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RISE OF THE LEGENDS FLASHBACK: 2013
Aran Thompson (c) vs Eiji Kugasari vs Landon Stevens
Rumble Rules: 10 Minutes Between Entrants
   
It was time for the main event of Rise of the Legends. Carrington, the announcer, stood tall in the center of the ring and brought the microphone to his lips.
Carrington: Ladies and Gentlemen... the following contest is your MAIN EVENT for this evening. This contest is a triple threat match set for one fall with one stipulation. Both Eiji Kugasari and Landon Stevens drew a number backstage. Whoever drew number one will start the match against Aran Thompson and the participant who drew number two will enter the match after ten minutes have passed.
SO YOU WANNA BE A CHAMPION!?
Out from the back came Laurie Williams, holidng the jOlt Relentless Championship, Mace Williams, along with Eli and Ezra Conway. Four of the five members of Black Faction. They came out and stood at the sides of the entrance way. As they did, Aran Thompson stepped out from the backstage area with the jOlt World Championship fastened around his waist on the outside of a lavish ruby red robe with white trim.
Aran smirked as he walked down the entrance ramp. As he did, the rest of Black Faction followed him in tow. Aran hopped up onto the ring apron and then stepped inside. As the members of Black Faction tried to get up on the ring apron, the referee stopped them in their tracks. The music suddenly cut off as the referee told all of the members of Black Faction to head to the backstage area.
Aran didn't look happy, but the crowd was ecstatic! There was much confusion among the Conways and the Williams well as Aran Thompson, but the referee insisted that they were banned from ringside. Aran finally caved and told them to head to the back. Aran was visably displeased by the referee's ruling as he aggressively unfastened his championship belt and practically jammed it into the bread box of the referee. Aran took his robe off and flung it to ringside in anger as the crowd waited to see who drew number one in this bizarre match.
"Your God" by Stone Sour
The people cheered loudly as the one man who remained undefeated here in jOlt sprinted out from the backstage area and hit the ring with tremendous speed. Stevens immediately stepped up face to face with Aran Thompson. The people continued to cheer as Aran cracked a smirk. The referee got in between them to create a bit of separation and then called for the bell.
DING!
DING!
DING!
10:00 read a timer on the jOltvision
Stevens began to circle Aran and did so at a quickened pace, forcing Aran to quicken his pace as to not get caught by Stevens. Stevens then sprinted in toward Aran for the collar and elbow tie up, but Aran side stepped it and hit the canvas, rolling to the floor on the outside which drew the mire from the crowd.
Stevens looked on at Aran as he looked back into the ring and pointed toward his head, Stevens, however, would have none of it as he slid out of the ring, but Aran began to run away. Stevens gave chase as Aran ran to the other side of the ring and then rolled back inside. Aran immediately got up and charged toward the ropes. Stevens slid back in and chased Aran, but instead of bouncing off the ropes, Aran flipped himself over the ropes and landed on his feet back out on the floor.
The crowd booed heavily as Aran cracked a smile and outstretched his arms, challenging Stevens to bring it.
"GET IN HERE AND FACE ME LIKE A MAN" yelled Stevens toward Aran Thompson.
9:00 read the timer on the jOltvision as Aran just burned through a solid minute before Eiji Kugasari would make his entrance into this match.
Aran smirked and said "Fine" and then walked over to the steel ring steps. He slowly climbed the steps and Stevens went to advance, but Aran shouted out at the referee to back him up and allow him fair access into the ring.
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The crowd was getting rather colorful toward Aran as he waited for the referee to hold Stevens back. Aran then reclimbed the ringsteps slowly and then with one foot after the other, casually stepped into the ring. Once Aran said that he was ready, the referee let Stevens go and he charged, locking up with the World Champion!
Aran and Stevens powered around the ring, jocking for position. Stevens had gotten Aran backed into the corner where the referee wanted the clean break..
One... Two... Three... Four...
Stevens backed away slowly as Aran covered up, expecting a cheap shot, but it never came. Stevens backed off as Aran stepped out from the corner. They locked up once again, and again, they powered around the ring, jocking for position. This time it was Aran that had backed Stevens into the corner and once again the referee wanted a clean break.
One... Two... Three... Four...
Aran broke clean at first and began to take a few steps back, but then he stepped back in and opened up with heavy right hands to Landon Stevens, but Stevens was covered up in the corner so none of the punches were going through. Still, the referee warned Aran to open up the closed fists and to let Stevens out of the corner. Aran didn't heed the referee's warning and it drew another five count from the referee.
One... Two... Three... Four...
Aran finally backed off as the referee got in his face and admonished him, but Aran looked at the prone Stevens in the corner and shoved the referee aside. Aran quickly darted to the corner and grabbed Stevens by the arm. He whipped him across the ring to the opposite corner where Stevens hit back first.
Aran measured up Stevens and charged in as well, but Stevens side stepped out of the way. Aran put the brakes on, though and stopped him from hitting chest first into the corner. Stevens then came up from behind and placed Aran into a waist lock. He pulled Aran out of the corner toward the center of the ring and then used a take down to put Aran on his stomach. Stevens then floated over and hooked the head of the world champion in a front face lock.
6:30 remained on the timer on the jOltvision
Aran tried to power up to his feet, but was unable to so as Stevens put all of his weight on Aran's head and shoulders, keeping him grounded.. Aran then did a desperate maneuver and rolled over onto his back taking Stevens with him which ended up pinning Landon's shoulders to the canvas..
One...
Two..
Landon with the shoulder up.
Aran looked up at the clock and saw 5:45 left on the jOltvision. Aran knew that Eiji would be coming out soon and that he would need to get a pin quickly if he wanted to have the highest chance to remain champion.
Aran and Stevens got back to their feet. Aran swung with a clothesline, but Stevens ducked underneath. Stevens quickly hooked Aran's arms and tried to take him over with a back slide, but Aran wouldn't budge. Aran then used his might to flip Stevens over his back which caused Stevens to land on his feet in front of Aran. Stevens immediately acted when Aran was hunched over. He quickly shoved Aran between his legs for a powerbomb, but when he lifted Aran, Aran used the momentum to flip over and over, rolling Stevens up in a sunset flip!
One...
Two...
Stevens reversed the pin and ended up on top of Aran!
One...
Two...
Back the other way!
One...
Two...
Stevens kicked away and then front flipped into Aran with a bidge pin!
One...
Two...
Aran with the left shoulder up, but he was soon pressed back down to the canvas.
One...
Two...
Aran with the right shoulder up, but again, he was pressed back down by Landon Stevens.
One...
Two...
Bridge up by both competitors.. Aran spun Stevens around and connected with the move Stevens looked for earlier.. the back slide pin!
One...
Two...
Stevens kicked away and went a stiff kick to Aran's head, but Aran dodged it and Stevens swung wildy with his leg, missing his mark. Aran then quickly grabbed Stevens from behind and pulled him over with a school boy pin..
One...
Two...
Stevens kicked away. Both men quickly got back to their feet.. Aran went for a clothesline, but Stevens grabbed Aran's arm as it swung, hooking it. He then rode up onto Aran's back and pulled him over with a crucifix pin!
One...
Two...
Aran kicked away!
The crowd was getting into all of the nearfalls as the time on the jOltvision began to dwindle down. There was exactly 1:02 left until Eiji Kugasari would be making his entrance. Aran looked up at the clock and saw it dwindling down. He knew he had to do something and fast to try and put Stevens away. While Aran was looking at the clock, however, Stevens grabbed him from behind in a waist lock. Stevens tried for a German Suplex, but Aran, despite being caught off guard, had the experience with him to flip out of it and onto his feet.
Aran quickly grabbed Stevens from behind and placed him into the abdominal stretch! Aran was going for the Icarus Switch!!
Aran tried to flip Stevens, but Stevens was blocking Aran's attempts at hitting the move! Stevens then nailed a hip toss that flipped Aran onto his set. Aran looked up at the clock and saw it down to 0:20 seconds!
The crowd was getting super hot as they knew that as soon as that clock ticked down, Aran would be in deep trouble. Stevens stood there and grinned as Aran stood as the crowd counted down the final seconds..
TEN!
NINE!
EIGHT!
Aran turned toward Stevens.
SEVEN!
SIX
Aran then stepped up to Stevens and poked him in the chest...
STEVENS WENT DOWN!
FIVE!
Cover!
FOUR! One...
THREE! Two...
TWO.. THREE!
DING!
DING
DING
Carrington: Here is the winner of the match.. and STILL YOUR jOlt World Champion.... ARAN THOMPSON!
The fans didn't know what to think. Aran helped Stevens up to his feet and embraced him in the middle of the ring. Right before the timer ran out which would have signaled the entrance for Eiji Kugasari, Aran Thompson poked Landon Stevens in the chest and Stevens laid down for the world champion!
The undefeated streak was sacrificed for the champion, but why? Landon and Aran were in cahoots with one another! Was Landon a part of Black Faction all along? There were many questions that needed answers, but one of them was as clear as day as Aran and Landon both raised each others arms in the middle of the ring and embraced. The people were booing.. some were even throwing garbage into the ring. The crowd was red hot for all of the wrong reasons, but then a glimmer of hope was found in perpetual darkness.
LIGHTS OUT
The arena went into darkness. It was only a few moments, but the suspense made it feel like an eternity.
All of a sudden, the lights came back on and the crowd erupted!
WAYMOTH TURNBULL
Aran and Landon looked stunned.. the former general of Black Faction stood across from the man who beat him down, put him on the shelf, and kicked him out of the group. Waymoth took a step forward and Aran grabbed Landon Stevens and pulled him in front of Waymoth as Aran hit the canvas and rolled out of the ring!
Left Hand to Stevens!
Right Hand to Stevens!
Left Uppercut put Stevens down!
RED HOOK COMBO!
Aran quickly backpeddaled up the entrance ramp with the jOlt Championship clutched to his chest. Waymoth leaned over the top rope and pointed up the ramp toward Aran. The message was clear as day.. Waymoth wanted revenge and he wanted the jOlt Championship on top of it!
The final scene of Rise of the Legends showed a shot over Aran Thompson's shoulder, looking down at the ring at a pissed off Waymoth Turnbull. The commentators thanked us for watching and the PPV faded to the jOlt logo and then to black.
Winner: Aran Thompson via Pinfall
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