Bad Idea
Click.
Static covers the screen as a Play ► symbol appears in the bottom right-hand corner.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Welcome to Vendetta! We’ve got a situation brewing backstage!
Hatchet paces like a caged animal, surrounded by his loyal Gathering.
Across from him, Gravedigger stands, his large frame immobile, an unyielding statue.
Hatchet stops abruptly, his gaze sharp as he addresses Gravedigger. "We’re going after the next target tonight. No screw-ups this time."
"No,” Gravedigger rumbles. “Your last plan nearly blew up in our faces. You insisted on involving Gemini. She doesn’t have the stomach for this kind of work."
The air thickens with unspoken threats as Hatchet steps closer, his voice menacingly soft. "You questioning my judgment, Gravedigger? You got a problem with how I run things?"
Gravedigger doesn’t flinch, stepping forward so they’re almost nose to nose.
MATT RUBY: Boys! Stop fighting! You’re the dream team!
The standoff is palpable, the Gathering shifting uneasily, eyes darting between the two titans. Just as the tension nears its breaking point, a new shadow detaches from the gloom.
MATT RUBY: Malakai Midnight!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Business is picking up.
Malakai Midnight, flanked by the Night Owls, steps forward.
Hatchet’s eyes flicker to Malakai, a smirk slowly spreading across his face. "Came to see the show?"
Malakai’s voice is unamused. "There won’t be a show."
After a tense moment, Hatchet laughs, the sound sharp and devoid of humor. "Fine. We’ll play it your way... for now."
With a final, defiant glance at Gravedigger, Hatchet turns, leading his group away.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Chain Reaction is set to go nuclear tonight! These teams are on the razor’s edge!
MATT RUBY: I just wanted to see Gemini!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Tonight, it's a battle of highflyers as Destructo Boy faces Aurora.
MATT RUBY: I wouldn't mind flying high with her Bronco.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Please change and just call the match Matt.
DING! DING!
Destructo Boy is hot out of the corner with a shotgun dropkick that sends Aurora into her corner! Destructo Boy charges again but Aurora sends him up and over the ropes! Like a cat, he lands feet first on the apron! He goes for a rope assisted enzuigiri but she counters with a superkick to send him to the floor! Hard landing!
AURORA RUNS THE ROPES!
SUICIDE DIVE-NO!
SEE NO EVIL!
DESTRUCTO BOY NAILS THE SHINING WIZARD ON AURORA MID-AIR!
Destructo boy pulls her up and rolls Aurora back into the ring! He hops on the apron and jumps to the top rope! What is he going to go for? We won't find out as she kips up and desperately shoves his leg out to leave him perched on the top! She climbs up there with him!
THEY'RE TRADING PUNCHES UP THERE!
AURORA HAS THE UPPER HAND!
SHE TUCKS HER HEAD UNDER HIS ARM AND FALLS BACKWARD!
NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX OFF THE TOP ROPE!
DESTRUCTO BOY CRASHES TO THE MAT BUT SHE HAD HER LEGS WRAPPED AROUND THE TURNBUCKLE AND SITS RIGHT BACK UP TO GET BACK TO THE TOP ROPE!
SHE JUMPS!
NORTHERN LIGHTS OUT!
SHE NAILS THE TWISTED BLISS AND COVERS!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: What a brilliant maneuver to pull off the victory!
MATT RUBY: A woman shows how well she can wrap her legs around something and all you can think to say is brilliant?!
A Delicate Approach
Doom stands within a laboratory. Before him, Sunshine sits on a reclining chair.
“Well, you’ve got me here, Doc. What does a man like you mean when he says bonding opportunity?”
Doom holds out a set of electrodes. Mr. Sunshine sits up, holding his hands up in protest.
“Now, wait a minute. This seems awfully suspicious.”
Sunshine ponders for a while before breaking into a smile.
“But you’re a logical man, Doctor, you wouldn’t try to hurt a teammate. How can I expect you to trust me if I won’t trust you?”
He beckons Doom forward, and Doom slaps the electrodes onto his temples.
MATT RUBY: Oh Zeus, he’s even stupider than I thought.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Sunshine is right though. They need to trust each other if they’re going to work together.
“I’m going to ask you some questions and measure your brain activity.”
Sunshine nods, smiling cheerily.
“Do you believe people are fundamentally good or evil?”
“Good, of course! I believe everybody has their own sun to shine.”
Doom scribbles some notes, before continuing.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: I get the feeling that Doom is leading Sunshine into something.
MATT RUBY: He’s trying to reason with an idiot.
“Do you believe that, if warranted, violence can be a means to an end?”
“Never! We should never solve our problems with our fists.”
Doom presses a button, and Sunshine convulses as electricity courses through him, stopping as suddenly as it began.
“Merely a guiding shock. Some neural inconsistencies. I’m simply trying to…”
“Reprogram the mind?”
The voice of Nox cuts through the scene. He enters, pulling the electrodes off Sunshine’s head.
“You think you’ll get anywhere with this weak nonsense? We have one week before we go to war. A war that must be fought, not by talking about our feelings.”
He pulls Sunshine to his feet.
“You’re either a fighter, or a liability. I’m going to find out which.”
Nox leaves, and Sunshine is left staring at Doom.
“Well, friend, I hope you found the science you were looking for.”
He holds his hand up for a high five, but again, is left hanging.
Cut.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Well it’s crowded here at ringside as Klaus Way and Malakai Midnight have brought their entourages to ringside tonight.
MATT RUBY: I can barely move out here Bronco it’s a sea of humanity out here and not an enjoyable one.
Senior official Mills Stanton calls for the bell and Way darts out of the corner rushing Midnight who responds with a Discus Forearm to the Jaw – THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE HAS THE SHOWMAN ON ROLLERSKATES!
Mr. Midnight looks to stay on the offensive hooking up The Ringmaster up for a Fisherman Suplex – MIDINIGHT – CRADLE! INSIDE CRADLE BY THE RINGMASTER GENERAL! MILLS SLIDES INTO POSITION FOR THE COUNT!
ONE!
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TWO!
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KICK-OUT BY MALAKAI!
MATT RUBY: Damnit I was hoping for an early end to this chaos, I have Unnaturals and Owls all around me it’s claustrophobic!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Big word there Matt, surprised you knew how to use it!
Staying on the upper hand The Warden of Weird pulls The Midnight Man up on to his shoulder, Stormbreaker – CIRQUE DOU-NO! MIDNIGHT SLIPS OUT THE BACK HITTING THE ROPES...
*CRACK!*
BIG BOOT TO THE BACK OF WAY’S SKULL AS THE CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT!
Just then all the Unnaturals at ringside storm the ring beating down Midnight as Stanton calls for the bell declaring Midnight the victor as the Owls descend upon the ring to defend their leader!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: We need security out here to separate these men, Midnight is the victor but this is utter chaos!
MATT RUBY: Chaos is right, they’ve spilled my screwdriver, how else am I supposed to tolerate sitting next to you for the rest of the night?!
War Room
Last week, Hydra suffered catastrophic losses. First Narcissa, then Ares and the army. Zeus now sits in his locker room, surrounded by familiar faces. El Mariachi Muerte, Gemini, Captain Arcadia and George Cade are there to name a few.
“Thank you all for coming,” Zeus begins earnestly. “My wife has been kidnapped and I’ve assembled you as the last line of defence. Tonight, Tombstone plans to brazenly marry her in the middle of the ring and there’s nothing I can do about it. I need your help.”
MATT RUBY: How wise is our fearless leader? He’s creating a committee to help with Six Feet Under.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Remember, this is a problem he caused by murdering two members of that aforementioned group, Matt.
George wrings his hands. “I wish I could offer more support, Baron, but my boys are about to go to war over that OSW World Championship. What comes next between them may change the future of my house forever. What I can do is have Jackson send the Arcadian Police Department immediately.”
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: What’s that supposed to mean? What might change the future of his house?
Zeus nods with appreciation, shaking George’s hand. “Thanks George. That may just be enough. Muerte, Gemini, I need you to go on the offensive.”
El Mariachi and Gemini look at one another cautiously.
“Boss, mi amigo, we have questions of our own,” Muerte says carefully. Zeus shoots him a dismissive look, only for Gemini to tap The Mariachi on the shoulder and get his attention. One look from her and he changes his tune. “What I mean to say is… I have... we’ll take care of it.”
Gemini and Muerte head immediately out of the room in hunt for Narcissa or Tombstone. Meanwhile, Captain Arcadia stands in a state of somewhat confusion.
This is the last place he expected to be.
“I know we’ve not spoken,” Zeus says to Arcadia, standing before him. “But I invited you into Old School Wrestling for a reason. I invited the whole Kingdom for a reason. I know you’re searching for answers, and I promise, I can help with that, but I need you to do what’s right and find my wife.”
MATT RUBY: Arcadia must feel like his lucky number has come up. Imagine being owed a favour by Zeus of all people.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: When he’s searching for the truth behind the Zookeeper, that chip might come in handy.
The Hero nods at him. “It’s my duty to serve Arcadia and if your wife needs my help, I will provide it.”
Zeus smiles.
Cut.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Candy Kane has a keen eye, but I'm not sure even she can figure out an enigma like Calypso.
MATT RUBY: I agree. Maybe she should examine her nice and slow for the crowd.
As the bell rings Candy Kane takes a slow approach towards Calypso before lashing out with a headbutt to the mouth! The gumshoe fires off a brutal combination of strikes that ragdoll Mama Calypso!
MATT RUBY: Oh that's a sweet right hook! I think Calypso's bleeding from that pretty mouth!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: BLOOD RITUAL! THE VOODOO CHILD WITH THE BLOODY RED MIST!
Candy Kane stumbles back and Calypso fires off a leaping roundhouse that drops her to the ground! Black Magic smiles sadistically as she begins to systematically stomp away at her limbs! The detective is in dire straights as Calypso peels her up and goes for a suplex!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: CANDY SLIPS OUT BEHIND HER! REVERSE BULLDOG!
MATT RUBY: That's One Hard Jawbreaker!
The gumshoe doesn't cover! She forces Calypso back up and nails her with another stiff right hand before shoving her hand into her mouth!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: MANDIBLE CLAW! THE CANDY CANE CRUSH!
MATT RUBY: Fingers in her mouth!? You naughty girl!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: NO! CALYPSO MOVES BEHIND HER! HUMAN SACRIFICE! DIAMOND DUST!
She covers!
ONE!
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TWO!
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THREE!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Try as she might, Candy Kane couldn't overcome the mystery that is your winner, Calypso!
Clumsey
We cut backstage where Aurora is pacing about, looking quite uncharacteristically nervous. She approaches a door, knocking before entering. Inside, Gemini sits readying herself. Gemini stands, ready for action but fists soon soften into uncomfortable silence.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Neither Gemini nor Aurora really know what to make of their situation here. They’re on opposing teams.
MATT RUBY: I speak for all the guys in Arcadia when I say this… Kiss, you two. C’mon.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: You’re disgusting.
Aurora breaks the silence, her voice soft and unsure.
“I, err, wanted to talk with you.” She begins, Gemini raising her eyebrows in interest. “Just needed to ask.”
“I know what you’re going to ask me. Why I kicked the bucket?”
Aurora smiles at the statement, the tension easing slightly.
“Well, yeah. I mean. You bright some heat on yourself. Was it a clumsy accident or did you do that… for me?”
Gemini falls silent for a long time before she opens up.
“You think I would risk myself, go against my team and stick my neck out for you?”
Her words deny, but there’s truth hidden in her eyes.
MATT RUBY: I think she’s lying.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: It’s not about Aurora though, it’s because it’s the right thing to do.
MATT RUBY: Can’t it be because they’re hot for each other. I’d be okay with that.
Aurora reads her look, taking in her words, then smiles.
“Well, thanks. I just wanted to show my appreciation.”
Aurora pulls an item from behind her back, placing it on the bench in front of Gemini. The dented metal bucket from last week that saved her. Only, Aurora has filled it with flowers.
She doesn’t wait around for Gemini’s response, but takes her leave as Gemini picks up the flowers to smell them.
MATT RUBY: Flowers? I show my appreciation in a whole different kind of way. Let me show her how to say thankyou.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Well, it seems that there is some kind of good heart within Chain Reaction after all. It’s just not between members of any one team.
Cut.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Next week, Sunshine and Nox need to coexist. This week, they stand opposite each other.
MATT RUBY: We’ve got Doom here, prowling ringside. If Nox breaks Sunshine’s scrawny neck, do they get to replace him?
Sunshine eagerly walks to the middle, looking for a gentleman’s collar-and-elbow. But Nox has other ideas.
GET OVER HERE! SHORT ARMED CLOTHESLINE!
Nox picks Sunshine up before drilling him right back onto his head.
CHEMICAL REACTION! FISHERMAN’S BRAINBUSTER!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: This is not looking good for Sunshine!
MATT RUBY: He’s been outclassed. It’s hardly surprising.
Nox pulls back Sunshine’s head, wrenching him into a reclining position.
OXYGEN DEPRIVATION CHAM- NO!
SUNSHINE BIT NOX ON THE HAND AND SLIPS AWAY!
MATT RUBY: Sunshine is smiling about it, that sick freak!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: I think it was a playful nibble, but it took Nox by surprise.
Nox flings Sunshine out of the ring, landing hard. He pulls himself to his feet.
Only to find Hatchet charging down the entranceway towards him with a baseball bat in hand!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Looks like Hatchet is going to keep his plan moving with or without his team.
BOOM!
A FORCE PUSHES BOTH INCOMING MEN BACK, SENDING THEM FLYING!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Doom steps in front of Sunshine, protecting him from what would have been a two on one assault!
MATT RUBY: But he’s rolling him back into the ring where Nox is waiting for him.
Nox swoops, but Sunshine claps his hands over Nox’s ears.
MONGOLIAN CHOP DISORIENTATES NOX!
THE SUNSHINE CLUB! FULL NELSON FLAPJACK!
Mr. Sunshine covers for the pin!
ONE!
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TWO!
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THREE!
MATT RUBY: What?! That grinning pillock actually pulled it off? I’m… speechless. Mr. Sunshine wins against Nox.
On The Hunt III
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: These past couple weeks, El Mariachi Muerte has been chasing after a certain antagonist. He was trying to get info out of Grizzly, but Singing Death had no luck.
MATT RUBY: Poor St. Claire has ran all the way to the slums to get away from that crazy bastard. Who knows what sort of diseases he'll pick up just by breathing in the air there!
Behind a person sized wall, we see the eponymous Grizzly hiding from a slowly approaching Mariachi. The musician appears to be smiling as he looks around the area for his foe.
"Oh Grizzly," Muerte says in a sing song tone. "You can't run forever, amigo. You'll have to make your way toward Olympus eventually."
"What for!?" The Antagonist yells back. The former horseman's smile widens at his response.
"Zeus has granted me a match against you at Chain Reaction. If you want me to stop following you through every level of Arcadia, you will show up and fight me there."
"And if I refuse?" This causes Muerte to laugh. There is a brief pause as he swings his guitar around before strumming a single chord.
"I can be very persuasive should the need arise. Let me demonstrate just how I can talk people into doing things they don't want to."
MATT RUBY: Don't let him scare you, Grizz! Stay strong!
Before another note can be played, Grizzly yells out in frustration before stepping out of his hiding spot.
"Okay! Okay! I'll be there!"
"Good," the Mariachi says, spinning the guitar behind him. "I'll see you at Chain Reaction." He then proceeds to make his leave, leaving St. Claire where he stands.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Looks like the chase is over. Singing Death has his man and his word that he won't run away.
Cut.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: A big contest coming up folks. One week before Chain Reaction, Commisioner Sterling putting these teams through the wringer to see if they can truly get along as Hatchet faces off against future teammate Gemini here tonight.
MATT RUBY: Another day, another front row seat watching a babe. Shame she has to get downed but Gemini is hotter when she doesn't speak.
The bell sounds as Hatchet takes Gemini by surprise, staggering her back into the ropes with a big Wig Split Headbutt before he throws her across the ring. Gemini ducks underneath a Lariat attempt though, leaping off the ropes.
THE CURE! Springboard Tornado DDT spiking Hatchet into the mat with a giant thud. Hatchet slowly staggers to his feet as Gemini grabs his hand, skipping her way to the ropes.
MATT RUBY: That lucky bastard Hatchet getting some action here tonight.
Gemini leaps up to the top rope, slowly moving across before diving off.
THE LAST...NO! Hatchet catches her in mid-air, spinning the Rogue around
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: PONY DOWN! Hatchet nearly breaks Gemini in half with that brutal Side Backbreaker. And that sick bastard is smiling the whole time.
Hatchet cracks his neck, delivering the double birds to both Demi Sky and Gemini before lifting her up onto his shoulders.
SELF...SNAPSHOT! Gemini counters at the last second, nailing Hatchet with a picture perfect Codebreaker.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Beautiful counter by Gemini who covers, Demi Sky sliding in to make the count
ONE
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TWO
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THREE!!!
MATT RUBY: What a lucky bastard Hatchet is here tonight even in defeat. I'd pay for Gemini to hold her body against me.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Defeat it still was Ruby but can they get along at Chain Reaction or will this lead to a second defeat in two weeks for the Juggalo.
Unearthed
The scene opens on the back of Candy Kane. The gumshoe walks towards a rundown warehouse, the likes of which has been seemingly untouched for years.
MATT RUBY: Where are we this time? I like seeing her ass as much as anyone, but I'm tired of following her!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: It's called followin' a lead, Ruby. Looks to me like we're at the end of the rabbit hole.
Candy pushes the door open, wandering into the building and flipping an old light switch, jumping back as she finds she isn't alone. The Burned Man sits in a chair in the center of the room, arms crossed.
"Maxwell," Candy begins, "I'm surprised to find you here."
"Don't be," he replies. "I knew you were on the trail, I knew I couldn't stop you from coming here eventually."
"Of course," she says with a smirk. "This is where you found the capo, isn't it? Why not cut to the chase and tell me exactly what happened?"
The Burned Man sighs, revealing a file in his hands. "I lied when I said the manager died in that bar, Candy. He was assaulted, but they kept him alive... Dragged him here and tortured him for hours on end to find who he leaked the information to. The Carelli's? They don't simply plug their leaks, they make an example out of them. I was able to apprehend the capo interrogating him, but I was too late to save him."
Candy approaches, reaching for the file but The Burned Man pulls it away. "This file has everything I was given on the Carelli's. Names, safehouses, everything. I don't want to see your brains splattered on the concrete, Kane. I need you to prove yourself to me, prove that you can do what I couldn't and take them down for good."
There's a pause before Candy nods her head. "Chain Reaction. Meet me in the ring, and I'll prove I can do that and more."
Cut.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: And here it is folks, our main event for the evening as the current Olympic Tag Team Champions The Besties go one on one against a brand new tag team here in Olympus in Klaus Way's Unnaturals and these two folks, well they're something else.
MATT RUBY: They're goddamn freaks that's what they are Bronco. Some weirdo who loves pain and a homoerotic strong man. Only reason I'm looking forward to this match is watching Doom make these fools bow down.
The bell sounds as Felix and Damien begin for their teams, Felix rushing up with a tenative smile and holds out his hand. The smile grows wide as Damien grabs it, shaking hard
BEFORE PULLING FELIX IN AND RATTLING HIS BRAIN WITH A BRUTAL HEADBUTT!
Felix staggers back, a small patch of blood on his forehead where Damien's head connected as Solus rushes the ropes, bouncing off
THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKING! A brutal Big Boot nearly takes Solus's head off.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Felix not looking like his usual friendly self, seems the sneak attack may have angered the bigger man a little.
Damien staggers up right into a double goozle before he's Biel Tossed head over heels into the corner. He barely gets to stagger up to his feet before he's crushed into the metal with a brutal Avalanche Splash as Felix grabs both ropes with a scowl
AND INTRODUCES SOLUS TO FELIX FOLEY'S CORNER AS HE STOMPS THE UNBREAKABLE DRY!
Felix lets go as Solus is dazed in the corner, lifting him up and trapping him in the tree of woe before backing up. Felix psyches himself up, feeling the roar of the crowd as they chant his name before sprinting forward.
MATT RUBY: HAH! Nothing but turnbuckle as Foley goes sliding nuts first into the steel. Serves you right you goober.
Foley cries out in pain as he baseball slides right into the turnbuckle post, Solus managing to pull himself up just in time as Felix is prone on the mat. Solus pulls himself fully up on the turnbuckles before diving off.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: DOUBLE FOOT STOMP TO FOLEY'S SKULL! Jesus Christ if they're people who admire Foley, I'd hate to see what people who despise him do.
Solus rolls through with the stomp, running into his corner before tagging in Ajax. The Giant of a man steps over the ropes as Foley slowly staggers to his feet, Ajax nods
BEFORE PICKING SOLUS UP AND LAWN DARTING HIM RIGHT AT FOLEY LIKE A HUMAN MISSILE!
MATT RUBY: Did he just fastball his own partner into Foley? What in Zeus's name is wrong with these people?
Foley slams hard into the ropes from the sheer force of Solus slamming into him, bouncing off the ropes before staggering forward
INTO A PURE POWER POLISH HAMMER! Blood and spit go flying along with maybe even a few teeth as that single move may well have knocked the tag team champion out cold.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Foley looking devastated from such a simple maneuverer, this Ajax may well be the most brutal force in Olympus.
Foley staggers to his feet, trying for a right that Ajax easily blocks, lifting Foley almost effortlessly into the air with a Gorilla Press. The Giant presses 260+ pounds overhead with ease multiple times, before throwing him damn near clean over the ropes with a Two Handed Throw.
Felix crashes to the mat in a heap, Solus getting into the ring as Ajax lifts him up high, looking to deliver another deadly double team.
BROKEN BOMB...HITS MAT! Felix just moved out of the way as Solus gets Powerbombed onto nothing. Ajax turns around into a kick to the gut
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: CUT THE STRINGS! Foley hits the Double Arm DDT out of nowhere as Ajax looks stunned, this is Felix's chance to get the tag as he staggers forward.
Solus staggers up as he tries to stop Foley,
MY RIGHT HAND! Doom stops Solus with a flying fist to the chin, staggering him back enough for Foley to leap forward
AND MAKE THE HOT TAG TO DOOM!
MATT RUBY: YES! Comeon Doomsie, kick some freak ass!
Solus rushes up with a clothesline but DOOM ducks underneath, landing a brutal headbutt that drops him down to his knees before levelling him
WITH THE SCRAMBLER! Skull Cracking running knee may well have knocked Solus out cold.
Ajax slowly staggers up to his feet, DOOM surveying his foe for a second before running forward
THE SPLITTER...DOES NOTHING!
DOOM damn near bounces off, the brick shit house that is Ajax's abs tanking the blow as DOOM just shrugs, rushing to the ropes, bouncing off as his thrusters engage.
FOR A SUPER CHARGED SPLITTER! That time Ajax felt it as he stumbles back, holding his ribs in pain as DOOM tries to capitalize, attempting to lift Ajax onto his shoulders but the Scientist can't lift him.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Ajax is a thick meaty man and even DOOM can't manhandle him like he's used to so many other opponents.
Ajax stops the attempt with a double axehandle smash to the back, doubling DOOM over. He grips him around the throat, looking to power him up effortlessly but he doesn't notice DOOM pressing something on his gauntlets.
As Ajax struggles to lift Doom up.
MATT RUBY: Classic Doomsie, you can't fight gravity Ajax no matter how strong you are.
DOOM takes advantage of Ajax struggling to lift him up, delivering his own axehandle to the back before gripping him around the throat
GRAVITATIONAL...NO! Ajax slips out of the Chokeslam and with all his strength, POWERS THE DENSE DOOM ONTO HIS SHOULDERS AND DOWN INTO THE MAT WITH A POP UP POWERSLAM!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: MY GOD! THE SHEER STRENGTH OF THE ARMS OF AJAX! With that gravity field, Doom has to weight at least seven hundred pounds and Ajax still slammed him.
Ajax looks weary though as he calls for Solus to get up top, the Unnaturals looking for the end as Ajax stomps down on the gauntlet, stopping the gravity before lifting DOOM into an electric chair.
MATT RUBY: Wait why the hell are these loonies here again? Wasn't it enough they ruined a match earlier?
The Night Owls rush to the ring, at least five or ten of them distracting River Moonfoot as he doesn't notice one owl pushing Solus off the top rope to the floor below. Ajax sees the fall as he lets Doom slip off him, rushing to the ropes as he checks on Solus, not noticing Felix slip into the ring. Ajax turns around as he's maneuvered up by Felix
DOOMFACTORY DEATH DEVICE! AJAX GETS NAILED WITH THE 3-D! Doom quickly covers as the Night Owls stop distracting Moonfoot who notices the cover, sliding in to make the count
ONE
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TWO
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THREE!!!!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: And the Besties pick up the victory thanks to the Night Owls but they're not done as they rush into the ring, it's absolute pandemonium here with the Owls acting absolutely everyone.
Chain Reaction
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: The Night Owls still aren’t finished with the Unnaturals!
MATT RUBY: This is crazy!
The ring is a maelstrom of flying fists. The Night Owls are beating down Ajax and Damien, with Malakai calling the shots.
In the midst of the pandemonium, Doom grabs Felix Foley.
“Let’s get out of here. This isn’t our fight.”
Felix shakes his head, and rushes back at Malakai Midnight.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: CUT THE STRINGS TO MIDNIGHT!
MATT RUBY: This isn’t your fight, Foley!
The Night Owls turn their ire on Foley, but Doom calls a slew of small drones in front of them.
But not behind.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Shovel to the head of Doom!
MATT RUBY: It’s Gravedigger!
As Felix fights off the Night Owls, Doom is double teamed by the Six Feet Under team.
Meanwhile, Klaus Way and the rests of the Unnaturals have stormed out of the crowd. Way makes a beeline for Malakai, but the Night Owls get him first.
MATT RUBY: How many people are out here, Bronco? 20. 30. 50?
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: This is insane! Pure unadulterated violence!
Doom is being overwhelmed by the brutality of Gravedigger and Midnight. Suddenly, another body enters the fray.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: It’s Mr. Sunshine?
MATT RUBY: He and Doom reached an understanding earlier, I think.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Wait, Sunshine’s not alone.
MATT RUBY: It’s Nox? What the hell?
Nox, who seems to have found respect for Felix, joins the fray.
Fists are flying. Bodies are flying. There’s a little blood in there too!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: It’s a Chain Reaction folks!
Gravedigger takes aim at Mr. Sunshine with his shovel.
MATT RUBY: Take that idiot’s head off!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: IT’S AURORA! WHERE DID SHE COME FROM!
Aurora leaps off the top rope, taking Gravedigger out, retaliation for last week’s attempted assault. But she’s not alone. Destructo Boy joins her in the assault.
MATT RUBY: Here comes my boys! The Gathering is here!
Hatchet and the Gathering attack Aurora, intending to finish the job from last week. But someone grabs Hatchet and spins him around.
MATT RUBY: Damnit! Gemini, he’s your partner!
Gemini leaps up, pulling Hatchet down into the Codebreaker.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: THE SNAPSHOT! He should have taken a picture, it’d have lasted longer!
MATT RUBY: This is fucking insane!
Like a dam breaking, people begin getting thrown over the top rope to the outside.
Night Owls, Gathering, Unnaturals, Besties, everyone.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: We’re finally seeing people work together here! The egos are falling to the rays of Sunshine!
Felix Foley and Mr. Sunshine clothesline Gravedigger and Malakai Midnight over the top rope.
Gemini and Aurora double dropkick Hatchet the same way.
The four of them have cleared the ring.
MATT RUBY: These idiots!
The four of them turn to stare at each other. One from each team.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Are they going to fight?
The ring is chaos personified. Bodies are thrown to the mat and hurled over the ropes. Amid the disorder, Aurora and Gemini find synergy, while Felix Foley and Mr. Sunshine unexpectedly collaborate. Together, they miraculously clear the ring.
CRASH!
Foley goes down to a steel chair!
Gemini goes down!
MATT RUBY: Jasper Redgrave to save the day!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: That bastard!
Mr. Sunshine goes down!
Aurora and Redgrave stare at one another.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: He wouldn’t hit his partner would he?
The tired Aurora goes for a punch, but…
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: That son of a bitch about murdered her! Damn him!
MATT RUBY: Not how I’d give her a facial, but Jasper has odd tastes.
Standing tall in the center of the ring, Jasper Redgrave grins and walks away.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: He may be standing tall tonight, but I’ve been told we’re about to cut to the progress of the Cade Brothers. He may end up not standing at all.
Cain & Abel
Eagle Cams.
We watch through the perspective of a camera worn by CJ Thorpe.
The Brothers Cade carefully stalk through the dimly lit gallery. The last we saw them, they were heading out on a dangerous mission to end Jasper Redgrave, once and for all.
As they walk through the Gallery, Jackson leads the way, his brother following from behind with his gun in his hand.
“I don’t think he’s here,” CJ says to Jackson, suggesting they back off.
Cade shakes his head.
“We need to breach and clear every single room if necessary. Stay close, watch my six. He could be anywhere inside here,” Jackson, jumping back into squad leader mode, orders.
They walk around a corner, into a little bit of darkness.
MATT RUBY: When’s this kid gonna learn, Bronco? Jasper Redgrave won’t be caught napping by a murder squad sent illegally to kill him.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: That does beg a question. Why is Jackson Cade doing this? He’s supposed to be upholding the law but this mission clearly breaks it.
MATT RUBY: Because he’s a hypocrite?
As they round the next corner and enter through a small door, Jackson Cade raises his gun and searches the room.
What he doesn’t see is that behind him, CJ Thorpe has also raised his.
At his head.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: [Panicked] WAIT A MINUTE…
MATT RUBY: Swerve!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: What in the hell is he doing!? Don’t you dare do it, kid!
MATT RUBY: GO ON! PULL THE TRIGGER! PULL IT!
BANG!
Static. The Eagle Cam cuts.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: What the hell just happened!?
MATT RUBY: Are you stupid? CJ Thorpe just shot his brother in the head, Bronco. He just killed his brother!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: No! I refuse to believe that…
Cut.
A Cross to Bear
Darkness.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: This is eerie folks. I don’t know what in tarnation is going on here but Malakai’s Owls have taken over ringside.
MATT RUBY: The lights have been dimmed to almost pitch black. We can’t see a bloody thing.
When the lights come back on, the sight before our eyes is an astonishing one. Narcissa is dressed in a purple gown, tied to a large concrete gravestone in the shape of a cross. Her arms are spread wide, and a purple gag sits snugly in her mouth.
Tombstone stands beside her with his head lowered. Fog slowly filters in through the arena as Calypso walks carefully up the ring steps and enters the ring.
Static.
The tron suddenly flickers to a ruckus backstage. There’s a cacophony of noise, with grunting and shouting among it.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: THAT’S CAPTAIN ARCADIA, MUERTE AND GEMINI!
MATT RUBY: The Owls have taken them out! All three have been taken out! Zeus’ backup plan is a disaster!
Cloaked Owls stand over the beaten bodies of El Mariachi Muerte, Gemini and Captain Arcadia – all three beaten into unconsciousness. Back inside the ring, Tombstone looks down at Narcissa with a wry smile.
Meanwhile, Owls fill the entrance ramp and surround the ring.
Calypso stands presiding over the soon to be married couple.
“We are gathered ‘ere today,” she says to resounding boos from the Olympus crowd. “To combine this moun woman and this unholy Lord of the Damned in unholy matrimony.”
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Narcissa screams through her gag. Tombstone places a hand over her mouth, nodding at Calypso to continue.
“BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Listen to this crowd! They can’t stand Hydra but even they don’t want to see this. Tombstone is gonna force that poor woman to become his bride!
MATT RUBY: Maybe she’d like it… eh? Maybe…
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: You seriously can’t be condoning this. Not even you, Ruby.
“Tombstone, do you take this ‘ere moun to be your unholy wife?” Calypso asks with a snake like slither.
The Ferryman nods. “I do.”
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Somebody stop this. For all that is sacred in Arcadia, please..
MATT RUBY: Zeus, where are you!? This is your wife he’s about to steal!
The lights suddenly drop in Olympus…
“I will stay and fight As long as I'm alive…”
-Silence-
“And Kill ‘Till I Die”
-Beat-
The fans go fucking ballistic.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: IT’S ATTANO! HAROLD ATTANO! ATTANO! ATTANO! ATTANO!
Nobody storms out from behind the curtain with a steel chair and begins swinging.
DOWN GOES ONE OWL!
ANOTHER!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: YES!!! TAKE EM DOWN! TAKE EM ALL DOWN!
ANOTHER!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: GET EM HAROLD!
ANOTHER!
Owls are sent flying off the stage and beyond as Harold Attano thunders his way down the entrance ramp like a man on a fucking mission. Gravedigger meets him at the bottom, slamming his shovel into the steel chair and sending it to the floor.
Attano ducks under another strike…
ONE SHOT ONE KILL!
DIAMOND CUTTEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR!
DOWN GOES GRAVEDIGGER!
“YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”
Malakai Midnight comes flying off the apron just as Attano gets back to his feet, but he’s caught in mid-air!
HEADSHOT!
SUPERKICK TO MIDNIGHT! DOWN GOES THE LEADER OF THE OWLS!
He rolls under the bottom rope to where Tombstone has long vacated the ring, as has Calypso. Nobody rushes over to Narcissa, undoing the straps on her hands and feet, releasing her from her restraints. Narcissa pulls the gag from her mouth and shares a look with her savior before rushing out of the ring.
MATT RUBY: There’s our hero! There’s Zeus!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: Are you kidding me!? He comes out NOW!?
With Zeus atop the entrance ramp, Narcissa rushes into his arms whilst Harold leans on the ropes, soaking in the cheers from the crowd, his eyes focused on those of Zeus’, who nods in return.
He spins around…
TOMBSTONE!
MATT RUBY: THE FERRYMAN! THE FERRYMAN! TOMBSTONE HAS ATTANO BY THE GOD DAMN THROAT!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS!
CHOKESLAM ONTO THE CONCRETE CROSS WITH A SICKENING THUD!
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: [SCREAMING] NO GOD DAMNIT! NO! NO! HE’S BROKEN THE HELL IN HALF! TOMBSTONE MIGHT’VE JUST BROKE ATTANO’S BACK! THAT CROSS DIDN’T EVEN BREAK!!!! THAT’S CONCRETE GOD DAMNIT!
The fans boo as Harold Attano lays broken across the concrete cross, his back potentially shattered to pieces. Tombstone looks back at Zeus and Narcissa with a smile, grinning from ear to ear as the crowd boo and hiss around him.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: We need some medical attention for Harold Attano. Nobody came out to save Narcissa and it may have cost him his career. Did you hear the sound his back made on that concrete cross!?
MATT RUBY: It was a sickening sound, BB. I don’t like Harold Attano but that won’t matter anymore. After that, I don’t think we’ll be seeing him ever again.
BRONCO BLACKWOOD: I don't know why Harold did this. I don't know why he's risked his own life for Narcissa and Zeus of all people, but he has. He's put everything on the line. Somebody please… we need help out here now. Please...
Static.
Cut.
A Stop ■ symbol appears in the bottom right hand corner of the screen as a logo flashes up amongst static.