Miss Xtra: Welcome to Xtra, and wow, do I have some big news for you! First, we have a final run down of Victory Explosion 17! With Trevor Mach vs. w00t being added to Victory Explosion for the third year in a row, the Trilogy Street Fight in Twoson completes what is looking like one of the best ever shows, and I’m NOOOOOT just saying that because I’m getting paid to!

EBW: Victory Explosion 17
Saturn Dome, Saturn City
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1. EBW Women’s Television Championship: Tiger Storm<MCW>(c) vs. Darkness Aoi
2. 6-Woman Tag: Tracy<MCW>/Ariel<MCW>/Rayne<MCW> vs. Hope Mach/Jessy James<MCW>/Jenny James<MCW>
3. Singles: Benjamin vs. Turbo
4. EBW World Tag Team Championship Ladder: Kinniku Mike(c)/Isiah Muscle(c) vs. Sal Paradise/Jason Boomtown vs. Subculture/Picky Minch vs. Tower/Sabre vs. Jammer/Vape vs. The Assessor/The Witness
5. Battle of Sisters: Christina Angel vs. Christy Angel<MCW> Special Referee: Makoto Angel
6. Inferno Match: Kishin Kid vs. Tack Angel
7. EBW Women’s World Championship: Erica(c) vs. Wendy Mustang
8. ”King of Games”: Seto Kaiba vs. Bashin Dan
9. Trilogy Street Fight in Twoson: Trevor Mach vs. w00t
10. EBW World Championship: Zyro Kurogane(c) vs. Rama Raju

Miss Xtra: And NOOOOW for the big news! We know that Rama Raju is taking on Mike Thunder on XP. We ALSO know that Trevor Mach is locking up with Razorblade to clear out the rest of Kaiba Corp. on the road to Dan’s showdown with Seto Kaiba. HOWEVER, w00t made a-

w00t: Excuse me, you…whatever you are. I’ll handle this.

Miss Xtra: Yeah but-

Tracy: HE SAID STEP ASIDE THOT!

Miss Xtra: Hey! I AM NOT! Swift told ME to cover this, and he’s the law around here!

w00t: Law? LAAAAAW! Ha! Inter arma enim silent lēgēs. Do you know what that means? Of course you don’t. For among arms, the laws are silent. Sit her down Tracy. I made a deal. I made a one night accord with Zyro Kurogane. As angry as I am about his betrayal, in truth…I see that he’s learned a lot, and I can see my reflection when I look at him. So no, I am not a member of his group, as it is a shadow of Perfection, but I will team with him one last time. We made a challenge, and the challenge…..was…..answered. w00t and Zyro Kurogane team up one last time…against Trevor Mach…and Rama Raju.

EBW: XP - Eve of Explosion
Renegade Arena, Saturn City
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1. Singles: Mike Thunder vs. Rama Raju
2. Singles: Trevor Mach vs. Razorblade
3. Women’s Singles: Lacey Wagner vs. Darkness Aoi
4. Women’s Singles: Christy Angel<MCW> vs. Lainey Strong
5. Women’s Non-Title Singles: Tracy<MCW> vs. Alison Chains
6. Tag: w00t/Zyro Kurogane vs. Trevor Mach/Rama Raju

Miss Xtra: w00t and Tracy gone? Good. *deep breath* Yes folks, you see that right, Fire and Fire burn together against the forces of w00t and our EBW World Champion Zyro Kurogane! That’s a huge match! Double duty for the big star of the past and present, and the Mega Power Star of NOW! Yes, Mega Power Star, that’s the name they’ve already given Rama Raju in his home country of Dalaam. The world is watching at THE DOME, but Dalaam will be watching like never before. Exciting stuff to come for sure, but the rest of the card is also loaded. Tracy is having one last match in EBW in non-title action against Alison Chains, while Christy Angel steps into an EBW ring for the first time to take on Lainey Strong. Lacey Wager of the Ensiders will- hey where is Kid Cadet? Pirkle huh? Funny, I was really starting to get used to her interrupting and calling me old, which is just weird. Turns out we’re about the same age. I’m just more…developed. Anyways, Lacey Wagner will take on Darkness Aoi, the #1 Contender to her rivals Tiger Storm’s EBW Women’s Television Championship. This will be the one and only chance EBW will have to claim back the belt before MCW splits from EBW. Lacey could stop her dead in her tracks right now, but she has…a lot on her mind.

Elysium Locker Room

Lacey Wagner unraveled her wrist tape after a hard training session, and threw it into the trash. She was feeling unruly and had a head full of thoughts.

Lacey Wagner: Who am I? I don’t know! Without my name what would I be? Baggage? Is it really baggage? Who am I? What do I do? I have to think of something. SOMETHING! Who am I? WHO AM I-

Suddenly, Lacey was startled by the door opening, and a round man in a frilly white shirt, with what looked like a white microphone pad on his head, entered the room.

Lacey Wagner: GARY SPIVEY?! OF THE PSYCHIC COMPANIONS NETWORK?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!

Gary Spivey: …Oh I’m sorry, this is the wrong room.

He immediately left the room.

Lacey Wagner: Shouldn’t he have known what room he was looking for? Ha! Here I was hoping for inspiration, and I got that. That’s wonderful. JUST WONDERFU- I GOT IT!

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Miss Xtra: Well that does it for THIS installment of EBW: Xtra, so we’ll see you so-

Mav Valentine: Xtra?

Miss Xtra: MAV?!

Mav Valentine came in on crutches, still looking rough with a neck brace on, but in much better condition than Tali Mach at the moment.

Mav Valentine: I was told you were with me for most of my stay in the hospital.

Miss Xtra: Not…uh…not MOST of you stay….just like…99% maybe?

Mav Valentine: Wow, I didn’t really know what to say when I was told. That’s…that’s huge to me.

Miss Xtra: I just wanted to be there for you and uh…I-

Mav Valentine: Miss Xtra, I-

Miss Xtra: Please, call me Missy.

Mav Valentine: Missy? Your name is Missy Xtra?

Miss Xtra: I know right? Like I was created to do this show or something. I just-

Mav Valentine: Missy?

Miss Xtra: Yeah Mav?

Mav Valentine: I was reminded recently that life is short, and you’ll regret the chances you didn’t take. That’s why I’m here right now. Because….I have a question for you.

Miss Xtra: For me? Wh-wh-what is it?

Mav Valentine: Missy Xtra? Will you marry me?

Miss Xtra: ….WHAT?!



 

Zyro Kurogane: Let’s get something straight from the start. This isn’t Zyro Kurogane coming to Victory Explosion. This is Victory Explosion coming to Zyro Kurogane.

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The Auditor: The sweet suffering baby. The eternal pain…the delicious pleasure. The fire is just a taste of what’s to come. Ya dig?

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Kishin Kid: I’m going to burn you Tack Angel. I’m going to send the Angel straight to Hell.

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Tiger Storm: Hey EBW, I got your “Victory” right here! *flips bird* This trash title is coming to MCW with me, and Darkness Aoi is finally gonna get humbled by yours truly.

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Darkness Aoi: I have nothing to say, only things to do. You want your Television Championship back? Then just stay out of my way.

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Tracy: Haha! Hope and the trailer trash are in for a rude awakening tonight! I didn’t get to where I am by playing nice, and if Hope isn’t careful, she’s going to be rolling right beside her crippled mother!

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Hope Mach: Hope Mach and DEM GIRLZ! We’re going to get down and dirty with the high and mighty Elysium, and Tracy is going to get humbled and embarrassed, cause THAT is what Machs do!

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Turbo: …..

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Benjamin: The Gladiators came in looking for competition, and I’ve never been one to back down from a challenge. Not once, not ever. I’ll climb your wall, and I’ll take the assault, but I won’t be eliminated! See what I did there?

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Mike Thunder: Uuuuu!!! The ladder to success is gonna kill ya boys! You’re gonna FEEL the THUNDER as we kill wrestling tonight with high spot after high spot! When it’s all said and done the fans are going to accept nothing less than suicide, and me and the boy will STILL be EBW World Tag Team Champions!

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Sal Paradise: Mike Thunder likes to sign checks with his mouth that he can’t cash with his big fat *bleep*! Sal Paradise is the master of tag wrestling, and with my partner Jason, the other teams are gonna feel the-

Jason Boomtown: BOOOOM!

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Zyro Kurogane: I flex my Shogun Steel in the mirror, and I wonder how Rama Raju thinks he can stand a chance against this. Yes, I’ve seen what he can do, but I KNOW what I can do, and THAT should scare HIM!

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Christy Angel: I have nothing to say to you! Get out of my face!

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Tack Angel: My uh…my daughters aren’t getting along. That happens with siblings I suppose. Guess it was really foolish of me to expect otherwise right? Haha-

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Christina Angel: Christy is a little brat that never got discipline she needed. I love my Dad, but he’s a pushover.

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Tack Angel: Oh, she said it was MY fault? Oh no.

Makoto Angel: Tack, don't worry, I’m going to keep them in line, and the best wrestler on the night will win.

Tack Angel: …I’m not that bad at parenting am I?

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Christina Angel: I took after my parents, but Christy learned a little too much from Tracy. If I can’t batter Tracy for that, I’m going to have to beat it out of my sister. I get one chance!

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Zyro Kurogane: I promise you, you’re going to get the experience of a lifetime IN THE DOME, and it’s all thanks to me.

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Wendy Mustang: Oh, the big bad Erica likes to dangle on hooks, tryin’ to intimidate little ol’ me huh? You don’t know who I am, what I’ve been through, and what I've experienced myself. Try getting blown up in an Edo ring, covered in GLASS, trying to tell people who don’t speak your language that you’re bleeding out! You like pain now Erica? I’ve got plenty for ya. LARIAT-O! 1-2-3, and a payday and World Championship for ME!

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Tack Angel: Kishin….Cherub….it’s now or never. I save you, or I let you go. The past has to one day remain in the past. I’ve got to look to the future…even if that means doing it with third degree burns. Don’t worry, I’ll try to put you out as quickly as I can.

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Trevor Mach: Therefore, put on every piece of God's armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. Ephesians 6:13

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w00t: Tonight, I get what I want. You and I will destroy each other. We’ll destroy her too. We’ll destroy our legacies. We’ll destroy everything around us. We’ll pour all of our hatred out, leave a crater where we once stood. In the end you’ll come for your revenge, because I CRIPPLED YOUR WIFE! Together…we shall return to the void. HAHAHAHA!

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Seto Kaiba: Victory Explosion, the perfect venue for my ultimate victory. I have my card back. I will keep my title, and Bashin Dan will have to leave EBW forever. I call that…a worthy investment of my time.

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Bashin Dan: The time for talking is over. I finally got my match, the one I’ve been asking for, the one I’ve had to put everything on the line for. This is it. This is everything. I’m kicking open that gate! I’m charging through. The Dangerous Players versus The “King of Games”. Only one of us can truly be the heart of the cards!

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Rama Raju: The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the color that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again. I will Rise. I will Roar. I will Revolt!

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Zyro Kurogane: TIME TO LET IT RIP!


“The Guided - Phoenix Down (Zardonic Remix)”



Larry Grim: Welcome to Saturn City! Welcome to the SOLD OUT Saturn Dome! Welcome to the biggest show of the year! Victory Explosion 17!

Tommy Dukes: OH YEAH BABY! CAN YOU FEEL IT! THAT EBW “XCITEMENT” IS IN THE AIR! For 17 years, EBW has delivered blockbuster after blockbuster, and tonight will be no different, I can promise you that. With so much on the line, and so much at stake, how could it not?

Nerma: I for one am glad to be a fully employed member of EBW once again, and I’m happy to be here to call the action. Thank you Swift! Thank you!

Makoto Angel: Big stakes from top to bottom, including with my own family. You’ll be seeing me in the ring tonight calling a match, but I couldn’t miss out on this opportunity to work with all my friends for this legendary night!

Apple Kid: I’m shocked we could fit five people behind the desk, but here we are! This place is packed, I can barely hear any of you and-

Makoto Angel: WHAT?

Apple Kid: EXACTLY!

Larry Grim: I’m the rookie compared to you Tommy, so why don’t you jump back into the saddle and run it down!

Tommy Dukes: I’m gonna assume you just didn’t feel like it, but sure! We have Tiger and Aoi for the Television Championship! We have Hope and Dem Girlz taking on Elysium! We have the Mystic Bout Machine colliding with the stone faced killer Turbo! We have an Overkill Ladder Match for the World Tag Team Championships! Sister versus Sister! Tack and Kishin Kid will enter the Inferno! Wendy Mustang steps up to Hell herself for the EBW Women’s World Championship! Bashin Dan puts it all on the line against Seto Kaiba. Trevor and w00t will complete the Trilogy, and finally Rama Raju will challenge Zyro Kurogane in the main event for the EBW World Championship! *deep breath* I think I got it all!

Apple Kid: Not all of it buddy! We got a surprise in store!

Nerma: What is it? You keeping information from us to look better on commentary?! Don’t make me hit you Apple!

Apple Kid: AH! I just heard about it myself! Here, I’ll write it down for you! Look!

Nerma: Oh….OH! That’s GREAT! Yeah we have a surprise in store! I can’t believe I didn’t know they did that!

Makoto Angel: And as you can see right now, we have Lakitus LIVE in Twoson, for when Trevor Mach and w00t face off to complete a three year trilogy, but it sounds like they have history stretching back even further than we ever knew. After what w00t did to Tali Mach, it’ll be a miracle if these two don’t kill each other tonight so viewer discretion is advised. We’re gonna cut away if they try to murder each other right? Right? Steve?

Larry Grim: Fans, we’ve got a big big big BIG show for you tonight, so let’s get right down to it. You know why we’re here, and you’re dying to get down to it. Far be it from this skeleton man to get in the way. EBW gets ONE chance to bring the EBW Women’s Television Championship back home. We have no choice but to put our hopes into Darkness Aoi!

Nerma: GO AOI! TEAM EBW ALL THE WAY! YEAH!

EBW: Victory Explosion 17
Saturn Dome, Saturn City
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1. EBW Women’s Television Championship: Tiger Storm<MCW>(c) vs. Darkness Aoi
-The two stared daggers into each other as the introductions and rules were said aloud, but when the bell rang, they charged. Aoi used her speed to punch Tiger. Tiger clotheslined Aoi in the corner and splashed her. Tiger threw Aoi around. Aoi went to the outside. Tiger drove Aoi into the ramp. Back in the ring, Tiger knocked Aoi to the mat. Tiger missed a leg drop. Aoi made a comeback and flipped the bird to Tiger. Aoi chopped Tiger. Aoi fired up and even bit Tiger and took her to the mat for a two count. Tiger taunted Aoit, however Aoi Kicked her for her troubles. Tiger missed a charge and fell to the outside. Tiger dropped Aoi face-first on the apron. Aoi moved out of the way of a charging Tiger and Tiger hit the ring steps. Tiger beat the count into the ring and Aoi stomped Tiger. Aoi hit a series of moves on Tiger, including a Darkness Driver II. Aoi put Tiger in a submission on the mat, Tiger bit Aoi to get out. The cat had claws, as Tiger Storm clawed Aoi and cut open her cheek. Aoi gave Tiger a headbutt, and a backbreaker. Tiger gave Aoi a Tiger Driver 9X, but Aoi managed to get a foot on the ropes just barely. Aoi went for a sleeper, but Tiger threw her off. Aoi gave Tiger a bulldog off the ropes, but Tiger kicked out of the pin attempt at two. Aoi gave Tiger a suplex and got a two count. They battled on the top rope. Aoi pulled Tiger off the ropes and delivered a Darkness Bomber. She motioned for Tiger Storm to get up. As she waited, Kimber Blaze tried to make her way down to the ring, but she was blocked off by Hilda Iceheart and Mitra Lennox, who seemed to have reconciled their issues with Darkness Aoi and came out to support her. Aoi hit one last Darkness Bomber, and pinned MCW's Ensider for the 1-2-3, claiming back the Television Championship for EBW.
Winner: Darkness Aoi via Darkness Bomber -> Pin -> NEW EBW Women’s Television Champion!

Nerma: Darkness Aoi did it! YES! GO EBW! GO EBW!

Larry Grim: It looks like we all owe Darkness Aoi a little don’t we? That’s weird to say, if you ask me.

Makoto Angel: We don’t have to get along, but I will say thank you for keeping the title in EBW where it belongs. This was make or break for sure.

Tommy Dukes: Speaking of breaking things, I bet the next match will see some rule breaking, as Elyisum teams up to take on the team of EBW’s Hope Mach, and MCW’s Dem Girlz. A final confrontation before the promotions split again. All eyes are on EBW and MCW, as we head into this next match IN THE DOME at Victory Explosion 17!

2. 6-Woman Tag: Tracy<MCW>/Ariel<MCW>/Rayne<MCW> vs. Hope Mach/Jessy James<MCW>/Jenny James<MCW>
-Second match of the big night saw MCW’s Elysium in action for the last time in EBW, looking to capture a win over EBW’s Hope Mach and Dem Girlz of MCW. This wasn’t a match as much as it was an old school brawl. The ladies fought it out before even hitting the ring. They would much rather hit each other. Hope and Tracy were the highlights of the match, giving us that magic that Tracy used to have in matches with Real M’s. Hope was looking to finished off Tracy with an Olympic Slam and the Lebell Lock, but Ariel dropped an elbow off the top to break it up. Hope was dazed as Tracy kissed her on the forehead and dropped her with a TikTak. She then hit the Perfect 10 and pinned Hope Mach for the victory.
Winners: Tracy<MCW>[o]/Ariel<MCW>/Rayne<MCW> via TikTak x Perfect 10 -> Pin

Nerma: Ah dang! I hate that that just happened!

Apple Kid: Tracy with the last laugh, as she continues to mock EBW and Hope Mach. Dem Girlz aren’t done yet, and you can believe, with Mr. Pirkle, and Venus watching on, that they will want to pick this up on MCW Television.

Larry Grim: I thought I saw Lucca with them earlier. I wonder where SHE went.

Tommy Dukes: We move from one cross promotional rivalry to another, as Tubro, the ACE of the Eagleland Gladiators is hungry to compete against the best of the best in EBW, and many believe that’s the Warrior of Light, the Mystic Bout Machine himself Benjamin. They face off NEXT!

3. Singles: Benjamin vs. Turbo
-Up next, the Eagleland Gladiators’ Dome Debut, as Turbo, the stone-faced killed, and honorary leader took on Benjamin, the Mystic Bout Machine, known for stealing the show on any given night. Benji went for a handshake, as Turbo stared at him with a steely gaze, not blinking, and not looking away.  Turbo hit a corkscrew dropkick early on to take Benjamin off his feet. The other Gladiators were looking on from the outside. Benjamin took Turbo down with a flying clothesline, then played to the crowd. Turbo draped Benjamin across the top rope, then came off the top with a senton leg drop. Benjamin flew over the top rope with his own senton to take out Turbo. Benjamin perched Turbo on the top and tried for a Hagen Suplex but Turbo fought it off. Turbo hit Benjamin with a running dropkick to the face. Benjamin hit a brainbuster after reversing Turbo’s attempt. Turbo and Benjamin both went for a knee strike that canceled one another out. Benjamin rocked Turbo with a huge lariat. Benjamin caught Turbo off the ropes and dropped him to the mat. Turbo reversed a deadlift attempt into a pin for two. Turbo went to the top but Benjamin moved in time. The two went back and forth until Turbo hit a Flying Forearm Smash. Benjamin fired right back with a Spear for two. The two found themselves on the top rope. Benjamin hit a release Hagen suplex off the top, then hit another Spear for two. Benjamin then lifted Turbo up for the Masamune, the sword that cleaved the mountain, and brought Turbo down for the 1-2-3.
Winner: Benjamin via Masamune -> Pin

Makoto Angel: Benji with the win!

Tommy Dukes: The Masamune sealed the deal! Turbo showing respect to Benjamin, as are the other Glads, giving Benji the rub, with the exception of Viper, who remains insistent that he wants no part of this good sportsmanship. We know that the Glads are just getting started, but on this night, they take the L from Benji of Dan Club. Next, we have a little fun surprise for you. It happened yesterday in The Strip, at the Chapel O’ Love, and you’re going to be very very surprised.

Chapel O’ Love - The Strip

One Day Earlier…

Trevor Mach, Tack Angel, Subculture, Picky Minch, and Little Mac all stood by an altar in suits, while the other side featured Kid Cadet, Makoto Angel, and Hope Mach, who seemed very confused as to why she was there. As organ music played, Mav Valentine, still in a neck brace, limped up the aisle with the assistance of a cane and Doctor Degrees, who was still very nervous that Mav was even doing this. Pastor Geoff Garrett had been called in to officiate.

Doctor Degrees: Not one of you tried to talk him into waiting a few more weeks?

Trevor Mach: Couldn’t stop the guy if we wanted to.

Picky Minch: Hey, it got him up on his feet again.

Doctor Degrees: Yeah, but too soon. We’re still doing physical rehab.

Mav Valentine: It was there, that I realized what I needed to do. I spoke to Tali about it.

Doctor Degrees: Oh, that’s beginning to explain things.

Mav Valentine: She’s got a new outlook on life after her accident, and it reminded me that life is short. She gave me a pep talk, and threatened me with my life if I didn’t take the second chance I was given, because she isn’t getting one.

Subculture: Threatened your life?

Trevor Mach: That sounds about right Subbie.

Little Mac: That’s Lu’s protege for you.

Mav Valentine: I can’t pass up these opportunities. Seize the moment, because it might never come again.

Little Mac: …Quite right. Well said kid.

Geoff Garrett: Glad to have you all here for this momentous occasion. Say, how many suits do you own there Slap Angel?

Tack Angel: …I’m not gonna answer that question. Mav, I want to thank you for inviting me here. Not as the best man, but as the fifth man, I-

Everyone: YOU’RE THE FOURTH!

Tack Angel: Whoa!

Geoff Garrett: Ladies…Gentlemen…the bride approaches.

Missy Xtra walked down the aisle, with Mr. Herb being the one to give her away for some reason. She was wearing a nice dress, but also one of those beer helmets, with boxed wine in place of the beer.

Mr. Herb: Not only am I Green and Retired, but I’m very proud of you Missy.

Missy Xtra: Thank you. That means a lot.

Subculture: *whispering* Mr. Herb is her Dad?

Picky Minch: *whispering* No, they don’t even know each other.

Subculture: *whispering* …Naturally.

Geoff Garrett: Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God, and in the face of this company, to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony, which is commended to be honorable among all men, and therefore is not by any to be entered into unadvisedly or lightly, but reverently.

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Nerma: So yeah…apparently Mav Valentine and Miss Xtra tied the knot! They’re on honeymoon right now! Who saw THAT coming? I didn’t! We’d show you the rest, but it wasn’t interrupted, and Tack only went through the cake because he tripped on Geoff Garrett’s guitar. No one pushed him, no one ran in, and no one revealed that Xtra was already married or anything.

Tommy Dukes: EBW has a good track record with wrestling weddings actually. More successful ones than failed ones.

Nerma: Worked out for us after all. I guess I was too harsh on the company that lead to my marriage and my son. *shrugs*

Tommy Dukes: I think it was the Hardcastle stuff that-

Nerma: Oh yeah. Well Mav isn’t here tonight, but he had this to say regarding the show tonight and Rama Raju!

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Mav Valentine: EBW, I’m alive and breathing. I’m here, and I will be back, but I’m not in stasis until I come back. I’m living my life. After I was EBW World Champion, the fall hurt, as is common with those of us that lost the belt. I’ve been chasing that high for a long time, but in retrospect I have loved my career. No regrets. You just wait for me. I’ll be back in the Dome. That I promise you. In the meantime, I want to talk to Rama Raju. All eyes are on you sir. You carry the weight of the future on your shoulders. Don’t let the title do to you what it’s done to guys like me…and current champ Zyro Kurogane. Try to be worthy of what it means to be in this position, and I honestly hope that you beat that little punk and show him some humility. I’d love for you to be World Champion when I make my comeback.

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Larry Grim: Well, you saw Subculture and Picky at the wedding, but they are here tonight, and they are just one of the teams that are going to overdo it in the Overkill Ladder Match for the EBW World Tag Team Championships. Ladders everywhere people. High spots everywhere. Wear a helmet, and watch your ankles. This one is going to hurt.

4. EBW World Tag Team Championship Overkill Ladder Match: Mike Thunder(c)/Isiah Muscle(c) vs. Sal Paradise/Jason Boomtown vs. Subculture/Picky Minch vs. Tower/Sabre vs. Jammer/Vape vs. The Assessor/The Witness
-Overkill…absolute overkill. That was the plot and premise of the match, but it delivered on all fronts, as the best teams in EBW all faced off in a ring full of, and surrounded by, ladders of all different heights. As the World Tag Team Championships hung above the ring, Mike and Isiah fought through LoveBoom!, Blood 4 Blood, Eagleland Gladiators, Dan Club, and The Stygian Inquisition, in the biggest mix of mishmash styles you’d see all night.
And-

Jammer’s House - 2045

An older Jammer and Vape were sitting in front of a futuristic computer and microphones.

Jammer: Hey hey! Welcome to the J and V Show! I’m Jammer joined by Vape, and you all know by now what we do, considering everyone does it, but we create content. That’s all there is now…an endless stream of content. You know, when I was younger, I might have ripped my hair out, and screamed into madness at that fact, but it happened slowly enough that my thick cranium had time to adjust. The old gray matter was manipulated just enough ya know!? HAHAHA!

Vape: Constant content isn’t ALL there is?

Jammer: Oh it’s not?!

Vape: You could also go live out in the woods or on a farm.

Jammer: Yeah, I could be a mountain man unabomber wannabe like old man Mach, but I enjoy my doom scrolling too much!

Vape: There it is.

Jammer: Hey! Don’t you start talking down to me. When did you say you were gonna move out of my house? 2023?!

Vape: Speaking of which, isn’t that what we’re talking about tonight?

Jammer: You moving out?

Vape: No, I mean a match from 2023.

Jammer: Oh yeah, that’s right. That’s so long ago, but we’re going WAY BACK to Victory Explosion 17. It was a special night. We’re talking WAY before all the insanity that came about later. I mean, this was before your sex change, that you got after you didn’t like the FIRST sex change you got. Remember that Vape? Remember that?

Vape: ….I was confused.

Jammer: Luckily…they kept your….you know.

Vape: I had kept it…in a jar.

Jammer: Why?

Vape: I just…wanted it.

Jammer: …Imagine kids, back then people pretended to think you could change your gender! Isn’t that really really stupid? Anyways, this was even before the mysterious pillar incident remember that? Remember the pillars Vape? Va- what are you doing? Are you drinking out of the jar you had your thing-

Vape: NO….*sigh*....yeah.

Jammer: *gags* Moving on as quickly as possible, yes this was before the pillar incident, when EBW was about to damage the sport of wrestling forever with the Overkill Ladder Match. Oh it was just a crazy stupid match. We were in it!

Vape: I was never able to get up a single ladder.

Jammer: Yeah, but you threw yourself at a bunch of them and really did some damage. You were lucky though, cause it was a spot fest. No moves occurred. It got to the point where it felt like we were all just doing moves together, like we stopped fighting and just tried to pop the crowd. I heard kids in the audience say “this match is my personality now”. What had we done? That’s the question I kept asking myself. What had we done?

Vape: That Tower dude almost grabbed the belts without a ladder! He was TOO BIG!

Jammer: You could've done that too!

Vape: I got nervous and threw up.

Jammer: Oh I remember! On Isiah Muscle!

Vape: Yeah, that was hilarious!

Jammer: …Too bad they won though.

Vape: Yeah, if anything, it just made Mike Thunder super mad. However, it worked out for you, remember? He pushed you off a ladder, so you jumped onto another ladder that was falling, so you jumped onto another ladder that was falling, and landed right-

Jammer: Into the arms of my wife. Yes, I remember. She didn’t know it at the time, but we’d be happily married for a long time, and have a roommate that refused to move out. Seriously Vape, my kids are getting ready to move out.

Vape: Uh…moving on, we have a guest with us from the old days! It’s Apple Kid, and he’s got an invention to show us! Hey Apple!

Apple Kid: It’s Apple Man at this point. Look at me…I look like a granny smith apple. It’s definitely not kid anymore.

Vape: No no, it’s still Apple Kid, and Jammer is happy to have me living with him, and nothing ever has to change! Tell us about your invention!

Apple Kid: Well guys, it’s a temporal mind tunnel. It creates a doorway to and from the past aka I will be able to connect to my past self, and see through his eyes, while he’ll be able to see through mine.

Jammer: …Neat? Say, you should use it to connect to yourself during the show we’re talking about. Try to warn us to stop. We didn’t know the harm we were going to cause. Guys that thought being a wrestler meant doing jumps and flips, and performing zero action moves. They stopped working out. They were like 5 ft. 4 and 150lbs, and were like “I did three flips off a ladder, I should be World Champion!” I tried to teach kids that wasn’t the way, and they gave me the OK BOOMER treatment! None of them have even HEARD of NBA JAM! Just flip the machine on, and save us from this horrid timeline maybe?

Apple Kid: Huh? But, if I do that, I might never get married and have all my little apple dumplings. I finally got to figure out what sex was about. Turns out it was better than the countless COUNTLESS videos suggested. Right Vape?

Vape: I have no idea.

Apple Kid: Oh no. Well, I guess I could give it a try then. Let’s hope I don’t make anything worse. Surely, if I try hard enough I can pinpoint a moment before the match and warn everyone.

Saturn Dome - 2023

Apple Kid: WAIT STOP! DON’T DO IT!

Larry Grim: Huh?

Tommy Dukes: Don’t do what?

Apple Kid: What?! What was I just talking about?

Nerma: And that’s the match! I can’t believe Samurai Ifrit went through all of that to survive! That match will definitely shape the legacies of the men involved forever. I am blown away by what we just saw.

Apple Kid: I think I nodded off or something. *shugs* Oh well!

Winners: Kinniku Mike/Isiah Muscle via Title Grab -> Title Defense!

Tommy Dukes: I don’t think the wrestling world will ever be the same after that last match.

Apple Kid: I sure hope that’s a good thing!

Nerma: Makoto, you’re up next right?

Makoto Angel: That I am. Christina and Christy are two sisters that share a unique bond. I’m just going to call it, and in the end, I hope they will make amends. *sigh* Here we go.

5. Battle of Sisters: Christina Angel vs. Christy Angel<MCW> Special Referee: Makoto Angel
-Sisters collided up next, as Christina and Christy Angel faced off. It was also an EBW versus MCW battle, with a concerned Makoto Angel in the ref stripes to call it down the line. They took turns on offense for the opening few minutes that methodically paced. They were feeling each other out but also bashing each other violently, if those two things are possible at once. Christina chopped away at Christy in the corner. Christy fired and returned fire. Christina reverse kicked Christy and took her down. She front chancery suplexed her and then leaped off the top rope with a headbutt. Christy rolled out of the way. Christina stayed on offense, though, and trash-talked Christy a bit. Christy fired back with two snap Hagen suplexes. Christina flipped out of a third suplex. Christina locked on a front facelock while wrapping Christy with her legs, but Christy powered out. They continued to battle at ringside and in the ring, bloodying each other. Christina landed a nasty looking top rope back suplex on Christy. Christy got an arm up to protect herself and landed largely on her shoulder and back. Christina threw down-strike elbows and applied a Dragon Sleeper. Christy broke free and applied her own sleeper. Christina reached for the ropes, but Christy pulled her back. Christy then delivered her a barrage of kicks and applied a sleeper. She shifted into a cross armbreaker. Christina countered into a crossface near the ropes. Christy clawed her way to the bottom rope to force the break. Christia sat up and gathered herself as Christy lay on her back. Christy won a struggle on the mat and stomped away at Christina, then locked on the Angel Wings and brought her down to the mat. Christina tried to stand, but began to fade. She hit a big kick to buy time, as the sisters began firing kicks off one after the other. Makoto stood back in horror, but aware of how annoying it was to see a ref reacting to moves, she tried to keep it to herself. Christina was winning out, and looked to CLUTCH the WRIST, but suddenly Christy thumbed her sister in the eye, which Makoto tried to see, but in the process Christy rolled her up, and Makoto quickly counted the very very nearfall. Christy prepared to finish off her “big sis” but Christina came back swinging, and shocked the bratty rebel just enough to CLUTCH that WRIST and sent her to the mat with the Angel Driver. 1-2-3! Christina Angel scored the big win.
Winner: Christina Angel via WRIST CLUTCH Angel Driver -> Pin

Nerma: Christina with the win! The ACE of her division never fails to entertain and put on an incredible match, but Christy showed experience beyond her years and took the multi-time world champ to her limit. Christina is trying to offer her a handshake, but Christy is just slapping it away.

Larry Grim: Careful Makoto, don’t get too involved here. She’s pushed by Makoto as she’s trying to talk sense into her. She’s claiming a fast count.

Apple Kid: Was that a fast count?

Makoto Angel: *sigh* I DIDN’T fast cout, I just want that on the record right now.

Apple Kid: OK see, that’s what I thought.

Makoto Angel: Christina was gracious, and I’m proud of her…but Christy….well she’s got some growing up to do. I can only hope that she finds what she’s looking for in MCW. *sigh* I’m just glad it’s over.

Larry Grim: You can stop stressing about that…and start stressing about the next match, as Tack Angel collides with Kishin Kid in the Inferno Match!

Makoto Angel: …I brought burn cream. It’s gonna be fine! I’m fine, it’s fine, we’re all fine here. Can I…have a paper bag to breathe into please?

6. Inferno Match: Kishin Kid vs. Tack Angel
-Fire surrounded the ring, as Tack Angel stepped in to face off with his former protege and friend. Years removed from epic wars, it was time for one more. Tack offered a handshake, but Kishin Kid smacked his hand away and tried to push him right into the fire. The two struggled in a battle of wills. Every slam to the mat sent the flames up into the air. A Lakitu had its eyebrows singed off from the rising fire. Tack showed hesitancy several times, and that is what Kishin Kid preyed on. Tack got sustained offense with some kicks. Kishin nearly pushed him into the fire again before trapping Tack in a grapple Tack fought out of an armbar, but Kishin countered Tack into a backstabber. Kishin had some words for Tack, saying he’ll never be as good as him. Tack began punching him. Back and forth with fierce strikes, as the two fought near the fire. Tack had Kishin dead to rights, but let him go. He couldn’t bring himself to do it. He turned to Makoto to apologize, as Kishin Kid tried to attack from behind. Tack sidestepped just in time, and Kishin Kid fell face first into one of the fiery ropes. Everyone panicked, and the ring was immediately cleared of fire, as paramedics tried to get to Kishin Kid. A grizzly end he brought on himself, and a hard victory for Tack Angel.
Winner: Tack Angel via Setting Kishin Kid on Fire

Makoto Angel: Tack did it! He didn’t WANT to do it, but he did it!

Tommy Dukes: And look! The Assessor, The Witness, and The Auditor are fighting off the EMTs, and taking Kishin Kid themselves. The Preacher is demanding it. No! Let him get help! Tack be careful! He’s trying to get to Kishin Kid, but they’re not letting him!

Apple Kid: Tack had him beat, but let him go. Hopefully Kishin Kid will see that, but who can say what he can see right now. That fire had to HURT!

Larry Grim: The Preacher isn’t going very far, because one of his minions Erica, the EBW Women’s World Champion is up next, and her opponent is the Rumble City winner Wendy Mustang, and I’m sure that one is going to be a hard hitting brawl.

Backstage

Mr. Pirkle was on the phone as he made his way out of the building.

Mr. Pirkle: *on the phone* Yeah, I want the limo pulled up now! No, we’re not waiting for Venus or Lucca. I don’t even know where the purple haired apple polisher is! We’re done here! MCW is done with EBW, and we’re never doing this again! What a joke, and a miserable experiment! I won’t be forgetting what they put me throu-

Rama Raju suddenly appeared in the hallway and grabbed Pirkle, who dropped his phone.

Mr. Pirkle: YOU! AH! WHAT DO YOU…WHAT DO YOU WANT?!

Rama Raju: You know…what I want. Save yourself the pain, and tell me.

Mr. Pirkle: Tell you what?!

Rama Raju: You were there that day, but you were just one of a few. You stood behind, while the real perpetrators ransacked my village, and hurt my people. You tell me who is responsible, and you tell me now.

Mr. Pirkle: Why would I ever tell you who-

Raju smashed Pirkle against the wall.

Mr. Pirkle: FINE! FINE! I’LL TELL YOU! You’re right, I wasn’t the only one part of that land deal. I was just a minor stake in the investment! The majority holder was a silent partner, but the man that can get you that man is-

7. EBW Women’s World Championship: Erica(c) vs. Wendy Mustang
-Mustang started the match with a big statement, and fired off a loud slap across Erica's face, and got the crowd to back her. Erica smiled as she rubbed her cheek. The two women circled each other, then locked up. Erica twisted Wendy’s arm and rolled her into a headlock. She told her to savor the pain before she rolled Wendy up for a quick two count, then transitioned back into the hold. Wendy managed to finagle the challenger into an arm hold, but Erica flipped through it and threw a series of elbows. The two came nose to nose and shoved each other. Erica swayed back and forth as she licked her lips and took in the suffering. Wendy took control of Erica’s wrist and whipped her around the ring. Erica broke free with a kick to the stomach and another series of elbows to the face. Erica tossed the challenger toward the corner, but Wendy caught her with a kick to the face. The two got tied up in the ropes, but the official broke it up. Erica flipped Wendy back into the ring and elbowed the back of her head. She staggered as Erica taunted her to fight harder, hit hader, and actually take her down. She fired off a number of punches and kicks, then climbed on Wendy’s neck over the bottom rope. Erica dragged Wendy to the center and clubbed at her back, feeling firmly in control. She pulled Wendy back to her feet for a barrage, but Wendy blocked it and fired off a few of her own, hitting the ropes to bounce back with a pump kick, and a Shining Wizard follow up to keep Erica down for a near fall. Erica wanted to step up the momentum and took Wendy to the outside. She maintained the upper hand briefly on the outside. She smashed Wendy against the ring steps and placed her boot on her windpipe. Rather than let a count out win possibly occur, Erica grabbed Wendy by the hair and dragged her back into the ring. There, Wendy stood up and threw punches wildly at Erica in the corner. Erica hobbled out and caught Wendy by surprise with an exploder suplex. Wendy crawled toward the corner. Erica hit rapid-fire punches to Wendy’s gut in the corner. She crumbled to the mat. She bulldozed her way out of the corner and mounted Erica. Wendy kicked Erica in the face. Erica no sold it and asked for more. Wendy kicked her again. Erica shook it off. She shoved Wendy to the mat and tossed her to the apron. Erica set up for an exploder on the apron. Wendy blocked it. She caught Erica in the side of the head with a kick, then hit a running kick to the face. Erica fell to the floor. Wendy gathered herself as a chant for her broke out. She slammed Erica’s arm onto the steel steps. Erica shook it off and punched Wendy in the gut, but quickly clutched her arm in pain. Erica pulled Wendy into the ring post, then slid in the ring to break the referee’s count. Wendy came up from the post bleeding heavily from the forehead. Erica attacked the cut, then smeared the blood all over her own face. At this point. Erica tried to give Wendy an Air Raid Crash on the floor, but the champ blocked it and dropped her. The blood dropped down into her eye and over her nose. She flew off the apron with a clothesline. Both women slowly returned to the ring. Wendy gave Erica a pair of shoulder tackles, but she popped right back up. Wendy gave Erica a spinning back drop. Erica popped up again. She taunted Wendy, wondering when she was going to get serious. Wendy flipped Erica off, and the group popped huge. They collided again, and Wendy won out, hitting three successive suplexes on Erica. The third she stalled on, holding Erica in the air, with blood running down her whole face and neck. Wendy started to climb to the top rope, but Erica shot up in defense. She punched Wendy’s face rapidly, bit Wendy's face, then hit a superplex from the top. The referee began to count both women down. Erica and Wendy retreated to opposite corners of the ring. Mirroring one another, they pulled themselves up by the ropes and charged, firing flurries of wild punches. Both women dropped to their knees. Erica checked her jaw. She went for the kick to the mid-section, but Wendy hit her first and landed an Exploder Suplex. Erica fell into the ropes to avoid a cover. Wendy sat back against the apron, trying to catch her breath. Both women returned to their feet, Erica tried to surprise Wendy with a back fist. She ducked it. She struck Erica in the stomach and drove her elbow into Erica’s neck. Wendy gave Erica a number of hard knee strikes and kicks to the face. Erica suddenly pushed her back and hit a kick to the mid-section for the Air Raid Crash. Wendy fell into the ropes, showing good ring awareness. Erica got control on the ground and tried to drive her thumbs into Wendy's face, but Wendy fought her off and ended up on the other side of the ropes. As the crowd supported her loudly, Wendy flipped the ropes to SMAAAASSSH Erica with the Mustang Lariat-O! 1-2-3! NEW EBW WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPION!
Winner: Wendy Mustang via Mustang Lariat-O -> Pin -> NEW EBW Women’s World Champion!

Nerma and Makoto: NEW WOMEN’S CHAMPION!

Larry Grim: The Preacher doesn’t seem to care too much, but Erica is livid. The mask is coming off, and she is upset! Wendy Mustang is your big winner folks. She just set herself on top of the heap, and through a grueling battle, she did it. She survived a Rumble, and a match against Hell herself to claim the top prize. Wendy Mustang is your new EBW Women’s World Champion. In that division, she is now Queen!

Apple Kid: True, but we’re about to settle the title King next. King of Games that is. Seto Kaiba has it, and Bashin Dan wants it. A match months in the making, ever since Kaiba screwed Dan out of the title to begin with. However, if Dan loses, he’s GONE from EBW. Who will prevail?! Let’s find out, cause I really want to know too. I play cards with Dan!

8. ”King of Games”: Seto Kaiba vs. Bashin Dan
-A match months in the making was up next, as The Dangerous Player put it all on the line against the "King of Games". Dan offered a handshake, but Kaiba slapped it away. Dan threw Kaiba from a collar-and-elbow position, then worked an arm until Kaiba rolled him up. Reset to a test of strength, and Dan ended up pinning Kaiba’s head between his knees until Kaiba escaped and grabbed a headlock. Dan rolled out and put Kaiba in a headscissors. Kaiba finally escaped and hit a dropkick, then hit a side headlock. Dan got to a vertical base but Kaiba took him down with a couple of kicks. Kaiba splashed Dan’s left arm, but Dan ran the ropes and took down Kaiba with an axhandle, then covered for one. Dan was smiling, as Seto Kaiba was bringing his A-Game, which he had rarely shown, keeping his cards close to the vest, both figuratively and quite literally. Chops by Dan in the corner. To another corner, another chop. To a third corner, Dan put forearms to Kaiba’s ribs. Celtic whips and chops, until Kaiba blocked with a kick and threw chops of his own. Kaiba put some lefts to Dan and briefly stomped away until the referee broke it up. Fans were shocked to see a referee doing anything, cause they do such a good job of staying out of the way in EBW. Both guys missed moves on the apron and finally Kaiba mocked Benji by hitting a spear, taking both to the floor. To a barricade and Kaiba threw chops. He rolled Dan into the ring, but Dan escaped to a different side. Kaiba charged but Dan was ready and hit a sling blade. Running knee by Dan. Basement dropkick by Dan to the back of the head, and this was just a one count as well. Snap mare by Dan, who then put Kaiba in a head and arm clutch and leaned on Kaiba. Dan's desire to win was on full display here, as he unleashed months of pent up frustration. Kaiba got to his feet, thumbed Dan in the eye, and threw some back elbows and took down Dan. He wrung Dan’s arm over his shoulder and rolled up Dan for two. To the corner, Kaiba worked the arm and then charged Dan, who was ready. Dan hit a dragon screw leg whip over the top rope as Kaiba went for an enzuigiri. Dan stalked Kaiba and hooked up Kaiba’s legs and drove his elbow into it until Kaiba rolled up Dan to break. The back and forth continued, as both men were basically seeing just what the other could do. Even Kaiba looked to be enjoying himself, although that didn't stop the rule breaking. Thanks to Rude, Hazen, and Razorblade were battered from dealing with Trevor Mach the last couple weeks, but tried to get involved on the outside, until Dan Club came down as the equalizers. Minutes later, Kaiba was on the ropes and appeared to be losing, so hit a low blow on Dan. He smirked as the fans booed, and hit his Blue Eyes White Dragon Suplex, and pinned Dan expecting victory. 1-2-KICKOUT! Kaiba was shocked as Dan fought back to his feet, rallying with the fans and Dan Club on his side. He blocked a shot by Kaiba, and hit a kick to the midsection. The Brave Clash followed, and everyone cheered, expecting victory. 1-2-KICKOUT! Another shocker, as Kaiba was able to take Dan's finish as well. The struggle continued on. Later, Kaiba was on the apron and Dan was in the ring. They exchanged forearms and each hit a step-up enzuigiri. Kaiba wanted a slingshot spear, but Dan cut it off, went to the top and tried a stomp. Kaiba moved, hit a slingshot DDT and covered for two. Both guys fell on the mat and the crowd were white hot for the action. The two stood across from one another, ran the ropes, and Kaiba hit a big discus clothesline. Kaiba set up for a punt kick, but Dan broke it up with a sling blade. Dan charged into a superkick, but since Kaiba didn't slap the thigh, no one suspected he would try to pin, because how do you know that kick hurts if you don't slap your thigh. Kaiba charged into a sling blade. Big dropkick by Dan, who picked Kaiba up for the Brave Clash, but he narrowly escaped it. He took Dan to the mat, and then dragged him to the top rope, looking to hit a Blue White Dragon Superplex! Dan fought out of it and turned the situation on its head, and dropped Kaiba on his, as Dan hit the Top Rope Brave Clash for the cover and the 1-2-3!
Winner: Bashin Dan via Top Rope Brave Clash -> Pin

Tommy Dukes: He did it! Bashin Dan with the magnificent win there! Here comes all of Dan Club to celebrate the win! Even Hope Mach, who lost earlier in the night is there to celebrate with her fiance!

Nerma: Seto Kaiba is mad, he’s absolutely livid! Look at him angrily yelling at Dan while Kaiba Corp. tries to pull him away. He keeps trying to get back to the ring, but to no avail.

Larry Grim: Bashin Dan, the Dangerous Player and ACE of his generation is now the “King of Games”, and to him that means an awful lot. Dan played the long game, and he came out on top. Congratulations to you, Bashin Dan.

Apple Kid: We know what’s next though right? A trilogy needed to be completed. Two years ago, Trevor and Tali Mach fought w00t and Ripper Jane on The Strip. Last year, Trevor humiliated w00t in the shortest match in VE history. This year, everything is different. w00t went so far as you cripple Tali Mach forever. This doesn’t get any more personal, and the two eternal rivals have picked Twoson to be the final scene of their war. We will take you there now.

Polestar Preschool - Twoson

Trevor pulled up in his motorcycle, as w00t was already sitting on the porch of Polestar. Most of Twoson was illuminated for the match, except for Twoson Mall, which was undergoing extensive construction of new floors. The big monument to consumerism now towered over the modest day care, which was in reality the place gifted children were monitored and experimented on unbeknownst to Paula’s family. Trevor put the kickstand down on his ride and stepped towards w00t.

w00t: You know, it didn’t have to be like this at all.

Trevor Mach: I agree. You didn’t have to run Tali off the road. You didn’t have to try and make my life miserable. You didn’t have to start this war.

w00t: Me start it? Quite the opposite. It was the two of you that started it, you and that idiot Tack. It was here that it happened…in this life anyways. They don’t get it, and they never will, but you’ve seen it. We have repeated this cycle throughout time and history. I thought they turned you into something in that void, but all they did was remind you of who you really were before it was time. A gamble to be sure, but then they had no idea that I would remember as well. Tack’s stupid decisions, Anna’s rewriting of time and space, and my unfortunate encounter with the “Entity” once upon a time. It all came to a head. You, Azrael, and I Azazel, two of the Celestials favorite warriors. They think they’re as powerful as your God apparently. They have set us against each other in an eternal game of checks and balances. Well Trevor, this is the end of the line, and I’m ready for us BOTH to return to the void.

Trevor Mach: None of that matters to me anymore. I’m not a pawn, and I’m not their soldier. I’m here to fight you for my family, and I’m here to give you a message that you need to hear. After that, it’s over.

W00t: It’ll never be over. Never. Do you hear me?! NEVER! NEVER! NEVEEEEERRRRRRR!!!

9. Trilogy Street Fight in Twoson: Trevor Mach vs. w00t
-The two ran towards each other, as Trevor tackled w00t into the preschool. Trevor charged again, but w00t grabbed a bat, and smashed out the dim light illuminating the room. For several minutes, all the crowd could hear were the sounds of kicks, punches, broken glass, and yelling. Eventually, Trevor and w00t forced each other through a glass window, and out onto the streets. A true street fight. Trevor slammed w00t onto the hood of a car. He picked up w00t and carried him to the top, but w00t hit the wKo on top of the car, blowing out all of the windows below them. Trevor rolled onto the pavement coughing. Trevor pulled w00t to the ground, and they threw hands like a real brawl. Trevor ducked as w00t picked up a sewer grate and tried to hit him with it. Seeing the opening, Trevor kicked w00t into it. Sending him falling into the sewer. He quickly went after him. The sewer grate in front of the mall opened up as the Lakitus quickly locked in on the two, and Trevor dragged w00t out of the sewer. w00t pushed him into the road as a car approached, and Mach flipped over the vehicle, hitting the ground hard. Mach fought to his feet and punched and kneed w00t in the abdomen, before lifting him for the Burning Machismo. w00t screamed as he coughed up blood on the pavement. Mach spit blood himself and ripped off his eye patch, showing his eye was mostly healed.

Trevor Mach: You gonna get up or we done with this w00t?

w00t: Just getting started.

Trevor Mach: I was hoping you were going to say that.

The two scrambled in the road and really let loose. The fighting went further down the streets, and into a back alley, where they started fighting with garbage cans, and beer bottles. The blood was flowing as they made their way into the mall construction. Trevor and w00t fought into an elevator that was active, and shut behind them. The Lakitus had to follow them up floor by floor. Meanwhile, on the ground floor, a vehicle drove up, with Lucca coming out of the driver's seat.

Lucca: I can not believe you talked me into doing this! This is insanity!

On the top active floor, Trevor and w00t spilled out of the elevator. The floor was half finished and open to the elements. w00t grabbed a buzzsaw, and sliced Trevor with it. Mach kicked the saw out of w00t's hand, and pushed him down through an opening to the floor beneath him. He turned around to find a wall to prop himself up against. As he took a breath, he was suddenly hit with a chain, with a hook attached to the bottom. He nearly fell off the scaffolding. He looked up to see w00t standing across from him, throwing more chains at him.

w00t: Oh this is familiar right?! I love this! YOU get to see how it felt to be humiliated and left to die!

w00t kept throwing the chains that battered Trevor, and nearly knocked him off the scaffolding. The blood dripping from his face and arm made the steel extra slippery.

w00t: You're alone Mach. You're trapped, and you're about to take a dive. Any last words?

Trevor Mach: I'm not alone w00t. I'm never alone.

w00t: Oh? Trust me, you're alone and-

Tali Mach: You're wrong!

w00t: Huh?

w00t turned to see Tali Mach exiting the elevator in her wheelchair.

w00t: You!? Ha! This is better than I anticipated!

Tali Mach: He's not alone, and you're not going to kill him. I came here to make sure he didn't kill you!

w00t: HA! Why?! WHY TALI?! Why would you NOT want him to kill me? I crippled you, and I've been laughing about it ever since. I wanted you dead, but this is SOOO MUCH BETTER!

Tali Mach: I'm letting it go! You're not worth it! I'm moving on. I'm alive, and I intend to use this life for more than THIS!

w00t: Oh yeah...you're alive...for now.

w00t grabbed Tali's wheelchair, and laughed as he thrust it towards the edge of the finished flooring and out towards the construction site. Trevor ran off the scaffolding, and took her arm just as the chair went off the edge, and used the momentum to carefully scoop her up. He placed her against a wall and sat her down as w00t laughed like a mad man.

Trevor Mach: What are you doing here Hot Wheels?

Tali Mach: I wanted to make sure you didn't make a horrible mistake. I don't know about this crap he's been talking about, but whatever cycle he wants...don't perpetuate it.

Trevor Mach: He's....gonna hear my message and-

w00t attacked Trevor from behind, but he shot right up and turned to face w00t. He blocked shot after shot, and hit a headbutt that burst open w00t's nose once again, with blood pouring down his face. w00t laughed as Trevor hit him with shot after shot after shot. He backed w00t towards the edge, and they faced off.

Trevor Mach: You ready to put up or shut up?

w00t: What are you doing?

Trevor Mach: You say we go together right?! You want to jump?! LET'S JUMP!

w00t: You're crazy!

Trevor Mach: Coming from you!

w00t: No! I refuse to let you set the terms!

Trevor Mach: It's happening! Either we both go, or you give up! Make your choice!

w00t: *bleep* YOU MACH!

Trevor Mach: MAKE! YOUR! CHOICE!

w00t: *bleep*

Trevor Mach: HERE WE G-

w00t: I QUIT! I GIVE UP! YOU WIN! *bleep* YOU YOU WIN! I HATE YOU! I GIVE UP!

Trevor laughed and threw w00t to the ground. He stood over him with the bat from earlier. He stood over the battered and beaten w00t.

w00t: ...So you're going to do it anyways huh? I curse myself for showing weakness, but at least it'll be the last time. Kill me Trevor. Just do it! JUST DO IT!

Trevor Mach: You're gonna hear my message w00t.

w00t: DON'T YOU DARE!

Trevor Mach: I only have three words to tell you.

Trevor raised the bat above his head, before breaking it in half beside w00t.

Trevor Mach: ...I....Forgive...You.

w00t: NO! NO NO NO! NOOOO!

w00t stood up and punched Trevor.

w00t: NO! YOU KILL ME AND YOU KILL ME NOW! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! FIGHT BACK!

Trevor Mach: ...I'm turning the other cheek.

w00t grabbed Trevor angrily by the collar, but Trevor pushed him off and walked over to get to Tali. w00t suddenly snapped again and charged at Trevor, but he moved in time for w00t to slip and get himself trapped in all the chains he had been throwing earlier.

w00t: NO! NO! NOT AGAIN! NOOOO!

Trevor Mach: You OK Tali?

Tali Mach: I'd give you a standing ovation if I could.

Trevor Mach: Well that ain't happening. Don't worry, I'll carry it from here.

Tali Mach: Ha!

Winner: Trevor Mach via Verbal Submission

Larry Grim: Trevor Mach completes the trilogy! Not only that, but it seems he is ready to finally end things with w00t once and for all.

Nerma: Both Trevor and Tali made it clear. They want this to end. It’s over! Trevor used the weapon w00t wasn’t counting on in the slightest. Forgiveness.

Tommy Dukes: Trevor has turned a corner on his life and career. Things may never be the same for him, but we have a corner of our own to turn, as we enter the main event of Victory Explosion 17. We saw earlier that Rama Raju apparently got some answers he’s looking for, but now he needs to be ready, because his biggest challenge yet lies just ahead. Samurai Ifrit’s Zyro Kurogane, the EBW World Champion. The biggest match, for the top prize. TWO SUPERNOVAS COLLIDE! LET’S TAKE IT TO THE RING!




10. EBW World Championship: Zyro Kurogane(c) vs. Rama Raju
-Main event time, as Zyro Kurogane came out to an elaborate entrance, while Rama stood as a man alone, ready to take on the world. Raju offered a handshake to Zyro to begin the match. Zyro refused, backing into his corner. He raised his arms for a feeling out process. The two men locked up. Zyro tossed Raju backward toward the corner with ease. He set up in the corner, taking a deep breath and staring down his opponent. The intensity began to burn. They teased another lock up, but Rama hit a quick kick to Zyro’s shin. Zyro shook it off, tossed Rama  toward the corner and then clear across the ring. Raju regrouped. He crouched in the corner and came out slowly, looking for another lock up. Raju used his feet to outsmart Zyro. He caught him with a chop, then a hard knee to the chin. Raju hit a pair of uppercuts to the jaw. He kneed Zyro again, then backed him into the corner. Zyro caught Raju with a hard knee. Rama tumbled to the outside. He lifted his knees to his chest and tried to regain his breath. Zyro challenged Rama to get back in the ring. Raju returned slowly. Zyro teased a pounce, but Rama didn’t budge. Raju sported a fresh black eye. Rama hit a flip over the ropes, but stumbled into Zyro’s waiting arms. Rama fought free, swept Zyro’s leg and grabbed a waist lock. Zyro shook him off with ease and dropped Rama with a shoulder tackle. Zyro whipped Rama  off the ropes. Raju ducked two clothesline attempts and hit a leaping one of his own. Zyro rolled to the outside. Rama went for a middle rope dive, but Zyro caught him out of the air with a strike to the face. Zyro gave Raju an overhead belly-to-belly on the outside. Zyro tossed Rama into the ringside barricade. He scooped him up and ran him into the steel steps. Zyro returned to the ring and held out his arms. Raju rolled back in the ring. Zyro immediately hit a pair of snap suplexes and covered for a two count. Zyro grabbed a grounded side headlock. The crowd tried to will Rama to his feet. The World Champion broke his own hold by tossing Raju into the corner and peppering him with quick jabs to the ribs.  Rama slumped down in the corner, but Zyro didn’t let up. The ref forced a break. Zyro whipped Rama across the ring. He taunted the crowd. Raju managed to catch Zyro with a chop, then a series of kicks to the midsection. Rama hit a running kick into the corner. He caught a second one. Rama went for a third, but Zyro scooped him up and hit an Islander Drop for a two count. Zyro tossed Raju into the steel ring post. Rama crumbled to the mat on the outside, clutching his shoulder and bicep. Zyro slammed him into the apron. He lifted Raju on his shoulders, but Rama slid down Zyro’s back and shoved him into the ring post. Raju climbed back on the apron and hit a running knee to the floor. He dragged Zyro back to the ring. Raju climbed to the top rope. He connected with a missile dropkick, sending Zyro rolling to the corner. Raju called for Zyro to rise. He hit the first kick to the chest, then a second, third, fourth, fifth, round up and a catch by Zyro. Raju calculated it, though, and rolled Zyro into a cover for a two count. Raju transitioned into a knee bar. Zyro screamed in agony. Rama went to work on the ankle with the knee bar still applied. Zyro set up and grabbed Rama’s waist. He managed to stand up, knee bar still applied, and drop him with a gut wrench to break the hold. Zyro dragged Raju to his feet by his pants. He gave him the Straight Jacket Hagen, but declined the pin attempt. Zyro went for a back drop, but Raju rolled through it. Zyro’s knee gave out and Rama kicked him. Raju grabbed a front face lock and drove his knee into Zyro’s neck, head, and ribs repeatedly. He grabbed onto Zyro’s wrists and began stomping. Raju set up in the corner, willing the crowd to continue their chant. He went for the running knee, but Zyro countered into a Powerbomb for a near fall. Zyro stomped on Raju’s back and applied the Camel Clutch. Raju raised his hand to possibly tap, but Zyro stumbled just a little, allowing Raju to instead plunge toward the ropes and break the hold. Zyro recovered quickly, dragging Raju back to the center and stomping his back and shoulders. Zyro tried the Clutch again, but Rama rolled out of it and transitioned into an STF. Zyro was blinded by Rama’s arm and clawed desperately for the ropes, eventually reaching them. Zyro tried to club Rama, but Raju just took the wild shots to pull Zyro into a Triangle. Zyro gouged Rama’s eyes to break free. He crawled desperately to the corner to create some separation. Both men stood slowly. Raju punched Zyro repeatedly, but Zyro no sold every hit. He cocked back and elbowed Raju in the side of the neck, dropping him Zyro opened up, giving Raju free shots. Rama kicked him repeatedly, but Zyro shook him off and dropped him again with a single punch. Raju rose slowly. Zyro invited more kicks. Rama obliged. Zyro blocked the third one and gave Raju a kick of his own. Rama fell to his knees. Zyro carried him to the corner and lifted him to the top rope. Rama fought back, keeping Zyro at bay. They traded shots, posted on the top rope. Zyro attempted a Straight Jacket Hagen off the top, yelling "Let it Rip!", but Raju countered, and hit a tornado DDT off the tope rope. Zyro tried to get back to his feet, but his knee gave out, and he stumbled into Raju, who was bloody and beaten, but still stoic as he stared down at Zyro. He quickly lifted him for the Falcon Arrow, and planted him in the middle of the ring. 1-2-3! The Supernova Clash produced a new star in Rama Raju, the NEW EBW World Champion!
Winner: Rama Raju via Falcon Arrow -> Pin -> NEW EBW World Champion!

Tommy Duke: NEW CHAMPION! NEW CHAMPION! RAMA RAJU DID IT!

Larry Grim: From Rumble City to Victory Explosion, we’ve never seen a faster rise in wrestling!

Apple Kid: Samurai Ifrit kept the World Tag titles, and they have the World Team Rings, but the top prize, and centerpiece of wrestling, now lies in the hands of THE FIRE! The Mega Power Star Rama Raju!

Nerma: What an eventful night, and I’m personally excited to see more of what EBW has to offer, as we look ahead to the next night we all meet IN THE DOME!

Makoto Angel: Kindness, mercy, and forgiveness won out the night, and I am pleasantly surprised by that. Light has returned to EBW.

Nerma: Of that I’m both certain and very relieved.

Tommy Dukes: EBW changes yet again, and nothing will ever be the same. We’ll see next time! Goodnight everybody!

Twoson

Trevor walked out of the construction site, wiping the blood from his face, while also carrying Tali.

Tali Mach: I’m proud of you. You did the right thing.

Trevor Mach: …Wasn’t easy. Say…this seem familiar to you?

Tali Mach: Not this exactly. Last time I walked away from the carnage on my own two feet. Heh, can’t even drive out of here now.

Trevor Mach: You don’t have to. I’ve got it-

w00t: WAIT! NO! YOU CAN’T DO THIS TO ME! THIS ISN’T OVER!

Trevor Mach: Heh. Yeah w00t…..it is. We’re free now. *wink*

Trevor carried Tali to his motorcycle, which had a new passenger card installed just for her.

Trevor Mach: Like I was saying, I’ve got it covered.

Tali Mach: Consider me impressed Mr. Mach. So I guess you’re gonna be taking me back to the hospital now, or do you have to get to the Dome?

Trevor Mach: Neither. For at least tonight….we’re going home together.

Last edited by Machismo (4/07/2023 11:01 am)

Earth 5 - Hyrule Kingdom - Market Square

Hyrule was bustling about as people were going through their daily routine: the laughter of children, the crack of fresh bread, the pouring of drinks, and the murmur of gossip.

Customer: Thanks for the produce.

Store owner: You're very welcome, say have you heard the rumors?

Customer: Pray tell.

Store owner: There's some people in Hyrule that are...

The store owner looks back and forth, making sure she isn't heard.

Store owner *whispering*: ...gay.

The customer shocked in surprise, gasped loudly.

Store owner: Keep it down.

Customer: But that goes against the King's teachings.

???: Indeed it does, would you please tell us where they might be?

Some shadowy figures appeared behind them, some familiar to the Hyrulians.

Store owner: Oh! Hello! Yes, they are rumored to be hiding near the South Road.

???: Thank you very much, you have served your Queen & King well.

The shadowy figures threw them some Red Rupees & Tack Dollars.

Store owner: We are honored.

Customer: God Save the Queen, God save the King!

Store owner: I hope her job is not too harsh.

Customer: I'm sure she has a gay old ti-

??? swooped back in, and grabbed the customer by the collar.

???: What did you just say? WHAT DID YOU SAY?!

Customer: AH! I'M SORRY! I MEANT FUN! FUN TIME!

???: Oh! I'm uh...I'm sorry...it's just I have a job to do...and it's NOOOOT gay. In fact...the pearly gates will not open for them, and maybe not for me...after I do what must be done.

Earth 5 - Hyrule Kingdom - South Road

The shadowy figures patrolled the streets, looking around at the housing and alleys. Soon, one of them whistled and waved to it's fellow shadows.

???: Ah, right through this crack here in the alley... You two, with me. The rest of you, stay here. You know what your role will be.

The three shadowy figures slid through the crack in the alley and soon found a clearing with a door, carefully they tried to open the door but it was locked. The lead shadow waved for the other two to start ramming the door with a ram. Soon the door broke open as light blinded those inside.

Bud Light: Who's there?!

The shadows stepped into the room and the candlelight inside revealed all. Inside were many gay couples who held hands and sat close together as they were faced with two Viera & a woman in black with a red scarf and a red arm band carrying a scythe.

Ruby Rose: My name is Ruby Rose, I am an investigator for his & her Royal Highnesses. By Order of Queen Zelda TP Angel, I am investigating a rumor of there being...

Ruby grips her scythe tightly and grits her teeth, readjusting her scarf.

Ruby Rose: Fa- Que-, P-Poofers in the kingdom. This goes against the teachings of the Kings and must be stopped.

Bud Light: But, miss... sir... we should have freedom to love who we want. Right? The King is all about love.

Ruby Rose: BEING A CARRIER OF MONKEY POX ISN'T NORMAL!

The two Viera grabbed the arms of Ruby to prevent her from going on a rampage. Ruby nashed and growled as she was held back, scaring the gay men inside the speakeasy.

Bud Light: Please! Don't kill us!

Ruby stopped in shock, flashing back memories as she calmed down.

Ruby Rose: No... I will not live that again. Despite my sister's betrayal to her own kind.

Ruby composed herself, readjusting her scarf.

Ruby Rose: We're not here to kill you, nor are we here to imprison you. Ahem, .we're here to fix you.

Bud Light: Fix us? You're going to cut...

Ruby Rose: No, no, no. Poor choice of words. Nothing like that, that goes against the King's teachings. We're just here to help correct you. Please, follow us outside. All of you...

The gay men were escorted out by the Viera, Ruby patrolled around the speakeasy and found a couple stragglers hiding and forced them out. Making sure the room was empty. Having got everyone she leaned to the Viera.

Ruby Rose: Clean out this room and seal it up.

The Viera nodded as they began to dismantle the hideaway.

Ruby slid through the crack of the alley, and as she went through she saw the gay men surrounded by Gerudo women sizing them up and licking their lips.

Ruby Rose: Gentlemen, do not be afraid.

Bud Light: What are you going to do to us?

Ruby Rose: These lovely volunteers of the Gerudo Village, as granted by the King's grandaughter, the Chiftainess Riju. Will be providing your therapy. Don't worry, they won't hurt you, and in fact, you'll come out of this a better person. Ladies? If you please.

The large Gerudo women then picked up the men and carried them over their shoulder, much to their protest. The Gerudo women groping them as they carried them out of Hyrule to a premade campsite of tents. The only thing heard out in the night were cries of man and rattling chains.

The next morning

Ruby Rose made her way out of Hyrule and headed toward the campsite. There awaiting was a few Gerudo women, expecting her arrival.

Ruby Rose: Bring them out.

One of the Gerudo whistled as the Gerudo women came out of the tents with the gay men willingly coming out as well.

Ruby Rose: Well then, any objections to my therapy methods?

Bud Wiser: You cured us Ms. Rose! Thank you very much. I never knew what I was missing.

Dick Thruster: You saved us all! Thank you!

Ruby Rose: As the King's teachings say, if man is in want of another man or a woman in want of another woman, they aren't looking for actual love. They have just given up on true love and are just looking to cope with the pain.

Bud Wiser: And that we understand now! Thank you!

Ruby Rose: I do my best to make up for those I could not...

Last edited by tackangel (4/08/2023 11:18 pm)

Ninten: Hello EBW fans! How about that Victory Explosion huh? What a spectacular sight! We saw the crowning of a new World Champion! Rama Raju just decimated that glass ceiling. Nothing! Is! Left! He went from Rumble City straight to the Dome, and claimed the top prize in all of wrestling! EBW and MCW split once again, Bashin Dan became the King of Games, and Trevor Mach finally ended the war with w00t. Tack Angel fought off Kishin Kid, but despite Tack’s leniency, Kishin Kid still found himself with a face full of fire. The most gruesome burn we’ve seen in an Inferno Match I’d think. Samurai Ifrit lost the World Championship, but Mike and Son retained the World Tag Team Championships. Now tonight on Xcite, you’ll see them put the World Team Championship Rings on the line against Blood 4 Blood. Word is, Zyro Kurogane finally has a fourth member to give the extra ring to. The Television Championship will be on the line, as well as the Women’s World Tag Team Championships. Xcite will open the door on the next chapter for EBW, and it takes place at our home base, Renegade Arena.

EBW: Xcite
Renegade Arena, Saturn City
ENN

1. Singles: Kishin Kid vs. Point Man
2. EBW Women's World Tag Team Championships: Christina Angel(c)/Alison Chains(c) vs. Siren/Ice
3. EBW Television Championship: Geoff Garrett(c) vs. Benjamin
4. Women's Singles: Lainey Strong vs. Mitra Lennox
5. EBW World Team Championships: Zyro Kurogane(c)/Mike Thunder(c)/Isiah Muscle(c)/? vs. Trevor Mach/Tack Angel/Subculture/Picky Minch

Ninten: By the way, you might be wondering where Miss Xtra is. We’re in the same boat, I’m wondering that as well, but it’s all good, cause I can handle this. This was what I was doing until they hired her, and I don’t mind the bigger paycheck. Ness was the OG, and yet the REAL OG is still…holding down…the fort….hehe. *clears throat* We move from Victory Explosion, onto the next segment of the year, where things get really heated up. I’m talking about Collision baby. The World Games return once again, for more Olympic styled action. You will see talent from all over the world fight it out for Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals. Some of these promotions have shocked the world, like the performance of the BBB women wrestlers last year. We’ll see the return of the Bushido Den as well, and we’re already seeing some shenanigans on display, as Razorblade, who is under the employ of Seto Kaiba, is once again representing VBW this year. We have all the names out there already, and you’ll notice we don’t see any MCW. Mr. Pirkle wants to isolate his promotion after what he calls a disgraceful partnership with EBW. I don’t know, I thought his ladies were displayed pretty well. It really showed the EBW talent that they need to step up in this competitive environment. I thought we were going to be seeing AGES take part this year. Where did THEY go? It’s like they fell off the face of the Earth.

Ana: They did.

Ninten: Huh?

Ana: They fell off the face of THIS Earth specifically.

Ninten: …Hey! My wife Ana is back everybody! *whispering* You sure you’re OK to be back here?

Ana: We have a job to do my love. We’re especially going to be needed since- *whispers in Ninten’s ear*

Ninten: Oh. OH! Ooooooh.



Collision: The World Games 2023 Day 1
Twoson Fairgrounds, Twoson
Youtube
1. World Games Elimination 6-Man Tag: Subculture<EBW>/Tack Angel<EBW>/Picky Minch<EBW> vs. Bridge Troll<SDW>/Hexagon III<SDW>/Raymond Phoenix<SDW>
2. World Games Elimination 6-Man Tag: Barry Lawless<Mid-South>/Johnny Starbound<Mid-South>/Snakebite<Mid-South> vs. Flying Man<3'dPW>/Curry Man<3'dPW>/Blue Lightning<3'dPW>
3. World Games Elimination 6-Woman Tag: Christina Angel<EBW>/Alison Chains<EBW>/Lainey Strong<EBW> vs. Dulce Reina<BBB>/Fabiola Torres<BBB>/Chin Flanchard<BBB>
4. World Games Elimination 6-Woman Tag: Darkness Aoi<EBW>/Hilda Iceheart<EBW>/Mitra Lennox<EBW> vs. Korone<Hololive Edo>/Ookami<Hololive Edo>/Nekomata<Hololive Edo>
5. World Games Elimination Women's No Rules No Rules 4-Way: Erica<EBW> vs. Dentist Brit the Dentist Dentist<SDW> vs. Chin Flanchard<BBB> vs. Ripper Jane<VBW>
6. World Games Elimination Men's No Rules No Rules 4-Way: Jammer<EBW> vs. Painmaster<Mid-South> vs. Razorblade<VBW> vs. Cybernetic Guy<BBB>

Collision: The World Games 2023 Day 2
Twoson Fairgrounds, Twoson
Youtube

1. World Games 6-Man Tag Finals: TBD vs. TBD
2. World Games 6-Woman Tag Finals: TBD vs. TBD
2. World Games Bushido Den: Trevor Mach<EBW> vs. Razorblade<VBW>
3. World Games Elimination Men's 4-Team Tag: Benjamin<EBW>/Jaden Yuki<EBW> vs. Dom Barris<Mid-South>/Tom Barris<Mid-South> vs. Curry Man<3'dPW>/Flying Man<3'dPW> vs. Max Superkick<SDW>/Larry Superkick<SDW>
4. World Games Elimination Women's 4-Team Tag: Wendy Mustang<EBW>/Lainey Strong<EBW> vs. Tough Black Woman<SDW>/Butch Manlady<SDW> vs. Ms. Scary<VBW>/Bloody Mary<VBW> vs. Dulce Reina<BBB>/Fabiola Torres<BBB>
5. World Games Elimination Women's 4-Way Singles: Christina Angel<EBW> vs. Dentist Brit the Dentist Dentist<SDW> vs. Chin Flanchard<BBB> vs. ?
6. World Games Elimination Men's 4-Way Singles: Bashin Dan<EBW> vs. Curry Man<3'dPW> vs. Maxwell Chosenberg<SDW> vs. Johnny Starbound<Mid-South>

The Angel Ranch - Smalltown

Tack had just gotten back from Church, when he looked around the house, and took in a deep sigh.

Makoto Angel: I know that sigh anywhere. You’re sad about something. Don’t worry, I’m gonna cook you something delicious for dinner.

Tack Angel: Heh. Thanks honey, but filling my stomach won’t fill….*touches Makoto’s chest* my heart.

Makoto Angel: You just did that to touch my chest, didn’t you?

Tack Angel: That’s a possibility.

Makoto Angel: Why don’t you tell me what’s troubling you? Is it Kishin Kid? I know you said to yourself that you were going to do what had to be done, but NOT burning him was the right move I think. He ended up doing it to himself far worse.

Tack Angel: He was a sweet kid once. It was so hard having to let go before, and that was…years ago…and I admit he wasn’t front and center in my mind anymore. I had gotten over it. But, I brought this curse on myself. The way we handled the Cloud of Darkness. It was-

Makoto Angel: Your shining moment. The shining moment for all of us, especially the daughters, who all became…something more on that day. I don’t want to say literal Angels, but the closest they could become while still being alive, does that make any sense? *knocks own head* It’s hard to wrap my head around it.

Tack Angel: I think the term is Celestials. We know that Celestials and Infernals exist. Beings who perform the deeds of good and evil as if they were truly Angels and Demons. I think that’s what they are now, and that is what truly is bothering me.

Makoto Angel: You miss them all.

Tack Angel: I know somewhere out there, I’m living a different life, concurrent to this one. I see it sometimes, when I close my eyes. A wondrous place…and then I see bees for some reason. Something is missing there, just like it’s missing here.

Tack and Makoto: Children.

Tack Angel: I know that sacrifices had to be made, especially given the mean streak of mine that was so terrible it had to be erased to repair the damage, but I just wish I could see them again. They came to visit me on my birthday. It was brief, but I saw them all.

Makoto Angel: I miss them too Tacky. All of them, not just the ones that I “carried” through Iroha or anything. We were a family…we always will be…but we knew it was the means to an end. We knew that in the end we would have to lose it all to-

Suddenly, the ground rumbled around them.

Tack Angel: …That wasn’t me.

Makoto Angel: Well of course not honey. It came from outside.

Tack Angel: I’ll take a look.

Makoto Angel: Be careful please.

Tack left and looked around the dark fields surrounding the ranch. The wind blew across the hilly land, as Tack walked over to the site where the other living quarters once stood. He walked over to the place where the dimensional barrier once allowed passage from Earth-1 to Earth-5. He stuck his hand out, hoping for anything to happen, to no avail. He sighed and started walking back towards the house, when he suddenly heard a sound. He turned and saw a small little hand reaching up out of the tall grass. Tack ran over and looked down.

Tack Angel: …Ma…Ma…MaMaMaMAMAMAMAKOTOOOOO!

Makoto Angel: Tack? What? What is it? What’s wrong?

Tack Angel: It’s not what’s wrong? It’s what’s right! Look!

Makoto gasped, as tears filled her eyes. A little baby was laying in the grass, but not just any baby. Looking exactly like Makoto, she knew instantly who she was the very moment she saw her.

Makoto Angel: Honoka! OUR Honoka! She’s back?

Tack Angel: She’s back.

Makoto Angel: But how?

Tack Angel: I uh…I have NO idea. But like….wow…great timing right?

The two teared up as they held their baby daughter.

Elsewhere

A young man wrote something in a book, in a dimly lit room. The room was mostly featureless, with bland and metallic designs. The only picture in the room was of the Angel Family, the way it used to be. Two men walked into the room.

Gordon Cole: WELL WELL WELL, IT APPEARS THE ANGELS JUST GOT A SURPRISE!

Grimoire: Is that right?

Mr. Face: It happened, the moment one of those pillars appeared near Smalltown. We used the ENN Lakitu system to monitor it, when we saw the child in the field. Did you have something to do with that?

Grimoire: Writing the story that I’m in? They have superstitions about that.

Gordon Cole: WELL HOW SUPERSTITIOUS ARE YOU?

Grimoire: That’s the right question. I’m not superstitious at all.

Gordon Cole: …I UNDERSTAND!

Mr. Face: That’s the fifth of these almost invisible pillars that appeared on Earth-1. Do you know anything about those?

Grimoire: Honestly? I have no idea. However, I do know that this is far from the only place they are showing up.

Crystal Heaven - Earth-5

Tack Angel was pacing back and forth, in front of a large view screen that had Baron Von Bee on it.

Tack Angel: Look, we need to call a ceasefire you blasted bee! Something VERY STRANGE is going on, and it’s bigger than our problems! We need to give this fight up for now, and set aside our differences!

Baron Von Bee: I WILL NEVER GIVE UP FIGHTING YOU STAR PRINCE! YOU AND YOUR “DEFENDERS OF EVERYTHING” WILL BE THWARTED!

Tack Angel: I don’t call them that! They called themselves that! I didn’t want it! *sigh*

Baron Von Bee: IF YOU BELIEVED WHAT YOU SAY, YOU’D GIVE ME BACK MY BRIDE!

Tack Angel: Oh that’s never happening. NEVER HAPPENING! *click*

Tack turned off the view screen and face palmed. A man in a bomber jacket lit up a cigarette as he walked in.

Gibson Rickenbacker: Dat dude has got problems. Dressing up like a bee and such, I mean I’ve seen some wild things, but dat is weird Star Man. You get what I’m sayin’ over here?

Tack Angel: I’m sorry uh…Gibson was it? I’m so busy I forgot to get back to you on what the scientists learned. They THINK you came in from that pillar you appeared by.

Gibson Rickenbacker: Well I could tell ya dat much. I mean at first I just figured I died again and “Isekai’d” myself on over here. Dat happens a lot to me actually. I was investigatin’ dose pillar tings when I ended up here. This is some strange *bleep* Star Man.

Tack Angel: It’s just Tack please. I just wish I could end this war, and get to the bottom of this, before we get anymore unexpected gues-

Pirate Bill: Yarr! Too late, I be here now sir.

Tack Angel: *bleep* it! I mean HEY BILL! HOW ARE YA BUDDY! I’VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH! How is other Faris and…*sigh* Jackson?

Pirate Bill: They be fine sir, but they sailed towards one of those-

Tack Angel: Pillars? Yeah, I bet. Something is at work trying to alter the balance that was created after the new solar system was formed.

Pirate Bill: Yarr, well whatever it is, I will lend me cutlass to the cause of savin’ lives. I be joinin’ your “Defends of Everything' 'until I can return home.

Tack Angel: *sigh* I hear It was Geoff’s idea to call it that, the task force that formed following the sighting of these pillars. I don’t like it. I don’t like it al-

Leona Angel: Tack, we have a Code Red situation!

Tack Angel: Leona? What’s wrong?

Leona Angel: We have another “guest” who is none too happy about being pulled over here. It’s uh….Trevor.

Tack Angel: Trevor Mach? My friend! He helped me with the Cloud of Darkness. Maybe we can-

Trevor Mach-10: You want to tell me what in the world is going on here? Tack? Tack Angel?

Tack Angel: Oh boy.

Smalltown Church

Trevor entered the Church and sat in the pews thinking.

Geoff Garrett: Well hey there Slapper Mach, can’t get enough of Jesus huh? Neither can I!

Trevor Mach: Just sort of lonely at the farm right now. I brought back Tali for the night, but when I woke up, Lucca had scooped her back up, took her to the hospital, and left me a strongly written note about not driving her back to Sin City. She even drew this mean face on it. It’s funny cause she took her out of the hospital to begin with. Anyways, Robo took the kids, so Tali could spend time with them there, and I’m just sitting at home by myself…so I came back here.

Geoff Garrett: A sanctuary for those in need is worth its weight in Global Force Gold. You just take your time, but lock the door behind you when you leave please.

Trevor Mach: Thanks Double G. It’s plain to see why Tack is such a big fan of yours. Hey Geoff?

Geoff Garrett: Yeah?

Trevor Mach: What do you think I should do next? I got my act together, and I walked out of that fight with w00t still breathing, but I got to wonder what God wants me to do next.

Geoff Garrett: Just keep praying about it Trev.

Trevor Mach: Feeling a lot of conflicted feelings all at once. I just wonder how much God needs a wolf like me.

Geoff Garrett: When the Chosen fled from Scaraba, it was God that parted the Rust Sea, but not until he had Moses lift up the staff. It was his show of faith that lead to God working through him. Just got to have faith Trev. Trust in God, and praise Jesus.

Trevor Mach: Right. Absolutely. Thanks Double G.

Later that night, Trevor was still sitting in the darkened room. He had nodded off, but a sound at the pulpit stirred him awake.

Trevor Mach: Huh? Huh?! What?! What did I-

Chris P. Bacon: I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you.

Trevor Mach: You. I remember you.

Chris P. Bacon: I was hoping so.

Trevor Mach: …You’re one of-

Chris P. Bacon: Them? Yeah. It had been a while since we had a chat. Last time…I was there when we found you floating around in our home.

Trevor Mach: What am I?

Chris P. Bacon: You’re Trevor Mach, a multiple time EBW World Champion. You’re a husband, father, farmer, and recent convert.

Trevor Mach: What am I really?

Chris P. Bacon: All those things are true.

Trevor Mach: But what else?

Chris P. Bacon: What else? So much more. I wanted to tell you about it, but it was never the time for it. We don’t exist outside of time per se, but we’re living it differently. I think you already know some of it though.

Trevor Mach: Death…Azrael right? But I’m no Angel, and neither are you.

Chris P. Bacon: No, but we do like to try and mimic the job don’t we? You are a Celestial…a builder specifically. Your gift was imagination, which was ironic considering you dealt in death. I think you used it to keep your spirits up. It was an important job, doing what you did, but that system was “updated” following the “worker dispute” as it were.

Trevor Mach: You don’t claim to be an Angel, but you claim God’s work as your own?

Chris P. Bacon: We do what we do here. That’s our choice, and our passion. You exist in this inner circle here. We exist outside of that circle on our own, and something greater exists beyond that. We’re a platitude higher than where normal people are, but we’re not the peak. We just want to do God’s will, and watch over people.

Trevor Mach: Did God tell you that personally?

Chris P. Bacon: I’d like to think in my prayers he has.

Trevor Mach: …You’ve never met him?

Chris P. Bacon: Above the pay grade.

Trevor Mach: Then how do you know he’s there?

Chris P. Bacon: Faith…same as you right?

Trevor Mach: Right. I guess I knew all of this before. So, when I became Death…

Chris P. Bacon: You think they turned you into Death to save you, but what they really did was remind you of who you truly are.

Trevor Mach: Then what happened? How did I end up here? w00t…he…he called himself Azazel. Why is that?

Chris P. Bacon: You both took on biblical names. You were both good friends once upon a time. w00t was one of the brightest. He shone like a bright star in the night, but you can probably see where that lead.

Trevor Mach: Sounds familiar.

Chris P. Bacon: Celestials, we want to serve God, but Infernals, like their master, want to BE God, and if they can’t have that, they want to cease everything, plunge it all into a void. They come from the depths of the Sanctum, where evil thoughts dwell. Hated, violence, lust, they were made manifest. You know how they say evil can not create, it can only destroy? That was true here, as they wished to make their own creation, and instead they gave birth to the entity that wished to consume all life.

Trevor Mach: Entity V.

Chris P. Bacon: It has another name, but it’s incomprehensible, so we’ll go with that. Yeah, it’s name was Entity V. The Infernals waged war on the Celestials that wished to contain Entity V, and among their ranks was Azazel…w00t…when he realized he couldn’t ascend beyond where he was. He wanted more power. He wanted to control. If he couldn’t control what was, he wanted to erase it and start over. The two of you battled, and battled, to the point that linear time stopped mattering. You appeared throughout time and space, and it always ended in a stalemate, and you would be pulled moments from death into another war. Every time, you lost more and more of yourself, except for the core of what made you you. That’s a shame, cause we were good friends once. Here in this time and place, they finally realized that the two of you were special, and even had you together in the same class. You co-existed longer than you ever had, but then Entity V came back. We were only able to contain it for so long. We hadn’t thought to contain it within the realm of imagination itself. How many times have you thrown yourself in front of Entity V at this point? I’ve even lost count. It’s because you were never a fan of entropy. Things ceasing. Things-

Trevor Mach: Dying.

Chris P. Bacon: w00t was fully on board with living this life until Entity V…well killed him more or less.

Trevor Mach: More or less?

Chris P. Bacon: If someone is dead they’re dead. They go to be judged, and again, that’s above the pay grade. Celestials and Infernals have meddled in the past though, pulling someone just before a moment of death, and keeping them here. It’s how you were keeping w00t in check all that time. It’s how Death pulled w00t back from the brink, along with others, and made them think it had brought them back as a form of control. w00t remembered that, and he began to remember more, and the longer he stared into the void, it all came back to him. He wanted to resume the cycle, but you broke it.

Trevor Mach: I put it in God’s hands. Maybe that’s the difference. I didn’t try to “play” God, and I don't meddle in people’s lives. I fought my fight, and then I walked away.

Chris P. Bacon: I understand how you feel. You always felt that way. We tried to make it easier on you. We thought calling you the Avatar of the Author would help, but-

Trevor Mach: I still don’t know what that meant, nor do I want to know! Whatever that is, is none of my concern, but what is my concern, is doing right by my God, my family, and myself. I make my choices, and I choose this life, as the life that matters. Whatever I was before, only matters if it helps me do what I have to do in the here and now.

Chris P. Bacon: You’re referring to the Cloud of Darkness?

Trevor Mach: Anything that gets in the way. Even if Giygas wants to go another round. *sigh* Why are you here right now? Why are you suddenly telling me all this?

Chris P. Bacon: I can tell you now, because ironically, you’re at the point where you already knew it. You were asking me, because-

Trevor Mach: I wanted to make sure I wasn’t crazy.

Chris P. Bacon: And you are, but not because of this.

Trevor Mach: Right. So you’re telling me what I already know, when it would have been more useful earlier.

Chris P. Bacon: We saw a timeline forming, that would be beneficial if we left well enough alone. Adding in too much complication would usually lead to a failed timeline. It doesn’t really matter right now though. Things are different.

Trevor Mach: In what way?

Chris P. Bacon: That I’m not really supposed to say, but again…I don’t know if it matters anymore. We can normally see possibilities in the future. We can see outcomes of all kinds. We can’t see them anymore. All we see is a form, like a hand reaching out into the universe, pillars spiking the ground, and then darkness.

Trevor Mach: Pillars? Darkness? That sounds like one of THOSE problems again. We’re just dealt with-

Trevor turned to see Chris was no longer in the room with him.

Trevor Mach: *sigh* Always leaving me hanging.

Trevor turned and looked up at the cross at the back of the Church.

Trevor Mach: When you require a sword, I’ll be there.

Crystal Heaven - Earth 5

In the courtyard of the Crystal Kingdom, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune finally had a moment to themselves. Uranus slowly slid her hand over to Neptune as they sat on the stone bench in the middle of the hedge maze. They were all alone. Uranus leaned in for a kiss, when a figure burst forth from the bushes behind them.

Ruby Rose: HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

Sailor Uranus: Excuse me?

Ruby Rose: You wouldn’t be…oh I don’t know….BREAKING THE LAWS OF NATURE AND HUMAN DECENCY WOULD YOU?!

Sailor Neptune: Who are you?

Ruby Rose: Oh! You don’t know who I am?! Of course you don’t! I was on another world until recently, when a pillar landed and brought me here! I can see why now! You “people” had no reason to fear….until now.

Sailor Uranus: You’re very confusing.

Ruby Rose: Besides, I KNOW that the butch *bleep* over here wants a piece of the King! That’s the right way to go! I mean he’s married, but a bunch of times!

Sailor Neptune: I thought you were over that!

Sailor Uranus: *blushes* I am! Who told you all of that!

Ruby Rose: The funny pirate is quite the gossip!

Sailor Uranus: …Bill.

Up in the tower, Tack was looking at a digital map on a large round table, surrounded by Geoff, Saxon, Novus, PT, Pirate Bill, Gibson Rickenbacker, and Trevor Mach-10.

Trevor Mach-10: This is quite the world you have here. I’d call it a paradise, except paradise is in chaos.

Tack Angel: You’re not kidding. Isn’t where you’re from a paradise? Trevor told me it was supposedly the “Right Earth”, where we’re all the best versions of ourselves.

Trevor Mach-10: There is no “Right Earth”, only the one that is right for you. Please, don’t compare yourself to any other “look alike” out there. All of you are individual souls with your own dreams and aspirations.

Tack Angel: …I actually have a counterpart that is literally another me though.

Trevor Mach-10: How does that work?

Tack Angel: Long story.

Trevor Mach-10: I’ll bet.

Tack Angel: Remember when we went back to 1992? One of those things.

Trevor Mach-10: Got it.

Gibson Rickenbacker: So I get dat yous guys are familiar wif one another anudda, so let’s just cut to da chase here huh?  I got to get back to my cat girl wife. She’s more human than cat, so it’s not weird. I got dis friend named Cat Man dat looks like you by the way Star Man. So what’s the problem, and how do we stop it? Normally, I just pull out dis sword and hack and slash the problem until it goes away.

Geoff: Well Slapson Slapenbacker, I don’t think it’s gonna be as easy with this one.

Trevor Mach-10: Right, I received a message I never thought I would have just before I ended up here. A prismatic, barely visible pillar hit the ground just before it happened. It might be BECAUSE of the pillar. It was-

Christina Mach-5: Trevor?!

Justice Mach-2: Dad!

Trevor Mach-10: There you are! I was waiting to run into you two! Aly has been worried sick about you two. You said you eloped, and by elope, you meant liberate Earth-5. I guess it worked huh?

Tack Angel: Yeah…they’re married now…and she’s pregnant. Justice Mach…got my daughter pregnant.

Justice Mach-2: Is something wrong?

Tack Angel: Huh? No! No, not at all! After all, you’re not Subculture! HAHAHAHA!

Matthew Wilson: Hey, what’s on in here?

Tack Angel: I thought I told you to stay out of here! Focus! Priorities! Trevor, it would help us so much, if you could pass along that message you received. It might go a long way in explaining things.

Trevor Mach-10: It was a message from the Apple Kid who called himself the Apple of Enlightenment. I thought he was dead. It was just one sentence. “It is happening again.”

Tack Angel: …..

Gibson Rickenbacker: …I’m sorry what? I wasn’t really payin’ attention to be honest wit’cha.

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