Michaela
Click.
Static covers the screen as a Play ► symbol appears in the bottom right-hand corner.
Cold open.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Welcome to NXT Level: Carnevil, folks. We’re heading straight to the ring..
In the middle of the ring, CJ Thorpe and Jasper Redgrave stand. The crowd tonight are on their feet and the noise is raucous and overwhelming to say the least.
But this where Jasper and CJ thrive.
“Harold Attano,” Redgrave says confidently into a microphone with a deep and sinister tone. “Come on down…”
Nothing happens.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: You’d hope Harold would do the smart thing and stay backstage.
NICK DIAMOND: I doubt that very much.
To no music, Harold Attano steps cautiously out onto the stage. He stops to soak in the cheers for a moment and walks carefully to the ring, rolling under the bottom rope.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: He must be crazy to get in there with them.
NICK DIAMOND: I have no idea what he’s thinking.
“I’ve killed a lot of people,” Redgrave says with a smile to boos. “Lots of innocent people and lots of not so innocent people.”
Harold folds his arms.
“After a while, all their faces blend together,” he says with a nonchalant shrug. Harold eyeballs him sternly and mouths the word ‘careful’. Redgrave just smirks. “And your daughter….”
Attano steps forward, only for Thorpe to meet him there, blocking the way. Jasper chuckles into the microphone.
“Wasn’t one of them…”
JOHNNY GOMEZ: THAT’S WHAT THORPE WHISPERED TO HIM LAST WEEK!?
NICK DIAMOND: HOW DID HE KNOW!? IS IT A LIE!? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON, JOHNNY?
Nobody suddenly snaps, grabbing Thorpe by the head and tossing him into the corner. Redgrave quickly attacks from behind with the microphone to the back of his head, dropping him in a heap on the canvas.
CJ walks out of the corner and starts stomping away at him.
Just then, the opening of “For the Glory” play throughout the arena. A spotlight shines on the entrance as Jackson Cade makes a b-line from the backstage to the ring, sliding under the bottom rope.
Thorpe and Redgrave quickly escape to the outside, Jasper having dropped his microphone.
Cade checks on Attano before picking it up.
“You’re a fucking liar!” He yells at Redgrave. “And I have the case file to prove it.”
Thorpe demands a microphone from a tech and shakes his head.
“What the fuck would you know, brother? You couldn’t find me and I was right under your nose the entire time. Jasper didn’t kill Michaela. Do your job and investigate it; you’ll see.”
The Chainbreaker tosses his microphone down and backs away as his music hits, leaving Jackson to check on Harold who looks absolutely dumbfounded.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: What a revelation. Michaela Attano wasn’t killed by Jasper Redgrave, so they claim.
NICK DIAMOND: This reeks of mind games, Johnny. It stinks of it!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: We're kicking off the action at CarnEVIL with a Boiler Room Brawl, as Jay Fury and Master Ken square off!
We cut to the Olympus boiler room, where Fury charges at the Sensei, sending him into the wall with a series of right hands.
Ken manages to duck the last of these however, turning things around with a spinning legsweep on the Wasteland Wanderer!
STREET SWEEPER!
Fury is down as Ken starts making his way to the exit...only to get tripped up by Fury, who gets back to his feet.
Jay lays in a couple stomps for good measure before bringing the Sensei up...where he lays in a flurry of rapid-fire forearms to the chest!
NICK DIAMOND: SANDSTORM STRIKE! Egads, is that gonna sting!
Ken is reeling from the damage, but remains vigilant as he stands up to the Wanderer.
Fury shouts at the Sensei, lunging at him for another big right hand...but gets doubled over by Ken instead!
He looks to lay the Wanderer out with a powerful chop!
ALONG THE--NO!
Fury narrowly evades the chop, laying in some brutal right hands instead!
Ken gets sent reeling toward the exit...but Jay won't give him the satisfaction of an easy victory as he rushes at the Master once more!
He leaps over Ken, nailing a twisting neckbreaker into a lungblower!
WASTELAND SUNSET!
Both men are down, but it's Jay Fury crawling toward the exit...and he manages to escape!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Jay Fury picks up a big win over Master Ken for a successful OSW debut!
Let The Bodies Hit The Floor
“You know, I don’t tell you all this to make you feel sorry for me. I’m not after sympathy.”
Those words lead us into the Arcadian Censorship Authority offices in which Mr. Kleen sits behind the desk we once saw Sebastian Boswick behind. His arms are folded and his tone sombre. He’s talking to someone, but we can’t see who.
We then flashback.
Many Years Previously. Narrated by Mr. Kleen.
“They tried their best to bench me, but when I found out what was happening right beneath our noses, I couldn’t let it stand.”
The Yellow Python is shown walking towards the back entrance of a bar in The Red Light District. He knocks on the door and it’s opened by a smarmy looking chap with gold teeth and a cheesy smile.
“What the fuck are you, a Power Ranger?” He scoffed at me. I remember the look in his eyes. He was peddling drugs and sex trafficking – I couldn’t hold back the rage.
The man tries to shut the door on the Python, who puts his foot in the way. The man steps out and is immediately stabbed up and under the chin, brutally silencing him.
“I’m the one cleaning up Arcadia,” I shouted at him. Blood spewed all over the floor and walls. He gasped and gagged, choking on his own blood. I remember it vividly.
I watched as the light in his eyes went out.
And that’s when the Kingdom happened upon me, blade in hand, blood all over me.
Present.
Mr. Kleen shuffles uncomfortably in his seat.
“But I guess that’s a story for next time, huh?”
Cut.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: There is no tender loving care in our next contest, as Aurora and Jash Khan face off in a TLC Match!
Aurora evades a clothesline from Khan before heading to the outside for a ladder, sliding it into the ring...but Khan grabs her by the hair and hoists her back inside!
Jash looks at the ladder, a smirk on his face as he grabs the hardware...quickly slamming it against the back of the Thrillseeker!
He tosses the ladder aside before bringing Aurora back to her feet and sending her to the ropes.
What he doesn't count on is Aurora using the ropes as a springboard for a crossbody...except Jash manages to stay on his feet, catching her in midair!
And then sending her on a one-way trip through the ropes with a violent toss!
TU REHVA DE!
Aurora's on the floor as Khan leaves the ring, grabbing a nearby table before propping it against the barricade...but the Thrillseeker's back on her feet!
She hops on the apron, running towards Jash for a Meteora driving him through the table!
SOLAR STORM!
The crowd's in an uproar as both competitors finally stir, with Aurora sliding back into the ring.
Khan slowly makes his way to the ring, grabbing a chair as he slides in...but the Thrillseeker nails him with a dropkick to the face!
With the Raja Roadman down, Aurora makes the cover as Demi Sky counts!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: A wild TLC Match sees Aurora pick up the victory over Jash Khan!
Hide and Seek
Deathrow.
Hidden in the darkness and shadows of a familiar room, where the water drips from the ceiling and the lights are dimmed and dark, Dahlia Black has taken Doom to Deathrow.
Only there’s no Victor Doom.
He’s not there.
“I find these escapades to be somewhat frustrating, dear,” he says with a meaningful and annoyed sigh.
She puts her hands on her hips.
“I’m sorry, my love. Of all the places I thought he’d go, I thought it’d be here. This is where I rescued him and brought him to freedom,” she says graciously.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: They’re desperate to find him, aren’t they? I wonder where he’s hiding?
“Be that as it may, I need to know if he set fire to my Factory. I need to know where he is so that he can be stopped, before it’s too late,” Doom says walking towards the door. “You must find him, Dahlia. You need to do whatever it takes.”
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Do you think he set the fire, Nick?
NICK DIAMOND: It makes sense. I mean, why wouldn’t he want to burn down Doom’s entire operation?
She thinks about it for a moment.
“I have an idea, but it could be dangerous. If he has any love for me left…” she murmurs to silence.
Doom agrees.
“I understand what you’re implying. Next week, then?” He asks.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: That doesn’t sound good.
NICK DIAMOND: I hope Victor doesn’t fall for it.
Dahlia nods, her face a look of concern.
Cut.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: The Yellow Python's been through hell these last few months and tonight he has to fight a veritable army to survive. One on three odds are tough for any man but against these three, it may well be a losing battle.
The bell doesn't even sound before the Yellow Python rushes forward, nailing Colt with a running single leg dropkick that sends him stumbling through the middle rope. Malakai tries to nail the Python but he ducks underneath the clothesline, grabbing Midnight by the head as he scrambles up the ropes, wrapping his legs around Drewitt as he does.
TORNADO DDT/HEADSCISSORS COMBINATION! Both men tumble to the floor as the Yellow Python is left in the ring. He steadies himself for a moment before running to the ropes, bouncing off before leaping over at his three opponents.
RIGHT INTO A MASSIVE HEADBUTT FROM DREWITT!
NICK DIAMOND: And just like that, the Python may have lost the match. A brutal attack by Drewitt and now the Python is helpless before thw wolves.
Colt pulls the Python up off the concrete, pummeling him with an absolute fury in his enraged state, even trying to rip away the mask to get to the flesh beneath. The Python tries to fight back but he's gripped around the head as Colt delivers some sickening B-Roll with the Rolling Cutter onto the concrete.
Colt pulls the Python up, holding him in place as Malakai rushes forward,
JOHNNY GOMEZ: DEVILS ADVOCATE...TO COLT! The Python slips out just in time as Malakai nails Colt instead.
Midnight is in shock as the Python leaps up behind him, CRUSHING COILS! Reverse Frankensteiner nails Midnight but the Python can't cover as Drewitt pulls him up off the concrete, goozling him around the throat.
ARDUOUS JOURNEY! Brutal Chokeslam drives the Python into the mat as Drewitt covers, Demi Sky sliding in for the cover
ONE
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TWO
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THREE!!!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: The Python couldn't do it here tonight, he tried his absolute best but the odds were definetly stacked against him here tonight.
Matches II
Many Years Ago
A young Destructo Boy, a child of no more than five years old, sits cross legged in a small patch of dirt. Long grass grows around him, offering the perfect hiding spot for the youngster. He has built himself a pile of leaves and twigs and is busy ripping up pieces of paper to add to his pile. Fumbling in his pocket, the young James pulls out a box of matches.
He strikes a match, but it fails to light. The boy grunts and strikes another. This time, it takes and bursts into a small flame. His eyes twinkle as the boy sets the match to the small pile of twigs and leaves. The pile catches, and he soon has a small fire burning in front of him.
“Ooooh, pretty.”
There is a distinct twinkle in his eye as he looks upon the fire he had built. James watches the flames dance, entranced by their wavering ways. So much so that he doesn’t hear the warning cry of his concerned mother, or his father’s footsteps approaching behind him.
“James!” Maxwell’s voice, filled with concern, finally catches his attention and pulls his mind from the flames. “James, what in Arcadia are you doing?”
Next instant, James feels himself being pulled away from the dancing flames, as the fire he had built threatens to catch the long grass that surrounds him. He watches as his father stomps out the flames, the source of his wonder and entertainment. When he is done, there’s nothing but ash and smoke left of his little fire.
Maxwell turns to his son, kneeling down.
“James. You should never play with matches.” He holds his hand out, the non-verbal expectation that his boy would hand the box of matches over. “Do you have any idea how dangerous that is? Somebody could have been hurt!”
The boy looks up at his father, not quite understanding why his dad is making such a big deal about it. It was just a little fire, after all.
“Why, dad? I wasn’t going to hurt anybody.”
Maxwell’s voice is stern.
“You are not allowed to play with matches, James. I’ve told you this before. I’m very disappointed in you. Now, hand me the matches and promise me you will never play with them again.”
An eternity passes before the boy complies, pulling the matchbox from his pocket once more and placing them into his father’s outstretched hand. Maxwell smiles.
“There, everything is safe now, nobody is going to get hurt.”
Maxwell smiles, patting his son on the head before walking away. James watches him leave, but there is no understanding on his face. No remorse. Just anger and frustration. His eyes burn into the back of his father as he walks away.
Cut.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: I think this is a first for OSW! A ticket hangs above the ring, but which of these four is brave enough to scale the ropes to grab it?
UPRISING! BICYCLE KNEE IMMEDIATELY DOWNS DOOM!
Narcissa takes down the tag champ and is quick to start scaling the turnbuckles! Meanwhile Destructo Boy and Vision trade blows on the other side of the ring! Destructo Boy springboards off of the ropes but Vision ducks a flying clothesline!
AND DOWNS HIM WITH A BACK ELBOW! IRON STRIKE!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Vision is scaling the ropes!
NICK DIAMOND: He's crawling to Narcissa!
Both Titans hang from the middle of the X and trade kicks! Hera nails Vision with a massive heel laden kick to the sternum! Vision fires back with a haymaker that rocks the World Champ!
NICK DIAMOND: Is DOOM flying to the top of the X?
JOHNNY GOMEZ: WITH HIS JET BOOTS! HOVER, NO BOTHER!
A wild kick to the jaw knocks Narcissa to the ground! An axhandle to the skull sends Vision right after her! Doom grabs for the ticket!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: DESTRUCTO BOY IS ON TOP! HE RUNS ACROSS THE TOP OF THE DAMN X LIKE A TIGHT ROPE!
NICK DIAMOND: SEE NO EVIL! SHINING WIZARD TAKES DOOM RIGHT DOWN TO THE FLOOR! DESTRUCTO BOY HANGS ON!
It's an absolute mess on the ground below and Vision is the first to stir! The leader of team OSW gets to his feet and rushes to scale the X!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: THIRD EYE BLIND! SPRINGBOARD CODEBREAKER TAKES DESTRUCTO BOY DOWN!
NICK DIAMOND: AND VISION SNATCHES THE TICKET ON HIS WAY DOWN!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: The Awoken One has! A massive win here for The Third Eye!
Sanctuary
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Looks like we're going backstage, Nicky.
NICK DIAMOND: It looks a bit off, doesn't it, Johnny?
The lights in the hallways flicker, some of them even being out all together as though tampered with. Lionel Troy, the reverend, walks cautiously, checking behind himself periodically.
NICK DIAMOND: Do you hear that?
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Sounds like... Scraping?
Just as Troy rounds the corner towards the exit we see the source of the scraping. Standing beneath a flickering light, an axe dragging against the floor, is Colt Ramsey. The Journo's eyes are wild, his skin covered in wounds from scratching at himself, idly twitching as he looks down the hall at Troy who stops in his tracks.
"Cure." Ramsey spits the words, choking up on the axe.
Lionel is taken aback, but he stands his ground, trying not to show any fear. "You'll get it only if you promise to be a good lamb, Colt. Give up on that article of yours, come home, and maybe I'll forgive you. You wouldn't do anything to me, not when I'm the only one with a cure." Troy's speaks with a knowing confidence, almost daring Colt to approach him.
"Give up...?" Ramsey tilts his head, eyes wide. "What do you think I am? Crazy?" A slightly unhinged chuckle comes from the journalist as he takes a step towards Troy. "A good journo always gets his story, Lionel. Always."
"Do you not want sanctuary from your demons? Don't you want paradise?"
Colt simply sneers. "I want my story. And I'll give up anything to have it."
JOHNNY GOMEZ: COLT'S RUNNING AT TROY WITH THE AXE!
NICK DIAMOND: I CAN'T WATCH!
Reverend Troy rushes down the hall in fear, Colt chasing him wildly with that axe! The tool finds itself embedded in a table as he recklessly swings at Troy who narrowly avoids his own demise. As soon as Colt can pull his axe from the wood, however, Lionel has made distance, disappearing around a corner.
"I got my story, I just need my cure, Troy..."
Cut.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Tonight folks in a night of tremendous gimmick matches, we have a doozy as Gemini herself walks into the world of the Artist. The ring is covered with blank canvases and the only way to win is to paint them with your opponents blood.
NICK DIAMOND: This may seem an easy victory for Jasper Redgrave here but with the poison that runs through Nergals veins, does he even want to risk busting her open Johnny?
The bell sounds as Jasper rushes forward, taking Gemini by surprise with a brutal Big Boot as he looks to bust her open early. Nergal staggers to her feet into a brutal kick to the jaw before he lifts her up high, rushing forward to the turnbuckles
JOHNNY GOMEZ: SNAKE EYES BUSTS NERGAL WIDE OPEN! But Jasper has to paint a canvas with her blood first to end this match.
Jasper pulls Gemini up off the mat, looking to throw her into one of the blank canvases but his hands brush past her open wound. Redgrave lets go immediately, Nergals caustic blood burning him almost instantly as he staggers back, allowing Nergal to rush forward
YIN! Codebreaker hits hard as the Artist is stunned in the middle of the ring, Gemini grabbing him by the head and rushing up the ropes
NICK DIAMOND: NERGAL IS UNLEASHED! Brutal Springboard Tornado DDT busts Jasper open as well.
All either competitor has to do is introduce flesh to canvas to win as Gemini pulls Jasper up but gets staggered back by a brutal headbutt. Redgrave winces in pain but lifts Gemini up high, rushing forward to the nearby canvas.
VANISHING POINT! Reverse Crucifix Powerbomb right into the canvas as Gemini's blood burns through the canvas, Cole Holt quickly calling for the bell
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Brutal match from both competitors but that deadly Vanishing Point is all the Artist needed to paint with Nergals blood here tonight.
The Pool
The Observatory spans before us, and within it, the Odyssey Pool that bubbles before us. Destructo Boy approaches the pool, deep in thought.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: This is it, Nicky. The moment of no return. Will Destructo Boy actually take the plunge?
NICK DIAMOND: It’s just a bit of swimming, Johnny. But that water doesn’t look too good for swimming.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: There’s more too it than that, Nicky. Everyone who has been into the Odyssey Pool has been changed. It has awoken pieces of themselves buried deep within, changed them… For better and for worse.
NICK DIAMOND: Let’s not forget that Destructo Boy convinced the Burned Man to step into that very pool to become what we know as Blaze. What will happen if The Kid takes the plunge back into that pool again?
That seems to be the very question Destructo Boy is pondering. The otherwise deserted Observatory is a structure of solitude, for him to be left alone with his own thoughts. There is nobody forcing him to be here, and nobody pressuring him to step into the pool.
He draws a deep breath, knowing that if he chooses this. For better or worse, it is his own decision.
“Everything that has happened. Everything we’ve all been through…” He’s muttering to himself, over and over. “Enough is enough. This is the only way.”
Destructo Boy looks at the Odyssey Pool before him, inviting him in. He closes his eyes, and steps forward off the ledge - and into the pool.
NICK DIAMOND: Kersplash Johnny, he actually did it!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: He chose to take himself into the Odyssey Pool. We don’t know how he’s going to change, but for somebody who has already been in the pool, one would assume the changes will reverse themselves.
NICK DIAMOND: That’s if it works at all. He could drown in there and come back as a zombie!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: You know what, Nicky… You’re actually right. Anything could happen. We’ll just have to see what happens when the waters clear.
Destructo Boy sinks beneath the bubbling, green waters of the Odyssey Pool. Going, going and gone. Out of sight. All we can do now is wait and see.
Cut.
Johnny Gomez: High above the ring tonight we have a Scaffolding Bridge that’s a scant six feet across where Jackson Cade and Raven will do battle.
Nick Diamond: The winner will be the man to climb down and the loser will let gravity do all the work in their exit.
The referee calls for the bell as Cade cautiously moves across the brooding Raven fluidly closes the distance… Spear!
THE FINAL – LEAP FROG!
CADE DODGES THE CONTRACT MANAGING TO LAND ON SCAFFOLDING DROPPING TO HIS KNEES TO SURE HIS LANDING BEFORE PIVOTING ON HIS KNEE AND RUSHING THE RECOVERING DEATH WALKER.
BREACH AND CLEAR!
Cade nails the Sling Blade swinging his legs over open air! Before driving Raven back first on the steel Scaffold as the crowd collectively gasps!
Johnny Gomez: A scary moment there created by Officer Cade!
Jackson stalks The Death Walker as Raven starts to get to his feet…
LEAPING SUPERKICK!
HOSTILE DOWN!
DOWN…
DOWN…
DOWN…
THE KICK LANDS FLUSH AS RAVEN TUMBLES OFF THE SCAFFOLDING FROM THE IMPACT TO THE MAT BELOW WITH A SICKENING THUD AS THE CROWD ERUPTS WITH CHANTS OF “HOLY SHIT”!
Nick Diamond: The Screaming Eagle manages to clip the wings of the Raven sending him plummeting to the canvas below!
Interested Parties
In the dim, steamy confines of the Olympus boiler room, Jackdaw lounges against a rusty pipe, the hum of machinery filling the air. His eyes are scanning two envelopes, one in crimson, the other in a multi-colored scheme. Both bear his name.
NICK DIAMOND: Last week, we saw Klaus Way and Jash Khan arguing over who could get him in their stable. Looks like these are the offers.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: It’s not going to turn out how they want. Not with Jackdaw.
Aurora steps into the room, her bright wardrobe a contrast to the boiler room.
"Jackdaw," she begins cautiously, "Klaus Way and Jash Khan are both trying to recruit you. They want to make you their henchman."
Jackdaw chuckles, a low, knowing sound. He holds up the envelopes, one from each man.
“I know,” he says, amusement dancing in his eyes. “They seem very interested. What do you care?”
Aurora frowns, concern etched on her face. “I’ve been around the block. People like them…. Them… They’re bad news. You don’t know what you’re getting into.”
His laughter fades, replaced by a cold, calculating gaze.
Silence.
“And how do you know?”
WHAM! JACKDAW PUNCHES HER RIGHT IN THE FACE!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: He’s showing his true colors, he’s a sick son of a bitch.
NICK DIAMOND: She did just barge into his business, Gomez.
Aurora is rattled by the shot from Jackdaw, but Jackyboy ain’t done. He grabs her, running her head into the exposed piping.
CLANG!
Her head bounced off, and she falls down, trying to shake the cobwebs off.
Jackdaw stares down at her, and like a radio dial, his laughter fades back in. With a huge grin on his face, Jackdaw leaves Aurora alone in the boiler room.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: He’s a menace, Nicky.
Cut.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: The flames burn bright here tonight as Lionel Troy steps into the Burning Mans domain but will Zion protect him from the rage of Judgement?
Blaze rushes forward, laying into Troy with a furious onslaught of lefts and rights, sending Troy staggering back precariously close to the blazing ropes. He's stunned by a headbutt as Blaze backs off, rushing forward
NICK DIAMOND: FLAMETONGUE....NO! Troy just avoids the Dropkick as Blaze nearly sends himself through the ropes to the fire below
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Blaze just stops himself in time, turning right around into a kick to the dick. Troy going dirty here to survive.
Troy pounds away on the hurting Blaze, laying his hands on Blaze's head, shouting the words of Zion before nailing him with a brutal Zionic Elbow between the eyes. Blaze staggers back to his feet into a hard elbow to the jaw before Troy grabs him by the back of the head, rushing forward
JOHNNY GOMEZ: TROY THROWS BLAZE OVER THE ROPES...BUT HE'S NOT OUT! Blaze landing on the apron, the flames licking at his heels but he just saves himself and Troy hasn't noticed.
NICK DIAMOND: The Elder celebrating in the ring, Blaze scowling as Troy slowly turns around, RIGHT INTO THE PHOENIX DOWN! SPRINGBOARD LARIAT TURNS TROY INSIDE OUT!
Blaze pulls Troy up to his feet, gripping him around the shoulder as he looks to Tip the Scales but Troy fights out with elbows to the jaw. A hard right staggers Blaze back as Troy breaths in an invisible force, rushing forward
NICK DIAMOND: RIGHT INTO THE KINGDOMFALL! Brutal Spinning Elbow rocks Troy as he stumbles back. Blaze rushing forward.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: FLAMTONGUE! SHOTGUN DROPKICK SENDS TROY FLYING THROUGH THE MIDDLE ROPE INTO THE INFERNO!
Lionel Troy is set on fire!
NICK DIAMOND: The officials quickly put out the on fire Lionel Troy as Blaze stares down with a slight smile, his Judgement taking place here tonight.
Dreams Come True
JOHNNY GOMEZ: What a night it's been here at CarnEVIL...but it seems something's going down in The Slums, and Raven's at the center of it after seemingly making a beeline out of Olympus following his match against!
We cut to a brawl taking place outside one of the housing developments, with Vengeance slamming one of Malakai Midnight's men down to the ground!
"Your boss didn't hear me, I take it," Raven states, staring the Owl down with bad intentions. "I told him I wasn't interested in joining your cause, and I meant every word!"
He rears back for another punch before the man raises his hands in self-defense.
"Please!" he yells, barely managing to stop the Death Walker from taking him out. "Mr. Midnight gave me strict instructions to deliver a message unto you."
"I've had about enough of his messages," Raven replies with a snarl. "The only reason I'm letting you live is so you can deliver a message to him...leave me alone, or you're gonna be a dead man walking."
Raven finally lets the man go, allowing him to get to his feet...but the man doesn't leave without delivering the necessary message.
"Mr. Midnight wants to see you in that ring for Ring of Dreams," he states, his face quivering out of fear as he presses on. "He said he's willing to make your biggest dream come true, if you'll hear him out further."
"What does that even m--" Raven can't finish the question before the man takes off running, forcing the Death Walker to ponder the message.
NICK DIAMOND: What would a man like Raven consider his biggest dream, Johnny?
JOHNNY GOMEZ: I'm not entirely sure Nick, but we may get answer to that at Ring of Dreams!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Don't let the dentist's chair and laughing gas fool you folks, this next match is no laughing matter between Nox and Jackdaw!
Nox stares down Jackdaw, who stares back blankly minus a look of glee in his eyes.
The staredown doesn't last long before Nox sends Jackyboy to the ropes...but Jack ducks the clothesline!
He hits the ropes again, leaping at the Chemist with a flying forearm that sends him reeling!
Jackdaw's eager to play some more, but Nox is not having it as he charges with a forearm of his own.
Nox keeps on the attack, sending Jack to the ropes...and to the outside!
Following close behind, the Chemist brings Jackdaw back to his feet...but is met with a flurry of punches!
NICK DIAMOND: Looks like playtime's over!
Jack slams the Chemist into the apron before pummeling away...until Nox catches him with a blast of mist from his chest!
POISON MISTER!
Jackdaw's trying to rub the mist out of his eyes before Nox sends him into the dentist's chair!
He tries to get Jackyboy strapped in, but is shoved away before Jack charges at him for a running DDT!
TICKLED--NO!
Nox evades, landing a short-arm clothesline instead!
GET OVER HERE!
Nox drags Jackyboy over to the dentist's chair, strapping him in before yanking the laughing gas hose off the mask provided...and jamming it into the eyehole of Jackdaw's instead!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Nox has Jackdaw breathing in the laughing gas! It's all over as the Chemist gets the win over Jackyboy!
I've Got The Key
Narcissa calmly walks through the wreckage of No Man’s Land. The OSW World Champion has a face the picture of focus and determination. She’s in enemy territory, but she’s not afraid.
She approaches the door, to which John The Revelator, El Mariachi Muerte, Gemini and Drewitt reside.
They immediately stand on ceremony to meet her.
She waves a literal white flag, indicating that she comes in peace. It’s John that meets her, face to face.
“The last time you were here, you nearly killed me and threatened to kill the rest of us,” he says angrily. “And now you have the audacity to show up?”
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Is she nuts? She’s just walked into the lions den.
Narcissa shrugs.
“I came to offer you a deal,” she proposes with a smirk. “You want the key to that door and I have it. I know who it is.”
The rest of Apokalypsis come to meet him at his side.
“I’ll bring you the key at Ring of Dreams, but you need to do something for me. You need to stand down. I need the Uprising to win the Sweet Dreams match and gain contracts with OSW.”
“Fuck off!” Gemini hisses at her.
“Not a chance, amiga,” Muerte continues.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: She’s got some balls for a lady, Narcissa.
NICK DIAMOND: JTR isn’t saying no though, not yet.
“I’m not talking to the foot soldiers, I’m talking to the general,” she says looking at The Revelator. JTR ignores the reactions of his crew behind him and puts his hands on his hips. “If you want the key, I’ll get it to you. If I don’t, you can kill me on sight.”
John leans in.
“And I would,” he says with a sneer. “I’ll think about your offer, Narcissa. You’ll have my response shortly.”
JOHNNY GOMEZ: I can’t believe he’s considering this.
NICK DIAMOND: She can’t be trusted! She doesn't know who the key is. She's just playing games.
“Very well,” Balenciaga says, walking away. John steps past Apokalypsis, who stand in disbelief at the quite possible betrayal of their leader.
Cut.
NICK DIAMOND: Look at all those toys, Johnny! Must be someone's birthday.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: I'd say it might be for the fans, Nicky! They get to see Felix take on Klaus way in a Toybox match!
Toys fill the ring and Foley looks to be in wonderland! He looks around at everything but as he does Klaus is quickly on him with a tilt-a-whirl headscissor! Foley gets thrown to the mat and the Warden of Weird grabs a tea party table! He sets it up as Foley gets to his feet!
SMASH!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: TEA POT TO FOLEY'S SKULL BY KLAUS!
NICK DIAMOND: That's just rude!
Felix grab his face in agony and Klaus goes to try and force him up for a suplex! Felix sandbags him and fights back with a multitude of punches to the gut before hoisting Klaus onto his shoulders!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: BUMPED HIS HEAD!
NICK DIAMOND: DEATH VALLEY DRIVER THROUGH THE TEA TABLE!
Foley looks saddened at destroying the table but continues his fight nonetheless as he peels Klaus up and nails him with a headbutt! The Freak gets whipped across the ring only to slide beneath the bottom rope! He grabs for more toys as Felix slides out after him!
ONLY TO CATCH A YO-YO TO THE JAW!
Klaus swings the toy like a flail as he whips it mercilessly at Friendly Felix! The Oddball chuckles wildly as Foley takes each hit! The tag champ falls to a knee and Klaus gets a devious grin as he wraps the yo-yo around Foley's throat! "I call this one, walking the dog!"
JOHNNY GOMEZ: That's just vile, Nicky!
Way leaps onto the apron and yanks as he rolls backwards over the rope! He's stringing Foley up like a god damned puppet! The crowd gasps as Foley kicks his legs futilely and reaches for anything he can find! Klaus closes in for the kill!
ONLY TO CATCH A WHIFFLE BALL BAT TO THE FACE! THE RINGMASTER LETS GO!
Felix gasps for air as he lands on the apron, pulling the yo-yo off of his throat before getting back in the ring and nailing Klaus with the bat to the jaw! The Oddball gets knocked into a corner and Foley lets loose!
NICK DIAMOND: FELIX FOLEY'S CORNER!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: HE"S STOPPING A MUDHOLE IN THIS MAN!
Walking it dry, Felix comes across an interesting little box in the far corner bearing a very familiar name! 'LEGO'. Foley rips off the top of the box and dumps a pile of LEGOs right across the mat! Klaus is barely stirring and Foley forces him up onto his shoulders for a powerbomb! But Klaus fights back with desperate right hands! No one wants this fate! Klaus rolls off onto his feet and lifts Foley up!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: CIRQUE DOULEUR! STORMBREAKER ONTO THE LEGOS!
NICK DIAMOND: AND HE PINS HIM ON TOP OF THEM!
LEGOs dig into Felix's back as the referee counts!
ONE!
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TWO!
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THREE- NO! FOLEY STILL HAS LIFE!
Klaus is in shock as he leaps to his feet and tries to drag Foley up for another move! But Friendly Felix has a Magic 8-Ball! He cracks Klaus across the jaw with it and the blue liquid explodes onto the Oddball's face! Foley unleashes a clothesline that drops Klaus back first onto the legs, the Ringmaster leaping back up into a snap powerslam! Foley is gaining momentum as he grabs a handful of LEGOs off of the ground!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: PUPPETSHOW- NO! KLAUS DUCKS AND SPRINGBOARDS OFF THE ROPES!
NICK DIAMOND: BIZARRO! MODIFIED UNPRETTIER PLANTS FELIX ONTO THE LEGOS! HE COVERS!
ONE!
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TWO!
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THREE!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: For a match full of toys this was a vile match, one that Klaus way used to his advantage for a momentous win!
Six Feet Under
JOHNNY GOMEZ: What a phenomenal match that was, Nicky. Felix Foley and Klaus Way just tore down the house.
NICK DIAMOND: Hang on, what’s happening with the lights?
The horns of O'Death sound loudly into the arena.
Immediately, the arena is thrust into darkness as smoke fills the entrance ramp. Purple flashing lights adorn the entrance area as Tombstone slowly steps out into the mist.
"Now, what is this I can see, with ice cold hands, taking hold of me..."
JOHNNY GOMEZ: IT’S THE FERRYMAN!
NICK DIAMOND: And with a new entrance…
The looming figure of the Ferryman now stands with smoke drifting around him.
The lights suddenly return…
LEAPING SHOVEL TO THE FUCKING SKULL!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: WHAT THE… WHO THE HELL IS THAT!?
NICK DIAMOND: HE JUST LAID FELIX FOLEY OUT WITH A GOD DAMN SHOVEL!
Foley has been busted wide open! The man picks him up off the canvas and scoops him up onto his shoulders…
GTS!!
CRADLE TO THE GRAVE!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: I’ve just had word… That’s Gravedigger! Tombstone’s mortuary apprentice!
NICK DIAMOND: What the hell is happening!?
As Foley hits the canvas with a thud, Tombstone begins making his way to the ring.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: IT’S BLAZE! IT’S BLAZE!
NICK DIAMOND: THANK GOD FOR THAT!
Blaze storms past the slowly approaching Tombstone like a bullet out of a gun and slides into the ring as Gravedigger lifts a dazed, bloodied and near unconscious foley onto his shoulders.
GRAVEDIGGER TOSSES FOLEY TOWARDS BLAZE!
FLAMEEEETONNNGGUUUUEEEEE!
JOHN WOO DROPKICK TO FELIX FOLEY!!
JOHNNY GOMEZ: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! NO!! NO GOD DAMNIT NO!
NICK DIAMOND: BLAZE HAS TURNED ON THE POOL BOYS! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON, JOHNNY!?
“YOU SOLD OUT! YOU SOLD OUT! YOU SOLD OUT!”
The fans roar at Blaze who swivels to his feet and watches for Tombstone, who now steps over the top rope. The former OSW World Champion whips his jacket off and cricks his neck, looking down at The Puppetmaster with a glare of hatred in his eyes.
The arena is suddenly thrust into darkness one more time.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: What now!? Poor Felix Foley has been destroyed, god damnit.
A red hue appears over the entrance ramp as Malakai Midnight steps out onto the stage surrounded by cloaked followers, accompanied by Mark Hayes. His smile is ear to ear as he struts to the ring with a microphone in his hand. He stomps up the steps and slithers into the ring through the ropes.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: You know what this means, don’t you?
NICK DIAMOND: At Pandemonium, it was Tombstone and Malakai who met.
Midnight stands opposite Tombstone, nodding enthusiastically at the glaring Ferryman.
“Welcome to the midnight hour,” he hisses to boos from the crowd. “We belong to you, sire. I have acquired those you sought to lead us all straight to hell, but not before our enemies. For those who oppose us will find themselves Six... Feet... Under.”
Malakai, Mark Hayes, Blaze and Gravedigger bend the knee before Tombstone who doesn’t once break his stoic glare. He places a boot on the head of Felix Foley and lowers his head as his stable mates kneel before him.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: This could be the end of everything we know and love, Nicky. Tombstone has created, with the help of Malakai Midnight, one of the most dominant stables that OSW has likely ever seen.
NICK DIAMOND: Blaze turned on The Pool Boys. Malakai Midnight and Mark Hayes have joined the darkside and Gravedigger debuts in OSW. What a night. Six Feet Under might just be unstoppable, Johnny. Tombstone will undoubtably attempts to reclaim what rightfully belongs to him and hell awaits anyone who tries to get in their way.
JOHNNY GOMEZ: Poor Felix Foley. He has no idea what’s hit him.
A Stop ■ symbol appears in the bottom right hand corner of the screen as a logo flashes up amongst static.
Static.
Click.