I'm burning up your memory
There's nothing left of you and me
And as far as I'm concerned
You can go to hell and watch it burn
You can watch you burn
Watch it burn
He climbs over the ropes, bends down to one knee and stretches his arms out as the whole ring is engulfed in Inflammable fire, his flame hair shadowing his face. The Wildfire waits for the flames to die down, climbs the turnbuckle and places his arms to either side, to make his whole body a big W as his theme fades out.
Alan Carcia: Tommy McMaster awaiting the presence of Cerberus.
Christine Donahue: And he’s parading around with the Pure Championship that he took from Gabriel Ohio.
Tommy McMaster glances over the ropes as his music begins to fade. As the arena lights faint to the opening chord and the opening pyrotechnics explode which prelude the Red Haired Menace can be seen ambling through the cloud of smolder in military-inspired garb.
“Climb Into The Ring
For a battle that you can’t win,
Swing as hard as you can swing,
It still means nothing,”
Before the introductions can be made Tommy McMaster goes to attack Cerberus straight off the bat, but Cerberus blocks the punches and heads straight to the ropes. Cerberus blasts Tommy McMaster with huge lariat! Cerberus picks up McMaster and hits him with a belly to belly suplex! Momentum takes Tommy McMaster to the outside!
Alan Carcia: Tommy McMaster wants no part of Cerberus!
Christine Donahue: These are the same cowardly tactics from McMaster as last week.
Cerberus heads out after McMaster. McMaster is going up the aisle and Cerberus grabs him and runs him back to the ring and throws him in.
Christine Donahue: Not going to be an easy night for McMaster tonight!
Cerberus charges McMaster and hits him with a shoulderblock, but the momentum sends McMaster into the ref who stumbles in the corner. McMaster glances back at the referee and then grabs his crotch and falls over.
Christine Donahue: McMaster feigns a low blow! Cerberus looks at the referee in disbelief!
The referee turns around and sees McMaster on the ground all dramatic like and he glances at Cerberus who is now understanding what’s going on and holds up his hands. The referee points to the bellkeeper.
Alan Carcia: The referee calling for the bell here, looks like he believes Tommy McMaster!
DING DING DING
Christine Donahue: This is outrageous! Worse than any of Neymars dives at the World Cup!
Richard Bassett: The winner of this match as the result of the disqualification. Tommy McMaster.
Tommy McMaster rolls out of the ring and smirks at his actions as he backs up the ramp after snatching up the Pure Championship! Cerberus is absolutely raging as he rolls in the ring to argue with the referee. Replays show Tommy McMaster feigning a low blow so that Cerberus is disqualified!
Christine Donahue: We really need to be introducing VAR technology like they have had in the soccer World Cup to catch out this sort of cheating! What a disgrace McMaster is!
Alan Carcia: I found it very creative! Good on McMaster!
Christine Donahue: Nothing at all was settled here between these two and I’m sure we haven’t heard the last of this. We will be right back with Betsy Granger in action.
VERONICA STRONG VS. BETSY GRANGER
Richard Bassett: This match is one fall and in the ring at this time, Veronica Strong! And her opponent:
“The Only Way Is Up” by Martin Garrix and Tiesto starts to play as Betsy Grangerbursts through the curtain. She bounces from foot to foot, dancing a little to the music. She skips down the ramp, slapping hands with fans. She's wearing a TARDIS blue, sleeveless romper, with steampunk clockwork designs threaded throughout in glittering silver. The front open, threaded with white lace and designed to look like a corset. Black fingerless gloves, elbow/knee. Her boots are the same color as her, with white laces.
Richard Bassett: From Time and Space, this is Betsy Granger!
She slides into the ring and rushes towards the furthest ring corner, climbing it effortlessly and pumping up the crowd.She does this in all four corners before facing her opponent. She’s still bouncing and dancing a bit, a grin on her face, as she waits for the bell to ring.
The bells barely ring to signal the start of the match before Granger was on the attack of the unknown Veronica Strong. Showing off skilled strikes and kicks, she methodically wore her opponent down.
Christine Donahue: Granger is on fire here and you know she wants to get her hands on Trent Harper once more and perhaps for the Xtreme Championship.
Alan Carcia: She’s been here for a minute. She hasn’t earned a title shot yet! Are you crazy?
Strong tried to fight back, but Granger was too determined and skilled to allow this. Granger quickly took control back over Strong, finally putting the poor girl out of her misery with her finisher, an Indian deathlock surfboard transitioned into a bridging counter and Strong is quick to submit.
Christine Donahue: She calls that the hashtag SpaceStyle and it’s the same move she used to pin Trent Harper last week!
DING DING
Richard Bassett: The winner of the match, Betsy Granger!
Bubbly and high on her victory, Betsy motions for a mic. Barely out of breath, she climbs the ropes facing the stage.
Betsy Granger: I know I’m just the new kid… I know I haven’t really laid any bricks around this place yet. But that’s going to change quickly. My first order of business?
Betsy looks around and grins, pointing towards the the HCW logo.
Betsy Granger: Trent Harper…. You have something that looks awful pretty. I think it would look even better with me. Keep the Xtreme Title warm for me, love. I’m coming for it… And there will be more where that-
“Headstrong” begins to play as Trent “The King” Harper comes down the aisle with the Xtreme Championship around his waist and a microphone in his hand.
Trent Harper: Well, well, well. Look who shows up without a mask to deceive her opponent tonight! Let me tell you something, Betsy Granger. That stunt you pulled on me last week, will never ever happen again! You caught me off guard and your trickery worked for one week and one week only.
The crowd begins to chant, “You got beat!”
Trent Harper: You shut up!
The crowd boos.
Trent Harper: You want a title shot, then you have to beat me fair and square, Betsy Granger! Beat me in a non-title and I’ll give you a title shot at Hardcore Kingdom! You can’t beat me, you go back to wherever you came from!
The crowd begins to chant, “Take that bet. Take that bet.”
Betsy grins.
Betsy Granger: Trent, you have a deal. Mask or no mask, I can beat you just like I beat you last week. And then, I’ll see you at Hardcore Kingdom.
Christine Donahue: Gonna get Harper/Granger II here it seem!
Alan Carcia: That first one didn’t count! She was wearing a mask!
Christine Donahue: And wearing a mask gives you what? Superpowers? She beat him. But the question is, can she beat him again?
“The Only Way Is Up” by Martin Garrix and Tiesto begins to play again as Betsy Granger watches Trent Harper back himself up the aisle before she finally exits the ring herself and we go to a break.
Richard Bassett: This match was originally scheduled to be Hammerstein versus Slamsley McBody, however McBody has yet to arrive to the arena. As a result, we have been informed that…
As soon as Richard Bassett announces the McBody is unable to make it, Everclear’s American Monster blares from The Bojangles Arena’s PA system. Hammerstein stomps down the aisle towards the ring, Reese Kennedy walking behind him.
Hammerstein: WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? AND CUT MY GODDAMN MUSIC!
Hammerstein rolls under the bottom rope into the ring as the crowd boos.
Hammerstein: What the hell? For the second week in a row, my opponent doesn't show? I can only think of two possible reasons that Slamsley decided to take a hard pass on facing YOUR HCW World Television Champion. The first reason is that, while Charlotte used to mean a little something in the world of Professional Wrestling, all you people do is watch NASCAR and fondle yourselves.
Christine Donahue: Oh my.
Alan Carcia: Not entirely untrue.
The crowd rains down the boos on The Television Champion. Hammerstein shakes his head.
Hammerstein: I don't know why you people are booin me. I showed up and I'm ready to fight. You should be booin Slamsley. He's the one who didn't have the balls to show up and fight me. Which leads me to the second reason why he didn't show. While Slamsley may not have any balls, he sure as hell showed that he has some brains. I mean, after the asskickin I put on him, he realized that he didn't want anymore. And I couldn't blame him. Ever since I stepped foot in this company, I have blazed a path blood and devastation like no one else in this company's history. And since my first singles match here, I've been unfuckingstoppable, and my unbeaten record shows that.
The crowd continues to boo.
Hammerstein: And before you people say anything, what happened last week doesn't count. That was a fluke, a non-sanctioned match. Carnivore doesn't hold a credible win over me. It doesn't count.
Crowd: CARNIVORE! CARNIVORE! CARNIVORE!
Hammerstein: YOU PEOPLE SHUT THE HELL UP! IN A STRAIGHT UP ONE ON ONE FIGHT, THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL CARNIVORE CAN HANG WITH THE HAMMER! I….
“Cult of Personality” begins to play as Carnivore charges to the ring. Hammerstein suddenly grins as he catches Carnivore as he slides into