Main Event
Turmoil Semi-Finals
Gerard Angelo vs. Tatiana Jolee
Ethan Miller: The following is a semi-final match in the 2023 WRESTLER OF THE YEAR TOURNAMENT!!
Chris Avery: This is the most anticipated match in this year's already wild, unpredictable WOTY field! We've seen surprising upsets and we've seen titans fall to unlikely opponents, but tonight, in this main event, we are going to see the AW World Champion take on the one man who has her in his sights the most, the 2023 All-In Briefcase winner!!Billy: Like I said when I went to that steakhouse that served grass-fed, CBD-infused beef, the stakes have never been higher!!Ethan Miller: Introducing first...
The arena’s lights go black, plunging the inside into darkness causing a nervous murmur to flush over the crowd. The ActionTron lights up suddenly, reflecting the night sky over water when stars start flying at the screen with the familiar orchestra music. They turn on the water and fly toward a familiar mountain with the sunrise behind it. The 21 stars form two-thirds of a circle over the mountain but instead of “Paramount”, the cursive font reads “Gerard Angelo” and the crowd fucking boos.
“I CAN’T STOP!”
The lights start to flash as “STOP” repeats repeatedly from different speakers in the arena as the beat builds and then drops.
BOOM
An explosion of gold fireworks goes off.
“I CAN’T STOP!”
The house lights come back on as the hook of “Who Gon Stop Me” rings out through the jam-packed arena as the crowd continues to boo. The lights come back on as Kanye West’s voice serenades the people as they give loud boos, Gerard Angelo is shown standing on stage, back to the crowd, the hood of his hoodie pulled up, right arm raised above his head at an angle, one finger extended. The All-In briefcase is grasped by the handle in his other hand. He throws his hood back with his right hand and spins around to the crowd, one arm extended like he’s absorbing another wave of booing, the other holding the briefcase up, a cocky smirk etched across his face as he surveys the crowd behind his trademark sunglasses, He makes his way down to the ring slowly, brushing off fans and taunting them.
Ethan Miller: From Hollywood, California, weighing in at 225 lbs, he is Mister ALLLLL-IN, the Living Legend, GERARD ANGELO!!
He stops at the ring stairs, slaps the top step before climbing them, and walks to the center of the ring apron, raising the All-In briefcase up to the crowd. Angelo surveys the arena crowd again to another round of boos, and poses, pyro exploding from the four ring posts. Gerard slips through the middle and top rope into the ring. He walks to the opposite ring post, setting the briefcase on the mat before leaping onto the second turnbuckle. Gerry points to the crowd before unzipping his hoodie, which gets more than a few ladies in the audience to scream out, pulling it off and pretending to toss it to the fans before just dropping it on the floor with a smirk. "The Hollywood Hero" hops down, sticking the briefcase in the corner. He removes his sunglasses, placing them on top of the briefcase neatly before he leans back against the turnbuckles, mouthing off to the fans as he starts to stretch.
Chris Avery: What an entrance for the reigning Mister All-In, and remember Billy, he HAS the briefcase in his possession, he can cash it in at any time he wants and pin the champion!
Billy: Yeah but he also wants to go on and win the 2023 Wrestler Of The Year! He wants it ALL!Ethan Miller: And his opponent...
The guitar opening of “Plowed” by Sponge begins to bellow out over the P.A system bringing the attention to the stage as the lights strobe as if in sync with the tempo of the song.
Will I wake up, some dream I made up
No, I guess it's reality
What will change us, or will we mess up
Our only chance to connect with a dream
-KA-BOOM!-
The fireworks explode off the top of the tron bringing the end to the strobes as a spotlight illuminates the figure of Tatiana Jolee standing there. Dressed in her blackout ring attire with matching boots and pads - her hair is pulled up in a bun and she has a black leather jacket with the Canadian flag on the back.
Will I wake up, some dream I made up
No, I guess it's reality
What will change us, or will we mess up
Our only chance to connect with a dream
Say a prayer for me
(Say a prayer for me)
Say a prayer for me
Say a prayer for me
(Say a prayer for me)
I'm buried by the sound
Of a world of human wreckage
In a world of human wreckage
In a world of human wreckage
Where I'm lost and I'm found, and I can't touch the ground
I'm plowed into the sound
To her side steps her manager, Ruby Goldhirsch dressed in a classy business savvy designer outfit, and after a nod to one another, the duo makes their way down the ramp to the ring.
Ethan Miller: Making her way to the ring, accompanied by Ruby Goldhirsch - from Vancouver, British Columbia… TATIANA JOLEE!!
To see wide open with a head that's broken
Hang a life on some tragedy
Plow me under the ground that covers
The message that is the seed
After a quick conversation with Ruby on the outside, TJ walks up the ring steps, gliding across the apron before entering the ring through the middle ropes. She gives the hard camera a smirk and a little wink while removing her jacket before settling into the corner to await the start of her match.
Chris Avery: This may be one of the biggest tests of Jolee's time as champion; She and Gerry have a lot of history, dating back to their battles over the US title last year... but Jolee has really stepped up her game as of late and she wants to show she is a champion that can lead this company into a new era!!
Billy: I mean, she is the one who dethroned Jill Park once and for all and sent her packing in that amazing performance at XIII, this may make a case that Tatiana Jolee IS the Wrestler of the Year!!The bell rings and the match starts off with both parties circling each other warily. Tatiana shoots in for a an amateur takedown attempt, but Angelo spins out of it. For a moment, they jockey for position, and then he sweeps her legs from under her, but before he can mount her, she quickly slips out. She attempts to clamp Angelo in a facelock, but he spins out of it. Tatiana and Angelo square off against each other, in a standoff.
Chris Avery: Angelo is no slouch when it comes to wrestling, but when you think of pure in-ring technicians there are few with the acumen and conditioning of Tatiana.Billy: Angelo is just feeling her out, he's going to get Jolee playing his game here soon!Tatiana fires a flurry of martial arts kicks at Angelo, starting with his hamstrings. Angelo takes a kick to the midsection, and then Tatiana takes Angelo down with a leg sweep and then she slaps on a leg grapevine. Angelo breaks the hold immediately by getting to the ropes. Tatiana lifts Angelo up and gives him a dragon whip, then attempting another, and holding onto his leg she lifts him up, and gives him a third dragon whip, hanging onto his leg before trying for a single leg crab. Angelo won't let Tatiana turn him over, shoving her off. Tatiana goes flying into the corner and hits chest first, and she falls back to the mat. A furious Angelo rolls over to look at Tatiana.
Chris Avery: I think Angelo is seeing that Tatiana has multiple ways to get him!!Angelo axehandles Jolee over the back before she can get up. Angelo takes a moment to boot Tatiana down by the ropes, and then he sticks his boot on Tatiana's throat and begins choking her. He pulls down on the top rope as he pushes down with his boot. The ref warns Angelo, but Angelo ignores him.
Chris Avery: Some fairly rough treatment of our champion so far.Billy: I think Angelo is trying to show Tatiana she ain't seen nothing yet, you thought that a literal barbed wire steel cage with glass shards wrapped hands was bad, he's prepared to get REAL fucked up!Angelo lifts Tatiana up and he goes for an Irish whip. Tatiana ducks a clothesline on the bounce back, then she runs to the ropes and hit Angelo with a flying forearm smash. Tatiana nips up to her feet and as Angelo gets up, she takes him down with a leg lariat. Tatiana drops a headbutt to the abdomen on the prone Angelo, then covers.
The ref: One ... kickout.
Tatiana goes to lift Angelo up but Angelo cuts her off with a stiff European uppercut. Angelo takes a few steps away as he rubs his chin, and then he angrily starts stomping on Tatiana. He lifts her up, and whips her to the turnbuckle. Tatiana hits back first and stumbles out right into a heavy clothesline. Angelo shakes his arm out from the impact. Angelo plants Tatiana on her back with a scoop slam. Angelo lifts Tatiana and powers her down with a snap suplex, and then hangs on to her head as he drags her back up and nails a side suplex. Finally, Angelo drops an elbow across her back, locking in a rear chinlock. The ref checks on Tatiana, who flails her arms around in the air. Angelo drops his rear down on Tatiana's lower back. Tatiana shakes her finger "No," and begins slowly pushing her way to her feet as the crowd claps and cheers her on. Tatiana is pulled up, and Angelo gives her a gutwrench suplex. He covers.
The ref: One... kickout.
Angelo grips Tatiana and locks her in a guillotine chokehold. Tatiana's arm flails. Angelo grinds it in, using his longer legs to coil around the smaller woman. Tatiana refuses to give up, rocking back and forth, so Angelo simply releases the hold. Angelo then lifts Tatiana, hitting a double underhook backbreaker. Angelo lifts Tatiana up, and begins peppering her with right hands, backing his smaller opponent up to the ropes. Tatiana ducks a right and sweeps in and gives him a kick to the hamstring, then another, and another. She tries for one more, but Angelo grabs her foot and flings her around in a circle. Tatiana, dazed, pulls herself up on the ropes. Angelo tells her to come on.
Chris Avery: Not neccessarily a knock against Tatiana, but there's simply no way around it, she gives up a foot of height and a hundred pounds of mass to Angelo.Billy: Size is a relative motherfucker, to anyone else Angelo is a cruiserweight, but against this tiny firecracker he's a plodding behemoth.Tatiana ducks under Angelo's outstretched hands and gives him a forearm shot to the mouth, then she lights up his legs with a few kicks, including a straight stomp right on the knee. Tatiana backs up to the ropes, but as she runs at him for the shotgun dropkick Angelo gives Tatiana a back drop that sends her sailing high into the air and crashing down on the mat. Tatiana shouts in pain and holds her lower back. Angelo lifts her up with ease and plants Tatiana with a scoop slam. Tatiana grits her teeth and hisses in pain, as she holds her lower back. Angelo lifts Tatiana back up, clubbing her over the back a few times, which completely floors Tatiana.
Chris Avery: Gerry is really keeping the pressure up on our World Champion, he wants to wear her down and beat her until she can't get back to her feet.Billy: You gotta figure there's some strategy involved here, if anything else, Gerard is trying to incapacitate Jolee enough that she'd be easy pickings for him to just hand his briefcase in and pick up the scraps.Chris Avery: Can you imagine if Gerard decided to cash in tonight if he has Jolee down for the count, and not only go to the finals of Turmoil but WIN the World Title??Billy: You can see him eyeing that briefcase at ringside, he's thinking about it!Angelo peels Jolee up, and goes to irish whips her to the ropes, however, as she comes back off Angelo swings for a clothesline but Tatiana ducks under it and keeps running to the opposite ropes. She flings herself at Angelo for a Thesz press, but Angelo catches onto her in midair, holding her in a bear hug of sorts before lowering her across his knee with a Manhattan drop. Tatiana sits down on Angelo's knee, as Angelo pulls her into a facelock and drops her to the mat with a DDT. Angelo then rolls over on top of Tatiana, attempting to lock on a cross armbreaker! Tatiana reaches out quickly and scoots to the ropes before the Tearjerker can be fully applied. The ref tells Angelo to break the hold and he does, holding his hands up innocently. Angelo lifts Tatiana up, and whips her into the corner. He comes in looking for a corner splash but Tatiana quickly slips out so that she's halfway onto the apron, sitting on the middle rope with her legs out. Angelo hits the turnbuckle and staggers backwards. He turns towards Tatiana, to one side, and she tilts back and brings her legs up, connecting right in his face. Angelo stumbles back, and Tatiana gets back into the ring. She gets a running start and then dropkicks Angelo right in the knee.
Chris Avery: I think Tatiana has found her own strategy as a way to take Angelo down.Billy: It's like chopping down a lanky redwood that's like 1/4 neck and haircut.Tatiana grabs Angelo's leg and hooks his foot under her arm as if for a DDT and then drops back, slamming in on the mat. Angelo grimaces and holds his leg and knee. Tatiana straightens the leg out and then drops a knee across the leg. Then she puts all her weight on it as she grabs his foot and bends upwards, twisting it. Angelo groans and tries to push her off. He reaches for her, but she moves back out of his reach. Our official for the evening asks if Angelo gives up, but Angelo says no. Angelo swings at her, but again Tatiana moves her head back, as she continues twisting upwards on his leg. Again, the ref asks if Angelo will give up, but he refuses. Finally, Tatiana releases the hold. She gets to her feet and gives Angelo a low straight kick right to the sternum as he sits up. Tatiana pins him.
Chris Avery: Tatiana may have just caved in Gerry's chest with that kick, she is dangerous!The ref: One...
Two... kickout.
Angelo gets to one knee, as Tatiana boots him down a little. Suddenly, Angelo comes out with a European uppercut that nearly knocks her head off. Angelo gets to his feet, limping a bit. Angelo turns Tatiana around and clubs her over the back. He hooks her arms and drills her with a snap dragon suplex. Angelo rests, then sees Tatiana has rolled over to play rope-a-dope by hanging under the bottom ropes. Gerard's face is deadly serious as he paces around, staring at her. Angelo pulls Tatiana back up into a waistlock, and begins giving her a German suplex. Tatiana scrambles over to the ropes and grabs on to the top rope, holding on for dear life and attempting to block it. Angelo clubs her across the back a few times, as he tries to suplex her, but she hangs on. The ref tells them to break it up out of the ropes. Angelo and the ref argue for a moment, as Tatiana continues holding on to the ropes. Angelo finally turns back to Tatiana, who slips out onto the apron and gives Angelo a kick to the midsection. Tatiana then hangs grips Angelo's head and pulls it down, hanging him up throat first on the top rope. Angelo goes stumbling back, holding his throat. Tatiana gets back in the ring and takes Angelo down with a clothesline. Tatiana waits for Angelo to recover, and she attempts to give him a running shotgun dropkick but Angelo ducks his head under it and waits until her leg is perpendicular to his head and then he grip on to it, as he gets to his feet, lifting her up onto his shoulders and throws Jolee off, and as she flips down, she falls right into the path of a ROLLING DISCUS ELBOW SMASH IN MIDAIR! WHAT
Chris Avery: Tatiana had him on the ropes, she's going for the shotgun dropkick, Angelo was able to counter, and - HERO'S WELCOME!!A breathless Angelo covers...
The ref: One...
Two... kickout.
Tatiana rolls outside the ring to recuperate. Angelo follows right behind her. After a moment, Tatiana starts to get to her feet. She makes her way around the ring. Angelo pursues Tatiana around the ring. Tatiana comes around the corner where the announcer table is, and she jumps on the corner of the table just as Angelo comes around the corner by the ringpost. Tatiana jumps back with a springboard forearm knocking her back against the barricade and knocking Angelo back against the ringpost. Angelo then launches himself forward going for a clothesline, but Tatiana ducks and Gerard gets nothing but ringpost. As Angelo backs away from the turnbuckle holding his shoulder, Tatiana takes him down to the padded floor with a springboard legscissor off the ring apron. Angelo rolls to the outside, and the ref is counting them both out. Tatiana rolls back in the ring, staring at Angelo with intense focus. Angelo, meanwhile, is pulling himself up. Tatiana goes for a baseball slide, but Angelo moves out of the way and lets Tatiana go by him. Angelo goes for a clothesline, but again Tatiana ducks. Angelo and Tatiana both rise to a standing position as Angelo wraps his arms around Tatiana's waist and powers her into the ring apron with force, as Tatiana screams.
Chris Avery: Vicious shot by Gerard, driving Tatiana into the apron.The ref has begun counting them out again. Angelo drags a limp Tatiana over to the announce table and begins clearing it off. Avery and Billy scatter. Angelo scoop slams Tatiana onto the announce table, then he walks over and climbs onto the Spanish announce table, gets a running start and gives her a big running leg drop on top of the announce table, and Tatiana is nearly beheaded and rolls off, dropping into a heap on the floor below. The referee is counting... 4... 5... 6...
Chris Avery: The action came right to our doorstep, but we -Billy: Don't hurt me, I bleed easily, I'm a hemophiliac!!Chris Avery: You're a true soldier, Billy.The referee, still counting them both out, is at a count of 8. Angelo quickly walks over and rolls in the ring and back out to break the count. Angelo then rolls Tatiana back into the ring before entering the ring himself. Tatiana grabs her by him arm and attempts to whip him to the ropes, but Angelo resists by planting his feet. He sends her into the far ropes with everything he has. Tatiana hits the ropes fast, so fast in fact that Angelo can't get to his feet completely by the time she returns, and she grabs Angelo around the neck before hitting a spinning neckbreaker on him in the middle of the ring. Tatiana then goes for a Lionsaut, but Angelo gets his knees up and Tatiana hits midsection first across his upstretched knees. Angelo then pulls the dazed Tatiana to her feet as she locks her into an abdominal stretch. Tatiana groans in pain. The bigger Angelo has Tatiana bent into an uncomfortable position. Tatiana reaches out for the ropes but she can't move any closer. Finally, Tatiana brings her foot down and stomps on Angelo's foot. She does it again, and Angelo finally releases the hold just enough for her to drop down and bring her leg up to connect with his face in a Pele kick. Tatiana drops to all fours as Angelo stumbles back. Tatiana pulls herself up, and then she runs to the ropes and when she comes back, Angelo catches her and dumps her with a Spanish fly out of midair!!
Chris Avery: FALLING STAR!!The referee: One...
Two... Kickout.
Frustrated but knowing he has to stay on Jolee, and looking contemplatively out at that briefcase being held by the timekeeper, a hungry Angelo grips the legs, pulls Tatiana's arms back and stretches her with a Mexican surfboard.
Chris Avery: Look at all that weight on Tatiana's back as Angelo twists her body like a pretzel.Billy: She found herself in this predicament on multiple occasions against Jill Park, and that didn't end so well, either. She should just give up while she's ahead.Chris Avery: I think you know that Tatiana is determined never to give up, she didn't stop chasing Jill Park until the end, and she will not give up here, in the Turmoil semifinals, not with so much on the line!!Tatiana shouts in pain and flails her arms around frantically. Angelo sits back on the hold, tightening the chinlock. The ref asks Tatiana if she gives up. Tatiana shouts "No!". Angelo increases the pressure, and she screams, then bites her hand to keep from screaming. The crowd is chanting "Tatiana" over and over. She tries to elbow her way free. Tatiana can't help but to scream at the pressure on her back. Tatiana finally inches forward just enough and pulls herself out, and grabs the bottom rope. The ref tells Angelo to break the hold. Angelo aggressively holds on for just a moment. Finally, he gets to his feet. He and the official argue for a moment. Tatiana gets to her feet at about the same time, only Tatiana is holding her lower back. Angelo walks over toward Tatiana, and Tatiana quickly gives him a spinning back kick to the gut, then jumps up onto the middle rope before hitting a sleeper hold drop. Boh competitors are down momentarily, Angelo jerking and spasming and holding his neck and Tatiana selling the beating from the submission. Tatiana rests, grimacing and holding her lower back. She slowly gets to her feet. Tatiana attempts to lift Angelo up, and goes for a snap suplex, but she is unable to due to Angelo's size and her weakened lower back. Angelo lifts Tatiana up in a hanging chokehold, but Tatiana quickly kicks him in the side of the head as she tries to grab him, and then as she falls Tatiana trips Angelo over like a drop toe hold. Tatiana then applies a falling leglock, contorting Angelo's knee painfully. Angelo screams, and flails her arms. Gerard asks Angelo if he gives up, but Angelo refuses. Finally, Tatiana releases the hold. Tatiana gets to her feet in a bit of pain, and then as Angelo pulls himself up he eats several kicks to the hamstring, and then to the midsection. Angelo shoves Tatiana away, and Tatiana runs off the ropes, only to be caught as Gerard springs off the ropes and comes off with a momentum-shift CUTTER!!
Chris Avery: DIRECTORS CUT!! GERARD MAY BE CLOSING IN ON HIS HOLLYWOOD ENDING!!Angelo covers...
The ref: One...
Two...
Thre - kickout.
Angelo stalks Tatiana as she gets to her feet. Angelo then gives her a gutwrench shoulder backbreaker. He paces around the mat for a second before walking over to the turnbuckle. Then he climbs up onto the top turnbuckle, and sets himself up, pointing and raising his hands to the crowd and calling for the end, and he flings himself out into the air in a beautiful 450, but at the last second Tatiana rolls out of the way. Angelo hits the mat chest first, and he starts pulling himself up on all fours, holding his chest. Then Tatiana quickly takes his head off with a buzzsaw kick. Tatiana paces around, holding her back, and Angelo once again gets to a crouched position, as Tatiana comes running in and gives him a low doublefooted dropkick to the side of the head. Tatiana goes for a cover.
Chris Avery: The champion has Gerard reeling, Gerard is down, and OOOOH what a shot with that SHOTGUN DROPKICK, TO THE TEMPLE!!Billy: This freaky little femme fatale is showing why she's the World Heavyweight champion with this performance!!The referee: One...
Two...
Three - kickout!!
Tatiana waits for Angelo to get to his feet, and then doubles Angelo over with a spinning back kick to the midsection, then she runs off the ropes and hits a running variation of a double knee facebuster, dropping Angelo's face down on her knees. Tatiana holds on for the cover.
Chris Avery: JOLEE WITH THE DOUBLE CLUTCH!! SHE'S CLOSING IN! JOLEE IS GOING TO THE FINALS OF WRESTLER OF THE YEAR!!The referee and the crowd: One...
Two...
Three - Kickout!!
Chris Avery: I truly can't tell who has the edge here, they've gone counter for counter!!Billy: Only ONE person can move on, only ONE person can go on to face Downfall at Turmoil in the FINALS OF WRESTLER OF THE YEAR!!Tatiana wraps her legs around Angelo's throat in a headscissor submission. She begins squeezing with all of her might. Angelo slowly begins looking like he's fading out as Tatiana increases the pressure. Gerard asks if he gives up. Angelo shakes his finger no, but he can't answer as his wind is being cut off. His face is turning bright red. Tatiana shouts for him to give up, and squeezes her legs tighter. Angelo continues to try and pull himself over to release some of the pressure. Tatiana is squeezing her legs against Angelo's throat with all of her might. The ref asks Angelo if he gives up. Angelo shakes his hand no, but he's starting to fade. The crowd is getting behind Angelo slowly but surely, and then he starts pulling himself up. He twists around so that he's facing Tatiana but her legs are still around his neck, and he pulls himself up to a kneeling position as he uses his arm strength to force Tatiana's legs apart, and finally he gets to his feet, grips her legs and then drops back for a catapult, sending her into the turnbuckle. Tatiana rests in the corner, catching her breath, and Angelo also takes a few deep gasps of air. Tatiana runs off the ropes, and then Angelo swings at her for a clothesline but she ducks and keeps running, going right into the corner and running up the turnbuckles until she is on the top rope, then she turns and flies off with a crossbody. However, Angelo steps up and lets fly with a boot nailing her with a superkick IN MIDAIR THAT BOOTS HER OUT OF THE SKY!! JOLEE CRASHES AND BURNS TO THE MAT!!!
Chris Avery: ARE YOU KIDDING ME??The crowd ERUPTS in a "Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit" chant! Gerard, winded, and not sure where he's at, breathlessly collapses, pawing at a decimated Jolee and trying to turn her over, as she's slumped near the ropes. Finally, Angelo pulls a nearly lifeless Tatiana out and pins her as the crowd is stomping and going apeshit with uproaring applause!
Chris Avery: ANGELO WITH THE ONE HIT WONDER, ONE OF THE MOST HELLACIOUS SHOTS I'VE EVER SEEN!!Billy: The accuracy, timing, and precision of that hit were all a thing of beauty, LITERALLY a One Hit WONDER!!The referee and the crowd: One...
Two....
Three... Kickout!
The crowd goes so loud for the kickout that a roar goes all the way up to the rafters, and an exhausted Angelo slumps off of Tatiana, flings his hands up in the air like he can't believe it.
Chris Avery: I don't think Angelo even knew just how much effort he would have to put out to defeat Tatiana.Billy: She refuses to go down!... And you can take that any way you want.Angelo, sweat sticking his hair to his forehead, sits up, painfully, his face beet-red, and he angrily grits his teeth and argues with the ref, telling him it was three. Angelo snaps and gets to his feet, shoving the referee. The ref tells him not to put his hands on him. Angelo starts shouting at him to do his damn job and slaps his hands to illustrate how. The referee and Angelo continue arguing. Slowly, Tatiana gets to her knees, clearing the cobwebs out, and slowly gets up behind Angelo, whips him around by the shoulder and in one smooth motion, hits a jaw crunching spinning backfist to the face of Angelo. He flops back to the mat, and gets up, holding his beautiful cheekbone and inspecting for damage to his money-maker. Tatiana sweeps the legs out from under Angelo and immediately folds him like a pretzel, and she goes back to the leg he had been stomping on a good portion of the match and wrenches it over before locking in a SHARPSHOOTER! Angelo's eyes bug out of his head. Tatiana sits back on the sharpshooter so hard that Angelo's back is bent underneath him. A frenzied Tatiana yells at Angelo to submit.
Chris Avery: I don't believe it, we may see Angelo tap out, he has to tap out, the sharpshooter is locked in!!Billy: HE CAN'T!! THERE'S SO MUCH AT STAKE FOR HIM!Chris Avery: HE HAS TO! HE CAN FIGHT ANOTHER DAY, HE HAS THE ALL-IN BRIEFCASE!!Several long seconds tick by in the hold as it looks for all the world like Gerard is wavering, his hand is hanging over the mat, but he resists tapping out with all of his might as long as he can. Tatiana screams and groans as she holds the submission in, telling Angelo to tap! Angelo refuses, and tries crawling to the ropes!
Chris Avery: HIS HAND IS UP!!Billy: HE JUST NEEDS TO DROP IT ONE MORE TIME, THEN TWO MORE TIMES, TO TAP OUT ON THE MAT!!Instead, Gerard reaches out... AND GRABS THE BOTTOM ROPE! Tatiana slackens the hold, collapsing from the effort of holding on with all of her might, and Angelo holds the bottom rope, groaning in agony and working his legs.
Billy: I can’t believe what we’re seeing!Chris Avery: I can’t believe we’re seeing this out of Gerard Angelo, he has really pushed the World Champion to her limits in this match!!Billy: Hey, we said it before, the importance of this match and the WRESTLER OF THE YEAR FINALS!!. And Angelo wants nothing more than to prove he's the best, to hold all the accolades, to write the ending to his Hollywood story!!As she gingerly sits up, Tatiana is breathing heavily, and she looks outraged by what she’s seeing. She yells at the ref. Then, she goes to lift Angelo up. She drags his dead weight up, clubbing him over the back, and then she goes to irish whip him into the corner. Tatiana follows him in for a splash, but Angelo suddenly moves! Tatiana hits the turnbuckles chest and face first. She stumbles out, holding her mouth, and Angelo hits the ropes perpendicular to her and then meets a stumbling Tatiana by hopping up and drilling her while she's bent over with a CURB STOMP!!
Chris Avery: HOLLYWOOD ENDING!! HOLLYWOOD ENDING!!!Billy: ANGELO IS WRITING A NEW STORY! ANGELO IS GOING TO THE FINALS TO MAKE UP FOR LAST YEAR!!Angelo collapses over Tatiana, sprawling with his shoulder blades over her chest...
The referee and the crowd: ONE...
TWO...
THREE - NO!! KICKOUT!!
Both competitors are laid out on the mat, breathing heavily, and too beaten down from the grueling match to move for several moments, as the crowd is chanting both "THIS IS AWESOME" and "FIGHT FOREVER!!" Like, make your minds up, man. Slowly, as the referee checks on both competitors and makes sure this match wouldn't end in something as cheesy as a double countout, at length, both competitors start making their way to their feet, and Gerard fires first with a European uppercut which knocks Tatiana stumbling. Angelo grits his feet in frustration at Tatiana and he lifts her up, clubbing her over the back, which knocks her down subsequently. Angelo grips Tatiana's head between his legs as the crowd is building a "GERRY" chant, but as he pulls her up, she pulls her head loose in midair and twists around behind Angelo, kicking him in the back of the leg and then as he drops to one knee, she runs and uses his knee as a springboard to hit a shining wizard right to the temple. Angelo drops down to the mat. Tatiana rests, using the ropes to hold herself up, and motions for Angelo to get up, and when he does, stumbling on spaghetti legs and moving in a bumblebee unsteady pattern, he stumbles RIGHT into the waiting grasp of Tatiana, who drops down with an out-of-nowhere CODEBREAKER!!
Chris Avery: AND ANOTHER DOUBLE CLUTCH!!Tatiana rolls over, exhausted, and hooks the leg.
The referee and the crowd: ONE...
TWO...
THREE!!
DING DING DING
Ethan Miller: Here is your winner and advancing to the 2023 WRESTLER OF THE YEAR FINALS... TATIANA JOLEE!!!
"Plowed" by Sponge hits on the PA, as a completely spent Tatiana falls off of Angelo and collapses to the mat, before she starts pushing herself up, nearly beside herself with emotion.
Chris Avery: JOLEE HAS DONE IT! JOLEE HAS DONE IT!! WHAT A MAIN EVENT!!Billy: WHAT A WIN FOR THE WORLD CHAMP!! SHE BEAT ANGELO IN ONE OF THE BEST CLASH MAIN EVENTS OF THE YEAR!!Angelo, still stunned and too shocked to react, rolls out of the ring and stumbles blindly. He stares blankly back in the ring, as Tatiana Jolee is handed the AW World Title and holds it up, sweat and tears running down her face.
Chris Avery: Take absolutely nothing away from Gerard Angelo tonight! He brought his best effort and took the World Champ to her LIMIT!Billy: He holds that All-In Briefcase and he can cash it in at any time, and he knows what Tatiana is capable of!Angelo snatches the All-In case from ringside and holds it tight against his chest. Tatiana stands in the ring, holding up the World title and telling him to come on.
Suddenly...
The lights in the arena start cutting off, section by section, and going dark with a CHOOM, CHOOM, CHOOM. Several uneasy, tense second pass by, as Tatiana and Ruby Goldhirsch stand in the ring, watching the entrance, and Gerard Angelo stands outside the ring, clutching the All-In briefcase... and then... as the lights come back up, DOWNFALL is standing on the top of the ramp. His wolf skull mask is perched on the top of his brow, and his crowbar is clenched in his right hand, leaned against his shoulder and back of his neck, but he swaggers out to stare intently down the ring at Tatiana Jolee.
Chris Avery: We have confirmation! The main event of Turmoil will be the Wrestler of the Year Finals, TATIANA JOLEE WILL FACE DOWNFALL!!
Billy: For the third year in a row, Downfall has willingly committed acts of violence and near murder to get to the finals and clinch his spot! What is going to happen at Turmoil??Chris Avery: And Jolee is not backing down!! JOLEE IS STANDING HER GROUND!Jolee holds the World Title belt up to Downfall, and makes motions that she is waiting for him. Downfall points the tip of the crowbar at her. The two have a heated staredown, and exchange some choice words.