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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2023 12:43 pm
He kept his attention on the action in the ring, keeping his own tabs on the wrestling style of their opponents. Summers it seems liked to take the more technical style, while the partner was too busy chewing on the ropes like some deranged animal. He bidded his time and waited to pick his spot.
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2023 3:04 pm
The Master spits the tag rope from out of his mouth as Summers rolls forward. Creeping a few steps alongside the apron he tightens his hands around the cables. As Summers begins the motion of attempting his irish whip, assuming he got to that point, the Spiritual Healer would drop down from his spot pulling the top rope down presumably right before the legal opponent hit them.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:18 am
"Salem's going hold for hold with Summers! That amateur wrestling background coming in clutch for 'The Copperhead'!"
"That chicken wing looks good enough to eat, J.R.! But Summers is trying to roll out of it!"
"You're right, King! Now the challenger is looking to throw the champion into the ropes! Wait, what's 'The Master' doing?!"Salem tried to sink the wing in deeper but with some desperate maneuvers, Brantley escaped and slung Croft into the cables! Not seeing the strange elder figure awaiting him on the apron, "Showtime" couldn't pull up to a stop fast enough as the top rope was pulled down, causing Salem to tumble hard to the ringside floor near the announce table, fans booing the underhanded tactics! "Well that's just unnecessary! I thought this guy calls himself 'The Master'! What classroom do you learn cheap moves like that?!"
"Bad Guys 101, J.R.! I used to teach it!"
"I'd hate to be a student of YOURS, King!"
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:26 am
Summers went on the offensive after the Master's brilliant display of ring awareness. Summers ran to the ropes and climbed between the middle rope onto the apron. Seizing the opportunity, the Main Event Marauder would look to jump across Salem's body and land an apron elbow drop. If everything went through, SIZZLIN' HOT would try to pick himself up and throw Salem into the ring for a quick pinfall attempt.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:36 am
Salem rolled to his stomach, wincing from the hard tumble while the referee went to the ropes to check on his condition! Summers, meanwhile, was already getting onto the apron, sizing up a flying elbow drop off the edge of the ring! Caught unawares, Croft felt his back pop as Brantley landed with the pointed edge of his bent arm into his spine, making Salem writhe and shout in pain! "And Summers with a big elbow drop onto the champion! Salem's in a bad way after that, I tell ya!"
"I felt that landing from HERE, J.R.! Summers needs to get him back in the ring!"As if on cue, Brantley picked up Salem and rolled "Showtime" back into the ring, leaving him laying on his back trying to breathe in the center of the canvas!
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:41 am
Summers went into the ring and quickly went for the cover on Salem. Now was this to send a point or an actual attempt was to be determined. The Main Event Marauder knew what it took to take energy out of the opponent, and any little inch you gain, if Salem couldn't kick out, the Marauders come out on top, however, if the pin was kicked out of, Summers would look to pull Croft to his feet and whip Salem into the ropes.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 11:11 am
Salem was aching from the unforgiving elbow drop he'd endured earlier, flat on his back in the middle of the ring as Brantley tried to follow up with a pinfall attempt! The Savages in attendance held their breath as the referee dropped to the mat and started the count!
"ONE!"
"TWO!"
Before the official could make the third count, Salem bucked a shoulder up, breaking the pin! The crowd celebrated as the referee gestured with two fingers high, indicating the match would continue! "And 'The Show' isn't over, folks! Salem keeps his championship dreams alive with a kick-out at two!"
"Don't look now though, J.R. - B.S. is back on the attack!"As indicated by King, Brantley was already pulling Salem up to his feet and slinging him towards the ropes! No shenanigans this time, Salem rebounded and teased jumping over, hoping Summers would bite and bend forward! But if so, he'd reveal his feint and instead go for his signature Scissor Kick, the "Nap Town Shuffle"!
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 11:21 am
SYS-TEM WRES-TLER *CLAP CLAP, CLAP CLAP CLAP* The Master, still in the same spot on the apron, turns around looking out to one of the smart marks in the crowd as Summers sets up for another irish whip. With his poor grasp of the english language, he was completely dumbfounded by the emerging chants directed towards his partner. He didn't know what it meant. Had no idea the enmity these so called experts had towards the man who payed his meager salary. So distracted by this was The Ascended Being that he was completely lambasted by Croft, whose back crashed into him off the rebound! "BRO!!!" Russo, clutching at his head in anguish, jumps up and down at ringside trying to alert B.S to the oncoming scissor kick as the Ukrainian man is nearly knocked off the apron! Clutching to the ropes and knocked silly, the heater kicks his legs frantically trying not to fall to the thinly padded mats below..
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:19 pm
Managing to kick out was not expected of Showtime by SIZZLIN' HOT, but it was disappointing. It seemed Summers accidentally knocked his partner off unexpectedly as he threw Salem off the ropes. He had time to hear Russo's screams but believed he could avoid Croft before succumbing to Salem's Night Town Shuffle. Face planting into the mat after taking the Copperhead's calf to his previously stricken shoulder blades, the Main Event Marauder held his face as he struggled to make his way to his corner to tag out to The Master who seemed to be unavailable.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 1:05 pm
The fans were on their feet as the Nap Town Shuffle connected, forcing Summers face-down into the canvas and reeling in pain! Salem, for his part, took a second to catch his breath before noticing that Brantley was looking to make a tag to a partner who wasn't available! Trying to seize on the opportunity, "Showtime" would make a surge towards his own corner, diving to tag in Erynys before Summers could reach the corner and get his partner in for the first time this match!
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 1:13 pm
The crowd roared their approval as the big German made his first appearance in the match. Stepping quickly through the ropes, he covered the distance between him and the prone Summers. He would look to grab one of the man's ankles and drag him to the center of the ring and if he got that far, he would finish off with a leg lock.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 1:50 pm
The large German managed to reach the Marauder mid-leap by the ankle in an impressive display of grip strength and sling him into the canvas face first before dragging him into the center of the ring. SIZZLIN' HOT found himself quickly laced in a leglock by said large German. Summers was lifting himself up with both arms when he got a call from the sideline.
"Look chief. Classic roll over to the ropes. Little grab the ankle and go. Footsie. Be quick. Efficient. Redirect the pressure" James yells into his boss's earpiece. He was showing more confidence in his play calling. Hollywood had to have at least a season of this kind of playcalling and development before getting called up to be someone else's head coach, but he was showing a lot of quick growth.
Summers however didn't have many options as he was in anguish lifting himself off the mat and trying to roll over. The Main Event Marauder would try and drop his shoulder, but the weight of him was too much for SIZZLIN' HOT's underutilized legs. Instead, to avoid his leglock, Summers would utilize his TRT-tested torso to drag himself to the ropes for a break.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 2:07 pm
The big German held on as long as he could as the ref began to count
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
He reluctantly released the hold before the five count, yet he quickly looked to grab both ankles this time to lift the big Summers up and slam his knees into the canvas.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 2:18 pm
The Master, finally shaking the cobwebs loose stomps his feet in anger and clumsily fights his way through the ropes into the ring! The referee, taking notice of this, rushes over towards the confused and upset celestial being trying to prevent him from entering the ring. Unable to effectively communicate, this is quite the distraction for the gullible referee. "Bro... BRO!!" The Staffmember himself rushes around the corner after receiving a signal from the offensive coordinator. As the official is preoccupied, he reaches out clasping hands with the SIZZLIN' HOT one as the German grabs him by both ankles! Engaged in a tug of war, he hopes to drag his man out of the ring and harms way after the move is executed.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 2:24 pm
Salem watches from the corner as 'The Master' starts a diversion, allowing Russo to try and get Summers away from Erynys! Upset at the blatant interference, Salem would duck under the top rope and cross the canvas with purpose, gesturing to the ref and pointing out the third-party shenanigans going on, trying to get the official's attention while the crowd booed at the heels' antics! "Now, look at this! These guys are trying every slimy tactic they can to win! It's bad enough Cartwright is trying to punish the Savage Sons every show, but what's it say to stack the deck like this?! Why can't you fight like men?!"
"If the referee doesn't see it, it didn't happen, J.R.!"
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