The Dirge Is Here, guys!
We fade into the Crypto.com Arena and the fans are murmuring in excitement.
Things take a quick turn to the negative when a series of church bells begins to play on the PA.
Jimmy Garcia: We saw this group participate in the CruiserHavoc.Lexi Stone: And suffice to say, things did not end the way any of them intended.Once the bells begin to fade out, we can hear the guitar of "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult take over. Once the verse starts, Max f'n Daemon steps out onto the stage. He is absent his solo cup as well as his typical smirk. He tentatively raises his left and right hands. Roddy Zalez steps out with a lack of a smirk as well to the right while Doc Knockem walks out looking tall and stoic on Max's left.
Lexi Stone: This group looking serious tonight…Once they are present, Max nods his head once and they start making their way down to the ring. Doc ignores the fans on his left while Roddy taunts and mocks the fans on his right. Max keeps his eyes focused on the ring.
Jimmy Garcia: Max made it clear before CruiserHavoc that if they were not successful, he was going to eliminate weakness from The Dirge. And with the looks on these three men, it’s hard to say what in particular is on their mind.Once they reach ringside, Roddy hops onto the apron. He does a flip over the top rope, landing nearby. Max follows him onto the apron, but steps onto the top and middle ropes. He stares a hole into hard camera before hopping down. Doc enters the ring solemnly. The trio step into the middle of the ring, Doc posted behind Max and Roddy. The lights suddenly go out. When they come back on, Kitsumi is seated on her knees in front of them, a serious expression crossing her face.
Doc grabs a microphone from ringside even as the crowd continues their torrent of boos. He hands it off to Max as the faction poses as such.
Roddy on the left, Max in the middle, Doc behind him, and Kitsumi on the left.
Max takes a few more moments before speaking.
Max Daemon: I’m gonna ignore your boos…and jeers…Despite his words, they continue their boos…and jeers…
Max Daemon: Because tonight something big is gonna happen. Ya’ see…CruiserHavoc did not end the way any of us intended. Both I, Roddy, and Kitsumi all found ourselves eliminated from the match long before any of us desired.This gets a positive reaction from the crowd.
Max Daemon: And since then I’ve had…an epiphany. I knew that if this experiment was going to continue…I would have to…eradicate, the weak…links. I’ve done some thinking…and I realized…that if I have to start over as a reset…than man…there’s nothing more cathartic…than a hard…fuckin…reset.With little build-up or recognition, Max suddenly unleashes a Superkick to Roddy!
Jimmy Garcia: Whoa!Lexi Stone: What the hell…?Doc and Kitsumi are both shocked, but it’s the former who reacts first. He shakes his head in anger before going for a clothesline.
Jimmy Garcia: Max just Superkicked Roddy!Lexi Stone: And the Rulers clearly have no idea what’s going on!Max ducks and capitalizes with a swift kick to Doc’s nether region!
Jimmy Garcia: An Attack to the Groinal Region!Lexi Stone: Ain’t that just a kick to the dick?!Doc hits his knees and holds his groin close.
Jimmy Garcia: Max not taking prisoners!The smirk on Max’s face returns even as Kitsumi turns him around.
Lexi Stone: Kitsumi looking for revenge!She goes for a right fist, but Max again ducks under it. When they both become stationary, Max blasts the still active microphone into her face! The loud pop of the mic meeting her forehead echoes throughout the arena.
Jimmy Garica: Mamma mia what a collision! That mic just collided hard with Kitsumi’s face!She falls to her knees, but Max is quick to grab a handful of her hair.
Lexi Stone: Max not done with this. Not by a long shot.With the smirk still alive and well, Max grabs Kitsumi by the back of her tights while maintaining the grip on the hair. He then throws her shoulder first into a nearby turnbuckle post.
Jimmy Garcia: Max has plans in motion here and I’m very afraid to witness what those plans are.She collapses right after onto the apron and then onto the floor with a loud thud.
Lexi Stone: Just absolutely careless for the partners, the confidantes he held close in weeks prior!Max turns around to give the hard camera a smirk and a wink. He pulls his hair behind his head before blasting another Superkick to Doc!
Jimmy Garcia: And ANOTHER Superkick! This time to Doc!Constantly on the move, Max rolls out of the ring. He makes his way over to Ethan Miller. Ethan uses his brain and gets out of the way.
Lexi Stone: Ethan being smart and letting Max do his thing.Max sees this and grabs him by the shoulder. He flashes another smirk before tossing him back into Jimmy’s lap.
Lexi Stone: Oh come on now!Jimmy Garcia: Ethan, are you alright man?! What the hell’s wrong with you?!While staring at Jimmy and Ethan, Max folds up the latter’s steel chair.
Lexi Stone: And now he has a weapon…He walks over to the prone form of Kitsumi and raises the weapon high.
Jimmy Garcia: Max with that chair—!He sends the chair down onto her spine, the sound of metal meeting flesh ringing off the speakers.
Jimmy Garcia:—as it crashes into Kitsumi’s back!He isn’t done. Max grabs Kitsumi by the hair and forces her onto her feet.
Lexi Stone: This is wrong! She’s only a kid, Max!Max speaks a few course words for Kitsumi that the camera luckily doesn’t pick up.
Jimmy Garcia: I don’t what he just told her, but there’s no way it’s suitable for broadcast.He places the top of the folded steel chair into her throat. He points towards the turnbuckle post, his plan obvious.
Jimmy Garcia: Oh come on Max, no!But before he can execute said plan, Roddy comes out of nowhere with a suicide dive!
Lexi Stone: Thank God Roddy just came in outta nowhere!Jimmy Garcia: Roddy might’ve just saved Kitsumi’s life!Roddy unleashes lefts and rights to Max. While doing so, he gingerly picks him up and carelessly tosses him into the nearby steel steps!
Lexi Stone: Roddy not caring about safety, not caring about being partners! Max came for Roddy’s friends, Roddy’s gonna come for Max’s life!The steps go flying apart, but Roddy grabs Max’s head and sends him into the barricade back first.
Jimmy Garcia: Roddy sending Max all over ringside!Roddy unleashes a few more right fists to Max, but this allows him to shove the Young Dynasty away.
Lexi Stone: Ah, Roddy still a bit dazed from that Superkick perhaps…?Max tries to flee, but Roddy grabs him by the skinny jeans.
Jimmy Garcia: Max like a coward trying to get the hell outta here!Max goes for a back elbow, but Roddy ducks, blasting a few more right fists into his face.
Lexi Stone: Right fists meeting face! Let’s go Roddy!Max gingerly leans against the announce table. Roddy takes a few steps back before charging.
Jimmy Garcia: Roddy going for Max—!But Max throws Roddy overhead!
Lexi Stone:—but Max reverses it—!But Roddy lands standing on the announce table!
Jimmy Garcia:—but Roddy’s still standing!Max turns around and sees Roddy standing tall. He dives for Max—who now kicks HIM in the balls mid-air!
Jimmy Garcia: Oh god another kick to the dick!Lexi Stone: Max isn’t looking for mercy here! He’s looking for eradication!Roddy collapses to his knees and Max proves it difficult to get his leg free for a few moments. Once he does, he stumbles back into the announce table.
Jimmy Garcia: Stay the hell away from us…Max turns and charges for Kitsumi, hitting her with a quick knee to the back of the head!
Jimmy Garcia: Mamma mia, the Ivory half just reeled Kitsumi there!Lexi Stone: And I think the impact face first into the floor might’ve hurt more!Max flings his hair back and picks up the steel chair from before. He rolls into the ring, watching as Doc tries to get to his feet via the ropes.
Jimmy Garcia: And now Doc trying to stand, but Max right there to meet him!Max adjusts the chair and blasts him in the spine with it. The suit does nothing to stop the pain and Doc falls back into the middle rope.
Lexi Stone: Another chair shot to the back!With no surcease, Max slides under the bottom rope, chair still in hand, and grabs Kitsumi’s arm.
Jimmy Garcia: Come on Max, she’s just a kid!Lexi Stone: She’s not even twenty yet!He folds the steel chair around the arm before slamming it onto the floor.
Jimmy Garcia: What is this sick bastard doing?!He keeps the arm trapped in it for a few moments by stepping on the chair before placing a well-timed sole of a boot in between her pleading eyes.
Lexi Stone: Let her go man, come on!Max rips the top of the announce table, throwing it onto Roddy, who flails his arms blindly to remove it.
Jimmy Garcia: Get away from us!Max grabs one of the monitors and rips the cord out. He holds it close before blasting Roddy in the stomach with it. Roddy collapses to the floor, holding abdomen close.
Lexi Stone: Max going for vital parts and every shot with purpose.Roddy tries to grab onto Max’s shoes, so Max carelessly kicks him away.
Jimmy Garcia: Roddy not giving up any of this without a fight, that’s for damn sure.Max rips the cords out of the other monitor before throwing it at the prone body of Kitsumi. She ignores the chair still wrapped around her left arm.
Lexi Stone: God, just to think what Max might’ve had planned THERE—?!Lexi reacts to Max as he grabs the first monitor and tosses it into the ring. He aims for Doc, but misses and it skids past him to the floor on the opposite side.
Jimmy Garcia: He doesn’t care who he hits! He’s aiming for the Rulers, but any casualties are irrelevant to him!Max looks around before grabbing the top portion of the steel steps Roddy had previously thrown him into.
Lexi Stone: Just stop this assault!He approaches Kitsumi with vigor, but with equal intention, turns around and blasts a kneeling Roddy in the face with it.
Jimmy Garcia: Roddy dared and had the gall to fight back, and steel steps to the face are his reward!He walks back over to Kitsumi and stands over her trapped arm. His foot stands on the chair to prevent her escape even as he holds the steps up.
Lexi Stone: Max no!Jimmy Garcia: Drop the fucking stairs man!He then steps off just as he throws them down! Steps meet chair! Chair meets bone!
Lexi Stone: Oh my god!Jimmy Garcia: Mamma mia I heard that snap!Kitsumi throws the chair off and begins to wail unendingly. She flails around ringside, holding her clearly broken arm close.
Lexi Stone: Oh god…oh god…Jimmy Garcia: He just broke that kid’s arm! What the hell is wrong with you?!Max sees Roddy starting to stand despite the pain inflicted on him, or perhaps reinvigorated by the sounds of his tag team partner’s cries.
Lexi Stone: He just broke…oh god…Max flings the apron skirt up before grabbing another steel chair.
Jimmy Garcia: Max saw Roddy rising, and I guess he can’t have that!With little care, Max adjusts his grip and his placement in front of Roddy. This all leads to a SICK chair shot that bends the seat of the chair in half and sends Roddy to the floor!
Jimmy Garcia: That chair shot was the stiffest son of a bitch I’ve ever seen! That sound alone was heard in Inglewood!The camera waits a few moments to adjust before catching the HUGE rush of blood that is now pouring out of Roddy’s forehead!
Lexi Stone: And now the blood. Holy shit Jimmy! First the kid’s arm, now the potential blood bloss?!Jimmy Garcia: Max doesn’t believe in mercy!Max looks at the chair with a smirk even as Roddy turns over, revealing the blood that pours out of his face like a faucet.
Jimmy Garcia: Oh god…and if this is him cutting out the weak link, than what other sick, twisted shit can he come up with?!Max throws the chair into the ring before grabbing the back of Roddy’s head. He slams him face first onto the announce table.
Jimmy Garcia: Get him out of here! Stop this shit!The blood pours onto the cleared announce table to a horrid extent.
Jimmy Garcia: Are you crazy?! Are you out of your mind?! It’s over man!Hearing Jimmy yelling at him, Max grabs him by the tie. He pulls him close, saying a few choice words before ripping the headset off of the play-by-play’s head. He puts it on and begins to speak while grabbing the hair of Roddy.
Max Daemon: Oh this is disgusting? This is sick, vile, cruel, vicious, inhumane? No fuckin shit it is Jimmy! What the fuck are YOU gonna do about it? Huh?!Max sends a few errant right fists into Roddy’s wound, causing the blood to spread onto his clenched fist.
Max Daemon: Nothing?! Yeah! Nothing! Not a goddamn thing! So sit there and call this shit!Max grabs the headset and throws it back at Jimmy. He starts to head back, but not before turning around and wiping the blood from Roddy’s wound onto Jimmy’s face.
Jimmy Garcia: Oh god!Lexi Stone: This is absolutely disgusting!Jimmy Garcia: Somebody get me a towel and some water!With that Max, slides back into the ring. He grabs the previously used chair and stomps on it. It mostly fixes the chair back to normal.
Lexi Stone: Max going for used hardware, the same one that smashed Roddy’s face in!The smirk returns as he grabs the chair close. He waits for Doc to rise, before slamming him in the back with the chair once more.
Lexi Stone: And again into the back!He lets the chair drop before stepping back. He slaps his knee a few times, waiting impatiently for Knockem to rise.
Jimmy Garcia: Max going for another Superkick…can I get some water here?!Once Doc is up and turns around, Max pulls the trigger, going for the Superkick—
Lexi Stone: Superki—!—that Doc catches!
Jimmy Garcia: Doc still in this!The scowl on Max’s face deepens as Doc starts unleashing hard hitting right fists to Max.
Lexi Stone: The right hands of a barfighter!Jimmy Garcia: They don’t call him hard hitting for nothing!Doc lets out a left jab before returning with a HARSH right to Max’s chin that takes him to the mat!
Lexi Stone: Left jab, right fist!Jimmy Garcia: That same combination that knocked him against Conor McGregor and the same one that put him out against Kai Morgan in SPLAT!’s Quantum MMA debut!Doc throws his suit jacket off. He tosses it against the ropes before ripping the dress shirt in half, sending buttons flying. It hangs haphazardly from his torso before raising his right arm.
Lexi Stone: Let’s go! Let’s do it!Doc pulls it down and cocks the elbow before charging—!
Jimmy Garcia: Doc goin for the elbow!But Max ducks it! He grabs the chair on the way back up, so when Doc turns around, he receives a point of the chair to the abdomen.
Lexi Stone: But Max just too healthy compared to Doc.Max flings his hair back before getting behind Doc. He adjusts the chair, and sets a target.
Jimmy Garcia: And again to the back!But he adjusts it mid-strike and smacks the chair into the back of Doc’s head!
Lexi Stone: Oh god!Jimmy Garcia: That no good bastard! He changed targets!Doc collapses face first into the mat, no doubt out as blood starts to form on the mat from the impact!
Lexi Stone: That sick fuck! Not the back of the head!Jimmy Garcia: The one spot no other wrestler should ever go for!Max isn’t done and raises the chair up, striking Doc in the back of the head again even as he lies against the mat!
Jimmy Garcia: And again!Lexi Stone: There’s an unspoken agreement NEVER to go for the back of the head!Max turns towards the stage and tosses the chair away, sending it flying out onto the ramp with a loud clang.
Jimmy Garcia: Whoa look out!As he turns around, he is met halfway with a flying dropkick by Roddy!
Jimmy Garcia: Let’s go Roddy!Lexi Stone: Kick his ass!Roddy reaches his feet and flexes, causing more blood to flow out of his face and onto his chest, all of which is nothing but crimson.
Jimmy Garcia: Pure adrenaline, but I don’t give a damn! Ride that wind!The crowd actually begins to cheer pretty loudly as Roddy slaps his bloody chest a few times.
Lexi Stone: With the crowd behind him, Roddy is looking for some vengeance!He grabs Max by the back of the head, lifting him up face-to-face. He then unleashes a HUGE wad of spit in between Max’s eyes!
Jimmy Garcia: Oh that was nasty, but BOY was it real!Roddy lets go and slaps Max stiff as fuck!
Lexi Stone: Ah man this whole damn thing turned nasty and disgusting!He reels back and sends a STRONG back hand!
Jimmy Garcia: Slaps and back hands!Roddy sends stiff as fuck slaps and strong back hands into Max’s head a few more times, before kicking him in the gut.
Lexi Stone: He paused!Roddy grabs Max’s right arm, throwing it behind his head.
Jimmy Garcia: For Dynasty Reborn!But before Roddy can hit it, Max grabs Roddy’s hair.
Jimmy Garcia: Oh no the hair!Lexi Stone: Neither of these men will have any love left anymore!He pulls the hair as he can to get free of the hold.
Jimmy Garcia: Max using the hair, using street like tactics!Once the two men are again eye-to-eye, Max smirks before spitting in Roddy’s face.
Lexi Stone: Harsh receipt!Max readjusts the position into a dragon sleeper before nailing a sudden Devil Trigger.
Jimmy Garcia: Devil Trigger! The Devil Trigger might’ve just ended Roddy’s run here!Both men hit the mat, but it’s Max that is able to get up first, smirk still present.
Lexi Stone: Can this finally be over? Please?!Max slides out of the ring and grabs the chair that was used to break Kitsumi’s arms. He wails continue to haunt the arena even as EMT’s begin to attend to her.
Jimmy Garcia: That’s a loaded weapon!Lexi Stone: Please be careful with the kid!Max gets back in the ring and unfolds the chair. He sets it dead center.
Jimmy Garcia: Max with brutal intentions on his mind!He then forces Roddy up via his right arm. Once standing, Max adjusts him back to a dragon sleeper.
Lexi Stone: Oh come on!With one more look towards the hard camera, he leaps and hits a modified Devil Trigger through the steel chair!
Jimmy Garcia: Another Devil Trigger! This time through the chair! This bastard just harkened back to The Dirge’s formation!The seat breaks off after all the abuse, sending Roddy to the mat.
Jimmy Garcia: This bastard just harkened back to The Dirge’s formation!EMTs, referees, and security enter the ring to separate Max even as he smirks down at everyone.
Lexi Stone: Good! Get him out of here!The appropriate parties attend to the Rulers’ injuries as Max slides out of the ring.
Jimmy Garcia: Finally! The assault is done!He walks up the ramp, flipping off a few members of the audience all with a smirk.
Jimmy Garcia: And Max, as loving as ever!He reaches halfway up the ramp before stopping.
Lexi Stone: No…He shakes his head a few times, looking to the nearest camera and giving it a “tsk tks” with appropriate finger gesture.
Lexi Stone: Max! Please, no! You’ve already done more than enough!With a loud, audible exhale, Max turns around and rushes back to the ring.
Jimmy Garcia: He’s coming back for more?!He slides in and punches out a litany of security and referees who try to stop him.
Jimmy Garcia: Mamma fuck it! That’s a lot of fines!Zebras go flying out of the ring and guards in black fall to the mat from punches and kicks by Max.
Lexi Stone: Max not giving a shit anymore!Things get dark when Max sends a boot into the side of an EMT’s head. The head EMT backs the rest of them up.
Jimmy Garcia: Get this man out of here! I want him arrested!Lexi Stone: That’s probably a lawsuit! For both AW and Max!They look angrily at Max even as he meets their eyes. He grabs Roddy by the back of his head, forcing him up.
Jimmy Garcia: Thank god for Haven at least getting them back!Lexi Stone: Is there history there?!Jimmy Garica: They used to date until she came to her senses and dumped his ass!
A distracted Max, still focusing on the head EMT, isn’t privy to a few shots that Roddy dishes out.
Lexi Stone: Roddy still fighting!Max isn’t having it and promptly tosses Roddy over the top rope, sending him crashing to the floor with a reverbing thud!
Jimmy Garcia: But it’s all in vain! Max just sent Roddy careening to the floor!Max hops out of the ring and joins his former partner. He grabs Roddy by the hair, forcing him up and holding him close.
The camera catches glimpses of what Max says, telling Roddy
“you’re a piece of shit! A nobody! A fucking joke!”Max regains his smirk before tossing Roddy face first into the turnbuckle post.
Jimmy Garcia: Was there ever anything there?! What the hell is wrong with him?!Roddy can’t move as he hugs the post just to remain standing. The blood continues to flow, covering the ringside area and anything Roddy is near.
Lexi Stone: Just stop this! It’s more than done!Max grabs Roddy’s dress pants, pulling him back. Max shakes his head and slams Roddy face first onto the announce table.
Jimmy Garcia: Come on you fuck stop this!Jimmy throws his bloody towel at Max. Roddy rolls onto his back, staring up at the lights and barley conscious.
Max takes the towel and wipes some of Roddy’s blood with it. He then tosses it at Lexi’s face.
Lexi Stone: What the fuck?!Jimmy Garcia: Get out of here!Max moves towards Jimmy, shoving him out of the way and to the floor.
Lexi Stone: Are you out of your mind?!Max doesn’t care for Lexi’s words, instead opting to climb onto the barricade behind them.
He flings his hair back, giving the crowd, the cameras, the commentators, the referees, EMTs, guards, everyone a resounding pair of middle fingers each before diving with a splash that sends both men through the announce table!
Lexi Stone: Max just sent himself and Roddy through our table!Jimmy Garcia: And an exclamation point!Max gets up quickly, stumbling a bit on some cords.
Lexi Stone: That cameraman better watch himself!He sees it and turns towards the cameraman.
Jimmy Garcia: God I hope he didn’t hear you…Max shakes his head and grabs the camera, sending a quick right hand to the cameraman’s face. This sends him to the floor.
Lexi Stone: That’s potentially another lawsuit!We get the shot of the camera in Max’s hands as he readjusts and begins speaking into it.
Max Daemon: Hey Joey! In case it wasn’t fuckin obvious…this is my last day on CruiserClash! I fuckin quit your B show!The camera is followed even as Max launches it into the unconscious head of Roddy.
Jimmy Garcia: Jesus! Come on man!Max makes his way towards the back, smirking and flipping everyone off along the way.
Jimmy Garcia: What an absolutely heinous set of actions by Max Daemon!Lexi Stone: It’s fucking sick.Jimmy Garcia: We just witnessed the destruction of the Dirge!Lexi Stone: Eradication more like…The sounds of Kitsumi crying as her broken arm is intended do is heard and seen.
Jimmy Garcia: The sick bastard broke the arm of a 19 year old girl…!Lexi Stone: Unforgivable.The back of Doc’s bleeding head is treated gingerly as a stretcher approaches is seen.
Jimmy Garcia:…Doc’s probably got a serious concussion…!Lexi Stone: I can’t believe it. Twice—TWICE to the back of the head!Finally, Roddy unconscious in a blood of continuously flowing blood is seen in front of Jimmy and Lexi.
Jimmy Garcia: And Roddy lost so much blood here tonight! All three of the Rulers need to go to the hospital! And it’s all thanks to that sick piece of shit! And I’m sorry for my language, but fuck Max Daemon!The last sight we see is Max giving the audience one last middle finger before heading to commercial.