We fade in backstage, the focus pans right, but stops, focusing on the OCW World Heavyweight Championship, resting on the table. We hear the voice of the World Champion in the background.
Quartz: 16 years of history.
Quartz: This championship means more than any other in our business. A business that has shifted in so many ways since this championship was created.
Quartz: Some would say that simply holding it and having your name etched in history as one of the greatest of all time would be enough.
Quartz: But I am not just some…
The camera pans up to Spider Matsumoto and Quartz, standing just beside the table. Quartz has his arms crossed, staring down at the table where his title rests.
Quartz: I have already proven that I am the greatest champion this company has seen throughout the rich 16 year history, but there can be no doubt that the New Storm stands above all of them.
Quartz looks up to the camera for a moment.
Quartz: KD’Angelo. You and I? Hahah… You and I have seemingly crossed paths at every turn of my career. From the moment I stepped into OCW to today, I just can’t seem to get you to die.
The champion scoffs and shakes his head as he looks back down to the table. The camera follows his eyes as they travel down to the table. Instead of the OCW World Championship, we see the OCW RIOT Tag Team Championship.
Quartz: Inception. “Gatekeeper” KD ready to step to TTT. Even after we dropped you, you kept coming back. Even after I beat you in the middle of the ring 1 on 1… You kept coming back.
Quartz: ...You came back until you beat me at Certified Greatness 2 years ago. You sent me into a spiral that took 17 months to explain to myself.
The camera pans back up to Quartz, who is now dressed in his golden/white attire from that night Certified Greatness 2019. The night the Inception defeated CQC for the RIOT Tag Team Championships.
Quartz: Sure, you got what was coming to you at Road 2 Glory, but it wasn’t the same.
Quartz: KD, you are one of the greatest professional wrestlers this business has ever seen. A dominant force that re-defined what it means to be a genuine tough guy.
Quartz angrily looks back down at the table, again, the camera follows. The OCW World Championship is back on the table as Quartz continues speaking.
Quartz: ..The reason you have been able to survive for more than 10 years in this company is because you never know when to quit. You’re too stupid.
Quartz: Too stupid to know when to stay down or dissapear. The universe has been sending you signals since Season 16 began. You have faced backstage attack after backstage attack. You have faced championship defeats. Yet when I walked out to that ring, in Madison Square Garden, 3 weeks ago...
Quartz: You still thought it was YOUR garden. You still thought it was YOUR time to stand across the ring from me. No matter what puts you down, you just keep coming back. Stupid.
He swiftly reaches down and lifts his championship up, throwing it across his shoulder. The camera follows.
Quartz: This time, KD… The sign the universe has sent you comes in the form of a man you helped transform. The man before you is not the one who walked away 2 and a half years ago. I am the OCW World Heavyweight champion. I am a force you have never seen before and will never see again. I am the New Storm.
Quartz: Regardless of what happens in tonight’s match, you can be sure that you’re going to get a fresh look at the unstoppable force you stand against at Consequence. You better hope your little storage boy has as much stubbornness as you do.
Quartz: Because Tre Golden or no Tre Golden, I’m going to be the one standing at the end of the night.
Quartz: I’m Ijitu Quartz, gah’ dammit… and I’ll be damned if I let the same stubborn obstacle stop me this time.
The New Storm Ijitu Quartz places his PRISTINE SUNGLASSES on his face and walks away with Spider in tow.
FUG IT! JUST DEREK vs. THE MANTIS
The scene opens with Stacy Clark, who is on the verge of interviewing her host next to her, The Last Blacksmith.
Stacy: Blacksmith, you make your comeback tonight after several weeks of absence, and you will do it against one of the most talented youngsters in the entire federation. Young Dominion member Danny Watts. What do you expect from this match?
Blacksmith: I don't think anything. 1 month ago I have already put down a member of the dominion. Tonight, I'll have fun repeating myself. It could become a fun pastime
Suddenly, a familiar voice interrupts the interview…
H2O: It had been a while since you were seen…
Blacksmith raises his eyebrows in annoyance...
Blacksmith: Harvey…
Harvey: Your gratitude is curious. At Lution, I kept Caine from beating you up after the match. But when Chris Green and Parca did the same to me, you weren't there …
Harvey: I must think that the respect I tried to show you was misplaced
Harvey approaches Blacksmith, looking him in the eyes
Blacksmith: Won't you want a kiss, harvey?
Blacksmith grins...
Blacksmith: Saving me first. Then allowing Kassidy to participate in the Lution main event with your help. It almost seems like you enjoy helping those who kicked your ass. What's this? Stockholm syndrome?
H2O: Is Nate Ortiz your champion? No he isn’t. But with your constant bickering with our GM it tells me you wish he was your champion.
H2O: Octavious hates Ortiz and I finally see why.
H2O: As far as helping people, as you say “Kick my ass!” - If anyone can kick my ass the way Paul Pugh or Drago Cesar in my immature days, I will always respect them.
H2O: Why? because I’m the one who sets the bar. As of right now, NO ONE can even come close to get above it. Not even YOU!
Blacksmith: That scar on your back says the opposite… (Blacksmith refers to the Ignite match that took place at Chill Faktory last January)
Blacksmith: You made the choice to intervene when no one asked you to. Don't expect the same from me. I'm a self-centered bastard, your fault if you haven't figured it out yet. And now, if you don’t mind, I have to get ready to destroy another member of the Dominion. Something you failed to do.
H2O: Are these your last words?
Blacksmith turns his back on Harvey, walking towards the locker room. The scene fades, with a zoom on Harvey's menacing gaze towards the Italian.
The following segment is pre-recorded.
We join the scene only to be greeted by pounding music, the sound of sizzling meat and lots of splashing. The camera pans over a walled area, revealing a massive condo, with, yes, you guessed it, a swimming pool.
Wearing nothing but an apron saying “Kiss the Cook” we can see MMM manning the grill, in the pool is Jordan Trance, floating around on a giant alligator. On his head remains the bailiff hat from last week.
Around the side are various OCW stars and alumni, two of note are Telos and Colby who seem to be in something of a debate. Up the lifeguard tower is none other than Austin Lee, but he’s asleep, his status given away by the rise and fall of a glass of scotch balances precariously on his stomach.
MMM glances up, looking into a private cabana with a smirk. Inside the cabana, a man with a towel over his head takes a final hit off of a joint before leaning over to put it out in an ashtray on a table next to him. Next, he picks up his gin & tonic and stands back up.
As he does, he exhales the hit, and smoke envelopes the cabana. After a couple of seconds, the man exits the smoke filled cabana, raises his glass to MMM, and takes a drink of his gin & tonic. MMM nods his head in response as he mutters to himself, “Still has the lungs of an Olympic swimmer”.
Back at the pool we see Jordan Trance looking a bit troubled, looking at his phone. He begins to paddle with one hand, the other keeping a hold of his hat as he journeys towards the steps. Quickly, he hops off the alligator inflatable and onto dry land.
Colby, visibly upset from his heated debate with the big man Telos, walks away and heads towards his cousin in the pool.
Not hearing his younger cousin, a frustrated Colby paces back and forth, mumbling to himself.
Jordan: Cousin? Yo! Cousin!
Colby snaps out of it and comes back to Earth, looking towards the young Trance in the pool.
Colby: What? What is it, little cousin?
Jordan: Nothing man, just Colin sent me a text, he’s found a pretty sweet lock up and needs Judge and I to help him muck it out. So we can take off if you’re ready or if you want to sta...
Colby waves away his cousin in a condescending manner.
Colby: Little cousin, if you need to go, you go. I think I’m going to stick around for a little while longer. Enjoy this beautiful weather.
Jordan goes to retort to Colby’s, quite frankly, offensive body language but his phone vibrates again and he loses his train of thought. It’s long been thought he has ADHD.
Jordan: Sorry guys, I gotta go, Justice Inc LLC things.
Swiftly, he grabs a towel and sees himself out of the party, not even addressing Colby’s behaviour..
Telos eyes Colby as his conversation with Jordan ends.
Telos: It’s none of my business, but that didn’t seem all that family friendly.
The Irishman turns towards Telos with a mean scowl on his face.
Colby: What are you trying to say, big man?
Telos: I said what I said. If that was me, I’d have knocked your big ass down for talking to me like a child. You don’t talk to your family like that.
Colby steps to Telos, as both men come face to face. Colby screws up his face, his nose twisting upwards.
Colby: My family is none of your business, so how about you sit the fook down.
Telos smirks.
Telos: I bet you’d like that.. I bet you’d like me to just sit down and let you have your way, right?
Colby: Actually, I’d prefer to punch you in that big mouth of yours, boyo.
Telos, instinctively, slaps Colby right across the face, spit hurls from the son of a legend's mouth.
Telos: You keep jacking your jaw like that… And I’ll break it.
Colby smirks, readjusting his jaw from Telos’ big slap.
Colby: You think so? Well I’m right here, boyo. We don’t need a ring for this one, lad. It’s a long road with no turnin’.
Telos begins to ponder the phrase.
Telos: What if there’s a roadblock?
The two go face to face, prompting Colby to respond with a headbutt. This results in both men grappling and flinging short ranged strikes. Mike looks up from his barbecue in a panic as Telos slams Colby into it, knocking it towards the pool.
MMM: I need that!
The legends' words go unheeded as Colby tackles Telos straight into the grill and into the pool. Steam rises as the pair disappear underneath the water, the camera rises from the party along with the evaporating water.
As it goes upwards, we see a hairline. It’s familiar, but then a pair of eyes appear above the hedge, vertically the camera climbs, revealing the grinning face of one, Thomas Archer. He rubs his hands together, much like a pondering fly, his will seemingly has been done, Mike’s party is ruined.
