Okay, here's my match (David Blazenwing vs. Omega Storm) that I lost. I think the biggest problem I had with it was the commentary being too bland, but it's something I can work on (it was my first match, after all.) Give me some feedback on it!
Axis: Ladies and gentleman, our next match will be a good one. It’s another quarterfinal’s match in the Television Championship tournament. The rookie David Blazenwing will, in his debut match, face “Omega Storm” Leandro Grines, who King, if you remember, hasn’t fared so well as of late.
Suicide King: Axis, that is a huge understatement. This guy’s got a serious losing streak going on, and he’s hoping that his luck will change tonight.
Axis: If David Blazenwing can win this match and go on to win the tournament, not only will he go down in history for being the first holder of the SJL Television title since it’s retirement a few months ago, but he’ll have etched his place here in the SJL as a real contender.
King: That’s for sure. It’s also a great way to get noticed! What a way to debut in the organization than to win a formerly defunct championship! I hope he realizes how lucky he is to even be considered for this opportunity!
Axis: And what about “Omega Storm” Leandro Grines? Ladies and gentleman, he’s one of the most unstable people I’ve ever met… and I’ve met a lot of unstable people.
King: You’re right, Axis, but as unstable as he seems on the outside, that’s how cold and calculating he is on the inside. Once he lands the “Omega Cloudburst”, it’ll be all over for Blazenwing. Oh, good, the match is starting now.
Funyon: Ladies and gentleman, the following contest, scheduled for one fall, is an SJL Television Championship Tournament Quarterfinal match! On his way first to the ring, weighing in at 250 pounds, from Oak Creek, Wisconsin, the “Full Effect”… David Blazenwing!
The crowd ignites when “Headstrong” by Trapt hits the house speakers. David appears, poses on the stage, then continues down the ramp. He stops, throws his hands up in the air and drops them, igniting pyro from the stage. He continues into the ring, where he hits all four turnbuckles, getting a nice pop from the crowd every time. He takes off his black sunglasses and his green bandanna, tossing them to Funyon for safekeeping.
Funyon: And his opponent, weighing in at 245 pounds, from New Haven, Connecticut, “The Omega Storm”… Leandro Grines!
The arena lights die out for a few moments, then relight in a fast strobe, going from neon green to light blue to white (at random). The house speakers rumble with thunder for a moment, then a loud thunderclap is heard, accompanied with a bright flash of pyro from the stage. After the thunder, “One of a Kind” by Breaking Point plays and Grines appears. The boos from the crowd are almost like thunder on their own as Grines walks slowly down the ramp, flashing the rude crowd obscene gestures as he goes.
As he slides into the ring, Blazenwing performs a one-handstand ring out, not wanting to get attacked before the match begins. As soon as Grines stands up, the referee Matthew Kivell walks over to him and motions for the tazer clipped to Grines’ side. Grines tries to talk him out of it, but Kivell won’t let him use it, and Grines reluctantly gives up the weapon. David slides into the ring and is almost afraid of his opponent, seeing the unwaveringly serious look in his eyes. This guy means business. He looks at David and then…
King: Ha ha ha! Axis, did you see that?! He just flipped off Blazenwing!
Axis: I’m not sure how much Blazenwing liked that, but it looks like this match is underway!
Grines motions for Blazenwing to take the first shot. David grins and runs for the ropes, going for a big boot off the rebound. Grines, tricking David, easily scouts the move and… BANG! Grines smashes his leg into David’s head with a skull-cracking enzuigiri!
Axis: Ooh, a move we don’t see too often from Grines, and one his opponents fear, the enzuigiri!
King: We’re not even a minute into the match and David’s already made a big mistake… don’t trust anyone, and that goes double for Grines.
As David struggles to recover from the hard blow, Grines walks over and picks Blazenwing up, then proceeds to whip him into the ropes and upon David’s return, wrap him up in the La Majistral pin! The referee makes a 1 ½ count before Blazenwing easily kicks out. Both superstars get up at the same time and begin brawling before David weakens Grines enough to pick him up and drop him with a scoop slam (accompanied with cheers). While Grines lies on the canvas, David bounces off the ropes and nails him in the face with the shining wizard! He goes for a pin: 1…2… kickout!
King: Well, at least the kid’s smart enough to go for a pinfall…
Axis: King, you’re starting to sound a little one-sided. You wouldn’t be rooting for “Omega Storm”, would you?
King: Rooting for him? Hell, I bet twenty bucks that Grines would win the match!
Axis: Betting on SJL matches? Hmm… well, at any rate, it seems that Grines now has the advantage after nailing a hard heart punch on Blazenwing.
Axis is indeed correct… Grines does have the advantage and with David down, now sets in the shoulder breaker by grabbing David’s leg, turning around and placing Blazenwing’s leg over his shoulder before sitting down. As David screams in pain, Grines shows a sinister grin on his face.
King: (laughing) Look at him! He’s enjoying it!
Axis: Dammit, that’s another human being’s pain that he’s taking pleasure in! What a sick and twisted individual!
King: Sick and twisted, but horribly effective. I can smell my twenty dollars already…
The referee, Matthew Kivell, leans down next to David and asks him if he submits. David screams in agony, but refuses to tap out. Grines laughs as he pulls harder and harder on David’s leg, possibly trying to actually break it! David begins to crawl for the ropes, but loses his energy and collapses. With his shoulders firmly on the mat, Kivell starts a count. 1…. 2…. and David sits up quickly before collapsing again. Again, Kivell counts up to 2 before the exhausted superstar sits up again. He starts trying to escape the hold by moving his captured leg, but Grines hold on like a madman. Running out of ideas and time, David shifts his other leg and begins kicking Grines hard in the side, finally forcing him to lose his grip after almost a minute of kicking.
Axis: David managed to escape the hold, but Grines had it in for quite a while. I think it may have already taken its toll on David’s leg.
Indeed it had, for when Blazenwing got up, he had trouble shifting weight on the hurt leg, leaving him easy prey for Grines' reverse underhook DDT. He goes for a pin: 1…2… and a kickout! Grines pulls David up and whips him into the ropes, then runs to the opposite side of the ropes, bouncing off and nailing his opponent with a Lou Thesz press. He picks David up again and performs the same process again, but this time, David scouts the move and counters with the running spear, eliciting a huge pop from the crowd.
Axis: I don’t know how, but the kid actually found the power to counter! He may still have a chance!
King: Oh please, Axis... the rookie just got lucky. I still don’t think he has what it takes to defeat “Omega Storm”.
David uses this rare opportunity to gain an advantage over his foe by putting him into a leg-lock submission move of his own, the Edgecator! He grabs both of Grines' legs and puts his own leg in-between it, then flips his opponent over on his stomach. David gets on one knee and holds Grines' legs as if they were in a headlock. The lock is in! Kivell slides over to Grines and asks the magic question: will he submit? Grines screams “NO!” at the top of his lungs, but David has the lock in really tight. After shifting his weight to gain momentum, Grines manages to break out of the hold but, like David before, the negative effect on his legs is obvious. Both superstars struggle to their feet and are in obvious pain. They go back to punching again. Grines hits a left. David nails a right. Grines hits the heart punch again, sending David flying into the ropes, grabbing his chest in pain. With his back turned to Grines, the cracked superstar gets another sardonic grin on his face. He starts to walk towards David, then “trips” into the ref, knocking him over. With Kivell down, Grines slides behind David and hits the low blow, then rolls him up for the pin.
After a few seconds, Kivell starts to return to his feet. David still hasn’t escaped from the pin, and Grines makes sure that he won’t by grabbing and holding onto David’s khakis. The ref notices the pin and begins to make the count: 1….2….3!
Axis: What in the hell?! He got it?!
King: Ha, I knew it! I knew he was going to win!
Grines jumps up in disbelief. His losing streak is over! As he begins to celebrate in the ring (to a blanket of boos), David sits in shock… he lost the match! Unforgivable! He slides out of the ring while “One of a Kind” plays over the house speakers. While all this is going on, Ced Ordonez (another SJL referee) and Ben Hardy appear on the stage and make their way to ringside, on their way to confer with Kivell and Funyon. After a few seconds, they call the cameraman Gus over to watch a replay of the match’s finish. After viewing this, Kivell climbs back in the ring, while Funyon takes to the mic.
Funyon: Ladies and gentleman, due to the controversial nature of this match’s finish, it is the referee’s decision that this match WILL continue where left off! Both superstars please return to the ring at this time!
The crowd explodes when they hear this. David slides into the ring and, while Grines is busy arguing with Kivell over his decision, David sneaks up behind him and grabs his head, pulling it down ninety degrees relative to the rest of Grines body… the Dragon Sleeper has been administered! Grines wildly flails in an attempt to struggle free, but David lets him go. He looks down at Grines and picks him up by his head, then whips him into the ropes and, after bouncing off the opposite ropes, slams into him with a big boot! David goes for the pinfall, but only gets a two count before Grines kicks out. When David picks him up again to suplex him, Grines blocks the suplex with his foot and reverses into his own Jackhammer! He goes for the pin, but only gets a two count as well… but David didn’t kick out. In an act of cockiness, Grines refuses to pin David! He rolls out of the ring and motions for a microphone, which is promptly handed to him by Funyon.
Grines: Ladies and gentleman, losers of the world over, I refuse to pin David right now. I’m going to make him SUFFER! He will fall victim to… the “Lightning Rod”!
Axis: The “Lightning Rod”? He only uses that when he really wants to punish someone!
King: All right! We’re going to be able to witness both Omega’s first win in a while AND the end of David Blazenwing’s career! What fun!
Axis: You are a sick individual.
King: Well, I do try. Go lock yourself in a shed.
Axis: What? Wh-whatever do you mean?
King: Ah, forget it. Pay attention, the match is still going on.
Grines picks David up and attempts to go for a Falcon Arrow, but David blocks it and starts to hit the Blazen Combination – a left jab, right jab, uppercut to the gut combo. He gets the first two shots off, but before he can hit the third, Grines kicks David hard in the abdomen and hits him with one of his signature moves, an underhook face first piledriver, destroying whatever was left of David. He looks down at his beaten and battered opponent and laughs, then picks David up and tosses him into the corner. He sets David up on the top rope and the crowd boos in anticipation… they know what is coming – the “Lightning Rod”. He gets David in the piledriver position on the top rope and is about to execute the move when out of nowhere, David drops down from the top rope while still holding Grines’ legs… driving his opponent’s crotch straight into the turnbuckle post!
King: Oh god! That’s going to leave one HELL a mark.
Axis: You couldn’t pay me enough money to get me into the position Grines is in right now.
King: Oh, there are positions you WILL get into for money? You sick freak!
Axis: Okay, you know what? I don’t know you. I mean it.
With Grines recovering from the crotch drop, David seizes the opportunity and hobbles to the other side of the ring, bounces off the ropes and lands the “Full Effect Leg Drop” on Grines.
Axis: The “Full Effect Leg Drop”! One of David Blazenwing’s finishing maneuvers!
King: I don’t recall reading about that on his bio sheet… where did it come from?
Axis: I’ve heard it’s a bit of a secret move he has. He only uses it when absolutely necessary.
King: Okay… what are you, president of the David Blazenwing fan club?
Axis: Well… I’m not NOT president of the David Blazenwing fan club.
King: You are one sad, strange man with many problems.
Axis: We both are! That’s why we make such a good team!
King: I know you’re not talking about me right now.
Axis: (sighs) Why do I even bother?
With Grines down from the leg drop, David gears up to lock in the “Davemission”. He motions for Grines to get up, standing in one spot posing and twitching like he can’t wait to get off the move (think The Rock before a “Rock Bottom”). Grines slowly rises to his feet and before he can turn around to face his adversary, David appears behind him and wraps his arms around Grines’ neck. The “Davemission” is in! Grines tries to break free but doesn’t have enough energy left after taking the crotch drop and the leg drop in such close succession. With his energy depleted, he also can’s make it to the ropes and thus, has no choice but to tap out to the “Davemission”!
Axis: He did it! David Blazenwing won the match with a “Davemission”!
King: Aww… there goes my twenty bucks…
Kivell calls for the bell. The bell rings and after a match full of mayhem, madness and a false finish…
Funyon: Ladies and gentleman, here is your winner… David Blazenwing!!!
“Headstrong” hits the house speakers and David Blazenwing goes up to the turnbuckle to celebrate. However, by now, Grines has gotten up and he is pissed about losing again, especially to a rookie! This angers him to the point where he attacks Matthew Kivell, takes back his tazer and runs up behind David, stabbing him in the back with the tazer and electrocuting him. While Grines celebrates his attack, David rolls out of the ring, reaches underneath, takes out his signature weapon (a Nintendo Gamecube) and rolls back into the ring, sneaking up behind Grines and bashing him over the head with the video game system, knocking him senseless. David motions for a mic as the crowd cheers him on.
David: Rule number one… know your opponent, inside and out. Rule number two… come prepared for anything!
With this, David pulls up his shirt to reveal a plush, padded shirt underneath… not strong enough to cushion a blow, but perfect for stopping an electrical shock from reaching the skin! David poses a bit more for the crowd and then heads off to the back, Gamecube in hand as Grines still lay unconscious in the middle of the ring.
