The opening to Deftones' "Cherry Waves" plays as a small screen of smoke cover the ground of the stage. As the first rift blasts through the venue, Nest walks through the curtain breathing heavily. Keeping his head down he looks out to the crowd briefly before eyeing the ring ahead, making his way down the ramp with an alarming sense of urgency.
Tony Allen: The following contest is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, from Rocky Mount, North Carolina! Weighing in at 312 pounds… NEST!
Nest stops right before he gets to the apron, holding out both of his arms with pitchfork hand signs along with a scream. He rolls in the ring and starts cracking his knuckles as the music dies down.
As soon as the beat of “Sexy Back” by Justin Timberlake hits, smoke smoothly pours up from the entrance ramp, masking the actual entrance impossible to see. Prince MacRear emerges from the smoke mid-sequence, a smug grin on his demeanor and jerking his hips. With a look on his face that can only mean he’s clearly enthused with himself, he does a twirl before continuing down the ramp.
Tony Allen: And his opponent, from Hollywood, California! Weighing in at 191 pounds! He is “The Sultan of Selfies,” PRINCE MACREAR!
MacRear takes turns shouting at the sky, yelling at fans, and twerking his backside at every chance he gets. As he reaches the ring, MacRear sprawls across the apron and poses, almost model like, soaking the attention from the crowd. MacRear moves towards the middle ring and, in a swift, exaggerated manner, takes off his robe.
Geoff Penzer: Nest has been looking strong as of late. But tonight, he faces an old foe in Prince MacRear. MacRear and Nest have gotten into it ever since the first edition of Pride. There’s definitely no love lost between these two. There’s nothing that Nest would love more than to avenge his previous loss to the vain MacRear.
Geoff Penzer: For weeks, Prince MacRear was the talk of Lion’s Den F.C. as he defeated opponent after opponent. But it was two weeks ago that the Sultan of Selfies suffered his first-ever defeat here in LDFC. How will he bounce back? We’ll find out shortly! But he’s got to be focused. He can’t dwell on what happened on the last edition of Pride against Athanasios Giannopoulos. He’s got a big, powerful man on the opposite side of that ring that’s ready and willing to inflict harm on him.
The bell sounds as Nets leads the crowd in a “you got beat” chant, causing MacRear to become irate.
Geoff Penzer: Nest is rubbing it in MacRear’s face that his undefeated streak was broken and the Sultan of Selfies looks like he’s on the verge of a temper tantrum! Someone call his mommy for him!
MacRear runs over at Nest. But Nest throws him down with a hip toss, garnering cheers from the crowd. MacRear gets back up, but Nest knocks him down with a right hand. When MacRear gets back up, Nest grabs him and whips him into the ropes. When MacRear comes back, Nest runs him over with a shoulderblock. He then reaches down, picks up MacRear, grabs him by his pony tail, runs and tosses him over the top rope and to the floor as the crowd cheers.
Geoff Penzer: MacRear just got launched over the top rope and it looks like he landed hard on the floor!
While MacRear gets up on the outside, Nest drops and rolls to the floor. He grabs MacRear from behind, storms over and slams him face-first onto the apron. After a knee strike to the midsection, Nest rolls MacRear back into the ring. After he rolls himself back in, he picks up MacRear, grabs him by the throat with both hands and moves him into the corner. The ref scurries over and gives Nest until the count of five to break the hold.
Ref: ONE… TWO… THREE… FOUR…
Geoff Penzer: Nest breaks the hold. But you know he’d love to keep that hold applied for another ten seconds.
Nest reaches his arm back and unleashes a series of knife-edge chops that echo throughout the arena. Nest grabs MacRear and whips him into the opposite corner. He then runs across the ring. But MacRear nails him with a boot to the face. As Nest turns and stumbles away from the corner, MacRear runs out of the corner and clips the back of his knee. The crowd boos as Nest goes down.
Geoff Penzer: Oh no! MacRear immediately went after the legs and it looks like Nest might be hurt. You’ve got to give credit to MacRear, though. He’s not going to beat Nest by trading punches. He’s got to get the big man off his feet and keep him down.
MacRear gets back to a vertical base and stomps away on the right leg of Nest. He reaches down, holds up Nest’s leg and delivers an elbow drop to it. He gets back up, lifts up Nest’s leg and delivers another elbow drop to it. MacRear gets back up, lifts up the leg and drops down into a legbar.
Nest can be seen cringing in pain as MacRear cinches in the hold. The ref asks Nest if he wants to give up. But Nest refuses to quit. After doing his best to block out the pain, he uses his free leg to kick away at MacRear until the hold is broken. After both men get back to a vertical base, MacRear quickly delivers a dropkick to the leg, knocking him back down. He then drops down, pulls over Nest and makes the cover.
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Nest gets his shoulder up.
MacRear picks up Nest, brings him into the corner and slams him face-first onto the top turnbuckle. After turning Nest around, MacRear drapes Nest’s right leg across the middle rope and delivers a series of knee strikes to it. He then drapes up Nest’s left leg across the middle ropes before stepping back towards the center of the ring.
Geoff Penzer: Uh oh! This doesn’t look good. I know exactly what MacRear’s got in mind. If he hits this, the pain in Nest’s leg will be the least of his worries...
MacRear runs over and attempts to hit Nest wit the Slapnut Mangos. But the ref steps in at the last second, stopping MacRear from hitting the illegal maneuver.
While MacRear and the ref and arguing, Nest unhooks his legs from off the ropes. After MacRear moves the reft out of his way, Nest knocks him back with a series of right hands. He then takes MacRear and whips him into the ropes. When MacRear comes back, Nest knocks him down with a cross body block.
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MacRear gets his shoulder up.
Geoff Penzer: A hard cross body there by Nest, but MacRear somehow got his shoulder up.
Nest picks up MacRear and whips him into the ropes. When MacRear comes back, Nest bends over to set up a back body drop. But MacRear kicks him square in the face, standing him up. He quickly follows up with a dropkick, sending Nest stumbling through the ropes and onto the apron.
As Nest tries to pull himself up using the ropes, MacRear delivers a shoulder thrust through the ropes. He then grabs Nest and tries for a vertical suplex. But Nest blocks the move. So MacRear tightens his grip before trying for another suplex. But again, Nest blocks it. Nest then grabs MacRear and delivers a vertical suplex to the outside to cheers from the crowd.
Geoff Penzer: Nest just suplexed MacRear out of the ring and man, did it sound like that landing hurt! MacRear has already been tossed to the outside before. That suplex off the apron isn’t doing him any favors!
After slowly getting back up to a vertical base, Nest grabs MacRear and whips him into the guard rail. He sizes MacRear up before running down ringside and going for a corner splash. But MacRear dives out of the way, causing Nest to crash through the barricade and into the crowd.
Geoff Penzer: Nest just crashed through the guard rail! He was looking to end MacRear right there. But MacRear was lucky enough to get the hell out of dodge. Nest might have several broken ribs!
The crowd boos as MacRear rolls back into the ring, then back out to restart the count. He limps over towards Nest before pulling him back up. MacRear then rolls Nest back into the ring before rolling himself back in. He picks up Nest, grabs him from the side and delivers a russian leg sweep. MacRear then drags Nest into position before stepping back out onto the apron. He grabs the top rope with both hands before slingshotting himself over the top rope, connecting with a spiraling cross body. He hooks the leg.
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Nest gets his shoulder up.
MacRear picks up Nest and nails him with a series of right hands. After a kick to the midsection doubles Nest over, MacRear brings him down with a spinning neckbreaker. He makes the cover.
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Nest gets his shoulder up.
MacRear picks up Nest, brings him into the corner and slams him face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning Nest around, MacRear delivers a European Uppercut before hammering Nest down in the corner with right hands to the face. He then heads back towards the center of the ring before turning around and connecting with BOOTY BOOTY BOOTY ROCKIN EVERYWHERE. The crowd boos as MacRear drags Nest from out of the corner and makes the cover.
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Nest gets his shoulder up.
Geoff Penzer: MacRear is clearly getting frustrated now. It looks like he had Nest dead to rights, but Nest will not stay down.
MacRear picks up Nest and goes for an irish whip. But Nest reverses, sending MacRear into the ropes. When MacRear comes back, Nest lifts him up and drops him with a flapjack to cheers from the crowd.
Geoff Penzer: Both men are down! It’s anyone’s match now!
Once both men get back to a vertical base, Nest runs over and knocks down MacRear with a clothesline. MacRear gets back up, but Nest knocks him back down with another clothesline to cheers from the crowd. When MacRear gets back up, Nest kicks him in the midsection before whipping him into the ropes. When MacRear comes back, he goes for a cross body block. But Nest catches him in mid air and counters with a fallaway slam. Nest picks up MacRear and whips him into the corner. He then charges across the ring and connects with a corner splash. As MacRear stumbles from out of the corner, Nest clutches his ribs before lifting him up and delivers another flapjack. He makes the cover.
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MacRear gets his shoulder up.
Nest picks up MacRear and goes for an irish whip. But MacRear reverses, sending Nest into the ropes. When Nest comes back, he throws out a bicycle kick. But MacRear catches his foot. He then spins Nets around. But Nets uses the momentum to turn into a discus elbow strike to cheers from the crowd.
Geoff Penzer: Did you see the spit fly out of MacRear’s mouth? He’s lucky several of his teeth didn’t go flying into the front row as well!
As a dazed MacRear gets up and turns around, he turns into a bicycle kick. Nest picks up MacRear, hooks his arms from behind and delivers a Tiger Suplex. He makes the cover.
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“Chery Wave” plays through the arena to cheers from the crowd.
Tony Allen: Here is your winner, NEST!
The ref raises Nest’s arm, but Nest quickly winces in pain before clutching his ribs.
Geoff Penzer: Nest wins! Nest wins! He gets his revenge on Prince MacRear! Nest still looks in pain. But he was able to battle through it and pick up the win! I wonder what this means now for Prince MacRear? After a hot start, this is now two losses in a row for the Sultan of Selfies. How will his highness bounce back?