We come to ringside as Johnny Arnette and Bruce Kingston are ready to face off, eyes locked up. Ace is on the outside, looking up calmly at his protoge.
Jake: Oh boy... Rookie Match time!
Emily: It should be quite a match. Bruce Kingston faces Johnny Arnette in one on one action.
Jake: And don't forget that the winner will be well on their way here in SFT!
Emily: Gives these two a hell of a reason to fight, eh?
Jake: Oh definitely... Both men have the potential to come out of this one a winner, but only one man will actually do so.
Emily: Good call there, Jake.
Jake: Well I try... So Emily, who's your pick to win? Arnette or Kingston?
Emily: I'm going to have to pick Bruce Kingston on this one. There's just something about him and I don't think he'll let Arnette steal a win from him in his debut match.
Jake: Well Arnette DOES have the technical advantage over Kingston, but maybe Kingston has some tricks of his own to show us.
The timekeeper rings the bell, and the match begins. Kingston and Arnette both circle each other as they look for an opening to get into. Kingston starts off things by grabbing Arnette's torso, and then spinning behind him, but Arnette spins around, and gets behind Kingston. Kingston goes for a spinning elbow to Arnette, but he ducks, and Kingston end up spinning himself around to face Arnette. Arnette grabs Kingston's arm, and tries whipping him into the ropes, but he reverses, and Arnette goes flying into the ropes. Kingston ducks down looking for a back body drop, but Arnette changes plans, and sunsets flips Kingston instead. He tries pulling Kingston down for the pin, but Kingston just drops himself on Arnette's chest, and then he grabs Arnette's legs from behind for support. The referee counts.
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Arnette lifts himself up, and he positions himself so that Kingston has his shoulders down on the mat.
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Kingston performs a rolling back flip, and he grabs hold of Arnette's legs once more. He then flips himself once more over Arnette so that he places him in a roll up position for the pin.
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Arnette shows off a feat of strength by lifting his body up from the ground, and positioning himself so that their backs are to each other. Arnette then hits Kingston with a sliding pin.
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Kingston back flips once more so that his legs are planted firmly on the mat, and he pushes Arnette down on the mat so that he is placed in a power bomb pin.
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Arnette locks his legs on Kingston's head, and hurricaranas him into a pin.
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Kingston lifts his legs up, and he places them over Arnette's shoulders causing him to bring them to the mat, and causing Kingston to get a pin on Arnette.
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Arnette rolling back flips off of Kingston , and them leaps back up. Kingston gets back up to, and both men look at each other for a brief amount of time. They then look out to the crowd as they start cheering and clapping for them both.
Jake: Umm... wow.
Emily: Yeah... that was pretty cool.
Both men shrug it off, and grapple once more. This time Arnette starts off, and he twists Kingston's arm in an arm lock. Kingston responds by spinning around, and twisting Arnette's arm the other way so that he's in an arm lock. Arnette gets behind Kingston, and he applies a hammerlock on him. After tightening the hold for a long while, Kingston grabs Arnette's head, lifts himself up in the air, and quickly snapmares him down. He keeps hold of the neck, and applies a sleeper hold variation. Arnette struggles to try and break free, and soon is able to get in his knees. He elbows Kingston in the rib cage a few times before getting freed, and running the ropes. On the return, Arnette shoulder blocks Kingston, and he goes down on his back. Arnette then runs to the ropes on his left, returns, and leaps over Kingston who flips himself onto his stomach. Arnette bounces off the ropes, and runs toward Kingston only to be leap frogged by him. Kingston turns himself around, and Arnette runs back, but Kingston catches him, and he hits him with an inverted atomic drop. Kingston then runs to the ropes closest to him, and he goes for a clothesline, but Arnette reacts fast, and he drops Kingston down for an arm bar. He pulls hard on the arm for a couple seconds before putting one leg on the other side of the arm, and sitting on his shoulder. He pulls upward, and Kingston screams in pain. The referee goes to Kingston, but he shakes his head no. Arnette just pulls harder, but still no quit from Kingston. Arnette soon lets go of the arm, and leaps over to the legs. He grabs Kingston's left leg, but Kingston instead kicks Arnette with his other leg, and he falls to the mat. Kingston gets up, quickly grabs one of Arnette's legs, and applies a single leg crab. He pulls the leg hard, but Arnette shakes his head no.
Emily: Arnette just will NOT give up here…
Jake: You see? This is the reason that Arnette can win... he can't give up.
Emily: But he can be knocked out...
Kingston still keeps the hold on, but this time Arnette is slowly making his way to the ropes. He almost reaches the bottom rope, but Kingston notices, and he quickly pulls him back to the center. Arnette looks around trying to find a way out, and soon sees his moment. Kingston turns his head to the crowd, and starts bad mouthing Arnette. Knowing this, Arnette spins his other leg around, and he kicks Kingston in the head once... twice... three times! Kingston backs up, and soon finds himself pressed against the ropes. Arnette gets up, and notices Kingston dazed at the ropes. Arnette runs over to Kingston, and clotheslines him over the top rope, and to the ground. Arnette starts hopping on his good foot since his other foot got pulled pretty badly. He soon sees Kingston getting back up again, and he runs the ropes once more. As soon as Kingston gets up and turns towards the ring, Arnette goes airborne over the ropes, and he hits Kingston with a cross body block! Both men are now down on the outside, and the referee starts the count.
ONE... TWO... THREE...
Arnette gets up first, and he picks up Kingston from the ground. He carries him over to the steel steps.
FOUR... FIVE....
He tries banging Kingston's head against the steel, but instead Kingston elbows Arnette in the gut, and he bangs Arnette's head on the steps. Arnette holds his nose in pain, and turns away. Kingston now goes up on the top of the steps, and he waits for Arnette to turn around. When he does, Kingston leaps up, and he hits Arnette with a spinning hurricarana that sends him flying into the barricade.
SIX... SEVEN... EIGHT... NINE--
Kingston gets back up, and he slides into the ring, and then goes back out so the count can be restarted. He walks over to Arnette, and picks him up. He drags him over to the barricade, and he knees him in the gut a couple times. Kingston then lifts Arnette up in the air, and quickly drops him face first onto the top of the barricade. Now Arnette's nose starts bleeding, and is probably broken from the looks of it.
ONE... TWO... THREE... FOUR...
Kingston grabs Arnette, and drags him back to the ring. He slides him in, but he keeps his head on the apron. He then climbs up on the apron himself, and he hits Arnette with an elbow drop right on his neck.
FIVE... SIX--
Arnette rolls into the ring holding his neck as he starts coughing. Kingston enters into the ring, and he picks up Arnette once more. He now goes to whip Arnette into the turnbuckle across from them, but Arnette reverses, and Kingston heads into the turnbuckle. Arnette runs towards Kingston, and is looking for a running splash, but Kingston isn't about to let that happen. He lifts himself up over Arnette using the ropes as support, crosses his legs, places them on Arnette's torso, and then flips over him, and gets in a roll up pin.
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Arnette kicks out though, and Kingston gets right back up as well.
Emily: These two are pulling out some awesome moves.
Jake: Well they are employed by SFT... what did you expect?
The two grapple up once more. Kingston quickly spins around Arnette, and trips him back down. He then leaps over to his head, and applies a headlock. But it's proved useless because Arnette gets up almost immediately, and he hits Kingston with a northern lights suplex instead.
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Kingston kicks out though. Arnette gets up, and waits for Kingston to do so as well. He does, and he goes for a punch, but Kingston blocks, and he meets Arnette with a couple lefts to the face. He then whips Arnette into the ropes, and on the rebound he hits Arnette with a Japanese arm drag. He grabs the arm he dragged, and digs his knee into Arnette's elbow. He pulls back, and Arnette shakes his head no. He starts shaking his other hand violently as a way to keep himself up and about. He gets up on both knees, and then one knee. He takes his other arm, grabs the vulnerable leg of Kingston, and pulls it outward causing Kingston to fall on his face. Arnette takes the initiative, and puts the ankle lock on right away. Kingston still refusing to give up even after all that. He goes on both hands, flips himself over causing Arnette to let go of the hold, go flying over Kingston Nin, and exit the ring head first. Kingston gets up, hopples over to the ropes, and waits for Arnette to get up once more. He does, and Kingston leaps over the ropes looking for a cross body, but Arnette is able to grab hold of Kingston. He takes Kingston over to a turnbuckle post, and rams his back into the steel. He then drops Kingston, and taunts the crowd once more.
ONE... TWO... THREE--
Arnette grabs Kingston, and tosses him back into the ring. He slides back in himself, and gives Kingston a quick kick to the ribs. He picks up Kingston again, but Arnette ends up getting an eye gouge instead, and he turns his back to Kingston. The referee warns Kingston about it, but he could care less right now. He grabs Arnette from behind, and back body drops him on the mat. He then picks up Arnette once more, and he goes for a DDT, but Arnette pushes Kingston into the ropes instead. Kingston runs back, but is met with a high knee from Arnette. He goes for the quick pin.
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Kick out! Arnette decides to go up! He walks over to the nearest turnbuckle, and leaps up to the top. He positions himself so that he is facing Kingston. He straightens up, taunts, and hits Kingston with a picture perfect elbow drop. He hooks the leg once more.
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Kick out! Arnette gets pissed, and he picks up Kingston once more. He then goes for a suplex, but Kingston is able to block it. Arnette tries again, and again Kingston blocks it. This time Kingston suplexes Arnette up, and he holds him there for a hanging vertical suplex. He then drops him hard. He then signals for the end.
Jake: This could be it right here! He's signaling for a piledriver.
Emily: And I doubt Arnette will be able to kick out if he gets hit with it.
Kingston back peddles to the ropes and bounces off, running to Arnette, and picks him up. He then holds him upside down, and is about to nail a massive pildedriver, but Arnette is somehow able to slide down off Kingston's shoulders, and he picks him up placing Kingston in position for a torture rack. But instead of hitting an inverted DVD on Kingston, he holds on, and slams Kingston's back into the nearest turnbuckle post once…twice…three…four…five times! He then drops Kingston on the mat, and signals for his finisher. He picks Kingston up and lifts him up over his shoulders once more but Kingston struggles to prevent his certain demise. Arnette pushes foreword, but Kingston instead kicks his legs around, hooks Arnette's head, and spins himself down to the mat, nailing the challenger with a DDT.
Emily: And both men got out of the other's finishers.
Jake: Amazing...
Kingston gets back up, and he grabs Arnette by the head. He hits Arnette with a few forearm shots, and a kick to the gut, before running the ropes once more. Kingston runs towards Arnette, but Arnette ducks, and Kingston goes flying over him, but he lands on the apron instead. Arnette spins around, and he punches Kingston once... twice... three times, but he still won't fall off. Arnette then goes onto the apron with Kingston, kicks him in the gut, and places him between his legs. He taunts the crowd, and he hits Kingston with a tiger driver off the apron, and to the mat! The crowd cheers for this amazing move, and they chant Arnette's name. Both men are out on the ground though, and the referee starts the count once again.
ONE... TWO... THREE... FOUR... FIVE... SIX...
Both Arnette and Kingston are starting to get up now. Arnette is up first though, and he grabs Kingston by the head. He brings him over to the annoucer's table, and he whacks Kingston's head hard into the announcer's table. Arnette then takes him, and he throws him back into the ring. Arnette climbs up on the apron.
SEVEN... EIGHT--
Kingston gets up, and spins around. Arnette leaps over the apron, and hits Kingston with a shoulder block! Both men are exhausted by now, and they just lay there as the referee counts them once again.
Jake: Well if any good comes out of this, it's that the referee will forever know his numbers.
Emily: ...err... yeah, I guess so.
ONE... TWO... THREE... FOUR... FIVE... SIX... SEVEN... EIGHT--
Kingston and Arnette are both slowly picking themselves up, and neither one seems to have the advantage over the other. Arnette and Kingston both get up though, and they grapple once more. Kingston applies a full headlock on Arnette, but Arnette easily reverses it, spins behind Kingston, and hits him with a German suplex pin.
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Kingston kicks out! Arnette picks up the tired Kingston, and carries him over to the nearest turnbuckle once more. He lifts Kingston up on the top turnbuckle, and he starts climbing up with him. He is about to attempt a top rope suplex, a very dangerous move to make this late in a match. He goes to lift Kingston over himself, but Kingston is able to punch Arnette out of it. Instead, Kingston places Arnette between his legs, and he signals for a top rope power bomb. He leaps off, but somehow Arnette is able to muster up the ability to push himself out of the move and plant Kingston with a massive DDT in mid flight, and both men come toppling down.
Jake: Did you SEE that?
Emily: That was amazing! He countered Kingston's power bomb into a DDT!
Arnette now gets to his feet by using the ropes to his advantage. He turns, and notices Kingston not moving a muscle. He decides to take a quick break, and leans against the ropes. After a minute or so, he starts climbing the top rope. Once there, he looks down at Kingston who is still not moving. He taunts the crowd once more, and he goes for a splash, but NO! Kingston moves out of the way in time, and Arnette hit the mat hard. Kingston is now back on his feet. As if getting a second wind of some sorts, he picks up Arnette, kicks him in the gut, bounces back to the ropes, runs forward, and hits him with a leg scissors to the back of the head!
Jake: Wow!
Emily: It's all over right there!
Kingston looks down at Arnette, and laughs. He nods to himself, and he starts climbing the top rope now. He stands perched, and he looks down at Arnette. He turns himself around, and he looks to hit Arnette with a moonsault of his own, but for some unknown reason, Arnette rolls out of the way, and Kingston hits nothing but mat.
Jake: I don't believe it! Arnette is STILL alive.
Emily: Why won't this END!? They're only rookies!
Arnette gets back up, and he grabs Kingston. He kicks him in the gut, and brings him down into a cross face! Arnette pulls tightly, but Kingston will not give up. The ref continues to check Kingston but the newblood refuses to submit. Arnette grows tired of this and relinquishes the hold. He lifts Kingston up, pauses for a moment, and then whips him into the ropes. Arnette bounces against the opposite ropes and the two come back at each other with a double clothesline! Both men are down. They bother stir to their feet. Bruce grabs Johhny and sends him in to the ropes he bends over GIFT FROM GOD! He covers...
1...2...3!
Jake: Johnny Arnette and Bruce Kingston are going places here in Strike Towers.
Emily: Wow thats all i can say!