Honor: Fight for the Fallen [#6] 9-16-2021
Sept 19, 2021 1:54:18 GMT -5
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Post by CWA Admin on Sept 19, 2021 1:54:18 GMT -5
The 6th month anniversary of Northern Pro Wrestling’s Honor is to take place at the Scotiabank arena in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
50% Capacity is to be expected for this event, and masks are mandatory.
Panning around the Scotiabank Arena in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the camera gets a shot of the crowd for tonight’s NPW Honor! Crowd signs are visible, showing love for the reigning North American Double Crown Champion, Lord Dominicus, a fan who has a giant head of LD on a stick that is behind a giant magnifying glass - hinting to his recent Detective work. Another fan has a sign made out of hair that says “I Love PRIMAL” with a big hairy heart. Next is the Galactic Sex Pirates getting love with a pirate cross bone of fans painted in white and black as they stand in rows to make the letters “G-S-P” with enthusiasm.
Turning down to the broadcast table, for a first time on Northern Pro Wrestling Pay-Per-View, we have the one and only Blake Samuels sitting at the broadcast table. Dressed in a blue dress shirt and a power white and red tie, Mr. Samuels was looking dapper this evening for this special super card of NPW Honor.
Beside him was the new face of the reporters seen backstage, and now officially the color commentator for the evening, Archie Rude. Dressed in a checkered black and red suit, with a power red tie, the slicked back greasy hair and gelled up beard was proudly pointed outward as the cheshire grin of Archie Rude beamed.
Blake Samuels: HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA! WELCOME TO FIGHT FOR THE FALLEN!
Archie Rude: Honor is Halifax tonight Blake, listen to this crowd!
Crowd: EN-P-DUB-YA! EN-P-DUB-YA! EN-P-DUB-YA! EN-P-DUB-YA!
A view of the crowd in all its glory as more signs go high into the air. Lynx, the new masked version on a poster board with sparkly text showing his name vertically beside the mask. A group of guys dressed with dead president masks and suits with R-E-V-S on auctioneer paddles stand proudly in a row. The spiked hair and skater group pops when the camera pans to them, and a fan holds up a skateboard with ‘Lochlyn Cade’ graffitied on it! A group to the right has a giant set of hair with the face of Steve Awesome smiling on the front. Fans all around have masks of Jesse Jamester, Donzig, Lord Dominicus, and Lynx throughout the arena, showing their commitment to their favorite masked superstars.
Angie Chaluky (Ring Announcer): At this time it is my pleasure to introduce to you, playing the theme song for the show, from Calgary, Alberta, the two time Juno nominated KORBA AND THE LOTUS!
Positioned either side of the entrance ramp, Kobra Paige and the rest of the Lotus are set up and ready to play. The pounding beats on the drums break swiftly into Kobra’s swelling vocals as the arena fills with some good old Canadian hard rock.
The crowd goes absolutely ballistic for the musician they hear! Not for the band but for the incredibly well dressed gentleman who is walking down the entrance ramp. He stops to nod at the band, showing deference to the artists before walking towards the ring and soaking in the atmosphere. Allowing the music to finish, Chris Card calls for a microphone to be thrown up to him which he catches in one hand, turning into an instinctive blind snag, just to show off.
Crowd: WEL-COME HOME! WEL-COME HOME! WEL-COME HOME! WEL-COME HOME!
Card waits for the crowd noise to calm a little, a huge beaming smile across his face. Eventually, realising that the ultra-hyped Halifax crowd aren’t going to calm down on their own he holds a finger into the air, implying that it’s his time to talk.
Chris Card: HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, WHAT’S GOIN’ ON?
The crowd makes an explosive outpouring of noise again. Again Chris Card has to wait and indicate they should calm down for a brief time.
Chris Card: Let me tell y’all a little story. See, when people got wind that my last federation was shutting my legal team got sent two contracts. I looked at the financial return on the first. It was good. Damn good. And then I looked at the second. The pay wasn’t as good. The crowds wouldn’t be as large. But there was something special about the second one. Something that I couldn’t look past. That second contract was for Northern Pro Wrestling.
Crowd: EN-P-DUB-YA! EN-P-DUB-YA! EN-P-DUB-YA!
Chris Card: I looked at the contract and I thought… ‘MAGINE! This federation. I know it’s got talent to spare. I watched the Rumble and saw how the top NPW talent performed against the best the Network had to offer. And I know this place runs my home town. Not where I live. Where I’m from. And I thought to myself… I’M HEAD’NER! So I picked up my pen, I scrawled my name on the dotted line and here I am. All signed up and ready.
Chris Card: So I’ve seen a locker room back there packed to the rafters with talent. I’ve watched the shows so I know that people on this roster are damn talented within the ropes. And I have always prided myself on putting on matches of the highest calibre. I’m here to show there’s still life in this old dog. I’m here to give you more of the great quality wrestling you deserve. And I’m here to prove once more that I am very…
Crowd: VERY!
Chris Card: Good at what I do. We’ll be talkin’, Halifax.
A scene shifts and the camera is back at the NPW Broadcast table, where Archie Rude and Blake Samuels go into detail on the event about to unfold.
Blake Samuels: Did we just see the next star to join the NPW ranks?
Archie Rude: Geez, nothing gets past you aye? Chris Card showing up is just the sorta statement that sets the tone for this episode of Honor!
Blake Samuels: Absolutely Archie!
Archie Rude: That’s Mister Rude to you…
Blake Samuels: Tonight we have so much to look forward to! I’m excited to see the fight between Lord Dominicus and Lynx as they go head to head with the ReVenants, Keith Williams and Neo James Carner! The ReVs nearly took Jesse Jamester out of action on the last show with their attack in the backstage area following the tag match Lord Dominicus was refereeing being thrown out by Gus Arnold. Yes! It’s wild right? Will the ring contain these four competitors tonight?
Archie Rude: Will the ARENA hold this group of men in the main event Blake? Look at it, ‘D’ - the undisputed North American OpenWeight Champion will have to overcome the odds of not one, not two, noooo -- but three other men to retain here tonight!
Blake Samuels: Donzig, a man we have seen eager to climb the ranks - and confidently proving he is capable. Then there is Edward Zepp - what a hoss! The Galactic Space Pirates have a lot of meat in the group, but Zepp is exceptional for his size. I haven’t seen big men move like he does in years Archie.
Archie Rude: Not to forget, The Face of the Franchise, Steve Awesome! When they made the perfect man, I think Steve Awesome was the original, the master blue print of a wrestler and what a man should be.
Blake Samuels: Sounds like someone has a bromance for the Prettiest Player in the Game. That one is obviously going to blow the roof off this arena, but that’s why it was scheduled last. What else do we have here tonight -- Oh yes! The Honor Royale, a Battle Royal that will now provide the top three a chance at greener pasture. Yes, you heard us right --
Archie Rude: I broke this news Blake, so don’t steal my thunder! What my colleague was trying to say is, Gus Arnold took charge and raised the stakes at Fight for the Fallen with the Honor Royale. On top of the winner getting a shot at any Championship of their choice, the second and third place competitors would be entered into the Imperial Crown Tag Team Championship match later tonight! You heard me right, two unknowns have a chance of going up against The Bastards, Rob Riot and Frank Windsor and the Champions themselves, PRIME TIME, Alex “Timeless” Turner and Primal!
Blake Samuels: Not only a double main event, but tonight we see Apathy take on Sinclair Godfrey in what should be a battle to prove who is the dominant woman in NPW. Apathy was recently signed, but her career spans back a long way. This womanis no flash in the pan, and Sinclair will need to take her seriously or it could spell the end of her tap out tour.
Archie Rude: Sinclair is the Baroness, and tonight she’ll do whatever she wants in that ring, mark my words. Apathy is going to be headed to the shelf if she doesn’t bring her A game.
Blake Samuels: Let’s not forget Joe Nobody and Irwin Collins in one-on-one competition. Coming off a hard fought debut for Joe Nobody against Lochlyn Cade. Joe must be looking to lock down a win tonight and show why his name should be respected here in the great northern region of wrestling.
Archie Rude: Wait just a moment! There’s one more we have - yes, the triple threat with the new Cruiserweight Champion, Lochlyn Cade. In a surprise turn of events, Cade convinced Stevens to put up the gold in their first ever meeting. Cade showed the Canadian audience his abilities, and beat Jay Stevens fair and square—
Blake Samuels: Is that what you call using the ropes?! That’s fair?!
Archie Rude: It’s called knowing your surroundings and using it to the best of your abilities Blake. Anyway— before I was interrupted, the new Cruiserweight Champ will not be defending his title tonight, but will face off against a fellow cruiser in the Carnival King, Freakke. We would be doing a disservice if we didn’t mention the streak of bad luck Freakke has been on. First Donzig turning on him, then beating him within an inch of his life, only for Freakke to find his footing and make it to Honor: Fight for the Fallen. Lastly the man who is working on that weight loss to earn his future shot at a Cruiserweight titleshot, Rob Garcia.
Blake Samuels: For the first time in what feels like forever, we get to witness the ReVenants fight fair and without interruption.
Archie Rude: Fight, sure. Fair, ehh… Who told you that information, because they were misleading it not embarrassing my colleague. A triple threat has no rules besides pin fall and submission. These three can do whatever they want to one another, as long as it ends in the ring.
Blake Samuels: Oh boy. I can see it already, blood will spill tonight, no doubt about it. Looking down at the ring, it appears we have the competitors for the first match of the evening filing out one by one.
Archie Rude: The Honor Royale is moments away! Let’s take it to the ring to see who is all here tonight.
Camera cuts down to the ringside area.
Archie’s voice trails off as the crowd camera gets a side shot of the NPW ring filling up with the 23 Northern Pro Wrestling stars who chose to enter the Honor Royale. The wrestlers of the NPW roster show up for the chance to write their own ticket to glory. Honor: Fight for the Fallen was sold out for the attendance permitted in the Scotiabank arena.
Archie Rude: Nearly every member of the roster has decided to come out tonight for the Honor Royale! Over twenty men-
Blake Samuels: Excuse me, but there is also a woman in this Archie. Yes folks, you heard me right - Esmeralda von Krauss, probably one of thee toughest women in the Amazon’s division that Northern Pro and SWAT share a pool of talent for -- Esmeralda has entered this match!
Archie Rude: It’s a dog-eat-dog world Sammy. If she can hang with this mass of meat filling the ring, then all the power to her.
Blake Samuels: So far I see, whoa -- two of the competitors in tonight’s main event are in the ring! That would be the Face of the Franchise, Steve Awesome and Donzig! What a surprise to see them risking fatigue and possibly injury, before their OpenWeight title shot later on.
Archie Rude: Those are betting men and they saw a good bet to make Blake. As this Royale was restricted to non-champions of the NPW roster, and neither of them hold NPW gold -- why not enter? Donzig and Awesome are doubling down. If either one of them win this match, and then win the main event, imagine what that could mean for the Championship scene?
Blake Samuels: I respect their work ethic Archie, but it’s a risk I wouldn’t put myself through if I had my title shot already secured for the evening.
Archie Rude: Anyways…. Oh -- Keith Williams is in the ring! But I don’t see the rest of the ReVenants there, that’s strange.
Blake Samuels: Really? The glory hound and loudest one of the group doing it ‘on his own’ is what surprises you… You really need to do your homework Rude, this is Keith 1-oh-1, the biggest d--
Archie Rude: (interrupting) Filing in the ring from each side I see Kid Koala and Wombat! They are the newest signings to the NPW roster by Gus Arnold, literally right after Honor Fight for the Fallen was announced these two had ink drying on their new contracts.
Blake Samuels: I also see Eddie Havok entering, another new signee to NPW. Following behind him is Shane Severe, Freakke, Esmeralda von Krauss, Takaru Matsui, Calvin Doxson and Clyde, Xialong, Niko…
Archie Rude: FIGHT!
Before everyone was in the ring, the fists were flying. The bodies were packed in the twenty by twenty squared circle that these wrestlers called their home each and every time they performed. Fans were already getting wild, an energy was in the air from the crowd’s chants and singing. Three referees take to their positions, located on each side of the ring besides the one facing the ramp and entrance setup.
Donzig and Steve Awesome are seen verbally taking shots at one another briefly, with multiple wrestlers between them to keep them separated, for now. As Jamal Williams steps between the ropes, the bell rings and the Honor Royale is now underway. Jamal takes a stiff right fist from Eddie Havok, who is right on top of him as he enters the ring. Havok grabs Jamal by the neck and locks in a headlock, as the sea of NPW roster members squirm into one another with punches flying, kicks being landed, eye gouges occurring, back rakes happening, chops are heard echoing, and we see Wayne Sherlock is back dropped over the top rope by Wombat!
Blake Samuels: Our first elimination of the Honor Royale has taken place! One half of I-69, Wayne Sherlock has been ELIMINATED by one half of the Marsupials of Mayhem, Wombat! (00:29)
Archie Rude: That was fast! Hope he left his bags packed, he might be able to catch the early flight home.
Blake Samuels: Esmeralda von Krauss is checking everyone within striking distance with hellacious uppercuts!
Archie Rude: She is taking no prisoners and loving every second of it.
Camera focuses in on Esmeralda smashing Rudy Palmateer with a stiff european uppercut on the chin. Immediately she turns and does the same thing to Black Jaguar, and keeps going around to her left - next was Malek Fredericks who hits the canvas hard after the sudden uppercut! Esmeralda doesn’t stop there, no, the look in her eyes says it all -- she wants to win it all! Esmeralda continues the circle of uppercuts she was half way through completing with bodies hitting the floor, when she turns and hits Calvin Doxson in the nose!
Doxson doesn’t go down, but his nose breaks almost instantly as Esmeralda’s elbow connects right between but slightly lower than his eyes - on the bridge of Calvin’s nose. Blood starts gushing from yet another new signee for NPW, and Esmeralda goes down the line! Takaru Matsui is next, uppercut -- NO! Takaru dodges it by swinging his upper body backwards like a swift ninja avoiding a sword strike. Takaru waits one second more and steps into Esmeralda’s body, throwing his palm into her chest just below her feminie humps. EvK staggers backwards, showing the energy of kicking all that ass, may have just caught up with her.
Archie Rude: Esmeralda was on a tear until she tried to square up with Takaru Matsui. You can’t give men like him an inch. Takaru did what I wouldn’t have thought he was capable of, hitting a woman.
Blake Samuels: It’s 2021 Rude, if she enters a male dominated match, she should expect to be treated like all the others in that ring. I respect her for her choice, but am weary of what results this match may inflict on her health.
Esmeralda slips between two groups of battling competitors and spins Shane Severe around by the shoulder. Shane swings wildly, unsure who at. Esmeralda barely shifts her head to avoid the impact before unleashing not one, but two brutal uppercuts! Shane is on the ropes, putting his hands up to defend himself but looking in the wrong direction - showing the rocked look in his eyes as he shakes his head, trying to regain his composure. Esmeralda steps back two steps and charges Shane with a leaping clothesline!
Blake Samuels: Shane Severe is about to go.
Archie Rude: What about Esmeralda? She’s got all her weight on the upper body of Shane, trying to get him over that top rope! One wrong move and Krauss will have eliminated herself trying to eliminate . What a shame… such potential.
Blake Samuels: Don’t count her out until it happens!
Esmeralda was laying across the body of Shane Severe’s chest, as she balanced herself on the top rope with one leg wrapped around the ring rope and the other leg using the middle rope to stand. EvK lifts her body up and slams two closed fists into the chest cavity of Shane Severe! The momentum doesn’t carry him over, no, it’s Clyde who comes over and shoves Shane in passing. Krauss stands on the middle rope from the apron side and swings her other leg around so that she can drop to her feet on the apron. Shane Severe looks like a sack of potatoes as he rolls off the top rope, awkwardly hits the apron before slapping the outside floor.
Archie Rude: Shane Severe has been ELIMINATED by Esmeralda von Krauss and Clyde! (3:47)
Blake Samuels: Krauss looks pissed that Clyde helped her with Shane. Coming through the ropes and back into the ring, Esmeralda has her eyes locked in the 7 footer… Uh-oh!
Niko bumps into Krauss as she heading straight for Clyde, and the two go to swing on one another, but Niko shakes his head and raises two fingers pointing at David Slater behind Krauss. A brief moment of contemplation by Esmeralda before she nods and turns with an elbow, driving it into the back of Slater’s neck! Niko joins in with Krauss as they double team David Slater.
On the other side of the ring, Eddie Havok and Xialong are trading blows. Freakke is tangled up with Steve Awesome in the corner. Kid Koala and Wombat are double teaming Calvin Doxson. Takaru Matsui has Buckshot up against the ropes and is chopping wood. Clyde is being triple teamed by Keith Williams, Willard Manchester, and Donzig. Rudy Palmateer comes running across the ring at Calvin Doxson, blindsiding him from behind.
Niko has lifted Slater off his feet while Esmeralda squats under Slater and explodes up to launch David Slater over the top rope and crashing to the outside. The landing is ugly as Slater’s head bounces off the outside mat. A referee comes to check on him, making sure he’s alright - but after a few moments it’s clear David Slater is hurt. The referee throws up an ‘X’ with his arms, and medical personnel come rushing out from the sides of the entrance ramp with an ambulance gurney.
Blake Samuels: Hope Slater’s injury isn’t serious, but that makes another elimination for the Honor Royal. David Slater has been ELIMINATED by Esmeralda von Krauss and Niko! (5:52)
Archie Rude: Protect yo neck Slater. Oh! Niko is seeing the wrath of Krauss!
Krauss spins Niko around and begins laying into him with elbows to his chest. Niko takes four strikes of her elbow before he ducks real low and slips behind Krauss, slamming her head off the top turnbuckle and then attempts to lift her up over the top rope. Krauss grabs the top rope, fighting him the whole way. Freakke comes flying over a pile of people and lands on Willard Manchester’s back!
The weight of Freakke causes Manchester to buckle to the canvas and gives Freakke time to gain his footing and lay into him with stomps. Freakke pushes Manchester to the middle rope in front of him, using it as a choker as he applies a knee to his back. From behind Lance Romance comes in and crashes Freakke’s party with a double axe handle to his back! Lance attempts to whip Freakke to the corner, and is successful! Freakke hits the turnbuckle, springs up to the second rope and leaps backwards as he twists his body, using every limb like a swiss army knife! Freakke hits Lance with his calf, and lands on Manchester who rolled over from the rope and was laying on the mat.
Keith Williams and Donzig have Clyde isolated on the bottom turnbuckle, as they both take shots at the big man as the other holds their boot on his neck, pushing it into the turnbuckle. Calvin Doxson sees this and crashes into both of them, breaking up the double team briefly. Doxson throws fists with Keith, but the Great White Terror has moves and is able to weave his head back and forth before delivering a double eye poke to Calvin.
Keith motions to Donzig to grab the other leg of Calvin Doxson as Keith blatantly chokes Calvin Doxson and appears to be enjoy it. Steve Awesome on the other side of the ring is tangled up with Black Jaguar in the ropes. Awesome was attempting to throw him over, but Black Jaguar was locked on to the top and middle ropes with both legs and arms. Steve waves him off and as he backs off, Black Jaguar manuevers himself to the apron, squaring up with Steve who has his back turned. SUPERKICK! Steve Awesome sends Black Jaguar sailing off the apron and into the barricade, before his feet smack the outside floor.
Blake Samuels: Black Jaguar has been ELIMINATED by Steve Awesome! (8:21)
Keith and Donzig struggle with Calvin Doxson as he won’t quit moving his legs, making their efforts futile. Keith drops Calvin Doxson on the top rope neck first! He watches Calvin spring backwards off the rope and land on his back. Calvin Doxson was still in it, but the move appears to have stolen his wind as he rolls under the bottom rope to the apron holding his throat in agony. Donzig and Keith Williams share a brief nod before they return to their stomps on Clyde who was trying to pull himself up in the corner.
In the opposite corner, Freakke has Willard Manchester up by the calves, trying to flip him over the top rope that Manchester has gripped with both hands. Manchester’s arms are straighter than arrows while he grips the top rope to keep Freakke from sending him sailing over. Freakke sees Malek Fredericks coming head first at him and walks out from under Manchester’s legs, dropping him on the top rope too! Manchester had a great grip and was able to land on his feet. Turning around to get his revenge punishment on Freakke. Willard Manchester collides head first with Malek Fredericks and the two wobble on shaky legs as a result. Freakke dropkicks Malek, sending him into the empty corner. Rolling backwards onto his back and springing to his feet, Freakke pops up to his feet, immediately planning his next motions.
Blake Samuels: Freakke has been on a tear here tonight! He looks prepared, steady, and confident in what he is doing in that ring. Is this a new Freakke we are seeing?
Archie Rude: Same Freakke, different day.
Blake Samuels: You would know.
Archie Rude: Freakke is not playing this smart, he’s spending all that energy now, and look at the ring, there are still 19 guys in there.
Blake Samuels: 18 guys, 1 bad ass woman. Trust me, you do not want to get on Esmeralda’s bad side.
Archie Rude: I have three ex-wives Blake, I’m on every woman’s bad side.
Manchester turns around to be met by Freakke with a jawbreaker! Manchester drops to the canvas and Freakke shakes his head - knowing he made more work for himself. Freakke changes his focus, peering around the ring before his eyes land on Donzig. Yes, the history of these two alone would be enough to have them want to tear each other apart for the rest of eternity. Freakke had not faired well in their last encounter, but every dog had its day, and maybe that day was today -- was it? Freakke gets spun around by Manchester reaching for his leg as he uses Freakke’s pants to try and pull himself up. Freakke gives him a look of suspicion and then slams a fist right between the bridge of his nose! Blood flows in moments, satisfying Freakke with what he set out to do. Turning around, Freakke sees Donzig bolting straight at him, not enough room to move, Donzig makes contact and hits Freakke with a SPEAR!
Donzig points to Freakke after he gets to his feet, and although we can’t see his face, pieces of what Donzig says are heard.
Donzig: You should stay the hell down and be happy I didn’t end your career during our last encounter!
As though gasoline had been poured on an invisible flame, Freakke explodes up to his feet, a seething fury in the Carnival King’s facial expressions. Donzig’s head tilts to the side, much the way a dog does, and Donzig motions with his hands ‘come get some’ as his palms lay flat and he mocks Freakke by closing his eyes.
Freakke stops for a moment, thinking this is a trap -- BOOM! Keith Williams blindsides him with a clothesline from behind! Freakke crumbles into the ropes before slinking down each rope until he’s sitting with his back against the bottom rope. Donzig yells ‘Duck!’ and Keith does just as Donzig throws his whole body over Keith’s shoulders in a shoulder tackle motion, at Rudy Palmateer who was running full speed at Keith. Donzig looks like Lawrence Taylor as his upper body hits Rudy’s chest and goes straight through him! Rudy Palmateer is a slinky of a human meat sack as his body folds up on the canvas, feet over his shoulders.
Archie Rude: What a body check!
Blake Samuels: Donzig and Keith Williams working together is interesting considering their past interactions.
Archie Rude: Winners run with winners Blake. You wouldn’t understand.
Niko and Kid Koala are trading chops near the ropes behind Keith Williams, Donzig, and the laid out Rudy Palmateer. Manchester is whipped across the ring by Xialong, and he is heading full steam at the now grappling Kid Koala and Niko! Willard Manchester hits the ropes as Kid Koala rolls Niko into the corner behind Keith, and Keith sees the chance to grab the top rope and pull down as Manchester is about to hit it. Willard goes over the top rope like the house dropped on the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz.
Blake Samuels: Willard Manchester has been ELIMINATED by Keith Williams! (12:48)
Archie Rude: Making it look easy, that’s why The ReVenants are the top of the food chain. Everyone else is just living here.
Blake Samuels: Do you want to start a fan club for them?
Archie Rude: I’m a member of it already. Neo James Carner’s social media is can’t miss material -- you need to get with the times old man.
Niko and Kid Koala are broken up as Donzig uses their heads as coconuts and cracks them together. Donzig goes straight for Niko, lifting him off the ground by the bottom of his thighs just above the knees, immobilizing one of the Futuristic Ninjas of the Dark Stars. Niko cracks Donzig with an elbow on his dome, but it appears to have no effect. Donzig struggles with Niko on the top rope, as Keith Williams is pushed into the corner by Wombat. The newcomer to NPW uses his size advantage to deliver heavy knee strikes to Keith in the corner before he turns around and thrusts his hips backwards repeatedly. Keith takes two or three more before he pulls up on the top ropes and shoves his knees into the back of the Wombat.
Archie Rude: You put a man’s back against the wall, he’ll have no choice but to go through it.
Blake Samuels: It’s a trial by Wombat.
On the opposite side of the ring Kid Koala springboards off the second ropes and head scissors Lance Romance to the mat. Behind him in the corner is Steve Awesome stomping away at Buckshot, though pausing every few boots to the face to check his hair is in place. Freakke has found his legs again and sees Takaru Matsui trying to throw Malek Fredericks out. Coming in beside him, Freakke grabs a leg but is blasted with a kick to his back by Niko in the process. Takaru ends up dropping Malek back in the ring after he hugged the top rope snuggly. Takaru turns and decides to assist Freakke and the two trade blows with Niko, creating a Niko-in-the-middle game, where the Dark Star member is the punching bag and they are taking turns.
Archie Rude: Niko should have brought backup tonight. Takaru Matsui though has a different energy tonight - it’s like he’s channeling his sensei or something.
Blake Samuels: Freakke and Takaru working together, I never could have pictured that.
Archie Rude: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Calvin Doxson is on the ropes courtesy of Xialong. Rudy Palameter is struggling with Clyde who has locked a gripping hand over the front of Rudy’s face and brings him to his knees. Clyde sees Calvin in trouble and let’s go of Rudy, a reprieve for the young athlete. Clubbing the back of Xialong, Clyde saves his brother and tries to grab Xialong by the face with the claw hold too! Xialong is too smart for the Council of Chaos’ monster. Xialong delivers kicks to Clyde’s left knee until he has to lean on the ropes. Xialong grabs a leg, but is clubbed by Clyde who begins to look enraged at Xialong’s tactics to ground him. Calvin sees this and smiles, knowing his brother better than anyone. Xialong goes for a clothesline to try and tip Clyde over the top rope since he’s leaning on them and the ring ropes are drooping from the behemoth’s weight. Clyde grabs Xialong by the neck, steps up, wraps his other hand around Xialong’s neck and heaves him into the air! Holding Xialong up in the air for a hard five count before Xialong is driven to the canvas with a sitout slam courtesy of Clyde.
Blake Samuels: That’s raw power from Clyde. His turn up at August on the Atlantic to save Jesse Jamester was a shock - both for the ReVenants and anyone who was in attendance.
Archie Rude: The bigger they are, the louder their bullshit. From what I have gathered, Clyde is a rather simple man, real simple.
Blake Samuels: So you two are friends?
Archie Rude: HA-HA… More your speed, aint he?
Calvin Doxson shoots for a tackle on Rudy Palmateer but is waved off to the side, and for his troubles receives a drop kick from Kid Koala, which was meant for Lance Romance behind him. Lance grabs Koala by the neck and throws him over the top rope — but Koala skins the cat and holds on to the top rope! Koala’s feet dangling as he works to keep his grip! Lance notices and rushes to the ropes trying to pry his fingers away, but Koala was playing possum! Pulling himself up, Kid Koala uses his legs to hook Lance Romance by the neck and roll him over onto the apron. Koala sits down on the apron holding the bottom rope as Lance tries to stand up. Leg sweep by Kid Koala, Lance jumps to avoid it, Koala springs through the bottom and middle rope, rolling into the ring in front of Lance on the apron. Standing backflip into a kick from Koala that lands on Lance’s jaw! Hanging on to the top rope by one hand, Lance is dazed... Kid Koala is grabbed from behind by Malek Fredericks in a waist lock. Lance looks to be getting his other hand back on the top rope and saving himself. Kid Koala runs forward in the direction of where Lance was on the apron, Malek still holding on with a waistlock goes for the ride with him --- Kid Koala rolls forward and sends Malek through the second rope head first right into the family jewels of Lance Romance! Lance falls backwards off the apron holding his groin area with the look of agony on his face.
Blake Samuels: Lance Romance has been ELIMINATED by Malek Frederick! (15:31)
Archie Rude: Malek got up close and personal with Lance -- a little too personal.
Blake Samuels: Koala is trying to get Malek over now!
As Samuels said, Koala was punching Malek as he leaned up against the ropes. Malek blocks a few and counters with a southpaw hook that rocks Koala where he stands. SUPERKICK! Steve Awesome out of nowhere hits Kid Koala with a superkick! Malek stares at Koala laying on the mat and then back at Steve and smiles. Steve nods at Malek and returns the smile, turning his back on him. Malek is happy to have a helping hand, SUPERKICK! Steve Awesome takes his head off and it sends Malek over the top rope and out of the ring!
Blake Samuels: Malek Fredericks has been ELIMINATED by Steve Awesome! (15:51)
Steve Awesome dusts his shoulder off and fixes his hair as he leans in the empty corner, surveying the ring. In the opposite corner Xialong is now beating on Buckshot with Donzig running across the ring, clothesline to Rudy Palmateer over the top rope!
Blake Samuels: Rudy Palmateer has been ELIMINATED by Donzig! (16:03)
Xialong rocks Buckshot with a headbutt, causing him to stagger. Buckshot swings and Xialong ducks and bends over, Buckshot goes to grab him and Xialong shoulder thrusts him, pops his hips and over the shoulder back drops Buckshot to the outside!
Blake Samuels: Buckshot has been ELIMINATED by Xialong! (16:19)
Jamal Williams comes running across the ring, slamming a fist into the back of Xialong and trying to off one more person in the match. Xialong doesn’t budge, grabbing the top rope he holds on. Eddie Havok comes over and knocks Williams out of his boots with a dropkick! Havok grabs the young talent, lifts him up and whips him towards the ropes and follows behind. Xialong moves out of the way and Havok hits a spinning wheel kick as Williams hits the ropes, up and over!
Blake Samuels: Jamal Williams has been ELIMINATED by Eddie Havok! (16:51)
Xialong swings on Havok right as he gets up and the two battle back and forth, with Xialong looking to have the advantage. Calvin Doxson stepped in to get a hand on Xialong and pays for it with a big boot to the face, sending him into the ropes. Eddie Havok goes for an irish whip on Xialong in the opposite direction of Doxson, then puts on the brakes and turns it around! MONKEY FLIP from Eddie Havok to Xialong, who spins into Doxson and the two flip over the top rope and crash to the outside!
Blake Samuels: Xialong and Calvin Doxson have been ELIMINATED by Eddie Havok! (17:32)
Eddie Havok was on fire and it looked like his shine wouldn’t stop until Clyde clubs him from behind like a brute and sends him to the canvas. The lug of a tree had the brute strength of ten men in one punch, and it showed when Eddie smacked the canvas. Now though, the ring was clearing up and we could see the groups broken down in the ring.
Clyde was getting his on Eddie for eliminating his brother Calvin. Behind them in the corner was Niko and Takaru Matsui struggling with Kid Koala on the top rope. On the opposite side of the ring, Wombat and Freakke were struggling with Steve Awesome in the corner.
To the middle far left was Esmeralda von Krauss, minding her own business since Niko and Takaru started to fight. Donzig and Keith Williams are in the other corner, where their former partnership had dissolved and now they are slugging it out.
Clyde sends Eddie into the corner where Niko and Takaru Matsui were. He comes hauling ass to sandwich the three and they all move out of the way! Clyde hits the buckles! It feels like the ring itself shook on impact. Clyde staggers out and Niko, Takaru and Eddie Havok look at one another and for a moment seemed to see the bigger picture. Eddie dropkicks Clyde! Niko jumps up and hits another dropkick on the big man, staggering him towards the ropes! Takaru Matsui runs at the big man and goes for a third dropkick! He’s on the ropes! Eddie Havok grabs a leg, Niko grabs the other, and Takaru Matsui grabs the boots and they all begin to lift! There is no movement, the weight of the big man is too much it seems. Keith Williams, Donzig, and Esmeralda von Krauss see this and decide to put aside differences if they want to get the biggest man in the ring out. It takes all six people to lift Clyde up and over, sagging the top rope in the process, but he tumbles over, hitting the apron and lands on his feet on the outside!
Blake Samuels: Clyde has been ELIMINATED by --- well half the Battle Royal participants! (18:39)
Archie Rude: The dead tree has fallen.
As Clyde is forced up the ramp by staff, Keith Williams grabs Takaru Matsui who is facing the ropes following the elimination, and Keith grabs Takaru by the tights and sends him sailing over the top rope!
Blake Samuels: Takaru Matsui has been ELIMINATED by Keith Williams (18:43)
Archie Rude: Keith Williams just saw two potential threats to his winning this match go over the top Blake. Keith having a hand in the second. Can you smell a R-E-V-night?
Blake Samuels: Don’t get too far ahead of yourself Archie. Still ten athletes in the ring looking to walk away with gold in their future.
Fans show their displeasure with Keith’s decision, ‘booing’ the ReVenant member as he smiles at their discouragement. Keith hauls away at Steve Awesome who has his back turned and is focusing on Donzig. Awesome gets hit upside the head before turning around and toe kicking The Great White Terror.
Niko and Esmeralda von Krauss try to one up one another with punches and well-placed kicks, and the result is a lesson in war. Krauss holds nothing back, roundhouse kicking Niko upside the temple with a perfectly timed kick that staggers the Dark Star member. Niko shakes the cobwebs and the next kick he catches, turning Esmeralda von Krauss to the ropes with her leg under his armpit and his other hand choking her. Esmeralda scrapes the eyes of Niko, or what she could assume was his eyes through his mask. The hope of breaking his clutch of her leg was dismal, but the choking hand let go. Niko clutches the wrist and begins to set Krauss on the top rope as he steps up on the second rope to leverage her correctly.
Archie Rude: What are we witnessing here? Does he know that it’s over-the-top?
Blake Samuels: That much I’m not entirely sure of Blake… Maybe Niko has other plans, we know how Esmeralda von Krauss was in Steve Awesome and D’s business.
Archie Rude: They both are in a precarious position.
Esmeralda head buttes Niko not once, but twice, before his wrist hold is abandoned, and with her one leg under his armpit, Esmeralda uses her flexibility to wrap her other around Niko’s neck, flipping backwards over the top rope!
Niko tumbles awkwardly off the apron and onto the floor! Esmeralda was able to grab the second rope and hold on with her arm wrapped around it, legs dangling as she tries to find her way up.
Blake Samuels: Niko has been ELIMINATED by Esmeralda von Krauss! (19:25)
Esmeralda finds her footing on the apron as staff usher Niko out of the ringside area and back up through the entrance curtain. Krauss goes to step in the ring and Freakke is on her! SMASH! A headbutt for the ages as the Carnivale King is sent right into Esmeralda von Krauss from across the ring by Keith Williams. Esmeralda wasn’t ready for it and the headbutt being as vicious as it looks rocks her and she gets her leg twisted up before tumbling off the apron to the outside!
Blake Samuels: Esmeralda von Krauss has been ELIMINATED by Freakke! (19:35)
Fans on that side of the ring are shocked and some disappointed that Esmeralda was gone. While not a fan favorite, her presence and attitude as of lately were connecting to more of the audience than usual. Freakke looks on at Krauss leaving and shrugs, the Carnivale King had no remorse, it was all business tonight. Returning his focus to the remaining six competitors in the ring.
Keith Williams was fighting with Wombat in the far corner, trying to lift him over the top rope. Donzig and Kid Koala are slugging it out to the left of Freakke in the nearest corner. Steve Awesome and Eddie Havok are having their own fun as Havok has Eddie in a sleeper on the second rope and Awesome is trying to grab his legs and head to gain some leverage to get Havok off him.
Freakke is the odd man out and so he joins in with Kid Koala to get some revenge on his former tag partner Donzig. Freakke gets a few shots in as Kid Koala nods and says lets dump him, and the two try to send Donzig over with both legs up in the air! Donzig however wraps both arms around the top rope, almost tying himself up in the ropes to keep himself grounded. Kid Koala sends a kick into Donzig’s midsection, and Freakke follows suit with his own. Like kids at a birthday party taking shots at the pinata, Freakke and Kid Koala were doing so with Donzig..
Archie Rude: Donzig is not in a good spot in this two-on-one, but I’ve seen what he can do against the odds.
Blake Samuels: Never count out Donzig. Though we aren’t familiar with Kid Koala, this is his first time in an NPW ring.
Archie Rude: True. This is his, Eddie Havok, and the Wombat all making their debuts here tonight at Honor Fight for the Fallen. And what a debut they are having, am-I-right?
Blake Samuels: All three are already making a huge impression with this debut! Now we wait to see, who of those three has the ability to take it all the way to the end? The hard part was over, the majority of the nearly twenty-three entrances to this battle royal are gone. With 7 people remaining, we have to consider exhaustion.
Archie Rude: Not to mention Donzig, Steve Awesome, Keith Williams, AND Freakke are all on the card later tonight.
Blake Samuels: Thankfully they will get a reprieve following this match to catch their breath before their duties later.
Steve Awesome has Eddie in the corner, rocking him with punches and turns to see Freakke coming in to get a hit on Awesome for the tag team match Awesome left Freakke to be beat down on, as he stood outside interacting with fans.
SUPERKICK! Freakke goes down as he came at the Face of the Franchise! The fans boo Awesome for his antics, but it was clear he was ready and waiting. Smiling at his handy work, Awesome stands over Freakke mouthing off that Freakke wasn’t on his level. A hooded figure jumps the barricade and slides into the ring behind Steve Awesome. Steve is completely unaware of the event, as he stands up and puts a boot on Freakke’s chest to get some extra ‘boos’ the hooded figure peels back the hood to reveal…
[Dylan Black.]
The Messiah of Mayhem, a two-time-XHF X*Crown Champion was waiting for Awesome to turn around. His hands at the ready as Steve spins to go back to Havok and his eyes grow to the size of baseballs as he sees Dylan Black instead!
Blasted by Black, Steve Awesome is back pedaling across the ring as Dylan unleashes a fury of strikes and kicks, throwing Awesome off balance and into the ropes. Dylan Black points his fingers at Steve Awesome like a fun and runs full steam ahead from the middle of the ring, flying through the air with a knee into the chest of Steve Awesome! Awesome hits the ropes and comes back towards the center of the ring, walking towards the other side as Dylan jumps to his feet, and runs at him again, this time, CLOTHESLINE! The move takes both Dylan Black and Steve Awesome out of the ring!
Blake Samuels: Steve Awesome has been ELIMINATED by Dylan Black! (21:25)
Archie Rude: Does this place not have security?! What the hell just happened here?
Blake Samuels: The Messiah of Mayhem has made his mark on NPW Honor Fight for the Fallen by making Steve Awesome his target! Paint my mind blown Rude!
Archie Rude: We need to figure out what that was all about, because it just took out the premier player of this match… Now I only have Keith Williams to root for. Come on KEITH!
The NPW staff come pouring out to pull Dylan Black and Steve Awesome apart, as the two continue blasting away at one another ringside. There was no love loss between them, and whatever personal animosity had been unraveled here -- was surely not over.
Back to the ring, we see Keith Williams taking Freakke from the canvas and heading towards the ropes. Keith irish whips Freakke with authority, sending him to the ropes, and Keith comes in with a big boot that knocks Freakke over the top rope -- but he lands on the apron, holding onto the middle rope to stay in it. Keith sees it and goes for a knee, but Freakke dodges it, and headbuttes Keith! Freakke grabs Keith by the neck and tries to go for a suplex! Keith is picked up and over the top, but grabs the top rope and falls to his feet on the apron standing beside Freakke. The two trade blows, back and forth, both in a precarious position, and Keith blocks a left, STIFF PUNT KICK TO THE JEWELS! Freakke drops off the apron like a sack of potatoes.
Blake Samuels: Freakke has been ELIMINATED by Keith Williams! (23:49)
Keith looks down at Freakke with a sickening smile of his handy work, proving bad guys are built differently. A big win for the Great White Terror.
Archie Rude: Go Keith! Go Keith!
Blake Samuels: Wow, do you get paid per chant or are you getting free merch after the show?
DROPKICK! Wombat with a dropkick to Keith’s back and Keith Williams is sent into the barricade on the outside.
Blake Samuels: Keith Williams has been ELIMINATED by Wombat! (23:57)
Wombat had caught Keith Williams off guard, and while NPW knew nothing of Wombat and the Marsupials of Mayhem, that would all change going forward! Wombat was pumped and showing his enthusiasm as he turned around into a thumping from Donzig!
Donzig is a man on a mission, and quickly picks up Wombat in a military press before dropping him over the top rope next to where Keith Williams had just gone out!
Blake Samuels: Wombat has been ELIMINATED by Donzig! (24:10)
On the other side of the ring, Eddie Havok and Kid Koala are tussling on the ropes and Eddie begins to get Kid Koala over, but Koala hooks him by the head and suplex him up! Eddie drops down behind him onto the apron… PELEE KICK BY KID KOALA! Eddie Havok flies off the apron!
Blake Samuels: Eddie Havok has been ELIMINATED by Kid Koala! (24:22)
Kid Koala and Donzig are the final two who remain… Kid Koala taking his time to get across the ring and sizing up the larger Donzig. It was David vs. Goliath look as the two circled the ring.
Archie Rude: The final two… Donzig, the man who everyone fears has the blood of satan in him… and a Koala?
Blake Samuels: That’s KID Koala, and it’s best you remember that. This Kid is making memories here tonight.
Archie Rude: Does he have it? We’re about to find out.
Tie up in the ring, and Donzig with the power play as he throws Kid Koala backwards into the turnbuckle. Koala rolls off his back and to his feet, an agile athlete, speed unmatched. Donzig cuts the ring in half, using his size to corner Kid Koala, but Koala dives between his legs, and gets behind Donzig, DROPKICK! Donzig goes face first into the turnbuckle!
Kid Koala runs at the ropes on the otherside of the ring, rebounding back at Donzig, and goes for a high spinning wheel kick to him as he rolls out of the corner onto the ropes… Donzig ducks and uses his back to propel Kid Koala over the top rope!
Archie Rude: OH MY! HE’S ELIMINATED!
Blake Samuels: Not so fast!
Archie Rude: WHAT!?
Kid Koala grabbed the top rope and lands on the apron, running towards the closest turnbuckle, and as he gets to the top of it, Donzig kicks the top rope, Koala falls on his Marsupial manhood, and the fans boo Donzig’s antics as he pushes Kid Koala off the top rope and he hits the apron, rolling to the outside ring area violently.
Blake Samuels: Kid Koala has been ELIMINATED by Donzig! (27:31)
Archie Rude: Donzig takes it home tonight! What a win!
Blake Samuels: Fans are not happy with the way that one went… Not at all.
Ring Announcer stands up as the referee gets in the ring and raises Donzig’s hand.
Ring Announcer: Winner of the Honor Battle Royal, DONZIG!
The sight of the man who would wrestle later tonight in the main event being given the nod as his hand is raised, now with a shot at any title in Northern Pro Wrestling at his disposal -- it was a nightmare waiting to unfold for all champions on the roster.
Cutting to the backstage area. A camera slowly pans right to reveal the catering area entrance. Focusing in as the camera zooms ever so slightly, we see Shane Severe with a cookie sheet in hand.
Don’t be mistaken, this was not Shane’s new role with NPW, no, he was most certainly still a contracted enhancement talent. Shane appears to be sneaking towards the entrance way, tip toeing almost in his approach. The camera pans left to the open area right outside the catering area.
A group of NPW staff ranging from ring crew to audio guys and the truck unloaders who were enjoying their bagels and coffee are seen. Immediately the crowd of NPW staff begin to part like the Red Sea. Their reasoning was made obvious moments later; Enter, the Canadian Nightmare.
For almost three full weeks he had not been seen or heard. The atrocious attack from the ReVenants had left Jesse Jamester with a minor concussion. Due to this, NPW authorities would not clear Jesse for action tonight. Rather safe than sorry they said, but the truth was, they weren’t willing to risk one of their stars for more ticket sales. Gus Arnold wasn’t that type of owner. All of that said; it didn’t matter to Jamester, as he would not be denied. Not tonight, hell, maybe never. The Canadian Nightmare was on a mission, as was transparent by his stalking like approach and awareness to everything going on around him.
Fists clenched as his beard pointed at the ex[psed chin area. He dawned a slightly different look with his facial hair than usual, or at least from what hair was visible from his trademark black lizard scaly mask that he wore. The Canadian born wrestler was looking ready to clean a clock, and not the kind that told time.
Stopping just before the catering entrance, Jesse turns on his heels and gets a full 180 degree view of his surroundings. His attention was a laser focus tonight. The targets were obvious; the ReVenants.
Not one of them were out in the open area. Turning back towards the catering entrance, Jesse Jamester enters the giant dining area.
SCHMACK!
SCHMACK!
From behind, Shane Severe swings with everything in him and sends the baking sheet at the upper back/shoulder area of JJ. After he makes contact with Jamester’s back, not once, but twice, Shane pauses with a look of confusion as he looks down at the bent baking sheet and then back up at the back of JJ’s head.
An annoyed grunt is all that is heard from the Canadian Nightmare, before he spins around and headbuttes Shane directly in the dome! Dropping the baking sheet that was now dented from the shoulder muscles that it had just tried to damage, Shane looked a little unsteady, slightly off balance. A swift kick to the gut from Jamester with no warning!
Jesterplex!
A modified take on his signature finishing maneuver lays out Shane Severe on the catering floor in a split second. The room goes silent. Grown men have food inches from their mouths as they stare at the massive figure in the entrance way.
On his feet like nothing happened, Jesse surveys the room like a hawk. No sign of the ReVenants here. As he pans around the room, the silence goes away as though someone hit a switch, and everyone returns to what they had been doing prior.
All eyes however were on him, whether they gawked or were glancing, everyone was waiting for what the Canadian Nightmare would do next. Turning his back on the room, Jesse doesn’t miss a beat and treks through the entrance, through the open area, towards a sign hanging from the ceiling that reads “Talent Area” and ‘Only’ under it in red bold font. The two security guards standing just about his height shuffle to the side as he approaches them and passes them. Both security guards step back towards the middle of the hallway.
A white concrete wall to his right, mahogany doors with plaques displaying the talent’s name who that room belonged to shimmered as the ceiling light hit it. Jesse paid no attention to the first few doors, knowing that the ReVenants were not the type to get special treatment. Gus Arnold only provided that to his champions.
“Hey!”
His boot sole hits the floor and Jesse freezes; his eyes turn ever so slightly as he turns around to see “Timeless” Alex Turner right behind him.
“This is a Champions area, and I don’t see any gold from where I stand.”
Timeless flaunted the same Imperial Crown Championship that he won from Jesse Jamester and Scott Steele a.k.a. The Colossus months back in a battle royal. Timeless’s cocky smirk was dialed up to eleven tonight - he was more confident than he had ever been before.
“Beat it! Scram! You’re not even scheduled to wrestle tonight are you? Then why does the mighty, oh-so scary lizard man, worthy of anything more than a boot in the ass and a---”
Kick to the gut! Hook the neck, lift, drop and cutter!
JESTERPLEX!
Popping back to his feet, Jesse Jamester stares down at Timeless’s prone body spread out on the cement floor. The Canadian Nightmare was not in the mood, and Timeless wasn’t moving, or talking any more.
Turning around to the direction he was headed.
Jesse Jamester: Yada yada yada… bout fuckin’ time he shut up.
Jesse’s boots are heard slapping the floor all the way down the hallway until the noise fades and he is out of sight. The camera turns back to the motionless body of Timeless. What would this mean for the Imperial Crown Tag Team Title match later tonight?
Joe Nobody is a name that has been building more and and more respect from the fans of professional wrestling over the years. A few strong recent stints on the XHF Network are ever present in that popularity rising. His decision to reach out to Gus Arnold to secure himself a position on the loaded Northern Pro Wrestling roster has been deemed a very savvy move. Northern Pro Wrestling has been taking in new members at a rapid rate, thus the hierarchy seems completely wide open. Moreover, with annual events such as the Cruiserweight Cup, and Tag Wars - a competitor like Joe Nobody could really elevate his game and become one of the pillars of this burgeoning company.
The North American Cruiserweight Championship recently changed hands in a shocking turn of events. Jay Stevens appears poised for a long run as champion after taking the championship away from Lord Dominicus. The young and confident worker decided to put his title on the line in a last minute decision against Lochlyn Cade, which is a decision which he hasn't recovered from. Cade was able to steal a victory from Jay and is now recognized as the North American Cruiserweight Champion. Irwin Collins took part of NPW's first Cruiserweight Cup back in 2018, and had made it his own personal career goal to one day hoist the championship aloft as his own.
Joe Nobody walks into NPW as a bonafide threat to sneak up on various members of the Cruiserweight Division. Saying and doing are completely different things. SO what better way to debut than against a journeyman Cruiserweight that offers a stiff test due to his tough chin and years of experience.
Early on in the contest, the crowd was quiet, observing Joe. Reputation is one thing, but seeing with your own two eyes is another. Joe executed a rolling arm drag, with precision and SNAP on the follow through. It was a unique way to execute a basic move, and the fans started to fawn over the technique.
Joe kept on task, not breaking his focus in the slightest. Collins looked to fight back, and stiffed Joe with a right hand that he more or less walked through, to back him into the corner. A swift body shot, as Joe went up to the second rope and executed a sickening tornado DDT!
He fell on Collins for the cover, but only received a two count.
Collins tried to beg off, to gather his air, but Joe was on him like white on rice. Some European uppercuts were to follow which dropped Collins to one knee!
SHINING WIZARD!!!
WHACK!
Joe Nobody connected clean, and finally looked into the stands where his efforts were applauded by the fans.
Joe winked, before setting Collins up for his patented 'Victory Buster'! He hit it clean!
RAAAAHH!!
The crowd popped for such a unique move. Collins was clearly out of it, as he ate that face buster clean, and Joe seemed to be pushing forward with the extra energy and motivation that the crowd was pumping his way. Joe could've gone for the cover right there, but he wanted to make a statement. This was his debut match, and he wanted to make sure that future opponents were aware of the capabilities he has inside of the ring.
"The Guideline" waited for Collins to clear the cobwebs. It was taking every inch of energy Collins had to get back to his feet. As soon as he did, a swift kick to the gut followed, at which point Joe picked Irwin up and planted him with the "Awesome Driver!"
The crowd jumped out of their seats as he got it all, full impact!
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Announcer: Winner of this match via pin fall, JOE NOBODY! (3:23)
Joe saluted the crowd, and waited for the referee to enter the ring to raise his hand. Joe left the ring, and slapped hands with a few of the fans in the front row, before bowing up the middle of the aisle. It looked as though the fans of Halifax had embraced Joe with open arms. Some of the potential match-ups to come would have any hardcore fan salivating.
“Halloween is a special time.”
The camera fades in on the Freakke standing in a dilapidated and abandoned looking funeral home. Its looks like no one has been here in nearly thirty years. No one except kids with cans of spray paint and nothing better to do than hang out in condemned buildings.
“Every year, we celebrate by dressing up as outlandish creatures and characters…”
The Carnival King pauses a moment.
“OK, so some of us do that year round but its the one day of the year we all get to embrace our inner cretin and show off something a little less than proper about ourselves. We get sweets and have parties and most importantly, my favorite, we watch endless runs of our favorite cheesy horror favorites. The Exorcist. Nightmare on Elm Street. Alien...Halloween.”
His smirk widens as he says that because of course that one would come across as a pun.
“This year, an oldie has been stuck in my head...and it’s given me an idea. Have any of you ever seen a cult zombie classic called, Return of the Living Dead? It’s a pseudo sequel to Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. The start of a series that made zombies scary not because of how inhuman they were but how human they could be.”
The painted wrestler starts to move through the dilapidated room pausing at an open door into the basement.
“One scene got me thinking of a devilish good idea. Something fun to celebrate the season. A Trick that I think you all will find to be a real Treat. I promise this. Things are gonna get a little heated...”
Freakke ran his hand along the basement door frame as he passed by and into the darkness below. The camera panned up to see the graffiti about the old rotted doorway. One word over top the others. Crematorium.
Showcasing the better looking gender of the NPW roster next, the newest addition to the locker ladies side of the locker room was “Apathy” Elizabeth Devereaux-O’Rourke, what a mouth full right? But damn she had the career background that would make the retired men of this sport blush - yes, Apathy was no green horn in the squared-circle. Her focus now was finding out if Northern Pro Wrestling had a challenger worthy of her ring work. “Everyone Loves A Villain” by Empty Mirrors smashes across the sound system of the Scotia Bank arena, and Apathy makes her way to the ring.
That challenger came out next in the form of the 9th Baroness of Godfrey, Lady Sinclair Godfrey. Any one who knew anything about Sinclair Godfrey, knew better than to doubt her abilities or give her an inch. Breaking bones and tapping grown men out was Godfrey’s favorite hobbies, not to mention her alliance to Donzig… what person rightfully chooses to be a friend of Donzig?! Sinclair Godfrey was the real deal when it came to stretching her opponents. Whether you loved her or hated her, she could twist and contort the human body until her foe was frolicking for freedom, begging for mercy. Tonight at Fight for the Fallen, it would be Sinclair’s submissions versus Apathy’s explosive offensive assault. Will it be the new star’s shining moment? Or will the Baroness add another tap out to her resume?
Sinclair Godfrey and “Apathy” Elizabeth Devereaux-O’Rourke met each other in the ring. Sparks of recognition swiftly come back to them from so long ago when the two were children. Lady Godfrey the daughter of an aristocrat and Apathy the daughter of a powerful French diplomat. The two have had intercepting bubbles time and time again over the years before either of them were into wrestling.
Did they get all gooey eyed and promise to make the fight fair between them as nostalgia hit each of them in the feels -- for former friends who grew apart over the years gone by?
No. They remembered they hated each other back then too.
The two women have a run at one another and begin exchanging punches as the bell sounds to start the match. Sincllair quickly takes the advantage, stunning Apathy with a hard right hook. This leads her to hip tossing Apathy across the ring. However, Apathy rolls through the hip toss and gets back to her feet.
Apathy goes for a quick roundhouse kick, catching Sinclair in the side of the head to send her to the mat. Apathy follows this up with a soccer kick that threatens to knock teeth loose. Sinclair rolls away and to her feet. She jumps in at Apathy and hits several European uppercuts before whipping her into the ropes. Apathy ducks under a clothesline on the rebound and slips behind Sinclair to hit an overhead belly to back suplex!
Apathy goes for the cover, but only gets a one count before Sinclair kicks out.
Apathy stands up, but is greeted by Sinclair, who grabs her by the shoulders and delivers a stunning headbutt! Sinclair whips Apathy into the ropes, chest first, and follows. She hits a backstabber that she quickly transitions into the Black Oath (bank statement). She doesn’t get to hold it long before Apathy can get a foot onto the ropes to force a break. Sinclair gets up and pulls up Apathy. She gets Apathy into a side headlock that she follows up with a headlock driver!
Sinclair jumps to her feet before Apathy can move and drops a fist to the side of Apathy’s head. Sinclair kneels by Apathy and hits several more punches before getting back to her feet and pulling Apathy up. Sinclair goes for a ripcord lariat, but Apathy drills her in the side of the head with an elbow strike that backs Sinclair up several steps. Apathy goes in with a roaring headbutt that takes Sinclair off of her feet with authority!
Apathy goes to the ropes and comes back with a slide into a headscissors lock around the head of the downed Sinclair. She locks the move in tight. She doesn’t get to hold the move in for long as Sinclair grabs Apathy by the legs and rolls so that she can get her foot onto the ropes to force a rope break.
Both women get up at the same time, but Sinclair grabs Apathy by the shoulders first and hits several knee lifts to the midsection to double her over. Sinclair follows this up with a gutwrench suplex and the cover that only gets a two count before Apathy kicks out.
Sinclair gets up to her feet and pulls Apathy up too. She hits Apathy with The Destroyer (Welsh Destroyer)! She goes for the cover and gets to two and a half before Apathy kicks out! Sinclair kneels up and stares down the referee in disbelief, who is sure to hold up two fingers to let her know that there was only a two count.
Sinclair stands up and watches as Apathy gets to her feet. She slips behind Apathy and hits a bulldog. She locks in Apathy’s legs and begins to reach for her arms. Apathy gets her arms under her and manages to roll over, breaking the hold. Apathy jumps to her feet with Sinclair right behind her.
Apathy grabs Sinclair up into a bodyslam position and goes right to the corner to climb the ropes where Sinclair begins to try to wriggle her way out of Apathy’s grasp. Instead of completing a super fallaway slam, Apathy bodyslams Sinclair all the way to the concrete floor!
Apathy gets down to the mat and watches as Sinclair is slow to get to her feet. Apathy runs across the ring and does a baseball slide knee strike to the side of Sinclair’s head in a move that sees Apathy do a spin on the ring apron and bring herself back into the ring.
Sinclair uses the ring apron to pull herself up and rolls back into the ring. Apathy jumps on Sinclair’s back and uses the ropes as balance to stand there. Naturally, the ref gets involved and begins yelling at her to get away from the ropes. So, Apathy kicks Sinclair in the back of the head and steps down and away from her so that she can get up.
Apathy grabs Sinclair as she gets up and sends her into the ropes. On the rebound, Sinclair is caught again. Falcon Arrow! Apathy gets Sinclair up again, slams Sinclair’s head in between her legs and begins to lift her up for the Dynast Queen Driver, but Sinclair manages to hold onto Apathy’s legs! Sinclair stands up with Apathy upside down on her shoulders so that Sinclair can drop down into a seated position and drop Apathy on her head!
Sinclair goes for the Witch’s Hammer (wicked stepsister) again, but again Apathy manages to turn out of the hold again. Apathy staggers to her feet, but is leveled with a lariat. Sinclair pulls Apathy up and sends her to the ropes. On the rebound, Apathy goes for the lariat, but Sinclair grabs the offending arm and whips her straight into the referee!
Apathy remains on her feet, but the referee goes down. Apathy spins around to face Sinclair when she is hit in the eyes by black mist! Apathy drops to the mat while trying to clear her vision. Sinclair drops a leg to stun her and then begins setting her up for the Witch’s Hammer (wicked stepsister)!
SLAM!
Sinclair stomps Apathy between the shoulder blades to send her face first into the mat! She goes for the cover and waits for the three count. Several seconds go by before she realizes that the referee is still out.
Sinclair gets up and helps rouse the referee into standing up. By the time that she gets the referee up and turns around, Apathy is already back up to her knees and trying to clear her vision still. Sinclair walks over and grabs her to set her up for the Destroyer (Welsh Destroyer). However, Apathy manages to get stood up while holding onto Sinclair. She drops into a sitting position that crashes Sinclair’s head into the mat like a driver!
Apathy stands up and leans in a corner while working to clear her eyes of the gunk that Sinclair had spit at her. Sinclair isn’t too long before she gets back to her feet and rushes at the still blinded Apathy for an avalanche! Apathy gets her eyesight clear with just enough time to move out of the way for Sinclair to slam chest first into the corner. She backs away from the corner for a few steps, but is grabbed from behind by Apathy for a German suplex into the middle of the ring!
Apathy bridges up to hold Sinclair for the cover and gets a two count before Sinclair kicks out of the move. Apathy gets to her feet first where she greets the rising Sinclair with a few European uppercuts that drive Sinclair back into the corner. She whips Sinclair across the ring to the other corner, following with a running drop kick to the gut! Apathy lets the momentum of her drop kick put her into a crouching position while she lets her feet slide off of Sinclair to land on the middle ropes. She reaches down to grab Sinclair by the shoulders and leaps away from the corner, hurling Sinclair behind her to the center of the ring in a move that takes down the referee again when Sinclair collides with him.
Apathy gets to her feet and walks over to the rising Sinclair with a wide grin. “You want to play dirty?”, she calls out. “Let’s play!”
Apathy throws a fireball into Sinclair’s face, dropping her to the mat where she begins rolling around on her face in an attempt to get the fire put out. When she starts to get back up to her hands and knees, Apathy is already sitting on the top turnbuckle. Apathy leaps through the air and stomps on the back of Sinclair’s head to send her face crushing into the mat with a splatter of blood as Sinclair’s nose goes crunch!
She gets the now bleeding profusely Sinclair up and hits the Evenflow DDT! The move was recognized immediately by longtime fans as Apathy’s former finisher. She goes for the pinfall, but then after about a six count realizes that the ref is still out. She goes over and revives the referee. Alas by the time she gets back to Sinclair, the Baroness is already up to her feet.
The two exchange a few punches and European uppercuts before Apathy whips Sinclair into the ropes. On the rebound, Apathy catches her and sends her chest first into the ropes. Apathy grabs Sinclair from behind and hits a lungblower! Apathy is back up quickly and pulls Sinclair into another irish whip to the ropes, hitting a falcon arrow on the rebound. She goes for the pinfall!
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Sinclair kicks out! Godfrey keeps it alive with centimeters between the referee’s hand and the canvas! Apathy kneels up, looking to the referee who claims that he only counted to two, showing her the margin of missing the three count with his fingers. She snarls at the ref while pulling Sinclair back to her feet. Evidently not as well, as Sinclair drops down to her knees and hits a palm strike to the inside of Apathy’s right knee to make it bend slightly to the side in a move that drops Apathy down to the mat while clutching at her knee in pain.
Sinclair stands and pulls Apathy up into a leaned over position so that she can hit several brutal knee lifts to the side of the head before casting her to the side like a sack of garbage. It isn’t long before Apathy gets back up to her knees and then to her feet.
Sinclair has blood streaming from her nose and onto her chest while Apathy has blood streaming from next to her eye that runs down the side of her face and neck. Neither look like they are ready to give it up yet.
“Is that all you got, Baroness?”, Apathy spits out venomously.
“I am born of higher stock than you,” Sinclair responds haughtily. “You are merely a diplomat’s daughter.”
Sinclair’s face echoed what her voice just shared with her opponent. Looking down at her opponent wasn’t just about being better than her, no, Sinclair knew her place in the world - and believed she was of greater importance than Apathy. On the other hand, Apathy lets out a roar as she rushes at Sinclair, who tries to step out of the way at the last moment! Apathy changes directions and hits a massive spear! The momentum of the move takes the two out of the ring through the ropes!
The two seem like they are down on the concrete floor for a moment though the referee doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to count them both out. Apathy gets up first, grabbing the rising Sinclair, and hot shotting her across the ring railing so that Sinclair impacts just above the bridge of the nose onto the metal. The sound upon impact is of a hideous and grotesque crack that causes nearby audience members to flinch.
Apathy rises again and watches Sinclair laying on the ground. She’s bleeding from a fresh location now as she slowly works her way back to her feet. Sinclair starts walking toward Apathy, but it’s a dazed stagger as she does so.
“I will defeat you momentarily.”, she mumbles. “I just need…a little nap.”
Sinclair drops to her knees and then onto her face onto the matted concrete floor on the outside of the ring. Apathy sighs and walks over, pulling her to her feet. Sinclair oves with renewed vigor (or was she playing possum?). She palm strikes Apathy in the lower midsection to get her to double over. Sinclair jumps to her feet, grabs Apathy in a suplex position, gets her up into the air, takes a couple of steps, and drops Apathy head first onto the ring steps where Apathy bounces off of them and onto the concrete floor where Apathy lays as if dead.
The referee yells down to ringside for them to get back into the ring or else he’s going to count them both out of the match. Sinclair sorta nods and picks up Apathy, rolling her into the ring where she bleeds from the top of her head now. Quickly forming a small pool of blood on the mat. Sinclair gets back into the ring, grabs Apathy by the arm, and drags her to the center of the ring while leaving a trail of blood behind her.
Sinclair rolls Apathy over onto her belly, swooning a bit from the last major blow to the head, before linking up Apathy’s legs to begin the set up for the Witch’s Hammer. She reaches for the arms and Apathy struggles to get free. Sinclair’s face shows her lack of patience for Apathy’s end to be found, and latches onto both forearms with each hand. Wrenching Apathy’s arms backwards, the bloody face of “Apathy” Elizabeth Devereaux-O’Rourke leaking on the ring mat below her, a crimson mask that had fans concerned in the front row for her health. Sinclair relished the moment as though she had been waiting to do this. SMASH! The foot drives the face into the canvas with force unseen before! Sinclair Godfrey hits the Witch’s Hammer!
Not letting go, Sinclair shakes her head as fans in the front row boo the Baroness. Godfrey leans over, looking at the red mask of blood Apathy sported, seeing the face imprint staining the canvas below, and pulls her arms back as she stands upright. WITCH’S HAMMER again! With no motion remaining in Apathy’s body, Sinclair rolls her over using the one arm she holds onto, and drops on Apathy for the cover. Hooking Apathy’s leg as Sinclair puts her hand on the bloody face of Apathy, propping herself up off her abdomen section.
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Ding! Ding! Ding! The bell sounds and Sinclair Godfrey rises from her fallen foe. The night would not be forgotten, for a war was waged between these two, and neither would be the same following it.
Announcer: Winner of this match via pinfall, SINCLAIR GODFREY! (14:49)
Wiping the blood of Apathy on her shirt, Lady Sinclair Godfrey has her arm raised, but sees no reason for the referee to keep touching her and pulls it away. She leans on the ropes, taking it all in, the moment was appreciated, but that was all. Sinclair Godfrey exits the ring and makes her way backstage as medical staff come out from the sides of the entrance ramp to check on Apathy.
Moments following the staff getting in the ring, Apathy is propped up against the ropes, blood still flowing from her face, but she is conscious. While the loss would sting, there was no doubt Apathy had shown NPW what she was made of. Apathy would live to fight another day.
Archie Rude is standing backstage, watching the hall it seems before he turns to see Takaru Matsui walking down the hall. The man seems troubled, but stops to stare at Archie as he approaches with a faint curl of his lip. A hand lifts to rake back his hair, and he motions for Archie to speak. Rude adjusts his tie, flashing a grin before he lifts the mic. 'Takaru! I just wanted to get your thoughts here at Honor, what are your plans moving forward.'
Takaru lifts a hand, motioning for silence before he shrugs.
“My plans are simple. I have something to prove, and to prove it to the entire NPW and myself? Then I will do what I have to do.' Takaru paused, and he glanced around the hall before he turned back to Archie. He leaned closer, and a hand lifted to point towards the camera as he motioned it closer. 'Jesse Jamester. I will see you at NPW, it is not about the bounty the Revs have placed on your head. But you are the man to beat here in NPW, and so I must face you! It is time for me to rise, to prove what I am worth!”
Archie Rude blinked, and he drew back a step as Takaru glared at him. Then he spun, storming away with an angry look in her eyes. Archie looked confused, after all Takaru was normally more easy going. A shrug, and he turned to go as well.
A highly anticipated match for the ages was coming up next. Two unlikely partners, the North American Double Crown Champion, Lord Dominicus and the 2021 Cruiserweight Cup winner, Lynx. Pitted together by Gus Arnold following the fallout of the tag match with the Revenants that Lord Dominicus was the special guest referee for. Chaotic evil was what Lord Dominicus was known for, and what had made him the type of Champion he is. Whatever spat the two men had on the last show would have to be put aside, as they would need to be on the same page tonight against their opponents.
The ReVenants, tonight being represented by Keith Williams and Neo James Carner. In a short period of time, the ReVenants had instantly made their mark on the NPW scene. From hanging Lynx by his ankle by a chain above the ring and busting him open, to the relentless attacks and focus on taking Jesse Jamester out of action. The ReVenants made statements and backed them up. They were not one for following rules, if anything, they were the type to find every way to bend them - and had so far in NPW. Forcing the owner Gus Arnold to decree a 30-day suspension without pay for any ReVenant member that interferes in another match. Gus had booked a blockbuster that had to be stopped due to their antics. Tonight, the ReVenants would get their first taste of what NPW’s NADC Champion could do.
For Lynx, this had to be his night to get his justice. Not forgotten was the bloody image of Keith Williams in the middle of the ring. The result of which put Lynx out of action for a while. Now back, his demeanor changed; a focus and mean streak that had not been as noticeable before. Lynx would be seeking to hit the ReVenants with everything he had and give Keith the beating he deserved.
All four men stood in the ring, as the referee took the time to check each competitor for weapons and explained the rules. He pointed to the turnbuckle tag rope and states it must be used, as well as a 5 second count for the inactive member to leave the ring after a tag is made. The ReVenants were sporting their dead President makeup tonight for Fight for the Fallen. The skeleton and bone appearances of black and white paint on Neo James and Keith’s faces was the ultimate intimidation factor. They weren’t going for fashion, no, they were sending the message. A quick rock, paper, scissors and Neo James Carner wins with paper over Keith’s rock. Keith motions for two out of three, but Carner isn’t down with that and Keith laughs as he takes to the apron.
On the other side, Lord Dominicus steps out on the apron and gestures to Lynx to begin. Not shy about who would do the lifting here. The last time NPW saw Lord Dominicus in action, he had a grueling fight with Niko at August on the Atlantic III. The NADC Champion was finally back on the action side and rather than defending his title, he had to defend his role as the best in a tag match with two of the most heinous opponents.
The bell sounds, Lynx circles the ring as does Carner. Both men have their hands up in the air, ready to make a grapple. NJC shoots in for it, Lynx ducks and goes behind him with a waist lock. NJC counters with a reverse and slips behind Lynx to grab his waist, dipping his hips NJC launches Lynx backwards with a release German suplex! Lynx flips in the process and lands on his feet. NJC is quick to get to his feet and sees that Lynx is standing. Roundhouse kick from Lynx! NJC dodges it and rolls to the side of Lynx, side sweeping his ankles from behind with one leg. A calculated standing front leg drop on the neck of Lynx follows! NJC keeps his leg over the neck and reaches for Lynx’s arm to lock in an armbar, but Lynx is quick to scout it and rolls in the opposite direction, leaping to his feet. NJC does the same on the other side of the ring.
Both men stood apart about 6 feet looking at one another as the feeling out process was underway. Neo James Carner had his hair braided to the top of his head for the evening, as the back side was braided and hung in a clean ponytail. Lynx on the other hand was wearing his Jaguar like mask, showing the roaring heart in its depiction. Keith nods to NJC from the apron, and Carner nods back.
Carner puts a hand up and challenges Lynx to a strength contest. Lynx looks on as though he knows the game but doesn’t want to play. NJC shrugs and says, “I knew you were weak anyway” which is when Lynx bolts at him with strikes. Carner, being no slouch, is able to counter a few and deliver two of his own strikes to Lynx’s chest. Lynx hits Carner on the chin with a right finally and rocks him into the ropes! Irish whip sends NJC across the ring, rebounding off the ropes, Lynx leap frogs him as he comes close. NJC rebounds again and goes for a forearm smash! Lynx sees it, whipping his body around the arm, he hooks the swinging arm with his hands, then the other arm with his feet, rolling to the canvas and pinning NJC to the mat!
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Kickout! Carner slides out and immediately gets to his feet to be met by two kicks from Lynx sending him backward into the corner. Halfway between both team corners, NJC takes multiple blows from the cold crisp kicks Lynx is serving up, and the fans are eating it up! Lynx rips NJC out of the corner with another Irish whip and sends him to the corner diagonal of him, following behind as he comes in for a move! Carner pops up and lands behind Lynx who runs up the second turnbuckle and launches himself backwards with all his weight! Like a human torpedo, Lynx crashes into NJC and both men roll into the center of the ring!
The referee checks on both men, who groggily work their way to a standing position. Carner felt all of that body assault courtesy of Lynx. As the two rise, a flurry of strikes and counters are exchanged, before Carner drop toe holds Lynx to the canvas, locking the left leg of Lynx with both of his calves, before rolling over the back of Lynx to his stomach. Carner’s full weight is on the head and neck of the Cruiserweight Cup winner, as NJC struggles to wrap a front chin lock on Lynx. Not letting the move be locked in, Lynx slides backwards and with the agility of a cat, uses both hands to swing his legs around for a stiff enziguri to the face of Carner!
Carner reels backwards on his knees now. Reeling from the shot, which gives Lynx time to jump to his feet and rush to the ropes, running straight at Carner and diving with a forearm clothesline! Carner lays face down on the canvas to avoid contact, and Lynx hits nothing but air. Momentum carries Lynx to the ropes, and he spins around to be met with a toe kick to the abdomen region by NJC. Carner quickly hooks Lynx by the neck and under hooks his right arm, popping his hips as he executes a half-Nelson suplex! Rolling through, Neo James Carner rolls Lynx over and hooks the leg for a cover.
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Kick out by Lynx! Carner rewards his efforts with a quick left jab to the mask of Lynx, dragging his elbow through on the execution. Grabbing Lynx by the neck, NJC gets up and places Lynx’s head between his thighs. Reaching over the back and under the stomach, NJC locks his hands together as he lifts Lynx up and jumps up, planting the head of Lynx with a cradle piledriver into the canvas! Carner’s smile through the white and black skull face paint is a tell-tale sign of his intentions tonight.
Grabbing Lynx by the ankle, Carner drags him a few feet toward the ReVs corner and tags in Keith Williams. Holding the leg, NJC offers it up to Keith; who obliges and twists it one direction before stomping the stomach of Lynx and rolling over his chest and head while holding the leg still. Lynx is contorted in an awkward position for a few moments before Keith let’s go and grabs Lynx by the neck. Carner slides through the ropes before the referee goes to warn him. Keith nods at Carner, and raises his hand up with the palm facing up. Carner leans back on the apron, throwing his right foot up on the top turnbuckle pad. Keith wastes no time and runs with Lynx’s heat into Carner’s boot. Lynx counters with a foot on the middle turnbuckle, elbow strikes to the gut of Keith, and Lynx grabs Carner by the boot and pushes it up and shoves NJC backwards off the apron! Carner spills to the outside, but lands safely.
Ambush in the corner by Keith to Lynx! The attention to NJC caused Lynx to take his eyes off Keith Williams, and Keith made him pay for it. Hooking the neck, Keith runs out of the corner and bulldogs Lynx into the center of the ring. Looking over to the other corner, Keith Williams mocks the NADC Champion Lord Dominicus, trying to draw LD into the ring.
LD doesn’t buy into it, and instead points over Keith’s shoulder, which causes Keith to turn his head to see what LD was pointing at, which is just enough time for Lynx to crawl closer to his corner. Lord Dominicus extends his hand out while holding the tag rope, finger tips wiggling for the tag! Lynx springs up for a tag; Knee to the gut!
The Great White Terror throws the kitchen sink at the airborne Lynx! Crumbling to the canvas short of the tag, Lynx is in bad shape, and Keith knows it. Lifting Lynx to his feet with a tight headlock applied, Keith wrenches on Lynx’s neck as he mocks Lord Dominicus, working to bait him to come in and save his partner. Dominicus doesn’t seem to care as much until he turns back and sees Keith grab the mask of Lynx and begin to tear it off!
Keith points to Lord Dominicus as his fingers begin to stretch the eye holes open, tearing the fabric of Lynx’s mask. Lord Dominicus shakes his head, and walks the apron showing he’s not enjoying his tag partner getting de-masked in front of the audience.
Keith Williams: I will expose you all for what you truly are --- COWARDS!
The words sink in like bee sting, as Lord Dominicus points at Keith and thumbs his chest, the words being said aren’t loud enough over the audience’s noise, but Keith smirks at whatever is said and suddenly shoves Lynx to his knees. Grabbing both sides of his face, Keith’s smile grows like the Grinch taking gifts from all the children during Christmas as he warns Lord Dominicus to make his decision or suffer the consequences.
Lord Dominicus is torn, the man who was Evil personified, had to choose whether to help or watch on and allow the act Keith Williams was about to perform on his tag partner. Lord Dominicus steps one leg through the ropes, hesitating, and looks back over the top rope before he dips his head in too and the referee goes to stop him. Keith puts his right hand up to the referee and says ‘I allow it.’ The referee looks at Keith and points to his zebra shirt, reminding him who is officiating, and while this is happening Lord Dominicus springs at Keith Williams with a flying forearm smash! Keith is blindsided by the move, all in the brief moment he is distracted talking to the referee and he pays for it. Lord Dominicus grabs Lynx and pulls him towards their team’s corner, stepping out on the apron, Dominicus reaches over as Lynx reaches up and Lord Dominicus tags the hand!
Springboarding over the top rope, Lord Dominicus enters the ring in style. Lynx rolls under the bottom rope and regroups on the apron. The ReVenants had done a great job so far showing the disconnect of an inexperienced team versus a ‘w so ell oiled machine’ as they referred to themselves. As true as those words may have been so far, it was now time for Keith to stand toe-to-toe with the North American Double Crown Champion for the first time in NPW.
The Great White Terror had spoken a big game leading up to Fight for the Fallen. As Lord Dominicus and Keith Williams circled the ring, fans stood up to get a better look at what was about to happen. Lord Dominicus took the first shot and slid through with a single leg takedown, but Keith dodged it by pushing the shoulder and neck of LD to his side and sprawling. Both men regain their stances a few feet apart, arms up in a grapple-ready position, fingers steady as they locked eyes. The tension could be felt in the cheap seats where fans had to use binoculars to see who exactly was in the ring. Locking up with intensity, Keith pushes Lord Dominicus backwards a step, but Dominicus doesn’t let it continue and shifts his hips to block one leg of Keith’s and throw his upper body’s balance off using his hip. Keith tries to step over, and Lord Dominicus pushes him into the ropes, both men struggling to gain the advantage. Rolling against the ropes and trading spots, Keith then LD, LD then Keith, until the two reach the corner and Keith is on the inside with Lord Dominicus’ back to the buckles. Keith stomps on LD’s foot, distraction technique working as LD loses the grapple war and is shoved back, chest exposed as his back arcs on the top turnbuckle.
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Laying down heavy palm strikes on the chest of the NADC Champion, Keith Williams wanted to make sure Lord Dominicus felt the weight of this match-up for weeks to come. Looking for one more chop, Lord Dominicus flips the script as he grabs the arm and turns Keith’s back to the turnbuckle, but instead of chops, he unleashes a flurry of fast, precision kicks to the abdomen and thighs of Keith Williams!
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Fans burst into a cheer as Lord Dominicus kicks the left shin of Williams, then raises his right leg up to meet Keith’s temple with the toe of his boot. Keith staggers and swings with a right hook, only for Dominicus to step the other direction and turn himself into a human catapult as he judo flips Keith Williams from the corner to the center of the ring with the striking arm of Williams. Lord Dominicus kips up to his feet, giving fans a photo op as he swipes his hands together like he’s cleaning house and turns to see the fans reaction.
A mixed reaction but the excitement of the crowd’s energy drowned out the jeers. Lord Dominicus puts a finger up to his mouth, signaling to the crowd to be quiet as he sneaks up behind the rising Keith Williams. Wrapping both arms around Keith’s neck, Lord Dominicus falls backwards by kicking his feet out and landing on his stomach, dropping Keith on his back while whiplashing the head and neck into the canvas. Dominicus has no desire to go for a pin though, maybe he knew it was too soon, or maybe he enjoyed the challenge and wanted to push Keith to his peak. Lord Dominicus instead runs and bounces off the rope, passing Williams once to hit the other side of the ring. Another pass and Keith is starting to sit up when Lord Dominicus launches himself into William’s face -- SHINING WIZARD! Keith falls backwards and snags the ankle at just the right time!
Lord Dominicus smacks the canvas chest first as Keith rolls through with LD’s momentum helping him. Williams twists the leg, and then grabs the other calf of LD, setting up a Texas Cloverleaf hold! Lord Domincis is caught off guard by the counter! Reaching for the ropes, his fingers are half a foot from the bottom rope when Keith Williams sits down lower, putting the pressure both on the knees, lower back, and now mid-back with his weight being enough to anchor their position. Lord Dominicus hands grab his face as he shows the animated mask man in pain with his actions. Keith sits lower. Lord Dominicus claws the canvas and then grips it the best he can as he extends his left shoulder as far as he can and the index and middle finger are able to grip the bottom rope to force the referee to start the five count for Williams to break the hold.
Lynx is back on his feet in his corner, as is Neo James Carner on the other side. Keith Williams releases the Cloverleaf at 4.9 seconds and puts his chest up to the referee who gets in his face. The boldness of these refs tonight was a new thing for NPW to adjust to, but one Gus Arnold was proud to admit would serve the better good of the company.
Lynx gets fans to start stomping and singing “We Will Rock You!” when Lord Dominicus rolls under the bottom rope and Keith Williams tries to follow him -- only for the referee to cut him off by standing in his way. Keith looks at the zebra sternly and then tells him to do his job. Keith tags Neo James Carner and hops out of the ring to the outside. Carner drops off the apron instead of entering the ring. Keith heads one way around the ring while NJC goes the other to surround Lord Dominicus. Keith walks around the steel steps, catching the sight of Lynx on the apron. Keith looks over at Lord Dominicus and calls out the Champ, getting his attention. Keith walks towards LD slowly, a smug look on his face as he keeps an eye on Lynx. Rounding the corner Neo Janes Carner goes to sneak up and Lynx jumps up on the turnbuckle, launching himself at NJC with a crossbody on the other side of the ring, not far behind where Lord Dominicus was standing!
LD doesn’t flinch, he knows Lynx did him a solid and Keith was hoping it would distract him. Instead LD points behind Keith and yells “It’s Jamester!” The ReVenant glanced behind him for a moment, which was all Lord Dominicus needed to slide in the ring. Keith Williams turns back and sees LD has taken to the ring, where he shrugs and goes “Gotcha” with his gestures. Lynx is up and comes around back to his side of the ring where Keith stands, and the referee yells for some order telling Keith to get back to his apron. The ReVenant didn’t care for the barking of order, and as he sees NJC roll into the ring on the other side, Keith puts his hands up and complies with the referee, but points to Lynx and mouths “That mask will be my trophy” before he points at Dominicus and says “And yours too!” which is all a distraction as Neo James Carner grabs the back of Lord Dominicus’ head and shoves a knee in his spine, bending him backwards and dropping him with a reverse DDT!
Keith gets the last laugh as he walks up the steel steps and across the apron back to his corner. Neo James Carner grabs the leg of LD and locks it between his armpit as he drags Dominicus closer to his corner, and tags in Keith before he grabs the other leg and holds it. Keith gets in the ring, jumps up on the second turnbuckle and eyes up a picture frame with his fingers on LD’s head, before dropping an elbow directly on the skull of the North American Double Crown Champion. Rubbing that elbow in some more before he gets up and pulls Lord Dominicus to his feet. Dominicus is setup for a piledriver, and Keith points to Lynx “Watch how it’s done” before he grabs the sides of Lord Dominicus and raises him up into a powerbomb position, running across the ring for a running powerbomb!
REVERSAL! Keith flies into the second turnbuckle face first as Lord Dominicus uses the momentum of the sprinting powerbomb to hurricanrana Keith and take back the momentum. Lord Dominicus uses the ropes to get to his feet, and tags in Lynx by slapping him on the shoulder and pointing at Keith laying on the bottom turnbuckle before saying “Get yours” to the 2021 Cruiserweight Cup winner.
Lynx gets in and side looks at Lord Dominicus as he takes to the apron. Lynx pulls Keith up in the corner strikes him with an elbow attack and then lifts him to the top turnbuckle. Climbing up on the ropes, Lynx ascends, SUPER FRANKENSTEINER! Keith lands in the middle of the ring, Lynx goes for the cover.
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Shoulder shoots off the canvas! Keith rolls over and Lynx nods, that wasn’t enough. Keith begins to crawl towards his corner, getting a tag would give him the breather he needs but Lynx grabs his foot, pulling him back and turns the leg before slapping on a figure four leg lock!
Keith reaches for the ropes but is too far away. Lynx leans his body up, applying more press to the knee. Audible pain is all you can hear from the ReVenant member as he goes from raising his back to a sitting position and pushes on Lynx’s leg, trying to break the hold, but Lynx sits up and uses his hands behind him to raise his body up. Keith is riveting in pain and goes to lay down…
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Shoulders up! Keith sits up and punches Lynx in the mouth! Lynx drops back and as he does the boot of NJC comes flying! Punted Lynx in the head and saving his partner.
Lynx falls back and Keith gets out of the hold. NJC is being yelled at by the referee to leave the ring, but the ReVenant has no care for the authority figures words and stomps on Lynx. Lord Dominicus has seen enough and comes in the ring. Keith turns and Dominicus lays a right fist upside his head. Keith fires back with a right of his own. Carner has Lynx up in the ReVenants corner, teeing off on him. Lynx looked worse for wear following the punt from earlier.
Keith reverses spots with Domincus and starts getting his shots in. He looks across the ring and like a perfect unit does, Carner does the same. A sync of the minds as the two nod, and they Irish whip their foes at one another. Lord Dominicus counters and swings Keith at Lynx! Lariat by Keith Williams to Lynx! Neo James Carner runs at Lord Dominicus and hits a spear, and tackles LD out of the ring. Keith is quick to pull the dazed Lynx up and K-DRIVER! Quickly hooking the legs under his arms, Keith puts all his weight down and the referee slides into positions, fingers under the shoulders of Lynx. Keith grabs the tights when he sees the referee won’t notice.
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Lynx kicks out a hair late, and the referee signals for the bell! Keith sneaks a win after a hard fought match. Lord Dominicus on the outside comes sliding in just at the three -- and we see that the ReVenants words rang true, as their team work was solid this evening.
Announcer: Winners of this match by pinfall, THE REVENANTS, Keith Williams and Neo James Carner! (22:43)
Lord Dominicus sees Keith Williams reach for Lynx’s mask and he turns around to see Neo James Carner sliding in. Keith turns his attention to Lord Dominicus like he’s seen the jackpot of opportunities--
[Jesse Jamester.]
From the crowd, the Canadian Nightmare jumps the barricade with a barbed wire wrapped sledgehammer and hits the ring like a freight train!
Lord Domincus sees it and turns his attention to NJC, while Jesse Jamester cuts off Keith Williams! Swinging the sledgehammer like a baseball bat looking to place the ball in the next zip code, Jesse is aiming to kill! Keith ducks and slides out of the ring, as NJC does the retreat as well.
Jesse Jamester walks up to the ropes, standing on the second one as he points the barbed wire wrapped sledgehammer to the ReVenants on the ramp. The message clear, the rules didn’t matter to Jesse Jamester. The ReVenants had chipped away any respect that the man had for them, and he was looking to take his revenge out however he saw fit.
Lord Dominicus stands between Lynx who is sitting up finally, and Jesse Jamester. An odd trio to be seen on the same side of a situation. As the ReVenants had shown, power in numbers worked -- and it would have worked tonight had the Canadian Nightmare not been hunting for Keith.
Halifax, Nova Scotia audience is panned to as the show comes back from a commercial teaser for the next NPW event. The fans were hot after all they had witnessed at Honor Fight for the Fallen so far.
"Turbo Killer" by Carpenter Brut begins to play as darkness engulfs the arena. Red strobe lights illuminate the entranceway showing the outline of several figures that make their way out from behind the curtains.
As the music picks up, the arena lights come back to life and it's... The ReVenants member, Rob Garcia. He could hear the choir of boos but also saw the fans who held signs up for their favorite Trio stable of NPW. One sign said “Good Guys are Boring, I’d rather be a REV!”
Garcia confidently walked down the aisle, sneering at the haters and nodding at the signs of the minority fans who cheered for the ReVenants. Garcia had been a critical part to the three man group who had taken NPW by storm. Rob Garcia was the insane high flyer who had a calculated recklessness to his approach in the ring. Not only did this ReVenant have a history in tag teams with Jeff Noon, but he also had a history of finding ways to create opportunity. While Rob had hoped to bring the heat for a Cruiserweight Championship bout, he still hadn’t made the weight. Though a win tonight would certainly prove to Garcia that he could hang in the division with the best Cruiserweights of Canada. Rob had recently been involved backstage in the attacks on Jamester. With the ReVenants not able to come ringside, and the Canadian Nightmare hunting the ReVemamts backstage, was Garcia's focus fully here? Rob Garcia enters the ring, posing his arrogance in a taunt to the audience who was booing the foreign sensation. Music fades.
“Bad Devil” by Devin Townsend played over the sound system of Scotiabank arena. Freakke appears from the entranceway. His face showed a man with a goal tonight, but with Freakke playing double duty and the way things went in the Battle Royal, it was clear that Freakke was not fully fresh for this match. He makes his way down to the ring without the usual antics that he would normally do. Freakke had accomplished a great deal in his Royale entrance, whether the loss weighed on him tonight, was not evident with his walk to the ring.
“Born for This” by Royal Deluxe hits next! Finally, the newest North American Cruiserweight Champion Lochlyn Cade makes his way out from the back. He looks around at the booing fans and smiles at them as he smacks the Cruiserweight title around his waist and makes them relish their dislike for the new Champion. Cade walks down to the ring with a confidence for the evening. Tonight he had a reprieve from defending the Cruiserweight title due to his opponent Rob Garcia not making the weight limit deadline. But the fact that this match had no rules, was a feather in Cade’s cap. To say that he is a violent one, is like saying that the sky is blue. The Promethean was ready to show what made him the Originator of NecroCore.
As the bell is sounded to start the match, Rob Garcia, Freakke, and Lochlyn Cade get into a circle and begin their stare down to see who will go first and get pounced upon. After what seems like forever, Freakke breaks the formation and clocks Lochlyn in the side of the head with a hard right hand. Lochlyn responds with a thumb to the eye of Freakke and a quick back elbow to the side of Rob’s head that knocks him backwards to the corner.
Freakke doesn’t back away from Lochlyn, but keeps the affected eye closed and goes for Lochlyn with lefts and rights. Lochlyn takes a few punches, having not expected him to be able to fight back so soon.
Freakke takes Lochlyn down with a russian leg sweep before jumping up to his feet and waiting for Lochlyn to get up and hitting him with a roundhouse kick. Rob Garcia taps Freakke on the shoulder and grabbing him as he turns around for a belly to belly suplex. Rob gets back to his feet where he’s grabbed by Lochlyn and hit with several stiff knee lifts to the gut. He takes a step back and elbows the doubled over Rob in the back of the head with a bionic elbow that sends him face first to the mat!
Lochlyn turns to the rising Freakke, hitting him with an inverted suplex. He goes for the quick cover, but the ref doesn’t even get into position before Freakke kicks out. Lochlyn stands up, but is kicked in the back of the knees by Rob Garcia to bring him down to the mat.
Rob goes to the ropes and comes back running as Freakke is getting up. Rob sails through the air and hits a flying forearm to send him back down to the mat. Rob comes at Lochlyn with the same move, but Lochlynn catches him with a powerslam to the mat!
Freakke gets back to his feet and comes at the rising Lochlyn with a rolling thunder kick to the top of the head that levels him! Freakke goes to the top rope while everyone else is down. He leaps through the air for a 450 splash, but Lochlyn rolls out of the way so that Freakke bounces off of the mat.
Now it’s Lochlyn’s turn to go to the top rope. He leaps into the air and lands a flying legdrop on Freakke! He stands up, but is grabbed from behind by Rob Garcia and taken to the mat with a running bulldog. Rob gets up and grabs Freakke as he gets up and hits a t-bone suplex!
Lochlyn gets to his feet and whips Rob into the ropes, but this is where Freakke pulls down the top rope to send Robb to the outside. Lochlyn approaches the rising Freakke and throws a fireball directly into his face! Freakke no sells the fireball while keeping his eyes shut and blindly grabs Lochlyn by the shoulders. He hits home several brutal headbutts, bursting Lochlyn’s nose in the process like an overripe tomato.
Lochlyn, blinded from the tears in his eyes from the impacts to his nose, pulls Freakke down into a small package for the pinfall!
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Freakke kicks out! Rob Garcia looks like he’s up, but then pops open a steel chair and takes a seat to enjoy the show. Pretending to have a bite of popcorn as he leans back. Inside the ring, Freakke and Lochlyn both stand up and are both blind. Instead of taking a few seconds to clear their sight, they begin taking blind swings at one another. They each land a wild swing on the other, while Rob sits outside the ring and laughs at them.
Freakke and Lochlyn take the moment to clear their vision finally. As soon as their eyes are clear, they go right at it again with lefts and rights before backing up from one another. Lochlyn spits a crimson mist at Freakke, who spits a multicolored mist at Lochlyn so that they are both blinded once again!
The pair blindly take swings at one another again! Freakke accidentally punching the referee when he gets too close. Lochlyn clears his vision first and takes down Freakke with a swinging neckbreaker! Cade rolls over, clearing his eyes on the referees pant leg and is slammed in the back by Freakke with a double axe handle to the back. Lochlyn turns around and gets blasted in the face with the steel chair by Rob Garcia!
The crowd boo as Rob Garcia heads to the top rope, leaps through the air -- executing a corkscrew motion and hits a moonsault in a move that he calls the Overdose! Hooking the leg, Garcia goes for the pinfall!
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Broken up by Freakke! Rob is not sure what the hell to do with the Carnival King, who is now faced with finding a way to eliminate one of the opponents to secure his victory. Freakke showed exhaustion from the Honor Royale, but would not be denied in giving his all to make a moment this evening. Garcia is pulled off Cade and grabbed by the neck by Freakke, DDT onto a nearby chair! Freakke gets ready for the pin and Cade is stirring, he sees Freakke going for the cover.
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Cade breaks up the pin with a stomp to the back of Freakke’s head and throws him off the ReVenant member. Freakke staggers to get to his feet and is thrown through the ropes to the outside by Cade. Turning his attention back to Rob Garcia. Lochlyn wants to end this quickly and goes for the finish. Lifting Garcia up, he goes to place his head between his legs and Rob slips between and behind him, grabbing Lochlyn by the neck and REVERSE DDT ONTO THE CHAIR!
Garcia grabs Lochlyn by the legs and folds his knees over his shoulder as he applies his whole upper body to the pin. The referee slides into position and goes for the pin. Rob puts his feet on the second rope for a leverage pin.
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Ding! Ding! Ding! The bell sounds and Garcia drops his feet off the rope, sending the middle rope shaking around the ring. The referee grabs his hand as he rises to his feet and raises it, but Garcia rips it from the referee’s possession and throws a fist up, proud of his victory.
Announcer: Winner of this match via pin fall, ROB GARCIA! (18:29)
Garcia snuck the win tonight in true ReVenant fashion, proving that the dog with the most fight doesn’t always win -- but the one willing to go outside the square will. His antics may not have been respected, but he got the job done. Now though, the story was, will Rob Garcia lose the weight for his Cruiserweight opportunity? He showed he could hang with Lochlyn Cade… now if he could drop the pounds, he’d have every right to claim his shot.
The two men that emerged in second and third place in the Battle Royal earlier tonight made their way out to the ring together. Both men knew they had to rely on the other in order to get through this, and clearly neither man had any experience working with the other. However, Northern Pro Wrestling is the land of opportunity, and having a shot at the Imperial Crown Tag Team Championships in the CO Main event of Honor is a big deal.
The crowd seemed impressed by both of the newcomers. Kid Koala's laid back demeanour was ever-present. Eddie Havok seemed more business-like, as he entered the ring and stretched in the corner. Being as though this match was now a triple threat match, tornado rules would apply as a member of each team would be in the ring at all times. Koala and Havoc grouped together to discuss some pre match strategies.
Out next were The Bastards. The leaders of the Galactic Sex Pirate group have been leaving a lasting impact on the Northern Pro brand from the moment they set foot inside of the promotion. Whether it was in the ring, or in their tour bus, the Bastards will shoot you straight, and have a great time doing it. Rob Riot led the charge, and Frank Windsor was two steps behind. Windsor seems to be paying more attention to his figure as of late - seemingly dropping some of that covid weight that he came into the promotion with. The fans reacted positively to the duo, which was to be expected. Rob Riot nodded to KK and Havok as he entered the ring.
Finally the Imperial Crown Tag Team Champions were set to make their appearance. Except there was one problem...
Primal was the only one to make an appearance. We just witnessed Jesse Jamester execute his Jesterplex on Timeless backstage, and he's certainly feeling the after effects. Has he been cleared by NPW medical? Primal looked annoyed, but that's about par for the course for him. Maybe the option to go at this battle alone and rip more people alone was suited for Primal's ambitions. The crowd was silent, looking to see if Timeless was going to make an appearance.
Nope.
Primal was carrying both championship belts with him and told the ref he was here to defend, and to ring the bell!
The referee held the titles aloft, and signalled for the bell.
DING DING DING
Primal charged Rob Riot who was still not fully engaged, as he was talking to Windsor when the bell sounded. Primal was full of piss and vinegar, really trying to rough Riot up. Perhaps some of their words that they exchanged in the lead up to this contest were still weighing heavy.
Kid Koala on the other hand played to the crowd. He laid along the top rope and pointed to his opponents who were going full steam, while he ended up being able to sit back and observe. Eddie Havok implored him to sneak attack and get in there, to which KK said, no way bro. KK then tagged Havok and pointed to the massacre in the ring and said why don't you get involved?
Havok seemed willing to go and mix it up. His days as a member of street gangs were clearly habits that died hard. Havok felt compelled to get in the mix, and he tried to slow down Primal, which wasn't the smartest idea. Havok caught a few stiff shots for his involvement in the skirmish. Rob Riot was clearly thankful, as it gave him a few moments to gather himself.
Havok bounced backward, not expecting the raw power that Primal possesses. He'll learn.
Riot approached from behind and double axe handled Primal, slowing him slightly. Havok joined in, and the double irish whip was next, where when low and Riot leapt with a running clothesline and the impact sent Primal down to the mat hard. Havok tagged KK, and Koala, immediately went up top and double stomped the fallen Primal! What a way to enter the match.
Koala celebrated, which was a mistake as the savvy Rob Riot locked him up and took him over with a German Suplex Pin!
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Koala kicked out, and gave Riot a look. Riot told him to always be ready, This fired KK up, as he pushed forward with fists of fury. Riot blocked half of the attempts, and purposely backed into his own corner where Windsor made a blind tag, and snuck behind the conflict and blindsided KK. Just as this was happening, Primal charged forward
SPEAR!!!
Primal took Windsor down!
RAAAAAH!!
The crowd popped at the sheer impact levied by arguably the baddest and toughest guy on the NPW roster.
KK spun around, used the ropes as leverage and connected with a nice kick to the side of Primal's head which dazed him. KK then hit the apron and used the ropes at catapult himself in the air and dive on top of Primal... knocking him down and holding for a pin.
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Primal powered out.
Windsor was coming to, and went for a double leg on Primal, taking him down and throwing some haymakers from top position. KK, used the moment to hit his corner and tag Eddie Havok. Havok hit the ropes and hit Primal with a basement droplck to the MUSH!
He went for the cover, but Windsor tossed him off. Windsor wasn't going to let an attempt take place on his watch. Windsor pushed Havok into the ropes and lit him up with a few chops before snapping him over and punting him in the small of the back.
WHAM!
OHHHHH!
Primal was up, and he grabbed Havok by the neck, held him over his head and drove him to the mat. Primal knew better than to attempt a pin, as Windsor was there. The two men squared off, with Primal showing more power, sending Windsor into the ropes and catching him with a sidewalk slam!
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Havok makes the save!
Havok fired up, fists of fury on Primal, before a kick to the gut and a SNAP DDT planted the beast. Havok hit the second rope, and elbow drop from that position. Again, off the ropes, running senton!
What action from the newcomer.
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Primal powered out.
Windsor joined the fray, and it was here that he and Havok realized their efforts together against Primal were likely to yield the best results. Eliminate the beast, and then carry the fight onward against the other. Windsor lifted with Havok;'s help.
DOUBLE POWERBOMB!
They both looked like they were going to fo for the pin, but that wasn't the proper move in that instance.
RAHHHH
Lefts and rights from Havok and Windsor. Windsor swung wildly, Havok, atomic drop! Windsor stumbles into the corner where KK hit him with a stiff forearm shot. Windsor turned around and was levelled by a running hooked clothesline from Havok! Havok made the quick tag to KK, who went up top ... FLYING LEGDROP!
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So Close.
Primal snarled as he came to and launched KK out of the ring and sent him crashing down to the concrete floor. Primal picked Windsor up, who was still groggy and planted him with a falcon arrow!
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OHHHH!! So Close. Windsor somehow able to kick out.
Riot was on the outside extending his arm, and stomping his feet, looking to get the crowd involved. Havok wasn't the legal man, but he could sense the match slipping away, so he entered the ring to fight on for his team. Riot saw this, entered the ring and cut him off. The referee was in the middle trying to restore order. KK showed resiliency and popped up from the ground, hit the top rope and dropkicked Primal from behind!
Primal fell forward into a small package from Windsor!
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Primal was able to power out of it at the last split second.
The fans stood and applauded the efforts of everyone involved. This chaotic match for the Imperial Crown Tag Team Championship was more than the fans could've imagined. The upstart duo of newbies who haven't tagged together were holding their own. Primal was on his own in this contest, and was fighting valiantly to retain the championships. The Bastards were fighting hard, proving their value and worth in this contest.
The fans couldn't have been happier, as these men were showing how important and valuable being champion is, in Northern Pro Wrestling.
[Timeless]
*GASP*
[What. The. Hell.]
Alex Turner walked gingerly through the curtain, still wearing the effects of his encounter with Jesse Jamester. The crowd slow clapped for one of the cornerstones of the brand. We could see it in his face and his movements, he was not 100%, but there he was, willing himself to the ring, looking to help his partner who had been shouldering the load this entire time.
In what was a smart move, but poorly timed, Kid Koala launched himself out of the ring, and tried to wipe Timeless out of the match for good, but Timeless was able to side step the attack, and KK hit the ground hard once again.
OHHHHH!
Primal was wearing the effects of a hard fought match, but also wasn't sure he was any better off than his partner. During the brief stall, Riot tagged himself into the match, to give Windsor some reprieve as he had been carrying the bout for his squad up until that point. Eddie Havok was observing the scene wondering where he could make an impact.
WHAM!
Rob Riot nailed Havok with a SUPERKICK!!
Havok ate it all. Primal was about to pounce, but Timeless reached into the ring and made a blind tag! The referee slapped his hands together, making it legal. Primal looked dumbfounded. Timeless moved forward, looking to get his hands on Riot. The NPW Stalwart swung violently, and Riot ducked, picked him up on his shoulders and hit him with a ROLLING DEATH VALLEY DRIVER!
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RAAAAAAH!!
We Have New Champions!!
DING DING DING!
Ring Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, the winners of tonight’s Co-Main Event -- AND NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW Imperial Crown Tag Team Champions!!! The Bastards! Rob Riot and Frank Windsor! (14:28)
Riot and Windsor celebrated in the ring, as the referee hit the time keeper's table to retrieve the Imperial Crown Tag Team Championships!
Timeless refused to quit, he wanted to keep fighting, he wanted to be part of the contest. It's clear that his confidence got the better of him in this contest and ended up costing his team the victory on this occasion. But, can anyone blame him? This is who he is! He's tough, he's not going to sit back and allow anyone to get one over on him or his partner.
Primal looked distraught, and wasn't sure what to do.
Eddie Havok and Kid Koala are just coming to and realizing that their quest wasn't to be- but they certainly left a lasting impression on the NPW audience and will most certainly factor into future plans with the company.
But this moment was about the Bastards. Riot and Windsor took the titles and left the ring area and celebrated with the fans in the front row. Major turn of events here!
Does this spell the end of Prime Time? Primal isn't giving off any 'tells'. Timeless is clearly not in good shape at the moment.
We cut away with tons of questions, but one thing is for sure - we now have brand NEW Imperial Crown Tag Team Champions.
[Cut.]
The fans waited eagerly for the main event of the evening. It was a long road to get here tonight. “Blood Moon” by Dance with the Dead hits and the giant Edward Zepp makes his way out. The Galactic Sex Pirate had earned his shot tonight by winning a fatal four way on the last show. He was the odds-on-favorite to make an impact out of the GSP members. Tonight, he had the opportunity of a lifetime to write his destiny.
"Full of Regret" by Danko Jones hits over the sound system as the next person involved in the main event made his way out. All the lights in the arena die out and the fans in the Scotiabank Arena start chanting his name, while a chorus of boos from the younger audience stirred the phenomenon of
Crowd Half #1: "AWE-SOME!”
Crowd Half #2: “SUCKS!”
Crowd Half #1: "AWE-SOME!”
Crowd Half #2: “SUCKS!”
Dramatic Pause.
Fans: "REGRETS I'VE HAD MINE!"
The lights in the Scotiabank arena explode to life, before they flash green and black spotlights on the ringside area to the beat of the music. Steve Awesome comes running out with intensity to the hyped up chorus of "Full of Regrets" by Danko Jones.
The chorus plays again as Steve walks down to the ring. The guitar starts soloing and Steve hops into the ring and he provocatively slips off his jacket and then spins and drops into a kneel and he flexes his arms. He gets a slow motion effect as pyro sprays behind him. Awesome had taken a lot tonight with his Honor Royale showing. Being one of the top seven competitors to compete out of nearly 23 challengers, one would wonder what Awesome was feeling following that. He looked fresh, if not showered up and focused, but the aftermath of Dylan Black and his eliminating Steve Awesome still must be weighing on the Face of the Franchise.
Third out was the winner of tonight’s Honor Royale, the self pro-claimed Scourge, the Herald of Oblivion, made his way down to the ring; Donzig. Tonight had favored Donzig in the way he could find a way to win. Proving his endurance would be the next test. Does the machine of oblivion run on hate? Was that the driving force that could carry Donzig to the finish line tonight? Without missing a beat, Donzig walks the steel steps, taking his spot on the apron - peering out to the crowd. The Scourge was never more menacing than now; he had the lottery ticket of destiny in his wallet; and the OpenWeight Championship was on the horizon. Music fades after Donzig takes to his corner, stretching his arms and squatting in the corner, back to the buckles.
Audience rise to their feet as the lights in the arena dim and the stage melts into a green light over the rising smoke of the entrance. The aisle of the rampway on each side light up with enigma written in a signs style font of crop field meets the egyptian symbols found on the History channel. Rising from the smoke, the North American Openweight Champion, the Enigma, appears ‘D’.
D’s walk was methodic through the smokey rampway and slow to the ring, with the championship belt over his shoulder. His attire a purple and black with a green and white trim on the calves, elbow pads, and tape around both wrists and hands. This was the moment to appreciate the man many had considered the pioneer of the Openweight division. As a defending champion, he had decorated the title with a prestige with every victory in his open defenses. Stunning his fans week after week with his ability to overcome the odds, to defy the laws of reason and the foes who tried to wrong him. Enigma may have been his montage of mystery, but D was no enigma, he was the Upper Echelon of the Openweight, the Mouintain Peak, and every one else had to make their way to him to prove it.
Entering the ring, D took his spot in the center, handing over the Openweight Championship to the referee and viewing the other three men in their respective corners come out and towards the referee on each side of him. The referee explains the rules, a one fall for the Openweight title, no count outs, no disqualifications, and a sixty-minute time limit. Once they all acknowledge this, they return to their corners and the bell is sounded!
Donzig goes straight at Edward Zepp and goes for a shoulder tackle to blindside the big guy through the middle ropes to the outside of the ring… SUPERKICK! Donzig is no more to his feet from the shoulder tackle and is side swiped by Steve Awesome with a super kick that rocks him out through the middle and bottom ropes to land near Edward Zepp!
D waist locks Steve Awesome and back body suplexes him onto the canvas! Rolling over and mounting his opponent, D rocks Awesome with a slew of punches, raining down elbows and forearm smashes on the head and neck before Awesome covers up and rolls him over. D jumps up, Awesome does too.
SUPERKICK!
Awesome misses as D slips under the leg and kicks the front shin of his balancing leg, sending Awesome to his chest on the canvas. D goes for a flipping leg drop, Awesome rolls out of the way to a knee, before jumping to his feet. Calculating the place where D rolls to, Awesome rushes for a swift shin kick -- and D is nailed in the shoulder, saving a boot to the face by inches. Awesome stomps away at D as he gets the advantage finally near the bottom rope. Shoving D out of the ring under the bottom rope, and waiting for him to get near his feet, Steve Awesome runs to the nearest turnbuckle, jumps to the second rope, leaps over the top rope with a high cross body onto the rising ‘D’!
Edward Zepp and Donzig are slugging it out on the other side of the ring. Donzig gets an irish whip off, but Edward Zepp was baiting him and reverses it -- BIG KNEE to the gut of Donzig takes him to the floor. Edward Zepp goes to grab him by the waist from a bentover position, sticking Donzig’s head between his knees, could it be a powerbomb? Zepp lifts him up, hoisting Donzig well above his seven foot frame, now nearly nine feet in the air with his hands under each arm of Donzig’s massive frame -- Donzig kicks him in the back of the neck, and slips down behind Zepp!
Chop block to the back of the knee of Zepp! Donzig sways the big man to a knee, but he tries to get right back up. Donzig slams Zepp’s head off the barricade, grabbing him up in a russian leg sweep that sends Zepp into the guardrail exterior cover! Metal clanging on impact as the barricade shifts back into the crowd a few feet. Donzig rolls over and gets into the ring, getting a breather as he surveys the ring area.
Awesome is rolling D back into the ring on the opposite side of where Zepp and Donzig were fighting. Awesome in control now, leaps over the top rope and drops an elbow on the chest of D, before hooking the legs and throwing his feet on the second rope for a pin leverage attempt.
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Donzig stomps on his back and breaks it up! Donzig grabs Awesome by the hair, a mistake some would say he may pay for, but nonetheless he does. Pulling Awesome to his feet Donzig stiff kicks him in the left knee, dropping Awesome to both knees in the process. Awesome goes for the low blow, and Donzig leaps over him, hitting the ropes and hitting a sickening cannonball splash using his full body at the back of Awesome! Crushing any momentum of Awesome gaining his wind after the battle royal these two endured earlier.
D comes at Donzig who is rising, front dropkick! D landing on his feet, Donzig rebounds off the second rope and goes for a clothesline but D rolls under it, backflip to catch Donzig’s turning head with both calves -- HURRICARANA DDT using the legs by D!
Zepp steps over the top rope and plants D with a big boot as he gets up. The oak of a Pirate had shown his ability to bounce back from any punishment before, and tonight he had to do it once again. Scooping Donzig as he gets up with a sidewalk slam onto D! Awesome comes and drop kicks Zepp in the back, but it only staggers him forward. Turning around he eats a boot for his trouble! Awesome rolls to the apron.
D rolls out from under Donzig, trying to make his way up as does Donzig. Steve Awesome is hanging on the second rope across the ring, trying to get up himself and Zepp is in the center seeing which one accomplishes the task of getting up first.
Donzig does, and instead of rushing at Zepp he rolls through the middle and top rope to the outside and waves off the GSP Giant. Grabbing a steel chair ringside, Donzig has had enough.
Steve Awesome looks at D, and the two see Zepp, knowing this is their task first and foremost -- before they could finish their own differences.
SUPERKICK!
Steve Awesome drills Zepp in the left side of his face!
SUPERKICK!
D with his own superkick to the right side of Zepp’s face!
SUPERKICK!
SUPERKICK!
In unison Awesome and D hit simultaneous superkicks to Zepp’s chin!
SLAAAAM!
Donzig with the chair shot! Wrapping metal around Edward Zepp’s cranium, sending Zepp backwards and through the middle and top rope, rolling to the outside of the ring in a daze.
D, Steve Awesome, and Donzig stare at one another. With Zepp out of the way, it was anyone’s match. Donzig goes for D, and Awesome backs off, knowing better than to get into Donzig’s way. D is flung into the corner by Donzig and as he gets the upperhand in the power department. Shoulder thrusts to D’s abdomen and Donzig takes him by the head and uppercuts D into the corner. Steve Awesome sees his opportunity, grabbing the steel chair Donzig used on Zepp, and swings it at Donzig’s back!
D shoves Donzig backwards, and Steve Awesome lifts him up for a high angle back body drop! D comes running at the rising Awesome, knee to the face! D showing that he’s not going to back down from the fight, while Awesome is now feeling the effect of two full matches this evening. Awesome shakes off the move and gets up gingerly, and D is on him with strikes and kicks, sending Awesome into the corner. D picks Awesome up and places him on the top rope.
SUPER SUPLEX!
The bodies of D and Steve Awesome bounces off the canvas and lay prone in the ring. All four men in the match lay sprawled out somewhere in the ringside area, showing their exhaustion and the fight they were enduring for the Openweight Championship.
Crowd: N-P-DUB-YA! N-P-DUB-YA! N-P-DUB-YA!
D rolls over for the cover on Awesome..
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Donzig breaks it up with a dive onto D’s back! Donzig pulls D to his feet, and sends him into the ring ropes, Lou Thesz Pres! Teeing off with punches, Donzig is possessed, knowing he’s had to fight over and over for something that he had a chance at and it was stolen from him before. Lifting D up, a toe kick to the gut and Event Horizon! Rolling up D’s legs as he goes for the cover does Donzig.
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Awesome with the boot to Donzig’s head! Awesome would not let it go down. D is smashed by Steve in the face with a knee as Donzig rolls over and gets off him. Awesome follows Donzig. And Donzig is whipped to the ropes as he gets pulled to his feet, launching back at Awesome, Donzig ducks a clothesline and hits the ropes, rebounding again, leap frog by Awesome, Donzig goes for a knee and Steve is in the air with a cross body! For the pin!
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Zepp pulls Awesome out of the ring by his boots!
SUPERKICK!
Awesome lands on his feet and immediately nails a superkick on Zepp sending him right to the floor.
D is being picked up by Donzig who goes for a brain buster! D’s head bouncing on the canvas with a sickening thud, and Donzig seems satisfied by the move. Grabbing D up off the canvas, Donzig snatches him up and T-Bone suplex! D is sent across the ring in one fluid motion, his body being tossed like a sack of rice being unloaded in a food market.
Donzig grabs the hair of D and pulls his head back, yelling “I am the Scourge!”
SLAAAAAAAM!
A thudding drop of Donzig to the canvas as Steve Awesome’s well placed chair shot cracks the mask of Donzig in the back of his head.
Heading to the top rope as Donzig lies motionless, Steve Awesome faces the fans before doing a moonsault into a double stomp on D! Wrath of the Dragon!
Steve goes for the pin attempt on D!
1..
2…
3…
Donzig has the wherewithal to break up the pin. Steve is annoyed and punts Donzig in the mask sending him under the bottom rope. With no more distractions, Steve goes to pick up D and deliver the Steve-K-O!
D counters into an arm drag!
With a second wind D bounces off the ropes and comes at Steve Awesome with a flying forearm smash!
Awesome’s back hits the mat but he jumps up, taking one more from D, and he gets up again!
D springboards off the second rope for a high moonsault!
Misssed!
Awesome snags him up in he EFSH!
D is in the middle of the ring, nowhere to go!
Steve Awesome wrenches back on the everyone’s favorite submission hold (rings of Saturn)!
Fans on the edge of their seats!
TAP! Tap! Tap!
D taps on the side of Awesome’s body!
Ding! Ding! Ding!
The audience is mixed but the fans in attendance for the winner begin their chanting of the second half of his name.
Ring Announcer: Winner of this match via submission, and NEEEEEEEEEW North American Openweight Champion -- STEVE AWEEEEESSSSOOOOOME!
The confetti falls from the ceiling as the Openweight Championship is handed to Steve Awesome by the referee. The Face of the Franchise was no longer ‘self-claimed’ but tried and tested, proven and possessing, the new Openweight Champion!
Steve Awesome climbs the turnbuckle, slapping the belt up by his left hand as he raises both arms in the air and holds his head up to the heavens, embracing the moment under the lights.
NPW Logo appears with a copyright on the screen.
50% Capacity is to be expected for this event, and masks are mandatory.
Northern Pro Wrestling presents…
HONOR
Fight for the Fallen
Airing September 16th, 2021
Panning around the Scotiabank Arena in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the camera gets a shot of the crowd for tonight’s NPW Honor! Crowd signs are visible, showing love for the reigning North American Double Crown Champion, Lord Dominicus, a fan who has a giant head of LD on a stick that is behind a giant magnifying glass - hinting to his recent Detective work. Another fan has a sign made out of hair that says “I Love PRIMAL” with a big hairy heart. Next is the Galactic Sex Pirates getting love with a pirate cross bone of fans painted in white and black as they stand in rows to make the letters “G-S-P” with enthusiasm.
Turning down to the broadcast table, for a first time on Northern Pro Wrestling Pay-Per-View, we have the one and only Blake Samuels sitting at the broadcast table. Dressed in a blue dress shirt and a power white and red tie, Mr. Samuels was looking dapper this evening for this special super card of NPW Honor.
Beside him was the new face of the reporters seen backstage, and now officially the color commentator for the evening, Archie Rude. Dressed in a checkered black and red suit, with a power red tie, the slicked back greasy hair and gelled up beard was proudly pointed outward as the cheshire grin of Archie Rude beamed.
Blake Samuels: HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA! WELCOME TO FIGHT FOR THE FALLEN!
Archie Rude: Honor is Halifax tonight Blake, listen to this crowd!
Crowd: EN-P-DUB-YA! EN-P-DUB-YA! EN-P-DUB-YA! EN-P-DUB-YA!
A view of the crowd in all its glory as more signs go high into the air. Lynx, the new masked version on a poster board with sparkly text showing his name vertically beside the mask. A group of guys dressed with dead president masks and suits with R-E-V-S on auctioneer paddles stand proudly in a row. The spiked hair and skater group pops when the camera pans to them, and a fan holds up a skateboard with ‘Lochlyn Cade’ graffitied on it! A group to the right has a giant set of hair with the face of Steve Awesome smiling on the front. Fans all around have masks of Jesse Jamester, Donzig, Lord Dominicus, and Lynx throughout the arena, showing their commitment to their favorite masked superstars.
Angie Chaluky (Ring Announcer): At this time it is my pleasure to introduce to you, playing the theme song for the show, from Calgary, Alberta, the two time Juno nominated KORBA AND THE LOTUS!
Positioned either side of the entrance ramp, Kobra Paige and the rest of the Lotus are set up and ready to play. The pounding beats on the drums break swiftly into Kobra’s swelling vocals as the arena fills with some good old Canadian hard rock.
“I really hate you, yes I do,
I hate the way I second guess myself with you.
And I’m losing all control,
Yes I’m losing all control.
LET IT BURN!
BURN TO THE GROUND!
I DESIRE TO WATCH YOU…
BURN!
DESTROY THE CROWN!
FROM THE HATE YOU’VE TIED AND BOUND!”
The crowd goes absolutely ballistic for the musician they hear! Not for the band but for the incredibly well dressed gentleman who is walking down the entrance ramp. He stops to nod at the band, showing deference to the artists before walking towards the ring and soaking in the atmosphere. Allowing the music to finish, Chris Card calls for a microphone to be thrown up to him which he catches in one hand, turning into an instinctive blind snag, just to show off.
Crowd: WEL-COME HOME! WEL-COME HOME! WEL-COME HOME! WEL-COME HOME!
Card waits for the crowd noise to calm a little, a huge beaming smile across his face. Eventually, realising that the ultra-hyped Halifax crowd aren’t going to calm down on their own he holds a finger into the air, implying that it’s his time to talk.
Chris Card: HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, WHAT’S GOIN’ ON?
The crowd makes an explosive outpouring of noise again. Again Chris Card has to wait and indicate they should calm down for a brief time.
Chris Card: Let me tell y’all a little story. See, when people got wind that my last federation was shutting my legal team got sent two contracts. I looked at the financial return on the first. It was good. Damn good. And then I looked at the second. The pay wasn’t as good. The crowds wouldn’t be as large. But there was something special about the second one. Something that I couldn’t look past. That second contract was for Northern Pro Wrestling.
Crowd: EN-P-DUB-YA! EN-P-DUB-YA! EN-P-DUB-YA!
Chris Card: I looked at the contract and I thought… ‘MAGINE! This federation. I know it’s got talent to spare. I watched the Rumble and saw how the top NPW talent performed against the best the Network had to offer. And I know this place runs my home town. Not where I live. Where I’m from. And I thought to myself… I’M HEAD’NER! So I picked up my pen, I scrawled my name on the dotted line and here I am. All signed up and ready.
Chris Card: So I’ve seen a locker room back there packed to the rafters with talent. I’ve watched the shows so I know that people on this roster are damn talented within the ropes. And I have always prided myself on putting on matches of the highest calibre. I’m here to show there’s still life in this old dog. I’m here to give you more of the great quality wrestling you deserve. And I’m here to prove once more that I am very…
Crowd: VERY!
Chris Card: Good at what I do. We’ll be talkin’, Halifax.
A scene shifts and the camera is back at the NPW Broadcast table, where Archie Rude and Blake Samuels go into detail on the event about to unfold.
Blake Samuels: Did we just see the next star to join the NPW ranks?
Archie Rude: Geez, nothing gets past you aye? Chris Card showing up is just the sorta statement that sets the tone for this episode of Honor!
Blake Samuels: Absolutely Archie!
Archie Rude: That’s Mister Rude to you…
Blake Samuels: Tonight we have so much to look forward to! I’m excited to see the fight between Lord Dominicus and Lynx as they go head to head with the ReVenants, Keith Williams and Neo James Carner! The ReVs nearly took Jesse Jamester out of action on the last show with their attack in the backstage area following the tag match Lord Dominicus was refereeing being thrown out by Gus Arnold. Yes! It’s wild right? Will the ring contain these four competitors tonight?
Archie Rude: Will the ARENA hold this group of men in the main event Blake? Look at it, ‘D’ - the undisputed North American OpenWeight Champion will have to overcome the odds of not one, not two, noooo -- but three other men to retain here tonight!
Blake Samuels: Donzig, a man we have seen eager to climb the ranks - and confidently proving he is capable. Then there is Edward Zepp - what a hoss! The Galactic Space Pirates have a lot of meat in the group, but Zepp is exceptional for his size. I haven’t seen big men move like he does in years Archie.
Archie Rude: Not to forget, The Face of the Franchise, Steve Awesome! When they made the perfect man, I think Steve Awesome was the original, the master blue print of a wrestler and what a man should be.
Blake Samuels: Sounds like someone has a bromance for the Prettiest Player in the Game. That one is obviously going to blow the roof off this arena, but that’s why it was scheduled last. What else do we have here tonight -- Oh yes! The Honor Royale, a Battle Royal that will now provide the top three a chance at greener pasture. Yes, you heard us right --
Archie Rude: I broke this news Blake, so don’t steal my thunder! What my colleague was trying to say is, Gus Arnold took charge and raised the stakes at Fight for the Fallen with the Honor Royale. On top of the winner getting a shot at any Championship of their choice, the second and third place competitors would be entered into the Imperial Crown Tag Team Championship match later tonight! You heard me right, two unknowns have a chance of going up against The Bastards, Rob Riot and Frank Windsor and the Champions themselves, PRIME TIME, Alex “Timeless” Turner and Primal!
Blake Samuels: Not only a double main event, but tonight we see Apathy take on Sinclair Godfrey in what should be a battle to prove who is the dominant woman in NPW. Apathy was recently signed, but her career spans back a long way. This womanis no flash in the pan, and Sinclair will need to take her seriously or it could spell the end of her tap out tour.
Archie Rude: Sinclair is the Baroness, and tonight she’ll do whatever she wants in that ring, mark my words. Apathy is going to be headed to the shelf if she doesn’t bring her A game.
Blake Samuels: Let’s not forget Joe Nobody and Irwin Collins in one-on-one competition. Coming off a hard fought debut for Joe Nobody against Lochlyn Cade. Joe must be looking to lock down a win tonight and show why his name should be respected here in the great northern region of wrestling.
Archie Rude: Wait just a moment! There’s one more we have - yes, the triple threat with the new Cruiserweight Champion, Lochlyn Cade. In a surprise turn of events, Cade convinced Stevens to put up the gold in their first ever meeting. Cade showed the Canadian audience his abilities, and beat Jay Stevens fair and square—
Blake Samuels: Is that what you call using the ropes?! That’s fair?!
Archie Rude: It’s called knowing your surroundings and using it to the best of your abilities Blake. Anyway— before I was interrupted, the new Cruiserweight Champ will not be defending his title tonight, but will face off against a fellow cruiser in the Carnival King, Freakke. We would be doing a disservice if we didn’t mention the streak of bad luck Freakke has been on. First Donzig turning on him, then beating him within an inch of his life, only for Freakke to find his footing and make it to Honor: Fight for the Fallen. Lastly the man who is working on that weight loss to earn his future shot at a Cruiserweight titleshot, Rob Garcia.
Blake Samuels: For the first time in what feels like forever, we get to witness the ReVenants fight fair and without interruption.
Archie Rude: Fight, sure. Fair, ehh… Who told you that information, because they were misleading it not embarrassing my colleague. A triple threat has no rules besides pin fall and submission. These three can do whatever they want to one another, as long as it ends in the ring.
Blake Samuels: Oh boy. I can see it already, blood will spill tonight, no doubt about it. Looking down at the ring, it appears we have the competitors for the first match of the evening filing out one by one.
Archie Rude: The Honor Royale is moments away! Let’s take it to the ring to see who is all here tonight.
Camera cuts down to the ringside area.
Battle Royal Match
Over the Top Rope Elimination
Open to ALL members of the NPW Roster
Archie’s voice trails off as the crowd camera gets a side shot of the NPW ring filling up with the 23 Northern Pro Wrestling stars who chose to enter the Honor Royale. The wrestlers of the NPW roster show up for the chance to write their own ticket to glory. Honor: Fight for the Fallen was sold out for the attendance permitted in the Scotiabank arena.
Archie Rude: Nearly every member of the roster has decided to come out tonight for the Honor Royale! Over twenty men-
Blake Samuels: Excuse me, but there is also a woman in this Archie. Yes folks, you heard me right - Esmeralda von Krauss, probably one of thee toughest women in the Amazon’s division that Northern Pro and SWAT share a pool of talent for -- Esmeralda has entered this match!
Archie Rude: It’s a dog-eat-dog world Sammy. If she can hang with this mass of meat filling the ring, then all the power to her.
Blake Samuels: So far I see, whoa -- two of the competitors in tonight’s main event are in the ring! That would be the Face of the Franchise, Steve Awesome and Donzig! What a surprise to see them risking fatigue and possibly injury, before their OpenWeight title shot later on.
Archie Rude: Those are betting men and they saw a good bet to make Blake. As this Royale was restricted to non-champions of the NPW roster, and neither of them hold NPW gold -- why not enter? Donzig and Awesome are doubling down. If either one of them win this match, and then win the main event, imagine what that could mean for the Championship scene?
Blake Samuels: I respect their work ethic Archie, but it’s a risk I wouldn’t put myself through if I had my title shot already secured for the evening.
Archie Rude: Anyways…. Oh -- Keith Williams is in the ring! But I don’t see the rest of the ReVenants there, that’s strange.
Blake Samuels: Really? The glory hound and loudest one of the group doing it ‘on his own’ is what surprises you… You really need to do your homework Rude, this is Keith 1-oh-1, the biggest d--
Archie Rude: (interrupting) Filing in the ring from each side I see Kid Koala and Wombat! They are the newest signings to the NPW roster by Gus Arnold, literally right after Honor Fight for the Fallen was announced these two had ink drying on their new contracts.
Blake Samuels: I also see Eddie Havok entering, another new signee to NPW. Following behind him is Shane Severe, Freakke, Esmeralda von Krauss, Takaru Matsui, Calvin Doxson and Clyde, Xialong, Niko…
Archie Rude: FIGHT!
Before everyone was in the ring, the fists were flying. The bodies were packed in the twenty by twenty squared circle that these wrestlers called their home each and every time they performed. Fans were already getting wild, an energy was in the air from the crowd’s chants and singing. Three referees take to their positions, located on each side of the ring besides the one facing the ramp and entrance setup.
Donzig and Steve Awesome are seen verbally taking shots at one another briefly, with multiple wrestlers between them to keep them separated, for now. As Jamal Williams steps between the ropes, the bell rings and the Honor Royale is now underway. Jamal takes a stiff right fist from Eddie Havok, who is right on top of him as he enters the ring. Havok grabs Jamal by the neck and locks in a headlock, as the sea of NPW roster members squirm into one another with punches flying, kicks being landed, eye gouges occurring, back rakes happening, chops are heard echoing, and we see Wayne Sherlock is back dropped over the top rope by Wombat!
Blake Samuels: Our first elimination of the Honor Royale has taken place! One half of I-69, Wayne Sherlock has been ELIMINATED by one half of the Marsupials of Mayhem, Wombat! (00:29)
Archie Rude: That was fast! Hope he left his bags packed, he might be able to catch the early flight home.
Blake Samuels: Esmeralda von Krauss is checking everyone within striking distance with hellacious uppercuts!
Archie Rude: She is taking no prisoners and loving every second of it.
Camera focuses in on Esmeralda smashing Rudy Palmateer with a stiff european uppercut on the chin. Immediately she turns and does the same thing to Black Jaguar, and keeps going around to her left - next was Malek Fredericks who hits the canvas hard after the sudden uppercut! Esmeralda doesn’t stop there, no, the look in her eyes says it all -- she wants to win it all! Esmeralda continues the circle of uppercuts she was half way through completing with bodies hitting the floor, when she turns and hits Calvin Doxson in the nose!
Doxson doesn’t go down, but his nose breaks almost instantly as Esmeralda’s elbow connects right between but slightly lower than his eyes - on the bridge of Calvin’s nose. Blood starts gushing from yet another new signee for NPW, and Esmeralda goes down the line! Takaru Matsui is next, uppercut -- NO! Takaru dodges it by swinging his upper body backwards like a swift ninja avoiding a sword strike. Takaru waits one second more and steps into Esmeralda’s body, throwing his palm into her chest just below her feminie humps. EvK staggers backwards, showing the energy of kicking all that ass, may have just caught up with her.
Archie Rude: Esmeralda was on a tear until she tried to square up with Takaru Matsui. You can’t give men like him an inch. Takaru did what I wouldn’t have thought he was capable of, hitting a woman.
Blake Samuels: It’s 2021 Rude, if she enters a male dominated match, she should expect to be treated like all the others in that ring. I respect her for her choice, but am weary of what results this match may inflict on her health.
Esmeralda slips between two groups of battling competitors and spins Shane Severe around by the shoulder. Shane swings wildly, unsure who at. Esmeralda barely shifts her head to avoid the impact before unleashing not one, but two brutal uppercuts! Shane is on the ropes, putting his hands up to defend himself but looking in the wrong direction - showing the rocked look in his eyes as he shakes his head, trying to regain his composure. Esmeralda steps back two steps and charges Shane with a leaping clothesline!
Blake Samuels: Shane Severe is about to go.
Archie Rude: What about Esmeralda? She’s got all her weight on the upper body of Shane, trying to get him over that top rope! One wrong move and Krauss will have eliminated herself trying to eliminate . What a shame… such potential.
Blake Samuels: Don’t count her out until it happens!
Esmeralda was laying across the body of Shane Severe’s chest, as she balanced herself on the top rope with one leg wrapped around the ring rope and the other leg using the middle rope to stand. EvK lifts her body up and slams two closed fists into the chest cavity of Shane Severe! The momentum doesn’t carry him over, no, it’s Clyde who comes over and shoves Shane in passing. Krauss stands on the middle rope from the apron side and swings her other leg around so that she can drop to her feet on the apron. Shane Severe looks like a sack of potatoes as he rolls off the top rope, awkwardly hits the apron before slapping the outside floor.
Archie Rude: Shane Severe has been ELIMINATED by Esmeralda von Krauss and Clyde! (3:47)
Blake Samuels: Krauss looks pissed that Clyde helped her with Shane. Coming through the ropes and back into the ring, Esmeralda has her eyes locked in the 7 footer… Uh-oh!
Niko bumps into Krauss as she heading straight for Clyde, and the two go to swing on one another, but Niko shakes his head and raises two fingers pointing at David Slater behind Krauss. A brief moment of contemplation by Esmeralda before she nods and turns with an elbow, driving it into the back of Slater’s neck! Niko joins in with Krauss as they double team David Slater.
On the other side of the ring, Eddie Havok and Xialong are trading blows. Freakke is tangled up with Steve Awesome in the corner. Kid Koala and Wombat are double teaming Calvin Doxson. Takaru Matsui has Buckshot up against the ropes and is chopping wood. Clyde is being triple teamed by Keith Williams, Willard Manchester, and Donzig. Rudy Palmateer comes running across the ring at Calvin Doxson, blindsiding him from behind.
Niko has lifted Slater off his feet while Esmeralda squats under Slater and explodes up to launch David Slater over the top rope and crashing to the outside. The landing is ugly as Slater’s head bounces off the outside mat. A referee comes to check on him, making sure he’s alright - but after a few moments it’s clear David Slater is hurt. The referee throws up an ‘X’ with his arms, and medical personnel come rushing out from the sides of the entrance ramp with an ambulance gurney.
Blake Samuels: Hope Slater’s injury isn’t serious, but that makes another elimination for the Honor Royal. David Slater has been ELIMINATED by Esmeralda von Krauss and Niko! (5:52)
Archie Rude: Protect yo neck Slater. Oh! Niko is seeing the wrath of Krauss!
Krauss spins Niko around and begins laying into him with elbows to his chest. Niko takes four strikes of her elbow before he ducks real low and slips behind Krauss, slamming her head off the top turnbuckle and then attempts to lift her up over the top rope. Krauss grabs the top rope, fighting him the whole way. Freakke comes flying over a pile of people and lands on Willard Manchester’s back!
The weight of Freakke causes Manchester to buckle to the canvas and gives Freakke time to gain his footing and lay into him with stomps. Freakke pushes Manchester to the middle rope in front of him, using it as a choker as he applies a knee to his back. From behind Lance Romance comes in and crashes Freakke’s party with a double axe handle to his back! Lance attempts to whip Freakke to the corner, and is successful! Freakke hits the turnbuckle, springs up to the second rope and leaps backwards as he twists his body, using every limb like a swiss army knife! Freakke hits Lance with his calf, and lands on Manchester who rolled over from the rope and was laying on the mat.
Keith Williams and Donzig have Clyde isolated on the bottom turnbuckle, as they both take shots at the big man as the other holds their boot on his neck, pushing it into the turnbuckle. Calvin Doxson sees this and crashes into both of them, breaking up the double team briefly. Doxson throws fists with Keith, but the Great White Terror has moves and is able to weave his head back and forth before delivering a double eye poke to Calvin.
Keith motions to Donzig to grab the other leg of Calvin Doxson as Keith blatantly chokes Calvin Doxson and appears to be enjoy it. Steve Awesome on the other side of the ring is tangled up with Black Jaguar in the ropes. Awesome was attempting to throw him over, but Black Jaguar was locked on to the top and middle ropes with both legs and arms. Steve waves him off and as he backs off, Black Jaguar manuevers himself to the apron, squaring up with Steve who has his back turned. SUPERKICK! Steve Awesome sends Black Jaguar sailing off the apron and into the barricade, before his feet smack the outside floor.
Blake Samuels: Black Jaguar has been ELIMINATED by Steve Awesome! (8:21)
Keith and Donzig struggle with Calvin Doxson as he won’t quit moving his legs, making their efforts futile. Keith drops Calvin Doxson on the top rope neck first! He watches Calvin spring backwards off the rope and land on his back. Calvin Doxson was still in it, but the move appears to have stolen his wind as he rolls under the bottom rope to the apron holding his throat in agony. Donzig and Keith Williams share a brief nod before they return to their stomps on Clyde who was trying to pull himself up in the corner.
In the opposite corner, Freakke has Willard Manchester up by the calves, trying to flip him over the top rope that Manchester has gripped with both hands. Manchester’s arms are straighter than arrows while he grips the top rope to keep Freakke from sending him sailing over. Freakke sees Malek Fredericks coming head first at him and walks out from under Manchester’s legs, dropping him on the top rope too! Manchester had a great grip and was able to land on his feet. Turning around to get his revenge punishment on Freakke. Willard Manchester collides head first with Malek Fredericks and the two wobble on shaky legs as a result. Freakke dropkicks Malek, sending him into the empty corner. Rolling backwards onto his back and springing to his feet, Freakke pops up to his feet, immediately planning his next motions.
Blake Samuels: Freakke has been on a tear here tonight! He looks prepared, steady, and confident in what he is doing in that ring. Is this a new Freakke we are seeing?
Archie Rude: Same Freakke, different day.
Blake Samuels: You would know.
Archie Rude: Freakke is not playing this smart, he’s spending all that energy now, and look at the ring, there are still 19 guys in there.
Blake Samuels: 18 guys, 1 bad ass woman. Trust me, you do not want to get on Esmeralda’s bad side.
Archie Rude: I have three ex-wives Blake, I’m on every woman’s bad side.
Manchester turns around to be met by Freakke with a jawbreaker! Manchester drops to the canvas and Freakke shakes his head - knowing he made more work for himself. Freakke changes his focus, peering around the ring before his eyes land on Donzig. Yes, the history of these two alone would be enough to have them want to tear each other apart for the rest of eternity. Freakke had not faired well in their last encounter, but every dog had its day, and maybe that day was today -- was it? Freakke gets spun around by Manchester reaching for his leg as he uses Freakke’s pants to try and pull himself up. Freakke gives him a look of suspicion and then slams a fist right between the bridge of his nose! Blood flows in moments, satisfying Freakke with what he set out to do. Turning around, Freakke sees Donzig bolting straight at him, not enough room to move, Donzig makes contact and hits Freakke with a SPEAR!
Donzig points to Freakke after he gets to his feet, and although we can’t see his face, pieces of what Donzig says are heard.
Donzig: You should stay the hell down and be happy I didn’t end your career during our last encounter!
As though gasoline had been poured on an invisible flame, Freakke explodes up to his feet, a seething fury in the Carnival King’s facial expressions. Donzig’s head tilts to the side, much the way a dog does, and Donzig motions with his hands ‘come get some’ as his palms lay flat and he mocks Freakke by closing his eyes.
Freakke stops for a moment, thinking this is a trap -- BOOM! Keith Williams blindsides him with a clothesline from behind! Freakke crumbles into the ropes before slinking down each rope until he’s sitting with his back against the bottom rope. Donzig yells ‘Duck!’ and Keith does just as Donzig throws his whole body over Keith’s shoulders in a shoulder tackle motion, at Rudy Palmateer who was running full speed at Keith. Donzig looks like Lawrence Taylor as his upper body hits Rudy’s chest and goes straight through him! Rudy Palmateer is a slinky of a human meat sack as his body folds up on the canvas, feet over his shoulders.
Archie Rude: What a body check!
Blake Samuels: Donzig and Keith Williams working together is interesting considering their past interactions.
Archie Rude: Winners run with winners Blake. You wouldn’t understand.
Niko and Kid Koala are trading chops near the ropes behind Keith Williams, Donzig, and the laid out Rudy Palmateer. Manchester is whipped across the ring by Xialong, and he is heading full steam at the now grappling Kid Koala and Niko! Willard Manchester hits the ropes as Kid Koala rolls Niko into the corner behind Keith, and Keith sees the chance to grab the top rope and pull down as Manchester is about to hit it. Willard goes over the top rope like the house dropped on the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz.
Blake Samuels: Willard Manchester has been ELIMINATED by Keith Williams! (12:48)
Archie Rude: Making it look easy, that’s why The ReVenants are the top of the food chain. Everyone else is just living here.
Blake Samuels: Do you want to start a fan club for them?
Archie Rude: I’m a member of it already. Neo James Carner’s social media is can’t miss material -- you need to get with the times old man.
Niko and Kid Koala are broken up as Donzig uses their heads as coconuts and cracks them together. Donzig goes straight for Niko, lifting him off the ground by the bottom of his thighs just above the knees, immobilizing one of the Futuristic Ninjas of the Dark Stars. Niko cracks Donzig with an elbow on his dome, but it appears to have no effect. Donzig struggles with Niko on the top rope, as Keith Williams is pushed into the corner by Wombat. The newcomer to NPW uses his size advantage to deliver heavy knee strikes to Keith in the corner before he turns around and thrusts his hips backwards repeatedly. Keith takes two or three more before he pulls up on the top ropes and shoves his knees into the back of the Wombat.
Archie Rude: You put a man’s back against the wall, he’ll have no choice but to go through it.
Blake Samuels: It’s a trial by Wombat.
On the opposite side of the ring Kid Koala springboards off the second ropes and head scissors Lance Romance to the mat. Behind him in the corner is Steve Awesome stomping away at Buckshot, though pausing every few boots to the face to check his hair is in place. Freakke has found his legs again and sees Takaru Matsui trying to throw Malek Fredericks out. Coming in beside him, Freakke grabs a leg but is blasted with a kick to his back by Niko in the process. Takaru ends up dropping Malek back in the ring after he hugged the top rope snuggly. Takaru turns and decides to assist Freakke and the two trade blows with Niko, creating a Niko-in-the-middle game, where the Dark Star member is the punching bag and they are taking turns.
Archie Rude: Niko should have brought backup tonight. Takaru Matsui though has a different energy tonight - it’s like he’s channeling his sensei or something.
Blake Samuels: Freakke and Takaru working together, I never could have pictured that.
Archie Rude: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Calvin Doxson is on the ropes courtesy of Xialong. Rudy Palameter is struggling with Clyde who has locked a gripping hand over the front of Rudy’s face and brings him to his knees. Clyde sees Calvin in trouble and let’s go of Rudy, a reprieve for the young athlete. Clubbing the back of Xialong, Clyde saves his brother and tries to grab Xialong by the face with the claw hold too! Xialong is too smart for the Council of Chaos’ monster. Xialong delivers kicks to Clyde’s left knee until he has to lean on the ropes. Xialong grabs a leg, but is clubbed by Clyde who begins to look enraged at Xialong’s tactics to ground him. Calvin sees this and smiles, knowing his brother better than anyone. Xialong goes for a clothesline to try and tip Clyde over the top rope since he’s leaning on them and the ring ropes are drooping from the behemoth’s weight. Clyde grabs Xialong by the neck, steps up, wraps his other hand around Xialong’s neck and heaves him into the air! Holding Xialong up in the air for a hard five count before Xialong is driven to the canvas with a sitout slam courtesy of Clyde.
Blake Samuels: That’s raw power from Clyde. His turn up at August on the Atlantic to save Jesse Jamester was a shock - both for the ReVenants and anyone who was in attendance.
Archie Rude: The bigger they are, the louder their bullshit. From what I have gathered, Clyde is a rather simple man, real simple.
Blake Samuels: So you two are friends?
Archie Rude: HA-HA… More your speed, aint he?
Calvin Doxson shoots for a tackle on Rudy Palmateer but is waved off to the side, and for his troubles receives a drop kick from Kid Koala, which was meant for Lance Romance behind him. Lance grabs Koala by the neck and throws him over the top rope — but Koala skins the cat and holds on to the top rope! Koala’s feet dangling as he works to keep his grip! Lance notices and rushes to the ropes trying to pry his fingers away, but Koala was playing possum! Pulling himself up, Kid Koala uses his legs to hook Lance Romance by the neck and roll him over onto the apron. Koala sits down on the apron holding the bottom rope as Lance tries to stand up. Leg sweep by Kid Koala, Lance jumps to avoid it, Koala springs through the bottom and middle rope, rolling into the ring in front of Lance on the apron. Standing backflip into a kick from Koala that lands on Lance’s jaw! Hanging on to the top rope by one hand, Lance is dazed... Kid Koala is grabbed from behind by Malek Fredericks in a waist lock. Lance looks to be getting his other hand back on the top rope and saving himself. Kid Koala runs forward in the direction of where Lance was on the apron, Malek still holding on with a waistlock goes for the ride with him --- Kid Koala rolls forward and sends Malek through the second rope head first right into the family jewels of Lance Romance! Lance falls backwards off the apron holding his groin area with the look of agony on his face.
Blake Samuels: Lance Romance has been ELIMINATED by Malek Frederick! (15:31)
Archie Rude: Malek got up close and personal with Lance -- a little too personal.
Blake Samuels: Koala is trying to get Malek over now!
As Samuels said, Koala was punching Malek as he leaned up against the ropes. Malek blocks a few and counters with a southpaw hook that rocks Koala where he stands. SUPERKICK! Steve Awesome out of nowhere hits Kid Koala with a superkick! Malek stares at Koala laying on the mat and then back at Steve and smiles. Steve nods at Malek and returns the smile, turning his back on him. Malek is happy to have a helping hand, SUPERKICK! Steve Awesome takes his head off and it sends Malek over the top rope and out of the ring!
Blake Samuels: Malek Fredericks has been ELIMINATED by Steve Awesome! (15:51)
Steve Awesome dusts his shoulder off and fixes his hair as he leans in the empty corner, surveying the ring. In the opposite corner Xialong is now beating on Buckshot with Donzig running across the ring, clothesline to Rudy Palmateer over the top rope!
Blake Samuels: Rudy Palmateer has been ELIMINATED by Donzig! (16:03)
Xialong rocks Buckshot with a headbutt, causing him to stagger. Buckshot swings and Xialong ducks and bends over, Buckshot goes to grab him and Xialong shoulder thrusts him, pops his hips and over the shoulder back drops Buckshot to the outside!
Blake Samuels: Buckshot has been ELIMINATED by Xialong! (16:19)
Jamal Williams comes running across the ring, slamming a fist into the back of Xialong and trying to off one more person in the match. Xialong doesn’t budge, grabbing the top rope he holds on. Eddie Havok comes over and knocks Williams out of his boots with a dropkick! Havok grabs the young talent, lifts him up and whips him towards the ropes and follows behind. Xialong moves out of the way and Havok hits a spinning wheel kick as Williams hits the ropes, up and over!
Blake Samuels: Jamal Williams has been ELIMINATED by Eddie Havok! (16:51)
Xialong swings on Havok right as he gets up and the two battle back and forth, with Xialong looking to have the advantage. Calvin Doxson stepped in to get a hand on Xialong and pays for it with a big boot to the face, sending him into the ropes. Eddie Havok goes for an irish whip on Xialong in the opposite direction of Doxson, then puts on the brakes and turns it around! MONKEY FLIP from Eddie Havok to Xialong, who spins into Doxson and the two flip over the top rope and crash to the outside!
Blake Samuels: Xialong and Calvin Doxson have been ELIMINATED by Eddie Havok! (17:32)
Eddie Havok was on fire and it looked like his shine wouldn’t stop until Clyde clubs him from behind like a brute and sends him to the canvas. The lug of a tree had the brute strength of ten men in one punch, and it showed when Eddie smacked the canvas. Now though, the ring was clearing up and we could see the groups broken down in the ring.
Clyde was getting his on Eddie for eliminating his brother Calvin. Behind them in the corner was Niko and Takaru Matsui struggling with Kid Koala on the top rope. On the opposite side of the ring, Wombat and Freakke were struggling with Steve Awesome in the corner.
To the middle far left was Esmeralda von Krauss, minding her own business since Niko and Takaru started to fight. Donzig and Keith Williams are in the other corner, where their former partnership had dissolved and now they are slugging it out.
Clyde sends Eddie into the corner where Niko and Takaru Matsui were. He comes hauling ass to sandwich the three and they all move out of the way! Clyde hits the buckles! It feels like the ring itself shook on impact. Clyde staggers out and Niko, Takaru and Eddie Havok look at one another and for a moment seemed to see the bigger picture. Eddie dropkicks Clyde! Niko jumps up and hits another dropkick on the big man, staggering him towards the ropes! Takaru Matsui runs at the big man and goes for a third dropkick! He’s on the ropes! Eddie Havok grabs a leg, Niko grabs the other, and Takaru Matsui grabs the boots and they all begin to lift! There is no movement, the weight of the big man is too much it seems. Keith Williams, Donzig, and Esmeralda von Krauss see this and decide to put aside differences if they want to get the biggest man in the ring out. It takes all six people to lift Clyde up and over, sagging the top rope in the process, but he tumbles over, hitting the apron and lands on his feet on the outside!
Blake Samuels: Clyde has been ELIMINATED by --- well half the Battle Royal participants! (18:39)
Archie Rude: The dead tree has fallen.
As Clyde is forced up the ramp by staff, Keith Williams grabs Takaru Matsui who is facing the ropes following the elimination, and Keith grabs Takaru by the tights and sends him sailing over the top rope!
Blake Samuels: Takaru Matsui has been ELIMINATED by Keith Williams (18:43)
Archie Rude: Keith Williams just saw two potential threats to his winning this match go over the top Blake. Keith having a hand in the second. Can you smell a R-E-V-night?
Blake Samuels: Don’t get too far ahead of yourself Archie. Still ten athletes in the ring looking to walk away with gold in their future.
Fans show their displeasure with Keith’s decision, ‘booing’ the ReVenant member as he smiles at their discouragement. Keith hauls away at Steve Awesome who has his back turned and is focusing on Donzig. Awesome gets hit upside the head before turning around and toe kicking The Great White Terror.
Niko and Esmeralda von Krauss try to one up one another with punches and well-placed kicks, and the result is a lesson in war. Krauss holds nothing back, roundhouse kicking Niko upside the temple with a perfectly timed kick that staggers the Dark Star member. Niko shakes the cobwebs and the next kick he catches, turning Esmeralda von Krauss to the ropes with her leg under his armpit and his other hand choking her. Esmeralda scrapes the eyes of Niko, or what she could assume was his eyes through his mask. The hope of breaking his clutch of her leg was dismal, but the choking hand let go. Niko clutches the wrist and begins to set Krauss on the top rope as he steps up on the second rope to leverage her correctly.
Archie Rude: What are we witnessing here? Does he know that it’s over-the-top?
Blake Samuels: That much I’m not entirely sure of Blake… Maybe Niko has other plans, we know how Esmeralda von Krauss was in Steve Awesome and D’s business.
Archie Rude: They both are in a precarious position.
Esmeralda head buttes Niko not once, but twice, before his wrist hold is abandoned, and with her one leg under his armpit, Esmeralda uses her flexibility to wrap her other around Niko’s neck, flipping backwards over the top rope!
Niko tumbles awkwardly off the apron and onto the floor! Esmeralda was able to grab the second rope and hold on with her arm wrapped around it, legs dangling as she tries to find her way up.
Blake Samuels: Niko has been ELIMINATED by Esmeralda von Krauss! (19:25)
Esmeralda finds her footing on the apron as staff usher Niko out of the ringside area and back up through the entrance curtain. Krauss goes to step in the ring and Freakke is on her! SMASH! A headbutt for the ages as the Carnivale King is sent right into Esmeralda von Krauss from across the ring by Keith Williams. Esmeralda wasn’t ready for it and the headbutt being as vicious as it looks rocks her and she gets her leg twisted up before tumbling off the apron to the outside!
Blake Samuels: Esmeralda von Krauss has been ELIMINATED by Freakke! (19:35)
Fans on that side of the ring are shocked and some disappointed that Esmeralda was gone. While not a fan favorite, her presence and attitude as of lately were connecting to more of the audience than usual. Freakke looks on at Krauss leaving and shrugs, the Carnivale King had no remorse, it was all business tonight. Returning his focus to the remaining six competitors in the ring.
Keith Williams was fighting with Wombat in the far corner, trying to lift him over the top rope. Donzig and Kid Koala are slugging it out to the left of Freakke in the nearest corner. Steve Awesome and Eddie Havok are having their own fun as Havok has Eddie in a sleeper on the second rope and Awesome is trying to grab his legs and head to gain some leverage to get Havok off him.
Freakke is the odd man out and so he joins in with Kid Koala to get some revenge on his former tag partner Donzig. Freakke gets a few shots in as Kid Koala nods and says lets dump him, and the two try to send Donzig over with both legs up in the air! Donzig however wraps both arms around the top rope, almost tying himself up in the ropes to keep himself grounded. Kid Koala sends a kick into Donzig’s midsection, and Freakke follows suit with his own. Like kids at a birthday party taking shots at the pinata, Freakke and Kid Koala were doing so with Donzig..
Archie Rude: Donzig is not in a good spot in this two-on-one, but I’ve seen what he can do against the odds.
Blake Samuels: Never count out Donzig. Though we aren’t familiar with Kid Koala, this is his first time in an NPW ring.
Archie Rude: True. This is his, Eddie Havok, and the Wombat all making their debuts here tonight at Honor Fight for the Fallen. And what a debut they are having, am-I-right?
Blake Samuels: All three are already making a huge impression with this debut! Now we wait to see, who of those three has the ability to take it all the way to the end? The hard part was over, the majority of the nearly twenty-three entrances to this battle royal are gone. With 7 people remaining, we have to consider exhaustion.
Archie Rude: Not to mention Donzig, Steve Awesome, Keith Williams, AND Freakke are all on the card later tonight.
Blake Samuels: Thankfully they will get a reprieve following this match to catch their breath before their duties later.
Steve Awesome has Eddie in the corner, rocking him with punches and turns to see Freakke coming in to get a hit on Awesome for the tag team match Awesome left Freakke to be beat down on, as he stood outside interacting with fans.
SUPERKICK! Freakke goes down as he came at the Face of the Franchise! The fans boo Awesome for his antics, but it was clear he was ready and waiting. Smiling at his handy work, Awesome stands over Freakke mouthing off that Freakke wasn’t on his level. A hooded figure jumps the barricade and slides into the ring behind Steve Awesome. Steve is completely unaware of the event, as he stands up and puts a boot on Freakke’s chest to get some extra ‘boos’ the hooded figure peels back the hood to reveal…
[Dylan Black.]
The Messiah of Mayhem, a two-time-XHF X*Crown Champion was waiting for Awesome to turn around. His hands at the ready as Steve spins to go back to Havok and his eyes grow to the size of baseballs as he sees Dylan Black instead!
Blasted by Black, Steve Awesome is back pedaling across the ring as Dylan unleashes a fury of strikes and kicks, throwing Awesome off balance and into the ropes. Dylan Black points his fingers at Steve Awesome like a fun and runs full steam ahead from the middle of the ring, flying through the air with a knee into the chest of Steve Awesome! Awesome hits the ropes and comes back towards the center of the ring, walking towards the other side as Dylan jumps to his feet, and runs at him again, this time, CLOTHESLINE! The move takes both Dylan Black and Steve Awesome out of the ring!
Blake Samuels: Steve Awesome has been ELIMINATED by Dylan Black! (21:25)
Archie Rude: Does this place not have security?! What the hell just happened here?
Blake Samuels: The Messiah of Mayhem has made his mark on NPW Honor Fight for the Fallen by making Steve Awesome his target! Paint my mind blown Rude!
Archie Rude: We need to figure out what that was all about, because it just took out the premier player of this match… Now I only have Keith Williams to root for. Come on KEITH!
The NPW staff come pouring out to pull Dylan Black and Steve Awesome apart, as the two continue blasting away at one another ringside. There was no love loss between them, and whatever personal animosity had been unraveled here -- was surely not over.
Back to the ring, we see Keith Williams taking Freakke from the canvas and heading towards the ropes. Keith irish whips Freakke with authority, sending him to the ropes, and Keith comes in with a big boot that knocks Freakke over the top rope -- but he lands on the apron, holding onto the middle rope to stay in it. Keith sees it and goes for a knee, but Freakke dodges it, and headbuttes Keith! Freakke grabs Keith by the neck and tries to go for a suplex! Keith is picked up and over the top, but grabs the top rope and falls to his feet on the apron standing beside Freakke. The two trade blows, back and forth, both in a precarious position, and Keith blocks a left, STIFF PUNT KICK TO THE JEWELS! Freakke drops off the apron like a sack of potatoes.
Blake Samuels: Freakke has been ELIMINATED by Keith Williams! (23:49)
Keith looks down at Freakke with a sickening smile of his handy work, proving bad guys are built differently. A big win for the Great White Terror.
Archie Rude: Go Keith! Go Keith!
Blake Samuels: Wow, do you get paid per chant or are you getting free merch after the show?
DROPKICK! Wombat with a dropkick to Keith’s back and Keith Williams is sent into the barricade on the outside.
Blake Samuels: Keith Williams has been ELIMINATED by Wombat! (23:57)
Wombat had caught Keith Williams off guard, and while NPW knew nothing of Wombat and the Marsupials of Mayhem, that would all change going forward! Wombat was pumped and showing his enthusiasm as he turned around into a thumping from Donzig!
Donzig is a man on a mission, and quickly picks up Wombat in a military press before dropping him over the top rope next to where Keith Williams had just gone out!
Blake Samuels: Wombat has been ELIMINATED by Donzig! (24:10)
On the other side of the ring, Eddie Havok and Kid Koala are tussling on the ropes and Eddie begins to get Kid Koala over, but Koala hooks him by the head and suplex him up! Eddie drops down behind him onto the apron… PELEE KICK BY KID KOALA! Eddie Havok flies off the apron!
Blake Samuels: Eddie Havok has been ELIMINATED by Kid Koala! (24:22)
Kid Koala and Donzig are the final two who remain… Kid Koala taking his time to get across the ring and sizing up the larger Donzig. It was David vs. Goliath look as the two circled the ring.
Archie Rude: The final two… Donzig, the man who everyone fears has the blood of satan in him… and a Koala?
Blake Samuels: That’s KID Koala, and it’s best you remember that. This Kid is making memories here tonight.
Archie Rude: Does he have it? We’re about to find out.
Tie up in the ring, and Donzig with the power play as he throws Kid Koala backwards into the turnbuckle. Koala rolls off his back and to his feet, an agile athlete, speed unmatched. Donzig cuts the ring in half, using his size to corner Kid Koala, but Koala dives between his legs, and gets behind Donzig, DROPKICK! Donzig goes face first into the turnbuckle!
Kid Koala runs at the ropes on the otherside of the ring, rebounding back at Donzig, and goes for a high spinning wheel kick to him as he rolls out of the corner onto the ropes… Donzig ducks and uses his back to propel Kid Koala over the top rope!
Archie Rude: OH MY! HE’S ELIMINATED!
Blake Samuels: Not so fast!
Archie Rude: WHAT!?
Kid Koala grabbed the top rope and lands on the apron, running towards the closest turnbuckle, and as he gets to the top of it, Donzig kicks the top rope, Koala falls on his Marsupial manhood, and the fans boo Donzig’s antics as he pushes Kid Koala off the top rope and he hits the apron, rolling to the outside ring area violently.
Blake Samuels: Kid Koala has been ELIMINATED by Donzig! (27:31)
Archie Rude: Donzig takes it home tonight! What a win!
Blake Samuels: Fans are not happy with the way that one went… Not at all.
Ring Announcer stands up as the referee gets in the ring and raises Donzig’s hand.
Ring Announcer: Winner of the Honor Battle Royal, DONZIG!
The sight of the man who would wrestle later tonight in the main event being given the nod as his hand is raised, now with a shot at any title in Northern Pro Wrestling at his disposal -- it was a nightmare waiting to unfold for all champions on the roster.
Cutting to the backstage area. A camera slowly pans right to reveal the catering area entrance. Focusing in as the camera zooms ever so slightly, we see Shane Severe with a cookie sheet in hand.
Don’t be mistaken, this was not Shane’s new role with NPW, no, he was most certainly still a contracted enhancement talent. Shane appears to be sneaking towards the entrance way, tip toeing almost in his approach. The camera pans left to the open area right outside the catering area.
A group of NPW staff ranging from ring crew to audio guys and the truck unloaders who were enjoying their bagels and coffee are seen. Immediately the crowd of NPW staff begin to part like the Red Sea. Their reasoning was made obvious moments later; Enter, the Canadian Nightmare.
For almost three full weeks he had not been seen or heard. The atrocious attack from the ReVenants had left Jesse Jamester with a minor concussion. Due to this, NPW authorities would not clear Jesse for action tonight. Rather safe than sorry they said, but the truth was, they weren’t willing to risk one of their stars for more ticket sales. Gus Arnold wasn’t that type of owner. All of that said; it didn’t matter to Jamester, as he would not be denied. Not tonight, hell, maybe never. The Canadian Nightmare was on a mission, as was transparent by his stalking like approach and awareness to everything going on around him.
Fists clenched as his beard pointed at the ex[psed chin area. He dawned a slightly different look with his facial hair than usual, or at least from what hair was visible from his trademark black lizard scaly mask that he wore. The Canadian born wrestler was looking ready to clean a clock, and not the kind that told time.
Stopping just before the catering entrance, Jesse turns on his heels and gets a full 180 degree view of his surroundings. His attention was a laser focus tonight. The targets were obvious; the ReVenants.
Not one of them were out in the open area. Turning back towards the catering entrance, Jesse Jamester enters the giant dining area.
SCHMACK!
SCHMACK!
From behind, Shane Severe swings with everything in him and sends the baking sheet at the upper back/shoulder area of JJ. After he makes contact with Jamester’s back, not once, but twice, Shane pauses with a look of confusion as he looks down at the bent baking sheet and then back up at the back of JJ’s head.
An annoyed grunt is all that is heard from the Canadian Nightmare, before he spins around and headbuttes Shane directly in the dome! Dropping the baking sheet that was now dented from the shoulder muscles that it had just tried to damage, Shane looked a little unsteady, slightly off balance. A swift kick to the gut from Jamester with no warning!
Jesterplex!
A modified take on his signature finishing maneuver lays out Shane Severe on the catering floor in a split second. The room goes silent. Grown men have food inches from their mouths as they stare at the massive figure in the entrance way.
On his feet like nothing happened, Jesse surveys the room like a hawk. No sign of the ReVenants here. As he pans around the room, the silence goes away as though someone hit a switch, and everyone returns to what they had been doing prior.
All eyes however were on him, whether they gawked or were glancing, everyone was waiting for what the Canadian Nightmare would do next. Turning his back on the room, Jesse doesn’t miss a beat and treks through the entrance, through the open area, towards a sign hanging from the ceiling that reads “Talent Area” and ‘Only’ under it in red bold font. The two security guards standing just about his height shuffle to the side as he approaches them and passes them. Both security guards step back towards the middle of the hallway.
A white concrete wall to his right, mahogany doors with plaques displaying the talent’s name who that room belonged to shimmered as the ceiling light hit it. Jesse paid no attention to the first few doors, knowing that the ReVenants were not the type to get special treatment. Gus Arnold only provided that to his champions.
“Hey!”
His boot sole hits the floor and Jesse freezes; his eyes turn ever so slightly as he turns around to see “Timeless” Alex Turner right behind him.
“This is a Champions area, and I don’t see any gold from where I stand.”
Timeless flaunted the same Imperial Crown Championship that he won from Jesse Jamester and Scott Steele a.k.a. The Colossus months back in a battle royal. Timeless’s cocky smirk was dialed up to eleven tonight - he was more confident than he had ever been before.
“Beat it! Scram! You’re not even scheduled to wrestle tonight are you? Then why does the mighty, oh-so scary lizard man, worthy of anything more than a boot in the ass and a---”
Kick to the gut! Hook the neck, lift, drop and cutter!
JESTERPLEX!
Popping back to his feet, Jesse Jamester stares down at Timeless’s prone body spread out on the cement floor. The Canadian Nightmare was not in the mood, and Timeless wasn’t moving, or talking any more.
Turning around to the direction he was headed.
Jesse Jamester: Yada yada yada… bout fuckin’ time he shut up.
Jesse’s boots are heard slapping the floor all the way down the hallway until the noise fades and he is out of sight. The camera turns back to the motionless body of Timeless. What would this mean for the Imperial Crown Tag Team Title match later tonight?
Debut Match
15 Minute Time Limit
Joe Nobody vs. Irwin Collins
Joe Nobody is a name that has been building more and and more respect from the fans of professional wrestling over the years. A few strong recent stints on the XHF Network are ever present in that popularity rising. His decision to reach out to Gus Arnold to secure himself a position on the loaded Northern Pro Wrestling roster has been deemed a very savvy move. Northern Pro Wrestling has been taking in new members at a rapid rate, thus the hierarchy seems completely wide open. Moreover, with annual events such as the Cruiserweight Cup, and Tag Wars - a competitor like Joe Nobody could really elevate his game and become one of the pillars of this burgeoning company.
The North American Cruiserweight Championship recently changed hands in a shocking turn of events. Jay Stevens appears poised for a long run as champion after taking the championship away from Lord Dominicus. The young and confident worker decided to put his title on the line in a last minute decision against Lochlyn Cade, which is a decision which he hasn't recovered from. Cade was able to steal a victory from Jay and is now recognized as the North American Cruiserweight Champion. Irwin Collins took part of NPW's first Cruiserweight Cup back in 2018, and had made it his own personal career goal to one day hoist the championship aloft as his own.
Joe Nobody walks into NPW as a bonafide threat to sneak up on various members of the Cruiserweight Division. Saying and doing are completely different things. SO what better way to debut than against a journeyman Cruiserweight that offers a stiff test due to his tough chin and years of experience.
Early on in the contest, the crowd was quiet, observing Joe. Reputation is one thing, but seeing with your own two eyes is another. Joe executed a rolling arm drag, with precision and SNAP on the follow through. It was a unique way to execute a basic move, and the fans started to fawn over the technique.
Joe kept on task, not breaking his focus in the slightest. Collins looked to fight back, and stiffed Joe with a right hand that he more or less walked through, to back him into the corner. A swift body shot, as Joe went up to the second rope and executed a sickening tornado DDT!
He fell on Collins for the cover, but only received a two count.
Collins tried to beg off, to gather his air, but Joe was on him like white on rice. Some European uppercuts were to follow which dropped Collins to one knee!
SHINING WIZARD!!!
WHACK!
Joe Nobody connected clean, and finally looked into the stands where his efforts were applauded by the fans.
Joe winked, before setting Collins up for his patented 'Victory Buster'! He hit it clean!
RAAAAHH!!
The crowd popped for such a unique move. Collins was clearly out of it, as he ate that face buster clean, and Joe seemed to be pushing forward with the extra energy and motivation that the crowd was pumping his way. Joe could've gone for the cover right there, but he wanted to make a statement. This was his debut match, and he wanted to make sure that future opponents were aware of the capabilities he has inside of the ring.
"The Guideline" waited for Collins to clear the cobwebs. It was taking every inch of energy Collins had to get back to his feet. As soon as he did, a swift kick to the gut followed, at which point Joe picked Irwin up and planted him with the "Awesome Driver!"
The crowd jumped out of their seats as he got it all, full impact!
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Announcer: Winner of this match via pin fall, JOE NOBODY! (3:23)
Joe saluted the crowd, and waited for the referee to enter the ring to raise his hand. Joe left the ring, and slapped hands with a few of the fans in the front row, before bowing up the middle of the aisle. It looked as though the fans of Halifax had embraced Joe with open arms. Some of the potential match-ups to come would have any hardcore fan salivating.
“Halloween is a special time.”
The camera fades in on the Freakke standing in a dilapidated and abandoned looking funeral home. Its looks like no one has been here in nearly thirty years. No one except kids with cans of spray paint and nothing better to do than hang out in condemned buildings.
“Every year, we celebrate by dressing up as outlandish creatures and characters…”
The Carnival King pauses a moment.
“OK, so some of us do that year round but its the one day of the year we all get to embrace our inner cretin and show off something a little less than proper about ourselves. We get sweets and have parties and most importantly, my favorite, we watch endless runs of our favorite cheesy horror favorites. The Exorcist. Nightmare on Elm Street. Alien...Halloween.”
His smirk widens as he says that because of course that one would come across as a pun.
“This year, an oldie has been stuck in my head...and it’s given me an idea. Have any of you ever seen a cult zombie classic called, Return of the Living Dead? It’s a pseudo sequel to Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. The start of a series that made zombies scary not because of how inhuman they were but how human they could be.”
The painted wrestler starts to move through the dilapidated room pausing at an open door into the basement.
“One scene got me thinking of a devilish good idea. Something fun to celebrate the season. A Trick that I think you all will find to be a real Treat. I promise this. Things are gonna get a little heated...”
Freakke ran his hand along the basement door frame as he passed by and into the darkness below. The camera panned up to see the graffiti about the old rotted doorway. One word over top the others. Crematorium.
Singles Match
15 Minute Time Limit
Sinclair Godfrey vs. Apathy
Showcasing the better looking gender of the NPW roster next, the newest addition to the locker ladies side of the locker room was “Apathy” Elizabeth Devereaux-O’Rourke, what a mouth full right? But damn she had the career background that would make the retired men of this sport blush - yes, Apathy was no green horn in the squared-circle. Her focus now was finding out if Northern Pro Wrestling had a challenger worthy of her ring work. “Everyone Loves A Villain” by Empty Mirrors smashes across the sound system of the Scotia Bank arena, and Apathy makes her way to the ring.
That challenger came out next in the form of the 9th Baroness of Godfrey, Lady Sinclair Godfrey. Any one who knew anything about Sinclair Godfrey, knew better than to doubt her abilities or give her an inch. Breaking bones and tapping grown men out was Godfrey’s favorite hobbies, not to mention her alliance to Donzig… what person rightfully chooses to be a friend of Donzig?! Sinclair Godfrey was the real deal when it came to stretching her opponents. Whether you loved her or hated her, she could twist and contort the human body until her foe was frolicking for freedom, begging for mercy. Tonight at Fight for the Fallen, it would be Sinclair’s submissions versus Apathy’s explosive offensive assault. Will it be the new star’s shining moment? Or will the Baroness add another tap out to her resume?
Sinclair Godfrey and “Apathy” Elizabeth Devereaux-O’Rourke met each other in the ring. Sparks of recognition swiftly come back to them from so long ago when the two were children. Lady Godfrey the daughter of an aristocrat and Apathy the daughter of a powerful French diplomat. The two have had intercepting bubbles time and time again over the years before either of them were into wrestling.
Did they get all gooey eyed and promise to make the fight fair between them as nostalgia hit each of them in the feels -- for former friends who grew apart over the years gone by?
No. They remembered they hated each other back then too.
The two women have a run at one another and begin exchanging punches as the bell sounds to start the match. Sincllair quickly takes the advantage, stunning Apathy with a hard right hook. This leads her to hip tossing Apathy across the ring. However, Apathy rolls through the hip toss and gets back to her feet.
Apathy goes for a quick roundhouse kick, catching Sinclair in the side of the head to send her to the mat. Apathy follows this up with a soccer kick that threatens to knock teeth loose. Sinclair rolls away and to her feet. She jumps in at Apathy and hits several European uppercuts before whipping her into the ropes. Apathy ducks under a clothesline on the rebound and slips behind Sinclair to hit an overhead belly to back suplex!
Apathy goes for the cover, but only gets a one count before Sinclair kicks out.
Apathy stands up, but is greeted by Sinclair, who grabs her by the shoulders and delivers a stunning headbutt! Sinclair whips Apathy into the ropes, chest first, and follows. She hits a backstabber that she quickly transitions into the Black Oath (bank statement). She doesn’t get to hold it long before Apathy can get a foot onto the ropes to force a break. Sinclair gets up and pulls up Apathy. She gets Apathy into a side headlock that she follows up with a headlock driver!
Sinclair jumps to her feet before Apathy can move and drops a fist to the side of Apathy’s head. Sinclair kneels by Apathy and hits several more punches before getting back to her feet and pulling Apathy up. Sinclair goes for a ripcord lariat, but Apathy drills her in the side of the head with an elbow strike that backs Sinclair up several steps. Apathy goes in with a roaring headbutt that takes Sinclair off of her feet with authority!
Apathy goes to the ropes and comes back with a slide into a headscissors lock around the head of the downed Sinclair. She locks the move in tight. She doesn’t get to hold the move in for long as Sinclair grabs Apathy by the legs and rolls so that she can get her foot onto the ropes to force a rope break.
Both women get up at the same time, but Sinclair grabs Apathy by the shoulders first and hits several knee lifts to the midsection to double her over. Sinclair follows this up with a gutwrench suplex and the cover that only gets a two count before Apathy kicks out.
Sinclair gets up to her feet and pulls Apathy up too. She hits Apathy with The Destroyer (Welsh Destroyer)! She goes for the cover and gets to two and a half before Apathy kicks out! Sinclair kneels up and stares down the referee in disbelief, who is sure to hold up two fingers to let her know that there was only a two count.
Sinclair stands up and watches as Apathy gets to her feet. She slips behind Apathy and hits a bulldog. She locks in Apathy’s legs and begins to reach for her arms. Apathy gets her arms under her and manages to roll over, breaking the hold. Apathy jumps to her feet with Sinclair right behind her.
Apathy grabs Sinclair up into a bodyslam position and goes right to the corner to climb the ropes where Sinclair begins to try to wriggle her way out of Apathy’s grasp. Instead of completing a super fallaway slam, Apathy bodyslams Sinclair all the way to the concrete floor!
Apathy gets down to the mat and watches as Sinclair is slow to get to her feet. Apathy runs across the ring and does a baseball slide knee strike to the side of Sinclair’s head in a move that sees Apathy do a spin on the ring apron and bring herself back into the ring.
Sinclair uses the ring apron to pull herself up and rolls back into the ring. Apathy jumps on Sinclair’s back and uses the ropes as balance to stand there. Naturally, the ref gets involved and begins yelling at her to get away from the ropes. So, Apathy kicks Sinclair in the back of the head and steps down and away from her so that she can get up.
Apathy grabs Sinclair as she gets up and sends her into the ropes. On the rebound, Sinclair is caught again. Falcon Arrow! Apathy gets Sinclair up again, slams Sinclair’s head in between her legs and begins to lift her up for the Dynast Queen Driver, but Sinclair manages to hold onto Apathy’s legs! Sinclair stands up with Apathy upside down on her shoulders so that Sinclair can drop down into a seated position and drop Apathy on her head!
Sinclair goes for the Witch’s Hammer (wicked stepsister) again, but again Apathy manages to turn out of the hold again. Apathy staggers to her feet, but is leveled with a lariat. Sinclair pulls Apathy up and sends her to the ropes. On the rebound, Apathy goes for the lariat, but Sinclair grabs the offending arm and whips her straight into the referee!
Apathy remains on her feet, but the referee goes down. Apathy spins around to face Sinclair when she is hit in the eyes by black mist! Apathy drops to the mat while trying to clear her vision. Sinclair drops a leg to stun her and then begins setting her up for the Witch’s Hammer (wicked stepsister)!
SLAM!
Sinclair stomps Apathy between the shoulder blades to send her face first into the mat! She goes for the cover and waits for the three count. Several seconds go by before she realizes that the referee is still out.
Sinclair gets up and helps rouse the referee into standing up. By the time that she gets the referee up and turns around, Apathy is already back up to her knees and trying to clear her vision still. Sinclair walks over and grabs her to set her up for the Destroyer (Welsh Destroyer). However, Apathy manages to get stood up while holding onto Sinclair. She drops into a sitting position that crashes Sinclair’s head into the mat like a driver!
Apathy stands up and leans in a corner while working to clear her eyes of the gunk that Sinclair had spit at her. Sinclair isn’t too long before she gets back to her feet and rushes at the still blinded Apathy for an avalanche! Apathy gets her eyesight clear with just enough time to move out of the way for Sinclair to slam chest first into the corner. She backs away from the corner for a few steps, but is grabbed from behind by Apathy for a German suplex into the middle of the ring!
Apathy bridges up to hold Sinclair for the cover and gets a two count before Sinclair kicks out of the move. Apathy gets to her feet first where she greets the rising Sinclair with a few European uppercuts that drive Sinclair back into the corner. She whips Sinclair across the ring to the other corner, following with a running drop kick to the gut! Apathy lets the momentum of her drop kick put her into a crouching position while she lets her feet slide off of Sinclair to land on the middle ropes. She reaches down to grab Sinclair by the shoulders and leaps away from the corner, hurling Sinclair behind her to the center of the ring in a move that takes down the referee again when Sinclair collides with him.
Apathy gets to her feet and walks over to the rising Sinclair with a wide grin. “You want to play dirty?”, she calls out. “Let’s play!”
Apathy throws a fireball into Sinclair’s face, dropping her to the mat where she begins rolling around on her face in an attempt to get the fire put out. When she starts to get back up to her hands and knees, Apathy is already sitting on the top turnbuckle. Apathy leaps through the air and stomps on the back of Sinclair’s head to send her face crushing into the mat with a splatter of blood as Sinclair’s nose goes crunch!
She gets the now bleeding profusely Sinclair up and hits the Evenflow DDT! The move was recognized immediately by longtime fans as Apathy’s former finisher. She goes for the pinfall, but then after about a six count realizes that the ref is still out. She goes over and revives the referee. Alas by the time she gets back to Sinclair, the Baroness is already up to her feet.
The two exchange a few punches and European uppercuts before Apathy whips Sinclair into the ropes. On the rebound, Apathy catches her and sends her chest first into the ropes. Apathy grabs Sinclair from behind and hits a lungblower! Apathy is back up quickly and pulls Sinclair into another irish whip to the ropes, hitting a falcon arrow on the rebound. She goes for the pinfall!
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Sinclair kicks out! Godfrey keeps it alive with centimeters between the referee’s hand and the canvas! Apathy kneels up, looking to the referee who claims that he only counted to two, showing her the margin of missing the three count with his fingers. She snarls at the ref while pulling Sinclair back to her feet. Evidently not as well, as Sinclair drops down to her knees and hits a palm strike to the inside of Apathy’s right knee to make it bend slightly to the side in a move that drops Apathy down to the mat while clutching at her knee in pain.
Sinclair stands and pulls Apathy up into a leaned over position so that she can hit several brutal knee lifts to the side of the head before casting her to the side like a sack of garbage. It isn’t long before Apathy gets back up to her knees and then to her feet.
Sinclair has blood streaming from her nose and onto her chest while Apathy has blood streaming from next to her eye that runs down the side of her face and neck. Neither look like they are ready to give it up yet.
“Is that all you got, Baroness?”, Apathy spits out venomously.
“I am born of higher stock than you,” Sinclair responds haughtily. “You are merely a diplomat’s daughter.”
Sinclair’s face echoed what her voice just shared with her opponent. Looking down at her opponent wasn’t just about being better than her, no, Sinclair knew her place in the world - and believed she was of greater importance than Apathy. On the other hand, Apathy lets out a roar as she rushes at Sinclair, who tries to step out of the way at the last moment! Apathy changes directions and hits a massive spear! The momentum of the move takes the two out of the ring through the ropes!
The two seem like they are down on the concrete floor for a moment though the referee doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to count them both out. Apathy gets up first, grabbing the rising Sinclair, and hot shotting her across the ring railing so that Sinclair impacts just above the bridge of the nose onto the metal. The sound upon impact is of a hideous and grotesque crack that causes nearby audience members to flinch.
Apathy rises again and watches Sinclair laying on the ground. She’s bleeding from a fresh location now as she slowly works her way back to her feet. Sinclair starts walking toward Apathy, but it’s a dazed stagger as she does so.
“I will defeat you momentarily.”, she mumbles. “I just need…a little nap.”
Sinclair drops to her knees and then onto her face onto the matted concrete floor on the outside of the ring. Apathy sighs and walks over, pulling her to her feet. Sinclair oves with renewed vigor (or was she playing possum?). She palm strikes Apathy in the lower midsection to get her to double over. Sinclair jumps to her feet, grabs Apathy in a suplex position, gets her up into the air, takes a couple of steps, and drops Apathy head first onto the ring steps where Apathy bounces off of them and onto the concrete floor where Apathy lays as if dead.
The referee yells down to ringside for them to get back into the ring or else he’s going to count them both out of the match. Sinclair sorta nods and picks up Apathy, rolling her into the ring where she bleeds from the top of her head now. Quickly forming a small pool of blood on the mat. Sinclair gets back into the ring, grabs Apathy by the arm, and drags her to the center of the ring while leaving a trail of blood behind her.
Sinclair rolls Apathy over onto her belly, swooning a bit from the last major blow to the head, before linking up Apathy’s legs to begin the set up for the Witch’s Hammer. She reaches for the arms and Apathy struggles to get free. Sinclair’s face shows her lack of patience for Apathy’s end to be found, and latches onto both forearms with each hand. Wrenching Apathy’s arms backwards, the bloody face of “Apathy” Elizabeth Devereaux-O’Rourke leaking on the ring mat below her, a crimson mask that had fans concerned in the front row for her health. Sinclair relished the moment as though she had been waiting to do this. SMASH! The foot drives the face into the canvas with force unseen before! Sinclair Godfrey hits the Witch’s Hammer!
Not letting go, Sinclair shakes her head as fans in the front row boo the Baroness. Godfrey leans over, looking at the red mask of blood Apathy sported, seeing the face imprint staining the canvas below, and pulls her arms back as she stands upright. WITCH’S HAMMER again! With no motion remaining in Apathy’s body, Sinclair rolls her over using the one arm she holds onto, and drops on Apathy for the cover. Hooking Apathy’s leg as Sinclair puts her hand on the bloody face of Apathy, propping herself up off her abdomen section.
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Ding! Ding! Ding! The bell sounds and Sinclair Godfrey rises from her fallen foe. The night would not be forgotten, for a war was waged between these two, and neither would be the same following it.
Announcer: Winner of this match via pinfall, SINCLAIR GODFREY! (14:49)
Wiping the blood of Apathy on her shirt, Lady Sinclair Godfrey has her arm raised, but sees no reason for the referee to keep touching her and pulls it away. She leans on the ropes, taking it all in, the moment was appreciated, but that was all. Sinclair Godfrey exits the ring and makes her way backstage as medical staff come out from the sides of the entrance ramp to check on Apathy.
Moments following the staff getting in the ring, Apathy is propped up against the ropes, blood still flowing from her face, but she is conscious. While the loss would sting, there was no doubt Apathy had shown NPW what she was made of. Apathy would live to fight another day.
Archie Rude is standing backstage, watching the hall it seems before he turns to see Takaru Matsui walking down the hall. The man seems troubled, but stops to stare at Archie as he approaches with a faint curl of his lip. A hand lifts to rake back his hair, and he motions for Archie to speak. Rude adjusts his tie, flashing a grin before he lifts the mic. 'Takaru! I just wanted to get your thoughts here at Honor, what are your plans moving forward.'
Takaru lifts a hand, motioning for silence before he shrugs.
“My plans are simple. I have something to prove, and to prove it to the entire NPW and myself? Then I will do what I have to do.' Takaru paused, and he glanced around the hall before he turned back to Archie. He leaned closer, and a hand lifted to point towards the camera as he motioned it closer. 'Jesse Jamester. I will see you at NPW, it is not about the bounty the Revs have placed on your head. But you are the man to beat here in NPW, and so I must face you! It is time for me to rise, to prove what I am worth!”
Archie Rude blinked, and he drew back a step as Takaru glared at him. Then he spun, storming away with an angry look in her eyes. Archie looked confused, after all Takaru was normally more easy going. A shrug, and he turned to go as well.
[Hour 1 intermission]
1st Hour Main Event
Tag Team Match
30 Minute Time Limit
Lord Dominicus & Lynx vs. The ReVenants (Keith Williams & Neo James Carner)
A highly anticipated match for the ages was coming up next. Two unlikely partners, the North American Double Crown Champion, Lord Dominicus and the 2021 Cruiserweight Cup winner, Lynx. Pitted together by Gus Arnold following the fallout of the tag match with the Revenants that Lord Dominicus was the special guest referee for. Chaotic evil was what Lord Dominicus was known for, and what had made him the type of Champion he is. Whatever spat the two men had on the last show would have to be put aside, as they would need to be on the same page tonight against their opponents.
The ReVenants, tonight being represented by Keith Williams and Neo James Carner. In a short period of time, the ReVenants had instantly made their mark on the NPW scene. From hanging Lynx by his ankle by a chain above the ring and busting him open, to the relentless attacks and focus on taking Jesse Jamester out of action. The ReVenants made statements and backed them up. They were not one for following rules, if anything, they were the type to find every way to bend them - and had so far in NPW. Forcing the owner Gus Arnold to decree a 30-day suspension without pay for any ReVenant member that interferes in another match. Gus had booked a blockbuster that had to be stopped due to their antics. Tonight, the ReVenants would get their first taste of what NPW’s NADC Champion could do.
For Lynx, this had to be his night to get his justice. Not forgotten was the bloody image of Keith Williams in the middle of the ring. The result of which put Lynx out of action for a while. Now back, his demeanor changed; a focus and mean streak that had not been as noticeable before. Lynx would be seeking to hit the ReVenants with everything he had and give Keith the beating he deserved.
All four men stood in the ring, as the referee took the time to check each competitor for weapons and explained the rules. He pointed to the turnbuckle tag rope and states it must be used, as well as a 5 second count for the inactive member to leave the ring after a tag is made. The ReVenants were sporting their dead President makeup tonight for Fight for the Fallen. The skeleton and bone appearances of black and white paint on Neo James and Keith’s faces was the ultimate intimidation factor. They weren’t going for fashion, no, they were sending the message. A quick rock, paper, scissors and Neo James Carner wins with paper over Keith’s rock. Keith motions for two out of three, but Carner isn’t down with that and Keith laughs as he takes to the apron.
On the other side, Lord Dominicus steps out on the apron and gestures to Lynx to begin. Not shy about who would do the lifting here. The last time NPW saw Lord Dominicus in action, he had a grueling fight with Niko at August on the Atlantic III. The NADC Champion was finally back on the action side and rather than defending his title, he had to defend his role as the best in a tag match with two of the most heinous opponents.
The bell sounds, Lynx circles the ring as does Carner. Both men have their hands up in the air, ready to make a grapple. NJC shoots in for it, Lynx ducks and goes behind him with a waist lock. NJC counters with a reverse and slips behind Lynx to grab his waist, dipping his hips NJC launches Lynx backwards with a release German suplex! Lynx flips in the process and lands on his feet. NJC is quick to get to his feet and sees that Lynx is standing. Roundhouse kick from Lynx! NJC dodges it and rolls to the side of Lynx, side sweeping his ankles from behind with one leg. A calculated standing front leg drop on the neck of Lynx follows! NJC keeps his leg over the neck and reaches for Lynx’s arm to lock in an armbar, but Lynx is quick to scout it and rolls in the opposite direction, leaping to his feet. NJC does the same on the other side of the ring.
Both men stood apart about 6 feet looking at one another as the feeling out process was underway. Neo James Carner had his hair braided to the top of his head for the evening, as the back side was braided and hung in a clean ponytail. Lynx on the other hand was wearing his Jaguar like mask, showing the roaring heart in its depiction. Keith nods to NJC from the apron, and Carner nods back.
Carner puts a hand up and challenges Lynx to a strength contest. Lynx looks on as though he knows the game but doesn’t want to play. NJC shrugs and says, “I knew you were weak anyway” which is when Lynx bolts at him with strikes. Carner, being no slouch, is able to counter a few and deliver two of his own strikes to Lynx’s chest. Lynx hits Carner on the chin with a right finally and rocks him into the ropes! Irish whip sends NJC across the ring, rebounding off the ropes, Lynx leap frogs him as he comes close. NJC rebounds again and goes for a forearm smash! Lynx sees it, whipping his body around the arm, he hooks the swinging arm with his hands, then the other arm with his feet, rolling to the canvas and pinning NJC to the mat!
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Kickout! Carner slides out and immediately gets to his feet to be met by two kicks from Lynx sending him backward into the corner. Halfway between both team corners, NJC takes multiple blows from the cold crisp kicks Lynx is serving up, and the fans are eating it up! Lynx rips NJC out of the corner with another Irish whip and sends him to the corner diagonal of him, following behind as he comes in for a move! Carner pops up and lands behind Lynx who runs up the second turnbuckle and launches himself backwards with all his weight! Like a human torpedo, Lynx crashes into NJC and both men roll into the center of the ring!
The referee checks on both men, who groggily work their way to a standing position. Carner felt all of that body assault courtesy of Lynx. As the two rise, a flurry of strikes and counters are exchanged, before Carner drop toe holds Lynx to the canvas, locking the left leg of Lynx with both of his calves, before rolling over the back of Lynx to his stomach. Carner’s full weight is on the head and neck of the Cruiserweight Cup winner, as NJC struggles to wrap a front chin lock on Lynx. Not letting the move be locked in, Lynx slides backwards and with the agility of a cat, uses both hands to swing his legs around for a stiff enziguri to the face of Carner!
Carner reels backwards on his knees now. Reeling from the shot, which gives Lynx time to jump to his feet and rush to the ropes, running straight at Carner and diving with a forearm clothesline! Carner lays face down on the canvas to avoid contact, and Lynx hits nothing but air. Momentum carries Lynx to the ropes, and he spins around to be met with a toe kick to the abdomen region by NJC. Carner quickly hooks Lynx by the neck and under hooks his right arm, popping his hips as he executes a half-Nelson suplex! Rolling through, Neo James Carner rolls Lynx over and hooks the leg for a cover.
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Kick out by Lynx! Carner rewards his efforts with a quick left jab to the mask of Lynx, dragging his elbow through on the execution. Grabbing Lynx by the neck, NJC gets up and places Lynx’s head between his thighs. Reaching over the back and under the stomach, NJC locks his hands together as he lifts Lynx up and jumps up, planting the head of Lynx with a cradle piledriver into the canvas! Carner’s smile through the white and black skull face paint is a tell-tale sign of his intentions tonight.
Grabbing Lynx by the ankle, Carner drags him a few feet toward the ReVs corner and tags in Keith Williams. Holding the leg, NJC offers it up to Keith; who obliges and twists it one direction before stomping the stomach of Lynx and rolling over his chest and head while holding the leg still. Lynx is contorted in an awkward position for a few moments before Keith let’s go and grabs Lynx by the neck. Carner slides through the ropes before the referee goes to warn him. Keith nods at Carner, and raises his hand up with the palm facing up. Carner leans back on the apron, throwing his right foot up on the top turnbuckle pad. Keith wastes no time and runs with Lynx’s heat into Carner’s boot. Lynx counters with a foot on the middle turnbuckle, elbow strikes to the gut of Keith, and Lynx grabs Carner by the boot and pushes it up and shoves NJC backwards off the apron! Carner spills to the outside, but lands safely.
Ambush in the corner by Keith to Lynx! The attention to NJC caused Lynx to take his eyes off Keith Williams, and Keith made him pay for it. Hooking the neck, Keith runs out of the corner and bulldogs Lynx into the center of the ring. Looking over to the other corner, Keith Williams mocks the NADC Champion Lord Dominicus, trying to draw LD into the ring.
LD doesn’t buy into it, and instead points over Keith’s shoulder, which causes Keith to turn his head to see what LD was pointing at, which is just enough time for Lynx to crawl closer to his corner. Lord Dominicus extends his hand out while holding the tag rope, finger tips wiggling for the tag! Lynx springs up for a tag; Knee to the gut!
The Great White Terror throws the kitchen sink at the airborne Lynx! Crumbling to the canvas short of the tag, Lynx is in bad shape, and Keith knows it. Lifting Lynx to his feet with a tight headlock applied, Keith wrenches on Lynx’s neck as he mocks Lord Dominicus, working to bait him to come in and save his partner. Dominicus doesn’t seem to care as much until he turns back and sees Keith grab the mask of Lynx and begin to tear it off!
Keith points to Lord Dominicus as his fingers begin to stretch the eye holes open, tearing the fabric of Lynx’s mask. Lord Dominicus shakes his head, and walks the apron showing he’s not enjoying his tag partner getting de-masked in front of the audience.
Keith Williams: I will expose you all for what you truly are --- COWARDS!
The words sink in like bee sting, as Lord Dominicus points at Keith and thumbs his chest, the words being said aren’t loud enough over the audience’s noise, but Keith smirks at whatever is said and suddenly shoves Lynx to his knees. Grabbing both sides of his face, Keith’s smile grows like the Grinch taking gifts from all the children during Christmas as he warns Lord Dominicus to make his decision or suffer the consequences.
Lord Dominicus is torn, the man who was Evil personified, had to choose whether to help or watch on and allow the act Keith Williams was about to perform on his tag partner. Lord Dominicus steps one leg through the ropes, hesitating, and looks back over the top rope before he dips his head in too and the referee goes to stop him. Keith puts his right hand up to the referee and says ‘I allow it.’ The referee looks at Keith and points to his zebra shirt, reminding him who is officiating, and while this is happening Lord Dominicus springs at Keith Williams with a flying forearm smash! Keith is blindsided by the move, all in the brief moment he is distracted talking to the referee and he pays for it. Lord Dominicus grabs Lynx and pulls him towards their team’s corner, stepping out on the apron, Dominicus reaches over as Lynx reaches up and Lord Dominicus tags the hand!
Springboarding over the top rope, Lord Dominicus enters the ring in style. Lynx rolls under the bottom rope and regroups on the apron. The ReVenants had done a great job so far showing the disconnect of an inexperienced team versus a ‘w so ell oiled machine’ as they referred to themselves. As true as those words may have been so far, it was now time for Keith to stand toe-to-toe with the North American Double Crown Champion for the first time in NPW.
The Great White Terror had spoken a big game leading up to Fight for the Fallen. As Lord Dominicus and Keith Williams circled the ring, fans stood up to get a better look at what was about to happen. Lord Dominicus took the first shot and slid through with a single leg takedown, but Keith dodged it by pushing the shoulder and neck of LD to his side and sprawling. Both men regain their stances a few feet apart, arms up in a grapple-ready position, fingers steady as they locked eyes. The tension could be felt in the cheap seats where fans had to use binoculars to see who exactly was in the ring. Locking up with intensity, Keith pushes Lord Dominicus backwards a step, but Dominicus doesn’t let it continue and shifts his hips to block one leg of Keith’s and throw his upper body’s balance off using his hip. Keith tries to step over, and Lord Dominicus pushes him into the ropes, both men struggling to gain the advantage. Rolling against the ropes and trading spots, Keith then LD, LD then Keith, until the two reach the corner and Keith is on the inside with Lord Dominicus’ back to the buckles. Keith stomps on LD’s foot, distraction technique working as LD loses the grapple war and is shoved back, chest exposed as his back arcs on the top turnbuckle.
CHOP!
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CHOP!
Laying down heavy palm strikes on the chest of the NADC Champion, Keith Williams wanted to make sure Lord Dominicus felt the weight of this match-up for weeks to come. Looking for one more chop, Lord Dominicus flips the script as he grabs the arm and turns Keith’s back to the turnbuckle, but instead of chops, he unleashes a flurry of fast, precision kicks to the abdomen and thighs of Keith Williams!
KICK!
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Fans burst into a cheer as Lord Dominicus kicks the left shin of Williams, then raises his right leg up to meet Keith’s temple with the toe of his boot. Keith staggers and swings with a right hook, only for Dominicus to step the other direction and turn himself into a human catapult as he judo flips Keith Williams from the corner to the center of the ring with the striking arm of Williams. Lord Dominicus kips up to his feet, giving fans a photo op as he swipes his hands together like he’s cleaning house and turns to see the fans reaction.
A mixed reaction but the excitement of the crowd’s energy drowned out the jeers. Lord Dominicus puts a finger up to his mouth, signaling to the crowd to be quiet as he sneaks up behind the rising Keith Williams. Wrapping both arms around Keith’s neck, Lord Dominicus falls backwards by kicking his feet out and landing on his stomach, dropping Keith on his back while whiplashing the head and neck into the canvas. Dominicus has no desire to go for a pin though, maybe he knew it was too soon, or maybe he enjoyed the challenge and wanted to push Keith to his peak. Lord Dominicus instead runs and bounces off the rope, passing Williams once to hit the other side of the ring. Another pass and Keith is starting to sit up when Lord Dominicus launches himself into William’s face -- SHINING WIZARD! Keith falls backwards and snags the ankle at just the right time!
Lord Dominicus smacks the canvas chest first as Keith rolls through with LD’s momentum helping him. Williams twists the leg, and then grabs the other calf of LD, setting up a Texas Cloverleaf hold! Lord Domincis is caught off guard by the counter! Reaching for the ropes, his fingers are half a foot from the bottom rope when Keith Williams sits down lower, putting the pressure both on the knees, lower back, and now mid-back with his weight being enough to anchor their position. Lord Dominicus hands grab his face as he shows the animated mask man in pain with his actions. Keith sits lower. Lord Dominicus claws the canvas and then grips it the best he can as he extends his left shoulder as far as he can and the index and middle finger are able to grip the bottom rope to force the referee to start the five count for Williams to break the hold.
Lynx is back on his feet in his corner, as is Neo James Carner on the other side. Keith Williams releases the Cloverleaf at 4.9 seconds and puts his chest up to the referee who gets in his face. The boldness of these refs tonight was a new thing for NPW to adjust to, but one Gus Arnold was proud to admit would serve the better good of the company.
Lynx gets fans to start stomping and singing “We Will Rock You!” when Lord Dominicus rolls under the bottom rope and Keith Williams tries to follow him -- only for the referee to cut him off by standing in his way. Keith looks at the zebra sternly and then tells him to do his job. Keith tags Neo James Carner and hops out of the ring to the outside. Carner drops off the apron instead of entering the ring. Keith heads one way around the ring while NJC goes the other to surround Lord Dominicus. Keith walks around the steel steps, catching the sight of Lynx on the apron. Keith looks over at Lord Dominicus and calls out the Champ, getting his attention. Keith walks towards LD slowly, a smug look on his face as he keeps an eye on Lynx. Rounding the corner Neo Janes Carner goes to sneak up and Lynx jumps up on the turnbuckle, launching himself at NJC with a crossbody on the other side of the ring, not far behind where Lord Dominicus was standing!
LD doesn’t flinch, he knows Lynx did him a solid and Keith was hoping it would distract him. Instead LD points behind Keith and yells “It’s Jamester!” The ReVenant glanced behind him for a moment, which was all Lord Dominicus needed to slide in the ring. Keith Williams turns back and sees LD has taken to the ring, where he shrugs and goes “Gotcha” with his gestures. Lynx is up and comes around back to his side of the ring where Keith stands, and the referee yells for some order telling Keith to get back to his apron. The ReVenant didn’t care for the barking of order, and as he sees NJC roll into the ring on the other side, Keith puts his hands up and complies with the referee, but points to Lynx and mouths “That mask will be my trophy” before he points at Dominicus and says “And yours too!” which is all a distraction as Neo James Carner grabs the back of Lord Dominicus’ head and shoves a knee in his spine, bending him backwards and dropping him with a reverse DDT!
Keith gets the last laugh as he walks up the steel steps and across the apron back to his corner. Neo James Carner grabs the leg of LD and locks it between his armpit as he drags Dominicus closer to his corner, and tags in Keith before he grabs the other leg and holds it. Keith gets in the ring, jumps up on the second turnbuckle and eyes up a picture frame with his fingers on LD’s head, before dropping an elbow directly on the skull of the North American Double Crown Champion. Rubbing that elbow in some more before he gets up and pulls Lord Dominicus to his feet. Dominicus is setup for a piledriver, and Keith points to Lynx “Watch how it’s done” before he grabs the sides of Lord Dominicus and raises him up into a powerbomb position, running across the ring for a running powerbomb!
REVERSAL! Keith flies into the second turnbuckle face first as Lord Dominicus uses the momentum of the sprinting powerbomb to hurricanrana Keith and take back the momentum. Lord Dominicus uses the ropes to get to his feet, and tags in Lynx by slapping him on the shoulder and pointing at Keith laying on the bottom turnbuckle before saying “Get yours” to the 2021 Cruiserweight Cup winner.
Lynx gets in and side looks at Lord Dominicus as he takes to the apron. Lynx pulls Keith up in the corner strikes him with an elbow attack and then lifts him to the top turnbuckle. Climbing up on the ropes, Lynx ascends, SUPER FRANKENSTEINER! Keith lands in the middle of the ring, Lynx goes for the cover.
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Shoulder shoots off the canvas! Keith rolls over and Lynx nods, that wasn’t enough. Keith begins to crawl towards his corner, getting a tag would give him the breather he needs but Lynx grabs his foot, pulling him back and turns the leg before slapping on a figure four leg lock!
Keith reaches for the ropes but is too far away. Lynx leans his body up, applying more press to the knee. Audible pain is all you can hear from the ReVenant member as he goes from raising his back to a sitting position and pushes on Lynx’s leg, trying to break the hold, but Lynx sits up and uses his hands behind him to raise his body up. Keith is riveting in pain and goes to lay down…
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Shoulders up! Keith sits up and punches Lynx in the mouth! Lynx drops back and as he does the boot of NJC comes flying! Punted Lynx in the head and saving his partner.
Lynx falls back and Keith gets out of the hold. NJC is being yelled at by the referee to leave the ring, but the ReVenant has no care for the authority figures words and stomps on Lynx. Lord Dominicus has seen enough and comes in the ring. Keith turns and Dominicus lays a right fist upside his head. Keith fires back with a right of his own. Carner has Lynx up in the ReVenants corner, teeing off on him. Lynx looked worse for wear following the punt from earlier.
Keith reverses spots with Domincus and starts getting his shots in. He looks across the ring and like a perfect unit does, Carner does the same. A sync of the minds as the two nod, and they Irish whip their foes at one another. Lord Dominicus counters and swings Keith at Lynx! Lariat by Keith Williams to Lynx! Neo James Carner runs at Lord Dominicus and hits a spear, and tackles LD out of the ring. Keith is quick to pull the dazed Lynx up and K-DRIVER! Quickly hooking the legs under his arms, Keith puts all his weight down and the referee slides into positions, fingers under the shoulders of Lynx. Keith grabs the tights when he sees the referee won’t notice.
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Lynx kicks out a hair late, and the referee signals for the bell! Keith sneaks a win after a hard fought match. Lord Dominicus on the outside comes sliding in just at the three -- and we see that the ReVenants words rang true, as their team work was solid this evening.
Announcer: Winners of this match by pinfall, THE REVENANTS, Keith Williams and Neo James Carner! (22:43)
Lord Dominicus sees Keith Williams reach for Lynx’s mask and he turns around to see Neo James Carner sliding in. Keith turns his attention to Lord Dominicus like he’s seen the jackpot of opportunities--
[Jesse Jamester.]
From the crowd, the Canadian Nightmare jumps the barricade with a barbed wire wrapped sledgehammer and hits the ring like a freight train!
Lord Domincus sees it and turns his attention to NJC, while Jesse Jamester cuts off Keith Williams! Swinging the sledgehammer like a baseball bat looking to place the ball in the next zip code, Jesse is aiming to kill! Keith ducks and slides out of the ring, as NJC does the retreat as well.
Jesse Jamester walks up to the ropes, standing on the second one as he points the barbed wire wrapped sledgehammer to the ReVenants on the ramp. The message clear, the rules didn’t matter to Jesse Jamester. The ReVenants had chipped away any respect that the man had for them, and he was looking to take his revenge out however he saw fit.
Lord Dominicus stands between Lynx who is sitting up finally, and Jesse Jamester. An odd trio to be seen on the same side of a situation. As the ReVenants had shown, power in numbers worked -- and it would have worked tonight had the Canadian Nightmare not been hunting for Keith.
Triple Threat Match
20 Minute Time Limit
Rob Garcia vs. Lochlyn Cade vs. Freakke
Halifax, Nova Scotia audience is panned to as the show comes back from a commercial teaser for the next NPW event. The fans were hot after all they had witnessed at Honor Fight for the Fallen so far.
"If it bleeds, we can kill it."
"And we ain't got time to bleed."
"And we ain't got time to bleed."
"Turbo Killer" by Carpenter Brut begins to play as darkness engulfs the arena. Red strobe lights illuminate the entranceway showing the outline of several figures that make their way out from behind the curtains.
As the music picks up, the arena lights come back to life and it's... The ReVenants member, Rob Garcia. He could hear the choir of boos but also saw the fans who held signs up for their favorite Trio stable of NPW. One sign said “Good Guys are Boring, I’d rather be a REV!”
Garcia confidently walked down the aisle, sneering at the haters and nodding at the signs of the minority fans who cheered for the ReVenants. Garcia had been a critical part to the three man group who had taken NPW by storm. Rob Garcia was the insane high flyer who had a calculated recklessness to his approach in the ring. Not only did this ReVenant have a history in tag teams with Jeff Noon, but he also had a history of finding ways to create opportunity. While Rob had hoped to bring the heat for a Cruiserweight Championship bout, he still hadn’t made the weight. Though a win tonight would certainly prove to Garcia that he could hang in the division with the best Cruiserweights of Canada. Rob had recently been involved backstage in the attacks on Jamester. With the ReVenants not able to come ringside, and the Canadian Nightmare hunting the ReVemamts backstage, was Garcia's focus fully here? Rob Garcia enters the ring, posing his arrogance in a taunt to the audience who was booing the foreign sensation. Music fades.
“Bad Devil” by Devin Townsend played over the sound system of Scotiabank arena. Freakke appears from the entranceway. His face showed a man with a goal tonight, but with Freakke playing double duty and the way things went in the Battle Royal, it was clear that Freakke was not fully fresh for this match. He makes his way down to the ring without the usual antics that he would normally do. Freakke had accomplished a great deal in his Royale entrance, whether the loss weighed on him tonight, was not evident with his walk to the ring.
“Born for This” by Royal Deluxe hits next! Finally, the newest North American Cruiserweight Champion Lochlyn Cade makes his way out from the back. He looks around at the booing fans and smiles at them as he smacks the Cruiserweight title around his waist and makes them relish their dislike for the new Champion. Cade walks down to the ring with a confidence for the evening. Tonight he had a reprieve from defending the Cruiserweight title due to his opponent Rob Garcia not making the weight limit deadline. But the fact that this match had no rules, was a feather in Cade’s cap. To say that he is a violent one, is like saying that the sky is blue. The Promethean was ready to show what made him the Originator of NecroCore.
As the bell is sounded to start the match, Rob Garcia, Freakke, and Lochlyn Cade get into a circle and begin their stare down to see who will go first and get pounced upon. After what seems like forever, Freakke breaks the formation and clocks Lochlyn in the side of the head with a hard right hand. Lochlyn responds with a thumb to the eye of Freakke and a quick back elbow to the side of Rob’s head that knocks him backwards to the corner.
Freakke doesn’t back away from Lochlyn, but keeps the affected eye closed and goes for Lochlyn with lefts and rights. Lochlyn takes a few punches, having not expected him to be able to fight back so soon.
Freakke takes Lochlyn down with a russian leg sweep before jumping up to his feet and waiting for Lochlyn to get up and hitting him with a roundhouse kick. Rob Garcia taps Freakke on the shoulder and grabbing him as he turns around for a belly to belly suplex. Rob gets back to his feet where he’s grabbed by Lochlyn and hit with several stiff knee lifts to the gut. He takes a step back and elbows the doubled over Rob in the back of the head with a bionic elbow that sends him face first to the mat!
Lochlyn turns to the rising Freakke, hitting him with an inverted suplex. He goes for the quick cover, but the ref doesn’t even get into position before Freakke kicks out. Lochlyn stands up, but is kicked in the back of the knees by Rob Garcia to bring him down to the mat.
Rob goes to the ropes and comes back running as Freakke is getting up. Rob sails through the air and hits a flying forearm to send him back down to the mat. Rob comes at Lochlyn with the same move, but Lochlynn catches him with a powerslam to the mat!
Freakke gets back to his feet and comes at the rising Lochlyn with a rolling thunder kick to the top of the head that levels him! Freakke goes to the top rope while everyone else is down. He leaps through the air for a 450 splash, but Lochlyn rolls out of the way so that Freakke bounces off of the mat.
Now it’s Lochlyn’s turn to go to the top rope. He leaps into the air and lands a flying legdrop on Freakke! He stands up, but is grabbed from behind by Rob Garcia and taken to the mat with a running bulldog. Rob gets up and grabs Freakke as he gets up and hits a t-bone suplex!
Lochlyn gets to his feet and whips Rob into the ropes, but this is where Freakke pulls down the top rope to send Robb to the outside. Lochlyn approaches the rising Freakke and throws a fireball directly into his face! Freakke no sells the fireball while keeping his eyes shut and blindly grabs Lochlyn by the shoulders. He hits home several brutal headbutts, bursting Lochlyn’s nose in the process like an overripe tomato.
Lochlyn, blinded from the tears in his eyes from the impacts to his nose, pulls Freakke down into a small package for the pinfall!
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Freakke kicks out! Rob Garcia looks like he’s up, but then pops open a steel chair and takes a seat to enjoy the show. Pretending to have a bite of popcorn as he leans back. Inside the ring, Freakke and Lochlyn both stand up and are both blind. Instead of taking a few seconds to clear their sight, they begin taking blind swings at one another. They each land a wild swing on the other, while Rob sits outside the ring and laughs at them.
Freakke and Lochlyn take the moment to clear their vision finally. As soon as their eyes are clear, they go right at it again with lefts and rights before backing up from one another. Lochlyn spits a crimson mist at Freakke, who spits a multicolored mist at Lochlyn so that they are both blinded once again!
The pair blindly take swings at one another again! Freakke accidentally punching the referee when he gets too close. Lochlyn clears his vision first and takes down Freakke with a swinging neckbreaker! Cade rolls over, clearing his eyes on the referees pant leg and is slammed in the back by Freakke with a double axe handle to the back. Lochlyn turns around and gets blasted in the face with the steel chair by Rob Garcia!
The crowd boo as Rob Garcia heads to the top rope, leaps through the air -- executing a corkscrew motion and hits a moonsault in a move that he calls the Overdose! Hooking the leg, Garcia goes for the pinfall!
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Broken up by Freakke! Rob is not sure what the hell to do with the Carnival King, who is now faced with finding a way to eliminate one of the opponents to secure his victory. Freakke showed exhaustion from the Honor Royale, but would not be denied in giving his all to make a moment this evening. Garcia is pulled off Cade and grabbed by the neck by Freakke, DDT onto a nearby chair! Freakke gets ready for the pin and Cade is stirring, he sees Freakke going for the cover.
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Cade breaks up the pin with a stomp to the back of Freakke’s head and throws him off the ReVenant member. Freakke staggers to get to his feet and is thrown through the ropes to the outside by Cade. Turning his attention back to Rob Garcia. Lochlyn wants to end this quickly and goes for the finish. Lifting Garcia up, he goes to place his head between his legs and Rob slips between and behind him, grabbing Lochlyn by the neck and REVERSE DDT ONTO THE CHAIR!
Garcia grabs Lochlyn by the legs and folds his knees over his shoulder as he applies his whole upper body to the pin. The referee slides into position and goes for the pin. Rob puts his feet on the second rope for a leverage pin.
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Ding! Ding! Ding! The bell sounds and Garcia drops his feet off the rope, sending the middle rope shaking around the ring. The referee grabs his hand as he rises to his feet and raises it, but Garcia rips it from the referee’s possession and throws a fist up, proud of his victory.
Announcer: Winner of this match via pin fall, ROB GARCIA! (18:29)
Garcia snuck the win tonight in true ReVenant fashion, proving that the dog with the most fight doesn’t always win -- but the one willing to go outside the square will. His antics may not have been respected, but he got the job done. Now though, the story was, will Rob Garcia lose the weight for his Cruiserweight opportunity? He showed he could hang with Lochlyn Cade… now if he could drop the pounds, he’d have every right to claim his shot.
Double Main Event
Imperial Crown Tag Team Championships
Tag Team Match
30 Minute Time Limit
PrimeTime (Primal and ‘Timeless’ Alex Turner vs. The Bastards (Rob Riot & Frank Windsor) vs. Kid Koala & Eddie Havok
The two men that emerged in second and third place in the Battle Royal earlier tonight made their way out to the ring together. Both men knew they had to rely on the other in order to get through this, and clearly neither man had any experience working with the other. However, Northern Pro Wrestling is the land of opportunity, and having a shot at the Imperial Crown Tag Team Championships in the CO Main event of Honor is a big deal.
The crowd seemed impressed by both of the newcomers. Kid Koala's laid back demeanour was ever-present. Eddie Havok seemed more business-like, as he entered the ring and stretched in the corner. Being as though this match was now a triple threat match, tornado rules would apply as a member of each team would be in the ring at all times. Koala and Havoc grouped together to discuss some pre match strategies.
Out next were The Bastards. The leaders of the Galactic Sex Pirate group have been leaving a lasting impact on the Northern Pro brand from the moment they set foot inside of the promotion. Whether it was in the ring, or in their tour bus, the Bastards will shoot you straight, and have a great time doing it. Rob Riot led the charge, and Frank Windsor was two steps behind. Windsor seems to be paying more attention to his figure as of late - seemingly dropping some of that covid weight that he came into the promotion with. The fans reacted positively to the duo, which was to be expected. Rob Riot nodded to KK and Havok as he entered the ring.
Finally the Imperial Crown Tag Team Champions were set to make their appearance. Except there was one problem...
Primal was the only one to make an appearance. We just witnessed Jesse Jamester execute his Jesterplex on Timeless backstage, and he's certainly feeling the after effects. Has he been cleared by NPW medical? Primal looked annoyed, but that's about par for the course for him. Maybe the option to go at this battle alone and rip more people alone was suited for Primal's ambitions. The crowd was silent, looking to see if Timeless was going to make an appearance.
Nope.
Primal was carrying both championship belts with him and told the ref he was here to defend, and to ring the bell!
The referee held the titles aloft, and signalled for the bell.
DING DING DING
Primal charged Rob Riot who was still not fully engaged, as he was talking to Windsor when the bell sounded. Primal was full of piss and vinegar, really trying to rough Riot up. Perhaps some of their words that they exchanged in the lead up to this contest were still weighing heavy.
Kid Koala on the other hand played to the crowd. He laid along the top rope and pointed to his opponents who were going full steam, while he ended up being able to sit back and observe. Eddie Havok implored him to sneak attack and get in there, to which KK said, no way bro. KK then tagged Havok and pointed to the massacre in the ring and said why don't you get involved?
Havok seemed willing to go and mix it up. His days as a member of street gangs were clearly habits that died hard. Havok felt compelled to get in the mix, and he tried to slow down Primal, which wasn't the smartest idea. Havok caught a few stiff shots for his involvement in the skirmish. Rob Riot was clearly thankful, as it gave him a few moments to gather himself.
Havok bounced backward, not expecting the raw power that Primal possesses. He'll learn.
Riot approached from behind and double axe handled Primal, slowing him slightly. Havok joined in, and the double irish whip was next, where when low and Riot leapt with a running clothesline and the impact sent Primal down to the mat hard. Havok tagged KK, and Koala, immediately went up top and double stomped the fallen Primal! What a way to enter the match.
Koala celebrated, which was a mistake as the savvy Rob Riot locked him up and took him over with a German Suplex Pin!
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Koala kicked out, and gave Riot a look. Riot told him to always be ready, This fired KK up, as he pushed forward with fists of fury. Riot blocked half of the attempts, and purposely backed into his own corner where Windsor made a blind tag, and snuck behind the conflict and blindsided KK. Just as this was happening, Primal charged forward
SPEAR!!!
Primal took Windsor down!
RAAAAAH!!
The crowd popped at the sheer impact levied by arguably the baddest and toughest guy on the NPW roster.
KK spun around, used the ropes as leverage and connected with a nice kick to the side of Primal's head which dazed him. KK then hit the apron and used the ropes at catapult himself in the air and dive on top of Primal... knocking him down and holding for a pin.
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Primal powered out.
Windsor was coming to, and went for a double leg on Primal, taking him down and throwing some haymakers from top position. KK, used the moment to hit his corner and tag Eddie Havok. Havok hit the ropes and hit Primal with a basement droplck to the MUSH!
He went for the cover, but Windsor tossed him off. Windsor wasn't going to let an attempt take place on his watch. Windsor pushed Havok into the ropes and lit him up with a few chops before snapping him over and punting him in the small of the back.
WHAM!
OHHHHH!
Primal was up, and he grabbed Havok by the neck, held him over his head and drove him to the mat. Primal knew better than to attempt a pin, as Windsor was there. The two men squared off, with Primal showing more power, sending Windsor into the ropes and catching him with a sidewalk slam!
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Havok makes the save!
Havok fired up, fists of fury on Primal, before a kick to the gut and a SNAP DDT planted the beast. Havok hit the second rope, and elbow drop from that position. Again, off the ropes, running senton!
What action from the newcomer.
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Primal powered out.
Windsor joined the fray, and it was here that he and Havok realized their efforts together against Primal were likely to yield the best results. Eliminate the beast, and then carry the fight onward against the other. Windsor lifted with Havok;'s help.
DOUBLE POWERBOMB!
They both looked like they were going to fo for the pin, but that wasn't the proper move in that instance.
RAHHHH
Lefts and rights from Havok and Windsor. Windsor swung wildly, Havok, atomic drop! Windsor stumbles into the corner where KK hit him with a stiff forearm shot. Windsor turned around and was levelled by a running hooked clothesline from Havok! Havok made the quick tag to KK, who went up top ... FLYING LEGDROP!
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NO! Windsor kicked out.
So Close.
Primal snarled as he came to and launched KK out of the ring and sent him crashing down to the concrete floor. Primal picked Windsor up, who was still groggy and planted him with a falcon arrow!
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OHHHH!! So Close. Windsor somehow able to kick out.
Riot was on the outside extending his arm, and stomping his feet, looking to get the crowd involved. Havok wasn't the legal man, but he could sense the match slipping away, so he entered the ring to fight on for his team. Riot saw this, entered the ring and cut him off. The referee was in the middle trying to restore order. KK showed resiliency and popped up from the ground, hit the top rope and dropkicked Primal from behind!
Primal fell forward into a small package from Windsor!
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Primal was able to power out of it at the last split second.
The fans stood and applauded the efforts of everyone involved. This chaotic match for the Imperial Crown Tag Team Championship was more than the fans could've imagined. The upstart duo of newbies who haven't tagged together were holding their own. Primal was on his own in this contest, and was fighting valiantly to retain the championships. The Bastards were fighting hard, proving their value and worth in this contest.
The fans couldn't have been happier, as these men were showing how important and valuable being champion is, in Northern Pro Wrestling.
[Timeless]
*GASP*
[What. The. Hell.]
Alex Turner walked gingerly through the curtain, still wearing the effects of his encounter with Jesse Jamester. The crowd slow clapped for one of the cornerstones of the brand. We could see it in his face and his movements, he was not 100%, but there he was, willing himself to the ring, looking to help his partner who had been shouldering the load this entire time.
In what was a smart move, but poorly timed, Kid Koala launched himself out of the ring, and tried to wipe Timeless out of the match for good, but Timeless was able to side step the attack, and KK hit the ground hard once again.
OHHHHH!
Primal was wearing the effects of a hard fought match, but also wasn't sure he was any better off than his partner. During the brief stall, Riot tagged himself into the match, to give Windsor some reprieve as he had been carrying the bout for his squad up until that point. Eddie Havok was observing the scene wondering where he could make an impact.
WHAM!
Rob Riot nailed Havok with a SUPERKICK!!
Havok ate it all. Primal was about to pounce, but Timeless reached into the ring and made a blind tag! The referee slapped his hands together, making it legal. Primal looked dumbfounded. Timeless moved forward, looking to get his hands on Riot. The NPW Stalwart swung violently, and Riot ducked, picked him up on his shoulders and hit him with a ROLLING DEATH VALLEY DRIVER!
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RAAAAAAH!!
We Have New Champions!!
DING DING DING!
Ring Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, the winners of tonight’s Co-Main Event -- AND NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW Imperial Crown Tag Team Champions!!! The Bastards! Rob Riot and Frank Windsor! (14:28)
Riot and Windsor celebrated in the ring, as the referee hit the time keeper's table to retrieve the Imperial Crown Tag Team Championships!
Timeless refused to quit, he wanted to keep fighting, he wanted to be part of the contest. It's clear that his confidence got the better of him in this contest and ended up costing his team the victory on this occasion. But, can anyone blame him? This is who he is! He's tough, he's not going to sit back and allow anyone to get one over on him or his partner.
Primal looked distraught, and wasn't sure what to do.
Eddie Havok and Kid Koala are just coming to and realizing that their quest wasn't to be- but they certainly left a lasting impression on the NPW audience and will most certainly factor into future plans with the company.
But this moment was about the Bastards. Riot and Windsor took the titles and left the ring area and celebrated with the fans in the front row. Major turn of events here!
Does this spell the end of Prime Time? Primal isn't giving off any 'tells'. Timeless is clearly not in good shape at the moment.
We cut away with tons of questions, but one thing is for sure - we now have brand NEW Imperial Crown Tag Team Champions.
Blake Samuels: What a night we have had hear so far! Honor has seen new Imperial North American Tag Team Champions formed in that of the Bastards, Rob Riot and Frank Windsor! Not only that, but Donzig took home the victory in the Honor Royale, affording him a shot at any championship of his choosing.
Archie Rude: Let's not forget the beating Sinclair Godfrey gave Apathy earlier tonight either. That was a vicious mean streak by the Baroness.
Blake Samuels: We have seen The ReVenants win in their respective matches, excluding the Battle Royal. Honestly though, had it been Rob Garcia, Neo James Carner and Keith Williams --- wait, we're hearing that we have a camera backstage right now with the ReVenants in their locker room.
The camera transitions to the locker room where Keith Williams, Neo James Carner, and Rob Garcia are sitting by with Jeff Noon handing out beers. Before Jeff Noon can speak though, the door is knocked on --
"Archie here, looking for an interview with the ReVs..."
The voice sounds muffled but Jeff Noon looks around and the ReVenants who nod in agreement to open it. Opening the door Jeff Noon turns to face the interviewer and jumps backward as an alligator stands in the doorway!
The ReVenants leap up, hair wet from showers, beer spilling on the floor, as Jeff Noon throws his hands out to protect them. All four ReVenants head to the rear of the room, and Rob Garcia tries turning the handle to another door, it's locked though!
Suddenly a small uncooked raw chicken is tossed in front of the alligator, making the reptile walk into the room. From behind him, the person we assume is throwing it makes his reveal.
[Jesse Jamester.]
Grabbing the door knob, Jesse Jamester smiles at the ReVenants from under his mask,
Jesse Jamester: Winner winner, chicken-lizard dinner!
Before Jesse pulls the door shut.
Fans in attendance are out of their minds as the scene shows staff being told to get to that room immediately on the announcer's table.
Archie Rude: Let's not forget the beating Sinclair Godfrey gave Apathy earlier tonight either. That was a vicious mean streak by the Baroness.
Blake Samuels: We have seen The ReVenants win in their respective matches, excluding the Battle Royal. Honestly though, had it been Rob Garcia, Neo James Carner and Keith Williams --- wait, we're hearing that we have a camera backstage right now with the ReVenants in their locker room.
The camera transitions to the locker room where Keith Williams, Neo James Carner, and Rob Garcia are sitting by with Jeff Noon handing out beers. Before Jeff Noon can speak though, the door is knocked on --
"Archie here, looking for an interview with the ReVs..."
The voice sounds muffled but Jeff Noon looks around and the ReVenants who nod in agreement to open it. Opening the door Jeff Noon turns to face the interviewer and jumps backward as an alligator stands in the doorway!
The ReVenants leap up, hair wet from showers, beer spilling on the floor, as Jeff Noon throws his hands out to protect them. All four ReVenants head to the rear of the room, and Rob Garcia tries turning the handle to another door, it's locked though!
Suddenly a small uncooked raw chicken is tossed in front of the alligator, making the reptile walk into the room. From behind him, the person we assume is throwing it makes his reveal.
[Jesse Jamester.]
Grabbing the door knob, Jesse Jamester smiles at the ReVenants from under his mask,
Jesse Jamester: Winner winner, chicken-lizard dinner!
Before Jesse pulls the door shut.
Fans in attendance are out of their minds as the scene shows staff being told to get to that room immediately on the announcer's table.
[Cut.]
[Hype.]
[Flash.]
[The North American Double Crown.]
[The Championship Belt Glistens in the Light.]
[The Championship that wrestlers aspire to Possess.]
["The Real" Lord Dominicus.]
[Leader.]
[Unapologetic.]
[Fighter of Crime.]
[Man of the People.]
[Defends his Championship Against.]
[Flash.]
[...]
[Stomping.]
[...]
[Cheering.]
[Flash.]
[Lynx.]
[The 2021 Cruiserweight Cup Winner.]
[The Heart and Soul of Northern Pro Wrestling.]
[Mr. Never Back Down.]
[Mr. Fight for What's Right.]
[...]
[But there's more...]
[BOOOOO!]
[Jeers.]
[Disgust.]
[Flash.]
[Moustache.]
[White, Sterile.]
[Keith Williams.]
[Flash.]
[The One They All Want to Eliminate, But Can't.]
[The Most Infamous Name in Northern Pro Wrestling.]
[The Great White Terror.]
[Flash.]
[Three Way Dance.]
[Elimination Style.]
[One Winner.]
[One Champion.]
[One Leader.]
[Flash.]
[Plus.]
[Gus Arnold Is Set to Make a Major Announcement.]
[That's not All.]
[New Talent Will Be Showcased.]
[New Rivalries Forged.]
[Who Will Donzig Challenge?]
[Will Northern Pro Wrestling Ever Be The Same?]
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[Slow Down?]
[Nope.]
[We're. Just. Getting. Started.]
[Flash.]
[Cut.]
Main Event
Openweight Championship
Fatal Four Way
60 MinuteTime Limit
D © vs. Steve Awesome vs. Donzig vs. Edward Zepp
"Full of Regret" by Danko Jones hits over the sound system as the next person involved in the main event made his way out. All the lights in the arena die out and the fans in the Scotiabank Arena start chanting his name, while a chorus of boos from the younger audience stirred the phenomenon of
Crowd Half #1: "AWE-SOME!”
Crowd Half #2: “SUCKS!”
Crowd Half #1: "AWE-SOME!”
Crowd Half #2: “SUCKS!”
Dramatic Pause.
Fans: "REGRETS I'VE HAD MINE!"
The lights in the Scotiabank arena explode to life, before they flash green and black spotlights on the ringside area to the beat of the music. Steve Awesome comes running out with intensity to the hyped up chorus of "Full of Regrets" by Danko Jones.
“Lonely nights/ and a whole lot of wasted time!
If you see her wont you tell her for me/
It's better this way to avoid all the misery”
The chorus plays again as Steve walks down to the ring. The guitar starts soloing and Steve hops into the ring and he provocatively slips off his jacket and then spins and drops into a kneel and he flexes his arms. He gets a slow motion effect as pyro sprays behind him. Awesome had taken a lot tonight with his Honor Royale showing. Being one of the top seven competitors to compete out of nearly 23 challengers, one would wonder what Awesome was feeling following that. He looked fresh, if not showered up and focused, but the aftermath of Dylan Black and his eliminating Steve Awesome still must be weighing on the Face of the Franchise.
Third out was the winner of tonight’s Honor Royale, the self pro-claimed Scourge, the Herald of Oblivion, made his way down to the ring; Donzig. Tonight had favored Donzig in the way he could find a way to win. Proving his endurance would be the next test. Does the machine of oblivion run on hate? Was that the driving force that could carry Donzig to the finish line tonight? Without missing a beat, Donzig walks the steel steps, taking his spot on the apron - peering out to the crowd. The Scourge was never more menacing than now; he had the lottery ticket of destiny in his wallet; and the OpenWeight Championship was on the horizon. Music fades after Donzig takes to his corner, stretching his arms and squatting in the corner, back to the buckles.
Audience rise to their feet as the lights in the arena dim and the stage melts into a green light over the rising smoke of the entrance. The aisle of the rampway on each side light up with enigma written in a signs style font of crop field meets the egyptian symbols found on the History channel. Rising from the smoke, the North American Openweight Champion, the Enigma, appears ‘D’.
D’s walk was methodic through the smokey rampway and slow to the ring, with the championship belt over his shoulder. His attire a purple and black with a green and white trim on the calves, elbow pads, and tape around both wrists and hands. This was the moment to appreciate the man many had considered the pioneer of the Openweight division. As a defending champion, he had decorated the title with a prestige with every victory in his open defenses. Stunning his fans week after week with his ability to overcome the odds, to defy the laws of reason and the foes who tried to wrong him. Enigma may have been his montage of mystery, but D was no enigma, he was the Upper Echelon of the Openweight, the Mouintain Peak, and every one else had to make their way to him to prove it.
Entering the ring, D took his spot in the center, handing over the Openweight Championship to the referee and viewing the other three men in their respective corners come out and towards the referee on each side of him. The referee explains the rules, a one fall for the Openweight title, no count outs, no disqualifications, and a sixty-minute time limit. Once they all acknowledge this, they return to their corners and the bell is sounded!
Donzig goes straight at Edward Zepp and goes for a shoulder tackle to blindside the big guy through the middle ropes to the outside of the ring… SUPERKICK! Donzig is no more to his feet from the shoulder tackle and is side swiped by Steve Awesome with a super kick that rocks him out through the middle and bottom ropes to land near Edward Zepp!
D waist locks Steve Awesome and back body suplexes him onto the canvas! Rolling over and mounting his opponent, D rocks Awesome with a slew of punches, raining down elbows and forearm smashes on the head and neck before Awesome covers up and rolls him over. D jumps up, Awesome does too.
SUPERKICK!
Awesome misses as D slips under the leg and kicks the front shin of his balancing leg, sending Awesome to his chest on the canvas. D goes for a flipping leg drop, Awesome rolls out of the way to a knee, before jumping to his feet. Calculating the place where D rolls to, Awesome rushes for a swift shin kick -- and D is nailed in the shoulder, saving a boot to the face by inches. Awesome stomps away at D as he gets the advantage finally near the bottom rope. Shoving D out of the ring under the bottom rope, and waiting for him to get near his feet, Steve Awesome runs to the nearest turnbuckle, jumps to the second rope, leaps over the top rope with a high cross body onto the rising ‘D’!
Edward Zepp and Donzig are slugging it out on the other side of the ring. Donzig gets an irish whip off, but Edward Zepp was baiting him and reverses it -- BIG KNEE to the gut of Donzig takes him to the floor. Edward Zepp goes to grab him by the waist from a bentover position, sticking Donzig’s head between his knees, could it be a powerbomb? Zepp lifts him up, hoisting Donzig well above his seven foot frame, now nearly nine feet in the air with his hands under each arm of Donzig’s massive frame -- Donzig kicks him in the back of the neck, and slips down behind Zepp!
Chop block to the back of the knee of Zepp! Donzig sways the big man to a knee, but he tries to get right back up. Donzig slams Zepp’s head off the barricade, grabbing him up in a russian leg sweep that sends Zepp into the guardrail exterior cover! Metal clanging on impact as the barricade shifts back into the crowd a few feet. Donzig rolls over and gets into the ring, getting a breather as he surveys the ring area.
Awesome is rolling D back into the ring on the opposite side of where Zepp and Donzig were fighting. Awesome in control now, leaps over the top rope and drops an elbow on the chest of D, before hooking the legs and throwing his feet on the second rope for a pin leverage attempt.
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Donzig stomps on his back and breaks it up! Donzig grabs Awesome by the hair, a mistake some would say he may pay for, but nonetheless he does. Pulling Awesome to his feet Donzig stiff kicks him in the left knee, dropping Awesome to both knees in the process. Awesome goes for the low blow, and Donzig leaps over him, hitting the ropes and hitting a sickening cannonball splash using his full body at the back of Awesome! Crushing any momentum of Awesome gaining his wind after the battle royal these two endured earlier.
D comes at Donzig who is rising, front dropkick! D landing on his feet, Donzig rebounds off the second rope and goes for a clothesline but D rolls under it, backflip to catch Donzig’s turning head with both calves -- HURRICARANA DDT using the legs by D!
Zepp steps over the top rope and plants D with a big boot as he gets up. The oak of a Pirate had shown his ability to bounce back from any punishment before, and tonight he had to do it once again. Scooping Donzig as he gets up with a sidewalk slam onto D! Awesome comes and drop kicks Zepp in the back, but it only staggers him forward. Turning around he eats a boot for his trouble! Awesome rolls to the apron.
D rolls out from under Donzig, trying to make his way up as does Donzig. Steve Awesome is hanging on the second rope across the ring, trying to get up himself and Zepp is in the center seeing which one accomplishes the task of getting up first.
Donzig does, and instead of rushing at Zepp he rolls through the middle and top rope to the outside and waves off the GSP Giant. Grabbing a steel chair ringside, Donzig has had enough.
Steve Awesome looks at D, and the two see Zepp, knowing this is their task first and foremost -- before they could finish their own differences.
SUPERKICK!
Steve Awesome drills Zepp in the left side of his face!
SUPERKICK!
D with his own superkick to the right side of Zepp’s face!
SUPERKICK!
SUPERKICK!
In unison Awesome and D hit simultaneous superkicks to Zepp’s chin!
SLAAAAM!
Donzig with the chair shot! Wrapping metal around Edward Zepp’s cranium, sending Zepp backwards and through the middle and top rope, rolling to the outside of the ring in a daze.
D, Steve Awesome, and Donzig stare at one another. With Zepp out of the way, it was anyone’s match. Donzig goes for D, and Awesome backs off, knowing better than to get into Donzig’s way. D is flung into the corner by Donzig and as he gets the upperhand in the power department. Shoulder thrusts to D’s abdomen and Donzig takes him by the head and uppercuts D into the corner. Steve Awesome sees his opportunity, grabbing the steel chair Donzig used on Zepp, and swings it at Donzig’s back!
D shoves Donzig backwards, and Steve Awesome lifts him up for a high angle back body drop! D comes running at the rising Awesome, knee to the face! D showing that he’s not going to back down from the fight, while Awesome is now feeling the effect of two full matches this evening. Awesome shakes off the move and gets up gingerly, and D is on him with strikes and kicks, sending Awesome into the corner. D picks Awesome up and places him on the top rope.
SUPER SUPLEX!
The bodies of D and Steve Awesome bounces off the canvas and lay prone in the ring. All four men in the match lay sprawled out somewhere in the ringside area, showing their exhaustion and the fight they were enduring for the Openweight Championship.
Crowd: N-P-DUB-YA! N-P-DUB-YA! N-P-DUB-YA!
D rolls over for the cover on Awesome..
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Donzig breaks it up with a dive onto D’s back! Donzig pulls D to his feet, and sends him into the ring ropes, Lou Thesz Pres! Teeing off with punches, Donzig is possessed, knowing he’s had to fight over and over for something that he had a chance at and it was stolen from him before. Lifting D up, a toe kick to the gut and Event Horizon! Rolling up D’s legs as he goes for the cover does Donzig.
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Awesome with the boot to Donzig’s head! Awesome would not let it go down. D is smashed by Steve in the face with a knee as Donzig rolls over and gets off him. Awesome follows Donzig. And Donzig is whipped to the ropes as he gets pulled to his feet, launching back at Awesome, Donzig ducks a clothesline and hits the ropes, rebounding again, leap frog by Awesome, Donzig goes for a knee and Steve is in the air with a cross body! For the pin!
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Zepp pulls Awesome out of the ring by his boots!
SUPERKICK!
Awesome lands on his feet and immediately nails a superkick on Zepp sending him right to the floor.
D is being picked up by Donzig who goes for a brain buster! D’s head bouncing on the canvas with a sickening thud, and Donzig seems satisfied by the move. Grabbing D up off the canvas, Donzig snatches him up and T-Bone suplex! D is sent across the ring in one fluid motion, his body being tossed like a sack of rice being unloaded in a food market.
Donzig grabs the hair of D and pulls his head back, yelling “I am the Scourge!”
SLAAAAAAAM!
A thudding drop of Donzig to the canvas as Steve Awesome’s well placed chair shot cracks the mask of Donzig in the back of his head.
Heading to the top rope as Donzig lies motionless, Steve Awesome faces the fans before doing a moonsault into a double stomp on D! Wrath of the Dragon!
Steve goes for the pin attempt on D!
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Donzig has the wherewithal to break up the pin. Steve is annoyed and punts Donzig in the mask sending him under the bottom rope. With no more distractions, Steve goes to pick up D and deliver the Steve-K-O!
D counters into an arm drag!
With a second wind D bounces off the ropes and comes at Steve Awesome with a flying forearm smash!
Awesome’s back hits the mat but he jumps up, taking one more from D, and he gets up again!
D springboards off the second rope for a high moonsault!
Misssed!
Awesome snags him up in he EFSH!
D is in the middle of the ring, nowhere to go!
Steve Awesome wrenches back on the everyone’s favorite submission hold (rings of Saturn)!
Fans on the edge of their seats!
TAP! Tap! Tap!
D taps on the side of Awesome’s body!
Ding! Ding! Ding!
The audience is mixed but the fans in attendance for the winner begin their chanting of the second half of his name.
Ring Announcer: Winner of this match via submission, and NEEEEEEEEEW North American Openweight Champion -- STEVE AWEEEEESSSSOOOOOME!
The confetti falls from the ceiling as the Openweight Championship is handed to Steve Awesome by the referee. The Face of the Franchise was no longer ‘self-claimed’ but tried and tested, proven and possessing, the new Openweight Champion!
Steve Awesome climbs the turnbuckle, slapping the belt up by his left hand as he raises both arms in the air and holds his head up to the heavens, embracing the moment under the lights.
NPW Logo appears with a copyright on the screen.
