The Lion's Cub

by roddypiperfan84

Everyone thinks Will Ralston is a joke, they don't know his wrestling history, but his story was never told. This is how he began his career before heading to America. From NJPW to now.

1. Prologue

Prologue

At the age of 2, Will Ralston watched his first wrestling match of all time in his hometown, The Scottish Lion vs Louis Dupain for the UEAW European Heavyweight championship, which was won by Lion. Ralston never realized that it was his father, Edward Ralston, in the ring because he was wearing a mask, until 3 years later.

August 3rd, 2002: The Scottish Lion vs Ivan Vanev

5 year old Will sat down on ringside along with his mother and elder brother, Peter Ralston, to watch Lion defend his championship against a Bulgarian big man named Ivan Vanev on Glasgow, and the fight ended in a no contest because Vanev literally broke Lion's legs in front of Scotland. He was sent to the hospital and the doctors managed to patch his legs afterwards and Lion's own wife and nurse, Betty Ralston, brought their sons to see him and reveal his identity to them, he apologized for being so distant because he wanted them to believe that he was their hero when wrestling and promised to have a second chance to know about them and to train for his legacy.

April 10th, 2006: Scottish Lion Jr. vs El Grifo Jr.

Gomez Palacio, Durango, México, became the only place for Peter to make his in-ring debut, and it was a title match for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight championship, giving his first title win as Scottish Lion Jr.

He won every match around Mexico and CMLL, only to have his first loss against Gran Águila, a patriotic masked luchador from Argentina, for the championship but left the company for NJPW in Japan, winning his first tournament, the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, and his first IWGP Junior Heavyweight title, which he will hold for 6 months before losing it and his contract for the European circuit. He wrestled around Europe for years and became engaged to a French fashion designer and won the UEAW European Heavyweight title for 4 months until the very day he returned to Scotland for his title defense.

June 17th, 2013: Scottish Lion Jr. vs Ivan Vanev

His first chance to win the fight for his father, Peter got the upper hand in the fight, but before the climax, he was suddenly caught off guard when he attempted to do a Flying Crossbody and his back was suddenly broken, and Vanev snapped Peter's neck, killing him in the process, but lucky for Ralston, Vanev was stripped from the title position, relinquishing his championship dreams.

July 20th, 2013: Will Ralston's debut

It's been a month since Peter died and 16 year old Will decided to go to Japan and find Shinsuke Nakamura to learn the Strong Style of wrestling before debuting at NJPW.

This is his story...