WFW Paradise Lost: Southern Thunder vs. El Arco Iris

[PaulNJ21]

[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jul-11-03 AT 01:45 AM (EST)]
The winner of this match will face the winner of the Copycat vs. Ebony Jade match in the newcomers tournament for the #1 Contender for the North American Title at the WFW Spirit of NGEN PPV.

The RP/angle deadline is Monday, July 21st 11:59. Please send all angles to PaulNJ21@aol.com

 

[SouthernThunder]

(Outside the WFW offices the bright logo of the company shines with a mysterious glow into the night. Thunder rumbles thru the night air as signs of an on-coming storm moves in closer. A light mist of rain starts to fall and the wind picks up with each passing second. Suddenly within the night air a lightning bolt strikes and a silhouette of someone is seen leaning on a motorcycle in front of the building. As the camera moves in closer and lightning becomes more vicious the view of the silhouette now is clear to be someone in a long black duster and a cowboy hat. As the wind whips his duster and rain drips off his hat the camera moves around in order to get a look at who this man could be. Suddenly the man turns when he hears a sound from behind him and now looks into the camera with an icy stare. His eyes you can barely see thru a mask he wears. The silver mask with blue trim seems to light up with every flash from a lightning bolt. The mask man turns his body to face the camera and leans back on his motorcycle once more. As he just stands there the sound of thunder rumbles even louder, the lightning even more violent. The man tilts his cowboy hat back just a little to get the rain to drip off the back side of his hat and not the front.)

Southern Thunder: So this is the federation everybody is talking about. This is the place they call the battlefield of champions. I have seen this federation many times in my mind. I have seen its warriors do battle time and time again as I made my journey here. This is my destiny, I’m sure of it. Within the walls of this beautiful building there lays a contract with my name on it. A contract of labor, a contract of love. I say love because the labor this federation has hire me for is my love. My job in their eyes is to make someone with deeper pockets than the normal man would have a little less empty. My task in my eyes are much more complex. My task will take months and months of hard work but don’t get me wrong; I’m not a very patient man. The sooner I complete my task, the sooner the world will know why I’m really here. For weeks I have warned this federation, or should I say I have warned its warriors of my comings. The time for warning is over, the time for the fury of the storm is now upon them.

(Southern Thunder reaches into the pocket of his duster and pulls out a piece of paper. He looks at the paper then looks back up slightly above it and stares into the camera.)

Southern Thunder: From the looks of this, the path of the storm is heading for someone who finds tranquility within his soul. The glee of this mans spirit will soon find no peace, for his task is one unwanted by many men. Sometime the fear of the unknown will enter a man’s soul and cause him many nightmares. Much like a storm at night, nobody knows what will happen within the storm. All they know is, they hope it will end soon.

(Southern Thunder throws the paper down on the ground in front of him and as the lightning strikes again it becomes clear that the paper is not paper at all. It’s a picture of EL Arco Iris. The mask man reaches over into the saddlebag on his bike and pulls out a can of some kind. He starts pouring the liquid from the can onto the picture till the can is empty. He then reaches into his duster pocket once more and pulls out a Zippo lighter. With the flip of his thump he strikes the lighter and throws it on the picture and the picture goes up in flames. He stares at the fire with an eerie smile on his face.)

Southern Thunder: You know pain is a strange thing. It’s all controlled by the mind. Only the true masters of mind control can control pain. Much like this rain falling, sometime the mind tries to block out pain but the fear of the unknown, the fear of not being able to stop the pain sometimes weights heavier on the mind and causes it to be unable to stop it’s pain just like this rain can not put out the flames here. This will also play within the mind of my first opponent in WFW. This man knows nothing about Southern Thunder. All he knows is the thunder is coming for him. Right now as we speak, his minds in on the Thunder but this man does not know what fury will come from the storm within. He knows not what pain it will bring with it, but rest assured……….the pain will come. The storm knows only one path and that’s thru you my friend. Look into the eyes of the storm that’s in front of you now Iris. Look upon this masked face. Do you see pain there? No you don’t. Much like the darkness a storm brings, so is the darkness of emotions on my face. All you have to judge how much pain you may cause to me is my eyes, and maybe my voice. Well look into this eyes again my friend, you still see no pain but it is there. You hear my voice tell you there is pain within me so now you think you can see my pain. Now let me ask you this Iris. Do you feel in your heart you can trust your sight and hearing? What if I’m lying to you? Can you take that chance in our match? What happens when you think you have me hurting and you risk setting up a move to finish me off, only to find yourself setup in return? Now I know you too wears a mask and you too can say these same things to me. The only things different in us, is size and knowledge of our limits and ourselves. The deciding fact will be the minds. Whose is the weaker, which will let the pain of the unknown rule over their mind? Let you tell my a little something about the mind of Southern Thunder. I know what I have to do to get to my destination. I know why I’m here and why I will not rest till I get there. You are only step one of my task but don’t think I’m looking past you. I’m looking thru you my friend. That’s the Storms path, ………and it will not be broken!

(Southern Thunder looks back down at the picture as it how is nothing but ashes. Camera fades away as Thunder and Lightning can be seen all around Southern Thunder.)


From the storm came Thunder, From the Thunder came fear. Where he came from.....nobody knows, but know this....he's near!

 

[Diablo]

(We fade to a black screen. The screen remains black for several seconds until we are bombarded by many colors flashing over the screen, as "Yatta" by Happatai cues up and plays while the colors flash. We then fade to El Arco Iris, standing in front of a multicolor back drop. He is attired in his mask, which is tie-dyed rainbow colors, with the face being a peace sign, with the spaces inside cut out, the top two quadrants covered in mesh for the eyes. He is also wearing a tie-dyed t-shirt, and bright neon green corduroy shorts. He is in a somewhat heroic pose with his hands on his hips and his face turned upwards, but breaks the pose a few seconds after we fade in.)

El Arco Iris: At last, El Arco Iris has arrived in WFW. This makes El Arco iris happy, even though he is always happy. I guess it makes El Arco Iris happier than happiest. It makes El Arco Iris happiester! But my first opponent, a señor Thunder, is a sad, angry man. And other people being sad makes El Arco Iris sad, too, and El Arco Iris does not like being sad, or seeing other people be sad, so El Arco Iris will try to cheer señor Thunder up! Señor Thunder says a storm is coming, so El Arco Iris will smile, and shine a big ray of sunshine through the clouds and make señor Thunder sad no more!

(El Arco Iris strikes his pose again, and we can see through the holes in his mask over his mouth that he is, indeed, smiling, and a bright spotlight shines on him, trying to emulate a ray of sunshine. The spotlight turns off, and El Arco Iris continues on as normal.)

El Arco Iris: Señor Thunder talks a lot about pain. He talks a lot about feeling pain. El Arco Iris does not like feeling pain, because pain hurts. Señor Thunder does talk about one element that we both agree on, and that’s the fact that pain is controlled by the mind. Pain is an abstract concept created by the mind. El Arco Iris knows if you eliminate the concept of pain from your mind, you will never feel pain, because it doesn’t exist. This way you can always be smiling and happy, just like El Arco Iris, but much unlike señor Thunder.

(El Arco Iris hangs his head to show that he is sad)

El Arco Iris: Señor Thunder does not eliminate pain from his mind so he can be happy and smiling, but he chooses to dwell on pain, thus making much more ever present in his mind, making him sad and angry, thus making El Arco Iris sad! Not angry, like señor Thunder, but just sad. And as El Arco Iris said, El Arco Iris does not like being sad, because he likes being happy, and is always being happy because there is no pain in his mind or heart. So, when we are to meet at Paradise Lost, in the ring, El Arco Iris hopes that he can show señor Thunder that one needs not have pain in his mind, and can learn to always be happy smiling and sunshine fun! It also makes El Arco Iris sad, though, that to show señor Thunder the abstract nature of pain, he must make him feel a lot of it, but if señor Thunder learns to be happy, then ends shall justify means. El Arco Iris strives to do only one thing, and that he shall do. At Paradise Lost…such a strange naming of Paradise Lost, because El Arco Iris always lives in paradise, happy sunshine fun smiling! Nevertheless...at Paradise Lost…El Arco Iris WILL put a smiiiiile on your face!

(Fade To Rainbow Gradient)

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"I blow your mind. You just blow."

 

[SouthernThunder]

(From inside a local gym we find a mask man known as SouthernThunder working hard in the ring with somebody unknown to us. As Thunder nails the guy with a belly to belly suplex an older man in a cowboy hat walks up with a tape in his hand.)

Old Cowboy: Hey Thunder! Got sumthin here you need to take a look at.

Southern Thunder: What is it old timer.

Old Cowboy: Come on down here and I'll show you.

(The old cowboy walks over to a TV that is hanging on the wall and place the tape inside the TV/VCR combo.Thunder steps out of the ring and walks over to the old man.)

Southern Thunder: Come on now Hank you know I'm busy training for my match!

Old Man: I know Thunder but this right herre is a promo from that Iris feller! Thought you mite want to see it.

Souhern Thunder: Hand me that remote.

(Southern Thunder starts playing the tape. He watches the tape and then looks over at the old man as if he had something on his mind. Thunder rewinds the tape and starts it again but from about half way into the tape. While watching the tape Thunder looks over at the old man again.)

Southern Thunder: Is this some sick joke of yours old man?

Old Man: Nope.

(Thunder cuts the tape off and starts walking around in front of the old man.)

Southern Thunder: I can't believe this! (Thunder tries to talk like Iris) "I'm so Happy........I'm the happiest.........I'm ..I'm..(talks normal)I'm about to blow my brains out! I wish I had a camera crew here.

Old man: Yeah, knew you were gonna say tat so I call em before I came in herre.

(Just as the old man gets it out of his mouth in walks the camera crew and they start setting up right away.)

Cameraman: Where you want us at Thunder?......Hey Thunder, where do you want us to start at.

(Southern Thunder looks to be thinking hard then kind of laughs from under his mask. Southern Thunder looks back at the cameraman and tell him that they are fine there. Thunder walks over in front of the camera and they start the promo.)

Southern Thunder: Well right when the Storm makes landfall in the WFW he finds himself in a match at Pardise Lost. Now like always I have been training hard for this match and in walks my friend here with the first promo from my opponent,a man that calls himself Iris. Another new comer to WFW. Well now I can say I have seen it all in this sport! Now somehow, someway I have found myself in a match with the Mexican version of Howdy Doody! El Arco Iris, for the love of mankind please lay of the happy weed man! Say you want to shine a ray of sunshine my way? Son the only thing thats going to be shining in this match is the toe of my boot after I kick your happy tail all the way back to the funny farm your broke out of! Iris did your mother do drugs son? Maybe that explains it I don't know but boy this man right here in front of you is about to rain on your parade! Then you can take your smiling sunshine a&s home where you belong.This is a mans sport boy not some cheap five and dime circus.Listen here Iris, you want ole Thunder here to be happy.......well you got it! I will be happy to rid the WFW of their new company clown. You also said you live in Paradise, well Iris like the card says, This is Paradise Lost and for the sake of all that is good in wrestling, thats the best thing you can do too,........get lost. The storm is now here in WFW and nobody is going to be happy around here boy, nobody!

FTB

 

[Diablo]

[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jul-17-03 AT 02:39 PM (EST)](We fade to a black screen. After a few seconds of blackness, we are again bombarded by a series of colors rapidly flashing across the screen as “The Ketchup Song” by Las Ketchup begins playing. We fade into El Arco Iris, dressed in his mask, a tie-dyed rainbow tank top, and neon green cargo pants, standing in front of a rainbow backdrop. He is hanging his head and holding it in his hands, in a show of emotion.)

El Arco Iris: Even though El Arco Iris is usually so happy, today El Arco Iris is very, very sad. El Arco Iris thought that Señor Thunder was simply a sad, angry man, but it turns out that it is much, much worse than El Arco Iris had previously thought! Now he is contemplating suicide! And that makes El Arco Iris very sad…

(El Arco Iris bounds into a completely upright position, and we can see through his mask that he is smiling once again.)

El Arco Iris: But El Arco Iris is happy again because El Arco Iris knows that you can be helped! El Arco Iris will make sure instead of taking your own life, you shall live it to the fullest! You see, Señor Thunder, you are in this sad predicament because you have balled yourself up in a tiny sphere of anger and hatred, and all other bad things El Arco Iris cares nothing for! It seems to you feeling like…HAPPINESS…and…JOY…are incredibly foreign things to you, Señor Thunder! In fact, when you have encountered someone like El Arco Iris, who is always happy smiling sunshine fun, you are so dumbfounded, you ask if El Arco Iris is on drugs. To tell you the truth…El Arco Iris does have one secret drug that lets El Arco Iris be as happy as El Arco Iris is…El Arco Iris is high on life! El Arco Iris assures you, Señor Thunder, you would not be trying to take your own life if instead of talking about pain, and suffering, and thunderstorms, and all kinds of sad, angry thing, you can do things like go to the park…frolic in the sunshine-soaked meadows on the finest Sunday afternoon…play with a fuzzy puppy…El Arco Iris just loves puppies, and El Arco Iris is sure you would like one to! Just thinking about all these wonderful things you can do with your life makes El Arco Iris so happy! You could also do things like, read to children at a local school…wheel an elderly person through the sun-soaked meadows on the finest Sunday afternoon…you see Señor Thunder, life is not about just bad, sad things, and thunderstorms. If you break yourself out of that tiny ball of self-loathing, you can be always smiling sunshine HAPPY TIMES, like El Arco Iris!

(El Arco Iris raises his hand and points to the camera in a warning gesture.)

El Arco Iris: Even if you don’t, in the ring at Paradise Lost, El Arco Iris will gladly break it for you, even if El Arco Iris has to break your face, too. Either way, El Arco Iris shall surely put a SMIIIIILE on your face!

(Fade to Rainbow Gradient)


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"I blow your mind. You just blow."

 

[SouthernThunder]

(Out on a beautiful day in the park we find people from all walks of life enjoying the summer sunshine. Kids playing a nice game of touch football on one side, a young couple walking there dog on the other side and many older people just taking a stroll around one of the many sidewalks. Then the camera spot a man in a long black duster and cowboy hat sitting in the grass over on a near by hill. As the camera gets closer to the man it is clear the man is Southern Thunder. He looks up into the camera.)

Southern Thunder: Well, as you can see I took my friends advice and thought I would enjoy a day at the park. Mister happy man I got news for you. Everything is not as it seems. Let me show you what I mean. Turn your camera over to the old couple walking down the sidewalk over there.

(camera shows the old couple as a man runs up behind them and steals the old lady purse.)

Southern Thunder: See what I mean Iris. Nothing is as it seems. I sure she had they life’s saving in that purse. Oh well, live goes on. Now look over there at that couple laying in the grass talking.

(camera shows the couple fussing)

Southern Thunder: It seems our boy there as been doing his homework in some other girls home. I’m sure there is a lawyer nearby watering at the mouth over that. Now what about the young ones over there playing football. If you would have been here a little sooner you would have seen one of them being carried off in a ambulance. Seems like one of the other players shorted him on a dime bag.

(camera shows Thunder once more.)

Southern Thunder: See Iris, sadness is everywhere. Nobody can get away from it. Nobody but you that is. See you live in a fantasy world Iris, there is no paradise, not for long anyway. Greed will not let anything good last for very long. Nobody can hide from greed my friend. The world is too small. Now you talk about me as if I live in sadness, and anger. I feel no sadness my friend. Well maybe a little, because I know when it comes time to face you in the ring…….you’re going to be the one smiling no more. You are going to finally see,…..your paradise is lost. Gone forever! See Iris I’m like the millions of other people in this world. I too have greed. I know if I’m to ever move up in this federations it’s going to mean that I will have to go thru you in order to get there, and Iris, I will do that very thing. Hopefully one day you will come out of your little dream world and face the facts, nothing is perfect any more. There are those that have it, and those who are greedy enough to take it away! No you will not find me stealing purses or taking short cuts. No my greed is fueled by passion and by will power. I know what I can and will do to get what I want. So Iris, keep on dreaming,…….keep on living in your fantasy land and after this is all over. I think you will find reality from a different view point.

(A smile can be seen from inside Thunders mask)

Southern Thunder: Have a nice day my friend.

FTB

From the storm came Thunder, From the Thunder came fear. Where he came from.....nobody knows, but know this....he's near!