FFW vs. Future Shock - June 15, 2021

[Adam Grant]

Live from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
June 15, 2021

The show opens on a helicopter view of a football field with the FFW logo painted on the field before the shot changes to one of the locker rooms. Adam is seen with several members of the Future Shock roster giving a motivational speech like a NFL coach. That’s when “When Legends Rise” by Godsmack starts to play.

Legs are tied, these hands are broken
Alone I try with words unspoken
Silent cry, a breath is frozen
With blinded eyes, I fear myself

The next shot shows us the history between Kelly Kincaid and Stacey Sky that began during the last Future Shock Championship match when Mara was thrown into the acrobat. She’s shown pacing after Stacey slaps her, and invites her into the ring as she sits on the middle rope. Kelly is clearly enraged before the next image is Stacey beating on her leg with a lead pipe backstage at Fury.

It's burning down, it's burning high
When ashes fall, the legends rise
We burn it out a mile wide
When ashes fall, the legends rise

In the opposing locker room, Samantha Star is doing much the same as Adam was shown doing. She paces back and forth in front of several of her talents before she points towards the door, and the women head through the door.

Throat is dry, my vision's fading
I'm paralyzed and left here waiting
Taking time, just one step forward
Won't lose my mind, I'm here to stay

Nevaeh’s recent struggles against many of FFW’s top names is shown as she comes up short, only for the Diamond Champion to be seen watching and enjoying the show. Cait also shows the title to her, and asks her where her title is. Nevaeh’s jaw starts to clench as she’s had enough.

It's burning down, it's burning high
When ashes fall, the legends rise
We burn it out a mile wide
When ashes fall, the legends rise

We’re back on the football as both teams pour out of the locker room, and line up across from each other on the gridiron. And as they are about to collide, that’s when the show cuts live inside the TD Garden as pyrotechnics start shooting around the arena while the song plays over the PA system. The camera pans the arena showing the stage looking like it’s split down the center between the FFW and Future Shock designs with two ramps leading out onto the lighted stage. Zack and Claire are seen next in the booth, along with a graphic showing their names on screen..

Zack: The Boston Celtics may be out of the playoffs, but that doesn’t mean championship players aren’t in town! We welcome you to the TD Garden just across town from the Future Shock Arena where the women of FFW and Future Shock will collide tonight! Thank you for joining us on FFW All Access wherever you are around the world for FFW versus Future Shock. 

Claire: The Celtics...the Bruins… Future Shock vs FFW is most definitely the hottest ticket in town! The TD Garden sold out in minutes after this event was announced and boy oh boy are the thousands in attendance and the millions watching around the world on television...and on computer screens… going to be for one heck of a show!! The best that wrestling has to offer will be on display in that ring tonight.

Zack: Five matches on tap tonight with champions from both rosters as well as the stars of Future Shock and FFW getting set to go to battle. The main event is one with nothing but bad blood as Kelly Kincaid and the Gold Standard’s “Sensational” Stacey Sky meet for the first time ever!

Claire: Two of the best high flyers; two of the fastest women and most determined women in wrestling. This might be a career long feud but it’s certainly had gas poured on the flames just over two weeks at Fury and you know Kelly’s coming into tonight looking for her pound of flesh.

Zack: Nevaeh Summers has done almost everything there is to do but capture the Phoenix Championship, a fact which Future Shock’s Diamond Champion has been happy to remind her of again and again. Tonight, the FFW Hall of Famer meets the “Million Dollar Baby” of the Gold Standard, and Cait may have bitten off more than she can chew!

Claire: Nevaeh gets her title shot at Unstoppable - finally - after running a Hall of Fame gauntlet and a meeting with Cait Flanagan who will do absolutely anything and everything it takes to win could certainly be a good warm up for the World’s Finest. Or it could be a huge feather in the cap for the Diamond Champion and one we’d probably never hear the end of.

Zack: Champion versus champion is also on the card tonight when the co-holder of the Future Shock Tag Championship, Angelina Fantastica, faces off with FFW’s Phoenix Champion Tara Cortez.  This is familiar territory for ol’ “10 Star”, and both women are coming off huge victories.

Claire: Tara was invincible when she was part of the Future Shock roster, has a great record in these FFW vs Future Shock events and she’s turned aside all comers for the Phoenix Championship in recent months. Angelina Fantastica though is possibly the most in form woman in all of wrestling and has been racking up big victories after big victories. This is going to be a pick ‘em for sure.

Zack: The Anarchy Champion was promised a spot on tonight’s show when she was crowned. That turned out to be the malevolent Destiny Campbell who will face the furious feet of Caitlyn Storm in another first ever meeting.

Claire: The unpredictable, vicious, violent almost feral animal that is Destiny Campbell meets a woman who has a lot of heart, an iron will and can kick like a mule on steroids. Storm’s coming in on the back of a big tag team victory her last time out and she’ll be looking to build on that momentum tonight but she’ll have to be wary of Living Dolls and concrete filled teapots if she’s to be successful. 

Zack: Jamie Winters has had a meteoric rise in recent weeks, knocking off Cait Flanagan in a major upset and ending quite a stretch of victories for the Diamond Champion. Tonight, she’ll meet Valerie McKinley of the Gold Standard, also one of this brand’s most decorated women.

Claire: Jamie’s been showing off some new skills in recent weeks and as a result she’s second in line for a Diamond Championship shot but Valerie is a whole different kettle of fish to her previous opponents. A whole new challenge and a whole new set of questions are going to be asked by the One Percenter tonight!

Zack: This show has all the earmarks of being one we won’t forget, so let’s send it up to Lexi and get things rolling!

The show cuts to the ring with Lexi in a revealing blue dress and matching earrings with a smile on her face before she begins the introductions.


 

Lexi: The opening contest of FFW vs. Future Shock is scheduled for one fall!

Zack: We’re about to see one of the most decorated women in Future Shock history meet a woman who has recently shown she has all the tools to make as much history here as she wishes. 

Claire: Valerie has proven time and time again just how good and how talented that she is inside the ring; a threat to anyone no matter the match type. Jamie, meanwhile, has added some new wrinkles to her offence of late and is starting to really pull it all together and shoot up the ladder. This should be a fascinating encounter.

The sitars and the electronic beat of t+pazolite’s “Magic Raffles” blare through the sound system as the stage is covered in dry ice fog. From the back, in a soft sprint, comes the “Magical Girl” Jamie Winters holding on to her magician’s hat, greeting the crowd with a big smile. She spins on her heels and strikes a pose as playing cards starts raining from the stage and the lights blink in white and baby blue. She then starts skipping down the entrance ramp to the beat of her song, sharing high-fives with the people who have their hands extended out to her, and stopping to give rabbit stickers to the children in the audience, that she “generates” using her magic tricks.

Lexi: Introducing first… From Lowell, Massachusetts… JAMIE WINTERS!!!

Finally, she reaches the ring, hopping onto the ring apron and then hovering in though the second rope. She quickly hops onto the bottom rope and leans on the top rope, flashing her playing cards with her rabbit stickers on them, before throwing those cards into the crowd and finally hopping down to the ring.

Zack: Jamie’s got a future Diamond Championship match in her future which she won by upsetting Cait Flanagan. I think that makes her a target for the entire Gold Standard as a result, and now she’s about to meet one of the OGs of the group.

Claire: Arguably the biggest win of Jamie’s fledgling career and certainly one that has put her on the Gold Standard radar. Though I think on some level she probably relishes the chance to prove herself against a group as successful as the Gold Standard and the likes of Valerie McKinley. 

The lights in the arena sharply cut off, leaving everything in complete darkness. The chiming of a clock is heard echoing in the darkness, followed by a chipper, circus like chime tone. As the tone chimes on, a vibrant gold spotlight shines down on the top of the stage. The circus chimes are soon replaced by the opening chorus of “Villain” by Wild Fire.
 
"Tic tic toc, the time bomb clock
Ticks grinning ear to ear here baby
Tic Tic Toc, the time bomb clock
ticks counting down...
tic, tic stop!"
 
At the exact moment “stop” is sung, the song kicks into full gear, setting off a series of shimmering gold strobe lights going off on either side of the ramp. A few seconds pass before the controversial redhead, Valerie McKinley makes her way out from behind the curtain and stands in the immediate center of the stage, standing in the gold spotlight. Coming out behind her and standing next to her was her manager, one Kyle Kilmeade.
 
"You know I speak in riddles,
And I’m plotting to destroy
Villain as I always was
Crazy is as crazy does"
 
Clad in a mid-thigh length leather jacket worn open over her gear, Valerie looks around at the crowd showering her with a rousing chorus of boos. She looks over at Kyle and the pair simply shake their heads. The strobe lights begin to lessen in intensity as the pair makes their way down the aisle, her arms at her side and a focused look on her face. As she makes her way to the ring, the fans on either side of the aisle make their displeasure at her appearance rather noticeable, which Valerie simply dismisses with an arrogant flip of her hand.
 
"My sanity's in short supply
Mad as a hatter, hey surprise!
T-T-T-Ticking bomb on the inside
Livin' with the villain pacing in my mind."
 
Lexi: Ladies and gentlemen, making her way down to the ring, being accompanied by Kyle Kilmeade…..from Providence, Rhode Island…….Valerie McKinley!!
 
The boos grow louder as Kyle hops up onto the apron and climbs into the ring. Valerie hops up onto the apron and spins around so her back is resting on the ropes. With her head bowed, she lifts both arms up towards her head and has her pointer finger and thumb on both hands close to her head. She lifts her head up and extends her arms out, her fingers pointing out at the crowd like pistols. She then makes a motion like she was firing her finger guns at the crowd before turning around to see Kyle already holding the ropes open for her. She steps through the open ropes and into the ring.
 
"I'm blowing up the mystery
And all the pretty things you see
Light flame to fuse
And Sparks will fly
You said goodnight
Now say goodbye."
 
Once in the ring, she walks around with her arms extended outward, reveling in the heat from the crowd. She walks over to the corner and peels off her jacket, letting it drop to the apron as the lights return to normal and her music fades out. She rests her back against the turnbuckles and brushes a few stray strands of hair out of her face, awaiting the start of the action.

Zack: Valerie has held the Future Shock Championship and its tag titles as well. There is no title in Future Shock that she hasn’t challenged for and won. But tonight, it may be about sending a message to a rising threat. What do you think, Claire? 

Claire: That’s definitely a possibility tonight. I’m sure Valerie will have done her homework and will be ready for whatever Jamie can throw at her.

Referee Ashley Pruitt checked both women for hidden objects, and found none before she called for the bell to start the match. Jamie bounced on the balls of her feet for a moment with excitement until she met Valerie in the center of the ring. The former Unity Champion was not the least bit impressed by the magician as Jamie offered her a handshake, and got a slap across the face instead. Jamie’s smile slowly disappeared before Valerie caught her with a short knee to the body and then into a standing side headlock. The veteran rained fists into the top of her head before pulling her to the ropes to drag her face across the top strand. It sent Winters backwards a step, and a palm thrust to the throat stopped her again. Before she could do much of anything, Valerie dropped her with a side Russian leg sweep followed by mounted punches until she finally got to her feet.

Zack: Valerie’s done her homework on Jamie, to say the least. We usually see Winters with those fast break offensive strikes to start the match, not tonight.

Claire: Valerie has done an excellent job of making sure that Jamie hasn’t been able to explode out of the blocks like she has done in recent encounters. It’ll be a good test to see how Jamie responds to this. 

The redhead got to her feet, and pulled Jamie up with her by the hair before she shoved her backwards into the nearest corner. A few forearms landed upside her head before McKinley backed up a few steps for a running jumping knee strike to the side of Jamie’s head. The magician stumbled out of the corner as Valerie took off for the near side ropes, and caught her turning around with a discus clothesline. She immediately dropped to the mat for the cover with her forearm across the side of Jamie’s face at the same time.

Zack: Valerie doesn’t get paid by the hour, does she? Jamie’s been getting rock, and may be about to get pinned to go with it!

ONE!!

TW-NOOO!!

Jamie kicked out as the two was about to strike the mat, and Valerie quickly sat her up long enough to apply a bow and arrow submission. With one knee planted between her shoulders, she pulled back on Jamie’s arms at the same time.

Claire: We’re seeing exactly why McKinley has enjoyed the success that she has. First up was her vicious streak to get her the upper hand and now she’s using her submission skills to further slow down and weaken her opponent.

Pruitt moved next to Jamie to check for a submission, but didn’t get one. That’s when the Boston crowd started getting behind her. They shouted her name as she fought through the pain. Kyle watched from Valerie’s corner, nodding in approval as the former Future Shock Champion tried to pull Winters’ arms back a little further to make the hold more painful. 

Zack: This is an excellent way to keep someone like Jamie from doing what she does best: flying around the ring and hitting you from every which way.

Claire: It doesn’t just stop her now, it’ll slow her down when she does get her opening and her chance to go on the offence. So much stems from the back and the core muscles and this submission targets them all perfectly.

The fans continued loudly chanting Jamie’s name as the magician started to inch herself in another direction just enough to get her foot under the bottom rope. She finally made it, and the referee called for the break. Valerie held on till four before releasing the hold. The redhead looked out at the Boston crowd with scorn before she hit the near side, looking for a knee drop into Jamie’s head. But the magician disappeared...by rolling out of the way and letting her drive her own knee into the mat. 

Zack: Jamie showed a lot of alertness there, and rolled away to avoid the knee drop. Now if she can dig down, she might be able to turn this match around!

Claire: Winters has to make the most of this. If she allows Valerie to reassert herself and regain the upper hand immediately then she might not get another chance to get herself into this contest.

Jamie got to her feet, feeding off the crowd energy as Valerie made it back to her feet as well. That’s when the right hands to the head started connecting from the magician, reeling Valerie backwards before a jawbreaker spun her around and caused her to collapse to her knees over the middle rope. With her adrenaline pumping now, Jamie took off for the far side and came back with a tiger feint kick that propelled Valerie backwards to the mat. As soon as she hit the mat, Jamie stepped out onto the apron and used the top rope for a springboard plancha to Valerie’s chest before hooking both legs for the cover!

Zack: Jamie’s firing on all cylinders now, what a plancha!!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

T-NOO!!

Valerie rolled her shoulder off the mat as soon as the two struck the canvas. Jamie rolled off her, and got back to her feet. She squirmed a little, thanks to her back being worked on. But she took off again. 

Claire: You can see the effects of Valerie’s attack on Jamie’s body but she’s fighting through the discomfort here.

Valerie started to get back to her feet, and ducked what she thought was a clothesline. But Winters rolled over her back and landed on her feet behind her. When McKinley spun around, Jamie grabbed her head for a facebuster to the canvas. The fans were solidly behind her at this point, and Jamie headed for the corner. She wasn’t on it long though, and walked the top rope as Valerie was getting up. She put her back down with a meteora knee strike to the chest.

Zack: This is exactly what Valerie wanted to avoid tonight! Jamie’s getting more and more confident with each successive aerial attack!

Claire: McKinley’s getting hit from all angles and hard. I don’t think she knows right know where the next shot is coming from and Jamie is on her way to picking up another huge victory tonight!!

Jamie was about to head for the corner again when Kyle grabbed Valerie’s foot with his good arm, and pulled her out of the ring to the apron. He wrapped her leg around the bottom rope, causing the referee to admonish him and keep Jamie away since she was in the ropes. He shared a few words in Valerie’s ear as Jamie paced back and forth, wanting to pick up where she had left off.

Claire: Kyle’s earning his money as a manager already tonight, buying Valerie a little bit of time and now giving her advice. This could be dangerous for Jamie going forwards.

Zack: She would be better off to prevent as much chit chat at ringside with Valerie and Kyle as she can. Jamie needs to get her back in the ring, or at least keep him away if she can.

As the referee went back to tell Valerie to get back in the ring, Jamie darted past her to deliver a baseball slide into the redhead’s body that sent her rolling out to the floor. Pruitt went to get Jamie back again as Valerie pulled herself back onto the apron. When she spotted Jamie coming after her again, she ducked down between the ropes to connect with a shoulder block to her abdomen. It stopped the magician for a second, allowing Valerie to drop down by snapping her neck across the middle rope. Jamie staggered backwards holding her neck before Valerie rolled in after her, and surprised her with a lungblower before going for the cover.

Claire: There we go. The Gold Standard member using the ring ropes like a tag team member and taking all the breath out of Jamie. This could be it!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

TH-NOO!!!

Jamie got her shoulder up in time, and Valerie rose back to her feet. She gave the booing crowd a deep bow to mock them before letting Jamie get up and eat an European uppercut to the chin. 

Zack: Valerie’s hitting with everything she’s got. And you know Cait’s watching as she prepares for Nevaeh a little later. This might be a road map for her when she has to face Jamie.

Valerie was back to her feet fairly quickly after that, peppering Jamie with forearms after she got up as well. She sent the magician back into the ropes, and then whipped her across to the far side. Winters rebounded into a running knee to the stomach that doubled her over, while Valerie got into position. When Jamie rose up, she ate a gamengiri and collapsed to the mat before the redhead covered her.

Zack: And that’s THE ONE PERCENT!! This may be academic at this point!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NO!!

Jamie barely got her shoulder up before the three came down, and Valerie got back to her feet in a huff. Her lips were pursed in anger as she told Jamie to get up. And the magician was trying her best to do just that.

Claire:  I thought that might have been the knockout shot but Jamie managed to get her shoulder off the mat in the nick of time. Can she find a way to turn this contest around though?

She lifted Jamie up over her shoulder, setting up for her new finisher as the crowd came to their feet with boos. 

Zack: I know that setup, Claire! That’s the DIVINE PROVIDENCE!!

And Valerie snapped Jamie over with her over the shoulder back to belly piledriver. Jamie landed with a thud on the mat a second before she was covered by the redhead. Pruitt dropped to make the count.

ONE!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Pruitt called for the bell and Valerie slowly got back to her feet. She didn’t wait for the referee to raise her hand. She did it herself before the referee signaled her as the winner. 

Lexi: Your winner by pinfall…………’THE ONE PERCENTER’ VALERIE McKINLEY!!!

Claire: After the One Percent kick there was no way Jamie was kicking out after getting dropped on her head so viciously and violently as she was with the Divine Providence.

Her expression softened into a proud smile as she spotted Kyle joining her. He raised her other hand, and congratulated her before opening the ropes for her to leave the ring.

Zack: Jamie put up a great fight, and I thought she might have had it more than once. But not tonight as the Gold Standard puts the first win on the scoreboard for FFW, courtesy of Valerie McKinley.

Claire: Jamie caused Valerie a lot of problems and can be proud that she more than held her own against one of Future Shock most well decorated competitors. But in the end Valerie just had that experience edge and has given FFW an early advantage tonight.

Kyle escorted Valerie towards the back as she kicked proverbial dust behind her towards Jamie in the ring. As they headed through the curtain, the show went to a commercial for Unstoppable 12.



Hardest Working Hand in Future Shock

Somewhere in the TD Garden, the camera follows Carson Black and the new Future Shock Champion as he is guiding her through one of the hallways till he finds the right door. He then takes her right hand in his, and starts giving it a massage. A vigorous massage.

Carson: Are we all healed up from the match with Stacey yet? All the bruises gone? Any marks left by being thrown into Kelly? 

Mara: I’m… I’m good. Thanks. The doctor’s have given me a clean bill of health after getting hurled into the number one contender to the FFW Champion...and after getting my teeth rattled over and over and over again by Stacey. Hopefully Kelly knows to avoid getting her arms trapped in the ropes tonight, otherwise she might still be hearing bells ringing in her ears this time next week. Carson, what am I going to find on the opposite side of this door?

Carson: Nothing you can’t handle. 

He told her with a smile, and turned her hand over to start rubbing down the palm of it next.

Carson: I also wanted to let you know that you will be in the main event of Future Shock in a couple weeks from now in a match that could headline a major event easily. Champion versus Champion against Cait Flanagan. How does that sound?

The former jailbird nodded her head. 

Mara: Yeah, I like the sound of that. Like you said, it could easily headline any major event and Champion versus Champion is always a good match. I’m sure Cait will be wanting to put on a show and prove that she deserves to be in the hunt for the Future Shock Championship after her performances in Global Wars - when she finally drops the Diamond Championship. And it’ll be a good test for me to go one on one with one of the best and most in form wrestlers in Future Shock.

Again she looked towards the door.

Mara: And yeah, I’m sure I can handle it Carson. I’d still like to know what you’re trying to prepare me for here. It’s not often that you pay my hand this much attention. Kinda has me on edge, you know?

Carson: You have to understand that after becoming Future Shock Champion again, there had to be new merchandise created to commemorate that. All that you had before available was prior to your second reign. So there’s some new things that will require your interaction with them in various ways. I’m sure you understand.

Mara: Yeah. New merchandise. Celebrating being a two time Future Shock Champion. And obviously there are people who want some that is, like, special or limited edition right? Maybe some people - like the real die hard fans of mine - that want things with a little extra, personal touch right? And by interaction you really mean that you want me to sign a whole consignment of things that have just come in and are already starting to fly off the shelves at FFWShop.Com? Indeed, maybe, there might even be a fan or two at the merchandise stands right here in the TD Garden threatening a riot if they can’t get their hands on a signed Mara Werth t-shirt or poster. Or perhaps a trading card that I’ve kissed while wearing Hooker Red lipstick?

Carson: Well the majority of it is at the Future Shock Center across town, you’ll be there quite often this week. But as Mr. Grant explained to me when we were talking before the show, there’s no reason not to get a jumpstart on it. So behind the door, it’s all been set up for you. A spacious table, a comfy chair, a 12 pack of bottled water, several tubes of cherry lipstick, and two packages of Sharpies for all the cards, posters, 8x10s, new cloth wall hangs, and new Funkos. Also tomorrow, you’ll need to report to the Center anyway because they are going to begin filming a Mara Werth highlight show for All Access. And with the pool party coming up also, a few brands want you to wear their particular swimwear so you’ll need to pick which of them you like. 

Mara: So, essentially, this week they’ve emptied a warehouse full of Mara Werth goods into the Future Shock Center for me to sign and kiss and...whatever. In between scrawling my signature all over this high quality merchandise that will be available at a more than fair price real soon on FFWShop.com, I need to do a couple of talking head pieces to camera. And find time to try on bikinis. I mean, I’m all for companies wanting to give me free stuff. Especially cute free stuff. Let me guess...whoever I pick is also going to want to do a photoshoot with me in their clothing line?

Carson: Indeed, and then we have another meeting about a popular sports drink this week who would like to put you on their bottles. But tonight, let’s focus on the signatures and whatnot awaiting in this room for you, a mere 3500 total here. 

Mara: A mere 3500...if that’s all, I might actually get to watch the show tonight. Hopefully catch a couple of seconds of Kelly kicking Stacey’s ass. Thanks, Carson. 

He opened the door to let her in, and followed after her before the show headed back to the ring for the next match.

[Adam Grant]

The show returns back into the arena, and finds Lexi ready and waiting to begin the next introductions.

Lexi: The following contest is scheduled for one fall to a finish.

Zack: We’re going to see champions from both rosters tonight competing in this inter-brand event, and we’re about to see one of Future Shock’s most dangerous against one of FFW’s brightest.

Claire: This is like a gladiator entering the arena to face off against a vicious, hungry wild animal of a wrestler. This is definitely going to provide an interesting mix of styles between two very talented women. I’m looking forward to finding out if heart and spirit can overcome unpredictability and viciousness and, potentially, a concrete teapot.

The entire arena is engulfed in light, as the titantron, headlights, basically every light and board in the arena turns white, and a distorted sound of a bell is heard, followed by the piercing sound of wind. Dry ice smoke fills up the aisle between the gorilla and the ring, and "Behind Blue Eyes" by Limp Bizkit starts playing. In from the back comes Destiny Campbell, her head hanging low, letting her hair cover her face, as she makes her way down the entrance ramp. She slowly walks her way to the ring showing absolutely no emotion other than sadism and pleasure, seemingly uninterested in the audience's reaction to her presence.

Lexi: Introducing first… She is the reigning Future Shock Anarchy Champion... From the Beyond... DESTINY CAMPBELL!

As she reaches the ring apron, she slowly crawls into the ring, and does her usual preparation ritual, as she takes off her gloves and her hoodie, and then goes to her knees and opens her arms wide, looking to the sky as if she were talking to the heavens. The lights and screens slowly come back one by one as a smile creeps up her face, joined by a mad chuckle. She then looks directly into her opponent's eyes/the entrance aisle with a hungry, empty stare, and slowly brings herself to her feet, before letting her arms fall.

Zack: Destiny’s been a busy girl lately, to say the least. But I don’t see Nyx with her. We may get to see what the Anarchy Champion can do on her own, which is a lot, trust me.

Claire:  I don’t think it matters too much whether or not Nyx is with her; you know that she won’t be too far away, after all she didn’t come out with her for the Cuffed to the Cage match but still made her presence known during it.

Ah-ooh!
If you got troubles let 'em go
Let 'em soar so high, high into the sky
Just like a red balloon

“Red Balloon” by Charli XCX begins to play as red balloons fall from the ceiling, just before Caitlyn comes out through the curtain, looking up in amazement at the balloons showering down on the crowd before looking down to the ring.

Monday morning
Shoot up like a rocket
Yeah, the sun is shining
Keep it in my pocket
Got this golden feeling
Never gonna stop, it just goes on and on

The balloons start getting tossed around in the crowd as Caitlyn makes her way down the ramp to the ring. The former fitness instructor hops up onto the apron and over the top rope to high five a smiling Kat.

Lexi: Introducing at this time....Hailing from New York City, New York and weighing in at One Hundred and Twenty-Six pounds...She is Caitlyn Storm!

Today, I opened my eyes
And now I'm so happy and free
I've got my friends by my side
And that's all that matters to me
So, come on, get up and join in
'Cause this is just what you need
Let's do it all day long

Caitlyn heads for the corner, and climbs up to the second turnbuckle. She glances around the crowd pumping her fist in the air a couple of times to get them even more amped up. The music fades out from there as Caitlyn climbs back down to await the start of the match.

Zack: Fresh off a big tag team win over Mika and Bianca at Fury, Caitlyn’s gone from one major event to another. Now she’s back in her old stomping grounds with a challenge unlike any other on the Future Shock roster.

Claire: Underneath her bubbly demeanour, Caitlyn Storm has will and determination of iron. She won’t ever back down from a challenge and tonight she’ll meet the Anarchy Champion head on and as she looks to build on that big victory at Fury. And hopefully she has Mila close by too...just in case Nyx does decide to make her presence known tonight.

Destiny is cradling her Anarchy title like a baby as the referee makes sure she isn’t hiding any weapons. Caitlyn watches from the other before she gets checked by referee Melinda Davis. When the official asks for the belt so she can hand it off, Destiny doesn’t do it right away. Instead she rocks it back and forth in her arms as if she’s putting it to sleep before the referee demands the title again. 

Zack: We can definitely tell that Destiny is very fond of her title, and she’s already testing the referee’s patience by not giving it to her. It’s not on the line tonight, fans.

Claire: Destiny certainly has a very unique relationship with the Anarchy Championship but she needs to hand it over into the safe hands of Melinda Davis so we can get this match underway already.

It’s clear that Davis is getting tired of asking, not to mention being ignored by Destiny before she simply takes the title from her. Campbell’s eyes flash as she glares at the referee, grabbing her by the hair before Caitlyn breaks it up by rolling the champion into a pin attempt! Davis calls for the bell and immediately dives to make the count!

Claire:  Storm’s not getting paid by the hour!! Could she score a surprise early on?!

ONE!!

Destiny quickly kicks out just as the one hits the mat, and Caitlyn makes it back to her feet at the same time as her opponent. The Anarchy Champion lunges to grab her, only for Caitlyn to duck out of the way and behind her. As the brunette turns to face her, Caitlyn begins firing kicks into her abdomen to stop her progress. It works very well, and Storm continues the blitz until Destiny catches her foot. Storm turns it into an enzuigiri to the back of her head before Caitlyn yanks her down into a small package!

Zack: Caitlyn wants to finish this match as quickly as possible, and I don’t blame her!

ONE!!!

T-NOO!!

Once more, the Anarchy Champion kicks out and gets back to her feet. Caitlyn gets up at the same time, dodging a backfirst from Destiny and scooping her up for an atomic drop that sends her chest first into the corner. Before she can turn around, Caitlyn’s speed allows her to catch her with a running high knee to the back of her head followed by a neckbreaker.

Claire: Storm’s starting off with a barrage of blows and using her speed to put Campbell down on the mat! We know Destiny can soak up the punishment, though and Storm has to keep up this attack.

Storm stays on top of her as she tries to get up, and pulls her into a front facelock followed by knees to her face and chest. She finally drops Campbell to a knee on the canvas, and backs up a couple steps before using a running knee trembler to her jaw that puts her back down again. A cheerleader leg drop lands across her chest, and Caitlyn pops back up again. Destiny isn’t far behind her though before she tries to kick her in the stomach. But Storm grabs her foot and pulls it forward, causing Destiny to land a hard split onto the mat. 

Zack: I don’t know how flexible the Anarchy Champion is, but judging by the look on her face, that was not a landing she ever intended to make.

Claire: That...If you can’t get into that position. then believe me, being forced into it like that will make your eyes water - no matter who you are or how tough you are.

As she sat in pain on the mat, Caitlyn used a basement dropkick to her chest to put her down. Storm bounced off the near side ropes for a springboard moonsault that landed across Campbell’s chest before she hooked the outside leg to make the cover.

Zack: Caitlyn is a tornado of offense, and she’s looking to end this immediately!

ONE!!!

TWO-NOO!!

Destiny kicked out, and shoved Caitlyn away from her. She still looked to be moving gingerly after the split as she sat up, and Storm rolled her over and applied a camel clutch. 

Claire: Storm’s hit her hard and fast and this hold will just help her wear down the Anarchy Champion. Soften her up and take some of the starch out of her as she works over her back.

The referee checked to see if Destiny wanted to stop the match, but she made no sign that she did. Instead as Caitlyn cranked back on her head, Destiny was able to free an arm and reach out towards the ropes. They were both close to them, and the champion was able to grab onto the bottom after a few seconds. Storm gave a break as soon as she was asked, and Destiny used the ropes to get back to her feet. The blonde grabbed a rear waistlock as Destiny reached for her head to deliver a stunner that sent her down to the mat. Destiny had a blank stare as she looked straight ahead where she sat on the canvas before patting the middle rope and getting to her feet.

Zack: We’ll never know what Caitlyn had in mind, but Destiny certainly gave herself a window of opportunity, didn’t she? 

Claire: Destiny fashioned an opening for herself but she needs to take advantage of it. If Storm gets the chance to get upright, she can start firing off those kicks of hers which are like getting hit by a steel bar.

Campbell turned onto all fours and crawled towards where Caitlyn was laying. She shoved her head around with one hand before the former fitness instructor was starting to move again. That brought a smile to the Anarchy Champion’s face as she pulled Caitlyn to her feet. She lifted her over one shoulder to deliver a snake eyes in the corner, causing the blonde to stagger backwards. That’s when Destiny grabbed her arm, and pulled her forward into a bull hammer elbow to the jaw that dropped where she stood. The brunette dropped down to the mat, pressing both hands into Caitlyn’s chest for the cover.

Claire: Campbell going for the knockout with that massive elbow shot right to the jaw!!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

T-NOO!

She popped her shoulder off the mat, and Destiny repaid it by leaning down and biting into her shoulder as she whipped her head around like she was trying to tear it off her body.

Zack: There’s that biting we’ve seen before! She’s like a zombie trying to rip off a piece of flesh in a horror movie.

Davis counted to four before she let go of Caitlyn’s shoulder, and rose back to her feet. None of the fans in the Garden were at all happy with her, but she clearly didn’t care. When she saw Caitlyn starting to sit up, Destiny punted her in the chest to put her back down. The blonde rolled to her side for a moment before Campbell climbed to the second turnbuckle on the inside for a double stomp to Caitlyn’s chest.

Zack: I might be wrong, but do you get the sense that this is the kind of thing Destiny loves most? She seems happiest when she’s mauling her opponent like she is Caitlyn here.

Claire: It’s part of Destiny’s...erm, unique charms? She just loves to inflict pain and torment and torture anyone that she gets into the ring with.

Caitlyn started to get up again, but Destiny didn’t allow it for very long before she bounced off the near side with a guillotine leg drop across the back of her head. She mounted Storm’s back to pull her head up with one hand and fire forearms across her face with the other. Seven of them landed before she got back up, dragging Caitlyn with her into a front facelock into a single knee facebuster. Storm was rolled onto her back as Destiny went for the cover.

Zack: She calls that ICONOCLASTIA, and Future Shock may be about to add a win to the scoreboard!

ONE!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEE-NOPE!!

Caitlyn rolled her shoulder before the three touched the mat, and Destiny gave the referee a cold stare for a moment. She rose back to her feet, and looked over to the table outside where Lexi was, smiling at her Anarchy Championship briefly. When she turned back around to grab Caitlyn, the blonde surprised her with a knee to the side of the head from where she was laying on the canvas.

Claire: Props to Caitlyn. We’ve spoken about how tough Destiny is but Caitlyn is proving to be equally as hard to put away tonight. That might prove to be frustrating for a woman like Campbell.

That wobbled the champion before she caught two more of them, which sent her staggering backwards. Caitlyn was able to get back to her feet as Destiny was doubled over for a second, and she caught her with a scissor kick across the back of her head. The Boston crowd started firing up now as Caitlyn took off past her opponent, and hit the near side ropes behind her to connect with a one-handed bulldog.

Zack: There went STORM FORCE! Caitlyn’s firing back now, and has the fans here in the TD Garden in lock step with her! She needs to put Destiny away as quickly as she can.

Claire: Easier said than done Zack, but if Storm can keep on landing those big, powerful kicks, using all of her impressive leg strength then she stands an excellent chance of picking up the victory here!

Storm headed towards the ropes, looking over her shoulder to see Destiny slowly beginning to get to her feet. And that’s when she hopped up onto the middle rope as Campbell was turning around, looking for her springboard spinning heel kick!

Zack: And here comes STORM RISING!!

She connected with it flawlessly before Destiny collapsed to the mat in a heap. Caitlyn quickly rolled her over, and hooked both legs for the cover as Davis dropped to make the count.

Claire: Hit perfectly!!! Caitlyn’s three seconds away from picking up a big win and continuing to build her momentum tonight!!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

The referee called for the bell as Caitlyn rolled away from her opponent, and got back to her feet. When her hand went up, she had a cautious smile on her face but made sure to keep her eyes on Destiny till she stepped out of the ring.

Zack: Job well done by Caitlyn Storm, who has just put together back to back big event wins both here tonight and alongside Mila at Fury.

Lexi: Your winner by pinfall…………….CAITLYN STORM!!

After getting to the floor, Caitlyn shared her victory with a few of the fans along ringside, still checking over her shoulder to see Destiny was still in the ring.

Zack: Can’t blame Caitlyn for wanting to make sure she knows where Destiny is at all times. I’d do the same thing too.

Claire: I think I’d be the exact same way. Campbell doesn’t really give a damn about whether the match is done or not, given half a chance she’d happily carry on her attack. 

As the blonde headed towards the back, she gave a warm smile to the supportive crowd before the show cut elsewhere inside the TD Garden.



Alessandra’s Opportunity

The show cuts away to find Sara, and she’s joined by the 2021 Global Wars winner, namely Alessandra Esposito. The camera gets a close up of the gold medal around her neck with the flag of Italy on it before pulling back to show the two women.

Sara: I’m here with the woman who no doubt made all of Italy proud when she won the Global Wars battle royal. By virtue of that, she won this gorgeous gold medal you are seeing around her neck and secured herself the biggest match of her career. Alessandra, thank you for taking the time to talk with me tonight.

Alessandra: Thank you for having me Sara, it’s always a pleasure to talk to you. 

Sara: Before we get into the match you’ll be having very soon, give us an idea of the reaction you had and got from those close to you upon your Supergirl-like effort in winning the Global Wars Battle Royal. 

Alessandra: The reaction was completely astounding to be honest. The celebrations seemed to last forever with my family, I’m sure I even found a few pieces of streamers laying around the other day. My family surprised me by actually flying in to watch Global Wars, though they were watching from a bar down the street from the arena, since they didn’t decide to come in enough time to actually get tickets. It really was a magical night for me. 

Sara: That’s terrific, and I’m sure our Italian born fans also were celebrating with you when you won. After all, that was the first time Italy was ever represented in the history of Global Wars, not to mention in a year when it could have gone either way with the points. Did it take a while to sink in? 

Alessandra: It was a shock to actually win after how close the competition had been the whole way through and with Cait being in the lead, but it didn’t take that long to sink in because I always had the belief that if I dug down deep enough, I could overcome all of the hurdles and win. Hard work always pays off. 

Sara: You are proof positive of that. And now we look ahead to July 27 right here in Boston at Future Shock’s landmark 100th episode when you get your Future Shock Championship match with new champion Mara Werth. A woman you’ve never met before, I might add. Have the nerves set in or is 100% focus at this point? This will be the biggest match of your career, after all.

Alessandra: I am 100% focused, but that doesn’t mean that I am nerve free. When something is this important and matters this much it is normal to have some degree of nerves. It is how you channel those nerves that counts, and I use mine to fire me up and spur me on to work even harder. 

Sara: Lastly, who do you feel has the most to prove between you and Mara? You, who are getting your first shot at Future Shock’s biggest prize at the landmark 100th episode or Mara, who just won the title back and clearly feels she has unfinished business being on top of Future Shock? 

Alessandra: I do not like to think of it in terms of having something to prove, but I do think that we are both as determined as each other and both want the win for ourselves. Mara is a fierce competitor but so am I. 

Sara: No question about that, Alessandra. I appreciate you talking with me tonight, and good luck on July 27th at Future Shock 100.

The reporter shakes hands with the brunette before Future Shock goes back to the ring. 

[Adam Grant]

Lexi is shown once again in the ring as the fans make plenty of noise before she begins the introductions once again.

Lexi: The following contest is a Champion vs. Champion match scheduled for one fall!

Zack: It’s very rare that we get to see champions from both the FFW and Future Shock meet, but that’s what makes shows like this special. 

Claire: Both are coming into this on the back of wins and should have a lot of confidence. This has got all the ingredients to be one heck of a match.

The stage is bathed in pink light as “Raise Your Glass” by Pink starts playing. After a moment, Angelina Fantastica comes out in a pair of baggy black pants and a pink cropped tank top, her hair tied back in two French braids, threaded through with silver ribbons. She makes her way up to the ring, bopping to the music and grinning at the fans in attendance. Using the bottom rope, she pulls herself up onto the apron and smiles for the camera before gripping the top rope and backflipping easily into the ring.

Lexi: Repping Staten Island, New York, it’s the Shaolin Stunna, the OG, the prodigal daughter of Future Shock, the 2021 Future Shock Cup winner and co-holder of the Future Shock Tag Team Titles…. the one and only Angelina Fantastica!

Angelina looks at Lexi and then climbs the turnbuckle, raising her fist in the air while facing the crowd before jumping down, turning to face her opponent.

Zack: That laundry list of accomplishments for Angelina just keeps growing this year, doesn’t it? And she could add Nova Champion to that on the upcoming 100th episode of Future Shock when she challenges Luna Cortez on July 27th. 

Claire: That’s a very real possibility and I think at the moment only a fool would bet against Angelina, wouldn’t they? The last few months she’s certainly stepped up to the plate and gotten the job done in the clutch matches.

Look out, they're closing in on you now
Wake up, or you’ll wake up six feet down
Nobody's got your back in this town
Knock 'em. In the. Teeth. NOW!

The intro to Set It Off's "Killer in the Mirror" starts on the sound system, and lights start blinking in random colors as Tara Cortez struts onto the entrance ramp carrying the FFW [BELT] Championship with her two hands, with her manager Christian Kincaid right there with her. She stops right before the descent and pulls off a short dance move, crouching down only and taking a spin, proceeding to get back up, grinding the center plate of the belt against her midriff before rising the belt above her head... Only to nonchalantly wave the booing audience off ass she brings her arms down again, draping the championship over her shoulder. Blowing raspberries, she then starts strutting down the entrance ramp, shaking her head at the fans in attendance as she makes her way to the ring.

Lexi: And her opponent, escorted to the ring by Christian Kincaid... From Fort Worth, Texas... She's the REIGNING FFW Phoenix Champion... TARA CORTEZ!

When Tara climbs into the ring, she makes her way to the ropes facing the hard camera, leaning onto them and posing for the audience, moving her arms much like in the same way she did earlier with her starting dance, raising the Future Shock Championship up high again, only to then wave the crowd off once again before she hops back down to the ring, making her way to her corner and sharing some last minute strategy with Christian, handing him the championship before the match starts.

Zack: FFW’s reigning Phoenix Champion has been a busy girl herself. She is fresh off a retention of her title at Fury, as well as defeating Cass Baumer just 3 nights ago at Breaking Point.

Claire: Cortez has never been short of confidence anyway and on top of that most recent win, she’s also undefeated when it comes to Future Shock Impact matches having beaten first Nevaeh and then Carys McFarlane.

Referee Stephen Wilson makes sure neither of the girls are hiding any foreign objects before Angelina hands him her Future Shock Tag Title. Tara, on the other hand, leans through the ropes to give her Phoenix Championship to her manager. The referee then calls for the bell before the two meet in the center of the ring, and Tara begins trying to talk down to her opponent by telling her that she isn’t Luna. Angelina tells her she knows that before Tara steps back, and the pair lock up in the center of the ring. Tara’s height advantage helps her back Angelina into the ropes before the two switch positions with Angelina rolling her into the ropes and rolls again all the way to the corner with Tara pressing her against the turnbuckles. She finally steps back after the referee calls for the break, and Angelina ducks out of the way of a straight right hand aimed at her head. Cortez turns around, and eats one herself from the tag champion before Angelina starts popping off shots at a much faster clip. A few of them land flush on Tara’s jaw before Angelina uses a drop toe hold to take her down to the mat. She ruffles her hair with one hand before getting back to her feet with an amused look on her face.

Zack: That was one of the most aggressive tie-ups I’ve seen in a while, and it looks like Angelina might be toying with Tara. Or at least trying to get under her skin.

Claire: She was certainly alert to Tara trying to land a cheap shot early on and I think that’s just Angelina’s reply to all of Cortez’s trash talk at the start of the bell.

Tara was almost to her feet when Angelina grabbed her into a standing side headlock. The triplet tried to shoot her off into the ropes, but Angelina barely budged until she darted for the corner. Fantastica landed a corner bulldog, driving Tara’s head into the middle turnbuckle. As the Phoenix Champion stumbled backwards a step, Angelina used the ropes for a springboard into a cross body block to take her down and go for the cover.

ON--!

Tara shoved Angelina off her before the referee was in position to even register a one count.

Zack: Wilson didn’t even get a one count before Tara was out of there. A little early to think she has compromised this soon.

Claire: True, but this early it tends to be more about putting down a marker and letting your opponent know that if they aren’t careful it could be over quickly.

That didn’t deter Angelina though. She popped back to her feet, and caught Tara starting to get up with a short kneelift to the face. It rocked Cortez backwards a step, and Angelina darted for the ropes behind her. Tara hadn’t even stood up straight yet before Angelina rebounded and rolled over her back to land on her feet in front of her. Tara rose up, Angelina waved at her, and caught her with a rising elbow uppercut to the chin! The former Future Shock Champion staggered backwards before Fantastica launched forward and left her feet to catch Tara with a lungblower that flipped her up and over to the mat. Fantastica darted for another cover immediately as the referee was able to get into position this time.

Zack: Angelina looks like she’s having a good time right now at Tara’s expense, and let’s see if this cover is more successful than the last one.

ONE!!!

T-NOOO!!

The referee got to one this time, but not two before Tara kicked out. Fantastica rolled off the cover, and was already on her feet and darted for the far side. Tara had just gotten to a vertical base before a running neckbreaker dropped her back to the mat.

Claire: Tara’s getting shell shocked right now! Angelina’s speed is proving to be a massive difference maker so far.

Angelina headed for the nearest corner to make her way up top before executing an elbow drop into Tara’s chest before she sat up. The Boston crowd was clearly behind the tag champion as Angelina took off again as she saw Cortez beginning to get up again. Fantastica rebounded with a head of speed and left her feet, only for Tara to raise up and scoop her up by the legs for a flapjack that saw her land abdomen first across the top rope. She hung over double across that rope as Tara got her wits together, and rolled out to the apron. Angelina was in obvious pain until a bicycle kick caught her on the side of her head, and snapped her back into the ring. Cortez stepped back inside, worsening the pain for Angelina with a punt into her ribs as she laid on the mat.

Claire: Just what the doctor ordered for Tara and going after the rib cage and abdomen will definitely help the Ten Star Prodigy slow Fantastica down for the rest of the match

Zack: That’s what happens when you hit the ropes a lot. Sooner or later, those risks are going to catch up with you. 

A second kick in the ribs caused Angelina to bring her knees up to her body in pain. Tara shook her head before stomping away at her back. She stepped over her to apply a camel clutch, but she immediately bent all the way backwards with her back on the mat practically as Angelina was bent over double backwards! The New Yorker shouted in pain as Tara kept a tight grasp on her chin, and told her to tap out!

Zack: My God, look at this! That’s the most torturous camel clutch I’ve ever seen! 

Claire: That’s unnatural! Tara keeps this up, keeps on bending and stretching out her opponent’s spine like this Angelina might have no choice but to submit.

Angelina tried to use her hands to break Tara’s grip under her chin, but didn’t have any success. Tara showed some neck strength as she balanced backwards on the crown of her head as she continued to pull away. Wilson asked Angelina if she wanted to stop the match, but the Future Shock Tag Champion shouted that she didn’t. Meanwhile, Tara kept the clutch applied and made Angelina struggle desperately to get free.

Claire: Fantastica HAS to find a way out of this hold quickly. God only knows what damage is being done to her back! This could cause issues in the long term.

Zack: I’ve never seen Tara use this before, and I’ve seen every match any of the Cortez sisters have. This makes me hurt to watch it.

Angelina’s arms flailed at her side, and she managed to slap one of the ropes before she realized what it was. She quickly grabbed it, prompting the referee to call for the break. Tara gave it after a three count, and sat up. She looked down to Angelina laying between her legs, and drove an elbow into her face before pulling her up into a seated triangle choke. She wrapped a leg under Angelina’s neck and the arm she used to grab the rope, and immediately began trying to choke her out with it as she sat on the mat.

Zack: From one submission right into the next, Claire. Looks like Tara’s been getting trained in some MMA holds, and this one will choke you out in seconds!

Claire: Yes it will. When Tara is done with the Phoenix Championship she might have a very bright future in the No Surrender Division with the way that she transitions from one hold to the next.

Unfortunately for Tara, Angelina’s legs were longer than her arms and she was able to kick her foot across the bottom rope since they hadn’t moved at all. Wilson gave her another count before she let go of the hold, and got back to her feet. Fantastica struggled to get to her feet, only to be lifted by her waist into a gutbuster that folded her up on the canvas. Christian watched from his client’s corner, shouting some advice as the Phoenix Champion leaned down to grab her. Tara bent over enough to where Angelina was able to catch her with a palm thrust to her neck. It choked her up for a moment, and allowed Angelina to get back to her feet and floor the champion with a roundhouse kick. Tara hit the mat, but Angelina fell to her knees and doubled over with her arms pressed to her body.

Zack: Nicely done by Angelina. She’s gotten Tara off her for the time being, but you can see the damage that camel clutch she used earlier has long since taken effect. It hurts her to move right now.

Claire: You’re spot on there Zack, the Future Shock Tag Champion has gotten herself an opening with one heck of a roundhouse kick but she simply can’t capitalise on it anywhere near as quick as she’d like. You’ve got to imagine the rest of this match is going to proceed at a tempo that Tara would prefer.

Fantastica finally made it to her feet, and spotted Tara about to do the same. That’s when she bounced off far side into a Fameasser, driving Tara’s head into the mat with a double leg drop. She couldn’t make the cover though at first, falling to her side on the mat as she clutched her body in pain. She dragged herself towards Tara and threw an arm across her chest to make the cover.

Zack:I’m not sure she got there fast enough, let’s find out together!!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

TH-NOOOOOOOO!!

Tara easily got her shoulder up, and pushed Angelina’s arm off her chest. Both women laid on the canvas for a second until Angelina began to struggle to get back to her feet. She was having a hard time standing straight up due to clutching her ribs.

Claire: Angelina came close but just couldn’t get quite even leverage in her injured state to keep Tara down for the three. She’s having some real issues in there but you have to admire the way that she’s fighting through the pain here.

The tag champion headed towards the corner as Tara was starting to move on the mat. Christian moved around to the side of the ring closest to her, shouting some instructions as Angelina ascended to the top rope. She was having a hard time standing up on the turnbuckle as well. Tara’s manager waved his hands, and his client rolled towards him out of the ring.

Claire: Cortez rolls out of the ring and that might be a blessing in disguise for Angelina. Given her injuries, the top rope is the last place she wants to be - even if it is where she feels most comfortable.

Angelina hopped down to the apron as Christian was kneeling next to Tara, still sharing some advice with her. The tag champion darted down the apron, and executed a Fosbuy flop that wiped out Tara on the floor. The fans showed their support as Angelina rolled off her, once more with one arm held tight against her abdomen. She made it back to her feet, and tried to pick Tara up to throw her back into the ring. But that didn’t work as she grimaced in pain just trying to pick her up, and stepped back.

Zack: You’d think Tara was 300 pounds the way Angelina was struggling to get her up and back into the ring. But with the damage Cortez has done to her ribs, Angelina would have trouble lifting a hockey puck off the floor, I think.

Claire: It’s a testament to Tara, her determination and her flexibility that she was able to do so much damage to the back with her submission holds earlier in this contest. Angelina needs to change up her gameplan a little bit and maybe start to think about going for a knockout shot.

The referee’s count was continuing however, causing Angelina to roll back into the ring very gingerly. Christian moved back to his client as Tara was beginning to get up on her own now. She climbed back up onto the apron as Angelina charged her. She went for a running forearm to the mouth, but Tara grabbed her head and snapped her neck across the top rope. Fantastica stumbled backwards, coughing heavily before Tara rolled under the bottom rope. She ducked her head between Angelina’s legs, scooping her up for an electric chair immediately followed by the cover as Angelina shouted on impact!

Zack: Did you hear Angelina scream when her body felt that electric chair?! I think Tara’s got this one!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NO!

The tag champion got her shoulder up, and immediately brought her arm back to her body as Tara sat up on the canvas. She caught her second wind, and got back to her feet as Wilson checked with Angelina if she wanted to continue.

Claire: True champions fighting spirit from Angelina after that Electric Chair drop but how much more can she really take? 

Tara dragged Angelina back to her feet, and hoisted her upside down into position for a stalling brainbuster. But as she held her up, Angelina managed to counter with a stunner that nearly ricocheted Tara back out of the ring. The Phoenix Champion bounced into the ropes and faceplanted as a result of it, and Angelina slumped over with her arm to her abdomen. Her eyes were clenched shut and teeth gritted as she did so.

Zack: That was a brilliant counter out of the brainbuster, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that! But look at Angelina’s face, the landing for her had to be excruciating.

Claire: Landing like that is going to send a shockwave straight through your trunk and with the injuries that she’s sustained, that’s going to be excruciating and we’re seeing that in Angelina’s expression.

Fantastica started pounding her fist on the mat, getting the crowd louder as she struggled to get to her feet. She leaned against the ropes, waving Tara to get back to her feet. And the Phoenix Champion was slow to do so. When Cortez was finally vertical again, Angelina gritted her teeth and went for a somersault into a reverse DDT!

Zack: That’s her move, Angelina hits the C.R.E.A.M.!

She shouted in pain once again but hooked both of Tara’s legs for the cover as Wilson dropped to make the count.

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

The tag champion struggled to get to her feet, and the referee chose to point at her and raise his own hand rather than raise hers.

Claire: Angelina fights through the pain and even now we can see that those ribs are still causing her problems but still, she guts it out and picks up a huge win over the FFW Phoenix Championship!

Lexi: Your winner by pinfall…………………..ANGELINA FANTASTICA!!!!

She made it to the ropes, thanking her supporters before her tag partner came out to help her to the floor. Arabella showered her with congratulations as well.

Zack: Arabella came to help her partner get to the back and seek some help for that sore sore body, but Angelina’s roll continues! And if I’m Luna, I might be biting my nails right about now.

Claire: I think you’re right. If Luna was watching then she might have gotten an insight into her future here. Tara put up one hell of a fight and almost had her. BUT Angelina keeps on rolling and picking up wins on the biggest occasions.

Arabella helped her tag partner through the curtain as the fans showed their support before the show headed elsewhere in the TD Garden.




The Conqueror

The show cuts backstage, and finds Sara standing to the left of Shaughnessy O’Neill and her manager, Kyle Kilmeade. He immediately cuts her off just as she’s about to speak.

Kyle: Sara...Sara...I know what you’re about to say. You’re about to tell the fans watching who you are here with. And frankly, I think that’s a waste of your breath. Anyone watching this event right now on All Access knows who this woman is. If they are just longtime Future Shock fans, they know who she is. If they are FFW fans as well as Future Shock, they know who she is. Shaw is not a woman who needs an introduction at this point.

Sara: Well I guess you have a point. 

Kyle: I always do. And I know the next question is going to be why is Shaw in Future Shock? Because like the videos you’ve seen indicated, it’s a new world to conquer. The last time she was here was Season 16, which was almost seven years ago. Future Shock was nothing like it is now. New management. New format. New everything. Isn’t that right? 

Shaw: Dead. Right. Adam Grant is in charge now. We’ve had a full reboot and things have continued to evolve even further since then haven’t they? The Impact Specials last year proved that Future Shock could go toe to toe with the main FFW roster and just six short weeks ago didn’t we hear Samantha Star proclaim that this was, in her opinion, the only competition to FFW as the best roster in all of wrestling? And just like the videos have been telling you, Sara, Alexander the Great wept when he saw the breadth of his domain and realised there were no more worlds to conquer...Fortunately for me, there is still one more isn’t there?

Kyle: The Future Shock roster is practically the same size as FFW, and that’s a laundry list of women who haven’t been tested the way Shaw can test them. Are they on par with the FFW roster? There’s no doubt in my mind they are. If they weren’t, Shaw wouldn’t be here. She has done everything she set out to do in FFW. You know the reigns. You know the number of days. But in Season 16, it was just four teams in a three episode season. Absolutely none of the other teams are here, she and her partner are all that remains of that season. Now? Now there’s a line out the door of women who have made their names in FFW here tonight. Look at Tara, former Future Shock Champion now Phoenix Champion. There’s Kelly, who has held every title she’s challenged for. Valerie? She ran this place when she was here. Hell, if Nevaeh is in the building, I’ll include her too. 

Sara: Okay. That’s perfectly reasonable. But don’t you think that these women here who already know you won’t be trying to notch their gun, so to speak, whenever they are put across the ring from you? Is there a chance you might underestimate them? 

Shaw: Sara, I’m insulted. I’m a professional. In FFW it doesn’t matter who I’ve been asked to go up against, it doesn’t matter the situation. I’ve treated every opponent like they’re a potential World Champion and I’m going to do the exact same thing here in Future Shock. No matter who I go up against, I’m going to give them all the respect that they deserve and I’m fully aware that they’ll be looking to make a name at my expense. I’ll treat them just the same as I have Jo McFarlane, Savannah Star and Missy.

Kyle: And before you ask, I expect no special favors. No favoritism for Shaw. The fact is she hasn’t been in Future Shock for almost 7 years, and we both know she’ll have to climb that ladder just like anyone else who walked through the door. Wouldn’t have it any other way, Sara. Doesn’t matter who it is. Book it, she’ll be there, and someone will be tested beyond their wildest beliefs. I even have a couple or three names I’ve requested, and we’ll see if they happen or not. 

Sara: Would you like to share any of them?

Kyle: Not particularly. Given my relationship with Adam, there’s a very good chance I won’t get any of them any time soon. So why get my hopes up!

Sara: Fair enough. One last question Shaw. I’m sure you have kept up with all the things going on in Future Shock all these years since you left and after the reboot too. Is there anyone currently on this roster who has stood out to you for any reason, good or bad?

Shaw: Obviously anyone with a title belt stands out. That’s pretty much a given isn’t it? Beyond that I think you can look at most anyone who was in the Global Wars series - Alessandra, Sydney certainly stood out. And of course, there’s the Future Shock Cup too. Angelina’s been making a name for herself. Jacqui’s picked up some massive wins too. I think those are a couple of pretty good names to start off with. But like Kyle said, I’m not expecting any special treatment. I’m happy to start at the bottom and work my way through anyone and everyone here until I’ve conquered Future Shock.

Kyle: All fine choices, but there is one name. I might as well mention it since I don’t think it’s going to be possible immediately. But if and when she comes from sabbatical, there’s one match I definitely want to see. The woman who said she wanted to assume Isis’ moniker. The woman who put Isis down in order to appease her own ego honestly. Whenever she comes back, I would love for Shaw to face Gemma Pierce. Now THAT’S a huge money match if I ever heard one.

Shaw: I’d be up for that. Facing off against one of Future Shock’s best and one who has set a very high standard; a former Aspire Champion, a challenger for the Future Shock Championship and one of the absolute strongest women I’ve ever seen. When she’s ready to return and step in the ring, I’ll be happy to face her and give her the stiffest, toughest test of her career. 

Sara: Thank you both for talking with me tonight, and welcome back to Future Shock, Shaw.

Sara offers her a handshake before the pair head off camera, and the show returns to the ring.

[Adam Grant]

The bell sounds as the show returns to the ring for the next match, and that’s where we find Lexi ready to begin once again.

Lexi: The following contest is scheduled for one fall!

Zack: We may be about to see some ill will in this one. It wasn’t too long ago Cait paid a visit to Breaking Point to rub the fact she has a title in Nevaeh’s face. We know Nevaeh had been chasing her Phoenix title shot, which has now been guaranteed for Unstoppable 12 against a woman we are going to see a little later tonight.

Claire: Summers has a lot of pride and has accomplished an awful lot in her career. Over the last year she’s endured a whole Hell of a lot too. I’m sure she won’t have taken too kindly to Cait’s antics and will be looking to make her pay now she has the opportunity.

The opening of Madonna’s “Material Girl” begins playing as Cait Flanagan steps out onto the ramp. With a wink, she licks her index finger and touches it to the ground and as she passes the spot, flames shoot up behind her. She reaches into her tights and pulls out a wad of cash, fanning it out for the crowd to see. Kyle follows after her with a smile on his face.

She tousles her hair and fans herself with the money, then shrugs and tosses it behind her, letting it get eaten up by the flames. Cait puts her hand up to her mouth as she seems to realize what she’s done, but then she shrugs her shoulders and cackles.

You know that we are living in a material world, and I am a material girl…

Still laughing, Cait skips the rest of the way down to the ring, tossing her hair over her shoulder and blowing mocking kisses to the men in the audience. She ascends the steps and ducks through the ropes as Kyle opens them for her, as she’s winking at the referee.

Lexi: From Belfast, Northern Ireland, she is The Million Dollar Baby and the reigning Future Shock Diamond Champion, Cait! Flanagan!

She seems to thank Lexi for her introduction and goes to her corner, laying across the turnbuckle and giving her opponent a cheeky little wave as she waits for things to get started.

Zack: Future Shock’s reigning Diamond Champion has a defense coming up against River Campbell, but I daresay she has a steep hill to climb tonight. But there’s no conceit in the Flanagan family, Cait has it all!

Claire: Flanagan has to focus on this match tonight and not worry about what might be ahead of her and the Diamond Championship. This could be the sternest challenge she’s ever faced against one of the best wrestlers on the planet today.

As “Rise” by Sixx A.M. we see the arena lights blinking in sync with the lyrics of the music. Nevaeh Summers eventually storms her way onto the stage , fired up, and motioning to the crowd, before stopping at the top of the ramp and looking out at the people. Nevaeh is wearing yellow rimmed sunglasses as well as a white Poisoned by Ivy military jacket with yellow trim. As we keep looking at Nevaeh we see she is wearing yellow colored leather pants running down her leg. The side of each leg is laced up with white colored fabric, showing of her skin. On her feet we see black boots and white kickpads. On the front of each kickpad appears her logo as there is a circle with “NS” in the center of it in Yellow. While “The" scrolls on the top and “Finest” scrolls on the bottom, also in yellow.

Nevaeh looks around the building, nodding her head, as she starts feeling the crowd. “Feel that energy” is what can be heard coming from Nevaeh as she goes about heading down the ramp halfway and begins pointing her left hand out to the crowd and moves it around as if she was conducting them. The crowd moves from left to right, linking arms. Nevaeh then points to the opposite side of the crowd with her right hand, urging that side of the building on the same way, to which they do. Nevaeh lowers her head, her hands still swaying to the crowd till she raises her head up and snaps her arms out to the side.

As Nevaeh strikes her signature pose a row of pyro goes off next to her, starting far out and rushing close to her, before a big unified explosion happens behind her. Nevaeh now lowered her head back down and looked towards the ring and began walking down the ramp with a purpose.

Lexi: Making her way to the ring at this time she resides in Los Angeles, California by way of Atlanta, Georgia. She weighs in tonight at 120 pounds. She is Nevaeh Summers!!!

Nevaeh reaches the bottom of the ramp and goes about slapping hands with the fans. Nevaeh now heads to the opposite side and slaps a few more hands before removing her sunglasses and just casually tosses them out towards the crowd. Nevaeh than quickly runs to the ring, sliding in under the bottom rope, and gets to a knee. Nevaeh just looks out for a moment before getting to her feet and shimmies out of her jacket.

Nevaeh then approaches the middle of the ropes facing the hard camera. Nevaeh climbs up them, hooking a leg over the top rope and straddling it. Nevaeh now sits there and looks out to the capacity crowd. The blonde began motioning them to get louder, which they do. She eventually lowers her head and starts motioning her arms as if she's conducting them again. This time we zoom out and capture the front row all around motioning along with her. After a moment Nevaeh snaps her head back and her arms out. Multiple spotlights soon shift down onto her, basking her in the light.

Nevaeh keeps striking the pose till she sees fit. Once she has she gets off the ropes and makes her way to the opposite side of the ring where she puts one foot on the bottom rope and the other on the middle. She bounces on them while looking out to the crowd and stretches her arms out yet again, encouraging them to get louder.

Nevaeh bounces off the ropes and lands on her feet. She starts psyching herself up as she paces back and forth along a corner.

Zack; We may be looking at the next Phoenix Champion of FFW, but tonight it’s about settling a score, I think. Cait’s title is NOT on the line, and she should be happy about that.

Claire:  She should be very happy about it. Summers has won virtually every title belt she’s ever challenged for and I’m sure that she’ll be trying to build momentum ahead of that big Title match at Unstoppable.

Referee Kevin Fisk checked for hidden objects, and was about to call for the bell when he noticed Cait was still holding her Diamond Championship. When he told her to give it to her manager, Cait walked past him and stood almost nose to nose with the blonde to show it to her. She told Nevaeh this was as close as she’d ever be to a title again in her career. The trash talking was only firing Nevaeh up more before Cait patted her on the cheek like a child. That was when Summers had enough, and went towards her before the referee had to intercept her. Cait backed up to her corner, and handed the title down to Kyle before the referee called for the bell. Then he got out of the way as Nevaeh took off towards the redhead. Flanagan ducked through the ropes though, causing the referee to stop Nevaeh again as the Diamond Champion demanded he get Nevaeh away from her. 

Claire: Flanagan’s only poking the bear here. BUT Summers has to keep her cool. If she loses her composure and starts to make mistakes then it’ll play into the hands of the Diamond Champion tonight.

Zack: I think that’s precisely the gameplan too. Very few are as good at getting under an opponent’s skin as Cait is, and she’s trying to raise Nevaeh’s blood pressure right now. And it’s working.

Fisk tried to reason with Nevaeh to step away from Cait’s corner. And while his back was to the redhead, she reached over his shoulder to pat her cheek...and then backhand her. Nevaeh tried to shove the referee out of the way before Cait stepped out to the floor. The champion went to her manager, telling him that Nevaeh was jealous of her being a champion. Kyle agreed with her, and whispered something in her ear. Fisk started a ten count as Nevaeh paced in the ring for a couple seconds, and finally got tired of that and rolled out on the other side. Cait’s eyes widened as she took off around the corner with Nevaeh’s longer legs letting her catch up with her fairly quickly. The Diamond Champion circled behind her manager, and darted under the bottom rope into the ring. Summers stopped short of running into Kyle, who had his hands up with his client’s title over his shoulder. He told her he wasn’t her opponent as Cait rolled out on the far side and started to inch towards Nevaeh from behind.

Claire: Summers stopped inches short of running Kyle over. Unfortunately. And now the Million Dollar Baby is trying a Pearl Harbor attack on the World’s Finest!!

Zack: For once in his life, Kyle told the truth. He’s not Nevaeh’s opponent, and she can’t worry about him...hard as that is to do, despite him not having done anything. Yet.

As Cait got within striking distance, Nevaeh surprised her with a mule kick to the stomach without even looking at her. The blonde spun around, and immediately began throwing hands with rights to her head. The Boston crowd loved it as she bounced Cait’s head off the apron three times. She spun her around, and introduced her face to the barricade as well before dropping her with a neckbreaker to the floor. Nevaeh nipped up to her feet, casting a wary glance towards Kyle before throwing Cait under the bottom rope and following after her.

Zack: You’re not gonna catch Nevaeh off guard very often, and that was another example of it. She has leagues of ring experience on Cait, and probably has forgotten more than Cait knows at this point.

Claire: Summers saw it coming a mile off and now Flanagan has gotten herself caught and it paying the price for it and I don’t blame Summers for keeping one eye on Kyle here at ringside.

Cait was already starting to get up when Nevaeh caught her with a running forearm to the side of her head. The Diamond Champion stumbled backwards before she was whipped into the corner. Summers followed her with a rolling elbow. She mounted the corner, and the fans counted off nine elbows to the top of her head before she pulled her elbow pad up and dropped the tenth. Flanagan staggered and collapsed to her knees out of the corner before Nevaeh bounced off the near side with a running kick into Cait’s chest. It nearly toppled her over before a basement dropkick to her chest actually put her on the mat.

Zack: After being tormented by Cait, I imagine this all feels great for Nevaeh. She’s really doling out the punishment here. That said, Cait can take a lot, we’ve seen that.

Claire: Like I said, Nevaeh’s endured a lot of torment and punishment over the last year and change - mostly at the hands of the Franchise and Samantha Star. Cait might be the straw that broke the camel’s back and she’s paying for it right now.

Nevaeh grabbed her by the legs, and fell backwards into a catapult that sent the redhead face first into the top turnbuckle. She staggered out of the corner as Nevaeh hit the near side again with a lariat this time that mowed Cait down. Summers headed for the corner, hopping up onto the second turnbuckle from the inside with another elbow drop aimed at her head. She pulled the Diamond Champion to her feet, shoving her backwards into the corner before laying in a knife edge chop across her chest. The sound resonated through the arena as Nevaeh fired off a second one.

Zack: Look at her chest! Nevaeh Electric Company lighting them up in Boston, and Cait’s chest is providing the glow!

Claire: Have you noticed that Nevaeh hasn’t even attempted one cover or pinfall attempt so far in this contest? She’s been single minded in doling out punishment.

A beal took her out of the corner to the mat before Nevaeh headed back up to the middle rope again. But before she could continue, that’s when Cait rolled out of the ring to the floor. She sat up with her hand pressed to her chest as Kyle moved around to attend to her. Summers shook her head, and went out after her again. Cait didn’t get to finish speaking to her manager before Summers scooped her up for an atomic drop that sent her into the post. The Diamond Champion spun around, leaning against the steel post and clearly favoring her lower abdomen. Nevaeh measured, and took off towards her with a discus elbow aimed at her head. But Cait ducked away, and Summers’ elbow hit the post at full force, causing her to shout in pain and nearly fall to her knees.

Claire: OOOOOHHHHHHH!!!! That was nasty!! Did you hear the impact of Summer’s elbow right there? She might have broken it! Either way, that’s put a massive target on it for Flanagan.

Zack: Look at the scratch of the paint on that post, that’s the only damage Nevaeh did to it. But she damn sure crushed her elbow in the process!

Kyle gave his client some more advice as she realized what had happened. Cait rolled in and back out to break the count before jerking Nevaeh back to her feet by that arm. Summers shouted in pain again before Cait wrapped her arm around the post with all her strength. The Hall of Famer’s face showed the agony she was feeling before Flanagan grabbed her wrist and drove her elbow back into the post a second time. A smile began to form on Cait’s face as she watched Nevaeh clutching her elbow in pain, and then lifted her back into the ring. Fisk dropped down next to her to see if she wanted to stop the match, but Cait didn’t give her much time to answer before she was back inside as well. She dove onto her, and applied a keylock submission.

Zack: You said earlier that Nevaeh hadn’t gone for a cover once, but Cait will take a win as soon as she can get it! That keylock hurts enough when you haven’t smashed your elbow against solid steel. I can’t imagine now.

Claire: The keylock is going to stretch out the ligaments in that elbow even further, causing more damage, more pain and more agony. The only saving grace is that Flanagan didn’t pull her all the way across to the middle of the ring before locking it in.

Fisk checked again to see if Nevaeh wanted to quit, but the blonde showed no sign of that at all. She was clearly in severe pain though as Cait tried to wrench the hold tighter. Nevaeh got her foot under the bottom rope after a couple seconds, causing the referee to call for the break. Cait held till four and a half before releasing. She pressed Summers’ arm against the mat, and began dropping knees into her elbow one after another. The redhead rolled back out again, yanking Nevaeh with her by the bad arm. She fired the hurt elbow across the post again, causing Nevaeh to jerk her arm back and curl up into a ball on the mat. And the referee checked again about stopping the match.

Zack: Nevaeh may not even make it to Unstoppable if this keeps going for too much longer. Cait is brutalizing that elbow, and there’s a point where the referee may have to take matters into his own hands.

Claire: You could be right Zack, Summers has to think long term here and can’t allow Cait to keep working on her elbow - otherwise, this could well wind up needing surgery or even worse.

Kyle went around to the other side of the ring, getting the referee’s attention to tell the referee he should save Nevaeh’s career and stop the match and award it to Cait. The pair bickered as Cait pulled a chair out from under the apron. She slid back inside, and crashed it down across Nevaeh’s elbow as she was trying to get up. The chair was then tossed to the floor before the referee turned around to investigate the sound, but Cait was already making the cover at that point.

Zack: Everyone in the TD Garden heard that chair crash. Nevaeh felt it, and the referee is the only person in the arena who didn’t see it!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

THRE-NOOO!!!

Nevaeh got her shoulder up, but it caused her more pain as she had to straighten her elbow to get it in the air. Fisk asked Cait about the sound he heard, and the “Million Dollar Baby” shrugged her shoulders and gave him a saccharin smile.

Claire: C’mon Fisk...have you ever asked a wrestler if they’ve broken the rules and had them say ‘yes’? Especially one as duplicitous and immoral as Cait Flanagan?

Zack: The evidence is right out here ringside. You can see the dent in that chair where Nevaeh’s elbow went into it!

Cait got back to her feet, and bent Nevaeh’s elbow awkwardly to press her hand on the mat. Then Flanagan stood on that hand to make sure she couldn’t get it free. The joint manipulation made Nevaeh scream in pain, while all Cait did was stand on her hand, which isn’t against the rules. The redhead glanced over to her manager with a smile as he kicked the dented chair back under the apron.

Zack: There are tears in the eyes of Nevaeh Summers as Cait has used some joint manipulation on that elbow, and it’s torturing her! Seeing that angle makes my arm hurt.

Claire: It’s one horrible and unnatural angle to have your arm bent at and Nevaeh has to be thinking not just about her career her but how this could affect her life outside of the ring too. How much more can she take?

Cait told her to quit, but Nevaeh refused and then she told the referee to stop the match. Fisk asked the blonde if she wanted to quit, but Nevaeh shook her head. It was easy to see she was in agony though before Cait finally stepped off her hand. Summers pulled her arm to her body again before Cait lifted her up for a hammerlock slam. And that caused her to shout again as she held her arm tightly against her.

Zack: Even something as simple as that hammerlock slam….it’s like having your arm dissected while you’re still conscious. Just stop the match already.

Claire: If this continues it’s only a matter of time before the referee agrees with Cait and stops the match. Even at this point, IF Summers manages to turn it around, that arm is still going to be pretty useless.

Cait was clearly enjoying herself by the look on her face. She leaned down to grab that arm again, but Nevaeh rolled onto her back and caught her with a left hand to the mouth. She landed three more,, sending the Diamond Champion backwards, and letting her make it to her feet. Cait shook it off, and came forward to eat another pair of lefts to the jaw before Nevaeh grabbed her head and started slamming it against the top turnbuckle. The Boston crowd was getting louder now as Nevaeh made her comeback. She whipped Flanagan off to the far side with one arm, and caught her on the rebound with a big spinebuster! And Summers screamed as it landed, clutching her arm again with both of them down on the canvas.

Zack: Nevaeh was coming back, that left arm is still working like clockwork! But instinct took over and that spinebuster hurt Cait….but it hurt Nevaeh more when it landed!

Claire: Like I said, that arm is going to be pretty much useless after all the punishment it’s taken. It’s taking as much out of her to use as it is doing damage to Cait.

Cait was back to her feet a couple seconds before Nevaeh. And after the redhead got her bearings, she headed straight for her but walked into a discus elbow with the good arm. It wobbled the Diamond Champion backwards before Nevaeh grabbed her arm, and pulled her into an inverted stomp facebreaker and dragged herself to make the cover but it hurt too much to hook the leg.

Zack: Nevaeh’s running on autopilot right now, and what a story if she still manages to win!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NO!!

Cait kicked out in time before the three touched the mat, and Nevaeh rolled away from her very slowly to try to avoid hurting her elbow any further. The Boston crowd was chanting her name as she got to her feet.

Claire: The crowd is right behind her and this has got to be getting the Adrenaline flowing. I’m not sure it’s going to be enough for her to ignore the absolute agony surging up from her elbow.

The Hall of Famer got to her feet, still clutching her arm to her as she watched Cait beginning to get up as well. Nevaeh gritted her teeth, and pulled Cait into a front facelock. She slowly tried to hook both arms behind her.

Zack: She’s going for the GRAND FINALE!! This is not a good idea when you can’t hook both of those arms! She’s going for broke!

Claire: I don’t think that is at all wise for Summers. She’s the World’s Finest. Vastly experienced...surely she can come up with something that would put less stress on her elbow to try and put the Diamond Champion away.

Nevaeh let out a shriek of pain before she planted Cait with her snap double underhook DDT. She reached across her for the cover as Fisk dropped to count.

ONE!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Fisk called for the bell to a pop from the crowd as Nevaeh gradually got to her feet. The referee raised her good arm to make it official.

Claire: WOW! Nevaeh fought through all the pain in her elbow and managed to deliver the Grand Finale with ferocious impact!

Lexi: Your winner by pinfall……………...NEVAEH SUMMERS!!!

Nevaeh made it to the ropes, and stepped out gingerly to the floor, making sure to keep her arm tight against her body before a trainer headed down the ramp to assist her.

Zack: If anybody ever worked for a win, it’s Nevaeh Summers! She gutted it out, and now she needs medical attention on that elbow post haste.

Claire:  Let’s hope and pray that for Summers’ sake this is one of those injuries that look worse in the moment than it actually is. It’d be disastrous for her if she wound up missing Unstoppable because of what happened to her elbow.

As the trainer assisted Nevaeh and Kyle attended to his client, that’s when we cut to a commercial for Unstoppable 12.




An Invitation

The show goes to the exterior of the locker room for the three sisters of Trinity, where a card is attached to it. The cameraman knocks on the door to see if anyone is inside at the moment, but doesn’t get an answer. Since the card isn’t in an envelope, the cameraman flips it up to see what it says.

And written in red and black crayon….

[Adam Grant]

A lone spotlight hangs over the arena as Lexi stands in the center. When the lights come back up, that’s when she begins the introductions for the main event.

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

Zack: Ahh, I’ve been looking forward to this one! It all began during the last Future Shock Championship match when Mara Werth challenged Stacey Sky. And it quickly went off the rails from there.

Claire: Stacey has certainly pushed and goaded Kelly every step of the way...and then tried to take her out completely with the help of a lead pipe to the knee at Fury. Can she possibly be at full strength after that vicious and violent assault?

As the opening of ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’ by Def Leppard starts to play, Kyle Kilmeade steps through the curtain and holds it open. Stacey Sky steps out onto the stage wearing her ring gear which consists of a black bra-style top, with gold trim. A black and gold cheerleader style skirt, and black boots with a gold trim.  

Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
I can't get enough

She stops at the start of the ramp and runs her hands down her sides until she reaches her hips and then stands with her hands on hips for a moment, before she starts moving towards the ring with Kyle walking slightly behind her. 

I'm hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet, yeah

As the line hot, sticky sweet plays, she raises her finger to her mouth and tilts her head to one side. Then she sways her hips, lowering herself down at the same time, before popping back up and blowing a kiss from one side to the other. 

Lexi: Making her way to the ring, hailing from Anaheim, California and accompanied by Kyle Kilmeade…………….“Sensational” Stacey Sky

Listen! red light, yellow light, green-a-light go!
Crazy little woman in a one man show
Mirror queen, mannequine, rhythm of love
Sweet dream, saccharine, loosen up
Loosen up

She takes off at a run towards the ring and then jumps up onto the apron, where she immediately drops down into the splits. She leans forwards and grabs hold of her foot, lowering her head so she can roll under the bottom rope, still in the splits. Once in the ring, she moves up to her knees, throwing her head back as she does. She licks her lips and gives a devilish smile out to the crowd. 

You gotta squeeze a little, squeeze a little
Tease a little more
Easy operator come a knockin' on my door
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little miss innocent sugar me, yeah, yeah
Give a little more.

As her music starts to fade she gets to her feet and goes to her corner, climbing up, she sits on the top turnbuckle with her legs crossed and shares a few last minute words with her manager on the apron as she awaits the start of the match.  

Zack: Some would argue Stacey is Future Shock’s answer to her opponent tonight. Stacey has been largely dominant for the past year outside of one match, and she seems to have taken great exception to Kelly Kincaid in recent weeks, to say the least.

Claire: These two certainly have an awful lot in common don’t they? Stacey is one of the most exciting, toughest, agile, catlike daredevils in Future Shock and one of the most consistent in the ring too. She matches up very well with her opponent tonight.

The arena falls dark as the opening of “Blonde, Bad and Beautiful” by Airbourne plays, Kelly explodes upward out of the middle of the stage as though shot out of a cannon, landing a perfect front somersault in a shower of blue sparks. The girl is joined by Christian Kincaid on the stage. Turning to face her husband, she turns to face him, giving him a big hug as she plants a kiss to his lips. As the music starts to pick up pace once more she starts to run toward the ring, performing a quick cartwheel into a handspring before sliding into the ring underneath the bottom rope. Using the momentum to her advantage, the former acrobat forward rolls to her feet and leaps onto the middle rope. She springboards off the ropes into a backflip and heads towards the corner. The former acrobat runs straight up the pads. Stopping on the top turnbuckle she blows a kiss to the fans and corkscrew flips back to the mat, facing the middle of the ring as she lands.

Lexi: From Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, 5’5” tall, weighs 120 lbs and is accompanied to the ring by Christian Kincaid. Please welcome...KELLY KINCAID!!!

The camera shows Kelly’s right knee, wrapped in adhesive tape and bandaging as she stands in the corner with a severe look on her face as she stares across at Stacey.

Zack: That right knee has now had a little over two weeks to heal up, which isn’t really a lot of time at all. You can see it’s taped up, and I’m sure Stacey will be looking for it all night.

Claire: It’s going to hamper Kelly that’s for sure and the veteran won’t have her full arsenal of high flying abilities at her disposal tonight. It’s going to force her to have to adapt and rely a little more on her other skills and abilities instead.

Referee Jennifer Stringer didn’t get a chance to check for weapons because Kelly and Stacey made an immediate beeline for one another to start throwing hands. The referee called for the bell immediately before Kelly used a double leg takedown, and dropped to the mount position to start landing more right hands. She only got about four before Stacey shoved her off, and got back to her feet. She was about to go for Kelly’s head, but Kincaid used a back heel kick to her stomach to stop her in her tracks. She whipped Sky across for the ride and darted a very short distance forward on her rebound with a scorpion kick to her face. It sent the previous Future Shock Champion through the ropes to the apron, and Kelly was quick to go after her as she reached over the top rope to pull her back to her feet. The punches started flying again before Stacey got Kelly into a front facelock, as they both struggled to deliver a suplex. And it looked like Stacey was winning as she was trying to suplex Kelly onto the floor….but Kincaid was fighting it.

Claire: These two are both coming into this hot. Unsurprisingly there’s no love lost between these girls and Sky might be looking to put an end to this quickly here.

Zack: If Stacey manages to get that suplex like she wants, Kelly’s gonna have a lot more than a bad knee to be worried about in this one.

Kelly was almost off her feet before she was able to block Stacey from throwing her to the floor. The former acrobat finally broke her grip, and dazed her with a bell clap. Another one caught Stacey unaware, and Kelly used the top rope as a slingshot to hurl her back into the ring. Kincaid dropped an elbow across her chest before she could get up, and tried to apply a gator roll. But Stacey made it back to her feet, and drove the Hall of Famer backwards into the corner to knock the wind out of her.

Zack: Neither one of those two has been able to maintain much of an advantage, have they? It’s like a wildlife documentary where two big cats are trying to establish their dominance.

Claire: It’s a back and forth encounter. The pair are pretty much just reacting to each other’s offence right now - I doubt either had this in their gameplan.

Stacey lowered her shoulder to drive shoulder thrusts into Kelly’s body. Four landed in a row before she grabbed Kelly’s right leg to wrap around the middle rope. She darted towards the far side, looking to inflict some damage on it. But Kelly freed it and caught Stacey with a left boot in the jaw as she got close. It staggered the former cheerleader long enough for Kelly to hit a palm thrust to her face that dropped her where she stood.

Zack: Kelly might have finally gotten herself an opening here with that shotei palm thrust right in Stacey’s face, and the cheerleader is--- I DON’T THINK SHE GOT ALL OF IT!!

Kelly took a step forward just before Stacey nipped up to her feet with a roundhouse kick that the former acrobat never saw coming. It sent Kelly back into the ropes, and Stacey spun her around for a codebreaker that sent her through the ropes to the floor.

Claire: We’ve seen that Stacey can absorb a lot of punishment, Zack - Mara definitely never pulled a punch in any of their matches. Kelly’s taken a hard fall and with a bad wheel and Stacey as her opponent, the outside is the last place that she wants to spend any time.

Stacey wasted no time going out after her. The former Future Shock Champion started pulling up the ringside mat to expose the parquet flooring. Then she dragged Kelly to her feet with a snap suplex onto the hardwood. Stringer leaned over the top rope to yell at them to get back in the ring, but Kyle drew her attention complaining that Kelly was the one who took the fight to the floor. As Stringer argued with him, Stacey grabbed Lexi’s microphone off the table and caught Kelly with a shot to the head with it. It made a “boom!” sound as it struck before she tossed it back to Lexi, and mounted Kelly’s chest on the parquet to drive repeated right hands into her head where the microphone hit.

Claire: Not exactly the most subtle way of bending the rules is it? Having it reverberate all the way around the arena and Stacey now looks like she’s trying to bust Kelly wide open with those right hands of hers.

Zack: They should have made this match No DQ at the rate this thing is going. I’ve never seen anyone come after Kelly the way Stacey has.

Christian yanked Kyle off the apron to the floor, and the referee stepped outside the ring to try to restore order. Stacey got up to her feet and held her hands up. Sky rolled into the ring as the referee was returning, and then right back out to break the count. Kelly was starting to get up, touching her head to see if she was bleeding before Stacey grabbed two handfuls of hair and was about to drive her face first into the barricade. But Kelly caught her with a pair of elbows to the stomach to stop, and then followed up with a Russian leg sweep to send her down to the hardwood floor instead. Kincaid rolled away as Stacey held her head on the floor, and finally got back to her feet.

Zack: Now Kelly’s back in control. No one can maintain control very long, but getting dropped onto these parquet floors the Celtics play on will certainly slow anyone down. If I was Kelly, I’d get this back in the ring.

Claire: Yeah, this environment certainly favours Stacey more but you’d think that inside the ring Kelly might just have the experience edge to be able to get herself the advantage.

Kelly took Zack’s advice, not that she heard him. She slid under the bottom rope back into the ring as Kyle helped Stacey back to her feet. It was clear she was angrier now as she darted under the bottom rope to go after her. She didn’t clear the bottom rope before Kelly was stomping the back of her head. Sky tried to get to her feet, and Kelly showed some strength when she flipped her with a gutwrench suplex. Kincaid got up again just a couple seconds before Stacey was beginning to do the same before she showed off another power move with a tiger driver before going for the cover!

Zack: Kelly’s been doing some strength training, I think! Kincaid with a tiger driver, and she’s ready to head home to Portland!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOO!!

Stacey kicked out as the two struck, and Kelly quickly got back to her feet. More stomps to the head followed before she bounced off the near side to deliver an axe kick to the back of her head to keep her down.

Claire: Kelly’s using everything that she’s got in her locker against Sky right now, trying to soften her up as she looks to get Stacey into a position that she can put her away.

The fans were solidly behind the girl from Coney Island as she headed to the corner and began to make her way up to the top rope. She stood tall for a second, waiting for Stacey to get up before she came off with a missile dropkick to her chest. Kincaid picked up speed when she ran to the ropes, using them for a springboard corkscrew splash onto the cheerleader. And the fans were getting louder as the high flying offense began to come into play.

Zack: I don’t know if it’s a good idea with a bad knee to start taking risks like this, but Kelly’s not missed one yet! So maybe I’m wrong.

Claire: It’s no coincidence, Zack, that Kelly’s Twitter name is FU Gravity. This sort of offence comes naturally to her and she’s looking to prove yet again that she’s right up there amongst the best of them.

With the fans making even more noise now, Kelly headed back to the corner to make her way up top once again. The fans were on their feet as they watched her get ready to fly again. But she was surprised when Stacey got to her feet and ran towards the corner to knock her feet out from under her. Kelly landed straddling the top turnbuckle before Stacey climbed up with her, cursing her in her ear as she snatched her around the waist to deliver a cyclorama to the canvas from the top rope! Kelly’s body bounced and then arched off the mat as she landed before Stacey rolled over. She reached out like she was going to make the cover, but changed her mind and got back to her feet.

Claire: Stacey having second thoughts about the cover. You think this is a show of respect for how tough Kelly is or a sadistic streak by the Sensational one?

Zack: When Stacey gets really angry, I don’t think wins or losses come into her mind. We’ve talked about the red mists she has, and she may be in one now.

The cheerleader began tearing off the bandaging on Kelly’s right knee, shredding it and tossing it behind her to expose the injury fully. Stringer yelled at her for it, but the former Future Shock Champion ignored her. She dragged Kelly to the corner before rolling out to the floor again. She made Kelly straddle the ringpost like she was going for a figure four, but the acrobat brought her knees up. Stacey was jerked face first into the post, stunning her as Kelly withdrew from the corner. 

Zack: Right in the face! Kelly’s being ultra-protective of that knee, and you can’t blame her. There’s no bandaging on it now, and Stacey’s not gonna be dazed long.

Claire: I can’t blame her for that. She has the biggest match of her career coming up at Unstoppable - one that she’s waited for for most of her career but if Stacey has her way, Kelly won’t ever get the chance to make it.

Kyle darted around the ring to his client, handing her something which she pulled close to her body. Kelly went to get her as she rolled into the ring as Christian tried to warn her that she had something in her hands. It wasn’t clear if Kelly heard him before Stacey swung a lead pipe at her head. But Kincaid did hear him, ducking and scooping Stacey over her shoulders into a GTS. Sky hit the mat a second after the pipe did, and that’s when Kelly scooped it up into her hand. And Stringer immediately started warning her about it! Kyle became very animated about it as well, shouting at the referee to get it away from her.

Zack: Uh oh! There’s that pipe again, and Stacey was gonna take her head off with it! But now Kelly’s got it! Don’t do it!

Claire: After having her knee taken out just two weeks ago and coming within centimetres of having her head taken off...I don’t think anyone would blame Kelly if she went to town on Stacey. As for Kyle, if he doesn’t want it used on his client, he shouldn’t have introduced into the ring. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Kelly looked down to the weapon in her hand, then over to Stacey still down on the mat. When she looked around at the fans, the Boston crowd was roaring for her to use it as Kelly’s face grew more angry looking down at the cheerleader. The referee was giving her plenty of verbal static, warning her she’d ring the bell.

Zack: She’s thinking it over. And every soul in the TD Garden is imploring her to take Stacey out with it! Listen to’em! She’ll get disqualified!

Claire: Everyone has a breaking point, Zack. Everyone has that point where they don’t care about winning and losing and just want to send a message to everyone they might face later on in their career. Has Kelly reached hers?

Kelly looked back down at the pipe again, and ultimately shook her head. She offered it to the referee, and watched for a second as Stringer went to get rid of it. That’s when Stacey caught her with a low blow before the referee could turn around. It doubled the acrobat over in pain before Stacey charged her with a clothesline into the ropes. She made sure to angle it so Kelly’s arms would get wrapped between them. And then a grin started forming on Sky’s face.

Zack: While Kelly was deciding if she wanted to take the low road, Stacey was getting herself together and now look what’s happened! 

Claire: We know what’s coming next. CK might want to get the Advil ready and the dentist on speed dial!!

Christian tried to work the ropes to get her free before Stacey went for her first superkick. But Kelly managed to push up and catch her coming forward with a boot to her face. Christian finally freed her arms from the ropes while Stacey stumbled backwards. Kelly pulled her forward, and delivered her headlock driver into the mat before quickly rolling her over for the cover!

Zack: With a little help from her husband, Kelly’s free and….CLIPPED WINGS!!

ONE!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Stringer called for the bell as Kelly made it back to her feet. She got her hand raised quickly before her husband joined her.

Lexi: Your winner by pinfall…………….KELLY KINCAID!!!

Claire: Kelly saw those superkicks coming and had an answer to them!! She dropped Stacey on her head and picks up a win for FFW tonight despite everything that Sky tried to pull on her!!

Christian applauded her as the fans showed their support as well. Kelly was still very clearly sore all over as she headed for the ropes to step out onto the floor with her husband.

Zack: I have never seen anyone bring the fight to Kelly Kincaid like we’ve seen tonight! Stacey Sky was out for blood, but the veteran managed to secure the win and make her way to Unstoppable 12 unscathed.

Claire: You know Missy will have been watching this one closely and will have been taking notes ahead of her title defence.  Stacey gave her all the fight that she could want but credit to Kelly for finding a way to win.

The pair make their way to the back as Kyle remained at ringside, watching as Stacey slowly began to stir and sit up. As she got her bearings, the fans continued to boo her, causing her face to turn to a scowl.

Zack: These Boston fans aren’t letting up on Stacey. She’s starting to get her wits about her, she’s hearing the disdain of these fans.

Claire: She’s never been a fan favourite and I don’t think some of her antics in recent weeks have done anything at all to change that feeling.

She rolled out to the floor, and pulled up the ring apron on two sides of the ring till she found a sledgehammer. She turned around, flipping birds to the fans on all four sides of the ring before she stormed up the ramp.

Zack: She’s still mad, look at her! She heard these fans wanting Kelly to wreck her with a lead pipe, and I don’t know what she’s gonna do with that hammer!

Claire: I don’t know...but it can’t be anything good given the look on her face. We might want to get security out here quick. Like all of security out here.

Kyle followed after her as she got to the top of the ramp. Stacey looked at the LED board and video wall where it showed the Future Shock logo. And with a swing, she drove the hammer into that side of the board. Sparks flew as the small bulbs burst, and she fired another shot into the board, completely blacking out the Future Shock half of the video wall. Three spotlights that lined the stage were next as she drove the hammer through them as well.

Zack: She’s demolishing the set! Anything with Future Shock written on it...Stacey’s destroying it with that hammer! I’ve never seen anything like this.

Claire: You’re right Zack!! She’s wiping all traces of Future Shock off of this stage!! Samantha said she was taking someone back to FFW with her...I think we’ve found out who!!

The lighted walkway in front of the entrance also had the Future Shock logo on it before Stacey began driving the hammer into the floor, causing it to break up and collapse on that side. Kyle didn’t try to stop her. She was about to head to the back, but stopped herself and headed back to the ring. As Christian was tending to his wife in the ring, Stacey headed for the announce desk. It also had the Future Shock logo on it, and Stacey hoisted the hammer over her head before Zack and Claire darted out of the way. She imploded the desk with one shot, causing it to collapse to the floor before standing on top of it with the hammer over her shoulder.

Claire: Stacey stands tall tonight with that damned sledgehammer over her shoulder and with one Hell of a statement made!!!

Zack: Get control of your client, Kilmeade! It looks like a tornado went through here, and I think Stacey Sky just gave her notice to Future Shock!

As the blonde stood over the shambles of the broken desk, Stacey spat on the Future Shock logo before Kyle handed her a FFW t-shirt which she put on. And that was the final image as FFW versus Future Shock faded off the air on All Access.