Manchester, England

A 6'3, 250 Pound African American man with a muscular body tone similar to The Rock, sat on his bed shirtless looking out at the moonlit sky of Manchester, England. The city that would host the first Pure Wrestling PPV in England, The Manchester Massacre in The Manchester Arena. The man had caramel colored skin with a black mohawk fade up top with black eyebrow and chocolate brown eyes. He had a cut within his left eyebrow from his 1st ever wrestling match nearly 3 years ago.

On the top part of the right arm, he had a lion head tattooed on his upper bicep. On his left arm he had a dagger in grey ink that had a snake wrapping around it till it got to the top where it bit down on a skull that was cracked. He had the names of his grandmothers on his wrist as well, the name Diana of his paternal grandmother on his left wrist with the name, Glenda of his maternal grandmother on his right wrist. Around his index finger he had the name Kimberly tattooed around it. He had a well-built physique sort of like that of a bodybuilder with his body having only having about 10% body fat. His build and his tattoos added to the idea that he was truly what he said he was an in-ring assassin ready to destroy and conquer anything that gets in his way of greatness. On his left hand, he had the date of his wrestling debut, 5/17/15.

Tonight, was Pure Wrestling first ever PPV in England. And what a name, The Manchester Massacre. The PPV that would be shown live. The show that was causing this man so much stress and so much excitement. The reason he was up at 2AM. He rubbed his thumb over his tattooed shoulder.

Cedric Harvey AKA Ced, the man who would going for the Pure Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship in the main event tonight. Ced had wrestled all over the world but tonight was different. Tonight, it was in his backyard. The company that had made him famous. The company that had paid his bills. The company that allowed him to live as comfortably as he does. Ced had only been in the business for 3 years but in 3 years, he has accomplished a hell of a lot in Pure Wrestling and in wrestling period. He has wrestled for NJPW, NWA and ROH. He had been a 1-time Pure Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion and had also had the company's longest reign with the title at 246 days as Champion. He was also a 1-time Pure US Champion, 1-time Pure Tag Team Champion and a 2-time Pure Global Champion. He had also held the Limitless Tag Team Championship 1-time as well as the Limitless Intercontinental Championship 2-times and the United Wrestling Tag Team Championship 1-time. These were all of the accomplishments he had accomplished in his short career.

He had done all of that but this, this is biggest night in his career. Ced got up from his bed and walked over to the window to get a better look at the city. He smiled as he looked at the city before he turned his back and walked back over to his bed. He picked up his phone to check his notifications to see the same message from Paul Levesque that he had been getting from a while asking about WWE before he walked over to his luggage. A victory tonight would no doubly put him in the top 100 list for Indy Wrestlers. Tonight, if he would win, he would not only be the Pure Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion but he would be a 2-time World Champion in Pure Wrestling. He grabbed his workout gear and walked into the bathroom and shut the door behind him.

(!)

Cedric walked around the backstage of The Manchester Arena in his ring gear. He wore black ring trunks with his ring name on the back and front in teal with a white outline. He wore black wrestling boots with black knee pads and black wrist tape on both of his wrist. He even had some of the tape on his fingers and he wore a black and white Nike hoodie.

"Harvey!" Cedric heard someone call his last name making him turn around to see a brunette woman walking towards him. The woman was his boss, the CEO of Pure Wrestling. He knew her as Bridgette Monroe, his ex but others knew her as Ms. Munroe as she would only allow maybe 2 people to call her Bridgette. Her father and Cedric himself.

"Bridgette." Cedric said as he looked at the shorter woman who walked towards him. She had to be around 5'4 and had Brown hair and brown eyes.

"Ced, I need you out there now!"

"What? My match isn't for another 5 minutes."

"Well, The Heritage Championship match ended early because of Lee's injury."

"Alright but I hope I get a little bit extra on my next paycheck." Cedric said as he ran towards the Gorilla position. Bridgette spun on her heels and watched as Cedric ran towards the entrance way while she looked him up and down while he ran away.

(!)

Ced leaned up against the ropes as he had gone through a grueling 25-minute match and currently had the 300-pound Champion, Maximus lying down on the ring mat after he had countered his chokeslam into a DDT sending Maximus head-first onto the ring mat. Ced had his wrist tape off as he backed up into the corner getting ideas in his head about ways, he could end the match. Ced shook his head as the fans cheered in anticipation. Maximus stirred awake as he then started to slowly regain his conscious and make his way back up to his feet. When he made his way back around Ced took the chance and hit him with a Spear that sent The Champion down. Ced quickly jumped into the cover.

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DDD!

"Don't Die Digging" by The Graduate Hits

"Here is your winner and the new Pure Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion: Ced!" Ced sat up as he then backed up into the ropes and cupped his face with his hands as the fans were cheering the roof off almost. The referee walked towards Ced with the title in his hands and presented it to a Ced who was leaning on the ropes.

He took the title and put it up to his face and kissed the title. He then got up to his feet and raised up the Championship title in the air as the fans cheered once more.

(!)

Cedric walked around backstage minutes after the match with the title in his hand. He had a towel around his neck and another water bottle in his hand. He walked up to a crate and sat the water bottle down before he then got up on the crate.

He put the title in his lap and looked at it as he thoughts went through his head.

This was what he had earned over the past few months. This was the title that he had fought for. But for some reason it didn't feel as important as it once did to him. He was only 21 years old and he had so much more to prove to the world but he couldn't really prove it being on the indy scene.

He sighed as he then set the title belt aside and looked up at the ceiling. He then grabbed his phone off the crate beside him and unlocked it it getting on the texting thread between him and Paul. He then typed out: "I'm Ready" and stared at the message for a bit. This was choice. This was the decision that would change his life and he was ready for it. He then pressed send and watched as the message sent. It was seemed as though Hunter had been watching the phone cause within 5 minutes he responded with 'Great. I'll see you soon'.

Cedric sighed as he then sat the phone down and looked at the title.