Minutes before the Women’s match, the FI winner, La Mujera Oscura, is stretching and getting ready for action, when her tag partner walks in and stands before her.
Mujera: Listen here, I know you don’t want to tag with me, but I can assure you, I don’t want to either.. But it is business, and feelings aside, we have to cooperate, and if you follow my..
Marisa cuts her off right away.
Marisa: I don’t need to follow anything from you. Just make sure you don’t get in my way, mmmkay.
Mujera: I know what you are all about, and it is not class or trust. So keep your mind in the game.
Mujera: And don’t even think I haven’t watched you before. I saw you cowardly attack Valk last week. Valk and I go way back and I respect her, and you’ll get everything you deserve in due time.
Mujera: Just stay focused and don’t try anything foolish on me, cause I’ll make you pay right away.
They stand face to face.
Marisa: Ooh I’m so scared. You know just like Valkyrie I think your time is almost up as well. Now take this time to relish in the company of OCW’s future, me! See you in the ring partner.
As she walks out to the ring.
Earlier today...
OCW Senior Referee, Ted, is seen walking backstage in a bit of a hurry to get ready for Turmoil tonight. Jim Black out of nowhere stops Ted in his tracks.
Jim: Ted! What on earth were you doing out there?
Ted: Getting ready for work like I always do Jimmy. Don’t ask such ridiculous questions.
Ted goes to walk away but Jim puts his arm up to black his way of passage.
Jim: Ted I think you need to come look at this monitor I have over here and show…your work.
Jim Black walks over to a door that is already open ajar and invites Ted in. They both walk in together and it’s the OCW film crew playing back the ending of the main event match of last weeks Riot.
Jim looks at Ted’s face the moment where H2O catches El Parca with the move formally known as The Ocean of Paradise. Ted’s face is a look of discontent.
He takes a look back at the monitor and sees that very instance he turns to fix the turnbuckle that El Parca untied. Jim Black counts to 8 before Parca finally kicks out.
Jim: You didn’t even start counting for Harvey until about a 6 count.
Ted: I was just doing my job!
Jim: Job? You jobbed your old friend H2O to El Parca. He always said nothing but good things about you; while every superstar degrades you on a weekly basis.
Jim: Now Parca is going to run around calling himself The Head Superstar on your “mental error”. What do you say about that? How are you going to explain this to Harv?
Ted watches the replay of his old friend being assaulted by Parca, Garcia and Solomon Caine.
Ted: TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF!
Jim: No….I will not. It’s time you face your reflection as a referee.
You can hear Parca celebrating in the hallways. Ted looks outside the door frantically.
Ted: I gotta go! I can’t be seen with him!
Jim Black looks perplexed at the statement. Before Jim could ask what Ted meant by that he dashes out the door. You can hear…
Parca: Great job Ted!
You can hear inside the broadcast room Parca and Garcia laughing. Ted looks back as he continues to run forward. He bumps into H2O.
H2O sees Parca and Garcia walk into their dressing room and ignores his urge to attack. He regains his attention to the fallen Ted. He walks over his frail body. Harvey kneels down to his level.
Ted: Harv, Harv, Harvey. Please don’t hurt me!
H2O: You make monsters Ted. You made Parca think his s(beep)it don’t stink. You made Tre Golden a manic depressant. You even counted too fast to make Drago lose The Lightheavyweight Championship to Tony Everett. Sad.
H2O: You even turned a blinds eye to B17 against me at Super Riot 573 and then he went out to become the biggest monster to ever hold The CCW Championship. Karma really is a bi(beep)ch.
H2O: So there are some good that comes out of your mistakes.
Ted: Wha..What?
Harvey stands and reaches his hand out to Ted and reluctantly Ted reaches back and H2O helps him up.
H2O: I took what you did to me as a lesson. You turning your back may have helped shape me to become a monster once again. I still had an opportunity to close out and I didn’t.
H2O: Next time I will do my job and regain the killer instinct Empress and Blaine is dead set to help me with. Thank you. Now let this be a lesson to do better at yours.
The longest reigning OCW World Heavyweight Champion walks away leaving Ted relieved. Ted picks up his gym bag and heads to his locker room.
Jim: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls joining me once again the enigmatic-one Lotus FloJo
FloJo creeps into the scene donning a modified version of her Wrestlution outfit.
FloJo: Howdy, Jim!
Jim: I see that you’re back to being known as “Lotus FloJo”, what happened?
FloJo: Well Jimbo, thing’s fall apart. Because you see, I wasn’t a fit for the House of Faith. The old folks say a house isn’t a home and I agree. The truth is, I don’t really belong anywhere and that’s fine. F--k it.
FloJo: looking over the horizon, La majurea has made her intentions known, Marisa is going after the Valkyrie. By the way. I have a match against those two. Aaaand Terra and Emp, yes.
FloJo: So where does FloJo fall into any of this? I don’t know, but we’ll see--
FloJo: AHHHHHHHH!
A freak flash of fork lightning illuminates the entire interview area as Flojo stares in disbelief at the image in front of her - her ‘partner’ appears to be wearing a weathered Jason Vorhees hockey mask…
FloJo leaps into Jim's arms. Jim winks at the camera: FloJo I think that’s your tag team partner.
FloJo: Like hell, it is--Put me down right now, Jim!
The masked figure cricks their neck from left to right making a sickening crack as the entity’s piercing golden eyes stare daggers at Jim and then scans over to FloJo.
FloJo: So uhm, do you come here often?
A young girl’s laughter rings throughout the tannoy system backstage, seemingly being the answer to FloJo’s question…
FloJo raised an eyebrow at the creepy goings-on and twitched her shoulders looking very concerned.
FloJo: Well I will take that as a no then…
The masked entity, started to loosen the straps of the mask on either side and peeled it down to reveal her identity to Flojo once and for all
FloJo: Well shit Val! You look…uhm, different? Yeah, different!
Val stood there solemnly rooted to the spot just staring blankly at FloJo, almost like she was looking right through her.
FloJo: So I am gonna leave now, can I count on you to be out there with me or not?
Val stood there still in complete silence, drumming up the possible outcomes whilst bringing her hand out towards Flojo.
FloJo: C’mon VALcano enough of the games alre-
Val put both hands around Flojo’s neck and proceeded to speak in a demonic voice.
Val: Val…Vorhees.
Val threw back on the hockey mask and walked off into the distance, leaving FloJo to make out just what was going on with Val.
Jim: FloJo?
FloJo exits out of frame speechless.
In the Locke & Key War Room, Colin Locke is in command of the room. He is standing at something that looks suspiciously like a Games Workshop battle map, and he is using a ruler to push around different models as the rest of the Locke & Key staff watch, writing notes on his moves.
Colin: -So we can take the Wolves out of the equation, I think we can agree?
Locke & Key Crew 1: Exactly.
The crew member takes two wolf models off of the table.
Colin: Tre's not one of these arsewipes who gets others to do their dirty work, he's gonna want to face me head on. I trust him in that regard. In fact, if such a thing was possible, I would imagine he'd go as far as to...
Colin starts reaching for pieces, and mumbles to himself as he rearranges the table slightly. When the camera pans back to the table, the models that correspond to Tre and Colin are both inside a four-walled structure.
L&K Crew 2: What?!
Those at the table collectively gasp.
L&K Crew 3: Nani?!
L&K Crew 1: You don't mean, Colin?
Colin: Oh, I do.
L&K Crew 1:A cement wall match?
Colin: Exactly.
There is an awed silence around the table as a few crew members twist their heads to better examine this structure.
Colin: The burning, insurmountable issue is though... It's the structure itself. You can't see through walls, so fans are gonna hate this match, there's no way it gets sanctioned. If only the structure was somewhat transparent. Cage-like, perhaps. I'll have to think this through more, especially if I can talk to Tre soon.
As Colin ponders the implications of a steel, cage-like structure, a buzzer catches the room's attention. Colin goes over to the door, and notices that an envelope has been slid underneath it. He picks it up, opens it, and the camera zooms in to reveal what is written on it;
CHECK YOUR TEXTS.
Colin is unimpressed.
Colin: I mean, this could have, itself, been a text.
Regardless, Colin takes his mobile out of his pocket and checks his texts. As he reads it, a look of confusion falls upon his face.
Colin: ... Guys, I reckon I have to go? I think someone's sending a taxi for me.
L&K Crew 1: You think it's Tre?
Colin thinks for a moment.
Colin: No. No, I... I don't, now I'm thinking about it.
The camera zooms out and the scene fades to black as Colin looks to the rest of the crew, wondering where he's going to be taken.
MARISA X$PEN$IVE &
LA MUJERA OBSCURA vs.
LOTUS FLOJO & VALcano
Maxx is walking through the halls before his match and spots Joshua Tucker, who crashed his “Maxxed Out” segment just last week.
Maxx: TUCKER! You think you could just appear on Maxxed Out whenever you want!? Do you even know the implications that brought?
Maxx: Do you realize that this not only jeopardizes my livelihood but the livelihood of the people who work for me?
Maxx continues to berate Joshua Tucker inching closer to him and overpowering him with coffee breath
Tucker holds up his index finger
Tucker: Sorry to interrupt my man but if you are going to drink coffee, you should really follow it up with some….
Maxx: THC!? So I could be like you and your little loser stoner buddies?
Tucker: I mean that’s not a bad idea considering how it seems you are about to stroke out, but I was gonna say breath mints. I'm getting energy off the remnants of coffee on your breath.
Maxx begins shaking in anger
Tucker: Dude calm down, I was just cruising the halls looking for some grub when I walked in on your podcast. You are wigging out over nothing. It was at the end so I'm sure 3 of the 5 viewers were gone by that point. No worries budro.
Tucker says as he smiles and slaps Maxx on the arm
Maxx Edwards looks at the part of his arm slapped and raises an eyebrow at Tucker’s calm response
Maxx: Podcast!? 3 viewers!?
Maxx: I have the highest rated regularly irregular talk show program on the OCWFedTV. I’m not like you, I haven’t smoked away the past year of my life. I’ve been working hard and have made something of myself.
Tucker: Regularly irregular? Well if this is a sharing moment then I have to say I am pretty regular. I go every day while I am indulging in my morning bowl, I call it “A bowl on the bowl”. Clever right?
Maxx: You know what? I don’t have time for this. I actually have a match to get to unlike you, but this ain’t over.
Maxx walks past Tucker, making sure not to miss Tucker’s shoulder on the way out.
