NEW AGE PRO WRESTLING
We get an intro video for NAPW, featuring the cult talent roster featured on the show. When we come to, our commentators – Timmy McNulty on play-by-play and Noah Mercy on color, who welcome us to a new age in professional wrestling.
Opening Segment:
Montel Vontavious Porter is standing in the ring, and he says that when the WWE folded, he wanted to start a new age in professional wrestling. In fact, he started New Age Pro Wrestling with his new business partner, Eric Shin. Mr. Shin, retired after being psychologically scarred from in-ring competition after a brutal feud with The Naitch, will be handling the paper-work. MVP is going to be a more “hands-on” boss, though. We’ll be seeing him make his debut in the ring next week. Over the next few weeks, we will see a focus on in-ring competition, and the men with the best win-loss records will end up competing at NAPW’s first-ever PPV, “Gateway to Glory,” where the NAPW’s two championships – the NAPW World Heavyweight Championship and the NAPW World Tag Team Championship – will be decided. So let’s stop fucking around, and get to the business. Our main event tonight is going to be two of the flashiest men in the business competing, with only one getting closer to the NAPW World Heavyweight Title – it will be John Morrison vs. Rey Mysterio! But our first match will decide who is going to be closer to earning the right to call themselves the greatest tag team in the world.
Match One: The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith & Tyson Kidd w/Natalya) vs. The Long Island Inception (Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder)
The Hart Dynasty make their entrance first to a nice respect pop. Next is Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins to a blend between their respective WWE themes. Think “Oh Radio...tell me you everything you know” into the instrumental intro for Ryder & Hawkins’ joint theme. Tyson Kidd & David Hart Smith offer handshakes, and whilst Curt Hawkins accepts, Zack Ryder denies. DH Smith slugs Ryder, and the match begins. The Dynasty dominate at the beginning with their trademark double-team manoeuvres. Smith back body drops Kidd over the top, and Ryder & Hawkins brace themselves, but Kidd flips tightly onto the apron and then hits a flying hurricanrana off the apron onto Ryder as Smith flies out with a suicide dive onto Hawkins.
Eventually, heel shenanigans allow Ryder & Hawkins to gain control of Tyson Kidd. They hit a series of double-team moves. Hawkins eventually gets Kidd up in an electric chair, and Ryder comes off the top rope with a Rough Rider, but Kidd ducks Ryder’s move and turns it into a victory roll for two. He manages to fight off both Ryder & Hawkins and tags in Smith who cleans house. Smith manages to hit a Seito Suplex on both members of The Long Island Inception, and Chono Kicks them both down. Kidd is tagged in and hits a Code Blue (Springboard Blockbuster) on both Ryder & Hawkins at the same time! Kidd pins the legal Ryder...1-2-3!
Result: The Hart Dynasty (1-0) defeat The Long Island Inception (0-1) with Tyson Kidd pinning Zack Ryder with a Code Blue.
Natalya gets in the ring and celebrates with her boys after the match. Natalya is looking extra hot tonight, for those wondering. Noah Mercy leaves the commentary desk and asks The Hart Dynasty how it feels to be victorious in the first NAPW match. Smith says that they are born winners. He has the best pure blood in wrestling, and Tyson Kidd is the one true protégé of Bret “The Hitman” Hart. They have no problem being Tag Team Champions, because that means that together they can beat any two men in the world. That will be their claim to fame.
Paul London & Brian Kendrick are out on the stage, and they have microphones! London says that they are so good that they don’t need to hide behind a tag team name. Everyone should know who they are – Paul London & Brian Kendrick, the fourth longest reigning Tag Team Champions in the history of this sport, and the greatest tag team of the modern era. Brian Kendrick says that he was trained personally by the greatest in-ring competitor of all-time, Shawn Michaels, and that he takes personal issue with Smith & Kidd – ridiculous names, by the way – talking about their legacies and their lineages like they mean shit. London & Kendrick are going to be the first-ever NAPW World Tag Team Champions, and if they don’t like it, they can leave the company after they lose and cry about it for thirteen years. Or just go into rehab like Teddy. David Hart Smith, especially, is incensed at these comments, and wants to fight London & Kendrick right there and then, but Natalya plays the voice of reason. She gets on the mic and says that she’s looked at the confirmed card for next week’s show, and she says that they’re facing a tag team that are essentially London & Kendrick only younger and more energetic. She says that she thinks The Hart Dynasty will be facing The Young Bucks at Gateway to Glory.
*Commercial break*
Are you ready to die? The Notorious 187 is making his NAPW debut right now.
Jay Lethal is his opponent.
Match Two: Homicide vs. Jay Lethal
Lethal goes to shake the hand of his well-travelled adversary, but Homicide just starts by attacking the much younger Lethal. Homicide dominates the match at the start, but he just can’t seem to put Lethal away. Homicide eventually goes for the Cop Killa, but Lethal flips over and turns it into his Lethal Combination. Lethal than nails EnzuFury and begins to make a comeback. The match gets much more competitive from here. Homicide is looking for that one big move to put Lethal away, but Lethal is getting more and more momentum.
The finish sees Lethal counter an Ace Crusher from Homicide into his new Lethal Injection (back suplex into a neckbreaker) , followed by a Dragon Overhead Suplex followed by a Springboard Tornado DDT (“The Lethal Injection II”). Lethal gets the pin with that move.
Result: Jay Lethal (1-0) defeats Homicide (0-1) via pinfall with Lethal Injection II.
The commentators hype how Lethal has done many things in his career before, including pinning Olympic Gold Medallist, Kurt Angle, but how he is now getting closer to the biggest achievement of his career – winning the NAPW World Heavyweight Championship. Homicide is not happy with his loss, and nails the referee with an Ace Crusher after the match.
*Commercial break*
We get a video reminding us that John Morrison and Rey Mysterio will face each other tonight, but we also confirm that Sheamus and Yoshi Tatsu will be opponents tonight. The story here is that Sheamus & Yoshi Tatsu were once a tag team known as “The Movers and The Shakers,” and that their history has promoted MVP to book them in a match against each other.
We then get a hype video for Austin Aries – promoting him as the greatest man who has ever lived, and the best in-ring talent the world has ever known. “The God of War” and “The Grand Multitasker” is making his debut with NAPW next week. The video ends with golden ran symbol (similar to a “V”) being displayed on the screen on a black background.
Match Three: Eddie Colon vs. Joey Mercury
Eddie Colon comes out to new entrance music. Something that isn’t necessarily Puerto Rican. Joey Mercury is then out to the old MNM theme. The commentators inform us that Joey Mercury wanted to compete for the NAPW World Tag Team Championship with former MNM tag team partner, John Morrison, but Morrison wanted to focus on his singles career.
Eddie & Joey shake hands, and we finally get a successfully bit of sportsmanship in NAPW. Eddie manages to start off strongly against Mercury, using his speed and mat skills to, quite frankly, embarrass Mercury out the gate. Mercury goes to slap The Artist Formerly Known as Primo, but Colon dodges and sweeps the leg of Mercury and flows into a leg drop. Dropkick from Eddie, and he is in firm control. Mercury manages to get in a little bit of offence when he somehow manages to roll through a flying hurricanrana attempt from Eddie soaring off the top, and drills Colon with a lariat. Mercury quickly follows up with a butterfly swinging neckbreaker (his most recent WWE finisher), and starts building a case against Colon. A Double-Arm DDT from Mercury is countered into three rolling jawbreakers, and Eddie then hits a springboard missile dropkick from the ring apron back in to Mercury for a close two count. Eddie goes up top, and Mercury catches him there. Joey Merc looks for a Double-Arm DDT off the top, but Eddie knocks him off, with Mercury hanging up on the top rope. Eddie then dives off with a Cannonball Twister (Corkscrew Swanton Bomb) for the victory!
Result: Eddie Colon (1-0) defeats Joey Mercury (0-1) via pinfall with a Cannonball Twister.
Noah Mercy again leaves the commentary desk and asks Eddie what it feels like to get such a big victory. Eddie says that he has always been labelled as “naturally talented,” but now is his chance to prove it. He’s not in the business because he daddy wants him to be. He’s here because he loves performing, he loves wrestling, and he wants nothing more than to be the first-ever NAPW World Heavyweight Champion.
*Commercial break*
MVP confronts Homicide in the back and tells him that due to his actions earlier, Homicide will lose the right to compete next week, and will essentially set himself back greatly in becoming the NAPW World Heavyweight Champion. MVP says that he knows there was a time and a place for those sort of antics on the street, but this is NAPW and he is running a tight ship. Homicide kicks a table as William Regal appears standing there in a suit and just shakes his head at Homicide’s outburst.
Next week, both William Regal & MVP will make their NAPW debuts...against each other!
Yoshi Tatsu is being interviewed in the back by backstage interviewer...Santino Marella! The Milan Miracle asks Tatsu about if he really thinks he has a chance against Sheamus. Tatsu says that he once knocked out Sheamus when he got pushy with him backstage, and that Sheamus simply took more opportunities than Tatsu. The WWE was a different animal. “Like a condor” – Santino. Yoshi doesn’t play games – he wrestles matches. Tonight he will beat Sheamus and get closer to the NAPW World Heavyweight Championship. Santino tells Yoshi to do it for the emperor. Yoshi asks Santino how he is doing. Santino says that he will make his in-ring debut with NAPW very soon, and he has some surprises for us. He has been doing some training with legendary men like Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Blackman and the man from the Old Spice commercials. He will be dominant in NAPW. This interviewer gig is just so he can impress Beth Phoenix, wherever she is, because she has a thing for interviewers. Yoshi tells Santino he is a very strange man, but best of luck.
A hype video airs for “The Black Angel” Justin Gabriel, putting over that he is a third generation fighter and a second generation wrestler. Gabriel says he looks so good because he does the hurting, and doesn’t get hurt.
Sheamus is out with traditional Irish homage. He’s ready to make you ride your lies straight to hell.
*Commercial break*
Are you ready for your J-Pop to Drop? Yoshi Tatsu vs. Sheamus...now!
Match Four: Sheamus vs. Yoshi Tatsu
Yoshi Tatsu goes to shake Sheamus’ hand, and Sheamus thinks about it. He respects Yoshi, but has heard the things Tatsu has been saying about him. Yoshi retracts his hand and bows to Sheamus instead. Sheamus gives a slight head-nod, not lowering it lower than Tatsu’s, a sign that he is of the higher standing. Tatsu goes into boxing stance, and this match is on.
Some quick rights allow Tatsu to stagger Swagger quite easily, as he goes down to the bottom rope, but quickly recovers. “He’s going to need to try something else” informs Noah Mercy. Good insight, Noah. The commentators put over Tatsu’s legitimate boxing background, but then point out that this isn’t boxing, but a sport where Sheamus is a former two-time World Heavyweight Champion. Sheamus leaves the ring to regather himself. Tatsu isn’t falling for it, though, and stands tall in the ring. Sheamus slides in, and Tatsu is ready to pounce on him, and Sheamus realises his gave up the high ground. Sheamus calls out to Tatsu to give him the honour of at least getting into the ring. Tatsu obliges, and Sheamus is in his corner as the commentators hype that this isn’t the sort of match that Sheamus wanted to wrestle, and put over Tatsu’s “impenetrable mind.”
Sheamus calls for a test of strength, and Tatsu accepts, and Sheamus forces Tatsu down into a bridge, but to the surprise of many, Yoshi powers himself back up, and kicks the arm of Sheamus, and then trips the former WWE Champion, and gets a quick two count. Sheamus charges but eats a drop toe hold into the second turnbuckle. Tatsu kicks Sheamus’ head while it’s on the turnbuckle, and then hits his rolling snapmare, but Sheamus knows it too well, and grabs the consequent kick and manages to flip Tatsu over and grapevines the leg. Sheamus then boots Tatsu in the ribs when he gets to the ropes. Sheamus now has the advantage. Sheamus’ psychology and power allows him to dominate the rest of the match. Noah Mercy puts over how Sheamus must fear Tatsu’s kicks, as Sheamus is working over the legs of Tatsu, even though Sheamus’ signature moves all focus on the head/neck area. His offence against Tatsu is his defence here. Sheamus goes for a Figure Four at one point, but Tatsu kicks off Sheamus with his good leg, and then kips up, but it hurts his injured one. Sheamus then hits a Brogue Kick for a very close two count. Figure Four is successfully locked in, but Tatsu manages to reverse the move on Sheamus, who breaks. Tatsu manages to get some quick rights, and is back in things, but his kicks are taking too much out of his tank. Tatsu collapses on a Springboard Spinning Heel Kick attempt, and Sheamus hits an Irish Curse backbreaker for two. At this point, Kiyoshi appears on the stage. Sheamus has no clue what is going on. Kiyoshi rushes to the ring and gets on the apron, and Sheamus shoves him down. Tatsu manages to nail Sheamus with a vicious Roaring Elbow when Sheamus turns around, however. Tatsu manages to the energy to hit the following move:
SHINING WIZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
1-2-3!
Result: Yoshi Tatsu (1-0) defeats Sheamus (0-1) via pinfall after a Shining Wizard.
Yoshi Tatsu & Kiyoshi celebrate together after the match. Noah Mercy goes looking for answers. Kiyoshi speaks in Japanese, and Noah Mercy translates. “This is a new era, and Yoshi & Kiyoshi are going to do whatever they can to get in front. They mean no disrespect to the sport, but if they don’t stand together, it will just be someone else that bends the rules. One of them will be the first-ever NAPW World Heavyweight Champion. “Guys, this is what tag team competition’s for” – Noah Mercy. Timmy McNulty doesn’t believe Noah Mercy’s translation, and says that he only Japanese he knows is “hentai.”
MVP announces via the screen that next week we have Paul London & Brian Kendrick vs. The Young Bucks; Justin Gabriel vs. Santino Marella; himself vs. William Regal; and just added: Sheamus has requested a match with Kiyoshi Raijin, and given what we have just seen, MVP has approved the match, and Yoshi Tatsu will be banned from ringside. Now, onto your main event, ladies and gentlemen:
Match Five: Rey Mysterio vs. John Morrison
The two men stand in the ring and shake hands, clearly respecting each other’s athleticism. Noah Mercy predicts that Rey Mysterio will win this match, since he is pound-for-pound the best competitor in the industry, given he’s the smallest World Heavyweight Champion of all-time, and Morrison’s style doesn’t really capitalise on the injuries Mysterio has suffered in the past.
Morrison starts off the match strong by grounding Mysterio, showing perhaps better pure mat skills. Mysterio manages to slide right through Morrison’s legs, as a bit of a mockery of Morrison (“Hey! Look at my speed!”) and then slaps Morrison in a headlock. Morrison manages to flip Mysterio over by the leg, however, and has a headlock of his own on the ground. Mysterio fights up and lands some sharp kicks to the legs of Morrison. Another headlock by Rey is countered when Morrison shoves him into the ropes and shoulder blocks him down. Morrison runs the ropes, but Rey catches Morrison off the rebound with a hurricanrana, but Morrison tosses Rey off but Rey flips back onto his feet, and Morrison then nails a hurricanrana of his own. Morrison poses for the crowd, and there is a mixed reaction to JoMo’s arrogance so far. Mysterio responds by using a body scissor takedown straight into a victory roll for the first near fall of the match. Morrison responds by sweeping Mysterio on a subsequent charge and going for a standing shooting star press early, but Mysterio dodges and Morrison manages to land with his hands and springs through the move to his feet. Mysterio offers his hand again, and Morrison accepts.
Rey then goes low with a dropkick and pounds away on Morrison! Rey tosses Morrison out of the ring and then slingshots between the bottom and middle rope with a dropkick, sending Morrison into the barricade. A pescado from Rey connects. Rey tosses Morrison back into the ring and then hits a springboard crossbody back in on Morrison, which is rolled through by JoMo, who throws some rights at Rey. Morrison then tosses Rey so he flips right into the turnbuckles. Morrison continues to attack Rey in the corner. Rey gets the foot up on a corner charge, but Morrison catches it, so Rey kicks him with the other leg, and then gets a Tarantula on Morrison. Dropkick to the back of the head by Mysterio is followed by a quick leg drop off the ropes. It only gets a two count.
Morrison manages to counter another hurricanrana attempt into a powerbomb to get things going his way. Morrison’s trademark moves are now busted out. Morrison hits his standing shooting star press, Moonlight Drive and Flying Chuck all for two counts. Morrison even busts out a Japanese Ocean Suplex for a two count. A notable spot occurs when Rey is looking for a top rope hurricanrana on Morrison, but JoMo actually flips through the move, rolls forward and then nails Rey with a lariat for a very close two count. The finish sees Rey hitting Morrison with the 619 (after deliberately placing Morrison is position for the move – no convenient placing in NAPW), and then looking to springboard in, but he gets nailed with a Nitro Blast (Superkick) on the way in. 1-2-3!
Result: John Morrison (1-0) defeats Rey Mysterio (0-1) via pinfall with a Nitro Blast.
Mysterio seems to be out, and Morrison gets the fans to applaud him, and then walks to the back. Rey gets to his feet slowly as the fans are giving Mysterio the credit he deserves for being the biggest star in NAPW. Rey seems moved by the crowd, as Noah Mercy chastises him from commentary for proving him wrong. A masked figure then slides into the ring, with a mask similar to Rey Mysterio’s, but more sinister in design. The mask has a skull-like appearance, with the cross on the top facing downwards. This masked figure immediately attacks Mysterio, and locks him in a katahajime applied from a camel clutch-like position. Timmy NcNulty says he has no clue who he is, but this is so disrespectful. Noah Mercy is enjoying it, saying that it’s how you make a name for yourself. “We don’t even know his name!” – Timmy NcNulty. “We will!” – Noah Mercy. McNulty wonders where John Morrison is, and Mercy says that he has World Heavyweight Championships to think about. The masked figure chokes out Rey and then walks around the ring with an arm raised straight up as the fans boo (although some anti-Rey smarks cheer).
*End show*