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The NEW US Champion's First Appearance

Trapped in the Clos... Cabin

Greensboro:
JA vs. Shane

A Working Vacation

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Triple Threat
Southern vs. Stevens vs. Hornet

MAIN EVENT
Grudge Ladder Match

Mark Windham vs. Dan Ryan




Greensboro Championship
JA vs. "Sensational" Steven Shane

BB: We saw the United States Champion, and we're about to see the Greensboro Champion in action as JA continues his open challenge to all-comers.

SB: What, as if he's just gonna say, "No, I don't think I want to defend the title, thanks?"

BB: You know, we haven't even gotten through our first match and I'm already tired of sitting next to you.

SB: I, personally, cannot wait for this card to be in the books so that I may get back out to the main deck to work on my tan.

BB: You’re working on a tan?

SB: Why wouldn’t you believe that? Tans are the epidermis’s aphrodisiac.

BB: AND you’re trying to pick up women with it?

SB: You question it like I’ve never done this before. Buckley, I’ve probably had more women in my most wild night than you’ve had in your entire life.

BB: Call me a conservative, I guess.

SB: Or a lonely loser who shrivels into the corner when the opposite sex passes by.

BB: Look, we’ve got a match to call here!

SB: Sure, change the subject.

BB: Hold on....

SB: Holding...

BB: Fans, we have just received word that CSWA owner Stephen Thomas has sanctioned that our Main Event between Mark Windham and Dan Ryan will determine the UNIFIED Championship. That means the big gold belt is going to be hanging above the ring in the huge ladder match that just got even bigger!

(CUE UP: “Damn” by Fabolous.)

RJ: Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is set for one fall and is for the Greensboro Championship…

(“Sensational” Steven Shane makes his way out from behind the curtain to a massive pop, as the CSWA fans have already bought into his talent after his first match and win against Cameron Cruise. Shane makes his way down the ramp, exchanging some high fives with the fans in the front row.)

RJ: Introducing first… from Hollywood, California… weighing in at two hundred and fifty-three pounds… “SENSATIONAL” STEEEEEEEVVEEENNNN SHAAAAAAAAANE!

BB: I tell you what; this kid really had a lot of hype surrounding him coming into his CS-Dub debut, and what a show he really put on once he hit that ring.

SB: Call it what you want, but I’m still not sold on this guy. I mean, he fought Cameron Cruise for God’s sake. What the hell has Cameron Cruise ever done?

BB: Cameron Cruise is a former Presidential Champion!

SB: And that makes him awesome?

BB: It at least makes him respectable.

SB: Just another thing we differ on, Buckley.

(CUE UP: “Eat The Rich” by Fozzy.)

RJ: And his opponent… from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania… weighing in at two hundred fifteen and three-eighths pounds… he is the Greensboro Champion…JJJJJJJ AAAAAAAAAAA!

(JA makes his way onto the scene with his title draped over his shoulder. He too makes his way down the ramp, exchanging some high fives with the fans in the front row. He then enters the ring and hands his title over to the referee as he and Shane give each other a good look as they await the bell.)

BB: Well, there’s the bell as the champion and the challenger step to the middle of the ring. They’re going to start it off with a quick collar and elbow. Shane quickly gets the advantage as he presses the Anglo Luchador back and into the ropes. There’s an Irish whip…

SB: Wow! The rook knows how to throw a shoulder block.

BB: He’s not a rookie by any means, Sam. You can tell by his ability to stay on the attack here as he pulls JA right back up. There’s a right hand. He whips JA off the ropes.

SB: And he can’t even convert a simple clothesline! He let that masked idiot duck right under it!

BB: JA rebounds off the opposite ropes. Big crossbody block! He holds Shane down on the mat! ONE! TWO! Kickout by Shane!

SB: I don’t really care much for JA, but I believe this is going to be a schooling here.

BB: Shane quickly back up to his feet. He charges at JA, but there’s a drop toe hold! JA quickly makes his way up Shane’s body and locks him in a side headlock!

SB: Are you seeing what I’m seeing? He’s got himself trapped in a side headlock here, and he has nowhere to go.

BB: Well, Shane’s a fighter, and I’m sure he’ll be out of this quickly. He’s already made his way up to his knees as he lessens that vice grip that JA has on his head. There’s one foot planted now. And the other!

SB: Holy crap! That was actually a nice back suplex by Shane to break up that side headlock!

BB: Ready to retract your statements?

SB: After a damn back suplex? He didn’t necessarily flatline him from the top rope, face-first into the opposite corner, Buckley.

BB: Well, Shane is again staying on the attack here as he pulls JA back up to his feet. He backs him into the ropes and gives him an Irish whip across the ring. Oh my! What a Tilt-O-Whirl backbreaker by Shane!

SB: There’s the pin! ONE! TWO!

BB: Kickout by JA! Shane is still not going to let JA catch his breath there though as he pulls JA back up one more time. There’s a right hand to the face. And now Shane gives a hard knife-edge chop to JA’s chest. And another! And another! JA is back in the corner.

SB: Wow! If there was a bull in here, he’d be charging JA’s chest right now! Shane did a number with those chops!

BB: And now there’s an Irish whip into the opposite corner. Shane charges in behind.

SB: But JA caught himself and lifted himself up and over Shane! There’s a dropkick to the back, sending Shane face-first into the turnbuckle!

BB: Rolling clutch pin by JA! He’s got Shane locked up! ONE! TWO! Kickout by Shane! Whoa! That was close!

SB: I really thought I should start paying attention to this Shane guy, but after a mistake like that; it’s really hard to think this guy has what it takes in the ring.

BB: Well, we all know that you think JA has something worth watching, so let’s watch as he gets back up to his feet here. He charges at the ropes…

SB: Lionsault! That’s why he’s worth watching, Buckley! There’s a pin! ONE! TWO! Kickout by Shane again!

BB: What resiliency by this young stallion! He doesn’t want to tarnish his perfect record here in CSWA in just his second match!

SB: I hate to burst his bubble, but if it isn’t done here tonight, it won’t be long before it is tarnished. We’re talking about the best of the best and he can’t even see a simple reversal like the one JA just used coming.

BB: But he’s got a ton of potential if he just realizes it, Sammy. JA is staying on the attack now though as he pulls Shane up.

SB: And now he’s returning the favor for those chops just a few minutes ago!

BB: Indeed, several hard knife-edge chops find their way into Shane’s chest right here as JA backs Shane into the ropes. There’s an Irish whip. Spinning heel kick!

SB: NO! Shane caught JA in midair and turned the spinning heel kick into one hell of a spinebuster! Arn Anderson, eat your heart out!

BB: Shane holds on for the pin! ONE! TWO! TH- NO! JA just kicked out!

SB: These two are really going at it! I can’t believe Steven Shane has lasted this long against the Greensboro Champion!

BB: Well, he has and he’s on the offensive right now as he pulls JA up to his feet. He drives a hard forearm into JA’s chin as he now locks JA in a waistlock.

SB: Belly-to-belly suplex! Great power displayed by Shane as he executed that move from a dead standstill!

BB: Shane is slow back to his feet here, as he falls into the ropes! But look out! He’s signaling to the crowd! This could be it! I believe he’s going to go for that Sharpshooter that he calls the California Clutch here!

SB: Well, he better hurry up. That belly-to-belly was impressive, but it wasn’t enough to keep a champion like JA down for that long!

BB: Well, here he goes. Shane grabs the legs. There’s the step-over!

SB: But JA reversed it! He just twisted the hell out of himself and Shane’s knee! What’s he going to go for here? He’s not getting out of the leglock!

BB: Because he’s going for a leglock of his own, Sammy! He reaches back…yes! He grabs hold of Shane’s chin and now has the CSWA newbie screaming in pain with that Inverted Indian Deathlock!

SB: Shane is really squealing here!

BB: But he quickly gets to the ropes to break the hold! Great ring presence by Shane there as he was really in some trouble after twisting that knee and then getting caught in that inverted Indian deathlock.

SB: Well, JA looks to be back to full force here as he is perched in the corner as he waits for Shane to make his way back up to his feet.

BB: And now, Shane does just that. JA takes off running from that corner…open-faced bulldog by JA! He’s really feeling it now as HE now signals to the crowd!

SB: If you’re smart Shane, you’ll stay on the canvas right now.

BB: But he’s a competitor, so he doesn’t. There’s a gutwrench by JA…

SB: WHAT THE HELL?!?!

BB: I don’t know, Sammy! The lights have gone out here in Montego Bay!

SB: Somebody needs to do something about this. Who pays the power bill around here?

BB: Fans, I wish I could call this match for you, but I honestly cannot see my hand in front of my face right now. I can hear the bumping going on in the ring, but I have no clue what the bumps are from!

SB: We are missing one hell of a match because some idiot can’t mail a damn check! I’m getting impatient now, Buckley.

BB: As am I, Sammy. Wait. Wait, there’s a flicker of light.

SB: This better not be a joke.

BB: There we go! HEY! WHAT THE HELL?!?!

SB: What is this?

BB: Steven Shane is knocked out cold on the mat!

SB: But JA couldn’t have done it, because he is in a tree of woe in the corner of the ring!

BB: Someone has beaten the hell out of both the competitors here in this title match!

SB: But who would do this?

BB: I’m not sure, but someone obviously wants to make a statement. Folks, we’re going to get these guys out of the ring and try to find out just what’s going on here. Don’t go anywhere!