BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

[DBrunkGXW]

Tariq Ismail vs. Adam Benjamin vs. Karla Starr vs. X-Ecutioner

and...

Priest vs. Foxx vs. Kin Hiroshi

All RP for these matches will be done here. Remember that if you win your four way dance you will have one more match to win the TV Title. Keep that in mind as you roleplay.

Post ALL RP here.

 

[Adam_Benjamin]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

(Fade into backstage area of the Wachovia center. Standing in front of a EPW backdrop is "Yours Truly" Adam Benjamin.)

Benjamin:

"The road to glory once again has found its way through Philadelphia. The very path Yours Truly walked towards the Empire Pro Intercontinental title is slowly being cemented again.

Black Dawn has once again come around. See what started here in Philadelphia in a number one contenders match continued for me at Black Dawn. In the Empires first ever PPV I shinned and walked away the first ever IC Champ.

Footage plays from Back Dawn

The crowd pops as Brown brings Benjamin up for the superplex; however, in mid-move Benjamin shifts his weight forward, bringing his knee up to slam smack into the side of Brown's face in an unbelievable counter! Brown's lights are immediately turned out, causing him to release his grip and fall to the mat, the superplex uncompleted. Benjamin lands on top of him.]

DT: MY GOD!!! THE SHINING WIZARD!!! THE SHINING WIZARD COUNTERS THE SUPERPLEX!!! AMAZING!!! I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT DONE BEFORE!!!

MN: HOLY MOTHER OF CRAP!!!

DT: BENJAMIN COVERS!!!

ONE!!!


TWO!!!!



THREEEEEEEEEE!!! WE HAVE AN INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION, AND IT'S ADAM BENJAMIN!!!

[SFX: *DINGDINGDING* - Bell rings.]

TONY FATORA: Here is your winner and the NEEEEEEEEEEEW Intercontinental Champion... ADAAAAAAAAAAMMMM... BEEEEEEEEEEENJAMIIIIIIIIIIIIINNN!!!

(BACK LIVE TO ADAM BENJAMIN)

BENJAMIN:

"Now at Black Dawn 2 I get a chance to become the first ever TV champion."

(Adam looks back at the EPW logo and turns smiling)

Benjamin:

"At Black Dawn 2 the fans will be treated with two four way dances. And from those two matches two men will emerge and face off for the right to go down in history as the first ever TV champ.

So Yours Truly stands here taking a look at his four way dance. I look at the member of my match with a mysterious look.

On one hand you have the X-Ecutioner. Tonight live here in Philadelphia I laid him out for the three count. However that was tonight. I am not some cocky punk who is going to rule the X out because I defeated him tonight. He is big and is very strong. X I can only say that this title mean the world to me and I am going to bring the same intensity I brought tonight. You better be ready to match it or the same results that happen tonight will surly be in your cards mate.


(Adam looks up wards clearing his thoughts)

Benjamin:

"Next you have Tariq Ismail. Much like you I am from another country. And much like you I dislike the way America lives there lives. Let me say that what you did to Little Billy was classic. The kid was a loser and you did the right thing.

However let be honest Tariq you and I end after the comparison of being from out of the country. Now I am not going to say that your lack of experience will be your down fall, however it will play a major role in this match. Taiq you ability is outstanding in the ring. This week live on PPV I hope your inner desire to become a star shines brighter than Yours Truly.

(Adam smiles)

Benjamin:

"Next up the four participant Karl Starr. Six foot tall, one hundred and forty pounds. Karl…

(Adam looks at the paper and looks into the camera)

Benjamin:

Wait this says Karla… On you’re a female. Well I am truly sorry for the confusion. Karla I am proud Englishman and it is very hard for me to strike a female. I mean in no way do I believe that you being a female will change your desire to look good in this match. I mean I am sure you will do your hair nice, and your make up will look outstanding.

The fact of the matter is Karla gender matters not in the ring. What matters in that you bring it when you step into the ring. And Karla you without a doubt bring it to the ring. However this week you are leaving the ring without the TV title I promise you that.

(Adam smiles)

Benjamin:

"Black Dawn 2 will once again crown Yours Truly a first time champion. History will repeat itself and my name will be engraved in history. For it will be Yours Truly that defeats either Doe, Foxx, Priest, or Hiroshi. See like the three wrestlers I face in the four way, I will warn the winner out of your four. This title is my destiny. I have worked hard to get here and for the better man of you four, all I can say is prepare for one hell of a war. Because when you walk into the ring with me at Black Dawn 2 that is what you should expect.

The path to greatness ends with the wrestle who wants this more. And that wrestler is "Yours Truly" Adam Benjamin!

(Fade to black)

 

[Foxx]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

Fade in. Foxx sits patiently on a barstool at the bar of a wild west style saloon. Anyone who's been there would recognize it as The Buckhorn Saloon and Museum in San Antonio. To fit the setting she's wearing a pair of old, frayed blue jeans tucked into snake skin boots and her usual blue jean jacket over a red t-shirt. She smiles pleasantly with both hands resting on the cowboy hat in her lap and the remains of a drink behind her, just in view of the camera. There is minor background noise, but not as much as there would be usually. Everyone is being quiet for the camera.

"Ya win some; ya lose some. It's how we all learn. It's why I'm here, after all. Sure I lost to Ismail once now, but I don't expect to again. That is if he even makes it that far. If I were a gambler I'd be puttin all my cash on Benjamin to appear in the final round, but that's just me."

Foxx shrugs nonchalantly.

"Anywho, it would appear I'm bein matched up with some reasonably big names in the first round. Much respect to all three of ya and good luck, of course. I expect a good challenge so, please, don't let me down."

"A few words to Mr. Benjamin as well. I really do hope gender doesn't matter to you in the ring, though I do much appreciate your regard for women. Common courtesy is something rarely used nowadays. It's refreshing to know that some people out there still know what it is and how to use it."

She puts her cowboy hat on and hops lightly off the stool. After quickly regaining her legs she waves once to the camera.

"Until next time, guys and gals."

Foxx makes her way out as the place suddenly erupts in a cacophony of whooping, cheering, whistling and applause. Fade out.

 

[John Doe]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

FADEIN….

The backdrop is a large video screen and American flag burns in the images. Short videos of riots, people rebellion, Dr. Martin Luther King saying “I have a dream”. A shot of George W. Bush SR. “Read my lips” , and General Patton “American’s love to fight!”. As it repeats.

DOE:

“America, a country I have been In for as long as I can remember…which is not long, but I will assume it has been forever. And just like are full of sh*t. IF you listen and hear the words people speak, they are lies. Just like the government will lie to you so will people you believe in.”

“Now I am not saying I am a saint, or tell the truth. I have lied to the people multiple times. Then again it is less than others have done. People like, oh let us say Adam Benjamin.”

“There is nothing proper about your propaganda Sir. And if i was to ask you a quick question well you would give a long drawn out answer. SO I will avoid anything that will ignite you r small fire and cut straight to t the chase Benji”

“Like you said this is Black Dawn Two. And as we all had to watch, we saw your clip of the victorious win over Karl Brown. Yes Adam, you beat Karl Brown for the title. And know Adam if you will please answer this one simple question. Where is that title at this very time? Ah, yes! It is not here. Now, while you were out making a title match, I set the pace for many more EPW matches.”

“Adam that night you became a champion and I became an icon.”

"And not only did I become the first to step into a cage match. I ended a career that night Ben. I ENDED a career. Did you end Brown???? No, you didn't."

“Now Adam, I set the standard that night as you beat Brown. And if you want to live up in the past, well so be it."

"Not only that Ben I will step foward even further. I defeated Troy Douglas, in which was another match that I set the pace...it was called an Inferno Match. The most extreme I saw you Adam Was in our match. Not to impressive I must say"

"But if you will excuse me I am going to slap you back to reality for a minute and introduce to you to the future. And what the future holds is not a deja vu from the past of Benjamin winning another title. But yet of another man taking the spotlight, his name is John Doe”

“And knowing you Ben, you will deny It, you will come here and make some remark of how you are going to defeat me and it is going to be payback for me putting you down for a small three. And even with all of you skills, talents, and many months , maybe even years of wrestling...you couldn’t kick out of a small package, oh lets not forget…no tights included. No excuses Ben.”

“Just remember that if anything, not to make some small excuse for your sorry lose, even if you are denial for a fall, just admit that I pulled one right over your eyes. And until that day Ben, you are no man. I won’t make any excuse for those loses. As for me and you i will l say this Ben, I will have much fun putting you out for a three count….again”

“In all due time Ben, you will see a the true caliber of a professional athlete. Just thank god you are not in the same four way dance as I am in. Cause that will not be as fun as to defeat you in front of everyone for the finals. But if you will excuse me Mr. Benjamin I have others I must insult. Mustn’t forget them”

“Ah, who to start with, let is start with Foxx.”

“Foxx, one of two female wrestlers in this match. Of which I have to defeat to move on to the next round. Let me put it straight out dear, I have never in my life hit a lady, so be honored that I am going to beat the living hell out of you. Unlike Adam over there, I don’t hold just nay females at high regards, you have to do something impressing, as of yet Foxx laying on your back counting the lights on the ceiling is something you and Benjamin have in common."

“That’s not impressing me much“

“More over you coming out here and flapping the gums, telling us you side of the story of you win some and you lose some, well Foxx, let’s be realistic here. I am not a sexist please don’t get me wrong, I am going to shed a small span of light on your issue. To top it all of Foxx you must be blind or you are new, quote “REASONABLY big names” end quote.

“Reasonably? Foxx dearest, you have lost your f*cking mind. Look who is in this match.”

“Adam Benjamin. And he is a big foe of mine, but he is BIG name not reasonably big.”

“KARLA STARR. Last time I checked she is a Women’s Champion at some other federation? Still think she is reasonable?

“And let us not forget JOHN DOE. Last time I checked I made John Doe a household name.”

“So kid before you open your mouth think of what is excreting from the voice. Look around in what you are doing. YOU ARE IN A F*CKING TITLE MATCH! You think we are going to perform less that standard? I hope you weren’t but by the sound of it, it seemed as though you said that you expect a good challenge! WHAT STINKING FEDERATION DO YOU THINK YOU ARE AT?!?!!?!?!”
“This is Empire PROFESSIONAL Wrestling. We are professionals, there is nothing less to expect than the best, so if you think we are going to stop and think; “Well Foxx wants us to compete better”, you are wrong. There is no better, we are the best, I AM the best in THIS match up. And that is a fact that will come painful for you to understand.”

“Oh, and if you will please stop trying to flirt with Mr. Ben over promotions that will be great, we don’t need another female to be a flying tramp around here, we already got one her name is Lindsay. And on that note Foxx, if you joined to make to prove to the world a female can compete with the makes, well then I guess another one bites the dust.”

“Karla Starr, by far the most athletic, most beautiful and most daring of all female s in the industry today, she is currently New Era’s women’s champion and has come to compete with men in the ring, to make a title reign here in EPW. If anything Karla you will be the biggest threat in the ring. Yes, even bigger than the other male Priest, feel glad Karla you are in high regards with me.”

“As for Priest an unfortunate soul in the ring who I have not heard of in so many months I thought he left us . It may be he has forgotten to show up. And in that case they threw him into a title match to fill the match up. No one else wanted to because they heard two big names, John Doe and Tariq Ismail, and that scared the hell out of people. See that is a man you don’t want to recon with, and if it comes down to him and I, well then be prepared for a great show. But me in the ring is enough. And I do believe you all get the point.”

“TV Champ=John Doe”

“To easy, yet you will all disagree, guess I will just have to prove it to you”

FADEOUT

 

[John Doe]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

....(BEEP) Paging VBulletin...show my f*cking post....

 

[TSiegel]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

(Fadein, Karla Starr in front of an Empire Pro backdrop, shaking her head in a "tsk"ing manner.)

STARR: So much muscle-bound men, but so little minds.

See, some of you know me as the B*TCH that let Foxx have a little luck afew weeks back, and then there's the rest of you who know me as THE ALPHA FEMALE in NEW ERA.

You know...

The one with the gorgeous body.

The one with...well, let's face it...the legs and heels that feel like STEEL, and the most dominating force in this industry, no matter what Troy's lil' DOG claims.

(Starr flips her hair back and cross her arms over her chest.)

So this week, Mister Dan Ryan wants me to face three other men in a match to face...well...three other men.

Some women....like Lindsay Troy...would think this to be some kinda dream match, with all sorts of moves planned for her, I'm sure.

But this is downright dispicable!!

I mean....let's have it here....in one match....there's Foxx...pff..."Priest"...like he has a prayer...Kin....abit of a cutie, but still not all there...and John Doe.

(Another hair falls in front of her face as she flips it back and smiles as the camera closes in abit on Starr's face.)

Sweetheart....has history taught you ANYTHING???

I mean...besides the fact that you never win anything, adding a TV TITLE to it....doesn't that kinda make you more a SAVANT at it?? I mean, not to mention the fact that you forgot....which seems to be the ever-so-returning-problem for you...that I'm the Women's Champion for almost a YEAR now...a YEAR...in the same company that you can't quite catch a fair shake in??

Honey....you might not have much of a memory....but the irony of the fact here is....is losing it never is a permanent replacement for the sheer point of knowing:

You were never good in the first place, let alone are you now.

Or perhaps one thing might jog that memory after all....

I'm the one who helped cause Larry Tact to lose his beloved World Heavyweight title...

ME.

A WOMAN.

The same woman who's going to watch you get beat from pillar to post again, because that's really all you're here for.

To entertain the fans with an asskicking.

Now whether you get lucky and win or you don't....the same thing is going to happen when you enter that match.

I'm going to watch and smile as you get your sorry carcass beaten by a WOMAN.

Now...
(The camera pulls back out for a standard body shot, as Starr pulls her hair back with one hand and with another, reaches into the pocket of her jeans as she produces a scrunchie.)

About the business at hand....

X-Cutioner.....Adam Benjamin....and Tariq Ismail.

First of all....Tariq's been quite impressive but for him to think that he can beat ME...straight up....with a shoe?? Honey, I've been beating both women AND men with my boots for going on a couple years now, and Marcus LaRoque has been quite nice enough to even give me a title for my trouble.

X-Cutioner....never heard of you, except for the fact that you at one time were quite the tag team specialist. Do us all a favor sweetie....stick to it.

And Adam Benjamin.

You know, I've always had a thing for Englishmen, even the one's who were more aggressive than others.

But holding back on me won't keep me from kicking you in the jaw.

Just as Larry Tact.

(Fadeout.)

 

[JABolich]

Shoe Shine Boy

FADE to the splendid sitting-room of Tariq Ismail's vast and expensive ranch house in the middle of nowhere, Wyoming. Ismail himself, garbed in a red dress shirt and striped tie under a pale grey suit along with his usual white and red kaffiyeh, sits in an easy chair with his hands folded at his chin Gendo Ikari-style, staring into the camera quite calmly.

ISMAIL: "Eef I deedn't know better I would swear the circus had come to town. What a delightful cavalcade of eediots."

"First off, let me take a moment to mention that I told you so. Don't geeve me that 'you ween some, you lose some' bullsheet, Taylor; you stepped eento the fire and you got burned. I proved at Aggression hands-down that you lack what eet takes to handle me; at Black Dawn, as-sumeeng that you DO manage to get past the assorted eenvaleeds set against you, you will fail against me once more."

"Face eet, eenfidels. Seemply put, the Televeesion Title ees already mine for the taking."

He pauses for a moment and screws up his face, then yells something in Arabic; the words are subtitled.

"(Shoe Shine Boy! Earn your pay!)"

Another figure scampers into the shot - that of an Arabic man in his early twenties, his white dress shirt tucked into black pants; his kaffiyeh is green on white. Promptly he kneels and starts polishing one of Tariq's shoes.

Shoe Shine Boy: "(Yes, master!)"

Ismail smirks before lifting his eyes to the camera again.

ISMAIL: "As I was sayeeng. Talk as you weell, but you might as well geeve me the Televeesion Title right now and have done weeth eet. Eet's not like there's any doubt."

"Adam Benjameen would have you believe that my lack of experience will effect the outcome of thees match. I call bullsheet. One would theenk, Adam, that having been around thees business for a few years you would understand all too well that tenure and experience can be overcome by skeell and moteevation."

"Let me let you een on a secret, Adam."

"Your experience edge? That's mostly experience at suckeeng."

"Video from the deestant past won't help you recapture what leettle glory you once had, Adam. You had talent at one point, but now you have been surpassed by just about everybody. Oops... sounds like SOMEONE got left een the dust! Oh dear!"

"For every ounce of talent you have, I have ten more. Keep een mind that I trained at the hands of the same breed of men who helped train you - Engleesh wrestlers of the highest caleeber, skeelled een the art of technique. The deefference between us ees that I learned sometheeng you deed not. Namely, how to use my talent to ween rather than morph eento a blustereeng choke arteest cleengeeng desperately to hees past achievements.."

"I do not need to become a star; I accompleeshed that the meenute I stepped out on the stage for the first time at Aggression. No, Adam, I do not need to become a star... I need to become an ICON."

"And I weell. I weell."

"Karla Starr would have you believe that she is unbeatable, that she ees some sort of alpha female; I know better. There's of course the obvious point that I defeated Taylor and Karla failed to do the same... but far be eet from ME to breeng THAT up. Oh no sir, we must not keeck ass and tell."

"Eet's pretty peetiful, Karla, that your sole claim to fame ees doing a run-in to help someone in New ERA wrestleeng ween a title. Please, whore. I have no eenterest een your exploits een that feelthy den of sodomy and depravity. Show me a REAL exploit."

"...Yeah, I thought so. You've got nothing, Starr. Get back een the keetchen and make me a shawarma, beetch."

"As for X-Ecutioner, take a hike. How many matches have you won een your time here, anyway? Exactly - negateeve ten. Save yourself the shame. Don't show up."

"The rest of you can seemilarly peess off, because henceforth you are all meaneengless. At Black Dawn I weell lay my hands on the Televeesion Title that ees rightfully MINE, and when I hold eet high above my head all the leettle Mohammeds and Mahmouds of the world weell squeal weeth glee. I have shown that I have everytheeng I need and more to back up my words. I have fallen before no man nor woman, and judgeeng from the competeetion presented to me I never weell."

"First the never-was, the nobody, and the whore weell fall. The survivor on the other side weell follow shortly thereafter."

"And then... then, the world shall see that I, Tariq Ismail, am truly the Islamic Icon, the Arabian Knight, the Mid-Eastern Messiah, the Muslim Marauder - and most eemportantly, BETTER than EVERY SEENGLE EENFIDEL EMPIRE PRO WRESTLEENG HAS TO OFFER."

"Come - stand between me and my title."

"Come, and I shall crush you beneath my shoe."

Much to Shoe Shine Boy's dismay, Ismail stoops and pulls his newly-polished shoe off and hurls it directly at the camera lens; it hits the glass and leaves a crack spider-webbing across the shot, causing the cameraman to fall over and drop the camera.

CAMERAMAN: "Hey! That was a three thousand dollar camera! You'd better be paying for that!"

ISMAIL: "Three thousand dol- ...@#$%."

FADEOUT abruptly as Shoe Shine Boy scrambles over and turns off the camera.

 

[John Doe]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

FADE IN…

Black Dawn 2 backdrop. John Doe standing in front of it. He spins in a circle and lets out a large wooo! He looks at the camera in an all serious face.

DOE:

“Let us start from the beginning. To where it all started DIS 1, the first female wrestler in EPW. And it all went down hill from there. Actually it never went up the hill but you get the understanding. If you haven’t caught the point I hate Lindsay Troy, with a passion, if I could I’d take her out and she would never have the opportunity to set foot here in EPW. But on a lighter note, I suggest we may take the path like a greater federation did and instill a Women’s Title. That way Karla Starr can take the reigns…speaking of which”

“Karla Starr I once had a high respect for you, I thought you were at the top of all Women’s wrestling, until you had to use a catch phrase from Beast…now I am not saying that it is not a correct quote, but it’s a gimmick of a man that lost to a Women. Ironic is it not. The Alpha Female. Please Karla, spare us the quotes and show us the goods. Show us something and not rhymes, the hells of steel? Karla please, you sound like you should be telling nursery rhymes to a child….oh wait.”

“Females do not belong in the ring with men. No offense Karla I do not mean to be disrespectful, they DO belong in the sport don’ get me wrong but in the ring with men that have anger and rage. Well that will oppose a bigger threat to your life than Caitlyn Daymon. But let us skip the pleasantries and get down to business shall we”

“And yes you did help Rabesque, which is disgusting. A clear enemy of my efforts with DREDD, but we are not living in a New Era life, this is EPW. And IN EPW things work a bit different women wrestle men, and men wrestle women, and this is no different Starr, IF you were to end up in my Fatal Four, well then it would be mush plain off, I always wanted to wrestle a women of your caliber, instead I am in the ring with Foxx. FOXX!?”

“I already expressed my dislike there, but you Karla you have crossed the line. I am glad you like to live in New Era, I really am, I am sorry that you do but I am glad. And since you seem so strung up on me there, then let’s talk about it shall we?”

“If you could please point out the points of were I lose, and when I lose. Because it seems we are on the wrong page, last time I checked Marx and I beat Hayze and Rabesque. That looks like a win. What about…the Red Devastator, Tevor Cane, Jared Wells, is it coming back, shall I name some more for you dear? Let’s move to EPW, Adam Benjamin and Troy Douglas just to name a few.”

“I am sorry to disappoint you Karla, you may be good, but you are not good enough to tag next to a male. And if you THINK you can keep up with me, well then it’s your death bed, I’ll be sure to escort you to the hospital myself.”

“As for Tariq, whom I have decided to rename T. It is much simpler and it will save me time from fiddling with your name. So Mr. T, you come here and claim your mighty victory over a female. Ah please T, you know it was no big win. A female is nothing more than a dirty rat.”

“As for you T, you come here to EPW to prove yourself, which you have been doing as of late, until you had to step into the ring with that no good rotten filth. But it’s a win and we can’t keep it away from you.”

“But onto other news you claiming the TV Title as yours a bit premature T, and t come out and directly say it, well it’s a pity you did such a thing. Now I am going to have to prove you wrong friend. You may dislike it now, but you are going to hate it when It happens. And I truly believe its coming down to you, Benji boy, Starr, and me in the ring for the finals, if so, then let it happen. And when it happens it’s going to be great.”

“Frankly, I can’t wait to see what you have a in person, the way you talk yourself up it’s like you are some great being. If so put your money where your mouth is. And as we all know many people say sh*t but can’t hold it up. It’s just a matter of time until I have to prove it myself. And trust me if Priest has to be the example oh well, but you are the ultimate here.”

“Any takers that want to stop me? No? Good cause there isn’t going to be any other TV champ. You are starring at him. And do you know why?”

“I set foot here in EPW and I saw my chance for success, I looked at the World Titles and wanted it, but I never got my shot, I wanted that IC title and never got my shot, instead they were handing it out to idiots men that didn’t deserve it. Now, I get my shot at gold, and NO ONE Is going to stand in my way on the quest, by God I will win that title, and I will finally show the world how damn good John Doe is. I proved it in a Cage Match, I proved it in an Inferno Match, not I am gong to prove it in a title match.”

“No failing, no ifs or buts about it. I AM JOHN DOE!”

FADEOUT

 

[Foxx]

Re: Shoe Shine Boy

With the screen still black, Billy Joel's voice fades in, in the middle of "Big Shot".

Because you had to be a big shot, didn't you
You had to open up your mouth
You had to be a big shot, didn't you
All your friends were so knocked out

The music slowly silences as the screen fades in to Foxx sitting at an old wooden picnic table. She looks at the camera with a sideways grin.

"Geez, if your guy's egos were any bigger I'd be able to attach a basket and ride in it like a hot air balloon, 'cuz that's all it is...a buncha hot air."

"I guess I'll take the comments from the bottom first. Karla Starr says she let me have a little luck in my match with her. Now...ta me that screams 'I'm a loser and don't wanna admit it.' What do you think?"

"Starr is nowhere near as great as she makes herself out ta be. I mean...who in their right mind would let their opponent win a match? I beat her, period. Ismail outperformed me and took the match, period. Be a real fighter. Admit your losses and better the mistakes ya made. Boasting about how they got lucky and piffing it away like a bad dream accomplishes nothing. That's why you'll lose...again."

"Now that we've cleared up misconceptions of our dear Miss Starr, on ta other things."

Foxx sighs in exasperation.

"Tariq Ismail...Once again ya throw your shoe at the camera. I suspect you're directing a parody clip somewhere around there as well. The one-trick promo pony rides again. I see you've added to your list of nicknames too. I guess ya didn't like my comment about 'Arabian Knight'. At least you've proven ya know how ta rhyme. Not that that wins you any points. Onward to the next subject."

"Ah yes, the fact that I haven't done anything impressive yet. I haven't done anything impressive, 'cuz I haven't had the chance to do anything impressive. Well, now's my chance, right? Certainly holding my own against three big names and possibly even winning the title would be pretty impressive. Least I'd think so. I'd think even just being the one to remove 'a household name' from the match would be enough to make an impact on this fed."

"Oh! Oh! And this...this is funny!"

Foxx chuckles quietly before continuing.

"Doe, you accuse me of flirting with Benjamin, which I was nowhere near doing and then in your next breath paint a glorious picture of Starr...like she's a goddess or something!"

She shakes her head in disbelief.

"That may be fair in your head, but it certainly sounds ass backwards to me. Course then you back up again and talk trash about her. You confuse me, Doe."

"So far, John Doe, you do not impress me. I guess I expected too much from ya. And for the record, I'm not here ta prove anything."

She thinks for a second before continuing.

"I think that about touches on everything I felt like commenting on...least everything worthy of remembering ta comment on. Still feels like I'm missing something though...Ah well. Can't wait for Black Dawn...This is gonna be fun!"

Fade to black.

 

[John Doe]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

FADEIN….

A coffee shop, John Doe sitting in a chair sipping on some joe. His lap top on the table as Iron Maiden- Run to the Hills plays. The camera turns as we can see a video of Foxx’s match on last weeks Aggression. John snickers as he looks turns and notices the camera.

DOE:

“Ah! I did not see you guys here. It’s a pleasure like always to have EPW’s finest camera crew here to get my words on situations. And like always I will address that situation in pure anger, but in truth! The most important part is that I will be truthful let’s start out grand moment with talking about none other than Foxx….Starr Foxx that is.”

“She wants to argue the fact she hasn’t had the chance to do anything impressive. Starr Foxx, when I first entered EPW I did things that were impressive on the first match, my ring presence, my style. Yet you on the other hand, your wrestling ability is what is not impressing. But hell Starr Foxx, like you said you haven’t had the chance to prove yourself. And here at Black Dawn this will be your first PPV and your first title opportunity.”

“And I am glad I am going to rip that opportunity from your bleak mind. Everyone in this match has paid their dues to the wrestling world EXCEPT for you. And because of that you will fail. You are unequipped, unprepared for a match of this caliber, and because of that you will fail to ME. And if you think otherwise you are deadly wrong, Starr Foxx.”

“As for me Starr Foxx, I paid my dues, I broke my bones, shed my blood, and that canvass more than you will ever know. This time around, I don’t plan on just winning, but dominating the match, and it is for one simple reason. I have potential.”

“In life there are fine lines that define Men from women, superstars from icons, good and greats. You see what I am saying Starr Foxx, I am over each of those lines, history as proven I am above those lines, and I am above you.”

“Let us address the Karla Starr issue shall we?”

“When I was talking about Karla Starr I was painting a picture of a what a REAL women’s wrestler is suppose to be like Starr Foxx. Something you will never achieve. I was proving a pointing. The point was that SHE is how a wrestler is suppose to be like, SHE has proven herself in and out of the ring. While you have just found it a habit to fall on your back and take the heat.”

“That’s not flirting. That’s the truth. But let us not f*cking sit around finding out who has the hots’ for who, cause I guarantee you Starr Foxx after Black Down the brutality I am going to put you through, no one is going to look at that gorgeous face no more”

“But before you get all pissed off and start to pop the heads off you Barbie dolls lets get something straight here Starr Foxx. It’s called skill. Something you lack. You are faster than me? That’s a joke. Stronger than me? You should be on Comedy Central. You have nothing that I have acquired, you don’t have talent, agility, you see what I am saying Starr Foxx? I AM GREATER THAN YOU. Period end of sentence. End of discussion”

“Oh and Foxx.”

“Don’t hate me cause I am beautiful, hate me cause I am going to whoop your ass”

FADEOUT

 

[TSiegel]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

"It's times like these when I could use an oxymoron."

(Fadein, Karla Starr dressed in snug-fitting pants and a shirt that reads "Where my *****ES at??", in front of an EPW backdrop.)

STARR: But then again....I can just look up a Thesaurus and see a picture of John Doe, so why waste time, ya know??

John, you've already lost and you don't even know it yet. See, one minute you downplay how you never are the chump you really are in the ring in NEW ERA....and then the next...you talk like you actually have a REPUTATION??

Doe...you've never held a title in your LIFE, much less a TV title.

Jean Rabesque has beaten you more times than anyone can count, to tell the truth, you should here it backstage.

You BORE him in the ring.

YOU....BORE JEAN RABESQUE!!

Tell me child, how in the world is that possible?? I mean, did really start off sucking this bad or did you have to work at it?? You sit, and you talk about how it is that you beat Jared Wells and Troy Douglas, and Adam Benjamin, so on and so forth.

Child, those were blemishes in history that are now either ignored or at current time, being prepared to be remedied.

Troy Douglas has since disappeared off the face of the Earth, the embarrassment was so horrid. Well's?? Consider it an act of good faith, boy. The man has been a BAD World Heavyweight Champion for over a year now, even longer than Jean Rabesque in NEW ERA, so if I were you, I'd shake the man's hand the next time you see him. Chances are...you'll get a chair to the skull for your efforts but none the less...

No one can take away from you an act of appreciation, right??

And Adam Benjamin, if only you were someone else boy, because believe me....with him in the ring....you won't have any time in the WORLD to think about me.

Not that you haven't you disgusting, little pervert.

No questions, no worries, because you're NOT GOD..John Doe.

(Starr flips her hair back.)

Onward now to....Miss Cleo--err--Miss Foxx.

I agree with you on something after all, hon.

I'm not a goddess.

Even though husbands' and boyfriends' abound tell me at every venue how much they don't concur, I'm not.

I'm a *****.

Now pay attention Tariq, you Arabic, closet-case-lover-of-America, because I'm going to say it once more.

I'm a *****.

Not a whore...not a slut, or anything else you think in your MIND...that I could be.

John Doe says not to hate him because he's beautiful, but first of all....what's so beautiful about a pervert??

I say not to hate me because of the success that I've had. Hell, come December, I've been a Women's Champion longer than the lot of you musclebound-morons have had a career.

Not to mention cause trouble since before then anyway.

Remember Foxx, I may be alot hotter than you are....but sometimes, we women have to stick together on an issue.

Take me for instance.

I've grown tired of beating up on women that want a title that they have no business being near. So what have I done?? Come to EPW for something different.

A new CHALLENGE...if you will.

Step one?? Finding Tariq an English Tutor.

Lord knows....he love's the language and has a simple understanding of pronounciation.

But what the **** is up with the constant use of the letter 'E'??

(Fadeout)

 

[Foxx]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

Fade in to a rather bare room. Newspapers cover the hardwood floor, which peaks out from a few holes between papers. The counter, which circles the entire room, is littered with displays of several forms of calligraphy, mostly Japanese. Foxx stands at the center of the room with her back turned to the camera as she finishes a few more strokes on her current work. Pleased with her project, she places her brush on the easel and turns to address the camera with a pleasant grin.

Dressed in an old t-shirt and faded, frayed khaki shorts, she's quite relaxed. Her bare feet rustle the papers as she turns and crosses her arms. The smile fades a bit just before she begins speaking.

"Geez! Star Fox?! What were you thinking?! You're taking lessons from Ismail, aren't ya. And here I was holding back the John Deer crack, 'cuz I thought that was too foolish to apply. You've managed ta outdo me though. Grats."

"So...ya did big things right from the get go. The only big thing I've noticed about you is how much of a freakshow with megalomaniacal tendencies you've been.

Her grin swiftly vanishes midsentence. Annoyance has taken over.

"You're a nobody with a dramatic backstory. The exciting 'Mystery Man'. Now that it's all over, everyone's forgotten ya. No one cares anymore. Your alias carried ya ta fame and you're too blind to see it."

"I have to admit, ya had some cojones to make a return appearance...that is if ya did realize everything I just said. If not I'll just assume it was pigheadedness or stupidity. Actually...I think I'll opt for the latter right now. I guess we'll see if you can continue your reign of impressive displays. I'm doubtful with your mouth, though."

"As for Karla...Well I guess everyone has their moment of agreement. I'd even offer some assistance in finding an English tutor for our mighty 'Muslim Marauder'."

"The moral of the story? Well...there really is no moral..."

Foxx shrugs indifferently.

"...Only the fact that all of us will walk in and only one will walk out with that title. Don't think for a second that I won't be trying my best out there. There's no improvement to be had in throwing a match after all. I can always set my goals higher, but never lower."

As Foxx turns back to her finished product, the camera moves to the side to catch a glimpse of what she's removing. Two symbols cover the entire area of the sheet. A subtitle at the bottom of the screen reads 'I will win!'.

 

[TH]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

"I really hate it when I join the party late."

Fade into Priest's Lower East Side apartment. He's sitting on his leather sofa in the living room with an overly greased up Eisenkreuz standing behind him.

Priest: Well, I see my opponents have started letting the hot air out early. I guess that is why fall is so late getting here. Too many blowhards keeping the temperature up. But before I address you clowns, you may be wondering why Eisenkreuz is all oiled up.

EK: I hate you.

Priest: Hey, hey, hey, Deutschbag, at least wait until after I am finished explaining before you start saying you hate me, mmmkay?

Eisenkreuz:

Priest: Anyway, I figure I need to keep up with the Joneses of the world, or in this case, the de la Rossis. Since our friend August is quite the trendsetter here in Empire Pro Wrestling, and buddy, I checked out the Clap Your Hands, Say Yeahs, and I was floored. Just floored man. Good rec. No, great rec. But yeah, since he has those calves of Zoltan's all greased up, I figured I would do him one better and grease up my bulky musclehead bodyguard.

EK: Schweinhund.

Priest: Easy fella. Easy.

But anyway, to the competition at hand. All I have to say to all your noise and thunder and other really annoying noises is that if you cretans do not shut up, I will do to you what I did to Damian Stone at the last Aggression and shame you all into retiring from this promotion. Seriously, I will do it. I will either beat the crap out of you so bad that your mothers will start singing "No Son of Mine" to you, just the chorus though. And yes, that includes both of you "women" in this match. Seriously, some men I have seen do not have the Adam's apples you two broads have. Or if I do not feel like beating the crap out of you, I will just dig up some really embarrassing crap from your past and post it on the Internet at somethingawful DOT com or one of those other sites that get a bunch of traffic. Seriously.

I mean, really, none of you should ever talk. Ever. Not even speak when spoken to territory either.

Like John Doe. Seriously. Shut up. No, shut the F*CK up. Yeah, that should do it. Seriously, no one wants to hear your pseudo-intellectual diatribes about America and how it allegories something something I lost my train of thought. THANK YOU YOU PRETENTIOUS BASTARD! Seriously, and I thought JA was pretentious with his freaking Yes and Emerson Lake and Palmer. God, prog rock is so 1972. We are in the aughts people! The aughts!

But yeah, Doe, I am just going to have to bring one of the Deutschbag's smelly gym socks to shove in your mouth. And his feet stink.

EK: Ja, zey do.

Priest: See? Right from the horse's mouth.

Anyway, speaking of feet, Tariq Ismael... shut up. Seriously, I thought French people talked like that, not cameljockeys.

EK: Ach! Don't use zat vord! Remember ven ze FCC fined you ven you called Suleimon that?

Priest: I remember, I remember. Crap, I do not even get paid enough to be incurring fines like that. Remind me to spit in Dan Ryan's face until he gives me a raise, mmkay?

EK: Dan Ryan vould sqvish you like ein klein bug.

Priest: Right, I forgot. Dan Ryan big. Priest, not so big. I will think of something. But anyway, yeah Tariq Ismael. Still throwing shoes around and stuff. You crazy cat. You still need to shut up. Seriously, just shut up, especially if you eat some hummus before th match. That sh*t makes your breath reeeeeeek and I am not kidding.

Adam Benjamin, please shut up. I mean, we already have one gay wrestler on the circuit in Beau Michaels. We do not need you cluttering things up.

EK: Benyamin ist not gay, he is British.

Priest: Same thing.

Oh yeah, X-Ecutioner, thank you for shutting up. Please continue that course of action throughout the match.

Oh yeah, and you two "broads." Shut up. You two need to shut up the most. Seriously, I feel like I am watching Lifetime with the estrogen turned all the way up to eleven. I mean, I would ask you two to shut up and blow me, but as we have established before, you have Adam's apples. I do not get head from men, outside of that one incident in the San Fernando Valley, when I was really drunk and I did not have my wits about me and... I think I am going to shut up now.

EK: Good call.

Priest: But yeah, you guys should all just shut up. Just because I need to have it easier when I win this... what the hell is it I am wrestling for again?

EK: Ze Television Championship.

Priest: Oh yeah, Television Championship. Rock out with your cock out.

EK: Nein.

Priest: That was NOT an invitation. But yeah, Television Title. Mine. You clowns. Shut up. Now look at Eisenkreuz all oiled up. And please, if you are going to masturbate to it, do not tell me. Thanks.

The camera zooms into Eisenkreuz's oiled up body as the scene fades to the Empire logo.

 

[Adam_Benjamin]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

{Live from the home of "Yours Truly" Adam Benjamin. Today Adam is seen sitting in his living room watch the Empire Pro TV. One the screen Adam has divided the screen into several blocks in which a different interviews is playing.}

Benjamin:

"This is looks like the Brady Bunch."

(Adam turns the TV off)

Benjamin:

"Ok were should I start. I mean lets face it promo war 2005 is off to a outstanding start. But what I am going to do is first talk about the members of my actual four way first. Because unlike many others out there I am not going to ignore the fact that you actually have to win a match to move on.

(Adam takes a sip of water)

Benjamin:

"Big X I am going to start with you since you seemingly have the most to say. X you stood tall and proud last week and gave me one hell of a fight. I mean my hand still tingles ever so softly from punching you so much. But never the less you are still a very tall obstacle that I once again will have to chop down and defeat. At Black Dawn I am going to once again show you why I desire victory more than you.

(Adam smiles)

Benjamin:

"Now onto Mrs. Starr. See Karla I am not going to take it easy on you this week. I mean I do respect females. I love my queen in England. However I love gold more. See you are standing in my way of being the first ever TV champ. You are standing in my way much like Beasts girlfriend stood in my way a few weeks ago.

(A huge smirk goes across his face)

Benjamin:

"What a terrible mistake on her part. What happen to her wasn't my fault….

(Adam smiles at that comment)

Benjamin:

"Can I say that line or is it coined? See Karla male or female you are still a wrestler stepping into the ring with Yours Truly. Bring you’re A game this week. Leave your little women's title in the back because it means **** in regards to this week. And last but not least good luck…

(Adam winks)

Benjamin:

"Now on to Tariq! My god or should I say my Allah son you have the worst speech I have ever heard. It down right ghastly. But after suffering through most of your tongue tying speech I have come to realize you pose no threat to Yours Truly this week.

(Adam shakes his head)

Benjamin:

"You talked about your skill in the ring as if is was that of some importance. You took a few shots at me for losing a few matches. I mean lets face it you have defeated no one of importance so far in your short career in the EPW. Yet you talk down to me as if you are better than me?

(Adam laughs)

Benjamin:

"Yours Truly may have lost a few matches in his career. I am not going to sugar coat anything. But it is what one does after a lose that truly defines him. I have never given up after a loss. I am standing here today poised and ready to take not only you out, but anyone else that stands in my way.

I am not holding onto my past glory. I am simply stating that at this very PPV last year I won the IC title, and this year I am going to win the TV.

For ever once or talent I have you have ten more? Great I am proud of you. Tariq you can say what you want, you do what it is you do, but the reality is as much as you think you are better than me it will only take 3 seconds to end your night. All I have to do is stun you for three seconds and get the pin fall. So bring all your talent and lets see who really wants this.

(Adam laughs)

Benjamin:

"Next up we have Priest! Shut up right back at you. Yours Truly is not gay. I mean calling me gay and telling me to shut up. Man I thought this was the sport of wrestling not sixth grade. Priest I once thought you were talented now I guess you are simple pointless. And what is up with the confessions about a parking lot experience? Mate get your head straight.

(Adam shakes his head)

Benjamin:

"Foxx like I told Kara bring you’re A game this week. Prove you can stand toe to toe with man in the ring. But rest assure if we face off in the finals I will be forced to take you out of commission. This title means the world to me. Male or females at Black Dawn you are a simply a wrestle standing in my way of the TV title.

(Adam takes another sip of his water)

Benjamin:

"The fact is Yours Truly is the best wrestler in this TV title picture. I have busted my ass to get to this point. Oh I forget about John Doe!

(Adam laughs)

Benjamin:

"Doe you suck. I mean first off we already have two females in this match we do not need a third. Yeah I seen your little cross dressing promo. You actually look like you were into that character a little to much. Shall I call you Jane Doe?

And please lets not make a cage match at Black Dawn vs. K9 someone a big thing. You’re a curtain jerker who seemingly pays the Empire cameras to follow you around. Its funny did a cross dressing promo to call the champ a whore yet you yourself are a promo whore.

The fact is John at Black Dawn I can not even see you getting out of your four way. But if you do I will make sure that your night ends. And I will send you to the back on your knees since you seemingly are good at that judging by you promo about Troy.

(Adam emerges up)

Benjamin:

I have been very close to titles in the past. I will not leave Black Dawn without the TV title. I am staking my career on this match, and I promise all that are watching this I will become the first ever TV Champ!

(Fade to black)

 

[TSiegel]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

(Fadein, Karla Starr in a store labeled "Gold and Silver", in the mall located down the road from the venue, after hours.)

STARR: (To herself) So many to pick from, so little time...some are to be likened to ten-thousand dollar wines...

(Turning her head to look at a necklace off to her right, Starr notices the camera and smiles.)

See?? And to think I was told I would have plenty of time to look even though the stores closed, because I needn't the hassle of fans rampaging through here like Marx's punk rock "I'm-a-fan-of-Billy Idol-just-don't-tell-anyone" sister, through Krist Blue's makeup bag because of something she thought smelled good was actually makenup.

Now...all you bickering hens....mostly John Doe...heed this.

I knew I could get on the same page with Foxx. See, us two women...we're at a disadvantage here, with about two dozen men to get through.

Which....if you think about it....even getting through half of 'em is considered a miracle.

Just ask Lindsay Troy.

But see, I told you....we don't have to like each other....but together....we can make this work!! You may not have to like the fact that I'm as confident as I am, or am able to boast as crazily as I do....but hey...

When a girl has the resume to back it up Sweetheart....

(Starr shrugs.)

What else is a ***** like me supposed to do??

(Starr smiles at the camera and looks back at the rings for a second and back at the camera.)

Adam Benjamin.

You know, for an Englishman, you're a real cutie, but don't push your luck. I've got six different cousins who I grew up with that helped me from time to time and they never held back either. If you think that just because you're a man and I'm a woman that you're going to pull you're punches, then cutie....you're in way over your head.

Wrestling matches with men that pull punches was not what I signed on for. Wrestling matches with men that looked awful cute but were more lenient in the ring was not why I chose to sign a contract with Dan Ryan and Empire Pro.

Now if you can't understand that by now, then honey maybe you DO need a nice swift kick in the jaw.

And I'm just the type of ***** that can provide it for you.

(The attendant behind the counter is motioned over to wrap things up for Starr, who pays the bill and then drops a Twenty-dollar bill in a can marked 'For the Homeless', etc. Beaming at her own Goodwill, she looks up at the attendant, who hands her her bag. While doing so, she motions to the camera.)

They said I never give back to the community.

Looks like the jokes on them isn't it??

(Starr looks back at the jar she donated to and then looks back in horror.)

Wait a minute...

(Starr fishes through her purse and pulls out a wad of cash she has in her emergency stash. The attendant sees this and immediately starts expressing her gratitude.)

A: Miss Starr, you don't know how much this means...

(The Attendant continues to praise Starr, to which Starr looks up in surprise of the gratitude given. Starr then takes hold of the donation jar, opens it up and takes out the twenty-dollar bill she put in seconds earlier, replacing it with a dollar. Starr smiles.)

STARR: Sorry....needed the twenty more than they did.

(fadeout.)

 

[JABolich]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

FADE to Tariq Ismail, now wearing a green shirt and a green and gold striped tie under his suit, sitting straight-backed in a comfortable office chair behind a straight grey table. A pair of telephones rest in front of him. He sits with his hands on the desk, smiling into the camera in the style of a used car salesman intent on selling you a lemon.

ISMAIL: "Eet's truly been amazing what we've seen comeeng out of the contenders for the Televeesion Title thus far, hasn't eet? Rain or shine, day or night, the promo material pours down like Hurreecane Bad Promo - category five, of course."

"We have Karla Starr here askeeng me why I overuse the letter E. Apparently I now type my promos up in a word processor and transmeet them to her over the eenternet. Do not worry, Karla - you can find my latest promos transcribed at the address below."

SUBTITLE: http://www.tariqismail.is/betterthan/KarlaStarr.html

"We have Adam Benjameen claiming that I have done notheeng of note. Thees is, by the way, an argument presented by Adam Benjameen. The Adam Benjameen who has completely and utterly blown every chance at moveeng up past Cameo Guest Appearance that has been handed to heem seence the fall of Major Championsheep Wrestleeng. Come back when you have sometheeng to brag about that EESN'T your having held a title a year ago."

"We have John Doe... uh, I don't know what that guy's doeeng, but I get the idea eet eenvolves a fat bag of grass and a lighter. Someone call the narcotics officers!"

"And we have Taylor doeeng... um, her usual casual-eendeeference act that as usual eempresses precisely nobody save her mother."

"But most eemportantly, we have virtually every other contender een thees match mockeeng my accent. We have Priest hurleeng racial slurs, we have Karla Starr calleeng me Arabic een an eensulteeng context, we have virtually everyone offereeng me Eenglish lessons - and thees is clearly a problem."

The camera pans back slowly, revealing Shoe Shine Boy under the table polishing Ismail's shoes while Ismail ignores him.

ISMAIL: "Racism ees a serious problem een America these days. Eet seems good, righeous Muslims and East Indians cannot walk but a seengle step weethout being seengled out and harassed by white people who theenk that they know better. Whatever happened to 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'?"

"Cameron Cruise has been revealed as a lovechild of the Aryan Brotherhood. Clearly the rest of Empire Pro Wrestleeng ees followeeng heem into the abyss."

"But you can help."

Cut even further back to reveal that the table extends far to the left, and seated at it are four more figures, none of who can be made out from here. Above the table is a huge scoreboard, inscribed as follows:

Tariq Ismail Stop Racism Now Telethon
$0000000000.00​

ISMAIL: "That's right - the Tariq Ismail Stop Racism Now Telethon ees a charity venture eentended to raise money to help spread awareness of racism in the Empire Pro Wrestleeng communeety - namely, by getteeng every other wrestler een the Televeesion Title running fired for hate crimes and defamation! Seemply call our toll-free number at 1-800-NO-NAZIS-"

The number blinks at the bottom of the screen: 1-800-NO-NAZIS

"-that's 1-800-NO-NAZIS - and pledge YOUR support to the Tariq Ismail Stop Racism Now Fund! One of our celebreety operators weell be happy to take your call!"

Cut to the left to reveal Kanye West sitting at the desk in a trendy polo shirt.

ISMAIL (v/o): "We have weeth us here famous rapper Kanye West, who supports the cause of America's minorities-"

KANYE WEST: "Cameron Cruise doesn't care about black people."

ISMAIL (v/o): "-and has graciously agreed to help raise money for the Stop Racism Now Fund!"

KANYE WEST: "Karla Starr doesn't care about black people."

The shot pans to the left before Kanye can speak up again, revealing William Hung of American Idol fame. He is currently dancing in his seat and quietly singing lyrics from Wang Chung.

ISMAIL (v/o): "We also have weeth us-"

WILLIAM HUNG: o/` "Everybody have fun tonight! Everybody have fun tonight! Everybody Wang Chung tonight! Everybody have-"

ISMAIL (v/o): "...Moving on."

KANYE WEST (v/o): "X-Ecutioner doesn't care about black people."

The shot SNAPS left to reveal the token hot babe - namely former Wild On host Brooke Burke in a size-too-small tank top, sitting there showing cleavage.

ISMAIL (v/o): "Fans of E! weell recognize the lovely Brooke Burke, who has graciously taken some time away from poseeng een small batheeng suits to be here with us! Contrary to popular belief we deed NOT ask her here because beeg boobs sell better!"

BROOKE BURKE: "Hi, guys! Please call in and donate, okay? This is, like, really important! Racism is never okay, and you should donate money to help us stop racism!"

And finally, pan left to where a guy in a giant yellow Pikachu costume is sitting in front of the phone.

ISMAIL (v/o): "And finally, we have weeth us the most popular cheeldren's star of the modern era! Say hello to the people, Pikachu!"

PIKACHU, in a gravelly trucker voice: "Pika pi, motha****a. Pi pikachu. Pi pika pika ****ing chu."

Cut back to Ismail.

ISMAIL: "Weeth such an awesome lineup of celebreety operators how can you NOT call?! Please, pledge your support so that we can bribe Dan Ryan eento firing the rest of the sucktacular hack racist Nazi wrestlers fighting for the Televeesion Title and geeve me the title by default! Come on, how much more noble a cause could you possibly GET?! Do YOU want Adam Benjameen on your televeesion screen every night? And do you really want to have to suffer through more Foxx and Karla Starr matches? Of course not! You want more of me, and when all these racists get fired you'll HAVE more of me! So call now! That's 1-800-NO-NAZIS! Call now and pledge your support!"

A phone rings somewhere down the line; Brooke Burke picks it up.

ISMAIL: "Looks like we have a caller!"

BROOKE BURKE: "Hi, this is Brooke Burke on the Tariq Ismail Stop Racism Now Telethon!"

CALLER, on speakerphone: "Huh huh, you have nice boobs, huh huh."

BROOKE BURKE: "Um... Hi, this is Brooke Burke on the Tariq Ismail Stop Racism Now Telethon!"

CALLER: "Can I have your naked pictu-"

The call is abruptly cut off.

ISMAIL: "Looks like we lost that caller -" A phone rings. "But we seem to have someone else on the line!"

Kanye West picks up the phone.

KANYE WEST: "Foxx doesn't care about black people."

CALLER: "Yeah, is this Pizza Hut? I want the stuffed-crust pepperoni pizza, medium, a medium supreme minus beef top-"

KANYE WEST: "Kanye West doesn't care about Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut doesn't care about black people."

CALLER: "...What?"

KANYE WEST: "Adam Benjamin doesn't care about black people."

CALLER: "Whatever, dude." *click*

ISMAIL: "Looks like we've lost that caller! We've got to take a commercial break, but we'll be right back on the Tariq Ismail Stop Racism Now Telethon! Call now! Pledge feefty percent of your eencome! We'll be RIGHT BACK!"

CUT TO A COMMERCIAL!

"Say, friend, are you tired of ordinary burgers and limp french fries? THEN COME TO BURGER SULTAN FOR AN ALI-BABA BURGER!!! HOP A FLYING CARP-"

The commercial abruptly cuts off and is replaced with ads for Empire Pro Wrestling 'Unleashed 2005' on Nintendo DS.

 

[Foxx]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

"Wow...I didn't see that comin from a mile away."

Foxx's voice is chock full of annoyed sarcasm as the screen fades in. The camera follows her as she walks to sit on a small, backless, wooden bench in the hall of an unidentified gym. She's preparing to begin training again. Before speaking she sets her severely dented and scarred squeeze bottle of water off to the side.

"And this from the same man who made a huge deal of criticizin me for the accidental mispronunciation of a single word. I understand accents are a natural thing. I have one myself, but while I mispronounce a word every now and then, you do it...every other word; give or take a word or two."

"You make fun of me; I make fun of you. Everyone's happy or unhappy in the end, right?"

"Moving the subject a bit. An Arab man racist enough to kick a basketball out from under a child's hands on television simply because he doesn't want him to win. I'm sure you feel real justified making your rediculous little jack*ss-a-thon."

Foxx sighs as she leans on her arm.

"Here I almost forgot the original intent of this lil picture moment. The Arabian Knight brings out his comedic warhorse in an attempt to giggle everyone to death."

With her other hand she waves her finger back and forth in a "tsk tsk" motion.

"For shame. And even after I called ya out on it. Practice, practice, practice. You'll get a better on-camera routine...eventually. I could get up and make a complete fool of myself too, but you've already proven it does nothin but...well...make a fool of yourself."

"Too much time on one person. I think I've done enough there. I'll move on to the as just recently spoken, Priest. I've got two simple steps for ya ta follow here:

One: Open your mouth good and wide.
Two: Insert Eisenkreuz's foot. I know that moutha yours is big enough."

Out of the blue, Foxx begins bouncing one leg. A subconscious nervous habit picked up from God knows where.

"Actually, I wouldn't mind payin ta see him knock ya around a bit. Even just a good solid slap upside your head would work. Maybe pop whatever screw wiggled loose in that head of yours back to it's original spot.

Foxx pauses for a second of thought.

Since when did bodyguard become personal slave anyways? You'd think there'd be a line drawn somewhere..."

Her face flashes a moment of realization as her leg ceases it's restless movement.

"A final few words for everyone."

"Adam Benjamin: Ya almost seemed nice...but no. I got that gut feeling tellin me you aren't gonna make it.

Karla Starr: Can't argue that you're a b*tch. I'm sure you'll take that as a compliment so I'll leave it as such.

John Doe: From what I've seen of you, ya strike me as a coward and a liar. I'd trust ya about as far as I could throw X one-handed.

Tariq Ismail: The Arabian *ss. The very essence of an attention whore. Boo hoo boo hoo. I'd care more about your goals if ya didn't constantly make yourself look like an overpayed buffoon.

Priest: I'd have to put you on about the same level as Tariq. Both weave jokes that lack in taste and humor. I bet the two of you together could create a wonderful assortment of bargain buck gag gifts.

Kin Hiroshi: Dunno. Haven't heard...anythin from ya ta comment on. Hopin ta hear something before the match.

X-ecutioner: ...Nevermind."

"And with that, ladies and gents, I'm late as all hell. Gotta get a move on. See ya!"

The camera fades as Foxx scoops up her water bottle and jogs off down the hall.

 

[Adam_Benjamin]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

(Fade into "Yours Truly" Adam Benjamin working hard in a gym. The look on Adams faces tell the story as he is without question more determined then ever to walk out the new TV champ at Black Dawn.)

Benjamin:

"I think the main focus of this week has totally left the building. I have watched wrestler after wrestler turn this entire match into a dogs breakfast."

(Adam shakes his head)

Benjamin:

"There are moments watching these promos and think my I would like to stick a dummy in there mouths to silence there rubbish.

The TV title sits waiting for that one glorious wrestler and yet the talk is about ego's. That is all I seemingly am getting out of these interviews.

You got wrestlers faffing around doing things that seemingly are funny and catchy yet it strays from the main goal of this week.

The pride of the championship."

(Adam looks upward to in honor)

Benjamin:

"That moment when the bell sounds at the belt is handed to you. That moment in which your named is echoed as a champion…

I have lived that moment"

(Benjamin has a look of passion on his face as he breathes and exhales.)

Benjamin:

" At Black Dawn I will stand tall in my moment holding the TV title high over my head. I know this because I truly believe in myself.

You see I don't care if men who have fought in two matches cast stones upon me. Because every one loses, it is at that point the decision is made either to stay down, or get back up and fight again.

I look at the faces of you other wrestlers and I challenge your hearts. I challenge your very inner belief in the love for the sport. At Black Dawn my desire to once again become a champion will overcome all that stands in my way.

This week is not about hate, or who is cute, or who has the biggest ego. No this week is about making history and becoming the first ever TV champion.

So have your telethons, battle over male vs. females in the sport of wrestling, or anything else you all wish to babble about for the rest of this week.

What you will see from me is the one thing you all lack, and that is the look of a champion. The look of a man who knows what to expect at the PPV.

The hype of the moment soon will shine down on all of you. I have been there, I am ready for what goes down. You all are in over your heads. I will be the next TV champ. This is my time and none of you are going to stop me!

(Adam walks away)

 

[Foxx]

Re: BLACK DAWN: Hiroshi, Doe, Foxx, Priest, Ismail, Benjamin, Starr and X-ecutioner

I know I wasn't the last to post, but this sucker still needs a swift kick in the pants to update.

 

[DizzaHizza]

I don't know where I'm going
But, I sure know where I've been
Hanging on the promises
In songs of yesterday
An' I've made up my mind,
I ain't wasting no more time
But, here I go again
Here I go again

Tho' I keep searching for an answer,
I never seem to find what I'm looking for
Oh lord, I pray
You give me strength to carry on,
'Cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams...

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* A man's black sillouette dances before a green screen. Cords from an iPod stretch from his head down to his hand where a new iPod nano rests. Whitesnake blasts over the stereo on the commercial set and the dancer can't help but sing along. *

KIN HIROSHI: "An' here I go again on my own! Goin' down the only road I've ever known. Like a drifter I was born to walk alone. An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time!"

* The directer yells cut, and the lights are brought up. The sillouette fades, and Kin Hiroshi's fanatical dancing slowly comes down. Still bobbing his head to the music, Kin takes a seat in nearby chair. He pulls out one ear piece as the director makes his way over to Kin. *

DIRECTOR: "Kin, great work. That's a wrap for Mr. Kin Hiroshi. Let's all give him a round of applause."

* Kin stands. Taking a quick bow he grabs his jacket and turns off the iPod. The EPW cameras move in quick as Kin exits the set. *

KIN HIROSHI: "Jesus! You guys are like vultures! I swear to God you can smell the weak and dying and just circle around until it's time to pounce. Yeah, that's right, I'll admit to being weak right now. I mean, I've been wrestling tag-team matches since debuting in EPW, and now, I get thrown right into the lion's den in two matches for my Television Title. Sure, it's not quite what I had hoped for, but I can't expect a World Title shot so soon. Especially when I've already lost to Lindsay Troy before.

"So, I'm admitting I have my work cut out for me. First, and foremost, I've got to best both Priest and Foxx in a three-way match. Okay, I'll have to admit now, wrestling a woman isn't easy. Like I said, I've fallen to Lindsay Troy. I can lose to a woman, but I won't lose to Foxx. I love my redheads, and I just can't seem to harm a hair on their head.

"Well, that goes for blondes, brunettes, and that one bald girl in Amsterdam 10 years ago. But that doesn't mean I don't rough them up. A punch is just as easily substituted with a plate that has 'slipped' out of my hand and into their face. Foxx, I wouldn't be worried about the flying chinaware, but I would be worried about a flying Japanese man by the name of Kin Hiroshi.

"And Priest. You'll just need one. Sure, it's cliche, but come on, you open yourself up for it. Just like I'm sure there will be a few muffin jokes thrown in my direction. Whoop-dee-doo. So I made a few dollars outside of wrestling by throwing some dough in an oven. Oooo...maybe I shouldn't say anything about throwing stuff in ovens with Eisenkreuz watching over your shoulder. It might give him ideas about the minorities in EPW that I'm not sure the world is ready for. Priest and Foxx and me. In all honesty, it sounds like a lead in for a joke: A Jap, German and woman walk into a bar. The woman says 'ouch' and the Jap and the German try and take over the world.

"Then we have Tariq Ismail, Adam Benjamin, Karla Starr and X-ecutioner. Man, talk about another pun in the making! This time the joke's on them. See, I only have to wrestle one of them. Eeny-meany-miney-moe, who will I beat at the show? I will win the TV Title, if Karla Starr don't take her Midol.

"Tariq, I feel your pain as an oppressed individual. I mean, I'm half-Japanese. My family spent time in internment camps within the United States during World War Dos. To be implicated in something that you had no part in is humiliating and absurd. Then again, my brothers didn't fly planes into buildings. I mean, I'd be pissed in this day and age if I were you. All this slander about Middle Easterners, and, plus, when Paula ABDUL is representing your people by sleeping with contestants on her television show? Please! No wonder you want this title so bad. Someone must represent the Arabs a little better than her! Fasten your towel tight cause if I meet up with you, I'll drop the Hiroshima Little Boy or the Nagasaki Fat Man on you in the middle of the ring and turn that desert of yours to glass.

"Who else is there? Adam Benjamin? Riiiight. This guys more of a has-been than I ever was, and I stepped away from the ring for a year.

"Karla Starr. Another woman, another person who better hope it's a 'light flow' week. Well, maybe I better be worried if it's a heavy flow; I'd hate to be caught in a head scissors. At least it wouldn't smell as bad as Tariq. Do you people wear deodorant?

"And X-ecutioner. Yeeeeah, ummm, no. And that's all I have to say about that."

* After a long hike, Kin has made it to the end of the film lot and into the parking lot. He finds his car, and the cameras follow. *

KIN HIROSHI: "Black Dawn won't be so black once the man from the land of the Rising Sun steps into the ring. I'll brighten the dullest matches and out boast the most loquacious of men. And women.

"Foxx and Priest, it'll be a pleasure, but I'm sorry to squash your dreams. I might be down, but I'm not out. None of the CCP will be standing ringside and helping me out. Because, ironically enough, here I go again on my own..."

** FADE TO BLACK **