Johnny Simpson vs Skull

[Millson and Simpson]

The crowd hear this theme and their nonchalance soon turns into raucous boos and as one half of the GHW Tag Team champions steps into view, Mighty Man Millson reacting with a cocky smile flashed at the GHW audience. Triple M throws his arm in the air and hoists his title upwards, before draping it over his shoulder and walking down the ramp, ignoring the front row fans who try to touch him. As the Daddy's Boy reaches the ring, he hops onto the apron and skirts the outside of the ring, leaping up the turnbuckle pads and lifting the Tag title one more time, this time to more boos. Millson drops into the ring and goes across to the ropes nearest to the announce table and orders the ring attendant to hand him a microphone, which he does. Once the pipe bomb's in his hand, Millson speaks, title still draped around his shoulder.

3 days ago, I defeated one of the biggest and baddest guys to have ever set foot in this GHW ring, Beast. And not only did I defeat Beast, but I defeated him at his own game, a Tables match. But yet, the GHW officials deemed it necessary to leave me off the card. But I do understand why. I'm one half of the GHW Tag Team champions, which by design, makes me the best tag team Fighty fighty person in the world and as proved last night, I am one of, if not the, best singles Fighty fighty person in the world. All wrestling promotions are the same. They don't want somebody to come in and dominate the profession, so they're trying to hold me down, but you know what, it's OK. Because if I can't earn shots at the KOTDM and GHW title when I'm one half of the tag champs, then somebody else will have to do it for me. So let me introduce the first Fighty fighty person in this contest, he is my close friend and hired help, Johnny 'The Punisher' Simpson.



The crowd boo as The Punisher makes his return to GHW Triumph, staring down at the floor as he stands on the stage, before looking forward and pacing down the ramp to the ring, Millson clapping him as he does so. Simpson hops onto the apron and steps over the top rope, before shaking hands with Millson, who tosses the microphone out of the ring, both men waiting for Simpson's opponent, Skull.

TBC- Skull

[Skull]

While Milson and Simpson wait in the ring, the lights dim down and the titantron flickers to life. Rather than playing an entrance video as expected, the screen shows the grand iron gates of a graveyard. A sign below the gates reads Horrorland Cemetery: Enter if you dare. The camera moves forward and, as if expecting it, the gates creek open, allowing it access into the graveyard. The camera continues to move forward, passing numerous headstones and mausoleums until it setting on a single grave at the end of the cemetery. The headstone reads Skull: 2005 - 2011 and a single black rose lies on the grave. The camera remains focused on it for a few seconds until, suddenly, a hand bursts out from the grave. As this happens, pyros explode on both sides of the ramp, startling many of the fans in the arena. As quickly as it appeared, the image disappears and Monster Mash by The Misfits blasts of the speakers, signalling the return of The Pureblood.
Skull steps out onto the entrance ramp wearing his usual gothic ring gear underneath a long, black, hooded cloak. As he walks down the ramp, he lowers the hood, revealing his white-painted face and long black hair.

Coors: And introducing his opponent, from Horrorland, weighing in at 224lbs, he is the High Priest of Horrorland, Skull!

The crowd go crazy and begin to cheer their returning hero as he makes his way toward the ring.

Colin: This will be a first time encounter between Skull and Johnny Simpson, but The Pureblood is more than familiar with Milson and he’ll know the kind of trouble he can cause from ringside.

Big Al: We haven’t seen Skull in a while and to be honest I hoped we’d seen the last of him. He’ll be a suitable stepping stone for Simpson, though.

Colin: A win over the Hall of Famer would certainly do wonders for this newcomer’s career but making your name at Skull’s expense would be an extremely difficult task.

Big Al: I seem to remember Milson making his name at Skull’s expense, or did you conveniently forget that?

The Hellion reaches the bottom of the ramp, then climbs into the ring and waits for the opening bell.

TBC

[Millson and Simpson]

As soon as the official readies himself for the impending contest, he signals for the bell to be rung, the timekeeper reverberating said bell with a hammer. Skull slowly inches forward, planning his attack, while Simpson merely smiles and crosses his arms, confidently beckoning the veteran towards him. Unsure as to what to think of the rookie's confidence, Skull pauses for a second, allowing The Punisher to unfold his arms and throw a haymaker at the Horrorland Native. Showing his quickness and speed of thought, Skull ducks the blow, before sprinting to the ropes, returning to Simpson and colliding with the big man shoulder to shoulder. The Pinesville Native merely shrugs off the shoulder barge and bellows at The Pureblood, forcing Skull to hit the adjacent ropes, rebounding with the same tack, once again bouncing off Simpson and rendering his offense useless. Not worried about the expense of energy, Skull hits the ropes for a third time, only for The Punisher to throw a boot into the air, Skull's momentum forcing him head-first into the boot, the velocity throwing the Horrorland Hellion to the canvas.

Millson applauds his bodyguard at ringside, as Simpson stands over the veteran and drops an elbow onto the sternum of Skull, crushing the wind from Skull's body and sending the returning legend into a spluttering fit. Keeping up his offense, Johnny plants a boot into the face of his now seated opponent, laying Skull supine, before Simpson places his right foot on the Horrorland Hellion's sternum and walks over the veteran, a scream of pain erupting from the mouth of Skull. The arrogant Punisher throws his hand in the air and smiles at the boos he receives from the partisan Bostonian crowd, before focusing his attention back on his wounded combatant. With the Pureblood now on his knees, having rolled over in a vain attempt to alleviate some of the pain in his ribs, Simpson wraps his arms around the body of the veteran and heaves Skull into the air, attempting a Gutwrench Powerbomb, only for the King of Aerialists to force himself over the head of Simpson and land behind the Georgian, the nimble Skull turning around upon landing and wrapping his arms around the 6 foot 6 superstar's neck in a three quarter facelock, dropping to the mat and forcing Simpson's face to the canvas.

A Cutter from Skull, out of nowhere. You just can't count out the Pureblood, no matter how much ring rust he has.

But his ribs are hurting him so much, he can barely crawl over to Simpson and make the cover.

The crowd let out a roar of adulation as Skull plants the big Georgian, but the Horrorland Hellion is unable to follow up with a pinfall attempt, the damage to his ribs slowing the veteran considerably. Nevertheless, Skull drags his carcass along the canvas and drapes an arm over the pounding chest of his opponent, but the referee can only slide in and slap his hand to the mat a lonely once, before Simpson throws his shoulder to the sky and breaks up the cover. Skull puts his head in his hands, not quite believing the strength of the 30 year old, but, realising that Simpson's size is neutralised while he's on the mat, the Pureblood clambers to his feet and wraps his right arm around the head and neck of the kneeling Punisher, before dropping his entire 224 pound frame to the mat, spiking the head of the Pinesville Native on the canvas. Instead of making the surely obligatory cover, Skull pushes Johnny onto his back and points to the nearest turnbuckle, the crowd giving a loud cheer as the King of Aerialists lives up to his name. Skull walks over to the turnbuckle and ascends to the top rope, making sure to face away from the squared circle before leaping backwards and executing a back-flip in mid-air, gravity throwing Skull sternum to sternum onto the Punisher. The crowd let out a roar as the Moonsault hits, but the high-impact collision does little to the already injured ribs of the Horrorland Native, Skull wincing in pain and clutching his ribs immediately.

A big Moonsault from Skull, but has he done more harm than good with that manoeuvre, taking into account the condition of his ribs.

I think so. If you ask me, Skull's time off has seriously damaged his brain cells.

As both men remain flat on the canvas, the man in the zebra stripes decides to take a closer look at the competitors in the contest and, convinced of their inability to make it to full verticality anytime soon, he begins a double knockout count. With the crowd egging on the returning legend and the Mighty Man urging on his bodyguard, the referee gets to a count of 5, before both men begin to stir, with both competitors getting to their feet at the count of 7 by using the nearest set of ropes. With both men now on their feet, Simpson angrily glances at the Pureblood and charges Skull with a boot outstretched, only for the wily veteran to duck the impending blow, the Punisher's leg catching the top rope, his momentum sending him tumbling to the concrete below the squared circle. The Horrorland Hellion takes only one quick look at Simpson's situation, before springing upto the top rope and crouching on the turnbuckle pad, waiting for the right moment as he stalks the Pinesville Native. Johnny finally gathers his thoughts and slowly climbs to his feet, turning to face the ring, only for the King of Aerialists to leap off the turnbuckle with his left arm outstretched to the side, crashing into the Punisher with a Flying Clothesline to the outside.

Once again, the crowd react in a positive manner, applauding the risky strategy of the veteran as he gets back to his feet, standing over the crumpled body of Johnny Simpson. Not wasting any time in following up, Skull hauls the dead weight of the Punisher to a kneeling position and drags Simpson to the ring apron, before forcing the Georgian underneath the bottom rope and back into the squared circle. As the man in the zebra stripes takes a look at the physical condition of the bodyguard, Skull hops onto the apron and readies himself for a possible springboard off the top rope, only for the Tag Team champion at ringside to skirt the ringside area and come up behind the Horroland Native, grabbing Skull's leg. Despite being taken unawares, Skull shakes off the grip of the Daddy's Boy and kicks Millson into the security rail, before once again focusing on the groggy Simpson. Skull pushes down on the top rope and leaps into the air, his feet finding the aforementioned wire, using the rope as a launching pad to send himself towards the Punisher. However, the slight distraction from Millson proves not to be as ineffectual as it looks, as the slightly less cloudy Simpson sees Skull coming, throwing a right hand at the chin of the Pureblood and dropping the GHW veteran to the canvas.

Ohhh! What a knockout punch from Simpson! I don't know if Skull's even concious anymore.

That hurt just watching it. I can't imagine how Skull's feeling right now, if he's feeling anything.

TBC- Skull, merry christmas