The Challenge of a Lifetime!

[Ameronth]

***The camera fades on a slightly portly figure of a man dressed in a black suit with a red sequined jacket and matching hat. The smiling face beneath the hat is partly covered by a trimmed red beard.

*** GEORGE PRESCOTT, III: “Ladies and gentlemen, great fans of the Prestige Wrestling Association, allow me to introduce myself. My name is George Prescott, III, the King of Managers. Some of you more enlightened fans will recognize me from iNoob Championship Wrestling, where I have led my Masked Saboteurs to multiple tag team championships. Recently, I have also exerted more direct influence over the championship reign of one Viktor Sokolov, who holds both the INCW Heavyweight Championship and your own PWA Heavyweight Championship. Mr. Sokolov has advised me to inform you all that the challenge he has made at INCW will also be held here at PWA; that is, Mr. Sokolov will take on all comers. If any man or woman can pin his shoulders to the mat or cause him to submit in a singles contest, that athlete shall be granted a PWA Heavyweight title match at the earliest possibility.

“Many would think that this is a foolhardy challenge for a champion to issue in just one wrestling organization, let alone two and at the same time. Certainly, the roster here at PWA is overflowing with talent, with the likes of Akira Wyld, Alex Prime, Ronnie Lassiter, Richard Pennyworth, and The Factor, to name just a few. A man to make such a challenge must have hubris that borders madness! Well, let me assure you, my friends; it is neither hubris nor madness, but confidence. Confidence well founded by raw ability and skill honed to an edge that would cut the most stalwart challenger down to so much kindling. Such is the confidence that has been already proven by Mr. Sokolov in INCW, and now he will make believers of you all in the conquering power of the Siberian Psychopath!

“Now, no sooner than I was charged by Mr. Sokolov to deliver this challenge to the PWA Heavyweight roster, but I have been informed that we already have a man who wishes to challenge Mr. Sokolov. One Jonathon Eckstrom, or as he refers to himself, Johnny Ecks. Not only has Johnny Ecks seen fit to attempt to arrange title rematches in which he has no involvement, as well as demand tag team championship matches for teams of which he is not a member, but he has challenged the single most prolific heavyweight champion this organization has ever known! Well, Mr. Ecks, your audacity has been rewarded! Congratulations, son! Your wind and bluster have won you a golden ticket to the ride of a lifetime: you shall face Viktor Sokolov one-on-one in the main event of Assault! You have won the best seat in the house to witness why this man is called the Siberian Psychopath! But be warned, because this ride will end only one way for you: in the back of an ambulance. We’ll see you at Assault, son.”