Trauma Episode 5 Osaka, Japan 2/15/19

“Witchy woman can steal my heart.”

“Come one, Come All!”

“Let’s stream a win!”

“The Circus falls!”

“All Hail the King of the Fucking World!”

Miranda Augustino: Welcome everyone to Trauma Episode five!

Andrew Payne: Tonight we invade Osaka, Japan and I couldn’t be more excited for tonight.

Miranda Augustino: Yeah, Kitten’s in the main event tonight!

Andrew Payne: The Chaos Circus is taking on three people whose lives they have been making hell.

Miranda Augustino: And we know Kitten will make it happen, Andy.

Andrew Payne: Well, let’s get the action started!

Anton Crowley vs Alexander Iscariot

Umi Toriyama: Tsugi no kontesuto wa 1tsu no aki ni yotei sa rete imasu!

“Remember Me” (Fester Remix) begins to play as Anton comes out by himself and towards the ring. He grins as he walks down the ramp and slides into the ring, resting against the turnbuckle.

Umi Toriyama: Hajime ni, kara Los Angeles, California, Anton Crowley!

“Ring Down Below” begins to play as camera zooms into the entrance area and after a few moments, nobody comes out. The music cuts and starts again, and once again Alexander doesn’t appear. Suddenly, up on the tron, we see the rest of House Crowley surrounding Alexander, beating him down before refs and security come to break up the mugging here of the giant.

Anton yells for the ref to call for the bell and count. The ref obliges and does the ten count before calling for the bell once again and raising Anton’s hand in victory.

Umi Toriyama: Shiai no shōsha, Anton Crowley!

Andrew Payne: What a despicable display by Anton and House Crowley tonight.

Miranda Augustino: He said Alexander would face wrath tonight and that’s exactly what happened.

Result: Forfeit

Bronwyn Good and Erin Mercer vs The Skillz Vendorz

Umi Toriyama: Tsugi no gēmu wa 1tsu no aki ni yotei sa rete imasu.
The arena lights go out and “Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-all)” by Type-O Negative starts playing. A white spotlight outlines “Salem’s Forgotten Daughter” Bronwyn Good. She is standing with her back facing the ring and her entrance attire hood up. She holds that pose as the lyrics start.

“She's in love with herself
She likes the dark
On her milk white neck
The Devil's mark
It's all Hallows Eve
The moon is full
Will she trick or treat
I bet she will”

She turns on the spot and starts towards the ring, the spotlight following her the entire way. She climbs the steps and then onto the nearest turnbuckle. Once atop it she squats down and looks out over the crowd. She sticks out her split, serpent modded, tongue.

Umi Toriyama: Hajime ni, kara Salem, Massachusetts, Bronwyn Good!

“She's got date at midnight
With Nosferatu
Oh baby, Lilly Munster
Ain't got nothing on you
Well when I called her evil
She just laughed
And cast that spell on me
Boo Bitch Craft”

She jumps down as the lights slowly rise. She takes off her hood and vest and hands them off as she waits for the match to start.
The lights to the arena slowly fade out as the opening notes of Lacuna Coil's "Swamped" sounds throughout. As the guitar and vocals kick in, red lights flash in sync with the rhythm, then once the first verse kicks in, the stage lights up with more red lights. The words RED QUEEN fill the video wall. As the swell in music continues to play, the cameras capture a silhouette stepping out onto the stage in front of the crimson background. A figure in a long, flowing coat that reaches the floor. The music reaches the chorus and the light on the stage changes to reveal, in full visibility, Erin Mercer, standing with her head down. She slowly lifts her attention, though, to the booing audience. Her eyes are filled with sheer coldness as they sweep across the masses around her. Finally, she lifts her hands up and gives a single turn of her body, before beginning her approach to the ring.

Umi Toriyama: Soshite kanojo no pātonā, kara Los Angeles, California...the Red Queen...ERIN...MERCER!"

Erin reaches ringside, making her way around to one side of the apron. She reaches up, climbing onto it, pausing on one knee and casts her eyes over the audience again before standing and turning to lean back against the ropes. She steps over the middle rope, entering the ring and walks across to the other side, dipping under the top rope, spreading her arms out to soak in the jeers from the crowd. Erin straightens up back in the ring then, moving to her corner as she opens her coat and removes it, handing it off to the ringside attendant - actually dropping it and making them pick it up - before leaning back in her corner, awaiting the start of the match.
As the opening riff of The Used's "Pretty Handsome Awkward" comes on through the arena speakers, the arena lights dim out ad the video wall comes to life with a countdown followed by flashing words on the screen.

8...
7...
6...
5...
4...
3...
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GAME START!

"KICKIN' IT OUT!!"

As the opening lyrics rip throughout the arena, a shot of DragonBall Z's Goku throws a Kamehameha at the viwers and the entryway lights up with multicolored lights and the video wall switches to a highlight reel that goes back and forth between clips of various video gameplay and anime footage. Everything from Mortal Kombat, Call of Duty, Battlefield, Skyrim, Mario, Golden Axe, Grand Theft Auto, Battletoads gameplay to action clips of DBZ, Elfen Lied, Ninja Scroll, Hellsing etc -- and then footage of Kat Cage and Sammi Belmont in previous matches hitting their big spots from their arsenals.

As this goes on, The Skillz Vendorz come running and jumping out from the curtain. More specifically, Katrina Cage runs out first, followed by Sammi Belmont. Katrina does a silly, playful bow to the audience and as she does, Sammi Belmont runs and leapfrogs over her. She lands and spins, full of energy, yelling to the crowd. Her and Kat come to stand side by side. They nod to each other with big smiles and mimic the DragonBall Fusion Dance pose. Multicolored pyro goes off on the stage and the two start down the ramp.

Your dream vacation
Small hostage refuge
A work in progress
You bleed just like you puke while running a mile
I beg to differ
Make me an offer
Warm summer rain
You bleed just like you puke while running a mile

Kat Cage and Sammi Belmont come down the aisle, each taking a side where they happily high five and slap hands of fans in the front row. At the end of the ramp, they come together where Kat climbs up to the apron and gets into the ring. She climbs the turnbuckle as Sammi gets a running start along the side of the ring and athletically jumps up onto the apron to the parallel turnbuckle. Sammi grabs the ropes and hops over, skillfully landing on the middle turnbuckle where her and Kat repeat the Fusion Dance pose. As they do, spotlights shine down on them both.

Umi Toriyama: Soshite karera no teki, Katrina Cage, Sammi Belmont, The Skillz Vendorz!

Hey, are you okay?
You look pretty low
Very handsome awkward
Do you feel okay?
You look pretty low
Very handsome awkward

Both girls then climb down from the turnbuckles and meet in their corner, high fiving, fist bumping, dapping one another before removing their entrance gear and waiting for the match to start.

~DING DING DING~

It was Katrina and Erin Mercer kicking things off as the referee called for the bell. Mercer motioned for a lock up and Kat went in for it, yet Mercer quickly sidestepped with a go-behind and hooked Kat into a full nelson. Katrina struggled briefly before she stomped on Erin's foot, both eliciting a laugh from the fans and forcing Mercer to break the hold. Linking the arm, Kat attempted to swing Mercer into a snap DDT yet Mercer managed to maintain her footing and pull Cage into a sharp bridging northern lights suplex! Cover and a kick out at one and a half.

Mercer managed to drag the groggy Katrina Cage to her feet fairly easily, hauling her into their corner with a hard irish whip and tagging in Bronwyn Good. Mercer sneered as Good hooked Katrina up in an abdominal stretch before Erin delivered a fast series of forearms to the midsection followed by a kick to the gut as the referee ordered her out of the ring. Bronwyn delivered a knee to the face for good measure before dragging Cage back to her feet. Irish whip by Bronwyn Good, Katrina on the rebound. Katrina earned a solid pop as Bronwyn looked to be going for a running forearm, yet Kat slid right through her legs! With a waiting Sammi Belmont on the top rope, Kat used her last ounce of strength to leap up and tag her in! No time wasted by Belmont! HUGE HURRICANRANA landing with such impact that Good's prone form rolled into range for Erin Mercer to tag herself in! Mercer tries to catch Sammi off guard with a clothesline, yet Sammi Matrix-style evaded and then kipped back up! Bulldog! Cover by Sammi and Bronwyn Good only JUST managed to dive in and break it up!

Katrina immediately dragged Bronwyn out of the ring by her legs and the two women angrily got in each other's faces, screaming and shoving each other as Erin Mercer had sneakily seized control in the ring by landing a sickening high knee, turning Sammi inside out! As Kat Cage and Bronwyn Good looked to be brawling all over ringside, Erin Mercer smelled blood in the water, dragging a seemingly semi-conscious Sammi to her feet and lifting her up into a Gory rack! We all know what this is - RED DE..wow! The fans were on their feet as Sammi Belmont managed to break free and land on her feet - Mercer spun around, right into COMET 2!

ONE

TWO

THREE!

UmiToriyama: Soshite shōsha,, The Skillz Vendorz!

Miranda Augustino: Damn, what a match!

Andrew Payne: The girls did awesome tonight! They’re getting back on track!

Result: Pinfall

Johanna Krieger vs Emilie Sanclemente

Umi Toriyama: Tsugi no kontesuto wa 1tsu no aki ni yotei sa rete imasu!

"Cut Throat" by Kittie blasts over the PA system as Johanna Krieger steps out onto the stage, she holds a fist in the air as a spotlight shines from above and the house lights slowly come up as she drops her fist. She makes her way down to the ring almost at a marching pace ignoring the fans as she gets to the bottom and stomps up the steps before leaning back on the top rope, she hooks her leg around the middle rop resting it on the bottom one before pushing up and into the ring

Umi Toriyama: Hajime ni, kara Nuremburg, Bavaria, Germany, Johanna Kreiger!


"This spell you got on me
It's like magic
Got me feeling like I'm fallin' in love
Got me feeling like I'll never give up on
Got me feeling like I'll never give up on you
It's like magic
I got you feeling like you're fallin' in love
I got you feeling like you'll never give up on
Got you feeling like you'll never give up on–"

Out walks Emelie Sanclemente, with a big smile on her face.

Umi Toriyama: Soshite kanojo no taisen aite waSanta Monica, California To shite Ronneby, Sweden. EMELIIIIIE SANCLEMENTEEEEEE!"

With that, down skip-walks Emelie, slapping high fives with everyone she can. It's very clear everyone loves her. Emelie slides headfirst into the ring before hopping onto the top of the nearest turnbuckle. She forms her hands in the shape of a heart and puts that over her own before turning around via jump and sitting on the turnbuckle as "Magic" fades out.

~DING DING DING~

The bell rings, and Johanna explodes out of the corner, driving a knee into the stomach of her opponent, and immediately wrapping Emilie in a Muay Thai clutch. The Bavarian Nightmare wastes little time as she begins driving sharp knees up into the stomach and ribs of Sanclemente before the smaller woman manages to block one, slipping out of the clutch and hip tossing Johanna to the mat. Johanna is back on her feet almost immediately, charging forward only to eat a superkick from Emmie that puts her back flat in the middle of the ring. Emmie looks to the corner before running over, climbing the turnbuckle quickly. She plays to the crowd for a moment before leaping for a senton bomb! Sanclemente lands hard, back across the knees of Krieger, rolling to the side and gasping for breath as she grasps her lower back.

Krieger pulls Sanclemente to her feet before rocking her opponent with a HARD spinning backfist, causing the smaller woman to stumble back into the corner only to be met immediately again by Krieger as she rolls in with a cannonball. Emmie slumps out of the corner and Johanna screams at the fans in attendance who have started to boo loudly. She turns and drops, looks like a pin attempt, but no! Krieger is just driving those hard knees into the ribs of Sanclemente repeatedly! The referee comes over and calls her off when Emmie gets a foot up on the ropes, and Johanna growls but acquiesces to the referee’s judgement.

Emilie finally gets to her feet, ducking a lunging lariat from Johanna and sprinting to rebound off the ropes and land a sharp spinning wheel kick, rocking Krieger as Sanclemente looks to fly again but Johanna attempts to knock her off the top turnbuckle. Emilie jumps down to the apron, delivering a rope assisted kick to the side of the head before slingshotting herself between the top two ropes and nailing Johanna with CLINT EASTWOOD (slingshot spear)! Pin attempt from Emilie! Johanna kicks out at two, just getting a shoulder up.

Both women exhausted now, waiting for the other to make a mistake. Emilie spots an opening, stepping forward and shooting for a superkick but Krieger sidesteps and lands another spinning backfist before following up with a snap DDT! Emilie drops to a knee as Johanna hits the ropes, coming back with a devastating SKOLD OF MAKT (Running Busaiku Knee)! Krieger lays over the top of her prone opponent and hooks a leg as the referee comes in and makes the three count.

~DING DING DING~

Umi Toriyama: Kore ga anata no shōshadesu! Johanna Krieger!!!

Andrew Payne: What a match by both of these women as they get ready to head into Wargames!

Miranda Augustino: Tonight, Johanna just happened to be the better competitor at the end of the day.

Andrew Payne: But Emilie has nothing to be ashamed of here. It could have gone either way.

Result: Pinfall

Amy Connors is seen backstage.

Amy Connors: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest, the captain of Team Isabella in the upcoming WarGames, the Geekette Extraordinaire, Cali-Kate.

Cali-Kate steps in view of the camera with a big smile, even giving a light hug to Amy, which is returned quickly before they break.

Amy Connors: Kate, tonight you are going one on one once again with Angel Kash in what is starting to be looked at as a feud that's potentially defining both your careers.

Cali-Kate: Angel and I have had encounter after encounter and well I've said it enough fucking times already. She got the better of me at the battle royal at WrestleWar, but she choked where it counted. This is exactly the way it plays everywhere, whatever plans she has get side tracked because I get involved and put her back in her lane. And she can't stand it. Quite frankly, I'm fucking over Angel Kash, but I'm not overlooking her at the same time.

Amy Connors: And tonight that should be especially true because your match decides who gets the advantage at WarGames.

Cali-Kate: Amy, do you know how many games are played in esports where someone has a clear advantage but still loses in the end? It's beyond ridiculous. Angel has stacked her team, there's no doubts there, but I have faith in all of mine. Angel only has hired goons at best. My team, three friends and one woman I'd be honored to be on the other side of the ring from, puts that art in heart. And win or lose tonight, Angel can't shake us of that and she can't earn it for her team. No matter who gets the "advantage" tonight, Angel is going to once again be humiliated at Invasion. Because the greatest advantage is the one she can't take from us. But should I win tonight, it will just be icing on the pity cake that we'll be shoving Angel's face in once Invasion is done.

Cali-Kate smiles before walking off after a nod from Amy Connors as the scene fades out.

Winner gains the numbers advantage for their team in Wargames

Angel Kash vs Cali-Kate

Umi Toriyama: Minasama! Tsugi no kontesuto wa 1tsu no aki ni yotei sa rete imasu!
The fans begin to boo loudly as "Superficial" by Heidi Montag hits over the public address system

It aint that easy, it aint that easy
it aint that easy, but it aint so hard
It aint that easy, it aint that easy
it aint that easy, but it aint so hard

As the lights dim and flash gold all over the arena, a lone spotlight forms at the entrance ramp as out from the back first steps Leroy with a stern look on his face. After a few moments, Todd walks out from behind him, looking nervous. As he claps within a few seconds in arrogant and exaggerated fashion, Angel Kash herself walks out as the fans boo loudly.

Hoppin' out the Maserati 
All I see is paparazzi
Snapping pictures for the
Front cover of a magazine
So I pose in everything I wear
Love to make the people stare
Always center of attention
Lookin' so bootylicious

Umi Toriyama: Hajime ni, kara The Hamptons, New York, Angel Kash!

Angel blows an arrogant kiss to the fans before doing a series of arrogant poses at the top of the ramp. She then says something to Todd and Leroy as they first go ahead, before the arrogant rich blonde bombshell does an arrogant supermodel like strut down to the ring, taunting the fans as she walks by them, before rudely sticking out her hand, and flipping her hair arrogantly as she brushes past the fans, not letting them even come close to touching her. She makes her way up the ring steps with Leroy, holding her hand from the outside, as Todd is standing in front of her on the ring apron. Angel then points down as he holds the ropes for her; she enters and poses in the center of the ring as the fans boo loudly. After that, she lays on the top turnbuckle nonchalantly taunting the fans as Todd hands her a mirror and she admires her beauty.


The lights in the arena go dark as the opening chords of “Heist” hit the speakers. The crowd goes up in cheers as a big

“Player 1 Ready…”

comes up on the screen. In the break between the opening chords and the main tune the screen flashes

“Game Start!”

Umi Toriyama: Soshite kanojo no taisen aite wa, Laguna Beach, California, Cali-Kate!

The main tune hits and the lights come back up showing Kate on the stage in a hooded jacket with a huge smile on her face, dancing to her music. Kate flips the hood down and skips down the ramp trading high fives and hugs with various members of the crowd. She even stops a few times to pose for some selfies with the crowd members. Kate reaches ringside and continues skipping one full round around the ring only trading high fives with audience members. When she gets to the corner, the audience goes wild as Kate blows out a kiss to everyone. Kate slides into the ring and jumps to one of the corners and poses once for pictures. As her music fades, she hops off the ropes and goes to her corner, removing her jacket and warming up for her match.

~DING DING DING~

The bell rings and immediately Angel Kash starts bad mouthing Cali-Kate as the two step towards one another and into the middle of the ring. Kate returns the trash talk right back, only to receive a hard slap from the Trillion Dollar Princess, right across the face! Kate responds with a backhanded slap of her own, shocking Kash before the two of them just start throwing bombs at one another, back and forth with no thoughts of defending themselves at all!

The Geekette Extraordinaire rocks the Trillion Dollar Princess with a hard right forearm before shooting toward the ropes, hitting the rebound and coming back with a hip attack that drops Angel Kash to the floor! Angel looks to stand, rising to her knees, only to look up and get dropped again by a Cali-Kate hitting a Meteora off another rope rebound to her downed opponent! The crowd is going nuts as Angel rolls around in the ring holding her face while Kate hypes the crowd from the second turnbuckle.

As Angel begins to get to her feet, Kate jumps down from the turnbuckle and darts in, looking for a shining wizard but Kash dodges it, getting to her feet and pulling her opponent into a grapple, putting herself in between the Geekette Extraordinaire and the referee before savagely thumbing Cali-Kate in the eye! Referee didn’t see it as Kate howls out in pain and Kash delivers another hard slap to the face, rocking Kate before kicking her in the stomach and leaping up, nailing her opponent with KASH FLOW (Codebreaker)! She immediately rolls her opponent on top of her, twisting her up and locking in THE LIQUIDATION (Triangle Choke Armbar)! Cali-Kate struggles, fighting as hard as she can to get to the ropes, but they’re in the middle of the ring! The Geekette Extraordinaire valiantly fights against the hold, but the Trillion Dollar Princess pulls back on Kate’s arm HARD and with a howl of pain Cali-Kate is forced to submit.

Umi Toriyama: Soshite shōsha, Angel Kash!

Andrew Payne: Angel using some underhanded tactics to pull out the win here tonight.

Miranda Augustino: But more importantly, her team will have the numbers advantage in Wargames. This is huge!

Result: Submission

Adrianna Salvatore vs Masami Nishikiyama

Umi Toriyama: Tsugi no kontesuto wa 1tsu no aki ni yotei sa rete imasu!


With a single piano note, a woman’s voice echoes throughout the arena, speaking softly in Japanese….

“Sekki ni...yoru keno….”

The silence is then suddenly shattered by the opening scream of Jesse Leach from Killswitch Engage’s “Hate By Design.” With it, the heavy metal riff kicks in and the lights start to flash a multitude of colors around the stage, ramp and ring area. The SBS logo appears on the video wall as the curtain parts. Kaede Tanabe leads the way out with Yuka Hirata and Kayako Kazama.

Yeah!
Born into this world of hatred!
We are born free
From the restraints of this society,
Helpless to what is instilled
(Yeah)
To all those who raise us, mold us, and shape us
There is a time to separate,
From this

Through a cloud of smoke where the light barely breaks through walks a fourth feminine figure. A black SBS towel shrouds her head as she steps into full view. Fists clenched at her sides, head down. Masami Nishikiyama pauses on the stage to lightly bounce on the balls of her feet inside her boots. Her head bobbing in time to the rhythm of the music. Yuka Hirata steps up beside her and rubs her shoulders, slapping her on the back and amping her up in Japanese under the booming music. On the other side, Kaede Tanabe is giving her own words of encouragement. Meanwhile, Kayako Kazama is bouncing excitedly, pointing and urging the audience to look upon the woman about to go into battle. The proud, bubbly little friend. Masami steps forward and takes a knee, bringing her hand up in a Shinto Prayer.

A reason why, a state of mind,
There's a disconnection
A judgement made
Fueled by hate, it's your mistake,
It's a choice you made
It's tearing us apart

When she comes up, she yanks the towel off of her head and yells at the crowd before resuming her calm and casting a cold glare their way. She turns back to her three friends and the four put their hands into a circle. The camera gets close enough to hear them do their chant.

“Ichi! Ni! San! ESS! BEE! ESS! YOSH!!”

Hate,
Hate by design,
Is destroying our lives
Seek to find,
Some understanding
Redefine your life

Their hands shoot up in different forms. Kaede gives a sassy snap of her fingers. Yuka throws the horns. Kayako gives a sort of “jazz hand” motion. Masami simply raises a warrior’s fist and turns towards the ring. She starts down the ramp and, joined by the rest of SBS who trail behind her to give their competing member the focus of the camera, even though Masami doesn't even pay attention to the. Masami marches towards the ring, clutching her towel as she stares daggers down at the ring. Upon reaching the ring, Masami explodes up the steps before slowing on the apron. She wipes her feet off before stepping inside the ring and gives a full turn with her fists extended to the sides and another battle cry.

Umi Toriyama: Sūpābitchisukuwaddo o daihyō suru saisho no shōkaidesu! Hiroshima kara! Tanabe Kaede, Hirata Yuka, Kazama Kayako no yubiwa o tomonau. Buraun sutairu no joō! NISHIKIYAMAAAAAAAA MASAAAAAMIIIIIIIII!!!!

The rest of SBS join her; Kaede stepping daintily up the stairs and under the middle rope. Yuka runs and slides in parallel to the bottom rope. Kayako climbs up onto the apron around the side, 'slipping' with one foot and catching herself. She sticks her hand to her lips - 'oopsie!' SBS' manager and other members join Masami in the center of the ring for their pose before they all give their friend a fist bump and leave the ring to her as she backs into her corner, handing her towel off to Kaede.


The lights in the arena flicker out. The video wall comes to life with an image of Earth in from space as Porcelain And The Tramps "King Of The World" begins to play As it does, the vignette depicts a flaming meteor hurtling towards the planet.

My pain filled drama queen is always creeping at your bed
Getting ready to buy you out

The vignette switches to various shots of Earth's population. People from all different regions as a shadow looms over, blocking out the sun. They all look up, eyes widening in horror.

Cause we all know, what goes around comes around
Should've known what I was all about
Do not test me

From a bird's eye view, the meteor SLAMS into the Earth's surface, just as the chorus hits, causing a fiery flash on the screen and the vignette switches to grainy, black and white images of Adrianna Salvatore's most brutal match highlights, mixed in with closeups of her rather deranged smile and menacing sneer.

'Cause I'm the fucking king of the world
Get on you knees
I'm the fucking king of the world
Do as I please
So get up and get out and I'll show you
What it takes for me to control you
'Cause I'm the fucking king of the world

In the pitch black arena, lights on the stage come on, flashing and flickering. They illuminate a silhouette standing calmly in a hooded vest. Due to the lights positioning, all we see is the solid black outline, obscuring the lights behind it. As the chorus hits, the lights switch, coming on to light up the stage and ramp in a soft white but still leaving the arena dark. We see the figure in detail now as Adrianna Salvatore lifts her head and stares down at the ring from under her hood. She has that same sneer on her face as in her vignette. She steps forward, approaching the ring with a calm sense of purpose in her steps.

Adrianna reaches ringside and runs up onto the apron, kneeling upon it on one knee. Now, we see that wicked smile of hers as she licks her teeth. She turns around on the apron, skillfully and slides herself in, backwards under the bottom rope. Standing to her feet, Adrianna moves to a turnbuckle and climbs up. She throws back her hood and flips back her hair, letting out a roar before casting her gaze upon the audience with a wicked smile forming.

Umi Toriyama: Kanojo no teki! Beikoku nyūyōku no Burukkurin kara! 150-Pondo no omo-sa! Kanojo wa anākī no joōdesu! ADRIANNAAAAAAA SALVATOREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Stepping down from the turnbuckle, she removes her vest, folds it and carefully hands it to the timekeeper before preparing for the match.

~DING DING DING~

Both women came out of their corners, squaring up to one another. Adrianna Salvatore remained stoic and almost stone cold while Masami Nishikiyama showed some of that fire Kaede Tanabe had tweeted about, beginning to talk some trash to the Queen of Anarchy. Mostly in Japanese, with a bit of English shade thrown in, Masami got more fired up the longer she went on before she finally put a hand to Adrianna’s cheek and shoved her face aside. Adrianna gave a forced smirk and came back, pie facing Masami away from her. Masami came back in and SLAPPED the tall blonde across the face!! The crowd gave an “ooooooooooh!” Then came a pop as Adrianna fired back and slapped Masami so hard, it left the nineteen year old blinking and shaking the stars away. The camera was just close enough to catch Adrianna on the mic saying “do that shit again and see what the fuck happens!” Masami rubbed her cheek with an amused smile and nodded, liking the American’s fire. She started throwing her hands up to fire up her local countrymen before motioning to her opponent to bring it. The two circled up and lunged in for a lockup. Both women struggled and fought for control. It looked like the heavier Adrianna Salvatore was winning the advantage by powering Masami back into the corner but the ref called for the break. As Adrianna backs away, however, Masami explodes out of the corner with a series of elbow shots to the face and jaw. The nineteen year old Joshi has the self proclaimed King (no, not Queen) Of the World, rocked on her feet. From there, Masami manages to gain control for a moment in the match, hitting Adrianna with stiff Strong Style strikes and takedowns. She hits an Irish whip and a jumping elbow drop followed by a cover but barely gets a two count before Salvatore kicks out! At ringside, the rest of SBS are there, acting as a cheer and motivation squad for Masami. Kaede struts around in her designer shoes and fancy fashion wear, motioning for the crowd to get louder. It’s a mixed reaction as some despise Masami for her heelish affiliation but others are more loyal to their countrywoman than the foreign Adrianna. SBS continues to cheer Masami on. Yuka slaps the mat and yells pointers in Japanese. Kayako excitedly claps her hands before reaching into her track suit jacket. She pulls out an AIR HORN and BLOOOOOOWWWWWS it for a long moment, comically causing Yuka to flinch and Masami to give her a bedazzled look. Kaede scolds Kayako for nearly making Masami lose her focus as the two women continue inside the ring.

Masami tries to pull Adrianna up but has her arms knocked away and eats a headbutt to the jaw. She staggers back with her hand on her jaw, slowly grinning and nodding. Adrianna sneers and motions for Masami to come in for a test of strength. They lock up with one hand but as Adrianna reaches for the higher hand, Masami goes for a kick to the midsection BUT Adrianna catches it and hits her with a leg trapped belly to belly overhead suplex. Masami slams into the mat hard but as she scrambles to get up, Adrianna runs in from behind and grabs her. SNAP GERMAN!!! Masami eats the canvas face down but still tries to get up, albeit a little slower. Adrianna runs in again and catches her. FISHERMAN SUPLEX!!! COVER!!! But only a 2 count!!! Adrianna grabs Masami by the hair to pick her up but Kayako gets up onto the apron and starts chiding her in a nearly childish manner. The frown on her face is more adorable than anything but Adrianna’s not buying it as she walks right up and PIE FACES Kayako off of the apron! Kayako hits the floor to a cheer from the Osaka audience. Yuka and Kaede run over to check on her and start to scold Adrianna. “How could you?!” etc etc. Adrianna flips them off with both hands, turns around and eats a RUNNING BIG BOOT by Masami Nishikiyama!!! She’s sent to the outside then where Masami follows her out and proceeds to dig into her with more forearms and knees in addition to bouncing her head off of the apron and the steps. She gets Adrianna up and drops her ribs across the railing, stunning her there. At the referee’s count of 12, she slides into the ring to break the count and rolls back out. She grabs a chair from under the ring but as the referee warns her, she only sets it up, unfolding it about five feet from Adrianna by the railing. Masami runs along the apron to the other end of the barricade. She then comes hauling ass right back towards Adrianna, runs up onto the chair and leaps off!!! CRASHES DOWN INTO ADRIANNA AND SMASHES THAT PART OF THE BARRICADE OFF!!!! Crowd and commentary go NUTS!!!!!

Masami beats on Adrianna a little more outside of the ring but throws her back in at the count of 15. She stops for a second as Kaede runs over to fan her off. Kayako rather adorably brings her a sip of water before Masami makes it back into the ring at 19! As soon as she gets up, though, Adrianna is ready for her! MOAB LAUNCH!!! Adrianna brings Masami down with a vicious Spear that proverbially breaks her in half!! She goes for a pin but only gets a 2.5 before Masami grabs the bottom rope. Adrianna pulls her up and sets up for the Ground Zero. As she starts to lift, Masami blocks with her leg and drives a knee into her ribs, staggering her. Masami dips down and lifts Salvatore across her shoulders in a Firemen’s Carry!! The crowd gets loud! They know what’s coming! NISHIKI DRIVER!!!! Masami is slow to capitalize as she falls back rather than holding the leg and has to sit up and crawl on top of Adrianna but only for a near fall before Adrianna’s shoulder shoots up at the last possible instant!! Masami runs her hands through her hair and over her face. She screams in frustration as her opponent refuses to stay down. As Adrianna starts to slowly get up, Masami gets behind her and grabs her into the Full Nelson Lock. She locks it in tight, locking her hands together and screams in triumph. Just as it looks like Adrianna’s about to fade, however, she comes to life and somehow powers out of the hold, trapping Masami’s arms against her side before throwing her head back in a headbutt to the girl’s face. Masami staggers. Adrianna lets go of her arms and PELE KICKS her square in the face!!!! Adrianna’s never done any type of cruiser move like this before and, despite being a simple maneuver, coming from her makes the audience roar with appreciation. Adrianna rolls over onto her stomach and begins to angrily stalk Masami for the finish. It’s coming but Kaede Tanabe gets up onto the apron and distracts the referee. As Adrianna looks as well, Yuka Hirata slides in, now in just her track pants, sneaks and tanktop. She’s ready to throw down and so she does as Adrianna turns and Yuka catches her with a quickly executed Ookami No Koushou (Blackout Rush). Adrianna goes down!

Yuka Hirata slips quickly out of the ring and Kaede Tanabe feigns obedience to the ref and climbs down to the floor. The ref turns back oblivious to what just happened but the fans go wild as, from down the ramp, Emelie Sanclemente comes rushing down and jumps on Yuka Hirata! She starts just flat out brawling with the girl before getting the upper hand and throws her over the barricade! Kayako Kazama comes running in and starts getting the upper hand on Emelie, finally holding her as Kaede Tanabe storms over, pulling out her pepper spray. She brings it up and hits Em--NO!! Emelie moves her head and Kaede BLASTS Kayako in the eyes!!! Emelie gets free as Kayako goes down screaming. Emelie grabs Kaede and just pops her one right in the kisser with a fist! Inside the ring, Masami’s up now and about to get out of the ring to go for Sanclemente. She gets one leg out when suddenly she’s grabbed by Adrianna and ripped back inside of the ring, to the center. Adrianna scoops Masami up onto her shoulders! She’s going for the Atom Bomb! No! Masami slips off! She goes for the Full Nelson again! Adrianna gets one arm free. She twists and runs under Masami’s arm. Hits the ropes! Masami turns! MOAB LAUNCH!!!! Masami goes down harder than before, clutching her ribs. Adrianna has a second wind now as she gets to her feet and quickly pulls Masami up. She sets her up into a suplex hold. No! Not a suplex! GROUND ZERO!!!! Adrianna drills Masami into the mat!!! Holds for the cover!!! 1...2...3!!!

~DING DING DING~

Umi Toriyama: Kore ga anata no shōshadesu! ADRIANNAAAAAA...SALVATOREEEEEEE!!!!

Andrew Payne: I hate to sound biased but nice win for Adrianna!! She earned that one!!

Miranda Augustino: Those Super Bitch Squad girls are pretty sneaky but it looks like Addy had some backup of her own whether she knew it or not!

As Adrianna sits up to catch her breath, Emelie Sanclemente gets into the ring and goes to her friend’s side. Realizing it was her who showed up to help, Adrianna just smiles adoringly and hugs her with one arm. Emelie hugs her back and raises her arm excitedly, calling for the crowd to cheer for her friend’s victory! Meanwhile SBS retreats with Yuka helping the blinded, crying Kayako walk while Kaede frantically checks her face in the mirror for bruising. Masami just holds her ribs and neck, glaring up at the ring as the four retreat like beaten wolves.

Result: Pinfall

The scene comes up on a backstage studio. Sela-Rica Lark sits on a stool simply staring at the camera with an unreadable expression.

Sela: The Invasion comes. And this time there is a United States champion who comes to defend her title against the Invasion of a Japanese would-be conqueror. This once great Empress thought she could best a Queen. She thought she could dig into the lair, the very throne of the Underground and claim a victory within the Queen's domain.

A smirk starts to form on Sela's face.

Sela: But the Empress surrendered in the end. Not to the Queen, no, her words spoke that much, but her body simply couldn't go on. Her body betrayed her. And the Queen claimed her prize.

Sela smiles and looks at the United States title.

Sela: Angel Kusanagi, you may believe that you could have gone on, but rewatch the footage. You were only clinging to life at that point. If that had gone on, there would be no more of you to come back and proclaim your defiance. Choose your actions carefully from here on out Yukiko. Because eventually you are going to slip. You are going to fall and open a wound you will not enjoy.

Sela's smile grows into the devious and psychotic smirk that has become her trademark.

Sela: But I will. I will enjoy it immensely as I can pin you not even three times, but I can make you fall, make you tap, and then pin you, over and over and over again until the time limit says I can no longer do so. And so long as there is time, your suffering will not end. And as you grow weaker, I will just keep moving along. You see, pain isn't my ally or my friend. It is my family. It loves me and I love it. And you, Yukiko, are not welcome in this household.

Sela cackles a bit.

Sela: Tick tock, Yukiko. Tick tock. Tick tock. Your time counts down. Mine continues to grow. The reign of the Underground Queen will survive the Invasion and my title will stay where it belongs: covered in our blood over my shoulder.

Sela cackles again as the camera slowly zooms in while the scene fades out.

Six Person Tag Team Match

Griffin Hawkins, Dennis Stowand and Marcello Vitale vs The Chaos Circus

Umi Toriyama: Tsugi no kontesuto wa 1tsu no aki ni yotei sa rete ori, raitochūbukyabindesumatchidesu! Katsu tame ni, 1-ri no kyōgi-sha wa, koko ni hyōji sa rete iru 3ttsu no kyabin no uchi, garasu-kan de kōsei sa reta 2tsu no kyabin ni taisen aite o haichi suru hitsuyō ga arimasu. Hajime ni…


"Hungry Like The Wolf" starts up as Dennis strolls out in his usual track jacket. He makes his way down with a snarky smile, ready to kill.

Umi Toriyama: Hajime ni, kara Brighton, England, Dennis Stowand!

He gets to the ring and hops in. Taking off his jacket.


The strangely nostalgic tune of “Song of Storms” (Zelda Theme Remix) begins to resonate throughout the arena. It charms the audience to pay attention as Marcello Vitale makes his presence known, casually dancing to the light-hearted intro. He sways back and forth almost as if he’s floating along the stage, but suddenly the lights go out.

Navi’s cheerful “Hello!” and the beat of the music drops instantaneously! Pyros go off from the stage, multi-colored lights shine on Marcello, and theatrical fog trails down the ramp while he makes his way towards the ring. He tags a few hands along the way before he leaps onto the apron and ascends the nearest corner, staring out towards the fans as he receives a mostly-positive response of cheers.

Umi Toriyama: Kare no pātonā, kara Florence Italy, Marcello Vitale!

With a confident smirk, he embraces the remix of his music for a moment before he runs across the top rope and perches onto the other corner. This gets a wild response while he encourages flash photography with a stylish pose. Finally, he jumps down onto the mat and readies himself for the match.

The lights turn colors from Red to Green to various other colors as "Painkiller" by Judas Priest to fill the air. Fog fills the stage, and emerging from it is none other than Griffin Hawkins!

Umi Toriyama: "Making his way to the ring...from Windsor, Ontario Canada...weighing in at 227 Pounds...put your hands together for Griffin Hawkins!!"

The crowd is cheering as he makes his way down to the ring, slapping hands with the fans as signs that read "Griffin Rox" and "Rock Soldier" are present. He soaks in the positive reaction as he walks up the steps and steps between the ropes. He gets on the turnbuckles and raises the Devil Horns in the air with both hands, pumping the crowd up.

He gets down, taking off his leather jacket before getting out of the ring. He sees a young little boy in the front row as he takes off his silver aviator shades. He places his sunglasses on the young fan who looks excited to be here, smiling as he pats him on the head. He rolls back into the ring, and kicks his feet up ropes in the corner of the ring and leans across the turnbuckle like it's a hammock, waiting for the match to begin.

“The Netherworld Circus” begins to play as the lights in the arena go out for just a moment. Then, a singular spotlight shines on the middle of the ramp and Ringmistress is seen standing there in her Zatanna inspired outfit.

Ringmistress: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, I proudly bring to you three of the most dangerous and destructive people in all of the New Frontier! They come to you from The Chaos Circus and they are, Lady Death, Tyson Law, and your next Undisputed Champion, The Riiiiiiiiiiiiingmaster!

The three of them walk out from behind the curtain, Tyson wearing his signature mask as Lady Death has a sinister smile on her face and Ringmaster kicks his walking can and tips his hat to the Ringmistress. The three of them nod in unison as they make their way down the ramp and to the ring. Once inside, Ringmaster takes off his jacket, and top hat as he gives them and his cane to Ringmistress as Tyson removes his mask and hands it off to her as well.

~DING DING DING~

Griffin and Ringmaster are in the ring for their teams as they begin to circle the ring, looking each other down. Before anything could happen though, Ringmaster just laughs and reaches out to tag in Lady Death. The newest member of the Circus came into the match and wasn’t afraid at all to go right after Griffin. She takes it right to the champion, going right on the offensive and puts Griffin on the defensive to start out the match. She gets him into the Circus corner and delivers a series of stomps before tagging in Tyson. As she did, Death back up to the adjacent corner and grinned as she looked at Tyson and the two nodded their heads. Lady Death charged in, Tyson running down the apron and the two of them delivering stereo dropkicks to the head of Griffin. Ringmistress was on the outside jumping for joy as she watched the trio work together.Tyson came in off the tag and worked over Griffin some more, picking Griffin up from the corner and delivered a beautiful tornado DDT as Ringmaster tagged himself into the match.

Ringmaster came in, picking Griffin up and taunting his teammates a little bit with a sadistic grin and laugh on his face. He picked Griffin up, looking to deliver a gutbuster, but Griffin was able to get free of the leader of the Circus and when Ringmaster turned around, he was met with a chop to the chest that echoed in the arena. Griffin followed it with a standing dropkick and tried to make it to his corner. Griffin was stopped though when Ringmaster grabbed him by the ankle, trying to pull the champion back towards his own corner, but Griffin was able to deliver a mule kick that sent Ringmaster stumbling back into his team’s corner where Lady Death made the tag. Griffin made the leap and tagged Marcello into the match. Marcello looked all sorts of fired up when he came in and was finally able to get his hands on the woman who has been practically stalking him since they both arrived on Trauma.

Marcello charges in, taking Death down with a series of clotheslines before catching her and delivering a full nelson slam to the woman before picking her up, taking her overhead with a tiger suplex. He walks over to his corner where he tags in Dennis. Dennis comes in, immediately starting to work over the leg of Lady Death. He seems relentless at this point, trying to hurt the woman and set her up for his submission. Dennis eventually found himself putting a Boston Crab on Death, but it didn’t take long for Tyson to come running in and delivering a stiff kick to the side of Dennis’ that caused him to break the submission hold. The referee backed Tyson back up, but as they were dealing with him, Ringmistress slides something into Death. It appears to be a set of brass knuckles. She looks at them, grinning as she gets back up to her feet. Dennis stands back up and when he turns around, he gets clocked right in the jaw with the brass knuckles and he drops to the mat like a sack of potatoes. Death immediately tucks the brass knuckles in her tights and hooks the leg for a cover. She only gets a two count as Marcello comes in and just delivers a stomp to the back of Death to break it up.

This causes Tyson to come back into the ring which prompts Griffin to come in as well followed by Ringmaster. The four of them begin to just brawl in the middle of the ring, the referee quickly losing control of the match now. Marcello and Griffin both end up sending the members of the Circus over the top rope and to the floor. The two men look at each other, hitting the ropes and delivering stereo dives to the two men on the floor. The crowd is going nuts now as Griffin gets back up onto the apron and urges Dennis to make the tag. Death though, refuses to let him get to his corner, trying everything she can. She tries to lift him up for a DVD, but her knee that had been worked on buckles and she drops down. Dennis takes this opportunity to deliver a kick to the temple of Death and get a two count. He finally makes it over to his corner where he tags in Griffin.

Griffin comes in, picking Lady Death up delivering a glam slam before climbing up to the top rope. Once he ascends, Marcello tags himself back into the match and Griffin launches, delivering the Stage Dive before Marcello follows it up with G.A.M.E. O.V.E.R.! He hooks the leg as Griffin watches on and gets the three count!

~DING DING DING~

Umi Toriyama: Shōsha wa kochira! Dennis Stowand...Marcello Vitale...Griffin Hawkins!

Before they can start to celebrate though, Ringmistress is in the ring, getting right up into the face of Marcello who just starts to laugh at the woman’s attempt to yell at him. As she’s yelling though, causing the distraction, Ringmaster sneaks up from behind with his cane and just breaks it across the back of Griffin who falls to his knees. Ringmistress laughs and tries to escape, but Marcello grabs her, holding her in place as the crowd cheers him on. Before he can do anything though, Tyson slithers in behind Marcello and turns him around, delivering the green mist to the face of Marcello before delivering the Shaolin Destroyer on Marcello. Ringmaster has Griffin back up to his feet and he delivers The Final Act to Griffin. Dennis tries now to come in and help his teammates out, but as soon as he’s in the ring, Ringmaster delivers a rolling forearm to the jaw before Lady Death takes him and delivers The Inevitable End! The four members of the Circus stand tall over the fallen heroes as they raise their hands and the show fades out.

Miranda Augustino: Serves them right! Costume boy shouldn’t have touched Kitten like that!

Andrew Payne: She needs to learn how to just accept a loss for her team.

Miranda Augustino: Fuck that! You don’t touch a damn manager!

Andrew Payne: Whatever, Miranda. Folks, we’ll see you next week, three days before Invasion! We’re gonna be in Kyoto! Don’t miss it! For Miranda Augustino, I’m Andrew Payne. See you guys next week!

Result: Pinfall