punk_wrestler2000 One Week Before the HW matches

Things were starting to slip into a routine since the influx of the JW teens to the world of TW.

The locker room was still buzzing with the win by Barry and Jimmy over Jed and Luke. No one had expected Jed and Luke to go down especially after Stefan had trashed Dale.

One of the biggest surprises of the evening had been Cody standing up for the JW HW's after the working over he had taken at their hands a week or so earlier.

Terry, Clay and Jackson arrived at the arena to get in some practice time. As they entered they saw the ring was in use by for super HW wrestlers.

The paid no attention to the one guy, he did not look so tough and was sort of leaning on the ropes winded from his practice session.

Terry grinned at his buddies. "Hard to believe a guy that fat is a wrestler. Hell Clay you could take him in the ring."

Clay grinned. He was the smallest of the three guys, but he was tough. Jackson and Terry made sure he trained hard.

Two of the other guys in the ring were obviously tag team partners. They moved in perfect unison and performed as a single entity as they practiced. The last teen and the biggest boy in the ring looked tougher then hell.

Terry recognized Ryan. He had butted heads with him on and off the football field as well as during high school HW wrestling matches.

In fact Ryan had only a year ago beaten Terry out for the state title.

Terry had had Ryan all but beaten. He had been way ahead on points when Ryan from no where had scored a reversal and gotten a quick pin over his tough opponent. Terry had been crushed in his bid for his state title.

On the football field Terry and Ryan had literately butted heads, this had also carried over to the locker room and off the property brawls.

When Ryan looked up and saw Terry standing there, he knew an old feud had come home to roost. But this time he had home field advantage.

Clay and Jackson wanted no trouble with the four big HW wrestlers. But they knew keeping Terry and Ryan from tearing into each other was futile.

Ryan stepped from the ring and got right in Terry's face. "So we meet again? Haven't I whipped you enough in the past couple years?" Ryan said as he bumped chest to chest with Terry. Terry kept eye contact. "Last time you whipped me, you got lucky. I had you beat and you know it."

Ryan smirked. "Yeah, maybe so, but I walked away with the title, little man."

Terry raised his hands and placed them on Ryan's chest and shoved. It was like shoving a brick wall, the big dude did not move.

Ryan in turn gave Terry a shove that made the big HW stagger back a couple steps.

Before it could escalate into a fist fight Trace and Kale grabbed Ryan.

Jackson and Clay intercepted Terry.

Ryan locked eyes with Terry. He knew the kid was strong and tough, but he knew how to beat him. "Maybe you need your ass kicked again? Maybe we need to settle this in the ring once and for all?"

Terry did not back down. He knew he was giving up roughly 50 pounds, but he was not afraid of Ryan. "You got it, BOY. You and I NHB in the ring."

Clay and Jackson shuddered. They had seen Ryan and Terry lock horns before. It had not been a pretty site. School officials had to pull the two bloody and battered big boys apart.

Ryan glanced from Trace to Kale. "NHB? Are you sure?" Ryan asked as he tried to keep the smirk off his face. It was difficult. Ryan knew he could squash this so-called tough guy.

"Yeah I am sure. Just you and I. One man will leave the ring, the other will be out."

Jackson and Clay knew they would be carrying Terry from the ring. They had done it before after he and Ryan had locked up.

"Man, you never learn. I have always kicked your ass. This time will be no different." Ryan knew he could handle this muscleboy.

All seven big guys headed off to get the contract signed and to assure a brawl did not break out on the way to the Commissioner's office.

Once there the Commissioner flatly refused to sanction a NHB match.

Ryan protested. "Why not? You've done it before?"

"Yes we have in extreme cases. Right now we are trying to make this transition as smooth as possible."

Ryan shook his head. "All right. But I want it to be a submission only match. Best two out of three falls."

Terry cringed when Ryan stated best two out of three falls. He knew he could take him the first fall, but Terry also knew Ryan in spite of his size did not tire easily. Ryan was one of the toughest guys Terry had ever fought.

The Commissioner looked at Terry. Terry nodded. He was not one to back down from a challenge. Win or lose he would take the match.

The contract was drawn up and the date was set. One week from tonight the two big guys would meet to battle it out.

The Commissioners watched the seven big guys leave. The influx of JW wrestlers was in some areas becoming a bigger problem then they had anticipated.

But for now they could not worry about that. They had four, four corner matches to decide.

And Ryan's name was on the list as a HW participant!!

So was Terry's!!!

As Ryan and his entourage left the office, Clay looked at Terry. "Man, I am glad I am not in your place."

Terry did not respond. Clay and Jackson noticed a look of fierce determination in his eyes. One they had never seen before.

Over the course of the next week Terry hit the gym and practiced hard. He wanted to win.

He wanted just once to prove to Ryan he could take him.

As Terry practiced one day in the gym he was approached by two TW HW wrestlers.

Both guys were about the size of Clay.

Terry recognized Anton. Bastian he did not know.

The two teens shook hands and Anton introduced Bastian, than sat down on the weight bench next to Terry.

Anton then told Terry how he had defeated Ryan in the ring. Terry looked impressed. Anton was not small, but he had given up 70 plus pounds to Ryan.

A half hour, later Terry, left the gym with renewed confidence. If Anton could put the 270 pounder down for the count so could he.

A scant few days before the match the meeting was announced to discuss the four corners matches that would result in one person facing the champ, Rusty.

Ryan flat out refused to let Terry off the hook. He wanted to prove once and for all who the tougher teen was.

In some ways Terry was glad. He would rather face Ryan one on one then to get hammered by three other huge HW wrestlers. He had not been here long enough to know his competition.

The remainder of the week passed all too quickly. Before anyone knew it, it was Saturday night.