Richard Pennyworth, III vs. “Pointbreaker” Johnny Malibu

***Following the match, Johnny Malibu stumbles aggressively over to the corner post and leaps up to the second rope and throws his hands up in the air as the confused crowd murmurs among themselves. In the opposite corner of the ring, Richard Pennyworth shakes his head and curses inaudibly under his breath as he sits in the opposite corner, catching his breath.***

GARY BLOOMFIELD: “Folks, I don’t know what to say about this. The masked ‘Johnny Malibu’ scores a hard fought win here in what can only be described as a very strange match. I mean… ladies and gentleman, there’s no reason to beat around the bush here. This is… OBVIOUSLY Akira Wyld in a mask, and he has just STOLEN a win over Richard Pennyworth. Let’s be clear folks, Pennyworth obviously had no idea he would be facing his nemesis Akira Wyld here tonight at Assault. They say a win is a win, but he had no time to prepare, and entered this match at an extreme disadvantage. I have to hope that the PWA championship committee takes that into consideration when entering this match into the permanent records.”

***As Richard Pennyworth collects himself, ‘Johnny Malibu’ jumps down from the ropes and swaggers across the ring, disrespectfully bodychecking Pennyworth as he passes him, and mounts the opposing turnbuckle and thrusts his hands triumphantly in the air. Pennyworth puts his hands on his hips and gives the masked wrestler a disgusted look. Still standing on the ropes, Malibu turns and gestures dismissively at Pennyworth with his hand.***

BLOOMFIELD: “This is just disrespectful folks. This ‘Johnny Malibu’ is gloating over his ill-gotten victory. Unfortunately, Richard Pennyworth doesn’t have a lot of options here.”

***Malibu jumps down from the ropes and marches to Pennyworth, getting right in his face and jawing at him inaudibly off-mic. Pennyworth rolls his eyes and fumes as Malibu pushes past him toward a third turnbuckle. Malibu mounts the third turnbuckle and raises his arms as Pennyworth stews, visibly exasperated. After a few moments, Pennyworth shakes his head and marches toward Malibu. He leaps up and grabs the back of Malibu’s mask with both hands and drags him forcibly to the mat. He begins yanking and tugging at the mask, while Malibu shrieks in panic. Malibu pinwheels his arms and paws frantically at Pennyworth’s arms as he struggles to keep his mask in place. After a moment, Malibu manages to struggle to his feet, using the ropes for support. Malibu tries to pull himself out of the ring as Pennyworth begins aggressively unlacing the back of his mask. ***

BLOOMFIELD: “Oh my! It looks as if Richard Pennyworth has had enough of this nonsense and is putting an end to Akira Wyld’s ridiculous charade right now!”

***Suddenly, Malibu thrusts his leg backward, violently crotching Pennyworth between the legs, causing him to crumple roughly to the mat, holding his groin.***

BLOOMFIELD: “Oh no… what a dastardly move by a truly despicable individual. Richard Pennyworth has been rendered helpless by a vicious kick to the groin!”

***Malibu frantically secures his mask, leaving the back straps hanging loose around his shoulders. He looks down at Pennyworth and yells unintelligibly. He begins viciously kicking and stomping the prone Pennyworth, stopping occasionally to shout inaudible obscenities at him. Malibu drags him aggressively to his feet, wraps his arms around Pennyworth’s head and shoulders, and rolls him mechanically into what appears to be an textbook Akira-Lock.***

BLOOMFIELD: “Well if there was ANY doubt to this man’s identity before…”

***Suddenly, Pennyworth reaches up and swiftly YANKS Malibu’s mask off his face, exposing a shock of silver hair. Malibu immediately releases the hold and desperately covers his head with his hands. He rolls frantically out of the ring and covers his head with a ringside towel.***

BLOOMFIELD: “Really? Really?! The jig is up Akira, let it go!”

***Malibu stumbles and scrambles up the ramp, hiding his face from the cameras and live crowd. Inside the ring, a furious Richard Pennyworth has regained his feet and is pacing back and forth in the ring, shouting and daring Malibu to come back to the ring and fight.***

BLOOMFIELD: “I don’t know what to say folks. If Wyld’s goal was to get under Richard Pennyworth’s skin, he’s definitely accomplished that. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen Pennyworth this bent out of shape. The next time these two meet in the ring we’re going to need a whole security detail to keep these two in line. Stay tuned folks, we have a lot more PWA Assault for you right after these messages!”