Vanguard #19 (05/10/23)

Brody seems to know where this is going and he’s determined not to be a punching bag once again. He charges Derrick, who pastes him with a stiff right hand that drops Slater to the mat, leaving him cradling his jaw. Rather than pursuing, Derrick stands back, leaned against the ropes as Brody scrambles back to get to his feet. That he isn’t charged after gets under Brody’s skin and he charges again, ducking another fist from Derrick and hitting the ropes, landing a hard shoulder to the newcomer that staggers but doesn’t knock Derrick down. Vayden glances at the crowd as if to say “can you believe this joker?” which further infuriates Brody. He goes at Derrick again, landing a few chops to the chest before Derrick ducks under a swing and spikes Brody in the jaw with a back elbow. Brody staggers back into the ropes and rebounds into Derrick, landing a headbutt that gets him an opening. He attempts an Irish whip but runs straight at an Into the Void by Derrick in his haste. Street Justice follows and Brody is up surprisingly quickly… except he’s dizzy as hell from the head-first impact. From here, Derrick grabs the arm and delivers Journey to Nowhere. Brody is out before he hits the mat and Derrick covers for the one-two-three!


Spirit Montego: And your winner… The Wanderer… DERRICK VAYDEN!

Bernadette Olson: Derrick making a violent but impressive statement in his first HYBRID singles match. I think Brody is literally unconscious!

Jacob Frankel: I mean… he sorta ran into it. It’s enough to make you feel sorry for the guy. Still, I’m liking what I see out of Derrick thus far.

Alicia, in a rare case of facing someone smaller than her, locks up with Sandra but quickly finds herself trapped in a waistlock that quickly becomes a backstabber! Sandra immediately delivers Going Under and moves in for a pin, getting two. Excitement quickly takes over and Sandra delivers a crossbody to Alicia, rolling off and up to her feet, already coming at Alicia as she rises, ducking a high kick and hitting a Pele kick that causes Flaherty to stagger backwards into the buckles. Sandra runs up her opponent and is briefly perched on the second rope before Alicia shoves her off. Flipping backwards and landing on her feet, Sandra hits a running high knee, but her attempt to follow up with a bulldog has her tossed forward! She lands on her feet, but Alicia nails a shotgun dropkick to the back, leaving Sandra to smash into the turnbuckles chest-first! A schoolgirl gets Alicia a quick two-count and she hits the ropes, trying to maintain this rare advantage. A high spinning kick is ducked under and Sandra uses the momentary lapse to deliver a Russian leg sweep, following quickly with a standing moonsault for a near-fall! Alicia surprises her with an inside cradle, but Sandra reverses for two of her own! Alicia charges but is taken down with a drop toe hold leading to One Wrong Step for another close near-fall! Alicia has enough in her to do a standing switch upon being pulled up, attempting a big German suplex on Moore, but Sandra flips out of it and locks on the Sinking Feeling, putting Alicia down in a hurry! Referee Kara Tarantino checks on Flaherty and immediately calls for the bell!


Spirit Montego: Ladies and gentlemen, your winner… The Tiny Earth Mover… SANDRA MOORE!

She has her arm raised, but Sandra checks on a slowly-waking Alicia post-match. She offers the young lady a hand up, which Alicia accepts before raising the winner’s arm and leaving the ring.

Bernadette Olson: Even simple shows of respect are hard to come by these days, but that was nice to see. Sandra really lived up to her “Quick” nickname tonight. It was hard to keep up with her moves!

Jacob Frankel: Which is good news for the fans, but not her opponents! Well done, Sandra!

Two like minds collide, with Tiffany immediately slapping the taste out of Ingrid’s mouth and getting a rebuke almost immediately! From there they grab one another’s hair and start throwing fists, with Ingrid getting backed up into the ropes! The Shining Light resorts to covering up and trying to pull the referee in the way, leaving Zach Young in the line of fire! Tiffany shoves him aside and Ingrid thumbs her in the eye… but that only pisses Two Sexy off! She cold-cocks Ingrid in the chin and grabs her by the head, running Ingrid’s face along the top rope the hard way, all the way to the turnbuckles where, with another handful of hair, she bounces the other blonde’s head off the padded steel several times before Young recovers and starts a five-count! Tiffany breaks off at four but shows Zach the hand when he threatens disqualification, cinching Ingrid in for a snap suplex. Valencia is up, thanks to the ropes, while Tiffany addresses the booing of the fans! She bursts in with a forearm to the back of the head but Tiffany weathers that with ease, booting Ingrid in the midsection and hitting a Hottie Bomb for a near-fall! Following up with some hard knees to the chest of a bent-over Valencia, Tiffany delivers Alluring next before putting the boots to Ingrid, including a shot where she grinds the sole of her boot on the forehead of the Shining Light! Zach Young, again, admonishes Tiffany, who retorts sharply to the young official before pulling Ingrid up by the hair.

Ingrid breaks loose while Page is briefly distracted, hitting a desperation jawbreaker that has Tiffany checking her mouth for blood! Ingrid, beaten down, still tries to line up the Valencia Revolution but Tiffany smoothly gets inside the kick before it can land, grabbing Ingrid by the shoulders and hitting Sex in the City, dropping Valencia and earning herself the pinfall victory!


Spirit Montego: The winner of the match… Too Sexy… TIFFANY LYNN PAGE!

Tiffany keeps up the punishment after the bell, to a point where Zach Young has to call for more referees to come down and try and break things up! That, however, brings out Duke Andrews, who comes close to tossing a few of said officials around until security shows up, getting between the couple and their targets! Duke, clearly not impressed, still gets his lady calmed down and they leave the ring together to a chorus of boos while security eyes them. The officials check on Ingrid as the power couple heads backstage.

Bernadette Olson: That is a dangerous young lady, and not just because she’s backed up by the Global Heavyweight Champion.

Jacob Frankel: She has all sorts of skill and a definite mean streak. But I still don’t like her attitude.

Jacob Frankel: Your guess is as good as mine! There’s still a lot of talent in there- wait… who’s that?

Bernadette Olson: Some masked guy just showed up, swinging a steel pipe!

And they’re pretty indiscriminate about it, too! Their first target is GoGo before they move on to Marcus, Jackie and Aiofe before Alexis attacks from behind, knocking the weapon away! She and the masked figure brawl, with the latter going for a DDT on the floor before they’re shoved away! Marcus and the rest swarm the masked man, save for Laura and GoGo. They instead try to bring down Marcus and nearly succeed before he escapes the predicament, instead sending Laura into a rack of chairs and dropping GoGo face-first on a nearby table! Jackie and Aiofe, however, put an end to the rampage of Marcus! Post-elimination, though, they’re jumped by the masked figure, though they quickly turn the tide. Alexis, taking advantage of the damage done, is able to eliminate GoGo, but Laura still has some fight in her, and the two scrap it out before Alexis suplexes Laura into the rubble of a broken table, which is just enough to keep her down for three!

Bernadette Olson: Is that person officially part of the match now? Is that allowed?!

Jacob Frankel: Security isn’t hauling him off, so I guess so! And that means we’re down to four: Aiofe, Jackie, Alexis and this masked person!

Said masked person, pipe retrieved, smashes Aiofe, eliminating them from the match while Jackie and Alexis slug it out! Alexis is unable to put Jackie in the Lemondrop, and Jackie’s One-Armed Bandit is likewise escaped! The masked person goes for the back of Jackie’s leg after Alexis escapes and uses a big jumping stomp to knock her out and eliminate her! It’s now down to Alexis and the mystery person, and Lemon isn’t going down without a fight! She grabs the pipe and lays waste to the mystery person, tossing it aside after several shots and going for the mask! At that moment, though, the lights go out briefly and when they return, the masked man is no longer in Lemon’s grasp! Instead, they’re standing behind her! They’re already in motion as Alexis whips around, kicking off the wall for a big roundhouse kick that gets them the final elimination and the win!


Spirit Montego, though, has no clue what to call the winner… and at any rate, they’re gone after another flicker of the lights!

Bernadette Olson: I don’t know how to call that one, fans, but we DO have a winner… just not sure WHO it is!

Jacob Frankel: Well, I doubt the boss-man is just gonna let things slide like that! He’ll address it… probably at the next Vanguard!

Melissa is somewhat cautious around Stephanie to begin, holding off on locking up to try and bring the more experienced competitor down. Stephanie resists the original attempts, breaking out of a waistlock and getting behind Tasman, hoisting her up and putting her down on the mat. Melissa slithers out of a front facelock attempt and immediately tries to put on Texas Heat, but Stephanie smartly gets out of reach and to the ropes. Melissa smiles ever so slightly and the look is returned by Kenyon, leading to the two women locking up. Despite their very similar builds, Stephanie has the slight strength and weight advantage and elbows her way out of an attempted German suplex, countering and hitting a backdrop on Melissa, the follow-up pin getting a one-count. Melissa backs off a few feet before getting back up and Stephanie gives her the moment she needs. Both women know what’s at stake and remain cautious, locking up again. Melissa backs Stephanie into the ropes and shoots her off. Stephanie reverses but Melissa springboards into a back elbow and rolls up to her feet, delivering a sliding dropkick before Kenyon can get out of the way. Tasman folds up Stephanie for another pin attempt and gets two before Kenyon kicks out.

A clothesline is ducked and Stephanie brings Melissa down with a reverse neckbreaker before dropping a leg across the chest. She pulls Tasman up into a rear chinlock but the rookie is quick to get to her feet and elbow her way out. Stephanie, though, grabs her again, this time in a side headlock, and flips her to the mat. Melissa counters by rolling Stephanie backwards into another pinning predicament, getting off a rolling neck snap when Stephanie kicks out and sits up, leading to another quick pin for two. Tasman uses her energy to keep the pressure on Stephanie here, but the Wildcat has no quit in her. She tries to back body drop Melissa over the top rope, though Tasman lands on her feet. A clothesline knocks her down, though, and a sliding dropkick from Stephanie knocks Melissa the rest of the way to the floor. Though not strictly a flier, Stephanie delivers a shot reminiscent of a heat-seeking missile through the ropes and to Melissa on the floor, following up with Empress of Thunder! The crowd is getting more and more into the battle, even as Melissa breaks out of Stephanie’s grip and drives her back-first into the apron before rolling her into the ring and following. It isn’t quite enough to put Stephanie on defense, though, as Stephanie hits Kneel, Peasant to Melissa for a close near-fall. From there, Kenyon lines up for the Kiss-Off but Melissa puts on the brakes at the last moment, just barely evading the shot. Stephanie, unused to the move not landing, is blasted with a sitout facebuster for a near-fall! A dropsault sends her into the buckles, but Kenyon pulls Tasman out of a leaping splash for a modified spinebuster, leading to another pin attempt! Melissa, however, turns it into Texas Heat before the hand comes down for three! Stephanie gets a leg over the bottom rope to break things up, but a modified shining wizard rocks her world! Melissa vaults to the top rope for the Tasmelian Devil and records the surprise three-count!


Spirit Montego: The winner of the match, advancing to the Iron Heart Championship Match… MELISSA TASMAN!

Stephanie’s shoulder had gone up, but just barely after the three-count. Melissa seems as surprised as her opponent, but there’s no heat between the two. Stepahnie chuckles at the result, shaking her her head while applauding Melissa, who’s now going to Vanguard #20 to face the winner of the Dixon/Harper match later tonight for the Iron Heart Championship!

Bernadette Olson: A bit of a surprise win there for Melissa Tasman, but that’s not to put shade on her! More of an acknowledgement of Stephanie’s skill and experience!

Jacob Frankel: Good on the Tasmelian Devil for this victory, Bernie! It’d be a big feather in her cap if she could win the title in two weeks, but no matter who her opponent is, it’s gonna be a long night!

Bernadette Olson: Something tells me that this young lady wouldn’t mind that at all, Jakey!

The Juggernaut stands over the teenager, a seething rage all over his face, drawing a chorus of boos from the crowd. He grabs her by her hair and then by the throat, lifting her up and slamming her back down onto the mat, all to the utter delight of Mrs. Simmons. Damian doesn’t stop there, however, as he begins stomping a mudhole into Lemon, as if he were making lemonade and his boot is the juicer!

Finally a dazzle of referees flood the ring, doing their best to separate the beast from his prey. Damian, surprisingly, steps away, allowing the zebras to check on the downed witch, whose eyes are wide open in pure pain. However that doesn’t stop her from getting to her feet, still holding her back from the chokeslam moments before. She can be heard screaming “I’M FINE!” as the referee checks her over. She demands for the ref to ring the bell, but he looks hesitant to do so. That is, until Katie begins squawking at him. And then the roar from the near literal giant across the ring. It’s this barrage of sound that forces the ref to give in. He checks with Lemon one more time, who nods confidently. With a sigh, the ref clears the ring of his fellow zebras before calling for the bell.


As soon as the bell sounds, Simmons charges across the ring and leaves his feet, leaping towards Lemon and crashing into her with a massive corner splash! He tosses her forward, where she rolls into a seated position. Simmons hits the opposite set of ropes and runs at her with a low dropkick, drawing a massive cheer from the Siren on the outside. A strong pin attempt picks up a quick two, seeming to only anger Simmons more. He pulls the Rascal Witch back to her feet, who tries to fight the giant off with a series of kidney punches, but all that gains her is a massive shove into the ropes.

However it backfires on the giant, as Lemon ricochets off the rope and comes back with a fully loaded dropkick to the shin of Simmons, dropping him to one knee! She hits the ropes again and comes back with a Heartburn kick but Simmons still doesn’t go down! He instead leans on the ropes and uses them to scramble to his feet, just in time to get hit with a running high-knee! Lemon goes to complete her Acidic Blitz combination but Simmons shrugs off the knee to his face and hoists the teenager up and drives her down with a Skyfall!

Simmons seethes as he glares down at the still body of Lemon. He puts a boot on her chest and the ref counts the pin. But before he can hit three, Katie commands her husband to get off of his downed opponent. She grins evilly as she instructs him to do more damage. He nods and scoops Lemon up once again before hitting another Skyfall. And another. And another! He finally releases the thoroughly squeezed Lemon only because of the referee forcing him to let her go.

The ref checks on the fallen Lemon again but Simmons doesn’t allow that to go on for very long, as he grabs the Wasted Youth and lifts her up for yet another powerbomb, but this time, he throws her down outside the ring! Lemon’s back hits the floor with a sickening thud, with Katie’s sinister laughter as the soundtrack playing over it. Katie screams at the ref to count Lemon out, and he does just that.

Katie screams at Lemon and laughs in her face as the latter writhes in pain on the floor outside the ring. The ref is at the count of seven and Lemon has barely moved. She can just manage to roll over by the time the ref hits ten and calls for the bell. Avatar’s Colossus plays as Damian Simmons glares down at his fallen opponent from the ring while his hand is raised in victory. Katie crawls into the ring, putting on a show of wiping her feet in the direction of the fallen Lemon as she does so, going to celebrate with her husband!


Spirit Montego: And your winner… DAMIAN SIMMONS!

Bernadette Olson: Good grief… there’s no depths that Damian and his loud wife won’t stoop to!

Jacob Frankel: Not that he wouldn’t have had a great chance of beating her straight-up based on size alone, but at least give Alexis a fighting chance! Still… she hung in there… and with her attitude and fire, you know this ain’t over!

Bernadette Olson: Good, because I’d like to see her shut Katie up for once!

Out of her wheelhouse in a singles match, Jane still goes right at Nathaniel, locking up with him and trying to bully him back against the ropes. She finds herself shoved against the buckles instead, though, with Nathaniel almost immediately backing off a few steps to deliver the Evolutionary Imperative, only to stop short when Jane leaves the ring to evade it. Smirking, Nathaniel moves to follow her, trying to grab and send her into the barricade. Rearing her head back, Harper catches Dixon in the nose and turns the tables, hurling him against the steps. She rolls into the ring to break the count and heads back out, just in time for Dixon to deliver Uncharismatic, sending her spinning to the floor. The head shot has drawn a bit of blood from his nose and the sight of it on the back of his hand has Nathaniel in a bit of a state. He forcefully rolls Jane back into the ring and hits the far ropes, catching her on her rise with a second Uncharismatic and going for an immediate pin attempt, getting a two-count.

Jane is no stranger to violence, though, and is in fact invigorated by the assault. She can be seen to grin as the match devolves into a slugfest and catches Dixon by surprise with some hard fists and kicks. Kara Tarantino warns her off about the closed fists, but that just makes Harper go for knees instead, along with clubbing shots to the back. Nathaniel is dropped to his hands and knees by the assault. Jane gets some distance and charges but Dixon lunges and takes out the right leg, sending Harper into a flip to the canvas. He grabs the leg the moment he’s upright, throwing hard kicks to the hamstring area before applying a classic spinning toe hold. Twisting the ankle after, he puts pressure on the Broke Chick, who denies any opportunity to give up. She eventually twists herself out of Nathaniel’s grip and manages a drop toe hold that sends into the middle rope, but she cannot capitalize owing to the damage done to her leg. He’s back up and about before she can attack, but an enzuigiri puts him on the back leg again, with a kneeling DDT spiking Dixon’s head off the canvas, leading to a near-fall. Still, hampered mobility keeps Jane from fighting full bore. A spinning backfist is enough to stun Nathaniel, but he retorts sharply with the Evolutionary Imperative, leading to both of them dropping to the mat simultaneously. Dixon drapes the arm over Harper, but she gets the shoulder up at two-and-a-half.

Nathaniel is the first one up, cradling his jaw a bit, while Harper pulls herself up via the ropes. A charge from Nathaniel sees her half-move, half-stagger, aside. Dixon catches himself at the ropes and in that moment Jane delivers a rope-assisted swinging kick that drops Dixon to a knee. Attempting to follow up with a ripcord knee sees her scooped up and powerbombed to the mat by Nathaniel, who’s still catching his breath. He folds her up into a jackknife cover, but still only gets two. Jane yanks him into the ropes throat-first, then heaves off a kick to the chest that has Nathaniel reeling. K.O. Bitch is loaded up but the leg gives way and Dixon is able to move aside, hitting the ropes and nailing the Evolutionary Imperative dead-on to put Harper down for the win.


Spirit Montego: The winner of the match, heading to the Iron Heart Championship Match… NATHANIEL DIXON!

The man has been in a war, but Dixon still has the energy to celebrate his win. He makes a smooth exit before Chi Chi reaches the ring to check on her partner, though, if only to save his teeth from an attempted extraction by the sadistic tooth fairy. Backing up the ramp, Nathaniel holds both arms in the air as Chi Chi glares after him briefly.

Bernadette Olson: And we have our match for Vanguard #20: Nathaniel Dixon versus Melissa Tasman for the Iron Heart Championship! Determination versus energy, experience versus fire!

Jacob Frankel: That’s gonna be a good one for sure! But credit to Harper tonight for giving as good as she got!

Cordelia is on a mission and it shows; she takes the fight directly to Aleki and though he handles the onslaught well enough, the former champion has the current one on defense to the point where Zach Young has to get in between them before things escalate too far. Aleki takes that opportunity to sneak in a cheap shot, belting Clark in the eye with a left hand! Staggering back, Cordelia manages to take Aleki down as he pushes past the official, tripping him to the mat and laying in some crossface shots from the rear before he shoves her off. The Samoan God of War, riled up by his tenacious adversary, lays her out hard with a clothesline before taking hold of the ropes and trying to stomp a crater into her head! Cordelia rolls out of the ring and trips the champion up while Young is reading him the Riot Act, yanking him out of the ring and bouncing his head off the steel steps! Aleki takes the shot in stride and drives the point of his elbow into her breadbasket before grabbing Clark by hair and gear and slinging her into the barricade!

The challenger fights back in kind, taking advantage of Kekoa pausing to trash-talk to send him into the ring post, then back into the ring. Clark follows after him, dropping some forearm shots to the head before going for the pin. The champ kicks out just after two but Cordelia mounts him and lays in some piston-like rights before she’s shoved off. A boot to the midsection drops her to her hands and knees, her overzealousness costing her, though she gets out of the way of a curb stomp. She bull-rushes Aleki into the corner, but elbows driven between her shoulders make Clark back off. A lariat out of the corner knocks her to the ground and Aleki goes for a rather cocky cover, getting a long one-count out of it and laughing as a result. He scoops up Cordelia for a vertical suplex, holds on, and pulls her back up, this time for a brainbuster. He taunts the fans, who are clearly on the challenger’s side, and pays for it when Clark nails him dangerously close to the waistline! Another shot to the midsection doubles Aleki up for Cordelia to hit an implant DDT, getting her a long two-count as a result! The Doll Slayer attempts her Sound of Silence, but the champion reaches the ropes, breaking this up! Clark turns it into a pinning predicament for a near-fall, but Aleki breaks loose and hurls her from the ring!

After landing on the outside, Clark is about to get back in the ring, feeding off her determination, when someone bolts down the ramp and charges, knocking her back down and battering on her while the champion has the referee distracted! The redhead then rolls Cordelia back into the ring, leaving a suddenly eager Aleki to finish things off. A running front dropkick sends Clark inot the buckles, recoiling her to the mat, but the pin only gets to two-and-a-half! Clark, battered but now furious and jacked up on adrenaline, fights back against a stunned Kekoa, sending him between the buckles and into the ringpost before the redhead gets up on the apron, yelling at the challenger! Cordelia, despite being warned off, grabs her by the hair and yanks her into the ring, hitting an ace crusher before blasting her with Educated! Aleki, at this point, charges back at Clark, leading to the redhead trying to get a piece, too! As a result, Zach Young throws the match out!


Spirit Montego: The referee has decreed this match a no-contest! As a result, STILL the Vanguard Champion… ALEKI KEKOA!

Bernadette Olson: That must be Brianna Matthews! The sometimes-partner of Aleki Kekoa who just signed with HYBRID! She's wasting no time making her presence felt!

Jacob Frankel: Her timing is less than perfect!

Kekoa and Matthews keeps attacking Cordelia after the match, but the mugging doesn't last long! "MIRAI Ticket" by Aqours hit and the lights go up in green as a face not seen in HYBRID for a long time comes charging down the ramp to even the odds!

Bernadette Olson: Is that-

Jacob Frankel: Ilda Matsuda! I dunno where she came from, but I'm glad to see her!

The fans share that sentiment as The Emerald Queen hits the ring and goes for Brianna Matthews battering her with kicks to the ribs and midsection before nailing the TKO to send Brianna out of the ring! The Vanguard Champion turns his attention to Clark's would-be savior and starts attacking, but that gives Cordelia time to get back up and, along with Ilda, the two clothesline Aleki out of the ring! Brianna keeps him from charging back in, handing him his title as the two head up the ramp!

Bernadette Olson: What a return for Matsuda! Cordelia doesn't quite know what to make of her, but she looks grateful for assist!

Jacob Frankel: What happens now, though?! Did Ilda just show up to help, or does she want a crack at Aleki herself?!

Bernadette Olson: Maybe we'll get some answers soon!

Close in size and strength, the two men lock up and immediately it’s a battle of power and will. Aaron manages to back Javier into the buckles, but Javier reverses things in a hurry and lays in some rough chops before turning to right hands. Aaron takes some good licks before batting back, fighting Javier back to the center of the ring and eventually into the ropes, He shoots Duran off and delivers a snap powerslam that gets him a quick two-count, surprising Javier AND the fans! The blow takes some air out of Duran, who gets victimized by a back body drop and an elbow from Big Country, leading to another quick pin attempt. Still, it’s far from enough to keep Javier down, shown by him literally busting through a clothesline attempt, whirling Aaron around for the return strike in the form of a leaping shoulder! Aaron’s up quick but Javier is upon him, catching the big man on his return for a swinging side slam and a two-count of his own!

Aaron shakes it off, but Javier’s relentlessness keeps him from doing much in the way of fighting back. A Snake Eyes leaves Aaron staggering, and a burning hammer to follow up sends the air whooshing out of him. Javier grabs the arms and pulls back, his foot between Aaron’s shoulders before he stomps down in a vicious move that leaves Lawrence stilled for a moment. Javier pulls him up to his feet to add on more punishment, but finds himself quickly hoisted up to Aaron’s shoulders! Letting out a yell of adrenaline, Aaron goes into an airplane spin with the big man on his shoulders before spiking him with a Death Valley driver, a move he calls Dust in the Wind, which gets him a close near-fall! Keeping the pressure on, Aaron hits a trio of running clotheslines and goes for a stalling vertical suplex… but this time, Javier kicks out at one! The surprise immediately makes Aaron pause, and Javier pulls him into a cradle for two!

Pulled up, Aaron throws off Javier’s grip and tries to get back into control, going for a leaping shoulderblock only to have Javier spear him right out of the air! You can see the air leave the chest of Lawrence almost and he drops down, clutching his midsection. A choke hold pulls Lawrence up with surprising ease, leading to a chokeslam backbreaker from the former Runaway Train! Past that, it’s the Cosecha de Almas to put Aaron down for good, getting Javier the pin and the win!


Spirit Montego: And your winner… JAVIER MATEO DURAN!

Javier stands tall in the end, but from the look on his face you know he was in a fight… one that he appreciated. Aaron is up under his own power and gives the winner props. From his own smile, you could see that Big Country had his share of fun, too. Javier smirks and leaves the ring, heading up the ramp.

Bernadette Olson: After all that, it’ll be tough to follow for Javier’s next opponent!

Jacob Frankel: I agree, but their efforts will mean some definite entertainment for all involved! Plus it was cool to see Aaron Lawrence in action again!

Bernadette Olson: Maybe we’ll see more of him in the future!

All six competitors are in the ring, standing across from one another. Jessi Ozborne staring down Rain, arms crossed over her chest. Jessie Robinson is looking determined as she stands across from GoGo, no sign of her usual unease now that she has two veteran members of the Queens of Chaos on either side of her. Lastly we have Risa Saito and Chiaki Sanada, the two smallest women in this match, but they are certainly the loudest, screaming at one another in their shared native language. Jessi and Jessie step out of the ring for the Queen’s of Chaos, while the Natural Resources step out on their side. The bell rings and the two joshi launch themselves forward, fueled by the not so kind back and forths they’ve been having on twitter lately. Risa throw a forearm but Chiaki slaps her arm down and away with both hands before sending a kick at the other Asian woman’s lower leg. Saito checks the kick as she steps forward, throwing a european uppercut that Sanada just barely manages to step back from. Chi Chi goes to lock up but Tiggy reverses that with an arm drag, only for Cheech to land on her feet. The crowd is already going wild as the two Japanese women throw all the violence they can behind each strike as the other manages to deflect or evade. A lightning fast set of attacks sees the two joshi back in the center of the ring, and Risa goes for a roundhouse! Chiaki thinking the same thing! BOTH KICKS CONNECT FLUSH! Sanada and Saito both hit the mat, dazed. The Queen’s in their corner urge Risa to come in and make a tag, while the Natural Resources do the same.

Both legal competitors begin crawling toward their corners, leaping at almost the same time to tag in…

Jessi Ozborne explodes into the ring for the Queens of Chaos as Rain comes in representing Gutter Ballet. Ozborne shoots for a clothesline but Rain ducks it, running forward to rebound of the ropes. She looks for her own lariat but Jo ducks, snapping Rain up, over, and back down with a wicked powerslam. She makes a cover, but the Shieldmaiden kicks out at one. Not letting this dissuade her, the Reina Asesina pulls her opponent to her feet, clinching up to drive a couple of knees into Rain’s diaphragm, but as she’s pushed back, she comes just close enough to her team's corner for Gogo to make a blind tag! Jessie Robinson calls out to Jessi Ozborne, and Jo breaks the clinch, but not before Gogo comes in off a springboard knee strike that catches Jessi flush on the jaw. The Queen of Queens crumples to the mat, and Gogo goes for the cover!


No! Robinson dives in, breaking up the pin attempt! Sanada is in the ring almost immediately, throwing a violent, wild series of strikes into Jessie, but they manage to defend most of them until a hard forearm rocks them. Before Chi Chi can capitalize, the crowd gets loud as Risa leaps from the top turnbuckle, slamming into Cheech with a crossbody! Jessie and Risa throw Chi Chi out of the ring before going to get Jessi back to her feet until GoGo and Rain are there throwing a lariat and superkick in near perfect sync! Jessie gets turned inside out by Rain’s lariat, and Saito is seeing stars after the kick connects. Both members of the Queens of Chaos roll out of the ring to the floor, but Ozborne is back on her feet! She circles eyes on GoGo, and just as the Shieldmaiden turns around… BANGARANG! The corkscrew kick finds its mark, dropping the GB member to the mat in a heap. Ozborne drags her out of the corner to the middle of the ring, hooking a leg.


No! GoGo throws her shoulder up at the last moment! Jessi looks down in disbelief, eyes going back to the ref. She holds up two fingers, and the referee nods, holding up to of their own before signaling that GoGo got a shoulder up. Jessi swears, clearly annoyed, but she gets back to her feet. The crowd is chanting now. They want Jessie Robinson in this match! Clearly surprised, the Queen Bean starts to get pumped, and she holds her hand out to Jessi. Ozborne gathers GoGo up, pulling her toward her team's corner, but just as the two J’s go to tag, Chiaki Sanada yanks Robinson off the apron before Irish whipping her into the ring steps to a LOUD chorus of boss from the audience! Jo stares down at Chi Chi with murderous intent, but turns back to the task at hand as the referee yells at Sanada to get back to her corner. Rain is screaming at GoGo to snap out of it, stomping on the apron, but Risa is back up on her team’s side. She takes the tag from Jessi, and the two hit a double DDT on GoGo in their corner. Risa gets her opponent to her feet, hitting a crisp combination of open palms strikes to the chest and stiff kicks to the thigh before whipping GoGo into the ropes. She rebounds, coming forward but Tiggy slides and hooks the ankle! SHINOBI SLIDE! The heel hook is locked in and GoGo screams out as she claws to try and get to the bottom rope. She doesn’t stay locked in too long, however, as Rain comes in, sprinting across the ring before blasting Saito with a sliding knee! Risa goes all but limp, allowing Rain to pull GoGo out of the predicament before dragging her over to the GB corner, getting out of the ring before reaching down to slap her tag partner across the shoulder.

Clean tag, and Rain is in the match, but with her last bit of strength, Risa manages to tag in Jessie! They sprint across the ring at each other, and Robinson leaps, catching her opponent with a headscissors whip that sends them out through the middle ropes and to the floor. Queen Bean wastes no time, hopping twice in place before using the ropes for momentum… SUICIDE DIVE! Rain crashes into the barricade, and Jessie is pumped! They roar, and the crowd pops with them! That cheer is quickly dashed as Chiaki Sanada comes flying in from out of NOWHERE off the apron! CHI CHI BANG BANG!! Jessie’s head is spiked into the floor! Risa comes running around the ring to assist, but GoGo comes off the apron from the other direction with a meteora, rolling to her knees. BITCH-CRAFT OUT OF NOWHERE! The camera barely catches Ozborne hitting the reverse shining wizard almost instantly as GoGo rolled to her knees! The ringside area is in shambles, but Jessi grabs Jessie, pulling them to their feet. Rain is up on a knee, hauling herself up on the apron. The referee’s waves off their count as both women roll back into the ring.

Both teams are back in their respective corners now. Jessie is crawling towards the Queens of Chaos, and Rain is slowly making her way back towards Gutter Ballet.

It all happens at the same instant: Jessie Bean tags Jessi Ozborne! Rain tags Chi Chi! Both women of their respective teams jump the ropes and come flying on foot at each other and start trading rapid punches. The referee starts to warn about hair pulling and closed fists but Jessi shoves Chi Chi back and chins her with a superkick! Chi Chi’s rocked but not down! Jessi shoots for a Spinning Heel Kick but Chi Chi ducks and when Jessi’s spun around with her back to her, she springs up and spikes Jessi with a Poisonrana!! Jessi ricochets up onto her knees, seeing stars and Chi Chi hits the ropes, shrieking like a wildcat as she drives her knee into Jessi’s jaw with a Shining Wizard! Jessi goes down and Chi Chi lands sitting on her chest, catching a leg from behind her.


Jessi still explodes out of the cover and Chi Chi slaps the mat in pure anger. She pulls Jessi up by the hair and starts just feeding her strong style knees and forearms. Jessi looks like she’s about to go down but she falls back into the ropes, bounces back and knocks the shit out of Chi Chi with a forearm of her own. Chi Chi stumbles and Jessi grabs her by the arm, Irish Whipping her violently into the ropes. She doesn’t see GoGo blind tag Chi Chi on the back. Jessi nails Chi Chi on the rebound with a discus forearm, knocking her down onto her knees. She hits the ropes. Comes off. DISENCHANTED!!!! The kicks SMACKS Chi Chi right across the head and she drops back onto the mat. Jessi drops down for the cover but the referee has to tell her Chi Chi isn’t the legal opponent anymore. Jessi questions this for a split second before she turns just in time to see GoGo reaching the top turnbuckle. Thinking on the fly, Jessi pops to her feet, runs and springs up off of the ropes with a springboard Enziguri to GoGo! GoGo looks like she’s about to topple forward into the ring but somehow, her balance shifts and to the horror of literally everyone - even Jessi herself - she goes backwards and to the outside from the top of the ringpost! GoGo somehow manages to land on her feet but one of her knees clearly buckles and she lets out a shrill yelp of pain, instantly grabbing at her leg.

Bernadette Olson: That didn’t sound good at all!

Jacon Frankel: No it did not!

Inside the ring, Chi Chi finds her way to her feet and starts to go after Jessi again but the referee tries to usher her out. That’s when Chi Chi notices that GoGo isn’t getting up from the floor, but is instead clutching her leg at ringside IN TEARS! Chi Chi’s wild expression drops and she immediately disengages from Jessi, sliding out to GoGo. Rain drops down beside her tag team partner and the two kneel by the bubbly highflyer who’s clearly not in her chipper competitive mood anymore.

Chi Chi Sanada: Stop match!

Chi Chi calls up to the referee but through the crowd noise, he doesn’t seem to hear her at first and begins to administer the count until Rain stands up and bellows at the top of her lungs.

Rain: STOP THE FUCKING MATCH!!!

The referee stops the count and comes out to check on GoGo for a moment before waving the ring doctor over. Inside the ring, Jessi Ozborne has a look of concern on her face as she’s joined by Jessi Robinson and Risa Saito. All of the Queens of Chaos present look troubled by what’s going on. Meanwhile, GoGo continues to clutch her knee with tears down her face. The doctor says something to the referee and the official throws up the “X.”

Jacon Frankel: Oh my god, no.

Bernadette Olson: They’re stopping the match? This is bad. Real bad.


As the referee comes into the ring to explain to the Queens of Chaos what’s going on, Rain stays by GoGo’s side, helping keep her calm while the EMTs arrive. Chi Chi stands up from beside GoGo and lifts her head. She’s gone from concerned and remorseful to now having a look of pure, unbridled rage in her eyes as she slowly turns back towards the ring and suddenly launches herself in under the bottom ropes. The Queens barely have time to look away from the referee before Chi Chi comes flying at Jessi Ozborne like a wild animal! Risa and Jessie Robinson work to pull her off. Even Rain, seeing this happen, hurries into the ring and pulls her stable mate off.

Bernadette Olson: Jacob, I don’t think this was the sought after result by Jessi Ozborne. I know she said she was gonna get involved in this whole thing. She said she was finished watching things spiral out of control on the sidelines but this had to be an accident!

Jacob Frankel: Clearly!

Risa and Robinson help Jessi to her feet as the leader of the Queens of Chaos appears to be attempting to apologize for what happened. Chiaki Sanada’s having none of it and is just trying to rip free from Rain to get at her. Security guards come in to hold Chi Chi back so Rain can go be with GoGo again. The referee ushers the Queens out of the ring, letting them return to the locker room as the EMTs wheel GoGo off on a stretcher with Rain tagging along behind them. Chi Chi is still trying to pry herself away from the security guards in a frenzy until Head of Security, Trenton “Forge” Mitchell arrives and has to wrap the girl up in a sleeper hold until she passes out. The shot fades into the next set.