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Post by Lochlyn Cade on Aug 17, 2021 19:50:23 GMT
08.13.21 | HONOR #5 | Challenge Accepted
As the participants of the earlier match make their way to the back, the camera focuses on the ring and the Nova Scotia crowd. The crowd in the arena seems to have turned their focus from the ring to a man standing amongst them as a spotlight highlights the man. He’s dressed in Green Camo pants and is wearing a grey shirt with writing on it. It's SWAT’s newest signee Johnny Sniper. He makes his way through the crowd, and to the ring, grabbing a microphone ringside before entering the ring under the bottom rope. Sniper: Oh Canada! What worthless land of crap. We’ll be spending our lives sucking up to the queen, and being America’s hat.
The crowd erupts into a chorus of boos and jeers for the SWAT native.
Sniper: Oh, Shut Up! Seriously, when has anything good come out of Canada recently? I mean you claim to have invented hockey, and yet a Canadian team hasn’t won a Stanley Cup in almost thirty-year, I mean did Montreal even show up against Tampa Bay this year. But I’m not here to talk about hockey. I'm here because of one thing. You see after AWF shut down, and before I signed with SWAT, and made the decision that I would go around the other feds under the XHF banner, and challenge their roster to an open challenge, and I knew where I wanted to go first, here. And for one reason only. The show’s name. Honor. What an absolute joke. You all have no idea what “Honor” is. I want you all to take a good look at my shirt. It read’s Semper Fi that’s short of Semper Fidelis, and if you mind if too warped from eating moose meat, you would know that the phrase is Latin for “Always Faithful, Always Loyal” and for my entire adult life, I’ve tried my damndest to live by those words. I was faithful to the corp, my country my job my friends my family, and look what I got in return for it sure I may have a beautiful fiance at home with 2 adorable twin boys but my friends hate me my former job after two years of being loyal to them decides to close up shop did not warn the staff I have given everything to this business, despite being screwed over time and time again. Well, no more, I’m pissed off and here in NPW tonight to give the jackasses in the back the “Honor” of getting their teeth kicked in, so who’s it gonna be?
Sniper stands in the ring for a few minutes waiting for someone to show, and yet no one does. His facials express a lack of surprise.
Sniper: Fine, have it your way. I’m just gonna go back there grab the first idiot I see beat the ever-living hell of them and then drag them out here to this ring and then kick their teeth in--
“Born for This” by Royal Deluxe blares throughout the Scotiabank Centre arena, cutting off Sniper's speach. Fans pop from their seats to view who answers the call of Johnny Sniper. The music was unfamiliar, not one they knew from their current NPW roster favorites. The lights changed throughout the arena to hype the arrival of whoever was about to step out from behind the curtain.
“I've been tried, and you know I've been tested But I won't back down, no I'll never surrender I've seen the proof, I know the truth This is what I was made to do I was born for this”
The camera changes from that of the dismayed face of Johnny Sniper towards the entrance isle. It’s within those few short moments that everyone in attendance, Johnny included, are not sure what or rather who to expect. The curtain slowly parts and he presents himself with the featureless façade of a hockey mask hiding his face, a potentially faceless evil. He only walks out a few steps before two more figures dressed the same step out on either side of him. His theme continues to play as the mysterious figures simply stand in place.
“Never met a match I couldn't handle No one else could ever hold a candle Get ready for a battle cause you know I was born for this”
Johnny Sniper steps towards the ring ropes as he places his outstretched hands into a come at me motion. This does little to deter the men standing at the entrance. That’s when we hear the voice for the first time and it’s not coming from the entrance but rather from behind Johnny Sniper.
“Hey, soldier man.”
Johnny Sniper turns and looks out into the crowd where both Johnny and the camera finds yet another man wearing the same familial mask of Jason Voorhees.
“Do you find the mask unsettling Johnny boy?”
He begins slowly, almost gingerly, walking down the ramp as he speaks. It’s as if he has no consciousness of time nor the worry of anything going on around him.
“You think that you’re out here presenting an opportunity when in reality you’re just in the way.”
He greets the railing of the barricade surrounding the ring the same way he walked through the crowd, nonchalantly.
“You’ll have to bear with me Johnny. I’m not nearly the blah blah guy in which you’ve presented yourself.”
The man in the mask then points towards the entrance where the three additional men are standing.
“You should watch those guys. I wouldn’t trust them. You’ve already made your one mistake tonight Johnny. Don’t make another.”
Johnny Sniper looks from the masked man talking to the men standing at the entrance and then back.
“Soldier man, you would have disappointed General Patton. You stormed the enemy line without knowing your opposition, without observing the battlefield, and now your offensive stance becomes your gravest mistake.”
The man in the mask begins walking up the steps towards the ring apron. He slowly begins removing his leather jacket revealing the NecroCore Auditorium tee shirt beneath it. Several of the fans sitting within sight begin to murmur with recognition. He then removes his mask revealing that their assumptions are based in fact, it’s Lochlyn Cade.
“The Promethean is -- Northern! Pro! Wrestling!”
Lochlyn Cade drops the microphone and steps between the ropes.
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Post by Lochlyn Cade on Aug 17, 2021 19:57:57 GMT
Showcase Match 20 Minute Time Limit Johnny Sniper vs. Lochlyn Cade
Like a lightning bolt had struck the ring, the two men wasted no time in tangoing with punches back and forth, Lochlyn Cade arm dragging his opponent Sniper across the ring before he shot at him with a dropkick! Sniper rebounds off the ropes from the dropkick, coming back into a drop toe hold, where Cade rolls over and locks on a mexican surfboard stretch! The fans are on a tear cheering the new NPW roster member as he shows his technical expertise.
Cade loses grip of Sniper’s right arm, forcing his release of the surfboard; and Sniper immediately kicks him in the calf as he rolls over, creating the distraction while he rushes for a swinging neckbreaker! Sniper doesn’t let up, going from one move to another, as he drives a knee into the chest and neck area of Cade, showing that he’s not impressed with the man’s antics, and takes control.
Johnny Sniper begins to place a rear headlock on the Bad Seed, Lochlyn Cade. It’s however countered immediately as Cade slips his head and rolls on his back to the right of Sniper, before back flipping and connecting his shin to the side of Sniper’s forehead! The display of athletic prowess was uncanny, only rivaled possibly by the other Cruiserweights in Northern Pro. Cade was fluid, making his moves count as he took to a variety of strikes to back Sniper into the ropes before he Irish whipped him across the ring and plants a clean cut high dropkick to the jawline of Sniper!
Picture perfect on the execution and landing in a kneeling position was Lochlyn. His opponent smacked the canvas and was trying to find his feet, as Sniper began to rise and stagger - taken off his balance with the onslaught Cade was bringing to him. Sniper was not prepared, and that was by design. His tour here in Northern Pro Wrestling should have been started with lime light and a resident jobber to beat on, but tonight Lochlyn Cade fancied that spotlight; he pushed Shane Severe to the side and took his place for this one-on-one. If Gus Arnold was looking for his next signee, the fans were telling him this was it.
Cade catches Sniper with a spinning wheel kick as he reaches his feet and turns to face him. Sniper is sent through the middle and bottom rope from the move, grabbing the bottom rope to recover and land on his feet on the outside. Sniper appeared frustrated or out of place, and before he could get that second wind - SUICIDE DIVE!
Lochlyn launches himself through the ropes like a Superman, arms crossed as he uses his body like a harpoon to the upper body of Sniper! Rocketing Sniper into the barricade, where a carved pumpkin was hanging around from the previous match; Sniper hit the barricade and sat down with his back against it in a flash. Lochlyn Cade was feeding off the crowds reaction, his style showing his lack of fear, a disregard for his own body, and the ability to propel himself anywhere in or out of the ring. Cade grabs Sniper and walks him towards the ring, but before he gets there Sniper jabs him, catching Cade off guard. A quick lift and Sniper drops Cade face first on the apron. A quick chop as he lands, and Cade is now on the defense as Johnny Sniper wakes up and fights back.
Grabbing the back of Cade’s neck, Sniper sends him flying into the barricade, and to everyone’s shock, the referee is not counting them out?! Watching a person in the crowd front row, the referee is completely unaware of what has been going on as a masked person, possibly a fan, but from the focus he is giving the match and the mask he wears similar to that of Lochlyn Cade’s when he made his entrance. Cade is heard bouncing off the barricade back first as the camera cuts back to the action. Sniper returns Cade to his feet, and goes to drive his head into the French announcer’s table.
SLAAAM!
Last moment counter, Cade uses his foot to block the move and knee checks Sniper in the gut; Lochlyn delivers his own face smash to Sniper on the corner of the table! The French announcers are panicking as they start moving stuff and getting out of dodge. Then Cade rips the top piece of the announcer’s table off, exposing the two monitors and cables, some papers that were more than likely notes for the announcers, and Cade grabs a monitor… he looks at it with bad intentions, before he hears the referee finally make a count!
1.. 2.. 3..
Lochlyn Cade throws the monitor to the side and doubles down with another two strikes to Sniper. Laying Johnny on the table in the process of laying punches into him.
4.. 5..
Lochlyn rolls into the ring, the referee watching him as he goes to continue his count for Sniper.
6.. 7..
Lochlyn Cade quickly ascends the top rope.
8..
FROG SPLASH!
The count is stopped as the referee picks up his jaw, completely dumbfounded by the move Lochlyn Cade hits on Sniper! The table buckles and collapses on impact as ‘The Promethean’ shocks and awes with his arial assault and reckless abandonment for his body. The referee finally rolls out of the ring, checking on both men, before he climbs back in and stands near the ropes - starting his count again.
1.. 2.. 3..
Lochlyn rolls over from his stomach to his back, shaking off the cobwebs from the impact.
4.. 5..
Cade gets up to one foot and a knee, before finding himself fully standing.
6.. 7..
Cade rolls under the bottom rope, and rolls out just to break the count. The referee warns him of the time limit, expecting Cade to respond but he doesn’t even take notice. Cade grabs Johnny Sniper by the neck, lifting him up in a hunched over state. Sniper is shoved into the apron, and then Cade lifts his legs and rolls him under the bottom rope.
Cade jumps up on the apron, wiping his boots as he shows an heir of cockiness and arrogance as he wipes his hands together, while shaking his head, almost talking out loud to himself. Lochlyn Cade motions with his fingers as he lifts up Sniper and sets him in the corner. Chopping Johnny across the chest enough that he’s awake, but still not fully aware of his surroundings. Lochlyn rushes to the opposite corner, motioning to the crowd with finger guns that he takes aim at Johnny Sniper with, before creating a picture-like box with his fingers before he dashes with three long strides across the ring and leaps for the Valkyn Skoria! Sniper moves out of the way, and Cade hits the turnbuckle, bouncing off the pad and holding his knee near the ropes. Sniper rushes at the far side of the ring, hitting the ropes with authority, and comes back for a lariat! Cade springboards off the ropes behind him and hits his trademark Valkyn Skoria! With Johnny Sniper coming full force, he has nowhere to go and takes the knee to the face! Folding up on the canvas, Cade drops to his knees in front of Sniper, springs up, and jumps up, using his legs to pin the legs of Sniper to his chest, making Sniper appear to be a slinky, with his knees over his shoulders.
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3…
The referee signals for the bell, and the timekeeper obliges. Lochlyn Cade rolls backwards from the pinning combination, and stands up to a mixed crowd reaction. Cade had shown he was capable and charismatic, not only executing unique moves and stuff the NPW audience had not seen; but his arrogance rubbed some the wrong way. The fans for the most part were happy with the contest and cheered as Lochlyn Cade’s arm was raised and his music began to play.
Announcer: Winner of this match by pin fall, LOCHLYN CADE! (14:29)
Cade tears his arm away from the referee, before jumping to the second turnbuckle and posing for the crowd. Taking in the audience, he gazed out amongst the fans at NPW Honor, noticing the man up front in the crowd that had the referee’s attention earlier. How did this man know Lochlyn would be here tonight? To have a mask similar to the The Promethean, was rare, and rarer to be that close to ringside on a debut… Lochlyn Cade paid the man only a moment of time, before he moved on, unphased and confident he put on the showcase he wanted tonight. Exiting the ring, Lochlyn Cade walked the ramp as the scene cuts to a commercial break.
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