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

[Adam_Benjamin]

{Fade to the logo of Madison Square Garden. Now fade into inside the arena were a crew of workers are slowly setting up for Black Dawn.}

"Time is slowly fading near."

(Adam Benjamin is seen walking out of a exit which has a label reading Wrestlers Entrance.)

Benjamin:

"Such as magnificent building home of endless stories of glory. Yet here I stand a mere two days away from my chance at such glory.

If you take a seat and just listen you can almost hear the cheers, the greatness; the past success that has taken place in this building.

(Adam looks upwards sucking in the building air.)

Benjamin:

"Black Dawn will be seen around the world. Most importantly it will be seen in England. Two fellow Englishmen on one card both chancing glory. One year ago at the first Black Dawn we faced off. However this weekend we each have our own agenda. Karl Brown I am taking to the time tell you that this is your moment to take your place in this company. Good luck mate….

(Adam smiles)

Benjamin:

"Eight wrestlers will exit there respective locker rooms chancing one glorious title. For many of the young lions this might be there first chance at gold. It is no secret that this is not my first chance at gold.

At Black Dawn I am hell bent of becoming the TV champion. I am going on record that I will do everything in my power to win this match. I am proud of my ability and feel totally confident that I can defeat all those that step in front of me this weekend.

(Adam begins walking away)

Benjamin:

"Your looking at the first ever TV champion "Yours Truly" Adam Benjamin. Its about pride this weekend. No talk shows, no telethons, no ipod commercials. All that matters in who is ready to go the extra mile to walk out of MSG with their hands raised high!

I am that man, I am that wrestler, this is my time!

Fade to black

 

[TSiegel]

(Fadein a local Salon in Boston. Traffic weaves back and forth as people ready themselves for the Red Sox battle with the New York Yankees. Walking past back and forth, the camera catches none other than Kenny Lombardo walking in, as no one is seen up front. Suddenly, laughter is heard from the back as a bewildered look changes the grimace on Lombardos' face immediately.)

KL: HEY!!! Anyone here working today??!?!!!

An attendant a few minutes later walks up, giggling from the commotion in the back.)

A: Can I help you sir?? I'm sure you're not here for personal are you??

KL: What?? I mean...wait...no I'm not here for a personal...my sister needs an appointment made for...

(Lombardo is cut off by more laughter in the back.)

What in the blazes is going on back there??

A (Turning and motioning towards the back.): We've got Karla Starr in town, and she's telling stories.

KL: Starr...from Empire Pro??

A: You know her??

KL: Of course I know her, what am I...some backstage interviewer to you??? Can I see her??

(The Attendant nods, motioning for Lombardo to follow her and he steps through the waist-high gate, to the back. More laughter is heard, as we find Starr in the back, with her nails being tended to by two stylists and the rest of the Salon employees huddled around her.)

STARR:...which is when I told Joey....I wouldn't crack his balls if he...yes??

(The Attendant, stepping in.)

A: I don't mean to interrupt...but you have a gentleman here to see you?

(Starr looks over the attendants shoulder and notice's Kenny Lombardo leaning up against a counter, as he waves "hello".)

STARR: Oh honey, that's just Kenny Lombardo, the backstage interviewer from Empire Pro, he ain't anything to be worried about.

(The Attendant looks back at Kenny who continues to lean against the counter, but is stunned, and slaps him across the face, pretty hard.)

KL: What the f---...what the hell was that...

A: I hate liars, don't do that again.

(Starr laughs as well as the rest of the employees while they return to work.)

STARR: I'd be careful if I were you, that's Audrey....she's not exactly in the best of moods today.

KL(nods): I can tell. Day of the month??

STARR(Smiles): Nope, that's just her attitude. She keeps that up, I may just take her on the road with me.

KL(Rubbing his cheek): That's IF you have a job. The boss has been hounding me all week about getting you in the studio...when you gonna go??

(Produces a small hand-held video camera.)

Or would you rather do this now??

(Starr's smile dissappears almost immediately.)

STARR: You won't leave me be until I do will you??

KL: Boss's orders.

STARR: Kiss ass...alright set it up.

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"I'm here in Boston today with Empire Pro Superstar.....KARLA STARR, as we near our pay per view, "Black Dawn". Karla, please....tell us....where have you been and are you prepared for your night in Madison Square Garden??

(The camera back focuses to a shot with both Lombardo and Starr in it.)

STARR: What does it look like, Lomba-da...brain surgery?? I'm here in Boston, getting my nails done. (Smiles) But that doesn't stop you from butting your head in on a girls' time to gossip with her *****es does it??

(From behind the camera, Audrey is heard saying something derogetory.)

My time girl, not yours...you'll know when.

KL: How about some comments about your opponents?? You've got quite the task ahead of you.

STARR: So has my Red Sox, an' you KNOW that ain't gonna go well.

KL (Continuing...): John Doe.

STARR: A deer...a female deer. The boy doesn't even know what he's getting into. Perhaps on more than just a couple of levels.

KL: Priest.

STARR: Who??

KL: Priest?

STARR: Who??

KL: Okay...next one is Tariq Ismail.

STARR: Please, that boy needs at least an eighth-grade literacy and understanding of the English language before talking to me. I'd just as soon as bend him over my knee and give him a wicked spankin' if it weren't for the disgusting enjoyment he'd get out of it.

KL: Kin Hiroshi.

STARR (Smiles again): He is a wretched little perv isn't he?? Still, he's kinda cute for a guy being nicknamed "Japanese Thunder", even though I'll bet Foxx would think him to be more cuddlier as "The Muffin Man", like most women do.

KL: So you like him abit??

STARR: Who..? Kin?? Not a chance, leonard. I said he was cute, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't kick him in the jaw to get things done. Do remember....it's a match, not a date.

KL: X-Cutioner.

STARR: Again with the 'Who' response!! For someone that's supposed to be involved heavily in this match, that boy hasn't shown up to even make himself interested, let alone a threat. Here on out, he's nothing to me.

KL: How about someone who is...another female in fact, Foxx.

STARR: Foxx wants me to admit the fact that I lost to her, instead of bein' woman enough to admit that she can stand toe-to-GORGEOUS-toe, with me in the ring, but I can't. I can't and I won't, because as long as there's still a shot that I can remove that smudge from my SPECTACULAR resume...and I do think it's great, don't you Lemmings??

KL: You do hold the NEW ERA Women's Title for what will be a year, in December....currently, probably the longest reigning Champion on the wrestling circuit today, second to only WFW's own BAD Champion, Jared Wells.

STARR (giggles like a school girl at the mentioning of the name, "Jared Wells" and grins wide.):....and what a Hot and sexy man that is...

(Lombardo has a "Gimmie a break"-type facial expression wash over his face as he stares into the camera momentarily.)

KL: Moving along....

(Looks back at Starr, who has regained her composure.)

Adam Benjamin.

STARR: Ya know...just like Hiroshi, I used to think of him as pretty handsome, but his little "Wild Thing" phase....not working. See, Adam Benjamin, from what I heard, was the Inaugeral Empire Pro Intercontinental Champion...which is remarkable, it will go down just so in the record books, as it did. But tell me Lingcod...other than throwing a temper tantrum with Beast...what in the world has he done lately that even merits him the right to claim "Black Dawn" as "his time"?? After all, the little twerp is right....he did lose to John Doe and hasn't really done alot since then. Why should I share my spotlight with someone who hasn't done anything remotely INTERESTING since this company came into fruition?? I shouldn't, and I wouldn't, I can't and I won't.

They don't call me a ***** for nothing, boys an' girls.

That I can promise you, come "Black Dawn".

(Lombardo waits for Starr to finish before looking back at the camera.)

KL: A Champion, looking to be Champion at "Black Dawn"...

(Starr reaches in front of Lombardo and shoves him out of the shot, and smiles.)

STARR: That doesn't mean that you can either, Lancaster.

(Starr looks at the camera as she leans closer, smiling.)

See you *****es and whores in New York City....

(One of the girls behind the camera, in the store.)

VOICE: New York City??

STARR (Scowls at the unknown girl behind the camera.): This isn't a Salsa commercial, hooker!!

(Looks back at the camera, waves and smiles coyly....)

Ciao!!

(Fadeout.)

 

[TH]

Back on the Lower East Side...

Priest: I thought I told all you God damned people to SHUT UP!

Seriously, when someone of such class and breeding as myself tells you mouth-breathers, foreigners and women to shut your mouths, you shut your mouths. No ifs, ands or buts about it. All of you are annoying little pricks and you deserve to have bratwursts shoved down your throats and choked to death by the Greasy German Destroyer Eisenkreuz here.

EK: Ja.

Priest: Seriously, I mean at least Dan Ryan had the good sense to throw the worst offender out of the fed. Hey John Doe, good riddance you whiny little *****. Try not to let the door hit you on the way out.

But the rest of you are not as lucky to get tossed out the door rather than face my wrath for not shutting your mouths and interrupting my beauty sleep and facials with your whiny, incessant rants.

I have Kin Hiroshi accusing my upstanding citizen of a German bodyguard here, the Deutschbag, of being an anti-Semite. Kin, shame on you. Shame on you for being such a short-sighted little Jap. I do not know what they teach you over in Slanty-eye Land, but not all Germans are Nazis. In fact, the only thing the Deutschbag puts in the oven is DiGiorno pizza, because God forbid I pay 20 dollars for some greasy Neopolitan slop that some guido probably sweat on. I swear to you, neither the Deutschbag or myself are racists.

Yes Tariq Ismail, that means you are not correct and you need to shut up with your accusations of racism. I really do not care what race you are. I am equal opportunity in everyone I think I am better than. It does not matter if you are a cracker or a mick or a Chinaman or a Ruskie or a towelhead like yourself. I am probably better than you. Especially if you are a woman.

Like you Foxx. And shame on you for trying to plant the seeds of dissention between me and the Deutschbag. We are tighter than the fibers in your tacky little red t-shirt are wound. I mean seriously, where the hell did you get that, K-mart? Would it kill you to shop in the juniors section of a reputable department store? And a jean jacket? What the hell, this is not 1983! And now I got off track. What was I talking about again, E?

EK: About how tight ve are.

Priest: Oh yeah, we are the tightest, are we not?

EK: Ja. Ich will dich über dem Kopf anschlagen.*

Priest: What was that?

EK: Oh, nicht.

Priest: Okay, good. Anyway, no Foxx, your divide and conquer tactics shall not work!

And finally, Adam Benjamin, we might as well be in the sixth grade with the intelligence level of you freaks in this match. Which is why I want you all to shut up. But since you think I drag this affair down to the sixth grade, Mr. Gaypants, I think I might. I may give you a wedgie, and not a wimpy one, no. I am going to give you an atomic wedgie, I am going to pull those tights over your head. I may even give you noogies. And the Deutschbag will let you know how much my noogies hurt, right?

EK: I hate ze noogies!

Priest: Indeed.

Now, you clowns had better shut up from here on out or else I will really be pissed, and you will not like me when I am pissed. I may just let you look good in defeat as I take the Television Title and then make Aggression must see TV up there with Six Feet Under and perhaps Family Guy.

Fade to the Empire logo.

*I want to smack you across the head.

 

[Adam_Benjamin]

If you lookin' for me I'll be on the block
With my thang cocked possibly sittin' on a drop (Now)
'Cuz I'm a rida (Yeah)
I'm just a Soul Survivor

'Cuz er'body know the game don't stop
Tryin' to make it to the top for your ass get popped (Now)
If you a rida (Yeah)
Or just a Soul Survivor​

{Fade into Yours Truly Adam Benjamin sitting inside his hotel room. On the bed laid out are his wrestling tights along with his boots.+

Benjamin:

"You know I thought when I won the MCW world title two years ago I had accomplished everything. I remember walking into the locker room after the match shaking hands with the other wrestlers.

Months later the federation of MCW closed leaving me a champion of a deceased federation. I had to take a seat and realize my dream had been flipped upside down into a sick nightmare."

(Adam looks upward shaking his head)

"One year ago at Black Dawn I thought winning the Empire IC title was my biggest accomplishment ever. Being the first IC champ in a federation such as Empire Pro was a huge deal in my opinion at the time. Again the high fives, the parties; the glory that I thought I was a part of.

But soon after I lost my title to Marx and on that day a cloud of doubt was tagged on to my name for some reason.

Twice I took Beast to the limits of defeat, seconds from the Empire World title. We all know that Beast defeated me. Taking the champ to the limit mean nothing to anyone. The end result was that I lost to Beast.

So is that what everyone thinks of Yours Truly? Am I some loser to all you Americans. Am I a joke in the locker room of the Empire?

(Adam smiles)

"Good I hope all of you doubt that I can win a big match. I hope that everyone that is involved in the TV title match at Black Dawn thinks they are better than me.

I have been to the top of what I thought was a great mountain. In reality is was bull****. This weekend live at Black Dawn the new Adam Benjamin will be born.

No longer am I going to listen to the bull **** of wrestlers who in reality can not even lace my boots. I am the best technical wrestler in the world today.

But for months I have listen to the whispers of others. I began doubting myself inside the ring. But I took a step back and reviewed my career today.

I looked at every match that I fought in and one thing sticks out. You better bring you’re A game when you face Yours Truly.

I look at the wrestlers that are standing in my way of winning the TV title. None of you are on my level.

(Adam smiles)

"Man I am feeling good right now. I mean I have been playing nice and talking sportsmanship all week. Screw that, I am Yours Truly Adam Benjamin. Who are you that choose to look down on me?

The fact is that I am walking out the TV champion this week. It will be my face that will be on TV week in and week out defending the title.

The time for talking is over. The moment of truth is here. I am coming to MSG will my A game and I am going to straight out wrestler every single one of you.

At the end of the night I will take my place in history. Because I am the truth, I am the new age Tec, and I will be the SOUL SURVIVOR!

If you lookin' for me I'll be on the block
With my thang cocked possibly sittin' on a drop (Now)
'Cuz I'm a rida (Yeah)
I'm just a Soul Survivor

'Cuz er'body know the game don't stop
Tryin' to make it to the top for your ass get popped (Now)
If you a rida (Yeah)
Or just a Soul Survivor​

(Adam smiles as the camera fades)

 

[Foxx]

"Boy will Priest be unhappy."

Fade in. Foxx is sitting cross-legged on a hotel room bed. She's dressed for sleep wearing a t-shirt and pajama slacks.

"Down to the wire now. There's no way I can't at least put in a few more words. If it makes you unhappy, Priest...well, frankly, I don't really care."

Her face shows annoyance and maybe even the slightest hint of anger, but her tone remains even and she makes no movements.

"Now I'd like ta get a few things straight about myself, since most everyone seems ta have misconceptions. First of all, I don't enjoy shopping, especially not for clothes. "Reputable department stores" just aren't my thing. I get the clothing I absolutely need and get out. Very seldom do I shop for pleasure. As for the jean jacket, Priest, it was a gift from someone a lot more respectable than yourself, so I'd appreciate it if you'd shut your mouth about it."

"Secondly, I'm not interested in making myself look nice for a wrestling match. If I was engrossed with manicures and make-up I probly wouldn't have chosen wrestling as a profession now would I? I'm not here to find a date; I'm here to whoop some *ss. So don't expect me ta fall to the mat crying about a broken nail, it's not gonna happen...ever. Long nails are kinda gross anyways."

Foxx takes a deep breath and releases it in a huff as her expression lightens.

"I'm sure cracks about my being unwomanly will surface soon enough now that I've revealed a bit about myself. I welcome them with deaf ears. Bring it on. Maybe you'll finally see me as an equal instead of just a woman riding the curtails of the current world champ. I expect that'll probly hit home the same time as my Vixen Dive."

Foxx's expression gradually changes to thoughtfulness as a new topic crosses her mind.

"It's not all in strength in this sport. A superior spirit and technique can bring you to your knees just as well as a straightforward blow to the teeth and I've been practicing non-stop since my loss to Ismail. Look down on me all ya want. Your arrogance is a hindrance. I won't hold it against ya, though."

Foxx waves off the camera and returns to meditation as it fades to black.

 

[TSiegel]

(Fadein, Karla Starr, dressed in a pink T-shirt and jeans, at home clicking channels as she comes across one with Foxx's latest promo airing. Smiling at her comment's towards Priest, she laughs abit. Her laughs get cut short, when she hears the comments directed toward her, and she starts to protest out loud to no one in particular.)

FOXX ON TV: "I'm sure cracks about my being unwomanly will surface soon enough now that I've revealed a bit about myself..."

(Starr then suddenly stops and smiles again as the promo ends.)

STARR: Well at least she knows...

(Fadeout.)