#OOC The handler of Amy Marshall allowed for her likeness to be used. ** I know this is past the deadline. I lost internet and it just came back on. I wanted to post this so it didn't go to waste. **
Jon Dough promo
Backstage at CC222
We see on Dough signing a mini green mask to a kid as GM Brooke Saxon approaches him.
Jon Dough: There you go buddy, and remember, stay in school!
Jon grabs his duffle bag and turns to walk away. He walks towards Brooke Saxon.
Brooke Saxon: You’re never the first one here but tend to always be one of the last ones to leave.
Jon Dough: Yeah well, got to take a few minutes with the kids. Whatever it takes to get the parents to ditch out some money for the company.
Brooke Saxon: I wish more thought like that from time to time.
Jon Dough: Well, see you next week. Oh hey, if I’m not booked, you mind finding me a few minutes of air time in between two matches?
Brooke Saxon: Well that’s why I came to find you.
Jon Dough: Find me? I must be fired as it is not often and you I have small talk.
Brooke Saxon: No, no, nothing like that. I came here because I wanted to tell this in person. You will have a match next week. We did a lethal lottery team and your name came up. Now if I know you like I think I do then you don’t care who you team up with as it is all the same to you. But the name that came out as your partner I think you would get a kick out of.
Jon Dough: If it’s Kate Steele then you and I are going to have some serious problems.
Brooke Saxon: What's the issue there?
Jon Dough: Oh no, sorry just trying to be funny. So who is this person, must be someone great if it got you to look for me to tell me directly.
Brooke Saxon: Your all great talent, no one could ever lace the boots to those in SCW.
Jon Dough: That’s one way to put it.
Brooke Saxon: What was that?
Jon Dough: Nothing boss, so who is this person?
Brooke Saxon: Amy Marshall.
Jon Dough: Amy Marshall? Amy Santino or someone else.
Brooke Saxon: Yes… You trying to be funny? I’m a bit disappointed. I assumed you from all people would be thrilled of the news.
Jon Dough: It’s cool it could have been anybody, well anybody but Kate Steele that is.
Jon says as he chuckles
Jon Dough: Well I’ll see you next week. Not super early as I’m never the first one here but I’ll be on time.
Brooke Saxon: Yes we will, make sure you come early, I’ll have something for you to do.
Jon Dough: How early?
Brooke Saxon: Make sure your the first one here.
Jon Dough: God damn.
Jon says as he walks away. Jon heads towards the exit door to get to the parking garage. Once there and all alone he stops to take a moment before yelling out…
Jon Dough: WOOOHOOO!!!!!! I’m teaming with the Punk Princess herself, Amy freakin Marshall!!!
Jon goes to his car and throws his bag in the back seat. He then gets in the front seat and takes off his green mask. He looks in the rear mirror to look at himself.
Jon Dough: Amy Marshall, that is all.
Matt shakes his head at himself.
Matt: What about Amy Marshall?
Matt turns the car on and takes off to start his long drive home.
Matt: Now you got nothing to say?
Matt waits a few seconds and still nothing.
Matt: Not sure what is worse, talking to myself or talking to myself and waiting for myself to reply to myself.
Jon Dough: The latter!
Matt: Your back, so what about Amy?
Jon Dough: I team up with her next Sunday so I need you to make sure the body is ready cus mentally I’m already there.
Matt: I do what do.
Jon Dough: Okay, well I’m off to sleep somewhere in the far back of your brain, enjoy your long drive to L.A. man.
Matt just grab his phone to call his wife to let her know that he is on his way and should be home in the middle of the night.
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The Next Day
Jon Dough has been in a great mood for the past 24 hours after hearing that he will team with Amy Marshall. Not sure if this is a one time thing or a long term deal. One thing he did know was that he felt he had to get a hold of her to assure that not only can she depend on him to do his best but that he is honored to get a chance to be o the same side as someone of her caliber.
Jon takes out his cell phone and goes through his SCW contact list, it doesn't take long as he has Amy under the letter B for Bad Ass Bitch. Jon hits call and waits as the phone starts to ring.
Incoming facetime call from Jon Dough
Jon Dough: Hello Mrs. Santino, I know this is a bit random of a phone call. Mr. Ward told me as quickly as he could that I will be teaming with you. I wanted to let you know first hand that I look forward to this match. I know that the lethal lottery doesn't always bring out the best in two wrestlers forcing to team together. I really hope that is not the case between us. I figured me calling you beforehand can help make sure we are on the same page.
Amy: I appreciate the respect but please call me Amy. And forcing teams together always turns out to be a good thing. Just look at Wyatt and I. Put together for the BFTP tournament and we stayed together as a team. But I appreciate the call... and i can assure you that we will be on the same page.
Jon Dough: Good stuff, well Mrs. Santino. Just kidding.
Jon says with a slight laughter
Jon Dough: Well Amy, we do have a chance to make something out of this. So that great to hear. Well look, I don’t want to take to much of your time, but I was wondering if you would like to hang out before our match on Sunday. It’s one thing to be on the same page. But I think hanging out to get a feel for one and another can go a long way.
Amy takes a moment listening to Jon and thinking about what he is saying.
Amy: Sure we can hang out... how about Wednesday or Thursday? Can go to a gym in Vegas and train and work something out.
Amy suggested.
Jon Dough: Tell you what, How about more than just working out. SCU has a show on Wednesday if not then on Thursday. We can have a drink or two while at the T-mobile arena. The Golden Knights are playing the Chicago Blackhawks that evening. And before you think anything please bring Joey, I'll bring my, well Matt Spears can bring his wife Sadie Spears. I'm sure she be up for it.
Amy thinks for a moment... and shrugs.
Amy: sure... why not. Its something different from the usual and haven't been on a double date before.
Jon Dough: Great, I'll text you Thursday around noon and we can go from there.
Amy: Okay, I’ll wait for your call.
Jon hangs up the phone then looks at the camera with a smile
Jon Dough: I know what you are thinking, I'm going to try to hit on Amy. I can see why one would think that I mean look at her she's hot. But that is definitely not on agenda. What is on the agenda you are might be wondering.
The truth is, I need to see if there is any type of chemistry between the two of us. I'll meet you at the gym well workout like to wrestlers would but I'm hoping that we are able to go to this hockey game that I have invited her to. You see, it would be a great way to see how we can interact with each other outside of the ring.
I can sit here right now never have being a tag team partner to Amy and still say that I trust her and she can say that she trusts me, but we are saying that based on what?
A quick answer which could be the right answer is that what else would you say you're not going to tell somebody you don't have any personal issues with that you cannot be trusted.
So while the trust won't be an issue, I need to see if there's some type of chemistry between the two of us that you get from somebody outside of your work environment, that in turn will help improve the relationship then we need to be a successful tag team.
One get together between us is not going to make or break what we can do as a tag team, however what it is going to do is help break whatever I say the could be there as we have never interacted in this manner to be in a match together. If there is any intention, any barriers that may get between us to be successful, then that is something we can figure out on Thursday but still not be an awkward situation if there is an issue because if nothing else we have a hockey games watch.
Now let's add the fact that they serve alcohol there, of course I'm going to treat my partner and her husband to drinks. They say alcohol brings out the truth. If Amy had a problem with me I know she will tell me directly however in the event that maybe she can have a problem with me but would rather just keep it to yourself then after a few drinks something like that will come out.
However what I predict will be that the goals that we have are going to be a lot more in common then one might think and in turn, we use that common goal to your advantage.
This meeting between us is more for her that would have just for me. She can hold her own so it has nothing to do with her talent as far as what she can do in the ring. This is more for her so that way she can see that there is no issue with me being teamed up with her. She has done that all and I just want to make sure that she knows she could be comfortable with having someone like me by her side.
Maybe I’m overreacting because of how thrilled I am. Not sure, but one thing I do know for sure is that Kandy and Jerry, I'm sure the two of you are thrilled to be a part of this series. I'm sure the two of you will do anything to win.
I'm not going to see here and waste people's time about saying cliche like we'll give it our all or give it 110%. That is something they would say, as for me. No, see the fans already know that Amy and I will give it our all as they have seen us do just that over the years. Jerry and Kandy, this Sunday will be no different. Amy and Jon will show you two just how it’s done.
Jon walks away as the scene fades out.
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Thursday night
After seeing the Chicago Blackhawks lose the hockey game 4-3 Jon is back at the hotel room looking over some matches from SCU to get some final notes on Jerry and Kandy. Jon who is sitting on a business chair in is room keeps his voice down as Sadie Spears is laying in bed as she started not to feel to well.
Jon Dough: Well, that went how I had hoped it would. I got to see my Blackhawks lose but the goal I had was there. The goal was to see how Amy and I can interact with each other outside of a wrestling ring. We shared a few laughs, talking about everything and anything.
See we were able to chat about anything and everything. From her first match in the business till how not to fall on your ass while surfing. I realized that Amy and I had a lot alike when it came to wrestling and life but also seen how we are different.
What is different is what worried me until I realized that Amy is not like other wrestlers. I realized that Amy is one of the best in the ring, she proved it over the years. But I learned after speaking to her that she literally does eat sleep and breathe this industry. This industry we call wrestling is not a job for her, it's more then a hobby for her. This is more than a stepping stone or even a career. I learned that Amy is Wrestling. It is so much a part of her that one would think it defines who she is and maybe that is the case but she defines what wrestling is.
Picture of kid in front of a candy store and how happy that kid is because he knows that once he walks inside that store he's going to get a piece of candy of some sort. Picture that teenager who is nervous at prom as they wait to be crowded for prom queen. Now picture that sports fan who knows that their team is just a few seconds away from winning the championship. Or better yet picture that child who grows up dreaming about what they want to be in life and then fast forward to the moment where they are just one step away from accomplishing their goal.
You see the examples I'm giving you are situations where you're feeling excited you know that your hard work is about to pay off and in that moment before the payoff in which you see it in full circle and you realized you worked so hard for this very moment and you realize it makes it all worth it the blood and sweat and tears you gave yourself to get to where you are at.
This is just now how Amy feels about wrestling but this is how a wrestling feels about Amy Marshall. She has done so much in this industry that the industry in itself now looks at someone like Amy and says this is why the industry was about to begin with because of people like her. And this case it's another version of Full Circle only it's the perfect combination because the industry in the individual go together so well.
I'm sure I might have confused a few people but hey, I’m Jon Dough, did you expect anything different?
Just know that I was thrilled and honored to have a me as my partner before tonight but after hanging out with her watching the hockey game having a few beers and just talking about random subjects including wrestling, my attitude about us teaming up together went from eagerness to being privileged. It would be a privilege to be on the same side with Amy. We both want to win but I realize how much I can learn from her regardless of what the outcome of our matches will be.
Now that I let my eagerness and enjoyment of teaming up with someone of Amy's caliber leave my system I can take the next few days to really focus on the bigger picture and that is how to make this a successful as possible on my end because everybody knows Amy's going to do more than her part. She's going to do what she can to show me her partner that she could do it, I know have to show her that I am just as capable as she is to make this a perfect tag team. We get to show the world that using the lethal lottery to make a random team can sometimes bring out some of the best tag team wrestling the company has to offer. Amy and I get to show everybody just that and while I don't want to speak for her, I believe it's safe to say that the two of us will do just that. Kandy Kaine and Jerry Cann will be the first to see and feel it first hand.
Jon lowers his laptop to turn it off. He removes his green mask and gets up so that Matt can join his wife in bed.
Sadie: You know that could have waited to the morning instead of keeping me up with the lights and you talking.
Matt replies to Sadie the very same way she would to him. He just says one word.
Matt: Meh!
Sadie turns around to face her husband. She places her head on his and says…
Sadie: Meh
Matt wraps his arm over Sadie and kisses her forehand as they two drift off until there dreams.
