Friday Night Foundations VI

The show cuts to Myra Rivers in her locker room. The shot consists of her upper body and face although there are some crutches in the distant background. Myra is paying no attention to them at all as she thinks about everything that’s been going on. There is absolutely no joy regarding the fact that she has a Civil title shot in the wings as she begins to express her thoughts.

Myra Rivers: Two weeks ago, I became the number one contender to the Civil Championship. Something that should’ve been a happy moment was instead turned around by that ASSHOLE Diaz. Yeah, he was pinned when he had his chance at the Civil Championship against Davina King and Danielle Page. I get that he was pissed off about that. But that’s not MY problem. I had nothing to do with whatever it is that had him bothered going into that match. It’s not MY fault that he couldn’t get it done when he had the opportunity. It’s not my fault that rather than focus on becoming a champion, he wanted to flirt with Danielle Page and act as if she was the object of his affection. It’s his own damn fault that he couldn’t come through two weeks ago. But, sure. Let’s take it out on someone that had nothing to do with his insecurities. Besides, what is it with people that want to make the story about them when it comes to me? What is it with MORONS that want to make the name for themselves at my expense?

Do they think I’m here in HOW to be the punching bag to everyone else?

Because Jolyne Feroleno sure thought that when she brought up my daughter and tried to completely screw McKena Hardy and I against the Lost.

And clearly… Diaz thought the same thing two weeks ago when she took that chair to my ankle… an ankle that… UNFORTUNATELY… I’ve had tons of problems with over the years. You know what’s worse is the fact that I’m not cleared to compete tonight because the doctors of this company decided that they wanted to jump the gun and not even clear me before tonight’s wrestling lineup was decided. Sure, I had a bit of a limp for a while and… it’s still SORT OF prevalent… but for fuck’s sake, many years ago, I wrestled with a Grade 2 sprain until that son of a bitch became a Grade 3. The injuries I’ve had with my own ankle over the years should’ve crippled me and retired me for good, but they haven’t because that’s the kind of fighter and champion I’ve always been.

Myra takes a pause, soaking in the moment and reflecting a bit on the past that she’s referring to.

Myra Rivers: I did not come to House of Wrestling to be the resident punching bag!

“Oh she’s so nice, let’s take advantage of her.”

“Oh she’s 38 years old, she’s easy pickings”

I try to be cool about things most of the time, but after two weeks ago and after the overprotective gun jumping of the medical staff… I think I’m starting to hit my ‘fuck it’ point if you know what I mean. I know in my heart that I still have what it takes to be one of the very best, if not THE best among ANY wrestling roster. I’m not satisfied with having ‘been there and done that’ five times. A true wrestler, a true champion, can never feel full satisfaction. So yeah… to the likes of Jolyne and Diaz? If you want to continue this bullshit with me, you’re going to have another thing coming and if you think I’m blowing smoke, ask the Lost about how their bullshit was ground to a halt.

Myra takes a pause, expressing some slight surprise in her eyes that she’s cursing so damn much. She takes a deep breath trying to calm down as much as she can, realizing that there’s some anger that’s built up for the last month that is starting to pour out of her a bit.

Myra Rivers: You want to keep trying me? Just know that in the end? Whenever someone else starts something, I’M always the one finishing… and NOT in a way that you might like.

Myra doesn’t say any more words, seething in her anger and frustration as the scene fades.

Match Six Nontitled Bianca Page(c) vs Mckena Hardy This match was originally supposed to be Myra’s title shot, which has to feel weird for both of these competitors. However, Mckena comes into the ring looking like she wants to make use of the opportunity, while Bianca looks as cocky as always. She holds up the Civil Championship as if she’s always been the holder. We see a steady back and forth in the beginning with Bianca being rather surprised by this. Any time Mckena gets the better of her, she seems very offended by it. Mckena is able to really perform to her hearts content, finally being back inside a one-on-one match and dealing with nobody outside. She rushes Bianca, reaching her and hitting a backflip DT that makes the crowd go insane. Keeping with the special moves, she follows it up with a handstand leg drop that connects and almost gets a two count. She gets Page up, who smacks Hardy across the chest and whips her to the corner face first. Page comes from behind, grabbing Mckena around the waist but she won’t budge. Instead, she sends Bianca tumbling across the ring. Page kips up, and Mckena goes into a back roll and tries to reach up to Bianca’s head with her legs. Page sees it coming though and moves out of the way, causing Hardy to bellyflop onto the canvas. Bianca quickly jumps to the second rope and hits a second rope moonsalt. She hooks Mckena’s legs but only gets a two count, which angers her more. The pair of them get to their feet where Mckena starts fighting back again. She reaches up with her foot, which is caught by Bianca. She holds it a bit too long, antagonizing Mckena, so Hardy brings the other foot up and kicks her right across her face! She bounds to the ropes, so Bianca lays beneath her feet as she bounds back. This causes Mckena to hit the ropes again, only to bound back into a hard spear from Page! Bianca waits for Mckena to get to her feet, looking to be going for another spear. Hardy turns around and Page guns it, only for Hardy to dodge the spear and take hold of Bianca’s arm. She leaps into a triangle armbar, wrapping both of her legs around Page’s arm and reeling back. Page is barely able to reach the ropes but doesn’t use it for a rope break. Instead, she leans into Mckena, who finds herself with her shoulders on the mat. The referee begins to count, and Page lifts up to put both of her legs on the ropes, stacking Mckena up even more and makes Hardy unable to avoid the three count. Page quickly drops her legs to the mat to avoid the ref seeing, and the bell is rang. Bianca doesn’t stick around to have her hand raised though, rolling from the ring and grabbing the title. WINNER Bianca Page FINISHING MOVE Rollup

Myra Rivers limps out onto the ramp with her crutches, just as Bianca is making her way up with the Civil Championship in her hands. Bianca slows just as she is crossing Myra. Rivers looks at her with a focused stare that told Page that Myra was coming for her. Bianca smirked and continued on by, and Myra continued down the ramp on her crutches to check on her friend in the ring.

That's when Bianca decides to get smart. She creeps up behind Myra, looking to sweep her crutches out from under her. She does, sweeping the crutch she was using to walk with her supposedly injured ankle...

And while the world expects Myra to fall to the ground, she simply catches herself and plants her ankle down. Bianca's smile goes to one of shock, as Myra reveals that she was telling the truth, her injury was never that big at all. Rivers grabs the crutch, waking Bianca across the back with it. Page falls to the ground, clutching the Civil Championship as security begin to swarm them. However, Myra is done. She wasn't looking to injure Bianca, just letting her know she's still got some tricks up her sleeve. Myra backs off, hands in the air, with Bianca looking upwards at her. To say the Civil Champion is furious would be an understatement.

Match Seven Mikey Svarro & Rumble Reyes vs Alex Andrews & Aaron Asphyxia At the beginning of the match, Aaron and Alex have a fun little Rock, Paper, Scissors bout that Alex ends up losing, while Svarro tells Reyes from the jump that he is going in. Alex goes with all sorts of strikes, trying to take Rumble off his feet but to no avail. She continued rolling around, staying out of his reach, until finally he was able to get her. Reyes landed a huge knife-edge chop to Andrews a full force, causing her to tumble backwards, back up and into the turnbuckle. Luckily, it was her own turnbuckle and Aaron tags herself in. Asphyxia knows she’s got to continue Alex’s idea of chopping him down, going for his legs. Plus, Aaron was in the ring with Rumble a few short weeks ago and knows how to handle him. She basement dropkicks his right leg and he’s finally taken down slightly. He drops to one knee, so Aaron bounds off the ropes into a crossbody. However Rumble catches her, again standing to his feet and slamming her down to the canvas with a Tour of the Islands style powerslam! Rumble walks to his corner, obviously looking to tag in Svarro but Mikey puts his hands up, telling Rumble to stay in longer. Reyes is surprised, but shrugs, turning around to continue the match but walks into a step-up enzugiri from Aaron that knocks him down completely. Aaron hits the canvas herself, but rolls to her corner to tag Alex back in. Andrews tries to rush Rumble, but he pups up out of nowhere with a lariat that causes her to flip in the air. He goes for a pin but she kicks out before Aaron enters the ring. Reyes gets Andrews to her feet again, picking her up into a firemans carry position. He goes to spin her around, but they pass one of the neutral corners, and Alex holds onto it. She’s able to slip off his shoulders and onto the top of the turnbuckle, before leaping off into a senton! She tries for a pin herself but Rumble kicks out right after the two count. It’s clear he’s beginning to tire though. She tries to transition her control into an armbar, but Reyes is able to use his massive strength to pick up her into a modified one-armed powerbomb that shakes her loose. Once again, Reyes tries to go back to his corner, where Mikey is still standing. However as he’s getting closer, Svarro is made aware that he is coming to tag him in. Thus, Svarro hops off the apron completely, looking up and shrugging at Rumble. Now Reyes looks like she’s getting pretty angry and stares at Mikey. In return, Svarro mouths “no thanks”. Rumble nods his head in disappointment and backs into the ring, before turning around. Unknown to him, Alex had tagged Aaron back in, and just as Reyes turned around she was able to leap into the Superstylistic (720 DDT) and pin Rumble for the three count. WINNER Alex Andrews & Aaron Asphyxia FINISHING MOVE Superstylistic (720 DDT)

As Alex tagged in Aaron, she exited the ring to her apron but she did not stay there. Knowing Asphyxia was about to get the pin, Alex was looking for a small amount of payback, and she circled around to the other side of Mikey. Just after Aaron gets the pin inside the ring, Svarro realizes Alex isn't at the other corner, and turns around to see her. In response, Svarro curries up onto the apron and into the ring. He smiles down at Alex as she slowly walks up the steps, as Svarro backs right into Aaron.

Caught between a rock and a hard place, Svarro yells out, "You don't want to do this...I own this place!"

The two women stop...did Mikey just say he owns House of Wrestling. Svarro realizes they've stopped, so he looks around before proceeding, "...yeah!...that's right! I own this place! So back the hell off before I terminate both of your contracts!"

Alex and Aaron look confused, looking back and forth at one another, while Ellie at commentary is questioning out loud if there is any truth to what Mikey is saying. There's a long silence in the MGM Grand Garden Arena...

"Hold it, hold up there."

Ellie is surprised, as the voice was coming from next to her. Bash Blackstone, commentator and social media advisor, has grabbed a microphone and stood up.

Bash Blackstone: Listen Mikey, as much as I've loved your games, we both know that last one just isn't true. My name is Bash Blackstone...as in Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust. When my father purchased 49.9% of the MGM Grand just before the pandemic, I knew exactly what I was going to do. I was going to run my own wrestling company, and all I needed was a share holder with .2% on my side in order to do it. What do ya know, there's at least one wrestling fan on the board so that percentage plus my fathers, and their power to appoint a CEO... means this company...House of Wrestling...belongs to me!

There's a moment of shock, especially from Ellie who had been sitting beside her boss the whole time apparently. Inside the ring, all three look on in awe, before the two girls realize that Mikey was lying and was never their boss.

Bash Blackstone: Wait just a second! I know you really want to get Svarro, the whole world knows he deserves his comeuppance...but not just yet. On September 23rd, right here in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, we'll be having our second ever supershow - HOME INVASION. You already know we'll be having a TRIPLE CAGE there for the Keys to the House match, so why don't we re-use that bottom cage. We'll see the House of Wrestling GRAND CHAMPION, ALEX ANDREWS in her first defense of her title!

The crowd is already cheering.

Bash Blackstone: As she's already promised Mikey his rematch, she'll be defending against The Voice of Wrestling himself, Mikey Svarro!

The audience is louder than ever, and Alex looks more than happy with the decision.

Bash Blackstone: AND The Transglobal Spectacle, Aaron Asphyxia! - in a triple threat hell in a cell!

The crowd cheers even louder for the swerve, as Alex turns to look at Aaron. Aaron looks back at Alex, and they nod to one another, a sudden wrench thrown into their dynamic. On the other hand, Mikey has slipped to the outside, but has slinked to the floor. He's irate, yelling and screaming about having to share his rematch. Bash drops the microphone on the commentary table as we fade out.

Main Event House of Wrestling Violent Championship Unsanctioned Last One Standing Darcy Graves vs Holden Ross The crowd leaves the arena, though in slight disappointment because they cannot stay to watch the unsanctioned match. The Las Vegas Gaming Commission has barred the crowd from being in attendance, but both competitors have signed waivers to compete tonight. Darcy makes her way out, holding the Violent Championship tight, as Holden looks readier than ever. The first part of the match stays inside the ring, but each hit and slam are more aggressive than ever. Eventually, Darcy has taken off the padding on the turnbuckle and given Ross a slingshot right into the metal. She follows it up by driving her elbow into his head, that bounces off the metal. The blood already starts to trickle. Ross tries to walk along the side of ropes but eats a spinning backfist, taking him over the ropes. In an impressive turn, Holden flips over and lands on his feet on the outside. The crowd claps in awe. They don't have much time to clap though as the action continues with Graves diving through the middle rope with a shoulder tackle that slams Holden back to the barricade. She guns it for Holden as he gets up, who reverses her momentum against her with a reverse STO right into the nearby steps! Now Darcy also has some blood coming down her face and some bruises forming. Holden picks her up in a fall away slam position, taking a few steps over to the barricade, before launching her over with a HUGE release fall away slam! Darcy soars over the barricade and to the hard ground on the opposite side. Every time they are down, the referee begins counting. Holden takes a tumble to the ground himself, thus it takes him a little to get up. Graves is still on the ground though, and so he steps over the barricade to go after her. She tries to fight back, before stepping away from him. Now the pair are walking through where the crowd usually sits. Graves starts to throw chairs at Holden to get him away from her. When they catch up with each other, they are right near one a railing. Darcy is standing up the steps from Holden, until she turns around and kicks him into the railing. He also stumbles down a few steps. Darcy shoves his head right into the railing and he falls. She reaches on the other side of the railing, pulling Holden back into a camel clutch against the railing! It doesn't last too long though, as she knows she can't win the match that way. She rests his head on a step, looking like she's about to curb stomp him! As she goes to do so, Holden rolls out of the way, causing Darcy to stomp hard right on the hard edge of the step. She yells out, holding her leg, as Holden circles back towards the commentary table. Now almost to each other, Darcy gets on top of the barricade, running on top of him and leaping into a high knee. But Holden catches her! She gives her a spinning belly-to-belly onto the concrete floor. Now the both of them have blood coming down their faces. From what he can see, he lifts her up into an H Bomb (Gonzo Bomb)... Darcy realizes it's happening as they are soaring through the air, and she tries to twist to change the move. Instead, it ends up more like a modified H Bomb with Holden and Darcy BOTH going through the announce table! The referee begins to count, with both looking spent. 6...7....Both are stirring to their feet. 8....9....Holden is able to plant both feet, standing firmly, blood rushing down his face. Near him, Darcy cannot push herself up. 10! The bell rings, and Holden doesn't even have enough strength to push Graves back down. Instead, he stumbles backwards into the barricade for support. Graves herself crumbles back to the floor, knowing it's better to save her energy for another day. EMTs rush both of them. WINNER NEW House of Wrestling Violent Champion, Holden Ross! FINISHING MOVE H Bomb (Gonzo Bomb)