HAW Lockup theme played to start the show, and already in the ring were Joslyn Sky, RPG, Cambria Moorcraft, Darya Yashin, and Dina Darzi, pumping the crowd up to get excited..

Eve Solace: Welcome to HAW Lockup! We come to you tonight from San Francisco, and we have an enormous main event! A four on four match with the women in End of the Trail’s main event! Kherti Bhakta, Bethany Watts, Elena Dubois, and Penny Downs will take on Sekino, Cate Stiles, Nadine Reza-Darzi, and Sally Larkin!

Athena: But it looks like these VCW wrestlers have something to say before we get to some action!

Joslyn Sky: Hello everyone. Joslyn Sky here, and some of you may not know who we are. We have all wrestled in VCW this year. We’ve all crossed paths. Myself, RPG, Darya and Cambria even fought a title match that I won, but hey, I digress. And frankly, we were just a little sick of how some of these so called “veterans” have been handling things. I’ve been wrestling longer than these veterans, so I think it’s about time we shut them up.

RPG: VCW was a great time, it was a launching pad, just like the first area in a video game. But what we saw on HAW was these people basically griefing the wrestlers and spawn camping the rest.

Cambria Moorcraft: And here we are. We stepped up. We put aside differences…for now. We don’t want HAW to be about sneak attacks and cheating. We want it to be about the best wrestlers.

Darya Yashin: We challenge you all to a match next week at End of the Trail. The five of us, against Moonlight, Alicia McCarthy, Maisie Lane, Makayla Wren, and Ivy Clarke. Tak vykhodite na ring... i vstret'tes' s nami. Togda my s udovol'stviyem razorvyom vas na kuski! 

Dina Darzi: I uhh, don’t know how to top that. And maybe I’m not as interconnected with these four as they all are but…I saw something last week. A chance to do good. I didn’t feel right giving up my spot at End of the Trail, and I didn’t feel right watching these four get beat up. So, count me in as part of this 5!

The group waited, and eventually their rivals came to the top of the ramp.

Moonlight: This is all so nice and rehearsed. Bravo on everyone’s first promos! Yay! Good job! But guess what ladies. We don’t really need that match next week, or want it. So challenge NOT accepted!

The crowd began to boo, until Delilah popped up on the jumbotron.

Delilah: Moonlight, I hear what you’re saying. It is perfectly fine for you to come out and decline a challenge. But, it will not be fine if you don’t show up for a contractually obligated match. So whether you decline or not, next week at End of the Trail, it’s a 5 on 5 single pinfall match, Veterans vs Rookies! Good luck!

The veterans shouted to the rookies in the ring trash talking them, but the rookies had enough. They left the ring and ran up the ramp, as the veterans fled and the rookies chased them off.

Athena: That is a HUGE match next week. 

Eve Solace: It definitely seemed to be building to that and it’s now official! But ladies and gentlemen, there is still more action to our show tonight, including our first match!

Jenna Ingram made her way down to the ring, accompanied by Stable members Zoey Chamber and Hazel Glover. Her opponent was Daisy Fields, who had Maple Blossom by her side.

Athena: Zoe and Hazel defeated Daisy and Maple to become number one contenders, and now it’s some singles action for the third member of the Stable!

Jenna started off the match determined and furious, tackling Daisy and wailing away on punches. Jenna was dominating Daisy, and though Daisy tried her best to fight back, couldn't muster a comeback, and the match ended in 4:12 when Jenna applied a Lotus Lock and Daisy tapped.

At that point, Crystal Cyclone and Rachel ran down the ramp. They slid in the ring getting ready to use their titles as weapons, but Jenna clotheslined both. As they got up, she tossed both Solo Girls out of the ring as Zoe and Hazel came to check on her. Jenna looked at her fellow partners and the camera picked up the conversation.

Jenna Ingram: I beat her in half the time it took you guys to beat her. And I dealt with the two of them in seconds. You can do it. You NEED to beat those two and win the titles! Show them who’s boss!

Hazel and Zoey both nodded with a look of determination in their eyes, seemingly ready for anything a now retreating Crystal and Rachel could throw at them.

Backstage, Sabrina Nova was ready to speak to the camera.

Sabrina Nova: Last year, I got attacked, and one of the people that helped me…was Sophie Lester. This “marauder” looked to have a tough interior but a soft spot inside. And I trusted her, and befriended her and…I was made a fool of. I lost us a tag match, and I learned that once I was of no use to her, she just tossed me to the side. That hurt. That hurt more than any injury I ever sustained. But here’s the thing, like the old song goes, I get knocked down, but I get back up again. Sophie, you also made a mistake. You didn’t put me down permanently. So now I’m back, and I’m going to win the HAW National Championship next week at End of the Trail! Good luck.

Back at ringside, it was time for the main event. The two teams of four entered, first Kherti Bhakta, Bethany Watts, Elena Dubois, and Penny Downs, and then Nadine Reza-Darzi (accompanied by Nazir), Sekino, Cate Stiles, and Sally Larkin.

The match started off simply enough, and all the competitors started to get their signature moves in. However things eventually took a turn. Dubois and Downs had both been hurt and were kneeling on the apron recovering, and Kherti needed to make a tag. Watts had her hand out for the tag, but Kherti reached for Dubois and tagged her in.

Watts was shocked at this, and as Dubois got into the ring, Watts tagged herself in and pushed Dubois aside. Kherti was annoyed at this and had some words with Watts, and then the team members came to blows.

Dubois and Downs got into the ring to separate them, and with all four members in, this brought out the opposing team. It turned into a complete brawl, team members facing both “allies” and the opposition, with only Nadine staying outside the ring with husband.

In the chaos, finishers were exchanged between all the women, knocking everyone down, until finally Watts hit a Backbreaker on Kherti Bhakta, as the last woman standing. That is until Nadine ran into the ring and delivered the Half Nelson Suplex to Watts, and quickly covered her to pick up the win for her team in 13:31.

Nazir rushed to the ring and lifted Nadine onto his shoulders, parading her around the ring against all the fallen wrestlers.

Eve Solace: Nadine picks up the opportune win, and that may be all she needs to do at End of the Trail! One quick Half Nelson Suplex and she can be the winner of Destroy All Wrestlers! Thank you for tuning into Lockdown this year, and we’ll see you next week at End of the Trail!

HAW Throwdown began with the Samurais of Power arriving to the arena. As they got out of their car, they were quickly approached by Handsome Harvey Allison and Strawberry Bates Hill.

Harvey Allison: Samurais! Champs! Listen up, I have an idea for you. Us two…versus you two…at End of the Trail! How about that?

Trickshot: Why?

Ozzie Reagan: Yeah dude, you need to back this up.

Harvey Allison: Back it up?! Back it up?! I’m a former-

Harvey took a deep breath to regain his composure.

Harvey Allison: I am a former World Champion, and a National Champion! Isn’t that…honorable? To fight someone of my pedigree?

Sensei Onaga: Team Sentinel had a good victory last week. But maybe with a win yourself, we might choose you.

Harvey Allison: But we don’t have any opponents!

Behind them, a car blared on its horn, and out came Mayor Briggs, The United States and Bigg Pimpin’ Alex.

Mayor Briggs: Ey mates! I heard you fellas talking about a tag title match, eh? Now Samurais, look here. Way I see it, it should be you guys vs Me and The United States! Think of the pedigree of facing someone like us!

Harvey Allison: I already said that!

Sensei Onaga: City Council, if you want a match, maybe you should win a match.

Mayor Briggs: Yeah? And who are we fighting?!

The Samurais glanced at Allison and Hill, then Briggs and the United States, until it finally clicked for those two teams.

Mayor Briggs: Oy we gotta get on the show. Move it!

Harvey Allison: Us first!

With that, the four wrestlers took off running.

Back in the arena, Harvey Allison’s music began to play, until Briggs burst out of the curtain first and his music started. Hill then tackled him but the United States raced to the ring and got in first, then celebrated in victory. Briggs, Hill, and Allison finally made it to the ring, then looked at each other confused as the unofficial race was not a match. Referee Dillon Bartos ran down to the ring, and called for the bell to begin the matchup.

Edward Findleton: Welcome to HAW Lockup from Sacramento, California, and this is a fast start to the show.

THE Casey Gains: These Samurais have everyone jumping through hoops to face them. Disgraceful!

The match was back and forth, with each team trying to out-cheat the other. Eventually, Briggs and Allison made their way out of the ring to brawl, with referee Dillon Bartos following to get them back into the ring. As they got near the barricade, Briggs grabbed the lemonade of a nearby fan and flung it at Allison, but most of it got in Dillon’s eyes.

With Bartos blind, Briggs quickly kicked Allison square in the groin, then tossed him into the ring. Briggs hit a Half and Half Suplex to Allison, and Bartos stumbled into the ring and counted to three in 7:24.

As Briggs and the United States celebrated their victory, referee Tom Hunter came running down. He spoke to Dillon Bartos, pointing to the downed Allison and making a kicking motion. Bartos then went over to ring announcer Bradley Wallace.

Bradley Wallace: After clarification, the outcome of the match has been reversed. The winners via disqualification, Strawberry Bates Hill and Harvey Allison!

A still hurting Allison was on the ground, his face red and rolling in pain, as Hill climbed the ropes and celebrated. A frustrated Briggs and United States argued, but to no avail.

Edward Findleton: Well it looks like Allison and Hill got their win! Maybe the Samurais of Power will choose them!

THE Casey Gains: A wins a win, and there was eye gouges and hair pulling but…something tells me the Samurais of Power aren’t going to see this victory in a positive light.

Backstage, Fun Fight Machine knocked on a door, and entered a room that had Georgios Stanellis and Kitty Kayleen.

Georgios Stanellis: You have a lot of nerve to come in here. 

Fun Fight Machine: I am aware.

Georgios Stanellis: Are you also aware that now we have to do a three way match at End of the Trail?! I could have easily beaten Phoenix, but now  you’ll do something weird and screw it up for me!

Fun Fight Machine: I am aware of that stipulation too. It’s why I’ve come here. Phoenix is a good wrestler, but a dark man. I loathe the way he carries himself, and he should not call himself the National Champion. I have a proposal. At End of the Trail, we ally. We work together until he is out of the match, until he can’t compete. He brought this upon himself. Then, we fight it out, may the best man win.

Georgios Stanellis: Not a bad proposal. I’ll tell you what. I’ll ponder it…but right now, I’m thinking no. Because as much as I don’t like him, I don’t want you to squirm your way with some slimy victory.

Fun Fight Machine: Let me know next week. We can do this. Have a good day.

With that, Fun Fight Machine left the room. As he exited, he almost bumped into the Musclegang, but stopped just short.

Fun Fight Machine: Musclegang…I am glad to have wrestled all of you. If you are all on the same page, you can retire as winners. Good luck in the future.

Fun then walked away leaving Crash pondering.

Crash Musclegate: That’s what we need to do. We need to make sure we’re on the same page.

Frederic St. Pierre: I really think we are.

Crash Musclegate: No! We aren’t! Because Badger and Oden have never worked together. So I have a plan. Next week is Musclegang appreciation week, where we all have a match…but why not have Badger and Oden team together?

Lovable Liam: Ooh! Ooh! AND to make sure they're a good team, we sign them up for team building courses this week?!

Badger/Oden: NO!

Crash Musclegate: I like it! It’ll be so much fun! And then we’ll show a video montage of it on the air before your match!

Lovable Liam: I’ll start calling places! Let’s go!

Badger groaned and shook his hand, while Oden looked angry at Crash and Liam walked off. St. Pierre patted Oden on the back.

Frederic St. Pierre: Welcome back, big guy.

Edward Findleton: That’s right folks, you heard it, next week is MuscleGang appreciation night! But right now, it’s our main event!

Demon Lord Lenin May came out, accompanied by The Shadow Hand. His opponent was Leon Baron, who surveyed the outside of the ring where Horn, Webb, and Black all stood on different corners.

THE Casey Gains: May is probably the underdog, but with these three guys outside the ring, Baron has to be careful.

The match started, and May went right for an attack on Baron, but Baron was able to quickly repel him. Leon Baron started to take control, but the Shadow Hand would try and trip Baron up, or help May in whatever way they could. In the end it didn’t matter, as Leon Baron was able to hit the Canadian Destroyer and pin May in 5:48.

Baron immediately got up from the pin and looked outside the ring, ready for the Shadow Hand to come in. Webb motioned for them to all enter, and quickly a three on one assault took place. Baron fought as tough as he could, but eventually became overwhelmed. Peter “Carnage” Horn then picked up Leon Baron, and hit the Side Sitout Powerslam.

Horn then went for a mock cover, and Webb got down on the ground as a referee, but shocking the whole group, Baron kicked out before the three count could occur. Horn was furious, and quickly lifted Baron up, and hit a Side Sitout Powerslam, then lifted him again, and hit it a third time. He covered Baron, and Webb gave a very fast three count, then raised Horn’s hand up.

Edward Findleton: Well, Horn having his hand up, and being the champion, can very well happen in just two weeks at End of the Trail, especially if he’ll have The Shadow Hand’s help. Well folk, we’re out of time tonight, we’ll see you again in a week. Goodnight!

HAW Lockup theme played to start the show.

Eve Solace: Welcome to HAW Lockup in Seattle, Washington! Last week we found out about the eight competitors for Destroy All Wrestlers, and a surprising last minute entry with Nadine Reza-Darzi! We’ll find out what fallout happens there, as well as a tag match made tonight with Sabrina Nova and Molly McDonald vs The Marauder Sophie Lester and Monica Stone!

Athena: Before that, we’re getting a traditional singles match!

Ashley Cannonball came out to start the show with the first match, and her opponent was Ivy Clarke. Ivy Clarke didn’t wait for desperate times, but tried to cheat the whole match. She eventually succeeded when she pinned Ashley using the ropes as leverage on a pin, picking up the win in 6:01.

Athena: A solid win for Clarke there, she’s needed that after a fairly rough year!

As the ring cleared, The Solo Girls Crystal Cyclone and Rachel walked down to the ring, championships around their waist.

Crystal Cyclone: At End of the Tail, we are defending against Zoey Chambers and Hazel Glover, The Stable. We are also going to start accepting challengers for Season 10 of HAW because that match is going to be a walk in the park.

Rachel: It’s a tag team calling themselves a stable?

Crystal Cyclone: Exactly! See, they are a stable, because they have a third person, a deranged woman that will probably interfere in our match, attack us from behind in the following weeks. They act all happy and for the fans, when in reality, THEY are the problem!

The Stable had heard enough, and walked out to the top of the ramp.

Zoey Chambers: Hey, listen up! We are glad to face you, we WILL fight fair, and we WILL win. You know why? Because you aren’t focusing on Hazel and myself! So go along with pretending Jenna is a problem, because she is NOT involved in this match!

Crystal Cyclone: Oh, we are definitely planning to focus on the two of you. You can’t plan for a loose cannon.

Jenna looked like she wanted to go down to the ring, but Zoey held her back, while Hazel took a few steps back nervously. Jenna eventually calmed down.

Zoey Chambers: Say what you want. We’ll let our actions do our talking in two weeks.

With that, the Stable departed for the back.

The scene changed to just outside the arena. All eight women for Destroy All Wrestlers were on a stage for a large press conference, a group of fans and reporters all below them.

Juliet Sims: Hello folks! I’m here to welcome you to the official Destroy All Wrestlers press conference! Some of you have been pre-screened for question, let’s start!

Reporter1: My question is for Bethany Watts and Kherti Bhakta. The two of you did so well as a tag team earlier, but it looks like there’s been some tension. Do you think you may work together in this match?

Bethany Watts: No.

Kherti Bhaka: Bethany isn’t that great at giving sound bites, so let a professional help you out. There is absolutely NO chance that we work together. She is my number one target to eliminate. Because not only is she a great, amazing wrestler, she’s a stubborn pain in the you know what, and I’ll just stop now for the kids in the audience.

Juliet Sims: Great, we got a fan here next!

Fan2: Hey! You are all so cool! Umm, I want to ask Elena Dubois. Do you really have a shot at winning? Like you’ve got a bunch of world champions up here and-

Elena Dubois: What kind of question is that? Of course I do. Maybe you’re doubting me. Maybe these seven women are doubting me. I’ve defeated some of these women up here already. I can do it again. So I hope they underestimate me, because no one sees the dark horse coming.

Juliet Sims: Good answer! Next question!

Fan3: Penny Downs will you marry me?!

Penny Downs: Are you the World Title?

Fan3: Uh, no?

Penny Downs: Then get the hell out of here and pray I never see you again before I knock your head off.

Juliet Sims: Let’s get to a more professional source for our next question and please follow the script of pre-approved questions so you aren’t escorted out by security.

Reporter4: This is a bit of a three person question. There can be an argument that three of the most feared women in wrestling are in this match. Sekino, Cate Stiles, and of course Sally Larkin. We’ve seen ruthless energy and painful moments from all three women. What will you do differently in this match?

Sekino: Nothing. I will just hurt them all, until they can’t get up, and I win.

Sally Larkin: And I can say the same thing right back at you Sekino. You’re insane, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen you wrestle a deathmatch before.

Cate Stiles: THAT is the key difference. Sally Larkin and her death matches. She beats me in her specialty match. Well Sally, I’ve got some bad news for you. You won’t have light tubes or knives or whatever psychotic weapons you can think of. No bag of tricks, just your own power. That’s going to be your downfall.

Juliet Sims: I think we have time for one more question!

Reporter5: Nadine, you were a very late entry last week. Do you really think you can win this match, just your second match in HAW history?

Nadine Reza-Darzi: Of course I can! There is a very high likelihood that the world will be praising the name of the strongest family in wrestling and declaring us wrestling royalty. Now if my naive sister-in-law was here, that would be a different story. She’d easily be the first eliminated. But good for her on doing the right thing, and letting the better wrestler in the match.

Juliet Sims: And what a note to end on. We’re out of time, but we’ll throw this back to Eve and Athena at ringside for the next match!

The tag match was next, with Sabrina Nova and Molly McDonald coming out first, followed by Sophie Lester and Monica Stone.

Eve Solace: Last week Sabrina pinned Molly to become the number one contender for the National Championship, but Lester came down to attack, and a two on two fight broke out. Now, it’s going to get settled in this tag match!

Sabrina looked energetic in the match, Molly easily held her own, while Lester showed power and Monica wrestled in a more cowardly and cheating style. This allowed Nova to get a strong advantage over Stone, and went for the Springboard Knee Strike. Stone pulled referee Mira Levenberg in front of her, and the move hit both ref and wrestler knocking them down. Nova went for the cover but there was no ref to count. As referee Heidi O’Neill rushed down to the ring, Lester came into the ring and hit a Spinebuster on Nova. McDonald went for a save but also got a Spinebuster, and Lester pulled Stone on top of Nova.

O’Neill went for the three count, but Lester actually pulled Stone off. She picked her unconscious partner up, tagged herself in, and tossed Stone over the ropes, before hitting yet another Spinebuster on Nova, and pinning her in 9:55.

Athena: That’s some dominance by Lester there. That’s why she’s champion.

Eve Solace: I agree. Sabrina Nova is going to have her work cut out for her.

The ring cleared, and this time Moonlight, Alicia McCarthy, Makayla Wren with her mother Susan, and Maisie Lane all came down to the ring.

Moonlight: Ok, last week, we said we weren’t going to attack Joslyn Sky and RPG and…we did, ok, fine. But this week, we are calling out the four VCW wrestlers to have a real discussion. No sneak attacks. We promise. So come on out.

Joslyn Sky, RPG, Cambria Moorcraft, and Darya Yashin all made their way to the ring. They stood toe to toe with the other four wrestlers, but behind them, Ivy Clarke started to emerge from under the ring holding a kendo stick in each hand.

Moonlight: So we are not sneak attacking you…but we did find someone who would!

Clarke attacked them, and that was the moment the veterans jumped on the rookies. It was a 5 on 4 attack, and once again, the rookies were out numbered and needed help. But once again, help came. Dina Darzi ran down the ramp and joined the action.

Eve Solace: Dina Darzi! Fresh off the heartbreak of giving up her spot, she’s come to help!

The help caught the veterans by surprise, and Darzi managed to disarm Ivy and take the kendo sticks for herself. She hit Clarke, then Wren, then Lane. McCarthy and Moonlight bailed, and once again, the VCW rookies remained in the ring, hurting, but able to overcome the attacks as Moonlight and McCarthy paced back and forth frustrated before retreating.

Eve Solace: Well those rookies are looking solid. It’s not a group we would have ever expected to come together, but they’re working as one, and it looks like they’re ready to make the most of this HAW opportunity. We’re signing off for the night, but we’ll see everyone next week. Goodnight!