Post by wayne on Sept 19, 2024 4:27:02 GMT -5
CARD 1210 – AETHRAN WAR DOME:
Vengeance is on the balcony reserved for top military personnel presiding over the first wrestling card back on Aethra. Who knows what he is thinking as events unfold. It can only be a matter of time before he returns to ring action. Especially if the Gladiators continue to struggle.
Heavyweight champ, Max Shield, does enough against Mandrill and comes out as a DQ winner. Mandrill would love nothing more than to win the Heavyweight belt on Aethra. His Colonizers just about have the upper hand on the Gladiators in the feud mainly through his efforts. However having the belt is seen in many eyes as the ultimate symbol of leadership. Mandrill is well aware that for someone of his supposed status his record with the main belt isn’t the greatest. Three short runs. Nothing dominating like some of the legendary villain leaders of the past like Thantos and Chaos. The fact that winning it would take beating long time enemy Max Shield means it could kill two birds with one stone for Mandrill. Of course Max is determined not to let that happen and explodes out of the blocks. He even manages to send Rouser scrambling out the ring. He gives Mandrill very little opportunity throughout. Max’s defences are stronger than ever and it takes a lot to hurt him. He’d already put a couple of fatigue tokens on Mandrill by the time a decent impact with THE OMICRON FORCE comes (+4). Rouser is left with little choice as Mandrill would almost certainly of been pinned after that. He enters the ring and smashes down his sign onto the back of Max who was covering. Instant DQ for that. The pain must of barely registered as Max gets up and grabs Rouser by the throat. He threatens to ask security to open the gates and throw Rouser into the Aethran crowd where he would surely be torn to pieces. Rouser is petrified. Max forces him to beg which Rouser obligingly does. Whilst Rouser is kissing the feet of Max he shoots a glance to where Mandrill had been hoping for some help from his boss. Fat chance as Mandrill had already recovered his senses and was half down the runway by this time. He was facing a gauntlet of hate from the crowd himself from the Aethrans. Weapons like hammers were being smashed against the steel fences in the hope that something might break and they could get at Mandrill. Unlikely to happen but Mandrill wasn’t taking any chances and hurried towards the supposed sanctuary of the curtain. He didn’t even change. Just headed for the nearest teleporter. He must be dreading coming back next week.
Malice and Overkill crushed Rebel Empire. The noise that greeted Malice and Overkill was unbelievable. The clanking of metal boots by the Aethran crowd hasn’t been heard for a long time. Had almost forgotten how deafening it could be. They didn’t relent either. Rouser led Rebel Empire out but he didn’t look at all comfortable out there. His sign had nothing pained on it as he feared any insults towards Aethrans could be the end of him. The intimidating atmosphere seemed to affect Rebel Empire too as they make a weak showing with Nefarus getting zero ring time. Overkill does the majority of damage as he pulverises Vendetta. Any attempts to fight back are immediately snuffed out. Within a few minutes the Gladiators are setting up UNSTOPPABLE FORCE. Rouser makes a half hearted effort to distract which was totally ignored and Vendetta got pinned. For added effect Overkill had gotten hold of Rouser immediately after the finishing sequence and pressed him into where Nefarus was standing and leaving them in a heap. Malice and Overkill have suffered some strange losses this year already but always bounce back to beat Rebel Empire as they are now 2-0 against them. It’s a shame Thunder is letting the side down for them in this conflict with the Gladiators so far. Of course that could all change over the next two weeks.
The SWAT Team hands Twin Blood yet another loss. Cannot believe I’m saying this but Twin Blood is badly in need of a win. They had a period where they looked seemingly unbeatable. That was until their record breaking belt run ended and since then they have looked very average. Of course they are still a great team. One of the best ever. However it was time to prove it again. Especially in their home dimension. It’s Centra where they were showing their best. DM suggests “maybe with Disorder X gone they’ve lost some motivation”. To the horror of their manager, Johnny Rocket, they slip up again. Aside from an early pin save from Warfare to help Trench after TWICE BITTEN it was all the SWAT Team. Probably the best performance of the wrestling careers so far. Sleeze is the recipient of most of their punishment. Trench really weakened him with his finishers DOUBLE ARM DDT and the illegal METAL RAMROD. However it’s Warfare who wins the match for them as he hits Sleeze with a backward head slam.
Corporal Aegis has a tough time beating Grovel. Murdok turns up the heat in his feud with Aegis. He wants a piece of him again and accuses him of hiding behind the skirt of Trisis. A brave hero like Aegis would never do that and I am sure they’ll meet again at the next supercard. For now though Aegis will face Grovel. Aegis doesn’t grapple it straight away. He knows Grovel is like a lost puppy in this dimension and it’ll follow just about anyone. He thinks maybe Grovel can be a useful ally of the ROC and tries to show it kindness and friendship. He offers a handshake. Grovel inquisitively sniffs his hands and then talks gibberish. Suddenly a loud yelp cuts through the air. Grovel was biting down hard on Aegis showing it was not about to be tamed. Aegis managed to get free and clasps his sore hand. He summises he better just get on and beat Grovel. It was all going pretty swimmingly until he used CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. Grovel managed to survive and starts to give some fight back. Coming within a whisker of a victory which would have caused Aegis great embarrassment after Face Smothering. After this it looks like it could go either way or even hit the time limit. It was becoming a bit of a slog and I was actually about 3 or 4 moves from reaching that point when Aegis gives it one final big push and uses his finisher again. This time it does the job and keeps his good record since arriving in this dimension going.
Blade ruins the comeback of Necros. The evil dictator is back in the GWF part-time. His subjects might be relieved as things have not been good for them since he was back at the helm almost 20 years ago. Necros doesn’t appear to of aged a day. In fact he looks even more bloodthirsty. Blade is his opponent. Although chiefly focused on tag teaming Lord Nexus wants him to keep his singles ranking relatively high with the odd match. Pre match Blade quips how he hopes to drive a stake through the heart of Necros. Then goes out and delivers by getting the win. Far from a walk in the park although Blade was never in any serious trouble. Managed to win in quite a spectacular way via a moonsault. Blade later admits he is loving being a member of the Titans. Being part of a bloody feud with the Brymstonians he was wondering if one day the stress would break him. He thanks his mother Lorelei for seeing it as he was too blinkered.
Skinhead knocked out Mutant. Filler match. Prob not where Skinhead wants to be on the card but he’s quit moaning about Paragon and his status on the Rocketmen team after appearing to suddenly become very chummy with him. Skinhead even thinks they could be an effective tag team. The certainly had a great match with Next Generation a couple weeks ago and it would be cool to revisit that at some point after the double DQ outcome. For now though he needs to keep attention on the wild Mutant. I was not expecting much of the match really but sometimes you get unexpected classics. This was so nearly in that rare 5* category as there were pin attempts galore, managers getting beaten up and plenty of out of ring brawls. Eventually Skinhead laid Mutant out with BRASS NUCKS (about the third time) and pins it.
Vengeance is on the balcony reserved for top military personnel presiding over the first wrestling card back on Aethra. Who knows what he is thinking as events unfold. It can only be a matter of time before he returns to ring action. Especially if the Gladiators continue to struggle.
Heavyweight champ, Max Shield, does enough against Mandrill and comes out as a DQ winner. Mandrill would love nothing more than to win the Heavyweight belt on Aethra. His Colonizers just about have the upper hand on the Gladiators in the feud mainly through his efforts. However having the belt is seen in many eyes as the ultimate symbol of leadership. Mandrill is well aware that for someone of his supposed status his record with the main belt isn’t the greatest. Three short runs. Nothing dominating like some of the legendary villain leaders of the past like Thantos and Chaos. The fact that winning it would take beating long time enemy Max Shield means it could kill two birds with one stone for Mandrill. Of course Max is determined not to let that happen and explodes out of the blocks. He even manages to send Rouser scrambling out the ring. He gives Mandrill very little opportunity throughout. Max’s defences are stronger than ever and it takes a lot to hurt him. He’d already put a couple of fatigue tokens on Mandrill by the time a decent impact with THE OMICRON FORCE comes (+4). Rouser is left with little choice as Mandrill would almost certainly of been pinned after that. He enters the ring and smashes down his sign onto the back of Max who was covering. Instant DQ for that. The pain must of barely registered as Max gets up and grabs Rouser by the throat. He threatens to ask security to open the gates and throw Rouser into the Aethran crowd where he would surely be torn to pieces. Rouser is petrified. Max forces him to beg which Rouser obligingly does. Whilst Rouser is kissing the feet of Max he shoots a glance to where Mandrill had been hoping for some help from his boss. Fat chance as Mandrill had already recovered his senses and was half down the runway by this time. He was facing a gauntlet of hate from the crowd himself from the Aethrans. Weapons like hammers were being smashed against the steel fences in the hope that something might break and they could get at Mandrill. Unlikely to happen but Mandrill wasn’t taking any chances and hurried towards the supposed sanctuary of the curtain. He didn’t even change. Just headed for the nearest teleporter. He must be dreading coming back next week.
Malice and Overkill crushed Rebel Empire. The noise that greeted Malice and Overkill was unbelievable. The clanking of metal boots by the Aethran crowd hasn’t been heard for a long time. Had almost forgotten how deafening it could be. They didn’t relent either. Rouser led Rebel Empire out but he didn’t look at all comfortable out there. His sign had nothing pained on it as he feared any insults towards Aethrans could be the end of him. The intimidating atmosphere seemed to affect Rebel Empire too as they make a weak showing with Nefarus getting zero ring time. Overkill does the majority of damage as he pulverises Vendetta. Any attempts to fight back are immediately snuffed out. Within a few minutes the Gladiators are setting up UNSTOPPABLE FORCE. Rouser makes a half hearted effort to distract which was totally ignored and Vendetta got pinned. For added effect Overkill had gotten hold of Rouser immediately after the finishing sequence and pressed him into where Nefarus was standing and leaving them in a heap. Malice and Overkill have suffered some strange losses this year already but always bounce back to beat Rebel Empire as they are now 2-0 against them. It’s a shame Thunder is letting the side down for them in this conflict with the Gladiators so far. Of course that could all change over the next two weeks.
The SWAT Team hands Twin Blood yet another loss. Cannot believe I’m saying this but Twin Blood is badly in need of a win. They had a period where they looked seemingly unbeatable. That was until their record breaking belt run ended and since then they have looked very average. Of course they are still a great team. One of the best ever. However it was time to prove it again. Especially in their home dimension. It’s Centra where they were showing their best. DM suggests “maybe with Disorder X gone they’ve lost some motivation”. To the horror of their manager, Johnny Rocket, they slip up again. Aside from an early pin save from Warfare to help Trench after TWICE BITTEN it was all the SWAT Team. Probably the best performance of the wrestling careers so far. Sleeze is the recipient of most of their punishment. Trench really weakened him with his finishers DOUBLE ARM DDT and the illegal METAL RAMROD. However it’s Warfare who wins the match for them as he hits Sleeze with a backward head slam.
Corporal Aegis has a tough time beating Grovel. Murdok turns up the heat in his feud with Aegis. He wants a piece of him again and accuses him of hiding behind the skirt of Trisis. A brave hero like Aegis would never do that and I am sure they’ll meet again at the next supercard. For now though Aegis will face Grovel. Aegis doesn’t grapple it straight away. He knows Grovel is like a lost puppy in this dimension and it’ll follow just about anyone. He thinks maybe Grovel can be a useful ally of the ROC and tries to show it kindness and friendship. He offers a handshake. Grovel inquisitively sniffs his hands and then talks gibberish. Suddenly a loud yelp cuts through the air. Grovel was biting down hard on Aegis showing it was not about to be tamed. Aegis managed to get free and clasps his sore hand. He summises he better just get on and beat Grovel. It was all going pretty swimmingly until he used CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. Grovel managed to survive and starts to give some fight back. Coming within a whisker of a victory which would have caused Aegis great embarrassment after Face Smothering. After this it looks like it could go either way or even hit the time limit. It was becoming a bit of a slog and I was actually about 3 or 4 moves from reaching that point when Aegis gives it one final big push and uses his finisher again. This time it does the job and keeps his good record since arriving in this dimension going.
Blade ruins the comeback of Necros. The evil dictator is back in the GWF part-time. His subjects might be relieved as things have not been good for them since he was back at the helm almost 20 years ago. Necros doesn’t appear to of aged a day. In fact he looks even more bloodthirsty. Blade is his opponent. Although chiefly focused on tag teaming Lord Nexus wants him to keep his singles ranking relatively high with the odd match. Pre match Blade quips how he hopes to drive a stake through the heart of Necros. Then goes out and delivers by getting the win. Far from a walk in the park although Blade was never in any serious trouble. Managed to win in quite a spectacular way via a moonsault. Blade later admits he is loving being a member of the Titans. Being part of a bloody feud with the Brymstonians he was wondering if one day the stress would break him. He thanks his mother Lorelei for seeing it as he was too blinkered.
Skinhead knocked out Mutant. Filler match. Prob not where Skinhead wants to be on the card but he’s quit moaning about Paragon and his status on the Rocketmen team after appearing to suddenly become very chummy with him. Skinhead even thinks they could be an effective tag team. The certainly had a great match with Next Generation a couple weeks ago and it would be cool to revisit that at some point after the double DQ outcome. For now though he needs to keep attention on the wild Mutant. I was not expecting much of the match really but sometimes you get unexpected classics. This was so nearly in that rare 5* category as there were pin attempts galore, managers getting beaten up and plenty of out of ring brawls. Eventually Skinhead laid Mutant out with BRASS NUCKS (about the third time) and pins it.