Nick Taylor vs. Charlie White
Justin Cash: This next match is set for one fall and is a non-title bout. First, making his way to the ring, from Louisville, Kentucky, The Outcast, Nick Tayor!
You Can Hate Me Now hits the PA and Nick Taylor, accompanied by Lila Vasquez, makes his way to the ring. He wears a dark hooded sweatshirt and completely ignores the fans, intent on hurting his opponent.
Mac Reynolds: I personally love what this guy has done. He ditched his cocky, jock attitude, and is giving the fans a taste of what he really is. A lonely, obscure, dominating athlete.
Justin Cash: And his opponent, accompanied by his girlfriend, Cindy. From Boston, Massachusets, Charlie White!
Charlie comes out onto the stage from the curtains and is met with a bevy of cheers. He is hand in hand with Cindy, as they make their way to the ring, high-fiving the fans on the left side of the ramp. They get in the ring and hug, before Charlie climbs the turnbuckles and points to the fans.
Leonard Scott: Mac, you may love Nick, but I got my money on this guy. He came out here last week and defeated the biggest man in TNT, JT Evans.
Mac Reynolds: I will admit, he did win clean. But in JT's defense, that match was up in the air until the last three seconds.
Leonard Scott: Lets get to the ring where these two are ready to fight.
The bell rings, and the two men make eye contact. Nick circles around Charlie for a bit, who plays along. They lock up, with Nick gaining a clear advantage. He holds a side headlock on Charlie, wrenching it, until White pushes him off via the ropes, and hits a clothesline. Charlie goes for the quick cover, but Taylor kicks out before the ref even counted one. They get to their feet, and they circle again. This time, as Charlie tries to lock up, Nick kicks him in the gut. He quickly slams him down with a fierce DDT. Nick covers, and Charlie kicks up as fast as Nick did earlier. They get to their feet once more. Charlie extends his hand to Nick to shake, which Nick obliges to do. With a firm hold of his hand, Charlie tries for a cheap short arm clothesline, which Nick ducks under.
Leonard Scott: This match is very back and forth early, with Nick surprisingly playing more clean than Charlie.
Mac Reynolds: Surprisingly? Nick always plays clean. He's a pure athlete. He doesn't have to cheat to win, unlike that rapping punk White over there.
Nick grabs a hold of Charlie and rolls him to the mat. He covers, only garnishing a one count. Charlie gets back up and tries to do the same, only being flipped over Nick's shoulders to the mat. Taylor again covers and gets one. He waits for Charlie to get up, and the grabs him and throws him down with a neckbreaker. He goes to cover, but thinks twice. Instead, he drags White over to the ropes, draping his head over the bottom rope. Nick pushes on the back of Charlie's head, choking him. The ref counts but only reaches 3 before Nick releases.
Leonard Scott: That's what I mean. Nick doesn't always play by the rules.
Mac Reynolds: He's the North American Champion. He's got to do what he can to stay on top. And as long as he doesn't get disqualified, it's all fair.
Nick is seeming to take full control of the match now, picking Charlie up and throwing him into the corner. White bounces off and is hit with a firm clothesline to the back of the head. Nick drags him away form the ropes, and hits a leg drop on the back of his head. He rolls him over for a cover.
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Kickout!
The match will continue, with Nick standing, staring at the ref in disgust. Meanwhile, White gets up and rolls The Outcast up.
Leonard Scott: These roll ups always can be upset makers. Charlie likes to think he innovated that move, calling it a Boston Boy roll up.
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Kickout!
This match will easily continute, with Nick barely having been worn on so far. Nick goes for an overhead suplex, but Charlie stops him and reverses it into a gordbuster. He turns over and locks in a submission on Nick.
Leonard Scott: Charlie locks in a fierce submission. I heard form Bobby Dunn that he calls that the Griz Vice.
Mac Reynolds: No! Nick, get the ropes! TNT doesn't tap!
Nick slowly worms his way to the ropes, pulling on the bottom one when he reaches it. Charlie releases at the 3 of the count, and gets up and backs away. Nick makes his way to his feet, and turns around to be met with a roundhouse kick. Taylor falls right to his back and Charlie covers.
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Th, no! Kickout!
The ref's hand was going down to count the three when Nick kicked out with all he has. Nick slowly makes his way to his feet, and as he is, Charlie is talking to the ref, saying he had it. He turns around, and refocuses on Taylor. They lock up, both exhausted and moving slowly. Charlie slides around to get back control of Nick, and slams him with a back suplex. He bridges for the cover.
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Thre, Kickout again!
Leonard Scott: Taylor and White are giving everything they've got iun the ring. they're both dog tired, but neither will give up.
Charlie decides desperate measures are in need, so he slams Nick over with a snapmare. He follows that with a dropkick to the head of Taylor. White now climbs the turnbuckle, looking again to end the match. Charlie dives off for the frog splash, but Nick gets his knees up.
Mac Reynolds: The Outcast gets his knees up. He countered the Fly Jets Over Boston. Both men are down.
The ref begins to count the men for a knockout, slowly but surely.
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Five...both men stir, but are still down.
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Seven...Charlie make shis way to his feet, holding his ribs.
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Nine...
White picks Nick up to his feet! The referee's count stops at nine; both men are up.
Leonard Scott: It looks as if Charlie wants to win the right way. He wants to pin or submit Nick, not let him be too tired to get up.
Nick gives Charlie a strange look, not understanding why Charlie did what he did. They separate, and Charlie waits for Nick to stand unassisted. As soon as their both off the ropes, White grabs hold of Taylor and gits him with a snap suplex. Taylor stops him and does one of his own, taking control of the match. Nick now locks in a submission of his own, the sharpshooter. Charlie easily gets a hold of the ropes, and Nick releases at the four of the five count. Charlie makes his way to his feet, and kicks the charging Nick in the stomach. White pulls his head down, and lifts him for a piledriver. Charlie seems to thing about whether he should do what he's prepared to or not, finally deciding to go with it. He slams Taylor down on his head hard, and falls over himself.
Mac Reynolds: Oh my God! Nick just got dropped on his head by a piledriver. Both men are down!
The ref begins to count them both again.
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Charlie starts to sit up, but then he looks over at Nick, who hasn't moved a bit. He crawsl over, and rolls Taylor onto his back.
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Ten.
Justin Cash: The referee has ruled this match a no contest, with neither of the competitors making it to their feet before the ten count.
Leonard Scott: Mac, they may have neither gotten up, but I think Charlie could have. But I think he sees something we don't.
The solemn, sad tone in Leonard's voice shows the disparity of this moment. Charlie is kneeling over Nick's motionless body. He yells and motions for the medical staff to make their way out to the ring. The EMT's run out to the ring, two with medical kits, one with a neck brace, and two more with a stretcher. Another referee and three security guards run to the ring. The two present referees usher Lila to the back of the arena, towards the waiting ambulance. The three security guards lead Charlie and Cindy to the back, both of which look in shock and upset at the happenings. The EMT's get the breace on Nick, who is still motionless. They scramble to get the stretcher under him. They finally succeed and carry Nick to the back. One of the staff grabs Nick's title belt and place it on his chest on the way out.
Leonard Scott: Obviously we can see that Nick Taylor is severely hurt. I don't know what is wrong.
Mac Reynolds: I've been told by Curtis Ange to announce to all of our fans that this is not planned and very unexpected. We'll keep you up to date on Nick's condition, but we have to continue with the match.
