Message #29487

[Adam Grant]

The history between Crystal and Kyle Kilmeade’s clients are shown, including her attempts to get her hands on him as well. Then we see the deal Kyle and Stacey made with Cody before we return to the ring as Kat is ready to begin.

Kat: The following contest is scheduled for one fall, and if Crystal wins, she will get 5 minutes in the ring with Kyle Kilmeade!

Zack: And if Stacey wins, she and Cassandra get a tag title match against…well now we know it’s going to be Prophecy. That should be….quite the showdown when it happens in 2025.

Gaby: Something something giant meteor. I’m running out of analogies to run here, man, the Faithful can only get so spoiled between two unpopular choices.

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.

Kat: 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: I gotta tell you out of all the women Kyle manages, this is probably the one I’d want to have to face least. We know very well Stacey has a hair trigger, and I think Crystal’s very likely to set her off. Kilmeade’s already said he won’t stop her if she does.

Gaby: He knows where to find them, huh? But yeah, with Crystal going for that well again and again, Kyle’s best bet to make sure the veteran is put down with prejudice is the fire and brimstone that Stacey brings to the game.

The arena fades to black and as it does we are treated to the loud sounds of Let It Go by Demi Lovato blasting all across the speakers. We are treated to fog filling the arena that looks like mist and snow flurries begin to fall from the ceiling. As the music picks up we can see two figures emerging through the curtain. Those figures are the Zdunichs. Seleana claps for her wife as Crystal emerges out in blue top with white ruffles on the front and extended down to her knee on the left side. She wears a short, black lace skirt with a white belt. She wears blue glovelets fastened by black straps. She has black ribbons on her upper arms and knee-high brown UGG Style boots with no heel. Crystal smirks as she has a white rose in her hand and she smells it bringing a smile to her face.

Kat: Making her way to the ring being accompanied by Seleana Zdunich born in Detroit Michigan representing Los Angeles, California she is “The Winter Rose” Crystal Zdunich!!!

Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn my back and slam the door
And here I stand
And here I'll stay
Let it go, let it go
The cold never bothered me anyway

Crystal walks down the aisle all smiles. She claps the hands of the outstretched fans as she stops and hands her white rose to a special little girl in the audience. She finally makes it to the ring where she does a split to enter the ring. She rises back up and blows kisses to all of the fans that are cheering her on. She bounces about as Seleana claps her hands for her wife. Crystal waves her hands running her hands through her long blue hair as she waits for the match to start.

Zack: This issue for Crystal has dominated her whole year in FFW for 2024, and it’s precluded almost everything else for her, including trying to become tag champions with Stephanie. She’s met Stacey already this past June back at Forsaken, which she won. We’re about to see if she can do it again.

Gaby: Let’s not forget that, when Crystal had a chance to be in the match against Latina Heat alongside Stephanie, in lieu of The Prophecy, Crystal’s reaction was, and I quote, “but what’s in it for me?” We’re talking about a woman obsessed, and let me tell you: I’ve known Crystal for 15 years, she was already an active wrestler when I made my debut as a wrestler in - ahem - 2008. Never have I seen tunnel vision such as hers.

Referee Kevin Fisk called for the bell to start the match, and Kyle immediately began taunting her from the floor. He held out his chin, offering her to come hit it. And while Crystal was watching him, Stacey went on the offense and took off towards her with a running boot to the chest that sent her back into the corner. The blonde began driving straight right hands into her head and then raked her eyes across the top rope. With the Hall of Famer blinded, Stacey brought her down with a side Russian leg sweep followed by repeated elbows to the side of her head.

Zack: Crystal absolutely has to ignore Kyle completely, at least as much as she can. She needs to have full focus on Stacey…for reasons just like we’re seeing now.

Gaby: And you heard our dear Katherine announce before the girls were out here, Crystal wants to win this match so she can get something many women in FFW have wanted for a long time: get Kyle Kilmeade in a ring and have 5 minutes to administer a proper whoop-ass session. But she keeps prodding the beasts, she may squander this in record time.

The ultra-aggressive Stacey pulled her back to her feet into a front facelock before she began raining forearms across her back. A kneelift sent the veteran backwards a step before Sky grabbed her into an inverted stomp facebreaker to put her on the mat. She quickly went for the cover with the far leg hooked.

Zack: Crystal may not even get a shot off if Stacey has her way here, but I’m not sure she’s done nearly enough!

ONE!

Gaby: Not even a one-count! I mean, the energy is there, but what about the focus?!

Zack turned out to be right as Crystal shoved her off the cover. Stacey stayed on attack though as she dragged her to her feet, and whipped her into the far corner. Caldwell stopped herself before she hit the corner, only to turn around into a handspring back elbow to the jaw that put her in the corner again. Stacey hoisted her up for a suplex, but instead dropped her body across the middle rope, leaving her doubled over before the blonde bounced off the near side. She snapped her back into the ring with a running neckbreaker.

Zack: Stacey is relentless with her attack. She wants that win back from Forsaken, she wants an Undisputed Tag Title shot, and she wants Crystal to leave her manager alone. Talk about all the incentives in the world!

Gaby: And it’s hard to tell which of those incentives is moving Stacey the hardest. But, again: Kyle knows where to find them, the furious and ambitious, and give the devil his due: he knows how to keep them motivated as those incentives compound.

The blonde dragged her away from the ropes towards the center of the ring before she took off for the far side. Stacey picked up speed as she bounded off the middle rope for an Asai moonsault, only for Crystal to roll out of the way before it landed. The Brooklyn crowd began getting behind her as she took a moment to try to pull herself together and get back to her feet.

Zack: Crystal’s found her opening here. Being dragged across the mat like a carcass gave her a little time to get her bearings, now it’s time to follow up.

Gaby: But she needs to keep her focus. If she stays on the offensive against Stacey, that’s her chicken dinner right there. She turns her back on Stacey and goes after Kyle, I can count at least 5 other women who would storm down the entrance ramp and ruin her night before she could say “clench your teeth”.

When she spotted Stacey starting to rise, Crystal hit the far side ropes with a punt to the body that lifted her off the mat for a second. The Hall of Famer used a double knee drop to her back to keep her down before she pulled Sky’s head up with one hand, and hammered her with cross forearm shots across the face with the other. She popped back to her feet, waving the blonde to get back up. When she did, Crystal connected with a double open palm strike to chest that sent Sky to a seat on the mat.

Zack: Crystal must have played a lot of Mortal Kombat games in her time, because she refers to that one as SUB-ZERO. But she’s still got a long way to go to put Stacey on ice, I think. See what I did there?

Gaby: I can hear Rose Gardner saying “dude, please” all the way from here. Either way, The spirit is right there, she needs to establish her own pace and preferably establish a distance from her so those lucha libre chops can shine.

She hit the ropes after that, coming back with a low angle dropkick to the chest to put the former cheerleader down on the canvas. When Sky rolled over and started to get up again, Crystal darted towards her and delivered a spiked hurricanrana that drove the top of Stacey’s head into the mat before she went for the cover with a leg hook.

Zack: There’s the BRAIN FREEZE, and Kyle may be about to see his life flashing before his eyes if she gets a three here.

ONE!!

TWOOOO!!

But the blonde kicked out as the two count was about to land. Crystal’s wife, Seleana, was rallying the crowd behind the brunette as she headed for the corner, using it to land a moonsault off the middle rope onto Sky’s body.

Gaby: I think Crystal is on the right track with this offensive, we may see Kyle in a singlet sooner rather than not!... and would you look at that, wifey is doing more than just existing at ringside. Way to go.

She watched for a second as Stacey started to get up, and immediately went back to the corner to make her way up top. That’s when Kyle moved around in front of her on the floor, looking up at her as she stared at him. He encouraged her to jump off on him as Crystal’s wife was heading around to that side of the ring.

Gaby: Of course he would wanna rile her up and disrupt her focus! Can’t someone just bring a roll of duct tape down here and get this man to shut up for a second?

Zack: Here comes Seleana too, but I'm more focused on the cheerleader who is getting back to her feet in the ring!

Stacey was indeed back to her feet as she ran towards the corner, racing up the turnbuckles like a cat and snatching Crystal off it with a release German suplex that sent her hurtling to the canvas. The blonde got to her feet as Kyle began walking backwards from Seleana as Sky made the cover in the ring!

Gaby: Wow, Seleana is… doing… a thing! I’m into it! But Stacey with the release suplex into a cover!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOO!!!

THRE-NO.

But the Hall of Famer kicked out in time before the three, and Stacey made it back to her feet. She surveyed the situation on the floor and caught Seleana coming around the corner with a baseball slide that sent her into the front of the broadcast booth where Zack and Gaby were sitting.

Zack: Near fall after the suplex from the top, and we almost had Crystal’s wife in our lap here. Nice to meet you, Seleana! Stacey saves her manager’s skin there.

Gaby: But if it works for Stacey, it works for Crystal too! Don’t turn your back on your opponent if they have enough in the tank to get up! Seleana is not your opponent, Stace!

Gaby’s words turned out to be prophetic as Stacey turned back around into a running forearm from Crystal that sent her into the ropes. The Hall of Famer unloaded with furious right hands, bringing the Brooklyn crowd back to life before she whipped the cheerleader across for the ride. As soon as Stacey rebounded, Crystal springboarded off the middle rope into a quebrada that sent the blonde to the mat. She popped back to her feet, looking towards her wife to see she was alright.

Zack: From your lips to God’s ear, Gaby! Seleana is also a wrestler, she’s fine. Crystal has Stacey reeling here, and needs to stay on top of her.

Gaby: That’s why I’m not worried if she catches a little bit of flack; thing is, you don’t turn your back on an opponent before the match is over. I’m gonna have to print that on a tee, along with the “extra pair of eyes” line.

Crystal pulled Stacey back to her feet, hammering her with forearms to the head before she whipped her into the far corner. As soon as the blonde’s back hit the turnbuckles, Caldwell charged towards her with a jumping knee to the jaw, causing Stacey to hang from the top rope on impact. Seleana was back to rallying the crowd as the brunette dropped back to the mat and scooped Stacey into a falcon’s arrow before making the cover.

Zack: Stacey may be out cold after that knee strike from Crystal, and Kyle’s about to spend 5 minutes in hell!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

THRE-DING!!

Fisk stopped his count as the bell sounded before he was finished counting. He glanced around behind him to see Kyle had the bell hammer and rang the bell. He immediately waved off the count, and Crystal was pissed now. She rolled out of the ring and headed to get him.

Gaby: … dude.

Gabrielle could be seen at the edge of the camera that focused on Kyle, just staring at the manager with a blank expression, mouth agape.

Gaby: The audacity of this son of a b… I mean, Fisk could take the bell at face value and give Crystal the match on account of the timekeeper’s call, I’m sure everyone would agree with the repercussions.

Kyle dropped the hammer and started walking away from her, but the problem was that Seleana was coming around the other side behind him before they cornered him against the barricade. Meanwhile, the referee was counting Crystal out in the ring.

Zack: They got him cornered now, and we may see a handicap match with him before this one is even over!

Gaby: You know what? Y’all do it. I wanna see it. If it gets to remove the sour taste from my mouth of watching for MONTHS Seleana do absolutely nothing at ringside while Crystal makes a fool of herself day in and day out, just give it to me. We’re fine dining tonight, boys!

Crystal went to swing at him before Stacey used a wrecking ball dropkick between the ropes to send her into the barricade when he dove to the side. She watched Crystal crash against it before throwing her back in the ring, catching Seleana with a spinning backfist before rejoining her opponent before the referee got to his ten count. The look on Stacey’s face showed she was furious!

Zack: Stacey saves him again, and look at that expression! I think she’s been pushed past her tether, Gaby! She looks enraged!

Gaby: I mean, we knew we’d be seeing THAT face as soon as we heard about the match, Stacey can go from 0 to 1 million in no time at all!

Crystal slowly got back to her feet before Stacey shoved her against the ropes, tying her arms up between them before she connected with a superkick. And then another. And then another. Fisk tried to free the Hall of Famer as Stacey delivered a fourth superkick. And a fifth. Each of them caught the restrained Crystal right on the jaw before Stacey snapped off a sixth one. The Hall of Famer hung from the ropes limp before a seventh landed and the referee finally freed her before she collapsed to the mat.

Gaby: And that, darlings, is what we call overkill. Can you tell Stacey Sky is angry? She’s gonna snap Crystal’s head clean off her neck at this rate.

Zack: Seven superkicks in a row, and Crystal wasn’t able to protect herself. She’s gotta be out cold right now.

Sky dragged her from the ropes, and applied her crossface chickenwing submission. The referee wasted no time in checking the arm. Once, twice, three times. Then he called for the bell to boos from the Brooklyn crowd as Stacey kept the hold applied.

Gaby: Yep, you’re not getting up after eating SEVEN SUPERKICKS. I mean, it would be the comeback of the decade if she did but…

Kat: Your winner by submission…..’SENSATIONAL’ STACEY SKY!!!

Kyle headed up the steps into the ring as Stacey was still exerting as much pressure as she could before he knelt down and watched. When it looked like Fisk was about to reverse the decision for her not letting go, Kyle took Stacey’s hand and she let go and seemed to start calming down. He helped her to her feet before he raised one hand and Fisk raised the other.

Zack: She didn’t even need the SCREAM FOR STACEY submission after seven of those superkicks. And Stacey Sky has gotten her win back from Forsaken, gotten herself and Cassandra a tag title match…and if she’s smart..convinced Crystal that she needs to leave Kilmeade alone.

Gaby: You can’t Scream for Stacey if you’ve had your jaw jacked THAT hard! And it all comes down to what I keep saying: don’t turn your back on your opponent! The intentions may be the most righteous possible, but when it’s people like Stacey Sky we’re talking about, you just… don’t. Don’t turn your back on dangerous people, darlings.

Kyle kicked proverbial dust behind him as he opened the ropes for Stacey and followed her out of the ring. The pair headed up the ramp as Seleana entered the ring to attend to her wife.

Zack: We can now confirm that Prophecy’s first confirmed challengers will be Violence Inc. Stacey ensured that. Along with the fact Kyle will not be going 5 minutes with Crystal tonight or ever.

Gaby: And hopefully that’ll be the end of Crystal’s obsession with Kyle, and I say this for her own good. “What’s in it for me?” she once asked; I guess we had a sad and definitive answer to that.

The show then went to a commercial for the debut of Atomic on January 11th on FFW’s new home on Prime Video in 2025.