NFW Presents: CRUEL SUMMER III - 08/23/2022!

Darlyn Fajardo: ¡Damas y Caballeros! The following contest is scheduled for one fall and is a Tornado Tag match! It will be contested under…BANGKOK RULES!!!!

Nick Hanson: Here we go!

Jim Reynolds: Ohhhhh baby!!!
The sound of wolves snarling, then howling, cuts through the speakers as the lights dim down. Then the animalistic noises fall silent and the hard strumming of The HU's "Wolf Totem" start up as white spotlights shine down on the stage, red and blue lights pulsing in alternating rhythms with the hard notes of the tribal song. Stepping into those twin spotlights are the brothers, Juan and Javier Cortez, led by their manager, Carmen Viviana Esquivel... collectively known as La Lealtad es Todo! The theme keeps pounding as the trio starts making their way down the ramp, already fired up as they head to the ring, meeting fans on the way down. Carmen keeps to the middle of the ramp, encouraging the fans to get loud for her charges even as she leaps onto the apron and sits on the middle rope, crossing one leg over the other, holding the strands down for the brothers. After entering, they lift her easily over the ropes. She walks to mid-ring as they ascend the buckles, peeling their shirts off and tossing them to the fans at ringside.

Darlyn Fajardo: Introducing first, from South Miami, Florida!! Being accompanied to the ring by Carmen Viviana Esquivel! At a combined weight of 393lbs…Juan and Javier Cortez…LA LEALTAD ES TODO!!!

Both drop back down and start hitting the ropes before knocking fists together and moving in to flank Carmen, who gives them a bit of a talking to while their eyes are, collectively, locked on the task at hand. Holding the ropes for Carmen as she leaves the ring, Juan starts to bounce on his heels, loosening up further while Javier paces back and forth like an anxious prize-fighter, cracking his knuckles, ready to scrap.

The slow, haunting opening of Rob Zombie’s “Little Piggy” plays as the silhouettes of the Astro Creeps appear on stage.


Darlyn Fajardo: Their opponents…being accompanied to the ring, by Daedalus! At a combined weight of 445lbs…from Gnaw Bone, Indiana…Pisces…Kosnar…THE ASTRO CREEPS!!

They make their way down to the ring, with Kosnar and Pisces on either side of their leader, Daedalus. Pisces crawls into the ring as Kosnar steps over the ropes and Daedalus opts for the ring steps. They all meet in the middle and Daedalus grins between his two monsters.


The bell barely has time to ring as the Cortez Brothers dash across the ring and go right after Kosnar and Pisces. Fists are flying and both Daedalus and Carmen Viviana Esquivel have to scramble to get out of the ring to avoid being casualties of the brawl unfolding inside the ring. Pisces and Juan are locked up, throwing shots back and forth while Javier throws bombs at big Kosnar, rocking him on his toes before running off the ropes and diving right into him. Kosnar catches him in his arms but the impact sends him staggering back and both men go tumbling through the ropes to the outside floor.

Nick Hanson: HERE WE GO, JIM REYNOLDS!!!! IT’S BEEN BUILDING UP BETWEEN THESE TWO AND GENERAL MANAGER, JESSICA MORIAN WILL SEE IT END TONIGHT!!

Jim Reynolds: AS WILL WE ALL, NICKY!!!!

Inside the ring, Juan and Pisces lock up, collar and elbow. Juan administers a wrist lock but Pisces reverses into an arm wringer. She hammers Juan’s forearm a couple times before pressing her glass covered fist to his tricep and rakes the glass across the flesh. She follows up with a hard right across the jaw, leaving more cuts on Juan’s cheek before jerking down on his arm. Juan grunts out in pain but reverses the arm wringer and blasts Pisces with a lariat that sends Pisces to the mat. She pops back up just in time for Juan to rock her with a knife edged chop to the chest. And another. And another! Pisces stumbles back against the ropes and Juan Irish Whips her across, into the others, running in to catch her with a standing Spanish Fly onto the mat. Juan pops back up and hits a beautiful standing Moonsault onto Pisces, hooking the leg.


Nick Hanson: Pisces stays alive and this match will continues!!

Jim Reynolds: This is NOT elimination, folks! First fall wins for the team!

Juan pulls Pisces to her feet and starts laying in with some glass covered right hands. Pisces staggers from the shots but eventually blocks one and blasts Juan with a forearm to the jaw. The camera jumps to the outside of the ring.

Kosnar and Javier are absolutely going the fuck in in each other but Kosnar gains the upper hand through his brute strength alone. Kosnar shoves Javier back against the barricade and strikes him with a brutal BACKHAND chop to the chest, raking glass across his bare flesh. Javier grabs his chest, yelling out in pain. Kosnar sets him back against the barricade and blasts him with another backhand chop, cutting into him some more. He gets him with a third chop and Javier slumps at the knees.

Nick Hanson: Kosnar! The big monster of the Astro Creeps! Rending the flesh of Javier Cortez!

Jim Reynolds: These four are gonna remember this match for years when they look in the mirror, Nicky!

Nick Hanson: Hold on, what’s Kosnar doing now?

Kosnar grabs Javier by the arm and whips him along the outside floor. Javier is sent dashing towards the barricade but he’s able to drop down and lay himself flat as he slides along the floor and skids right under the barricade. The crowd pops for the show of athleticism as Kosnar grows visibly agitated and starts storming over to retrieve his opponent. Javier appears from behind the barricade and pops up, planting his feet on the barricade itself before launching himself through the air and onto Kosnar’s shoulders for a Hurricanrana that flips the big man down onto the floor. Javier steps back to catch a breather, taken aback by the resiliency of the monster but as Kosnar starts getting to his feet, he steps up and starts laying into him with violent rights and lefts. Javier does so in a manner that the glass wraps around his hands scrape against the body and mask of Kosnar. He hits a big, spinning backfist right into the chest of Kosnar that hits him just right in the unbuttoned split of his coveralls and the big man grabs his chest in pain, growling a muffled curse under his mask.

Nick Hanson: Yeah!! Get your licks, Javier!!!!

Jim Reynolds: I don’t think I’ve ever heard Kosnar respond to pain before, Nicky!

We cut back inside of the ring where Juan drops Pisces with a big suplex onto the mat. He kips back up and yells to the crowd, shaking his arms, getting fired up. Pisces picks herself up to her feet again and Juan goes for her again. This time, she drops down to one knee, under Juan’s hands and drives her arm up in between his legs for a blatant low blow! The crowd poo the porcelain faced woman as she grabs Juan by the hair and starts just hitting him over and over with right hands. She finally grabs him with both hands, digging at his eyes with her nails. Juan yells, shoving her backwards. Pisces hits the ropes, jukes a wild lariat by Juan and springs back off of the ropes, landing on his shoulders for a painful looking Hurricanrana right onto the mat with a hook of the legs.

Nick Hanson: & Jim Reynolds: OH!!!!

Crowd: OHHHHH!!


Juan’s brother is back in the ring, helping him to his feet as Pisces writhes on the mat, trying to clear her head. Javier moves in on Pisces, hammering her with forearms across the back. She makes it up to her feet and Javier starts drilling her with kicks to the ribs and thighs. He goes for a discus lariat but Pisces ducks under and runs off the ropes again but Javier catches her on the return with a Japanese Armdrag. Juan makes it back up to his feet and together, the Cortez brothers rush in as Pisces makes it to her feet, hitting a double dropkick and knocking her through the ropes, down to the floor. They get to their feet again, bloodied but smiling as they play to the cheering crowd.

Jim Reynolds: These two work in great tandem, Nicky. I gotta give them that!

Nick Hanson: That they do, Jim, but watch out!!! HERE’S KOSNAR!!!

The two’s mini celebration is cut short as they turn around and the blood covered monster charges in and clothesline the both of them inside out, dropping them onto the mat. Clearly angry now, Kosnar grabs Javier by the hair and lifts him up, flipping him up onto his shoulders for the Flight 19 (Tossing Crucifix Bomb).

Nick Hanson: This could be it, watch out folks!! No one’s kicked out of this in NFW yet!

Jim Reynolds: Javier’s about to take flight!!

But Juan comes in with a high Superkick that knocks Kosnar in the jaw and staggers him. He drops Javier down to the mat and Juan starts throwing brutal rights and lefts, kicks and forearms. Kosnar staggers. Juan hits the ropes. Springboards off. KOSNAR CATCHES HIM!! COLLAPSING COSMOSES (BLACK HOLE SLAM)!!!!!! COVER!!!!


Javier pulls Juan up to his feet and the brothers reconvene as Kosnar pushes himself back up to his feet. He huffs, rolling his shoulders and charges in at them in a blind rage now. They dive out of the way and Kosnar SLAMS into Pisces, sending her flying back off the apron as she’s trying to get back into the ring! She crashes into the barricade! Kosnar stands, stunned at what he just did. He spins around just in time to eat a big double dropkick that sends him tumbling over the top rope, landing on his feet. The brothers help each other up, refusing to waste a second of time as Javier quickly makes the call on what to do next. Juan nods and the two run off the ropes, diving through the top and middle for a Suicide Dive. Both men slam into Kosnar, knocking him back into the barricade on top of Pisces.

Nick Hanson: AND KOSNAR IS DOWN!!!! LET’S GO BOYS!!!!

Jim Reynolds: Loyalty really is everything, isn’t it, Nicky?!

The crowd pops for their chosen favorites some more as they get to their feet and play to the crowd a bit. Carmen Viviana Esquivel motions to her boys, encouraging the crowd to support them and Cancun is happy to! Meanwhile, Daedalus is standing over Kosnar and Pisces, yelling at the big man to get up!! Get up!!! Kosnar pushes up to his feet, grabs Daedalus by the front of his suit and just pushes him to the side out of the way as he picks up a chair from under the ring.

Nick Hanson: Oh no, the big man has a chair!! Watch out, watch out, WATCH OUT!!

Juan’s the first one to turn around just as Kosnar roars, swinging the chair with a audible SMACK right across his head!!!! Juan drops like a sack of potatoes and Kosnar turns towards Javier who throws a forearm but Kosnar brings the chair up as a shield. Javier’s elbow dings off the steel surface and he grabs it, staggering back. Kosnar follows up just throwing the chair like a frisbee right into Javier’s face, sending him down as well.

Nick Hanson: JEESE LOUISE!!

Jim Reynolds: HOLY SHIT!!!

Kosnar goes over and gingerly picks Pisces up to her feet. He gently claps his little partner on the head to get her back in the game and the two split off to take the fight to Lealtad es Todo some more. The big man takes a moment to pause and pull the top off his coveralls off of his bloodied, sweaty form, tying it off at his waist.

Crowd: Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!

Nick Hanson: Aww, look at the lacerations in the chest of Kosnar!!

Jim Reynolds: May not be his blood on his gear but that’s his blood oozing down his chest, Nicky!! Oh, I might be sick!!

As this happens, Daedalus starts going under the ring, pulling out more weapons for his fiends to use. He gets a few out and into the ring before Carmen grabs a kendo stick out of his hands and throws it aside. Daedalus turns around, yelling at the woman to back off but Lopez just NAILS him between the legs with a straight kick. Daedalus clutches himself and Carmen socks him across the jaw, garnering a pop from the crowd. Contrary to what she stopped him from doing, Carmen now starts grabbing out weapons for Juan and Javier. Eventually, she pulls out a table covered in a sheet and slides it into the ring. She pulls the sheet away, revealing, much to everyone’s horror, a layer of crushed glass covering the top with glue. Carmen looks taken aback and hears Daedalus laughing from on the ground.

Daedalus: Do you like it?! We made it ourselves!!! Hahahahaha!!

Nick Hanson: He said they made that?!

Jim Reynolds: It’s beautiful… I like it, Nicky!! Daedalus is a bonafide artist!

Carmen sneers and kicks Daedalus in the face, turning to shout instructions to the brothers. Juan and Javier have the upperhand over the Creeps back inside the ring. Javier snatches Pisces off of her feet out of an Irish Whip for a snap scoop powerslam as Javier dives off of the top rope to hit a big 450 Splash on Kosnar. Both brothers cover their respective targets and the referee confirms both as he drops down and uses both hands to slap the mat.


Kosnar rolls out of the ring as La Lealtad es Todo get to their feet and see the glass covered table. They exchange a look with each other as if to say “what the hell is this” but shrug and start setting it up. Juan points to Pisces and gets out on the apron while Javier stands her up with her back to him and lifts her up onto his shoulders into an Electric Chair.

Nick Hanson: Lealtad es Todo about to put Pisces away, Jim!

Jim Reynolds: She’s about to get an education in Law, Nicky!

Nick Hanson: They call this Law of the Streets!

Juan jumps up onto the top rope, ready to springboard but Kosnar reaches up and yanks him down by his tights, down to the apron. He slips an arm up between his legs, plants a hand on his chest and one handed powerbombs him right into the barricade, knocking it over to send him into the front row. The interruption stalls Javier enough that Pisces is able to reach down and rake the back of her glass covered hand across his eyelids. Javier loses his grip and Pisces slips down behind him, shoving him towards Kosnar as the big man gets back into the ring. Kosnar whips Javier off of the ropes, catches him on the return as he lifts him up and starts to drop back. Pisces leaps up off of her feet, grabbing him by the back of the head and just DRILLS him down, head first through the glass table! HORNET’S NEST (Shaker Heights Spike) THROUGH THE TABLE!!!!

Nick Hanson: & Jim Reynolds: OH MY GOD!!!!!

Crowd: OHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Pisces collapses in a bloody mess beside Javier. Kosnar drags him out of the rubble and makes the cover!!


Darlyn Fajardo: Here are your winners, by pinfall!! Pisces..and Kosnar…THE ASTRO CREEPS!!

“Little Piggy” by Rob Zombie plays as the Astro Creeps reconvene with Daedalus in the ring. The manager raises his colleagues arms, grinning and laughing maniacally as the crowd boos.

Nick Hanson: What a brutal match that was, Jim Reynolds!

Jim Reynolds: It was everything we expected and then some!

Nick Hanson: I’m beginning to find it necessary to ask: who can stop the Astro Creeps? They are on an absolute tear!!!

Darlyn Fajardo: Damas y caballeros, the following match is a GLASS COFFIN MATCH!! There are no pinfalls, no submissions, no countouts, no disqualifications. The only way to win is by forcing your opponent into - or through - one of the glass coffins around the ring!


I Prevail’s “Heart vs Mind” begins to play over the speakers as Kai Morgan makes his way out to the stage! The fans begin to applaud him, a sight that Morgan is still a bit unused to as he proceeds across the aisle! Before he can make it all the way to the ring however, Johnny Towers jumps in from behind, sending him to the ground with a shot to the back!

Nick Hanson: What a heinous attack from Towers before the bell!

Jim Reynolds: Well whether Kai likes it or not, this match is starting!


Towers lifts Morgan back to his feet, rushing him down the entryway and throwing back first into the ring apron! He then signals to the back, with Sid Robinson and Tyler Brown, rolling the glass coffins out to ringside! He pulls Morgan back up to his feet, ripping the medical tape from around his torso before lifting him up and crushing him against the ringpost! He looks down at Morgan, yelling what can only be assumed to be varying slurs and taunts into his face before relentlessly stomping on his injured ribs! He squeezes his boot against Morgan’s ribcage, once again taunting him to his face as he’s powerless to stop it! Towers lifts him off the ground and over his shoulder, looking to run him right into one of the glass coffins! But Morgan reverses, dismounting from Tower’s shoulders before pushing him right into the side of the coffin himself! Towers doubles over at the side of the coffin, with Morgan looking to give chase! But Robinson and Brown come back into the mix, looking to interfere on Towers’s behalf! Morgan intercepts however, nailing an oncoming Robinson with a Superkick that sends him to the ground! Brown tries to club him with a Double Ax Handle off the apron, but Morgan catches him with a boot to the midsection out of midair! He gets him in position, before throwing him on top of Robinson with the SECOND SONNET!! DOUBLE UNDERHOOK FACEBUSTER INCAPACITATES BOTH OF THEM!!

Morgan turns to direct his attention back to Towers, but he’s already shaken off the cobwebs! He nails Morgan with a boot to the midsection before rushing to send him into one of the glass coffins! Morgan pushes against the coffin to stop him however, shoving an Elbow into Tower’s chests before bashing his head against the coffin himself! Morgan sees an opportunity here, propping Towers up on the coffin before taking to the apron! He climbs to the top rope, with the crowd rising to their feet as they seem to think they know what’s coming! Morgan launches off the top, seemingly looking for a Double Foot Stomp to send Towers through the top of the coffin! Towers is having none of it however, looking to get out of dodge by hurrying off the coffin! Morgan seems to have this scouted however, landing on the ring apron instead before nailing Towers with a Superkick! He falters to the apron, clutching his ribs a bit before completely dismounting to the ground below!

Morgan looks to follow Towers across the ringside area, only for him to power him up and ram him into the side of one of the coffins with a Shoulder Thrust! He continues to assault Morgan against the glass box, firing punch after punch into his midsection before sending him into the ringpost once again! He grabs Morgan off the ground, throwing him back into the ring! He begins to look for some hardware now, eventually throwing a set of bolt cutters and a two by four into the ring! He looks around a bit more, a smile crossing his face as he settles on something! He pulls out a heavily damaged steel chair, with many people recognizing it as the one that Jessi Ozborne laid into him with last month! He steps up to the apron with the chair in hand, looking to get back into the ring to continue the assault! But Morgan is back up, going for a swing with the wooden plank. But Towers ducks underneath it, sending the steel chair right into Morgan’s midsection! The chair immediately falls apart on impact, with the only piece of it that Towers is able to retain being one of the broken legs!

Towers gets back in the ring as Morgan tries to recover on the mat, with Towers taunting him to his face, somehow relating the state of disrepair the chair is in to the condition of the relationship between him and his former best friend! He begins to inflict even more damage on Morgan now, this time of the physical variety, as he shoves the jagged end of the steel chair leg into Morgan’s forehead, forcing blood out of it before smacking him over the head with the other side! He turns his attention to the bolt cutters now, giving them a good snip test before approaching Morgan and attempting to force them into the open wound on his forehead! Morgan resists this however, pushing Towers’ arms back as the two struggle against one another’s force! Morgan eventually looks to end this, taking a risk by using one of his pushing arms to reach out and grab the two by four! He eventually reaches it just as the cutters are about to make contact with his flesh, clocking Towers over the head with an overhead swing! Towers falls back with Morgan looking to cause way more damage to the Ultraviolent Anarchist! He begins to lay into his back with the wooden plank for laying it under the bottom rope with half of it hanging out of the ring! He lays Towers’ head on the plank, waiting for him to make it to his hands and knees before launching over the top rope and stomping on the other end, forcing the plank right into Towers’ face! This causes yet another crimson mask to be worn as Towers writhes in agony on the mat as blood stains his face!

Morgan looks underneath the ring, searching for a weapon of his own for this one! He eventually settles on an item, grabbing a bit of piano wire from under the ring! Morgan clutches his throat for a bit, obviously having some bad memories with the stuff, before sliding back into the ring with it. He leers over a kneeling Towers, looking as though he’s about to string the wire around his neck! But Morgan pivots, instead stepping away before viciously whipping Towers in the back with the wire! The shot sends a red streak across his back, with many more to follow as Morgan cuts him with whip after whip to the back with the sharp wire! Towers eventually battles through the pain, catching the wire as Morgan goes for another shot, much to his surprise! He pulls Morgan in closer, not seeming to care about the wire slicing into the skin of his hand! Morgan begins to get worried, eventually rushing towards Towers in an attempt to get the jump on him! This backfires on him however, with Towers sending him to the mat with a Headbutt!

Towers looks to brutalize Morgan now, standing over him and looking to choke him out with the razor wire! He nearly gets the wire around his neck, with just one hand from Morgan preventing him from complete strangulation! Morgan eventually outsmarts Towers, grabbing the bolt cutters from off the mat using his free hand and using them to snap the piano wire in half! Towers falls back, both halves of piano wire lining his hands. Morgan looks up at Towers, laughing and mocking him as he begins to get angrier and angrier! He eventually snaps, mounting Morgan and laying into him relentlessly with wire-ladened fists and bludgeoning him further! He eventually unwraps the wire from around his fist, leaving them on the mat as he goes to the outside of the ring! He reinforces one of the glass coffins against the edge of the ring, a task made all the more difficult by the gashes on his hands from the wire being wrapped around them! This ends up working to his detriment, with Morgan getting enough time to wrap the piano wire around his boots and take off towards the ropes, sliding under the bottom rope and over the coffin to hit Towers with a Dropkick!

Morgan kicks the wire away, looking under the ring, before settling on another item! He pulls it out to reveal it’s a power drill! Morgan looks toward one of the glass coffins, then back at the drill, before getting another idea! He approaches the coffin, proceeding to unscrew all the bolts holding it together! Eventually, Tyler Brown steps in to stop this, laying into Morgan from behind! He counters however, nailing Brown over the head with the butt of the drill, sending him to the ground! Morgan gets yet another idea, pulling Brown feet first into the side of the ring, before lifting the apron to reveal a wooden support beam underneath! He feels around Brown’s shoe, finding a spot between his toes before setting one of the screws to the coffin on it! He powers on the drill, using it to screw Brown’s foot to the support beam and keep him on the ground!

Nick Hanson: Well…that’s ONE way to neutralize the interference!

Jim Reynolds: What a sadistic fuck Kai Morgan is! What kind of depraved mind even comes up with something like that?!

Morgan turns around, right into a shot to the stomach by Towers with one of the panes of glass! He steps over Morgan, shattering the pane over his back before throwing him into the ring! He grabs another pane of glass before throwing it into the ring with another one shortly following it as Towers enters! He leans one of the panes against the corner turnbuckles, before getting Morgan to his feet and throwing him against it! Towers steps back to the opposite corner, looking to run towards Morgan and crush him against the glass, but he rolls out of the way! Towers stops himself from running into the glass, turning around right into Morgan pushing the other glass pane into his face! Towers leans against the pane in the corner, with Morgan sandwiching him using the other pane of glass! He steps back, nailing Towers with a Dropkick through the glass! He grabs another pane from the outside of the ring as Towers slowly makes it to his feet! Morgan re-enters, ducking underneath a Lariat from Towers before smashing the pane over Towers’ head! He quickly follows up, leaving the frame of the glass pane over his head as he hits the ropes and nails him with the SIX SHOOTER!! STANDING SHINING WIZARD CONNECTS!! Morgan exits the ring, grabbing the remaining two panes of glass and bridging them on the apron and barricade on top of each other! He turns around, only to have Sid Robinson begin laying into him with a pair of Kendo Sticks! He cowers a bit at first, before eventually pushing one of Robinson’s arms back with a Kick! He quickly follows up, nailing him with a Bicycle Knee!

Robinson falls back against the corner of the barricade, with Morgan taking advantage! He grabs the kendo sticks off the ground, weaving them through the bars of the barricade and trapping Robinson behind them! He rushes back into the ring, right into a shot to the midsection from Towers! He sends him into the ropes, with Morgan hooking his arms on them to stall his own momentum! Towers sees this, rushing after him only to be hit with a Kick from Morgan on the way! Morgan uses the kick to pop himself over the top rope and out onto the apron! He looks to capitalize, beckoning Towers over and going for a Slingshot Spear! But Towers catches him mid-move, spiking his head to the mat with a DDT!! He gets Morgan to his feet, looking to finish him off with FUBAR! But Morgan reverses the Ripcord Backdrop Driver, nailing Towers over the head with a Forearm as he goes to pull him in! He gets Towers into a Ripcord position instead, looking as though he’s really charging up a move! But this is another deception by Morgan, with him dropping the Ripcord position on Towers in favor of lending a heavy Chop to the already scarred back of Towers! He reels in pain, with Morgan pushing him out onto the apron near the glass pane bridge! He gets him up to his feet, looking for a Bodyslam onto the panes! But Towers refuses to budge, sending shot after shot to Morgan’s back before getting him a Suplex position! He takes Morgan by surprise, sacrificing himself as the two tumble through the remaining glass panes with a Falling Neckbreaker! Both of the two are laid out on the ground outside the ring, with neither of them able to move an inch!

The referee eventually decides to step in here, asking the two if they're okay to finish the match! The two both reply in unison with a “Fuck off!” before slowly getting back to their feet and exchanging punches at ringside! Morgan eventually gets the upper hand, landing quicker and quicker strikes on his adversary before throwing him back into the ring! He takes to the corner, waiting for Towers to make it to his feet before rushing towards him! Everyone assumes he’s going for the Six Shooter, but right as he reaches Towers, he pauses! He instead grabs Towers by the arm, bringing him down with a Double Knee Armbreaker before going for the MARS BAR!! FUJIWARA ARMBAR!! MORGAN HAS RAZZLES MARS’ FINISHER IN!!

Nick Hanson: Morgan handing out a bit of justice for his dear friend Razzles Mars with that move!

Jim Reynolds: I’m sure she’s sitting at home with her absurd amount of cats and even more absurdly large bag of sugar enjoying this, Nicky! Holy shit, wait! What’s this?!

Just then, Kim Hindley rushes in, nailing Morgan from behind with the seat of the broken steel chair from earlier! She uses it to lay into Morgan’s midsection, further damaging his already injured ribs! She then helps Towers to his feet, before sliding out of the ring and bringing the remaining glass coffin to the edge of it! Towers rolls Morgan out onto the apron, getting him in position as Hindley smiles! He lifts Morgan up, dropping him off the apron and into the glass coffin with FUBAR!! THE MATCH IS OVER!!


Darlyn Fajardo The winner of this match…Johnny! Towers!

Hick Hanson: Kai Morgan really gave it his all in this chaotic contest…but at the end of the day Johnny Towers prevails.

Jim Reynolds: Went from using one of his friends' moves to subdue Towers to being clocked by the same piece of furniture used on him by another! That’s what I call poetic justice, Nicky!

Towers begins to celebrate with Kim Hindley, the two looking over the mess that is the ringside area as we fade out.

Darlyn Fajardo: Damas y caballeros, the following contest is scheduled for one fall and it will be a 2 Minutes 2 Midnight Match!

Jim Reynolds: With a thirty minute time limit. I don’t get that shit at all, Nicky!

Nick Hanson: It’s a reference to the Doomsday Clock, Jim. Besides, are you really gonna try and figure out how Arianrhod’s mind works?

Jim Reynolds: Point…

Nick Hanson: Folks, the rules of this match are simple. It’s No Disqualification. The clock will be set for thirty minutes. You can see three sides of the ring have been replaced. That is explosive barbwire, ladies and gentlemen. The floor around the ring on three sides is layered with more of that unforgiving material. This match will have a thirty minute time limit. Arianrhod and River chance have a half hour to finish this match from the time the bell rings. When that clock reaches zero, ringside will detonate. There will be an explosion. We’ve seen this before. We’ve witnessed this before. It’s not pretty. It’s why Jim and I have been moved back near the stage for this event. The front row has been moved further back. We don’t want anyone getting hurt.

Jim Reynolds: But rest assured, somebody’s going to!
“Unleashed” by Epica hits and River Chance makes her way out to an interesting reaction from the crowd. Some cheer, some boo and some just aren’t sure what to make of her actions and words lately. River pays them no mind as she walks to the ring and steps in, ready to go.

Darlyn Fajardo: Introducing first, from Ann Arbor, Michigan and weighing in at 170 pounds, representing the Kingdom, this is RIVER CHANCE!!!
The lights slowly go out as Adrian Von Ziegler’s “Reign of the Dark” begins to play over the PA system. At first, there’s no sign of anyone on the stage as a wisp of smoke rises from the center. Amongst the flickering strobe lights, it’s as if the mysterious Arianrhod suddenly appears out of nowhere.

Darlyn Fajardo: Her opponent…weighing in at 115lbs… This is…ARIANRHOD!!

“Reign of the Dark” continues as Arianrhod proceeds to step towards the ring, slowly and methodically. However, every few steps, the lights around her blink completely out and reilluminate several feet up ahead. It’s as if Arianrhod is…”porting” or shifting through the air ever several seconds until she’s standing on the apron atop the steps. One more blink of the lights and there she is up in the face of her opponent, a sinister smile on her painted mouth under her mask.


The bell rings and the clock starts ticking down. Arianrhod stands midway between her corner and the center of the ring. River stands in a similar position on her side of the ring. She looks to the giant clock on the tron screen, then to Arianrhod. The Dark Faerie just stares directly at The Kingdom member, grinning wickedly under her mask and face paint. River’s face says it all. She doesn’t want this fight at all. Especially not in these circumstances. The crowd starts a rhythmic clapping, trying to motivate her to press forward.

Crowd: LET’S GO RI-VER!

Crowd: SAVE THE FAERIE!!

Crowd: LET’S GO RI-VER!

Crowd: SAVE THE FAERIE!!

Nick Hanson: The city of Cancun, trying to motivate River Chance to do what she seemingly has no choice but to do.

Jim Reynolds: It’s either that or stand around and wait to get blown up, Nicky! We’re already down by one minute!


River takes a deep breath, rolling her shoulders and starts to circle the mat with Arianrhod, looking for a lockup. River lunges forward for a collar and elbow but Arianrhod knows she isn’t going to beat River in the strength game. She slips around behind her and catches Chance in a waistlock. River widens her stance and makes any attempt for Arianrhod to lift her null and void. She slips her thumbs down under Arianrhod’s wrists and breaks the hold, catching one wrist and twisting her arm around. River yanks Arianrhod forward into a bearhug. She starts talking to Arianrhod, pleading with her. We can’t hear everything said, but we catch a–

River Chance: I know you are in there!

We very clearly, however, catch Arianrhod say-

Arianrhod: Hehehehe!!! She is indeed! And oh how she screams!

River’s eyes widen, clearly conflicted with shock and anger. She wants to wring Arianrhod’s neck but she knows anything she does to her, she’d be doing to Lilith Meadows too. That’s when, SMASH!! Arianrhod slams her forehead into River’s face with a violent headbutt and River drops her out of the bearhug. Arianrhod steadies herself on the landing and starts laying into River with stiff strikes, using that more vicious style she’s adapted ever since re-emerging from Lilith Meadows consciousness. She goes in on River with a series of Roundhouse Kicks to the sides and legs. River starts to stagger back towards the barbwire stretching between the ring posts. Just as she’s about to eat one more kick and go back into it, she catches Arianrhod’s leg and drives an elbow down into her knee. Arianrhod staggers and River grabs her by the arm, Irish Whipping her right into the–NO! She holds onto her wrist and yanks her back, catching her by the throat with a firm but non restrictive grip.

River Chance: Lilith! Hear me!

Arianrhod kicks River on the inside of her knee and grabs her by the wrist of the hand on her throat and jumps up, taking River down to the mat and right into a tight armbar. She wrenches back on the hold and the referee drops down to see if River wants to submit. Before she can even deny, however, Arianrhod lets go of the armbar and rolls back up to a kneeling position. She chuckles as River sits up, shaking her arm out.

Nick Hanson: There’s that submission specialty we know from The Dark Faerie, folks!

Jim Reynolds: She’s so dangerous, Nicky! She’s got Lilith’s technical prowess AND she just likes to kick the crap out of you!


Arianrhod and River circle the mat again; the crowd sitting on the edge of their seats waiting for that first big moment when Arianrhod suddenly grins.

Nick Hanson: This is a match so dangerous, we’ve only ever had it happen twice before in NFW history, Jim!

Jim Reynolds: Damn right, Nicky. Eavan Maloney and Morgan Payne absolutely mutilated each other at the Tokyo Dome. Invasion: Japan. 2020!

Nick Hanson: Then Dona Rotten and Haruka Fukuhara, formerly known as Katelin Descarrilado at Wrestle War XVIII just last year! And now it’s just a matter of when one of these two are gonna–HEY WAIT A MINUTE!! ARIANRHOD!!

Nick suddenly exclaims as Arianrhod turns and makes a mad dash for the barbwire, looking as if she’s about to just throw herself onto it. River is quick, fortunately, and catches her around the waist, picking her up and stumbling back towards the center of the ring.

River Chance: NO! You will not!

RIver denies Arianrhod her opportunity to physically harm Lilith as she sets her down on her feet, keeping her in place. Arianrhod gets an arm free and throws an elbow back into the side of River’s head, stunning her and once she’s free, the Dark Faerie kicks back with a big Pele Kick that knocks River on her ass. She turns around, licking her teeth maliciously and nails River with a Buzzsaw Kick. Arianrhod steps back and motions for River to get back up which she does. River’s starting to look a little more angrier as she rolls her neck and waits for Arianrhod to make another move. This time, Arianrhod goes for the wiring around the ring again and River blitz’s in to intercept. She goes to cut Arianrhod off but Arianrhod JUMPS up and into her, causing to River to stumble backwards as she catches her!


There’s an explosion from the barbwire as River’s back collides with it and she drops Arianrhod, staggers forward and hits the mat, crying out in absolute agony. Arianrhod cackles mockingly at her opponent

Nick Hanson: CAN YOU IMAGINE THE PAIN, JIM REYNOLDS?!

Jim Reynolds: That I cannot and I certainly don’t fucking want to!!!

Arianrhod drops down for a cover, hooking the leg.


River kicks out with conviction and shoves Arianrhod off of her. She sits up, blood trickling out of wounds on her back as smoke rises from her singed gear. River gets up to her feet, looking at Arianrhod with a heartbreaking realization. She casts her gaze back at the clock–


-then back to Arianrhod. If she’s going to succeed in this fight, she needs to play by the rules of the match. She motions for Arianrhod to come at her and the Dark Faerie grins, stepping in to blast her with a forearm. River’s head snaps to the side and right back to Arianrhod. Tears welling up in her eyes. Arianrhod strikes her again. A tear falls down her cheek but River’s face remains stoic. She tenses her lips. Arianrhod goes for another forearm but this time River catches it and BLASTS her with a right hand!! The crowd pops as Arianrhod staggers back and River starts throwing absolute bomb after bomb on Arianrhod. The Dark Faerie’s looking rocked as River continues knocking her back towards the barbwire but before she can fall back into it, she catches her by the wrist, steps backwards towards the center of the ring. She whips Arianrhod towards the other side of the wiring but yanks her right back in for a short arm lariat that knocks the smaller, masked woman inside out. Arianrhod looks to get up to her feet but River locks her arms around her waist from behind and lifts her up and back for a magnificent Deadlift German Suplex, spiking her right on her neck and shoulders. River holds for the bridge!


Nick Hanson: Arianrhod stays alive in this match!

Jim Reynolds: Yeah but River’s starting to realize she needs to fight back, Nicky! It’s just a matter of time before we get the Faerie back!

Nick Hanson: If River Chance can keep up this mindset she’s starting to adapt to, you may be right! She just needs to not let it slip!

River pulls Arianrhod up to her feet and drives her back down to the mat with a Snap Suplex. She goes for a cover again but Arianrhod shoves her hands off and rolls away. Arianrhod gets to her feet and steps in, blasting River with a forearm. River stands firm and answers with a chop to the chest. Arianrhod almost crumples but responds with another forearm. River gives her another chop. Arianrhod throws another forearm. River throws a chop. They start exchanging these strikes back and forth. Back and forth. River chops. Arianrhod throws a forearm. River chops. Arianrhod throws a forearm. This time, however, she follows up with a kick to the midsection and starts throwing rapid fire forearms, trying to wear River down. The big woman just swats her arms away and lays into her with another chop. Arianrhod gets visibly angry as she staggers back and finally screams at River.

Arianrhod: SHE…IS…GONE…FOREVER!!!!

This sends River into a defiant rage as she charges forward. Arianrhod dashes in to meet her but two steps in, she drops and catches River with a drop toe hold! River falls forward!


Right into the explosive barbwire!!

Crowd: OHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Nick Hanson: YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!!!!

Jim Reynolds: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!

River just manages to pull herself off of the barbwire, sporting blood specks on her arms, neck and face now as Arianrhod pulls her around and hooks the arms for…DOUBLE UNDERHOOK SUPLEX!!

Nick Hanson: HOW DID ARIANRHOD PULL THAT OFF AGAINST RIVER?!

Jim Reynolds: I guess those weight sessions with her and Morgan Payne both, have been paying off on the body, Nicky!! Chance and Payne made a weapon and now the weapon has turned on The Kingdom!

River lays sprawled out on the mat as Arianrhod sits up and sees her down. She dives right in, folding River’s legs up to stack her for a pin!


Not only that but the sheer force that she shoves Arianrhod back with sends the Dark Faerie staggering back out of control and right into the barbwire again!!


Crowd: OHHHHHHHHH!!!

Nick Hanson: GOOD GOD!!!!! I don’t know if River meant for it to happen but that’s blood drawn on the Dark Faerie!!

Jim Reynolds: I never thought I’d see the day!!

Arianrhod is just barely able to pull herself off of the wire before River staggers up to her feet, bleeding profusely from where she hit the wire herself now. She’s starting to look an absolute mess as she grabs Arianrhod and practically rips her off of the wire, lifting her up for a big sitout powerbomb and a cover!


River falls back on the mat, wincing from the pain in her fresh wounds. Arianrhod rolls over onto her stomach, giving the cameras a good view of her bleeding back and shoulders. She doesn’t stop there, however, as she rolls out underneath the one side of the ring that had normal ropes and no wired flooring. The crowd watches, wondering what she’s doing as she starts digging under the ring and tossing weapons in, looking to up the ante of the match. River sits up in the ring, wiping the blood from her eyes before she sees chairs, kendo sticks and other tools of violence around her. She shakes her head, refusing to go this far and starts picking them up and tossing them back out of the ring. Arianrhod sees this and grins, digging a hand into her belt before she slides back into the ring.

Nick Hanson: Hey wait a minute. Waaaait a minute!! What’s she got there?!

Jim Reynolds: I don’t think she intended to use those weapons at all, Nicky! She knew what River would do. She used them as a distraction!

River tosses a chair out of the ring and turns back to grab another when she finds Arianrhod right there in front of her, hitting her in the face with FAERIE DUST!!!!!

Nick Hanson: OH COME ON!!!!

Jim Reynolds: It’s a dirty trick, Nicky, but it’s still No Disqualification!!

River grabs her face and rubs at her eyes desperately trying to clear her vision. Arianrhod stands back and giggles mockingly.

Arianrhod: Find us if you can, Rivvy!!!

Nick Hanson: Arianrhod: mocking River Chance now!

Jim Reynolds: Get her River!! Get that malicious little pixie!

River starts blindly following the sound of Arianrhod’s giggles around the ring. She lunges forward and grabs for her but Arianrhod ducks out of the way, giggling more. River starts swinging her fists blindly just trying to hit something. Arianrhod stays back out of the way, sneaking behind River. She rushes in and shoves her towards the barbwire ropes but River drops to the mat, eating canvas instead of more exploding wire!

Crowd: Ooooooh!

Nick Hanson: Oh man! I think that was intentional on River’s part! She saved herself!

Jim Reynolds: Smart thinking!

RIver gets back to her feet and starts following Arianrhod’s voice again. Arianrhod even starts clapping her hands to get her attention. River starts inching towards her step by step as Arianrhod taunts her. She cocks back and swings one good shot but Arianrhod ducks out of the way and BAM!! River Chance socks the referee right in the jaw!! Referee Boxcar Jones goes down like a sack of bricks!

Nick Hanson: OH NO!!!! Down goes the ref!!

Jim Reynolds: Watch where you’re swinging, River! Hey, does that bum collect company insurance for shit like that?

Nick Hanson: Would you stop? Boxcar’s great at his job!


The clock keeps ticking down as Arianrhod continues taunting River, cackling like a devious little imp but River starts looking like she’s getting her vision back as she looks right at the Dark Faerie. Arianrhod finally comes charging in for a clothesline but River ducks down and catches her by the legs, coming back up with a Back Body Drop!! Arianrhod goes up and OVER the barbwire on that side of the ring and TO THE OUTSIDE!!! CRASHING DOWN ONTO THE BARBWIRE FLOORING!!



Nick Hanson: OH!!! MY!!! GOD!!!

Jim Reynolds: YOU GOTTA BE SHITTING ME!!!

Nick Hanson: River Chance countered the advance of Arianrhod and now the Dark Faerie is completely tangled in barbwire right at ringside!!

Arianrhod lays in the tangled wire, screaming in pain, unable to move much without tearing her flesh open. River wipes the rest of the dust out of her eyes and takes a moment to check on the referee before seeing Arianrhod in her dilemma. That concern for Lilith Meadows takes over again as she stumbles over and rolls out of the ring, under the wire. She comes over to help another referee carefully free Arianrhod from her entanglement. They eventually get Arianrhod up and River lets the woman lean against her, unable to help but wrap her arms around her beloved in a sorrowful embrace. Arianrhod slumps against River, blood oozing from her arms and mask now. The tender moment is short lived, however as Arianrhod steps back and kicks River low. Yes, that low. She snatches her by the arms and hits The Dreaming (Implant DDT) right into the wiring again!! The explosives have already gone off in it but it’s still a straight drop right into the unforgiving metal coils!

Nick Hanson: OH MY GOD, JIM!!!!

Jim Reynolds: This is getting out of hand, Nicky!!! She keeps luring The Kingdom members right into a sucker move!

Arianrhod pulls herself out of the wire now and very much more aggressively pulls River out with her, pushing her back in under the ring. She picks River up to her feet and starts looking for Dragon’s Ire (Praying Mantis Driver) but River scouts it as Arianrhod tucks her head under her legs and hammers down on her head with a fist. Arianrhod stumbles back but River falters through the pain of being DDT’d into the wire so Arianrhod rushes in from the side and drills her into the mat with Bedlam (Swinging Neckbreaker!) She covers!


Arianrhod falls back onto the mat, trying to catch her breath. Both women’s blood is starting to leave smears on the mat as the clock continues ticking down–

Jim Reynolds: We’re almost down to five minutes left, Nicky!!!! This match needs to end soon!!

Nick Hanson: Or things are gonna get a lot worse!!


Nick Hanson: What the hell?

Jim Reynolds: What happened to the clock?!

Nick Hanson: I do–I don’t know! It just shut off! What’s going on?

Jim Reynolds: Something happening in the back? Let’s get a camera back there!

It takes a moment but the cameras jump back to the backstage setup area where people can be heard banging on the door to the production truck, yelling to be let in. Inside the truck, an angry, flustered Morgan Payne stands in front of the panel.

Jessica Clarkson-Morian: Morgan! You have to open the door!

Morgan Payne: I ain’t gotta do shit!! Yinz can get fucked!!

Jessica Clarkson-Morian: Open the door, Morgan!

Morgan Payne: Yinz can fine me or fire me! I ain’t fucking letting either of them get blown up! I had enough of this shit!

Nick Hanson: That’s Morgan, Jim! She…did she hijack the production truck?!

Jim Reynolds: Hey good on her!! I don’t wanna see River or Lily get blown up! Shit, I don’t wanna get blown up either!

Nick Hanson: What about me?

Jim Reynolds: ...Eh.

Nick Hanson: Gee thanks, partner. Well, clock or no clock, this match is obviously gonna continue!

The cameras jump back to the ring where Arianrhod is putting the boots to River as she tries to get up. She puts her back down with another kick to the head and grabs a kendo stick up off of the mat. She starts swinging it at River who takes the brunt of the damage with her arms coming up in an X until the kendo stick starts to splinter. When Arianrhod goes to discard the weapon, River grabs her and hits an Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex, drilling her onto the mat. Arianrhod lays sprawled out on the mat as River runs and hits her signature Leg Drop!! Cover!


River sits back on her knees, wincing from the sweat in her wounds as she picks Arianrhod up to her feet. She lifts her up for a Stalling Vertical Suplex but Arianrhod drives her knee down into River’s head a few times until she’s able to slip back down to the mat. She lands behind River and SPIKES her with a Poisonrana!! Cover!!!



Jim Reynolds: Hey! Hey, the clock came back on!!

Nick Hanson: What in the world is going on now?

Jim Reynolds: I guess they got inside the production truck and were able to talk Morgan Payne down!

Nick Hanson: Maybe so, I–what in the hell?!

Nick Hanson is cut off as the cameras jump backstage again to the production truck where the door has been absolutely ripped off of the hinges and left on the ground. Inside the production truck, Morgan Payne is laid out on the floor with a mess of chairs tipped over and papers scattered around. There’s clearly been a fight and she lost. General Manager, Jessica Clarkson-Morian kneels beside her with one of the medical staff trying to help her sit up as she holds the back of her neck and winces in pain.

Jim Reynolds: What the hell happened, Nicky?!

Nick Hanson: I don’t know! I’m just as confused as you are!

Voice: Hello? Hello?! Is anyone in here?!

The voice belongs to a woman that comes rushing into the production truck in an absolute panic. She’s well dressed, professional to the nines. Those who see her might even recognize her from her recent activity on social media: the woman simply known as The Doctor. She takes one look at the scene in the truck and looks horrified.

The Doctor: Oh my god! Is everyone alright?

Jessica Clarkson-Morian: She’ll be alright, I reckon. Who are you? Wait a minute. Ain’t you…?

The Doctor: I’m sorry, I can’t talk right now. Where is he?

Jessica Clarkson-Morian: Pardon?

The Doctor: Where is he?!

Jessica looks confused as The Doctor shakes her head and rushes back out of the production truck. She looks all around in her panicked state until she spots something off camera in the direction of Gorilla position. Her eyes go wide.

The Doctor: Oh dear god. Hey! HEY!!!! You can’t go that way!!

She takes off running as fast as she can in her heels. Jessica Morian comes out of the production truck, watching her go.

Jessica Clarkson-Morian: Hey now! You can’t go that way either!

The cameras cut back to ringside as Arianrhod and River slowly drag themselves up to their feet with Arianrhod clutching River by the hair. She starts setting her up for the Dragon’s Ire again but River gets down from her shoulders and spins her around, lifting Arianrhod up onto her own shoulders.

River Chance: I am sorry, Lilith!!

And BUCKLE BOMBS her right into the barbwire with another BOOM!!!! Arianrhod shrieks out as she stumbles off of the wiring and towards River. River snatches her up off of her feet to deliver THE POMMEL (ARN ANDERSON SPINEBUSTER)!!! Arianrhod lays limp as River falls back on the mat, heaving for breath.

Nick Hanson: She got it!!! She hit The Pommel!!! River Chance can win this for The Kingdom!!

Jim Reynolds: She better hurry up!!! Clock’s ticking!


The PA system comes alive with House vs Hurricane’s “Get Wrecked”, startling the crowd into looking at the stage. Even River’s attention is drawn from going for a pin as she looks up to see what the hell’s going on. Just then, the curtain is thrown open and—


Nick Hanson: OHHHH MYYYYY GOD!!!!

Jim Reynolds: WHAAAAAT?!

Nick Hanson: OH MY GOD!!!!

Jim Reynolds: WHAT??!?!?

Nick Hanson: DO MY EYES DECEIVE ME, JIM REYNOLDS?!

Jim Reynolds: I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT I’M SEEING, NICKY!!!!

Nick Hanson: That…that…THAT’S HAVOK!!!! HAVOK IS HERE!!!!

Jim Reynolds: HE’S BACK!!!!! HOW THE HELL?!?!!

Nick Hanson: WE THOUGHT HE HAD A CAREER ENDING INJURY!!! WE HAVEN’T SEEN HIM IN OVER THREE YEARS!!!

Jim Reynolds: WHAT IS UP, MY DUDE!!!!! LOOK AT HIM!!!

As “Get Wrecked” continues to assault the ears of the audience, the 6’8”, 320lb beast marches towards the ring with a sense of urgency in his step. His eyes, through the holes in his mask, lock right on the ring. On his way down the ramp, he’s rushed by security guards who try to subdue him but he lets his hands fly, dropping each guard as they come. Finally, a moment after, just as he’s reaching ringside, the curtain flies open and The Doctor stands in shock on the stage.

The Doctor: What are you doing?! No no, get back here!

Nick Hanson: Jim, if I’m not mistaken it would seem that woman there is here with Havok!

Jim Reynolds: How the hell did they get backstage? Wait, no. It’s Havok, why am I even asking?

The Doctor doesn’t look like she knows what to even do as she just watches Havok climb up onto the apron, locking eyes with River. The big man slowly steps over the top rope with ease and immediately goes after The Kingdom member. River gives him the juke and starts throwing right hands on him. The shots barely phase him at all as he grabs River by the throat and shoves her back into the regular ropes. River rebounds off of them and Havok kicks her in the midsection, lifting her up for what looks like a powerbomb. The crowd groans emphatically as he delivers his old finisher, The Disasterpiece (Powerbomb Facebuster)!!

Nick Hanson: GOOD GOD!!

Jim Reynolds: AHH!! He’s clearly here to help Arianrhod, Nicky!!! I’m so conflicted right now!

True to Jim’s assumption, Havok gets up and grabs Arianrhod by the gear, lifting her like a weightless child and drops her on top of River before grabbing the referee by the shirt and shoves him to the mat, pointing at the two. Boxcar Jones counts.


Darlyn Fajardo: Damas y caballeros, here is your winner, by pinfall…ARIANRHOD!!!!

Nick Hanson: And Arianrhod steals another one from The Kingdom!!

Jim Reynolds: She had a secret weapon this time and I love it!!!! ….I hope River’s okay, though. Oh shit the clock! HEY!!! You guys gotta get the hell outta there!!


Inside the ring, Havok is already in the process of getting out of dodge. He drops down to the ringside floor and reaches in, pulling Arianrhod by the arm to him and lifts her limp form over his shoulders in a Fireman’s Carry. He reaches the stage where he stares down at The Doctor. The woman looks conflicted on what to even do at first but she looks up at the clock, looks at the ring, looks at Havok and Arianrhod and finally ushers him to follow her so they can get out of there.

Jim Reynolds: Goddamn, what a match that was, Nicky!

Nick Hanson: All well and good, Jim, but River Chance is still in the ring and she’s not moving! There’s less than a minute on the clock now!! Someone get her out of there!!

The concerned crowd goes into a pop as Morgan Payne appears again, running down to the ring as fast as she can, baseball sliding into the ring. She starts shaking River to try and get her up. The time on the clock continues ticking.

Nick Hanson: The match is over! Why isn’t it stopping?!

Jim Reynolds: Somebody kill that damn thing!

Morgan gets River halfway up but River’s practically dead weight and she slumps back down to the mat again.


Morgan Payne throws herself over River Chance’s motionless body, trying to shield her from the inevitable explosion.


Smoke and sparklers go off from the corners of the ring. The floor bombs simply go up in puffs of more smoke. All is silent for a moment before the crowd realizes nothing else is about to go happen. Morgan Payne slowly lifts her head and looks around in confusion before checking on River again. The ring doctors finally come to the ring to examine her.

Jim Reynolds: What the hell happened, Nicky?

Nick Hanson: You got me, Jim… Past experiences have proven—

Just then, a familiar voice comes over the PA. A impish little giggling laugh followed by one simple word.

Arianrhod: ...Boom…Hehehehe!!!

Jim Reynolds: That devious little trickster!!

Nick Hanson: You know what? For once…I think we can all be thankful to be pranked by the Dark Faerie. Now somebody get River Chance out of there! And someone find Havok and that woman!! I don’t think they’re supposed to be here!