tonywrestles2 Tag Team--Lambda vs. Zeta--Part 1

Saturday night, early March. The common arena was packed to the rafters, the audience almost salivating at the thought of the main event: Buzz vs. Damien, for the title.

First though, Alex and Jason were taking on Lon and Rick in a tag team matchup. Most of the audience was hoping the match would be short, to get to the title match that much quicker. Each of the teams had every intention of accomodating the crowd, but, naturally, with different results in mind.

Forbes, of Beta Chi, went through the introductions with almost unseemly speed, and neither team wasted any time getting into the ring. Edge of Delta Rho, the ref for this match, signalled for the bell, and the fight was on.

Alex charged across the ring and nailed a surprised Rick with a hard kick to the stomach, and followed up with hammer-like forearms to the Zeta man's back. Alex seized one of Rick's wrists and twisted, and Rick somersaulted foreward to land on his back. But just as he hit, Rick lashed out and up with both feet, and caught Alex right on the button, knocking the jock backwards.

Rick leaped to his feet, scooped Alex up, and delivered a bone-jarring powerslam! While Alex writhed stunned on the mat, Rick dropped a heavy elbow onto the prone man's chest. Rick then grabbed one of Alex's wrists, hauled him to his feet, dragged him to the corner, and tagged in Lon.

Lon slapped on a headlock, but Alex freed himself and sent Lon into the ropes with a tremendous shove. Lon rebounded and leaped into the air as Alex dropped to the mat. On the next rebound, Alex jumped into the air and nailed Lon with a dropkick.

Alex grabbed Lon before the stunned fighter had a chance to tag Rick, and dragged him to the opposite side of the ring. He slapped on a front facelock, then dropped backward with a textbook DDT! Lon saw stars as his head impacted with the mat.

Alex got to his feet, held Lon's arms out and over his head, and brought his own legs crashing down on top of them. With Lon pinned, Edge's hand slapped the mat once...twice......and Lon kicked out before Edge could hit the mat a third time. Alex shrugged, dragged Lon to his corner, and tagged in Jason.

Jason slapped on another front facelock, grabbed Lon's black trunks and brought him up and over with a vertical suplex. Jason went for the pin, but this time Lon kicked out after a one count.

Lon had had enough. Before Jason could renew his assault, Lon had him in the air, and Lon slammed him down to the mat. Jason coughed as the air was forcibly driven out of his body, and Lon followed up with an elbow that landed right on Jason's chest. Lon went for the cover......but Jason kicked out just before the three-count.

Lon grabbed a handful of Jason's black hair and dragged him to his feet. He sent the New Yorker into the ropes, and met him on the rebound with a dropkick that loosened some of Jason's teeth!

Lon quickly got to his feet and waited while Jason writhed on the mat. As Jason rolled to his stomach, Lon dropped his knee right to the back of Jason's neck, and Jason's arms and legs quivered with the impact. Lon grinned and grabbed Jason by the hair again, bringing him back to his feet.

Lon went for another suplex, but Jason somehow found the strength to block it! Lon yanked again, and again Jason's feet remained firmly planted on the ground. Finally, Lon drove a hard right hand to Jason's gut, and all Jason's resistance crumbled. Lon hauled him up and brought him down hard, then climbed to his feet and tagged in Rick with a high five.

Lon held Jason down while Rick climbed the ropes. Edge began to count--not that there were disqualifications, but it was the principle that mattered. However, before Edge reached "four", Rick launched himself into the air and splashed down hard onto Jason's chest and stomach. Lon climbed out of the ring while Rick hauled Jason to his feet. He sent Jason into the ropes.....but missed the body block when Jason dodged!

Jason hauled Rick to his feet, and sent him into the ropes. On the rebound, Jason nailed Rick with a clotheline that damned near took the Arkansas man's head off and put him flat on his back. Jason followed up with an elbow drop, but almost as soon as he hit Rick, Lon had charged into the ring and stomped hard on his back. Edge leaped to escort Lon out of the ring, but Jason rolled onto his back, momentarily stunned.

That moment was all that Rick needed. He stomped viciously at Jason's head, while Alex, on the other side of the ring, desperately called for his partner to tag out.

Rick, however, had no intention of letting that happen. He delivered a bodyslam that had the dual result of knocking the wind out of Jason and putting him farther away from Alex. To emphasize his point, Rick kicked Jason twice in the side of the head, and Jason's ears began to ring.

Rick tagged in Lon, and held Jason in place while Lon kicked him hard in the stomach. Lon slapped on a front facelock, but Jason, calling on his reserves, managed to bull Lon across the ring into the ropes. Edge called for the clean break, but instead Jason drove his shoulder into Lon's stomach again and again!

Jason scooped up his foe, and leaped high into the air to deliver a powerslam that had the ropes vibrating from the impact. Jason hooked the leg, and Edge leaped to the count! One.....and Lon kicked out of the pin!

Jason needed a rest. He dragged Lon to his feet by his hair, and brought him into the Lambda corner. He tagged Alex into the match, and held Lon in a front facelock while Alex climbed the ropes. Before Edge could even begin to count, Alex dropped his elbow onto the back of Lon's neck!

Alex whipped Lon into the ropes and met him with a hard right fist right in the breadbasket. Lon went down, but Alex brought him right back up again. He went for a suplex, but Lon tripped him and rolled Alex up into a small package!

Alex, surprised but not hurt, kicked out afte a one count. Lon was on him like a new set of clothes, twisting his wrist and forcing him to his feet. Lon backed up, then sent Alex into the ropes.......

And nailed him on the rebound with a cross body block. Alex went down, Lon covered him, and Edge began to count...but again Alex kicked out after a one count! Lon pounded the mat in frustration!

Alex had had enough of this. Before Lon could react, Alex had the Ohio man's head between his knees, and his feet in the air...and then brought Lon crashing headfirst into the mat with a forward piledriver! While Lon's head swam, Alex launched himself into the ropes, and splashed down squarely on Lon's chest. Edge leaped into position for the count....one...two....

......and Rick charged in with a kick to Alex's head. Edge turned away from the legit wrestlers to deal with Rick, but Alex stayed on Lon and waited. When Edge's attention was once again on them, Alex hauled Lon to his feet and sent him into the Lambda corner, where Jason's knee was waiting. With Jason holding Lon from behind, Alex began to slam hard fists into Lon's stomach, intent on breaking down the rock-solid abs underneath. Edge counted, but each time, Jason released Lon at four...and then reapplied the hold!

Alex tagged Jason in, but neglected to hold Lon while Jason climbed into the ring.....

--and Lon took the opportunity to bolt for his corner! Jason tried to follow, but Lon had a good lead and tagged Rick before Jason was halfway across the ring.

Making the best of a bad situation, Jason began to throw hard punches at Rick's head before the Zeta president could enter the ring. Jason then grabbed Rick's head, and hauled him over the ropes to land flat on his back!

Jason stomped once on Rick's chest, then yanked the Zetan up to his feet and sent him into the ropes. One flying body tackle later, Rick was flat on his back with Jason on top of him. Edge started to count, but Rick had the presence of mind to grab the ropes, and Edge made Jason release the pin.

Jason brought Rick up again, slammed his knee into Rick's jaw, and dragged the stunned fighter into the Lambda corner, and tagged Alex. The two Lambda men began to punch and kick the helpless Rick.

And that's when Lon decided to get involved.

Lon tackled Alex and sent both of them down in a tangle of arms and legs while Jason continued to pound Rick. The two of them rolled toward Jason, who took his attention off Rick for a quick kick to Lon's head--but that inattention proved a mistake. When Jason turned back to Rick, he had about a half a second's warning before Rick's fist met his face.

Meanwhile, Lon and Alex were back on their feet, and Lon belted Alex right in the chops, sending the Californian sagging into the ropes. Next to them, Rick slammed Jason hard down to the mat. Rick and Lon brought their foes to their feet, sent them into the ropes, and nailed them with simultaneous body blocks!

Edge decided enough was enough. He grabbed Lon and practically threw him out of the ring, then did the same with Jason. Unfortunately for the Lambda men, Alex was easily the more stunned of the two....but he was also the legal man in the ring.

Rick grinned, anticipating an easy finish.....

Calling on reserves he didn't even know he had, Alex bulled Rick into the corner and drove a knee that was just north of the border. Rick gasped in surprise and pain, and Alex brought him out and over with a suplex. He brought the frat president up again, front headlocked him.....and then spun them both around and executed a textbook neckbreaker!!!!

Alex went for the cover, but Rick rolled them over so that he was on top, and then Alex returned the favor. They rolled across the ring like two cats...in the direction of the Zeta corner. Just as Alex ended up on top, Rick's hand reached out.....and touched Lon's fingers.

Lon grabbed Alex before he had a chance to react, lifted him into the air, and powerslammed him down to the mat. Edge began to count as soon as Alex's shoulders hit the mat, but Alex kicked out just before three. Lon tagged Rick again, and held Alex in place while Rick climbed the ropes.

Jason, seeing what Rick had planned, began to yank and shove on the top rope with every ounce of strength he had. Rick's footing, not all that sure to begin with, became even more unsteady.....and then the rope wasn't there when he foot was. Rick slipped, fell....and landed astride the top rope!

Even Alex winced at the howl Rick let out, but business was business. He grabbed Rick, threw him into the ropes, and dropkicked him on the rebound. He went for a quick cover, and Rick, still in pain, couldn't get free before Edge's hand hit the mat for the third time!

Jason and Alex celebrated their victory while Rick manfully got to his feet, resisting the obvious urge to cradle his injured parts. He and Lon limped their way back to the dressing room while the Lambda men continued their celebration.