Volume I, Season IV

“A History of Violence”

Season Four
July 28th 2016 – December 19th 2016
30 Episode Season
Red Snow II finale

As Season four opens, VHS joins Monday Night Showcase as a second weekly episode.

On VHS:

The debut of VHS brought some new talent to the OSW roster and this talent competed in a tournament to become the inaugural VHS Champion. Betamax – a quirky brit with a big sense of humour was introduced as our Commissioner.

The Hardcore Championship was promptly stolen by Betamax, who went on to convince Errol Flint that VHS could use a secondary Championship. He called it the Rewind Championship and Jon Davenport a won a battle royal to become its holder.

Later that night, The Shark defeated Nyx in the VHS Tournament Final to become the inaugural VHS Champion and celebrated with his Asylum brethren, each of them a Champion.

In the meantime, we began seeing strange footage from many years ago in which a Luchador put his mask and identity on the line, despite his son requesting that he not.

Jon Davenport began to set himself away from the pack, looking more and more racist as the weeks went by and Pig stepped up to battle Shark for the VHS Championship.

When we return to the past, a son lambasts this father for losing the mask versus mask match and bringing shame to their family; his name? El Rojo. A later news report from that time revealed that the Luchador known as El Rojo had taken his own life. The boy? Betamax.

At VHS: Rebellion, Jon Davenport went toe to toe in a Ring King tournament match against Brent Kersh, successfully advancing with a little help from The Scarecrow who turned up after to kidnap Kersh, leaving the message ‘Say Goodbye to your heroes’ scrawled in blood on the canvas.

The Shark defeated Pig to retain his VHS Championship and Betamax was kidnapped by an unknown assailant, who tied him to a wooden table and questioned him on his past, demanding the truth before releasing him.

Back on VHS and that same assailant kidnapped Smiley, who interrupted Doubt’s kidnapping on Monday Night Showcase. Again, he pushed for truth, talking about the mask that Crowley hides behind.

The Reel King tournament is announced! Whilst Ring King may be dominated by the MNS roster, VHS will conduct its own tournament.

Before Fastlane, VHS Champion The Shark is taken captive, just like his Asylum team mates. This time, he’s told to pass a message to Hysteria that this person is coming for him.

The El Rojo story progresses, showing that Betamax felt deep sorrow for his role in his father’s death and shame. At the same time, The Reel King tournament begins and Tommy Hawk ‘the United States Champion’ came to VHS for a showdown with VHS Champion The Shark, that the US Champion won.

Tyler Brooks and Viktor North both progress to the finals of the Reel King tournament.

At the first ever VHS: Tapeover, Viktor North picking up a win over Tyler Brooks to become the Reel King. Meanwhile, The Shark continues to retain his VHS Championship, defeating Pig once more before The Dead debuts.

Ring King isn’t without VHS representation though as Jon Davenport loses his Ring King Semi-Final to Nigel Royal.

Betamax is taken on a strange journey to Mexico to understand his father. The Skull Splitter is crowned as Reel King and finds The Shark stood before him. It’s time for their war for the VHS title.

In Mexico, Betamax finds out that El Rojo held a legacy that even he didn’t know. Back on VHS, Tyler Brooks and Jon Davenport were violently battling towards a brutal conclusion.

Returning to London, Betamax’ exploration of his family continues, learning that he must fulfil the legacy left behind and continue his father’s work.

The second ever Game of Thrones Match occurs, this time between both Kings – Reel King Viktor North and Ring King Nigel Royal. North does the unthinkable and wins.

At VHS: House of Horror, Betamax understands that OSW is the foundation of everything. Everything comes back to OSW. Jon Davenport defeats Tyler Brooks but their brawl ends in Errol Flint reassigning them both to Monday Night Showcase. In the Main Event, Viktor North finally displaces The Shark as VHS Champion, winning the belt after an amazing encounter. Likewise, Betamax joins Flint at his own game and reassigns Jack Jeckel and Lazarus to VHS.

The Dead defeated Pig, Viktor North, Tyler Brooks, Stephanie Rose and Jon Davenport to win the Rewind Championship.

New competitor Thunk wins a battle royal to become the number one contender to Viktor North and his Championship.

At Supershow, Monday Night Showcase defeat VHS in a five on five that Neville Sheldon pins Lazarus to win. Jack Jeckel defends his Double Feature Championship against Chase Hero, only to lose it.

Jack Jeckel is led to believe that his brother Jake was murdered and Lazarus picks up a vital win over Viktor North – only for North to take that out on Thunk.

VHS: Damnation is unlike any show we’ve ever seen before, held hostage by an Elder Muslim and his maniacal monster of a hitman. Maaz Salah causes terror amongst the VHS roster as a SWAT team arrives to try and handle the situation. Viktor North somehow manages to retain his VHS Championship for a second time against Thunk, extending his reign. The show concludes with Betamax having cut a deal to allow Maaz and the Elder to escape.

The Rewind Champion; ‘The Dead’, battles Viktor North in a non-title Champion versus Champion match that he manages to win. Later, Lazarus defeats the competition to book a match with Viktor North for the title at Red Snow.

An interview by Stephanie Rose reveals that Errol Flint is being held for the murder of Jake Jeckel; a murder that he claims he was set up for by Lance Norman and Ethan Bird.

At Red Snow, the season finale, Lazarus defeats Viktor North to become the NEW VHS Champion.

On Monday Night Showcase:

Season Four of Monday Night Showcase begins with Errol Flint and Jake Jeckel together – one week after Jake Jeckel invaded on Mike Lane and Bruce Van Chan to become OSW Champion. Jake thinks Flint is the backer; the person screwing with him but finds out to the contrary that he’s not.

Jake boasted proudly at his accomplishment only to be cut off by Bobby Neptune, Bruce Van Chan and Mike Lane. Bruce announced that at Fallout, the Network had scheduled a Championship Match between all four.

Meanwhile, Flint finds out that ‘The Backer’ is the very same person The Network insider warned him about.

Lux Bellator and Solomon Rhodes find themselves at war, with Solomon declaring that he will punish and end him.

James Hunter makes it clear that he’s coming after Phoebe Outlaw and her girlfriend Danielle Kersh. He sends them a video tape that reminds them he’s coming.

The Scarecrow continues his mind games with Brent Kersh, allowing him to believe he may have been vanquished by The Silver Shroud and Alex Reese hunts former team mate and best friend Hysteria, searching for his wife.

The Hardcore Championship is stolen by Betamax.

Father Pedro joins Solomon Rhodes in his war against Lux Bellator, his former charge.

Hysteria shows Reese his wife Ursula in a brutal and dire situation, before putting a blade to her throat. After being beaten, stripped and having her legs broken, Alex swears to kill the monster that did this to her.

The week before Fallout, something strange happens to Bobby Neptune that leads him to violently and brutally attack Bruce Van Chan.

At Fallout itself, Brent Kersh defeats James Hunter, hoping to end his reign of torment. Lux Bellator defeats Solomon Rhodes and Pedro El Salvador, ending their lives only to resurrect Solomon, becoming Lazarus. Bellatorum was born. Alex Reese and Hysteria battle one last time, this time ending in catastrophe when Hysteria snapped his former best friends’ neck, killing him. In the Main Event, Jake Jeckel defended his title against Mike Lane due to injuries to Bobby Neptune and Bruce Van Chan, losing after Lance Norman arrived with Jack Jeckel in tow.

After all that, it turned out that Lance Norman – former IWF Chairman, was the secret backer.

On the very next show, an odd projection video appeared to play, revealing Luchador warriors that would fight in masks, offering their sacrifices to the Gods. These men would be all that came to stand in the way of good and evil. Their name? The Watchmen.

The war between two brothers began as Lance Norman delivered Jack Jeckel to OSW in order to make his nemesis, Jake Jeckel’s life a misery. The Ring King tournament also began and Brent Kersh was kidnapped by The Scarecrow, pleading with Mike Lane to be rescued.

Doubt was kidnapped by an unknown assailant, tied to a table and asked to speak the truth. Fortunately, he was rescued by Smiley.

Brent Kersh returns to the arena, costing Mike Lane a match against Jack Jeckel and then beating him up in the middle of the ring. He claimed The Scarecrow made him do it.

At Fastlane, a PPV dedicated to the Ring King victory of Mike Lane, The Scarecrow has Brent Kersh. He warns him that there’s an equilibrium in the world and that its time to say goodbye to your heroes. Kersh begs for his life, being buried alive by The Scarecrow.

Another projection video warned that there was always good and evil in the world and whilst the temple could never stop it, The Watchmen made their sacrifices, losing masks to appease the Gods. The Mask & Bones Society, on the other hand, still search for the temple to this day. The Watchmen were believed to be on standby.

Also at Fastlane, Ozric Mortimer was revealed to be the Nightmare torturing members of the Asylum in order to get to Hysteria. Kersh escaped the burying by Scarecrow but bore the wounds of his efforts. Mike Lane decides that Brent needs help and warns The Hayman that not all heroes are dead.

As Mike Lane finds out that his match with Tommy Hawk at Fastlane has left him severely injured, The Scarecrow arrives to make matters worse, attacking him. In the interim, Brent Kersh has had enough of being terrified and demands to be put in the match between Mike Lane and Scarecrow at Ring King. The Ring King tournament continues to build steam. Ozric Mortimer reveals that he has a reason for coming after Hysteria and that he’ll reveal it all in due time.

At Ring King, Mike Lane is asked to hand over his crown so that the winner can be coronated later tonight. He refuses, suggesting he’ll hand it to the winner himself. Ozric Mortimer meanwhile explains that he killed Hysteria’s family and for no other reason than he wanted to. He admits that his actions led to the creation of Hysteria, offering that he’s proud of what LH Harrison had become.

Errol Flint joined forces with Jack Jeckel to defeat Jake and fire him in the process and Mike Lane retained his OSW Championship over Brent Kersh and The Scarecrow.

Neville Sheldon defeats long term rival Rain, only to be attacked by The Awakening who had kidnapped his mother. Sheldon watches as his mother dies of a heart attack in the ring, right in front of him.

The show concludes with a Ring King final between Nigel Royal and Jon Davenport that Nigel wins. Mike Lane comes out to crown him Ring King, but instead shocks the world by re-joining The Awakening and taking Royal out with Red River Jack.

The Scarecrow’s torment of Brent Kersh continues in the Enforcers dreams, turning them to nightmares. Mike Lane explains that he’s The Shadow King, refusing to give up his throne or crown to Nigel Royal. Neville Sheldon holds a funeral for his mother, only to have it crashed by Red River Jack.

Sheldon refuses to lie down and take it; determined to return to OSW and fight Red River Jack. Jack says that although he didn’t intend to kill Sheldon’s mom, he’s glad he did because it proves to the world that Neville isn’t a hero. He’s only human.

Brent remains in very bad shape, a crash from the week before causing some serious damage. The Doctors claim that Kersh is suffering from PTSD, causing him to hallucinate and dream of The Scarecrow.

At Wrestling Noir, Brent Kersh is now in a padded cell after his diagnosis and brutal attacks on Doctors, The Scarecrow finally comes to see him. The Scarecrow admits that their paths were always set to cross and that they’ve always been intrinsically linked, going back generations. The Hayman had defeated many Kersh’ before finally coming to battle Brent.

Also at Wrestling Noir, Red River Jack wins a Ladder match to receive a World Championship opportunity. Only backstage, whilst this was happening, Neville Sheldon is found hung.

One week later, Errol Flint announces that Neville Sheldon had indeed passed away. We see the Kersh family history as his Great Grandfather Henry Kersh tried to outrun The Scarecrow and failed – but secured the life of his son, Jack, who went on to become the father of Brent Kersh. Red River Jack doesn’t believe Neville Sheldon is dead and heads to the morgue to find out. He finds an empty chamber and is immediately flung into it by an unknown assailant.

Kersh uncovers the truth about his family history, realizing that The Scarecrow has hunted his family for generations. By the end of the night, Neville Sheldon has returned, proving he wasn’t dead after all. The unknown assailant tells Sheldon that he won’t have to worry about Jack anymore, but that proves false, as RRJ demands Neville be at Heart of Darkness.

At Heart of Darkness, Brent Kersh explains to his family about their history with The Scarecrow. Kersh tells his son Trevor Kersh that if he cannot defeat The Hayman, he must run.

Kersh can’t defeat The Scarecrow but begs for his son’s life, only to be told that he’s next on the list.

It’s revealed that Neville Sheldon didn’t try and commit suicide but that The Awakening had him strung up instead.

Jake Jeckel is murdered and Jack Jeckel is arrested for the crime, with the police suggesting they have an eye witness.

The Shadow King defeats Nigel Royal for the OSW Championship, putting to bed his opportunity at the title. As the show closes, Royal and Sheldon suffer a four on two attack by the Awakening only for Bruce Van Chan to make his return and even the odds. He was the man who put Jack in the morgue chamber.

Lance Norman is offered an opportunity to become Chairman of OSW. All he has to do is see to it that Errol Flint is dispatched.

Kersh heads home for his family to find The Scarecrow there and that they’d done as he asked and ran.

Meanwhile, Red River Jack went after Neville Sheldon’s best friend, John Cho.

Brent Kersh came to learn that something could stop this nightmare. He went searching for it only to find an apparition of his great great grandfather Joseph Kersh who acknowledges that he destroyed it in return for saving Henry Kersh’ life. Brent tells him that he failed and that Henry died, and Joseph may have just killed their lineage for good.

Errol Flint is finally confronted by Ethan Bird over the murder of Jake Jeckel. Jack was arrested weeks ago for the crime and Bird was the eye witnessed who claimed he saw it happen. By the end of the night, Flint is taken away in handcuffs, the police believing him in part responsible, all at the hands of Ethan Bird.

At Goldrush, Brent Kersh admits that his death is inevitable but questions whether or not when Scarecrow finally kills the Kersh bloodline, if he won’t perish too. Ethan Bird fights and loses to Jack Jeckel, who tells him that he knows Flint didn’t murder Jake. Ethan shows that he’s aligned with Lance Norman and that something fishy is going on. Brent Kersh convinces Scarecrow that he’ll never given up, but if he allows his son to escape this torment, he’ll hand himself over to die. Scarecrow agrees and sets Red Snow as his death date.

The Goldrush match ends with The Shadow King retaining his title but by the nights end, all the Championships are mysteriously stolen.

The run in to Red Snow begins with an odd moment in which an unknown man is proven to be an undercover cop inside Old School Wrestling. They know that Flint didn’t murder Jeckel but there’s an eye witness that makes the situation tricky. The man wants Hysteria, stating that Alex Reese came through the academy with him and he wants vengeance for his murder. The handlers warns him against it.

Lance Norman makes himself at home in the office of Errol Flint and begins making big business decisions. Errol Flint meanwhile is met in prison by Jack Jeckel and tries to convince him that he didn’t murder his brother, not that he needed it. Flint asks him to prove Bird was responsible.

Red River Jack defeats The Shadow King for the OSW Championship as Brent Kersh prepares his final will and testament.

It turns out that a Detective is in cahoots with Ethan Bird to see Errol Flint prosecuted for the murder of Jake Jeckel. The Detective’s family are at risk should he not comply.

Mike Lane and Red River Jack reignite their rivalry after Jack cheated to win the Championship from him.

Brent’s wife Nicole Kersh meets with The Scarecrow to beg him for her husband’s life. He declines and she bursts into tears.

At Red Snow II, Ethan Bird loses to Jack Jeckel again. Jack tells the world that he believes Bird killed his brother, but Bird again denies it. Hysteria ends his war with the man who killed his family; Ozric Mortimer. He murders the Nightmare, violently. We finally come to learn who the undercover cop wanting revenge on Hysteria is; it’s Mike Lane.

Brent Kersh reveals that he’d changed his families name to hide from The Scarecrow, just incase he reneges on their deal to spare his family. They fight brutality, Brent Kersh succumbing to The Scarecrow and dying in the snow.

As that happens, Detectives shut down Old School Wrestling, closing it. All the chaos and death had finally caught up with it.

In the seasons finale’s final segment, Errol Flint sits across the visitor’s room of his prison and makes a deal with The Chief – selling the company to him. With Lance Norman having vanished, The Chief takes 100% ownership of the company from Errol and moves it to Miami, Florida and The Tap Room.