PCW Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Sign of Noble Souls
Indigo paces back and forth, angrily mumbling to herself. She punches the wall and immediately lets out a curse word. “You’re not a demon anymore, Indigo. Shit actually hurts...” She sighs heavily and leans against the wall. Corvus joins her moments later and she raises a brow.
“Your assistance... Was unnecessary last week.”
“Unnecessary? You were about to be yet another mindless zombie if it weren’t for me!” She glares at him and sits up. “Thank you, Indigo is just as effective. You aren’t as strong as you used to be, so accept help when it’s slapping you in the face.”
“You are not as strong, either. The babies... We know the birth was difficult. You should be resting.” Corvus sighs as she looks on with confusion.
“Don’t do that. I’m not a kid, I know my limits and can take care of myself. Even against Harlow. We have unfinished business anyhow.”
Corvus looks off into the distance, thinking, and Indigo sighs. It was difficult talking to him when he’s like that. She shook her head and judged him. “Hey, Earth to Corvus. I’m still here.” He looks at her with a smile as he snaps back into reality. “What are you grinning for?”
“You are still as hotheaded as ever... Friend.”
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Logan Square Auditorium
Tessa Blanchard vs Scarlett Bordeaux
Tessa has Scarlett in the ropes early on, choking the woman out as the referee counts. She backs up before kicking Bordeaux down through the ropes. Scarlett drops to the floor and Tessa dives through the ropes for a suicide dive, taking it to Scarlett without hesitation. The blonde begs Tessa to stop as the brunette grabs her by the hair. Blanchard is having none of it, tossing Bordeaux into the steps. The referee counts to five as Tessa rolls back into the ring.
Scarlett looks like she’s in trouble, but Zack comes down the ramp, eyes locked on Tessa as she rolls out of the ring again. She doesn’t notice him at first, trying to take advantage of Scarlett on the outside. As soon as she sees him, she stops. “What the hell are you doing out here?!” The distraction was enough for Scarlett to drive a fist into the gut and plant Blanchard with a DDT to the floor. She rolls back into the ring as the referee continues to count. Sabre rounds the ring and watches as Tessa struggles to stand.
He doesn’t flinch as Scarlett kicks Tessa back down with a baseball slide. The count inches towards seven and Scarlett smirks, knowing she has a solid victory in tow. Blanchard makes it to the apron just as Scarlett approaches the referee, winking before turning her ass back in his direction and shaking her hips. Zack uses the distraction to drag Tessa off the apron and slam the face into it. He tosses her into the ring post and backs up before the referee finally takes notice. He looks back and forth between Zack and Bordeaux, who just shrugs her shoulders, faking confusion. He’s forced to finish the count and declare Bordeaux the winner.
Scarlett jumps up and down excitedly before joining Zack on the outside, raising his arm up high before planting a kiss on his cheek. She blows a kiss to Tessa before strutting up the ramp with Zack following behind.
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The Exhilaration of Victory
“Natalya, you should’ve known better than to put your hands on me,” Ospreay states. “Though, it must come with age... The lack of awareness. You clearly have no idea what I’m capable of, but you should. I mean we did beat you two for these titles in the gauntlet.”
Morgan nods and slowly removes his glasses. “I don’t know about you, Will, but it seems like those two want to prove they’re capable of beating us. I’m not too convinced. One’s beyond her expiration date and the other is the exact opposite. Frankie is a child trying to mingle with the adults, BUT, if they so badly want to fight?”
“We might as well on our own terms,” Ospreay finished for him. “So next week, we challenge you two in a non-title matchup. Win and you’ll be given six points and an automatic opportunity to challenge us with those points. I wouldn’t get too happy, though.”
“You’re going to lose and be embarrassed again on a smaller stage,” Webster says with a smile. “We’ll see you two next week.”
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Joey Ryan vs Phil Jackal vs Ricochet
Ryan has Ricochet on the ropes at first, trying to force the lollipop down his throat, but Jackal comes up behind with a jumping neckbreaker. He sends Joey to the outside and works on Ricochet. The two battle it out, dodging each others’ moves and reversing every hold. Ricochet catches Phil with a superkick and follows up with a huracarrana. He climbs up high for the 450 Splash, but Jackal swipes the leg in time and follows up with a hanging DDT for the pin. Ricochet kicks out at two.
Joey is back in and tries to take advantage, shoving the lollipop into Jackal’s mouth. Phil chokes and spits the sucker out, wiping at his tongue as Ryan forearms him. Joey goes for a clothesline and sends Phil to the mat. He looks for an elbow drop and misses. Jackal forces Ryan to his feet and whips him into the ropes, connecting with a superkick. Joey is down, but Phil is rolled up by Ricochet and gets the three count. Jackal is stunned as Ricochet celebrates his victory. Then something snaps because Phil rages.
He screams and slams his fists down on the mat before tackling Ricochet to the mat. The two throw punches on the mat, being almost impossible separate. As they’re pulled apart, Phil breaks free and takes Ricochet down with a superkick. He demands a mic, no longer needing to fight.
“You’ve been wondering for weeks who attacked you and I’m proud to say that you’re attacker just punked you out again.”
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All vulnerabilities must be exploited
“Last week didn’t go exactly as planned. I’ll own up to that. It’s what you gotta expect in a place like PCW. You never know who’s going to challenge you, but let’s not get too carried away with what happened because as far as I’m concerned, I wasn’t pinned not submitted. That’s not a loss to me. Nah, Rhea didn’t prove a damn thing... Other than the fact that she wasn’t brave enough to try and pin me.
She knew if she rolled me back into that ring, it would’ve been lights out for her. I’ve only truly lost twice in this company. Twice. I can see why she wants to say she scribbled in the third box for me. It would do wonders for Rhea to say that she beat almost the undefeated Allysin Kay, but she can’t. She took a cheap way out and avoided an ass-whopping. She can keep that ‘victory,’ though. I got business to handle and it doesn’t involve her. It involves Tyler Breeze and MY PCW Cham—“
“Your championship?” Rhea says as she approaches Allysin. She looks Kay up and down and giggles. “You took a beating last week and still have the gall to tell these people that you’re in contention for gold? You aren’t even the runner-up this time around, mate. I suggest you get at the back of the line where you belong because you aren’t ahead of The Nightmare.”
Rhea continues to have a smug look on her face and Allysin makes several faces expressing her disbelief and starts to actually laugh. “You’re like... Twenty-something and falling yourself The Nightmare as if you’re still a child wrestling in their backyard.”
“Because being a ‘savage’ is so much more professional.” Rhea shakes her head and steps up to Allysin. “This is your only warning. Next time, I’ll break that pinky.”
She intended to walk away, but Allysin has her by the hair and forearms Ripley across the face. She sends the blonde into the catering table, knocking it down with the array of food set on it. Rhea was covered, but Kay was on her again and it wasn’t long before she was somewhat covered in food, too.
Security tried to break them up and Rhea managed to get her hands on an untouched pie, tossing it. Allysin ducked under it and it caught Mike Quackenbush square in the face as he attempted to see what was happening. “Get out! Get them out!” He yells and both women are forced off the premises as Mike tries to wipe the contents away.
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Taeler Hendrix vs Alexa Bliss
Anything Goes Match
Bliss immediately rolls out of the ring once the bell rings. She shakes her head while walking away up the ramp, wanting no part of this match. Hendrix smiles and gazes ahead of Bliss towards the stage. For a split second, her eyes darken with a green hue and a vine wall miraculously grows, cutting off the exit. Alexa was stuck, but that didn’t stop her from trying to climb the wall. Taeler laughed as the woman slipped and dropped down to the floor. She made a second attempt, but she fell again. “WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!”
“Retribution,” Hendrix states simply as she exits the ring. She retrieved a chair from under the ring and inches towards Bliss. Alexa, with nowhere to go, forced herself to fight. She dodged a chair shot and grabbed Hendrix by the hair before planting her with an STO to the floor. Bliss grabs the chair and swings, mental rebounding off the floor as Taeler rolls out of the way. The Goddess swings again and Hendrix grabs the chair in midair. Both women struggle, but Taeler drives a kick into the abdomen to force her back, following up with a chair shot.
She wedges the chair into the ring post and sends Bliss racing right into head first. Taeler rolls her in the ring for a pin, but Bliss kicks out at two. The redhead bends the arm behind the back while a boot was in the back and pulled. Bliss doesn’t tap out, but she hollers in pain until Hendrix let’s go. She nurses the arm while rolling into the corner. Taeler charges for a knee strike, but Alexa rolls out of the way, capitalizing with a neckbreaker as Taeler is stuck. He hooks the leg for a two count, unable to get it all with the injured arm. Bliss drags Taeler to the centre of the ring and goes for the Insult to Injury signature move, but Hendrix rolls out of the way of the second double knees. Alexa lumps as Taeler comes up from behind and delivers an overhead kick to the face.
Alexa is reeling against the ropes and Hendrix chops her in the chest before whipping her. Bliss hangs on instead of rebounding and Taeler goes for a clothesline. Both women go over the ropes onto the apron. They slowly stand and battle for supremacy with Alexa catching the leg and elbowing it before driving the head down onto the apron for a DDT. She rolls Taeler in with one arm and covers her, but Hendrix still kicks out due to lack of hooking the leg. Bliss throws a tantrum in the ring and climbs to the top for the Twisted Bliss, but Taeler brings up the knees and locks in the Rings of Saturn to tap out Alexa.
Tyler Breeze vs MJF (With Aria Blake)
Rising Phoenix Championship Match
MJF takes control early and Aria cheers him on from the outside. He sends Tyler into the ropes and the blonde slips out of the ring to evade an attack. Aria tries to get involved, getting in Breeze’s face and telling him, allowing MJF to take the champion down with an axehandle. MJF tosses him into the barricade before showing off to the crowd. He kisses Aria on the hand and the woman does a curtesy, the two flirting in the middle of the match.
MJF tries to shove Tyler back into the ring for the pin, but Breeze rolls him up for the pin. MJF kicks out, but eats a superkick from Prince Pretty. Breeze forces him to his feet and whips MJF into the corner and lands a clothesline. He drives a knee into the gut multiple times before tossing MJF out of the corner. Tyler gets on the second rope and lands a neckbreaker. He hooks the leg, but the challenger kicks out. Breeze stomps his boots against the mat and tries to set MJF up for the Beauty Shot. The challenger ducks out of the way and lands a Full Nelson face buster for the pin. Breeze kicks out at two.
The champion can barely stand as the challenger looks to set him up for a superkick of his own. Breeze ducks under it and forearms MJF back. Tyler sends his shoulder into the ringpost and rolls MJF up out of the corner, grabbing the tights to desperately retain his championship. Aria enters the ring and slaps Breeze across the face. She starts to chastise him and Tyler doesn’t waste anytime dropping her with a superkick, as well. The champion rolls out of the ring, title held high in the air.
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That which does not kill us
They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Being on the sidelines with this injury has done just that. It’s made me hungrier, more of a threat. I have to sit back and watch as people take the spotlight that should be on me! But why am I speaking on this now?
As each day passes by, I get closer and closer to returning to action. I get closer and closer to doing what I love to do; proving that I am the best damn performer on this planet!
This injury has showed me I need to step my game up a bit more, it’s made me realize that retribution against Jay Lethal is what I need. I hope Jay Lethal pays close attention to what I have to say because when I finally return, the Violent Artist isn’t holding anything back and while I respect him as an opponent, I have a responsibility to destroy all that he’s built and I plan on ripping an arm or two off.
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Taya Valkyrie vs Jenny Blake
Jenny awaits for Taya in the ring, but Wera Loca has yet to appear. The fans start to chant “we want a match” and Jenny nods her head in agreement. Blake eventually grabs a mic, clearly confused and somewhat upset. “Taya! Taya, I know you’re back there. We had a deal! You wrestle me or you’re no longer general manager. Is your pride so grand that you’re willing to risk your job just to avoid me? Is it worth that much to you? To say you got the last laugh?”
Moments passed and still, nothing happened. Blake looks defeated, unsure of what to do now that her opponent was a no show. The titantron then shows Valkyrie on screen, a blanket around her shoulders and a cup of tea in her hands while... At home? Presley is clearly seen in the background, curled in the bed she lies in. Her skin was pale and eyes appeared to be slightly red.
“Jenny...I know you and the fans wanted a match tonight. Trust me, I would have :loved: to kick your ass to get rid of you, but—“ she sneezes and blows her nose before taking a sip of her tea. “As you can see... I’m not well. I’ve come down with that stomach bug that’s been going around lately. I just—“ She coughs this time and Presley whines as he’s concerned about Valkyrie. The fans start to boo her and she shakes her head. “I’ve not been the best person lately... But even you all can understand that I’m in no condition to compete... I’m not risking my health just to satisfy your sick fantasies. I will gladly wrestle Jenny when... If... I get better. And no, this doesn’t void our deal. I’m not refusing to fight, I simply can’t do it right now...”
Taya sneezes again and blows her nose just as Johnny comes into the video with a cool towel for her head. He kisses the top of her head and leaves her alone to finish up. “What a man, right? He’s trying his best to make me better. The sooner he can, the sooner we can wrestle. You should be grateful that I’m sick, Jenny, because when the time comes that I’m back at full health?” She coughs and clears her throat with the tea and sighs softly. “I can’t wait to stomp you in the ground... Like old times.”