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Much attention had been paid to the single fighter matches and at last the tag teams were going to get their shot. Each frat entered a team. Now was the time for some of the smaller guys to have a moment in the limelight. There was no way guys like Beta's Matt & Logan or Sigma's Sean & Chuck could go toe to toe with the likes of Buzz or Blake and even hope to win. But, working in a tag team, they stood a good chance where more emphasis was placed on ability and agility than brute strength. All eight of the frats tag teams were encouraged and thought they stood a chance to capture the titles. A special president's forum was called and each of the eight frats put forth their tag teams for the tournament.

The teams were then drawn from a hat to determine who would be facing whom in the coming event. There would be four preliminary matches and the random drawings set the tiers of the tournament. When the drawing was done it looked like this:

Gamma's Victor & Sebastian would face off against Lambda's Jason & Beau.

Beta's Matt & Logan would take on Zeta's Ben & Kelly.

Sigma's Sean & Chuck would square off against Epsilon's Josh & Eric.

Delta's Randy & Andy would face Kappa's River & Jonah.

The winner of the first two would face each other in the semis as would the winners of the third and forth matches. Then the finals would follow.The night of the prelims for the tag team had the room filled to the breaking point. The pairings had been set during the last presidents meeting. First up was to be what promised to be a stand out event. The odds on favorites Jason & Beau from Lambda were to square off against Victor and Sebastian from Gamma.

Buzz was with his team the brothers Jason and Beau. He was sure that the two young men that had muscles bursting from every part of their hard bodies would make short work of the competition. But he didn't let this on to his men. He knew that over confidence was the worst enemy a fighter could have. Instead he chastised the musclemen, "Listen to me." Jason and Beau were still laughing about something other than the match so sure they were of their coming win and making Buzz angry. He slapped Beau across the back of the head and yelled, "Hey numb nuts! I said Listen to me!" The brothers knew when Buzz was angry and they quickly fell into line listening as intently as their limited attention spans would allow. Buzz said, "So far you guys have done nothing in the way of tag team action other than practice. In a few minutes your going to face one of the two teams that's actually see tag action. You better be prepared and not take them lightly!"

Jason flexed is bicep into an impressive 19 inches and pointed to it saying, "Buzz man, we got it handled!" Buzz grew even more annoyed since his words were apparently lost on the built yet dim witted brothers. He took a different tactic. He slapped Jason hard across the face and said, "You Ding Dong! That!", pointing to the man's muscle, "won't do a damn thing for you when your being drop kicked off the top rope! These guys are fast and agile and no weaklings either!" Jason was furious at the slap to the face and Buzz saw it, and he liked it. He then reached out and slapped Beau across the face. Now both muscle bound men were fuming at him. Buzz looked at Jason and said, "You angry?" Jason nodded yes through clenched teeth. Buzz looked then to Beau and said, "How bout you, you angry too?" It was only Beau's extreme respect for Buzz that kept him from taking a swing at him and he nodded in the affirmative too. "Good!", said Buzz, "Now take that anger to the ring with you and take it out on Victor and Sebastian!"

Damien stood with his tall, well built and of course...handsome team. Sebastian and Victor were 6' 190 and 6'1" and 195 respectively. They were well conditioned and talented. These traits combined with their speed and agility gave Damien and the young men themselves confidence. Going into battle against the musclemen from Lambda was not something anybody involved envied Victor and Sebastian for but as Damien gave his men a few final words of advice and encouragement they were supremely confident that the over confident musclemen would go down to an unexpected defeat. Damien grinned at the thought of being able to lord the win of his men over the cocky Buzz.

Blake stepped into the ring to began the announcement. "Good evening Gentlemen and I do use that term loosely. Welcome to the first night of the tag team tournament. Lets get things started with our first match. First, from Gamma Tau lets give it up for Sebastian and Victor!" The handsome duo entered to a chorus of whistles and suggestions of what some of the onlookers would like to do with the men from Gamma house. They took the ring and flexed as they waited for Blake to continue, "and now how about a round of applause for their opponents, from Lambda Theta give it up for the frat brother who are brothers, Jason and Beau!" The muscle boys walked to the ring and got in by stepping over the top rope. The flexed for the crowd of hooting and hollering young men. These two muscle bound guys were the favorites in the betting action. Few thought they would not be the tag team champs.

Blake went on, "In the prelims the matches will be one fall either pin or submission. When I say go lets get on with it." No hands were extended for shaking as the dislike between their respective frat house presidents had trickled down to the combatants. Damien glared at Buzz from his men's corner. Buzz glared back with the hint of a smile.

Blake signaled the start of the match. Jason started off against Victor. The Gamma men knew that it was futile to try to match strength against the Lambda team. Victor sprang out with a drop kick that slammed the chest of the startled Jason backing the guy up. Victor was up quickly and delivered another drop kick that sent Jason to the ropes with his arms flailing trying to stop himself. Another quick raise by Victor and yet another drop kick did the job. He knocked Jason over the top rope. Jason was up and pounded the ring apron in frustration. Buzz and Beau came over to him and patted him on the back and told him to get in there and make the pretty boy fight his match.

Jason tentatively entered the ring and Victor launched another drop kick. But the Gamma man went to the well one time too many and Jason dodged the move. Victor landed on his back and before he could move he had 235 pounds of man muscle dropping on top of him. Jason's elbow slammed his upper abs and Victor was immediately winded. Jason shot a punch to the navel area as he pulled Victor up with him. Jason pulled Victor's head down and raised a knee to meet it. The impact jerked Victor's head back and sent the handsome man flat to his back. Jason then dove forward aiming a power punch to his hurting opponent. Victor was indeed stunned but dodged the blow with a quick roll.

Jason hit the mats sending sharp pains up his strong arm and gasped slightly at the impact as Victor rolled to his partner tagging him in. Sebastian leapt over the top rope coming down on to the back of the just raising Jason driving his face to the canvas. Acting as if Jason were a trampoline he bounced off and hurled himself into the ropes springing back on Jason with a high dropping elbow. The Gamma man's elbow found a home in the small of the Lambda man's back. Jason gave a slight grunt as Sebastian snagged a handful of hair and bounced the muscle boy's face off the mats yet again. Jason was seeing stars as he felt himself failing to do as Buzz said and make the other guys play his game.

Sebastian stomped down on Jason's left shoulder and grabbed that arm planting a foot into the armpit. He gave the arm a twist that Jason was able to resist out of sheer muscle might but Sebastian had superior leverage and locked in his standing arm bar. When Jason at last let out a grunt he dropped the arm and let a knee fall into the well maintained bicep. Jason grimaced in pain and he clawed at his arm but Sebastian knocked the hand away as he regripped the left hand and kicked the armpit again all the while pulling Jason to his corner.

Buzz and Beau watched in disbelief as Jason was being handled and rather easily at that.

Sebastian made the tag and held Jason's arm out taunt while Victor made his entry by way of the top rope. Even Jason's strong muscles could not resist the falling weight of Victor as he dropped his 195 pounds into the front side of Jason's left shoulder. Jason actually arched up in agony. Sebastian shot another kick to Jason's side as he handed the prize of Jason's arm over to his partner.

Buzz shot Blake a glance that needed no interpretation. Blake returned the look and Buzz seemed to calm down a little but not much.

Victor picked right up where Sebastian had left off. He twisted Jason's arm over into a standing arm bar while firing hard kicks into the ribs and armpit of the muscular Lambda man. Victor somehow knew he was not going to get a win just by working the arm. He gave Jason's shoulder one last jerk in a direction the joint was not made to go getting a nice little squeal from the big man. He then cranked the arm behind Jason and helped him to his feet. Jason saw the surprised looks on his frat brother's faces as well as the look of shock on Buzz and Beau's. Jason did not know many things but he did know he was letting everyone down. He summoned up all his strength and skill and spun himself around forcing Victor's back into the ropes while at the same time whipping his head back connecting the base of his skull with Victor's forehead.

Victor released the hold as he was almost knocked cold. But the lean Gamma man fell to tag Sebastian as Jason stumbled forward to at last get a fresh Beau into the fight.

Jason slapped the outstretched hand of Beau and he lunged at the downed Victor who still lay near his corner. But as he closed in on his target Sebastian entered the action by springing off the top rope and slamming a flying drop kick to the muscular pectorals sending Beau back to his corner with a ring shaking crash into the turnbuckle.

Blake then began to admonish Sebastian telling him to get out of the ring as he was not the legal man. Sebastian began to protest strenuously but Blake would not be swayed he kept pointing to the corner he wanted Sebastian to return to. Sebastian still refused and was livid that Blake had not seen the tag. Damien was now up on the ring apron screaming his disbelief at Blake's miss of his team's tag. Blake was busy trying get both men to shut up and get on with the match.

With Blake preoccupied with the still arguing Sebastian and Damien Beau moved in on Victor who was just now getting to his hands and knees and shaking his spinning head. Jason's head butt had really done a number on him. Beau stood over him and dropped his full 235 pounds onto the top of Victor's back knocking his forehead back to the mats. With Victor now half way off the dreamland again Beau hoisted the 195 pound New Yorker up and over his shoulder in a fireman's carry that any firefighter in the country would be terminated for using. Beau charged to the opposite corner and just before he got to it he threw Victor as if he were nothing more than a stuffed toy at the corner. Victor actually flew through the air before his back smashed into the turnbuckles.

At the sound of Victor's impact Sebastian and Damien realized that their arguing a losing battle with Blake was not doing Victor any good at all. Damien hopped off the apron giving Blake a look that said,"This ain't over!" Sebastian returned to his corner and could do little more than watch to see what horrors Beau had in store for the barely conscious Victor.

As Victor slumped down the corner. Beau dove in on him with both knees. With 235 pounds behind them the bony joints crushed Victor's stomach. Victor coughed and doubled forward into Beau's waiting grip. He heaved Victor up and over his head with a perfect clean & jerk movement. He paraded his captive around the ring. He gave Sebastian and Damien a cocky grin and mouthed a kissy face at them just as he dropped Victor down into a brutal gutbuster. Victor gasped for air and made a sound one might expect to hear coming from a poodle that had just been hit by a Ford Explorer.

Damien and Sebastian had to wince at the shot Victor had just taken. But Beau didn't go for the pin he pulled Victor up and into a bear hug. He crushed into Victor's rib cage and walked over to Jason and tagged him. Jason climbed to the top rope. He didn't look to steady but he made it and leapt. Just as he did Beau re-gripped Victor under his sweaty and hairy armpits and heaved him upward to meet the forearm of his dropping partner and brother. Jason's massive forearm crashed into Victor's chest and he was freed from Beau's hold only to fall to the mats with all of Jason's 245 pounds smashing down on top of him.

Beau exited and Jason stood over the smashed Victor. He folded his arm and placed one foot on the 21 year olds heaving chest and Blake dropped down to count. He counted to three and it was over. Jason and Beau embraced. Buzz came in and did too. He was all smiles but whispered to Jason, "We'll have a talk about that pin later."

Damien and Sebastian went over to help the devastated Victor. Along with the help of a few of his frat brothers he was guided back to the lockers. Damien however got right in Blake's face saying, "I can't believe you missed that tag. It was so obvious. Everyone in the room saw it!" Blake didn't feel like getting into it with the handsome Gamma President and tried to brush past him with a casual, "I didn't see it Damien. If he did I apologize." Damien was incensed, "You apologize!" and again with more emotion behind it , "You Apologize??!! My guys are out of the tournament and you apologize?" Blake had had just about enough of the apparent whining by Damien and said quietly but intently, "Damien, I didn't see the tag. OK? Shit happens man, get over it. Vic and Sebastian will get another chance I'm sure but for right now..its over and so is this conversation!" With that Blake turned and left the ring. He and Buzz locked eyes for a moment. Damien saw them look at each other. He could have swore he saw a hint of a smile cross both of their faces. Damien was not about to let the events of this night simply drop!