HB&Kane Vs Sandy&Hal...I jimsub81

Sandy and Hal had been friends a long time and really had not rehearsed the plan for the confrontation but it didn't matter. They would play off each other. They knew how to antagonize other wrestlers and if HB & Kane were as edgy as their little scout Max had said then it would not be long till they were involved in an altercation that would lead to a match.

With just a few feet between them Sandy & Hal stopped as Hal said, "I don't know about you Sandy but so far I'm none too impressed with the tag teams here in this league." HB & Kane gave him a look but didn't say anything. But the comment got the attention of the volatile and often unpredictable Martin who quickly said, "I don't know you two do I?" Sandy and Hal introduced themselves as new to TW as part of the JW group of wrestlers. Martin then said, "Well JW is history and since you're a tag team here now your comment must mean you're not to impressed with yourselves." Hal gave an insincere laugh as they were not scoring hits on the intended target and said, "Point taken Marty but...." Martin cut him off correcting him, "Martin, The name's Mar-Tin." Hal said ,"OK MAR-TIN! But what I was about to say was you make a good point! I should have said, 'I'm not impressed with the tag teams that were here before the JW teams arrived'"

HB now began to bristle. This conversation was not just happening around he and Kane. He knew these two newbies were picking a fight. A knowing look from Kane told him that his partner was ready to give one and he sure as hell knew he himself was. But it was Martin that pressed the point saying, "How many tag matches have you see here?" Hal said, "Well, actually we've only seen one but....." Martin cut him off again saying, "ONE!, ONE? And from that you think there aren't any respectable tag teams here. Let me till you something Blondie," As he poked a finger into Hal's chest, "Take my advice and show a little respect. I've seen guys like HB & Kane here turn tougher guys than you into little piles of shit. So before you go shooting off your mouth you better be sure you know what you're talking about." Sandy and Hal did not want to get into it with this former middleweight champ especially when they saw the towering figures of Elton and Derrick standing behind him as if saying, 'You do something to our friend and we''ll squash you like bugs.'

Sandy interjected, "Well MAR-TIN, All my partner and I want is chance to prove ourselves." Turning to HB & Kane he said, "We've been informed you two are a pretty decent tag team. That true?" HB said, "Well we were the league champions for a while. So if you're looking to make a name for yourselves I'd say if you could get a win over us that would do wonders for you. And I accent the word "IF" " HB got right up in Sandy's face almost touching noses and said, "So, IF you think your good enough, and IF you got the balls and IF you're smart enough to sign your name on the dotted line, we'll go get this taken care of right now and you can prove yourselves to everyone in the ring, That's IF you don't chicken out!" Each time HB said the word "IF" he poked his index finger into Sandy's chest. Sandy was fuming and wanted nothing more than to deck the cocky HB then and there. But it was obvious that they were severely outnumbered. And little did the two new boys know that Martin and his two pals were not even on friendly terms with HB & Kane. But the arrival of the new boys was not fully accepted yet and Martin actually felt a common bond with even the notorious HB & Kane when it came to interacting with the newcomers.

Sandy knocked HB's hand away. No punches were thrown though it was close on both sides. They took care of the necessary paperwork. The league wanted to have the new comers see action so as to get them to feel at home so the match was inserted into the next card.

Sandy & Hal left not even bothering to work out, or speak to Max even after the work he done for them. They were just too POed to work out. But they had what they wanted, a match with one of the premier tag teams in the league. They knew a win over this HB & Kane team would shoot them right to the top of their new league.

HB & Kane returned from the signing and Martin approached them and said, "Hey guys, I know we've had our differences but for what its worth, I hope you wipe the canvas with those two punks!" HB & Kane shook Martin's hand and Kane said, "What you said is worth a lot Martin, a lot!"

The night of the match arrived and news that HB& Kane were in action against one of the new tag teams had spread quickly and the stands were jam packed. Fans from the now defunct JW league made the 30 minute drive and insured that there was not an empty set in the house.

This was to be the lead off match of the evening. In an effort to make the transition complete the league decided not to mention the old JW league at all. This was TW and only TW and the competitors would have to get past the feelings of us against them. But saying it and making it happen were two different things. The fans from each league were one factor and still even the wrestlers themselves tended to associate more with their old league mates. And though some new friendships were formed it seemed like new rivalries were outpacing those at a rate of about 3 to 1.

The crowd was simmering down after the impressive win by Terry over Steve. Now the introductions for the tag match were about to begin. "Our next match is a tag team event. First, making their TW debut, at a combined weight of 325 pounds...SANDY AND HAL!" The good looking 16 year olds jogged to the ring. Many of the regular TW fans booed just because they were new but there were enough fans from the old JW league to make their introduction respectable. Little did the TW fans know that this was the first time these JW fans ever cheered FOR Sandy and Hal! "And, their opponents, at a combined weight of 329 pounds...HB AND KANE!" Another mixed reception awaited this duo. Many fans who never cheered for them either did so with great enthusiasm.

As they faced off the four teens were locked in a stare down to end all stare downs. HB & Kane had been told that these two were their counterparts so to speak. They viewed the newcomers as trying to infringe on their rightful place as the intimidators of the league. They assumed correctly as that was Sandy's and Hal's plan exactly!

Watching from the back of the arena were Rick & Carter along with an old JW middleweight friend Dale and TW mainstays Joey & Patrick. Dale said, "Man I hope those guys HB and Kane know what they're getting into with Sandy & Hal!" Joey, though certainly not friends with HB and Kane, took the comment as a swipe at the current crop of TW wrestlers and spoke up, "What are you talking about man!? HB and Kane with wipe the ring with those two!" Dale opened his mouth to argue and Rick stepped in as the ever conscious voice of reason, "Hey guys listen to me, Carter and I have tangled with both these teams and let me tell you, in my book its an even up match." Carter agreed quickly, "Rick's not bullshitting you either. I couldn't pick a winner if my life depended on it! This is gonna be brutal!" Joey, Patrick and Dale listed to and believed the words of their friends who obviously knew both teams. They all five moved forward to get a better view of the action as the bell rang...

Kane started against Hal. Both were very closely matched in size with Hal having a scant 5 pound advantage. Hal raised his hands with a sly grin challenging a test of strength. Kane accepted already with his plan formed. No sooner did the two boys lock hands than did their knees come up to nail the other in the gut. Both were outsmarted by their own move and the two upswinging knees knocked into each other with painful results. Both Kane and Hal fell to their backs grabbing at their hurting knees. But the fighting spirit soon over took the shock and pain as they got back to their feet both obviously favoring their right leg.

This time they came together in a classic collar and elbow lock up. They strained against the other neither seeming to gain an advantage. After another minute of grunting and working Kane began to muscle Hal back. Hal was shocked and angered as was Sandy. Neither thought that Hal, the stronger of his team, would get out muscled in the match. But as Kane had proved over and over again, he was deceptively strong.

As Kane pressed his advantage that was obvious now Hal thought fast and yielded completely to Kane by falling to his back. As he fell back he raised his knees and Kane's hard abs hit them hard. Kane's grip went lax and Hal raised forward with a head butt that sent Kane stumbling back till he fell to his backside shaking his head. Hal was to his feet quickly and threw his body in a cross body block that flattened Kane. Hal hooked a leg and went for a quick pin. The referee got to a one and a half count before Kane kicked out with respectable force. He was actually insulted that the blonde newbie would try to pin him so quickly. Kane aimed to show Hal just who he was dealing with.

As Hal pulled Kane to his feet he sent a forward jab that Kane simply caught before impacting his gut. Kane's larger hand crushed down on Hal's and the new comer let out a slight yelp as he felt his knuckles press together. Kane then showed Hal just how a head but was supposed to be applied. He took a slight leap and came forward knocking Hal right above the bridge of his nose.

Hal stumbled back and Kane surged forward catching him with a clothesline across the chest. Hal was knocked to his back. Kane then dropped down with another head butt that hit the top of Hal's head. Hal wrapped both arms over his head and kicked out at the floor. Then, as if to finish the lesson on head butting, Kane dropped another one that nailed Hal in the groin. Hal gasped and rolled over in pain as the referee admonished Kane for the low blow.

With Hal in a weakened state Kane snagged fistful of blonde hair and drug him to his feet. Kane sent a hard right to the stomach that bent Hal over. Kane then wrapped Hal in aside head lock and charged the corner. The top of Hal's head hit the middle turnbuckle hard and Hal went limp in Kane's strong grip.

Sandy was beside himself as his partner was being taken apart. He wanted in but with the referee watching the action closely he had no opportunity. Kane shot Sandy a look. It was not one of smugness or conceit it was just a mean as hell glare that conveyed, 'You picked the wrong guys to mess with.' HB too gave Sandy a look but he did have a wide and cocky grin. He always loved it when Kane was this intense.

Kane pulled the groggy form of Hal up and into a crotch slam. Hal's back hit hard and Kane just pulled him up again and walked over to HB and tagged him. Kane then suplexed Hal who's head and shoulders crashed the mats hard. Kane held him just for a moment as HB dropped an elbow to the new boy's face. Kane exited with that intense glare still plastered on his face that actually made HB cringe a bit.

HB now took over the work Kane had begun. It was the most basic of tag team tactics HB applied; isolate one of your opponents and destroy him. Hal was isolated and nearly destroyed too as HB pulled him by the arms almost to the center of the ring before dropping down with a big elbow to the chest.

Back in the stands Dale was sitting between Rick and Joey. He leaned over to Joey and said, "Hal's really hurt now. This is when you have to watch out for him cause it's when he's the most dangerous."

Hal squirmed and kicked his feet but HB didn't let up. He stepped between the legs and reached down to apply a figure four leg lock. Hal knew that if the move were put on him he would not escape in his current state. In desperation he swung a leg upward catching HB between the legs busting his balls. HB gasped out his breath and doubled forward. The referee immediately warned Hal about the blow but in his battered condition Hal really didn't care how he got out of this jam. As HB bent forward Hal struck out again with a thumb to the adam's apple. HB then fell face forward gagging from a hit to the throat and a ball shot.

As HB lay trying to catch his breath Hal considered another attack. As much as he wanted to he held off knowing a fresh Sandy would be much more effective. He crawled over and tagged in his partner. Sandy moved like greased lighting as he pounced on the downed HB like buzzard on a carcass sinking a knee to the gut and slamming a strong forearm down into the cheek.

HB was reeling as Sandy resolved to teach HB a lesson for poking him in the chest during their confrontation in the training room. Sandy hoisted HB up and held him steady. HB looked as if he may fall down at any moment but Sandy let go and quickly spun around with 360 degree spinning kick that slammed HB so hard across the chest that his legs went shooting out from under him. HB hit the mats hard and Sandy didn't relent for a moment dropping down with a knee to the chest and giving the stomach a hard shot as he got back to his feet.

He looked down at the writhing HB and felt immense satisfaction. He could not resist and dropped down with another knee that smashed HB right below the navel. At the same time he applied a blatant choke hold to the throat. HB kicked and gagged as the referee cautioned Sandy. Sandy released the hold and slapped it on again again causing the referee to start to count him. At "four" He let go and now he lifted HB who was like putty in his hands into a crotch slam. Sandy demonstrated some strength of his own as he heaved HB's 170 pounds up as if it were nothing. WHAM! HB hit hard and Sandy stomped his chest twice and his stomach once just because it looked so inviting.

HB looked sick as he tried to crawl away. He didn't get far though before Sandy scooped him up again and crotch slammed him hard. HB had not been manhandled this badly since the last Battle Royal at the hands of Stefan. But even then he had been worked over before Stefan had got hold of him. Sandy was taking him apart all by himself.

Again HB was lifted up, this time from behind. Sandy picked him up into the air and atomic dropped him toward Hal. HB had no choice but to stumble toward the other half of the enemy team.

Hal was recovered enough to reach out and grab HB by the back of the head. He pulled him forward into the top turnbuckle while Sandy drove in with a huge shoulder ram from behind. HB let out a slight whimper as he was hammered from both sides. Sandy sent a wicked hard punch to the kidney area while Hal, still holding HB's head ,drove knee after knee into the lower belly from the ring apron.

The referee warned them about the illegal double teaming and Sandy tagged Hal. Sandy reared back to deliver another kidney shot when he felt his hand restrained. He turned to see the face of Kane who looked even more pissed off then the first part of the match. The look on his face sent a shiver down even the tough Sandy's spine.

The crowd where Joey, Patrick, Dale, Rick and Carter were sitting could also see Kane's face. Patrick leaned across Joey and said to Dale, "You see that look on Kane?" Dale nodded half scared himself not even in the ring. "It means bad things are about to go down! Very very bad things!"

Kane nailed Sandy in the ribs with a spearing jab of his own. Before planting a foot to the backside and shoving Sandy through the ropes to the arena floor. With HB now a limp pile on the canvas Hal charged the fresh threat of Kane only to be caught in mid leap. Kane used the boy's own momentum to power him up and over into a power slam. Kane was like a man driven by the primitive instinct to destroy an enemy. He stomped Hal over and over on the chest and belly making him thrash like a fish out of water. The referee was trying to get him to leave the ring to no avail and the ref warned Kane sternly only he seemed either not to hear or to care.

Sandy then charged back into the ring to save is partner but Kane lunged forward with a spearing shoulder to the upper abs driving Sandy to the ropes. Kane wrapped his strong arms around Sandy and whipped himself around taking him back on the momentum off the ropes. He leapt and delivered a perfect belly to belly suplex landing right on top of Hal!

Dale cringed at the move along with the other four wrestlers and said aloud, "Holy shit! You weren't kidding Patrick!"

Hal was crushed and Sandy didn't look to well either. HB was still barely moving as he lay smashed in the corner. Only Kane was brimming with fire as the referee was now screaming at him to leave the ring with threats of a DQ. Still with the look of intensity on his face Kane glared at the referee. The ref began a count on him. Kane surged forward and grabbed HB's wrist and easily drug him part way across the ring before exiting just in the nick of time.

Hal was the legal man in the ring but he and HB were running neck and neck for the title of "most squashed." Sandy was able to get to the apron and Hal gratefully tagged him in again.

HB wearily crawled over to Kane and tagged him.

Kane and Sandy closed in on each other with intensity not seen in TW since the last time Taylor and Martin faced each other. Kane, fueled by rage, plowed into Sandy driving him backwards. Sandy was shocked by the power of the guy that seemed to come from nowhere. Kane raised a knee that Sandy partially blocked but still made enough contact with his side to make him grunt a little. Kane took his hand and whipped him into the turnbuckles and charged after him.

Sandy had hit hard and his back ached but he kept enough presence of mind to fall to his knees and move his shoulder forward. Two things happened then. First, Sandy's shoulder hit Kane square in the groin causing the tough kid terrible pain and second, Kane fell forward over Sandy's body and stuck the ring post hard with his shoulder. Kane fell to the mats in excruciating pain from his crotch and his shoulder.

Sandy had been duly impressed with this half of his competition anyway and took no chances with the dangerous African american teen. He sent a hard kick to the back and pulled the dazed and hurting Kane to his feet. A powerful forearm shot to the jaw stunned Kane even further. Sandy then whipped Kane to the ropes and nailed him with a perfect drop kick on the rebound. Kane went flat to his back yet still tried to regain his feet. Sandy moved on him and sent a heavy boot toe to Kane's underbelly flipping him to his back.

Dale then leaned over knowing full well what was coming and said, "Watch what Sandy does here."

Sandy pressed the attack onward by locking Kane's head on either side with his ankles. Sandy then proceeded to "jump" a few times smacking the back of Kane's head against the mats with each landing. Kane's head was slammed till he barely knew what his own name was.

Joey said to Dale , "Oh Man! That's got to hurt!" Dale gave him a slight smile as he recalled a personal experience with Sandy and that move and said, "Oh it does...Trust me Joey It does!"

Having never seen such a move the referee was a little unsure whether it was illegal or not. He decided to count Sandy for it and Sandy looked incredulously at him. Knowing it was no use to argue now Sandy stopped the jumping and took a leap up and came down with his butt right into Kane's chest. Hal then yelled at the referee distracting him for a moment. In that moment Sandy was able to fire off a series of shots to Kane's head so fast it would rival the speed of Martin or Pho. The crowd saw it though and booed loudly. The referee saw the last one strike home and he warned Sandy loudly that any more like that would cost his team a DQ.

As Sandy boldly protested his innocence Kane was making a slow crawl toward HB. By the time Sandy was alerted to this from a screaming Hal Kane was close to his corner. Sandy broke off with the referee and darted over to stop the tag. But just as he was reaching down to grab Kane's ankle and pull him back he heard a smack as the tag was made. As Sandy looked up all he saw was the a flash of white from HB's trunks and wrestling boots as the leaping body of HB slammed Sandy full in the upper body and head driving him to his back.

HB was furious at having been manhandled by Sandy earlier and wanted to pay him back with interest! HB landed on top of Sandy in a perfect schoolboy pin. Sandy picked up his shoulder at the two count. HB, remembered the choke hold Sandy had used on him earlier, and slapped on an identical one of his own to Sandy's smooth throat. The referee was growing very impatient with these two teams. He saw they were fighting with intensity but the match was becoming harder and harder to control. He warned HB this time about illegal moves and reminded him that he "knew better."

HB let loose with the hold and stood only to give Sandy's ripped stomach muscles a good hard stomp. As Sandy lurched forward holding his gut HB sent a kick into his chest laying him out again.

Joey said to Dale, "Now this is HB's game. He's got his man down and hurt. Unless Sandy can come up with something great HB's gonna finish him off right here."

HB did indeed sense victory. He had not been in a fight this hard since he and Kane lost their tag team titles to Corwin and Drew. He secretly admired the show the new guys had put on but now he meant to put an end to their impressive little display with a sound defeat.

He jerked Sandy up and locked in a full nelson. He took aim at a neutral corner and surged forward. SPLAT! Sandy was crushed in to the turnbuckles. HB pulled Sandy around and took aim at the opposite corner and ran as fast as he could with his captive. WHOMP! Sandy was smashed a second time with resounding force. HB felt victorious as he felt the newcomer go almost totally limp in his hold.

He walked his prisoner to the center of the ring and signaled Kane. Kane nodded and extended his foot at navel level. HB and Kane knew what was coming. Sandy through blurry vision saw what was coming. The audience saw what was coming. Hal too saw what was coming and was not about to let it come!

As HB drove on toward Kane's extended foot Hal leapt in to the ring and attacked HB from behind. Kane immediately jumped into the action too but not before Hal had slammed a hard shot the back of HB's head making he and Sandy fall into a heap.

Kane was all over Hal but Hal stood his ground and fired back trading Kane blow for blow.

Sandy managed to whip an elbow into HB's jaw knocking him senseless allowing Sandy to get to his feet, unsteady as they were. He pounced down on HB and the two began to roll across the mats like two second graders in an after school fight.

With all the combatants pounding away at one another in the ring and all sense of order gone the referee had had enough and called for the bell. The bell continued to ring and HB & Sandy and Kane & Hal continued to pound away on each other.

With the bell still ringing uselessly several wrestlers hopped into the ring to break up the melee. There were two newcomers and two older TW members with a heavyweight and a lightweight each. Although they were entering out of good will and trying to keep a bad situation from becoming worse it had almost the opposite effect as heavyweight Bastian took umbridge at the way the newer heavyweight Clay heaved HB across the ring. Former JW Middleweight Aidan had almost the same reaction as Vinny tossed Hal away from Kane and through the ropes.

Soon the would be peace keepers were right in each other's faces as Aidan and Vinny went jaw to jaw as did Bastian and Clay. It wasn't till the cousin team of Rick and Carter, that both sets of boy knew and respected, entered and made it clear that they were not acting appropriately. Grudgingly Bastian and Clay and Vinny and Aidan shook hands but silently a challenge was made between both sets of teens.

At last the ring announcer was able to come on and say , "The referee for the match has disqualified both teams for excessive use of illegal tactics!"

HB & Kane and Sandy & Hal were all sore and tired all had known that they had just been in one heck of a fight. But their pride prevented them from acknowledging the skills of their opponents publicly. Instead they made more verbal taunts and it appeared to everyone watching that this feud was far from being settled.

After things had settled back to normal. Patrick said to Dale, "Hey man, I don't want to look like that. This bickering is stupid. Welcome to the league!" He extended his hand and Dale shook it happily as he did Joey's when he extended his too saying as he pointed at Patrick, "What he said Man!". Dale said, "Thanks guys you can never have too many friends in this game. Count me as one of yours." It wasn't long after that that Dale was seen with Joey and Patrick quite regularly making many people think there was still hope of a smooth transition.