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Allo! Welcome back again, coming up: Jason puts his X Division title shot on the line when he and a mystery partner take on Maverick Matt and Kazarian, who will his partner be? Will his risk taking pay-off? Let's find out!
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Rebirth-Chapter Six-Risking It All
When Jason woke up the next Thursday he couldn't help but smirk, his TNA run had started off well, better than he could have hoped for, he was popular with the fans, at least for now, and he had an X Division title match on the horizon, if that was he could beat Matt and Kazarian, some people were wondering if he was taking too much of a risk by putting his shot on the line, and even more so considering he had to rely on a partner to do it. Then again, he did have a more than capable partner for the match, even though nobody knew who it was yet, as soon as he'd made the challenge he'd gone to the back and asked his first choice, the answer had been an immediate yes and he'd kept quiet since then, he hadn't even told Mara, in fact she didn't even know he had a partner for the match. Neither did Matt and Kazarian judging by an interview he'd seen on the website where they claimed they'd called his bluff and he had no friends in TNA to call on, he staggered out of bed and into the shower, when he was done he went to get a bite to eat and found Mara in the kitchen.
"Morning".
"You too".
He poured himself a bowl of cereal and sat down at the table, she sat opposite him.
"Ready for tonight?" She asked.
"Yup, walk in the park".
"Matt and Kazarian?"
"Uh huh".
"And you're on your own".
"I got a partner".
"Since when?"
"Last Thursday".
"You've had a partner all this time and you didn't tell me?"
"Nope".
"Why?"
"Didn't think it was important".
"What? So who is it?"
"Ah" he said tapping the side of his nose.
"C'mon who?"
"Need to know basis Mara".
"As in, I don't need to know?"
"You got it".
"Can I have a clue?"
"Nah".
"C'mon!"
"Nope" he replied heading out of the room.
"Please?"
"Nuh uh".
"Asshole!"
"Thank you".
That night in the Impact Zone Jason was sitting with some of the X Division guys, the teen was still taking in just how much more relaxed the TNA locker room was, he doubted if there was any other promotion in the world where the talent could play Mortal Kombat when they were supposed to be preparing for a match, then again, maybe the guys just liked doing it to piss off Jerry Lynn.
"Not again" he muttered as he entered the room. "How may times do I have to tell you guys not to do this?"
"C'mon Jerry" replied Sonjay. "It's just a little fun".
"It's not that you're having fun, it's that you're having fun when you're supposed to be getting ready, you have a match" he pointed at Jay. "You have a match" Sonjay. "And you damn sure have a match!" He pointed at Jason.
"I was just watching!"
"You can watch when you beat Matt and Kazarian!" Replied Jerry. "You're taking a big risk putting your shot up like this kid, you better not blow it".
"Relax Jerry" said Chris from his seat. "The guy knows what he's doing".
"Does he? He doesn't even have a partner!"
"I do".
"Who?"
"Need to know basis, you'll find out when everyone else does".
Before Jerry could reply Jay managed to beat Sonjay, he handed the control to Jason.
"Now if you don't mind Jerry, it's my turn".
Jerry sighed. "I give up" he said walking away, Jason waited until he was gone and handed the control back to Sonjay.
"You're right, he is easy to piss off".
"Sure you don't wanna play?"
"Nah, I better get ready for my match" he replied. "Unlike you guys I think Jerry has a point. Besides, JB wants me and my partner to give an interview before we go out there".
"Good luck".
A few minutes later Jason and Mara stood with Jeremy Borash, there was no partner in sight.
"Jason Cena, in a few minutes you put your X Division title shot on the line when you take on Maverick Matt and Kazarian, why are you so willing to do so?"
"Confidence JB, Matt seems to think I don't deserve a shot at him, well I beat his buddy last week and maybe after me and my partner beat them tonight he may think twice about that".
"Well some people certainly think you had his number at Sacrifice, maybe tonight you'll prove it, but moving on, you mention that you do in fact have a partner, Maverick Matt seems to think you don't, if you do have a partner, who is it?"
Jason laughed. "JB, you saw what Matt and Kazarian said on the website right?"
"Yes".
"What did they say?"
"Well... they said you were bluffing and that you have no friends to call on".
"Exactly, me being the new kid in town I don't really have any friends, but as a man once said, when a friend cannot be found, then a rival will do".
At that Chris Sabin came in and stood next to him, the two smirked into the camera.
"Still think I'm bluffing boys?" Asked Jason as they walked off, JB shrugged.
"Back to you at ringside" he said as Jason and Chris dissapeared round a corner.
"Remember kid" said Chris. "You owe me a favour now".
"How did I know you wouldn't do this out of the goodness of your heart?"
"Maybe cause you know me too well".
"Yeah, c'mon".
Chris's music hit in the arena and he and Jason both came out with Mara, as they were making their way down the ramp the teen heard Tenay and West putting over the friendly rivalry the two had on the Indies before Jason signed for WWE, as they got in the ring Sabin stopped and began glaring into the crowd, confused, Jason followed his gaze and saw Alex Shelley, Johnny Devine and Kevin Nash watching on.
"What the hell are they doing there?" He asked.
"Scouting the X Division".
"Holy crap! Nash wants to join the X Division?"
Chris laughed. "Yup".
Matt's music hit as he, Kazarian and Traci came out, their confidence from earlier had taken a major dent, they were still in deep discussion when they got in the ring as they tried to come up with a new plan, Jason and Chris just exchanged a look before the teen hopped out and allowed his partner to kick off the match, eventually Matt left the ring and let Kazarian start from them.
The two locked up and Chris immediately took Kazarian down with an armdrag, he jumped back up but Chris took him down again then got a roll up for a one-count, Kazarian tried a kick but Chris blocked it and took him down into another pin for another one-count, he whipped Kazarian and caught him with a stiff kick to the gut then hit a running knee to the head for a two-count, he went to pick Kazarian up but he pushed Chris away and retreated to his corner. Jason took his eyes off the action for a second to glance at the Papparazzi, Devine was taping the match on a video camera while Shelley was trying to explain the moves to a bored looking Nash, Kazarian decided to tag Matt in, Chris knocked him down straight away then brought him to their corner and tagged Jason, they whipped the Maverick and hit a double hiptoss then Jason hit a legdrop for a two-count, Matt went to a corner so Jason hit a few chops then whipped him and caught him with a backdrop followed by a dropkick, Matt got up again and Jason hit a powerslam for a two-count.
Kazarian jumped in the ring to try and help his partner but Jason sidestepped his charge and clotheslined him to the outside, Matt used this as a chance to cheapshot Jason and back him into a corner, he hit a few right hands then backed off and charged but Jason ducked, lifted him up and dropped him across the turnbuckle leaving him hanging upside down, the teen tagged in Chris who charged across the ring and hit Matt with the hesitation dropkick! He walked in front of Jason and gestured for him to try it, the teen did just that although it was nowhere near as impressive as Chris's, Kazarian ran back in the ring but the two sidestepped him and sent him back to the outside, they then picked Matt up and hit a double suplex followed by running senton's before Chris covered for a two-count. They picked Matt back up and whipped him but he used the ropes to pop the brakes and bailed from the ring, Kazarian came round and the two tried to come up with a new strategy but Chris came flying over the ropes! He crashed down on Kazarian and Matt tried to attack him but Jason came flying over onto him!
Jason and Chris climbed back up and high-fived before going back to beating on Matt and Kazarian, Jason picked the Maverick up and whipped him towards the announce table, Matt reversed it but the teen jumped onto the table then came off it and hit a flying clothesline! Chris then whipped Kazarian towards the teen and into a clothesline, they then threw Matt into the ring and Chris hit a missile dropkick for a two-count. He set Matt up for a DDT but Kazarian came in only for Chris to drop him with an enziguri while hitting the DDT on Matt for a two-count, he dropped Matt with a sitdown powerbomb then climbed the ropes, he was about to jump but Traci tripped him causing him to fall to the turnbuckle, Matt came up after him and brought him down with a hurricanranna! He covered but Chris kicked out at two.
Matt was quick to take advantage and dragged Chris to the corner then tagged Kazarian, he came in and dropped Chris with a neckbreaker for a two-count, he hit Chris with a DDT then tagged Matt in, he quickly dropped Chris with a backbreaker and got another two then tagged Kazarian back in, he waited for Chris to stand then hit a springboard clothesline for a two-count, he tagged Matt back in again and dropped Chris with a belly-to-belly allowing Matt to hit a diving elbow, he covered but Jason broke it up, while the referee was getting Jason out of the ring Matt and Kazarian switched and Kazarian dropped Chris with a spinkick and put on a choke hold. Chris tried to fight out of it but was fading fast despite Jason and Mara's yells of encouragement, the teen decided on a new tactic.
"Hey Chris! If you give up it means I'm better than you!"
That got the reaction he wanted Chris began fighting as hard as he could to free himself, he managed to break the hold and tried a whip but Kazarian countered and tried a slam but Chris escaped and hit a reverse DDT! He crawled to the corner and made the tag to Jason! The teen jumped to the top-rope as Matt was tagged in and came off the top with a flying cross-body for a two-count, he whipped Matt and hit a dropkick then followed up with a shining wizard for another two-count, Kazarian came in and charged him but he dodged and dropped him with a neckbreaker then hit Matt with a dragon suplex for another two-count, Matt pulled himself up but Kazarian came in to help but was whipped into Matt then Jason hit a double stinger splash! He superkicked Kazarian to the outside then dropped Matt with a reverse DDT for another two-count, he suplexed Matt and went up top, he came down looking for a frogsplash but Matt moved, he forward rolled on landing and Matt charged him but the teen avoided it and lifted him up for the newly named C-Bomb, he had Matt in the torture rack position but before he could spin it into a powerbomb Kazarian came in and pulled Matt down then hit Jason with the Wave of the Future! The teen rolled to the outside but before Matt and Kazarian could take advantage Chris came off the top with a flying clothesline to both of them! He began fighting off both of them and dropped Matt with a ura-nage, he went after Kazarian but he caught him with a flapjack across the ropes, he grabbed Chris for a German suplex and Matt went for a superkick but Chris ducked and he nailed Kazarian! Chris then grabbed the distracted Matt and went for the Cradle Shock but Matt escaped and pushed him into Jason, they clashed heads and Jason went down while Chris staggered back round into a Superkick! Matt looked down at him then smirked as he saw Jason trying to get up and began tuning up the band, he went for the superkick but at the last second the teen ducked and got a roll up! The referee counted and Jason got the three!
The teen immediately bailed as Matt jumped up in shock, the teen had got one over on him again! And now he'd actually pinned him! Chris was still a little dinged from the kick and had to be helped by Jason up the ramp, the teen turned back to the ring to see Matt throwing a fit, he just smirked and made belt motions round his waist, as the teen left the question on the minds of the fans, announcers and Mavrick Matt was the same, could Jason Cena really have the champs number?
End Of Chapter
Well, there ya go, if Jason didn't have Matt's number at Sacrifice he does now, he's beaten him by DQ and now by pin, could we be looking at the next X Division champion? How will Matt try and regain the advantage? Find out soon.
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