As the show begins, “One by One” by Alter Bridge begins to play. General Manager JENSEN KENT makes his way out to ringside with a serious look on his face. It looks like the GM is once again here for business as he climbs the steel steps and gets in the ring. He asks for a mic as the music dies down.
JENSEN: You know something? Since I took this position I’ve done nothing but bust my ass every week to make sure that the fans get what they pay for. I’ve bent over backwards to see that my superstars get what they are due and put on a better show than ANARCHY. But somewhere along the way, I was disappointed. Not only did the men I hired let me down, but I have been embarrassed one too many times. Last night, I was hoping that MASSACRE would once again shine. But no! None of you had the cojones to go out there and do what was expected. And now MASSACRE is left with one title. Not only that. But IMPACT!! IMPACT of all shows has more titles than we do. Well that doesn’t make me happy. And when i'm not happy.....Someone will suffer! So next week, you will all see the return of a man who knows how to get the job done. Not only that, but I’ve decided a few things that will surely put MASSACRE on the map. First, I would like to announce that the Snow Job World Title match will be a four-way, with Rage taking on three other stars to be determined by number one contender matches this week and next week. Second….Starting next week, the matches are going to start getting more intense. Why? Because it’s all about the ratings! Forget the titles for now. That will change in due time. For now, I will push it all to the limit and my superstars will prove that they will do any and everything it takes to make this show number one. And as long as I’m around, I’ll be damned if I’m going to lose to some has-been Xtreme Champion like ZACH RIZZA. So ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for the era of JENSEN KENT. Things are definitely never going to be the same again!
“One by One” by Alter Bridge plays again as the GM leaves the ring and walks up the ramp and backstage. What could he mean by things are never going to be the same? And who is this person he mentioned will be here next week? As he leaves, the lights dim and that familiar sound of a chainsaw revving its engine comes on. Mudvayne's “Nothing to Gein” comes on full force with the chorus. The fans are excited to see an absent TRENT GEIN. He is wearing blue jeans and a Dynasty t shirt. He has his hands taped with black athletic tape. He looks ready to fight. He slides in the ring with a purpose and a goal in mind. He is completely business tonight. The anger about him exudes so that everyone in the arena can feel it. He has a microphone in his hand and he is just standing there soaking it up.
TRENT: First of all let me say congratulations are in order for SETH STEVENS for doing the impossible. Well when you look at the quality of his opponents I wouldn't say the impossible. The only one worth a damn in those matches was SHADOW WARRIOR. But still I give credit where credit is due. SETH CONGRATS. For now because the time has come for you and I to end this. The XWF Xtreme title. Now every other yahoo and dumbass in the back has given chance after chance while I have had to fight tooth and nail for what was mine to begin with. I am the number one contender for the XWF Xtreme title. Not BARNEY GREEN, not SHADOW WARRIOR, not DOWNFALL not even BRIAN CADY. I am. I deserve the chance to make things right. I deserve a one on one match against my former stablemate SETH STEVENS.
The crowd cheers loudly for this match up. The chance that many have been waiting for but what XWF management has consistently denied them.
TRENT: That is not the only reason I'm out here. Last week I was scheduled in a match against Bryan Williams. I came to the arena locked and loaded and ready to fight. I was denied entry into the building by none other than JENSEN KENT. I could have saved myself some time and money if I was told in advance but no that wasn't important. I was then left off tonight's card. Why? SHADOW WARRIOR wrestled a brutal match last night and he's booked. I think that there is something going on here. Something’s not right. I'm here to set the wrong things right and make everything the way it needs to be. I will tear this place down piece by f***ing piece if I have to. I'm tired of this sh*t.
Many parents in the audience are covering the ears of their children. TRENT GEIN is holding absolutely nothing back.
TRENT: That's right. I'm willing to be controversial. I'm willing to allow those pieces of trash in the back who think that TRENT GEIN is the stepping stone to a bigger and better career in the XWF to come out to the ring in the proceeding weeks and do just that. I'm in a fighting mood. I've been doing this for years and I know what it takes to survive the good times and especially the bad times. I'm nobody's goddamn stepping stone. No One!!! I didn't put in all that hard work just to be the elevator of the XWF lifting rookies and newcomers to this federation on to glory and bigger and better things. JENSEN KENT, the next time you pull some crap like that I, TRENT f***ing GEIN will rip this place down with my chainsaw. I will be the unstable monster everyone thinks I am. I am the master of my own mother****ing destiny.
He throws down the microphone and leaves the ring.
DEAN JAMES and PAUL FROST are already in the ring, ready for action. But before the ref rings the bell, JENSEN KENT appears on the XTRON. He doesn’t look too happy.
JENSEN: Gentlemen, I’ve been disappointed with you one too many times. You’re all former WGWF superstars who assured me that your being here would change the face of the XWF. I put my trust in you and you stabbed me in the back, embarrassed me and made me look like an idiot. I won’t stand for that. So this match is now a no holds barred pin to win match. Feel free to beat each other to a bloody pulp for all I care. But remember, the two men that lose are fired!
As the XTRON fades to black, both PAUL and DEAN look around wondering where ANDREW CLASH is. An image appears on the big screen!! There is ANDREW CLASH he is bloodied and lying on the floor. FAMINE OF THE VILE is standing next to him smiling. DEAN and PAUL look in shock as the Demon King stares at them and smiles. The match immediately begins as PAUL FROST jumps DEAN JAMES and starts hitting him with a barrage of punches. DEAN JAMES covers up and then pushes PAUL FROST off of him. DEAN then gets to his feet but is met by an super kick right on the button! DEAN JAMES stumbles back into the corner. PAUL FROST jumps and goes for a monkey flip but DEAN JAMES pushes him off, PAUL FROST hits the mat, rolls and charges at DEAN JAMES! DEAN JAMES gets up his boot and catches PAUL FROST right in the mouth. DEAN JAMES gets up onto the second turnbuckle and leaps off hitting PAUL FROST with a stiff flying clothesline. DEAN JAMES clutches onto PAUL FROST’S throat and starts to viciously choke him. DEAN JAMES will not let up! After a few seconds, DEAN breaks the hold and then stands up. PAUL FROST gets to his feet but is quickly knocked off of them as DEAN JAMES dropkicks him out of the ring. DEAN JAMES goes to the top rope. DEAN JAMES flies through the air with another dropkick, PAUL FROST rolls out of the way and DEAN JAMES hits the outside hard! PAUL FROST gets up onto the guard rail and does a moonsault onto DEAN JAMES. PAUL FROST grabs DEAN JAMES and charges him into the steel steps shoulder first! DEAN JAMES writhes in pain as PAUL FROST gets onto the apron. PAUL FROST jumps off and dropkicks DEAN JAMES in the back of the head making his head smash into the steel steps! DEAN JAMES touches his forehead and notices he’s bleeding! FROST tosses DEAN JAMES back into the ring. He then goes to the top rope, DEAN JAMES gets up quickly and press slams him off of the top rope! DEAN JAMES gets PAUL FROST to his feet and then hits him with a sharp knife edge chop! PAUL FROST holds his chest, WHAM! Another chop! DEAN JAMES then quickly hits a Russian Leg sweep. He then drops a knee into the body of PAUL FROST! DEAN runs, bounces off the ropes and spring board moonsaults on PAUL FROST. DEAN JAMES hooks the leg.
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PAUL FROST kicks out. DEAN is frustrated! DEAN JAMES jumps back on PAUL FROST and applies a cross face! PAUL FROST rolls out of it, gets to his feet just as DEAN JAMES does, boots and DDT’s him! PAUL FROST gets up and springs up to the top rope and hits a great looking frog splash! PAUL FROST gets back up and waits for DEAN JAMES to get up to. He goes for the Frost Bite, but DEAN JAMES slips out and pushes PAUL FROST into the ropes. FROST comes back and is met with the Box Office Smash!! DEAN covers.....1........2.......3!! It's over. PAUL FROST and ANDREW CLASH have lost their jobs and DEAN JAMES is the sole remaining member of the defunct WGWF!
JENSEN KENT is shown once again on the XTRON as the crowd quiets down a bit
JENSEN: DEAN, I got a chance to listen to some of your comments when you aired your promo. And let me assure you, you couldn’t be more wrong. What I did, I did because I know of the potential you have. I know that you can be one hell of a contender. But I will not stand for anyone making me look bad. You want a shot at becoming a superstar here? You want to become one of the XWF’S best? Well get yourself ready because I am giving you a shot at winning the International Title. Get yourself ready, because it won’t be an easy task!
And with that, the XTRON fades to black…..
WINNER: “Iceman” DEAN JAMES
The scene shows JENSEN KENT watching the events in his office on his TV screen. All of a sudden, there's a knock at the door.
LITTLE PIG, LITTLE PIG, LET ME IN!
The door swings open and ZACH RIZZA is standing there with a smile on his face. JENSEN KENT, not so. JENSEN droops his head.
JENSEN: Great, what do you want?
RIZZA: Well, nice to see you again JENSEN. I mean, last time we saw each other you seemed a little bit down...maybe it was because I had every belt in the X-TREME WRESTLING FEDERATION and...
JENSEN: You have 5 seconds to get your point out and get out. I am not in the mood for this.
RIZZA: Wow, who are you planning on getting to stop me? GAMBINO? Where's he? Oh yeah, that's right...he high-tailed it out of this sucker. Hell, even if he was here...I have ENIGMA. You bring FAMINE, I have NICK RYAN. You bring BIG SHANK, I have RAGE. You bring ROCK, I bring PAPER. You bring PAPER, I bring SCISSORS. You bring SCISSORS, I bring ROCK. So..you see, I one up'ed you in everything. Hell, you have to bring a belt that nobody cares about....the INTERNATIONAL TITLE?! Come on! Who is all going to be in it? Your stiffs from whatever that federation you drove under the ground? Really swell job you are doing, chief.
But that's not the reason I am here, even though that was one hell of a good reason for me being here...to gloat. But, quite honestly, this is STILL a time for change and a time for giving. So...I will propose to you a trade this month. Not saying when or who, because I am still thinking. But I will help you out, chief...
EVEN THOUGH, once you have these guys...I don't think you will EVER be up to the same place that THURSDAY NIGHT ANARCHY is at. And you can bet on that. KENT, I will see you around some time...buddy.
JENSEN: Yeah? Well let me tell you something “buddy” if you even think for a single second that this is how it’s going to be then you’re sorely mistaken. You see, this isn’t over. It’s just begun. And I promise you, that when all is said and done, you might be begging ME for a job. Now get out of my site.
ZACH: Sure thing…..Buddy!
JENSEN waits for ZACH to leave before throwing a lamp at the door.
JENSEN: I'M NOT YOUR BUDDY!
A black limo pulls up to the arena, in the back parking lot. The limo stops, and stays parked for a moment. Just then, the door of the limo opens to reveal SPICE-ONE emerging from the inside, as he steps out and stretches his arms and legs. LAYLA then steps out of the limo, followed by THE NITEBREED, KOUNT C and HOMISIDE. STEVE SAYORS is then seen rushing to the pack of wolves.
SAYORS: SPICE!! May I get a word with you?!
SPICE then starts walking towards SAYORS with a cigarette dangling from his lips.
SPICE-ONE: What can I do for you? I'm a busy man, SAYORS. I have to get ready to END the HUNTER RYAN era before it even...begins.
SAYORS: One thing we are all wondering...Where were you at X-MAS XTREME?
SPICE-ONE: SAYORS, I was preparing for much far greater events than snoozing to RAGE capturing the XWF WORLD TITLE or SETH STEVENS retaining his X-Tremely USELESS title. Listen here, SAYORS. I had better things to do than to show my face and rip on HUNTER RYAN. Won't he be getting ENOUGH punishment from me tonight? Isn't he already being torn apart by yours truly? You didn't have to see me last night at X-MAS X-TREME. I was in the parking lot, picking up some girls and bringing them back to my Hotel....
LAYLA looks at SPICE with a evil look...
SPICE-ONE: Just kidding...*cough* *cough*...anyways...I got to get going now, SAYORS...TIME TO DO THE WILL...OF SPICE-ONE...
SPICE then turns his back as LAYLA and THE NITEBREED follow him down the hallway.
STEVE SAYORS stands with the mic in his hand, speechless.
CADY and WARRIOR are in the ring. They lock up quickly. CADY scoots around WARRIOR and has him in a waist lock. WARRIOR tries to elbow CADY in the face, but CADY avoids them and delivers a nice suplex. CADY picks up WARRIOR and throws him into the corner. CADY hits a big body splash on WARRIOR. WARRIOR stumbles out of the corner. CADY leaps up to the top rope, he flies off nailing WARRIOR with a nice missile dropkick. WARRIOR is getting up slowly, CADY bounces off the ropes and nails WARRIOR with a flying forearm knocking him out of the ring and onto the apron! CADY springboards off the adjacent side rope and dropkicks WARRIOR down to the floor. CADY slides out of the ring, he pulls up WARRIOR. WARRIOR nails him with a stiff right hand. CADY takes a few steps back, WARRIOR clotheslines him down hard. WARRIOR throws CADY back in to the ring. CADY is up quickly. CADY starts to stomp on WARRIOR before he can get into the ring. CADY lets WARRIOR get in the ring finally, WARRIOR double leg takedowns CADY and starts to throw a bunch of punches at him! The referee tries to pull of WARRIOR but he can’t. WARRIOR accidently elbows the ref in the face sending him down to the mat. WARRIOR gets CADY up. WARRIOR throws him into the corner and charges at him. CADY moves out of the way. CADY takes down WARRIOR with a DDT.
Wait! What the hell? Here comes TRENT GEIN? What is he doing?
GEIN slides into the ring! CADY dives out of the way as GEIN plows through WARRIOR with a shoulder block. GEIN picks up WARRIOR and nails him with the PLAINSFIELD! The ref is getting up. CADY jumps onto WARRIOR, the ref starts the count.1…2…3! CADY steals this one with assistance from TRENT GEIN! But TRENT GEIN is going crazy! GEIN grabs onto CADY. He throws him into the ropes and hits a huge spinebuster! GEIN picks him up and hits him with a PLAINSFIELD too! As the fans go crazy, GEIN stands there looking at his handy work.
WINNER: “X Effect” BRIAN CADY
As the show returns from a commercial break, JENSEN KENT is on the XTRON once again.
JENSEN: Ladies and gentlemen. I am proud to announce that STEVE SAYORS is standing by, ready to get the awards ceremony underway. So please sit back, and enjoy.
STEVE SAYORS is seen standing on a stage that is set up. SAYORS is dressed in a suit, and is well dressed and cleaned up.
SAYORS: Well this right here is what we’ve all been waiting for. This is the time of the year we all want to be in the XWF. This is where the greats are born, and LEGENDS are MADE! Tonight I’ll have a special guest, as my partner and here he is…. Ste….
Just then J-DIDDY comes walking from the back. He slings an arm over SAYORS, and he quickly shakes the arm away. DIDDY smiles.
DIDDY: What are you surprised to see me?
SAYORS: Well I can’t say that it’s what I WAS LOOKING for…
DIDDY: Well you guest hasn’t arrived yet, so JENSEN sent me out here to take care of the rest.
SAYORS: Really I don’t believe you……
DIDDY: Good I didn’t expect you to. This is the BEST OF 2008, and who better to have present than me….. Mister 2008!
SAYORS: I would hardly call you that….
DIDDY: Well I was here in 2008... I’m a dude… so in a way I’m MISTER 2008!
SAYORS: Fine whatever you say…. How long are you here for again?
DIDDY: All night long baby! Let’s get this PARTY STARTED!!!!
SAYORS: Fine I guess we’ll just jump right into it. Ladies and gentlemen it’s time for the first Award of the Night. This was a closely contested race for the MOST IMPROVED WRESTLER of the year. It came down to JAMES RAVEN, HUNTER RYAN, and MIA SANCHEZ.
DIDDY: Yep that’s fo sho….
SAYORS: What did you just say?
DIDDY: I said it was all good in the hood, and this race was tighter than a virg…..
SAYORS: DIDDY! Stop that right now. We don’t need any of that language here can you just please just stop, and read off who won?
DIDDY: Fo Sho!
SAYORS dips his head in shame as DIDDY pulls out the envelope and tears into it. DIDDY pulls out a small piece of paper, and looks up to SAYORS.
DIDDY: Well this one shouldn’t be much of a surprise. The Winner of the MOST IMPROVED AWARD is…… Drum Roll Please….
SAYORS: Just read who won…..
DIDDY: Fine… Jerk… And The Winner is……. JAMES RAVEN.
SAYORS stands up and begins to clap. DIDDY looks over the crowd. Waiting for JAMES to appear. Nothing happens and DIDDY grabs the award off of the podium and holds it up to the crowd.
DIDDY: Well since James obviously couldn’t be here tonight. I’ll gladly accept this award on behalf of him. Uhh, well He’d like to thank… Well… I don’t know. Just he appreciates all the help he’s gotten over the year, and thanks everyone from the bottom of his heart for voting for him….. Yeah that sounds like something he would say.
SAYORS: You’re a dingus…..
DIDDY: Whatever man, just do what you do and I’ll do what I do.
SAYORS adjusts himself for a moment, and then shakes his head at the audacity of DIDDY. SAYORS pulls out another piece of paper and begins to read from it.
SAYORS: Well the next Award is for DIVA OF THE YEAR!…
DIDDY: Yeah all the BITCHES AND HO’S!!!!!
SAYORS: Shut up you jackass! This race was one of the most compelling with two member of the Prophecy going against one another, with a wild card thrown into the mix. ROXY NOVA, MIA SANCHEZ, and MARISOL HAWKES, all getting high praises for their work in the ring…
DIDDY: I’ll put them to work out of the…..
SAYORS: You say another word, and I’ll make sure it’s the last one you ever mutter.
DIDDY looks away towards the crowd, and when SAYORS looks away, DIDDY flips him the bird. SAYORS quickly turns around to see DIDDY whistling in the air, and rocking back and forth.
DIDDY: What?
SAYORS: Well and winner is…..
DIDDY:…… ROXY NOVA!!!
DIDDY holds out his arms for the NOVA to come up to the stage and get her award, and yet again just like JAMES, she doesn’t show. DIDDY grabs the award and sets it down on the ground.
SAYORS: What no fake award speech from her?
DIDDY: I’m all man dude. I ain’t acceptin’ no ho train award…..
SAYORS: Fine I’ll do it. ROXY couldn’t be here tonight, So I’ll accept the award on her behalf and thank everyone, here and those who voted for her.
SAYORS looks over to DIDDY and shrugs his shoulders.
SAYORS: See that wasn’t so hard.
DIDDY: Maybe for you…. You bitch.
SAYORS: That’s it…. I’m going to…
DIDDY: What? What are you going to do? That’s right nothing… Just read off the next award.
SAYORS looks off into the crowd and waits for the minimal applause to calm down. SAYORS again begins to read from the paper again when DIDDY snatches it away from him.
DIDDY: You take to god damn long. Let me try this for once. Let’s see, this next award is for TAG TEAM of the Year. This one was a tough category to call and when the fans spoke they spoke loudly. The three Finalists for the award are…. RAGE and LUNATIC, KRAZZY KIDD, JAMES RAVEN, and BLIZZARD, and THE INITIATIVE….
SAYORS: Not too bad for a moron…
DIDDY: Did you just call me a Mormon?
SAYORS: No I SAID MORON….
DIDDY: Ohh Ok then… Cool.
SAYORS: Idiot… Well DIDDY who won?
DIDDY: Won what? That’s your job I did the intro….
SAYORS: Fine, and the winners are…… RAGE AND LUNATIC…..
The crowd begins to clap, as RAGE stands up and begins the long walk up to the stage. DIDDY is there holding the award, and hands it to RAGE as he steps up to the mic. SAYORS shakes his hand, as RAGE stares down at the statue. RAGE looks up towards the crowd.
RAGE: It is truly rare, here in the XWF, for one’s accomplishments on Impact to be noticed, much less given accolades. I say this because it was on Impact where the tag team of RAGE and Lunatic shined the brightest. It was on Impact where we destroyed the stable of Corporal Reign and in the process, took out Psycho Scorpio. It was on Impact where we defeated ‘Impact’s Phoenix Era’ forcing Grappling Gary and Company to rename themselves ‘The Young Guns’. The rise of the tag team of RAGE and Lunatic presaged the rise of The Coalition of Carnage, which then Heralded the rise of stables such as ‘The Life or Death Brigade’, which became; with a few personnel changes ‘The Tribe’ which later morphed into ‘The Prophecy’. Also following our lead came the renewed stables of the Vigilantes, the Bloodhounds and The Black Order. If RAGE and Lunatic accomplished anything as a tag team, if we are remembered for anything, then let it be that our example led to a rise of great stables and the greatest stable feud of 2008. Thank you…
With that RAGE holds up the statue once more, as the crowd begins to clap. RAGE walks off towards the back, as SAYORS looks over to DIDDY.
SAYORS: Do you want to do the next one?
DIDDY: Why would I want to do that? It’s your job…..
SAYORS: Fine then. The next award is for MOST SHOCKING MOMENT. The three moments in this category are surely some of the biggest to happen here in the XWF where everyone was just in AWE of what they just saw…
DIDDY: You trying to be a rapper?
SAYORS: Not now, just let me finish. The three moments up for grabs are as follows…. ENIGMA WINNING THE LORD OF THE RING, KRAZZY KIDD BEING SPICE ONE, and the ARRIVAL OF HAL0.
DIDDY: It’s a shame that this didn’t count for last night. Then ENIGMA would be on there twice…
SAYORS: Well that’s a possibility, yet it’s not.
DIDDY: And the winner is…..
SAYORS: ENIGMA WINNING LORD OF THE RING!!
SAYORS and DIDDY again look around waiting for the UNIVERSAL CHAMPION to arrive and accept his award, yet he never comes. That’s when FUZZ comes walking out onto the stage.
FUZZ: Uhh, yeah you see ENIGMA couldn’t be here tonight. SO he kind of sent me out here to get his award for him. I mean I am kind of his mentor and such.
SAYORS: Didn’t he beat you in the LORD OF THE RING? Why would he need you to be his mentor?
FUZZ: Just shut up and give me the damn trophy. I don’t have time for this.
SAYORS slowly hands the award over as FUZZ holds it up for the crowd to see. FUZZ then quickly disappears into the back. DIDDY looks over to SAYORS and just shrugs. SAYORS clears his throat, and looks up to the crowd.
SAYORS: Ok well the next award is for STAR OF TOMORROW. These three men are the FUTURE of the XWF in it’s entirety. Without the young talent that keeps flooding in to IMPACT, there would be no TRENT GEIN’S, no JEM WILLIAMS’, no….
DIDDY: I think they get the point. The future… We get it, we get it…
SAYORS: Well the nominees are…. ENIGMA…. DAN FIERCE, and SETH STEVENS.
DIDDY: Wow between the three of them there are three titles, currently. Are you sure this isn’t STAR OF TODAY?
SAYORS: I am pretty sure of that. Well the winner is…..
DIDDY: Well who would’ve guessed it… ENIGMA!
Again SAYORS and DIDDY look around yet no one comes that’s when FUZZ again comes out and taps DIDDY on the shoulder. DIDDY turns around and looks at FUZZ. FUZZ reaches a hand out and waits for the trophy. DIDDY reluctantly hands the award over to FUZZ. FUZZ walks away into the back.
SAYORS: Ok that’s a little out of the ordinary but it’ll have to do. Well DIDDY what’s next on the list.
DIDDY: Hell if I know? Why don’t you enlighten me…. Since I’m just a big Mormon…
SAYORS: It MORON! You IDIOT! Fine you want to play games like that then fine…. The Next award is for the FEUD OF THE YEAR. The wars that were battled for these men, left scars, and LEGENDS were born. The biggest battle sometimes comes from within and….
DIDDY: Jesus Christ man! The finalists are, BIG SHANK versus JAMES RAVEN, The STABLE WAR, and JAMES RAVEN versus RAGE.
SAYORS: I thought I was doing just fine… but alas… The Winner is….
DIDDY: BIG SHANK versus JAMES RAVEN!!
”THE ANTIDOTE” blasts over the PA system and THE BIG SHANK walks down to the ring to meet J-DIDDY and STEVE SAYORS. He’s wearing a cutoff t-shirt with a tuxedo on the front of it. It’s kind of a redneck look, but it works for him.
SAYORS: Ladies, and gentlemen, THE BIG SHANK. Now hit RAVEN’S mus…
SHANK cuts him off and takes the microphone from him.
SHANK: Save you time, we all know he’s not coming. I’d just like to accept this award and let everyone know that THIS is what happens when you tick me off. Not only is it a feud, but it’s a feud that nobody ever forgets. Raven’s sanity was the victim this time around, and Desiree wasn’t too happy with me about the whole MIA thing. But I did what I have to do. Everybody is just going to have to wait and find out when and IF I’ll do it again.
The crowd explodes as SHANK takes the trophy and walks backstage with his fist held high in the air over his head.
DIDDY looks over to SAYORS and grins a little bit.
DIDDY: SAYORS, do you like to be bad?
SAYORS: Well, not really…
DIDDY: Are you evil?
SAYORS: Uh, no.
DIDDY: Well the finalists for the next award are the HEELS OF THE YEAR. They all excelled in one way or another. RULES BE DAMMED! At they are… FUZZ, CYREN, and RAGE.
SAYORS: And the Winner is….
DIDDY: RAGE!!!!!
Again DIDDY and SAYORS glance off into the crowd, as RAGE again stands up and walks towards, the stage. He grabs the second award of the night for him from DIDDY. RAGE looks over the crowd and smiles slightly.
RAGE: I find myself overwhelmed to even be nominated in this category. After all, I am up against FUZZ and CYREN…one should be Legend and one who is a Legend. If I am the Heel of the Year, than surely, there are some people I must thank. First and foremost, James Raven, without whom I would have not nearly been so brutal. After all, one can only truly be a devil, if one’s opponent does not rise as an angel. James Raven did a remarkable job. I should also thank some of the chaff that I cleared in my Impact days, for without your pile of bodies to stand on, I would not have risen so high. I also must thank the works of Sun Tzu, the book ‘The Legend of the Five Rings’, the advice of my manager Karl Baer, the inspiration of my girlfriend mAlice, and the company of my friend the Lunatic, all of which conspired to drive me to heights of darkness that I had not imagined myself capable of. Thank you all, and thank you to the XWF as well.
SAYORS: Thank you RAGE, we’re done with you now. You can leave.
Rage stands resolute, refusing to exit the ring.
DIDDY: Are you dumb? Get the ‘eff’ out of here already.
RAGE: Isn’t staff member of the year next?
SAYORS: No, face of the year is supposed to be next.
RAGE stares at SAYORS and SAYORS backs down
SAYORS: Buttt, we can change it. What’s next?
RAGE: I believe staff member of the year is next, right STEVE?
SAYORS: You’re in charge. This is the award I was most looking forward to giving.
DIDDY: Of course you were, this is your chance to suck up and thank the man that put food on your table and fancy clothes on your wife to show off for her boyfriends.
SAYORS: I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that. The winner of the STAFF MEMBER OF THE YEAR award goes to…
He opens the envelope and smiles
SAYORS: My GOD! It’s JON BROWN!
The fans don’t seem surprised much as RAGE interrupts SAYORS’ announcement.
RAGE: And this is why I stayed.
RAGE grabs the trophy, breaks it in half, and proudly flaunts over the broken trophy.
RAGE: This is my chance to drive home the point I made last night. THE ROAD CREW is now in charge and JON BROWN is no longer a factor. He’s laid up in a hospital bed somewhere wondering what the hell happened to him. I’ll make this very simple, JON stood in the way of change. And NOBODY does that. He got paved over, just like anybody else will who stands in the way of change. If he isn’t above our wrath, then you need to ask yourself one very important question. Is anybody?
With that, Rage walks out of the ring raising his trophy to the sky as he fades away.
SAYORS: Well, that was, um..weird. Do you think we’ll still get our bonuses?
DIDDY: Shut up and give the next award, already.
SAYORS: Well, as we pointed out a moment ago, the next award is the FACE OF THE YEAR. DIDDY, who are the nominees?
DIDDY: They’re still RAVEN, CENTURION, and BOONDOCK SAINT. Did you forget how to read already? Do you need me to get you flashcards with faces instead?