The next match was yet another interesting turn of events. Earlier this week, Dixie Leigh notified management that she had a family emergency that she needed to take care, and wouldn’t be able to make it tonight. Jody tried to make thing as fair as possible to Tara Michaels-Davidson, and allowed her to pick her own partner. She chose her own sister, Tristain, who I personally first met at the Laser Tag Challenge. She’s an interesting lady, to say the least, but she’s never stepped foot in the ring before.
They are the first ones out, coming out to Tara’s new music, “Dirty Dancer” by Enrique Iglesias ft. Usher. And yes, I did just say that Enrique Ingesias is being used as an entrance music. Tara and Tristain come out in their wrestling gear, walking down to the ring. The crowd boos them, with Tara not being the fan favorite with the crowd, something she really could careless about. Tristain seems almost overwhelmed as she climbed into the ring. You could tell she wasn’t comfortable in that ring just yet, which isn’t surprising seeing she’s never wrestled a match in her life.
Enter Shikari’s “Ok, time for Plan B” plays and out comes “The People’s Choice” August Joyce, to the crowds pleasure. He comes out, slapping the hands of the fans on his way to the ring. He is then joined by Jace Parker Davidson, the other half of the Peach State Tag Team Champions, as “Time to Shine” by Saliva plays. Jace came out with his usual bravado and cockiness, holding the title over his shoulder. He climbed into the ring, and smiles across the ring at his wife, Tara.
He said something to August, but August didn’t seem to like it, and August replies. The two trade words, but on the otherside of the ring, Tara and Tristain look at each other, and shrug, before rushing across the ring, attacking their opponents, with Tara going after August and Tristain going after Jace.
Tara hammers August with a forearm to his back, slamming him into the corner, while Tristain tackles Jace, taking them both out of the ring. Tara grabs August, sending him flying to the other side of the ring. August hits the corner hard, as Tara rushes in, driving a knee into his gut, doubling him over. She pushes him out of the corner, before coming off with a bulldog, taking August down.
On the outside of the ring, Tristain has Jace against the ring apron, but as she goes for another punch, Jace ducks it, and with a smile on his face, he drives a fist straight into her, taking her down. Jace then jumps up onto the apron, awaiting a tag, as Tristain slowly moves back to her side of the ring.
Tara runs to the ropes, and comes back, jumping into the air, and coming down with a knee drop across August’s head. Tara rolls to her feet, and stomps right on August, before going for a cover. She only picked up a two count though as Jace pulled her off of him. She looked at him, and all he did was shrug, letting her know that all is fair in this match-up. She got up and immediately tagged in Tristain. Tristain looks nervous climbing into the ring, but she immediately rushes over to August, driving a stomp into his shoulder. She delivers several more stomps before finally picking him up, and pushing him into the ropes.
She sends him to the otherside, but in the process, got him way too close to his own partner, as Jace tags himself in, but Tristain obviously didn’t see it, as she comes across, nailing August with a clothesline, taking him down. However, as soon as she turns around, Jace springboards into the ring, connecting with a shoulderblock, taking her down. He immediately covers her, but only gets a one count, as Tristain kicks out. Jace doesn’t sweat it, as he runs to the ropes, coming back with a low dropkick to Tristain’s chest as she tries to get up, taking her down again.
Jace got back to his feet, running to the ropes, and then using them to springboard backwards with an Asai moonsault, but as he does so, Tristian brings her knees up, and Jace lands chest first on top of them. He rolls off, holding his chest, as Tristian gets back to her feet. She falls backwards, tagging in Tara.
Tara climbs into the ring, but hesitates for a moment, looking at her husband across the ring. Jace gets back to his feet, and reaches back, to tag himself out. August climbs back into the ring, and both him and Tara lock-up, with August getting the advantage with a headlock, which he quickly turns into a hammerlock. However, Tara grabs August’s head, and drops down with a great reversal of the hammerlock. August goes down, falling backwards, as Tara gets to her feet. She runs into the ropes, and comes back, coming down with a double foot stomp to August’s chest, before she bounces and tags in Tristian.
Tristian climbs into the ring, as August gets to all fours. Tristian rushes him, and flips over him, with a modified neckbreaker. She brings him back down to the mat, before rolling back to her feet, and rushing straight at Jace, clubbing him with a forearm, knocking him off the apron and to the floor below. Tristian quickly turns back, running toward August and coming down with a leg drop, before rolling backwards, and to her feet again. She leaps over him, heading toward the ropes, and makes a blind tag to Tara, before rolling and coming down with a rolling senton. She continues her motion, heading toward the otherside, but as she rebounds off the ropes, Jace grabs her feet and yanks her out of the ring.
Jace and Tristian begin to trade blows on the outside, but Tara is the legal person, and she climbs into the ring. August slowly gets back to his feet, however, he isn’t allowed to do so, as Tara rushes him, and leaps up into the air, connecting with a huge scissors kick she calls The Goodnight Kiss. The crowd can’t believe it as Tara covers.
Jace tries to climb back into the ring, but Tristian grabs ahold of his leg, holding on to him as Tara gets a three count. Peach State crowned new tag team champions. The unthinkable happened, as Tara and her sister Tristian just beat Jace and August.
Matt hands the belts to Tara and Tristian. Jace stands on the outside, not believing what happened, as August slowly gets to his feet, shaking his head. Jace climbs into the ring, staring at August. Finally, Jace nails August with a right hand, as Tara and Tristian stare, as the two former tag team partners begin to brawl in the corner.
The crowd suddenly begins to mumble, as three men enter the ring behind the new champions. It was Peach State’s newest signees, The Young Lions, Chris Jacobs, Scott King, and Brute Svenson. The crowd doesn’t know what’s about to happen, until Tara and Tristian turn around. Chris and Scott nail both of them, taking them down with several punches. Scott grabs Tristian, and throws her over the top rope with force, sending her crashing to the floor below. Tara strikes back against Chris, but falls against the ropes, and Chris rushes her, nailing her with a clothesline, that takes Tara over the top rope.
Jace and August stop their brawl, and Jace immediately rushes Chris, but as soon as he does so, Brute rushes him, striking him with a jumping boot to the face. Jace’s head is nearly taken off by the blow, and he rolls underneath the bottom rope, crashing to the ground, leaving the Young Lions in the ring with August Joyce. August holds his hands up, not sure what is going on, but he’s not stupid. He’s not going to try to take on all three members of the Young Lions. Chris holds his hands up as well, showing he doesn’t mean him harm, when suddenly Scott drives a kick into his gut, and Chris brings a knee into August’s face, as Scott then grabs him, and throws him hard over the top rope. August slams into the concrete floor hard, leaving the Young Lions alone in the ring.
I don’t know what message they were trying to send, but I guarantee you that the Young Lions, making their first appearance in Peach State, just made some enemies.