It's Time Boys and Girls [Open]

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It is time... this has been boiling for a months... the 2008 season of XWA, was underway! The seats in the arena where jam packed... no one... not one person could fit in another seat in the arena. The announcer stood proud in the center of the ring, the commentators sat in excitement at ring side, and the staff was all set on the sides of the ring. The spotlights where flashing, camera’s where rolling, and XWA was back for season 2! Without hesitation, and without waiting, Austin Harris was walking backstage, with a water bottle in his hand. He took a few sips before throwing it in a can after dumping some on his head. “Don’t You Wish You Where Me” then blasts the P.A. system as the fans began to boo. Harris pops out through the curtain on stage, in his brand new attire. The water was pouring off his hair, which could be seen clearly through all you HD TV subscriber’s out there. He had a huge smirk on his face, as he looked around and made his way down the ramp. He shrugs as he rolls in the ring, and begins taunting the crowd. He leans on the ropes for a few seconds, taking in the feel of the new season and how it felt to be standing in a ring again, as he grabbed a microphone from the staff.

“I’m BAAAAAACK!”

Harris starts off by this quick, simple few words which leave a smirk on his face as he walks around the ring, as the fans continue to boo. He raises the microphone one again, as he lets his left arm hand by his side.

“And hell, I can’t tell you how great it felt walking back onto that stage... hearing those boo’s coming from you fans once again. It feels great. It really does.

So here we are! 2008... a new year, filled with new opportunities, and new challenges ahead. We are XWA season 2 baby! And look what we’ve got coming to you... hell, we’ve got a new division to be brought to you this season. The XWA X-Gen Division... all included with a new X-Gen championship for those people to fight for! And can we forget about the beautiful Diamonds’s we’ve got around here? XWA’s even brought in something new for them... The Onyx championship... That’s got a catchy tone to it don’t it? Onyx... The equivalent to the XWA Pure championship, only for the Diamonds. Definitely something to look forward to...”

Austin pauses as he scratches his chin. He looks at the ramp and then looks at the crowd. He smirks as he raises the microphone to his microphone.

“Who the hell am I kidding? Why am I wasting my time talking about things that simply... don’t mean a DAMN thing to me? Who the hell cares about the X-Gen division? All a bunch of kids whom I couldn’t care less about. Have fun with your damn division kiddies, it’s as far as you’ll all get here in XWA! And Diamonds... I know you are all watching right now, as the Sexy Beast in Austin Harris makes his return to XWA, and you all don’t have to worry... there is plenty of me to go around. And look at all of you... you fat ass slobs sitting around this arena. Look, look at you... you there in the front row.”

A larger man points to himself in the front row, as he sets a pack of nacho’s down next to him.

“Yeah you... I’m talking to you, you fat slob. Look at you... sitting there eating your little nacho’s. You can’t even get your sorry ass out of that seat without some assistants can’t you? Pathetic... simply pathetic. You are ALL pathetic, you should all be ashamed of yourselves and loose some damn wait!”

Harris shakes his head, as he crosses his arms, chuckling to himself.

“Now... I’m here to kick some ass this season! So... hell, I’ve got a lot of choices that I could call out now couldn’t I? Damn, let’s see... we’ve got my old friend Ryan Blaze or Zlabe? Who the hell knows what his name is as he changes it so damn much. Scott O’Dell? The man with the miracle grow used for hair. Is it just me, or does that man grow hair damn fast? Keith Wyle? The Wyleman? Former World Champion? The man with the large body, but somewhat smaller head? You know what, I don’t give a damn who you are... I want a damn fight, so anyone back there who won’t waste my time out here, come on down. And I’m talking, I don’t want some people coming down here, and throwing out a “I’m gonna kick your ass, your on” sort of thing... I want some damn competition. I’m back, not to sit in the back seat, and at the bottom of the ladder... this year, Austin Harris WILL climb that ladder. So someone, give me some serious competition.”

Harris leans on the ropes, as he looks towards the ramp, smirking, waiting to see if someone worth the time and energy would come out and give him a REAL fight.

[Jon Payne]

The response? The Prudential Center's lighting turns a familiar shade of green. The New Jersey crowd comes unglued as a familiar quote begins to play while "Matrix" code rains down on the jumbotron.

"This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes."

Then the sound of Bro-Kin's track "Separate" begins to play and right when the intro leads into the riffs, stepping out to the stage comes Jon Payne. Jon. Freakin'. Payne.

Roach: Ask Austin Harris and you shall receive!
BuZZ: Here comes the Payne! You got that right Roachy, if it's serious competition he wants, there it is in black and green!

Jon stands on stage in a black shirt bearing his logo with similar Matrix coding scattered over it (see sig) and his ring gear on with mic in hand. He makes a cut motion with his hand to cue the stoppage of his song, but the roar of the crowd can still be heard chanting "EV-O-LU-TION" with the claps behind it. He takes a couple of seconds to let them do their thing and then gets right on down to business.

So let's get this straight. Austin Harris wants to climb the ladder of success. Austin Harris wants to get off the bench and start playing with the big boys, is that what I'm hearing?

But yet Mr. Harris, you haven't been in that ring for more than ten minutes and already you're making some pretty ignorant comments. See that X-Gen Division you call "kids"? The Onyx Championship? All that is my friend is a little something we call innovation. No, No, there's an even more fitting word for that. Elevation.

See, it's not just me who does it...even though I'm known to Elevate The Game and all. That ring you stand in right now is going to be the home to big things by the time this season is done, point blank.

Starting to pace up pace around the stage as the crowd agrees he continues.

None of that matters to you though. Only thing you're looking out for is number one right? Well, I'm not gonna be one to knock you on having tunnel vision there. It's good to have goals set forth for yourself. That's the reason why I'm out here as a matter of fact. See through all that garbage that you spewed out of your mouth and all the insults to these great fans here in Newark cheap pop the one thing that struck a chord with me was the words "serious competition".

Of all the names you mentioned there, the Wyles and O'Dells, there's one guy who IS serious competition in this joint. Hell, he even beat those two guys last October in one match as I recall, and as I also recall he's made a career of laying out loud-mouthed schnooks just like you. Who is he? Well, I'll let the people answer that one for 'ya...

And the crowd informs Austin in three simple words...

JON.


FREAKIN'.


PAYNE.

You wanna make the climb, Austin? You wanna start doing it big in the X-Dub? Then clearly there's only one way we're going to see what you're made of and that's by testing you out in that ring against The Elevation of Evolution here tonight. Your whole thing is making people "Bow Down To Greatness" right? Well I know for damn sure that at this stage of the game you're nowhere close to calling yourself one of the greats, but I have every intention in seeing just how close to are to reaching that greatness and all those other lofty goals of yours.

[ejstone]

Austin stands in the ring as he leans off the ropes, with a smirk on his face. Was he expecting this? Not really, but if he wanted to make an impact, and start making a name for himself, who better to start off with than Jon Payne? He looks at Payne as he raises the microphone back to his lips.

“Well, well, well... Jon Payne... I’ve got to say, to be honest, I wasn’t expecting this at all... But you know what, it’s about damn time Austin Harris get’s noticed!

Yeah, I threw out some big names there, and no... I didn’t throw out your name. Why? Well simply because I didn’t think you’d show... but I guess I was wrong.”

Harris makes his way around the ring, keeping his eyes on Payne.

“I am... looking for number 1... I am, seeking to play with the “big boys” in this league... It’s time for greatness to reach the next level of success. I am, stepping up my game this year... and Jon Payne, looks like you’ll be my first target this year. Now I’ve seen what you’ve done here in XWA, and it’s pretty damn impressive... but I will give it my all, to defeat you Jon Payne. Some may call it the biggest upset here, some may call it luck... but only I... will know that I truly could be better... than Jon Payne..."

The crowd boo, as Austin looks at Payne. He was a little over his head, but this would be the attitude he had this season... cocky, arrogant... this was what he was all about this year...

[Jon Payne]

No, No, No...there's no such thing as upsets when you're talking about me. See, I've never been one to make excuses for losing a match unlike some people out there. You beat me and that's a victory well earned and I'll tell you why. It's because you've used every conceivable resource you can to get the job done. In the past that's been limousine windows, video cameras, sledeghammers, you name it.

But when the only resource you have is your own skills, all that ability that you bring from all your experience in the ring or wherever, that's where I shine, and that's where most others fail miserably. I'm one of the best in the business at what I do. No, I'll go as far as to say one of the best in the world and I've got all the credentials to prove my point. While others fall, I'm the man who stands tall. While others let personal issues or "politics" or whatever excuses or cop-outs they want to use make their careers into jokes, I stand here and come out week after week and do all that I say I'm going to do, then do it.

Tonight, what I'm going to do is give you a test. Tonight we're going to see just how good your resources in that ring truly are, Harris. If it's good enough to beat me, then it's not an upset because I don't give any opponent any openings. You find 'em and you use 'em, that's not a matter of luck. That's all skills, and right now the skills I see are the kind that are gonna get you under people skin and into a whole lotta fights. Do you have the skill to back all that talk up though? Well, we will see now won't we?

[ejstone]

“Well you see Jon... unlike some... I don’t need sledgehammers... I don’t need limousine windows... I don’t need video camera’s... to defeat an opponent... The nickname given to me... that I use... used in the familiar phrase I’ve used since my debut... Greatness... that’s not just some corny catchy name... that’s a fact... a fact that I prove true, right here tonight.”

Harris paces back and forth in the ring.

“You are... one of the best in the business, that’s for sure... I’m not taking that away from you, because I’m not that stupid to say otherwise. I haven’t proved that I am better than you... nobody has... Hell you beat Scott O’Dell... But I tell you this Jon Payne... I will try... and give my very best, to defeat you. I want to prove that I CAN hang up here with the big boys... I will prove, that I can hang with the big boys!”

Harris scratches his chin, passing his hand through his hair.

“So tonight is my test right?... Testing my ability right? Well that’s fine... Test or no test, I always give 110% in this ring... We WILL definitely see Jon... definitely.”

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[Jon Payne]

Then I guess that it's safe to say that tonight...once again...IT. IS. ON. 110% percent is exactly what I'm expecting, anything less would be a let down. Austin Harris, this is the start of something big one way or another, the time has come for you to make the world TAKE NOTICE. Welcome to the beginning of the rest of your life. Tonight in that very ring, I do what I've done for so many others out there...I make you a household name.

Don't disappoint.

And with those last two words Payne's theme hits again as he makes his way backstage.

Roach: Well, I can tell from Harris' body language that Jon Payne was not the person he was expecting to answer his challenge tonight.
BuZZ: He wants to step up right? He wants to take it to the next level in his career? Well then who better to kick start that mission than...yeah I'm gonna say it...the best wrestler in the world! Quote me bitches!!! Jon Payne kicks ass and he'll kick yours in the blink of an eye!
Roach: What ever happened to unbiased commentary?
BuZZ: That's your job brah-man, they don't pay me to be impartial...

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