Heating up the shore

Antoine and Gabriel LeClair were the Bayou Blaze and they were the hottest tag team in the entire Asylum Wrestling Society. Pun totally intended and they had the championship gold to prove it. But one could wonder just how they got this far.

Bayou Blaze consisted of Gabriel and his younger brother Antoine LeClair who grew up in a creole island strip that was between the crocodile-ridden bayou and a waterway that led to downtown New Orleans. And The LeClairs made use of both. Work on the family farm compound by day and at night go to see whatever wrestling was downtown that night. It was how they lived until the two brothers started their own backyard pro wrestling company called Thrillseeker wrestling that just consisted of some more bayou kids and friends from school that loved pro wrestling. And they ran that shit together. Just like their idols, the Hardy Boys did OMEGA back in the day. Except it wasn’t closed. Thrillseeker was running but under new management. Which Gabriel and Antoine checked on periodically. They never sold out and forgot their roots. They just took their backyard experience as a foundation to the highest level. The Asylum Wrestling Society and they elevated their game PERFECTLY. 

Sure it wasn’t the smoothest run in the world. The Bayou Blaze had to take some time to get to the top. Take some losses, hell for a while they weren’t even booked. But they kept grinding, kept watching, never lacking, and never taking their brown eyes off the ball. Then the wins started piling up. As did the marquee matches. Then they started competing for the titles. 

Now here we are. Antoine and Gabriel were the reigning, current, and defending AWS Tag Team champions. With extra emphasis on the defending part because they were indeed defending them against a tag team with a rise of their own. ¡Viva la Revolución! Alejandro Nevarez & Antonio León. Not siblings but damn good at wrestling. Good enough to draw the undeniable attention of Antoine and Gabriel. They had to heat things up in and out of the ring for their big fight in Maitai Bay, Karikari Peninsula, New Zealand 

So the scene started outside on a New Zealand beach at sunset. Both LeClair brothers were shirtless, wearing shorts, and surrounded by lit tiki torches on green grass with a dirt path behind the brothers. Cameras from all angles focused on them.

Antoine LeClair: Oh yeah we had to make things real special for our big title defense at Ward here in NZ, New Zealand! Tiki torches lit, on the beach, sun hittin’ us just right. Just like we're gonna hit Viva la Revolución at AWS Ward when we defend our titles. Real good!

Gabriel LeClair: And while the sun is setting in the sky the Bayou Blaze is rising. Yeah we’re the AWS Tag Team Champions, proud of it too. But we’re not stopping. Hell we’re not even slowing down much less stopping. We love defending our titles. The grind, the work, the action.

Antoine LeClair: And that action involves dog-walking team, after team, after team, after team. And the team that’s stepping up to get burned down ¡Viva la Revolución!

Antoine said that with an exaggerated latin flourish at the end for emphasis as the flames of the torches began to rise. Gabriel smirked in the process of his words.

Gabriel LeClair: This is not a heat check for you two Alejandro and Antonio this is the biggest match you’ve ever had. My brother and I have been alpha dog dominant for a while now and we didn’t fly all the way to this beautiful country of New Zealand just to sightsee. We’re here to bring the heat and head back to the states the same way we arrived.

Antoine LeClair: As champions. Seen? You’re in for an ass-kicking in Maitai Bay. You can’t handle us, especially not now!

Antoine spoke with more heat in his voice after his brother talked his share and to match that the flames rose even more. A spike of flame peaking from the tops of all three torches behind them.

Gabriel LeClair: And here’s the thing La Revolución. We know you’ve done good. You’re a good team. You have to be in order to get a shot against me and my brother because we don’t fight bums and you two have championship potential for real

Antoine LeClair: So maybe next year if you keep things up after we beat you. You’ll be ready to take these titles off of us and put our fires out. But right now, like we said at the very start of this thang we’re gonna hit you real good when that bell rings. Light you up like these torches are on the way to another title defense.

Gabriel LeClair: We’re spitting fire now Antonio and Alejando, lighting you up in the ring later, and walking out with the titles. Get ready for the heat.

And Antoine and Gabriel walked down the dirt paths with the torches having pillars of flame firing at full blast to officially end the promo