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Whatup? Here we all are again, before I get started I got four words for TNA... Paul Heyman, sign now! Anyway might as well kick this off.
Here We Go!
Rebirth-Chapter Two-Meeting The Boss
"Long time no see" said Jason to himself as the plane landed in Orlando.
"Huh?" Muttered Mara sleepily as she woke up next to him.
"Just talking to Florida" replied Jason, in her half asleep state Mara got a confused look on her face.
"Who's Florida?"
"The state we just landed in".
"Oh yeah" she said suddenly awake.
"Been a while since I was here" muttered the teen.
"Get used to it, you're gonna be here at least once a week from now on".
"Uh huh".
After getting through security and collecting their bags and headed out of the airport.
"So how we getting to the arena?" She asked. "A cab?"
"Cornette said someone would pick us up" replied Jason, at that point a whistle rang out and he glanced up to see Terry Taylor waiting by a car.
"Hurry up kid! I don't wanna get a ticket".
"Hello to you too Red Rooster" shot back Jason hopping in the back with Mara, Terry frowned at being reminded of one of the most embarrassing periods of his career and got in the front.
"Enjoy the flight?"
"Can't complain, how's life down here anyway?"
"Getting better all the time, soon we'll be a challenge for your old friends up North".
"Well now you got me that's almost certain" laughed Jason.
"Don't get cocky son, we're a whole new world compared with them up there".
"I know, I'm looking forward to showing you what I got".
"And we're looking forward to seeing it, how's your brother doing?" He asked Mara.
"He's doing great actually".
"Pity he quit, he was one of the best we ever had".
"Yeah, but after what Joe did to him he did what he thought was best for the family".
Terry nodded and remained silent for the rest of the drive, at the arena he led them to Cornette's office, even though it was a Thursday and Impact was later that night there were no other wrestlers in the arena, Terry knocked on the door and stuck his head in.
"Jim, they're here".
"Thanks Terry, send 'em in".
Terry stood aside for the two to enter the office and closed the door behind them, Jim Cornette stood up as the two walked over to his desk.
"Jason Cena, we meet at last, nice to see ya".
"Thank you sir, it's mutual".
"Have a seat" Cornette pulled out a copy of Jason's TNA contract. "Right, the reason I brought you here on such short notice is to tell you what I expect, go over the contract and sort out your debut".
"No problem".
"Now I'm sure you understand that I am expecting a lot from you, Dixie's been pushing for you with the board and I personally think you're a great talent so I'm not gonna give you a lot of chances, you're either gonna sink or swim and if you sink I won't hesitate to let you go".
"I understand".
"Anyway, the three man things that you have to do are this, put on great matches, draw crowds and bring in ratings, think you can do that?"
"Number one, no problem, two and three? You'll have to wait and see how the fans react to me first".
"Fair point, now let's go over the contract, you did read it right?"
"Of course".
"So ya understand everything down there?"
"Pretty much".
"Well, I've had to add something to it, the board want me to inform you that if you want to join us you have to move to Orlando".
"What?"
"I know".
"Can't I stay with Shawn in San Antonio?"
"Sorry kid, but the board know about you having anger issues so they want you in Orlando so they can have someone keep an eye on you from time to time, they've already got you an apartment and the payment for it's coming out of your first paycheck".
Jason sighed. "Fine".
"OK, you understood the part about the Indy dates?"
"Not really, what does it mean by 'certain promotions take precedent?"
"Well that's something I threw in, what it means is, if you decide you wanna work Indies, then Ring of Honor get's first call".
"One of the advantages of controlling two promotions?"
Yup, one helps the other and vice-versa, you don't have a problem with that do you?"
"Nope, I'll work for whoever".
Cornette put the contract away and rested his arms on the desk.
"Right kid, now we're gonna talk about you debuting, but first I wanna go over a few things, firstly, how many people know you've signed for us?"
"Me, Mara and Shawn".
"OK, keep it that way, I don't want anyone finding out until you debut, you don't tell anyone, the only people here who know are me, Terry and Dixie, we're gonna shoot some videos with one of the camera crews, other than that no-ones gonna know".
"Won't the videos say who I am?"
"No, we're keeping it quiet until Sunday".
"Sunday?"
"Yeah, you're gonna debut on Sunday at Sacrifice".
"Short notice again".
"Sorry kid, but I decided the sooner we get you in ring the better, especially since we have that World X Cup taking half the division out".
"You're starting me in the X Division?"
"Think you can handle it?"
"I know I can handle it, who am I facing?"
"Before I answer that, have you been following TNA lately?"
"No, I've been a bit pre-occupied with stuff up North".
"Well, I'll have to explain it to you, a month ago Samoa Joe decided to step out of the X Division, to do that he forfeited the title, and with the World X Cup coming up, AJ helping Sting against double J, and your brother quitting" he nodded at Mara. "We didn't have that many guys going for it, end of story Maverick Matt ended up getting the gold".
"Matt? Shawn's cousin?"
"You got it, anyway, he's been mouthing off about how gret he is, and since that cup's on there's no-one I think's worth him defending the gold against on a Pay Per View, so that's where you come in".
"He'd defending the title against me?"
"No, it's non-title, didn't think you were getting a shot on your debut did you?"
"Jeff Hardy did".
"That was back when Vince Russo was around, if you want a title shot you have to earn it with me".
"Fair enough".
"So, that in mind, if you beat him on Sunday you get a title shot at the PPV after that".
"You serious?"
"Very".
"You really are throwing me in at the deep end aren't you?"
"I think you got the talent to handle it, the question is do you have the heart?"
"Did you watch me at all when I was in WWE?"
"A bit, so, you in?"
"I'm in".
"Good, let's go shoot that intro video for you".
"You really are building me up as a big signing aren't you?"
"Kid, whether you're a wrestler or a ticket seller if Jim Cornette signs you then you're a damn big signing! Now go get the video done".
Later that day Jason and Mara were back at the airport waiting for their flight back to San Antonio, Cornette was letting them go back and get their stuff but they would have to be in Orlando by Saturday evening, Jason sighed, he was going to miss Shawn and Rebecca, he had really enjoyed the past few months he spent in their home, his phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey kid! Where are ya?"
"At the airport, We're on our way back".
"OK, I'll pick ya up".
"Cool, oh yeah, guess who my first match is gonna be against".
"Who".
"Your cousin!"
"You're facing Matt?"
"Yup, one member of the family to another huh?"
"Yeah".
"Oh and Shawn? Remember when you said we'd cross the bridge of me moving out when we came to it?"
"Yeah?"
"We just got there".
End Of Chapter
Well there ya go, sorry it's kinda short, anyway we now know who Jason's debut match is against, the teen versus the Maverick, but that's another chapter for another time.
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