Authors Note: This is second part of Point Proven with Jason McGlade and Trent Steel where the two Geordie cousins make their way into the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament against the thrown together team of Neville (who hails from the same place that Jason and Trent do) and Solomon Crowe.
I hope you guys like The Proven and their heel run; they're more serious than Vic and Cass but they also have a sadistically goofy streak in them, Jason in particular is a lot like a younger Chad Gable with his goofiness combined with utter brutal in ring work and Trent is pretty much the straight man for Jason to bounce off of. I only own Jason and Trent and I hope you guys enjoy this piece. Plus there's a cute surprise at the end that I think you'll love.
"Ladies and gentlemen; my guests at this time, Jason McGlade and Trent Steel, The Proven" Devin Taylor mentioned as the fans booed as the face-painted Jason McGlade and his legitimate older cousin Trent Steel stepped into frame, both with smirks on their faces as the two young, arrogant Englishmen awaited for Devin to give them questions.
"Gentlemen, you are entered into the Dusty Rhodes Memorial Tag Team Tournament and tonight you have the team of Neville and Solomon Crowe standing in your way. How do you respond?" Devin asked as Jason just scoffed and said with his thick Geordie accent "We beat them." Jason smirked as he looked to Trent and asked with a laugh "Hey Trent? What do they say about history?" as Trent cocked an eyebrow to his slightly younger cousin before saying "Erm" as he went to respond only for Jason to cut him off "Don't answer, I already know it" as Jason laughed and slapped his knee as both Trent and Devin looked at the face-painted young man before Jason composed himself.
"But seriously, everyone's so excited about the return of Neville and the fact Solomon Crowe is going to be relevant again" Trent said as Jason mentioned "Who in the whozits is Solomon Crowe?" as Trent chuckled "Exactly!" before Jason grinned "Neville, mate, you say you're the man that gravity forget? Well I've got gravities number so I can tell him where you are! Come on, that was good Trent!" Jason laughed as he went to high five Trent, who just scoffed and walked off leaving Jason looking dejected "Come on, it was funny" as he walked off after his older cousin to get ready for their match against Neville and Solomon Crowe.
Dusty Rhodes Memorial Tag Team Classic
Round One: The Proven (Jason McGlade and Trent Steel) vs. Neville and Solomon Crowe
It was nearing the halfway point of the match as Jason irish-whipped his fellow Geordie Neville into the turnbuckle only for Neville to show off his agility by grabbing onto the ropes as Jason charged in and Neville tried to spring over Jason only for Jason to suddenly catch Neville with a knee strike to the face as Neville was about to jump over him. Jason laughed as he called out in his Geordie accent "LET'S GO BABY!" to boos from the fans as Jason glared at the booing Cult of Full Sail with a scowl on his face-painted face as the 19 year old Englishman air-guitared to loud boos from the Full Sail fans.
However Jason smirked and started to mock his fellow Newcastle native as he looked to the fans "Oh, come on, Let's Go Neville" Jason laughed and mockingly clapped the fans, who actually started to will Neville on and as Jason was taunting the fans, Neville shoved Jason off and hit a step-up enziguri right to the side of Jason's head to cheers from the fans as Jason staggered back into his corner as Trent tagged himself in. The older cousin of the two ran in and got hurricanranaed right away by Neville that spiked Trent on the top of his head as Neville tried to crawl over to Solomon Crowe; but Jason leaped up and hit a jumping heel kick to Solomon that sent Crowe off the apron to boos from the NXT fans as Jason laughed and flexed his guns only for Neville to dropkick Jason over the top rope and to the floor.
Trent suddenly clobbered Neville from behind to boos as Trent smirked and grabbed a downed Neville and hoisted his fellow Newcastle native up for an impressive display of strength in a Deadlift German Suplex, however Neville skilfully landed right on his feet as he charged forward and drilled the bearded member of The Proven with an enziguri to loud cheers from the Cult of Full Sail as Trent hit the floor. With Solomon Crowe pulling himself onto the apron, he saw a chance to snag the glory when he saw Neville climb to the top rope as Solomon tagged himself in as Neville flew off the top rope and hit Trent with a picture perfect Red Arrow.
However Neville had no idea that Crowe had tagged himself in so when he went for the pin, the referee refused to count it as Neville pulled himself up and asked Solomon what he was thinking as Solomon pulled Trent up, suddenly the bearded member of The Proven shoved Solomon back that sent Solomon crashing into Neville, which caused the former NXT Champion to get sent tumbling out of the ring to 'oohs' from the NXT fans. As Solomon spun around, he got kicked right in the ribs from Trent, who irish-whipped Solomon into the turnbuckle, ran in and hit an Elijah Burke double knee strike into the corner before Trent tagged in his younger cousin Jason.
Jason entered the ring and backed up as Trent lifted a dazed Crowe up in a fireman's carry as Jason nodded with a laugh as Trent dropped Solomon into a flapjack however Jason made things that more painful by hitting a Diamond Cutter onto Crowe that dropped the former Sami Callihan right on his face as they hit their tag team finisher known as 'Point Proven' as Jason hooked the leg of Crowe as Trent ran and hit a vicious knee strike to Neville to stop him from breaking up the pin as the referee counted 1-2-3.
The opening riffs of CKY's 96 Quite Bitter Beings hit the PA system of the Full Sail Arena as the fans booed as loudly as they could as Jason and Trent pulled each-other into a tight hug as the ring announcer announced over the boos "Here are your winners, Jason McGlade and Trent Steel, The Proven!" as Jason and Trent rolled out the ring as they high-fived before looking into the ring and seeing Neville glaring at a downed Solomon as Trent called out "Bad luck Neville, seems like Gravity didn't need to forget you! It seems like intelligence forgot your partner though!" as Jason and Trent laughed proudly and headed back up the ramp as they knew they'd be advancing in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Memorial Classic.
The next day in Jacksonville, Florida
Autograph session
Bayley, The Proven and Apollo Crews
"Tell you what Jason, it's weird as hell seeing you two so popular" Apollo mentioned as Jason, sans face-paint, nodded "I was hoping that no-one would want our autographs, that means me and Trent would be the best heels ever, we're gonna bill ourselves from Brooklyn, Newcastle" Jason laughed as Trent mentioned to his younger cousin "You look so damn different without face-paint, it'd be like me without a beard" as Bayley chimed in with "Or me without a headband"
The autograph signing and meet and greet had not only been an honour for The Proven but it had also built up a friendship between the four as Bayley's number one fan and local celebrity Izzy showed up, as she did frequently on NXT shows in Florida and had been on NXT TV cameras a few times as Bayley met her number one fan, who was decked out in her traditional Bayley 'I'm a Hugger' shirt with some black trackpants as she looked up at the two members of The Proven with a smile on her face as she simply said with a smile on her face "I hope you two win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic" as Jason smiled back, as did Trent, as Jason asked "Why's that?"
"Well you two are cousins and you get to come here and do what you love. I just think that's really nice" Izzy smiled as Jason and Trent lifted a smiling Izzy so she was sitting on the merchandise table as Jason and Trent looked to Apollo and Bayley "Do you two mind?" as Jason and Trent smiled along with Izzy and took a few pictures with her before Izzy went and did the same with a beaming Apollo as Jason mentioned to Trent "Chris, I think I'm gonna cry" as he laughed, he was genuinely touched by what Izzy said; as was Trent.
The fact that The Proven were so loathed on camera yet, judging from their first Meet and Greet and Autograph session, they were very well respected on camera and that made the two cousins feel really happy with their lives at the moment.
