THE EDGE #13

The sounds of an alarm going off echo out of the darkness, before ‘The Final Countdown’ (Metal Cover) by Leo Moracchioli begins to play over the black screen.



An image of the words ‘Elite 7’ start in the middle of the screen, like a dot, before flying forward to take up the entire screen.

An image of the words ‘Medal of Honor' starts in the middle of the screen, like a dot, before flying forward to take up the entire screen.

An image of the Warrior Rising Championship, side by side with the Ascension Championship, starts in the middle of the screen, like a dot, before flying forward to take up the entire screen.

An image of the X-Factor Championship, side by side with the Noble Championship, starts in the middle of the screen, like a dot, before flying forward to take up the entire screen.

An image of the Grand Championship, side by side with the Prime Championship, starts in the middle of the screen, like a dot, before flying forward to take up the entire screen.

An image of the Tag Team Championship Titles start in the middle of the screen, like a dot, before flying forward to take up the entire screen.

Then finally the Legacy Championship Title slowly fades into view, directly in the middle of the screen. It quickly cuts to black.

Finally the words ‘THE EDGE’ appear on the screen, out of the darkness.



We’re leaving together,
But still it’s farewell.

Our television screens begin to transmit recorded action, starting with Savannah Sunshine pulling off the ‘Candyland Destroyer’ on the Prime Champion himself, Drago Santiago.

And maybe we’ll come back
To earth, who can tell?

Switch to the moment that Aiden Reynolds hit the ‘Gold Coast Cutter’ on Space Lord.

I guess there is no one to blame.
We’re leaving ground. (Leaving ground)

Fade to a shot of Pyro blasting Jason Long in the face with ‘The Pyro Massacre’

Will things ever be the same again?

Switch to the film of Mark Hunter rolling Lance Williams up in a small package for the victory.

Flash to see Kasey Winterborn hitting the ‘Little Miss Vex’ on Eli Atlas, onto a pile of broken beer bottles.

Finally a video of new Proving Ground General Manager, Indy Darling, placing the X-Factor Championship down in the center of the ring.

It’s the final countdown!
The Final Countdown!

Our view centers on the X-Factor Championship Title laying in the middle of the ring, vacated. Slowly we fade to black, before coming to a live feed showing Fallout’s redheaded ring announcer, Clara Olson sitting behind the usual silver desk. Dressed in a blue shirt with the Proving Ground ‘Public Execution’ logo on it and a pair of black leggings, her red hair flows gently down slightly past her shoulders. The words ‘THE EDGE’ shine on the monitor behind her as the music slowly fades.

CLARA OLSON: Hello everyone and WELCOME to The Edge. My name is Clara Olson and you have another show of dealing with me, because apparently your the other host of The Edge decided to go on a drinking binge and was suspended for another show. Tisk, tisk.

Clara smirks.

CLARA OLSON: But enough of Edgebrook, let’s start getting into our shows, right? I mean, we saw so much action on both Fallout and Proving Ground...THEN next week...not only do we have the fifth episode of Fallout, but Proving Ground is holding it’s pay-per-view, ‘Public Execution’. A shit ton of action, coming our way!

The words ‘New Talent’ appear on the screen behind her.




CLARA OLSON: So to continue with our bi-week to bi-week operation, let us put out a warm welcome to some of the new faces to the Project: Honor family.

The camera zooms in on the monitor behind Clara, where we see a few headshots of the new roster members.


We pan out from the monitor showing off the newest faces to grace the roster. Clara gives an odd look at the camera.

CLARA OLSON: Wait...wait...wait...this motherfucker’s nickname is Quesarito? Proving Ground gets some spicy guy...while Fallout gets another monster...a guy whose nickname is his first name...and some guy with a taco bell fetish?

The pictures ‘The Edge’ logo as Clara shakes her head in disbelief.

CLARA OLSON: Anyway...next segment...fuck tweets again this show. You want to know what happened on toxic twitter? Jason and Savannah keep smooching back and forth. DeMarco and Dickie have been going at each other’s throats. And OATH Wrestling seems to be back under new management. COMMERCIAL TIME! PAY THIS BISH!!!












Back from commercial and we see Clara Olson standing in front of a monitor with the words ‘ELITE 7’ on it.

CLARA OLSON: The Elite Seven...a group of individuals who we believe are the CREAM of the crop. A group of individuals, we believe, are the current competitive faces of Project: Honor as a whole. I’ve been going back and forth with Honorable Mentions, because seven is a large number to have to keep adding to it. Last show I didn’t do any, but this show I think I will.

The words ‘Honorable Mentions’ appear on the monitor, replacing the ‘ELITE 7’.

CLARA OLSON: All of our Honorable Mentions have walked onto Fallout and made INSTANT waves. First up…



CLARA OLSON: Sporting a two-and-oh record, Alice Knight came in smashingly, spreading her mustard seed all over Martha Atlas...THEN came in and send Julius and all his motherfucking friends into the losers column.



CLARA OLSON: Then little Ms. Pixie Sloane came in and earned herself that first Fallout pay-per-view appearance AND first Fallout pay-per-view victory. Was she done there? Hell no! She earned herself a victory over Crash Rodriguez and the Noble Championship herself, Kayla Richards!



CLARA OLSON: Our final Honorable Mention and to top off our two-and-oh trifecta, Savannah surprised everyone with exception to her and Jason Long...by defeating Fallout’s Prime Champion, Drago Santiago. That’s definitely the way you make yourself known on the roster. Find the biggest bully in the yard and sock him!

The image of Fallout’s Queen of Candyland switches to the words ‘Elite 7: Number Seven’.

CLARA OLSON: Now onto our Elite Seven. The first person on the list...


CLARA OLSON: No match this past show, is the only reason James gets bumped down. The man still has yet to be defeated, but mainly in Tag Matches. WE WANT MORE RAVEN!!!

The photo of James fades out to the words ‘Elite 7: Number Six’.

CLARA OLSON: Moving BACK onto the list...



CLARA OLSON: Yeah, the wrestling world hasn’t been kind to Dickie lately. But he is still one of the baddest mf’ers in the business. And the first person that will feel Dickie’s wrath? Well, we will get to that later.

Dickie’s photo quickly transitions to the words ‘Elite 7: Number Five’.

CLARA OLSON: And here is where we have kind of hit a wall...



CLARA OLSON: Kasey is one win away from joining an exclusive club, which consists of MYOJIN, Dickie Watson, and Shawn Warstein. This past show, we watched her use broken bottle pieces like she was born with them in her hands already. Daniel Horror is quiet. Eli Atlas is quiet. Kasey is still Ascension Champion. But...what was with that red deal at the end of the issue? And all those damn flowers?

The words ‘Elite 7: Number Four’ replace the picture of Kasey.

CLARA OLSON: More wall...



CLARA OLSON: Mark has sent many-a-ripple since he first stepped into that Project: Honor ring...and it doesn’t look like it will end any time soon. And someone like the Bulldozer just can’t stop him.

Fade out to the words ‘Elite 7: Number Three’.

CLARA OLSON: This is the problem with such good talent. You have someone like this...



CLARA OLSON: ...who just can’t get up any higher, because there are more big dogs in front of him. I mean, I’m sure Aiden will go higher on the Elite Seven...there is no stopping him. But what will it take to knock the other two down a peg?

The picture of Aiden is quickly replaced by the words ‘Elite 7: Number Two’.

CLARA OLSON: Next up on our Mount Rushmore...



CLARA OLSON: The Tyrant sits in line, here at number two. Blair was no match for him, as are not many that walk through those Proving Ground halls. But there will come a time when he gets to challenge the Queen.

Shawn’s face fades to the words ‘Elite 7: Number One’. The letters (and number) are highlighted in gold and have added depth to them, to make them look as if they are popping off the screen.

CLARA OLSON: And speaking of the Queen...



CLARA OLSON: Yeah, she defeated Zack Tyler...Mr. Oh-and-six of the Left Behind Hands...but she still sits there, pretty as a picture, with that Legacy Championship around her waist. Without a loss, how can you move her down?

Clara smiles as the monitor shows the entire Elite 7 list.




The screen hangs on the shot of the Elite 7 one more time before going back to ‘The Edge’ logo, with Clara standing next to it.

CLARA OLSON: With our Elite Seven in the rearview mirror, let’s pay some of these wonderful camera men with a commercial. I’ll be right back to burn a hole in the predictions!











We come back from the NLW Ascendancy commercial and we see Clara Olson sitting by herself at the prediction table.

CLARA OLSON: Welcome back, folks. I went Ten-and-three during last week’s Fallout and Proving Ground. I am only TEN behind James Edg-

Suddenly there's a crashing noise and some yelling noises off to the right of the set. Clara stops talking and looks off in that direction, a little puzzled. The cameras pan over just in time to see James Edgebrook step onto set. Dressed in an Elijah Copeland t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans, James looks a hot mess. In his right hand he has a metal folding chair, which he unfolds as he walks. The camera follows him over as he places the chair on the other side of the table from Clara, before he plops down into it.

An image of James Edgebrook appears on the monitor behind them. A few stats appear below his image: “Overall: 44-39”

An image of Clara Olson appears on the monitor, next to Alara’’s picture. Stats appear under his image as well: “Last Show: 34-9, Overall: 10-3”

An image of Alara Adams appears on the monitor, next to James’ picture. Stats appear under her image as well: “Overall: 28-19”

An image of Arik Holt appears on the monitor, next to Alara’s picture. Stats appear under his image as well: “Overall: 10-4”

An image of Lil Petey appears on the monitor, next to Arik’s picture. Stats appear under his image as well: “Overall: 5-1”

CLARA OLSON: Heeeeeeey, bud. Wha-what are you doing here?

JAMES EDGEBROOK: This...this is my goddamn show.

CLARA OLSON: Well, technically…

JAMES EDGEBROOK: No...this is my show. I started it. And just because some guy in a stuffy suit hands me some cash to make it bigger and better, doesn’t mean he gets to sit there and make all the decisions about it.

CLARA OLSON: True. So...um...do you want to do these predictions with me?

JAMES EDGEBROOK: Damn right I do. You’re too close to my mark and I need to keep ahead of you.

All of the images fade out and are replaced by the words ”Fallout V: Gooey Raspberry Filling”.




CLARA OLSON: I’m sure Kayla has a lot of rage building up after Pixie got the win last week, by pinning Crash Rodriguez while the Noble Champion was down and out. Now, it seems Martha will have to face the backlash of that. Kayla with the win.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: The Noble Champion…

James pauses for a moment, leaning forward in his seat and pulling something from his back pocket. He sits back and reveals a flask.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: ...she’s going to get the win easily. And if she doesn’t put Martha Atlas in the hospital after this, I would be shocked.

He undoes the cap and takes a swig.



CLARA OLSON: Another case of what looks like DeMarco scheduling Champions versus Chumps, Zack Tyler has been put in front of Drago like a fresh cut steak. The Prime Champion destroys the left hand.

James takes another swig from his flask.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: Drago Santiago...that man is a visionary. None of you can see it yet, but you will. Zack falls in line, knowing his place at the bottom of not only Fallout, but Project: Honor.




CLARA OLSON: Arik Holt has been placed in front of Kasey Winterborn, the very person he is supposed to be helping with the investigation of what seems like a stalker. While I don’t understand it, I can’t see Arik taking our Ascension Champion. Kasey with the win.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: There is a method to the madness, I’m sure of it. But I do agree, Kasey moves into the double-digit club!



CLARA OLSON: The rumors are swirling around this match as the idea of DeMarco’s secondary prize has been guessed from a Legacy Championship Title shot, down to a Dairy Queen coupon. But either way, I think Savannah Sunshine walks out of this with the cookie contract in hand. Makes sense to have the Queen of Candyland as the face on a box of cookies.

James scowls.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: While I think Alice Knight is going to pull this off and continue to make FallHoot a thing...I just want to watch Pyro burn off all of Fairweather’s hair. I want to watch Rapture break all of his appendages. I want to watch Havoc make Julius smile from ear to bloody ear.

James takes another swig, adding a cough after he swallows whatever is in the flask.

The picture of the Fallout Main Event fades to the words “Proving Ground PPV: Public Execution”.



CLARA OLSON: Former Warrior Rising Champion...Mailman of the Year...I think TJ has this in hand...Pat’s really BIG hand...but in hand none-the-less.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: This is a Mailroom Massacre. Don’t you remember the Purge Match, when it spilled out into the St. Elmo Post Office? I think Pat earns his first singles win.



CLARA OLSON: Undefeated Jams Raven versus the manager of the Butcher? I think this is an easy win for James.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: I don’t think so. Something is giving my creepy vibes about this match. It seems like something is hiding in the shadows of this match. I think Meredith comes out of this with the win...somehow.



CLARA OLSON: Dickie wins.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: Easily.



CLARA OLSON: Four-eight-and-one versus the Spicy Boys and the twisted mister? I think Cadillac, Emmanuelle, and Lance gain momentum in this monumental matchup.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: Fuck that. Sergeant Pepper, Chilupa, and Derpy by Deadlights earn the win.



CLARA OLSON: While Scott Oasis seems like a beast, I can’t bet against Euan Hill. Hill retains his title.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: Not only will Euan retain his title, but he will DESTROY Scott Oasis. Just because the man is made of muscle, doesn’t mean he knows what he is doing in that ring.



CLARA OLSON: SEX...Big Drip...Dragon Slayers. This is going to be one hell of a Tag Team tussle. But I’ve got my money on the Dragon Slayers.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: Sports Entertainment Xpress until the end!




CLARA OLSON: It’s interesting to see this one-off type match here. Alessandro is known in many circles...

JAMES EDGEBROOK: But Elena is the QUEEN! Elena DeDraca with the victory.

CLARA OLSON: I do think it will be close. But...damn, I want to disagree with you and say Alessandro, but I can’t give up on Elena until she fails us. DeDraca wins this to keep her perfect record going.




CLARA OLSON: Warstein’s roosters have come home, with Ozymandias standing before him. The Butcher wants payback for the whole needle incident at The Crowning. I think, by some stroke of luck, Ozymandias manages to pull this off, knocking the tyrant down a peg.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: Nope. I learned long ago, not to bet against Warstein. The Tyrant wins his match, stopping the Butcher of Reine where he stands.




CLARA OLSON: Indy versus Mark, part three. Mark won the first two times, I don’t think this is going to change. Mark Hunter puts the General Manager down.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: What makes Darling think he can win this? He couldn’t beat Hunter when he was healthy, now a bunch of numbskulls put him partially out of commission and he wants to go out in a blaze of glory? Fuck that. Grand Champion, puts Indy out before he even has a chance to officially run a regular Proving Ground show. Bring me back Wheeler!




CLARA OLSON: This is going to be one heck of a Main Event. Both of these men are big names with big records with big aspirations. I can’t argue with Aiden Reynolds record, so I think he moves closer to that double-digit club with a win over MYOJIN.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: Well MYOJIN is already part of that double-digit club. MYOJIN continues his trip back into the spotlight, taking down the Australian Wolf.

The monitor switches to the Edge logo once more. Clara watches as James leans back and down the rest of his flask. He leans a little too far back in his chair, finishing off the flask...before the chair tips backwards and James falls onto the ground.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: FUCK!!!

CLARA OLSON: Um, you okay?

James jumps to his feet, slamming his flask on the ground.

JAMES EDGEBROOK: I will be back for my show, Clara.

CLARA OLSON: Um...

Edgebrook turns and storms off the set.

CLARA OLSON: Well...that was interesting. Let’s uh...head to commercial












We return back from the Kingdom Pro commercial, to see Clara standing in front of a monitor with The Edge logo on it.

CLARA OLSON: It’s nice to see some current and former Project: Honor blood at Kingdom Pro. But let us get on to the final segment of the show! A time where I get to hand out awards to those who are deserving. Let’s get these Medals to all those who earned them on last week’s Fallout and Proving Ground shows.

The words ‘Best Promo’ appear on screen.

CLARA OLSON: Best Promo. The award is handed to the person or persons, who deliver the best promotional video for their match. We watch video after video after video, digging into each detail and pulling out what we like the best.

A picture of Pyro appears underneath the words ‘Best Promo’.

CLARA OLSON: We, for a brief moment, got to see the man beneath the dreads. The man beneath the fire. The man underneath the mask. Samael...


The screen goes blank for a moment, before showing the words ‘Segment Of The Night’.

CLARA OLSON: The Segment of the Night looks at the break between the action. Who showed up and made us want more. Who grabbed our attention. Between Proving Ground leading up to their own PPV and Fallout hosting Wired Consequences, we had a whole slew of options.

A picture of Indy Darling laying down the X-Division Championship under the words 'Segment Of The Night’

CLARA OLSON: We saw Indy Darling give up the X-Division Championship due to injury. But in the same moment...we saw Proving Ground’s direction get ROCKED as he became the new General Manager. How can you not say that wasn’t a HUGE deal?

The picture of Indy fades away, replaced by the words ‘Feud Of The Night’.

CLARA OLSON: The Feud of the Night highlights a feud that is building or is starting. Wired Consequences ended a few feuds that were brewing, but it also added fuel to the flames of one.

Pictures of Drago Santiago & Jason Long fade in underneath ‘Feud Of The Night’.

CLARA OLSON: Jason stuck his nose where it didn’t belong as he tried to stop Drago from injuring Savannah. In turn, I think he asked for more than he bargained for. Savannah almost had a few broken bones, Jason ended up burning the edges off his beard, and luckily Julius came out to save the day. At the end of the day...something is brewing between these two and I think DeMarco is going to clear it up come Fallout.

‘Spot Of The Night’ replaces the picture of Drago and Jason.

CLARA OLSON: Bumps, falls, spots...we all love them...we all secretly enjoy watching them. Spot of the Night highlights who grabbed us with that ‘wow’ factor. Who made the fans’ jaw drop in a true moment of ‘Holy Shit!’?

The monitor starts to show footage from the match.

When it suddenly looks like Tyler is getting back into this match, it’s as if instantly like The Hulk, you can see how angry Ozy is as he literally throws Tyler off and across the ring. Ozy gets up to his feet as Tyler tries to scramble away only for Ozy to grab his leg. Ozy picks Tyler up by one leg and starts to swing him around and around until he lets go sending him flying across the ring.

Ozy walks over to Tyler dragging him up to his feet and hits him with The Call(Release Crucifix Powerbomb) sending him crashing down on the back of his neck to the mat. Clearly still angry from the kick to the balls from Tyler, Ozy is out to make a point as he picks Tyler Bradford up again only this time he drops him with Sinking Faith(Jackhammer Suplex) and goes for the pin.

ONE…
TWO…
THREE!!!

HOLLY PEREZ: The Winner of this match by PINFALL… OZZZZYYYYYMMMMMAAAANNNNDDDDIIIIAAAAASSSS!!!

The monitor goes back to saying ‘Spot Of The Night’ and has a picture of Ozy swinging Tyler around by one leg.

CLARA OLSON: Helicopter go brrr.

The words and picture on the screen, are replaced by ‘Match Of The Night’

CLARA OLSON: Match of the Night, best match of the back-to-back shows. So much to choose from. But despite some of the animosity on Proving Ground...how can you go against Champion versus Champion?

Under the words ‘Match of The Night’ appears a picture of Kasey Winterborn standing across from Eli Atlas and Daniel Horror, broken bottles all over the mat in between them.

CLARA OLSON: The whole round table that gets together and decides who we hand these little things to, came to a tie. The Ascension Championship Match, the triple threat between Kayla-Pixie-and Crash, and the Commonwealth versus SEX. Of all these though...only one had a Championship on the line. The Ascension Championship division had their time to shine with the Main Event and SHINE they did.

‘The words ‘Medal Of Honor’ replace the entire Match of the Night image.

CLARA OLSON: And the blue ribbon to be pinned on our , we move on to the Medal of Honor itself. Who stood out from the pack? Who held their head up in a power pose, large enough to push down the haters?

A picture of Kasey Winterborn appears on the screen.

CLARA OLSON: Some wanted to pick Indy Darling, but Kasey not only held onto her title...but she is on the precipice of becoming the first female in Project: Honor history to have double digit wins. And she defeated two former Ascension Champions in the process. How can that not be Medal of Honor worthy?

The monitor cuts to ‘The Edge’ logo.



CLARA OLSON: It feels like we are just getting over Wired Consequences...and here comes Public Execution. These pay-per-views every other show, is a wrestling fan’s DREAM come true. Now let see how Proving Ground answers the call.

‘The Final Countdown’ (Metal Cover) by Leo Moracchioli begins to play softly in the background.

CLARA OLSON: So I will see you all next week on Fallout. I’m Clara Olson and this was The Edge. Goodnight everyone!

Clara waves to the camera as it slowly starts to pan out.

The music fades out as we go to a black screen with a Project: Honor logo on it.