Golem & X-Ecutioner vs. The Black Thunder

[JABolich]

In the second of three tag-team qualifiers, the unorthodox duo of Golem & X-Ecutioner battle John Doe and Aodhan Lorigan - The Black Thunder! The winning team will advance to the triple threat elimination title match at Unleashed!

 

[aodhan]

[ CUT TO: Aodhan Lorigan, swathed in old British exploration gear, crouches over a track made in some mud; the puddle leaks onto a paved lot]

Aodhan [sniffing the air]: Here, we have a footprint made by the infamous Golem. A beast of mythic proportions, standing upright he is 6' even. Usually, one would spot this monster crouched, holding his jagged claw close to his heart - almost nothing matters more. Bred in a place known as Death Valley, California, this creature is extremely difficult to capture.

[Aodhan points offscreen, and the camera swivels to accomodate. It focuses upon the Von Braun Civic Center]

Aodhan [v/o]: If you'll take a closer look, the Golem has managed his way into the Civic Center. An unfortunate place, for he is now cornered. He has no way of escape - this building will be his downfall. Any aspirations he had of victory are now shattered. Picture the great Roman Empire [Aodhan pulls a drawing of a beautiful Roman Collesium from a pouch hanging at his belt]. Now, add in a Golem [Aodhan does just that, with a pen extracted from the same pouch]. Then, add in the disastrous decision that Golem settled on, and viola! [Aodhan takes the pen as if it were a scalpel, and presses hard with his pointer finger. He scribbles all over the paper, until the pressure he applies tears a hole through] Here, we have destruction. Manufactured by yours truly, Aodhan Lorigan.

Aodhan [standing and brushing his knees off]: Like the great hunter Poseidon, Aodhan Lorigan is after you, Golem. I hope you don't take this the wrong way - you are simply the prey, and I, the predator. You can't hide, you can't fight back - You WILL come back to me - I Am Legend, God, and Mystery!

[FADE TO: black]

 

[John Doe]

[Cameras fade in as a black backdrop is seen and a red lighting blot in the middle. Cameras focus on words above the lighting bolt as they read “The Black Thunder.” John Doe walks into focus from the right. John makes a sudden halt as he turns the camera]

Doe: Golem & X-Ecutioner ? Who are these guys again? Oh yes I busted one of them up on Aggression. Now I remember you two, you two dorks, bums, losers? Against Aodhan Lorigan and me, John Doe? Are you serious? I mean you two are going to be destroyed with in seconds, maybe milliseconds!

[John takes a seat onto a stool as he shakes his head. Doe picks up a copy of N.E.W Magazine as he flips through the pages. John points a picture of himself and Aodhan in the ring parading after they took out Second Coming.]

Doe: You see that picture, I don’t see you two in there. Seriously if it wasn’t for me you two would have lost your match up, frankly I don’t care about your win, I just care I had a couple hits on Storms. Now I face off with the guy losers that won due to my disqualification, due to my interference, oh well, maybe you will get a taste of the Light of Death. Maybe not…Maybe I will just hit The Amnesia Attack once and Aodhan can kick you skulls in.

[John turns to another camera has he yawns a bit and smirks in the middle of it.]

Doe: You two bore me, I‘m surprise the crowd didn’t start a riot because you two bored them so bad. Maybe that’s the main reason I interfered to stop that boring match, it seems to look like that right about now. You have no skills whatsoever and yet you two come into the ring with Aodhan and me? Are you sick? We are going to snap you two like twigs, this has to be a joke of some sort, I mean maybe Freeman will walk out and say May fools, instead of April fools. I know this has to be some sort of joke, or maybe they are serious of putting you two in the ring, I have no clue. This is starting to piss me off now! I mean Aodhan must be spitting out S-Bombs about this match-up! He’s going to get his hands on you two and kill you when he sees you. I mean he is probably really ticked, haven’t talked to him personally, but I think he’s up and running since he’s all excited for the Tag Team titles, oh yeah, the titles that we WILL win.

[John smirks as he runs a hand through his hair.]

Doe: Well boys I think you need a lesson in wrestling, see I am not going to go out there and shake your stupid hand and say good luck buddies. No Aodhan and me are going to try and end you. We are going to end you in one swift stroke, squash you like bugs, you two should be quite scared if I wear in your shoes, you are going to face off the two most deadly forces in EPW. We are going to give you a lesson you will NEVER forgot, a night you will NEVER forget, and a loss that you will NEVER forget.

[Doe smirks lightly and starts laughing to himself]

Doe: Golem & X-Ecutioner it’s ticking, the time is ticking till Aodhan and I “The Black Thunder” strike down on you and destroy you one by one. This goes to the rest of the tag teams, we are supreme, we are “The Black Thunder”, and I; well “I Am Not Just Anyone…I Am John Doe”

[Fade to: Black]

 

[Vertigo]

Taken Control...(Or "Stimulating Conversation About an Unforunate Situation")

(Cue Up: "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails. Fade into a shot of Golem's oversized manor from the front gate. It's looking ominous as always. Cut to the one they refer to as Golem, hunched forward in a chair. He stares at a single candle on the wall in an otherwise dark room. Golem rocks back and speaks, as if speaking to the candle.)

Golem: Fire...how can it survive when it's life is naturally forfeit? They die as quick as a whim strikes their master so. And yet, they come back. Again and again, never the same and yet completely new. They singe as best they can, hoping to make some sort of impression that will last after their extinguishing, but in the end it is usually for naught.

(Golem turns towards the camera.)

Golem: And allow me to say hello to today's dancing embers. John Doe...Aodhan Lorigan. I love how you can so carelessly write me off. You try to make a name for yourself by stealing our victory and using it to feed your egos. No, Second Coming would not have won without you. You merely saved them for suffering the wrath of my claw and being righted as was their destiny. You stole from them the awakening that they had so earned. And for that, your insidious crimes against my children, the Second Coming, you shall be wrought to pay. How does one pay for such a horrible action, though? Should you be treated to such a similar fate? Are you capable of withstanding up to the point where I would apply my claw? Aodhan, I assume you intended to be funny. Doe, amidst all your ramblings I have no idea where you intended to end up. I get the distinct impression that:

1. You think this match is a joke.
2. Golem and X-Ecutioner bore you.
3. You think this match is a joke.

Impressive deduction skills, on your part, at least about the being boring part. I mean, Golem is not here to a ratings grabber. I have no interest in hearing how Dan Ryan would like his wrestlers to act. I am not the puppet, but the puppeteer. I am the craft bringer, and the answer giver. I am the mountain tumbler and he who enters the low valleys and returns unscathed. I am he who is and he who shall be. Golem, my dear friend, is the solution to everything and everyone who plagues the Empire Pro Wrestling league. I am the scourge of the rhetoric, the dasher of wit, and eraser of the idiotic idiom. I am sick of the banality that chokes this league and it's peddlers. I am not the speech-maker but the action-taker. I am the word-breaker and the curing hand.

(Golem smiles.)

Golem: But enough of my silly talk, yes? I mean, lord knows, it's hard to understand someone when you can't even locate him, eh Aodhan? Some great hunter you are, as I was in the backstage area of the last wrestling event. Perhaps it's just that, while you might act like you are hunting me, you realize that it is best to delay the fight until the final possible second. Take Golem for second. He savors the time leading up to a fight where a profane string of insults of move names are designed to scare him out of the fight. Golem thrives on this, these protective words. Words that one would hope could perhaps create some great shield around them and make them invincible against the coming attack of the one they call Golem. It would be my great honor, oh Poseidon, God and ruler of the Sea, to have your spears and arrows set upon me. The hunt, you see, is the sweetest part of battle and one that myself revel in. However, I can assure you that hunts are never as satisfying when your prey escapes. I know this from Tampa Bay, where you helped to unleash Second Coming from their glorious fate. Well, Lorigan, the hunt should continue and if you want to play hunter, so be it. But I will be there, in the Civic Center, without no great shadows hiding me. I implore you to come right after me and see how fruitless it is. You see, one feeling I am not overly familiar with is a failed hunt. I have got to believe it is both an embarrassing and humiliating feeling. But I don't think that is my place to make assumptions. If anyone really wants to know, I will just point them in your direction, eh?

(Golem smirks.)

Golem: But now I go and I get ahead of myself. I mean, how can I assume that X-Ecutioner and myself shall lead you to a fate eerily similar to the one Second Coming was on track for? How can Golem portray you guys as capable of surviving long enough for the claw to even be necessary? I mean...I would hate to waste on someone who could be disposed of by simpler means. I mean, the great thing about having..."assistants" such as X-Ecutioner is that it excellently frees me up from having to waste excess energy on worthless time-consuming failures. But, hey, I point no fingers to any pair of perennial do nothings who waste their "invaluable" time to come and meddle in Golem's affairs. I am sure I have no idea whether anyone like that will ever stumble into the ring with me. Lorigan...Doe...for all my subtleties, my message is clear. Enter the ring with X-ecutioner and yours truly, and watch your career go the way that piece of paper lord and master Poseidon was carrying. Join the rest of the flames of this league, and in grand fashion, watch the inferno wash away in sizzles and smoke.

(Golem stands up, walks over to the candle, and extinguishes it with the point of his claw. Somewhere, between the room's darkness and the upcoming commercial, the camera has faded to black.

 

[John Doe]

Ignorance is Bliss

[Fade into a EPW backdrop as John Doe stands there laughing, his voice echoes throughout the room as he suddenly stops as the camera zooms out. A candle sits on a stool as the camera comes to focus. John walks to the stool and crouches to eye level of it.]

Doe: Fire, look at it go Golem, isn’t it wonderful, the flame burning. I thought I take the same analogy as yours, but instead alter it to my own perspective. It is what we do isn’t it? Alter objects as we walk into our lives. Altering is the main concept of man if you perceive it the same way it does. In such, Aodhan and myself are going to alter the business. The business of EPW, if you think about. We joined as one of the tag teams, altering the tournament, we are going to alter the match, by winning, and we are going to alter the effects of the tournament, by winning it of course. Golem you like to jabber a lot that’s your main persona, to jabber about useless and nonsensical thoughts that mean nothing to the rest of us. Golem do you understand the importance of this match up with The Black Thunder? It is to win, to advance into the finals of this tournament. For a second there I thought you believed that you can defeat Aodhan and myself! Bt let reality hit you for a second Golem let it hit you hard, because it will at Aggression. Aodhan remembers what I said to him before our match up at Aggression, unfortunately I was unable to complete that foreseeing thought of showing him why the show was called that. On the flip side, he saved my ass and my head from getting kicked in, and due to that I owe him my greatest of gratitude. I owe you nothing Golem but a good smack in the face. I owe you a lesson in why I am John Doe and why Aodhan Lorigan is the “Fist of Poseidon”. You Golem are the spokes man for your team, I speak for us, I speak for Aodhan and myself, that you my friend are in a great ordeal, that you are facing one of the new, most dangerous tag teams formed, The Black Thunder.

[Doe blows out the candle as the backdrop flickers the a red fist holding a lighting bolt. Behind it in blue it reads “The Black Thunder.” John smiles as he looks at the backdrop then turns back the camera.]

Doe: Back to the speaking of the candle, which I just, blew out. Why? Because you are like the candle, are done, your flame, or drive, has ended. I will make sure of that Golem that you will not advance past “The Black Thunder,” that you my foe are ended immediately. Thus I cannot take you anymore, your voice annoys me, and I am not a person to become annoyed easily. Since your voice is a annoyance to myself, an possibly thousands of EPW fans, I will gladly shut it up for you personally. It should not be that difficult, since you my friend are not a difficult opponent. I’ve seen dogs more fierce than you, dogs get put to sleep, so I figure I would put you to sleep. Not kill you Golem that would be illegal, but put to sleep this stupidity of me wasting my time and energy in the ring facing off with a joke as yourself. Yes, you will mock me later, and say some stupid comment about how I think you are a joke, but I don’t lie I reveal the truth and the truth is crystal clear, you are a joke. A pure utter joke, I think that this will be a great match up Golem, a positive win for Aodhan and myself. It’s ok though I think that it is fine to lose Golem, especially in your case, practically Second Coming would have destroyed you and X-Ecutioner in the ring. I wouldn’t take a side of an enemy but that is the truth.

[John yawns as he shakes his head and looks back at another camera.]

Doe: Man, oh man, where is that guy any ways? Why do you have to talk about everything Golem? Where is your stupid partner? Ah, he knows if he opens his mouth I will shut it up as well, I think your little buddy is scared of me Golem. It is ok though, I will still kick his head in as well as yours. I can’t stand it anymore, don’t talk every again Golem, you are just angering me, yes I am a very angered man, a very, very, angered man. And I do not like being angered, it drives my insanity to the point where I will destroy anything in my sight, and you are in my sight and in my path, not only my path but Aodhan’s as well. He will not appreciate you being there, I mean the guy is going to destroy you in a blink of an eye, when you blink and then open your eyes the match will be over an Aodhan would have pinned you already, that’s how much assurance I have in this guy. You will suffer the defeat you will, and I mean will, accept and Aggression. Thus, your time is ver, and Aodhan and me will have the chance to win that Tag Team Championship. Well, since I am done talking to you Golem I will talk to your partner who never talks.

[John turns to yet another camera]

Doe: Since your name is to long I am going to call you “idiot number 2” because Golem, yes the stupid partner of yours is “idiot number 1”, see you have nothing to say, due to you know your loss is at hand. It is in your fate, and you fate is to lose to The Black Thunder. Yes you will lose to Aodhan or me, it is what you will have to accept. It is plain it is simple, it is something unavoidable. So just don’t show up, save yourself the embarrassment. Well “idiot number 2” I believe that I am done talking to you because you don’t talk so goodbye.

[Doe looks to the middle camera and nods]

Doe: Men, we embark on a journey a journey that I will complete, sorry that we, The Black Thunder, will complete and you will fail to finish. It is over for now, but trust me you will see me soon, in the ring, pounding on your face. “Be Prepared, Say Your Prayers, For The Time Is Coming.” Men, enemies, and foes, do not forget “I Am Not Just Anyone…I AM John Doe!”

[Fade to Black]

 

[JABolich]

(OORP: Posted on X-Ecutioner's behalf)

---







[Fade into a sign that reads "Mental Institution" on a stormy night, screams can be heard from inside.



Scene switches inside where a doctor is talking to a nurse while looking in on a patient.]



Nurse: What should we do about him doctor?



Doctor: Well he said he only wants to be held here until May 9.



Nurse: Why is that doctor?



Doctor: What, you don't know about him?



Nurse: Know what? Isn't he just another crazy who needed to be kept off the streets?



Doctor (with a little chuckle): Heavens no. This guy is a professional wrestler and he has a match sometime after that date.



Nurse (with a shocked look on her face): You mean someone not only gave this psycho a job, but a job where he is out in front of a bunch of innocent people?



Doctor: That's right. However I heard that..



[The doctor is interrupted by X-Ecutioner]



X (while rocking back and forth in place): Why do you make fun of me? Have I done something to amuse you?



Nurse (with a shaky voice): N..N..No, I wasn't making fun of you.



[The nurse is looking around the room for X]



X: I don't like it when people make fun of me; make fun of me because I'm different. But then there are people John Doe...



[X's voice grows in anger]



X: Doe, you know nothing about me and yet you call me idiot and stupid. Just because I let my actions speak for me does not mean that I don't hear what you say.



[X stands up and begins to scream at the camera]



X: I hear every damn word that you say and for what you did to me at Aggression you will pay.



[X sits back down and begins to rock back and forth again]



X: John, you think I have to accept anything? No, you have it all wrong pal, it is you who has to begin accepting things. Let’s start with the fact that you can't stop me John. You can't stop me because like you, I become an unstoppable beast when I am angered. But unlike you, I don't destroy, I annihilate.



X (with a sadistic voice): You know, I occasionally have these visions, and I recently saw one, one you won't like. It was of me and Golem holding the Tag Titles over our heads. But first, we have to go through you, which shouldn't be tough, since you can only attack us from behind. Enjoy these next few days Doe, for they will be your last.



Doctor (to the camera crew): Ok, we will have to ask you to gentleman to leave.



[Scene fades to black as X-Ecutioner laughs hysterically]

 

[John Doe]

You Haven't Seen Insainty

[Fade in as John Doe stands in front of Black Water Mental Institution, John laughs as he shakes his head, John stops laughing as he looks straight at the camera. Then he cracks his knuckles as he yawns.]

Doe: No, you have to be kidding me, the so called “idiot number 2” speaks up! It’s a miracle from god himself, if he exists, something you do not X, you have no sense what so ever in that little skull of yours do you, you believe you are special because oyu sit int hat little hole of you yours with those padded walls around you? You think I have never been in these walls before, you are sicker then I thought my young friend.
[John starts talking like a retarded man, slurring his speech as e mimics X]

Doe: Uh, wells Johns, yous thinks I haves to accepts anythings? No, yous haves it alls wrongs pals, it is yous whos has to begins acceptings things. Lets starts with the facts thats youd can'ts stops mes Johns. Yous can'ts stops mes becauses likes yous, I becomes ans unstoppables beasts whens I ams angered. Buts unlikes yous, I don'ts destroys, I annihilates.

Doe: You do what annihilate what you annihilate a little fly you saw in that cell of yours, please. You have to be kidding me. The day you annihilate me is the day a pig can fly, if you want to see a pig fly, then step in the ring with me, I’ll kick your ass so hard you will fly, from one side of the ring to the other, catching on you little sh(FCC, OOC: damn those people). Ok X, so you want a piece of me in the ring do you, then you can come and get it buddy, you can get a whole beating from me/. Trust me my stupid friend, that I will kick your teeth down your pathetic throat, you have no chance in the ring with me, you have ONE, count it, one chance to step toe to toe with me, and you will fall short of your mark.

[Doe turns to the Institute as a smirk crosses his face]

Doe: You are nothing like my X, you will never will be, there is a thick line that separates me from you, and trust me nothing you can do can make you become what I am…better, smarter, more advanced of a human-being than you will ever become. I am going to show you true pain, Aodhan my partner is going to show you why we are going to stop, no kill your self proclaimed vision of you with the Tag Team Titles, it will never happen, in your sweet nonsensical ignorant dreams will that come true, as I long as “The Black Thunder” stands you will never be a champion.

[Doe taps his hand against the gate as he smirks once again. Doe turns to the camera again]

Doe: You will make me pay X? That is what you said, I quote form your mouth “I hear every damn word that you say and for what you did to me at Aggression you will pay.” I end that fragment of a sentence with these words of advice for you, don’t get in my way, you will pay dearly, I promise you that. You will pay, not me, for the words that you have just spoken, I reassure you that your words have hit the center of my mind, and they are ticking, eating away at me, you will be a very sorry man when Aggression rolls by. You like to yell in the camera? I spit in your face, I am going to spit in your face, just because you tick the living hell out of me. Oh you think you are a beast in the ring? You haven’t seen what I can do, no, you will see, you will pay, you will suffer.

[John takes a step closer to the camera as he looks at it a serious look on his face]

Doe: Your failure at Aggression will be our success. It is time for “The Black Thunder” to strike upon you and when it does, you will not be laughing, you will be in shock, you will be in tears, you will be miserable. Think of what will happen to you at Aggression, I will give you a clear and slow projection of the outcome to happen upon you and Golem….THE….AMNESIA.. ATTACK. That is your fate, that is your destiny, that is MY VISION. Your vision means nothing to me, you can ramble about all you want, it is going in one ear, and out the other, you are just a stepping for “The Black Thunder.”

[John nods as he take sa breath to pause, then begins to speak again]

Doe: Your time is coming short, it is coming quick, it is almost here, I say to you two, “Be Prepared Say Your Prayers, For The Time Is Coming”, the time ticks away slowly as I come to the ring and kick your skulls into the ring, the time is ticking till I or Aodhan pin one of you the time is coming for your defeat. My prediction, my vision for you X and Golem is quite simple…PAIN. It is your time to suffer, for “I Am Not Just Anyone…I Am John Doe!”

[Fade to Black]