The Start of Something New

by Jason Spade Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:31 pm

It's over.

After six years of indecisiveness, of self-doubt, Jason Spade has finally defeated Suraci. Spade celebrates for a moment, before he notices that Suraci has left the ring and is starting up the ramp. Spade watches his old rival go, with a look of... Sadness?

Before Spade can do anything, the crowd begins to rumble and he feels the ring shake. He turns around to see Jordan Nicholson and Cameron Kray, the remnants of The Cabinet, standing before him.

"What? I told you guys not to come out here. Get lost."

Spade waves dismissively to the men. Neither one of them budge. Spade becomes angry.

"I said beat it, you ingrates. What, you think that cuz Hoxton and me have been busy that you can just come out here and do what you want? Get the hell out of my ring before I--"

Before Spade can finish his threat, Cameron Kray punches him square in the face. Hearing the commotion, Suraci turns back towards the ring and watches. Spade goes down and Nicholson and Kray pounce on him, stomping and kicking their former superior. Suraci takes a step towards the ring, but hesitates.

Nicholson picks up Spade and holds the latter's arms behind his back as Kray rakes at The Outlaw's eyes. Spade shouts in pain and Kray immediately punches him hard in the chest. Kray rears back to throw another punch, but from out of nowhere, Suraci appears and pushes Kray back with a big dropkick. Jordanson tosses Spade aside and jumps on Suraci, raining down blows on the Boy Who Could, and after a moment, Kray returns and adds on, with both men beating down Suraci with ruthless aggression!

As suddenly as Suraci appeared, so to does Jason Spade, who nails Kray with a shotgun knee strike, sending East End Evil sprawling to the mat! Jordanson moves to intervene but Suraci is too fast, and slides behind The Catalyst. Before Jordan can respond, Suraci lifts him up and drops him down with the back suplex facebuster! As The Cabinet lays on the mat, Spade and Suraci stand up straight and their eyes lock. For a moment that seemed to last an eternity, they stared into each other's eyes, before both men climbed opposite turnbuckles.

Jordan and Kray were both in the drop zones; Spade and Suraci stood up straight on the top ropes, listening to the roar of the crowd. The former rivals lock eyes once more, with Spade pointing at Suraci, before they both leap through the air! Suraci with a diving elbow drop, Jason Spade with a double foot stomp, thousands of cameras flash all at once as the two men crash back down to earth and drive the air from their targets, Nicholson and Kray.

The Cabinet rolls out of the ring, defeated, and Spade and Suraci stand once more, locking eyes again. If the stadium had a roof, it would have been blown off ages ago. After a long pause, Suraci offers Jason Spade a handshake. Spade looks down at the hand, sneering, before smacking it away... And hugging Suraci instead!

The crowd cheers even louder as Suraci- after a moment's hesitation- returns the embrace. A moment later they separate and Spade takes a step back before bowing to Suraci, then gesturing that Suraci should take this stage instead of him. Suraci appears to protest but Spade insists, rolling out of the ring and clapping at his old friend. Suraci's music starts to play, and the Boy Who Could takes a brief moment to collect himself, before celebrating with the audience as the scene fades to black.