Co-Main Event
Carter Shaw, Lissie Hope & Ash Blake vs. The Following
Adilene Floyd: Ladies and gentlemen, your main event tonight is a tag team match! Entering first…“Midnight City” by M83 plays out through the arena speakers, and Ash Blake, Lissie Hope and Carter Shaw emerge from backstage-but they’re almost instantaneously jumped by their opponents in tonight’s tag team match, The Following! Kemp and DiVito put boots to Hope and Blake while CJ Phoenix throws Shaw into the crowd and follows him out! DiVito and Kemp direct traffic and run Hope and Blake into the ring, the referee refusing to start the match as the four competitors in the ring begin beating the ever-living shit out of one another!
Chris Avery: SHITFIRE! This one’s off to an insane start, and we see Kemp throwing Blake to the outside of the ring and getting a running start for a SLIDING DROPKICK to send the World Heavyweight Champion into the barricades on the outside! Hope and DiVito are alone in the ring, and with them as legal men-this contest starts!DING! DING! DING!
Dandy lines up a woozy Lissie and gets a running start from the corner for a Mushroom Stomp to the back of Hope’s head, but Hope manages to counter and catch Dandy on her shoulders, getting a running start and dropping him forward with a modified Gory Special! She traps both arms in a Butterfly Hold-she’s looking for the Crown of Thorns out the gate-but Dandy manages to evade it! Dandy throws a rough punch to the side of Lissie’s head, and then a pump knee into her jaw! He whips her into the corner, and gets a running start for a dropkick into the corner-
-but Lissie ducks out of the way! Dandy manages to catch himself before he crashes and burns, but Lissie’s able to catch him with a roundhouse kick to the skull, followed up by a spinning back elbow! Dandy’s stuck in the corner, and Lissie RAMS his head into the top turnbuckle before going for a rolling German Suplex-and she SPIKES Dandy on top of his fucking head! Dandy’s rolling to hold his neck, and Lissie gets a running start for a BASEMENT DROPKICK TO THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD! Dandy’s down, and Lissie rolls him through for a cover, hooking both legs!
ONE!
TW-NO!
Chris Avery: Not enough to put Dandy away, not yet at least!Billy: And Dandy’s coming back to his feet-not by choice-as Lissie pulls him up for a snapped suplex! But she can’t get it! Dandy fights her off with a rough right hook that nearly stuns her! He sends Lissie back into the ropes, and gets a running start-dropkick!The dropkick sends Lissie Hope out onto the apron, and DiVito’s right out after her, rough punches to the head and chops across the chest aplenty. Divito keeps up on Lissie, a brutal striking-based offensive deluge that keeps Hope from maintaining any form of an attack. However, as Dandy pulls Lissie in for a DDT onto the apron-a call from the crowd surprises him as Carter Shaw throws CJ Phoenix into him with a massive FALCON ARROW! Dandy’s rocked, and Carter pulls him down from the apron and into a Vertical Lift as Lissie gets into position-AND THEY HIT A ROUNDHOUSE/BRAINBUSTER COMBINATION INTO THE APRON! Dandy flattens himself out as Carter shoves him back into the ring, allowing Lissie to dive onto him for a pin!
ONE!
TWO!!
Chris Avery: Closer-but still no cigar!Dandy tries to get back to his feet as Shaw tags in off of Hope, who dives onto Kyle Kemp as Kemp tries to put Blake away before she’s even had an opportunity to tag in! Shaw puts the boots to DiVito early, and tries for another Brainbuster, but DiVito manages to counter at the exact right time, coming over and out onto the apron! Shaw swings around-INTO A SPRINGBOARD FOREARM FROM DIVITO THAT SENDS HIM TO THE GROUND! Divito rolls through the impact, grabbing hold of Shaw’s arms and rolling him through in a double underhook before popping up into a LEAPING BUTTERFLY DDT! Shaw crumples as his head hits the ground, and Dandy covers!
ONE!
Billy: BUT SHAW’S OUT AT ONE!Chris Avery: I’m not sure if Dandy really expected a win off of that move-clearly Shaw’s dance with CJ Phoenix didn’t do too much damage!Dandy drags Shaw up, and looks to the Following’s corner, where CJ Phoenix has gotten back to his feet! Dandy goes to whip Shaw into the corner, likely looking for a tag and a combo maneuver off of it, but Shaw manages to counter and whips Dandy back into the corner, before getting a running start and sending CJ Phoenix off the side with a brutal bicycle kick, before whirling back around and NAILING Dandy with a wicked chop across the chest! Shaw whips Dandy into Philidor’s corner, and gets a running start for a leaping Yakuza Kick that nearly takes Dandy’s head off! Shaw postures for a moment, feeling as though victory’s in his grasp, before tagging to the returning Ash Blake! Blake goes to the top rope as Hope enters the ring, and both Shaw and Hope hit a wicked Sideslam Backbreaker onto the knees to Dandy, before Blake comes in hot with a brutal Double Stomp that nearly breaks Dandy’s neck!
Billy: PHILIDOR HOLDINGS WORKING AS ONE!Shaw drags Dandy out of the corner, allowing Ash Blake to hook both legs!
ONE!
TWO!!
THREE!!!
NO!!! KYLE KEMP BREAKS IT UP WITH A DIVING STOMP AT THE LAST MINUTE! And Kemp drags Blake to her feet, throwing her into the ropes and looking to send her out onto the apron once again! Dandy rolls to his corner, allowing CJ Phoenix to tag in as Kemp fights off all three members of Philidor Holdings for a brief moment! Phoenix joins him shortly after, however, and NAILS Carter Shaw with the Javelin as Kemp takes Hope out with Justice-sending her careening from the apron to the outside! Kemp follows up with another baseball slide dropkick that sends Lissie back into the barricade as the Hardcore Champion gets his moment to shine! Phoenix lines up for a PyroPiston to a recovering Ash Blake, who’s pulled herself back into the ring! She spots him, but he gets a running start for the Punt Kick-
-and Blake manages to catch Phoenix on her shoulders, impressively! She drops him down into position for an Enziguri, catching him in the side of the head and sending him to his knees before she follows up with a NASTY double stomp to the back of the neck! Blake drags Phoenix back to his feet, and goes to the ropes to look for a Chapter 11, but Phoenix catches her as she comes down and drops her BACK with a nasty backdrop driver! Lissie Hope tries to interfere, but eats a Talon Kick for her troubles, sending her to the outside once again! Phoenix looks to Blake, and gets a running start to NAIL her with the PyroPiston Kick, but he’s not done yet, instead leaping up to the middle rope for a Phoenix Splash! He’s ready to come down hard onto the World Heavyweight Champion!
Chris Avery: But-CARTER SHAW!!!Billy: SHAW JUST TOOK PHOENIX OUT WITH A LEAPING SUPERKICK! And now, he’s up on the top rope-CONCUSSION PROTOCOL! Phoenix might be out! He falls back into the ring, and Blake dives onto him for a cover! She hooks both legs!ONE!
TWO!!
THREE!!!
NO!!! PHOENIX KICKS OUT! SOMEHOW, SOME WAY! PHILIDOR HOLDINGS ARE BESIDE THEMSELVES! Kemp drags Shaw to the outside while Lissie and Dandy trade hands, leaving Blake and Phoenix alone in the ring! Blake tries to formulate her next plan of action as Phoenix recovers, slowly but surely! Blake grabs Phx by the waistband but Phx breaks free and hits a PELE KICK sending Black down to her corner! That's when Shaw tags himself in after throwing Kemp down and slides in!
Phoenix stands up and Shaw goes for a clothesline but Phoenix ducks and hits Shaw with a takedown onto the canvas and fires up! He turns and jumps over to Dandy who is getting on the apron! Dandy comes in and sizes Shaw up but Lissie jumps to the apron! Dandy turns and knocks her back off the apron and she crashes down onto Ash who was just getting up!
Dandy has the crowd on his side, turns and Shaw ducks the attack from Dandy and turns Dandy around and goes for a kick but Dandy blocks that shit and shoves Shaw back! Dandy sizes up Shaw and rushes at him but Kemp tries to hit Shaw from behind but Shaw sidesteps and Dandy and Kemp collide in the ring!! Kemp crashes back into the turnbuckles and IS PISSED. Dandy is yelling at him to move and CJ Phoenix gets in the middle of them!
Billy: WHAT IS HAPPENING?!Phoenix turns around and Blake BUSTS Phoenix in the back of the head with a clubbing blow! Dandy goes to hit Blake but she ducks and Lissie hits a bicycle kick to the head of Dandy causing him to stumble back towards the middle of the ring as Blake and Lissie hit a back elbow and forearm smash on Kemp in the corner!
Dandy stumbles.. INTO A SIMPLY PUT BY CARTER SHAW!!
Billy: ITS OVER!!Shaw covers with both legs!!
ONE!!
TWO!!
THREE!!
DING DING DING
Billy: PHILIDOR HOLDINGS IS VICTORIOUS!!The music hits as Lissie and Blake slide back into the ring and help Shaw to his feet who stands up and talks trash over Dandy's body!
Chris Avery: The Following well apart there at the end! Carter Shaw took advantage!
Billy: Shaw has pinned Dandy once again!! How many Former World Champions can Carter keep pinning and beating here on Clash?!Philidor embrace and pose like they normally do before they exit the ring!
Billy: Ash Blake holding that AW World Championship tightly and how can she not be feeling great right now?! Havoc is coming up but who is going to step up and try to over throw these guys? Lissie and Shaw are going to fend off everyone in Havoc, I'm telling you!Chris Avery: The plan may just be Philidor wins Havoc and Ash Blake won't even have to defend the AW World Championship!Billy: Ugh, don't remind me of some of these worst case scenarios!Lissie, Shaw and Blake are up the ramp and talking trash and posing to the crowd while they're booing! The music finally fades as Philidor Holdings leaves through the curtain.
That's when we see Kemp who is sitting in his corner taking deep breaths.
We see CJ Phoenix sitting in another corner and he leans forward grabbing his Hardcore Championship and pulling it towards him. He too, is completely out of breath after this near 20 minute match.
We finally see Dandy holding his ribs and leaning sideways in the corner, seated, but he pulls himself up to a full seated position and looks across the ring at Kemp...
Kemp takes both hands and wipes the sweat out of his face and off his head and brushes what hair he has back as he looks across the ring at Dandy and asks "what the hell happened?"
We see Dandy who looks over at Kemp and raises an eyebrow. He doesn't respond but looks disappointed and just shakes his head at Kemp.
We see CJ Phoenix in his corner yelling at both men trying to figure out what is happening..
Billy: The Following is bursting at the seams..Chris Avery: Did we just see The Following hit rock bottom?Billy: One of the most successful stables of all time here in Action Wrestling.. and they're just falling apart right in front of us..Chris Avery: Did we just see the Following as we know it.. crumble before our very own eyes?We see Kemp look at Dandy across the ring in his corner. The Tag Team Championship laying just in front of him.
We see CJ Phoenix holding his Hardcore Championship asking both of them to come together..
We see Dandy continuing to shake his head in disappointment at Kemp while some of the Tag Team title lays across the feet of Dandy.
We pan out as The Following all sitting in their own corners, with their title belts.. but completely dejected and surrounded by failure.
Monday Night Clash is off the air.