FFW Future Shock S17E1

[Adam Grant]

Artwork Courtesy of Cori

Femme Fatale Wrestling
Presents
A Shooting Star Production
FFW Future Shock All Star
Season 17 Premiere
January 20, 2015

The FFW logo appears on the screen with the world rotating behind it along with a “Happy New Year” underneath the image. And from there, we open inside what looks like a prison. The familiar lyrics of “All Star” begin to play in the background. An old and dilapidated prison at that, and as we see a guard passing by some cells, the camera peers into each cell as six women occupy them. Each of them are wearing black and white stripe prison jumpsuits. All of them watch as the guard passes by before Kate Steele hops up onto her bed and pushes a panel up in the ceiling to climb through. A tapping noise is heard before each of the other girls hear it, and do the same. Freya bounds up through the hole in the ceiling, as does Erica, Claire, Valentina, and Stacey. Single file, they crawl through some duct work apparently and end scaling down the side of the building to the ground. All of them run past a spotlight right before it sweeps past them and heads for the shore.

As they arrive, they find there’s only one boat. Each of them look at one another before a brawl breaks out. Kate and Valentina start trading blows, as Claire and Stacey trade shots as well. Erica and Freya shrug their shoulders, watching the other four fighting and take off towards the boat. They both dive in as Erica shoves Freya into the water, and starts up the motor. Freya pulls herself back in the boat soaking wet as the two start fighting. The four on the shore hear the alarm and dive into the water to swim after the boat before the guards storm towards the shore and see them escaping. One raises his gun, but the other guard pushes his hand down and points to a bottle with a paper in it at their feet. He removes the note and it reads “Future Shock All Star” before the logo switches to a huge banner hanging in the Future Shock Center. The camera pans the facility as the small group of fans make plenty of noise as they see the camera pass them by.

Mark: The fire marshall would shut us down if we tried to fill the Future Shock Cent any more than it is right now! We are all the way live here in the City of Angels for one of the most anticipated seasons of Future Shock in FFW history! Future Shock All Star kicks off tonight here at the Center, and the stakes don’t get much higher. Whoever catches the fall in tonight’s Trios match gets the amnesty card. Whoever takes a fall is eliminated right out of the gate! I’m Mark Horton, joined by FFW Hall of Fame laureate Wendy Briese.

Wendy: Hi, Mark!  Thanks for having me!  That...uh… video though.  Did you actually manage to get all six women to cooperate through that without really actually fighting?  Or… was that a literal pier six brawl that you actually managed to work in to the sequence?  Cause… I wouldn’t be surprised either way.

Mark: They spent all day on Alcatraz Island to film the jailbreak, and by the time they got to the final scene, they were pretty much sick of each other! So from what I am told, they just let them go and started recording. Although we don’t recommend to viewers to fight in a motor boat.

Wendy: Yeah, well we also don’t recommend that you pay someone to jump your opponents backstage and take them out of the match, but… sadly that’s already happened, and- Mark I thought we had an instant kick-out rule for this now!  So isn’t Valentina gone after what Isis did?

Mark: Fans, what Wendy is referring to is the late breaking news that Freya Kane has been eliminated from the competition already. She was assaulted backstage here at the Future Shock Center when early reports indicate that Isis, Valentina Lozano’s bodyguard, assaulted her in the ladies’ room and uprooted a sink from the wall before crashing it into her leg. Kane wanted to fight, but our medical team refused to clear her in this state. And yes, you’re right. But the rule says the player who attacks the other one is eliminated. Since Isis reportedly did this, she’s not competing in the season. So...try as we might...we’ve found another loophole that has been exploited.

Wendy: Well, I’m sorry, that’s a load of CRAP, Mark.  Wrestlers are responsible for the behavior of their managers during a competition, I know that as well as anyone.  Loophole, shmoophole, Valentina should be gone, and Freya should be allowed in next week if she can recover in time, and it’s heartbreaking that’s not going to be the case.  

Mark: We’ve never had managers at ringside before, so they never put it into the official rules that anyone who attacks someone on your behalf would get you eliminated. But I suspect that rule could be amended at a very near point in the future. However, fans, this creates a whole new situation. Tonight, Stacey and Kate will compete in a handicap match instead! However, there will be NO elimination as a result of this match. Stacey has been lobbying to have her manager fill in as a third for tonight, but Kate wasn’t remotely interested in that idea. So...it will be a 2 on 3 handicap Trios match!

Wendy: That’s… actually smart by Kate.  With only one person able to claim the amnesty card, the last thing she needs is a teammate dedicated only to helping Stacey.  In fact, that’s their best hope of winning now- someone on the other team… cough Valentina cough… gets greedy and creates a mess of this match.

Mark: I can confirm that Isis has been thrown out of the Future Shock Center as a result of her actions tonight. And early word is that Valentina claims Isis didn’t act on her behalf, and didn’t even know this was going to happen, if you believe her. However, that does leave just one manager on the floor, and that’s Tiffany Spencer for tonight’s match.

Wendy: Yeah… Valentina should run for government the way she’s willing to shove an underling on a sword like that.  But… honestly I don’t like Tiffany out there eithere.  I suppose she’s now somewhat of an equilizer, but that woman’s as devious as they come, and I think this competition would be better if she were far away.

Mark: As I said, fans, there will be NO elimination this week. As a matter of fact, your vote this week will decide the next competition instead! But we’ll get to that after this match. Let’s head up to the ring and watch the action.

All five women are already in the ring as Cory stands in the center of it, a microphone in hand.

Cory: The following contest is a handicap Trios tag team match! In the corner to my right, they hail from Berkshire and London, England respectively. This is...KATE STEELE & ‘THE DREAM KILLER’ STACEY!!

Stacey takes a deep bow before discussing something with her manager on the apron before Kate rolls her eyes and raises her hands to a louder response.

Mark: I’m not sure what kind of cohesion we are going to see here, but these two are definitely behind the eight ball here tonight. But Kate’s proven to be as resilient as they come, you just know she wished her partner was...anyone else.

Wendy: Yeah, well, Stacey is a former FFW Champion, and she’s capable… at least she USED to be before her ego overtook her wrestling ability.  Maybe realizing what a hole she’s in will bring out the old her a bit.

Cory: In the corner to my left, one is the reigning co-holder of the FFW Unity Tag Team Championship...CLAIRE BLACK!! The blonde hails from the Palmetto State, and is competing in only her second match in FFW history….ERICA HORTON! And….

Cory is cut off when Valentina tells him something, causing him to frown a bit before she shoots him a glare.

Cory: And finally, she is…..a goddess among insects. The 1% percenter that could buy and sell you anytime she wanted. And…..BETTER THAN ALL OF YOU...’THE LATIN GODDESS’ VALENTINA LOZA--

She whispers something to him again, causing him to sigh.

Cory: VAAAAAAAAAAAALEEEEEENTTIIIIIINNNAAAAAAA LOOOOOOOZZZAAAANNNOOOOO!!

Wendy: Oh for Gods sakes… although I suppose we should just consider ourselves lucky she didn’t drag Domingo Garza here to do it…

Mark: Cory Kincaid isn’t used to being told how to do his job, and I feel very sure in the fact that he won’t be the only one who gets bossed around tonight. How much you want to be Valentina has decided she is the captain of this team with two tag team specialists in her corner? Hell, she talked of her great tag team skill as a result of her last two matches.

Wendy: No denying that she’s done a bit with Neveah Summers and Kimmi Hate in her corner but.. they’re actually able to stand her, probably because she actually views them on her level. Not so much with Claire and Erica… and I’m pretty sure the current and former tag champ won’t appreciate being talked down to!

Referee Melinda Davis calls for the bell to start the match as Stacey tells Kate to get out of the ring as she plans to start this match. The redhead rolls her eyes as she steps out as Stacey waves one of the three forward to compete. Claire starts towards her but Valentina grabs her shoulder and tells her to let the Goddess handle this. The boxer and Erica look at one another and exit the ring before Valentina goes eye to eye with Stacey in the center.

Wendy: I’m honestly not sure how wise this is by the so-called captain.  You’re about to go up against a fresh former FFW Champion with an unscrupulous harpy standing in her corner ready to do anything.  Valentina might have been better hanging back here, but her ego’s getting in the way.

Mark: Well this should be interesting..I didn’t expect these two to start! And I’m pretty sure we aren’t going to see a catch as catch can classic here either….

The two glare at one another as Valentina already begins the trash talk before she slaps Stacey across the face. The British brunette fires back with a slap of her own and jams her thumb into Valentina’s eye as well. It blinds Lozano for a moment before Stacey points back to Kate, causing Davis to look at her long enough for the Dream Killer to kick Valentina between the legs and drop her to her knees. The Dream Killer hits the far side ropes and catches her with a knee trembler to the head before she grabs two handfuls of hair and spikes her face first on the mat. Stacey looks rather pleased with herself as she grabs Lozano’s arms and stands on her hair before pulling her upwards, causing her hair to get pulled in the process.

Wendy: Well… yeah.  Honestly, watching this, I can only hope that Valentina realizes how badly it sucks to have this done to you, and puts herself in other people’s shoes, and realizes it’s not okay.

Mark: Or more likely, she realizes how well it works and decides to double down in the future. Either way, Lozano is down!

She finally lets her fall back to the mat as the referee gets to four. Valentina starts to push back up to her knees as Stacey steps over her back, and applies a camel clutch. The Dream Killer leaves her feet and drives her body weight across Valentina’s back to put her down on the canvas and then cinches in the hold a little tighter. She also tells Kate to pay attention, who actually had been watching the entire time.

Mark: Stacey with a camel clutch reapplied, making sure Valentina was flush on the mat. And now telling Kate she needs to be watching and taking notes in the corner.

Wendy: She’s really working that camel clutch well, and how low shes getting… that enables her to arch the back up even worse.  Valentina’s seriously starting to get into trouble here.

Valentina starts trying to push up to her knees with Stacey on her back. The Dream Killer releases the hold and looks to drive her body weight into her back again. But as she jumps this time, Valentina rolls to her back and Stacey lands across her knees instead. The former FFW Champion staggers away from her in obvious pain as the Latin Goddess slowly gets back to her feet with a very unhappy expression. She spins Stacey around and scoops her up into a gorilla press before she launches her across the ring with a massive bodyslam. Stacey clutches her lower back in pain as Valentina scoops her back up again into a fireman’s carry and drops her across her knee. She doesn’t let her fall though and drops her again. And again. And again. And finally, she finishes off the combination with a fallaway slam that sends Stacey into the ropes!

Mark: Lozano is easily the most powerful woman in this match in terms of strength, and she’s throwing Stacey around like a sack of trash with ease!

Wendy: She just shredded STacey’s back too!  Considering the exertion and strength required, your back is so important in this match, and even the smallest strain debilitates you. And puts you at a powerhouse like Valentina’s mercy!

Stacey rolled out to the floor as Valentina went right out after her. The Dream Killer rounded the corner towards Kate’s corner. She also jerked Kate down in front of her. Steele looked back at Stacey, only to be shoved backwards into Lozano who snatched Kate up by the waist and lobbed her with a release German suplex to the floor! She quickly rose to her feet as Stacey took off again around the corner with Lozano going right after her. Stacey rolled into the ring on the other side, and caught Valentina rolling in with an elbow drop to her back.

Wendy: Well that was uncalled for!  Poor Kate…

Mark: She got Valentina to chase her, and it worked! Stacey with a big elbow right across the back, and now she wants a tag! Well good luck with that!

Stacey barked at Kate to get up as she dragged Valentina towards her team’s corner. But Steele was still on the floor before Tiffany picked Kate up and deposited her on the apron. And as the redhead started to get to her feet, Stacey tagged her in.

Wendy: Well, there’s Stacey being a team player.  She just fed her partner to the dogs, and now is leaving her for the vultures!

Kate slowly got into the ring, holding her back still after what happened before Stacey shoved her towards Valentina. Lozano, however, rolled her right up into a small package off the shove. Davis dove into position.

ONE!!

TW-NOOOOOO!!

Mark: Stacey literally almost shoved her team into a loss right there, Steele kicked out though!

Wendy: Kate’s stubborn and hard headed, and it takes more than a german suplex on the floor to end her.  But Stacey’s gotta remember- she can’t win if Kate’s losing!

Valentina started back to her feet, pulling Kate with her before she fired a series of short knees into her body before she scooped her up and dropped her with a powerslam into the canvas. Lozano slowly got back up, planting her boot across Kate’s lips and face before stomping the side of her head for added punishment. She measured and delivered a fist drop into her face before she pulled Kate up, shoving her into her team’s corner. She immediately put her boot to her neck in the corner to choke her before Erica shoved her foot off Kate’s throat, causing Valentina to give her a scowl.

Mark: Valentina looking for a little added advantage with that choke in the corner, but Erica wasn’t having it! And Lozano didn’t like it a damn bit!

Wendy: Well, there’s a simple solution to that- don’t choke someone.  And Erica’s not just showing fair play here- she’s being smart.  I don’t know what a disqualification would do- but it certainly wouldn’t help her!

Valentina held out her hand for a tag, and as Erica went to tag in, the brunette paintbrushed her with a slap to the face. Erica got into the ring as Valentina immediately hopped out onto the apron, though Erica got right into her partner’s face. Valentina beamed at her, almost daring her to do something about it. Meanwhile, Kate was back up to her feet. Steele took off across the ring and used a dropkick that sent Erica into Valentina, knocking Lozano off the apron to the floor. Kate spun Erica around and began to unload with rights before she sent her across for the ride. Erica rebounded off the far side as Kate used the middle rope for a springboard into a missile dropkick that flattened the former SVW tag champion!

Wendy: Both Valentina and Stacey have been awful team players in this match- and both managed to pull stunts that landed their partners in hot water!  There’s going to be some scores to settle once the competitions go individual.

Mark: No kidding there! Neither of them are really team players, at least not with their partners. They are more like team liabilities at this point.

The fans were quite divided here as Kate rose back to her feet, a smile forming on her face as she took off for the near side ropes. She hit them at a high rate of speed before connecting with a senton back splash into Erica’s chest. The blonde rolled to her stomach and started to sit up before catching a yakuza kick to the head! Horton collapsed to the mat as Kate dove on top of her for the cover.

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-NOOOO!!

Erica’s arm came up before the three as Kate got back to her feet.

Mark: Kate just uncorked right there, and Erica is in trouble early! A near fall for Steele, and Erica doesn’t know what hit her after bumping heads with Lozano to start this!

Wendy: WEll, one thing I love about Kate is how enthusiastic she is to prove herself.  She’s gotten rocked, and she keeps going.  Now the gut check test is on Erica to see how she responds!  

Kate pointed towards the top rope, giving the sign for the blockbuster. This brought the crowd to its feet as Steele headed up top.

Mark: Kate’s going for the Silence is Golden right now! She’s looking to put this thing in the tank, and we may not even see Claire tonight in the ring!

Kate perched herself as Valentina yelled at the referee. Davis glanced towards her to see what she was complaining about, only to give Tiffany a chance to hop up on the apron and swat one of Kate’s legs out from under her and make her land across the top turnbuckle. Spencer hopped back down off the apron before Davis turned back.

Mark: Tiffany doesn’t want Kate getting the fall, and she just sabotaged her to make sure of it! Besides that, I’m not sure Erica was put out enough to hit it, but Kate hit something…

Wendy: ...Why are we allowing managers out here again?  They’re starting to prove to be nothing but trouble.

Erica started to get back to her feet, getting her wits about her and not realizing what happened. She glanced around to see Kate sitting on the top rope before she took off towards her. Erica scaled the corner like a cat, snapped her arms around Kate and launched her with an overhead belly to belly suplex! Steele hit the mat hard as Erica rolled back to her feet. The blonde shook her head, still trying to clear the cobwebs. Kate started to get back to her feet as Erica circled around behind her. And when the redhead turned, Erica snapped off a superkick that flattened the redhead!

Mark: What a kick! You could hear the snap of Kate’s head off that shot! Erica has turned this thing around, thanks to Tiffany of all people!

Wendy: Ugh, don’t let her hear you say that.  The last thing your wife wants is to be considered in debt to Spencer.  But that was a brilliant counter, and Erica’s got the advantage.

Erica dove into a cover on Kate, but the referee pointed out Kate’s arm was under the rope. Horton got back to her feet, pulling Kate with her and shoving her into the corner. Then she unleashed a series of Muay Thai kicks to her body rapidly. Kate stumbled out of the corner as Erica hopped up to the second turnbuckle. And as Steele turned around, Erica came off with a tornado DDT where she spun 720 degrees in midair before it landed! She quickly hooked her leg for the cover.

Mark: Shades of my broadcast partner’s Vortexinator right there! And we got a cover!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

TH-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Kate’s arm came up before the three as Stacey yelled at Davis for Erica pulling Kate’s tights.

Wendy: What a move but Kate stays alive!  We had some stupidity to start things, but we’re getting an honest to god excellent wrestling match going now!

Erica got back to her feet, dragging Kate up with her before she whipped her across for the ride into the neutral corner. Steele hit the turnbuckles hard as Erica measured and took off, looking for a big splash. But Kate got her boot up, and caught the blonde on the jaw and dropped her as soon as she got within range. Kate got a pop from her own fans before she started pulling herself along the top rope towards her corner. Stacey immediately tagged herself back in as Erica rolled into her corner and Claire tagged in. Stacey went to try to stop her but started backing up as the prize fighter stepped into the ring.

Mark: Stacey didn’t catch Erica in time, and oohh boy...talk about someone who she’s got some history with! Claire’s in, and I think Stacey wants back out! Claire Black has no...and I repeat NO love for the Femme Fatales!

Wendy: You know Claire was just SALIVATING the moment she found out Stacey was in this, and that they were going to be opponents tonight!   The Unity Champ is hungry, and dinner may have just been served!

Stacey glanced back to see Kate down in her team’s corner and turned right back around into Claire, who began unloading with a combination of rights and lefts. The fans roared as Claire landed ten unanswered body shots before she fired Stacey across for the ride. The Dream Killer rebounded off the ropes right into a Thesz press before Black unloaded with right hands to the head, causing the fans in the Future Shock Center to get even louder!

Mark: Claire Black is, By God, unloading on the Dream Killer! And this crowd in the Future Shock Center loves it! Piston-like right hands, Black is fresh as a daisy and fired up!

Wendy: Well, you can’t say stacey didnt have this coming after the abuse she’s subjected Claire to!  But holy moly, Stacey’s getting ROCKED!

Claire rolled back to her feet with an angry look etched across her features. Stacey started to head towards the corner but Claire stepped in front of her. The Dream Killer pulled herself up along Claire’s legs, only for the boxer to shake her head and drive her back down with an evenflow DDT! Claire began to bounce on the balls of her feet as she started to move around behind the Dream Killer, waving her to get up.

Mark: She’s going for the Lights Out…. and if she hits it...and I see no reason she won’t, Claire’s getting amnesty! And Stacey will get her jaw jacked!

Wendy: She’s only getting amnesty if her team plays along though.. and that’s Valentina Lozano in her corner!  Maybe Erica will… ‘persuade’ her to be sensible…

Stacey started crawling towards the ropes as Claire circled around behind her, raising her fists up to cover her face. The Dream Killer got back to her feet with her back to Claire as the fans buzzed with anticipation with the boxer bouncing right behind her. Claire waved her to turn around as Stacey finally did as she wanted. Claire launched forward with the combination shots, but Stacey ducked out of the way as Claire went into the ropes. And as Black turned around and went to fire a shot, Spencer jerked both of her feet out from under her, causing her to faceplant on the mat. Davis immediately went out to the floor, getting in Spencer’s face and telling her to leave!

Wendy: Aw, COME ON!  Tiffany Spencer’s finally being kicked out, but a little too late now!  She just cost Claire a HUGE chance to win it!  

Mark: Claire planted on the mat, thanks to the Measuring Stick! And Davis is giving her the riot act!

Stacey pulled Claire up to her feet, and hoisted her onto her shoulders before driving her into the mat with the Death Valley Driver! But Claire landed on her feet to a roar yet again from the crowd. And as Stacey turned to see what happened, Black clocked her with the Lights Out combination and dropped her! She dove into the cover, but the referee was still arguing with Spencer on the floor!

Mark: Stacey with the Kiss of Death, but….SHE LANDED ON HER FEET!

Wendy: WHAT A COUNTER BY CLAIRE BLACK!  And Stacey’s in utter dreamland!   But… COME ON MELINDA!  FORGET TIFFANY AND TURN AROUND!

The fans began counting the three themselves as the referee was still yelling at Tiffany to leave the ringside area.

Mark: The fans are counting it for her, Claire’s got this!!

Black pounded the mat and got back to her feet. And as soon as she did, she turned and walked into a bicycle kick from Valentina!

Mark: PRICELESS KISS….Lozano laid out Claire! She doesn’t want Claire to have the amnesty card! She may be about to give it to Stacey though!

Proud of herself, Lozano looked back to see Erica waiting for her as the blonde mowed her down with a clothesline. Stacey moved towards Claire on the mat, draping an arm across her before Davis turned back around and dove into the ring!

Wendy: NO!  COME ON ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!  STACEYS GOING TO STEAL THIS WHILE CLAIRE’S TEAM IS FIGHTING!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NOO!!!

Stacey was jerked off the cover by Kate to a pop from the fans. The Dream Killer pushed up to her feet as Tiffany hopped up onto the apron, yelling at her for it. Steele used a codebreaker that rocked Stacey backwards into Tiffany, knocking the blonde off the apron. And Kate darted towards the corner and out, tagging herself in before she came back in and shoved Stacey to the floor. Steele headed for the top rope as Erica and Valentina brawled in the corner. And as Claire got back to her feet, Kate came off the top rope with blockbuster onto the prizefighter!

Mark: SILENCE IS GOLDEN!! THAT’LL DO IT!! KATE’S GONNA WIN THE AMNESTY!!

Wendy: ...Did Kate Steele just seriously out-devious Stacey, Tiffany, and Valentina?  Did that really just happen?

ONE!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NO!

Kate was dragged off the cover by Erica, who had gotten away from Valentina finally. The fans were electric as Kate stared down Erica in the corner while Valentina dragged Claire towards their corner and tagged herself into the match.

Mark: ERICA STOPPED KATE!! And look at the staredown….Valentina’s just tagged herself in! I don’t think Erica knows it! Much less Kate!

Wendy: That’s legal though.  Erica stepped too close to her own corner, and this is the point where things start breaking down.

Kate turned around, and walked straight into the same bicycle kick that Claire did a moment ago.

Mark: Another PRICELESS KISS!! After all the crap, Valentina’s gonna do it!!

Wendy: I… ah, MAN! SHe’s the reason Freya wasn’t even in this and now…

Lozano dropped into the cover, hooking Kate’s leg before the referee dove into position.

ONE!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Davis was jerked out of position by Tiffany, and immediately the referee began screaming at her to get out of the ringside area again! Valentina pounded the mat in frustration. She started to reach into her top, removing something and clutching it into her hand as she got back to her feet. Lozano glanced to see Davis still arguing with Tiffany on the floor, as she screamed at Kate to get up.

Wendy: Not that I’m too upset about Valentina not winning here… but WHY IS TIFFANY STILL AT RINGSIDE!?  Kicked out means kicked out!  GO AWAY

Erica made a beeline for her, spinning Lozano around, And Valentina clocked her with the right hand instead! A roll of silver dollars went everywhere all over the mat as Erica dropped like a rock!

Mark: Look at all the coins all over the ring! Lozano pasted Erica with a roll of silver dollars!! Davis didn’t see a thing!

Wendy: Even if she did, what could she have done?!  THATS HER TEAMMATE!  But, oh my God, Valentina Lozano has been abysmal tonight!

Valentina turned back around, only for Kate to catch her with a spinning roundhouse kick to the jaw that sent her through the ropes to the floor. Steele dove on top of Erica for the cover this time as Davis dove back into the ring again.

Mark: Kate’s gonna do it right here….and she’ll have Lozano to thank of all people!

ONE!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NOO!!

Erica’s arm popped up and right back down.

Mark: Erica’s not the legal person, but Davis has no idea who is! And did I mention...SHE GOT THE SHOULDER UP!!! ATTAGIRL!!

Wendy: I don’t know who the legal people are either!   But even if Kate wins this… it can’t be that way!  I don’t know if she knew, but winning because of Valentina Lozano… ugh!

The building seemed to rumble with enthusiasm as the fans watched on, roaring at the near fall. Kate looked around in disbelief, shaking her head as she pulled Erica up. She hoisted her up into the Samoan drop position, but Erica began firing elbows into the side of her head. She dropped Erica onto her feet as Horton went for a roundhouse kick to her head. Kate ducked it and kicked her in the gut...and hoisted her up again into the Samoan drop before driving her sideways onto her head! The live crowd erupted again!!

Mark: PUNK DRIVER!! That’s gotta be it!! For the love of God, what more can they do if it’s not?!

Wendy: Kate’s done everything she could to win against overwhelming odds, but… is this enough?  Truly enough?!

Davis dove into position as Kate made the cover. The fans counted along.

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

Davis called for the bell as the fans roared in approval. Kate sat up on her knees and flopped back down to the mat with her mouth open, trying to catch her breath.

Wendy: I can’t believe this!  Stacey and Valentina did EVERYTHING they could to muck up this match for themselves, and somehow… SOMEHOW Kate weathered it all and managed to pull through!  I feel bad for ERica and Claire, because that’s just not right, but credit to Kate…

Cory: The winners of the match…..’THE DREAM KILLER’ STACEY...AND KATE STEELE!!!

Davis raised Kate’s hand, declaring her the winner of the amnesty card as Stacey rolled back into the ring, raising her own hand as well.

Mark: Stacey can raise her hand all she wants, but Kate Steele is the story tonight! Kate Steele has captured the amnesty card! And Kate Steele is in the driver’s seat for the All Star season!

Wendy: And sadly, with Freya gone, all five women are now one step closer to that final match.  Which now means Kate only has to survive just TWO fan votes to make it, while ther others will need to weather three!

Mark: All credit to Claire and Erica, because did they ever put up one hell of a fight! But Kate captures the amnesty and the win for her team! And if history holds true to form, Kate Steele’s going to end up in the finals!

Wendy: She is!   But she’s going to have to weather a much harder path than Kimmi and the One Woman Show did!  But you’re right, Mark.  I feel for Claire and Erica.  Had things stayed cleaner, maybe this story would be different.  But at least it was Kate and not the two who propagated all this.

Claire helped Kate back to her feet before the two shook her hand and raised it as well, bringing a smile to Kate’s face. The fans respond well to the show of sportsmanship before the cameras cut back to Mark and Wendy.

Mark: Excellent show of sportsmanship from Claire right there, a lot of class in that woman! And...I’m out of breath here! That was the wildest handicap match I think I’ve seen!

Wendy: It was indeed!  Kate and Stacey had to fight the odds, and they managed to do it, although with a huge heaping pile of help from the same woman that put them down a woman to begin with!

Mark: As we said, there is no elimination vote this week, due to what happened with Freya. But you still need to head over to the FFW site and vote for the next challenge! What do you want to see? Your choices are a favorite of Wendy’s….go-kart racing….Or would you rather see a game of dodgebal? Or….because many of you have requested it...FFW Jeopardy! Go cast your vote now, and we’ll find out in one week what you chose as the next event. Wendy, who stood out the most for you tonight? Do you feel the deserving person is leaving with the amnesty card?

Wendy: That’s tough for me to say, because I think Kate, Claire, and Erica all did excellent in coping with undesirable circumstances.  But Kate had to rally on a two against three team where her partner their manager were out to screw her as well… so yeah, in a way… I think she stood out the most.  But you can’t overlook both Claire and Erica’s heart- and their devotion to fair play.  Both women tried to keep Valentina in check, instead of just sitting back an enjoying the fruits of her misdeeds.

Mark: I agree. Which of those three events intrigues you most? Which event would you like to see that our fans are voting on this week?

Wendy: Well, I love the go-kart racing, of course.  BUt also, dodgeballs never failed to impress.  So one of those two.  I’ll be happy whatever the fans want, though.

Mark: It’s up to you, fans. Cast your votes now. It’s been a wild start to the seventeenth season, and I have a feeling this is just the beginning of what we are going to see. For Wendy Briese, I’m Mark Horton saying good night from Future Shock!

The cameras show Kate smiling as she leans against the ropes, trying to collect herself before Future Shock fades off the air.