A/N: Big wrestling fan. Now, let's get to it.
This story will be written in kayfabe. This first Chapter is kind of an introductory chapter. The story itself begins in the next.
The ring: an elevated canvas held together by four steel posts and surrounded by ropes, a structure synonymous with the art that is professional wrestling. But for the wrestling world, a ring is more than just a canvas floor and three ropes. In wrestling, the ring is the sacred proving ground for those with the desires and dreams to reach the top of the world, to climb to heights they've never been, places they've never seen ever in their lives. The ring is also a floor of wager, where each combatant bets his or her own life for the sake of accomplishment or fulfillment of one's ultimate goals or, more importantly, one's destiny. There are times when the ring is meant to seek out the best and most talented the world has to offer. But there are also times when the ring must serve as a battleground.
In the same place that wrestlers overcome their aspirations, the most personal issues are settled and the most explosive wars are fought. Blood is shed and scars are formed. In war, chaos reigns supreme. And it is times like these where the ring becomes war.
We have all born witness to the most gruesome wars in wrestling history: a war between two former friends torn completely apart by a lack of loyalty (Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan), a war between two of wrestling's finest athletes with desires for the lonely spot at the top and surreal lust for each other's blood (Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels), a war between an established promotion and the gang of renegades hell-bent on destroying it (WCW vs. The N.W.O.), a war between the man who everyone believed in and the ones who didn't believe in him (Daniel Bryan vs. The Authority), a war between an egomaniacal tyrant and a redneck who stood only for himself and knelt before no one else (Austin vs. McMahon), and, more recently, a war between a company's franchise player and the dark horse who claims the former as a "has-been" (Styles vs. Cena).
As we turn the page, a new war will begin to dawn upon us. It will not be like any war in the past. It will be much bigger, and the battlefield will be more expansive. In this war, instead of the clash of two company entities, it will be the clash of two worlds. One world, led by a member of a dynasty, is defined by talent and opportunity, symbolized through grandeur and spectacle, and synonymous with the act of taking over (NXT). The other world some may define as a cult, where ancient traditions are honored and wrestlers are bent on solving personal matters in the ring as opposed to simply reaching the top; this world is headed by a man who relishes in awarding opportunities, yet craves violence even more (Lucha Underground). What if those worlds collided? What if the iconic Triple H, the Superstars of NXT, and the NXT Universe clashed with the cunning Dario Cueto, the Luchadors of Lucha Underground, and the Believers? What if there were multiple battlefields: Full Sail Live and the Temple? Let's find out.
I won't try to make this story too long, but from what I just wrote, it may very well end up pretty long. Like I've said before, I can't, and won't, devote too much of my time to this, or any of my other stories for that matter, because of school. So, don't expect another chapter for quite a while. I hope you enjoyed this one! Quite an appetizer…