FFW Future Shock S21E5

[Adam Grant]

Poster by Cori, Headers by Rod
Dom Harter Appears Courtesy of Ben

Femme Fatale Wrestling
Presents
FFW Future Shock All Star
Season 21 - Episode Five
March 29, 2016

The FFW logo appears on the screen as snow begins to fall around it. It disappears as we settle on a quiet suburban neighborhood, which apparently is all set up for Christmas. Lights line some of the roofs, illuminated reindeer sit in the front yards of a few homes, and then we see a small group of carolers walking up to one of the houses. One of them rings the doorbell as the family inside peers through the window while the dad answers the door before the group begins to sing.

As the camera pans down to the carolers (seven in all), they begin to sing “Silent Night” aloud with not the most harmonious unity. The carolers are Andi Takata, Chrysta, Kaylee Clarke, Shauna O’Connell, Tabatha Belmont, Samantha Tolson, and Kimberly Aries (who is wearing a Christmas themed lei around her neck). The family gathers at the door as they begin.

Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin Mother and Child, holy

Kaylee glances over to Tabatha on the word “virgin”, holding back a snicker as the stripper shoots her a dirty look while the rest continue to sing. Aries glances around and thumps the back of Samantha’s ear, causing the brunette to turn around to see Aries pointing at Chrysta. The Change of Heart member looks over to Kimberly, who is singing and acting as though nothing happened.

Silent night, holy night, shepherds quake at the sight,
Glories stream from heaven afar, heavenly hosts sing

The mention of the heavens causes Andi to look up longingly at the sky before Shauna bumps her in the back of the head, and points to the family to get her focused on the singing. Andi’s face frowns in annoyance, glancing back to her again before Shauna turns her head back around again.

Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love's pure light,

Tabatha is still giving Kaylee a dirty look before the Canadian star turns back to the hymnal when Belmont thwacks her with it, taking her down to the snow and starting to unload. Andi has had enough of SHauna, and catches her with a back elbow to the head. Shauna fires back, while Samantha gets thumped on the ear again, and turns around in time to see Aries pulling her hand back. Tolson uses a double leg takedown on the Hawaiian as Chrysta backs away from the group as a full-on brawl erupts in the snow. It was at this point Zack and Mai arrive with headsets on, starting to call the action as if it were a show. The family slams the door shut as the brawl continues.

Zack: Tolson raining right hands right onto Aries, and Chrysta’s just watching it unfold!

Mai: What do you expect, Zack? Bitch had it coming!

Chrysta shakes her head as she looks up to the sky amidst the group melee, and there we see the Future Shock logo with the stars spelling All Star. From there, we head inside the Future Shock Center in Boston with a small but enthusiastic crowd awaiting as they see themselves on live television. The show cuts down to the booth, where we find Mark with an old friend.

Mark: The All Star season is drawing closer to its frenzied finale, and we are on the last stop before we get there as the All Stars put their pedals to the metal in a kart race! Fans, welcome back to the Future Shock Center here in Los Angeles! I’m Mark, joined by none other than Hall of Fame star Lyn Dallins! Tonight is the final chance for the All Stars to convince the FFW faithful to send them to the season finale, so the pressure is massive on these three girls tonight!

Lyn: Only two of these competitors can make it to the finals so the name of the game is ‘impress’. Impress the fans and make sure that they won’t be sent home.

Mark: In our opening contest, we have the debuting Carmen Gutierrez looking to make a huge splash as we head towards the relaunch when she faces an increasingly impressive Clover Thomas. It’ll be flight versus strike in this one, and Adam says Carmen is going to make an impression tonight. I’ve not seen her in action, but we both know what Clover brings to the table.

Lyn: I’m very interested in how Miss Gutierrez handles out there, and if she can dance around the striking game that the ‘Lucky’ wrestler brings to the table.

Mark: Let’s send it up to Herbie, and get the show underway!



With Herbie already in the ring, more than a few boos begin to grow within the Center as the blonde beauty Clover Thomas heads towards the ring as well, with her manager right behind her. Clover hops onto the apron and steps through the ropes, rolling her shoulders a bit and throwing a few punches in the process.

Herbie: Now introducing, from Boston, Massachusetts, she is accompanied by her manager, Enoch Eastwood; this is “Lucky” Clover Thomas!

Mark: Not a lot of love here in Los Angeles for Clover, but she’s proven more than once she doesn’t need the support. She is extremely capable, and looks all business as usual.

Lyn: All she needs is her manager and her strikes... What kind of name is Enoch anyway?

Next out is a rather energetic brunette, smiling and greeting the fans as she heads towards the ring. Looking up to the ring, Carmen heads up the steps and climbs inside before she starts bouncing on the balls of her feet as though she is loosening up.

Herbie: Hailing from Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela...standing 5’7 and weighing in at 122 lbs....this is CARMEN GUTIERREZ!!

Mark: FFW’s first Venezuelan athlete, Carmen will be part of the relaunch next month that has been discussed heavily since it was announced. Adam seems pretty high on this woman, and he’s hardly a bad judge of talent. So I’m curious to see what she can do myself, Lyn.

Lyn: From what I understand she’s been well trained by luchadores and she’s looking to make a big gang here tonight.

Herbie leaves the ring as the referee enters. Kevin Fisk goes over the instructions briefly and calls for the bell to start the match. Both women meet in the center with Clover looking down on the shorter Carmen. The blonde shakes her head and shoves her backwards. Carmen looks at the fans and back to Clover before she gets shoved for a second time. And before Clover has a chance to do it again, Carmen unloads with a roundhouse kick to the side of her head before the Venezuelan beauty launches into a flurry of hard rights to Clover’s head. It back the blonde up before Carmen uses a leg sweep to take her down before dropping an elbow into her chest. Nip up. Elbow drop. Nip up, Elbow drop. Nip up. Elbow drop. Nip up. Elbow drop. Gutierrez takes off towards the ropes, launching off the middle into a moonsault that lands perfectly before she hooks Clover’s head and rolls to her feet, takes off towards the ropes and grounds her again with a tornado DDT before she nips up once again...and the crowd responds loudly at this.

Mark: Good Lord, Lyn…. I’m starting to see why Adam likes this girl!

Lyn: I’ve never seen someone execute that many elbow drops in a single going on an opponent and a very crisp moonsault off a springboard to follow up with it!

Carmen wastes little motion though, taking off towards the ropes before hopping up onto the middle to fall backwards into another elbow drop into Clover’s chest. She quickly rolls over her, cradling her head before she pelts her with more rights and snaps back to her feet. Thomas barely has a chance to move before the lightning fast Carmen kicks one leg up to her head and delivers a guillotine leg drop across Clover’s chest. She quickly hooks the far leg for the cover as Fisk falls into position to make the count.

Mark: That’s one hell of a leg drop she has there, and we’ve already got a cover!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Clover kicked out at two, as Carmen got back to her feet. The blonde started to try to get up, clearly a little groggy after all the punishment she’d received already before Carmen took off towards the ropes. As Clover turned to face her, Carmen hopped back onto the middle and flew with a back elbow right to her jaw that sent her into the ropes. Gutierrez looked about to go after her before Enoch pulled his client to the floor.

Mark: Carmen really loves her elbow strikes, doesn’t she?

Lyn: I can’t really fault her for it. Some wrestlers use an elbow shot as a finishing touch or a big move. Carmen’s got an entire offensive built on it and it would rattle any competitor.

This didn’t draw any applause from the crowd as Clover got back to her feet with her manager giving her some instruction. Meanwhile in the ring, Carmen glanced around to the crowd and took off towards the ropes again. She rebounded off the far side before Enoch took off in the other direction while Clover went the other way, thus causing the Venezuelan beauty to stop herself as she approached the ropes.

Mark: Carmen’s not quick, she’s sudden! And I don’t blame Clover for hitting the floor, Gutierrez was building momentum quick, fast, and in a hurry!

Lyn: I suppose Clover can later thank Carmen for helping her make the highlight reel...

Fisk continued his ten count as Clover moved around the corner, trying to get her wits about her. Carmen headed for her on that side, and as she got to the ropes, Clover grabbed her feet and jerked them out from under her, causing the back of her head to hit the mat. The blonde rolled back in, mounting her chest and unloading with vicious right hands to follow. The boos only got louder at this point as Clover pulled her to her knees and started laying in kicks to her body. She pulled her the rest of the way, and brought her right back down with a snapmare takedown. Carmen sat and leaned forward before Thomas bounced off the near side with a diving elbow smash to her jaw to put her down the rest of the way.

Mark: Carmen might have gotten a little too eager there a moment ago, and Clover is making her pay for it. Thomas is about a proficient of a striker as they come. If you don’t believe me, ask Carmen.

Lyn: Vicious snapmare there and now she’s answering an elbow with an elbow.

Carmen tried to move away from her, crawling after she managed to get her wits about her. But Clover used her strength to pick her up from behind and drop her flat with a back suplex. The blonde rolled her over onto her stomach, and sat on her back before she pulled her head up and began firing cross forearm shots across her face. Six of them connect before she let the Venezuelan faceplant on the mat as Thomas got back to her feet.

Mark: As we know, Lyn, Clover isn’t all that big on holds. She’s not interested in wearing an opponent down, more interested in knocking them out. And with some of these strikes, it’s not hard to see why she likes that so much. She’s just laying into Carmen.

Lyn: I understand the want to be unique for Clover and can even appreciate it, but it seems a little strange to at least not have some kind of hold-for-hold game, even if just on principle.

Carmen began to try to push up to her hands and knees, which gave Clover the chance to hit the far side ropes and catch her on the rebound with a running knee lift right into her stomach that lifted her off her feet for a second before she dropped back down. Carmen lurched forward on her knees before Clover delivered a shining wizard to the back of her head before she rolled her over and went for a cover.

Lyn: Shining wizard there and there’s the cover.

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

TH-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Carmen rolled her shoulder in time before the three as Clover got back to her feet again. The blonde pulled her back to her feet and hooked both arms behind her back as she bent her over. And just as she was about to drive a knee into her face, Carmen reversed it into a back body drop that deposited Clover onto the canvas.

Lyn: And down Clover goes on her back after that attempted knee shot.

Mark: I think Clover was looking to rattle some of Carmen’s teeth there, but the Venezuelan high flyer managed to avoid the contact.

Gutierrez dropped to her knees, trying to collect herself as Clover was already getting back up to her feet. A pair of forearms to the back of her head and neck found the mark before she pulled her up from behind. She scooped her up for a sidewalk slam, but Carmen brought one of her knees up and caught the blond right on the chin. She dropped her to the mat as Clover stumbled back a step. She quickly tried to close the gap as Carmen rolled to her feet. Thomas went for a clothesline, but Gutierrez fell backwards into a Matrix-style evasion and then into a handspring before she landed on her feet. Clover went to bridge the gap as Carmen hit the ropes, and came off with a flying clothesline that took her down! This brought the crowd back into the match as Carmen laid in right hands to her head and started back to her feet again.

Mark: The agility and reflexes of this woman are extremely impressive! I’ve not seen a chain of moves quite like that before, and Carmen certainly makes it look easy!

Lyn: Flying clothesline there, a thing of beauty to be sure and now Carmen is back up again.

As Clover started to get back up again, Carmen charged forward and began to fire a flurry of forearms on both sides of Clover’s head before she backed her up into the corner. The brunette climbed to the middle turnbuckle, and continued right where she left off with cross forearm shots to her head. The fans counted to nine before Gutierrez left her feet, and delivered a hurricanrana out of the corner that drove Clover’s head into the canvas. She quickly grabbed both feet in a rollup for the cover before the referee dropped to make the count.

Lyn: Thomas down again and there’s the rollup from off the rana!

ONE!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

THRE-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Clover managed to kick out of her grip before the three count as the Venezuelan got back up. Carmen took off towards the ropes into a handspring and then a plancha onto Clover as she tried to sit up. Enoch was pounding the mat at ringside, shouting instructions to his client before Carmen rolled to her feet and pointed for the top rope. The crowd definitely liked that idea.

Mark: I was wondering how long it would take her to go up top, because she’s been everywhere else in that ring! Clover’s in trouble, Lyn! Big trouble!!

Lyn: Don’t be so hasty Mark! Too many wrestlers have pulled a trick out of nowhere!

Carmen ascended the top rope facing the crowd as she peered between her legs to see Clover on the mat. Enoch screamed at Clover to move before the Venezuelan launched herself! Thomas did as she was asked, rolling towards the corner...and Carmen landed on her feet as Clover got up with her back to her opponent!

Mark: She….she landed on her feet! And Clover hasn’t spotted her yet! Enoch damn sure has!!

Lyn: Like a damn cat this woman is, and Enoch can’t do anything for his client but yell his head off!

As soon as Clover turned, Carmen swept her legs out and underneath her arms before she dragged her towards the center. A quick glance to the crowd, Carmen then began a giant swing around and around and around. The fans began to count the revolutions, and she was already up to seven and kept going!

Lyn: ...Huh. Always like seeing this brought out from the cobwebs. Three. Four.... Five... Six... Seven... Eight... Nine...

The revolutions finally stopped at ten before Carmen fell backwards and catapulted Clover into the corner. The blonde struck face first and staggered out of the corner with her equilibrium shot. Carmen took off towards the ropes, rebounding off and leaving her feet to connect with a facebreaker onto Clover that brought the fans to their feet!!

Mark: That was a KNOCKOUT SHOT!! An airborne facebreaker, and Carmen’s got this right here!

Lyn: That was not anything I would call ‘lucky’.

Carmen immediately dove into the cover, pressing her hands into Clover’s shoulders to keep them down before the referee slid into position.

ONE!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-WHOA!

Enoch screamed at the referee, pointing to Clover’s foot on the bottom rope. Fisk glanced up to see it himself, unsure if it had been there or if the manager did it. But since he didn’t see it, he disregarded the count and showed it to Carmen.

Mark: I don’t know if he put it on the ropes or not, but you can’t call what you don’t see! Lyn, I think Clover’s about had it!

Lyn: So has Enoch it’s looking like...

Carmen headed for the top rope once more, perching herself up there and measuring before she rose to her feet.

Mark: This’ll end it right here!!

Carmen launched herself into a high angle into what looked like an elbow drop to follow, only for Clover to roll to her feet and catch her with a superkick in flight! The kick caught her right on the jaw as Carmen dropped like a rock to the canvas before Clover collapsed across her!

Lyn: MY GAWD WHAT A KICK!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Enoch shouted in jubilation on the floor as Clover rolled off, and propped herself up against the bottom rope to catch her breath.

Mark: Carmen never saw it coming, but Clover may have damn near concussed her with that superkick! And Clover Thomas lives up to the “Lucky” nickname tonight at Future Shock.

Lyn: With that type of luck she should go play the damn powerball. Carmen was centimeters away from victory tonight.

Enoch rolled into the ring, applauding his client as the referee checked on Carmen. Clover could barely stand on her own power, using the ropes to help her just do that before the official raised her hand.

Herbie: Your winner of this match………….’LUCKY’ CLOVER THOMAS!!!

Mark: Clover continues to impress, and what a game performance from Carmen! I think she may have won herself some new fans tonight, Lyn.

Lyn: I certainly can attest. She’s won me over and I hope this young woman’s career takes off.



From there, we cut to a video highlighting the All Star season thus far. Upon returning after the video, the cameras take us inside the go-kart arena where we see the three remaining All Stars donning their helmets before getting into their go-karts. Each kart is labeled with the first letter of their first name so the viewers can see who is who, that being A (for Andi), C (for Chrysta), and K (for Kimberly). Chrysta and Kimberly both seem to have a touch of trouble fitting into their vehicles, though Andi slips right into hers.

Mark: It’s time for a little racing action. This is one of the more popular events Future Shock has brought about in its twenty-one seasons, and will be the final challenge before the season finale in two weeks. As you can see, Chrysta and Kimberly are rather tall women and having some trouble fitting into these karts.

Lyn: We might look into making these things a bit bigger in the future, without screwing up the handling.

The camera pans over to see a table with a bowl of fruit and a large cup of what looks like soda sitting by, next to one Dom Harter as he picks out grapes to pluck into his mouth. He’s surrounded by placards placed around the table with “Vote Andi”, “Elimi-nata Takata”, and “Boring Stupid Xpress.”

Lyn: I see professional wrestler Dom Harter is here tonight. Impressively, none of the fans here tonight came with a ‘Shut Up, Dom’ sign... No wait, there’s one right there. Also holding a ‘Marry me, Andi’ sign. ...Huh.

Mark: Dom said he’d be here for this, it’s his last chance to get Andi eliminated from the competition which he has been lobbying for since the season began. Nice to see he has a snack and some soda to enjoy the race tonight.

The camera pans back to the track as the three cars are side by side, revving their engines as they watch the timer tick down above the track from 5. And as soon as it hits one, all three squeal out as they start picking up speed and barreling down the straightaway on the oval track. They run neck and neck going into the first turn, but thanks to being on the low end of the track, Chrysta manages to pull ahead a little. And coming out of the first turn, she’s a half car length while Andi and Kimberly are still running virtually side by side.

Lyn: Y’know, with Chrysta and Kimbo having a fair bit of height and weight on their side, one can assume they could smack into Andi’s kart and knock her off course a bit.

Mark: Conversely, I’m not sure how much Andi can use that strategy as small as she is. She may be at their mercy, if there is any tonight.

Chrysta manages to pick up a little bit more of a lead as they head towards the second turn, the karts getting a bit faster now. Kimbo starts going high to the outside as Andi glances over towards her and back to the track. And as they come out of the first turn, Kim veers down hard aiming right for Andi, who hits the brakes and Kimbo ends up barreling into the side of Chrysta’s kart instead. It sends the Tornado Tag champion halfway off the track, and thus allows Andi to pick up speed and blaze past both karts as they complete the first lap.

Lyn: We ask how Andi could use any strategy in knocking Kim or Chrysta around tonight and... She answers us.

Mark: Pretty smart strategy there. That’s the thing with these bumps, the harder you hit or take them, the more it slows you down. Andi just avoided it entirely.

With Andi now leading, Kimbo pulls back onto the track and into second place while Chrysta struggles to get her vehicle back on the course. She finally does, and starts speeding up to catch up with the Hawaiian while Andi maintains a comfortable lead with Kim half a car length behind and Chrysta gaining on them both. The cars continue on that order all way through the second lap, only with Chrysta pulling up behind Kimberly a bit closer now even with Andi still at least 3 car lengths ahead of both women.

Mark: We got five laps here, folks. And right now, I’d say Andi has a good lead on both cars. Kim and Chrysta are pretty close in second and third, but look at the space alien way out in front!

Lyn: I assume on her planet, or galactic alliance of planets and number of space stations, the gravity is usually heavier, allowing for easier turns and handling on Earth.

As they go into the third lap, the lead remains mostly the same. Chrysta gains a bit more speed and bumps the back of Kim’s kart. The Hawaiian starts pulling higher on the track to get away from her, and Chrysta ends up getting alongside her on the lower end of the track. The camera quickly glances over to Dom to see him peeling an orange from his fruit bowl, and feeding himself as he watches the race.

Lyn: There’s something almost... Sinister about a man who peels an orange with a knife instead of his bare hands.

As they go into the second turn on the third lap, Chrysta starts to nose ahead a bit on the inside before Kim starts to come back down towards. The Tornado Tag champion pulls up a bit, trying to get ahead of her before Aries runs into her. But Chrysta fights back this time as the two karts almost seemed stuck together, pushing each other up and down the track. It also causes them to lose speed, and allows Andi to put even more distance between herself and them as they go into the fourth lap without a lead change.

Lyn: Kim and Chrysta are grinding on each other to battle for second here and in the meantime Andi is just leaguing ahead with only one lap to go after this one.

Mark: They might be wise to focus on her for a minute here, because this is starting to turn into a rout by the two time Tornado Tag Champion there.

The two women continue their battle as Chrysta manages to push Kimberly up the track into the far wall, really slowing her down before the Change of Heart member hit the gas and finally sped ahead and caused Kimbo to try to get her kart back on the track again. Andi glanced behind her quickly to see Chrysta was starting to gain on her right from behind. Takata tried to increase her speed, but Chrysta seemed able to match her. Kimbo finally got back on the track, and immediately sped after them both. And as they came into the final turn before the fifth lap, Kim went down to the low end of the track a couple car lengths behind Chrysta, who was still gaining on Andi. Meanwhile, Dom shoved the remainder of his orange into his mouth and began to chew before he reached for a banana.

Mark: There they go into the fifth lap, and Chrysta is getting closer and closer here. Kimbo managed to get herself positioned back the way she needed on the low end, but Andi’s got Chrysta almost on her bumper.

Lyn: Chrysta is trying to climb closer and closer still... Struggling as much as she can to get there... and look at the way Dom is eating that banana. DAMNIT THAT FRUIT HAS A FAMILY!

Andi went into the first turn of the fifth lap with Chrysta right behind her, while Kimbo was still a few feet behind them both. A few onlookers at the go kart track watched on as Andi began the second turn onto the oval track, seeing the finish line not too far ahead. Kimbo started to gain some distance on the inside as Chrysta tried to bump Andi. Harter got up from his seat and threw his banana peel onto the track. It landed just in front of Andi who couldn’t stop before her tire hit it and sent her sideways with Chrysta ramming right into her. Kimberly avoided the contact entirely and sped past them both. Andi tried to get turned back the right way as Chrysta was attempting to get around her before Kimberly Aries crossed the finish line to victory!

Lyn: ...There’s a level of trolling I haven’t seen in awhile. Mario Kart-esque reference, took his sweet time eating fruit, and didn’t do anything short of standing up to do it.

Mark: You just knew he couldn’t stay out of it, and here we thought he was just here to show off those stupid signs….

Andi pounded her fists onto the hood of her kart as Chrysta pulled herself free of hers, both women glaring daggers at Dom Harter before he sucked the last remnants of his soda and tossed it at them before he turned on his heels and took off for the exit. Kimberly emerged finally from her kart, pulling her helmet off with a wide smile on her face as she was declared the victor.

Mark: Dom better have a car waiting! I know he wanted to ruin Andi, but he may have made a second enemy out of Chrysta as well! But in the final analysis, Kimberly Aries has won the race here tonight!

Lyn: If we’re lucky, she’s going to drop a track on DatPiff.com next about this victory.

Andi threw her helmet down and took off after him, kicking over some of his signs as she did before she continued her pursuit. Chrysta stalked after them, casting a glare over to the Hawaiian as Kim beamed ear to ear.

Mark: I don’t think Kim is all that upset, this is actually the first challenge she’s won all season. And you might could say she owes some of it to the man who is currently running for his life out of K-1 Speed right now with a furious space princess looking for his head!

Lyn: Well, no one I think is going to be too upset at Kim for making the best of the situation.

Kimbo plucked an apple out of the fruit bowl and took a big bite into it, happily munching away before the cameras go back to the Center with Lyn & Mark.

Mark: Now it’s your turn, fans. You have the final say this season, who do you think deserves to get sent home tonight? Your choice will not only send one of those three girls home, but also determine who is facing off in the season finale. And just like the last challenge, I have no idea who you should pick.

Lyn: Don’t look at me folks. I’d recommend voting for Dom if you could because all three of these women have been standouts in one way or another this season.

Mark: We’ve seen a great performance from one Carmen Gutierrez, who I think has a bright future ahead of her. Clover proved just how dangerous she can be, and then there was that race we just saw. Head over to the FFW website and cast your elimination vote, and we’ll find out next week who’s going to the finals! Special thanks to K-1 Speed here in Los Angeles for letting us use their track tonight, and good night from the City of Angels! We’ll see you Thursday at Velocity.

The show quickly cuts back to the parking lot of K-1 Speed as Andi is searching for Dom, who the camera shows hiding behind a parked Toyota as Future Shock fades off the air.