EPISODE #3.16

UNITED CENTER
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 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 United Center in Chicago, Illinois, where a thrilling 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 I still can’t get over what happened last week! As you just saw in our opening video, Chase Stone is the new PWA World Heavyweight Champion, and I’ll be damned if he didn’t steal that title from Evan Black!

Buckingham: You’re still on this?!

Troy: He drilled him in the face with brass knuckles!

Buckingham: Then why wasn’t he disqualified?

Troy: Because the referee didn’t see it!

Buckingham: Exactly! If the referee doesn’t see it, then it’s not against the rules! Chase Stone saw an opportunity and he took it, and THAT’s why he’s a worthy champion!

Troy: Randall, it speaks VOLUMES about that kid’s character that he would even BRING brass knuckles to the ring last week! It’s like he planned this all along!

Buckingham: I don’t know if I’d go that far. He was prepared, just in case an opportunity presented itself. Well, it did, and he took it. Can’t fault him for that!

Troy: Yes, you can! What he did was against the rules! He knocked Evan Black out so that when he put the Triangle Hold on, Black would be unresponsive, leaving the referee no choice but to award him the championship!

Buckingham: I know! Brilliant!

Troy: I can see it’s pointless trying to get through to you. I suppose you’re also going to defend Chase Stone’s actions at our live event this past Saturday in Toronto.

Buckingham: Maybe you should first explain to everyone what the hell you’re talking about, since not everyone keeps up with all our live events.

Troy: Folks, after having the PWA Championship literally stolen from him last Tuesday night, Evan Black opted to cash in his mandatory rematch on the earliest date possible, which happened to be our very next event, the live event in Toronto this past Saturday. Right before that match, Chase took the microphone and tried to apologize to the PWA fans and to Evan Black for “what they’ve had to go through this week,” and that “all the facts haven’t emerged yet and things aren’t what they seem.” Nobody really bought it though. Not Evan Black, and not the Toronto crowd, which booed Stone so badly that it flustered him.

Buckingham: It was a blatant show of disrespect for our champion.

Troy: Well, our champion has blatantly disrespected the championship he wears. But that’s not even the worst of what happened in Toronto. Black and Stone then launched into battle, having another tremendous back-and-forth affair. At one point, the battle spilled to the outside and Black gained the advantage. Then, at the referee’s count of eight, with Stone on his feet, EB slid back into the ring. However, Chase Stone then “collapsed” to the arena floor and was counted out, preserving his title, and the Toronto crowd showered him with boos. Chase stumbled out of the arena screaming he was sorry to both the fans and to EB. It was, quite frankly, despicable.

Buckingham: Oh, come on! You have no proof that Chase did that on purpose! Plus, are you not going to tell everyone what that maniac Evan Black did after the match?

Troy: Evan Black did fly off the handle a bit after the match, but I can’t say I blame him.

Buckingham: He destroyed thousands of dollars’ worth of video equipment, Troy! Destruction of private property! He was like a man possessed! That’s why Justin Schenck pulled him off the road for the remainder of the weekend and prohibited him from coming into contact with Chase Stone backstage tonight before our main event.

Troy: Well, speaking of that, I am beyond disgusted by everything that’s happened, annoyed that Evan Black’s title rematch was wasted on chicanery, and even more annoyed that Chase Stone has apparently turned down the opportunity to open tonight’s show with an in-ring address. But I can at least take solace in the fact that Evan Black WILL have an opportunity to earn a measure of revenge in tonight’s main event, which is a HUGE six-man tag team match!

Buckingham: That’s right, Troy, and it features six of the eight participants in the Everlasting Epic Seven Deadly Sins match!

Troy: We’re going to see the new PWA Champion Chase Stone team up with Anthony Failla and Showtime Damon Savage to take on the bona fide dream team of The Iceman Jason Calysto, Jaguar, and Evan Black!

Buckingham: But don’t lament Romeo and Scythe being left out of that mix, because those two are going one-on-one tonight!

Troy: That should be one hell of a competitive affair, as should the two battles tonight between members of SIN and The Absolved! In a mixed tag team bout, James Biamonte teams with his sister Dee Licious, representing SIN against The Absolved’s resident lovebirds John Wolfe and Alexis Duval!

Buckingham; And in what should be a VERY interesting match, just 25 days before he faces Vulture inside Hell in a Cell, Greg Tantalus squares off with Vulture’s son, Chris Duval!

Troy: Two championships will be up for grabs this evening as well! We’ll see Zina defend the Women’s Championship against Keiko Ishida!

Buckingham: And Matthew Magellan challenge Jon Dulberg for the International title!

Troy: And Randall, what about the HUGE match between Paul Epton and Fenix Clarke?! If Epton wins, Clarke is barred from appearing at any future PWA events! But if Clarke wins, that spells the end for Emily Walker’s PWA tenure!

Buckingham: Certainly a LOT on the line there, as—

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Suddenly, White Zombie’s “Blood, Milk and Sky” overtakes the speakers, and the crowd breaks into raucous boos as The Soul Stealers appear from behind the curtain. The Chicago crowd lets the reigning PWA Tag Team Champions know exactly how they feel as they approach ringside.

Buckingham: It looks like we’re about to be joined by The Soul Stealers!

Troy: Well I’m not about to stop them! Bishop Cross and Markus Krieg will of course defend their tag team titles at Everlasting Epic against Dan Crowley and Rich Revis, who won the opportunity last week. But we should also note a few things. That match has now been made a no holds barred match, and Justin Schenck has banned all physicality between these four men outside of sanctioned competition. If there is any such physicality, the match will be canceled, The Soul Stealers will be stripped of the titles, and the titles will be contested in a different match at Schenck’s discretion.

Buckingham: That seems a bit harsh.

Troy: Well, with the history these four men have, it was pretty much the only way to keep the peace. By threatening to cancel the match, I think Justin is ensuring it actually happens.

Bishop Cross grabs a microphone from ring announcer Lee Palmer before joining Markus Krieg inside the ring.

Cross: In 25 nights, Markus Krieg and I will head to Citi Field, Everlasting Epic VIII, the final event in PWA history, to defend our Tag Team Championship. It will be my return to Everlasting Epic after a six-year absence. And how fitting it is that the man who buried me alive the last time I appeared at Everlasting Epic will face me again this year. Notice I said fitting, but not challenging. Last week, Dan Crowley and Rich Revis made their triumphant returns to the ring, earning a shot at our titles at Everlasting Epic. However, given how quickly and dominantly we disposed of them several weeks ago, it is somewhat disappointing that better opponents for us could not be found. But alas, we will make do with—

Before he can finish his sentence, “Body Ya” by Fabolous hits the speakers, prompting loud cheers from the crowd as Rich Revis steps onto the stage! Then, moments later, Judas Priest’s “Judas Rising” hits and Dan Crowley joins him on the stage, microphone in hand! The two then fearlessly walk down the aisle and get face to face with their Everlasting Epic opponents in the ring!

Cross: I have to say, I’m somewhat surprised to see you two back here. Pleasantly, I might add.

Crowley: There’s nothing pleasant about you, Cross.

Cross: Cute. But the sentiment remains the same. When we destroyed the two of you several weeks ago, you were so weak. It was unbelievable how incredibly easy it was to dispose of the once deadly Lost Souls. Because, as I said several weeks ago, the two of you are now soulless. You lacked the killer instinct you both possessed in the days of the Army of the Damned. I believed that the former Speed Demon and Reaper simply should not exist in a weaker form, and I still believe that. So tell me, how have you changed? How will Everlasting Epic be any different than five weeks ago? Because I’m sure you’ve heard by now the stipulation I’ve had added to our match. We will now be competing for the PWA Tag Team Championship with no count-outs and no disqualifications. Crowley, Revis, it will be no holds barred. So why do you think you have any more of a chance than you did the last time?

Crowley: A few weeks ago, we came out here, fueled by revenge, and we quite frankly got our asses handed to us. Maybe we underestimated how much better Krieg would be under your tutelage, Cross. But we shouldn’t have. For all our differences, I can admit that you tend to tap into an extra gear in the people you work with. Now, of course, you also brainwash them and simply use them until you no longer need them, but that’s beside the point. The point is, maybe we underestimated Krieg, and maybe we also underestimated how on your game you would be after such a long layoff. Sure, you were very intimidating in sneak attacks, but in an actual match? To be honest, in a fair fight, I thought we’d steamroll right over you.

Revis: But we’ve learned a good lesson, Cross. We’ve learned that we need to take matters more seriously. Since the attack, Dan’s been at his home training, and I’ve been at mine. And now, we’re ready to take you on again. We’re ready to go to Everlasting Epic, in a no holds barred match, and take those tag team titles from you!

The fans cheer loudly, but Cross merely smirks at his EE opponents. Krieg continues to stand behind him, coldly staring at their impending challengers.

Cross: You just told me EVERYTHING I needed to hear. I now know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that we are going to vanquish you at Everlasting Epic.

Crowley: And why is that?

Cross: Because you haven’t learned your lesson at all. And I’ll prove it to you. You think you’re ready for this rematch? You think you’re ready to go to war with Bishop Cross and Markus Krieg in a match with no count-outs, no disqualifications, no holds barred? I know you’re not. And I’ll show you over the next two weeks in singles competition if you accept my challenge. Next week, Revis, I challenge you to go one-on-one with Markus Krieg. And then, Crowley, two weeks from tonight, on the final episode of The Rebirth, live from Madison Square Garden, the very same building in which you buried me alive, I challenge you to a match. Accept this challenge, and I guarantee we destroy you twice.

Revis: You think you’re gonna get in our heads? You’re not. And we’ll prove it. Next week, I’m gonna cut this big Frankenstein standing behind you down to size.

Crowley: And Cross, I’m gonna take you down, just like I did the last time we were together at MSG.

Cross: We’ll see. You may think you’ve figured it all out. But Crowley, Revis, I’ve looked into your eyes and I can tell you haven’t. You WILL be humbled over the next two weeks. Perhaps then, you will look into the mirror and realize you are not prepared for Everlasting Epic. But mark my words. If you show up to Citi Field unprepared, we WILL vanquish you. And I don’t mean send you to the hospital for a few days. I mean we’ll make it so that both your careers come to a violent end in 25 nights.

Cross then lets out a smug laugh before turning to his challengers with an icy stare.

Cross: Come, Markus. These two need to be alone with their thoughts.

With that, “Blood, Milk and Sky” replays and the Tag Team Champions exit. Crowley and Revis don’t appear to be taking his words too seriously, playing to the crowd as we head to break.

Troy: Dan Crowley and Rich Revis are not intimidated by the Tag Team Champions!

Buckingham: But maybe they should be!

Troy: Well, in any event, folks, our International Championship match is up next! Matthew Magellan challenges Jon Dulberg for the title, right after this!

-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

Watch the video below for

MATCH #1 – PWA INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
JON DULBERG (champion) VS. MATTHEW MAGELLAN (challenger)
Referee: Jose Soares



-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

Back from break, we are taken to the backstage area, where backstage reporter Traci Reed is with Kemi Okoro.

Traci: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to The Rebirth! I’m here right now with Kemi Okoro, who last week found herself in an unfortunate situation with Don Cerrone. Kemi, can you give us your thoughts on what happened?

Kemi: What happened is the three of them – Cerrone, Griffin, Troha – they are simply bad people. Cerrone especially. The things he said to me—

Voice: Were true.

Kemi and Traci turn around to see that Don Cerrone and The Hollywood Miracle have joined the scene.

Cerrone: I heard you were going to be doing this interview, and I felt compelled to come over here and say something. And that something is that no one cares what you think about anything, Kemi. The three of us, we actually matter to these fans. They may hate us, but at least we matter. What do you have? You could disappear tomorrow and no one would give a damn. Just disappear. From this company, or this planet.

Kemi: You know what? I was gonna try to talk to you calm and rationally, but what the hell.

With that, Kemi cracks him across the face with her second slap in the past week! Cerrone is again furious, and gets Hollywood Mike Griffin and The Miracle Mike Troha to intimidate Traci Reed into fleeing. Then, Kemi attempts to clock a distracted Cerrone with a forearm, but Griffin and Troha grab her and push her up against the wall. Cerrone gets in her face, but before anything can be done, Paul Dawkins and Renegade join the scene!

Dawkins: Leave her alone, assholes.

Troha: This is none of your concern, Dawkins.

Renegade: Well we’re MAKING it our concern!

Griffin: Just walk away, Renegade.

Dawkins: Apologize to the lady, Cerrone.

Cerrone: Are you serious?

Renegade: Apologize!

Cerrone: Fine. I’m sorry. I’m sorry Kemi is a good-for-nothing piece of trash!

Dawkins: You know what? I’m sorry I tried to resolve this peacefully.

With that, a brawl breaks out, with Dawkins and Renegade taking the fight furiously to The Hollywood Miracle! Kemi gets a couple good shots in on Cerrone before the Standard Sleaze flees to safety! Numerous security officials now storm the scene and break the two sides up as the shot fades.

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We are now taken to a video of a dimly lit and desolate street, leading to a small apartment with a tattered front door. A graphic appears on the screen, reading “earlier this week.” As the shot widens, we see PWA reporter Nick Cade standing with Anthony Failla, who is staring at the door.

Cade: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I’m Nick Cade, here with another spotlight on a competitor in the Everlasting Epic main event Seven Deadly Sins match, and tonight, my travels have led me to the Elmwood Park section of Chicago, a place of some significance to this man, Anthony Failla. Mr. Failla, can you explain to everyone what’s behind that door you’re staring at?

Failla: You do know the last guy who asked me too many questions got thrown into a wall, right?

Cade: I do know that, and I also know that, thanks to Justin Schenck’s new rule, if you do the same to me, you will lose your spot not only in the Seven Deadly Sins match, but at Everlasting Epic altogether. So Mr. Failla, please, where are we?

Failla: (taking a deep breath) When PWA ended six years ago, after I lost to Romeo at Everlasting Epic V, I looked myself in the mirror and for the first time in my life, I was honest with myself. I wasn’t motivated. I was satisfied with being mediocre. But look at me, Nick. There’s nothing mediocre about me. I knew if I was going to stay in this business, I needed to get serious. And getting serious meant changing everything. I was overweight, out of shape, lazy, distracted. So I picked up, I left my home in Queens, and I moved here, to Elmwood Park. I moved into this tiny apartment. And I trained. I trained for eight hours a day, seven days a week, for three years.

Cade: Of all places, why here?

Failla: This town? Parts of my family are from here. I came here years ago to visit some relatives and was impressed by how hard people work. This is a working-class Italian neighborhood. No one bothered me. I was able to come here, do what I had to do, and stay focused.

Cade: And you said you trained at that ungodly pace for three years? What happened after three years?

Failla: I got a slightly bigger place, started working out in a gym, and trained even harder. Then I got the call that PWA was coming back, and I knew it was time to train even harder than that and re-emerge.

Cade: And we all know what happened after that.

Failla: (nods) Dominance. Within a month, I was world champion. And I held that title the entire season.

Cade: Until you lost it at Everlasting Epic VI.

Failla glares at Cade.

Cade: Why haven’t you regained the title since then?

Failla: (breathing deeply to compose himself) Combination of things. Dan Crowley jumped off a steel cage through a table to stop me from winning it back. I got hurt in the second season thanks to SIN, or it would have been me in the Everlasting Epic main event, not Jason Calysto. This year, Solomon ducked me, and then cheated to beat me. He got lucky at SOD. And then Evan Black ducked me. He wanted no part of me. That was clear. I’m sure Chase Stone feels the same way now. But people can’t duck me anymore. I’m coming for all of them in Seven Deadly Sins. No one can stop me. No one can handle my dominance. I’ve won Seven Deadly Sins before. I’m gonna win it again.

Cade: Only one other man in this match has also won a Seven Deadly Sins match, that being Jaguar. Describe him in one word.

Failla: Punk.

Cade: Punk?

Failla: Yeah, punk. Everything is a joke to him. I don’t joke around. I’m a serious person. I’ve never liked him, and he’s never liked me. But I proved to him two years ago that he can’t beat me. Even was I was an underachiever, back in 2002, the night Jaguar won the PWA title for the very first time, I beat him at the beginning of that night. Jaguar took the PWA title into The Rebirth, and I took it from him. He can’t beat me and he knows it. That’s why he got us both counted out last week. But it’s ok. It’ll be my pleasure to end his Everlasting Epic undefeated streak in the Seven Deadly Sins match on my way to becoming the last PWA Champion.

With that, the video package morphs into a montage of Failla training at his gym, set to DMX’s “One More Road to Cross.” We see Failla dead-lifting unbelievable amounts of weight and performing frightening feats of strength as other customers in the gym gather around, amazed at his unbelievable power as the video concludes.

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We then return to live action, and our commentators Victor Troy and Randall Buckingham at ringside.

Buckingham: I’ve gotta tell you, Troy, I really don’t know who the hell is gonna stop Anthony Failla in the Seven Deadly Sins match.

Troy: He is certainly one of the favorites! Folks, we’re going to see Failla in action later tonight in our huge six-man tag team main event, when he teams with Showtime Damon Savage and the new PWA World Heavyweight Champion Chase Stone to take on Evan Black, Jaguar, and The Iceman Jason Calysto! But up next, we’ve got a battle of two more Seven Deadly Sins competitors, when Da Playboi Romeo takes on the Modern-Day Samurai Scythe! Stay with us, we’ll be right back!

-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

Watch the video below for

MATCH #2 – SCYTHE VS. ROMEO
Referee: Matt Hansen



-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

Back from break, we are taken to the backstage area, where backstage reporter Scott Cornelius is standing with the new PWA World Heavyweight Champion Chase Stone.

Cornelius: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to The Rebirth. As you can see, I am joined at this time by Chase Stone, who last week defeated Evan Black, albeit under controversial circumstances. Chase, you requested this one-on-one time, so let me start by asking the question that’s been on everyone’s minds for the past seven days: why’d you do it?

Stone: Why’d I do what, Scott? Why’d I win the PWA Championship? It’s because I’m simply better than Evan Black, just like I said I was all along.

Cornelius: That wasn’t what I was asking and you know it. You might have thought you could do what you did and get away with it, but unfortunately for you, Victor Troy spotted those brass knuckles and exposed you to the world. The only question now, Chase, is whether you are a good guy who gave into temptation and pressure, or whether you’ve been defrauding these people into believing in you the whole time.

Stone: You know, Scott, I requested this time because I know I’ve already been judged in the court of public opinion, and I knew these people out in the crowd just wouldn’t understand. I knew I’d get booed, and that would drown out my message. All I can say regarding your accusations is that nothing has been proven. Once all the facts come out, we can—

Stone’s train of thought is broken when he notices PWA creative director Justin Schenck has walked onto the set in the interview area.

Schenck: I can take it from here, Scott. Thanks.

Cornelius then nods at Schenck and takes his exit, allowing the creative director to turn his attention to the champion.

Stone: What do you want, Justin?

Schenck: What do I want? Chase, you haven’t returned my calls all week. Last week, you won the title and promptly fled the arena like a bat out of hell. If you’re trying to suggest you’re not guilty of what Victor Troy accused you of, you have a hell of a way of showing it.

Stone: Justin, it’s not what it looks like.

Schenck: What is it then? Chase, I plucked you from Penn State right after you graduated, I got you the best training, I groomed you for stardom… hell, I planned to center this entire Rebirth Era around your rise to prominence. But last week, when you won the title the way you did, I have to admit, I felt SO let down. This isn’t what I wanted from you. I thought you were better than this. So please, if you have some explanation, if this is all just some misunderstanding, please, tell me now. You owe me an explanation.

Slowly, Chase’s entire expression changes, a scowl forming on his face.

Stone: I OWE you an explanation?! I owe you NOTHING! Everything you just said is complete BULLSHIT and you know it! Justin Schenck, my all-knowing and benevolent benefactor, right? You think I don’t know that the ONLY things you ever saw in me were dollar signs?! That you were using me to do your dirty work? Or do you not like to think about how I helped you literally drive Greg Tantalus crazy two years ago? All this crap with SIN, the fact that Tantalus is probably going to literally beat Vulture to death live on your pay-per-view, that’s all YOUR fault! Me being a prick who did whatever it took to get the job done was all well and good two years ago, but now suddenly it’s not?

Schenck: Frankly Chase, no it isn’t. Times have changed, and you had an opportunity—

Stone: I had an opportunity to become world champion and I took it! Isn’t that why we’re all here?!

Schenck: But you could have been more than this. You could have been the centerpiece of this show, the feel-good story of the final season, and you threw it all away.

Stone: No, Justin. YOU threw that all away. You just said you planned to center the entire Rebirth Era around my rise to prominence. You even pushed back my debut until nearly the end of the first season, just to make sure I’d be 100% ready for primetime the first time anyone saw me in the ring. And I spent the first two seasons here being the good soldier, thinking that staying close to you would give me a leg up on everyone else. But somewhere along the way, you decided that Evan Black made for a better story. You spat in the face of EVERYTHING I’ve sacrificed for you and you gave the ball – MY ball – to Evan Black, and told HIM to run with it. Well you know what? Last week, Evan Black fumbled at the goal line. He took for granted that I wouldn’t stoop to doing whatever I had to do to win. He underestimated the fact that I was in my hometown, all my friends and family in attendance, and losing was NOT an option for me. I was going to do WHATEVER I had to do to walk out of there with the world title. And you know what? I DID. So Justin, you don’t have to like what I did, you don’t even have to respect it. But you DO have to respect the fact that I am your world champion now, and I am going to Everlasting Epic to make history.

Schenck: You ARE the world champion, Chase. The referee’s decision is final, and there is nothing I can do about that. And you ARE going to Everlasting Epic. Now tonight, you team with Anthony Failla and Showtime Damon Savage to face Jaguar, Jason Calysto, and of course, Evan Black. But next week, you’re free. So next week, I don’t see why you can’t put your championship on the line when we open up the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Stone: Are you serious? Everlasting Epic is right around the corner! And DON’T say the defense is against Evan Black! I gave him his rematch the other night in Toronto. Frankly, I’d be still within the 30-day window if I didn’t defend the title at all until Everlasting Epic.

Schenck: (smirking) I thought you might say that. But you have no leverage here, Chase. I may not be able to reverse the referee’s decision, but I DO have sufficient evidence to vacate the championship. In that case, we simply wouldn’t have a champion going into the Seven Deadly Sins match at Everlasting Epic, but the title would of course still be on the line. So, if you want the opportunity to head into EE8 as the champion, you will defend the title next week. And no, your defense isn’t against Evan Black. In fact, I’ve implored EB not to confront you outside of your match later tonight, even though he has some choice words for you. But you already know that. Not to mention the fact that you got yourself counted out this past weekend to avoid losing the title back to him the other night.

Stone: I’m not going to dignify that last accusation with a response. Now you’re just wasting my time. Just tell me who the hell I have to defend this against next week.

Schenck: Fair enough. Last week, you wanted to play the hometown hero? Next week, you’ll have to try to overcome one. Chase, next Tuesday night, you go to Brooklyn to defend the title against The Iceman Jason Calysto. Good luck.

Schenck pats an incredulous Chase on the shoulder and walks away. Stone is furious, calling after Schenck as he exits.

Stone: Being the white knight doesn’t suit you, Justin! You’re no better than me! You hear me?! We’re the same, you and me! Don’t you EVER forget that!

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Watch the video below for

MATCH #3 – PWA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP:
ZINA (champion) VS. KEIKO ISHIDA (challenger)
Referee: Dan Martin



-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

When we return from break, we see an exasperated Justin Schenck arguing with Keiko Ishida in the backstage area.

Schenck: So let me get this straight. You’re blaming the referee?

Keiko: He was doing nothing! Zina kept pulling my hair! She was bending the rules! And the referee stood by and did NOTHING!

Schenck: I have to say, Keiko, I really didn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

Keiko: That’s because you have blinders on when it comes to Zina, just like all the rest of these people! That’s why I had to take matters into my own hands! And that’s why you should give me a shot at the Women’s Championship at Everlasting Epic! This wasn’t a fair fight! I deserve another opportunity!

Schenck: Again, I’m not sure I’m following your logic. You were the challenger just now, you knowingly brought an illegal foreign object into the ring, and you bashed Zina in the back of the head with it, causing a disqualification. So, you lost. And you think you deserve another title shot?

Keiko: Yes, I do!

Schenck: Tell you what. At Everlasting Epic, I’m going to give you at least half of what you want, because the fans really did get cheated tonight. So at Everlasting Epic, it’s gonna be Keiko Ishida vs. Zina. But it won’t necessarily be for the Women’s Championship.

Keiko: What?! Why?!

Schenck: Because we’re going to have ourselves a HUGE fatal fourway match for the title two weeks from tonight, on the series finale of The Rebirth, live from Madison Square Garden. It’s gonna be Zina vs. Keiko Ishida vs. Morgan Day vs. Lauren Tantalus, first woman to score a pinfall or submission on any of her opponents walks away with the title. If it’s you or Zina that wins, then your match at Everlasting Epic will be for the championship. However, if either Morgan or Lauren takes the gold, their EE match will be for the title.

Keiko: Fine. But Schenck, make sure I have a different referee at Everlasting Epic. I will NOT be cheated like this again!

Schenck: Yeah, sure.

Keiko then storms away as Schenck rolls his eyes and heads back to his office.

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Watch the video below for

MATCH #4 – MIXED TAG TEAM MATCH:
SIN [JAMES BIAMONTE & DEE LICIOUS] VS. THE ABSOLVED [JOHN WOLFE & ALEXIS DUVAL]
Referee: Tom Stevens



-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --

Back from break, we are taken ringside to our commentators Victor Troy and Randall Buckingham.

Troy: Welcome back, folks. We’re gonna get to Fenix Clarke vs. Paul Epton in just a moment, but let’s first show you what happened during the commercial break.

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We now see footage of John Wolfe and Alexis Duval celebrating in the ring, before their happy moment is cut short by Jackie Baccaro and Lauren Tantalus rushing the ring and attacking them from behind! Baccaro stomps away on Wolfe while Lauren does a number on Alexis, until Biamonte and Dee get back to their feet and join in on the assault. However, the assault doesn’t last long, as Morgan Day and Chris Duval rush down to the ring to even the odds!

Morgan spears Lauren to the mat while Duval goes at it with Biamonte, giving Wolfe and Alexis a chance to recover. Wolfe then gets the advantage on Baccaro while Alexis takes it to Dee, and one by one, members of The Absolved toss members of SIN out of the ring until the ring is completely cleared of SIN!  Baccaro slams the mat in frustration from the outside as Muse’s “Apocalypse Please” replays and the fans cheer loudly!

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Watch the video below for

MATCH #5 – IF EPTON WINS, CLARKE MUST LEAVE THE PWA; IF CLARKE WINS, EMILY WALKER MUST LEAVE:
PAUL EPTON VS. FENIX CLARKE
Referee: Jose Soares



As Fenix Clarke walks to the back, he blows a kiss to Emily Walker, who is still staring into the ring in disbelief. The fans cheer loudly as Clarke smiles and pumps his fist and heads to the back. The music then stops as Paul Epton gets to his feet and walks over to Emily. He apologizes to her, but she continues staring into the distance. He then tries to escort her to the back, but as soon as he touches her, she snaps, screaming a blood-curdling scream and attempting to strangle him! Security then rushes down the aisle and grabs her, prying her off of a shocked and incredulous Epton. “Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye,” sings the Chicago crowd as Epton shouts back at Emily and she is dragged out of a PWA arena for the final time!

Troy: Emily Walker is out of here! That’s the best news we’ve gotten all night!

Buckingham: Are you kidding?! This is horrible!

Troy: Well, this Chicago crowd certainly doesn’t think so! Folks, we’ll be right back!

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We return from break in the backstage area, catching a conversation between Michael Grieco and Maddox Tate.

Grieco: But it was your shot to go to Everlasting Epic. It was worth it to throw that away?

Tate: Have you seen Pitbull lately? That boy’s a joke. I was standing on the apron thinking to myself there’s no way I’m gonna be carry his ass through three matches in one night. I’ve been carrying him for 20 years. Enough is enough. As far as Everlasting Epic goes, I’ll find a way onto the show. That International title is looking pretty nice actually. With that joke Magellan as the champ now, that title is ripe for the pickin’.

Grieco: Whoa whoa whoa. International title? That’s mine. I’ve got the beef with Magellan. I owe him some payback.

Tate: Well you better get in line, son.

Suddenly, Pitbull rushes the scene and attacks Maddox Tate from behind! Pitbull wails away on Tate, tackling him to the ground! Grieco thinks about stepping in and coming to Tate’s aid, but he instead watches Pitbull pummel Maddox! Then, with Pitbull well in control, Grieco gears back and kicks Pitbull in the face! Pitbull goes limp and Grieco smirks, walking away satisfied as Texas Justice lies in a heap.

***

The camera shifts to another portion of the backstage area, where backstage reporter Scott Cornelius is standing with Asai Moon.

Cornelius: Ladies and gentlemen, I’m here with Asai Moon, who last week was a part of the fatal fourway match for the Progressive Championship that saw Juan Pablo Alvarez crowned the new champion. The match also saw then-champion Saif al Abbad injured after a sunset flip powerbomb from Alvarez on the arena floor. First off, Asai, do you have an update on your friend Saif’s condition.

Asai: Well Scott, Saif unfortunately suffered a concussion. Because of that, he will not be able to compete on The Rebirth any longer, but he is hopeful that he would be able to return to the ring in time for Everlasting Epic. I certainly hope he can. He doesn’t deserve to be sitting at home for that show.

Cornelius: Well, with Saif out and Juan Pablo Alvarez the new champion, what are your plans?

Asai: My plans are the same as they’ve been all season, and that is to become the PWA Progressive Champion. Juan Pablo Alvarez winning the title only motivates me further to—

Asai’s train of thought is broken as Dexter P. Wellington walks onto the scene.

Wellington: Just give it up, Asai. You’re not good enough to be Progressive Champion. That’s why Alvarez, Ana Maria, and I attacked you two weeks ago, and that’s why we attacked you again tonight.

Suddenly, Asai is clobbered down from behind by, sure enough, the Progressive Champion Juan Pablo Alvarez and Ana Maria Linares! The three of them stomp away on Asai viciously until officials storm the scene to break it up! Amid the chaos, the assailants take their exit.

Troy: Folks, we’re gonna try to restore order backstage, but I’ve just been informed that, when we return, we’re going to hear from our creative director Justin Schenck! Don’t go anywhere, we’ll be right back!

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Back from break, Bon Jovi’s “Bounce” is playing over the speakers and the creative director Justin Schenck is standing in the ring with a microphone.

Schenck: Ladies and gentlemen, I’m out here right now because I invited a man to the show tonight, and I was just informed that he has arrived to the building. So without any further delay, let me bring him out to this ring. Please welcome… Solomon!

Troy: Solomon?! I thought he was staying at home unless Schenck put him in the Seven Deadly Sins match!

Buckingham: Does this mean what I think it means?!

Boos rain down upon the Alaskan Monster as he heads to the ring, a smirk on his face. Justin Schenck’s expression doesn’t change as Solomon grabs a microphone and joins him in the ring.

Solomon: Ok, Schenck. I flew all the way from Barrow for this. Where’s my good news?

Schenck: You told me not to contact you unless I found a place for you in the Seven Deadly Sins match. Well, I’ve contacted you, and asked you to come to the building tonight. So obviously there is SOME good news. But if you think I was just to going to slot you into the match, then you really don’t know me at all.

Solomon: Stop dancing around the topic, Schenck. Am I in the match, or am I not? Because if I’m not, this is a waste of my time, and I’ll be heading right back home and sending you a bill for my travel.

Schenck: I said I wasn’t going to slot you right into the match. I didn’t say this was a waste of your time. I tried to find the best compromise I could think of. You had a Seven Deadly Sins qualifying match, just like everyone else. You lost yours. By all rights, you should simply be eliminated and we should be moving on. But you took your ball and went home. And as I’ve thought about this, I’ve realized that having Solomon at Everlasting Epic is a necessity. I’d rather come to a compromise with you than not have you on the show at all.

Solomon: Now you’re speaking my language. So what do you have in mind? What’s your compromise?

Schenck: I’m offering you a path to the Seven Deadly Sins match. You will have another qualifying match, and you’ll have it AT Everlasting Epic. If you win the match, you will be added to the Seven Deadly Sins match as the first-ever ninth entrant. If you lose, you will remain on the outside looking in.

Solomon: I can deal with that. I accept. So who’s my opponent? GI Jew, I’m assuming?

Schenck: GI Jew is your opponent, yes. Well, ONE of your opponents.

Solomon: Excuse me?

Schenck: You didn’t let me finish. Your qualifying match, Solomon, is a three-on-one gauntlet match. You must defeat all three men in succession in order to qualify for Seven Deadly Sins!

Solomon: Are you serious?! That’s a joke! Who are my opponents?!

Schenck: Well, if you defeat the first two individuals, you will face GI Jew third. However, the identities of your first two opponents will remain a mystery until the match begins.

Solomon: What?! I have to beat two mystery opponents, with no preparation, just to get to GI Jew, then beat him, and THEN I can enter the friggin’ Seven Deadly Sins match?!

Schenck: Correct.

Solomon: That’s insanity! How could I possibly do all that and still win Seven Deadly Sins?!

Schenck: That’s for you to figure out. But that’s the deal. Take it or leave it.

Solomon sneers at Schenck hatefully before finally responding.

Solomon: Fine. I accept. But Schenck, I swear, if—

Suddenly, Five Finger Death Punch’s “War is the Answer” explodes onto the speakers and the fans cheer loudly!

Troy: That’s GI Jew’s music!

Buckingham: But where is he?!

Solomon stares at the stage, screaming at Jew to show himself, However, GI Jew instead comes charging through the crowd, slides into the ring, and obliterates an unknowing Solomon with a furious Gore as soon as he turns around!

The Chicago crowd cheers wildly as Solomon rolls out of the ring and scrambles up the ramp, getting out of dodge as fast as possible, leaving an ever-angry GI Jew in the ring! Then, Justin Schenck grabs Jew’s arm and raises it high, excited by this development, eliciting another big ovation from the crowd! Jew simply stares at Schenck incredulously as we head to break.

Troy: What a development! Solomon must defeat two mystery opponents and GI Jew in succession at Everlasting Epic, but if he does, he’ll be the first-ever ninth entrant in the Seven Deadly Sins match! Folks, we’ll be right back with Greg Tantalus vs. Chris Duval! Stay with us!

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Watch the video below for

MATCH #6 – GREG TANTALUS VS. CHRIS DUVAL
Referee: Matt Hansen



Apparently not satisfied with his victory, Tantalus now turns around and begins pummeling Duval with vicious stomps! Referee Matt Hansen tries to get Tantalus to stop, but Tantalus cocks his fist, causing Hansen to cower and flee in fear.

The fans are booing raucously, but it doesn’t last long, as Vulture storms down the aisle and takes the fight to Tantalus! Vulture tackles Tantalus to the mat and wails away at him to the delight of the Chicago crowd!

Vulture tries to press the advantage, but Tantalus is able to slip away. Then, when Vulture moves in to continue the attack, Tantalus nails him with a swift low blow! Vulture is doubled over in pain, and Tantalus uses this as an opportunity to send Vulture shoulder-first into the ringpost! Then, as Vulture stumbles backwards, Tantalus lifts him up and drills him with the G-Spot vertebreaker!

Troy: My God! He nailed Vulture with the G-Spot! That move could have compressed his spine!

Buckingham: For a man with a surgically-repaired neck, the G-Spot is absolutely devastating!

With Vulture down and out, Tantalus lifts up Duval and blasts him with the G-Spot for good measure. He then looks down at the carnage he’s caused and laughs as Simon Says’ “Hey You” replays and he makes his exit.

Troy: Greg Tantalus has laid out both father and son! And Justin Schenck isn’t gonna like this! Vulture and Tantalus were suspended last week because of their inability to keep from attacking each other, and this week, they’re back and it’s right where they left off!

Buckingham: Very true, but Troy, if Tantalus lands that G-Spot on Vulture at Everlasting Epic inside Hell in a Cell, Vulture will be history!

Troy: I hate to say it, Randall, but you may be right! Folks, don’t go anywhere, because when we return, we’ll show you our spotlight on Evan Black! Stay tuned!

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Back from break, we are taken to a wide shot of an amusement park, with a graphic on the screen reading “earlier this week.” As the shot narrows, we close in on a boardwalk, where we see Nick Cade standing with Evan Black.

Cade: Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for our next Seven Deadly Sins spotlight. Today, I’m at Rye Playland in New York’s Westchester County with the former PWA World Heavyweight Champion Evan Black. Evan, how are you doing?

Black: I was just screwed out of my world title. How do you think I’m doing?

Cade: Fair enough. Now, tell us why we’re here. What’s the significance of this place?

Black: Nick, this place represents the first goal I set for myself. I grew up 20 minutes from here. As a kid, all I wanted to do was ride these rides, to get around this park. But I had to fight for it.

Cade: Fight? You were a kid, and this is an amusement park. What was the problem?

Black: I was actually born without fine motor skills in my feet and hands. In fact, the doctors told my parents that there was a good chance I’d never be able to play sports, or possibly even walk. I spent most of my childhood walking around with braces on my legs. My parents would take me here, to Playland, and I’d see all the other kids having a great time, and I just wouldn’t accept that I couldn’t do the things they were doing.

Cade: How old were you?

Black: Around four or five. Every time I came here, I’d get more and more motivated. I’d push myself to walk, little by little, until I didn’t need those braces anymore. The happiest day of my childhood was the day I finally came here with no braces, and spent the entire day going on ride after ride.

Cade: So you beat the odds, even at a young age, and walked when doctors said you probably wouldn’t.

Black: I did. I just wouldn’t accept the alternative. Just like when I got a little older, I wouldn’t accept it when they told me I couldn’t play sports.

The video now shifts to the outside of Scarsdale High School. Nick Cade is with Evan Black in front out of the building.

Cade: So the doctors told you you’d never play sports. Clearly, that proved to be untrue.

Black: It did. As I got older, I grew into a sports nut, and I wanted nothing more than to go out and compete myself. The first sport I played was baseball. But by the time I got here, I was a wrestler. And it was as a wrestler that things really started to click for me. I was a high school All-American in my weight class, and after I graduated, I was a part of the wrestling team at UPenn, a Division I school.

Cade: But you didn’t go to the University of Pennsylvania simply to wrestle. You went there for pre-law. Did you always want to be a lawyer?

Black: I wouldn’t say it was something I always wanted, but it was something I always expected to happen. Being a lawyer was simply my destiny.

Cade: Why?

Black: Because that’s what my parents wanted for me. I was captain of the wrestling team, but I was also captain of the debate team. Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t against it. I went through four years of college and three years of law school, and then practiced for three years, and I wasn’t miserable. In fact, I enjoyed it, and I was really good at it.

Cade: So what changed?

The shot then cuts to Scarsdale’s New York Sports Club. We move to the inside of the gym, where Black and Cade are standing.

Black: Every time I’d come back home, I’d come to this gym to work out. You get a fair number of professional athletes coming through this gym. NBA players, NFL stars, and on top of them, a host of professional wrestlers. Now, my whole life, I’ve been enamored with professional wrestling. I picked up amateur wrestling in high school simply because I was confused. I ended up getting really good at it and getting into great shape because of it. But I’d come to this gym and see these wrestlers and daydream about joining them. I’d watch PWA on television and wish I could be a part of it. The desire just kept on growing, until one day, I realized I needed a new challenge. It wasn’t that I hated practicing law, but I’d done it. I’d gone through law school, passed the bar, and been a successful attorney. And I would always have that to come back to. So it was here, in this gym, that I made up my mind to quit my job and become a pro wrestler. I went up to one of the wrestlers I saw in the gym and asked him where I could get wrestling lessons. He pointed me in the direction of a trainer he knew up in Bear Mountain, and the rest is history.

Cade: Who was this wrestler?

Black smirks.

Black: A guy by the name of Jason Calysto.

Cade: Very interesting.

Black: It’s a fun story, but believe me, when we get to Seven Deadly Sins, I won’t have any qualms about taking him out if he gets in my way. There are a ton of guys in that match I respect immensely. But make no mistake about it, Nick: I have been beating the odds and overcoming obstacles my entire life. Even after I cracked the PWA roster for The Rebirth, no one thought I’d amount to much. When I won the International title, people figured that’s about as far as I’d go. No one thought I could ever beat Solomon, but eventually, I did. And then I became the PWA Champion, against all odds. Nick, there are plenty of guys in this match that have bigger and better resumes than I do, but I’m not coming to Everlasting Epic to lose. I’m going to walk out of Citi Field the final PWA World Heavyweight Champion, and I’ll go through ANYONE I need to in order to get it done. Now, if you don’t mind, it’s time for my workout.

Cade: No problem. Evan, thank you for the time.

With that, the shot fades into a video montage, set to the Notorious B.I.G.’s “Victory,” that showcases Evan Black’s training routine, which is very heavy on cardio. We see him running the treadmill up a steep incline, doing countless squat thrusts, sit-ups, one-armed push-ups, and jumping jacks. The video then moves onto pull-ups and dips before showing Black nail a heavy bag with a combination of punches, culminating with him delivering a Blackout superkick to the bag as we fade out.

***

Back to live action, the camera cuts to a backstage dressing room, where Evan Black is sitting with Jason Calysto, having just watched the video.

Calysto: I thought you said you weren’t gonna tell that story.

Black: I guess I changed my mind.

Calysto: Well, don’t think it means I have a soft spot for ya. You were just a wide-eyed kid who asked me a question. I do like you, and I do think you’re the future of our business, I really do. But this isn’t the future; this is the present. And next week, I’ve got a shot at Chase Stone and the PWA title.

Black: And I wish you the best of luck in that one.

Calysto: I know that’s a sore subject with you, and it should be. But I’m winning the title back in Brooklyn next week. And then I’m going to Seven Deadly Sins, and I’m walking in with the title, and I’m walking out with it. I was the very first PWA Champion, and I’m GOING to be the very last. And Evan, if you get in my way at Everlasting Epic, I won’t hesitate to take you out.

Voice: Neither will I.

The two turn around to find that Jaguar has entered the dressing room.

Calysto: Looks like the gang’s all here.

Jaguar: Hello to you too, Iceman. You ready to do this tonight, dream team style?

Black: Oh, I’m ready. You ready, Calysto?

Calysto: Of course I’m ready. You know, Jag, you just said it. This IS a dream team. We’ve got Evan Black, the future. Jason Calysto, the present. And Jaguar, the past.

Jaguar: Child please, you’re older than me!

Calysto: By two months! I was also world champion six months ago. When was the last time you were champion?

Jaguar: I believe it was the time I beat YOU at EE5 to walk away the final PWA Champion. Sound familiar? It should, because history’s gonna repeat itself when we get to Flushing in 25 nights. As I KNOW you know, I’ve never lost at Everlasting Epic, a perfect 7-0. I don’t intend to see that streak broken at Citi Field.

Black: See, I was with you until you went there. Because neither of you are winning the Seven Deadly Sins match. I am. Let’s just get that straight.

Jaguar: (to Calysto) Is this kid for real?

Calysto: I think he truly believes that, yes.

Jaguar: Listen EB, I respect the hell outta you, but this is Jaguar and Calysto time. We can banter back and forth like this because our relationship is deeply rooted in respect. I’ve beaten him a BUNCH OF times—

Calysto: And I’ve beaten Jag more times than that.

Jaguar: But you, EB… you’ve never even been in the ring with either of us. And I don’t think I’m stepping out of line here when I say that Iceman and myself are the two greatest superstars in PWA history.

Calysto: Modesty aside, he’s absolutely right.

Calysto, behind Jaguar’s back, gestures to Evan Black that he is, in fact, number one, while Jaguar is number two.

Jaguar: Now you, EB… you are the best guy that has stepped through these doors in the Rebirth Era, and you were absolutely robbed of the title by Chase Stone last week. I feel for you. I really do. I’ve been there. I seem to recall being screwed out of the title myself, actually being choked out by an illegal version of the same triangle hold. Who could have done me like that?

Calysto: (smirking) I have no idea what you’re talking about. But it sounds like a clever thing to do.

Black: Let me cut you off, Jag. You’re gonna say that I’m good, and I’ve got a lot of potential, but I’m not in the same league as the two of you, right?

Jaguar and Calysto look at each other, nod, and turn back to Black at the same time, agreeing with his assessment.

Black: Well, I’m gonna be in the Seven Deadly Sins match, and no one is taking me out. So at some point, both of you are gonna have to deal with me. And then you’ll find out the same thing that Solomon found out. That Vulture found out. That Showtime found out.

Jaguar: (to Calysto) I like this kid.

Calysto: I know, right? He reminds me of me.

Jaguar: He reminds me of ME.

Jaguar then turns back to Evan Black.

Jaguar: Stay this way, kid. Modesty doesn’t suit you. You’re gonna be The Man in this business. Start carrying yourself that way. Now listen, we can agree to table the SDS talk for now. Because right now, the three of us need to go out to that ring and give these people a show. Iceman and I, we might be giving you some grief right now, but we both know you are gonna be the man in this industry for a LONG time. So for people to see the three of us on the same team tonight, that’s once in a lifetime. So let’s not disappoint. I have unfinished business with Failla, Jay’s got his issues with Showtime, and I KNOW you wanna get a piece of Chase Stone. So let’s give ‘em hell, gents.

Jaguar then sticks his fist out and both men pound it. Black then walks out of the room and Jaguar attempts to follow. However, Calysto grabs his arm, causing Jaguar to turn around.

Calysto: In all seriousness, just so you know, at Everlasting Epic, history is definitely NOT repeating itself.

Jaguar: Is that right? Well then, in all seriousness, just so YOU know, my streak is definitely NOT ending.

Calysto: (smirking) I guess one of us is full of shit then, huh?

Calysto then slaps him on the back and smiles.

Calysto: Let’s go give these guys a show.

Jaguar looks at Calysto suspiciously for several moments before cracking a smile and following him out the door.

***

We are now taken back to ringside and our commentators, Victor Troy and Randall Buckingham.

Troy: Well Randall, it’s certainly going to be interesting having those three on the same team tonight!

Buckingham: Can one side of the ring handle that much ego?

Troy: Trust me, it’ll be well balanced by Chase Stone, Anthony Failla, and Showtime Damon Savage on the other side! Folks, we’re just a few minutes away from that huge six-man tag team match, but before we get to that, let’s talk about the PWA’s swan song, Everlasting Epic VIII, which takes place in just 25 days!

Florence + The Machine’s “Breath of Life” now hits the speakers, playing in the background as our commentators speak.

Troy: Folks, in our main event, the PWA World Heavyweight Championship will be defended one last time, and it’ll be defended in the PWA’s signature match! Eight of the top stars in PWA history will head to Citi Field in Queens, New York on Saturday, October 20th in an attempt to walk away the final PWA Champion in history! It’ll be the controversial new champion Chase Stone and the former champ Evan Black, along with six PWA Hall of Famers: Jason Calysto, Jaguar, Anthony Failla, Showtime Damon Savage, Romeo, and Scythe, all competing for the ultimate honor!

Buckingham: And in an environment like Seven Deadly Sins, ANYTHING can happen! You can go to PWATheRebirth.com for the complete rules, but in a nutshell, these eight men compete over seven different falls, or the Seven Sins. In each Sin, one man is eliminated, with the stipulations for elimination growing more and more dangerous as the match progresses. It’s the ultimate test of resilience, stamina, courage, and intestinal fortitude, and only one man can survive it!

Troy: Very true! But Randall, can Vulture survive Hell in a Cell against Greg Tantalus?!

Buckingham: Troy, I have no idea, but if he doesn’t, the PWA’s parent company will not be held accountable, because both men have signed hold-harmless agreements!

Troy: It’s the ultimate culmination to the long, ongoing war between SIN and the group now calling itself The Absolved. But this certainly won’t be the only collision between these two factions at EE8!

Buckingham: No, it won’t! The Absolved’s Morgan Day will go one-on-one with SIN’s Lauren Tantalus in one of the biggest matches in the history of our women’s division!

Troy: And SIN members Jackie Baccaro and James Biamonte join forces to take on The Absolved’s John Wolfe and Chris Duval, with Dee Licious and Alexis Duval in their respective corners!

Buckingham: But that’s only scratching the surface! In a match with no count-outs and no disqualifications, The Soul Stealers – Bishop Cross and Markus Krieg –put the PWA Tag Team Championship on the line against Dan Crowley and Rich Revis, the former Lost Souls!

Troy: And we can now add two more matches to this huge lineup! After weeks of hounding Justin Schenck to let him into the Seven Deadly Sins match, Solomon is going to have his opportunity! If he can defeat two mystery opponents and GI Jew in succession, he will be added to the Seven Deadly Sins match as an unprecedented ninth entrant!

Buckingham: And Zina will go one-on-one with Keiko Ishida! Will it be for the PWA Women’s Championship? We’ll find out two weeks from tonight, when Zina puts the title on the line in a fatal fourway against Keiko, Morgan Day, and Lauren Tantalus! We will definitely see Keiko take on Zina at EE8, and we will definitely see Morgan vs. Lauren, but we have no idea which match will have the Women’s Championship attached! Which one will it be?!

Troy: Time will tell, Randall! Folks, we’re just 25 nights away from the PWA’s final hour, and it’s shaping up to be perhaps the biggest night in this company’s history! Keep checking the Everlasting Epic mini-site for more updates, and of course tune in each week, where we’ll keep you posted on all the developments concerning EE8! It’s Everlasting Epic VIII, live from Citi Field in Queens, New York, on Saturday, October 20th! But folks, it’s now time for our main event! It’s Jason Calysto, Jaguar, and Evan Black taking on the PWA Champion Chase Stone, Anthony Failla, and Showtime Damon Savage in six-man tag team action, right after this! Stay with us!

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Watch the video below for

MATCH #7 – SIX-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH:
PWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION CHASE STONE, ANTHONY FAILLA & SHOWTIME DAMON SAVAGE VS. EVAN BLACK, JAGUAR & THE ICEMAN JASON CALYSTO
Referee: Tom Stevens




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