Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2008 19:21:06 GMT -6
Pyrotechnics explode all around the ramp in the Thomas & Mack Center - Las Vegas, Nevada as "The Pretender" by The Foo fighters blasts through the speakers, and the Brawl video segment plays on the Xtreme - Tron. Red fireworks descend down the ramp way and up into the rafters as the Nevada crowd go absolutely berserk! The camera scans through the crowd and makes its way to the announcers table.
Skippy: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a brand new era, right here on Monday Night Brawl!
Aiello: ……. again.
Skippy: Well yes, but don’t you worry yourself about that Aiello, because tonight’s show will be off the hook - and that’s a bonafide fact!
Aiello: Well I don’t know if we’ll actually be able to hold on to THIS set of GM’s, but I do know that the crowd here in Las Vegas are ready to be entertained!
Skippy: And everyone knows that we are the best in the world at entertaining!
With that, “Rebel Yell” by Billy Idol blares from the PA system, and out walks a tall and slim man with piercing blue eyes and dyed platinum blonde hair. He is wearing black trousers, and a tight black top. The crowd cheer, because they know that this man means business.
Skippy: Wow, it’s the newly appointed Co GM, Steven Xavier!
Aiello: Well why not! I mean, the GM’s on this show have always thought they run the damn place.
Skippy: Erm, but they do …
Aiello: Oh, you know what I mean!
Xavier is holding a mic, smiles, and then starts talking from the top of the ramp.
Xavier: First off - thanks for the applause, but I urge you to save your energy for the rest of the show, because I’m only here to tell you all that my priority here on Brawl is to make sure that the most important people get what they paid for - and yes, I’m talking about YOU - the great EWC Brawl fans!
No more will this show be plagued by bosses on an ego trip, trying to steal the limelight for themselves. No more will the guys and gals in the locker room run rampant and shoot their mouths as if they run things. Me and Sinbad run Monday Night Brawl - end of story. Me and Sinbad book the shows and decide who faces who and when - end of story. Me and Sinbad make sure that you get a kick ass show, week in and week out - end of story!
So, that’s about it from me. You’ve heard enough *bleep* from me, so let’s just get on with the show! Oh, and an aside, the following match has been made a Triple Threat match due to contract issues with Anton Slyu.”
With that, Mene Gene climbs into the ring and does what he does best.
Mene Gene: Ladies and gentlemen, the opening match tonight is a Triple Threat Match! Introducing first, standing at 6’2 and hailing from Juneau, Alaska …. THE ALASKAN ASSASSIN … MARK CARANO!!!!!!
Carano walks to the ring, looking like he means business. He bounces off the ropes a few times, and waits patiently for his opponents.
Mene Gene: Introducing the second participant in this match, Jino!
Jino sprints to the ring and charges straight at Carano before the bell even rings. Mene Gene gets out of the ring quickly, and the two men start brawling.
Skippy: Hm, Jino obviously doesn’t quite get the jist of what a Triple Threat Match is then.
Aiello: Well, in fairness, it’s a reasonably clever tactic. Get Carano out of the match and the concentrate on Jesse Hampton.
Carano starts gaining the upper hand and completely dominates Jino. He hits him with a devastating body slam, and then bounces off the ropes and hit’s a stiff leg drop.
Jesse Hampton slowly jogs to the ring, jumps on to the apron, leaps onto the top rope, bounces off and launches himself at Carano, only to get caught in mid air, and hit with a Triple Back Breaker.
Skippy: Carano is completely dominating this match … quite an impressive debut really!
The bell rings.
Aiello: About fricking time!
The crowd start cheering for Carano as he goes back to work on Jino. He picks him up, hits him with a few stiff elbows to his face, and then throws him over the top rope. He picks up Hampton, and hit’s the Alaskan Powerbomb, slap bang in the middle of the ring!
Aiello: Ring the bell, this one’s over!
The ref counts
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3 …!
Mene Gene: Your winner - MARK CARANO!
Mark Carano climbs the turnbuckles and the crowd cheer and applaud him. Both Jino and Hampton slowly get up, and make their way gingerly up the ramp.
Skippy: That’s why they call him the Alaskan Assassin!
Aiello: I thought it was because he assassinated Alaskans.
Skippy: And why the hell would he do that?
Aiello: Have you ever been to Alaska? It’s a fricking dump, so if he wants to go around assassinating Alaskans then more power to him!
Skippy: You are a fool, do you know that?
Aiello: Yep.
Skippy: ….
The lights in the arena go dark but the crowd is on its feet, cheering with excitement.
Mene Gene: Ladies and gentlemen...
Already knowing, the crowd is chanting his name. They're cheering for their hero, when the entire arena is illuminated by big white letters on a black background. The word "HARD" grows from nothing into a being that fills the entire screen. Behind it a quick flash of pornography blurs as a moan is heard throughout the building. The screen goes black again and the crowd goes rabid with anticipation. And again from nothing, growing into a monster of a word, "CORE" brightens the building. Some band is thrashing on a stage behind the word as the voice of the vocalist screams the word before the screen goes black. This happens a few more times, faster than the time before until the two words become one, the screams and the moans are in unison and there's a figure in the dark on the stage.
Mene Gene: Please rise for your Hardcore Champion....
Ballistic isn't even the word that could do this crowd justice. "HARDCORE" remains on the EWCTron as a single spotlight shines through the stage area. Behind it we see the sihlouette of Sean "The Man" Ferguson watching as the arena shakes at its very foundation. "Tranquilize" by The Killers featuring Lou Reed begins and a small flame ignites the tip of Ferguson's cigarette as he steps into the spotlight. Beyond anyone's belief, this sends the EWC fans further into mass hysteria when Sean pulls the cigarette away and unleashes an unholy cloud of smoke.
Brandon Flowers and Lou Reed begin exchanging lines of lyrics like rivals behind the microphone and Sean starts down the ramp, hitting the cigarette hard. The spotlight remains shining through the stage area as he climbs up the side of the ring and looks back to where he once was. The Hardcore Champion flicks the cigarette away and slips through the ropes as his new entrance music continues. A stagehand tosses him a microphone as he climbs up on a turnbuckle and sits on the top. He watches the canvas as his intro goes on until the very end. The lights let up with the exception of the stage area, remaining dark with the solitary spotlight shinning through.
Sean: Las Vegas, NeVADA!
The crowd cries out as Sean continues watching the ring. He looks thoughtfully somber as he continues.
Sean: A few weeks ago I was out here in a battle that will be remembered until the end of time. No one will be able to think of The Man they call Ferguson without thinking about the other night, the night that I climbed the EWCTron. The night that I once again became Hardcore Champion, the night that my ex-wife once again interfered with my life. If you paid close enough attention to some of my promos over the past couple of months, you probably would have caught a few glimpses of her. We were spending some time together, trying to work things out until the other night…happened. Until I found out that Saul Weisz, and she, and…he…were all in business with each other, to unleash an unholy alliance hellbent on cleansing EWC of the likes of people with true talent, true drive, a real sense of what professional wrestling should be. How things work out here and backstage. They wanted things their way, and if not, well then, goddammit, “we’ll do whatever we like to get rid of you!”
Sean looks up at the top of the EWCTron and shakes his head solemnly.
Sean: I’m not going to come out here and pretend like I don’t somehow feel responsible. I can’t, no, I won’t come out here and talk to you like I didn’t have some sort of hand in the tragedy…and it is a tragedy. Even though his mind, his ideas were in the wrong place, his attitude sucked, he was talented. No one can deny how talented he was, but no one can deny that despite the kind of person that he was, that he didn’t deserve what happened. To watch the ground rushing up at you like that, waiting for it all to come crashing up at you…
Sean looks up at the entrance as the crowd starts to purr with anticipation. Sinbad has parted the curtains and has started walking down toward the ring. Sean takes a few steps allowing Sinbad the room to enter the ring. The crowd titters with excitement as the two men address each other with their eyes.
Sinbad: I thought I made it clear before the show that we weren’t going to acknowledge any of what happened the other night.
Sean: And I thought I made it clear, that anyone in a suit is to be regarded as merely a public relations goon, a mouthpiece, to simply be heard, and ever-so quickly forgotten. You’re simply here to make sure things run smoothly, NOT to run anything. WE run this shit!
Sinbad: See now Sean, that’s where we both differ and agree in opinion. We differ in that I’m just some guy that talks and talks, and that you run things. But where we agree is that this…Brawl…is shit.
Sean goes to start talking until he realizes Sinbad just called Brawl a shit show. His hand drops to his side and he walks up and gets in Sinbad’s face. Sinbad doesn’t stutter or let up one bit.
Sinbad: Brawl has so much potential, you…you have so much potential, but its crap like coming out here and whining like some little girl about how your ex whipped your ass, how that other guy dropped like a rock, how the last General Manager failed in everything that he did…all of the complaining that has turned Brawl into a show full of girls. For the love of God, take your nonsense and go to Doctor Phil!
Sean’s eyebrow slowly rises as he nods, goading Sinbad to keep on talking.
Sinbad: From here on out, I will run Brawl the way that I want. I was hired to take this show over and once again make it the show that it should be. Eons above Rampage, not the gunk on Rampage’s shoe that it is now.
Sean starts to tip his head from side to side, cracking his neck. He takes a step back and swings, trying to slam his microphone in Sinbad’s head.
Sinbad: --to make you p***y champions responsible for the belts that you carry, to actually bring pride back to that very belt that you carry right there!
Sean stops before he hits Sinbad. He’s in shock, everything has gone slack in his body, as if Sinbad reached into the very core of his being and chewed Sean’s soul apart. Sinbad pretends to look sympathetic as he steps back up into Sean’s face.
Sinbad: Aww, what’s the matter there, big guy? Did I hurt your feelings? Did I bruise your ego? Well listen and listen good, maggot. You are the Hardcore Champion of EWC’s Monday Night Brawl. Wash off the rouge Sally, grab yourself like you’ve got a set, and try to remember way back when to what it was like to be a champion for the first time. The war you had to battle every week to stay a champion, the turmoil, and eventually the heartache when you lost your belt. I want you to remember all of that one last time, because from here on out, all of that will mean nothing. I’m turning the volume up to eleven on this show, and if you aren’t going to be a solution…not that you’ve proven to anyone that you know what “solution” means, then I highly recommend you find Saint’s phone number and start giving him head over the phone.
Sean: I am a two time Hardcore and International Champion. I was a part of one of the best tag team champions the world has ever known. I’ve been in this business for a very long time, and for that length of time have been in the top rankings for more than 90% of my career. I provide results time and again, with the consistency of the second hand on a watch. And if you, or anyone in the back has a problem with me or my career, then I recommend you take your microphone…
Sean presses the microphone up to Sinbad’s mouth.
Sean: Start talking about a challenge…
Sean points at the stage area.
Sean: Or YOU can fucking WALK!
Sinbad nods at this and turns to leave. Before he climbs through the ropes, Sean wails him in the face with the Hardcore Belt. Sinbad collapses to the apron and Sean hops out of the ring. He leans over Sinbad and starts yelling in his face.
Sean: Welcome to Brawl! And welcome to the long line of management that I’ve erased time and again!
Sean turns to walk up the aisle with his belt raised over his head. The crowd cheers and the show fades to commercial.
Skippy: OH MY GOD - HE JUST ATTACKED OUT GENERAL MANAGER!
Aiello: Ferg is in the shit now ...
Skippy: What the hell will happen now?
Aiello: Who cares? Next up is Hysteria Vs Noah Rodgers, and that will be happening right after this commercial break!
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Brawl comes back on air and a video clip showing Carano winning his match is shown.
Skippy: Welcome back.
Aiello: So, what’s the deal with Noah Rodgers? I mean, he was a member on Team Brawl at the Memphis Reigns Supershow, and now he’s lingering at the bottom of the card this week. What’s that all about?
Skippy: Well, many people thought that he didn’t deserve to be there in the first place, but in fairness, Rodgers has shown great integrity in his response. Here are a few words he had to say to Sindy Venus - the newest member on our Monday Night Brawl interviewing team.
The Xtreme Tron shows Noah Rodgers dressed ready for battle and being interviewed by a short, slim and attractive brunette woman.
Sindy: So Noah, what are your reactions to some of the comments that have been said about you during the last week or so?
Noah: Well Sindy … I can call you Sindy can’t I?
Sindy: Erm, yes … I mean that is my name.
Noah: Wow, what a coincidence - I actually had no idea who the hell you were, and just threw a random name out there - but hey, it must be fate right?
Sindy smiles.
Sindy: I guess so.
Noah: Of course it is! Anyway, now I know there’s been a lot of stuff said about me as of late, and blah, blah, blah, but really - the guys have just got to learn to chill the hell out!
I am what I am, and I actually enjoy going with the flow and rolling with the punches. What happened last week can stay in last week, because tonight I go out there and prove to the World that I am a genuine contender here on Brawl, and that people better start remembering the name Noah Rodgers!”
He kisses Sindy on the hand, winks at the screen, and heads toward the ring area.
"Before I Forget" by Slipknot blasts from the in house PA system, and Noah Rodgers stands at the top of the entrance ramp. He lifts both his fists into the air and brings them quickly down to his sides as the pyro goes off. He then makes his way to the ring. The crowd give a few cheers as he slaps the hands of his fans before entering the ring.
Mene Gene: And his opponent, hailing from Pennsylvania ... HYSTERIA!!!!
"Roar" from Cloverfield begins to sound as the arenas lights dim, As the orchestra strengthens, The lights flicker red, purple and green. An illusion fills the ramp of a man reaching out to the world. Suddenly a man with face painting appears from behind the curtains. A messed up smile is painted on his face. He walks to the ring with no disregard for any of the crowd as they look in awe. He slides into the ring and starts eying up Rodgers. Rodgers smirks, slaps his arms, and gets ready for the bell.
The match starts. Hysteria goes after Noah but gets taken down with a hip-toss. He jumps up, runs at Noah again, but gets dropped with another hip toss. After getting frustrated, he thumbs the eye of Noah, and starts raining in some shots. Noah fights out of it, pushes him off into the ropes and hits a back body drop.
Skippy: Rodgers looking pretty impressive here.
Aiello: Well he's promised he's changed, so we'll just have to see.
Noah, feeling it now, hits Hysteria with a scoop slam. Hysteria pops up, but falls to another scoop slam. Noah goes to the top rope, he dives off for a big splash, but hysteria moves. Noah crashes and burns, but begins climbing to his feet, only to nearly get cut in half by a brutal spear by Hysteria. Hysteria tries to pin but doesn’t even get a count. He pulls Noah to his feet and sends him into the ropes Noah ducks on the exchange, and hits a back elbow, sending Hysteria to the mat. He begins measuring Hysteria. He picks him up, and drops him with the Colour Crush. He goes for a pin.
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Mene Gene: Your winner ... Noah Rodgers!
Skippy: A dominating display from Rodgers there!
Aiello: Hopefully this is a sign of things to come from a guy that's full of potential.
Noah Celebrates as Brawl goes to a commercial.
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