||Warzone|| Season 4 || Episode 9 || Indianapolis, Indiana||
The show opening starts as the new Warzone theme for Season 4, “Even if it Kills Me” by Papa Roach starts to play. It’s quickly followed by the new Season 4 Logo for Warzone.
Table of Contents
Show Open
The show opens with the Patented CWF Camera Drone flyby over the crowd. It shows that it’s coming to you from the newly rebranded Casey’s Center, formerly the Little Caesars Arena, in Detroit, Michigan. As the drones go over the crowd a graphic display shows that 15849 CWF fans have joined the show live in the arena, out of a capacity of 18,000 seats for a ringed sporting event.
As all four of the main drones approach the stage, the fireworks go off, sailing over the crowd all seated near it to get to hopefully slap hands and high five their favorite CWF Combatants.
Soon three of the drones go black, while one final one turns and flies down to where the announcers table is stationed near the ring. Our normal CWF Warzone announcing crew of Benjamin Price and “Fast” Eddie Vega start the show.
Ben Price – Good evening and welcome to the Ninth Episode of the fourth season of the CWF’s Premier show… Warzone. I’m Ben Price.
Eddie Vega – And I’m “Fast” Eddie Vega. We’re this show and then it’s the go home, episode 10, before our finale for Season 4… also known as Tribal Warfare in Chi-town.
Ben Price – And we have a hell of a show for you tonight. But we have to start off here with… previously on Vanguard, the contract signing between Samael Drago and Abby Dresden will not be happening tonight due to Abby Dresden not being able to make it to the arena this evening.
Eddie Vega – But that doesn’t mean we don’t have a big show for you tonight as we’re looking ahead to Tribal Warfare.
Ben Price – Not at all. Our main event tonight is going to be Germany versus the United States in two people who know each other, as former Conquest Champion Kronin Reinhardt will meet Dixie Clement one on one in the ring. Can Dixie secure a victory over a former conquest champion and move her way up the ranks after that tag team victory over Abby Dresden a couple of show cycles ago.
Eddie Vega – And, we’ll have another Reinhardt in battle, as Kara Reinhardt, who has promised to go through the entire roster if she needs to… taking on one of her allies, Upstarts member, Tetsuo Oni.
Ben Price – Kara Reinhardt has promised to take down anyone she gets into the ring with, and this could cause Bad Company and the Upstarts’ alliance to break apart. Reinhardt has not been gentle with the last couple of wins since losing the Elite Championship.
Eddie Vega – We’ll also have a battle of the giants, a clash of the titans..
Ben Price – Probably under copyright for that term, there. There have been a lot of movies with that title. MGM owns it.
Eddie Vega – Two big strong, beefy men. Tarrasque, the former 4 Winds Maelstrom Champion and the returning Viktor Kriegson. We’ll have to reinforce the ring for this match.
Ben Price – Tarrasque recently lost the 4 Winds Maelstrom Title to Preston Reece of Wrestle: UK. And Viktor Kriegson ended up with an injured knee that needed some rehabilitation at the hands of Apathy, who has now secured the prize and defended the CWF Valor Championship 5 times.
Eddie Vega – Yes, that happened back on Vanguard a couple of days ago. Now we wait with baited breath to find out where Apathy wants to go with a shot at any CWF Championship.
Ben Price – And to top it off we’ll have two matches with stable versus stable. The Eternal Grove, represented by the new tag team champions, Vespertine and Karlie Nash will take on two members of the nKo as the nKo are looking at facing Bad Company for determining the future of this company. And the nKo are sending Madd Morales, and their newest member and apparently leader, Darkspade to take them on.
Eddie Vega – Recently both Samael Drago and Vespertine both tried to hurt members of the nKo in matches where they held onto submission holds after the match up. So someone wants a bit of revenge. But tonight could also change the nKo… Darkspade came in and just took it over.
Ben Price – Well we’ll see Vespertine and Madd Morales after this opening match up. But we’re going to start off with CWF Tag Team Champion, Karlie Nash, and the new leader of the nKo…. Darkspade.
Eddie Vega – what’s this?
Segment – Karlie Nash
Knuckle Up plays in the Fieldhouse.
Karlie steps out on the stage in jeans and a custom hockey jersey and sneakers, the camera does and zoom in the front of the jersey is the praying hands made of hockey sticks, The crowd boo as she makes her way to the ring, the camera focused on the number 21 on the jersey sleeve, Karlie walks up the ramp and entered, again a zoom in on the back of the jersey same number 21, the name plate above say Repentless. Karlie asks for a mic.
Karlie Nash – Figures a city that hasn’t won anything since Peyton Manning left would be booing a winner.
Karlie adjusts her tag title belt resting on her shoulder.
Karlie Nash – I bet right now in a state of shock right, I mean I’m standing here one half of the CWF world tag team champions, everyone thought we had no shot of beating the nko, we were deemed the inferior tag team, turns out we weren’t and now eNVy and Eternal Grove control the tag team division and Gabriel Tuck is out as leader of the nko, and tonight I face the nko new appointed leader Darkspade.
Karlie smirked.
Karlie Nash – Darkspade first off, the whole david koresh thing died with Waco, the whole dark ministry stuff yeah, I’ve seen it before, evil supposedly unstoppable monsters yeah I seem that before, and they all amounted to nothing, smoke and mirrors, zero substance and talent of talent to back it up. Armand appointed you leader of nko after Gabe Tuck failed, and supposed evil one supposed unholy one, guess what you’ll fail, you think I’m scared of you Darkspade, i’m grew in Detroit so nothing scares me, especially not some bargain basement Undertaker, guess what he sucked, and tonight Darkspade you’ll learn that the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it, so bring whatever parlour tricks you got Darkspade, and try and take me down, unfortunately you won’t, tonight I send you back to Armand broken, beaten and defeated.
Karlie exited the ring and exited to the back.
Ben Price – Karlie Nash with some bold words for Darkspade. I wonder if she can back them up.
Eddie Vega – I mean…I find her as the weakest of the Eternal Grove, but she can probably back up her statements. Now, will Darkspade act alone or will he bring in the rest of the nKo as back up? Guess we will find out in a few seconds as Eric Wilson takes to the ring!
Singles Match – Karlie Nash vs. Darkspade
Eric Wilson – The following contest has been scheduled for one fall! Featuring first the challenger, hailing from parts unknown…he is Darkspade!
Darkspade’s entrance begins with the lights abruptly cutting off, allowing the “eternal darkness” to overtake the arena, followed by a cold, dead aura permeating the atmosphere. The Tron is a depiction of past events that have plagued Darkspade many, many years ago. It starts by presenting his dead wife Julie and scenes of remorse and infers a steep decline in his mental state… The music is interchanging with “I Will Not Bow” as its first (or second) verse. The other theme music is Megadeth’s “In My Darkest Hour,” and in some variations, an eerie song from “Iridium.” This kaleidoscope of alternating music represents his fragmented state of being – always in conflict with one another, yet harmonious in that it alludes to his erosion.
The entrance theme also has his voice reiterating several cryptic sayings such as “Bow down and pray…”, “I am the taker of hope, the bringer of knightmares, I am the darkest hour”, “the darkest hour it strikes three” and “There are those that call themselves creatures of the night, I however, embrace the darkness in a completely different light” (what refers to the creatures of the night back in the mid-1990s when the Undertaker used to refer to his fans as “Creatures of the Night”- since Darkspade is a COTN, but one which has treaded a path of constant conflict of his moral values and viewpoints and even disdain for other COTN- he believes he approaches the “darkness” differently in that he has embraced the Unholy Darkness- a cult, a power, that he obtained by accepting the teachers of his master Lord Mortisemere.
Ben Price – So, this is the new leader of the nKo?
Eddie Vega – It would seem so.
Eric Wilson – And his opponent, hailing from Grand Marais, Minnesota…she is one half of the CWF tag team championship team, eNVy, she is Karlie Nash!
Karlie walks to the ring ignoring the crowd, she climbs the ropes from the outside, and gives a thumbs down to the fans, then lowers her hood and smirks at the crowd, she steps down from the ropes inside the ring, removes her hoodie and stretches in the corner.
Ben Price – Karlie so nonchalant in the ring right now when the Lord of Darkness is in the ring with her.
Eddie Vega – Lord of Darkness? Ugh…I don’t get this concept. Is he an actual Dark Lord? Where’s Harry Potter when you need him?
As the bell sounds to start the match, Karlie rushes across the ring and puts a charging shoulder to Darkspade, knocking him down flat. She grins as she begins putting the boot to the Dark Lord to keep him on the mat. Eventually, he rolls away from her and gets back to his feet, but Karlie comes at him again. She gets Darkspade up into the air for an Olympic Slam that plants him to the mat. A vicious kick to the face as Darkspade is working on getting up sends blood and spittle flying across the mat. Karlie just smiles.
Karlie Nash – You can bleed, you can be beaten.
She grabs him up again and puts his head between her legs, looking for her finisher in the form of a double underhook piledriver, but Darkspade moves first and pulls Karlie’s legs out from beneath her. He pulls up one leg and drops an elbow to the inside of the knee. He gets back up and sees that Karlie is getting right back up as well. He decks her across the jawline to stun her before grabbing her by the shoulders and hitting several knee lifts to the midsection. He bodyslams her to the mat and drops an elbow before going for the pinfall! Referee Troy Reynolds gets into position to make the count.
….one
……tw- Karlie kicks out!
Darkspade stands up with a dark smile and watches as Karlie sits up before he kicks her in the face, sending blood and spittle flying across the mat!
Darkspade – Seems you bleed too. Are you scared now?
Karlie Nash – You wish.
Darkspade pulls Karlie to her feet and gets her up into a suplex position. He slingshots her off the top rope and brings her down in a suplex with the added momentum. He perches on her and lays into her with hard right hands until Troy Reynolds has had enough and threatens to disqualify him if he doesn’t get off. Darkspade gets to his feet and is listening to the ref when Karlie sits up and brings up her forearm for a low blow!
Ben Price – Karlie shows that she is not afraid.
Eddie Vega – I mean. Probably should be. Just in cse.
Ben Price – Just in case of what?
Eddie Vega – In case Troy gets mad and looks away? Like now?
Troy Reynolds sighs at the low blow and walks away from the pair, seemingly looking to the audience for support. Karlie Nash stands up and reaches for Darkspade, who blasts her in the mouth with a pair of brass knuckles! He quickly puts them back in a pocket as Troy comes back to the match. Karlie falls to the mat, blood pouring from a split lip.
Darkspade starts to get Karlie Nash up for the Final Guidance, but Karlie wiggles and lands her legs back onto the mat. She spits blood into his eyes and then gets his head between her legs while he’s blinded and completes the motion for the double underhook piledriver that she calls Upper Body Injury! She goes for the cover once Darkspade is down. Troy Reynolds looks puzzled at Karlie’s wound, but drops down to make the count.
….one
……two
……..three!
Eric Wilson – Winner of the match via pinfall…Karlie Nash!
Ben Price – She was not afraid and won the match!
Eddie Vega – I’m surprised. I wonder how this is going to factor into Darkspade’s being the leader of the nKo?
Ben Price – Oh, I don’t know. Not good.
Eddie Vega – Right?
Darkspade rolls out of the ring and begins to make his way to the back while Karlie Nash celebrates her win in the ring.
Ben Price – Guess we’re going to find out in a hot minute as we go back to the meeting room for the nKo family meeting.
Eddie Vega – Darkspade is going to find out that Armand von Krauss does not reward failure.
Ben Price – Right? I wouldn’t even go to the meeting if I was him.
Eddie Vega – Yeah, I would go if I was him. Arrogance in spades. Get it?
Ben Price – Yeah, yeah.
Segment – nKo Family Meeting
In a meeting room in the backstage area, we find Madd Morales all alone with his feet up on the table as he leans back in his chair. There is a television in the upper corner of the room, and so he’s been watching the show as it progresses. Gabriel Tuck and Trelisa Perrault enter the room, which brings a smile from Madd.
Madd Morales – Ah, the power couple enter the room. What’s it like being dethroned by someone who only defeated a jobber in the ring?
Gabriel sighs and takes a seat while Trelisa gives Madd a once over.
Trelisa Perrault – What’s it like not ever have been leader?
Madd Morales jumps up from his seat, knocking it backwards to the floor. He looks ready to fight.
Madd Morales – What’d you say to me?
Gabriel Tuck gets up between the two and nods his head before speaking.
Gabriel Tuck – She says that you were never considered the leader of the nKo.
Madd Morales – I swear to fucking god, I’ll bust both of you right now. I’ll –
Just then the door opens and Darkspade walks into the room. Madd Morales smiles as Darkspade enters and looks at the situation going on.
Darkspade – Now, we should not be fighting amongst ourselves! We have a massive match coming up and we cannot be divided over it.
Madd Morales – I’ll get my Elite championship back.
Darkspade – That’s one way to look at it. Whoever pins Greg Salazar will get the title as part of the victory. However, should that be you? I am the leader, after all.
Madd Morales – A leader should be able to win matches. Don’t think I didn’t just watch little Karlie Nash put you down like a rabid dog. Gabriel lost the tag titles and lost his position. You think you should hold your position after being beat by Karlie Nash? Who else here has lost to Karlie Nash?
No one raises their hand. Darkspade puffs out his chest with an angry look.
Darkspade – I clearly underestimated that girl. It won’t happen again.
Armand von Krauss – You are right.
The door swings open, nearly smacking Darkspade with it to allow Armand von Krauss to enter the room.
Armand von Krauss – Darkspade. I don’t want you leading the nKo. I don’t want you in my War Games match at Tribal Warfare. Consider your position now as manager at best, sidekick at worst. Losing to Karlie Nash. What were you thinking?
Darkspade – That this girl is braver and stronger than she looks?
Madd Morales laughs at that, sitting back down in his chair and putting his legs back up.
Madd Morales – Should be me in there leading the troops.
Trelisa Perrault – That would be insane. You are not fit of mind to lead us!
Madd Morales- I have been working on that, keeping the Devil locked up, but you speak sideways to me again and I don’t mind letting him out for a walk one more time…
Gabriel Tuck – I should have the title back.
Armand von Krauss – No, Madd is right. He has been beating everyone in the ring that he has been come in contact with. If he can beat Vespertine, he will become the new leader of the nKo.
Madd Morales – Hot damn! When we get into that War Games…y’all need to support me when I go to defeat Greg Salazar.
Gabriel Tuck – You gotta defeat Vespertine first…
Trelisa Perrault – That would be what Armand has stated. If he does not win?
Armand von Krauss – If he does not win? I will simply lead you myself. I am entering the War Games match.
Gabriel Tuck – Good luck on beating Vespertine, Madd.
Trelisa Perrault – Yeah, good luck is what you’ll be needing.
Madd Morales looks from Gabriel to Trelisa, interpreting their words and expressions to mean something much darker.
Madd Morales – Hey, fuck you guys! You think I need something like luck to beat someone like Vespertine?
Armand von Krauss – Whatever your conflicts are…handle them by the time War Games is set to begin. If you cannot, I will end you myself if I have to be banished from this place.
Armand exits the room. Darkspade looks at the others, sulking.
Darkspade – Not even in the match? Damn…
Ben Price – As we thought, Darkspade is no longer the leader of the nKo.
Eddie Vega – But will Madd Morales earn that right?
Ben Price – Stay tuned!
Eddie Vega – I think he will be their leader once again.
Ben Price – We’ll find out when we come back from this commercial break!
The show comes back from commercial break, and the camera is backstage. Ben Price comes in as as voiceover.
Ben Price – Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. We’re getting ready for our next match with Vespertine and Madd Morales. But I’m told we had to go backstage really quick.
Segment – Vespertine
We see Vespertine leaning against the wall, she is playing with some coin in her hand, she looks up and addresses us.
Vespertine – Someone said on a podcast a few weeks ago that we need more segments in our shows. We don’t have enough segments in our shows. Which is why we had a novel written starting in a hardware store to the fucking wrestling ring between Zolothach and Steve Murdock. I have to admit though, that was an Oscar fucking worthy performance by both competitors. How you battled it out at the bus stop, how you battled through the store buying weapons for the match later on, then finally getting to the arena and using said same weapons. It wasn’t a wrestling match anymore. It was a fucking 4 hour movie that rivaled anything that the MCU does.
She gets off the wall and walks down the hall as she talks.
Vespertine – Now, I don’t do segments because I’m supposed to be this super scary, super natural woman that is supposed to be super mysterious based on my past. Guess that’s over with now because I’m fucking here and I have a fucking segment to do vs. my opponent. Madd Morales. I’m not the greatest talker. Apparently my promos are disconnected to some people and make no sense to them so I let my actions do all the talking in the ring. Hence, tag team champion. But here we are because no segments because of fucking matches that turned into fucking novels.
She turns a corner. The camera follows.
Vespertine – I asked Armand and Valora this week (behind the scenes of course) if I could do a shoot promo and not need a script. Sorry was that a 4th wall I just broke. Hi James. Anyway they Oked it. Now let me reiterate this, knowing what they know about me in the year I’ve been here, and for those who have followed my career since the beginning: they oked it. THEY….GAVE…ME…THE…OK… TO…. NOT…USE…A SCRIPT! Think about that for one second folks.
Stops and shrugs and watches as a techie goes by, then continues.
Vespertine – Like I would use a fucking script anyway. Imma be like Abigail Dresden. She does whatever the fuck she wants, says whatever the fuck she wants to whoever she wants because her mom owns the fucking place. Sorry, script change, co owns. I was schooled on that subject a month ago. It’s a three way tie for co ownernish. Meanwhile I still face Madd Morales tonight. And by the looks of things, he doesn’t seem to be here. He’s still on his way.
Gets to a door and points. On it we see a star and on the star it says Madd Morales. She opens the door and turns on the light and we see it is a broom closet.
Vespertine – Why am I not surprised? Part of a room for a part timer. You see Madd, this is the respect you are given when you are only part time. My locker room is only slightly bigger but that’s only because I’ve only been here a year, I’m still upper mid card and EG only just formed so they are still finding a place for us to settle. Karlie put in her vote of an actual athelete looking locker room, Kriegson gave the idea of a Viking feast hall, Drago locked in on an ossuary looking church, like that bone church they have in Poland. I myself voted either cemetery or boiler room but I guess in the end, Armand, Vast and Valora didn’t like any of our themes so we have to go by their rules. Boring if you ask me and while we are still on breaking the fourth wall.
She looks closer into the camera, reaches towards it, puts her hand on the lens and when it comes away she pulls back a black rose.
Vespertine – Venin is still giving me roses I see. For stepping up to her challenge. Hey turn and look if you don’t believe me.
The camera turns around and all we see is the boom guy and some producer. Both men look at each other, then around them. Then back at her.
Vespertine – Does anyone know where Madd is? Or is he still on his way to the arena? I guess it doesn’t matter really because when he does decide to show up and change here in the broom closet and when we finally do meet in the ring, the outcome is not going to change like he thinks, like he wants. I have yet to meet him this fed so I have yet to take his soul. And believe me, when he meets me in the ring, he’s got a lot to answer for. Like his drawing in a match against Dresden two weeks ago. If he thinks he can get away with that because that is ok, then that is a wrestling sin he must answer for. Same podcaster said we don’t do draws here in CWF. And what did he do? He drew. A cardinal sin of CWF. I will take his soul but I won’t give it to my dark buddha, I will take it and use it for myself, engulf it into myself so I can have a little more energy from the Verse. I see you Madds, I see your soul and it is mine.
She closes the closet door and continues walking down the hall.
Vespertine – I could make this long and turn it into two segments. I have a lot to say in a lot of different ways. Yet my opponent is not even here yet to listen to it.
She stops and looks at the camera and leans closer to it like she is looking through it.
Vespertine – (to the audience) But you are. And you are captive, aren’t you. No. You’ve already been to the concessions stand and took your bathroom breaks. (audience boos) I’m not slap happy about it either you fucking morons. I’m at the fucking top of the tag team division, supposed to be this woman of mystery, who doesn’t do segments to keep up the mystery and I have to do a segment. But the fun part of this is, no script, so off the cuff, break the fourth wall, mention those who shouldn’t or can’t be mentioned and show you things that shouldn’t be shown or can’t be shown. For your entertainment and enjoyment.
Waves at the camera.
Vespertine – Shout out to Gail Kim, my fucking girl!
She smiles widely and continues.
Vespertine – And it all comes down to this: Madd, when you face me in the ring, all this talk will be worth nothing and all you have to say in your promos will be worth nothing because when you face me, I will go extreme on your ass and take the fight to you. You showed me a weakness last week, one in which I never thought possible in an extremist like you. But you did and I will exploit it tonight to get that win. So be ready when I go beast mode.
Stops, thinks, then looks down and around, blinks and we see her eyes are now white milky orbs. She smiles wickedly.
Vespertine – Because when I take your soul, you will feel death…
by…
Diva.
Vespertine sighs.
Vespertine – Bored now!
She snaps her fingers, the lights go out and when they come back on, she is gone.
Ben Price – Vespertine sure talks a lot for someone who is “action oriented”.
Eddie Vega – Sometimes, you have to lead the audience to the point. It takes time.
Ben Price – Now, she gets to put up or shut up as Eric Wilson heads to the ring.
Eddie Vega – Even if she loses, I don’t think she’ll shut up.
Singles Match – Vespertine vs. “The Airdevil” Madd Morales
Eric Wilson – The following match up is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first… representing the stable known as the Eternal Grove…
The lights in the arena go out, over the loudspeakers we hear Buddhist monks chant and the slow gong of a funeral bell. This goes on for a minute before we hear her voice..
“I see you
I see your soul
And it… is…. mine!”
As the Buddhist chant and the gong die down, “Beast Mode On” comes up and purple and black lights come up. From under the stage doing a Gangrel type entrance is Vespertine. On the Tron we see pics of her wrestling and every so often we see the words “Death by Diva” or “Beast Mode On”. She is facing backwards and when the lift stops, she turns around and steps off to the entrance ramp, still looking down, arms crossed in front of her. Her tag team title is around her waist.)
“Muscles screaming louder, heart about to burst
Nothing gonna stop me, I’m putting in the work
Limits only live inside the mind
Unleash the animal you’ll find”
As the song builds, she looks up and we see her eyes are completely white and orbless. She then raises her fist into the air and two lighting strikes come from different areas of the arena and strike on each side of her. She saunters in time to the music, then goes up the ring steps and flips over them. She gets up, and puts both fists in the air as fire pillar pyros go off on all four corners of the ring.
“Every weakness gone
Power in my veins
Never feel the pain
Beast mode on”
She goes to the middle of the ring and stares at her opponent for a minute or two before closing her eyes and lifting her head to look up. As she does the lights come back up and she slowly looks down and we see her eyes have returned to their normal color but also she has an evil smirk on her face. She then does a feral type of scream, like a banshee wail that reverberates in various areas around the audience.
“Now the fight is won
I’m a legend in the making
Beast mode on”
She takes off her trenchcoat and hood to give to a ring tech, then unhooks her belt, raises it for everyone to see and gives it to the ref. She waits for the match to start.
Eric Wilson – Hailing from the Gates of Eternity, by way of the Garden of Paradise coming in at 5 feet 5 inches and 115 lbs. She is one half of the CWF Tag Team Champions…. She is the Deadly Diva,
VESPERTINNNNNNEEEEEE!!!!!
Ben Price – One half of the new CWF Tag Team Champions, eNVy. And after Vespertine took out Darkspade earlier, can she keep that roll going?
Eddie Vega – Well, “The Airdevil” might have something to say about that. We just saw that pretty much after Darkspade lost, the Madd Morales has a chance to recover something he’d lost… the leadership role in the nKo, and this would be right as they’re heading into the Tribal Warfare match up.
Eric Wilson – And her opponent… he represents the stable known as the New Kharnival Order. Hailing from Norfolk, Virginia. He comes in at 5’ 10” and 190 lbs. This is “The Airdevil” MADD MORALES!
The arena plunges into darkness. A low rumble kicks in under the silence then- “Beggin on her knees to be popular!”
The distorted, otherworldly beat of “EvilJordan” by Playboi Carti slithers through the speakers like venom in a vein. Red strobes flash in erratic pulses as static crackles across the tron. Then, from the back, through a curtain of smoke that glows hellish crimson, he emerges, draped in a black designer trench that sways with each step, hood shadowing his face. He moves like someone who owns the ground beneath him. Its slow, cocky, like the devil on his day off. Every bounce in his step carries swagger, but in his silence, there’s something simmering. Something cruel. Something just waiting for someone to pull the pin. As the beat hits harder. He lifts his head.
His eyes shine under the flickering lights as he takes a deep breath, almost as if he is getting high on his own myth. A slow smirk curls across his lips. He drags a single finger across his throat and then points to the ring like he’s blessing it for sacrifice. At ringside, he sheds the trench coat slow and deliberately, revealing taped fists ripped punk rock jeans that have various anarchism themed patches that change every night, save for the ones on his left and right legs that read “Air” and “Devil”.
He climbs the steps and turns his back to the ring for a moment, soaking in the judgment from every soul watching. Then he spins and steps through the ropes like he’s entering church. He doesn’t posture. He just waits, eyes locked forward, body still, the music fading into a final eerie pulse.
Eric Wilson – Your referee for this match up, Erica Costa-Alvarez.
Costa-Alvarez just signals for the bell and doesn’t bother running down on the rules this times.
DING! DING!
As soon as the bell rings, Vespertine is on the attack. She rushes over, and delivers a cutting kick to Morales’ midsection. Morales swings at her, but Vespertine ducks under the move. She grabs the arm, and hops to the second rope and takes him over with a slingshot armdrag. She rolls to her feet, runs to the ropes and springboards backwards, twists, and lands with a leg drop that hits Morales across the back of his head as he’s starting to get up.
Ben Price – Vespertine starting off getting right on the task at hand here.
Vespertine kips up to her feet, and Morales quickly rolls out of the ring to the outside. He starts to walk around a bit once he’s on his feet. Vespertine runs to the other side, and bounces off the ropes. She dives through the other side, hitting Morales with a topé suicida that drops him back to the ringside barrier.
Eddie Vega – And the Tag Team Champion flies through the ropes!
Vespertine grabs Morales and tries to whip him back into the ring. He reverses that, and sends her towards the ring steps. She hops up onto the ring steps, and moonsaults back onto him, catching his head and dropping him back down with an inverted DDT.
Ben Price – That didn’t go the way Morales planned it.
Vespertine pulls Morales up to his feet, and tosses him under the bottom rope back into the ring. She pulls herself up onto the apron, and slingshots in with an elbow drop. She hooks the leg and tries for a quick pin.
… One
…… Two
Morales kicks out.
Ben Price – Closer than I expected there. There is a reason why Verspertine is one of the tag team champions.
Both come up to their feet. Vespertine jumps to the second rope and comes off into an attempted tornado DDT, but Morale pushes her off. When she lands he grabs her legs and moves to position them into a Navarro death roll. He locks it in quickly, rolls, falling to his back to lock in the submission hold. The referee is right there to check on Vespertine to see if she gives up.
Eddie Vega – And this could end this match up quickly.
No such luck. Vespertine pulls herself partially out of the hold, getting to the ropes and grabbing the bottom. As soon as she does, Costa-Alvarez calls for the rope break. Morales realizes the hold is barely locked in, and lets it go to quickly get to his feet.
As Vespertine comes up, he tries to hit her with a leg sweep, and she leaps over it. When he goes to hit her with the enziguri followup, she ducks under it, going almost into a split. She pops back up and grabs his chin, hitting him with a jaw breaker.
Ben Price – Vespertine is on fire right now.
Vespertine grabs Morale’s head as if going for a snapmare or a cutter, but she falls down straight to hit a snapmare driver that looks to almost spike Morales to the mat. He falls over to his back. Vespertine scrambles to cover him quickly.
… One
…… Two
…… The… Morales bridges up, rotates him and Vespertine over, and falls into another pin.
Ben Price – So close, that was so close. But a reversal on the pin.
Eddie Vega – Can he get it here off a surprise reversal like that?
Costa-Alvarez checks and confirms a pin, then counts.
… One
…… Two
….. Th… Vespertine gets her shoulder up!
Ben Price – Not quite.
Morales pulls Vespertine up quickly. He goes behind her, locks on a waistlock and tries for a release German suplex. Vespertine rotates and lands on her feet… but Morales comes up, hooks her from the side, and takes her up and back with a high angle Saito suplex.
Morales doesn’t let her lay there long as he kips up to his feet, and comes off the ropes with a springboard moonsault and tries for a pin.
… One
…… Two
Vespertine gets her foot on the ropes, and a hand points to it… Costa-Alvarez signals the pin was broken.
Eddie Vega – Madd Morales now takes over a bit, but Vespertine is not down yet.
Morales gets up and walks around a bit, Vespertine rolls away from him, and then comes up to her feet. Vespertine gets into a stance and charges at Morales. He catches her with a knee strike to the face. Followed by another one, then he drops a couple of elbows to her back. He tries to finish the combo with a jumping high knee, but Vespertine pushes him off to the ropes.
Ben Price – And Vespertine puts a stop to that.
Morales is quick to come off the ropes and catches Vespertine with a rolling armbar. He doesn’t stay on the mat with the hold, and instead brings her up to her feet, and turning it into a stranding armbar.
Ben Price – But Morales is still in charge.
Morales grabs Vespertine from the side, and lifts her up and flips her into his Redrum – Z360, Vespertine appears to manage to get her arm in the way from the impact from his knee to her face, but she still falls back to her back in the middle of the ring. Morales instantly turns and dashes into the corner, and starts to climb up.
Eddie Vega – Redrum, redrum… 360 GTS and Vespertine should be out of it!
Ben Price – I’m not sure Vespertine ate the whole move, it looked like she blocked it there. But the Airdevil is heading to the top. He’s closer to finishing this match.
Morales gets to the top rope, turns around, and puts the devil horns up… but Vespertine kips up to her feet and gets into a stance right there, ready for him.
Ben Price – Looked like Morales was ready to finish this off with a The Eighth Deadly Sin. But I called it, Vespertine didn’t take the whole impact from the Redrum 360, and she’s waiting for him.
Morales smiles and wags his finger at Vespertine, before he twists, and hops from the turnbuckle to the ropes. He comes off with a moonsault, trying to get her for a tornado DDT, but Vespertine manages to grab the top rope and keep herself from being pulled over. Morales falls to his back on the mat, taking all of the impact.
Eddie Vega – She has him scouted. And that might have just been the opening she needed.
Morales tries to kip up to his feet like she did. Vespertine is right there when he does. She grabs his wrists and moves to get him into a straight jacket hold.
Ben Price – And now we’re going to get Death by Diva!
Vespertine jumps up to hit the lungblower portion of the move, but Morales gets a foot up and pushes off the corner turnbuckle. He falls to the side of the move, and doesn’t get hit with the full lungblower.
Eddie Vega – and Morales keeps from taking the brunt of the attack there.
Both scramble to their feet. Morales catches a spinning back kick that was aimed for his midsection. He holds onto her foot. Vespertine manages to hop on the other foot twice, and then tries to turn it into an enziguiri. Morales takes her over with a dragon screw leg whip. As soon as they both land, he comes up to his feet, and then rolls forward with a rolling senton that goes over her back, and he comes out on his back right near her head.
Ben Price – What’s he doing here?
When Vespertine comes to her hands and knees, Morales reaches up and grabs her head. He bridges with her raising up and then he kicks his own legs out, dropping her down with a cutter-like face slam. He keeps his arms locked around her head and neck, and rolls backwards, pulling her into an inverted back bridge… locking in the Devilslayer submission.
Eddie Vega – Devil Slayer! He’s got it locked in.
Costa-Alvarez is right there, checking on Vespertine to see if she gives up. At first she shakes her head ‘no’, as she tries to use one arm to loosen the hold.
Ben Price – Not an easy hold to get out of .You need both hands, and if you take both hands off the mat, you’re going to choke yourself out. How is she going to get out of this?
Eddie Vega – I can see that. The other option is to tap out and live to fight another day. Well, not that she’d die. But…
Vespertine changes hands, but Morales is able to lock his hands together, the one going behind his back. As soon as she feels the hold cinch in, Vespertine quickly decides to tap out, and not suffer a knock out in what would then amount to enemy territory.
Costa-Alvarez quickly gets up and calls for the bell, she then turns to Morales and starts to warn him about letting the hold go. She also puts a hand up in the direction of Eric Wilson.
DING! DING! DING!
Ben Price – Bell has been wrung, why is Eric Wilson not announcing the result yet?
Eddie Vega – I’m not sure. Other than Madd Morales has not released the hold yet.
Costa-Alvarez continues to demand Morales release the hold. And he keeps the hold on until she starts to give a five count, threatening to reverse the decision.
1…
Ben Price – She just told him she’ll reverse the decision if he doesn’t let it go.
2…
Eddie Vega – Well, Vespertine did this type of thing to Gabriel Tuck a couple of cycles ago, before winning the tag team titles from Tuck and Perrault.
3…
Ben Price – Is he going to let it go?
4…
Morales lets the hold go, letting Vespertine fall to the mat. She scrambles away from him quickly, while Costa-Alvarez signals for the match to finally be announced.
Eric Wilson – The winner of this match up, “The Airdevil” Madd Morales!
Ben Price – And Madd Morales is once again the leader of the New Kharnival Order, as they get ready for Tribal Warfare!
Eddie Vega – Vespertine almost had his number tonight but he pulled off the win at the last moment.
Ben Price – So, will they focus on getting Madd Morales over Greg Salazar at War Games to be able to get Madd that Elite championship?
Eddie Vega – It’s sure looking that way.
Ben Price – Coming up next, we have Viktor Kriegson as he takes on the beast, Tarrasque.
Eddie Vega – Viktor should be able to outsmart Tarrasque, but can he make it far enough for that to happen? Only time will tell.
Ben Price – We’ll be right back with more CWF Wrestling Action!
The show comes back with the view on the announcer’s desk.
Ben Price – Welcome back, once again. It’s time for two of the biggest and strongest men in the CWF to face each other in the ring for the first time!
Eddie Vega – There is an old promoter out of Connecticut who would probably have a sexual climax thinking about this match up.
Ben Price – Eww… we don’t need to think about that, or him. But let’s go to the ring for Tarrasque and Viktor Kreigson!
Singles Match – Viktor Kriegson vs. Tarrasque
Eric Wilson – The following contest is scheduled for ONE FALL!
“Ladies and Gentlemen” by Saliva begins as Marcus Anderson walks out from the back with Tarrasque at his side. Tarrasque flexes and roars for a mixed reaction from the crowd. They head down to the ring with Marcus Anderson standing at ringside while Tarrasque steps over the ring ropes to enter the ring.
Eddie Vega – Tarrasque has power that can end a match in seconds.
Ben Price – And Marcus Anderson at ringside is a variable you can’t ignore.
The lights dim.
A low, guttural howl echoes through the arena as smoke begins to billow at the entrance ramp. A blood-red spotlight cuts through the haze, revealing a towering silhouette just as the opening chords of his entrance music hit.
A string introduction of Avenged Sevenfold’s “Afterlife” plays as a singular spotlight finds its way to the entrance ramp, bringing Viktor Kriegson into view.
Eric Wilson – Entering the ring, weighing in at 300 pounds, hailing from the Gates of Hades… the Hound of Hades himself… VIKTOR KRIEGSON!
Viktor makes his way down the ramp, enters the ring, and settles into the corner. The referee checks both men.
As soon as the bell rings, they lock up. Tarrasque shoves Viktor backward with brute strength, forcing him to reset. Another tie-up – Tarrasque again wins the leverage, backing Viktor into the corner. The referee calls for the break.
Tarrasque gives Viktor a stiff shove on the break.
Viktor answers with a forearm.
They trade heavy shots in the center of the ring, forearm for forearm, neither man giving ground. Tarrasque wins the exchange with a short headbutt, then scoops Viktor and slams him hard to the mat.
ONE……
Viktor kicks out.
Tarrasque stays on him, pulling Viktor up and whipping him into the ropes. Viktor rebounds and gets flattened by a shoulder block, rolling under the bottom rope to the floor.
Tarrasque follows, grabbing Viktor and driving him back-first into the barricade, then clubs him down with forearms. He rolls Viktor onto the announcer’s table and climbs up after him—
Viktor fights back, landing elbows and a knee to the midsection, knocking Tarrasque off balance. Viktor shoves him away and drops back to the floor, trying to regroup.
Inside the ring, Tarrasque climbs the turnbuckle.
The crowd realizes what’s happening.
Eddie Vega – There is no reason a man that size should be doing this.
Tarrasque steadies himself.
AND LEAPS FROM THE TURNBUCKLE, CRASHING DOWN ONTO VIKTOR THROUGH THE ANNOUNCER’S TABLE!
The table explodes on impact. Both men are down.
Ben Price – OH MY GOD!
Marcus Anderson steps closer, watching closely, but does not interfere.
The referee begins the count. Tarrasque is the first to move, dragging Viktor out of the wreckage and rolling him back into the ring.
Cover.
ONE…..TWO…..
Viktor kicks out!
Tarrasque shows visible frustration. He pulls Viktor up and plants him with a heavy powerslam, then follows with a running body splash.
Cover again.
ONE….TWO…..
Viktor powers out.
Tarrasque keeps the pressure on, hauling Viktor up and dropping him with a backbreaker, then another. Viktor rolls away, clutching his back.
Eddie Vega – Viktor is taking a beating here.
Tarrasque attempts another slam, but Viktor slips behind and snaps off a German suplex, holding on long enough to hit a second. He releases, breathing heavy, then hits a short-arm lariat that drops Tarrasque to a knee.
Viktor slows the pace, landing measured forearms and a knee to the ribs. He locks in a front facelock, forcing Tarrasque to carry his weight.
Tarrasque muscles his way out, shoving Viktor into the corner and charging in.
Viktor moves aside at the last minute!
Tarrasque hits the turnbuckles and stumbles out into a snap powerslam from Viktor.
Cover.
… One
…… Two
……… The…
Tarrasque kicks out!
Both men rise slowly. Tarrasque swings wildly, Viktor ducks and lands a boot to the midsection. He tries to lift Tarrasque!
Tarrasque blocks and answers with a massive spinebuster, shaking the ring.
Cover.
… One
…… Two
Viktor barely gets the shoulder up.
Marcus Anderson watches intently from ringside, saying nothing, stopping himself from momentarily running into the ring.
Tarrasque pulls Viktor up again, looking to finish, but Viktor fights free with elbows, lands a knee strike, and immediately adjusts his grip.
He muscles Tarrasque up, and before Marcus could do anything about it,
THE FERRYMAN’S TOLL.
Viktor drops to his knees, driving Tarrasque down hard in the center of the ring.
He stays down for a second, then hooks the leg.
… One
…… Two
……… Three!
Eric Wilson – HERE IS YOUR WINNER… VIKTOR KRIEGSON!
Viktor rolls away, clearly exhausted.
Tarrasque stirs moments later, sitting up, frustration written across his face but far from defeated.
Marcus Anderson steps up to the apron, locks eyes with Viktor for a moment, then turns and leaves with Tarrasque.
Ben Price – Tarrasque threw everything he had at Viktor tonight.
Eddie Vega – And it still took everything Viktor had to put him down.
Viktor stands as his hand is raised, battered, breathing hard, but victorious.
Ben Price – And coming up next we have Kara Reinhardt as she takes on Tetsuo Oni the Fourth! Will Kara put another notch in her belt as she rampages through the roster?
Eddie Vega – She would trounce an ally? I think that would put a kabosh on their alliance.
Ben Price – It would certainly put some strain on it.
Eddie Vega – Yeah. I think enough to break it, if Tetsuo gets broken that is.
Ben Price – We’ll get to that match up, right after these messages.
The show comes back with the camera on Eric Wilson in the ring.
Eddie Vega – Yeah, I’ll take this one. Welcome back to CWF’s Warzone. We’re ready for our next match up… two allies. Both want to get or keep momentum going. Kara Reinhardt, and Tetsuo Oni. Face it, we’re about to see Tetsuo Oni get squashed like the little bug she is.
Ben Price – That’s not very nice.
Singles Match – Kara Reinahrdt vs. Tetsuo Oni (IV)
Eric Wilson – The following contest has been scheduled for one fall! Featuring first the challenger, hailing from Dresden., Germany…she is Kara Reinhardt!
The lights dim and ‘Ich Tu Dir Weh’ by Rammstein plays over the PA as Kara makes her way out from the backstage area, pausing at the top of the entryway as she looks down at the ring. She makes her way to the ring with a slow, methodical pace and climbs into the ring, climbing between the ropes and making her way to her corner where she holds up a hand and then begins warming up, throwing a few warm up punches in her corner.
Ben Price – Kara has been on a rampage of late, putting down opponents left and right. She’s trying to make a case for her getting a Conquest title shot I think. It’s a pretty good case.
Eddie Vega – Yes, but tonight she faces an ally. Is she going to stomp an ally in the mud to make her point? I think she should do it.
Ben Price – You think she should stomp Tetsuo Oni in the mud? What about their alliance? It might not make it through such an action.
Eddie Vega – Yeah, and? Bad Company has proven that they can stand on their own without the Upstarts. Why would they need dead weight pulling them down?
Eric Wilson – And her opponent…
The intro ‘static’ start to “Reckless” By Lacuna Coil starts to play. When the guitars hit, Tetsuo Oni IV steps out onto the stage. She’s stands there, arms outstretched as she’s wearing the motley robe to her gear for a few moments.
As the song picks up, she starts to do a slow walk, down to the ring.
Eric Wilson – And now, coming to the ring… She hails from the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan. Coming in at 5′ 5″ and 135 lbs. She is the fourth to bear the mantle and mask of the TETSUO ONI!
When she gets to the ring, she climbs up the ring stairs to the corner. Once up on the apron, she doffs her robe and hands it to the ring attendant. She then pulls the top rope and springboards to the top turnbuckle, where she takes a seat to wait for the bell to ring.
Ben Price – Tetsuo Oni is so much smaller than Kara Reinhardt. I can’t imagine that this is going to be an easy match for the masked woman.
Eddie Vega – Yeah. Tetsuo has faced larger opponents before and come out the winner. She just has to not die in the ring to get by Kara.
Ben Price – A task easier said than done.
Eddie Vega – Indeed! This is why this is going to be an interesting match.
As the bell sounds to start the match, Tetsuo Oni hops down from the corner and walks toward the center of the ring to meet Kara Reinhardt with a handshake to start the match. She is greeted with a shoulder charge instead that sends her straight to the mat!
Tetsuo Oni rolls back to her feet, but Kara grabs her by the arm and delivers a harsh short-arm clothesline! She follows this up with a few stomps and kicks until Tetsuo can roll away and get back to her feet.
She doesn’t remain there for long as Kara delivers a headbutt so stunning that it sends Tetsuo straight to the mat! Kara applies a dragon sleeper, keeping Tetsuo grounded. Referee Leroy Wallace checks to see if Tetsuo will submit, but she refuses. Testuo manages to get a leg out to the bottom rope and causes Leroy to tell Kara to break the hold, who also refuses. Leroy begins to count.
….one
….two
….three
….four
….Kara breaks the hold.
Kara grabs Tetsuo by the head and swings her head down to impact the back of her head to the mat and then drags her to the center of the ring to go for the pinfall!
….one
……two
……..thr-Tetsuo kicks out!
Ben Price – Kara being methodical in taking Tetsuo apart!
Eddie Vega – Did you think she was going to take it easy since they were allies?
Ben Price – I kind of thought so, yeah.
Eddie Vega – Well, you thought wrong.
Kara watches as Tetsuo gets up and grabs her, slinging her back to the mat with a Rech Breaker (Rock Bottom). She gets right up after this and signals to the crowd that she’s already ready to finish this match!
Kara helps Tetsuo Oni up and lifts her up to start the move for her finisher, the Dresden Driver, but Tetsuo Oni brings her legs up around Kara’s head and brings her down with a huricanrana! Kara hops right back up to her feet and takes a swing at Tetsuo with a snarl, but Tetsuo drops down with the splits and grabs Kara’s legs to pull them out from under her. Tetsuo hops back up and uses Kara’s legs to hop over with a flip to go for the cover! Leroy gets into position for the count.
….one
……two
……..thre-Kara kicks out!
Ben Price – That was so close!
Eddie Vega – Yeah, it was.
Tetsuo Oni gets up and quickly goes to the ropes while Kara is down and comes back with a running knee strike to the side of the head before Kara can get up! She follows this up with a standing moonsault and hook of the leg for the cover!
….one
……two
……..th-Kara kicks out!
Tetsuo Oni gets up and watches as Kara starts to get up before grabbing her by the head and hitting several knees to the side of the head before laying her out with the last knee to the face and following with a standing moonsault legdrop! She watches as Kara slowly gets up and goes for her patented Super-Duper Kick, but Kara manages to step back and catch her by the ankle. She lifts Tetsuo up by the leg and smashes her several times to the mat (aka the Loki Smash when Hulk does it in the Avengers 2012 movie). She drops down to the broken Tetsuo Oni and goes for the pinfall.
Ben Price – Damn!
Eddie Vega – How strong is Dommy Mommy? That strong, ladies and gentlemen. That strong.
….one
……two
……..thre-Tetsuo Oni gets a foot on the bottom rope!
Ben Price – Holy crap. How did she have the presence of mind for that kind of thing?
Eddie Vega – You gotta know where you are in the ring at all times to be able to do something like that.
Kara gets back to her feet, but not without glaring at Leroy Wallace, who haltingly puts up two fingers to show her that it was just a two-count. Kara pulls Tetsuo up into a military press slam position, roaring as she presses Tetsuo in the air like she was lifting weights before dropping Tetsuo onto her face for her Gegenpress Slam, but Tetsuo lands on her feet behind Kara! A backslide later and Kara is in a pinning predicament as Leroy Wallace gets into position to make the count.
….one
……two
……..thre-Kara kicks out!
Ben Price – Kara is up and looking unhappy.
Eddie Vega – Downright angry is what I would call that.
Both fighters are up and Kara goes for a brutal elbow strike, but Tetsuo does a Matrix dodge into a crab walk to get away from Kara for a few seconds while Kara looks on puzzled at the motion. Once Tetsuo gets back to her feet, Kara is on her and whipping her into the ropes. On the rebound, Tetsuo acts quicker in hitting a Meteora running double knee that takes Kara back down to the mat! Tetsuo runs and leaps to the top turnbuckle, spins around, and goes for a moonsault off of the top rope! However, Kara rolls out of the way and so Tetsuo lands on her back onto the mat!
Ben Price – And no one is home!
Eddie Vega – I guess it was the wrong time to be trying that move.
Kara pulls Tetsuo up and goes to pick her up for the Dresden Driver again, but this time Tetsuo Oni does a forward roll, getting away from Kara’s reach and back to her feet. When Kara goes to reach for her, Tetsuo Oni grabs the arm and pulls her into an Iron Fist that staggers the larger woman.
Ben Price – That Iron Fist almost knocked the bigger Kara Reinhardt out
Kara turns to try to grab Tetsuo Oni again, but Oni ducks under, and puts her into a type of hammer lock. Kara tries to move to get out of it, but when she ducks down at her waist, Tetsuo brings her leg up onto her head. Before Kara can stand up, Tetsuo twists, taking her and Kara over, keeping the arm locked in. Kara lands on her back with Tetsuo on her shoulder and holding her arm. Tetsuo Oni leans back, securing in a Triangle Lancer.
Eddie Vega – What’s this?
Ben Price – It’s called a Triangle Lancer hold. It was the finishing move of the second Tetsuo Oni, from the early 2000s.
The referee gets down and checks Kara to see if she gives up. Kara is trying to power out of it, and refuses to give up. Tetsuo Oni bends backwards across Kara’s chest. The referee is in position. She checks Kara’s shoulders as she’s trying to resist the submission but the referee signals her shoulders are down, and then starts to count a pinfall.
….one
……two
……..three! Kara kicks out, but a split second too late!
Eric Wilson – Winner of the match via pinfall…Tetsuo Oni!
Ben Price – What a match! Had Kara hit her finisher, this would have gone another way.
Eddie Vega – But she didn’t! Kara’s rampage through the CWF has been stopped! And with a late kickout from a move that Tetsuo Oni has only broken out a handful of times in her short career.
Tetsuo Oni gets up and offers to help Kara Reinhardt, but gets her hand slapped away. Kara gets up to her feet and looks as if she might want to say something to the victorious Tetsuo Oni, but just looks angry as she turns her back and leaves the ring.
Ben Price – Kara too stubborn to congratulate her opponent right now.
Eddie Vega – Maybe later once the sting of defeat has faded a bit.
Ben Price – Up next, the main event as Kronin Reinhardt takes on Dixie Clement!
Eddie Vega – Will America humiliate Germany again? Only time will tell.
Ben Price – Not sure it’ll be that way. But we’ll find out right after this commercial break.
Segment – Jeremiah Vastrix & Armand Von Krauss
We come back from a commercial when “Warhammer Heart” by Cryptic Writings begins playing.
Ben Price – What’s going on here?
Eddie Vega – New music, that’s for sure. Seems to be against Armand…
“God’s Gift” Jeremiah Vastrix walks out from the back once the chorus hits to cheering fans. He smiles and waves at the crowd, his cybernetic right eye glowing a bright blue. He makes his way down to the ring, slapping a few fives on the way. He steps into the ring, where he is handed a microphone.
Jeremiah Vastrix – Ladies and gentlemen, fans of Conquest Wrestling Federation, I come to you as possibly a new co-owner of the company. I assure you that the ways of Armand von Krauss will not be repeated. No more will we work a wrestler to near death in a single night with three and four appearances!
A resounding cheer goes up and Jeremiah has to smile and wave quietly until they calm down once again.
Jeremiah Vastrix – And I think we are going to curb on some of the death matches around here. We can do hardcore without having someone nearly bleed to death outside of the arena trying to win the fight. You know how many pints of blood had to be put into Steve Murdock and Zolothach? Too many.
The crowd gives a bit of a mixed reaction to that. Jeremiah shrugs as if to say you can’t win them all. He opens his mouth to speak again when “Circus Apocalypse” by Vermillion Lies begins playing, heralding Armand von Krauss to walk out from the back. He’s in a vermillion-tailored business suit with a burning Egyptian cigarette in hand. He looks out at the booing crowd as he takes a long drag from his cigarette. He blows the smoke into the air and begins walking down to the ring. Jeremiah blinks and steps back as Armand steps into the ring and is given a microphone.
Armand von Krauss – Are you making campaign promises, Jeremiah? This isn’t going to be an election. This isn’t going to be something where these sniveling fans can save you. War Games is violent. War Games is honest. The strongest team will get the win at the end of the day. That’s my nKo, Jeremiah.
Jeremiah laughs as Armand takes another drag from his cigarette.
Jeremiah Vastrix – Strength of team…we have two former Conquest champions and a current Elite champion.
Armand von Krauss – And they have…you.
Jeremiah Vastrix – I’m a former champion myself. I took the Hardkore World Lightweight championship before and their six man titles.
Armand von Krauss – You handled yourself well back in the day in the little leagues. Now, you play with a team that will take you down. We only have to pin you or make you submit once everyone has made it to the ring.
Jeremiah Vastrix – I could say the same about you! How many times were you losing in WUK? Hmm? You are not invincible.
Armand nods as he slips his hand into his pocket while taking a drag from his cigarette with his other. He takes the cigarette butt and flicks it at Jeremiah, where it explodes with a shower of sparks against Jeremiah’s chest. Jeremiah moves quickly to pat himself down to make sure he doesn’t catch fire when his hands go to his right eye, which flickers rapidly. Armand slides his hand out of his pocket with a cruel grin.
Jeremiah Vastrix – What have you done to me?
Jeremiah takes a wild swing at Armand, but it’s clear that something is wrong with him as Armand easily catches the fist and strikes Jeremiah with a brutal backhand that sends blood and spittle flying across the mat. He pulls Jeremiah in for a short arm clothesline, sending Jeremiah to the mat.
Armand von Krauss – I don’t know why you think you can stop me.
Armand kicks Jeremiah in the ribcage, sending the air from his lungs.
Armand von Krauss – I have waged war since before your Christ was born.
Another kick.
Armand von Krauss – To think that you believe you can stop my ambitions is laughable.
Armand curbstomps Jeremiah, sending his face into the mat.
Armand von Krauss – What can you do?
He lets Jeremiah get to his hands and knees before placing his foot on the man’s back like a prize hunt.
Armand von Krauss – Nothing.
He shoves Jeremiah back down to the mat.
Kronin Renhardt, Kara Reinhardt, and Greg Salazar run down to the ring. Kronin and Kara are standing on either side of the ring apron to get Armand’s attention while Greg reaches into the ring and pulls Jeremiah out of the ring. Armand smiles.
Armand von Krauss – You want to test your mettle? Come.
Greg Salazar – No!
Kara and Kronin enter the ring as the nKo rush down to the ring. Darkspade, Gabriel Tuck, Trelisa Perrault, and Madd Morales come down and set themselves on Kara and Kronin, attacking without mercy. Kara and Kronin hold their own, but the numbers game becomes too much. Greg sets the bloody Jeremiah in a chair and slides into the ring, but is set upon by Armand. Things look to get out of hand when G.Ian Childress appears at the ring entrance.
G.Ian Childress – Enough!
Everyone stops fighting, and the nKo surround Armand von Krauss as Bad Company exit the ring to attend to Jeremiah, who seems to be getting better as his cybernetic eye begins to glow a steady blue again. Armand grins at the sight of the other co-owner.
Armand von Krauss – Aaahh, Geoffrey. You come out to comment on how I was defending myself?
G.Ian Childress – I have serious doubts that you were just defending yourself.
Armand von Krauss – True. True. A mere taste of things to come.
G.Ian Childress – We will see. I think in that case, I’ll just have to make myself available for the next couple of shows for CWF business.
Ian watches as Kronin helps Jeremiah to the back with Kara and Greg acting as escorts.
Armand von Krauss – Jeremiah will fall. I will become heir. My ascension comes, Geoffrey. It will be glorious.
Valora walks out from the back and looks at Armand. She shrugs.
Valora Salinas – No one told me we had an owner’s meeting tonight. But you might wanna be careful there, Armand because I just increased Jeremiah’s team by one wrestler. Oh, and there’s also the fact that both Ian and I can level the playing field in other ways, try to soften up Jeremiah or Bad Company before the pay per view again and I swear to fucking God I’ll put myself on Vastrix’s team as the fifth fighter.
Ben Price – Holy shit! Valora is threatening to get involved herself!
Eddie Vega – Well if Armand can be in a match, I guess she could as well.
Ben Price – Well, with that hiccup, we need to do one more commercial break and then when we come back, Kronin Reinhardt and Dixie Clement face off.
The show comes back from that quick break, and once again the camera is on Eric Wilson in the ring.
Ben Price – Welcome back, once again. IT’s time to close out this episode with our main event.
Eddie Vega – Kronin Reinhardt and Dixie Clement. Can Dixie keep her streak going?
Singles Match – Kronin Reinhardt vs. Dixie Clement
Eric Wilson – The following contest is scheduled for one fall and is the main event of the evening! Featuring first the challenger, hailing from Dresden, Germany…he is Kronin Reinhardt!
Silence falls over the arena as the lights dim and ‘Sonne’ by Rammstein plays over the PA. Kronin walks out from the back and pauses at the top of the entryway, giving the crowd time to notice who it is and react as he surveys the crowd briefly before his gaze falls on the ring and he nods once before making his way to the ring with a measured, deliberate pace as he easily steps up onto the ring apron and over the ropes with minimum effort
Ben Price – I have to wonder if Kronin is at one hundred percent after his scaffolding match?
Eddie Vega – He’s probably great. I mean in a company of gods and monsters, why wouldn’t he be okay?
Ben Price – Gods and monsters? I think you mean top-tier athletes.
Eddie Vega – Yeah, sure.
Eric Wilson – And his opponent, hailing from Sweetwater, Texas…she is Dixie Clement!
As the buzzer goes off and the next competitor is announced, the crowd comes to their feet as Dixie’s voice comes over the PA: “Sorry! About your damn luck!” and ‘Make My Country Rock’ by Cory Marks, ft Sully Erna from Godsmack and Travis Tritt plays over the PA.
Dixie Clement walks out from the back, taking a big drink from her bottle of Budweiser and tosses the bottle aside, taking her hat off and playing to the crowd before she points at the ring and charges full speed, sliding into the ring and coming up throwing punches.
Ben Price – The last time that Dixie was in the ring, she was knocking out the Conquest champion.
Eddie Vega – Gave her a bit of humble pie if you ask me.
Ben Price – A not so subtle reminder that she’s not invincible.
Eddie Vega – Damn straight she isn’t. My boy, Samael Drago, is going to take her down at Tribal Warfare.
Ben Price – Will Dixie be able to turn out a win against the former Conquest champion?
Eddie Vega – Remains to be seen.
As the bell sounds to start the match, Kronin and Dixie step up to one another in the center of the ring. They look eye to eye, though Dixie has to look up with Kronin being about a foot taller than her. The staredown seems to go on forever before Dixie draws back a fist.
Dixie Clement – Well? Let’s get this party started!
Dixie slugs Kronin in the jaw, but he absorbs the punishment with only a bit of a grin. She punches him a few more times, but Kronin snatches her by the wrist and pulls her into the air so that he can punch her in the midsection with his other fist a few times before dropping her back to the mat. She doubles over once her feet hit the mat, but Kronin does not let up. He hefts her up again and bodyslams her to the mat before dropping a quick double knee that Dixie rolls out of the way of and gets to her feet. She kicks Kronin in the gut while he’s on his knees and grabs him for a front-face lock. She drops him in a DDT and goes for the cover! The referee Ashley Beaton gets into position to make the count.
….one
……two
……..thr-Kronin kicks out!
Ben Price – She almost took the former champion down.
Eddie Vega – Yeah, she should punish him a bit more before going for the finish.
Dixie stands up and watches as Kronin gets up. She walks over to him and goes for the Texas Justice (Specialized Discus Elbow Smash), but Kronin catches the elbow with his hand rather than his face. He pulls her into a hard headbutt that staggers her back a few steps so that he can hit a vertical suplex!
Kronin gets her back up so that he can hit a belly-to-belly suplex! He pulls her back to her feet so he can hit an ax kick that sends her right back to the mat! He pulls her up again and hits a brainbuster! This time he stands up and motions to the crowd that he’s going to end this match.
Ben Price – Kronin kinda treating her like a ragdoll here.
Eddie Vega – Yeah, he might be making a point?
Ben Price – Is the point that he should be champion?
Eddie Vega – That could be the point.
Kronin pulls Dixie up to her feet and puts her head between his legs before lifting him up for the Metal Meltdown (Last Ride power bomb). He’s about to lift her up even higher when she seems to snap to attention and nails Kronin with a few hard right hands and takes him down to the mat with a hurricanrana! She jumps to her feet and as Kronin is getting up, hits him with a buzzsaw kick that sends him right back down to the mat! She goes for the cover, hooking a leg. Ashley Beaton gets into position.
….one
……two
……..thr-Kronin kicks out!
Ben Price – She almost won it.
Eddie Vega – Almost ain’t gonna cut it.
Dixie gets up and as she sees that Kronin is getting back up already, she goes to the ropes and comes back with a discus clothesline! However, Kronin catches her by the shoulders and knees her in the midsection, nearly flipping her over from the impact. He puts her head between his legs and quickly goes through the motion of hitting his Metal Meltdown! He goes for the cover!
….one
……two
……..three!
Eric Wilson – Winner of the match via pinfall…Kronin Reinhardt!
Ben Price – That was a quick match.
Eddie Vega – Kronin showing off his prowess here.
Ben Price – At some point, you gotta figure that he’s going to want back into the Conquest title picture.
Eddie Vega – Before his daughter replaces him.
Ben Price – Yeah, that.
Eddie Vega – And that’s all the time we have for tonight. Until next time when we come at you from Missouri…I’m Eddie Vega and with me is Ben Price.
Both – #jointheconquest!
But the show doesn’t go to credits right away.
Segment – Samael Drago
The scene opens in darkness.
Then, simply crickets.
A low night wind through trees.
The camera fades in on a backwoods clearing, deep in the forest. A log cabin stands alone,
weathered, quiet. A single lantern burns on the porch.
Samael Drago sits outside in a wooden chair.
He rocks back and forth. Slow. Steady.
The chair creaks with every motion.
Samael Drago – I lost to Kara Reinhardt.
He doesn’t look at the camera. His eyes are fixed somewhere in the trees.
Samael Drago – That sentence is supposed to mean something. It’s supposed to signal weakness. Decline. A crack in the armour.
He rocks again.
Samael Drago – But a moment doesn’t erase a man.
The lantern light catches his face as he exhales.
Samael Drago – I wasn’t diminished. I wasn’t exposed. I was interrupted. And interruptions… they happen to anyone who stands in the middle of the road long enough.
He finally looks at the camera.
Samael Drago – This doesn’t make me lesser. It doesn’t soften what’s coming. It doesn’t change why I’m doing this.
The chair creaks again.
Samael Drago – CWF doesn’t need saving because of one match. It needs saving because of rot. Comfort. Familiar names clinging to relevance while the rest of the house grows tired.
Samael Drago – The Eternal Grove, you see, gentlemen and ladies, isn’t an alliance. It’s a symptom. Ves. Karlie.
Samael Drago – Viktor, my brother. Different paths. Same conclusion.
He nods slowly.
Samael Drago – The company is done pretending. Done smiling. Done waiting its turn.
Drago leans forward slightly in the chair, elbows on his knees.
Samael Drago – I talk about the Age of Monsters for a reason. Monsters aren’t born loud. They rise when the old guard starts fading… piece by piece, sinew by sinew.
A faint, humorless smirk.
Samael Drago – And yes, there’s irony in calling Abigail Dresden the old guard when she’s still a child. But power ages you faster than time ever could.
He rocks again.
Samael Drago – She won’t be here to see what I do to her in the weeks to come. That’s unfortunate.
The rocking stops.
The screen cuts to black.
The image returns to a circle of black-robed figures standing in the woods. Each holds a candle.
The flames flicker unevenly, casting long, distorted shadows across the trees.
Between them, a figure hangs from a tree.
A rope is tied around his legs. His head, held inside by a black bag, dangles downward,
squirming for a way out.
Drago steps into frame.
The disciples part into a fork for him.
One of them extends a baseball bat, holding it with both hands. Drago takes it without a word.
He turns to the camera.
His voice is calm.
Samael Drago – Abigail… get ready.
