The honeyed rasp of Atara's voice blares over the facility's PA in unison with those words appearing on the multitude of screens and displays littering the arena.
HELLO DOVES
The crowd pops and gets to their feet shouting in near total unison a single word.
OPA!
Arena lights start to pulse in time with the music and multiple vertical streams of pyro erupt across the front of stage. Strutting with purpose Atara emerges from the back taking spot centerstage atop the ramp. Posing for the camera, a wink and kiss is given to the viewers at home.
Grunge walking to the ringsteps, she climbs and stops at the top to posture again for her adoring public. Hand on her hip, the Grecian moves to the middle of the apron to blows a final kiss to the camera and enters the ring through the middle rope.
DENZEL PORTER: This is going to be GOOD, fellas! We have Atara Raven going one-on-one with Jennie Fenix up next, and damn! A LADDER MATCH!
THADDEUS DUKE: Don't forget the stipulation to this, either! How is Jennie gonna survive without Legos? How is Atara gonna survive without Greece?
BILL DALTON: It's not gonna be a good month for one of them, but all of us definitely are going to win this evening!
Every light in the TFCE Stadium flickers, and eventually goes out… The crowd murmurs amongst themselves while anticipating the arrival of the next combatant.
Oh, she's sweet but a psycho
When the single line plays throughout the PA, the audience erupts into a loud cheer!
A little bit psycho
At night, she's screamin'
"I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
Oh, she's hot but a psycho
So left but she's right, though
At night, she's screamin'
"I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
The opening chorus comes to a close, and into the first verse, and Jennie Fenix comes out from behind the curtains sashaying and twirling a finger through her hair; she bobs her head back and forth to the sound of the music as the camera cuts over to a shot of Atara Raven inside of the ring leaning nonchalantly against the turnbuckle. The shot goes back to Jennie Fenix as she leans forward and blows several kisses out to the crowd.
BILL DALTON: This is, without a doubt, a favorite amongst the crowd here tonight! Keep in mind that Jennie wanted this to be a ladder match on account of Atara hitting her with a ladder last year, and I can’t help but wonder who has the advantage in this type of match?
DENZEL PORTER: That is a great question, Bill, and I do believe that Atara has the size and experience on her side, but Jennie is… {Denzel Porter nods his head.} Jennie is faster!
THADDEUS DUKE: That she is!
SETH EVANS: On her way down to the ring! Weighing in at one-hundred-twenty-eight pound, coming out of Glasgow, Scotland! JENNIE! FEEEE-NIIIIIX!
Jennie drops down to her knees and crawls her way under each of the ladders that have been placed along the entrance ramp; when she gets to the last one, she rolls over onto her back and sits up, immediately shaking the last ladder to check its sturdiness. She stands up and scours the front crowd, spotting Allen Chaney in the front row; she waves gently toward him before shooting a sly wink which causes his face to go a bit red.
Oh, she's sweet but a psycho
A little bit psycho
At night, she's screamin'
"I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
Jennie walks over to Allen and surprises him with a kiss, which gets the crowd chanting: “Kiss the girl!” in their best Sebastian accent from the animated version of
The Little Mermaid; Allen gestures for the crowd to quiet down which only causes them to get louder, and then gives two thumbs up to the crowd and finally sits back down.
THADDEUS DUKE: What the– she’s not going to give me a kiss?
DENZEL PORTER: You’re married, Thad!
THADDEUS DUKE: I still like kisses!
Jennie then rushes back over to the ladder, and raises her arm on the spreader of the ladder, causing the ladder to fold up, and carries it with her toward the ring… The referee is already telling her she can’t bring the ladder into the ring yet.
THADDEUS DUKE: That wouldn’t be fair right there!
She wags her finger at the referee, and tells him to chill… She leans the ladder forward so that the top of it is resting against the top rope.
and then she steps on each rung with caution until she is standing atop the ropes for several seconds until she finally drops down and lands inside of the ring. She sidesteps her way around the ring until she is directly in front of Atara and backs up against her which gets an instinctive “ooo” out of the crowd, along with a number of the audience whistling, howling, and hooting. Jennie takes one step forward, and Atara raises her foot up to Jennie’s butt and shoves her forward; Jennie falls forward and lands on all fours; Atara puts a hand over Jennie as if holding a leash, and the two start dancing forward getting an even bigger reaction out of the crowd.
BILL DALTON: What in the blazes are they doing?
THADDEUS DUKE: I believe that’s a trend on TikTok.
BILL DALTON: What the hell is a TikTok?
DENZEL PORTER: TikTok is one of those new social media sites! All the kids are on it!
Jennie does a forward roll, and springs back to her feet then jumps onto the second turnbuckle while beckoning for the crowd to get louder, and louder; Atara joins her in gesturing for the crowd, and it’s a good thing the roof is retractable and retracted otherwise it would have been blown off by this point! Jennie starts to do a “raise the roof” to the crowd.
BILL DALTON: That’s one I know! {Bill begins to also raise the roof.}
DENZEL PORTER: This match is going to be ELECTRIC, Bill! Thad! One thing to keep in mind is that as fun as these two can be, they are both also incredibly gifted, and I can’t wait!
Jennie finally drops down from the second rope as the music comes to an end. Jennie crouches down while holding the top ropes as if she would launch herself out of the corner the moment that the bell sounds. Atara stands in her corner ready for the same, as the referee ensures that both combatants are ready.
SINGLES MATCHLADDER
If Jennie wins; Atara cannot talk about Greek for ONE MONTH!
If Atara wins; Jennie cannot play with Legos for ONE MONTH!Atara Raven -vs- Jennie Fenix
The referee directs one of the ringside crew members to move the ladder back into place before calling for the bell…
DING! DING! DING!
The bell sounds, and Jennie and Atara freeze up momentarily; both of them sprint out on opposite sides of the ring and bring ladders into the ring right off the bat! Atara’s ladder gets jammed on the outside, so Jennie gets hers inside and is already setting it up…Atara spots it just in time, and rushes into the ring while Jennie tries to climb the ladder as fast as she can only for Atara to get a hold of her foot and pull it out from under her! Jennie’s head almost collides against the ladder, but she manages to avoid a hard collision, and Atara shoves her back against the ropes, then climbs the ladder, herself!
Jennie comes off of the ropes and hits Atara with a clubbing blow to the back then pulls her back and shoves her into the ropes, then climbs the ladder again…
BILL DALTON: You might have to soften ‘er up a little bit, but these two are just making a beeline for the ladder!
DENZEL PORTER: Atara is already coming back into this one, but Jennie looks like she’s a quick climber!
Jennie is halfway up the ladder when Atara gets a hold of her foot, and trips her up; Jennie goes down just a couple of steps before catching her balance, and tries to pull herself up the ladder anyway…Atara goes under and gets Jennie in position for a powerbomb! Jennie holds on for dear life, and Atara takes her over to the corner while Jennie starts to connect with some freebie shots against Atara, and Atara sets her down in a seated position on the top turnbuckle. Jennie shoves her back with her legs, and Atara bumps into the ladder just hard enough to cause it to wobble before toppling over; Atara sprints back at Jennie and connects with a running elbow strike!
Atara continues up the turnbuckle and pulls Jennie to a standing base looking for
FROM A DOVE!
THADDEUS DUKE: This is getting really intense, really quick!
BILL DALTON: We could see– the belly-to-belly suplex!
Jennie shoves Atara off just in time!
BILL DALTON: So close!
DENZEL PORTER: That would have been an early statement from Atara!
BILL DALTON: And one that would surely keep control of this match in her favor.
Atara takes a moment to close the ladder and shoves it to the ring apron with her foot. Jennie drops down to the ground, and sprints from her corner, and leaps toward Atara for a spinning wheel kick! Atara moves out of the way, and Jennie crashes into the corner; Jennie manages to land back on her feet with her arms hooked over the top ropes and Atara comes in for a knife edge chop, and following up with a palm strike, and then a back elbow that connects with Jennie’s jaw!
THADDEUS DUKE: Jennie went in for the early big strike, but it didn’t pay off!
BILL DALTON: And a solid offense from Atara Raven! None of that is wasted movement, as she connects with a series of strikes that are definitely going to do some damage!
DENZEL PORTER: That is a good spot to notice, and goes to show you how calculated Atara can be!
Jennie, dazed after the strike, slumps into the corner; Atara drives in another back elbow, and then pulls Jennie away from the corner then takes her over with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex!
BILL DALTON: Atara just tosses Jennie around with ease!
THADDEUS DUKE: Can never underestimate what Atara can do!
Jennie rolls through afterward, but takes some damage off the suplex. Both women get to their feet at the same time and Jennie goes in for a clothesline; Atara ducks it and locks her arms around Jennie’s waist!
DENZEL PORTER: Atara catches her again, and we could be looking at an early end to Jennie!
THADDEUS DUKE: A little demoralizing there.
BILL DALTON: Jennie’s fighting it, though!
Atara goes to raise Jennie up for
BIRTH OF VENUS! Jennie is able to put enough of her weight forward to prevent Atara from landing it, but Atara goes for
BIRTH OF VENUS a second time, but Jennie still fights it! In an act of desperation, Jennie stomps on Atara’s foot, and then bops her head backward to connect with a headbutt! Atara releases her waist and takes one step back, and Jennie swings for a spinning forearm, and Atara ducks this, too, then raises Jennie for a back body drop! Jennie keeps the momentum going and flips backward to land back on her feet.
THADDEUS DUKE: Definitely learned from her sister there.
BILL DALTON: This is exactly what we were talking about, though! Jennie is quick, she is crafty! That is something no one can take away from her; she is crafty, she is resilient, and so Atara is gonna have her work cut out for her!
DENZEL PORTER: Let’s not forget that she has a way to get under peoples’ skin. Let me tell you about the time I hired her to be a reporter while I took a short vacation!
THADDEUS DUKE: That’s on you, Denzel!
Jennie goes forward and attempts to take Atara down with a bulldog, leading her toward the second turnbuckle in the process, but Atara narrowly avoids it! Jennie is able to stop herself from going forward by catching the top rope, and Atara charges in only to eat an elbow from Jennie! Jennie hits a spinning backfist against Atara, staggering her back, and then charges in for a double leg takedown; Atara is able to keep herself grounded and reverses it into a front headlock… Jennie is able to stay on her knees for this confrontation, and then to one foot, and finally to the second! Jennie raises Atara up for a picture perfect Northern Lights Suplex!
Jennie springs to her feet and leaps as high as she can to come down for
COUP DE JINX!
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Atara rolls out of the way!
DENZEL PORTER: The double foot stomp, what she calls the Coup de Jinx, and if she had landed it, would have surely knocked the wind right out of Atara.
BILL DALTON: Atara dodged a huge bullet right there!
While Atara is still getting to her feet, Jennie charges in but Atara gets her into a headlock, and sails her over with a headlock take down! Jennie kicks her legs up and gets one over Atara’s head to bring her down into a headscissors; Atara wriggles free before it can get locked in and kips to her feet, firing with a roundhouse kick! Jennie ducks under, and kips up to her feet, too, and fires for a Pele Kick! Atara takes one step back to avoid the contact, and takes Jennie’s ankle; Jennie rolls forward, sending Atara into the ropes!
Atara catches herself there, and Jennie rushes forward only for Atara to drop down and pull the top rope down with her! Jennie tumbles over the top rope!
DENZEL PORTER: And this action is spilling to the outside!
BILL DALTON: This back and forth action is getting rather crazy! I love how quick thinking both of these women are!
Jennie is able to quickly get back to her feet, just a little bit dizzy from the tumble. Atara follows her to the outside of the ring; Jennie leans against the nearby ladder, and Atara lunges forward and connects with a Spartan style kick! Atara gets enough power behind the kick that Jennie falls backward, and the ladder goes with her laying completely horizontal!
The camera flashes over to the audience to show James Raven sitting beside Allen Chaney, and Allen holds a tub of popcorn over for James to take a handful. Allen nods his head to James, and can be heard saying, “That was a good kick,” seemingly impressed by Atara Raven’s Spartan kick.
THADDEUS DUKE: THIS! IS! SPARTA!
DENZEL PORTER: Been holding that in a long time, haven’t you?
THADDEUS DUKE: Just all night.
BILL DALTON: Just a straight kick, and that sends Jennie down!
Jennie arches her back when she lands, and Atara continues forward; she leaps up and connects with a senton bomb over Jennie! Atara stands back up, and folds up another ladder before pulling another ladder down with the intent of crushing Jennie between both of the ladders…
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Jennie moves out of the way!
Jennie jumps on top of the ladders, and then uses them to vault herself up to catch Atara with an attempt for a hurricanrana… Atara manages to hold Jennie up and rushes her back toward the ring apron! Atara intends to power her down, but Jennie is able to connect with a swift elbow that slows Atara down enough that Atara practically sets her down on the apron. Jennie raises her foot and pushes Atara back. Jennie stands back on top of the apron when Atara comes back around to face Jennie, and Jennie connects with a missile dropkick!
BILL DALTON: A beautiful dropkick from Jennie, but she crashes on the outside, and you have to imagine that it took a toll on herself just as well as taking a toll on Atara.
DENZEL PORTER: You’re absolutely right, Bill, but I think she’s going to go ahead and say it was worth it.
THADDEUS DUKE: I hope that this ends soon, honestly, I can’t really stand watching two of my friends taking each other on like this!
Atara rolls onto her stomach and moves toward the barricade, while Jennie simultaneously crawls toward the ring apron and pulls up the skirt to search underneath the ring for something…
Jennie, while standing on her feet… Yes, she’s short enough, and flexible enough to stand on her feet while her torso is practically under the ring! Do you wanna fight about it? Jennie pulls a toy box out from under the ring. Atara uses the barricade to pull herself up, and before Jennie has a chance to turn around, she blindsides her with a clothesline and then hits Jennie’s head against the lid of the toy box which cracks from the impact!
Jennie falls backward and is checking herself for blood, and Atara tears the lid off to see what Jennie was going for, and her eyes widen in absolute shock.
THADDEUS DUKE: She would!
BILL DALTON: Is that…?
DENZEL PORTER: I believe it is!
LEGOS!
DENZEL PORTER: Atara looks like has PTSD!
Atara turns slowly toward Jennie, just in time to be caught with a headbutt! Jennie takes a step back, and then charges forward to connect with a claymore style kick, and Jennie is able to get up to her feet quickly as she picks the tub up and dumps some of the legos over Atara, and then dumps the rest of the tub onto the edge of the ring…
The camera pans over to Allen Chaney nodding his head in excitement for what Jennie has in store, while James Raven is trying to wave Jennie off!
DENZEL PORTER: She’s got some evil intentions with those Legos!
BILL DALTON: And Atara is absolutely helpless! Man, I’ve only ever stepped on those things… I can’t imagine what it would feel like hitting the head!
THADDEUS DUKE: Not good, Bill! Not good at all!
Jennie pulls Atara to her feet, and then climbs onto the ring apron, and then pulls Atara up to the ring apron with her; she puts her in position for a piledriver!
BILL DALTON: She’s gonna piledrive her!
Jennie raises Atara up a smidgen, but Atara shifts her weight enough to get back to the ground, and reverses with a shoulder back toss and Jennie crashes onto the legos!
THADDEUS DUKE: Ha! Do you know how many of those I stepped on when she was living at my house?! I mean, I love her to death, but HA!
Atara uses the top rope to gain some leverage whilst leaping into the air and coming down with a knee drop across Jennie’s collarbone; Atara steps off of the apron and drives a few elbows against her head, and Jennie does her best to defend herself from the attack. Atara pulls Jennie off of the apron and immediately puts her into a front headlock and ultimately drives her down with a DDT!
THADDEUS DUKE: I think she’s a little upset that Jennie tried to use Legos like that.
BILL DALTON: I think you’re right, and that DDT was just straight viicous!
DENZEL PORTER: James Raven is loving it, though.
THADDEUS DUKE: I’m not.
DENZEL PORTER: Neither is Allen Chaney.
THADDEUS DUKE: I’m with ya, brother! {Points at Allen.}
The camera flashes over to James Raven, out of his seat, applauding for his wife; Atara stands back up as the camera goes back to her and she waves to her husband but multitasks by grabbing both of Jennie’s legs… she falls backward, and catapults Jennie into the steel post! Jennie clashes with the steel post, and tumbles forward into the barricade. Atara gets up, satisfied with the damage done, and goes for the closest ladder…
Jennie, just out of Atara’s line of sight, is crawling toward the ring apron and pulling on the skirt to get herself back to a standing position…
Atara slides the ladder into the ring the long way, and the ladder ends up getting caught up in the ropes…
BILL DALTON: Atara is struggling to get that ladder into the ring! And Jennie is up!
Atara struggles with it momentarily, giving Jennie time to recover; she springs off the ropes and comes down on the part of the ladder inside of the ring, and the other end flings up and connects with Atara square in the jaw!
BILL DALTON & THADDEUS DUKE & DENZEL PORTER: Oooohhhh!
THADDEUS DUKE: Atara is gonna have to go visit a dentist after this!
Atara remains standing, but looks like she’s seeing stars! Jennie takes the top of the ladder and starts pulling it the rest of the way into the ring, but Atara comes to and grabs the bottom as the two are now in a tug of war over the ladder…Atara releases the ladder just as Jennie is giving a tug, and Jennie stumbles backward and trips over her own feet to a seated position, and then Atara regains her grip on the ladder and shoves it forward but Jennie gets her hands up just in time to block the brunt of the impact.
Atara slides under the bottom rope to re-enter the ring, rubbing her jaw… It appears that there is no serious damage. Jennie scootches away from Atara and slides back out of the ring at the same time as Atara is entering, and immediately pulls up the ring skirt to start pulling out more toys.
BILL DALTON: What else is she going to bring into this match?!
THADDEUS DUKE: Everything, Bill! There really are no rules! Except for climbing the ladder.
DENZEL PORTER: This is gonna get out of hand, though.
Another box that is undoubtedly filled with legos! Another just…box…a poster for the upcoming movie from Splat!, The Love Shack… And three tables!
While Jennie is distracted by searching under the ring, Atara sets the ladder up in the center of the ring directly under [THE OBJECT HERE]. She glances over to see Jennie still pulling things out from under the ring, and begins to climb the ladder while the crowd cheers louder as Atara inches closer and closer…
The crowd gives away Atara’s sneak! Jennie’s head pops out from under the apron, and she slides into the ring and immediately throws her own body against the ladder! The ladder teeters momentarily before ultimately going over! Atara jumps off of the ladder, landing just in time, but off-balance, Jennie continues forward and connects first with a headbutt, and then wild lefts and rights while Atara goes into a defensive stance. Jennie knees Atara in the stomach, and then walks back over to where she left all of her objects and starts directing one of the ringside crew members to start throwing things into the ring.
THADDEUS DUKE: I think she wants a little bit of help.
CREW MEMBER: I can’t!
The crew member argues back with Jennie.
JENNIE FENIX: Just! DAMN IT, TIM!
Jennie scoffs and slides out of the ring before starting to throw a lot of the stuff into the ring… A second ladder comes into the ring, one of the tables, both of the toy boxes, and then Jennie finally re-enters the ring. Just as Jennie stands back up, Atara sprints forward and catches her off-guard with
JUDGMENT OF PARIS but is not able to get all of the power behind it! Still damage done!
The crowd lets out a huge “ooo” when Atara connects with the knee, and Jennie is saved by the ropes from falling down; Atara holds her up and then takes the lid off of one of the toy boxes… a box filled with props from the set! Kid toys, and adult toys alike!
THADDEUS DUKE: Is that a dildo?
BILL DALTON: Funny story is that she did use that at Night of the Immortals against Vivienne Rodgers!
THADDEUS DUKE: I just hope it hasn’t been used in other ways! Someone look for the packaging!
DENZEL PORTER: I just… I can’t fathom.
Jennie staggers forward after the knee strike.
Atara spots her out of the corner of her eye, and steps toward her and takes her arm, drawing her in for a short-arm clothesline! JENNIE DUCKS! Jennie pulls her arm free, forcing Atara to face her, and Jennie leaps up and
JINXIE DROP!
DENZEL PORTER: The JINXIE DROP! Atara Raven was hit with the JINXIE DROP! Just out of nowhere!
BILL DALTON: But Jennie needs to stay on top with the offense for this.
Atara bounces off the mat, and goes face down! Jennie takes a moment to shake off her own cobwebs and lifts up one of the tables… She straightens the legs of the table and then flips it over and starts positioning it; while she is looking away, Atara recovers slightly… Atara grabs Jennie around the waist and takes her up and crashes her down with
BIRTH OF VENUS! Jennie’s head hits the canvas, but her lower back lands atop the ladder.
Jennie tumbles backward, and holds the back of her head in pain as she arches her back from colliding with the ladder… Despite all of this, she still goes to get up to her feet, but Atara is there to meet her with a European Uppercut, then a series of strikes that would make Floyd Mayweather blush, until she finally delivers a roundhouse kick to Jennie’s midsection. Atara pulls Jennie in, and hooks both of her arms…she raises her up for a double underhook powerbomb!
Jennie manages to get her arms free from the underhook, and holds herself on top!
She strikes Atara once!
Twice!
THREE TIMES!
And then brings all of her weight back and takes Atara over the top rope with a hurricanrana! Jennie lands on the apron, while Atara tumbles all the way out of the ring.
DENZEL PORTER: Jennie was struggling from those shots, but she came right back into this!
BILL DALTON: What a reversal! And Jennie is looking to continue this attack, it looks like!
THADDEUS DUKE: Don’t do it! Play it safe!
Jennie uses the top rope to pull herself back to a standing position, and Atara is slower to get up. The moment she does, Jennie springs off of the middle rope and moonsaults backward to catch Atara and take her back down! The crowd goes into a frenzy as these two women are putting on quite a show!
DENZEL PORTER: Did you see the air she got there?!
THADDEUS DUKE: It was decent. It was decent!
BILL DALTON: I don’t know how much longer these women can go, but these fans are loving every minute of it!
DENZEL PORTER: Of course, Bill! It was said that when these two get together, things go crazy! And…THIS MATCH IS CRAZY!
The adrenaline pumping throughout Jennie’s body gets her back to her feet, and she howls out to the crowd to rally them! She grabs one of the nearby ladders, and folds it up… Rather than taking it into the ring, she takes it to the nearby barricade and lays it horizontally on top of the ring apron and barricade. Jennie isn’t satisfied with this, and starts pulling more out from under the ring! A TABLE! A second table! And…a bag! Jennie sets up one table, and sets it on one side of the ladder…the second table on the other side, and then she takes the bag and starts pouring its contents over both of the tables.
LEGOS!
BILL DALTON: How many Legos does this girl have?
THADDEUS DUKE: How much water is in the ocean?
Jennie returns to Atara, and Atara goes for a quick jab to Jennie’s stomach, but Jennie fires away with some overhand strikes to slow her back down! The shots fly back and forth from both Atara and Jennie, but Jennie catches one of Atara’s arms and connects with a headbutt! Atara continues to fight, and goes for a standing clothesline; Jennie ducks under it and takes her down with a sleeper slam!
Jennie pulls Atara back up and carries her to the tables, and ladder she set up… She places her on top of the table, in a position so that she’s across all three objects.
DENZEL PORTER: What is she doing?
THADDEUS DUKE: No, no, no, Jennie, what is you doing?!
BILL DALTON: This is that innovation that I was telling you about; she is creative, and it looks like she wants to do something big! Something that will keep people talking!
Jennie climbs up to the ring apron.
Atara is up, and the crowd pops!
Jennie doesn’t notice Atara climbing the apron, and finally up the turnbuckle right behind her… Atara connects with several elbow shots to the back of Jennie’s head, and Jennie raises her arms to try to defend herself while also trying to maintain her balance and turn to face Atara. Atara delivers a swift uppercut to Jennie’s midsection, and then grabs Jennie around the waist, then sails her backward with
FROM A DOVE! Jennie and Atara hit the ladder in the center, as well as the tables, and both of the tables shatter beneath them! The ladder collapses under both of them! And the crowd is going CRAZY!
THADDEUS DUKE: SHE KILLED HER!
BILL DALTON: I can’t believe what we just saw! Holy CRAP!
DENZEL PORTER: Bill, Thad, that was at least a fifteen foot drop! And through the ladder!
THADDEUS DUKE: Those things don’t break like tables, Denzel! Jennie is going to be hurt, but Atara may have hurt herself in the process!
CROWD: HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!
Atara and Jennie are motionless in the rubble. The camera flashes over to James Raven and Allen Chaney who are both trying to climb over the barricade, but security has them held back. The referees on the outside of the ring are checking on both of them to ensure that they can continue in the contest.
DENZEL PORTER: We could be looking at a draw right here, folks. That was just… Can we see a replay of that?
The titantron lights, and the majority of the audience turn their attention to it. They watch, in slow motion, what had just transpired: Atara Raven sailing Jennie Fenix over with a picture perfect
FROM A DOVE that sent both of them crashing through tables, a ladder, and Legos.
THADDEUS DUKE: I cannot watch that again! I just can’t, okay?!
DENZEL PORTER: That was hard to watch, Thad, and I just– I can’t believe we just saw that! I think the referee is going to have to call this right now.
BILL DALTON: And it’s a real shame, because these two have been wonderful! Just wonderful! Just… I think you’re right, and I do believe that it’s time for the referee to just call it off.
LIVE! Atara scoots back against the steel steps, and sits against them while assuring the referee she is fine. There is a hint of concern for her friend and opponent who is still laid out in the debris, but the crowd gives a pop when Jennie raises an arm in the air with a thumbs up, while rolling away from Atara and toward the barricade instead. She keeps the thumb up while looking at Atara and the nearby camera can pick up on the words that escape from Jennie…
JENNIE FENIX: THAT’S GREEK!
Atara gasps, and flips the bird at Jennie, and pushes herself back to a standing position… Jennie, with her back against the barricade, uses it to get herself up and many of the fans reach over and begin slapping Jennie on the back. They would do the same for Atara, but she is not near them.
CROWD:: THIS IS AWESOME! *Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap*
CROWD:: THIS IS AWESOME! *Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap*
CROWD:: THIS IS AWESOME! *Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap*
CROWD:: THIS IS AWESOME! *Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap*
CROWD:: THIS IS AWESOME! *Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap*
Legos are implanted against the skin of both Atara and Jennie, but Atara gestures for Jennie to come at her; Jennie is happy to oblige, and charges forward to go for a running elbow! Atara catches her with a front kick that forces Jennie back a step, and Atara goes forward and takes Jennie down with a double leg takedown back into the debris. Jennie throws some short punches against Atara, and Atara pulls away to return to a standing base. Jennie sits up and scoots away from Atara, and Atara runs forward to connect with a running kick that sends Jennie back down!
DENZEL PORTER: Somehow! They are continuing! And Atara is back in full control!
BILL DALTON: I just can’t believe that Jennie is still in this with that landing!
THADDEUS DUKE: The determination. That family is nuts, okay? Say what you will about Jennie, but she’s got that Docherty blood, and say what you will about them, but they are fighters.
Atara’s momentum sends her forward a few more steps, but when she stops shortly past Jennie, she turns and grabs her hair to pull her back to a standing base… Atara, with full control over Jennie’s head, crashes it against the ring apron! Jennie remains standing and moves over to the nearby steel post, and Atara now charges in for
JUDGMENT OF PARIS!
Jennie moves out of the way!
BILL DALTON: OOF! I think Atara may have shattered her knee right there!
THADDEUS DUKE: That was a full force knee, and yeah! It hit steel!
Atara’s knee hits the steel post, and she instantly reaches for her knee while going on a noticeable limp! Jennie delivers a kick to the side of Atara’s knee, and Atara’s knee buckles…she drops down to one knee, and Jennie runs in and connects with a running DDT!
Jennie looks at all of the carnage on the outside of the ring, and decides that now is the time!
THADDEUS DUKE: What are you doing, girl?! Get in the ring, and get up the damn ladder!
BILL DALTON: You’re right, Thad! She needs to end this before one of them gets seriously hurt!
Jennie rolls back under the bottom rope to return to the inside of the ring, and looks for the closest ladder… Outside of the ring, the medical staff is checking on Atara’s knee while she bends and unbends her leg several times to attempt to stretch it out. Jennie gets the ring set up in the center of the ring, and dramatically looks up overhead before pointing toward it… and one rung! Jennie starts to climb the ladder. Atara is pulling on the ring skirt to get to her feet, and starts stomping her foot against the floor to get the blood circulating through her leg.
Jennie is a quarter of the way up the ladder.
Atara looks into the ring to see Jennie climbing, and pulls herself onto the ring apron with the bottom rope. Jennie continues climbing. Atara slides under the bottom rope, and Jennie is now three-fourths of the way up the ladder.
THADDEUS DUKE: There you go, Jennie! Just a little further!
DENZEL PORTER: What’s Atara doing?
BILL DALTON: Just hold on, Jennie! You’ve got this!
THADDEUS DUKE: You’re supposed to remain impartial!
BILL DALTON: I just would like to see this end before they die!
Atara takes one of the unused ladders and gorilla presses it overhead; Jennie reaches her hands toward the briefcase, and Atara torpedoes the ladder at Jennie! It hits Jennie on the shoulder and almost knocks her off the ladder, but Jennie manages to hold on but is trying to regain her balance as the ladder wobbles when it almost topples over with her weight. Atara leans down to grab the bottom rung of the ladder, and pulls it upward with Jennie still standing on the opposite end; Atara sends it backward, and Jennie crashes on the canvas! The ladder rebounds off the rope, and Atara straightens it back out.
Atara circles the ladder to go back after Jennie, as Jennie backs against the ropes and uses them to pull herself up… an overhand strike from Atara knocks Jennie back a step, but Jennie retaliates with one of her own! Atara gets a palm strike, and Jennie gets in a chop; the two alternate shots back and forth with each other, and as each woman trades, the crowd gets louder and louder, and Jennie gets herself away from the ropes and starts gaining traction and forcing Atara to lose ground.
Jennie goes for a standing clothesline, and Atara manages to duck; Atara quickly checks the ground to see where the Legos were scattered earlier, and raises Jennie for a back body drop!
JENNIE FLIPS BACKWARD AND LANDS ON HER FEET!
DENZEL PORTER: I believe it’s just adrenaline surging through her right now, you two. Just pure adrenaline!
THADDEUS DUKE: She has that will to win!
Atara spins around and Jennie drives a knee against her midsection, then gets her arms around her waist to sail her over with a bridging waterwheel drop on top of the Legos! Atara arches her back and instinctively reaches an arm back to get some of the Legos off… Meanwhile Jennie is laid out next to her and just trying to catch her breath.
BILL DALTON: Atara needs this breather! Normally I would be calling for her to climb that ladder, but yeah… there is no way. Just no way that she continues to go without a breather here.
DENZEL PORTER: I think the audience needs a breather. This match has just been high impact, high impact, high impact, high impact! And both of them are scheduled later in the week! How are they going to survive tonight?!
THADDEUS DUKE: Comes with the territory, Denzel.
The waning seconds pass as both women are exhausted from the competition thus far, but they both roll over onto their stomachs at almost the same time… Both of them crawl away from the other, and after almost forty-five seconds, are able to use the ropes to get to their feet. Jennie immediately goes for a table! Across the ring: ATARA GOES FOR A TABLE! They both set up the tables, and then both climb out of the ring on opposite ends and start searching underneath the ring… TWO MORE TABLES! One from Atara, and one from Jennie. But wait! There’s more! TWO MORE TABLES! And TWO MORE!
Atara and Jennie both slide their tables under the bottom rope and set up their own pile across from the other… Two by two, and stacked two-high. Both of them even start digging into the tubs of Legos and start throwing them into the air so they land on top of the higher tables, and then spreading them across the bottom tables. Satisfied by their build, they both step back several steps to admire their work until…THEY BUMP INTO EACH OTHER! Both of them turn instantaneously and get into a fighting stance, but then look at the stack of tables.
JENNIE FENIX: Oh, my God! THAT’S GREAT!
Jennie exclaims while pointing at Atara’s tables. Atara shrugs her shoulders and nods her head in agreement.
ATARA RAVEN: Thanks, Dove. You didn’t do so bad yourself.
THADDEUS DUKE: No reason they can’t be a little friendly, right?
DENZEL PORTER: I mean, they are still friends. That’s one beautiful thing about this match: they never stopped being friends! This challenge was made for just wanting competition!
Several seconds pass with the two admiring the others' work, but then…TOE STOMP! Jennie stomps Atara’s foot, and causes her to hobble momentarily; Atara looks to rebound with her own strike, but Jennie catches her with
GET JINXED! Atara goes down, and Jennie does a little curtsy. She looks for the ladder that Atara flung earlier, and wedges it into the other ladder, and then puts it between the ropes while she wags her finger in the air as if to tell the crowd she wouldn’t get caught with Atara raising the ladder again.
THADDEUS DUKE: That was a cheap shot. {Staring in utter disbelief.} THAT WAS A CHEAP SHOT!
DENZEL PORTER: You would know a thing or two about cheap shots, right?
THADDEUS DUKE: Irrelevant!
BILL DALTON: There is no cheap shot in this match, Thad, there is just who is going to do what they need to do to win, and who isn’t!
Jennie slowly ascends the ladder, stopping every so often to see if she can reach the briefcase but to no avail. Atara rolls onto her stomach and grabs the bottom rung of the ladder to pull herself up, and starts to climb the ladder underneath Jennie… Jennie is inching closer and closer to the briefcase, and stretches her hand to graze the briefcase. One more step!
THADDEUS DUKE: She’s there! She’s got a hand on it!
Jennie goes up one last step, and reaches her hand up, but Atara hits the side of Jennie’s leg! Jennie’s knee buckles, but she holds on, and Atara starts climbing side by side with Jennie until she is standing beside her. She hits Jennie’s head against the top of the ladder, and then pushes her forward! Jennie crashes against the second ladder, which causes everything inside of the ring to tremble, but somehow the ladder does not snap from the extra weight!
THADDEUS DUKE: OH, MY!
DENZEL PORTER: That could have ended a lot worse than it did!
BILL DALTON: Jennie’s gotta be careful, though; if she rolls to either side, she’s gonna crash and burn!
Atara stops momentarily to hold on, as everything is shaking.
Jennie is holding her back, but carefully rolls herself onto her stomach on top of the ladder. Atara reaches up to grab the briefcase, and is trying to get it free but it seems to be stuck… Jennie stands up on top of the ladder, a little bit off-balance for the moment, but charges forward and as she reaches the top of the ladder, punches Atara in the stomach, then leaps up to catch her around the neck for a hurricanrana!
Atara spins her around and jumps off the ladder with her with a sitout powerbomb through one side of the four tables and Legos!
CROWD: HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!
BILL DALTON: What did we see?! There is going to be nothing left of these two!
THADDEUS DUKE: Just breathe! Just breathe! And it’s time to throw in the towel!
DENZEL PORTER: Just… what else can they do?!
Atara and Jennie are both laid out in the rubble as the referee is looking to see if he can continue. Meanwhile, the crowd is deafening! The other side remains intact, although wobbling.
BILL DALTON: I cannot believe what these two ladies are putting each other through!
DENZEL PORTER: You sure got that right, Bill, and this crowd is absolutely EATING IT UP!
THADDEUS DUKE: I just want it to end, okay? They’re both my friends! I just want it to end!
BILL DALTON: Well, it does make you wonder just how much either one of them have left in the tank after crashing through those tables, and– and–
DENZEL PORTER: And the legos!
BILL DALTON: And the legos! But there’s got to be more to this, Denzel and Thad, there’s gotta be more that they’re fighting for than just charity, and well…a silly bet…this is pride. This is their pride on the line, and that is exactly what they are fighting for! It does look like Atara Raven is beginning to stir, and the referee is trying to ask her if she can continue; she’s giving him the okay! Jennie has still not moved, though!
THADDEUS DUKE: That was a wild drop, Bill! That’s not something you can just brush off!
Atara shoves Jennie off of her, and checks the carnage inside of the ring.
We get a glimpse of James Raven sitting in the front row, while a secondary camera shows Allen Chaney, both with visible concern for her well-being expressed on their faces. James begins to cheer for Atara to climb the ladder, while Allen is encouraging Jennie to get back up.
DENZEL PORTER: I really do not believe that Jennie is going to get up from this, so this is just Atara’s for the taking…
The camera goes back to its focus on Atara, who pulls the nearby ladder back to a standing position, and uses the bottom rungs to pull herself up; she knocks the second ladder loose from the original one before she starts to climb… Jennie lies motionless, and the crowd cheers as Atara goes further and further up the ladder; Jennie pulls herself toward the ladder, but Atara doesn’t notice… She still inches her way toward the briefcase hanging overhead.
DENZEL PORTER: Atara is close! She’s so close!
Jennie stands up, and picks up the second ladder… Atara’s fingertips graze the briefcase, and then Jennie hits Atara in the small of the back with the ladder! Atara loses her grip on the briefcase, and it swings wildly back and forth, and now out of her reach; Atara reaches her hand back to hold her back, and Jennie connects with a second jab from the ladder!
THADDEUS DUKE: Jennie is getting some retaliation from that ladder shot last year!
Atara leans over the top of the ladder. Jennie tosses her own ladder aside, and reaches up to grab Atara by the feet and pulls her down a couple of steps; Atara holds on for a moment longer, and Jennie positions her onto her shoulders for a powerbomb! Atara is still holding on to the ladder, so Jennie starts to hit her legs several times until she can’t hold on any longer…Jennie charges her toward the ropes!
Atara is able to reverse into a hurricanrana that sends Jennie to the outside of the ring; Atara was able to hold onto the ropes, and land hard on the apron! Atara is taking a breather, and goes to get into the ring but she suddenly feels Jennie’s hand grab her ankle and weakly hold on… Atara tries to shake her loose, and finally does after several seconds.
Jennie is clinging to the ring skirt and using it to pull herself up, clearly weary from the match that has drained so much out of her and Atara. Atara is crawling again toward the ladder, and Jennie pulls herself onto the apron which is getting the crowd into a bit of an uproar… Atara pulls herself up by the ladder, and then turns around just as Jennie manages to spring to the top rope and come off for a hurricanrana of her own! Atara is able to hold Jennie up in position for a powerbomb! She spins her around, and Jennie now gets a seated position atop the ladder…
Jennie reaches one hand back onto the ladder, and tries to get one of her legs free; she delivers a few shots to Atara!
Just enough to knock her loose!
Jennie gets her foot on the ladder, and turns to start climbing as quickly as she can despite the exhaustion…
THADDEUS DUKE: Both of them are just running on fumes right now!
BILL DALTON: Atara is gonna have to find something here!
Jennie reaches the top of the ladder, and Atara is climbing underneath her; Jennie reaches for the briefcase, but Atara delivers a forearm strike to her back and climbs directly beside her…Jennie is still trying to pull the briefcase free, as she has it in her grasp, and Atara thrashes her head against the top of the ladder! Atara then circles around the ladder to stand on the opposite side as her.
DENZEL PORTER: It’s a wonder that the ladder didn’t topple over!
Atara reaches for the briefcase as well, and is able to pull it a little lower from the cable, but it’s still attached! Atara holds the briefcase in her hands, and fumbles with the attachment, but still to no avail; Jennie reaches for it, and Atara swings it at Jennie’s head!
Jennie is able to duck out of the way, and then grabs the briefcase with both hands! Atara and Jennie are in a tug-of-war over the briefcase!
THADDEUS DUKE: Even if that thing does come loose, who’s going to win?! They both have clear possession!
BILL DALTON: I think we go into the fumble rules after that. Football!
Jennie and Atara are still struggling over control of the briefcase.
ATARA RAVEN: BISH! LET GO!
JENNIE FENIX: NO! IT’S MINE! MY PRECIOUS!
ATARA RAVEN: I SWEAR, IF YOU BITE MY FINGER OFF LIKE THAT STUPID GOLLUM CHARACTER ON THOSE STUPID MOVIES YOU LOVE!
Atara tugs hard on the briefcase, and Jennie loosens her grip ever-slightly to let Atara unintentionally smack herself in the face with it! Atara is dazed at the top of the ladder, and Jennie pulls on the cable with the briefcase to swing it outward; she takes Atara by the head and hits it against the top of the ladder. Atara holds onto the top of the ladder, and Jennie places her hands on top of Atara’s, and Atara looks up at her…
In a voice that resembles Scar’s, Jennie says.
JENNIE FENIX: LONG! LIVE! THE QUEEN!
Jennie pulls Atara’s hands from the ladder and tosses her backward! Enough distance is there and Atara crashes through the second set of tables and Legos as the crowd gasps! All of the debris from those tables pile onto Atara, and a cloud of dust comes up.
THADDEUS DUKE: Oh, The Lion King! I love that movie.
DENZEL PORTER: But… what?!
BILL DALTON: Jennie! You just gotta grab it!
The cable sways back and forth overhead, and Jennie reaches her hands up… the briefcase escapes her grasp… It swings back around, and Jennie snags the cable this time to steady it; she reaches for the carabiner secured to the briefcase, and frees the briefcase!
DING! DING! DING!
SETH EVANS: ATTENTION, EVERYONE! YOUR WINNER! JENNIE! FEEEEENNNNNIIIIIX!
“Sweet But Psycho” by Ava Max is already playing throughout the speakers, and the camera pans over to the audience where Allen Chaney throws his arms into the air in succession! The camera angle shifts back to the inside of the ring and Jennie takes a moment to celebrate her victory atop the ladder while holding up the briefcase.
BILL DALTON: Jennie did it! Atara and Jennie put everything they had on the line out there, but Jennie is able to take the win! I just hope that both of them are okay after all of that.
DENZEL PORTER: This is going to be a rough month for Atara, though! This means that she can’t say a thing about Greece for ONE MONTH!
THADDEUS DUKE: Oh! This month is going to be great!
DENZEL PORTER: Are you taking notes?
THADDEUS DUKE: I’m just gonna tease her a little bit.
Jennie comes down from the top of the ladder and starts to move the debris from around Atara Raven; when she is up enough, Atara squints her eyes and raises her hand to her head, and she tries to glance around to see what happened. Jennie pulls her to a seated position, and hugs her tightly! Meanwhile, James Raven and Allen Chaney jump the barricade and head over to help the two ladies to the back… James Raven takes over with Atara, and Allen kneels down with his back to Jennie; Jennie hops on, and gets a piggyback ride to the back!
