Finals of the Dynamic Duos Tag Team Tournament
#Sparklebuddies vs. Young Guns
“Bones” by Young Guns blares throughout the arena as Blake Jones, one half of the Young Guns, quickly explodes out through the curtains and stands at the beginning of the walkway. He gives the audience a great big smile as Riley Owens slowly makes his way out after him. Both men are wearing black jackets with lights popping back and forth on the back of them. The two men look at each other and nod at one another before making their way down to the ring. Blake hops up and down and continues to keep a smirk on his face as he slaps hands with a lot of hands and gets pretty interactive with them, while Riley just slaps hands and slides into the ring.
Cruz: The following contest is scheduled for one fall and it is the finals of the 2014 Dynamic Duos Tag Team Tournament! Introducing first, weighing in at a combined weight of 388 pounds! They are the team of Blake Jones and Riley Owens... THE YOUNG GUNS!
Clement: No one thought that the Young Guns would amount to much. Maybe that we would be competitive in the first round. Maybe they would make it to the semis. But no one thought that they would get this far.
Grayson: I certainly didn't. But Blake is a tag team specialist. With Blake's tag team experience, coupled with Riley's emergence here in FGA, the two have gelled into a very formidable team. But will tonight be the night that they meet their match?
Jones continues to sing along to the song as he hops on the apron before hopping over the ropes and landing on his feet. Both he and Riley make their way to the center of the ring and the lights cut as their names shine out in the darkness, the colors changing. Once the lights come back on, the two young men remove their jackets and toss them to one of the ringside workers before heading off to their corners.
“Jager Yoga” by CSS begins to play throughout the arena as pink and purple strobe lights cover the aisleway. From out behind the curtain step Laurel Anne Hardy and Annie Zellor to cheers from the crowd. They both make their way down to the ring in their matching ring attires, slapping hands with the fans on either side of the aisle.
Cruz: And their opponents, weighing in at a combined weight of 263 pounds! They are the team of Laurel Anne Hardy and Annie Zellor... THE SPARKLEBUDDIES!
Clement: The Sex sells Reunion Tour may have been the biggest story of the 2014 Dynamic Duos Tag Team Tournament. But a story that could give them a run for their money is the #Sparklebuddies. Laurel Anne Hardy has taken young Annie Zellor under her wing. The two have become a great force in the ring. Outside of the ring, they've gotten the respect from peers both in and out of FGA. Could tonight be the night that the #Sparklebuddies get their biggest win?
Grayson: Last year's Dynamic Duos Tournament still haunts Hardy. That loss to The Murder was soul crushing for her. She so desperately wants to win this tournament and win those Tag Team Titles. That's why she's back this year. You can see that look of determination in her eyes. She wants this bad, Kev.
Annie runs up the ring steps and vaults over the top rope as Laurel slides in under the bottom rope. They both hop up on opposite corners where Annie raises a fist while Laurel takes a stage bow, flapping her colourful feather boa around. Then they both jump down and hug before taking their corner.
The bell sounds as Riley and Hardy start things off with a handshake. The two then circle the ring. After sizing each other up, they inch towards each other before locking up. Riley quickly gains the advantage with a side headlock. But Hardy is able to slip out and reverse into a hammerlock from behind. She then jerks Riley's arm upward, causing him to cringe in pain. The ref asks him if he wants to give up. But he refuses to quit. He then reaches back and elbows Hardy in the face, breaking the hold. Riley reaches back, grabs Hardy and throws her down with a side headlock takeover. The ref asks Hardy if she wants to give up. But Hardy refuses to quit. After shifting around on the canvas, Hardy is able to reverse into a leg scissors headlock to cheers from the crowd. Riley tries to escape with a kip up, but it's to no avail. The ref asks him if he wants to give up. But Riley refuses to quit. Riley again tries to escape with a kip up, but Hardy has the hold locked on tight. After shifting around on the canvas, Riley is finally able to escape with a kip up.
As Hardy scrambles to get back to a vertical base, Riley places her in a side headlock. But Hardy is able to shove Riley off of her and into the ropes. When Riley comes back, he knocks her down with a shoulderblock. He then runs into the ropes. When Riley comes back, Hardy turns over onto her stomach. Riley skips over her and runs into the ropes. When Riley comes back, Hardy pushes herself back up and goes for a hip toss. But Riley blocks it. So Hardy goes for another hip toss. But again, Riley blocks it. So Hardy punches him in the midsection, doubling him over. After draping her leg across the back of Riley's neck, Hardy performs a standing back flip. After she lands on her feet, she connects with a step-up enzuigiri to cheers from the crowd. She makes the cover.
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Riley kicks out.
Clement: You can see a shot of those two beautiful trophies right there. That's what these team teams are fighting over. Those belts and a shot at the FGA World Tag Team Titles!
Grayson: If anything, the SMWB would have to be rooting for Riley Owens. Of the four competitors in this ring, Riley is the only one that's currently scheduled for another match. Riley's got a Pride Championship defense against Jared James. If The Young Guns were to win, that would force Riley to have to pull double duty. That could be a tall task for him.
Hardy picks up Riley, places him in a shoulder lock, backs up into her corner and lets Annie Zellor tag herself in. The crowd cheers as Annie gets in and nails Riley with a shoot kick to the midsection. She then grabs Riley and throws him down with a Harai goshi. As Riley gets back up, she places him in a front facelock. But Riley is able to move her across the ring and into the ropes. The ref quickly goes over and gives Annie until the count of five to break the hold.
Ref: ONE... TWO... THREE... FOUR...
Annie lets go and both grapplers make the clean break. They then lunge at each other, engaging in a collar & elbow tie up. But Annie is able to gain the upperhand with a side headlock. Riley then quickly shoves her off of him and into the ropes. When Annie comes back, she slides through Riley's legs. When Riley turns around, Annie gets up and goes for a kick to the midsection. But Riley catches her foot. He then turns her away from him and goes for a belly to back suplex. But Annie rolls over his back, lands on her feet and counters with a school boy.
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Riley kicks out.
Clement: Annie nearly stole that one right there for the Sparklebuddies.
Grayson: Could you imagine that? Making it this far in the tournament, only to lose by a school boy so early into the match?
As both grapplers scramble to get back to their feet, Annie places Riley in another side headlock. But again, Riley shoves Annie off of him and into the ropes. When Annie comes back, Riley throws out a spinning back fist. But Annie ducks and runs into the ropes. When she comes back, he connects with a cross body block to cheers from the crowd.
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Riley kicks out.
Clement: Another near fall for Kickass Annie. She's going for those quick covers. Riley may be kicking out. But those near falls will start to tire you out sooner than later.
Grayson: Annie may be small, but Riley's still exerting a lot of effort by kicking out.
As Riley gets back up to his feet, Annie kicks him in the midsection. She then grabs him and goes for an irish whip. But Riley reverses, sending Annie into the ropes. When Annie comes back, Riley throws her down with a back body drop. While Annie arches her back in pain, Riley goes over and tags in Blake Jones.
Clement: Now here comes the tag specialist, Blake Jones. Let's see what he can do in there against Annie...
The crowd cheers as Jones gets in, picks up Annie and throws her down with a scoop slam. After an elbow drop, Blake turns back over and makes the cover.
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Annie kicks out.
Blake picks up Annie and whips her into the ropes. When Annie comes back, Blake goes for a tilt-a-whirl slam. But Annie counters with a headscissors takeover to cheers from the crowd. Blake gets back up, but Annie knocks him down with a dropkick to cheers from the crowd. Blake gets back up, but Annie throws him down with a Seoi Nage. The crowd cheers as she makes the cover.
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Blake kicks out.
Clement: What a throw by Annie!
Grayson: But it only got a two count.
Annie picks up Blake, places him in a side headlock, heads back into her corner and tags Hardy back in. When Hardy gets in, she connects with a punch to the ribs. She then takes Blake and whips him into the ropes. When Blake comes back, Hardy delivers a cartwheel into a dropkick to cheers from the crowd. She makes the cover.
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Blake kicks out.
Clement: A lot of time hasn't passed. But thus far, I'd have to say that the Sparklebuddies have been the more impressive team.
Grayson: They're making more covers. They're making more quick tags. Both of these teams have a young gun, no pun intended, leaning on a tag team vet. But right now, the Sparklebuddies seem to have the advantage.
Hardy picks up Blake and goes for an irish whip. But Blake reverses, sending Hardy into the corner. But Hardy stops, springboards onto the middle ropes and knocks down the oncoming Blake with a diving back elbow to cheers from the crowd. She makes the cover.
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Blake kicks out.
Clement: Blake tried to whip Hardy into the corner. But she used that momentum against Blake and he paid for it.
Grayson: I know both of these teams respect each other. But I want to see what happens when they have to get down and dirty and start scrapping. Then we're going to see which of these two teams really wants to win this tournament.
Hardy picks up Blake and goes for an irish whop. But Blake reverses, sending Hardy into the ropes. When Hardy comes back, Blake goes for a back body drop. But Hardy slips down from being and counters with a lungblower to cheers from the crowd. Hardy goes over and tags Annie back in.
Once Annie gets in, the Sparklebuddies take Blake and whip him into the corner. Annie runs into the corner and connects with a jumping splash to cheers from the crowd. As she moves out of the way, Hardy runs into the corner and goes for a jumping splash of her own. But Blake moves out of the way, causing Hardy to connect with the turnbuckles. As Hardy stumbles back, Blake grabs her and tosses her through the ropes and to the outside. While Blake's back is turned, Annie runs up from behind and rolls him up with an O'Connor Roll.
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Blake kicks out, sending Annie into the ropes. When Annie comes back, Blake knocks her down with a running single leg dropkick to cheers from the crowd. Blake then heads over and tags Riley back in.
Once Riley gets in, the Young Guns deliver the AR15 to Annie to cheers from the crowd. Riley makes the cover.
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Hardy breaks up the pin.
As Hardy heads back out onto the apron, Riley picks up Annie and places her in a cravat. After delivering a series of knee strikes to the face, Riley throws her down with a cravat suplex to cheers from the crowd. He makes the cover.
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Annie gets her shoulder up.
Riley heads over and tags Blake back in. Once Blake gets in, the Young Guns pick up Annie, only to knock her back down with the Trigger to cheers from the crowd. Blake makes the cover.
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Hardy breaks up the pin.
Clement: The Young Guns have really taken control of this one.
Grayson: yes they have. They've executed their tandem moves. They've cut off the ring. They've really worked over Annie in this one. And who is this?
Out from the entrance way appears Ash Sullivan. As Ash makes her way down the aisle, she can be seen clapping and cheering Annie on.
Clement: That's one of FGA's newest hires, Ash. By the looks of things, she's out here showing support for her friend Annie Zellor.
As Hardy heads back out onto the apron, Blake picks up Annie and whips her into the ropes. When Annie comes back, Blake bends over to set up a back body drop. But Annie counters by kicking Blake square in the face to cheers from the crowd. Ash can be seen pumping her fist as Annie gets some offense back in. After a kick to the midsection, Annie delivers a sitout jawbreaker to cheers from the crowd. While Blake is still dazed, Annie kicks him in the midsection again and then delivers a facebreaker DDT to cheers from the crowd. She turns over and makes the cover.
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Blake gets his shoulder up.
Ash can be seen with her hands on top of her head. She thought that was going to be enough for Annie to get the win for the Sparklebuddies. Back in the ring, Annie picks up Blake, brings him into the corner and slams his head into the top turnbuckle. She then tags Hardy back in to cheers from the crowd. Once Hardy gets in, the Sparklebuddies bring Blake from out of the corner and deliver a double team facebuster to cheers from the crowd. Hardy turns him over and makes the cover.
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Riley breaks up the pin.
Clement: Now it's Riley Owens who breaks up one of Laurel's pins.
Grayson: This match has been back and forth. Neither team has been able to sustain an advantage. But something's got to give at some point, right?
As Riley heads to the outside, Hardy takes Blake and whips him into the ropes. When Blake comes back, Hardy goes for a hurricarana. But Blake counters with a sitdown powerbomb to cheers from the crowd.
Clement: What a counter by Blake!
Grayson: He just drove Hardy back-first onto the canvas. You could hear the impact. You can see Hardy arching her back in pain. But can Blake do something? Can he put her away? Can he make the tag?
While Hardy is down, Blake heads into the corner. After climbing up to the top turnbuckle, Blake goes for a moonsault. But Hardy gets her knees up, causing Blake to crash down across them to cheers from the crowd.
Clement: Blake caught the knees!
Grayson: Blake tried to put it away by going for something high risk. But Hardy was able to counter.
Hardy picks up Blake and whips him into the ropes. When Blake comes back, Hardy delivers an Haoduken to the midsection, causing Blake to double over in pain. She then grabs him from behind, delivers a reverse DDT across her knee and holds Blake in place. Annie then springboards onto the top turnbuckle, leaps off and connects with a diving double foot stomp on Blake. Ash can be seen applauding on the outside. Hardy then lets go, lifts Blake up across her shoulders and delivers a double knee gutbuster. As Blake turns over, Hardy runs into the ropes. When she comes back, she delivers the Rolling Thunder to cheers from the crowd. Hardy turns over and makes the cover.
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Riley drags Hardy off of Blake to cheers from the crowd.
Clement: Riley saved Blake on that one.
Grayson: He sure did. After all those attacks to the midsection, I'm positive that Blake's ribs have to be hurting. I wouldn't even be surprised if they're broken.
As Riley heads back out onto the apron, Hardy calls Annie back into the ring. After Annie places her in a headlock, Hardy lifts Annie up and over her shoulder, sending her down with a moonsault on top of Blake to cheers from the crowd. As Annie heads back out onto the apron, Hardy heads outside the ring as well. She then goes for a springboard corkscrew senton. But Blake rolls out of the way, causing Hardy to crash onto the canvas to cheers from the crowd.
Clement: And now Hardy's misses with the high risk maneuver!
Grayson: I can't say I blame them. It's the finals of the Dynamic Duos Tournament! Go big or go home!
While both grapplers are down, the ref starts his count.
Ref: ONE... TWO... THREE... FOUR...
Both grapplers turn over and begin to crawl towards their respective corners. Ash can be seen encouraging Hardy to make the tag.
Ref: ….................... FIVE............................ SIX............................
Riley can be seen slapping the top turnbuckle as he stretches his arm out.
Ref: ….................... SEVEN................................. EIGHT...............
Annie hops up and down on the canvas as she pleads to be tagged back in.
Ref: …..................... NINE.............................
Blake tags Riley in to cheers from the crowd. As soon as Riley gets in, Hardy reaches over and tags Annie back in.
Clement: Riley and Annie are back in!
Riley and Annie run towards the center of the ring. But Riley knocks her down with the Cyclone Kill to cheers from the crowd. He reaches down, picks up Annie, grabs her from behind and knocks her down with a ripcord lariat that turns her inside out. Riley then reaches down, grabs Annie by the waist and delivers an Everest German Suplex hold to cheers from the crowd.
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Hardy breaks up the pin.
Hardy picks up Riley and whips him into the ropes. When Riley comes back, Hardy connects with the Hadouken, doubling him over. She then lifts Riley up for a double knee gutbuster. But Riley slips down from behind and shoves her over towards Blake, who plants her with a jumping DDT to cheers from the crowd.
Clement: Hardy just got planted with that DDT.
Grayson: Yeah, and it looks like the Young Guns are staring to build up some momentum...
The Young Guns then go over, pick up Annie and whip her into the ropes. When Annie comes back, the Young Guns go for a double clothesline. But Annie ducks and runs into the ropes. When Annie comes back, she goes for a cross body block. But the Young Guns catch her in mid air, look at each other, nod and deliver a double fallaway slam to cheers from the crowd. Ash then runs down to ringside and loudly slaps the apron, trying to will Annie. After picking up Annie, the Young Guns deliver the Safety Off to cheers from the crowd. They then pick Annie up off the canvas, lift her up and plant her with the Shot To The Head to cheers from the crowd. Riley turns over and makes the cover.
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Hardy breaks up the pin.
Clement: Another timely save by Hardy!
Hardy picks up Riley and goes for an irish whip. But Riley reverses, sending Hardy into the ropes. But instead of bouncing back, Hardy hangs onto the ropes. So Riley runs over to attack. But Hardy ducks the attack and counters with a back body drop over the top rope. Riley is able to land on his feet on the apron. But Hardy quickly connects with a Pele Kick, knocking Riley off the apron and to the floor.
Clement: Pele by Hardy!
As Hardy gets up and turns around, Blake leaps off the top rope and connects with a missile dropkick, sending Hardy stumbling through the ropes and to the floor. While Hardy is on the outside, Blake waves his arm up and down to get the crowd riled up.
Clement: Jones, Jones and Away?
Grayson: Most likely...
As the fans in the front row stand up, Blake runs into the ropes. When he comes back, he tries to leap through the ropes to go for Jones, Jones and Away. But Annie perfectly counters in mid-dive with the Rough 'n' Tumble, knocking Blake back into the ring to cheers from the crowd. Ash can be seen applauding and cheering Annie on the outside.
Clement: What a counter by Annie!
Grayson: We saw her do something similar in the first round. It worked then and it's worked again.
While Blake is down, Annie steps to the outside. As she climbs the turnbuckles, Riley slides in, runs across the ring, runs up to the second ropes and begins to hit her with forearm strikes to cheers from the crowd. After turning around on the ropes, he lifts Annie up onto his shoulders, jumps off and delivers a double knee gutbuster to cheers from the crowd. As Annie turns over and tries to get up, Riley runs over and connects with Unnecessary Roughness, followed by the Equalizer from Blake to cheers from the crowd. As Riley makes the cover, Hardy tries to get back in and break it up. But Blake blocks her off and places her in a front facelock.
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THREE!
"Bones" blasts over the PA as the crowd explodes in cheers.
Cruz: Here are your winners of the 2014 Dynamic Duos Tag Team Tournament, the YOUNG GUNS!
Riley and Blake get up and hug each other. The ref then raises their arms to cheers from the crowd. Hardy crawls over to Annie to check on her. As Annie starts to come to, Hardy helps her out of the ring. Ash and Hardy then comfort Annie on the outside.
Clement: The Young Guns win! The Young Guns are your 2014 Dynamic Duos Tag Team Tournament winners!
Grayson: That was a hard fought victory by Blake Jones and Riley Owens. To think where Riley started at the start of 2014 to now. You can see the progression that he's made. Now he's one half of the Dynamic Duos winners, as well as the Pride Champion. But this is only the start. The road only gets tougher from here. The Young Guns won the tournament. Now, they have to take on the SMWB for the Tag Team Championship.
Back in the ring, the Young Guns are each awarded the Dynamic Duos trophy. The duo then poses with the trophy as the crowd cheers them on.