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The Introduction

Frankie stands up to do the introduction, but the Lost Boyz appear and cut him off again.

Azrael: “Begone, Frankie – you are no fighter. Leave…”
Gabriel: “…Before the Lost Boyz wreak havoc upon you.”

Frankie scampers off, hiding under the ring, as the crowd cheer, knowing what happens when he does that.

Gabriel: “The Lost Boyz have news… news of a convert.”
Azrael: “Indeed, brother Gabriel, we have found a believer. One who seeks the path to paradise…”
Gabriel: “And one who knows that path lies with us. Mitch Paradise, we call you to our side. *Paradise appears and heads into the ring* Tonight you must show us, your masters, if you are worthy of redemption…”
Azrael: “…Worthy of paradise.”

O: 63%
Mitch Paradise debuted his new gimmick (Lackey), it got a positive response. Gabriel gained overness from this segment.

The Lost Souls (Azrael, Gabriel, and Mitch Paradise) vs Elax, Paper Bag Man, and The Flying Armadillo

The Paper Bag Man gets absolutely no reaction at all, which turns into calls of “You fucked up” as he trips up entering the ring and everyone has horrible flashbacks to the Shockmaster. The Flying Armadillo finally emerges from under the ring, giving the crowd something to cheer for. He promptly gets triple teamed and beaten upon by the trio of lost souls. Armadillo makes his comeback, hitting an Armadillonator on Paradise. He gets two, as Gabriel breaks it up and curses at Paradise. Armadillo makes the allegedly hot tag to Elax, who gets beaten up much to the delight of the fans. The Lost Boyz beat Armadillo up out on the floor. Paradise hits Elax with the Trip to Paradise. Paper Bag Man trips trying to break the cover, and Paradise scores the win.

O: 49% (34, 64)
Paper Bag Man debuted his new gimmick (Putz), it got a positive response.

Garrett Jaxx vs The Flying Armadillo

With the Armadillo already beaten down, Jaxx enters to get his revenge from been upset by the Armadillo last show. He calls the ref into it, making it an impromptu match. Jaxx controls the fatigued Armadillo with ease, as he sneers dismissively at him and spits on him. Armadillo battles back out of nowhere, busting out the Armadillonator, but is too fatigued to make the cover. Jaxx finally puts him out of his misery with a Death Valley Driver.

O: 61% (49, 74)

Jaxx grabs a mic

Jaxx: “Now, somebody get that piece of crap out of the ring! He got lucky once, but now everybody’s seen that I can beat him with ease. I would give him the finger on his way out, but let’s face it – he’s not worth the effort. Still, there’s something people should know. I’ve found a man in this company whom I can respect. A man who can really wrestle – a man equal to my talent. Now, you might think that I was talking about the LAW World Champion, Kurt Stryker. A man who vanquished the undefeated Shiro Yamada. A man who has the fans behind him and his fire. A man who holds the World Title belt. You might think I respect him – if you were a fool! Stryker isn’t worthy to lick my boots, let alone hold that World Title. Sooner or later, Kurt, I’m going to relieve you of it.

But I digress. Let me introduce the one man in the company worthy of my respect – Ladies and Gentlemen, ‘Smooth’ Tommy Suede!”

Suede makes his way, dressed impeccably in a suit and tie. Given he came on Jaxx’s recommendation, the fans are already booing.

Suede: “There’s no need to treat me like that, just because you don’t recognise my brilliance immediately. Rest assured, you will. I am a superb wrestler – one of the best in this flea-bitten federation. Not only that, I am a well-educated man. Most of you people probably didn’t finish kindergarten, so I won’t bore you with details of my mental facilities you couldn’t even begin to understand. *crowd starts up an “Asshole” chant* And one thing should be clear – looking at some of the men in here, it’s obvious I am the current fantasy of every woman in this building! There’s a reason they call me ‘Smooth’ – I get more women in one night than most of you can probably ever dream of. I see I’m not the only one in this place that thinks he’s really something, though – “Smoothsteps” Shawn Wright considers himself a bit of a ladies man. Guess what, Wright? It’s time to get to stepping – you’ve just been replaced by a superior model. I am a better wrestler than you, better educated, richer, and more handsome – you’re nothing next to me.”

O: 72%
Tommy Suede debuted his new gimmick (Whole Damn Show), it got a positive response. Garrett Jaxx gained overness from this segment. Tommy Suede gained overness from this segment.

Kamikaze Kid vs Psycho Mike Legion, Hardcore Match

Kamikaze looks out of his mind with both worry and depression, as the crowd charmingly chants “Die, Kid, Die” at him. They might get their wish, as Legion promptly lays him out with a shot from a stick of lumber. Legion maintains the pace through the match, clubbing Kamikaze around with every object he can find at ringside. Kamikaze does a healthy bladejob, as does Legion when Kamikaze finally takes him down with a chair shot. Kamikaze sets up a chair under Legion, then goes up top. 450, but Legion moves and Kamikaze smacks sickeningly into the chair as the crowd laughs. There’s something very sad about that. Legion picks up the limp Kid, and folds him onto his neck with a Psycho Driver for the 3, ending the slaughter.

O: 53% (34, 73)

Shawn Wright vs Ryan Wing

The crowd has nobody to rally against in this face vs face battle, but they get more and more into it as the two put on a really good high-flying match, with several nice near-falls. The fun is ruined, though, as Tommy Suede makes his way out to the ring. He clocks Shawn Wright and starts choking him with his tie, right in front of the ref, causing a DQ in favour of Wright. Wing takes exception and tries to question Suede, who completely and utterly ignores him. Wing pulls Suede off, clobbers him with a few right hands, and hits him with a Northern Lights Suplex! Wing helps Wright off down the aisle as Suede is laid out in the ring.

O: 62% (42, 82)

Alexis Machine vs Doug Delicious

Machine has the full advantage here – he out-powers, out weighs, and towers over the smaller Double D. Delicious gets dominated for much of the match as Machine suplexes him from one side of the ring to the other. Delicious finally finds the great equaliser, getting an undetected mule kick on Machine. He then takes the advantage, but continues to pause to tell all the fans about how delicious he is. This gives Machine the chance to come back, but Double D manages to get a rollup on him. He puts both feet on the ropes, scores the 3 count with the illegal leverage, and runs off down the aisle before Machine even knows what hit him.

O: 57% (43, 71)

Big Time Barry Hammond has the mic, so it's Hammer Time

Hammond:
“Yo yo yo, all my peeps dig this,
I’m a big time player, man, so to me you don’t dis.
Got me a title match with a German pyro,
Gonna own his ass, and you know it’s true dat… uh…. yo!

I’m Big Time, and I rule this town,
Ain’t scared off by no flaming clown,
Time to throw this weight around and take the title,
Bling bling bling’n – yo, let’s do this in… um… style!
Word!”

The crowd now enthusiastically booes Hammond’s crappy efforts.

O: 68%
Big Time Barry Hammond gained overness from this segment.

Kurt Stryker vs Big Time Barry Hammond, LAW World Title

Hammond’s weight is much better suited to a heel character, as he lumbers around manhandling the far smaller Stryker. Stryker tries sporadic high-flying moves, as Hammond slows the pace down and grounds Stryker with a few rest holds. He sets Stryker up for an Avalanche in the corner, crushing him against the turnbuckle. He tries again, and Stryker moves, sending King Kong Bundy… uh, sorry, Big Time chest first into the corner. Stryker seizes his opportunity, and grabs him for a German Suplex. He struggles, but there’s no way, with Hammond’s 250+ pound weight advantage on him. Stryker damn nears picks Hammond up, but can’t get it, as Big Time escapes with a few well placed elbows.

After a bit more domination, he sets Stryker up on the top rope and signals for a superplex before following him up. Stryker shoves him off the top, sending the ring into convulsions. Hammond staggers up again, but into a Tornado DDT for a two count. Hammond just hurls Stryker back into the corner, then calls for another running avalanche. The ref tries to argue with Hammond for whatever reason ref’s do, under great wrestling tradition. Hammond shoves him aside and charges – and Stryker blasts him a fireball as he rushes into the corner! The ref conveniently misses it. Hammond swats at his face, desperate to put out any fire – and Stryker takes him down with a double leg takedown, and rolls through into a pin for the 1,2,3!

O: 59% (48, 71)

Overall Show: 60%
Match of the Night: Wright vs Wing
Worst Match of the Night: The opening 6 man tag.

This had been a pretty damn successful show – Tommy Suede had overnight become the companies top heel, drawing the ire of everyone in the building and putting on a spectacular interview with Jaxx. People were talking – our public image had moved up to 26%. Still, this sort of thing cost money, and money was what we didn’t have. We lost $10,000 this month. Acceptable, but not a trend we want to continue. In an attempt to save money, I had to part with referee Brett Blades and hire the cheaper but less effective ref Scott Garber.

There was more news on the backyard wrestling school, as something called the Old School Dojo had set up at backyard level. I was hardly worried – none of our stars would be rushing off to join teenagers swinging on monkey bars. I had yet to turn up ANYTHING on the disappearance of Caulder’s 3 NWA divisions, though. Every source said the same thing – they all just suddenly bankrupted. Completely unexpected, but perfectly legal. I still smelt a rat, I just wish I knew what. Caulder probably wasn’t worried – NWA: East Coast had just gone global. I was now running up against a man with a lot to lose.

Enhancer's Current Status:

ALPHA 0.01 finished