Because tonight is his official debut in Frontier, Ethan Albright is accompanied to the ring by the head-in-the-clouds sound of Sonic Youth’s “Teen Age Riot” which goes over rather well with spectators. Shirtless but wearing bright orange spandex and macho black boots at odds with his healthy blond hair, Ethan jumps onto the ring’s apron, walks across and ascends the closest turnbuckle to perfectly back-flip off and land on his feet as well as a gymnast. Some fans clapped for that athletic display, but most remain indifferent.
Betamax is already in-ring, and so greets Ethan very sportsmanlike, to Ethan’s surprise. They shake hands after referee Sal Mancini reminds both of The Code and general limits are enabled, such as rope-breaks and count-outs. When the bell rang, Betamax and Ethan immediately tied up, with Betamax applying a headlock. Lifting Betamax by his thighs, Ethan backdrops and then quickly lateral presses by pressing his hands against Betamax’s shoulders, to keep them pinned. Surprisingly, that would effectively gain two counts, but Betamax powered out just in time.
Caught off by Ethan’s impressive pin attempt, when Betamax ‘powered out’ he also made sure to punch Ethan square in the jaw! Compelled to retreat some steps back, Ethan nevertheless leaped forth to wheel kick a rising Betamax, but the Liverpool native smoothly ducked and treated the foreigner to a jumping knee drop that falls onto Ethan’s chest cruelly. Short of breath thereafter, Ethan unwillingly permits Betamax to stand him and hammerlock into a lariat! From there, Betamax drives another jumping knee drop into Ethan, to ease the appliance of an octopus stretch.
For each time Ethan tried muscling out of the stretch, Betamax unhooked one of his arms to bash the greenie on the ribs, thrice. Eventually, Ethan resorted to risking his body by pushing himself and Betamax into a nearby corner, and then ramming five elbows into Betamax’s gut! Having just completed the best offensive sequence in his career yet, Ethan follows up by step-up enzuigiri into an inside cradle! Referee Sal Mancini is fast to react, thus three slaps to the canvas are counted! “Teen Age Riot” restarts, announcing Ethan Albright the winner.
Evidently relieved, Ethan sits up breathing heavily but with a wide smile on his reddened face. Some probably think he finds the cheering of a few girls in attendance charming, but really, it looks as though he’s just glad to have won the damn thing. Keeping to the code, although Betamax is puzzled by his defeat, Ethan shakes his hand, respectively.
Your winner, Ethan Albright!
Yet again Albright comes away with the win when the odds were stacked against him. He’s certainly showing signs of improvement!