FIVE STAR CHAMPIONSHIP: NATE COLTON (c) VS. ANNA DANIELS
Vince Howard: The following match is one fall… and is for the FIVE STAR CHAMPIONSHIP!
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Nick Stuart: Oh man, our next match is going to be one for the ages.
Richard Parker: You’ve got that right. Nate Colton will be defending his Five Star Championship for the first time since he won it at Colossus in December.
Nick Stuart: And he’s got a challenger that he’s faced before.
Richard Parker: Correct! October 21st at ReVival 17 saw these two compete with Colton managing to pick up the victory that evening.
NIck Stuart: Will history repeat itself? Or will Daniels learn from her errors in that match and cut Colton’s reign as Five Star Champion short? Let’s find out as we go back to Vince Howard.
Fans in the arena begin to rise to their feet.
Vince Howard: Introducing first…
The entire area fades to black, causing the PRIMEates in attendance to steadily come to a hush. After a moment, the beginning guitar notes of Solid Space’s “A Darkness In My Soul” begin. Nothing comes on the PRIME*view to note exactly who is coming out. Suddenly, a spotlight pierces through the dark pointed to the top on the entrance ramp. Anna Daniels stands there, her profile positioned towards the light. She lets it wash over her while letting the fans get a good look at the merchandise. Finally, she glances at the ring with a small smirk on her face.
As The Muse takes her time heading to the ring, she wistfully observes the goings on around her as if getting into a certain type of groove that only she can hear. Her strolling sways almost like she’s dancing from time to time. Her robe and headpiece–once more regal and dazzling artifacts from her homeplanet–are in various stages of disrepair and utter damage. Anna slaps a hand or two, nods a little to those in attendance. Once ringside, she motions for somebody to take the robe and headpiece which when taken nearly make the poor sap fall over.
She makes her way to the stairs and slinks along the apron, whiping her feet before entering the ring. Immediately after, she nearly chases off the ref in a suddenly blur of action before smiling yet again. Casually, she strolls to a corner with her head bopping before perching herself onto the top rope laid out like a French girl people like to paint.
Vince Howard: Hailing from Mount Perdition, Gallifrey… she is THE MUSE! ANNA! DANIELS!
Nick Stuart: You have to imagine she is salivating at this chance here tonight.
Richard Parker: Her last match was against Brandon Youngblood, which ended in a draw. No small feat.
Nick Stuart: Definitely not.
Vince Howard: And her opponent…
A classic rock riff signals the beginning of “Tryin'” by the Eagles, and the fans give out a raucous cheer. Moments later, Nate Colton emerges from the curtain. He holds his arms up high, showing off his blue satin jacket–his family name emblazoned on the back; his first name stitched on the front. He also shows off the Five Star Championship, currently secured around his waist.
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Nate walks quickly to the ring, making sure to high five any fans who reach toward him. He climbs the steps, ducks between the top and middle ropes, and enters the ring. He heads directly to his corner and undoes his jacket, showing off his gear–white trunks that reach his upper thigh with a blue stripe down the side, white boots with blue trim, white MMA gloves, and blue elbow and knee pads. After handing his jacket to a ring attendant and unfastening the title belt, he makes another appeal to the fans–this time, holding the Five Star Championship high above his head.
He hands the belt to referee Ashley Barlow and heads to his corner, where he stretches against the ropes and mentally prepares for his challenger.
Vince Howard: Hailing from Evansville Indiana…weighing in at two-hundred fifty-five pounds…he is the Next Diamond! He is the PRIME Five Star Champion! He is…NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE! COOOOOOOOOOOOOOLTON!
Richard Parker: There are opponents that are warm-ups and there are opponents that should put fear in your heart. Anna Daniels is the latter.
Nick Stuart: No kidding and from the look in his eyes, he realizes that and is ready for the fight for his life.
Ashley Barlow gives her final set of instructions to both competitors before signaling for the start of the match.
DING DING
At the sound of the bell, Colton roars out of the corner and Daniels manages to catch him with a spinning back elbow to the jaw that stops Nate dead in his tracks. Anna then grabs Nate’s arm and hip tosses him into the corner. Colton lands hard on his lower back and makes his way back up to his feet only to be met with a springboard enziguri to the back of his skull that causes him to stumble forward, dazed beyond all belief. Anna bounces back to her feet, plants her foot into Colton’s midsection, hooks both of his arms and lifts him into the air into the double underhook brainbuster!
Nick Stuart: NO WAY! ONCOMING STORM FROM ANNA DANIELS!
Richard Parker: Nate Colton may have just lost his title in the span of ten seconds! This would be a shocker to put it lightly!
Having completed the Oncoming Storm, Anna rolls Colton over quickly and hooks both legs as Ashley Barlow slides in to begin her count.
ONE!
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TWO!
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THRE– NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Richard Parker: Nate’s shoulder shot UP just the moment before Barlow’s hand hit the mat. I can’t believe it!
Nick Stuart: Nate Colton may not know where he is currently and Anna Daniels is wasting no time as she bounces back up to her feet and is hunting down her prey.
Colton rolls onto his knees, his eyes glassy, and pushes himself up to his feet. As he turns towards Anna, she runs at him and goes for a Brazilian Kick onto the Five-Star Champion, but Nate drops to his back and rolls out of the ring, realizing that things would get far worse for him if he took that move.
Nick Stuart: Colton needs a breather and Ashley Barlow is beginning her count.
Richard Parker: Just count him out and let’s move on with our night.
Nick Stuart: Oh calm down. We just got started.
Richard Parker: And Colton is already cooked! Save us the headache and let’s move on with it.
With Barlow up to a three count, Colton places his hands on his hips and shakes his head. He looks into the ring and Anna Daniels is against the far set of ropes, down on one knee, and her eyes remain unmoving. Her prey is in her sight and there is nothing that is going to change that. Barlow gets up to a five count and Colton takes a deep breathe in before he hops onto the ring apron and slowly re-enters the ring, Daniels inching closer as he does. Daniels then rushes at him and Colton side steps her, pushing her into the ropes before spinning around and mowing her down with a clothesline that sends Daniels crashing to the mat.
Richard Parker: Well, that’s a step in the right direction.
Nick Stuart: That it is and it is something that Colton didn’t realize he sorely needed, but he really did.
Daniels doesn’t stay down for long though as she bounces back up and Nate catches her with a stiff kick to the midsection before planting her in the middle of the ring with a vertical suplex. Anna sits up, almost more machine than human, and gets back up to her feet only for Colton to be running full speed at her and connects with a flying crossbody that sends both crashing to the mat.
Neither competitor is content with staying on the mat though as they both get back up to her feet. Daniels rushes at Colton again only for Nate to connect with a hip toss of his own, but she manages to land on her feet. She fires back with a mule kick, but Colton manages to bend back far enough to dodge the impact, grabs her foot and flips her forward where she lands on her feet and goes for a roundhouse kick, but Nate blocks it!
Nick Stuart: What intense fighting from these two as Colton seems to have recovered nicely, but Daniels is keeping the pressure up and refusing to give Nate an inch.
Richard Parker: That’s what you have to do with these Coltons. Keep the pressure up and eventually they will crack.
Nick Stuart: What are you talking about? They live for pressure.
Richard Parker: His Daddy did, but what do we really know about Nate?
Nick Stuart: That he hasn’t lost!
Richard Parker: Okay, maybe you have me there.
Nate spins Daniels around after blocking her kick and slams his forearm into her shoulder blades. Anna arches her back in pain as Nate pushes her into the corner hard, knocking the wind out of Daniels, and then spins her around before whipping her into the corner and follows it up with a running splash in the corner. Anna stumbles out of the corner and Colton bounces off the ropes, connecting with a running bulldog that plants her in the middle of the ring. Nate pushes himself back up to his feet and grabs Daniels by the back of her head before pulling her up and putting her into a rear chinlock.
Nick Stuart: You have to love how much a student of the game Nate is. He has that locked in perfectly and you can read the discomfort in Anna’s eyes.
Richard Parker: You call that discomfort, I call that her plotting how to remove his head from the rest of his body simply for touching her.
Nate re-adjusts his hold as Barlow checks on Anna who shoots her a look that if Ashley asks again if she wants to submit that her tongue will be dislodged from her mouth. Ashley backs up as Anna begins to push herself up while Nate continues to hold onto her. Daniels then slams her elbow into his midsection, driving the air out of Nate, but he manages to hold on, pulling her back into him. She then wraps her arms around Colton’s midsection and connects with a side suplex that drops Colton hard on the back of his head.
Richard Parker: Gotta love that Daniels refuses to stop fighting at any moment.
Nick Stuart: She’s going to give Colton a run for his money, win or lose. Colton will feel like he loses even if he wins based on the fire that Daniels is exhibiting tonight.
Colton grabs the ropes and pulls himself back up, but as he does, Daniels catches him with a knife-edge chop across the chest. Nate doubles over in pain, but then slams his knee into Daniels midsection and connects with a gutwrench powerbomb in the middle of the ring, pressing up on his toes and pinning Daniels’ legs back as Barlow begins the count.
ONE!
TWO!
TH– NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Nick Stuart: And Daniels with the kickout! Colton starting to pull out some bigger moves to hopefully slow Daniels down.
Richard Parker: He needs to do something, because she is looking like someone basically possessed. There is no quit in her.
The Five-Star Champion reaches down and pulls Daniels up to her feet, but as she reaches a vertical base, she connects with an uppercut that stuns Colton, pushing him into the ropes. She them slams her boot into his midsection repeatedly before whipping him into the ropes. She then runs after him and Colton stops after bouncing off the ropes, turns towards Daniels, who connects with a springboard headscissors that sends him flying out of the ring. He stumbles back to his feet as Daniels runs full speed at him and dives through the middle rope and top rope, launching herself at Colton only for the champion to sidestep and she collides into the barricade.
BOOM!
Richard Parker: Holy hell. Her body just crashed against the ringside barricade as if she was a car going ninety into a wall on I-4!
Nick Stuart: That… is going to hurt.
Richard Parker: Understatement of the year right there.
Colton, a little extra fire in his step now, drags Daniels off the ground and lifts her into the air, dropping her throat first across the barrier. Daniels launches backwards on impact, grabbing her sternum as she can feel the pain shooting through every inch of her body. Colton yanks her to her feet and whips her into the steel stairs, Daniels knees colliding with them and flipping her upside down onto the middle step. She groans in pain as she rolls and falls onto the bottom step before Colton walks over, drags her back to her feet, and slams his knee into her midsection before connecting with a vertical suplex and her back colliding against the ringside apron.
Richard Parker: Well, this is a Nate Colton I could get behind.
Nick Stuart: Calm down over there. Colton hasn’t become your new favorite bad boy. He’s just giving Daniels every bit that she has given to him.
Richard Parker: Well, that’s too bad.
Colton then grabs Daniels and rolls her into the ring before following after her. He then bounces off the ropes and drops an elbow across her sternum, worsening the pain Anna is feeling. Nate then bounces off the ropes off the ropes again, this time dropping his left knee across her sternum before rolling back to his feet. Anna rolls over to her knees, coughing in pain as Colton walks over and puts her into a side headlock, wrenching his arms around her skull and applying pressure. Daniels slams her forearm into his lower back before pushing him off into the ropes where he bounces off of them and slams his shoulder into her chest, sending her back to the mat.
Richard Parker: Daniels needs to get out of this power match with Colton if she wants a chance to get back into this match.
Nick Stuart: She went from being in control, hitting an Oncoming Storm at the outset of this match, and Nate has managed to find his way back to being in control and looking steady while doing so.
Richard Parker: You just know these two are going to rip the flesh off one another and there’s no telling if they won’t take more than that.
Nick Stuart: Gross.
Colton then bounces off the ropes, but Daniels hops back up to her feet and catches him in the face with a knee that sends him stumbling back into the ropes. Daniels rushes at Colton and bounces up the ropes before slamming her knee into Colton’s face again. Nate stumbles away from the ropes, clutching his face, and Daniels bounces off the ropes and connects with a front flip into a cutter that lays Colton out in the center of the ring. She flips Nate over and goes for the cover only for Colton to pull him into an inside cradle pin!
ONE!
TWO!
TH– NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Nick Stuart: Daniels thought she’d caught Colton, but Nate managed to catch her off guard there!
Richard Parker: Yeah, not what Daniels was expecting in the least bit after nearly re-arranging all of Colton’s face!
Nick Stuart: He’d better keep his head on his shoulders or he will find bones broken.
Both competitors are scrambling to their feet with Daniels catching Colton with a knife-edge chop that stops him dead in his tracks. Anna yanks down Colton’s arm from his chest and fires off with another one that causes Nate to fire back with a forearm of his own. This drops her to one knee and Colton bounces off the ropes only for Anna to spring up and connect with a hurricanrana, pinning his legs in the process.
ONE!
TWO!
TH– NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Nick Stuart: And Anna almost caught Colton there!
Richard Parker: I don’t think Colton saw that one coming at all.
Nick Stuart: Definitely not and it almost bit him in the ass for it!
Anna bounces back up to her feet and catches Colton with a stiff kick to the midsection. Nate stumbles backwards and Anna rushes at him only for Colton to catch her and lifts her into the air, dropping her throat first across the top rope. She clutches her throat as Nate then spins her around and connects with a German Suplex that lands her on the back of her head and she flips onto her stomach, heavy breathing and eyes closed.
Colton fights back to his feet, grabs Daniels by the back of her skull, and whips her into the ropes before planting her in the middle of the ring with a spinebuster that shakes the ring. Nate then grabs both of Daniels legs and begins to turn like he’s looking for a Boston Crab, but Daniels pulls him into her and into a small package!
ONE!
TWO!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Richard Parker: One of these times, Anna is going to get Colton.
Nick Stuart: Colton is being caught by surprise here by Anna’s refusing to go down as she continues to find small pockets to throw him off guard and nearly pick up a victory.
Richard Parker: And the Five-Star Championship to boot.
Colton, having kicked out from the small package, sits and looks at Anna. Even dazed, she has a slight smile on her face and begins to sit up as well. Nate cocks his head to the side before pushing himself back up to his feet, his knuckles digging into the canvas. He motions for Anna to get up and she does so, bouncing between the balls of her feet. Nate motions for Anna to kick him and she is more than happy to do so, but Colton catches her boot and connects with a dragon screw leg whip!
Nick Stuart: And Colton with a little bit of his own medicine for Daniels.
Richard Parker: You can see that Anna has been battered in this fight, but even still, there is a slight smile on her face as she lies on the mat, looking up at Colton.
Nick Stuart: She’s not normal, not in the least bit.
Richard Parker: Only because she likes to kick people in the head. I call that healthy if you ask me.
Anna now is the one pushing herself up to her feet and ducks a running clothesline from Colton who then bounces off the ropes. Anna then connects with a Pele kick that lands squarely on the crown of the approaching Five-Star Champion, which sends him crashing to the mat, clutching his head. Anna is quick to her feet as she plants boot after boot into the chest of her opponent.
She then reaches down and pulls Nate off of the mat, pushes him into the ropes and whips him across the ring before connecting with a picture perfect dropkick that puts Colton back on the mat. Daniels hops back to her feet, bounces off the ropes, steps over Colton, and then nails a springboard moonsault on the unmoving champion.
Richard Parker: This is where she’s dangerous. She’s inventive, she thinks outside of the box–
Nick Stuart: That’s an understatement.
Richard Parker: — and she is relentless. She loves exacting pain and there’s something about the group of Colton and Youngblood that she relishes extracting her ten pounds of flesh in the process.
Nick Stuart: Look at you, paying attention to the match.
Richard Parker: I’ve never been more afraid of someone kicking me in the head passing by in catering than her.
Daniels grabs Colton by the back of the skull and pulls him off the mat before going to whip him into the ropes. He reverses it though and sends her flying before leap frogging her. As she flies back towards him off the opposite set of the ropes, he goes for an arm drag, but she lands on her feet and connects with a spinning heel kick to his midsection. Anna then puts Colton into an abdominal stretch, slamming forearm after forearm into his exposed rib cage until Colton goes for an arm drag on Daniels only for Anna to land on her feet a second time and connects with an arm drag of her own that sends Nate to the mat.
Nick Stuart: Anna is using every bit of her athletic ability here and is catching Nate each and every time that she does.
Richard Parker: There is something graceful about the face Daniels is able to contort her body and land on her feet.
Nick Stuart: You are that scared of her kicking you, aren’t you?
Richard Parker: You have no idea.
Nate is quick back up to his feet and Anna is ready for him, going for an arm drag only for Colton to block it, lock both of her arms to pull her into him and headbutts her, causing her to stumble backwards from the shot. Anna rushes back at Colton, shooting for his legs, but Nate manages to stuff it and presses her into the mat, stretching her out at the same time. Daniels, not liking the pressure Colton is putting on her, finds the space to spin onto her back, but Colton is ready for her as he rolls with her and grabs her arm before pulling her up and placing a knee into her shoulder blade while twisting her wrist.
She struggles up to her feet and Nate immediately puts her into a hammerlock, but Daniels reaches behind with her opposite arm and connects with a snapmere over her shoulder and puts Colton on the mat. Nate is fast to his feet though and as he reaches his vertical base, Daniels sweeps the legs out from under him. She then connects with a standing swanton onto Colton and with her back on his torso, he wraps his arms around her torso and bridges before spinning and pulling her up to her feet and connecting with a gutwrench slam in the center of the ring.
Richard Parker: These two are starting to put on a back-and-forth clinic that is stretching and testing their opponents abilities.
Nick Stuart: You can tell these two have studied one another immensely since their last meeting and neither one of them is willing to give an inch to the other.
Colton drags Anna up by her arm and whips her forcefully into the corner, her back connecting with the turnbuckles.
BANG!
Her body drops from the sheer impact and power with which Nate put into his whip. Colton walks over and begins to pull Daniels up to her feet, but Anna fires back with a stiff punch to the midsection that slows Colton down, but Nate is quick to the attack as he grabs her wrist and whips her across the ring. He runs after her, but Daniels runs up the corner, and springboards off the adjacent ropes into a moonsault, but Colton catches her in midair and hotshots her onto the top turnbuckle!
Daniels’ jaw bounces off the top turnbuckle and she stumbles into the waiting arms of Colton who lifts her up and crotches her onto the top turnbuckle. He then begins to climb up with her only for Anna to connect with a few back elbows that catches Colton by surprise. Anna then stands up on the top turnbuckle and uses the ring post to steady her as she turns around. Colton, on the middle turnbuckle, begins to climb up to the top turnbuckle, but Anna stops him in his tracks as she lunges at him with a lariat that flips Colton inside out and sends both tumbling back into the ring.
Nick Stuart: These two are going to kill themselves if they’re not careful. Both are throwing all the caution into the wind and some of ours to boot.
Richard Parker: I would like mine back. I might need it if Anna hunts me down backstage.
Nick Stuart: Nate Colton, in his first defense of his Five-Star Championship, is definitely getting a run for his money!
Daniels makes her way to her feet, slowly, and drags Colton up with her. She then puts him in a front face lock, but before she can connect with a suplex, Colton slams fist after fist into her rib cage. He then grabs her by the wrist and whips her into the corner only for Daniels to explode back out of the corner and connects with a running lariat that puts him back on the mat. Colton gets back up to his feet quickly and is quickly put down again with another running lariat from Daniels. Colton refuses to stay down though and Daniels rushes at him for another lariat, but Nate ducks underneath it. Daniels runs into the rope and as Colton turns around, he connects with an overhead belly to belly suplex that sends her flying across the ring.
Daniels somehow stumbles back up to her feet after the suplex, finding herself in the corner as she tries to gather herself. Colton runs at her and connects with a step up enziguri! Daniels stumbles out of the corner, dazed while Colton hops onto the middle turnbuckle. Anna turns back towards Colton and as she does, he leaps towards her and connects with a tornado DDT that plants Anna in the middle of the ring. Colton wastes no time as he goes for the cover, hooking the leg in the process.
ONE!
TWO!
TH– NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Richard Parker: Wow wow wow.
Nick Stuart: Words are escaping us simply because these two have been in the ring for a hot minute and are throwing everything at one another they can possibly come up with.
Richard Parker: Colton almost got that one. If Daniels isn’t careful, she might find herself on the losing end tonight of an effort that is definitely worthy of a victory.
Colton is back up to his feet first and Daniels isn’t far behind her, though she is wobbly and clearly exhausted. Colton connects with a forearm and goes for a vertical suplex, but Daniels manages to slip behind him and lands on the ring apron. Colton spins around and is caught a rise-up knee strike to the face that causes him to stumble backwards. As Nate moves forward, Daniels connects with a slingshot spear that flattens Colton out! Anna then goes for the cover.
ONE!
TWO!
THR— NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Daniels looks at Barlow, shaking her head before she pushes herself up, every muscle in her body yelling in protest. She grabs Colton and pulls him up before pushing him into the corner and connects with a knife-edge chop before hoisting him onto the top turnbuckle. She follows behind him only for Colton to fire back with a few stiff jabs. Anna brushes them off and fires back with a series of fists to the crown of Colton’s head before she tries to lift him up onto the top turnbuckle with her.
Colton manages to slip out behind her though. He comes back towards Daniels, who catches him with a back kick to the jaw. She then leaps backwards, looking for a Stunner, but Colton manages to catch her in midair and connects with a backstabber, flipping Daniels onto her stomach and in a world of pain.
Nick Stuart: Anna Daniels, a worthy competitor, is finding herself in a very difficult position right now.
Richard Parker: These two continue to find slivers of daylight in their moves and are capitalizing on it in a big way. It’s only a matter of time until a mistake really puts them out for the count.
Nate makes his way back up to his feet and brings Daniels up with her, but she manages to slam her forearm repeatedly into his face. With the champion stunned, Anna sizes him up and goes for a Brazilian Kick, but Colton manages to block it, spinning Daniels around in the moment. With the opening available to him, Colton applies the Cobra Clutch on Anna before connecting with the Cobra Clutch Suplex!
Nick Stuart: COLTON CLUTCH SUPLEX! IS THAT IT?!
Richard Parker: Anna looks OUT!
Nick Stuart: This is not how she wanted her night to end, but I don’t know if she will be able to come back from this.
Colton then goes for the cover as Barlow begins her count.
ONE!
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TWO!
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THREEEEEEEEEEEEE!
DING DING DING!
Colton rolls off of Daniels, his chest heaving, but victorious when it mattered the most.
Vince Howard: Your winner… and STILL! FIVE STAR CHAMPION! NATE! COLTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!
Nick Stuart: What a hell of a match there between those two!
Richard Parker: You have to imagine these two will meet in the ring again one day very soon and the outcome could very well be different.
Nick Stuart: No kidding. Anna has nothing to feel bad about, even though I imagine she’s going to scrutinize over every moment in this match.
Richard Parker: Any wrestler worth their salt will do that and Anna is definitely one of them!
Colton makes his way up to his feet and is handed the Five-Star Title, which he hoists over his head to thunderous applause from the crowd gathered in Orlando, Florida.
Nick Stuart: He better keep his eyes open though, because he’s got a snake slithering in the garden and that snake is none other than Tyler Adrian Best.
Richard Parker: Oooh, say his name again.
Nick Stuart: …no. We heard from Best right before this match and he has his eyes set upon Nate Colton, which should be a doozy of a match.
Richard Parker: That it should, but let’s head backstage where I hear we have… Tony Gamble? This should be interesting.
We then cut backstage.