Infinite Pro Wrestling - Adrenaline VIII.
Aug 28, 2022 1:44:19 GMT -5
Mongo the Destroyer, Steve Awesome, and 6 more like this
Post by Jack Diamond on Aug 28, 2022 1:44:19 GMT -5
INFINITE PRO WRESTLING PRESENTS:
ADRENALINE VIII.
LIVE! from The OVO Arena Wembly in London, England.
Sunday, August 28th, 2022
7:00 P.M. (GMT) – On The XHF Network.
Jack Diamond is seen walking through the backstage hallway. He turns a corner and hears some extremely loud music coming from one of the locker rooms down a ways. Curious he goes toward it and as he gets closer he spots the song. Genius of Love by The Tom Tom Club!
Once Jack got even closer he realized the tune was coming from the JamRockers locker room. Jack walked through the open door to see both grooving to the happy music.
JIMI COOLDOWN
“Damn it Tuna! You were supposed to be watching the door. Making sure no lames got in here.”
Tuna Meltzer looks up from behind the giant boom box.
TUNA MELTZER
“I thought you guys said I was the DJ?”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“You have every job that we don’t want to do. You are DJ and head of security.”
JIMI COOLDOWN
“And also janitor.”
TUNA MELTZER
“Got it, guys! I won’t let you down….uh…again.”
Tuna scrambles from behind the speakers and walks up to Jack Diamond.
TUNA MELTZER
“Okay I’m gonna throw this guy out of here for you boys.”
Tuna grips up Jack but isn’t able to move the Icon an inch.
TUNA MELTZER
“Come on Jack, don’t try to fight it.”
Jack Diamond just stands there Awkwardly. Eventually Tuna gives up and walks away dejected.
JACK DIAMOND
“So anyways, you guys have a big main event match and you are in here having a dance party? What is going on?”
JIMI COOLDOWN
“We already learned everything we need to know about what it takes to beat up Zordon and his boy Elroy, from our special guest tonight.”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“So we figured we may as well have a party to finish off the rest of the night.”
JACK DIAMOND
“Special guest?”
Just then the special guest walked up behind Jack.
STEVE AWESOME
“Well if it isn’t the Icon.”
The XCrown Championship dangles from the shoulder of the Face of the Franchise. Jack Diamond slowly turns around to find Steve Awesome. Jack wasn’t exactly thrilled.
STEVE AWESOME
“I haven’t seen you since the opening of the GFC tournament where I..”
Steve pantomimes a punch combo with an uppercut.
STEVE AWESOME
“Knocked you the hell out.”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“OHHHHHHH!!!!”
JIMI COOLDOWN
“HE SAID HE KNOCKED HIM THE HELL OUT!!!”
The JamRockers laughing and hyping up their friend Steve really made that smirk on champs face that much more irritating for Jack Diamond. Jack got up into Steve’s face.
JACK DIAMOND
“You like to leave out that I knocked you out first in the prelims.”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“That wasn’t very funny…”
JIMI COOLDOWN
“Yeah. Give him zero stars, Tuna!”
TUNA MELTZER
“ZERO STARS, JACK!”
JIMI COOLDOWN
“Okay now shut up, Tuna.”
TUNA MELTZER
“Okay.”
JACK DIAMOND
“The way I see it, we’re one and one in singles matches. I got a ring out there in front of a sold out IPW crowd. Why don’t we settle it once and for all and I can knock you out and take that X*Crown title.”
That’s when Steve slowly backed away. He laughed and shook his head.
STEVE AWESOME
“Come on man, this is the JamRockers night. It’s their main event, they are gonna go out there and entertain the masses and kick all the asses. I’m just a guest here, Jack. I’m just here to cheer on some new friends.”
He points back to the JamRockers.
STEVE AWESOME
“You need to lighten up, this is a dance party after all. Hit the music, Tuna!”
Tuna scrambles over to the music and plays Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club from the beginning. Steve and the JamRockers start to groove.
STEVE AWESOME
“So either dance….or get the hell out of our locker room.”
Jack Diamond glares as Steve and the JamRockers dance the night away.
CHLOE HARTWELL
“The X*Crown champion is in the house Luis! You have to wonder if the JamRockers are focused on their match tonight or more focused on their dance moves and rubbing elbows with Steve Awesome.”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“I know our commissoner doesn't look too please.”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“Anywas, it looks like Jules King is ready to get the night started as she stands in the middle of the ring, so let’s kick this thing off, shall we?”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“We shall! Let’s send it to Casey Kincaid!”
Jules King is pacing back and forth in the ring as Casey steps to the middle of the ring with the microphone.
CASEY KINCAID
“Our opening match of the evening is set for one fall and is a triple threat match. In the ring, standing at five foot, five inches, from Detroit, Michigan by way of Hanoi, Vietnam… She is “The Switchblade Siren”... JULES KING!!!!”
CASEY KINCAID
“And her opponent, also from Detroit, Michigan, he stands at six foot, one inch… He is the Motown Misfit, the Prince of Perfection… JOE NOBODY!!!!”
The camera zooms into Nobody's face who smirks and adjusts his tie before making his way to the ring.
LUIS DE LEÓN
“There he is Chloe, Joe Nobody. He’s really had a change of attitude lately and I’m not going to lie, it’s working for him.”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“Yeah, well he had a few choice words for Jules King these past two weeks, Luis, concerning her claiming Detroit as her hometown. Joe called her a tourist and wanted to be the one to send her packing.”
As makes it up two steps and stops before turning around to give a young fan his signature fedora.
LUIS DE LEÓN
“He would go on to say his problem is more so with management than his opponents here tonight. Joe feels like he’s been forgotten, left out, and he looks to prove that’s not the case in this match. He looks laser focused.”
CASEY KINCAID
“And their opponent, towering at a sturdy six foot, eight inches tall…from Hartford, Connecticut… he is “The Whaler”... NATE PIERCE!!!”
The kickstarting riffs of "Drown With Me" loudly come to life over the speakers, and shortly after, Nate Pierce appears on stage with his arms spread out wide, accompanied by an equally wide grin on his face. He throws his arms up above his head, shouting in turn as he drinks in the energy the crowd gives him.
LUIS DE LEÓN
“Listen to that crowd, Chloe. If you want to talk about first impressions, I believe the whole OVO Arena is in awe at the debuting Piece tonight.”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“As they should be, look at him. He definitely has the height and size advantage in this one, it’s going to be a tough mountain to climb for King and Nobody tonight if they want to ruin The Whaler’s first outing.”
Arms returning to his side, he begins his way down the ramp, slapping hands with the fans that reach out to him before reaching the ring steps, slapping the top one as he begins his climb into the ring. Upon stepping through the ropes, he strides over to the far corner, pulling himself up onto the middle buckle and throwing his arms up again to another roar of cheers from the crowd. Nodding to himself, he hops down from the corner, leaning back into it with his arms resting on the top ropes as he awaits the starting bell.
CHLOE HARTWELL
“All three look ready, we are ready, and this sell out crowd is ready… let’s go!”
MATCH ONE
TRIPLE THREAT MATCH
NATE PIERCE vs JULES KING vs JOE NOBODY
DING! DING!
JOE NOBODY and NATE PIERCE walk into the center of the ring, staring each other down and jawing back and forth a bit. JULES KING walks up and gets shoved away. Pierce catches Nobody with a BIG BOOT. Jules King runs in but Nate Pierce hits her with a SNAP SUPLEX. Pierre drags Nobody away from the ropes and covers him.
ONE!
TW-KICKOUT!
Nate Pierce STOMPS Joe Nobody for good measure and turns right into a DROPKICK by Jules King as she slips over the ropes to the apron. The dropkick spins Pierce around right into a stiff DROPKICK from Nobody that sends The Whaler down to the canvas. Nobody charges at King on the apron but King throws a SHOULDER INTO THE GUT then jumps over the top rope and SUNSET FLIPS Nobody into a pinning attempt.
ON-KICKOUT!
Quickly both are back up and King tries to PUNCH Nobody but he is able to duck under it and catches Jules King in a BACKSLIDE PIN. Before the ref can count though, Nate Pierce is back in the ring and grabs Joe off of Jules into a ROLLUP.
ONE!
Jules King jumps in and ROLLS Pierce up for a pin.
ONE!
Now it’s Joe Nobody who ROLLS UP Jules but the slowing ref can’t even make a one count before Pierce is back to grabbing Joe Nobody for ANOTHER ROLLUP and is King immediately comes in with a HEADSCISSORS TAKEDOWN into ANOTHER pinning attempt!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
All three are back to their feet, Nate Pierce attempts a DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE and hits Jules King but Joe Nobody is able to duck under it. Pierce turns back and is met with another DROPKICK from Nobody. As Pierce rolls to the apron, Nobody runs and hits Jules King with a JUMPING ELBOW DROP and she rolls to the apron. As the three of them regroup, the crowd is in a frenzy with chants for all three breaking out across the arena.
LET’S GO PIERCE!
NOBODY!
LET’S GO KING!
NOBODY!
After some back and forth fighting, Nate Pierce is able to get the upperhand and has Jules King stunned in the corner. Pierce drags Nobody to the opposite corner and tries to SLAM his head into the turnbuckle buckle but Nobody gets a foot on the middle turnbuckle to block and the ELBOWS Pierce. Nobody tries to set Pierce up for a vertical suplex but Pierce is able to block it. Jules King comes over and throws a few BODY SHOTS to Pierce and helps Nobody set the double team suplex. Pierce is again able to block the move. Then Pierce lifts them both up into an impressive DOUBLE SUPLEX! Pierce covers Nobody!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Pierce picks Nobody up in a double underhook and LIFTS HIM UP FOR A POWERBOMB!. Nobody fires off shots to the face of Pierce and tries for a HURRICANRANA but Piece catches him, lifts him back up and POWERBOMBS him down to the mat. Jules King SPRINGBOARDS off the apron and ELBOW DROPS Nobody. Pierce picks up Jules and slams them with a GUTWRENCH SUPLEX. Pierce overs Nobody!
ONE!
TWO!
THRE-KICKOUT!!!
THIS IS AWESOME!
Clap…Clap…Clap Clap Clap
THIS IS AWESOME!
Clap…Clap…Clap Clap Clap
Pierces gets back up and STOMPS Jules King. Joe Nobody pulls himself up in the corner and Pierce charges at him. Nobody is able to evade and Pierce slams into the corner shoulder first. While he tries to regroup, Nobody picks Jules up and grabs her to set up a german suplex.
VICTORY BUSTER!
(German Suplex transitioned in a Wheelbarrow Facebuster)
Joe Nobody hooks her leg!
ONE!
TWO!
THRE-NO! KICKOUT!
Joe hangs his head for a moment, knowing he was so close to putting this one away. Both Pierce and King are now in opposite corners. Joe charges at Pierce but Pierce is able to catch him and SLAM him on the top turnbuckle in a reverse seated position. Pierce climbs to the middle turnbuckle trying to set up a back suplex but Nobody begins to fight it off. PIerce drops down after a barrage of punches. King comes running in with a BIG DROPKICK to Pierce which sends him into the turnbuckle and into Nobody, dropping Nobody into a Tree of Woe position. Pierce runs at King trying to CLOTHESLINE her but King ducks it and immediately lands a BASEMENT DROPKICK to Nobody’s head. Nobody folds to the canvas and King turns walking right into a BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX from Pierce. KIng rolls to the corner and pulls herself up just in time for Pierce to charge!
PUNCTURE WOUND
(Spear)
Pierce is still favoring the shoulder from hitting the turnbuckle earlier and is not able to capitalize right away. He stands and drags King out to the center of the ring and finally makes the cover.
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Pierce slaps the mat in frustration, stands, and begins to pick Jules King up. King sends a RIGHT HAND to the side of Pierce’s head knocking him off balance. He spins and is hit with a FLYING CROSS BODY from the top rope by Joe Nobody. Joe covers!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Again, King and Pierce pull themselves up in opposite corners. Nobody charges. SPLASH to Pierce! Then he runs to the opposite corner. SPLAH to King! Nobody grabs King and sets her up for a neckbreaker. Pierce walks over and Nobody throws a kick to his gut and sets him up in a DDT position. Nobody drops Pierce into a DDT and King into a NECKBREAKER SIMULTANEOUSLY! Nobody covers Pierce!
ONE!
TWO!
THR-KICKOUT!
Nobody covers Jules King!
ONE!
TWO!
THR-KICKOUT!
Nobody picks King up and pushes them into the ropes before whipping them across the ring. He runs but King is able to rebound and him Nobody with a SWINGING NECKBREAKER. Jules covers Nobody!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Jules King crawls to the corner and climbs up top, but Pierce runs in and breaks it up with a forearm to her back. He climbs to the top rope with King and stands her up, trying to set up a superplex. King begins blocking and throwing body shots. Nobody is back up and climbs out to the arpon and walks over to the turnbuckle but Pierce throws a left jab. Pierce is able to get King into a fireman's carry and begins trying to set Nobody up in the superplex position. The crowd is stirring. King slides off and drops to her feet and POWERBOMBS Pierce off the top rope who in turn brings Nobody with him for a SUPERPLEX. The crowd explodes! Jules King crawls over and hooks Pierce’s leg!
ONE!
TWO!
THRE-KICKOUT!
KIng now shows her frustration as she stands and puts PIerce in a CLOVERLEAF!. Pierce fights it and begins crawling but is far from the ropes. He crawls to where Nobody is laying and actually makes a cover while locked into the submission hold!
ONE!
TWO!
NO!
WIth the cloverleaf still locked in, King drags Pierce off of Nobody and back to the center of the ring. She CINCHES it in even tighter. Pierce is able to make a last ditch effort and power out of it, sending King TUMBLING THROUGH THE ROPES. Nobody charges in for a RUNNING STO but Pierce catches him for a SPINEBUSTER! King is back up on top and dives but Pierce catches her and slams her into his knee for a BACKBREAKER. Pierce covers King!
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
He covers Nobody!
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKCOUT!
He stands, but Jules King has made it back to the top turnbuckle in the process. When Pierce turns to look at her he is caught with a BLOCKBUSTER and Pierce’s back lands on Nobody’s knees. Pierce rolls out of the ring, holding his back. Jules is back up and locks Joe Nobody into the CLOVERLEAF. Nobody is screaming in pain, with nowhere to go. It looks like he is close to tapping when Pierce pulls himself back into the ring sees what is going on and dives at Nobody, locking him into a CROSSFACE at the same time! Jules breaks her hold and walks around to Pierce, picking up his legs and repeatedly STOMPING him in the gut. She tries to lock in the cloverleaf again but Pierce is able to use his strength to take her down instead and SLINGSHOTS her into the corner. Pierce stands up and is immediately dropped with a TORNADO DDT by Nobody and Nobody makes the pin!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE-NO!!! KICKOUT!
THIS IS AWESOME!
Clap…Clap…Clap Clap Clap
THIS IS AWESOME!
Clap…Clap…Clap Clap Clap
Both Pierce and Nobody are back up. Nobody charges in for his Running STO move again but Pierce pops him up and into the ropes where King is waiting for a HEADKICK! Nobody stumbles back around and into the arms of Pierce for a BRIDGE FISHERMAN SUPLEX.
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
Nate Pierce stands just as King is climbing back into the ring and he KNEES her hard, sending her back outside the ring. Pierce measures Nobody who slowly gets up. Pierce grabs Nobody by the throat and attempts his finishing CHOKEBOMB move but as he lifts Nobody, Nobody is able to shimmy out of it and grab a HALF NELSON on Pierce!
COMBOBREAKER!
(Half Nelson Slam into a Stunner)
Jules King slides back into the ring just before Nobody can walk over and make the cover and THROWS HIM OUT OF THE RING!. Jules goes to make the cover!
BUT NATE PIERCE REVERSES THE PINNING ATTEMPT AND HOLDS ON THE JULES’ TIGHTS!.
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!!!
DING! DING! DING!
CASEY KINCAID
“Here is your winner, by pinfall… NATE PIERRRRRCE!!!!!”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“Oh my! Jules King tried to steal the match there and it backfired in a big, big way! Nobody had this thing won!”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“What a match! That is how you kick off the final show before Royal Crown, Chloe! Nate Pierce picked up the win in questionable fashion, but I tell you, what’s not questionable was how impressive all three were tonight! Wow!”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“That will get the blood pumping. I’m not sure about the shenanigans in the back, but a match like that will definitely get you dancing and moving! Speaking of…”
CLICK HERE FOR SHOW!
CLICK HERE FOR NIGHT ONE AND TWO!
As the camera cuts back to ringside, we see that Tommy Hate, Aren Mstislav and Irina Sokolov are all already in the ring. Irina stands in one corner while Tommy and Aren are in another and while they don’t seem completely pleased with each other they do appear to be going over strategy of sorts.
CHLOE HARTWELL
“It’s time for the second triple threat match of the evening, and boy did that first provide plenty of excitement. The three competitors in this match have their work cut out for them if they want to top the opener that saw Nate Pierce roll up Jules King for the win.”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“You are right about that, Chloe. This should be another great one, as you can see, all three are already in the ring to little flare. They know the time for talking is over and this match could do wonders for any of them. However, my sources tell me that Tommy Hate and Aren Mstislav met earlier in the night and made a pact to take out Irina Sokolov first, then worry about each other.”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“We’ll see how that works out, it’s every man or woman for themselves, Luis, it may be all good and fine at first, but at some point you have to try and win it yourself. Let’s go to Casey, waiting to kick this match off. Casey?”
CASEY KINCAID
“Our Next match is set for one fall with a thirty minute time limit! To my right, standing at five foot, five inches tall, she is the “Bird of Prey” IRINA SOKOLOV!!!!! To my left, her opponent, from Los Angeles, California… The Monarch! AREN MSISLAV!!!! And their opponent, also to my left, The self professed, Bloodsport King! From Chi-Town, Illinois!!! TOMMY HATE!!!!”
HEADLINER
TRIPLE THREAT MATCH
TOMMY HATE vs AREN MSTISLAV vs IRINA SOKOLOV
DING! DING!
All three meet in the center of the ring as the bell rings. TOMMY HATE points a finger in IRINA SOKOLOV’S face and she slaps his hand away. AREN MSTISLAV fires a RIGHT at Irina knocking her down and Tommy and Aren begin STOMPING away at Irina. They pick her up and begin TRADING PUNCHES and CHOPS on Irina against the ropes. They WHIP Irina into the ropes but she flips over them, they turn and are met with a DOUBLE DROPKICK by Irina. Aren is back up at the ropes and Irina throws a HEAD KICK and follows it up with PUNCHES and KICKS. Tommy is back to his feet and walks over to break it up but Irina drops a shoulder and LAUNCHES Hate over Aren, the top rope and out onto the floor. Irina walks to the ropes and begins to springboard over them but instead lands on the apron as Tommy gets back to his feet. She KICKS Hate in the face. Aren throws a RIGHT to Irina on the apron. He tries to SUPLEX her back in but can’t get her all the way over. Hate tries a second time and still can’t. Irina uses the momentum this time and is able to reverse the suplex into a SUPLEX of her own, sending Aren crashing into Tommy outside the ring. Irina stands back up on the aron and sees Aren and Tommy slowly standing up. She climbs the corner and dives back and flips, hitting a MOONSAULT on them both!
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
Irina rolls Tommy back in on a four count by the referee. She gets on the apron and hits a SPRINGBOARD LEG DROP and goes for the cover!
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
Frustrated, Irina questions the ref who assures her that Tommy Hate got his shoulder up before the three count. Tommy is back up, leaned in the corner. Irina charges and nails him with a CLOTHESLINE in the corner. She sends Tommy to the opposite corner and he hits hard. Irina runs after him and again CLOTHESLINES him. Hate falls and she hooks his leg.
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
Both are back up and Irina WHIPS Tommy to the middle rope but he REVERSES it and goes for a CLOTHESLINE of his own but Irina ducks under it and kicks him the gut, planting him with a DDT. She stands but is met by a FLYING CROSS BODY off the top rope from Aren Mstislav. He covers!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Aren is back up and begins STOMPING and PUNCHING Irina. He pushes her into the ropes and lands a thunderous KNIFE EDGE CHOP. Aren WHIPS Irina but she reverses him. Aren tries a CROSS BODY but no one is there. Irina jumps and hits a FLYING ELBOW DROP and covers.
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Aren and Irina are back up and Irina sends Aren to the corner but again it’s reversed. Irina hits the corner and Aren CHARGES in but is met with an ELOW. Irina jumps to the middle turnbuckle and springs off into a HURRICANRANA on Aren. She runs the ropes but is TRIPPED by Tommy Hate. Tommy drags Irina outside and SLAMS her into the ring steps. Aren comes out and throws Irina in the ring and quickly covers her as Tommy plays to the crowd.
ONE!
TWO!
BROKEN UP BY TOMMY!
Aren and Tommy begin SHOVING EACH OTHER before STOMPING Irina. A little back and forth one upsman ship begins as they both take turns laying a beating on Irina. They pick her up and WHIP HER into the ropes and DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE her. Aren picks Irina up and CHOPS her. Aren and Tommy begin taking turns attacking Irina as the ref tries to keep things on the up and up. Aren WHIPS Irina into the corner. Aren WHIPS Tommy towards the corner who reverses and SLINGS Aren into the corner with force for a CLOTHESLINE on Irina. They take turns attacking again. Aren and Tommy WHIPS Irina into the corner. Aren again WHIPSTommy who again reverses and SLINGS Aren towards the corner. This time, Irina evades and Aren hits the corner hard as Irina CLOTHESLINES Tommy. Irina throws a BACK HEEL KICK knocking Aren down. Tommy comes in and goes for a MID KICK but it’s caught and Irina hits him with a STEP OVER HEEL KICK. Irina attempts a SPINNING HEEL KICK to Aren but he ducks and hits Irina with a MODIFIED ENZIGURI. He covers!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Aren picks Irina back up and Tommy joins in at the ropes for more TRADED BLOWS. They whip Irina into the ropes and attempt a DOUBLE BACKDROP Irina kicks herfeet to slow their momentum and drops them both back down with a DOUBLE DDT!!!. Tommy rolls out. Irina covers Aren!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Irina and Aren are back up, Irina KICKS him in the gut and WHIPS Aren who reverses her into the ropes, Irina rebounds ducking under a clothesline attempt and KICKS Aren who goes against the ropes. This time Irina attempts the IRISH WHIP but Aren reverses once again and Irina DIVES over the top ropes with a SUMMERSAULT PLANCHA taking out Tommy down below! Irina gets back on the arpon and Aren goes to grab her but is met by a SHOULDER TO THE GUT. Irina tries to PUNCH Aren but he grabs her arm and SLAMS it on the top rope. Then he hits a SPRINGBOARD DROPKICK to Irina sending her crashing back down to ringside with a thud. Aren follows after her and picks her up and PUNCHES her. He rolls back in to break the count then back to the attack. Aren tosses Irina back into the ring and uses his wrist tape to CHOKE her. The ref breaks it up and admonishes Aren for using the tape. He tosses it down and gets Irina in a REAR CHIN LOCK. Irina fights out of it and back to her feet. She runs the ropes and rolls up Aren.
ONE!
KICKOUT!
Aren gets to his feet first and CLOTHESLINES Irina. Aren arrogantly covers Irina with just one boot over her chest.
ONE!
KICKOUT!
Irina is back up and Aren PUNCHES her, and sends her into the ropes. She ducks under a clothesline attempt and attempts a HURRICANRANA but Aren catches her and locks her into a BOSTON CRAB in the middle of the ring. Irina is fighting it as Aren locks it in even deeper. Irina begins crawling with all her strength and almost makes the bottom rope before Aren drags her back to the center of the ring. Just before Irina has to tap, Tommy breaks up the hold with a FOREARM SHOT to Aren and then covers Irina.
ONE!
TWO!
AREN SHOVES TOMMY OFF AT TWO!
Aren and Tommy come face to face as Irina rolls out of the ring. Tommy SHOVES Aren and Aren TACKLES Tommy as they begin brawling with each other. They end up brawling out of the ring. Tommy SLAMS Aren’s head on the ring apron. They fight their way to the guardrail where Tommy CHOPS Aren in front of the crowd. He WHIPS Aren towards the stairs but Aren REVERSES and sends Tommy into and over the stairs with a nasty bump. The ref is trying to get the match back in the ring. Aren stalks Tommy and rolls him back in the ring before climbing the top turnbuckle. Aren jumps landing a REVERSE ELBOW off the top and covers!
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
Aren pulls Tommy up and they begin fighting. Aren CHOPS Tommy in the corner. He WHIPS him but Tommy is able to reverse it, holding on to Aren’s arm and pulls him down and drops him with a DOUBLE ARM DDT. Tommy goes for a dirty pin, his feet on the ropes but the ref sees it and stops counting after one. Tommy steps out onto the apron and climbs the ropes. Irina is back on the apron and Aren runs over and PUSHES her off the apron, which in turn knocks Tommy off balance and he straddles the corner. Aren climbs up and hits a SUPERPLEX on Tommy! Both men are out and Irina is outside the ring as the ref begins to count.
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
Both Tommy and Aren have not moved, they are completely spent. Irina starts to stir though.
FOUR!
FIVE!
SIX!
Irina pulls herself up by the ring skirt and finally makes it back in the ring at the count of eight, looking at both Tommy and Aren trying to decide who to pin. She covers Tommy!
ONE!
TWO!
THRE-NO! KICKOUT!
Irina goes to pick up Tommy but Aren is back up and KICKS her in the gut as she bends down. Aren PUNCHES Irina and sends her into the corner but Irina jumps up and SPRINGBOARDS into a FLYING CROSS BODY, hooking the Aren’s legs in a cover as they hit the mat!
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
Irina KICKS and PUNCHES Aren and sends him into the ropes. She bends down but Aren fires a KICK to the head. Aren runs the ropes and BULLDOGS Irina. He tries a STANDING MOOSAULT but Irina moves and Aren lands on his feet, jamming his knee a bit. Irina hits a SPINNING HEEL KICK, runs the ropes and hits a FLYING LEGDROP on Aren. She goes for the pinfall again!
ONE!
TWO!
IRINA MOVES!!!
Tommy comes flying off the top rope and Irina gets out of the way just time as Tommy crashes down on Aren with a FLYING ELOW DROP. Irina covers Aren!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE-NO!
TOMMY KICKS HER TO BREAK THE PINFALL JUST IN TIME!!
Tommy Hate picks Irina Sokolov up and PUNCHES her repeatedly, once, twice, thrice, FOUR TIMES! Tommy backs into the ropes and CHARGES Irina but she counts with a DROP TOE HOLD that sends Tommy crashing face first into Aren’s groin. Irina goes to the top rope. SHOOTING STAR PRESS on both Aren and Tommy!!! All three are down!
I-P-DUB!
I-P-DUB!
I-P-DUB!
Tommy and Irina are the first two up. Tommy tries to send Irina to the ropes but Irina reverses and slings Tommy up and over the ropes and outside the ring. She turns back to Aren who has just got to his feet and HEAD KICKS him hard into the corner. She ends him to the opposite corner but Aren tries to jump on the middle turnbuckle. Irina is there with a FOREARM though that stops any move. She jumps and KICKS Aren in the side. Irina climbs behind Aren and looks for the ELECTRIC CHAIR, trying to lift Aren up. Tommy is back in the ring and throws a shot to Irina’s back and climbs under Irina’s leg and gets her in a powerbomb position. Tommy POWERBOMBS Irina who DROPS Aren from the Electric Chair position. They both hit the mat hard!
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
Tommy covers Irina!
ONE!
TWO!
THRE-KICKOUT!
He crawls off of Irina and over to Aren and drapes an arm over his chest!
ONE!
TWO!
AREN GETS A FOOT ON THE BOTTOM ROPE!
Tommy goes to Irina and picks her up, sending a RIGHT CROSS to her head. Tommy runs the ropes but Irina lands a DROPKICK!. Tommy rolls out. Aren is back up propped on against the ropes. Irina runs and CLOTHESLINES Aren up and over. Tommy comes in with a barbed-wire wrapped baseball bat that he found under the ring. He tries to SWING IT at Irina but Irina is able to take him down. She SLINGSHOTS Tommy towards the ropes where Aren has just gotten back to the apron and Aren is sent back down and against the guardrail. Irina rolls up Tommy.
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
Irina stands up and measures Tommy. She fires off a couple quick SNAP LEG DROPS and stands up, motioning to the crowd that it’s over as she begins to ascend up the turnbuckle. Aren comes up on the apron with a chair but Irina is able to KICK the chair and sends Aren back down once again. Irina jumps towards Tommy while the ref is distracted and Tommy gets the barbed wire bat up, and Irina hits it with a scream, writing in pain. Tommy kicks the bat out of the ring, and lifts Irina up, hooking her arms before picking her up…
DEATH'S HEAD
( Paradigm Shift.)
Tommy falls onto Irina for the pin…
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
DING! DING! DING!
CASEY KINCAID
“Here is your winner, by pinfall! TOMMY HATTTEEEE!!!!!!!”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“Wow. Just wow...”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“The duo of Tommy Hate and Aren Mstislav just a bit too much for Irina Sokolov to overcome tonight. Tommy Hate picks up the win but I’m sure Aren will not let him forget that he had a lot of help along the way! What a match!”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“Indeed it was, Chloe, but stay tuned! We still have our main event coming up where the dancing is done, the JamRockers will face off against former X*Crown champions, El Rey and Zoran Sainovic, you will NOT want to miss this one!”
CLICK HERE FOR SHOW!
The feed returns from a commercial break to find ourselves backstage with JASON LONG, the Infinite Pro Wrestling Owner, seated at a table in a dark room where he’s seated down with HANK HAGGARD JR and INFINITE PRO WORLD CHAMPION, MYOJIN. The two who would meet in a match for the Infinite Pro World Championship match at Royal Crown simply glared at one another– however, there seemed to have been a rampant increase of security standing behind the two and just preparing for them to pounce if push came to shove.
JASON LONG
“I think we both know exactly what we’re doing here, correct?”
The two simply nodded to one another, eye contact not broken at all.
JASON LONG
“After what happened last week – and sadly, once again, there was more outside interference – it’s time that we both came here to sign the contract for the match at Royal Crown to be made. As Hank might know himself, I spoke to him earlier in the night to see about the stipulation that he had chosen for this match and the match type that he has picked… is a Taipei Deathmatch.
The owner paused for a moment, taking a deep breath– out of pure fear for the two.
JASON LONG
“This match is something… different to how you’d see your usual deathmatches– in the Taipei Deathmatch? Your hands will be taped up and dipped into a bucket of glue before being dipped back into another bucket filled with crushed shards of glass, allowing you two to fight one another with the crushed shards of glass stuck to your hands. I, personally, have never been involved with something like this before– but this is what Hank has chosen and apparently, it’s a Haggard specialty match for them all.”
Another pause from the owner as he opened up the contract papers.
JASON LONG
“The papers are there, the pen is there, this is your last chance to speak your own mind before signing the papers and allowing that this can happen– gentlemen, the floor is yours.”
The contract papers slid right into the middle of the table as MYOJIN brought their hand in and grabbed the papers, pulling the papers closer towards them and giving themselves a chance to read the fine print. For a second, MYOJIN glared right back up at Hank Haggard before bringing their attention right back down onto the papers once again.
MYOJIN
“Taipei Deathmatch… hm…”
There’s a moment of silence that followed before they spoke once again.
MYOJIN
“I’m amused that you even decided that the best way to defeat me was to be in a deathmatch of sorts, Hank. After all, for the past couple of months that you and your family have been here, you’ve terrorised this promotion with your cheap antics and vile intent to interrupt all of your matches to win. It seemed to work for a while, except for your brother against PRICE, so I seem to still have some kind of a chance when it comes to you.”
MYOJIN had grabbed the pen set down on top of the papers– twirling it around on his fingers as he glared toward Hank.
MYOJIN
“However, I would like to think that you’re wrapping my hands up for a reason, you’re thinking that it’ll be a good idea to keep my hands stuck together as if I can’t just kick my way through you and kick your head in. I won’t have a problem doing that, and you can be certain of it, Hank. If there’s something that I am good at– it’s kicking heads in for fun, not for sport, but for my own personal pleasure. You’ve picked your own poison, Hank, and you made a terrible choice in such a thing.”
MYOJIN leaned forward, a smirk growing along their lips.
MYOJIN
“Happily, I’ll be willing to teach you the lesson of a lifetime, Hank. For you and your family, I must teach you that if there’ll be a new master in the realm of this… Taipei Deathmatch… and the Haggard family will all be put down under the foot of The Celestial Artist. Actually, that gives me a good idea– The Celestial Artist of the Deathmatch. Would that be going too far? Hm… maybe… but the thought must be running through your head right now and it’s irking you and it’s making you disgusted. But just wait until Royal Crown, darling– This pretty face will be standing tall above you, title above my head, and it’s going to be me standing as the reigning and defending – still, of course – your Infinite Pro Wrestling World Champion.”
As those words were spoken, MYOJIN signed his name down onto the contract and he pushed it—with every bit of force behind it—and Hank slammed his hand down onto the table, catching the contract papers, and he never took his eyes off of the champion.
HANK HAGGARD JR.
“Aye, yer feelin’ like you know yer shit.”
Hank began to laugh.
HANK HAGGARD JR.
“I getcha, mee-oh-geen.”
A pause followed.
HANK HAGGARD JR.
“If there’s somethin’ my daddy taught me, don’t take no shit from anyone. Make sure ya get’em when they vulnerable. And, whilst ye be thinkin’ like ya got this whole shit thought out? I ain’t gonna lie- but ye better be coming correct when you think about proving ye’self in a Haggard match, boy.”
Hank opened up the contract papers and he looked down at the name signed on the dotted line.
HANK HAGGARD JR.
“Signed ya death warrant here, mee-oh-geen.”
He smirked.
HANK HAGGARD JR.
“Boy, yer really don’t know whatcha signed the papers to, huh. yer expected there to be just glue and glass on ya hands– there’s more to it than just that, boy. Haggards always had the tendency to… step it up a notch… see, along with yer glass and glue, hands taped up and all that ish– there ain’t gonna be no ropes, there’s gonna be big sheets of glass surrounding the ring so if ye get thrown outta the ring? If yer get fuckin’ tossed outta the ring? yer gonna meet more glass. It’s gonna pierce ya flesh and it’ll cut ye deep.”
Hank grabbed the pen and he signed down on the dotted line– and the match is now official.
HANK HAGGARD JR.
“Yer expectin’ to be goin’ into a easy goin’ match? Nah. Yer gonna get fucked up. Yer gonna get sliced the fuck up. And, yer gonna be bitched the fuck out. Those visions ya got goin’ on? Ain’t happenin’. I’mma be the World Champion and i’mma take it from yer cold dead fuckin’ hands, mee-oh-geen. And i’mma take that promise to the fuckin’ grave, boy, because i’mma be draggin’ ya down with me.”
Jason grabbed the contract papers and pulled them closer toward him, opening them up and examining the page, seeing the names signed and nodding his head.
JASON LONG
“And there it is, gentlemen, at Royal Crown? You’re going to be heading into hell and we’re about to see who’ll walk out with the victory and the Infinite Pro World Championship. As it seems to be explained further, this match is going to be life or death, so I must bid all of you the best of luck… by the sounds of it, you’ll both be needing it.”
The camera panned back and both MYOJIN and Hank Haggard Jr continued to stare one another down before the feed slowly faded out and back to ringside.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOWL
All rise for the king of all wolves now arrives.
The voice of James Earl Mother Fucking Jones echos over the speakers. How did he get James Earl Jones to say that? It wasn’t a Cameo I’ll tell you that and it cost a pretty penny. Shortly after James Earl Jones speaks Big Sean’s “Wolves” begins to play. The stage lights up with a spotlight and smoke fills the stage. El Rey steps out onto the stage to a chorus of boos. He soaks up the crowd reaction and his music cuts and we hear…
I SAID
AAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
…and Zoran Sainovic comes out behind his client. El Rey shakes his head and makes his way slowly to the ring with his head held high ignoring the fans as he makes his way to the ring. He climbs the steps and makes his way into the ring and throws out his arms to another burst of boos from the crowd. Meanwhile Zoran marches down to ringside to support his “client.” The reaction brings a smile to his face and he walks to the corner and leans against it until the match begins.
CASEY KINCAID
“The following is a tag team match set for one fall, introducing first– the team of EL REY AND ZORRRRANNNNN SAIIIINNOVIIIIICCCCC!!!!”
LUIS DE LEÓN
Zoran Sainovic gives me the chills. That man is a serious sociopath. It was bad enough when he was just roaming around outside, now he’s going to be in the ring, oh man.
CHLOE HARTWELL
The IPW insurance premiums are sure to go up, that's for sure.
LUIS DE LEÓN
I know the Jam Rockers aren’t the greatest people on earth, but what Zoran could do to them no one deserves.
GOOD TIMES GONE!
AND YOU MISSED EM!
WHAT'S GONE WRONG
IN YOUR SYSTEM?!
The boos begin the second the guitar hits and the green lights flood the arena. Touchdown and Cooldown come out stylin and profilin'. Touchdown laid back smoking a cigarette and grinning at the negativity whilst Cooldown actively taunts the fans, going up to front row members at random and insulting their physical appearance like an asshole.
CASEY KINCAID
“And their opponents… the team of ‘Fucked Fucker’ Jimi Cooldown and the Infinite Pro National Openweight Champion, ‘Master of Disaster’ Alastor Touchdown… THEY ARE THE JAAAAAMMMMMMROCCKKKKKERRRRRRSSSSS!!!!”
The two run in the second Casey Kincaid finishes the introductions, roughly shoving him to the floor and out of the ring. Touchdown yanks the microphone out of his hand while Cooldown kicks Kincaid out under the bottom rope. Garbage flying into the ring, Touchdown brings the mic to his lips with a smirk.
"OUTTA CONTROL!
HARD TO REGULATE!
ANYTHING GOES!!!!!!"
Touchdown tosses the microphone to Cooldown.
"SUCK! OUR! DICKS!"
The duo bask in the vitriol of the crowd.
CHLOE HARTWELL
You might be wrong partner, they might deserve what Zoran has in store for them.
LUIS DE LEÓN
They may be cocky and they may be brash, but they are IPW through and through and I would hate one of our own like them to suffer the fate of a visitor like Zoran. He doesn’t care about IPW. He just cares about causing chaos.
CHLOE HARTWELL
They may be IPW through and through, but they cause just as much chaos. We’ll see how this all shakes out.
MAIN EVENT
TAG TEAM MATCH
THE JAMROCKERS vs ZORAN SAINOVIC and EL REY
DING! DING!
El Rey and Alastor start off. The champion and one of his future challengers circle each other. El Rey shoots for a double Leg takedown, but Alastor avoids and waves his finger at El Rey and tags out. El Rey puts his hands on his hips annoyed at the games Alastor is playing. Jimi hops over the top rope and into the ring. Jimi spins around taunting the crowd before turning his attention to the young former X*Crown Champion. El Rey and Jimi lock up and push each other around the ring. Jimi soon gets the upper hand and forces El Rey into the corner. Jimi releases and attacks with a chop, but El Rey ducks and responds with a chop attempt of his own, but Jimi also ducks. El Rey backs off laughing as the two seem to be at a stalemate.
CHLOE HARTWELL
It seems the two have the same thing in mind here tonight.
LUIS DE LEÓN
They do, but if El Rey wants to get his hands on Alastor he’s going to have to get one up on Jimi enough to force him to tag out.
The two circle again in the center of the ring. El Rey goes to lock up with Jimi, but Jimi responds with a kick to the shin. El Rey reaches for his leg and Jimi strikes BOOM, super kick. El Rey stumbles back from the impact, but he doesn’t continue the attack. Instead, Jimi throws out his arms and spins around taunting the crowd who reign down boos. Jimi turns back to El Rey and crotch chops. El Rey responds with a stiff lariat taking Jimi down. Jimi is quickly back up to his feet, but is taken down with a drop kick. Jimi gets back up again and El Rey goes to grab him, but Jimi counters with a poke to the eye to turn the tide. Jimi grabs El Rey and hip tosses El Rey. El Rey sits up and Jimi drop kicks him in the back of the neck and kips up to his feet and holds out his arms to more boos from the crowd. Jimi reaches down and pulls El Rey up to his feet and drives him into his corner. Jimi delivers a stiff chop to El Rey’s chest and tags in the Open-weight Champion.
LUIS DE LEÓN
Now that El Rey is neutralized Alastor is fine getting in. You think he’s scared of the former X*Crown Champion?
CHLOE HARTWELL
I don’t think he’s afraid, but he’s absolutely playing games with his future challenger.
Alastor hops over the ropes and delivers a stiff chop to the chest of El Rey. El Rey’s feet kick up from the impact and Alastor follows up with another, and another. Alastor then shush’s the crowd, mimics removing a glove, and delivers an overhand chop he calls the Big Chop. El Rey screams out in pain and falls to a sitting position as Alastor struts across the ring and flips Zoran the bird. Zoran does not take the bait and Alastor turns and runs and nails El Rey with a running knee strike. Alastor tags in Jimi and he leaps over the top rope and drops down with double knees to the chest of El Rey. Jimi pulls El Rey up to his feet and grabs him and lifts him up and turns and slams El Rey to the mat. Jimi raises his hand in the air and turns his back on the fallen El Rey and leaps and hits the splits on the top rope and moonsaults back onto El Rey. Jimi holds for the cover, but El Rey kicks out at two.
CHLOE HARTWELL
Near fall by the Jamrockers there. I can’t help but notice that Zoran made no effort to break that up.
LUIS DE LEÓN
He also didn’t bite on Alastor’s bait. He’s either very confident in his young partner or he is perfectly okay letting his young partner take the fall.
CHLOE HARTWELL
I wouldn’t be surprised with either of those things.
Jimi is quick to his feet and he drops a leg drop on the neck of El Rey. He gets back up and drops yet another. He quickly tags in Alastor, but he doesn’t exit the ring. No, instead he places his foot on the head of El Rey holding him down as Alastor leaps up, spring boards off the top rope and nails El Rey with a shooting star press. Jimi exits the ring as Alastor holds the cover for the pin, but again El Rey kicks out at two. Alastor slaps the mat and gets up and yells in the refs face. Alastor holds three fingers in the face of the ref and while Alastor is distracted El Rey begins to crawl towards his corner. Alastor notices this out of the corner of his eye and quickly moves over and grabs El Rey by the foot. El Rey is just inches away from tagging his partner Zoran, but Alastor holds him back. El Rey gets up to one foot and hops around. El Rey leaps and mule kicks Alastor in the chest causing Alastor to release El Rey’s foot and stumble back into his corner where Jimi makes the tag. Once free from Alastor’s grip El Rey dives forward and makes the tag to Zoran.
LUIS DE LEÓN
Here comes the former two-time X*Crown Champion. Let’s see how he mixes it up with the much younger Jimi Cooldown.
CHLOE HARTWELL
All that taunting may come back to bite him now. I can guarantee Zoran hasn’t forgotten.
Jimi races into the ring while Zoran calmly moves in and as Jimi approaches he leans in and nails Jimi with a lariat. Zoran jogs across the ring and nails Alastor who is still in the corner with Pressure Point (shotei) the rocks Alastor. Zoran turns back to Jimi and nails him with a Pressure Point that rocks him back into the corner. Zoran follows Jimi in and nails him with a running knee lift. Zoran then turns towards the other corner where Alastor is and runs and nails him with a running knee lift of his own. Zoran pushes Alastor down and pushes him out of the ring with his foot. With Alastor dispatched Zoran turns his attention back to Jimi and runs at him and nails him with yet another Pressure Point. Zoran then lifts Jimi up onto the top turnbuckle. Zoran climbs up and hooks up Jimi and brings him in the ring from on high with a superplex. Zoran takes some punishment, but is able to roll over and cover Jimi, but Alastor leaps in out of nowhere to break it up.
LUIS DE LEÓN
The tide changed quickly when Zoran got in this match and he nearly ended it there.
CHLOE HARTWELL
The Jamrockers are a skilled tag team. You’re going to have to be ready to stop the other member for the break up or you’ll never beat them.
Zoran gets to his feet and grabs Alastor by the throat. Just then Tuna Meltzer jumps on the apron distracting the ref. Alastor counters the choke with a swift low blow kick to free himself. Tuna drops down and the ref turns around to double over Zoran. Alastor shrugs his shoulders at the ref and drops Zoran with a DDT. Alastor helps Jimi up and gets him over to their corner and tags in. Zoran gets up to all fours during this and Alastor once tagged in runs and nails Zoran with a leg drop to the back of the head. Zoran hits face first on the mat and Alastor turns him over for the cover, but Zoran quickly gets his foot on the rope.
CHLOE HARTWELL
Big mistake there. What Zoran loses in speed and athleticism he gains in experience and any veteran of the ring is aware of the ropes at all times.
Alastor doesn’t get up and argue this time. Instead he leaps to his feet and takes advantage of the hung up leg and stomps on the side of Zoran’s knee. Alastor reaches down and puts Zoran’s leg back in the bottom rope and stomps on it again. The ref gets in his face telling him to keep it off the ropes and Alastor agrees and pushes the ref aside softly. Zoran then picks the leg up and holds it up and kicks the inside of the knee. Alastor doesn’t let go and drags Zoran over to his corner. Alastor tags Jimi and pulls Zoran’s leg up again. Jimi climbs up to the top rope and leaps off, nailing the inside of the knee of Zoran with a drop kick. Alastor exits as Jimi gets up and takes over control of the damaged leg of Zoran. Jimi wraps his arm around Zoran’s leg and drops with a leg DDT. He quickly goes for the cover, but Zoran rolls the shoulder.
LUIS DE LEÓN
The Jamrockers have found a target and locked on. With El Rey just now getting back up to his corner it might be Elementary for the Boogie Street Boys.
Jimi quickly gets up to his feet and grabs control of the leg again. He flips off El Rey as he pulls Zoran up onto his one foot causing El Rey to try and enter the ring and distract the ref. Jimi looks to dragonscrew Zoran’s leg, but Zoran pulls away. Jimi maintains control and attempts again, but Zoran again pulls away and this time breaks his foot free. Zoran falls forward onto his knees at the feet of Jimi and with the ref distracted he delivers a low blow, and another, and another. Zoran pulls away and Jimi falls backwards holding his crotch. Zoran falls backwards too causing them both to hit the mat at the same time. The ref turns and thinks nothing of it because both men are laid out. Zoran crawls to the corner as Jimi tags in Alastor. Alastor hops in the ring right as Zoran makes the tag to El Rey.
LUIS DE LEÓN
Finally El Rey gets in the ring with Alastor when he’s not already incapacitated.
CHLOE HARTWELL
And we get our first real glimpse at what’s to come live on pay per view.
Alastor runs at El Rey and swings wildly. El Rey ducks grabbing the arm as he does and goes behind and nails him with Xed Out (cross armed German suplex). El Rey quickly gets up to his feet and Jimi is back up and swings wildly and gets a Xed out as well! El Rey is red hot and he turns back to Alastor who is back to his feet and against the ropes. El Rey runs and drop kicks Alastor over the top rope to the outside. El Rey turns back to Jimi who is back to his feet. El Rey charges and drives Jimi into the corner with a shoulder block. El Rey then runs across the ring and runs back nailing Jimi with a Scorpion Splash. Jimi stumbles out of the corner and El Rey knocks him down with a clothesline. El Rey then pounces up to the top rope and stands up tall. He steadies himself and then flies with a 630 senton!
CHLOE HARTWELL
This is it. This is over. Such a flashy and effective move.
LUIS DE LEÓN
Flashy and effective. El Rey can be described as both of those things and if he wins now we’ll never hear the end of it.
El Rey hits hard and is hurt himself, but he makes a solid cover, but the ref doesn’t make the count. El Rey looks up and the ref is waving it off. El Rey slowly gets up to his feet and begins arguing with the ref, but the ref maintains Jimi is not the legal man. El Rey throws his hands up in the air, and just then Alastor sneaks in the ring and rolls El Rey up. The ref pounces and counts and the Alastor gets 3.
DING! DING! DING!
CASEY KINCAID
“Here are your winners… Jimi Cooldown and the Infinite Pro National Openweight Champion, Alastor Touchdown… THHEEEEEE JAAAAAMMMROCKKKKKERRRRRSSSS!!!
ADRENALINE VIII.
LIVE! from The OVO Arena Wembly in London, England.
Sunday, August 28th, 2022
7:00 P.M. (GMT) – On The XHF Network.
Jack Diamond is seen walking through the backstage hallway. He turns a corner and hears some extremely loud music coming from one of the locker rooms down a ways. Curious he goes toward it and as he gets closer he spots the song. Genius of Love by The Tom Tom Club!
Once Jack got even closer he realized the tune was coming from the JamRockers locker room. Jack walked through the open door to see both grooving to the happy music.
JIMI COOLDOWN
“Damn it Tuna! You were supposed to be watching the door. Making sure no lames got in here.”
Tuna Meltzer looks up from behind the giant boom box.
TUNA MELTZER
“I thought you guys said I was the DJ?”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“You have every job that we don’t want to do. You are DJ and head of security.”
JIMI COOLDOWN
“And also janitor.”
TUNA MELTZER
“Got it, guys! I won’t let you down….uh…again.”
Tuna scrambles from behind the speakers and walks up to Jack Diamond.
TUNA MELTZER
“Okay I’m gonna throw this guy out of here for you boys.”
Tuna grips up Jack but isn’t able to move the Icon an inch.
TUNA MELTZER
“Come on Jack, don’t try to fight it.”
Jack Diamond just stands there Awkwardly. Eventually Tuna gives up and walks away dejected.
JACK DIAMOND
“So anyways, you guys have a big main event match and you are in here having a dance party? What is going on?”
JIMI COOLDOWN
“We already learned everything we need to know about what it takes to beat up Zordon and his boy Elroy, from our special guest tonight.”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“So we figured we may as well have a party to finish off the rest of the night.”
JACK DIAMOND
“Special guest?”
Just then the special guest walked up behind Jack.
STEVE AWESOME
“Well if it isn’t the Icon.”
The XCrown Championship dangles from the shoulder of the Face of the Franchise. Jack Diamond slowly turns around to find Steve Awesome. Jack wasn’t exactly thrilled.
STEVE AWESOME
“I haven’t seen you since the opening of the GFC tournament where I..”
Steve pantomimes a punch combo with an uppercut.
STEVE AWESOME
“Knocked you the hell out.”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“OHHHHHHH!!!!”
JIMI COOLDOWN
“HE SAID HE KNOCKED HIM THE HELL OUT!!!”
The JamRockers laughing and hyping up their friend Steve really made that smirk on champs face that much more irritating for Jack Diamond. Jack got up into Steve’s face.
JACK DIAMOND
“You like to leave out that I knocked you out first in the prelims.”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“That wasn’t very funny…”
JIMI COOLDOWN
“Yeah. Give him zero stars, Tuna!”
TUNA MELTZER
“ZERO STARS, JACK!”
JIMI COOLDOWN
“Okay now shut up, Tuna.”
TUNA MELTZER
“Okay.”
JACK DIAMOND
“The way I see it, we’re one and one in singles matches. I got a ring out there in front of a sold out IPW crowd. Why don’t we settle it once and for all and I can knock you out and take that X*Crown title.”
That’s when Steve slowly backed away. He laughed and shook his head.
STEVE AWESOME
“Come on man, this is the JamRockers night. It’s their main event, they are gonna go out there and entertain the masses and kick all the asses. I’m just a guest here, Jack. I’m just here to cheer on some new friends.”
He points back to the JamRockers.
STEVE AWESOME
“You need to lighten up, this is a dance party after all. Hit the music, Tuna!”
Tuna scrambles over to the music and plays Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club from the beginning. Steve and the JamRockers start to groove.
STEVE AWESOME
“So either dance….or get the hell out of our locker room.”
Jack Diamond glares as Steve and the JamRockers dance the night away.
CHLOE HARTWELL
“The X*Crown champion is in the house Luis! You have to wonder if the JamRockers are focused on their match tonight or more focused on their dance moves and rubbing elbows with Steve Awesome.”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“I know our commissoner doesn't look too please.”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“Anywas, it looks like Jules King is ready to get the night started as she stands in the middle of the ring, so let’s kick this thing off, shall we?”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“We shall! Let’s send it to Casey Kincaid!”
Jules King is pacing back and forth in the ring as Casey steps to the middle of the ring with the microphone.
CASEY KINCAID
“Our opening match of the evening is set for one fall and is a triple threat match. In the ring, standing at five foot, five inches, from Detroit, Michigan by way of Hanoi, Vietnam… She is “The Switchblade Siren”... JULES KING!!!!”
CASEY KINCAID
“And her opponent, also from Detroit, Michigan, he stands at six foot, one inch… He is the Motown Misfit, the Prince of Perfection… JOE NOBODY!!!!”
The camera zooms into Nobody's face who smirks and adjusts his tie before making his way to the ring.
LUIS DE LEÓN
“There he is Chloe, Joe Nobody. He’s really had a change of attitude lately and I’m not going to lie, it’s working for him.”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“Yeah, well he had a few choice words for Jules King these past two weeks, Luis, concerning her claiming Detroit as her hometown. Joe called her a tourist and wanted to be the one to send her packing.”
As makes it up two steps and stops before turning around to give a young fan his signature fedora.
LUIS DE LEÓN
“He would go on to say his problem is more so with management than his opponents here tonight. Joe feels like he’s been forgotten, left out, and he looks to prove that’s not the case in this match. He looks laser focused.”
CASEY KINCAID
“And their opponent, towering at a sturdy six foot, eight inches tall…from Hartford, Connecticut… he is “The Whaler”... NATE PIERCE!!!”
The kickstarting riffs of "Drown With Me" loudly come to life over the speakers, and shortly after, Nate Pierce appears on stage with his arms spread out wide, accompanied by an equally wide grin on his face. He throws his arms up above his head, shouting in turn as he drinks in the energy the crowd gives him.
LUIS DE LEÓN
“Listen to that crowd, Chloe. If you want to talk about first impressions, I believe the whole OVO Arena is in awe at the debuting Piece tonight.”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“As they should be, look at him. He definitely has the height and size advantage in this one, it’s going to be a tough mountain to climb for King and Nobody tonight if they want to ruin The Whaler’s first outing.”
Arms returning to his side, he begins his way down the ramp, slapping hands with the fans that reach out to him before reaching the ring steps, slapping the top one as he begins his climb into the ring. Upon stepping through the ropes, he strides over to the far corner, pulling himself up onto the middle buckle and throwing his arms up again to another roar of cheers from the crowd. Nodding to himself, he hops down from the corner, leaning back into it with his arms resting on the top ropes as he awaits the starting bell.
CHLOE HARTWELL
“All three look ready, we are ready, and this sell out crowd is ready… let’s go!”
MATCH ONE
TRIPLE THREAT MATCH
NATE PIERCE vs JULES KING vs JOE NOBODY
DING! DING!
JOE NOBODY and NATE PIERCE walk into the center of the ring, staring each other down and jawing back and forth a bit. JULES KING walks up and gets shoved away. Pierce catches Nobody with a BIG BOOT. Jules King runs in but Nate Pierce hits her with a SNAP SUPLEX. Pierre drags Nobody away from the ropes and covers him.
ONE!
TW-KICKOUT!
Nate Pierce STOMPS Joe Nobody for good measure and turns right into a DROPKICK by Jules King as she slips over the ropes to the apron. The dropkick spins Pierce around right into a stiff DROPKICK from Nobody that sends The Whaler down to the canvas. Nobody charges at King on the apron but King throws a SHOULDER INTO THE GUT then jumps over the top rope and SUNSET FLIPS Nobody into a pinning attempt.
ON-KICKOUT!
Quickly both are back up and King tries to PUNCH Nobody but he is able to duck under it and catches Jules King in a BACKSLIDE PIN. Before the ref can count though, Nate Pierce is back in the ring and grabs Joe off of Jules into a ROLLUP.
ONE!
Jules King jumps in and ROLLS Pierce up for a pin.
ONE!
Now it’s Joe Nobody who ROLLS UP Jules but the slowing ref can’t even make a one count before Pierce is back to grabbing Joe Nobody for ANOTHER ROLLUP and is King immediately comes in with a HEADSCISSORS TAKEDOWN into ANOTHER pinning attempt!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
All three are back to their feet, Nate Pierce attempts a DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE and hits Jules King but Joe Nobody is able to duck under it. Pierce turns back and is met with another DROPKICK from Nobody. As Pierce rolls to the apron, Nobody runs and hits Jules King with a JUMPING ELBOW DROP and she rolls to the apron. As the three of them regroup, the crowd is in a frenzy with chants for all three breaking out across the arena.
LET’S GO PIERCE!
NOBODY!
LET’S GO KING!
NOBODY!
After some back and forth fighting, Nate Pierce is able to get the upperhand and has Jules King stunned in the corner. Pierce drags Nobody to the opposite corner and tries to SLAM his head into the turnbuckle buckle but Nobody gets a foot on the middle turnbuckle to block and the ELBOWS Pierce. Nobody tries to set Pierce up for a vertical suplex but Pierce is able to block it. Jules King comes over and throws a few BODY SHOTS to Pierce and helps Nobody set the double team suplex. Pierce is again able to block the move. Then Pierce lifts them both up into an impressive DOUBLE SUPLEX! Pierce covers Nobody!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Pierce picks Nobody up in a double underhook and LIFTS HIM UP FOR A POWERBOMB!. Nobody fires off shots to the face of Pierce and tries for a HURRICANRANA but Piece catches him, lifts him back up and POWERBOMBS him down to the mat. Jules King SPRINGBOARDS off the apron and ELBOW DROPS Nobody. Pierce picks up Jules and slams them with a GUTWRENCH SUPLEX. Pierce overs Nobody!
ONE!
TWO!
THRE-KICKOUT!!!
THIS IS AWESOME!
Clap…Clap…Clap Clap Clap
THIS IS AWESOME!
Clap…Clap…Clap Clap Clap
Pierces gets back up and STOMPS Jules King. Joe Nobody pulls himself up in the corner and Pierce charges at him. Nobody is able to evade and Pierce slams into the corner shoulder first. While he tries to regroup, Nobody picks Jules up and grabs her to set up a german suplex.
VICTORY BUSTER!
(German Suplex transitioned in a Wheelbarrow Facebuster)
Joe Nobody hooks her leg!
ONE!
TWO!
THRE-NO! KICKOUT!
Joe hangs his head for a moment, knowing he was so close to putting this one away. Both Pierce and King are now in opposite corners. Joe charges at Pierce but Pierce is able to catch him and SLAM him on the top turnbuckle in a reverse seated position. Pierce climbs to the middle turnbuckle trying to set up a back suplex but Nobody begins to fight it off. PIerce drops down after a barrage of punches. King comes running in with a BIG DROPKICK to Pierce which sends him into the turnbuckle and into Nobody, dropping Nobody into a Tree of Woe position. Pierce runs at King trying to CLOTHESLINE her but King ducks it and immediately lands a BASEMENT DROPKICK to Nobody’s head. Nobody folds to the canvas and King turns walking right into a BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX from Pierce. KIng rolls to the corner and pulls herself up just in time for Pierce to charge!
PUNCTURE WOUND
(Spear)
Pierce is still favoring the shoulder from hitting the turnbuckle earlier and is not able to capitalize right away. He stands and drags King out to the center of the ring and finally makes the cover.
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Pierce slaps the mat in frustration, stands, and begins to pick Jules King up. King sends a RIGHT HAND to the side of Pierce’s head knocking him off balance. He spins and is hit with a FLYING CROSS BODY from the top rope by Joe Nobody. Joe covers!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Again, King and Pierce pull themselves up in opposite corners. Nobody charges. SPLASH to Pierce! Then he runs to the opposite corner. SPLAH to King! Nobody grabs King and sets her up for a neckbreaker. Pierce walks over and Nobody throws a kick to his gut and sets him up in a DDT position. Nobody drops Pierce into a DDT and King into a NECKBREAKER SIMULTANEOUSLY! Nobody covers Pierce!
ONE!
TWO!
THR-KICKOUT!
Nobody covers Jules King!
ONE!
TWO!
THR-KICKOUT!
Nobody picks King up and pushes them into the ropes before whipping them across the ring. He runs but King is able to rebound and him Nobody with a SWINGING NECKBREAKER. Jules covers Nobody!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Jules King crawls to the corner and climbs up top, but Pierce runs in and breaks it up with a forearm to her back. He climbs to the top rope with King and stands her up, trying to set up a superplex. King begins blocking and throwing body shots. Nobody is back up and climbs out to the arpon and walks over to the turnbuckle but Pierce throws a left jab. Pierce is able to get King into a fireman's carry and begins trying to set Nobody up in the superplex position. The crowd is stirring. King slides off and drops to her feet and POWERBOMBS Pierce off the top rope who in turn brings Nobody with him for a SUPERPLEX. The crowd explodes! Jules King crawls over and hooks Pierce’s leg!
ONE!
TWO!
THRE-KICKOUT!
KIng now shows her frustration as she stands and puts PIerce in a CLOVERLEAF!. Pierce fights it and begins crawling but is far from the ropes. He crawls to where Nobody is laying and actually makes a cover while locked into the submission hold!
ONE!
TWO!
NO!
WIth the cloverleaf still locked in, King drags Pierce off of Nobody and back to the center of the ring. She CINCHES it in even tighter. Pierce is able to make a last ditch effort and power out of it, sending King TUMBLING THROUGH THE ROPES. Nobody charges in for a RUNNING STO but Pierce catches him for a SPINEBUSTER! King is back up on top and dives but Pierce catches her and slams her into his knee for a BACKBREAKER. Pierce covers King!
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
He covers Nobody!
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKCOUT!
He stands, but Jules King has made it back to the top turnbuckle in the process. When Pierce turns to look at her he is caught with a BLOCKBUSTER and Pierce’s back lands on Nobody’s knees. Pierce rolls out of the ring, holding his back. Jules is back up and locks Joe Nobody into the CLOVERLEAF. Nobody is screaming in pain, with nowhere to go. It looks like he is close to tapping when Pierce pulls himself back into the ring sees what is going on and dives at Nobody, locking him into a CROSSFACE at the same time! Jules breaks her hold and walks around to Pierce, picking up his legs and repeatedly STOMPING him in the gut. She tries to lock in the cloverleaf again but Pierce is able to use his strength to take her down instead and SLINGSHOTS her into the corner. Pierce stands up and is immediately dropped with a TORNADO DDT by Nobody and Nobody makes the pin!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE-NO!!! KICKOUT!
THIS IS AWESOME!
Clap…Clap…Clap Clap Clap
THIS IS AWESOME!
Clap…Clap…Clap Clap Clap
Both Pierce and Nobody are back up. Nobody charges in for his Running STO move again but Pierce pops him up and into the ropes where King is waiting for a HEADKICK! Nobody stumbles back around and into the arms of Pierce for a BRIDGE FISHERMAN SUPLEX.
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
Nate Pierce stands just as King is climbing back into the ring and he KNEES her hard, sending her back outside the ring. Pierce measures Nobody who slowly gets up. Pierce grabs Nobody by the throat and attempts his finishing CHOKEBOMB move but as he lifts Nobody, Nobody is able to shimmy out of it and grab a HALF NELSON on Pierce!
COMBOBREAKER!
(Half Nelson Slam into a Stunner)
Jules King slides back into the ring just before Nobody can walk over and make the cover and THROWS HIM OUT OF THE RING!. Jules goes to make the cover!
BUT NATE PIERCE REVERSES THE PINNING ATTEMPT AND HOLDS ON THE JULES’ TIGHTS!.
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!!!
DING! DING! DING!
CASEY KINCAID
“Here is your winner, by pinfall… NATE PIERRRRRCE!!!!!”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“Oh my! Jules King tried to steal the match there and it backfired in a big, big way! Nobody had this thing won!”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“What a match! That is how you kick off the final show before Royal Crown, Chloe! Nate Pierce picked up the win in questionable fashion, but I tell you, what’s not questionable was how impressive all three were tonight! Wow!”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“That will get the blood pumping. I’m not sure about the shenanigans in the back, but a match like that will definitely get you dancing and moving! Speaking of…”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“Ladies and Gentlemen; we’d like you to turn your attention to the screens now as we go LIVE backstage for an exclusive interview with the IPW Openweight Champion who’ll be competing in tonight’s non-title main event: Alastor Touchdown!”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“For once, I’m glad Dom isn’t here…”
Chloe awkwardly adjusts herself, having been subject to many encounters with The Jamrockers - Touchdown especially. The screen above the entrance ramp lights up to reveal ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN to a chorus of boos from the crowd. He appears nonplussed at this, wearing the stab vest he’d displayed earlier in the week and the Openweight Championship over his shoulder.
LUIS DE LEÓN
“Mr. Touchdown, great to see you! First off we wanted to get your thoughts on-”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“Yeah yeah yeah, Louie, I got a question. Why’d you try to have me on for this interview and not invite my best friend? Neither of us take disrespect like that lightly, Lou. But, we’re gonna give ya a chance for now because you’re new to this whole “commentator plus interviewer” crap.”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“U-uh, I see, well…I’m certainly sorry about that and wi-”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“Sorry’s not really gonna cut it but it’s not me you have to apologise to, JIMI! JIMI!”
After a few yells off-camera, JIMI COOLDOWN appears and sits next to his partner. His face also unamused as he folds his arms.
JIMI COOLDOWN
“If ya go around treating the main event talent like every Tom, Dick or Craig, Louie, you ain’t gonna have a job in this industry much longer!!”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“I- I see Mr. Cooldown. Again I apologise and obviously we-”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“Y’know what, actually, let's get Tunez in here as well.”
Touchdown and Cooldown make a gesture with their fingers and in comes TUNA MELTZER. Doing his best to emulate the stern expressions of his Six-Star Studs.
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“Alright! So now’s we’re all here, we can do this stupid interview and HOPEFULLY have no more acts of blatant disregard for the TALENT!”
JIMI COOLDOWN
“Disrespectful!”
TUNA MELTZER
“Shameful.”
Chloe Hartwell has already buried her head in her hands as Luis clears his throat and desperately tries to get things back on track.
LUIS DE LEÓN
“Of course, you’re right, I apologise for not thinking things through and meant no disrespect. It won’t happen again. However, Mr. Touchdown, as the IPW Openweight Champion, I wanted to get your thoughts on the match booked for Royal Crown. Where you’ll defend your title in a ladder match against Spike Kane, Johnny Five, El Rey and the former Champion, Cross Recoba.”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“My thoughts are exactly what you’d think LuLu. I appreciate the hidden compliment given by Long which is him acknowledging any one of those men in a singles match 'gainst me are gonna lose. They’re gonna get out-maneuvered, out-smarted and ultimately humiliated. But just ‘cause he acknowledges that fact, that doesn’t make me alright with his decision.”
Tuna shakes his head sorrowfully at the injustice, Touchdown adjusts his belt with a sneer.
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“Cross Recoba just lost his belt to me, he can cry all he wants about interference but he was goin’ out like a light either way! Spike Kane won ONE match! El Rey LOST! And is gonna keep that streak goin’ tonight! The only person in this match who has any kinda merit to earn it is Johnny Five and boy; ain’t that a depressing thought! Let’s call it like it is, all of those men are after ME, not this title. I made this division relevant before Recoba could make it dead on arrival! So, when Long tries to get his revenge for me lobbin’ a lil spit on his face, he could be less blatant about it.”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“So, you consider it a punishment? Are you worried about your chances going into it?”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“Don’t put words in my mouth Lucifer, don’t do that! You’re not a good journalist when you do that!”
TUNA MELTZER
“Yeah, nice interviewing skills, ROOKIE!”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“The individuals in that match are tough, violent, driven, any adjective ya wanna toss out there without expandin’. But the thing is, everything I’ve said I was gonna do so far, I’ve done. I embarrassed Spike Kane, I outwitted Cross Recoba and I won this title in SPITE of this company and these fans! The Jamrockers'll continue that streak when we beat Zohan and L Rey! Because, despite every match we’re put in, we’re expected to lose. We’re expected to roll over for our opponents because we’re not to be taken seriously. But, somehow, every time, that ends up not bein’ the case! Jamrockers ain’t out here tryin’ to get your respect, Louie! I sure as hell ain’t trying to get the respect of anybody in MY title defence. As it stands, in terms of recent success, long term drawing power and in overall popularity? Everybody in that match needs to be impressing ME!”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“When does it stop, though? When will you and Cooldown be satisfied and feel respected by the IPW fans and company?”
Chloe, seemingly woken up by the interview progressing, asks with genuine curiosity. Touchdown scoffs and runs a hand through his hair.
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“Chloe, first off, you don’t have to get all aggressive just ‘cause I didn’t call ya back.”
Cooldown and Tuna chuckle.
CHLOE HARTWELL
“Hey! We never-”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“Second of all! The answer ain’t cut and dry! You all can try runnin’ it back if ya like, it doesn’t change anything! Good times’re gone and ya MISSED ‘EM! Whether I win this title, whether Cooldown decides he wants the World Title, it will never be enough. It won’t be enough until me and The Boy are old and retired and next to our names is a list of accomplishments so long we can’t read ‘em without magnifyin’ glasses! Steve Awesome saw in us what no one else wanted to admit, it’s too damn late to jump on the Jamrock Bandwagon now!”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“If you win tonight and at Royal Crown, what’s next fo-”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“If? Ahh, Lou, that’s your third strike buddy. I’m afraid that’s all the time with the main eventers you’re allotted. Next time, pay a little more attention in your media class! ‘Till then? Ya can do what Ms. Hartwell and the fans in attendance know alllllll too well!”
Touchdown, Cooldown and Meltzer stand, holding their arms up for a crotch chop.
CHLOE HARTWELL
“Oh lord…”
JIMI COOLDOWN
“SUCK!”
TUNA MELTZER
“OUR!”
ALASTOR TOUCHDOWN
“DICKS!”
The feed cuts, leaving a rabidly hostile and jeering audience and a flabbergasted commentary desk.
LUIS DE LEÓN
“Uh, *ahem*, well… anything but humble: Alastor Touchdown.”
CLICK HERE FOR SHOW!
CLICK HERE FOR NIGHT ONE AND TWO!
As the camera cuts back to ringside, we see that Tommy Hate, Aren Mstislav and Irina Sokolov are all already in the ring. Irina stands in one corner while Tommy and Aren are in another and while they don’t seem completely pleased with each other they do appear to be going over strategy of sorts.
CHLOE HARTWELL
“It’s time for the second triple threat match of the evening, and boy did that first provide plenty of excitement. The three competitors in this match have their work cut out for them if they want to top the opener that saw Nate Pierce roll up Jules King for the win.”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“You are right about that, Chloe. This should be another great one, as you can see, all three are already in the ring to little flare. They know the time for talking is over and this match could do wonders for any of them. However, my sources tell me that Tommy Hate and Aren Mstislav met earlier in the night and made a pact to take out Irina Sokolov first, then worry about each other.”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“We’ll see how that works out, it’s every man or woman for themselves, Luis, it may be all good and fine at first, but at some point you have to try and win it yourself. Let’s go to Casey, waiting to kick this match off. Casey?”
CASEY KINCAID
“Our Next match is set for one fall with a thirty minute time limit! To my right, standing at five foot, five inches tall, she is the “Bird of Prey” IRINA SOKOLOV!!!!! To my left, her opponent, from Los Angeles, California… The Monarch! AREN MSISLAV!!!! And their opponent, also to my left, The self professed, Bloodsport King! From Chi-Town, Illinois!!! TOMMY HATE!!!!”
HEADLINER
TRIPLE THREAT MATCH
TOMMY HATE vs AREN MSTISLAV vs IRINA SOKOLOV
DING! DING!
All three meet in the center of the ring as the bell rings. TOMMY HATE points a finger in IRINA SOKOLOV’S face and she slaps his hand away. AREN MSTISLAV fires a RIGHT at Irina knocking her down and Tommy and Aren begin STOMPING away at Irina. They pick her up and begin TRADING PUNCHES and CHOPS on Irina against the ropes. They WHIP Irina into the ropes but she flips over them, they turn and are met with a DOUBLE DROPKICK by Irina. Aren is back up at the ropes and Irina throws a HEAD KICK and follows it up with PUNCHES and KICKS. Tommy is back to his feet and walks over to break it up but Irina drops a shoulder and LAUNCHES Hate over Aren, the top rope and out onto the floor. Irina walks to the ropes and begins to springboard over them but instead lands on the apron as Tommy gets back to his feet. She KICKS Hate in the face. Aren throws a RIGHT to Irina on the apron. He tries to SUPLEX her back in but can’t get her all the way over. Hate tries a second time and still can’t. Irina uses the momentum this time and is able to reverse the suplex into a SUPLEX of her own, sending Aren crashing into Tommy outside the ring. Irina stands back up on the aron and sees Aren and Tommy slowly standing up. She climbs the corner and dives back and flips, hitting a MOONSAULT on them both!
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
Irina rolls Tommy back in on a four count by the referee. She gets on the apron and hits a SPRINGBOARD LEG DROP and goes for the cover!
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
Frustrated, Irina questions the ref who assures her that Tommy Hate got his shoulder up before the three count. Tommy is back up, leaned in the corner. Irina charges and nails him with a CLOTHESLINE in the corner. She sends Tommy to the opposite corner and he hits hard. Irina runs after him and again CLOTHESLINES him. Hate falls and she hooks his leg.
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
Both are back up and Irina WHIPS Tommy to the middle rope but he REVERSES it and goes for a CLOTHESLINE of his own but Irina ducks under it and kicks him the gut, planting him with a DDT. She stands but is met by a FLYING CROSS BODY off the top rope from Aren Mstislav. He covers!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Aren is back up and begins STOMPING and PUNCHING Irina. He pushes her into the ropes and lands a thunderous KNIFE EDGE CHOP. Aren WHIPS Irina but she reverses him. Aren tries a CROSS BODY but no one is there. Irina jumps and hits a FLYING ELBOW DROP and covers.
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Aren and Irina are back up and Irina sends Aren to the corner but again it’s reversed. Irina hits the corner and Aren CHARGES in but is met with an ELOW. Irina jumps to the middle turnbuckle and springs off into a HURRICANRANA on Aren. She runs the ropes but is TRIPPED by Tommy Hate. Tommy drags Irina outside and SLAMS her into the ring steps. Aren comes out and throws Irina in the ring and quickly covers her as Tommy plays to the crowd.
ONE!
TWO!
BROKEN UP BY TOMMY!
Aren and Tommy begin SHOVING EACH OTHER before STOMPING Irina. A little back and forth one upsman ship begins as they both take turns laying a beating on Irina. They pick her up and WHIP HER into the ropes and DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE her. Aren picks Irina up and CHOPS her. Aren and Tommy begin taking turns attacking Irina as the ref tries to keep things on the up and up. Aren WHIPS Irina into the corner. Aren WHIPS Tommy towards the corner who reverses and SLINGS Aren into the corner with force for a CLOTHESLINE on Irina. They take turns attacking again. Aren and Tommy WHIPS Irina into the corner. Aren again WHIPSTommy who again reverses and SLINGS Aren towards the corner. This time, Irina evades and Aren hits the corner hard as Irina CLOTHESLINES Tommy. Irina throws a BACK HEEL KICK knocking Aren down. Tommy comes in and goes for a MID KICK but it’s caught and Irina hits him with a STEP OVER HEEL KICK. Irina attempts a SPINNING HEEL KICK to Aren but he ducks and hits Irina with a MODIFIED ENZIGURI. He covers!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Aren picks Irina back up and Tommy joins in at the ropes for more TRADED BLOWS. They whip Irina into the ropes and attempt a DOUBLE BACKDROP Irina kicks herfeet to slow their momentum and drops them both back down with a DOUBLE DDT!!!. Tommy rolls out. Irina covers Aren!
ONE!
TWO!
KICKOUT!
Irina and Aren are back up, Irina KICKS him in the gut and WHIPS Aren who reverses her into the ropes, Irina rebounds ducking under a clothesline attempt and KICKS Aren who goes against the ropes. This time Irina attempts the IRISH WHIP but Aren reverses once again and Irina DIVES over the top ropes with a SUMMERSAULT PLANCHA taking out Tommy down below! Irina gets back on the arpon and Aren goes to grab her but is met by a SHOULDER TO THE GUT. Irina tries to PUNCH Aren but he grabs her arm and SLAMS it on the top rope. Then he hits a SPRINGBOARD DROPKICK to Irina sending her crashing back down to ringside with a thud. Aren follows after her and picks her up and PUNCHES her. He rolls back in to break the count then back to the attack. Aren tosses Irina back into the ring and uses his wrist tape to CHOKE her. The ref breaks it up and admonishes Aren for using the tape. He tosses it down and gets Irina in a REAR CHIN LOCK. Irina fights out of it and back to her feet. She runs the ropes and rolls up Aren.
ONE!
KICKOUT!
Aren gets to his feet first and CLOTHESLINES Irina. Aren arrogantly covers Irina with just one boot over her chest.
ONE!
KICKOUT!
Irina is back up and Aren PUNCHES her, and sends her into the ropes. She ducks under a clothesline attempt and attempts a HURRICANRANA but Aren catches her and locks her into a BOSTON CRAB in the middle of the ring. Irina is fighting it as Aren locks it in even deeper. Irina begins crawling with all her strength and almost makes the bottom rope before Aren drags her back to the center of the ring. Just before Irina has to tap, Tommy breaks up the hold with a FOREARM SHOT to Aren and then covers Irina.
ONE!
TWO!
AREN SHOVES TOMMY OFF AT TWO!
Aren and Tommy come face to face as Irina rolls out of the ring. Tommy SHOVES Aren and Aren TACKLES Tommy as they begin brawling with each other. They end up brawling out of the ring. Tommy SLAMS Aren’s head on the ring apron. They fight their way to the guardrail where Tommy CHOPS Aren in front of the crowd. He WHIPS Aren towards the stairs but Aren REVERSES and sends Tommy into and over the stairs with a nasty bump. The ref is trying to get the match back in the ring. Aren stalks Tommy and rolls him back in the ring before climbing the top turnbuckle. Aren jumps landing a REVERSE ELBOW off the top and covers!
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
Aren pulls Tommy up and they begin fighting. Aren CHOPS Tommy in the corner. He WHIPS him but Tommy is able to reverse it, holding on to Aren’s arm and pulls him down and drops him with a DOUBLE ARM DDT. Tommy goes for a dirty pin, his feet on the ropes but the ref sees it and stops counting after one. Tommy steps out onto the apron and climbs the ropes. Irina is back on the apron and Aren runs over and PUSHES her off the apron, which in turn knocks Tommy off balance and he straddles the corner. Aren climbs up and hits a SUPERPLEX on Tommy! Both men are out and Irina is outside the ring as the ref begins to count.
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
Both Tommy and Aren have not moved, they are completely spent. Irina starts to stir though.
FOUR!
FIVE!
SIX!
Irina pulls herself up by the ring skirt and finally makes it back in the ring at the count of eight, looking at both Tommy and Aren trying to decide who to pin. She covers Tommy!
ONE!
TWO!
THRE-NO! KICKOUT!
Irina goes to pick up Tommy but Aren is back up and KICKS her in the gut as she bends down. Aren PUNCHES Irina and sends her into the corner but Irina jumps up and SPRINGBOARDS into a FLYING CROSS BODY, hooking the Aren’s legs in a cover as they hit the mat!
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
Irina KICKS and PUNCHES Aren and sends him into the ropes. She bends down but Aren fires a KICK to the head. Aren runs the ropes and BULLDOGS Irina. He tries a STANDING MOOSAULT but Irina moves and Aren lands on his feet, jamming his knee a bit. Irina hits a SPINNING HEEL KICK, runs the ropes and hits a FLYING LEGDROP on Aren. She goes for the pinfall again!
ONE!
TWO!
IRINA MOVES!!!
Tommy comes flying off the top rope and Irina gets out of the way just time as Tommy crashes down on Aren with a FLYING ELOW DROP. Irina covers Aren!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE-NO!
TOMMY KICKS HER TO BREAK THE PINFALL JUST IN TIME!!
Tommy Hate picks Irina Sokolov up and PUNCHES her repeatedly, once, twice, thrice, FOUR TIMES! Tommy backs into the ropes and CHARGES Irina but she counts with a DROP TOE HOLD that sends Tommy crashing face first into Aren’s groin. Irina goes to the top rope. SHOOTING STAR PRESS on both Aren and Tommy!!! All three are down!
I-P-DUB!
I-P-DUB!
I-P-DUB!
Tommy and Irina are the first two up. Tommy tries to send Irina to the ropes but Irina reverses and slings Tommy up and over the ropes and outside the ring. She turns back to Aren who has just got to his feet and HEAD KICKS him hard into the corner. She ends him to the opposite corner but Aren tries to jump on the middle turnbuckle. Irina is there with a FOREARM though that stops any move. She jumps and KICKS Aren in the side. Irina climbs behind Aren and looks for the ELECTRIC CHAIR, trying to lift Aren up. Tommy is back in the ring and throws a shot to Irina’s back and climbs under Irina’s leg and gets her in a powerbomb position. Tommy POWERBOMBS Irina who DROPS Aren from the Electric Chair position. They both hit the mat hard!
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
Tommy covers Irina!
ONE!
TWO!
THRE-KICKOUT!
He crawls off of Irina and over to Aren and drapes an arm over his chest!
ONE!
TWO!
AREN GETS A FOOT ON THE BOTTOM ROPE!
Tommy goes to Irina and picks her up, sending a RIGHT CROSS to her head. Tommy runs the ropes but Irina lands a DROPKICK!. Tommy rolls out. Aren is back up propped on against the ropes. Irina runs and CLOTHESLINES Aren up and over. Tommy comes in with a barbed-wire wrapped baseball bat that he found under the ring. He tries to SWING IT at Irina but Irina is able to take him down. She SLINGSHOTS Tommy towards the ropes where Aren has just gotten back to the apron and Aren is sent back down and against the guardrail. Irina rolls up Tommy.
ONE!
TWO!
TH-KICKOUT!
Irina stands up and measures Tommy. She fires off a couple quick SNAP LEG DROPS and stands up, motioning to the crowd that it’s over as she begins to ascend up the turnbuckle. Aren comes up on the apron with a chair but Irina is able to KICK the chair and sends Aren back down once again. Irina jumps towards Tommy while the ref is distracted and Tommy gets the barbed wire bat up, and Irina hits it with a scream, writing in pain. Tommy kicks the bat out of the ring, and lifts Irina up, hooking her arms before picking her up…
DEATH'S HEAD
( Paradigm Shift.)
Tommy falls onto Irina for the pin…
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
DING! DING! DING!
CASEY KINCAID
“Here is your winner, by pinfall! TOMMY HATTTEEEE!!!!!!!”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“Wow. Just wow...”
CHLOE HARTWELL
“The duo of Tommy Hate and Aren Mstislav just a bit too much for Irina Sokolov to overcome tonight. Tommy Hate picks up the win but I’m sure Aren will not let him forget that he had a lot of help along the way! What a match!”
LUIS DE LEÓN
“Indeed it was, Chloe, but stay tuned! We still have our main event coming up where the dancing is done, the JamRockers will face off against former X*Crown champions, El Rey and Zoran Sainovic, you will NOT want to miss this one!”
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The feed returns from a commercial break to find ourselves backstage with JASON LONG, the Infinite Pro Wrestling Owner, seated at a table in a dark room where he’s seated down with HANK HAGGARD JR and INFINITE PRO WORLD CHAMPION, MYOJIN. The two who would meet in a match for the Infinite Pro World Championship match at Royal Crown simply glared at one another– however, there seemed to have been a rampant increase of security standing behind the two and just preparing for them to pounce if push came to shove.
JASON LONG
“I think we both know exactly what we’re doing here, correct?”
The two simply nodded to one another, eye contact not broken at all.
JASON LONG
“After what happened last week – and sadly, once again, there was more outside interference – it’s time that we both came here to sign the contract for the match at Royal Crown to be made. As Hank might know himself, I spoke to him earlier in the night to see about the stipulation that he had chosen for this match and the match type that he has picked… is a Taipei Deathmatch.
The owner paused for a moment, taking a deep breath– out of pure fear for the two.
JASON LONG
“This match is something… different to how you’d see your usual deathmatches– in the Taipei Deathmatch? Your hands will be taped up and dipped into a bucket of glue before being dipped back into another bucket filled with crushed shards of glass, allowing you two to fight one another with the crushed shards of glass stuck to your hands. I, personally, have never been involved with something like this before– but this is what Hank has chosen and apparently, it’s a Haggard specialty match for them all.”
Another pause from the owner as he opened up the contract papers.
JASON LONG
“The papers are there, the pen is there, this is your last chance to speak your own mind before signing the papers and allowing that this can happen– gentlemen, the floor is yours.”
The contract papers slid right into the middle of the table as MYOJIN brought their hand in and grabbed the papers, pulling the papers closer towards them and giving themselves a chance to read the fine print. For a second, MYOJIN glared right back up at Hank Haggard before bringing their attention right back down onto the papers once again.
MYOJIN
“Taipei Deathmatch… hm…”
There’s a moment of silence that followed before they spoke once again.
MYOJIN
“I’m amused that you even decided that the best way to defeat me was to be in a deathmatch of sorts, Hank. After all, for the past couple of months that you and your family have been here, you’ve terrorised this promotion with your cheap antics and vile intent to interrupt all of your matches to win. It seemed to work for a while, except for your brother against PRICE, so I seem to still have some kind of a chance when it comes to you.”
MYOJIN had grabbed the pen set down on top of the papers– twirling it around on his fingers as he glared toward Hank.
MYOJIN
“However, I would like to think that you’re wrapping my hands up for a reason, you’re thinking that it’ll be a good idea to keep my hands stuck together as if I can’t just kick my way through you and kick your head in. I won’t have a problem doing that, and you can be certain of it, Hank. If there’s something that I am good at– it’s kicking heads in for fun, not for sport, but for my own personal pleasure. You’ve picked your own poison, Hank, and you made a terrible choice in such a thing.”
MYOJIN leaned forward, a smirk growing along their lips.
MYOJIN
“Happily, I’ll be willing to teach you the lesson of a lifetime, Hank. For you and your family, I must teach you that if there’ll be a new master in the realm of this… Taipei Deathmatch… and the Haggard family will all be put down under the foot of The Celestial Artist. Actually, that gives me a good idea– The Celestial Artist of the Deathmatch. Would that be going too far? Hm… maybe… but the thought must be running through your head right now and it’s irking you and it’s making you disgusted. But just wait until Royal Crown, darling– This pretty face will be standing tall above you, title above my head, and it’s going to be me standing as the reigning and defending – still, of course – your Infinite Pro Wrestling World Champion.”
As those words were spoken, MYOJIN signed his name down onto the contract and he pushed it—with every bit of force behind it—and Hank slammed his hand down onto the table, catching the contract papers, and he never took his eyes off of the champion.
HANK HAGGARD JR.
“Aye, yer feelin’ like you know yer shit.”
Hank began to laugh.
HANK HAGGARD JR.
“I getcha, mee-oh-geen.”
A pause followed.
HANK HAGGARD JR.
“If there’s somethin’ my daddy taught me, don’t take no shit from anyone. Make sure ya get’em when they vulnerable. And, whilst ye be thinkin’ like ya got this whole shit thought out? I ain’t gonna lie- but ye better be coming correct when you think about proving ye’self in a Haggard match, boy.”
Hank opened up the contract papers and he looked down at the name signed on the dotted line.
HANK HAGGARD JR.
“Signed ya death warrant here, mee-oh-geen.”
He smirked.
HANK HAGGARD JR.
“Boy, yer really don’t know whatcha signed the papers to, huh. yer expected there to be just glue and glass on ya hands– there’s more to it than just that, boy. Haggards always had the tendency to… step it up a notch… see, along with yer glass and glue, hands taped up and all that ish– there ain’t gonna be no ropes, there’s gonna be big sheets of glass surrounding the ring so if ye get thrown outta the ring? If yer get fuckin’ tossed outta the ring? yer gonna meet more glass. It’s gonna pierce ya flesh and it’ll cut ye deep.”
Hank grabbed the pen and he signed down on the dotted line– and the match is now official.
HANK HAGGARD JR.
“Yer expectin’ to be goin’ into a easy goin’ match? Nah. Yer gonna get fucked up. Yer gonna get sliced the fuck up. And, yer gonna be bitched the fuck out. Those visions ya got goin’ on? Ain’t happenin’. I’mma be the World Champion and i’mma take it from yer cold dead fuckin’ hands, mee-oh-geen. And i’mma take that promise to the fuckin’ grave, boy, because i’mma be draggin’ ya down with me.”
Jason grabbed the contract papers and pulled them closer toward him, opening them up and examining the page, seeing the names signed and nodding his head.
JASON LONG
“And there it is, gentlemen, at Royal Crown? You’re going to be heading into hell and we’re about to see who’ll walk out with the victory and the Infinite Pro World Championship. As it seems to be explained further, this match is going to be life or death, so I must bid all of you the best of luck… by the sounds of it, you’ll both be needing it.”
The camera panned back and both MYOJIN and Hank Haggard Jr continued to stare one another down before the feed slowly faded out and back to ringside.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOWL
All rise for the king of all wolves now arrives.
The voice of James Earl Mother Fucking Jones echos over the speakers. How did he get James Earl Jones to say that? It wasn’t a Cameo I’ll tell you that and it cost a pretty penny. Shortly after James Earl Jones speaks Big Sean’s “Wolves” begins to play. The stage lights up with a spotlight and smoke fills the stage. El Rey steps out onto the stage to a chorus of boos. He soaks up the crowd reaction and his music cuts and we hear…
I SAID
AAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
…and Zoran Sainovic comes out behind his client. El Rey shakes his head and makes his way slowly to the ring with his head held high ignoring the fans as he makes his way to the ring. He climbs the steps and makes his way into the ring and throws out his arms to another burst of boos from the crowd. Meanwhile Zoran marches down to ringside to support his “client.” The reaction brings a smile to his face and he walks to the corner and leans against it until the match begins.
CASEY KINCAID
“The following is a tag team match set for one fall, introducing first– the team of EL REY AND ZORRRRANNNNN SAIIIINNOVIIIIICCCCC!!!!”
LUIS DE LEÓN
Zoran Sainovic gives me the chills. That man is a serious sociopath. It was bad enough when he was just roaming around outside, now he’s going to be in the ring, oh man.
CHLOE HARTWELL
The IPW insurance premiums are sure to go up, that's for sure.
LUIS DE LEÓN
I know the Jam Rockers aren’t the greatest people on earth, but what Zoran could do to them no one deserves.
GOOD TIMES GONE!
AND YOU MISSED EM!
WHAT'S GONE WRONG
IN YOUR SYSTEM?!
The boos begin the second the guitar hits and the green lights flood the arena. Touchdown and Cooldown come out stylin and profilin'. Touchdown laid back smoking a cigarette and grinning at the negativity whilst Cooldown actively taunts the fans, going up to front row members at random and insulting their physical appearance like an asshole.
CASEY KINCAID
“And their opponents… the team of ‘Fucked Fucker’ Jimi Cooldown and the Infinite Pro National Openweight Champion, ‘Master of Disaster’ Alastor Touchdown… THEY ARE THE JAAAAAMMMMMMROCCKKKKKERRRRRRSSSSS!!!!”
The two run in the second Casey Kincaid finishes the introductions, roughly shoving him to the floor and out of the ring. Touchdown yanks the microphone out of his hand while Cooldown kicks Kincaid out under the bottom rope. Garbage flying into the ring, Touchdown brings the mic to his lips with a smirk.
"OUTTA CONTROL!
HARD TO REGULATE!
ANYTHING GOES!!!!!!"
Touchdown tosses the microphone to Cooldown.
"SUCK! OUR! DICKS!"
The duo bask in the vitriol of the crowd.
CHLOE HARTWELL
You might be wrong partner, they might deserve what Zoran has in store for them.
LUIS DE LEÓN
They may be cocky and they may be brash, but they are IPW through and through and I would hate one of our own like them to suffer the fate of a visitor like Zoran. He doesn’t care about IPW. He just cares about causing chaos.
CHLOE HARTWELL
They may be IPW through and through, but they cause just as much chaos. We’ll see how this all shakes out.
MAIN EVENT
TAG TEAM MATCH
THE JAMROCKERS vs ZORAN SAINOVIC and EL REY
DING! DING!
El Rey and Alastor start off. The champion and one of his future challengers circle each other. El Rey shoots for a double Leg takedown, but Alastor avoids and waves his finger at El Rey and tags out. El Rey puts his hands on his hips annoyed at the games Alastor is playing. Jimi hops over the top rope and into the ring. Jimi spins around taunting the crowd before turning his attention to the young former X*Crown Champion. El Rey and Jimi lock up and push each other around the ring. Jimi soon gets the upper hand and forces El Rey into the corner. Jimi releases and attacks with a chop, but El Rey ducks and responds with a chop attempt of his own, but Jimi also ducks. El Rey backs off laughing as the two seem to be at a stalemate.
CHLOE HARTWELL
It seems the two have the same thing in mind here tonight.
LUIS DE LEÓN
They do, but if El Rey wants to get his hands on Alastor he’s going to have to get one up on Jimi enough to force him to tag out.
The two circle again in the center of the ring. El Rey goes to lock up with Jimi, but Jimi responds with a kick to the shin. El Rey reaches for his leg and Jimi strikes BOOM, super kick. El Rey stumbles back from the impact, but he doesn’t continue the attack. Instead, Jimi throws out his arms and spins around taunting the crowd who reign down boos. Jimi turns back to El Rey and crotch chops. El Rey responds with a stiff lariat taking Jimi down. Jimi is quickly back up to his feet, but is taken down with a drop kick. Jimi gets back up again and El Rey goes to grab him, but Jimi counters with a poke to the eye to turn the tide. Jimi grabs El Rey and hip tosses El Rey. El Rey sits up and Jimi drop kicks him in the back of the neck and kips up to his feet and holds out his arms to more boos from the crowd. Jimi reaches down and pulls El Rey up to his feet and drives him into his corner. Jimi delivers a stiff chop to El Rey’s chest and tags in the Open-weight Champion.
LUIS DE LEÓN
Now that El Rey is neutralized Alastor is fine getting in. You think he’s scared of the former X*Crown Champion?
CHLOE HARTWELL
I don’t think he’s afraid, but he’s absolutely playing games with his future challenger.
Alastor hops over the ropes and delivers a stiff chop to the chest of El Rey. El Rey’s feet kick up from the impact and Alastor follows up with another, and another. Alastor then shush’s the crowd, mimics removing a glove, and delivers an overhand chop he calls the Big Chop. El Rey screams out in pain and falls to a sitting position as Alastor struts across the ring and flips Zoran the bird. Zoran does not take the bait and Alastor turns and runs and nails El Rey with a running knee strike. Alastor tags in Jimi and he leaps over the top rope and drops down with double knees to the chest of El Rey. Jimi pulls El Rey up to his feet and grabs him and lifts him up and turns and slams El Rey to the mat. Jimi raises his hand in the air and turns his back on the fallen El Rey and leaps and hits the splits on the top rope and moonsaults back onto El Rey. Jimi holds for the cover, but El Rey kicks out at two.
CHLOE HARTWELL
Near fall by the Jamrockers there. I can’t help but notice that Zoran made no effort to break that up.
LUIS DE LEÓN
He also didn’t bite on Alastor’s bait. He’s either very confident in his young partner or he is perfectly okay letting his young partner take the fall.
CHLOE HARTWELL
I wouldn’t be surprised with either of those things.
Jimi is quick to his feet and he drops a leg drop on the neck of El Rey. He gets back up and drops yet another. He quickly tags in Alastor, but he doesn’t exit the ring. No, instead he places his foot on the head of El Rey holding him down as Alastor leaps up, spring boards off the top rope and nails El Rey with a shooting star press. Jimi exits the ring as Alastor holds the cover for the pin, but again El Rey kicks out at two. Alastor slaps the mat and gets up and yells in the refs face. Alastor holds three fingers in the face of the ref and while Alastor is distracted El Rey begins to crawl towards his corner. Alastor notices this out of the corner of his eye and quickly moves over and grabs El Rey by the foot. El Rey is just inches away from tagging his partner Zoran, but Alastor holds him back. El Rey gets up to one foot and hops around. El Rey leaps and mule kicks Alastor in the chest causing Alastor to release El Rey’s foot and stumble back into his corner where Jimi makes the tag. Once free from Alastor’s grip El Rey dives forward and makes the tag to Zoran.
LUIS DE LEÓN
Here comes the former two-time X*Crown Champion. Let’s see how he mixes it up with the much younger Jimi Cooldown.
CHLOE HARTWELL
All that taunting may come back to bite him now. I can guarantee Zoran hasn’t forgotten.
Jimi races into the ring while Zoran calmly moves in and as Jimi approaches he leans in and nails Jimi with a lariat. Zoran jogs across the ring and nails Alastor who is still in the corner with Pressure Point (shotei) the rocks Alastor. Zoran turns back to Jimi and nails him with a Pressure Point that rocks him back into the corner. Zoran follows Jimi in and nails him with a running knee lift. Zoran then turns towards the other corner where Alastor is and runs and nails him with a running knee lift of his own. Zoran pushes Alastor down and pushes him out of the ring with his foot. With Alastor dispatched Zoran turns his attention back to Jimi and runs at him and nails him with yet another Pressure Point. Zoran then lifts Jimi up onto the top turnbuckle. Zoran climbs up and hooks up Jimi and brings him in the ring from on high with a superplex. Zoran takes some punishment, but is able to roll over and cover Jimi, but Alastor leaps in out of nowhere to break it up.
LUIS DE LEÓN
The tide changed quickly when Zoran got in this match and he nearly ended it there.
CHLOE HARTWELL
The Jamrockers are a skilled tag team. You’re going to have to be ready to stop the other member for the break up or you’ll never beat them.
Zoran gets to his feet and grabs Alastor by the throat. Just then Tuna Meltzer jumps on the apron distracting the ref. Alastor counters the choke with a swift low blow kick to free himself. Tuna drops down and the ref turns around to double over Zoran. Alastor shrugs his shoulders at the ref and drops Zoran with a DDT. Alastor helps Jimi up and gets him over to their corner and tags in. Zoran gets up to all fours during this and Alastor once tagged in runs and nails Zoran with a leg drop to the back of the head. Zoran hits face first on the mat and Alastor turns him over for the cover, but Zoran quickly gets his foot on the rope.
CHLOE HARTWELL
Big mistake there. What Zoran loses in speed and athleticism he gains in experience and any veteran of the ring is aware of the ropes at all times.
Alastor doesn’t get up and argue this time. Instead he leaps to his feet and takes advantage of the hung up leg and stomps on the side of Zoran’s knee. Alastor reaches down and puts Zoran’s leg back in the bottom rope and stomps on it again. The ref gets in his face telling him to keep it off the ropes and Alastor agrees and pushes the ref aside softly. Zoran then picks the leg up and holds it up and kicks the inside of the knee. Alastor doesn’t let go and drags Zoran over to his corner. Alastor tags Jimi and pulls Zoran’s leg up again. Jimi climbs up to the top rope and leaps off, nailing the inside of the knee of Zoran with a drop kick. Alastor exits as Jimi gets up and takes over control of the damaged leg of Zoran. Jimi wraps his arm around Zoran’s leg and drops with a leg DDT. He quickly goes for the cover, but Zoran rolls the shoulder.
LUIS DE LEÓN
The Jamrockers have found a target and locked on. With El Rey just now getting back up to his corner it might be Elementary for the Boogie Street Boys.
Jimi quickly gets up to his feet and grabs control of the leg again. He flips off El Rey as he pulls Zoran up onto his one foot causing El Rey to try and enter the ring and distract the ref. Jimi looks to dragonscrew Zoran’s leg, but Zoran pulls away. Jimi maintains control and attempts again, but Zoran again pulls away and this time breaks his foot free. Zoran falls forward onto his knees at the feet of Jimi and with the ref distracted he delivers a low blow, and another, and another. Zoran pulls away and Jimi falls backwards holding his crotch. Zoran falls backwards too causing them both to hit the mat at the same time. The ref turns and thinks nothing of it because both men are laid out. Zoran crawls to the corner as Jimi tags in Alastor. Alastor hops in the ring right as Zoran makes the tag to El Rey.
LUIS DE LEÓN
Finally El Rey gets in the ring with Alastor when he’s not already incapacitated.
CHLOE HARTWELL
And we get our first real glimpse at what’s to come live on pay per view.
Alastor runs at El Rey and swings wildly. El Rey ducks grabbing the arm as he does and goes behind and nails him with Xed Out (cross armed German suplex). El Rey quickly gets up to his feet and Jimi is back up and swings wildly and gets a Xed out as well! El Rey is red hot and he turns back to Alastor who is back to his feet and against the ropes. El Rey runs and drop kicks Alastor over the top rope to the outside. El Rey turns back to Jimi who is back to his feet. El Rey charges and drives Jimi into the corner with a shoulder block. El Rey then runs across the ring and runs back nailing Jimi with a Scorpion Splash. Jimi stumbles out of the corner and El Rey knocks him down with a clothesline. El Rey then pounces up to the top rope and stands up tall. He steadies himself and then flies with a 630 senton!
CHLOE HARTWELL
This is it. This is over. Such a flashy and effective move.
LUIS DE LEÓN
Flashy and effective. El Rey can be described as both of those things and if he wins now we’ll never hear the end of it.
El Rey hits hard and is hurt himself, but he makes a solid cover, but the ref doesn’t make the count. El Rey looks up and the ref is waving it off. El Rey slowly gets up to his feet and begins arguing with the ref, but the ref maintains Jimi is not the legal man. El Rey throws his hands up in the air, and just then Alastor sneaks in the ring and rolls El Rey up. The ref pounces and counts and the Alastor gets 3.
DING! DING! DING!
CASEY KINCAID
“Here are your winners… Jimi Cooldown and the Infinite Pro National Openweight Champion, Alastor Touchdown… THHEEEEEE JAAAAAMMMROCKKKKKERRRRRSSSS!!!
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