(Fade In: The closing credits of Gilligan's Island. It was one of the early episodes, back when they 'almost' got off the island SEVERAL times a shot. CUT TO: The U-62 Logo.....)

(V/O): You are watching U-62 Television. "National Geographic" will not be seen tonight, but will return tomorrow in its usually scheduled time. We are pleased to bring you a special presentation from CS Enterprises Productions.

(Fade to black...)

(All this is heard, not seen. The end of the sentence overlaps with the beginning of the next one.....)

(CUT TO: The Closed- Circuit Television studio adjoined to the Merritt Auditorium. Down "on the floor" sit the CSWA wrestlers, managers, executives, and staff. In the stadium seating, are 8,000 SUPERFANS of the CSWA. CUT TO: The stage, looking eerily like the Acadamy Awards or the Grammy Awards... with one exception: the Elvis Impersonator standing on stage.....)

ELVIS: Now, ladies and gents... don't be cruel to your host of the night, CSWA Vice- Commisioner MARK VIZZACHERO!

(Vizz comes out wearing a black CSWA Tuxedo, carrying a microphone. HUGE fan pop for the man who helped save the CSWA back in November. (OORP: *laugh*))

VIZZ: Welcome, everyone, to the 1998-1999 CSWA Awards Ceremony! This ain’t your mama’s awards ceremony folks. It takes a lot to be a success here, and it's not just a matter of winning a title. When your T-Shirts have single-handedly brought millions to the CSWA, or when a skinny Baltimore regional star is voted the "Hottest Talent in the CSWA since Mike Randalls..." When everyone in the arena calls out "Faith is the EVIDENCE," or when signs make a reference to "The Awakening," you know you're doing something right. And it's not an easy road that these men follow. It's blocked by insane midgets, by an entire family feud, by former members, by POOP... and that's just MY job.

(Everyone laughs)

For the past four weeks, wrestlers and fans alike have been voting for their favorites. Voting for those people who have GONE the extra mile to make the CSWA just a little bit better. Just a little bit more memorable. And to you rookies, you CSWA superstars who haven't hit your prime yet... keep an eye on the men and women we honor here today, because next year, I expect to see some of you up here.

(HUGE pop from the crowd...)

PRESENTING THE FIRST AWARD... She's a seductive sex- demon type, and he's the CSWA's newest FATHER-TO-BE! Please welcome, "The Dark Angel" Silky Rose, and "ICEMAN" Steve Radder!

(CUE UP: "Bulls on Parade" - Rage Against the Machine. Radder comes out wearing a dark suit with a bow tie, and sequins spelling out "ICEMAN" on the back. Rose is wearing a very tasteful outfit - surprise, surprise - in a full length red dress with rhinestones all over it. Her hair is even its natural dark brown... HUGE pop for these two...)

ROSE: How's the scars?

RADDER: Which ones?

ROSE: The ones I gave you.

RADDER: Gotta be a little more specific. I need an EVENT.

ROSE: Funny you should mention that... we're presenting the award for EVENT of the YEAR... ****, who wrote this stuff?

(Radder breaks out in HORRIFIC laughter.....)

RADDER: Don't ask... just read the nominees.

ROSE: Yes, sir. The nominees for EVENT of the YEAR are... ANNIVERSARY '98: Titanic- Sink or Swim!

(CUT TO: The video wall, with a scene from CSWA ANNIVERSARY 1998: Titanic - Sink or Swim, April 12, 1998)

BB: One final roll by Hornet, and now he's got the figure four reversed! It's GUNS turn to feel the pressure...but the move isn't hooked in well now...and it's broken up. Hornet is up to his feet first, quickly followed by GUNS...Hornet comes off the ropes, leapfrogs GUNS, comes back across....CAUGHT by GUNS and there's a big powerslam!!! GUNS hooks the leg,but Hornet kicks out before the one count. GUNS isn't done though.. he sets the former CSWA World Champ up and puts him down with a piledriver!!! Inside cradle! ONE.....................TWO...........NO!!! Again, Hornet kicks out!

SB: Put him away!

BB: Sammy's legendary sense of impartiality comes through again. GUNS with an oklahoma roll to cover! ONE................TWO.............NO!! Both men to their feet....they lock up...belly to belly suplex by Hornet! I don't have any idea where these two are getting these second winds from!

SB: I think they're both on about their fifth winds...

BB: Hornet pulls GUNS up and whips him into the corner....

SB: Here we go again...

BB: HORNET SPLASH!!! Hornet pulls GUNS out of the corner and sends him across again! He's going to do it again! HORNET SPLASH!!! Deja vu all over again! Is Hornet making the same mistake that put him out of the CSWA for nine months??? No! He pulls GUNS out of the corner and hooks the leg! ONE..............NO! GUNS kicks out! Hornet hooks the inside cradle! ONE...............TWO............ THREE!!!!!! NO!!! Worthington's hand was about two inches from the mat, he's gesturing that it was only a two-count. Hornet pulls GUNS to his feet and sends him into the ropes, but GUNS ducks a clothesline. Both men are standing toe-to-toe in the ring, and they're hauling away at each other! We're over sixty minutes, and they're still going at it!

TM: Apparently Troy Windham thinks an hour is long enough, because he's coming down the aisle!!!

SB: And I hate to say it...but some guy in a trenchcoat is coming down the other side... and we know who was in that trenchcoat earlier!!!

BB: Inside the ring, Hornet sends GUNS into the ropes again...but Troy Windham trips GUNS up and pulls him outside the ring! Troy Windham is all over GUNS, and Hornet and Ben Worthington are just staring at each other!!! Windham throws GUNS into the railing, and now suplexes him onto the concrete. Troy's setting GUNS up for something....but before he can do anything else...Hornet WITH A PLANCHA!!! He just caught Windham and slammed him into the guardrail with a suicide dive!!!! Windham is down, and now both Hornet and GUNS are on their feet. They appear to be jawing back and forth....but not for long...now MARK WINDHAM NAILS HORNET IN THE BACK WITH A CHAIR!!!

TM: He came out of nowhere with that one! One second he was coming down the aisle, then we lost track of him!!!

BB: Mark is going after Hornet with that chair again....but before he can, GUNS levels him with a clothesline!!! Hornet's on his feet...and again we've got some kind of staredown between GUNS and Hornet!!! They say something to each other...and now they've taken after the Windhams!!! GUNS is all over Troy....Hornet's all over Mark, and we've got a pier six brawl on the outside!!! Hornet has the chair and is using it on Mark. GUNS drops Troy with a DDT, and now he's got the crossface hooked in!!! Mark's on his feet, the chair has been thrown in the ring, and Hornet and Mark are throwing punches like they're candy!! Fans, I don't know what's going on.....I don't know if the Windhams planned this...I don't know why Mark is attacking Hornet...I don't even know if the match is over! All I know is that earlier in the night, Troy Windham maced Mark....Hornet and GUNS despised each other....and now it looks like everything's been turned on its head! I have gotten word from Rhubarb Jones that the third fall has been ruled a no-contest... which means that the match ends in a draw one fall a piece....and that the CSWA World Title is still vacant.

RADDER(V/O): FISH FUND XII: Fire It Up!

(CUT TO: Finals of the CSWA World Title Tournament, Eddy Love vs. Billy Starr.....)

BUCKLEY: There's another tie-up...this time Starr maneuvers Love into an armbar, then sends him up and down with a Death Valley atomic drop! Starr gets stunned and goes chest-first into the ropes....Love follows him in...belly to back suplex! Now Love hooks in a step-over-toe hold!!! Starr is stuck...but he's quickly fighting to try and power out of the move. He gets one leg free before Love can truly get it cinched in. But Love lets loose and pulls Starr to his feet. He hooks the arm.....and puts Starr up in a vertical suplex....he slingshots Starr off the top rope and onto the mat hard! Melissa yells encouragement from the outside as Love quickly hooks the leg! ONE...........quick kick-out by Starr....and now it's Starr turn to roll out and take a breather.

PARSONS: Love got a string together....but it'll be interesting to see if he can capitalize on it.

BUCKLEY: Teri Melton quickly steps over, but Starr steps away from her and rolls back in the ring. Love grabs hold of Starr and pulls him to hs feet....snap suplex. Love hooks the leg! ONE........TWO....no! Starr kicks out easily...and gets back to his feet. He's getting a second wind here. He fires away with a right hand to Love's midsection, then hooks the head....vertical suplex! Love goes down, and Starr bounces off the ropes...and comes down hard with an elbow.

PARSONS: Love has got to weather this storm or he's in massive trouble here.

BUCKLEY: Starr quickly hooks in the STF!!!! This could be it! But Love quickly has the presence of mind to grab the bottom rope.

PARSONS: Having Sweet Melissa in front of him yelling "Grab the rope!" may have helped.

BUCKLEY: Look at Starr's face....he does NOT want to break this hold, not when he's so close...but he does.

PARSONS: Would he have done it were it not a fellow CORP member in that ring?

BUCKLEY: Starr pulls Love to his feet....FLAPJACK! He hooks the leg! ONE............TWO.........no! AGAIN, Love kicks out!

PARSONS: Starr looks frustrated...but he keeps going.

BUCKLEY: He pulls Love to his feet and looks toward the audience as if saying 'one more time.' Starr whips Love HARD into the far turnbuckle, and follows in with an elbow to the chest...forcing all the wind out of Love's sails!

PARSONS: Now what's he doing?

BUCKLEY: Starr is sitting Love backwards on the turnbuckle....he's going for the finale right here! Starr gets his arms under Starr...setting him up for a powerbomb from the top!

PARSONS: But Eddy Love is fighting it! He may have found just the right time for his second wind!

BUCKLEY: Indeed, Love has one foot hooked under the turnbuckle! Love pulls...and pulls again..... POWERBOMB! BUT EDDY LOVE HOOKED THE HEAD OF STARR! DDT!!! I don't know that I've ever seen anything like that! Both men are down!

PARSONS: Sweet Melissa is *screaming* for Love to roll over for the cover!

BUCKLEY: And he does just that, laying his arm across the chest of Starr! Worthington goes down for the count .....ONE.............................TWO............................................THREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! Eddy Love has done it!

JONES: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner and new CSWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, "Hurricane" EDDY LOVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEE!!!!!!

ROSE(V/O): ELVIS LIVES XI:  One More Time!

(CUT TO: Vizzack/Love from ELXI.....)

BB: Don't even think it! Referee Ben Worthington is asking for a response from Vizzack. He doesn't get one, and raises the arm. He lets it drop...and it does. Vizzack could be out in this one. Worthington raises the arm a second time...and it drops again. Look at Love....he can taste it...and he can also see what's going on outside as Hornet tries to stave off Radder.

RD: What is Radder trying to do? Love has the match won.

BB: Worthington raises the arm a third time....and it drops....NO, Vizzack pumps in the air for just a moment!!! Love can't believe it! He lets up on the sleeper and drops an elbow. He goes for the pin! ONE........ TWO...............NO!!!!! VIZZACK KICKS OUT!!! He seems to be responding as Sunshine yells encouragement to him. He got his friend back tonight...and he's not going to let Love be done with him so easily in his quest for the title!!!! Love comes off the ropes and nails Vizzack with another elbow. Grapevine cover. ONE............. TWO............NO!!! VIZZACK kicks out again!!! He's trying to get to one knee. Elbow to the back by Love!!! But Vizzack keeps coming. Boot to the midsection....but Vizzack's up on two knees Another boot to the middle....NO....Vizzack catches the boot again!!! Insiguri.....NO, Vizzack ducks the roundhouse and pushes Love towards the ropes!!!! Vizzack to his feet....he ducks the clothesline attempt....Love comes back across..........DROPKICK!!! Mark Vizzack is back on his feet after that amazing dropkick. He catches Love as he gets up.....BULLDOG!!!! Love hits the mat, and Vizzack is up again!!! Outside the ring, Radder pushes Hornet off his feete, but Ivy helps him up, and Ivy and Hornet begin to take the advantage as well using that cane and crutch!!!!

RD: This is amazing! This crowd is on its feet!

BB: Love tries to fend out the fists of fury by Vizzack, but the challenger irish whips the champion into the ropes....SWINGING NECKBREAKER!!!!! He covers!!! ONE................TWO.............NO!!!!!!! EDDY LOVE kicks out! The champion is fighting with everything he's got. He locks up with Vizz and forces him towards the corner....but Vizz scales the ropes and comes down with a tornado DDT!!! Cover! ONE............ TWO...................NO!!!! Love kicks out again. Vizzack goes up the ropes.....VIZZ SPLASH!!!!! He knocks Love flat. He comes off the ropes with a flip flop and hooks the leg in a small package!

RD: WHAT IS KEVIN POWERS DOING?

BB: ONE...............................TWO........................NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EDDY LOVE KICKS OUT AGAIN!!! But he's out of breath on the mat and can't get to his feet. Vizzack is headed up top!!!! I think he's going to try a moonsault! WHAT RICHARD????

RD: Kevin Powers climbed out from under the ring, and he and Sweet Melissa are doing something.

BB: Get a camera around there!!!!! Sunshine is still cheering for Vizzack....Radder and the rest are slowly moving up the aisle. The Radder thing is a setup!!!! (camera angle changes) Powers and Melissa are starting up a.....a GENERATOR?????

RD: Get it, Buckley? Electricity....cage....SURVE Y SAYS VIZZACK GETS BLOWN TO KINGDOM COME!!!!

BB: Shades of Hornet and Mike Randalls!!! They've got that thing started up...and Powers is getting ready to attach jumper cables to the cage!!! Vizzack will be electrocuted! But Sunshine sees what's going on!!! She yells to Vizzack.....Powers attaches the cables!!!!! MOONSAULT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VIZZACK HITS LOVE.......I'm not sure if he got hit with the juice from that generator or not!!! ONE................. TWO................................. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! LOVE KICKS OUT!!! LOVE KICKS OUT!!!!!!!

RD: And Vizzack is getting to his feet, I think they missed him...or at least didn't get him all the way!

BB: Love grabs hold of Vizzack and tries to irish whip him into the ropes....NO, reversal.....Love hits the ropes......VIZZACK catapults him toward the cage!!!!! Love catches himself on the ropes, but one arm hit that electrified cage!!!! On the outside, Radder has bailed....and now Hornet and Ivy see what's going on!!!!! That arm must be buzzing for Love as he tries to shake it out........VIZZACK with a kick to the midsection, stunning Love!!!! He goes into the ropes.....and jumps back.....DAREDEVIL FLYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE CAUGHT HIM! HE CAUGHT HIM!!!!!!! ONE...................................................TWO................................................................................ THREEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RD: SURVEY SAYS NEW CSWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!!!!

RADDER(V/O): BATTLE OF THE BELTS XVI: Personal Business!

(CUT TO: Powers of Love vs. Lunar Express for UNIFIED Tag Team Titles)

SB: C'mon, Eddy!

BB: Love trying to get out of the hold....HE DOES, WITH A HIP-TOSS! Love charges, and gets a KNEE TO THE CHEST! Stan sends Love off the ropes, HE HITS THE SPINEBUSTER! That could be it! Stan with a cover, 1.........2..........BROKEN UP BY Powers, and I MEAN, BROKEN UP!

SB: He grabbed Stan by his hair and HEAVED him off!

BB: Stan thought about charging Powers from behind, but realized it wasn't a very good idea! Stan makes the tag back to Grant, and he holds up Love as Galactic climbs to the second rope....DROPPING AN ELBOW ACROSS THE HEAD OF Eddy! Grant with a cover, 1..........2.................FOOT ON THE ROPES, and I think Melissa put it there! Bradley is trying to tell Worthington!

SB: Like I said before....SO WHAT? If the ref didn't see it, let it go....everyone's so damn whiny here!

BB: You should know, being the CSWA expert on the topic. Grant setting up Love....SUPLEX POSITION....HERE COMES STAN....BRAINBUSTER....NO! Powers IN THE RING, AND HE SENDS EVERYONE FLYING!

SB: He just sent THREE men down! Stan, Grant, and his own partner!

BB: Powers being ORDERED back to the corner, and Stan....look at this, he's rolling Grant on top of Love, Worthington turns around, counts, 1..............2...............3! NO! Love KICKS OUT! That little piece of treachery ALMOST paid off! Grant collecting himself, he SLAMS Love down to the canvas, off the ropes with an ELBOWDROP....NO, HE MISSES!

SB: He CAN'T let Love make the tag, or you can FORGET about it!

BB: Love reaching....reaching.....can he, YES! HERE COMES Powers! Stan was gonna attack, but he's backing up now....Powers RUNS HIM OVER! Grant on the back of Powers, and he SNAPMARES him down to the canvas! OH NO! Powers INADVERTANTLY knocked over Ben Worthington when he threw down Grant! Both members of LE are down, and now, Powers is trying to revive the ref!

SB: Obviously, what God gave him in size doesn't match what God gave him in the way of brains....

BB: Stellar back to his feet, he taps Powers on the shoulder, HE HIT THE DDT! Powers is DOWN, and he's OUT! Galactic Grant and Powers are the legal men, and the ref is OUT! Love still on the apron, and he's collecting himself....

SB: EDDY! EDDY!

BB: Love hits the ring! He's all over Grant! Stan comes in to double team him but Powers grabs his ankle! POWERS IS UP!

SB: Here we go... and Worthington is moving!

BB: Love sets Grant up... Powers sets Stan up.... HURRICANE PILEDRIVER! KISS THE CANVAS! We've got a double pin here!

SB: Get up, Worthington, GET UP!

BB: He sees it... and he gets into position! 1................2.................3! 3! WE'VE GOT NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!

SB: PLR IS ALL GOLDEN, BABY! YEAH!

ROSE(V/O): REMEMBERING TIMMY!

(CUT TO: Eddy Love/Masked Love vs. Mark Vizzack/Billy Starr)

SP: Too late, here comes the Daredevil!

BB: Dropkick to Eddy Love! Love staggers, but doesn't go down! Another dropkick... LOVE backed up! Eddy Love took a backstep and all Vizzack hits is the canvas! Love doesn't waste a SECOND as he hooks in a Boston Crab! Vizzack is in a lot of pain, Stan!

SP: This is completely in Love's favor.... He takes a breather, making Vizzack carry his weight, and at the same time causes considerable damage to Vizzack's back AND legs! Worthington is in there, but Vizzack doesn't want to give in! Let's catch what they're saying on the ring mike!

WORTHINGTON: Vizzack, you wanna give in?

VIZZACK: NO!

LOVE: Give it up, you worm! I told you you 're not a match for Hurricane Season, so give it up before I end your career! SAY IT!

VIZZACK: ...............NEVER! You'll have to snap my spine before I give you that satisfaction!

WORTHINGTON: Vizzack, do you want to give?

VIZZACK: I.......SAID.........NO!

LOVE: C'mon, Vizzwhack, when I break your back and end your career, who's gonna protect Sunshine?

VIZZACK: Love.... prepare to be handed your lungs.....

BB: WHAT IS VIZZACK DOING? It looks like he's trying to raise his body off the ground.... He's trying to power out!

SP: Powering out of the Boston Crab does more damage then the Crab itself.... this may be a mistake.

BB: Mistake or not, Vizzack has done it! He's pushed Love off his back and into the ropes! Vizzack back to his feet, but he's limping, Stan! He has to tag out!

SP: But Starr is still not looking! Vizzack grabs his shoulder and turns him around, and THEY ARE YELLING

AT EACH OTHER!!!! Bill, this is bad for their team! They can't win this match if they're not a unit!

BB: Vizzack looks like he's sick of this! He just shoved Starr! STARR WITH A RIGHT HAND!!!! STARR KNOCKED VIZZACK WITH A RIGHT HAND! And Vizzack fires back! He's had enough!!!

(HUGE FAN POP)

SP: Apparently he's not the only one... look who's heading toward the ring!!!

(CUT TO: The aisle. Hornet is coming toward the ring, wearing a cast on his leg and sporting two metal crutches. He's wearing no face paint, and sports a modified "Eddy Love" shirt that reads "Legend KILLA KILLER")

BB: The fans are going CRAZY! Hornet has made his return to a CSWA arena! In the ring, none of the participants have noticed yet! Starr with another right hand sends Vizzack backwards into Eddy Love's waiting arms... HURRICANE PILEDRIVER!!! The cover, 1...........2.............. LOVE SEES HORNET! LOVE SEES HORNET! He breaks the count himself and leaves the ring! HORNET AND LOVE ARE SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER! Melissa calls for Love to return to the ring and he does so, but he tags out to Masked Love and returns to argue with Hornet!

SP: This is a mistake.... Where do Starr's loyalties lie?

BB: It's pretty obvious where they DON'T lie.... with Mark Vizzack! Vizzack is still down and out, and Masked Love is dropping elbows! The cover, 1..........2...........NO! Vizzack isn't out of it yet! Masked Love picks him up, over the shoulder....... He runs Vizzack into the turnbuckle, BUT VIZZACK SLIDES DOWN MASKED LOVE'S BACK! Masked Love hits the turnbuckle, a roll up by Vizzack, 1...............2.........NO! Vizzack picks Masked Love up.... whips him across the ring... is he setting him up for what I think?

SP: Vizzack gets a running start..... HORNET SPLASH! Vizzack hit the Masked Love with the Hornet Splash! Speaking of which, Hornet is now THREATENING Love with that crutch! What's Vizzack doing? He's got Masked Love by the head! HE'S PULLING THAT MASK OFF! HE'S PULLING THE MASK OFF..... It's... It's.....

BB: IT'S STEVE RADDER! STEVE RADDER WAS UNDER THE MASK! VIZZACK IS FURIOUS!

BB: Vizzack with a fist to the midsection.... off the ropes.... DAREDEVIL FLYER!!!!! HE HIT IT! IT'S OVER!!!!!!! NO! Eddy Love turned around and sees what happened1 The cover, 1.................2................NO! Eddy Love broke up the pinfall attempt! Worthington telling Love to get out of the ring, HERE COMES HORNET!

SP: Hornet hobbles up the ring steps.... HE BRINGS THAT STEEL CRUTCH DOWN ON EDDY LOVE'S HEAD!!!!! Worthington calls for the bell and this one is going to be a no contest! Radder is climbing back to his feet... HE FIRES A FIST AT HORNET! Hornet hits the floor! Sunshine rushes to see how he is.... but the Iceman now has Vizzack by the arms.... LOVE with a crutch! VIZZACK DUCKED! LOVE HIT RADDER! And now, once again, Eddy Love and Mark Vizzack are standing face to face!

BB: Not for long though... HERE COMES KEVIN POWERS! Powers is taped up from his match with Flair.... and he's trying to get a word with Starr, who has been standing around just watching this unfold! They have a few words.... wait... There's a commotion in the crowd..... what's happening?

SP: I'll tell you what's happening, that's Eli Flair, and he's holding that Singapore Cane that beat Ivy down earlier! He approaches Powers' blindside.... CANE TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD! Powers goes down, and now it's Flair taking on Love and Radder! Billy Starr is still just watching, but Mark Vizzack begins to stir! He grabs Love from behind! Love is whipped into the ropes.... HORNET WITH A CRUTCH TO THE BACK! LOVE GOES DOWN HARD!

(CUT TO: Radder and Rose at the podium, holding the envelope...)

ROSE: And the winner, of EVENT OF THE YEAR... is......

(Radder opens it up.....)

RADDER: FISH FUND XII: Fire It Up!

(HUGE Fan Pop)

ROSE: Accepting for the event, is CSWA Co-Commisioner and Co-Owner, Chad Merritt!

(Merritt rises from his seat and approaches the podium. Silky Rose hands him the statuette, and gives him a kiss on the cheek. A handshake from Radder, and he's prepared to talk.....)

CM:  I want to thank you all for being here tonight...it's been a privilege to stand before all of you for the past eleven years in this very arena...the same spot where a tattered warehouse once stood.  As you all know, we put everything we have into every event that the CSWA name goes on.  And that is most certainly true of FISH FUND XII.  While ANNIVERSARY 1998 was very special to us for a number of reasons that you're all aware of, you may not be aware that FF12 was even more so.  It marked the first major event that we attempted to pull off since the previous mega-event, FISH FUND XI.  We did so with an almost totally brand-new roster of wrestlers, new staff, and with a new direction.  And it went off without a hitch....well, there was that explosion thing. (laughs...camera pans to Hornet, smiling)   Steve and I are amazed every day at the commitment from all of you who work for the CSWA, as well as from all the fans.  We have to thank all of you, most especially people like Vice-Commissioner Mark Vizzachero and Vice President Steve Radder, who have gone above and beyond the call of duty....of course you all know that, if only because they haven't been pooped yet.  (crowd laughs)  Thank you for that commitment...and don't use my vacation as an excuse to slack off! (laughs)   Thanks again to all of you for you support...and we look forward to wow-ing you with even more beginning with ANNIVERSARY 1999!

(CUT TO: Vice-Commisioner Vizzachero, off to the side...)

MV: Now we know why Merritt is on vacation.

(The fans laugh)

Presenting the next award are two of the people who don't get into the ring, at least, not on a daily basis. Managers in their own right, they've laughed, they've cried, they've had water balloon fights... Please welcome Sunshine Del Payne and SWEET Melissa!

(CUE UP: "The Trick is to Keep Breathing" - Garbage. Melissa and Sunshine both come out wearing sequined dresses, with large smiles on their faces. Sunshine is noticeably a step behind Melissa, giving her the spotlight...)

SM: The CSWA thrives on surprise. Whether Mike Randalls is America's Team's surprise fifth member, whether Mark Windham is sane or not, whether GUNS can send an opponent past the third row... It's all the bread and butter of the CSWA.

SDP: The nominees for this year's SURPRISE of the YEAR award are all up to the task of becoming the next class of irreplaceable memories that the CSWA has brought us. They are, Eli Flair's knee injury....

(CUT TO: Footage from PRIMETIME in Lincoln, 2/18/99)

SP: This is bad. Very bad for Flair.

BB: Flair doesn't see them... He's got his eye on the belt! Two more steps and he'll be able to reach. NEMESIS SHAKES THE LADDER! ELI CAN'T HOLD ON! OH MY GOD! Eli falls a good six feet, onto the Barbed Wire and the ringpost! Flair is GASHED on his chest and side!

SP: I don't believe it... STILL he gets up?

BB: Nemesis folds up the ladder and CRACKS it across Eli's back! Now he sets it up... he's climbing! STILL, Eli is getting up!

SP: It has been more then two years since his last taste of CSWA gold, Bill. He liked it, and he doesn't want to lose it now. That adrenaline is definitely pumping now. You have to know that.

BB: Flair gets to the ladder, and he knocks it over! Nemesis was only on the second step, so he keeps his balance, but the ladder is set RIGHT back up and he begins to climb it!

SP: Now, THIS is interesting. Poison Ivy has taken a length of wire and has wrapped the end of her Cane in it. In the ring, we've got Nemesis climbing one side of the ladder, and Flair climbing the other!

BB: This has turned into a race... Both these men have been put through hell in the last ten minutes, and they both want it to end here... Nemesis reaches the top first, as we thought he would, and he sends a right hand into Flair's face! Flair fires back! He steps up one more step!

SP: Flair may be hurt... but he still has more power behind those punches then Nemesis does.

BB: They're on the second highest step, on opposite sides of the ladder, and they're trading punches! Neither men are giving ground! NO! Flair hooked Nemesis' hand, and pulls him in! BODYSLAM FROM THE TOP OF THE LADDER!

SP: The King is still the Champ!

BB: It looks that way! Nemesis landed on his back on the mat, and he's barely stirring! Eli, on the other hand, is merely a step away from grabbing his belt!

SP: Not if Hornet has anything to say about it! LOOK!

BB: OH MY GOD! Hornet has that Barbed Cane... and he CLOCKS ELI IN THE LEG! HE DOESN'T GO DOWN! Hornet comes to the other side and catches him in the kneecap! ELI HAS FALLEN! HE LANDS ON THE BOTTOM STEP OF THE LADDER!

SP: Look on the other side... Ivy is trying to rouse Nemesis!

BB: Hornet tosses the cane aside, and he wraps Eli up in the Scorpion! Nemesis is stirring... and he's got an unmolested path to the US Title!

SP: Do you think... do you think Hornet is a member of the Unholy?

BB: After SHOWTIME, and tonight? Anything is possible. Nemesis climbs the ladder, and he removes the belt! There's the bell!

RJ: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this match...... and NEW CSWA US Champion, NEMESIS!

SP: I'm not condoning it... but this match WAS a No DQ match.

BB: There's a difference here, Stan. Hornet has still not let up on the Scorpion... and Nemesis looks at his 'mentor' with awe... and Poison Ivy takes a chunk outta Nemesis with that Singapore Cane!

SP: I guess he's not in the Unholy.

BB: HERE COMES MARK VIZZACK! He hits the ring, just as Hornet and Ivy leave! He doesn't go after them, however, he is checking on Flair. Nemesis is stirring as well, as he stares unbelievably at his new gold belt! Wait a second, Hornet and Ivy stop at the top of the ramp.

H: Eli…..it was nothing personal. But it was fun. See ya in a few months.

BB: This is a mess, folks... we'll be back with the Main Event.

MELISSA(V/O): The return of Dante Inferno...

(CUT TO: Footage from SHOWTIME in Santa Fe, 4/23/99)

BB: I have to agree. We haven't seen Melton in this good shape in years. And you know they're looking forward to a possible third round rematch with Disco Express, the former champions. Up next, we've got the first of two UnHoly teams in this tournament, as Blade teams with the United States Heavyweight Champion, Nemesis, otherwise known as Death and Derangement, to take on Chainsaw and Sledgehammer, the Destruction Crew. The Crew is already in the ring, and we are awaiting the presence of The UnHoly.

(Blade comes out... alone.)

RD: Where's Nemesis?

BB: Hold on.. he's got a mic.

BLADE: There is only one purpose for this tournament, and that's to bring Power and Glory to The UnHoly. Our brother Nemesis already has the Power and Glory, so there's been a little change.

BB: What is he talking about?

(CUE UP: "Mummified In Barbed Wire" - Cannibal Corpse)

RD: Is that...

BB: OH...NO!

(The lights are all off, with the exception of a few lighters in the air.... Two figures have emerged from the backstage area..... Suddenly, two HUGE jets of pyro take off, igniting the clothing of the larger figure. They continue to the ring, the only illumination from the burning cloak of the large man....)

BB: Ladies and gentlemen... you are witnessing a truly disturbing sight. That's Silky Rose for certain... and the man behind her... Mark Vizzack is NOT going to be happy.

(They hit the ring, and in a flash of light and smoke, the flames are extinguished. The lights come on completely... and the inevitable has happened. "The Destroyer" Dante Inferno and "The Dark Angel" Silky Rose, have made their return to the CSWA.)

RD: Well, that's gonna ruin the Crew's day.

SUNSHINE(V/O): Hornet's Turn...

(CUT TO: Footage from ELVIS LIVES XI: One More Time!, 1/24/99)

Hornet: Ladies and gentlemen, you heard Rhubarb, here's your NEW WORLD CHAMPION!!! The last time I made a real speech in the ring, Mark, it was about me, about my history. Tonight, it's about you. You have done what only a few athletes have *ever* done, and that's to secure the gold belt around your waist. I am incredibly proud of you. You've come a long way as a wrestler in the short time you've been in the ring. Yeah, that's right, you probably didn't know this, but I was there at the first match between you and Love in the BTR. You have become one of the premiere athletes in this sport. (Pats Vizzack on the back) And you've become a friend as well. You've been through so much with everything that's gone on lately...it's great to see you with this win, and Sunshine with her win as well. (laughs) And now you start a new phase in your career. You're the champ, and everybody's gonna be coming after you. And like I said back in Greensboro, Mark, I'll be coming after you for that strap too. Anyway...I've monopolized enough of the microphone time, these fans want to hear a victory speech, don't you???

(crowd cheers as Hornet hands the mic to Vizzack)

Vizzack: Ladies and gentlemen...I can't believe it. I can't believe what a lucky man I am tonight. This is what I've worked so hard for. I'm proud to have been part of a match like this. And to be surrounded by women like Sunshine Del Payne and Miss Ivy, and this man right here, one of the legends......(he turns to gesture to Hornet, but Hornet's behind him!!!)

BB: HORNET JUST DROPPED MARK VIZZACK WITH A SCORPION DEATHDROP!!!!!! WHAT THE H*LL IS GOING ON?????

RD: Survey Says......TURN!

BB: And what's Poison Ivy doing? Sunshine runs to her for help. IVY JUST LOCKED THE CAGE!!!! WHAT IS THIS??? HAS EVERYONE GONE CRAZY!!!??? Hornet just DDTed referee Ben Worthington!!! Vizzack gets to his knees to try and fend off Hornet, but he's just been through a grueling thirty-minute match!!! Knee lift by Hornet!!!! He just knocked Vizzack on his back. No........no.....NO!!! NO!!!! He can't do it. Somebody get in there and stop him!!!!! HORNET HAS THE SCORPION DEATHLOCK LOCKED IN ON MARK VIZZACK!!!! Sunshine stops begging Ivy to open the cage door and now goes down to the mat, begging Hornet to let go of the hold. Hornet won't even look at her!! He won't even answer her!!! What in the name of all that is good and pure is going on here!!!??? Sunshine tries to pull Hornet off of Vizzack, but he won't budge. And here comes Poison Ivy. She's telling Sunshine to let go of Hornet...but Sunshine won't. Ivy grabs her by the hair and pushes her into the corner!!! And now Ivy drapes her arm around Hornet and is telling him to keep going!!!! We've got officials all around the ring...but Ivy has the key!!!! Wait a second...another official is coming down with a spare key...we're going to get this stopped!

RD: And that must be what Ivy is telling Hornet, because he's finally letting up on the Deathlock!

BB: He's got the mic!!!!!

Hornet: Just remember what I said, Mark, Sunshine. It's nothing personal.

MELISSA(V/O): Timmy Windham's amazing comeback...

(CUT TO: Footage, once again, from ELVIS LIVES XI: Fire It Up!)

BB: Windham's lost focus..he's searching in the crowd for someone. From behind Hornet clips the knee! In their first encounter you wouldn't see a move like that, but now..it all goes.

: : Hornet whips Windham into the security railing: :

BB: Windham's back cracked up against metal, that's not good! Hornet sets up for a piledriver, good grief what's he doing?!

RD: Outlawed in ten states, but not Tennessee! I just made that up.

: : Mark flips Hornet on his back: :

BB: Good for you, Richard. Windham gets out of that jam! Mark, sends Hornet head first into the steel ring steps! The sound

alone will make you weak! Windham rolls Hornet back in the ring. This one is off to a fast start.

: : Hornet with a shot to the groin. Then a powerslam off the ropes: :

BB: What a combination by Hornet. Right hands to the face, of Windham. Off the ropes, but this time it's Windham with a powerslam! Hornet rolls outside to buy a little time.

: : Windham dives over the ropes, but Hornet catches him and spikes him down: :

BB: Hornet brings Windham to his feet, but Richard I'm not so sure Mark could do it himself at this stage. Hornet fires Windham into the iron post. A chair shot to the head! Windham is down, and Ben Worthington begins to make the count!

: : Mark gets up at the 5 count. Hornet rolls him back into the ring: :

BB: Hornet so focused on being the World Champ again. How many grudge matches has that man been in over the years. Randalls, GUNS, Jim Williams, the list goes on. He's made a living, coming up big when it mattered the most.

: : Hornet backs Windham into a corner, and fires away. Windham is sent across the ring, into the turnbuckle. Hornet follows with a hornet splash, but misses: :

BB: Windham moved just in time! That might very well have been the 10 count! Windham, with an implant DDT! One of his signature moves! Worthington counts, as Mark again looks into the crowd. Richard, what is he looking at?!

RD: I would guess a person in the stands.

: : Windham still looks in the stands. Hornet dropkicks him in the head: :

BB: Vicious kick to the head. The plan is obviously to knock Mark out. A ways away, but a good start by Hornet, that's the only way to win this match. Hornet drops an elbow over Windham's neck. Again in the corner, driving repeated knees into Mark's gut. Mark's hurt, but not out.

: : Hornet scoops Windham up, Mark slips over his back and sends him head first into the turnbuckle.: :

BB: Great counter, by Windham! Mark again to the top, swan dive! I've never seen that! He hasn't wrestled much lately, but he's learned a few new tricks! Mark, has Hornet's legs...BOSTON CRAB! Submission move! In this match, he can only wear the former champ out and hope its' enough for 10.

(Crowd reacts, as someone is wheeled halfway down the aisle)

RD: 5 more minutes, until we hit the lightning round!

BB: Mark breaks the Boston crab, and looks towards the back. What is going on here?

(Fans stand at look near the back)

BB: Can we get a camera back there? Wait, Great Day In the Morning, that's MICKEY BENEDICT BEING WHEELED AROUND BY TIMMY WINDHAM! TIMMY'S ALIVE! TIMMY WINDHAM IS ALIVE!

(fans roar)

RD: Way to go kid, survey says "booyeah"

SUNSHINE(V/O): And, finally, the ousting of the Elimination Squad.

(CUT TO: Scott Seeley's Rant. (<G>))

I just expected the reaction to be like this.

>Rap Man only won the matchup with Eli Flair because Pete sent in an angle saying that he wanted Rap Man to win so that he could focus more on his main fued with Powers.<

Yep. Just like I thought. Nobody wanted my guys to win anyway.

>Eliminatior was slated to win the US Title, until Eliminator became Enforcer. Eli Flair and Kevin Powers weren't facing Enforcer, they were facing Eliminator.<

Well, it seemed to me as if they were challengeing Enforcer. Besides, Enforcer's personality was to step in front of anyone when he thought they were threatened.

>you have managed to COMPLETELY destroy any shred of pride<

I'm sorry, Mark. I tried to be as objective as possible. How do you think I feel though, when Chad says something like this...

>Your roleplays weren't based on character. They were always changing so that you could be better than anyone else.<

Not so. I only pointed out what was always there in my characters.

>Enforcer went from being the 'bodyguard' to usurping the 'King of Hardcore'<

So why can't Enforcer be a bodyguard for ES and the King of Hardcore?

>Eliminator went from a rugged brawler to a technical professor...<

And exactly why can't he be all of those things? It's not as if they contradict one another. I simply brought them up when they were appropriate. And then Randy makes a comment like this...

>You obviously have a problem, and that is that you don't run things... You would probably tell me that a good league is one where every angle is used and roleplay is based on participation.<

No, that's not what I would tell you, and it's not how I run my league. In my league, roleplay is participation and quality. My problem is NOT that I don't run things...my problem is that the people who do run things obviously don't know how to do so correctly. Take a look at my fed, and you'll almost never find a SINGLE PERSON complain about anything. And if one of my members does find something that they don't like, they all know that all they have to do is email me and tell me and I'll do whatever is necessary (within normal limits) to make the situation better. THAT is what makes my league a league that I can be proud of.

>...but maybe it's for the best.<

Yes, Chad, I think it is for the best.

>Too Bad, So Sad, Buh Bye<

I'll take that as an attempt of yours to insult me by trying to tell me that you don't care if I leave. But you ARE losing one of the best roleplayers you have, whether you choose to recognize it or not.

>I hate to tell you, but you're not that great of a roleplayer<

Randy, I hate to tell you, but neither are you.

>Your roleplays were *good*, but not great when put up against the caliber of the rest of those people<

Maybe that's the problem. Someone who is a VERY poor judge of roleplay has been judging the roleplay.

>You don't have the right to complain.<

Like heck I don't! Sure, my guys got title shots that others didn't, but that only ticked me off more. I would rather not even have them get a title shot than have them lose every time they get in a title matchup.

>You don't run the show here. Maybe you do in your fed, and that's fine, I'm sure you can handle it.<

Yes, I can. I can handle it MUCH better than all of you management people seem to be able to handle the CSWA, and I'm only one person. You know how I know that I can handle it better than you handle the CSWA? Because I have not EVER had one person leave because they felt that I didn't run my league correctly...and if you didn't already have that happen, it just did, because that's the reason I'm quitting the CSWA.

>You've done nothing but complain for the last ten months.<

Shouldn't that tell you something? Like maybe..."Hey, he's been complaining about the same thing for the past nine months. I wonder if maybe I should try to make the situation better?" That would have been the thing to do, but it doesn't look like that's what happened, does it?

Maybe I'm only one person complaining here, but each person counts. That's obviously NOT your philosophy, but it IS my philosophy...which is why my league doesn't have members who quit because I failed to run my league smoothly and correctly.

So the next time you think about criticizing my league, think about that. I'd hate to think of what might happen if you guys were running an online business together. Every time one of the customers had a complaint, you'd ignore them until they refused to do business with you anymore.

By the way...DO NOT USE MY CHARACTERS IN ROLEPLAY OR ON CARDS. You don't have my permission. Or are you going to break your own rules? I will be back to read the cards you put out just for fun, so I'll know. Funny...I bet you will break your own rules...you've as much as told me so. Well, isn't that how it's always been? Management can break the rules if they want to, but I'm not allowed.

To all those who apprieciated me and can at least see where I'm coming from, thanks for the good times I had while I was in the CSWA. To the rest of you: Don't even respond to this, because I don't want to hear your logic or reasoning for what went on any more.

--Scott

SM: And the winner of SURPRISE of the YEAR is...

(Sunshine opens the envelope, and moves closer to the microphone...)

SDP: HORNET'S Turn!

(CUE UP: "Allstar" - Smashmouth as Hornet stands up in the crowd and walks to the podium. The girls congratulate him, then back off to give the former Champion his time...)

 H:  Thanks to all of you.  As you know, last year was not my best, especially after suffering a severe injury.  However, it was my pleasure to play some small part in the CSWA's comeback in early 1998, and I'm just glad to still be around with the likes of guys like Eddy Love.  (laughs)  Making the 'turn' as everyone calls it was a major decision for me...as all of you know, I was the 'good guy' for more than ten years.  But the more we all sat down and discussed it, the more I began to like it.  Thanks again for the award, and I look forward to entertaining you for years to come. 

(CUT TO: Vice-Commish Vizzachero, off to the side...)

MV: Glad I don't have to wrestle him at Anniversary. Our next two presenters have not been in a CSWA ring in quite some time, yet their names speak for themselves. Please welcome... Mickey Benedict, and Troy Windham!

(Huge pop for Mickey and Troy, who wheels him out. Both are in tuxedos, but Troy is wearing black Converse, as well as no tie and a wallet chain...)

TW: Man o man, is it GOOD to be back, gals and pals... Anniversary is THE PLACE to be this month.

MB: Not only will you see a new CSWA World Champion crowned, but you'll get to see Mark Windham finally get destroyed. But, you'll see it IN STYLE.

TW: Wrestling managers have come a long way in the CSWA since Ray S. Cornette was almost fired for booking Joey Melton in the Merritt Auditorium. Now, we see them coming into their own as major players, even WRESTLERS. And the nominees for MANAGER of the YEAR are... Poison Ivy!

(CUT TO: PRIMETIME in El Paso, 8/7/98)

BUCKLEY: And while Powers only has eyes for Flair....what is Poison Ivy doing!!! She's just now making her way to ringside, and she's got two men with her dragging a table! What in the world!? At ringside, Eli rolls in, and he's locked up with Powers again.

PARSONS: Poison Ivy has the two men set up the table a few feet away from the ring apron, and she centers it like she's decorating or something!

BUCKLEY: If she's decorating then it must be in *extreme* style....because she just took a bag from one of the men, and she's dumping its contents onto the table! Oh my Lord, that's broken glass!

PARSONS: And thumbtacks! This is unreal! Somebody get security down there!

BUCKLEY: But security's not gonna be in time...because Eli has Powers set up, once again into the ropes....CLOTHESLINE...and BOTH men go over the top and onto that deathtrap of a table!!!

PARSONS: They both hit hard, and Kevin Powers rolls off, writhing in pain! You can see the glitter of glass shards on him!

BUCKLEY: Not to mention rivulets of blood from both men. But Eli Flair isn't letting the pain distract him....he pulls Powers up by the hair and bench presses him back into the ring over the second rope. Flair follows him in......sets him up....TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER! There's the cover! ONE...........TWO...........THREE!!!! Eli has won this one, and Poison Ivy is thrilled!

PARSONS: You're telling me that Worthington didn't disqualify them for that table?

BUCKLEY: I guess not, since it was outside the ring!

PARSONS: This may be the wildest thing I've seen in a long time. I think Ivy has finally lost it!

MB(V/O): Sunshine Del Payne...

(CUT TO: Remembering Timmy, 11/21/1998)

BB: Gina shoves Sunshine from behind, and Powers has her by the hair! What's he gonna... wait a second.... Eddy Love is running out from the locker room and he's got a steel chair!

SB: Yes! My boy Eddy is gonna take care of Grumpy Bear right here!

BB: No, no mask... WAIT! Mark Vizzack has followed Love! Eddy is in the ring, but he's distracted by Vizzack running down! He swings.. SUNSHINE DUCKED! SUNSHINE DUCKED! Powers is out on his feet... DROPKICK by Vizzack! Love has returned to the locker room. Vizzack leaves the ring as Worthington returns, prompted by the sound of the chair. On the ground, Ivy is coming to, but Susan is still out!

SB: That's not fair! What's Vizzack doing in there?

BB: So it was fine when Powers was in there? Vizzack leaves the ring as Gina charges at Sunshine... side step as Gina hits the ropes... SUPERKICK! Gina goes down like a sack of potatoes! The cover, 1....2.....3! Sunshine has just pinned Gina! Vizzack returns to the ring and hugs Sunshine, high-five for Ivy. Ivy returns to lay into Gina, but Sunshine stops her.

SB: MISTAKE! MISTAKE!

BB: Sunshine has a microphone.... let's hear what she has to say.

(As Sunshine begins to speak, Susan begins to stir... as does Gina.)

SUNSHINE: Miss Ivy, I appreciate what you did for me... Maybe more then anyone, you gave me a semblance of self-respect, as you taught me to take care of myself.... But Susan and Gina are beaten. Please let them go, at least for now.

IVY(Takes the microphone): Sunshine... Vizz..... In any other circumstance, I'd do my best to make sure they were NEVER a problem for me or you again. But this was for you, so I guess I'll let you have your moment of glory.... You're a good girl, ya hear me? Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

(Ivy gives a small hug to both of them, and heads for the backstage area. Susan and Gina both get back in the ring, both looking slightly worse for the wear, and VERY wary of Sunshine...)

SUNSHINE: I beat you today.... I could've done more, I think, but I'm not. I don't really want to hurt anyone. But I want you to think about something... The next time you want to grab me and start slapping me, the next time you want to make fun of me.... Gina, think about that pain in your jaw and think again. Thank you, ladies, and have a good night.

(Sunshine pulls an icepack out of her bag and hands it to Gina, then she and Vizzack leave the ringside area...)

TW(V/O): Sweet Melissa...

(CUT TO: Pre-Match at PRIMETIME in Albany, 5/28/1999)

(Steve Radder is stalking the halls, US title in his hand, on the hunt for something. He stops to look in every single door he walks past, every broom closet, and every bathroom. Finally, he opens a door and a smile breaks out on his face. Inside the room is Sweet Melissa, Eddy Love's manager and valet.)

Melissa: Why, Steve. What's happening?

Steve Radder: Mind if I come in?

Melissa: Of course, not at all. Come in.

(Radder walks ... no, stalks into the room. Seeing the look on his face, Melissa backs against the wall until Radder's face is mere inches from hers. He leans in, his lips pulled back from his teeth in a silent snarl.)

Steve Radder: I'm here to give you some advice, little witch.

Melissa: (As she raises her hand to strike Radder.) What did you ....?

Steve Radder: (Grabbing Melissa's wrist.) Shut up, skank. Listen to me.

Melissa: You little ...

(She lets out a little cry as Radder squeezes down on her wrist.)

Steve Radder: Are you deaf?

(Melissa shakes her head.)

Steve Radder: Good. Ready?

(She nods.)

Steve Radder: Then listen good. You should watch the looks your eyes give people, little (bleep), especially the ones I'm not

supposed to see. One day, you're going to find those pretty things plucked right out of your head.

Melissa: YOU LITTLE ...

(Radder pulls his upper lip back again and squeezes her wrist harder, and she promptly quiets herself.)

Steve Radder: Remember.

(Radder lets go of her wrist and walks out of the room, just as determined as ever.)

MB(V/O): Silky Rose...

(CUT TO: PRIMETIME in Albany, again.)

(CUT TO: The ring, with The Unholy standing in the middle of it. Shepherd has pulled Deacon to the outside...)

Apoc: Deacon. This is not your time. It would be in your best interest to head out of the arena. Heal your wounds and fight another day.

(Apocalypse then turns his attention towars God's Protégé.)

A: You have passed the second to the last test. First you sacrificed your own body. Now you have done the same to your mentor. You have one more before you are accepted within the family, but there are other matters first to take care of. Chosen one. It is now your time....

(At that time Randy Harders steps out from behind the curtain and makes his way towards the ring area.)

Apoc: Randy Harders. When we battled I saw the pain in your soul. The suffering you are going through. The Apocalypse can tell that there is something eating away at you within your inner core. The loss of your title. The recent events of your brother. You are now a man that is lost in the road of life, but you life is about to change. With only one event left remaining you can find acceptance in The UnHoly. Here you do not need to find a way out, but rather a way to lead others in to face their own horrific reality!

Randy Harders. Are you ready for acceptance?

RH: Why did I do this? I did this for the soul reason of getting back at Hornet. The man cost me the title, so the man has to pay the price. Apoc and his Unholy friends were the only ones willing to help me, to watch my back. God save you Hornet. You pissed off the wrong man this time.

Apoc: Then you and God's Protégé know what you must do....

(At that moment they both move towards K-9 and begin to beat down on the unsuspecting UnHoly member. Nemesis tries to help his newfound brother, but is being restrained by Black. The two continue to double team K-9 until Apocalypse stops them.)

Apoc: You miserable little misguided fool. Because of recent events you led Nemesis down a trail he should have never traveled! And yet you stood there and did nothing to help your 'brother'. This is your final payment. (turns towards Nemesis) As for you. It was because of that you lost your spark. The thing that kept you on the edge. You found the caring light and that was your downfall. Now...and only now...can you truly join with your brother.

(Suddenly the rest of The UnHoly members attack Nemesis and K-9 except for Apocalypse who just stands there and watches. After a while Inferno picks up K-9 and holds him while Blade does the same for Nemesis. Silky Rose walks towards K-9 and after Miso hands off her 'prize' to Death she too walks in front of Nemesis. Both of their hands are closed together and are held out in front of the two brothers.)

Apoc: Consider this a farewell. Your time has come to cross towards the other side into the pits of Hell and total Damnation. Consider this the Gift of Apocalypse. Consider this....your final fate. Or, as you would understand it, you two are.....FIRED!

(Miso and Rose open their hands and release two fireballs into the eyes of the brothers. They slump down in utter pain as the group makes their way out of the ring.)

TW(V/O): And Lady Death!

(CUT TO: Valentine's Day Massacre, *laugh* SHOWTIME in Kansas City, 2/14/1999)

BB: Fans, we've got a lot to sort out before PRIMETIME in Lincoln, Nebraska, and we will, of course, keep you updated as we get more information on both Poison Ivy's career choices and Eli Flair's injury. For Richard Dawson, although reluctantly, my name is Bill Buckley. Goodnight, fans! WAIT A MINUTE! Don't cut away! Wait a second!!!! Fans, the lights are flickering in the arena, and we've just spotted Lady Death on the aisleway....just what is going on NOW!

RD: As if we hadn't had enough.

Lady Death: (on the mic as she walks toward the ring) There is only one thing left to say....one thing that has any significance.....IT IS TIME!

BB: What? What does she mean?

RD: Look up above the ring!!!!!

BB: Get the camera on them!!!! There are four men coming down on zipwires, folks!!! And they have surrounded Vizzack,

Radder, and the prone Eli Flair! It's Apocalypse, Pat Black, Blade....and Nemesis???? What is going on here? They're attacking Vizzack and Radder! Apocalypse grabs Vizzack and throws him over the top rope as Sunshine and Kelly try to pull Eli Flair out of harm's way! And it is Steve Radder taking the brunt of the attack here, as all four men start hammering away on him!!! They are doing a number on the Iceman here folks, and it is obviously premeditated!

Lady Death: You want to know what's going on? It's very simple. The time has come...and The Unholy are here to make their presence felt. And that presence starts on the Iceman.

BB: They have left the self-proclaimed "Hardcore" Champion laying, folks. Mark Vizzack keeps trying to get in the ring, only to be pushed off the apron by one of the Unholy. We've run completely out of time...we'll see you in Lincoln!

(CUT TO: The stage.)

TW: And the wizziner is...

MB: POISON IVY!

(CUE UP: "Stutter" - Elastica as Ivy makes her way to the podium. Seems kayfabe doesn't apply, as she's wearing a black tank top, black pleated skirt, and combat boots... )

IVY: Wow.... pretty (bleep) cool, huh? Oh, sorry. Anyways, I wanted to thank a few people.

(She pulls out a VERY long scroll of paper)

I'd like to thank my parents for being incredibly drunk nine months before I was born, my brother for hitting me in the head with a metal bat when I was three, my sister Alicia, I know you can see me and I love you, honey! George M. Steinbrenner III for apologizing to Yogi Berra, OJ Simpson for years of bad jokes, my partners in crime in the CSWA, Merritt and Thomas for keeping the FCC from deporting me years ago, and all you beautiful people out there. Thank you.

(She exits, stage right, and the scene cuts back to Vizzachero...)

MV: Thank you, Ivy, for keeping it brief.

(Fans laugh)

We've got a special treat for everone... These next two presenters have wrestled everywhere in the world. Literally. They've got a reputation for being two of the best wrestlers in history, as well as perhaps THE best tag team ever. Please welcome, Chad Gibson and Steve Fiennes... CS EXPRESS!

(HUGE STANDING OVATION for the CS Express, as they come out to the CSWA Theme. They look a little older, a little wiser, but none the less, in great shape.)

CG: Everyone who wrestles at a CSWA event is obviously pretty special. You have to be. But sometimes, you're a little more.

SF: With that in mind, there were five matches from this past year selected as a cut above the rest. Selected as those moments in time. Like GUNS/Randalls... Hornet/Williams... CS Express/Diamond Cutters... these matches have reshaped the CSWA.

CG: The nominees for MATCH OF THE YEAR ARE...

SF: Hornet and GUNS vs. Troy and Mark Windham, from SuperPRIMETIME in Nashville, May 13, 1998!

(CUT TO: Clip. *laugh*)

TM: Look at Mark Windham! If looks could kill...Hornet and the first three rows might be dead.

BB: What does he expect? This is for the World Championship...if the psycho can't take the heat...

SB: Don't say it...you know how Windham is about 'heat.'

BB: Before GUNS can get to his feet completely, Windham follows in with a kick to the midsection. He pulls GUNS toward the center of the ring, and delivers a knee lift of his own. Meanwhile, Troy Windham has recovered and is standing in his corner, itching to get in the ring. Windham drops GUNS back down with a brainbuster and goes for the cover again. Godreign doesn't quite get his arm down for the one-count before GUNS slams the shoulder up. Windham pulls GUNS to his feet...collar-and-elbow tie up. Windham goes to send GUNS into the ropes, but irish whip reversal by the former CSWA World Champ. Windham goes for the ride, ducks one of the strongest arms in the world, but gets caught on the other side by a huge elbow. Windham goes sprawling into his corner, and GUNS goes down to one knee. Troy Windham takes the opportunity to slap Mark on the back.....and Godreign calls for the tag. GUNS sees a fresh Troy Windham climbing through the ropes, and he decides to head to his corner, tagging in Hornet....who looks almost surprised.

TM: Well, you can't win unless you're in there...but you can lose if you're in there and in bad shape.

BB: Hornet climbs in, and Troy backs off for a moment. He came in thinking he'd be going in for the kill on GUNS...but now he has to face the fresh man making his first appearance in the match. Windham backs into a neutral corner for a moment, almost daring Hornet to come in after him. Instead, Hornet backs into the other neutral corner and takes a seat for himself. Referee Godreign will have none of it...ordering the two to head to the center. They both do so, and they lock up in a test of strength. Hornet quickly takes control, forcing Windham to his knees and delivering a boot to the chest. Troy rolls away, dodging a kick to the midsection, quickly getting to his feet. The two tie up in the middle of the ring again, Hornet maneuvers behind for an attempt at a full nelson, standing switch by Troy, who delivers a textbook belly-to-back suplex, putting Hornet on the mat. Troy keeps the former three-time Unified Champ there settling in a reverse chinlock.

TM: Anybody who thinks Troy is really the 'King of the Slackers' better watch how this man wrestles. If you believe the act,

then you deserve to get suckered in by it.

BB: A grimacing Hornet grabs the bottom rope, and Julius Godreign calls for the break. Troy refuses to do so, and Godreign begins his five-count. He warns Windham one final time...and then he pries Windham's hands away from Hornet's jaw! Godreign's getting into this role as physical enforcer in this one.

TM: He's got to in order to keep these four guys in line.

BB: Troy backs away as Hornet gets to his feet by the ropes, then follows in with a knee to the midsection, sending Hornet to his knees in the ropes. Troy tries to follow in, but Godreign steps between the two. Troy tries to move Julius out of the way, but gets shoved back towards his corner by the former US Champ. And Mark Windham takes the advantage to tag himself in!!! Godreign recognizes the tag, and again Troy can't believe it. Mark climbs through the ropes, and Troy takes it to him. We've got two 'partners' fighting between themselves now! They're trading rights and lefts! GUNS and Hornet look toward each other and can't believe it. Hornet sits back in the neutral corner...he's content to let these two fight between themselves and take on whoever comes out on top. But Godreign has other ideas...he pulls Troy Windham away from Mark by the arm. Troy takes a swing at Godreign, misses, and gets pushes through the ropes to the outside!!! And now...it's Hornet and Mark!!!

SB: Uh oh....this could get ugly.

TM: We haven't seen these two across the ring from each other in a while.

SB: Godreign better do a better job then in other matches between these two.

BB: Windham has that look in his eye, and as he did against GUNS, he charges Hornet....but Hornet's ready, and he charges back!!! These two crash together like two freight trains...they collide and bounce back. They go for again...double clothesline!!! They nailed each other, and both men go down. Hornet and Mark are back on their feet quickly...Mark goes for the low blow and misses, and Hornet sends him reeling with a right hand. Hornet follows up, scooping the Texan up with a belly-to-belly suplex! Hornet drops an elbow....drops another.....but misses on the third attempt. He's not hurt too badly though....at least not until Windham catches him with a leg sweep and his own elbow drop! Windham pulls Hornet up and goes for that Implant DDT, but Hornet maneuvers out, then pushes Windham across the ring to the ropes with a hand to the back. Windham comes off the ropes and hops the diving Hornet, heads to the other side, and then kicks Hornet in the head!

TM: Hornet telegraphed that attempted back drop, bowing his head too early.

BB: And paid the price....he didn't go down, but he does now as Windham drops him with a swinging neckbreaker!!! Mark Windham with the cover, but Hornet kicks out at one. Windham sends Hornet into the ropes again, and he catches him with the Lariat, the move made famous by the Windham family. Windham goes for the cover again....ONE........TWO...NO! Hornet kicks out, but Windham's arguing with Godreign over the count...though it was obvious that the three-count wasn't even close to done. Windham bends down to pull Hornet to his feet, and Hornet tucks him in an inside cradle!!! ONE....no! That was desperation by Hornet.....and you can tell because he rolls over toward his corner, gets to his feet, stops for a moment, and finally tags GUNS in.

TM: There's a flashback to three years ago...GUNS vs. Mark Windham, Hornet hanging around in the ring....

BB: Right...and then the huge doublecross by Hornet on GUNS. In the ring, GUNS catches Windham with a hard right hand, then knocks him to the mat with a short-arm clothesline. He follows with a knee drop to the chest, then pulls the former Unified Champ to his feet. Windham goes for the ride into the turnbuckle, and GUNS follows in with the high knee from that 'bionic' knee that was surgically replaced almost four years ago. GUNS pulls Windham out of the corner and again sends him across...hard into the other turnbuckle. Another follow-up with that knee to the chest and abdomen of Windham. GUNS snap suplexes Windham out of the corner, and he goes for the cover! ONE...........TWO....no! Windham kicks out.

SB: Did you see Hornet? He had one leg through the ropes, ready to come in!

BB: No...I didn't see that. But I don't think it would surprise anyone...Hornet has cost GUNS more World Titles than I can count. In the ring, Windham tries to mount a comeback with a couple of shots to the midsection of GUNS, but they have no effect. GUNS pulls "The Living Psycho" up by the hair and drops him with a tombstone piledriver! He hooks the leg for the cover again...but only a one-count. Mark Windham has been in this ring as long as anyone, and he doesn't look like he can go much longer.

TM: But you better believe that he won't tag Troy Windham!

BB: GUNS pulls Windham up...and again nails him into the mat with that tombstone. The cover....ONE..................... TWO...no! Windham kicks out, and now he's rolling toward the ropes to get to the outside. But Mark gets too close to his corner....and Troy Windham reaches down and slaps him on the back! Godreign calls it a tag, and we're back to where we started...Troy and GUNS! GUNS charges Troy and crushes him into the corner!! Troy follows with a couple of right hands, but gets pulled out of the corner and slammed back in with a shortarm clothesline! Mark Windham has rolled out to the floor, still trying to shake off that pair of piledrivers. Troy dodges a knee drop by GUNS, then makes it to his feet. GUNS grabs him and tries the irish whip, but Troy reverses it, sending GUNS in. LARIAT by Windham! GUNS goes down, but rolls out of the way of the elbow. Both men on their feet...and GUNS is awfully close to his corner...but Hornet doesn't make any effort to 'tag' his way in.

TM: So far, both Hornet and GUNS are keeping to their word.

BB: Troy dodges a clothesline, spins GUNS around and goes for a belly-to-back suplex...but it's blocked by GUNS. GUNS turns around and locks in a bear hug on the younger Windham! Troy is fighting in agony, but he's been caught by the Strongest Arms In The World! Hornet's making no move on the apron...Mark is just now getting to his feet on the outside....and GUNS may have this thing won if he can get Troy to give it up! Godreign keeps asking Troy...but the King of all Media keeps shaking his head no. Troy is still fighting...he claps his arms against the head of GUNS, but those huge biceps keep pumping the air and the life out of Windham. Slowly but surely, Troy Windham's fighting and the loss of oxygen is taking its toll......and we may have a new World Champion!

SB: I can't believe that neither Hornet or Mark have tried to break this up yet. A minute more, and GUNS may have the title strapped around his waist.

BB: Troy Windham may be out. GUNS realizes it as well, and drops the former CSWA World Champion to the mat. He hooks the leg! ONE..................................TWO......................................NO!!! Troy Windham gets the arm up, to our surprise and the surprise of this capacity crowd! Everyone thought it was over!

SB: And everyone thought Hornet was going to make his move as well!

BB: GUNS pulls Troy Windham to his feet....BIONIC KNEE LIFT! Count it folks...Troy Windham is out!!! GUNS goes down for the cover!

TM: And here comes Mark!!!

BB: Mark Windham crashes through the ropes....but so does HORNET!!! Mark kicks GUNS off Troy Windham... just as Hornet dives and catches Mark Windham with a flying forearm!!!! Mark Windham hits the ropes, and then gets decked with a clothesline that sends him over the top and down to the floor!!! GUNS sees what's going on, and now turns his attention back to Troy Windham! He drops the knee and goes for the cover, as Hornet heads outside to go after Mark! GUNS has the leg hooked......but Julius Godreign isn't counting the pinfall, and he hasn't been distracted by what's going on outside. He's looking around to the crowd...and now GUNS is yelling at him to do his job. GUNS jumps to his feet to confront Godreign.....JAWBREAKER by Godreign!!! Godreign is stomping a mudhole into GUNS, and now Troy Windham is slowly coming to his feet! Windham says something to Godreign, and now both of them are attacking GUNS! Hornet jumps up onto the apron from outside and yells something at the two attackers.....he springs off the middle of the top rope and catches Godreign and Windham with a double clothesline! GUNS gets to his feet just as Godreign and Windham recover, and now it's GUNS and Hornet facing off against Godreign and Troy Windham! But here comes "The Living Psycho!" Mark Windham is on the apron with a chair, and who knows who he's going after!!!

SB: Bedtime for Bonzo...cause here comes THE FRAT!

BB: Shawn Matthews and Bandit have come out of the crowd and slid into the ring from one side.....and Scotty Michaels just waffled Mark Windham from behind with a haliburton briefcase!!! Windham falls off the apron, and now it's four-on-two in the middle of the ring, with Michaels and the Red-Headed Stepbrother on the outside.

TM: I think I see Junior Hornet lurking in the aisle as well!

BB: Windham and Matthews charge GUNS, while Godreign and Bandit go after Hornet...and the FRAT is beating down the competition. This is outrageous!!! Godreign is supposed to be a CSWA front office employee for goodness' sakes! Michaels and the Red-Headed Stepbrother are stomping on Mark Windham outside....and the crowd roars again! HERE COME MIKE RANDALLS!!!!!! The former three-time Unified Champion charges down the aisle, and Michaels makes sure he gets out of the way quick! Randalls dives into the ring, and he gets a hold of Troy Windham just for a moment...long enough to drop the former CSWA World Champ with a neckbreaker! Bandit goes in to help the leader of the Frat, but Randalls catches him in the gut and then drops him to the mat with a DDT! Randalls hooks in an STF, and he's trying to break a bone, any bone, on Bandit!!! Matthews and Godreign turn to help out Bandit and Troy, but Hornet and GUNS use the opportunity to take the fight to them! Troy finally gets to his feet and catches Randalls with a blow to the back. Randalls simply lets go of the hold on Bandit and gets nose-to-nose with Windham!! Now those two men are going at it!!!! We've got Godreign and Hornet trading blows, GUNS with a bear hug on Matthews, and now Troy and Randalls going at it!!! And on the outside, Mark Windham is on his feet, and he just leveled Michaels with a steel chair!!! He climbs into the ring, and he's swinging that chair all over, not caring who he hits!!! The ring clears as the Frat pulls back and regroups.

TM: It looks like we just saw the newest 'brother' added to the Frat.

CG(V/O): Mark Vizzack vs. Eddy Love from SuperPRIMETIME in Charleston, December 10, 1998!

(CUT TO: Clip)

RJ: FIVE MINUTES LEFT! FIVE!

SB: HOW did Vizzack manage to kick out of THAT? Finish it, Eddy, FINISH IT HERE!

BB: I think he heard you, Sammy, because he picks Vizzack up.... setup... HURRICANE PILEDRIVER! Love hit the Hurricane Piledriver! The cover, 1..............2..............3!!!NO!NO!NO! HOW IN THE WORLD DID VIZZACK KICK OUT????? NOW Eddy Love is getting frustrated!

SB: He kicked out of the Hurricane?? ?? ?? ?? What is he ON?

BB: I don't know, Sammy, but Love picks Vizzack up... My god, Sammy, these men can BARELY stand! Love sends Vizzack into the corner.... WHIPS HIM ACROSS THE RING! NO! NO! REVERSAL! Worthington got in the way! We've got a downed referee! Vizzack doesn't care, he gets a running start, VIZZ SPLASH! Love is down, but so is the ref!

SB: You know Eddy, though... Always the one with a backup plan!

BB: HERE COMES KEVIN POWERS!!!!! Powers comes up behind Vizzack... KISS THE CANVAS! Vizzack is out! And Powers drapes Love over Vizzack and tries to rouse the referee!

SB: YES! Worthington is moving! We can end this matchup right now!

BB: NO! Here comes Eli Flair and that Singapore Cane! He lays into Eddy Love and flips the pin back over! STAREDOWN between Powers and Flair! THEY GO AT IT! THEY GO AT IT! Flair sends Powers to the outside and quickly follows him! And Worthington continues to stir!

SB: NO! NO! Not fair! NOT FAIR!

BB: The count, 1...........2...........3!NO! Eddy JUST got the shoulder up!

RJ: Ninety Seconds remaining!

BB: This is it, Sammy. This is where everything is decided.

SB: EDDY! Finish this!

BB: Eddy Love gets to his feet, picks Vizzack up... Fist to the jaw... Atomic drop! The cover, 1......2..........3! NO! Vizzack looks

like he's got NOTHING left!

SB: What's Love doing? WHY IS HE DOING IT?

BB: Love whips Vizzack into the ropes.... this could be a bad decision on Love's part!

RJ: Thrity Seconds remain!

SB: NO! Don't whip Vizzack into the ropes!

BB: Vizzack off the other side, duck down! Love bends over for a backdrop, but Vizzack catches himself! Boot to the face! Now

a fist to the midsection! Off the other side, DAREDEVIL FLYER! Love hits the canvas!

RJ: 10..........9.............8.............7...........6.........

SB: NO!

BB: The cover, 1............2...........3  <BELL RINGS> WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION! MARK VIZZACK HAS PINNED EDDY LOVE!

SB: NO! NO! NO!

BB: Powers is on the outside, he can't believe it! Flair is ecstatic! He grabs the belt from the timekeeper's table and hits the ring! Wait.... what is Worthington doing?

SB: HE GAVE THE BELT TO EDDY! YES!

RJ: This matchup has gone the full fifteen minutes, and is declared a draw! THEREFORE, the CSWA World Heavyweight

Champion remains "Hurricane" Eddy Love!

SF(V/O): Eli Flair vs. Kevin Powers, from Remembering Timmy, November 21, 1998!

(CUT TO: You guessed it.)

SP: And there we go.... he's got Powers locked in the Total Elimination! Powers is SCREAMING in pain, but he REFUSES to give up! Susan and Gina are yelling encouragement, and Ivy is yelling submission! Still, Powers refuses to give in!

BB: Regardless of who wins this match, BOTH men have earned the respect of this capacity crowd! Wait a second.... Susan and Gina have split up, they're coming at Poison Ivy from different sides! Ivy is in trouble!

SP: Trouble? Perhaps Ivy heard you, because she LAUNCHES herself at Susan and catches her in the knee with that Singapore Cane! Susan loses her balance and hits the ground! Now it's Ivy facing off with Gina, who has suddenly rethought her strategy.... And in the ring, we've still got a match going on!

BB: That's right, Stan! We're going into the third minute of the Total Elimination, but STILL no submission from Powers! Stan, he may have won this title under 'questionable' circumstances, but he's proving his fortitude NOW!

SP: Apparently three minutes is enough, because we've got some visitors!

(Cut to the curtain. Hot Scott is coming toward the ring, flanked by Eliminator, Rap Man, Enforcer, and Mysterious. They all look very very upset....)

BB: This is going to get REALLY ugly now! Ivy calling to Flair, letting him know what's going on! Flair turns to see The Eliminator, and he lets up on Powers! What's going on?

SP: He's also helped Powers to his feet! Powers gives Eli a shove and is about to attack him when HE notices ES on the outside!

BB: Hot Scott has walked over to Poison Ivy, and he's got some 'unkind' words for her.... Laughter by the whole of ES.... IVY HIT HIM WITH THE SINGAPORE CANE! IVY KNOCKED HOT SCOTT OUT! Enforcer goes for Ivy... but he gets caught by Kevin Powers! Enforcer is pulled into the ring, and the rest of ES follows!

SP: This has gone from a grudge match to a Handicap match! And can you think of a more unlikely team then Kevin Powers and Eli Flair?

BB: No way, Stan! Eli is fighting off Rap Man AND Eliminator, Powers is handling Enforcer and Mysterious! They're holding their own for the most part... but can these two men really hope to fight off FOUR fresh men, especially after the BRUTALITY that this match has gone through?

SP: I don't think so, Bill.... but what are Ivy and Gina doing?

BB: Ivy and Gina appear to be moving a table close to the ring.... IVY LAYS SEVERAL STRIPS OF BARBED WIRE ACROSS IT! She calls to Eli, and he tosses Rap Man onto the table! THE TABLE SHATTERED! THE TABLE SHATTERED! Rap Man is out cold! And now we've got Eliminator and Eli toe to toe in the center of the ring, trading punches! GINA HAS A PIECE OF TABLE!

SP: She does, indeed! Gina has snuck up behind Enforcer, who is attacking Powers, whose arms are pinned by Mysterious! GINA BRINGS THE TABLE DOWN ON HIS HEAD! Enforcer is now out of it!

BB: This, Stan... not Powers and Flair, but THIS... THIS is hatred! This is the ONLY thing that could possibly get Powers and Flair to work together, much less Susan, Gina, and Ivy! But they've managed to cut the odds down to two-on-two!

SP: Might be even less in a minute or so.... Eli drops Eliminator with a DDT, and there he goes with the Total Elimination! Eliminator is SCREAMING in pain!

BB: Powers hooks Mysterious.... DROPS HIM across the top rope! Now it's just Eli Flair, Eliminator, and Kevin Powers in the ring! Eliminator is in REAL trouble now!

SP: You sure?

BB: Why? What's.... What is Powers doing? He's retrieved his US Title belt from the timekeeper, and has returned to the ring!

SP: You forgot something, Bill..... This is a TITLE MATCH.

BB: What do you... POWERS BRINGS THAT BELT DOWN ON ELI FLAIR'S HEAD! Flair is out cold, and Eliminator gets up! He and Powers are staring each other down..... This night, Stan, has been subtitled, "If Look Could Kill......"

SP: Apparently so, considering Powers has brought that title belt into Eliminator's gut, KISS THE CANVAS! Eliminator is tossed aside, and Powers goes for the cover! 1..........Ivy sees what's going on but she's GRABBED by Susan! 2..................3!

This one is over, and Powers is still the US Champion, in a match FROUGHT with controversy on both sides!

BB: WHAT IS GINA DOING? She's hit Ivy in the back with a steel chair! Now Susan has grabbed the Singapore Cane and is going to work on that injured knee! Powers is STILL working Flair over with that title belt! Security comes out and pulls Flair to the outside, but Powers appears to be done. Susan and Gina give Ivy one more whack with that cane, and they join Powers. Powers takes the mike from Rhubarb....

POWERS: FLAIR! Remember tonight..... And remember, when you F*** with Kevin Powers.... You KISS THE CANVAS!

CG(V/O): Randy Harders vs. Enforcer, from SuperPRIMETIME in Memphis, January 23, 1999!

(CUT TO: Blah, blah, blah...)

BB: Harders not wasting any time.... He's got Enforcer up in the Whirlwind! NO! Enforcer grabs onto the cage! Sammy, Pee Wee Troutman isn't breaking the hold!

SB: I think it's because he's holding the CAGE, not the ROPES. Still, a Torture Rack is pretty painful in it of itself!

BB: Enforcer isn't giving in... but Harders looks like he could stand there all day! WHAT'S HOT SCOTT DOING?

SB: He's got brass knuckles, Buckley! This is a setup!

BB: HOT SCOTT CATCHES HARDERS IN THE KNEECAP WITH THOSE BRASS KNUCKLES! Harders goes down! Troutman is yelling at Hot Scott... what's Merritt doing?

SB: Chad's probably coming back to kiss my butt some more.

BB: Inside the ring, Enforcer is beginning to climb to his feet, as is Harders! And Troutman has told Hot Scott to leave the ringside! WHAT IS THIS? COMMISSIONER MERRITT HAS TOSSED A CHAIR TO HARDERS!

SB: Talk about corrupt politics.

BB: Enforcer turns around, HE'S CAUGHT IN THE FACE BY A CHAIR! Enforcer DROPS to the mat!

SB: Merritt's telling the ref to turn around... what's going on here?

BB: There's the cover, 1...........2...........3! Harders gets the victory over Enforcer, but with a little help from Merritt! Here comes the CSWA Co-Owner now, let's see what he has to say!

(Merritt comes over to the broadcast table and puts on a headset. In the ring, Harders exits rapidly, as ES enters to check on the still unconscious Enforcer.)

BB: Commissioner Merritt... why did you do that?

CM: Simple, Buckley, simple. This guy was getting a little too arrogant for his own good. Now, I don't think he'll forget who the REAL ENFORCER of the CSWA is.

(He begins to walk away)

SB (Under his breath): Yeah, Enforce this, Chad.

(Merritt stops dead in his tracks, and turns.)

CM: Sammy.... see me in my office before tomorrow's event. 1 PM. SHARP.

(Merritt leaves the ringside area)

BB: I think you've promised your soul to the devil.

SF(V/O): And Deacon vs. Pat Black, from ELVIS LIVES!

(CUT TO: ...)

SAMMY BENSON: Black has reached the top first, Buckley. Now's his chance to rush over and push off the big goof!

BILL BUCKLEY: I believe the rules state both men must be on the platform first.

SAMMY BENSON: We have rules in the CSWA?

BILL BUCKLEY: Deacon joins Black. Both inching their way to the center to meet! Black dives for Deacon's legs, but Deacon leaps up and drives a knee into Black's back as he falls! The scaffold nearly fell just from the sheer force of that blow! Imagine what Black feels!

SAMMY BENSON: Pain? But I'm only guessing here.

BILL BUCKLEY: Deacon rests on Black's back, clamping in the Camel Clutch! Wear down Black now, Sammy so it's easier to throw him off later! Black up to all fours. All the way up now! Deacon turns the Clutch into a sleeper hold!

SAMMY BENSON: Say Goodnight Gracie.

BILL BUCKLEY: Black, drops down...chin buster! Deacon is stunned for the time being! Pat to his feet, drop-kick! Deacon down, but not off the platform! Black readies a suplex!

SAMMY BENSON: I've never seen a man suplexed off a 30 foot scaffold! Then again, I've never seen a gay pride parade so clearly my experiences have been limited.

BILL BUCKLEY: Deacon blocks the suplex attempt! Bench press! Deacon has Black pressed over his massive body! Sammy this is the end right here! No! Pat rakes the eyes, and gently falls to the platform. German suplex! How in the world did he get that man up and over!

SAMMY BENSON: How in the world did that woman get so fat. For crying out loud, DEAL-A-MEAL!

BILL BUCKLEY: Black signals to his one fan in the audience! He may pull off a mild upset and toss the big guy off!

(Deacon looks in the audience and sees a row of fans each holding up letters. The signs read: "We care, too")

BILL BUCKLEY: Black readies for what looks like a powerbomb. He's going to powerbomb the man off the platform!!

SAMMY BENSON: If Deacon hits the mat, we may see the Righteous smacked right out of him!

(Black lifts Deacon up for the powerbomb. Deacon however catches Black's head with his feet, and Frank'n'Parsons him off the scaffold. Deacon goes over as well, but he catches a hold of the edge)

BILL BUCKLEY: My gosh what a move! Frank'n'Parsons off the top!! Deacon's won it! He's won it! The big man, pulls himself back on the scaffold to celebrate! I don't think I've ever seen a big man able to do ANYTHING like that! Can you believe what this guy's got in him!?

SAMMY BENSON: No dancing, that's in the scripture!

BILL BUCKLEY: For the moment this score has been settled, Deacon over Black!

CG: And the winner is...

SF: ELI FLAIR VS. KEVIN POWERS!

(CUE UP: "Mechanical Animals" - Marilyn Manson. Powers and Flair both head to the podium. Flair is dressed, surprisingly, in a tux, but Powers has gone a little more casual. They shake hands with CS Express, and with each other.)

EF: Thank you! Hello! First off, I'd like to thank Kevin Powers for being an egotistical, self centered, son of a b*tch, and THE toughest man I've ever wrestled. I'm sure he, in turn, would like to thank ME for being an egotistical, self RIGHTEOUS son of a bitch. I'd also like to thank Eliminator and his entire squad for a show that none of us will ever forget, as well as Commisioner Seeley of the SWF. Chapter 11 is nothing to be ashamed of, Hot Scott. Finally, I'd like to thank you fans, for believing that I could make a comeback from the injuries I suffered in 1997, and for going out of your way to cheer for me when the time came. Thank you!

KP: Well what can I say? When you pit the King of Extreme against The Emperor of Hardcore in a match for a belt ANYTHING is possible. I would like to thank Eli for being there...ESPECIALLY for the pin. Just kiddin' man. I would also like to thank all of the ES squad, especially Eliminator, for being the pains in the asses that they are. Just a little over a year ago I came into this federation looking for high hopes and I've gotten the US and Tag titles on my records. Granted my personal life hasn't been that great, but after the IOC and I win the World Title everything will be back on track. Again thanks everyone you've been great!

(CUT TO: Vizzachero...)

MV: Glad I wasn't in between that HARDCORE sandwich, there.

(Fans laugh)

Our next two presenters are the heart and soul of the CSWA. Please welcome, Bill Buckley and Sammy Benson!

(HUGE pop as Buckley and Benson come to the podium, both dressed to impress.)

BB: You know, Sammy, it's almost as if this is too natural. We spend a good deal of time feeding off each other, after all.

SB: Speak for yourself. I see you every day. This was where I was supposed to expand my horizons! Why didn't they have me present with Silky Rose?

BB: Sammy!

SB: What? WHAT?

BB: I guess it's true, some things never change.

(Fan pop)

There are few certainties in the world of professional wrestling. One thing you can count on is that it won't be easy. It's those individuals who make your life a living hell that makes it fun to watch, as well as exciting to BE INVOLVED with. With that in mind, the nominees for FEUD of the YEAR are... Eli Flair and Kevin Powers!

(CUT TO: SHOWTIME in KC, 2/14/99)

ELI: Don't make me say it... You tell me. I don't want to tell you that you've got to take me, you've got to take Hornet, and make a choice. Because if you two screw with one more of my matches, that's what it'll come down to. So let's end the rift here, and let's get back to work.

BB: Well... it seems Eli Flair has issued an ultimatum to Poison Ivy... what's she going to do?

RD: GOOD GOD!

BB: KEVIN POWERS HAS RETURNED TO THE RING! He's got a steel-plated baseball bat in hand, and he's laying into Eli with it! He's doing more damage to that leg! LOOK! Ivy and Hornet are leaving the ring area! Susan and Gina are also pounding on Flair! Here comes security to break this up.... we'll be right back, folks.

SB(V/O): Mark Vizzack vs. Eddy Love!

(CUT TO: Primetime in El Paso, 8/6/98)

BILL BUCKLEY: What else can happen tonight! Sunshine and Vizzack overturn the decision themselves! Is that a CSWA first?

(Eddy Love enters the ring with Sweet Melissa. Eddy is wearing a shirt that reads "Fish Fair XXII, fire EDDY up" on the front and "Free Sammy Benson" on the back. Melissa is holding a microphone and Eddy is carrying the metal brief case full of money. Eddy extends his hand to shake with Vizzack.)

LOVE: You know kid you fought hard and even though you didn't put him out for Fish Fair, I still feel like you deserve something.

(Love appears to be trying to open the brief case, then blasts Vizzack with it leaving him out. Love screams into microphone)

BUT I DON'T THINK THIS FRIENDSHIP THING BETWEEN ME AND YOU IS GONNA WORK. (Love picks Vizzack up for a Hurricane Piledriver but suddenly Hornet slides through the ropes. As soon as he spots Hornet Love shoves Melissa at him, hurdles the ropes and high tails it to the dressing room.)

BILL BUCKLEY: Eddy Love runs for his life, and what kind of a man throws his woman in the life of fire!! Oh good grief, Sweet Melissa just slapped the fire out of Hornet's face and she heads for the hills! Hornet gathers himself and checks on Vizzack...look at Sunshine Stan she's in tears!

STAN PARSONS: You had to ask what else could happen didn't you.

BB(V/O): PLR vs. The Unholy!

(CUT TO: The end of BATTLE OF THE BELTS XVI's Tag Team Tournament.)

SB: PLR IS ALL GOLDEN, BABY! YEAH!

BB: Sweet Melissa slides into the ring with the Unified Tag Team Belts, and the three share a hug! Wait a second... (He holds his finger to his ear) I'm being told that there's been some sort of accident with the ambulance, let's see if we can---

(CUT TO: The video wall. It suddenly lights up, and standing in a dark room, is Apocalypse.)

A: Kevin Powers. Let the Apocalypse be the first to congradulate you on your Tag Team championship win, but at what price did you achieve those belts you so cherish?

KP: (Grabs a mic) What the Hell are you talking about now? You had something to do with Susan getting burned in the eyes didn't you macabre freak! Bring your ass out here right now and tell me face to face that you did or didn't!

A: I would suggest that you keep quiet and listen to the Apocalypse. You will have your time to speak. Tell me how much do you cherish your new belts?

KP: (with a puzzled look on his face) Well we beat the Hell out of you two didn't we? How would Eddy put it? Oh yeah! We LOVE these belts!

A: More than you love your ladyfriends Gina and Susan?

KP: (now VERY upset) WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GETTING AT??

A: Watch the screen 'Good God' and attempt to cope with the events you are about to see.

{CUT TO: The inside of the ambulance where Gina is holding Susan's hand. Susan has a oxygen mask over her face and a IV

hooked up into her arm. The female oriental doctor is making a couple of notes while the two are talking.}

G: How are you doing girl?

S: I can't even see! Gina I'm scared! First I'm fighting with Lady Death. Then someone taps me on the shoulder and I turn around to a fireball! What the HELL!

G: It's O.K. I'm here with you. You're safe now.

OD: You must really care for each other.

G: Yes we do. How is she doing doctor?

OD: Well…I'm not one to guess, but she might not be able to see again. She caught a lot in her eyes. I don't know if she'll ever see again, but we won't know until we get to the hospital.

(CUT TO: Powers in the ring)

KP: HEY! That doctor looks familiar….

A(V/O): Keep watching….

(CUT TO: Video wall)

G: Good. Shouldn't we have been at the hospital by now? We have been taking a long time.

OD: Well first we have to make a drop off.

G: A DROP OFF? My friend is damn near blinded and you have to make a drop off? What? Are you UPS or something?

OD: (gives her a disgusted look) Shut up (cleep). He was right about you. You do need to be silenced.

G: WHAT? WHO?

{The 'Doctor' reaches in her jacket and pulls out a hypodermic needle and fills it up with Medrezine.}

OD: Now. All you have to do is stick out your arm and receive this shot. After that you'll be on your merry way.

G: You'll have to give it to me in HELL (bleep)!

{Gina lunges at the doctor and they start to battle it out over the blinded Susan. Susan can hear punches and banshee-like screams and wonders what is going on.}

S: What's going on?

G: I think I found out the one that burned you in the eyes! It was you wasn't it??

OD: You are so quick! Did you figure that out all by yourself or did you feel the fire of passion on my hands?

G: What?

OD: Here. Feel again.

{The doctor slaps Gina right in the face with an open right hand shot. Gina falls back and the doctor attack her unmercfully! The doctor continues to punch her in the face until blood starts to fly from her fist. Eventually she backs off when she realizes that Gina is unconscious.}

OD: (Licking the blood off of her knuckles) Hmm….tasty! Ha ha ha ha ha!!!

{The Doctor then grabs at Gina's arm and inserts the needle into Gina's bloodstream. After she is finished giving her the dosage she pounds on the wall for the driver.}

OD: Stop the truck. She's ready to go.

{The ambulance stops and the doctor rolls out Gina into what is now regonized as a grassy field.}

OD: (Looking at the cameraman) You're getting out here too.

{The cameraman gets out and stands next to the fallen Gina. He is still filming the ambulance.}

S: Where's Gina?

OD: She's gone my dear. You are now all alone with me. (Looks at the camera) Hello Kevin. Remember me? Looks at Gina and

then Susan. This is my present to you Kevin with love written in blood. Do you love me Kevin? Do you love Miso? Take care. Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!

S: GINA!!! KEVIN!!!!

{Miso closes the door and the ambulance takes off. The cameraman sets down his camera and tries to wake up Gina, but nothing is working.... CUT TO: The ring.}

KP: MISO? WHAT THE….

A: Are you surprised Kevin Powers? Miso lives! And like you did to her she has taken something away from you that you loved. Cherish your new belt for your old cherished items are now the property of the Apocalypse and The UnHoly! At least Susan is……..

{The video wall cuts off and Powers is going frantic.}

KP: APOCALYPSE YOU BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU!!!

SB(V/O): Randy Harders vs. The Elimination Squad!

(CUT TO: SPT Charleston, 12/10/99)

BB: Sammy! He does indeed have that side headlock in there, WAIT! Harders picks him up! Side suplex! Rap Man lets go of the hold! Wait a second, what's this about?

SB: It looks to be the rest of ES, Buckley. Open your eyes.

BB: Yes, the rest of the Elimination Squad is indeed making its way to the ring, though they aren't getting involved. Harders picks up Rap Man, BODYSLAM! The cover, 1.............2.........No! Rap Man not out of it yet. Harders sends him into the ropes.... reversal.... THRUST KICK sends Harders to the mat! He gets up, HIP TOSS! Rap Man is looking MUCH more prepared this time! Harders gets up... Football Tackle! NO! Rap Man shifted his body and Harders hits the turnbuckle! Rap Man in there.... BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX! The cover, 1............2.............NO! Harders BARELY got the shoulder up, and he rolls outside to get some tips from Mrs. Beyer.

SB: Don't mince words, Buckley, he's trying to get some 'sugar.'

BB: As Sammy so 'eloquently' put it, Harders is having a conference, it would seem, with Mrs. Beyer on the outside. Rap Man calls for him to come back to the match, Be Worthington continues to count, and the rest of ES looks like it's moving in on Harders!

SB: GANG FIGHT!

BB: Enforcer steps up to Harders and gives him a hard smack! HARDERS FIRES BACK! WE'VE GOT A FIGHT ON THE OUTSIDE! Harders trying to keep pace but three on one is too much for him! ES tosses him back into the ring for Rap Man to make the cover! 1...............NO! Not even a 2 count!

SB: Now he's mad! Here comes the foaming at the mouth again!

BB: Harders back to his feet, DROPKICK by Rap Man! Another cover, 1.........2...........NO! No! Harders refuses to go down in this one!

SB: Hot Scott looks to be getting a bit frustrated himself... did he just slip something to Rap Man?

BB: I believe he may have! Look at Rap Man's fist! He's got SOMETHING in there! Hot Scott distracts Worthington, FIST BETWEEN THE EYES OF RANDY HARDERS! Sammy, he may be out!

SB: It's okay, if Mrs. Beyer gets lonely she can always sit on Sammy's lap!

BB: Stop it, Sammy! This is a travesty! Rap Man with the cover, 1...........2............3!NO! NO! Harders draped his leg across the bottom rope! He's not out of it yet, and Rap Man can't believe it! Uh-oh... Look who it is!

SB: NO! NO! I dealt with her once tonight being at ringside, uckley! Make her go away!

BB: Fans, if you didn't pick it up from Sammy's comments, Eli Flair and Poison Ivy are heading to the ring, and they do NOT look happy!

SB: Would you be happy if your mood was permanently set on "Bitch?" Or if your manager's mood was permanently set on "Bitch?" No, of course not.

BB: Fans, Poison Ivy has, for the second event in a row, gotten in the face of Hot Scott! Sammy, I believe she's telling him to leave the ringside area! DID YOU SEE THAT???

SB: Feminazi strikes again!

BB: Fans, without FLINCHING, Poison Ivy reached up and hooked Rap Man's leg as he came off the ropes! Be Worthington is telling EVERYONE at ringside to leave the area! Behind him, Harders has come back to life!

SB: Trading punches with Randy Harders may be hazardous to Rap Man's health... he needs a new plan.

BB: And he finds one! A kick to the stomach, and an irish whip.... reversal! Rap Man comes off the other side with a dropkick.. NO! Harders side steps, and Rap Man hits nothing but air! Harders gets him up... THERE IT IS!!!! HARDERS HAS RAP MAN IN THE WHIRLWIND!!!!!!

SB: But is it the second time or third time?

BB: Regardless, Rap Man is up... He's not giving it, but how can he when Worthington is preoccupied with the fighting on the outside! BEN! Pay attention to the match! NO! Here comes Enforcer from behind! HE CLIPPED HARDERS' KNEE! ELI FLAIR GETS IN THERE! Fans, we've got a four-man free for all as Rap Man and Enforcer are trading blows with Eli Flair and Randy Harders! HERE COMES ELIMINATOR AND MYSTERIOUS! Harders and Flair know better then to tempt fate, and they leave the ring! Listen to these fans, Sammy!

SB: They LOVE Harders and Flair, AND Mrs. Beyer!

BB: Sammy...

SB: Okay, they're cheering for Ivy, too. How about it, Jonesey? What's the call?

RJ: Ladies and gentlemen, this matchup has been declared a DOUBLE DISQUALIFICATION!

SB(V/O): Cool Moe D vs. Blade!

(CUT TO: PT in Atlanta, 7/14/99)

BB: Fans, it would appear we lost power for a short time, and Blade was able to capitalize on Douglas' distraction. But it seemed almost contrived... like...

SB: Like Blade was waiting for it?

BB: Yes. The Unholy could very well have a part in it.

SB: Juarez finally started the count. We could've been here all day.

BB: Blade sends Douglas back into the ring... and sets him up... GUILLOTINE BLADE! There's the cover... 1...............2..............NO! That cameraman pulled Blade off of Douglas! He's laying the boots to him!

(The cameraman hauls off his jacket and hat, revealing himself to be Cool Moe D. He furiously pounds on Blade with kicks to the ribs.Moe D calls for a microphone, and a ring attendant throws him one.)

CMD: First off, I'm sick and tired of, is this STUPID name. Cool Moe D? That's an embarassmant. *I* am far superior to you Blade, and to everyone in the back. So from now on, I will go by the name, of "The Monarch" Matt Martin. My *real* name.

You know something Blade, I'm damn SICK AND TIRED with you, and your UnHoly. Time after Time, Card after Card, I'm getting jumped by you, or one of your cronies.

[MM spits on Blade]

Now, I'm THROUGH with you. I've beaten you once, I've proved my point. But what I just did to you ........ it wasn't to restart the fire, NO, that was a little message, for GENOCIDE.Genocide, you want to attack me from behind, with a weapon, while I'mtrapped in a CAGE. Well, that's all fine and dandy, but you made a mistake. [pause]

And that mistake was, LEAVING ME BREATHING. Now, Genocide. I know your hear within these walls, so If You have any GUTS, bring your (beep) out here right now, so I can kick it!

BB: And the winner is... MARK VIZZACK AND EDDY LOVE!

(Vizzy and Love come to the podium to a HUGE standing ovation...)

EL: I can't exactly say this is a surprise. Sorry, Kev.

(Fans laugh)

I'd like to thank the Worm for his consistent pestering, calling my house all the time, going through my trash in an attempt to be like me, I'd like to thank my baby Sweet Melissa for her support, Merritt and Thomas for the huge paycheck, Sammy for the laughs, and the human race for making me look SO good.

MV: That's a hard speech to follow, eh? I want to thank Julius Kessler for teaching my how to be a Champion, Sunshine for teaching me how to be a Human, Hornet for teaching me how to be a LEGEND, and Eddy for giving me a hell of a fight, time and time again. Of course, and I hate to make Eddy mad, but at Elvis... I won that match!

(Fans laugh VERY hard. CUT TO: Vice-Commisioner Vizzachero.)

MV: Wow, that Mark Vizzack's a pretty good looking guy, hey?   (Pop)

Our next two presenters make up the CSWA's newscasting section, please welcome Rudy Seitzer and Billy Buckley!

(CUE UP: "Call of the Falcon" - {who the heck knows?} as Rudy and Billy come out in their CSWA tuxedos.

ByB: There's a difference between a World Champion and a card opener, just like there's a differece between The Bad Guy and The Blue Guy. And there are some members of the CSWA family that are just... different.

RS: And different, in this case, is a good thing. The nominees for the Most Original Personality are... DEACON!

(CUT TO: Remembering Timmy, 11/21/98)

(The lights flicker again.... and a voice is heard....)

VOICE: (loudly) IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE....

(As the sound of monks chanting comes from around the arena, a spotlight shines on the curtain once more, as The Shepherd comes out, leading a dark hooded form whose size immediately gives away his identity....)

BB: IT'S THE DEACON!!!! THE DEACON IS IN THE BUILDING!!!!!! Lady Death is SCREAMING at Black to finish the match and get out of there!

SP: Black covers.... Chainsaw comes in but gets caught by Apocalypse..... The Seventh Seal on Chainsaw! The count, 1........2........3! Apocalypse and Black win a relatively easy match, but what does that matter, when The Deacon is rapidly approaching?

BB: Destruction Crew is getting out of there.... Black and Apocalypse are just waiting... Stan, I'm a little confused... Deacon has kept his face completely covered.... has he been scarred? Why all this secrecy? This crowd is going WILD!!!!

SP: I'm not sure, Bill, but it seems Apocalypse is tired of it. He's on his way out of the ring to confront Deacon face to face.

BB: Shepherd pulls the hood off of.... OH MY! There's nobody there! There's nobody inside the cloak, which falls to the floor! Apocalypse looks confused... and he grabs Shepherd by the neck! Apocalypse lets go of Shepherd and turns around, but it's too late! DEACON IS IN THE RING!!!

SP: And he's got a steel chair!

BB: He must have come out from under the ring! Deacon drops the chair and dares Black to pick it up! Black quickly does so....but Deacon kicks the chair into his face! He sets him up! ALTAR CALL!!!!!

BB: Apocalypse is back in the ring, but Deacon drops and rolls out, that chair still in hand! Deacon is on his way back to the Shepherd!

(Deacon takes the steel chair and begins nailing it on a huge wooden cross that the Shepherd has brought out. As he finishes nailing it and turns, the lights flash off and on, and the two are gone...only the cross remains)

ByB(V/O): Poison Ivy!

(CUT TO: PT Orlando, 4/30/99)

SP: In any case, it's time to get this one started. Rhubarb?

RJ: Ladies and gentlemen, this contest is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, from Baltimore, Maryland... weighing in at 108 pounds, the manager of "Daredevil" Mark Vizzack... SUNSHINE DEL PAYNE!!!

(Cue Up: "Special" - Garbage. Sunshine comes out by herself, toting a microphone. HUGE pop by the fans.)

Her opponent... from Queens, New York... weighing in at 122 pounds... POISON IVY!

(Cue Up: "Playing Your Song" - Hole. Ivy comes out decked in an athletic bra and black ADIDAS shorts. She's pulled her hair back into a ponytail. She has her sunglasses on, and her Singapore Cane over her shoulder. So- so pop, she'll always have her fans, but at the same time, her actions these past few months have disgusted many.)

BB: We've heard the word from Sunshine that she doesn't want a fight. Let's see if she can get her wish!

SDP(In the ring): Miss Ivy... what happened to us? We were friends, or at least, I thought we were. I heard what you said. I heard you talk about me and Mark replacing you and Hornet, when it's the last thing we had in mind. I wish I could go back in time and help you fix the things that upset you, but I can't. All I can do is try and make amends here.

Look at me, Miss Ivy... I can see the girl that I became friends with still in there somewhere. I miss her. I want to talk to her. The girl that made me laugh, the woman who taught me to defend myself.

I understand what you're going through... but what you did to Mark... what you did to Mr. Flair... what you and Hornet have been doing to all of Mark's opponents, it has to stop. We can leave here now and settle up any way we can think of. All I want is for things to be back the way they were.

Miss Ivy... we were friends. Please talk to me.

(Ivy stands there, partially stunned.)

BB: Sunshine hands the microphone off to Poison Ivy... will we see a change of heart for this battle-scarred manager?

SP: We could. Listen to these fans, they're cheering for a reconciliation! Shhh, Ivy's gonna talk!

IVY: Kiddo... your little speech only left me with one thing to say...

(Ivy takes off her sunglasses and appears to be wiping a tear from her eye)

Ring the ****ing bell!

BB: OH MY GOD! Poison Ivy calls for the bell, and she HITS SUNSHINE IN THE HEAD WITH HER SINGAPORE CANE! There's the cover, 1........2.........3! Ivy gets the victory here, and here comes Mark Vizzack! He ignores Ivy and heads straight to Sunshine... Ivy has the microphone again.

IVY: Sorry, kids, it's just business.

SP: That summed that up.

RS(V/O): Apocalypse!

(CUT TO: BOB16, 5/16/99)

BB: On the outside, Susan is still fighting with Lady Death, and Powers is still going at it with Apocalypse! Eddy sees this and he goes out to join him!

SB: Where's Sweetie and Gina?

BB: They're watching the men fight... Susan and Lady Death are still going at it as well, though Susan looks to be holding her own... wait... a second? Who is that?

SB: I don't know... but an oriental woman whose clothes are revealing a lot just jumped out of the crowd! She looks familiar... but I don't know. One hot woman looks the same as the others with their clothes on.

BB: Sammy! This woman pulls Susan off Lady Death.... OH MY GOD! Susan is hit in the face with a fireball! She goes down, and she's SCREAMING! Lady Death and this mystery woman escape into the backstage as Powers, Love, Melissa and Gina all rush to Susan!

SB: Look! Black's got Apocalypse, and they disappear into the crowd!

BB: Fans, this is a travesty. Kevin Powers and Eddy Love have advanced to the finals, but they paid a price for it. The medical team are coming down to Susan's aid... let's see, do we have a replay?

(The replay shows, and Susan is seen receiving the full brunt of the fireball in the face/eye region. The replay is slightly blurred, however, and only shows an indistinguishable form from which the fireball emanated.)

ByB(V/O): Dante Inferno!

(CUT TO: SPT Charleston, 12/10/98)

(Cut to: The arena in South Carolina. Backstage. A large man and a smaller woman are walking through a dimly lit hallway. A leaky pipe has dripped water all over the floor.)

MAN: Tonight, our final triumph begins. The escaped prey will not be able to run anymore.

WOMAN: Do not overplan. When last he was underestimated he took the better of you. Of both of us.

(They pass underneath a light, and the two are seen to be Dante Inferno, and Silky Rose.)

Rose: He told us he would meet us here. Where is he?

(A door opens... and in walks Billy Buckley, son of CSWA play-by-play man Bill Buckley)

Billy: Oh, I'm sorry. Wrong way.

Inferno: YOU! You have seen us! Come here.

(Billy backs up)

Billy: No.... no, I'm gonna just go back the other way.

(Billy tries to run, but Inferno grabs him and tosses him against the wall.)

Rose: You have upset the master.... You must die for your sin.

(Inferno begins to repeatedly smash the body of Billy Buckley into the wall.... Buckley is getting progressively less conscious... and his body is beginning to splinter and break..... Another voice, however, causes Inferno to stop and drop him.)

Inferno: You're late. I will not tolerate mistakes on my journey toward my final victory. Too much rides on this.

(Arthur Kellington walks toward them with a large bag.)

Arthur: Don't worry about it. I told you everything would be fine. This kid here (Motions to Buckley) was an added bonus. Wasn't it fun beating him up?

Inferno: I do not kill for sport. My desire is the HUNT. I will not waste my energy on the weak.

Arthur: Okay, whatever. Just remember what I got you out of Green Valley for. You do my job and you get your prey.

(He begins to walk away)

Rose: What of this one? (She motions to Buckley)

Arthur: Leave him alive. He'll be able to tell everyone what happened. Kinda like a calling card.

(Arthur leaves them with his bag. Rose digs through it, to find articles of clothing that look like they belong on the body of a

professional wrestler.)

Inferno: Yes..... yes. We want our prey to be prepared for the fight... so he will give his best fight...

(He picks Buckley up, and sits him against the wall. Buckley's eyes are glazed over, but follow the face of Inferno)

Inferno: You..... You will tell Vizzack I'm coming, won't you?

RS(V/O): And Mark Windham!

(CUT TO: Pre-ELXI)

(fade in: Mark Windham in front of a bon fire)

All things change, by nature you know that. The cover up, the many masks that Hornet now wears serve one purpose. To hide your fears.

Friends forever, or you told me once. Not true anymore? If not, God be with those close to you now for your definition is a far cry from mine. I've made this bed, and the ability to lie in it does not come easy. But you see, it's my search that one day will allow me to rest.

You don't understand, that's no fault of your own. I've asked you to wait. To be there, when the storm passes. Instead? You're ready to "beat it out of me" if need be.

All things change, as I have. As you will. One thing however, will never change. Friends forever, can they withstand the madness?

Through fear men are made. Keep those masks, Hornet, because in time they'll be remembered as the tools that lighted the transformation.

I'll be there, accepting your challenge. Only because it's 'personal'. The Awakening is near, friend, it shall deal with the sleeping crisis that rests in you. The Awakening, is forever.

(fade out)

RS: And the winner is... DEACON!

(CUE UP: Gregorian Chant. Deacon heads to the podium dressed in his robes. He takes the award, nods to the crowd, and leaves. CUT TO: Vice-Commish Vizzachero)

MV: A man of few words. Now, ladies and gentlemen... the Godfathers of Professional Wrestling.

(CUE UP: "Jesus Christ Superstar." Standing Ovation as Merritt and Thomas enter the stage from the rear, and settle in front of the podium.)

CM: For eleven years, the CSWA has been the number one source for innovation and entertainment in the world of professional wrestling. The reason for that is, in large part, to the high standard of excellance that we hold for the talent we allow to walk through that door.

ST: Quite simply, we won't accept anything else. And we won't let our employees do the same. With that in mind... the nominees for WRESTLER of the YEAR have been the cream of the crop. The top of the top. And they will prove it at ANNIVERSARY.

(The lights come down, as "WRESTLER OF THE YEAR" appears on the video wall. CUE UP: "We are the Champions" - Queen.)

CM(V/O): "Daredevil" MARK VIZZACK!

(Fade in on Mark Vizzack, sitting in his home in Baltimore, Maryland. He looks exhausted, as though he's been awake since PRIMETIME ended. Also, his shoulder has an ice pack strapped to it.)

MV: There's a problem with your logic, Eddy... Sure, I'll grant you "Legend Killer" status... but you hardly killed Mike Randalls. Mark Windham has been more interested in uncovering secrets of his past than wrestling a match. Billy Starr? Basketcase. And Hornet, everyone's favorite bug, looks none the worse for the wear after the Raid and the Loaded Glove.

(He winces as the changing of his position forces him to move his shoulder.)

You need something to think about? The only "Legend" as you put it that's in the IRONMAN with you is a man whose "Frail" back, well... ISN'T. And you've got Kevin Powers, your tag team partner, who's not there to save you from Deacon or myself anymore. Deacon himself, who you've ducked for MONTHS...

Eli Flair. The King of Extreme. While you two have never wrestled, the post-match brawling has done little to sway the oddsmakers in your favor. And then, there's me. Mark Vizzack. The man who ENDED Hurricane Season back at Elvis Lives. The man who--

(The doorbell rings)

Damn. WHO IS IT!!

Voice From Door: UPS, sir. I have a package for you.

MV: Leave it out there.

UPS: I need a signature, sir.

Cameraman: No problem, Mark, we can edit this out.

MV: Naaah, this is casual. Leave it in, it'll add character.

(Vizzack takes care of his shoulder to get up, spends a minute or so at the door, and returns with a small box...)

CM: Look, I think the moment's been broken. I'll come back later to finish up.

MV(Unwrapping...): Yeah sure, no problem.

(Camera cuts out, just as Vizzack opens his package...

To reveal, a very familiar camcorder. Fade out...)

ST(V/O): "Hurricane" EDDY LOVE!

(It's a house show in Macon Ga. The crowd has been subjected to some pretty sorry talent, with almost no main event or even mid card talent. The crowd which has booed wildly through several matches, finally gets a burst of heat as we cue up Led Zepp: "Trampled Under Foot". Eddy Love comes to the ring wearing a T with the Anniversary logo except instead of "Revelation" at the bottom it has "The Eddy Love Show" on the back is"I Break It, You Bought It". In the background wave several signs including "Troy-2k" "Free the Shepherd" and a poster painted like a Confederate battle flag that has "Eddy Love; The Southern Dandy" stenciled over it. Love crawls in the ring and takes the mic.)

LOVE: We don't all get 45 minutes on the national show like the favorite son of the CSWA so here's Hurricane Eddy only 2 hours from home shouting out from Macon, Ga where truly great lovin' usually means your 1st cousin. (Heel Pop) You didn't like that? How bout this, I heard a man in the ticket line saying he wished the state of Florida would just fall into the sea and take Steve Spurrier with it (A big commotion stirs in the front row as a man with about 4 teeth and a Ga. Bulldogs shirt starts jumping up and down in support of the Gator bashing. Love singles him out pointing to him.) You sir, do you wanna know why Florida does not fall off the map? (the man shakes his head) Because Georgia sucks thats why, and you might not look like the University of Georgia poster child, if that tramp you called momma had ever kept her legs outta the air long enough to buy you a tooth brush, and boy if you were half a man you'd come over that guard rail and defend that sluts honor.

(The crowd which had displayed mixed response to Son of the South Eddy Love, now breaks into an asshole chant that even Vinny Mac would be proud of.)

But back to business.... I, like all of you morons, saw the Oldest American Hero's little skit in Tampa. Funny stuff Hornet, I gotta admit. Justin Bateman.... funny..... Nell Carter..... very funny... and that midget, I swear to God I thought it was Randy Harders until the other Harders came out..... but the funniest of all was that out of shape alcoholic red neck you got to play Billy Starr.....that's funny stuff. Starr had to be furious when he saw what a loser you picked to play him.... It was flattering of course that this man who considers himself too great to be compared to anyone *my* sport has known, spends half an hour spoofing me, but we all know if you want someone to listen in the wrestling world, you had better be talkin' bout Love. Standard to Hornet's rantings about the man who put him on crutches for 6 months at Fish Fund, is he picks out every third wisdom that Eddy Love, the Wizzard of Words, spews out and he tries and spin 'em to what he wants. Well Hornet I didn't say I made wrestling, I said I *WAS* wrestling, but now that you mention it, I did make wrestling what it is today. You scoff at my legend killer monicker, but look at how the so called legends of the CSWA have faired against Hurricane Eddy. Sure Mike Randalls managed a draw in Eddy Love's debut, but after he got a little taste of wrestling's new millinuim he got his pasty white ass outta my sport. Mark Windham fared no better, and while he does still get on TV and ramble on about being awakened by the house maid, his wrestling days were all but over after Eddy showed him where the beginning and end of our sport lies. (Pumps thumb at his chest)...... Joey Melton, Billy Starr, The rest of Cornette's little business..... all sent the way of the pet rock by Hurricane Eddy Love. And yes Hornet even you...... you can babble about that psuedo explosion if you want, but me and all these products of the pre-lottery Georgia schoolastic system know that Timmy Windham didn't die and the dreaded Hurricane piledriver is what put you in that hospital for all those months. Now I fully expect Hornet to pull every string he can to make sure that the CSWA's favorite son doesn't pull Eddy Love at IOC and that he thinks he can beat those other 4 hacks and put that gold around his waste one more time.... but I'm here to tell you Hornet, Kevin Powers said it best, at Anniversary 1999 The Eddy Love show...... It is all about Eddy.

CM(V/O): "Taking Care of Business" HORNET!

(Hornet is sitting in the study of his Greensboro, NC home. Folders and paper in neat piles cover his desk.)

It's hard to believe that it was just fourteen months ago that the caption in the Merritt Auditorium was "Titanic: Sink or Swim." Fourteen months since the Windham stooges decided to interrupt the final Hornet/GUNS confrontation.

It's hard to believe it's been five months since it was "One More Time," Hornet versus Mark Windham in a Texas Death match...the reappearance of Timmy Windham from only-God-knows-where.

It's hard to believe that it was over ten years ago when the 'legend' that has become my career began.

And it's hard to believe that it's been ten months since the reigning caption was "Fire It Up," and a ton of rubble came down on my back.

But what's really hard to believe is the fact that after proving myself for the last eleven years to the idiots called adminstration around here, that in one fell swoop by Merritt, a Cuban refugee and a pathetic, suicidal Board of Directors members on more drugs than I've had championships, the CSWA decided to strip me of the World Title AGAIN.

And now they want to put me in the ring with 'the best in the world.' How many times have I had to go through this? They did the first time in order to try and end my streak....and I came out of it with the brand-new shiny Unified Title over the likes of Tom Adler, Flic Rair, and the heroes of yesteryear.

Then it took the antics of GUNS to keep me from winning the second one....but like everything else, that backfired on poor, pathetic Roidboy too. And in the third...it took five commissioners and one man named Mike Randalls to put down for the count.

Well, what will it be this time gentlemen? Because once again...I've got to go through five insignificant peons to get to what I want. We've got the man who could only beat me by spraying a can of Raid in my face....and another whose biggest claim to fame is being sidekick to the aforementioned "Teddy Bear Bandit."

Then there's...oh, how did Love so eloquently put it, the mute freak who has spent more time in the jungle lately than the wrestling ring...oh yeah, he's one of the 'best' now isn't he?

And then we've got my two favorites: one man who couldn't keep his woman happy, and couldn't keep his knee intact. And the other who can barely keep his woman alive, let alone keep a title around his waist.

It's pathetic....do I have to use that word one more time in this interview...pathetic! Because every time the CSWA trots out the IRONMAN of CHAMPIONS banner and talks about putting "the best" up against each other...it boils down to "Hornet versus the World." Because that's the only way they can beat me...it's either that, or find a way to dump another ton of bricks on top of me.

So fellas, while I don't particularly care for any of you...just remember, whether you've sprayed Raid in my face or attacked me from behind, called me a Judas, screwed me as a special referee, or just been generally annoying....it's nothing personal.

ST(V/O): "Good God" KEVIN POWERS!

[The scene opens up at the home of 'Good God' Kevin Powers. The ususal scene is not there anymore. Gina is not by the pool. Susan is not laying out soaking up the sun. Kevin Powers isn't even there taking down another MGD to lighten his spirits. Instead the mood has changed within the whole house. These days Susan has been held captive by The UnHoly lead by the sinnester Apocalypse. Gina, thanks to Apocalypse new South Korean Assasian Miso, has been put into the hospital and stays within a coma. Kevin Powers himself hasn't been the same for obvious reason. Besides the threat of Apocalypse and Miso he has also seen the true colors of Eddy Love and the near destruction of his friend Steve Radder. Along with a constant defense of the tag titles which he holds with Love one can only wonder which day Kevin Powers will finally break down and snap. Within the huge estate the cameras find Kevin Powers working out in his personal gym. He is seen working out with the punching bag and talking out loud.]

KP: (punching away) You think you can get away with THAT? You ain't got no HEAT! You took Gina away from me! You took Susan away from me! Who do you think you are?!?!? D*MN*T I'M KEVIN POWERS AND I'LL KILL YOU!!!!

[Powers continues to unleash a fury with the bag until he realizes that the CSWA cameras are watching him. He looks at the camera and motions for the man to move over towards the bench.]

KP: (sitting drinking some water) Well I suppose everyone is wondering how Kevin Powers is feeling as of late? Well...I have to tell you...everything SUCKS in the life of Good God right now. If it's not Apocalypse it's Miso and if it's not Miso it's my tag partner Eddy Love. From Ego to Destructo it's D*MN near amazing how I can stay alive! But I do. Oh yes...I do.

Well I suppose you're here to get my comments on the Ironman show for the next PPV. Well...what can I say. It's a tournament and that's the only way Good God ever gets a shot for the world title cause I guess that's just the way life is isn't it? I mean I could have shots like Vizzack, Love, Deacon, and Hornet did, but that would be asking too much. When I put the beatdown on Vizzack long ago the headshed should have realized, "Hey Vizzack is the champ! Powers beat him before so let's send him.", but did they? Nope. Course not. Wouldn't be proper. I have to wait my turn while others get their shot at the glory. I have to wait my turn so a BUG can crawl out from under the wall to take the gold. I have to wait my turn so that someone WHO CAN'T EVEN SPEAK FOR HIMSELF get's a shot at the gold. I have to wait my turn so that a EGO RIDDEN KISS*SS gets yet ANOTHER shot for the gold, but not Kevin Powers. Vizzack, out of a fluke, got a shot and SOMEHOW he got the win, but did I complain then? Course not. Wouldn't be right. In one way, shape, or form they got the STROKE in the CSWA, but when someone with one H*LL of a background comes into the picture they just flash the US and Tag Titles in his face and figure he'll be happy. Well guess what kids...I'm not!

First you got Vizzack. A Cruiserweight at BEST with a scared up derpessed woman by his side. Taking in the fans cheer for his fight. His determenation. His strive for success. Let's give one big cheer for Mark Vizzack. The DareDevil. The slithering WORM! I don't know who you knew or who you slept with, but you got that shot and you won. Congrats to you moron! I'm glad you got to lead the CSWA from grime to slime. You should be proud, but don't worry cause they rewarded you! They gave you the honor of getting into the ring with people twice your size and are willing to bend over backwards to break your neck! Be proud of what is about to happen to you cause...either way...YOU EARNED IT! And remember this Vizzy...I beat you before and I really see no reason why I can't do it again.

Then there is the one they call Deacon. Just ONCE I would love to hear him say his own name. I should feel sorry for the impared holy roller. He was lead into a match by his 'good buddy' God's Protégé and look what happened. He got doubled crossed. Then again I don't feel sorry for you because at least they didn't drug your boy and make him BLIND! Sure you have the good book on your side and you pray day and night, but what did it really get you? Trouble in the house of Shepherd. A thief in the night stealing your hopes of survival. Who really cares cause I sure in the H*LL don't! You get to go to Ironman and preach your two cents on how you will do this and do that. And you 'finger' out how Faith is the Evidence. Big FLIP! Bring you seven foot carcas to the ring and I'll be happy to stomp a mud hole into it. You look just like Apocalypse in a warped sort of way. Maybe I'll think that you are him and have a GOOD GOD PARTY WITH YOUR SOUL!!!

Then there's the old man of the group. Bug Boy. Mr. Raid. The Little Hornet That Could. I giggled when the wall came crumbling down on your spine. I thought to myself 'Hey! No more Hornet!', but of course I was wrong. Apparently one of those rocks got back into your head and you finally got back half a brain! You soothed Ivy over to your side and really got on the final nerve of Flair. H*LL you even got the belt for your 'well-thought' move, but could I actually buy that Hornet is truly The Bad Guy? You're still a worthless waste of scum if you ask me. The only match we EVER had was when I blindsided you and yes...it felt good. REAL GOOD! You got to bring your cane and hobble to the ring in hopes that the fans can still remember the name of Hornet. 'I remember ten years ago when I did this and I remember ten years ago when I did that.' Well I'm glad that the Social Security Checks haven't kicked in yet cause you would only tell us about how you remembered how Social Security first STARTED! Sure I'm happy for tradition and such. Don't get me wrong, but for GOD's SAKES MAN! Out with the old and crippled and in with the new! How many times to you have to flash your Hornet's badge to everyone in the CSWA hoping to get another shot at the World title? The BEST thing you could ever do is just pack your bags. Go to your prepaid for grave. Jump in and DIE LIKE THE REST OF THE LEGENDS!!! And if you don't, and I know you won't, I'll be more than happy to bury your *SS myself cause I'M SICK OF IT AND I'M SICK OF YOU!

Speaking of being sick and disgusted this brings me to the subject I LOVE to talk about the most and that's The Ego Bustin Eddy Love. I'm sure everyone knows why they call him the Hurricane. It's because he loves to blow that Ego of his over the CSWA until we get sick of it. Lord knows I am. We've heard him in the past. It's Eddy's league. It's Eddy's sport. It's Eddy's team. It's Eddy's title. Hey look it's Eddy putting me to sleep again hearing his CRAP! Don't get me wrong. It's great having Eddy Love in your stable, but when he basically comes out and says that there is no I in team...only in attItude then you have to realize that he's is truly PATHETIC AND WORTHLESS! Look what he did to Radder. Now I can't defend the Iceman cause I really don't like when a man puts his hand on a woman...ESPECIALLY TWO WOMAN hint hint, but what Eddy did? Where was Eddy for Good God when Apocalypse did what he did? No help from Eddy for his team. Instead IT'S ALL ABOUT EDDY!!! Well Eddy I still remember how you got the surprising win at the last tournament for the world title which was also Good God's last shot so I guess I owe you. You think I walk in your shadow? Who was picked by Billy Starr first for The Corporation and who was second? Sure when you earn the glory you should brag about it, but when the TEAM earns the glory it would be nice if you GLOAT for the TEAM and not YOURSELF, but you really aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer are you Eddy? You wanna talk smack about how I should keep a better eye on my girls? Well I thought I had a friend to watch my back! I guess I was wrong! So, out of the kindness of MY heart, I'm gonna go into the Ironman and go out of my way to kick your EGO *SS! You can bring your sweet 'teddy bear' Melissa to the ring and it will be my HONOR showing her how good it feels beating the TAR out of you! Kicking a mudhole in your butt! H*LL just breaking your fighting spirit will be TONS OF FUN FOR ME EDDY! When you are down and you finally hear the three count the only thing you better do is get up and shake my hand and admit that Good God is as good as you if not better. And when I win the gold, and I will win the gold, it'll be for the TEAM! Don't go around saying that Powers is wearing LOVE's BELT cause if you do I'll crack you over the head with it! You can go to the fair all you want, but when you come back you won't have the teddy bear...and you won't have the World Belt...I WILL!

Finally, and the best for last, there is Eli Flair. Now if there is ANYONE I can respect in this league it is the King of Extreme. If anyone has had the same luck as Good God has had recently it would be this man. His manager left him. He hurt his leg...which I started, but he know that whenever we meet it's ALWAYS Extreme Hardcore Rules. He even got punked by Hornet. A man he thought he could trust. Now he's going into this thing proving to the world that it's not wise to cross a Flair, but I have to stop him there. Eli I know you've got alot riding on this Ironman. You went through fourteen others to just make spot number six. We've been to H*LL and back time and time again. Heck we still have our table reserved there in case we go back. I think we even have frequent flyer miles there. We have drank together. We broke bread. We have spilled blood together. We broke each others bones. You brought the table, broken glass, and tacks. I brought the barbed wire and the steel plated baseball bat. Now if Good God wasn't there you would be my pick to win against the rest of the wanna-be in this match, but I'm not gone. I've got something to prove. This is my turn to take the spotlight and run with the CSWA ball. And if you get in my way Eli well I'm sorry, but I'll plant your *SS too! And at least you understand when I say this...it's nothing personal...it's only business!

So am I getting ready for the Ironman? Heck I'm already ready for it, but it never hurts to make sure that you aren't 'over the top'. So take your camera and get out of my house! I've got training to do and I don't need you here to see it, but before you leave one final thought.

DON'T ASK....WHAT YOU PEONS THINK YOU CAN DO TO GOOD GOD AT THE IRONMAN. ASK...WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS KEVIN POWERS GONNA DO TO YOU!!!

Now hit the bricks! As Gina used to say....this interview IS OVER!!!

[The cameraman leaves and Powers goes back to the punching back screaming out his thoughts.]

CM(V/O): And... THE DEACON!

[The screen goes black and prepares to go back to the Saturday morning CSWA review show. However, instead of finding someone talking over the upcoming Anniversary card, or the events of Showtime in Atlanta, we go to 4 words written block style in white across the screen.]

"IS IT WORTH IT?"

[The view cuts from that to the man called Deacon sitting on a wooden bench in a locker room, his back against the crimson lockers. The only way you can tell it is Deacon is by his dress because a wet towel clings to his head. He appears exhausted, evidently at the end of a tough match in the CSWA. Again, the camera cuts to black.]

"IS IT WORTH IT?"

[The view cuts to a different scene, the inside of a hospital emergency room. Deacon is dressed in his wrestling attire and holding his left arm close to his body. Shepherd is beside him as 2 doctors walk into the room. They stand around Deacon, prodding at his shoulder. The door shuts, and just after that click signaling its contact, you hear a pop of ‘something’ going back where it is supposed to go in the body.]

"IS IT WORTH IT?"

[The view cuts again, this time to a gym. Muscled guys and gals are walking around, doing as much ‘scouting’ as they are ‘pumping iron’. A small crowd has gathered around one weight bench, lying on it is Deacon, his shirt off revealing his abs and scar along his chest. Deacon is pushing up a bar, his face the picture of concentration. As it appears his veins will be busting out of his skin, he completes the rep and lets it down, exhausted.]

"IS IT WORTH IT?"

[The view cuts yet again, this time at some house show for the CSWA. Deacon is walking to the ring with the Shepherd in front, as is customary for his entrance - his monk’s robe on, hood up. Suddenly, he stops midway through the aisle. He turns his head to see a young boy, no more than 7 years old, standing on the back of a chair trying to see something … anything. Deacon walks over the security railing and passes a few fans who pat him on the back as he passes. Deacon stands over the boy, who is looking up at him, awestruck by this man. Deacon removes his hood from atop his head and the kid, eyes still wide with excitement, stare on at the face of Deacon. Deacon turns from the boy to his mother and father, sitting just beside him. Deacon nods his head, put his hand up, and motions for them to follow. The kid, STILL not moving, is picked up by Deacon and placed on his shoulders. A smile, as contagious to those around the arena as it is to Deacon, crosses this boy’s lips as Deacon begins walking toward the aisleway again, the mother and father following behind. Deacon steps back over the railing, walks to the ringside area, and gives the 3 a set of chairs behind the timekeepers table. He puts the boy down, pulls his hood up, and then walks into the ring to finish his entrance. Cut to…]

"IS IT WORTH IT?"

[We see Shepherd in the ring with Deacon behind him. Shepherd has the mic and we cut in midway through his talk.]

SHEPHERD: With all that has been said about us, with all that has been done too us, we are still here. Not for the money, we’ve made what we need to live on a long time ago, but for one thing - people need heroes. And we can only point to the greatest hero ever to live - Jesus Christ. And if one more person is touched by what we can do. If one more person feels they too can do the impossible because we have through Christ … then I’d say we’ve done more than just entertain, we’ve inspired them to something greater - Faith in Jesus. If we can prove one more time that that faith is not dead, but it is very much alive, then we’ve done our REAL job. Proved that FAITH...

FANS CUT IN: (as the camera fades to black) IS THE EVIDENCE!

[The words scroll across the top as the shout of "faith is the evidence" dwindles.]

"IS IT WORTH IT?"

[The screen fades in a picture of that same child laughing as he sits on the shoulders of Deacon, who is sweating from an apparent hard fought victory in the ring.]

(CUT TO: The podium, and the Godfathers.)

CM: And the winner is...

(He opens the envelope)

ST: MARK VIZZACK!

(CUE UP: "The Show Must Go On" - Queen. HUGE pop as Vizzack stands up and heads for the podium, look of disbelief plastered all over his face.)

MV: I... don't know what to say. It's been a crazy, strange year for me. Lost a friend, lost my father, nearly lost my partner and my manager to boot. But I hope I haven't lost any fans.

I don't want to thank anyone. I want to dedicate this award to Joey Melton. Wall. Dream Warrior. Hornet. Troy Windham. GUNS. Mike Randalls, Eddy Love, and everyone else who has ever worn the CSWA World Heavyweight Title, and paved the road for everyone who was honored tonight. Thank you.

(Standing ovation, as the scene cuts back to Vice- Commish.)

MV: Thank you to all the presenters, congratulations to all the winners, and to you fans...... get ready, because next up is the IRONMAN of CHAMPIONS! We'll see you at...