The AWF Presents: Fired Up - LIVE from Washington, DC!
Sept 19, 2019 10:48:44 GMT -5
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Post by Seth Dillinger on Sept 19, 2019 10:48:44 GMT -5
Live from the Charles E. Smith Center at George Washington University
Capacity: 7500
The cameras swoop in over the packed out arena, where red and orange lights cast a glow on the crowd. On the jumbotrons, roaring flames appear, fading away to show the Fired Up logo.
Taylor: Hello and welcome to the Ascension Wrestling Federation's third annual Fired Up Supershow!
Romano: It's one of the wildest nights in all of wrestling as a full list of people get paired off with other partners.
Taylor: At the end of it all, one team will stand tall, and that team will face off one-on-one, where the winner becomes our NEW AWF Prestige Champion!
Romano: Tonight is a night that can make somebody a star. It can make an entire career. Just ask Seth Dillinger, who won last year, and had a hell of a year afterwards.
Taylor: He's back in the hunt tonight... but so are a ROSTER full of hungry wrestlers, all in the hunt for the title. Without further adieu, let's find out the first team of the tournament...
Jessie Love: The following is a first round Fired Up Match, an it is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, making his AWF return, from Wasall, United Kingdom, weighing in at 203 pounds, he is The Prodigy… he is BOOOOOOOOOOOOOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBY BARRAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!
Motherfucker of the Year starts playing over the sound system. The fans roar in anticipation as purple lights swirl around the arena. When the opening riff kicks in with the rest of the band, all of the house lights come up, illuminating the entire arena in a swathe of purple as Bobby Barratt appears on the stage. The fans go crazy as he allows their cheers to wash over him for a second before heading down to the ring. He seems to take a few extra moments, grateful to be back, and happy to be cheered among the people.
Taylor: Listen to that reaction! We’re in Washington DC tonight, but it’s almost like we’re in Kansas, because Bobby Barratt has finally come home!
Romano: Absence does make the heart grow fonder, Tommy.
He heads down to the ring with a plodding intensity that sees him walk past the fans, focused on the match ahead. Bobby hops to the apron and wipes his feet before springing over the top rope and taking in the adoration of the fans.
Taylor: Bobby announced his shock return at the end of Prestige 39, but Cassius, I have to wonder: would it have been better for Barratt to have kept the surprise?
Romano: Well, from the moment he was announced, Bobby painted a target on his back. But even if he had kept it a surprise, the moment he passed through that curtain, he would have also had that target. And if I know Bobby, the former two time Prestige champion looking for redemption and to become the first ever three-time Prestige champion, he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Taylor: Bobby's a fan-favorite, now who's his partner?
Jessie Love: And his partner, from Venice Beach, California, weighing in tonight at 224 pounds, he is The New Status Quo of Professional Wrestling, ROCCCCCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOO ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Taylor: Just the opposite!
Romano: Saint Rocco has come to save us all!
The lights in the arena blink with the beat of the intro to Fozzy's "Sandpaper", then are brought up in a blinding momentary flash as the lyrics kick in and Rocco Rose steps through the curtain to a hail of boos.
Taylor: It’s safe to say these fans don’t feel the same fondness towards Rocco!
Romano: Listen to the booing! Don't these fans know true talent when they see it?
He has a swagger in his step as he walks the aisle, daring the fans behind the barricade to throw a punch, knowing full well that they are unable to get to him.
Taylor: This team has to be one of the favorites to win it all. The proven champion teaming up tonight with the newcomer who has been certainly making a name for himself.
Romano: Saint Rocco hasn’t won a match yet here in AWF, but can you imagine tonight him walking out with the Prestige Championship? He could definitely get it done, and as we saw with the Battle Royale, he’s a tough out, making it to the final two before being eliminated by Ryan Young.
Taylor: Rocco’s so arrogant, he probably would have picked himself twice if he had won.
He walks the steps slowly and deliberately, wiping his feet on the apron before stepping through the ropes. In the middle of the ring, he circles round and goads all sides of the audience before going into his corner and removing his jacket, teasing throwing it into the crowd before tossing it at Bobby Barratt. Barratt is not amused with his younger partner as the jacket falls to the mat.
Taylor: Some animosity early between this team, Cassius?
Romano: Rocco’s got a chip on his shoulder about as big as his ego. I'm not sure these two are going to get along.
Taylor: Bobby's a professional--
Bobby responds by stepping on Rocco’s jacket and wiping his feet. The crowd pops as Rocco gasps.
Taylor: I see your point!
Jessie Love: And their opponents, first-
Jessie Love is interrupted by a man walking out from behind the curtain and stepping onto the stage.
Romano: Who the hell is that?
Taylor: That's Destiny Wrestling's Johnny Bulldog.
Romano: Is that the one who never shuts the hell up?
Taylor: I believe he’s a co-owner, so yes!
Johnny Bulldog:Ma'am, please put down that microphone and let me do the talking.
He smirks.
Johnny Bulldog: For those who don't know who I am, my name is Johnny Bulldog and I am a former FOUR TIME Destiny Wrestling Heavyweight Champion! But enough about me... allow me to introduce to you the main attraction for everyone tonight.
Johnny fixes his collar and takes one deep breath.
Johnny Bulldog: From Amsterdam, standing at FIVE foot and TEN inches, he weighs in tonight at a whopping TWO HUNDRED AND TEN POUNDS! He is THE MAN THAT SLAYED THE FREAK, THE ACE OF DESTINY WRESTLING, THE KINGPIN OF THE JOHNNY BULLDOG EXPERIENCE, THE KING OF BLOOD!
Romano: A bit of a blowhard, isn’t he?
Taylor: You said it, not me!
He takes one more deep breath.
Johnny Bulldog: He is THE ONE... TRUE... KIIIIIIIIING... THOMAAAAAAAAS GALLOWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
The lights shine a crimson red shade as "Total War" by Earth Crisis begins to drum through the arena, Johnny Bulldog takes a few steps to the side as he waits for the entrance of his king.
"DISRUPT DESTROY!"
As the lyrics kick in, Thomas Galloway makes his way out from the curtain, slowly but in a more menacing way with his hands holding tightly to his jacket.
"Striking back against those who afflict and infect victims with the plague
Left strung out condemned to die
Suffering in horrific pain."
Thomas Galloway makes his way to the ring, still holding on tightly to his jacket whilst Johnny Bulldog gives him a few tactics in his ear.
Taylor: We’ll have to see if Thomas Galloway can back the theatrics of this big entrance. He is a former heavyweight champion, and perhaps more surprisingly, he owns a pinfall victory over the X-Crown champion, Subject #42.
Romano: Doesn’t Jeffrey Viper also hold a win over him?
Taylor: Sure, but this is a man who has made it his mission to try to eradicate The Cure over in Destiny Wrestling. He’s still coming off a gnarly injury at Devil’s Due, so we’ll see what condition he’s in tonight.
"Reason and warnings
All went ignored.
Amnesty's over.
Now total war."
Thomas takes a step back before making a run for the ring and sliding under the bottom rope, quickly getting to his feet and climbing the nearest corner to him and raising his arms up high with his hands in a fist. Thomas hops off the ropes and looks at his opponents with a smug look on his face.
Jessie Love: And his partner, from the Infinity Realm, weighing in at 230 pounds, he is THEEEEEEEEEEEE REEEEEEEEEEEFFFFFFFFF!
The boos begin to pour in as the Ref passes through the curtain to the sounds of Destiny Wrestling’s theme song. He passes by Bulldog and gives him a fistbump before he walks down to the ring with a hell of a lot less pomp and circumstance than his partner for the night.
Romano: Isn’t this guy just a referee? What’s he going to do? Call his own pinfall and shout at his opponents?
Taylor: The Ref is a former CW… let me see if I’m pronouncing this right… Extravaganzal Champion. He can hold his own with a few crazy moves, and he’s got a partner that he referees for every Sunday, right here on the XHF Network.
Romano: You must love being a network lapdog, Tommy.
Taylor: It has its benefits.
Ref steps up and into the ring, ignoring Bobby and Rocco to meet up with the team. Looking to be a much more cohesive unit than Bobby and Rocco already as they've spent a lot of time in the ring together, the two exchange a fistbump and quickly decide on Galloway starting the match.
Taylor: The Galloway/Ref pairing may be underdogs entering this match, but can you imagine how bad it would be for the AWF if Destiny Wrestling not only holds the X-Crown Championship, but also our World Championship?
Romano: That sounds terrible!
Taylor: I agree! But if Bobby and Rocco can't work together tonight, who knows what might happen?
Bobby goes to start, but Rocco puts his hand up, shooing Bobby back into the corner, and not refusing until he takes his position outside of the ring. He smiles and turns around as the bell rings.
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Galloway takes advantage of the temporary distraction, trying to blast Rocco back into his corner with a shotgun dropick, but Rocco is too fast for him. He immediately gets on top of Thomas and locks in an armbar, but his opponent is quickly back to his feet, fighting off the hold. Galloway tries to kick his way free, putting one foot into Rocco’s midsection, but Rocco sees the potential enziguri coming, slamming Galloway to the mat with a german suplex as the crowd boos. Rocco gestures towards Bobby, before insultingly bowing towards him.
Thomas makes it back to his feet and charges, ducking under an early superkick from Rocco, taking out his larger competitor’s legs.
Taylor: A quick superkick, and that could have been all she wrote for the Destiny team.
Romano: Galloway’s smarter than that. But he has to be careful out there.
Galloway moves to the apron, taking a few moments to taunt Barratt, before leaping back into the ring, frontflipping into ROCCO’S SUPERKICK! The crowd pops at the impact!
Romano: WOW!
Taylor: That’s exactly what I mean!
...ONE…
...TWO...
...THOMAS GALLOWAY KICKS OUT!
Rocco gets back up, yelling about a “slow count” and for Bobby to “watch this”. He beats his chest at The Ref, only to turn around and get Shotgun Dropkicked into the corner by Galloway. His opponent begins punching with lefts and rights as the referee’s count begins to climb. When he is told to break the hold, The Ref takes advantage of the distraction to choke Rocco in the corner. The crowd boos as he’s tagged in.
Taylor: The Ref taking advantage of, well, the ref!
Romano: What?
Taylor: Second base.
The Ref immediately climbs the ropes, looking for his trademark crossbody, the 20XP FOTP. He leaps, but immediately gets caught by Rocco, who slams him headfirst into the mat with a double-arm DDT! The referee quickly falls into place for the cover and the count!
...ONE…
...TWO…
The Ref turns his weight, rolling up Rocco instead!
...ONE…
...TWO..
Rocco kicks out!
Taylor: Imagine the tantrum if Rocco had lost there!
Romano: You could kiss the locker room furniture goodbye if that had happened!
The Ref goes for a groin kick, but Rocco shuts his legs and avoids the blow. He looks over at his partner and considers reaching for the tag, but shakes his head no. He instead digs down and seems to get angry, grabbing The Ref and lifting him up for the Kiss from a Rose!
Taylor: Kiss from a Rose! This could be it!
The Ref elbows his way out of the hold, causing Rocco to fly into his own corner. Ref splits apart Rocco’s legs, spreading them wide, as Galloway distracts the zebra in the ring. The fans boo as they know #bloodynutz is coming.
Romano: Win or lose, there’ll be no victory celebrations for Rocco tonight if Ref hits this!
Ref charges, but at the very last second, Bobby tags Rocco hard, shoving him to the mat! The Ref ends up kicking the middle turnbuckle! He grabs his ankle as Bobby waits for him to turn around, and then jumps up and drops him with the Iconbreaker!
Taylor: Iconbreaker! The knowledgeable veteran saves his partner’s hide there!
Romano: This could be it!
Bobby doesn’t waste any time, covering The Ref as the crowd cheers! They count along!
…ONE...
…TWO..
But the referee doesn’t count!
Taylor: Count ref, count! Why isn’t he counting?
Romano: The ref never saw the tag!
The referee sees the pinfall and walks over to Bobby, telling him to get out of the ring and that he isn’t legal. Bobby pleads his case, holding up his hand as the crowd boos the decision. He seems upset with the ref’s call, but he turns around just in time to see Galloway coming for him, and to blast him with an Iconkick! Galloway goes down hard and Bobby returns to the apron shaking his head in frustration.
Rocco makes it back to his feet. He notices that the Ref is out, laying flat on his back. He quickly darts over and pins him.
...ONE…
...TWO…
...THREE!
Jessie Love: Here are your winners moving onto the next round, the team of Bobby Barratt and ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSEEEEEEEE!
Taylor: It’s over! Barratt and Rose are moving on!
Romano: Ladies and gentlemen, that performance right there is why you need to pray at the church of St. Rocco! What a performance tonight, and it was only the first round!
Taylor: Oh come off it, Cassius. You can’t be serious! Bobby was the one that won them the match!
Romano: Bobby just stood in the corner the entire time while the Ref and Galloway tried, but failed to crucify Saint Rocco!
Rose gets back to his feet, celebrating his first victory almost as if he had just won the whole damned tournament. The referee goes to raise the hands of both him and Bobby, but he demands to have his hand raised separately, yelling at Bobby that he did all of the hard work. Bobby gives him a look that screams “Are you kidding me?”, and carries that look with him all the way to the back, seemingly wishing for a new partner.
Taylor: Barratt and Rose, maybe not the best of friends, but certainly one of the teams to beat tonight!
From the last event, someone walks in wearing a suit. He has a string-back pack slung over his shoulder. He heads in to a man dressed in a robe.
Man: OK, Johnson Max, is it?
The man looks forward. He reveals his true identity.
"IT'S OGNOM. And you better treat with some effing respect!'
Man: My mistake, Mr. Ognom
Ognom: THE DESTROYER.
Man: Yeah, I'm not calling you that.
Ognom: Eht Reyortsed?
Man: Yeah, I don't even know how to pronounce that.
Ognom: OK, maggot.
Man: I'm going to ignore all of this, just because I need to do my job. Here is your pass to be a secret entrant in tonight's tournament.
That's when this happens.
Man: ...
Ognom: ...
Man: What's wrong? This is what you asked.
Ognom: I DEMAND TO GET THAT BYE SPOT WITH DIXIE!
Man: Well, you're too late. His partner has already been chosen.
Ognom: I DEMAND A BYE SPOT!
That's when Gobbledy Gooker trots on by. He finds the pass that was thrown by Ognom, and walks past.
Ognom: WHAT THE F. THAT'S MY PASS! YOU CAN'T CUCK ME OUT OF MY AWF PRESTIGE CHAMPIONSHIP!
Ognom tries to get past, but the man stops him.
Man: Sorry. Only AWF wrestlers or guest wrestlers past this point.
Ognom: FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!
The camera fades to the next match.
The cameras cut backstage, to where the current AWF Prestige Champion, Raiden Ishimori, is seen warming himself up in the locker room. The fans cheer for his appearance as he looks off into the distance, not concentrating on anything but his breathing and exercises. That's when there's a knock at the door. Raiden Ishirmoi slowly turns and his eyes open a bit, shocked.
Raiden: Yes...?
The cameras pan over to reveal none other than Dixie Southern, with a tied-off button up shirt and denim shorts on, sauntering into the boys locker room. She smirks at him.
Dixie: Mister Champion? Wanted to introduce myself.
Raiden looks her up and down and nods.
Raiden: I know who you are. Dixie Southern.
She smiles politely at him and nods.
Dixie: Well, that ain't all, darling. I've just been told that I'm also your partner tonight. So put 'er there, partner.
Dixie extends a hand. Raiden looks a bit confused, before reaching out and taking it, nodding his head. Dixie winks at him and flashes him the finger guns.
Dixie: Guess I'll see ya in the second round. You're welcome for that, by the by.
She flashes him a grin and leaves, leaving Raiden standing alone, thinking about the repercussions of having Dixie as his partner.
AW FUCK YOUR HEADPHONES!
"Timebomb" by Beck hits the system. The arena simultaneously roars and jumps to their feet while the arena lights begin to pulse a cool neon blue. Seth Dillinger struts out to the top of the ramp wearing his sunglasses, flashing his pearly whites for the crowd, who absolutely eat it up in response.
Taylor: Last year's Fired Up Champ is here!
Romano: Right. Last year, we watched Seth Dillinger and Chris Card run a train through the tournament, survive an assault by the Icons, and still he managed to pin Bobby Barratt at the end of it all.
Taylor: We'll see if lightning strikes twice tonight.
Seth hangs around the top of the stage for a moment. The lights change to a light shade of pink as "Save That Shit" by Lil Peep begins to play for everyone to hear.
Fuck my life, can't say that girl
Don't tell me you can save that shit
All she want is payback for the way I always play that shit
You ain't getting nothing, now I'm saying
Don't tell me you is
Nothin' like them other motherfuckers
Ryan Young walks out from behind the curtain. He stands atop of the stage and looks out to the crowd, bending over, adjusting his kneepads before standing up beside Seth on the stage.
I can make you rich (I can make you rich)
I can make you this, baby, I can make you that
I can take you there, but baby, you won't make it back
Growing sick of this and I don't wanna make you sad
Do I make you scared? Baby, won't you take me back?
Seth extends a fist to Ryan, who glances at it cautiously. Seth extends it more enthusiastically, and Ryan rolls his eyes and gives him a fist bump, then starts heading down the ramp with Seth behind him. The two of them circle around ringside to the front row area where Dennis Escobar (Seth's boyfriend) and Selena DeVille (Ryan's girlfriend) both sit. Seth leans over and gives Dennis a kiss on the lips, while Ryan takes Selena's head in his hands and pulls her in close for a kiss on the forehead.
Romano: This is the one team we already knew about, and I'm excited to see how these two work together.
Taylor: Ryan Young made a STATEMENT by winning that Battle Royale, and most people think Seth was the logical choice as a partner.
Romano: We'll see if his run of winning continues...
Seth and Ryan climb into the ring. "Careless" by Royal Blood comes on a second "Guttertrash" Greg Adkins walks out from the back with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. He looks around at the crowd before dropping the cigarette and stomping it out. He heads down to the ring without even bothering the audience, keeping his gaze focused on Dillinger and Young.
Taylor: ...okay, what's the catch?
Romano: What do you mean, Tommy?
Taylor: Come on. This is Greg Adkins. Where's his cart full of horrors? Where's the cat? Where's the needle filled with piss?
Romano: Honestly, Tommy, that is revolting. Get your mind out of the gutter.
Tommy Taylor groans in frustration, and it's only about to get worse... "I Touch Myself" hits and the sultry guitar fills the arena. Greg Adkins go wide in shock, and some would say even horror, as Ember Ferrari comes parading out from the back, hand on her stomach, holding her baby bump.
Taylor: Oh no.
Romano: This can't be okay, right?
Taylor: Are they REALLY going to let a pregnant woman wrestle!?
Seth sees this in the ring and holds his hands up, stepping out to the apron, motioning to Ryan that he can deal with this. Greg runs his hands through his hair, nervous. Ember cautiously walks up the steel steps and tries to get into the ring, but Greg runs over to her, telling her to stop, clearly because a pregnant woman shouldn't be wrestling.
Romano: ...this is happening, huh?
Taylor: I have no words, Cassius.
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The match begins with Ryan and Greg, standing opposite of each other. Greg walks to the center of the ring but Ryan makes a run and raises the knee for that Bicycle Knee Strike he calls Californian Dream but Greg moves out of the way and wraps his arms around the waist of Ryan, lifting him and dropping him with a high angled German Suplex that sends Ryan onto his neck area. Ryan flips right back to his feet from the landing, looking dazed and confused early on in the match and the tournament. As Ryan stumbles back into the corner, Seth tags himself in and begins a flurry of dropkicks to Adkins before dropping him entirely with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Seth looks at Ryan with a smile on his face whilst Ryan looks on with a smirk knowing what Seth is trying to do.
Romano: Is Seth trying to one up Ryan?
Taylor: Why not? Ryan’s trying to be the best but Seth is wanting to show Ryan who’s really the best.
Seth brings Greg to his feet and irish whips him into the corner, Seth runs at Greg and connects a lariat whilst sliding through the middle and top ropes. Seth eyes up Greg who stumbles out of the corner, he leaps onto the top ropes and lands a Springboard Crossbody but Greg rolls onto his knees and then brings himself to his feet with Seth in his arms. Greg walks over to the center of the ring and then drops Seth with a Michinoku Driver that drops Seth on his head. Greg hooks the legs upon impact.
ONE!
T--KICKOUT!
Seth kicks out early but is instantly brought to his feet and slammed down by Greg, knowing what could happen if he let Seth back to his feet. Greg grabs Seth in a reverse headlock and brings him overhead with a Reverse Suplex, slamming him down face first.
Taylor: It’s so weird seeing Adkins doing… not so dirty moves.
Romano: Still effective, he’s keeping Seth down which is a good strategy.
Greg brings Seth back to his feet and throws him to the corner by Ember but Seth quickly gains his momentum back and leaps onto the top rope and backflips over Greg to runs at Seth and attempts to push him off. Seth turns in mid air to face Ryan and makes the tag, Ryan leaps over the ropes and ducks a clothesline by Greg, rebounding off the ropes and dropping him with a Roaring Lariat. Ryan drags Greg into the corner and backs up to the opposite corner, running at Greg with full speed and looking for the double knees in the corner but Greg comes back with a Basement Dropkick to the knee of Ryan and then another one to the head. Greg walks over to tag in Ember, then looks down at the baby bump, and then back at her.
Greg Adkins: Are… are you sure about this?
Ember nods, Greg shrugs his shoulders and tags in Ember. She enters the ring and looks at Ryan, holding her baby bump. Seth asks Ryan to talk to him, which he does, nothing’s heard but Seth looks to be tagged in but RYAN CONNECTS THE BICYCLE KNEE STRIKE!
Romano: California Dream! California Dream to Ember!
Taylor: I thought Ryan would have some decency… Apparently not! And now the cover on Ember.
ONE!
TWO!
TH-- NO!
Greg comes in and breaks up the pinfall, Seth springboards in and dropkicks Greg away. Ember is dragged to her corner by Ryan and Greg is dragged outside by Seth. Seth uses Greg’s arm to tag in Ember and Ryan drags Greg in. Ryan taunts the crowd as they boo, he turns to Greg and swings the knee for the Bicycle Knee Strike again but Greg moves out of the way, turns it into a Suplex and RELEASES FOR THE LETDOWN! THE HOOK OF THE LEG OF RYAN YOUNG BY GREG!
ONE!
TWO!
THR--KICKOUT!
Somehow Ryan kicked out! He staggers back to his feet and sees Greg in the opposite corner, he makes a run but Greg pops him up as he lands on the top rope but Seth was waiting and drops Greg with a Shotgun Dropkick into the corner. Ryan backflips off the top and connects Shotgun Valley! He runs at the opposite corner and comes right back at Greg with another Shotgun Valley! Seth notions to Ryan as he brings Adkins to his feet, Seth’s on the apron as he slingshots in and CONNECTS THE SOUTH PHILLY STUNNER! RYAN CLIMBS UP TOP AND HITS RAIN OVER ANAHEIM! THE COVER AND THE COUNT…
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
NO! EMBER BREAKS UP THE PINFALL IN THE LAST SECOND!
Romano: Good lord that was so close!
Taylor: Ryan and Seth could have had it right there!
Seth goes to get Ember out of the ring but she hits Seth with a Roundhouse that knocks him out of the ring, the official forces Ember to exit the ring in which she does. Ryan looks on and waits for Seth to get back onto the apron before tagging in. Seth springboards in for the Missile Dropkick but is stopped by Greg… PARADISE LOCK AS HE TURNS SETH OVER AND TRAPS HIM. Ember pleads for dear life that Greg turns back to his old self, the dirty and perverted Greg Adkins. Ember calls Greg her baby daddy and says to do it for their child. Greg looks at Seth still in the Paradise Lock and walks over, going down on one knee and pulling his hair as they face Ember who cheers on knowing what’s coming next.
Taylor: Greg, no! She’s turned you evil again!
Romano: He might be going for The Pleasure Lock, a move I haven’t seen in quite a while.
Greg looks to begin the dry humping on Seth but stops and shakes his head no. Greg lets Seth go and tosses him to one side whilst still down on one knee looking up at Ember.
Greg Adkins: I can’t do it! I’m a changed ma-
CALIFORNIA DREAM! SETH TAGGED IN RYAN AND HE CONNECTS THE KNEE TO THE BACK OF GREG’S HEAD AS HE COVERS HIM!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
Ryan rolls out of the ring before anything else can happen, running over to his girlfriend, Selena, and planting a kiss on her lips. Seth does the same for his boyfriend, Dennis, as they lock lips together.
Jessie Love: Here are your winners and advancing to the Second Round, Seth Dillinger and Ryan Young!
Taylor: Seth and Ryan did it! They advance!
Romano: Ryan took advantage of the situation and helps Seth and himself advance onwards through Fired Up.
Seth and Ryan walk up the ramp with smiles on their faces as they head to the back.
Backstage, the cameras open up on a shot of Rocco Rose staring at himself in a mirror. The crowd jeers loudly as he takes a comb and runs it through his hair, making sexy faces at himself in the mirror on the back of the locker door because Rocco knows he looks good. That's when another figure walks on screen and gets right up in Rocco's personal space.
Bobby: Let's get one thing clear.
The crowd POPS at the AWF legend's appearance on screen. Rocco barely even acknowledges him and just goes about his preening ritual.
Bobby: If you want to actually win this thing, we need to work as a team. That shit you pulled out there was junior league.
Rocco raises his eyebrows and slowly turns towards Bobby.
Rocco: Listen, Bobby. I could take on every last one of these clowns myself. How about you just stay out of my damn way, and in exchange, I promise to pin you quickly at the end of it all?
Rocco slams his locker shut and storms off, leaving Bobby looking pensive, alone.
The crunchy guitar riff at the start of “This Fire Burns” plays as Gobbledy Gooker Jr struts out onto the entrance ramp.
Jessie Love: Introducing first, weighing in at a cooking time of 279 ½ hours, GOBBLEDY GOOKER JR!
EVEN THROUGH THE DARKEST DAYS, THIS FIRE BURNS, ALWAYS!
Gooker walks up the ramp, flapping his wings and rolls under the bottom rope. He lets out a long, prolonged squawk and scritches at the canvas beneath his claws.
Jessie lifts the microphone to her lips but is interrupted by a loud, Germanic sounding voice from behind her.
Denzinger: EXCUSE ME! I AM HERE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF!
“Bismarck” by Sabaton plays in the background but Denzinger’s voice is the loudest thing in the arena as he yells out his own introduction.
Denzinger: MY NAME IS BERNHARDT DENZINGER! THE LAST TIME I CHECKED I WEIGHED IN AT AN AMAZING, AWE-INSPIRING, MAGNIFICENT, TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT POUNDS OF REAL MAN MEAT AND MUSCLE!
Denzinger power walks down to the ring with a slight snarl for his poultry partner. The old schooliest of old school wrestlers flexes and hindu squats mid ring, preparing for the match to come.
Jessie Love: And their opponents, at a combined weight or 482lbs, the team of “The Bounty Hunter” DYYLAN BLAAAAAACK…
Dylan walks into the entrance area, smirking at the person who he has been paired with…
Jessie Love: ...and “The Chef” AAAAANTHOOOOOOONY CRAAAAAAAIG!
Taylor: THE CHEF! THE CHEF IS HERE! GET YOUR WAITING STAFF TO ASK FOR THE SPECIAL! MY GOD!
Romano: We’ve heard rumours, we’ve heard legends. Now can this shock entrant survive the first course?
Anthony Craig joins Dylan on the ramp and takes a walk down to the ring. Gobbley Gooker Jr lets out a a squawk like he’s laying a big egg, probably from the sheer terror from what a Michelin Star chef can do to to a Turkey/Chicken hybrid whatever-it-is.
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The bell rings and Dylan Black and Bernhard Denzinger start off off the respective teams. Denzinger goes for a lock up, bellowing in Dylan’s face about how he is the “Greatest Wrestler Ever.” Denzinger powers back D-Black for a second, his muscular body forcing Dylan to take a couple of steps back. Denzinger goes for a top wristlock, continuing his hold by Dylan counters, stepping round and reversing the pressure on the hold. Dylan wrenches at Denzinger’s arm and the older wrestler gets flung into the ropes with a hard Irish Whip. Gobbledy Gooker Jr tags himself in on Benzinger’s back and struts into the ring before squawking loudly, causing a big smile to form across Dylan’s face. GGJ keeps circling the ring, flapping his wings as Dylan backs off into his corner… tagging in Anthony Craig.
Taylor: Business is about to pick up.
Romano: Which came first, The Chicken or The Chef.
Taylor: Is Gooker Jr a chicken?
Romano: I’m no biologist, Taylor. And I don’t think he knows himself.
Craig comes steaming out of the corner. He tenderizes the chicken with a coupe of fierce punches to to the guts before cutting at GGJ’s chest with some fierce knife edge chops, almost taking the skin clean off Gooker. Craig backs off and charges in with a fierce clothesline and Gooker falls backwards a few steps and then runs away like a headless chicken. Craig runs around the ring after Gooker who is desperately squawking for help. As the two men pass by their own corners, Denzinger and D-Black tag back in.
Crowd: K! F! C! K! F! C! K! F! C!
Taylor: The crowd are hungry tonight, Cassius.
Romano: Hungry for violence!
Taylor: And chicken.
Romano: And chicken.
Black and Denzinger step out of their corners, looking to continue the fight. Meanwhile GGJ and The Chef are still involved in an epic chase running round the outside of the ring. Denzinger closes in on Black and looks for… A HEADLOCK! Black is trapped tight in the hold and Denzinger cinches it on as tight as possible, making Black’s face turn beet red in but a few brief seconds.
Taylor: AUF WEIDERSEHN!
A step on the toes to release a little pressure, Black being quite crafty, allows D-Black to squirm out of the hold. The Chef is STILL running around the ring after Gooker Jr. Denzinger, being a very determined man closes in on Black and goes for… ANOTHER HEADLOCK! But Dylan makes sure he can’t cinch it in as tight again by going for an arm. As Denzinger has to lean forward slightly, Dylan takes the chance to step backwards and grab a rear waistlock and a wrist clutch. He spins Denzinger out and back again, using the momentum to drive his knee into Denzinger’s face.
Taylor: BOUNTY COLLECTION!
Denzinger slumps to the mat. Dylan carefully sets his position up and rears back his leg. Outside of the ring, Anthony Craig stops running at his own corner and picks up a large cast iron skillet. Gooker Jr keeps running, not realising that The Chef has stopped. The Chef holds the pan out…
CLAAAAANGGGGGG!
And Gooker Jr RUNS HEADLONG RIGHT INTO THE PAN!
Taylor: OOOOH…
Romano: Gooker Jr’s goose is cooked!
Black takes three rapid steps forwards and DRIVES Denzinger’s head into the mat with THE BLACKOUT MENACE! COVER!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
Jessie Love: The winners of this match, Dylan Black and Anthony Craig!
Taylor: Well, with the finish of that match, we have our first OFFICIAL matchups for the quarterfinals finished!
Romano: The team of Bobby Barratt and Rocco Rose are going to take on the team that had a bye...that also happens to have the Champ in it
Taylor: Can the champ hang on with the help of the impressive rookie, Dixie Southern? Will Bobby and Rocco put aside their egos and work together?
Romano: But that's not the only special attraction here... Ryan Young chose Seth Dillinger as his partner, and thus far, it's paying off.
Taylor: They'll have to contend with this absolutely baffling team of Dylan Black and Anthony Craig if they want to make it further, though.
Romano: How do you defeat a space ranger, Tommy?
Taylor: Ain't that the question of the century, Cassius? Folks, we'll have more FIRED UP action happening... very shortly.
