Sean Taylor vs Damian Stone

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Roleplays and strats are due by September 22, 2004 at 5:00 p.m. EST

 

[Damian D Stone]

Taylor's Last Dance

I guess someone thinks my career isn't completly washed up as we all thought it was, eh Sean? I guess they are putting some trust in me for stepping up to the plate and getting ready for what appears to be another big match for me in as many weeks. This time, it's another me vs. the world analogy match. This time, it's against a man who has been rocking the EUWC with a reign of sorts that no man has been able to touch. This man has been someone that I guess I should have taken care of before I went after the World Title. This man has basically ticked off many-a-people and now it's time for me to do the step-down thing and look at him once again in the eye. You know who I am talking to, Sean Taylor. You know that this day was going to come. You knew it for the longest time and now, standing before you at the biggest Main Frame of the year, you are looking at the former World Heavyweight Champion. Yea, it's time...time to make sure that everything you have is in check my friend. Because your reign is now in threat...and this time, it might just vaporize right in front of your very own eyes...

[[Man do I feel in a good mood. And I really don't know why I do right now. I mean, I just lost the World Title...my head still stings from that chair shot...you would wonder if all of this would make you realize that you are just really on a bad streak right now. Instead, I am estatic! You don't get chances like this everyday. And this time, I'd better jump and take advantage of this one. So get ready, Sean. It's game time once again...]]

((Fade into Stone's jym. We see him working out on the press machine, lifting weights, trying to get himself back into shape for this week's mega-match. He is dressed in a pair of sweats with a desert bandana on his forehead and no shirt. We hear "Fine Again" by Seether being played over a speaker system. His body still shows signs from the match he had with Holocaust as he pumps out the iron with his legs.))

Man, I need to do this more often. Maybe this is why I lost that match with Holo this time. You could tell me that I wasn't focused...or I didn't care anymore. Well, I just feel like that this time...this time, I know what the heck I am doing. And that is a dangerous thing, Taylor. A very dangerous thing. I mean, the last time you and I stepped into that ring, it was inside the House. And, I would like to point out, you walked out with the win. For that, well, you got what you wanted. And now, it's time for me to get what I want.

((Stone stops pressing the weight and then hops up to a squatting positon. Placing his shoulders next to the pads, he then begins to do suqats as he talks))

So, how focused shold I be for our match, Sean? Should I worry about Holocaust? Should I worry about someone coming down and attacking me during our bout? Should I worry about all these things? Maybe, but I will tell you the one thing I will worry about. It's which hospital floor I should put you after the match. You see, this time, I am not just intending to win this match. No, this time, I am using this thing to set something straight among the EUWC elite. Some have been whispering that my time is up. Some have been stating that Damian Stone is nothing more than a shell-of-a-man right now. Some have said that loosing the title was the best thing for him. Well, I can let you say all of that...but until Icome out here and actually prove to you all that that is not the case, well, that is more important. You see, it's no longer just about a title. It's about proving that my time here in the EUWC is FAR from over. It's proving to everyone that I am still a force to be reckoned with and this is proving to everyone that no man is an island, Sean. You will learn that...and learn that fast and hard.

((Stone stops the squats and turns around, facing the camera))

Just like a man who now knows that the war is far from over, I know that this is just another step toward the top. Because I choose to take it through you should be an honor. Too bad, once I beat you, it'll be a horror.

Sean, you know now that you cannot stop this freight train. The course is set for Bloodbath and it is set to take out all that stand in my way from regaining my lost glory. You see, the legacy is still growing, and after all of this is over, everyone will remember DDS for his epic encounters with Holocaust and you, Taylor. So bring all your games! Bring your A, B, C, D. Bring EUWC the game, Megaman the 15th Anniversary Edition. Heck, bring Final Fantasy VIII for all I care! You still won't be able to stop me from hitting the JJE one more time on your stupid butt!

And THAT IS MY REALITY!!!

((FADE))

 

[Sean Taylor]

Survivor: EUWC

(Camera fades in on a set decorated with a cirle of faux palm trees. In the center is a singel lit candle surrounded b plaster rocks. Opposite the camera are life size cardboard stand-ups of EUWC superstars Mike C, Angel of Death, Lord Alucard, Damien Dante Stone, Danny Collins, and Nero. Sean Taylor enters and stands behind a podium with a wicker basket on it. He, of course, is wearing the EUWC International Title around his waist and places the rulebook on the podium.)

Sean: Gentlemen and Danny Collins, welcome back to Tribal Council. Let's recap todays events. DDS, you seemed to have a difficult day today, didn't you? As a matter of fact, we have the video tape to prove it. Let's take a look.

( A television is rolled up beside Sean and he slides the tape into the VCR. The screen flickers and then shows "DDS"'s face close up then cuts to showing "DDS" standing in the sand with the other stand ups facing away from "DDS".)

Sean: Here, we see Stone bragging about how he can defeat me for my International Title despite the fact that I am the Undisputed Greatest International Champion in the History of the EUWC. The response was obviously unanimous. They turned their backs to you and didn't talk to you until the immunity challenge.

(The TV screen changes to show a shot of "DDS" face down in the sand with "Lord Alucard" and "Mike C" standing over him. "Lord Alucard" and "Mike C" sport think eyebrows drawn in with black magic marker showing anger.)

Sean: Ah yes, the immunity challenge. Here is DDS falling face first into the sand making him solely responsible for his team's loss and you all being here at Tribal Council tonight. But I don't want to sway anyone's decision, but I just want to reinterate that the reason you all here is because DDS screwed up. Again.

(The screen shows "DDS" with red liquid that appears to be coming out of his nose.)

Sean: And after the challenge, it seems that some of DDS' tribemates took serious offense to him costing them immunity. It seems that somebody threw a rock at DDS and gave him a bloody nose. No one has fessed up to it. Although I don't why. It was very funny.

Well the time has come to vote someone out of the Tribe. One by one each of you will come up here and vote for the person you would like off the island. Nero, you're up.

(The camera fades out and then fades back in.)

Sean: The votes are in. Remember, once the votes are read, the decision is final. The person voted out will immediately face harsh critizism and ridicule by me before being thrown off the island. I'll read the votes.

DDS

Angel of Death

DDS

2 votes DDS, 1 vote Angel of Death.

Nero

What the . . .? Sean Taylor?

Tonight's person voted off the island. DDS!

(Sean walks over and picks up the "DDS" stand up and brings it to the podium.)

Sean: Well, DDS, much like in the majority of career, you've failed and lost in an embarassing fashion. It's sad that we all have to watch you fail time and time again. You talked about being a threat to me and my International Title reign. Seems to me you're hardly a threat to the check-out guy at Wal-Mart. But alas, you must leave us now. Sorry, DDS . . . well actually I'm not.

(Sean places the stand up over the rock. The candle ignites the cardboard and it bursts into flames. Sean turns to the camera.)

Sean: That was fun but, DDS, don't think for a single, solitary minute that I'm not taking you seriously. Maybe you didn't think that you don't actually know what you're doing. Maybe you don't know what you've gotten yourself into. Not only am I the Undisputed Greatest International Champion in the History of the EUWC but I am also the single best wrestler the EUWC has to offer. You don't have to worry about Mr. Caust. You don't have to worry about someone attacking you during our bout. You don't even have to worry about the hospital. The only thing you have to worry about is Sean Taylor. Worry about not be ready in time. Worry about staring into the eyes of the future of the EUWC. Worry about standing across the ring and realizing that within minutes your challenge will have been in vain.

Stop trying to pretend that you have something to prove. You have only one thing to prove. That's that you are nothing more than another stepping stone for me and my skyrocketing career. There is a legacy growing, you're right about that. It's the legacy of Sean Taylor. Everyone knows it - except you. But that's fine. You will.

The game we play cannot be bought and sold in stores. Your reality has been clouded. There's one reality and one reality only. In that reality, you lose. This burning cardboard representation of you was easy to destroy. Oh yes, it will just as easy on Main Frame. Why? Because the rules are on my side. Not yours. And to play this game, you need to know the rules.

(Fade to black.)

 

[Damian D Stone]

He Never Learned...

You still don't get. You never had it when we first went at it...and you still don't have it now that we are facing one another at the biggest Main Frame this year. You've told me the same things over and over again that I have heard since last year. And now you repeat them, like someone typing the number 1 on an adding machine...having that thing constantly click that phrase over and over again into my skull. Do you want to know what I am talking about, Sean? Do you honestly want me to tell you what it is? It's this: "The Rules only work for one of us." Sean, maybe it is time you fess up about something. Look at yourself...then look at me. Honestly...

DO YOU THINK I GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE RULES!?!?!?

[[deep breaths being heard]]

Now that that is out of the system...well, almost out, let's get down to the game itself.

[[Fade into the study of Damian Stone. He is sitting in a luschious leather chair with rows upon rows of wrestling film that are stacked upon his shelves. The man himself is dressed in a black shirt with black slacks. His eye-patch bears the emblem of the Phoenix. He smiles to the camera as he begins to speak]]

Good evening, Sean. I do hope you are having a most excellent evening. For you see, we are here once again preparing ourselves for battle. A battle that many are already calling a very good match for this Main Frame show. But you see, I hope that what I said eariler has sunk into that feeble little mind of yours. Rules? You should know me better than that. The future of the EUWC? I've heard that...and "I've" said that before. Skyrocketing career? It just might have hit a major speed bump called the Judge...Jury...and the Executioner. Sean, you haven't really got it one time, have you? While you daunted and flaunted your lovely little reign and your claim to holding the title the longest, I have been working my tail off trying to save the EUWC from inward destruction. Did I save it? No clue. But at least I got to slow it down. But I have been wondering...are you trying to do something that only one other man has ever done? Are you, honestly, attempting to surpass Lord Alucard's 168 day World Title run?

[[Stone leans back in his chair, a smirk goes across his face]]

I must admit, it would make a nice thought to hold the title for 169 days. Sure, Lord Alucard had some major fights while holding onto that thing for as long as he has. But what about the IC title? I mean, the only real threats you have to your title now is, well, Nero and Garrison, and they right now look to be enjoying the tag team gold yet again.

So look at yourself: you are all alone, thinking that you are now the only man on this island and that your shots at becoming the longest champion of all the divisions could come true.

But then I step down...and make your life a living hell. It's been my job as of late, to make people's lives Hell. And since I did defeat Holocaust, I figured I might as well take a cheap shot at you too. You see, this one will be one of those matches that people will look back and wonder: how did Damian walk out with the win? How did Damian endure the Blood Rush and still come back and lay him out with the Crossover Clothesline? How did he survive the beating that Sean tried to deliver? Simple: desire. I have it now...the desire to shut people up again. I did it to Holocaust. He said he couldn't be beaten. He said the EUWC was Dominion's now. Instead, look at him...a leader to nobody...a man who, even though is the World Champion, is just a man. Now we come to you. Here stands a man who people believe that no one can beat. Look at him, he has even beat the man that I can never beat cleanly, Lord Alucard. And now the bodies continue to rise. But the question is now, at the top of the mountain, will the body that will be lying there be mine....or your own?

[[Stone leans forward in his chair, smiling as he speaks]]

Sean, my good friend, this is a time to reflect. It's a time to remember. All I am now saying is this: you believe that you have a shot? I'll let you think that. But when it comes down to it now, you're in MY world Sean...playing by MY rules...in front of MY fans. And at the end of the night, MY fans will be treated with the crowning of a new champion...ME.

FOR THAT IS THE TRUTH...AND MY REALITY!

[[fade]]

 

[Sean Taylor]

I Don't Need The Rules!

(Camera fades in on Sean Taylor and Kandi in the lockerroom at an EUWC house show.)

Kandi: Sean, we just saw the latest comments from Damien Dante Stone, the man who will challenge you for the EUWC International Title this Friday on Main Frame. Do you have any reactions?

Sean: When don't I? Abraham Lincoln who said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but chop down the cherry tree and the force will be with you". Ok, so maybe Lincoln never said that and that line was never actually said but the important thing is my point.

Kandi: Which is?

Sean: Stone's an idiot! He's a moron. He'd starve to death outside a brothel waiting for the red light to change. He's so ugly, when he meets a dog, the dog sniffs his face. Hey Kandi, what do Monica Lewinsky, the wind, and DDS have in common?

Kandi: What?

Sean: They all blow! Did you hear him? I can't believe that he thinks all I care about are the rules.

Kandi: Uh, Sean . . .

Sean: What?

Kandi: You own the only existing copy of the EUWC Rulebook. You've used the rules to steal yourself victories in the ring. You just feuded with Lord Alucard because he broke a rule by interfering in your match at Summer Sizzler.

Sean: So?

Kandi: So, how can you say that you don't care about the rules?

Sean: What? You don't think that I can win without the rules?

Kandi: Well, it's just that you've used them so much and . . .

Sean: You don't think I can do it, do you? You think I'm a slave to this book. Well tell you what. I'm going to give you the rulebook and you're going to keep it until after Main Frame. Here. (He hands the book to Kandi) Take it. Keep it away from me until after Main Frame. I don't need it to defeat Stone. I'm not the Undisputed Greatest International Champion in the History of the EUWC just because I made a belt and brought it to the arena one day. I didn't accidently just happen to retain the gold for 103 days - and counting - out of sheer luck.

I am what I've always said I was and that's the best. I am the man to beat around here. A win over Sean Taylor makes you a somebody around here. That's why there's a lot of nobodies in the EUWC. Stone, you were a somebody around here a long time ago. What happened? Oh right, I remember. Sean Taylor happened.

Whether you, Kandi, or anyone else believes it or not, I can beat you with (Sean grabs the book from Kandi and hold it up to the camera) or without this book. Stone, you're going down!

(Sean walks away leaving behind a confused and empty-handed Kandi. Fade to black.)