PROMO: Preparation

[Toxxic 0]

In a motel somewhere in Salt Lake City

 

“Ouch.”

 

“What?” Jet asks, looking up from the TV to where Toxxic is lounging on the bed. The Straight-Edge Sensation is idly leafing through the Wrestling Panda newsletter. Toxxic grins and passes it over to her.

 

“Look at what went down in Japan this week.”

 

Jet takes the newsletter and tracks down the page, briefly frowning as words like ‘overpushed’ and ‘ratings expected to drop’ in conjunction with her boyfriend’s title reign. Then she finds the article Toxxic directed her to and frowns.

 

“Gaijin Cup - an all-day knock-out event culminating in a Two-Tier Barbed Wire Exploding Cage Death Match. The final saw Aecas defeat Insane Luchador...”

 

“Yup,” Toxxic chuckles. “I always knew Rickmen was insane, but not that insane.”

 

“And Aecas?”

 

“Oh, his sanity’s not in doubt,” Toxxic replies. “As in, it’s on extended vacation.” He looks at his girlfriend. Jet continues to stare at the newsletter, but something in her vacant expression clues Toxxic into the fact that she’s thinking about something else.

 

“What’s up?”

 

“It’s just something I thought about,” she replies. “You know when I was watching you from the back at Ground Zero; do you know what the scariest moment was?”

 

“When I went through the announce table?” Toxxic winces at the memory.

 

“No. That was a relief.”

 

“A relief!?” The World Champion sits bolt upright. “What the hell do you mean, a relief!?”

 

Jet sighs and pulls out a video from her bag, then slots it into the VCR. “I need to show you this,” she tells the perplexed straight-edger. “I don’t think you were in quite the right position to see it when you were wrestling.”

 

The dreadlocked girl presses play and sits back. Toxxic watches himself grab Janus’ head and run for the corner, climbing the turnbuckles as he goes, then vault backwards until he is vertical over the Hell Machine’s head... and Jet presses pause.

 

“So what’s the big deal?” Toxxic asks.

 

“Look,” Jet replies. “Imagine it’s Janus doing the move on you. What’s he doing?”

 

Toxxic looks. It takes a couple of seconds for the image to click, but then-

 

“Rage Unleashed,” he whispers, the colour draining from his face at the thought of how close he came to being dropped with one of the most feared moves in the SWF.

 

“It was only the dodgy knee that stopped him,” Jet nods. “It gave way, he lurched to one side and threw you over the ropes instead of dropping you on your head.”

 

Toxxic stares at the screen. After a couple of seconds though, he grins.

 

“Yeah, but Janus is gone now,” he tells Jet, “and if he ever comes back I just won’t use that move on... him... wait a second.” The Straight-Edge Sensation squeezes his eyes shut for a second, then opens them and smiles slightly shakily at his girlfriend. “You might have just saved my neck.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Dace,” Toxxic says, lying back on the bed. “The bastard was in a stable with Janus for months. I bet he knows enough about the big lug’s moves to pull a Rage Unleashed on me. And I bet he would, too.”

 

“Well, if you will go around annoying people like that,” Jet admonishes him jokingly.

 

“Right,” the World Champion says decisively. “No Intoxxication for Dace. Can’t be too careful, especially not where that git’s concerned.” He looks at his watch. “Where the bloody hell is Spike, anyway?”

 

“Oh, he rang while you were in the shower,” Jet tells him. “Said if he wasn’t here with a car by five he’s got lost in the mall.”

 

They both look at the clock, which reads 5:24.

 

“Right, there’s only one solution to this,” Toxxic says, springing off the bed. “Grab the golden balloon...”

[Guest Aecas]

And Jet is looking out for her man in the best way possible. Another nicely done promo and a nice firm nod to how devastating the Screwdriver is. Nicely done mate.

 

And Two-Tier Barbed Wire Exploding Cage Death Match? THAT is one I'm going to remember if Aecas returns

[Dace59 0]

Ohhhh.....Toxxic's planning him game. But he's not the only one. Have to get my own promo up shortly. This match sure is going to be interesting.

[Angel_Grace_Blue 0]

By interesting, you mean it'll end up as a DNS, right?

 

Right?

 

Anyway, good promo, but IL in the finals? That's stretching things a bit much. Kidding, of course.

 

Yay balloon!!

 

Scouting is always wise. And stuff.

[Guest Suicide King]

Well, with Dace it is best to face him lawn implement to lawn implement. Perhaps some sort of hedge trimmer.