It was the week of the most exciting cruise in the world, Summer XXXTreme X! Team Go was set to team up to take on the Metal Maniacs in tag team action in a match that would prove to be a tough test for Krystal Wolfe and Ariana Angelos but the two young Go Gym Graduates were ready and willing to bring the fight to the psychotic duo of Twisted Sister and Iron Maiden even with Anthrax at ringside! Can Krystal and Ariana get the win?
Ariana and Francisco’s cabin, Sun Princess Cruise Liner, the open seas
Sunday the 3rd of July 2022, 11:00am
What a year it’s been.
Krystal brought this up during our promo last week but it has been a hell of a year for Team Go, and that was before the announcement that SCU was closing it’s doors! We regretted that we couldn’t make it to the last Underground because that was where me and Krystal (especially me) got our start on our wrestling careers but we were busy packing for the cruise and without us being booked for the show, we saw no point in dropping everything and attending.
Is that harsh? Maybe, but the alternative was doing our packing at the last moment and with Krystal bringing her gaming/streaming PC on board with her for the second year in a row she couldn’t afford to leave anything behind!
So, what’s my excuse? I’m a gamer like Krystal but I don’t really consider myself to be a hardcore gamer, but it still fell to time, me and Francisco had a lot to pack between us!
”So, toiletries have been unpacked and put in the bathroom, makeup stuff is unpacked…….” I went through my checklist as I looked at the now mostly empty suitcase, really the only thing I could see that hadn’t been unpacked yet was my swim wear and as much as Francisco would enjoy the view, I was only ever going to bust that out for sunbathing and related activities. ”Everything unpacked on your end Franky?” I asked my boyfriend referring to him by the nickname I had come to know him by.
”From here, it looks like we’re in the same boat Ariana, no pun intended.” Francisco responded as he held up his speedo, yes my boyfriend swims in a speedo and yes, he pulls off the luck much better than “Bulldog” Bill Barnhart! Though really, that should go without saying! Me and the rest of the Bombshells will have their nightmares haunted by Bill’s speedo for years to come. ”So, what day does Christian have you playing bingo?”
”I’ll be hosting games daily starting tomorrow afternoon and ending on the last day of the cruise for obvious reasons.” I responded as I adjusted my bra strap and Francisco nodded as he got the idea. ”I was able to rope Krystal, Makayla and Cassie into helping me host the event after Carter said that he and Lazarus had brought tickets so we’ll see how it goes.”
”I’m not sure why you’re so nervous Ari.” Francisco commented before he put the speedo down and walked up to me. ”You’re an intelligent woman, you’ll be fine.”
”I appreciate the complement, but I’m an intelligent woman who’s never attended a bingo game in her life, never mind played a game or hosted one!” I admitted to my boyfriend as I folded my arms and sat down on the bed. ”I had to google the rules when Christian asked me to do it! At least I’d be in my comfort zone doing a live Recipe 4 Disaster video or playing D&D with Krystal again, even if last year’s game went off the rails so badly that Krystal had to scrap five months’ worth of planning.”
”I had heard it was bad but I didn’t realize it was that bad.” Francisco admitted with a chuckle before he stretched his arms a bit. ”Speaking of your partner against The Metal Maniacs, have you heard from her since she boarded the ship? I noticed that she, Cassie and Makayla boarded ahead of us.”
”She texted me whilst you were in the bathroom, said that it felt weird being in a regular cabin after getting a balcony room last year due to her being the Bombshell Roulette Champion at the time but she and Makayla have settled, same goes for Cassie.” I responded with a nod after double checking the text to make sure my information was accurate. ”We’re still figuring out when we’re going to do our second promo, idea right now is to cut it whilst I’m hosting bingo!”
”Eh, I’ve heard of worse promo location ideas.” Francisco admitted with a shrug before we shared a quick kiss. ”Anyway, want to grab breakfast now that everything’s packed?”
”Sounds good to me!” I responded before we made our way out of our cabin to go grab breakfast.
Ariana’s bingo night, Sun Princess Cruise Liner, The Open Sea
Monday the 4th of July 2022, 14:00pm
I’m going to be honest with you guys, this wasn’t how I pictured spending my first Summer XXXTreme as an SCW Roster Member!
Sure, there were things I expected from hanging out with Krystal, Jessie and Caleb during last year’s event like being stopped by fans in search of a autograph, picture or both and I knew that it was expected of the roster members to do something for the fans! It’s just that after Krystal hosted her D&D Campaign on the ship and did that retro video game tournament last year I was under the impression that the roster members got to chose what they were doing, hence my initial plans to host a Recipe 4 Disaster episode on the ship.
That hit two snags, one: Christian warned the ship’s kitchen staff about me and I’ve been barred from entering the kitchen even though I actually have experience as a professional chef from working at the Gold Coast Cassino before the pandemic, two: Christian made my backup choice for me by giving me the bingo night assignment.
If Veronica Taylor was still a member of the roster, she’d be laughing her butt off!
”Thanks everyone for attending my bingo night!” I said into the mic and the crowd cheered, Krystal, Francisco Cassie were on stage with me as the Aussie’s Trivia Night Quiz was on right after my bingo game and I had pledged to help them as thanks for them helping me with the Bingo Game, Francisco was there because I threatened to make him sleep on the couch for the rest of the month if he didn’t help me! ”Everyone who has their bingo cards, chant SCW as loud as you can! Louder than Fenris and Brother David Shepherd last year!”
“SCW! SCW! SCW! SCW! SCW! SCW!” The entire crowd chanted loudly and Krystal chuckled to herself before tapping me on the arm to get my attention.
”And to think, I was arguing that that wouldn’t be possible when you came up with that idea earlier!” Krystal joked and I grinned at the Australian Bombshell before turning my attention back to the crowd.
”Alright then! I, Krystal, Cassie and Francisco will be alternating mic duties in that order, that includes spinning the bingo machine!” I told he crowd and they ate it up for lack of a better word, maybe this wouldn’t be so bad after all? ”Lucky for somem unlucky for others! 13!”
“You sunk my battleship!” A voice from the crowd called back and whilst we all had a good chuckle at The Simpsons reference, I couldn’t help but think that it was in bad taste considering that we were all out at sea on board a cruise ship!
”Yes, yes, very funny.” I responded whilst trying not to roll my eyes, though to be honest it had more to do with trying to appear professional than anything else. ”Everyone checked their cards?” I asked the crowd and most of them held their cards up to show that yes, they had marked the number whilst others kept their hands down, presumably because they didn’t have that number. ”Okay Krystal, you’re up!”
”Let’s hear it for Ariana Angelos everyone!” Krystal called out to the crowd and I grinned as they cheered, some even chanting the shortened version of my name (Ari) for good measure. ”Alrighty! Let’s get this show on the road!” Krystal added before giving the bingo wheel a spin. And seeing what number she got, she groaned. ”I just want to make it clear that I’m not body-shaming anyone when I say this but two fat ladies, 88!”
“You sunk my battleship!” The same guy from my round called out and it was becoming clear that this guy was not here to play Bingo, he was here to heckle us.
”Okay, look mate, I appreciate a good laugh as much as the next person but if you continue to heckle me, my co-worker Ari or our loved ones, I will have you kicked out and barred from attending Bingo or Trivia Night for the rest of the cruise, am I clear?” Krystal warned him and the guy quickly shut up much to the delight of the crowd. ”Sorry folks, had to put an end to that before it got out of control! Everyone mark eighty eight on their bingo cards?”
It was much the same as the last round, though more of the crowd had eighty eight on their cards than those who didn’t compared to the last round, then it was Cassie’s turn to be MC and I immediately regretted having the eighteen year old wrestling trainee help out! ”Hey guys! Before we got started, let’s break the ice with some jokes! Where do the sick boats go for check-ups? To the doc! Where did Bugs Bunny decide to park his boat? At the 'What's-up dock!' What kind of vegetable is not allowed on ships? Leeks!” Cassie told her jokes and she clearly meant well and the first two puns got a chuckle out of the crowd, the last one fell flat!
Fortunately, Krystal pulled her younger cousin aside when it was clear that the jokes weren’t working. ”Cass, I get what you’re going for, really, I do, but those aren’t dad jokes, they are granddad jokes! Please tell me you have better material than that?”
”Err, to be honest, I just googled “ship jokes” once my laptop was set up in my cabin.” Cassie admitted sheepishly as she got her iPhone out and showed her older cousin the rest of the jokes, I couldn’t see the other jokes from my position but based on the fact that Krystal facepalmed after reading a few? Cassie’s comedy routine was only going to get worse! ”Should I just go ahead and spin the bingo machine?”
”Please do before I start regretting getting you Summer XXXTreme tickets as a early birthday present.” Krystal warned her younger cousin and that was all Cassie needed to get back on track.
”Sorry about that folks, let’s get this back on the road.” Cassie announced to the crowd and they cheered before Cassie started the machine again. ”Nice! 69!”
“You sunk my………” The same heckler from before apparently thought that enough time had passed for him to try that joke again, Krystal’s death glare quickly shut him up even though we couldn’t see him!
”Last warning buddy, you will get kicked out if you try that shit again!” Cassie, who was normally a lovely girl when you got past the fact that she was a smart ass stoner with a porn addiction, said in a tone of voice that made it clear that she was just as annoyed with the heckler as her older cousin. ”So, who got 69? Do we have sixty nine in the crowd, I could really go for some sixty nine!”
”She’s going to milk that joke for all it’s worth, isn’t she?” I whispered to Krystal who shook her head with a chuckle.
”I’ll still take my younger cousin making sixty nine jokes over some asshole in the crowd making the same Simpsons reference over and over!” Krystal admitted and I giggled in response before nodding in agreement. ”It would at least make more sense if it was B6 but we aren’t using any letters!”
”True enough, at least Francisco is up next, he’ll bring things back down to normal I’m sure.” I responded with a grin and once everyone who had sixty nine on their bingo cards held them up Cassie handed the mic to Francisco.
”I would like to sincerely apologize on behalf the last host, that’s what you get for putting eighteen year olds in charge of anything!” Francisco joked and the crowd laughed (whilst Cassie gave him a mock death glare) as he operated the machine. ”Two twos, twenty two!”
“You sunk my battleship!” The heckler called out and Francisco had clearly had enough of that guy by that point.
”Security, please remove the jackass from the hall.” Francisco called out and the crowd cheered as security did their jobs and removed the heckler. ”My girlfriend will have a word with the bosses and see to it that you are barred from the event for the rest of the cruise! You were warned and you have no one to blame but yourself!”
”Remind me not to piss off Francisco.” Cassie whispered to us and whilst we were trained wrestlers (well, Cassie was a wrestler in training but still) we had to agree with her. ”Though I’m surprised you’re not personally throwing him out Krystal.”
”Believe me Cass, it would’ve been satisfying but the bosses tend to get a little testy when their wrestlers attack a fan!” Krystal responded with a grin as we watched the crowd react to Francisco’s call out.
All in all? Despite my apprehensions it was a good time had by all, the winner ended up being a younger female fan of ours (and by younger I mean mid-to late teens at most) and she got her picture taken with me and Krystal.
Off course, it was Krystal’s turn to be tested next.
Ship’s restaurant, Sun Princess Cruise Liner, The Open Sea
Monday the 4th of July 2022, 18:00pm
Unfortunately, the trivia night was a lot less eventful than my bingo game, maybe we’ll show it another day but when the highlight is Krystal hastily googling obscure facts about America to make it interesting? Yeah, it wasn’t pretty!
That was a few hours ago and me and Krystal had met up for dinner in the ship’s café, Makayla, Cassie and Francisco were back in their rooms chilling out leaving the two of us to have a girl’s night out of sorts.
”I still can’t believe that heckler!” I grunted as I shook my head and Krystal nodded in agreement as we waited for our drinks having already ordered our food. ”These Summer XXXTreme tickets aren’t cheap, even by SCW standards, who spends that much money on a ticket just to heckle the wrestlers when their doing stuff for the fans?”
”I brought Cass her ticket remember? Shilled out for a balcony room and everything! Trust me Ari, I know how expensive the tickets are!” Krystal reminded me as the Aussie shook her head. ”As for the heckler? There are a lot of assholes in the world Ari, and unfortunately a lot of them think that buying tickets to an event like Summer XXXTreme means that they can do whatever they want!”
”Sadly I can see why you’re saying that.” I admitted before I saw a redhead woman enter the café, I could’ve sworn I recognized her but put that out of my mind for now. ”Hopefully the rest of the week improves on a chaotic bingo game and a boring trivia game.”
”I thought I recognized you guys.” A rather thick feminine French accent commented as the redhead walked up to our table, then it clicked, it was Adrienne Beaufort, the French Go Gym Graduate who had left SCW because she was struggling with her mental health and had since joined a fed that ran shows once a month. ”Feels like forever since I was an SCW Bombshell, may I join you guys?”
”Like that needed to be answered.” Krystal responded with a grin before Adrienne pulled a chair up to our table and sat down opposite us, she was frankly looking a lot happier than she was towards the end of her short lived SCW run and it was easy to tell why because we had watched her last match. ”Congrats on finally getting that second win by the way! That was a great match against Ace Skye and Adi Gold!”
”Thanks Krystal, it was a tough match but I got the win.” Adrienne responded with a grin before letting out a deep breath. ”I know you guys have The Metal Maniacs in tag team action on Sunday, are you worried?”
”We’d be more worried if it was a hardcore rules match, instead it’s a match that plays to our strengths and their weaknesses.” I told Adrienne who nodded as the eighteen year old wrestler shifted her weight. ”What are your thoughts on Chloe taking on Jessie? I know you were friends with both.”
”Chloe has improved a lot since we faced off in our debut match, but Jessie has experience on her side in this one, pains me to say it but I see Jessie getting the win over her.” Adrienne explained and as much as we liked Chloe, we had to agree with Adrienne there. ”Sorry you had to deal with that heckler, I would’ve thrown him out myself if Francisco hadn’t done it! And by the way? I may be a lesbian but even I’ll admit, you’ve got yourself a real catch there Ari!”
”I’ll be sure to tell Francisco that even a lesbian finds him attractive.” I responded with a laugh which was shared by the other two women, then me and Krystal shared a look and agreed not to bring up the situation with Emerald. ”But seriously though, there are times that I have to remind myself how lucky I am to have him as my boyfriend!”
”Don’t sell yourself short Ari, you’re a beautiful young woman, I’m sure you had boys knocking on your door when you went on the market.” Krystal reminded me and I grinned in response. ”So what’s next for you Adrienne?”
”I’m facing a newcomer at the next CU:LT event, calls himself The Rascal King, should be interesting.” Adrienne responded with a shrug and we grinned in response. ”I think my biggest challenge outside of SCW was adapting to the fact that there was a good chance that I was going to wrestle a guy! I lost my first match against a guy but I’m getting into the grove.”
”Well, I hope it works out, and remember that just because you’re no longer in SCW doesn’t mean you can’t use the Go Gym.” I commented and Adrienne grinned in response before we shifted the topic towards other matters.
Near the pool Sun Princess Cruise Liner, The Open Sea
Monday the 4th of July 2022, 23:00pm
*promo time*
We chose to do our promo by the pool late at night, why? Because we didn’t want to be interrupted.
”If you ask any SCW wrestler what their favourite event is, a bet most of them will name Summer XXXTreme because how often is it that you get to wrestle on a cruise ship?” I asked as Krystal stepped into view with her arms crossed. ”And guess what? That goes for me and Krystal! Now we haven’t seen our opponents on the ship since we boarded yesterday but considering we’re facing Twisted Sister and Iron Maiden of The Metal Maniacs? Well, we’re not gonna take it and they had better run to the hills!”
”Ignoring the fact that my partner’s second reference would’ve worked better if this match wasn’t on a cruise ship, Ari’s right on the money!” Krystal chimed in and the only thing I could do was grin sheepishly. ”It’s like we said last week Metal Maniacs, you might have had an advantage if this match was a hardcore rules match but that’s not the hand that you guys have been dealt, is it? Me and Ari are well aware of how dangerous you two are in a lawless environment but how well do you fare when the ref will DQ you for trying to bring weapons into the mix?”
Krystal asked and I grinned in response before sharing a fist bump with her.
”I’m not even sure if the Metal Maniacs realize how big the disadvantage is for them! Krystal may have spent just under a year as Bombshell Roulette Champion but she’ll be the first to tell you that hardcore wrestling isn’t really her speciality and the same goes for me! As we already said, this is a standard rules match, the only way that the Metal Maniacs could possibly bring weapons into the mix is if Anthrax distracted the referee and that can only take you so far, right Krystal?”
”Right, how long will it take for the ref to catch onto Anthrax’s scheme and send him to the backstage area? I think we both know the answer to that question, not long at all because the Metal Maniacs are so deranged that I strongly doubt that they’ll be an ounce of subtlety to any shenanigans that they pull! And if somehow that doesn’t work, all it’d take is the Metal Maniacs getting just a little overzealous and before they know it? The best they can hope for is Anthrax getting ejected!!”
Krystal added and I shook my head.
”Let me make one thing clear, the last thing I want is for my first Summer XXXTreme Match to end in a disqualification! Could it happen? With opponents as mad as The Metal Maniacs? It’s a safe bet that they’ll try to pull stuff that would get anyone else disqualified but me and Krystal won’t fool for your tricks so Iron Maiden and Twisted Sister had better be ready for a fight that’s well within the standard wrestling rules because that’s exactly what you are going to get!”
”No offence Ari, but you are as naive as you are talented, just because this is a normal match doesn’t mean that the Metal Maniacs won’t try every dirty trick in the book to get the advantage over us in this match! Besides, as demented as they are, they have been in SCW for a long time and if anyone knows what they are doing as a deranged tag team, it’s the Metal Maniacs! Saying that though? We won’t be intimidated!”
It's that simple.
”I would say “Team Go Goes On A Boat” but me and Krystal boarded the ship yesterday! But that just means that we are ready to bring the fight to The Metal Maniacs in this Tag Team Match and by the end of the night? Team Go will be standing tall after we get the win over the two of you! But that being said, there is an elephant in the room, isn’t there Krystal? And I don’t mean Anthrax!”
”What Ariana’s referring to is a match that’s happening on the final Supernova. It’s me vs. Ari in a Go Gym Showcase Match! Now make no mistake, we know we are going to steal the show in that match, but it recontextualizes this match entirely because now what started out as a random tag team match has turned into a warmup for me and Ari, The Metal Maniacs are our appetizers, the match between us is the Main Course!”
And with that we decided to wrap things up.
”And trust us when we say that you don’t want to know what we’re having for dessert! Jokes aside, me and Ari are coming into the match against the Metal Maniacs with one goal in mind and that’s to get the win at Summer XXXTreme X! for me this is about continuing my win streak at the event and bouncing back from my loss in the Queen for a Day Ladder Match at Into the Void X but for Ari? Her goals are different but as we turn the page on this chapter of our SCW careers.”
”We will not only get the win but allow me to get another win! But hey, at least you guys are being more talkative than Char Kwan was at Into the Void XI! But that won’t stop the Metal Maniacs from bearing witness to the grace of the Angel’s Descent courtesy of “The Greek Angel” Ariana Angelos or being struck down by “Down Under Thunder” Krystal Wolfe! We will see you guys in the ring!”
We returned to our cabins as the scene fades.