FFW Unstoppable 15 - September 21, 2024

[Adam Grant]

Official Theme:

The show opens with a camera shot high above the arena as we see the FFW logo in changing colors thanks to the use of several hundred drones before we cut to very old footage of the old days of women in the wrestling business. We see pictures and video from the 70s as women are valets at ringside for men and fast forward to when they were seen as attractions wrestling in bikinis or lingerie. That’s when the voice of the CEO of FFW is overheard.

Adam: Women’s wrestling has come a very long way from where it started. Decades ago, women were just used as eye candy at ringside, getting paid little to nothing to stand still and look pretty. Then they got to get involved, just not on the same level as the guys.

Some of the archived footage shows women wrestling in mud or jello, while a few matches weren’t wrestling but more catfighting with hair pulling and screeching in front of small crowds.

Adam: Then things started to change.

Fast forward to footage of women shown competing competitively in wrestling matches from all over the globe as “Heaven Knows” by The Pretty Reckless starts to play. We see women from all corners of the globe having excellent matches before we go to the first Unstoppable to see stars such as Scarlett Kincaid, Emma Mackenzie, Starla McCloud, and Luci.

Adam: In 2010, a company was formed to give those women all the spotlight they could ever want. In June of 2010, Femme Fatale Wrestling was born and it’s first event…Unstoppable.

We see Kaitlynn Stryfe and Amy fighting to become the first FFW Champion as well as Emma and Starla facing off. Another fast forward to later editions of Unstoppable featuring stars such as Isabella Pazzini, Gabrielle Crimson, Wendy Briese, Caroline Dallins, Valentina Lozano, Isis Morales, Katherine Stryfe, and Andi Takata.

Adam: Finally, the sport of women’s wrestling was given the stage it deserved. For over a decade, these women proved that they could be everything that men could be. Not to mention so much more.

Now we see the current stars of the company at past editions of the event that include Missy, Kelly Kincaid, Josephine Star, Vivi Traeger, Diamond Steele, “Poison” Rose Gardner, Robbyn Helmsley, Mara Werth, Scarlett Silver and Valerie McKinley.

Adam: Tonight, some of the best and the brightest women to ever step foot in a wrestling ring do it again. In front of the world on the biggest stage not just in FFW…but in women’s wrestling. FFW is and always has been a celebration of women. A celebration of athletes. And for the fifteenth time, they will prove that little girls all the way to adulthood can achieve anything they want. They can be who they want. That women are…UNSTOPPABLE.

The show then cuts inside the arena to a roaring crowd as “Heaven Knows” continues to play over the PA system. Fireworks shoot throughout the rafters and from the ring posts before we see a large stage with LEDs flashing pictures on the ramp as well as the staging itself. Then the announce team is heard and seen at ringside.

Zack: For the 15th in FFW history, welcome to the biggest stage in all of women’s wrestling! Welcome to the City of Angels! And welcome to the Crypto.com Arena is FFW’s backyard of Los Angeles, California! You can hear the unadulterated roar of 21, 194 fans who have sold out this facility for the 2024 edition of UNSTOPPABLE!! Thank you for joining us wherever you are around the world here on FFW All Access. I’m Zack Hudson, and this is Gabrielle Crimson! Gaby, welcome to Unstoppable 15!

Gaby: Same to you, Zack! FFW comes back home to Los Angeles for the 15th annual spectacular, where stars are made and stories reach their climax! And do we have some stories to tell you guys, because between long-awaited returns, personal drama and hardware on the line, some of the best female wrestlers in the world are on stage, and they’re ready for the biggest show of the year!

Zack: 8 matches are on the card tonight, fans. 4 of those will be for gold! But none bigger than the FFW Championship. The richest prize in women’s wrestling is  on the line when it’s a rematch from last year at this event when Vivi Traeger looks to end the historic reign once again of Kelly Kincaid.

Gaby: The All-Mother cut the line when she won the Fatale Royale and immediately, and to nobody’s surprise, claimed Kelly Kincaid as her quarry! Vivienne made this vow long ago, and she intends to do good on it: become FFW Champion on the biggest stage of them all! But across the ring from her, one of the most dominant FFW Champions there’s ever been! Where her half-sister excelled in number of reigns, Kelly writes history with her longevity: several Unstoppable events in a row where she’s the main event, and has to defend her turf against some of the hungriest challengers ever!

Zack: We’re gonna see the Future Shock Championship also decided when Missy defends against a fellow Brit and the definitive Nova Champion in that show’s history: Arabella Townshend. Two British prizefighters went to war earlier today in London, and these two will do the same tonight for the top prize in Future Shock.

Gaby: These are two women that know one another very well and have fought alongside one another in one too many wars, but tonight, they’re rivals! The biggest prize of the blue brand is on the line when a former FFW Champion defends against the former and most dominant Future Shock Nova Champion in what promises to be a battle of speed versus strength!

Zack: In a rematch from Forsaken, the Evolution Championship is up for grabs when Robbyn Helmsley looks to do what she was unable to do that night. And that is to defeat Caitlyn Storm, with the only difference being the little is on the line because she didn’t have it then. Who do you like here?

Gaby: Robbyn has been obsessing over Caitlyn Storm for a while now, but tonight she makes good on her vow of hunting for the Evolution Championship and hand Caitlyn the L back when the Storm pitched a no-hitter on the Darkhorse! More than just the championship, Robbyn comes to LA to fight for the Evolution belt for the first time in 11 years and uphold, most importantly, her own pride!

Zack: After being embarrassed at the pool party and having her number stolen prior to the Fatale Royale, Nadia Beaulieu from Future Shock joins her tag partner, Alessandra Esposito, to end the reign of the Undisputed Tag Champions when they meet Latina Heat tonight. But they better be on high alert, because we know the Heat will do absolutely anything to retain.

Gaby: Dani Ruiz and Francesca Garcia have done their darndest to keep their undefeated streak alive, and if that streak gets snapped tonight, they’ll leave the City of angels a good 40 pounds lighter! It’s been a while since we last saw Nadia and Alessandra as a team, but they’re as sharp as ever, and bringing that fury from the Fatale Royale after the French beauty got robbed of her entry number by the Heat!

Zack: Do you like the grudge matches? Because do we ever have them! Savannah Star goes one on one with Maddison Knight, who hasn’t exactly been shy about showing her affection for Savannah’s husband lately. Then you throw in the fact that he’s gonna be the referee for this match?! I smell a powderkeg!

Gaby: And we’re finally gonna learn where Seth Star’s allegiance truly lies! Maddison has claimed she just wants to rekindle a friendship with an old acquaintance, but Savannah ain’t buying that for a dollar! Add to that the fact that Star would rather be doing something else entirely tonight – namely, fighting for the FFW Championship – and we have a very angry Siren as she takes on her blood enemy tonight!

Zack: We’re also gonna run it back to the infancy of FFW as Scarlett Kincaid and Rori Mackenzie go to war. They didn’t get along then, and it’s only gone downhill since Rori returned to FFW earlier this year. I have a feeling this one will get ugly in a hurry.

Gaby: When the Prophecy came to FFW, they immediately made a target of Scarlett Kincaid, for reasons I honestly don’t understand… But not understanding what goes on inside Rori Mackenzie’s mind seems to come with the package! Now she has to contend with an angry Cajun after all the mind games, and it has all the ingredients to go downhill from the word go!

Zack: Emma Mackenzie made her surprise return at the end of the Fatale Royale, and got the itch to make it a full time return. Unlike the song says, you can call it a comeback as she answers the open challenge of Sofia Hilton tonight in Sofia’s hometown.

Gaby: Sofia may have wanted to act tough after the recent setbacks that she will definitely not own up to, but she may not have expected that someone would be so eager to answer it… Much less the legendary Hitwoman, returning after an almost three-year hiatus! Now the Rabbit has to take on one of the most creative minds in professional wrestling, and the big question now is: is she even ready for that kind of fight?!

Zack: Also it’s a triple threat…but might end up being more of a handicap match when Josephine Star meets up with “Poison” Rose Gardner AND Rebecka Hate. She broke one’s heart and burst the eardrum of the other. I think she’s gonna find herself in a very bad situation tonight.

Gaby: This may very well devolve into a two on one situation, even though according to Rose Gardner herself, she and the Harbinger have no relationship at all! We get to see whether Rebecka will put thankfulness and teamwork over her own pride, as Rose fights for her own honor after being called a liar by Josephine, and the former FFW Champion… Well, she’s surrounded by enemies no matter where she looks at!

Zack: I can tell you for a fact that both rosters are here tonight for Unstoppable: FFW and Future Shock. That’s a lot of combustible elements to share the same roof, and I suspect we’ll be seeing plenty of both before the night is over. We even have special guests.

The show cuts to one of the skyboxes to show the Lohan sisters watching the show: Brittany and Dawn. Then we go back to Zack and Gaby.

Zack: Adam did say on Twitter he signed 3 contracts this past week, so maybe we’ll see who that all could be. The last time both of these rosters were under the same roof was the Fatale Royale…and we saw how that went.

Gaby: With a lot of prides hurting and a lot of new challenges being issued left and right. Now, assuming the Lohan sisters are two of those three new contracts, we’re yet to learn about signee #3. Are you curious? Because I sure am!

Zack: I am, but I’m also curious to see where Tiffany Lynn Page ends up. She has yet to pick a roster for herself after signing a contract after the Fatale Royale, and I understand tonight’s the deadline to make a choice or hit the road. She’s been quite busy hanging out with Phoenix of late, another recent addition.

Gaby: Now that’s an… interesting duo if I’ve ever seen one. We know Phoenix will have her hands full at Future Shock, but let’s see if her new BFF will join her eventually. But before we learn about all that? I guess you darlings are sick of waiting for the wrestling! And we have a lovely Australian in the center of the ring ready to kick things off!

Then we head up to the ring with Kat Grayson, decked out in a silver sparkling dress, as she begins the opening introductions with a smile on her face.

Kat: The opening contest of Unstoppable 15 is scheduled for one fall to a finish!

Zack: We’re gonna kick things off with the return of a FFW Hall of Famer, fans. You know who I’m talking about! It’s been a while since we’ve seen Emma in a singles match, and that rust is about to get shaken off…if it’s there at all.

Gaby: I wouldn’t dare question that, especially after the surprising performance by the Hitwoman in the Fatale Royale, and the eagerness she displayed when signing that open challenge contract! And for those of you that don’t know who Emma Mackenzie is… Are you in for a treat, darlings.

The video wall behind the stage changes to a scene inside a nightclub showing a crowd waiting for the next singer to step out onto the stage. And that is when Sofia Hilton rises up from under the stage dressed in a red sequin dress mimicking Jessica Rabbit.

It's not good enough for me, since I been with you
It's not gonna work for you, nobody can equal me (I know)
I'm gonna sip on this drink, when I'm fucked up
I should know how to pick up

The crowd on the video wall look like they are watching as Sofia runs her hand down her hip before she reaches out, soon joined by Jason Bennett. Both of them get no shortage of boos as she looks at him with a smile, leaning up to kiss him before she peels off the dress and gloves to show her ring gear she’s wearing underneath.

I'm gonna catch the rhythm while she push up against me
Ooh, was she tipsy
I had enough convo for 24
I peeped you from across the room
Pretty little body, dancing like GoGo, aye

Taking his hand in hers, she leads him down the ramp towards the ring with a look on her face that makes it clear she sees all the booing fans as beneath her. He lifts her arm as she ascends the steps before hopping up onto the apron, and sitting on the ropes for her to step through.

A fucking good time, never hurt nobody
I got a little drink but it's not Bacardi
If you loved the girl then I'm so, so sorry
I got to give it to her like we in a marriage

Kat: Making her way to the ring from Bogota Colombia, now residing here in Los Angeles California, being accompanied to the ring by her boyfriend Jason Bennett! She is “La Coneja” Sofia–

Sofia shakes her head as she tells Kat something before the ring announcer nods and continues.

Kat: She is “LA CONEJA” SOFIA ROJAS!!

That announcement makes Sofia grin as she returns to the corner after Jason steps out onto the apron before they share a few words awaiting for the match to begin.

Zack: Sofia laid out an open challenge a few weeks ago on Breaking Point, making it clear she wanted to be part of this event since it’s her hometown and it’s Unstoppable. But I don’t know that it was Emma she expected to take her up on it. I couldn’t tell you who she might have hoped it would be. But here we are with her and her extramarital boyfriend out here. She looks confident, I’ll give her that.

Gaby: Sofia keeps talking herself into these situations, doesn’t she? And at the end of the day, we’ll have to give the devil her due credit, she IS creating some must-see content, not unlike the award she somehow won last year has led us to believe she would. Knowing her, though, she would’ve hoped for another Cait Flanagan situation, where someone would try to tap that for a nice and easy paycheck. Except… Well, we know who signed that contract.

The lights in the arena dim to almost darkness. From the staging, down the ramp and around ringside, blue and black lights illuminate the arena somewhat. On the screen, clips of a woman wrestling, bettering her opponents, play on the screen. These are interspersed with the woman in question grinning a familiar menacing grin into the camera.

I’m making an offer that you cannot deny-y
You won’t be laughin’ when I’m makin’ you cry
‘Cause ey-oh, I hear the pleas get louder.
YOU SON OF A BITCH YOU’RE GONNA BEG AND COWER!

We cut away and a cheer goes around at the sight of Emma Mackenzie, with her husband beside her..somewhere in the arena. She’s ready to go, in her knee-length leggings and crop top…and anew addition of a leather trenchcoat. She’s also tying her hair in a ponytail on the top of her head. When her hands come down from her head, Ryan hands her a chain. Emma grins.

Ryan: Missy told me to give you this.

Emma: And probably send Sofia her love.

The Scottish wrestler chuckles darkly. Giving Ryan a kiss on the lips, the two head off in separate directions. In the arena, the lights are brightening, as a more familiar song begins to play.

We have the passion of the unbroken,
And our souls we will not sell.
You can beat us down but when we come around,
We’ll damn you all to hell.

The intro of Sum 41’s God Save Us All filters out in its quiet way, only to switch tempo entirely into the fast, heavier pace. Blue and black strobe lights flash around the arena, and find Ryan Mackenzie standing on the top of the ramp, alone. The lights continue to look for Emma, but don’t seem to have much luck finding her. Just as the verse kicks in, we find the former Hitgirl standing on a stairwell, the chain in her hand and huge grin on her face. With the chain curled up in her hands, she raises that hand into the sky, getting more cheers from the crowd.

Waiting for a sign, guess I missed it on the way
I tried to walk the line but it’s more than I can take
I get so tired of waitin’, your signal’s fading out
You’re on the outside before you even know you’re out of place!
I’ve had enough, and your time is up,
So give me something, that one thing real and I’ll say yeah
‘Cause I’ve been going out of my head again,
Just waiting for a lifeline!

Emma takes her cue on the verse, heading down the steps and not seeming to bother if fans reach out and touch her. She might not even notice by the way her eyes are trained on the ring. She does make a pitstop about halfway down to take a picture with a fan who asked for one though. Reaching the bottom of the stairs, she makes her way through the fans at ringside, reaching the barrier at last.

Kat: On her way to the ring, accompanied by Ryan Mackenzie, she is from Glasgow, Scotland! Please WELCOME BACK TO FFW, HALL OF FAMER, EMMAAAAAAA MACKENZIEEEEEEEE!

Let me see you holding up your salute to the sky,
While you sing it out, bleeding out your lungs ‘til you die!

She’s hopped onto the barrier, stomping her foot to the drumbeat, while attaching the chain to her belt loops.

Give it to me, give ‘til you ain’t got anymore
‘Cause I need it to believe that you’ve got any soul!
Give it to me, give til you ain’t got anymore
Pick your heart of the floor
Scream it out “God save us all!”

Without so much as a moving start, Emma vaults off the barrier and, grabbing the top ring rope, throws herself into the ring, where she lands in a three-point stance. Looking to the camera directly in front of her, she is heard saying “she’s gonna regret this” before getting to her feet. Ryan, who had arrived at ringside before his wife, is standing in her corner. Emma takes to the corner beside him, and hops onto the second turnbuckle. She looks out at the fans, hands on her hips and a smirk on her face. Jumping down, she takes the chain from around her hand and heads to her corner. As the music fades, she hands the chain to Ryan and the coat to a ringside attendant. Ryan hops up and speaks with his wife, waiting for what comes next.

Zack: Emma’s last match in FFW was several years ago, and then she got attacked and put out for a while with a neck injury. She thought she had done everything she wanted to do, and was happy with her career. The response she got at the Fatale Royal changed that mindset, and we are now in just the latest chapter of the historic career of Emma Mackenzie.

Gaby: There have been some great returns to the FFW ring over the last two years, but none gets as high profile as this woman! An iconic FFW Champion, Ultraviolence Champion, Unity Champion… You name it, she’s been there. A woman who knows a myriad of ways of hurting her opponents and then some, one of the deadliest and most creative minds in FFW’s history… Are you hyped yet?!

Referee Ashley Pruitt was about to call for the bell to start the match, but Sofia jump started things by taking off towards Emma immediately. She surprised the Hall of Famer with a corner clothesline, and began hammering her with fists and forearms. Pruitt called for the bell to start the match as Sofia had already grabbed the tag rope in the corner and wrapped it around Emma’s neck and immediately prompted a five count before she let go at four. Hilton raked her face along the top rope before snapping her down to the canvas with a side Russian leg sweep.

Zack: Sofia didn’t even wait for the bell before she got the jump on Emma. It’s in her best interest to stay on top of her as much as possible, and waste no time against the veteran.

Gaby: More than that, I think it would be her only chance to impress. Emma only ever needs a minuscule opening to wreck someone, and Sofia may not yet know it, but if and when it happens, it may come at her in the most unexpected way possible.

The Latina stomped away at Emma, aiming for her head mostly before she pulled her up into a corner bulldog that put Emma on her knees. The Los Angeles crowd was entirely behind the Hall of Famer though as Sofia stepped on the back of her head to smother her against the middle turnbuckle. Another four count followed before she let up, grabbing Emma by the hair and pulling her up and taunting her by asking if she was still sure she wanted this match.

Zack: This isn’t the woman I’d be taunting if it were me, but Sofia marches to the beat of her own drum. I think it’s like a little wind-up monkey in her head.

Gaby: I mean, it’s what we say, you F around, you find out. We’re in the “F around” phase.

Sofia would get her answer fairly quickly as Emma surprised her with an elbow to the stomach as she was running her mouth. Two more landed before the Hall of Famer turned around and started blasting away with right hands. The Los Angeles crowd was getting loud now as she battered her backwards with one shot after another before whipping her across to the far side.

Zack: Uh, what was that you were asking a minute ago, Sofia?

Gaby: And that’s how she “finds out”. Like clockwork, isn’t it?

Hilton rebounded into a high back body drop before Emma answered her with a “Yeah, I’m sure” and yanked her back to her feet. Another Irish whip sent her into the far corner before Mackenzie followed after her with a rolling elbow to the jaw. She scooped her onto her shoulders for a Death Valley driver, and began to smile as she listened to the response in the arena.

Zack: All these fans here in the sold out Crypto.com Arena are reminding Emma Mack why she came back after the Fatale Royale. Where else do you get this kind of response?!

Gaby: Not the kind of response Emma’s had from the crowd over most of her career, in her words, but I think the Faithful in attendance are right in cheering for this amazing return.

When Sofia began to get up, Emma caught her with a kneelift to the body that stopped her briefly in her tracks. She hooked her head, and snapped off a vertical suplex before rolling through to deliver three more. On the fifth attempt, she turned it into a brainbuster and went for the cover with the outside leg hooked. Pruitt dropped quickly into position.

Zack: Four verticals and a brainbuster! Sofia’s night may be short at Unstoppable!

ONE!!

TW-NO!

But the adulteress got her shoulder off the mat as the two was about to land on the canvas. Emma pulled her back to her feet into another front facelock before driving repeated knees into her face and body. It dropped Hilton to her knees before Mackenzie took off for the far side, rebounding with a running leg lariat to take her down.

Gaby: Emma’s not gonna be like your usual opponent, Sofia, because it’s non-stop violence until you stop moving!

The veteran hit the ropes again, this time on the near side, before launching into a springboard splash that landed perfectly on target. She pointed towards the corner, getting the crowd louder before she headed towards it to make her way up. She was about to come off when Jason hopped up on the apron, getting her attention long enough for Sofia to rush the corner and knock her feet out from under her. Emma landed the hard way straddling the top turnbuckle as Jason hopped back down to the floor.

Gaby: And of course we have this nincompoop out here disrupting things, because that’s the only way Sofia knows to operate! Why can’t we ever have nice things?!

Zack: If it were me, I wouldn’t want a loved one at ringside because they are gonna run the risk of getting a receipt when they do things like this.

The crowd went back to booing now as Sofia gathered herself, and began throwing forearms into the side of Emma’s head. She pulled her over to hang upside down in the corner facing the crowd before Hilton hit the far side ropes with a baseball slide into the back of her head that sent Emma’s face into the bottom turnbuckle before she collapsed to the mat. Jason applauded loudly as “La Coneja” dragged her away from the ropes and went for the cover.

Zack: I don’t think I’ve ever seen a baseball slide land the way that one did, and Emma may be out cold right now!

ONE!!

TWOOO!!

T-NO.

But the veteran got her shoulder up in time, and Sofia punished her for it with elbows to the side of her head.

Gaby: Emma’s definitely gonna need to be hurt a little more to even think about giving in, but that opening Jason gave Sofia is paying off immensely!

Sofia dragged her by the arm back to her feet, and sent her into the corner with a hard whip. Emma’s chest crashed against it before Sofia springboarded off the nearby middle rope into a tornado DDT. She hopped over her and scaled the corner quickly before turning around and coming off with a double knee drop to Emma’s body before going for the cover with both legs hooked this time. Pruitt was in position immediately.

Zack: Jesus! She tried to stomp her guts out right there, and Sofia’s looking for the biggest win of her FFW career!

ONE!!

TWOOOOO!!!

THR-NOO!!

Emma kicked out though as the three was about to land. Sofia grumbled as she got back to her feet, pulling the veteran with her. She put her down with a snapmare before doubling back to the same corner and coming off with a meteora that flattened Emma to the mat.

Gaby: We’re coming ever closer to the sun here but Sofia has the right idea, don’t let Emma get up, or else it’s gonna be a disaster!

The fans in the arena were booing louder now as Sofia got back to her feet, giving them all an obscene gesture for not supporting her. But her boyfriend did, which prompted her to lean through the ropes and share a kiss with him. As this went on, Emma was getting back to her feet.

Zack: Sofia’s not happy about the reception she’s getting here in Los Angeles, and taking time out to kiss your boyfriend seems like a bad idea right now.

Gaby: And whatever happens to Sofia from this point on for the brilliant idea of turning her back to Emma Mackenzie will be entirely her fault.

And as soon as she turned back to the ring, Sofia caught a running high knee to the jaw that sent her stumbling backwards. Emma unloaded with furious right hands to the head before she whipped her across for the ride. The Hall of Famer rebounded off the middle rope as she approached with a blockbuster. The fans were back in her corner again as Mackenzie headed to the corner, using it for a moonsault that landed flawlessly as she hooked the outside leg for the cover.

Zack: That’s what happens when you take your eyes off the prize, Sofia! Emma’s about to come back with a huge win!!

ONE!!

TWOOOOOO!!!

THREEE-NOO!!

Sofia kicked out in time before the three, and Emma got back to her feet. She held up her hand, making a cutting motion with it that the crowd recognized on sight.

Gaby: You do not, and I can’t overstate this enough – you DO NOT turn your back on Emma Mackenzie and expect to walk away unscathed!

Mackenzie moved towards the corner, and crouched down as Sofia was starting to get to her feet. When she was vertical, that’s when Emma bolted towards her and left her feet to deliver her headscissors DDT that drove her into the mat. She quickly hooked the far leg for the cover as Pruitt slid into position.

Zack: There’s her favorite…PLAYING WITH SCISSORS!!

ONE!!

TWOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

The referee called for the bell to quite the pop from the fans. Emma made it back to her feet a second later, and got her hand raised officially.

Kat: Your winner by pinfall……EMMA MACKENZIE!!

Ryan joined her next, congratulating his bride as Emma dusted off her hands with a smile on her face. She climbed the nearest corner, cupping her hands to her mouth before she shouted “I’M BAAAAACK!”

Zack: That she is! Emma Mack returns to FFW and is already back to her winning ways here tonight on the 15th annual Unstoppable! But what’s next? Only time will tell.

Gaby: One of the most dangerous women in the history of this company, and she’s here to stay! Take risks on her at your own accord, but that’s usually what happens!

Emma and Ryan left the ring before he raised her hand, getting the crowd to get louder before the show went elsewhere inside the Crypto.com Arena.

Precious Gems

The show cuts to the back, and we find Amber in front of the interview position with the Unstoppable logo behind her. She’s joined on the right by both Diamond Steele and Ruby Steele.

Amber: I’m here with both Diamond and Ruby Steele. Thank you, ladies, for joining me. Because there’s a couple things I think people want to hear you discuss. Let’s start with how the last episode of Future Shock ended when you two came to stop Sapphire and Emerald from taking out Robbyn and then them both turning on you.

Ruby: Honestly it sucks. I love my sister as does Diamond loving her as well. I have no idea how band practices will go as we are contractually obligated to still do music together but as far as wrestling is concerned. I would say the Gem Stones are done. I love Phoebe and Penelope but we weren’t going to stand by and watch them abuse Robbyn especially after how much she has been helping Kath-Lyn.

Diamond is about to talk and in the background the Kate chants are overwhelming. Diamond smiles as she looks at Amber.

Diamond: That’s a reaction I am honestly not used to. It’s been a while since they sincerely chanted for me, and to be honest I have been doing some soul searching. It feels great to be at Unstoppable and it’s a show that I have had so much luck at but realizing where I was all of those years ago. I finally feel like I am in a healthy place. I hear those Kate chants and with every passing day I feel that the crowd is going to feel the true return of Ka…

Ruby: It’s so totes OUTRAGEOUS! Like we made an impact on the last edition of Future Shock. Diamond is shining brightly and we all are definitely shining Amber… OMG your name is AMBER and you know what that means right?!

Amber: Yes, but let’s not. The other thing I wanted to quickly touch on is the fact we’ve seen that Dawn Lohan is here. So is her sister, Brittany. You were apparently surprised by that on X earlier, Diamond. I take it you two don’t chat all that much now?

Diamond just sighs before forcing a smile.

Diamond: To be honest we both are in a healthy place. I just think we were toxic for each other and we both had different things in what we wanted. We both felt like we NEEDED someone for the other but it really wasn’t healthy. As of now I have found somebody and I am very happy and I wish the best for the Lohans. My eyes are on something different now. As I stand here I realize that in 2015 I was on the cusp of being amazing. I had the long reign as Evolution Champion, I entered into the Femme For All but was bounced out. I was also Future Shock All Stars champion and had superstar written all over me. I am making a pledge as of tonight that next year you will see me in the main event of this show and I will be competing for the FFW title. I felt afraid in those years of my departure from FFW. I will admit that Diamond was created because I felt that I could never walk in the shoes of who I used to be but…

Ruby: Lil Miss this, Lil Miss That, I guess what she wants to say is that the SIREN will be returning at some point and she will definitely be ripping through the competition!

Amber: Last thing is a rumor that has been making the rounds. I understand you two are forming a tag team going forward to chase the Undisputed Tag Titles. Is that true, and would you care to predict who will leave Unstoppable with those titles tonight?

Ruby: Yes we are Shining Steele although we always were a team just didn’t have much luck, but if you ask us we still think that Latina Heat will walk away as champions. They have had a stranglehold on those titles and we don’t believe that’s changing anytime soon.

Amber: I’m sure that Target Acquired hope to prove you wrong a little later tonight then. Thank you both for talking with me tonight.

[Adam Grant]

A video package shows the long history between Rebecka Hate and Josephine Star dating back to the Fatale Royale last year, as well as the redhead’s more recent war of words with Rose Gardner. Then we return to the ring where Kat awaits.

Kat: The following contest is a triple threat match scheduled for one fall!

Zack: There’s a lot of bad blood here, and pretty much all of it is aimed at Josephine Star and with good reason too. I know it’s a triple threat, but this may end up looking like 2-on-1 since Rose and Becka have no issues with each other that I’m aware of.

Gaby: They don’t have anything that would bring them together as allies though, unless you’re banking on Rebecka being grateful to Rose. But Rosalina herself said she’s not expecting it to happen, and vows to be an equal opportunity combatant. But Josephine? She has a problem with everyone involved, so it can be a long night for her.

The lights fade before the viking horn starts in.  As the first verse starts, Becka comes out dressed like a viking warrior.

Ships on vigor of the waves are skimming
Barren summits to the verdant plains
Each horizon is a new beginning
Rise and reign

Becka makes her way down the ramp, high-fiving fans as she makes her way to the ring.  Along the way, she picks out a little girl and gives her the faux-fur cloak that she is wearing.

Oh-ho-oh
The echoes of eternity
Oh-ho-oh
Valhalla calling me
Oh-ho-oh
To pluck the strings of destiny
Oh-ho-oh
Valhalla calling me
Valhalla calling me

Becka’s outfit looks similar to what Lagertha would wear when she wasn’t in battle sans the sword.  Becka takes a lap around the ring, soaking in the cheers from the fans before stepping up onto the ring apron.Becka smirks to the crowd as she hooks her arms on the top rope and leans out away from the ring.

Oh-ho-oh
The echoes of eternity
Oh-ho-oh
Valhalla calling me
Oh-ho-oh
To pluck the strings of destiny
Oh-ho-oh
Valhalla calling me
Valhalla calling me

Kat:  Hailing from New Orleans, Louisiana, weighing in at 168 lbs.  She is the harbinger of vengeance.  Introducing………….REBECKA HATE.

Becky climbs into the ring and sits on the turnbuckle as she waits for the bell to ring.

Zack: It was earlier this year that this woman had her eardrum punctured by Josephine Star, which put her out of action for some time. Hate came back at the Fatale Royale, but this is her first singles match since then. And I can guarantee you she’s in a bad mood!

Gaby: And that shouldn’t surprise us! Rebecka was rendered out of action for quite some time because of that ruptured eardrum, and it would’ve been worse if it wasn’t for Rose Gardner. Rose has come out and claimed she didn’t necessarily do it for Rebecka, since she’d done that for anyone in that situation, but tonight’s Rebecka’s chance to tell us how she actually feels about that.

“She’s over here! She’s over here!”

There’s a rush of people in one direction, clearly eagerly awaiting someone. A camera moves around, and we see what, or rather, who, they’re looking for. The room is decorated in a most regal of styles, and there, in the center, is Josphine Star. Her throne is silver in color, and what we can see of the padding is pink. She is attired in a floor-length white dress, which shimmers in the light above her, showing off the intricate jeweled pattern all across it. She also wears a cape-like robe, also pink and white in color. The Privilege Crown is atop her head, with white fur around the bottom of it. She sits bolt upright in the seat, holding her cane in her right hand. Seeing the swathes of people in front of her, the redhead smirks.

Jo: It would appear that the royal court has called itself to order. Just in time, too. How about we show some peasants how it’s done, yes?

She rises from her seat and the crowd parts for her. After a moment, she takes a seat as if she changed her mind. The feed from the screen cuts out.

BOOM!

Pyro in the colors of green, white and gold go off around the arena, dying out in that order of color, though the gold does seem to hang on a little longer, as “Can’t be Tamed” begins over the system. Kyle emerges first, ignoring the jeers from the crowd, which only seem to intensify at the sight of Josephine Star, who is being carried out from the back on an uncovered sedan chair by four men, in the same garb she was wearing in the video on the screen.

For those who don’t know me I can get a bit crazy,
Have to get my way, yep
24 hours a day, yep, ‘cause I’m hot like that.
Every guy everywhere just gives me mad attention,
Like I’m under inspection
I always get a ten ‘cause I’m built like that.

The chair is lowered, and two of the men stretch out their hands to assist Josephine to her feet. She removes the crown from her head and hands it off to one of the men, then removes the robe from her shoulders. She stands there, taking it in with a smirk on her face, and giving a slight wave to the crowd as if they’re not actually jeering her.

I go through guys like money flying out their hands
They try to change me but they realize they can’t.
And every day is a tomorrow I never planned
If you’re gonna be my man, understand,
I can’t be tamed!

Jo and Kyle begin their walk down the ramp, and Jo has had to hitch the dress up a little so that she can walk down the ramp, the four men following her down. About halfway down, they stop. Jo hands her kendo stick to Kyle for a moment. It soon becomes clear why, as the camera comes to focus on Jo’s front with her arms extended from her sides, and the four men each grab a piece of fabric. As Miley sings “tamed”, the dress comes away to reveal her ring gear: a short-skirted, low-cut, long-sleeved dress with panels of green, white and gold.

I can’t be tamed, I can’t be blamed!
I can’t, can’t
I can’t, can’t be tamed!
I can’t be changed! I can’t be tamed!
I can’t be, be, I can’t be tamed!

Kat: On her way to the ring, accompanied by Kyle Kilmeade! She joins us from Derry, Northern Ireland by way of Edinburgh, Scotland! She is FFW HALL OF FAMER, “QUEEN OF THE NORTH” JOSEPHIIIIIIIIIIINE STAAAAAAAAAAAAR!

With a grin on her face, Jo looks to Kyle, who nods back at her and the two head down the ramp together, the redhead avoiding any contact with the fans. Reaching the bottom of the ramp, Jo heads for the steps and ascends, ducking into the ring through the middle and bottom ropes. Kyle is waiting for her in her corner, and that is where she goes. She pulls herself onto the middle turnbuckle and looks around her, just for a moment, then turns to sit on the top turnbuckle. Kyle hops up to stand beside her and the two converse between themselves as Can’t Be Tamed fades out.

Zack: FFW’s untouchable woman, Josephine Star, is no stranger to the bright lights of Unstoppable. She may have put herself in a corner though by having two women who are eager to get a piece of her all in the same night.

Gaby: Not only is she familiar with this stage, she’s been the main event of Unstoppable… She’s raised the FFW Championship at the top of such night, and she’s vowed to do it again real soon! But tonight she faces the consequences of her past actions so to say. She believes her opponents to be lessers, which comes with the Queen package, but is she ready for two of them at the same time?

Kat: And her opp–OHH!

Before Kat can finish her sentence, Hate takes off across the ring and catches the redhead with a running tackle that sends her back into the corner. The powerhouse starts unloading with closed fists to the jaw as the crowd comes to life as a result. The ring announcer bolts from the ring as referee Keivn Fisk tries to separate them enough for all three to get to the ring, but Hate ignores him as she grabs Jo by the neck and hurls her to the canvas.

Gaby: Looks like Becka doesn’t wanna wait for Rose to join us, she just wants to go for it! She’s waited long enough to put her hands on Jo!

Zack: Becka surely didn’t appreciate having her career put on hold because of Josephine’s bitterness over being eliminated last year in the first ever Fatale Royale! This match has not officially started, but I don’t think Hate cares.

Star makes it back to her feet, and finds herself in the crosshairs again as Becka charges towards her with a big boot to the face that puts her back down again. Kyle shouts to the referee to stop her since the match hasn’t started yet, but that’s easier said than done as Hate drags her back to her feet. She yanks her forward into a flurry of forearms to the jaw before whipping her across for the ride. Rebecka hits the far side at the same time, and takes her down with a spear!

Zack: That wasn’t a spear, that was a missile! Uncanny agility from a woman over six feet tall, and it’s hard to feel sorry for the Privilege Queen there.

Gaby: Rebecka is deceptively agile for her build, and that’s something Jo will have to keep an eye out on, because she’s fighting two speedster! But a crook as he may be, Kyle Kilmeade is right, the match hasn’t started, and Rose Gardner hasn’t even joined us yet!

A loud chant for the powerhouse began to rumble through the arena as Hate got back to her feet. The referee once again tried to get her to wait long enough for Rose to arrive, but she shoved him out of the way as soon as Jo began to get back up again. The brunette scoops her up onto her shoulders and sends her over the top rope to the floor with a F5 that gets the crowd even louder!

Gaby: Fireman carry slam by Becka all the way to the outside, and Hate just wants to dismantle Jo before it even begins! Harbinger of Vengeance is not half right!

Zack: I think it’ll be a long time before anyone tries to put Becka out of wrestling again! At least if they want to be able to tell the tale later!

“BECKA BECKA BECKA!” was heard all throughout the Crypto.com Arena as she looked around at the fans. Kyle tried to help his client to her feet before Hate took off towards that side of the ring, using a suicide plancha over the top rope to wipe them both out at ringside.

Zack: A woman that size shouldn’t be able to do the things she does, and we still haven’t officially started the match. It’s not like she can be disqualified, it’s just wholesale carnage right now. Thanks for coming, Kyle.

Gaby: But at this rate we may not even have a match! Rosalina is taking her sweet time coming out here, and if Becka and Jo aren’t returned to the ring, there can’t be a contest! This may be over before it begins!

Hate pulled her up to her feet, and tossed her back into the ring. She hopped up onto the apron and stepped over the top rope to return as well. That’s when Jo began to back up from a seated position with her hand up as Becka stalked towards her.

Zack: Jo’s saying ‘hang on a minute, let’s talk about this!” Hate is a human wrecking ball tonight at Unstoppable!

Gaby: I don’t think there’s much room for conversation, Jo, not after everything that’s gone down already!

Zack: You can say that aga—

The dance beats of DJ Cutman's "I'm The Boss" blare through the sound system as lights blink in white, baby blue and purple. Skipping and bopping to the beat, Rose Gardner comes out from the back, munching some popcorn with a grin on her face, dressed in a black and white parka and a Los Angeles Dodgers ballcap. She then makes her way down the ramp rather leisurely.

I'm the boss!
I'm the boss!
I'm very, very sorry for your loss!
I'm the boss!
I'm the boss!
And just in case I didn't get the point across
I'M THE BOSS!

Kat: And their opponent, from Boston, Massachusetts by way of Brooklyn, New York... ROSE GARDNER!!!

Poison then removes her sunglasses and her parka, tosses the popcorn bag, and throws it into the audience for some fan before rolling casually into the ring.

Gaby: HA! Looks like someone was enjoying the show! I mean, why not let your opponents destroy one another and then sweep in when they’re done?

Zack: I don’t know about destroying one another, it’s pretty much been one way traffic so far.

Gaby: But with Rebecka seeing red and with her crosshairs on Jo, Rose may be in the ultimate advantageous position!

That’s when the referee finally called for the bell as Rebecka and Rose looked at one another for a moment with Jo pulling herself to her feet in the corner, looking between them. Hate shared a few words with the cosplayer, getting a nod from her. Then their attention mutually went back to Jo in that one corner.

Zack: Uh oh.

Gaby: Yep, there’s our answer. They have a mutual target. Thiiiiis is gonna get ugly.

Zack: Jo considers herself privileged, and she’s about to have the dubious privilege of–HERE WE GO!!

Both Becka and Rose darted towards the corner, and began unloading with shots to Jo’s head and body. As Hate pummeled her with right hands, Rose stomped away at her core till they drove her down to the canvas in a seat. But she didn’t stay there long before they pulled her up together, and whipped her across for the ride. The pair scooped her up on the rebound into a flapjack, and quickly got back to their feet.

Gaby: That’s what happens when you make a lot of enemies too fast! Jo sidelined Rebecka for quite some time, came out calling Rose a delirious liar… And now they come back to air their grievances in the ring!

Zack: It’s a shame Josephine doesn’t have any friends, because whoo boy, she could use one right about now!

The two women shared words again before Rose lowered her head, allowing Becka to hoist her up and powerbomb her onto Jo’s body. Gardner rolled back to her feet with a smirk on her face as Hate headed for the corner as Rose grabbed Jo’s feet to keep her in place. The powerhouse began to walk the top rope towards the center.

Zack: LOOK AT THAT!! She’s walking that top rope, and I have trouble staying on the sidewalk sometimes!

Gaby: The balance of a cat on that woman! Rose and Rebecka are gonna make Jo pay for each one of her sins tonight, even those she hasn’t indulged in yet!

As Rose held her feet, she looked towards Becka who came off the top rope with a double stomp. But Jo brought her knees up, and Hate stomped Gardner’s back instead. It sent the powerhouse off balance as she landed on her feet, and Jo quickly rolled back to her feet to punt Hate between the legs to bring her down to her knees.

Gaby: OUCH! Forced mistake by Rebecka, and this may be the unceremonious end of that alliance…

Star hit the near side ropes, rebounding into a knee trembler to Hate’s jaw that dropped her to the mat finally. She quickly began stomping the back of Rose’s head to keep her down before muscling her up into a gutwrench suplex. Kyle started to look a bit more relieved now as Jo seemingly had her head on a swivel. As soon as she spotted Becka starting to move, a curb stomp to the back of her head stopped that.

Zack: Jo’s having to fight a battle on two fronts. Usually in these triple threats, it’s every woman for herself. But not here, this has been a handicap match and Jo’s in crisis mode.

Gaby: As she should! She’s been eating punishment from mostly Rebecka for a while, and now that she’s on her feet, she can realize she’s literally surrounded by enemies that will stop at nothing to make sure she repents!

Rose began to get up next, but that was stopped with a kneelift into a neckbreaker. Jo kept looking around when she spotted Hate using the ropes to get up next, and charged towards her with a bicycle knee that nearly sent her over the top rope. But she got her arms caught in the ropes instead and dropped a seat on the canvas, bringing a grin to Josephine’s face now.

Zack: It’d have been better if Hate went to the floor, but now she’s stuck in the ropes and look at that grin on Jo’s face. This just became one on one again for her.

Gaby: And this may be a continuation of what happened at Forsaken when Jo defeated a very game Rose Gardner. Except this time, Rose isn’t willing to cry for the Queen.

For good measure, Star caught Hate with a superkick to the jaw before turning back around to see Rose starting to rise. She quickly hooked her head, and scooped her into a slingshot suplex off the ropes. The Hall of Famer rolled out to the floor, and pulled the apron till she grabbed a chair and slid that into the ring. Kyle encouraged her and told her it was legal in this match as she slid back inside after it.

Zack: He’s not wrong. It’s a triple threat, there’s no DQ or countout in this environment. Josephine’s got herself an equalizer now.

Gaby: And Rose’s gonna have to think fast, because that may not be Jo’s weapon of choice, but the mere fact that she *has* a weapon of choice is enough to let someone know how relentless she is!

Gardner began to get up to all fours before the chair crashed across her back, and the redhead didn’t stop there as she battered her body with it repeatedly. She finally stopped, throwing it to the side with the seat of it warped. She rolled the cosplayer over, and made the cover as Fisk dropped to count.

Zack: She wrecked the chair, but Rose’s body more. Can you believe this is the first attempt to win this match?!

ONE!!

TWOOOOO!!!

THR-NO!!

The fans came to life as Rose got her shoulder up in time before the three, and Star hammered elbows into the side of her head for doing it. She glanced up to see Becka still trying to get up, and put a stop to that with a Busaiku knee to the jaw.

Gaby: We’ve seen that brutality from Josephine before, one too many kendo sticks broken across the backs of her opponents, and now that she’s basically the only one on her feet, it’s only gonna get more violent…

She pulled Rose back to her feet, and whipped her into the far corner. Just the impact made the brunette’s face grimace before Star caught Hate again with another knee strike to keep her in the ropes. Then she took off towards Rose at top speed….only for the brunette to get her foot up and catch her on the jaw. It stumbled her backwards, but also brought the crowd back to life as they willed Rose onwards. She hopped up onto the second turnbuckle from the inside, and delivered a tornado DDT. It hurt her opponent, but the impact made her freeze up in pain too.

Gaby: Rose isn’t gonna take the punishment with her head low! And listen to this crowd! Rose has electrified LA back to life!

Zack: Sometimes the fans can be like a manager, giving you that extra bit of adrenaline and determination you need. That’s certainly the case here.

Star began to crawl towards a corner as the cosplayer was trying to get back to her feet. The redhead made it, but Rose spotted her and took off with a running handspring into an enzuigiri that faceplanted her on the canvas before she rolled her over for the cover!

Gaby: SONIC SPIN! And now Rose with a cover on Jo, she’s definitely feeling that jolt of adrenaline!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEE-NOO!!

But the redhead got her shoulder off the mat in time. The brunette struggled back to her feet, clearly favoring her back with one hand as she glanced towards Josephine. She circled around behind her awaiting her to get up again.

Zack: All those chairs to the back have certainly made Rose feel every one of her offensive moves, even that SONIC SPIN we just saw. She may want to end this sooner than later.

Zack turned out to be right. As Rose bridged the gap behind the redhead, she executed her back hook into a swinging reverse STO. The fans came to their feet as a result, but the impact also made Rose grimace in pain. She finally rolled over to make the cover. Fisk dropped down to make the count.

Gaby: POISON BUSTER!!! From your lips to Rose’s ears, she just wants to get done with it!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEE-WHOA!!

The count never finished as Rose was dragged off the cover by her foot by a suddenly uptight Becka. The brunette looked up at the powerhouse as Hate shook her head, saying she wanted to pin Jo.

Zack: I’d almost forgotten about Becka there for a minute, but it looks like she’s a free woman again. And no one’s gonna pin Josephine but her!

That was the first sign of dissension between the two as Becka brushed past the cosplayer, and pulled Jo back to her feet. She planted her head, and went for her pumphandle slam finisher. It landed perfectly before Hate went for the cover. But the referee didn’t even have a chance to count before Gardner returned the favor, yanking the powerhouse off the cover and causing her to get back to her feet and get in Rose’s face.

Gaby: And this is more like what we expected to see in the first place, every woman for herself! And Rose ain’t gonna let Becka steal a match from right under her nose, not even after the KALFU!

Zack: Looks like the feeling is mutual, and this is the first time these two haven’t been on the same page since the bell rang.

That’s when the fists started flying as Becka and Rose began trading blows. It was Hate who got the better of the exchange though since she was stronger, and started sending the brunette backwards into the corner. A palm thrust to the neck choked her up before she backed up, and delivered a big boot to the face that sent Rose over the top rope landing on the apron. That’s when there was a buzzing from the crowd.

Zack: Rose isn’t gonna win a fist fight with Becka, not too many women I know are. But something’s happening. Do you hear that?

Gaby: Something’s going on in the crowd, did someone bring in a beach ball or something?

Rose got her wits about her and was using the ropes to pull herself up to get back inside when a pair of handcuffs snapped across her wrist and then across the middle rope after a woman had jumped the barricade. Rose glanced from her wrist to the apron next when she ate a bicycle kick to the face. Becka spun around to see what was happening when she and the sold out arena saw that woman was the “Typhoon” Bianca Salvador!

Gaby: THAT’S BIANCA SALVADOR!!! THE WITCH OF WINDS HAS COME TO UNSTOPPABLE!!! Jo may have another friend at ringside… And Rosalina’s locked up!!!

Zack: I said Jo needed a friend…I didn’t think it’d be Bianca!!

Bianca snapped Hate’s neck across the top rope when she went to grab her, choking her up before Josephine hooked her around the waist and delivered her wheelbarrow facebuster! She rolled the powerhouse over and went for the cover as Rose tried to jerk her hand free with Bianca grinning on the apron.

Zack: There goes the BANG!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Fisk called for the bell as Bianca stepped through the ropes, and helped Jo to her feet before the pair shared a big hug to the boos of the crowd. Kyle joined them next as the referee raised the redhead’s hand.

Kat: Your winner by pinfall………’THE QUEEN OF THE NORTH’ JOSEPHINE STAR!!

Gaby: With an assist by none other than the Typhoon! Josephine’s Franchise teammate just emerged out here and laid Rose Gardner out and gave Jo the win on a silver platter!

Kyle and Bianca both raised both of Josephine’s hands as she planted her foot on Becka’s chest like she had just climbed a mountain. Salvador held up a finger before rolling out of the ring, and finding a kendo stick under the apron. She tossed it to Jo, who immediately began blasting the handcuffed Rose with it and then broke it over Becka’s head before the blonde and Kyle raised her hand again.

Gaby: And there’s that darned kendo stick! Rose is all tied up, and she gets to suffer what Jo had in store for Rebecka… With the Typhoon’s help!

Zack: Is Bianca one of the three women Adam said he signed to a contract this week? Or was this just a reunion for old time’s sake? Jo steals the win regardless!

As the fans continued to boo the reunited pair in the ring along with Kyle, the show heads elsewhere in the Crypto.com Arena.

We Were Talking Here!

Future Shock reporter Sara is seen approaching the office for tonight for the Director of Future Shock. Jake is already in a chat with the reigning Adrenaline Champion Siobhan when she noseys herself into it. Jake didn’t get to finish what he was saying before he looked over at Sara.

Jake: Hi, Sara. Welcome to Unstoppable 15!

Sara: Thanks, Jake. I wasn’t gonna sit at home and miss this show. Mind if I inquire about a thing or two?

Jake: Well you already interrupted what I was saying to Siobhan, so you might as well.

Sara: Hi, SIobhan! How is it being at the 15th annual Unstoppable for you?

Siobhan: It’s been great! I’ve been to a few over the years, but that’s been as a fan, not like this. It’s certainly a very different experience!

Sara: As our fans know, you’ll make your first defense of your title along with Angela Hinchcliffe this coming Tuesday night. Unlike Angela and her opponent though, you and Anna share the same trainer and manager. Does that give you any kind of pause that there is favoritism one way or the other?

Siobhan: No.

Before Sara can ask why, the redhead continues.

Siobhan: I don’t worry about it for two reasons. The first one is that no matter what happens on Tuesday, he still manages the Adrenaline Champion. The second reason is, quite simply, that he’s not wired like that. Never has been.

Jake: That’s kinda what we were talking about when you nosed in. Well not the manager part, but the title match. I was letting her know that during that match, Sapphire is barred from ringside after what she did at the end of the match between Angelina and Anna. And if she so much as shows up on camera during it, I can guarantee she’ll be in her 40s before she sees a shot at any title in Future Shock.

Sara’s eyes widen at that.

Sara: That’s a pretty stiff punishment. Is it maybe a little harsh?

Jake: No, because these are the rules she set our business relationship to when she tried to book herself out of an advertised match and almost got herself fired. I meant what I said then, I mean it now. I want this title match to be just Anna and Siobhan. End of.

Siobhan gives Sara a somewhat perplexed look, and pushes a lock of hair off her face.

Siobhan: Why would that be harsh? She lost the match at Fatale Royale, quite soundly if we’re being honest here. Since then she has done nothing but bitch and whine about it not being fair, that this didn’t happen because it wasn’t in the rules of the match and has gotten in the way of multiple matches across both rosters. I can’t speak for anyone else, and I wouldn’t dream of speaking for Anna, but I can assure you that the punishment fits the crime. I don’t want her there, I assume Anna wouldn’t want her there, Jake doesn’t want her there and fans don’t pay damn good money to see matches get ruined by some blowhard Englishwoman who can’t handle losing. Which is funny given how often she does it.

Jake: Sara, you saw what happened at the end of the last show? She and Emerald tried to take out the number one contender for the Evolution Championship after getting herself disqualified. She was trying to make sure we didn’t even have a challenger for tonight, much less the one who earned the shot. Then when her own friends try to stop her, she low blows one and DDTs her. That’s a woman whose behavior requires a strong hand, if you ask me.

Siobhan: A “strong hand” is certainly a way to word it. I almost wish she hadn’t replied about whether or not she wanted her job when you threatened it over Twitter. The reality of the matter is that she thinks if she cries hard enough, she gets her way. She doesn’t understand what “no” means, which is a failing on the part of her parents. Like I know I was spoiled growing up because mom wanted my brother and I to have what she didn’t, but we also learned that we couldn’t always get what we want because that isn’t the way life works. You can teach a child that far easier than you can teach a child who happens to have gone through puberty.

Sara: She did win every match in the division.

Jake: She did, that’s what got her into Ultimate X. She was the first person I put into the match as a result of her wins against the women in that division. But she didn’t win the title. So that means she can earn another shot. I’m not gifting her one. If she wants to challenge for the title, earn it. Anna earned her shot, right? She defeated a Future Shock Hall of Famer and former Future Shock Champion. Sapphire doesn’t even have to do a quarter of that to get a shot. But she still has to EARN it.

Siobhan: That’s the way wrestling works. You work for what you want. I worked. I worked damn hard to get into that match and I worked even harder to win it. It is wild to me, Sara, that you believe that Jake is being unfair to her. She earned it, she choked, and now she has to earn it again when she isn’t acting like a child. Let me ask you something, Sara. Do you believe that Sapphire is in the right in this situation?

Sara: Not at all. I was just playing devil’s advocate because I can practically hear what she’d probably say to all this. And I figure that’s better than having her here doing it herself.

Siobhan: Honestly, the only difference between you saying it and her saying it is that you’re actually coherent when you do. And also that she’s not smart enough to point out that she won her prior matches, one of which was against me. She didn’t even say anything about the winning stipulation until someone else said it sounded like something she’d use.

Sara: While I have you here, Jake, the Future Shock Championship is coming up shortly as Missy defends against Arabella. Do you have a favorite?

Jake: Speaking as the Director, no. I’ve always been friends with Missy since the time she started seeing Adam. I’d be happy to have either one of them as the centerpiece of Future Shock. Missy’s done a fantastic job since becoming champion, and I know Arabella would too.

Sara: And as Arabella’s boyfriend?

Jake: Well I mean… if I was rooting against my girlfriend to win the biggest match of her career, I think that’d be grounds for giving me the heave ho, Sara. On a personal level, I’d love for Arabella to win. But I’m not going to be disappointed in her if she doesn’t. And no matter who wins, I’ve already got a name or two in mind to be the next challenger for that title.

Sara: Care to share?

Jake: I’m going to decline that, because I don’t want to take any of the shine off this match or any of the intrigue. We’ll focus on what’s next for the Future Shock Champion after we’ve determined who is going to be holding it when Unstoppable goes off the air.

Sara: Siobhan, have a prediction?

Siobhan: I suspect a retention. It’s going to be a fantastic match regardless, but I would wager that Missy is still incredibly fired up from the last little while and still has some energy she needs to take out on someone. It just so happens that the next someone is Arabella, who hasn’t actually done anything to her.

Sara: We’ll find out before we leave the air tonight, fans. The Future Shock Championship is still to come here at Unstoppable.

Then the show went to a commercial for the Sydney Supershow coming next month for the Future Shock roster.

[Adam Grant]

The show returns to the ring after the highlight package of the events leading to tonight’s tag title match, and there we find Kat back in the center with a microphone in hand.

Kat: The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall, and it is for the FFW Undisputed Tag Team Championship!

Zack: Our first of four title matches is on tap. And given what we’ve seen in the past, I don’t know that I’d be opposed to having more than one referee for the Heat’s tag matches.

Gaby: Yeah, because when these two start with their antics, it’s gonna be interesting to have as many eyes on them as possible. They’ve gotten away with so much BS it’s ridiculous. Are Nadia and Alessandra the ones to put a stop to it?

The curtain opens and Nadia Beaulieu and Alessandra Esposito appear as ‘Chase You Down’ begins to play around the arena.

Ooh Ooh
Don't let it slip away
Ooh Ooh
Don't let it get away

The two girls stand back to back and make ‘guns’ with their fingers. The raise them up and move them side to side to take their aim until the finally find their target directly in front of them. In perfect unison they make a motion as if firing and then lower their ‘guns’ with a satisfied nod, turning to face the ring when they have.

Can you hear me right now
I got your number
And I'm callin' you out
With liquid courage
I can beat all my doubt
There's not another
So I'm chasin' you down

They both take off towards the ring at a run, with Nadia reaching it before Alessandra. Nadia climbs the steps, while Alessandra hops straight up onto the apron when she catches up.

Chasin' you down
Can you see me right now
I'm comin' closer
Think I figured you out
Not like the others
You don't blend with the crowd
I've blown your cover
Now I'm takin' you down
Takin' you down

Kat: Introducing at this time, ALESSANDRA ESPOSITO and NADIA BEAULIEU…..They are…...TARGET ACQUIRED!

Can you hear me right now
I got your number
And I'm callin' you out
With liquid courage
I can beat all my doubt
There's not another
So I'm chasin' you down
Chasin' you down

Nadia climbs up onto the turnbuckle while Alessandra hops up to sit on the top rope facing the ramp. Alessandra kicks her feet upwards to roll backwards into the ring landing on one knee. She keeps her head lowered as Nadia somersaults off the top turnbuckle to land on her feet behind her. The two make their finger ‘guns’ again, raising them to their mouths to blow the ‘smoke’ away before Alessandra gets to her feet and the two head to their corner, sharing some last minute words as they await the start of the match.

Zack: Target Acquired know what it’s like to hold tag team gold in FFW. They’ve been on top of the mountain more than once both here and also in SVW during it’s heyday. Tonight, it might be the most personal it’s ever been though for Nadia especially. They untied her bikini top to win a volleyball game. They stole her number to try to get an advantage in the Fatale Royale. Our French beauty has a score to settle!

Gaby: I mean, the list can go on and on. They tricked Kaede Hirano with a fake count to disrupt her, they stacked the deck as hard as they could against the Action News Network, their array of highway robberies just keeps on going and going, and I’m sure there aren’t a lot of our Latino darlings that feel represented by that kind of stuff, but don’t let that get in the way of a good story, right? After all, they’re undefeated, and that’s the only thing that matters.

For a few seconds the arena was plunged into darkness before multi coloured spots of lights in pinks, purples, oranges, yellows, reds and greens began to dance, swinging randomly back and forth and around the sold out Crypto.Com Arena. As they did a number of man wearing sequinned pants and waistcoats were stood atop the entrance ramp bang to beat out a rhythm on their drums; their horns blaring in celebration. They were joined by the high pitched trill of whistles as dancers burst forth through every doorway leading into the interior of the Arena. Men, woman - some scantily clad, some dressed as queens or as mythical beasts or demons in elaborate costumes; some with large feathered headdresses. All of them danced to the beat of the music from the drums and horns in a seemingly chaotic spontaneous unchoreographed expression of excitement, of glee and of celebration as they tossed out confetti into the masses, encouraging them to join in their movements.

As many of the dancers as possible made their way to the ringside area, continuing to encourage the fans to get up on their feet; to celebrate - some even trying to drag the varying announce teams into coming to their feet and getting involved. While the rest of the dancers continued in the aisleway.

The sound of a bass guitar suddenly cut through the noise of the music, the dancers moving in their same spontaneous dance steps off the entrance ramp as the drums and horns on the stage were joined by a number of guitarists; the music being played turning into “La Bamba” by Los Lobos. As it did, it saw the Undisputed Tag Team Champions appear on the stage. Both had their title belts around their waist and the pair were wearing matching gold crowns with a bejewelled red rose to the side and feathered headdresses attached. On their backs were feathered wings and they both had feather adornments on their ring boots and up to their knees - in the colours of Cuba and Colombia respectively.  After striking their pose back to back the floor beneath them continued to rise up to show they were being carried on red carpeted golden platforms that were resting upon the shoulders of 4 bronzed adonis-like men in tight fitting shorts. As they were carried down to the ring, they played up to the fans, reminding them they were the greatest in the world - Frani blowing kisses as Dani pulled muscle poses like she was in a fitness magazine.

Kat: Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome the your FFW UNDISPUTED TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!!! The extraordinary, the amazing, the incredible team of “The Divine” Dani Ruiz and “Fuego Furiousa” Frani Garcia… LATINA HEAT!!!

As the announcement was made, they reached the ring, Francesca quickly used the top rope to slingshot herself over the top rope, rolling through as she landed, popping back up to her feet and once more blowing a kiss out to the fans, telling them this was the closest they were ever likely to get to her. Dani stepped through the ropes with a confident smile on her face. They were joined by two of the platform carriers who helped them remove their headdresses and the feathered wings from their backs. As they left the ring with the outfits, the champions hugged each other, removed their title belts from around their waist and high fived with them before backing up into their corner to decide who would start for them and giving the titles to the referee while their attendants and the carnival dancers left the arena with the same spontaneous, unchoreographed rhythmic movements with which they had entered.

Zack: And there’s what is supposed to be the best tag team in all of FFW. If those titles were for cheating and shenanigans, they could retire them for that. But um…hang on a second here.

It was quickly clear that both halves of the team were dressed identically, and they both had something tied around their legs. After handing the titles to referee Oscar Graves, they both leaned down and began to remove what it was: matching Lucha masks which they began to put on in the corner.

Gaby: We’ve come a long way since… Rudo Galactica, I’m gonna say. But hey, good on them for wanting to pay homage to Mexican lucha libre and their sacred masks… Though I’m not sure many people would be happy with how they brought them in…

Zack: I can’t really… tell them apart just by looking at their bodies in those matching outfits, Gaby. The masks are covering everything but their mouths…and we got Graves as the referee too.

Gaby: I… Hm. I wish I could say I’d have a grasp on it, but… Yeah, I guess that’s the point. They’re out here pulling some Cortez Twins shenanigans, and we haven’t even heard a bell yet.

Graves took the titles from the champions and held them over his head, which prompted the masked tag champions to try to jumpstart the match as they darted across the ring. Nadia and Alessandra were deciding who starts in their corner before the champions attacked. They went for running forearms, but the challengers saw them coming and blocked those shots before they began throwing hands themselves. Nadia and Alex were getting the better of the exchange too as they backed the champions up a few steps before delivering dual spinebusters.

Gaby: There we go! Nadia and Alessandra aren’t gonna be sitting ducks here, they’ve had enough of the Heat already and it shows! Beautiful tandem action by the European team, the way we like to see it!

Zack: They wanted to get an early advantage, and that definitely didn’t work out for them! Graves hasn’t called for the bell yet, but the fight is underway regardless!

The challengers pulled one of the girls back to her feet before whipping her across for the ride. She got scooped up on the rebound with a flapjack before Target Acquired popped up to their feet. The other half of the team got pulled up next, catching jabs from both women before dual bionic elbows crashed onto the top of her head. She staggered backwards before the challengers hit her with a double clothesline that sent her over the top rope to the floor, and the fans in the arena were solidly behind them as a result!

Gaby: If Daniela and Francesca want to look so much alike with their máscaras, they can look just like one another being dumped out of the ring just like that! Now get your butt in refereeing mindspace already, Graves, we have a title match to run here!

Zack: I don’t know which one is catching what offense, but it doesn’t matter at the moment! There’s plenty of action for everyone here, still no bell either! What’s he waiting for?!

The masked wrestler on the outside started to get to her feet, but that didn’t last long before Alessandra whipped her partner into the far side. She used a back body drop to send Nadia over the top rope into a plancha that crashed into the masked champion. Beaulieu tossed whoever that was back into the ring as Alessandra scooped up the other half of the team into a catapult just as Nadia rebounded off the far side to catch them with a bicycle kick to the chest after they were catapulted forward into it. The Los Angeles crowd was roaring as Nadia dove into a cover, but the referee told her the match hadn’t started yet.

Zack: Ring the damn bell then! We got a cover, and possibly new tag champions!

Alessandra told him to ring the bell, which he promptly did before telling her to get out of the ring…all the while Nadia still had the cover. The fiery Italian did as he asked and went to the corner before Graves dropped down to make the count.

ONE!!

T-NO!!

The tag champion kicked out as Graves got back to his feet, catching a cold stare from Nadia as she did the same.

Gaby: He sure took his sweet time, huh? And now we get to play the awesome game full of whimsy and wonder: which member of the Heat is legal right now? And if your answer is “it doesn’t make a difference”, congratulations, you’re part of the problem!

Nadia got back to her feet, looking at Graves with annoyance. He told her the match didn’t start till the bell sounded, all the while one half of the Heat rolled the other out to the floor and dropped down to the canvas where her partner had been. When Nadia turned around to grab her, she caught a thumb in the eye followed by getting her head pulled down into three quick knee strikes. Beaulieu stumbled backwards as the tag champion got back to her feet, and began throwing forearms to the side of her head, while her partner was still down at ringside recovering.

Gaby: Well, we have a semblance of normalcy seeing as one member of the Heat is in the ring while the other’s still reeling. But the distraction tactics are already working, and of course Dani – or Frani – is going for the eye.

Zack: This is already a mess, and the match has barely even started. Whoever is out here trying to get her marbles together, while the other half is throwing forearms.

She backed Nadia into the ropes before yanking her forward into a short arm clothesline. The blonde barely had time to try to get up before she caught a double leg drop to the back of her head. The masked tag champion began raining clubbing blows across her back and head before she yanked her back to her feet, pulling her forward into a Spanish fly before making the cover.

Zack: I’ll just call her Heat #1 for the time being, and she’s already looking to put Nadia away here!

ONE!!

TW-NOO!!

But the French beauty kicked out, causing her adversary to mount her chest and pummel her with punches to the head. The tag champion yanked her back to her feet, and whipped her across into the neutral corner. She measured the blonde before charging in after her with a running boot to the face…but Nadia ducked out of the way and she got her foot caught over the top turnbuckle!

Gaby: Yeah, but here’s the problem with calling them Banana #1 and Banana #2: at which point do we know when it’s one or the other? I mean, I just caught myself trying to latch on to the smallest details, and even their fucking cup size is the same!

Whichever got her foot stuck’s mouth fell open in pain as Nadia stumbled away, while the crowd was trying to rally her. She started to go after her, but Graves intercepted Nadia by reminding her that her opponent was in the ropes. Technically, he was right. But as he did that, the other Heat member helped free her partner’s leg and roll her out of the ring before taking her place and leaning against the corner as though it were still the same woman as Graves turned back around.

Gaby: See what I mean?! We’re in Banana #2 territory right now, but not to Oscar Graves!

Zack: How he keeps a job is beyond me. He didn’t see the switch..but Nadia sure did!

While the referee didn’t see it, Nadia did and she caught the other half of the team with a corner clothesline before she could turn around. The blonde grabbed her head and started slamming it against the top turnbuckle till she stumbled out of the corner. The challenger caught her with a disaster kick that leveled her before she went for the cover.

Zack: I think I saw some spit flying right there, and Nadia’s got the cover!

ONE!!

TWOOOO!!!

But Heat #2 kicked out in time before the three, causing Nadia to get to her feet and drag her by the foot towards her corner. She made the tag to Alessandra. And as the two switched, the other half of the team darted across the ring and kicked the rope between the Italian’s legs as she was stepping through. Her partner was back to her feet after that, and Graves couldn’t tell which one he needed to ask to leave.

Gaby: And now we got both Heat members in the ring and all the referee needs to do is make a choice: if you don’t know who’s the legal woman, just pick one. But, of course, we can’t even do THAT.

One half of the tag champions left as the other pulled Alessandra up to her feet, peppering her with forearms to the side of her head. She whipped her across to the far side, only for it to be reversed and Esposito caught her on the rebound with a spinning backfist. It staggered the tag champion before the former Future Shock Champion yanked her forward into a belly to belly suplex. The other half of the Heat came in again, grabbing Alessandra by the hair from behind. But that didn’t work out too well before the powerhouse turned into her and sent her flying a leg hook Saito suplex.

Zack: Now they are both back in the ring, and I hope Graves is watching who just got launched by Alessandra to throw that woman out!

Gaby: You’d hope he’d have enough of a spine to do that, but watch him fumble that too! At this point we should just hope for Alessandra to deck one of them so hard they get a swollen lip, then we’ll be able to tell them apart!

The one who had been suplexed rolled out of the ring as Alessandra turned her attention to her partner. As that woman started to get up, Esposito snatched her around the waist into a series of rolling German suplexes. After the fourth one, Alex got to her feet and grabbed the underside of the mask before tearing it off her head to reveal it was Francesca!

Gaby: THERE WE GO!!! I know some Mexican traditionalists who are gonna be mad at ripping the máscara off like that, but that sure solves a lot of problems!

Zack: They can get over it, besides it’s not like these two have ever worn a mask before tonight. It wasn’t about tradition, they wanted to pull shit like they have been doing. Now we know that’s Frani!

Garcia was pulled back to her feet, but surprised Esposito with a jawbreaker that sent her stumbling backwards. Frani took off for the near side, and rebounded into a lariat that put the powerhouse down. She quickly made the tag to her partner, who was still wearing her mask before the two began putting the boots to Alessandra. Each then grabbed a leg and yanked them apart like a wishbone. Francesca stepped out of the ring finally after that.

Gaby: Oof, that’s a painful thing to watch and to receive! But at least now we know which is which, and Daniela is the legal woman for the Heat. Again. I… think.

Zack: She is, and she might as well take her mask off now. Alessandra threw that other one into the crowd, it’ll be quite the souvenir for some fan here tonight.

Daniela did just that, peeling the mask off her face and waving her hand in front of her face. Apparently it was quite warm under that particular mask. Ruiz dragged Alessandra to her team’s corner, grabbed the top rope and used a foot choke to her throat. Graves counted to four before she let go, and scooped Esposito to sit on the top turnbuckle and climbed up with her. She snapped off a hurricanrana that sent the powerhouse to the canvas before Dani sat up with a smile and dusted her hands.

Zack: That’s the wrong corner to be in if you’re Alessandra. She needs to get away and bring in Nadia ideally. I’m just happy I know who is who now.

Gaby: And thank goodness for more straight-forward tag team contests, as we can focus on the things that matter now. And give the devils their due, they’re great at cutting the ring in half and the isolation tactics have worked like a charm for all of their defenses.

She made the tag to Francesca, who quickly ascended the corner before Daniela threw her off with a rocket launcher. She crashed into Alessandra and hooked the leg as Graves dropped to count.

Zack: An old school rocket launcher there with a big splash at the end! The tag titles will remain with the Heat!

ONE!!

TWOOOOO!!!

TH-NOO!!

But Alessandra kicked out as the three was on the way down. Frani punished her for it with repeated right hands to the head before getting back to her feet. Then she tried to rally the Los Angeles crowd with a “LET’S GO, HEAT!” chant, which quickly turned into a “FUCK OFF, FRAN” chant instead.

Gaby: To quote the words of Lyn Dallins… Tell ‘em how you feel, LA! I don’t think they’re gonna be making merch off that chant, Z.

Garcia seems oblivious to the chant, still shouting her rallying cry as she turns around. She pulls the Italian beauty back to her feet, but ends up turning into a bell clap across her ears. That wobbles her before Alessandra scoops her up into a backdrop driver. But the challenger drops to a knee for a moment as she tries to collect herself after all the offense.

Zack: Another example of what happens when you waste time trying to get the fans behind you…and they all hate you. Esposito has a window of opportunity here though.

Gaby: And it may be the only opening she needs! Nadia is hankering for a tag, and bringing the French Belle into the contest is dramatically gonna change our dynamics here!

She got back to her feet, grabbing both of Dani’s feet under her arms. The live crowd knew what was coming next as the powerhouse began her signature giant swing! It started slow at first but began to pick up speed as Daniela was spun around and around. The crowd counted off the rotations.

Crowd: ELEVEN! TWELVE! THIRTEEN!

And she kept spinning!

Gaby: Look at her go! I’m getting dizzy just watching it happen!

Zack: Imagine how Daniela is feeling!

Crowd: FIFTEEN! SIXTEEN!! SEVENTEEN!!

Zack: Good Lord, how many more times is she gonna go through Alessandra’s SPIN CYCLE?!

Crowd: NINETEEN!! TWENTY!! TWENTY-ONE!!

She finally let go as Ruiz hurtled to the canvas, and Esposito stumbled backwards into the ropes to get her bearings!

Gaby: Goodness, that was something else! Let’s see how the Heat is gonna *spin* this story in their favor! Hahaha– Yeah, I’m not cracking anyone up like that.

That’s when the fiery Italian headed for the corner, making the tag before Nadia headed up to the top rope. Daniela was reaching for the ropes drunkenly, almost like the ropes kept moving to her mind and she couldn’t catch them. But she did catch a moonsault off the top rope from Beaulieu before she hooked the far leg for the cover on the landing!

Zack: Dani must be seeing about ten ropes…a picture perfect moonsault from Nadia! New tag champions!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NOO!!

The three count was broken up by Frani, who darted into the ring and used a double stomp to Nadia’s body to break the cover. Beaulieu rolled away holding her ribs as Garcia leaned over her partner very closely, almost like she was handing her something before the referee told her to leave the ring.

Gaby: Quick thinking by Frani, because with all that spinning, there was no way Dani’s stomach would’ve let her kick out without a nasty accident!

Zack: Did she hand her something? I know I saw something exchanged there…

Gaby: I thought I was seeing things, but if you saw it too, must be the case! What are they up to?!

Fran argued with the referee that he should disqualify Alessandra for spinning her partner like that. Nadia made it back to her feet, and headed towards Dani. She pulled the tag champion up before immediately shaking her head and covering her face. Daniela tossed something to the floor and pulled Nadia into a tight small package. Garcia pointed it out to the referee before he turned around and dove into the cover!

Zack: WHAT THE..!?

Alessandra bolted into the ring next as the count began, only to be intercepted by Francesca!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Graves called for the bell as Daniela rolled out of the ring immediately, but staggered and still drunkenly after the spinning before Frani joined her on the floor!

Gaby: E-Excuse me?! What just happened?! Something wrong just happened!

Kat: Your winners by pinfall…..AND STIIIIIIIIIIILL FFW Undisputed Tag Team Champions….FRANCESCA GARCIA and DANIELA RUIZ…..LATINA HEAT!!!

Zack: Something has gone very very wrong here! Latina Heat have retained the tag titles, but I wanna know how!

Graves joined them next, returning their tag titles to them, which made Frani exuberant as she helped her partner stay balanced on her feet. Alessandra scooped up her partner’s head to check on her as the viewers at home saw the evidence on the floor on the other side of the ring: cayenne pepper spray.

Gaby: OH COME ON!!! Cheats upon cheats upon cheats, and how the HELL isn’t EVERYONE coughing their lungs off?! That was literal robbery in the ring right there!

Esposito rolled out, snatching a bottle of water off the broadcast table before heading back into the ring and pouring it over Nadia’s face as she still was writhing and covering her face. A trainer was darting down to the ring to help her as the tag champions raised their titles with pride to even more boos from the Los Angeles crowd.

Zack: Nadia can’t see and we got a trainer on the way down here to help. She needs to be in a face wash station pronto. I can tell you one thing…this ain’t over! If these two think Nadia and Alessandra are gonna just accept this…

Gaby: Well, they shouldn’t, and neither should FFW as a whole! Pepper spray?! Really now?! And– And, follow me on this one– WHY did they have a pepper spray can out here???

The trainer helped clear some of the spray out of Nadia’s eyes and face as Alessandra helped her out of the ring, assuring her partner that they were going to ask for a rematch.

Zack: As well you should, Alessandra. You certainly deserve one! Latina Heat make their Unstoppable debut with a tag title retention in the most despicable way possible. Give Nadia and Alessandra a rematch, I’ll sign that petition!

Gaby: Makes two of us! Latina Heat can’t just keep getting away with this kind of BS! Our first championship defense of the night… The biggest night in FFW’s year… Ends in a complete sham!

As Gaby finished her thought, the show went to a commercial for the next FFW event in November: Sabotage.

Betting On Herself

The Phoenix Championship was shown in a close-up before the camera pulled back to find it with its champion, Mara Werth. She wasn’t alone though as Adam was with her in the hallway.

Adam: Mara, you have been nothing but a phenomenal Phoenix Champion for nearly two and a half years. For a little while now because of that, I’ve been thinking about an idea and I want to run it past you and give you an option to pick from that hasn’t been done in FFW history..

Mara: Thanks Adam, I’ve enjoyed being Phoenix Champion - proud of being Phoenix Champion, it means an awful lot to me. However, you’ve piqued my curiosity and I do like the idea of being able to make history, so I’m all ears.

Adam: The next FFW major event coming up is the last one of 2024, and that’s Sabotage in November. And because of your reign, I’m going to give you an opportunity that you can consider and you don’t have to decide right now. But the choice is continue being Phoenix Champion and defending it…or you can relinquish it and I’ll make you the challenger for the Evolution Championship to face whoever leaves with the title tonight, regardless of whether it’s Robbyn or Caitlyn.

Mara: That’s an interesting offer…give up the Phoenix Championship for a chance to challenge the Evolution Champion. I know there’s an awful lot of history when it comes to the Evolution Championship. It’s one of only two titles that have been around for almost the entire history of the company, just about anyone who is anyone has held it. A lot of legendary names, Hall of Fame names and talents. That’s quite a choice.

She looked at the Phoenix Championship on her shoulder as she seemed to consider the offer.

Mara: Okay. Yeah. Sure. I’m up for that, let’s go for it. Robbyn or Caitlyn at the end of the year sounds like a spectacular match to me.

Adam: The fact is that whenever you weren’t Phoenix Champion, I was going to make you the next challenger for the title anyway. You’ve more than earned it even before now, so this is just a way for you to potentially fast track yourself to it at Sabotage on November 30th in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center. Would you have a preference for who you’d prefer? You and Robbyn both like to throw hands, but you’ve shown a lot of proficiency against fast strikers like Caitlyn.

Mara: Robbyn could be a real wild encounter. The pair of us seem pretty similar though there’s a lot of experience that she has. Her and I could put on a hard hitting hoss fight - I’m sure who would be stronger, but I guess there’s a chance we could find out in a couple of months. While Caitlyn is a real handful for anyone. Dangerous feet. Dangerous hands. You can see that she’s picked up some things from Mila too. That’s got real potential to be a show stealer - simply because of how darned talented Caitlyn is and the heart that she possesses. I don’t really have a preference though. I’ve enjoyed success against both styles - you’ve pointed out that I’ve shown I can handle people like Caitlyn and I enjoyed success against Clover too. Both Caitlyn and Robbyn would be another step up, but I back myself to make that move successfully, against either wrestler.

Adam: You’ll get to find out either way. While you’ll face the champion for the title at Sabotage, you’ll face the other in two weeks in Cincinnati for Breaking Point. How’s that sound?

The brunette nodded her head.

Mara: Sounds like a good way to get warmed up and get a true feel of the Evolution Championship landscape and how I measure up against them. A good idea of what and where I need to train and work on, ahead of my big opportunity at Sabotage on November 30th on FFW All Access.

Adam: Good luck in both matches.

He collects the Phoenix Championship from her, glancing down to it and then the camera.

Adam: And I’ll decide who will challenge to become the next Phoenix Champion very soon.

Then we cut to the ring to find out who Mara will face in two weeks and then after that for the Evolution Championship.

[Adam Grant]

A video package shows the history between Caitlyn Storm and Robbyn Helmseley dating back to the spring when she arrived with Diamond Steele. Then we return to the ring as Kat awaits with a smile on her face.

Kat: The following contest is scheduled for one fall to a finish, and it is for the FFW Evolution Championship!

Zack: These two women have met before, and it just so happened to be on the FFW roster’s last major event: Forsaken. The title wasn’t on the line that night, because Caitlyn hadn’t won it yet. But she still came away with the win. I think it’s the challenger who has something to prove here, as a result.

Gaby: Robbyn has been gunning for that Evolution Championship, but most important, for Caitlyn Storm’s neck ever since she’s come back to FFW, and getting the chance to cross both off her bucket list at Unstoppable has got to be an early Christmas gift for the Darkhorse. But Caitlyn… Well, she’s certainly got a bone to pick with the Alaskan!

The cameras go back into the arena as “Supergirl” by Krystal Harris hits the PA and silver and blue fireworks fly in every direction. A young blonde, Leah Galloway,  appears on the stage alone with an evil grin on her face, as a tribute to the classic supergirl entrance from years ago. She was dressed in baggy cargo pants and an original FFW Supergirl t-shirt. She glares at the crowd on the left and right, before lifting her arms up, as sparklers erupt from the stage, in honor of her mother’s very first Unstoppable entrance, however before she could take off to the ring the music switched to a very heavily influenced country/rock guitar riff echoes through the building as the building lights begin to flicker and dance along the stage while larger spotlights flicker on either side of the ramp through the crowd. The entrance screen shows the words “Mami’s Home” before purple fire quickly takes over the screen. The crowd gives a mixed reaction with some cheering loudly and others booing even louder.

“I'm just an underthinkin', overusin', tall drinkin', short fusin'
Gettin' in my own way”

As the first line of the song is sung Robbyn struts out onto the stage next to her daughter Leah.   She holds her head high looking over the crowd and nods to the ten year old who is all too excited .

“I'm just a blood-stained, folded hands
Throwin' back the milligrams
I can't find the breaks
I'm hidin' from the sun
Devil ridin' shotgun
God knows I'ma crash and burn”

The smug look on Robbyn’s face indicates that she is above the crowd and as she makes it to center stage she adjusts the collar of her vest. As the word ‘burn’ is sung the duo crouch down making a wing motion with their arms, a tribute to being the ‘Alaskan Angel’ and as they rise, both girls stomp down causing a cascade of white fireworks to be sent down from the rafters as purple ones erupt from the front of the stage.

“'Cause that highway to hell is the road I'm on
I need to turn around before I'm too far gone
If I'm ever gonna make it on them streets of gold
I gotta quit livin' on a dead end road”

The camera pulls away the purple flames quickly morphing into  a metallic set of angel wings, centered so perfectly around Robbyn. As the word “road” is sang Robbyn runs her fingers through her hair and begins to make her way down the ramp, with her daughter matching her stride for stride, getting close to the crowd but far enough away that they cannot touch the Alaskans. Reaching her arm out slightly but never enough for the crowd to touch Robbyn.

“I'm a red-linin', low-lifein', anything but law-abidin'
Feels too good to quit
I'm runnin' off the edge, they say I'm just a wreck
Diggin' me deeper than six”

She makes her way to the end of the ramp and turns away from the stairs, looking into the ring where the referee is and rolls her eyes with both cockiness and composure. She gets next to the ring post where again she adjusts the leather vest, as she looks into the crowd, wiggling her fingers at them in a wave Robbyn turns to Leah and gives her a tight hug before she lifts her over the barricade and next to Phoenix Galloway who was waiting for her younger sister. As she hops up onto the ring apron she holds the middle rope before letting go of the ring rope, still crouching she seemingly takes in the crowd with the smallest of smirks before telling the world that “Mami’s Home”.

“'Cause that highway to hell is the road I'm on
I need to turn around before I'm too far gone
If I'm ever gonna make it on them streets of gold
I gotta quit livin' on a dead end road”

As Robbyn stepped through the ropes she pointed over to the Breaking point announcer Kat Grayson to make the announcement as she looked into the crowd with her arms open soaking in the reception she’s receiving.

Kat: Hailing from Deadhorse Alaska, and challenging for the Evolution Championship. She was accompanied by LEAH GALLOWAY!  She is the ALASKAN DARKHORSE..... ROBBBBBBBBYYYYYYNNNNNNNNN HEELLLLLLLLMMSLEYYYYYY!!!!

'Cause that highway to hell is the road I'm on
I need to turn around before I'm too far gone
If I'm ever gonna make it on them streets of gold
I gotta quit livin' on a dead end road
If I'm ever gonna make it on them streets of gold
I gotta quit livin' on a dead end road

Robbyn hops up into the corner and blows Kat a kiss, with another finger wiggling wave, before She takes a seat on the top turnbuckle as she checks her wrist tape before waiting for the referee to start the match, resting her left hand against her lips and chin like she was chewing on her thumb nail to compose herself while she waits.

Zack: The last time Robbyn Helmsley held the Evolution Championship was in March of 2011, which was almost a cup of coffee with it for the 2 months she had it. She feels like there’s unfinished business with the title, and positioned herself to go after it almost immediately after coming back. The question she has to answer tonight is if Caitlyn Storm has her number. If the answer is no, she’ll leave Los Angeles with the title on FFW’s biggest stage!

Gaby: It would be quite the crowning moment of her return, after a hiatus of over a decade! Robbyn Helmsley has made it her mission to snatch the Evolution Championship for herself, and to do it at the expense of Caitlyn Storm who the Darkhorse has been pining for since day one apparently, would be the ultimate “screw you” to all people who ever doubted she had it in herself to pull it off!

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 tapping the Championship belt around her waist with a smile and 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.

Kat: Introducing at this time....Hailing from New York City, New York and weighing in at One Hundred and Twenty-Six pounds...She is the reigning and defending FFW Evolution Champion! 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 raising her Championship high in the air to a pop from the crowd. The music fades out from there as Caitlyn climbs back down and removes her Championship as she awaits the start of the match.

Zack: If I were ever to have a daughter, I can’t think of anyone who I’d hope she would emulate more than Caitlyn Storm. A woman who began her adult journey teaching fitness to help others get into shape and found herself getting drawn more and more to this sport. She was a Future Shock standout, and has held tag team and singles as part of FFW. If I were going to build a franchise player, she’s the blueprint!

Gaby: I wouldn’t use that word, lest you want Bianca Salvador to crash through the stage like the Kool-Aid Man to ask for her royalties, but if there’s someone we can build a division around, that’s definitely Storm! She’s been one of the most positive influences in FFW, especially since her return, and being able to walk out here as the defending Evolution Champion, a title she’s left behind following an injury, is certainly a massive high of this young woman’s career!

Referee Jennifer Stringer took the title from Caitlyn as she headed out of the corner, and showed it to Robbyn before raising it over her head. Kat took the title with her as the bell sounded, and the two opponents shook hands. They took in the moment as the crowd around them in the arena made plenty of noise. But Robbyn took in the moment a second too long before she caught a superkick on the jaw prior to Caitlyn diving on top of her for the cover!

Zack: Both of these women are soaking up all the–OH! Helmsley also soaked a superkick!

ONE!!

TWOO!!!

T-NOO!!

Gaby: Whoa, that would’ve been one of the fastest defenses I’ve ever seen, and I think Caitlyn knows how to capitalize on Robbyn’s not being used to being loved by this crowd!

The challenger kicked out in time before the three, and Caitlyn was back to her feet immediately. Helmsley got to her knees, catching a standing sidekick to the jaw this time as she tried to get to one knee. Storm bounced off the ropes, nailing her with a step-up enzuigiri to the back of her head and dove on top of her for the pinfall again.

Zack: Another shot to the dome! Caitlyn’s looking for the fastest Evolution title defense in FFW history!

ONE!!

TWOOOO!!

TH-NOO!!

Gaby: Caitlyn knows what to do, and she’s trying to overwhelm Robbyn from the word go! We’re flying close to the sun already!

The powerhouse kicked out again, shoving Storm off the cover. The blonde hopped back to her feet with the Los Angeles crowd making a lot of noise now. The brunette was beginning to get up again, and Storm used a spinning heel kick to the jaw that rocked her for a third time followed by a double leg drop to the back of her head and then a third cover!

Zack: Storm’s swinging for the fences, and I hope the next match is ready to go because this one may not last long!

ONE!!

TWOOO!!

TH-NOO!!

But Robbyn still kicked out in time, shoving the champion off her. Storm was back to her feet quickly, and took off for the far side as the challenger was getting up again. This time, she went for a bicycle kick aiming for the head. But Robbyn caught her foot and spun her around. Caitlyn turned into a discus clothesline that put her down before Helmsley rubbed her jaw.

Gaby: It’s that breakneck speed of Caitlyn that makes it so hard to follow her movements and try to predict what’s coming next. Robbyn has been trying her best to find an opening, but at this rate we may see another shut-out!

Zack: Caitlyn’s working from the strategy of if I never let her get one shot off, I’m gonna retain my title. And well…she’s right about that!

She spotted the champion starting to get up, and pulled her the rest of the way for a hard Irish whip that sent her into the far corner. Caitlyn’s back struck the turnbuckles before Robbyn did it again, firing her across to the opposite corner. Storm’s back struck again as she stumbled out, and caught a running boot to the face that sent her back into that same corner. The challenger started hammering away with right hands to the jaw, each shot snapping the champion’s head to the side before a t-bone suplex sent her flying out of the corner to the canvas.

Zack: I think Caitlyn may have pissed Robbyn off with how things started, but she did nothing illegal. She just took an opening she saw, but she’s certainly paying for it now.

Gaby: Like I just mentioned, Caitlyn has already pitched a shut-out on Robbyn before, and the Deadhorse would definitely not like a repeat of that match. And watch as the pace of the match changes RADICALLY: while Caitlyn excels with her fast paced, snappy movement, Robbyn is gonna grind this to a full halt, as she moves to pick her opponent apart with her raw power.

She stalked towards her, still rubbing her jaw for a moment before Helmsley pulled her back to her feet. The challenger whipped her into the ropes, and caught her on the rebound into a pop-up powerbomb. The Alaskan used a double stomp to her back when she rolled over, and then stomped her foot between her shoulders before pulling her arms backwards into a standing surfboard submission.

Zack: Nothing but the heavy artillery for Robbyn, who is still clearly feeling the effects of how this match started. I don’t know how you escape this hold. I guess you either verbally submit or hope Robbyn gets bored if you’re Caitlyn.

Gaby: And I don’t really see Robbyn ever getting bored of watching someone squirm under her prowess, so Caitlyn may only have the one choice.

Stringer dropped down in front of the blonde to check for a submission, but she showed no sign that she was ready to quit. Robbyn stomped her back again with the same foot when she heard her refuse, and then began trying to grind her heel into Storm’s spine a little deeper. The senior referee checked again, still getting the same answer as before.

Zack: Caitlyn’s still not ready to call it a night. She came back in February to regain the Evolution Championship, and I honestly think Robbyn will have to knock her out to take it from her. I just can’t see her quitting.

Gaby: But that’s the problem, isn’t it? Caitlyn isn’t gonna quit, but Robbyn isn’t gonna stop torturing her either until she breaks something!

Storm took stock of her surroundings and started to stretch her foot out as she was not too far from the ropes. Her leg wasn’t quite long enough seemingly though as she tried to squirm her body a couple inches to the right. When Robbyn raised her foot to stomp into her back again, she managed to get the toe of her boot under the bottom rope. Stringer called for the break, which was given as Caitlyn rolled immediately under that bottom rope before Helmsley could grab her in time.

Zack: That’s a veteran move there. Caitlyn wanted to give herself a breather, and she knows the referee will stop the challenger from grabbing her if she’s in the ropes.

Gaby: A matter of sliding your body inches to a side so you can capitalize on just the smallest part of your body being under the ropes, and that’ll be enough! Amazing ring awareness by the defending champion!

The challenger went to get her anyway, but was intercepted by the referee as Storm used the ropes to help her get back to her feet on the outside. Robbyn shoved Stringer to one side, and went to grab the blonde’s head. But Storm ducked through the ropes, catching her with a shoulder thrust to the body that stopped for a second before the champion vaulted over the top rope with a yoshi tonic into a cover!

Gaby: WHOA! Yoshi tonic powerbomb and a cover!

ONE!!

TWOOO!!!

THR-NOO!!

But the Alaskan got her shoulder off the mat in time. Caitlyn rose back to her feet, stooped over a bit due to the pain radiating across her back. As soon as she spotted Robbyn getting up again, she caught her with her signature scissor kick to put her back down.

Gaby: STORM FORCE!!! That scissor kick is the precursor to many of Caitlyn’s victories, she’s definitely feeling it!

The challenger was beginning to get up again as Caitlyn grabbed her head, looking for her snapmare neckbreaker. But it wasn’t meant to be as she was shoved away into the ropes. Storm spun around before she hit them, and turned into a spinebuster from Robbyn that arched her back off the canvas on impact before the challenger rolled away. The Alaskan made it back to her feet a couple seconds later, finding her opponent beginning to do the same before she pulled her into a bridging northern lights suplex. The referee slid into position to make the count.

Zack: Caitlyn got drilled with one of Robbyn’s favorites she calls TRUE NORTH! Maybe that’s where the Evolution title is headed in a matter of seconds!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOO!!

THR-NOO!!

But the champion got her shoulder off the mat in time, and Helmsley rolled away to her feet. She shook her head for a moment to clear the cobwebs as Caitlyn was beginning to rise. The challenger drove her fist into the mat before launching towards her and decking her with a Superman punch to the jaw!

Gaby: DROP! DEAD! GORGEOUS!!! Somewhere,you can bet Samara Steele is smiling and hoping this’ll be the start of a new reign!

Robbyn pulled the champion up, and hooked her into position for her pumphandle slam finisher. But Caitlyn had that too well scouted and used her free arm to start hammering elbows into the side of her head. It sent the powerhouse stumbling backwards, and Caitlyn caught her with a spinning roundhouse kick to the jaw that sent the challenger lumbering backwards into the corner.

Zack: Robbyn had Caitlyn in the launch position for that pumphandle slam she loves to use, but credit to the champion because she was ready for it! Look at Caitlyn going right back to the head!

Gaby: And it’s time to pick up the pace again, because making sure Robbyn couldn’t touch her was working before and will definitely work again!

Storm measured her from there, taking off towards the corner and running up the ropes to deliver a knee strike to the temple. It sent the powerhouse stumbling out of the corner as Caitlyn scaled the corner again, making it to the top rope as she waited for her challenger to turn around. The blonde launched herself off from there into a rana. Only Robbyn caught her legs…until Caitlan countered that into a dragonrana instead with both legs hooked for the cover as Stringer dove into position!

Zack: Robbyn caught her…but didn’t stop her! Caitlyn with a knockout shot if I ever saw one, and there’s the count!

ONE!!

TWOOOOO!!

THREEEEE-NOO!!

Helmsley kicked out in time before the three count landed, and Caitlyn made it back to her feet a few seconds later. Her back was still giving her problems though as she headed for the ropes. Storm glanced behind her, waiting for Robbyn to get up. When she did, Storm used the middle rope for a springboard stunner…only for the Alaskan to sidestep her and let crash onto the mat.

Gaby: Oop-! Crash and burn at the worst possible moment for Storm!

Helmsley was quick to plant her head between her legs, and hoisted her up for a running sitout powerbomb that bounced the champion off the mat. She hooked both legs as she rolled over on top of her for the cover before the referee was in position.

Zack: Massive impact, and Helmsley is three seconds from becoming the Evolution Champion for the second time!!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NO.

The blonde got her shoulder off the mat in the nick of time though, causing Robbyn to double check with the referee to make sure it was only two. She was assured it was as she got back to her feet with a shake of her head.

Gaby: Close, but no cookie here! Robbyn knows Caitlyn isn’t one to yield that easily, but MAN that powerbomb had some crunch!

Storm was struggling to get back to her feet as the challenger circled behind her. When she turned around, Robbyn caught her with a headbutt to the face before scooping her into her sitout pumphandle slam! Caitlyn’s body bounced off the mat before the challenger scooped her legs over her head for the cover before Stringer dropped to count.

Zack: From a COLD KISS right into the DEADHORSE! I think that’s gonna do it!!

ONE!!

TWOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

Stringer called for the bell to a pop as Helmsley stood back up, stumbling backwards to get her balance before she got her hand raised.

Gaby: AND IT DOES!!! It’s been ELEVEN years coming!

Kat: Your winner by pinfall….AND NEEEEEEEEEEEWWW FFW Evolution Champion….’THE ALASKAN DARKHORSE’ ROBBYN HELMSLEY!!

The new champion pumped her first with a smile on her face before the referee handed her the Evolution Championship. She beamed with pride looking down at it and then holding it over her head.

Zack: Robbyn proved on FFW’s biggest stage that she had what it takes to knock off Caitlyn Storm, tying the series between them! And she’s certainly earned the right to call herself the Evolution Champion for the second time in her career!

Gaby: And what a glorious return it seems to be for Robbyn! She brought a lot of anger and passion to the ring, and endured the fast-paced offense of Caitlyn to come out victorious in the end! Talk about a crowning moment for the Deadhorse… Now crowned your new Evolution Champion!

The powerhouse laid the title across her shoulder and helped Caitlyn back to her feet in a show of respect before she left the ring. And that’s when the show cut away to a commercial for FFW merchandise.

Which Way Will She Go?

The show heads to the back once again as we see a pair of talent contracts on a table, one with the FFW logo at the top and the other with the Future Shock logo. Standing behind that table is Kayla Palmer.

Kayla: Fans, Tiffany Lynn Page was given till tonight to finally decide where she wanted to compete after her surprise appearance during the Fatale Royale. In recent weeks, we’ve certainly seen her making friends with Phoenix Galloway on Future Shock, not to mention infuriating Gina Van Zyl on that show. But tonight, she either makes a choice or leaves. I’m expecting her at any moment.

Right on cue, the camera turns to see none other than Tiffany sauntering her way towards the table with a pen in her hand. As she approaches the reporter, Kayla has a question.

Kayla: Tiffany, thank you for joining–AHH!!

Page turns around as she gets caught with a clothesline that sends her to the floor from Gina Van Zyl. The redhead dives on top of her, mounting her chest and pummeling her with right hands as she pins her to the floor. The South African grabs the Future Shock contract, and then Tiffany’s hand to scribble on it before getting back to her feet.

Gina: Welcome to Future Shock, bitch!

Kayla looks dumbfounded and wide eyed as the redhead walks away, and we see Tiffany getting her bearings and then seeing what Gina made her do before the show cuts to the ring again.

[Adam Grant]

A video package of the history between Maddison Knight and Savannah Star airs, showing all the interactions between the brunette and Savannah’s husband. We also see the recent match the two women had on Breaking Point that ended in disqualification. Then we return to the ring as Kat awaits with her microphone in hand.

Kat: The following contest is scheduled for one fall to a finish!

Zack: I’m not sure there’s an issue that hits as close to home on this show as this one we’re about to see, fans. I think the popular saying of ‘fuck around and find out” applies here, Gaby.

Gaby: Yep, this has all the ingredients to be an ugly one, because there’s family involved. Namely, one woman apparently and allegedly making a pass at another woman’s husband. And speaking of said husband…

Standing in the corner behind Kat is Savannah’s husband, Seth, decked out in a referee’s outfit and not looking the least bit happy about it.

Kat: Introducing the special guest referee for this contest….SETH STAR!

Zack: This is Seth’s first time refereeing that I know of, and it doesn’t look like he wants the job. But all of this is because of his history with Maddison that bubbled up along with her return to the company earlier this year. How unbiased do you think he can be?

Gaby: I… Have no idea. I think tonight’s gonna be the test of faith for Seth: either he stands up for his marriage and protects Savannah, proves she was right to be jealous as he sides with Maddison… Or just let the two dismantle one another as an unbiased observer, which I’d say is really unlikely.

Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh

The arena dims down to a darkened state as the entrance fills with smoke and red lights start to move around the stage.  Random photos of Maddison Knight start to flash on the tron, Maddison working out in very short clips interrupted by stills of the brunette wrestling different opponents from the past. The photos and clips start to speed up. The lights stop roaming and land center stage, as the photos on the tron stop moving as the word Knightmare is spelled out.

Oh oh oh
We got this
Oh oh oh
We can't be beat
Oh oh oh
We got this, watch and see

Maddison appears from the smoke in her ring gear, a pair of tight leather pants and a Knightmare T cut up to be more form fitting. Maddison looks like she’s ready for war, as shes begins to move towards the ring.

We'll be victorious
We'll be victorious
Ready for the battle
Ready for the pain
Only ones alive that can walk through the flames

Kat : Making her way to the ring.... She is the Knightmare.... MADDISON KNIGGGGHHHHTTTTT

The brunette makes her way to the steps of the ring onto the ring apron grabbing the middle rope and looking out into the crowd who are clearly voicing their hatred for her.

Maddison and Rori get into the ring Rori through the ropes and Maddi up and over the top rope looking around the ring and then to one another as they finally show some form of emotion by smirking to one another, and disregarding anyone else in the ring, Maddison whispering something to Rori as she winks at her friend prepared for her match.

Zack: Since both members of Prophecy arrived earlier this year, they have been at the center of a lot of vitriol and anger. I mean they were in a blood feud with the Action News Network, we got Rori taking on Scarlett tonight, and this too. They really know how to bring out the worst in their opponents, don’t they?

Gaby: Not only that, they know how to lçet their own worst on display as well. Maddison’s issue with the Network was partly caused by Atherton and Warren; this whole situation with Savannah? Easily avoidable, but Maddison pretty much asked for every part of it.

There was silence; the lights began to fade away slowly. A soft instrumental echoes out across the audience. It starts slowly, a beautiful sound that contrasts the heaviness of the world. Like feathers, it glides among the waiting audience. The lighting fixtures produce a gentle spotlight upon the stage, offset by the occasional flash here and there. As 'Just Close Your Eyes' by Waterproof Blonde continues to play, a woman’s words begin to come through. Her voice is tender, not raising upon a whisper.

"Deceived by my eyes and all I was told I should see
Opinions not mine, the person they taught me to be
One night in the dark, a vision of someone I knew
And in the darkness I saw, a voice say, I'm you."

On the stage, a feminine figure appears. Her head lowered to everything. People cannot make out who it is. As she stands there, the flashes briefly illuminate her figure. It only gives small clues on who stands at the gate. She stands in the spotlight, her shadow cast large and proudly among the stage.

"Inside me a light was turned on…"

The instrumental picks up again. An electric guitar now joins the progressively exciting instrumentals of before. The singer’s voice suddenly intensifies.

"Then I was alive!"

In the light, it is revealed that it was Savannah Taylor. She stands at the gate, a robe of obsidian and ivory hues. The hood of it shadows her eyes, but the intensity of the final EXODUS World Champion remains clear as day. She starts off down the ramp, with a serious aura radiating from her body.

Kat: Ladies and gentlemen, making her way down to the ring....weighing in at one hundred twenty pounds.....from Las Vegas, Nevada.....Savannah Star !!!

"If you close your eyes your life,
A naked truth revealed
Dreams you never lived,
And scars never healed"

Savannah makes her way up the ring steps. She looks out towards the audience for a moment before entering the ring. From there, she heads for a turnbuckle. She stands there, taking in everything. She then lifts her up on top of it. She peers out in nothing, then takes off the hood with a flashy flourish. Her blonde locks fly up in the air. They descend, shaping her face as they famously do.

"In the darkness, light will take you to the other side
You'll find me waiting there you'll see, if you just close your eyes."

While she stands in her corner, she closes her eyes and takes a heavy breath. When her bright eyes open, Taylor is completely composed. There is nothing more than the heat of battle awaiting her. She takes off her robe, giving it to a stagehand. She stretches her wrists before devoting her mind to the war upon the horizon.

Zack: I’ve seen a lot of people over the years try to cross Savannah, try to get ahead of her, and everything in between. But I have never seen anyone come at her the way Maddison has. If there’s one thing I know she holds closest to her, it’s her husband. I don’t know what to expect here with him in the stripes.

Gaby: Savannah has double crossed many people for her marriage, and it’s one of the two constants in her career; the other being her obsession with the FFW Championship. But tonight is all about her family and her honor. We’ve seen a very deranged Savannah in the recent months; tonight, we may see that madness on full display.

Seth called for the bell, and Savannah immediately took off towards the brunette with a running tackle to the canvas before she began unloading with mounted punches to the head. The fans in Los Angeles were entirely behind her too. Knight tried to cover up, only to have her hands pulled apart for Star to catch her with a headbutt to the face. The blonde quickly got to her feet, dragging Maddison up with two handfuls of hair to her feet. She yanked her head down into a kneelift before using a hair mare to throw her to the canvas, while Seth remained in the same corner he had before the match started.

Zack: Savannah’s picking up where she left off a few weeks ago on Breaking Point when we tried to settle this issue. That ended in a disqualification. I can’t see Seth disqualifying anyone here, if the situation calls for it.

Gaby: If he hasn’t stopped the match as soon as it started, he may just not do it. Now it’s a matter of whether he’ll let anything go, or whether there’s a line he won’t allow them to cross, even though there have been so many crossed lines as it is.

Knight didn’t have a chance to sit up before she caught a knee drop to the face. Savannah dragged her back to her feet, whipping her into the far corner before following her in with a corner clothesline to the back. It smashed the brunette’s chest against the corner before Star began slamming her head into the top turnbuckle repeatedly. The fans counted off eight times before Savannah hooked her head, and used the middle rope for a springboard bulldog.

Zack: Maddison is taking one hell of a pounding at the outset of this match, and we’re getting a full display of what happens when you go after Savannah’s husband…especially the way she has been.

Gaby: And so far, all Seth is doing is… watching. Maddison has claimed more than once that Seth is just a dear friend she was happy to reconnect with, but that look on him? If ennui had a face, that would be it.

Star rolled on top of her again, hammering away with more mounted punches that Maddison didn’t cover up this time to deflect. Two handfuls of hair were snatched before the blonde started pounding the back of her head into the canvas until she got back to her feet with a fiery expression on her face. Seth remained in the same corner he had been all along as he watched the match.

Zack: Judging by the look on Savannah’s face, I’m going to wager she’s not done half of what she wants to do to Maddison tonight at Unstoppable 15.

Gaby: Half? Oh baby, something tells me we’re literally just getting started.

Knight made it back to her feet, but was driven into the corner again with a running shoulder tackle to the back by Savannah. She yanked her head back with a handful of hair, sharing a few unkind thoughts before she dropped her with a reverse DDT. She glanced towards the same corner, an idea coming to mind before she began to unfasten the turnbuckle padding and threw it to the floor. Savannah doubled back to pull Maddison up to her feet, she was about to drive her face first into that exposed corner. But Knight blocked it with her foot, and surprised the blonde bombshell with a back elbow to the jaw. It stunned Star long enough for her to get herself together, and hopped onto the middle rope to deliver a disaster kick that sent the stunned Savannah to the canvas.

Zack: Maddison had enough wherewithal to avoid getting her face crushed into the exposed turnbuckle. And if Seth wanted to, he could go put that turnbuckle back on, but I wouldn’t want to get close to these two either right now.

Gaby: Does he care, though? All he’s doing is watching them try to destroy one another; I don’t even know if he has the spirit to count a cover at this point!

The brunette scooped up both of Savannah’s feet and fell backwards into a catapult that sent the blonde’s chest into the exposed corner. She clutched her chest in pain before Knight scooped her onto her shoulders and fell backwards with an electric chair to the canvas. Maddison continued the assault with repeated stomps to her chest. She dragged the blonde back to her feet, scooping her up into a backbreaker across her knee. That was followed by scooping both feet up again and flipping her over into a Boston crab. Seth moved out of the corner, and knelt close to his wife, who gave him a look before he even asked about stopping the match.

Zack: Sometimes a wife can communicate with her husband without saying a word, and THAT look from Savannah told her husband everything he needed to know right there.

Gaby: “You DARE imply I could be quitting and it’s the couch for you, sir!” Not gonna lie, that’s pretty amusing, unlike that crispy submission Maddison has Savannah in right now.

Maddison leaned back in the hold, talking over her shoulder and trashing Savannah as she did so. It was working for the blonde though, as it was firing her up and making her angrier. She reached for the nearby ropes, but was just out of reach. Seth didn’t ask her again as Knight leaned back a little further with the hold. The former No Surrender Champion gritted her teeth and stretched her hand out a little farther. Her fingertips brushed the bottom rope, but Maddison saw it as well.

Zack: Maddison’s keeping a close eye on where Savannah’s hand is. She knows they are close to the ropes too, and may be about to fix that.

Gaby: As she should. Savannah could break the pressure on her spine by just moving a couple more inches forward, but that’s not part of Maddi’s plans for now.

She stood up and began to drag Star towards the center of the ring instead. As she did so though, Savannah managed to roll onto her back and use both feet to piston the brunette backwards off balance. Knight went into the ropes just as Savannah barreled towards her with a clothesline, only for her to duck and deposit Savannah over the top rope to the floor. Maddison stood back up with a grin as she looked down to see Star on the floor.

Zack: What’s the odds that you think Maddison is just gonna wait in the ring for Savannah to come back? I wouldn’t bet the house on it, that’s for sure.

Gaby: Maddison has never struck me as the patient kind of person, so… Yeah, I wouldn’t bet on it either aaaaand there she goes!

Zack proved to be right as Maddison stepped out of the ring. She watched as Savannah was starting to get up before hopping off the apron with a double stomp to her back that drove her back down. She stepped onto her back from there with the help of the apron, jumping and dropping both knees against her spine. That’s when the taunts began as she told Savannah to get up again. That’s what Star began to do before she got an Irish whip into the barricade. Savannah leaned against it in pain before Maddison took off towards her with a running boot to the chest that almost sent her into the front row.

Zack: They’re starting to get a little too close for comfort for me. And if he were obliged, Seth could easily be counting these two out right now, but I haven’t seen even a one count yet.

Gaby: Yep, he’s… not interested. He’s basically an extra in the ring right now.

Knight pulled Savannah back to her feet, and then tried to whip her into the post next. But the blonde stopped herself in time. Maddison came in from behind to send her the rest of the way, but ran into a spinning backfist that wobbled her instead. The Los Angeles crowd was getting loud again as Savannah turned, using a drop toe hold to send the brunette face first into the post instead, dropping her like a rock to the floor.

Zack: A drop toe hold into that ring post, and Knight may be out cold right now! When steel meets bone, steel wins!

Gaby: That does tend to be the case, especially when there’s THAT kind of intent right there! Rori may wanna have a dentist on speed dial for her tag partner!

Savannah took a few seconds to gather herself as the cold glare returned to her face. She spotted the brunette starting to get to all fours before she hooked her around the waist and sent her into the barricade with a release German suplex. Knight slumped against it as there was a cut on her forehead from where it struck the post. Star rose back to her feet, and began driving relentless knees to her head and face against the barrier before standing over her with a cold-blooded stare in her eyes.

Zack: Savannah saw that cut on Knight’s head, and she’s gone to work on it now! Nothing but knees to the dome by Mrs. Star, and Maddison is in big trouble!

Gaby: Like a shark smelling blood in the water! That’s the eyes of a predator right there!

Seth remained in the ring, not bothering to count as Savannah flipped up the ring apron to find and retrieve a steel chair. This got the crowd to their feet again as she stalked back towards her husband’s former girlfriend.

Zack: This is how the last match ended! Savannah’s got her hands on some steel now, and no one is ever going to accuse her husband of being a stickler for the rules.

Gaby: Talk about being the most uninterested referee in the history of Unstoppable! Dude cared so little about the job, he could absolve Oscar Graves for his horrible refereeing!

Savannah towered over the brunette as she was trying to get up again. She raised the chair up, only to get a headbutt to the stomach that stopped her briefly. Knight made it back to her feet, delivering a jawbreaker that stunned the veteran and sent her backwards. Star dropped the chair to the floor before Maddison used a bicycle kick to bring her down. She saw her own blood on her head after rubbing her hand against it, and dragged Savannah back to her feet to toss her into the ring. Then she glanced back to the chair, and scooped it up next.

Zack: Knight saved herself from what would have been certain disaster if Savannah got to use that chair. But it looks like she’s got an idea or two for it as well. This match is not No DQ, but it’s also not No Countout…but you wouldn’t know it from the referee’s actions so far, would you?

Gaby: The rules are just as good as the referee enforcing them, and Seth is just not interested! These women are gonna wreck each other before Mr. Star remembers he’s supposed to perform here!

Maddison slid into the ring and sat the chair up on the canvas. With a scowl, she pulled Savannah up with her and hooked her head into position before underhooking both arms. She moved backwards to line up with the chair.

Gaby: Maddison is about to give Savannah a taste of metal as well, and this is gonna be a nasty one if she connects!

As Maddison was about to use her DDT finisher to drive Savannah’s head into the chair, Seth jerked it out of the way. Maddison looked at him with a blank stare as he shook his head, telling her he wasn’t going to allow chairs.

Zack: Look at that! I guess Seth does have limits to what he’ll accept in this match! He’s not gonna watch his wife get driven head first into that chair!

Gaby: Rules for her, but not for you?! I see how it is! That’s why he seemed so uninterested at first, I guess!

Maddison let the blonde go, and started getting on his case for taking the chair away. Seth folded up the chair and tossed it to the mat, and Savannah scooped Knight up from behind and went for her electric chair finisher…but Knight countered out of it with a reverse rana that sent the blonde into the folded up chair anyway!

Zack: CRUEL ANGEL’S—OH GOD!

Maddison rolled her over and went for the cover, kicking the chair out of the ring on instinct as Seth reluctantly dropped into position to make the count.

Zack: He doesn’t want to do it!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOO!!

………….THREE!!!!!

He called for the bell as Maddison got back to her feet, stumbling backwards into the corner as she tried to get herself together. Seth moved towards her and raised her hand before kneeling down next to his wife.

Gaby: He took his sweet time there, but there was no getting up from that! Brought down by her own artifice!

Kat: Your winner by pinfall…….MADDISON KNIGHT!!

Knight badmouthed Savannah as she stood over her, but was clearly proud of herself as she climbed the nearest corner with her arms raised in victory.

Zack: Maddison picks up the biggest win of her FFW career right there with the help of a steel chair and the reluctance of Savannah’s husband to even want to count his wife’s shoulders.

Gaby: And Savannah will have nobody to blame but herself! She brought the chair in, and it lingered in the ring for long enough under Seth’s uninterested gaze to be her own downfall!

Knight rolled out of the ring, giving a sarcastic wave behind her to Savannah as she headed towards the back. Then we went to a commercial for the next FFW event: Sabotage.

[Adam Grant]

A video package shows the years of history between Rori and Scarlett dating back over a decade ago all the way to their recent interactions. Then we return to the ring with Kat once more standing front and center.

Kat: The following contest is scheduled for one fall to a finish!

Zack: I’m not sure “grudge match” adequately describes what we are about to see, fans. This all began over a decade ago when Rori was part of the roster the last time. She and Maddison, who we just saw, popped up again earlier this year, and it’s clear nothing has changed.

Gaby: As soon as The Prophecy came back to FFW, it seemed as if Scarlett was their first big target. There have been some swerved along the way, namely Savannah Star and the Action News Network, but in the end, it's not like Rori and Maddison ever took their eyes off the Ragin’ Cajun.

The arena dims down to a darkened state as the entrance fills with smoke and red lights start to move around the stage.  Random photos of Rori Mackenzie start to flash on the tron, short clips of the blonde at a shooting gallery with different guns only to be interrupted by stills of the wrestler from her first run in FFW wrestling different opponents from the past, Break You by Marion Ravn begins to play through the arena. The photos and clips start to speed up before slowing down completely to stills of Rori and Scarlett when they tagged together in the early years of the company before showing their battered and broken bodies at the end of Hell in a Cell on Sin & Sacrifice.

I was your girl, gave you my world
My everything but you wouldn't see
I had your back, I backed you up
Whatever I did was never enough

The lights stop roaming and land center stage, as the photos on the tron stop moving as the words Prophet’s Playtoy is spelled out.

Just you, you
That's all you ever thought about you, you
No one matters like you do
What goes around comes around
You should know by now

Rori appears from the smoke, in her ring gear, a pair of black tight leather pants and a TKO T cut up to be more form fitting tied around her neck and back. The blonde’s hair is up in a french braid, as she looks ready for a fight. Rori takes a step towards the ring much to the dismay of the crowd, and stands with a cocky smirk, as she fixes her braid making sure she looks like she’s ready for war.

The palm of your hand, that was your plan
Gave me no time but now you want mine
It's all about take, you took too much
Nothing inside, I'm all used up
Come on, you, you
Nothing else matters like you do
You know what I'm talkin' 'bout, don't you?
What goes around comes around
You should know by now

Kat : Making her way to the ring, she was one half of the tag team TKO.... By way of Hell Michigan... She is THE PROPHET’S PLAYTOY!!! RORI MACKENZIE!

Rori makes her way to the ring steps and slowly takes a step up them, as the girl from Prophecy looks out into the crowd with wicked smiles on their faces.

Bet you never thought that I could break you
Did you think that I would look the other way?
Yeah, you had it all figured out
But tell me who's the one who's crying now?
All your one night stands
(Should've thought about that)
Says she's just a friend
(Should've thought about that)
Are you satisfied now'?
(Should've thought about that)
'Cause you can't hold me down

The blonde steps through the ropes and instantly gets into the referee’s face making sure he understands this is her match and he will call it accordingly, before returning to her corner. Letting out a yawn as she taps her foot impatiently waiting for Scarlett to come out.

Zack: Can you believe these two women were supposed to be tag partners way back when? TKO was their team name and this was their music, and it’s clear to me that the mind games are already at work. I don’t think this one is gonna be a catch-as-catch-can classic.

Gaby: Far from it, Rori can act like a wild animal at times and it's only gotten more feral since then. And in a weird way, and this is a bet of mine, without Maddison to rein her in, it's only gonna get worse.

“No pain, no victory
Your reign is history
'Cause we're not stoppin' 'til we break through
So take your best shot, make your move

Oh, step right up, who's next?
You're messin' with the best”

Rori watched the stage, waving Scarlett to come out as her music continued to play. But as she was watching the stage, the camerawoman behind her…was putting the camera down. She also took off a jumpsuit and a wig to reveal it was the Hall of Famer staring a hole through the back of Rori’s head.

Zack: Wait a minute! She must have come out during the break! That’s no camera woman, that’s Scarlett! And Rori doesn’t know it yet!

Gaby: Ha! This is nothing like Scarlett has ever done before! Have YOU ever seen Kincaid doing that kind of cosplay? Think she's gotten any tips from Rose Gardner or Jennifer Williams?!

Referee Colby Morrison saw her though, and immediately called for the bell as Kat quickly left the ring. Rori was confused why he did that till she turned around into a Thesz press from the Cajun as Scarlett began hammering her with right hands to the head. The Los Angeles crowd roared in approval as Scarlett delivered relentless blows to the head before getting back to her feet. She yanked Rori to her feet, and whipped her into the far corner. As soon as she struck, Scarlett was right behind her with a corner clothesline. Kincaid climbed to the middle rope, hammering down more punches as the fans counted to twelve before she hopped back to the mat.

Zack: Talk about having the element of surprise! Look at Scarlett go! This has been a long time coming for the Cajun, and Rori’s getting battered!

Gaby: She was definitely expecting a completely different start to this match, not being jumped by the camera woman! Unexpected out of 10 doesn't even begin to explain this!

She snatched her into a side headlock before driving fists into her face and then topped that off with a bulldog to the center of the ring. Scarlett was back to her feet a second later, taking off for the far side as Rori was starting to get to her knees. A knee trembler from Kincaid caught her flush on the jaw before a spinning heel kick to the back of her head put the blonde face down on the canvas, not to mention had the Los Angeles crowd totally supporting the Cajun.

Zack: There’s no question who the fans here in the City of Angels are behind, and Scarlett is absolutely fueled by anger and adrenaline right now! As for Rori…to a nicer girl it couldn’t happen!

Gaby: I've said it before, the Prophecy girls are pros at making enemies, and I don't think they get any more iconic, recognizable or high profile than Scarlett Kincaid. She's represented FFW many times over the last 15 years, and it's no surprise LA loves her!

Mackenzie was beginning to get to her feet before Kincaid pulled her the rest of the way, and whipped her into the ropes. She scooped her up on the rebound with a spinebuster before getting back to her feet. Grabbing both arms, she sat her up enough to start blasting away with knees to her head before she let her drop back down to the mat. Scarlett used the near side ropes for a springboard moonsault that landed on target. Colby dropped to count, but the Cajun shook her head and got back to her feet.

Zack: She doesn’t want to go for the win yet! Scarlett says she’s got some more receipts to hand out, and you can’t blame her in the slightest for feeling that way!

Gaby: There's that fiery temper we know Scarlett for! But she needs to be careful with that. The longer she takes to put Rori away, the more she risks having some kind of “freak accident” happen.

Kincaid pulled her up again, shoving her backwards into the nearest corner before connecting with a discus elbow to the jaw. It popped her head back for a second before the redhead scooped her onto her shoulders for a running Samoan drop. As she sat up, Rori started to roll the other direction towards the ropes. She used them to help her get back to her feet until Scarlett rushed her with a clothesline that sent them both over the top rope to the floor.

Zack: I’d be wondering if Rori regretted some of her recent decisions, but I know the answer to that. This match is moving to ringside, and that could be a very dangerous proposition.

Gaby: For both of them, though, not just Rori! But good lord, is Scarlett angry or what? That clothesline came with so much venom, she could hurt herself with that!

Colby began his count in the ring as Scarlett pulled Rori back to her feet. She delivered a flurry of forearms into the side of her head before she fired the blond off towards the steps. But Mackenzie reversed that, and sent the Cajun over the steps instead. Scarlett leaned over the top step in pain as Rori tried to get herself together as quickly as she could. The blonde headed towards her after that, stepping up to the second step for a curb stomp that drove Scarlett’s face into the top step.

Zack: Scarlett’s face just went into the steps, and Rori’s starting to get her marbles together now. She loves fighting like this. The more violent, the better!

Gaby: See what I mean about taking your time putting her away? Now Rori gets to turn this into a glorified hardcore match, and we get to remind ourselves just how deep goes Scarlett’s pain threshold.

Mackenzie pulled the redhead up into a Russian leg sweep to the floor, then turned her attention back to the steps which she began disassembling till she got the top half of them loose. She pressed a boot to Kincaid’s neck and was about to crash the steps onto her face before the big man reached through the ropes and grabbed the top of them. Colby told her he wasn’t going to allow it, and to get back in the ring as Rori struggled to pull them out of his hand.

Zack: She was gonna crush Scarlett’s head like a grape! She can fight him all she wants, she’s not going to overpower Colby here. No chance!

Gaby: And thank goodness for the big guy! He's been doing a stellar job with these messy matches with too many moving parts and fiery egos. Think we can clone him and fire Oscar Graves? That would be kinda cool!

She finally stopped trying to pull them away from him as Colby took them to the other side of the ring and dropped back to the floor. As he did that, Rori positioned Scarlett’s upper body under the apron before using a catapult to send her into the steel bar that was built into the apron. She started coughing heavily, bringing a smile to Rori’s face as the blonde caught sight of a red toolbox under the ring. And that smile got even bigger.

Zack: Colby got the steps away from her, Scarlett’s choking for her breath, and oh no! Rori just found something, those are the toolboxes the ring crew uses to assemble the ring. I remind all of you that this is NOT a no disqualification match.

Gaby: Does Rori CARE, though? I don't think this is a lot about winning, not anymore than it is about hurting Scarlett. Mackenzie enjoys leaving a mark on her opposition no matter how grim she makes it to be.

She reached under the ring, and pulled the toolbox out and opened it. The first thing she grabbed was a screwdriver. She pulled Scarlett up to a sitting position as the Cajun coughed heavily, and raised her hand up and was about to drive it into her head when Colby caught that too. He grabbed her wrist, stopping her from using it as Rori was getting even more pissed off at the big man.

Zack: She was gonna drive that screwdriver into Scarlett’s head, thank goodness for Colby! He should just disqualify her and get it over with!

Gaby: This is not the time to be lenient with this kind of attitude! If the big man allows Rori to think she can get away with stuff without a DQ, it'll only lead her to try again in different ways!

Colby yanked the screwdriver away from her, and this gave Scarlett a chance to get back to her feet. The Cajun started fighting back with right hands to the head, rocking Rori backwards before a palm thrust to the throat spun her around. Scarlett glanced down to the open toolbox and saw the screwdriver in Colby’s hand, and became even more enraged. With Mackenzie leaning against the barricade, Scarlett charged towards her with a running high knee that sent her over it into the front before the redhead followed after her. The fans started parting in both directions.

Zack: They don’t need to be out there, not with the fans! Colby has to get them back in the ring, which may be easier said than done.

Gaby: And this is a count both women aren't really high on paying attention to, as if this contest hadn't gone off the rails enough!

Colby stepped out of the ring to go get them as Rori used a low blow behind the barricade to stop Scarlett in her tracks. She bent over in pain as Rori was crouched, and found a purse one of the ringside fans had left behind before she started going through it as the big man approached.

Gaby: Looks like our ref knows they won't come back, he's just gonna bride-carry them back in if need be– Hold up, what the heck is Rori up to now?

Zack: One of our ringside fans left her purse when she was getting away, and Rori found it! What could possibly be in there? I mean it’s just a purse.

As Colby headed to the barricade, Rori surprised him by popping up and emptying a hair spray bottle in his face to blind him. Then she used that same bottle and crushed it against the side of Scarlett’s head before using a facebuster to drive her onto the floor in the first row! Rori stood up with a proud smirk on her face before removing the compact she found in the purse, and checking herself out with a chuckle before pulling Scarlett up and tossing her back to ringside.

Gaby: AS IF SHE HADN'T ASKED FOR A DQ ALREADY!!! Rori just went and blinded Colby with something! We need water for his eyes or something!

Zack: Colby got a bottle of hairspray right in his eyes and face. I don’t think he can see a damn thing right now. Get us another referee and call this match off!

Rori joined her as she pulled up the apron on that side, finding herself a steel chair. She checked to see Colby was blinded still, and brought the chair down across Scarlett’s back once and then again. The fans in the Crypto.com Arena were even louder with their boos now as the blonde slid the chair around Scarlett’s neck as she lay on the floor. Then she climbed up onto the apron next.

Zack: Colby’s still blinded, we need a new referee! And Scarlett’s gonna have her neck broken as soon as Rori jumps off the apron!

Gaby: We need a new ref out here, guys, it's serious! This match should've been called off 2 minutes ago, and now Rori is about to show us how far off the deep end she is willing to go!

The blonde hopped off the apron aiming to land on the chair before Scarlett shoved it off her head and rolled out of the way. Mackenzie landed on her feet instead, shrugged and scooped the chair off the floor as she circled behind Kincaid waiting for her to turn around. As soon as Scarlett did though, she caught Rori with a superkick to the chair that drove it back into her face. The psychotic blonde staggered backwards, dropping the chair before the Cajun launched towards her with a blockbuster to the floor!

Zack: Scarlett avoided a career ending injury right there, and Rori just kissed the steel! Let’s get some help for the big man and a new referee while we’re at it! OH…Scarlett’s got the chair now!

Zack was right as Scarlett picked up the chair, and the fans got very loud in wanting her to use it.

Gaby: See if you can bring in some eye drops for Colby as well! And listen to this crowd! Everybody wants Rori to taste some metal too! I'm not sure I'd like to see things go that way, but Rori asked for this!

Two referees emerged at this point as Kevin Fisk went to help Colby, while Oscar Graves arrived and snatched the chair away from Scarlett as she was about to use it, getting boos from the fans as a result. Graves threatened to disqualify her if she tried to use the folding chair.

Gaby: Thank goodness for referee Kevin Fisk out here, but of course it's this schmuck trying to rein things in inside the ring. Don't you wanna roll back the tape and check who used the chair first, babe?!

Scarlett bore a hole through Graves with the look she was giving him, which gave Rori the opening she needed. Mackenzie used a rear waistlock into a release German suplex that sent Kincaid into the steps she had tried to use earlier. They made a loud clanging noise as Rori sat up, quickly trying to get her bearings as Scarlett writhed on top of the steps.

Zack: Graves just handed Rori all the opening she needed, this should have been a countout or a disqualification more than once by now. I know the fans want to see a winner but still….

Gaby: But this has gone completely out of control! This should've been a DQ 10 minutes ago, and a double countout 5 minutes ago! And I guess we've learned nothing since Raven Knight!

Rori headed around the corner towards the timekeeper’s table. That’s when Kat immediately hopped up and went in the other direction as Rori scooped up the ring bell into the ring and palmed the hammer against her wrist. Mackenzie circled back around, pulling Scarlett up with her and rolling her back inside before she joined her. Graves got into the ring next.

Gaby: We're finally back in the ring, way past the time this Should've been called off and, did you notice that?!

Zack: She’s trying to hide that hammer that we’ve seen her use before. Just ask Sydney Christensen about that.

Graves went to collect the bell as Rori walked past him, making sure he wasn’t watching her as Scarlett was starting to get back to her feet.

Zack: Look at her hand, ref! The bell’s just a diversion!

Gaby: Of course Oscar Graves would fall for that kind of misdirection!

As Scarlett got to her feet, Rori went to clock her with the hammer. But Scarlett ducked it, and caught her with an uppercut that sent the hammer into Rori’s chin instead. She staggered backwards before Kincaid yanked her forward into her spinning double underhook facebuster! She dove on top of her for the cover as Graves questioned her about the hammer when he saw it on the mat. She screamed at him to count before he dropped down to do that.

Zack: BAYOU BUSTER!! Look at him thinking Kincaid brought the hammer in!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

Graves called for the bell even though there was no hammer to ring it with at the moment as Scarlett made it back to her feet. He raised her hand though. Kat darted back to her table to grab the microphone.

Gaby: After all this mess, might as well go all the way in! Thanks for not ruining this, Graves!

Kat: Your winner by pinfall……SCARLETT KINCAID!!!

Scarlett leaned against the ropes, holding her hand to her mouth as she saw the blood that was coming out of it. Trainers rushed down to the ring as she rolled out to the floor, and began to attend to her. Meanwhile back in the ring, Rori was getting her wits about her and began to laugh.

Zack: Scarlett picks up the win, but I have a feeling this won’t be the last time these two meet. Look at Rori…she’s laughing!

Gaby: She got what she wanted: a violent match I  which she could bring Scarlett to some breaking point. That trickle of blood from Scarlett is like her badge of honor!

The blonde crawled towards the ropes, still dazed after getting the hammer to the chin like she did before she shouted “WE’RE NOT DONE, SCARLETT!’ at the top of her voice into the camera.

Gaby: And she wants more… She's not done with the violence… This can only get worse, Z.

Zack: I shudder to think where things go from here. We’re gonna try to restore some sanity out here, because coming up next is the Future Shock Championship match!

Then the show went to a commercial for the Sydney Supershow coming up.

Sister Act

The next thing we see is Allison Marx outside the door of one of the skyboxes in the Crypto.com Arena.

Allison: We saw at the top of the show that we had a pair of guests here with us tonight, and I thought I’d see about getting the story on that.

With that, she began to knock on the door awaiting the arrival of one or both of the Lohan sisters on the other side.

The door opens. First we see Dawn Lohan coming into few. It doesn’t take long for her older and taller sister, Brittany, to stand behind her. Dawn looks quizzically at Allison.

Dawn Lohan: Can I help you?

 Allison: Yes, you can. Hello, Dawn. I haven’t seen you in a while. Welcome to Unstoppable 15!

Dawn Lohan: You’re right, it has been awhile. Wasn’t expecting Jake to tweet that photo of me. Guess the cat's out the bag right?

She says this with a soft smile.

 Allison: So it is true then? You’ve returned to FFW and I assume you’ve brought your sister, Brittany, along this time? I don’t know her as well as you from your last stint when you were having issues with Nevaeh.

Dawn nods.

Dawn Lohan: I can confirm I am officially back. Going to be weird not having Samantha around. FFW is as popular and competitive as ever. The machine continues. As for my sister...

Dawn looks over her shoulder. Brittany tilts her head to the side.

Brittany Lohan: Confirmed. All you need to know Allison I am here to break faces and support my sister.

Brittany pats Dawn on the shoulder.

Allison: What brought you back, Dawn? We haven’t seen you around for a while, and is the reason Brittany joined you because you’re here? Or are there singles aspirations? What’s the story?

Dawn runs her hands through her thick blonde hair. Taking a moment to process the million dollar question she figured she was going to be asked sooner or later, she pushes on.

Dawn Lohan: Have you ever woke up one day and asked yourself, “Has my whole life been wrong?” Imagine living each and every single day of your life under the assumption you had it all figured out. Your beliefs were set in stone. The person you were you, the way you saw the world was... wonderful? Would you feel wonderful after two failed marriages to the same woman? Would you feel your beliefs were right if you watched everyone else experience a morsel of happiness? Would you feel you wasted your time all these years putting everyone elses needs first? There are no consequences for the ingrates who wronged you? Karma is supposed to exist. I haven’t received any justice. People are still walking around as if nothing has happened. And I am supposed to exist every day believing that the world is wonderful? That I am wonderful?

Dawn rolls her eyes.

Dawn Lohan: Maybe my whole life has been wrong. Professional wrestling is the only thing that makes sense. I gave up my career to be a housewife. Twice. Before anyone jumps the gun, no, I did not come to FFW to beat Kate Steele up. Re-signing with the company she is a part of isn’t the most wonderful of ideas. Hey. You can’t let little things like that stop you. Besides, she has a lot of drama going on with Sapphire, and I doubt our paths will cross anytime soon.  I need to figure out who I am. Truthfully Allison, I don’t know. I don’t know who Dawn Lohan is anymore, part of the reason Britt came with me was to help me find out.

Allison: Diamond did seem surprised that you were even here, from what I saw on X. While you want nothing to do with her, is the same true for you, Brittany?

Brittany cracks her knuckles.

Brittany Lohan: I won’t go out of my way to drive my fist into her face. Would I turn down the opportunity? No. Not out of hate or annoyance. I’m a simple girl. Give me an opponent. Ring the bell. Whoever stands across the ring from me is going to experience a very long night. FFW gives me the chance to clash with women I haven’t. I was part of the same bubble of wrestlers for years. Not getting any younger. New land. New bodies to beat up. That. Simple.

Dawn Lohan: And to touch on your question about title aspirations? Goes without saying me or Britt would love to be FFW Champion. A tag run would be nice. Ultimately, this is a journey of self discovery. Some might get hurt along the way. Can’t make an omelet without cracking a few eggs. Anything else you want to know?

Allison: I think that pretty well covers the bases for now. Thank you for talking with me, ladies. And welcome to FFW…or back to FFW in your case, Dawn.

Allison turns back to the camera as the show cuts away.

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[Adam Grant]

A history package shows us the backstory behind tonight’s match for the Future Shock Championship dating back to Global Wars all the way through to the Fatale Royale. Then we return to the ring as Lexi is standing in the center this time.

Lexi: The following contest is scheduled for one fall with a 30 minute time limit, and it is for the FFW Future Shock Championship!

Zack: The richest prize in Future Shock is about to be up for grabs in a match that originally should have taken place at Global Wars until it was ruined by the Dynasty. Well that’s in the past now, and we’re about to see two of the best go at it once more with the coveted title on the line. Gaby, even though you aren’t on that show, I know you follow it closely.

Gaby: Aye aye! Future Shock is where I came from and I’m definitely following it all very closely. It’s gonna be a massive honor calling this match for a belt I’ve held before so many years ago, tonight’s showcase match for the blue brand. I’d also wager to mention this is a match between two of the greatest talents to come from that brand in the current generation. Let’s hecking GO!

The sounds of "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol begin to play as purple strobe lights flash on the darkened stage. A woman starts to rise up from under the stage with her back to the crowd before looking over her shoulder with a smile.

Last night a little dancer, came dancin' to my door
Last night a little angel, came pumping on my floor
She said come on baby, you got a license for love

The fans give her a very warm response as she bounces down the stage to the music, greeting several fans along ringside and even taking selfies with a couple before rolling under the bottom rope. She shucks off her ring jacket as the lights come up.

Lexi: Introducing from London, England....please welcome....ARABELLA TOWNSHEND!!

Arabella gives Lexi a little hip bump as she passes her, and climbs up onto the turnbuckle to rally the fans as her music fades out.

Zack: Arabella calls herself the Soul of Future Shock. She said in her promo it’s where she always wants to be, it’s home for her. But tonight, she aims to be more than its soul. She wants to be the top woman on her boyfriend’s roster, but she has a hell of a mountain to climb to do it.

Gaby: Missy is definitely one of the most dominant Future Shock Champions in this generation, but Arabella is definitely one of the hardest challengers she’s had recently! They’ve been on the same side of the ring before – you did mention their runs-in with the Williams Dynasty – and they know one another very well, so this has all the ingredients to be Arabella’s hallmark night.

The lights in the arena go off before a single purple spotlight hits the stage. As the opening bars of “Wild Side” by Cross My Heart Hope To Die starts to play Missy appears at the entrance way. Missy stands perfectly still, as her head stays bent, looking towards the ground and her manager Christian Kincaid walks out to stand behind her.

I've been on my best behavior
But I've heard that good girls finish last
And once you're gone they say no one can save you
But who knows if I go I may never want to ever come back
We've all fell victim to temptation
It seems that I'm the last one holding on
What's the use in fighting for my salvation
And why does it feel so damn right to want to be so wrong

At the side of Missy purple lights flash on and off, looking almost like fireworks, as she remains perfectly still. As the lights subside, Missy raises her arms up to the air and a single white spotlight accompanies the move.

I just wanna dance with the devil tonight
I wanna know what it feels like
I wanna close my eyes, put my hands in the sky
I wanna walk on the wild side

Lexi: Introducing at this time…. Hailing from Leeds, England and weighing in at One hundred and twelve pounds… she is the reigning and defending FFW Future Shock Champion  MIIIIISSSSSY!

Missy makes her way down the ramp to the ring keeping her eyes straight ahead, focussing on the ring, with Christian following a few steps behind. When she reaches the ring she slowly climbs the steel steps, surveying the crowd as she does until she reaches the top. She steps onto the apron and gives one final look around before she enters the ring between the top and middle rope. Leaning over the top rope she shares a few last minute words with her manager as her theme music ends.

Zack: What more can you say about this woman that hasn’t been said? She is a phenom the likes of which I’m not sure I’ve ever seen. There’s no woman better in big match situations on the biggest stages than the Future Shock Champion. Tonight though, she faces a woman who dwarfs her in size, in strength and power. I think Missy will have to pull a new rabbit out of the hat to bring down Arabella.

Gaby: We’re talking about a former FFW Champion who’s coming back to Unstoppable to defend the biggest prize of her brand! She’s done some of the most impressive things during her run with that belt, but now she has something of an ally across the ring from her, someone she has trusted in before and knows very well!

Referee Ashley Pruitt collects the title from Missy, and then shows it to Arabella. The Londoner smiles at it before turning her attention back to the woman across the ring from her. Pruitt holds up the gold, and hands it off to Lexi as she leaves the ring. As soon as the two women meet in the center of the ring, Arabella looks down on the much shorter champion as a buzz rumbles through the arena.

Zack: Look at the size difference! Missy is 5’2 and 112 pounds. The challenger is 5’9 and about 145 pounds. That’s a seven inch height advantage and a whole lot of power all possessed by the number one contender for the Future Shock Championship.

Gaby: Arabella is a STRONK one, but Missy has made a name for herself by pulling off incredible stuff in spite of her size. This is gonna be one for the ages, Z, I can feel it.

The crowd is already making noise now as they begin chants for both women, prompting each of them to look out over the fans and then back to each other. But it’s Missy who lands the first strike with a quick headbutt into Arabella’s chest to stun her. It works too before she starts throwing forearms up at her head, walloping her with shots before she takes off for the far side. The champion takes off towards her with a running shoulder block, but Townshend doesn’t budge.

Zack: Missy tried to knock her down with that shoulder block...Arabella didn’t move an inch! It’s like running into a brick wall!

Gaby: Yep, I don’t think Missy is gonna get too much done by trying to match strength with Bella!

Missy is back to her feet a second later and throwing forearms again. It wobbles the challenger, and the champion hits the ropes behind her with a chop block that brings the Londoner down to a knee. Now with the challenger about even height with her, Missy starts laying in knife edge chops to her chest one after another until the challenger gets back to her feet. She hits the ropes again, looking to hit the same shoulder block a second time. She lands with more force, but Townshend doesn’t go down. Missy does though, looking up at her with wider eyes.

Zack: She got her down, it’s keeping her there that’s the trick! Missy hit her again with that shoulder block, and it’s not working!

Gaby: Those shoulder blocks aren’t going anywhere in a hurry, and this kind of offense may only end up pissing Arabella off. It almost feels like the champion is underestimating the challenger!

The champion is back to her feet, teeing off with more of the knife edge chops that are lighting up Arabella’s chest as she backs her into the corner. But the adrenaline is pumping in the Londoner’s body as she starts slapping her own chest before grabbing Missy by the neck with both hands and tossing her into the corner. Arabella immediately starts hammering away with right hands, pounding her down in the corner with additional hammer fists before she yanks her up by the arm and sends her flying with a release belly to belly overhead suplex.

Gaby: And that’s what happens! Missy squandered her chance at an early advantage, and now the challenger is letting her have what for!

Zack: It’s been a long time since Missy has faced a woman with the power of Arabella, and it’s about to all come rushing back to her, if it hasn’t already.

Missy was back to her feet a second later before Arabella grabbed her by the arm and sent her into the corner. She collided chest first and turned around into a running boot to the jaw from the challenger that snapped her head back. Townshend scooped her up again, this time into a t-bone suplex that sent her almost to the center of the ring. The challenger let out a scream that the crowd reciprocated, clearly fueled entirely by adrenaline now.

Gaby: Arabella is definitely feeling fired up, and it’s to nobody’s surprise! Missy was literally just trying her with her early assault, and all it did was wake the beast within, and Los Angeles has our Shaolin Belle’s back!

Zack: This wasn’t how their last match started, that’s for sure. Arabella is using all that power in that lanky frame of hers, and is it ever devastating!

Missy got back to her feet, and this time, it was Bella who ran towards her with a running shoulder tackle. It knocked her right down as the Londoner kept running. She bounced off the far side, catching Missy with a second shoulder tackle. Townshend bounced off the near side with a leaping leg drop to the back of her head before she rolled her over for the cover.

Zack: That’s why they call that a guillotine leg drop, fans! Arabella looking to make history at Unstoppable!

ONE!!

TW-NO!

But Missy got her shoulder off the mat in time, and the challenger grabbed that wrist and pulled her back to her feet, only to feed it between her legs and scoop her up into a spinning pumphandle slam.

Gaby: Not if Missy has a say in it! But Arabella is definitely zeroed in on the mission, no room for a breather for the champion!

Christian looked on with concern from ringside as Arabella pulled Missy back to her feet, only long enough to scoop her over one shoulder for a running powerslam. The champion rolled towards the corner to get back to her feet, only to catch an avalanche to the back from Arabella, crushing her in the corner before a full nelson suplex sent her back to the mat again.

Zack: The place, the time, the setting…it’s all playing a factor because this is one of the most dominant forms of Arabella I’ve seen since she arrived in Future Shock. In the immortal words of Lizzo, she understood the assignment.

Gaby: And she hasn’t given the champion a single second of breathing time, and I’m asking myself how deep did the scouting session between Arabella and Angelina Fantástica went down, because our Bombshelle is picking the champion apart like it’s not hard at all!

Missy got back to her feet just as Arabella charged her again. This time, she scooped her over one shoulder and looked to be going for another powerslam. But the champion hooked her head and snapped her to the mat with a tornado DDT instead. It put the challenger face down, and allowed Missy a moment to collect herself as she rolled slowly back to her feet. The Future Shock Champion watched as Arabella began to get to all fours, and she put a stop to that with her signature curb stomp.

Zack: Missy found her opening, and she almost put Arabella’s head through the mat…and that MISCHIEF MAKER put the emphasis on it!

Gaby: Sometimes you really just need one chance, and boy did she cash it in! But I’m sure Missy knows this isn’t gonna be nearly enough to put Arabella out!

Christian shouted some insight from ringside as Missy hooked both of Arabella’s arms as she pulled her up enough to deliver a future shock DDT. The Leeds lass took off for the ropes as Arabella was getting to her knees, only to drive a kneelift into the challenger’s face. It wobbled her backwards before Missy hooked her head and delivered a springboard bulldog and covered her with a hook of one of Arabella's long legs.

Zack: Head shots for everyone and Missy’s got one of those tree trunk legs hooked for the cover! Is it enough though?

ONE!!

TWO!!

Arabella kicked out as the two landed on the canvas, and the champion rolled back to her feet. She pulled the challenger into a front facelock, battering her head and body with knee lifts before fluidly transitioning to her left to drop her with a side Russian leg sweep. Missy rolled her onto her stomach, and applied a crossface submission.

Gaby: There we go, now it’s the champion with the quick chain wrestling, and after that Mischief Maker, the crossface is ridiculously more effective. It would be quite the surprise to see Arabella tapping out given her strength, but it’s Missy we’re talking about – she’s deceptively strong for that frame!

Pruitt darted down in front of the challenger to check for a submission, but she got no sign of that as Arabella tried to break Missy’s grip with her hands. But it was far too expertly applied for that as the champion leaned back, contorting Arabella’s body at the same time as she did so. The referee checked again, still getting the same answer before Arabella started to reach to her left to grab the bottom rope.

Gaby: The submission is working wonders but look at Arabella’s strength – she’s gonna power her way to the ropes and Missy may not have the raw strength to stop her!

Zack: I agree. If it comes down to a power battle, we’re gonna have a new champion tonight.

Missy saw what she was trying to do, and did her best to prevent it by leaning in the opposite direction. Townshend’s arm wasn’t long enough to reach them as the champion kept the hold applied. But her leg was as the Londoner kicked her foot under the bottom rope, causing the referee to ask for a break. Missy did that, and got back to her feet as the challenger held her neck in pain.

Zack: Arabella is a tall girl, and it’s hard to get her somewhere in that ring where she isn’t within reach of the ropes. Missy has done an excellent job of grounding her though. I wouldn’t let her get up again for the rest of the match. Because we’ve seen it. When Bella is vertical, she’s dominant.

Gaby: And the usual strategy when dealing with someone far taller than you is exactly that, keep them horizontal and make sure their reach is cut in half! Missy should know that like the back of her hand, so keep at ‘em!

Missy grabbed her by the foot and dragged her away from the ropes. She followed one submission move with another as she sat her up long enough to apply a stump puller. The referee was back in position again, checking for a submission. It didn’t take long before Townshend was using her free hand to fire shots into Missy’s head, causing the champion to transition from that hold into a seated triangle choke instead.

Gaby: Good thinking by the champion, keeping Arabella in the hot seat! That position seriously hinders Bella’s reach, and we can see Missy’s strat is all about sapping away from Townshend’s balance and upper body strength!

Zack: My guess is that was the plan she and Christian devised all along, but there was no accounting for the pure adrenaline coursing through Arabella’s veins at the outset.

The challenger struggled against it as she tried to find the ropes with her free hand or her feet. But Missy had much better ring positioning now, and none of the ropes were close by. Pruitt checked again, getting the same response as Townshend’s movements began to falter the longer the hold was applied. Her arm was more languid till it dropped to her side, which prompted her fans to start chanting her name.

Zack: I think she’s about got her unconscious here. The more you struggle in that hold, the quicker it takes effect. Arabella won’t have to tap out, she’ll just pass out.

Gaby: And I think Arabella is proud enough to not know when to give in! What a turn around for Missy’s fortunes!

The challenger’s fans got louder as the referee began to check the arm. It dropped once. It dropped twice. When she lifted it a third time, it only bobbed and shot back up, breathing new energy into her fans. She started pounding her arm against the mat as Missy tried to tighten the hold. But Arabella pushed up on her feet and rolled to the left…and was back up on her feet with Missy hanging over her back still with the hold applied!

Zack: LOOK AT THIS!! I’ve never seen anyone do that! Missy’s still got the choke…but Arabella’s adrenaline is surging again! She’s on her feet!

Gaby: That’s the raw strength on a powerhouse for you! We spent all match talking about Arabella’s power advantage over Missy, that’s the rawest way it can play out during this match!

She wasn’t up long though before Townshend dropped backwards, driving Missy’s back and head into the mat and causing her to let go. Now both women were down, and both sets of fans were chanting for their favorite of the two to get up as Pruitt began her mandatory ten count.

Zack: Arabella’s burst of energy may have gotten used up getting out of that triangle choke, and now they’re both down. Who do you think gets up first? Or does it end in a draw?

Gaby: I don’t think there’s gonna be a world where either of these women will simply allow the other to stand tall! And knowing the pride on those two, they’re not gonna be happy earning the big belt on a count-out… Or letting it go on one!

The referee got to seven before Missy rolled towards the ropes, using them to help her get up slowly. Christian warned her that Arabella was doing the same, and the champion glanced over her shoulder. She watched as the challenger got back to her feet before Missy broke out a new move, a springboard spear that dropped the Londoner to the canvas before she rolled through with the leg hook!

Zack: Does that look familiar, Gaby?! A springboard spear, and Missy’s gonna retain off my broadcast partner’s CRIMSON SPEAR!!!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOO!!!

THREE-NOOOOO!!

But the powerhouse got her shoulder up in time, causing Missy to roll into the ropes and slowly get back to her feet. She was trying to collect herself as she watched Arabella roll over onto her stomach a few feet away.

Gaby: A move after my own heart, that one! The move I won the Future Shock Championship off Meredith Leavenworth back in the day, but not enough! And they need to figure out where they are with some hurry, because all it takes to be Future Shock Champ is three seconds!

Arabella didn’t make it all the way back to all fours before Missy charged forward, delivering a second curb stomp that drove her face into the mat. Then she headed for the corner quickly, making her ascent to the top rope.

Zack: A second MISCHIEF MAKER…and we’re one frog splash from Missy retaining her title!

Gaby: She’s feeling it, time for some LI’L MISS MISCH–

Missy got her footing, and launched into the air with her frog splash finisher. But Arabella rolled towards her, causing the champion to display some astounding agility and correct herself to land on her feet instead. But she turned around into a spinning roundhouse kick from Arabella that nearly put down…if she wasn’t pulled forward into position for Arabella’s spinning powerbomb….which she connected with and brought the crowd to their feet again!

Zack: Did you see her land on her feet and—HELLO BOMBSHELLE!!

Gaby: Out of nowhere!!! Missy may not know where she is right now with that impact, goddamn!

Arabella rolled onto her stomach, clearly exhausted as she began to crawl her way towards Missy inch by inch before draping an arm across her chest. Pruitt slid into position to make the count.

Zack: Cue the music, Lexi! We’re gonna crown a new Future Shock Champion!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

The referee was about to call for the bell as Arabella rolled away, but Pruitt saw Missy’s foot under the bottom rope. She immediately waved it off as Lexi was ready to ring the bell.

Gaby: THAT’S A ROPE BREAK!!! Look, Z! The foot under the rope! What awareness by the champion!!!

Arabella raised her hand as she made it back to her feet before Pruitt got her attention, telling her that Missy’s foot was under the bottom rope. She pointed it out as her foot was still there even though the champion was largely unmoving. Arabella’s face sank as she saw it.

Zack: No question about it, good call by the referee! You could almost hear Arabella’s heart break right there too! She heard the three, she thought she won. Fact is…I don’t think she’ll have to do much more to win at this point.

Gaby: But she can’t linger in the heartbreak though! The more she thinks about it, the more time to breathe she gives the champion!

Arabella held up her finger, letting the crowd know one more was coming. She pulled Missy towards her, planting her head between her legs a second time. But this time, she made sure they were in the center of the ring.

Zack: She’s not gonna kick out of two of these! Arabella’s got Missy in position for one more HELLO BOMBSHELLE, and it’ll well and truly be over!

Gaby: With all the impact Missy has eaten so far, another powerbomb like that’s gonna be the end of her reign, no doubt about it! And Paige may not even know where she is!

She hoisted Missy up onto her shoulders, but the champion sprang to life and spun around to deliver a reverse rana instead! She scrambled to her feet, hitting the ropes for another curb stomp. Another curb stomp followed that, and then a third one in a row before Missy headed up to the top rope!

Zack: Three more MISCHIEF MAKERS and Missy’s gonna fly!!

Gaby: That may be the only way Missy will turn Arabella off – talk about OVERKILL!

Missy came off the top rope, connecting with her fog splash onto Arabella’s body before she rolled her over for the cover and hooked the far leg as the referee slid into position.

Zack: LI’L MISS MISCHIEF!! THAT’S GONNA DO IT!!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOO!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

This time, Pruitt called for the bell to a pop from the fans as Missy rolled off the cover when she heard it. Her music began to play as she struggled to her feet, and then got her and raised officially.

Gaby: And that’ll do it!!! THREE curbstomps is definitely a mission statement, and the champion retains!

Lexi: Your winner by pinfall….AND STIIIIIIIILL FFW Future Shock Champion……MISSY!!

Christian collected the title from Lexi as he headed into the ring, and returned it to the champion. MIssy leaned against the corner, trying to collect herself before holding the title against her.

Zack: What a fight for the Future Shock Championship! Missy and Arabella left nothing in the back, and they beat the hell out of each other! But it’s hard to bet against that woman right there, and Missy’s reign will continue here at Unstoppable 15.

Gaby: Another resounding success in the history books for Missy, a woman who’s not a stranger to majestic and apathetic moments like this when the pressure is high! A rocky, but stellar performance by the Future Shock Champion!

Missy climbed up the corner, raising her title over her head to plenty of fanfare. But it started tot urn to boos, causing her to look around and see a woman standing at the top of the ramp with her arms crossed under her chest.

Zack: Missy deserves all the love she’s getting right here, there’s no question that—there’s Luna!

Gaby: What is Luna Cortez doing out here?! I’m pretty sure she’s not here to add to the round of applause for Missy, that’s for sure!

Luna was angrily muttering something to herself as Missy hopped down off the corner. The champion looked towards Christian and back to Luna before laying the title down on the mat and inviting her to the ring.

Zack: Missy’s never turned down a fight, and it certainly looks like Luna wants one…but probably with the gold on the line if I know her at all.

Gaby: Luna is an opportunist and a gold digger, and as Claire well put it, since losing the Future Shock Diamond Championship, Luna may very well be the most miserable woman in the Future Shock roster simply because she has no hardware to her name… and now she’s gunning for the biggest belt of the blue brand!

The clearly irritated Luna seemed to take her up on the offer as she started to head down the long ramp towards the ring. Missy started bouncing on the balls of her feet, obviously exhausted still after her match.

Zack: She’s…she’s on her way down right now! We may be about to see a bonus match tonight at Unstoppable. I didn’t even see Luna today or know she was in town, but here she comes.

Gaby: Would that be even safe for Missy?! I can understand the pride of wanting to keep fighting, but Arabella did a number on her, and Luna is fresh as a daisy… And look at what she wants to do!

Luna got to the ring, and pulled up the apron to retrieve a steel chair. She was about to hop up onto the apron next as Arabella got back to her feet, and now the triplet had the attention of both women. Then she hopped back down to the floor.

Gaby: Ha, yep, Cortez ain’t gonna pick a fight with two women, spent and worn out as they may be. Don’t ruin the moment anymore than you already have, Luna!

Zack: While she may be swinging for one, she’ll be a sitting duck for the other. Luna’s had a change of heart, not wanting to deal with both of the women at the forefront of the title picture.

The triplet started back up the ramp, muttering angrily to herself as Missy and Arabella looked towards one another. The champion offered her a handshake, which Arabella returned.

Gaby: And there’s the respect we were mentioning before. Rivals, not enemies, that’s the jist of it. And believe me, they would put this match to the side without a hitch if Luna Cortez did try anything funny. Let’s keep an eye on the 10-Star in the future…

As the camera focused on the two women in the ring, the show then went to a video package for the main event.

[Adam Grant]

The show returns to the ring with darkened lights except for one spotlight over Kat Grayson until she begins to speak. Then the lights come back up and the crowd gets loud all over again.

Kat: The following contest is scheduled for one fall, and it is your Unstoppable main event! Iit is for the FFW Championship!

Zack: What a wild ride it’s been tonight in the City of Angels! Out of 3 championships, only one has changed hands. And hell, one was vacated earlier too. But now, it’s time for the biggest of them all. My broadcast partner and I are joined by “10 Star” Tara Cortez. Welcome to the booth.

Tara: It’s my pleasure, and definitely your honor.

Gaby: Oh, it’s gonna be one of THOSE main events…

I’m not the one who’s so far away when I feel the snakebite enter my veins
Never did I wanna be here again and I don’t remember why I came…

The drumbeat to Godsmack’s “Voodoo” hits and the entrance ramp is bathed in purple light and fog. The top of the ramp fills with smoke, and tall candelabras rise up through the floor, flickering in the light. The lights of thousands of cell phone dot the arena like fireflies, adding to the ambience.

Candles raise my desire, why I’m so far away
No more meaning to my life, no more reason to stay

Vivi Traeger stands perfectly still as she rises up through the floor, a crown of bones and purple roses resting on her head. Around her neck is her black ball python LaCroix, his scales glimmering.

Freezing feeling, breathe in, breathe in…
I’m coming back again…

Reaching the ring, Vivi hands LaCroix off to the ring crew and ascends the stairs, climbing up on one of the turnbuckles. She bends down and then rises up again, throwing her arms out to the sides.

Kat: From New Orleans, Louisiana, she is the Voodoo Queen, the All-Mother, Vivi Traeger!

Basking in the adoration of the crowd, Vivi jumps down from the turnbuckle and sets her crown aside, ready to face her opponent.

Zack: It was one year ago at this very event that this woman came close to becoming the new FFW Champion, but it wasn’t meant to be that night. Tonight, she returns to the same opportunity for the richest prize in women’s wrestling. Only the setting is different…and I assume the pressure is much higher.

Gaby: Vivi Traeger cut the line to have this opportunity by winning the Fatale Royale, and she wasted absolutely no time in claiming a quarry in the form of the nearly three-year FFW Champion Kelly Kincaid, throwing the already crowded and messy FFW Championship division for a massive loop. She’s vowed to become FFW Champion in the biggest show of the night, and tonight may be the only night ever for her to pull it off!

Tara: An inspirational woman if I’ve ever seen one, I’ll admit. My history with that woman has definitely shaped both of us as competitors, and I’m very… VERY… interested to see what she can pull off 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. As she lands she holds her title belt high over her head. 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, holds her title belt high in the air and then corkscrew flips back to the mat, facing the middle of the ring as she lands.

Kat: From Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, 5’5” tall, weighs 120l bs and is accompanied to the ring by Christian Kincaid. She is the reigning and defending FFW Champion...Please welcome...KELLY KINCAID!!!

Zack: Tonight marks 1,029 days since Kelly Kincaid became the FFW Champion, and she has faced a litany of opponents both new and familiar in that time. I said earlier that there’s no one better than Missy on big match stages. But Kelly would certainly tie at 1A.

Gaby: I’d put her up there along with her sister, Scarlett Kincaid, the iconic 5-time FFW Champion. And she’s definitely solidified herself as one of the greats, adding her name to the hall of memorable champions like Isabella Pazzini, Valerie Lamb and Emma Mackenzie! But her dance card has become increasingly more crowded and dangerous over the past few months, and she needs to prove she can keep a level head while dealing with all the adversity!

Tara: I’m sure Kelly has the mojo for that. I mean, for a woman who’s been calling herself the Best High-Flyer in the World, the High-Flyer’s High-Flyer and things like that for… YEARS, I wouldn’t be surprised if she walked into an event like this completely over in her own head.

Gaby: You would know something about being conceited alright. Tell us why you’re out here for this FFW Championship match again?

Tara: Isn’t it obvious, Ms. Bresson? I wanted to see the best match of the night as up and close as possible. Call it… Scouting, opposition research, what have you. I promise not to disrupt your stellar commentary too hard. And, I’m sorry, I guess that should’ve been Mrs. McFarlane?

Gaby: I’m… *engaged* to Carys McFarlane, thanks for the wishes, I guess. Just Gabrielle will do.

Referee Jennifer Stringer takes the title from Kelly and shows it to Vivi before holding it above her head. Kat takes the title with her as she leaves the ring, and the bell sounds from there. The two women look across the ring at one another with a scowl before the war of words on X finally turns physical before they take off towards each other, and start throwing hands with impunity.

Zack: We’re starting off with a brawl right out of the gate! With everything these two were saying to one another in recent days, this doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.

Tara: Is anyone surprised, though? Vivienne has a bite as venomous as that pet snake of hers. Back when we fought, we didn’t have the “yo momma” bits, but I always knew she was never above that kinda thing.

It’s Kelly who gets the better of the exchange at first, backing Traeger up a step before she begins laying in knife edge chops to her chest. Each one puts her back another step before Kincaid whips her across to the far side, following right behind her as she rebounds into a short knee to the body. It doubles Vivi over for a second, and a sharp kneelift to the face stands her back up again. Kelly follows that with a high angle hip toss. As soon as Vivi starts to sit up, Kelly punts her spine once and then again. The challenger gets back to her feet finally with Kelly right behind her, delivering a backstabber that sends her chest first into the nearest corner.

Zack: The champion’s taking advantage right out of the gate here, and trying to keep Vivi uneven. So far, it’s working like a charm.

Gaby: Both these women have a similar style, what with their speedster inclinations, but Vivi adds a touch of technicality to it while Kelly is firing on all cylinders at all time. Since you’re here, Tara, give us your educated commentary, what’s the strategy for them? Give us your tale of the tape.

Tara: As you said, Gabrielle, Vivienne is more technical, so she would be comfortable with close quarters combat, while Kelly would enjoy it better if they could keep a distance. The way the champion achieves that is with rapid-fire offense, relying as little as possible on grappling or catch-as-catch-can.

Vivi barely budged before a running high knee to the back sent her into that same corner again. Kelly quickly pulled her head backwards, and delivered an inverted suplex that sent her face down on the mat. Traeger’s arms were pulled up behind her next before the champion started stomping her back repeatedly with one last stomp to the back of her head. Kincaid paced for a moment, waving with both hands for her to get up. Vivi started to do that, only for the champion to grab a rear waistlock and snap off a German suplex into a bridge.

Zack: Everything’s targeting the back and head of Vivi, and look at that bridge!

ONE!!

T-NOO!!

Vivi kicked out well before the two count landed, causing Kelly to roll back to her feet. She dragged the challenger up with her, and fired her into the far corner. Traeger’s back struck against it before she stumbled forward into a bicycle knee from Kelly that sent her through the ropes, managing to catch herself on the apron on the outside.

Gaby: And Kincaid is indeed keeping one heck of a pressure out here! She knows she needs to wear Vivi out as much as she can before a killshot.

Stringer asked Kelly to stay back as Vivi was slow to get back to her feet on apron. That’s when Kelly went to get her, but walked into a trap as the challenger grabbed her head and snapped her neck across the top rope. The blonde turned and started coughing heavily before Vivi used the top rope for a springboard into a bulldog. She rolled her onto her back, and started hammering right hands into her head with mounted punches.

Zack: At one point, I thought we might see a technical match. I can see now that that’s not gonna happen. This is a striker’s paradise with two of the best in the business to do it.

Tara: You’d think Mrs. Kincaid would indulge in the catch wrestling Vivienne brings to the ring, right? But they’re playing to their own strengths, and it comes down to who surprises who first.

Vivi stepped back into the ring with Kelly’s back to her, immediately scooping her up into a crucifix powerbomb that drove her into the canvas. She quickly floated across to grab her head, and begin a gator roll around the ring. Kelly was shifted around in all directions before the challenger scooped her up into a front facelock followed by an impaler DDT. She rolled back to her feet to take off towards the ropes, rebounding into a leaping double stomp to Kelly’s body that curled her into a ball for a moment.

Zack: Nothing but bad intentions right here, and an ultra high level of aggression! No better time to flip that switch than when you’re challenging for the richest prize in women’s wrestling.

Tara: This is the kind of wrestling I’m here to watch. Feral, angry, hard hitting, win at all costs. Like watching two predators tussle in a documentary. Fascinating stuff.

Kelly made it to the ropes to get back to her feet before Vivi fed her head over the top rope. She followed that with hard forearms across her chest, ten in a row before the champion slumped over the middle rope. Traeger stepped out to the apron, and took off towards her with a leaping leg drop across the back of her head that sent Kelly out to the floor before Traeger dropped down to ringside on her face.

Zack: Vivi with a version of the guillotine leg drop we don’t see that often, and now they’re on the floor. That’s not the place to win the FFW Championship.

Gaby: And Vivi knows that better than anyone. Raw as this match may have been, the Voodoo Queen is working on a vow, and she needs to be aware of how things are moving at all times.

Vivi shook her head as she pulled Kelly up, quickly shoving her back into the ring before rolling in after her. She stayed behind her as the blonde was trying to get to her feet before Vivi hopped onto her back to apply a rear naked choke that brought the champion down to the mat. The challenger wrapped her legs around her body to further exacerbate the submission.

Tara: And there’s the technicality we were talking about, the close quarters combat Kelly is supposed to avoid. Expertly applied too, nowhere for the champion to go.

Zack: We’ve seen Kelly up her ground game in recent years, and has shown a propensity to adapt to whatever the situation calls for. But that may all be moot in this choke.

Stringer knelt beside the pair to see if Kelly wanted to stop the match. Unsurprisingly, she did not and began trying to find the ropes instead. She used her legs to try to move them around to where she could reach the ropes, but Vivi was wise to that and rolled over onto her other side instead away from the ropes. The referee hopped over to that side to check for the submission again, which was not forthcoming.

Zack: Vivi realized what the champion was doing right there, and flipped things over to stop her. You can imagine all the tape these two have watched on one another since Vivi made her intentions clear at the end of the Fatale Royale.

Tara: It’s what wrestlers worth their pound of salt should be doing if they want to be among the best of the best. Know their enemy to the most granular level, so that they can be read like a book when the time comes.

Vivi started to use her own legs this time to try to reposition them better, and that’s when Kelly used hers to kick up and over, pinning Vivi under her in her own hold!

Gaby: Look at the counter!!! Vivi’s shoulders are on the mat!!!

ONE!!

TW-NOO!!

Traeger shoved her off to break the hold, and Kelly quickly rolled into the ropes. It was clear she was a little foggy after being in the hold for so long though as Vivi got back to her feet.

Zack: Kelly was about to pin her in her own submission, but Vivi held it as long as she could to get all the benefit she can before shoving her away. These are two very cagey veterans.

Tara: Knowing when to put your own body on the line for the cause is a skill very few wrestlers have or are willing to employ. Not a problem I’ve ever had, but that’s why I’m not one of the lessers.

She measured the champion as Kelly began to use the ropes to get to her feet. When she approached her from behind to grab her, Kelly surprised her with a mule kick to the abdomen. It stopped Vivi in her tracks long enough for Kincaid to follow up with a stunner that bounced Traeger to the canvas. Kelly shook her head to clear the cobwebs before rolling over and scrambling to make the cover!

Zack: Vivi walked right into that stunner, and Kelly’s ready to close the show on FFW’s biggest stage!

ONE!!

TWOOOO!!!

T-NOO!!

The voodoo priestess kicked out in time before the three though, and Kelly rolled away from her. She used the ropes to get back to her feet, glancing behind her to see Vivi beginning to sit up. She didn’t sit up long though before a running leg lariat mowed her back down to the canvas.

Tara: And I guess that’s the catch part of this match officially laid to rest. If my estimations are right, we’re now going for the high-rope eleventh hour tactics.

Kincaid was still trying to clear the fog before she headed for the nearest corner. She made her way up to the middle rope, launching herself into a meteora when Vivi sat up again. She drove her down to the mat once more, and then made it back to her feet. She quickly went back to the same corner, scaling it to the top rope this time before she launched into a shooting star press that landed perfectly before she hooked the outside leg.

Zack: Shades of her own husband and your manager right there! Kelly’s looking for the bell in three seconds!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOO!!!

THRE-NOOOOOOO!!!

But it didn’t happen like that as Vivi got her shoulder off the mat in time. Kelly got back to her feet again, now starting to feel the adrenaline return to her body. Vivi was almost to her feet when Kelly hooked her head into position for her headlock driver finisher, but the challenger had it too well scouted and countered out with an Olympic slam.

Tara: And yet another moment of clarity by Vivienne. That’s what makes her so dangerous, you know? If you’re not working to confuse her, you’re already two steps behind.

Both women remained down for a few seconds before it was Vivi who started to get back to her feet. Kelly wasn’t far behind her in that regard though as she made it to a vertical base. She tried to surprise the challenger, but close enough to eat a Pele kick from Traeger that dropped her to the mat. Vivi made it back to her feet again moments later, waving for the champion to get back to her feet.

Zack: That was a vicious Pele kick, and I’m not sure what Vivi has in mind here. She may be thinking of the REMINDER though, that’s her favorite!

Gaby: Or even worse, she may be summoning up the winds, and a certain HURRICANE is about to make landfall here!

Tara: Whatever she’s thinking about, she sure is making it known showing off is one of her best accessories…

Kelly started to get up again a couple seconds later before Traeger took off for the far side. She darted towards her, leaving her feet for her running jumping DDT…except Kelly used a back body drop over the top rope to send her out to the floor instead. Kincaid dropped to a knee in the ring to get herself together as Vivi was ringside, favoring her back where she landed.

Zack: Kelly had that move drilled into her. She felt it coming, and just deposited Vivi over the top rope like she was taking out the trash! You can see what this match has done to both women so far.

Tara: An obvious consequence of going all out right from the gate. This is the point of the match where they have to prove how bad they want this. An obvious statement from the outset, but it speaks to one’s ability to keep going in spite of the exhaustion – something only Premium Players know to do.

Gaby: I’m starting to get the jist of what you’re doing here, Tara.

Tara: Took you long enough, Commentary Cat!

Kelly was back to her feet a moment later, using the ropes for a wrecking ball dropkick into Vivi’s chest that sent her backwards into the barricade. The champion rolled out to get her. She pulled her back to her feet on the outside, and blasted her with an European uppercut to the jaw. A second one rocked Traeger before she shoved Kelly away from her and started to head in the other direction. Kat hopped up from the table as they were getting close, moving behind Zack, Gaby and Tara.

Zack: Kat, I don’t know how I feel about being a human shield if things go wrong here, but Vivi’s creating some distance nonetheless.

Tara: You can hide behind Gabrielle and I if you want too, Zachary; Ms. Bresson may not be her self of yore, but I’m sure she can take a lump or two.

Gaby: Gee, thanks for that. But again this match spills out of the ring and Vivi may indeed be giving in to that violent instinct that could make things go a bit awry for her!

Kelly watched Vivi like a hawk before taking off towards her. But whatever she had in mind didn’t come to pass as Vivi surprised her with a drop toe hold that sent her face first into the timekeeper’s table. Kincaid went face down on the floor after that as Vivi stood over her.

Zack: My God! Kelly’s face went right into Kat’s table there, and she may be out cold right now! The referee is being very lenient with this count.

Tara: I’d say the referee is being very lenient with a lot of things right now, but I am enjoying this. Let’s see this play out. By the way, Vivienne, you let that fall.

When Kelly fell to the floor, the FFW Championship slid off as well, which was what Tara pointed at. Vivi scooped it up, looking at it and then setting it in Kat’s chair before she pulled Kelly towards the ring and hoisted her back inside. She slid in after her, rising back to her feet and watching for a moment as the champion was trying to come around and get back to her feet. Kelly only made it partially before Vivi took off, delivering her signature clothesline precisely this time! She rolled her over for the cover as Stringer dropped for the count.

Zack: That’s gonna do it! That’s it right there! THE REMINDER, and a new FFW Champion in three seconds!

ONE!!!

TWOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEE-NO!!

Kelly barely got her foot across the bottom rope in time as the three was about to land. Stringer pointed it out to Vivi, who shook her head and started pummeling Kelly with right hands to the side of her head before getting back to her feet.

Gaby: Great awareness by the defending champion! We’ve had some nail biters tonight with those ropes, our main event isn’t gonna be any different!

Vivi gave the signal for her favorite finisher as she moved around behind Kelly, waiting on the FFW Champion to get back to her feet. She waited a while though before Kelly made it back to a vertical base. That’s when Vivi took off towards her, hooking her head and going for her DDT but Kelly shoved her off. Traeger stumbled off balance before Kelly caught her with a superkick on the chin that dropped her where she stood.

Zack: She has that move so well scouted she can avoid it practically in her sleep! Kelly’s got a window of opportunity here!

Tara: Hurricane Vivienne has made enough unsuspecting victims for people to know when it’s coming. Defending oneself against that kind of force of nature is a must-know when you’re taking on Mrs. Traeger in the ring.

Kincaid headed to the corner, struggling to make her way up top as Christian shouted at her that it wasn’t a good idea. It wasn’t clear that she heard him as Kelly perched herself, waiting for Vivi to get up before she came off with a top rope lungblower! It bounced the challenger off the mat before Kelly crawled over to make the cover as Stringer slid into position.

Zack: That might do it! Kelly with a lungblower from the heavens, and she’s gonna Los Angeles with the FFW Championship intact!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NO.

Vivi got her shoulder off the mat in time, and Kelly rolled away from the cover. Christian shouted some advice to her as she struggled to get back to her feet.

Tara: Vivienne may not have a full grasp of the situation, but so long as she has gas in the tank, she’ll keep kicking. Now to see if Kelly’s arrogance will get the best of her as the match continues.

She got her legs under her, and headed a bit unsteadily towards Vivi. She pulled her head into position, looking for her headlock driver. But Vivi countered again, this time scooping her over her shoulders into a burning hammer! The champion’s body bounced off the canvas before Traeger made the cover!

Zack: I’ve never seen her use that! Vivi may be seconds away from making history on the grandest stage of them all!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOO!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NO!!

Kelly got her shoulder off the mat at the last possible second, giving Christian a shock as he clutched his chest at ringside. Traeger rolled away, very wobbly as she managed to get back to her feet with a scowl on her face.

Gaby: You couldn’t get a paint job between Stringer’s hand and the mat right there, this is how close and tightly fought this is! And CK looks like he’s gonna have a heart attack at any moment!

Tara: He IS the best manager in the game, of course he’ll be antsy with his… most cherished client being handled like this.

She watched as Kelly began to rise, and then went for her finisher again. But for the third time, Kelly shoved her away. But Vivi caught her as she stood up with a spinning backfist to the jaw, then hooked her head again to deliver her running jumping DDT! She immediately dove across her for the cover with both legs hooked as Stringer fell into position!

Zack: HURRI–NOO! SHE GOT IT AFTER ALL! HURRICANE VIVIENNE!!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Zack: I DON’T BELIEVE IT!! SHE DID IT!! SHE DAMN WELL DID IT!!

Gaby: VIVI’S THE CHAMPION! VIVI’S THE CHAMPION!!!

Stringer called for the bell as Traeger’s fans roared in approval. She sat up on her knees, slumped over before getting to her feet and having her hand raised.

Kat: Your winner by pinfall….AND NEEEEEEEEEEEWW FFW Champion……VIVI TRAEGER!!

Her music started to play as Vivi made it back to her feet, and got her hand raised in victory. Stringer awarded her the FFW Championship as she let out a primal scream and dropped back to her knees to hug it to her body.

Zack: Vivi Traeger has made history! Vivi Traeger has proven she belongs at the top of FFW! And Vivi Traeger is the new FFW Champion!

Gaby: She vowed to do it in the biggest night of the year, and she blazed the most unlikely trail to get here! But at the top of the greatest show on the greatest stage… Vivi Traeger fulfills her promise and is the NEW FFW Champion!

Tara: And that makes things… SUPREMELY interesting from now on, does it not?

She rose back to her feet, thrusting her new title over her head as fireworks went off behind her as her theme continued to play over the PA system. Christian pulled his wife towards him to check on her as the new champion climbed the nearest corner, raising her title once again.

Zack: What a moment! I’m not sure Kelly was ever the same after going face first into the table over here, but it’s all conjecture now because we have a new woman ruling the roost in FFW!

Gaby: Certainly a key moment of this match! Kelly may have attempted to mount a comeback after that, but looking back, it almost feels like she was lagging behind for a split second, which was what allowed Vivi to finally make landfall with Hurricane Vivienne, and that was all she wrote!

Tara: And it definitely feels like the dawn of a new era for FFW. A thousand-plus-day reign snapped, a new face for the company moving forward… Yeah. This is going to be *delightful*.

Vivi looked down at her new title in her hands as the camera saw caught her looking at her reflection in the centerplate before her husband joined her in the ring to embrace her and raise her hand.

Zack: It has been a monumental night here in Los Angeles as we have a new Evolution Champion. And biggest of them all is we have a brand new FFW Champion in that woman right there!

Gaby: The week is not over yet! Join us on Thursday for a brand new edition of Future Shock! The Adrenaline and Diamond Championships are on the line, and we’ll certainly feel the fallout of tonight’s Future Shock Championship defense! By the way, what’s up with your sister coming out like that?

Tara: I’ve no connection to Luna’s choices. You may want to ask her yourselves, friends.

Gaby: Rrrrriiiiight. Anyway, I guess that’s where we leave you tonight after this historic night in Los Angeles! I’m Gabrielle Crimson, he’s Zack Hudson… And also for Tara Cortez… What an evening for women’s wrestling!

Zack: Thank you for joining us tonight on FFW All Access wherever you are around the world! Tonight on the grandest stage in women’s wrestling, Vivi Traeger was…..UNSTOPPABLE!!

The new champion looked overwhelmed with tears on her face as she hugged her husband while Unstoppable 15 faded off the air on FFW All Access.