Post by PWXonline on Aug 27, 2012 13:42:30 GMT -5
BEFORE THE BELL
The scene fades into the lockeroom area. We see a sign that says Kirsta Lewis on it, and Darrell Hayes walking up to it.
Hayes: Kirsta, it's time to head to the ring. Is he ready?
Kirsta: He sure is!
Kirsta opens the door, and quickly shuts it.
Kirsta: Let's do it....
Hayes: Does this make up for last week?
[Kirsta smirks]
Kirsta: Between this, and the main event tonight being for the Hybrid Title.....it's a start...
The two head to the ring, as we fade into the opening video.
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Previously on PWX Adrenaline!
[Footage of the crowd reaction during the opening is shown.]
John Pariah welcomed fans to the Season Premiere of PWX, but was unceremonially interrupted by John Ojeda
[Footage of Ojeda and Pariah's confrontation]
Their war turned physical, when Pariah saved Darin Zion from a beating at the hands of the self proclaimed World Champion
[Footage from Zion vs Ojeda is shown, with Pariah running Ojeda out of the ring-and holding the World Championship up high.]
Also, new faces made their presence felt.
[Footage from Jacob Rollins segment is shown, as well as Aries pinning Victor Jace]
What will happen tonight, at PWX Adrenaline: AMERICAN DREAM!
[We fade into the opening video package]
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A Main Attraction
The opening pyro goes off, as we pan around the ring. Suddenly, "I Get Off" hits the PA System, and Kirsta Lewis steps out onto the stage-along with the PWX Network Executive, Darrell Hayes. The crowd boos as the two head down the ramp. Hayes helps Lewis into the ring. The music fades as Hayes grabs a mic from a stagehand.
Hayes: Ladies and Gentlemen...please show your love for the next Hybrid Champion...Kirsta Lewis!
[He points to her, and the fans begin to boo.]
Hayes: Last week on Twitter, I promised to give you a special...attraction tonight at Adrenaline! Well, that special attraction needs NO introduction. He is a man who has a very deep history with this company. He is a man who has done just about everything in this business, and the man who will face John Pariah-NEXT WEEK on this very program, just to even the odds as we move closer to New Frontiers. Ladies and Gentlemen...I give you.....
[The lights in the arena go out and the crowd lets out a scream, as the pronounced whisper kicks off Eminem’s “Almost Famous” – “I can almost taste it…” Spotlights start circling the arena as the opening chorus kicks in. The video screen lights up and starts cutting around to different landmarks in the San Francisco Bay Area in black and white aerial footage – the Golden Gate Bridge…Alcatraz...Coit Tower…Lombard St…and as the chorus winds down…the screen, and the arena, once again go completely dark for a couple of seconds, before a bright explosion of pyros around the stage kick in the first verse of the song, and the screen lights up again with four letters appearing one at a time.]
“B…O…Y…D”
Ricky Cravate: NO WAY!!!
Chris Caudill: Is this a joke? I thought this guy was dead. Nobody’s seen or heard anything from him for a few years!
[The crowd lets out an enormous pop as video clips of past matches of “The Main Attraction” Tyler Boyd take over the video screen, and they get even louder when he steps out onto the stage through the smoke left by the pyros. He pauses for a few seconds, looks around the arena with his h, and then just as he heads down the ring, more pyros go off on the ends of the stage and the lights come up in the arena. Kirsta is in the ring beaming as Tyler Boyd, dressed in a pair of dark blue loose fitting Sean John jeans and an untucked white button down shirt with the sleeves rolled half way up the forearms and top few buttons undone. For the first time ever, he’s got facial hair – a scruffy beard and mustache, and seems to be walking with a bit of a different swagger than what fans may remember.]
Ricky Cravate: It’s no joke! “The Main Attraction” Tyler Boyd is here at Adrenaline tonight in the flesh!
Chris Caudill: Hayes promised a big “attraction” on Twitter last week – WOW has he delivered!
Ricky: I had heard rumors that Pariah had made attempts to bring Boyd out of “retirement” or whatever he’s been doing the past few years, and they just couldn’t come to terms on anything. But now, here he is…being brought out by Darrell Hayes!
[Boyd’s in the ring now, being greeted by Kirsta with her tongue down his throat. After their lips finally separate, he looks around the entire arena with a curious look. He takes the microphone from Hayes, and the music dies down.]
Crowd: WELCOME BACK!!! WELCOME BACK!!! WELCOME BACK!!!
Chris Caudill: He did it! He did something that’s made the fans happy! Imagine that…
[Boyd holds his hand up to calm the crowd down. They finally get to a level he can at least talk over.]
Boyd: Calm down, calm down…I know Pariah’s got a brilliant show lined up for us tonight and all that jazz…so I won’t hijack the opening of the show tonight for too long…
[The sarcasm in his voice was not lost on the crowd, who quickly loses some of their enthusiasm of having one of the former faces of PWX back in the mix. Boyd’s got a bit of an evil gleam in his eye, as he scans the crowd almost as if he’s wondering who]
Boyd: Pariah reached out to me not too long ago, wondering what my interest would be in coming back to PWX if it were to re-open. We threw some numbers around, but ultimately…I declined. Made him think it was about the money, when quite frankly, while I may not be as well off as I once was…I’m also not nearly as money driven as I once was, either. You see, I knew that under John Pariah’s rule in PWX, it would be the same crap as every time before. When it comes time for title shots…”The Main Attraction” gets passed up. Well that’s not happening again…I didn’t sign my PWX contract on John Pariah’s terms.
[He pauses and looks right into the camera as the crowd is really rumbling.]
Boyd: I signed it on MY terms! And my terms started with one very simple, simple item. And that’s next week…Adrenaline 3…you’re going to see “The Main Attraction” Tyler Boyd officially return to active competition…when I step into the ring against JOHN PARIAH!
[The crowd lets out a gigantic pop, as Boyd stands smugly in the ring, with Kirsta Lewis sliding in under his free arm and wrapping her arm around his lower back.]
Boyd: Cheer all you want for your precious “Savior.” But next week, the only thing he needs to be worried about saving is his own damn ass!
Ricky Cravate: That Hell in a Cell match was voted Match of the Year by a landslide! Boyd and Pariah were over 40 feet in the air at one point when that giant cage raised up with them on top, and it didn’t slow either of them down!
Boyd: You see, I know you better than you think I do, John. I know the whole “not competing for my own company’s biggest prize” line you’ve toted all these years is a load of crap. The truth is…you’re scared.
Ricky Cravate: Now wait a minute…
[Another chorus of boos fill the arena, as the former Hybrid and Tag Team Champion just laughs to himself before continuing.]
Boyd: In fact, you’ve ALWAYS been scared, John. Scared of not being able to live up to the biggest prize in your own damn company. You feared Michael Norcia…and I don’t mean the one who showed up last week…
[Boyd slowly turns and looks at Hayes with a raised eyebrow, which gets a bit of a laugh from the crowd despite their sudden disdain for one of the most popular competitors in PWX history.]
Boyd: You feared guys like Dazz…Dylan Greenwood…Corey Gein. But above all else, John…you fear ME! In fact, you fear me so strongly – especially after that brutal night one November in which you and I LITERALLY achieved new heights in the wrestling business…you knew that I was a bigger star than you could ever be, and you did nothing but hold me down. You wouldn’t let me sniff that title…trying to sell me that line of trash about how the Hybrid Title is probably the more important title…blah blah freaking BLAH!
Chris Caudill: You know, what he’s saying actually makes a bit of sense.
Ricky Cravate: That’s absurd. Pariah NEVER held Boyd down!
Boyd: Don’t mistake me…I’m proud of what I did as the Hybrid Champion here. But that title was supposed to be a stepping stone….one that Pariah could never let me get past because of his own fragile ego. He KNEW that the day I became PWX Champion, I would officially become the face of the company, and he couldn’t stand that one bit. But now, we’ve got a whole new ballgame, wouldn’t you say?
Ricky Cravate: Well he’s right about that…we definitely have a new ballgame here in PWX – and Darrell Hayes just threw a nasty curveball to the boss!
[Boyd gives a smug little laugh as the crowd continues to let him know just what they think of his verbal attack on the head of PWX.]
Chris Caudill: The landscape of PWX has definitely just drastically changed – and this is only our second week back!
Boyd: Pariah…If by some damn miracle you happen to take that PWX Championship from Ojeda at New Frontiers…I know this beautiful lady beside me wants that belt too…but rest assured she’s not the only one of us standing in this ring who will be gunning straight for you. Besides, she’ll be far too busy defending the Hybrid Title that she’s going to win tonight in that Elimination match.
[Kirsta nods confidently as more boos pour from the ever-increasing hostility filled crowd.]
Boyd: See you next week, Johnny-boy.
[Boyd tosses the mic out of the ring in the direction of the timekeeper’s table, causing a crew member to scramble to catch it as his music hits again. He and Hayes shake hands, he gives Kirsta a kiss, and the three of them head out of the ring. The crowd continues to berate them, which they seemingly ignore without a care.]
Ricky Cravate: What a bombshell dropped…well, really TWO bombshells! Tyler Boyd is back in Pro Wrestling X…and one week from tonight….HE FACES JOHN PARIAH! What a way to kick off the show!
Chris Caudill: Say what you want about Boyd’s new attitude…Hayes definitely took a step in proving himself in bringing “The Main Attraction” back to PWX!
Ricky Cravate: Step? More like a leap! And now the boss has more than just Ojeda to worry about!
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Chaos vs Jamal Young
[The match kicked off with a bang, and Jamal Young's music didn't even finish before he hit the ring with a trash can full of weapons in tow. There was no tie up, just fists flying in the opening. Jamal Young took over early and broke a keyboard over Chaos' head. A cookie sheet and a toaster came after that and left Chaos bleeding. Near the halfway mark, Chaos began a big comeback and was starting to get the upper hand. He managed to brawl out into the crowd with Young, and wrap a steel chair around his head; leaving blood pouring out of a wound on the top of Young's head. Chaos was circling in to finish off Jamal Young when Jason Aries ran out and distracted Chaos in the process of the battle. With his attention turned, Jamal Young was able to grab a guitar from his bag of goodies. He starts to taunt to the crowd by playing the guitar, and when Chaos turns around; he's layed out of the guitar in the center of the ring. Jamal Young goes for the cover.]
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Winner: Jamal Young via Pinfall @ 7:47
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Pipe Dreams?
[The Outroduction hits from Thousand Foot Krutch and a matrix like background shows on the screen. The crowd goes nuts as a countdown to five hits. The crowd starts to count backwards from 5.]
5...
4...
3....
2....
1...
"The End Is Where We Begin."
[Explosions around the screen happen and blue and silver lights start to hit around the arena as "Human" by Manafest starts at the chorus line. The crowd erupts and Darin Zion immediately rush out from behind the curtain. He immediately throws both his hands out with the love symbol and starts slapping hands with the crowd.]
"Cause I wear my heart on my sleeve
If you cut me I’ll bleed
I know I cannot erase
Every mistake that I’ve made
I never said I was an angel, no
I never said I wouldn’t break down
But life keeps on moving
By now you should know
I’m only human!!!!"
[Darin immediately stops at the entrance ramp, jumps down and kneels before giving the sign of the cross. He immediately leaps up to more pyro and he starts running into the ring. He rushes over to the ring ropes and climbs the second rope and extends his hands out, jumps on the ring ropes and sticks his tongue out. He smiles as he awaits someone to hand him the microphone.]
Ricky - Once again, Darin Zion graces us with his presence on TV, wonder what he will have to say.
Chris - Yeah, this guy can be curious sometimes.
Ricky - That was sarcasm at it's best.
[Darin pulls the microphone up to his face. He looks quite pissed off, almost determined. He paces back and forth as he speaks.]
Darin Zion - Last week I proved why I should hold the PWX Championship.
Crowd - "Ojeda sucks! Ojeda sucks! Ojeda sucks!"
Other Half - "His mother's cock! His mother's cock! His mother's cock!"
[Zion start to laugh as he speak. You can tell the crowd pops intrigue him. He then motions towards the PWX titantron. On it, it plays the footage of Ojeda attacking Zion with a lead pipe as the referee rings the bell. The camera then pans back out to Zion, who shakes his head at it.]
Darin Zion - The way I see it; Ojeda is afraid that I'll get the upset victory over him. He didn't want to face the embarrassment of PWX's 'joke' and actually lose and HAVE TO DEFEND HIS TITLE after the last two years of not having to do a damn thing to keep his belt. But as you can see on the back of my new T-Shirt, I started a movement last week.
Crowd - Ojeda is a coward! *clap clap clap clap clap* Ojeda is a coward *clap clap clap clap clap*
[You hear a big sigh come over the background. It's Ricky's. Darin starts to chant with the crowd away from the microphone for a bit. He starts to clap and he smiles. On PWX's titantron, we see a picture of Twitter come up and the camera comes back onto focus on Darin.]
Darin Zion - Yeah, apparently the masses have read Twitter this week and caught one of the PWX fans' favorite trends this week. So apparently John Pariah 'unofficially' named me one of PWX's social ambassadors. Only because he happened to actually trend some of my phrases this week. But for Mr. Pariah, I give him some fuel in his feud with Ojeda. After all, Darin Zion is always better than Ojeda....
[Zion raises the microphone and the crowd starts to chant with him.]
Darin and Crowd: AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT!
[The crowd roars as Zion takes it in for a moment. ]
Ricky - I cannot believe he's doing this. Seriously, he's making a bigger joke of PWX than he did the last time.
Chris - I don't know, Twitter has brought PWX....DELIEVERENCE!
Darin Zion - So, this week's official phrase for PWX is...
[The drum roll tone hits the PA system. Darin Zion then starts to spin his hands energetically as the phrase pops on the screen to some loud pops: #GrowsSomeBallsOjeda.]
Darin Zion - GROW SOME BALLS, OJEDA! Because if you have to hide behind a lead pipe, you obviously need to grow some balls. I don't like hiding behind foreign objects when I'm in a fight, and no man should. So Ojeda, why don't you come out here right now, and let's finish what we started last week. Because you know that I could totally...
Ricky - SUCK ASS!
[Ricky's voice immediately booms over the PA system to an enormous tone of boos. The camera focuses on RIcky and he looks irate. He immediately walks in front of the announcer's table. He purposely stops outside the ring as Zion starts to look irate, almost as if he wants to tear Ricky's head off.]
Ricky - Seriously, Zion! Why would Ojeda want to give you the time of day again. You obviously failed last week because I know and this crowd here in Indiana knows that Ojeda only brought that lead pipe in to end your career. He obliviously could tear you limb from limb with his bear hands. Just like everyone on this roster.
[Darin Zion smiles for a moment while he leans on the ropes. He motions for Ricky to pull his fat ass up in the ring while he starts to yell.]
Darin Zion - Like I said Ricky last week, if you think you can totally kick my ass, why don't you step into this ring, GROW A PAIR OF BALLS, and face me like a man. This PWX crowd would love nothing more than to see me tear your ass off and throw it into the crowd as a gift for some young fan.
Crowd - "Tear his ass off! Tear his ass off!"
[Ricky shakes his head in disappointment. He starts to laugh methodically. Almost as if it was calculated.]
Ricky - Oh Zion, you were always such a fool. I wouldn't waste my time with you. You're so pathetic you don't deserve my time. If anything, you'll kiss my ass before you step into that ring with me...EVER! So why don't you just be a good little clown and SHUT THE FUCK UP.
[Suddenly, we see Zion fall to the ground, grabbing his knee. We see Ojeda standing over his body with a lead pipe. The scene immediately goes into a replay and shows Ojeda running into the ring with a lead pipe in his hand and clobbering Zion with it in the knee. He immediately pulls of the microphone to speak.]
John "Wrath" Ojeda: Everyone has something they want to say about me. Everyone won't shut the fuck up about lil' ol' John Ojeda. Everyone has my name in their fucking mouth. Pariah, Wright, even you Zion. But what did that get you, huh bitch? All it got you was knee capped Zion. It got you your ass beat. You weren't about to beat me last week, I had you finished. And now you come out here and lie to these people about it. For shame Zion, you're supposed to be the good guy... you're not supposed to be... well... me. So how bout you lay there, and look stupid. I'd oblige you and beat you in a match again, but I already have my plate full tonight. So you enjoy the view of the lights, and I'll catch you later.
[Ojeda throws the microphone at Zion and bounces it off his head. Ojeda rolls out of the ring and heads back up the ramp as his music plays.]
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Carrying a Cross Never Looked Better
Female Voice: I’ve been waiting for this moment for years …
[The cameras focus on the back of a hooded woman looking towards multi-colored lights. Shots of a young lady hitting a superkick on several opponents in the indies.]
Female Voice: Fans of the sport have been waiting for this for several summers.
[The camera then focuses on the backside again as her right hand reaches towards the hood. This is followed by shots of a young lady performing the rolling thunder on numerous opponents.]
Female Voice: Finally, a new star has arrived that is worth the hype.
[More shots of this young lady leaping out of the ring and towards opponents. Then shots of her hitting a standing moonsault on opponents.]
Female Voice: A new star that thrives not on greed and personal wants and needs. But that of competition and the entertaining of the audiences around the world.
[The back of the lady facing the multi-colored lights grabs for the top of the hood. Finally shots of her hitting the Acid drop bulldog on opponents are shown for the whole world to see.]
Female Voice: A new star that is dedicated to her sport… A new star with a cross to bare.
[The promo ends the camera focusing on the back of the lady as she pulls down her hood and revealing long red hair.]
Female Voice: The summer of Kayla Cross is upon us.
[The camera spins around to reveal the enthusiastic face of this bright new star: Kayla Cross.]
Kayla Cross: I’ve been waiting for this moment for years.
[The screen then fades to black.]
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"Gold Dragon" Raito Shiba vs Darin Zion
[The match opens up with Zion coming in at Shiba fast and furious. Zion belts Shiba with a series of rights and lefts that leaves Shiba staggering. Zion gets the upper hand after a string of chain wrestling that ends with Zion taking over with a hammer lock. Zion whips Shiba to the corner and comes charging in for a spear. Shiba moves and Zion takes the turnbuckle to the shoulder. Shiba takes over with a series of chops and leg kicks that leaves Zion on the mat and hurting. Shiba bounds off the ropes and nails Zion with a shining wizard as he tries to get up. Shiba hooks in a knee bar, and tries to get Zion to tap, but Zion claws his way to the ropes. Shiba picks up Zion and attempts to hit him with a Michinoku Driver, but Zion slips out the back and nails Shiba with the Epic Slap when he turns around. This doesn't sit well with Shiba, and Shiba lets loose a flurry of strikes that ends with a big round house to Zion's head that drops Zion to the mat. Shiba dives for the cover.]
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[Zion kicks out!]
Ricky Cravate: Zion is coming out fired up in the early goings. He's got a point to prove after last week.
Chris Claudill: This match certainly won't go to no contest due to Pariah's interference
Ricky Cravate: But the Golden Dragon has taken the upper hand. It might end in a loss for Zion!
Chris Claudill: Knowing Darin's resilience, he can fight his way out of this.
[Shiba goes to pick Zion up, and Zion nails Shiba with a chin buster. Shiba stumbles back into the ropes, and Zion charges, nailing him with a clothesline that sends both of them to the floor. Thw two brawl around the ring, with Zion getting the better and bouncing Shiba's head off the post and rolling him back into the ring. Zion taunts to the crowd and gets them buzzing, and jumps to the top rope. Shiba tries to get up, but Zion goes flying and nails Shiba with The Rapture Leg Drop. Shiba hits the mat hard and Zion rolls him over and goes for the pin.]
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Winner: Darin Zion via Pinfall @ 8:49
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Legends Meet
[The scene fades to the backstage area, where Tyler Boyd is seen walking. He turns the corner, and is met by John Pariah.]
Pariah: Really Boyd? Really? You ignore my messages about coming back-only to let that goofball of a Network Executive bring you back in?
[Boyd just smirks silently.]
Pariah: Yeah. You are different now Tyler. You used to be cut from the same cloth as me. A wrestler. Now look at you. You're just another one of them. I'll be glad to fight you next week Tyler...but you're just going to be a step in my way, as do something you have never been able to do....
[Boyd looks serious, as Pariah smirks, and holds up the PWX World Championship he took from Ojeda last week.]
Pariah: Win the PWX World Championship.........
[Boyds smirk turns serious, as Pariah walks off, and we fade back to ringside.]
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Three Way Dance:
"The Violent Veteran" Victor Jace vs "The Sheriff" John Duke vs Michael Norcia Jr.
[The match opens up with all three men circling each other in the ring. Norcia and Duke hook up in the center of the ring and Norcia pushes Duke back into the corner and goes to work with big elbows and big chops. Jace comes charging in at Norcia, but Jace is dismissed and sent sailing over the top rope. Jace lands hard on the outside and goes down. Duke is back up and comes at Norcia, nailing him with a chop block to the back of the knee. Norcia goes down from the chop block and Duke goes to work. Duck locks in a head lock, and chain wrestles into a side head lock. Norcia gets up and whips Duke to the ropes. Duke comes in for a clothesline but it's ducked, Norcia bends for a backdrop, but is kicked for his efforts. Duke runs at Norcia, but Jace has slide in the ring. Jace chases after Duke, and Duke ducks the clothesline. Jace continues the chase, but is cut off with a big boot to his face that lays him flat in the middle of the ring.]
Ricky Cravate: Michael James Norcia is impressing in the early goings on.
Chris Claudill: So has John Duke. They both look to have bright PWX futures.
Ricky Cravate: Victor Jace however, is looking about as bad as it gets in the way of work in the ring.
Chris Claudill: That is surprising. Victor Jace had a bright future, but he's thrown that all away.
[Duke picks up Jace, and shoots him into the ropes-dropping him with a hard side slam. He goes for a cover, but Norcia breaks up the pin. Duke and Norcia begin to exchange blows, as Duke goes for a lariat, and Norcia ducks it-dorpping him with a hard uranage slam. He hooks the leg for a cover:
ONE!
TWO!
TH--KICKOUT!!
Duke kicks out, Norcia grabs him by the head-and throws him through the ropes. Jace comes up and tries to roll up Norcia, but Norcia rolls through and kicks Jace in the head. He quickly goes for a cover on the Violent Veteran:
ONE!
TWO!!!
THREE!!!!!!
The bell rings as Michael James Norcia rolls to the floor, and the ref holds up his arm. We fade to black.]
WINNER: Michael James Norcia
The scene fades into the lockeroom area. We see a sign that says Kirsta Lewis on it, and Darrell Hayes walking up to it.
Hayes: Kirsta, it's time to head to the ring. Is he ready?
Kirsta: He sure is!
Kirsta opens the door, and quickly shuts it.
Kirsta: Let's do it....
Hayes: Does this make up for last week?
[Kirsta smirks]
Kirsta: Between this, and the main event tonight being for the Hybrid Title.....it's a start...
The two head to the ring, as we fade into the opening video.
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Previously on PWX Adrenaline!
[Footage of the crowd reaction during the opening is shown.]
John Pariah welcomed fans to the Season Premiere of PWX, but was unceremonially interrupted by John Ojeda
[Footage of Ojeda and Pariah's confrontation]
Their war turned physical, when Pariah saved Darin Zion from a beating at the hands of the self proclaimed World Champion
[Footage from Zion vs Ojeda is shown, with Pariah running Ojeda out of the ring-and holding the World Championship up high.]
Also, new faces made their presence felt.
[Footage from Jacob Rollins segment is shown, as well as Aries pinning Victor Jace]
What will happen tonight, at PWX Adrenaline: AMERICAN DREAM!
[We fade into the opening video package]
INSERT YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE
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A Main Attraction
The opening pyro goes off, as we pan around the ring. Suddenly, "I Get Off" hits the PA System, and Kirsta Lewis steps out onto the stage-along with the PWX Network Executive, Darrell Hayes. The crowd boos as the two head down the ramp. Hayes helps Lewis into the ring. The music fades as Hayes grabs a mic from a stagehand.
Hayes: Ladies and Gentlemen...please show your love for the next Hybrid Champion...Kirsta Lewis!
[He points to her, and the fans begin to boo.]
Hayes: Last week on Twitter, I promised to give you a special...attraction tonight at Adrenaline! Well, that special attraction needs NO introduction. He is a man who has a very deep history with this company. He is a man who has done just about everything in this business, and the man who will face John Pariah-NEXT WEEK on this very program, just to even the odds as we move closer to New Frontiers. Ladies and Gentlemen...I give you.....
[The lights in the arena go out and the crowd lets out a scream, as the pronounced whisper kicks off Eminem’s “Almost Famous” – “I can almost taste it…” Spotlights start circling the arena as the opening chorus kicks in. The video screen lights up and starts cutting around to different landmarks in the San Francisco Bay Area in black and white aerial footage – the Golden Gate Bridge…Alcatraz...Coit Tower…Lombard St…and as the chorus winds down…the screen, and the arena, once again go completely dark for a couple of seconds, before a bright explosion of pyros around the stage kick in the first verse of the song, and the screen lights up again with four letters appearing one at a time.]
“B…O…Y…D”
Ricky Cravate: NO WAY!!!
Chris Caudill: Is this a joke? I thought this guy was dead. Nobody’s seen or heard anything from him for a few years!
[The crowd lets out an enormous pop as video clips of past matches of “The Main Attraction” Tyler Boyd take over the video screen, and they get even louder when he steps out onto the stage through the smoke left by the pyros. He pauses for a few seconds, looks around the arena with his h, and then just as he heads down the ring, more pyros go off on the ends of the stage and the lights come up in the arena. Kirsta is in the ring beaming as Tyler Boyd, dressed in a pair of dark blue loose fitting Sean John jeans and an untucked white button down shirt with the sleeves rolled half way up the forearms and top few buttons undone. For the first time ever, he’s got facial hair – a scruffy beard and mustache, and seems to be walking with a bit of a different swagger than what fans may remember.]
Ricky Cravate: It’s no joke! “The Main Attraction” Tyler Boyd is here at Adrenaline tonight in the flesh!
Chris Caudill: Hayes promised a big “attraction” on Twitter last week – WOW has he delivered!
Ricky: I had heard rumors that Pariah had made attempts to bring Boyd out of “retirement” or whatever he’s been doing the past few years, and they just couldn’t come to terms on anything. But now, here he is…being brought out by Darrell Hayes!
[Boyd’s in the ring now, being greeted by Kirsta with her tongue down his throat. After their lips finally separate, he looks around the entire arena with a curious look. He takes the microphone from Hayes, and the music dies down.]
Crowd: WELCOME BACK!!! WELCOME BACK!!! WELCOME BACK!!!
Chris Caudill: He did it! He did something that’s made the fans happy! Imagine that…
[Boyd holds his hand up to calm the crowd down. They finally get to a level he can at least talk over.]
Boyd: Calm down, calm down…I know Pariah’s got a brilliant show lined up for us tonight and all that jazz…so I won’t hijack the opening of the show tonight for too long…
[The sarcasm in his voice was not lost on the crowd, who quickly loses some of their enthusiasm of having one of the former faces of PWX back in the mix. Boyd’s got a bit of an evil gleam in his eye, as he scans the crowd almost as if he’s wondering who]
Boyd: Pariah reached out to me not too long ago, wondering what my interest would be in coming back to PWX if it were to re-open. We threw some numbers around, but ultimately…I declined. Made him think it was about the money, when quite frankly, while I may not be as well off as I once was…I’m also not nearly as money driven as I once was, either. You see, I knew that under John Pariah’s rule in PWX, it would be the same crap as every time before. When it comes time for title shots…”The Main Attraction” gets passed up. Well that’s not happening again…I didn’t sign my PWX contract on John Pariah’s terms.
[He pauses and looks right into the camera as the crowd is really rumbling.]
Boyd: I signed it on MY terms! And my terms started with one very simple, simple item. And that’s next week…Adrenaline 3…you’re going to see “The Main Attraction” Tyler Boyd officially return to active competition…when I step into the ring against JOHN PARIAH!
[The crowd lets out a gigantic pop, as Boyd stands smugly in the ring, with Kirsta Lewis sliding in under his free arm and wrapping her arm around his lower back.]
Boyd: Cheer all you want for your precious “Savior.” But next week, the only thing he needs to be worried about saving is his own damn ass!
Ricky Cravate: That Hell in a Cell match was voted Match of the Year by a landslide! Boyd and Pariah were over 40 feet in the air at one point when that giant cage raised up with them on top, and it didn’t slow either of them down!
Boyd: You see, I know you better than you think I do, John. I know the whole “not competing for my own company’s biggest prize” line you’ve toted all these years is a load of crap. The truth is…you’re scared.
Ricky Cravate: Now wait a minute…
[Another chorus of boos fill the arena, as the former Hybrid and Tag Team Champion just laughs to himself before continuing.]
Boyd: In fact, you’ve ALWAYS been scared, John. Scared of not being able to live up to the biggest prize in your own damn company. You feared Michael Norcia…and I don’t mean the one who showed up last week…
[Boyd slowly turns and looks at Hayes with a raised eyebrow, which gets a bit of a laugh from the crowd despite their sudden disdain for one of the most popular competitors in PWX history.]
Boyd: You feared guys like Dazz…Dylan Greenwood…Corey Gein. But above all else, John…you fear ME! In fact, you fear me so strongly – especially after that brutal night one November in which you and I LITERALLY achieved new heights in the wrestling business…you knew that I was a bigger star than you could ever be, and you did nothing but hold me down. You wouldn’t let me sniff that title…trying to sell me that line of trash about how the Hybrid Title is probably the more important title…blah blah freaking BLAH!
Chris Caudill: You know, what he’s saying actually makes a bit of sense.
Ricky Cravate: That’s absurd. Pariah NEVER held Boyd down!
Boyd: Don’t mistake me…I’m proud of what I did as the Hybrid Champion here. But that title was supposed to be a stepping stone….one that Pariah could never let me get past because of his own fragile ego. He KNEW that the day I became PWX Champion, I would officially become the face of the company, and he couldn’t stand that one bit. But now, we’ve got a whole new ballgame, wouldn’t you say?
Ricky Cravate: Well he’s right about that…we definitely have a new ballgame here in PWX – and Darrell Hayes just threw a nasty curveball to the boss!
[Boyd gives a smug little laugh as the crowd continues to let him know just what they think of his verbal attack on the head of PWX.]
Chris Caudill: The landscape of PWX has definitely just drastically changed – and this is only our second week back!
Boyd: Pariah…If by some damn miracle you happen to take that PWX Championship from Ojeda at New Frontiers…I know this beautiful lady beside me wants that belt too…but rest assured she’s not the only one of us standing in this ring who will be gunning straight for you. Besides, she’ll be far too busy defending the Hybrid Title that she’s going to win tonight in that Elimination match.
[Kirsta nods confidently as more boos pour from the ever-increasing hostility filled crowd.]
Boyd: See you next week, Johnny-boy.
[Boyd tosses the mic out of the ring in the direction of the timekeeper’s table, causing a crew member to scramble to catch it as his music hits again. He and Hayes shake hands, he gives Kirsta a kiss, and the three of them head out of the ring. The crowd continues to berate them, which they seemingly ignore without a care.]
Ricky Cravate: What a bombshell dropped…well, really TWO bombshells! Tyler Boyd is back in Pro Wrestling X…and one week from tonight….HE FACES JOHN PARIAH! What a way to kick off the show!
Chris Caudill: Say what you want about Boyd’s new attitude…Hayes definitely took a step in proving himself in bringing “The Main Attraction” back to PWX!
Ricky Cravate: Step? More like a leap! And now the boss has more than just Ojeda to worry about!
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Chaos vs Jamal Young
[The match kicked off with a bang, and Jamal Young's music didn't even finish before he hit the ring with a trash can full of weapons in tow. There was no tie up, just fists flying in the opening. Jamal Young took over early and broke a keyboard over Chaos' head. A cookie sheet and a toaster came after that and left Chaos bleeding. Near the halfway mark, Chaos began a big comeback and was starting to get the upper hand. He managed to brawl out into the crowd with Young, and wrap a steel chair around his head; leaving blood pouring out of a wound on the top of Young's head. Chaos was circling in to finish off Jamal Young when Jason Aries ran out and distracted Chaos in the process of the battle. With his attention turned, Jamal Young was able to grab a guitar from his bag of goodies. He starts to taunt to the crowd by playing the guitar, and when Chaos turns around; he's layed out of the guitar in the center of the ring. Jamal Young goes for the cover.]
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Winner: Jamal Young via Pinfall @ 7:47
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Pipe Dreams?
[The Outroduction hits from Thousand Foot Krutch and a matrix like background shows on the screen. The crowd goes nuts as a countdown to five hits. The crowd starts to count backwards from 5.]
5...
4...
3....
2....
1...
"The End Is Where We Begin."
[Explosions around the screen happen and blue and silver lights start to hit around the arena as "Human" by Manafest starts at the chorus line. The crowd erupts and Darin Zion immediately rush out from behind the curtain. He immediately throws both his hands out with the love symbol and starts slapping hands with the crowd.]
"Cause I wear my heart on my sleeve
If you cut me I’ll bleed
I know I cannot erase
Every mistake that I’ve made
I never said I was an angel, no
I never said I wouldn’t break down
But life keeps on moving
By now you should know
I’m only human!!!!"
[Darin immediately stops at the entrance ramp, jumps down and kneels before giving the sign of the cross. He immediately leaps up to more pyro and he starts running into the ring. He rushes over to the ring ropes and climbs the second rope and extends his hands out, jumps on the ring ropes and sticks his tongue out. He smiles as he awaits someone to hand him the microphone.]
Ricky - Once again, Darin Zion graces us with his presence on TV, wonder what he will have to say.
Chris - Yeah, this guy can be curious sometimes.
Ricky - That was sarcasm at it's best.
[Darin pulls the microphone up to his face. He looks quite pissed off, almost determined. He paces back and forth as he speaks.]
Darin Zion - Last week I proved why I should hold the PWX Championship.
Crowd - "Ojeda sucks! Ojeda sucks! Ojeda sucks!"
Other Half - "His mother's cock! His mother's cock! His mother's cock!"
[Zion start to laugh as he speak. You can tell the crowd pops intrigue him. He then motions towards the PWX titantron. On it, it plays the footage of Ojeda attacking Zion with a lead pipe as the referee rings the bell. The camera then pans back out to Zion, who shakes his head at it.]
Darin Zion - The way I see it; Ojeda is afraid that I'll get the upset victory over him. He didn't want to face the embarrassment of PWX's 'joke' and actually lose and HAVE TO DEFEND HIS TITLE after the last two years of not having to do a damn thing to keep his belt. But as you can see on the back of my new T-Shirt, I started a movement last week.
Crowd - Ojeda is a coward! *clap clap clap clap clap* Ojeda is a coward *clap clap clap clap clap*
[You hear a big sigh come over the background. It's Ricky's. Darin starts to chant with the crowd away from the microphone for a bit. He starts to clap and he smiles. On PWX's titantron, we see a picture of Twitter come up and the camera comes back onto focus on Darin.]
Darin Zion - Yeah, apparently the masses have read Twitter this week and caught one of the PWX fans' favorite trends this week. So apparently John Pariah 'unofficially' named me one of PWX's social ambassadors. Only because he happened to actually trend some of my phrases this week. But for Mr. Pariah, I give him some fuel in his feud with Ojeda. After all, Darin Zion is always better than Ojeda....
[Zion raises the microphone and the crowd starts to chant with him.]
Darin and Crowd: AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT!
[The crowd roars as Zion takes it in for a moment. ]
Ricky - I cannot believe he's doing this. Seriously, he's making a bigger joke of PWX than he did the last time.
Chris - I don't know, Twitter has brought PWX....DELIEVERENCE!
Darin Zion - So, this week's official phrase for PWX is...
[The drum roll tone hits the PA system. Darin Zion then starts to spin his hands energetically as the phrase pops on the screen to some loud pops: #GrowsSomeBallsOjeda.]
Darin Zion - GROW SOME BALLS, OJEDA! Because if you have to hide behind a lead pipe, you obviously need to grow some balls. I don't like hiding behind foreign objects when I'm in a fight, and no man should. So Ojeda, why don't you come out here right now, and let's finish what we started last week. Because you know that I could totally...
Ricky - SUCK ASS!
[Ricky's voice immediately booms over the PA system to an enormous tone of boos. The camera focuses on RIcky and he looks irate. He immediately walks in front of the announcer's table. He purposely stops outside the ring as Zion starts to look irate, almost as if he wants to tear Ricky's head off.]
Ricky - Seriously, Zion! Why would Ojeda want to give you the time of day again. You obviously failed last week because I know and this crowd here in Indiana knows that Ojeda only brought that lead pipe in to end your career. He obliviously could tear you limb from limb with his bear hands. Just like everyone on this roster.
[Darin Zion smiles for a moment while he leans on the ropes. He motions for Ricky to pull his fat ass up in the ring while he starts to yell.]
Darin Zion - Like I said Ricky last week, if you think you can totally kick my ass, why don't you step into this ring, GROW A PAIR OF BALLS, and face me like a man. This PWX crowd would love nothing more than to see me tear your ass off and throw it into the crowd as a gift for some young fan.
Crowd - "Tear his ass off! Tear his ass off!"
[Ricky shakes his head in disappointment. He starts to laugh methodically. Almost as if it was calculated.]
Ricky - Oh Zion, you were always such a fool. I wouldn't waste my time with you. You're so pathetic you don't deserve my time. If anything, you'll kiss my ass before you step into that ring with me...EVER! So why don't you just be a good little clown and SHUT THE FUCK UP.
[Suddenly, we see Zion fall to the ground, grabbing his knee. We see Ojeda standing over his body with a lead pipe. The scene immediately goes into a replay and shows Ojeda running into the ring with a lead pipe in his hand and clobbering Zion with it in the knee. He immediately pulls of the microphone to speak.]
John "Wrath" Ojeda: Everyone has something they want to say about me. Everyone won't shut the fuck up about lil' ol' John Ojeda. Everyone has my name in their fucking mouth. Pariah, Wright, even you Zion. But what did that get you, huh bitch? All it got you was knee capped Zion. It got you your ass beat. You weren't about to beat me last week, I had you finished. And now you come out here and lie to these people about it. For shame Zion, you're supposed to be the good guy... you're not supposed to be... well... me. So how bout you lay there, and look stupid. I'd oblige you and beat you in a match again, but I already have my plate full tonight. So you enjoy the view of the lights, and I'll catch you later.
[Ojeda throws the microphone at Zion and bounces it off his head. Ojeda rolls out of the ring and heads back up the ramp as his music plays.]
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Carrying a Cross Never Looked Better
Female Voice: I’ve been waiting for this moment for years …
[The cameras focus on the back of a hooded woman looking towards multi-colored lights. Shots of a young lady hitting a superkick on several opponents in the indies.]
Female Voice: Fans of the sport have been waiting for this for several summers.
[The camera then focuses on the backside again as her right hand reaches towards the hood. This is followed by shots of a young lady performing the rolling thunder on numerous opponents.]
Female Voice: Finally, a new star has arrived that is worth the hype.
[More shots of this young lady leaping out of the ring and towards opponents. Then shots of her hitting a standing moonsault on opponents.]
Female Voice: A new star that thrives not on greed and personal wants and needs. But that of competition and the entertaining of the audiences around the world.
[The back of the lady facing the multi-colored lights grabs for the top of the hood. Finally shots of her hitting the Acid drop bulldog on opponents are shown for the whole world to see.]
Female Voice: A new star that is dedicated to her sport… A new star with a cross to bare.
[The promo ends the camera focusing on the back of the lady as she pulls down her hood and revealing long red hair.]
Female Voice: The summer of Kayla Cross is upon us.
[The camera spins around to reveal the enthusiastic face of this bright new star: Kayla Cross.]
Kayla Cross: I’ve been waiting for this moment for years.
[The screen then fades to black.]
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"Gold Dragon" Raito Shiba vs Darin Zion
[The match opens up with Zion coming in at Shiba fast and furious. Zion belts Shiba with a series of rights and lefts that leaves Shiba staggering. Zion gets the upper hand after a string of chain wrestling that ends with Zion taking over with a hammer lock. Zion whips Shiba to the corner and comes charging in for a spear. Shiba moves and Zion takes the turnbuckle to the shoulder. Shiba takes over with a series of chops and leg kicks that leaves Zion on the mat and hurting. Shiba bounds off the ropes and nails Zion with a shining wizard as he tries to get up. Shiba hooks in a knee bar, and tries to get Zion to tap, but Zion claws his way to the ropes. Shiba picks up Zion and attempts to hit him with a Michinoku Driver, but Zion slips out the back and nails Shiba with the Epic Slap when he turns around. This doesn't sit well with Shiba, and Shiba lets loose a flurry of strikes that ends with a big round house to Zion's head that drops Zion to the mat. Shiba dives for the cover.]
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Ricky Cravate: Zion is coming out fired up in the early goings. He's got a point to prove after last week.
Chris Claudill: This match certainly won't go to no contest due to Pariah's interference
Ricky Cravate: But the Golden Dragon has taken the upper hand. It might end in a loss for Zion!
Chris Claudill: Knowing Darin's resilience, he can fight his way out of this.
[Shiba goes to pick Zion up, and Zion nails Shiba with a chin buster. Shiba stumbles back into the ropes, and Zion charges, nailing him with a clothesline that sends both of them to the floor. Thw two brawl around the ring, with Zion getting the better and bouncing Shiba's head off the post and rolling him back into the ring. Zion taunts to the crowd and gets them buzzing, and jumps to the top rope. Shiba tries to get up, but Zion goes flying and nails Shiba with The Rapture Leg Drop. Shiba hits the mat hard and Zion rolls him over and goes for the pin.]
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Winner: Darin Zion via Pinfall @ 8:49
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Legends Meet
[The scene fades to the backstage area, where Tyler Boyd is seen walking. He turns the corner, and is met by John Pariah.]
Pariah: Really Boyd? Really? You ignore my messages about coming back-only to let that goofball of a Network Executive bring you back in?
[Boyd just smirks silently.]
Pariah: Yeah. You are different now Tyler. You used to be cut from the same cloth as me. A wrestler. Now look at you. You're just another one of them. I'll be glad to fight you next week Tyler...but you're just going to be a step in my way, as do something you have never been able to do....
[Boyd looks serious, as Pariah smirks, and holds up the PWX World Championship he took from Ojeda last week.]
Pariah: Win the PWX World Championship.........
[Boyds smirk turns serious, as Pariah walks off, and we fade back to ringside.]
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Three Way Dance:
"The Violent Veteran" Victor Jace vs "The Sheriff" John Duke vs Michael Norcia Jr.
[The match opens up with all three men circling each other in the ring. Norcia and Duke hook up in the center of the ring and Norcia pushes Duke back into the corner and goes to work with big elbows and big chops. Jace comes charging in at Norcia, but Jace is dismissed and sent sailing over the top rope. Jace lands hard on the outside and goes down. Duke is back up and comes at Norcia, nailing him with a chop block to the back of the knee. Norcia goes down from the chop block and Duke goes to work. Duck locks in a head lock, and chain wrestles into a side head lock. Norcia gets up and whips Duke to the ropes. Duke comes in for a clothesline but it's ducked, Norcia bends for a backdrop, but is kicked for his efforts. Duke runs at Norcia, but Jace has slide in the ring. Jace chases after Duke, and Duke ducks the clothesline. Jace continues the chase, but is cut off with a big boot to his face that lays him flat in the middle of the ring.]
Ricky Cravate: Michael James Norcia is impressing in the early goings on.
Chris Claudill: So has John Duke. They both look to have bright PWX futures.
Ricky Cravate: Victor Jace however, is looking about as bad as it gets in the way of work in the ring.
Chris Claudill: That is surprising. Victor Jace had a bright future, but he's thrown that all away.
[Duke picks up Jace, and shoots him into the ropes-dropping him with a hard side slam. He goes for a cover, but Norcia breaks up the pin. Duke and Norcia begin to exchange blows, as Duke goes for a lariat, and Norcia ducks it-dorpping him with a hard uranage slam. He hooks the leg for a cover:
ONE!
TWO!
TH--KICKOUT!!
Duke kicks out, Norcia grabs him by the head-and throws him through the ropes. Jace comes up and tries to roll up Norcia, but Norcia rolls through and kicks Jace in the head. He quickly goes for a cover on the Violent Veteran:
ONE!
TWO!!!
THREE!!!!!!
The bell rings as Michael James Norcia rolls to the floor, and the ref holds up his arm. We fade to black.]
WINNER: Michael James Norcia
