The arena lights dim and the sound of metal chains scraping a concrete floor can be heard across the sound system. They are broken up by a shrill laughter around the arena. As smoke fills the entrance-ramp area, �Out Of My Head� by Puddle of Mudd kicks in and Jackrabbit appears at the top of the ramp. �What is wrong with all my friends I know that I am unlike them Just another situation Don�t hold me back I don�t look up to them� Steel chains drape across his shoulders and behind him on the ground as Jackrabbit slowly makes his way to the ring, NLW championship belt draped over his left shoulder as well. Climbing under the bottom rope, he suddenly sprints to the turnbuckle and climbs it, staring out over the audience with a stony look on his face and his chains clutched to his chest. �No one�s ever listening The lines are crossed somewhere between My head is spinning like a top I don�t not know when this shit is going to stop� Jackrabbit suddenly breaks into a manic smile before stamping back to the middle of the ring. The referee tries to coerce the chains from him, but he pulls back on them, giving the referee a wild-eyed look before finally relinquishing them with a shrill laugh. The lights come back up as Jackrabbit takes his place in the corner, as his music fades and the official discards the chains to the outside. Zach King: This is our main event of the evening, and is a match in the NLW Championship series! Introducing first, from Parts Unknown, weighing 235 pounds�The Jackrabbit! Will Prydor: Jackrabbit scored what many would say is an upset over Draco during our last show, and looks to go 2-0 in the championship series and put himself in the driver�s seat heading forward. Jake Steel: I�m not going to say he can�t do it, either. Will Prydor: That scared for your job, Jake? Jake Steel: That scared for my health. Will Prydor: Touche. The arena lights dim and the sound of metal chains scraping a concrete floor can be heard across the sound system. They are broken up by a shrill laughter around the arena. As smoke fills the entrance-ramp area, �Out Of My Head� by Puddle of Mudd kicks in and Nick Perry appears at the top of the ramp, throwing his arms open wide, as if he were going to give the entire arena a hug. He wears a broad, toothy smile, and bounces on the balls of his feet while he walks. Nick waves down towards the ring at Jackrabbit eagerly, clapping his hands together while he approaches as if he was encouraging him. Pausing for a few moments at ringside, sporting his ridiculous tiger striped mask, Nick points his finger out over the crowd, shouting out �thank yous� to the audience for attending that can�t quite be picked up on camera, then turns his attention back to the ring. Grabbing the bottom rope, he tugs down, then performs an impressive slingshotting leap, somersaulting between the bottom and middle ropes and rolling across the ring. Springing to his feet quickly, Perry turns towards his competitor and extends his hand in a show of good sportsmanship. Jackrabbit remains motionless, simply staring at Nick as the young man slowly backs into his own corner. Zach King: His opponent, from Brantford, Ontario and weighing 212 pounds�Nick Perry! Will Prydor: Perry came out to Jackrabbit�s entrance music, Jake. Mind games, perhaps? Jake Steel: Mind games? Against the Jackrabbit? That�s like spitting into the wind! Will Prydor: Regardless, Nick needs to win here tonight or he is going to be mathematically eliminated from the championship series. Jake Steel: This is wrestling, not Common Core math! Will Prydor: Common Core sucks, let�s not get into that. Jake Steel: We agree on something? Oh holy hell, we really are screwed, aren�t we? The referee calls for the bell, and our main event of the evening is underway as the two combatants stare each other down in the center of the ring. There is no exchange of words, just two experienced wrestlers sizing each other up before they go to war. Without further warning, Jackrabbit lashes out with a right hand, catching Perry on the side of the head. Nick responds with one in kind, and the pair exchange blows for a few seconds until Jackrabbit gets the advantage, being far more accustomed to brawls than the youngster is. A right hand followed by a right backhand staggers Perry, and Jackrabbit takes a step back before bringing a knee up to the gut, using the extra step back to add to the momentum of the impact. Perry doubles over, and Jackrabbit promptly hooks up and executes a butterfly suplex, sending Perry to the mat. Wasting no movement, �Rabbit gets back to his feet and promptly drops a fist into the masked forehead of Nick Perry, but does not go for a cover, instead getting to his feet and laughing out loud while motioning for Perry to get to his feet. Will Prydor: Jackrabbit may be the one playing mind games here, Jake. Jake Steel: That�s a bit of an unfair advantage, isn�t it? Perry does regain his footing, but doesn�t get his hands up in time to stop a straight left to the jaw as Jackrabbit goes back on the attack. Several more punches are thrown, driving the pair back towards the ropes, and Perry finally tries to cover up as his back makes impact with said ropes. The ref enforces his count, and when Jackrabbit finally steps away a moment before the five, everyone knows it�s only a temporary reprieve. Sure enough, �Rabbit lets loose a kick to the gut, then a kick to the head of a doubled-over Perry that forces the young man to the ringside area. Jackrabbit steps out onto the apron as Nick tries to get back to his feet, and is able to time it perfectly so that when Perry gets to his feet, �Rabbit jumps onto the middle ropes and then leaps backward, taking down Perry yet again, this time with an asai moonsault. Jackrabbit is naturally first to his feet, a deranged gleam in his eyes. Will Prydor: Jackrabbit is determined to cement himself a chance at being the final NLW champion! Jake Steel: I�d be more concerned that he�s plotting something sadistic towards Nick Perry! Will Prydor: What? Normally you�d be salivating at the thought! Jake Steel: There�s a difference between they�re doing it to you and when they�re doing it to someone else. The referee starts his count as Jackrabbit pulls Nick to his feet, and whips Perry into the security barrier. On impact, Jackrabbit charges forward, looking to splash Perry against the barrier�except that Perry gets out of the way, and Jackrabbit gets nothing but barrier for his efforts. Nick drops to a knee for a few seconds, looking to recover a bit, before getting to his feet and charging forward the three steps between himself and Jackrabbit, leaping up to hit an enzuigiri on his opponent. �Rabbit drops to a knee from the impact, and Perry takes advantage by coming forward again, this time hitting a shining wizard to send Jackrabbit down to the floor. The referee�s count is at six at this point, and Perry slides into the ring, and back out to reset the count. Will Prydor: Not sure I like this idea by Nick. He needs to get this back in the ring. Jake Steel: Why? A countout win here is just as good! Will Prydor: Because outside the ring is the Jackrabbit�s playground, and the longer it stays out here the more likely Nick is to make a mistake and be pounced on. Back on the outside of the ring, Perry turns to charge at Jackrabbit again, who ducks the flying whatever-it-is that Nick is going for�but Nick was simply leaping onto the top of the barrier, and backflips off, catching the head of Jackrabbit as he does so and driving him to the floor with an asai DDT! This time, Nick does pick up �Rabbit and throw him into the ring, following a moment later and going for a lateral press: 1� 2�and that�s it as Jackrabbit gets a shoulder up. Perry gets back to his feet, pulling �Rabbit up as well before whipping The Unorthodox One into the ropes and taking him back down with a dropkick. Nick scrambles back to his feet, not even letting Jackrabbit do the same before delivering a flipping legdrop to the back of �Rabbit�s head, once more sending the opponent prone onto the mat. Will Prydor: Perry starting to up the tempo here; it�s what he�s known for. Jake Steel: Something tells me he�ll need more than that to get him through this match! Perry keeps up the momentum and the pace here, pulling Jackrabbit to his feet and sending him hurtling into the ropes, a hurricanrana the result that sends �Rabbit sliding under the bottom rope to the outside. This is all to Nick�s design as he heads to the opposite ropes, gaining momentum as he charges forward. A foot or two away from the ropes, Perry leaps and lands on the center of the top rope, and leaps again, soaring through the air as he takes out Jackrabbit with a shooting star plancha! This brings the crowd to their feet as Perry gets back to his feet, the grin clearly apparent through the tiger mask as he feeds off the energy of the fans in the arena. He then grabs �Rabbit and throws him back in the ring, not wanting to give his opponent any time to recover as he hops onto the apron, then slingshots himself over the top with a senton that connects. Perry goes for a cover here: 1� 2� Two and a half only as Jackrabbit pops a shoulder up! Will Prydor: Perry�s certainly upped his game here, and it�s starting to show as he�s putting Jackrabbit in a bad spot here. Jake Steel: Please! All it�ll take is one thing said wrong, one wrong look and Jackrabbit will give him the Caelan treatment! Will Prydor: Words you might want to remember in case you say something wrong, Jake. Jake Steel: �moving on here�. Despite the insanely fast pace Nick has kept during this match, he barely looks winded as he pulls Jackrabbit back to his feet and whips him again, this time into the corner. Perry charges forward, taking to the air for perhaps an avalanche splash, but �Rabbit falls to the mat and Nick catches nothing but turnbuckle and ring post! Both men are stunned for a bit, with Jackrabbit being the worse off of the pair. Nick shakes his head, trying to refocus on the task at hand as he recovers for the most part and ducks between the ropes, heading to the top as Jackrabbit starts to get back to a vertical base. Perry waits a moment, judging it to be the right time before he leaps off, looking for a flying clothesline�but �Rabbit sees it coming and launches a dropkick to the side of the head, sending Perry into a spin as he crashes to the mat! Will Prydor: High risk by Perry just once too often, and now he has to play defense and recover. Jake Steel: He�s damn lucky Jackrabbit didn�t kick him square in the face, that might have made your injury look tame by comparison! Jackrabbit now has the advantage, and he knows it behooves him to keep the pace much slower than what Perry had set for the first portion of the match. Perry is trying to get to his feet, so Jackrabbit obliges him by pulling him up to his feet, and sending him back down a moment later with a snap neckbreaker. �Rabbit goes for a cover here, hooking the near leg: 1� 2� And that�s all as Perry gets a shoulder up. A slight shudder goes through Jackrabbit�s body, as if he�s chuckling to himself, as he gets back to his feet and pulls Perry up to a vertical base as well. �Rabbit gives Perry a couple of hard right hands, then spins around and delivers a high-impact discus clothesline, sending Perry back to the mat. Instead of going for another cover, �Rabbit lets out a cackle as he pulls Nick back up, getting in position for a possible Last Laugh�but instead of hitting his finisher, Jackrabbit executes a high angle spinebuster/Alabama Slam, shaking the ring on impact. This time, Jackrabbit does hold on for a pin attempt: 1� 2� Two and a half only! Perry hasn�t given up the fight yet! Will Prydor: Pardon the pun, but Nick�s showing the tenacity of a tiger here as he refuses to stay down! Jake Steel: Leave the comedy to me. The only thing you�re funny at is looking. Will Prydor: At least I�m not a petulant man-child. Jake Steel: �your mom! Getting to his feet, Jackrabbit pulls Perry up yet again, looking for another high impact move�perhaps a piledriver, by the way he pulls Nick into position. But Nick�s having none of it as he struggles out of the attempt and drills �Rabbit with a right hand, and a second to cause some separation. Perry goes to the ropes, looking to quicken things here, and attempts a clothesline, which Jackrabbit ducks. �Rabbit doesn�t duck the flying forearm on the rebound, though. The referee is forced to utilize his count again here, and �Rabbit is the first to his feet at the count of six. Nick is up a second later, and blocks a right hand from Jackrabbit to respond with one in kind. Jackrabbit attempts another right hand, and is again blocked and retaliated against. Nick heads to the ropes, bouncing off them and coming back at �Rabbit, who ducks the attempted clothesline. Off the second rebound, Perry leaps up and takes down Jackrabbit in a hurricanrana, holding on for the cover: 1� 2� Shoulder up by Jackrabbit! A hint of frustration starts to show on what�s visible of Nick Perry�s face, as he hauls �Rabbit up to a knee and begins to rain down straight rights on the skull of his opponent. Despite all of this, Jackrabbit is�laughing? Will Prydor: Nick�s losing his focus here, and that�s not good for him in this match. He�s playing right into Jackrabbit�s hands! Jake Steel: Into his hands, or into his mind games? Will Prydor: Honestly, probably both at this rate. The laughing seems to get to Nick, as he continues to resort to fisticuffs instead of keeping the tempo of the match at a quicker pace. The right hands continue to rain down, as Jackrabbit continues to laugh in the face of the punishment handed to him by Perry. �Rabbit has gotten to his feet, and suddenly stops laughing, causing Nick to stop his flurry of punches. It�s like a switch has been thrown as Jackrabbit promptly drives a knee into the gut of Nick Perry, and a second and a third. A discus elbow follows this, sending Perry to a knee. A short DDT follows this, and Jackrabbit goes for a cover: 1� 2� Perry gets a shoulder up! Jackrabbit seems to accept this as he pulls Perry up to his feet, delivers a short shot to the throat to stun his opponent, and quickly scoops Perry up over his shoulder�and then converts it into a leaping tombstone piledriver! Another cover by Jackrabbit: 1� 2� Jackrabbit breaks the cover by pulling Perry�s shoulders up off the mat, cackling madly as he does! Will Prydor: Come on, now! There�s no call for that! Jake Steel: Jackrabbit wants to prove a point here, your moral supremacy be damned! Will Prydor: There�s a difference in proving a point and trying to hurt someone! Jake Steel: You�d know that all too well, wouldn�t you, Mr. I Got Dropped on My Head from Ten Feet in the Air? Jackrabbit again stops laughing as suddenly as he started, slamming Nick�s head back to the mat. He then goes after the Fusion shirt that Nick is wearing, tearing it in half and leaving the half featuring Talon on the torso of Nick Perry. Wadding up the half that has his picture on it, Jackrabbit proceeds to jam the cloth into the mouth of Nick Perry, trying to make the youngster devour the shirt with one hand while trying to choke Perry with the other! The ref steps in, forcing a five count that �Rabbit finally adheres to at 4.9. It takes the referee and Perry both to dislodge the cloth from the mouth (and probably the esophagus) of the youngster, and Nick is heard gasping for breath as he gets to his knees. Jackrabbit approaches Nick, and stares deep into the young man�s eyes. Nick remains unmoving save for getting to his feet, his eyes never leaving those of �Rabbit�s. A moment later, Jackrabbit ducks his head between the legs of Perry, and delivers a Last Laugh to Nick! �Rabbit stays eerily silent as he goes into the cover: 1� 2� 3! Zach King: Here is your winner�The Jackrabbit! Will Prydor: Jackrabbit eliminates Nick Perry from the championship series, but at what cost to the young man from Ontario? Jake Steel: About six grand in purse money and the taint of being a loser. Will Prydor: That�s not what I meant! Jake Steel: Well that�s what I heard, so deal with it! As he regains his feet, Nick begins clapping his opponent, trying to lead the audience in a round of applause for the Jackrabbit. Jackrabbit tilts his head, looking more curious than confused at Perry�s antics. Jackrabbit reaches down and grabs up the NLW Championship belt which he had left in the corner for safe keeping, hoisting up in the air to the loud sound of boos from the live audience. Nick attempts to raise Jackrabbit�s arm in celebration, but the Jackrabbit pulls his arm back and shakes his head at the younger competitor. Instead, Nick eagerly tries to lead the audience in a �Rabbit! Rabbit!� chant, but the audience aren�t keen on joining in. The Jackrabbit looks to leave the ring, the NLW Title over his shoulder, but Perry grabs him by the wrist and tries to pull him back into the center of the ring. Jackrabbit responds in kind with a discus clothesline that levels Perry, flattening him to the mat. The Jackrabbit begins to laugh as the audience reign boos down on him. Jackrabbit leans down and tugs the tiger mask off Perry�s face, placing it over his own hand like a puppet. He stops; staring deep into Nick�s dazed eyes. Without provocation, the Jackrabbit takes the NLW Championship belt from his own shoulder and lays it over the prone body of Nick Perry, shoulder to waist, crossing his chest. The Jackrabbit tips back his head and laughs like a maniac, grabbing up his discarded silver chains and exiting the ring, dragging the chains along the concrete behind him and seemingly chattering away to the tiger mask still draped over his own fist. Nick Perry comes to his senses to find his mask gone and the NLW World Championship in his lap, as he backs up into the corner, looking bewildered. He cradles the gold in both arms, with the crowd numbed into silence. And it is on this eerie scene that the camera fades to black, bringing this second stop of NLW�s Rebirth tour to an end�.