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Post by So Cal Ultraviolent on Jun 27, 2017 21:48:43 GMT -5
INT. PRE-TAPED SEGMENT - THE HOME OF ALIX STAVROS - CONTINUOUS (introducing GinaMarie Zimmerman as Meredith Landon)
It's a gorgeous summer afternoon and So-Cal security guard Alix Stavros is sharing an afternoon quickie with his girlfriend. Meredith Landon is curled against his side and the covers are concealing both of their naked bodies. Alix is stroking Meredith’s arm and she has a thoughtful look on her face.
ALIX STAVROS: “Does he suspect we’re seeing each other again?”
A sigh escapes Meredith’s slut red lips. The wife of former So-Cal Ultraviolent owner Gage Landon cuddles closer to her longtime lover.
MEREDITH LANDON: “I don't know, honestly. He's so consumed with the game he's playing, trying to get So-Cal back. Plotting and planning, leaving at all hours of the night.”
ALIX STAVROS: “But he can't afford to buy it back, right? Gage doesn't have that kind of money. I know what So-Cal is worth thanks to the sponsorship deals and TV contract. There's no way Gage can get that kind of money.”
MEREDITH LANDON: “That's what I thought once the bank turned him down. A secondary lender isn't going to shell out that kind of cash and we already have two mortgages on our home. Thank God there's nothing else we can use as collateral because he's taken title loans out on both of our cars. I'm ninety percent sure Titlemax is a total scam.”
ALIX STAVROS: “Ehhhh. I got my title back with TitleMax. Depends on how you pay.”
MEREDITH LANDON: “He claims he has the money though.”
ALIX STAVROS: “What?”
Meredith sits up, pulling the covers closer to her body.
MEREDITH LANDON: “He found someone to invest the rest of the money. Gage says he has everything Cortez asked for and then some, and he's going to restore So-Cal to what it used to be.”
CUT TO: INT. JULIAN CORTEZ’S OFFICE - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Julian sat behind his desk occasionally taking a puff from a cigar he held. His eyes, though, were on Alix Stavros who stood in front of his desk. Alix spoke to Julian, never once taking his eyes away from the boss of So-Cal.
ALIX STAVROS “... He has a financial backer. I’m not sure who it is, but he’s going to be launching the offer soon.”
Julian placed the cigar in the glass ashtray on the desk.
JULIAN CORTEZ “So let me get this right. Gage Landon and this mystery backer are going to try and purchase So-Cal back? Estas lleno de mierda.”
ALIX STARVOS “As stupid as it sounds, they’re actually going to do it.”
JULIAN CORTEZ “And how do you know all of this?”
Alix fell silent for a moment, but Julian’s eyes never left him. Seconds pass before Alex replies.
ALIX STARVOS “I have connections.”
JULIAN CORTEZ “Uh..huh. And anything else from these connections of yours?”
ALIX STARVOS “As soon as I hear more, I’ll let you know as soon as I can.”
Julian nodded his head, picking up the cigar again.
JULIAN CORTEZ “Good.”
As Julian took another drag from his cigar, Samantha let out an exaggerated cough. Julian turned behind him to see the blonde had stopped filing. She held a hand in front of her mouth and one out in front of her as she coughed.
SAMANTHA BALTIMORE “Sorry..” cough “..the smoke is getting to me.” cough “And it’s not good..” cough “..for the baby.”
Julian sighed a frustrated sigh.
JULIAN CORTEZ “Samantha, get out of my office. Your services as my assistant are no longer required.”
Samantha didn’t say anything else, just hurried by the desk and past Alix to head through the door. Julian shook his head, ashing into the ashtray.
CUT TO: INT. THE BACKSTAGE AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Aryanna Cortez is seen standing in the catering area with an unknown woman. This unknown woman is large, dressed in a red polo shirt trimmed with yellow, and a pair of pleated khaki pants. She also wears a black visor on top of her frizzy, fried blond hair.
ARYANNA CORTEZ: “I honestly don't know what happened. Right before we go live, we always have a meeting. Now, our production assistants are new so perhaps something got lost in translation, but I can assure you that they weren't purposely left out.”
Upon further inspection, we can see that the woman Aryanna is talking too is wearing a nametag reading “Jan.” Underneath it is the word “manager”. Jan’s polo shirt has the McDonalds logo on it.
JAN: “I ain't no lawyer but you guys breached a contract. Our lawyers are prepared to sue. Going forward, no one associated with So-Cal is to step foot inside our restaurant. Period.”
ARYANNA CORTEZ: “But we have a sponsorship agreement!”
JAN: “That your company violated when you failed to air our promotional ads that we paid you for. Our lawyers will be filing charges.”
Before Aryanna could reply, Jan spun on her heels and walked off. Aryanna looked lost and that was when Cook strolled into the picture and put his arm around Aryanna’s shoulders.
COOK: “Well, at least I'm still here.”
Aryanna removed Cook’s arm from around her shoulders and gave him a disgusted look.
ARYANNA CORTEZ: “You're fired.”
CUT TO INT. PRE-TAPED BACKSTAGE VIGNETTE FT. MADISON TEMPEST Newcomer Madison Tempest is standing in a secluded spot backstage. She looks full of confidence and fire.
MADISON TEMPEST: “Tonight I make my in-ring debut for So-Cal and I could not be more pumped. I'm may have made a mistake when I said Zahra has only had one match here in So-Cal, but one thing I didn't make a mistake about is when I said that everyone is going to know my fucking name by the end of the night. I came to So-Cal to make an impact, and show the wrestling world just who the fuck I am and I can't think of a better way to do that than to leave the fucking ‘Queen’ on her goddamn knees.”
MATCH ONE: Zahra Phoenix Vs. Madison Tempest
“Dead Inside” by Muse hits the PA system and So-Cal Ultraviolent newcomer Madison Tempest appears from the backstage area. She's greeted with cheers simply because this week she makes her debut against one of the most hated people in So-Cal history, Zahra Phoenix. Madison doesn't exactly react to the crowd. She's just focused on getting inside the ring and taking care of business. Referee AJ Cross is the official in charge of this contest and Madison greets him with a curt nod. She takes up residence in one of the corners while her music fades out.
“Hate Me Now” by Nas hits the crappy little PA system and the fans immediately let their feelings known. It's the only thing that's worse than hearing Zahra’s music. Matthias Black, The former Ultraviolent Champion appears on the small, makeshift stage and Zahra is nowhere to be seen. Madison looks a little perplexed and wants to know where Zahra is. A slow smirk spreads across Matthias’ handsome face and he just shrugs his shoulders.
SMACK!
Madison’s face bounces off the mat thanks to her legs being pulled out from underneath her. A smirking Zahra Phoenix has appeared from underneath the ring and she grabs Madison by the ankles. The newcomer tries to grip the mat but it's really pointless. There's nothing to grab and Zahra pulls Madison between the ringpost, wishboning her. Madison screams in pain and grabs at her ladybits. Matthias is laughing and making his way down to the ring, as Zahra wraps her legs in Madison’s and locks her in a figure four leglock around the ring post.
Madison immediately begins thrashing about and trying to break the hold, but the Queen of Wrestling is relentless. Madison has no choice but to deal with the pain or tap out, and she's sure as hell not going to do that this early into her debut match. Matthias - having been bitched at two weeks ago for not helping Zahra - instructs his girlfriend to let go of the figure four and hands her a kendo stick he's retrieved from under the ring. A sick smirk crosses Zahra’s face and she climbs in the ring. She twirls the kendo stick around and taunts Madison, who's still trying to recuperate from the sneak attack.
“Hit her!”
As if Zahra needed permission to strike someone. She raises the kendo stick high above her head and slams it down. It connects with the mat because Madison wisely managed to move out of the way. Zahra swings the kendo stick again and this time Madison drops to the outside of the ring. A frown crosses Zahra’s face and she peers down at Madison. Matthias has pulled himself up on the apron and is leaning casually against the ropes. He points the outside and tells Zahra to get Madison, and Z makes the decision to go to the top rope. Matthias isn't much of a high-flier but he's seen Zahra go to the top time and time again.
Zahra perches herself on the top rope and looks for a missile drop kick. Obviously Madison moves. Zahra crashes and burns, and Matthias cringes. He jumps down and walks over to check on Zahra. Meanwhile, Madison has finally gotten herself together and is on her feet. She stares down Matthias and fires off a right hand. Matthias catches her fist and laughs in her face, but Madison catches him in the eye with her thumb. Matthias let's go of Madison, and she kicks the former champ right in the family jewels.
He is not wearing a cup.
With Matthias subdued, Madison snatches Zahra up by those vibrant locks and tosses her into the ring. Maddie slips in behind her opponent and begins stomping away on Zahra. This is the best opportunity she’s had in the match so far and she plans to take advantage of it. Madison spies the kendo stick Zahra had attempted to use on her earlier and picks it up. The crowd is all for this and Madison smirks. She waste little time in beating Zahra with that kendo stick. The screams of Zahra Phoenix echo throughout the Ultraviolent Complex. Perhaps it was Matthias Black using that on her, the reaction would be different but sadly for our so-called Queen of Wrestling, it’s a determined young upstart who is looking to make a splash in So-Cal Ultraviolent.
The shots from the kendo stick have woken up Zahra and she’s scrambling towards the corner as quickly as she can. She grabs a hold of the ropes and pulls herself up, right as Madison catches her in the lower back. Out of sheer desperation, Zahra wildly kicks the kendo stick from Maddie’s hands but Madison is able to catch Zahra in the gut with a stiff kick. Zahra doubles over and Madison continues her offensive onslaught by placing several decisive chops to Zahra’s chest. She whips Zahra across the the ring and Zahra slams back-first into the opposing turnbuckle. Madison charges for the Rhode Island native but thankfully Zahra’s experience comes into play. She ducks underneath Madison and lets her slam into the corner. Madison falls back and Zahra takes a moment to get her bearings. An angry look crosses her face and she drops down, punching Madison in the face over and over again. Once she’s bored of that, she wraps her hands tightly around Madison’s throat and begins choking the life out of her.
On the outside of the ring, Matthias Black has recovered enough to be just as pissed off as his girlfriend currently was. He pushes ring announcer Savannah Harper out of the chair she had been sitting in and climbs into the ring. There are no disqualifications in SCUV as all of us know at this point so when Matthias pulls Zahra off of Madison and takes the chair to the Chi-town superstar, AJ Cross can’t do anything about it. Together, Zahra and Matthias take turns double-teaming Madison until “Mo’ Bounce” by Iggy Azalea hits. The fans scream as Tiffany comes rushing to the ring, lead pipe in hand to make the save!
Matthias shoves Zahra out of the way as Tiffany looks to try and decimate her with the weapon. Matthias deflects the blow and rolls out of the ring, dropping down to the mat. Zahra follows suit and Tiffany is screaming at both of them to get back into the ring. The Orlando native is fired up and when Hunter Moxley comes running through the crowd and attempts to hit the ring, Tiffany wards her off as well. Hunter drops down to the mat and joins Matthias and Zahra on the opposite side. Madison has gotten to her feet and sees all the chaos going on, and referee AJ Cross calls for the bell. There’s no sense in trying to get this match restarted. It broke down and Zahra is heading up the ramp with Matthias and Hunter.
WINNER: NO CONTEST
The entire time they backed up the ramp, the trio of Moxley, Black, and Phoenix screamed obscenities at Tiffany and taunted her. Once they disappeared behind the exit, only then did Tiffany turn to Madison and extend a hand. Madison isn’t pleased with how her first ever So-Cal match went down and she slaps Tiffany’s hand out of the way as she makes her way out of the ring. The crowd doesn’t appreciate that whatsoever and they let the colorful-haired beauty know that as she heads backstage. Tiffany brushes it off and gets the crowd’s attention on her. They respond accordingly and applaud the platinum-haired heroine.
CUT TO: INT. UNAIRED SEGMENT FROM ASYLUM X - THE BACKSTAGE AREA - CONTINUOUS (introducing Miles Heizer and Mae Whitman as John and Jessie) Lindsay Pierce is seen walking up to John and Jessie in the production area backstage.
LINDSAY PIERCE: “I need a favor tonight, guys.”
John and Jessie exchange looks.
JOHN: “What kind of favor?”
LINDSAY PIERCE: “I need the sponsorship ads cut from tonight’s show.”
JESSIE: “I don't think we can do that. Isn't So-Cal like legally obligated to air those as part of some contract or whatever?”
Lindsay shrugs her shoulders.
LINDSAY PIERCE: “I’m just telling you what Aryanna told me. They don't want the McDonald’s ads to air tonight. Something about Julian getting food poisoning from the guacamole or something.”
John and Jessie exchange looks for a second time.
JOHN: “This is straight from Aryanna, yeah? Because we’re still new and like we have student loans and shit we gotta pay. We can't afford to get fired.”
LINDSAY PIERCE: “Go ask her.”
JESSIE: “That's okay. We trust you. I'll go ahead and pull them now.”
Lindsay nods and exits. Only when she gets around the corner and out of John and Jessie’s sight, does she smirk. Score one for the good guys.
CUT TO: INT. THE BACKSTAGE AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS ARYANNA CORTEZ “What the hell?!!”
Aryanna approached Jessie and John, who sat behind a desk - cutting and editing footage for use later. Slipping his headphones from his ears to around his neck, Jessie looks up to the bosses daughter.
JESSIE “What’s up, Miss Cortez?”
ARYANNA CORTEZ “Why didn’t you air the sponsorship ads last week? We have very strict guidelines on those. They have to be included on every event we put on.”
JOHN “Uh. You told us to pull them?”
Aryanna’s eyes darted to John, and narrowed inquisitively.
ARYANNA CORTEZ “Excuse me? I did no such thing.”
JESSIE “I’m sorry. But Lindsay Pierce…”
JOHN “The girl from security.”
JESSIE “Yeah, her. She came to us last week and told us that you said to pull the ads. We thought it was strange, but she insisted that you said that.”
JOHN “So, we pulled the ads.”
Aryanna looks frustrated and lets out an annoying sigh.
ARYANNA CORTEZ “And you said Lindsay Pierce said this?”
Both Jessie and John nodded their heads.
ARYANNA CORTEZ “Thanks.”
She turned and stormed away.
CUT TO: EXT. PARKING LOT AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS The big “Rumble” Reyes walks through the parking lot, coming from the Plant training facility. He’s dressed in ring gear, undoubtedly ready for his match later tonight. The first obvious thing we see is the lack of Noah Reigner with him. After the events of the last Asylum, it would appear that the connection between Rumble and Noah was broken. Rumble lifted his head, noticing Julian standing on top of the receiving docks. Julian began to walk down the stairs next to the dock, his hands shoved into the pockets of his slacks.
JULIAN CORTEZ “Just the man I wanted to see..”
Julian stopped just feet away from Rumble. Rumble stood tall over his boss, and remained silent.
JULIAN CORTEZ “It’s very unfortunate what happened at the last Asylum, but it’s a sign that I do not tolerate failure. Noah Reigner found that out the hard way. Dick Devereaux… he’s been dealt with. You, though? You have always been the man who’s stood right by my side. You, Rumble, have never let me down.”
Julian took a momentary pause.
JULIAN CORTEZ “Through all of the names that have come and gone in my Los Renegados, you have always been loyal. And with loyalty, comes rewards. So what’s it going to be, amigo?”
Julian looked up at Rumble, and extended his hand. Rumble remained silent, eventually taking Julian’s hand and shaking it.
JULIAN CORTEZ “Good choice, Rumble. No matter what happens tonight, you versus Rowan Blackwood at the next iPay Per View for the Trans-Pacific Championship.”
Julian smiled, releasing Rumbles hand. Rumble remained silent throughout the entire (one man)conversation. The camera is then cut hard to Alex Covington, who stood around the corner in earshot of the entire conversation, having just come from her car. She’s leaned against the building, eavesdropping on the conversation. By the look on her face, she is extremely pissed. That Trans-Pacific Championship match should belong to Paige, and everyone knows that. Her hands clenched to fists at her sides and she turned, walking the opposite direction.
MATCH TWO: IKEDA Vs. Trixie
“Take it Off” by the Donnas is on the loud speakers as Trixie is walking down to the ring. She’s not her normally perky self, trying to put on a brave face for the man she’s about to face. Once she rolls into the ring she walks to a corner and settles into the turnbuckle when “Battle Without Honor or Humanity” by Tomoyasui Hotei starts to play. IKEDA comes stomping down to the ring. His face emotionless.
The bell rings with the each wrestler standing in opposite corner. Normally Trixie would immediately charge her opponents, but let’s be real. IKEDA is 6 ft tall and has almost a 100 pounds on her. She might as well run into a brick wall. So she does the only thing she can think of. Attempt to flirt. She saunters up to IKEDA who just stands there with a stank, emotionless look on his face. She trails her finger seductively down his chest with a head tilt. It didn’t take long for him to get tired of the shenanigans and as he palms her face and shoves her to the ground. A mixed reaction is heard from the crowd and Trixie quickly sits back up. Completely furious that her advancements didn’t work, she jumps up right back up, this time she actually tries charge at him.
Her pursuit is put to a halt when IKEDA simply grabs her and delivers a headbutt that sends her stumbling backwards and back into the corner. She holds onto her head while slumped against the turnbuckle. IKEDA stomps forwards with the intent to clothesline her, but Trixie thinks fast on her feet and ducks out of the corner causing IKEDA run into it chest first. She takes this as an opportunity to turn him around and starts to deliver a fury of elbows and chops. This does absolutely nothing to IKEDA except cause him to shove Trixie and sends her halfway across the ring.
IKEDA walks over and attempts to deliver the shining wizard, but Trixie ducks and tries to roll him up for a pin. When IKEDA doesn’t budge she quickly shoulder blocks the back of his knee which causes it to buckle, giving her the leeway she needed to actually roll him up this time.
One.. Tw--
The ref can barely get 2! out of his mouth when IKEDA uses the force of his legs to throw Trixie off. Trixie slaps the mat in frustration and begins to berate the ref for not counting fast enough. She doesn’t realize how fast he’s back up and on his feet until he grabs her by a handful of her hair, brings her to her feet, and effortlessly throws her body into the air in a belly to belly Suplex.
IKEDA controls the pace of match. Trixie is on the mat holding onto her lower back. IKEDA deadlifts her off the mat into a German suplex, keeping the hold for a pin.
One.. Two..
The ref abruptly stops the count which was caused IKEDA to release Trixie and stare angrily at the ref. The holds up fingers and grabs the rope implying that Trixie’s feet were tangled in them. IKEDA goes to grab the blonde again, but she rolls out of the ring. IKEDA steps over the top rope and stalks Trixie around the ring while she shrills at the top of her lungs and flails her arms.
Trixie rolls back into the ring, gets up, and waits for IKEDA to roll in after her. When he is on his knees, Trixie plants him with a super kick. IKEDA becomes disoriented, but he doesn’t fall to the mat until Trixie uses her body weight to deliver a spike DDT. She drags IKEDA just enough so that he’s not near the ropes. She tries to seal the deal with the Sexy Leg Drop and goes for the pin.
One.. Two..
IKEDA kicks out. “REF, ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!” Trixie screams. The Ref just holds up two fingers hoping she’d shut the hell up. At this point IKEDA is making his way back up to his feet. Trixie notices and tries to hit the Spicy Superkick. IKEDA sides steps and swats her foot out of the way. When Trixie spins back around, IKEDA just spins back around and almost knocks the spray tan off of her with a lariat.
Trixie falls into a motionless heap on the ground. IKEDA just looks down at her and walks to the corner of the ring. There he waits patiently, watching as Trixie begins to stir on the ground. Trixie pushes herself up to a knee, and that’s when IKEDA moves to strike. He sprints to Trixie’s location and knocks her out cold with an insanely stiff running knee shot directly to the face. Trixie drops to the mat once more, but this time IKEDA doesn’t allow her to stay. His killer instinct kicks in. Lifting Trixie up, he turns her so that her back is to him. Reaching around, he grabs her arm. In a blink of an eye, he pushes her away, and quickly pulling her back - spinning her around and hitting the “KIZOKU-NO-SHI”!
IKEDA follows Trixie down to the mat, covering her.
One.. Two.. Three!
WINNER: IKEDA
CUT TO: INT. JULIAN CORTEZ’S OFFICE - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Julian Cortez waits patiently. He’s leaned against the far wall, arms crossed over his chest. It only took a few short seconds before the door of the office swung open and in walked the So-Cal Security team, Elias Barnes, Alix Starvos, Lindsay Pierce all followed by referee AJ Cross. Julian pushed himself off of the wall, making his way back to his desk. AJ turned and closed the door, then proceeded to turn around again.
JULIAN CORTEZ “So this is it, huh? Una revolución. A revolution against me, for what? I hire you, or I allow you to keep your jobs after I bought this company from Gage Landon, and you want me gone?”
Julian looked at his staff in disgust.
JULIAN CORTEZ “I’ll make it real simple for you. You’re all fired.”
The jaws of all four staff members drop. Julian smiled.
JULIAN CORTEZ “What? Did you think I would just step aside because four pendejos wanted me gone? I will never sell So-Cal. This is my company, I own all of this - including you. So, all of you can leave my building now.”
Lindsay stepped forward.
LINDSAY PIERCE “You want to fire all of us? Fine! But I know a few things about you, Mister Cortez. I know that you’re connected with the Mexican Cartel and I have a very good hunch that you’re doing some kind of illegal activity here. And I also know about the little war that’s been brewing between you and the Yakuza.”
Julian’s eyes fixate on her.
LINDSAY PIERCE “I know all of this, and I won’t hesitate to expose you for who you really are. Julian Cortez.”
Her tone was threatening. Julian frustrations were at an all time high. He slammed his hands on his desktop, yelling at his (former) staff.
JULIAN CORTEZ “¡VETE DE AQUÍ!”
Lindsay stared at Julian, but was the first to turn and leave in a rush. Elias followed, followed by AJ. Alix and Julian locked eyes for a second, before he followed suit with the rest of them. Once Alix left and closed the door, Julian began picking up things from his desk and throwing them against the wall.
CUT TO: INT. THE PARKING LOT AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS An angry looking Alex Covington is seen talking on her cellphone. Even though the cameras don't pick up her conversation, she seems to be talking rather rapidly giving off the impression that she's rather pissed off and upset. Seeing as how she blatantly heard Julian reward “Rumble” Reyes with a Trans-Pacific Championship, the reason she's likely pissed is understandable. After a moment, Alex stops doing the talking and just listens. It's not long before a smile slowly spreads across her face.
CUT TO: INT. RECAP FOOTAGE FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS A recap plays of Aiden Van’t Hoff smashing in the window of Gunnar Erikssen’s GMC Sierra. Hailey Banks is seen snatching Maisi Van’t Hoff out of the passenger's seat and the full fight is shown. At one point, Hailey bounces Maisi’s face off the concrete in a show of pure ruthless aggression. It shows the audience that it took security a good minute or so to break up the fight.
CUT TO: INT. THE BACKSTAGE AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Hailey Banks and Aiden Van’t Hoff are seen standing by themselves backstage. They appear to be in a heated conversation, no doubt the tension from earlier still affecting both of them.
HAILEY BANKS: “I told you she was faking her pregnancy. I TOLD YOU. Maisi was desperately trying to hang on to you, and keep you trapped.”
AIDEN VAN’T HOFF: “Okay fine. You were right about that. But what now?”
HAILEY BANKS: “Only you can answer that, Aiden. It’s your life. Your inheritance. And she’s your wife. You’ve got to make a decision.”
Aiden sighed.
AIDEN VAN’T HOFF: “Okay. If I walk away from Maisi and follow my heart, are you coming with me?”
HAILEY BANKS: “What do you mean?”
AIDEN VAN’T HOFF: “You know how I fe-”
VOICE (O.S.): “Hailey! Aiden!”
Tara Jacobs comes rushing into the scene and she’s waving a piece of paper.
TARA JACOBS: “Guys! It was just posted on Twitter than at Asylum 13, Hailey Banks and Gunnar Erikssen will do battle inside a steel cage in order to keep everyone else from getting involved.”
Hailey’s eyes narrowed and Aiden’s eyes flashed with concern. He placed a protective arm around Hailey’s waist and pulled her close. Hailey looked confused by the gesture.
AIDEN VAN’T HOFF: “There’s no way I’m letting Hailey inside that cage with that idiot. Tell Julian to book me instead.”
Tara and Hailey exchanged surprised looks. Hailey pulled away.
HAILEY BANKS: “I’m not a delicate flower that Gunnar is going to crush, Aiden. It will be fine. I’ve taken on people bigger and stronger before, and it went just fine. If Julian wants this match to happen at Asylum 13, then so be it. I’ll step inside that ring with Gunnar and applying a ‘bitch breaker’ will never have more meaning. I’ve got this.”
TARA JACOBS: “Ugh, I hope you literally fucking kill him.”
No professionalism there. Before anyone can reply, Tara looks to her left and sees Damon Xalvador. Her eyes narrow.
TARA JACOBS: “Excuse me, guys.”
CUT TO: INT. THE BACKSTAGE AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Aiden and Hailey watch as Tara rushes off and heads down the hallway towards Damon Xalvador. She’s absolutely determined to get a pre-match interview with him. The man from Aberdeen, Scotland has proven that he’s not exactly the chattiest person on the roster. Xalvador is waiting to make his way out to the ring for his match against Frost. It’s scheduled to start next. Tara takes a deep breath and walks up behind him.
TARA JACOBS: “Damon, excuse me?”
Slowly, Damon turns around and narrows his eyes at Tara.
TARA JACOBS: “Two weeks ago, you and Frost got into two fights here at the Ultraviolent Complex. Why do you think someone like Frost has decided to target you upon his return to the world of professional wrestling?”
VOICE (O.S.): “Because he can!”
The lovely Alicia Frost saunters into the picture, and she places her arm on Tara’s shoulder. The pretty reporter politely shrugs her up and Alicia gives her a sideways glance.
ALICIA FROST (to Tara): “Rude.”
Damon squares his shoulders and his hands clenches into fists.
DAMON XALVADOR: “What’s yo-”
He doesn’t get to finish that sentence, obvi.
Frost comes up from behind and wraps a steel chain around Damon’s neck. Tara takes off running and doesn’t look back. Alicia begins shouting encouraging words to Frost as he uses the chain to lift Damon off his feet and throw him into the wall. Damon’s body bounces off the wall and hits the ground with a decisive thud. Frost puts the boots to Xalvador before dropping down and raining blow after blow down on Damon with his fists. Damon tries to block the shots, but having been caught from behind has taken him off his game a bit. Frost uses the chain that is still around Damon’s neck to pull the man back to his feet. Again, he lifts him with the chain and slams him into the wall. Alicia’s laughter echoes throughout the building and Frost tightens his grip on the chain and begins dragging Damon behind him. It seems like the match between the two is starting and Frost pulls Damon out onto the stage area.
To his credit, Damon fights back. Frost stops mid-way to the ring and shortens the length of the chain. He bends down to grab Damon, but Damon is able to catch Frost in the eye with his finger. Not even a brute like Frost can shake off someone poking him in the eye and he has to take a step back. That allows Damon to begin mounting his first offense of this unofficial official match. Damon wraps some of the chain around his hand and begins attacking Frost with heavy right hands. One particular punch catches Frost right on the jaw and he stumbles back. Damon keeps this up as they finally make their way to the ring, but he’s not about to toss Frost in there. Damon wants to destroy Frost and he buries his loaded fist in Frost’s gut.
MATCH THREE: Frost Vs. Damon Xalvador
The Cold-Hearted Scotsman has Frost reeling as he tosses the 6’8” monster of a man into the steel ring steps. Frost hits hard and Damon wraps the chain around Frost’s neck. Alicia, who has followed the two men to the ring, is beside herself as Xalvador continues to choke Frost out. It’s incredibly hard to choke out someone who hails from Hell’s Kitchen, but nonetheless Xalvador is persistent. As Frost turns 50 shades of purple, Damon uses the chain to wrench Frost’s neck back and slam him face first into the steel ring steps. He does this several times over until blood begins to trickle out of a fresh cut across Frost’s forehead. The blood drips into Frost’s eye and that seems to be exactly what is needed to wake him up and get him back into this match. Alicia shouting encouragement at him probably helps too. The relationship between the two of them is rather unique to say the least.
In an impressive show of strength, Frost rips the chain from around his neck and fires off a series of rights and lefts that rock Xalvador and send him back against the barricades. Frost comes charging with a massive clothesline that sends Damon flying over the barricades. The fans sitting in that particular section of the crowd scattered, not wanting anything to do with this brawl. Frost is terrifying and Xalvador isn’t exactly a puppy. He’s pretty damn intimidating himself. Frost follows Xalvador into the crowd and snatches one of the chairs up. He begins slamming it down onto Xalvador’s head. Frost picks Xalvador up by the hair and they begin making their way through the crowd. Along the way, Frost picks up a beer bottle and breaks it over Xalvador’s face. He uses the jagged pieces of the bottle to draw blood on his opponent.
Damon knows he has to fight back and catches Frost in the gut with an elbow. It barely phases the bigger, stronger man but Damon is relentless. Finally Frost releases the grip he has on Damon and low-blows Frost to give himself a breather. Frost drops to his knees and Damon slams his foot into Frost’s jaw. Frost falls back and Damon throws a fan from their seat so he can use their chair. He shoves the top of the chair under Frost’s throat to choke him and begins driving his knuckles into the cut on Frost’s head he opened earlier. Both men are bleeding and actually, it’s really unsanitary. But the fans inside the building don’t give a shit. It’s not the first time they’ve been bled on by a So-Cal competitor. Damon ceases choking Frost and begins stabbing the legs of it into Frost’s gut. The more experienced competitor is in a world of hurt, and Xalvador seems to have things under control.
Damon is not aware that Alicia Frost has made her way through the crowd and is carrying a metal spike. Where she got a spike is anyone’s guest, but really it’s So-Cal. She probably lifted it from someone’s purse or found it under the ring. Either way, she sneaks up on the Scottish gent and has the sickest smirk on her face. She drives that spike right between Damon’s shoulder blades. Alicia is not even remotely impressed that someone is hurting her boo, and as Damon cries out in pain, she begins giggling. Frost sees what is going on and locks eyes with his significant other. The look the two weirdos exchange is pure evil. Alicia passes the spike over to Frost, and he digs it right into Damon’s forehead turning him into a legit blood faucet.
A sadistic smile spreads across Frost’s face, feeling Damon’s warm blood beginning to cover his hands. Alicia likes what she see’s, smiling as well on the outside. You know Ian Echo was watching closely, and liking what he was seeing for sure. Frost eventually would throw the spike away, and now proceeded to drive his knuckles into Damon’s open wound repeatedly with massive punches.
Alicia steps forward yelling at Frost. “Finish this!” Frost complies. He stops and stands up, pulling Damon up with him. Frost, literally, picked Damon up and slung him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes - walking him through the crowd to the crowd barrier where he unceremoniously dumped him onto the floor. Frost climbed over the barrier, picking Damon up and putting him inside of the ring. Alicia made her way to her ‘boo’ and wiped away some of his blood, grinning and licking her finger clean. And then with a nod of her head, she pointed that now clean finger, to the ring. Frost turns and climbs onto the apron, and as he climbed through the ropes - Damon - who had climbed to his feet - fed him a stiff knee strike!
Frost continued forward and fell into the ring, but the big man did not stay down for long. He began to push himself up to his feet, and that’s when Damon turned and sprinted to the ropes. He hit the ropes and was on his way back to the middle of the ring when… BAM! “THE FROST BITE”!. Frost quickly powered his way up to his feet and hit a superkick that had sickening impact. Damon hit the mat hard after the smack of Frost’s boot echoed through the Complex loud enough that caused a hush to fall over the crowd. Frost dropped down and covered his opponent,
One.. Two.. Three!
WINNER: Frost
CUT TO: INT. THE CATERING AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS
Paige is sitting at a small table in the barren catering area. There’s no fries or McDoubles this week, and before Cook stormed out of the Complex, he tossed all his Food Network inspired creations in the trash. It wasn’t like anyone appreciated them anyway. Alex Covington walks up and when Paige sees that the stunning brunette has a serious look on her face, she immediately feels uneasy.
ALEX COVINGTON (holding up her hands): “Before you react, just know that I have everything handled.”
Now Paige was uneasy.
PAIGE: “Have what handled?”
Alex takes a seat next to Paige.
ALEX COVINGTON: “Earlier this evening, I was walking outside when I overheard a conversation between Julian and Rumble Reyes.”
The mention of Rumble Reyes’ awful name causes Paige to narrow her eyes.
PAIGE: “I hate that fat fuck.”
ALEX COVINGTON: “Well you’re going to hate him more now. Julian’s promised Rumble a shot at Rowan at So Cal World War regardless of what happens between the two of them tonight. He wants to reward Rumble for staying loyal or some bullshit like that. It’s complete nepotism.”
Paige feels her stomach drop to her feet.
PAIGE: “But that’s supposed to be my title shot.”
She pauses and her face flushes with anger.
PAIGE: “I will kill that motherfucking Biggest Loser poster child, I swear to God.”
She bolts to her feet but Alex catches her and gently pushes her back down.
ALEX COVINGTON: “Like I said, I have this covered. The last thing you need to do is worry. You have to focus in Lexi Sheckler and Ryker Rylee tonight. I told you, I have everything covered and by the time everything is said done, So-Cal won’t even have a Trans-Pacific Champion.”
Alex smirks.
ALEX COVINGTON: “And Rumble Reyes won’t be the one getting the championship in her absence.”
PAIGE (looking confused): “What do you mean?”
ALEX COVINGTON: “Do you trust me?”
PAIGE: “I basically threw away my entire life for you; for this. What do you think?”
ALEX COVINGTON: “Then just trust that everything will work out and you will become So-Cal’s new Trans-Pacific Champion.”
CUT TO: EXT. PARKING LOT - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS The dejected Lindsay Pierce has made her way to the parking lot where she just finished a lengthy conversation with her father, head trainer Laine Pierce. She inhaled deep and turned around to find Aliyah Turner approaching her.
LINDSAY PIERCE “Well, Aliyah, shit is likely to hit the fan soon.”
ALIYAH TURNER “Oh really? What happened now?”
LINDSAY PIERCE “Julian just fired us. All of us. Me, Alix, Elias and AJ. I told him that I would expose him and bring him down.”
ALIYAH TURNER “Oh, shit..”
LINDSAY PIERCE “And that’s not even it. … I just spoke with my father who says Gage is on his way here tonight.”
Aliyah’s eyes widen.
ALIYAH TURNER “Gage Landon is on his way?”
LINDSAY PIERCE “Yeah. And with no security left, there isn’t a damn thing Julian can do about it once he’s here.”
Aliyah smiled, which caused Lindsay to smile. This is what they’ve been waiting for..
ALIYAH TURNER “Things are about to get interesting.”
CUT TO: INT. THE BACKSTAGE AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Ryker Rylee and Octavia Bloom are waiting for Ryker’s match to start. They've ditched Orion and Raze (which is probably a good thing because they're both gross), and Octavia is pacing around.
OCTAVIA BLOOM: “I don't like what's going on here, Ryke. Ares is too secretive and I don't trust anything that comes from Orion’s mouth. I feel like we are getting into something that isn't going to end well.”
RYKER RYLEE: “I don't trust Orion either. Not after that incident with whatshisface.”
OCTAVIA BLOOM: “Raze.”
RYKER RYLEE: “Maze. Raze.”
OCTAVIA BLOOM: “We just have to watch each other’s backs. Go out there and take care of business. I know you got this, Ryke.”
Ryker smirked.
RYKER RYLEE: “No doubt and ‘Tavia? I got you too.”
Ryker’s music hits.
MATCH FOUR: Paige Vs. Ryker Rylee Vs. Lexi Sheckler
This is the second event in a row that Ryker is surrounded by women. The first event went in his favor, and he has every inclination that this would be much of the same. Paige, though, has her eyes set on the Trans-Pacific championship and in order to continue her meteoric rise to the championship, she would have to go through Ryker. Lexi also had things riding on this. Last Asylum she teamed with Tuma Knupp in a losing effort against Finn Whelan and Elena DeDraca, so you know Lexi was looking to rebound here and pick up some momentum of her own. All three competitors have taken their places in the ring, eyes darting from one to the next, waiting for the bell to sound. .. Well, two of them were. The second their eyes were off of her, Lexi sprinted across the ring and took Ryker down with a quick double leg. She was up to her feet in a flash and caught the incoming Paige with a side kick to the stomach, which stopped her dead in her tracks. Ryker returned to his feet, and Lexi shifted her weight to face him – immediately hitting him with a forearm to the head. She turned and did the same to Paige. Lexi was looking impressive here in the early stages, quickly turning her attention back and forth, using her striking expertise to her advantage. She grabs Ryker’s arm, whipping him into the corner where she followed him in, hitting a hard leaping forearm shot. Ryker crumbled down to the mat, and Lexi turned around to be nearly decapitated with a clothesline from Paige. Paige didn’t allow Lexi to get up to her feet on her own, instead she immediately reached down and grabbed Lexi – pulling her up to her feet. Lexi fired off quick strikes, backing Paige up, but Paige managed to bring up a well-timed knee to Lexi’s stomach which put a halt to all of her offense. Paige hammered Lexi down to the mat with a clubbing forearm to the back. Paige grabbed Lexi again, lifting her just enough to drive her knee into Lexi’s head with malicious intent. Over and over again, Paige showing a new aggressive side to her. Ryker shook off the effect of that forearm smash from Lexi and returned to his feet, and this is when he grabbed Paige’s hair and pulled her back, throwing her down to the mat hard. Paige’s head bounces off, and she immediately shot her eyes up to Ryker and began to work herself up to her feet. Ryker waved Paige on with a cocky smirk, to which Paige did not reciprocate. Paige lunged forward, throwing another clothesline attempt like she did to Lexi. Ryker blocked the attempt with double forearms. Paige dropped her arm, just in time to watch as Ryker dropped his arms and fire a wicked European uppercut that caught Paige flush. The impact of the uppercut was enough to send Paige into the corner, but before Ryker could follow her in – Lexi came out of nowhere and hit Paige with a dropkick that sandwiched her against the turnbuckles. Lexi shot back up to her feet and turned to Ryker, hitting him with a shoot kick to the outside of his right leg. The sound of her kick smacking off of his leg echoed through the Complex and Ryker grimaced in pain. Lexi used the time that Ryker gave her, and hit a devastating heart punch. He dropped to a knee, pain shooting from his leg to his chest now. Lexi turned, hit the ropes and came back with a shining enzugiri. Lexi was quick to move into a pinning attempt, but before a one count is made – Paige moved out of the corner and broke up the pin attempt. Paige returned to her feet, as did Lexi. The two locked eyes and began a firey exchange of strikes. Back and forth, neither one getting the upper hand immediately. Ryker managed to pull himself up, and began to move forward to interrupt the two combatants in front of him – only to have them turn, as if it were planned, and take him down with a quick double strike. Ryker rolled out of the ring and away from the two women. Lexi is the first to turn her attention back to her opponent, and took the opportunity to take Paige down with a quick running Yakuza kick. Paige hit the mat hard, and Lexi took this opportunity to look out into the crowd, smirking devilishly – feeling that she has control of the match. .. That was until Ryker reached into the ring, grabbing Lexi’s foot. He pulled, she dropped down to the mat, and he continued to pull until she was dragged out of the ring. She landed on her feet, but Ryker was quick to change that. He took her down with a spinning backfist that caught Lexi off guard. Ryker didn’t let her stay down for long, instead he lifted her up and threw her into the crowd barrier. The barrier back a little moved with the weight of the impact. Lexi let out a yell of pain, which was soon cut off by a straight right hand to the face from Ryker. Lexi dropped to the floor and Ryker smiled, proud of himself. He grabbed her hair again, lifting her up … During all of that, Paige had pulled herself to her feet and watched what was happening on the outside. She decided to climb onto the top rope and turn, facing away from the action. She kept a look over her shoulder and waited, watching Ryker lift up Lexi. Once they were both to their feet.. PAIGE FLIES OFF OF THE TOP ROPE, TAKING OUT RYKER, LEXI AND HERSELF WITH A MOONSAULT! All three competitors are now laying out on the floor, and the fans in the Complex erupt into chants of “HO-LY SHIT! HO-LY SHIT!”
It took a few moments for anyone to show signs of life, and it was Paige. She rolled onto her hands and knees, crawling toward the ring. She reached up, pulling on the tattered black apron that So-Cal wraps around the ring, and used it to pull herself up. Once to her feet, she moved to Lexi and grabbed her hair. Paige used her strength to pull Lexi up to her feet before grabbing the back of her head and viciously slamming it onto the crowd barrier. Lexi’s head bounced off of the barrier, and she stumbled around. Before she could fall, Paige grabbed her again and walked her to the ring where she proceeded to roll her in underneath the bottom rope. Paige entered the ring after her.
Lexi fought her way up to her feet, and attempted to throw a punch at Paige. However Paige managed to block it, immediately countering into a reverse STO that planted Lexi into the mat. Paige wasn’t finished. Tonight was about making a statement. She grabbed Lexi, pulling her up again and whipping her into the ropes. Upon returning, Paige hoisted Lexi up onto her shoulders and drive her down with a huge Samoan drop! Shooting back up to her feet, Paige looked down at Lexi before moving to her legs and… locking in the “FUCK LIKE A STAR!” submission.
Paige wrenched back hard, hoping to hear the sweet sounds of Lexi tapping out. Instead all she gets is a Double Knee Backbreaker from Ryker who slid into the ring and hit Paige with the maneuver from behind! Paige took the damage and rolled to the ropes holding her back. Ryker, though, pushed himself up to his feet and climbed the nearest ropes. Standing on the top, he looked down to Lexi before flying off .. “RYKER SCALE” directly onto Lexi! After he hit the move, he moved back and draped his arm across Lexi’s chest.
One.. Two.. Paige forced herself up and leapt to break up the pin.. Three! But was just a split second too late.
WINNER: Ryker Rylee
CUT TO: INT. THE ARENA; FRIENDS AND FAMILY SECTION - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Wrestling superstar Aaron Asphyxia has emerged into the Friends and Family section of the arena. Most that have noticed her, instantly take out cell phones and begin to snap pictures. Finn Whelan had escorted her there, making sure she was seated before turning and leaving. Off to the side of the arena, Elena DeDraca watched with a scowl on her face. Her eyes locked on Aaron.
CUT TO: INT. THE ARENA; FRIENDS AND FAMILY SECTION - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS (introducing Mac Miller as Dominik Maverick aka 2-Pang and Camila Cabello as Capri Alatorre)
In another part of the Friends and Family section, SCUV newcomer Trent Bishop is enjoying the show. The rookie wrestler hasn't been seen since Baptized in Blood due to a slight injury setback, but judging from the look on his face, he's definitely ready to get back inside that ring. Beside him is his friend DL, and DL is busy texting away on one of those phones you'd probably buy at a gas station.
TRENT BISHOP: “Dude what's your deal tonight?”
DL: “Yo man, relax. I'm checking to see where my boy at.”
TRENT BISHOP: “You’re boy?”
DL looked past Trent and nodded to the man making his way through the crowd.
DL: “My man!”
Trent turned around to see 2-Pang (the rapper who performed Paige’s theme music at Baptized in Blood) and a tiny, striking brunette walk up to them. DL and 2-Pang embraced each other like they've been besties for years.
DOMINIK MAVERICK: “2-Pang, brah.”
2-Pang extended his hand towards Trent. The brunette rolled her eye.
BRUNETTE: “Just call him Dominik. And I'm Capri.”
TRENT BISHOP: “You train at The Plant, right? You were Riley’s student before he went MIA.”
CAPRI ALATORRE: “Yea! I'm working with Andrew now.”
Dominik looked down at his girlfriend, an amused smirk on his face.
DOMINIK MAVERICK: “Yo, this bitch thinks she's gunna get in that ring and do those flips and shit.”
He laughed hysterically.
DOMINIK MAVERICK: “All because her old man did it or some shit.”
Capri looked irritated.
CAPRI ALATORRE: “I knowI'm going to get in that ring and do all that.”
DOMINIK MAVERICK: “Right.”
He turned to DL, giving Capri and view of his back. A flicker of hurt flashed in her eyes but it was gone just as quickly as it appeared.
DOMINIK MAVERICK: “You got my money, dude?”
DL dug around in his pocket and pulled out a wad of cash. Trent’s eyes grew wide.
TRENT BISHOP: “Where did that come from?”
DL didn't answer. He merely pressed the cash in Dominik’s hands and in exchange, Dom pressed a small bag of white powder into DL’s. It quickly went into DL’s pocket.
DOMINIK MAVERICK: “That's the last bit I got. That Mexican shit that's been crossing the border is done, bro. But I know a guy. I'll be back in business real soon.”
DL nodded. Trent was honestly speechless and Capri looked incredibly uncomfortable.
CAPRI ALATORRE (whispering): “Was that necessary? I work here, babe.”
DOMINIK MAVERICK: “Quit trippin, bitch. You know what I do on the side. Go fix your hair or whatever the fuck it is lady wrestlers in training do.”
Capri’s face flushed and she stormed off. Dominik and DL exchanged looks.
DOMINIK MAVERICK: “Fuckin women. Some pieces of ass ain't worth the trouble.”
CUT TO: INT. THE ARENA; FRIENDS AND FAMILY SECTION - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS There was someone else in the Friends and Family section and that someone had watched the entire exchange between DL and Dominik go down. Newcomer Logan Traeger shook his head in disgust. While he didn't know the two men who had just conducted the drug deal, he recognized his fellow competitor Trent Bishop.
LOGAN TRAEGER: “What the hell have I gotten myself into with this place?”
Literally, the question ever So-Cal competitor asks themselves on a daily basis.
MATCH FIVE: Gunnar Erikssen Vs. Zane Foster
Gunnar Erikssen makes his way down to the ring with his usual mean mug expression. “Requiem” by Avenged Sevenfold fades as the former Ultraviolent Champion steps inside the ring. Savannah Harper makes sure to steer clear of Gunnar and scurried to the opposite side of the ring. He hops from side to side in the corner as “Voices” by Motionless in White starts to blast on the speakers. There’s a mixed reaction of mostly cheers being heard from the crowd as Zane Foster makes his way down the aisle and into the ring.
Gunnar somewhat towers over Zane in the middle of the ring. As soon as the bell rings, Gunnar takes a giant swing, but Zane ducks and starts to nail Gunnar with some jabs to the face. Gunnar stumbles back a few steps. Zane takes a beat to think about his next move, before running and bouncing off the ropes. He jumps on the shoulders of Gunnar in attempt of the hurricanrana. Gunnar catches him and powerbombs him into the nearest turnbuckle.
The momentum causes Zane to bounce off and right into a spinning spinebuster by Gunnar. He wastes no time and drags Zane up by a handful of hair and drops him with the inverted DDT and hooks his leg for a pin.
One.. Two..
Zane throws his arm up for the kickout. Gunnar glares at the ref who yells two and holds up two fingers. “It was TREE!!” Gunnar yells back. The ref just shrugs and ignores him. Gunnar brings Zane to his feet and pushes him into the nearest corner. He starts to give shoulder blocks before just using his forearm and pushes it into Zane’s throat.
The ref tells for Gunnar to back away. Gunnar doesn’t comply and the ref begins to warn him. Not wanting to lose the match over something so petty, Gunnar backs away. “You suck!” he yells at the ref. During this exchange, Zane regains his composure and is able to use the rope as leverage to jump and kick Gunnar in the face. He then climbs the turnbuckle and catches Gunnar with the 720 DDT. Zane goes for the pin.
One.. Two..
Gunnar kicks out. Zane keeps up the fast pace by hitting Gunnar with a facebreaker knee smash as he’s getting to his feet, run and bounces off the ropes but is knocked off his feet with a running elbow strike. Before Zane falls to the ground, Gunnar puts him on his shoulders for a Samoan drop. He goes for the pin.
One.. Tw--
Zane barely kicks out at two and the frustration is starting to show on Gunnar’s face. He just let’s out an animalistic yell and begins to club Zane with mounted punches. He slowly brings Zane back up to his feet and Irish whips him into the ropes. He tries to give a big boot, but Zane ducks trying to kick Gunnar in the gut. Gunnar catches his foot and shakes his head “No!”, but Zane uses his other his leg and hits the Enziguri!
Gunnar drops down to a knee after eating the enziguri. Zane pops back up to his feet, sprints to the ropes and comes back with a hurricanrana that drives Gunnar’s head into the mat at a sickening angle given his current position. Zane knew, though, that wouldn’t finish the match so he jumped back up to his feet and crossed his arms over his chest before angrily swiping them back across, calling for his “FINAL CALL”. Zane grabs Gunnar, pulling him up to his feet and giving him a swift kick to the stomach. He positioned Gunnar’s head between his legs, and hooked his arms -- this was going to be it.
… But Gunnar struggled free, and in doing so, hit Zane with an uppercut right between the legs. Every male in the Ultraviolent Complex cringed at the shot. Zane fell. Not to his knees in pain, but straight down to the mat. Gunnar stood up, shaking off the effect of that hurricanrana. Afterword, the look on his face is one of pure rage. He grabs Zane by his emo styled hair cut, yanking him up to his feet. He backed Zane into the corner, where he maliciously began to feed Zane a series of repeated punches. Over and over again, each one harder than the last. Zane is rocked by every shot, but Gunnar doesn’t give him time to fall, not until the referee tried to pull Gunnar off of him.
Gunnar grabbed the referee and literally threw him to the ground, and that’s when Zane fell onto Gunnar. Gunnar pushed Zane’s limp body off of him and watched him fall to the ground. Shaking his head, Gunnar drove the point of his knee directly into the temple of Zane and that was before lifting him up with ease and lifting him up onto his shoulders in a fireman’s carry position. Gunnar walked to the centre of the ring before tossing Zane up, turning him and hitting a massive “TKO” in the middle of the ring. Zane was out. Gunnar flipped him onto his back and carelessly, and nonchalantly ‘covered’ (if you can call it that) Zane. The referee reluctantly moved to them and made the count.
One.. Two.. Three.
WINNER: Gunnar Erikssen
CUT TO: INT. THE BACKSTAGE AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Backstage, Maisi Van't Hoff had been watching Gunnar’s match against Zane on the monitor. Her lip is busted due to the fight from earlier, and she has several scratches and bruises on her face, but she's smiling. The fact that her new boyfriend (maybe?) had just laid Zane Foster to rest was sexy. She's completely unaware that she's being watched and it's not by Aiden Van't Hoff or Hailey Banks.
Once Maisi leaves - probably to go find her new Bae - only then does Toma Knupp’s assistant or whatever, Hannah, step out of the shadows. She jots a few notes down in her smartphone before disappearing again back around the corner.
CUT TO: INT. JULIAN CORTEZ’S OFFICE - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Julian sits behind his desk. His head in his hands, fingers in his hair clenching against his scalp. Aryanna sat across from him in silence. Until this point, Julian had not told her about Alejandro’s situation, and now thanks to Lindsay Pierce, he had no choice. Laid on the desk top were a couple of pictures of Alejandro Cortez held in captivity. Julian had been receiving these pictures for a few weeks now, and now Aryanna needed to see.
ARYANNA CORTEZ “So, when were you going to tell me?”
Julian remained silent.
ARYANNA CORTEZ “You weren’t, were you?”
JULIAN CORTEZ “No. I’m solving it. Luis and Ezra have been tasked to find him and, believe me mija, they will. It’s just a matter of time before…”
Julian was interrupted by the sound of his office door opening. There stood Kei Hideshima. Kei leaned his left shoulder against the door frame, and in his right hand he dangled a gold chain between his fingers. Aryanna shifted her focus from Kei, to Julian and began to clue in… especially when Kei opened his hand, allowing the pendent on the chain to be seen. It was one that her brother wore all of the time.
KEI HIDESHIMA “Tonight doesn’t change things.”
Julian’s eyes focus on the chain, which Kei let hang for just a second more before quickly flipping it back up into a closed fist. Without another word says, Kei pushes himself off of the doorframe and casually walks away - leaving the office door wide open. Aryanna turned back to Julian, mouth hung open…
ARYANNA CORTEZ “It was him?! What does he want?!”
JULIAN CORTEZ “It doesn’t matter. We’re going to get him back.”
MATCH SIX: Non-Title Match - Rowan Blackwood Vs. "Rumble" Reyes
The mighty “Rumble” Reyes is in the ring as Rowan and Zander Blackwood make their way to the ring. The beautiful, happy couple are finally reunited and Rowan is practically glowing as she holds her beloved Trans-Pacific Championship up in the air. Zander’s perfect eyes are full of love and pride. Such a perfect couple.
Meanwhile, Reyes looks like he’s going to puke.
Rowan climbs into the ring and snarls in the direction of Henry Washington who is obviously going to referee this match for Rumble. Much like Rumble, Henry is still collecting those pesos from Julian. Zander is staring down Rumble and when the Filipino makes a throat slashing gesture, Zander nearly loses his mind. The tiny little redhead shows no fear and when Henry calls for the bell, she reassures the love of her life that she will be fine. Reyes comes barreling towards her and Rowan ducks underneath him. Reyes nearly collides with Zander, who was still standing on the apron. He stops in his tracks and the two massive men lock eyes with one another. Reyes throws a nasty left hand, but Zander blocks it. He fires back with a right hand that catches Reyes in the eye. Behind Reyes is Rowan and she dropkicks Reyes in the knees, knocking him into the ropes. Zander grabs Reyes and jumps off, slamming Reyes throat first across the top rope. Reyes falls back and Rowan has already sprinted to the top turnbuckle. She takes to the air and comes across Reyes’ throat with a legdrop and immediately goes for the cover.
1…
2…
Reyes literally throws Rowan into the air and off the top of him.
She comes bouncing back and throws her entire 115-pound frame at Rumble. He literally catches her and hauls himself up to his feet. Rowan pounds on his back and neck, trying to get Rumble to release her but instead he tosses her like a dart into the ringpost. Rowan’s skull connects with the post and she crumbles into a heap on the mat. Zander quickly gets into the ring and tackles Reyes down, beating the living shit out of him. Reyes absorbs the blows and finally mounts some offense of his own against Zander Blackwood. He goes right for the surgically repaired knee of Zander Blackwood and once he does that, the bearded beauty is helpless.
Now let’s be clear about something. “Rumble” Reyes is no submission expert. In fact, he downright sucks at applying them. But even he has watched enough Ric Flair matches to know how to apply a figure-four leglock. He wraps poor, precious Zander into the hold and when it’s an 23490729347234-pound man applying the pressure, even the strongest manage to crack. Zander is tapping and trying to reach the ropes, and the stupid shitty Henry Washington has the nerve to laugh at the former champion’s peril. No one notices Rowan stirring in the corner and when she finally shakes the cobwebs out and sees that her entire world is in pain, something inside of her snaps.
Rowan’s first instinct is to just slit Rumble’s throat, but she knows that against this caliber of opponent, she has to be smart. Rowan glares at the back of Rumbles ugly head and slips out of the ring. She reaches underneath of it and withdraws a sledgehammer because it’s literally the first thing she sees. Gripping it tightly, she sneaks back inside and rushes over to the scene of the crime.
The crime the murderer is trying to commit against Zander, duh.
Rowan winds up and connects with Rumble’s lower back. The pain nearly cripples the 6’8” Filipino beast. Rowan drops down to check on Zander, and she nearly breaks into hysterics at the damage “Rumble” Reyes has done. Zander struggles over to the ropes and tries to pull himself, but when he can’t he thinks fast. He grabs Rowan’s face and touches his forehead to hers, reassuring her that he will be fine and she needs to take care of business. Zander is far from fine, but he’s so gorgeous and convincing, that Rowan reluctantly leaves him. She takes a final look back at Zander, who is now sitting up in the corner, holding his knee. Even though he is in so much pain, he winks at his wife. A tiny smile touches Rowan’s delicate face.
Henry is checking on Rumble and even though Rumble doesn’t have a beautiful beard or piercing eyes, Henry is still concerned. Rumble pushes Henry back and refuses help to get back to his feet. Some shitty little sledgehammer shot isn’t going to deter him. He’s a fucking monster. Henry is forced to back away to allow Rumble some space and when he does that, he sees Rowan picking up the sledgehammer. Morphing into referee mode, Henry points at Rowan and shakes his head. He’s not about to let her use that weapon again. Rowan gives absolutely no fucks and rushes towards Rumble. Henry somewhat catches the feisty redhead by the waist and forces her back, and all this does is infuriate Rowan. She drags her nails down Henry’s face, drawing blood and he screams like he’s just been stabbed. Henry lets her go and Rowan takes off towards Rumble. Rumble gets his foot up and it catches Rowan right in the face.
She’s out like a light but because Henry has dropped to the outside and is crying, there’s no one to count for Rumble. He doesn’t bother to make the cover. He scoops Rowan up and tosses her into the corner that her husband in. Zander does catch his wife and when Rumble comes barreling towards them, Zander pushes Rowan out of harm’s way and takes the knee to his face meant for Rowan. Zander is out and is now out of the equation, and Rowan is left alone inside the ring with Rumble.
The Los Renegados member stalks his prey as she uses the ropes to pull herself back up. Rumble waits until Rowan is up and turns around to face him. He is looking to send her flying over the ropes with a clothesline but Rowan drops down, hanging onto the ropes. Rumble falls to the ground and immediately Rowan knows that this is her chance. She grabs the sledgehammer and climbs to the top turnbuckle, just waiting for the right opportunity to do what she does best. The fearless champion allows Rumble to stagger to his feet before she takes to the skies. When she comes down, she comes down sledgehammer first and it catches Rumble in the head. Both end up in a heap on the ground but this time it’s Rumble who is a little worse for the wear. Rowan catches her breath for a few seconds before she untangles herself from Rumble and gets back up.
Rowan picks the sledgehammer up again, and turns to Zander who was beginning to pull himself up to his feet. After taking a second to check on him, he tells her to get back into the ring. He grabs Rumble, knowing full well that Rowan couldn’t do this herself. He pulled him up to his feet and rolled him into the ring. Inside the ring, Rowan was waiting. Rumble pushed himself up to his feet just as Rowan approached. He reached out, grabbing the pyromaniac by the throat. She let out a scream, but that didn’t do anything. She fought back, clubbing at his arm, kicking his legs - but that didn’t do anything either. He forcefully shoved her back to the ropes which she would bounce off of. Rumble hit her with a kick to the stomach. A kick so hard that the impact took her off of her feet and she flew a couple feet away.
It took a couple of minutes before she began to rise, clutching at her stomach. On the outside, Zander looks a little worried, even more so as Rumble grabs her and quickly sets her in position. Putting her head between his legs, he wraps his massive arms around her and hoists her up in a powerbomb position. He let her slide, catching her arms, spreading them out in crucifix fashion. He stepped forward… “RICHTER 9 POWERBOMB” … NO!
Zander slid into the ring, grabbing Rowan’s leg just as Rumble was moving to toss her. Zander pulled her down onto her feet, and when Rumble realized that he hadn’t tossed anyone - he turned to see what happened to his victim, only to get blasted in the face with a big boot from Zander! Rumble only dropped to a knee, but that was all that was needed. Rowan sprinted to the ropes, bouncing off and running straight for Zander. Zander picked her up and tossed her toward Rumble. In mid-air, she turned. She wrapped her arm around Rumble’s head as he rose to his feet, and used the momentum to turn them both around before driving Rumble’s head down with “THE ARSONIST’S DANCE”.
Rumble was finally on the mat, and Rowan draped her body across his. Zander located Henry, who was now in the corner, and threw him to the mat - ordering him to do his job. As soon as he started to, reluctantly, count - Zander moved and pressed his body weight down on Rowan’s back, ensuring that Rumble wouldn’t power out.
One.. Two.. Three!
Winner: Rowan Blackwood
Zander stood up and allowed Rowan up to her feet. They embraced in a celebratory hug, and he then kissed her. All of this, though, took her attention off of everything. Rumble began to push himself up to his feet again, and he was furious. Once he was to his feet, he lunged for the Blackwood’s - but was cut off by… PAIGE. Paige smashed her cast into Rumble’s face, and that was hard enough to put the big man down on the mat. She turned around just as the Blackwood’s embrace was finished. Zander was the first to spot Paige, and he moved to protect his wife - but he received the same fate as Rumble - getting her cast right across his face. Rowan turns to find her beloved on the ground, and before she can react - Paige hits her with a kick to the stomach before setting her up and.. “SWEET SACRIFICE”!
Paige returns to her feet, looking down at both Rumble and Rowan, who lay on the mat. She smirked and grabbed the Trans-Pacific championship from Henry who had collected it moments prior. Lifting it high into the air, Paige looked dominant.
CUT TO: INT. BACKSTAGE AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Samantha Baltimore is at the catering table backstage. She has a small plate of fruits that she’s picked from the selection and a bottle of water in hand. She was just let go from her ‘position’ and now was readying herself to sit back and watch Reece’s match tonight against Finn Whelan. She turned away from the table, beginning to make her way to the Friends and Family area, when Reece Crosslin hurried up to her.
REECE CROSSLIN “Babe. It’s here!”
SAMANTHA BALTIMORE “What’s here? .. Also, Julian fired me as his assistant.”
REECE CROSSLIN “That’s great. Now we don’t have to put up with that anymore. So where are you going?”
SAMANTHA CROSSLIN “Friends and Family area to watch your match, of course.”
REECE CROSSLIN “No. I want my lady down at ringside with me! The first time you’re able to since coming back to So Cal. There’s no better place for you.”
Reece smiled at Samantha, who returned it.
SAMANTHA BALTIMORE “Okay, babe. … Now, what are you talking about? What’s here?”
Reece, who held a bag in his hand, pulled out an infant sized Onesie. He showed it to her proudly. She smiled and read the front of it.
SAMANTHA BALTIMORE “Daddies Little Champ.”
REECE CROSSLIN “It works, right?!”
Samantha laughed softly.
SAMANTHA BALTIMORE “It works.”
The two continue talking as they begin walking away.
CUT TO: INT. THE BACKSTAGE AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Hunter Moxley, Zahra Phoenix, and Matthias Black are seen standing outside of Julian Cortez’s office. Zahra has her arms wrapped tightly around Matthias and Hunter has a serious look on her face.
HUNTER MOXLEY: “So what does he want to talk to you about?”
Matthias shrugs.
ZAHRA PHOENIX: “I can only assume he wants Matt to do what Los Renegados failed to do.”
MATTHIAS BLACK: “You told Aryanna I could be bought.”
Zahra smiles up at her love.
HUNTER MOXLEY: “She’s not wrong. I don’t believe in being a puppet for anyone, but what fucking choice do we have right now? May as well get whatever we can out of this. I know I sure as fuck want to get my hands on Tiffany again.”
ZAHRA PHOENIX: “Literally same.”
Matthias places a kiss on top of Zahra’s head and releases her. He goes to head into Julian’s office.
MATTHIAS BLACK: “I assume you two are going to cause problems?”
Zahra and Hunter exchange smirks. Matthias just shakes his head.
CUT TO: INT. JULIAN CORTEZ’S OFFICE - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Julian closes the door behind Matthias Black after he enters. Matthias enters the room, stopping a few feet in while Julian walks around him slowly. Frustratingly loosening his tie. He sat on the edge of his desk, looking directly at Matthias.
JULIAN CORTEZ “Amigo, I’m not going to lie to you. Gage Landon is trying to re-assert himself into this company. You’ve probably already heard that, yes?”
Julian asked, but didn’t allow Matthias to answer right now.
JULIAN CORTEZ “You above anyone else shouldn’t want that to happen. I know the history between you two, and I know it well. .. My Los Renegados all have their hands tied at the moment, and I need some help fixing this situation. You are the perfect choice.”
MATTHIAS BLACK “You mean your stable of one?”
He said cocking a smirk across his lips. A jab that Julian didn’t take too kindly. His eyes narrowed.
JULIAN CORTEZ “Fine. Do you want Gage back in this company, so he can reinstate that ban against you? Must have been quite the life living competing in lesser companies than So-Cal for barely enough money to feed yourself.”
Matthias laughed to himself. The life Zahra and him had been living since So-Cal Ultraviolent had been luxurious and comfortable. But if Cortez wanted to think otherwise, Matthias would let him. The former champ squared his shoulders and looked down at his boss.
MATTHIAS BLACK "You know history so well, it seems. Of course I don't want Gage back in this company. Zahra and Hunter don't want him back. He screwed me out of my championship. Had Cross ring the bell despite the fact I never tapped out back at Devil's Playground."
JULIAN CORTEZ “Then, amigo, help me. Be my representative and make sure that Gage doesn’t come back to this company.”
MATTHIAS BLACK “And what’s in this for me?”
Julian remained silent for a second. Matthias didn’t move an inch, or even blink. He was serious.
JULIAN CORTEZ “Once Gage is gone for good, I’ll give you the chance to reclaim the championship that you lost.”
MATTHIAS BLACK "That I never technically lost."
Matthias corrected him, and folded his arms across his chest. Julian didn't respond. After a moment, Matthias nodded.
MATTHIAS BLACK "I want it in writing."
JULIAN CORTEZ “Done.”
CUT TO: INT. BACKSTAGE AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Aryanna is clearly shook. Learning the truth about what has happened to her brother has rocked her. She’s walking backstage, alone, and clearly off in her own little world. A worrisome expression is worn on her face, and it was clear to pick up. Aryanna didn’t even notice that there were people around her, so when she bumped into one of them - it took her by surprise. That person she bumped into, though? It was Paige. Paige turned around, a scowl on her face and she was ready to destroy whoever it was… until she saw that it was Aryanna. Aryanna looked up, apologetically..
ARYANNA CORTEZ “I’m so sorry. I just wasn’t paying..”
PAIGE “It’s fine, don’t worry about it. Really.”
Aryanna began to turn and walk away. Paige stopped her.
PAIGE “Where you running off to? Why do you look so upset?”
ARYANNA CORTEZ “Oh. Uh. Just some personal stuff.. my brother..”
Tears filled her eyes. One dropping down onto her cheek, which Paige brushed away with her thumb.
PAIGE “Things happen, and I understand that what you’re going through. Look, if you ever need someone to talk too, I’m willing to listen…”
Paige couldn’t help herself. She had been waiting for the perfect moment to approach Aryanna Cortez, and now was that moment. The tears on Aryanna’s face, the look in her eyes. She was broken and vulnerable, and so was Paige.
ARYANNA CORTEZ: “Thanks, I appreciate that, Paige. Look I know my father promised Rumble a T-”
Her voice trails off. Aryanna spotted something out of the corner of her eye. Turning her head to get a better look, she see’s Lindsay Pierce talking to none other than former So Cal Ultraviolent owner, Gage Landon. Her jaw drops slightly..
ARYANNA CORTEZ “Paige. I’m so, so sorry. But I have to run. We’ll uh… we’ll talk later, k?”
She looked up at Paige and offered a smile. Before Paige could react, Aryanna hurried off to go find her father.
MATCH SEVEN: Television Title Match - Linc Coyne (c) Vs. Elena DeDraca Challenger out first. Elena DeDraca purely focused on the opportunity in front of her tonight. The biggest challenge of her So Cal career thus far, and if things go her way, she can become the new Television champion. Upon entering the ring, she readies herself in a far corner, eyes on the entrance way. Linc Coyne was out next. The television championship sling over his shoulder and he made his way down the walkway with a bit of an arrogant swagger in his step. He climbed into the ring and the ‘Stuntman’ relaxed in his corner, not even casting a glance to Elena. His focus on his championship, and then glances out into the crowd. The bell rings, and now Linc was forced to look at his opponent. Elena moved out of the corner and into the middle of the ring where she would wait for Linc. He obliged her, and openly slapped her right across the face. Well. The fans in the Complex didn’t care for that by the boo’s that instantly fill the Complex. Elena, she didn’t care for that either. After the effect of the slap, she screamed out as she charged to him, taking him down with a spear like maneuver. She quickly mounted him, hitting him with rapid fire punches. Linc does his best to cover up to protect himself, maybe deflect a couple of them, but Elena is full of rage. Linc finally is able to shift is weight and roll Elena off. Elena rolled up to her feet quickly, but so did Linc. Both of them vertical again, Elena charged at the champion, looking to take him down again. Instead, Linc caught Elena and sprawled down to the ground, instantly moving into a position to fire a stiff knee shot to the head of the challenger. The effect of the knee stunned Elena, which gave Linc all of the time he needed to shoot up to his feet and then to hit a beautiful Jumping Roundhouse kick to her head! Elena eats the shot, and drops down to the mat. Linc didn’t immediately pin, though, instead he looked out to the crowd and asked, “this is my challenger?”. Linc would then move into a pinning position. One.. Tw-- Kickout! Linc looks a little shocked. That move has definitely knocked people out before, but not this time. He sat up on his knees and grabbed Elena’s hair as she still laid out on the mat. He had every intention of feeding her punches, but Elena brought her legs up and kneed Linc in the head. Dropping her legs, she showed that core strength and quickly repeated that – bending her lower body up again and hitting him with another knee. He finally releases his grip on her, which allows her the time to return to her feet. Linc still looks a little wobbly from those knee shots from Elena, so she turns and hits the ropes – coming back and hitting Linc with a basement version of her “GSTQ” front dropkick! Linc falls backward, and Elena crawls on top of him. One.. Two.. Kickout! The champion shows resilience. Elena was just one count away from becoming the new TV champion, and while that would frustrate some, she didn’t falter. She returned to her feet, kicking and stomping on the fallen Linc Coyne. He began to endure the strikes, rolling onto his hands and knees and fighting his way back up to his feet. Once he was vertical, Elena changed from kicks to punches. After she landed more than a couple, Linc would manage to block one. He fired off one of his own before attempting a kick to her stomach. Elena would catch the kick attempt, and the two locked eyes. Linc would then jump up, firing an enzugiri – which Elena ducked underneath. This saw Linc crash and burn on the mat with Elena still holding onto his leg. Immediately she went in for a submission. She quickly locked in an STF submission, wrenching it in hard. Linc’s yells muffled by her arms clutched around his mouth and jaw. His arms flail about, but nothing helps. Elena keeps the hold locked in, until she’s convinced that he isn’t going to give up. Reluctantly, she releases the hold. She knows she’ll have to weaken the champion a little more in order to get the victory over him tonight. Allowing him to work himself up, she waits. Maybe setting up for one of her finishing maneuvers. Linc pushes himself up, remains hunched forward slightly and Elena takes off, jumping in the air and definitely looking for “Lights Out”, but Linc moved out of the way and Elena stomps on nothing but the mat. Elena settles on her feet for just a second before she turns to face Linc, only to eat a spinning heel kick from the champion that sends her down to the mat.
Linc picked himself up, moving a couple of feet away. He watched as Elena began to work herself up to her feet. Once she was almost completely vertical, Linc rushed to her, locking his arm around her neck and using his own momentum to jump and front flip in the air, driving Elena’s head down with the “UNTITLED”. Linc hopped back up to his feet, looking to flip Elena over and finish this match with a pin...but instead, Trixie runs down the walkway. Linc doesn’t notice and he does, indeed, flip Elena over but before he could go through with completing his plan, Trixie’s in the ring and smokes Linc in the face with her trusty brick-loaded purse!
Trixie exits the ring with a smile on her face. It took a few moments, but Elena works her way up to her feet - completely unaware what happened. She grabs Linc, pulling him up just enough for her to turn, hit the ropes and come back.. This time effectively hitting the “LIGHTS OUT” curbstomp. After driving his head into the mat with her heel, she turns the champion over and covers him.
One.. Two.. Three!
WINNER AND NEW TELEVISION CHAMPION: Elena DeDraca
Trixie smirks as Elena DeDraca is handed the Television Championship. She skips over to Savannah Harper who’s just finished announcing Elena as the winner and new champion. Savannah hands over the microphone and Trixie turns to where the closest camera is.
TRIXIE: “IKEDA, you wanted to cost me my match last week against Linc so you could make sure your match was for the championship? Well guess what? Now it's not. So screw you and screw Linc too!”
Trixie drops the microphone and heads off and the camera cuts over to Elena. She's holding her title to her chest and looking at the Friends and Family section. Her eyes are locked on those of Aaron. Neither woman is smiling at the other.
CUT TO: EXT. THE PARKING LOT - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Tiffany played her part, getting a little bit of revenge against Zahra earlier. She was on her way out now, packing it in and calling it a night. As she approached her car, though, Tiffany is struck from behind by, not just one assailant - but two. Hunter Moxley and Zahra Phoenix followed Tiffany, staying a few feet back until she was by herself in the parking lot.
With a double blow from behind, Tiffany fell to her hands and knees in the parking lot. Zahra kneeled down, mocking and taunting Tiffany while Hunter lined her up and delivered a huge soccer style kick to the ribs. Tiffany flipped over onto her back from the impact of the kick. Zahra laughed and began to choke Tiffany. Hunter looked down, watching before telling Zahra to lift her up. Zahra stopped and did just that, lifting Tiffany up and shoved her against the car. Tiffany pushes herself off of the car just long enough before Hunter charges to her and utilizes her spear maneuver onto Tiffany, right into the side of the car!
Tiffany slumps to the ground against her car, holding her ribs. Hunter springs up to her feet and she and Zahra stand over Tiffany. “Get up, Princess.” Zahra shoots off. “How would daddy feel seeing you now?” Hunter continued. Tiffany began to move on the ground, but the sounds of feet scuffling on the ground catch Hunter and Zahra’s attention. They look over their shoulders and see Dorian Rampage hurrying over to the scene. Hunter and Zahra begin to back away, watching as Dorian stops his run right in front of them. He stands over Tiffany in a protective manner. “See you later, Tiffy.” Zahra said mockingly as she and Hunter left.
CUT TO: INT. SECURITY OFFICE - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Julian Cortez opens the door to the security office. There’s no sight of Elias Barnes or Alix Stravos, but Lindsay Pierce remains in the office - packing her belongings into a box. He stands in the doorway, eyeing his former security guard.
JULIAN CORTEZ “I’ll give you one last chance. You have all of this ammunition on me and want me gone, si?”
Lindsay stopped doing what she was doing and looked up to him. Just as Julian opened his mouth to speak, Aryanna came up to his side.
ARYANNA CORTEZ “Dad! There you are.. I have to tell you..”
Julian held out his hand.
JULIAN CORTEZ “Gage wants my company back, but I’m not going to let it go without a fight. So next time you see your friend..”
ARYANNA CORTEZ “Dad..”
JULIAN CORTEZ “.. Next time you see Gage, tell him to ..”
ARYANNA CORTEZ “DAD! …. Gage is here..”
Julian turned to look at his daughter, wide eyed.
ARYANNA CORTEZ “And since there’s no security … he was on his way to ringside.”
Julian turns, furious.
JULIAN CORTEZ “Pinche Hijo de puta.”
Julian began marching through the backstage area of the Ultraviolent Complex. Aryanna followed him closely, knowing exactly where he was heading.
At ringside, Gage Landon has made his way down the walkway. Long time viewers of the So Cal Ultraviolent company instantly recognize him, popping loudly for the former owner.
(Introducing Charlie Day as Gage Landon)
Gage climbed into the ring, instantly being handed a microphone by Savannah. Gage turned around slowly in the ring, raising his arms in an up and down motion, hyping the crowd up who begin to chant “SO-CAL! SO-CAL!” This lasted for a moment before Gage dropped his arms except for the one that held the microphone to his mouth.
GAGE LANDON “Thank you for the warm ovation. BOY, have I missed you guys!”
Another pop.
GAGE LANDON “And I want you all to know that I am in the process of acquiring this company back, and I can’t wait for…”
JULIAN CORTEZ (O.S) “STOP RIGHT THERE, PINCHE CABRON!”
Gage turned to the entrance way when Julian and Aryanna walked out.
JULIAN CORTEZ “There’s no way in hell that you’re going to acquire my company back. No amount of money is going to get me to re-sell to you.”
GAGE LANDON “Julian, I know you’re not going to just sell to me. So I have a financial backer to kick in the rest of the…”
JULIAN CORTEZ “No.. amount.. of .. money. Get that through your head.”
GAGE LANDON “Well. According to my friends who - uh - used to be your employees, there are special circumstances that will get you to see otherwise. Am I right?”
Julian didn’t respond, just narrowed his eyes. His silence lasted only a moment, though.
JULIAN CORTEZ “...Fine. I was going to give Lindsay this message to give to you. But this is better. …. You want the company back, and I’m not willing to give it up easily. So, let’s make a little wager. Fight for it.”
GAGE LANDON “Me and you? Okay. I mean.. I’m not in the best shape but I guess..”
JULIAN CORTEZ “Pinche Idiota. .. No, you fucking idiot.”
Gage looked into the crowd that were laughing a bit..
GAGE LANDON “...I do work out a little, you know?”
JULIAN CORTEZ “At So Cal World War, the next iPay Per View event, the company will be on the line. We will each choose a representative and the winner of the match keeps the company. Comprende?”
GAGE LANDON “Oh! Okay then. Let’s do it, el Capitano.”
Julian clenched his teeth.
JULIAN CORTEZ “Representing me will be, someone you are very - very - familiar with, Gage. I have chosen Matthias Black as my athlete.”
Gage shook his head disapprovingly.
GAGE LANDON “That’s your decision? Well, okay then… I mean, I guess he’s big and strong and all of that. So he should have no problem with mine, right?”
JULIAN CORTEZ “He’s the King of Wrestling, amigo. Former Ultraviolent champion.”
GAGE LANDON “I know his resume. But let’s remember that no one around here other than him, Zahra and I guess, you - call him ‘King’. Mine though? Everyone calls her by her rightful title. … THE FIRST AND ONLY QUEEN OF CALIFORNIA ..”
Julian dies a little inside. His eyes go blank..
GAGE LANDON “Oh yeah, J-Co. I choose ASHTYN RAVE”
The entire Complex pops! Julian looks as if he's seen a ghost and Gage? Well, he just figuratively and literally, dropped the mic. Julian would eventually turn, ripping through the curtain. Leaving Gage in the ring with a big smile on his face.
CUT TO INT. THE BACKSTAGE AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS Ryker Rylee, Octavia Bloom, Orion, and Raze have been watching the showdown between Gage Landon and Julian Cortez from a secluded spot backstage. As per usual, the show was being broadcast on a live Facebook feed and Octavia had used Aryanna Cortez’s account to log in and watch.
The Reckoners were a crafty bunch.
RYKER RYLEE: “So that’s the guy who supposedly ripped off Ares?”
The cocky wrestler laughs.
RYKER RYLEE: “You’re kidding, right?”
ORION: “Nah, brah. That a’int the dude. I know who tha dude is.”
Octavia tilts her head to the side.
OCTAVIA BLOOM: “You know who this person is? Where you going to share this with the group?”
Orion leers at Olivia and looks her up and down.
ORION: “I just wanted to see if your after hours snoopin’ paid off, babydoll. Nothing hotter than a sexy bitch who a’int afraid of a little breaking and entering. You can break open this zi-”
RYKER RYLEE: “Enough. You’re out of line.”
OCTAVIA BLOOM: “And I don’t need you to fight my battles. Who the fuck are we here for?”
With a heavy sigh and one last longing look at Octavia, Orion pulls out his phone.
ORION: “This nigga’ right here.”
RYKER RYLEE: “Looks like a douche.”
OCTAVIA BLOOM: “That’s Colton Carter.”
Everyone, including the silent monster Raze, turns and looks at her.
ORION: “How tha fuck ya know that?”
OCTAVIA BLOOM: “Well when people don’t share information, you do your own research. Read the company history. Colton Carter is a former Ultraviolent Champion, who called it a career the night after he lost the championship to Zayn Crist. He disappeared for awhile and showed up in Vegas; became a professional poker player. Met an Indian heiress who comes from a background of con artists. They've been engaged for awhile.”
Everyone just stares at her.
OCTAVIA BLOOM: “What?”
ORION: “Shit, girl. I knew all that. Just wanted to test ya’, ya’ know?”
Octavia rolls her eyes.
OCTAVIA BLOOM (to Orion): “You're the actual worst person ever. You didn't know shit.”
Ryker is rolling a joint.
RYKER RYLEE (passing it to Olivia): “Still looks like a douche.”
CUT TO: INT. THE PARKING LOT AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS VOICE (O.S.): "It’s okay, Ro. I’m fine.”
Zander Blackwood hobbles into the picture, too proud to use crutches. The beating Rumble Reyes had placed on him earlier had left him drained of energy and in crippling pain. But he would never admit it out loud. Zander had to be strong for his wife because at the moment, Rowan Blackwood was close to hysterics over the state he had been left in. The feisty little redhead is walking faster than usual, stopping every few moments to pace around while waiting for Zander to catch up to her, and grabbing at her hair.
ROWAN BLACKWOOD: “Let me burn him.”
ZANDER BLACKWOOD (sighing): “Not now, babe. Lets just get out of here and get home.”
For some reason Zander couldn’t explain, he felt massively on edge. Nothing good had happened for the Blackwoods since joining So-Cal and something felt off.
ROWAN BLACKWOOD: “We can burn his son. We can torch his lawyer. We can destroy his whole fucking family.”
She squeezed her eyes shut and dropped down to the pavement. The overwhelming urge to literally burn someone alive hadn’t hit Rowan in years, but right now it was consuming her and her head was pounding. Zander immediately dropped down beside her, swallowing the lump in his throat as his knee hit the ground. He gathered his wife in his arms and held her tightly. He kissed the top of her head. Husband and wife didn’t hear someone sneaking up behind them.
Zander was the first to be blasted in the head from behind. The assailant, a man close to 400 pounds and very tall grinned through his skimask. As Rowan turned around, the Zowan attacker slammed his fist right into her face, busting her nose. He grabbed Rowan by her fiery red locks and jerked her up, lifting her in position, and slamming her down to the ground with a massive release crucifix powerbomb. It was at that time that two other men wearing masks showed up and one picked Rowan up and slung her over his shoulder. The other man patted the attacker on the back and congratulated him for a job well done. They disappeared with Rowan and out of the picture, while the man who did the damage grabbed Rowan’s stuff and pulled the Trans-Pacific Championship from her bag. He slung it over his shoulder and walked off leaving Zander for dead.
MAIN EVENT: Non-Title - Reece Crosslin (c) Vs. Finn Whelan
Finn Whelan made his way to the ring first. The always present Kei Hideshima was somewhere, keeping an watchful eye on his young apprentice – you could bank on that. Finn entered the ring, and eyed the entrance way knowing that this was, perhaps, the biggest chance of his young career thus far. The next man that walked out would be his biggest challenge in So Cal thus far. The Ultraviolent Champion, Reece Crosslin, who came out with to a huge ovation. Samantha Baltimore followed the champion out with a huge smile on her face, present for the first time at ringside since Reece won his championship back. The Ultraviolent Complex instantly broke out into chants of “CROSS-LIN! CROSS-LIN!” which Reece egged on by pumping his arms up in time with the chants after he mounted the turnbuckle. This lasted a moment before Reece climbed down. He handed his championship to Samantha, who stood on the apron who took it from his hands and climbed down. Reece turned around and waved Finn forward. The headstrong youngster didn’t hesitate. He charged forward, lunging at Crosslin and locking up with the So Cal veteran. Reece might have underestimated Finn because Finn easily pushed the champion into the corner. The two remained locked for a second before Finn let go, slowly backing off. The champion decided it was best to throw a haymaker toward the challenger in this non-title contest, but Finn ducked underneath the attempt, catching Reece and hitting a quick release overhead suplex that takes everyone by surprise. Reece moved back up to his feet, not expecting the youngster to pull something like that out of his bag of tricks. Finn offered up just a smirk, before the two combatants moved toward one another again. This time, Finn tries his luck with striking. Firing off a forearm shot to the side of the champions head, followed by another and then another. He would finish off his sequence with a spinning sole butt kick to Reece’s stomach which would double the champion over. Finn turned and sprinted to the ropes. Reece would stand up fully and follow Finn to the ropes. Finn would hit first but stop, confused as to where Reece went. He would quickly spin around and get caught with a running front dropkick from Reece. Both athletes return to their feet, but now it would be Reece that had the upper hand, hitting Finn with strikes of his own – finishing his own sequence with a jumping spinning heel kick. Reece would quickly move into a cover, but didn’t even manage a one count before Finn forced himself out of the position. Reece grabbed Finn’s hair and pulled him up to his feet as he stood up himself, before he moved his grip to Finn’s arm and whipped him across the ring. Finn hit the ropes, but hooked his arms back – over the top rope, stopping his momentum. Reece noticed this and charged to Finn, only to have Finn drop down and pull the top rope down with him, sending Reece flipping over the top rope and crashing to the floor.
CUT TO: INT. THE BACKSTAGE AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS While Finn and Reece do battle inside the ring, another battle is going on backstage.
Or it was.
The FORMER TV Champ Linc Coyne has completely snapped. The area formerly known as ‘catering’ has been decimated. Linc is on top of IKEDA and beating him mercilessly with his nunchucks. There’s no security to break it up and Wesley Baines is laying in a pool of his own blood.
God knows what happened there.
Linc slams the nunchucks into IKEDA’s face one more time and gets up. He spits on the former champion and slams his fist into the wall.
LINC COYNE: “What your people did to Pearl Harbor will fucking pale in comparison to what I do to you at Asylum 12 you piece of shit.”
With one final kick to IKEDA’s ribs, Linc storms off.
CUT TO: Finn took a moment to collect himself before turning around and look down at Reece. Samantha had circled the ring to check on him, but happened to glance up and see Finn clutching the rope. She backed away, yelling at Reece to move out of the way. Reece stood up and looked up at Finn just as he pulled back and used the rope to slingshot him up! Reece moved out of the way, only to realize that Finn only slingshotted up over the rope and landed on the apron. Finn faced away from Reece, but had enough knowledge on the champion to know that he would have moved. Now that Reece moved, he would be off balance and unsuspecting… so Finn jumped up onto the middle rope and springboarded backward – moonsaulting in the air beautifully and landing on the champion, sending them both to the floor! Finn stood up as the Complex erupted in cheers over that. Finn looked around the arena, and through all of the people in the audience that were cheering and moving around, he somehow managed to spot Kei. Kei stood with his hands in his pockets and eyes on his apprentice, and nodded his head. Finn turned around and looked down at Reece, who was beginning to stir on the floor. Finn turned completely, bending down and reaching underneath the ring. After a few moments, he pulled out a wooden table that he would set up on the outside of the ring. All the while, Samantha was at Reece’s side, helping him up and saying words of encouragement into his ear. Finn finished setting up the table before moving back to Reece, grabbing his hair and dragging him to the table. He slammed the champions head off of the surface once, and attempted to do so again – but Reece put his hands out, stopping himself. He then fired an elbow to Finn’s stomach which released his grip. Reece turned and fired another shot at Finn, connecting flush before he jumped up and hit Finn with an enzugiri that echoed through the Complex. Finn crumbled to the floor after Reece’s foot connected flush with his jaw. Reece took longer than a second to pop back up to his feet, but did so. He grabbed Finn, pulled him up and rolled him back into the ring. Reece slid into the ring after him, and pushed himself up to his feet. Finn was in the process of doing the same, when Reece darted past him and hit the far ropes. Coming back, Reece dropped Finn again with a basement dropkick to the face, and immediately crawled into position to cover him again. One.. Two.. Kickout.
CUT TO: LEAVING THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY SECTION
Aaron Asphyxia has left her seat in the Friends and Family section and began to make her way through the crowd. She ended up at the corner barrier, getting a very upclose and personal view of the match. But what else she got, was Elena DeDraca. Elena was also in the crowd now and she moved right next to Aaron. They begin (loudly) talking, almost screaming at one another.
CUT TO: Reece didn’t show any frustration. He returned to his feet and waited for Finn to do the same. Once he was up, Reece moved forward, wrapping in a sleeper hold onto Finn. Finn, though, used the training Kei has bestowed upon him to drop down and use the position to pull Reece down as well – hitting a variation of a jawbreaker onto Reece. Reece holds his mouth after releasing the hold, and staggers away. This gives Finn time to push himself up to his feet. Finn lets out a yell before charging to Reece and attempting a clothesline. Reece ducks underneath the attempt, reaching back and pulling Finn down with a backslide, which he would quickly add in a bridge on top of it, a combination he calls the “CORONADO BRIDGE”. The referee slides down into position.. One.. Two.. Thre--- Kickout! Finn managed to power out, which dropped Reece’s jaw. He thought that move would finish this match. Finn, running on adrenaline after that kickout, rolled up to his feet before Reece stood. As Reece was returning to his feet, Finn quickly rushed him, turning with his back to Reece and locking his arm up around Reece’s head before squatting and pushing up, jumping and hitting an Asai DDT called, “ScRM”! Finn drove Reece down into the mat and quickly moved into a pinning position..
One.. Two.. Thre--- Reece kicked out! Finn sits up on his knees and that aggressive side comes out quickly. He grabs the back of Reece’s head and mercilessly punches Reece over, over, and over again. It gets to the point where the referee shouted stop, knowing full well that he couldn’t legally do anything to stop him – you know, So Cal Ultraviolent and all. Kei watched on with a satisfied smile on his face, and Samantha in horror. Finally, Samantha climbed onto the apron. She shouts at Finn, pleading for him to stop. Reece tries to defend himself, but something inside Finn snapped. Samantha begged and pleaded, but Finn continued. All the while, Kei Hideshima has climbed over the crowd barrier. He climbed up onto the apron too, just as Samantha was beginning to duck between the ropes. He stopped her, grabbing the back of her shirt and forcefully pulling her back... Samantha loses grip…. And falls backward, through the table! The crash and the gasp that overtook the crowd caused Finn to stop.
CUT TO: Elena and Aaron finally stop arguing, turning their attention to what just happened. For a moment they showed concern, but would ultimately look back to each other with narrowed eyes, and dirty scowls on their faces. CUT TO: Finn looked up and found Kei smiling devilishly on the apron before slinking down off of the apron. He carelessly walked past the carnage on the floor and re-entered the crowd. Finn stood up and looked over the ropes, eyes widened as he see’s Samantha laying in the pile of broken wood. Reece shakes off the effects of the punches and sits up. He looks around, hoping to see Samantha’s supportive face – but she was nowhere to be found. He noticed Finn standing motionless looking to the outside, so he moves over and looks himself. “Samantha!” he yells out before frantically exiting the ring. He drops to his knees, disregarding the shards of broken table underneath him. He cradles Samantha in his arms, yelling out for someone to come help. No matter the fact that he’s technically been fired, Elias Barnes rushes out with Laine Pierce and Andrew Wolfe. They both tell Reece to let her go to wait for the EMTs and he reluctantly does so. Finn exits the ring. A concerned look on his face as he approaches the situation, something that Reece doesn’t take too lightly. Reece shoots up to his feet and shoves Finn away. “What the hell!?”, Reece shouts. “I didn’t do anything!” Finn replies, “You didn’t stop it either! What happened to your morals? You’re willing to forget everything just to pick up a win against the champion?! Fucking pathetic.” Reece shoved Finn away again, turning around to assist Elias and Andrew in putting Samantha on the backboard that Dr. Everill has brought out. As they begin to move her onto the stretcher, Reece turned around, glaring at Finn, who was just watching in concern ..”This is on you! You’re going to regret this.” Reece shouts before leaving with Dr. Everill, Laine, Andrew and Elias.
CUT TO: INT. THE BACKSTAGE AREA - THE ULTRAVIOLENT COMPLEX - CONTINUOUS With all the chaos erupting around the ring, there wasn’t a single person hanging around the lockerroom area. Quick as a cat, Alex Covington with the Trans-Pacific Championship in her black gloved hand slips into the men’s changing area and heads right for Rumble Reyes’ bag. She opens it up and makes a face at his gross selection of singlets and lame black pants. She drops the title inside his bag, zips it back up, and hurries back out. There still wasn’t anyone around. A huge smile crosses her face as Asylum XI officially comes to an end.
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