(Pittsburgh fans chant: "Queen-Pin!" "Queen-Pin!" "Queen-Pin!" as Spud takes a step back, shocked, by the response. He encouragingly leads them on and waves his arms. He smiles as ringsiders clap and cheer.)
Spud: . . . On behalf of the Grand Dragon Wrestling Alliance, I have but one question to ask you....
(Fans P O P : A R E Y O U R E A D Y !!)
Spud: That's right, I'm asking.... A r e Y o u R e a d y!?
(Fans scream: YES!!!!!)
Spud: What? L O U D E R! . . . . . . I said ARE YOU READY?!?!?!?!?!
(Fans scream: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Spud: Then Let's Get Rrrrrrready to Rrrrrrrumble!!!
(Fans cheer as horns go off & Spud McKenzie stands poised in the ring. He pulls out some cue cards from his vest and glances around the arena as fans roar & a sea of signs shoot back up into the camera's purview.)
Spud: Wrestling fans, our first contest tonight is scheduled for one fall with a 15 minute time limit... and it is a Ladder Match for the International Cruiserweight championship...
Bishop: Before we get to Tiger's introductions, let's hear some words from her backstage.
Lady Tiger
Tiger: Charlotte . . .
Charlotte: Huh? What's up, kitten?
Tiger: I think I gotta go to the little ladies room . . .
Charlotte: NOW?!?! We're on in two minutes!
Tiger: But my tummy!! It feels weird!!
Charlotte: Your tummy? (Laughing) OH! Don't worry! It's perfectly natural!
Tiger: It is?
Charlotte: Sure it is!! I used to feel that way whenever I stepped in for a big match too!!
Tiger: You . . . you did?
Charlotte: Of course! It's . . . it's anticipation! It's excitement! The thrill! This, Tiger, is why we do what we do!
Tiger: It is?? (Thinks for a moment, then nods enthusiastically) Yeah! Yeah! It is!! Hehe, thanks Charlotte!!
Charlotte: No problem, kitten! Now, let's go out there, show them that Sierra isn't the only person who "gives the people what they want". Tonight, it's *our* turn to give them what they want!
Tiger (confused): Huh? What do they want, Charlotte?
Charlotte (muffing up Tiger's hair): Why, a new cruiserweight champion, of course!
Tiger (with a laugh): GRRRRR!!!!!
Lady Tiger vs. Sierra Browne
(**BIG POP** as fans hear "the William Tell Overture")
Spud: Introducing first, accompanied to the ring by her manager, GDWA Hall of Famer Charlotte La Mancha...
(Moderate pop as Charlotte La Mancha walks through the curtain, and waits for her charge.)
Spud: Hailing from Bordeaux, France. She is 5 feet 6 inches, 127 pounds, here is 'La Belle Tigre' Lady Tiger!!!
(Dawg Pound does the wave as Lady Tiger bursts through the curtain and does a forward roll. She heads down ringside beside Charlotte slapping hands with fans. Tiger wears black and orange striped Olympic style gear with a furry tiger mask. Ringside kids wave "Tiger Tails" as she passes by.)
Bishop: LT so hungry for the belt. She has enormous pressure on her. If she defeats Sierra, she gets a first place ticket to FDT II
Mutt: No doubt, but this won't be the contest their first match up was. Remember, Tiger and Sierra are injured. Tiger has that injury to her wrist. And Browne is wrestling on a bad wheel.
Bishop: Sierra has the most pressure of anyone on this card. Win, lose or draw, she faces 'Jungle' Radhi Ananda for the Western Heritage title later on tonight. If she wins, she faces Nikita Marx as well.
Mutt: Founder's Day Tradition II will be determined tonight. Will Browne walk into that "Ace Crusher" match against Micki Duran as champion or former champ?
Spud: And her opponent, accompanied to ringside by her manager Dalbello Rage! Hailing from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. She is 5 feet 10 inches, 130 pounds, here is the Grand Dragon Wrestling Alliance INTERNATIONAL CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION...'Golden Girl' Sierra Browne!
Sierra: Well, that entrance is going to be the longest thing about this presentation, I promise. I know you want to see action, right? Right?
Sierra: But before we bring the ladder out here and Lady Tiger and I risk life and limb to entertain you the best way we can, I just want to thank all of you who made me the second most nominated wrestler for the wrestler of the Year award which was won by Daisy. You make it all possible. Thank you for tuning in and watching my show. I really appreciate it. I really, really do. My knee is a bit stiff today so I might miss a move or two that normally I'd stick, but you've got to understand the pressure I'm under, right? It isn't easy performing like this all the time.
Sierra: I'd just like to say to Daisy, that, as much as you may be wrestler of the Year, don't forget who made you. That was me.
Sierra: Oh yes, Daisy. It was me who pushed you down that road. It was me who made you reinvent 'the Franchise' and it's going to be me who outwrestles both Radhi Ananda and Nikita Marx in one night to win the Western Heritage title for the second time and reigns supreme over all the competition by triple crowning one more time.
Sierra: Oh yeah, it's all for you out there! I love you no matter what you think of me. So let's bring out the ladder and I can keep busy killing myself.
Bishop: Officials have brought out the ladder to the middle of the aisle. And Lady Tiger with some last minute comments with her manager. This is gonna be an awesome kick off to the night.
Mutt: We only have one ref?
Bishop: The ref going over the rules...and here we go.
*Ding*Ding*Ding*Ding*
Bishop: Both women encircling one another, and a Collar and Elbow tie up, and Sierra nailing away with European Uppercuts. Sierra immediately firing away, and Tiger backing into the ropes.
Mutt: Sierra with Kickboxing blows to the head of Tiger, and Tiger down on the canvas. And now Sierra with an Elbowdrop to the arm and applies a Wristlock.
Bishop: Browne slapping that bandaged wrist against the canvas, and she does a forward roll to escape. And now Sierra up to her feet as Tiger jumps up to the middle rope, backflip off...
Mutt: And Sierra Browne with a Short arm Clothesline!
(Fans all POP as LT hits the canvas!!!!)
Mutt: Sierra with a pickup and slaps on a frontface lock...but Tiger countering out with a Wristlock, jumps up, and DROPKICKS SIERRA IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD!
(Fans all CHEER.)
Bishop: Browne back up and Tiger with a boot to the middle and now an Irish Whip to the far ropes. Tiger following as Sierra Springboards off and Tiger forward rolls out of the way.
Mutt: Both women back up and Tiger with a volley of kicks to the knees of Sierra. And that's Browne's injured area from their last match up. Sierra stumbling back into the ropes and Tiger with a Thrust Kick!
Bishop: Sierra flies up and over the top!
(Fans all scream as Lady Tiger runs to the far ropes.)
Mutt: Dalbello Rage screaming at Sierra who rises up to her feet and...
Bishop: LADY TIGER WITH A PLANCHA DIVE!!!!!
(Fans ~~all~~ pop as both women hit the floor!)
Mutt: Dalbello nervously looking around the arena as Tiger gets to her feet. She suspects some Syndicate action I bet.
Bishop: Tiger in the jungle as she climbs up to the ring apron, waiting on Sierra. Browne turning around and LADY TIGER WITH A FLYING HEADSCISSORS!!!!
(Fans all pop while Lady Tiger points up to the dangling title belt!)
Bishop: And now Lady Tiger heading up the aisle to grab the ladder.
Mutt: It's smart of Tiger to go after the leg since Sierra is injured, but will that distract her from the most punishing maneuver in her arsenal, the Longbow?
Bishop: Sierra slow to rise and Tiger has the ladder. She's heading down the aisle as Sierra looks on worriedly. Sierra Browne grabbing a steel chair and opening it up in front of her.
Mutt: Sierra with a head of steam as Tiger nears...leaps off from the steel chair and DROPKICKS THE LADDER INTO TIGER'S HEAD!!!!
(Fans all groan as Lady Tiger crumbles to the floor.)
Spud: 5 minutes have gone by in the 15 minute time limit.
Bishop: Sierra favoring that left leg as she picks up the ladder and opens it up on the floor. Sierra with a pickup and props Tiger up on the fourth rung.
Mutt: Sierra climbing up the ladder, and slaps on a Waistlock.... but Tiger backflipping out of it, slaps on her own Waistlock and
Bishop: EXECUTES A BELLY TO BACK SUPLEX!!!! . . . . Oh my!!
(Fans all screaming as both women lay on the floor.)
Mutt: Browne on the floor clutching her lower back and Tiger on the floor grabbing the back of her head. What an idiot.
Bishop: Tiger is dazed as she slowly gets to her feet. She's heading over to the steel chair?
Mutt: Tiger has mastered the art of invention. Tiger with the chair and coming back over to Browne...and traps her ankle into the steel.
Bishop: Tiger with a single leg pick up as she climbs up the ladder and . . . JUMPS OFF AND DROPKICKS HER LEG INTO THE RING FLOOR!!!
(Fans all E^R^U^P^T as Sierra Browne cries out in pain!)
Mutt: Tiger has command of this match up, but she's clutching her wrist. She’s not too smart Bishop.
Bishop: Just to execute those moves one has to be a little nutty. Tiger on the floor hurt as Browne struggles to get her leg loose from the chair.
(Fans still whistle and cheer as both ladies begin to stir.)
Bishop: Charlotte and Dalbello moving around to offer some advice. Tiger up first as she picks up Browne. Frontface lock and she hooks the