ReAction -- Primetime 2-9-15

[Xion Zeros]

This Episode's Topics:

• Tonight's event kicked off with a Four Corners Match between Equinox, Ry Drake, Gavin Masterson and JC Styles. Ry Drake picked up the win tonight, continuing his swing of momentum since Dead or Alive. Is this the beginning of a winning streak for the Dream Killer?
  
  
• "Scary Mary Joyner returned to Primetime tonight to announce GZWA's Queen of Queens Tournament. GZWA Vixens have taken to social media to dub this as #GZWAReinaDeReinas after Mary's coveted Reina de Reinas Championship that sparked this concept. What does the Vixens roster, especially our reigning Vixen Champion, think of this turn of events? Which Vixens are interested in participating in this event?
  
  
• The Extreme Juggalos have issued a challenge for the Ladies of Doom in the form of a series of matches to decide who will become the #1 contenders to the GZWA Tag Team Championships. Will the Ladies of Doom accept this challenge or is there tension brewing between Endee Leights and Delta Madison after tonight's main event?
  
  
• "The Statement" Victor Phillips suffered a loss tonight in a match against Sean O'Haire. Is O'Haire leaving Phillips in the dust after making this bullet point statement of his own or will The Statement issue his own form of payback?
  
  
• Jaser Cruz returned the GZWA Television Championship to the rightful holder, Mike Bradley. This was before Jaser Cruz reintroduced himself as next challenger in line for a Television Championship title shot. What does Mike Bradley feel about this turn of events after Jaser paired up with Chris Matthews to attack him post-match? Is Chris Matthews content with merely defending Amanda Cortez's honor or is this former Navy Seal hungry for championship gold as well?
  
  
• Vixen Champion Raven and Mandisa Carter managed to sneak away with another win underneath her belt over the Queen Bee Mafia's Mariah and Mei Long after Mei Long accidentally struck Mariah with a Dragon Kiss. With the seeds of doubt already planted, is Mariah wrong for suspecting that Mei Long have another motive for returning to the GZWA landscape at this time and place?
  
  
• In what transformed into an impromptu street fight, Jimmy Jacobs and CM Punk brawled throughout the arena until Jacobs speared them both off of the stage and left them both in critical condition. At what lengths are these two men willing to destroy themselves physically to exact their revenge? 
  
  
• Tonight's broadcast ended with GZWA World Heavyweight Champion Carnage teaming with Rocky Romero and the GZWA Tag Team Champions Laura Jackson and Casey Cortez to overpower the combined forces of the Extreme Juggalos and the Ladies of Doom. Despite their "rocky" relationship (no pun intended) among themselves, it looks like the Authority's own have no cracks in their armor. Who will be brave enough to challenge these two unstoppable forces?
  

(Remember this topic is NOT just limited to these points, newcomers feel free to "react" on the events of this most recent GZWA program and/or introduce your characters in-character if you're a debuting Superstar/Diva and didn't appear in the most recent show results.)

[❤Rose❤]

Right after her match Casey is back on her way to her car. Like usually she isn't in the mood to talk to others or to stay for a party, even though she is pretty satisfied with her win. Still in her wrestling outfit, but now with her gym bag over her shoulder and a cigarette between her lips ahe unlocks the door of her car, as a camera team stops. In some way she looks a bit scary and so they aren't sure whether it's a good idea to ask her questions, but she smiles in her cold way and begins to speak.

"Ok Leute, ich weiss dass die meisten hier sowieso nichts verstehen, aber ich scheiss drauf. Wahrscheinlich interessiert's sowieso keinen von diesne verfickten idioten was ich her yu sagen have. Aber egal, eins wollte ich noch loswerden. Carnage war echt absolute Spitzenklasse als Partner und Laura natürlich auch. War mir eine große Ehre mit den beiden an meiner Seite diesn verdammten Scheißfotzen die sich Ladies of Doom schimpfen, in den Arsch zu treten. Also bis bald Mädels, dass nächste Mal auf eurer Beerdigung."

The camera team looks a bit confused, because they didn't understand anything, but Casey smiles at them again with her cold facial expression.

"Ok guys, if you're really interested in what I have to say, then buy a fucking dictionary, otherwise just fuck off."

Then she climbs into her car and drives off.

[❤Rose❤]

After Primetime is over, Amanda is pretty much in hurry to get her flight back to LA. The show is over and so she doesn't need to walk with a crutch anymore. She looks at it, shrugs and throws it away. Her knee still hurts a bit, but it's not that bad so that she can't walk without the crutch.

"Well, for smashing it into Danielle's back it was godd, but now Good Bye crutch ..Haha .."

She pulls out her cell phone and as she calls a cab, a camera team asks her whether she will take part in the Queens of Queens tournament and she looks a bit surprised. She has never thought about this option, but she isn't very unterested and doesn't even try to hide her feelings about the whole thing.

"Hell no ...not with me. Have better things to do than playing around with these stupid girls."

With a smile in her face she poses for the camera so that she looks a bit good for the fans, then she takes a selfie and sends it to Rose. Then she shoves the phone into her back pocket and climbs into the cab which has just arrived.

[The Bradley Clan]

Christy Hemme and the ReAction camera crew are outside the trainer's room, where Mike and Danielle Bradley are being attended to by the medical staff.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Mike and Danielle Bradley were last seen being helped into the trainer's room after being attacked by Amanda Cortez, Jaser Cruz, and Chris Matthews earlier in the night. Mike was wheeled in on a stretcher but was alert enough to tell the EMTs that he did not want to go to the hospital unless something was broken. So now we wait to see if they will be-"

The door flies open, and Danielle Bradley appears, holding an ice pack against her lower back.

"Danielle, how are you  and Mike feeling after what transpired tonight?"

"Oh, just peachy! Handicap assaults were never our game, I'll be the first to admit that. Cortez better hope she can still walk after losing her crutch, because if she crosses paths with us with a bad leg again, she's gonna spend the rest of her life with a cane! And as for what Cruz and Matthews did to Mike-"

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"

Mike can be heard shouting from inside the trainer's room, sitting up on the bed. The trainer tries to reign him back in.

"Mr. Bradley, we're still evaluating you for a concussion. I advise you not to yell."

"Fuck off, man, I've got something to say!"

Mike jumps off the bed and steps outside the room to swipe the microphone from Christy.

"Cruz, Matthews, which one of you is it gonna be? Or is it gonna be both of you? Personally, I don't care! I'll lean back and enjoy some popcorn and a beer while you two go about your penis-measuring contest! And once you're done picking each other apart, I'll be there to clean up the scraps!"

And if you don't know... now you know!

Mike and Danielle head to their locker room, with Christy and the trainers looking on in bewilderment.

[DELT∆]

Not long after the events of Primetime, the Ladies of Doom were preparing to leave the arena after their loss in the main event. Endee was dragging her feet following behind her sister. Delta sensed something was wrong and stopped without turning back, allowing Endee to catch up with her.

“Are you okay?” Delta asked, looking over at her younger sister.

Endee muttered and shrugged her shoulders, not giving a proper answer. Delta rolled her eyes, resting her hands on her hips.

“Why are you acting like this? Is something the matter?” Delta leaned on her left side, crossing her arms watching Endee proceeding to walk in front.

“Nothing.” Endee grumbled.

“Jesus Christ, Endee, don’t be a little bitch. Just tell me what’s the matter. I’m not a mind reader, just get it off your chest.”

Endee stopped at her tracks still facing her back at her frustrated sister. She took a few moments to gather her thoughts and then turn around.

“You want to know what’s the matter with me? I don’t want to do this anymore.”

Delta sternly looked at her younger sister with confusion.

“Do what? What don’t you want to do anymore?”

“I just… I don’t know. I don’t think the Ladies of Doom is working anymore…. I’m the one holding you down.”

Delta was taken aback by Endee’s statement. “Where is this coming from? Is it because we lost at Dead or Alive and tonight?”

Endee shrugged her shoulders, looking down towards the floor.

“We have another chance to redeem ourselves against The Extreme Juggalo’s, we haven’t lost yet. Why are you giving up so easily?...”

Delta’s voice was cracking, sensing Endee wasn’t joking “TELL ME.”

Delta grabbed Endee’s right arm to give solace but she couldn’t find the heart to answer her sister. Endee pushed Delta’s hand off her arm and turned away from her sister.

“We’ll sort this out later” Endee monotonously spoke and walked off without looking back.

Delta wanted to fight for answers, but decided it was better to give Endee time to figure out her feelings. Delta sighed, catching up to her sister.

“I’m hungry, let’s grab a bite.”

Delta changed the subject looking over at her sister who nodded her head in agreement.

[Xion Zeros]

Mariah is shown punching one of the lockers out of frustration after returning backstage after tonight's loss.

"I knew it... I KNEW IT!!"

Eden Stiles approaches Mariah for a statement, "Ummm, Mariah is this a bad time? I wanted to speak to you about what happened out there tonight..."

Mariah shook her head, "No, I need to get this out into the open. So many women in this company seem to make this be the popular thing to do to get attention on themselves around here as of late, but I'm not going to allow this to continue. You all saw it just as I did. She could can call it an accident, but I'm no fool. We have all seen the manipulative little witch that Mei Long has been in the past. She had AJ Styles wrapped around her finger and once she got everything she wanted, she cut his strings and let her puppet go, only to run back to Rocky Romero. Now that Rocky has sold his soul to the Devil, where does that leave Mei Long, hmm? I think I know what's going on here. She hasn't turn over a new leaf nor has seen the error of her ways. I think Mulan is masquerading as an ally only to swoop down to snatch up the Vixen Championship in the very same manner that Raven obtained it."

Eden looks a bit puzzled, "But we've all seen Mei Long stand up against the Authority. What does she have to gain from fooling everyone again?"

Mariah is adamant with her beliefs, "Who says she's not staging all of this just to curry favor to Xion? Everyone who has held the Vixen Championship has been tainted by evil. I'm not allowing Mei Long to pull the curtain over my eyes when it's obvious that she's only campaigning for herself to get the title back. I don't know if you haven't noticed Eden but I'm growing sick of almost everyone stabbing me in the back. Cheeka... Katie... my own sisters... I'm used it by women like Raven, but this whole 'I'm nice as long as it suits me' crap has to end. I'm not anyone's punching bag for their own personal amusement."

Eden adds, "What if Mei Long's actions are genuine? Then what? Would you step aside and allow her to challenge Raven for the Vixen Championship?"

"No disrespect to Mei Long but she hasn't been here for months while she's been nursing her injury. I've been here working my ass off to get to this opportunity again. I'm not getting younger Eden. It's now or never. If she stands in my way, then I'm not afraid to put her down gracefully. Truth be told, she managed to dodge the bullet of ever having to face me during her lengthy title reign in the first place."

Eden nods slowly, "Do you have any words for the reigning and defending Vixen's Champion after her win tonight?"

"Yes, I do. Raven, just remember that I wasn't pinned at Dead or Alive. You didn't beat me. As usual, the only thing you did was hide behind your never-ending bag of cheap tricks and stunts. I'm not going to stop until I wipe that smile off of your face and break whatever hold you have over my sister."

[❀ℋine 'ea❀]

The Reaction cameras go backstage to find Mei Long just after her tag match. The interviewer is about to begin but before a syllable comes out of her mouth a voice can be heard singing down the hall.

Rae| You must be swift as a coursing river. With all the force of a great typhoon!

Raven merrily struts up next to Mei Long with a wide grin on her face

Rae| With all the strength of a raging fi-yah! - Oh, don’t give me that look like you don’t know the words, Mu’Long. Marisol’s rude name of choice to call you, by the way. Not mine.

It is clear that Mei Long has some choice of words to say to Raven by the signature piercing glare, but she suddenly transitions with a blink to a smile on her face.

Mei| Well, I see your reputation still precedes you here. Not surprised that nothing has changed.

Rae| You sure about that? I’m sure you’ve been keeping up with Moi from that hospital bed. My reign, my greatness, my gifts to this division and all that.

Raven was of course hinting to the the Vixen Title sitting on her shoulder. The somewhat new title for the Vixen’s division that debuted during Mei’s time away.

Mei| Actually….no. I figured you would want to put your questionable sense of taste into something like you always do.

While Mei ends the snide comment with a brief grin, Raven takes a brief moment to cut Mei a mean side-eye before continuing.

Rae| You haven’t been properly acquainted with my child, so I figured I’d give you some up close and personal time with it seeing as this is as close as you’ll ever get to it. Especially if our dear Marisol has anything to say about it. It’s funny, that heffa has played her position in that Wasps Nest for this long and finally decides she wants a bigger part in my division. From what I’ve seen she may be willing to cut the momentum of your return to do so. Really not like her at all.

Mei| Look. I’m not the biggest fan of talking when it comes to someone like you, so please get to the point. So you think I should be offended by Mariah’s sudden change of heart and “honor”?

Before Raven can open her mouth to gather a response, Mei slips an interruption.

Mei| Well, no. I shouldn’t be. Her friend Tia did the exact same thing to me when my contendership was near: threw the slanderous remarks, and even brought their other friend into this by dragging my past along with it, and what did I do? I carried on. I thrived. I still managed to prosper into my contendership.

Same song, different singer!

Rae| One: What we’re NOT gonna do is compare me to them. We’re just not gonna have that, ya dig? Two: Different? The word you misplaced was ‘better’. I don’t just carry a tune. I see the tune, plant my feet and swing at that sum’bitch knocking it out the park with a home run-grand slam, winning the game and shutting down ALL the lights! You hear me?

Mei| I see that you’re so called “class” is leaving you right now, so I suggest you to go back to your vanity and fix your make up…

Mei steps closer to her taller enemy with another killing glare. At an instant, her grudge against Raven catches up to her.

Mei|...before I rearrange it for you.

Raven looks up taking in a deep breath not letting her attitude get to 100. She came to actually have a decent conversation…. well.. as decent as she could make it.

Rae| You’re completely right. You took whatever Tia threw at you and pushed on. You survived and you went on to hold on to that gold for as long as you could until someone better came along and snatch it-but, hey! You didn’t give up. Personally, I don’t believe all this I’ve-Seen-The-Light talk she yapping about. Her body is a lie and I’m suppose to believe her words? Please! Whereas Tia is in no position to bring any harm to you, Marisol is.

With how tight they are I wouldn’t be surprised if she tapped her buddy on the shoulder scheming for ways to take you out even before your match. Or maybe she could go the Big Boss for help seeing as they share a history.

Raven adjusts the title on her shoulder not even giving a thought to the rumors about herself and ZX and what she might’ve done - and undone in this case - to get her way. No to mention they also plotted on damn near crippling Mei a couple months back.

Rae| I come to you today as more than just your champion. More than just your leader in Raven Nation. I come as an angel bringing an olive branch. I have no problem at all facing you again but do you think you’ll even get that chance again. You’re still not on good ground with ZX and who knows if he’s talking to Marisol right now to screw you over again. Trust me, he’s very petty.

The pot calling the kettle black. Something that Mei herself realizes by throwing another chuckle at Raven’s way.

Mei| You should know.

I came into that ring at Primetime with an open mind. Not once have I ever felt any hesitance over what I said. If that means that Zero, Carnage, or any other person with Authority try to punish me for it, then so be it. Just know that they won’t expect an easy task.

Now why did they booked me into #1 Contendership when I suggested that I build from the ground up again? I don’t know. At this point, I have no choice but to bear with their decision.

Mei looks at the golden glory on Raven’s shoulder. She then proceeds to tap on it. Rae quickly leaned back getting the title away from Mei’s reach while giving her a mean mug.

Mei| Besides, I just might snag that title right from over your arms.

Rae| You have to snag a win on the next Primetime, first. In all honesty, I’m rooting for you.

Raven extends her hand out to Mei for a handshake with a look on her face to show she’s serious. Mei eyes Raven’s manicured hand, before looking back at Raven. The same handshake that Mei lended to Raven plenty of times in the past. The same that Raven…..initially rejected.

Mei responds with a giggle and….

Mei| Remember, Raven. Same song, Different artist.

...before escaping the “friendly gesture” to the backstage area. Raven retracts her hand, running her fingers through her hair at Mei’s brushoff.

Rae| And you remember: the word you want is ‘BETTER’!

The scene fades to black

OOC:Credit goes to Kat on thinking of this excellent idea for a segment.

[♡☈ɑ√əη]

OOC - Thx to Z for doing this with me ^_^
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Backstage in a locker room, The Clique (Raven, Amber and Mandisa) is seen with various party people no doubt celebrating their win from tonight's tag match and Raven’s win at Dead Or Alive. In the background a tagger can be seen spray-painting ‘Clique Takeover’ on the wall as Amber is seen slinking her body down a soul train line getting cheered on by the crowd of people. Jaser is seen, shirtless while swinging his shirt in the air like a helicopter, with Raven bopping next to him mouthing the words to Janet Jackson’s “Go Deep” playing loud and proud. Through the music a loud crash can be heard as two of the wasted partiers have crashed into the wall leaving a big hole. Surprisingly, Raven and Amber only look at each other with small smiles that turn into laughter. The party continues with some of the members going through a personal bag pulling out shirts and tights to wear - one of them donning a shirt with Mariah’s face and logo on it?? Just then an ‘unexpected’ guest comes through the door face-to-face with Raven’s Cheshire smile. Mariah looks around confused as hell only able to get out a few words.

“What….in the hell..are you doing in my locker room?”

Raven playfully places one of her manicured nails between her teeth containing a giggle.

“Well, our celebration was suppose to take place in the ring, but after watching the video package for Raven’s Vixens-” Raven rolls her eyes up thinking for a quick second “-I mean Total Vixen’s, I had an idea after seeing your short video of you saying how you trained most of the women here. Which, the red hair dye must’ve did something to my head because I have no remembrance of you training me at all. But hey! You’re the all good, helping everybody and they mama, can-do-no-wrong Marisol Cruz. You can’t be lying about that can you?”

Frustrated, Mariah sharply cuts Raven off

“The point?”

“Snippy heffa. Point is, I’m like Jambalaya. There have been these mixtures of things and people to get me to be as good as I am now. My mother and father at the base. Even D-Mob and his underground wrestling scene. Toss in some ZX. Mix in a little more of the people I’ve trained with like Trish Stratus, Edge, Dave, Ron and Chris Jericho and then the final ingredient in this Creole Dish being you. You see, everything that I’ve done in my career to get to where I am now - all the people I maybe have stepped on, the so-called backstabbing, EVERYTHING I’ve done to each and everyone who’s gotten in the way of what I’ve wanted has your hand in it. You helped create this Jambalaya...by your definition of our history, that is.

I knew if we had our celebration in the ring you would’ve been too busy nursing your head from that shot The American Dragon, Mei Long, gave you so I had the great idea of throwing this little party in your locker room so you couldn’t miss it. After all, your training is part of the reason this shindig is even able to happen.”

Mariah rolls her eyes, “The American Dragon is Bryan Danielson… or that kid Jake Young if you’re going by the Disney cartoon.”

Raven is handed two red cups and politely hands one to Mariah.

“Drink up, bitch! It’s a celebration! By the way, your new shirt designs are cute. They’re less tacky than your tights.”

Raven gives Mariah a wide-eye look as she innocently takes a sip of her drink. Mariah goes to speak but Amber pops up blowing a handful of confetti in her face. Completing the trio, Mandisa walks up beside Mariah with her arms folded and a mean mug ready for war.

Mariah looks at all three Vixens surrounding her and smiles, “This little setup is rather ‘Thugnificent’ by your standards, but I appreciate things with a bit more class. By looking at this mess you’re calling a party, I can see there’s not a shred of class within your bodies.”

She smirked before continuing, “By your logic, Raven, I’m responsible for the monster in front of me? I’ll gladly take credit of that as that means that title is rightfully mine. And in due time, you’ll be in the kitchen making a big pot of Jambalaya for MOI championship celebration.”

Mariah made sure to emphasize the “moi” in Raven’s tone just to get underneath her skin before motioning to sip from her red cup. Mariah tosses the contents into Mandisa’s face before Hip Tossing her through the buffet table. Noticing the tension, the party goers begin to shuffle out of the locker room. Mandisa gets up slamming her hands on the ground making her way to Mariah but Raven steps in front of her stopping Murda’s intention to kill the Show-Stoppin’ Senorita at this moment. Raven turns to Mariah with a smirk on her face, stepping up to her.

“Like I said: Let you tell the story, all this would be in your head. Just like any thought you have of seeing your name engraved on this title. It’s ALL in that delusional mind of yours. Even though you and I both know I don’t mean this - but good luck. Here’s hoping you don’t fuck up again this time."

Raven raises her cup and pours the remains in Mariah’s duffle bag dropping the cup in there as well. Amber and a pissed Mandisa leave the locker room as Raven and Mariah share one more death glare at each other before Raven eventually exits..leaving Mariah in the now jacked up locker room while the scene fades to black.