27th September 2008: Submission Training!

I'm in Canada, YAY…it's 11am and it's time to get training.

I just had to accept that match at No Mercy, I mean, I could have had a Table, Ladders & Chairs match, but I just had to challenge myself instead.

I'm at the gym where Chris told me to meet him at.

"Where the hell is he?" I say to myself.

I walk in with my gym bag… a change of clothes, phone, music, money, camera and a sledgehammer! HA!

"Yo, Zoe" I hear coming from across the gym. It's a fan. He runs up to me with a camera, pen and paper. "Can I have your autograph?" he asks handing me the pen & paper.

"Sure thing mate" I say as I sign the paper.

"Thanks so much, can I have a photo too?" he asks

"Sure" I reply

Flash…

"Thank you so much!"

"No prob"

And he goes… HA… this is the first time I've been to Canada since I was 20 years old. That's about 9 or 10 years ago.

I look across the gym and see Chris lifting weights… HA! I walk over to him.

"63, 64, 65…" Chris counts as he lifts the weights.

"23, 24, 25…" I say to stuff him up.

"26, 27… hang on" he continues, then realizes.

"Hey Chris" I say

"Hi Zoe" he says as he sits up, "you wanna get started?"

"It's why I'm here" I reply

"Hey, Jim, the ring free" he yells to the gym owner

"Yeah" Jim says

"Thanks man, lets go" he says as he stands up

"Cool"

Chris then leads me to the back.

"Alright, we'll start with the basics… the sleeper headlock"

"K"

"Hey, Will, come over here" he yells across the room to someone

"Sure Chris" Will says as he walks over… he then stops and looks at me… "Zoe…? Oh my god… you've… uhh… changed" he says with disbelief.

I'm then thinking… 'Oh shit, he knows me and I don't know from where or when… SHIT!'

"You don't remember me do ya?" he asks

"Not really" I reply as he walks up to me

"Don't worry, you'll remember before this day is over. You know what, just call my Jay" Will says and extends his hand

"Zoe…" I say and shake his hand… I know him, but I can't remember from when or where… lord, help me now!

"Anyways, now Zoe here needs some submission moves for her next big match" Chris states. "So I was thinking that we could help her, and show her some submissions"

"Sure thing"

"Awesome, lets go"

They start walking towards the ring, and I follow behind… I swear, I know who this guy is… I just can't remember who.

Jay and Chris then get into the ring and start wrestling eachother. They start with a lock up then Jay converts it into a side headlock.

"So, you're with Matt now?" Jay asks me, with me watching closely on both the match, the moves, but then trying to figure out where I've seen that guy from.

"Yeah" I reply

Chris pushes him off and Jay bounces off the ropes. Chris is bowed down and Jay slide onto his back and uppercuts Chris. I then feel a big smile come onto my face.

"Yeah, he's a cool guy, had a big feud with Jeff & Matt, god those were the days… very fun… weird outfits & hanging with Adam and the boys."

"Aha" I say, thinking that must be a clue

Jay goes for a big right hand, Chris ducks it and puts Jay into the sleeper headlock. I'm still paying close attention to the moves… especially the sleeper… need to know where the arms and hands go.

"Well, that was the sleeper headlock… you wanna try it?" Chris asks me

"Sure" I reply… "but who am I doing it on?" I ask

"Umm, how about Jay?" Chris replies

"Sure" I say

I step into the ring and Chris shows me the sleeper again.

"K, got it"

"And go…"

I try to put the sleeper onto Jay… it takes me seven times to get it right, but I got it in the end.

"You got it" Chris says with excitement… I think that what I was anyway!

"Yay!" I say with excitement

Jay looks relieved as well… HA! He's cool, I've already figured that out… I mean, anyone is cool when they let me try and do a sleeper headlock on them, and not get it right until my seventh try!

"Now for something a little harder, the Boston Crab, or what I like to call it… The Walls Of Jericho!"

"K" I say.

Jay then goes on the top rope turnbuckle and goes for a dropkick. Jericho catches Jay's legs and turns him over… The Walls Of Jericho is locked in! Chris lets go and shows me a different way to get into it. Jay is lying on his chest and Chris just grabs the legs, it's locked in, once again.

"You wanna try now?"

"Sure"

"But Chris is the one that's going be submitted this time" Jay says.

"What…?"

"It's only fair"

"Fine"

Chris then lies on his chest and Jay tells me to really hurt him with this one! HA! Jay is now extremely cool!

I stand over Chris and grab his legs.

"K, now pull Zoe, pull hard"

"No, not hard…" Chris starts to beg

I pulled hard! HA!

"Keep going Zoe, just think of him like he is one of your ex-boyfriends that may of cheated on you… and you want revenge!"

I pull harder. Jay laughs. Chris screams.

"Alright Zoe you can let go now, you got it right" Jay says

"Hang on" I say as I pull for the last time. I then let go.

"Oh thank god" Chris says trying to get up. "That hurt"

"Now you know how we feel when you put us into that move" Jay responds

"True, true" Chris replies holding his lower back… "Now, for an extremely famous submission move… the Figure Four Leg-Lock"

"Yay!" I say. The Figure Four Leg-Lock is my favourite submission!

"Alright, lets get this done and over with" Chris says.

I step out of the ring as Jay and Chris start wrestling again!

About two minutes later, Chris goes for the Boston Crab and Jay reverses it. They lock up and Jay gets Chris on the floor… Figure Four Leg-Lock is locked in. Chris screams… again!

Jay lets go and they get up.

"Come on then, your turn" Jay says to me.

I get up, get into the ring, and try to put Chris into the Figure Four Leg-Lock.

"Wait, wait… grab his left leg…" Jay says and he shows me all the steps to getting the Leg-Lock right. As soon as I have it locked in, he says "Ok, now release it, and try it yourself"

I get it right… yay! Chris taps… that was fun! I release it after Chris has tapped about 30 times on the ring canvas.

I've now been training for about an hour and a half. It's been more fun than I thought it was going to be… I thought it was going to be boring, but I got to make Chris tap a few times and I met someone from my past, apparently… Jay… I know that I've seen him before, he told me that him & Adam had a big feud with Matt & Jeff… the Hardy Boyz… but yet, I still can't my finger on who he is or where I've seen him. I think he works in TNA but he said that I've changed, which must mean he's been in my life… maybe it's an old friend… I will remember, I ain't leaving Canada today until I do.

"Alright Zoe, that's it for today, I'll see you in 5 days for your next training" Chris says as he leaves.

"K, see ya Chris" I say

"Bye Chris" Jay says.