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One time, at band camp, I only had three hours of free time (Which doesn't include lunch or dinner) before 11:00 P.M any given day. This ended up killing me big time . The match is really rushed (Due to me staying up to 4 A.M. the night before to do the majority of it), I still haven't gotten the hang of Comet, my bones are aching, and generally it's one huge spotfest instead of what I really wanted it to be. Enjoy. Or probably not. *Slinks back into his loser's den*
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And we come back from a commercial break to the sight of the Kingdome in Fargo, North Dakota for a post PPV edition of Lockdown! The crowd begins to rile up as we get closer and closer to our Main Event! A graphic of the two foes appears on the screen: One is of a red haired woman of Japanese decent, holding a Kendo stick over her shoulder with a look of determination on her face. The other of an older man, closely cropped beard and hair, his features stony and bitter as he turns to the side and looks down his nose at the camera. The title below it:
HARDCORE QUEEN VS. JUDGE MENTAL
We go down to the announcer’s table, where the familiar Bobbie Riley and the not-so-familiar CYCLOOOOOOOOOOOOONE COMET~! await us.
“Welcome back, fair citizens, for the Main Event of SWF Lockdown!” chimes in the ever-cheerful Comet, “We’ve seen some spectacular matches already, with some positively heroic showings from the JLers. But now it’s time for grudge match of TITANIC proportions!”
“Indeed, there’s definitely no love lost between Judge Hearford and Annie Eclectic. These two were going at long before that woman had to hide her face behind that damn mask.”
“Ho ho there, Citizen Riley. I think it quite apparent that was the only way she could avoid some very biased booking. You can’t fault Citizen Eclectic for wanting a fair shot.”
“I’ll fault her for whatever I want. At any rate, she’s going to receive a major ass-kicking at the hands of the Judge tonight, no matter what she puts on.”
*DING DING DING*
“The following MAIN EVENT is scheduled for ONE FALL! Entering first…”
Over the arena PA system comes a faint but familiar drumbeat as the place begins to turn a deep red. The beat plays louder and louder, crescendoing to a peak until-
“NOW TESTIFY!”
Rage Against the Machine’s “Testify” starts up in mid-song as three sets of red pyros go off on either side of the stage, and the Judge enters out to a massive wave of heat. But the old man doesn’t even glance at them; he’s solely concentrating on the job at hand here.
“Now entering the ring, weighing in at 242 pounds and hailing from Royal Oak, Michigan, he is one half of JUSTICE AND RULE. He is THE JUDGE, WILLIAM HEEEEEEARFOOOOOOOOOORD!”
“Citizen Hearford looks to be supremely focused tonight,” notes Comet, scratching imaginary whiskers on his mask-covered chin, “Obviously he’s been thinking about this match for a long while.”
“Of course he would! Him and Annie mix as well as gin and battery acid.”
“Interesting analogy there…”
“It’s true. These two are worst enemies, and. I’m sure if the Judge had to win only one match against anyone in this tourney it would be Annie E.”
The old man quickly enters the ring, ascending the steps and going over to his turnbuckle without uttering so much as a word to the ref, Matty Kivell. He begins his usual stretching, the crowd still giving him a few boos, but they are interrupted by the sound of synthesized trumpets! The crowd EXPLODES into cheers as Andrew W.K.’s “I Get Wet” hits the speakers, and it only gets louder from there as the Hardcore Queen comes out spinning a Kendo Stick over her head!
“Now entering the ring, weighing in at 175 pounds and hailing from Indianapolis, Indiana, she is a former Hardcore, US, and ICTV CHAMPION. She is ANNIE ECLEEEEEECTIC!”
She slaps a few hands on her way down to the ring, a grin on her face as big as the Bokken in her hand; she’s definitely glad to be back as herself.
“And here she is, the Hardcore Queen herself, Annie Eclectic! She certainly looks happy to be coming back like this. As Beezel she flew high, but she certainly has her sights set on the top spot at Genesis right now.”
“She won’t be getting there anytime soon, though,” says Bobbie, “Eclectic wouldn’t make it past Xero because of her damn back injuries. I-“
“Incorrect, Citizen Riley,” interrupts Comet as Annie gets down to ringside and hands her Kendo stick out to one lucky fan, “I was able to procure some inside information from one of my ‘informants’, who said that those problems left when she took time off in February.”
“’Informant’? What ‘informant’?”
Comet gives a hearty laugh. “Well, Citizen Riley, I can’t give you his REAL name. But I suppose it couldn’t hurt to give you his code name.”
“Code name?”
“Yes, he preferred to keep it a little secret like that. But Informant Z-“
“Z?!”
“Yes, he had a preference for the one-letter system. But rest assured, his identity is safe with me.”
Bobbie shakes his head and sighs much like Grand Slam did so often, and in the ring Annie slides in with the crowd still cheering as loud as they can for her true return. But her face turns from happy to dead serious as she moves over to her own corner. She looks over at the Judge, who turns around to face his opponent, his enemy, his nemesis. They stare at each other, and Matty Kivell takes it as a sign that the two are ready, calling for the opening bell.
*DING DING DING*
The crowd begins to quiet down a little after the bell as the Judge is the first to come out, slowly striding out. Annie follows suit almost instantly, and the two come closer, and closer, and they crowd goes dead silent as the two get within only a few inches of the other. Each of their faces is masked with a contained hate for the other, and Annie says something quietly to Hearford, barely audible to the ring mics if not for the quiet crowd.
“Let’s finish this off, once and for all.”
Looking down at the far smaller woman, the Judge responds just as quietly.
“Indeed.”
And with that the Judge strikes first, quickly bringing around his right hand for a hard backfist to the jaw of the Hardcore Queen! The crowd boos as the newly returned Annie E staggers to the side, but even after the surprise blow she manages to stay on her feet. It doesn’t work towards her advantage, though, as the Judge follows up with a sharp knife-edged chop!
WHOO!
Annie stumbles backwards from the hard blow, the Judge not hiding the fact that he put all his power into it, and strikes with another!
WHOO!
And another!
WHOO!
And… nothing as Annie ducks under it, coming back up with a hard side kick to the Judge’s midsection. He grimaces in pain, but there’s no time to react as she bends her knee and quickly fires off a sharp cat-kick to his stomach. He doubles over for only a moment, but the time is well spent by Eclectic, who leaps up and switches to her other foot for a spinning heel kick right to the cheek! Suddenly the fans switch from sad to glad as Justice is sent stumbling towards the ropes, grabbing onto them for a temporary balance. The Judge gives a silent curse, but that’s about it as he gets back up off the ropes in an instant, too angry to get a rest.
“Those two definitely looked pretty pissed in that exchange,” says Riley with a whistle, “This is match is definitely gonna be one where we see a lot of hate vented.”
“Indeed, but Annie must keep her anger under control. Anger leads to bad decisions, mistakes, and most importantly, eVil©.”
“I’m surprised you didn’t include ‘The Dark Side of the Force’ in there as well, masked moron.”
Comet is right, though, and Hearford’s more cautious this time around. The first exchange was obviously to let off a little of the pent of anger between the two, because Justice gets in his normal form, as does Annie. Hearford slowly begins to approach Annie’s hybrid martial artist stance, watching and waiting for an opening. He circles around, Annie moving with him as the two try to find a chink in the other’s armor. Hearford begins to get closer, and he makes a dash towards her, and Annie fires off a kick… that he catches! He immediately pulls her right into an open knee, and Eclectic doubles over, allowing the Judge put on a front facelock and bring an arm down right on her back! The crowd winces as she goes to the ground, and the Judge begins hammering away with boot heels aimed right at the back and midsection.
Annie herself begins to writhe in pain with each successive blow, and finally the Judge stops the assault with Annie holding her stomach in back as she lies on the ground. He mumbles under his breath “Still the same cripple…” as he goes down to bring her up… but in an instant she kips right up to her feet, locking in a front facelock and nailing him right back to the ground with a Kip-up DDT! The crowd goes insane at the sight of the move as Annie gets back up, leaving the Judge on the ground to hold his head in pain.
“By Galatea’s Ghost, what a move! She obviously was playing up her old injury to get the drop on the Judge. Brilliant!”
“She stole that from Edwin! Christ, it seems like every move she has is fricken stolen from someone, right down to her finisher. And she just blatantly mislead Hearford there by making the Judge think her back was still vulnerable! Why would you support a liar and a thief, Mr. I’m-Mr-Goody-Two-Shoes?”
“One must always reevaluate his opponent, Bobbie. It’s the Judge’s fault that he didn’t realize the back injury was not permanent. And she didn’t steal that move, she only borrowed it.”
“What? What the hell is the difference?”
“I am terribly sorry, Citizen Riley, but I can’t explain it. You just have to know it when you see it …”
“… That’s the worst cop-out answer ever!”
The Judge holds his cranium for a few seconds, but he’s not down for too long as he pounds his fist against the mat in a rage, obviously ticked off about the newfound lack of an obvious weakspot. He gets back up to his feet, glaring daggers into Annie, who stands a few yards away, a surprisingly cold look on her face as she returns the favor to ‘Judge Mental’. He gets back up, and carefully goes back down into his low grapple stance, and Annie goes right back to her martial arts stance. The Judge waits again, and maybe a little impatient, charges forwards, looking to get ahold of Annie’s legs…
*THWACK*
And receives a swift kick to the head for his efforts! The crowd cheers as Annie begins to move forwards, firing off another kick as the now reeling Justice and sending him towards the ropes. The old man weakly bounces off them, and Annie waits for him to stumble back, lining up a big superkick… that Justice instinctively ducks! The old man ducks under and swings his arm right into her head with a huge lariat! The Judge falls to the ground with his victim, himself a little off-balance from the sharp kicks from earlier.
“In-Justice seems to be having a problem getting a hold of Citizen Eclectic,” says Comet as Hearford begins to rise up to his feet first, but Annie isn’t far behind, “It looks like Annie has changed a lot since their last encounter, or maybe the Judge hasn’t changed enough. Either way, it is definitely good for this brave young woman’s fortunes in this tournament.”
The first to get up is the first to strike, and the Judge is quick to start nailing her with fierce forearms to the head. Annie’s not big enough to stand her ground, and the Judge easily moves her with his strikes right into the ropes for a whip! Eclectic goes off running at the other side while the Judge goes out into the middle, and drops down as the Hardcore Queen returns, scissoring her ankles for a drop toe hold. Not wasting a moment, the Judge rolls back up to his feet, quickly going around and grabbing her leg.
“Time to Cross Examination this stupid b-“ but Riley is quickly stopped by Comet, who covers his mouth.
“Watch it, Bobbie. Remember, this is a family show… where we watch men and women beat each other up and brutalize each other with various destructive implements.”
Before the hold can fall into place, though, Annie is quick to flip around and kick the Judge away, using the momentum from it to do a backwards roll up onto her feet. The crowd gives a small pop at the smooth reversal, and the Judge’s face seems to flush with anger. He doesn’t go back into a grapple stance, instead standing straight up as tall as he can. Despite Justice towering over her 9”, Annie doesn’t seem a bit intimidated, and she shows why when the Judge comes in for a grapple and is once again nailed with a kick, this time right in his side!
The old man’s momentum carries him closer, but he wears a grimace of pain as he puts one hand down to his ribs, and Annie follows up, switching feet and nailing the other side. She keeps going, nailing Hearford in his ribs with each successive kick. She suddenly goes for a toe kick, which the Judge catches with ease. Of course, that’s what she was banking on as she gets ready for an Enzugiri… but that doesn’t happen as the Judge immediately charges forward for another huge lariat! Annie flops to the mat, her head impacting way before her body as the Judge continues on forwards, going over to the ropes for support for a moment after taking the harsh kicks. Annie doesn’t look as though she’ll stay down for long, already stirring on the mat, and the Judge is forced back into action.
As Annie begins to get up, the Judge pulls his arm across his chest, firing off a stiff chop right across the chest of the smaller Eclectic.
WHOO!
Not backing off, he fires another, making it count as much as possible.
WHOO!
Yet another!
WHOO!
Annie is pushed backwards for a third and final time by the hard strikes, and the Judge moves in, putting her in a Reverse Half Nelson!
*THUD!*
It’s no time flat before she is plastered to the mat with a vicious STO… but the Judge doesn’t go for a cover.
“It looks like the Judge is opting for a more painful route with Annie,” says Riley, rubbing his hands together with glee as the old man brings the Hardcore Queen back up to her feet, “And I couldn’t enjoy it more. Finally time the idiot got what she deserves.”
“I doubt that, Bobbie. While that may have been a nice power move, even Hearford realizes that it doesn’t stand a chance at getting a 3 count right now.”
Whatever the reason, the Judge pulls Annie back up to her feet, quickly grabbing her hand and whipping her towards the other side. She comes back, and the Judge spins around her, wrapping his arms around her throat for a standing Sleeper hold! Annie tries to pry away the Judge’s hands, but that doesn’t seem like it’s going to work anytime soon.
“Sleeper Hold! The only move that does it’s namesake to both the victim and the crowd!”
“Oh, shut it. At any rate, Annie is screwed unless she thinks something up real quick. Back at his debut, Show got caught in the body scissors version and he was shut down like that,” says Bobbie, snapping his fingers to put a little emphasis on the point, “If the Judge gets his legs on her, it’s gonna be lights out.”
Indeed, the Judge looks to be ready to go for the body scissors part of the move, and Annie can feel it. Thinking quickly she reaches her hands back, grabbing the Judge’s head and falling to the ground before the Judge can wrap his legs around her! The crowd cheers for the good ‘ole Jawbreaker reversal, but both are left on the canvas for a moment. The Judge is the first to get up, and he goes over to pull a now rising Annie all the way up. Instead Annie throws off Hearford’s arms, pushing him a few feet back. A little surprised at the burst of energy from Annie, the Judge is left wide open for a big high kick from the woman! It connects right with his chin, and he’s caught stumbling backwards towards the ropes again and the Hardcore Queen leaps up and pulls her legs in before thrusting them out right into the face of the old man for a point-blank high-angle Dropkick! Annie flips over onto her belly as the old man falls to the mat!
“Drop Kiss! Eclectic takes to the air and fires off a massive kick into the face of In-Justice! It looked like she put all her power behind that one!”
The Judge falls backwards clutching his face with both hands, and in contrast Annie is relatively quickly. The crowd definitely wants a cover after such a massive move, but the Hardcore Queen doesn’t follow their advice, instead backing off to the other side of the ring and waiting for the Judge to begin to get up. The dazed old man starts to push off, getting on all fours, and then getting to a knee, and that’s Annie’s cue. She begins running forwards; aiming to step right on the knee of the old man for a launching point… but as she does it, the Judge rises up, catching Annie around the waist with his arms. He quickly slams her back to the mat for desperation Spinebuster, and the crowd deflates at the reversal while the Judge pushes off surprisingly quick.
“The Judge gets up pretty damn quickly,” says Riley, “It looks like he’s running full tilt for this match. He doesn’t want to stay down.”
With vigor only saved for his worst enemies, the Judge propels himself off the campus, pulling Annie up with him. He cinches a waistlock on the still stunned woman, though it’s doubtful that would have done anything in this case. In an instant the Judge flings himself backwards, flinging the Hardcore Queen up into the air. Impacting right on her shoulders and neck, she flips over onto her belly as the Judge gets back up with a sadistic grin on his face.
“Massive Release German Suplex there!” says Bobbie as Hearford goes over to pick up Annie again, “He just tossed her across the ring like a rag doll!”
Pulling her back up to her feet, Justice gives her a hard forearm to the face, knocking her backwards. Dazed and confused, she can’t stop the Judge’s vicious onslaught of hard forearms to the head, and she stumbles off and bounces against the ropes as the Judge grabs her arm and spins around back, putting on a Hammerlock. He guides Annie out towards the center of the ring, but the Hardcore Queen fires off a hard elbow into the head of the Judge, and the old veteran releases the hold. He stumbles back holding his nose, and Annie reaches back, locking in a ¾ Headlock…
*CRACK*
“SURPRISE WITNESS! Annie just overruled In-Justice’s motion with an injunction of revenge!”
“GAH! SHE CAN’T CALL A SURPRISE WITNESS WITHOUT THE JUDGE’S APPROVAL!”
The Judge flops on the ground as Annie falls as well, but the crowd is anything but lifeless as they begin cheering their heads off at the finisher theft! The arena fills up with a chant for Annie to “Get up!”, and to the crowd’s glee she begins to push up! She staggers up to her feet, a bit tired but not near ready to quit. She reaches down, pulling the Judge up with both arms and tentatively stands him up, giving him a hard punch to the jaw. Justice back peddles from the blow, and Annie strikes again with a punch, and another, and Hearford spins around, allowing the Hardcore Queen to start to lock in a Crossface Chickenwing! The Judge struggles against it as she tries to reach around and lock it in, but the Judge struggles a bit. Not enough, though and Annie locks her hands and begins to lift…
“She’s attempting a Millennium Suplex on the Judge! He’s going to get dropped right on his head!”
… But she just can’t seem to get him up! He’s just a bit too big for it, and the Judge begins struggling again with new energy, pulling at Annie’s hands to try and break the grip! She holds on as tight as she can, but the Judge’s breaks the lock, and he quickly spins around out of it, locking in a Full Nelson in return! Annie doesn’t have time to react as she is hurled over onto her neck as the Judge tosses her overhead, not bridging the move for a pin.
“DRAGON SUPLEX! A great reversal!... but no pin. That’s weird.”
“Indeed it is, Bobbie. Oddly enough, there haven’t been any pins yet. Not even a roll-up or a backslide or anything. Hmm…”
The Judge is the first to back up to his feet, slowly rising and rubbing his neck. He looks over to see Annie beginning to push up as well, and he immediately goes over to her, yanking her up the rest of the way right into a knee. The smaller woman gives a small cry of pain, but the Judge doesn’t give her a chance to recover. He immediately grabs her by the head and swings his forearm in her face for a European Uppercut, pushing her back a few feet. He follows up, grabbing her by the head and holding her for another big upward forearm smash. Eclectic stumbles backwards, and the Judge moves in, putting his head under her arm and grabbing her around the waist. With a mighty grunt, Hearford puts Eclectic over the top for a bridging Northern Light’s Suplex!
ONE!
TWO
THRENO! Annie kicks out! But the Judge isn’t done yet as he flips right over the top of the downed female, keeping the hold on her while picking her back up and bridging over the top for ANOTHER bridged Northern Lights Suplex!
ONE!
TWO!
THREEENO! Annie kicks out again, and the Judge flips over again, keeping his head ducked under and the waistlock applied. But Annie isn’t going anywhere as she grapevines her leg around the Judge’s. Justice fails to take her off the ground, and when Annie’s feet hit she immediately reaches her free arm around and grabs a handful of tights as she keeps the front facelock on. With all her strength she lifts the Judge up a little above 90 degrees before falling backwards with a big Implant DDT to a huge pop of the crowd!
“An Annie T! This super-hero is certainly amazed at the toughness of this woman. She went through two Northern Lights Suplexes and was still able to reverse the last one into a huge move!’
“Yeah, but she still isn’t up from that last move, either. That was a last gasp from a desperate woman.”
The two foes lie on the ground motionless for a moment, the crowd still cheering, and a few “ANNIE!” chants are now audible. It only gets louder as she somehow pushes up before the Judge, shaking her head a little as she tries to regain her bearings. The crowd is deafening, waiting for a possible pin… but once again, it doesn’t come. Instead, Annie starts to stagger towards the nearest turnbuckle.
“Why in God’s name didn’t she cover?” asks Bobbie, confused to as why Annie passed up a possible winning pin, “Did those suplexes knock a screw loose or something?”
“I’m just as perplexed as you are, Citizen Riley. Even my incredible deductive abilities haven’t figured out the reason why yet.”
The woman steps out and begins to climb the ropes as fast as she can, which at this point isn’t all too fast. The crowd is cheering her on as she makes her trek up, and she gets to the top, slowly standing up on two feet.
“ANNIE! ANNIE! ANNIE! ANNIE!”
The crowd chants as she balances herself for a moment. Looking down and seeing the still motionless body of William Hearford she extends her arms, crouches down, and leaps…
… turning backwards in midair…
“METEOR SHOWER!”
… And landing on nothing but canvas as the Judge rolls out of the way just in the nick of time! Annie faceplants after missing the Shooting Star Press, and the crowd jeers the old man, who slowly starts getting up himself.
“Pin her pin her PIN HER!” yells Riley at the Judge, who gets back up to his feet, and stands there for a moment before picking her right back up again. “GAH! Come ON!”
“A-HA!” says Comet, his intuition obviously telling him something, “The missed pins, the lack of roll-ups, it all makes sense!”
“Oh really? What then?”
“They want a decisive victory, slightly-slow sidekick. You can’t get that from a quick reversal or a roll-up or a botched move. They want something like a tapout or a clean finisher to show the other person that they beat them straight up. It looks as thought these two want to really finish this up.”
Tentatively standing the dazed woman up, the Judge locks up with her and easily begins pushing her across the ring towards the turnbuckle. He slams her in there, and lets go to nail her with a knife-edged chop!
WHOO!
CHOP!
WHOO!
CHOP!
WHOO!
CHOP!
WHOO!
CHOP!
WHOO!
CHOP!
WHOO!
Each strike nails Annie hard, and as Hearford finishes up he pushes her out of the turnbuckle, following her as she stumbles out holding her chest. The Judge follows, a grin appearing on his face as he comes in behind Annie, spinning her around and scooping her up onto his shoulders. He shows off his catch to the crowd, turning around in a circle so that all the fans can see what’s about to happen.
“The Verdict!” says Bobbie in anticipation, “Finally! If that’s not a decisive finisher, I don’t know what is!”
Hearford stops turning around, and prepares to bring her into Tombstone position… but Annie is still alive! She begins to slide down, wrapping one arm around Hearford’s face and one through the Judge’s arm. Before the Judge knows it, her legs are wrapped around his waist, and Annie has a hooked a Crossface Chickenwing from a standing position! The Judge tries to keep his balance, but Annie locks her arms and begins yanking him backwards, causing him to back peddle for a yard or two before crashing to the ground with the hold! The crowd is going bonkers as Annie has the hold firmly locked in on her enemy.
“CROSSFACE CHICKENWING! It looks like the Judge has been incarcerated here!”
“Come on, Justice, power out! Power out!”
Powering out is definitely out of the question, but all hope isn’t lost for the Judge yet. The ropes aren’t too far away, and his legs still have some strength left. He begins to bridge his body a little, not enough to reverse the hold into a pin but rather to get traction. He begins slowly pushing him and the Hardcore Queen closer to the ropes with his hand extended while Annie tries to put as much pressure on the Judge’s neck as she possible can. The Judge reaches out, Annie torques the hold more, and everyone in the house watches…
As the Judge gets a hand on the ropes! Some people boo, other people sigh in disappointment as Annie is forced to break the hold on the old veteran. She looks at the mat for a second, frustrated, but she shoves it aside and goes back to the matter at hand, pushing up off the ground and pulling the Judge up with her. She grabs his legs and a handful of tights, and the crowd goes from quiet to deafening as she begins to get him perpendicular to her…
“NO FRICKEN WAY!” says Riley in disbelief, “SHE CAN’T POSSIBLE BE LIFTING HIM AFTER THE PUNISHMENT SHE’S BEEN TAKING!”
“Holy Rane! She’s pulling him up for the Hollowpoint Driver! It looks like the Judge is about to get shown what true justice is!”
She begins to get him up vertically… but instead of dropping him, the Judge bends backwards, pushing off her shoulders and landing behind her. As he hits the ground he wraps an arm around Annie’s face, pulling her backwards into a sitting position before putting his leg around for leverage and cinching a single-arm armbar!
“HE COUNTERED IT! HE COUNTERED IT!” is all Bobbie can say as the Judge wrenches the hold hard to a massive chorus of boos.
“The rope isn’t too far away, though! Come on, Annie, fight through it!”
Eclectic reaches out, the ropes only a foot or so away out of her reach. She tries to scoot closer, but that quickly is stopped by the Judge’s strength.
“ANNIE! ANNIE! ANNIE!”
The crowd begins to chant, trying to rally her as her fingers only brush a few inches away from her salvation. The Judge torques to hold even more, causing her to cry out in pain, and she reaches for a final time…
… and her hand brushes the ropes just before it hits the ground three times!
*DING DING DING*
The Judge releases the hold to a chorus of boos, and begins to walk out with his shoulders slouched over from fatigue. Annie lies in the ring, still, her neck aching, but something hurts even more as Funyon comes over the PA:
“The winner of the match… WILLIAM HEAAAAARFOOOORD!”
*FADE TO LOGO*
