WLCW Eruption on YouTube - February 10th Episode

The bell sounds and Mikey Wild approaches Matt Cardona, who is still nonchalantly resting against the turnbuckles. 

RENEE YOUNG: Buff, if Cardona isn't careful here, he could get caught. Mikey Wild looks like he means business. 

BUFF BAGWELL: He might just come at him like... a wild man, Renee!

RENEE YOUNG: That was terrible, Buff.. just terrible.. even for you.

BUFF BAGWELL: Yeah, well... we're commenting on a YouTube wrestling match. What do you want from me?

Mikey Wild rushes Matt Cardona in the corner. Matt quickly drops to his back and rolls out of the ring, allowing Mikey to smash into the turnbuckle. Matt Cardona is laughing outside near the ring apron, occasionally yelling at random fans. Mikey Wild loses focus and turns his back on Cardona to argue with the referee to get him back in or count him out. Matt Cardona takes advantage of this opportunity and slides back into the ring and levels Mikey Wild with a viscous clothesline to the back of the neck. He continues to stomp on the back of Mikey Wild's head until the referee pushes him back, threatening to DQ him. 

RENEE YOUNG: He's losing it, Buff!

BUFF BAGWELL: I think this is just a sign of things to come with Matt Cardona!

The lecture that the referee is giving to Matt Cardona allows Mikey Wild time to stumble to his feet. As he turns around, Cardona pushes past the referee and kicks Mikey Wild in the gut. Matt Cardona hooks Mikey Wild's head and delivers a devastating Bloody Sunday. He kneels by the unconscious Mikey Wild and places his hand on his chest. ONE! TWO! THREE!!

RENEE YOUNG: He just ended the match with Prince Devitt's signature finishing move!

BUFF BAGWELL: Shots fired, Renee! SHOTS FIRED! This will be a good one at Ascension!

Once again, we join the match as Hikari Noa is making her entrance. This time we hear not 'Rock Bottom' but her older song 'I'm Alive' as she emerges through the curtain. Rather than her ring gear, the Deathmatch Princess has on baggy black pants with several patches on them along with the usual top half of her gear and an eye patch over her right eye. She doesn't play to the crowd like usual, even though there are chants of 'HARD TO KILL! HARD TO KILL!' in support of her. Hikari reaches the ring and climbs in, eyes locked in on her opponent as the bell rings.



RENEE YOUNG: Here we go! I can't believe Hikari Noa is out here after Julia Hart literally made something blow up in her face.

BUFF BAGWELL: Like I said a couple weeks ago, she's a spinny crazy chick. Nothing's surprising about her. But if Julia needs someone to help her forget all about that crazy chick, the Buff Daddy..

As soon as the bell rings, Hikari storms to the center of the ring, where Shalonce meets her for a stare down. Hikari's stare is intense and suggests she's about to break Shalonce into tiny pieces. Shalonce steps back, but then pokes Hikari right in the hurt eye! The Deathmatch Princess turns away wincing, and Shalonce clobbers her with a punch to the back of he head. Before she can hit Hikari with another, the Deathmatch Princess turns around with eyes widened and a wicked smile on her lips as the fans roar their approval. She hammers Shalonce with forearms and then violently whips her into the corner.

Not giving her space to breath, Hikari seizes Shalonce by the hair and slams her face into the top turnbuckle. This is followed by a whip to the opposite corner even more forcefully. As Shalonce staggers forward from the impact, Hikari nails her with a dropkick, then another and another! Shalonce goes down and Hikari stomps on her head violently. Without delay she picks Shalonce up and nails a Blizzard Suplex! The fans count with the ref 1-2-3!



RENEE YOUNG: No wasted time here by Hikari Noa! She looked extra vicious tonight!

BUFF BAGWELL: The Buff Daddy ain't touching anything that crazy, that's for sure!

Hikari kicks at the destroyed Shalonce and laughs a little. Her hand goes up and she traces the outline of her eye patch, simultaneously tensing up in pain and smiling. At long last she acknowledges the fans and climbs the turnbuckles, where she poses with her arms out to either side. 'HARD TO KILL!' chants ring out and she hops down again, soaking it all in. As she rolls out of the ring, we see a fan with a sign that reads 'LAST INT'L PRINCESS CHAMP, FIRST WLCW CHAMP' with a couple of skulls and crossbones. Hikari grins at this and poses for a selfie with her. On the way up the ramp, Hikari spots another sign: 'JULIA FEARS HIKARI NOA'. This makes her smile wider, and Hikari looks into the camera intensely.

HIKARI NOA: "Julia.."

Indicating she's speaking to the woman who set off explosives in her face, Hikari flips the bird to the camera. After that she smiles again and heads up to the entrance stage. There she does her call and response - 'Hikari is..' with the crowd shouting 'HARD TO KILL!'. With a winning, if partly psychotic grin, she makes the 'title' motion again and then heads backstage..

The fans are hot for the start of the match with Booker T at ringside, rallying them behind Rok-C and urging them to RAISE THE ROOF with him. Finally, with all the fans frantically raising the roof, the referee calls for the bell. "The Real Mean Girl" Dani Jordyn sets her Burn Book down in the corner and charges at Rok-C only for Rok-C to meet her halfway, slinging herself into a wheelbarrow position and taking Dani down with an arm drag out of it! Dani rolls back to her feet and appears flustered, but has no time to collect herself before Rok-C nails her with a shotgun dropkick!

RENEE YOUNG: Back in business and ain't it grand, Buff! Rok-C seems to be rebounding nicely from her devastating loss to Sasha Banks. Refreshed and ready to go with Booker T back in her corner!

BUFF BAGWELL: Rok-C laid it all on the line in her match with The Boss. Unfortunately, things didn't go her way and now she's OUT of the Queen of the Mountain match, but ya' know what? That could be a blessing in disguise. Who wants to be involved in an all-out ladder war?! If she's lucky, she can pick off whoever walks out of that mess with the belt and end up champion anyway!

Rok-C pulls Dani Jordyn back to her feet and whips her into the ropes. Dani reverses the whip and goes for a clothesline but Rok-C executes a cartwheel evasion, hits the ropes and comes back with a flying headscissors into a side Russian leg sweep! Rok-C instantly takes Dani Jordyn over into a CROSSFACE and cranks back on it but Dani scrambles and makes the ropes!

RENEE YOUNG: I thought she had her there with the crossface, Buff!

BUFF BAGWELL: Shades of "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit!

RENEE YOUNG: Wow, okay, we'll have to edit that reference out in post!

BUFF BAGWELL: Probably for the best, Renee. I didn't really know him that well in our time together in WCW, but I tell ya' what, the more I read about him, the less I like him!

Rok-C backs off after the break and Dani returns to her feet. They lock-up and Rok-C takes over with a headlock. Dani backs up into the ropes and shoots Rok-C off. Dani bends over way too early for a back body drop and Rok-C simply takes advantage by running straight through and planting her with a LAREDO DESTROYER! The fans pop huge and Rok-C covers, counting along with the ref! One! Two! Three!


The fans cheer loudly as Rok-C stands and allows the referee to raise her hand in victory. Booker T joins her inside and raises her other hand.

RENEE YOUNG: A dominant win for The Prodigy!

BUFF BAGWELL: She did a great job in there and I'm sure the Booker Man had something to do with that. He said it was time to get back to basics and that's exactly what she did!

We fade out on a shot of Booker T pointing at Rok-C and clapping for her as she goes corner to corner, riling up the fans around her.

Backstage, we see Hikari Noa walking down a corridor with a blue duffel bag slung over her shoulder, the bedazzled tip of a baseball bat protruding from it. She's changed from her ring gear to simple jean shorts, her 'Hard to Kill' shirt and running shoes. For the time being she seems to be in her own little world, passing by several WLCW crew members and other wrestlers. After a few more steps she stops, and we see that she's not alone. Standing just outside a backstage office is Konami in her full butler attire, towel resting on her arm. Having run across the woman before, there's clear recognition in Hikari's one visible eye. Konami smiles without malice for once and motions to the slightly ajar beige door. Just inside the door we see a rolling office chair illuminated by what must be candlelight. Subtitles at the bottom of the screen provide a translation.

KONAMI: <Noa Hikari-san, a moment of your time please. Not for a humble butler such as me, but for Her Majesty. She would like to speak with you for a moment.>

HIKARI NOA: <I don't know, I should be going. I'm supposed to meet Kagetsu-san for dinner.>


A third voice calls out from the room.

MISAO: <Are you sure she'll even be there? Besides, Noa-san, I have tea.>


Anticipating the further interest, Konami gracefully opens the door the rest of the way. Inside the office has been transformed into a temporary tea parlor. A small coffee table rests in the middle of the room, with a fancy floral patterned tea pot and two teacups on it and some candles lit for atmosphere. Seated in one chair is Misao in her ring gear underneath her shoulder cape. She motions to the chair we saw earlier, and Hikari takes an uncertain step into the room. Konami returns to her original place outside the door and seems to stand guard while the two women inside the room meet. While Hikari doesn't sit down, she does reach down and take one of the cups of tea. For a long moment she just stares at it, not quite understanding what is going on. Then she sniffs it, and finally takes a tiny sip of it.

MISAO: <It's quite good, isn't it? Only the finest of teas fit for a queen and her lovely guests may grace my cups. I've been wanting to speak with you for a while now, Noa-san. You've been having quite a bit of success, have't you?>

HIKARI NOA: <Yes, you coul say that. A lot of good fights!>


HIKARI NOA: <What are you saying?>

MISAO: <What I'm saying, Noa-san, is that you should consider a change of scenery.>

We here booing from the fans as Misao reaches for a red rose that rests on the desk behind her. Hikari does appear to understand what's going on, but she doesn't look completely off put by it. Before Misao can make her move though, cheers are heard and another woman storms in! Kagetsu has arrived, looking dapper as always in her suit. Her expression is wild, though, as she glares at Misao and then grabs Hikari's arm.

KAGETSU: <Oi oi, that's enough of this! Hikarin's better than you weirdo cosplayers. Go open a freaking maid cafe or something, but tea time's over. Come on, Hikarin.>

As she tugs at Hikari's arm, the Deathmatch Princess sets the teacup down and leaves with Kagetsu. However she steals a couple of glances at the table and Misao, as if she might want to rejoin the Rose Queen's tea party. As they step out into the corridor, Konami eyes Kagetsu evilly but says nothing. Kagetsu stops to glare back at Konami, moving close enough that their foreheads almost touch. By her tensed muscles, Kagetsu looks ready to throw down with Konami right in the hallway. But Kagetsu thinks better of it and nods to Hikari as they both leave the scene. Konami calls after Hikari.

KONAMI: <Think about what she said, Noa-san!>