In the early days of Vertex, JerBear and StLouisHeel were in a vicious power struggle to see who would become the face of Vertex. Both heels wanted a shot at the local Kentucky kid known simply as Kyle. JerBear won the cut of the cards and this match was on its way. The two wily youngsters circle up and Kyle strikes first by driving his knee deep into JerBear’s breadbasket. Laughing off the attack, JerBear forced Kyle back into the corner where he planted a knee of his own and winded him. This was followed up by a running bulldog that had Kyle seeing stars. Lifting Kyle to his feet, JerBear then launched him across to the other side of the ring only to meet him on his return with a devastating clothesline. Prone and dazed, Kyle was helpless to stop JerBear from driving his head deep into Kyle’s undercarriage. JerBear was in his element! Pummeling the punk from pillar to post and then making him suffer some more. StLouisHeel, realizing that JerBear’s performance could catapult him to the high end of the roster, stepped in to put an end to the showboater’s antics. As JerBear attempted to suplex Kyle, StLouis pushed back and allowed Kyle to reverse the move and suplex the wind out of JerBear’s sails. The two then proceed to stomp a Kansas mudhole into the bear’s backside. In a show of comradery, Kyle and StLouisHeel shake hands and then drop a double elbow down on JerBear. The duo then tortures their prey with Boston crabs, leg drops, and more than one choke across the rope. The two then pile on the pressure with an escalating series of dropkicks that leave JerBear dazed and confused. StLouisHeel then leads the battered bear to the corner belly first. His tree trunk legs are then draped across the second rope. Once positioned just right, StLouisHeel grabs JerBear’s chin and stretches him out across his back and shoulders. The dastardly duo finally end the onslaught by launching him into the ropes and felling him with a mighty double clothesline. The two roll him up and count themselves a victory, thus ensuring that StLouisHeel would go on to become the face of Vertex.
