John: The following match is scheduled for one fall to the finish! Also... THE WORTHY ARE BANNED FROM RINGSIDE!
“Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe
For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow
Die not, poore death, nor canst thou kill mee”
The opening to “Clickety Clack” by Sage Francis begins to play through the arena. The lights dim down as the vocals kick in. Stepping out from the back is Christopher Kane with his head down, hoodie on, hood up with Avery standing behind him. The crowd cheers the second generation wrestler. Some time passes by as he just stands there. He finally begins to move throwing his hood back looking out into the arena full of people. No emotion on his face as he begins to walk to the ring with Avery in tow. Some fans have their hands sticking over the barricade looking for a high five as they get one.
John: And coming from San Diego, California accompanied by Avery Kane… weighing in at 184 lbs… Christopher Kane!!!
Christopher gets to the ring, just standing there staring at it before looking at the crowd again. He jumps up to the ring apron bobbing his head to the music before leaping into the ring. Christopher unzips his hoodie going to the closest top turnbuckle going to the top to look at the crowd. He jumps down and backs into the corner taking his hoodie off handing it to Avery while the lights come back to normal and song finishes.
Dante: Joining me on commentary for this match is Mickey Scarborough as we watch Christopher Kane clash with the Demon of the Worthy on his way to Climax where Sunny and the Adrenaline championship await.
Mickey: There can be only one! ...Adrenaline champion that is and in tonight’s match only one Worthy member!
The arena goes dark as smoke billows out from atop of the ramp. Lights flicker between total darkness and a dark red. From the back emerges Gouken clad in sleeveless coat of sorts with hood. The giant slowly heads down the ramp. The big man walks down, slowly, methodically as John announces him.
John: Hailing from Tokyo, Japan and representing the Worthy.... He is the Demon of SVW...this is GOUK--!
Christopher isn’t interested in Gouken getting announced to the ring, the youngest Kane immediately leaping through the ropes and leaping at the Worthy’s Demon with a suicide dive dropkick that sees him stumble back to the ramp! Kane starts unleashing elbows to the back of Gouken’s head after making the big man bend over before Kane catches him with a knee to the mask, followed by a quick run towards the barricade! When Gouken raises his head Kane runs, tightrope walk style on the barricade and leaps towards Gouken, hooking him by the neck and spinning around, looking for a Tornado DDT to drop him on the head! The big man however stops that shit, and runs Kane into the nearby turnbuckle pole on the outside of the ring before he runs towards the next one, using Kane’s body like a bumper! Kane hops over him at the last moment however and lets Gouken smash himself, mask and head first into the pole before Kane cravates him, and begins teeing off with knee strikes as the crowd rallies behind him. It’s all fun and games until Gouken has enough of it and the Demon of SVW hefts Kane up and drops him onto the apron with a side walk slam! He moves his mask back into place with aggravation.
Mickey: Uh........ Dante, has the match even started yet?
Dante: No, no, Miss Scarborough, the match hasn’t even began yet but Gouken and Christopher are still going at it. Referee Roger Weatherby is asking them to come on in the ring, but they’re just going back to beating the hell out of each other!
Weatherby’s pleas fall on deaf ears as Gouken now, taking the advantage of momentum on his side claps a hand on Kane’s throat and then another, teasing for a two handed chokeslam. Kane struggles furiously, grabbing the wrists of his opponent and pulling to get himself free of the grip that Gouken had. With Gouken not able to hit the chokeslam thanks to Kane’s attempt of getting free, the move instead turns into a modified biel throw, flinging Kane towards the barricade before he begins to walk menacingly towards him. Slow. Methodical. Akin to a terminator. Kane puts a hand on his throat and rubs it before he stands up and pushes himself up off his knees as Gouken begins to walk slowly.... Until Kane crouches and takes a pose. The Demon of SVW stops, looking slightly confused and not sure what Kane is playing at.
Suddenly Kane starts running towards him as the capacity Scottrade Center cheers, wondering what Christopher is going to pull off... Before he suddenly rolls into the ring. Though Gouken’s face cannot be seen one can assume he is irritated by Kane’s mocking antics before he begins to scale up onto the apron... Weatherby gets ready to call the match coming to an official start but not before Kane suddenly runs up the turnbuckle and leaps at Gouken with a pair of diving knees, sending both men RIGHT back down to the ground as the St. Louis crowd cheers furiously! Kane rolls back into the ring this time and tells Weatherby that NOW the match can start before he pulls at the ropes and yells back at the ramp that he hopes Sunny is watching!
Dante: NEW YORK RAIN and Gouken goes down again!
Mickey: Christopher’s kept Gouken out of the ring and with a frenetic pace to go with it. Totes the best KIND OF PACE for Gouken but that might have only made him angrier.
Given the mask, who can tell but as Gouken begins to rise and stands still... He seems to be staring at Kane who looks as though he’s about to continue to lay into Gouken. The Worthy’s Demon almost gets up to deal with him, reaching for the ropes but as Christopher goes for a suicide dive, Gouken headbutts him in the face and lets him hang off the ropes. The Demon of SVW lets Kane hang there as he continues climbing up on the apron and steps through the ropes before the referee motions for the bell to the ring.
DING! DING! DING!
Dante: Finally the match is underway officially though from the action so far you wouldn’t be able to tell!
Gouken reaches and grabs Kane by his tights, pulling him off the ropes and lifting him into a running powerslam before planting him right on the ground. Kane rolls on his stomach but Gouken follows after him, putting a boot on his ankle to stop him from further trying to drag himself towards the ropes. He forces Kane to stand up once more before hitting him with a release Dragon Suplex that causes Kane to roll around on the mat. Gouken continues to take his sweet time as Kane forces himself to his feet and scores a stiff kick to the big man’s abdomen... He simply responds however with a big headbutt before lifting him up in a military press slam! He drops down on top of him and goes for the pin!
OOONNNNNNNNEEEEE!!
TTTTWWWOO--!!
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KICKOUT!!
Mickey: First pin of the night here. Gouken once he’s got an opponent down on his pace just will break you down Dante! I’ve got like, all the bruises to prove it. One even looks like Vermont!
Dante: That’s... Okay. Perhaps Christopher’s bruise on the back of his neck will look like Maine.
Gouken hooks the head of Kane and lifts him upward before shoving him into the nearest turnbuckle before punching him stiff in the chest with a heart punch. Kane’s eyes roll and he looks like he can barely stand but the Demon of SVW keeps him standing there before he stiffly kicks him in the abdomen... Then one time in the ribs... Then a knee in the gut. Then the Demon of the Worthy puts his gigantic boot to the throat of the would-be Adrenaline champion, throttling him with his boot as Weatherby begins to count. The referee gets all the way to a three before Gouken removes his foot. Gouken suddenly takes off to the corner, running back and nearly sending Kane’s head to the nosebleeds with the mother of all Yakuza Kicks, causing Christopher to slump down on the ground and stare blankly, looking as though he’s not home right now and one should leave a message after the beep. Beep. Gouken reached forward and pulled Kane to his feet, getting ready to send him down to the mat for the three count. He shoves Kane’s head between his legs...
It looks like a Fall From The Sky is coming but as Gouken gets Kane up into powerbomb position, Kane suddenly starts peppering him with fists on the head! Suddenly he flips off, runs towards the ropes and rebounds, coming down on Gouken with a crossbody but the Demon of SVW catches him in his grip and twists him around into an inverted scoop slam position before he gets his head spiked into the mat with authority! Kane goes limp, motionless as Gouken drops down to his knees before hooking both of Kane’s legs!
Mickey: ONI DRIVER!! ...That... That had to hurt.
Dante: No kidding, and that might be it for Kane!
OOONNNNNNNNEEEEE!!
TTTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO!!
...
TTTHHHRRRREEEEE--!!
NO! KICKOUT!!
Kane gets the shoulder up and the Scottrade Center loves it. All except Gouken obviously. Avery at ringside begins smacking the mat in her husband’s corner, cheering him on as the crowd stomps and claps along with her rhythm. Gouken doesn’t seem to appreciate the cheers of the crowd and looks down at Kane as he stands over Christopher who tries to pull himself up using Gouken’s shirt and cargo pants pockets to pull himself up. Gouken shoves his head roughly away... But Christopher goes back, pulling himself up once more onto his knees as he stares upward at Gouken who stares down at Kane.... To which as Gouken leans forward, Christopher slaps him in the mask so hard it twists slightly to the side. The big man stares down in anger, or at least as far as one can tell under the mask before twisting the mask back in place. He reaches down to grab Christopher by the head and jerks him upward before shoving his head between his legs and forces him upward into his shoulders once again before he takes off, but Kane covers his hands over the eye holes of Gouken’s mask!
Mickey: Kane’s covering Gouken’s masks! This is what happens when you wear a mask man! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS!
Dante: Gouken once again attempting that running powerbomb but I think Christopher’s seen it enough times to know how to stop it!
The big man can’t see and goes to powerbomb Kane... But sends him back first into the ropes! Kane rebounds upward, using the ropes as a spring and legs to turn Gouken before he leaps off the big man’s shoulders and hooks his arms around the neck of the Worthy’s Demon! He gets him down with a wicked Ace Crusher from out of nowhere that sends Gouken down to the mat! Kane quickly rolls on his back as the big man goes down before he quickly scales the ropes. A few moments later Kane is flipping through the air with an Imploding 630 Splash before he gets the cover!
Dante: FROM NOWHERE! EXPLODING HYPERNOVA! THAT’S THE COVER!
OOONNNNNNNNEEEEE!!
TTTTWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO!!
...
TTTHHHRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
DING! DING! DING!
John: HERE IS YOUR WINNER... CHRISTOPHER KANE!!
Dante: With an impressive flurry of attacks, Christopher Kane walks out of St. Louis with more momentum towards Climax. If he can give that kind of performance again, we’ll be looking at the next Adrenaline champion.
Mickey: It’s been a long time coming, Dante. For fans and Kane alike. Sunny though is like, infinitely more cunning. Like some kind of Bond like supervillain.
Avery rolls into the ring to raise her husband’s hand with the referee as Gouken rolls out, a hand on his ribs after Christopher had been crashing on them. Both men look to be aching but Kane is holding his head up high, looking to the camera and motioning around his waist before we go to commercial.Returning the FavorBackstage in the Scottrade Centre is where we find Dexter McKenna standing in front of a giant SVW logo with a microphone in hand and an award winning smile on his face.
Dexter: Please welcome my guest at this time, the current number one contender to the SVW Championship, Harmony!
The camera moves back a touch to reveal Harmony standing beside him, her brunette curls spilling down her shoulders and over her Balmain blouse.
Harmony: Hi, Dexter.
Dexter: Thank you for joining me tonight, Harmony. Firstly, congratulations on your win at Extreme Prejudice to become the number one contender for the SVW Championship.
Harmony’s smile widens proudly.
Harmony: Thank you. It’s been a long time coming.
Dexter: The SVW Fans have watched you climb your way to the top of the mountain and you’re so close to it you can taste it, how does it feel to know that you’re main eventing SVW’s biggest PPV of the year for the first time?
She takes a deep breath.
Harmony: I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous because that’s a lot of pressure. The main event is a big pressure situation on its own, but at the biggest show of the year? The pressure triples. But I’m ready for it. I’ve spent years working towards this moment and I’ll make sure I make the most of it.
The brunette chuckles.
Harmony: To be honest, it’ll just be nice to get a fair shot at the SVW Championship.
Dexter: I bet it will. How are you feeling about facing Kelly Kincaid?
As he asked the question there was a slight scraping sound heard and a clearing of the throat. As the camera panned around it found Kelly, in her ring gear with the SVW Championship on her shoulder, moving an already unfolded steel chair into position that she promptly sat on.
Kelly: Please. Do go on. I figured seeing as you how you decided to come out to the ring and listen to me so… up close and personal? So attentively. I decided that I’d return the favour. So, please….
The blonde waved her hand in front of her.
Kelly: Continue. How are you feeling about facing Kelly Kincaid, a woman in her early twenties who is, now, a two time SVW Champion?
Harmony rolls her eyes then turns her attention back to Dexter for a second, jabbing her thumb over her shoulder towards Kelly.
Harmony: Someone thinks she’s cute.
Kelly: Oh, I know I’m cute. Just like the girl next door… I can run the full spectrum right up to smoulderingly sexy.
Harmony immediately turns on the balls of her Louboutins to face Kelly, her face expressing her irritation.
Harmony: See, that’s your problem. There’s a fine line between confidence in your abilities and arrogance. And you not only cross that line, you take a pole and vault twenty feet over it.
The former acrobat almost shrugged her shoulders.
Kelly: At least I do it in style.
She grinned at Harmony as she leaned back in the chair a little with her legs crossed.
Kelly: Thing is, Harm, I’ve not actually said anything about my talents yet tonight. Pretty certain we could get the guys in the truck to play all this back and you could watch it on one of the many screens they’ve got set up back here. So far I’ve only explained why I’m here and maybe made a facetious retort to me being cute - something you brought up. And I’m not here to be “cute” -
Her fingers made the speech marks in the air as she spoke the word.
Kelly: - I’m here to listen to what you have to say about Climax and about me and to get it straight from the horse’s mouth. As it were. I’ve not said a single word about how I’m a pretty amazing high flying wrestler or that I’ve come on leaps and bounds when it comes to mat wrestling. And neither have you. In fact you’re doing an admirable joy of avoiding Dexter’s question. Maybe you’d like him to ask another, different question?
Harmony rolls her eyes again.
Harmony: Well I didn’t get a chance to answer Dexter’s question because someone decided to butt in and start talking about themselves. Try shutting up, Kelly, and you might just get to hear my answer.
The blonde took a deep breath.
Kelly: It was ‘How do you feel about facing Kelly Kincaid at Climax?’ Just in case you, you know, forgot.
The SVW Champion replied with a smirk before she pretended to zip her mouth shut, waving a hand out in front of her again, inviting Harmony to continue. She raises an eyebrow then turns back to Dexter.
Harmony: Need more than that zip to shut her up. A roll of duct tape might be more appropriate.
Harmony winks as Dexter tries his best to stay professional and not let out a giggle.
Harmony: As I was about to say before I was rudely interrupted, I’m looking forward to finally getting to face Kelly Kincaid in a one on one match up. I’m very aware of what she’s achieved in the business and not only am I looking forward to the challenge, but I’m also looking forward to seeing the smug look on her face quickly disappear as she looks at the arena lights while I stand over her with the SVW Championship in my hands.
Kelly: You can’t help with the little digs can you? You’ve got all this air time; you’ve got Dexter, here, giving up his free time and having done his preparation for the big scoop interview of the week. A chance to talk to the number one contender and all you wanna do is claim that I’m just a girl who runs her mouth, who is smug and who is supremely arrogant. And you’re doing it at the same time as saying that it’s a foregone conclusion that you’ll be standing over me, holding the SVW Championship high in victory come the conclusion of Climax.
She held her hands up.
Kelly: I mean, don’t get me wrong, I prefer you doing that to… getting one of your friends to jump me from behind and fasten me into a straitjacket… or having you jab a weapon into my leg… or any of those other mind games that you played in the past. Should I be more insulted that you’re not trying any of those things or that you think I’m getting ahead of myself, underestimating you and that you’ll be able to just sneak in to beat me because of that? While I ponder on that, why don’t you ask your next question Dex?
Theatrically she tapped a finger against her chin as if deep in thought. Harmony didn’t move, keeping her attention focused on Dexter.
Harmony: You know it’s really quite funny when people magically forget half of the story to meet their own needs, Dexter. You know, how there were things Emma and Matt Stone did to me first to deserve what happened to them. Funny how we magically forget how Emma attempted to blind me and how Matt Stone threw me into a river from quite a drop.
There’s a flash of irritation in Harmony’s face as she mentions Matt Stone.
Harmony: And also how they forget parts of their own stories to fit the narrative. Take our SVW Champion, for example. She happily regale you with the story of how she vanquished Mika Demidov to capture the Championship. What she’ll conveniently forget to add is how she used a steel chair to do it. Because that doesn’t make her seem like the amazing superstar she wants you to think she is.
Harmony finally turns around and leans over to make sure she looks Kelly right in the eye.
Harmony: I’d be careful there Kel, because you’re REALLY beginning to sound like Mika.
Kelly rose to her feet, shifting the Championship belt on her shoulder.
Kelly: Except… I didn’t bring that chair into the ring. I didn’t actually lay a single finger on that chair at any point in that contest.
Harmony: You didn’t have to use it. You could have kicked it out of the ring and beaten Mika the proper way, but you couldn’t ensure that win, could you? That didn’t guarantee you a second SVW Championship reign.
Kelly: I wasn’t focused on a chair. Where it landed or how it got there. I focused on taking advantage of her taking her eye of the ball and saw my opening to deliver Clipped Wings. I focused on driving Mika head first into the mat with a move that has won me so many matches. No hesitation. No second thoughts. Like any wrestler would. Like you would, Harmony.
She stepped forward, going nose to nose with the Englishwoman.
Kelly: I focused on my opponent. I focused on beating my opponent. Now I’m focused on my next opponent. On doing the same thing to them as I did to Mika - using everything in my arsenal to put them down and leave Climax with the SVW Championship.
The blonde paused for a moment.
Kelly: I’m focused on beating you.
The pair stand staring at each other as we fade to commercial.
The Hall is CallingAggression returns from the commercial break, where Mark Horton is shown standing at the top of the ramp with a microphone in hand. He gets a very warm reception from the crowd before he begins to speak.
Mark: Ladies and gentlemen, there are parts about this job that I personally enjoy and some that I do not. But tonight, I have the distinct honor and joy of revealing to you this year’s SVW Hall of Fame class. Very special people are part of the Hall of Fame, men and women who have proven time and again how talented they truly are. Tonight, I have the privilege of letting you know which are joining that elite class this year. You can expect to hear from them in the coming weeks, because even they do not know they are about to be announced.
Melissa: Is it weird that I’m a little nervous?
Dante: Well I promise it won’t be us.
This creates a noticeable buzz throughout the arena before he continues.
Mark: Our first inductee is a woman who has done almost everything there is to do in SVW. She joined SVW in the spring of 2013. And since that point, she has remained true to who she is despite overwhelming adversity. She’s been a Pride Champion, her first title as it is for many. And then last year at Climax, she made all kinds of history when she became the first person to ever hold the Defiance AND SVW Championships at the same time.
The crowd immediately knows who he’s talking about, and a chant begins for her already.
Mark: And that’s why at Climax this year, she will be inducted into the 2017 SVW Hall of Fame class. It sounds like you already know who I’m talking about, because there’s only one who can make those claims…….MISTY WHITMORE!!
A massive pop echoes through the arena as we see Misty’s image on the video wall behind Mark.
Melissa: Now that’s headliner right there! Misty’s going into the Hall of Fame, and I can think of no one more deserving!
Dante: Misty has done it all, as he said. She’s overcome every single obstacle in her SVW career, and I can’t agree more.
Mark: The next inductees are a tag team that have also been an integral part of SVW for some time. They’ve held the SVW Tag Team Championship on multiple occasions. And if you were to add their reigns together, they can say they have held those titles for over a year all to themselves. You haven’t always loved them the entire time they were here, but they definitely have your respect and admiration today. The only team to join the Hall of Fame this year are Raquel Fair and Mickey Scarborough…...THE SCARBOROUGH FAIR!!
Another pop from the crowd follows that announcement as we see Mickey & Raquel on the video wall behind Mark.
Dante: The Ladder Fu Lolitas, and one of the most endearing teams on top of that. Welcome to the Hall, Mickey and Raquel.
Melissa: I have this feeling there are two jaws hanging agape back there right now. I’m happy for them.
Mark: And finally, our last entrant this year has made her own share of history in SVW as well. She joined SVW in the winter of 2012, and albeit through quite a few trials, she also made plenty of history along the way. Her first achievement was capturing the SVW Adrenaline Championship! Later on, she would do something very very few people can say they’ve done when she won the Midas Touch battle royal. But I am positive she would say her chief accomplishment in her career thus far is becoming SVW Champion twice over. And the second time is still unfolding before us. It is my pleasure to welcome her into the 2017 SVW Hall of Fame class with her fellow colleagues…...KELLY KINCAID!
Another pop from the crowd emanates as Mark looks up to see her picture on the video wall just like the others had been.
Melissa: Kelly is the first person to be inducted while holding the SVW Championship. But she’s climbed the tallest mountain twice over, and earned her spot.
Dante: No kidding. The former acrobat will never fly higher than this in SVW, and congratulations to her.
Mark: At Climax, each of these talented stars will take their place in history...and deservedly so...as part of the very elite company in the history of SVW. And until that night is upon us, allow me to inform all four of them…. The Hall is Calling!
With all four appearing on the video to quite the ovation from the crowd, Aggression cuts to a commercial for Climax.