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ALLO! How ya doin' everyone? Looking forward to Christmas? Me too! It's a great feeling when your favourite team wins Six-Two. Anywho, last time Jason defended his X Division title for the first time against Shark Boy and walked out with a victory only to be attacked by AJ Styles, why did AJ attack the teen? Could Jason's run in TNA already be under threat? Let's find out.
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Rebirth-Chapter Eleven-Explanations
Jason sat alone in the corner of the locker room, his mood following the attack by AJ the week before was pretty frosty, he'd been jumped many times before but the fact it was AJ, a guy he'd always had respect for because of his honor and dedication to TNA, just left a bad taste in his mouth. He'd been so pissed off he'd actually beaten AJ in making the challenge for a match and had refused to leave Cornette's office until he had what he wanted, he'd demanded a match with AJ for tonight but Cornette felt that was a PPV quality match and had come up with a compromise, at Victory Road Jason would defend his title against AJ one-on-one and would instead face AJ in a tag match tonight. AJ's partner would be Maverick Matt and Jason would pair up with Chris Sabin, the teen guessed that Matt had been put in there in the hope it would deflect some of his focus on AJ, he was now glued to the monitor waiting for a pre-recorded interview AJ had done with Mike Tenay explaining his actions, JB was standing outside the room as Jason would give his response to AJ straight after. Shortly before the tag match was set to begin AJ's interview with Tenay came on.
Tenay began. "First of all AJ thank you for agreeing to this".
"No problem".
"Let's just get right to the point, why did you attack Jason Cena last week?"
"Why did I attack Jason Cena? Before I answer that let me ask you something, you've known me for a long time right?"
"Yes, that's why I was so stunned about what you did, it was so out of character for you to do something like that".
"Exactly, why would I, AJ Styles, someone who preaches about the unwritten code of honor in the X Division, attack Jason Cena? Let me explain something to you, just over a year ago, before we went to Spike TV, Jason Cena had a tryout match here, remember?"
"Yes I do".
"And what happened after that match?"
"Well, he was offered a contract but turned it down".
"That's right, he turned it down, but do you remember the reason he gave?"
"He said he wasn't ready to appear on TV".
"And what happened less than a month after that?"
"He signed for WWE and debuted on one of their PPV's".
"That's the point I'm getting at, the way I see it he used TNA to get a spot in WWE with his brother, Mike, you know how loyal I am to TNA, you know how many times I've turned down Vince McMahon, so when someone does what Jason did and shows the blatant disrespect for TNA like he did, to disrespect guys like me and Jerry Lynn who have been here since day one and helped create that title he holds, it pisses me off. To disrespect your company is disrespecting the whole wrestling business and to see him walking around with the X Division title, a cornerstone of TNA, that doesn't sit well with me".
"So this is all about what you see as disrespect? AJ, there was a time when you walked round with little to no respect for anyone, so surely you can cut the kid some slack".
"I could, but remember this, when I was walking round disrespecting everyone it was because I was aligned with Vince Russo so I think you can see why I was like that, but I learned from my mistake".
"But surely Jason Cena can learn from his mistakes as well?"
"He could but what he did wasn't a mistake it was a choice, TNA was his second choice and now WWE don't want him he wants to come here? It's just disrespect!"
"AJ, in Jason's defense, guys like Rhino, Raven and D'lo Brown all came to TNA after WWE released them..."
"They did, but they were under WWE contract before TNA even existed, Jason was given a choice, he used TNA to get leverage with WWE then slapped us in the face. I'll say this though, I undertsand what he went through, I respect what he's done cause he is a great talent, but I don't respect him, and at Victory Road I'll beat some respect into him and take his X Division title then maybe, just maybe, I'll respect him".
"Well AJ thank you for your time, I guess we're just gonna have to agree to disagree, good luck and I hope things between the two of you don't esculate into something more personal".
"Mike, it'll only get personal if he wants it to be, thanks for letting me do this".
By now Jason had walked outside, JB was waiting for him.
"Well Jason you've just seen what AJ Styles had to say, what is your response".
"JB, I've never backed away from a fight and I'm not gonna start now, AJ if you wanted a title match all ya had to do was ask! But to say I have no respect for TNA? Let me tell you something, if you had a choice between a company getting off the ground or a company that was at the top and had your only living relative waiting for you where would you go? Now I can take being called a punk, I can take being jumped from behind, but I will not take being accused of having disrespect for the business, this business helped support me and my Mom when she was sick, this business introduced me to my girlfriend, this business kept me from pulling the trigger on myself! It's only personal if I want it to be? Well it's damn personal now! And you'll see how personal it is out there tonight".
With that turned his back on JB and went back into the locker room.
Later in the night Chris's music hit as he, Jason and Mara came out to the ring, Chris was talking to Jason trying to get the teen to keep his cool but he didn't seem to be listening, Maverick Matt's music hit and he came out with Traci, he got in the ring and went up in Jason's face, the teen just stared back at him until he backed away, AJ's music started playing and he walked down to the ring, as he got in Jason made a move towards him but Chris pulled him back and sent him to their corner, AJ casually got out of the ring as well leaving Matt and Chris to start the match.
Jason and AJ stared each other down from across the ring as Chris and Matt exchanged armdrags, Chris gained an early advantage and hit a dropkick to knock Matt down, he quickly whipped Matt and hit a spinkick to the gut and followed up with a neckbreaker for a two-count, they got up and Chris tried another whip but Matt reversed it only to be taken down with a flying headscissor followed by an ura-nage backbreaker for another two-count, Chris tried to pick him up but Matt pushed him away and ran to his corner to tag in AJ, Chris got ready to lock up but AJ backed off and told him to tag in Jason, Chris looked round and Jason held his hand out demanding the tag, Chris tagged him in and the teen went face-to-face with AJ.
AJ smirked as the teen stared him down, they then locked up and began battling for position, Jason took control and put on a headlock, AJ threw him off but Jason took him out with a shoulderblock, he hit the ropes and AJ went under, then over and hit a massive dropkick, Jason bounced up and AJ whipped him and went for a spinning backbreaker but Jason countered it into a headscissor, he then whipped AJ into a corner and followed up with a backdrop and a dropkick, he stood over AJ and was stunned when AJ nipped up, wrapped his legs round Jason's neck and took him down with a hurricanranna! Jason flipped all the way through it and landed on his feet then caught AJ with an armdrag, he went for a second but AJ countered it into one of his own, Jason ended up by the ropes and AJ charged him but the teen backdropped him over, AJ landed on the apron and gave Jason a right hand as the teen came over, he tried to follow it up with a springboard forearm but Jason sidestepped, AJ rolled to his feet and Jason charged him but AJ ducked the clothesline and hit the Pele kick! Jason went down but bounced back up and walked into a DDT for a two-count, AJ then dragged Jason to the corner and tagged in Matt.
Matt picked Jason up and hit an atomic drop before following that with a neckbreaker for a two-count, he picked Jason up and hit a backbreaker then tagged in AJ who hit a running knee drop for another two-count, he picked the teen up and went for a suplex but Jason managed to slip out only for AJ to hold on and hit a neckbreaker for another two-count, he hit Jason with a spinebreaker then tagged in Matt who came off the top with an elbow, he covered but Chris broke it up. Matt wasted time mouthing off to Chris before picking Jason up, the teen suddenly broke free from his grip and began throwing punches, he went for a whip but Matt reversed it, the teen ducked an elbow but when he went to hit the ropes again AJ kicked him in the back causing him to stagger into a reverse-STO from Matt, the Maverick covered but Jason again kicked out.
Matt sighed in frustration and dragged Jason back to the corner, he tagged in AJ then held the teen allowing him to get some kicks in, he dragged Jason out to the middle of the ring and hit a pumphandle gutbuster before covering for a two-count, he whipped Jason and lowered his head for a backdrop but Jason dropped down and punched him in the face before hitting an X-Factor! Both were down before begining to crawl to their corners, AJ got Matt in and he charged across the ring but Jason made a desperation dive and tagged in Chris.
Chris had been waiting on the apron for a long time and went straight into action, as soon as Jason tagged him he jumped to the top-rope and came down with a missile dropkick for a two-count, he jumped back up and hit a series of kicks before hitting an enziguri, Matt staggered and Chris hit him with a running powerbomb for another two-count, they got up again and Chris set Matt up for a DDT but AJ came in only for Chris to jump, kick AJ away and drop Matt with a tornado DDT! He covered but Matt kicked ot again. Chris called for the Cradle Shock and went to lift Matt up but AJ broke it up, the two went to double-team him but Jason made the save, they both beat AJ and Matt back to the ropes before whipping them into corners before Chris hit Matt with a running big boot while Jason crushed AJ with a stinger splash! They then hung their respective opponent upside down in the corner then ran past each other and hit simultaneous hesitation dropkicks! Then they jumped up and ran past each other and hit the other opponent with the same move!
Chris and Jason were now feeding off the energy of the crowd, they double clotheslined AJ to the outside before turning their attention to Matt, they whipped him and Jason lifted him up for a spinebuster with Chris adding a dropkick! He covered but AJ pulled him out of the ring, he beat Chris down and threw him into the crowd wall, he then came into the ring and began brawling with Jason, he backed Jason up against the ropes and charged but Jason backdropped him over again but again he landed on the apron, Jason turned away from him just in time to see Matt going for a superkick! He ducked then dropkicked Matt into AJ knocking the phenominal one to the floor, Matt staggered backwards and Jason dropped him with a reverse DDT then went after AJ and the two began brawling it out on the arena floor, Chris came back and climbed to the top-rope, he went for a legdrop but Matt moved! Chris hit the ring hard then Matt dropped him with a reverse-STO and began tuning up for the superkick, he started forward but at the last second Chris ducked, lifted him up and hit the Cradle Shock! He covered and earned the win for his team.
Despite the match being over Jason and AJ continued to fight it out on the outside, Jason hit several right hands and began backing AJ up the ramp but a knee to the gut killed his momentum, AJ then kicked Jason down and set him up for a Styles Clash on the ramp! Just before he could hit it Jason countered into a backdrop and began brawling with him again, soon they were exchanging punches in front of Tenay and West as TNA security came running out to break it up, despite the growing number of people trying to get between them Jason and AJ still exchanged right hands throwing anyone who got between them to one side, more and more security came out to stop the fight as even Mara and Chris dived in to pull Jason away, it seemed the fight had been broken up as some of the security dragged AJ away, he seemed to give in... then broke free and dived over them! He took out Mara, Chris and half the security team before beating on Jason, he threw the teen up onto the announce table and hit punch after punch until Jason dragged him over the table as well, they continued to fight until Mara, Chris, Tenay, West and Jerry, Jay and Sonjay, who had all run out, managed to get between them, finally Jason was dragged up the ramp while AJ was pulled out a side exit both still screaming for the other's blood.
End Of Chapter
Well, there ya go, can't think of anything more to say other then HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Hope you enjoy spending time with your families or doing what I'm gonna do, lock myself in my room and play my new computer games! Life is good.
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