Main Event 1
Interpromotional Tag Team Match
Casanova English & Artemis Kaiser vs. Stacy Jones & Gaia Galanos
Axel Reid: The following match is bound to be spectacular. A sight to behold. Two of the best champions in VoW. Two of the best champions from GPW. Tonight in our first main event we have the Xcel Champion, Stacy Jones and the GPW World Champion, Gaia Galanos teaming up to take on the GPW West Coast Champion, Artemis Kaiser and the World Visionary Champion, Casanova English.
Ruby Parvati: West Coast? It’s World Class get it right, or Arty’s gonna kill you.
Axel Reid: Yes she dubbed that championship, what GPW official recognizes as the West Coast Championship, the GPW World Class Championship. However let’s put this in perspective it was at the end of the latest Sunday Night Detonation. The main event of the evening was Ryan Cavallari of KARMA taking on “The Queen of Strong” Nina Stokes of Magic Bull… er… Wicked Strong. Almost in a score settler of when both their teams faced off at Canadian Conquest in Vancouver to a draw. All four women damn near tore each other apart and there was no clear victor.
Ruby Parvati: And one day I’d love to see either team take on Project Snakehead. Those two GPW teams had not one, but two five star matches against each other.
Axel Reid: But, we digress. After Cavallari covered Stokes, their respective partners Datura and Salem Cartier as it looked like all hell was gonna break loose, enter Madman Szalinski and the West Coast or World Class Champ whatever you want to call her, Artemis Kaiser. What Madman and what I will dub as the Fatal Five did was put GPW on notice. Kaiser went as far as to imply that the title reign of Gaia Galanos was near worthless.
Ruby Parvati: That is why she believes the West Coast Championship is the World Class Championship. In her eyes, she is the single most important champion in Girl Power Wrestling. Madman Szalinski’s parting words were that those five women were putting every champ in GPW and in the entire of the industry on notice.
Axel Reid: One would have to wonder what that would spell for not only GPW Champion, Gaia Galanos; but the Xcel Champion and possibly even the World Visionary Champion.
The opening bass line to "I Will Not Break" by A Sound Of Thunder begins to bellow through the PA system and the arena lights shut off and with every stroke of the bass guitar comes a faint flicker of purple light as the fans rise to their feet. Soon after, the drums kick in and with every strike of the drum, a much brighter purple light begins to flash which causes the fans to scream with excitement. Finally the guitar riff kicks in and the lights come back on a little as purple strobe lighting flickers furiously across the entire arena in time with the music.
"And you heard the girls talking...you thought they were talking about you..."
"Oh no, we can't ask her! She's a creep!"
"Who are they talking about?"
As the song kicks into full swing, the camera cuts to the stage where we see Stacy Jones, sporting her leather jacket and a black bandanna with 'Your Final Penance Is Coming' written on it wrapped around her head and her Xcel title draped over her shoulder standing on the stage looking out at the fans with a smile on her face before she begins to make their way down the ramp towards the ring.
Axel Reid: Notice how Tayla Williams is not accompanying Stacy to ringside.
Ruby Parvati: I think that Tayla should have got down with the love tricycle. But who knows maybe she would have been down with it if Stacy didn’t lie to her about training with Katie Moicelle. That wasn’t role model like material.
Axel Reid: She was trying to help a rising young star out.
Ruby Parvati: She still lied.
Jerry Heisenberg: The following contest is the first main event of the evening and is a interpromotional tag team contest… Representing First Stand… Making her way to the ring… Standing in at 5’7” and weighing in at 150 lbs! Wrestling out of New York City, New York, she is NYC’s favorite daughter and the VOW Xcel Champion! STAAAAACYYYYY JOOOOOONNNNESSSSS!
Stacy reaches the bottom of the ramp and, Jones places her title on the apron before she hops up onto the ring apron and with her back resting on the ropes, she launches herself over the top rope, doing a back flip into the ring. Jones picks up the title and then walks towards the centre of the ring and raises her arms, making the devils horns sign with her hands before she unzips her leather jacket, revealing a New York Rangers jersey and the crowd pops.
Axel Reid: Last night, the Rangers took a hard loss at home in Madison Square Garden as the Tampa Bay Lightning lead the series 3-2. Tomorrow they’re determined to avenge that loss and tie the series at three a piece when they head out to Florida.
Stacy poses for a moment before taking the jersey and her bandanna off and handing them along with the title to the official who hands them out of the ring as "I Will Not Break" fades out.
An atmospheric orchestra kicks in, setting the tone as the lights dim down. Around the 14 second mark, the music suddenly halts as the lights completely cut off in the arena. We then hear words shouted in Gaia Galanos' voice across the speaker system:
Gaia Galanos: "THIS IS SPARTAAA!"
From there an almost blindingly bright light suddenly comes on from the entrance tunnel as a strong female form appears at the top of the entrance stage as the crowd erupts into cheers.
Axel Reid: There she is! The GPW World Champion is here at Fate of the Gods in the Hammerstein Ballroom! A woman of her word. Casanova English made a quick enemy of her about a month ago in The Bronx. She was invited to watch Breakthrough by our Director of Wrestling Operations, Ryan Omega in a congratulatory gesture for retaining her GPW World Championship against Kyra McKnight at Canadian Conquest. She was minding her own business watching and enjoying the show from front row, when unprovoked English lured Galanos into the ring for a confrontation. Showing her and her championship blatant disrespect.
Ruby Parvati: Look, Gaia Galanos had no reason to step in the ring. It’s not English’s fault that she lacks self control. She could have been the bigger person and turned the other cheek, but she got emotional hopped the barricade. And let me ask you this, Axel. What kind of role model takes out two members of VoW security? Has Casanova English ever laid his hands on security? Has he ever touched a referee? Stacy Jones has touched referees not long ago. Jones and Galanos are a perfect pair because they don’t know how to keep their hands off people who are not competitors. Yet everyone sits here and vilifies Casanova English. This is unreal
Axel Reid: I don’t condone those actions by either Gaia Galanos or Stacy Jones, but the fact of the matter is that their actions were in the heat of the moment. Casanova English is a plotter and he orchestrates awful things to happen to people.
As the orchestra kicks back in with fast and atmospheric music, red lights scan the arena frantically as the bright lights kick off and a spotlight shines down upon the rather intense-looking greek fighter, Gaia Galanos, who has the GPW World Championships over her shoulder.
Jerry Heisenberg: Her tag team partner. Making her way to the ring, standing 6’ and weighing in tonight at 185 lbs... Wrestling out of Sparta, Greece...
As she makes her way down the ramp, various fans from the crowd on either side of the barricade reach out to get high fives, but only a select few actually receive them as she nonchalantly reaches a hand out occasionally. She then walks toward the ring steps while proudly clutching the GPW World title on her muscular shoulder. When she reaches the ring steps, she jogs up them then walks across the apron, about a quarter of the way across, she turns around, grabbing the top rope with her left hand and looks out toward the audience while walking backwards and hoisting up the GPW World Championship in her right hand, putting it on displaying to the audience, which garners a HUGE ovation from the crowd.
Jerry Heisenberg: This is THE Girl Power Wrestling World Champion, she is "The Spartan Sheba" GAIAAAAAAA GAAAAALAAAAANOOOOOOOS!
As she gets about 3/4 of the way across the ring, she steps through the ropes and makes a beeline for the far turnbuckle. With a fire in her eyes, she pulls herself up onto the turnbuckle and raises the GPW World title; much to the approval of the crowd. Once she lowers her championship strap, she looks around at the audience for a short moment prior to dropping down from the turnbuckle while turning. The referee walks over and receives the title from her which are, in turn, handed off to the outside of the ring. As Gaia takes her corner, she clasps her hands together and begins spinning her wrists to loosen up while awaiting the beginning of the match as her music fades out and the atmosphere returns to normal...
Axel Reid: What an amazing entrance by the GPW World Champion. The Hammerstein Ballroom is on their feet. They know how big this match is. It is never often for two organizations in this sport from the states to put their top champions all in the same match. But VoW and GPW allowed it to happen. This is Fate of the Gods. Wow, look at the impressive physique of Gaia Galanos. She does indeed look like a Greek goddess.
The lights in the Hammerstein Ballroom fade to nothingness, blanketing itself in darkness. Momentary flashes of purple and blue hues cascades among the arena. They couple with sounds of thunder and lightning; each strike and rumble painfully synchronized. The audience allows silence to take over, enchanting in the ambience that project upon them. A light orchestral piece plays softly, if only to cover voids of stillness. “Nashandra” is its name. The camera’s focus shifts between fans, who look on with slight familiar intrigue. The melody fades out, leaving only the sounds of Nature’s wrath.
The crowd robustly cheers for the rough and abrupt guitar riff. “Sonne” by Rammstein starts, informing the fans of who is on her way out. The Hammerstein Ballroom explodes, counting down with the now-infamous intro.
"ᴇɪɴs, ᴢᴡᴇɪ, ᴅʀᴇɪ, ᴠɪᴇʀ, ғᴜɴғ, sᴇᴄʜs, sɪᴇʙᴇɴ, ᴀᴄʜᴛ, ɴᴏɪɴ, ᴀᴜs."
As “Aus” fades out, the intense percussions and guitars amplify, a solitary man comes out from the back. He is holding up the GPW West Coast Championship high in the air. Two other men follow out, aligning next to them. One is holding up a flag that says “KAISER” while the other is holding up a Paragon BJJ flag. Finally, Artemis comes past both of them, standing on the ramp. The championship bearer hands off the GPW West Coast Championship to her. She holds it up proudly, causing the fans to scream out for her. A gerb lets free a fountain of sparks, lighting the CHAMPION FOR LIFE in a robust, golden light. As the sparks lower, she begins her trek to the ring, holding the belt in the air the whole way there.
Axel Reid: My god, what a spectacular entrance by the self-proclaimed World Class Champion. The pomp, the circumstance, the grandeur. She may be only five feet tall but this makes her seem eight feet tall.
"Eɪɴs!"
"Hɪᴇʀ ᴋᴏᴍᴍᴛ ᴅɪᴇ Sᴏɴɴᴇ."
The fans yell out the lyrics to the song as Artemis makes her way down the ramp. The march is proud, signified by Artemis’ stunning silence and trance-like state. She stops on the ramp, lowering both the championship and her head to the ground. Heisenberg steps forward to make the call. Artemis locks herself in her own thoughts, awaiting the call. The three men stop, surrounding Artemis slightly, eyeing only the ring.
Jerry Heisenberg: Making her way down to the ring, representing The Solution! Standing 5‘1” and weighing in at 123 lbs, fighting out of Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Canada, she is the self-proclaimed CHAMPION FOR LIFE, she is the GPW West Coast Champion, ARTEMIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSS KAAAAAAAAAAAAISEEEEEEEEER!
Artemis lifts her head up, abandoning her roar of old. She raises the championship up again, before placing it upon her shoulder. She gives it a caring, careful look before continuing to the end of the ramp. The three men march in front of her, stopping at the end. In choreographed fashion, they separate. Artemis hands off the championship to the bearer, giving him a nod. The three men begin to head to the back as Artemis leaps into the ring. The bearer hands the championship off to the ring staff.
Ruby Parvati: We refered to them earlier as the Fatal Five. But Artemis Kaiser’s new faction in Girl Power Wrestling goes by The Solution. And judging by her presence here in VoW. Here in New York City. Little Arty Kaiser takes her Solution seriously. And good on her. Professional Wrestling has declined in some aspects but girls like Artemis Kaiser, like Dautra, Ryan Cavallari, like Hana Park, Nina Stokes, Salem Cartier, Skylynn Reed. These girls are the future of professional wrestling and they know it. They’re holding the antidote for GPW much like Casanova English and The Orphanage are holding one for VoW.
Once in, she makes her presence known, leaping to the turnbuckle. She roars to the crowd, beating on her chest. She points to individual people, yelling out inspirational and hyped words. The Hammerstein Ballroom's famous and rowdy crowd yells back at her. They manage to get a smirk out of the ruthless woman. When she leaps down, she begins to stretch for a moment. Afterwards, she strikes the air, making herself ready for the oncoming match. After her preparations conclude, she walks to her corner. Lowering herself to the ground, Artemis focuses herself. Artemis Kaiser is ready
The lights go dim as the eerie voice of a former member of the notorious Manson Family rings through the arena.
"Yeah, I remember her saying:
I'm already dead... I'm already dead... I'm already dead..."
The lights flicker revealing Casanova English on the stage the crowd boos loudly as the voice continues.
"You're going to get up and scream. I'm already dead... I'm already dead... I'm already dead..."
You're going to get up and-
Burn an x in your head."
Axel Reid: Here’s a man who is so similar to Artemis Kaiser. But just as different. Both Kaiser and Casanova English want to bring about change in their respected promotions. Both may believe they are doing the right thing. But the thing that I’d be more willing to bank on is that Artemis Kaiser is motivated by wanting to be the best. She strives to be on top. English on the other hand is one of those people that just love to watch the world burn. Win or lose, it doesn’t matter to him as long as he’s gotten under someone else’s skin.
Ruby Parvati: How could you say that? This man did everything in his power to become World Visionary Champion. When he took Vanessa to her limit and she couldn’t answer the count of ten in the final fall of the 30/20 Vision Match which decided the World Visionary Championship back at Nothing Else Matters.
Pyro blasts off and the lights turn back on as Casanova English takes a long drag off his already lit cigarette, his leather jacket hung loosely over his shoulders and the World Visionary Championship clung around his waist. He scowls at the crowd before walking down the ramp slowly.
Jerry Heisenberg: And her opponent. Standing 6’ and weighing in at 200 lbs. Wrestling out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the “Modern Day Messiah” and VoW WORLD VISIONARY CHAMPION! CASSSSSAAAANOOOOOOVAAA EEEEENNNNNGGGLLLIIISSSSHHHH!
English stops to blow smoke in the general direction of some fans before slowly strutting up the steps onto the ring apron. He hangs his jacket on the turnbuckle before stepping through the second rope. English smirks pulling the cigarette from his lips, he blows a cloud of smoke straight up into the air and tosses his coffin nail into the crowd. English laughs as people move trying to avoid the ember.
Axel Reid: The moment is actually here. Do not adjust your television sets you are witnessing history. The GPW World and West Coast Champions. The VoW World Visionary and Xcel Champions all in the same ring. And as they collect the championship titles and place them on the timekeepers table. One can’t help but wonder. Will we ever see these four championship titles all together in the same place again or is this a once in a lifetime treat?
Ruby Parvati: I have not seen such vast collection of gold before in this industry. This is incredible.
Axel Reid: Just look at those for titles all setting in harmony on the timekeeper’s table. Now lets take it to the ring as it looks like the official has checked all the competitors and their discussing who is going to start the match.
Stacy and Gaia nod and Gaia steps through the ropes onto the apron and grabs their tag rope. Arty and Casanova share a look as The Champion for Life starts jumping to warm up and English smirks as he steps into the corner as grabs the tag rope. He laughs over to the opposite end of the ring at Stacy.
Casanova English: Arty’s gonna kill, you…
Axel Reid: It looks like Kaiser and Jones start off as they circle and lock up. Collar and elbow.
Crowd: Kill Arty Kill! Lets Go Stacy!
The chants duel as Artemis pushes Stacy back and fires off knife edge chops into the chest of Stacy before whipping her in the ropes
Axel Reid: Out of the starting gate, Artemis Kaiser wastes no time to show her aggressive side.
Arty hits a snap belly to belly and she roars with pride whilst on her knees. She dust claps her hands and gets back to her feet. Stacy gets up to a knee and smirks at Gaia behind her.
Ruby Parvati: Stacy Jones seeming a little sneaky here. What’s that look for?
Axel Reid: Only The Xcel Champion and possibly the GPW World Champion know. However, I don’t think it’s sneaky.
Stacy gets vertical and nods to the beat of her own clapping, getting the crowd going as she locks up with Arty again.
Axel Reid: The self-proclaimed World Class Champion aggressively forces Stacy against the ropes as English smirks in the corner. He’s finding this amusing. Whatever he can do to be a pain in the ass of Stacy Jones.
The ref forces Arty to break the hold and she obliges but answers with a push kick
Axel Reid: The push kick is commonly associated with Muay Thai kicking boxing.
Ruby Parvati: The Champion for Life is not only a professional wrestler but an accomplished mixed martial artist holding black belts in BJJ and kickboxing from Paragon BJJ and Kickboxing Academy a green belt in judo from Greg Jackson MMA Academy as well as being familiar with sambo. Artemis Kaiser is well versed in a variety forms of martial arts.
Dropped to one knee from the kick, Stacy is on a single knee and Arty goes for a snap suplex but Stacy hooks her feet on the middle rope with her long legs to block it. She drops back down to her feet and quickly takes Arty down with a swinging neckbreaker
Axel Reid: Impressive counter and great ring awareness by Stacy Jones
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KICKOUT!
Axel Reid: Stacy Jones going for the early victory. With an opponent like Artemis Kaiser who comes from a large wrestling family. One can’t squander any opportunities for a cover should they arise. Excellent decision on the Xcel Champion’s part.
Arty furrows her brow and displays an unamused scowl as she steps forward in Stacy’s face. Stacy shouts her “VoW is my place”
Ruby Parvati: The Great Destroyer takes exception to Stacy’s declaration and hits her with a spinning backfist taking the Casper back down to the mat.
Stacy down to the canvas, checks her jaw.
Axel Reid: That last shot from Kaiser may have busted the jaw of Jones.
Arty charges Stacy for a clothesline. The Xcel Champ spins around and grapples the West Coast Champ into the ropes Arty uses the ropes to push Stacy off from behind her.
Ruby Parvati: Artemis Kaiser able to counter any situation she comes across in the ring. That is most definitely a skill set needed to have in this sport to be successful. And to say Artemis Kaiser is not successful. To say Casanova English is not successful. You wouldn’t understand.
Axel Reid: Are Stacy Jones and Gaia Galanos not successful?
Ruby Parvati: I never said that.
Stacy lands on both feet on the apron. Arty stalks her but gets close enough for Stacy to catch her with a forearm shot. Arty shakes her head and gets back up as Gaia and English get antsy watching from their corners.
Axel Reid: Jones in a precarious position out on the apron.
Stacy goes for a front kick to Arty through the ropes, but Arty grabs the leg and performs a rapid dragon screw twisting Stacy’s leg in the ropes
Ruby Parvati: Poor baby!
Axel Reid: Jones is hung up in the ropes and Arty quickly grabs the leg and grapevines an ankle lock, using the ring ropes as a weapon. The ref is telling her to break it up.
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Arty releases and gets reprimanded by the official, but she ignores him and turns to Gaia waiting in her corner and motions to her waist.
Artemis Kaiser: World Class!
Axel Reid: Much like the Solution made a statement before, Artemis Kaiser is declaring her attentions in demonstrating herself as the superior athlete.
Arty turns back towards Stacy who pulled herself up to a full stand on the apron. Stacy winces in pain as she holds her leg. Arty grapples her and suplexes her back in the ring. She floats over for the cover.
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KICKOUT!!!
Axel Reid: Stacy Jones, leader of the First Stand has no will to quit. She is looking to continue on and fight to get to Casanova English. Even if it mean having to get through Artemis Kaiser or endure the pain this tiny weapon of mass destruction can dish out.
Arty sees stacy reach for her leg that was dragon screwed in the ropes and now knows it’s a weak spot. She starts stomping away at before finding her opening to lock in a heel hook.
Ruby Parvai: Look at that submission almost looks similar to a figure four leglock.
Stacy grits her teeth and rolls to unbend her leg, but Arty starts to roll with her and Stacy screams in pain. Stacy rolls one more time and Arty rolls with her again. However they get to Stacy’s corner and Gaia tags her back and comes into the match.
Axel Reid: The GPW World Champion, Gaia Galanos is now officially in the match. And for those who follow GPW. This is almost like the taking of virginity as these two have never before been on opposite sides of the ring. Granted this is a tag team contest not one-on-one. But these two are going to square off in a VoW ring.
Arty upon noticing immediately releases the hold and steps up towards Gaia. The two woman have a stare down as Stacy rolls out under the bottom rope and pulls herself up by the turnpost in her corner.
Ruby Parvati: You could be cutting the tension with a knife right now. As you said, first time Galanos and Kaiser have ever been on opposite sides of the ring. It was the night that Stacy Jones went to GPW to solicit her services to Gaia Galanos that these two were actually in the same corner. They are no stranger to one another.
Gaia and Arty lock up and Arty spins around for a rear waist lock attempts a german, but Gaia goes for the headlock take down.
Axel Reid: Where Kaiser is versed in mixed martial arts, Galanos is versed in amateur mat-based wrestling. The Greek immigrant was trained by Pat Gordon, Sr.
After a few moments, Arty is able to transition into a headscissors hold and she cinches it in as the ref checks on Gaia.
Ruby Parvati: This is what I like to see. Wait. What?
Axel Reid: Gaia is able to separate Arty’s legs enough to slide out of the hold and up to her knees. She look across the ring to her fellow roster mate and neutrally nods at the challenge she provides. The Canadian Crusader gestures for The Spartan Sheba to come get some.
The two circle each other and lock up. Gaia goes for yet another headlock but keeps it to a standing variety.
Axel Reid: Galanos goes for another headlock, but realizing that Kaiser was able to quickly reverse a grounded versions she elects to keep this a standing one.
Arty tries to counter with stiff punches to the kidney region on Gaia and pushes her off. Gaia off the ropes and flattens Arty with a shoulder block. Gaia looks at the ropes and runs them again. Arty gets back up only to get flattened by another shoulder block.
Axel Reids Not one, but two heavy shots to Kaiser. Keeping the tiny yet ferocious fighter on the mat.
Gaia runs the ropes but Arty stays down and rolls forcing Gaia to hop her and hit the ropes again. As she fast approaches, Arty pops to her feet and takes the larger woman down with a leaping lariat.
Ruby Parvati: Explosive shot!
Arty gets back up and to her feet as Gaia rolls around for a moment before pushing herself up and off the mat.
Casanova English: Sit, bitch.
Gaia gets pissed that the disrespect English shows her so she charges his corner and punches him off the apron. Arty shrugs and does the same to Stacy. The fans display a mixed reaction.
Axel Reid: Listen to this crowd. I think they don’t know what to think of GPW figuratively coming in to clean house in VoW.
Arty and Gaia trade blows. Shot after shot. An elbow from Arty, a forearm from Gaia. Dueling chants start to escape the crowd.
Crowd: Get some, Gaia! Kill Arty Kill!
They keep trading blows until a stiff elbow leaves an opening for Arty to run the rope and hit a back elbow to the chest. Arty goes for another one, but Stacy slides in the ring from outside and takes Arty down with a drop toe hold. Gaia then drags Arty to the center of the ring and locks in an STF as she looks towards Stacy and shakes her head in response to her method of help.
Axel Reid: Stacy giving her partner some help.
Ruby Parvati: But it looks like the GPW may have some pride issues.
English than shouts from the side
Casanova English: You’ll never get your hands on me if you make her tap out…
The distraction gets Gaia to loosen the hold and Arty fights out of it. An enraged Gaia goes to the corner and swings for English but he drops to the floor to avoid the hit.
Axel Reid: English for a moment distracting Galanos, Kaiser sneaks up behind. German suplex with a bridge!
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KICKOUT!
Axel Reid: The Young Empress wasting no time to get back up to her feet. Galanos rolls to her feet. Kaiser up and waiting for her, immediately goes for a rolling elbow. Gaia ducks under, and jumps at a recovering English who scampers off again much to jeers of the crowd.
Ruby Parvati: That rolling elbow usually spells the end for The World Class Champ’s opponents as it is the first of her five Crusades. But this early in the match?
Axel Reid: It never connected so we have no idea if Artemis was going for the Crusades right now.
Arty tries to sneak up behind Gaia again but Galanos has it scouted and elbows Kaiser in the mouth.
Axel Reid: Kaiser staggering back and shakes off cobwebs before charging at Gaia again. Look at the emotion on her face. Furrowed brow, deep scowl. She yells out a war cry in rage… Wait, Gaia hits her with an Exploder Suplex into the turnbuckle! The crowd explodes at the calamity, before chanting for the hometown girl, Stacy Jones.
Gaia grabs Artemis and whips her off into a neutral corner. English can be heard mouthing off to Gaia again. Galanos once again glares at English with a sneer, before charging down at Artemis who is reeling in the corner. Gaia goes for a corner splash but Arty had enough of a breather to dart out of the way. Arty runs down the line and pie faces Stacy causing the Hammerstein Ballroom to boo mercilessly, before running all the way down to the opposite corner of where Gaia is positioned.
Ruby Parvati: Artemis Kaiser is almost like a pint sized wrecking ball. All she cares about is the win at any cost. If you look up her profile on the GPW website you will see a portrait of her clutching her World Class Champion as if it her own baby. It’s that mentality that makes her a dangerous opponent.
Arty slaps the top turnbuckle before charging down at Gaia but Galanos is the one with enough breathing room to burst out of the corner and connect with a European Uppercut!
Axel Reid: This tandem of Kaiser and English. There is a sense of mind games. English’s mind games are his strength. I’m still trying to decide if Kaiser is plotting as much as English is. She hasn’t seemed to object to English’s tactics. But that’s because they’re on his own merit for lack of a better term. One thing Kaiser wanted for this match was to leave out The Solution, to leave out The Orphanage and it looks like that’s the case. None of the members of The Solution have shown up to the Manhattan Center and The Orphanage seems to have retreated to their locker room. This crowd wants more of Stacy Jones and she’s feeling the energy of the crowd despite her leg being injured.
Gaia goes for a quick double underhook powerbomb but Arty wriggles out and drops through the back into a seated neckbreaker. Crowd pops for the innovation. Slamming against the guardrail as both competitors are down.
Axel Reid: This is a dire predicament here. This would be a key opportunity for both these competitors to tag in their partners.
Both crawl towards their corners as the fans make noise. The front row bangs on the barricade willing Gaia and Arty to tag in their partners
Arty gets to English who starts laughing as he charges Gaia. He goes for a massive kick to midsection of a crawling Gaia. But the force knocks her into tagging Stacy as she rolls under the ropes and off the apron to the floor.
Axel Reid: Sickening. I don't think English wants to wrestle his GPW counterpart. He's only here to embarrass her. He's a disgrace to the sport.
Stacy launches herself over the top rope and plants English with tornado DDT driving him down on the top of his head.
Axel Reid: Jones with the cover, hook the leg.
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KICKOUT!
Ruby Parvati: Yes English gets the shoulder up!
The fans grown in unison as Stacy picks English up and he thumbs her in the eye out of view from the ref.
Axel Reid: Ever the classy gentleman, Casanova English uses a cheap tactic out of sight.
Ruby Parvati: It’s not illegal if the ref can’t call it.
English points to Gaia standing up on the floor and they lock gazes as English hoists stacy up and plants her with a vertical suplex. He then runs the ropes, hops over stacy and goes for the baseball slide but Galanos rolls in the ring. English slaps the apron in dismay and Gaia looks behind her and runs the ropes and dives outside throwing herself and English into the side of the broadcast table.
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Axel Reid: The action getting a little too close for comfort as English is probably regretting picking a fight with the Spartan Sheba. Did you see the distance she got on that dive though? Add Wonder Woman to her nicknames, that was outstanding.
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Stacy staggers up and sees the trainwreck on the outside and Gaia and English are pulling themselves up by the announce table. The Xcel Champion now runs the ropes and slingshots over landing a senton on English and her partner who was in close proximity. The ref restarts the outside count as Arty is shaking her head and pinching the bridge of her nose.
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Arty drops from the apron and goes over towards the broadcast side.
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Axel Reid: All the strength her small frame can muster. By god Artemis Kaiser is pulling up her own partner and rolling him in the ring.
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Kaiser stares at both Gaia and Stacy who are rolling on the floor before she scoffs and retreats back to her side of the ring and climbs on the corner to grab the tag rope.
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Stacy and Gaia stir as Stacy rolls back in the ring and English back up charges her and starts stomping away before she can get up. Gaia pulls herself up by the apron and climbs to her corner.
Axel Reid: This is a physically tolling battle. But look at English he’s pulling Stacy. She’s got nowhere to go. Center of the ring. He’s locking in that sharpshooter. It Came From Canada! Stacy is in agony. And he’s pulling backwards. He’s torquing her spine much like he did to RDO weeks back. He’s almost getting Stacy’s boots to touch the back of her head. She may tap out.
Ruby Parvati… What’s this?
Gaia steps in the ring, rushes past the ref, hits the ropes and comes back using her knee to smash into the side of English’s head.
Axel Reid: Good God Almighty. Seismós Strike… Gaia Galano just hit the Seismós Strike and it could be all over. All Stacy has to do is crawl over and cover.
Stacy holds her lower back wincing, barely moving. And Kaiser slaps the turnbuckle frantically extending her hand. Trying to get English to rise and tag her in. He’s unresponsive though.
The fans and Gaia will Stacy on as she crawls inch by inch, slowly but surely on top of the fallen English.
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NO! KICKOUT!
Ruby Parvati: Gaia Galanos gave Stacy Jones the perfect spot to get the win, but she took too long. As much as I love Casanova English. There was no way he would have got up from that Seismós Strike if Stacy pinned him right after.
Stacy slaps the canvas, disappointed in herself, but notices English is still barely moving. She scoffs at Artemis who is antsy to get in the ring
Stacy Jones: Keep your ass on the apron!
Stacy goes up top in a neutral corner.
Axel Reid: I think she’s going for the New York Rise, that corkscrew shooting star.
Artemis notices it could finish off English and walks the apron towards Stacy, climbs up and slaps her across the face.
Ruby Parvati: Good for Arty. Stacy Jones showed a blatant sign of disrespect to the World Class Champ with that “ass on the apron” comment.
Arty then goes for a superplex but Gaia not liking the situation hops in the ring, climbs up, and grabs Arty with a rear waist lock looking to German her.
Axel Reid: This isn’t going to be any good.
Before she can get it off, Cass slithers into the corner through Gaia's legs and powerbombs her off the middle rope. The motion towers with Gaia’s german and Arty’s superplex and all four bodies crash in the ring.
Ruby Parvati: This looks like an absolute disaster. Bodies are everywhere. I can’t even tell who got the worst of it.
Arty rolls out of the ring has English pulls up by the ropes and stagger around almost as if he were intoxicated. Gaia in a world of hurt forcing herself up to her feet. English sees his opportunity and rushes her with a codebreaker but locks in a modified gogoplata.
Ruy Parvati: Gaia Galanos is not the legal person but English locking in Silence of the Lamb.
Axel Reid: He’s laughing about it… This man is sick.. This man is deranged. Wait…
Gaia is getting her hands under English’s thighs and she lifts him up as he’s shaking his head while he’s trying to keep the choke cinched in, but her movements cause him to slip as he now straddles her like a bodyscissor. Gaia force English’s arm into a hammerlock and cradle suplexes him. She grabs Stacy and throws her on top of English as the ref gets in position. Gaia retreat to the corner as she counts with the ref and fans.
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3!!!
Ruby Parvati: WRONG-O!!! English, you sly boy! His shoulder popped up. This match continues!
Axel Reid: How much more abuse can one take?
Gaia steps to her corner and grabs the tag rope and outstretches for Stacy to make the tag. Stacy starts crawling over, but English sense it and he dives for her leg, grabbing her ankle. He stands up and toys with Stacy. Stacy in desperation hits a mule kick and launches herself to make the tag.
Axel Reid: Here it is! Gaia Galanos and Casanova English are both the legal competitors! What will happen? World Champion vs World Champion!
Gaia pulls English up to his feet and starts hitting some roundhouse kicks to his legs. She then pulls him in for a belly to belly and hooks the leg as she plants him.
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KICKOUT!
At this point Arty climbs back on the apron as she watches intently as both English and Gaia are in the ring. Gaia shakes her head as she pulls English back up to his feet. She goes for a hiptoss, but English follows through and plants Gaia with a hiptoss of his own. He then hits a soccer kick in her spine and goes to the corner and starts shaking his leg. Gaia spins around and he goes for the Boma Ye knee strike. Hyperextending his knee. But Gaia dodges it last second.
Axel Reid: That Boma Ye is one of the most lethal strikes to come out of Japan. We’ve never seen English use it before. But one has to expect that he’s trying to mock Gaia Galanos. This guy has no respect.
English goes in for a forearm smash but Gaia grabs his arm and gets him in a devil lock, tripping him to the mat and locking in a modified kimura.
Axel Reid: This is a new submission Galanos has been working on. She calls it the Sheba Devil Vise. Look at English he’s scrambling around I think he’s gonna tap! Wait Artemis Kaiser in the ring and a low dropkick to break the hold. She really saved the match right there.
Ruby Parvati: There’s been a lot of animosity between Gaia Galanos and Artemis Kaiser since the formation of the Solution and this will not help things.
Arty steps back through the ropes into her corner as she raises her hands to show the referee she’s not attempting to cheat.
English pulls himself up by the ropes but Arty hops in after the blind tag. She charges toward Gaia with a lariat but Gaia grabs the arm, hammerlocks it, spins around for a lariat of her own, but Arty ducks it.
Axel Reid: Galanos attempting to go for that Charybdis Lariat but the short frame of Arty Kaiser able to duck it.
Arty yells over to Stacy in the corner.
Artemis Kaiser: No, you stay on the apron!
Arty whips Gaia into her own corner to mock Stacy and rub it in her face. She charges with a heavy elbow into the GPW World Champion’s face. She alternates her elbows driving them as vicious as he possibly can.
Axel Reid: My god. Artemis Kaiser is ferocious. I envy nobody who steps in the ring with her. She starts chopping away and. Uh that knee strike was nasty. The Spartan slumps, and a disrespectful face wash… That boot just scraping the face of Galanos
Stacy notices her partner is in trouble so she hits the blind tag on her shoulder and get in the ring. She goes for her dropkick knocking Arty to the mat
Axel Reid: Stacy exploding and the NYC crowd loves it. Unfortunately her partner Gaia looks a little confused and upset as she’s rolling onto the apron.
Arty pops back up as does Stacy. Stacy goes for her version of Eat Defeat as she pulls Kaiser down into her boot.
Axel Reid: Stacy’s Judgement.. She’s making the cover.
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NO! KICKOUT
Axel Reid: I’m in shock, the crowd’s in shock, Jones’s in shock, Galanos’s in shock, even the dazed English and downed Kaiser are shocked.
Stacy pulls Artemis up to her feet and whips her into the corner. She comes over but Arty dodges out and chops Stacy into the corner and climbs up mounting the Xcel Champion.
Axel Reid: Looks like some mounted elbow strikes. The fans count along in German.
Crowd: Ein! Zwei! Drei! Vier! Funf! Sechs! Seiben! Acht! Noin! Zehn!
Arty drops down to the canvas and starts slapping her elbow
Axel Reid: Stacy is in trouble.
Kaiser hits her with a rolling elbow. She then pulls the ripcord and does a second more thunderous rolling elbow with a force so hard Arty herself cries in pain as she holds her arm.
Ruby Parvati: The First and Second Crusades!
Axel Reid: She couldn’t go for 3 through 5. He may have just messed up her elbow!
Ruby Parvati: She looks to be going for a neckbreaker. Another rolling elbow! The Third Crusade!
Axel Reid: But look at Kaiser’s face. She’s in pain, she’s gonna kill her elbow
The fans are split between booing Arty for the sake of willing Stacy on while others are chanting “Kill Arty Kill!” Stacy listens to the crowd and charges at Arty but a sidestep and tosses Stacy at the ropes. The Xcel Champion comes back and is it met with a thunderous rolling elbow that takes her to the mat.
Ruby Parvati: Fourth Crusade!
Stacy Jones tries to get up to her feet and ends up taking a stomp to the back of her head, but it doesn’t force her down and Arty hits a last rolling elbow.
Ruby Parvati: Fifth Crusade! Wait she’s grabbing the arm and grounding Stacy Jones. Armtrap.. Crossface… AK-93!
English is behind Galanos and pulls her down to the floor and send her into the barricades as Stacy is locked in. to the AK-93.
The ref checks on her, but she’s unresponsive.
DING DING DING
“Sonne” plays over the speakers.
Axel Reid: Incredible… She may have proven she really is the Champion for Life.
Jerry Heisneberg: Ladies and Gentlemen, your winners via knockout. The team of the VoW World Visionary Champion, CASSANNNOVVVA ENNGLISSHHH and the GPW West Coast Champion, ARRRRTEMMMMISSS KAAAAAAAIIIISSSERRRR!
Artemis releases the hold after hearing her name over the loud speakers and she collapses on her back and holds her elbow.
Ruby Parvati: Our trainers need to check her elbow. The Second Crusade really seemed to take its toll on it.
Axel Reid: I’m so impressed, it was a match to watch. Who would have thought we would have seen all of these champions on the same show, in the same match. Incredible.
Gaia holds her back and notices Arty’s music is playing and she looks in the ring and notices Stacy motionless in the ring. She shakes her head and retrieves her World Championship from the timekeeper’s table. She sends a piercing glare to English who is seated on the ringside cackling at what transpired. Then stares at Artemis in the ring who’s checking her own elbow. In disappointment, Gaia leaves the scene behind as she hops the barricade and the sea of fans clap her shoulders as a sign of appreciation.
Axel Reid: Gaia Galanos the GPW World Champion, visibly upset at what transpired.
Ruby Parvati: What do you think would have felt? Her partner tagged herself in and lost the match.
Axel Reid: Stacy saw Galanos was in trouble and was trying to help.
Ruby Parvati: Her performence was a little shoddy at the end. Perhaps her triangle with Tayla and Moicelle is taking its emotional toll on her.
Artemis is handed her West Coast Championship and she rolls out of the ring. VoW trainers come to check on her but she fights through them up to the top of the stage. She goes to raise her title with both arms but the one with the injured elbow makes her wince and she switches to holding it up with just her good arm.
Artemis Kaiser: Champion for life!
Ruby Parvati: Bold statement but in a ring with four separate champs, she was the one who got the win.
Stacy starts to get up and realize that her opponents won as English slides back in the ring.
Axel Reid: Not the kind of ending Stacy Jones hoped for as the biggest show of the year is in her hometown.