Location: Richmond Coliseum; Richmond, Virginia
Main Event: Crystal Hilton vs. Mercedes Vargas
Notes: For the first time ever the Road to the Gold will feature two tournaments going on simultaniously and it all begins here on Trauma with three Starlets Road to the Gold II matches and one Road to the Gold V match. This week begins to journey to crown two more Road to the Gold champions, tune in to see who takes a step closer to earning themselves a world title shot here on Trauma.
Commentators: Preston Marshall & Jaymie Boone
Theme: "The Enemy" by Papa Roach
{Trauma explodes onto your Television screen as we span the crowd and catch their roaring faces and witty signs. After scanning the crowd and viewing the exploding pyros we settle in on Jaymie and Preston who are ready to call the nights action.}
Preston Marshall: Welcome fans, we have a huge night lined up for you here on Trauma, it's not an ordinary awesome night either... tonight is the first stop on The Road to the Gold!
Jaymie Boone: Three women and one man will go on to the next round here tonight.
Preston Marshall: That's right, every mathc here tonight is a Road tot he Gold match, and we'll be starting off with a big one.
Jaymie Boone: The daughter of NCW owner Leonard Fox, Kelly Knite, kicks it off against Kathy Conway.
Preston Marshall: Kelly is looking to prove that she belongs in the wrestling ring, while Kathy looks for retribution against Kelly for years of defeat at the Knite family's hand.
KELLY KNITE vs. KATHLEEN CONWAY
Starlets to the Gold Match 1
{Drums crash as the lights in the arena all go out, from the entrance ramp pink glitter flakes begin falling down as "Scream" by Thousand Foot Krutch begins playing.}
Can you feel it?
{Kelly steps out into the glitter pyrotechnics. Kelly comes out onto the ramp with her hoodie on over her head. The Pink sparks die down as the lights in the arena begin flashing on and off with pink strobes. Kelly throws the hood back and flings the shirt off. She plays to the crowd as she runs to the ring sliding in. The lights go out again all except one spotlight shinning on her with her arms outstretched. The lights come back on and Kelly waits for the match to begin.}
Preston Marshall: There is the princess of nCw
Jaymie Boone: Don’t let her hear you say that.
{The lights in the arena start to twinkle with a hot pink hue to signal the start of 'The Ultimate Fling' by Poets of the fall. Kathleen Conway appears on the stage with a hand on her right hip, she continues to walk down to the ramp with a smile on her face. She gets to the ring and climbs on to the apron with her back to the ropes, she drops to one knee. She holds onto the ropes behind her as she flips her hair to the side before standing up and climbing through the middle rope into the ring. She walks to the middle and flips her hair again with a hand on her hip as the lights return to normal and the music fades.}
Preston Marshall: Conway looks ready to go!
{The two starlets look at each other from across the ring and Kathleen charges, The two lock up and Kathleen goes for a arm drag but Kelly is able to flip, landing on her feet, she grabs the hair of Kathleen and whips her over her head with a snapmare. Kathleen is back up and Kelly strikes her a few times with her forearm, backing her up into the corner where she jumps onto the second rope and hits a step up enzuguiri to the back of Kathleen’s head, she slumps in the corner}
Preston Marshall: Kelly is really going after her here!
Jaymie Boone: She is working her way towards that first starlets title reign
{Kelly steps back then raises her foot; she blasts Kathleen in the face with a soccer kick. Kathleen falls over in the corner hanging over the rope, her head leaning outside the ring. Kelly goes up to the top rope and jumps down nailing a double stomp on the head of Kathleen, Kelly hits the ground outside the ring and Kathleen’s head snaps back into the ring where she is laying prone in the corner. The crowd is pumped seeing this amazing move!}
Preston Marshall: I am not sure I ever saw a move like that!
Jaymie Boone: Kelly Knite is the offensive innovator!
{Kelly gets back into the ring and lifts a limp Kathleen into the air where she locks her in a front chancery. She goes back to the corner where she jumps onto the second rope, she looks like she is about to hit a tornado DDT.}
Preston Marshall: She is really trying to take Kathleen out quickly!
Jaymie Boone: This is a long and grueling tournament, if he can get through the match quickly she will be fresh for next week.
{Kelly jumps off the second rope but Kathleen is able to turn her body and bring it down over her knee in a vicious backbreaker, one that had the momentum of a jumping Kelly Knite, Kelly holds her back trying to get to her knees as Kathleen lies face down on the mat}
Preston Marshall: What a reversal by Kathleen on that backbreaker!
Jaymie Boone: I thought she was done for.
{Kelly gets to her feet and goes over to Kathleen, Kathleen stands and grabs Kelly’s head, she then drops to her knees hitting Kelly with a jawbreaker, Kelly spins around and Kathleen is up, grabbing her from behind and hitting a belly to back suplex. Kelly grabs her back with her hand and Kathleen gets to her knees catching her breath.
Preston Marshall: This is going to be an all out war
Jaymie Boone: Kathleen Conway finally turning it up!
{Kathleen gets to her feet and goes over to Kelly, laying a couple of stomps to her lower back. She then turns Kelly around and looks to hit a german suplex but as she lifts Kelly dives in between her legs grabbing her and flipping her in a victory roll, the ref counts to two and Kathleen kicks out. Kathleen then picks Kelly back up and overhooks her head, she grabs her leg going for a fisherman’s suplex but Kelly resists. Kathleen releases the hooked leg and starts to pound away on the midsection of Kelly. She then hits a quick snap suplex, holding the head she stand back up locking the leg up and hitting a fisherman’s suplex. She bridges and the ref counts to two.}
Preston Marshall: She is really working on that back!
Jaymie Boone: Kelly is just not a large built woman, she is going to have trouble recovering!
{Kathy lifts Kelly up who is having trouble standing, she whips her into the ropes and ducks her head waiting to inflict more damage on her back. Kelly rebounds and hooks her arm, she spins it putting her leg over the top and nails a big DDT, the KNITELIFE. She hooks the leg and gets the three count}
Preston Marshall: Kelly has done it! She has made it to the second round!
Jaymie Boone: She's out to prove that she's a real wrestler and it was a big win here.
Preston Marshall: It certainly was, she's another step closer to being Road to the Gold champion.
-[COMMERCIAL BREAK]-
SCREAM
TARA FENIX vs. SARAH RICHARDSON
Starlets to the Gold Match 2
{Glamorous by Fergie begins to play loudly all over the Pa system and Sarah emerges from the backstage. She smiles at the crowd, and the crowd greets her with a loud ovation of boos. She ignores the fans as she turns her nose up to them as she slowly begins to strut her way to the ring and as she does, sparkles begin to go off from the ceiling. When she reaches the ring, she just looks around for a couple of moments before slowly walks up the stairs and entering the ring. She stands in the middle of the ring, and awaits for her opponent to come out.}
Preston Marshall: She is SOOO Glamorous
Jaymie Boone: You better put a coin in the douche jar.
{The lights quickly go out throughout the entire arena, the titantron going completely black for just a few seconds... before the vocals come in, we see the famous logo of Tara Fenix appear on the titantron in a blue flame. The crowd erupts into a cheer as Tara emerges from behind the curtains. Many of the fans are showing their respect to the veteran by bowing down, especially those in the front row, and as she comes down to the aisle entrance she turns to the crowd and returns the gesture, and shaking hands with the ones right at the corner before going up the steps. She goes a little down the apron before turning to face the crowd, and hooking both of her arms around the top rope, a confident smile on her face as she looks back and forth at the fans. Her right arm releases the rope first so that she may turn towards the ring and she drops her arms to her side, allowing her jacket to fall just to the outside of the ring, before finally getting into the ring and running to the opposite side of the ring... she balances herself on the middle rope, and uses her left arm to hold the rope to keep herself balanced, and her right arm goes up, doing the devil horns. She comes down from the rope, still with that smile on her face, as she waits for the match to begin.}
Preston Marshall: That was such a flashy intro!
Jaymie Boone: Another coin please.
{Sarah and Tara stand across from one another looking ready for this huge match. The two circle each other and tie up, Tara ducks under with a hammerlock and immediately hits a forearm to the back of Sarah, she holds the arm and nails another forearm and another before releasing the arm. Sarah turns around and is met with a fast clothesline that drops Sarah to the mat. Tara turns looking to the crowd before turning around and waiting for Sarah to start getting up again}
Preston Marshall: Tara showing a brutal side here today.
Jaymie Boone: She doesn’t seem to be in wonderful spirits.
{Tara stand behind Sarah as she tries to make it to her feet, as she pushes up Tara runs at her nailing a knee strike to the side of the head, this sends Tara back to the ground. Tara gets behind her again. She waits until Sarah is to her knees and then she grabs a hold of her head in a sleeper hold. She then jumps backward driving her head to the mat with a sleeper hold slam. Tara covers Sarah and gets a two count}
Preston Marshall: Tara just stalking and striking Sarah
Jaymie Boone: Yeah, Sarah really hasn’t been able to get anything going so far.
{Sarah is trying to get back to her feet but Tara lays a hard stomp on her leg, then she pulls her arm out lifting her foot and stomping on her fingers. Sarah pulls them back and Tara turns her over grabbing the arm. She straightens it into an armbar but Sarah has the wherewithal to roll to her side. Tara, countering wraps her legs around the head of Sarah in a triangle choke with an armbar. Tara is trying to straighten that arm, Sarah gets to her feet in the squat position and lifts her in powerbomb position. She runs to the ropes and drops Tara over the rope, Tara’s grip breaks and she falls to the floor, Sarah drops inside the ring as we hear a thud from the body of Tara.}
Preston Marshall: Holy crap, how did she find the power to do that?
Jaymie Boone: It was reverse the hold or lose her chance at the title.
{Sarah starts to get to her feet and Tara is climbing back onto the ring. They meet at the ropes and Tara throws a right hand at the face of Sarah. Sarah reels back and Tara goes for another but Sarah dodges it, grabs her head and runs to the cornerpost, crushing her head against the steel. Tara starts to drop back and Sarah grabs her, She lifts her into the air with a suplex turning and flapjacking her stomach first in the ring. The crowd pops}
Preston Marshall: Sarah showing some great technical moves here!
Jaymie Boone: This match is exceeding the hype!
{Sarah stands up and pumps her fist in the air, she turns and grabs Tara lifting her up by the hair where she scoops her up and bodyslams her, standing she jumps and nails a spectacular standing shooting star press. She covers Tara and gets a two count}
Preston Marshall: What athleticism!
Jaymie Boone: These matches have been amazing, the Road to the Gold brings out the best in all the combatants!
{Sarah rolls off Tara and slaps the mat in frustration, she then lifts her back up, kneeing her in the stomach. After this she grabs her head and nails a neckbreaker.}
Preston Marshall: Sara is relentless
Jaymie Boone: But Tara is showing her resolve.
{Sara lifts her again and whips Tara into the ropes, she leap frogs and Tara continues she turns putting her arm out for an arm drag but Tara reaches up under her arm and locks her in a double underhook, she jumps spinning her body and nails a spinning double underhook tornado DDT.}
Preston Marshall: What a move!
{she covers and gets the three count!}
Jaymie Boone: Tara will move on to the next round.
-[COMMERCIAL BREAK]-
JOE EVERYMAN Vs FREAKKE
Road to the Gold V Match One
{The music begins to roll in and the lights flicker. Freakke comes in just as the guitar breaks out of the opening sustain and into riff. He walks out onto the ramp and nods his head to the music. He then explodes down the ramp with the music, twirling around, moving from side to side, getting up close with the cretins. Ozzy has begun to sing as he begins to circle the ring, raising his arms up and down to get the crowd pumped up. He rolls into the ring after the first chorus and climbs the ropes to the right of the ramp, then to the left, then opposite of the ramp, , raising his arms and screaming to the crowd. He bounces off the ropes and removes his coat, looking to his opponent.}
Jaymie Boone: We're about ready to kick off the road, to the Road to Gold!
{Walk by Foo Fighters starts blasting over the PA system. Pyros are going off on the stage all over the place. Joe Everyman then comes out onto the stage. Joe walks down the ramp while holding their arms up towards the crowd, who has a mixed but mostly face reaction. Joe then comes to the end of the ramp and does a standing jump onto the apron. Joe then climbs into the ring through the ropes and looks around in the crowd and hold up his arm. Then loud blue pyros shoot from the ring posts. Joe then stands and waits.}
Preston Marshall: These two guys have an amazing chance here to become a world heavyweight champion by winning this tournament and taking on Steve Awesome.
Jaymie Boone: It's not something that should be wasted, as we've seen this week there are several people who are jealous about not being in this tournament.
{The bell rings and the two of them charge at each other. Obviously eager for this chance to earn a world title shot. Joe gains the upper hand early on with a hammerlock. He spins behind Freakke and wrenches, but Freakke slaps his shoulder and rolls to the mat, taking Joe down with a modified arm drag forcing Joe to let go of the arm.}
Preston Marshall: Nice move there by Freakke.
{Freakke presses the advantage and grabs Joe, whipping him off of the ropes and nailing him with a textbook clothesline sending Everyman to the floor, who bounces back up to take another clothesline. The same repeats, Joe goes down and is up for another clothesline and then the next time he gets up Freakke fakes a clothesline but kicks Joe in the gut before dropping him with a scoop slam.}
Jaymie Boone: Freakke is switching it up and keeping Joe guessing. Way to step up!
{Freakke rolls into a quick cover but Joe kicks out before the referee can even hit the deck. The two both get back to their feet and Joe sends a wild punch at Freakke, annoyed at the early pin attempt. Freakke backs up under the assault and Joe presses his advantage. He whips Freakke off the ropes and nails him with the kitchen sink on the return. Joe smirks and quickly drops a sharp elbow on The Clown.}
Preston Marshall: Ouch, that looked like it hurt.
{Joe then tries a cover of his own, but again Freakke kicks out before the ref can react. Joe drags Freakke to his feet and again goes to whip him off the ropes, Freakke flips onto his hands and bounces off the ropes with a huge diving elbow to the jaw of Joe that nobody in the whole arena was expecting.}
Jaymie Boone: Where did that come from?
Preston Marshall: Freakke really is pulling out all of the stops to advance in the Road to the Gold tournament.
{Freakke drops to a knee and glares at Joe Everyman, obviously the early pin attempts riling each other up. He drags Joe to his feet and hits a snap suplex, followed by rolling into a horizontal sleeper hold. Joe flips right away trying to get to the ropes reaching with both hands but he's right in the middle of the ring. Freakke beings to laugh, knowing that Joe can't escape. The referee drops to a knee asking Joe if he submits, but Joe screams NO! At the ref.}
Jaymie Boone: Joe does not want to quit.
Preston Marshall: Remember that whole “don't question my heart” thing?
{Joe wriggles to try and get free, but Freakke is too steps ahead of him. In a feat of athletic ability that would make most MMA fighters jealous he switches around and switches the sleeper into a dragon sleeper, and the legs....straightjacket! Freakke has Joe Everyman locked in the Straight Jacket!}
Jaymie Boone: I know I keep saying this, but Freakke is on fire!
Preston Marshall: The Carnival King really has pulled out all the stops here, proving how much this means to him.
{Joe struggles he reaches for the ropes but nothing. His fingers are mere inches away but he just can't reach. The crowd are going nuts, this is for the Road to the Gold tournament and both men know they need to give their all to win. Freakke wrenches once again but Joe is going nowhere soon, he reaches once more....AND GETS THE ROPES!}
Preston Marshall: And Joe just about manages to escape losing via submission to Freakke here....that must have done some damage.
{Freakke is forced to break the hold and rolls away from Joe who slowly gets back to his feet using the ropes. Joe launches out of the corner like a house on fire, he thinks he's caught The Carnival King off guard as he goes for the EKO! The Everyman Knockout! But Freakke ducks under, he totally scouted the move and avoided it. Joe looks lost and confused as Freakke spins him around.....SMILE DRIVER!!!!}
Jaymie Boone: SMILE DRIVER!!
Preston Marshall: That's all she wrote!
{Freakke drops to his knees and covers......ONE!.......TWO!......THREE!!! The bell rings and Freakke jumps to his feet to have his hand raised in victory.}
Preston Marshall: And Freakke is the first male roster member to advance in the Road to the Gold tournament. This is set to seriously bring out the best nCw has to offer!
Jaymie Boone: Congratulations to Freakke!
-[COMMERCIAL BREAK]-
Preston Marshall: Here we are fans, the final match of the night, were we'll see who advances along with Tara Fenix and Kelly Knite into the next round of the Road to the Gold!
Jaymie Boone: Whoever wins here is going to make this next round intense.
Preston Marshall: You can say that again. This match very well could have been the finals if the names had been drawn differently.
CRYSTAL HILTON vs. MERCEDES VARGAS
Starlets to the Gold Match 3
{"Face to Face" by Siousie & the Banshees starts from the PA system as Mercedes appears on the entranceway, hand on waist. Cheers, boos and catcalls soon greet her. Oblivious and yet satisfied with their reaction for several seconds, she flips her long hair, then makes her way to the ring. As she goes up the steps and walks along the ring apron, she straddles the top rope, facing the crowd before she walks the rest of the apron and climbs to the turnbuckle, then turns her head back as the camera shows her determined expression-perhaps a message that her opponent will be in for a tough fight.}
{All of a sudden “Like Me” by Girlicious starts playing all over the Pa system. All of sudden two spot lights are pointed at the entrance way. Crystal Emerges through the curtains and is greeted by multiple pyros that start shooting off one by one. The crowd roars at her with a loud ovation of cheers and she just turns her nose up at them despite their cheering. Crystal cracks an evil grin as photographers quickly run up to the ramp way and begin to take pictures of her. Crystal smiles as she runs her fingers through her hair and a red carpet is rolled down to the ring. The Rose Goddess slowly makes her way to the ring. She finally makes it to the ring and places one foot on the apron and stretches the other one on the apron as well. She does a split to enter the ring and she finally makes it to her feet. She waits impatiently as she places a hand on her hips and waits for her opponent to come out from behind the curtain. }
Preston Marshall: Here we go fans, it's Crystal versus Mercedes to advance into the semi-finals of the tournament!
Jaymie Boone: This should be very good.
{The match is underway as Crystal and Mercedes meet in the middle of the ring, Vargas immediately goes at Crystal and catches her off guard with a hard elbow shot to the jaw. Hilton staggers backwards holding her face, Vargas sprints to the opposite ropes and comes back with a diving low drop kick to Hilton's knee, knocking Crystal down to a kneeling position. Vargas gets back to her feet, she measures out the kick and platns a soccer style kick straight into Crystal's spine. Crystal arches back in pain, Vargas spins around on one leg and comes back with a heel shot to the middle of Crystal's forehead now!}
Preston Marshall: WHAT A KICK!
Jaymie Boone: Looking to kick Crystal's head off with that one.
Preston Marshall: Impressive how she struck once then came right back for another.
{Vargas grabs the limp Crystal and pulls her to her feet, she takes Hilton Irish whips her across the ring, and when Hilton comes back she grabs the Rose Goddess and hti sthe tilt-o-whirl backbreaker and then a DOUBLE JEOPARDY with a reverse DDT out of the move! Vargas goes for the cover 1....2. but Crystal throws her arm up. Vargas turns Crystal over and pulls her back to her feet from behind where she wraps her arms around Hilton's waist, she goes for German suplex, but Crystal holds her ground and throws a back elbow that Rocks Vargas backwards. Crystal sprints to the ropes, bounces off and comes back where she hits Vargas with a headscissors take down. Vargas quickly gets back to her feet, spinning up, but Crystal is waiting for her FLASHING LIGHTS.. NO! Vargs ducks the kick and dodges out of the way, Crystal turns around and takes a kick to her stomach. Vargas grabs Crystal's legs and pulls them out from under her knocking her to her back while still holding on. Vargas falls backwards and sends Crystal into the ropes and then hits the catapult backbreaker! Vargas throws Crystal off, turns her over and covers 1..2.. but Crystal again throws her arm up!}
Preston Marshall: Already these two are showing why they are two of the best starlets on the roster.
Jaymie Boone: Yeah, but Crystal better hope she doens't make another mistake like that again.
Preston Marshall: That's one of Vargas's MO's, she'll make you pay for the slightest mistake.
{Vargas grabs Crystal and forces her back up once more, she takes Crystal and throws her back first into the turnbuckles. Vargas reaches back and looks for a hard chop across Hilton's chest but Crystal leans back and throws her legs up and kicks MV in the chest driving her back. Hilton jumps up onto the middle rope quickly and leaps off, she catches Vargas and hits the tornado DDT! Crystal gets back to her feet, she sprints to the ropes and comes off them with a springboard moonsault and stays for the pin 1...2.. but Vargas throws her arm up. Crystal grabs Vargas's hair and forces her back to her feet, she takes Vargas's head and hits a snap suplex that brings Mercy down. Crystal gets up, readies herself and comes back with the SMELL THE ROSES! Crystal hits another moonsault and stays for the cover 1...2. but again Vargas throws the arm up. Crystal slaps the mat in frustration.}
Preston Marshall: Looks like Crystal thought that could have been it.
Jaymie Boone: It was close, but just not close enough really.
Preston Marshall: As long as she keeps the attack up... she can't give Mercedes an opening.
{Crystal grabs Vargas up and looks a bit flustered that Vargas wasn't put away with that, she takes Mercy and whips her into the corner. Crystal charges, does a handspring and goes into the corner, but it's empty when Mercy V slides out of the way and Crystal crashes in back first. Crystal holds her back as she staggers out of the corner. Mercedes kicks and BE STILL MY HEART! Crystal his the mat hard after the savate kick, Mercy pulls her by her leg in to the center of the ring and covers 1...2.. but Crystal throws her arm up a the last moment. Vargas grabs Crystal by her head and forces her up, she holds Crystal and looks for what must be her CORTINA ROJA but Crystal drives her elbow into Mercy's head and forces her away. Vargas shakes it off and comes at Crystal but FLASHING LIGHTS! Crystal hits the kick out of nowhere and covers 1...2.. NO! Vargas throws the arm up.}
Preston Marshall: Crystal so close again!
Jaymie Boone: She really thought she had it there!
Preston Marshall: She looks really flustered now, in her eyes this match was over.
{Crystal screams at the referee that it as three but he replies back that it was only two, and she doesn't notice as Vargas comes up and rolls her up from behind. 1...2... but Crystla quickly breaks out. The two ladies come back to their feet and charge at each other with Vargas cracking Crystal with two quick punches that rock Crystal backwards. Crystal comes back with a wild swing but Vargas blocks it, grabs it, spins under and kicks Crystal in the face with the 2 TO TANGO! Mercedes grabs Crystla and pulls her to the center of the ring, she takes Crystal's legs and looks to put her into her RED PERIL II but as she bends over to grab Crystal's legs, Hilton takes her by the head and rolls her up into the small package, 1...2...3!? Vargas breaks out of it a hair late and Crystal rolls out of the ring and escapes as her music hits.}
Preston marshall: And just like that Crystal Hilton picks up the huge victory!
Jaymie Boone: Amazing win I'd say. Now she just has to wait and see who she'll face in the next round.
Preston Marshall: Could be anybody, she'll have to wait just like we will. We'll be back next week fans, make sure to watch Collision and see who else will advance in the Road to the Gold!
{With that Trauma goes off the air.}