Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 22:12:18 GMT -7
The show kicks off with Bon Jovi’s “It’s My Life” and the Philly fans are insane this evening… like, even more so than usual! After the opening montage and panning the crowd, in the process showing off some rather creative fan signs, the cameras center on the announce table where Ned Roberts and Dominic Price stand ready to call the night’s action!
Ned Roberts: Welcome, fans, to Discovery #7! Ned Roberts here alongside my partner-in-crime, the one, the only… Dominic Price!
Dominic Price: PHILLY, HOW THE FUCK ARE YA?!
Never a dull moment with The Dom, and Ned looks to be in high spirits himself. The fans go off once again at Dominic’s trademark greeting while Ned gets the rundown going!
Ned Roberts: Tonight, Dom, marks us being two weeks closer to Destiny’s Gate! As a matter of fact, after Discovery #8 in two weeks, that show will be upon us… and you can bet that with the card already shaping up, there’s gonna be some violence and chaos tonight!
Dominic Price: And that, my brother, is just how the Dom likes it! In fact, tonight’s main event will DIRECTLY affect Destiny’s gate as the incomparable Pet takes in Iphy Kopadi in a STEEL MOTHERFUCKIN’ CAGE!
Cameras pan to the area above the ring where the fifteen-foot structure hangs, ready to be lowered when the time comes. The fans are already hollering all about it… and it sure sounds like there’s an “Iphy!” chant going on, too! There’s a group in the crowd, though, that bucks the trend with signs that read “Harem Section” on them!
Ned Roberts: I tell ya what, Dom… it takes all kinds. Pet rubs everyone the wrong way, whether she’s trying to or not, but there’s still folks out there that dig her!
Dominic Price: Hey, I dig her myself! At least physically! But that attitude don’t do the Dom’s imagination no favors!
Ned Roberts: Know what, I’m gonna let that comment stand on its own! But that certainly isn’t all fans can expect, as later on this evening we’re gonna see Luciana Verdoza and Samantha Hamilton sign the contract for their Galactic Championship match at Destiny’s Gate!
Seeing the womens’ faces on the big screen gets a VERY mixed reaction from the fans… most loving Hamilton but hating Verdoza!
Dominic Price: Tell ya what: Luciana sorta came outta nowhere to get that shot, Ned. I mean, word is she was on her way out the door before Chrysanthe gave her the hard sell. She stuck around and got the show… and now she’s bein’ a real pain in the ass over social media!
Ned Roberts: And I’m sure she could give good reason for that. But in the end? To get along, you gotta go along. If she acts up at the contract signing… things might get violent. Samantha isn’t a lady you cross!
Dominic Price: With or without the Shieldmaidens at her back! But let’s get on with the show, bro!
There seems to be a bit of miscommunication between Aurora and Lluvia as the match starts, and the Shieldmaidens waste little time taking advantage of that, charging their opponent and sending Lluvia to the floor! With Aurora isolated in the ring, the Maidens take over in a hurry, delivering a double-suplex and a tandem elbow drop/leg drop combination that nearly results in a quick win for the Binary Championship challengers! But Aurora kicks out at two and, as the referee hustles Bandit out of the ring, takes charge against Bullet, recklessly charging the woman and driving her into the turnbuckles, throwing a few shoulders to the midsection and following with a dropkick! She looks to tag in Lluvia but as she’s still on the floor, Aurora takes over again on Bullet. A DDT attempt, however, sees her back body-dropped to the mat and Bullet tags in Bandit for more double-team action. It’s now that Lluvia makes it to the apron and, seeing her partner in dire straits, offers her arm for the tag! A bit too late, though, as the Maidens toss Aurora up high and let her drop chest-first to the mat before Bandit makes a pin attempt, again earning a two.
Aurora keeps fighting back while the Shieldmaidens use quick tags to stay on top. Zambrotta puts her toughness to the test and literally drives her head into the midsection of Bullet at one point, stunning the biker long enough for her to make a tag to Cane. Except… Bandit busts in to help her partner before the referee can stop her and her charge knocks Aurora into Lluvia, sending her to the floor… this before Lluvia can even enter the ring. Aurora gets locked in for a German but fights her way out and gets behind Bandit, delivering a full nelson bomb! Bullet drives a running boot to the side of Aurora’s head before Lluvia can make it into the ring, tackling Bullet to the mat and firing off right hands! Aurora rolls out of the ring, trying to get her head together, while Lluvia is forcefully pulled off Bullet by Bandit. She attempts to fight off both, but ends up needing a tag before too long. Aurora, though, is unable to regain her position on the apron in time and the Shieldmaidens are able to nail the distracted Lluvia via Vote With a Bullet, getting the win.
Joan Arch: And your winners, the leather-clad, ass-kickin’ bad girls who put it away in eight minutes and thirteen seconds… THE SHIELDMAIDENS!
Dominic Price: Bit of… miscommunication between Aurora and Lluvia there, Ned. You see that?.
Ned Roberts: As surely as I saw the Shieldmaidens take advantage. No shame in losing to the number one contenders but I’m betting both Zambrotta and Cane wanted to do better than that…
“Marionette” begins to play and we see Jenn Drew pop out from behind the curtain. She doesn’t give her usual entrance though, instead she has a very deliberate and very purposeful walk and demeanor to her. She walks up the steps and into the ring where she bends down in between the middle and top ropes and yells for a microphone. She walks around the ring as the crowd gives her a mixed reaction. She simply rolls her eyes and puts the microphone up to her mouth to begin speaking.
Jennifer Drew: I signed with Galactic six weeks ago now. I thought this was the place that was going to help me revitalize a career I figured was over. I had been keeping an eye, watching each show Galactic has put on since its inception and I loved what I saw. There were so many ladies that were hungry, out to prove a point. They all had a drive to be the best and it sparked that fire inside of me once again. I started training again, getting myself back into shape to compete once again, to pull the strings of the poor little souls that decided to step into the ring with me.
Jenn looks around at the crowd who are still giving her a mixed reaction. Some cheering her, but others booing or just confused right now as to the point she’s trying to make.
Jennifer Drew: I thought I was going to get some competition, get my boots dirty again. What happens though? I sign and management just throws me into a battle royal. They throw me into the ring with countless other women who don’t even deserve to share a ring with me! They threw me into a match where you can never stand out, where you can never shine bright. Then what? The following Discovery, I’m not even booked. I took it in stride though, I know not everyone can be on every single card. I know that I can’t grace you all with my superior skill in the ring every other Thursday night. That one was fine. But then the card for this Discovery was announced and what do I see? I don’t see anything. I see a bunch of people who can’t hold a candle to what I can do in the ring booked on the show, but I don’t see me anywhere on there.
By this time most of the crowd has turned on Jenn and she just grins and soaks it all in. She even waves her hands to encourage it a little bit.
Jennifer Drew: Management decides to have me sit on the sidelines yet again! Management has no idea the talent they are wasting with me sitting on the bloody sidelines. So, I took to social media and aired my displeasure out. I’m sick of always being overlooked, always passed up on for opportunities. Every single place I’ve stepped foot it in, I have made them take notice. I don’t sit around and wait for my opportunities because if I do, they never come to me. The greatest example was LAW. I had been there, scratching, clawing my way up the ladder. Hell, my “sister” Kate Steele and I beat the bloody pulp out of LAW’s two top champions. What happened though? Kate ended up getting a damn title match, but me, the one who actually scored the pinfall in that match, got absolutely nothing out of it. I was used by management to put on the performance of a lifetime and barely got a pat on the shoulder. Eventually though, I stopped caring, I stopped waiting. I made my opportunity. I made Keira Johnson’s life hell for months just to get a chance at any sort of championship.
The crowd’s displeasure for Jenn begins growing as the demeanor on her face gets a little more wicked with each word she speaks.
Jennifer Drew: So, when I saw it was going to be more of the same here in Galactic, I caused a little ruckus that our esteemed Discovery GM didn’t much like. I know she’s not the smartest person in the room, but that’s because I’m here. She didn’t know I was playing her like a little puppet. I knew she wasn’t going to be one that stood by while threats were made against non-wrestlers. I knew exactly what I was doing and she had no idea that I was going to get exactly what I wanted. See, Chrysanthe, you think you know how to manage people. You think you can always be one step ahead of everyone. Tell you what though, love, I’ll be kind enough to chalk it up to inexperience in dealing with someone of my caliber or intellect.
The crowd by this point had started a “You suck” chant directed towards Jenn who still stood there, gladly soaking it all in. She went to go speak again, but the microphone had been cut off and she tapped it furiously and upon realizing it wasn’t going to work again spiked it into the mat and started to walk out of the ring before “Bulletproof” by Godsmack started to play!
Dominic Price: Oh, MAN! Y’know what that tune means, Ned?!
Ned Roberts: It means that the Toxic Knockout has arrived! And Jennifer looks like the deer in the headlights!
Dominic Price: Yeah, the headlights of a fuckin’ Mack truck!
A referee enters the ring and Jennifer turns to stare at him before turning back to a grinning Dona, the Ascendant Title over her shoulder, sauntering down to the ring with her eyes locked on Jenn! When she enters the ring, Drew exits out the other side and Dona looks to the referee, gesturing with a smirk! Finally going over to the turnbuckles, Dona holds the belt up high only for Jenn to grab her and yank her off the ropes!
Ned Roberts: Oh, that’s not a good idea…
Landing on her feet, Dona’s expression scrunches up and she turns to look at Jennifer, who hauls off and decks her with a forearm across the jaw! Dona, taking this in stride, turns the other cheek and asks for a forearm there as well! Jennifer gives her what she demands and Dona staggers back… rebounding off the ropes and delivering a pump kick to the face of Drew, sending her sprawling to the canvas!
Dominic Price: Hold up, is this match even official?!
Ned Roberts: I haven’t heard the bell ring, but the referee’s in there-
DING! DING! DING!
Ned Roberts: -and there it is! But where the heck is Jennifer going?!
Dominic Price: Toward higher ground, it looks like!
Bailing from the ring while the fans laugh and jeer, Jennifer demands that they shut up and claims that she wasn’t ready for a match tonight! She keeps backing up the ramp, unwilling to take her eyes off Dona… who’s holding the ropes for her to come on back! But the referee keeps on counting and eventually reaches the count of ten!
Ned Roberts: Looks like Dona wins by countout, Dom! And she hardly seems bothered… well, not much anyway.
Dominic Price: The lady loves a fight, Neddy, but she don’t get paid by the hour neither! Jennifer actually looks pleased with herself, though! Fuck’s up with that?!
Ned might have answered were it not for “What You Want” by Evanescence starting to play. Drew, rolling her eyes, turns in time to see the Discovery GM, Chrysanthe Kanelos, coming out behind her. The Grecian looks from Jennifer to the ring, then back to Drew with a shake of her head.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: So… you complain about not getting a match and when one is offered you, against a champion no less, you decide to walk away from it? Is that what I’m seeing, Miss Drew?
Incensed, Jennifer snatches the microphone out of Chrysanthe’s hands and backtalks the GM right to her face!
Jennifer Drew: I was NOT ready and you KNOW it! This is just you trying to make a power play, trying to make me look bad! Well, it’ll take more than some stupid, sneaky crap like this to make that happen!
Listening intently, Chrysanthe nods slowly before gesturing for the microphone. A bit confused by the tame reaction, Jenn holds it out with a smug grin. Chrysanthe takes it, sprays a little perfume on it, then nods and resumes her speaking.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: This is professional wrestling, Jennifer. You have to be ready at all times because you never know what might happen. But perhaps I misjudged you. Perhaps… I was wrong about you being championship caliber.
Eyes widening, Jennifer tries to tell Chrysanthe the exact opposite but the GM holds up her hand and continues with a smile.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: It’s all right. I understand. You want another chance, right? You want to be ready this time, right? How about, then, next week… we try this match again. Dona, you don’t have a problem with that, do you?
A shake of the champion’s head says it all.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: And there you have it. Next week, one show before Destiny’s Gate, it’ll be Jennifer Drew vs. Dona Rotten. And this time, I expect you to stay and fight and not make excuses, Drew.
Turning on her heel, Chrysanthe leaves as Dona grins at Jennifer again. Drew looks a little concerned, but refuses to be rattled, giving Dona and the fans her back before moving on through the curtain.
Ned Roberts: That’ll be a good fight, I say! I wonder if the title’s on the line, though...
Dominic Price: Far as I’m concerned, Drew ain’t earned that yet. But if she can beat Dona? I say book it!
Fire and Ice were backstage, walking down the hallway, chatting and laughing as they turn a corner and rest against against a production crate, proudly displaying the Galactic Binary Championships over their shoulders as they adjust them for a moment and the two look at each other.
Fire: Fuck, Ice, look at us! We finally did it, we finally climbed to the top of the fucking mountain here in Galactic and now we have some gold around our waists. It feels good to be on top.
Ice: It does, Fire… We worked for three long years to get where we are today. I still remember being that shy little girl in the corner on my first day of training and you were the only one to come over and say hello to me.
Fire: Yeah, well, we all need friends and I saw you needed one on that day. But fuck that mushy shit right now. We have a goddamn fight on our hands tonight! We have two bitches coming over from Enterprise, onto our show, into our house to try and take what we’ve rightfully earned and call ours.
Fire stands back up as Ice just sits back and watches on, a smile on her face the entire time.
Fire: Tonight, La Trinidad think they can come in here, come onto Discovery and steal our property away from us! Nah, it ain’t gonna work like that. No, what’s going to happen is very simple actually. Ice and me are going to walk out to that ring, we’re going to stare those two bitches whose names I can’t even pronounce right in the face and we’re going to punch their teeth right down their damn throats!
Ice laughs as she now stands up and walks over next to Fire and keeps her eyes locked on her partner.
Fire: Then you know what else we’re going to do, Icey?
Ice: What’s that?
Fire: We’re going to send them back to Enterprise, the inferior brand, and they’re going to whimper and cry like two little bitches after we show them who is the far superior team in Galactic. Then, after we finish these two off, we begin our preparations for the Shieldmaidens. Tonight, we’ll hold up our end of the deal when we retain and then we’ll face two battle tested warriors at Destiny’s Gate. See, Ice, I know we aren’t afraid of a little violence and a good fight, but when it comes down to it all, we are still the best damn team in all of Galactic and we will prove it each and every time we step into that ring. Now, let’s go get ready to kick some Latina ass.
Ice nods and smiles as the two grab their championships and clang them together before draping them over their shoulders once more before walking off out of camera view.
Ryleigh Mathis locks-up with Wendy House and House takes the power advantage by making sure the referee doesn’t see her grab Mathis by the hair. House puts the bad mouth on Mathis as she abuses the smaller woman in the corner with elbows, roughly Mathis up as much as possible with every shot. Mathis tries to get out but House continually goes to the hair, making sure she’s leaning at just the right angle to keep the referee from seeing her do this. House treis for a whip into the opposite corner and then goes for a running elbow. Mathis sidesteps the contact and then hits her Put A Sock In It shuffle side kick. Mathis goes for a cover but House reverses with a tights pull. Mathis kicks out and House uses the hair again, smirking as she does so and swearing to the referee she did nothing wrong. She makes sure to tell Mathis all about it while trying to rough her up on the mat. Mathis rolls out and them jumps into a victory roll for a near fall. House reverses but Mathis reverses back. House mounts and starts with elbow strikes to the head. Mathis slips out before too much damage is done, blood trickling down her face. House walks into another Put A Sock In It and Mathis goes to the top, hitting Banshee Flight corkscrew moonsault for the pin!
Joan Arch: And your winner… RYLEIGH MATHIS!
Ned Roberts: One of Discovery’s newest signees notches her first win! Wendy gave her a rough time though, eh?
Dominic Price: She’s tougher than her attitude might lead you to believe, that’s for sure! But tonight, Ryleigh had her number!
Discovery fades in on Dakota Mendoza and Allison as they are walking down the hall. The publicist and protege of Luciana Verdoza are definitely in a business mood as they are seen talking among themselves.
Allison: Being a star in this business is not easy. Having worked with Luciana all these years, I can tell you that much. The woman has been through so much in her career that it’s insane how much she’s been able to rebound.
Dakota: Yeah, I completely understand. I remember watching her growing up and seeing her highs be incredible… but her lows… they were pretty darn low…
Allison: And that’s the thing to take away from this… wrestling, especially mainstream wrestling, is a roller coaster. You already knew that of course. Yet, despite everything she’s been through…
The two stop walking as they observe the final shots of a photo shoot that Luciana Verdoza herself is doing.
Allison: She still stands tall as the star that she’s been and the star that she continues to be…
Luciana can only smirk, having heard those words. Once the shoot stops she walks over to Dakota and Allison.
Luciana: So… Allison is telling you my life story, huh?
Dakota: Yeah, something like that.
Allison: It’s funny you know… when people question your heart and soul and passion for this…
Dakota: Who in the hell does Sam Hamilton think she is to question that?
Luciana: Great question. I’ve been doing a little bit of thinking about that myself. I’ve been legitimately screwed out of championships in the past. I have lost my sanity over this business. I have had relatives get kidnapped, I’ve had to wrestle in front of a packed house days after my father passed away and I had to keep coming back from hospital trip after hospital trip when the barbarians at the place I used to work at three years ago kept putting me down. Sam wasn’t there when I broke gender barriers. She was not there when I was at the worst point of my career 11 years ago… THIS CLOSE to giving it all up… she doesn’t know how I bounced back from that and came all the way back to become the first woman to ever hold a championship at the promotion I was working for at the time. You know what that took? Heart! You know what it took to break that gender barrier and win my first world championship 10 years ago in that company?
Heart!
You know what it took to win my second one after my father died? Again… HEART!
And most recently, how about coming back from being screwed out of a title shot I earned with a sudden closure and then having to leave wrestling as long as I did? How about being EMBARRASSED in this company two shows in a row, looking like my career was all but dead, only to come back last month and become the number one contender to the Galactic Championship?
Heart. It was ALL heart! I am the most resilient bitch of my generation! That… Dakota… is how you get by… and that underestimation of it in Sam’s part… that’s what is going to cost her in the end.
Allison: You definitely got in her head when you beat her down with her own title, didn’t you?
Luciana chuckles.
Luciana: I sure as hell did. Too bad I have this annoying contract signing to deal with.
Dakota: I’m just shocked you still have that title shot considering the threats against you…
Luciana rolls her eyes and laughs.
Luciana: I was just sending a message. I’ve been screwed out of this shot before and I’ll be damned if I get screwed out of it again. I’ll sign this stupid contract… I’ll “behave”... but don’t expect that to last too long. Anyway, I suppose I better prepare myself for that. Allison, get the presses ready and start hyping up this “comeback story”. Dakota… keep watching and learning… it’s only a matter of time before you begin wrestling here and you need to be as ready as possible. I’m not going to tolerate any less.
Dakota: Of course…
Allison: I’ll get the presses ready…
Dakota and Allison take off and Luciana remains for a little bit, retaining her cold, but passionate conviction as the scene fades out.
Ned Roberts: Sounds like there might be trouble regardless of Luciana’s ‘promise’ later tonight...
Dominic Price: You couldn’t pay The Dom to get in the middle of that one, bro, sexy or not.
Jennifer Williams and Nicky Silver start exchanging shots almost immediately. The two pound away until they’re both bleeding and Williams jumps up for a rana but Silver is able to catch and reverse into her Makeover facebuster. Silver goes for a cover. Williams kicks out at two and then tries for an Oklahoma roll. Silver reverses into a different cover and Williams reverses back. They exchange near falls six times, the crowd screaming for every one. The two women get back to their feet and both try for a roundhouse kick, both landing simultaneously. Both fall back, Silver landing on the mat while Williams falls into the ropes. Williams staggers to the corner and goes for the Stock Market Crash shooting star press but Silver moves and Williams crashes to the mat. Silver goes for a rolling cradle but Williams just barely kicks out. Silver gets up and snaps off a stiff kick to the face. Williams sits back on her knees and Silver looks for the Silver Bullet running yakuza kick. Williams performs a matrix evasion and then jumps into a double rotation headscissors takedown. Silver reverses into an inside cradle. Williams gets loose and reverses a roll-up for the pin.
Joan Arch: A bit of a surprise on this one, fans! Your winner… is JENNIFER WILLIAMS!
Ned Roberts: She got one over on a game Nicky Silver! I expected the little streak she was building to continue, but Discovery’s resident Heroine pulled off the win!
Dominic Price: The fans sure love her, Ned, and I’m on their side! But I think she might’ve made an enemy out of Nicky Silver if that look on her face is any indicator!
We head back to ringside, where we see the Easter bunny. Well, obviously, it’s someone wearing an Easter bunny costume, but the bunny has a basket of chocolate eggs, which they are giving out to some of the kids in the crowd during the intermission.
Ned Roberts: A nice surprise for our younger fans here tonight, following Easter weekend. Coming up next, we have...
“Endless” by the Birthday Massacre hits the PA. The Easter Bunny turns and looks at the entrance way, from out of which saunters the unpredictable Wendy House.
Ned Roberts: ...Wendy House, apparently. Still new here in Galactic but certainly a... character. She has the childlike mentality, maybe she just wants a chocolate egg?
Dominic Price: Perhaps. There’s just something about her I find a little unsettling, bro, being honest. I didn't expect to see her again after her match earlier, either.
House walks across to the bunny, microphone in hand, putting an arm around the bunny’s shoulder.
Wendy House: CHECK IT OUT! DA EASTA BUNNY IS HERE!!!
The crowd cheers. Why not.
Wendy House: Now Mr. Bunny, far be it fwom me’s to encwoach on you’s impotent Easta business... but you’s givin’ out choccy eggs to all dese little kids... yet you’s no invite out House? Evewyone here knows dat out of all da kiddies here, House is da biggest an’ da stwongest...
Ned Roberts: Well... technically that’s probably true!
Dominic Price: I don’t care how old she “feels”, she’s in her mid thirties if she’s a day.
The bunny looks thoughtful for a moment, before reaching into the basket and offering House an egg. She unwraps it, and takes a bite, before smiling.
Wendy House: YUMMEE! Dese weally good eggs!
She takes another bite, before her visage turns to a sinister sneer.
Wendy House: Dese eggs too good for dese second-rate weakling kids. Gimme them!
House tries to wrench the basket out of the bunny’s hands, but the bunny pulls back shaking his (or her) head.
Ned Roberts: This is absurd! Those egss are for the young fans, and this lunatic is trying to steal them!
Wendy House suddenly turns really angry.
Wendy House: ME’S SAID GIMME!
House throws a punch at the Bunny, knocking it down and causing the egg basket to fall to the floor. She jumps on its back, firing punch after punch before locking in her Snap Dolly’s neck submission on the Easter Bunny, who is tapping out, as the crowd vehemently shows their anger.
Ned Roberts: STOP THIS! THIS IS NOT THE TRUE MEANING OF EASTER!
Dominic Price: That woman is madder than a fridge full of wet dogs...
House lets the bunny go mercifully, before scooping up the basket of eggs and clutching them to her chest, walking up the ramp screaming “MINE! ALL MINE!!!” as the crowd rains hatred on the 35 year old wannabe child.
Ned Roberts: Damn Wendy House! That was absolutely REPREHENSIBLE!!!
Dominic Price: The mind of a stuck up brat child with the body of a trained fighting athlete. That’s a terrifying combination...
The champions demand to be introduced first, “A Song of Fire and Ice” by Artas blaring through the speakers, though they barely make it to the bottom of the ramp before their theme is scratched out most unceremoniously! “Wanted” by Ayax y Prok starts up and La Trinidad tears down the ramp toward them! Fire and Ice barely have time to drop their belts and put their fists up as La Silencia and La Torbellina collide with them, leading to a wild brawl on the floor! Ice and Torbellina battle it out, throwing heavy shots while Fire and Silencia take their scrum into the ring! Almost immediately, Silencia goes for the fingers of Fire, who knows what’s coming and tries to yank away! Her efforts to get free keep Silencia from delivering No Toque… so she lifts the bandana covering her lower face and BITES Fire’s fingers! The yells get the attention of Ice, who comes into the ring and knocks Silencia from her partner! Torbellina is in right after her, though, tackling Ice to the mat and grabbing her by the hair, bouncing the champ’s face off the canvas!
Fire has had enough of this, driving a knee into the head of Torbellina, then delivering a DDT! When she turns, however, Silencia spears her to the mat ruthlessly! Ice is back up, though, and takes Silencia over with a German suplex! Rolling up to her feet, Silencia comes at Ice from behind and dropkicks her into the turnbuckles! Fire, brawling with Torbellina briefly, sends her into the ringpost between the top and middle ropes as the referee continually tries and fails to get order in this madhouse of a fight! Fire & Ice converge on Silencia and though the smaller woman fights back ferociously, two-one-one is still two-on-one! A double-brainbuster leaves her laid out on the mat briefly and the champs are clearly thinking Melt Away… until Torbellina gets back into the mix, shoving Fire away from her partner and striking with an enzuigiri on Ice! Back to her feet in a flash, Fire drops Torbellina with a hangwoman’s neckbreaker… but has her eyes off Silencia a moment too long! She turns right into a throat thrust from diminutive chola, who then drops Fire forcefully with the Grito Silencioso! No sooner does she make the pin, though, than does the Satsujin Triad bust in, attacking La Trinidad and drawing the disqualification as Ice hurriedly draws Fire out of the ring so as not to let her get caught up in this brand-spanning gang war!
Joan Arch: And the winners of this back-alley mash-up… but by disqualification so the hot-and-coldies can keep their pretty gold… are LA TRINIDAD!
The Triad and La Trinidad brawl it out ferociously as security starts swarming the ringside area, trying to break the women up! The three-on-two works for the Satsujin until the leader of La Trinidad, La Diaconisa, tears through the crowd and vaults the railing! With the odds even, the six women tear into each other AND the security detail as they’re herded to the backstage area!
Ned Roberts: Holy hell… I think the Trinidad might have been about to take the gold there, Dominic, before the Satsujins attacked!
Dominic Price: They want the gold, too, no question! And having their street rivals get it first? Hell no to that! But the end result is that Fire & Ice are still champs cause The Dom says so!
Back in her office, Chrysanthe Kanelos is watching the monitor and looks less than pleased at what she sees. The sounds coming from the set makes it clear that she’s eyeing the brawl between the Satsujin Triad and La Trinidad. As she does so, she’s on the phone and her tone likewise betrays her irritation.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: How do you put up with this lot again?! They just ruined an excellent battle for the Binary Championships and you know full well that there’s going to be ramifications from all sides when this settles… IF it settles!
Indeed, the sounds of combat get louder as, presumably, the six women fight their way past the GM’s very office! Someone gets knocked into the tightly-closed door and a framed picture falls from the back of it, the glass shattering on the floor. Chrysanthe’s eye twitches slightly and she almost slams her fist down on the desk but… restrains herself.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: They’re like feral cats after rolling in weapons-grade catnip!
There’s clearly some laughter from the other side of the phone, causing Chrysanthe to roll her eyes. But in passing, as the sounds of battle fade in the distance, she listens.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: I… can see the sense of that. But it’s asking for more trouble. And putting my champions under what I feel is undue pressure, all considered. Yes… yes, I know…
Shrugging her shoulders, Kanelos takes a deep breath and nods.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: I know. That’s why you put me in this position. Then at the next Discovery, we’ll see what happens when Fire & Ice takes on the Satsujin Triad. But I want La Trinidad barred from the building. And, yes, this match will be for the titles… same as it was tonight.
Ned Roberts: Talk about making the champs earn their keep! Tonight they have a knockdown, drag-out with La Trinidad and now they’ve gotta take on the Triad in two weeks? I question the logic here with them staring down the Shieldmaidens soon!
Dominic Price: See, that’s the crazy part, bro; ain’t no one heard Fire & Ice complain about this. They’re takin’ on all comers and for the most part gettin’ the job done.
Ned Roberts: That’s a fair point, Dominic. But still. Is this wise of the General Manager?
Dominic Price: Five bucks says it’s Miss Rhodes on the other end of that phone. Twenty says it was her idea.
Ned Roberts: Fifty says there’s no way in hell this match doesn’t end the way tonight’s did.
Dominic Price: The Dom will take that bet!
When the cage comes down, the door chained and locked, Pet immediately grabs the cage and starts yanking and wrenching on it, claiming acute claustrophobia and demanding to be let out! Iphy Kopadi looks on with some amusement before walking up behind Pet, who’s still in a faux rage while some of her Harem members on the outside likewise demand of the official that they let her out. Iphy taps Pet on the shoulder but she brushes off the gesture, not even looking ‘round. Shrugging, Iphy tries again, firmer this time. Pet finally whirls around with a loud ‘WHAT?!’ before she finds herself eye to eye with Iphy. She’s in shock at first, then in a fury, shoving Iphy back and claiming, while gesturing to the cage, that this is HER fault! Iphy takes this in stride, holding her hands up palms out to exemplify that she only wants peace… but when Pet swings a right hand, Iphy blocks the blow, yanks Pet in close and headbutts her, knocking the latex-clad woman to the mat! Mounting Pet, Iphy throws heavy shots to the head of the Harem’s leader while outside the cage her followers are apoplectic, trying to tear open the steel links to get at their precious leader!
Pet gets out of it eventually, though, kicking Iphy away and going for her eyes with manicured nails when Iphy approaches to continue the fight! Pet delivers a DDT but instead of going for the pin she stomps away at Iphy with hard-soled boots, yelling at her all the while! Grabbing Iphy by the hair, she tries to hurl her opponent into the cage but Iphy blocks the attempt and elbows Pet in the midsection, breaking it up! Grabbing two handfuls of Pet’s flaming red hair, Iphy slams her face-first into the metal and starts rubbing her face forcefully over it, causing Pet to shriek in pain! When she finally wrenches free, Pet immediately checks her face and head for signs of blood while Iphy, getting a bit intense, grabs Pet by the hair again. Throwing off that grip, Pet aims a kick between the legs of the Grecian… but is caught when Iphy suddenly pushes her own legs together, catching Pet’s! Now quite apologetic, Pet tries to pull her leg free only for Iphy to jump and stomp down, putting Pet off balance as that leg is still in between those thighs of steel! Finally letting go, Iphy drops Pet with a bicycle but her pin attempt only gets her two. Pet, handed something from one of her Harem members on the outside, sprays a mist into Iphy’s face, temporarily blinding the former Binary Champion!
At this point, Pet orders that her Haremites go find the key to the lock, to hurry before Iphy has her composure again. They advance on the referee until “Bulletproof” starts to play and Dona Rotten, the Ascendant Champion, the woman whose title Iphy and Pet are currently fighting over, comes to the ring herself! The Haremites back off slowly as Dona takes up a position at ringside, watching the battle while putting herself between them and the referee! Pet, furious at this, demands that Dona be ejected… once more taking her eyes off Iphy. Her eyes red and puffy, Iphy still steals toward Pet and looks to deliver a German suplex. Pet elbows her way out of this and delivers a jawbreaker to leave Iphy staggering back. A big boot follows, but isn’t enough to keep Iphy down for three, leading to tantrum-like frustration from Pet. Forcing herself to center, she pulls Iphy up and gets wrapped into an inside cradle for a near-fall! A running kick after she bolts to her feet almost takes Iphy’s head off but, again, the Grecian kicks out just before three! At this point, the Haremites are trying a new tack: climbing the cage to try and get inside! Dona grabs one of them by the leg before they can make it too far up and jerks them down, knocking them over with a clothesline! The other… well, they land chest-first on the ringside barricade and Pet, seeing this, lets anger get the better of her. Grabbed from behind, Pet gets driven into the mat with a belly-to-back brainbuster and wrapped into the Clutch of the Titans! With no recourse, she’s forced to tap out!
Joan Arch: Our second-most powerful Grecian has done it, folks! Heading to Destiny’s Gate for a shot at the Ascendant Championship… your winner… IPHY KOPADI!
Ned Roberts: Give the assist to Dona Rotten here, folks! She kept Pet’s cohorts from interfering in this match too much and Iphy took full advantage of Pet not being able to run away!
Dominic Price: Give some cred to the self-proclaimed Goddess says The Dom, though. Pet brought some fight and damn near put Iphy away a couple times!
With the main event having officially ended, the ring has since been cleared out. In the center is a table with three chairs. Two are already occupied. In one sits the general manager, Chrysanthe Kanelos. In the other is the defending champion, Samantha “Titaness” Hamilton.
A quick zoom in from Samantha’s face gives away which of the two women looks more impatient than the other.
The Titaness drums her fingernails a few times on the table before finally picking up a mic that had been muted and turns it on.
Samantha “Titaness” Hamilton: I’m just gonna say it right here and now before you get out - if you come out - at that rate. The moment you try the same crap from episode six? Don’t expect me to be civil. Just know that when you come out here. No excuses, no bullshit, Luciana.
As soon as “Confident" by Demi Lovato hits, the fans boo quite loudly as Luciana Verdoza walks out. She merely scoffs as she walks down to the ring, soaking in the boos that are coming her way. She walks with utmost arrogance and haughtiness as she gets to the ring, walking up the steps and stepping through the ropes. She raises her arms up in the air to draw some boos from the audience before blowing them off to meet Samantha at the table. As she does so, Chrysanthe takes up the microphone.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: All right, ladies. I'm not going to insult anyone's intelligence or mince words. It's going to go like this: at Destiny's Gate, it will be the two of you, one-on-one, for the Galactic Championship. There will be no one allowed at ringside and I will personally be at ringside to ensure that there are no shenanigans. This is Discovery's first pay-per-view and you two have the honor of headlining it. Any foolishness that makes the title, the company or me look bad is going to be subject to consequences. This is about who the better wrestler is. No more, no less.
Chrysanthe looks between both the challenger and defending champion before opening a briefcase and pulling a contract out.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: Ladies... if you’d both please put your signatures on the respective dotted lines.
Sam looks smugly at Luciana and nods to her, indicating she’ll allow her to sign first.
Luciana merely scoffs as she picks up the pen.
Luciana Verdoza: Formalities... they're so pointless. Before I sign this, I want to get something off of my chest. This is something I have waited a long time for. You stand there... in your ivory tower... making assumptions about me, making assumptions as to why I did the actions that I did. Luckily for you, I don't plan on even touching you because the last thing I want is for something I earned to be taken from me... again. That is the only reason why I am even playing nice. It's not because I WANT to, believe me... I'd love to take that title and bust you open with it... but not tonight. You underestimate exactly what I am capable of... like many others before you. And that...
Luciana pauses and signs the contract, chuckling as she does so. She slams the pen down on the contract showing indication she’d rather be elsewhere.
Luciana Verdoza: ...is what's going to be your demise.
Luciana rolls her eyes and glares at the champion. Sam, meanwhile, chuckles at the reaction. Something clearly got her amused enough to react in such a way. She doesn’t flinch despite the pen being thrust down so roughly on the paper. Instead, she calmly picks it up and acts in a practically opposite manner.
Whereas Luciana openly acted in an annoyed and more aggressive manner, we see The Titaness - in an almost ironic display - looking much more confident and serene while placing her signature on the parchment.
After finishing, she sets the pen down, keeping her cool like she had been moments ago.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: Good. Now can you both leave in the same civil manner?
Sam merely looks at Luciana before motioning to her.
Samantha “Titaness” Hamilton: As long as she can, sure. I’m fine using and playing the civil card as long as needed. I just hope you understood exactly what you signed up for, because now...
Sam taps the newly and fully signed contract.
Samantha “Titaness” Hamilton: There is NO backing out for either of us. And I had zero intentions of doing that to start with!
Sam stands up, hoisting the Galactic Championship high up into the air. “You’re Going Down” by Sick Puppies blares over the PA as she flashes an almost knowing grin towards Luciana and exits the ring, heading up the ramp.
The camera lingers in on a still furious Luciana and a stoic-looking GM as the show comes to an end.
Ned Roberts: Welcome, fans, to Discovery #7! Ned Roberts here alongside my partner-in-crime, the one, the only… Dominic Price!
Dominic Price: PHILLY, HOW THE FUCK ARE YA?!
Never a dull moment with The Dom, and Ned looks to be in high spirits himself. The fans go off once again at Dominic’s trademark greeting while Ned gets the rundown going!
Ned Roberts: Tonight, Dom, marks us being two weeks closer to Destiny’s Gate! As a matter of fact, after Discovery #8 in two weeks, that show will be upon us… and you can bet that with the card already shaping up, there’s gonna be some violence and chaos tonight!
Dominic Price: And that, my brother, is just how the Dom likes it! In fact, tonight’s main event will DIRECTLY affect Destiny’s gate as the incomparable Pet takes in Iphy Kopadi in a STEEL MOTHERFUCKIN’ CAGE!
Cameras pan to the area above the ring where the fifteen-foot structure hangs, ready to be lowered when the time comes. The fans are already hollering all about it… and it sure sounds like there’s an “Iphy!” chant going on, too! There’s a group in the crowd, though, that bucks the trend with signs that read “Harem Section” on them!
Ned Roberts: I tell ya what, Dom… it takes all kinds. Pet rubs everyone the wrong way, whether she’s trying to or not, but there’s still folks out there that dig her!
Dominic Price: Hey, I dig her myself! At least physically! But that attitude don’t do the Dom’s imagination no favors!
Ned Roberts: Know what, I’m gonna let that comment stand on its own! But that certainly isn’t all fans can expect, as later on this evening we’re gonna see Luciana Verdoza and Samantha Hamilton sign the contract for their Galactic Championship match at Destiny’s Gate!
Seeing the womens’ faces on the big screen gets a VERY mixed reaction from the fans… most loving Hamilton but hating Verdoza!
Dominic Price: Tell ya what: Luciana sorta came outta nowhere to get that shot, Ned. I mean, word is she was on her way out the door before Chrysanthe gave her the hard sell. She stuck around and got the show… and now she’s bein’ a real pain in the ass over social media!
Ned Roberts: And I’m sure she could give good reason for that. But in the end? To get along, you gotta go along. If she acts up at the contract signing… things might get violent. Samantha isn’t a lady you cross!
Dominic Price: With or without the Shieldmaidens at her back! But let’s get on with the show, bro!
Match One: One-on-One Action!!
There seems to be a bit of miscommunication between Aurora and Lluvia as the match starts, and the Shieldmaidens waste little time taking advantage of that, charging their opponent and sending Lluvia to the floor! With Aurora isolated in the ring, the Maidens take over in a hurry, delivering a double-suplex and a tandem elbow drop/leg drop combination that nearly results in a quick win for the Binary Championship challengers! But Aurora kicks out at two and, as the referee hustles Bandit out of the ring, takes charge against Bullet, recklessly charging the woman and driving her into the turnbuckles, throwing a few shoulders to the midsection and following with a dropkick! She looks to tag in Lluvia but as she’s still on the floor, Aurora takes over again on Bullet. A DDT attempt, however, sees her back body-dropped to the mat and Bullet tags in Bandit for more double-team action. It’s now that Lluvia makes it to the apron and, seeing her partner in dire straits, offers her arm for the tag! A bit too late, though, as the Maidens toss Aurora up high and let her drop chest-first to the mat before Bandit makes a pin attempt, again earning a two.
Aurora keeps fighting back while the Shieldmaidens use quick tags to stay on top. Zambrotta puts her toughness to the test and literally drives her head into the midsection of Bullet at one point, stunning the biker long enough for her to make a tag to Cane. Except… Bandit busts in to help her partner before the referee can stop her and her charge knocks Aurora into Lluvia, sending her to the floor… this before Lluvia can even enter the ring. Aurora gets locked in for a German but fights her way out and gets behind Bandit, delivering a full nelson bomb! Bullet drives a running boot to the side of Aurora’s head before Lluvia can make it into the ring, tackling Bullet to the mat and firing off right hands! Aurora rolls out of the ring, trying to get her head together, while Lluvia is forcefully pulled off Bullet by Bandit. She attempts to fight off both, but ends up needing a tag before too long. Aurora, though, is unable to regain her position on the apron in time and the Shieldmaidens are able to nail the distracted Lluvia via Vote With a Bullet, getting the win.
Joan Arch: And your winners, the leather-clad, ass-kickin’ bad girls who put it away in eight minutes and thirteen seconds… THE SHIELDMAIDENS!
Dominic Price: Bit of… miscommunication between Aurora and Lluvia there, Ned. You see that?.
Ned Roberts: As surely as I saw the Shieldmaidens take advantage. No shame in losing to the number one contenders but I’m betting both Zambrotta and Cane wanted to do better than that…
Segment One: Getting What You Asked For!
“Marionette” begins to play and we see Jenn Drew pop out from behind the curtain. She doesn’t give her usual entrance though, instead she has a very deliberate and very purposeful walk and demeanor to her. She walks up the steps and into the ring where she bends down in between the middle and top ropes and yells for a microphone. She walks around the ring as the crowd gives her a mixed reaction. She simply rolls her eyes and puts the microphone up to her mouth to begin speaking.
Jennifer Drew: I signed with Galactic six weeks ago now. I thought this was the place that was going to help me revitalize a career I figured was over. I had been keeping an eye, watching each show Galactic has put on since its inception and I loved what I saw. There were so many ladies that were hungry, out to prove a point. They all had a drive to be the best and it sparked that fire inside of me once again. I started training again, getting myself back into shape to compete once again, to pull the strings of the poor little souls that decided to step into the ring with me.
Jenn looks around at the crowd who are still giving her a mixed reaction. Some cheering her, but others booing or just confused right now as to the point she’s trying to make.
Jennifer Drew: I thought I was going to get some competition, get my boots dirty again. What happens though? I sign and management just throws me into a battle royal. They throw me into the ring with countless other women who don’t even deserve to share a ring with me! They threw me into a match where you can never stand out, where you can never shine bright. Then what? The following Discovery, I’m not even booked. I took it in stride though, I know not everyone can be on every single card. I know that I can’t grace you all with my superior skill in the ring every other Thursday night. That one was fine. But then the card for this Discovery was announced and what do I see? I don’t see anything. I see a bunch of people who can’t hold a candle to what I can do in the ring booked on the show, but I don’t see me anywhere on there.
By this time most of the crowd has turned on Jenn and she just grins and soaks it all in. She even waves her hands to encourage it a little bit.
Jennifer Drew: Management decides to have me sit on the sidelines yet again! Management has no idea the talent they are wasting with me sitting on the bloody sidelines. So, I took to social media and aired my displeasure out. I’m sick of always being overlooked, always passed up on for opportunities. Every single place I’ve stepped foot it in, I have made them take notice. I don’t sit around and wait for my opportunities because if I do, they never come to me. The greatest example was LAW. I had been there, scratching, clawing my way up the ladder. Hell, my “sister” Kate Steele and I beat the bloody pulp out of LAW’s two top champions. What happened though? Kate ended up getting a damn title match, but me, the one who actually scored the pinfall in that match, got absolutely nothing out of it. I was used by management to put on the performance of a lifetime and barely got a pat on the shoulder. Eventually though, I stopped caring, I stopped waiting. I made my opportunity. I made Keira Johnson’s life hell for months just to get a chance at any sort of championship.
The crowd’s displeasure for Jenn begins growing as the demeanor on her face gets a little more wicked with each word she speaks.
Jennifer Drew: So, when I saw it was going to be more of the same here in Galactic, I caused a little ruckus that our esteemed Discovery GM didn’t much like. I know she’s not the smartest person in the room, but that’s because I’m here. She didn’t know I was playing her like a little puppet. I knew she wasn’t going to be one that stood by while threats were made against non-wrestlers. I knew exactly what I was doing and she had no idea that I was going to get exactly what I wanted. See, Chrysanthe, you think you know how to manage people. You think you can always be one step ahead of everyone. Tell you what though, love, I’ll be kind enough to chalk it up to inexperience in dealing with someone of my caliber or intellect.
The crowd by this point had started a “You suck” chant directed towards Jenn who still stood there, gladly soaking it all in. She went to go speak again, but the microphone had been cut off and she tapped it furiously and upon realizing it wasn’t going to work again spiked it into the mat and started to walk out of the ring before “Bulletproof” by Godsmack started to play!
Dominic Price: Oh, MAN! Y’know what that tune means, Ned?!
Ned Roberts: It means that the Toxic Knockout has arrived! And Jennifer looks like the deer in the headlights!
Dominic Price: Yeah, the headlights of a fuckin’ Mack truck!
A referee enters the ring and Jennifer turns to stare at him before turning back to a grinning Dona, the Ascendant Title over her shoulder, sauntering down to the ring with her eyes locked on Jenn! When she enters the ring, Drew exits out the other side and Dona looks to the referee, gesturing with a smirk! Finally going over to the turnbuckles, Dona holds the belt up high only for Jenn to grab her and yank her off the ropes!
Ned Roberts: Oh, that’s not a good idea…
Landing on her feet, Dona’s expression scrunches up and she turns to look at Jennifer, who hauls off and decks her with a forearm across the jaw! Dona, taking this in stride, turns the other cheek and asks for a forearm there as well! Jennifer gives her what she demands and Dona staggers back… rebounding off the ropes and delivering a pump kick to the face of Drew, sending her sprawling to the canvas!
Dominic Price: Hold up, is this match even official?!
Ned Roberts: I haven’t heard the bell ring, but the referee’s in there-
DING! DING! DING!
Ned Roberts: -and there it is! But where the heck is Jennifer going?!
Dominic Price: Toward higher ground, it looks like!
Bailing from the ring while the fans laugh and jeer, Jennifer demands that they shut up and claims that she wasn’t ready for a match tonight! She keeps backing up the ramp, unwilling to take her eyes off Dona… who’s holding the ropes for her to come on back! But the referee keeps on counting and eventually reaches the count of ten!
Ned Roberts: Looks like Dona wins by countout, Dom! And she hardly seems bothered… well, not much anyway.
Dominic Price: The lady loves a fight, Neddy, but she don’t get paid by the hour neither! Jennifer actually looks pleased with herself, though! Fuck’s up with that?!
Ned might have answered were it not for “What You Want” by Evanescence starting to play. Drew, rolling her eyes, turns in time to see the Discovery GM, Chrysanthe Kanelos, coming out behind her. The Grecian looks from Jennifer to the ring, then back to Drew with a shake of her head.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: So… you complain about not getting a match and when one is offered you, against a champion no less, you decide to walk away from it? Is that what I’m seeing, Miss Drew?
Incensed, Jennifer snatches the microphone out of Chrysanthe’s hands and backtalks the GM right to her face!
Jennifer Drew: I was NOT ready and you KNOW it! This is just you trying to make a power play, trying to make me look bad! Well, it’ll take more than some stupid, sneaky crap like this to make that happen!
Listening intently, Chrysanthe nods slowly before gesturing for the microphone. A bit confused by the tame reaction, Jenn holds it out with a smug grin. Chrysanthe takes it, sprays a little perfume on it, then nods and resumes her speaking.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: This is professional wrestling, Jennifer. You have to be ready at all times because you never know what might happen. But perhaps I misjudged you. Perhaps… I was wrong about you being championship caliber.
Eyes widening, Jennifer tries to tell Chrysanthe the exact opposite but the GM holds up her hand and continues with a smile.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: It’s all right. I understand. You want another chance, right? You want to be ready this time, right? How about, then, next week… we try this match again. Dona, you don’t have a problem with that, do you?
A shake of the champion’s head says it all.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: And there you have it. Next week, one show before Destiny’s Gate, it’ll be Jennifer Drew vs. Dona Rotten. And this time, I expect you to stay and fight and not make excuses, Drew.
Turning on her heel, Chrysanthe leaves as Dona grins at Jennifer again. Drew looks a little concerned, but refuses to be rattled, giving Dona and the fans her back before moving on through the curtain.
Ned Roberts: That’ll be a good fight, I say! I wonder if the title’s on the line, though...
Dominic Price: Far as I’m concerned, Drew ain’t earned that yet. But if she can beat Dona? I say book it!
Segment Two: Dreaming Big!
Fire and Ice were backstage, walking down the hallway, chatting and laughing as they turn a corner and rest against against a production crate, proudly displaying the Galactic Binary Championships over their shoulders as they adjust them for a moment and the two look at each other.
Fire: Fuck, Ice, look at us! We finally did it, we finally climbed to the top of the fucking mountain here in Galactic and now we have some gold around our waists. It feels good to be on top.
Ice: It does, Fire… We worked for three long years to get where we are today. I still remember being that shy little girl in the corner on my first day of training and you were the only one to come over and say hello to me.
Fire: Yeah, well, we all need friends and I saw you needed one on that day. But fuck that mushy shit right now. We have a goddamn fight on our hands tonight! We have two bitches coming over from Enterprise, onto our show, into our house to try and take what we’ve rightfully earned and call ours.
Fire stands back up as Ice just sits back and watches on, a smile on her face the entire time.
Fire: Tonight, La Trinidad think they can come in here, come onto Discovery and steal our property away from us! Nah, it ain’t gonna work like that. No, what’s going to happen is very simple actually. Ice and me are going to walk out to that ring, we’re going to stare those two bitches whose names I can’t even pronounce right in the face and we’re going to punch their teeth right down their damn throats!
Ice laughs as she now stands up and walks over next to Fire and keeps her eyes locked on her partner.
Fire: Then you know what else we’re going to do, Icey?
Ice: What’s that?
Fire: We’re going to send them back to Enterprise, the inferior brand, and they’re going to whimper and cry like two little bitches after we show them who is the far superior team in Galactic. Then, after we finish these two off, we begin our preparations for the Shieldmaidens. Tonight, we’ll hold up our end of the deal when we retain and then we’ll face two battle tested warriors at Destiny’s Gate. See, Ice, I know we aren’t afraid of a little violence and a good fight, but when it comes down to it all, we are still the best damn team in all of Galactic and we will prove it each and every time we step into that ring. Now, let’s go get ready to kick some Latina ass.
Ice nods and smiles as the two grab their championships and clang them together before draping them over their shoulders once more before walking off out of camera view.
Match Two: One-on-One Action!!
Ryleigh Mathis locks-up with Wendy House and House takes the power advantage by making sure the referee doesn’t see her grab Mathis by the hair. House puts the bad mouth on Mathis as she abuses the smaller woman in the corner with elbows, roughly Mathis up as much as possible with every shot. Mathis tries to get out but House continually goes to the hair, making sure she’s leaning at just the right angle to keep the referee from seeing her do this. House treis for a whip into the opposite corner and then goes for a running elbow. Mathis sidesteps the contact and then hits her Put A Sock In It shuffle side kick. Mathis goes for a cover but House reverses with a tights pull. Mathis kicks out and House uses the hair again, smirking as she does so and swearing to the referee she did nothing wrong. She makes sure to tell Mathis all about it while trying to rough her up on the mat. Mathis rolls out and them jumps into a victory roll for a near fall. House reverses but Mathis reverses back. House mounts and starts with elbow strikes to the head. Mathis slips out before too much damage is done, blood trickling down her face. House walks into another Put A Sock In It and Mathis goes to the top, hitting Banshee Flight corkscrew moonsault for the pin!
Joan Arch: And your winner… RYLEIGH MATHIS!
Ned Roberts: One of Discovery’s newest signees notches her first win! Wendy gave her a rough time though, eh?
Dominic Price: She’s tougher than her attitude might lead you to believe, that’s for sure! But tonight, Ryleigh had her number!
Segment Three: HEART!
Discovery fades in on Dakota Mendoza and Allison as they are walking down the hall. The publicist and protege of Luciana Verdoza are definitely in a business mood as they are seen talking among themselves.
Allison: Being a star in this business is not easy. Having worked with Luciana all these years, I can tell you that much. The woman has been through so much in her career that it’s insane how much she’s been able to rebound.
Dakota: Yeah, I completely understand. I remember watching her growing up and seeing her highs be incredible… but her lows… they were pretty darn low…
Allison: And that’s the thing to take away from this… wrestling, especially mainstream wrestling, is a roller coaster. You already knew that of course. Yet, despite everything she’s been through…
The two stop walking as they observe the final shots of a photo shoot that Luciana Verdoza herself is doing.
Allison: She still stands tall as the star that she’s been and the star that she continues to be…
Luciana can only smirk, having heard those words. Once the shoot stops she walks over to Dakota and Allison.
Luciana: So… Allison is telling you my life story, huh?
Dakota: Yeah, something like that.
Allison: It’s funny you know… when people question your heart and soul and passion for this…
Dakota: Who in the hell does Sam Hamilton think she is to question that?
Luciana: Great question. I’ve been doing a little bit of thinking about that myself. I’ve been legitimately screwed out of championships in the past. I have lost my sanity over this business. I have had relatives get kidnapped, I’ve had to wrestle in front of a packed house days after my father passed away and I had to keep coming back from hospital trip after hospital trip when the barbarians at the place I used to work at three years ago kept putting me down. Sam wasn’t there when I broke gender barriers. She was not there when I was at the worst point of my career 11 years ago… THIS CLOSE to giving it all up… she doesn’t know how I bounced back from that and came all the way back to become the first woman to ever hold a championship at the promotion I was working for at the time. You know what that took? Heart! You know what it took to break that gender barrier and win my first world championship 10 years ago in that company?
Heart!
You know what it took to win my second one after my father died? Again… HEART!
And most recently, how about coming back from being screwed out of a title shot I earned with a sudden closure and then having to leave wrestling as long as I did? How about being EMBARRASSED in this company two shows in a row, looking like my career was all but dead, only to come back last month and become the number one contender to the Galactic Championship?
Heart. It was ALL heart! I am the most resilient bitch of my generation! That… Dakota… is how you get by… and that underestimation of it in Sam’s part… that’s what is going to cost her in the end.
Allison: You definitely got in her head when you beat her down with her own title, didn’t you?
Luciana chuckles.
Luciana: I sure as hell did. Too bad I have this annoying contract signing to deal with.
Dakota: I’m just shocked you still have that title shot considering the threats against you…
Luciana rolls her eyes and laughs.
Luciana: I was just sending a message. I’ve been screwed out of this shot before and I’ll be damned if I get screwed out of it again. I’ll sign this stupid contract… I’ll “behave”... but don’t expect that to last too long. Anyway, I suppose I better prepare myself for that. Allison, get the presses ready and start hyping up this “comeback story”. Dakota… keep watching and learning… it’s only a matter of time before you begin wrestling here and you need to be as ready as possible. I’m not going to tolerate any less.
Dakota: Of course…
Allison: I’ll get the presses ready…
Dakota and Allison take off and Luciana remains for a little bit, retaining her cold, but passionate conviction as the scene fades out.
Ned Roberts: Sounds like there might be trouble regardless of Luciana’s ‘promise’ later tonight...
Dominic Price: You couldn’t pay The Dom to get in the middle of that one, bro, sexy or not.
Match Three: One-on-One Action!!
Jennifer Williams and Nicky Silver start exchanging shots almost immediately. The two pound away until they’re both bleeding and Williams jumps up for a rana but Silver is able to catch and reverse into her Makeover facebuster. Silver goes for a cover. Williams kicks out at two and then tries for an Oklahoma roll. Silver reverses into a different cover and Williams reverses back. They exchange near falls six times, the crowd screaming for every one. The two women get back to their feet and both try for a roundhouse kick, both landing simultaneously. Both fall back, Silver landing on the mat while Williams falls into the ropes. Williams staggers to the corner and goes for the Stock Market Crash shooting star press but Silver moves and Williams crashes to the mat. Silver goes for a rolling cradle but Williams just barely kicks out. Silver gets up and snaps off a stiff kick to the face. Williams sits back on her knees and Silver looks for the Silver Bullet running yakuza kick. Williams performs a matrix evasion and then jumps into a double rotation headscissors takedown. Silver reverses into an inside cradle. Williams gets loose and reverses a roll-up for the pin.
Joan Arch: A bit of a surprise on this one, fans! Your winner… is JENNIFER WILLIAMS!
Ned Roberts: She got one over on a game Nicky Silver! I expected the little streak she was building to continue, but Discovery’s resident Heroine pulled off the win!
Dominic Price: The fans sure love her, Ned, and I’m on their side! But I think she might’ve made an enemy out of Nicky Silver if that look on her face is any indicator!
Segment Four: Not in the Easter Spirit!!
We head back to ringside, where we see the Easter bunny. Well, obviously, it’s someone wearing an Easter bunny costume, but the bunny has a basket of chocolate eggs, which they are giving out to some of the kids in the crowd during the intermission.
Ned Roberts: A nice surprise for our younger fans here tonight, following Easter weekend. Coming up next, we have...
“Endless” by the Birthday Massacre hits the PA. The Easter Bunny turns and looks at the entrance way, from out of which saunters the unpredictable Wendy House.
Ned Roberts: ...Wendy House, apparently. Still new here in Galactic but certainly a... character. She has the childlike mentality, maybe she just wants a chocolate egg?
Dominic Price: Perhaps. There’s just something about her I find a little unsettling, bro, being honest. I didn't expect to see her again after her match earlier, either.
House walks across to the bunny, microphone in hand, putting an arm around the bunny’s shoulder.
Wendy House: CHECK IT OUT! DA EASTA BUNNY IS HERE!!!
The crowd cheers. Why not.
Wendy House: Now Mr. Bunny, far be it fwom me’s to encwoach on you’s impotent Easta business... but you’s givin’ out choccy eggs to all dese little kids... yet you’s no invite out House? Evewyone here knows dat out of all da kiddies here, House is da biggest an’ da stwongest...
Ned Roberts: Well... technically that’s probably true!
Dominic Price: I don’t care how old she “feels”, she’s in her mid thirties if she’s a day.
The bunny looks thoughtful for a moment, before reaching into the basket and offering House an egg. She unwraps it, and takes a bite, before smiling.
Wendy House: YUMMEE! Dese weally good eggs!
She takes another bite, before her visage turns to a sinister sneer.
Wendy House: Dese eggs too good for dese second-rate weakling kids. Gimme them!
House tries to wrench the basket out of the bunny’s hands, but the bunny pulls back shaking his (or her) head.
Ned Roberts: This is absurd! Those egss are for the young fans, and this lunatic is trying to steal them!
Wendy House suddenly turns really angry.
Wendy House: ME’S SAID GIMME!
House throws a punch at the Bunny, knocking it down and causing the egg basket to fall to the floor. She jumps on its back, firing punch after punch before locking in her Snap Dolly’s neck submission on the Easter Bunny, who is tapping out, as the crowd vehemently shows their anger.
Ned Roberts: STOP THIS! THIS IS NOT THE TRUE MEANING OF EASTER!
Dominic Price: That woman is madder than a fridge full of wet dogs...
House lets the bunny go mercifully, before scooping up the basket of eggs and clutching them to her chest, walking up the ramp screaming “MINE! ALL MINE!!!” as the crowd rains hatred on the 35 year old wannabe child.
Ned Roberts: Damn Wendy House! That was absolutely REPREHENSIBLE!!!
Dominic Price: The mind of a stuck up brat child with the body of a trained fighting athlete. That’s a terrifying combination...
Match Four: Binary Championship Match!
The champions demand to be introduced first, “A Song of Fire and Ice” by Artas blaring through the speakers, though they barely make it to the bottom of the ramp before their theme is scratched out most unceremoniously! “Wanted” by Ayax y Prok starts up and La Trinidad tears down the ramp toward them! Fire and Ice barely have time to drop their belts and put their fists up as La Silencia and La Torbellina collide with them, leading to a wild brawl on the floor! Ice and Torbellina battle it out, throwing heavy shots while Fire and Silencia take their scrum into the ring! Almost immediately, Silencia goes for the fingers of Fire, who knows what’s coming and tries to yank away! Her efforts to get free keep Silencia from delivering No Toque… so she lifts the bandana covering her lower face and BITES Fire’s fingers! The yells get the attention of Ice, who comes into the ring and knocks Silencia from her partner! Torbellina is in right after her, though, tackling Ice to the mat and grabbing her by the hair, bouncing the champ’s face off the canvas!
Fire has had enough of this, driving a knee into the head of Torbellina, then delivering a DDT! When she turns, however, Silencia spears her to the mat ruthlessly! Ice is back up, though, and takes Silencia over with a German suplex! Rolling up to her feet, Silencia comes at Ice from behind and dropkicks her into the turnbuckles! Fire, brawling with Torbellina briefly, sends her into the ringpost between the top and middle ropes as the referee continually tries and fails to get order in this madhouse of a fight! Fire & Ice converge on Silencia and though the smaller woman fights back ferociously, two-one-one is still two-on-one! A double-brainbuster leaves her laid out on the mat briefly and the champs are clearly thinking Melt Away… until Torbellina gets back into the mix, shoving Fire away from her partner and striking with an enzuigiri on Ice! Back to her feet in a flash, Fire drops Torbellina with a hangwoman’s neckbreaker… but has her eyes off Silencia a moment too long! She turns right into a throat thrust from diminutive chola, who then drops Fire forcefully with the Grito Silencioso! No sooner does she make the pin, though, than does the Satsujin Triad bust in, attacking La Trinidad and drawing the disqualification as Ice hurriedly draws Fire out of the ring so as not to let her get caught up in this brand-spanning gang war!
Joan Arch: And the winners of this back-alley mash-up… but by disqualification so the hot-and-coldies can keep their pretty gold… are LA TRINIDAD!
The Triad and La Trinidad brawl it out ferociously as security starts swarming the ringside area, trying to break the women up! The three-on-two works for the Satsujin until the leader of La Trinidad, La Diaconisa, tears through the crowd and vaults the railing! With the odds even, the six women tear into each other AND the security detail as they’re herded to the backstage area!
Ned Roberts: Holy hell… I think the Trinidad might have been about to take the gold there, Dominic, before the Satsujins attacked!
Dominic Price: They want the gold, too, no question! And having their street rivals get it first? Hell no to that! But the end result is that Fire & Ice are still champs cause The Dom says so!
Segment Five: Making Treasure out of Trash!!
Back in her office, Chrysanthe Kanelos is watching the monitor and looks less than pleased at what she sees. The sounds coming from the set makes it clear that she’s eyeing the brawl between the Satsujin Triad and La Trinidad. As she does so, she’s on the phone and her tone likewise betrays her irritation.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: How do you put up with this lot again?! They just ruined an excellent battle for the Binary Championships and you know full well that there’s going to be ramifications from all sides when this settles… IF it settles!
Indeed, the sounds of combat get louder as, presumably, the six women fight their way past the GM’s very office! Someone gets knocked into the tightly-closed door and a framed picture falls from the back of it, the glass shattering on the floor. Chrysanthe’s eye twitches slightly and she almost slams her fist down on the desk but… restrains herself.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: They’re like feral cats after rolling in weapons-grade catnip!
There’s clearly some laughter from the other side of the phone, causing Chrysanthe to roll her eyes. But in passing, as the sounds of battle fade in the distance, she listens.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: I… can see the sense of that. But it’s asking for more trouble. And putting my champions under what I feel is undue pressure, all considered. Yes… yes, I know…
Shrugging her shoulders, Kanelos takes a deep breath and nods.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: I know. That’s why you put me in this position. Then at the next Discovery, we’ll see what happens when Fire & Ice takes on the Satsujin Triad. But I want La Trinidad barred from the building. And, yes, this match will be for the titles… same as it was tonight.
Ned Roberts: Talk about making the champs earn their keep! Tonight they have a knockdown, drag-out with La Trinidad and now they’ve gotta take on the Triad in two weeks? I question the logic here with them staring down the Shieldmaidens soon!
Dominic Price: See, that’s the crazy part, bro; ain’t no one heard Fire & Ice complain about this. They’re takin’ on all comers and for the most part gettin’ the job done.
Ned Roberts: That’s a fair point, Dominic. But still. Is this wise of the General Manager?
Dominic Price: Five bucks says it’s Miss Rhodes on the other end of that phone. Twenty says it was her idea.
Ned Roberts: Fifty says there’s no way in hell this match doesn’t end the way tonight’s did.
Dominic Price: The Dom will take that bet!
Main Event: Steel Cage Number One Contender Action!!
When the cage comes down, the door chained and locked, Pet immediately grabs the cage and starts yanking and wrenching on it, claiming acute claustrophobia and demanding to be let out! Iphy Kopadi looks on with some amusement before walking up behind Pet, who’s still in a faux rage while some of her Harem members on the outside likewise demand of the official that they let her out. Iphy taps Pet on the shoulder but she brushes off the gesture, not even looking ‘round. Shrugging, Iphy tries again, firmer this time. Pet finally whirls around with a loud ‘WHAT?!’ before she finds herself eye to eye with Iphy. She’s in shock at first, then in a fury, shoving Iphy back and claiming, while gesturing to the cage, that this is HER fault! Iphy takes this in stride, holding her hands up palms out to exemplify that she only wants peace… but when Pet swings a right hand, Iphy blocks the blow, yanks Pet in close and headbutts her, knocking the latex-clad woman to the mat! Mounting Pet, Iphy throws heavy shots to the head of the Harem’s leader while outside the cage her followers are apoplectic, trying to tear open the steel links to get at their precious leader!
Pet gets out of it eventually, though, kicking Iphy away and going for her eyes with manicured nails when Iphy approaches to continue the fight! Pet delivers a DDT but instead of going for the pin she stomps away at Iphy with hard-soled boots, yelling at her all the while! Grabbing Iphy by the hair, she tries to hurl her opponent into the cage but Iphy blocks the attempt and elbows Pet in the midsection, breaking it up! Grabbing two handfuls of Pet’s flaming red hair, Iphy slams her face-first into the metal and starts rubbing her face forcefully over it, causing Pet to shriek in pain! When she finally wrenches free, Pet immediately checks her face and head for signs of blood while Iphy, getting a bit intense, grabs Pet by the hair again. Throwing off that grip, Pet aims a kick between the legs of the Grecian… but is caught when Iphy suddenly pushes her own legs together, catching Pet’s! Now quite apologetic, Pet tries to pull her leg free only for Iphy to jump and stomp down, putting Pet off balance as that leg is still in between those thighs of steel! Finally letting go, Iphy drops Pet with a bicycle but her pin attempt only gets her two. Pet, handed something from one of her Harem members on the outside, sprays a mist into Iphy’s face, temporarily blinding the former Binary Champion!
At this point, Pet orders that her Haremites go find the key to the lock, to hurry before Iphy has her composure again. They advance on the referee until “Bulletproof” starts to play and Dona Rotten, the Ascendant Champion, the woman whose title Iphy and Pet are currently fighting over, comes to the ring herself! The Haremites back off slowly as Dona takes up a position at ringside, watching the battle while putting herself between them and the referee! Pet, furious at this, demands that Dona be ejected… once more taking her eyes off Iphy. Her eyes red and puffy, Iphy still steals toward Pet and looks to deliver a German suplex. Pet elbows her way out of this and delivers a jawbreaker to leave Iphy staggering back. A big boot follows, but isn’t enough to keep Iphy down for three, leading to tantrum-like frustration from Pet. Forcing herself to center, she pulls Iphy up and gets wrapped into an inside cradle for a near-fall! A running kick after she bolts to her feet almost takes Iphy’s head off but, again, the Grecian kicks out just before three! At this point, the Haremites are trying a new tack: climbing the cage to try and get inside! Dona grabs one of them by the leg before they can make it too far up and jerks them down, knocking them over with a clothesline! The other… well, they land chest-first on the ringside barricade and Pet, seeing this, lets anger get the better of her. Grabbed from behind, Pet gets driven into the mat with a belly-to-back brainbuster and wrapped into the Clutch of the Titans! With no recourse, she’s forced to tap out!
Joan Arch: Our second-most powerful Grecian has done it, folks! Heading to Destiny’s Gate for a shot at the Ascendant Championship… your winner… IPHY KOPADI!
Ned Roberts: Give the assist to Dona Rotten here, folks! She kept Pet’s cohorts from interfering in this match too much and Iphy took full advantage of Pet not being able to run away!
Dominic Price: Give some cred to the self-proclaimed Goddess says The Dom, though. Pet brought some fight and damn near put Iphy away a couple times!
Final Segment: Sign Your Life Away!!
With the main event having officially ended, the ring has since been cleared out. In the center is a table with three chairs. Two are already occupied. In one sits the general manager, Chrysanthe Kanelos. In the other is the defending champion, Samantha “Titaness” Hamilton.
A quick zoom in from Samantha’s face gives away which of the two women looks more impatient than the other.
The Titaness drums her fingernails a few times on the table before finally picking up a mic that had been muted and turns it on.
Samantha “Titaness” Hamilton: I’m just gonna say it right here and now before you get out - if you come out - at that rate. The moment you try the same crap from episode six? Don’t expect me to be civil. Just know that when you come out here. No excuses, no bullshit, Luciana.
As soon as “Confident" by Demi Lovato hits, the fans boo quite loudly as Luciana Verdoza walks out. She merely scoffs as she walks down to the ring, soaking in the boos that are coming her way. She walks with utmost arrogance and haughtiness as she gets to the ring, walking up the steps and stepping through the ropes. She raises her arms up in the air to draw some boos from the audience before blowing them off to meet Samantha at the table. As she does so, Chrysanthe takes up the microphone.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: All right, ladies. I'm not going to insult anyone's intelligence or mince words. It's going to go like this: at Destiny's Gate, it will be the two of you, one-on-one, for the Galactic Championship. There will be no one allowed at ringside and I will personally be at ringside to ensure that there are no shenanigans. This is Discovery's first pay-per-view and you two have the honor of headlining it. Any foolishness that makes the title, the company or me look bad is going to be subject to consequences. This is about who the better wrestler is. No more, no less.
Chrysanthe looks between both the challenger and defending champion before opening a briefcase and pulling a contract out.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: Ladies... if you’d both please put your signatures on the respective dotted lines.
Sam looks smugly at Luciana and nods to her, indicating she’ll allow her to sign first.
Luciana merely scoffs as she picks up the pen.
Luciana Verdoza: Formalities... they're so pointless. Before I sign this, I want to get something off of my chest. This is something I have waited a long time for. You stand there... in your ivory tower... making assumptions about me, making assumptions as to why I did the actions that I did. Luckily for you, I don't plan on even touching you because the last thing I want is for something I earned to be taken from me... again. That is the only reason why I am even playing nice. It's not because I WANT to, believe me... I'd love to take that title and bust you open with it... but not tonight. You underestimate exactly what I am capable of... like many others before you. And that...
Luciana pauses and signs the contract, chuckling as she does so. She slams the pen down on the contract showing indication she’d rather be elsewhere.
Luciana Verdoza: ...is what's going to be your demise.
Luciana rolls her eyes and glares at the champion. Sam, meanwhile, chuckles at the reaction. Something clearly got her amused enough to react in such a way. She doesn’t flinch despite the pen being thrust down so roughly on the paper. Instead, she calmly picks it up and acts in a practically opposite manner.
Whereas Luciana openly acted in an annoyed and more aggressive manner, we see The Titaness - in an almost ironic display - looking much more confident and serene while placing her signature on the parchment.
After finishing, she sets the pen down, keeping her cool like she had been moments ago.
Chrysanthe Kanelos: Good. Now can you both leave in the same civil manner?
Sam merely looks at Luciana before motioning to her.
Samantha “Titaness” Hamilton: As long as she can, sure. I’m fine using and playing the civil card as long as needed. I just hope you understood exactly what you signed up for, because now...
Sam taps the newly and fully signed contract.
Samantha “Titaness” Hamilton: There is NO backing out for either of us. And I had zero intentions of doing that to start with!
Sam stands up, hoisting the Galactic Championship high up into the air. “You’re Going Down” by Sick Puppies blares over the PA as she flashes an almost knowing grin towards Luciana and exits the ring, heading up the ramp.
The camera lingers in on a still furious Luciana and a stoic-looking GM as the show comes to an end.