Post by Cassandra Caldwell on Apr 10, 2023 21:59:53 GMT -5
The show goes live to air!
Harley Meisner: Hello everyone and welcome to Friday Night Thunder!
George Sullian: It's a packed house tonight and these fans want to get started, so let's not disappoint them! Let's get this show going!
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(The lights in the arena go out, as Def Leppard's “kick” starts to play as the crowd cheers as Gracie walks on stage. Pyro sprays across the stage and around the videoboard as she walks down the ramp. While walking down the ramp, she high-fives some fans in the front row before rolling into the ring. She leaps up on the ring ropes and pyro sprays around the lighting rig above her as the crowd cheers for her again.)
George Sullivan: I’m so proud of this young lady and how she represented our company as world champion, She may have lost the title but listen to this place, they love her!
Harley Meisner: I can’t hear you over this noise!
(The crowd is chanting her name as her music dies down, all she does is smile at the crowd and she hasn’t even said a word yet.)
Gracie Lopez: Let’s just say things didn’t go my way Chamber of Darkness and you know what? That’s ok. We have a new world champion here and his name is TJ Alexander. Big props to that guy, I’m not out here to complain. So TJ, congratulations on that title win, and I’ve been around here long enough to know it doesn’t matter how you did it, but you did it. You won the big one!
(Gracie walks around the ring for a moment.)
Gracie Lopez: But I’m gonna tell you this right now and I hope you’re listening to me, I’m not done with that world championship or you for that matter. So you better be waiting when I call your ass out but before I do that I have something else to take care of first. Jenn…. I know you’re back there because I saw your car in the parking lot so get your ass down here….unless you want to this the hard way… the hard way would be me walking back there and kicking in every door and throwing everything around till I find you….
"hey you" by Disturbed starts playing on the PA systems, and Jenn makes her way from the back. She stands on the stage for a few seconds before she makes her way down the ramp and towards the ring, she climbs into the ring and grabs a mic from the stagehand.
Jenn Makarios-Lopez: I bet you want to know why I screwed you out of that title right? I know you’ve been calling me all week and I didn’t pick up because I wasn’t ready to tell you but I am now. I know you that I wanted a shot at that title and what did you do? You have it to someone else, someone who wasn’t ready. I’ve been chasing that belt for 13 years….
Gracie Lopez: Well I don’t make that call Nigel and management does, take that up with them.
Jenn Makarios-Lopez: So, after all these years you’re becoming a company yes man… wow. I never thought I’d see the day! A Lopez following what management tells them to do, shocking! All the years of us going against management and telling them to screw off and here you are pandering to them, giving them what they want like a puppet on a string. Surprised you’re not dressed up like a champion should be….
Gracie Lopez: Ahh yes, fashion advice from someone who spends hours dying their hair for a 10-minute match….
(Jenn narrowed her eyes for a second towards her stepdaughter after saying that, she was borderline offended by those words. She wanted sock Gracie right then and now but she kept her composure.)
Jenn Makarios-Lopez: This all started last year when you gave your father a retirement match and that’s what kicked off your rise to the world title and beyond. I had this gut feeling that you would give a shot for it and here we are a year later and nothing. All I have to show for my hard work is this Mayhem championship….
Gracie Lopez: So it’s my fault? Was it my fault that they, in both places we work for, have given you opportunity after opportunity with championships and each of them you took as a demotion, from the United title to the tag titles to that championship you hold right now, you act like you’re above it like you shouldn’t even be holding it. Not me man, if I had that championship I would hold it with pride like it deserves…..
(Gracie walks around for a moment.)
Gracie Lopez: You know in a way I’m glad they didn’t give you the Hall of fame induction a couple of years ago and they told you to wait even though you deserve it…. because right now you sound like a crying bitch!
(Jenn drops the mic and starts charging Gracie and now we have a fight on our hands between the two family members! They start throwing fists around at each other for a few minutes before security and ref’s start running down to break them but it’s no use they team up for a moment to get rid of them before fighting each other again!
George Sullivan: The Lopez family has imploded here tonight!
Harley Meisner: You’d hate to see it!
(The fight spills to the outside and the group of people is still trying to pull them apart! Gracie goes for a superkick on Jenn but she ducks and Gracie hits a ref ON ACCIDENT. After the ref went down they FINALLY managed to pull them apart but Jenn has the mic again.)
Jenn Makarios-Lopez: You want me in a match? Fine, I’ll put this title on the line even though you were too cowardly to put yours on the line, this match will be NO HOLDS BARRED!
Gracie Lopez: Let’s up the ante here and have a special ref! My sister, Crystal!
(As Jenn gets escorted up the ramp her face drops because she knows Crystal got involved last year.)
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Debut Match
Big Randino vs Angellus
Red & Green colors flash around as "The Full Blooded Italians Theme - No Sleep" plays. The fans start jamming out to the theme because of it's rockin theme. Then Big Randino comes out bobing to the song. He waves his arms back and forth to the music and slaps the fan's hands as he heads down the ramp to the ring.
He rolls underneath the bottom rope to enter the ring and poses on a nearby turnbuckle with a big smile on his face as he is happy to be there. He hops down and awaits for his opponent as he flex poses for the ladies in the crowd.
George Sullivan: A lot of ladies are loving Bad Randino being here in ICW.
As Randino was standing in the ring waiting, Angellus leaps from the crowd and slides into the ring and the two big men begin trading punches until Randino gets the upper hand and hits a Deadlift Gutwrench Suplex!
He waits for Angellus to get up but Angellus eye rakes him and hits a Spear!
Harley Meisner: Angellus is in a fighting mood tonight!
Sara Butler: He sure is!
Angellus then quickly measures Randino up for another Spear but gets hit with a Big Boot which stuns him and Randino lifts Angellus up and hits a Military Press Slam into Spinebuster!
George Sullivan: Bad Randino has been looking very impressive in this match.
He goes for the cover but Angellus kicks out at 2!
Sara Butler: Angellus was able to kick out just in time.
Randino gets the crowd amped up and goes for a running lariat but Angellus catches him off guard with Saints Row!
Randino is momentarily stunned but quickly grabs Angellus and whips him into the ropes and upon the rebound hits The Pounce!
He covers Angellus!
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2....
3!!!
Rick Henderson: Here is your winner.... Big Randino!!
Sara Butler: What a great debut match for Big Randino!
George Sullivan: The fans are loving this guy!
Angellus heads up the ramp.
The fans are cheering for Big Randino as he celebrates his victory in the ring.
The show goes to commercials.
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No Disqualification
Ace Reigns vs Eddie Lopez Jr.
Rick Henderson: “This next match is scheduled for one fall and it is a No Disqualification Match!
Rick Henderson: First, from Miami, Florida, he weighs in at 270 pounds, Ace Reigns!”
The song Sinner's Prayer by Sully Erna from the Rock band Godsmack starts to play over the PA system When Sully starts to sing, Ace Reigns starts to come on out to the mixture of cheers and boos from the fans after being accompanied to the ring by his wife/manager Lacey Reigns. They walk past the fans and go straight to the ring. He gets inside of the ring followed by Lacey. She is seen wrapping her arms around him and he start to trash talk on what he wants to do to his opponent.
Rick Henderson: “And his opponent, from Los Angeles California, he weighs in at 225 pounds, he is Eddie Lopez Jr.!”
The lights dim to darkness, as “welcome to the circus” echoes in the arena as pyro fires up from the stage. Eddie Jr makes his way out from the back followed by his friend and interpreter, Brooklyn Martinez. Both of them start to walk down the ramp, engaging with the fans before entering the ring. He stands up on the middle rope and raises his hand, pyro sprays around the lighting rig above the ring to the crowd’s cheers.
The referee signals for the bell to ring!
The two circle each other, Eddie uses his speed to get behind Ace Reigns and tries to take him down to the mat by tripping him, but Ace hits him with an elbow to the head, stunning Eddie and allowing Ace to take advantage with a headlock takeover. Eddie reverses it into a headscissors, but Ace uses his size and power to get out of it.
They get back to their feet and circle each other, then come together, Ace grabbing Eddie’s arm and putting him in a hammerlock, which Eddie reverses into a leg sweep, he puts Ace in a headlock, but Ace makes his way back to his feet and hits Eddie in the stomach. Eddie releases the hold, and Ace hits him with a headbutt. Eddie stumbles back and runs into a big boot by Ace, Eddie goes down, but gets back up, only to turn into a big clothesline, Ace goes for the cover.
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Kickout!
George Sullivan: Fast paced match this one is!
Ace argues with the ref, but he goes to pound Eddie when he gets up to a sitting position with a forearm to the face. He gets to his feet and goes to kick Eddie, but Eddie catches his foot, getting back to his feet and does a dragonscrew legwhip on Ace. Eddie follows up with a couple of stomps to Ace’s thigh, then a kick to his chest, then follows that up with a lightning fast elbow drop. He goes for the cover.
1…
Kickout!
Eddie puts Ace in a headlock, Ace works his way back to his feet, and picks Eddie up in a back suplex position, but Eddie flips over him and does a roll-up!
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2….
Kickout!
Ace gets back to his feet and kicks Eddie in the stomach, he sends him to the ropes and hits him with a knee to the stomach, then hits him with another, before hitting him with a Russian legsweep. He picks him up and hits him with a suplex, then goes for another but once again Eddie slips down behind him, when Ace turns around, Eddie hits him in the stomach with a knee, then hits him with the Three Amigos suplexes!
He doesn’t go for the cover, instead, he heads up to the top rope, flying off to hit Ace with “the Family Tradition” to devastating effect! He goes for the cover!
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2….
….3!!
Rick Henderson: “The winner of this match, Eddie Lopez Jr.!”
Ace and Lacey head up the ramp looking disappointed and they go into the backstage area.
Meanwhile Eddie remains in the ring as the fans cheer!
Then suddenly.....
Out of the crowd, someone hops the barricade, gets into the ring with a steel chair and hits Eddie over the back hard with it!!
Eddie falls to the mat!
Harley Meisner: IT'S KNIGHT BLAZE!!!
Sara Butler: WHY DID HE JUST ATTACK EDDIE WITH A CHAIR??!!
George Sullivan: If he's wanting to return with an impact, this ISN'T the way to go about it! This will only piss Eddie off and you do NOT want to do that!
Knight whacks Eddie a few more times right across the back!!
Fans: BOOOO!!!!! BOOOOOO!!!!
Knight throws the chair down! He then looks at Brooklyn who is standing at ringside.....
Knight climbs out of the ring and goes right to Brooklyn and grabs her by the arm and starts yelling at her!!
Knight Blaze: YOU SEE WHAT I JUST DID TO YOUR PAL??!! IT'S ONLY GONNA GET WORSE FOR HIM!!!
Knight lets go of Brooklyn's arm, then walks up the ramp looking very angry.
Brooklyn quickly gets into the ring and goes over to Eddie who is still down and hurt on the mat.
The show goes to commercials.
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(The show returns to inside the locker room of ICW women's champion "The Japanese Powerhouse" Nakano where she is standing in front of a mirror admiring her athletic physique that she has worked so hard for. We now see Darren Maddox come walking up to the doorway of the locker room and he stops there and stares at Nakano.)
Darren Maddox: So....you're the one who wanted me dead so badly...
(Nakano turns around to look at him. She has never met Darren before and only knows what he looks like through promotional photos of him around ICW. Darren proceeds into the room and walks up to her and stops a short distance in front of her.)
Darren Maddox: I'm sure you're very disappointed over the fact that I'm back because it means that now you can't torment Greta Mace with your false statements about my supposed "death".
Darren Maddox: By the way.....where's the urn? Would love to see the final resting place of my ashes.
(Nakano eyebrows turn in. She is not sure what to make of Darren.)
Darren Maddox: That's right....I know all about it. I know everything that you've done to Greta Mace. Every cruel act. Every cruel word. And you did it all to upset her and to hurt her as much as you possibly could.
Nakano: Well of course I did. I deny none of it. To be honest, I am actually quite proud of it. The way I broke her down mentally. Her compassion for you is her greatest weakness and I took full advantage to break her. It was very entertaining to me.
(Darren looks down at the floor for a moment with a grin on his face, then he looks back at Nakano and his face goes dead serious as he locks his eyes on hers.)
Darren Maddox: You listen to me you COLD HEARTED BITCH.... Your torture on Greta Mace is now over. I am back now and that means your pathetic game of dominance comes to an end.
(Nakano gives him a smirk.)
Nakano: Tough talk from the tough man. But unfortunately for you, it has no effect on me.
(He takes a couple of steps closer to her, not taking his eyes off of hers.)
Darren Maddox: I didn't come here for a war of words. You wouldn't stand a chance. I came here to inform you what is going to happen next....
Darren Maddox: You fucked with Greta's emotions and you used ME to do it. You've had your fun. NOW IT'S MY TURN.....
Darren Maddox: I am here to tell you that you are going to pay for EVERY FUCKING THING you've done to Greta Mace. But it won't be by my hands. It will be by hers....because now that I'm back, you're about to see a side of Greta that you have never seen before. When I am around, she gets crazy. She gets ruthless. She has no boundaries. That is not opinion. That is FACT. You say I am her greatest weakness? WRONG, BITCH. I am her GREATEST STRENGTH.
Darren Maddox: You have NO FUCKING IDEA what is coming to you....
(With a very serious expression, he turns and walks out of the locker room.)
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Women's Tag Team Championship
Serenity Storm & Elizabeth Storm vs Greta Mace & Mystery Partner
Andrew Storm in the Storm sisters' corner
Harley Meisner: Now we find out who Greta's partner will be for this match!
After the Storm Sisters are in the ring, they stand waiting and looking up at the stage.
"Spaceman" by Bif Naked plays and Greta Mace comes out onto the stage!
Her music fades and then.....
"Goin' Down" by Mel C hits the arena and the fans cheer loud!! She gets a huge pop from the crowd!!
Here comes Lycra onto the stage!!
George Sullivan: IT'S LYCRA!!! SHE'S BACK!!!
Sara Butler: And Greta could not have a better partner on her side than Lycra!
Greta and Lycra head down the ramp together. They climb into the ring and already the Storm sisters are trash talking them.
Harley Meisner: What a shocking surprise! It has been a very long time since we've seen Lycra wrestle a match! So glad she's back!
Sara Butler: Lycra has always had Greta's back and tonight they're looking to become the new Women's Tag Team Champions.
George Sullivan: That's going to be easier said than done as the Storm sisters have been working together like a well oiled machine.
The music fades out and after the introductions are made, the bell rings!
Greta and Serenity square off in the ring while Elizabeth and Lycra are on the ring apron in their respective corners. Greta and Serenity lock up in a test of strength with Serenity overpowering Greta and transitions it into a Belly to Belly Suplex!
Serenity then transitions the Belly to Belly Suplex into a Jacknife cover and only gets two counts before Lycra runs in and breaks it up.
Elizabeth throws Lycra out of the ring and they begin to brawl on the outside of the ring!
Lycra and Elizabeth continue brawling between the fans as they take the fight away from ringside. Serenity is poised ready for the finish as she looks at Andrew.
Harley Meisner: This tag team title match has essentially become a one on one match.
Sara Butler: Greta really needs to regroup if she hopes to win here tonight.
Suddenly Andrew puts an unidentified object onto the mat just under the ropes, then he hops up onto the side of the ring and the referee goes over to him to stop him from interfering in the match! Andrew shouts at the referee!!
Andrew Storm: YOU'RE NOT OFFICIATING THE DAMN MATCH PROPERLY!! DO YOUR JOB RIGHT!!
Serenity grabs the unidentified object and hits Greta over the head with it!! The referee sees none of this since his attention is on Andrew!!
Andrew hops down off the side of the ring and the referee turns around and sees Serenity making the cover!
The referee drops down and makes the count!
1....
2.....
3!!!
George Sullivan: Andrew Storm just interfered in this match and cost Greta and Lycra the chance at becoming the Women's Tag Team Champions!!
Suddenly "The Second Coming" by CFO hits the arena and here comes Darren Maddox running fast down the ramp and he goes right to Andrew Storm and unloads with punches to the face on Andrew!!!
Darren takes Andrew and throws him into the steel steps!!
Andrew gets himself up and starts hightailing it out of there and gets away from Darren!!
Andrew starts running up the ramp and Serenity and Elizabeth are right with him!! With grins on their faces, Serenity and Elizabeth are clutching their tag title belts closely to them, holding onto them for dear life! They head into the back!
Darren slides into the ring and goes to Greta who is slowly sitting up after getting hit with the object. Lycra is now in the ring. She and Darren both help Greta to get to her feet.
The show goes to commercials.
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Main Event
Number One Contender To World Title
Aiden Zane vs Robert Saints vs Jackson Kent
TJ Alexander On Commentary
(Kent, Saints, and Zane circle each other as the bell rings. Kent and Saints start to team up on Zane briefly before sending him to the outside. Once he’s gone they start to work on each other. Back and forth Kent and Saints go with their punches, Kent starts Saints into the corner but Saints keeps fighting as he gets cornered.)
George Sullivan: Saints is gonna keep fighting even though he’s cornered.
Harley Meisner: Of course he is.
TJ Alexander: I think all three of these guys have a good shot at winning tonight. They're all wanting a shot at my world title and I'll be ready for whoever gets the chance.
(Kent has Saints trapped now in the same corner but Zane comes in and knocks Kent down from behind. Zane, like a savage vulture, lays on the attack leaving both men in the corner. He drags Saints out by the leg and goes for the pin.)
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(Kent leaps on top of Zane after the count of 1. Kent starts to throw punches on Zane but Zane starts to fight back and the 2 men roll on the ground throwing fists before Saints got involved. Now all 3 of them are throwing fists at each other before it spills to the outside. Zane and Kent fight on the outside while Saints backs away a bit and hides from the fight like a snake hiding in the grass. He’s picking and choosing his moments in the match.)
George Sullivan: What is Robert doing?
Harley Meisner: Saints is crafty.
TJ Alexander: I've already figured out that Robert Saints is unpredictable. I would put nothing past this guy.
(They fight on the outside for a while before Zane throws Kent over the announce table, this is when Saints makes his return to the match, this time with a chair to the back! Since it’s a triple threat, there’s no DQ. So he’s using that to his advantage. Saints grabs Kent and throws him back into the ring after the chair shot and goes for the pin.)
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2………
(Kent kicks out at the count of 2, but stays on the attack. Kent starts to fight back and Zane gets back into the match as well. The 3 of them start to fight in the ring now and it’s great back-and-forth action between them. Even Saints is showing what he’s capable of but Zane starts to overpower Saints and throws him into the corner post shoulder first. Zane then turns his attention towards Kent but he doesn’t back down. Zane and Kent throw fists in the ring, Zane seems to overpower Kent at first but Kent stays in it.)
George Sullivan: These 3 are giving it their all here, because they want to go to WrestleCade.
TJ Alexander: I would be fighting this hard too if I were in their positions. It's any superstars' dream to main event WrestleCade.
Harley Meisner: I can’t tell who’s gonna win here. It could be any of these three.
(The match is close between the 3 of them but Kent starts to show off more in the match and starts to overpower both of them. Kent throws Zane into the ring post and turns his attention to Robert Saints. Kent hits Jack-Hammered on Saints and goes for the pin.)
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3!
Rick Henderson: The winner of this match and the number one contender to the World Title....Jackson Kent!!
Jackson looks down at TJ who is sitting at the announce table and shouts to TJ!
Jackson Kent: You're losing that world title at WrestleCade!! You're nothing compared to me!!
TJ Alexander: Big words coming fron you, but we'll see if you can back them up at WrestleCade!
TJ stands up and has the world title belt draped over his shoulder as he walks around the ring once, then heads up the ramp.
Suddenly Jackson gets out of the ring and runs up the ramp and takes TJ down from behind!!
Harley Meisner: Jackson just attacked TJ from behind!!
George Sullivan: Kent never fights fair! He's always the coward!!
TJ and Kent are now fighting it out on the stage!!
Five officials come rushing out to try to break the two men up as the show fades off the air!!