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Climax Control Archives / "Return of the Storm!”
« on: April 23, 2024, 10:04:38 PM »
It had been three long years since Caleb had left SCW, initially being taken off the road due to suffering an arm injury in an Internet Title Match against Brother David Shephard at 2021’s High Stakes X event Caleb’s contract quietly ran out after Adrienne Beaufort was released at her request and they moved back to Syracuse, New York later that year, it seemed like Caleb was done with SCW for good.

That is until 2024’s Blast from the Past Tournament was announced and Caleb announced his surprise return for the tournament! Caleb was debuting with another surprise to boot because he was teaming with newcomer Nakita Niles who had joined the fed to compete in the tournament, they didn’t have to wait long to learn of their first round opponents either because Caleb and Nakita were teaming up in the opening round of the Blast from the Past Tournament, their opponents? Caleb’s old foe “Bulldog” Bill Barnhart and another newcomer known only as Roux! Can Caleb and Nakita get the win.

Caleb’s home, Syracuse, New York
Thursday the 11th of April 2024, 17:00pm

It’s been a while, hasn’t it?

The last time you folks saw me I was being stretched out of the ringside area following my Internet Title Match against Brother David Shepard at High Stakes X, why? Because I had dislocated my arm during that match! And if you think that’s bad? Remember, that show was being hold in my home state of New York!

Yeah, it wasn’t exactly a good hometown moment to put it lightly! And after Adrienne shot herself in the foot when wresting under my wife’s management for SCW and eventually left for mental health reasons I let my SCW contract expire and moved back to New York.

What have I been doing since then? Not a lot.

I had to give up the guitar because my arm injury meant that my playing ability was never the same as it was beforehand, I did the occasional indie show when I was healing, mostly as someone who did signings and whatnot and once my arm had completely healed I started training for my comeback.

All I’m saying is that missing months of action leaves you with more than a little ring rust, but once I got back into the groove I mostly stuck to the New York area because I didn’t think there was a place for me on the current SCW roster, then I got the idea in my head to return for Blast from the Past and basically see where I went from there and now I’m in my current predicament.

Having to tell the ladies in my life that I’ll be returning to SCW.

“Okay, Caleb usually when you have a surprise for me, it causes me a few headaches.” Katie pointed out as she sat next to Adrienne on the sofa, Adrienne’s girlfriend Freya was hanging around in the background. “I hope this isn’t one of those headache inducing moments.”

”Trust me Katie, you’re going to love this one.” I assured my wife and she took a sip from a drink right before I dropped it. ”I’ve been in contact with Sin City Wrestling over the past few months, I’m going to be returning for the Blast from the Past Tournament.”

Yep, that was all it took for Katie to nearly spit out her drink. “You’re going to WHAT?!” Katie asked with an exasperated look on her face. “Caleb, you remember how tumoltous your relationship with that tournament is, right? Never mind how many guys and girls have come and gone in the time since you left, for god’s sake Jessie’s pregnant and her cousin has been wrestling in her old spot.”

”Well, at least Amber Ryan and Masque aren’t there anymore.” Adrienne commented with a shudder as she thought back to her last match in SCW. ”But you are sure about this Caleb?”[/font]

“I mean personally? I’d pay good money to see him tear it up with the likes of Perer Vaughn or Alexander Raven!” Freya chimed in and we turned to her. “When are they announcing the teams anyway?”

”Sunday night, at this year’s Blaze of Glory show.” I explained and the three women nodded as they got the idea. ”It’s in Flagstaff, Arizona and the tournament will coincide with this year’s first international tout.”

“So like last year’s Unsolved Mysteries tour? I wonder if the locations will be as random or if the routing will be as weird as that tour was?” Katie wondered out loud as she leaned back. “Seriously, two dates in Scotland, one date in Romania and then the final date in London? And not at any of the major Scottish cities either?”

”I know right? I have trouble finding those Scottish locations on a map when they were announced.” I responded with a nod before sitting down and the topc shifted elsewhere.

Come Sunday night I would learn two important facts about my return for the Blast from the Past Tournament, one: my partner was Nakita Niles, a newcomer to SCW who had signed up for the tournament, if anything that put us on equal footing, from what I could gather Nakita was a former servicewoman in the army turned wrestler with quite a reputation outside SCW, and as for the tour?

Well fittingly, it was a Battlefields Tour, shows that would be taking place at the sites of famous battles and the first show was taking place in Hastings, England! For those who may not remember how my last trip to England went? SCW’s tour at the time was brought to a screeching halt by the pandemic.

Fast forward another week and I found out that me and Nakita were opening up this year’s tournament against my old foe Bill Barnhart and another newcomer known only as Roux! This was gonna be interesting.

Caleb’s hotel room, Hastings, England
Monday the 22nd of April 2024, 14:00pm

I’ll admit, I’ve missed being on the road with SCW.

Maybe living in New York for the past few years had something to do with it, especially since I never really ventured outside of New York in that time, hell Adrienne did he most traveling when she was going overseas for CULT.

But you’re here to talk about a failed bombshell right?

It has also been a while since my feet touched British soil and getting used to that fact has been fun, that said, I’m ready to get back into it.

“I know you’ve been training with me and Adrienne since your partnership with Nakita was announced.” Katie commented as she lay back on her bed and I glanced over at her. “But you sure you’re ready for this?”

”I’m sure, don’t worry, besides from what I’ve seen? Bill hasn’t really changed much in the three years since I left SCW.” I responded as turned to face my wife. ”He and Bea had a brief reign with the Mixed Tag Titles and he’s held the Roulette Title twice, outside of that? He’s been doing his old schtick.”

“Heh, some things never change.” Katie chuckled as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. “Where you able to find anything out about this Roux person?”

”Nope, all I know for certain is that she’s Bill’s partner, couldn’t even find a bio for her.” I responded with a shrug and Katie nodded. ”Should be interesting to see how this plays out.”

“For sure.” Katie nodded in agreement before she sat up in her bed. “So, have you decided to make your return full time yet?”

”Not yet, I want to see how the tournament plays out.” I admitted as I shook my head and Katie nodded. ”In the meantime? We may as well enjoy our time here in Hastings.”

“We’ll be here for a week, don’t know if there’s much to do in Hastings to be honest because I’m more familiar with the major UK cities like London or Miles’s hometown of Manchester.” Katie responded with a shrug before she paused. “Did you ever wrestle Miles one on one? I know you faced him in Triple Threats for Alex Jones’ Roulette Title.”

”Not that I can remember, guy’s a fantastic athlete so I’m sure we’ll have a great match if that comes to pass.” I responded as I shook my head and Katie nodded. ”And hell there’s other new guys I’d tear the house down with too, Eddie, Rodrigo, Miles’s fiancé Carter, the list goes on, but again that depends on if my return to SCW is a full time thing.”

“And if nothing else, maybe you can finally get lengthy reigns with the Roulette and Internet Titles.” Katie pointing out that idea and I had to admit, it was tempting, especially after Jessie broke her curse last year.

Either way, this was going to be great.

Walking around Hastings, England
Tuesday the 23rd of April 2024, 14:00pm

*promo time*

I’m back!

”Be honest SCW, did you miss me?” I asked as I addressed the camera with my arms crossed. ”My return for the Blast from The Past was done more on a whim more than anything else, I have been wrestling back in New York, I just never ventured outside of my home state since I moved back there following Adrienne’s release from her contract.” I added as I shook my head. ”But what matters is that I’m here and I’m ready to kick ass in the Blast from the Past Tournament with Nakita Niles! First up on the chopping block? Bill Barnhart and Roux!”

Oh boy.

”I come back to SCW after three years and my first opponent is Bill Barnhart, honestly you can’t make this stuff up folks.” I commented as I folded my arms. ”Me and Old Fart Barnhart have been at each other’s throats several times, and he was my last opponent on Climax Control to boot and to be honest? Getting that win back against Billy will be a great way to mark my return and I plan on doing just that!”

As for Roux?

”As for his partner? What can I say about Roux? No, seriously, what can I say about Roux? She doesn’t have a bio up she doesn’t have a social media account as far as I can tell and Nakita’s probably gonna run right through her if that’s any indication.” I commented as I shook my head. ”I’m hoping I’m wrong about Roux because I don’t want my return to Sin City to be anti-climactic, if anything I want it to be like Bobbie’s current run and hopefully I’ll achieve just that!”

It's that simple.

”To be honest, I don’t know if my return to Sin City will be permanent or a one off but the fact that I’ve got Bill in my first match back is hitting me with a wave of nostalgia!” I added as I shook my head. ”Haven’t really decided if it’s the good kind of nostalgia or not, the kind you get when one of your favourite metal bands from the 80s returns with a killer new album or the bad kind when said album is a total disappointment, either way? I’m back and the Return of the Storm is on!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Nakita, I don’t know a lot about you but I look forward to kicking ass with you in the tournament! And this match will be a test for us both.” I commented as I folded my arms. ”You get someone who I can’t find any info on and I get my old foe Bill “Old Fart” Barnhart and trust me when I say that there’s a storm a brewing and that Bill and Roiux had better just let the Metal Storm descend upon them courtesy of Caleb Storms! See you then!”

I walked off as the scene fades.

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Supercard Archives / “Holy Diver!”
« on: November 05, 2021, 11:37:58 AM »
It was the week of High Stakes XI, the most anticipated SCW show of the year and Caleb was defending the SCW Internet Championship in his home state against Brother David! But with two back to back losses to Kris Ryans and “Bulldog” Bill Barnhart over the past few weeks Caleb’s Supercard Cycle had not been a good one even though he had won the Internet Championship for a record breaking third time, can Caleb retain?

Caleb’s autograph signing, 5th Avenue Record Shop, New York City, New York
Thursday the 4th of November 2021, 18:00pm

Kinda surprised that it’s taken me this long to do something like this really?

What’s that? You think I’m talking about the Internet Title and the three reigns that have all happened in the space of a year? Well, yes and no, I’m surprised that my three reigns have happened at all to be honest considering how long I was in pursuit of those titles, but I’m also surprised that it’s taken me this long to do an autograph signing at a record store, I’m a metalhead wrestler for crying out loud!

Wonder how long it’ll take for Jessie to do something similar? She’s been with SCW since the beginning practically!

But yeah, I do have a fair bit on my mind right now and most of that is related to my Internet Title Defence against Brother David Shepherd in a few days’ time at High Stakes XI, the other half is related to the fact that I’ll be defending the title in my home city of New York off course but that goes without saying.

”And that’s another autograph signed.” I commented to myself as I signed an autograph for what felt like the hundredth time tis evening, at the very least I did eat dinner at the hotel before I left for the autograph signing but there was still a long line. ”Katie, how long is the que?” I muttered to myself as I sent her a text knowing that Katie was outside with Lemmy.

“Not sure about exact numbers but it stretches around at least one corner.” Katie replied as I signed another autograph and I sighed as another one entered the store. “Wasn’t Krystal supposed to join you for this?”

”She was but she had some stuff to deal with in regard to her niece, she hasn’t exactly been quiet about that kid’s health problems so I wouldn’t be surprised if that played a part.” I responded before I spotted Krystal through the window. ”And here she comes.”

“Makayla just stopped alongside me with Rachel and confirmed what you thought.” Katie responded as Krystal hurriedly sat next to me. “Lemmy and Rachel just hit it off big time.”

”No surprise there.” I responded to Katie’s text before turning to Krystal. ”Luckily the signing just started, though I take it you saw the line?”

”Caleb, you could practically see that thing from space!” Krystal responded as she shook her head before getting her stuff ready for the signing. ”Sorry for the wait, Rachel had a nasty nose blood about an hour ago, ma and Makayla had only gotten it under control about a half hour ago, Makayla brought her with us so she can keep an eye on her.””

”That’s a shame, she’s a cute kid.” I nodded sympathetically as Krystal got started signing replica Roulette Title Belts and other paraphernalia. ”How are you finding New York so far?”

”About as big and confusing in real life as it looked on TV.” Krystal admitted with a shrug as a line started to form for her signing. ”You’re from New York, aren’t you Caleb?”

”Yeah but not Manhattan proper, I’m from a city called Syracuse, which is about a four hour drive to the north east of Manhattan.” I explained, and Krystal nodded as she got the idea. ”Syracuse is a nice place but nothing really exciting happens over there, if the Homecoming tour went ahead SCW likely would’ve had the show in the city’s College Football arena.”

”And based on that, I’m guessing you’re not a fan of most sports that aren’t wrestling?” Krystal asked, and I nodded in response. ”I’m kinda the same way, the only none wrestling sports I really pay attention too are Rugby and Aussie Rules Football, and eSports if you count them.”

”Never understood how playing video games counts as a sport but sure, let’s go with that.” I responded with a shrug before we resumed signing stuff for the autograph seekers, though the line showed no signs of dying. ”How are you preparing for the defence against Char? Especially after all the crap she’s put you through?”

”Only way I can really, try to set aside my anger and treat Char as just another challenger.” Krystal responded with a shrug, and I nodded as I got the idea. ”What about you and Brother David Shepherd?”

”Much the same way, though I am feeling nervous about it given how this last cycle has gone.” I responded as I shook my head before we signed more autographs. ”I lost to Bill Barnhart for the first time in years for crying out loud! I need this win over David to prove that I’m not a fluke!”

”And if that doesn’t remind me of how I felt heading into my first defence against Maki, nothing will!” Krystal responded as the Australian Bombshell shook her head. ”But we both know that defending a title is a lot harder than winning one, you’re a five time champion and whilst I’m on my first reign, it’s a reign that’s lasted for about as long as my losing streak!”

”Here’s hoping that your reign doesn’t end on a match against Char Kwan as well.” I nodded in response before we got ready for another wave of autograph seekers.

Walking back to the hotel, New York City, New York
Thursday the 4th of October 2021, 21:00pm

It was a long autograph session, but it was good for me and Krystal to hang around with fans for a while, though the fact that Krystal ended up getting more autograph requests than me despite her late arrival probably says something about how likely she’ll be to win any of the three Year End Awards that she is up for winning.

Even so, we were currently walking Lemmy back to the dog friendly hotel that we were using, the hotel wasn’t that far from Fifth Avenue in all honesty, and we figured Lemmy would appreciate the walk (he did) and we were on our way back now.

”Can’t remember the last time we walked through the streets of New York.” I commented as we walked alongside each other with me holding Lemmy’s lead. ”Gotta be at least as far back as the PWU days.”

“Yeah, at least.” Katie nodded in agreement as I adjusted my grip on the lead to make it stronger. “Either that or it was when we moved to Las Vegas to join SCW.”

”Time flies.” I nodded in agreement as we neared the hotel. ”Off course I’ve done a lot since those days and I have the title reigns to show for it, though I am wondering what’s next for me after my Internet Reign ends?”

“Well, if he’s still Roulette Champ by then, you could always go after Bill.” Katie suggested with a shrug after thinking for a minute. “Get that win back, add that elusive second Roulette Title Reign to your list of accomplishments, or aim even higher.”

”You mean for the World Title and the Grand Slam right?” I asked, and Katie nodded without hesitation. ”That would cement my status as a legend in the making but I don’t want to go down the same route as Jessie did when she was in my position several years ago.”

“You mean when she became transfixed on winning the title and destroyed her goodwill in the process?” Katie asked and I nodded in response. “I know she’s still rebuilding her goodwill, though let’s be honest the Jessie Deserves Better incident definitely didn’t help, but you won’t become like her, right?”

”I won’t know unless I make that a goal for next year, and that’s a long ways off.” I responded with a shrug before we approached the hotel, I opened the door with my three hand and held it open for Katie allowing her to go in first and I followed her in with Lemmy in tow. ”One thing is for sure though.”

“What’s that?” Katie asked as she went to get us signed in.

”I’m not giving up this title without a fight.” I responded before we went up to the front desk.

Caleb’s hotel room, New York City, New York
Thursday the 4th of October 2021, 21:30pm

*promo time*

The time is almost here.

”High Stakes XI is almost here from right here in my home state! As I said last week, I’m originally from Syracuse, a city four hours away from Manhattan but New York is still my home and I’ll be representing my home state in the best wat possible, by defending the SCW Internet Championship against the Holy Diver himself Brother David Shepherd who wants nothing more than to take the title from me!”

But he won’t!

”It’s been a week since my last promo and have my opinions on this match changed at all? Nope! I still plan on retaining the title and continuing my winning ways against Brother David Shepherd even though the last time we met was in the pre-show to Supernova all the way back in August! Now I’m not kidding myself about how that match ended, I know I only won because Alex Jones stuck his nose in where it didn’t belong!”

But enough about him.

”Since then you’ve been tied up in your own stuff with Fenris and well, I’m not going to comment too much on that because it’s not my business, I don’t want Fenris to kick my head into orbit and that’s all I’m going to say about that! But now you’re back on the title hunt and that hunt is starting with the SCW Internet Title, all I can say is that you’re going to have to look elsewhere if you want to win your second title and I hear the current Roulette Champion is a real pushover!”

Yeah, I went there.

”But before all that, we have our title match at High Stakes XI and I’ve said a lot about the two of us in relation to the title match so what is there left to say? I’ve already brought up the New Year’s Resolution I made last year after I was gifted this title by J2H and despite everyone and their mother raising a stink about that fact, I went on to prove that I can win this title legitimately not once but twice and this Sunday I’ll prove one other thing.”

It’s that simple.

”That thing is that I can retain the title as well as win it legitimately! And unless a miracle happens and Brother David Shepherd goes onto win the Internet Title for the first time in his career I don’t see that changing! But since Brother David Shepherd a holy man and all, you’d think that the odds of a miracle happening would be in his favour this Sunday night at High Stakes XI, wouldn’t you?”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Well, it wouldn’t be the first time I disappointed a holy man, only instead of ,e disappointing the holy man because I listen to metal. It’s because I’m about to beat up a holy man to retain the SCW Internet Title because Brother David Shepherd had better brace himself as there’s a storm brewing of biblical proportions, otherwise he’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your Internet Champion!”

I went to play with Lemmy as the scene fades.

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Supercard Archives / "A Promise to Keep!”
« on: October 30, 2021, 10:26:58 PM »
Much to the shock of everyone who assumed that Caleb had the match won from the outset, Bill Barnhart would pick up the win over Caleb sending the two men into different directions heading into their first title match ay High Stakes X!! Bill was entering into his first defence with the momentum to carry him past the first defence against Agostino Romano (on paper) whilst Caleb was heading into his title defence against Brother David Shepherd at a distinct disadvantage, can Caleb retain the title?

Backstage at Climax Control 315, Boston, Massecuites
Sunday the 24th of October 2021, 21:00pm

What has gotten into me lately?!

I should’ve had the match against Bill in the bag, before that match he had only beaten me once and that was a while ago, since then I’ve picked up win after win, except that ended last week.

Now Bill is heading into the first title match of his reign against Agostino Romano with momentum on his side, whilst I’m heading into my first defence against Brother David Shepherd coming off two back to back losses.

To say that this isn’t a good sign for my title reign is putting it mildly.

Speaking of title reigns, me and Katie are watching Krystal’s sixth Bombshell Roulette Title defence in the Graveyard Elimination Match against Johanna Krieger, Bella Madison, Seleana Zdunich and Bea Barnhart with bated breath, because we thought that this was going to be the end of Krystal’s time as Bombshell Roulette Champion.

How wrong we were.

“And Krystal retains the title with the double elimination.” Katie commented as we watched Krystal dropkick both Johanna and Bella into the grave to retain the title. “And here you were thinking that this was going to be the end!”

”You thought that way as well Katie.” I responded as I shook my head and Katie glanced over at me. ”Besides, she was facing three of the toughest women in the Bombshell Division and Bea Barnhart, which begs the question, where does she go from here?”

“Good question, we know Krystal has Char at High Stakes XI and after everything Char’s done to her, the attack by Tempest will be the least of her problems.” Katie responded as she folded her arms. “There’s both members of Team Hero, Candy, the Metal Maniacs, there’s plenty of people who Krystal has never defended against.”

”And that’s assuming Johanna and Bella don’t try to get shots by saying that she never beat them the traditional way, even though that was impossible given the match stipulation.” I responded before thinking of something. ”Didn’t Krystal say that Ariana’s stitches were coming out next week?”

“Yeah, on her birthday to boot.” Katie nodded before she realized why I was asking this. “I don’t know if Gabriel and Odette have anything special planned, they normally do for a graduate’s birthday but between the attack and the stitches, it’s been hard to really plan anything! She’s turning twenty one as well so it’s also a big milestone birthday.”

”I still find it crazy how one of the best wrestlers in SCU started younger than both of us combined.”! I nodded in response as we waited for the Main Event to start. ”Bill’s entering his match with momentum, Krystal just got a major momentum boost with that title defence, where does that leave me?” I muttered to myself, and Katie looked over at me. ”My last win was when I won the Internet Title at Violent Conduct VII, that was a record breaking reign sure but since then I’ve been in a rut.”

“I can’t really answer that Caleb, you’re the professional wrestler and champion, I’m still a trainee at the Go Gym.” Katie shrugged her shoulders in response as o adjusted the positioning of the title that was over my shoulder. “When was the last time you faced Brother David?”

”During the lead up to Summer XXXTreme IX, when SCU hosted that special in Canada? The first show under the SCW Brand to take place outside of Vegas in over a year?” I reminded her, and Katie nodded as she cast her mind back to that day. ”The match ended indecisively thanks to Alex Jones’s interference; this is our first meeting since that match.”

“A chance for you to right that wrong then.” Katie nodded as the Main Event got started. “How about we watch the Main Event to take our minds off things? And yes, I know Alex Jones is in the Main Event.”

”He probably won’t be a thorn in my side unless I set my sights on the World Heavyweight Championship so yeah, let’s watch!” I nodded in agreement before we got ready to watch the Main Event.

Wondering around Central Park, New York City, New York
Saturday the 30th of October 2021, 18:00pm

It’s good to be hone!

Yeah, I know Syracuse isn’t part of Manhattan but it’s still a part of New York and I consider it to be part of my hometown in any case, that was why I was so excited for last year’s Homecoming Tour, no wrestling events from major companies ever come to Syracuse!

And then the pandemic happened, and the tour never really progressed beyond England, yay.

I’m cautiously optimistic that the bosses will want to restart the tour again, especially since there’s a wider variety of places to visit with people like Krystal Wolfe on the main roster, but considering it took until Summer XXXTreme IX for SCW to venture outside of Vegas again, it might be a while before that happens.

But hey, at least we finally made it too New York.

”Well, congratulations Jason, you are my hundredth autograph seeker I’ve encountered since I returned to New York.” I commented with a grin as I signed the guy’s autograph. ”Well, I say that, but I haven’t actually kept count.”

“Yeah, I bet you’ve gotten a lot.” Jason nodded as I handed back his autograph. “Good luck against Brother David Shepherd at High Stakes!” Jason added before he went on his way, autograph in hand.

”Thanks!” I called out to him, and he waved to me before he disappeared around the corner, I turned to Katie who was holding Lemmy’s lead. ”Any idea how many autographs I’ve signed since we took Lemmy here?”

“Yes.” Katie responded with a laugh, and I shook my head. “We’re native New Yorkers, I’m still surprised that our hotel room hasn’t been swarmed with reporters yet considering we’re almost into the second week!”

”Give it time.” I responded before I spotted a nearby bench and motioned to Katie that it was a good time to stop for a rest, Katie nodded when she saw the bench and we sat down with Lemmy laying down at our feet. ”I still don’t know the answer to my question.”

“Where does your string of losses leave you compared to Krystal and Bill?” Katie asked and I nodded in response. “Hard to say, Krystal suffered her first loss in months against Andrea but bounced right back with her last title defence, Bill’s been on a roll since you beat him and Malachi for the Internet Title at Violent Conduct VII so who can really say?”

”Only way to know for sure is to wait for my first defence.” I nodded as I stroked Lemmy with my foot and he rolled onto his back for a belly rub. ”Here’s hoping that it goes better than my first defence against Agostino did,” I added before seeing the look on Katie’s face. ”Both defences.”

“Yeah, kinda funny how he’s challenging Bill on the same night of your first defence, isn’t it?” Katie asked and I quickly nodded in agreement. “Let’s get going, we need to get back to the dog friendly hotel before it gets dark.”

”Good idea” I responded before we stood up and headed out of the park.

Caleb’s hotel room, New York City, New York
Saturday the 30th of October 2021, 21:00pm

*promo time*

My people.

”It’s been way overdue that SCW come to my home city but welcome to New York! Okay, I’m from Syracuse but that place is still part of New York City so there! And it’ll be in my home city that I will defend the Internet Title against Brother David Shepherd in my first defence and if that’s not appropriate then I don’t know what is! But I made a promise after I was gifted the Internet Title by K2H last year, that I would hold it for a whole year!”

And I intend to keep it!

”Look, I know that people tend to break New Year’s Resolutions like Fortune Cookies,  but I intend to see this through! Even if it took me pointing out that I never said how many reigns I’d have by the time I got to this point because I have a promise to keep and unlike every other politician ever I intend to keep that promise! Especially against the likes of Brother David Shepherd.”

Nothing will stand in my way.

”I have been determined to see this promise through to the bitter end all year, whether it was y three title challenges to Alex Jones, or my three title matches against Agostino I let nothing stand in my way and I’m not about to let some holy man from SCU get in my way of that goal! Off course if you look at the Shepherds as a whole you realize that they are about as far from pious as you can get!”

Yeah I’m going there!

”Because let’s face it Dave, you’ve used some underhanded tactics against me before, remember that match we had during the lead up to Summer XXXTreme IX? The one with Fenris as the Special Guest Ref? I sure do, I picked up the win in that match despite everything you tried to throw at me! Sure, it was kinda tainted thanks to Alex Jones and my having the tights, but the history books show that o still picked up the win over you at Supernova IV and that is all that matters.”

Funny that!

”And as far as I’m concerned? History will repeat itself next Sunday when I continue my winning ways against you only this time? It’ll be for the gold and it’s like I said, I have a promise to keep going towards the New Year! And I’m sure as hell not about to let some holy man get in the way between me and fulfilling that promise! But then again, your actions aren’t all that holy David, some might call you a Leper Messiah!”

It’s that simple!

“Yeah, I did just call you a Metallica song, what are you going to do about it? I’ll tell you what, you’ll fail in your quest to take the SCW Internet Title from me! Day by day I am building my reputation as a legend in the making and to continue that trend I need to do two things, retain the Internet Title on my first defence in my home city and keep that momentum rolling into the New Year!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up!

”That’s what’s motivating me heading into this match, Brother David Shepherd you have god on your side, but I have the city of New York and it’s people on my side and as far as I’m concerned? They are more than enough to see me through because  you and your god had better brace yourself because there’s a storm brewing, otherwise you’ll both be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your Internet Champion!”

I went to play on my guitar as the scene fades.

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Caleb’s first match as the new Internet Champion played out a lot like the first one, with Kris Ryans picking up the win over the younger opponent but Caleb was, as ever, undaunted by the setback and this week at Climax Control 314 he was facing an old enemy of his, the new SCW Roulette Champion Bill Barnhart! Much like Climax Control 313’s Main Event between Bombshell Roulette Champion Krystal Wolfe and Bombshell Internet Champion Andrea Hernandez neither man’s title was on the line, only their pride! Can Caleb bounce back from the loss to Kris?

Caleb’s hotel room, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Monday the 11th of October 2021, 18:00pm

I know what you’re thinking and no, I’m not commenting on the dog costume beyond “I thought it would be a funny idea” and Krystal’s reaction was perfect so yeah, no further comment on that.

Speaking of dogs, I’ve got an old dog that I’ll be facing yet again this Sunday night, you got it folks it’s Bill Barnhart only now “Old Fart” Barnhart has a singles title to his name! And unlike the time where he and his wife finally won the Mixed Tag Titles, he’s held it longer than two weeks! Granted that is mostly because he’s yet to have his first defence but I do have a prediction for when Bill’s first defence happens.

Remember how long my first two Internet Title Reigns were? Yeah, I don’t see Bill’s reign lasting beyond the first defence either!

“Caleb, when you said “bring Lemmy’s lead and back-up collar to Climax Control” I thought you had something else in mind entirely.” Katie commented as she shook her head in disbelief and I grinned in response as we talked over Zoom, Katie was back in Las Vegas for the week getting her training done with the others. “Something that would’ve been far to hot for TV I might add! But no, you went and brought a dog costume.”

“Tricky part was finding one that was less fursuit and more cute Halloween costume.” I admitted with a laugh and Katie shook her head. “After that? It was keeping a straight face as I barked.”

“Caleb, you’re the Internet Champion, the last guy who held that title is the current World Champ, at least TRY to have some dignity!” Katie responded with an exasperated sigh before our Labrador Lemmy poked his nose in. “But that is a good segway into your next match as champ admittedly, you know, since your facing Bill again!”

“At least there’s an actual story here beyond the whole “Caleb and Bill put on good matches”, namely that Bill finally won his first singles title!” I pointed out as Katie patted Lemmy on the hard. “There is part of me that wants to be happy for the guy, but I know from personal experience that holding a title is never easy in SCW.”

“Yeah, Krystal seems to be the one bucking that trend right now, even after that loss to Andrea she’ll be up to 147 days as champ by Climax Control 314.” Katie nodded in agreement after doing the math in her head. “Speaking off, our favourite Aussie is pissed at herself for letting Andrea get the better of her, but that much really could’ve gone either way, and she’s worried about what Char will do next to get to her.”

“After Char choked out Azurine with Krystal’s finisher? I don’t blame her!” I nodded in agreement before thinking for a minute. “What’s Gabriel’s stance on that?”

“Obviously, the only people who know what Char has planned next are Char and her entourage, but Gabriel has warned the Go Gym Graduates to watch out for her.” Katie responded before pausing. “Except Tempest and Fenris but, well, if those two DON’T go without saying I don’t know who does.”

“Fenris would probably just glare at her until Char decides to try it on something else, Tempest would just slam Char and Kiara through a wall and use Mr. Chalmers as a back scratcher.” I responded semi-jokingly, but it was still enough to get a good laugh out of Katie. “Or should that be Super Nintendo Chalmers?”

“I know right? His title might be Mr. Chalmers but in a roster that probably grew up watching The Simpsons? He had to know the jokes were coming!” Katie laughed before letting out a deep breath. “Now I’m wondering about the bullying he got growing up.”

“I doubt that’s the case, I can’t find an age anywhere for him but he’s gotta be in his late forties/early fifties at most, I’d bet the only animation on TV when he was growing up was Scooby Doo and the like.” I pointed out and Katie nodded in agreement after thinking for a second. “And don’t get me wrong, I like Scooby Doo but man, the animation in the original series has not aged well.”

“Maybe but there were some creepy monsters, The Creeper anyone?” Katie pointed out and I nodded with a grin on my face. “I’d better get going, I think Lemmy wants some food, have you eaten yet?”

“Ate dinner before the Zoom Call, but I did run into Krystal and her niece in the lobby.” I responded and Katie grinned when she heard that. “And yes, her niece is as cute as they say.”

“Krystal’s been trying to get Gabriel to let her bring Rachel to the Go Gym whilst she trains but so far? He hasn’t budged.” Katie shrugged her shoulders in response. “I kinda get why but her niece will have to socialize at some point.”

“Katie, Krystal was the creative driving force behind the presidential press conference seg, she’ll find a way to make it work.” I pointed out and Katie grinned in response before we went to end the Skype call, and after a quick blown kiss we ended the Skype call.

Caleb’s hotel room, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thursday the 14th of October 2021, 18:00pm

*promo time*

Here we go again.

“Stop me if you’ve heard this before, oh look, Bill Barnhart and Caleb Storms aren’t doing anything right now, let’s put them in a match together even though Old Fart Barnhart only has one win over me compared to four wins for my side! Really, the only difference this time is that in my last encounter with Bill, I won the Internet Championship and the only reason I didn’t pin him was because Malachi was also in the match! And since then? Bill won the Roulette Title after it was vacated by our now current World Champion!”

Talk about a downgrade.

“Look, I know they needed bodies for that Triple Threat Match especially since it was in Atlanta and SCW may as well be a second home for people from Atlanta but I’m just saying, I doubt Bill would’ve walked out the Roulette Champion if his competition was anyone other than Miles Kasey or Lincoln “Mr. Mediocre” Daniels and going from Alex Jones as Roulette Champion to Bill Barnhart from Roulette Champion is like going from eating a Fillet Mignon prepared by and cooked at one of Gordon Ramsey’s restaurants to eating a McDonalds Hamburger!”

And now I’m hungry!

“Bill, your reign may have just started but people are already taking bets on how long it’ll actually last, at least with me they waited until after Brother David Shepherd was named the Number One Contender to my title last week but you? You just won it and people are already counting down the days until the end of the reign of “Old Fart” Bill Barnhart, what does that say about you? Actually, scratch that, I don’t even have to use that as an example, just look at your Mixed Tag Team Title Reign!”

Yep.

“Now granted, Austin James Mercer and Tempest only got this shot because it was Alicia Lukas’s turn to be Queen for a Day, that couldn’t be more obvious! But I’d argue that Queen Alicia only hastened the demise of your Mixed Tag Team Title reign by booking that match and that it wouldn’t have lasted that long without her help, hell the argument could be made that you would’ve been lucky to make it to the next Supercard as champion but my point stands, winning titles is basically your kryptonite Bill!”

It’s that simple!

“And I guess that makes me Lex Luther holding the green glowing rock above you! Let’s go back to your one and only win against me Bill because if history has taught us anything about that one match in hindsight, it’s that your one win over me was a fluke! I beat you several times since then and at least twice on my way to championship gold! Either winning it or challenging for it! And whilst you finally won a title last week, I’m here to ensure that your reign gets off to the worst possible start.”

And with that I decided to wrap things up!

“After all Bill, we’ve been here before and it’s the same old song and dance only with a fancy new collar for both of us! The Internet Title for me, and the Roulette Title for you! Not to mention the fact that we both won our respective titles after they were vacated, me after winning a tournament and you after winning a Triple Threat Match but I guess we’ll soon find out who wanted it more because there’s a storm brewing and unless you brace yourself Bill, you and your Roulette Title Reign will be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your Internet Champion!”

I went to get something to eat as the scene fades.

5
Climax Control Archives / “History Made!”
« on: October 01, 2021, 08:24:33 PM »
Caleb had made history at Violent Conduct VII, becoming the first wrestler to win the Internet Championship three times in his career after pinning Malachi! Caleb wasn’t in action when SCW returned to Disneyworld last week, but the bosses were quick to rectify that for the second show of the cycle, his opponent? Kris Ryans! Can Caleb win his first match as champion? And who will be the first man to step up and challenge Caleb?

Caleb’s hotel room, Walt Disneyworld, Florida
Sunday the 26th of September 2021, 23:00pm

Well, it was fun to spend the week at Walt Disneyworld at least!

Since I wasn’t on the card this week I spent the week either hanging out with fans or checking out the attractions though given that the show was taking place at the tail end of September it was easier to find rides/attractions that weren’t open than ones that were open.

And frankly, if I never hear “Let It Go” again I’ll be perfectly fine, even if it’s the Deathcore version by Betray the Martyrs! But now that the first show of the cycle has come and gone, I have my first match as Internet Champion to worry about and much like Krystal’s first match as Bombshell Roulette Champion it’s a non-title match.

Unlike Krystal though, my match was against someone I’ve faced before and in a repeat of my first Internet Title Reign only this time, my opponent isn’t a champion! That’s right, my Internet Title Reign is once again starting with a match against Kris Ryans! At least it’s non-title.

“With how crazy tonight’s show has been, I’m wondering how SCW’s inevitable third trip to Disneyworld will go.” Katie commented as she sat down on the bed, I was at my computer and Lemmy was laying at the side of the bed curled up ready to get some sleep. “Maybe then we’ll get a Falls Count Anywhere Match at Disneyworld like Krystal wanted.”

“At this point? I think she just wants an excuse to brawl with someone around one of the world’s most famous theme parks.” I shrugged in response getting a laugh out of Katie. “She just wants it to happen in a match, so she won’t have to worry about getting a lifetime ban from the park.”

“Maybe, maybe not, but I’m not about to deny that brawling all over Disneyworld sounds like fun.” Katie responded with a grin before Lemmy let out a big yawn. “So, what’s the plan for tomorrow? Gabriel gave me the day off because he knows that I’ll be traveling up from Florida.”

“I think the top priority should be getting you and Lemmy back to Vegas, day off or not, Lemmy will probably be glad to return home.” I responded and Katie nodded in agreement. “As for me, I’ll fly up to Atlanta Tuesday morning and get checked in to the hotel, it’s a four hour flight but the alternative is a twenty eight hour long drive.”

“Yeah, flying out is the best option.” Katie responded with a wince after processing the information. “That kind of long hour drive is reserved for truckers, and their trucks come with their own beds!”

“Yeah and I’m not about to sleep in the car, or worse, fall asleep at the wheel.” I nodded in response before stretching my arms. “Best case scenario, if you can call it that, is me being severely injured in the crash forcing me to forfeit the match against Ryans and the Internet Title and I’m sure the bosses will be thrilled to have yet another title be vacated so soon after the last one, worst case? Well, that involves you making funeral arrangements for me.”

“Frankly, I don’t know which idea I prefer, at least you’d still be alive in the best case scenario but if the injury is severe enough, it could end your career.” Katie responded as she shook her head and I nodded grimly. “And I’m not quite sure on how to break the news to the doggo if you do die.” Katie added as she leaned over and gave Lemmy a few strokes. “When we saw him at the rescue centre, it was love at first sight between you and him.”

“How about we change the subject before we get to depressed.” I suggested before putting my laptop in Sleep Mode and heading over to the bed. “It has been a while since we’ve been together.”

“Are you suggesting what I think you are?” Katie asked and once I nodded we started making out on the bed, it wasn’t long before I was on top of her and it looked like we were going to have sex, unfortunately Lemmy chose that exact moment to jump onto the bed with us ruining the mood as he sniffed us. “Lemmy, we love you, but you have the worst timing ever sometimes.” Katie grumbled as I rolled off of her and she sat up to pat Lemmy on the head, I got off the bed at it was at that moment that Lemmy’s tail started wagging like mad. “Or do you just want to go poo?”

“I think that’s the case, you took him out before the show started so I think it’s my turn.” I responded before grabbing the lead and doggie bags before clipping the lead to Lemmy’s collar. “Let’s hope the cleaning staff that do our room aren’t allergic to dog hairs.”

“Candy brought her Pomeranian! I think those who have are likely to have asked for the day off tomorrow.” Katie shrugged her shoulders before I left the hotel room with Lemmy, thankfully we were on the first floor, so it didn’t take me long to get him outside.

Secluded spot, Atlanta, Georgia
Friday the 1st of October 2021, 18:00pm

*promo time*

I told you.

“I’ve been saying for months that I am a legend in the making, and people laughed! Well, who’s laughing now? I am the first three time Internet Champion here in SCW and I’m one of the few who can legitimately claim to have won the same title two times in the same year after I was given the Internet Title last year after J2H won it from Teddy Steele! However, in a repeat from last year’s High Stakes I find myself in a non-title match against Kris Ryans in my first match as a champion!”

Am I worried?

“But I’m not worried! I’m not the same wrestler I was when I faced Kris Ryans the first time around and what better way to prove that then to pick up the win in my first match as champion? Krystal Wolfe did the same after winning the Bombshell Roulette Championship at Into the Void X and that’s done wonders for her as a champion, as long as we ignore the circumstances behind that win, which means that if I can do the same thing in this match then I’ll be in good shape going into the rest of the year!”

And fulfilling that New Year’s Resolution!

“And least we forget that I have a New Year’s Resolution to fulfil in the coming weeks, last year I said that my New Year’s Resolution was to end 2021 the same way as I started, as a champion and three Internet Title Reigns later, I’m finally in a prime position to do just that, but for people to see that I can do it, I need to start picking up wins and that’s going to start with Kris Ryans this Sunday at Climax Control!”

How else could it start?

“I’m not saying that Kris Ryans isn’t a hell of a wrestler, his list of accomplishments speaks for themselves but for me, this has been a year of defying the odds! Cassian Reed? Beat him despite everyone saying that I wouldn’t beat him, winning the Internet Title for the second time after everyone said that I could never win this title on my own? Done that! Coming out on top in the Internet Title Tournament and becoming the first three time Internet Champion? History Made!”

It’s that simple!

“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, in SCW I am a legend in the making and that legend started with me winning this title for the third time in my career and becoming the very first three time Internet Champion in SCW history! Kris Ryans is my very first opponent after winning the title again but honestly? I can’t see a scenario where I lose this match! After all it’s like I said, this has been a year of me defying the odds.”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“And I will continue to defy the odds as the year comes to a close! Sure, there’s still three months left in the year, but I believe in myself heading into this title reign and that will see me through this match against Kris Ryans because he had better brace himself because there’s a storm brewing, otherwise he’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms your Internet Champion! Long may my reign as champion and legend in the making continue!”

I left to head back to the hotel as the scene fades.

6
Supercard Archives / “Fool Me Once!”
« on: September 10, 2021, 09:11:37 AM »
Violent Conduct VII and the finals of the Internet Championship tournaments was here, and Caleb was all set to win the men’s Internet Championship for a third time! Bill Barnhart and Malachi served as his third and final obstacles in his path to gold, but Caleb was not backing down from either man! Can Caleb win the Internet Championship for a third time, or will Malachi solidify his return with a title run? Or will Bill win his first singles title in SCW?

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 7th of September 2021, 19:00pm

Yep, I’m back in Vegas for most of the week, why? Well, it was basically to surprise Katie and Lemmy since I had another week to go before the Triple Threat Match against Bill and Malachi, but it was also to give myself a break from training.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been training hard for the match since Mark confirmed that it was going to be a Triple Threat Match at Climax Control 310 but even the legend in the making needs to take a break every now and again and, well, here I am taking that break.

And it has been a while since I spent any time with my doggy.

“Caleb, is that you?” Katie called out from the kitchen as she heard me open the door and spotted Lemmy racing towards the front door with his tail wagging, I had contacted Katie ahead of time to let her know to expect me, I just didn’t say when I was coming to maintain the surprise. “How’s things going back in Anchorage?”

“Pretty hyped up, what with Violent Conduct VII being right around the corner.” I responded as I fussed Lemmy around before making my way into the kitchen. “Promo wise? I got a full house from Bill and Malachi, though Malachi was wondering how I got to this point in the first place citing the fact that J2H gave me the title last year.”

“Even know the bosses added you to the tournament? And you beat Brayden, Cassian and Miles cleanly?” Katie asked before shaking her head. “You came at the right time actually because I did the weekly grocery shopping on my way back from the Go Gym and since I knew that you were coming over I made sure to grab extra food.”

“Good thinking.” I nodded as I patted Lemmy on the head. “Speaking of the Go Gym, any updates on the Krystal situation?”

“I don’t know how it happened but apparently Krystal and Gabriel had a truce.” Katie responded as she started preparing the food. “Krystal was back at the gym this morning and acted like the argument never happened, though she refused to talk about it beyond saying that it was resolved.”

“Let’s hope the fact that Krystal was barred from the Go Gym for a week doesn’t impact her title defence against Bella.” I commented and Katie nodded in agreement. “What about Bill? Any word from “Old Fart” Bill Barnhart?”

“He seems to think that I’m a joke, even though he’s only beaten me once and that was over two years ago.” I responded as I shook my head before Lemmy plopped down at my feet. “And that’s saying nothing about the fact that I’ve held a lot more titles than him, one time Roulette Champion? One time Mixed Tag Team Champion? Two Time Internet Champion? And yes, I know the title was handed to me the first time around, my point is that those facts don’t make me a joke, Bill consistently choking whenever he’s given a title opportunity is a joke and the same goes for his wife!”

“At least their Mixed Tag Team Title reign was mercifully short, albeit with a little help from Queen Alicia Lukas!” Katie nodded in agreement as she continued to cook. “Food should be ready in about twenty minutes-half hour so make yourself comfy.”

“I’ll try considering that Lemmy’s lying on my foot.” I responded and as if on cue Lemmy lay on his side and gave his legs a big stretch. “Though given who the challengers are for the Mixed Tag Titles on Sunday I can’t really say for certain if Austin and Tempest will retain or not.”

“Yeah, that’s a tough one, as a Go Gym Trainee I want a clean sweep of the PPV for the Go Gym Grads, pre-show included.” Katie nodded in agreement before putting the food in the oven and turning to me. “But Chrystal’s been on a roll since she changed her name, again, and I don’t think J2H has lost a single match since he became a part timer, granted his last match was against The Troll but he was asking for it.”

“You know what I’ll say if I win the Internet Title?” I asked Katie and she gave me a curious look. “I want the first defence to be against The Troll.”

“Oh good, give that little idiot another title shot.” Katie responded as she shook her head. “He’ll become insufferable in the bosses go through with that, you realize that, right?”

“Yeah but The Troll is the kind of guy who people would pay good money to see get his ass kicked.” I pointed out and Katie laughed before nodding in agreement. “Either in backstage segs or during matches, I’m half expecting to see him against Justin Decent in a strip off at High Stakes X.”

“I’m going to end that conversation right now because I don’t want to be put off my dinner!” Katie responded as she made gagging noises before she turned to check on her dinner.

Caleb’s hotel room, Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday the 10th of September 2021, 21:00pm

*promo time*

It’s almost here.

“Fool me once, shame on Bill, fool me twice, shame on Malachi, fool me thrice? Well, there’s going to be no shame for me this Sunday night at Violent Conduct VII because I will be walking out the new Internet Champion! Words have been exchanged between all three parties and two idiots think that I shouldn’t be in the match for something that happened under a year ago because apparently people can’t look past the fact that I had a title gift wrapped and handed to me!”

Honestly!

“The way people are still talking about it, you’d think I whipped it out and took a massive piss on the title right after I was handed it by J2H but no, I carried that title proudly for the few weeks I held it and now, just under a year later, I’m poised to win that title all over again after scratching and clawing my way through all three rounds of the Internet Title Tournament! And yet, Bill and Malachi think I don’t belong in this match, let’s talk about that, shall we?”

Starting with Bill.

“Bill, you said that I’m a joke, first off, hello Mr. Kettle, allow me to introduce you to Mr. Pot, he has some great things to say about how black you are! Seriously Bill, I’M the joke? Me, the two time Internet Champion, the one time Roulette Champion and the one time Mixed Tag Team Champion am a joke? The guy who has beaten you in four out of our five encounters is a joke? If I’m a joke then you must be the absolute pinnacle of comedy!”

Seriously!

“How many times have you had title shots dropped into your lap Bill? Way too many times but at least this time, you actually earned it! And the same goes for your wife for that matter! How many times have you failed to win the title? Or even win the contenders match? Again, the answer is simple! Aside from that brief Mixed Tag Team Title reign that ended on your first defence, you have choked at every opportunity you’ve had since joining SCW and this match will be no different?”

And now for Malachi.

“You know what’s hilarious? When a guy takes an extended leave of absence because he couldn’t hang with the rest of the male roster, comes back and says that a guy who’s been working hard in his absence shouldn’t be in this match because he got handed a title! That’s right Malachi, I’m talking about you! And it’s immediately clear to me that you haven’t watched a single bit of SCW programming since I got handed the title by J2H.”

Why?

“Yes, the title got handed to me, but after that incident? Not only did Austin James Mercer attack me unprovoked but I went on to defend the title as if I had won it normally! Now granted, I lost the title to Agostino Romano in the first defence, but I wanted a chance to prove that I could win it the “right way” which I did! There’s a reason why I said two time internet champion earlier Malachi and this Sunday I’ll have to amend that to say, “three time Internet Champion”!”

It’s that simple.

“What we have here is a clear case of jealousy! We have Bill Barnhart calling ME a joke when he’s possibly the biggest joke on the male roster and only his wife Bea has him beat un terms of being a joke and then we have Malachi who is so hung up on the fact that I got handed the Internet Title last year that he can’t look past it and see everything that I’ve done since that date! These idiots are underestimating me, and they will soon pay the price!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up!

“And I’m sorry to say that I only except payments in title reigns when it comes to opponents underestimating me in title matches! I have been working my ass off all year and this Sunday at Violent Conduct VII will be when all that hard work finally pays off because Bill and Malachi had better brace themselves because there’s a storm brewing, otherwise they’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, you’re next Internet Champion!”

I went to start gaming as the scene fades.

7
Supercard Archives / “Final Round, fight!”
« on: September 04, 2021, 08:01:39 AM »
Caleb was now in the finals of the Internet Title Tournament having defeated Miles Kasey but there was some controversy, Caleb was set to meet the winner of Bill Barnhart vs. Malachi in the finals at Violent Conduct VII, but a spanner was thrown into the works by way of a double countout draw that left the state of the final round in question! However, it wasn’t long after Caleb’s match against Miles Kasey that he would get his answer: the finals of the Internet Title Tournament were now a Triple Threat Match pitting Caleb against his fellow semi-finalists to determine the new Internet Champion! Can Caleb win?

Backstage at Climax Control 310, Seattle, Washington
Sunday the 29th of August 2021, 23:00pm

I had a feeling that was going to happen.

Not the draw in the Bill Barnhart vs. Malachi, I thought that there would at least be some resolution to that match-up and I’d only have one opponent come Violent Conduct VII but after I beat Miles with the Painkiller Blue Thunder Bomb there was the question of who exactly I would face or if I would just be declared the new champion automatically but at the back of my mind I had a feeling that Mark would make the men’s finals a Triple Threat.

As for next week’s state lottery numbers, which state? I live in Nevada, I’m from New York, I’m currently in Washington and in two weeks’ time I’ll be in Alaska for Violent Conduct VII, just saying I’ve got four different states to choose from here!

But at least now I know who I’m facing for the vacant Internet Title in two weeks’ time, and that wasn’t the only thing on my mind as I called Katie on my way out of the arena.

“So, one hand, you’re through to the finals.” Katie said as she made herself comfortable at the kitchen table and Lemmy poked his head up. “On the other hand, said finals is now a Triple Threat, this tournament has come full circle, hasn’t it?”

“I guess you could say that.” I responded with a shrug before I got into my car, I wasn’t about to start the engine whilst I was on the phone with my wife but, well, I needed to get comfy somehow! “By the way, did you catch Krystal’s interview with Rocky and her turn on commentary tonight?”

“Oh yeah, that.” Katie sighed as she shifted her weight. “If you’re wondering whose been pissing in Krystal’s coffee this week, ask Gabriel! She got called in for a disciplinary meeting regarding those tweets she made about Bella’s match against Tempest, before I knew it our favourite Aussie had stormed out of the office, middle finger in the air and went straight home!” Katie added before letting out a sigh. “Gabriel hasn’t exactly been forthcoming about what was said during that meeting, only that Krystal was barred from using the Go Gym’s facilities until the week before Violent Conduct VII and that Ari was keeping an eye on her.”

“Even though she’s got a title match at Violent Conduct VII?” I asked with a shocked look on my face and Katie nodded. “I did run into Krystal when I went for lunch at a local café, she mentioned about being chewed out for her Twitter comments but nothing about being barred from the Go Gym.”

“You remember how pissed off she was after Bea stole her title, right?” Katie asked and I nodded after thinking back to the previous cycle. “Krystal has a tendency to keep things bottled up inside, no idea if it’s related to her upbringing but I guess it just boiled over during that meeting.”

“Yeah, I guess, I haven’t seen her all night, but I was interviewed by Rocky before the Miles Kasey match, and she was not happy about Krystal ending their interview by flipping her off.” I responded before drumming my fingers on the steering wheel. “Knowing Krystal? She’ll probably cool off by week two, if not on her own it’d be with the help off Makayla or Ari.”

“Her girlfriend or someone who may as well be her little sister, Krystal has a hell of a support group.” Katie chuckled to herself before sighing. “In my opinion, the stress of being a champion is getting to Krystal big time, her hundredth day as Bombshell Roulette Champ is this Tuesday and that’s pretty daunting for a young wrestler like her.”

“Need I remind you that she’s only a year younger than me? None of my reigns were as long as her Roulette Title Reign but I still managed just fine.” I responded before sighing. “Then again, I don’t have Krystal’s shitty childhood.”

“Mental health is a serious thing Caleb, physically? Krystal’s a healthy young woman, hell I’d argue that she’s one of the hottest women on the roster, blue hair and all, mentally?” Katie pointed out before shaking her head. “You don’t live through a childhood like that and come out the other end without at least a few mental scars, and unfortunately they are rearing their ugly head right as people are starting to realise that she’s the real deal.”

“I’ll see if I can talk to her over the Supercard period, I know she’s close to Ari and knows Makayla in a biblical sense, but she can’t forget that I’m in her circle of friends as well.” I pointed out and Katie nodded in response. “I’m gonna go because at this rate? I might end up falling asleep in my car rather than sleeping in my bed at the hotel.”

“Well, if you do sleep in the car, make sure your parked up first, I don’t want to watch the news tomorrow and learn that you were in a fatal crash!” Katie pointed out and I quickly nodded in agreement. “We’ll chat again next Sunday?”

“Sounds good, see you then.” I responded before we hung up on each other and I drove off.

Anchorage Today Tour, Anchorage Alaska
Friday the 3rd of September 2021, 15:11pm

Why did I choose to go on this tour? Simple, it was cheap, and it was something to kill an hour with.

And after the quiet week I’ve had since Climax Control 310 I figured I needed the change of scenery, my promo won’t be done until later that day so yeah, this is one last thing I’m doing before I start my first promo for the Triple Threat Match.

Though I didn’t expect to run into a familiar face from SCW.

“We’ve got to stop running into each other Krystal.” I commented with a grin and the Aussie champ looked up from her phone before grinning and exchanging a fist bump with her, it was then that I noticed that Krystal wasn’t alone as Makayla and Ariana were with her. “Are you ready for the match against Bella?”

“About as ready as I can be considering I’ve been barred from the Go Gym.” Krystal grumbled before I sat down in an unoccupied seat next to the three women. “Ari’s been trying to plead my case to Gabriel and get him to let me use the Go Gym’s facilities during the week, but Gabriel stood his ground.”

“And I didn’t have much better luck pleading to Odette.” Ariana admitted as she shook her head. “But Krystal has learned something about herself that helped her understand herself more.”

“And no, I’m not discussing that in public.” Krystal quickly interjected as I want to ask Ariana for more info. “I’m still wrapping my head around it to be honest but if I do decide to go public with it, it’ll be at Violent Conduct VII.”

“Just don’t hold your breath waiting for that particular segment.” Makayla added before kissing her girlfriend on the cheek. “For now, we’ve agreed to keep that secret.”

“In that case I won’t pry.” I shrugged my shoulders as the trolly car started moving. “And I’m guessing the same applies to the argument with Gabriel?”

“Unless you want me to make the Fairy Godmother from Cinderella look like the Angry Video Game Nerd in his prime, yes.” Krystal grunted as the Bombshell Roulette Champion folded her arms. “All I will say is that weeks of bottled up frustration finally boiled over, and we’ve agreed to meet up back in Vegas next week so I can apologize.”

“I’m guessing he’s too busy running the Go Gym to make the trip out?” I asked and Krystal nodded in response.

“Well, that and he’s taking me to one of the best restaurants in Las Vegas, think it’s one of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants but I’m not sure which.” Krystal responded before sighing. “Which off course means that I’ll have to wear a dress, between him and Makayla I’m beginning to wonder if there’s some conspiracy to turn me from a tomboy to a girly-girl.”

“I’m saying nothing to that.” Makayla laughed before we continued to enjoy the sight-seeing tour.

Caleb’s hotel room, Anchorage, Alaska
Friday the 3rd of September 2021, 18:00pm

*promo time*

And then, there were three.

“This tournament started with nine men all vying for the same goal, the men’s Internet Championship and originally, it was going to be that two men would meet in the finals to determine the new Internet Champion! However, what the higher ups didn’t count on was the Semi-Final Match between Malachi and Bill Barnhart ending in a double countout and after I won the match against Miles Kasey, that left one question on everyone’s minds, what would happen with the finals now?”

And we got our answer!
“The answer was that the original singles match between myself and the winner of Malachi vs. Bill Barnhart was now a Triple Threat Match between me, Malachi and Bill Barnhart to determine the new Internet Champion at Violent Conduct VII and anyone who knows the history of Violent Conduct knows that it’s the most extreme SCW PPV of the calendar year, in other words? I’m half expecting Bill Barnhart to break a light tube over my back during the course of this match!”

Don’t act surprised if that happens!

“But at the end of the night, it won’t matter how many people get set on fire or get put through barbed wire tables or get set on fire and then put through barbed wire tables because ultimately, me, Malachi and Bill Barnhart are fighting for the same thing, the Internet Championship that was vacated at the beginning of the cycle because SCW doesn’t want one guy hording all the titles for himself, which brings me to my point, who will be the new Internet Champion? This guy!”

And I’m starting with Bill.

“I’ll get to why I want the Internet Title so badly later but first I have an old fart to address! That’s right, it’s you “Old Fart” Bill Barnhart and honestly, how many times are we going to face off in our SCW careers? It feels like we’re going to be fighting when Bill’s in an old folk’s home with Bea and I’m in my early fifties enjoying a nice retirement from the wrestling business! The point is Bill that we have done this song and dance before and with the exception of one match the result has always been the same!”

Take a guess!

“That’s right, aside from the first match, each meeting between us has ended the same way, with me coming out on top and moving onto better opponents whilst you, well, there’s gotta be some great blackmail material you’ve got on the bosses because I can’t think of any other reason why you keep finding yourself in the title picture and the same goes for your wife but hey, at least she hasn’t been randomly inserted into a title match or number one contender’s match!”

But in the end?

“This match will end just the same way all our other matches ended Bill, with me emerging as the winner only this time? There’s a third man involved and a title on the line! As for whether you’d be here if the double countout hadn’t happened it’s hard to say really, but you know what isn’t hard to say? The fact that I’ve defeated you in an SCW ring time and time again and the result has been the same each time and the third man in this match won’t make a difference!”

Next up is Malachi!

“And speaking of the third man, Malachi! Now there were several past SCW competitors returning for a shot at the vacated SCW Internet Championships but off those men and women? Only Malachi made it to the finals! Now granted, his first opponent was The Troll and, well, my Golden Labrador could beat The Troll in a wrestling match so that’s bit so impressive, but you know what is impressive? Your accomplishments!”

Or lack thereof.

“After all, you are a former Mixed Tag Team Champion as part of Sass N Bash alongside your wife Bella Madison but neither you nor Bella have done much of note outside of the tag team ranks, have you? You returned for this tournament and it’s unknown if you’re going to be sticking around afterwards whilst Bella is Krystal Wolfe’s latest challenger for the Bombshell Roulette Championship! Now I can’t speak for the Aussie Champ obviously, but I think she’ll agree that we are on the same wavelength, which means we want to keep the titles out of Sass N Bash’s hands!”

Nothing personal.

“Sorry Malachi, it’s nothing personal, it’s just business, we’re all vying for the same thing in this match but there can only be one new men’s Internet Champion by the end of the night and honestly? I’ve got a promise to keep so Malachi if you do stick around, who knows? Maybe you’ll get a chance at the Roulette Championship once that is inevitably vacated because there’s no way I’m not walking out the new Internet Champion!”

It’s that simple.

“Do you guys remember last year when J2H gifted me the Internet Championship? Off course you do, people are still saying that I never would’ve won that title in the first place otherwise! I made a New Year’s Resolution that said that I would still be the Internet Champion by the end of 2021 but here’s the thing, I never said how many reigns I’d have under my belt, did I? It doesn’t matter if I’m a three time, four time, five time or hell, even ten time Internet Champion by December I will be one of the few men who history that can say that they actually fulfilled their New Year’s Resolution!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“This is the finals of the Internet Title Tournament and as they say in Mortal Kombat, final round, fight! Nine men entered this tournament but only one will leave the new Internet Champion and when I look at my competition in this Triple Threat Match, “Old Fart” Bill Barnhart and Malachi who’s only credit to his name are a couple of Mixed Tag Team Title Runs, I don’t see future Internet Champions, I see the men who I will beat to become the new Internet Champion because they had better brace themselves as there’s a storm brewing, otherwise they’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your next Internet Champion!”

I went to start gaming as the scene fades.

8
Climax Control Archives / “Round Two, fight!”
« on: August 27, 2021, 09:04:25 PM »
Caleb had advanced to the second round of the Internet Title Tournament pinning Cassian Reed in the Triple Threat that also featured Brayden Hilton! However, he could not rest just yet as Climax Control 310 was the Go Home Show for Violent Conduct VII and that meant that the second round was in full swing! Caleb’s second round opponent was also a man he had faced before, Miles Kasey had served as his co-challenger against Alex Jones at Into the Void X where Miles was submitted by Alex to allow him to retain the title, can Caleb advance?

Backstage at Climax Control 309, Portland, Oregon
Sunday the 22nd of August 2021. 18:00pm

Well, I’m through to the semi-finals, pity about the quality of my competition in round one though!

Seriously, Cassian Reed might be the biggest one hit wonder SCW has seen in a while (including Candy) and Brayden? He’s a spoiled brat who’s currently throwing his toys out of the pram on social media because he lost a match, he put no effort into.

But at least I know what I’m up to next week at Climax Control 310, as it’s the Go Home show for Violent Conduct VII the semi-finals are being held next week in Seattle with me taking on Miles Kasey and Bill Barnhart taking on Malachi in on the male side and Dani Weston taking on either Andrea Hernandez or Jessie Salco and either Mercedes Vargas or Johanna Krieger taking on Bobbie Dahl for the women’s side, on the women’s side of things I see at least two PPV worthy matches, on the men’s side of things?

Either I have “Old Fart” Bill Barnhart again or Malachi who has just returned and beat The Troll to get this far, my Labrador could beat The Troll for crying out loud!

“So, Caleb.” Katie broke my concentration and I glanced up at my wife. “The Bush Cricket may have the weirdest size testicles in the animal kingdom, huh?”

“I had the video going through my mind at the time, and it’s not like I could’ve said anything new about Cassian or Brayden either.” I pointed out and Katie raised an eyebrow at me in response. “For one thing, that would’ve required them to speak about my match against them at all.”

“True, but you could’ve literally said anything else from that video!” Katie responded as my lovely wife folded her arms with a huff. “The video was about weird facts about the testicles for crying out loud, you could’ve said anything about THAT part of the male anatomy…….” Katie trailed off as she realized what she was saying. “And I just realized that there’s literally no way you could’ve said that without it sounding like sexual harassment!”

“Just be glad I wasn’t watched the “Weird Facts about the Female Body” vid on the way over instead, now THAT would’ve gotten weird!” I responded and Katie quickly nodded in agreement before I passed her the card. “I know who my opponent in the Semi-Finals is anyway.”

“Miles Kasey, first you face Cassian and now him.” Katie commented with a nod as she leaned back. “And between that and Bill Barnhart being in the other male qualifier, it seems you’re facing everyone you faced during the lead up too and at Into the Void X during this cycle, including Alex!”

“That would require Bill to pick up the win over Malachi though and he’s no pushover.” I pointed out before leaning back. “The one I feel most sorry for though? Bella Madison, look at who she’s facing in the opener.” I added and Katie looked at the card again.

“Ouch, Tempest?! And here I thought Mark was giving her easy opponents to make the match between her and Krystal an inevitability.” Katie winced as she looked at the card. “Krystal’s on commentary, do you think she’d try to run interference?”

“Knowing her, she’ll make the offer and either Makayla or Bella or both will talk her out of it.” I responded with a shrug and Katie nodded in agreement. “Knowing how proud Bella is, I think she’d skip the pleasantries and outright demand that Krystal doesn’t interfere.”

“Sounds likely to me.” Katie nodded in agreement before checking the time on her phone. “Come on, by my clock Mercedes vs. Johanna should be starting soon, personally? My money’s on Johanna winning.”

“I’d say that’s a safe bet, given Mercedes’s recent track record when it comes to title matches or opportunities to earn said title matches.” I nodded in agreement before I followed Katie to the cafeteria to watch the match.

Local café, Seattle, Washington
Friday the 27th of August 2021, 18:00pm

Turns out that wasn’t as safe a bet as we thought since Mercedes advanced to the Semi-Finals and all, but now that the semi-finals were set I had one thing on my mind and that was ensuring that I would advance to the finals at Violent Conduct VII, the other thing? Why the current Bombshell Roulette Champion was looking so miserable at a nearby table.

“Every time I think I’m doing the right thing I end up shooting myself in the fucking foot instead!” Krystal grumbled to herself as she looked over the menu. “Fuckling typical, how am I supposed to concentrate on my defence against Bella with that hanging over my head?!”

“Krys, you know what they say about those who speak to themselves?” I asked the Australian Bombshell and Krystal glanced up at me from her menu. “That it’s a sure sign of insanity and all?”

“Not in the fucking mood Caleb!” Krystal snapped at me before quickly shaking her head. “Never mind, your only connection to the Go Gym is that your wife trains there and I shouldn’t be mad at you, speaking off, did Katie mention anything about seeing me yesterday?”

“She did over our Skype call yeah, and she mentioned that you went straight to Gabriel’s office and left in a mood that was sourer than you arrived in.” I responded and Krystal nodded before motioning for me to join her at her table. “Where’s Makayla anyway?”

“Back at the hotel, she knew that I needed some space to cool down.” Krystal explained before noticing the look I was giving her. “We’re not having relationship problems before you ask, she just knows that I need my space when I’m in a bad mood and that meeting with Gabriel yesterday has left me in a worse mood then I was in during my losing streak.”

“Is this about those tweets you made about Bella’s third gauntlet match?” I asked and Krystal’s glare gave me the answer I needed. “I don’t see what the big deal is, you wanted to ensure that your title match against Bella finally happened.”

“I was only speaking hypothetically, but once Christian started putting words into my mouth things spiralled out of control.” Krystal responded as she shook her head. “I wasn’t going to go through with that idea anyway, even before Bella told me not to interfere but off course, Tempest had to go complain to Gabriel that I was planning to cost a fellow Go Gym Graduate a match and before I knew it, I was being called down to Vegas for a long conversation with both Gabriel and Odette.”

“Ouch.” I winced as it dawned on me. “How did that end?”

“How do you think? Tempest left as soon as I arrived at the Go Gym for training the other day and whilst I did get Gabriel to see it from my side of things eventually, I got read the riot act first by not only Gabriel but Odette as well.” Krystal added before she ran a hand through her hair. “And trust me, it hurts to get chewed out by the woman who was your inspiration for getting into wrestling in the first place! Hopefully I can put that passed me come Violent Conduct VII!”

“You think Bella can beat Tempest without your help?” I asked and Krystal shrugged.

“On paper? Tempest will spend most of the match tossing Bella around like a ragdoll before pinning her, but in practice, me and Bella have wanted this title rematch since Mercedes interfered in our first match.” Krystal responded before a waitress, initially confusing us for a couple before recognising us from SCW, came over to take our orders. “And I don’t think Bella’s going to go down as easily as Tempest will like, if at all!” Krystal added once the waitress had our orders and trying to lighten her mood, we shifted the topic away from Tempest.

Caleb’s hotel room, Seattle, Washington
Friday the 27th of August 2021, 21:46pm

*promo time*

One round down.

“The first round is done and dusted and more importantly, I’ve moved onto round two! However, whilst in round one I faced a guy from my initial pursuit of the Roulette Title and a momma’s boy to a former World Bombshell Champ in round two, I’m facing another guy from that initial pursuit of the Roulette Title only this time? We’re facing off in contention for different gold and there’s no third man in the match to complicate things! That’s right Miles Kasey, we have unfinished business to resolve!”

This will be good.

“What unfinished business? Let me take you on a trip back in time, namely to Into the Void X! In the Triple Threat Roulette Title Match between us and Alex Jones, you were submitted by Alex allowing him to retain the gold! Now whilst I went on to challenge him for the title twice more in the months that followed that match, I feel like I would’ve had a real chance of walking out of Into the Void X a two time Roulette Champion if you weren’t in the match!”

But I digress!

“However, you have your own reasons for wanting to succeed in this tournament don’t you Miles? Because the last time you challenged for the Internet Title, the match got ruined by The Troll! Now granted Mr. Wank has ruined pretty much everything since he debuted in SCW just by being on the roster, but you have yet to win your first title in SCW and this is your best chance at doing that and avenging that last loss, pity for you that I’m standing in your way, isn’t it Miles?”

Such is life!

“Look Miles? You’re a good guy and all and I can see why most of the men and women on the roster can’t go five minutes without drooling over you but in the ring, nice guys finish last, and this Sunday at Climax Control not only will our unfinished business from that previous match get resolved but I will stamp my spot in the finals of the Internet Title Tournament and go on to face Bill or Malachi in the finals!”

But at the end of the day.

“This isn’t about being nice guys and it sure as hell isn’t about having a nice body! I mean hell, I don’t really have an athlete’s body and I’ve done well for myself in SCW, just look at the titles I’ve won! But here’s the thing Miles, I’ve got my eyes on winning a new title and I started this year by becoming a two time Internet Champion, it’s only right that I end it by winning the Internet Title for a third time, I just have to get past you first!”

And I will.

“Am I setting my sights a bit high? Maybe but I know I can achieve those goals, after all, thanks to the events of Summer XXXTreme IX and the post Summer XXXTreme IX Climax Control it is guaranteed that they’ll be not one but two new Internet Champions for both divisions and I intend to be one of them once the final bell rings for Violent Conduct VII’s Main Event, who will the other Internet Champion be? I don’t know but after looking at who’s left in the women’s tournament, I’d say that title is in good hands!”

It’s that simple.

“Miles, you are a hell of a wrestler but you’re also a perpetual underachiever in SCW, and unfortunately for you this trend won’t end this Sunday at Climax Control! I will commend you for getting this far into the tournament and getting past Alex Rush, but this isn’t a Pretty In Pink Tuxedo Match and I’m not Alex Rush! Now granted, me and Alex have a few things in common and Katie reckons that I’d look good in pink, but can you beat me in a straight up fight?”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“We're into round two and as the announcer in Mortal Kombat would say, round two, fight! And as you can see Miles, I’m already looking straight past you and at the finals of this tournament where I’ll face either Malachi or Bill Barnhart! I’ll cross either of those bridges when I get to them but until then Miles, we have unfinished business to resolve in that ring and I’ll be resolving it this Sunday because you had better brace yourself Miles because there’s a storm brewing, otherwise you’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your next Internet Champion!”

I started listening to some music as the scene fades.

9
Climax Control Archives / “Back in the Title Picture!”
« on: August 20, 2021, 09:16:31 PM »
Caleb’s third attempt at winning the Roulette Title from Alex Jones would not be the charm for the New Yorker as Alex retained the title in a Texas Deathmatch, did that mean that he was done with the title picture though? Far from it! Caleb was now in the Internet Title Tournament to crown a new Internet Champion at Violent Conduct VII in a few weeks’ time but to get past round one, he had a tough task ahead of him as he was facing former Roulette Champion Cassian Reed and the latest Hilton family member to arrive on the scene Brayden in a Triple Threat First Round Match! The last time Cassian and Caleb met ended with Caleb picking up the win and Cassian hadn’t been seen on SCW TV since then!

Brayden on the other hand, whilst a newcomer, was quickly gaining a reputation as someone who relied on his sister (former Bombshell Roulette Champion Brittany Williams) to win all his matches for him and was just coming off his first loss to Fenris the previous week! Can Caleb make it to round two?

Backstage at Climax Control 308, San Jose, California
Sunday the 15th of August 2021, 21:00pm

You’d think they’d give up on giving me so many title opportunities by now.

Seriously, all three attempts at dethroning Alex Jones as the SCW Roulette Champion failed and I’m pretty sure I’m out of excuses at this point since my last title match was a one on one Texas Deathmatch that served as the Main Event on the second Climax Control off the Cycle and after having last week off, there was part of me that wondered just what was next for me and what would I be up too for the rest of the cycle.

I didn’t have to wait long for that answer, because my names among those competing in the opening round of the Internet Title Tournament next week.

“These puns are just like paper, they’re terrible.” I sung along to the video, A Song of Puns by Malinda Kathleen Grace, whilst I waited for Katie to return from the ladies’ bathroom, because whilst she has been spending the cycle back in Vegas, she did make the trip down to San Jose for this week’s Climax Control and brought Lemmy with her. “Oh, make them stop, they’re unbearable, let’s get down to business, to defeat the puns!”

“Caleb, the stage hand stopped me on the way back from the lady’s room.” Katie said not realizing that I was in my own world as she returned to my side and Lemmy was there to greet her as always. “Caleb?”

“But puns are the devil’s work, so I have nun!” It was a good thing that I couldn’t see my wife’s face at that point, because she was cringing pretty hard at the puns. “Okay I’ll stop now but before I go, why does this song, punish me so?” It was at that point that Katie practically yanked the earbud out of my ear.

“Well for starters, I’m surprised the rest of the roster hasn’t murdered you for singing that many puns in the space of a few minutes.” Katie said and I finally looked up to see half-amused, half-annoyed face of my lovely wife. “Second, Malinda Kathleen Grace, you are not! For one thing, she’s a trained opera singer with an hilarious YouTube Channel!”

“And the obvious bit about her being a woman and me being a man.” I pointed out and Katie gave me a look that said, “that didn’t need to be said and you know it”. “If that’s next week’s card then I’ve already seen my tournament match.”

“The Triple Threat against Brayden and Cassian?” Katie asked to confirm that we were indeed talking about the same match, and I nodded. “Frankly I’m surprised that we were able to reattach Brayden’s head after the match against Fenris, and if need be, I think I can deal with Brittany Williams if Tempest doesn’t show up to launch her into orbit!”

“Katie, Brittany challenges Tempest to a match, I don’t think it’s a matter of if she shows up for the Triple Threat.” I pointed out and Katie nodded once she realized that I was right. “As for Cassian, I don’t think he’s been seen since the build-up to my first title match against Alex Jones.”

“The one at Into the Void X, right?” Katie asked and I nodded to confirm that. “Pretty much everyone was expecting an easy win for Cassian, instead you pulled out the win.”

“And I doubt this match will be any different.” I added before glancing at the clock. “We’d better get going, I think the Main Event will be starting soon.” I added and Katie nodded before we walked off with Lemmy.

Eating out in Portland, Oregon
Thursday the 19th of August 2021, 12:56pm

All I can really say is that SCW going back on the road after so long has prompted me to start seeking out new places for me to check out on my travels, and in this case, I’m visiting a place that Jessie, Jake and Shane recommended called the Brunch Box.

“This food is so good.” I commented after I wiped some stray bits of food from my mouth after I had devoured one of their burgers. “If SCW going on the road again means I can eat out at establishments like this, then I kinda wish the pandemic era ended earlier.”

“I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking that Caleb.” A familiar female Aussie Accent rang out and I glanced up and saw Krystal and Makayla sitting at a nearby table and it was Krystal that spoke up. “Though we have to stop meeting like this!” The Bombshell Roulette Champion joked, and I grinned before raising my glass to the lesbian couple.

“To be fair, this place was recommended by Jessie, Jake and Shane.” I responded and they shared a look. “Let me guess, same recommendation?”

“Yeah, but it was probably a coincidence.” Makayla shrugged her shoulders in response, and I nodded in agreement. “Are you ready for your second title opportunity of the cycle?”

“Ready for that and to bounce back from the loss to Alex in the best way I can.” I nodded in response before finishing my drink. “And I’m just glad that Bella made it past round one of the gauntlet last week.”

“You and me both, as if me showing up at the end of her match against Apple wasn’t evidence enough of that fact.” Krystal responded before shaking her head. “On paper, Azurine should be a bigger challenge, but she’s been inconsistent of late as well.”

“Bella will make it! We all saw how motivated she is to get that title shot.” Makayla commented and we nodded in agreement. “And hopefully we can say the same about you in the Internet Title Tournament Caleb.”

“Here’s hoping!” I grinned in response before I got ready to pay my bill.

Caleb’s hotel room, Portland, Oregon
Friday the 20th of August 2021, 18:00pm

*promo time*

Here we go again.

“Just when I thought I was out, the pull me back in and I'm back in the title picture! That’s what it feels like for me and the SCW Title Picture at least! I lost my last Roulette Title Match against Alex Jones two weeks ago and I think at this point, the guy wants some fresh competition which I why I am giving 100% of my effort to this Internet Title Tournament starting with this Triple Threat Match between me, Brayden Hilton and Cassian Reed!”

And just to clear things up.

“Look, I’m not saying that I wasn’t give 100% of my effort in either of the three Roulette Title Matches against Alex Jones, his efforts were just a bit better than mine in all three matches! Now that that’s out of the way, Cassian I have faced before and more importantly, I’ve beaten him before! Brayden on the other hand is a guy who I have never faced before, but I know him by reputation, which is to say that he’s an amazing athlete who still feels the need to have his sister interfere in his matches!”

Seriously, did he show up to the job interview with his mom?

“I’ll start with Cassian for the reasons I’ve already stated, the last time we faced off Cassian ended with me picking up the win over you in the build up to my first Roulette Title Match against Alex and since then, you’ve been awfully quiet, I don’t know what your motives for that were but clearly something brought you back and I’m willing to bet that it’s the Internet Title, well I’m sorry to disappoint you Cassian but for the second time in your career, you are getting beaten by me!”

And next up is Brayden!

“Do I really have to talk about the latest Hilton to come from out of nowhere to debut in SCW? How many Hiltons are there anyway?! Actually, don’t answer that, we’d be here all day! That said, I hope the next one is miles better than Brayden “I’m an amazing athlete but I still need my sister to interfere in my matches for me to win” Hilton because for all his talent, he’s quickly growing into someone who everyone loves to hate! He clearly has his eyes set on making the Internet Title his first title in SCW but much like he is to his mother, I’m going to be a source of disappointment for him when I win this match!”

It’s that simple.

“Cassian wants to get his hands on another title, Brayden wants to win his first title, what’s my motivation? Being a rare breed, someone who actually fulfils his New Year’s Resolution! At the tail end of the dumpster fire that was 2020 I said that I’d still be champion by the end of 2021, but I never said how many reigns I’d pick up along the way, did I? I’ve got my eyes set on fulfilling that goal and becoming a three time Internet Champion in the process and it’ll take more than a former Roulette Champion and a guy who needs his sister to fight his battles for him to stop me from achieving those goals!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“Everyone thought Cassian had my first match against him in the bag when we first faced off, everyone was proven wrong when I beat him! Brayden is an amazing talent but he’s also a total momma’s boy who relies on his sister to win matches for him, it would be funny if it weren’t so pathetic and this Sunday, they had better brace themselves because there’s a storm brewing, otherwise they’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms on his way to championship gold!”

I went to start listening to metal as the scene fades.

10
Climax Control Archives / “Third Time’s a Charm!”
« on: August 06, 2021, 09:16:24 PM »
Caleb’s second attempt at winning the Roulette Title from Alex Jones ended in failure again as Alex joined Krystal Wolfe in retaining the title in the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match at Summer XXXTreme IX, however it would soon turn out that the bosses felt that Caleb was not done with Alex Jones yet and this time, Mark wasn’t even waiting until the Supercard to book Caleb in a Roulette Title Match and this time? It was one on one between him and Alex, will the third time be the charm for Caleb?

Caleb’s hotel room, San Francisco, California
Monday the 2nd of August 2021, 18:00pm

I knew there was going to be a downside to SCW going on the road.

What do I mean by that? It’s simple, because she’s training at the Go Gym seven days a week Katie can’t accompany me on the road and we agreed that it was for the best that Lemmy stay home with her so yeah, for the entirety of this tour I’m on my own.

At least we were able to reach a compromise.

“I just watched the replay of last night’s Climax Control.” Katie said once the skype call came through and she made herself comfortable. “Krystal will do anything to hold onto her title, won’t she?” Katie added before taking a sip from her drink.

“I don’t know, I thought it was common courtesy to buy a woman dinner before using salad tongs on her breasts?” I asked jokingly and Katie’s drink nearly ended up all over her laptop keyboard. “Like you weren’t thinking that!”

“I’ll admit, I was thinking that as well, but I didn’t expect that to come out of your mouth!” Katie responded with a laugh once she regained her composure. “How are Krystal and Ari after their attack from Amy by the way?”

“I think Krystal was more banged up after the Main Event.” I responded with a shrug and Katie nodded in understanding. “And Ari? The worst she got was a finisher from a woman old enough to be her great aunt, she’ll be fine!”

“I guess, but we all expected so much better from Amy here at the Go Gym, including Odette and Gabriel.” Katie responded with a frown, and I nodded in agreement. “Gotta go, I think Lemmy wants to go for a shit, but we’ll talk tomorrow.” Katie added as Lemmy appeared on screen briefly with his tail wagging before Katie hung up and I started planning my next move.

Local café, San Francisco, California
Friday the 6th of August 2021, 12:15pm

I wanted to get lunch outside of the hotel and I didn’t want to go somewhere that would cost me an arm and a leg just to get a table, so here we are!

Don’t get me wrong, my match against Alex on Sunday is on my mind since this is my third title shot against him and first one on one match against him but sometimes, I just need to unwind and I can only eat so much hotel food I can take, besides I have been trying to train for the match.

Keyword being trying, and off course you’d think the fact that I’m in one of the most famous cities in the world would make chilling out a lot easier but nope!

“What to get, what to get.” I muttered to myself as I looked over the café’s menu, I hadn’t been here that long but as simplistic as the café’s menu was, choosing what to eat from the menu was proving to be a lot more difficult than anticipated. “Eggs Benedict or Mushroom Risotto, if I was back home and had the ingredients, I’d have a go at making those dishes myself.”

“Maybe we can eat here in peace.” I heard Makayla’s voice ring out and looked at, Krystal and Makayla were approaching the café and the two Australian women weren’t happy.

“At this rate, I’m half tempted to just say “screw it” and order take-out from our hotel room!” Krystal responded as they approached the café. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m okay with autograph hunters but now whilst we’re out on a date!”

“Krystal?” I called out to her, and Krystal instinctively rolled her eyes in response, until she recognized my voice and looked up. “I’ve been here for the past fifteen, twenty minutes and I’ve not been pestered.”

“Well yeah, but you’re not one of SCW’s champions.” Krystal pointed out before shaking her head. “Not saying that I hope Alex retains the title in the Main Event off course.”

“Off course but I haven’t even heard a peak of something like “hey, isn’t that the metalhead wrestler from SCW challenging Alex Jones on Sunday?” so I don’t think there’s any wrestling fans here.” I responded and the lesbian couple shared a look before grabbing an unoccupied table near mine. “Was getting lonely over here anyway.”

“Katie’s still in Las Vegas training at the Go Gym I take it?” Makayla asked and I nodded in response. “And Lemmy?”

“She’s looking after him in Vegas, we agreed that it would be a lot easier this way.” I responded and the two women nodded in understanding. “Just don’t ask me for recommendations, I can’t make my mind up between the Eggs Benedict or Mushroom Risotto.”

“An Italian dish on the same menu as a French dish?” Krystal asked with a raised eyebrow, and I shrugged my shoulders in response. “That sounds confusing.”

“Google Maps described it as a Mediterranean Café and the reviews on Yelp are decent.” I responded reassuringly and the two women shrugged before looking at the menu. “So, Krystal, are you going to ask for another title defence on Twitter for next week’s show.”

“I don’t think so, I did that initially because I wanted a challenge, and it was SCW’s first show outside of Vegas in over a year.” Krystal responded as she shook her head. “I’ll be happy if my next defence isn’t until Violent Conduct VII to be honest, at least then I’ll have a chance to make it to my hundredth day as Bombshell Roulette Champion!”

“You are getting close, last week was your seventieth day and next week will be day eighty four.” I commented before finally deciding on the Mushroom Risotto. “And three weeks after that before you hit your hundredth day, I take it you’re planning your own celebration with Makayla if you get that far?”

“Yeah, but it’s the kind of celebration that we can’t go into detail about in public without getting dirty looks at best, being kicked out of the café at worst.” Makayla explained and I quickly got the idea as they decided on what they were ordering.

Caleb’s hotel room, San Francisco, California
Friday the 6th of August 2021, 18:00pm

*Promo time*

Here we go again.

“First time I faced Alex Jones for the Roulette Title and I wasn’t even submitted for Alex to retain, Miles Kasey got that distinct honour, second time I faced Alex Jones for the Roulette Title and it was in a stipulation where pin-falls were out the window because I got eliminated by falling into the pool, that said, this week I’m finally getting a one on one title match against Alex Jones after two title matches in a row where I had to share the spotlight with another guy, Miles in the first defence and Agostino Romano in the second, and frankly, it may as well have started  out this way!”

But I digress.

“I know Alex is a hell of a wrestler, he’s proven that ten times over and that’s before he won the Roulette Title and gained the prestigious Triple Crown, but I am determined to get out of San Francisco with the Roulette Title newly won and, in my possession, and with no one else to get in my way, what’s stopping me from achieving those goals? I can think of one potential thing that could get in the way!”

Here’s a hint, look at the name of the title.

“It’s often been said that the Roulette Wheel that gave the Roulette Titles their names, is a cruel mistress, on one hand we have last week’s Main Event which ended up being a Special Guest Ref Hardcore Rules Match, on the other hand, we have a situation like Krystal’s first defence of the title which was a mud-pit match! Those are just two examples but there are many others considering the title’s almost as old as SCW itself, but the wrong stipulation can really screw up my chances of winning the title from Alex Jones!”

But I’m not worried.

“If I was really that worried about Roulette Rules, I don’t think I’d be this enthusiastic about me becoming a two time Roulette Champion as I am but at the same time, I have to be realistic about my chances in this match if the wheel lands on a stip that seriously screws me over! Especially with Candy in charge because who knows what crazy stipulations that she has snuck onto the wheel behind Mark Ward’s back! With that out of my system Alex, I’d like to think that I am ready for anything the Roulette Wheel the wheel can throw at me and anything you can throw at me!”

After all, I’ve had practice.

“This is our third match for the Roulette Title and my second in a row following Summer XXXTreme IX and to be honest? If we face off for a fourth time and I still haven’t dethroned you, I’m going to scream! At that point, I’d rather just challenge Austin and Tempest for the Mixed Tag Team Titles because at least then I’d get a change of scenery in terms of my opponents, but that’s only if I lose the match on Sunday and for me it’ll be the third time’s the charm!”

It’s that simple.

“This may be our third match for the Roulette Title Alex, but it will be the last because that title is about to come home with me regardless of what that wheel stops on! Alex you are a hell of a wrestler, but I’ve been using our matches as work experience in a way because I’ve been learning what makes you tick as a competitor and this Sunday, I’ll put that to good use by winning the Roulette Title!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“I’ve said it once, I’ve said it twice and I’ll say it again and again until that title is mine again, it has been way to long since I’ve held the Roulette Title and Alex Jones is standing in my way for the third match in a row of breaking that drought! Alex, you have been a great champion, facing everyone from Bill Barnhart to The Troll in your title reign but this is where it ends because you had better brace yourself as there’s a storm brewing, otherwise you and your reign will be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your new Roulette Champion!”

I went to check on my laptop as the scene fades.

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Supercard Archives / “Into the Unknown!”
« on: July 14, 2021, 08:41:35 PM »
Caleb’s second shot at the Roulette Title in a row was this week at Summer XXXTreme IX and he was entering the match with an air of uncertainty about him! So far, his only confirmed opponent was the reigning champion Alex Jones with his fellow challenger being decided in the opening match of the show between Shane Borderland and Agostino Romano, can Caleb finally win the Roulette Title again?

Caleb’s cabin, Sun Princess Cruise Liner, the High Seas
Wednesday the 14th of July 2021, 11:00am

To be honest? I’m already missing my pooch!

But at the very least, me and Katie know that he’s in good hands as we are using the same kennels that we used for last year’s Summer XXXTreme, now granted I did consider trying to smuggle him aboard the ship under my shirt until Katie pointed out that he was a full grown Labrador and only the most overweight of men could hide him in their shirts! And suitcase smuggling was also shot down mutually because we realized that there was a chance Lemmy could suffocate inside the suitcase.

Point is, there was no way in hell I could’ve smuggled Lemmy aboard the ship even if I wanted too, but we do have an arrangement with the kennels where we have weekly video chats with Lemmy so, yeah, there’s that at least!

“So, now that Jessie’s doing a guest spot in the D&D game, you’re joining in?” Katie asked as I worked away at my character sheet. “Do you even know what your doing? Or what character you’re playing?”

“I watched Critical Role over the weekend, so I have a general idea.” I responded as I worked away at my character. “As for my character, I’m playing Ivar, the Stoner Circle of the Moon Druid!”

“Sadly, I’m not surprised.” Katie sighed before she stood up and walked over to me to get a glimpse of the sheet. “Shouldn’t you be more worried about your match against Alex and either Shane or Agostino?”

“I am, but I spent most of the previous week training for the Roulette Title Match and this is just as much a vacation as it is a Supercard.” I responded and Katie nodded once she realized that I was right. “Besides, it’s hard to prepare for a match where the other half of the opposition won’t be decided until the opening match of the card has been decided and whilst your idea of treating it as a Fatal Four Way worked for my promo, it doesn’t work for training because I’ll only have one other opponent.”

“True enough, at least you’ve faced Agostino before, and you do have a win to get back over him.” Katie nodded in agreement before thinking of something. “You did clear your character with Krystal, right?”

“Yep, and her reply was four crying with laughter emojis followed by “go for it”, I think she likes my idea.” I responded and Katie couldn’t help but laugh at that, only reinforced when I showed her the text in question. “The session’s starting at seven o’clock, but Krystal, Makayla, Jessie, Shane, Jake and Ari are meeting up for Cards Against Humanity in Krystal’s room, she invited me to join in and extended that to you.”

“You know what? It’s been too long since I played Cards against Humanity so I’m in.” Katie decided with a nod before she went back to the bed and sat on it. “She did tell you which room she has, right?”

“Yeah, she has one of the balcony suites, claimed it was a benefit of being the Bombshell Roulette Champion.” I responded with a nod before I started putting the finishing touches to the character sheet. “I’ll text Krystal to let her know once I’ve finished the character sheet, once I do that, she should send over the room number.”

“Sounds good, just remember to let me know when we’re about to go.” Katie said as she leaned back on the bed. “And maybe we’ll listen to some metal albums along the way.” Katie added and I grinned at that idea as I continued my progress.

Krystal’s balcony suite, the Sun Princess Cruise Liner, the High Seas
Wednesday the 14th of July 2021, 16:05pm

The fact that Krystal’s suite is a lot nicer than mine makes me want to win the Roulette Title even more, but I’m getting ahead of myself.

As I said before, me and Katie showed up for the game of Cards against Humanity between me, Katie, Jake, Shane, Makayla, Krystal, Ari and Jessie and we were all sat on the floor for the game.

“Okay, I take it we’re all familiar with the rules of Cards against Humanity?” Krystal asked the assembled group and we all nodded in response. “Okay, this game was my idea, so I volunteer to be the first Czar, any objections?” Krystal asked and once the others nodded, we drew our ten white cards and Krystal picked up the first black cad. “And the Academy Award for blank goes to blank, it’s a pick two card so make sure you specify the order.”

Yeah, I think I’ve got this, I put my cards down first followed by the others and Krystal grabbed them. “And the Academy Award for “putting up with Christian’s weird signees” goes too “Mark Ward”, that is so true it hurts!” Krystal chuckled before putting it aside. “And the Academy Award for “Caleb Storms’ Hopes and Dreams” goes to “an M16 Assault Rifle”, anything you’re not telling us Caleb?” Krystal asked with a cheeky grin, and I shook my head.

“No comment.” I responded and Krystal set aside the cards without a second thought.

“And the Academy Award for “Gabriel Thomas Wank, SCW’s punching bag” goes too “Your Mom”.” Krystal nearly doubled over laughing at that one. “Wouldn’t that work better as “his mom”? I know I created that card for this custom set.”

“Possible that whoever played it didn’t draw the companion card, just saying, and I didn’t pick that one before you ask.” Makayla responded Krystal put the cards aside.

“And the Academy Award for………” Krystal trailed off as she read the card and her mouth hung agape. “One: have you guys ever heard of blowing your load too soon? And two: this is going to be a tough one to beat.” Krystal added and when no-one answered she sighed. “And the Academy Award for “Auschwitz” goes to “The Nazis”!”

It was at that point that the rest of the room nearly lost in laughter. “I don’t see anyone topping that one.” Jake admitted and Krystal managed to keep it together long enough to grab the next two cards.

“We’ll soon see.” Krystal responded before she got ready to read the next cards. “And the Academy Award for “Sexiest Roulette Champion” goes too “Krystal Wolfe”, appreciate the complement but bribery won’t win you any points in this game.”

“Can I at least admit that that was my combo?” Makayla asked with a shrug and Krystal turned to her. “I mean, who else would think to put those cards together?”

“Eh, good point.” Krystal shrugged before setting the cards aside. “And the Academy Award for “Jerking off into a Pool of Children’s tears” goes too “Barack Obama”, getting really political all of a sudden.”

“There was a joke about Nazis and NOW you think it’s political?” Katie pointed out and Krystal went to respond but couldn’t find the words.

“Eh, good point.” Krystal shrugged her shoulders before setting aside the cards. “Okay, last two, “And the Academy Award for “Best Ass in SCW” goes too “Miles Kasey” ……...” Krystal trailed off before shaking her head. “I don’t remember creating that one.”

“To be fair, I might have created it when we were updating the deck for the Summer XXXTreme trip.” Makayla pointed out and Krystal hesitated before nodding.

“Last but not least, “And the Academy Award for “Unlimited Bombshell Title Shots” goes too Jessie Salco.” Krystal finished reading the cards and Jessie raised an eyebrow at her. “Those cards were created before we became friends Jess.”

“Figured as much but thanks for clarifying.” Jessie responded before stretching her arms. “I know I’m not the czar but as far as I’m concerned? There’s a clear winner here!”

“If you’re thinking what I’m thinking then I agree.” Katie nodded before she picked out the winning combo. “Never thought I’d say this but the Nazis and Auschwitz win, who played those cards?” Krystal asked and I shot my hand up. “Playing for keeps huh.”

“You could say that.” I responded before I accepted the black card from Krystal, the game went on for a while longer before we reached the final round and it was Krystal’s turn a czar again, as for who had the most cards?”

“Okay, it’s a tight race between Caleb and Jessie to win the game but I’m pretty sure we’ll know the winner regardless of this round’s winner.” Krystal responded before picking up the final black card. “And it’s times like these that make me glad to be a woman, “How Am I Compensating for My Tiny Penis?”, just putting it out there that saying “nothing” or “not having one” would be a cop out and I’m not picking them or a similar card.”

“And yet “Biggest Blackest Dick” wasn’t a cop out for the “Girl’s Best Friend” round.” Ari grumbled under her breath before glancing over at Katie who had won the aforementioned round, despite her saltiness we all played the cards and Krystal went through them all before reaching me and Jessie’s cards, at least I was assuming that the last card beside mine was Jessie’s.

“How Am I Compensating for my Tiny Penis?” Krystal asked after making sure that no one outside the room heard her. “No Clothes On, Penis in Vagina, meh, I guess it works.” Krystal shrugged before putting the card aside and reading the last one. “How Am I Compensating for My Tiny Penis? Fenris?!” Krystal asked with a raised eyebrow. “I hope whoever played that realizes I could take that combo to Fenris.”

“Maybe he’ll take it in good humour?” I asked before pausing. “Is what I’d say if I was the one who played the card.”

“Smooth.” Krystal responded with a sarcastic laugh before picking the winner. “No Clothes On, Penis in Vagina wins because it’s the least likely to get me on Fenris’s bad side if word reaches him!”

“And that’s the win for me!” Jessie exclaimed as she took the card and I pouted as I folded my arms. “Hopefully, you have better luck in your Roulette Title Match Caleb.”

“What about me?” Krystal pouted with a laugh. “Don’t forget, I’m the DM tonight.”

“You too Krystal.” Jessie said quickly before we packed up to leave for the D&D game.

Caleb’s cabin, Sun Princess Cruise Liner, high seas
Wednesday the 14th of July 2021, 23:00pm

*Promo time*

It’s been a quiet week.

“When this match was first announced, I felt like I was heading into the unknown with the third competitor in this match but you know what? I’m disappointed, I expected better from the two guys competing for the third spot in the men’s Ultimate X Over the Pool Match between Shane Borderland and Agostino Romano, I would’ve thought that at least one of them would have made their voices heard by now but no, they’ve been conspicuous in their absence and the only guys who have made their voices heard over the past week for this title match are myself and Alex Jones!”

Not a good look!

“For that reason, I’m not even going to address Shane or Agostino beyond this opening monologue and instead I’m just going to focus all my attention on Alex Jones! I mean, the match is basically a one on one match between me and Jones until the opener takes place anyway so why wouldn’t I do that? This Sunday might be my second title shot against Alex Jones but it’s as I said, until Shane and Agostino make their voices heard, what else am I supposed to do?”

And now onto Alex.

“Saying that, knowing my luck Shane and Agostino’s promos will probably hit the air right after mine! But hey, what can I do about that? Wait until tomorrow or Friday when inspiration has hit me now? Nah! With that said, if there’s anyone who will hit me harder than inspiration did for this promo, it’ll probably be Wolfslair’s Alex Jones because since he won the Roulette Title in March, you’ve proven to be a worthy champion!”

But all good things must come to an end.

“However, Alex, unless you have your sights set on a Myra Rivers type reign with the Roulette Title, you can’t hold onto the Roulette Title forever and sooner or later, someone is going to beat you for that title and that someone is going to be me! And whilst you were right in saying that we’ve done this song and dance before, let’s look at the other men you’ve faced in Roulette Title Matches since you won that thing.”

I said before getting my phone out.

“First defence: “Bulldog” Bill Barnhart in a Boiler Room Brawl, right after I beat Bill to earn my spot in your second defence to boot, it’s time we faced facts and admit that Bill is not a top tier competitor! Maybe he was during his younger days, but “Old Fart” Bill Barnhart has been around so long that when God said, “Let There Be Light” Bill complained about it ruining his sleep! The next defence was against me and Miles Kasey at Into the Void X and whilst I was in that match, it was Miles who took the submission, and your student hasn’t had the best track record in SCW! And then, there’s The Troll.”

I commented before face-paling.

“Do I really need to say anything other than “The Troll”? My point is Alex is that you haven’t exactly had the best competition since you won the belt from Cassian Reed and yes, I realize that I just burned myself when I said that but aside from me, that statement is true! But it’s time for the new guard to take over from the old guard and I said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s been way to long since I’ve held the Roulette Title!”

And now for the elephant in the room.

“Let’s cast our minds back to last Saturday up north in Canada where I faced Brother David Shepherd in a Special Guest Referee Match where Fenris was the ref! Now I won that match because Brother David Shepherd rage quit but the bigger story in this match was the fact that you travelled down to Canada just to mess with me in that match! I mean, you could’ve saved yourself a lot of gas money by asking the SCU production staff to play your theme during my match whilst you chilled out in Las Vegas but no, you had to go the extra mile! Or miles in this case!”

Seriously, why?

“Where you trying to get in your only confirmed challenger’s head before Summer XXXTreme IX? Well, if you wanted my undivided attention then congratulations Alex, you’ve got it! Granted the fact that the guys in the qualifier match have been silent for the past week doesn’t help matters but my point still stands! I’ve been motivated to prove that I am a legend in the making for a while now and if you wanted to give me extra motivation to beat you for the Roulette Title than congratulations Alex, you’ve done it!”

Insert fake applause here.

“That being said, Alex, your attempt to screw with me ahead of our match may just be the one thing that does you in and ends your Roulette Title reign! Like I just said, you’ve given me extra motivation to win this thing beyond becoming a two time Roulette Champion at long last and by the time you’ve realized your mistake, it’ll be far too late to fix it as this Sunday I’ll be walking out of Summer XXXTreme IX the new Roulette Champion!”

It’s that simple.

“You know what? I’m not even thinking about Agostino or Shane right now, I’ll worry about them once we know for certain who the third man in the men’s Ultimate X Over the Pool Match is for certain but that just means that I can give you my undivided attention Alex and whilst YOU may think that means an easy title defence for you, the fact is that your grave mistake in motivating me even further by trying to mess with my match at Supernova means that I’ll be the new Roulette Champion once the dust settles!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“Shane, Agostino, good luck in your match on Sunday and I look forward to facing either of you in the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match later in the show! But as for you Alex? You may not realize it, but you fucked up by sticking your nose in where it didn’t belong, and I only wish that Fenris had kicked you so hard that you landed back in Las Vegas! But in the meantime, I have a Roulette Title to win because you and either Agostino or Shane had better brace yourself because there’s a storm brewing, otherwise you’ll both be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms!”

I went to start gaming as the scene fades.

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Supercard Archives / "It's a Mystery!"
« on: July 08, 2021, 08:35:30 PM »
It was that time of year again, Summer XXXTReme IX was on the horizon and Caleb was one of three competitors challenging Alex Jones for the Roulette Championship, only problem? The third man was being decided on the show! The night’s opener was a last minute qualifier between Agostino Romano and Shane Borderland with the winner joining Caleb and Alex in the Roulette Championship Match! Can Caleb pick up the win despite this set-back?

Backstage at Climax Control 305, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 4th of July 2021, 16:00pm

Happy Independence Day or “scare the shit out of your pets” day as me and Katie have come to call it!

With the week off, I haven’t had much to do aside from train and get ready for the Ultimate X Match in two weeks’ time at Summer XXXTreme IX, Lemmy is being looked after by our neighbours because we were worried about how he’d react to the fireworks whilst we weren’t there to support him (and it helped that they had children who loved our doggo from a pervious meeting with him) but there was one other thing on my mind.

Who was the third man in the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match? We knew in advance that Krystal’s challengers were Maki and Bea Barnhart but, in the weeks, leading up to Summer XXXTreme IX there’s only been one qualifier for the men’s Ultimate X Match and that was my qualifier against “Mr. Lose A Lot of Matches” Lincoln Daniels and I figured that they had to announce it soon! Hell, I thought the Golden Ticket Matches would be qualifiers for their respective division’s Roulette Title Matches.

And since Seleana and Miles are facing Tempest and Austin James Mercer instead, I bet they wish that that were the case.

“Yes! Get her Krystal!” Katie cheered as we watched Krystal attack Bea in retaliation for Bea stealing the Roulette Title the previous week, however Katie’s demeaner dropped when Krystal spat in Bea’s face after knocking her out with the title. “Gabriel’s not going to be happy about that.”

“Didn’t you say something about that?” I asked as I leaned back in my chair, and we watched Krystal return backstage with her title. “Back when you started training at the Go Gym?”

“Yeah, one of the first things Gabriel taught us was about discipline and respecting your opposition unless they made it personal.” Katie nodded as she folded her arms. “And most importantly, never spit in your opponent’s face, which Krystal just did! And yeah, I know this wasn’t a match or anything, but Krystal just threw that out the window.” Katie added before letting out a deep breath.

“I don’t know Katie because you know how hard I’ve worked to get my hands on a title again.” I responded and Katie turned to me. “I’m not sure what I’d do if I were in Krystal’s shoes after finally winning another title.”

“Yeah, I don’t blame her, to work that hard to win the title only to have it stolen from you after the first defence? I’d be pissed too! But she’ll have some explaining to do when she starts her training for the match at the Go Gym tomorrow.” Katie nodded in agreement as her frown deepened. “I think Gabriel will be more interested in making sure that she doesn’t go too far off the deep end as her reign continues, speaking off, any news on your title match at the PPV?”

“That’s part of the reason I envy Krystal, beyond her being a champ I mean.” I responded as I leaned back in my chair. “She’s known about her opponents for the past two weeks and just had her first defence against one of them, me? As far as I know, Alex Jones is my opponent and if that’s the case, why not just make it a straight up one on one Roulette Title Match and make the men’s Ultimate X March a number one contender’s match or something.”

“Whilst, personally, I’d laugh my ass off if that was how The Troll got into the Summer XXXTreme IX Card, I don’t think that’s the case either.” Katie responded as she shook her head before a stage hand gave me the card for Summer XXXTreme IX. “They’ve made it clear that the two Ultimate X Matches will be for the Roulette Titles.”

“Well, I just got the Summer XXXTreme IX card so this should give us some answers.” I responded as I shook my head before reading the card and groaning as I read the opening match. “Well, that both explains a lot and complicates things! The opening match of the card is a last minute qualifier for the men’s match between Agostino Romano and Shane Borderland, standard rules before you ask but otherwise? I won’t know who my third opponent is exactly until the show starts.”

“Yeah, and I’ll bet good money that Alex isn’t happen about this either for the same reason!” Katie nodded in agreement before I handed her the card. “At least they had the good sense to not put the Men’s Roulette Title Match right after that qualifier, otherwise the winner of that match would be an easy elimination for you and Alex.”

“Agreed, instead Krystal’s title match is following that one.” I nodded in agreement before Katie went over the rest of the card. “That just leaves one problem, how do I approach the match come promo time?”

“I’m sure that’s something Alex is trying to figure out as well.” Katie nodded in agreement before an idea popped into her head. “Treat it as a Fatal Four Way Ultimate X Over the Pool Match.”

“You mean like address Agostino and Shane like they were my opponents?” I asked and Katie nodded as I started to get the idea. “Could work, though I should probably make it clear that I’m treating them as such first.”

“Good idea.” Katie responded before she stood up. “Come on, let’s find Krystal and show her the card.”

“And confront her about spitting in Bea’s face?” I asked and Katie shook her head as I stood up to follow her.

“I’ll leave that to Gabriel, let her have her moment and all.” Katie responded before we walked off.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 7th of July 2021, 18:00pm

It’s been a crazy week so far.

With the Supercard just two weeks away every Go Gym Graduate who is competing on the card is busy training for their matches and I’d probably be with them if my offer to train wasn’t just for the Fenris rematch, instead I’ve been training at a smaller wrestling school ran by a friend of ours in the area and that’s when I wasn’t playing with Lemmy.

Right now, though? I’m doing something a bit different.

“Okay, “How to Make Italian Meatballs like an Italian” video is a go.” I commented as I propped up the iPhone on the kitchen table and looked over my ingredients, Katie was coming over with Krystal, Adrienne, Caitlin and Makayla so I figured I may as well try something different to surprise the ladies, and naturally Lemmy was watching on intently, I followed the instructions as closely as I could even though I was missing some ingredients.

“Caleb, we’re home!” Katie called out after about an hour and Lemmy raced off to the door to greet us. “Something smells good!”

“I could joke and say that I’m trying a new aftershave.” I called back to her as I continued to cook away. “But I’m trying to learn how to make Italian style meatballs.”

“You should’ve waited for us Caleb.” Makayla commented as she walked into the kitchen alongside the other women and Lemmy. “I may not have gotten much use out of it, but I am a former culinary student and I’ve learned a few things from the Greek side of my family.”

“If you think you can help by all means but I am following this YouTube video from Vincenzo’s Plate.” I responded as I started to make the meatballs. “Most of it was spent making the tomato sauce.”

“That sounds about right.” Makayla commented as she lifted the lid on the sauce pan to check the sauce. “Have you been following the recipe closely?”

“As close as I can, recipe calls for veal, but we don’t have that so I’m just using pork.” I responded as I started to cook the meatballs. “That sauce has been on the stove the longest because the video said to start it first.”

“He obviously knows what he’s doing then because you need time for the sauce’s flavours to develop.” Makayla responded before getting a spoon out and trying it. “I think it could use some salt.”

“Let me try.” Krystal responded before she tasted the sauce herself., “Definitely needs more salt, and I’m not saying that because I’m Makayla’s girlfriend, just so we’re clear.”

“The salt is in the cupboard right above Makayla’s head.” I responded as I kept a close eye on the shallow frying meatballs. “I’d grab it, but I just handled raw meat.”

“Yeah, I got it.” Krystal responded as she reached up and grabbed the salt. “So, you fancy yourself as something of a cook huh?”

“Not trained or anything but yeah, I do.” I responded as Adrienne and Caitlin chatted with Katie in the background and Lemmy was fussed by Katie. “I used to do a lot more cooking at my old fed because it was based in my home city of New York, but I found myself doing that less as I moved out here for SCW, the pandemic kind of forced me to get back to practicing when I wasn’t doing song parodies.”

“Which I forced him to stoop because I was worried that one of those parodies was going to get him killed.” Katie chimed in as she messaged her forehead in annoyance. “Either by the targeted wrestler or a delusional fan of the song.”

“Shame because I thought they were funny.” Caitlin shrugged her shoulders in response as she watched us cook. “Even the Roxi’s Soul one.”

“You only found it funny because you wanted to see Team Hero kick his ass for that one.” Adrienne corrected her as the French woman shifted her weight. “You even admitted as much to Katie when she enrolled in the Go Gym!”

“At least I was honest about it!” Caitlin admitted as we continued cooking.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 8th of July 2021, 11:00am

*Promo time*

Things just got complicated.

“I knew for weeks that I was going to challenge Alex Jones for the Roulette Title again in the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match at Summer XXXTreme IX, what I didn’t know was who my third opponent was, for weeks I was thinking one thing about this match: "It's a Mystery!", well, turned out that the bosses wanted to keep me and Alex on our toes because the third challenger is being decided on the night in a last minute qualifying match between Agostino Romano and Shane Borderland that’s opening the show, for obvious reasons, that complicated things!”

Quite a bit.

“BUT I was able to come up with a solution with the aid of my lovely wife Katie, for the purposes of this promo and my second promo on the cruise ship, I’m treating this as a Fatal Four Way Ultimate X Over the Pool Match for the Roulette Title between me, Alex, Shane and Agostino, why? Because we couldn’t think of a better way to go about this promo so here, we are, in a situation where my only confirmed opponent is Alex Jones until the winner is decided between Shane and Agostino!”

May as well start with my fellow challengers.

“I’m going to start with my fellow challengers because they are the true wildcards in this match and for starters, it’s Shane Borderland! Shane, I don’t know a lot about you because you just made your SCW debut in a losing effort to Brayden Hilton but for a supposed veteran of the business, you fell for a lot of the old, tired and cliché tactics that Brittany Williams employed to help her brother achieve victory, what does that mean for you in this match?”

Not good things.

“Even if you beat Agostino and join us in the Ultimate X Match the fact that you fell for so many obvious tricks by Brittany doesn’t bode well for your intelligence so either you’ve taken one to many chair shots to the head over the years or you are the dumbest veteran wrestler to come around in a long time! And quite frankly, I don’t know which option is sadder but either way, if you make it to the Ultimate X Match, you’ll be easy pickings for me and Alex!”

And now for Agostino.

“We meet again Agostino, only this time you’re wrestling twice in one night and neither of us is the champion, and obviously this is only if you make it past Shane Borderland but in my opinion? I’ll be surprised if you lose to Shane Borderland personally! And to be honest, I want you to get past Shane Borderland and join me and Alex in the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match for the Roulette Title, not just because I know you’ll give me a good fight but because of one other reason.”

Take a guess.

“That’s right! Back at Blaze of Glory X you beat me to win the Internet Title in a ladder match and then went on to lose it to O’Malley in your first defence! Look, I’m not going to say anything about O’Malley dropping the belt to Mac just a few weeks later but what I will say is that I want to get that win back and if you make it to the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match, then I can do just that as I beat you and the reigning champ!”

Speaking off.

“Last but not least is the champ himself Alex Jones and right now, you are my only confirmed opponent in this Roulette Title Match! I know our last match is probably fresh in your mind, but I’ll remind you anyway, you faced me and Niles Kasey in your second defence and when that wheel stopped on Submission Match, it gave you the advantage! However, whilst you did retain the title in that match, you did so by submitting Miles and not me!”

And that makes for a huge difference!

“But in this match? No pin-fall, no submission, just you, me and whoever the third challenger is vying to scale the Ultimate X Structure, take the gold and eliminate the competition on the way to winning or retaining the gold, this match favours my high flying style to a t and that should leave you at a big disadvantage heading into your fourth defence and quite frankly, your last because that gold has my name on it!”

It’s that simple.

“Right now, the only thing I know for certain is that I’m one of two men challenging Alex Jones for the Roulette Title in the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match and as I said earlier, we won’t know who the third man is until the night of the show! But I welcome the challenge and more importantly, I look forward to being the man to dethrone Alex Jones at Summer XXXTreme IX in two weeks’ time, whoever the third man is, I can only hope that they can give me a decent fight as well!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“But in the end, it won’t matter if it’s Shane Borderland or Agostino Romano that joins me and Alex in the Men’s Ultimate X Over the Pool Match for the Roulette Title at Summer XXXTreme IX in two weeks’ time because in the end their can only be one winner and my second Roulette Title reign is well overdue because Alex and whoever the winner of the match between Shane Borderland and Agostino Romano is had better brace themselves because there’s a tropical storm brewing, otherwise they’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your next Roulette Champion!”

I went outside to play with Lemmy as the scene fades.

13
Climax Control Archives / “Facing my Fears!”
« on: June 25, 2021, 09:58:26 AM »
Caleb had stamped his spot in his second Roulette Title Match in a row on PPV picking up the win over Lincoln Daniels after he hit the Metal Storm! However, he might not make it to Summer XXXTreme IX in one piece because this week on Climax Control, he has a one on one match against Fenris! And this time, Caleb challenged Fenris! No, we’re not kidding and to be honest, we’re not sure what’s going through the young metalhead’s mind but can Caleb win?

Backstage at Climax Control 303. Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 20th of June 2021, 18:00pm

Another PPV, another Roulette Title Shot, and I’m planning to make this one count.

But before that, I have this match coming up on Climax Control 304, you probably heard me talking about it during my promo against Lincoln Daniels earlier this week, either way, now that I’ve fought my way into another Roulette Title Shot at Summer XXXTreme there’s only one thing left to do next Sunday at Climax Control 304.

Well, okay, there’s two things for me to do, one: beat Fenris and two: make it to Sunday night without angering Fenris.

I returned to the backstage area after my match against Lincoln where I found Katie waiting for me, and like the week before she wasn’t happy.

“The stage hand gave me next week’s card whilst you were wrestling Lincoln.” Katie stated as she messaged her forehead with her free hand. “Your rematch against Fenris has been booked for next week’s Climax Control, it’s the third match on the card and it’s being listed as a Special Challenge Match.”

“Can I see it?” I asked Katie and she nodded before handing me the card, aside from the match between me and Fenris the only match on the card that involved one of my friends was Krystal’s first Roulette Title defence against Maki which was the penultimate match on the card right before the non-title Main Event between Mark Cross and Goth. “Huh, Team Dragon and Wolfe occupying the top of the card.”

“Yeah, I noticed that too, wouldn’t be surprised if Krystal shows up to next week’s Climax Control in her Dragon and the Wolfe t-shirt.” Katie joked before I handed her the card back. “Gabriel’s offer to train at the Go Gym is still good and under the same rules as last week, just don’t be surprised if Fenris shows up to train.”

“At least with Fenris, I won’t be making fun of his nickname over and over like I did against Lincoln.” I responded before checking my iPhone for any messages that I might have gotten whilst I was out wrestling. “For one thing, I’m going to be actively avoiding angering Fenris!”

“I would say “thank God for that” but Fenris is notoriously short tempered.” Katie sighed as she ran a hand down her face before motioning to the cafeteria. “Come on, we may as well catch the rest of the show.”

“Agreed.” I nodded in agreement before I followed Katie back to the cafeteria.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 24th of June 2021, 18:00pm

This week has been interesting to say the least.

Between Krystal training at the Go Gym for her Roulette Title Match and Mayhem Survival Qualifier on Underground and me training for the match against Fenris the Go Gym has been a hotbed of activity this week, and that was before Fenris turned up to train for our match!

It’s gotten to the point where I elected to give myself the day off today and just hang out at home with Lemmy, both so I could avoid injuring myself during training and so I could hang out with my Labrador for the day and no one at the Go Gym was blaming me for that idea.

I was in the back garden playing fetch with Lemmy when I accidentally threw his tennis ball over the fence and try as he might, Lemmy didn’t have the leaping ability to get over that fence, fortunately for us someone was on the other side.

“I take it this is Lemmy’s?” Katie’s voice rang out from the other side of the fence before she threw it back into the garden, Lemmy quickly grabbed the ball with his mouth and soon afterwards Katie came into the back garden with Krystal. “Either you threw it to hard or Lemmy accidentally knocked it over the fence with his nose.”

“I threw it too hard.” I admitted before Krystal closed the garden gate behind her and Lemmy ran up to the two women with his tail wagging. “How was training?”

“Long and hard, at least for me anyway.” Krystal admitted before the Bombshell Roulette Champion knelt and stroked Lemmy who would probably be licking her face if not for the ball in his mouth. “I was already training extra hard for the Roulette Title Match against Maki, but then SCU threw me and Ari into a tag team Mayhem Survival qualifier against the Masked Grime members Celeste and Orchid and threw my plans for the week out the window.”

“At least your track record against the Masked Members of GRIME is good.” I suggested with a shrug before motioning to the Roulette Title that was around Krystal’s waist. “I mean, you beat Royal Purple to win that title.”

“Technically I beat Royal Purple and Violet Amelia Holt to win the title, and Royal Purple won my first match against her.” Krystal corrected me as she stood up and Lemmy walked over to Katie for some affection. “Albeit by pinning Alice Knight after me and Mercedes Vargas took each other out but the point still stands.”

“As far as Maki goes, well we think you can beat her.” Katie chimed in as she stroked Lemmy. “But Celeste and Orchid are two people we’re not sure about because they are complete anomalies, at least after Royal Purple unmasked herself as Faith Simpson, we understood why she had so much success in such a short time.”

“If you mean her Roulette Title reign then you mean beating Johanna Krieger by throwing Kool Aid at her face and Sam Marlowe because she fell off the side of the cage half a second after Sam did.” Krystal commented as she folded her arms. “If I can help it, then my DQ win over Bella Madison two weeks ago will be the only blemish on my record as Bombshell Roulette Champion and hopefully once I get past Maki and Bea Barnhart at Summer XXXTreme, I’ll get that rematch against her for the Roulette Title.”

“You can only hope.” Katie nodded in agreement before Lemmy walked back up to me and dropped the tennis ball at my feet. “Try not to throw it over the fence again Caleb, that thing nearly landed on Krystal’s head.”

“I’ll try.” I nodded before I picked up the tennis ball and threw it, this time managing to keep it within the confines of my back garden as Lemmy gave chase after it.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday the 25th of June 2021, 11:00am

*Promo time*

Well, here we go,

“I know we’re halfway through the year and all, but I think I managed to get myself a lock for, at the very least, a nomination in the “WTF/Holy Shit Moment” Award in the Year End Awards for actually going ahead and challenging Fenris to this rematch! But as I said on Twitter after the card went live on the SCW Website, this match is about overcoming my fears and solidifying my status as a legend in the making and I can’t do that if I’m going to cry out in terror every time Fenris’s name is mentioned around me!”

Nope, I can’t!

“You all know the history between me and Fenris at this point but I’ll recap it anyway, I faced him and Courtney Pierce in the second round of the 2018 Blast from the Past Tournament and lost, months later, after he kicked off Kyle Kavanaugh’s head to win a match I started to worry about facing him in a match and low and behold, I got booked against him in what was likely intended to be a one off match for a warm-up for a future match that I can’t really remember, the point is, that match started the tradition of me being scared shitless off Fenris!”

I said as I shook my head.

“Because how dare I worry about facing a guy who can kick through walls and has a temper that’s almost as short as my dog’s attention span, am I right? Somehow that led to me being added to a World Heavyweight Title Match, thus making history by being the first guy to be against being added to a World Heavyweight Title Match but I digress! And after that, I was tricked into facing Fenris in a Lion’s Den Match! Need I remind you that Fenris is a former MMA Fighter and I’m not, so I was already entering that match with a distinct disadvantage!

Seriously Christian, why?!

“That match was meant to be the last one between me and Fenris aside from me getting into the Six Man Elimination Match for the World Heavyweight Title at December to Dismember II, and my main issue going into those two matches was that I had found a way to piss off Fenris beforehand! What’s that? You want details about how I managed to get on the bad side of a short tempered former MMA Fighter? Sure!”

How I survived the first time is a mystery!

“The first time was when he lost the World Heavyweight Title to Austin James Mercer whilst I was competing in that year’s Blast from the Past Tournament and I stupidly tweeted the words “THANK GOD” after he lost the title, now to be clear, I was still in the tournament like I said and I had just as much chance as anyone else in that tournament at winning the whole thing and I wasn’t celebrating the fact that Fenris lost, I was celebrating the fact that I wouldn’t face Fenris if I won the thing! And I just sounded like a politician trying to BS his way out of a major scandal, haven’t I?”

Albeit two years after the fact!

“And if that wasn’t bad enough, I went and pissed him off again when I qualified for the Six Man Elimination Match at December 2 Dismember just a few months later! This time by saying on camera, at Climax Control, that I was hoping that Fenris would get eliminated before me! And that sound heard across the world was every single SCW fan/wrestler alike face-palming hard at my stupidity and to be honest? The most I can say about that incident was that I was hoping that it would improve my chances at winning that match, not that it made much of a difference in the long run!”

As evidenced by the lack of “SCW World Heavyweight Champion” among my achievements.

“That brings us to this match and knowing my luck, I’ve probably pissed off Fenris just by bringing up the two times that I had pissed off Fenris previously! But on the off chance that I managed to avoid shooting myself in the foot before the match even started for the third time in a row, Fenris, this match is about me conquering my fears and right now, if I’m going to solidify my status as a legend in the making, then I’m going to have to do the unthinkable, I have to beat Fenris in a wrestling match!”

I can already hear Mark and Christian laughing their asses off.

“And before you go quoting Bender from Futurama by saying “HAHAHAHAHA, oh wait, you serious? Let me laugh even harder! BWAHAHAHAHA” let it be known that I have been training at the Go Gym for this match and I know that if I try to wrestle Fenris at his pace and in his style, I may as well just lay down on the matt and let him pin me for the easiest win of his wrestling career! But by wrestling my style of wrestling against him and keeping him off his feet, my chances of winning this match go up astronomically!”

It’s that simple!

“You had the advantage against me in the Lion’s Den Match Fenris and that was before we even entered the ring! But in this normal wrestling match with normal wrestling rules in a normal wrestling ring, I have the advantage if I don’t try to beat you at your own game, namely strikes and submissions! But by taking to the skies and keeping you off your feet, I stand a much better chance at winning this match! Either that or I send myself flying into a roundhouse kick and the security staff spends the rest of the night searching for my head in the cheap seats!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up,

“And I’m quite sure that Mark and Christian are dying from laughter as I finish off this promo! Fenris, we’ve faced off six times if Mercedes Vargas is to be believed, honestly? I only remember the four times that I’ve brought up but that’s either me misremembering or my memory being affected by your kicks! But this time will be different, because not only is this match about facing my fears and conquering them, but it’s also about finally picking up the win over you because you had better brace yourself because there’s a storm brewing, otherwise you’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms!”

I went to play with Lemmy in the back garden as the scene fades.

14
Climax Control Archives / “Here we go Again!”
« on: June 17, 2021, 04:09:16 PM »
Caleb’s losing ways continued as he lost a close match to Goth and following Alex Jones’s title defence against The Troll (yes, seriously) Caleb made his displeasure known about being overlooked for a title opportunity even though he wasn’t submitted in the Triple Threat Submission Match at Into the Void X, well this week he was getting a chance to repeat history as SCW was holding qualifier matches for the Over the Pool Ultimate X Roulette Title Matches at Summer XXXTreme IX, not only that but his opponent was none other than the man Miles Kasey defeated to qualify for that Triple Threat Match during the last cycle, Lincoln Daniels, will Caleb find himself in a Roulette Title Match for the second Supercard in a row?

Backstage at Climax Control 302, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 13th of June 2021, 23:00pm

I know married couples aren’t supposed to keep secrets from each other and all, but I had a good reason.

Katie still remembers how sore I was when I returned to the back after the Lion’s Den Match against Fenris even though that happened two years ago and when I got the idea to challenge Fenris to a fourth match I knew she was going to freak out about it, thing is? I didn’t think that the bosses would make it official because Christian said that it was the last match between us when he tricked me into accepting a Lion’s Den Match against Fenris.

And emotionally speaking I’m still sore about that!

I wasn’t with Katie when I got the card for Climax Control 303, I was on my way back from the bathroom when I happened to run into the stage hand in charge of handing over the cards to the wrestlers and, well, he used that as an excuse to give me the card for next week! I know I’ve got Lincoln Daniels in a qualifying match for the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match for the men’s Roulette Championship and, much like the last cycle, the women’s match was being filled out by Triple Threat Matches starting with Candy, Char Kwan and Bea Barnhart.

And as I returned to the catering area, I found my lovely wife waiting for me, and she was not happy.

“Caleb, when did you plan on telling me that you were challenging Fenris to a rematch?!” Katie asked with a scowl on her face as I walked up to her. “And for that matter, WHY ARE YOU CHALLENGING HIM TO A REMATCH?! THE FIRST TIME YOU FACED HIM. I CAUGHT YOU WRITING YOUR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT!”

“Did you have to say that so loud?” I asked Katie as I winced in pain from her yelling that last part. “Look, I’m trying to build my reputation as a legend in the making, a great way to do just that is to prove that I’m over my fear of Fenris!”

“Oh, for the love of Dio………” Katie grumbled under her breath as she messaged her forehead in annoyance. “I’m going to see if I can sweet-talk Gabriel into letting you train at the Go Gym, far as I know, Fenris isn’t scheduled to train there this week because he’s not in action next week, but Krystal will be there and she’s good friends with him.”

“I don’t think Gabriel will let me spar with a female wrestler, knowing how the bosses feel about intergender wrestling and all.” I pointed out and Katie shook her head.

“He doesn’t but she’ll be there to give you advice at least.” Katie responded before letting out a deep breath. “And for the love of God, don’t say anything to piss of Fenris! I know that’s like trying to get Lemmy to respond to the word “walkies” without his tail of wagging destruction going off like a helicopter but at least try, or failing that, just let me take over our half of the Twitter account for the next two weeks.”

“You realize that doesn’t count for my promo against Lincoln, right?” I pointed out and Katie sighed.

“Just don’t bring up Fenris and you’ll be fine, and considering he’s not in that match, that should be easy!” Katie sighed as she ran a hand through her hair. “As for your promo against Fenris, we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it!” Katie added before stepping aside. “In the meantime, we’ve got a Main Event to watch, and Justin hasn’t done the introductions for Senor, I mean “King” Vinnie and Mark Cross.”

“I’m rooting for Mark because he didn’t have the idea to stick Bill Barnhart in a glorified Tuxedo Match!” I added and Katie gave me a funny look. “What? King Vinnie should be tried for War Crimes for that alone!”

“You know what? I’m not going to argue about that.” Katie responded with a shudder before we returned to our table.

Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 16th of June 2021, 17:00pm

It’s times like these that remind me why I love my wife.

It took some convincing on her part, but Gabriel agreed to let me train with the trainees ahead of my match against Fenris, only catch was that once my turn was done, I’d help Krystal and Ari train the female students whilst Gabriel took over for the men.

And so far, it’s working swimmingly.

“Seriously Caleb, if you’re going to try to beat Fenris at his own game then you’ve already lost the match!” Krystal called out from the ringside area as I sparred with Josh. “Fenris is one of the best submissions/striking experts in SCW, you’re not, how well do you think that’s going to end for you?”

“Badly?” I called back to the Aussie and Krystal shook her head as she adjusted the positioning of the Bombshell Roulette Title that was over her shoulder.

“Congrats, you’ve won the “no fucking shit” award.” Krystal responded with a face-palm. “It would be one thing if you were one of the trainees, but you’ve been wrestling since 2015 and have held three titles in SCW, in the case of the Internet Title, more than once.”

“Do we really count Caleb’s first Internet title reign though?” Josh asked as the English trainee circled around me. “Since it was gifted to him by J2H and all?”

“The bosses include it on the Title History Page, we count it.” Krystal called back before we resumed sparring. “Your strengths are your speed and high flying ability! They’ve carried you this far in your wrestling career and your title reigns speak for themselves.”

“Yeah, except against Fenris, I don’t have a single win against him.” I pointed out and Krystal shook her head.

“And if you try to wrestle his style of match, that’ll continue.” Krystal responded as she folded her arms. “And that goes double for your match against Lincoln Daniels on Sunday, he’s bigger than both you and Fenris and whilst he wrestles a hybrid power, brawling and high flyer, he still has a significant strength advantage over you.”

“Not to mention the fact that he’s coming off a loss to Fenris last week.” Ari chimed in as she walked over to the male half of the ring. “He’s going to be looking to bounce back from that and getting a shot at the Roulette Title at Summer XXXTreme IX will be a big boost for him.”

“Trust me, I should know, that’s how I broke my loosing streak in the last cycle.” Krystal nodded in agreement as I started working my usual, fast paced style against Josh. “Now you’re getting it, keep that up and Fenris will be yours next week!”

“Here’s hoping.” I responded before I continued to outpace the larger Josh. “And here’s hoping I can finally pick up a win over Fenris.”

“I’ll be sure to tell him that you said that.” Krystal teased me and once I realized that she was teasing me I resumed my sparring match.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 18th of June 2021, 11:00am

*Promo time*

It feels like I’ve been here before.

“Well, it’s time for another episode of Climax Control and this week I’m taking part in a Roulette Qualifying match so here we go again! If this sounds familiar to you then it should because I was in the same situation in the last cycle only instead of Bill Barnhart, a man I’ve beaten so many times that he may as well be called “Caleb’s Personal Punching Bag” at this point, I’m facing the man Miles Kasey beat to earn his spot in the Roulette Title Match at Into the Void X, Lincoln Daniels, does this mean Miles will face Bill in a qualifier next week?”

Why not? His wife’s in a qualifier this week!

“Look, I’ve got enough on my plate next week so for now I’m just going to focus on you Lincoln and since you joined the roster, you’ve done nothing but lose! Seriously for a guy who calls himself “Mr. Incredible” your run in SCW has been underwhelming to say the least! In fact, I’m going to give you some suggestions for new nicknames that are more accurate than Mr. Incredible for the rest of the promo!”

Starting with.

“So Mr. Mediocre, you may not be Bill Barnhart but this question still apples to you, how do you keep getting title opportunities?! Like seriously Mr. Waste of Screen Time, whilst the same can be asked off me there is one major difference! I actually have wins and titles to my name, you on the other hand? I don’t think you’ve won a single match since your debut and I hope that Mercedes will take time out of her busy schedule to correct me on this because otherwise, that would raise more questions about why Mr. Boring keeps getting opportunities!”

I swear I don’t understand the bosses sometimes.

“And before you point it out Mr. Winless, yes The Troll got a title shot this week in what could only have occurred through some form of bribery from his lovely mother, I bet she made the bosses some lovely homemade cookies to make that match happen too, but you are only slightly more credible than The Troll because The Troll has only been in SCW for a short time whilst you joined the main roster at the same time as Krystal!”

I shook my head.

“So where does that leave Mr. Slightly More Credible Than The Troll? It doesn’t leave him in a great position I’ll say that much and this Sunday I’ll stamp my spot in the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match at Summer XXXTreme IX by picking up the win over Mr. No Chance in Hell at Picking up the Win Over Caleb Storms and once I do pick up that win, I’ll focus on winning the Roulette Title over Alex Jones like I should’ve done at Into the Void X!”

Like, seriously, how?!

“How do you keep getting opportunities like this Mr. Lucky to Have a Job by This Point? Cause All You’ve Done is Lose! it’s almost as big a mystery as Bill and Bea Barnhart getting opportunities but at least the Barnharts won the Mixed Tag Team Titles at Into the Void X! And lost it in their first defence but that’s beside the point and regardless of the reason, I will beat you on my way to Summer XXXTreme and the Roulette Title!”

It’s that simple.

“Mr. Not So Incredible, no one’s denying that you’re a fantastic athlete but in the ring? You haven’t exactly set the world on fire and after I beat you on Sunday that trend will continue, maybe you’ll get a match on the Summer XXXTreme Card, but it won’t be an important match, hell the only thing that’d keep it from being the opener would be the fact that the bosses like opening shows with title matches and spoiler alert Mr. Disappointing? You won’t be in a title match unless a miracle happens.”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“What’s there to say about Mr. Choke Artist? Nothing really but Lincoln, this Sunday’s match will prove just how underserving you are of this title opportunity when I beat you in the middle of the ring! Because I am a legend in the making and you had better brace yourself because there’s a storm brewing, otherwise you’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your next SCW Roulette Champion!”

I went to take Lemmy for a walk as the scene fades.

15
Climax Control Archives / “Legend in the Making.”
« on: June 04, 2021, 04:12:54 PM »
Caleb’s attempt at winning the title at Into the Void X didn’t pan out as Miles Kasey was submitted by Alex Jones to retain the title in a submission match, however with Climax Control 301 just one week away Caleb had an opportunity to bounce back from the loss in a big way as he was facing the legend that was Goth! Goth returned to host Climax Control 300 just a few weeks ago and announced that he was returning to the ring kicking things off with an open challenge which was answered by Caleb and Mac Bane, however the new Internet Champion was facing his first defence against Miles this week which left Caleb to be Goth’s first opponent, can Caleb win?

Backstage at Into the Void X, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 23rd of May 2021. 18:00pm

I knew I was fighting an uphill battle heading into this match.

And that was before the wheel landed on Submission Match! As a High Flyer I was already at a disadvantage heading into the Triple Threat Match against Miles and Alex but throw in the Submission Stipulation and it was like I was pushing a giant boulder up the hill.

At least I didn’t get submitted, that distinct honour went to Miles.

“It’s often been said that the Roulette Wheel is a cruel mistress.” Katie commented as she did her hair in front of a mirror and I watched from nearby. “But it seemed especially cruel to you tonight.”

“Yeah well, I tried to stay positive since Royal Purple won her division’s Roulette Title in a Submission Match against a Wolfslair member.” I admitted with a shrug as Katie tied her hair into a ponytail. “Though I didn’t throw any Kool-Aid into Alex’s or Miles’s eyes.”

“Not sure if that would’ve helped your chances or not.” Katie shrugged her shoulders as she turned to me. “But at least Royal Purple’s reign is over, and Krystal can start hers.”

“As much as I like Krystal, she’ll still have to overcome the first obstacle of every new champion.” I pointed out with a frown not realizing that my favourite Aussie Gamer/Wrestler was walking up to us. “Just look at how many wrestlers have tripped up at that hurdle, me included!”

“Trust me Caleb, I’ve noticed.” Krystal commented and we turned to her spotting her newly won title around her waist. “Commiserations on the match by the way, you got dealt a rough hand there.”

“Don’t I know it, part of me wishes the stips had been switched around.” I admitted and Krystal nodded in agreement. “I would’ve taken “Removing the Title from a Briefcase” over a Submission Match any day of the week.”

“Yeah, and I think I still would’ve won the title.” Krystal nodded in agreement as she patted the title around her waist. “For one thing, I would’ve had the Long Rest to fall back on when the time came to end the match.”

“And that is a pain to get out of, especially if you do the Body Scissors variety.” Katie nodded with a grin as she turned to the Aussie. “Speaking from personal experience at the Go Gym off course.”

“Off course.” Krystal nodded before folding her arms. “You guys are coming to the after party, right? I’ll be buying everyone a drink at least once, I’m sure my wallet will recover after years of therapy.”

“Take it from a former champion, the pay days will more than make up for that.” I assured her and Krystal grinned in response. “As for your offer, we accept but Katie volunteered to be the designated driver.”

“Only in the event of you winning the title.” Katie countered before shaking her head. “Seriously though, congrats on winning the title Krystal, and good luck in your first defence whenever that is.”

“Cheers Katie, and hopefully my title reign will be longer than Violet’s from last year’s Into the Void.” Krystal nodded in agreement before she walked off.

Krystal’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 30th of May 2021, 21:00pm

These post Supercard weeks always seem to fly by!

Even so, me and Katie are guest staring on Krystal’s stream tonight taking it in turns to play Mass Effect Legendary Edition through her PS5 as for hundreds of viewers watched on, it was Katie’s turn and I was using the time to check for any news about this week’s card.

“Choosing to have Kal’Reager fire on the Geth Armature as you charge at it?” Krystal commented with a raised eyebrow as Katie played through Tali’s recruitment mission in Mass Effect 2. “Heavy risk, but the prize.”

“Did I make a wrong choice?” Katie asked as she glanced over at Krystal who shook her head.

“Yes and no, if you don’t kill the boss in a fast enough time, Kal’Reager will die as well.” Krystal explained as Katie chose to bullrush the enemy. “Which will cost you a War Asset come Mass Effect 3.”

“Got it, well I’m not going to reload that section so I’m instead charging in and hoping for the best.” Katie responded with a nod before she did just that, thankfully Katie was able to kill the thing in time. “Okay, guess your doing Miranda’s loyalty mission Caleb.”

“You had to leave my least favourite character to me, didn’t you?” I protested before I saw the tweet I was looking for. “SCW’s posted this week’s card.”

“Queen for a Day, right?” Krystal asked and I nodded. “Oh great, has Alicia put me in a title defence against Johanna Krieger?”

“No actually, Johanna’s the only member of Wolfslair not booked.” I responded as I read through the card. “In fact, you’re not booked at all but there is a Bombshell Roulette Division Match between Maki, Candy and Char Kwan, no shot at your title is at stake though.”

“I’ll see if I can join commentary for it anyway, winner of that match could have title implications down the road.” Krystal commented with a shrug as Katie returned to the Normandy SR-2. “And I bet Andrea will have something to say about that.”

“Does a bear shit in the woods?” Katie chimed in and we, alongside the viewers, had a good chuckle at that. “Didn’t you accept Goth’s challenge Caleb?”

“Yeah, but so did Mac, the bosses might put him against Goth instead.” I responded before checking the rest of the card. “And nope, I’m Goth’s first opponent in four years.”

“Let me guess, Mac has his first defence?” Krystal asked and I nodded before showing her the card. “Against Miles Kasey, what a shock.”

“I’m not sure if that was Alicia’s idea actually, seems she only got to book three matches.” I commented with a shrug as I read the card. “Seems to defeat the purpose of the Queen/King for a Day Matches but that’s just me.”

“Which matches had Alicia’s input?” Krystal asked and I showed her the card. “Barnharts vs Austin/Tempest for the Mixed Tag Titles, Mac vs Miles for the Internet Championship and Alicia herself vs Amber for the World Bombshell Title, what a shock.”

“Guess I was wrong about Mac’s match, but this seems to be even more transparent than the stunt Christina Rose pulled last year.” I commented with a nod before Katie travelled to Illium for the first time. “So, my time to shine.”

“You’ve got it.” Krystal nodded before Katie passed me the controller and I went through the first cutscene.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday the 6th of June 2021, 11:00am

*promo time*

This is going to be an interesting show.

“Several weeks ago, Goth returned to SCW to host Climax Control 300 and in the process, announced that he was returning to the ring! And when I saw that he was putting out an open challenge for his first match back at Climax Control 301 I felt that I had to jump at the opportunity pending the result of the Roulette Title Match at Into the Void X, well, the fact that this isn’t a title/non-title match should clue you into the fact that I didn’t win the title at Into the Void X!”

But there is a silver lining!

“But in the process, I achieved something that not many people did in the last Supercard Cycle, I ended it with more wins than losses including over one former Roulette Champion and the current Mixed Tag Champion! Now Goth, you are a former Roulette Champion yourself and you know what it’s like to hold that belt but here’s the thing Goth, if you had never retired then you would’ve been wrestling for over twenty years, in other words, your older than me and that means your slower than me!”

Good luck keeping up.

“That might mean that you have more experience than me, but I predict that you’ll have a hard time keeping up with me in the ring and if that means taking one step closer to the bosses taking me seriously as a competitor, then all the better I say! There’s no doubt that you are a legend Goth, I’ve watched your tapes from the GWA. AWA and off course, the SCW days but legends have to hang up the boots at some point and for all you know, you’re facing off against a legend in the making!”

I can already hear people laughing at that.

“You laugh at me and I’ll show you footage of J2H’s early days in SCW! People laughed at him back then you know! Besides despite my less then stellar win/loss record I do have a impressive list of accolades! One time Roulette Champion, two time Internet Champion and One Time Mixed Tag Team Champion isn’t something to be sneezed at so you’d be a fool to underestimate me! Ignoring how my first Internet Title Reign started because we’re just beating a dead horse at this point!”

This will be good.

“But in all seriousness, Goth as a wrestler is someone I respect, a guy who has done it all in so many companies over the years deserves my respect but once that bell rings all that respect will go out the window and I will completely focus on my goals in this match, namely winning this match and bouncing back from my loss in the Roulette Title Match at Into the Void X just a couple of weeks ago and I can’t think of a better way to do that than to beat a legend in his return match!”

It’s that simple.

“For too long people have regarded me as a joke and this year is dedicated to proving those people wrong! It started with me winning the Internet Title and whilst I don’t know where this year will take me, well this mending period will continue when I beat the legendary Goth in his return match here in SCW and Goth, it won’t be long until you regret issuing that open challenge for this week’s show either!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“No one in this house is denying that Goth is a legend, but I am a legend in the making and this Sunday I will solidify that status when I beat Goth in his return match in SCW! This year has already gone pretty well for me in the ring but beating a legend like Goth in his first match in four years will see my stock in SCW go through the roof and Goth, I respect you as a wrestler, but you had better brace yourself because there is a storm brewing, otherwise you’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, a legend in the making!”

I went to take Lemmy for a walk as the scene fades.

16
Supercard Archives / “A Man Amongst Wolves!”
« on: May 18, 2021, 04:02:46 PM »
Into the Void X was almost here and with it came not one but two Triple Threat Roulette Title Matches between the champions and two young and hungry challengers, in the case of the Men’s Roulette Title Match it was also a match between teacher and student with Caleb thrown into the mix for variety as his fellow challenger, Miles Kasey, was a member of Wolfslair alongside champion Alex Jones! Will the title remain in Wolfslair? Or will Caleb become a two time Roulette Champion?

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 18th of May 2021, 14:00pm

Time flies huh?

Feels just like yesterday when I was announcing on Climax Control 296 that I was taking a break from the Internet Title for a while (and as I’ve pointed out several times, that ended up being a moot point since the bosses had Mac Bane slated in for the next Internet Championship match) and now I’m nearly at Into the Void X where I’m challenging Wolfslair’s Alex Jones alongside fellow challenger Miles Kasey for the Roulette Championship.

Did I mention that Miles happens to be a member of Wolfslair? Though to be fair, I thought Wolfslair was just Alex, Johanna and Austin, didn’t realize they had a whole gym attached to it!

As for whether or not I’m feeling better about my chances in the Roulette Title match, I’m still unsure because Alex is a hell of a wrestler and Miles has been impressive, but I’ve got a better record with the Roulette Title than Miles because, well, I’ve won the title before, and this is Alex’s first taste of real competition as the Roulette Champion so yeah, those two facts do help my chances a bit.

What’s that? “what Bill Barnhart?”? Please excuse me, hahahahaha, oh wait, you’re serious, let my laugh even harder, HAHAHAHAHA! The last time Bill was a serious threat to anyone was when he last competed in a hot dog eating competition, during the stone ages!

What do you mean they didn’t have hot dogs in the stone ages? Have you seen the Flintstones!?

Anyway, I’m sitting at home watching TV with Lemmy at my feet at the moment and there doesn’t seem to be much on, that or I’m looking at the wrong channels, either way my peace and quiet has been broken as Katie arrived home four hours early from the Go Gym and despite Lemmy running up to her, she was not happy.

“Great, just great.” Katie grumbled as she ran a hand down her face, and I gave her a confused look. “You know when I had to make an emergency rush to the store on Saturday? I just found out that I have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid!”

“You’re kidding?!” I asked and Katie shook her head. “I’m guessing your self-isolating then?”

“Yeah, fortunately Gabriel had me take a test and it came out negative, he just sent me home early as a precaution.” Katie added as she ran a hand down her face. “We went to that studio of yours a lot during the tail end of 2020 for those stupid song parodies and yet this is the thing that has me self-isolating, I’m going to miss two weeks of training because of this!”

“We’ll figure something out, don’t worry.” I assured her and Katie let out a deep breath. “On a lighter note, I heard Krystal’s going back to the Gym.”

“Yeah, she is, I’m not sure if her family situation is resolved though because she seemed in a worse mood yesterday than she was last week and considering she’s in the Bombshell Roulette Title Match on Sunday, that’s surprising.” Katie explained before she sat next to me and Lemmy walked up to us with his tail wagging. “Speaking of the Roulette Title, are you ready for the match against Miles and Alex on Sunday?”

“Ready as I’ll ever be.” I nodded in response and Katie grinned before patting Lemmy on the head. “And hopefully both me and Krystal will walk out the new Roulette Champions.”

“He’s hoping.” Katie sighed before she stood up and walked into the kitchen with Lemmy following her close behind. “I’m going to make myself an early dinner, you want anything?”

“You realize it’s 2:00pm right?” I called out to her and Katie looked up. “If anything, it’s less of a “early dinner” and more of a late lunch.”

“Emphasis on late, right?” Katie asked once she checked the time on her iPhone and I nodded in response. “Guess I’ll just make a light snack then, by the way, Caitlin and Adrienne said hi,”

“When you go back to the Go Gym, tell them I said hi back.” I responded and Katie nodded before she disappeared into the kitchen.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 18th of May 2021, 21:00pm

*promo time*

It’s the week before Into the Void X and I couldn’t be more ready.

“When I said that I didn’t want to get involved in the Internet Title scene for a while, I didn’t know what was next for me but as it turned out, I only had to wait a week to find out because one Supercard removed from my Internet Title defence against Agostino Romano I’m in another title match as the challenger alongside Miles Kasey as we challenge the Roulette Champion Alex Jones this Sunday at Into the Void X!”

This will be good.

“Now unlike the other Roulette Title Match, last week saw all three competitors promote this match which is great, but now that we’re in week two and Into the Void X is a few days away, well it’s time for me to focus on my goal in this match and that goal really, really should be obvious by this point, that’s right, that goal is to win the Roulette Title for the second time in my career which is easier said than done considering that I’m practically a man amongst wolves in this match!

Time to explain!

“What I mean is, I didn’t realize that Miles had graduated from Wolfslair until last week, otherwise I would’ve brought that up last week when I was conducting my first promo, but now that I’m in the know about stuff like that, I have to admit that that fact has me a little worried because it leaves me at a significant disadvantage against both Alex and Miles, but I’m not about to let that stop me from achieving my goal in this match!”

Starting with Alex!

“And that goal, as already mentioned, is the Roulette Title that’s currently around your waist Alex because it’s been way to long since I last held that title and this Sunday, I intend to keep my winning ways going with a championship win! As I said last week, you and I have past opponents in common, you won the title from Cassian Reed and defended it against Bill Barnhart a few weeks ago, I beat Bill to earn my spot in this match and beat Cassian in a tune up!”

Here’s the difference.

“Problem for you Alex, is that you haven’t had any serious competition for the Roulette Title so far! I mean seriously, how do the Barnharts keep getting title matches and opportunities to earn title matches? Do they have some kind off blackmail on the bosses? Whatever the case may be, because this is your first real challenge as Roulette Champion, that means one thing and one thing only for you Alex, you’re not walking out of Into the Void X as Roulette Champion!”

Good luck trying to prevent me from doing that.

“You had a point last week when you said that me losing had pretty much become a meme by this point but since the year started, I’ve been putting in the work to make that a dead meme! First by winning the Internet Championship legitimately over Agostino Romano a couple of months ago and now by winning not only my qualifying match, but my tune up match and eventually the championship itself!”

And now onto my fellow challenger!

“And as for Miles, who’d have thought that a wolf would be so scared of some little fish, huh? Miles, like me, you earned your spot in this match by beating a perpetual underachiever in Lincoln Daniels but unlike me, you haven’t seen action since your qualifying match! At least I had the good sense to go out and pick up another win during the least up to this match and against the guy Alex beat to win the title, so where does that leave you?”

Here’s your answer.

“Well, if we’re using wolf analogies, Alex is the leader of the pack, your just a little wolf cub and I’m the poor unfortunate soul trying to get out of this mess in one piece whilst winning the championship along the way, because let’s face it Miles, you’ve been just as much as an underachiever as Bill and Lincoln since you made your debut in SCW, only real difference is, you were able to qualify for this match when they couldn’t but this is where your winning ways end.”

Sadly, for you, it’s inevitable.

“At this point I feel like Thanos in Avengers: Endgame because as far as I see it, winning the Roulette Title in this match is inevitable! And Miles, sorry but when I snap my fingers, you’ll be one of the first to turn to dust on my path to winning championship gold, Alex? He’ll be spared but he’ll also be too shellshocked by the experience to do anything, translation? Only I deal with you Miles, Alex will be easy pickings!”

It’s that simple.

“Alex is looking to succeed in defending the Roulette Title the second time around, Miles seeks to win that title for the first time, but me? I’m just looking to win that title back after three years away from it and the way I see it? Into the Void X is the perfect date for me to do just that as this Sunday I’ll be walking in the challenger for Alex’s Roulette Title alongside Miles, and I’ll be walking out the new Roulette Champion!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“One of Wolfslair’s trainers, one of his students and then there’s me, the odd one out in this Triple Threat Match for the SCW Roulette Championship against Alex Jones and Miles Kasey and I’m sorry to say guys that Alex’s time as champion is up and Miles will just continue to be a colossal disappointment because they had better brace themselves as there’s a storm brewing, otherwise they’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your next Roulette Champion!”

I went to take Lemmy for a walk as the scene fades.

17
Supercard Archives / “Back in the Spotlight!”
« on: May 11, 2021, 09:42:01 PM »
Caleb may have lost the Internet Championship back to Agostino Romano at Blaze of Glory IX but it didn’t take long for him to be thrust back into the title picture as he went on to qualify for a Roulette Title Shot at Alex Jones alongside Miles Kasey, on paper, Alex looked to be the odds on favourite to win but anything could happen in wrestling and with two young and hungry wrestlers eyeing his gold, this might be Alex’s first and last defence, real question is, can Caleb get back in the champion’s circle!

Outside the Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 10th of May 2021, 18:00pm

From one Supercard to another, from one title match to another.

Though to be fair, I at least earned my way into the Roulette Title Match this time around, as opposed to being handed the Internet Title by J2H and subsequently challenging the guy who ended my first reign just to prove that I could win it legitimately and you know what? I did just that! I won the title legitimately and whilst my second reign was exactly the same length my first reign, I had no regrets coming out of that title match.

If anything, I dodged a bullet by not retaining against Agostino, I don’t fear Mac like I used to fear Fenris, but he still would’ve been a tough challenger and that’s IF I got past O’Malley first!

Instead of those guys though, I have a Triple Threat Match between myself, Miles Kasey and the defending champion Alex Jones in the second Roulette Rules match of the night and since Krystal’s in the first Roulette Title Match, I’m pretty much routing for her to win the gold from Royal Purple on principle, both because she’s been helping Katie with her training and that I follow her Twitch Channel and subscribe to her YouTube page.

Don’t act surprised, I’m hardly the first one!

Speaking of my favourite Australian Go Gym Graduate that’s part of the reason I’m here at the Go Gym, see me and Katie made plans for me to pick her up from the Go Gym today whilst we were at Climax Control 300 last night and she mentioned that Krystal was scheduled to help train her and the other female trainees that night, the boys weren’t so lucky as they were dealing with an angry Fenris.

Yep, wouldn’t want to be them tonight!

As I sat in the car jamming to “Abyss” by Unleash the Archers I started to see the students pouring out of the Go Gym, as I predicted, the guys (especially Josh) were walking with noticeable limps whilst the ladies seemed in high spirits, after a few minutes Katie came up to the car alongside Caitlin and Adrienne.

“Hey Caleb.” Katie greeted me with a kiss before motioning to the other two trainees. “You don’t mind if Adrienne and Caitlin hitch a ride, right? Their cars are in the shop and they had to walk to the gym this morning.”

“I’m not complaining because it was good exercise.” Caitlin chimed in and I glanced over at her. “But our feet are sore as hell from the training session.”

“Oui, and we don’t live that far anyway.” Adrienne added as the French Go Gym leaned over. “We’ll make it worth your while!”

“You realize that it just sounded like you ladies were offering me a foursome, right?” I pointed out and they female students laughed. “Not that I’d complain off course.”

“Sorry Caleb but I’ve got a boyfriend and Adrienne’s a lesbian.” Caitlin apologized once she regained her composure and I nodded as a got the idea. “We meant cooking dinner for you and Katie.”

“And even if I was into foursomes, doing something like that with fellow Go Gym Students would just be weird, in my opinion.” Katie chimed in and that was all the convincing I needed to let the three ladies into my car, Katie in the passenger seat and Adrienne and Caitlin in the back, and once they were buckled up, I started to drive off. “Before you ask, they’ll be cooking for us tomorrow night.” Katie added as I turned down the music.

“I figured as much.” I nodded as I drove down the street. “So, how was training with Krystal today? I heard she left Climax Control 300 early.”

“She didn’t show up.” Katie responded and I gave her a surprised look. “Gabriel and Odette didn’t give an exact reason but apparently she’s dealing with family stuff at the moment.”

“Which was news to us because we thought that the rest of Krystal’s family was back in Australia.” Caitlin added with a shrug and Adrienne nodded in agreement. “But Gabriel didn’t elaborate beyond that and Charlotte from London Underground ended up filling in for her, not nearly as nice as Krystal but still fun to spar with.”

“We did consider asking Krystal about it when she next came in, but we decided against it.” Adrienne chimed in and the other female trainees nodded. “Whilst it was out of character for Krystal to miss a session, if it was for personal reasons then they should stay personal, right?”

“Exactly!” I nodded in agreement as I drove along. “Oh yeah, almost forgot, you ladies will point out your homes to me, right?” I asked as I adjusted the rear-view mirror to make eye contact with Caitlin and Adrienne and they nodded. “Back on the topic of Krystal, you’d think she wouldn’t miss a training day, her first title match as a member of the SCW roster is coming up soon.”

“Maybe but Krystal has said before that she has a home gym set up, ring included, even if she misses a day at the Go Gym, she won’t have much to worry about in regards too getting workouts in.” Caitlin responded and I nodded as I got the idea. “Speaking of title matches, how are you feeling heading into the match against Alex Jones and Miles Kasey?”

“A bit nervous, not gonna lie.” I admitted before adjusting the rear-view again so that it showed the road. “I already knew Alex from my time in Honour Wrestling, but I will admit, Miles is a wildcard because I’ve never wrestled him before.”

“I think Miles is just glad that he doesn’t have to put up with The Troll again.” Katie laughed in response before shaking her head. “Seriously, one day that guy’s going to get himself killed live on Climax Control because he pissed off the wrong wrestler, I’m surprised his mom didn’t tell him to tone it down after the Tempest incident!”

“Same here, especially since she’s a total sweetheart!” I nodded in agreement before pausing. “To paraphrase Christian Underwood, loud but a total sweetheart.”

“I’m just surprised that he didn’t bring her in as his manager, but then he would have to filter everything through her, and it wouldn’t be as fun.” Caitlin shrugged before she spotted a house. “This is my place, just pull up to the curb.”

“You got it.” I nodded before parking the car, Caitlin let herself out and after saying her goodbyes to us and closing the door behind her we drove off. “So, Caitlin said that you were a lesbian?” I asked as I glanced over at Adrienne who laughed.

“I realize that it’s a bit of a cliché in wrestling but it’s true, I’m hoping to be yet another female wrestler who happens to be gay.” Adrienne shrugged her shoulders in response as we drove on. “Though to be clear, I didn’t realize that I was gay until after I joined the Go Gym, still haven’t come out to my family.”

“Are you worried about their reaction?” I asked and Adrienne shook her head.

“No, my older brother is gay as well and they still welcome him at family get togethers, I just don’t see them that often because they are over in France and I’m here in Vegas.” Adrienne added before chuckling. “And my parents are so computer illiterate that they haven’t masted the art of Facebook yet, I likely won’t come out to them until the pandemic is over, but I have told my brother.”

“How did he react?” Katie asked and Adrienne laughed.

“By promising to take me to the best gay clubs in Paris once the pandemic is over and I can go visit them.” Adrienne laughed before leaning back in the car seat. “Don’t get me wrong, you’re a good looking guy Caleb but I’ve just never had any sexual interest in men, so no, you really didn’t have a chance at a foursome with me, Katie and Caitlin.”

“Didn’t hurt to ask, right?” I asked with a good natured grin and the two ladies laughed, a few more minutes passed before Adrienne motioned for us to stop. “Is this your place?”

“Yeah, and I had better go see my cat because I can see that she wants to be let it from here.” Adrienne commented and I glanced up before seeing a black cat sitting by the door. “Don’t worry about him bringing bad luck, that’s just superstitious nonsense.”

“I’ll take your word for it, have a good night.” I told her before Adrienne let herself out of the car and said her goodbyes before walking off. “Looks like it’ll be a crazy week at the Go Gym, right?”

“I know right? And the week just started!” Katie scoffed in response before I turned up the music again. “Makes me wonder how crazy week two will be.”

“We’ll cross that bridge when we come too it, I haven’t even done my first promo yet.” I admitted as I drove along, and Katie gave me a curious look. “Which will be the first thing on the agenda after we eat dinner.”

“Sounds good to me.” Katie nodded before I continued to drive towards our home.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 10th of May 2021, 21:00pm

*promo time*

We ended up coming home late due to traffic and just ordered takeout when we did get back, now that we’ve had our full of Domino’s Pizza I decided to get started on my promo.

“Let’s face it, when the year started, I was pretty much a walking joke! A guy who had only “won” the Internet Championship because J2H handed it to me at the tail end of 2020 but when Austin James Mercer attacked me to kick off the feud with Fenris, I don’t know, something just snapped inside me and after I retired the whole song parody idea with that last one against Austin, I just started to take this sport a lot more seriously than I had before, and what have I done since then? Won the Internet Title legitimate, beat a guy who many claimed to be the future of SCW clean as a whistle and oh yeah, secured my spot in this title match against Alex Jones and Miles Kasey and now that I'm back in the spotlight, I'm not about to give it up!!”

What a difference a couple of months make.

“As far as I see it, I can only see this momentum of mine swinging upwards from here! And it’ll start at Into the Void X where I’ll win the Roulette Title for the second time in my career! Now don’t get me wrong, Miles and especially Alex are tough competition, Alex won the title from a game Cassian Reed and Miles has been impressive since he signed with the company but here’s the thing guys, I’m entering this match with a lot to prove.”

What do I mean by that? Well…….

“Even with this string of good performances in the ring, I feel like I still have a long way to go before people stop recognising me as “the guy who was scared shitless of Fenris” and instead recognise me as “the guy who is a two time Internet Champion, one time Mixed Tag Team Champion and, hopefully, two time Roulette Champion” because regardless of how short those reigns were or how they started, those aren’t stats that you can ignore! I’ve held titles in this company! I’ve proven that I can win titles, but everyone thinks of me as “ha-ha, let’s shout hi Fenris behind Calen’s back and watch him have a heart attack!”, yeah, real funny making fun of the guy who was one of Fenris’s first opponents in SCW!”

But I digress, it’s time I talked directly to my opponents, started with Alex!

“I guess it’s become something of a tradition in multi-man/person title matches to start with the defending champion, right? Unless off course, you’re the defending champion yourself but either way, I’m kicking things off by talking about Alex Jones! I will admit Alex, you are a fantastic wrestler, and you earned that Roulette Title when you beat Cassian! I would say the same thing about “Old Fart” Bill Barnhart but let’s face it, that guys so far passed it that his dog could probably beat him in a wrestling match, yet he still gets title matches/opportunities, against you, against Ignorant Discard and oh yeah! Against me!”

Here we go.

“Alex, we both know the story by now, you beat Cassian to win the gold and then defended it against Bill Barnhart but wait! What’s that? I hear alarm bells ringing because I picked up wins against those same two guys as well! Albeit in the reverse order because I beat Bill to earn my spot in this match and then beat Cassian in a tune up match, but my point still stands, will share common opponents on our roads to glory but you want to know what the difference is in my road to glory?”

It’s a big one!

“You started yours by winning the Roulette Title and I’m ending my road by winning it from you! This is my first step towards being taken seriously an in SCW ring by my opponents and eventually the higher ups and whilst I did hear that you actually had some kind things to say about me in your promo Alex, I haven’t watched it yet because I had stuff to do around the house, the old saying rings true, nice guys finish last and at Into the Void X I will finish first and take the gold!”

And now onto Miles!

“But I would be remiss if I didn’t talk about the third guy in this match, after all, Miles qualified for this Roulette Title Match the week before I did after beating Lincoln Daniels, but this isn’t your first meeting with Alex, isn’t it Miles? You took him on at Climax Control 294 which Alex won via pin-fall, so this is your chance to get that win back, right? Guess again, because I’m the third man in this match and I’m not walking out without the title!”

Speaking off.

“Whilst we’re on the subject, you haven’t had the best of luck in the Roulette Division Miles, the last time you were in a Roulette Title Match was all the way back at Violet Conduct VI where you challenged O’Malley for the title and how did that turn out for you? Oh yeah, you ended up on the losing end of the Christian’s Choice stipulation and proved to be a nice snack for a bunch of piranhas, now I’m not going to make light of what was likely the most painful way to lose a title match ever, but it does point to a pattern.”

And here it is.

“That pattern is that you’re a choke artist, every time you get a big opportunity something conspires against you and before you know it, you’ve lost yet another title match and this match will be no different! I know you’ll give me a hell of a match alongside Alex Miles but your career in SCW is something like a roller-coaster, you’ve had highs and you’ve had lows and believe me, I’ve been there myself! And this match will be yet another low for you!”

It’s that simple.

“This match, on paper at least, seems like a sure-fire successful second title defence for Alex Jones over me and Miles Kasey but people said something similar about my match against Cassian Reed a few weeks ago but what does the record state? “Caleb Storms beat Cassian Reed by pin-fall”, like I said, this is my first step towards people finally realising just how good I am in the ring and if Alex and Miles even think about underestimating me, that Roulette Title is as good as mine!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“Alex has one successful defence to him name, unfortunately it was against Bill Barnhart who I think even The Troll could beat convincingly at this point! But at Into the Void X he’s facing real competition in the form of me and Miles Kasey in his second Roulette Title Defence and whilst Miles may be a fantastic wrestler in his own right, I’ll be the one to walk out the new Roulette Champion because Alex and Miles had better brace themselves as there is a storm brewing, otherwise they’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your next Roulette Champion!”

I went out to play with Lemmy as the scene fades.

18
Climax Control Archives / “Former Champ vs. Future Champ!”
« on: April 23, 2021, 06:19:26 PM »
Caleb had done it, he had pinned Bill Barnhart after hitting the Metal Storm Shooting Star Press on him and now joined Miles Kasey as Alex Jones’s first challengers for the Roulette Championship at Into the Void X, however that show was still several weeks away and this week he had a tune up match against the man Alex beat to win the championship in the first place, Cassian Reed! Cassian was the latest in a long line of Go Gym Graduates to see success in SCW, but Caleb was looking to build momentum going into his title match at Into the Void, can Caleb beat Cassian?

Backstage at Climax Control 297, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 18th of April 2021, 22:00pm

From bowing out of one title scene (for the time being) to being thrown into another.

I don’t know if the bosses planned for me to take on Bill in the last Roulette Title qualifier before I made it clear that I wasn’t planning on pursuing the Internet Title again and the fact that they announced Mac Bane as Agostino’s next challenger doesn’t help matters but I was looking for a way to bounce back from my loss to Agostino anyway and the fact that there was a shot at the Roulette Title on the line helped.

Well, at least next week I have a new opponent to look forward too.

I was given the card during the Main Event match between Ignorant Discord and The Black Sheep winded down and I’ve got former Roulette Champion Cassian Reed serving as mu opposition this week! Cassian us a Go Gym graduate so I hope that I can get some insight from Katie since she’s been training at the Go Gym and all, well, as soon as she returns from the women’s bathroom at least.

“Me vs. the former Roulette Champ next week.” I commented as I looked over the card not realizing that Katie was returning to our table. “Should be a good one.”

“You realize how little “former Roulette Champ” narrows things down, right?” Katie asked as she sat down opposite me. “That title’s almost as old as SCW itself!”

“To be fair, I can’t think of many Roulette Champs from the first era who are still active.” I commented with a shrug and Katie nodded in agreement before I showed her the card. “Second match on the card.”

“Cassian Reed, guess who’s finally come back.” Katie chuckled before handing me the card. “Krystal is just gonna love this.”

“All I need to know is whether Krystal’s rooting for me or not and I’m golden.” I nodded in response and Katie was clearly making a mental note to ask Krystal about that. “You have any insights on him?”

“Cassian? He was part of the last class, the one before mine.” Katie explained as she shook her head. “Krystal’s the most vocal about him and you get no prizes for guessing why but the other grads plus Gabriel and Odette seem to like him enough.”

“Hopefully, he and Krystal can bury the hatchet, I’m not holding my breath though.” I responded as I shook my head before we heard the ring bell ringing and glanced up just in time to see the Mixed Tag Team Titles change hands. “Huh, Ignorant Discord are the new Mixed Tag Team Champs.”

“Wonder how long it’ll be before the bosses book a rematch for Into the Void X?” Katie wondered with a shrug and I nodded in agreement. “So, when will we leave?”

“Soon, I guess, I do have a match to prepare for.” I shrugged in response before we continued eating.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday the 23rd of April 2021, 18:00pm

It’s been a wild week.

On top of preparing for my match and practicing with my band we’ve had the whole situation with Carter being booked in a Handicap Match on Underground and for some reason, finding teaming with Father Gerard preferable to teaming with Krystal, not because of their falling out, they made it clear that they’re passed that on the last episode of Underground but because he didn’t do intergender matches and he happened to be facing two guys.

Could be worse, I guess.

Right now, I’m in the yard playing fetch with Lemmy and I’m about halfway through when I heard Katie’s car pulling up, and it didn’t take long for Lemmy’s attention to be diverted as he ran into the house with his tail wagging, I followed him in and saw my wife alongside two guests from the Go Gym.

“Hey Lemmy!” Krystal greeted our pup as he ran up to her, Ari and Katie jumping around as he did, it didn’t take Ari long to start petting him as well. “Katie’s coming along nicely in her training Caleb.” Krystal commented once she saw me.

“Hello to you too,” I greeted the Aussie woman with a grin and Krystal shook her head. “Where you able to resolve the situation with Carter?”

“We’re not sure what’s going to happen on Saturday, aside from the matches announced off course.” Ari responded with a sigh as Lemmy sat down at her feet. “Carter’s adamant that he doesn’t want to team with Krystal even though they worked well together last week.”

“Apparently, my experience wrestling men means nothing to him.” Krystal grumbled under her breath as she rolled her eyes. “At least I have the Dark Show match to keep me occupied, and Ari has that cage match against Veronica next week.”

“Because clearly, I haven’t beaten her up enough!” Ari sighed before she bent over to rub Lemmy’s belly. “Meant to ask, we’re taking several Go Gym grads with us to Underground tomorrow and yes, that includes Katie, you want to come with us Caleb?”

“I do have the match with Cassian on Sunday, but what the hell? Been a while since I attended an Underground show.” I shrugged my shoulders in response before I turned to Krystal. “Speaking off, any tips for dealing with Cassian?”

“Aside from kicking him in the balls so hard, his ancestors feel it?” Krystal asked semi-jokingly and we had a good laugh at that. “He’s a former boxer even though he doesn’t like using his fists for whatever reason, besides that, he wouldn’t have graduated if Gabriel and Odette didn’t think he was ready so don’t underestimate him, and if you do beat him? All the better.”

“But he’s a Go Gym Graduate!” Ari protested and Krystal shook her head.

“Who can’t get the message that I’d rather have sex with a cactus than even think of touching him intimately!” Krystal responded as she rolled her eyes, and we shared a wince as Ari stood back up and went to leave with Krystal.

“Who else are you taking?” I asked once I realized that they were about to leave, and the two women stopped.

“Caitlin, Adrienne, Josh and Kaiden, among the students, they are the most advanced, including Katie.” Krystal responded after thinking for a minute before she made her way to the front door. “Meet you in the parking lot?”

“Sounds good to me.” I nodded before the two female wrestlers left and Katie started getting dinner ready.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday the 23rd of April 2021, 18:50pm

*promo time*

This will be a hell of a tune up match.

“Okay, hands up, who saw Bill’s defeat at my hands coming? Everyone? I’m not surprised, Old Fart Barnhart is getting on in years! That said, this week I’ve got a tune up match as I’m taking on the man Alex Jones beat to win the Roulette Title in the first place as this week, I’m sharing a ring with Cassian Reed! In other words, we have a match between a future champ and a former champ! No, you don’t get any prizes for guessing which is which!”

This should be good!

“Cassian, you haven’t really done much to endear yourself to the SCW Roster, have you? Between calling Roxi Johnson “the hot one” of Team Hero to everything involving Krystal Wolfe, you’ve established yourself as someone that both fans and wrestlers alike love to hate and it was cathartic to see you lose the Roulette Title to Alex Jones at Blaze of Glory IX and I’m sure that if you had anything to say about it, me and Miles wouldn’t even be considered for Alex’s first challengers!”

Thank god he doesn’t!

“And whilst you, thankfully, don’t have that power, you are likely hoping to defeat me and use that as leverage but I’ve got some bad news for you Cass, that isn’t happening, I’ll defeat you much like I defeated Bill Barnhart last week and whilst granted you aren’t nearly as old as Bill who was around when they were crucifying Jesus Christ back in the Roman Empire days but I’m not going to let a little thing like that stop me from building momentum for my Roulette Title Match at Into the Void X!”

It’s that simple.

“Cass, you are a lot of things, a little shit, a talented wrestler and the most annoying member of London Underground but more important than all of that is the fact that you are standing in my way of gaining momentum heading into my title match at Into the Void X and I’m sorry to say that this will be the closest you’ll ever get to getting a rematch for the Roulette Title with Alex Jones because after Into the Void X, that title’s coming home with me!”

And with me that I decided to wrap things up.

“This is nothing but a tune up match for me which just so happens to be against the man Alex Jones beat for the Roulette Title, Cass it’s obvious what you want to achieve from this match, you want to bounce back from your loss at Blaze of Glory IX but not only will you fail but you had better brace yourself because there’s a storm brewing, otherwise you’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your next Roulette Champion!”

I went to check on Katie and Lemmy as the scene fades.

19
Climax Control Archives / “Getting back in the title scene!”
« on: April 16, 2021, 04:08:45 PM »
Caleb’s challenge to Agostino for a Ladder Match to settle their feud over the Internet Championship backfired as Agostino won back the Internet Championship after a hard fought match, come the first Climax Control of the Into the Void X Cycle Caleb was interviewed by Pussy Willow who asked him if he intended to challenge Agostino again which he confirmed that he didn’t, stating that he had made that challenge to prove that he could win the title legitimately and it was time he moved on.

That ended up being a moot point however as the bosses had already picked Mac Bane as Agostino’s next challenger, but Caleb wasn’t out of the title scene yet as he was competing in a Roulette Title Qualifier Match against his old foe “Bulldog” Bill Barnhart! This was one of four qualifying matches that represented both divisions and the previous week Miles Kasey qualified for the men’s Roulette Title Match whilst Krystal Wolfe broke her months long losing streak to earn a spot in the Bombshell Roulette Championship Match at Into the Void X with Miles beating Lincoln Daniels and Krystal beating Bea Barnhart and Candy, can Caleb get back into the title scene?

Backstage at Blaze of Glory IX, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 4th of April 2021, 21:00pm

I did what I set out to do, abs that’s all I can say.

To be honest, I didn’t even w if the bosses would let my challenge for a rematch for the Internet Championship knowing how much of a control freak, they can be and my reason was simple enough, people said that I wouldn’t have won it on my own and I wanted to prove them wrong, the fact that I am now a two time Internet Champion says it all really, problem is? Agostino is now a two time Internet Champion as well.

But this time around? He won’t be facing me for a while.

“Champion today, future challenger tomorrow.” Katie commented as we sat down in catering, it had been while since the Internet Title Match and I was still reeling from it. “You have any plans for the next Cycle?”

“Moving on from the Internet Title scene mostly.” I shrugged my shoulders in response as I grabbed my drink and took a sip from it. “I wanted the rematch because I wanted to prove that I would’ve won the title without being handed it, I would say that it’s not my fault that it turned into a trilogy of matches between us but, well, that’s a bold faced lie so bad that it would make the average politician blush.”

“Bonus points if they happen to be republican, am I right?” Katie asked with a grin and I nodded in agreement. “So, what is the plan if you’re not going after the Internet Title again?”

“Do I look like a guy with a plan?” I asked and Katie gave me a significant look. “Seriously, I don’t know what I’ll get up to in the next cycle, if I get asked about it by either Pussy or Rocky at the next Climax Control I’ll say as much but I’ll think I’ll just go with the flow.”

“I’ll say this much, I’ll laugh if you somehow end up in title contention again come Into the Void X.” Katie admitted, and I nodded in agreement. “In the meantime, I’ll be continuing my training at the Go Gym.”

“How have things been at the Go Gym, things have been tensing up between Krystal and Carter, right?” I asked and Katie nodded reluctantly.

“Gabriel’s tried to play peacemaker between them but Krystal’s bungled attempt at going into mom mode has driven a big wedge between them.” Katie admitted with a sigh as I took a sip from my drink. “And Krystal’s frustration at not only her losing streak/shitty main roster luck and the Carter situation is not helping matters, and don’t get me started on the whole Fenris situation which will only get worse after the Lion’s Den Match’s aftermath.”

“I’d hate to be Brother David Shepherd at the next episode of Climax Control, that’s for sure,” I commented, and Katie nodded in agreement before we resumed talking about non-wrestling things.

Backstage at Climax Control 296, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 11th of April 2021, 23:00pm

Boy, this has been a wild night.

Like I said to Katie, when I was interviewed by Pussy about going after the Internet Championship again I flatly said no (and it ended up being a moot point since the bosses already had Mac Bane in mind for Agostino’s next challenger) and that I wanted to move on to other things now that I had proven that I could win the Internet Championship on my own, what that something is was something I didn’t know at the time but I now have next week’s card and my answer,

“I’m facing Bill Barnhart again?” I wondered out loud and Katie glanced up from packing up our stuff to leave the arena for home. “And the Barnharts are getting another chance to get in Roulette Title contention to boot!”

“Your match is a Roulette Title Qualifier?” Katie asked and I nodded before showing her the card/ “I’m surprised that was even considered after Bea’s actions against Sam Marlowe earlier tonight but at least Krystal will be in a better mood now that she’s finally won a match on the main roster.”

“And getting a shot at Royal Purple and the Roulette Championship won’t hurt either.” I responded with a nod as I went over the rest of the card. “I know I can beat “Old Fart” Barnhart! I’ve done it twice already! The only difference this time is the fact that I’m getting a Roulette Title opportunity out of it!”

“Don’t get too cocky, Johanna Krieger fell into the same trap and she lost the Roulette Title to Jessie Salco back in October.” Katie pointed out and I nodded in agreement. “Still, you do have more wins than losses over Bill and that’s all that’ll matter come match time, well that and you keeping that streak alive.”

“Yeah, if Bill qualifies for the Roulette Title Match, then Alex’s first title defence will be that much easier, at least with two young guns like me and Milo in the match he’ll have a tougher time.” I responded and Katie nodded in agreement before she finished getting our stuff together. “Anything we’re forgetting or can we head home?”

“Phones? Check, everything else. Check.” Katie responded before she made her way to the door and I followed her. “I’ll make sure to take Lemmy on a quick walk before I leave for the Go Gum tomorrow morning, should make things easier on you.”

“Here’s hoping.” I nodded in agreement before we left the arena.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday the 16th of April 2021, 11:00am

*promo time*

Today’s promo is brought to you by Cannibal Corpse’s newest album “Violence Unimagined”, why? Because it’s a fucking awesome album! And it happened to come out today!

“When I said that I wanted to move on from the Internet Title scene for now, I meant it! Granted it was a moot point since the bosses had picked Agostino’s first challenger long before I was interviewed by Pussy Willow but the fact that I’m moving on still rings true as this week I’m the latest Superstar to compete in a Roulette Title Qualifying Match and it’s yet another match against “Bulldog” Bill Barnhart, or “Old Fart” Barnhart as I like to call him!”

This will be good.

“Though I must ask, why did they choose Bill for my opponent exactly? It can’t be because of his win/loss record because that hasn’t been spotless and after Bea’s actions on the last episode of Climax Control, I’m almost inclined to think that the Barnharts have blackmail on the bosses, it’s as good an explanation as any to why they keep getting chances at the Mixed Tag Team Titles!”

No matter how many times they fail to win said titles.

“That being said, Bill, I know you said that you intend to get a win back on your way to the Roulette Title Match at Into the Void X but much like I did when we faced off for a spot in the Six Pack Challenge for the World Title at December 2 Dismember, it falls to me to keep “Old Fart” Bill Barnhart out of title contention! I know you want to avenge your wife’s failure at winning her spot in the Bombshell Roulette Title last week but, well, I hope you’ve got another cup of coffee to throw in someone’s face because I don’t see how you’re ending up on PPV otherwise!”

Do you want suggestions?

“As for suggestions? Well provided he shows up again after last week’s annihilation by Tempest, I suggest The Troll because he’s so easy to hate! And speaking of easy, it’s extremely easy for me to win this match because you only beat me once and haven’t been able to repeat that initial performance in the next few times we’ve faced off, hope you make yourself comfortable on the couch Bill because after I beat you, I think your wife will be relegating you to the couch for the rest of the year!”

It’s that simple.

“Bill, you’ve been in this business a lot longer than I have but your repeated failures to do anything off note in SCW tells me one thing, maybe it’s time that you hung up the wrestling boots for good and called it a day! I’d say that you could manage Bea instead but she hasn’t had the same success either so I don’t know what you could do once you finally throw in the towel! But until you do, I’ll continue to beat you in wrestling matches!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“It’s a tale as old as time, or Bill, either way it applies! I get paired up in a one on one match against Bill Barnhart, “Old Fart” Bill Barnhart fails to pick up the win and I go onto bigger and better things, in this case it's me getting back in the title scene as a Roulette Title Shot alongside Miles Kasey against Alex Jones at Into the Void X awaits me and this Sunday I’ll earn that opportunity and, well, stop me if you’ve heard this one Bill, you had better brace yourself because there’s a storm brewing, otherwise you’ll be blown away by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your next Roulette Champion!”

I went to play with Lemmy in the back garden as the scene fades.

20
Supercard Archives / “Stairway to Heaven.”
« on: March 26, 2021, 09:16:20 PM »
Caleb had done it, he had defeated Agostino Romano to win back the Internet Championship and now, with their wins tied at one a piece, they were set to meet in tie breaker match at Blaze of Glory but at the Go Home Show for Blaze of Glory Caleb added a little spice to their match by challenging Agostino to a ladder match! The bosses readily agreed with Caleb’s idea and now their trio of matches would be decided high above the ring, can Caleb win the rubber match?

Backstage at Climax Control 295, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 14th of March 2021. 18:00pm

Had to make the rubber match a bit more interesting.

The fact that Storms vs. Romano 3 was happening at Blaze of Glory IX was all but set in stone and that meant that my new Internet Title reign would at least have three weeks to it, but I decided to take things one step further by challenging Romano to make our rubber match a Ladder Match because after two normal matches between us, well, I felt we needed some variety to spice things up in the match.

All that remains is to see if the bosses take the bait.

“So, say that the third match between you and Agostino gets booked and it’s not a ladder match.” Katie started as we waited for our food in the cafeteria. “What then?”

“I’ll be disappointed because my idea was to spice up the ladder match.” I admitted before taking a sip from my drink and Katie nodded in agreement. “It’ll be a great match either way, but the ladder match will hopefully elevate it to a whole new level, pun not intended.” I added and Katie grinned in response.

“Speaking of Blaze of Glory, I’m hoping Krystal gets booked.” Katie commented before I spotted a stage hand approaching us. “Her lack of Main Roster wins has really gotten too her even if her tie with Char Kwan technically broke her losing streek, either way it should be a fantastic PPV.” Katie added before the stage hand came up to us.

“They’ve released the Blaze of Glory card already?” I asked and the stage hand nodded before handing it to me and walking off without another word, I looked over it and grinned. “Well, they’ve heard my request and are honouring it.”

“Your third match against Agostino Romano will be a ladder match?” Katie asked and I nodded before letting her see the rest of the card, however once she read through it, she frowned. “Ouch, Krystal’s no where to be seen and The Troll’s opening the show?”

“Yeah, and then there’s the fact that Mark Cross reached the finals with Ruby, you just know that she’s going to fume over that for the next two weeks.” I added with a nod before I frowned. “And let’s not think about Ruby winning.”

“At least Gabriel and Odette will be there to calm Krystal down, when they aren’t playing peacekeeper between her and Carter.” Katie added with aa grin and I nodded in agreement before our food arrived.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 25th of March 2021, 21:00pm

The fact that Krystal’s competing on the pre-show has lessoned her frustration somewhat but then came The Troll’s promo, yikes.

“Well, Krystal’s staying off Twitter for the rest of the day.” I commented as I went through my notifications and Katie looked up from playing her Switch, I hadn’t been on Twitter much myself because I was preparing for the ladder match so I literally only just saw her brief twitter convo with Christian and her ex’s even briefer convo with Christian, can’t say I blame her for taking the long road with this either. “At this rate I’m expecting the company’s first intergender match to be between The Troll and Krystal.”

“And if that does happen, pigs will fly, hell will freeze over, you’ll be a monkey’s uncle and Jessie Salco will win the World Bombshell Championship.” Katie responded with a scoff as she leaned back in her chair. “We both know how deadest the bosses are against the idea of an intergender singles match, they’ve prided themselves on keeping the divisions separate outside of the tag team division and Blast from the Past for years.”

“True enough, but stranger things have happened.” I pointed out and Katie shook her head. “How was your training anyway? Did Krystal show up?”

“She had the day off and Team Go was helping with the training today, it went well.” Katie nodded in response as she shifted her weight. “Carter was still moody from his falling out with Krystal, but he was in better spirits than the last time I saw him, Caitlin nearly landed on her head off a backdrop at one point but managed to save herself with an over rotation.” Katie added and I gave her a surprised look. “Adrienne was very apologetic after that as she had used too much strength in the back body drop.”

“That part doesn’t surprise me, what surprises me was that Caitlin was able to save herself like that.” I commented as I leaned back in my chair. “That’s not easy to do.”

“She was a gymnast before she decided to give wrestling a try, apparently it was second nature to her.” Katie shrugged her shoulders in response, and I nodded as I got the idea. “Still didn’t take anything away from how badly that could’ve gone.”

“I’ll drink to that.” I nodded before going back to my plans for the ladder match plans.

Caleb’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday the 26th of March 2021, 11:00am

*promo time*

Yep, it’s time I put this little trilogy to rest.

“The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy, the three good Shrek Movies, the Caleb and Agostino trilogy, okay that last one isn’t quite the same as the others but this Sunday will feature the final match in my trilogy of matches against Agostino Romano over the Internet Championship, it started at the last PPV Inception IV where Agostino beat me to end my first reign, then a few weeks later at Climax Control 294 I beat him to win it back, so what better way to cap off the feud than a match where we literally have to rise to the occasion.”

Pun fully intended.

“I don’t know what the bosses originally intended but I’m glad they agreed to my idea to make this match a Ladder Match because that will really elevate this match! Okay, that’s the last pun in this entire promo, I swear! Or at least it will be until I can think of another! That said, the objective is simple, climb the ladder, grab the title and win and since we’re both high flying wrestlers, this match should be right up our allies, right Agostino?”

Should be being the operative word.

“Then again, this was going to be a great match regardless of what stipulation got attached to it but now that we’ve made it official and that our rubber match will be a ladder match, the stakes can’t be higher! And one of us will rise to the occasion to win this match and be on top of the world and well, after my last Internet Title Reign ended on one defence on PPV I don’t want to crash and burn again so this Sunday I’m focussed on retaining this title!”

More puns, because why not?

“Agostino, at the end of the night one of us will be riding high and one of us will be watching the winner celebrate from the ground! And if I have anything to say about it, that person will be me holding my freshly retained title high above the ring whilst you watch on from below! As for what happens after Blaze of Glory, I don’t know, I know Austin has said he wants to come after me but that’s assuming that he’ll be able to walk after the Lion’s Den Match!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“Agostino won the first match I won the second and, in the process, we traded the Internet Title between us and this Sunday at Blaze of Glory IX we will settle things in the ladder match as we ascend the stairway to heaven! And just because this started when Agostino beat me on PPV to win the title, doesn’t mean that history will repeat itself because Agostino had better brace himself because there’s a storm brewing, otherwise he’ll be blown away from atop the ladder by “The Metal Storm” Caleb Storms, your Internet Champion!”

I walked off as the scene fades.

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