Equestrian Championship Wrestling

Today was a pretty big day in Ponyville. Why you ask? Because a new arena was built on the farther outreaches of Ponyville about 3 weeks ago. What was the purpose for this arena? It was to host special sporting events in the future. Like Football, Boxing, MMA, and most of all professional wrestling. Wrestling was pretty popular in Equestria. There were several different wrestling organizations out there today. Organizations like Equestrian Wrestling Association, Equestrian Wrestling Federation, World Equestrian Wrestling, All-Star Equestrian Wrestling, and many many more.

However, perhaps the one that is most talked about today is Equestrian Championship Wrestling. This was a very successful wrestling company that drew very big TV ratings, sold a lot of merchandise, had great PPV buys, tremendous mainstream publicity, whether ponies would classify that as good or bad, and, most of all, drew very great crowds to the arena where the wrestling matches would take place. They drew about 10,000 fans to several arena's weekly. Fans would pay about 25 to 30 dollars to get into the arena to cheer on their favorite wrestlers and boo their most hated wrestlers.

So it was a pretty big deal to hear that three shows were taking place over this weekend at the new arena, which was called The Ponyville Convention Center.

However, what was also big was that there was going to be a press conference hyping up the event in the new arena. So there would be catering at this new arena for all the fellow wrestlers, referee's, camera crew, road agents, booker's, and many others who worked for the company. And the ponies who were going to be helping out with said catering were none other than the Apple Family, who comprised of Granny Smith, the matriach of the Apple Family, and her grandchildren, consisting of Applejack, Apple Bloom, and the oldest grandchild of both of them, Big Macintosh.

So they were very excited to be helping out with catering. Not only to help out with a new area of business, but they also were going to be around some pretty somewhat famous ponies. Not only were these ponies great athletes, but they also were big stars on TV, where they drew big ratings. So this was a big deal for them.

"So we got Apple Fritters, Apple Pies, Apple Crisps, what else do we need?" Applejack asked her family members. She had a list in her hooves that had other ideas about what to have for the catering.

"Why not some Apple Juice? The ponies could get thirsty." Apple Bloom suggested. She actually had been starting up her own Apple juice stands a while ago. So this could be a great deal for her.

"Not bad sis, but I think they'd rather have some nice and hot Apple Cider." Applejack told her now dissapointed looking little sister.

While Applejack and Apple Bloom were trying to come up with more food ideas for the catering, Big Macintosh was up in his room trying on a suit he had gotten from Rarity's Carousel Boutique. He knew he had to look his best for this. If he wanted other ponies to purchase apples from Sweet Apple Acres, he had to look presentable to everypony.

While he was in his suit, which he though he looked very good in, Granny Smith came in to his room. She looked very excited and nervous at the same time. Nervouscited as Pinkie Pie would call it.

"Big Mac, which dress should I wear? This or this?" She said as she was holding a dark red dress with some roses on it in her left hoof, and a light blue dress with some dark blue birds on it. To be fair, they both looked really good for any mare, regardless of age, to wear. He didn't understand why she was nervous about this. It was just catering. They had done this before, so why was this any different?.

"Why are you so nervous Granny? It's just catering." Big Mac asked her looking confused.

This caused Granny to put a WTF look on he face, which somewhat startled Big Mac. She could get pretty scary if she got intense.

"Just catering? This is WAY more than just catering Mac." Granny said as she looked very sternly at her grandson. Why was she like this?

"How is it more than just catering Granny?" He asked her, now looking nervous like she did a few seconds ago.

"Because Pony Boy Rhodes is gonna be there." She said frantically.

He had an eyebrow raised in confusion. "Pony Boy Rhodes? Who's that?" He asked her.

She let out a huge gasp. A gasp so big it honestly looked like she was about to keel over and have a heart attack. This, again, caused Big Mac to flinch a little bit at her. She grabbed him by his shoulders and started shaking him. For a mare her age, she was still pretty strong.

"YOU DON'T KNOW WHO PONY BOY RHODES IS? WHAT KINDA GRANDSON ARE YOU?" She asked in a loud, somewhat crazy like voice. She stopped shaking him, and the result was his eyeballs were rolling around like a wheel.

"No Granny I don't know who "Pony Boy Rhodes" is? Who is he?" He asked while feeling very dizzy after the shaking he received from his grandmother.

Applejack and Apple Bloom came upstairs to check on the loud voice they heard from Granny Smith. They weren't concerned, just annoyed because they heard everything Granny said to Big Mac. Mostly, this "Pony Boy Rhodes" character.

"I'm curious too Granny. Who is this "Pony Boy Rhodes" feller?" Applejack asked her grandmother, who was now looking in a mirror to make sure she didn't need have anything on her face. Luckily, she didn't.

"Yeah, and why are you so nervous about meeting him?" Apple Bloom asked her.

"Because he's only my favorite 'wrassler o' all time. That's why." She answered her two granddaughters. They looked a little surprised when Granny Smith told them that. They didn't know she was a wrestling fan.

"I didn't know you were a 'wrasslin fan Granny." Big Mac told her.

"Are you kidding? When I was a young Sprite, Pa would take me and my three big brothers to the wrasslin shows when he would save up enough money for it. And when I got older, I'd go with Apple Roll or some of my friends. And the one I'd always want to see, was Pony Boy Rhodes. Oh, those were some great times during my youth." She said, remembering her past self as an avid wrestling fan.

*********Flashback to about 44 years ago.****************

The year was 1974. Granny was about 30 or 31 years old. She was sitting in the crowd with her favorite cousin Apple Roll and her two best friends, Honey Pot and Silly String. They were very excited for the event. They had bought some concessions, Apple Roll buying about three Apple Fritters, Honey Pot buying a magazine that featured bios of all the wrestlers who worked for the company, which was Equestrian Outlaw Wrestling, and Silly String buying a t-shirt of her favorite wrestler, Iron Stallion, and Granny Smith also buying a t-shirt of her favorite wrestler of all time, Pony Boy Rhodes.

The night was pretty great so far. However, everything was all riding on the main event. It was Pony Boy Rhodes, the hard working, blue collar, everyday commen stallion, against the evil, sadistic, arrogant, Gothic Haze.

When Gothic Haze came out, it was a unanimous boo from the crowd, including Granny Smith. Then when Pony Boy Rhodes came out, it was a unanimous cheer from the crowd, including Granny Smith. The whole match, she just cheered on Pony Boy Rhodes like there was no tomorrow. It was a pretty hard fought battle, with Gothic just beating down Pony Boy, and him at times getting an upper hoof on Gothic, but in the end, Pony Boy Rhodes hit his padintent bionic elbow drop for the win. The crowd, along with Granny Smith, went completely crazy for him.

She was very happy. She knew she got her money's worth that night. It was a night she'll never forget.

**********End Flashback************

Granny had a happy look on her face remembering that night. It was a great night she spent with her cousin and two friends.

"Wow Granny, It sounds like you had a lot of fun going to those shows." Apple Bloom said to her.

"I did. And I'm not the only one. Your Pa was a pretty big wrasslin fan too." She told them. They looked a little surprised when she said that.

"Really? I never heard Pa talk about wrasslin around us when we were young." Big Mac said.

"Oh he did. Him and that Burnt Oak feller would go to the shows whenever they had some free time away from the farm. He eventually stopped going when he got older, but he still was a fan no matter what." She said remembering her deceased son she missed more than anything else in the whole world.

"Well Granny, I think it'll be great for you to meet this Pony Boy Rhodes. So let's get you all gussied up." Applejack said as she put a hoof on her grandmother's shoulder.

"Well, what dress should I wear?" Granny Smith asked looking nervous again.

All the Apple siblings looked at each other before they said "The Blue one." Granny Smith smile and went back to her room to change into her dress. The Apple siblings smiled. This was a pretty big deal for their grandmother. She had a chance to meet somepony she was a big fan of for many years. They honestly couldn't wait to get to the arena.