ANNA DANIELS VS. JARED SYKES
Nick Stuart: We have a good one coming up. Jared Sykes against Anna Daniels.
Richard Parker: I’m not so sure about this being “a good one”.
Nick Stuart: Well thankfully nobody cares about your opinion. Let’s go to ringside for the match. Also, when do you hate good wrestling?
The scene switches to ringside and Vince Howard in the center of it.
Vince Howard: This match is for ONE FALL!
The crowd loves to receive information deemed obvious, so they cheer nonetheless!
Vince Howard: Introducing first… from Mount Perdition, Gallifrey… weighing one-hundred-thirty-five pounds… she is THE MUSE… ANNA DANIELS!
The entire area fades to black, causing the PRIMEates in attendance to steadily come to a hush.
Richard Parker: You know, I’ve never been to Mount Perdition myself.
Nick Stuart: Great.
After a moment, the beginning guitar notes of Solid Space’s “A Darkness In My Soul” air. Nothing comes on the PRIME*view to note exactly who is coming out. Suddenly, a spotlight pierces through the dark pointed to the top on the entrance ramp. Anna Daniels stands there, her profile positioned towards the light. She lets it wash over her while allowing the fans to get a good look at the merchandise. Finally, she glances at the ring with a small smirk on her face.
Richard Parker: These entrances bore me.
Nick Stuart: Then don’t watch.
Richard Parker: Jared Sykes’ will be worse, though. I have no doubt.
As The Muse takes her time heading to the ring, she wistfully observes the goings on around her as if getting into a certain type of groove that only she can hear.
Richard Parker: Anna better start focusing on the match at hand, or it won’t last long. And that’s NOT me giving credit to Jared. Just a fact.
Anna’s strolling sways almost like she’s dancing from time to time. Her robe and headpiece–once more regal and dazzling artifacts from her homeplanet–are in various stages of disrepair and utter damage. Anna slaps a hand or two, nods a little to those in attendance. Once ringside, she motions for somebody to take the robe and headpiece.
She makes her way to the stairs and slinks along the apron, wiping her feet before entering the ring. Casually, she strolls to a corner with her head bopping before perching herself onto the top rope laid out in a pose.
Richard Parker: Thank god that’s over with.
The lights fade to nothing and then the first note hits. Deep, resonant, and with it comes a flood of white light that washes over the crowd. As the sound fades, so does the light.
Northlane. “Plenty.”
I’ll never be ready to meet a memory
Vince Howard: Her opponent…
A steady rhythm follows, building to something. With each note comes a pulse of white, like a heartbeat slightly out of time.
Vince Howard: From Boston, Massachusetts…
The only thing louder than the thundering guitar coming through the speakers is the explosion of the crowd.
Vince Howard: Accompanied by Justine Calvin and weighing at two-hundred-one pound…
The guitar rips into frenetic tapping riff, and with it blue and purple lights begin pulsing over the crowd in time with the beat. Two figures appear at the entryway, and the cheering gets louder.
Vince Howard: JAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEED SYYYYYYYYKES!!!
When the dirt crushes my bones
And the worms call me their home
If I’m asked to start again
I can’t pretend I’m ready
I can’t pretend
I’ve had plenty
The pair make their way to the ring before Jared slides in under the bottom rope. He throws his hood back, tosses his sweatshirt over the rope to the floor and waits for the bell.
The crowd readies for a good, honorable match to be had between both of them as Sykes and Daniels nod in their respective corners, pumping themselves up.
Richard Parker: Let’s get this over and done with. I could also go without Justine Calvin’s interference this time.
Nick Stuart: When has Justine ever involved herself in Jared, or anyone else’s match for that matter when she wasn’t a participant?
Richard Parker: I’m sure I can think of one example.
The broadcast goes quiet as the bell sounds and the match is on!
DING DING
Sykes walks to the center of the ring and extends his hand. Anna nods and slaps it, as the two circle and then work into a grapple.
Nick Stuart: Well? I’m waiting.
Richard Parker: Waiting for what? They’re already locked into a grapple Nick, jeesh!
Stuart simply sighs as Daniels works Sykes into an arm bar but then Sykes lowers his base, only to flip up and out of the arm bar and bounce into the ropes. Daniels leaps and looks for a knee but Jared ducks the knee, finds the ropes across the other side and upon return Sykes shoots forward for a pele kick. But this time it’s Anna who crashes to the mat without being hit and Sykes collects air. Daniels pops up from behind Sykes, connecting with a quick flash suplex.
Both wrestlers are on their feet and Daniels charges Sykes again. This time it’s Sykes with a fluid slide around Anna’s arm bar, flipping her into the air and then trying for a cutter when Daniels leans back and hooks her arms against the ropes instead. Sykes lands on the mat with nothing to show for!
The crowd cheers as Jared gets to his feet and the two begin to circle again. On the outside, Justine watches intently.
Richard Parker: Someone KILL someone already!
Nick Suart: Not happening.
There’s no grapple this time, however, as Anna is throwing jabs forward and shuffling with her feet as she does. However, Sykes is nimble on his feet so he dodges rather easily but he can’t get in close because Daniels has no quit in her game.
Richard Parker: You’d think she’d let her guard down soon enough. That form is terrible.
Nick Stuart: Says the guy who sits at the announcer’s table.
Finally, Daniels goes for a roundhouse kick but that’s the opening Jared needs. He slides underneath the boot and hooks onto Daniels’ waist.
Standing switch!
Anna sucked him in! She takes Jared and crushes him under the jaw with one of those jabs, then she leaps up and connects with a hurricanrana. And even though both wrestlers are soon on their feet, Daniels connects with a tiger suplex!
The crowd cheers as The Muse shows she’s ready to go. She flips Sykes onto his feet and delivers a reverse suplex, planting Jared Sykes on the mat face and chest first!
Nick Stuart: Anna wasn’t able to hold on for ANOTHER tiger suplex but she definitely hit one of them and Jared is a little loopy.
The Dragonslayer is trying to find the ropes but instead Anna jumps over to them, on them and then punt kicks Sykes under the chin!
Sykes falls back and hits the mat. Daniels runs into the ropes and performs a beautiful looking lionsault and cover.
Justine shouts!
ONE
TWO
KICKOUT!
Daniels peels Sykes off the mat and connects with a falcon arrow suplex. She looks to make the cover but thinks otherwise as she pops to her feet-
And is met with an out-of-nowhere backdrop by Jared Sykes!
Nick Stuart: Jared can never be kept down for long.
Sykes hits the ropes and looks for a springboard missile dropkick, catching Daniels right between the eyes. However, The Time Lord isn’t on the mat. She is on ice skates waiting to be put out of her misery. Sykes hits the ropes, leaps off-
And he’s caught!
SUPLEX!
In one fluid motion, Anna Daniels catches Jared Sykes and ends up connecting with a brilliantly performed suplex!
Daniels is on her feet and into the ropes. She hops over Sykes who’s trying to get up and proceeds to the next set of ropes. She returns to find that, yes, Jared IS on his feet too. He connects with a hip toss.
But Anna lands on her feet!
The crowd gives a cheer as both wrestlers stand there in the center of the ring.
Daniels looks for a boxer jab but Jared moves out of the way. Sykes catches Anna’s arm and spins her around, into an elevated DDT!
Sykes holds on and hits a snap suplex.
He holds on again and connects with a sliding elbow strike.
Now looking to be firmly in control of this one, Jared lands a Regal cutter and proceeds to hook a leg.
ONE
TWO
KICKOUT
Nick Stuart: Not sure Jared thought he’d get the W there but he’s going to tire Anna out by making that pin, anyway.
Sykes Irish whips Daniels into a corner and charges in after her. When Anna meets the buckle chest-first she immediately pushes her hands up on the top pad, ejecting herself forward, so Jared meets nothing but air when he gets there. Suddenly, Daniels is behind Sykes and looks for a suplex…
But Sykes RUNS up the turnbuckle padding, leaps off and then HE lands behind Anna!
Daniels shakes her head. She throws a roaring back elbow but it meets nothing because Jared dodges easily. All of a sudden The Muse laughs frantically and she leaps onto the top rope and then jumps off, landing right behind Jared.
Richard Parker: This is musical chairs. I HATE that game.
Now behind Sykes, Daniels hooks her arms around him and performs a release German suplex!
Jared Sykes FLIES halfway across the ring and lands in a heap on his crown.
Daniels stops for a moment and pretends to strike a “1” on the board.
Nick Stuart: Chalk up the W for Anna.
Justine Calvin looks concerned on the outside as inside the squared circle, Anna Daniels races towards Sykes but he’s ready with his feet as he throws them up and Daniels crashes into them, flipping her head-over-heels in the process. She lands beside him.
With both wrestlers on the mat, Jared applies a sleeper to Anna!
Nick Stuart: That’s one way to slow this match down!
And Sykes is slowing the match down! He has a solid sleeper hold locked on Daniels. Furthermore, Anna is dead to rights in the middle of the ring… it looks like she doesn’t have anywhere to go.
Nick Stuart: A solid base by Jared, he has all of his weight on Anna’s back right now. He’s also showing he can wrestle other styles when needed, too.
Richard Parker: This match is putting me TO sleep, Nick.
Nick Stuart: So you don’t like fast paced action? Got it.
Richard Parker: No. I just don’t like either of them.
Nick Stuart: Tell me something I don’t know.
The referee Jimmy Turnbull slides into position. Jimmy takes hold of Anna’s hand and dangles it as he holds it in the air. He lets go.
It drops.
ONE
Jimmy takes the hand again. This time he taps Anna’s arm before he lets it go.
It drops.
TWO
He takes Daniels’ hand for the third time. Same thing. Same measure. Same time he lets go.
It drops.
THR-
No it does not!
The crowd comes alive with the sound of music to Anna Daniels’ ears as she starts to buzz on the mat and move into a better position. Jared Sykes can only attempt to apply the sleeper a little stronger… but somehow, someway… Anna has rolled onto a knee. Another knee. Now she’s on a foot.
Then both feet!
She leaps up and crashes to the mat, back-first with Jared Sykes still applying the sleeper hold FROM her back.
OOF!
Sykes is crushed between Daniels and the canvas. The sleeper hold is broken! However, the damage may have been done as Anna is on wobbly feet stirring around the canvas floor. She knocks herself in the side of the head, and this knock takes her all the way into the ropes. Then she knocks herself on the other side of the head and this knock takes her all the way to the OTHER side of the ropes. Then she hammers her head from both directions, stands straight up and turns to see Jared Sykes coming at her.
She leaps up and connects with a spike hurricanrana!
Daniels drops to the mat and hooks a leg.
ONE
TWO
SHOULDER UP!
Now it’s Jared’s turn to get the crowd fired up. He pops to his feet first and rifles a superkick towards Daniels’ head… it narrowly misses but, perhaps, that was his plan all along because he suckers her in for a kick to the stomach and then a tilt-a-whirl DDT!
Daniels is planted HARD on the mat, it’s almost an implant DDT. The Muse sticks to the canvas as Sykes shoots to his feet and into the ropes.
Nick Stuart: Domino Effect!
The crowd RAAAAHH’s as Sykes looks to have the match under control. He’s reeling a little, so it takes him a little longer than normal. He finds where Anna Daniels is on the mat and lands a straightjacket neckbreaker!
Sykes looks like he’s ready to end it when he reaches down for Daniels… and is rolled into a pin.
ONE
TWO
KICKOUT
Sykes hops to his feet. Daniels is up soon after…
CRUNCH!
Nick Stuart: OH my!
Sykes hooks Daniels into a storm cradle driver and a pin attempt follows.
ONE
TWO
NARROWLY ESCAPES!
Daniels wiggles out of the pinfall, tries to stand and then falls flat on her face. Sykes rolls into the ropes and uses them to help get on his feet. He doesn’t take his eyes off Anna as he charges. She ducks a lariat from Sykes, she spins him around and looks for a cutter but Jared pushes her into the ropes. Upon return, Daniels leaps-
Leaps right into Jared Sykes grasp.
Nick Stuart: Setting her up for the Omega 13!
NO!
Anna escapes at the last second. She hits a thrust kick on Sykes, then a jab to the chest, then she takes off into the ropes-
And is caught into the potential for Jared Sykes to hit the Omega 13 again.
He tries…
Tries…
Tries to lift her up.
THUMP.
It connects!
Nick Stuart: It’s over!
The crowd counts along. So does Justine Calvin on the outside.
ONE
TWO
THREE
DING DING DING
Nick Stuart: Excellent contest! Jared pulls this off in fine fashion!
Vince Howard: The winner of this match… Jared Sykes!
Justine Calvin claps on the outside as she slides into the ring to check on Jared. Meanwhile Jimmy is ready to raise his hand.
Nick Stuart: See, Rich? She didn’t interfere at all.
Richard Parker: First time for everything.
Sykes’ theme music plays as Daniels rolls into a corner and holds the side of her head. Sykes gives a nod in her direction, as his hand is finally raised, once by the referee and then one after by Justine Calvin.
Revival goes elsewhere. Like backstage. With Matt Mills and a familiar face.