EPISODE #3.12

WESTCHESTER COUNTY CENTER
WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK
TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012

Watch the video below for the show-opening video package and The Rebirth opening credits



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As the video concludes, we are taken inside the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York, where a stunning pyrotechnic display ensues and we are taken to our commentators, Victor Troy and Randall Buckingham.

Troy: Hello everyone and welcome to PWA: The Rebirth! I’m Victor Troy, along here with Randall Buckingham, and tonight is the night! We are here in White Plains, New York at the Westchester County Center, just minutes from where Evan Black grew up. And tonight, he returns home as the PWA World Heavyweight Champion to collide with his nemesis Solomon in quite possibly the biggest match of his life.

Buckingham: I think that’s a fair statement. Obviously, winning the PWA Championship at the Symphony of Destruction was huge for Evan Black, but tonight could go a long way in deciding whether history remembers him as a champ or a chump. Thanks to his string of title defenses during our hiatus, Evan Black has now been credited with 59 days toward his title reign, but this is only the third time he’s come out on television with the gold. If Solomon wins, I have to think it validates everything Solomon has been saying about him.

Troy: I don’t know about that, but I do know that if Evan Black wins, his status as the top dog in the PWA becomes unquestioned. Not to mention that the winner of the match has a guaranteed place in the main event of Everlasting Epic VIII on October 20th just down the road from here in Citi Field. I’m of course talking about the huge eight-man Seven Deadly Sins match, with the PWA World Heavyweight Championship up for grabs.

Buckingham: And this won’t be the only Seven Deadly Sins qualifying match tonight. We’re also going to see Anthony Failla take on Dan Crowley, and I’m really interested to see who’s going to come out of that one with their ticket punched to Seven Deadly Sins at EE8.

Troy: And we’ll also have a six-man battle royal tonight that will determine GI Jew’s SDS qualifying match opponent in two weeks. At a live event in Boston two nights ago, a host of PWA stars who have never before held the world title stepped into the ring for a qualifying battle royal, which whittled the field down to six. Tonight, we pick up that battle royal where it left off, and one of Dexter P. Wellington, Briggs, Matthew Magellan, Kerry Cox, International Champion Jon Dulberg, or Chase Stone will earn an opportunity to qualify for the Everlasting Epic main event.

Buckingham: I think you have to consider Chase Stone the clear favorite in that one, but being an over-the-top-rope battle royal, anything can happen. The best man won’t necessarily win, but whoever DOES get the win is going to have their hands full with GI Jew in two weeks.

Troy: Moving on from matches with Everlasting Epic implications, tonight we will also see a cruiserweight division six-person tag team bout, when Juan Pablo Alvarez teams with Paul Epton and Fenix Clarke to face PWA Progressive Champion Saif al Abbad, Asai Moon, and Zina.

Buckingham: That should be a hot one, and so should tonight’s one-on-one encounter between Ana Maria Linares and Kemi Okoro.

Troy: Indeed, we’ve got a great show lined up for you tonight, so let’s get right to it! We’re ready to go with tonight’s opening contest!

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Watch the video below for

MATCH #1 – SHOWTIME DAMON SAVAGE & MICHAEL GRIECO VS. THE ICEMAN JASON CALYSTO & SCYTHE
Referee: Tom Stevens



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A graphic appears on the screen reading “earlier tonight.” We then see the doors of the wrestlers’ entrance of the building swing open and the new formation of SIN enter. Greg Tantalus walks inside along with Jackie Baccaro, James Biamonte, Lauren Tantalus, and Dee Licious, and they appear to be in a good mood. That is, however, until they are stopped by creative director Justin Schenck.

G. Tantalus: Oh great, I knew this was coming. What do you want, Schenck?

Schenck: Look, it’s taking all the restraint in my body to not commit all my resources to destroying your new little group here, but there are only seven episodes of this program and one gigantic pay-per-view left before we close up shop, and I really can’t be bothered. I’ve wasted far too much time over the life of this show worrying about what you’re doing, and I just won’t do it anymore. With that said, we go on the air in 20 minutes and you’re just arriving NOW? If you want me to leave you alone, you need to at least get here when you’re supposed to.

Baccaro: (to Tantalus) You gonna take that from this guy?

G. Tantalus: Calm down, Jackie. Now listen, Schenck, you can make our lives real easy right now, and if you work with us, I can work with you on our punctuality. Where are The Absolved? Is Vulture with them? I’m fully expecting the answer to that last question to be yes.

Schenck: Actually, I hate to break it to you, but none of them are here tonight.

Lauren: Excuse me?!

Schenck: They’re all at Vulture and Morgan’s place on Long Island, in Long Beach.

Dee: What the hell are they doing there?!

Schenck: Well, like you, I expected that Vulture wouldn’t stand for what happened to his family last week and we’d see him tonight. But instead of that happening, he called up and said neither he nor any member of The Absolved would be attending tonight, and he requested Scott Cornelius be sent to his home for an interview.

G. Tantalus: (laughing) Typical chickenshit Vulture. They’re all a bunch of chickenshits.

Schenck: Oh, there’s more. Vulture passed along a message: He dared SIN to come to his home and try to pull off a repeat of last week.

Biamonte: It’s a trap. It has to be a trap.

G. Tantalus: Oh I’m sure Vulture THINKS it’s a trap. But who here doesn’t think the five of us can take the five of them in a fight?

No one speaks up.

G. Tantalus: That settles it then. Schenck, we’re outta here. I suddenly have a strong urge to go to the beach.

Schenck: I could order you all to stay here, but frankly, if Vulture is inviting you out there, I want to see what happens. And if it happens outside of this building, the PWA isn’t responsible. So do what you will.

G. Tantalus: You’re gonna regret saying that. We’re not going there to talk. We’re going there to end this, once and for all.

With that, SIN exits, headed for Long Beach.

-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

Watch the video below for

MATCH #2 – ANA MARIA LINARES VS. KEMI OKORO
Referee: Dan Martin



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The camera shifts to the backstage area, where Matthew Magellan and Jade are conversing with the Hardcore Icon Kerry Cox in the hallway.

Cox: I just can’t believe I’m going to get one more chance. I really didn’t think an opportunity like this would ever come around again.

Magellan: Well at least there’s an “again” for you. I never thought this opportunity would come around for me, period. I’ve gotta do what I’ve gotta do to take advantage of it.

Cox: Oh trust me, I understand that completely. You should be doing whatever it takes to get this done. I know I’ll be.

Voice: Like it really matters how either of you plan to approach this.

Cox and Magellan then turn around to find the voice belongs to International Champion Jon Dulberg, who has joined the scene alongside Briggs.

Dulberg: The two of you don’t even deserve to be IN this battle royal. Magellan, I told you last week and I’ll tell you again tonight. You are a joke. You are comic relief. You are not championship material. Not International Championship material, and certainly not PWA Championship material.

Magellan: And I suppose you are?

Jade: I seem to remember you being a zero-time world champion, Dulberg. Isn’t that right?

Cox: Oh that’s absolutely right, Jade.

Dulberg is growing extremely agitated.

Dulberg: You’re right. I’ve never won the world championship. But it’s literally the one title that’s eluded me in this company. I have won every single other title I’ve been eligible to win. But that’s all going to change at Everlasting Epic. I’m going to win this battle royal tonight, defeat GI Jew in two weeks, and go on to win the Seven Deadly Sins match at EE8. I’m walking away from PWA the final world heavyweight champion.

Magellan: Oh really? You’re going to win the battle royal?

Dulberg: You’re damn right I am.

Cox: What does Briggs have to say about that?

Dulberg: Briggs is there to make sure I win. He doesn’t care about winning himself. He knows I stand the best chance of actually taking advantage of this opportunity. Right, Briggs?

Dulberg turns around to meet an angry glare from his burly bodyguard. The International Champion then has to do a fair amount of damage control as an amused Magellan, Jade, and Cox walk away and we head to commercial.

-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

Back from break, we see backstage reporter Traci Reed standing with Paul Epton and Emily Walker.

Traci: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to The Rebirth. My guests at this time are two of the more controversial individuals in the PWA, Paul Epton and Emily Walker. Paul, we have seen a seismic shift in your sensibilities since the end of last season, when you were essentially forced into this partnership against your will. What happened to you?

Epton: What happened to me? What happened is I realized what a jerk I’d been to poor Emily the first time around. We had something special going and I abandoned her for the lure of the PWA. My first instinct was to simply assume that I was right and she was wrong, but it was only a defense mechanism. I realize that everything Emily did, she did for love. It was much easier for me to accept this and embrace it rather than to keep fighting a battle in which I was on the wrong side.

Traci: If this was truly all about love, then why are you allowing Emily to still continue seeing Fenix Clarke at the same time?

Emily: I’ll handle this one, Paul. Look, Traci, it’s a complicated situation. Paul and I are taking things slowly. There is still a lot of scar tissue from our first breakup. This situation won’t work forever, but it’s working for us right now.

Traci: Maybe it’s working for you, but it doesn’t appear to be working for Fenix Clarke. His career has essentially gone down the toilet since he found out about you two. Why are you putting him through this torture? Clearly he cares about you too much to walk away.

Emily: You think you have all the answers but you know absolutely nothing. My relationship with Fenix Clarke is very personal. He came to my father’s wrestling school from Australia with nothing. I took him under my wing and made him into a star. Of course he feels a debt of gratitude towards me. But whatever is going on in our personal lives, Fenix needs to perform better. That’s why our strategy has shifted to Paul being the one targeting the Progressive title. Tonight, Fenix has an opportunity to prove himself again. Managers are banned from ringside in tonight’s six-person cruiserweight tag, so Fenix will be sans distraction. I hope he will come through for us.

Traci: Where is he right now? And Paul, do you not have any moral opposition to what’s going on, considering he’s being treated exactly the same way you were a year ago?

Epton: Fenix is a big boy, Traci. I don’t know where he is right now, but I know he’ll be there for our match tonight. It might not look it on television, but Fenix Clarke is very much with the program. And that program WILL end with me recapturing the Progressive Championship.

With that, Epton and Emily walk off.

***

The camera shifts to another portion of the backstage area, where Dan Crowley is walking towards the ring, ready for his Seven Deadly Sins qualifying match against Anthony Failla. However, he is suddenly and viciously clubbed down from behind by Markus Krieg! Before Crowley even knows what hit him, Krieg and Bishop Cross have descended, doing a violent number on the former world champion! Finally, a number of officials storm the scene and clear The Soul Stealers away, but Crowley lies on the ground, writhing in pain, as we head to commercial.

Troy: No! This is terrible! The Soul Stealers have violently assaulted Dan Crowley, but his Seven Deadly Sins qualifier with Anthony Failla is coming up next!

Buckingham: Is he even going to be able to compete?!

Troy: I don’t know, but it doesn’t look good!

-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

Watch the video below for

MATCH #3 – SEVEN DEADLY SINS QUALIFYING MATCH:
ANTHONY FAILLA VS. DAN CROWLEY
Referee: Matt Hansen



As soon as Failla exits the ring, Bishop Cross and Markus Krieg rush out from the back and pick up right where they left off before the break, viciously beating on Crowley. The fans boo mercilessly, but that only seems to fuel The Soul Stealers further.

However, before Crowley can take too devastating a beating, Rich Revis rushes out from the backstage area, steel chair in tow! He slides into the ring and swings the chair mercilessly at Bishop Cross, but Cross ducks under it and slides out of the ring. Revis then turns and attempts to swing the chair at Krieg, but the German giant punches the chair instead, sending it ricocheting into Revis’ skull!

Cross then re-enters the ring, picks up the chair, and clobbers the slowly rising Crowley in the cranium with it! Then, he tosses the chair down at Krieg’s feet and instructs him to lift Revis off the mat and deliver him a thunderous BlitzKrieg. Krieg does so, crashing Revis face-first onto the chair! Then, Krieg kicks Revis off the chair, exposing the steel once more. With that, Cross lifts up the limp Crowley and punishes him with a thunderous Crossfire, landing Crowley face-first onto the chair as well!

Boos now rain down upon The Soul Stealers as Cross laughs maniacally and makes his exit alongside Krieg. White Zombie’s “Blood, Milk and Sky” fills the speakers as the pair retreats, giving PWA officials an opening to storm the aisle and tend to the fallen.

Troy: This is absolute carnage!

Buckingham: I think it’s more than that, Troy! We might have just seen the end of Dan Crowley and Rich Revis! How do you come back from this?! I don’t think you can!

Troy: You might be right, Randall! And what a damn shame that would be if they have to go out like this! Dammit, we’ll be right back!

-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

Back from commercial, we see backstage reporter Scott Cornelius standing on the deck of a beachfront condo. Vulture, Morgan Day, the Duval Twins, and John Wolfe are seated to his right.

Cornelius: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to The Rebirth. As you can see, I’m here in Long Beach, Long Island, at the home of Vulture and Morgan Day, a place that we’re told SIN is on its way to right now. I am here with the newly-retired Vulture and all the members of the group that calls itself The Absolved, and guys, are you prepared to deal with SIN should they show up here tonight?

Vulture: Scott, two weeks ago, in good faith, I walked away from the PWA with the knowledge that my family wouldn’t have to fight my battle in my absence. It was peaceful. But my peace lasted all of seven days. I had to sit here and watch my family get decimated last week, and it made me sick. And of course Tantalus went out and recruited Lauren and Baccaro. But I’ll tell you what: if we’re going to war with SIN, adding two more people I despise to the lineup isn’t going to make me lose any sleep.

Cornelius: Now, when you say WE’RE going to war, do you mean—

Vulture: You’re damn right I do. Greg Tantalus has woken a sleeping giant. I am not going to sit back and watch him systematically take my family apart. I informed Justin Schenck a few days ago that I’m delaying my retirement until SIN and Greg Tantalus have been destroyed. And if Tantalus wants to try to qualify for the Seven Deadly Sins match at Everlasting Epic, then so will I.

Cornelius: Wow! This is huge news!

Vulture: Maybe, but let’s stay focused on what you came here to talk about. These four individuals sitting beside me had war declared on them a week ago. My wife even suffered a mild concussion in the attack. NOBODY attacks my family. Tantalus, you put your hands on my WIFE. You and your goons beat down my CHILDREN and my future son-in-law.

Vulture now stands up, livid, and begins shouting.

Vulture: Did you really think I was just going to sit here and do nothing about it?! I know you’re on your way over here, but I would STRONGLY advise you to turn the damn car around and go back to the arena. Because Greg, so help me God, if you or anyone from SIN so much as sets FOOT on my property, you’re going to SERIOUSLY wish you hadn’t. You say we end this tonight? You don’t know how right you are!

Morgan then stands up and puts her arm around her husband, coaxing him back into his chair.

Cornelius: As you can see, The Absolved are ready and waiting for SIN to show up, and if they do, this situation here in Long Beach could get ugly fast. Now, I’m being told my colleague Traci Reed is back in White Plains, standing by with Solomon. Traci, take it away.

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The camera shifts back to the Westchester County Center, where Traci Reed is indeed standing with the Alaskan Monster Solomon.

Traci: Thanks Scott. Later tonight, this man, the awesome and unmatched specimen known as Solomon, will challenge hometown hero Evan Black not just for the PWA World Heavyweight Championship, but also for a spot in the Seven Deadly Sins world title bout that will main event Everlasting Epic VIII on October 20th, the final event in PWA history. Solomon, with so much on the line and with so much support here for Evan Black tonight, how are you going to swing the advantage in your favor?

Solomon ponders Traci’s question a moment before chuckling.

Solomon: It’s adorable that you think I need to do something out of the ordinary to give myself an edge. Being the Alaskan Monster is the only edge I need. I am the most feared and dominant superstar this company has ever seen. Evan Black may have eliminated me in back to back Symphony of Destruction matches. He may have scored a miracle quick pin on me in a random match over a year ago, before I ever took him seriously. But to this point, we have competed against each other just one time under the bright lights, in a high-profile one-on-one match. On that night, Evan Black had the chance to end my PWA career with a victory. He failed. He gave me absolutely everything he had, but he failed. The result tonight will be no different. Only this time, there’s even more pressure on Evan Black than there was at Everlasting Epic last year. Last time, he had nothing to lose and everything to gain. Tonight, he still has everything to gain. But now, he too has EVERYTHING to lose. And he can lose everything in front of all his friends and family.

Traci: Aren’t you concerned that this match taking place in Evan Black’s backyard here in White Plains could be the extra push he needs to do what he couldn’t at Everlasting Epic last year?

Solomon: No, Traci. I have literally zero concerns about where this match is taking place. In fact, I think it’s incredibly convenient. Because after I beat Evan Black to death in the ring tonight, it’ll be a nice, easy 10-minute drive for everyone here to go pay their respects to his parents while they sit shiva. I do feel badly for his parents. It’s not every day you have to watch your son get systematically torn apart by a ruthless killing machine. But when this night is over, at least his mother will know for sure that she knew what was best for her son. Evan, all your mother wanted was for you to be a lawyer. Tonight, I’ll prove to you, to her, and the entire world that you should never have left that world for ours. I’m going to Everlasting Epic, I’m winning the Seven Deadly Sins match, and I’m closing this company down as the PWA World Heavyweight Champion. You, Evan Black, have simply reached the end of your journey.

With that, Solomon walks off.

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The camera then shifts back to ringside and our commentators, Victor Troy and Randall Buckingham.

Troy: Some strong words from Solomon.

Buckingham: He definitely seems primed and ready for this match. I really don’t know how Evan Black could beat him tonight.

Troy: I’ve learned to never count out our champion. I have faith that he will find a way to win, as he always seems to do. Evan Black has been on an incredible ride from upstart rookie in Season One of this program to defending the PWA Championship in the biggest match of his life here tonight. So with that, let’s take a look back at how he got here. Let’s relive the journey of Westchester’s own lawyer turned wrestler turned world champion, Evan Black.

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-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

As we return from commercial, “The Miracle” by Queen hits the speakers and the PWA Tag Team Champions The Hollywood Miracle begin making their way to the ring. Amid ravenous boos from the White Plains crowd, The Miracle Mike Troha and Hollywood Mike Griffin saunter their way to the ring, flanked as always by their manager, the Standard Sleaze Don Cerrone, who grabs a microphone and leads his team into the squared circle.

Cerrone: Good evening boys and girls, and welcome to the moment you’ve all been waiting for. No, I’m not talking about Evan Black and Solomon, I’m talking about something even better, daddy-o. I’m talking about YOUR PWA Tag Team Champions, the greatest tag team in the history of the world. Give it up for The Miracle Mike Troha, Hollywood Mike Griffin, The Hollywood Miracle!

Cerrone then passes the microphone to Griffin.

Griffin: So, what do we have to do to get some competition around here? We beat The Hot Boy$ to win these titles, then we beat them again at Symphony of Destruction, and last week, we finally faced the number one contenders, the team that dominated the tag team scene last season, Texas Justice. Well guess what? We beat them too. So it begs the question: is there ANYONE out there that can beat us?!

Moments later, “You Don’t Know” by Eminem and 50 Cent blasts onto the speakers, and the White Plains crowd gives a loud ovation to Paul Dawkins and Renegade! The two-time former champions appear at the top of the stage to answer the question.

Renegade: So y’all are looking for some competition, huh? Well then how about putting those titles on the line against us?!

Griffin prepares to respond, but before he can, he makes eye contact with Troha and Cerrone, which is followed by the three of them bursting into uproarious laughter.

Troha: We asked for some COMPETITION! What you two jokers would be able to give us HARDLY represents competition!

Dawkins: You’re right. It represents the end of your title reign!

Troha: Listen to yourselves! You CAN’T be serious! You are not even CLOSE to being in our league! We could dispose of the two of you without even breaking a sweat!

Dawkins: Put your money where your mouth is then. Next week, Rebirth is live in Philly, our home base. Consider this an official challenge. Hollywood Miracle vs. Dawkins and Renegade, next Tuesday night in Philly, tag titles on the line. What do you say?

Griffin: You do realize this isn’t Rocky, right? You aren’t going to pull off some magical upset just because it’s in Philadelphia. You two are completely outmatched and outclassed by us. Frankly, it’s a waste of our time.

Renegade: So what then? You chicken? If it’s gonna be so easy for you, why not humor us? Unless you’re afraid we might actually take those titles next week.

Troha: PLEASE! We’re just trying to spare you some embarrassment. But if you insist… fine. Next week, you’ll have your title shot. We’ll be happy to crush your dreams in front of your hometown crowd, just like Solomon is going to do to Evan Black later tonight.

This statement prompts a loud chorus of boos from the White Plains crowd.

Dawkins: You can talk all you want. We’ll do our talking in the ring. Next week, those titles are coming home with us!

With that, “You Don’t Know” replays and the two teams continue trash-talking each other as we head to break.

-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

The shot takes us backstage, where we are shown Texas Justice marching through the hallways of the Westchester County Center. Maddox Tate leads the way, angry as usual, as he approaches a dressing room door labeled “Hot Boy$.” Pitbull scoffs and both barge through the door, finding Romeo and Jaguar seated, playing cards as the broadcast plays in the background. 

Romeo: Hey look, we're on TV.

Jaguar: You boys sure have a thing about barging into people's dressing rooms, huh?

Tate: What I don't understand is how you two chumps even get your own locker room to begin with. As small as this dump is, we have room to offer two has-beens who aren't even competing tonight? 

Romeo: (getting up) You know what, win a world title or two– 

Jaguar: (cutting him off) Or six! 

Romeo: ... And then come holla at us about what we get. This company likes to take care of their veteran superstars, stuff you’ll never know about. 

Pitbull: If this company wasn’t closing down due to mismanagement again, we would have those same titles you punks got. 

Tate: We’ll never be able to fully pay you back for what you did to us 20 years ago. You simply didn't respect us enough back then to continue our wars down south. You ran up here to get away from us, thinking you would leave us in obscurity. Well you know what, guys? We made it. We made it here, and took back just a little bit of what you cost us. We'll never get it all, we'll run out of time here, but trust me, we're coming to get our piece. We aren't done with you boys yet.

Jaguar: Time and place, junior. 

Tate: Really? Ok, well I heard you two are going off to these Seven Deadly Sins qualifiers in two weeks, but we're free next week. Aren't you free too?

Romeo: Yep. And before you ask your next question, we're glad to fight you. 

Pitbull: Fine, but on one condition. If it’s gonna be the last time we do it, we wanna do it right. No count-outs, no disqualifications. Hell, no rules. You and us, in a street fight. 

Jaguar: Wait a minute, fellas. You want us next week... in Philadelphia? 

Tate: Who cares where it is?! Yes! We wanna fight!

Romeo: Do you know what we do to people in Philly Street Fights? I'm sure you can find Grieco around here somewhere.

Tate: To hell with Grieco and to hell with you! We aren't a damn joke! You wanna make a spectacle out of ending your team? Well we'll make a spectacle out of you!

Jaguar’s smirk fades and he gets right in Tate’s face.

Jaguar: You want a Philly Street Fight? That's fine. I know Philly, Maddox. We're comfortable with its bloodthirsty craziness, and I feel perfectly at home with those people. For damn near two decades, we have been thorns in each other's sides, and once this match is over, there won't be any respectful handshakes. But I want you to keep in mind, assuming at least one of us qualifies for the Seven Deadly Sins match, this will be the last time the PWA audience sees us team up, and we aren't coming to South Broad Street to lose. 

Tate: We wouldn't want it any other way. 

Each team glares angrily at the other, never breaking eye contact as Texas Justice backs away, clearly ready for next week's Philadelphia Street Fight. 

***

Watch the video below for

MATCH #4 – SIX-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH:
JUAN PABLO ALVAREZ, PAUL EPTON & FENIX CLARKE VS. PWA PROGRESSIVE CHAMPION SAIF AL ABBAD, ASAI MOON & ZINA
Referee: Jose Soares



-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

Back from break, we see the PWA Women’s Champion Keiko Ishida walking through the backstage area. Suddenly, backstage reporter Traci Reed rushes up to her with a microphone.

Traci: Keiko, can I have a minute?

Not in the mood for an interview, Keiko slowly and intimidatingly turns her head.

Traci: Can I have your thoughts on the huge Women’s Championship match Justin Schenck has signed for next week?

Keiko: What are you talking about?

Traci: Oh, you haven’t heard? Next week, right here on The Rebirth, there is going to be a 10-woman Symphony of Destruction match featuring every woman on the PWA roster.

Keiko: What?!

Traci: Yup! Numbers will be drawn randomly, with the first two entrants starting, and a new woman entering every 90 seconds thereafter. Oh, and unlike the PWA Championship SOD two months ago, there will be no advantage for the champion. So you could draw literally anything from 1 to 10.

Keiko is livid, and is clearly ready to take her anger out on Traci, as she did earlier this season. However, Traci stops her.

Traci: You DO remember what Mr. Schenck said, right? If you touch me again, you will be terminated. So watch it.

Keiko then curls her lip, points threateningly at Traci, and screams out in frustration before storming off, leaving a satisfied Traci Reed in her wake.

***

Watch the video below for

MATCH #5 – SIX-MAN BATTLE ROYAL – WINNER ADVANCES TO A SEVEN DEADLY SINS QUALIFYING MATCH:
PWA INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION JON DULBERG VS. KERRY COX VS. CHASE STONE VS. MATTHEW MAGELLAN VS. BRIGGS VS. DEXTER P. WELLINGTON
Outside Referees: Matt Hansen & Dan Martin



-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

When we return from commercial, we see a graphic on the screen reading “during the break,” and a pumped Chase Stone walking backstage, before backstage reporter Traci Reed catches up to him.

Traci: Chase! Can I have a minute?

Stone: Sure thing, sweetie.

Traci cringes at Stone’s remark but remains professional.

Traci: I just wanted to congratulate you on your victory. Now, you are one victory away from a spot in the Seven Deadly Sins main event at Everlasting Epic for the PWA Championship. How will you approach your qualifying match with GI Jew two weeks from tonight?

Stone: I’ll approach it the same way I approach every match: expecting to win. I’m always confident, but I have reason to be. GI Jew is a great competitor, but I’m better. And in two weeks, I’m going to—

Stone stops short when he realizes that GI Jew himself has joined the party.

Jew: That’s right, you know to shut your mouth when you see me. What you’re gonna do in two weeks, Chase, is lose. I know you’ve been obsessed with making your name as the youngest world champion in PWA history. Well guess what? It’s not gonna happen. In two weeks, your road to the Everlasting Epic main event and a title shot goes through me, and I’m the roadblock you can’t pass. I’m gonna crush your dreams and break your spirit when we get to Jacksonville, punk. You think you’re such a hotshot, I know you do. But compared to me, you’re just a flash in the pan. And in two weeks, I’m gonna make you wish you never won this battle royal.

Jew then storms off, not allowing Stone to retort. Stone glares at him as he exits before scoffing and exiting himself.

***

The camera now cuts back to live footage of Traci Reed in the backstage area.

Traci: Folks, that’s what happened during the break, but right now, I have something you’ve all been waiting for. He was born and raised right down the road in Scarsdale, but now, please welcome him back to Westchester County as the PWA World Heavyweight Champion, your Evan Black!

Evan Black walks onto the screen and receives a monstrous ovation from the crowd in the arena.

Traci: Evan, you are just moments away from the biggest match of your life. What does having this match in front of your friends and family here tonight mean to you?

Black: Traci, it means everything to me. Being here at the County Center, just 10 minutes away from my childhood home, getting ready for an absolutely monumental match... it’s everything I’ve ever dreamed of. I thought I’d be nervous as hell tonight, considering what’s on the line. But I’m not. I’ve been preparing for this match ever since I was blasted through the announce table at Everlasting Epic last year. I am ready. I couldn’t possibly be more ready. And I am PWA Champion for a reason. Earlier tonight, Solomon told the world that he was going to prove my mother right, prove to the world that I should never have stopped practicing law. Solomon, I thought it was impossible at this point for you to motivate me any more than you already have, but you managed to do it. You want to bring my family into this? Well, my parents are out in that crowd, and all my mother is going to be doing tonight is standing and cheering after I kick your teeth down your throat. Solomon, you have entered hostile territory. And when you leave this building, it’ll be empty-handed. Because tonight, I slay the dragon. I WILL defeat you right here in White Plains. I WILL punch my ticket to the main event of Everlasting Epic. And I WILL walk out of this building, MY building, STILL the PWA World Heavyweight Champion.

With that, Evan Black walks off, headed for the ring.

Traci: Alright folks, you heard it! Evan Black is confident and ready to—

Traci stops mid-sentence, cupping her ear with her hand to hear better out of her earpiece. A look of concern appears on her face.

Traci: Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve just been informed that SIN has arrived at Vulture and Morgan Day’s home in Long Beach, and apparently it has already erupted into a melee. Our Scott Cornelius is on the scene, and I’m being told we are going to take you there right now. Scott, what’s happening?

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The camera now shifts back to Long Beach, where SIN has arrived on the scene and its members are engaged in a huge brawl outside Vulture and Morgan Day’s condo with the members of The Absolved! Scott Cornelius is frantically trying to get the story.

Cornelius: Traci, it is complete and utter chaos out here! Just a minute ago, the car driven by Greg Tantalus screeched into a parking spot out front, and he, Jackie Baccaro, James Biamonte, Lauren Tantalus, and Dee Licious all came piling out of it, but Vulture, Morgan Day, the Duval Twins, and John Wolfe have been sitting outside, waiting for them to arrive! As soon as they got out of the car, the battle was on, and it’s escalating into complete insanity! Are you getting all this?!

Cornelius then gestures to the cameraman that he should stop filming him and instead film the ongoing brawl.

Steps away from the camera, just outside the condo, Lauren and Dee are attempting to overwhelm Alexis, who is doing her best to shield Morgan, who is recovering from a slight concussion suffered at the hands of Lauren a week ago. Sensing that a more permanent solution is needed, Morgan rushes into her garage and quickly pulls out a snow shovel, which prompts Lauren and Dee to flee!

The cameraman runs after the women, but in doing so sees Jackie Baccaro stomping away on Chris Duval in the middle of the street. Baccaro attempts to hold Duval down on the street while a car honks its horn as it moves down the road! John Wolfe, however, storms the scene and frees Duval just in the nick of time!

Wolfe now pounds Baccaro with repeated rights and lefts, backing him up to the entrance to the boardwalk, where James Biamonte is slowly coming to from an attack that must have occurred off camera. Wolfe slams Baccaro’s head into the guardrail, but Biamonte attacks him from behind moments later. Then, Chris Duval gets to his feet and takes the fight to Biamonte!

Amid all this, the cameras notice that Vulture and Greg Tantalus are up on the boardwalk, relentlessly doing battle. Frantically, the cameraman rushes up the boardwalk to film the action.

Tantalus is beating on Vulture with furious clubbing blows and backs him up to the guardrail that overlooks a steep drop to the beach about 15 feet below. With Vulture prone, a sadistic grin overtakes Tantalus’ face and he charges, looking to clothesline Vulture over the guardrail! However, just before impact, Vulture ducks and back body drops Tantalus over the rail instead… but Tantalus hangs on! Tantalus, precariously hanging over the side, pulls himself back to a vertical base as Vulture shakes off the cobwebs. However, Tantalus is in no position to defend himself when Vulture charges and nails him with a mafia kick, sending Tantalus crashing back-first onto the sand 15 feet below!

The camera rushes into place to get us the image of a barely-conscious Tantalus trying to get to his feet, but then shows us that Vulture is rushing down the proper beach entrance from the boardwalk, not done with Tantalus! The cameraman hurriedly follows, and by the time he gets down to the beach, Vulture is burying Tantalus’ face in the sand and screaming at him unintelligibly!

Vulture then pulls Tantalus to his feet, grabs him by the back of the neck, and begins walking him to the ocean! As this is happening, Scott Cornelius rushes back to the cameraman’s side.

Cornelius: Folks, this is sheer insanity! The brawling right outside on East Broadway is still very much in progress, but Vulture is now dragging a prone Greg Tantalus straight to the Atlantic Ocean!

Cornelius rushes up to Vulture and grabs him by the shoulder, trying to talk him out of whatever he’s about to do, but Vulture simply shoves Cornelius down to the sand. As Cornelius picks himself back up, the faint sound of police sirens can be heard in the background, getting louder and louder by the second!

Vulture now has Tantalus at the shore, walking him straight into the ocean, where he grabs Tantalus by the hair and holds his head under the water! Tantalus struggles for his life while Vulture, consumed by hatred, gives the appearance of a man who is about to do something he’ll regret for the rest of his life! In desperation, Tantalus grabs onto the first thing he can reach, which happens to be Vulture’s hair. He grabs a big handful and yanks as hard as he can, ripping a large chunk of hair right from his scalp!

Vulture screams out in pain, giving Tantalus the opportunity to free himself. However, instead of fleeing, Tantalus tackles Vulture down to the wet sand, and the two of them continue brawling relentlessly in the ocean! By this time, the sirens are blaring, and within moments, several police cars pull right onto the beach. The officers come pouring out of the cars, grab Vulture and Tantalus, and slap cuffs on both of them! Another officer angrily approaches Scott Cornelius and the cameraman.

Officer: Shut that damn camera off! Shut it off now!

Seconds later, the feed abruptly cuts out, but not before we catch a glimpse of most of the other members of SIN and The Absolved in the back of the police cars as the officers from the Long Beach Police Department lead both Vulture and Tantalus to the same fate.

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MATCH #6 – PWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP – SEVEN DEADLY SINS QUALIFYING MATCH – NO HOLDS BARRED:
EVAN BLACK (champion) VS. SOLOMON (challenger)
Referee: Tom Stevens




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