Meltdown #17

[Simon]

Red is a segment
Orange is a match






RoP presents Meltdown
01/24/2011
Club Envy
Carson City, NV
Attendance: 500

We open up our feed of Meltdown with a small bubble in the corner of the screen of that says “Earlier This Past Week”. We see a gym come into view with various weight benches and equipment. Many people are around, though the camera seems to be far too shaky for us to get a good count on just how many. We hear a woman’s voice come from behind the camera as we see two men, one in a blue and black track suit with wavy black hair and a man in a purple button up and jeans with a headband over his blond hair.

“Do you guys know where he is?”

The man with black hair, Marty Valens, nods his head.

Marty: He’s right over here. The receptionist said so anyway.

The two continue walking before suddenly they slow down and stop next to a rowing machine with a man that we recognize as Anthony Royal sitting on it. He stops when he sees them and stands up, eyeing them cautiously.

O’Toole: Hey there, sunshine. I see you’re getting in tip top shape ‘fore you join Stu and that joke of an arse Deas, aren’t ya?

Royal just looks at a rack of weights close by and shakes his head. Valens seems to get a kick out of this.

Marty: Listen, son. It’s plain and simple. You see, we got ourselves a problem with The Business and we understand that Stu’s extended the olive branch to you and asked you to join. Now, since we got a problem with The Business, if you join them, then it means we got ourselves a problem with you too, slick. Understand?

Royal shakes his head.

Royal: Go to hell, man.

Valens sighs.

Marty: So you want to make things go in the that direction, huh? Well, we expected that, kid. Trust me when I say that your rock won’t be rolling anymore.

With that, him and O’Toole jump on Royal and nail shot after shot on him. Royal trips over the rowing machine and lands on his back. Valens gets over to him and lays some boots into him before he picks him up and tosses him into a nearby mirror, breaking it. Royal stumbles away from it and O’Toole lifts him up and drops him with a flap jack across a weight bench. Royal holds onto his chest, but Valens grabs him by the hair and throws him next to a lateral machine. O’Toole fools around with the stacked weights on the machine as Valens snickers and looks down at Royal.

Marty: Maybe this will help you make the right decision next time, son.

He slides Royal’s right arm into the tower on the side of the machine for the stack of weights as O’Toole just barely manages to get the stack of weights up. Valens helps him lift them up as high as they’ll go and then drops them with a giant clang onto Royal’s arm. Royal howls in pain as Valens and O’Toole lift them up again and once more, drop them onto his arm. Royal’s arm is stuck under the weights, but he moves his body in toward the machine. O’Toole and Valens step back, admiring their handiwork with smirks.

O’Toole: Think they’ll get the fehking picture now, Mart?

With that, we go to the ring.




TL: The following contest is your opening bout of the evening. Introducing first, already in the ring, “The Cobra” Eric Cobretti!

SP: Eric Cobretti is making his return to the company here and I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m sickened by what I just saw.

AS: I am too, why is Cobretti back here in Ring of Pride?

SP: I wasn’t talking about that, dumbass. I was talking about The All Night Dance Party assaulting Anthony Royal just because he was merely invited by me to join myself and Deas in The Business.

“Tiny Little Robots” begins to play and the crowd boos as James Chaos makes his way out of the back and down the entrance aisle. He eyes Cobretti in the ring and walks up the sing steps.

SP: James Chaos is making his debut here. This kid seems to show a lot of promise, much like Royal did before his arm got screwed up by that dollar store Elvis impersonator and his two buffoons.

AS: Hey, get over what happened to Royal and be lucky it wasn’t you. This match is Cobretti versus Chaos.

The bell rings and both men lock up. Chaos arm drags Cobretti down. Eric gets to his feet and Chaos nails several knife edged chops. Cobretti gets sent reeling. He stumbles against the ropes and Chaos grabs him by the arm and whips him across the ring. Cobretti comes back from the ropes and Chaos lowers his back to send Cobretti up and over to the mat with a back body drop. Cobretti gets up holding his lower back and Chaos jumps up to nail a picture perfect dropkick. Cobretti staggers back and falls through the top and lower ropes. Chaos seems to lay in wait and as Cobretti uses the ring skirting to pull himself up, he rushes against the ropes and then leaps in the air to dive over the top rope and take out Cobretti like a missile. The fans boo for this as Chaos lifts Cobretti up and rolls him into the ring.

SP: Huge leap of faith so to speak from Chaos there as he takes out The Cobra. He’s just owning Cobretti here.

AS: Talk about an impressive first showing, huh? I thought this Chaos goober was going to get his head stomped in, instead it’s been the other way around and Cobretti has gotten it.

Chaos climbs to the top rope and goes for a moonsault, but Cobretti moves out of the way. Chaos gets to his feet and Eric nails some shots to him before he kicks him in the gut and doubles him over. He whips Chaos into the corner turnbuckle and then comes in and clips him with a clothesline as he staggers out. Cobretti then picks Chaos up and gets him up for a vertical clothesline. Chaos floats over and gets behind Cobretti, though. He stomps the back of Cobretti’s knee, causing him to get down on a knee before he rears back and nails a buzz saw kick to the back of Cobretti’s head. He gets down and rolls him over. One………..Two………..Three!

SP: And it looks like Cobretti’s comeback here in RoP has hit a rough start.

AS: Rough start? If it got any rougher it’s be measuring a 20.0 on the Richter scale!

SP: In any case, an impressive showing from Chaos and I can’t wait to see what this kid does in he coming weeks.





"Motherfucker of the year" Blasts from the PA as Linn makes his way down the ramp. He greets fans with handshakes and high fives. He gets to the ring and rolls in. He grabs a mic and walks slowly around the ring.

Linn: R O MOTHA FUCKIN P!

The Crowd Explodes with cheer.

Linn: Please, Allow me to sit here for the next 5 minutes or so and chat at you... Some things you as fans need to know... and... Looks Directly into the camera... You guys in the back as my peers, friends and co workers... Now, As most of my fans and anyone who has ever followed my career... I have been to the top of many mountains, have conquered many demons, have toppled many reigns... but the one thing I can't beat... is my mortality and my family... I ain't gettin no younger... and with each match it gets harder and harder to get up the next morning. But I do... each and every match I do is for all of you... because if it weren't for any of you... we wouldn't be doin this... They say for every heel his fans are the ones who scorn him... Even as the "Bad Guy" I had more love than distaste... You guys... Give yourselves a round of applause for all that you do... each and everyone of you I love all of you... Which brings us to why I am out here tonight... April 4th... Super Show... you the fans... will vote for who I face.... out of 4 men I have an extreme past with... Firstly... Shadow... The man and I have torn the roof off of more arenas than I can count... Second... Cannibal... Cannibal and I have been the best of friends for nearly 25 years... He watched my back through high school and I watched his in this buisness... third... Marcus Corvo... Mi Hermano... My Brother and very best friend in the business and life. And finally Deas... I know the world just collectively sighed and said "Fuckin Deas" But he has been there through most of my career and has made a career of getting his head caved in by me for a majority of it... Now... of these 4 men... You, The Fans of ROP will choose... And Simon will have 4 different match types on the vote as well... the only one of the matches I pick... A variation of one of Simon's matches... a 1 hour iron man Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Match... In this match, a wheel is spun before the bell of each fall to determine the match type. The two participants then have said match according to whatever stipulation it lands on until the one hour time limit is reached. We'll Call it... Brandi's Song Match...

Linn lowers his head and then comes back up...

Linn: This will be my final match ever... as a wrestler folks...

The crowd begins to boo and chant "Please don't go" Linn wipes a tear from his eye and swallows hard.

Linn: I uhh... I did a lot of thinkin... and the road is no place to raise a family... I got a set of twin babies that have seen their daddy only a few times... Please understand I have done for everyone of you for the last 12 years and I have to start doin for my family... Please go Vote... and lets make it a match to remember for always... I love all of you... Thank you...

Linn sets the mic down in the ring and raises both hands waving to the crowd as he drops down to roll out of the ring "Before i leave" By big B begins playing and Linn continues to the back.




We cut away from the action, to pre-recorded footage earlier in the day. Standing in a hall way is Lucas Sensation, who is listening intently to none other than 'England's Favourite Wrestler'.

Stu-E: "Look, just do this one thing for me and you'll be looked after in my own little way."

Price hands over a clipboard to Peek, who casually browses the front page before sighing.

Lucas: "I'll..."

He glances over and notices a camera, it cuts to static before we cut right back to the action.

Strong: "You want to tell me what that was about?"

Stu-E: "You know I don't use this platform to talk about Business; all will be revealed at a later date."

Strong: "You could just give it a snippet of information?"

Stu-E: "The last time a journalist pushed me too hard he ended up with a broken jaw, don't push me on this Arturious because I'd hate to redefine the nature of our association; plus this upcoming match demands more of your attention than I do."

Strong: "Well alright then."




TL: The following contest is your opening contest and is set for one fall. Introducing first, on his way to the ring, hailing from Norfolk Virginia.....BACKSPACE

“Gorgeous” by Kanye West hits and Backspace comes out from the back to a mixed reaction. He walks down to the ring and arrogantly climbs onto the apron and looks around at the crowd.

SP: I can't say I like this kid's attitude, but there's no doubt that he's got what it takes here in ROP after his fantastic victory two weeks ago over the monster Cannibal.

AS: Who CARES about his attitude, this kid is the best up and comming thing the Ring of Pride has to offer, and he's shown that he's here to make an impact.

TL: And his opponent, on his way to the ring hailing from Kilgore, Texas. He is "The Real Deal" Lucas Sensation.

“Burn it to the Ground” starts to play and the fans cheer loudly as Lucas Sensation walks out from the back with his hands raised in the air. He slowly makes his way down to ringside and glares at Backspace as he stands there.

SP: Well, there's the man who holds the fate of Simon Sensation in the palm of his hands. In just a few weeks, we'll see Ace Andrews vs. Lucas Sensation in a title vs. slave ownership match. If Lucas loses, he relinquishes all control of Simon Sensation.

AS: Which is exactly what's going to happen Stu. Lucas can't beat ace....hell he won't even make it past Control-Alt-Delete here.

SP: Backspace.

AS: Whatever.

The bell sounds and the two face off int he middle of the ring. They lock up, and jockey from position. Lucas gets the advantage as he pushes Backspace into the corner with relative ease. The ref calls for a clean break, and Lucas throws his hands in the air and backs away. However, as he does so he gets a thumb in the eye by Backspace, who capitalizes by hopping up on the second rope and launching off catching Lucas with a Tornado DDT and dropping him to the mat hard. He makes the quick cover. 1...2...KICKOUT at the very last second by Sensation.

AS: I told you, this kid is going to make Lucas his bitch.

SP: As we've seen before Ace, NEVER count Lucas Sensation out of a match.

Backspace pulls Lucas to his feet and whips him into the ropes, before hitting the ropes himself. When he comes back, he dives for Lucas with a flying cross body, but Lucas manages to power through and catches him mid air. Lucas poses to the delight of the crowd for a moment, soaking in their praise, before scooping him up and slamming him hard on the mat. Lucas stomps the hell out of his oponent, as Backspace manages to roll to the outside. But Lucas is right there giving chase. Backspace hurries around the ring and rolls in. HE runs and hits the ropes as Lucas is climbing up onto the apron. BAckspace slides, taking Lucas' legs out from underhim, and causing him to drop off the canvas. His head bounces off the mat, and he lands strait on his back on the outside, presumably out cold.

SP: My god, what a shot to the head of Lucas Sensation. He may be knocked out, and the ref starts his count.

1.....2.....3.....4.....5.....6.....7.....8

Lucas staggers to his feet and rolls into the ring, but is there and set, waiting as Lucas pulls himself up by the ropes. When Lucas turns, backspace unleashes a superkick right to the side of Lucas' face. He pulls Lucas into the center of the ring and slaps on a sleeper hold on a seated lucas. Lucas struggles and fights to get out of he. He tries to powerout, but BAckspace manages to throw his legs around him in a body sissors and lays back against the mat. He pulls back harder, applying more and more presure. Lucas struggles, looking for any escape out of it, but starts to fade. The ref is finally over to check on Lucas. He lifts his arm, and it falls flat to the mat. THe ref lifts his arm a second time, and again it falls to the mat. HE lifts it a third time, and the arm begins to fall, but it stops half way as he begins to shake it and gets pumped up by the crowd as a "Lucas" Chant begins. Lucas manages to sit up, and tries to get to his knees. Backspace tries to stop the momentum by hopping on Lucas' back, still applying the hold. Lucas grabs Backspace's leg and FALLS to the mat, sandwiching Backspace who is forced to let go of the hold.

SP: Lucas Sensation showing a lot of heart in there, not giving up.

AS: He's showing a lot of stupidity as well, he should have just quit now and lived to fight another day. THis match is still gonna have the same result, he's just delaying the inevitable.

Both Lucas and Backspace struggle to their feet. Lucas whips Backspace into the corner, and follows close behind him, BURYING him with an avalanche. Backspace tumbles to his knees then flat on the floor. Lucas pulls Backspace to his feet, and backspace hits Lucas a few times in the gut with rights and lefts. HE bounces off the ropes and comes flying back at Lucas, who is on the ready and levels Backspace with a MONSTER clothesline. He lifts Backspace back up and hookes him for a vertical suplex. He stalls it when Backspace is upside down and walks around the ring to show off his power, then SLAMS him down hard as he makes the cover. 1.....2....KICKOUT!!!

SP: WOW! I thought Lucas was going to end it right there.

Lucas pulls Backspace back to his feet and shoves him into the corner. He hits backspace with a LOUD chop that quiets the crowd as the smack echoes throughout the arena. He does it again, and again. He then plays to the crowd and puts his finger to his mouth screaming "SHHHHHH." When he turns for another chop, Backspace drops to his knees and hits a blatent low blow. WHile Lucas is doubled over, Backspace hops overtop and pulls him down with a Sunset Flip! The ref counts 1....2....KICKOUT! Lucas is quick to his feet and charges at Backspace who sidsteps him and pushes him face first into the corner. Backspace then runs and jumps tot he top rope in the corner and leaps off with an AMAZING moonsault and nails Sensation. He makes the cover again. 1...2...KICKOUT!

AS: WHAT? That was clearly three. THe ref is tryig to give this match away to Sensation.

SP: I don't think so Artie... But BAckspace is clearl frustrated. What must he do to put this guy away.

Backspace gets to his feet and plays at the crowd a bit inciting boos from the crowd. He says "It's over" and heads to the top turnbuckle. He crouches in wait as Lucas gets to his feet. A groggy Lucas turns around just as Backspace launches for the Safe Haven. But Lucas ducks under and BAckspace lands on his feet. He hits it in full stride and bounces right off the ropes. But Lucas is ready and catches him, going for the Sensational Drop. But Backspace twists out of it and hops up on Lucas' shoulders for a huricanranna. But Lucas flips him off and as Backspace lands, Lucas is there and PLANTS him with a huge impact DDT!

SP: WOW! What impact there by Lucas Sensation, after that quick burst of action. And Backspace might just be out cold.

AS: No! Get up Backspace, GET UP NOW!

Though slow to get to his Feet, Lucas is up with a smile on his face. He throws his hands up to the crowd and heads over to the turnbuckle. HE climbs up and looks down at Backspace face down on the mat. Lucas FLIES off the turnbuckle and drills the leg drop right to the back of the neck. Lucas rolls him over for the cover. 1...2....FOOT ON THE ROPES! Lucas raises his arms in victory.

AS: That moron thinks he's won it!!!

SP: But the ref explaining what happened, and Lucas is pissed. He grabs Backspace by the leg and pulls him to the center of the ring. It seems lie he's going for The Deal Maker.

Lucas indeed poses for the crowd as he holds on to the left leg of Backspace. He circles his fingers calling for the Deal Maker figure four. He steps over with his leg and folds up Backspaces left leg. When he reaches down to grab Backspace's other leg, Backspace suddenly comes alive, grabs his head and rolls him up in a small package. The ref is right there. 1...2....3!!!!

AS: YES! YES! He did it!

TL: Winner of this match... BACKSPACE

SP: And Lucas Sensation is stunned. He thought he had this match WON, but it was taken away from him just like that.

AS: Oh BOO HOO! The superior athlete won this match, the way it is supposed to happen. Lucas can cry a damn river for all I care.

Backspace celebrates his win as he heads toward the back.

[Simon]

TL: The following contest is a three way dance and it is for number one contendership to the Texas Television Championship.

The lights go down, An italian flag is illuminated on the stage. On the Screen we see a Cadillac shield and the name Clay on it. The music begins with a bit of spoken word... "Starting off in the southwest side of town... We find our boy DJ clay Fighting his way out of yet another sticky situation." The spot hits DJ standing on the stage head down but bumping to the music Slowly the chant of DJ Clay fades in with the chant continuing for 20 seconds. His head is down the whole time his fist pumps in the air to the cheer. There is a loud cheer, His head raises with a Guido's smile. The lyrics begin to flow:

"Ever since i was young,
I been around guns,
I was born in the Hood,
Can't help where i'm from,
Heartbeat like a drum
In the Beat just for yall
and my blood off in each and every sound
I'll beat your stuff
If you wanna get tough
We a hundred mile deep
with the guns and the jags
Got the things that boom
even things that cut
'swhy we all where we at
And you all where you not..."

He walks down the ramp slowly shaking out his arms and Listening to his Manager Linn. He cracks his neck and keeps walking slowly.

Double laced till the day
I'm face down in my own
Let 'em bleed till they bleed
In a puddle of they own...

He begins his walk around the ring looking at the crowd as the song hits it's hook

"YOU AINT FROM ROUND HERE
YOU GET LET DOWN HERE
THIS IS THAT SOUND... *pop pop pop pop*
WE ALL FEAR"

He jumps up ont to the apron and Hops over the ropes as the hok repeats 3 times with him going to each corner telling the crowd he ain't goin nowhere...

TL: Intrudocing first, in the ring............from Hackensack, New Jersey.... "The Guido" DJ Clay!

AS: Well, we haven’t seen Clay for a while here but the guy certain seems to have potential. With what we saw earlier that happened to Anthony Royal, he’s got to be one of, in not the top prospect in RoP.

MG: So says you, Artie. To me this guy seems lost in the shuffle. He needs a win here more than anyone else in this match.

“Peggy Sue” hits and from out of the back walks Marty Valens, waving his guitar in the air and shaking his hips. He walks down the entrance aisle and climbs the ring steps as he hands his guitar off to the ringside attendant and eyes Clay.

TL: And his opponents, first……he is a member of The All Night Dance Party, Marty Valens!

AS: There’s something about Valens that I dig. The man seems to have his finger on the pulse of things and if you ask me, has a very good shot of walking out of here with a ticket for a match against Ace on February 7th.

MG: Yeah, well he’s had his problems with The Business lately. We saw him take out Anthony Royal alongside his Dance Party team mates earlier and now he’s got his chance to take a legit member of The Business here.

“Kashmir” starts to play and the fans erupt with cheers as Stu-E Price walks out from the back, charges down the ramp way and then slides into the ring.

TL: And their opponent….from Darlington, England, “England’s Favourite Wrestler” Stu-E Price!

AS: Stu not waiting any time here as he’s going right after Valens and I can’t say I blame him much after what’s happened.

MG: Here we go!

The bell rings and Stu goes right after Valens, who gets out of the ring immediately. Stu stands there for a second as the fans roar for him to give chase. Finally, he decides to go ahead and do it, but Clay gets him from behind with a series of shots to the side. He pulls him into the ring and brings him up and over with a snap suplex. Stu starts to get up and Clay nails some stiff kicks to his legs and thighs before he nails a few knife edged chops to his chest. They echo through the club and after reeling a little, Stu replies with some chops of his own that send The Guido stumbling back. Clay seems ready to send some more chops of his own Stu’s way, but Valens is back in the ring and grabs him from behind. He pulls Clay down with a reverse DDT, then gets up and goes right after Stu. He kicks him in the midsection and then whips him into the corner. He charges in with a running splash, then backs Stu against the turnbuckles and sets him up onto the top rope.

AS: Valens is taking Stu up to the high rent district here.

MG: Yeah, The Party isn’t really known for leaving the mat much, this isn’t something that he’s used to.

Valens gets on to the second rope and grabs Stu. He lifts him up and over with a superplex that shakes the ring and gets a rise from the fans. Valens holds his own lower back as he gets to his feet. He gets taken from behind by Clay, who clasps his arms around Valens’ waist. He pulls him back with a German suplex and bridges it. One………Two! Valens kicks out! He gets to his feet and Clay is ready for him, booting him in the gut before he grabs Valens and snap suplexes him over. He stays on Valens, hooking his legs around his arm before he goes for a crossface on him. Valens quickly scurries over to the ropes, using his strength advantage to do so. Clay gets up and gets taken out by a clothesline from Stu. Valens uses the ropes to pull himself up and Stu grins rather mischievously. He grabs Valens by his feet and leans him against the top rope before he kicks him in the groin. Valens holds his crotch and turns around, just in time to get taken down by a belly to belly suplex from Stu.

AS: Can’t say that Valens didn’t deserve it. Stu’s on fire here and looking for his first shot at the Texas Television Championship. It’s hard to believe that he’s never had a shot at the gold, huh?

MG: It is, but he’s got two people to go through here and he’s got DJ Clay behind him!

Just as Stu reaches his feet, Clay grabs him by the back of the head and then rams him front first into the corner. Stu staggers out backward and Clay grabs him and lifts him up with a belly to back suplex. Stu folds up on the mat and Clay gets up. He looks over at Valens, who is just getting up and then charges, clothes lining him over the ropes to the ringside floor. He turns back toward Stu and catches him just as he’s getting up with a swinging neck breaker. He then gets down on the mat next to him and locks in his Welcome to New Jersey submission hold. The crowd goes crazy as Clay cranks on Stu, causing his face to get a deep shade of red from the pressure and pain. Referee Mike Donovan asks if Stu wants to give up, to which he replies no. Clay keeps the hold locked in and it actually looks like Stu may be passing out as he cranks on it. The referee asks Stu once more if he wants to give up and it looks like Stu is about to say yes, but Valens comes from out of nowhere with a kick to Clay’s skull.

AS: What in the hell did Valens do? This is a three way dance with the first pinfall being an elimination! He just prevented Stu from being eliminated!

MG: I believe that judging from what Valens is doing, HE wants to be the one who eliminates Stu here.

Valens picks Stu up and then hip tosses him over. Stu holds his lower back as he sits up. Valens grabs him by the head and pulls him up. He nails several chops on Stu, then grabs him by the arm and rockets him into the ropes. He picks Stu up, throws him in the air and catches him with a diamond cutter on his way down. It shakes the ring and Valens rolls Stu over for a cover attempt.

AS: DAY THE MUSIC DIED! Like him or not, Stu just got knocked into next year!

MG: AGREED! STU’S OUT OF IT! VALENS IS GOING TO DISH OUT ANOTHER HIT TO THE BUSINESS HERE!

Before Valens can get down on Stu, Clay spins him around and takes him over with a thunderous T-bone exploder suplex. The fans pop for this and start a “let’s go Guido” chant up as Clay gets to his feet and cracks his knuckles as he lies in wait. Valens gets up slowly in a groggy manner and as he turns around, Clay flips him off and screams “VA FUNG CULO!” at the top of his lungs, grabs Valens and then drops him forward with his Guido Bomb. He rolls Valens over and hooks both of his legs. One……….Two……….Three!

TL: MARTY VALENS IS ELIMINATED!

AS: Valens is gone! Valens is gone! DJ Clay nailed that Guido Bomb and it’s over! One of these two, either Clay or Stu are going to be facing Ace Andrews for the Texas Television Championship in two weeks from the Playboy Mansion!

MG: It’s interesting to note that neither Clay or Stu have EVER gotten a direct shot at ANY championship title here in RoP. One of them will be breaking their championship dry spell here tonight, but which one will it be?

Clay gets up and watches Stu makes it up across the ring, holding his head. The two eye each other and begin to circle one another before Stu stops and extends his hand out for Clay. Clay seems reluctant to take it, but stops to bump knuckles with Stu. The two lock up after this and Stu gets Clay against the corner. The referee gets between them to break it up. After he gets out of the way, Stu nails a kick to Clay’s midsection, then grabs him by the arm and shoots him across the ring. Clay collides with the corner and turns just as Stu rushes in and nails a British Pound splash. Clay staggers out of the corner, then flops onto the mat. Stu gets down and hooks a leg. One………Two…! Clay gets a shoulder up! Stu gets to his feet and pulls Clay up. He reels him in and places Clay’s head between his legs. He goes for a piledriver, but Clay manages to hook a foot on the bottom rope and block it. Stu nails some clubbing shots to Clay’s back, but The Guido unhooks his foot from the rope and takes a step forward, then with all of his might it seems lifts Stu up and over with a back body drop. The fans clap for this and as Stu makes it up, Clay underhooks both of his arms and then muscles him up and down with a suplex.

AS: Great underhook suplex from Clay here and what a comeback after that British Pound. I thought it may have been over The Guido.

MG: You’re not alone, but that’s what the Texas Television Champion, just getting a shot at it the title actually, means to these two. I expect a war here, Artie.

Stu holds on to his lower back and rolls over to the ropes. He gets up slowly and from behind, Clay grabs him and goes for a Guido Bomb. Stu resists and nails several elbows to Clay’s skull that sends the Guido stumbling back. He checks his face for any blood and then takes a step toward Stu, but Stu springs into action and nails a Price Tag! Clay’s laid out on the mat as Stu gets down and hooks a leg for the cover! The fans count along with the ref’s hand hitting the mat! One……….Two………..NO! Clay gets an elbow up and Stu’s jaw drops a little as he sits up and looks down at Clay. The fans are going crazy as Stu gets up and seems to lay in wait. Clay gets to his feet slowly and when he turns, Stu leaps up and goes for a Stun Cutter! Clay seemed to see it coming as he shoves Stu into the ropes. Stu comes back and Clay drop toe holds him, then locks in an STF! The fans are on their feet starting a dueling “let’ go Guido/let’s go Stu” chant as Clay torques back on Stu’s head. Stu tries to loosen Clay’s grip on him at first, but after seeing that won’t work, he reaches out for the ropes. He tries desperately to reach them, but Clay has the hold on tight. The referee asks Stu if he wants to give up and Stu tells him no.

AS: Clay is a great technician and he’s got that STF on tighter than a virgin pussy. Stu’s going to have to give it all he’s got to get out of it.

MG: The more time it takes Stu to get to the ropes, the more his shot at the Texas Television title fades away.

Clay torques back on Stu’s head with all he’s got. Just as he does so, Stu lunges toward the ropes as best as he can and manages to get a hand on the lower rope. Mike Donovan gets between them and tells Clay to break the hold. Clay grudgingly obliges and gets to his feet, holding his hands up to show the ref that he won’t attack Stu as he gets to his feet. Stu holds on to his right ankle as he gets up, then gets to his feet slowly. Clay locks up with him against the ropes, then nails several European uppercuts to him. He then grabs Stu and steps back from the ropes, looking for a T-bone exploder like the one he hit Valens with earlier, but Stu blocks it and elbows Clay’s skull. The Guido lets go of Stu and stumbles to the side. He shakes his head, regains his bearings and looks up. With a bad leg and all, Stu leaps up and connects with a Stun Cutter that shakes the ring!

AS: STUN CUTTER! STUN CUTTER! HOLY SHIT, THIS HAS TO BE IT!

MG: Both men have taken so much punishment here, you got wonder what shape they’ll be in to take Ace on in two weeks!

The fans are on their feet going crazy as Stu rolls Clay over and hooks his leg for a cover! One………..Two…………! CLAY KICKS OUT! The fans are going absolutely ape shit and Stu is looking at Donovan in disbelief! He gets to his feet and limps as he places his hands on his head and then asks Donovan if he’s sure it was indeed just a two count. The referee nods and says it was. Stu places his hands on his hips, but then gets rolled up by Clay with a school boy! One………..Two……….! Stu gets a shoulder up! The crowd claps for this and starts a “this is awesome” chant as Clay gets to his feet and grabs Stu. He pulls him up, then brings him down face first into the mat with a Guido Bomb! Stu bounces off the mat and Clay rolls him over and stays on his chest for the pin! One………..Two……….! STU KICKS OUT! Clay looks like he’s about to cry as he sits up!

AS: HOLY SHIT! These two are literally throwing everything they have at one another but the kitchen sink and it’s not working! Hell, we may see the sink come into play in the next few moments!

MG: That’s what this title shot means to these two. We know that they’re great competitors, we’ve seen them raise the bar time and time again but they have never gotten a direct shot at any title. Either of them. This is a chance for one of them to really open up new doors, that’s why they’re going to such great lengths to stay alive here.

Clay pulls Stu to his feet and nails some closed fists to his skull. Stu staggers back, then responds with some of his own to Clay. He kicks Clay with his good leg, then pulls him in for a DDT. Clay bounces off the mat and Stu grabs his arm. He kicks his shoulder repeatedly, then gets down and locks in an armbar. Clay screams and tries to get his feet over to the ropes, but Stu stays firm and keeps it locked in. Stu leans back and really puts some pressure on the arm, causing Clay to scream out. As Stu leans back, the bell rings out at ringside, causing fans to boo.

AS: What in the hell just happened? The bell’s ringing…….

TL: Ladies and gentlemen, as a result of the time limit expiring, this match is a DRAW!

MG: This match WAS a match of the year candidate, that’s what it was.

The fans start a “five more minutes” chant as Stu stands up and looks rather pissed off as he stands in the ring and exchanges some words with the referee.

AS: So who gets to take on Ace in two weeks, Mick? That’s what I want to know!

As if on cue, we hear someone clearing their throat and see Ace Andrews begin to walk down the entrance aisle with a grin on his face and his title around his waist.

Ace: First off, I’d like to applaud you two for the match that you guys just had. I think it’s safe to say that if this match between you had happened just five or six weeks ago, that it would have been right up there in the Match of the Year voting. You two just busted your asses right here in this ring and while it may have been a draw, as far as I’m concerned the winner is anyone that just got the chance to witness this battle between you two.

He pauses just shy of the ring and looks at Clay and Stu, who are now standing in the ring.

Ace: Now, this match between you two and Elvis or whatever his name is was for a shot at my title in two weeks when Meltdown is live at the Playboy Mansion. But while three of you started the match, you two were left standing at the end of it, which makes you two the number one contenders to my title as far as I’m concerned. So I don’t give a damn what the ref says and I don’t care what Traci has to scream into the mic. In two weeks, right here on Meltdown, it’s going to be me defending my title in a match against DJ Clay AND Stu-E Price in a triple threat match.

The crowd roars their approval for this and Stu and Clay seem to be agreeing to it in the ring.

AS: HOLY SHIT! What a bombshell! In two weeks we’ll see Shadow against Terry Marvin for the Southwestern Heavyweight title AND Ace against DJ and Stu for the Texas Television Championship! This is going to be more huge than my cock!

MG: I don’t think it would have far to go there, Artie. In any case, this will be really interesting. You got Ace, the man who’s held the gold for over six months now defending against two people who have never even gotten a shot at the title before. Something’s going to have to give and as we saw in this three way, when it comes to Clay and Stu, that may be easier than done.



Stu-E is on the arena floor catching his breathe after his match, slowly he reaches his feet using the ring to help him stand up. The crowd give him a big cheer for his contribution to the match, he smiels in to the crowd as Sofia walks over to him and gives him a cuddle. As they're doing that, someone from backstage is hurridely walking down the aisle with a clipboard, he goes directly over to the cuddling couple and hands the clipboard to Price who flips to the last page and let's out a smile. Although the camera isn't too close to them you can over hear him saying 'He signed it!"

He walks over to the timekeeper and grabs a microphone, checking that it's turned on before heading up the ring steps and back in to the ring while Sofia waits for him.

Stu-E: "You guys might have seen earlier, me talking with Lucas Peek for a brief second. Well, it was this very clipboard that he needed to have signed for me by Simon Sensation. What is this you might ask? Well it's not my contract release or anything like that."

The crowd cheer at that, Stu-E just smiles.

Stu-E "I'll begin with what Simon Sensation thought this was when he signed it; what he thought he was signing was a sponsership deal for the Meltdown on March 21st, the company goes by the name of S.C Fight Wear... You know who they are?"

Price pauses, allowing the crowd to wonder before heading out of the ring and reaching under it, bringing out a T-shirt and rolling back in to the ring.

Stu-E "I'll show you exactly who and what S.C Fight Wear is."

He drops the microphone and puts the dark blue T-shirt on, it features a gray design on it with four words running along the squared off design. The crowd begin to cheer as they read the words of 'Stun Cutter Fight Wear', Stu-E just points to his shirt and laughs before walking over to the corner and sitting on the turnbuckle.

Stu-E: "Not only am I 'sponsoring' that particular Meltdown, but that one show is one hundred percent under my control; I put the matches together and whatever I chose to do to the Ring of Pride landscape is fair game!"

The fans explode at the development of the news.

Stu-E: "So, my first move is to take these guys on the road, further than they ever thought I would because Meltdown will be originating LIVE FROM DARLINGTON, ENGLAND!"

Strong: "Oh my! His own back yard! He's spent years working in ours and now it's time he takes us to his; this is crazy!"

As the crowds are cheering, Stu-E rolls out of the ring and kisses Sofia before they make their way up the aisle as we cut to a commercial.




The scene opens in Ace Andrews’ locker room as a knock comes upon the locker room door.

Ace - "It's open"

The door opens and in walks "The New Nightmare" Terry Marvin. Ace kinda scowls wearily as Terry just smiles.

Terry - "All set for tonight champ?"

Ace - "Save it TMarv...I know why you're here and the answer is still no. I don't need your help."

Terry just laughs lowly and smiles.

Terry - "It appears you don't know me as well as you'd like to believe. That's not why I'm here. I simply wanted to tell you good luck"

Ace looks at him disbelievingly

Ace - "Right, and I'm the God Damn queen of England"

Terry - "I don't hate you Ace...I do hate Shadow. I'd rather see you rip him limb from limb than to see his worthless ass pick up yet ANOTHER victory."

Ace smiles knowingly

Ace - "Aka, you want me to soften him up."

Terry - "If that's the end result, then of course I'll take it. But this is all I'm here for. Good Luck Ace."

Terry turns to leave as Ace calls out to him reluctantly.

Ace - "I assumes that means you won't be interfering in the match?"

Terry - "Not until that final bell rings, then all bets are off."

Ace - "I guess I can live with that."

Terry smiles and exits the room as the scene fades to black.




TL: This match is scheduled for one fall, and it is for the Ring of Pride TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!

The Voice Intro of Calm Before the Storm plays. Once the music bursts into full speed, Amber and Sophie Storm walk through the curtain.

TL: Introducing first hailing from Salt lake City Utah. Amber and Sophie Storm, the team of STORM FRONT!

Sophie stand there with her arms folded while Amber dances and plays to the crowd. They walk down the ring, Sophie stone faced, but slapping hands with the fans, and Amber taunting/having fun with the fans. Sophie slides under the bottom rope while Amber hops up on the ring apron and leans back against the ropes. She flaunts before leaning back and using the ropes to flip herself backward in the ring. They meet in the corner and talk strategy

TL: And their opponents....

Stronger begins to blast from the PA as Fog begins to Fill the stage. Paige Steps out with The Cannibal John Timm behind her and they heads slowly to the ring jawing at fans.

TL: They are the team of Paige and CAnnibal... they are the CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT.

They slowly get to the ring then Paige slides in followed by Cannibal who climbs up and over the top rope. Before the bell sounds, they charge right at Amber and Sophie. Paige clotheslines Sophie out of the ring, and rolls out with her, brawling on the floor. Cannibal takes Amber down and grabs her by the hair. He puts his foot on her upper back and pulls up with the hair. She screams in pain as the ref is struggling to get control. Cannibal lets go, but has a handful of dark hair in his hand. He takes an evil looking sniff of the hair, then shoves it in his mouth to the disgust of the fans.

SP: Oh, now that is just sick!

AS: Oh no... poor Amber. Come let Uncle Artie make it all better.

SP:.......

AS: What?

The Ref manages to separate Paige and Sophie, sending Paige back to her corner and the bell rings so this match is "Officially" underway. Cannibal pulls Amber to her feet with a quick yank of the hair. He Grabs her by the throat with both hands and lifts her up as she kicks wildly to get away from him. There is a sick look of pleasure on his face as he manhandles her. Cannibal simply drops Amber to the mat with a sick thud as she bounces off the canvas. Paige looks on with pleasure at her new partner and screams for him to "kill the bitch." Sophie on the other corner is clapping wildly, trying to get her sister going. John walks over to a downed Amber and puts his foot across her throat, pushing down. Amber kicks and writhes, trying to get away from the big man. The ref comes over to warn him, but he pushes him off. The ref starts a count. 1....2.....3....Cannibal lets go and glares at the Ref. He picks Amber up and tosses her hard into his corner. He goes over and tags in Paige.

SP: Paige and Cannibal seem to be coordinating quite well, being that this is their first time tagging.

AS: They really are controlling this match, and Storm Front can't get anything going.

Paige grabs Amber in a double underhook screams out at the fans and then SLAMS her over with a double underhook suplex. She makes the quick cover 1...2...KICKOUT by Amber as Sophie was ready to come in to bust up the pin. Paige glares at Sophie while she BLATANTLY chokes Amber causing the Ref to break her off. But Paige is right back on as she whips her into the ring and comes flying back with a leg lariat almost taking Ambers Head off. Amber lays almost motionless on the mat as Paige smiles. Paige stalks behind Amber as she pulls herself up with the ropes. Amber heads toward Sophie who is leaning over the top rope reaching for the tag. Paige lets her get almost close enough then grabs her violently, locking in a Rear Naked choke. She violently swings Amber around trying to choke the life out of her. Amber reaches back somehow and grabs Paige's head and drops to her ass, Paige's chin bouncing off of her head. Amber gets up quickly charges Paige and HITS a float over DDT!!!

SP: My god what a counter and desperation maneuver by Amber Storm.

AS: But she's got to get to the corner and make the tag.

The crowd is clapping and chanting loudly as Amber and Paige both start to stir. Amber starts crawling her way over to Sophie, as Paige gets to her feet, stumbling around. Paige makes it to Cannibal and makes the tag. She instantly grabs The ref and starts yelling at him. Meanwhile Amber makes one last lunge and gets the tag in to Sophie just as Cannibal grabs her and drags her away. Sophie comes in with a head full of steam only to run into the Ref who is telling her to get back out. He didn't SEE the tag, and the crowd is booing loudly. A "This Is Bullshit" chant starts as Cannibal HEADBUTTS Amber taking her to the ground. He lifts her up and SLAPS her in the Bear Hug! Amber screams loudly as John wrenches with all his might. Amber is starting to fade fast and the ref is there to check on her. But Cannibal leans in and starts GNAWING on Amber's shoulder....

SP: Oh my god... he's biting her!!!!

AS: That sick bastard!!!

The ref is there and makes Cannibal drop the hold. HE tells him that he'll disqualify him if he does it again. Cannibal smiles as blood drips down his mouth. Amber is holding her shoulder and screaming in Pain as Sophie tries to get in the ring, but is kept back by the ref. Sophie is screaming at him, tears coming from her eyes. Cannibal stalks Amber now and pulls her to her feet. He grabs her and lifts her HIGH above his head in a gorilla press. He walks over to the ropes and looks down at the concrete on the outside.

AS: NO! Don't do this, you'll kill her.

Sophie is in the ring now and rushes past the ref. She grabs onto Amber's leg just as the ref pulls her back. But it's enough to through off Cannibal's center of gravity and Amber slides behind Cannibal grabbing his head on the way down and Planting him with the Edge-a-Matic. The crowd goes bonkers as Amber gets to her feet. She runs, bounces off the ropes, and NAILS A MOONSAULT on Cannibal. She makes the cover 1...2...CANNIBAL tosses her off like she was a piece of paper. But Amber lands on her feet, charges, and tags in her sister. Sophie is in now and rushes strait at Paige. She hits a dropkick to the knees, knocking Paige of the apron to the ground outside. She turns to Cannibal who is coming at her now and hits another dropkick to the knees. Cannibal is staggered but doesn't go down. Sophie grabs his arm and wrenches it. She follows through with a nice heel kick right to John's Jaw. He wobbles, but braces himself on the ropes and doesn't go down. He comes after her again, but Sophie ducks under, Grabs his head, kicks him in the back of the knee to bend him back and TAKES HIM DOWN with an inverted DDT. She makes the cover 1....2....PAIGE with the Save. Paige pulls Sophie of Cannibal and kicks her hard in the back of the head before going to her corner.

SP: WOW! Paige may have just saved the tag Team Titles right there.

AS: And now Cannibal is the one who needs a fresh start as he tags in Paige, and here we go.

Paige gets into the ring as Sophie circles around her. They both face off in the middle and lock up. Paige slaps in a headlock, and Sophie positions her to the ropes and pushes her off. Paige comes back as Sophie ducks down. Paige hops over and tries to pull Sophie down with a sunset flip, but Sophie drops to her knees and hooks Paige's legs for the pin...1....2...Paige pushes down and Sophie lays back and Paige now has the pin...1...2...KICKOUT by Sophie and they both get to their feet. Paige goes for a kick to the gut, but Sophie catches it. Paige leaps and goes for an ENsiguri, but Sophie ducks. Paige, however, lands on her feet and comes back with another kick to Sophie's face, knocking her down. Paige goes back to Sophie as she gets to her feet. Paige grabs her and goes for a snap suplex, but Sophie blocks it half way through and floats over. She grabs Paige from behind and hits the BACK CRACKER. She makes the cover 1....2...KICKOUT!

SP: Wow, what fierce action and chain wrestling from the two ladies.

AS: This has got to be the hottest thing I've ever seen. I can't stand up right now Stu.

SP: .....

AS: WHAT?

Sophie pulls Paige to her feet and Wrenches the arm. She drags Paige over to her corner and tags in Amber, still wrenching the arm. Amber grabs onto the ropes and springboards into the ring with an elbow across Paige's arm. Paige drops to the ground, favoring her arm. Amber is quick to grab her and hits a snap spinning neck breaker, and goes with the quick cover. 1...2...Cannibal pulls her off of him. The ref gets John back to his corner and Amber hits a sliding kick into the side of Paige who is now clutching at her side in pain. Amber springs off the ropes hits a cartwheel and then a back flip onto Paige. BUT PAIGE GETS THE KNEES UP at the very last second and Amber is reeling now, clutching her stomach and chest. Paige rolls over and gets the tag in to Cannibal. Cannibal comes ring in and rushes after Amber who sees him and slides out of the ring. He drops down and runs after her. Amber runs past Sophie who dives off the apron to catch Cannibal with a cross body. But Cannibal is too strong and SLAMS her back first into ring post and throws her down on the floor.

AS: Holy Shit, he just broke her in half. And look at him admiring his handy work. What a creep.

SP: Seems like he was admiring too long. LOOKOUT!

Amber has rushed at the ropes, jumped on the top and springboards off hitting a shooting Star Plancha on Cannibal, driving him hard into the floor. And now Paige comes over and is brawling with Amber. The ref is there for the count. 1....2....Page hits a running Lou thes press on Amber and is pounding away at her 3....4.....5..... Cannibal gets to his feet and rolls into the ring. 6.....7.... Sophie runs over with a boot to the head of Paige. Knocking her off Amber. Amber scrambles to the ring. 8......9......BARELY gets in at the last second. Cannibal is there and puts the boots to Amber. He pulls her to her feet and NAILS her with a short arm clothesline that flips her over backward. He pulls her back up, floats behind her, and hits a GERMAN SUPLEX. He holds on and basically stands strait up. He hits ANOTHER, holding on once again. HE goes for the last one, but Amber drops down, twists and manages to roll up the Cannibal. 1....2....KICKOUT! They're both on their feet at the same time. Amber hops onto Cannibal and gets the HURRICANRANA. She hops up and tags in Sophie who joins her in the ring. Paige hops in and rushes at the two of them and is met with a double Boot to the gut, and a Double DDT! Paige rolls out of the ring as the two girls size up Cannibal. They kick him in the gut and go for a double suplex. But Cannibal overpowers them, picks them both up, and NAILS a double SPINEBUSTER.

SP: Amazing Power by Cannibal.

AS: Amazing? He ways more than both of them combined...it was like tossing a sack of potatoes to him.

Paige rolls back in now as Cannibal picks up Sophie and drops her across her knee. Paige bounces off the ropes and hits a RUNNING dropkick into the side of Sophie's face. The ref is telling her to get out of the ring, but she ignores him. Amber rolls to the outside and is trying to catch her breath. Paige holds Sophie's arms as Cannibal takes of and hits the ropes. He comes rushing back and takes a HUGE leap and BODY SPLASHES Sophie, making the ring shake and totally engulfing his opponent. He makes the cover as Paige leaves the ring. 1....2.....THR...NO! Amber managed to grab Sophie's leg and put it on the bottom rope.

AS: WOW that was close!

SP: We certainly almost had NEW tag team champions right there Artie.

Cannibal is pissed. He flails around in the ring, throwing what amounts to as basically a fit. During such fit, an elbow catches the ref right in the jaw and he goes down. Cannibal looks down at him and smiles. He gets closer and closer to the ref and inhales deeply.

AS: OH MY GOD! He's going to eat the ref.

SP: .....

AS:FUCKING WHAT?

He jumps high and SPLASHES right on the ref, putting him out of commission for a while. Now Paige is in there. She's directing traffic, and tells Cannibal to get something on the outside. Cannibal rolls out of the ring and looks under. Meanwhile, Amber is back in the ring and goes after Paige again. Paige kicks her in the gut and throws her down by the hair. Paige goes outside the ring and stands on the apron. She is directing him As he pulls out a table next to ringside and sets it up. He then gets back up on the apron and says something to Paige, but Paige is knocked off the apron to the floor by a charging Sophie Storm. But Sophie is grabbed by Cannibal by the throat. She is brought to the outside on the apron. Amber runs at him from the other direction and he grabs her, lifting her by the neck over the top rope and onto the apron. He has both girls by the throat and is ready to chokeslam them through the table. He lifts them both up, but they hold on to the top rope. Cannibal loses his balance and allows the girls to break free. They both kick him with a low blow. They grab his head and TAKE OFF BACKWARD!!!!


SP: DDT THROUGH THE TABLE.... DOUBLE DDT THROUGH THE TABLE. Cannibal's head just slammed into wood and cement.

AS: He's busted wide open. This is awesome.

Crowd: HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!

Sophie goes after Paige, but Paige is playing opossum and shoves Sophie into the ring post. Meanwhile Amber has climbed the top turnbuckle and looks down at a broken Cannibal. The crowd goes bonkers cheering for her screaming "Do IT Do IT". She turns around and launches off....VIOLENT STORM TO THE OUTSIDE ONTO CANNIBAL. The crowd breaks into a "THIS IS AWESOME" Chant. Paige rolls Sophie into the ring and sets her up in the middle of the ring. ITS DREAM STREET. She has the DREAM STREET LOCKED IN.

SP: My god, it's over. It's over!

AS: SOPHIE IS TAPPING OUT!!!! But there's no Ref, he's still out cold.

Paige goes over and tries to wake up the Ref, but to no avail. She turns around and sees Amber Storm setup. Amber goes for the Superkick, but Paige catches it and kicks amber in the gut. She lifts her up and hits the CREATION DRIVER! Amber is out cold. But there's Sophie, she grabs Paige and SOPHIE SLAM!!!!

SP: My god... there are bodies everywhere

AS: FINALLY the ref is stirring. This one is still up in the air.


Cannibal gets into the ring as Amber and Sophie Stir. Cannibal looks at Amber who kips up. Cannibal is between Amber and Sophie and....STORM WARNING!!!! STORM WARNING!!!! Double superkick to the front and back of Cannibal's head. He crumples on the mat and Amber falls from exhaustion and rolls to the outside of the ring. Sophie turns around right into Paige with a SMALL PACKAGE. The Ref Counts. 1....2...

AS: NO! Sophie rolls and reverses 1....2....

SP: ANOTHER REVERSAL BY PAIGE 1....2....TH...

AS: And ANOTHER REVERSAL BY SOPHIE....

SP: No, Paige has the pin...wait, Sophie has the pin. I can't tell

AS: The ref is counting. 1....2....3!!!!!

SP: It's over.... but who wins?

The ref goes over and explains the situation to the ring announcer.

TL: Winners of this match by Pinfall and NEW Ring of Pride Tag Team Champions..... STORM FRONT!!!

Sophie explodes with emotion, grabbing the belt and falling to the mat. She is met by Amber as they celebrate together. Paige sits there in awe, not able to believe that this chance slipped through her fingers.

AS: YES! They did it. They're the new Ring of Pride Champions!!!

SP: What a match, but Paige has NOTHING to be ashamed of. She poured her heart AND SOUL into this match.

[Simon]

We go to the parking lot where we see Simon Sensation talking to a crew member. He pats the crew member on the shoulder and as he does so, he turns and bumps into Ace Andrews.

Simon: Hey Ace, how’s it going? Saw what you did earlier with the whole Clay and Stu thing. I know that Stu hates my guts right now and wants to maybe change the way I run things around here, but you certainly did a good thing out there. It was a draw, both guys busted their ass. Both deserved to get the title shot instead of the alternative, which was none of them getting it.

Ace nods.

Ace: I’m a fighting champion, Simon. You know that. Between them and facing Lucas the Meltdown after, whether I have the title or not by then…….which we both know I still will, I’m a busy man. But I don’t mind it. It comes with the territory of being the Wrestler of the Year, you know?

Simon snickers.

Simon: Yeah, thanks for bailing me out with the whole Lucas thing by the way. You know, he’s not pleased about it at all. He’s pissed actually and he’s trying to figure out ways to change things if he can when it comes to your match in a month and he’ll probably try and pull some shit, just warning you ahead of time.

Ace seems to find this amusing and nods.

Ace: I’ll be ready for it. You can bet your ass on that. If I’m not afraid of two world class, all around amazing athletes like DJ Clay and Stu-E Price, what makes a lowly moron like Lucas think that I’ll be worried about him? It’s ridiculous.

Simon nods with a grin.

Simon: Yeah, just make sure to win the match, man.

Ace rolls his eyes.

Ace: Is there any doubt that I will? Lucas is going to find out what it feels like to get aced and you, my friend, will be set free from that imbecile’s wrath. Just do ME a favor and don’t get yourself in a situation like this again?

Simon chuckles and nods at this as the two start to walk away from each other. Just as Simon reaches a door, we hear a yell. Simon looks back and then rushes over to just past where him and Ace were talking. There, we see Ace laying down on the ground and holding his right knee.

Simon: What happened, man?

Several crew members come over and they all form a semicircle around Ace, who seems to be in a world of pain and grabbing at his right knee. He rolls over onto his side and his face seems to be a shade of purple.

Ace: Oh god, my knee……my knee……….

Simon stands up and scratches his head before looking back toward the door he was going to go in and screams.

Simon: WE NEED SOME HELP! QUICK!

He looks down at Ace again and shakes his head.

Simon: What happened, man? Knees just don’t give out.

Ace is breathing fast and deeply, but he manages to slow down enough to blurt out.

Ace: I……..was………walking. Next thing I knew…….BAM! I felt something hit the side of my knee………

A crew member toward the back of the circle speaks up.

Crew Member: Did you see or hear anything, Si?

Simon shakes his head.

Simon: No……I didn’t hear or see shit. You guys…….

He glares at the group around them.

Simon: You guys go search this entire parking lot from top to bottom and a few of you go into the club and check that out too. Whoever did this couldn’t have gotten far, though I have an idea who it could have been……..

He looks at the crew members, then back at Ace. Medics arrive and begin to check out his leg as we fade.



In the locker room area, we see Christopher O’Toole and Anna Vaakuna walking. They seem to be talking among themselves.

O’Toole: Man, fehking Marty is gonna be pissed off, losing that three way dance like that.

Anna: Yeah, well he’s the one who stopped a pin when Stu could have been eliminated…

O’Toole: True, true, but ya know what?

Suddenly, they stop and come face to face with Bryan Deas. Deas is wearing an RoP shirt and a pair of jeans. He snickers at the site of the two of them and shakes his head.

Deas: Look what the cat dragged in. It can drag it back out to where it got it, too.

O’Toole eyes Deas cautiously and backs up a step, getting behind Anna as he does so.

O’Toole: What do you fehking want? You here to ambush me, sunshine?

Deas shakes his head and gets a good laugh from this.

Deas: No, I’m not. I’m not like you, O’Toole. That much you’ll come to find out in due time. If I wanted to get you and knock your ass to the ground, I would have done it by now. No, I just wanted to say that I saw what you did to Royal and I’m still feeling what you did to me last Meltdown. You know, you guys are so tough when it’s three on one, but you know what? When the odds are even, you fall worse than your whore under anyone with a twenty dollar bill in their hands.

Anna seems to take offense to that, but O’Toole is too busy cowering behind her to care.

Deas: What I’m trying to say is that when it’s two on two or one on one, you guys aren’t that tough at all and after what you did to me last Meltdown, I went through the proper channels and well, I got a match made. Christopher O’Toole, you “sunshine” against me, next Meltdown live from the Playboy Mansion. Let’s see how tough you are then……fehker…..

Deas snickers and walks away, leaving O’Toole to look rather furious as he takes off his sunglasses and watches Deas go.




TL: The following contest is your main event of the evening and it is a special Champion against Champion Clash!

The crowd roars for this and “Nightmare” hits as Shadow steps out from the back. He trudges down the entrance aisle to boos and then rolls into the ring. He crawls over to a corner and sits back in it as he looks around at the crowd.

TL: Introducing first…….he is the Southwestern Heavyweight Champion…..Shadow!

SP: In two weeks we’ll see the biggest match in Ring of Pride history when this man defends his title for the first time ever against Terry Marvin. Tonight, though he has a chance to take on a former running buddy of Marvin’s and a man many call the face of the company at the moment.

AS: You only say that because Ace gave you a shot at his title in two weeks! None the less, will Ace even be able to compete here? We saw him get attacked earlier and haven’t really gotten any updates about things.

Suddenly, we hear the words “You’re gonna get Aced” echo through the club as “Blackjack” begins to play. The fans get to their feet as a spotlight shines on the entrance aisle. We see Ace Andrews hobble through the curtain with a taped up knee. He slowly makes his way down the aisle to ringside. He holds his Texas Television title belt high in the air, then climbs the ring steps and makes his way on to the apron.

TL: And his opponent, from Las Vegas, Nevada……he is the current Texas Television Champion…...Ace Andrews!

SP: This could be a bad idea on Ace’s part. His leg looks pretty bad. The way it’s bandaged, it’s like it’s got a bullseye on it for Shadow to aim for.

AS: I get that Ace has held the Texas Television title for six months. I get that he was Wrestler of the Year for 2010 and that he’s one of the top stars here, but why is he doing this? He don’t have anything to prove, does he?

The bell rings and Shadow goes right for Ace’s bandaged right leg. Ace catches him with some clubbing blows to the back. He gets Shadow into the corner and then gets down and nails some shoulder thrusts on him. Shadow’s hung up in the corner and Ace nails some chops to his chest. He grabs Shadow by the head and then gets up into the corner on the middle rope. He goes for a tornado DDT, but Shadow spins him around, places him down on the mat and shoves him forward. Ace’s right leg nearly buckles. He manages to keep his balance, turns around and almost gets caught with a clothesline from Shadow. He ducks it, then spins Shadow around and takes him down with a snap suplex. Shadow holds his lower back as he gets up. Ace is already on his feet. He goes for a clothesline of his own on Shadow, but he ducks and gets behind Ace and catches him with a chop block to the back of his right knee. Ace howls in pair and staggers forward against the ropes, grabbing them for support.

SP: We knew this would happen, Shadow’s gotten control of things and the first chance he has, he’s going after Ace’s bad knee.

AS: This is what Shadow does best, dismantling people like they’re old junk cars. I’m sure that this is what he’s hoping that he can do to Terry in two weeks.

Shadow kicks Ace in the back of his right knee repeatedly. Ace staggers into a corner and Shadow nails him with several elbow shots before he slides Ace’s head through the top and middle ropes and then nails shot after shot to his chest until it gets red. Ace falls down and almost tumbles to the club floor, but Shadow grabs his legs and pulls him back into the ring. He grabs Ace by his left knee, lifts him up and then drops him as hard as he can onto his right leg. Ace howls in pain. Shadow lifts him up by the left leg and then drops him down again. Ace stumbles forward and Shadow comes at him with a clothesline to the back of the head.

SP: Sick clothesline there from Shadow and I’d say that Ace has to be hurting in a bad way here. He’s basically going to be fighting the entire match from here on out with just one good leg.

AS: It’s his own choice to be out here, Stu. He made his bed, let him lie in it. He’ll just be Shadow’s sacrificial lamb here as the Psychotic Enigma prepares for his big defense in two weeks.

Ace gets to his knees slowly and Shadow pulls him all the way up to his feet. He nails some closed fisted shots to Ace’s skull, then grabs him by the head and front suplexes him across the top rope. Ace dangles there for several moments as Shadow backs up for a few steps, then nails a running knee strike to Ace’s jaw. Ace falls to the apron and Shadow buries his boot into him several times before he grabs him by the right leg, pulls him into the ring and grabs the wrap that Ace has around it. He tugs on it and pulls it up, unraveling it. He chokes Ace with it for several moments before Harvey Klein gets in between them and admonishes Shadow, who tosses the wrap aside. Still, he brings down some kicks into Ace’s exposed knee and then steps on it to boos from the crowd. He grabs Ace by the head and pulls him up before nailing a bulldog on him. He rolls him over and goes for the cover. One……….Two! Ace gets a shoulder up!

SP: Shadow is just working over that knee and I have to wonder how Ace will even be able to put weight on it as this match goes on.

AS: The same way your mamma puts weight on her legs, Stu!

Shadow glares at Klein and then rains down some punches into Ace’s skull. He gets to his feet and then brings his foot down into Ace’s throat and chokes him as the ref starts a five count. One……Two…….Three………Four……..! Shadow lets up and takes a few steps back. He goes to land a running knee drop into Ace’s skull, but Ace rolls to his side and avoids it to a pop from the fans. He gets to his knees and tries to get up to little success. He stays on his knees though and as Shadow goes to get up, nails several shots to his midsection. Ace bends over and manages to get Shadow against his shoulders. With a burst of energy, Ace gets up to his feet and bad leg and all, manages to rush into the corner and nail a death valley driver on Shadow that smashes him back first against the turnbuckles! Shadow seems folded in half as Ace pulls him away from the ropes and gets on him. One………Two! Shadow kicks out!

SP: Sick and I mean VERY sick death valley driver from Ace there, that nearly broke the ring, I think.

AS: It did and it looks like this could be the opening that Ace NEEDS right now. I know he’s a betting man, Stu, I think it’s about time that he goes all in here, if you know what I mean.

Ace gets up and grabs the ropes as he puts as little pressure as possible on his bad leg. He waits for Shadow to get up before he nails some wild uppercuts to him that send him reeling. Shadow staggers back into the corner and Ace rears back and nails some big chops to him. He grabs Shadow by the head and backs up a few steps before he looks to go for a sliced bread in the corner. Shadow tosses Ace toward the center of the ring to get out of it. Ace lands on his feet, but his right leg gives out from under him. He struggles to make it back to his feet and turn around. When he does, Shadow charges and nails a clothesline on him. Ace goes down and Shadow leans over as he seems to be waiting for Ace to move. When Ace gets to a knee, he grabs him, lifts him up and then nails a Shaded. Ace bounces onto the mat and Shadow hooks a leg on him!

SP: Holy crap, Shadow just planted Ace with that Shaded, I’d say The Billionaire Brawler may be out of it here.

AS: He may have been knocked into two weeks from now, Stu. He could be waiting for you and Clay on the 7th already!

One…………Two……….! Ace gets a shoulder up! Shadow gets to his knees and glares at the referee as he pulls Ace back to his feet. He grabs him with a headlock and then drags him over to a corner. He hesitates a moment, then gets onto the side of Ace and legsweeps him into the corner turnbuckles. He then gets up and grabs Ace by his bad leg. He kicks him repeatedly in it, then lifts it up and slams his bad knee into the mat. Ace howls in pain, but Shadow gets down and goes to lock in his Shaded crossface. Ace reaches out and grabs the ropes just in time before the hold can get locked in completely and Harvey Klein steps in to force Shadow to break the hold. Shadow shoves Klein back to boos and takes a step toward Ace, who grabs him and then trips him against the middle rope. Ace gets to his feet and seeing an opportunity, runs off the ropes but his right leg ends up giving out on him mid way across the ring. He falls to a knee, but manages to get up and land some blows to Shadow’s back. He then pulls him in toward the middle of the ring and nails a reverse DDT on him. Shadow is down and Ace goes into the corner. He climbs gingerly up toward the top rope and then fans start to buzz.

SP: Ace is going to the top rope and I’m not sure that’s the move that I would make in a situation like this, especially with a bad leg.

AS: Yeah, well that’s why you’re sitting here calling the match and not the Texas Television Champ, Stu!

Ace gets to the top rope and looks down at Shadow. Suddenly, leaps off with a Joker. He lands right on Shadow and immediately hooks a leg! One………..Two…….! Shadow kicks out! Ace knees and looks down at Shadow with a sigh as he gets up and pulls Shadow to his feet. Ace hobbles behind Shadow and applies a full nelson on him, surely going for The Trumpcard when Shadow backs against the ropes. As the referee tells Ace to break his grip, Shadow manages to kick him on the side of the right knee. Ace screams out in pain and Shadow takes the chance to grab him and plant him into the mat with an STO. The fans boo as Shadow rolls Ace over and goes for a cover. One…………Two……….! Ace gets a shoulder up!

SP: Shadow planted him into the mat head first but Ace still managed to kick out.

AS: Yeah, Ace has gotten more mileage out of his bad leg than I think most people that are healthy could have gotten against Shadow. I hope that Terry Marvin is watching this somewhere, maybe he can detect some chinks in Shadow’s armor.

SP: Oh, I’m sure he’s watching somewhere.

Shadow gets to his feet and pulls Ace up. He grabs him and goes for a belly to back suplex, but Ace rolls through it and lands behind Shadow, though he staggers a little and grabs a hold of his right leg. He takes a few steps back and when Shadow turns around, he uses his bad leg to clock him in the jaw with The Flop! Shadow falls back like a tree that’s being cut down. As he hit’s the mat, Ace falls down beside him and makes the cover! One………….Two……….NO! Shadow gets a shoulder up. Ace sits up and places his hands on his hips as he glares at Harvey Klein. He shakes his head and slowly makes it up to his feet. He seems to be laying in wait and resting up as he waits for Shadow to stir. When Shadow finally makes it to his feet, Ace grabs him and goes for a Triple 7s, but Shadow shoves him into a corner to boos from the crowd. Shadow charges in and nails a running splash on Ace. Before the Texas Television Champ has time to stumble out of the corner, Shadow grabs him and sits him on the top rope.

SP: What a back and forth battle this has been, but Shadow’s going up top and it looks like he may be thinking about putting the final nail in Ace’s coffin here.

AS: The way this match has gone, how much you wanna bet that it backfires?

Shadow gets up to the second rope and nails some shots to Ace. He sets up for a superplex, but Ace hammers away on his skull repeatedly and eventually, he knocks Shadow off the second rope. Shadow lands on his feet and staggers back. Ace gets his bearings on the top rope and slides his feet back into the ring and on the middle rope. Shadow comes from out of nowhere though and goes for a Shaded. Ace almost catches him and blocks it, nailing a few elbow strikes to Shadow’s skull before he grabs him by the head and in a blink of an eye, leaps off the turnbuckle with a Triple 7s from the middle rope! The ring gets shaken, the crowd goes absolutely crazy and both men bounce off the mat! Ace is the first to move and manages to crawl over to a motionless Shadow and roll him over to get an arm over his chest. One………Two……..Three!

SP: HE DID IT! HOLY HELL, ACE DID IT, BAD LEG AND ALL!

AS: This is the second Southwestern Heavyweight Champion that Ace has beaten, but more importantly what does this do for Shadow’s momentum going into his title defense in two weeks?

TL: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the match via pinfall, ACE ANDREWS




Ace is in the ring celebrating his victory when "Raise Up" blares over the loudspeakers and out comes Terry Marvin. He is quick to the ring and slides in under the ropes. Ace is on guard, but Terry is all smiles. He offers Ace his hand to shake, but Ace is reluctant. Terry points to Shadow and says something to Ace and again offers his hand. This time, Ace takes it to boos and jeers from the crowd. Terry raises Ace's hand. The boos suddenly go silent as Terry Kicks Ace in the Gut and plants him with a Whiplash. He sits there looking down at Ace's body with a smile on his face before laughing out loud.

SP: Why does this not surprise me? He just turned on Ace and I think Ace should have been smarter than that.

AS: They were friends, maybe he actually though he could listen to whatever Terry said? We know that they’ve known each other for years now.

He gets to his feet, but all his gloating cost him time as he looks over to see Shadow already getting to his feet. Terry points at Shadow as the two stare down in the ring. Terry motions to the belt and then motions around his waist. Shadow says come and get it, and beckons Terry on. Terry looks like he's about to charge, when suddenly a figure appears from under the ring. We see this figure as Paige and she hops on the apron with led pipe in her hand. When Shadow turns round, he eats pipe from Paige and crumbles to the ground. Terry laughs as he drags Shadow's body over to the ropes, pulls him up, and ties his arms in the ropes. Paige gets into the ring with burning hatred in her eyes. She glares at Terry, trying to decide whether to go after him or not.

SP: Yes, here we go. Paige is about to get revenge on "Fileur." This is MONTHS in the making.

AS: Hold up there Stu...I don't think it's Terry she's got her sights set on.

Paige turns and runs at Shadow, almost taking his head off with that pipe. Shadow just goes limp in the ropes while Paige slaps and screams at him. She turns and glares at Terry again, but instead of going after him, simply slides out of the ring. Terry grabs Shadow's Southwest Championship and rubs it in Shadow's face. He holds it high in the air.

AS: My God, is this a sign of things to come? Are we looking at the NEXT Ring of Pride Heavyweight Champion?