PSW Madhouse Episode 2 - Queen Cobra vs Empress Ngozi

The Queen and the Empress circle each other, the latter occasionally giving side-eyes to the stage. Jessie Moore remains in her seat, craning her neck a little to see past the guards.

Shamoon: Queen Cobra has the clear psychological advantage going into this match, courtesy of Shay Maharaj. I hate it, but-

Dominga: But it's brilliant! They trapped her. Trapped her with her own pride, with respect.

A.B.: Trapped her, how? Ngozi has already beaten this... creature. 

Dominga: Barely. She BARELY beat her, and that arm is proof.

A.B.: Then she needs to end this quickly.

PSW Madhouse Episode 2 - Checkmate

Queen Cobra waits in the ring on all fours, her feet set wide apart, her chest and chin touching the mat.

Shamoon: I don't like that look on her face.

Dominga: Oh, relax! She's probably just excited to get another go at the Empress.

A.B.: Dominga, she's leering.

Dominga: People express excitement in different ways, Alf! Don't judge.

Shamoon: I'm telling you guys, she's up to something. I can feel it in my gut.

Dominga: It's probably gas. Maybe you should leave... and never come back.

A.B.: Whatever it is, it won't amount to anything.

PSW Madhouse Episode 2 - United Front

A.B.: Ladies and gentlemen, before we get started with our main event, I have just received word of a situation in the Trainer's Room caught by one of our drones.

Shamoon: The O.R.D.R.L.I.s!

A.B.: I am not calling them that. Roll the footage, please.

The titantron shows the trainer's room and the toll from the night's events: Hotaru Ishikawa still getting splinters pulled out of his bruised back while holding ice to his head, and Luisa Festa being drug-tested, again, behind a curtain.

Dominga: Now's as good a time as any to say, "Kids, don't try this at home."

PSW Madhouse Episode 2 - The Long, Long Grass

Backstage

Chloe Davis: A brutal, terrifying display from the Madness, who are already looking like the dominant group here in the MadHOUSE, and maybe one day, all of PSW. I'm here with someone who was once primed to be the most dominant Woman in PSW, the former and first-ever Jewell's Champion, Queen Cobra.

The tall and wiry Queen saunters in to loud boos, but her amber serpentine eyes stare directly into Davis's soul.

Davis: ... Now-

Cobra: "Onssse primed"... What exssactly doesss that mean?

Davis: Well, with all due respect, after pinning Ngozi to become the inaugural Champion at the Saturday Night Super Fight, you ended up losing the Jewell TO the Empress at Ascension a month later. 

Cobra's eyes narrow.

PSW Madhouse Episode 2 - Track Queens vs JabbarTV vs The Madness

Briar Lane: The following is a Triple Threat Tornado Tag Team Match, and it is scheduled for one fall!

Crowd: ONE FALL!

Pillars of smoke rise on the stage. Elsa and Eeva, two twin ponytailed ladies, speed out of the sliding doors with their helmets, respective red and purple plaid skirts and roller skates. They slide to a stop at the base of the ramp before splitting off to ride around the ring.

Briar Lane: Introducing first, at a combined weight of 264 pounds, Elsa and Eeva, the TRACK QUEENS!

Dominga: I'll say it again, give these two all the credit and, I guess, Leota too. They surprised me with their roller skate wrestling, but I hope they understand they're in there with more than Tubers this time. A LOT more.

A.B.: I imagine they are fully aware. They have to be.

Elsa and Eeva meet at the base of the ramp once again and slide into the ring. They each climb the ropes and throw up the sign of the horns, before hopping down and throwing off their helmets and plaid skirts.

Dominga: Settle down, Aazif.

Shamoon: I didn't even say anything!

Dominga: That's what I'm worried about.

PSW Madhouse Episode 2 - Cold Reception, Warm Welcome

The cameraman finds himself in a dark room with candles everywhere. He steps around them, carefully, taking deep breaths as he approaches a very tall chair. He walks around, but finds no one sitting there. 

 The candles slowly go out, darkening the room further and further until he can see nothing. He looks around, trying to leave, but not knowing which way is out, frost forming with every heavy breath, soft crunching noises with every step, until his feet become rooted to the floor.

Then the light returns, but it is not the same. It is blue, like the ice. The silhouette of the Thunderweight Champion, El Demonio de las Heladas, passes by. The light follows him, for his eyes are the source, though he does not look at the cameraman, only at his belt, its golden lightning patterns shining almost as brightly.

Heladas: They say that time waits for no man, but I am no man. And yet, I grow tired of waiting.

PSW Madhouse Episode 2 - Luisa Festa vs "Emperor" Talon w/ "Socialite" Seraphina Dubois

The stage is lit with a neon purple colour. The sliding doors open, and Festa, still a little bandaged up, rolls forward into a cross-legged sitting position. The lights change to red. She lifts herself to a knee and backflips, landing in a superhero pose. A strobe effect of green, yellow, white, and red is created. 

Shamoon: She's looking a lot better.

Briar Lane: On the way to the ring, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, standing 5 feet 6 and weighing in at 129 pounds, LUISA FESTA!

She gets up and skips to the ring with a spaced-out look on her face. holding out her arms and waving them like a tubeman. The crowd cheers her on. 

Dominga: She's on something. I just know it.

A.B.: She was just tested. They couldn't find anything.

Dominga: Look at her eyes! Last week, they were pink. This week, they're blue. She's Afro-Brazilian. That doesn't make any sense.

Shamoon: Ever hear of contact lenses?

Dominga: I worked with contacts for years. Those irises are real! 

PSW Madhouse Episode 2 - Maya Lethbridge w/Kalavina Leota vs Athiambo

A rocking melody plays. A young Caucasian woman with short brown hair with bangs, wearing blue and red gear, jogs out of the sliding doors on the stage. She is followed closely by an older, stern-looking Samoan woman with big curly hair and a tracksuit. The crowd pops mildly, more so for the older woman.

Briar Lane: Accompanied to the ring by Kalavina Leota, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, standing 5 feet 6 and weighing in at 140 pounds, Maya Lethbridge!

A.B.: Maya Lethbridge, the young technician with 8 years in the game. We last saw her and her mentor, Kalavina Leota, the "Mother Hen of Holds" at Saturday Night Super Fight in November. They stepped inside the 16-person Cage Match to crown the first-ever PSW Tag Team Champions, a match that was won by Team Wallace over on the Fight Pit.

Lethbridge high-fives and fistbumps some fans. Leota whispers something in her ear, and she nods before rolling into the ring and slapping herself to get focused.

Dominga: Oh, so Leota trains actual wrestlers, too? 

A.B.: What's that supposed to mean?

PSW Madhouse Episode 2 - Champion's Pride

Ishikawa is getting helped to the back.

Backstage

Chloe Davis stands in front of a large TV monitor, mic in hand and a smile on her face.

Davis: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Bearer of the Jewell, EMPRESS NGOZI!

The crowd explodes in raucous applause before the Empress even appears on screen. When she does, clad in a black robe and signature orange visor with the Jewell's Championship over her left shoulder, they get even louder.

Davis: Empress, thank you for your time. How's the arm?

Ngozi raises her right arm and bends it, slowly: It's much better, Chloe, though not quite 100%. Of course, if I were 100%, I'd be the best wrestler in the world. (pauses, looks up) Oh, wait! (looks at Chloe with a smile, lowers arm) I am.

PSW Madhouse Episode 2 - Roger Evans (c) vs Hotaru Ishikawa

Various crewmen come down to the ring, setting down or setting up tables all around the ring. The two combatants, now both no longer wearing their respective shirts and accessories, take their corners.

 A.B.: If you’re just joining us, Hotaru Ishikawa has challenged the inaugural Crimson King, Roger Evans, to a tables match!

Dominga: A horrible mistake will be corrected tonight. The Lord truly works in mysterious ways.  

 A.B.: As you can see, the ring is now surrounded by tables. The danger is ever-present. 

Shamoon: You think that stuff Ishikawa said was true? About getting replaced in the Crimson Cage fatal-4-way at Ascension?

A.B.: I'm sure he'd love to believe that. 

Dominga: He wouldn't have said it if it wasn't true. In fact, I have it on good authority that he was in the running before this idiot got handed the spot. (sighs) Will this beautiful sport ever be free of backstage politics and nepotism?

Shamoon: Tell me YOU aren't complaining about nepotism?