SEX APPEAL vs. GREGORY IRON & HOBO JOE - BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

Official match preview video package - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u19ARQP-tx8

Sex Appeal, PWO Tag Team Champions, have been on a meteoric rise throughout PWO since their initial formation. Three young athletes overflowing with confidence, narcissism, and talent, the trio of “True Talent” Bobby “The Body” Shields, Bobby Beverly, and “Late Nite” Nicki Valentino, have backed up much of their boastful claims in-ring, not only by having among the best physiques in Pro Wrestling Ohio, but by having diabolical and conniving minds behind those bodies, and the ability to out-strategize and out-think many of their adversaries.

But who is to say that Sex Appeal are the smartest men in PWO? And who is to say they are the best looking? After all, beauty IS in the eye of the beholder. One such man who personifies that phrase is the “Handicapped Hero” Gregory Iron. One would think a lifelong battle with cerebral palsy would hinder him both physically and mentally. However, Iron is one of few who has matched wits with the current champions, and keeps to a strict workout and physical training regimen that leaves him in constant top physical condition. Another such man who personifies this is Hobo Joe. Living life out on the streets, Hobo has to be resourceful and tactical just to find life’s basic necessities - food, water, shelter. And despite having anything but a bodybuilder’s physique, Hobo has proven to be as tough, or tougher, than anyone, surviving some of PWO’s most wild and violent matches to date. While not what you’d call scholars, and not candidates for any magazine cover shoots anytime soon, Iron & Hobo have established their ability to compete on any level.

Sex Appeal however, vehemently disagree. Judging only by that which is skin deep, Sex Appeal choose to ignore the heart, the desire, the guts, and the tenacity that men like Greg & Hobo possess, instead dismissing them as “inferior” and “beneath them”. If they don’t have the flawless appearance, well-tanned skin, and perfect hair, in the eyes of Sex Appeal, they simply don’t matter. However, a year ago, one member of Sex Appeal got a momentary taste of what it was like to become the very thing he detests.

Last year at PWO Wrestlelution 2, Bobby Beverly charged at Gregory Iron with full force. At the last moment, Iron moved and Beverly’s momentum sent himself directly into the steel ring post mouth-first, severely lacerating him and knocking two teeth completely out of Bobby’s mouth. Beverly finished the match, and got his mouth repaired, but the mental scars did not go away. Beverly was humiliated over being bloodied and disfigured on the biggest event of the PWO calendar year, and felt his flawless looks will now always be marred and tainted by the actions of Gregory Iron. Despite Iron’s tumultuous life of abuse, concussions, and countless other adversities, Beverly felt his injury was far worse than anything Gregory Iron had ever endured, and made it his mission to made Gregory Iron pay for what he did.

Iron became a target of Sex Appeal and a number of three-on-one, and four-on-one assaults. When Iron had been curb stomped into oblivion, and was presumed on the shelf for good, Sex Appeal turned their attentions back to Beverly’s former tag partner Hobo Joe, who Sex Appeal had always felt was not deserving of being on the same television show as the three of them. However, just when Hobo Joe needed a friend the most, Gregory Iron re-emerged to continue the fight, refusing to back down! Gregory Iron & Hobo Joe were now aligned with a common enemy - the same type of bullies and insecure egomaniacs they had encountered all their live. It was time for the little guy to stand up for himself.

After some bad luck with past friends to say the least, Hobo was hesitant about placing his trust in Greg. It took weeks of trust falls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYg5EQVXrxY), food (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucobb80VZX8), watching one another’s back, and even a cameo from Virgil for Iron & Hobo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPb5-wIfSKs) to get on the same page. The goofy, loveable antics of the newly-dubbed “Homeless Handicapped Connection” only served to infuriate Sex Appeal, who demanded a match where if they beat the HHC, Iron & Hobo would be banned from teaming ever again. However, Iron & Hobo showed their first signs of outsmarting Sex Appeal. Upping the ante, they agree on two conditions 1) a PWO Tag Title shot be at stake, 2) If they win, a member of Sex Appeal would have to leave PWO forever! Iron & Hobo overcame the glorified 4-on-2 odds and captured the win, sending Dawn Decadence packing from PWO in apropos fashion. Sex Appeal, for the first time ever, had been one-upped. How would they respond?

When it came time for Iron & Hobo to cash in on the title shot they had earned, Sex Appeal proved they would not take the alleged humiliation of losing to Iron & Hobo laying down. Consulting with their lawyers, which they have done a number of times in the past, Sex Appeal used a loophole in the contract to state the tag title match was set to be against “Sex Appeal” and NOT two members of Sex Appeal. Therefore, all three, Shields, Beverly, and Valentino, were allowed to compete. Despite the toughness and tenacity of Iron & Hobo, three-on-two the entire bout was simply too much to logically fight off, and Sex Appeal had apparently once again triumphed. Sex Appeal had proven that the underprivileged, the handicapped, the less attractive, and less successful of the world were inferior to them, beneath them, and not worth their time. The bully had won out again.

Or had they?

A week later, as Sex Appeal were at their cockiest, their most confident, and most overbearing, Gregory Iron & Hobo Joe emerged from the back one more time. Greg & Hobo knew they couldn’t compete 3-on-2, nor could they compete in the courtroom. They had to outsmart Sex Appeal again. For this, they targeted inarguably the dumbest member of Sex Appeal… Bobby Beverly. Iron played off of the fact Beverly had never truly taken Greg out of action and, despite attempting to concuss Iron, attempting to knock his teeth out, and ripping his eyelid open during a bloody bout a few months ago, Beverly had never truly “finished the job” on either Iron or Hobo. A perfectionist (at least in his own mind), Beverly couldn’t stand being shown up once again, and despite the wishes and demands of partners Shields & Valentino… Bobby Beverly accepted Iron’s challenge to have a chance to finish the job for good… at PWO Wrestlelution 3 in a No-Disqualification PWO Tag Title Match! Sex Appeal thrive on good looks, but do they have an ugly side to unleash in a match such as this? The next week, we would get our answer.

After Iron & Hobo had picked up a tag team victory and built considerable momentum into PWO Wrestlelution 3, Sex Appeal struck. Swarming in from all sides, and brandishing numerous weapons, the superficial supergroup violently assaulted both Gregory Iron & Hobo Joe with chairs and belts, handcuffing them to the ring ropes in the process, making Greg & Hobo even more defenseless. Sex Appeal have proven, when provoked, their attractive exterior looks can give way to a very sinister and ugly interior.

Gregory Iron & Hobo Joe have not been publicly seen since the attack, and one must question the condition they will be in come August 1st at PWO Wrestlelution 3. One thing for sure is that no matter their condition, Iron & Hobo WILL be at PWO Wrestlelution 3 to compete! Will they be 100%? How do they intend to counter-act the numbers and tricks of Sex Appeal in a No DQ environment? Whom does this match truly favor? Bobby Beverly has been targeting Gregory Iron for months, pinning him time after time, attempting to injure or disfigure Greg somehow in the process every time. Will this be the day Beverly finally succeeds? Can Greg give Bobby another taste of his own medicine?

August 1st… one team enters at the pinnacle of physical perfection… but after this No DQ PWO Tag Title Match - for all four men endure the ugly environment involved in this match… beauty may only be a distant memory.

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