Day #17 - 09/23/2020!

Once again, Debby Haze and Azurine Vebbins proved to be a cohesive tag unit. On the flip side, Angel Kash and Carter Slade were showing their chemistry was even weaker as Slade slipped out of the ring before Kash could and waited on the apron. Kash stood in the ring, arguing with Slade that she still had some last minute stretching to do and he should start the match but Slade refused. Steele Matthews yelled up at Slade to do what Kash told him but Slade had some choice words on that. While all this was going on, Azurine Vebbins sprung in and went for a rollup victory but Kash managed to kick out. This started the match off in Vebbins and Haze’s favor but Kash flipped the tables with a rake to the eyes while they were locked up in the corner and went right to her dirty tricks to turn things around in her team’s favor. Just when she built up a head of steam, Slade blind tagged himself in and jumped in to take over. They ran the mat with Vebbins and Haze for a little bit but in the end, the rag tag dancing duo pulled off the W as Vebbins nailed Kash with the Sweetheart Sock Hop and got the pinfall cover.


Throughout the event, Sela Rica-Lark and Milisandre Crowthorne have proven to be a formidable unit. Meanwhile, Remi Fontaine & Layla Aishe have shown good chemistry but haven’t really been able to pick up a victory. Needless to say, both teams had a motivation to get a win here tonight. Crowthorne started things off with Aishe, systematically going to work on her limbs. She tagged out to Sela Rica-Lark who came in and put the hurt on Layla Aishe until she could get a hot tag to Remi Fontaine. The Rebel Angel came in hot and brought it right to his opponent for tomorrow’s final day of the tournament. Crowthorne tried to intercept and make it a two on one advantage but Remi acted fast and laid into her with kicks taught to him courtesy of his dear violent Auntie Xaria. Remi was on a roll and nothing was going to stop him. That much was clear as he even made several saves from pinfalls after Layla was tagged back in. In the final moments of the match, Remi and Milisandre were laying into each other just before Milisandre locked in the Grasp of Cthulhu. As she went to transition, however, the bell rang, causing her to hesitate in the middle of her switch and Remi broke free, nailing her with a vicious Pele Kick! They started to go at one another again but the referee jumped in between them. This tag match had run the 20 minute time limit and was declared a No Contest.


Emevlas Stastias couldn’t seem to make up her mind in the tag matches. Despite participating in the last tag match, she decided to do as she initially promised and sit this one out. Emevlas quite literally pulled up a chair on the stage as she said she would. This left HEIDI to start the match off for their team but her focus was on her own partner as she threw her arms out to ask what the hell was going on. Emevlas just shrugged and yelled back “what’s the point?” Unfortunately for HEIDI, the distraction cost her as Anton Crowley simply swooped in from behind and hit a high angled Backdrop Driver onto her neck. As she writhed on the floor, Crowley seemed to waiting for her to get up to hit the Morning Star but instead, he had a change of heart; grinning wickedly as he slid in and locked HEIDI up into the Kimura Lock where she tapped out almost immediately.


This tag match got pretty rough. In fact, it got a little more violent than the audience probably even anticipated it to get. Sativa Nevaeh and Angel Kusanagi started things off, set on giving their tag partners - set to compete tomorrow in a block match - a chance to stay rested. Morgan looked like she needed it most of all, granted she was coming off of not only her block match yesterday against Sela Rica-Lark, but then she had a gruelling match for Splat against Bruce McLeod. Needless to say, Morgan wasn’t looking so hot but Sativa pressed on, taking the fight to Angel and using her daredevil antics to push through the tandem double team attempts once Maki got tagged in. Asian Persuasion was just as nasty as Sativa was adaptable, however, and Darth Ganja soon found herself being worn down by their tandem offense but as she was trying to climb to her feet in her corner, Morgan went and tagged herself in. She launched herself over the ropes, dropkicking an incoming Angel as she was coming in for a cannonball senton. Morgan picked up a head of steam at first, leveling Kusanagi and Maki and tossing them all around the mat but those suplexes seemed to visibly cause problems for her as she clutched herself in pain. Bruised and bandaged up, Morgan was the next one to become a victim of a two on one but Sativa soon got back into the fight and the referee lost control of the match. He called for a DQ as Maki whalloped Morgan with a chair while Angel pressed her boot against Sativa’s throat in the corner.

The bell continued to ring while Maki rained down chair shots. As this was going on, Angel fished out a pair of handcuffs from under the ring and cuffed Sativa to the ropes before grabbing a kendo stick. The two stood over Morgan, taunting a cursing and raging Sativa as she pulled violently at the handcuffs. The crowd popped as the Kingdom members present in the arena started to hit the ring. With weapons already in hand, however, Maki and Angel were on the attempted run-ins like a pack of wolves, kicking, stomping and smashing their chair and kendo stick against the Queen’s Guard as they came running and tried to slide into the ring. Bloody Fairytale came down the ramp next with chairs of their own but Maki and Angel still pounced on them and managed to beat them back. Next came Jasmine Matthews, not even in any sort of ring gear. She just stormed down the ramp, throwing off her jacket, ready to throw down in leather pants and a cropped Behold The Kingdom t-shirt that definitely drew the attention of men and probably some women, too. Maki and Angel goaded her on, ready for her to try to come at them next but the Queen of the Kingdom stopped at the foot of the ramp...and just smirked. Neither member of Asian Persuasion was even paying attention when the crowd started getting louder and a figure jumped out of the audience and slid into the ring.

Andrew Payne: Wait a damn minute! What the HELL?!

Matt Salvatore: What the hell is--OH!!! HOLY SHIT!!!

Maki and Angel were still focused on Jasmine when all of a sudden, TREN DESCARRILADO charged in and dropped both of them with a big double clothesline! The half capacity crowd sounded three times as large as they popped for the intervention. Outside the ring, Katelyn Arnett also appeared, cheering for Tren and shouting out instructions to the man. He picked up the chair, waited and literally dented it right in the middle over the crown of Angel Kusanagi’s head. Angel hit the mat, motionless as a corpse as Tren threw the chair down. Maki was up on all fours as Tren picked her up to her feet and delivered Bullet Train To Hell RIGHT ON THE CHAIR!! Outside the ring, referees had come to restore order and Jasmine Matthews was yelling at one of them to get Sativa uncuffed while Bloody Fairytale and the Queen’s Guard pulled Morgan out of the ring.

Matt Salvatore: Andy! What the hell’s going on?! Why’s Tren out here?! What’s he doing?!

Andrew Payne: Your guess is as good as mine, Matt! I’m not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth, though! I’m glad he showed up when he did!

“Hate Train” by Metallica faded in over the speakers as The Kingdom, Asian Persuasion and the extra referees all retreated. All Tren had to do was pull off his entrance vest and toss it out to Katelyn as he sat cross legged, watching the ramp just...waiting for his scheduled tag match to start.


As Tren waited in the ring, Minoru made his entrance in another of his finest suits. He made the “money money” gesture to Tren as he circled around the ring to the commentary table. As Minoru puts his headset on, Cass Baumer and Dona Rotten came to the ring together but as they were hyping to the crowd, Tren sprung into action. He attacked Dona Rotten, hurriedly throwing her out of the ring then went right for Cass Baumer, signaling the official start of the match. Tren’s goals were pretty clear as everyone knew he wanted to earn a shot at the Silver Mountain Championship - currently held by Cass Baumer. Cass brought the fight right back to him but Congenital Analgesia is a bitch when your opponent has it. Minoru sat back in the chair, cheering Tren on, laughing and clapping. Meanwhile, Dona Rotten made it back up onto the apron and called for Cass to come over and tag her in but Tren was doing everything to keep her away from the corner until she managed a hot tag out. Dona came in, throwing all her weight into her offense to take Tren off his feet but at the very most, he was simply tired from tangling with Cass. He brought the fight back to Dona Rotten but something peculiar happened as Tren got her into an armbar and Dona immediately tapped the mat to signal a submission. The ref called for the bell and it took a minute for Tren to realize what had happened as Dona rolled out of the ring with a grin across her face, tapping her forehead. When it clicked in Tren’s head the man threw an absolute fit of rage as Dona grabbed the Silver Mountain Championship and handed it to Cass. It took Katelyn Arnett and the referee to calm Tren down and keep him from going after Dona and Cass as Minoru cautiously stepped up to pay him his final $1,500.00.


First match of A Block’s final day. Runa Olsen had yet to pick up a win while Lluvia Cane had been seeing some moderate success in the tournament. Both ladies were looking to put on one last spectacle to kick the second to last day of the tournament off and so it began. Cane and Olsen met with a lockup and jarred for position, putting their technical training up against each other. Olsen proved she still had motivation to fight her heart out to pick up a win but Lluvia Cane was looking to walk out of this tournament with as dominant a record as possible. Things picked up in the match and offense started trading off but it was the Cherokee Princess who nailed Runa Olsen right on the money with Angelic Rebellion and made the cover to walk out of A Block with the win in her last match and a total of 12 points!


This was another highly anticipated matchup; the Guillotine versus the Juke Box Hero. Baker came out of the gate like a steam engine on nitrous, trying to get an early advantage by using his speed and power against Hawkins. Hawkins countered back with a display of his own resiliency and agility. Once he picked up a head of steam, himself, Hawkins proved to be a little much for the Guillotine to handle. With the Rock Soldier coming at Baker from all directions, he was able to hit a lot of his signature high spots - hurricanranas, moonsaults, suicide dives, sling blades, lionsaults, among others. Baker came back with more of his power game, at one point delivering 1789 to Hawkins right out of the air from a springboard forearm attempt. He worked Hawkins over more with a nasty onslaught of suplexes and stiff strikes but Hawkins kept getting that second, third, fourth wind. It took not one, not two, but three brutal executions of Clean The Blade before Baker went for a pinfall but Hawkins somehow got his foot on the ropes! It all boiled down to the Guillotine having to administer a Necessary Evil, going for the submission victory and finally getting it once Griffin realized Baker wasn’t going to let up until he broke something and the Juke Box Hero opted to live to fight another day. This left Baker with a total of 10 for the tournament and Hawkins with 6. Neither man having a score anyone should scoff at.


There really was no way to expect this one to play out. This was set to be a fucking war from the moment these two were announced to be in the same block. Jansen Myrrh had the clear size advantage over Layla Diaz but one half of the NFW Tag Team Champions had wrestled most of this tournament against bigger, stronger individuals. This was no different and the two came out at the sound of the bell looking to really do some damage. A trade off of right hands quickly spilled out to ringside and turned into a brawl in front of the crowd. The referee warned Jed Coffey and Leah Aguero to keep back. Leah held her hands up, assuring Yumi Akiyama that she was backing off. Jed Coffey was just chilling. Even without help, Layla Diaz proved to be a handful and a royal pain in the ass for the Anti-Villain as she used some dirty play to keep from being overwhelmed by Jansen Myrrh’s strength. Thumbs to the eyes and throat, choking with wires that had the ref start warning her about disqualification. The most insulting thing Diaz did was probably when she grabbed Matt Salvatore’s water bottle, poured a swig into her mouth and misted Jansen in the face with it before dunking the rest over her head. She finally got back in the ring herself, intent on just taking a countout victory but Myrrh made it back into the ring at about 17 and the fight continued. Diaz was waiting, ready to hit a top rope hurricanrana but she came off the ropes, landed on Myrrh’s shoulders and as she went for the roll, Myrrh powered her back up - Diaz realizing her predicament and making that telltale wrestling “oh shit” face - and drove her down with a devastating powerbomb! Jansen Myrrh looked downright wild and malicious now with soaked hair and her eyeliner running down her face in black streaks. She got control of the match back in her corner, working on the dazed Diaz with her power moves and stiff brawling shots again but Diaz had the heart of a true luchadore and refused to just lie there for the L. Even after the High Back Suplex trio and a Lariat From Hell, Diaz kicked out and fired back with her own shots, eventually catching Myrrh off guard with the CT-Knee! As she went for the Southside Cutta, however, Jansen reached around and raked the eyes, spun Diaz around and lifted her up to deliver the Myrrh-Driver. Diaz wiggled free and fired up with another CT-Knee that rocked Myrrh back more. Diaz paused to rub at her eyes, making sure she could see before she ran in and went for the Southside Cutta again. As she turned her back for the setup, however, Myrrh dropped down and rolled DIaz up into a very tight schoolboy rollup. When she saw that the ref was in prime position, she reached out and grabbed onto the bottom rope for leverage. Jed Coffey and Leah Aguero saw it and hurried around the ring to break the hold but the referee counted three before they made it over and Jansen got the victory. Final score for these ladies: 10 to Diaz. 6 to Myrrh.


This match started out with a little bit of comedy as Super Tiger offered out a handshake to start things off. Ronnie accepted it, alright, but he did so in the manner of chivalrously kissing the back of the Joshi’s hand and giving her a flirtatious wink. Fans laughed as Super Tiger, more than likely blushing under her mask, danced backwards and pointed at Ronnie almost scoldingly. “No no no! Bad Ronnie!” But bad could be good, right? Ronnie seemed to think so as he motioned to the total package of his physique and gyrated his hips. Super Tiger squealed, spun around and covered her eyes and that’s when Ronnie ran in and went for a quick rollup. He actually almost got that three count but Super Tiger kicked out and jumped up to her feet, yelling about how he had his hand on her butt! Ronnie just gave a “I Regret Nothing” shrug and Super Tiger demanded they just start getting the match underway. They locked up and Ronnie continued with his salacious antics but also used his advantage of physical strength over the much smaller Super Tiger but the little joshi had the heart of...well...a tiger! She kept coming back, refusing to stay down until she had given it her all and then some! That’s just what she did, but rather than being made to stay down, she managed to lock Ronnie North into the Tiger Tamer right in the center of the ring. Ronnie used his strength to pull and claw his way towards the ropes, dragging Super Tiger with him. She just kept wrenching back on that calf as hard as she could, even letting out a high pitched (even rather adorable) guttural scream of exertion as she looked to be damn near pulling Ronnie’s leg off. That was all she wrote as Ronnie’s fingers made it just inches - no, centimeters - from the ropes before he couldn’t take anymore and tapped away on the mat! Super Tiger wins this one with 17 points, leaving Ronnie North with just his 1 for the entire tournament!

Andrew Payne: Oh my god, that’s it, Matt! Super Tiger comes out of A Block with 17 points! 8 wins and a draw!

Matt Salvatore: And the opponent she drew against is 15 points in! Damon Cross! If he wins his last match, they remain tied! What the hell happens then?!

Andrew Payne: I...I don’t know! We’re about to find out, possibly, because it’s our last match of A Block next! Damon Cross takes on Jenn Drew in our main event!


The final match of A Block had begun! Jenn Drew knew she was mathematically eliminated, at this point, from possibly winning the big one but she could still cause an upset. Damon Cross had been on an absolute tear in the block and knew all he needed was one more win to more or less seal the deal for his victory. The Black Samurai came in with a purpose, locking up with Jenn Drew but Drew acted smart and lured him into backing her up against the ropes. The referee called for a break. Cross broke clean but Jenn booped him right in the eye, garnering boos from the crowd and a chiding from the ref as she went on the offensive, throwing forearms and kicks, mainly focusing on his knees. Drew came in, nailing Cross with a basement dropkick and began hitting her aerial moves off the ropes; springboard leg drops, moonsaults, etc. Damon Cross came back with his technical expertise, however, hitting all kinds of suplexes and DDTs, including his tribute to Eric Donovan with the DRAGONFIRE!!! He went to follow up with the WHITE THUNDER BOMB but Jenn Drew countered in a big way with CUTTING THE STRINGS!! She went to finish him off with THE CURTAIN CALL but Damon got the knees up right into her back before reaching right up and keeping her on top of him as he locked in FATHER’S SIN!!! Jenn struggled and struggled and it looked like she was beginning to fade until at the last second, her hand dropped and fell on the ropes. The ref had to call for the break. Damon Cross shook his head in frustration but Jenn Drew looked out so he dragged her from the ropes and went for the cover but only got a 2.9 as Jenn’s shoulder shot up! Damon shot up onto his knees, running his hands over his hair, growing more frustrated. Filled with disbelief. He picked Jenn up and set her up for BLACK CRUCIFIXION but as he went to bounce her legs off of the ropes, Jenn actually wrapped her feet around the top one, halting the move and Cross had to set her down. He pulled her up by her hair again and Jenn Drew shot up to her feet, slamming her head right in under Cross’ jaw, dazing him. While he was staggered, Jenn sprang off of the ropes and right at him, catching him with FINAL ACT!!!! She shot right up onto her knees, feeling the energy from the crowd even if they were just roaring from the shock and still booing her. She climbed to the top rope and wasted little time, diving off to deliver a second CURTAIN CALL!!! This time she landed it right on the mark and hooked the leg, hugging onto it as she rolled her weight back across Damon Cross’ upper body. 1…...2…….3!!!!!

Matt Salvatore: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

Andrew Payne: I DON’T BELIEVE MY EYES, MATT!!!!

Matt Salvatore: IT’S OVER!!!! THIS ONE IS ALL OVER AND JENN DREW HAS WON! She….she...oh wow.

Andrew Payne: Jenn Drew finished this match with that Curtain Call, 630 Corkscrew Senton and it is now a Curtain Call on A Block. She finishes this Block with 12 points. That leaves Damon Cross with 15.

Matt Salvatore: Andy, I’m still stunned at that outcome. You know what that means, don’t you?

Andrew Payne: Yes, I do, Matt. And Roger Arden’s about to announce it to these fans right now!

As Jenn Drew celebrated in the ring and Damon Cross stood back in the corner trying to grasp what happened, perhaps wondering where he slipped, Commissioner Steven Brody walked down to the ring, accompanied by Super Tiger. Still wearing her mask and gear of course but with one of her t-shirts over it.

Roger Arden: Ladies and gentlemen! With a total of eight wins, one draw and zero losses and a total accumulation of seventeen points! Your 2020 Vlad Blackheart Memorial A Block Champion! SUPEEEEEEERRRR TIIIIIIIIIGEEEEEEEEERRRRR!!!!!!

Inside the ring, Jessica Clarkson stands with a velvet pillow which Steven Brody picks up a golden medal on a green and black ribbon. He places it ceremoniously around Super Tiger’s neck and shakes her hand. He even returns the hug the little joshi jumps into him with. Steven Brody and Super Tiger both take a moment to pay respects to Damon Cross. Brody shakes his hand firmly and gives him a hearty hug before stepping aside to allow Super Tiger do the same. Afterwards, both Steven Brody and Damon Cross leave the ring, giving a teary eyed Super Tiger her moment as she raises her fists to the adoring fans. That concludes A Block, and we fade out to the credits.