupidity going on in there, and yet I have to waste MY valuable time teaming up with those two losers!" Clover exclaimed before Jerry gave her a calming pat on the shoulder to calm her down before taking the microphone into his hand.
"Well Mr. Striker, Clover may see this match as punishment-"
"Because it is!"
"—but I see this match as an opportunity. Putting on an exceptional performance, and even winning against the BTWF World Women's champion and her #1 contender, regardless of the match type, would bode well for Clover's title aspirations," Jerry explained. Clover looked at Jerry and begrudgingly nodded her head in agreement. However, before she could say anything in response, Akira Hayami marched into the interview are and grabbed Clover by the throat.
"Listen to me, you little beauty queen; you better not mess up tonight and cost me the match! Because if you do, I'll make sure you never want to see that pretty little face in the mirror again!" Akira threatened before throwing Clover to the ground and glaring at Jerry and Striker before leaving the area, leaving Clover in a coughing fit before the camera panned back to the ring, where Primo's WWE theme song played, causing the crowd to cheer.
"The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Making his way to the ring, accompanied by Arnold Jackson, from Monte Macabre, Mexico, Valentino Clavara!" Justin Roberts announced as Valentino came out with a game face on, with Arnold trying to calm him down to make sure that he didn't do something that he would regret later.
"Hollywood Hooligan really messed with Valentino backstage in the locker room," Cornette explained, as Valentino pat Arnold on the shoulder before rolling into the ring, with the crowd cheering as Valentino went to the top rope, and beat on his chest to show that he was pumped up.
"He pumped him up, which I think that Hooligan is going to regret when he steps into the ring!" Beth exclaimed as the Miz's theme song played as the crowd booed Hollywood Hooligan walked from the back in a fur jacket and expensive sunglasses.
"And his opponent, now residing in Hollywood California, the Hollywood Hooligan!" Justin Roberts announced as the crowd booed. Despite this, Hooligan gave autographs and his phone number to several women in the front row, including a woman with glasses that covered her eyes and plenty of freckles on her face.
"Hooligan still isn't giving up on this search for a valet, is he?" Beth asked in annoyance, as Hooligan made his way to the ring, smirking at Valentino's anger, as he climbed up to the top rope and laid down cross-legged on the top turnbuckle.
"Why would he give up? What woman wouldn't want to be around a Hollywood star like him?" Okabe asked before the bell rang. Valentino immediately ran at Hooligan, kicking him off of the top rope, and hitting him with multiple punches to the face before kicking Hooligan in the gut and hitting him with a spinning scoop slam, causing the crowd to cheer.
"I know I wouldn't want to be around Hooligan for more than a minute," Beth mumbled, as Hooligan tried to escape the ring and Valentino. However, Valentino grabbed Hooligan by the legs, and hit him with a Giant Swing, causing the crowd to cheer before he stopped, and slingshot Hooligan into the corner, causing his head to hit the top turnbuckle. When Hooligan turned around, Valentino ran at him with a clothesline that turned him inside out. Valentino pinned Hooligan with the crowd cheering 'Stay Down!'
Ref: 1…2
Hooligan kicked out and again rolled away from Valentino, this time able to escape the ring and land on the floor. Valentino, seeing this, rolled out of the ring and threw him into the fan barricade multiple times, causing the crowd to cheer and chant for Valentino before he threw Hooligan into the steel steps. Valentino put Hooligan in a seated position in front of the steel steps, before going to the other side of the ring, and running at him with a cannonball senton, causing the crowd to cheer even louder.
Ref: 1…2…3
"Valentino not giving Hooligan a minute of breathing room, and given the fast-paced offense that Hooligan is known for, this is a smart strategy on the part of Valentino," Okabe explained, as Valentino picked Hooligan up, and sent him face-first into the announcer's table before scoop slamming him on the floor, causing the crowd to cheer.
Ref: 4…5…6
"Valentino is going to have to get back into the ring if he wants to win this match," Cornette explained before Valentino threw Hooligan back into the ring before he got up on the announcers' table, causing the crowd to continue to cheer and chant his name. Noticing that the referee was about to continue the count, he jumped off of the table and rushed to the ring, getting onto the apron. However, when he got onto the apron, Hooligan ran at him with a V-Trigger knee strike to the face, sending Valentino falling face-first back into the ring. Hooligan stomped on Valentino's back, yelling at the fans that started booing him before hitting a basement dropkick to the side of Valentino's head before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…
"Hooligan is getting back into this match thanks to that knee to the face!" Okabe exclaimed, as Hooligan put Valentino in a seated position, and kneed him in the back multiple times before slamming the back of his head onto the mat before running the ropes and hitting a knee to Valentino's head. Hooligan ran the ropes again and hit a standing corkscrew senton onto Valentino's gut before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2
Valentino kicked out, and Hooligan responded with multiple kicks to the back, before yelling at Arnold, who was banging on the apron to encourage Valentino. Hooligan stomped on Valentino's face before choking him with his foot.
"Hooligan displaying the aggression Valentino was earlier in the match," Okabe noted, as Hooligan put Valentino in a headlock with his knee pressing into Valentino's back. Valentino pulled on Hooligan's hair to try and get him off, but Hooligan responded with multiple elbows to the head, before continuing to wring the headlock. The crowd and Arnold clapped for Valentino to try and get him out of the headlock. Valentino was able to get up to his feet, causing the crowd to cheer, but Hooligan let go of the hold, kicked Valentino in the knee, and hit him with a shining wizard, causing the crowd to boo.
"Hooligan displaying his high in-ring IQ!" Cornette exclaimed as Hooligan went for the pin, hooking both of Valentino's legs.
Ref: 1…2
Valentino rolled his shoulder off of the mat, and Hooligan responded by grabbing both of his arms, stomping on his head multiple times before the referee told Hooligan to back off. When he did, Hooligan started arguing with the fans who were booing him and chanting for Valentino. Valentino started getting on all fours while holding his head, and Hooligan responded with a jumping double foot stomp to his back before going for the pin again.
Ref: 1…2
Hooligan pounded the ring while he started arguing with the referee.
"Hooligan has done an excellent job of slowing down the match, and keeping Valentino down on the ground to halt his strength advantage," Okabe explained, as Hooligan grabbed both of Valentino's arms again and locked him in a Butterfly Lock, again grinding his knee into Valentino's back. Arnold ran around the ring, encouraging the fans to cheer for Valentino to try and get out of the hold.
"I have to give him credit. No matter how egotistical and sleazy that Hooligan is, he knows what he's doing inside that ring," Beth admitted, as Hooligan started kicking Hooligan in the back and the back of the head, before continuing to wring in the hold.
"We have been discussing Hooligan's ability a lot, but Valentino is a great big man with the perfect combination of speed and strength. If Hooligan were to make a mistake, Valentino could easily take this match back into his control," Cornette explained, as Valentino started to get back to his feet, much to the crowd's delight. Valentino threw Hooligan over his head, causing the crowd to cheer before Valentino went into the corner to get his bearings back.
"Well Jim, you may have predicted the outcome of this match, as Valentino escaped Hooligan's vicious submission hold!" Okabe exclaimed as Hooligan attempted to run at Valentino, but Valentino was able to duck, causing Hooligan to once again hit his head on the top turnbuckle. When Hooligan walked out of the corner, Valentino hit him with two clotheslines, a back body drop, a full nelson bomb and ran the ropes to hit him with a running dropkick in a seated Hooligan's face. the crowd and Arnold cheered as Valentino ran the ropes and hit a jumping leg drop onto the neck of Hooligan before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2.
"Valentino has taken control of this match, and his aggression has not faltered since the beginning of this match!" Beth exclaimed, as Valentino grabbed Hooligan by the hair, and threw him into the corner. Valentino then started punching and elbowing Hooligan in the face until the referee pulled him out of the corner. When Valentino came back to the corner, Hooligan poked him in the eye, and hit him with both his boots from the corner, and attempted a running move at him, but Valentino countered it into a snap powerslam, before going for another pin.
Ref: 1…2
Hooligan rolled his shoulder up and Valentino grabbed Hooligan by the hair and yelled in his face, causing Hooligan to beg. However, Valentino threw Hooligan into the ropes, and when he rebounded, Valentino attempted a Boss Man Slam, but Hooligan was able to roll out of hit and hit him with a backstabber before rolling him up for a pin.
Ref: 1…2.
"That was a very nice counter by the Hooligan, and he seems to have taken control of this match!" Cornette exclaimed as Hooligan picked Valentino up, hitting him with a spin kick to the gut, and springboarded off of the 2nd rope with a flying chuck kick. However, Valentino was still up, so Hooligan attempted to throw him into the corner, but Valentino was able to counter it into his own Irish whip into the corner. However, when Valentino attempted a jumping body press into the corner, Hooligan was able to dodge, sending Valentino crashing into the 2nd and 3rd turnbuckle. This allowed Hooligan to put Valentino over his shoulder and quickly sending him down to the canvas with a One Winged Angel.
"Even if it was for only a few seconds, Hooligan carrying Valentino on his back is a remarkable feat of strength!" Okabe exclaimed before Hooligan went for another pin.
Ref: 1…2..
Valentino barely kicked out of the pin, causing Hooligan to once again go after the referee. Hooligan almost struck the referee out of frustration but went back to Valentino, and when he picked Valentino up, he hit Hooligan with a jawbreaker that sent Hooligan into the ropes. Valentino got back to his feet, and when Hooligan attempted to hit him with a big boot, he countered it into a sit-out powerbomb, causing the crowd to cheer before going to the pin.
Ref: 1…2..
"This match has turned into a back and forth battle between these two athletes, who are still waiting for that breakout moment in this company!" Cornette exclaimed, as Valentino picked Hooligan up and the crowd cheered along with Arnold as Valentino put Hooligan in position for the Weapon V (Gory Special into an STO). However, Hooligan was able to free himself from Valentino's grasp and elbowed him in the side of the head multiple times. Hooligan then grabbed a hold of Valentino and hit him with the Hollywood Glitz (Double Knee Jawbreaker) before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2…3
*Bell rings*
"Ladies and gentlemen, here is your winner, the Hollywood Hooligan!" Justin Roberts announced as the crowd booed him as he smirked at the crowd and mocked a downed Valentino.
"Jim, I think you jinxed the outcome of this match, as Hooligan was finally able to put Valentino away," Okabe quipped, as Arnold rolled into the ring to check on Valentino, as Hooligan continued to celebrate on the top rope. However, much to the shock of everyone, Pete Corvus came from the back with a cold glare and a chair in his hand. Hooligan noticed this and bolted out of the ring, leaving Corvus alone in the ring with Arnold and Valentino.
"Uhhh…guys…do you know what Pete Corvus is doing here?" Beth asked as Valentino and Arnold both took notice of Corvus in the ring.
"I don't know Beth, but knowing this idiot, it's probably not good!" Cornette exclaimed as Corvus started hitting both Valentino and Arnold with the chair, causing the crowd to boo. Arnold attempted to fight back with several punches, but Corvus hit him with one more steel chair shot to the face before smiling evilly at a downed Arnold.
"Oh God, what is he going to do now!?" Okabe exclaimed in fear as Corvus put Arnold's head in the legs of the chair, and smirked at the crowd that was booing him, before he stomped on the chair, causing damage to Arnold's throat. The crowd continued to boo as he continued to stomp on Arnold's neck, causing him to start spitting out blood.
"OH COME ON! Arnold's bleeding out of the mouth now! We may get kicked out of the Vector City Stadium for this, as we were supposed to keep things family-friendly!" Cornette exclaimed, as Valentino finally got up and tackled Corvus out of the ring. The two continued to brawl until several security guards came out and again tackled Corvus to the ground.
"And thankfully, help has come out to get this psychopath out of here!" Beth exclaimed, as the security guards dragged Corvus out of the ringside area, causing the crowd to sing 'Hey Hey Goodbye' while Valentino was checking on Arnold, who was still coughing up blood in the ring as medical personnel came down to ringside, as the camera panned to a commercial break.
*Commercial Break*
*Commercial Over*
The camera panned to Pete Corvus being led out of the arena by security, but before they could throw him out Arthur Morgan came stomping towards him.
"Have you lost your Goddamn mind!?" Arthur yelled in Pete's face.
"No. This is just what I warned you about," Pete responded with a smirk on his face. Arthur had to fight off every urge he had so hit Pete in the face.
"You could've killed Arnold! You're damn lucky that we were able to get the ambulance here in time, but you-" Arnold began to reprimand before Pete cut him off.
"You're right; I could've killed him! I told you that I would do whatever it takes to get another shot at the championship that's rightfully mine!" Corvus yelled in Arthur's face, glaring at him. Before Arthur could respond, Hardcore champion Black Star tackled Pete to the ground and started attacking Pete. However, the security guards were able to pull Pete away from Black Star and left the arena with him in tow. Black Star glared at Pete's disappearing frame, before throwing a trash can at the wall before Tsubaki came to calm Black Star down.
"Black Star! Calm down and just think about things!" Tsubaki exclaimed as Black Star took deep breaths in and out, before looking back at Tsubaki and nodded.
"You're right Tsubaki, he's not worth the effort," Black Star responded, causing Tsubaki to wince.
"Listen Black Star…Mr. Morgan…I think we should give Pete another chance at the Hardcore title," Tsubaki suggested, leaving Arthur and Black Star with their jaws on the floor in shock.
"Tsubaki…you're kidding right?" Black Star asked incredulously.
"I know it sounds odd, but…you know he's going to keep doing stuff like this if we don't give him what he wants," Tsubaki defended. Black Star looked unconvinced, but Arthur nodded and put a supportive hand on both Tsubaki and Black Star's shoulders.
"You're right Tsubaki. As much as I just want to suspend that lunatic, he'll just find a way to come and attack everyone else. Therefore, at Cyber Sunday, Black Star will defend the Hardcore championship against Pete Corvus in either an Ambulance match, a chairs match, or an Asylum match!" Morgan exclaimed. Black Star looked as though he was going to argue, but he sighed and reluctantly nodded. After Tsubaki and Black Star shook Arthur's hand, they both left for their locker rooms, seemingly arguing about Tsubaki's suggestion to give Pete a rematch for the title. The camera panned back to the ringside area, just as 'Shatter Me' by Lzzy Hale and Lindsey Sterling played, as the crowd got off of their feet and cheered loudly for BTWF Women's Champion, Rei Ayanami, Zoey Hanson, and Zia Simpson coming out of the back and making their way to the ring.
"The following contest is a 6 woman tag team match scheduled for one fall. Making their way to the ring, the BTWF Women's Champion, Rei Ayanami, Zoey Hanson, and the Woman that Gravity Forgot, Zia Simpson!" Justin Roberts announced as the crowd continued to cheer for all three of them as they went into the ring.
"You have to wonder how Rei and Zoey are going to get along in this match," Beth wondered, as Rei, Zoey, and Zia shook each other's hands before they started discussing strategy.
"Well, Zoey is not as close to Rei as Zia is, so I do imagine the tension between the two of them may come easier than between Rei and Zia last month," Okabe predicted, before 'Ladies and Gentlemen' by Saliva played, heralding the arrival of Akira Hayami, Clover Lamoreaux along with Jerry Lewis, and Asuka Langley Soryu.
"And their opponents, accompanied by Jerry Lewis, the team of 'the Fabulous One' Clover Lamoreaux, 'the Spotlight of the Women's Division' Akira Hayami, and Asuka Langley Soryu!" Justin Roberts announced as the crowd booed the three. Jerry was holding a hand mirror in front of Clover's face so that she could check her face. Asuka noticed and shared the mirror with Clover. Akira noticed and grabbed both of them by their collars and threw them into the ring before rolling into the ring herself.
"Akira looks like she's all business tonight, and she has no time for any tomfoolery from Clover or Asuka," Cornette said, as the bell rang once everything was under control. Asuka and Zia started the match with a lock-up. Asuka was able to win this lock-up by putting her in a standing armlock. Zia was able to get Asuka off of her with an arm drag and put Asuka in a headlock, causing the crowd to cheer. Asuka walked Zia to the ropes and pushed her off of the ropes and attempted to hit a rebounding Zia with an arm drag, but Zia countered it with her own arm drag, locking her in a Fujiwara armbar.
"Zia showing that she's more than amazing high flying maneuvers!" Beth exclaimed as Asuka was able to get back on her feet and punch Zia in the face a couple of times before pushing Zia into the corner, before tagging Clover into the match. The crowd booed as Clover grabbed Zia's arm, sent her to the ground stomach first, and put her in a hammerlock, the crowd booing as Clover started doing push-ups.
"Clover now taking control of the match with the hammerlock," Cornette explained, as Zia was finally able to get back to her feet and hit multiple forearms to Clover's face before Irish whipping her into her corner, before tagging Zoey into the match. The two kicked Clover's legs, sending her down to both knees before the two of them ran the ropes and hit a basement dropkick to the sides of Clover's head before Zoey went for the pin.
Ref: 1…
"Zoey is finally in this match, and you have to figure that she wants to show Rei what she's in for at Cyber Sunday," Okabe explained, as Zoey put Clover in the corner and started kicking her in the chest before hitting Clover with a snap suplex. Zoey looked over at Rei and Zia and tagged in Zia. Zoey held Clover down, allowing Zia to springboard into the ring with a 450 Splash, causing the crowd to cheer before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2
Clover kicked out and tried to roll into her corner, but Zia dragged her back to the center of the ring and hit her with a standing shooting star press. Zia tagged Rei into the match and the two hit a double suplex onto Clover, and Zia scoop slammed Rei onto Clover's stomach before Rei went for the pin.
Ref: 1…2
Rei picked Clover up and hit her with multiple knife edge chops before tagging Zia back into the match, and the two hit Clover with a double gutbuster before Rei hit Clover with a suplex neckbreaker and Zia springboarded off of the middle rope with a moonsault.
"Rei and Zia seem to be a good team together, while Zoey seems to be a little too competitive to work that well with Rei," Okabe explained, as Clover rolled onto the apron. When she did, Jerry got onto the apron, distracting Zia and the referee while Clover was recovering on the apron.
"And I think Jerry finally realized that Clover is in major trouble, and decided to help her!" Cornette exclaimed as Zia pushed Jerry off of the apron before she grabbed Clover by her hair. However, Clover broke Zia's grip and kicked her in the head before hitting her with a hotshot onto the ropes, causing the crowd to boo before she jumped back into the ring and tagged Akira into the match.
"And here's our first look at Akira Hayami in a match since her return at Bash at the Beach!" Beth exclaimed as Akira threw a downed Zia into the corner and hit multiple shoulder thrusts into the corner before hitting her with a vertical suplex throw. Zia fell to a seated position, and Akira responded by running the ropes and hitting her with a dropkick before picking her up by the hair and hitting her with a sit-out spinebuster before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2
Akira brought Zia back to her feet and started punching and kicking her until Zia got knocked down back to the floor. Akira glared at her partners and tagged Asuka into the match. Asuka ran the ropes and hit a knee drop to Zia's face before Asuka Irish whipped Zia into the ropes and hit her with a sidewalk slam, before she started elbowing Zia's leg, yelling at the booing crowd and Zia's partners before dropping her knees on Zia's leg multiple times. Asuka dragged Zia to her corner and wrapped her in a Figure 4 Leglock before tagging Clover back into the match. Clover jumped up and stomped on Zia's knee before going for a jackknife pin on Zia.
Ref: 1…2
"Thanks to Asuka, her team has an important target on Zia!" Cornette exclaimed as Clover started kicking the back of Zia's leg before picking her up for an Alabama Slam. Zia tried to hit multiple bell claps to Clover's abdomen, but Clover was still able to hit her with the Alabama Slam.
"And since that target is Zia's leg, it will have a major effect on not only her high flying but her power as well," Okabe explained, as Clover locked Zia in a legbar. Zia screamed in pain as the crowd clapped and chanted for Zia to escape the hold. Zia started crawling to the ropes, but when her hand reached for the ropes, Asuka interfered by stomping on her hand and kicked it away, allowing Clover to drag Zia back into the center of the ring, continuing with the legbar.
"It looks like Asuka, Clover, and Akira are finally working together so that they can get a tap out from Zia," Cornette explained, as Zia started dragging herself to her corner. Clover attempted to drag her back to the center of the ring, but Zia started kicking and stomping on Clover's face, causing Clover to release the hold. The crowd cheered as Zia started punching her leg to get the blood flowing back into her leg before she started dragging herself into the corner. Clover also started dragging herself to her corner, and the result was both Rei Ayanami and Asuka Langley Soryu into the match.
"And Zia was finally able to tag out of this match, and we have the Women's Champion in this match!" Beth exclaimed as Rei springboarded into the ring, hitting Asuka with a clothesline. Rei went into the corner and waited for Asuka to get up before she ran at her with two clotheslines, a jumping clothesline, a spinning heel kick, and a Falcon Arrow before running the ropes and hitting her with a running leg drop across Asuka's throat before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2
"Rei has taken the advantage back for her team!" Beth exclaimed, as Rei picked Asuka up by both of her arms, and hit her with the Wing Clipper before locking her in the reverse full nelson, causing the crowd to cheer and chant for Asuka to tap. Asuka looked as though she was about to, but Clover kicked Rei in the face and dragged Asuka away from a downed Rei. However, Zoey springboarded into the ring with a hurricanrana, sending her into the steel ring post, causing her to fall out of the ring. Akira came in and hit a clothesline onto Zoey that turned her inside out before pushing her out onto the apron with her foot.
"And we get to the part where the 6 person tag divulges into chaos!" Okabe exclaimed, before Zia, despite her damaged leg, tackled Akira and elbowed her in the face before the two of them rolled out of the ring and started brawling up the ramp.
"And now Zia giving some payback to Akira for the assault at Bash at the Beach and last week on Octane!" Cornette exclaimed as Akira kneed Zia in the gut multiple times, but Zia responded by hitting Akira with multiple punches to the face. The two continued to brawl up the ramp, with the crowd chanting 'Fight!' as they went to the back, still fighting each other.
"I think it's safe to say that we won't be seeing these two for the rest of this match," Okabe noted, as Rei got up, and when she grabbed Asuka, Asuka pushed her into the corner and started stomping on her in the corner, before picking her up in a suplex position. However, Rei was able to get back to her feet and attempted to hit a Tornado DDT before Asuka and hit her with a Jackhammer before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2
Rei kicked out, and Asuka attempted to tag Clover but noticed that she was leaving with Jerry.
"Wait…what is Clover doing?" Beth asked as Asuka started yelling at Clover.
"Well, obviously she's leaving the match," Okabe responded as Clover yelled back at her, holding her arm.
"I know that Einstein, I'm asking why she's leaving the match now!?" Beth countered as Rei staggered into the corner, allowing Zoey to tag herself into the match.
"Well, I would assume that being shot into the steel ring post arm first made Clover realize that this match was too much effort for her. If you'll recall, Clover didn't want to compete in this match, since she has nothing to do with any of these women," Cornette explained, as Asuka turned back around in frustration, stomping on Rei in the corner, not noticing that Zoey has tagged herself in. Zoey went to the top rope and dived off the top rope with a missile dropkick. Zoey then jumped into the corner and waited for Asuka to get back on her feet. When she did, Zoey ran at her and hit Asuka with the Cat Attack (Boston Knee Party), before going for the pinfall, which Clover did not attempt to break up.
Ref: 1…2…3
*Bell Rings*
"Ladies and gentlemen, here are your winners, the team of the BTWF World Women's Champion, Rei Ayanami, Zoey Hanson, and the Woman that Gravity Forgot, Zia Simpson!" Justin Roberts announced as the crowd cheered Zoey getting her hand raised by the referee. Rei grabbed her title from the ring attendant and walked up to Zoey, asking why she had tagged herself in.
"Well Zoey may have won the match for her team, but I don't think Rei approved of her methods of doing so," Okabe explained, as Zoey tried to explain herself. However, while they were debating the outcome of the match, the lights in the arena turned blood red, as the crowd was in shock as a ring of fire appeared on the stage, revealing Sherry Blendy and the rest of the Sisterhood of Darkness.
"Oh boy…the women in the ring better leave now if they don't want to get hurt," Cornette stated, as the women appeared in the ring. Rei and Zoey stood their ground while Asuka was just starting to get off of the ground, and realizing what was going on, tried to leave the ring. However, Tomoko Kuroki and Ultear Milkovich grabbed Asuka and dragged her out of the ring to beat her down. The rest of the Sisterhood rushed the ring and attacked Rei and Zoey, who were horribly outnumbered 2 to 5.
"The Sisterhood are making their mark on all of the Women's Division, no matter who they are," Beth explained, as Sherry went into the ring, and grabbed Rei by the hair before putting her in position for the Darkness (Killswitch). However, Alex Vasquez, Haruko, Ochako Uraraka, and the rest of Alex's group came running down to the ring much to the delight of the crowd.
"And the cavalry has arrived!" Cornette exclaimed as Alex went after Sherry, tackling her to the ground with multiple punches. Ochako went to the top rope and dived onto Xochi and Scarlet (The Goth Librarian from Hilda). As the brawl continued, Alex hit Sherry with a spinning kick to her head and threw Sherry out of the ring, causing her to inadvertently hit Tomoko and Ultear, allowing Asuka to free herself from the relentless assault. Sherry, while getting back to her feet, yelled at the rest of the Sisterhood to retreat, causing the crowd to cheer as they went up the stage.
"Alex's group was able to not only able to save the Women's Champion and two top contenders, but also caused the Sisterhood of Darkness to retreat!" Okabe exclaimed in surprise, as Alex and the others helped Rei and Zoey up before they all made their way out of the ring. As everyone else was making their way to the back, Alex helped Asuka get back to her feet and lead her to the back along with everyone else as the camera panned to a commercial break.
*Commercial Break*
*Commercial Over*
Alex was backstage in her locker room, smiling to herself before feeling someone tap her shoulder. When she turned around, she noticed Asuka with a nervous look on her face.
"Listen, I know you need a 7th member for your little squad just in case that you're selected to have a 7 on 7 match at Cyber Sunday. And since Erza and Alexis did help you last week, and you helped me this week, I want to join your group to make it up to you," Asuka explained. Alex looked at Asuka for a few moments before extending her hand.
"Well, in that case, welcome to the team," was all Alex said before Asuka shook the hand, and the two went their separate ways before the camera panned to the ringside area just as 'Rebel Heart' started playing as the crowd cheered Soul running out of the back, encouraging the crowd to get louder as he made his way to the ring.
"The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Making his way to the ring from Death City, Nevada, Soul Eater Evans!" Justin Roberts announced as the crowd cheered Soul running to the ring, hi-fiving as many fans as he could before rolling into the ring from underneath the bottom rope.
"Soul has been named one of the options for a United States title match against Shinji Ikari at Cyber Sunday. The fans can vote for either Soul, Mordecai, or Owen for a title match at Cyber Sunday," Beth explained as Soul went onto the top rope, and posed for the fans, causing them to cheer even more.
"That's right Beth, and you have to think that Soul wants to impress the fans enough to get their vote," Okabe responded, before 'Zero Visibility' by Rise Against plays as the crowd starts booing Ed, who comes out with a glare on his face.
"And his opponent, from Toronto Ontario Canada, Ed!" Justin Roberts announced as the crowd continued to boo Ed as he continued his slow walk to the ring, with Soul pacing back and forth in the ring, waiting for Ed to get into the ring.
"Ed has not been in a good mood since last week. He not only lost his chance at being eligible for a United States Championship match but also lost this chance to Mordecai," Cornette explained, as Ed walked into the ring and went into the corner, continuing to glare at Soul and gave him a throat slit taunt.
"Both are pretty determined to make an impact in this match, but we're going to see shortly whose determination is going to win out," Beth explained before the bell rang. Once it did, Ed ran at Soul, hitting him with a shoulder tackle into the corner before hitting him with multiple punches to the head and elbows to the side of the head. Ed Irish whipped Soul into another corner with Ed running after him attempting to hit a running body press, but Soul was able to dodge, causing Ed to hit his head on the top turnbuckle. The crowd cheered as Soul grabbed Ed in a Heimlich position and hit him with a German suplex.
"Ed started this match with vicious strikes to the head, but Soul was able to get back on track!" Cornette exclaimed, as Soul picked Ed up and punched him in the face multiple times before Irish whipping him into the ropes. Ed countered the Irish whip into one of his own, but Soul rebounded with a running hurricanrana, sending Ed out of the ring. Soul then ran the ropes to hit a suicide dive through the middle rope, sending Ed crashing on the announcer's table. Soul ran to the top of the steel steps and roared while beating his chest, causing the crowd to cheer. And when Ed got off of the table, Soul dived off of the steel steps and hit Ed with a Hurricanrana that sent him into the steel apron.
Ref: 1…2…3
"Jim, have you ever seen someone dive off of ring steps with a hurricanrana?" Beth asked, as Soul threw Ed back into the ring and springboarded back into the ring with an elbow drop before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2
"I can't say I have Beth, but not many people can do what Soul can do in terms of athleticism," Cornette responded before Soul put Ed back into the corner. Soul started giving Ed multiple forearms to the face before Ed poked Soul in the eye and pushed him back. Ed ran at Soul with a clothesline, but Soul dodged the attack and countered with a schoolboy rollup.
Ref: 1…2
Ed kicked out and Soul hit his leaning form with a dropkick before going back into the corner. Soul ran at him again, but Ed went out of the way and threw him out of the ring. Ed ran the ropes and hit a baseball slide onto Soul, sending him back first into the fan barricade.
"I never thought we would see something like that from Ed," Okabe commented, as Ed rolled out of the ring, yelling at the booing fans before picking Soul up by his hair.
"Well Ed knows that if he wants to impress the higher-ups to get more title opportunities, he's going to have to pull out all the stops," Cornette responded, as Soul hit multiple forearms to Ed's face, but Soul grabbed Ed and hit a Stun Gun onto Soul, sending him into the steel apron before tackling Soul into the fan barricade and throwing him back into the ring.
"Well, I think Ed put a halt on Soul's momentum in this match after that Stun Gun into the steel ring apron!" Beth exclaimed, as Ed rolled into the ring and pinned Soul.
Ref: 1…2
Ed mounted Soul with multiple punches and elbows to the face while the crowd continued to boo and chant for Soul. Ed got off of Soul and proceeded to stomp on his chest and stomach before running the ropes and hitting a leg drop onto Soul's throat. Ed slapped Soul in the face, much to the chagrin of the crowd, before running the ropes and hitting a senton onto Soul's chest before deadlifting Soul up in a military press, shocking the crowd despite them still booing as Ed walked around the ring with Soul high over his head.
"Look at this amazing feat of strength by Ed!" Beth exclaimed as Ed hit a military press Worlds Strongest Slam before flexing for the crowd.
"That is one major advantage that he has over Soul in this match," Okabe responded as Ed grabbed Soul's legs, and swung him around with a giant swing.
"And Ed is continuing to show his strength advantage over Soul with this Giant Swing!" Cornette exclaimed as Ed threw Soul up and hit him with a sit-out powerbomb before going for a pin.
Ref: 1…2
Soul kicked out, and Ed responded by rolling him on his stomach and locking him in a single leg Boston Crab. The crowd booed and chanted for Soul as he tried to get his stomach off of the canvas so that he could crawl to the ropes. After a minute in the hold, Soul was able to get his stomach off of the canvas, much to the delight of the crowd, before he started crawling to the ropes.
"Soul is locked in this Boston Crab, but he knows that the ropes are his only saving grace from this painful hold!" Okabe exclaimed as Soul was able to crawl to the ropes, getting his right hand on the middle rope, causing the referee to tell Ed to get off of Soul. Ed got off and attempted to drag him away from the ropes, but Soul pushed him away with his legs before getting back up to his feet with a hand rubbing his back. Soul ran at Ed, but Ed countered into a Deep Six before going for another pin.
Ref: 1…2..
Soul barely kicked out, and Ed started arguing with the referee as Soul moved into the corner. Ed noticed this and ran at him with a body press before running the ropes again and hit a running forearm to Soul's face. Ed mockingly ruffled Soul's hair before throwing Soul out of the corner with an Overhead Belly to Belly throw. Soul landed on his back and sat up before Ed ran the ropes and hit a running cross-body onto Soul before going for another pin.
Ref: 1…2.
Ed picked Soul up and locked him in an abdominal stretch, causing the crowd to chant for Soul to escape.
"Another painful submission hold locked in on Soul, continuing the damage on the back!" Cornette exclaimed as Soul tried to escape the hold, but Ed clubbed Soul in the chest before he continued to stretch him.
"This could be the end of Soul in this match and a huge victory for Ed!" Okabe exclaimed as Soul started clubbing Ed's legs, causing Ed to briefly loosen his hold on the abdominal stretch. This allowed Soul to get Ed off of him with a hip toss, causing the crowd to cheer. However, Ed quickly got back to his feet and kicked Soul in the gut before putting him in position for a Gutwrench suplex. However, Soul was able to escape and throw Ed into the steel ring post, allowing Soul to get some reprieve while Ed was still hanging out of the corner.
"Soul finally may have swung this match back in his favor!" Beth exclaimed as Ed began to pull himself out of the corner.
"But Ed is still on his feet while Soul is lying down on his back!" Okabe countered as Ed walked up to Soul, but Soul grabbed Ed and caught him in a small package.
Ref: 1…2.
Ed kicked out, but Soul was back on his feet, and hit him with two clotheslines, and ran at Ed with a flying forearm, causing the crowd to cheer.
"You were saying, Okabe?" Beth asked before Ed got back up. However, Soul kipped back up and started hitting him with knife-edge chops onto Ed before Irish whipping him into the ropes and catching him with a Flapjack and ran the ropes to hit him with a basement dropkick to the side of the head before putting him at the bottom turnbuckle and ran the rope to hit a running face wash. Soul ran the ropes and springboarded off of the top rope to hit Ed with a moonsault before going for a relaxed pin.
Ref: 1…2..
Ed rolled his shoulder out, causing Soul to look on in shock. Soul picked Ed up and went into the corner to attempt the Tornado DDT again, but Ed was able to push him off and run at him with a Gore, turning Soul inside out before going for the pin.
"And Ed turned Soul inside out with that Spear! Ed may have picked up the quick win!" Cornette exclaimed.
Ref: 1…2..
Soul rolled his shoulder up, causing Ed to bang his fists into the mat before picking Soul up in a spinebuster position. Ed ran Soul into the corner a couple of times, but when he tried to do it a third time, Soul was able to counter into a roll-up.
Ref: 1…2
Ed was able to kick out and attempted to hit a big boot onto Soul, but Soul pushed Ed away, causing him to elbow the referee in the head.
"And down goes the referee!" Beth exclaimed. With the referee down, Ed kicked Soul in the ball, causing the crowd to boo him.
"And Ed taking advantage of the opportunity!" Okabe exclaimed as Ed picked up a downed Soul and hit him with a One-Handed Spinebuster. However, before Ed could go and wake up the referee, Mordecai came rushing down to the ring, much to the crowd's delight and went into the ring.
"It looks like Mordecai isn't going to allow Ed to win this way!" Cornette exclaimed before Mordecai turned Ed around and hit him with a Twist of Fate. The crowd cheered as Mordecai left the ring, leaving both Soul and Ed down on the canvas as the referee started stirring. Moments later, the referee got back to his feet while Ed and Soul got onto their knees, and started exchanging punches with each other. However, Soul was able to dominate with a lightning-quick series of open hand palm strikes before lifting him in a suplex position and hitting him with the Soul Eater (Gourdbuster GTS) before going for the pin.
Ref: 1…2…3
*Bell Rings*
"Ladies and gentlemen, here is your winner, Soul Eater Evans!" Justin Roberts announced as Mordecai came into the ring to life Soul Eater's arm up along with the referee as the crowd cheered.
"Despite some shenanigans by Ed, in the end, Mordecai was able to keep things fair!" Cornette exclaimed as Owen came into the ring and hit both Mordecai and Soul with a clothesline, sending them both down to the ground.
"We were discussing the United States title match for Cyber Sunday, and Owen is another one of the eligible contenders!" Okabe exclaimed as Mr. Enter rushed to ringside and cheered on Owen as Owen hit Mordecai with a Uranage causing him to land on Soul's abdomen before running the ropes and hit them both with a running senton. Mordecai then ran and hit an Earthquake Splash on Ed while Enter was cheering him on and the crowd was booing.
"And Owen just made one hell of a statement to the entire BTWF fanbase!" Beth exclaimed as the crowd got off their feet when the BTWF United States Champion Shinji Ikari came running to the ring and went to the top rope to take Owen off of his feet with a missile dropkick, sending Owen to one knee. Shinji then hit a Ghetto Blaster style enziguri onto Owen and ran the ropes to hit him with a Peace of Mind (Curb Stomp), causing the crowd to cheer. Enter attempted to get into the ring, but Shinji hit him with a Fly to the Moon (Superkick) before climbing to the middle rope, attempting his Genesis Moonsault (Best Moonsault Ever (BME)). However, before he could dive off the top rope, Mercury Black came running to the ring and hit Shinji with a running knee to his back, causing him to fall off of the apron and through the fan barricade, causing the crowd to boo.
"Mercury Black told Shinji that he was not done with him yet, and he's made it painfully clear there!" Okabe exclaimed, as Mercury took the United States title from the ground, and held it up over his head before the camera panned to the backstage area, where Arthur and Tanya were arguing with Clover.
"Alright Clover, you want to be the star of Cyber Sunday!?" Tanya yelled.
"Damn right! I shouldn't be forced into multiple person tag team matches where I have nothing to do with anyone involved! I am NOT a tertiary player!" Clover yelled while Jerry was trying to calm him down.
"I'm surprised that you know the word 'tertiary'," Tanya joked, causing Clover to fume even more.
"Anyway, we got security to kick Zia and Akira out of the building, and we need to have a special guest referee take care of them so they don't kill each other. So, you're going to be one of the special guest referees that the fans could vote on. It'll either be you, Medusa Gorgon, or Misato Katsuragi," Arthur explained. Clover looked as though she was going to yell at Arthur, but Jerry whispered something in her ear, and she took a few deep breaths before leaving the office. Once she did, Arthur and Tanya sighed loudly and put their heads in their hands.
"GODDAMNIT! I feel like I'm gonna kill somebody if I have to spend any more time talking to these Goddamn lunatics!" Arthur yelled.
"You and me both! I wish we could get a fucking vacation!" Tanya exclaimed, as her cell phone rang. When she answered it, she seemed to feel more relaxed and even smiled as she hung up.
"What are you so happy about?" Arthur asked.
"Well…it looks like we're getting that vacation after all," Tanya responded, causing Arnold to look at her shocked.
"Really? Well Goddamn, who the hell do you know?" Arthur asked with a smile forming on his face.
"You'll see next week," Tanya responded cryptically as the camera faded to black.
Match Results:
Gene Belcher and Eddy def. Legacy (Sting and Rogue)
Stan Smith def. Denki Kaminari (W/Kirishima) via submission
Shoto Todoroki def. Manny Rivera
Hollywood Hooligan def. Valentino Clavara (W/Arnold Jackson)
Rei Ayanami, Zoey Hanson, and Zia Simpson def. Asuka Langley Soryu, Akira Hayami, and Clover Lamoreaux (W/Jerry Lewis)
Soul Eater Evans def. Ed
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Matches to Vote on for Cyber Sunday;
Who will be the special guest referee for the Akira Hayami vs. Zia Simpson match?;
Clover Lamoreaux
Misato Katsuragi
Medusa Gorgon
What type of match will Alex's team vs. the Sisterhood of Darkness have?;
One on one Lumberjill match between Alex Vasquez and Sherry Blendy
5 on 5 tag team match
7 on 7 tag team match
What match will Pete Corvus and Black Star have for the Hardcore Championship?;
Ambulance Match
Chairs Match
Asylum Match
Who will fight Shinji Ikari at Cyber Sunday for the BTWF United States Championship?;
Owen
Soul Eater Evans
Mordecai
Which type of 2/3 falls match will Kaworu Nagisa and Natsu Dragoneel have for the BTWF Championship;
Regular
No-DQ and No Count Out
3 Stages of Hell (Tell me which stages you would prefer for the match if you voted for Three Stages of Hell)
