Jim vs. Scally - Hardcore

[Cletus & Big Jim]

A great triple threat encounter has just wrapped up, but we’re not close to finished here on TNT tonight.

Well, I’ll level with you and say I was impressed with all three guys and that match has to have some implications down the road, especially as GM Jones contemplates the #1 contender for Jack Track’s Television title.

Well, moving from the ranks of the TV title to the newly crowned King of the Deathmatch, who’s in action up next.

Big Jim cut his way through some stiff opposition a few nights ago to walk out of Tower of London with the strap. Tonight, he has to get down and dirty with a man who took the night off at DoD, the man with a shot at the GHW Title, AJ Scally.

Scally’s got a few aces in the hole and caught some lucky breaks lately. The new GHW Champion, Wolverina is being pulled in several directions and is facing some insurmountable personal struggles after the death of her father. Meanwhile, Big Jim has got Cletus in his corner tonight, but both loggers have keep an eye peeled for the Privateers, who howed they were made of earlier tonight and have already sworn bloody vengeance against the Miramichi Valley boys.

Well, Scally’s going to need all the help he can get tonight if he’s got the stones to step in with Jim. You will recall the Aussie begged off a match against him a few months back and that his record against the Logging Crew has been pretty spotty thus far. This new pressure on Cletus and Big Jim is either going to take them off their game, or force a meaner streak out of them, we’ll have to see.

Charlie Coors is standing by, let's get the introductions.

Our next contest will be a Hardcore match, there will be no count outs, no disqualifications, and the action will continue until a winner is determined. The first participant hails from Black Rapids, New Brunswick Canada and weighs in at 245lbs. He is the Perverse Pulp Peeler, and the King of the Deathmatch, Big Jim!

The voice of Tom Waits warbling Don't Go Into That Barn fills the arena.



Big Jim emerges from behind the curtain, clothed in moose skin and his trademark chains. He pays no heed to the decidedly negative reaction of the crowd, and carries the KotDM title just above the floor.

Sailors or not, Scally’s going to need to use all his quickness, all his savvy, all his smarts if he wants to leave this match in any kind of shape to face the Champ in five weeks’ time.

TBCB - Scally

[B&lly]

Entrance here, will edit later. Normal entrance, Scally leans against turnbuckle waiting for the bell.

I am doing some uni work so just getting this up so you can post to give me enough time to do one.

[Cletus & Big Jim]

Scally continues to lean against the buckle, even after the bell sounds, his lazy posture indicative either of apathy or perhaps some sort of injury. Could this have been the cause of his avoidance of Rurouni at the ppv? Big Jim knows little and cares less about such matters. If Scally’s not hurt now, he certainly will be by the time the match concludes. The woeful whistle punk strides forcefully into the opposing corner, intent upon finishing this match quickly; inflicting the maximum amount of damage so as to ensure victory and then returning his focus to the pressing concerns of John Blake and Bill Davidson. If Scally is concerned, it doesn’t show; indeed his face registers little discernible emotion as his burly foe closes the distance between them. As Jim pulls the Aussie’s shoulder, forcing the two combatants to come face to face, he catches an inside shot that jars him a good deal. He stumbles backward.

What was that?

Not sure Al, it looks like maybe Jim caught a shot in the throat. Maybe a knife-edge thrust…

I don’t think so Fuzzie, I think AJ Scally came to this match a bit more prepared than he let on.

Indeed the Aussie has opted for the use of a pair of brass knuckles to help even the odds in the early going. Big Jim tries to protect himself, having realized what he’s up against, but even the glancing blows set him reeling and then to the mat. Scally knows that, by and large, the hardcore scenario is the domain of the woodsman, and he certainly doesn’t want to endure a personal introduction to the business end of the pulp hook. He therefore decides that to keep on the offensive is best. By sticking to wrestling and keeping the big man grounded, he’ll likely weather the storm and hand the behemoth a smarting loss; a sobering occurrence to be sure, and vindication for the beating Scally suffered at Blood Runs Cold. With all this in mind, the New People’s Champ unleashes a barrage of kicks to the chest of the Black Rapids native. As the thunderous smack of shin against ribcage reverberates throughout the GHW Arena, the crowd counts along with their hero. After an even dozen, Big Jim falls like the proverbial tree and crashes to the mat, grasping at his sternum with clawed hands. Scally decides that the time is right and heads to the outside.

He chopped down the cherry tree a regular George Washington of the GHW!

Well, he better keep up the pressure, he might meet his Waterloo, and I cannot tell a lie.

That was a touch convoluted, but you’ve got a point. As Scally heads to the floor, he better grab an equalizer quick and not let Jim have a moment to heal. He’s got those recuperative abilities, as we’ve seen before.

He’s an animal, he’s dangerous when wounded. The Flying Phenomenon has managed to tame him thus far though.

Returning with a chair, the sensation from the southern hemisphere finds his adversary on wobbly legs, still wincing in pain. A chair shot to the head and Jim widens his stance and screws up his face, determined not to fall. Even so, a second shot sends him to his rump. Scally raises the chair for a third blow, but is forced to drop it as the perverse pulp peeler slaps on the testicular claw in desperation. As A, J and the little Scally are mashed by the mammoth mitt, it’s all he can do to deliver a few frantic shots to Jim’s head and free himself. Stumbling about the ring, trying to dull the ach of his mangled loins, a thought occurs to him. He sets up the chair and, with supreme effort, drags the logger to his feet and fires him into the ropes. As Jim returns, Scally hits the Scott Levy special, the drop toe hold to the chair. A wolfish smile curls the Aussie’s lips, this might be easier than he had anticipated. Wishing to prolong the woodsman’s agony, AJ steps between his opponent's legs with his left leg and wraps Jim's legs at shin level around that leg. As he tries to step over and apply the sharpshooter, Jim begins to bridge his body and fight it. At length the twisted timber slayer grabs at Scally’s arm and manages to wrest it free, breaking the hold. He then coils around the appendage, moving a leg under Scally's armpit and turning 180 degrees, so that the leg moves over the back and entangles his opponent's arm. With his leg performing a hammerlock on the New People’s Champ, Jim wraps his hands around AJ's face, pulling his head backwards.

This is what I meant Fuzzie, just when you think you’ve got him, Jim turns the tables.

He’s wrenching in that Lebell Lock, ratcheting up the tension on the Australian.

And the worst of it is, with his hands over his mouth, Jim’s made sure that Scally’s not even going to be able submit with ease.

He likes to torture them Al, as any of his opponents can attest, but Scally isn’t a quitter.

Scally squirms and cries out in agony, but the Sou’West Savage relinquishes the hold does not give him the opportunity to submit. A few clubbing blows across his supine foe’s shoulder blades, and Jim is on his feet again. He stomps the fallen flyer and, folding up the chair, swats it across the back of his recumbent opponent. He then places it across his head, hits the ropes and crashes down with a legdrop, sandwiching Scally’s noggin between the canvas and the steel. Continuing the onslaught, Jim makes a show of opening the chair just enough to slide the arm of the #1 contender inside the opening. The chorus of boos is rising to a crescendo, and, though not usually moved by such things, Jim can no longer resist. The on-again/off-again encounters with Scally fire his blood and so he indulges in a brief bit of banter with the ringsiders, cryptically crowing about how he plans to break his opponent’s arm.

A bit of jawing here with the fans, it's a questionable move Al.

It's a chance every Fighty fighty person takes.

True to form, when the malicious maritime Canadian turns, he finds the ring empty and is more than a little embarrassed on account. Overzealous, and far too cock-sure, he has foolishly let him prey slip through his fingers. He begins to survey the outside, but sees nothing amiss from this vantage. Slowly he exits the squared circle and stalks the outside of the ring, wary of a trap. Finding the chair flung into the entrance way, he wonders if Scally as perhaps beat a hasty retreat to the back. Taking a few steps toward the curtain, he senses something behind him. He turns, seconds too late, as the Aussie, who had been hiding under the ring, blinds him with a spray from a fire extinguisher. The form causes Jim to tumble backward, gouging at his eyes, trying to regain sight. Scally rams the canister into his opponent’s gut and slams it across his back with a sickening thud. He grasps the chair and swings it through 180 degrees and down unto the sightless pulp hook punisher. Just then, the wicked snap of wood on flesh echos across the arena, as Cletus, having charged down the aisle, lays into Scally with a bare axe handle. To the pine island powerhouse, the Aussie aerialist reminds him too much of Blake and Davidson, and he continues to rain blows upon him as Scally curls into the fetal position to protect himself.

A perfidious attack here by Cletus, it’s two on one!

And you can bet it’s going to get ugly from here. If AJ Scally has got any friends in the back, or anyone who owes him a favour, now’s the time to cash it in.

Who will come to aid of the King of the World? As TNT continues, after this…

TBCB-Scally

[B&lly]

Fuzz: Welcome back guys and throughout the commercial break it has been all Big Jim, or should I say it has been all the Lumberjacks.

Al: It certainly has, AJ has been taking a beating, nothing against the rules though.

Fuzz: I know Al, but it is pretty unfair, and some would say cowardly to not take this one on one like it should be.

Cletus has left the ring by now allowing his tag partner to take fruits of their labour. Due to the amount of punishment taken by the Aussie, the KOTDM champ is able to take his time in deciding what to do next. The big man decides it best to use his strength advantage and drags the number one contender to his feet before wrapping his big burly arms around the waist of the Novocastrian. With the greatest of ease Jim is able lift his smaller opponent off the ground and starts to squeeze the life out of the Flying Phenomenon, all the while the fans are booing with one solitary round of applause from Cletus.

Al: Scally’s better off giving up now so he can at least make the pay per view.

Fuzz: That’s just not AJ’s style Al, he is always going to try his hardest.

The champ continues to man-handle his smaller opponent as he throws him around like a rag doll, it feels like an eternity for AJ as he refuses to give up, perhaps even wishing the life would be sucked out of him so he doesn’t have to tap out. After shaking him all bout Big Jim realises Scally is not going to give up and decides to throw him like a log across the ring causing the ‘timber’ to fall down on the hard canvas below.

Al: Timber! Hahahaha. Big Jim is having some fun here can probably end the match any time he likes.

Some more punishment is line for the Aussie as the Tower of London winner now has a steel chair in hand, making him even more dangerous than normal. Scally is rolling around in pain not knowing what is to come. The big fella slowly strolls over, savouring every minute of this beat down, certainly showing why he is the King of the Deathmatch champ. Upon reaching his fallen opponent the big man lifts the steel chair up behind his big head before slamming it down across the back of the Novocastrian. AJ writhes around in agony as his already injured mid section and lower back is still being punished. Once more the steel chair is lifted high above before again being slammed down on the Aussie. Jim has had enough of this slow pace and so he repeatedly slams the solid steel chair across the injured midsection and back of AJ, the Aussie continuing to roll around in immense pain.

Fuzz: Jesus christ! Jim is going to town on AJ, trying to break the man in half with the steel chair.

Al: Perhaps the worst person on the roster to receive a chair shot from.

After what seemed like a thousand chair shots to AJ there is a lucky reprieve for the Aussie aerialist as Big Jim drops the very dented steel chair on the ground. The Lumberjack looks around to see what else he can punish Scally with. After looking around for a while he finds nothing of use, so he decides to use what he knows best his own his body. After having a steel chair wrapped around his body several times AJ is brought to his feet to face further punishment. Jimmy wraps his big hands around the future GHW champion and throws him across the ring. However, much to the surprise of both the Lumberjacks the Flying Phenomenon does not return to the waiting Big Jim but instead leaps over the ropes and onto the unsuspecting Cletus with a beautiful cross body to finally give the GHW faithful something to cheer for.

Fuzz: WOW! What a cross body from AJ completely taking the Lumberjacks by surprise and even better for AJ’s sake taking Cletus out of the match for a while.

Al: Some smarts there from Scally, I think he took everyone by surprise, even himself.

Big Jim looks on in surprise as Scally slowly rises to his feet to the loud cheers of his adoring fans. A wide smile comes across his face as AJ raises his right arm up to show a kendo stick with a even louder cheer erupting. Jim shows a cocky smile before motioning for Scaly to come into the ring. The Flying Phenomenon walks towards the ring before turning around and taking a all mighty swing at Cletus’s head. “THWACK!” A sound so loud it may well have been heard back in Australia. Much like what happened earlier to himself AJ decides to dish it out as well as he took it and proceeds to swing the kendo stick like a cricket bat and repeatedly swing at the head of Cletus. The flurry finally stops as AJ takes a look at the battered kendo stick before smiling at Jim, Scally then takes one deep look at his weapon before swinging the hardest of them all smacking the Lumberjack in the head while also breaking the stick in half.

Fuzz: There goes the kendo stick AJ showing his dish out as well as he can take it.

Al: Why waste it on Cletus?

Fuzz: Well to take him out of the match and just some pay back.

AJ raises his arms and up and yells out in celebration at the battering of Cletus causing the fans to all celebrate along with him, with Big Jim looking on in surprise at the beating his partner took.

OOC: Hope this counts as I had no reply to my extension request.