Phase Sixty-Four: Rise From The Ashes
Jay Lethal (With Taeler Hendrix) and Kyle O'Reilly's Contract Signing
Taeler stands on the other side of the table to represent Jay Lethal. Kyle stands on the other side with a smirk on his face as he picks up the mic. “As predicted, he couldn’t be bothered to show his face when it came down to us finally standing chest to chest like men. You must make all the big decisions, Hendrix. You made the match, made the contract signing, and now you’ll be signing his name for him. Must be nice being catered to in such a way. It’s almost like owning a personal servant.”
Taeler says nothing and doesn’t even flinch. She watches Kyle with a straight face as he made his comments about Jay. Her demeanour only changed when he put the mic down finally and signed his name on the dotted line. Her lips turn into a slow smile as she picks up the microphone. “Thank you for your sacrifice, Kyle. Your failure won’t go in vain. Jay will use you as a stepping stone towards greatness.”
As she said this, Lethal came racing down the ramp to attack. Kyle was expecting him, however, and kept him back from the ring. It was Taeler low-blowing him from behind that Lethal the chance to attack and drag O’Reilly to the outside. He beats down on his challenger before delivering a Lethal Injection to the floor to knock him out. Hendrix laughs, a maniacal grin on her face as she slides out of the ring. The couple joins hands and share a kiss over O’Reilly’s body before raising their hands up high.
UIC Pavilion
Shaul Guerrero vs Alexxis Nevaeh
Alexxis fought hard against Shaul, but the champion proved her grit and refused to go down. The women trade hard-hitting blows back and forth with Edwards taking Guerrero down with a stiff forearm. The smaller woman sent Shaul down with a dropkick to the leg and followed up with a low clothesline for the pin. Guerrero kicked out. Alexxis sends Shaul into the corner, but she counters with a shoulder block. Shaul follows up with a knee drop, but the match is interrupted as Alexa makes her way down with a mic.
“Boring, boring, boooooring. Nobody wants to see you compete, Shaul. Quite frankly, they’re all tired of seeing you in PCW. I can’t blame them. It’s like watching paint dry now. Who are you even facing? She works here or just a random talent they found in the area?”
Shaul refuses to let Alexa in her head and continues to keep control of her opponent, but Bliss eventually grabs the leg and drags Alexxis from the ring before tossing her into the barricade to throw away the match. Alexa starts to laugh, mocking Shaul before heading back up the ramp. Guerrero picks up the mic she left behind and smirked. “I’m done chasing you, Alexa. If you’re woman enough, you’ll be seeing me next month and looking to take my title, but I’ll make sure you realize that messing with a Guerrero was the biggest mistake of your career.”
Vipress (With Corvus) vs Charlie Morgan
Charlie was no match for Vipress, especially with Corvus controlling the match on the outside. She did her best and showed her resilience, but the demon eventually puts her away with a sleeper hold. She slowly fades away to give Vipress the victory.
The two proceed to beat down on her, enjoying the chaos they were creating before Indigo and Hania race out to the rescue. Vipress and Corvus retreat to the outside. They had a staredown and Corvus eventually grabs a mic. “The time is fast approaching when this all ends, Indigo...”
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Keep Her Breathing For You
Melissa lies in her hospital bed, trying her best to rest after the show last week. She refused to go the night of the match, but Taya finally convinced her to at least get looked at for any lasting effects. It turned out she had a few bruised ribs and a minor concussion. She was lucky. That’s what Taya said. She didn’t have Sami, so to Melissa, she was in the worst-case scenario. That made it hard to rest up overnight. They made her stay to help her feel better, but she felt worse and worse with each passing day.
She closed her eyes still, trying to drift off. Something didn’t feel right, though. The atmosphere had changed somehow. When her eyes opened, she wasn’t in the hospital anymore. At least, not the one she thought she was in. The lights have turned red and the walls match. Blood dripped down from the ceiling and the walls had tools hanging upon it that made her skin crawl. Hooks, knives, a bone saw, unknown substances, a jar with something moving inside, and—
What was that in the corner? A shadow? It stood there, not moving an inch, but she was sure it didn’t belong in that corner. Melissa gulped as she slid out of the bed. She could barely walk but hobbled towards the corner anyhow. She reached out, realizing it was a body as she got near. She gripped the shoulder, felt blood soaked into the fabric, and turned it around to see herself hanging on a hook. It pierced through her throat, blood dripping from the tip as her eyes rolled in the back of her head. The hospital gown was full of holes and crimson poured from them as if she been stabbed again and again.
Melissa gawked her body before she felt pain in her stomach. She touched her abdomen and saw the blood, felt the holes forming. Her hands shook before she grabbed at her throat, choking on the blood that was coughed up and pouring from it. She dropped to the floor, twitching and gasping before her eyes rolled into the back of her head... And then she was awake, gasping for air and sweating through her grown. It was the middle of the night and barely slept before the nightmare began again. Every night was like this.
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Atwell with Team R.A.W.
Hayley stands between the champions and holds up her mic with a wide smile. “Ladies and gentlemen, the Dual Phoenix Champions, Nat—“
“Try former,” Carmella says as she pushes Hayley aside. The blonde grins and looks Natalya up and down before looking to Frankie. Tessa wasn’t far behind and both teams stood together with tension hanging in the air.
“Former?” Frankie asked before scoffing. “You girls get one victory and think you have what it takes to take these titles from us? Talk about arrogant, just like the inaugural champions before we beat them. You two won’t be any different.”
“Actually, we are already proving to be entirely different because we back up our words every single week,” Tessa states. “The way I see it, us beating you once shows potential to do it again with the titles on the line. Your days are numbered. We now have the points to challenge you, but we’re gonna do it on the big stage.”
“And win,” Carmella says with a nod of her head. Natalya rolls her eyes and pushes Carmella aside before grabbing Frankie by the arm.
“I’d love to argue, but the champions have some training to do. There’s a reason why we won these belts and we’ll be showing you real soon.”
Before they could go, however, RAW attacked them from behind. They snatched away the belts and used them as weapons to keep the champions down. Blanchard sends Frankie into a nearby wall as Carmella uses a chair to attack Natalya’s back over and over again. The two then work together to attack Natalya and send her through the catering table for added measure.
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Indi Hartwell & Mitchell Knight vs Zara Sabre & Spike Trivet
Spike takes control of Indi early on. Even as she fights back, he sends the woman into the ropes for a jumping knee strike for the pin. She kicks out and tries to tag in Mitchell, but Trivet grabs the hair and slams her down to the mat. He tags in Zara and the two double team Hartwell with a knee drops to the torso. Zara hooks the leg, but Indi kicks out at two. Zara tries to keep control, but eventually, Indi breaks away and rage in Knight.
He takes Zara down with multiple clotheslined then follows up with a dropkick. He forces her up as she crawls into the corner and knees her in the gut before whipping her into the opposite corner. Knight goes for the double knees, but Zara dodges it and takes him down with a suplex from the corner and bridges for the pin. Mitchell kicks out at two. The competitors continue their battle, but Spike gets involved by grabbing Knight’s hair and allowing Zara to send him to the mat with a superkick.
Indi gets involved and takes down Spike, but Zara already looks to end it by going up high. Mitchell catches her off guard by pulling the ropes to trip her up. He climbs quickly for a Spanish Fly to hook the leg for the pin. Zara manages to kick out. Trivet takes care of Indi and gets into the ring yo knee Mitchell in the face. He gets behind the ropes for the tag and takes care of Knight suplex facebuster to put him away. The celebration doesn’t last long as Spike grabs the mic.
“Lately, I’ve had an unwanted visitor to my matches. Tonight, he couldn’t be bothered to show his face. Maybe my threat to Taya set him straight, maybe he smartened up. Whatever triggered this change, it better stay that way or things in PCW will take a turn for the worse. As for me, I will continue to rise in the ranks and claim what doesn’t belong around Breeze’s waist.”
Kenny Omega (With Scarlett Bordeaux) vs Dean Ambrose
Kenny awaits Dean in the ring, bust instead, Salina and Low-Ki bring him out along the stage by his leg. They drag his body to the stage and leaves him laying there with smiles on their face. Salina gets the mic and waves to Kenny. “Were you expecting this thing to take precedence over what’s going on between us, Omega? Nothing and I do mean nothing, should take priority over the two us. We are currently the biggest threat to your arrival in PCW. We’re also going to be the reason why your stay, and Scarlett’s, won’t last very long.”
Scarlett looks ready to attack, but Omega holds her back and takes a mic for himself. “Salina, I knew you were trash, but it’s really starting to settle in just how beneath myself, and Scarlett, you really are. Low-Ki is even less than that as he follows you around like some long, lost puppy. I came to PCW because I thought you two were looking for a fight, but all you two seem to wanna do is talk. I’m not here to talk. In fact, I’m so over it that I think I might walk up this ramp and shove this mic up somebody’s ass. Which of you would like to volunteer as a tribute before I just choose myself. I’m leaning towards Salina really. She’s acting like it’s a little too tight back there anyhow.”
Salina makes a face and Low-Ki tries to step forward to fight, but she keeps him back. “So clever, Kenny. Really, we’re all dying of laughter.” She rolls her eyes and smiles. “We actually agree. We’re done talking and would rather prove to you both that you don’t belong in PCW. Women like Scarlett don’t belong. Men like you don’t belong. We’re gonna send you both packing back to your little rat hole while we take over this company, so at the next pay-per-view, it’ll be us versus the two of you in an extreme rules, tag-team match. And if we win? Bye-bye to the both of you. You’ll never wrestle in PCW again.”
MJF vs Killer Kross vs Phil Jackal (Steel Cage Match)
Jackal and MJF work together to keep Kross down, but eventually, Phil betrays MJF to climb the cage. MJF stops him in time and both men battle at the top. Kross manages to get them both down with a double powerbomb. Rather than trying to escape, he beats down on the both. He uses the cage to toss MJF into, enjoying the carnage. He sends MJF into the corner and looks to focus on Jackal, but the champion escapes his grasps and looks to climb out again. Kross snatches him down and sends him into the corner with MJF. He takes them both down with a splash before booking Jackal’s leg.
He kicks out and Kross makes him pay with a gutwrench powerbomb. MJF looks to capitalize by escaping, but Kross has him again. He fights back as Killer Kross has him on the shoulders and drops down. MJF follows up with a kick to the back of the leg and uses Jackal to toss into a kneeling Kross. He hooks Jackal’s leg, but he kicks out. MJF tells the referee to open the door, but Kross attacks him from behind. He sends MJF across the ring and shuts the door back.
Jackal races up and catches him with a jumping DDT. He goes up high, but instead of escaping this time, he takes the chance and flies off with the Shooting Star Press ontop of Kross did the pin. Killer Kross kicks out just before three. Jackal tried to work on the giant, but he’s eventually forced into the corner just as MJF runs up for a codebreaker. Kross catches him, however, and sends him crashing down with a powerbomb. He uses Jackal’s body as a weapon for a scoop slam and tosses the man aside before hooking MJF’s leg for the victory, earning six points.
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Ride Eternal
Loren has his back turned to the camera, watching on his multiple screens a replay of what has been happening on PCW tonight. Without turning, he speaks in a high-pitched voice.
"I'm going to take that championship off of Tyler's waist!"
"I'm going to make the Heart of Phoenix Championship mean something again!"
"I was harassed by Fear Itself and now I'm paranoid!"
"Waa, my boyfriend, who is dating me because his ex is ignoring him, was taken over by an evil cultist, waa!"
He turns around finally, visor off his face, sucking on the inside of his cheek.
Every single one of you are weak. You have weak goals. You're putting all of your weight into a dumb piece of metal. And you're right to do so, because that's the only thing that will give you any worth.
But I don't need any of that, I've been enlightened, I know things you lot will probably never learn...
We're all worthless in the grand scheme of things. We're meaningless. You're meaningless.
And what better way to mingle and bond with my fellow worthless beings than beating them senseless.
I'm tired of waiting. You're all dinosaurs in a path to death.
And I'm chaos. I'm a meteor looming over your heads.
I've arrived.
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