Message #21618

[Adam Grant]

Maggie: The following contest is your main event of the evening and it is scheduled for one fall to a finish.

The mad guitar of Trivium’s “To The Rats” assaults the PA, as glitched images of the open roads are shown in the big screen. When the drums kick in, a single volley of red fireworks shoot up from the stage, and the sound of a roaring engine can be heard as well. On her motorcycle, Alysson shows atop the entrance ramp wearing a full biker gear, holding her crowbar on one hand, forcing the engine so to make a loud roar noise, as if it could drown out the crowd’s boos. After that, she jumps off the bike and removes her helmet with her free hand, looking over the crowd and shaking her head, and smashing the crowbar into the ground a couple of times before opening her arms wide and letting out a loud war cry.

Maggie: Introducing first, from the Open Road... "The Outlaw" -- ALYSSON GARDNER!

After that, the Big Red walks down to the ring, removing her biker jacket and leaving it in the way along with her crowbar, before she rolls into the ring under the top rope. She then kipups back to her feet and starts showing off for the crowd, climbing the nearest turnbuckle, throwing more cross-arm horns and smirking at the booing crowd. Alysson then jumps down and takes shelter on her corner, eyeing her opposition directly in the eyes.

Zack: Alysson had a successful outing against Mickey Scarborough on the last Velocity, and she is preparing to face the returning Nevaeh Summers at Sin & Sacrifice, but first she has one of Nevaeh’s best friends to contend with - the former Evolution Champion.

Mai: It’ll be a good warm up for her, and a small preview for Neveah of what’s to come for her at Sin & Sacrifice.

“God money I'll do anything for you. God money just tell me what you want me to.
God money nail me up against the wall. God money don't want everything he wants it all.
No you can't take it! No you can't take it! No you can't take that away from me!
No you can't take it! No you can't take it! No you can't take that away from ME..!”

The strange wails of “Head Like A Hole” begin to sing out as fog begins to envelope the top of the ramp and a green spotlight begins to try and cut through the haze of the fog. The hands of the many fans begin to reach through the fog, giving the image similarity to the souls of the damned reaching up through the abyss. Suddenly two figures begin to emerge through the thick green smog and make their way down to the ramp. The Witch of Wall Street is reading a newspaper as she walks to the ring, joined by Christian Kincaid.

“HEAD LIKE A HOLE! BLACK AS YOUR SOUL!
I’D RATHER DIE THAN GIVE YOU CONTROL!
HEAD LIKE A HOLE! BLACK AS YOUR SOUL!
I’D RATHER DIE THAN GIVE YOU CONTROL!”

Maggie: Accompanied to the ring by Christian Kincaid... From Berkeley, California and weighing in tonight at 170 pounds... She is THE WITCH OF WALL STREET... THIS IS *THE* STEPH STEFANO!

Steph rolls her newspaper up and talks with Christian a few moments. After nodding she rolls into the ring, and runs to the nearest turnbuckle, one foot on the top and the other on the second. Look out to the cheering crowd among green spotlights she taps her wrist before hopping down as the lights return to normal.

Zack: Steph was the longest reigning Evolution Champion that FFW has seen and even without the title now, she will be just as dangerous. If Alysson is expecting a walk in the park, Steph will be ready to show her the error in that thinking.

Mai: Alysson won’t think it’s going to be a walk in the park, but that doesn’t mean that she isn’t going to walk all over Steph anyway.

Referee Jennifer Stringer finishes checking both women and waits for Maggie to be completely clear of the ring before she calls for the bell to get the match underway. Neither woman hangs around in coming out of their corner. They meet in the centre and immediately unleash a series of right hands into the sides of the each other’s heads. Steph starts to get the better of the exchange and pushes Alysson back towards the ropes, but before she actually hits, Alysson clocks Steph with an uppercut that freezes her in place for a split second. Using that moment to her advantage, Alysson connects an elbow into the side of the former Evolution Champion’s head and then fires her across into the opposite ring ropes. Steph rebounds and Alysson meets her with a stiff clothesline that flips her off her feet to land heavily on her back on the canvas.

Zack: Both women came out explosively there, but it’s Alysson with the upper hand after that clothesline that nearly turned Steph inside out.

Mai: If she was smart she would just stay down there on her back now and not delay the inevitable!

Steph gets back to her feet fairly quickly and shakes herself off, before quickly ducking down to avoid an oncoming running clothesline from Alysson. Gardner stops herself short of hitting the ropes face first and spins on a dime to face her opponent again. Steph catches her by the shoulders and drives her knee up into Alysson’s ribs, getting a cheer from the Oklahoma City crowd as she does. A second knee shot to the ribs hits its target perfectly, before the brunette pulls Alysson towards her for a forearm smash to the jaw. An elbow to the side of her head follows before Steph whips the redhead across into the corner. Alysson hits back first and Steph follows her in with a shoulder thrust that lifts her off her feet for a moment. As Alysson gets her feet back underneath her, Steph pulls her forward to drive her knee into her face as Stringer asks Stefano for a clean break. Steph delivers one more knee into her face and then uses a hip toss to bring her out of the corner to the canvas as the referee reaches a count of three.

Mai: Alysson’s being generous and letting Steph think that she has a chance to win, that way it’ll be sweeter for her when she rips the rug out from under her.

Zack: Suuuuure, if that's what you want to think. Both women are giving as good as they got so far, and neither is giving an inch to their opponent.

Alysson starts to rise and Steph is straight on her to pull her up the rest of the way back to her feet. The brunette starts to hammer forearms across Alysson’s jaw as soon as she is upright, as the redhead raises her hands to try and deflect the blows. As soon as she does, Steph grabs her arm and fires her across into the ropes. Alysson rebounds off and Steph catches her immediately delivering a back body drop to deposit Gardner heavily on the canvas. A double knee drop into Alysson’s chest follows from the former Evolution Champion before she gets into position for a cover, prompting Stringer to drop into place beside them for the count.

Zack: A nice sequence from Steph and she is trying to put this match away early.

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-NOPE!!!

Gardner gets her shoulder up before Stringer can complete the two and as Steph rolls back to her knees, Alysson strikes quickly with a headbutt to the face that sends Stefano backwards to the canvas.

Mai: She had no chance of keeping Alysson down for three then. She should be thanking her now, since Alysson just gave her a free nose job. She’d have had to pay a fortune for that at her plastic surgeon.

Steph rolls with the momentum of the shove, but it is Alysson who is back to her feet first, with a look of disgust on her face. Steph gets to a vertical base just a few seconds after her, but Alysson has already closed the gap between them. She unleashes a flurry of elbows into the side of the brunette’s head and then fires her across into the nearest corner. Completely ignoring the disdain from the Oklahoma City crowd, Alysson charges in after Steph and takes the wind out of her sails with a shoulder thrust into her ribs. Grabbing her by the head, Alysson starts to bounce it off the top turnbuckle, and as Stringer asks for a clean break, she pulls the former Evolution Champion out and sends her across into the opposite corner. Stefano hits back first again at speed, and another shoulder thrust from Alysson winds her again. Alysson backs up a few steps and then charges in again with a running dropkick, managing to hit the same spot as the shoulder thrust again. Steph starts to stagger out of the corner and Alysson catches her as she does, unloading a flurry of forearm shots to her head.

Mai: Steph should have just stayed down when she had the chance earlier. I hope Nevaeh is paying attention, because Alysson is going to give her even worse!

Steph tries to catch hold of Alysson’s arm to prevent further shots from landing, but Alysson avoids the move. She plants her feet and grabs Steph’s arm instead to whip her across into the ropes. Stefano bounces off at speed and Alysson leaves her feet for a standing dropkick to push her back into the ropes for a second time. Steph rebounds off again and this time Alysson catches her with a kick to the gut to bend her forwards. She reaches around the brunette’s body and lifts her up before spinning her around and using a DDT to drop her unceremoniously to the canvas. Stringer slides into place as Alysson hooks a leg for a cover.

Zack: A nice tilt-a-whirl DDT from Alysson and she is going for a cover of her own.

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

TH-NOPE!!!

Before Stringer can complete the three, Steph gets her shoulder up to a massive pop from the Oklahoma City crowd.

Mai: This crowd would cheer the opening of envelope. She got her shoulder up, not developed a cure for the common cold.

Steph pushes Alysson off her and gets back to her feet. She gives herself a shake as the crowd cheer her. Gardner rolls her eyes at the crowd support of Steph as she gets back to a vertical base of her own. The two women go toe to toe in the centre of the ring and Alysson makes the first move towards an attack. Steph dodges the oncoming attack and counters by driving her knee into Alysson’s gut forcing her to bend forwards. Another knee into Alysson’s face follows before Steph spins around to the back the redhead and backs up a few steps. She charges at her with a chop block to the back of the knee, which brings the ‘Outlaw’ down to the opposite one. Steph drives her knee into Alysson’s back forcing her face first into the canvas. Stefano follows with a knee drop into Alysson’s spine getting a grunt of pain from the redhead, before she gets back to her feet again. She uses her foot to roll Gardner onto her back and then hooks each of her legs in one of her arms. Steph falls backwards to slingshot Alysson into the ropes. She stays on the mat, still holding the ‘Outlaw’s’ legs and raises her knees so that Alysson rebounds and trips to fall backwards onto them.

Zack: When Steph gets started on someone’s back, she doesn’t let up, and with that catapult backbreaker on top of everything else, Alysson is going to be feeling that at this point.

Mai: At least with Steph targeting their backs, there’s less chance of them having to look at her.

The former Evolution Champion gets back to her feet, quite a bit slower than before and takes a second to compose herself before she pulls Alysson back up to her feet. Christian calls out something to the brunette as she does, and she acknowledges him with a nod before she delivers a matching pair of elbow shots into the side of Alysson’s head. She spins Gardner around to face away from her and then stands diagonally behind her. She leaps up and grabs Alysson’s head and pulls backwards to deliver her jumping reverse bulldog, sending both women heavily to the canvas.

Zack: WALK OF SHAME from Steph, and she has hurt herself almost as much as Alysson with that I think. It’s a matter of who gets up first now, but with the amount of damage Steph has inflicted to Alysson’s back, she might be the slower of the two.

With both women down on the canvas, Stringer takes a moment to check on both. Steph starts to move first, and with Alysson still on her back and not having moved much at all, the former Evolution Champion wastes no more time and goes straight for a cover, hooking one of her legs, as the Oklahoma City crowd and her manager spur her on.

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NO!!!

Alysson kicks out before the three is complete and then uses both her feet to kick Stefano in the chest, forcing her away from her roughly.

Zack: Alysson had too long to recover then. If Steph had been able to move a bit quicker she might just have gotten the three count.

Mai: Shoulda woulda coulda. She didn’t get it did she, so there’s no point speculating. Alysson is still very much in this and that is what matters.

Steph rolls with impact until she hits the ropes behind her. Holding onto them she uses them to steady herself as she gets back to her feet, giving her chest a rub as she does. Across the canvas, Alysson is also rising back to her feet. Seeing this, Steph takes off towards her, but as she goes to deliver a kick to the ‘Outlaw’s’ head to flatten her again, Alysson catches the brunette’s foot. Keeping hold of it, she gets back the rest of the way to her feet, and pushes Stefano back into the ropes. Struggling to keep her balance on one leg, Steph hits the ropes side on, and Alysson releases her leg to deliver a series of shots into the brunette’s side. Grabbing her by the shoulder, Alysson changes track to deliver a series of kicks into her body instead.

Mai: That’s it Alysson, use her like a punchbag! Or a kick bag I guess now…

Zack: Do you ever think before you speak, or are you as surprised as the rest of us by what comes out?

Alysson stops her kicks as Steph turns to face her, and instead delivers a European uppercut with such force that she almost lifts Steph off her feet. Alysson puts the brunette into a headlock and then starts to pound away at her head with her free hand. Pausing that the ‘Outlaw’ takes off towards the ropes, still with Steph in the headlock. She runs up the ropes, spinning off them to plant Steph on the canvas. Alysson gets back up to her feet and pulls Steph by the head up to hers as well. As soon as she releases the former Evolution Champion’s head though, she falls back down to her knees. Leaving her there Gardner takes off towards the corner. Ignoring the animosity from the Oklahoma City crowd, she climbs up to the top turnbuckle. Steadying herself she waits and watches as Steph pulls herself up to her feet. As soon as she is fully vertically, Alysson launches herself off and catches Steph with a hurricanrana to flip her straight back to the canvas. Without skipping a beat the ‘Outlaw’ goes for the cover as Stringer gets back into position for the count.

Zack: TORNADO SCREAM from Alysson and this could be it for this match. I’m not sure that Steph can get up from that.

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NO!!!

Steph manages to get her foot across the bottom rope and Stringer spots it just before she completes three. The referee stops the count immediately and Alysson pushes back to her knees asking her what she thinks she is doing.

Zack: Excellent ring awareness from Steph, she’s managed to get her foot across the bottom rope and stopped the three count in its tracks.

Mai: The referee should have just ignored it and kept counting!

The referee points Steph’s foot out to Alysson to explain why she stopped the count, but Alysson is having none of it. Getting back to her feet she goes toe to toe with Stringer, telling her she was counting slow and that it should have been three anyway. The referee stands her ground and shakes her head, showing the ‘Outlaw’ two fingers to confirm the count.

Mai: Don’t waste your breath on her Alysson, this referee is obviously as moronic as the clapping seals in this crowd.

Steph quietly and slowly gets back to her feet behind Alysson, but the cheers from crowd alert the ‘Outlaw’. She spins on a dime, but not quick enough to avoid the pair of right hands that connect with the side of her head from Steph. A forearm across the jaw follows from the former Evolution Champion to keep Alysson off balance, before she is fired across into the ropes. Gardner rebounds and Steph puts her hands under the redhead’s arms and pops her off the canvas. She leaps forwards then and hits the ‘Outlaw’ with a stiff lariat as she descends. Steph wastes no time in going for a cover as Stringer slides into position again.

Zack: DEBT COLLECTOR! And Steph could be about to put this match to bed.

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NOPE!!!

Alysson gets her shoulder up in the nick of time, causing a look of frustration to appear on Steph’s face as she pushes back to her knees. She doesn’t bother checking with the referee, instead just getting straight back to her feet with a little sigh.

Mai: Alysson isn’t going to let her end it that easily! C’mon red, up you get!

Alysson rolls onto her front and starts pushing up to her knees, prompting Steph to immediately land a double knee drop into the centre of her spine pushing her back down to the canvas again. Gardner grits her teeth and starts to push up again, only for Steph to land another double knee drop into the same spot again. For a third time Alysson starts to push up and again Steph responds with a double knee drop into the exact same spot, this time yelling at Alysson to stay down. The redhead pays her absolutely no attention as she starts to push up again, and this time Steph changes track. She surprises Alysson by pulling her quickly up to her feet and straight away grabbing her and lifting her to deliver her lifting side slam. Gardner hits heavily and Steph straight away goes for a cover, hooking both legs, as the Oklahoma City crowd erupt with cheers of support for her.

Zack: WITCHMADE! This has to be all she wrote now.

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Stringer gets back to her feet and calls for the bell as Steph rolls off the cover and to her knees.

Mai: I demand a recount!

Zack: Demand as many recounts as you want, it won’t change the result. Steph has managed to get the three count after a close match.

Maggie: Your winner…………..via pinfall………………….*THE* STEPH STEFANO!

Steph gets back to her feet to have her hand raised by Stringer, as her manager rolls in to join her giving her a little applause before raising her other hand. On that image the show comes to an end.