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Rise Against -- Re: Education Through Labor

The arena went dark and multiple flashing white lights filled the stadium. The lights synced up with the bass line until the pace picked up and all the lights went on, an white pyro display going off on the stage. When it died down, Mike Landry appeared on the stage, sporting his new outfit of a white leather jacket with red trim, with matching long white tights.

To the sound of a heartbeat pounding away
To the rhythm of the awful rusted machines
We toss and turn but don't sleep
Each breath we take makes us thieves
Like causes without rebels
Just talk but promise nothing else

We crawl on our knees for you
Under a sky no longer blue
We sweat all day long for you
But we sow seeds to see us through
Because sometimes dreams just don't come true
We wait to reap what we are due

"Introducing first...from Seattle, Washington, weighing in at 245 lbs, he is the Captain of Team WWE:E, The Innovator, MIKE LANDRY!!"

Landry stepped confidently down the ramp that evening, slapping hands with the fans at ringside. Despite the strange result of the Battle Royal, his team was still dominant. They ended the match with 4 out of 5 of their competitors still in the match, and the only one who was eliminated was eliminated by a member of their own team, and in Round Two, his team was only defeated once in the Tag Team match. Team WWE:E had a sizable lead, and they weren't going to drop the ball now.

Landry hopped up onto the aprong in a single vertical leap, sliding between the ropes and jumping straight up to the second turnbuckle, hitting his signature pose and winking to the camera before jumping down and pacing the ring, letting his music die down as he awaited the arrival of the third opponent.

As the ref closed and locked up the door with a lock and chain, Hiro looked across the ring at GBL and Mike Landry. One was a living legend, the other got beat down by Hiro when they squared off in the Captain's Singles last show. Hiro kept to himself, and awaited one of the other two men to make a move.

Landry came at Hiro, and his kick connected, and it forced Hiro to hunch over, holding his abdomen.

The forearm shots began to rain down on Hiro, and after a few of them, he was forced down to his knees!

Landry decided to add a decisive 'thud' to this initial onslaught, attempting to hook Hiro's left arm and his head so he can try to heave him into the middle of the ring with a single-underhook suplex, right in front of GBL.

((Unexpected, but not unworkable.))

The Single-Underhook suplex is successful, maybe a little too much. Hiro is disoriented by the repeated elbows, and isn't able to recover long enough to save himself from the fall, and he lands hard on his neck from the suplex. The injury was immediately apparent, and the trainers made their way into the cage as the match was stopped temporarily. Landry backed off quickly, guilt ridden over accidentally injuring another competitor, but mature enough to know that it was a natural part of the business. As Hiro was placed on the stretcher, Landry patted him on the shoulder gently, wishing him a speedy recovery. The EMTs left, and the cage was lowered again. The bell rang, and now GBL and Mike Landry were expected to continue as if it never happened.