[FADEIN: A revolver laying on a wooden table.]

V/O: What is the game of Russian Roulette? It’s the ultimate risk, the greatest danger. It’s played by madmen, by those so bored by the world that nothing but the wager of life itself interests them.

[The gun is picked up by a non-descript man, in his mid-20’s, short brown hair, he opens the chamber and puts one bullet in the gun, then spins the chamber shut. After a moment he puts the gun to his head.]

What does a man think of when he pulls the trigger? Does he wish to be judged for his crimes? 

Does he pray for salvation? Does he have hope in his heart he’ll survive? 

[The camera goes in tight on the hammer of the gun being drawn back.]

All that is certain, is those who play Russian Roulette, must be ready to pay, the ultimate price.

[The hammer clicks, CUTTO: The screen going black, as a gunshot is heard.]

[MUSIC UP: “Sugar” by System of a Down]

V/O: The night of Russian Roulette, what is it? Will it be the continued reign of the King of EPW [CUTTO: Sean Stevens X-Factoring JA] who seeks to further cement his legacy as the greatest champion in EPW history. Or will Marcus Westscott topple him from his throne? 

[CUTTO: Westscott powerbombing Cameron Cruise through a table covered in thumbtacks.] In the unforgiving confines of a roofed steel cage, the mettle of both men will truly be tested, and a champion will emerge.

[CUTTO: Anthology standing tall in the ring over a beaten Shawn Hart and Jungle Storm] It is a night where Anthology seeks to further drive it’s boot down upon the throat of EPW. Where Cameron Cruise [CUTTO: Cruise hitting a reality check on The First] seeks to punish the man who dared break free of Anthology [CUTTO: Shawn Hart hitting Cruise in the head with the EPW World Title Belt] it is the night where the tag champions [CUTTO: Jared Wells and Larry Tact holding the EPW World Tag Team Titles aloft] shall be put to the test, both by returning legends [CUTTO: Big Dog and Dan Ryan standing on the rampway] and up and comers seeking to make a name for themselves [CUTTO: The three members of Jungle Storm, striking fighting stances for the camera, looking intense.] 

It is the night Copycat [CUTTO: Copycat with The Cat’s Claw on Sean Stevens] seeks to bring Anthology yet more gold and glory. Standing in his way, a ladder, and a man hell-bent on proving himself a force in this sport [CUTTO: Layne Winters hitting Green River Justice on Fusenhoff.] and the night when Sean Edmunds seeks to ruin the debut of Bruce “The Beast” Richards. Will the night end with Anthology’s control over EPW increased…Or will their stranglehold, begin to slip?

It is a night when a man who believes he transcends time itself [CUTTO: The First, face painted like Kefka giving the camera a hard stare.] faces an enemy from his past, as the Boy Who Destroyed The World seeks to prove he was truly the driving force behind The Forsaken [CUTTO: Felix Red and Gotho standing over the body of The First.]

Barbed Wire, blood, and agony await, as a former EPW World Champion [CUTTO: Rocko Daymon with the Tacoma Cloverleaf locked on Sean Stevens] faces a maniac seeking to rend his flesh from his bones [CUTTO: Omega holding ‘Barb’ and grinning maniacally at the camera] in a match where truly, nobody may win.

It is a night when Stalker [CUTTO: Stalker surrounded by his police force] and Fusenhoff [CUTTO: Fusenhoff hitting a Whiskey Bomb on Layne Winters] settle their issues, once and for all…

It is Russian Roulette 2009…

[CUTTO: the sold out Scottrade Center as pyro goes off on the ramp way and the crowd is *loud* the camera pans over the various sections of the crowd, who hold their signs, supporting Westscott, Hart, and The First, while insulting Stevens and the various members of Anthology if not all of Anthology itself! CUTTO: A camera in the ring shooting up at the MASSIVE ROOFED STEEL CAGE hanging above the ring.]

DM: Welcome ladies and gentlemen to St. Louis and we are LIVE tonight as Sean Stevens and Marcus Westscott will enter that cage, and one of them will leave tonight the EPW World Champion. 

[CUTTO: The Broadcast table where Dave Thomas, Dean Matthews and Mike Neely are seated, both Matthews and Thomas are in dark suit jackets with black ties, Neely has on a light grey suit jacket but is going without the tie.]

MN: Stevens has this in the bag, Westscott has spent forever wondering around lost in this company, the fact that he lucked his way into this title shot just disgusts me, tonight this farce ends!

DM: I don’t know what you’re seeing Neely, but I’ve seen Marcus Westscott as a house of fire, he’s taken out Jared Wells and Cameron Cruise on the last two shows, and I think he upends Sean Stevens and takes the title home tonight!

DT: That cage isn’t the only thing above the ring [CUTTO: A hard shot of the EPW TV Title hanging off a ring.] As earlier today, Layne Winters surrendered the EPW World TV Title Belt to EPW officials and now it hangs above the ring, as Copycat and Winters will go to war and tonight we will have a clear cut winner.

MN: Winters has said a lot about how he’s not the smartest guy or the hardest guy to figure out. Well he’s clearly backed himself into a corner here against the Smartest Player In The Game. He’s in a no DQ match against a member of Anthology, if they wanted to turn this into a gang fight, well, Winters has no gang!

DM: Well let’s not forget Winters did kick out of the Litterbomb and got Copycat so bent out of shape he used a chair and cost himself the match last time, tonight everything’s legal, and who knows what tricks both men will have up their sleeves.

DT: Cameron Cruise will take the Anthology banner into battle as he faces the man who left Anthology, Shawn Hart in a war for the Intercontinental Championship.

DM: Hart’s has suffered for his decision to leave Anthology the last couple of shows, but he got some payback with a timely distraction against Cruise when Cruise fought Westscott, tonight the score is settled between these two men.

DT: And Anthology’s other title is at risk as Jared Wells and Larry Tact will have to face Big Dog and Dan Ryan and THEN defend the titles against Jungle Storm.

MN: It’s not fair what’s happening in that match, just because Anthology is controlling this company doesn’t mean Lindsay Troy has to go out and cheat for other guys to try to get an edge. And might I also add it’s unfair that Sean Edmunds, another member of Anthology, is being thrown in there tonight against some hotshot newcomer in Bruce “The Beast” Richards. How can Edmunds scout this guy?! This is a bag job!

DT: I’m sure there’s plenty of tape of Mr. Richards out there for Edmunds to study if he so chooses to do so. And also former tag team champions will collide in a street fight as The Forsaken, Felix Red and The First, will have what I can only expect to be a brutal and violent battle.

MN: I never really liked Felix, but after he put that freak in the hospital, I’m a fan, so let’s go Felix, finish the job!

DT: Also Fusenhoff and Stalker are in the building and we have no idea what the hell the two of them are going to do…[CUTTO: The ring, the ropes have been replaced by Barbed Wire] and we will open the night with Rocko Daymon and Omega inside a ring surrounded by barbed wire.

MN: It’s gonna be gruesome and I can’t wait to see the carnage, I hope the local blood banks have these two guy’s blood type on record and extra supplies in.


Barbed Ropes Match
Rocko Daymon vs. Omega


[MUSIC UP: “Albatross” by Corrosion of Conformity. The Empiretron shows a highlight package of Rocko Daymon beating up Stevens. JA, Stalker and others as Rocko Daymon walks to the ring, drawing a big pop from the crowd. Daymon slides under the bottom rope of barbed wire as he gets into the ring.]

TF: The opening contest of Russian Roulette is set for ONE FALL and it is a BARBED WIRE MATCH…Introducing first, from Tacoma Washington weighing in at 225 pounds…The former EPW World Heavyweight Champion…ROCKO! DAYYYYMONNNN!!! [Crowd pops, Daymon fixes his gaze upon the entranceway.]

DT: Rocko Daymon, looking determined in that ring, this will be a very bloody, very brutal match we’re about to see, the term ‘not for the faint of heart’ most assuredly applies here. 

MN: This Is carnage pure and simple, I don’t know if Daymon has any idea what he’s got himself into.

[MUSIC UP: “Redeemer” by Marilyn Manson. Omega powerwalks to the ring, ‘Barb’ in hand. Omega has on a white wife beater and blue jeans with deep blue ring boots. Ref Donny Regan trying to keep the men apart as the announcement s finish.]

TF: And his opponent….From Missouri , weighing in at 294 pounds…OOOOO-MEGA!!!! 

[Loud boos as Omega glares at Daymon waiting for the bell to ring.]

[Bell rings]

DT: And here we go. Omega menacing Daymon with Barb, Daymon just not reacting at all to that, Omega charges and takes a swing…Daymon ducks and starts rocking the big man with a series of hard jabs. Daymon with a dropkick sends Omega INTO THE BARRBED WIRE! 

[Crowd pops, some screams of horror]

DM: Omega the first to taste the barbed wire and this match starts with the brutality.

DT: The ref trying to pull Omega out of the barbed wire, and now Daymon grabs Omega and GRINDS HIS FACE INTO THE WIRE!!

MN: AHHHH…This is brutal…

DT: Omega now bleeding from the forehead as he falls to the mat and now Daymon putting the boots to Omega. Omega picked up and now Daymon whips him into the corner…Omega reverses…Daymon goes into the corner and blocks the corner with his foot, he spins around…INTO A BIG FOOT FROM OMEGA! DAYMON FALLS BACK INTO THE WIRE! 

[Screams from the crowd]

DM: Daymon now being mangled by that wire, you really have to wonder exactly why these two guys would agree to such a brutal match, this is assuredly career shortening, if not career threatening. 

MN: Man Rocko Daymon’s really fallen hard, from fighting for the world title to now being impaled on barbed wire by a maniac who talks to a chair…Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.


DT: The ref now prying Daymon out of the barbed wire, Omega pulls him out to the center of the ring…BACK SUPLEX! Daymon now being dragged over the the barbed wire ropes…OH LORD HE’S BEING GRINDED INTO THE WIRE! [More screaming from the crowd] 

DM: This match is maybe at the 5 minute mark, maybe, and already both men are being torn up by the barbed wire and brutalized, this match may just come down to who can tolerate the pain more.

MN: It’s going to come down to who doesn’t get a major vein opened up, let’s be honest, they are already bleeding like stuck pigs!

DT: Omega now has Daymon tied up in that barbed wire…DAYMON KICKS OMEGA LOW! Omega staggers…AND FALLS INTO THE BARBED WIRED…AHHH…Both men now caught in the barbed wire, the ref has out wire cutters trying to free Daymon now…

MN: That’s bias! How can he cut Daymon out when Omega’s stuck in the ropes also! This is unfair!

DT: Well Daymon fell in first, I don’t know what to tell you, Daymon now falls to the mat with the wire being cut to free him, now the ref getting to Omega trying to free him. He finally cuts Omega free and now both men laying on the mat with pieces of barbed wire still stuck in their backs…Ugh, this just brutal.

DM: Omega seems to be recovering a bit faster than Daymon as they both get to their feet, Omega clips Rocko’s jaw with a right hand and another…ROCKO WITH A DROP TOE HOLD SENDS OMEGA INTO THE BARBED WIRE! 

MN: These two have to be INSANE to be doing this, the ring is already CAKED in blood…I’m normally a fan of wanton violence and carnage, but this is a bit much even for me. 

DT: Daymon RIPPING OMEGA OFF THE BARBED WIRE ROPES…[Groans from the crowd]…Omega now in a daze, pretty much out on his feet, Daymon backs up and a RUNNING CLOTHESLINE drops the big man…Daymon now TAKES the wire cutters from the ref…He’s cutting off a section of the ropes…Now Daymon’s wrapping that barbed wire around his arm…DROPS A FOREARM INTO THE FACE OF OMEGA! [Another groan from the crowd]

DM: Rocko certainly hasn’t been shy about being violent and brutal in this match and he clearly wants this win.

MN: I’d say so, he’s just about trying to KILL Omega in there! 

DT: Daymon now dragging Omega into the middle of the ring, DDT! Daymon with a cover! 

ONE!!

TWO!!

NO!!

DT: Omega kicks out..Daymon wiping some off the blood away from his eyes and gives Omega a stomp to the head. Now he takes that piece of barbed wire he had wrapped around his forearm and USES IT TO CHOKE OMEGA!! 

DM: You would most likely have said that Omega was the crazy man going into this match, but Rocko Daymon’s actions clearly have me wondering if he’s the one who’s more insane.

MN: I know all the crazy stuff with Stalker got under Rocko’s skin a bunch, but now he’s completely insane, I mean this is rubber room stuff he’s doing in there!

DT: Omega fighting to his feet trying to get some of the pressure off his throat…He turns into Daymon and gets a waistlock….BIG BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX BY OMEGA! BOTH MEN DOWN!

DM: I have no idea where he got the energy to hit such a move but Omega saved the match there, he was nearly choked out!

MN: Saved the match?! He saved his life finally getting Daymon to quit with the murder attempt!

DT: Omega now taking that barbed wire of his neck and now he wraps it around his hand and PUMMELS ROCKO WITH A SERIES OF PUNCHES…AHHHHH…[Crowd screaming!]

MN: Man, I know Sean Stevens is Triple X, but this match might make EPW NC-17…This is just gross! Thank goodness I ate light before the show.

DT: Daymon now picks up the bloody as all hell Omega and now just THROWS HIM OUT OF THE RING TO THE STEEL RETAINING WALL!

DM: The ropes on that side of the ring had been cut down earlier from when the ref was freeing the two men from the barbed wire, and now Daymon has used that to his advantage, just sailing Omega to the floor and into the security railing. 

DT: Rocko now onto the floor with him and now he drives Omega’s skull into the ring post..And AGAIN…Rocko now rolls Omega back into the ring and he grabs Omega…TACOMA CLOVERLEAF…HE TURNS THE BIG MAN OVER!!

DM: After all the abuse, all the blood loss he’s suffered already, I can’t imagine Omega can last long in this hold, Daymon has it locked in, and there’s no rope break, Omega has to get out of this on his own! 

DT: Omega in a world of trouble here, he’s going to have to tap, or he is going to pass out from the pain and the blood loss he’s suffered…[Crowd booing loudly!] OH GIVE ME A BREAK! STALKER CHARGING OUT HERE AND HE JUST CLOTHESLINED ROCKO FROM BEHIND! Stalker putting the boots to Daymon, this is an outrage! 

MN: This is great! To hell with Daymon, beat him dead! 

DT: You’re a disgrace Neely, Stalker and now Omega both stomping away on Daymon…This is a joke, this match has been so brutal, so violent, and now Stalker, picking the bones of Daymon…Stalker now pulling Daymon up…OMEGA backs off a few feet…RUNNING CLOTHESLINE! DAYMON DUCKED! STALKER KNOCKED INTO THE BARBED WIRE! [Crowd pops!] Stalker caught in the barbed wire as Daymon now kicking and punching Omega, he’s throwing everything he has at him…Daymon with an inside cradle!

ONE!!

TWO!!

NO!!

DM: Daymon knows he has to get Omega finished and finished quick, Stalker won’t stay in that barbed wire for forever.

DT: Daymon grabs Omega, he’s fighting for a backslide…HE GETS IT!! OMEGA’S SHOULDERS DOWN!

ONE!!

TWO!!

NO!!!

MN: Come on ref, cut Stalker free of the barbed wire! This isn’t fair!

DT: The ref ISN’T doing that because Stalker’s not in this match…Stalker can get his own way out…Daymon gets Omega up…Omega with an eye gouge and as Daymon staggers trying to get his vision back Omega RIPS the wire cutters from the ref and now is cutting Stalker free…Daymon over and a clubbing forearm to the back of Omega. Omega hands the wirecutters off to Stalker as Daymon and Omega now trading punches in the middle of the ring, Daymon rocks the big man with a flurry of right hands…Now he doubles Omega over with a kick to the mid-section…Omega hooked…DOUBLE ARM DDT!! Daymon with the cover!! 

ONE!!

TWO!!

THR—NO! NO!

DT: STALKER BREAKS IT UP! [Crowd booing loud!] Stalker just hammering Daymon…OH LORD HE’S STABBING DAYMON IN THE FOREHEAD WITH THOSE WIRE CUTTERS…Omega back up now and he and Stalker just BEATING Daymon senseless…Omega now with a chunk of barbed wire just RAKING it across the scalp of Daymon, who’s flailing, trying to fight himself free of this…He’s just being carved up here…

MN: He’s the idiot who agreed to a no DQ match, knowing Stalker was in the building, knowing this could happen to him, as far as I’m concerned, Rocko Daymon is getting what he deserves! 

DT: You are a disgrace to humanity…Stalker pulling Rocko to his feet…Daymon is a bloody mess…This is…Just gross really…Omega grabs Barb…AND DENTS THAT CHAIR CRASHING IT INTO THE SKULL OF DAMYON! Daymon hits the mat with a thud….Omega with a cover…

ONE!!

TWO!!

THREE!!!!

[Bell rings, MUSIC UP: “Redeemer” by Marilyn Manson, crowd booing LOUD!]

TF: Here is your winner…OOOOO-MEGA!!!! 

DT: I can’t even call this a win…Rocko Daymon had this match won and then Stalker, who’s goal in life is apparently to destroy Rocko Daymon, runs in here to mug him and cost him this match.

MN: It was all legal as can be, Omega is your winner, Daymon is your dead, blood soaked victim!

DT: EMT’s and staff out here to cut down the barbed wire ropes and check on Daymon…When is Stalker going to pay for all the stuff he’s doing…

MN: Never…It’s Stalker’s world baby…


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