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BLACK DAWN 2010: MAIN EVENT: WORLD TITLE: Stevens (c) vs. Hart vs. First vs. Cruise

The Great Eye

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My moment

(FADEIN: The First and Muse, now back all done up. First’s face painted white with the Eye of Horus make up, his new “Outcast Hero” T-Shirt, black dress pants and black sneakers. Muse has her gold rimmed goggles with a top hat, red corset, black tank top, brown leather mini skirt, fishnets and black pumps. “I Made It” by Kevin Rudolf playing.)

FIRST: You told me yourself you were gaming Westscott…You’re the top dog for a reason, and it’s cause you get into people’s heads. You have people in awe of the legend of Triple X, they walk into that ring already defeated. I know it, I was one of them. I threw up before our match at Aggression 42, it's why I didn't come out wearing a wife beater, I'd covered my shirt in puke...

I was fighting Sean Stevens...That's big time, what the hell had I gotten myself into, what kind of an idiot was I to pop my mouth off such that I'd end up having to pay the piper and fight this titan of wrestling? I was doomed...A lamb for the slaughter.

But fighting you taught me you’re just a man, you’re an opponent, highly skilled, maybe the greatest wrestler on the face of this earth, but still just a man, and everyone can be beaten. We all lose, sooner or later we all fall…The fact that you’re so good, so respected, so well known makes my beating you all the sweeter…

They say the man makes the belt, the belt doesn’t make the man, and you’re living proof of that, EPW’s World Title is so sought after because people want to fight Triple X, they want to get in that ring and take a shot at the best…Most fail…But not me…No, I’ve taken the measure of you twice…For all your talk, I’m the one guy you haven’t retired, haven’t shown up…

MUSE: I’ve changed my mind you can bring up the DQ win as legit.

FIRST: How kind of you.

MUSE: I am nothing if not merciful.

FIRST: Well she said it…So it has to be true…I guess that means for all your talk, we’re still 1-1 in our little series…Of course I didn’t get the belt for beating you…But that’ll be fixed come Black Dawn…
I didn’t say that wanting to be on the tip of everyone’s tongue was a bad thing, I’m just saying that is what you want, what you need…I need it just as bad, and for me…Well my stay at the top hasn’t been nearly as long, after Aggression 42, oh how I watched the promos by you, JA, and Rocko, how I hoped I’d hear my name come up and make me still relevant…
But I wasn’t…Yesterday’s news, just another guy who fought the champ and came up short. It hurt I saw how intoxicating it was to be in the spotlight and how painful it was to have it taken away.

And that’s where you’ve spent the better part of the last two years, fighting all comers, leading this company, and that’s why you’re so horrified of losing it. I was upset for being ignored after just a night, but years of that attention and then it’s gone…No wonder you tried to put your career up against me…Once you lose that title you won’t know what to do with yourself…Oh maybe you’ll send Stalker to cripple me like you did with Rocko, oh you’ll be desperate, because your world will be falling apart…

Oh they’ll still call you great, they’ll still say you’re the man, but when those main events roll around, when I’m defending the EPW World Title against the best the EPW locker room has to offer, we won’t be sitting there talking about Sean Stevens and his greatness…No, you’ll be off the front page…Slowly the page will turn…Slowly I’ll creep into the conversation of “Greatest EPW World Champion of all time.” Slowly you’ll fade from the main event, to legend, to the person spoke about in the past tense. “Was great” “Had dominated” “Used to rule EPW”

I get that you’ve suffered, you’ve had the surgery, you’ve suffered the injuries, been maimed and had to dig down deep to overcome all of that to get to where you are…And to be honest, I’ve never suffered that badly…I busted up my knee once, but the doctors said I just had to rest to fix it, so I did…So if we were comparing medical horror stories, you would win…But that’s not what will be the subject at hand at Black Dawn…No that will be four men fighting to prove themselves the best in the world today…

MUSE: Time is cruel to us all…Our futures are so distant, they seem so full of possibilities, there’s always something to dream of, to aspire to, yet it’s not yet here, it’s not been made real, and when you get there, it’s never as you thought it would be…And the past, if painful, cuts like a blade, a prison you can never escape, and if beautiful, the bitter melancholy of having those days lost forever sets it…We struggle and fight but for moments…For they are all we ever truly have…

FIRST: And that’s what I fight for to stand in that ring in the middle of the Rose Garden, with 20,000 people screaming and yelling, as I hold that EPW World Title Belt over my head…I will have my moment.

Rex Mortuus Est

(FADEOUT)
 

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Re: My moment

(Fadein, Cameron Cruise in front of yet another Empire Pro Wrestling backdrop, dressed in blue jeans and an Oregon State shirt with matching shades.)

CRUISE: You'll have to forgive me, folks, evidently the face of Empire Pro Wrestling has got his hair so far up his ass, that he ACTUALLY seemed to get people to forget one necessary point of reference that matters.

He is a loser too...apparently just like me.

What am I talking about, I'll tell ya...Trips likes to bring up the fact that evidently in the not-so-decent part of my time in New Frontier Wrestling...we managed to face off at least once in a match I'm not so much giddy to remember.

And he's right, I admit it whole-heartedly like Boogie Smallz must've FINALLY admitted that he had a problem...Sean Stevens beat me fair and square in a match for the National Championship tournament.

But what he DIDN'T tell you was how he GOT there.

That's right...unfortunately due to circumstances that put me out against Jason Payne, I ended up in the Consolation Bracket and drew Trips as my opponent. I faced Sean Stevens once about two and a half years ago and lost...but in order to face me...Sean had to LOSE in the First Round of the National Championship tournament to do it against Rook Black. Which can only mean one thing: Triple X Sean Stevens has lost more than once or twice in the last three years, and he too, is just as full o' shit as anyone else. How can I say this?? Because DESPITE that loss, I was still willing to tag with him again, along with Jason Payne against Brock Alyas and acouple of other punks but just as you'd like to think that ol' Trip could sit back and WATCH IT GO....

(Cruise grits his teeth.)

...He gets himself in via a BLIND TAG and proceeds to LOSE THE MATCH and get punked out by some other woman OTHER THAN Lindsay Troy. Then after that he doesn't show up in NFW for just over a year when Joe The Plumber talked enough trash and beat enough people that he pretty much FORCED Sean to come out. Now that's not to say that I've done any better, I've had a shot against Joe too and I've gotta admit that I really don't think I did too badly either, the end result, not withstanding. But the fact is that Joe is STILL undefeated and Sean failed badly enough to the point where he actually dropped down to not only NOT taking a course of action to dethrone Joe, but he accepted a belt of HIS OWN to carry around and pity everyone with as a consolation.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I'm doing much better.

But if I'm Sean Stevens...and I'm actually happy I'm not....I'm not the type of guy to give up that easy.

After all...I'm still an Employee of New Frontier Wrestling even AFTER I didn't have the level of success that people like Impulse and Jay-Tee-Pee have had, so personally...that makes Sean Steves one of the worst things you could ever be in this business that I'm glad I'm not:

(Cruise SMILES)

A Quitter.

And no one likes to hear from someone that's been labeled a Quitter.

So you see, Sean is just about as full of shi[/It] as anyone else, folks, you just have to figure where the line is drawn.

I'm not Perfect, and neither is anyone else INCLUDING him, but when Sean Stevens challenged ME for a "Champion vs. Champion" match while I held the Intercontinental Championship...HE...challenged ME...

I told him NO.

Why?? Because he didn't DESERVE the spotlight that myself and Anthology TOOK from him. The one question I DO have for Sean is that if you don't care about myself and The First so much that you're willing to "save his career" in a tag match...why not tag with myself against The First and anyone else??
After all...you're so insistant on the fact that I'm BETTER than the First is...why not change things up?? You're the one that's persistent about the fact that this is YOUR federation; it shouldn't be too difficult for you to convince Ryan that you want someone BETTER than The First....right??

Wait a second....

(Cruise sarcastically slaps his forehead)

Forgive me folks, it's the Amnesia working again...you're the World Champion NOT the Owner.

(Cruise shrugs sarcastically)

My bad.

You "retired" Joey Melton, but yet I was the one that beat him BEFORE you.

How's that "imitating" you??

Besides which, let's be honest...how do you know Joey's REALLY retired, Sean?? For all we know...and I mean we as in NOT you because apparently you know everything, Joey is back on the Cruise circuit...no pun intended...performing in Midget Championship Lucha-style matches.

(Cruise whispers)

Or did you forget that that's what he did BEFORE he came to Empire Pro?? See, I would know because I tagged with him.

But don't think for a minute that Joey scares me.

The fact is that if you watch Black Dawn 2005 you'd see without a DOUBT that that isn't the case.
Good to know that you think that I am a pussy but yet...you run away like a little girl when it's found out that you run away for over a year because you can't beat one.

I will say this though, Sean.

I AM a fan.

I'm a fan of beating you.

I'm a fan of KICKING YOUR ASS.

But most of all I'm a fan of taking that belt away from you and putting it around MY waist.

I "roll around in the dirt on Aggression", because that's what the fans DESERVE TO SEE. They deserve to see a World Champion compete on a program where they're not forced to pay Thirty-Nine Ninety-Five to see what they can on free cable. Sure, I know what you're gonna say....why couldn't you face me then in said "Champion vs. Champion" match??

Because I don't give the benefit of the doubt to athletes who don't put forth the efforts on a regular basis, and risk injury.

Again...they...just like YOU...don't deserve it.

Don't worry about exposing me though, Sean....in a way...you already have because superkicking me gave me the jolt I needed to see what I was missing. I've been able to do things myself for awhile, despite what The First says about Copycat intervening.

So in that respect...you have my token gratitude.

Just so long as you know that I'm going to take it and shove it straight up your ass when we square off at Black Dawn.

Oh and by the way Sean...I never said shit about planning a rematch with First because apparently it's been made ABUNDANTLY CLEAR that if he doesn't win the title this time...he's DONE. So as far as I'm concerned...regardless of whether or not you retain the World title or I shock the World...The First is out of the equation.
He doesn't want another shot after this so screw it...he's out.

But just so you know that if you want a rematch then I'd be HAPPY to give you another match, because unlike you, I don't run.

Regardless of the fact that Wargames wasn't a match with the World title on the line though Sean...I've beaten Shawn before so if I can beat him...then I'm DAMN sure I can figure out a way to beat YOU.

Though I've gotta tell it Sean, it's once again refreshing to know that you're so willing to admit that you care about the EPW World Heavyweight Championship and you DON'T care about anything else.

I'm sure the rest of the guys in Anthology would be GLAD risk defying Dan Ryan now that they and everyone else has been banned from ringside. You're the "Leader" right?? And REAL soldiers would do just about ANYTHING to impress a leader....just not quite the case here is it though, Sean??

It's funny that you mention that you'd kick out of things and defy the odds that Shawn, First and I would do because quite honestly Sean....

(Cruise whispers)

That's what I do.

Or did you magically forget what I did last week at Aggression, time after time after time again??

Sorry Sean...according to you...that's MY excuse.

As far as THE FIRST is concerned??

There is NO excuse for him, he is who he is.

"A Nothing Wishing to be SOMETHING."

But for the record First...I didn't surrender the Intercontinental title because people might've had a belief that I was racist...evidently we've had Champions in this company in the past that's disregarded that aspect. No, First I surrendered the Intercontinental title because Dan Ryan is the Owner and the man who signs my paychecks.
Even you...a man that's been around apparently since Adam and Eve...has got to have had a job where you've done things you didn't want to because the Boss SAID SO.

Saying otherwise is not only a lie, but it's borderline BULLSHIT.

And as I said afew minutes before First, nobody likes a BULLSHITTER.

Just make sure...before you put your ring gear on First, make sure you talk to the Doctor FIRST....First, get your hearing checked; I never intended to call you "Gay". It was a set-up that couldn't be ignored and you opened yourself up for the joke.

YOU'RE the one that took offense.

And you claim to have friends.

(Cruise smirks)

You see First...MY friends would catch the joke, maybe even counter-back for the intents and purposes of having a good time.

But that doesn't make me "Racist" First, no. Saying things like that on a consistent basis with no intent to apologize or repent makes it "Racist".

You'd know that by now if you knew me, but that's just the point.

You DON'T know me, you can't even pretend TO know me.

But that's okay First, because the fact is that I might be an "idiot" to you...but I'm an "idiot" that's had more success here than you'll EVER have. I might be "setting myself up to fail" but you're the one FAILING.

Facing a Champion Five times and not staking a victory isn't bad First, no....it's PATHETIC.

See, it might not be the greatest thing for me if I don't win the World Title, but I'm okay with that because I know eventually I'll get another shot. But in your case...being that you've lost a title match nearly half-a-dozen times, you LOSING AGAIN...

(Cruise shakes his head)

For the sake of Cinco De Mayo allow me to express it this way: No Bueno, Senor.

Especially if you're a man of your word and you say that this is your LAST shot you're going to take, it's just all BAD.

No matter how bad you want this, First, I want it MORE.

You've fought "too long for this to be thrown away"....I've fought LONGER.

As far as Copycat is concerned you need to get over it already, Son.

Copycat pushed you off the top turnbuckle and I capitalized on it and still beat you. If you're one for history then think about this one: If you'd have gone up to the turnbuckle regardless, and instead of Copycat coming in you slipped and fell off all by YOURSELF...then I'd have STILL capitalized on your fuck up and beat you.

Bottom line is: These title belts are NOT MEANT FOR YOU.

Maybe the Tag Straps are.

Hell, doing that might be a chore but I'll bet you could get Stalker to help you out. That's what you're best at anyway, is teaming up with people and weirding people out.
So why not do that and join up with Stalker...you could be "The First came Stalkers" or some useless, trashy name.

But at least you'd be doing something you're GOOD AT, and at the end of the day First...that's what really matters to US.

But as far as you're concerned First, you're wrong, in your case the belt DOES make the man because your relevancy is SHIT without it.

But then the other three of us...Trips...Shawn Hart...myself...OUR legacies have already been started on the fact that we've DONE something in this sport; yours hinders on the fact that if you quit the day after Black Dawn, all you'll have to tell the little emo-slash-ritalin-ridden-foster children when you're older is the same tired saying that all people say when they get older: I remember when I was your age, I was gettin' ready to challenge Cameron Cruise, Shawn Hart and Sean Stevens when my valiums kicked in at the wrong time and fell for a loop!! But I was good for about thirty seconds kids I tell ya I was really good!! It's just unfortunate for me that I was only good enough to get my ass kicked in a title match by anyone who stood across from me...hey MUSE!! Go get me my Dulcolax!! I think Ah'm plugged up again!!!

You'll have your moment First, just like you've had your chance to beat the best....TWICE....but you'll have your chance to beat the best that's in the ring, come Black Dawn. It's too bad that it'll come and then just like the last five times you've had it...it'll pass you by. It'll pass by and you'll never see it again, and THAT...is a REALITY CHECK you just...won't like.

FADEOUT
 
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TRIPLE X: When I called you a pussy I wasn’t doing it for the sake of calling you a name, Cameron. As your idol, as your hero … the man that you worship, and ape all in one breath, it was what you needed to hear, and sometimes the truth hurts. Let me give you a second truth that’s going to hurt if you don’t abide by it…<o:p></o:p>
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“…You better wake up from whatever delusion has got you thinking you’ve arrived, and realize that if you don’t watch your tone when you’re talking to me, I will break your fucking neck. That’s not a threat, that’s a promise, Cameron. Now, let’s go over the rules again, so I don’t have to explain to my wife, why I’m being prosecuted for first degree murder. You’re allowed to talk – that’s a given. You’re allowed to dig up dirt from my past, and you’re allowed to spew that corny catch phrase, you’re so fond of, and in turn, I’ll respond, shut your bullshit down, go to Black Dawn, and win. <o:p></o:p>
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“As for your whole: you lost in New Frontier diatribe? Bitch, if you’re so infatuated with the NFW, do us all a favor, pack your bags, and go there full time. <o:p></o:p>
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“I never said I was undefeated, ask The First. <o:p></o:p>
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“I never said I hadn’t lost to a girl, and I never said it’d never happen again. <o:p></o:p>
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Did Rook Black beat me? Yes, he did. It’s an elite fraternity of people that have actually beaten me, and he’s in it. …he’s also a legend in our industry, who has beaten a lot of people, so what is your point? Teresa Q? Yeah, I underestimated her, and I paid for it, but she’s certainly not the reason I left New Frontier, and I’ve said that time in and time out, and proved it in returning. If you don’t have aids, stick yourself with needles, or mix prescription pills with hard liquor, you’re considered an outcast there, and while you may thrive in places that focus ninety percent on the spectacle, and ten percent on the wrestling, I – being a wrestler first – don’t. <o:p></o:p>
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“But, even after my lack of success, when they needed someone to beat their champion within an inch of his life, who did they call? You? Hart? Dan Ryan? Lindsay Troy? False, none of the above. …it was me, Cam … and, while I didn’t get my arm raised, or leave with their title belt – which, you’d have been a fool to believe they’d allow me to win – I left with something else. Respect. I answered all the doubters, the bloggers, the people that considered Trip vs. Joe a dream match, and outperformed New Frontier’s finest on their grandest stage, and the only reason he won was because I knew what I was getting myself into, and decided that crippling Hornet was of more interest to me. <o:p></o:p>
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“But, what does that have to do with you, Cameron? Where do you fit into that equation? Let me answer for you, you don’t. People like you are a dime a dozen. You sit on your ass thinking about what should’ve been, then you write a blog about it, criticizing the people that are actually doing something. <o:p></o:p>
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“A quitter? Never. You try being a prominent figure in five promotions at the exact same time, and tell me if you’re not burned out. In fact, fuck that, for all of your talk of beating Melton, and doing everything that I’ve done, you’re just as lightly regarded as you accuse Nadalny of being, which means not only are you not as good as you think you are, but you’re also too stupid to capitalize off of your success like I did. The First extended his fifteen minutes of fame into this title match. I turned mine into broken records, two World Championships, and a legacy that’ll allow me to retire whenever I want and kick my feet up knowing that my place in this industry is secure. What do you have, Cameron? What will you be remembered as? It’s not a trick question, you imbecile, and the answer isn’t trigonometry … you’ll be remembered as a joke.<o:p></o:p>
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“A walking, talking joke that took his insignificant success too seriously and began feeling himself. <o:p></o:p>
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“Face the facts, if I had challenged you with my title on the line only, you’d have accepted, but you didn’t because you know our past, and deep down in your heart, you know the truth. That ring is my sanctuary and you can’t hold a candle to me. And, you did the smart thing and tucked your tail, to save your championship.<o:p></o:p>
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“…and, now you want to flip the script. That decision alone has caused you more grief that anything before it, and now you’re trying to right a wrong, but me being champ isn’t wrong, Cameron. It’s destiny. It’s fate. It’s God given. And, at Black Dawn, I’m going to do what I do, and that’s step into the battlefield in my war clothes and fight. I’m going to kick, scratch and claw. I’m going to bleed, and sweat. But, rest assured … for everything that I endure? You’ll endure more. My title is my life, Cameron Cruise … and, you’ll have to kill me to take it from me. And, while I don’t doubt that you’d try, I just don’t think you have the killer instinct to finish the job, before I do.<o:p></o:p>
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“And, the same goes for you, Brian. You’re so happy to be accepted. You pander to our fans excited because someone has finally accepted you, and it’s going to end up paralyzing you. You fight for the people. You give them Hope. They live vicariously through you and your appeal as an underdog, and that’s gotten you this far. But, this is also where it stops. <o:p></o:p>
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“I didn’t go down my list of injuries because I wanted recognition; I told you about all of the things that I’ve been through, because I want you to understand the severity of your current situation. I want you to understand the depths that you’ll have to sink and stoop to in order to finish me. This isn’t the same Sean Stevens that lost to Rocko Daymon; hell… this isn’t the same Triple X that was screwed out of my title against JA, after Tre hit me with a bat. You are not going to beat me by being honorable and by the book. You are not going to beat me by climbing up to the top rope, leaping, flipping ten times, and landing. <o:p></o:p>
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“You want my title? Well, get your knife ready. Watch some videos, step your mat game up, and come prepared to break my neck. Or get a gun and come to Black Dawn blasting it, because unless you’re prepared to go out in a blaze of glory? You’re not going to win. No mere wrestler is going to unseat me as champion. Nothing short of a miracle is going to be enough to pry the EPW title out of my hands, and you won’t be able to do so as long as you’re focused on being the white knight.<o:p></o:p>
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“You need to be ruthless, cunning, conniving. And, that’s not you, Nadalny. And, as much as Cruise likes to pretend he’s a bad ass, it’s not him either. But, I’ll tell you who all of those things are, First. They’re me. Brian, all fancy bullshit aside, I have a wife and child that I love dearly, and I will risk never seeing them again, if killing you means keeping the EPW title. And, I don’t even hate you. <o:p></o:p>
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“That’s why it’s two o’clock in the morning and I’m at the gym training. That’s why I’ll be here for another six hours perfecting my craft and watching footage. Sleep is for the weak, and I’ll have time to rest when I’m dead. <o:p></o:p>
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“You see all the flash, the crown, and the throne, and assume that I think that those material things makes me king. No, Brian…”<o:p></o:p>
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The camera pans outward, showing the entire facility where Stevens was working out. There was a wrestling ring, punching bags, and weights of all kinds.<o:p></o:p>
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TRIPLE X: THIS makes me king. And, at Black Dawn, I won’t be dying. Because neither of you are committed enough to kill me.”<o:p></o:p>
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Moment of Truth

(FADEIN: The First sitting on the balcony of his hotel room, Muse sitting beside him, they are both still dressed and made up as before.)

FIRST: Man with Cameron Cruise’s history…It’s hard to compete…I mean he’s only looking at the body of work I’ve had in this body…I’ve fought so many fights in the past few millennia but well, he calls BS on all that…I’m stuck with the short history of this life…I’ve done some good stuff, but I’ll admit, it’s not as impressive as what Cruise has done…

MUSE: He’s fought in front of royalty! He tapped out legendary Irish grappler Patrick Fitzpatrick in front of the Queen Mum...He pinned the technical mastermind Sahir Al-Muhammad before the court of the Saudi Royal Family...Hell he even FOUGHT heads of state…Slobodan Milosevic thought he was a Serbian strongman, but he got a Reality Check he just didn’t like…

FIRST: I missed that one…

MUSE: It was a loser goes to the Hague match….I mean Stevens was talking about risking his career, but that’s weaksause compared to losing and having to stand trial for war crimes.

FIRST: But that’s our dear Cameron Cruise…I’m not going to deny it….He’s held the Intercontinental Championship twice, tag titles twice. I’m sure he’s won about a trillion titles outside EPW also. Cammy, you’ve busted your ass in this business…And hell, this incarnation of me practically was in diapers while you were out there going from town to town, fighting anyone and everyone…

And now your path leads to Black Dawn and 3 other men…And I’m one of them…So in my short time in this industry, I’ve done enough to be deemed worthy of standing in the ring with three legends, three veterans who all have been fighting for longer than a decade, at the least. Some would see me as being a rising star, the wunderkid, the up and comer…You and Stevens, you don’t see it, or want to admit it at the very least.

MUSE: We got the meet and greet at 7:30 tonight for that radio contest. So we got time for you to get a jog in, and then I’ll beat mapquest with a wrench till it gives me directions to this place…Lord knows if it will help or not…

FIRST: City planning is always lacking wherever you go…At least the winner of the contest sounds like they’ll be happy to see me.

MUSE: Really? 16 year old girl, you think she might be a fan?

FIRST: (Smiles) Crossing my fingers….

MUSE: Maybe she loves Cruise…She’ll be all about the Reality Check.

FIRST: Who knows, people will surprise you…Like Cruise and his pitiful digging up of Stevens past…Man that is some pathetic stuff Cammy…The term I’m looking for is desperation…Cause you have nothing and you know it…This whole World Title thing, it’s beyond you…You can feel it…You feel like a fraud here…You’re laying awake at night just wondering how the hell you’re going to deal with this, how on earth is Cameron Cruise going to break through and win this match?

You don’t have any idea do you? (shakes head) You’ve sold your tale of revenge and redemption and parlayed it into a shot at the most coveted title in the sport, but now as Black Dawn closes in on us…You feel the fear…You doubt yourself…Stevens loves to complain about how we’re all unworthy, but right now…YOU feel unworthy, YOU don’t believe you belong here…For all your history, all your achievements, all the big time things you’ve done…This dwarfs all of it…And you’re cracking under the weight of it.

MUSE: Is he still going on about ducking Stevens as a sign of strength instead of overwhelming cowardice?

FIRST: Of course he is…Anthology was the hotness in EPW at that time…Of course you were not the leader of Anthology then, no…You refused that label, you declared Anthology a bunch of equals…So really you have to share all that glory with Hart, Wells, and Tact…

I wanted Copycat for him costing me my match against you, Stevens wanted you, cause he wanted to kick your ass…And you two cowards ran from the challenges, but in doing so, you got yourselves stuck in a tag match against us…How that match end Cammy? Oh that’s right, I pinned you in the middle of the ring for the win…Not gonna deny there was some shady stuff that happened, but hey…Hart was your ally then, not mine, it was his mistake that cost you the match…

And that’s your big gun against our champ, that you ran from him, got stuck in a tag match, and then lost… Sounds like a pretty solid case to me too…I’d love to tell that story to strike terror into the hearts of my opponents…

MUSE: And is he still saying you’ve lost five title matches…When you lost two, had a draw, and won another by DQ…So your record, if we were going to spin doctor things, is one win, two losses and a draw…And even if we are not going to sit around trying to spin sh*t….The fact is you’ve only been in four title matches, where the hell did he get the fifth?

FIRST: I have no idea…But he’s been going on and on about it…Maybe that’s his plan, it’s going to be like that episode of Star Trek where the Cardassians capture Picard and torture him…Then hold up 4 lights and ask him how many lights there are…He says four and gets zapped and is told there are five and he must say there are five lights to end his torture…Maybe that’s my fate before Black Dawn…Cruise is gonna abduct me and demand I admit to losing five title matches…And that will be how he’ll know he’s broken me…

Oh, and the ‘you’re the one that got offended’ act…(Rolls eyes) yeah that always plays well…Try some racial slurs in Harlem and then say “Hey, YOU got offended, not my fault.” See how that works out for you…Your imploding in the build to Black Dawn has turned you into a trending topic on twitter…You’re a laughing stock of the internet, if not the world itself.

And then there is dear old Trip….Building men of straw and then knocking them over….I’ve never said you’re all image and no substance… Hell I even think I said the opposite….That you had made the EPW World Title better by carrying it…

You’ve made another interesting construct, something designed to make you unable to ever be beaten…Since you will not accept defeat if it’s not clean, yet at the same time claim to be unbeatable except by underhanded tactics…That’s a pretty awesome way to set things up. I mean you can not be beaten by the very conditions you’ll accept defeat from…Of course you’re full of sh*t since you do whatever you need to do to win…Honor, morality, clean wins…Useful only when you deem them so…Your actions at Aggression 50 prove this…

Of course even if I win I can’t win, because that’s all you do Trip, is frame an argument such that you can never be the loser…I can’t beat you, because I’m not good enough, not focused enough, not determined enough…And if I did beat you, somehow, it still wouldn’t matter, because I’d never be as great as you are…My legacy could never outshine yours…Even if I defeat you, I can never surpass you…

And you’re right, I can’t surpass your legacy if I win at Black Dawn…All I can do at Black Dawn…Is become EPW World Champion…And that’s exactly what I’m going to do…

Don’t worry about how far I’m willing to go…I’m going to do whatever I need to do to beat you…You talk about dying…(Snickers) You want to talk about death with me?! I’ve died more times than I can count…Death is meaningless…And this isn’t about killing you…This is about three seconds…

Those seconds take forever when you’re making the pin, when you’re being pinned, they are like lightning…All I need is three seconds to beat you Trip…(Snaps fingers) One (Snaps fingers) Two (Snaps Fingers) Three….In that tiny space of time…Our lives change for forever…I’ve put you down for those three seconds before, I can do it again…I WILL do it again…

You got a wife and kid? So do I…Maybe we’re more alike than you think…What’s your taste in music? You like Lady Gaga? She was on Idol last night, not her best performance for it was solid…Maybe we can hang out before the match, swap baby pictures…Elle will be 8 months on the 25th (Smiles, a pleading look his face) No? Not feeling it? Fine…I guess I’ll just have to kick your ass then, take that belt, and put it in her crib, and have the two things I’m proudest of in this world laying next to each other…

(FADEOUT)
 

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TRIPLE X: You know, with us being fathers and all, I figure I’d share a few tips. The cool thing is until you raise them to be materialistic; they’re very easy to please. So while placing my EPW Championship in the crib with your child is a nice thought … when I beat you again, you can take a brown Safeway bag, and some Aluminum Foil, cut it in the shape of a belt, glue it together, and your baby will still be impressed.<o:p></o:p>
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“And, it’s fortunate for you that children see their parents as superheroes, because if for whatever reason, your child managed to inherit the common sense that you lack, she’d disassociate herself from you out of sheer embarrassment. Poor Elle, the sad thing is, children don’t ask to be here, they don’t get to pick their parents. As much as my son will benefit from being born into royalty, your daughter will be picked on, and experience a life of emotional, mental, and physical abuse for being born into a family of weirdos. <o:p></o:p>
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“And, as sad as that is, I don’t feel bad, because life’s not fair. It’s not fair that you have to work so hard at being average, while I make being so damned good look effortless. It’s not fair that you don’t have the killer instinct to do what needs to be done to become a champion, and I’d punt your eight month old baby through a set of goal posts, and X-Terminate your wife, without thinking twice, just to get an advantage.<o:p></o:p>
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‘We are two very different people, and despite what you’ve convinced yourself, I’m strong and you’re weak. I’m a survivor, and you make excuses. I’m cerebral and intelligent, and you’re a walking contradiction. <o:p></o:p>
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“You want to know why I took offense to you and Cameron planning your lives without me? It wasn’t because I lost my mind, dipshit; it was because you had lost yours. Anytime, you can overlook the one man neither of you have been able to beat, who has done what neither of you have been able to do, not only are you disrespectful … you’re plain stupid. <o:p></o:p>
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“And, thank you for breaking it down, third grade style, but I know how to win matches, Nadalny. I understand the process of keeping an opponents’ shoulders down for three seconds, but outside of a couple of TV tapings, in matches that clearly meant more to you than everybody else, can you? You mock Cruise about seeing fear, and extending his fifteen minutes, when you’ve done the exact same thing.<o:p></o:p>
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“Have you played any of your promos back? Have you heard yourself? You’re constantly grasping at straws for things to talk about, and each promo that you cut is the exact same as the last. <o:p></o:p>
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“Maybe you’re not smart enough to switch things up. I mean, you do still think that Aggression 50 defines my entire year plus reign as champion, when it’s not even a topic of discussion. Truth of the matter, you can sit there, on your high horse, with our tied record, and act as if you’re disgusted with what went down at Aggression, but deep down inside, you’re happy. After I beat you a year ago, you thought you had arrived, and when your losses began to pile, and your peers batted their eyes at the thought of you talking like you were a main event player, it hit you hard, so hard, that you began to doubt yourself, like you’re so sure Cameron’s doing now.<o:p></o:p>

“And, maybe he is … if anyone would know, it’d be you. Nobody really bought your whole, I dominated the champion, and had him beat theory, especially in a match where you cheated, using a steel chair and lost. Nobody feels sorry for you, or feels like you were screwed, because as much as you’ll say you came into that match figuring I’d dominate you, you also came with your best, and still lost.<o:p></o:p>
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“Yes, I am a man. Yes, I do bleed, I do make mistakes, and I’m not perfect, but my job is to bleed less than my opponent, make less mistakes than my opponent, and as imperfect as I am, I’m always one step ahead of the man standing across from me. <o:p></o:p>
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“At Aggression 50, I dominated you, in far more convincing fashion than you claimed to have outworked me in our first match, and I made it look easy. The disqualification gave you a way out. A victory, and something else to talk about, which got you hear, and while I’m sure you’ll say why didn’t I just get the job done that night, and be done with it … I do things how I want, when I want, and as much as you like to call me arrogant, I’m baffled that you wouldn’t understand why I’d want to do it on the biggest stage.<o:p></o:p>
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“I don’t know anymore ways to tell you that I’m going to beat you, Brian. I wasn’t going to put up my career because I couldn’t face defeat. I was willing to put up my career, because I knew you were so desperate for a title shot that you’d bite the bait, hook, line and sinker … and, you did. If you beat me in a match that forced me to retire, I’d have no legacy. I’d deserve to have everything that I’ve worked so hard for taken away from me, but the gamble was worth the reward. Fortunately for you, Dan Ryan threw you another life line. You do sell t-shirts, so I can’t say I don’t understand why. <o:p></o:p>
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“This is about life or death, First. Wrestling, Empire Pro Wrestling, and the EPW World Championship is my life. Sad, it may be … but, this is what I was born to do, and at Black Dawn, in front of the entire world … I’m going to expose you. Sure, you’ll execute a maneuver or two … and, you may even get a couple of near falls, but when the bell rings, I’ll be declared the winner. <o:p></o:p>
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“Rex Mortuus Est? To steal an already mentioned quote from The Wire … The King doesn’t die. The King stay the King. And, if you come at The King, you better not miss. You’ve already missed twice, Brian … three strikes … and, you’re out.”<o:p></o:p>
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The Steel Cage with Rowdy Russell and The Champ

(FADEIN: The set of a morning radio show. We see First and Muse still looking like they did before, across from a couple of guys, one in a green polo shirt, the other in a blue button up shirt.)

DROP IN NARRATIVE: Normally we’re all about the Blazers and Oregon college sports…But there are times…(SFX: Punches and kicks) Where we have to enter…THE STEEL CAGE!! (Crowd chanting “CAGE! CAGE! CAGE!”) And your mild mannered hosts are transformed into “Rowdy” Russell Young and The Unbeaten in 15 years and outlawed in 12 states (SFX: Ring announcer yelling “Undisputed Champion of the World!) Matthew Bartholomew.

RUSSELL: I am the Rowdy one, and joining me as always…The undisputed champion of the world...Mr. Bartholomew.

FIRST: How did he get that title? Have you ever challenged him for it?

MATTHEW: Nobody dares challenge the champ, least of all Russ…He knows what would happen to him…

RJSSELL: Many have tried and all have fallen…Which is an easy transition to the topic at hand, our guests this evening, one of the three men, challenging the EPW World Champion Sean Stevens at Black Dawn…Flanked by the beautiful Muse…One of the most popular men in the industry today, The First…

FIRST: That was quite the introduction…

RUSSELL: I am a professional, it’s what I do…Now me and Matty are split on this…He’s backing Stevens in this one…But he’s bias because as a champ he always favors the champ going into things, but I’ve been trying to get him to see the truth that you’re winning this thing tonight, so opening statement, sway Matty to your side…

MATTY: I’m just going to tell you, you’ll be wasting your breath, because I’ve been on the Stevens bandwagon from day one, I ain’t leaving it, I respect you, but I’ll believe you or anyone else is going to beat Sean Stevens when I see it…

FIRST: Well then, I won’t waste your time, but you will see it with your own eyes come Black Dawn, and I’ll call into the show and harass you for doubting me.

MATTY: Fair enough….But I ain’t getting that call…Cause the X-Man won’t be denied…(Throws up an X with his arms, SFX: “You Suck!” chant.)

RUSSELL: I’ll leave my misguided co-host to his rantings…I gotta ask you, what’s the deal with Cameron Cruise, honestly, this has been some epic nonsense from him…Is he just a knucklehead like this in the locker room? Can the man honestly cross the street without getting hit?

MUSE: I do think EPW has a handler that keeps him from sticking forks in toasters and stuff like that he’s not a very bright man.

RUSSELL: But I mean that whole gay thing, that’s either like, an insult you make when you’re 6, or a slur against a minority…I mean seriously….”You’re gay”…That’s his best insult?

FIRST: I don’t know…He’s spent so much time talking about his up-is-down reality…Ducking Stevens was a sign of how great he is…Talking about how I’ve lost 5 title matches, when I’ve only had 4, and didn’t lose all of them…Dragging up crap from outside the company…He said something about how if he lost this match he’d get another title shot right quick and it would be no big deal…The man went 6 years between title shots and now he thinks they’ll just fall out of the sky? He’s just a crazy man…He’s a good wrestler, but man his mind just works in crazy ways…

MUSE: I mean Mr. Rock Star here has so many faults, one would think you could just tear him apart for all that…


MATTY: Well then do it…You’re the new Lindsay Troy warrior for women’s wrestlers, cut a promo on First…Do better than Cameron Cruise at punking First…

MUSE: Way to put me on the spot…OK…Gimme a second…You know what your problem is First…It’s not your cheesy make up, it’s not the fact that you have stringy hair…It’s not the fact that you’re Jim Kelly in the Super Bowl level of failure in big matches…It’s that you worry about the fans…What you think they’ll do after you lose at Black Dawn? What happens when Shawn Hart or Cameron Cruise win that match, or if Stevens retains, and he goes of fighting say Fusenshoff or Anarky…The crowds will go to them…You’re just the flavor of the month…The latest challenger for people to buy into it…

And it doesn’t make you special, it doesn’t make you important, it makes you disposable…Rocko Daymon, JA, Marcus Westscott, all the rest…They all were cheered…And they all lost to Stevens…Think anyone loses any sleep over them? They’ll lose any sleep over you going away after you lose? All that’s going to matter is you winning or losing…You win, crowd loves a winner, you lose, they hate a choker…But you keep wasting your energy trying to sell T-Shirts, trying to brighten the day of some 7 year old who got picked on in school today…You keep trying to be some hero…And see where that gets you…It’ll get you opening shows for the next 4 years, and people wondering why you flamed out when you looked so promising a talent…

That’s your weakness First, you care too much about things that don’t matter, you care to much about what goes on outside the ropes than you do inside the ropes, and that’s why you’re losing at Black Dawn…

(Russell claps)

RUSSELL: You need to cycle some HGH or something Muse, cause you could have a future in this business…

FIRST: Yeah, that was cold…You cut me deep Muse…

MUSE: Oh I didn’t mean it. They made me do that. (Punches First in the arm)

FIRST: Now she’s softening me up for Black Dawn, she wants her promo come true…Man you think you can trust somebody…

MUSE: Oh will you stop!

MATTY: Anyhow, enough about Cruise…Let’s get to the man of the hour, the champ himself, “Triple X” Sean Stevens…I mean, domination is all I think of when it comes to this man…And well, look I’m not buying you about this Aggression 50 thing…He did this same thing with JA right before WrestleVerse Three and he kicked his ass and Rocko Daymon’s ass…Sean Stevens to me is an Anderson Silva like fighter, he’s so much better than everyone else that he’s bored in that ring, but if you push him, if you really decide to piss him off, you get put down…

FIRST: Well that is true that he has had his ‘off nights’ as it were, but they never cost him in the end, and I don’t doubt that he’s the man…Look I’m not expecting anything less than the best Sean Stevens there has ever been come Black Dawn…And that’s a daunting task…But the big thing about any match like this not getting caught up in the moment…

Aggression 50 was Troy Windham, Jared Wells, biggest free TV card in EPW History, and I didn’t shrink from that moment…Stevens likes to say he dominated that match…I’d love to see what tape of that match his staff edited for him…That was a hell of a fight and it ended with me winning...That's the facts, he can lie about it all he wants, but that's the truth...

RUSSELL: Do you find it interesting that he's brought up his personal life in his recent interviews?

FIRST: It’s funny yeah…Well I dunno if Elle believes I’m a Superhero, since she’s 8 months old, and hell she doesn’t see enough of me…Sucks not being home when your kid is growing…But that’s the price you pay for this lifestyle…But you see I’ve always said there’s two men inside Sean Stevens head…There’s the “Triple X” super villain and there is Sean Stevens the kid from Florida who lived through gang wars being broke, and fought his way out of the slums. And they clash every now and then.

I mean does the guy who bragged about banging Daymon’s wife sound like a man with a wife and kid? He presents himself as being a predator, a monster…He talked about screwing my mom a while ago and making my dad watch…Then next thing you know, he brings up a family he loves to death, and that he’s willing to give up even them to win this match…

RUSSELL: That does seem kind of weird

FIRST: He’s two different people….And he believes that to be the same with me, he knows that there is a point where “Triple X” ends and Sean Stevens begins…For me that’s not the case, The First is who I am, there is no time when I become Brian Nadalny.

RUSSELL: So your wife, Rozy…She calls you First when you’re just around the house…”First, take out the trash” “First mow the lawn” and all that?

FIRST: Yeah…

MATTY: Yeah, but what does she call you when you’re having sex…That’s when real names are used…

FIRST: (Flustered) Ahh…Well...She doesn’t really say any names then…

MUSE: He’s so lucky he’s wearing his face paint right now, he’s such a shy boy…Oh he’s blushing like crazy I’m sure! Rozy doesn’t use names?! Does she call you daddy?! Can we start a feud with Jared Wells? Oh this is delicious!

FIRST: (Hand covering his face)You’re just getting me in trouble, both of you, she’s gonna hear this stuff and give me an earful…Now I’m going to be sleeping on the couch…

MATTY: Hey, I’m trying to get to the truth here…And so far what you’re trying to tell me is that the truth is that you’re a weirdo…

FIRST: I’ve never denied being a weirdo…It’s who I am, I mean no I don’t wear white face paint around town or anything like that, but that was a choice I made. Nobody in management or anything came up to me and told me to do X, Y, and Z to make myself more marketable…I’ve always just done what I wanted to do…

He says I have two strikes on me…Well guess what, that means I’m still at the plate, I still have a chance, Stevens hasn’t gotten me out yet, we’ll just see how he does at Black Dawn…

RUSSELL: We’re gonna go to break, after the break we’re going to bring on the winner of our Black Dawn contest and talk some more about this huge 4 way main event with First and Muse…Stay tuned everyone…

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Oh Sh##...

FADE IN:

Le Chateau du Phenom - Orlando, Florida

Sitting mere inches before the blurry 16" television that is his birthright with legs folded "Indian Style" and mouth agape, the Phenom of Empire Pro, SHAWN JESSICA HART, PhD., appears to be watching a VHS recording of HOPEmate, The First. Next to the set, stacked haphazardly upon the dusty VCR that is playing said tape are about 20 other tapes, all labeled with titles like, "Stevens - Wednesday," and "Cruise - Monday." Clearly, SJH is coming to some kind of sudden realization as he pauses the video, looks into the camera and speaks.


SJH: "Hey now! Pro Wrestling's SJH here, and as you can probably tell by my STACK of interview tapes and the one part-stunned, one part-Down Syndrome expression that's maliciously plastered itself to my face, I've come to the SUDDEN REALIZATION that I'm in ANOTHER Championship bout!"

He shakes his head in bewilderment.

SJH: "Don't get me wrong... this is the kind of thing I LIVE FOR, the thing that drives me to be the bad-ass son of a gun that I am, and when I hop into that ring of PAIN with three guys that I know aaaaaall too well, I'm not gonna go out there and lay an egg."

SJH looks pensively to the ceiling.

SJH: "Egg-laying of any kind is actually a biological impossibility for me. Sure, I'm not quite human... more like some kind of DEMIGOD with superhuman, supernatural, super AWESOME qualities. But not even I have managed the feat of oviparous reproduction. So at Black Dawn, be prepared for me to bust a NUT all over the competition! Just like I always do."

He cocks his head slightly to the left, changes his expression to sort of a strange mixture of elation and constipation, and takes a deep breath; a tell-tale sign that SJH is about to shift his focus.

SJH: "HOWEVER, this time 'round the clock... my main goal ain't gonna be to bring home the gold. I mean, I'd love to have it; after all, gold is my favorite color... and my favorite precious metal too! But me being a MULTI-PROMOTIONAL star... the TOP DOG in no less than FIVE other promotions, something the big fishies in little ponds like Stevens, Cruise, and even my main man First F. First can't relate too, I know I'll get another opportunity."

He nods his head before continuing his thought.

SJH: "I keep a schedule that NO ONE else in this business can handle and INEVITABLY reap the benefits of that tenacity. Let's hit the litany, shall we?! One week, I'm winning End Game for a title shot in ACW. Next week I'm winning top gold in New Era. Week after that I'm kickin' it with HOPE. The following week I'm cashing in my ACW shot against Alias. Next week I'm winning ANOTHER shot at Pier Six in A1. Next week I'm meeting with nbW and New Frontier. Then I'm defending My IC strap against Edmunds. THEN I'm the first to pin Sean Stevens in two years. Theennn I'm going toe to toe with fWo Champ Keith Scott Zimmerman. After that, I'm hittin' it up with Castor V. Strife in PRIME. And NOW, I've got a FUURRRRRIOUS four-way with the aforementioned Cammy Conundrum, "No Sell" Stevens, and Professor Firstopolous!"

Hart pauses to catch his breath.

SJH: "Sure, y'all like to pretend like this is the ONLIEST promotion in existence and yeah, you're probably thinkin' that was waaaaaaay too much information, but ya know what? You're NOT... and THAT was the Reader's Digest version! Bottom line, I'm doing something NO ONE else in this business does, and when you're in that category, good things.... GOLD things, are bound to come your way. Call it a mockery, call it an OUTRAGE, I call it the truth..."

More head-nodding and self-agreement.

SJH: "And the TRUTH of the matter is that at Black Dawn, I'm gonna be the X-FACTOR in the world title match. The CHAOS THEORY unleashed upon a helpless control group. I may come out on top, I may not, but REGARDLESS of what happens... three other guys are gonna get their ASSES worked! And inevitably, that gold is gonna be 'round my waist!"

He pats his belly with a grin.

SJH: "So you guys g'head and continue your pissing contest. I'll be that guy in the corner with a pitcher of Guinness in one hand, some chicky's ass cheek or t(FCC)tty in the other and the comfort of knowing that this entire facade that the lot of you keep perpetuatin' ain't nuthin' but a happy distraction until the HOTTEST sensation to hit this great nation since mechanically-induced orgasmic vibrations takes his rightful place on yet ANOTHER throne of a top-flight wrestling promotion."

Grin.

SJH: "The PHENOM has left the building."

FADE OUT.
 

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End of Radio Interview.

(FADEIN: The radio studio as before. Now joining the cast is a young looking girl, with elaborate eye make-up and a black T-Shirt.)

RUSSELL: We are back with the winner of the 95.5 Black Dawn contest. Miss Danielle Harrison, congrats Danielle…You had an interesting comment about The First while we were on break…

DANIELLE: Yeah, you’re a lot taller than I thought you would be…You always seem smaller than all the other wrestlers, so well, I just expected you not to be so tall in person…

FIRST: Well I am six foot, I know that’s kinda tall in real person land, not so much in the Wrestling world…I’m looking up at like everyone…Cruise is like, 6’4” flatfooted, and I swear he wears lifts in his shoes or something…Like eye level with him outside the ring is like here (Puts his hand in one spot) and then you get in the ring with him and suddenly it’s here (Moves his hand higher) He’s just a big guy…

RUSSELL: So Danielle how you feeling about Black Dawn?

DANIELLE: Well I’m kinda nervous since I’ve been a fan of HOPE all this time, and well, you gotta fight Hart in this match and that sucks…And it’s just like, man Stevens always finds a way…But one you guys, even friggin’ Cruise…Somebody has to beat that guy…

FIRST: Yeah, Hart being in this match was unexpected, and well, it does suck having to fight him, but me and Shawn have fought before…We fought at War Games, we’ve fought elsewhere…We’re professionals, and there will no hard feelings between us due to this fight…

MATTY: So if Hart cracks you in the head with a chair and costs you this match, you’ll be cool with that?

FIRST: That would be something we’d have to deal with when we got to it…I mean if we get into it like that and it gets out of hand, well, we’ll just deal with that when it comes around.

MATTY: I got one more question for you, and then we’ll let Danielle say her piece. Stevens said he got you hook line and sinker with his challenge to put your career on the line. And it does seem like he played you pretty good there.

FIRST: Well that’s another one of those things Trip enjoys, putting you in a situation where you can’t win the argument. If I don’t accept that challenge, I’m a coward, I do accept it, I’m a dupe who let him sucker me into risking my career...There’s no way he’d take my answer for that challenge and say “I respect the choice you made there.”

MUSE: Yeah, you just have to kind of accept that anytime you talk to Stevens that he’s going to say he’s gotten one over on you…He’s just always going to make sure whatever’s being said, that he’s one upped you, or he’s proven his point, that’s how he is.

RUSSELL: Well it’s time for Danielle to ask her question to First, and remember, besides this meet and greet, Danielle won tickets to the show, a backstage pass to visit the wrestlers, 3 nights hotel, airfare, and 1,500 dollars spending cash all from 95.5 Portland…Danielle the floor is yours.

DANIELLE: First, if you could have a 4 way match with wrestlers from EPW’s past and present, what would be your dream match?

FIRST: Oh man…Putting me on the spot here…Maybe we could get into more embarrassing personal questions about my wife? (Muse laughs) Well Trip would be in there, for sure…Then Lindsay Troy, cause she’s really the only other person that can even contend for the title of greatest of all time in EPW…Who would I put in third…(Thinks)…It’s hard to say…Hart’s good, Winters is good…Westscott’s in the Hall of Fame…Well I guess since I am already fighting Hart at Black Dawn I’ll rule him out…And since odds are I’m going to end up fighting Winters at some point I’m sure, I’ll have to say that I’d put Westscott in the 4th corner…

DANIELLE: Oh come on…SJH is the man…

FIRST: Hey you asked me my dream, not my reality, reality is Cameron Cruise’s deal…(Danielle laughs)

MUSE: If you want, when you get backstage I’ll make you up like First, and then sit with you for the show, since they are banning everyone from ringside for this match, I’ll need a place to watch it from, if that’s cool with you.

DANIELLE: Wow, really?! That would be awesome!

RUSSELL: We’re coming up against the break, thanks for being on the show First, Muse, and we’re happy you won the sweepstakes Danielle, up next we’ll be talking NBA playoffs, and who do you want the Blazers to go after in the draft and in free agency. Plenty more show still to come, right after this!)

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The Waiting Game

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]When you have me, you feel like sharing me, but when you share me, you don't have me. What am I?”[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]FADEIN: Portland, Oregon. In the upperdeck of the same empty arena, that – in a few short hours – would be filled to capacity, with rabid EPW fans sat EPW World Heavyweight Champion, SEAN “TRIPLE X” STEVENS. [/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: Let me tell you a secret, Nadalny. I'm not so much a monster, as I am cerebral. Don't get me wrong, I can and have been a monster in my past, I've done some things I wouldn't want my child to see, and would definitely do them again, but it doesn't mean I'm proud of it.”[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]The champions voice echoed, as he spoke. Undaunted, he continued.[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: Eli Flair was my best friend in the world, and it broke my heart to see him go, even worse, at my disposal, but it didn't stop me from ramming my foot against his jaw, and getting the job done. Joey Melton was a wrestling legend. He had seen it all, and has forgotten more than guys like you have ever learned, and deep down, it hurt me to pin him for the EPW World Heavyweight Championship, but I did what I had to do, in order to be what I needed to be. Rocko Daymon? I don't hate Rocko. How could you? The man's a blue collar wrestler that finally achieved his goal by doing it the right way ... by kicking, scratching, and clawing until he could no longer be denied ... and, as much as I meant to toss him from the third floor of that arena, as I looked down, at his fallen, bloody carcass, laying in a heap, on the windshield of some poor fans Chrysler 300, unsure of whether or not he was dead, I thought about his family, and what he'd do next. Fortunately for me, I have endorsements and other business ventures. Wrestling was it for him, and I took that – along with his personal life and marriage – away from him. ...and, you wanna know why? Because those are the depths in which I'd stoop to in order to keep my title as the best in the world.[/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Did you here that last part, Nadalny? I said: my title as best in the world. Belts collect dust, and to be honest, I have too many on my mantle as is, but the reason why I'd kick your baby in the head, and rape your wife, for a mental advantage, is the same reason why I've been successful for all of these years, and that's because I want to be universally regarded as the best in the world, and I can't do that without the EPW World Heavyweight Championship around my waist. [/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]And, while history would say that you're right about one very important detail – that all things come to an end ... in my quest to make history, my goal is not only to disprove that theory, but to prove to the entire world that you don't have to leave this industry on your back, or the victim of a screwjob, or as a victim. Although, I do play up these big matches from time to time, and make the grand entrance, the truth of the matter is, you're more about the spectacle, and shock value. You'll dress up like Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight, and cut a promo on a stack of fake money, and while it's visually impressive it lacks substance. You want to know who my favorite Batman villain is, Brian? ...Edward Enigma – The Riddler. He was thinking man. He wasn't as cruel or vile as The Joker, but he toyed with Batman's emotions like no other, and he did it because he could. I am the thinking man's champion. There has not been a wrestler who has been able to adapt, and switch strategies in the middle of a match, like I have, and there never will.[/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Marcus Westcott came into Russian Roulette with something to prove, and felt as if he couldn't be denied. He got the match that he wanted, the match that he felt most comfortable in, as well as the confidence from beating me in the past, and he was angry, Brian, because throughout that entire process, leading up to that match, I trashed that man. I disrespected him, called him every name in the book, and he made it his life's goal to shut me up.[/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]And, what happened, Brian? He lost. I threw him off of his game. I perplexed him to the point where he had no idea what to expect next, I utilized the maneuvers of past champions, and broke him down. Brian, you think I'm being arrogant when I say I'm the greatest wrestler in the world, but the truth of the matter is, I say that I'm the best, because nobody does it like me. Nobody. Not you, not Cruise, not Hart, and ultimately, all fate, destiny, and that bullshit my time mumbo-jumbo aside, that's what it all boils down to. Skill. My skill is unmatched. Yours is debatable. [/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]In your mind, and in your heart, you think having my title around your waist is the perfect end result but you're going to have to find a moral victory in this scenario, because it's just not going to work out for you. Be happy with the fact that you proved the doubters that said you were Felix's side kick wrong. Have satisfaction in knowing that you proved that you can hang with the master of the mind game, and not lose your cool, or composure, but don't kid yourself into thinking this is your time, because you have no time on my clock, and your delusions are what's going to have you going off the deep end. [/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]And, if anything your time is up, Brian. You're a star now. You have money, you have notoriety, and for God sakes, little nerdy, picked on Brian Nadalny has a reputation that you need to protect. And, who knows, maybe somewhere down the line you will be somebody's World Champion, it just won't be at Black Dawn, and your rise won't be at my expense. [/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]I don't lay down for anybody, Brian. I've never done it, and I'm not about to start today. After I eliminate Hart, and you and Cruise get whatever animosity that you have towards each other off of your chests, you'll have to look across the ring, knowing full well that you'll have to face the biggest dog in the yard, and I'm a rabid beast. Don't come into this match with preconceived notions, it'll be like nothing you've encountered with me before in the past. If you beat me, you'll be able to say that you beat Sean Stevens at his very best, but when I beat you ... I want that same respect. [/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]“No more bullshit about me barely getting the job done. No more crap about you being the better man, despite the fact that you lost. Denial is a disease that paralyzes you from knowing your place, and while you just may be better than Hart and Cameron, I can say with full certainty that you're not better than me.[/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]And, at Black Dawn, I prove all the doubters wrong, once more. The bad guy wins again. [/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Now, we play the waiting game.”[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]FTB[/FONT]
 

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Re: The Waiting Game

(FADEIN: A street with little traffic, coming into the shot we see The First in a black T-Shirt and black shorts, jogging on the sidewalk, face unpainted, hair pulled into a tight pony tail. A graphic reads “11:00 AM, day of Black Dawn.)

FIRST: Was hoping to wake up around noon, but I woke up a little early, and well, I ain’t getting back to bed today, that much is for sure…Do a little jog to burn off some of the nervous energy, but don’t go crazy and blow my legs out about 11 or so hours before the moment of truth…

So much going through my mind, I think about all the possible things that could happen…You watch enough tape, you scout, but in the end, it comes down to performance, it comes down to who was the better man on this night…

See so much divides us…I don’t have the endless wealth of Sean Stevens, or the legacy of Cameron Cruise, I don’t have the wit of Sean Hart…And three of them are most likely thankful they aren’t nuts like me…At least I’m a self aware nut…(Shrugs) but for all the hubris, all the anger, all the crap we’ve talked, it’s the universals that come out….Stevens could spend all his time talking about his money, I could spend my time talking about Roman Culture and life in the wild west, two of my favorite periods, Cruise could talk about whatever shiny object just caught his attention…And well, Cruise kinda did do that…

But the fact is that most of the time, we got talking about will, about determination, about fighting till the other guy finally breaks…And it doesn’t matter that one of us was on a private jet to his 4,000 acre estate in the United Arab Emirates…Oh hanging out with his friends while crushing Donkey Kong…Or he was communing with Cleopatra and talking about the good old days…Or eating lead filled paint chips or whatever the hell it is that Cruise does in his spare time.…Those are the universal truths that matter in the heat of battle…

And that’s what this is about…Who’s going to have it at the end, who’s going to find the ability to overcome when all seems lost...Four men think they want something just as bad as each other, but one of them is going to prove he wanted it just a little bit more…

Triple X wants it so badly he’ll kick my baby in her head and rape my wife…Man, I get in trouble if the lawn doesn’t get mowed for a week…This guy gets way with anything…Can’t imagine those conversations at his home…
“So honey, what did you do today?” “Oh kicked an 8 month old baby in the head and then raped her mother just to psyche out some insane little moron who thinks he can beat me.” “Oh that’s sweet, did you get the mail?” “Yes I did, we gotta get that payment in on our new Bugatti Veyron, I was gonna pay cash up front for it, but I only had my black American Express card on me when I bought it.”

Or maybe she’s just a really understanding wife…Doesn’t care what it takes to bring home the bacon and all that…I mean I get in trouble if the bathroom gets to messy…This guy commits felonies and gets a hug at the door…

(First’s jog takes him to the front of the hotel he’s staying at. CUTTO: First sitting in the lobby.)

Man, we’ve come all this way and only now you get your batman knowledge on, god, you’re just a nerd like me man…(Smiles) we really should be friends…I’d get it if I’m the guy you only hang out with when all your other cool trillionaire friends, and you act like you don’t know me when they show up…But still, we could hang out…(Smirks)…Talk about this business, kids, comics, you could teach me about suits and clothes and the high life, I’d explain the Tarot to you…We’d have a great time together…

And really man, Riddler? He was so…I dunno, derivative…Like they had Joker, but then had to make Joker with a gimmick…I’d thought you would be more a Ra’s al Ghul man…He was a mastermind, a big time plotter and schemer, Batman, he’s just an afterthought, world domination is the key there…And Ra’s kind of my guy too, got the whole immortality gimmick going for him…

But really Trip….This isn’t about what we say, it’ll be about what’s done in that ring at Black Dawn, this is our moment, oh Cruise and Hart will be there, and we’ll take out beatings from them…But you know it as well as I…Destiny is calling…This is our moment…We’re going to be locked in brutal violent combat, and one of us will break…You think it’ll be me…I think it’s you…

You know why I believe that? Because deep down, you know you feel Destiny as I do calling, and you rail against it, because she tells you what she tells me…That now is my time…That now you must move into the background…That your reign ends at Black Dawn…You think it isn’t fair, you think it isn’t right, but we never do, we never accept it…And sometimes, sometimes we can fight back and push and struggle and move against Her will…But this is not one of those times…

Because this time I am the hand of Destiny…I am here to make Her will manifest, because I’m the one that was chosen…Long have I been denied by her fickle ways, oh how she’s played hard to get, the losses one after another after another, the setbacks the humiliations…All of it…But now…NOW it ends…Now I celebrate in that ring as EPW World Champion….I beat you, because I must…

Time is running out, the hour of judgment races ever closer to us…Is what I am saying the ravings of a madman, or the testimony of a prophet, foretelling the world as it shall be? We shall find out soon enough…

Oh and in answer to your question…It’s a secret…What is your secret Trip? What are you hiding? Maybe we'll find out at Black Dawn, maybe you take it to your grave...It matters little...All that matters now, is following one last bit of Latin advice...

Carpe Noctem

(FADEOUT)
 

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Re: The Waiting Game

(Fadein, Cameron Cruise back in front of the EPW Backdrop, dressed in a 'Barry Zito' San Francisco Giants jersey and blue jeans with an Orange Anarchy-style pair of shades. He looks down at his sleeves, down at his jeans, his hands and shrugs.)

CRUISE: Nope, my knees aren't shaking and I don't really think I'm gonna be trembling anytime soon, so allow me to placate your nerve before I get started here:

(Cruise cups his hands to his mouth as if he needs to speak to someone down the other end of a hallway.)

GO FUCK YOURSELF, TRIPLE X!!!

You don't scare me, Sean, and to tell the truth, you NEVER HAVE.

Giving me threats of paralyzing me via a broken neck isn't gonna work either, Champ, because the fact of the matter is that I've NEARLY done the same thing myself to someone ELSE in this company and drove them out of the company.

So you see, injuring someone and scaring them to the point where they havent come back to Empire Pro isn't exactly something I would call "new".

You talk about being about ability, then trust in the fact that I too, am about what I can do in the ring. Try breaking my neck and I just may bridge out of it and shock you with a pinning combination.

Because that's part of what I do, Sean, I WRESTLE.

It's interesting that you're admissive to me about how you have a wife though, when you're hooking up with Nakita Dahaka, I mean not for nothing....but I'm fairly certain your wife won't appreciate that, I'm just saying.

Of course, I'm going to talk and of course I'm going to give you the FINGER...

(Cruise shoots the bird to the camera)

...like so.

But the thing I'm most happy about is that I'm ALSO allowed to drive your head through the mat so hard that you'll see more stars then what you THINK you might see in Hollywood.

I wrestle in New Frontier because I've EARNED it, just like I've earned the right to wrestling elsewhere, should the scheduling be worked right. You are in New Frontier because by all rights...you have no other CHOICE.

After all...staying Champion for three years in Empire Pro is NICE...but call it what it is Sean; you're only good as far as your success provides.

I never said you were undefeated though Trip...I said JOE was, which means whether or not YOUR belt was on the line in that match...you did one thing in which according to YOU...almost NEVER HAPPENS.

You FAILED, Sean, that's my point.

But it's hard to respect someone Sean, that not only is hard up on the fact that he needs to be important enough to people but that he's GIVEN a title that he didn't really earn.

That's called a "SLACKER", Sean.

And nobody likes a Slacker.

That's good that you answered critics who wanted to see "Triple X vs. Joe" because in the same breath they ALSO wanted to see "Wells vs. Joe" but that hasn't happened yet either.

Which actually says quite alot about the initiative of THAT DIRTY BITCH as well but that's for another time.

People like me AREN'T a dime a dozen though, Sean, because not EVERYONE can be in the Main Event of a show like "Black Dawn", let alone in a Four-Man-Elimination match.

So evidently that makes me just alittle bit BETTER.

Being remembered as a joke in this business isn't anything to sneeze at though, Trips, just ask The First: He's been doing it for YEARS.

No, the fact is that so long as you're remembered AT ALL...then you've gotta be doing SOMETHING right.

You've held enough records and a legacy enough that you can retire whenever you want...

(Cruise holds his hand out toward the camera and mocks his voice)

Good on ya, Sonny-Boy...now don'tcha spend that dollar in one place now.

(Cruise clears his throat)

Funny thing is...so have I. That's one of the few PERKS I managed to attain while I teamed with Joey. Being versatile in "Overseas Scheduled-Booking" is an opus that I'll never have to worry about having trouble with.

But no, Sean...had you put the title on the line I'd not only STILL decline your offer of a title match because of said reasoning, but I'd probably tell you to take the night off and go back to railing hookers that have no business being in THIS business....which was apparently at the time...cheating on your wife.

Think about it Sean.

Had I not think I would be able to take you, don'cha think I'd rethink the idea of hitting you with Reality Checks two or three times over after I was booted from the very group I helped construct???

You're an idiot if you ACTUALLY think the answer isn't the same as the one I had.

I KNOW I'm going to endure more than you will, Sean, in fact I EXPECT to. But that's the wonderful thing about Four-man title matches.

I don't have to "Kill you", I just have to BEAT you.

You say that that title is your life Sean then to make your life hell, I'll just have to beat you bad enough to make you LIMP the rest of your life.

And there's nothing more pathetic then having to fight a one-legged man in an Ass-kicking contest. Then again...I know that you SHOULD know this by now, you teamed with Jason Reeves.

But you don't do things the way you want when you want and how you want, Sean, because if you did...the following question would be as simple to deal with as the opposite: When I hit you with a Reality Check at least two or three times...is THAT what you wanted?? When I grabbed the EPW World Heavyweight title and held it aloft, was
THAT what you wanted??

Even a Third Grader can answer that, Trip, don't kid yourself.

I WILL tell you one thing...the aluminum foil championship belt is a nice touch, because once he gives the baby that...he'll most likely vomit on it and then The First can use that as AMBIANCE.

But please...allow me to put you back to taking time out of your busy schedule to say things to The First that I've ALREADY SAID.

You're right, Sean, you ARE running out of things to say and that's something of a puzzle for you that I'd have no problem solving for you by taking that title away from you.

Because by becoming Empire Pro Wrestling's World Heavyweight Champion, that would TRULY a REALITY CHECK that you just...WON'T LIKE.

FADEOUT
 

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T minus 2 hours

(FADEIN: The First, now somewhere in the back of the Rose Garden Arena, he’s still in his street clothes and his face is unpainted, sitting on a chair. Muse is in her steam punk outfit from previous sightings. “To Die For” by The Birthday Massacre plays in the background.)

FIRST: This is why I keep coming back to this earth…Why The Spiral holds so little interest from me…This moment, this night…I feel so alive…Man, if you can’t get up for this, you’re not living…Fired up…Ready to go…(Smiles)

MUSE: It would be worth it to get fired, jump out of the crowd, hit Stevens with a tazer, fry his ass and bring the title to you…

FIRST: No, that’s not how this can end…I wouldn’t want you to do that…And I half expect such an assault on Destiny would backfire, I’d end up getting 5,000 volts run through me…I’d get pinned while still smoldering…

MUSE: I just feel so damn helpless…All this time, and now all I can do is watch…

FIRST: You’ll be rooting for me, the will of the crowd, their energy, their spirit, it moves mountains…You are a voice in the mob, and become the voice of the mob…And the mob shall rally me in my darkest moments…And I will win…

MUSE: I hope so…This has been such a struggle even to get here…Now for what, to end in defeat at Sean Stevens hands…To lose to Cameron Cruise…It seems to cruel…So damn cruel…

FIRST: Life is cruel…But the pain makes the pleasure all the sweeter…You can’t enjoy something you don’t truly suffer for…We’re going to make it…

MUSE: You better…I’m sick of backing a losing horse (chuckles a bit nervously)…I’d punch you in the arm but I fear you’ll say I cost you the title tonight…

FIRST: Lucky me that I escape such a fate…Lucky us that we are here…What is this night, but Destiny spinning the wheel…Shawn…I do not know that he even know what he was getting into…This is serious business…We shall see if he can surprise me, but I do not feel much for him on this night…No, I feel like there is a giant roulette wheel and the ball of fate is zipping along…And the black numbers are mine, the red numbers are Trip’s…And Cruise has the two green numbers…That ball falls down…And Destiny becomes manifest.
Yeah you did cripple Troy Douglas and run him out of EPW…You have done a lot of things in this company, and from how you’ve been talking, outside this company also…Fact is Cammy, you’re good, but you’re just not good enough…

You’ve been around for forever, but you haven’t gotten to this point as quick as I have…I’ve made myself more relevant in the two plus years I’ve been in EPW than you have in the nearly seven you’ve spent here…It’s fitting you’re wearing Barry Zito’s jersey, he’s having a good year, and he did once win a Cy Young…But who’s in the rotation with him? Tim Lincecum…Who, like me, has been called a freak…(Smiles) and little Timmy, he’s the ace of the rotation, even with him being the young up and comer…So yeah…I think it’s fair to say I’m the Lincecum to your Zito…You may have a flash of brilliance here and there, you might have a giant contract that pays you a boat load of money…But we both know who fans are paying money to see on the hill every fifth day…

MUSE: What is he talking about that you’re gonna use baby puke as some sorta background setting?

FIRST: Well at least he’s not going to kick my baby in the head, so he’s a nice enough guy for that…You see these two guys, you try to tell them something sweet, something heart warming and they just piss all over it…(Rolls eyes) Cameron Cruise and Sean Stevens are the reason why we can’t have nice things in this world…

MUSE: Well Stevens does have nice things…He just doesn’t want them for other people.

FIRST: True enough…Oh but it does matter much now does it…Tonight’s is the night…

(First gets up from his chair and takes his shirt off as he goes over towards his bag.)

MUSE: We’re finally gonna screw?! Oh baby!

(Muse walks over to First and puts her arms around his waist.)
FIRST: Or I could just be getting ready to put on my ring gear…

MUSE: Oh come on, Stevens wife lets him rape women and nearly kill men…Rozy will give you a mulligan on this one, double so if you win the title…It can be a little good luck ritual…

(Muse rests her head on First’s shoulder. First ignores her and pulls out a wife beater version of his new “Outcast Hero” T-Shirt. The shirt has a cartoon style drawing of First hands up like a boxer, in a black wife beater and gi pants, with the words “Outcast” in a gothic font on above the drawing and “Hero” in the same font below it. He gently pries himself away from Muse and puts the wife beater on.)

FIRST: Not thinking that’s to likely to happen…Maybe you should try Cruise…I’m sure he’d be up for something…

MUSE: Ewww…I just have the feeling that he’d be the kind of guy that would say something just stupid and ruin everything

FIRST: Really?! Whatever gave you that idea?

MUSE: I once had a guy push me off him and try to go for doggystyle by saying “Autobots, transform!” yeah, it ended right there…Maybe I should just try it…Man, it might be worth the story…I mean it would clearly be embarrassing and degrading for him…But then he’d always be like ‘yeah but I screwed you” and when a loser gets to hold that over you…It sucks…

MUSE: Well I need to change my pants, which is something you clearly can’t be around for…And then I gotta make myself all pretty for Cruise…(Smiles)…So you should go find the contest winner from the radio show and maybe give her a tour of the place, if I don’t see you again…Well, hopefully I make you proud….

(First gives Muse a hug.)

MUSE: Good luck man...Kick their asses….

FIRST: You know I will…Nothing can stop me…This…Is our night…

(Muse walks away...First begins stretching…FADEOUT)
 

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Re: T minus 2 hours

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]The game is the game, Cameron, and there's rules. You can either play it, or be played by it.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]FADEIN: [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Portland, Oregon. In his dressing room, laying comfortably in his lazy boy sofa, with his eyes shut sat EPW World Heavyweight Champion, SEAN “TRIPLE X” STEVENS, in gray gym shorts, and a V-neck white tee. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]You want to know why I can kiss Nakita Dahaka on National Television, and still walk around with one of the most respected female faces in professional wrestling on my arm? Because I [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]play [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]the game and she [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]understands [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]that. Apparently, you don't. Nakita Dahaka was [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]nothing [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]to me, and although I'm sure this late breaking information will disappoint you, considering how obsessed you are with the thought of me f[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]u[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]cking her, it never went past that one kiss. [/FONT][/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]It's about THIS – point, blank, period.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]On his lap was [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]his [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]EPW World Heavyweight Championship belt. TRIPLE X briefly held it up in the air, before returning it to his lap and continuing. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: I had lost a mentally draining match to Rocko in my first defense, I was battling whispers of “Transitional Champion” and I wanted, no, I needed to right that wrong, and Nakita provided me with a solution, that worked by the end of that SHOW.[/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]See, I'm a man that's impressed by results, Cruise. I, like you, thought that she was battier than Ms. Cleo, but she told me she'd deliver me Rocko, I gave her a chance, and she did. And, well ... the rest is history, isn't it? That one moment, where Rocko barely hung onto that ledge, before falling and crashing will live on in infamy forever, Cruise, and I got a front row seat. Hell, I was the star of the show, and the last man standing. But, it doesn't end there. That wasn't even really the point that everyone should've been focusing on. What you should've noted was the other person that fell that day. My friend, Jason “The Stalker” Reeves hung on that cliff just like Rocko did, and I didn't hesitate in doing what I did, and you want to know why? Because, unlike your version of Anthology, we – in The Fallen – knew that it wasn't so much about smoke, mirrors and speeches, as much as it was about results and while you can sit there and say that you were the topic of discussion, and I was an afterthought, at the end of the day, I had THE big gold belt, and wrestled in all of this company's main events, and you were nowhere to be found. And, when I invited you? You bitched out. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]
“So don't
dare think for one single, solitary second that you acting all tough and brave, listing events in other promotions that still have nothing to do with you ever beating me impresses me. I've known you for well over a decade, and there has never EVER been a time, under any circumstances where you were ever regarded as anything more than a glorified sparring partner for me. You were never a big deal. You were never a threat. And, it was common knowledge to anybody that cared to pay enough attention to you, that you're not nearly as good of a wrestler as you like to brag about being.
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“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]And, you know that, Cameron, because you know that I know you. For all of your newfound courage and braggadocious behavior, you wouldn't dare step into an EPW ring, and talk that “Centerpiece” bullshit here, because I'd slap the shit out of you before you finished your sentence. [/FONT]
“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]For all of your confidence, and charisma, you're still nothing but a one trick pony, and at Black Dawn I'm coming to the ring with my double barrel shotgun to put you out of your misery. [/FONT]
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“Joe The Plumber? Do us all a favor, and get off of that man's aids infected penis. We don't
know him in EPW, we don't care about him being undefeated in EPW, and if you really saw that match, you'd know full well, that I walked into enemy territory with the weight of the world on my shoulders, and a bulls eye on my forehead, and not only did I walk out in one piece, I walked out after stealing the show, upstaging Joe in his own backyard, with my reputation as the baddest motherfucker on the planet in tact.
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“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Did I win their championship? Bitch, I wouldn't wear that disease infested, stupid piece of leather and tin around my waist if they paid me. I went to prove a point, and I left successful. But, once again, what does that have to do with here and now? Oh, sure, you'll say it proves that I'm not perfect, but you're really reaching and grasping at straws, because I'm still your EPW World Heavyweight Champion.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]The champ shrugged, waiting for a moment, almost as if he wanted a response, that would never come.[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: And, I don't know who you're trying to con into giving you pussy, but if you can honestly say that this moment doesn't give you chills running up and down your spine, then you've answered my question as to why someone with so much natural talent had such a humdrum career. If this doesn't make you nervous, Cameron, you need to find a new career, and as your friend for over ten years, I'll do you a solid...[/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]...at Black Dawn, I'm going to throw you the biggest going away party, that you've ever had, with twenty thousand guests, and send you back home in search of motivation with a bang. [/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Because, I've been in this situation, and in being here, you pick up the habits of certain individuals. For instance, The First is going to respond to this within the next fifteen minutes, with a promo akin to his last three, which were about as loony, and off topic as each of Shawn Hart's efforts. Then, he's going to come to the ring, flip, land on his neck, hopefully breaking it, and I'm going to be there to behead him, and end his latest campaign. Shawn's going to come into our match and execute an exciting manuever or two, before gracefully bowing out, because his heart was never really in it to begin with, because for whatever reason, he doesn't think the EPW is worth his time, and you? You're going to do what you do best, and I'm not talking about the part where you choke on Joe The Plumbers ballsack ... I'm talking about that other thing that you do, when you choke under pressure. [/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]And, when you do, Cameron? I'll be there to capitalize once more, and show you the [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]difference [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]between being the champion of the bush leagues, like you and your girlfriend Joe, and the King of the Empire, standing tall as...[/FONT][/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]...the greatest [/FONT]EPW World Heavyweight Champion of all time.”[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]FTB[/FONT]
 

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Pre-Black Dawn Show

(FADEIN: Kenny Lombardo standing in the back of the Rose Garden Arena. Lombardo has on a grey sport coat over a light blue button up shirt with no tie, black slacks.)

LOMBARDO: We are merely a half hour away from the start of Black Dawn, one of the most highly anticipated main events in EPW history, a four way elimination match for the EPW World Title and right now I am joined by one of the men in that contest, The First.

(Crowd pops as The First walks into the shot. First’s face painted white with the black Eye of Horus lines around his eyes, in his Outcast Hero wife beater, black gi pants, his hair a mess of orange, light green, blue in the black.)

LOMBARDO: First in a few hours, you will be entering that ring to fight for the EPW World Title, what are you thinking about?

FIRST: I’m thinking that this is going to be the biggest show in my life…I’m thinking that I have to fight Shawn Hart (Pop!)…You know when I saw Shawn Hart floundering in Anthology, when I saw how they never supported him, never helped him…I asked myself why they would waste such a talent…And when he quit Anthology, I said to myself “That’s a guy I want on my side.” And at the War Games, he proved me right, he fought off a three on one of myself, Triple X, and Layne Winters, and I had to just about put a stake through his heart, no pun intended, to beat the man…

And to beat him, isn’t enough, to beat Shawn Hart in a night would be something most people would tell their grandkids about, but I beat Shawn Hart tonight, what does that get me? Nothing except one less threat…Maybe it gets me…Cameron Cruise (Pop!)…Now you know Kenny, me and Cammy haven’t seen eye to eye a lot, we’ve had our issues, and in that ring in a few short hours we’re going to settle them, we’re going to fight like a couple of crazed animals for the right to be EPW World Champion…And outlasting him, still…Still it won’t be enough…

Because even if I survive the two of them, even if I survive two men who’ll likely be inducted into a bunch of hall of fames after they retire…Well it doesn’t get any easier…Because “Triple X” Sean Stevens (Boos!), the man himself waits for me at the end of the story…We’ve said a lot of hurtful things about each other during this past year, we’ve been a right bunch of bastards to each other…We’ve beaten the crap out of each other, fought tooth and nail…But now it all comes to an end…
You see Kenny, he decided to delay the inevitable at Aggression 50 by bailing out…Oh he spins it like Cameron Cruise spins it when he talks about how ducking Stevens was a sign of greatness, but that’s what one does when one is on the losing side of an argument…Now I have had 4 matches for singles titles in EPW, and I’d failed to capture the belt in any of them…That’s the truth, People want to call me a choke artist…I can’t stop them, more power to them…

See I own my failures, I own my career…Triple X, Cameron Cruise, they can’t do that…They are like the fighter who gets cracked and smiles to show they didn’t get hurt, the boxer who gets knocked down and swears it was a slip…

LOMBARDO: You did say you were 1-2 and 1 in those matches.

FIRST: Yeah but that was tongue in cheek, you need Anarky and Fusenshoff to explain that concept to you? Maybe Anarky could get me one of those graphs of his, that thing was awesome…But back to the task at hand and the EPW World Title…

Tonight the bill comes due to Triple X…He can’t avoid me forever, he has to fight me one on and one…Because deep down in my bones…IN MY SOUL…(Kenny is a bit startled by First shouting) I feel that it’s down to me and him at the end…That’s the way it has to be, that’s the way Destiny will shape this war…And it will be a final battle that will go down in history…People will speak of this night in hushed, awed tones…They will remember where they were on this night when The First and Triple X FINALLY settled things for the EPW World Title…

And after this night is over…There will be many people who will still say Triple X is the King…There will be many who’ll say that he’s still the greatest wrestler alive today or perhaps the greatest of all time…But the one thing they won’t be able to say…Is that Triple X is EPW World Champion…

Because at the end of the night…I…*I*…Will be the EPW World Champion…(Pop!)

(FADEOUT)
 

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Re: Pre-Black Dawn Show

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]*buzzer beater*[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]FADEIN: [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Portland, Oregon. The scene opened up in front of the dressing room of EPW World Heavyweight Champion, SEAN “TRIPLE X” STEVENS, in the same blue button up from his earlier interview with The First, sleeves rolled midway, minus the grey sportscoat, with an extra coat of sweat beads dripping down his forehead.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]The champion, Stevens, was now dressed and fully prepared for battle, in black and silver tights, no shirt – as the women in attendance fawned over his chiseled frame – taped wrists and ankles. His long golden hair, was soaked from his pay-per-view ritual pre-match shower, and the look on his face told a story that needed no words. It was “go time” and he was ready. [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]He carefully adjusted the beautiful EPW World Heavyweight Championship on his shoulder, occasionally gleaming down at it, like a proud propetier. [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]LOMBARDO: [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Sean Stevens, the time for talking is almost done ... earlier today I asked The First his thoughts on tonight, and now, I ask you. What is your mind frame, going into perhaps the biggest night of your life?[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]The biggest night of my life? The biggest night of my life was when my – then – fiance was falsely reported as dead by every major news broadcast in the world, after taking a bullet, and I found out that she had more fight than any of us gave her credit for having. The biggest night of my life was when my child was born. This is wrestling, and while [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]wrestling [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]is also my life, I've done too many of these to be able to rank one higher than the one before it. We'll know how big it is when we get those pay-per-view numbers back. We'll know how big it is, judging by the response of the crowd, and the beat writers that decide how many stars to give this match. [/FONT][/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]This night is the biggest night in the lives of The First, and Cameron Cruise, because outside of a few bingo halls, they're both virtually [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]new [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]to the spectacle that [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]is [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]the EPW main event. To [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]me[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif], this is just Saturday. [/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]LOMBARDO: [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Fair enough ... what are some of your concerns coming into this match? If any...[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Oh, there are plenty. No matter what they've done to [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]get [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]here – whether it was deserved or not – they're here, and I'd be a fool to think a victory would be handed to me just because I've fought and clawed to earn as well as [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]keep [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]my position in this company as the number one guy.[/FONT][/FONT]

“[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]The First hates Cameron Cruise for kicking him while he was down, and beating him in an Intercontinental Title match, just as much as Cruise hates Nadalny for beating him recently, elsewhere. Both have a strong dislike of me, because of various things that I've done, but I hate neither. So, if you're tallying everything up, I'm walking into this match with a bunch of men who, at one point in time, were either jealous of me, envied my position, or angry with me for being me, which makes this a very dangerous match, if I came into this match unprepared ... fortunately, I'm prepared. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]LOMBARDO: [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]What about Shawn Hart? He did [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]pin you[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] in the big War Games match.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Yeah, and Ice Tre beat me in a cage match, yet nobody in their right mind would ever accuse Tre of being a better wrestler than me, least of all “King of the Cage”. Fact of the matter is this, before War Games, I barely paid Shawn Hart any attention, [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]after [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]War Games? He's got my undivided attention. I don't mention him, because he hardly seems to care, and if a match of this magnitude, for the richest prize in our industry doesn't get you excited, then I don't know what will.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]LOMBARDO: [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Any last words? [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]I think we set the world record of promos cut to hype a match this week, but the time for talking is done. The First thinks destiny brought us together, and he couldn't be more wrong. It wasn't destiny, it wasn't fate, it was [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]me. [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]I sought him out, I made him a star, I made him who he is today, but he forgot one very important detail. Just like I made him, I can and will break him. He's right about one thing, though ... even Pinocchio grew out of his puppet phase to become a real boy ... but, never, did he [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]ever [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]make the mistake of crossing the man who gave him life, and if Black Dawn is the event that Nadalny'll be able to use in reference when he talks about making a change in his life and career, I'm cool with that. Black Dawn can be where the puppet finally realized his potential and became a real wrestler, but in the end, the teacher, Gipetto wins. Because everything that he knows, I taught him. It's my air that he's breathing in his lungs, and tonight, he'll go through the process of suffication.”[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]The camera zoomed in centered on the face of the champion, as his baby blue eyes stared back, unflinchng, unwilling to blink. The zero hour was upon us, ladies and gentlemen ... it's now time to put up, or shut up.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]FTB[/FONT][/FONT]
 

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Investigative Journalism (Or making sh## up..)

FADE IN:

Orlando, Florida - Evening

Standing by LIVE from a Chabad house near downtown, Championship contender SHAWN JESSICA HART, PhD. is with the resident rabbi. Wielding a microphone and sporting his best suit and a Peter Jennings wig, the Phenom's grim stare seemingly pierces the camera's lens. Clearly there's a doin's in the makin'.


SJH: "Good evening, America. I'm Pro Wrestling's SJH. TONIGHT -- a SHOCKING exposé on our insidious Heavyweight Champion, Triple X Sean Stevens, and his attempted cover-up of a SORDID history."

In the background, someone gasps. CUT TO: A different camera, which Shawn quickly turns to.

SJH: "For several shows now, Stevens has taken great delight in HIJACKING air time and using it to SH(FCC)T upon the sacred rules of kayfabe that have protected the wrestling industry for a hundred years by revealing the SECRET IDENTITY of one of the Empire's greatest defenders, my colleague The First!"

Intrigue!! ...and more gasping.

SJH: "Now, we won't indulge him by revealing that name here, but what we WILL do is reveal the utter hypocrisy at work. Y'see, by invoking the Christian name of The First, he almost suggests that the man is a sham! A guy that's living a lie and changing his name to cover it up... buuuuut after doing some digging, my team and I have uncovered some INTERESTING information about Mr. Stevens!"

Hart raises his eyebrow suggestively.

SJH: "With me tonight is Rabbi Goldstein, a close personal friend of yours truly, but ALSO, as it turns out.. the man who actually performed the brit milah of our ESTEEMED EPW Champion in his infancy. Isn't that right, Rabbi?"

RABBI: "Oh yes. And that was a tough one, let me tell you. Not much to work with, if ya know what I mean. A-HAA! But yes, I was there from the beginning right up through adulthood."

SJH: "And you can prove this?"

RABBI: "Of course! I have this.."

The Rabbi retrieves an old photograph from his pocket. The photo is of himself and some kid who is totally average, unremarkable, and indistinguishable from any Joe Schmo loser in any way, shape, or form.

SJH: "Yep. That's him. So you knew Mr. Stevens well then; helped RAISE him even?"

RABBI: "Well, after his father had gender reassignment surgery and his mother became a member of a cult that worshiped Captain and Tennille, it was the temple and his crazy Uncle Clem that assumed responsibility for the child."

SJH: "Right. But when you knew him, he wasn't known as Sean Stevens... WAS HE..."

RABBI: "That is not his given name, no."

SJH: "What IS his given name, Rabbi?"

RABBI: "Merv Rümpump'r."

SJH looks into the camera.

SJH: "Sean Stevens... a Rümpump'r? You betcha! But HE'S not the only one, is he?"

RABBI: "No, I'm afraid not."

SJH: "Who, Rabbi, is the BIGGEST Rümpump'r?"

RABBI: "Cameron Cruise."

GASP!

SJH: "Cameron Cruise? A Rümpump'r?! But how do you know? How can you be sure, Rabbi?"

RABBI: "It says so in the script..."

SJH: "Yes, well.... uhh..."

Hart turns to his audience for a third time.

SJH: "Hey gang. Now, as most of you can probably tell.. we completely wrote ourselves into a corner with this one. Originally, we were somehow going to allude to the fact that Stevens and Cruise were secret lovers... I dunno, maybe they met at a Fight Frankenweenie rally or a Boycott Beetlejuice luncheon, after which they realized their undying love for one another, hooked up and got a quickie gay marriage, making them both Rümpump'rs. I think it totally would've hit two birds with one stone, what with Cruise's homophobia and Stevens' weird fetish for calling people by their birth name. Heh, mine's Steve by the way. Anywhoo, after much deliberation, we just decided there was no way to tie the gay bashing, the name thing, Tim Burton hate, or even the Rabbi interview together in a way that made any sense at all or had any comedic value whatsoever. So, in lieu of all that, here's tape of a masturbating monkey! And let me just say that The First is a swell fellow, and if by some misfortune I can't find a way to pull out the victory here and bring home the title, I hope he does! Cheers!"

CUT TO:

FADE OUT.
 

The Great Eye

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Final words

(OCC: Reply to the two buzzer beaters.)

(FADEIN: The First in his locker room. He’s in his ring gear, and he’s busy taping his right hand.)

FIRST: Black Dawn is here…And I sit back and think about it all…That in a few short minutes Michael Bastard is going to either be the new standard of violence causing maniac in this company, or Stalker will still be the gold standard for carnage and mayhem….That Anarky and Fusenshoff will fight to set themselves up for a chance to win gold at Aggression 52…And that Anarky is a fellow member of HOPE, and Fuse has been a friend…I can take no side there…But I know it will be brutal and intense…

Dear old Layne, my buddy, my pal (Smirks) will be fighting to keep his TV title over a returning legend and a member of the Fallen…Karl Brown strikes me as an interesting fellow, don’t exactly know if I’d go out to a party with him…And Erik Black…Well he’s more Muse’s speed…I’m sure she wouldn’t mind getting stoned silly and going on a vision quest with him…And they all get to fight for that belt in a match that will be little more than chaos with a ref pleading for order he won’t get…

After all that comes the Heirs of Wrestling, who came into this league taking a sh*t on a photo of me…That didn’t exactly warm my heart…And they fight Anthology, who I’ve always hated…So really, this is a fight where about all I can root for is injuries and maiming…Rest assured, whoever loses, I’ll be happy they lost…

And then all that goes away, and it’s my turn…Me, Hart, Cruise, Trip…The fight to end it…Everything at stake…This is why we’re in this business…This is why everyone on this card is in this business…To be in the main event, to fight for the EPW World Title…to have twenty thousand plus in the stands screaming and reacting to every single move we make, hanging on every pin attempt, living and dying as someone crawls to the ropes trying to break out of a submission…

That’s where we are…One man on top of the mountain and three others seeking to knock him off….And I’m in the thick of it…Even if Winters thinks Dan Ryan pissed on my dream…My dream is still quite alive in this match…Oh I’d have loved getting Triple X one on one, any terms anyone wanted…But when I got a shot at that belt, no matter how many people involved…I’ll take it…

I don’t care if I’m fighting three guys or thirty or three hundred, the number doesn’t matter, I’ll beat anyone and everyone I have to for the honor of being EPW World Champion…Shawn, you’re a crazy man who’s playing with house money…You didn’t expect to be here and the worst thing that can happen to you is that you end this night as EPW Intercontinental Champion…Which is such an honor that Cameron Cruise refused to even risk it when offered a World Title shot…You have nothing to lose and I expect you to be in that ring without a care in the world…And that makes you a scary opponent to me…We might be friends before and after this match, but during it…I’m going to want to cripple you…And I’m sure you’ll do the same to me, we fought like hell at War Games, but you had been dealt a bad hand by Fate, you played it as best you could, but in the end the odds and the numbers caught up with you…

Cruise…I don’t even know what to say to you…You’ll just be a mindless wrecking ball in that ring, I expect your crashing and burning will leave a lot of damage, you may even decide who wins this title through your rampage…No I don’t think you’ll win, but you’ll leave your mark on this match, none of the three of us are going to forget you were in that ring after this night…

And Trip…Well, Trip…If you win I’m out of your hair…I know you enjoy the idea of that…At Aggression 42 I feared you…And I lost…At Aggression 50 I hated you…And it wasn’t enough…At Black Dawn…I respect you…But that respect isn’t going to stay my hand not for a second…I look at this match and I’m no doubt the fastest, the quickest…Cruise is assuredly the strongest, and while he might act the goof, Shawn’s the most technically sound…

But the fact is, you’re a close second in all three phases Trip…You’re a combination of the greatest parts of all three of your opponents…And man that makes you a tough out any night of the week…But this night, I get it done…You’re good…But at Black Dawn, I will be better…

I said it all the way back at Aggression 42 that I’d be the next EPW World Champion…That I would beat “Triple X” Sean Stevens…Tonight…I make good on my word…

(FADEOUT)
 

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