Hardcore Accepted Submission
Victory Conditions
Victory is only attained when a) the losing wrestler submits and b) the winning wrestler accepts the submission. No Count-Outs, No Disqualification.
The stagehand was a girl that barely came up to Sheila’s chin, short by any standard, and she was clearly getting a wee bit intimidated, probably thinking Sheila could pounce on her at any second. On one hand, she kind of liked the idea of people being afraid of her. It was a good sign that the look she was going for was worth a damn. On the other, she didn’t want to pick up a bad reputation in this place before she even did anything to earn it. She was bound to piss off management sooner or later, but she wasn’t trying to jumpstart the process.
“Uh, no. No, I’m not having a laugh. Or whatever.” She took a moment to fix her glasses, using it as an excuse to break eye contact. “You said you wanted a hardcore match.”
“Yeah, a hardcore match and just a hardcore match.” Sheila wagged the card around. ”What’s all this added shite? Not the kind of spice I asked for.”
The stagehand shrugged and looked off to the side, the embarrassment clear on her face. “Sometimes management feels these matches need a little…oomph. Especially when they’ve got two unknowns-”[/color] She winced at the poor choice of words, then went on when she realized that Sheila didn’t care. “It’s just a way to draw more eyes.”
Sheila ground her teeth at the suggestion, but she couldn't help but see the sense in it. She’d had her own little promotion after all, and while it wasn’t even a fraction of what this place was, it had been enough for her to get a feeling for how booking worked. Sometimes you needed a big draw, something to get the fans chattering and the dirt sheets writing. All they knew was that she was some crazy Aussie with a penchant for throwing herself off tall objects. They needed to give her first match some gravy.
Made sense. She didn’t like it, but it made sense.
Sheila gave the card one more glance, then tossed it over her shoulder and marched forward as she tugged her jacket tight over her shoulders. ”Right, then.” She strode towards the curtain with her head held high. ”Let’s do it. Start the music!”
96 Quite Bitter Beings by CKY
Main Outfit
Sheila took one step outside of the curtain and froze like a deer in the headlights. It wasn’t her first time being in front of a crowd, no, but that wasn’t saying all that much before. Back home, she’d preformed in front of friends, neighbors, family members, out-of-towners looking for some wild fun. Back home, the biggest crowd of her life had only numbered sixty. Maybe. And that was including ankle biters and dogs.
But here, in LAW? 20,000, easy. Orders of magnitude higher. It was the difference between getting hit with a bullet and a bowling ball, and even for Sheila, the wave of cheers and boos that came her way was overwhelming.
”Crikey. Fuck.” She whistled. ”Long, long way from home.”
Fuck it. Yeah, the crowd was bigger, but so what. She was the same woman she’d always been. Didn’t matter where, didn’t matter how, she was still going to do her thing. She arched her back, spread her arms wide, and howled towards the heavens like a mad dog, making her voice bellow out over the crowd, dragging all the energy out from deep inside.
Sheila bounced on one foot, hopped forward, then tore off towards the ring at full tilt, hauling ass down the ramp. She slid in under the bottom rope and popped up a single knee in one swift motion, coming to a sliding stop at the center of the ring. Her hungry eyes darted around, a wild animal searching for its prey, before she popped up to her feet and stomped off to the corner. ”What’s this weak shite, Japan? I can’t hear ya!”
Sheila hopped up on the middle turnbuckle, placed a hand to her ear and leaned forward. ”Louder!” They roared. ”Louder!”” They roared, again.
Yeah, this crowd would do. Not quite home, but close enough.