2020.09.26: PWN - LONE - LONE 39
Intro
The Titantron comes on while the arena darkens, and not with its usual intro, but instead with the tag team champions The Damned standing in view. Sister Catherine on the left, Stitches on the right. They're both in their ring gear and wearing the LONE Tag Team Championships around their waists. Stitches holds two dolls of Terri and Alison in her hands, trying to get them to 'kiss and make up,' it seems.
Sister Catherine: Colossians 3:13 Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Sister Catherine smiles as she looks into the camera from behind her glasses.
Sister Catherine: Can the two of you forgive each other? Can the two of you coexist? Are the two of you able to set aside your petty squabble, and try to obtain the tag team titles that the two of you so long desired when you were together? Were you not upset, Alison, that Terri lost the chance to gain them for the two of you? Will you put that aside to knock on God's door? God has given you a chance. He has weighed on IC3's heart. He has also given us a test. If it is in his will, we will make you lay down for our lord. We will make you tap out to GOD! Then maybe... the two of you will come together and understand, and join us on the path to his kingdom.
A cracking is heard as Stitches collides both dolls and the faces crack. Stitches pouts and shakes her head slowly.
Sister Catherine: Then again... perhaps not.
Sister Catherine immediately sprays her red mist into the camera and it then cuts out.
The Titantron is still lit up. We now cut to Terri Thompson who is backstage, seated in a black steel chair and dressed in her ring gear with her battle vest over her BURIAL ARTISTS FUCK OFF t-shirt. She's got a pack of Marlboro menthols in her hand. She draws one out.
Terri: People are telling me I got fucked, I got robbed. But you know what? I saw the footage. She had her foot on the ropes. I lost sight. I took my eye off the ball, and can you really blame me? Look at me... I'm smokin' cigarettes again.
She takes this moment to put the cigarette to her lips, putting the pack in her lap while she feels around for her lighter. She pulls out a blue bic and flicks it alight, touching it to her cigarette and pocketing her lighter before taking a puff.
Terri exhales a cloud of smoke: But with every failure, there's a chance for success after. I've got a shot for the LONE Tag Team titles against The Damned... but I gotta tag with Alison, of all people. The Damned wants to know if we can coexist? Heh... I guess we'll see soon. Regardless, I'm taking those titles from those blooddrinkers with or without Alison's help. Just a shame I gotta tag with another blooddrinker to do it. And if anyone thinks otherwise... they'll think different when I plant their Minds in the Gutter.
Terri crushes the cigarette pack in her left hand and tosses it to the ground. The camera zooms in on it on the concrete floor as the screen fades.
Cinnamon vs Rook
Baxter: The following contest is scheduled for one fall!
Crowd: ONE FALL!
Suddenly, over the PA, a part of the British National Anthem kicks in. GOD SAAAAVE THE QUEEEEEEN!!
The camera cuts to the entrance way as Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl" kicks in.
Baxter: Introducing first, accompanied to the ring by Violent Violet, from Annapolis, Maryland, she is the winner of the Queen of the Castle tournament... QUEEN CINNAMOOOOOON!
Cinnamon and Violent Violet emerge from the gorilla position. Violent Violet is to Cinnamon's left. A group of stage hands come out and begin tossing down crimson colored pillows, with some picking them up after Cinnamon walks on them just to toss them ahead of her so she can step on them again. For some reason, she doesn't want to get her feet on the ground.
Spice & Ice are wearing their usual ring gear, however, Cinnamon has the tiara that was given to her at Queen of the Castle on her head.
The crowd showers the tag duo known as Spice & Ice as they walk to the ring. When Cinnamon starts to step on the steel ring steps, the stagehands grab the pillows and head to the back. Cinnamon moves to the center of the ring and spreads her arms while Violent Violet gets down on one knee in front of her. Cinnamon bends her head forward as Violent Violet gets up to gently take the tiara off of Queen Cinnamon's head and hands her tiara to the referee.
Kernkraft 400's "Zombie Nation (Original Version)" starts up. Rook steps out from behind the curtain, standing on stage and lowering her glasses some as she looks out over the crowd. She takes a few steps before taking her glasses off and tossing them out towards whichever lucky fan will catch them, before retrieving another pair and sliding them on.
Baxter: And her opponent! From Deer Lodge County, Montana! ROOOOOOOOOOK!
She hops up onto the apron, taking a few steps and then putting one leg through the middle and top rope, but pauses to lower her glasses and look out at the crowd before fully stepping through.
DING DING
North: Well, we have a rematch from the Queen of the Castle finals here; one big key difference? Rook didn’t just go through a grueling beating after Violet got herself intentionally disqualified!
Washington: And even then, Rook still nearly captured the crown! It’ll be very interesting to see how this one turns out; Cinnamon is always a major threat but Rook has knocked down a lot of doors so far in her career.
Violent Violet immediately hops up on the apron, catching Rook’s attention as Cinnamon immediately clubs her in the back of the head with a nasty elbow strike. Rook’s body collides against the ropes as Violet quickly hopped off and threw her hands up defensively. Cinnamon clubs her repeatedly in the back of the head as the referee quickly calls for a clean break and Cinnamon quickly throws up her hands and backs off before slapping Rook across the face, knocking her sunglasses off! Rook turns around and immediately goes low for an amateur style takedown and wraps Cinnamon up and drives her down to the mat. Rook immediately fights for position on her as she tries to transition into the heel hook early but Cinnamon is quick to block her there as she shifts her body and tries to trap her arm between her legs and transition into a crossface. Rook manages to slip out and transition to an armbar as she manages to make Cinnamon squeal for a few moments be reached over and shifted her weight to slide Rook on her back! Violet sneaks onto the apron from the referee’s blindspot and grabs Cinnamon’s free arm for leverage for the pin! 1…..2…..Rook lets go, as does Violet!
North: A lot of back and forth but Cinnamon of course, skirts and breaks the rules to get out from an otherwise difficult position Rook had her trapped in!
Washington: Cinnamon and Violent Violet are very capable as singles wrestlers but even then they still find ways to operate like a tag team. You’re never really just facing one of them one on one; it’s essentially a handicap.
Cinnamon shakes her arm a little and rolls it around before she turns around and plants her boot right in Rook’s face! Cinnamon shoves her foot in Rook’s face as she lays on the mat as she shouts orders.
Cinnamon: Kiss my feet! Kiss em! Kiss them you filthy, disgusting peasant!
North: Oh come on, this is ridiculous!
Washington: I don’t think Rook’s really into that sort of thing. Cinnamon is just trying to humiliate her but Rook seems to lock in that heel hook like a mouse trap out of nowhere; is she really sure it’s smart to do that?
The crowd boos as Cinnamon kicks her while she’s down for refusing. Cinnamon spreads her arms out as she taunts to the crowd as she shouts for everyone to ‘bow down’! Rook pulls herself up and waits for Cinnamon to turn around. Rook sprints forward and looks to attempt another takedown but as Cinnamon goes to sidestep Rook reads it and shifts to a kick right to the ribs! Cinnamon yells in pain as Rook shifts downward with her aim and hits a dropkick to her leg, sending Cinnamon down facefirst! Rook goes for another heelhook and this time she locks it in in the dead center of the ring!
Washington: Speaking of the mouse trap, what did I tell you?!
North: Cinnamon may have to submit quickly if she can’t get free! Even The Glorious One fell victim to it, a decorated veteran of the squared circle and a savvy veteran!
Cinnamon panics and immediately begins tapping out! The referee doesn’t see this however as Violet tries to storm into the ring, stealing the referee’s focus! This causes Rook to let go of the hold and quickly get to her feet, turning Violet around and punching her several times in the face before hitting her with a sharp elbow to the face and clotheslining her over the top rope!
North: That should eliminate Violet from the equation for the moment! Rook just clotheslined her out with authority!
Washington: She’s gotta keep her eye on Cinnamon though; she can’t afford to pay Violet too much attention because that just plays right into her hands!
This gives Cinnamon just enough time to recover and pull herself up as she got her bearings straight. Rook goes to pick Cinnamon up but Cinnamon jabs her thumb into her eye, causing her vision to become distorted! The referee gives Cinnamon a verbal warning but she brushes it off as she gives her a quick punch to the gut before giving her a kiss and driving her down with the Siren’s Kiss DDT! Cinnamon quickly goes for a cover, neglecting to cover the leg as she believes she’s got this match in the bag. 1…….2……….KICKOUT! Rook shoots the shoulder up!
North: The Siren’s Kiss nearly put her away, but Rook kicked out!
Washington: She got sloppy, Kevin. See how she neglected to hook the leg? That gave Rook just enough room to kick out without fighting against that extra leverage.
Cinnamon shouts and screams at the referee for not counting fast enough as she goes for another pin. 1….2...KICKOUT! Rook kicks out yet again! Cinnamon shouts at the referee and orders him do his job! The referee holds out two fingers, reaffirming the count! Cinnamon goes for one more pinfall and this time hooks both legs, 1…..2..KICKOUT!
North: Cinnamon keeps on going for pin after pin and she’s getting nothing to show for it!
Washington: The definition of insanity is doing the same action over and over again and expecting different results. While this could be sound from a strategy standpoint to wear her out she’s not in the right frame of mind to capitalize; this is just pure frustration.
Cinnamon shouts for Rook to get up as she stalks her and watches her every move as she looks to pick herself up. Rook finally makes it back to her feet and goes to turn around as Cinnamon looks to hit her with the Sugar & Spice standing spinning heel kick but Rook saw it coming and ducked before catching her by surprise with a rollup pin! 1…..2…..3/KICKOUT! Cinnamon kicked out a fraction of a second too late!
Baxter: Here is your winner… Rook!
North: Out of nowhere Rook steals it!
Washington: I think we have a contender to the crown! Some people were already saying that Rook would’ve won the Queen of the Castle had Violet not gotten herself intentionally disqualified and beat her down immediately before the finals and I think this victory lends a bit of credibility to that theory! This could get interesting!
Violet quickly slides into the ring as Rook swiftly rolls out! Cinnamon and Violet, both in shock try to talk over exactly what happened as Rook quickly runs up the ramp, turning around once to throw her arms up in the air in victory before retreating behind the curtain.
Qent's Celebration
"The Bomb" by L7 starts up and "The Powderkeg" Lexi Pryce emerges from the curtain along with "Pretty" Fay Qent, the LONE Champion. Qent has the title around her waist while Lexi holds a bottle of champagne that is gold colored. They march to the ring and Lexi rolls in while Qent takes the stairs. Lexi marches over to the other side of the ring and demands a microphone.
Lexi paces back to the center of the ring while Qent stands behind her.
Lexi: SHUT UP! SHUT UP ALL OF YOU! SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO ME RIGHT NOW!
Crowd: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Lexi: Yeah that's right! You're mad! You're mad! We're back! Big mad! Salty, even! Salty because what I said is right! What I said is TRUE! Qent is the new LONE Champion! But to me she never lost it!
The camera cuts to Qent for a moment as she nods her head knowingly while the crowd BOOOS some more.
Lexi: Well I've got something to wash that salty taste outta your mouth! I spared no expense for Qent tonight! See this right here?
Lexi holds up the gold champagne bottle which has a label that has an image of Lexi and Qent on it, with Qent wearing the LONE title around her waist. It reads GOLDEN FIZZY in Gold text next to it.
Lexi: Wash the taste out with some of this! In fact, you all can take a Golden shower in it! Yeah you'd all like that, wouldn't you?
Crowd: BOOOOOOO!
Lexi: I've heard of that brand out there, but this is superior! What is it?
Lexi looks over her shoulder at Qent.
Lexi: A little bit of the bubbly?
Qent shrugs her shoulders, looking perplexed.
Lexi looks back at the hard camera: More like a little bit of the BLAHBLY! It tastes awful but this... this tastes like you've melted down the title and added some of that golden fizz for the perfect taste fit for a TRUE champion!
Lexi hands the mic over to Qent who takes it. Lexi pops open the cork and the champagne starts to flow. Lexi takes the mic from Qent and starts to pour some of the Golden Fizzly onto Qent in celebration.
Lexi: Yeeah that's right! You deserve it! Come on!
Lexi tries to get the crowd going now.
Lexi: YOU-DE-SERVE-IT! Come on! YOU-DE-SERVE-IT!
"I haven't seen too many not-live, either," Pete replies as they make their way down a row of seats. "Figured it was local enough to be worth checking out, though. I think this is the part where someone else shows up and gets all up in their face, right?"
Crowd: FAY CUNT! FAY CUNT! FAY CUNT! FAY CUNT!
Lexi wears an expression of shock: You people are the worst! You people prove my point on bitches like Smurfette and Alan Crowne! You only care about yourselves! You know damn well as I do that Qent never lost this belt and deserves all the--
Lexi suddenly is launched forward, dropping her mic and the bottle of Golden Fizzly which starts to roll towards the edge of the canvas while pouring its contents out.
North: Oh my god that's!... That's ALISON CROWNE!
Alison starts hammering away on the back of Lexi, who puts her hands on the back of her head to try and cover herself up.
Qent immediately marches over to Alison and tries to pick her off of Qent.
North: TERRI THOMPSON!
Terri climbs up to the top turnbuckle and dives onto all three of them with a Swanton Bomb!
North: SWANTON!
Terri gets up, beating her chest and screaming loudly, then immediately runs over to the ropes, bouncing off of them.
Qent is down on one knee.
On the rebound, Terri gets hit with Qent's Tomahawk Chop Clothesline! Terri's out!
Qent moves over towards Alison. Lexi starts to recover and the two whip Alison to the opposite ropes. On the rebound, Alison gets kicked in the stomach by Qent, doubling forward. Qent lifts her up and she and Lexi perform their Powerbomb/Lungblower combo.
Lexi immediately goes to pick up the Golden Fizzly and microphone.
Lexi starts to pour it all over Alison who starts to wake up when the liquid hits her face. Alison rolls around and covers her face.
Lexi: Yeeeeah! Yeah you like that, don't you! A golden shower! How about your friend?!
Lexi moves over to Terri, and starts to pour it on her. Terri does the same thing. Lexi puts the bottle over her crotch: Yeeeeeah! Yeeeeah you like it!
Lexi tosses the bottle down and screams into the mic: THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRY TO INTERRUPT US! I GUESS IT -IS- BETTER TO BE PISSED OFF THAN TO BE PISSED ON, HUH?!
Lexi spikes the microphone and starts to head to the back with Qent. The camera follows them and at one point Lexi turns around and raises her hands up into the air triumphantly while walking backwards.
As Lexi still walks backwards and Qent walks with her to the back, Lexi looks to see The Damned race right past them with the LONE Championships around their waists. Lexi smirks as the two slide into the ring and start to attack Terri and Alison; Stitches on Alison and Sister Catherine on Terri. They stand up and unbuckle their belts, tossing them away.
The Damned vs Royal Plunder
DING DING
North: The Damned start this match in an incredibly favorable position after Terri and Alison just went through the ringer at the hands of Lexi and Qent just moments ago!
Washington: As if a dominant team needs another advantage! The Damned have turned back and vanquished every single set of challengers but they’ve never faced the newly reunited, albeit via corporate edict, Royal Plunder. Alison was determined to contest this championship match under 2 vs 1 handicap rules but IC3 saw money in bringing bitter enemies back together. Now we do know that when they’re on the same page, and they were a lot before 2 Year Anniversary, that Terri and Alison are capable of beating any other tag team set before them but can they manage to co-exist long enough to make that happen tonight?
North: Pride does come before the fall, Frank, but we do know that Alison and The Damned haven’t exactly been friendly with one another over the summer. Sister Catherine forced Alison Crowne to pass out to Sinner’s Salvation during the Prospect Classic Cup only 3 months ago! If I was Alison, I’d take the hand I’m dealt and be thankful for a partner right now because this would’ve already been over if Alison came into this match solo after what just transpired moments ago.
Alison picks herself up and goes after Sister Catherine and Stitches but immediately gets met by the double team as the official tries to determine which member of the Damned is supposed to start the match. Alison shoots a sharp elbow to Stitches, stunning her for just a moment as she gets in a quick and dirty punch on the jaw of Sister Catherine! Stitches immediately latches onto Alison’s back with her legs as a pair of body scissors as she locks on a sleeper hold on the Highlight of the Night as Sister Catherine shakes her head and seeing the problem taken care of kicks Alison firmly into the stomach before stepping through the ropes and into her corner.
North: And Alison still is trying to fight The Damned entirely by herself!
Washington: Not wise if you ask me! I get wanting to try to recapture that momentum before it gets too far out of reach but she should’ve at least let the champions decide who was going to start first!
Alison tries to reach forward for the ropes but the sucker kick into the midsection forced her to double over before gravity did its job and sent her to the mat. At around this time Terri is beginning to pull herself up in her team’s corner and looks across to see the predicament her former and (and now) current tag team partner was in. Alison does her best to show an attempt to intelligently defend herself to avoid an early referee stoppage as she moves her arms around like she’s trying to fight for the ropes or pull herself back up. Stitches laughs maniacally as Alison struggles in her grasp. Alison crawls towards the ropes towards The Damned’s corner as it was the closest way out but in this miscalculation Sister Catherine kicks at her hand as she reaches for the bottom rope! The referee yells a warning but Sister Catherine bares her fangs at him, spooking him just enough to throw up his hands and back off a few feet. Sister Catherine reaches over the top rope as Stitches keeps an arm around Alison’s neck and tags her partner in. The referee acknowledges the tag as Sister Catherine immediately steps back in and starts stomping on Alison repeatedly as Stitches keeps the hold locked in!
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4!
Stitches lets go at the count of four and immediately rolls out under the bottom rope to her team’s corner to avoid the disqualification.
North: The Damned are functioning like a cohesive unit, as usual, while Alison is being isolated from her corner.
Washington: At some point Alison is going to have to bite the bullet and fight back towards her corner and tag in Terri. I know there’s a ton of personal bad blood between them but that can wait until after the match and if they become LONE Tag Team Champions? Well, cross that bridge when you get to it. They don’t have to like each other but IC3 was right about one thing; they do have a common enemy and it’s going to take them leaning on one another to get through it; otherwise they’ll both get swallowed alive.
Alison clutches her stomach in pain as Sister Catherine goes for the quick pin. 1….2/KICKOUT! Despite the kickout with authority it’s clear that Alison is far from being fresh with her team already starting at a disadvantage. Sister Catherine goes to yank Alison up by her hair but she manages to fight her off with a few sharp elbows to the gut! Alison takes advantage of the situation and immediately drives her knee hard into Sister Catherine’s skull several times, dragging her away from The Damned’s corner and closer towards the center of the ring. Sister Catherine grazes Alison with an uppercut and tries to regain control of the match but Alison slips out of her grasp and hits her with a high Muay Thai kick to the head! Sister Catherine writhes on the mat as Terri reaches her hand over the top rope in her corner asking for a tag. Alison stares at her for a moment before slapping down rather hard on her hand for the referee to signal the tag.
North: Not what I’d call the standard tag, but it’s a tag nonetheless!
Washington: A lot of aggression behind that; hatred. I saw the hesitation in her eyes but at least for the moment, decided to not let her pride get the better of her.
Alison and Terri lock eyes as Terri enters the ring as Alison exits as their partnership appeared to be contentious at best without Qent and Lexi being out and about. Terri drags Sister Catherine to her feet and lifts her up high for a vertical suplex and slams her down to the mat! Terri looks up and locks eyes with Alison again who seems less than impressed with the display of her partner. Alison casually lets her arms hand over the top rope as she keeps a foot on the middle rope in her corner as Terri waits for Sister Catherine to get back up and goes for a running lariat. Sister Catherine contorts her body backwards to completely duck it before snapping back up with nearly supernatural speed and hits her with a shotgun dropkick to the chest into the ropes! Alison appears to be in no hurry to come to Terri’s aid as she has an air of indifference to her plight. Terri manages to barely hold herself up as she hooks her arms under the top rope as Sister Catherine pops back to her feet rather quickly and tries to clothesline her to the outside. Terri sees this coming and shifts her body near the ropes, letting go and quickly reestablishing her grip as Sister Catherine collides with her body to he ropes. Terri then slips half of her body underneath the top rope and grabs Sister Catherine’s head and leans back, as gravity aids her on smashing her opponent’s face and neck hard like a guillotine on the top rope!
North: Terri shows off a bit of her agility there with that guillotine, avoiding what could’ve otherwise been a nasty collision!
Washington: She’s far from fresh, but she’s the fresher of the two. They both need to find a way to manage their fatigue and avoid putting too much on the other.
Terri pulls her body back out and Alison immediately slaps Terri hard on the back to tag herself back in! Terri’s eyes light up, and not in a good way as Alison steps back in as they immediately lock eyes once more. Terri appears to indicate she was in control of the situation while Alison immediately points and orders her back to the corner. Terri doesn’t take well to the demand and gets in Alison’s face and Alison quickly shoves her in response! Royal Plunder immediately break down as a unit at this moment and begin brawling with each other, giving Sister Catherine plenty of time to recover!
North: We’re witnessing Royal Plunder implode for the second time!
Washington: I get it, I do, I get the emotions involved here but this isn’t the time for it! Royal Plunder seem damn determined to defeat themselves, no matter the cost!
Alison and Terri trade hard punches with one another as the referee is completely flabbergasted of what to do as they weren’t double teaming Sister Catherine but attacking one another, which while technically not illegal, goes against every single expectation of a tag team match. Alison backs Terri up into their own team’s corner and begins throwing heavy rights on top of her head trying to literally beat her down into their own team’s corner but Terri immediately retaliates back by hitting Alison with a sucker punch and forcing her to double over! Terri grabs Alison and tries to plant her Mind in the Gutter with her bulldog but Alison manages to shove her off at the last possible moment and Terri lands on the mat with a fistful of air! Alison grits her teeth and charges Terri looking to hit her with a running kneestrike with the brace but Alison overshoots her target as Terri was aware enough to drop back down to avoid the strike! This sends Alison colliding into The Damned’s corner as she throws a wild right at Stitches as she hits the corner! This immediately brings Stitches back into the ring as all chaos has now broken loose as Sister Catherine immediately catches Alison in a pincer as The Damned begin to beat Alison down in a two on one assault!
North: Amidst the chaos Alison has once again found herself trapped in a hopeless two on one assault!
Washington: Right after fighting with her partner, too. Not exactly where you want to see yourself in a title bout!
The Damned look poised to hit Alison with Damnation but Terri pops back to her feet and to the crowd and her own partner’s surprise saves her by hitting Sister Catherine with a german suplex! Sister Catherine rolls out of the ring as Alison hits Stitches with several sharp elbow shots in succession as the Living Dead Girl seems to laugh at each blow as if she was enjoying the pain being inflicted. Alison follows up the barrage with a Texas Uppercut (European Uppercut), Stonehands style. as a shout out to her friend before she fires off a superkick! At the same time Terri also fires off a superkick and they both collide with Stitches at the same time, sending her crumbling to the mat! Sister Catherine reaches over and pulls Stitches out of the ring as Alison and Terri appear to have a quick discussion between each other. Alison runs off against the ropes and hits a baseball slide sending Stitches into Sister Catherine and into the barricade as Terri connects seconds later with a tope suicida and taking them both out! Alison slides out of the ring to survey the carnage as Terri pulls herself back up to her feet. Alison seems to forget all the bad blood for a split second, getting caught up in the moment and perhaps reliving old memories and puts her arm around Terri in celebration. The moment remains ever fleeting as Terri notices this and shoves her away, snapping Alison back to reality as she shoots a snarky sneer back in her direction.
North: And just like that but not only is Royal Plunder back in this match but did Alison actually… try to celebrate with Terri just now?
Washington: Even if it was for only a brief second, I haven’t seen that Alison in years. She almost seemed… happy? While Terri has every right to be weary this is the kind of Royal Plunder that has to show up to reach the finish line and while there’s still a long way to go, their title hopes just went from being on life support to a fighting chance.
Royal Plunder appears to be on roughly the same page despite this after a dangerous and nearly match ending flare up several minutes prior as they have the awareness to roll Sister Catherine, the legal woman, back into the ring knowing that they couldn’t win the titles by count out. The referee only gets to an outside count of three by the time Alison rolls back into the ring. Alison immediately hooks the leg and goes for the quick cover. 1…...2…...KICKOUT! Alison immediately transitions to a side headlock, not wanting to waste any time as she doesn’t look to repeat the same mistake twice of letting her recover. Sister Catherine manages to slide in a hand under her arm and manages to give herself some room to breathe as she tries to pry herself out from under the hold. Alison tries to shift her weight and roll as she looks for the body scissors but Sister Catherine slips out like a houdini and catches Alison in Sinner’s Salvation! Alison struggles in the clutch of the Anaconda Vise as she kicks her leg on the mat.
North: And Sister Catherine reaches back into the bag of tricks that put her away before!
Alison screams in pain as she shouts and defies any questions on whether or not she submits as the referee gets in position. Alison ironically placed herself further away from the ropes when she had rolled a moment prior leaving her what might as well had been a mile away stuck on an island in the center of the ring. Gritting her teeth Alison tries to reach out with her feet towards the ropes as Terri shouted for her partner to find a way to break the hold.
Washington: Alison knows she can’t afford to stay in this hold for much longer, she’s already tasted defeat trapped inside it! The fact that she’s too prideful to give in could allow Sister Catherine to inflict far more damage than she may otherwise normally. You don’t get locked inside a move like that and exactly come out with your body full of life!
Alison fights against the dying light as she begins to rapidly fade from the hold. Sister Catherine shouts at Alison, telling her to “submit to God!” as her movements get closer and slower as her legs lose any strength to pull her any closer to the ropes! The referee goes to check on her and sees she isn’t moving anymore and goes to lift her arm up but Alison makes a fist and manages to barely stop it from falling to the mat! Alison begins to arch her back as she props herself up with her feet and flips over into the bridge! Sister Catherine keeps the Sinner’s Salvation locked in but Alison now has her arms pinned to the mat! 1…….2……...THRE/KICKOUT! Sister Catherine waits for the last possible moment to release the hold and in return break the pin it had her trapped in! Alison barely managed to escape by virtue of being quick on her feet!
North: Alison barely got out of that predicament and she knows it!
Washington: Big risk there, being bridged in that kind of position quite possibly inflicted even more damage but it kept her team in the match. She has to be running on empty though; I don’t know how much more punishment she can take before her body just quits on her.
Terri knows Alison is in a bad way and reaches over the top rope looking for a tag. Alison tries to crawl over but Sister Catherine grabs her by the foot and drags her away as she reaches over and tags in Stitches. Stitches hops into the ring and immediately goes to gnaw and bite away at Alison’s forehead! The referee immediately tries to pry her off of Alison but Stitches doesn’t seem to want to let go! The referee begins the five count!
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Stitches finally lets go as she’s pried off with blood dripping out of her mouth! The referee gives her a verbal thrashing as Alison’s bleeding from her forehead and Sister Catherine immediately slides back into the ring and starts choking Alison with her foot! Terri’s seen enough and she darts into the ring to try to break it up and she gets two good punches in on her before the referee intercepts her and begins backing her back up to her team’s corner! Terri pleads her case but as she does this gives The Damned plenty of opportunity to double team Alison once again. Stitches locks the Mandible Claw on Alison Crowne while Sister Catherine hits the spear, driving her down to the mat as Stitches keeps the claw locked in all the way!
North: I think that’s it! I think that’s it! The mandible claw paired with that spear; there’s no way Alison’s going to have to strength to kick out of that!
Alison doesn’t appear to be moving as Stitches pulls her hand out of her mouth and licks her fingers with sadistic glee before laying ontop of Alison for the pin. By this time Terri finally forced back into her corner is forced to watch as the referee comes over to count the pin. 1……...2…………….
Alison puts her foot on the bottom rope…..
3!
The referee immediately goes to signal for the bell but quickly waves it off as he notices Alison’s foot on the bottom rope! This creates a bit of a confusion as Stitches immediately leans over the top rope and calls for the belts but the referee orders the timekeeper back and states that this match has not ended! Stitches doesn’t quite seem to understand as she begins to pull at her hair as she wears a sick grin and questions the referee. Sister Catherine meanwhile in her corner tries to get Stitches to return to the task at hand and after a few more moments she begins to stalk Alison once again. Alison slowly makes it back to her feet as Stitches goes for the mandible claw for a second time and she begins to lock it in… and Alison bites down on her fingers and her hand! The former and record holding longest reigning LONE Champion begins to grin as Stitches appears to be screaming in genuine pain as Stitches desperately tries to free her hand! Stitches finally frees her hand but no sooner does she manage to do so does Alison Crowne manage to pop in behind her and hits a release german suplex sending Stitches halfway across the ring! Both women are now on the ground.
North: It’s now or never; Alison has to make the tag! It’s clear she didn’t have the strength to kick out, in fact I thought she passed out from that sick claw in her mouth but then she still managed to bite her way, literally, out of another attempt AND popped off a release german suplex!
Washington: Desperation is a route to victory in a hopeless situation but it’s a window that is open for only a very brief period of time. It requires nearly flawless execution and Royal Plunder virtually has almost no room for error here!
Terri begins to stomp on the apron as the crowd begins to join in with her as she was trying to rally her rival-turned-partner over to her corner to make the tag. Alison begins to crawl over towards her team’s corner as does Stitches in what could be the race that decides the entire match. Alison inches ever closer, about, two arm lengths away before Stitches manages to tag in Sister Catherine! Sister Catherine darts over and puts her body between her and Terri Thompson and shoots a sharp elbow to try to knock her off! Alison catches Sister Catherine in the blindspot and goes to hit her with a release german suplex on her as well, sending her flying backwards! Alison forces herself back up and she lunges for a tag at her corner but hits nothing but the turnbuckle pad as Terri was indeed knocked off by Sister Catherine just a moment prior! Alison peers over to the outside as she sees Terri who’s quickly trying to get back onto the apron. Alison reaches out again but before she can tag Terri she gets rolled up by Sister Catherine who being a lot fresher with a breather before the tag rolls her up in a pin! 1…...2…..KICKOUT! Alison barely shoots the shoulder up!
North: Another near fall and again Alison still finds a way to barely hang on!
Sister Catherine still feels she can close this match quickly and goes to yank Alison up for the Bloodlust Impaler DDT but Alison slips out and tries to lock her in a Kimura lock! Sister Catherine manages to slip out before Alison could fully apply the pressure and take her to the mat and looks to hit Alison in the face with a blast of red mist! Alison sees this coming and throws up her arm to shield her eyes as the mist coats the bottom half of her face to match the blood from her forehead. Without missing a beat Alison shoots out a mist of her own made of Jacksonville Jaguars teal!
North: Alison just hit Sister Catherine with her own mist, using her own twist on it!
Washington: Alison definitely did her homework after losing to her before! Turnabout is fair play, right?
Sister Catherine grabs her eyes as she was blinded and instead of selfishly taking the easy shot immediately turns around and tags Terri in as the arena comes unglued! Sister Catherine falls to her rear as she loses her center of gravity but quickly tries to pull herself up only to get mowed down by a clothesline from Terri! Sister Catherine gets up quickly and swings wildly but Terri ducks and hits her with another and then another! Stitches rolls back into the ring and charges Terri but gets smacked right back down to earth with thundering right hook! Sister Catherine finally manages to get enough of the mist out of her eyes to see and sneaks up behind Terri and locks her in the Crucifixion Full Nelson! Terri feels the pressure of the move begin to shoot pain outside of her body but she manages to charge forward just enough before it’s locked in to get near the ropes, kicking her feet off the ropes to force them both backwards as Terri flips over for the pin! 1…...2….KICKOUT! Sister Catherine has no choice but to let go!
North: Terri has been stuck in her corner for far too long and now she’s coming out like a runaway freight train! Sister Catherine almost managed to turn it back around with that full nelson but Terri flipped it into a near fall instead!
Washington: She’s fresh now, Kevin, she’s fresh now and she’s got a lot of pent up energy to unleash!
As this is going on Stitches had managed to climb on top of the top rope and was stalking Terri from her blind spot, looking to catch her by total surprise but before she could act Alison ran over on the apron and leaped to the top to meet her, slamming her down to the outside with an avalanche belly-to-belly suplex!
North: Did… Alison just save Terri?
Washington: I think she did but I wouldn’t look too far into it; it’s strictly business! The titles are on the line and Alison desperately wants to be a champion again and taking that kind of risk during crunch time could make all the difference!
With Terri being completely in the clear and unaware to what just transpired in her blindspot waits for Sister Catherine to get up before planting her Mind in the Gutter! Terri goes for the pin and hooks the leg as the crowd counts along. 1…...2…...3!
Baxter: Here are your winners and the NEW LONE Tag Team Champions, the team of “Gutter Trash” Terri Thompson and “The Highlight of the Night” Alison Crowne… Royal Plunder!
The timekeeper immediately comes over and hands the referee the belts as Terri is quick to retrieve her pair of the belts. Terri holds it up high as she curiously looks around for Alison. By this time Alison had managed to pull herself up and shot a pain-filled grin as she saw her gambit paid off. Instead of going to celebrate with Terri she instead receives her pair of the belts from the referee holding it out through the ropes. Alison takes a moment to look at the belt before throwing it on her shoulder.
North: Well, it took the two of them hating one another but they’ve finally accomplished what was once a shared dream; to become LONE Tag Team Champions together!
Washington: Alison wanted to do this solo but whether she wants to admit it or not she has to be thankful for Terri Thompson tonight; I don’t think she could’ve done it without her! The chemistry the two have together, even if it’s fractured, proved to be the difference maker here tonight. As long as they don’t implode the skies the limit for these two as a team as Royal Plunder will have to remain together by necessity until at least they lose the belts!
Alison begins to make her way to the ramp as Terri stares out at her. Alison turns around and taps the center plate of the belt several times as she mouths something to her. The cameras, while unable to clearly catch the audio, a good lip reader could make out her words.
Alison: You owe me one. You owe me.
Alison taps it one more time and turns her back to the ring and walks to the back, a significant milestone in its own right as for at least tonight all the bad blood between the two was left under the bridge. Terri shakes her head before hoisting her half of the tag titles up high in the air to celebrate with the fans.
North: Well for my broadcast partner Frank Washington we thank you for welcoming us into your homes once again tonight. Tune in next month as we await what becomes of Qent’s reign as champion as well as how long Royal Plunder can continue to co-exist and much more! Goodnight everybody!
