AICW Monday Night War Monday, February 16th, 1998 Live from the Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina (The camera fades in to a shot of the exterior of the Charlotte Coliseum.) Voice-over (Dan): Charlotte, North Carolina. Birthplace of legends, one of the hotbeds of wrestling in North America. Tonight, the stately Charlotte Coliseum will be a warzone as the AICW invades North Carolina! (The picture explodes in a blaze of light with a thunderous roar. A rapid-fire series of images of the AICW superstars begins to flash across the screen.) Voice-over: Ladies and gentlemen, prepare for WAR!!! WOOOOOOO!!!! (The Monday Night War logo explodes on the screen as the War theme music begins to play. The scene dissolves into the interior of the Coliseum where the fans are erupting and fireworks are exploding. Dan and Dima are standing in their usual spot at the broadcast position, and the camera zooms in on them.) Dan Chan: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Monday Night War! I'm your host Dan "The Man" Chan and with me as always is Dima Lerminskiy! Dima Lerminskiy: If I have to tell you one more time, that I am THE RUSSIAN POWERHOUSE, so help me Mother Russia, I will crush you Dan! Dan: Whatever! Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you will get to witness perhaps one of the greatest Monday Night War cards in history! In the main event, the AICW World Heavyweight Champion "Hard Line" Byron Brady, will defend his title against "The Golden Boy" Johnny Smith! Dima: They are both pathetic! Russian Roulette rules the world! Dan: Also, "Pretty Boy" Troy Walcott will defend the AICW Television Title against Barry Bagwell! Dima: Ha! Barry Bagwell is a joke! He will not win! Dan: We also have The Saint taking on Martin X! Michael Fulton and Ice Cold will do battle in a 15 foot high, enclosed steel cage match! "The Convict" Oswald Bates will go up against The Eccentric Offender. And finally, The Road Killers will go up against Bulls on Parade! What action we have for you....... (All of a sudden "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" by Puff Daddy blares over the arena, as the crowd jumps to their feet.) Dan: What the hell?? It can't be...we know that music!! Dima: He is not suppose to be here! The puny American is not even signed with the AICW! (Suddenly, the curtains open, and out steps "THE FRANCHISE" ANDRU EDWARDS!!! He walks out, and is wearing his normal wrestling gear. He is in his blue trunks with the word "Franchise" written in yellow script on the back, blue kneepads with yellow "F"s on them, and yellow boots with blue trim and yellow tassles hanging over them. The crowd is cheering at the top of their lungs as he makes his way to the ring, and steps through the ropes. He grabs the microphone and begins to speak) Andru Edwards: CUT THE MUSIC!! (Crowd cheers) Andru Edwards: Take a look at who has arrived on the scene. And how sweet it is, and will be. Each and every one of you people out there asked for it, every wrestler in the back feared it, there were those that said it would never happen. Andru Edwards will never be in the AICW, he won't have the time, he doesn't care about them, some even went as far as to say that I couldn't handle the competition here. Well take a look at where I am. I am here in the AICW, and I am here to do whatever the hell I want to do. Now I look at the competition here in the AICW, and I see no one noteworthy. I am not going to begin on what a joke this league is. I am here to bring talent to this god forsaken land! I refuse to wrestle here UNTIL I see improvement, and THAT is why I haven't signed the contract, the very LUCRATIVE contract, that was tendered to me by the AICW. They told me, BEGGED me..they said "Andru, we need you. We need you to come in and show our workers what a wrestler's wrestler is all about. The arenas aren't as full, the luster isnt there. Johnny Smith, Heartless Lovers, and even our World Champion....no one is cutting it anymore!" (He smirks) Andru Edwards: Well I am here to get it through your heads, and I'm going to start by doing commentary in tonight's main event match! I am going to point out the errors and flaws of the two men in that contest, and tell the people what has to be done about it. AICW, it's time for the new era to start, it's the era of THE FRANCHISE!!! Dan: I don't believe it! "The Franchise" Andru Edwards? Here? In the AICW? Dima: This so called "Franchise" is not so great! Russian Roulette is the true Franchise of the AICW! Dan: The Franchise Andru Edwards has won over 30 World Championship belts! He is one of the true greats in the wrestling industry and he is now here in the AICW! What a War we have already! Let's go to the first match! [DING DING DING] Andy: Ladies and gentlemen, our opening contest of Monday Night War is a tag team attraction scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, from Phoenix, Arizona, weighing a total combined weight of 513 pounds, Seath Diamond and KeLett Hart--the team of Bulls on Parade! Dan: Bulls on Parade, two very big men... Dima: Russian men are bigger! These puny Americans are as nothing! (Black Sabbath's "Children of the Grave" begins to blare throughout the arena.) Andy: And their opponents, from Interstate 69, weighing in at 541 pounds, Blade and Storm--the Roadkillers!!! Dan: Here come the tough-as-nails street warriors, Blade and Storm! Dima: Ha! They are not so tough! Leather jackets do not make a man tough! Dan: Well, I would suggest that we're about to find out just how tough these two men are as they take on the Bulls on Parade, two big mean brawlers in their own right! Dima: Only Russians are strong like the bull! (pounds chest) Russian Roulette would teach them all a lesson! Dan: Are we going to be seeing Russian Roulette again here tonight? Dima: That, I cannot say...when you play Russian Roulette, it is all up to chance! Dan: Uh-oh, here we go! Both men have their jackets off, and now they're rushing at the Bulls! Blade is going toe-to-toe with KeLett, and Storm is kicking away at Seath's knees! Blade doubles KeLett over with a knee to the gut, and a standing release suplex! Blade didn't even leave his feet on that one! Storm sends Seath over the top with a crescent kick! Blade setting KeLett up, and what's he gonna do? He lays him out with a flapjack! Now Storm getting up on the apron, and Seath getting to his feet...BOO-YA! Beautiful Asai moonsault by Storm hits the mark! Now Blade raising KeLett to his feet, and whips him into the corner, following up with a SHOULDER TACKLE! He drove through him like a Mack truck! Now he lifts him out of the corner, and he PRESSES the big man up over his head! He's military pressing the big KeLett Hart, and DROPS him hard to the canvas! Now he gets Hart up, and he's got him draped over his shoulder! Storm's climbing to the top rope! He's coming off the top, and BOO-YA! There it is, the Stormblade! It's all over! 1...2...3! Andy: Ladies and gentlemen, here are your winners: The Roadkillers!!! Dan: The Road Killers with another victory here in the AICW and they are going places! Dima: Yes they are--to the bottom of the tag team ratings! Dan: We'll be back with more of AICW Monday Night War! Stay with us! Dima: Or I will crush you!