The stormfront has arrived...

[fabzjones]

A crack of thunder is heard in the arena, then "Rip It Up" by Jet starts playing. The lighting changes to a green and gold theme.

Aerith Sinclair: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome... Fabz Jones!

Fabz Jones walks out to the stage, wearing a title belt with the Australian flag.As he walks down the aisle, high-fiving the fans...

Justin Cole: Well MWA fans, here's the first of the international stars to be introduced to the roster, Fabz Jones. He's made quite a name for himself in Australia, and we're very lucky to have him here with us tonight. He's a 12-time Australian champion, and a 5-time Australasian champion.

Garret Rogers: Yeah, but who does he think he is wearing a title belt? He hasn't earned anything here yet!

Justin Cole: Well he's got a microphone so why don't we hear what he has to say...

Jones is now in the ring, and signals for the music to finish. For some reason there's a trash can sitting in one of the corners of the ring.There's a very small chant from somewhere in the crowd of "Jones... Jones... Jones...", which stops as Jones starts to speak...

Fabz Jones: Well g'day Kalamazoo!

The crowd cheers loudly

Fabz Jones: I am Fabz Jones. Now some of you are probably wondering how it is that you've not seen me wrestle yet, and I've already got a title belt around my waist. Which is fair enough. There are plenty of great wrestlers out the back. But this title belt's a little different to the others you'll see. You see, back home in Australia, I'm the Champ. I've been holding this title for longer than anyone else has before. There just aren't any big enough challenges for me there anymore.

As he says this, he goes over to the trash can and pulls it to the centre of the ring. He takes the belt from around his waist and puts it over his shoulder.

Fabz Jones: And that's why I'm here. I need a challenge. And I know I'm going to get one here. Whether it's tonight, next week, next month or next year... I will challenge for the MWA World Title. But before I can do that, there's a stipulation in my contract that I have to carry out first...

He holds up his title belt, gives it a kiss, then drops it in the trash can, to the cheers of the crowd. "Rip It Up" plays through the arena again as Jones drops the microphone, goes to the corner closest to where the chanting was coming from before, climbs to the middle turnbuckle. He calls out "Aussie Aussie Aussie...", and gets a response from that section of the crowd "Oi Oi Oi!". He repeats this a couple more times, getting a louder response from more of the crowd each time.

Justin Cole: Well it looks like Fabz Jones has got a few more fans now than when he walked out here a few moments ago...

[darqueness]

nicely done Fabz.

[brandonripley]

Garret Rogers: Now that's what I like seeing. He just told off Australia by throwing their title right into the trash. Even you can agree with me, Cole, that the MWA is the place to be right now.

Justin Cole: That's for sure Garret... I'm picking up a signal in the back that someone is trying to hack into our system. OH NO this is very bad! I lost communications with backstage. What is going on here?

There is a man about twenty rows back with a microphone in his hand. He is wearing a black tank top, designed like a baseball jersey, with his last name "Ripley" and the number "99" on the back of it in white. He has on black jeans with a silver chain attached to the waist of the jeans and black combat boots.

Ripley: Now that's a man I can respect. He has shown his commitment to the MWA by example. I don't like the way he did it, but it sure was the right move.

He's listening to his headset he has on for about 3 seconds.

Ripley: I'm in Section Five, about twenty rows back, now get that camera on me. Are you on me yet? Ok good. Now as I was saying, he's a guy I can respect. So I'll do him a favor. He can do one of two things. He can come down to the ring right now and we have a match, or if I don't get an answer in 10 seconds, I challenge him to a match next week. It's your call, but don't take too long. I had to hack into the communication system to get this time, and I know the backstage will get it back shortly.

The crowd went completely speechless. They have no idea what to think.

Justin Cole: What a son of a bi-

Garret Rogers: Are you kidding me Cole? This guy rocks. He openly admitted to hacking into our communications to get his mic time. Who would have thought someone would go this far to do what he thought was necessary?

Justin Cole: Well the match would be a fantasic one that's a definite.

Garret Rogers: Now that's the way to think. Welcome to the dark side.

Justin Cole: I'll never be like you Garret...

[fabzjones]

Later in the night, between our two matches...
(There's two versions of this: the first is where I'm still in the tournament, and the second is where I've been eliminated.)

We're in the locker room. Ripley's doing some stretches, preparing for his tag team match later. Jones walks in, and Ripley stops what he's doing.

Fabz Jones: That was a pretty brave move you pulled earlier tonight, mate. There aren't too many people who'd have the guts to do that. And I respect that. And for that alone I accept. (We can hear the crowd cheering in the background.) But I've got a few suggestions first.

Ripley: Let's hear them...

Fabz Jones: First off, I've already been in a match tonight, so I'm not at 100%. Plus you've got a match yourself in the World Title Tournament. I don't want you or your tag team partner to be able to use me as an excuse in case you don't win that match. So we wait for now. But... If we come up against each other in the tournament, then it's on. If not, once both of us are out, or the tournament's over, then we face each other the following week.

Ripley: Sounds pretty good. I'll do that.

We hear even louder cheers from the crowd - the challenge has been accepted.

Fabz Jones: And one more "suggestion"... Assuming we don't face each other for the final of the tournament, if either of us wins the tournament, and is crowned as the first MWA World Champion... the other guy automatically becomes the #1 Contender, and challenges for the title the following week!

Ripley: Even better!

(Now the version if I'm already out.)

We're in the locker room. Ripley's doing some stretches, preparing for his tag team match later. Jones walks in, and Ripley stops what he's doing.

Fabz Jones: That was a pretty brave move you pulled earlier tonight, mate. There aren't too many people who'd have the guts to do that. And I respect that. And for that alone I accept. (We can hear the crowd cheering in the background.) But I've got a few suggestions first.

Ripley: Let's hear them...

Fabz Jones: First off, I've already been in a match tonight, so I'm not at 100%. Plus you've got a match yourself in the World Title Tournament. I don't want you or your tag team partner to be able to use me as an excuse in case you don't win that match. So we wait for now. But... once you're eliminated from the tournament, we face each other the next week.

Ripley: Then you got a month of preparation for me, when I leave the tournament as the MWA World Champion.

Fabz Jones: Well you see, that's where the other "suggestion" comes in... If you do become World Champion... I automatically become the #1 Contender, so when we face each other, that title will be on the line!

Ripley: I have confidence to defend my future titles against anyone at anytime. You and next month are no exception. Consider this challenge accepted, and consider it your first title shot in the United States.

We hear even louder cheers from the crowd - the challenge has been accepted.

[brandonripley]

*This post is out of character, but is important to the RP*

I do like the added on part, but I just wanna change some of the things I say to the way my character would say them. It's gonna pretty much mean the same thing, it's just that my character uses different words than what you wrote.

I like my 1st line on both situations. It's the 2nd and 3rd I wanna change around.

On the first situation where you win your match, instead of saying "Done!" I would say "Sounds pretty good. I'll do that.". Instead of saying "You're on!" I would say "Even better!"

Now for the situation where you lose your match. Instead of saying "I'm not going to be eliminated. So I suppose that means you'll face me as MWA World Champion." I would say "Then you got a month of preparation for me, when I leave the tournament as the MWA World Champion.". Also instead of saying "So you're saying that I'll have to defend my title to a guy who got eliminated in the first round...? You're on!" I would rather say "I have confidence to defend my future titles against anyone at anytime. You and next month are no exception. Consider this challenge accepted, and consider it your first title shot in the United States."

[fabzjones]

I've made those changes now...

[Ritter]

You guys are rocking and rolling

[kaptenmemo]

sounds like someone gonna have to beat you up so you don't get to cocky.

[brandonripley]

No beating him up like that is too obvious, and I don't ever plan on doing the obvious. I already have something in mind, and I will find a way to get it in. Maybe an argument that Fabz starts about me doing the right things, but doing them in the wrong way (cause that is my character's twist, doing the right thing, but not always using the right way to do things) and when he pisses me off I bring in my wild card. This isn't a spoiler, because there is no possible way anyone could imagine exactly what I'm going to do. Heck, I'm not even sure yet. lol