Tag Team Match

Antoine and Gabriel LeClair. The Bayou Blaze. Were in a very strange spot here in the Asylum Wrestling Society. One that warrants note. By just the fact they weren’t doing anything OF note in the company.

Lets look back to a few months ago when they first got signed. Big money deal. Enough for them to legally hand over the wrestling company they founded in New Orleans “Thrillseeker Wrestling” behind. They even had a match on TV not long after they got signed which they WON. You would think that the Bayou Blaze would be both literally and figuratively one of Asylum Wrestling Societies hottest tag teams. Maybe they’d have at least one championship title. A few main events or any major matches of note on the AWS TV block.

Except that was NOT the case.

They were relegated to the house show circuit of AWS where they compete for the company still and entertain the fans but on a smaller scale for smaller pay and for no titles. Sometimes a fan may ask for your photo or autograph but you weren’t seen as a MAJOR star like the men and women who were on shows like AWS Ward were. It's a weird spot for a new team that started off so strong.

In fact, our first scene starts at the end of one of those house shows. Bayou Blaze won a match against another scrappy team and they were backstage. No interviewers since they usually didn’t work the house show scene. So nobody could hear the frustration that would come from the LeClair brothers.

Antoine LeClair: Another win in the books.

Gabriel LeClair: Yeah another house show win in the books against a team nobody’s heard of.

Antoine LeClair: Hey at least we’re getting paid filling up these arenas

Antoine was trying to find the silver lining but Gabriel could tell he was frustrated. Both brothers didn't like the situation they were in but Gabriel was more vocal about it.

Gabriel LeClair: Yeah but I want more. And I know that you want more too. We could've stayed back in Thrillseeker if this was the best we were gonna get Ant…

Antoine LeClair: Alright I'll see if I can talk to Management. Play nice for a lil’ bit. And if that doesn't work we can step to one of these big tag teams. Get their attention that way.

Antoine had a plan A and a plan B which kept Gabriel cool for the most part.

Gabriel LeClair: A'ight cuz’ I'm tired of kicking the heads off of these tag teams down here.

And the two of them had that conversation going on at a smaller pace until the live event ended. Though right when they had to pack up and get ready to leave the venue Antoine got an alert on his phone.

Antoine LeClair: Hm? Yo Gabe you’re gonna love this. Peep this.

Gabriel LeClair: Huh? Oh shit this is not a drill!

The two of them had a match against Philly Air Raid at AWS Ward. A bout that was sure to be fast-moving, high-flying, and exciting.

Antoine LeClair: Philly Air Raid on Ward. Yo that’s a hell of a fight we got no cap

Gabriel LeClair: Dude I don’t care who we’re facing as long as it’s not in these tired-ass house shows.

Antoine LeClair: For real for real? I’ll be fun whuppin’ people on Ward for a damn change. Damn I can’t wait. Lets hit the hotel so we can start training by sunup. So we can get this money and this dub.

Gabriel LeClair gave an elaborate dap to his older brother to show that they were on the same page. They were happy as hell about their first match on TV in months. They barely got sleep either considering the excitement on how they could train, how they could promo, and how they could WIN their match against the Philly Air Raid.

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The scene started uniquely. A black screen followed by a match being lit. The trail of fire forming two flaming capital B’s crossing each other with an instrumental version of the Bayou Blaze’s theme song “What's Up Danger?” played in the background while the two men appeared on screen. Antoine and Gabriel LeClair in street clothes for the moment. Stylish and keeping up with the flame theme. Orange, black, and and red in their attires.

Antoine LeClair: Allow us to reintroduce ourselves. We’re the Bayou Blaze. Antoine LeClair. That’s my cool ass little brother Gabriel and we got a lot of time to make up for

Gabriel LeClair: A lot of time to make up for, a lot of ass to kick. Same thing since we FINALLY have a match at Ward! Damn I’m hyped!

Antoine LeClair: Me too! See it ain’t enough just to win at this point. No, we have to remind all of you just why AWS came to us. We want to be here, and win titles, and make real cash. In front of a big crowd in Vegas.

Gabriel LeClair: We too hot to not be on TV and on. At Ward we get it poppin’. We get back to action and honestly I don't care who we face. 

Antoine LeClair: Well I do especially when we got a match against Philly Air Raid. A team that we modeled our game on.

Gabriel LeClair: Yeah ain't it wild when you fight a team you use to admire

This led to an interesting premise for the promo. Hot-Blooded desire to win blended with respect for the opponent you to battle against. That was the angle that Bayou Blaze was coming at against Philly Air Raid. With a highlight reel of action from Alex Evans and Darien Jackson to support it all after the AWS audience got to see the passion and fire in the LeClair brother’s eyes

Antoine LeClair: Alex Evans, Darien Jackson. Yo… when we were busting our asses on the independents. Working in Thrillseeker Wrestling. One of the teams that me and Gabe studied was Philly Air Raid. We wanted to move like y’all, wrestle like y’all, hell BE like y’all. But that’s because we watched you two from afar and what we saw on TV.

Gabriel Leclair: But now. Knowing how y’all carry yourselves backstage. How when we were on the house show circuit with you two on the same damn card y’all wouldn’t talk to us. How when we asked you for advice you would give us stuff to set us back. I couldn’t think of a better team to burn up now that we FINALLY got a match on Ward.

Antoine LeClair. We put y’all in high regard before we got here to AWS but now that we worked with you we now know FAKE you two are. Bayou Blaze. Yo we can’t wait til’ we land in the Crow’s Nest.

Gabriel LeClair: My big brother’s right. On top of that we're better than you. We know we are and at Ward we get to prove it when we remind the whole damn world just how good we are!

The fans were treated to the sight of the Bayou Blaze match footage of them putting the hurt on other tag teams in AWS. Granted it was all from house shows but still. The New Orleans natives could fight without a doubt.

Antoine LeClair: And above all else the Bayou Blaze will show that we are above EVERYONE ELSE. Especially you Philly Air Raid. 

Gabriel LeClair: Y’all can’t handle our heat and at Ward you will get burnt. Damn I can't wait to beat y’all up!

Antoine LeClair: And nobody won't forget us again. So Gabe. Laissez les bons temps rouler.

And the promo ended with the camera focusing directly on the flaming crossing “Bs” before flames appeared to take over the screen. Marking the end of the promo.