Post by BonnieBlue on Feb 24, 2020 21:00:33 GMT -5
Alpha Pro Wrestling Presents:
Liberty Or Death
February 24th, 2020
Live From: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Seating capacity: 19,580
Exclusive to NETFLIX
A 19,500 plus strong crowd roars with approval as red, white, and blue pyro fountains up on either side of the stage and along the ramp all the way to the ring. Spotlights play across the hyped-up fans in syncopation with the event’s music -- Grave Digger’s “Liberty or Death”. T-shirts wave like hundreds of flags. The camera pans across, picking up homemade signs with photos of favored wrestlers clipped from trade magazines; names, and catchphrases like: “I’M RIGHT HERE!” .... “Lucy, be MY Daddy!” and “KILL, ZMAC, KILL!” or “DIE, JASON, DIE!” Younger fans lift plastic replica belts up high, posing like the champions they admire. The graphic splashed across the AlphaTron gives way to individual portraits of each wrestler entered into the night’s main event, one by one: Cray Mitchell, Marko Rask, Eilich Fjell, Patrick Kay Anthony, Arrow Zane, El Muertos, John Blade, Gunner, Old Man, Jaice Wilds, Aaron Osmosis, Alex Scott, Damon Warrens, and Andre Aquarius. As one picture emerges, the previous one shrinks down until all 14 images are arranged in two rows across the screen. The words “Alpha Pro World Title Contendership” are stamped across the images in a font like molten iron, which then wipes the entire screen with a slow-burning effect. At last, the camera pans down to ringside, where Mike Clearwater and Jonah “Remi” St. Remington are seated at the commentary booth.
Clearwater: Welcome, APW Faithful, to our second pay-per-view of 2020 -- LIBERTY OR DEATH!
Remi: DUDES! Just when you thought we couldn’t possibly top 2020 Ways to Die, we’re coming back at y’all with this HUGE main event! Fourteen guys battling it out for a shot at the top spot in this organization!
Clearwater: The best part is, anybody could win! There are veterans and debuting newcomers alike entered into the Battle Royal -- it’s literally anybody’s game!
Remi: And all because Lucy Sixx pulled a fast one on everybody -- throwing away a perfectly good World Title shot, rather than give up her North American Championship! What was she thinking, Mikey-bro?!
Clearwater: That is a question best put to Lucy Sixx herself! She’ll be defending that North American title here tonight, against one-third of the Architects -- Lex Collins!
Remi: While her tag team partner, and -- girlfriend, I guess? -- Cecilia Ortiz defends the Junior Heavyweight strap against fan favorite “Breezy” Eli Beazley; and in true #HORRORKORE style, Zombie McMorris faces down TWO men intent on prying that hardcore title from around his waist -- Jason Ryan and Aaron Blaze!
Clearwater: With all the heat they’ve been drawing in the Twitterverse, this contest is bound to be bloody and savage!
Remi: No doubt, bro! Jason Ryan been bringing that fyah since he arrived, but ZMAC has been there to douse the flames at every turn! And after that tag match two weeks ago, when Z and Jaice Wilds took Ryan’s refusal to participate as an insult, he’s sure to be looking for some payback!
Clearwater: And what about the fate of the World Title itself? Without a contender, Smith Jones made it distinctly clear he was upset about being left off the Liberty or Death card -- until the General Manager’s enforcer, Spartan, stepped up to the challenge! In a late addition to the lineup tonight, Smith Jones will, in fact, be defending his belt!
Remi: He wants to be known as a fighting champion, bro! THE fighting champion! Can you blame him?
Clearwater: No, I certainly can’t. There’s nobody better suited to lead this company than a champion who’s ready to throw down at any time! And speaking of a throwdown -- tonight’s opening match features Ultimate Destroyer taking on Odin Balfore, bringing an end to a feud that originated just a month ago at 2020 Ways to Die!
Remi: Destroyer was already in a foul mood after the interference in his match, and was just looking for someone to take it out on -- but I don’t think the All-Father was the best choice, my dude!
Clearwater: Be that as it may, Remi, that’s where we are. So without further ado… give us Liberty or give us Death!