Authors Note: This is the debut of a new fic I have called 'Point Proven'. It features two new NXT OCs that are based off myself and the CAW that my older cousin, who got me into pro wrestling in the first place, would always have in the games. They're Jason McGlade and Trent Steel and they're referred to as 'The Proven'; they're two guys from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England; so they're from Neville's part of the UK. I based their personalities here on the personalities that me and my cousin have cranked up to eleven.
Enjoy this because I had a lot of fun writing The Proven's NXT debut and the way they interact with each-other, It's how I imagine me and my big cousin would be if we were actually in NXT. :D Enjoy and I hope you want to see more of this series. :3
NXT returned from commercial to see William Regal in his office as the commissioner of NXT was busy doing some paperwork only for the Englishman to hear a knock on the door as he calmly said "Come in" as he didn't look up from his paper-work as two men walked in. Both extremely young, one was slightly smaller who had short, gelled hair in a spiked fashion with black face-paint around his eyes with a black t-shirt that read 'The Proven' on the front in white as well as black trunks shorts with black knee-pads and black kickpads. The other man was taller and leaner with a beard, short brown hair that was almost Ambrose like. He wore an identical t-shirt to the face-painted man with black trunks, black knee-pads but old school black boots instead of kick-pads.
"Jason McGlade" Regal smiled and shook the hand of the face-painted man before turning to the other man "Trent Steel" as he stepped back and said with a grin "The Proven. It's really exciting to have the top UK tag team in NXT." Regal smiled as Jason mentioned in a thick North-East accent that resembled Adrian Neville's inflection "The pleasure is all yours Mr. Regal…so when do we get that NXT Tag Team Championship shot?" Jason rubbed his hands together with a laugh as Trent chimed in with a similar voice to the smaller and stockier Jason.
"We are The Proven after all" as Jason placed his hand under the writing on their t-shirts as Trent mentioned "You said that we would get shots at the NXT Tag Team Championships…you promised that Regal!" as Jason nodded as William chuckled and stood up to the two young Englishmen "Gentlemen…you have to earn the right to challenge for those Tag Team Championships; like everyone else" as Jason scowled and seemed to be less cheerful "Regal, me and Trent hold you to great respect but we are The Proven, the name means we have proved ourselves-"
"Not here you haven't" Regal smirked as Jason and Trent looked to each-other before they nodded to the other before Trent mentioned "Okay" Trent sucked his teeth before saying "Well, there are more ways than one to skin a cat" as Jason looked to his real life cousin and mentioned with a quizzical expression on his face "Why would you want to skin a cat? I mean they're not as nice as dogs I know but-"
"Jason; come on" Trent sighed as Jason shrugged and the two young men walked off only for Jason to walk back and take a sip of Regal's tea before scrunching up his face and saying to the former Raw general manager "Needs more sugar" before leaving behind Trent as the camera cut to a chuckling Regal as he mentioned to himself "Oh those two will be quite intriguing to see on NXT" before the camera cut to the next segment.
The segment in question was Sami Zayn, the Montreal native and former NXT Champion was finally healed from the shoulder injury that he suffered when he answered the John Cena open challenge for the United States Championship on RAW. The ever likeable Sami was wearing a black 'NXT' t-shirt on-top of his signature ring gear of tights with the flags of all the countries he's wrestled in on the legs; Sami chuckled as he waited for the 'Welcome Back' chants to subside with a smile on his face. "Can I just say it's great to be back on NXT at Full Sail University" Sami smiled to a pop from the Orlando fans.
"Now I know that my last NXT Championship run didn't go as planned thanks to a certain Kevin Owens…and my chance to reclaim the belt was hampered by a shoulder injury I occurred against John Cena; but now I'm 100% healthy and I'm ready to re-claim that NXT Championship from Finn-"before Sami could finish, the voices of Jason McGlade and Trent Steel, known as The Proven, were heard to boos from the fans as Jason started off with a chuckle "Good to see you back Sami; really it is, I mean you're the most generic person on the NXT roster…you get these fans chanting 'Ole' 'Ole' like you're some sort of Mexican Luchadore! You're a Canadian dude!" Jason mentioned with a scoff to boos as Jason and Trent entered the ring and looked at Sami, who didn't look amused that the debuting Proven were trying to steal the attention from him.
"Listen up Zayn, no-ones really missed you" Trent said to Sami as the two Northern Englishmen laugh at Zayn, who was in no mood for games as Trent mentioned with arrogance "If you don't know who we are, we're Trent Steel" Trent pointed to himself before pointing to his younger cousin "And this is my little cousin Jason McGlade" Jason smirked as stuck his tongue out as Sami simply said with dead seriousness "Listen, Jason and Trent, welcome to NXT and all, but this is my shot to get the NXT Championship back so; you two don't know who you're messing with" The fans cheered as Jason laughed with Trent before suddenly the two Englishmen decide to jump Sami in a two on one assault to huge heat from the fans that they were trying to take out one of the most popular stars of NXT.
But before they could really do a number on Sami, the fans cheered as Finn Balor charged to the ring in his signature ring gear without his demon paint on as the NXT Champion springboarded into the ring and took both Proven members out with a dropkick with one foot hitting Jason and the other hitting Trent that sent the two debuting Brits scrambling out of the ring to regroup as a fired up Sami and Finn demand that The Proven step back in the ring only for the voice of William Regal to command the attention of the four as the smiling NXT General Manager said.
"Proven, that was one hell of a way to make an impact on NXT. You get to make an even bigger one right now, because I will get a referee in here and you two will face Sami Zayn and Finn Balor for the main event of NXT!" Regal mentioned as the fans cheered as the four competitors nodded as NXT cut to its last commercial of the night.
NXT returned to see Jason McGlade starting the match off for The Proven against Sami Zayn as the 19 year old Geordie from Newcastle started the match by slapping Sami right in the face with a laugh only for Sami to slap the face-painted young man back even harder as Jason charged towards Zayn, who tackled the Englishman to the ground as the Montreal native, who had waited for so long to get back in the ring, started to pummel the younger member of The Proven as Jason kicked Zayn away and rolled out of the ring and hugged Trent to boos from the fans as Jason called out "Shut up! You just hate us 'cause we're British! That's racism! We'll sue!" Jason called out as he checked himself as the two realised that Zayn was charging at them that sent Trent diving for cover and Jason hiding under the ring comically only for Zayn to sit on the top rope and backflip himself into the centre of the ring to cheers from the fans.
However Jason crawled out from the other side of the ring, yanked Balor off the apron and when Zayn turned around, Jason nearly took Zayn's head off with a clothesline that turned Sami inside to boos as Jason laughed and cupped his hand to his ear as he called out "Come on lads and lasses! Ole! Ole! Ole!" Jason mockingly chanted before he tagged in Trent as the taller and slightly older cousin of Jason entered the ring and instantly dropped a knee across the back of Sami's head as Trent rolled through it and mocked Finn Balor's corner pose to boos from the fans as The Proven laughed as Trent continued to stomp on Zayne as Trent picked Sami up and hit him with a snap suplex as Trent floated over and dropped an elbow onto Sami's ribs as the taller and bearded member of the team kipped up to his feet before tagging Jason in. The face-painted 19 year slingshotted over the top rope and performed a slingshot seated senton with his 220 pound frame right onto Sami's ribs and chest.
"Proven Baby!" Jason hollered out with a laugh as the hatred for the two young men intensified from the NXT Full Sail Audience as both Jason and Trent laughed while Jason performed some sit-ups before kipping up to his feet athletically as he started to brush Sami's head with his boot as he called out "Oh! Come on Sami! Come on!" Jason got right in Sami's face as Sami suddenly viciously slapped the smug McGlade in the face that sent Jason staggering back as suddenly Jason's arrogance was replaced by viciousness as he shoved Sami into the corner and started to deliver vicious punches, European uppercuts and knee strikes to the Canadian as the referee finally pulled Jason away as Jason barged past the official and screamed right at Zayn.
"Don't You EVER Slap Me Again! You Tosser!"
Sami responded by slapping Jason right in the face again as Jason staggered back, favouring his jaw before he charged in only for Sami to catch Jason and hit his signature corner Exploder Suplex into the turnbuckle as Jason folded up like an accordion as the fans cheered as Sami started to crawl towards Finn, who was itching to get into the match. Knowing what was going to happen, Trent ran in and grabbed Sami's foot that caused the former El Generico to hop on one foot as he suddenly rolled through and sent Trent crashing shoulder first right into Jason, who was still dazed in the corner as Zayn tagged in Finn, who leaped into the ring and waited for both Jason and Trent to stagger out of the corner as Finn dropkicked Jason out of the ring, caught Trent with a spin kick before hitting the taller Englishman with a crisp suplex as Finn floated over and leaped up, driving both his feet into Trent's ribs for a double foot-stomp as the cheers and hollers of the NXT Universe was heard loud and clear.
However, the legal man, Jason had pulled himself up as he nailed Finn with a running enziguri to the side of the NXT Champions head before he hit Finn with a series of European Uppercuts before hitting some headbutts before nailing Balor with a series of stiff forearm shots as he ran off the ropes and hit a knee strike to the ribs that caused the Irishman to be doubled over as McGlade dropped Finn with a gutwrench suplex as he went for the cover only for Sami to dive on it and break it up as the match started to break down as Jason and Sami were trading blows before Trent came in and the numbers game started to catch up with Zayn as Trent irish-whipped Sami off the ropes and threw him up with a flapjack as Trent expected Jason to catch Sami, however when Trent turned around, Jason had been nailed with a crisp dropkick from a pissed off Sami.
Sami grabbed Trent and launched the taller man over with a half nelson suplex that spiked Steel right on the top of his head and sent the Englishman right back on his feet as he slumped against the corner as Sami backed up and ran in full force as he lifted his leg up and went to take Trent's head off with a Helluva Kick, however, Jason pushed Trent out of the ring and took the full force of the Helluva Kick that was so strong it legitimately knocked two of Jason's teeth flying and chipped another as the bloodied Jason was out cold on his feet as Sami saw Finn Balor on the top rope as Sami nodded to the Irish partner as he smashed the out on his feet Jason was a vicious Blue Thunder Bomb as he pointed to Finn, who was perched on the top rope with Jason in perfect position as Finn came flying off the ropes and hit Jason with his Coup De Grace double footstomp right to Jason's ribs as the fans went wild as Sami flew over the top rope and took out Trent with a no handed tope con giro so Trent Steel couldn't break up the pin as the fans chanted along.
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The fans cheered loudly as Sami and Finn both had their hands raised as the announcement was made "Here are your winners Sami Zayn and the NXT Champion Finn Balor!" as Sami smirked to Finn and handed the Irishman his NXT Championship but pointed to it as if to say he wanted the belt as Finn smirked and winked to Sami as the two faces looked at Trent carrying his dazed and battered younger cousin backstage, Jason was so out of it, he wouldn't even know what he was doing in Florida; even though they lost, it was safe to say that Jason and Trent had Proven themselves as potential major players in the NXT Tag Team divison.
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Backstage Jason and Trent were backstage and they weren't in the best of moods as the backstage interviewer Devin Taylor went up to the newest NXT tag team as Jason was still holding his jaw in pain and his mouth was bleeding thanks to Sami quite literally kicking Jason's teeth out of his head as Devin asked "Jason McGlade, Trent Steel, you guys came up short against Sami Zayn and Finn Balor-"
"Get out of my face!" Jason snapped out as he snarled at Devin and snatched the microphone from her hand and screamed into it "GET OUT OF MY DAMN FACE!" as Devin understandably high-tailed it from the toothless Proven member as Jason angrily shouted into the camera "Zayn! Who the hell do you think you are!? You kick the teeth right out of my face…listen here, The Proven are not done with you! Jason McGlade is not done with you" Jason held his bleeding mouth in pain and opened his mouth to show his 2 missing teeth and 1 chipped tooth caused by the Helluva Kick from Sami and Jason snapped out with rage.
"When you face The Proven; it's an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth! Jason McGlade and Trent Steel….WE ARE PROVEN!"