JHawk 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2005 Constructive criticism is welcome and encouraged, but I think this one's too damn good to go unread. Pete: “Welcome back to SWF Lockdown, and we are just about ready for the final match of the tournament to unify the USJL and ICTV titles.” King: “Jay Hawke battles Johnny Dangerous in what could be a bonafide classic.” Pete: “It’s been a tremendous tournament, one of the best in recent memory. Johnny Dangerous got here with a win over Manson in the first round, then ended the four-month long ICTV title reign of Landon Maddix to earn this spot. Jay Hawke had a victory over Todd Cortez in what some have called an early Match of the Year candidate, then won his first SWF title by defeated USJL Champion Austin Sly.” King: “Each of these men has held their respective championships for five days now. Both men will essentially retire these championships. Only one of them will become the unified champion. I tell you, Pete, as big as that fatal four way main event is tonight, this might be the match that steals the show.” Pete: “This is going be a classic matchup, and we’re just about ready to get it underway!” Cut to the back, as we see Jay Hawke, dressed in his usual black and purple robe, walking toward the gorilla position. As he approaches the gorilla position, he stops and shakes his head to loosen the muscles in his neck. In the arena, the lights dim, and we hear the voices of some children sing a familiar line from a Pink Floyd classic: “We don’t need no education…” And the opening strains of another Pink Floyd classic, “Learning to Fly”, begin to pulse throughout the arena. A lone spotlight shines on Jay Hawke as he emerges from the curtain. He doesn’t even look at the crowd. Instead, he focuses straight ahead on the ring, keeping his eyes on his destination. He enters the ring, then removes his robe, the USJL championship belt securely around his waist. “Johnny Dangerous!” Suddenly, the lights dim, and a sultry female voice breathes the name of the SWF’s resident super-spy. “After The Flesh” by My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult begins to thump through the crowds. Smoke fills the stage as tons of strobes cut through it and Johnny Dangerous walks out onto center stage. As Dangerous heads to the ring, he high fives some of the fans, even giving one cute-but-not-overly-attractive female a kiss on the cheek. Johnny heads into the ring, mounts a turnbuckle and raises his arms out to the fans. He hops off the turnbuckle and hands the ICTV title belt to the referee as we go up to Funyon for the particulars. Funyon: “Ladies and gentlemen, your referee for this contest is Scott Ryder.” “BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Funyon: “This contest is scheduled for one fall to a finish, and it is the final match in the tournament to unify the United States Junior League and Intercontinental Television Championships!” “YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!” Funyon: “Introducing first, in the corner to my left … from the Hall of Fame City of Cleveland, Ohio … weighing in tonight at 215 pounds … he is the reigning and defending SWF United States Junior League Champion … ‘The Dean of Professional Wrestling’ … JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY HAWWWWWWWWWWWKE!” “BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Funyon: “And his opponent this evening … hailing from Las Vegas, Nevada … weighing in tonight at 217 pounds … he is one-half of the SWF World Tag Team Champions *and* the reigning and defending Intercontinental Television Champion … ‘The Barracuda’ … JOHNNY … DANNNNNNNNNNNNNGEROUS!” “YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!” Scott Ryder motions both champions to the center of the ring. They approach the center of the ring, with Jay Hawke taking his championship belt off on the way. The rookie referee stands between them as Funyon holds the microphone so we can hear the instructions. Ryder: “Gentlemen, this is it. One fall for both championships. There is no time limit. The match can end by pinfall, submission, disqualification, ten count outside of the ring, or if I deem you unable to continue the match. The titles will be unified no matter how the decision is rendered. If I tell you to break, you must break by the count of five or I *will* disqualify you. I *will* enforce any and all automatic disqualifications. Are there any questions?” Dangerous: “I have one. Is he going to follow the rules tonight?” Hawke: “Just make sure he knows the rules, ref!” Ryder: “That’s enough. Now let’s shake hands and come out wrestling at the bell.” Jay Hawke and Johnny Dangerous shake hands, but Hawke pulls Dangerous towards him, forcing a nose-to-nose face-off. Scott Ryder immediately pushes between them to separate. Ryder: “I don’t want any of that crap tonight! Get to your corners!” Both men release the handshake and return to their corners. The referee holds both title belts over his head to signify they’re both on the line, and then hands them to Funyon to put on the timekeeper’s table. Pete: “We nearly had some fireworks before the bell even rang right there!” King: “Well, not only is so much on the line here tonight, but these two have also been in the ring together before.” Pete: “And Johnny Dangerous holds two victories over Jay Hawke.” King: “In tag team matches. This is singles competition, Pete. It’s an entirely different animal.” *DING DING DING!* Pete: “There’s the opening bell, and we are officially underway!” King: “And let’s reiterate it for everybody, Pete. No time limit, and the titles will be unified no matter how the fall is recorded. And we’re going to stick with it without commercial interruption until we have a unified champion.” The two champions lock up collar and elbow in the center of the ring. Johnny Dangerous gets a brief advantage and pushes Jay Hawke into the corner. Referee Scott Ryder is immediately calling for the break: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! And we get a clean break. *clapclapclapclapclap* Pete: “And a clean break by Johnny Dangerous. Kind of surprising considering the more aggressive nature we’ve been seeing from him lately.” King: “It’s still very early in the contest, Pete.” Another lockup, and this time it’s Jay Hawke pushing Dangerous into the corner. The referee calls for another break: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! We get another clean break. Jay Hawke gives a quick bow as a surprised Johnny Dangerous nods his head in approval. *clapclapclapclapclap* King: “What’s with this sportsmanship garbage? SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING!” Pete: “It’s still very early in the contest, King. Didn’t you just say that?” King: “Shut up.” Another collar-and-elbow tieup, and Johnny Dangerous quickly locks Jay Hawke into a side headlock. He takes “The Dean” to the mat with it, and the USJL Champion’s shoulders fall to the canvas: ONE! TWO! Jay Hawke lefts the right shoulder off the mat. “The Barracuda” tightens his grip on the side headlock. Hawke grabs a handful of tights and rolls Dangerous over onto his shoulders: ONE! TWO! Dangerous rolls the hold back over. Pete: “Two count, but Dangerous wasn’t really in any danger of being pinned there, King. All he had to do was release the hold and he was out of the pinning predicament.” King: “That’s true, but sometimes in the heat of the moment, you won’t even realize your shoulders are on the canvas. So in a move like that, all it takes is to be caught napping for a split second, and it’s all over.” Hawke might be caught napping here, as his shoulders fall to the mat again: ONE! TWO! Shoulder up. Hawke grabs the tights again and rolls Dangerous back over onto his shoulders: ONE! TWO! Scott Ryder looks over and sees Hawke using the tights, so he stops the count. Ryder counts to force Hawke to let go of the tights: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! Jay Hawke reluctantly lets go of the tights at the count of four, and Johnny Dangerous rolls back over into position. Hawke’s shoulders fall to the mat yet again: ONE! TWO! Shoulder up. Pete: “Johnny Dangerous continues to control his opponent with this side headlock, and you’ve got to think Hawke is going to be light-headed when this hold finally does get released.” King: “Probably, but the blood will rush back to Hawke’s head within a few seconds. At that point, you could be seeing a different type of match from what we’ve seen so far.” Knowing that Ryder’s onto him about the use of the tights, “The Dean” tries a new strategy. He begins to pull himself to his feet in an attempt to alleviate some of the pressure. As soon as he gets to his feet, he picks Johnny Dangerous up and drops backwards, sending Dangerous crashing down with a hard back suplex. “The Barracuda” clutches the back of his head as Jay Hawke shakes his head to clear the cobwebs. Hawke gets to his feet and drops a leg across the chest of the Barracuda, then goes for the cover: ONE! TWO! Kickout. He quickly goes for another cover, hooking the right leg: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Hawke covers again, this time also hooking the other leg with his own leg: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Pete: “Three near falls in the matter of ten seconds, and you can see how important this championship is to both men.” King: “Even in the early stages of a match, all those kickouts are going to wear you down.” Pete: “And wearing down Dangerous seems to be Hawke’s strategy here, as he locks in a side headlock of his own.” Jay Hawke tightens his grip on the headlock, and Johnny Dangerous’ shoulders fall to the mat as his face begins turning blue: ONE! TWO! Shoulder up. Dangerous rolls over, trying to get to his feet. He is able to get himself to his knees, but Jay Hawke briefly lets go of the hold to punch Dangerous in the face. He then goes right back to the hold. “BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Pete: “A short right hand, and that’s the first cheap shot of the match there, King!” King: “Cheap shot? This is a title unification match, Pete! Quite honestly, this match should be no rules and come down to the first guy to kill his opponent!” Dangerous works his way to his feet and backs into the ropes. Scott Ryder calls for the break: ONE! TWO! THREE! “The Barracuda” shoves Jay Hawke off and into the opposite end of ropes. Hawke bounces off and takes Johnny Dangerous with a shoulder block. Hawke runs off the ropes this time, and Dangerous ducks underneath, leapfrogs Hawke as he comes back, and takes Hawke down with an enzuigiri to the face when he comes back again. The cover: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Johnny Dangerous clamps Jay Hawke’s head in a vice-like front facelock. Pete: “A near fall, and then right back into a headlock.” King: “As much as I hate to say it, this is pretty good strategy. Time is not a factor, so take your time, wear your opponent down, and once you think he’s out of gas, put him away.” Jay Hawke maneuvers his way to his feet. He fires off a couple of punches to Johnny Dangerous’ ribs, then lifts him off his feet. He apparently wants to throw him off, but Dangerous kicks his legs and turns it into a DDT. “OHHHHHHHHHH!” Johnny Dangerous immediately floats into the cover: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Pete: “Every time one man gets any sort of high impact move in on his opponent, he immediately goes for the cover!” King: “Well, there might be no time limit, but you don’t get paid by the hour either.” Johnny Dangerous waits for Jay Hawke to reach his feet, then takes him down with a standing dropkick. The former secret agent quickly hops up onto the second turnbuckle, then leaps, landing with an elbow to Jay Hawke’s face. Another cover: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Dangerous quickly locks in a reverse chinlock in an attempt to further wear down the USJL champion. Pete: “And it seems as if Johnny Dangerous is firmly in control right now.” King: “It seems that way, Pete, but we’ve seen Jay Hawke come back from early disadvantages before. There’s plenty of wrestling left in this one.” Jay Hawke gets to his feet and fires a couple of elbows into his opponent’s midsection to break the hold. Jay Hawke runs off the ropes, but his attempted lariat is thwarted by a dropkick that knocks Hawke down in a heap. Seeing an opportunity, the ICTV Champion heads to the top turnbuckle. But he’s underestimated the damage he’s done to Jay Hawke, as the USJL Champion gets to his feet and climbs the turnbuckle after him. Hawke hits Dangerous with a couple of forearm smashes, then tries for a superplex. Dangerous blocks it and tries to counter, but he gets nothing out of it. Funyon: “Five minutes have gone by in the contest, five minutes.” Pete: “Both men jockeying for position here, and they’re in a dangerous spot up there on that top turnbuckle…” THUD! “OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” And Jay Hawke gets the best of the situation, lifting Dangerous up for a superplex but dropping him over the top rope. Dangerous’ face hits the ring apron, snapping his neck back. “HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!” King: “For once, I agree with the crowd. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a fall quite like that before in my life!” Jay Hawke points down at the floor and screams “Count him out”, and Scott Ryder obliges: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! King: “This might be anticlimactic.” Pete: “Johnny Dangerous is beginning to move, but it might be too late.” FIVE! SIX! SEVEN! EIGHT! NINE! Johnny Dangerous pulls himself into the ring with the help of the bottom rope. Jay Hawke immediately comes over and stomps away at the ICTV Champion. Hawke lifts Dangerous to his feet and levels him with a forearm smash that knocks “The Barracuda” into the corner. An Irish whip attempt into the opposite corner is reversed, but as Dangerous charges in shoulder first, Hawke moves out of the way…. SMACK! …and Dangerous’ left shoulder smacks against the steel ringpost. Pete: “Oh my God! Did you hear the sound of flesh hitting steel?” King: “Can you say ‘turning point’, Pete? Because I think that’s what that was.” Jay Hawke seizes the opportunity, quickly pulling Johnny Dangerous into the center of the ring by the left arm and locking it into a Fujiwara armbar. Johnny Dangerous screams in pain as Hawke leans back to put more pressure on. Dangerous crawls toward the ropes, barely grabbing the bottom rope. Scott Ryder tries to force the break: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! Jay Hawke breaks the hold, but stomps on Dangerous’ arm in the process. Referee Ryder warns Hawke to break clean, but Hawke drops an elbow across The Barracuda’s shoulder. Pete: “Cheap shot by Jay Hawke there!” King: “How was that a cheap shot? That could have cost him the unified title! That could have been costly!” Jay Hawke pulls Johnny Dangerous back to the center of the ring. He drops a knee to the shoulder, then another one to the back. Another knee to the back, and Hawke drives it into the back and pulls back as hard as he can on the secret agent’s chin and neck. Pete: “Look at Jay Hawke pulling back on the chin of the ICTV Champion here!” King: “The last time I saw somebody bend like that, she got banned from the Gong Show for indecency!” Jay Hawke shifts his weight, and with it turns Dangerous’ body into a camel clutch. Johnny Dangerous’ eyes nearly roll into the back of his head as Hawke continues to apply the pressure. Pete: “Look at the look on the face of Johnny Dangerous. How much more of this pain can he possibly take?” King: “I don’t know, but if he doesn’t take the pain, he’s not going to hold that championship more than another three seconds or so!” Sensing he won’t get the submission just yet, Jay Hawke hooks his feet underneath the shoulders of Johnny Dangerous and floats forward, almost into a modified Victory roll: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Jay Hawke gets to his feet and knees Dangerous in the gut as Dangerous tries to get to his feet. Jay Hawke goes for a body slam, but Dangerous counters into a small package: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Both men quickly get to their feet, but Jay Hawke nearly decapitates the ICTV Champion with a lariat. The cover: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Jay Hawke doesn’t waste a second. He locks the Barracuda’s left arm into an overhand wristlock. He continues to hold it, placing Johnny’s arm onto the mat. Then he stands up and stomps on the elbow, driving the already bent wrist into the mat. Dangerous screams in agony as Jay Hawke locks in a hammerlock. Pete: “My God, King, he might have just broken Johnny’s arm there!” King: “I think that’s what he was trying to do!” Pete: “If that’s the case, this hammerlock might break it if that stomp to the elbow didn’t!” Maintaining a hold of the hammerlock, Jay Hawke picks up the Barracuda and body slams him onto the arm. Dangerous screams yet again as he rolls around on the mat, clutching the left arm. Hawke goes for the cover: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Jay Hawke pulls Dangerous to his feet. The Dean of Professional Wrestling locks in another hammerlock, then shoves Johnny shoulder-first into the turnbuckle. Dangerous staggers backwards, right into Jay Hawke’s German suplex: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Undaunted, Hawke brings his opponent to his feet and peppers the side of his head with a series of forearm smashes. He tries to whip Johnny into the ropes, but Johnny reverses it and catches an incoming Hawke underneath the chin with a clothesline. Pete: “A tremendous clothesline by Johnny Dangerous there, and that might be the turning point!” King: “Look at him favor the arm! Let’s see if his arm will allow him to get off a series of moves before assuming he’s making the comeback!” But Johnny Dangerous’ best weapon might be his feet, and he proves it with a series of martial arts kicks to The Dean as he stands up. A series of karate kicks to the ribs doubles Jay Hawke over, and Dangerous leaps up and catches Hawke in the back of the head with an enzuigiri. Hawke lands face first onto the mat. Dangerous keeps his left arm hanging by its side as he slowly rolls Hawke over with the good arm and covers: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Both men slowly get to their feet. Dangerous catches Jay Hawke with a series of palm strikes to the forehead, then executes a spinning heel kick that sends the USJL champion down to the mat. He falls on top for the cover but is unable to use the left arm to hook the leg: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Pete: “Johnny Dangerous is doing everything in his power to put Jay Hawke away, but Hawke is still able to kick out!” King: “The key is the left arm! Jay Hawke has done so much work to that arm that everything Johnny Dangerous does puts it in even more pain, and that’s slowing the Intercontinental Television Champion down enough to give Hawke a chance to rest!” Johnny Dangerous slowly makes his way to his feet. He runs off the ropes and attempts a clothesline, but Jay Hawke ducks underneath it and grabs the left arm, spinning it into a hammerlock. Funyon: “Ten minutes have gone by in the contest, ten minutes.” Dangerous instinctively throws a couple of elbows to break the hold, then … SMACK! …levels Jay Hawke with a backflip kick. The force of the kick backs Jay Hawke against the ropes. Dangerous senses an opening and charges, but Hawke sees him coming and backdrops him over the top rope… THUD! “OHHHHHHHHHHH!” …and Dangerous hits the floor hard and rolls to the guardrail. Jay Hawke quickly rolls to the center of the ring and screams “Count him out!” ONE! TWO! Pete: “Can you believe this, King?” THREE! Pete: “Jay Hawke seems content with unifying these two titles by countout!” FOUR! King: “Hey, it counts! Why knock it?” FIVE! King: “Besides, Hawke already tried it earlier in the match, so are you really surprised?” SIX! SEVEN! Pete: “Dangerous is trying to get back into the ring, but it might be too late!” EIGHT! King: “It is too late! A new unified champion!” NINE! Johnny Dangerous rolls back into the ring, but an alert Jay Hawke quickly goes for the cover: ONE! TWO! THR…Kickout. Pete: “And somehow Johnny Dangerous stays alive in this contest!” King: “But for how much longer?” Jay Hawke locks in a front facelock. He drags Johnny Dangerous to the center of the ring and takes his opponent down with a swinging neck breaker. The cover: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Without hesitation, Jay Hawke picks Dangerous up again and whips him into the turnbuckle. As Dangerous slowly walks out of the corner, Hawke catches him and takes him down with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Another cover: ONE! TWO! Kickout. Once again, The Dean doesn’t hesitate. He picks up the Barracuda as if to body slam him, but instead takes him down with a shoulder breaker. King: “What a methodical attack. The neck. The back. The already-weakened arm. All of this setting up that Wing Span submission, Pete.” Jay Hawke extends Dangerous’ arm and drops a couple of knees to the shoulder. He picks up Dangerous and places him up on the top turnbuckle. Pete: “What’s Hawke doing here?” King: “Most likely, he’s going for one high impact move to put Dangerous away. Finish him, Jay!” Jay Hawke follows his opponent to the top turnbuckle and sets him up for a superplex. Dangerous blocks the move and gets off a few punches to the midsection. Both men struggle for leverage, which is gained by the Barracuda…he picks Jay Hawke up in a suplex position… THUUUUDDDDDD!!!! …and superplexes Jay Hawke out of the ring and onto the arena floor! “OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!” King: “OH MY GOD, JAY HAWKE IS DEAD!” Pete: “You might be exaggerating there, but Dangerous summoned up every last bit of energy he had there and suplexed Hawke over the top rope to the floor!” King: “And the adrenaline might be flowing, as that didn’t seem to affect that left arm a whole lot.” Scott Ryder begins his ten count, but it’s not going to matter. Johnny Dangerous climbs down the turnbuckle and picks up Jay Hawke. Contrary to King’s statement, the arm is still bothering him, as the second he rolls Hawke into the ring, he clutches the left arm before rolling into the ring after him. Pete: “I think we can safely call that superplex to the floor a turning point, King.” King: “Each man has taken a hard spill to the concrete floor from off the top turnbuckle, and how either man can stand at this point is beyond me!” The ICTV Champion picks up Jay Hawke and locks in a front facelock. He goes for a vertical suplex, but can’t get the strength in the left arm. He tries again, and this time he summons just enough strength to get Jay Hawke over. The cover: ONE! TWO! THR… kickout! Johnny Dangerous lowers his head in disappointment, but he’s quickly on the attack again. Another front facelock, and this time he takes The Dean down with a DDT. Another cover: ONE! TWO! THR…Kickout. Dangerous stomps Jay Hawke, then backs up a few steps, shouting “Get up!” King: “This might be a mistake!” Pete: “I have to agree, King! He’s got Jay Hawke on the ropes here, and if he can get the pin, he’s a unified champion! Why is he waiting?” Jay Hawke pulls himself to his feet… SMACK! “OHHHHHHHHHH!” …and is quickly knocked back down with the Johnny Kick. Dangerous then bounces off the ropes, flips in the air, and lands fist-first onto the prone Dean of Professional Wrestling. “YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!” Pete: “Armed and Dangerous! The ICTV Champion with the Armed and Dangerous, and we have a cover!” ONE! TWO! THR…NO! Kickout! “BOOOOOOOOOOOO!” King: “How the hell did he kick out of that?” That about sums up Johnny Dangerous’ reaction, but he doesn’t show it. He stands behind Jay Hawke and waits for him to get to his feet. Hawke gets to his feet, Dangerous lifts him up… “YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!” Pete: “MI SLAM! We have a new unified champion right here! There’s the cover!” ONE! TWO! THRE….shoulder up! “YAAAAAAAAAA--BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Pete: “He got him!” King: “No he didn’t!” Pete: “He did so!” King: “The referee is holding up two fingers, Pete! Only a count of two despite what you and these fans might think!” Johnny Dangerous pulls Jay Hawke back to his feet. He hits Hawke with a couple of forearm smashes, then dropkicks him back into the turnbuckle. Dangerous charges…. CLANG! “OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” But Hawke moves out of the way, and Dangerous once again hits his shoulder on the ringpost! Pete: “Oh no!” King: “Dangerous went for it all right there, but that left shoulder has to feel like hamburger after that!” Jay Hawke stands behind his opponent and locks in the crossface chickenwing, then leaps up and scissors the free arm with his legs. Funyon: “Fifteen minutes have gone by, fifteen minutes.” Pete: “And there’s the Wing Span! That’s Jay Hawke’s primary finishing hold!” King: “And with as much damage as has already been done to Dangerous’ shoulders, you have to think this is going to an automatic submission!” Johnny Dangerous looks to be fading as he drops to his knees. As he slips a little bit further, the crowd begins to clap and chant: “PLEASE DON’T TAP! PLEASE DON’T TAP! PLEASE DON’T TAP!” The chants of the crowd seem to rejuvenate Johnny Dangerous, as he somehow makes his way back to his feet. Jay Hawke seems to be in shock as not only has Dangerous not submitted, but he’s got Jay Hawke set up for…. THUD! Pete: “Spinal Explosion!” King: “Unbelievable, Pete! He not only made the first real counter to the Wing Span, but he turned it into that rolling fireman’s carry!” Pete: “But he might not have enough to cover him!” Johnny Dangerous rolls to the corner and begins to climb the turnbuckles. King: “Or he might be too stupid to pin him while he’s got the opportunity!” Johnny Dangerous has made it to the top turnbuckle, and he struggles to maintain his balance. He leaps, going to the Shooting Johnny Press, but Jay Hawke lifts his knees, catching Dangerous in the shoulder! “BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Pete: “Jay Hawke got the knees up!” King: “Dangerous was a bit off-target with that shooting star press, and Hawke made him pay for it! Cover him, Dean!” Pete: “But he’s not covering him!” Instead, Jay Hawke is trying to climb up the top turnbuckle himself! Pete: “What’s he going for here?” King: “Maybe a moonsault?” Jay Hawke gets to the top turnbuckle and leaps. He does a full moonsault, but he lands on Dangerous’ shoulder with a knee drop on the way down! “OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Pete: “What a move! A moonsault into a knee drop, and the cover!” ONE! TWO! THREE! *DING DING DING!* “BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” King: “I’ve never seen a move like that in my life before, Pete! Incredible!” Funyon: “Ladies and gentlemen, in 16 minutes 30 seconds, the winner of this contest … and the unified ICTV and USJL Champion … ‘The Dean of Professional Wrestling’ … JAAAAAAAAAAAAAY HAWWWWWWWKE!” “BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Scott Ryder takes both title belts from the timekeeper and hands them to Jay Hawke as the chorus of boos continues. Pete: “This crowd doesn’t seem happy with the result, but what an impressive showing by both wrestlers!” King: “We essentially promised you guys a classic title match, and these two men delivered!” Pete: “We’ve dispatched Ben Hardy into the ring to get a word with the champion!” Ben Hardy enters the ring carrying a microphone as an exhausted Jay Hawke looks down at both title belts. Hardy: “Jay Hawke, a tremendous tournament just got capped off by a tremendous victory to unify these two titles. You have to be excited about it.” Hawke: “You know something, Hardy? Never let it be said that I don’t give my opponents their due. Johnny Dangerous proved tonight that he’s one hell of a wrestler, as he gave me everything I wanted and more. Hell, he even countered the Wing Span, and very few men have ever done that in my entire career. But in the end, he got taught a very important lesson: Always have something new ready just in case. What you just saw was a move I call the Hawke Swoop. Because once I swoop down on you with that move, you’ve officially gone from being my prey to being my victim.” “BOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Hardy: “But what’s next for you now that you’re the unified champion?” Hawke: “The next step is proving to the entire world that this victory was no fluke. I’m here to make this championship mean something, and to do that, I’ve got to defend this title against all comers. So if Johnny Dangerous wants a rematch, he’s got it. If Todd Cortez wants a shot, he’s got it. If Toxxic wants a shot, come and get it! Because deep down, I’m just an old school fighting champion at heart.” Suddenly Jay Hawke’s eyes light up, and he gets a smile in his face. Hawke: “In fact, you can just call this unified title the SWF Old School Championship. And I can’t think of a more fitting title holder, can you?” Hardy: “Certainly not. Ladies and gentlemen, the new SWF Old School Champion, Jay Hawke!” The crowd boos vociferously as Jay Hawke stands on the second turnbuckle, holding both championship belts in the air. Pete: “Is that going to be the official name of the championship?” King: “It sure as hell beats the ‘SWF Belt’, you have to admit that.” Pete: “But if you thought that match was something, we’re not done yet. We still have the fatal four way to come, as well as the number one contenders match! Don’t go away!” Jay Hawke continues to celebrate as the crowd chants “Hawke sucks” until we cut to the commercial break. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck Woolery 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2005 Here was my take on the match, Jay. I really, really liked how you had Johnny selling the left arm in the early going. That part of the match was very well done, and I give you credit on that. The Wing Span counter was very done as well, as it didn't force Johnny to use his left arm to reverse out of it. However. You kicking out of the Johnny Kick was okay, but the MI Slam kickout -- almost instantly after Johnny hit it -- didn't sit well with me. I don't remember if it's still a finisher, but I do know that it's the move that took out Toxxic and I felt that there should have been some stalling before Johnny went for the cover. Have Johnny delay, shake out his left arm or something, and then -- oh shit, I should probably cover him. Some sort of delay, to give a better reason for why Jay could kick out. I understand that he was fresh and it was a big match, but for a move like the MI Slam I feel you need a little more than that. Also, as I mentioned earlier, I liked Johnny's counter to the Wing Span, but what I didn't like was that after the one counter Jay never tried to go back to it. I realize that you were probably running short on words by this time, but reading the match I saw Jay put a lot of work into decimating Johnny's shoulder, and then never go back to it after the first try. The win with the Hawke Swoop was nice, but the way the match was going it would have made more sense (in my opinion) to have Hawke continue peppering the left arm and then go for the Wing Span again. I felt that the Hawke Swoop should be saved for a match where Jay can't get any offence in against the left shoulder. The way this match was going for me, it felt like just a little more work on the left shoulder would have left Johnny wide open to tapping to the Wing Span. Anyway, those are my comments... the first 4000 words of your match were money in the bank, and going on that alone would have probably won you the match. It was the finishing sequence that really hurt your match in my eyes, at it felt like drama for drama's sake rather than drama that was built up during the match. I hope this helps you, because you've got a lot of talent, just need a little bit of refining. - Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHawk 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2005 ::nods:: Cool deal. I'll take all that into account. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toxxic 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2005 I don't remember if it's still a finisher, but I do know that it's the move that took out Toxxic Wrong, actually. I kicked out of the MI Slam in Johnny's match, leading to one of my infamous schiz's since it stated in my stats that I'd never kick out of a finisher (don't worry boys and girls, I'm working on getting less anal). It was the Shooting Johnny Press that actually put me away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Secret Agent 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2005 Even still it wasn't "MI SLAM!" 1-2-NO! Kickout! I think I had Johnny lying on the mat for a bit. Plus I helped grow Toxxic by showing that he was so desperate to keep that title he'd push himself farther than even he thought he could go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toxxic 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2005 I helped grow Toxxic by showing that he was so desperate to keep that title he'd push himself farther than even he thought he could go. "You're a bad boy. You haven't been taking your... medication..." *injects self* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
janusd 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2005 "You're a bad boy. You haven't been taking your... medication..." *injects self* "We took our medication. And we BOTH think you're an asshole." *fades out* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toxxic 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2005 *snorts* Fruitcake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace309 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2005 *chortle* Limey. +1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toxxic 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2005 *Has Revolution Zero beat down Tom backstage and writes '1-up' on his forehead in black marker* Bitch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
