[Outside the arena, Cassidy Stewart paces. Glancing at his watch, he lets out a nervous sigh. Having just negotiated the signing of the first piece of 'talent' he's represented in over four years, Cassidy felt victorious, but still unsure of what was to come. He himself didn't know his client all that well [meeting him only five days ago] and wasn't entirely sure how to read him. Despite any communication gap, one thing that Cassidy knew for sure was that his Client's debut tonight had to be PERFECT.]

Production Assistant: Mr.Stewart? There's a problem. You have a phone call. He said he couldn't reach your cell.

[Cassidy frowned as he was handed a phone by the PA.]

CS: Hello? .... hey, wait .... Where ARE you? ... in the CROWD? Wha--!?! ... Wait, why? .... Wait, that's not the plan. Hey... hello? HELLO?!?

[Immediately frantic, Stewart thrust the phone back in the PA's hand and darted back inside the arena -- blazing a trail towards the ring entrance.]


Leather Strap Match
"PHENOMENAL" Frankie Scott vs. "the Dark Phenom" Nakita Dahaka


DT: Folks, up next is a big time grudge match between "Phenomenal" Frankie Scott and Nakita Dahaka as we once again see the continuing adventures of Cassidy Stewart, who seems none too pleased with his protégé, whoever he may be.

DM: Very interesting.

DT: And speaking of interesting, Nakita Dahaka's managed to set the stakes for this match, a Leather Strap Match.

MN: If I were Frankie, I'd be a happy, happy man. I'd get to whip Nakita all night long! Whooo!

DT: Stop it, Neely, please.

MN: Man, that woman is smoking hot!

DT: Neely, STOP!

MN: Man, I'd wreck her.

DM: Yeah, I'm pretty sure you'd crush her, fat ass. Can we get on with the match, or do we have to listen to you drooling for the next half hour?

DT: Thanks, Dean. Let's go to Fatora for the introductions and rules of the match.

TF: Ladies and gentlemen, the following match is scheduled for one fall, and is a Leather Strap Match! Both competitors will have one wrist tied to the strap, so that they are connected to each other by the strap. The strap is a legal weapon, and can be used in any manner agains your opponent. The winner of the match will be the wrestler who touches all four top turnbuckles in succession! Now, introducing first...

[ The lights go completely out, only to be replaced with red lighting illuminating the arena, and blacklights all over the stage and entrance. The beginning intro riffs and beats of "Gently" by Slipknot begin to play, as the video screen plays a video montage of Nakita Dahaka executing numerous high flying innovative moves on several known and unknown opponents that flow in sync with the intro and song. The crowd begins to boo. A thick cold fog rolls into the arena from the stage and down the ramp. A lone spotlight hovers directly over one single spot on the stage floor. A ring of fire surrounds the trapdoor. ]

TF: She stands at six feet, four inches talls and weighs in at 185 pounds... hailing from Phoenix, Arizona, and accompanied by her manager, Delilah Demonik... this is... NAAAAKITAAAAA DAAAAAAAHAKAAAAA!

[ The trapdoor opens and raises up onto the stage Nakita Dahaka along side her manager Delilah Demonik. Nakita cracks her knuckles as she mentally prepares to walk down the ramp toward the ring keeping full focus on the tasks at hand. The lone spotlight dangles directly over her head and follows her wherever she goes. Nakita and Delilah leave the stage and walk down the aisle toward the ring ignoring the arena crowd. Nakita arrives at ringside, walks up the ringsteps, across the ring apron, then steps between the ropes into the ring. Nakita takes a knee in the center of the ring. The spotlight hovers directly over her head coming to a complete stop. Delilah slides off Nakita's leather trenchcoat and exits the ring to coach her pupil on from ringside. The main arena lights come back on as her theme song fades out. ]

TF: And, her opponent...

[ “Phenomenon” by Thousand Foot Krutch plays over the arena speakers. A full video rolls on the huge titantron of Frankie wrestling stars like Dan Ryan and the Sergeant, doing an interview and signing autographs. ]

TF: He stands six feet two inches tall and weighs in at 242 pounds. He hails from Atlanta, Georgia.... this is... "PHENOMENAL"...... FRRRRRRANKIEEEEE SCOTT!!

[ Fans cheer loudly as “Phenomenal” Frankie Scott runs out and stops in the middle of the runway looks back at the video and then points toward the fans as pyrotechnics blow all around him. Scott emerges from the smoke to run around the ring and shake all the fans hands. After he finishes, he hops on the ring apron and leaps over the ropes, and Nakita and Demonik bail out of the ring as Scott rushes to each turnbuckle for a photo opportunity for the fans.]

MN: Not much to say about this match, really, other than Nakita wants Frankie's soul, and Frankie, um... doesn't want her to.

DT: I think it's a little more personal than that, Neely. Scott has made it clear that he doesn't believe in the spiritual side of Nakita, and has basically denounced her entire belief system and way of life.

MN: Oh yeah, THAT makes it a lot more personal. Whatever happened to an individual's right to an opinion?

DM: You gave up that right a long time ago when you said that RuPaul was hot for a tranny.

MN: I said that in private!

DM: Ooops!

DT: Guys, back to the match, ok! Official Emilio Gomez is calling Nakita back into the ring to be hooked up with the strap, but she's slow to comply. The crowd's letting her know what they think of her, and Nakita takes a moment out to ensure she flips off the crowd, and then slides into the ring. These two are hoping to settle the score tonight as ... hold on a second--

MN: Who is THAT?

[The camera pans to ringside, where a fan has apparently jumped the rail. Shirtless, pale, and without much definition, the "fan" puts on a pair of black, bulky sunglasses and walks pompously around the ring ... somehow with a microphone in his hand.]

MN: ...I know who that is!

DM: So do I! Isn't that--

DT: It's ICE TRE!!!!

[Some fans at ringside recognize him and start a "TRE!" chant. He plays with his humongous Crucifix [his Pimp-Juice-a-fix] as he trots awkwardly up the ring steps and into the ring. Nakita Dahaka glares menacingly at him, jerking on the leather strap anxiously ... across the ring, Frankie Scott eyes the Tre ... wondering if this loser is for real.]

ICE TRE: S'appnin', baby?!?

[A mixed bag of cheers and indifference emenates from the fans. Scott casually leans against the ring rope, while Dahaka fumes at the interruption.]

ICE TRE: That's RIGHT! ... The TRE is BACK! And I stand before YOU two fools ... to give NOTICE! Ice Tre has COME to Empire Pro ... the PIMP with NO LIMP ... the MACK that ain't BLACK ... the K'ANG of the STREETS!!! And the NEWEST ENTRANT in the K'ANG of the CAGE tournament!!!

[The fans erupt at the mention of the King of the Cage tourney.]

ICE TRE: I am here TONIGHT, baby ... to let ALL y'all *****es an' snitches know that if you step in the cage with The Tre? If you step to the COLDEST man to walk da EARTF... you be cheatin' death itself, son!

[At once, Dahaka and Scott charge forward at Tre, double clotheslining him. He hits the mat HARD and they follow up by stomping him into the canvas unmercifully.]

DT: Ice Tre goes DOWN!

MN: This guy is NUTS!

DM: The stats on this guy speak for themselves! He has NEVER WON a Professional Match in his entire career, by Pin Fall! He has barely even gotten off more than two offensive moves in a row ... I don't even know if he has anything that could classify itself as an in-ring "style" ... let alone a Finishing Move!

MN: What was Dan Ryan THINKING by signing this joke?!?

DT: Ice Tre finally rolls out of the ring, clearly in pain. He reaches back under the rope, snatching his sunglasses from the mat and disappearing back over the ring rail and into the crowd of surging fans!! And back in the ring, Dahaka and Frankie Scott ... in a
STAREDOWN!

MN: Here we go!!!

DT: Now that Ice Tre has been disposed of, Gomez is tying Frankie Scott into the strap. Scott's hooked in, and now Gomez is calling for Nakita to get into the strap as well.

DM: Looks like she's trying to play some mind games with Scott here guys. She's simply standing there, staring a hole through Scott, but not budging an inch towards Gomez. Wait, she slowly lifts a hand up toward Gomez, but just before he grabs it, Nakita takes off and nails Scott with a big clothesline!

DT: This crowd is booing Nakita strongly, and Gomez grabs Nakita by the arm, and... yes, he's threatened to disqualify her unless she gets in the strap right now. She makes him quickly get it on her, and Nakita runs over to start stomping a mud hole in Scott! Now Nakita steps back, and she's folding up the strap. She's going to whip Scott!

[ Nakita drives the strap into Scott's back, and you can hear the smack of the leather against Scott's back, along with the groan of the crowd, and Scott yelling out in pain with each shot. ]

SMACK!

SMACK!

SMACK!

[ Scott gets to his knees, trying to force his way to his feet. ]

DM: For anyone that says what these guys do every night doesn't hurt, I ask you to take the beating that Scott is taking right now and see if it hurts.

SMACK!

[ Scott is now on his feet, and Nakita drives him one in the back. ]

SMACK!

DT: Would you look at the welts on Scott's back? Ouch!

[ Scott twists away from the shot, and staggers into the ropes. ]

SMACK!

Crowd: OHHHHHHH!!!

MN: SHE HIT HIM RIGHT IN THE FACE WITH THAT STRAP!

[ Scott howls as he goes down, and we can see a huge cut opened up on the Phenomenal One's cheek. ]

DT: And here goes Nakita, looking to touch the corners and win this match! There's one corner! There's the second corner, and Demonik is yelling at her to hurry up! She's making it to the third corner, and Frankie Scott just yanked her off her feet using the strap! Nakita is back up, and Scott clotheslines her down using the strap! Nakita's back up, and once again Scott clotheslines her with the strap to the cheers of the crowd!

DM: Nakita's going to have a major case of whiplash in the morning.

DT: Scott picks Nakita and whips her to the ropes. Rebound, and there's a big powerslam from Scott! Scott pulls Nakita to her feet, and there's a belly to belly suplex! Where's he going now? Scott heads to the corner, and leaps over the top rope to the apron. He climbs the turnbuckles to the top... TOP ROPE ELBOW DROP RIGHT INTO NAKITA'S HEART! Scott's up and he's playing to the crowd, who are cheeering for him in return!

DM: That's a few high impact moves in a row. Scott should really be trying to win this match right now.

DT: I think he heard you, Dean, as he's now heading for the first turnbuckle and touches it. Now, towards the second.... he's got it. On to the third corner, and... WHOA, as Scott gets to the corner, Nakita is up and splashes him in the corner! Scott stumbles out of the corner, and Nakita grabs him looking for a nelson slam, but Scott reverses and takes Nakita over with a beautiful German suplex!

[ Scott holds up the strap to the crowd, and the crowd cheers loudly. ]

DT: Looks like Scott's gonna whip her good!

MN: Oh man... this is gonna be great.

[ Scott walks over to Nakita, now rolled onto her stomach, and Scott drives the strap down into her back. Again, the reaction from the crowd and Nakita's screams can be heard all over the arena.]

SMACK!

SMACK!

SMACK!

DT: A third time into the back!

[ Scott suddenly lets loose. ]

SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!

MN: He's beating her like a rented mule!

DT: Wow! Scott is just unleashing a flurry of whips to Nakita's back, legs, and shoulders! He's brutally attacking her!

DM: That's exactly what she said she wanted this week! And he's complying!

[ Scott raises the strap over his head one more time, then stops and smiles. ]

MN: What's he up to?

[ Scott bends over and quickly pulls down Nakita's spandex shorts, revealing a black thong, and the crowd cheers. Scott hoists the strap and cracks it HARD over Nakita's ass! ]

SMAAAAAAACK!!!

[ The crowd pops, and Neely almost dies at the announce table. Nakita screams out, and scrambles to pull up her shorts. ]

DT: An atomic drop by Scott to finish off the embarrassment, and Scott points to the corner! The crowd's going nuts for him to touch the corners! He walks to corner number one. Now on to corner number two.... there it is. Across the ring now to corner number three, and he taps it. One more, and he heads to corner number four, and reaches out, but there's Nakita to grab Scott's arm and pull him away from the corner! Nakita dives into the corner and touches a turnbuckle to ruin Scott's progression. But Scott pins Nakita in the corner, and lets loose with a series of knife-edged chops to the chest!

DM: But wait, Dave! Nakita just ducked that fourth chop and spun out of the corner. She has Scott in the corner now, and she's laying into HIM with the chops. Two, three, four, five chops!

MN: Five wonderful chops! AH! AH! AH! AAAAAH!

DT: Nakita now leaps to the second turnbuckle with Scott still in the corner, and she bounces up to the top and pulls Scott out of the corner with a hurricanrana! She's now waiting in the corner, screaming at Scott to get up. The "Phenomenal" One gets to one knee, now up to his feet, and Nakita explodes out of the corner and LEVELS Scott with a superkick! She turns and runs to the corner, and leaps to the top rope. MOONSAULT connects! Nakita continues the assault, pulling Scott to his feet... TORNADO DDT, and Scott's eyes almost roll back up in his head! Nakita's heading for the corner! There's one! Over to number two... done! Across the ring to number three.... done! Over to the last corner.... AND FRANKIE SCOTT IS PULLING ON THE STRAP FOR DEAR LIFE! Nakita Dahaka is stretched out as far as she can, but she's still a few inches away from the corner! She's getting closer... closer!! Just an inch away.... NO!!! Scott, with one last gargantuan tug, pulled Nakita away from the corner, and into a drop toe hold! Scott holds on to Nakita's leg, and rolls through, hooking Nakita into a Sharpshooter, and this crowd is going nuts!

DM: Desperation pays off for Scott this time! What a counter into that Sharpshooter though! I've never seen such a smooth transition ffrom behing grounded into hooking the legs like that! Well done Scott!

[ The pained yells of Nakita fill the arena, and Scott holds onto the move for several moments longer. Figuring that Nakita's had enough, Scott gets to his feet, and heads for the first corner. He touches it and heads for the second. Nakita is simply face down on the canvas, clutching her back. Scott makes the second corner, and now heads to the third. He touches the third corner, then stands and points at the fourth. The crowd goes wild, urging him on to touch the corner. He heads that way. ]

DT: Frankie Scott is going to win this match after that brilliant Sharpshooter! Here he goes to the fourth corner, and.... what the hell? Delilah Demonik just slid into the ring with a steel chair, and is standing between Scott and the fourth corner! She's... she's egging him on to come near so she can wipe him out with the chair! She has to know that if she does this, she's going to get Nakita disqualified!

[ Scott and Demonik get into a war of words, with Scott asking Demonik to get out of the way, and Demonik trying to get Scott in close for a chair shot. ]

DT: But wait! Behind Scott, Nakita is getting to her feet! She limps over to Scott and grabs him from behind! She's screaming at Demonik to wipe him out with the chair! She doesn't even care about the match any more! She just wants to take out Scott!

MN: She is SO hot!

DT: Nakita gets a grip on Scott, and here comes Demonik....!

CRACK!!

Crowd: OHHHHH!!

DT: HOLY CRAP! Scott ducked out of the way and Demonik leveled Nakita with that chair! Scott now heads to the final corner! He's touched it!

[ SFX: Ring bell! CUE UP: Phenomenon – Thousand Foot Krutch. Frankie Scott celebrates in the middle of the ring to the crowd cheers. ]

FATORA: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this Leather Strap Match.... "PHENOMENAL... FRRRRANKIEEEE SCAWWWWTTTT!!

DT: I can't believe it! Delilah Demonik just screwed Nakita Dahaka out of this match!

MN: It was an accident!

DM: Indeed it was, Neely, but the result is still the same!

[ Frankie removes the strap from his arm, and runs to a corner and jumps onto the second turnbuckle, posing for the fans, who respond with a huge ovation! He gets down, and looks back at Delilah reviving Nakita before he slowly leaves the ring and walks around ringside, shaking hands with fans in the front row.

In the ring, Nakita is coming to her senses, and sits up. She slowly gets to her feet, Demonik pleading with her the entire time, saying she's sorry, she made a mistake. Nakita just stares at her in disbelief, before rearing back and DECKING Demonik with a right hand! The crowd boos, and Nakita walks across the ring, screaming at Deliliah to get up! She slowly does, and as she does, Nakita explodes across the ring and SPEARS her down HARD! ]

DT: Now this isn't right! Nakita, if you hadn't tried to cheat in the first place, none of this wouldn't have happened! You can't blame this on her!

MN: I don't think she believes you, Dave. She's taking Demonik apart!

[ Now out on the entrance ramp, Scott turns to see what's going on, and he looks just in time to see Nakita pull Delilah to her feet, and plant her manager with a double arm DDT! Scott thinks about it for a moment, then runs back down the ramp and slides into the ring, and pushes Demonik underneath the bottom rope to the safety of the arena floor! Scott then gets back to his feet and stares Nakita down in the center of the ring! Nakita tries to take a step to the right around him, but Scott matches her move, never taking his eyes off of hers. She tries to move back to the left, and Scott does the same, his glare intensifying. The two continue to stare each other down, before Nakita finally backs down and leaves the ring, and heads up the ramp to the back. Frankie watches her go, before turning to take one last look at Delilah to ensure she's ok, before he leaves the ring as well, and heads up to the back to the cheers of the crowd.

DT: Interesting developments here, gentlemen! We'll have to see if this spills over into Aggression! But first, we've got more awesome PPV action on the way!


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