AICW Saturday Night Heat Saturday, June 13, 1998 The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia <"God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" by Moby begins to play.> Dan: OH NO! Fans, welcome to Saturday Night Heat! I'm Dan "The Man" Chan and with me today is Dima "The Russian Powerhouse" Lerminskiy! That's the music of "Honest" Nicky De Niro! Dima: I wonder what he will have to say about this pathetic American hero, the Knick Man. Dan: What's this?! Nicky De Niro accompanied by an elderly Asian woman!! De Niro holding a bunch of clothing in his other arm! What is he up to?! De Niro inviting that elderly woman into the ring! She looks a little reluctant to get in, and De Niro urging her on. "Honest" Nicky De Niro: Ladies and gentlemen, tonight I come to you with news of a very grave, serious, and disturbing nature concerning the Knick Man. I know that many of you haven't listened to what I have said about the Knick Man over the past several weeks, but what you hear tonight will shock you beyond your wildest dreams. Knick Man, I didn't want to reveal this to the world, but you've insulted me, and now I have to tell the world your darkest secret. But before I get to that, I've got something to say to Kelly Lynn. Kelly, I received your little memorandum about the wrongdoings going on in the AICW as of late, and I agree. There's just too much foul play inherent in the AICW, and it's got to stop. Therefore, I am appointing myself your personal Security Officer for the AICW! Whenever those hooligans in the back try to interfere in matches or even if they try to bend the rules in their own matches, you can rest assured that "Honest" Nicky De Niro will be there to regulate! Oh, and Kelly, you have no choice but to accept me in this position, because YOU slandered me in your memorandum as well. I am NOT a cheater! I agreed with everything that you said, until you decided to go and tarnish my reputation by accusing me of interfering in matches when I have done nothing of the sort. So unless you want to avoid a long, expensive legal battle with me, do the smart thing and appoint me as Security Officer of the AICW! In addition, Kelly, you will agree to re-send your precious little memorandum in a modified version! I DEMAND that you remove that disgusting paragraph about me and replace it with one that praises the fact that I am a model citizen here in the AICW! I deserve an apology, but that's not good enough for me! If my demands are not met, I GUARANTEE that I will sue you for slander and keep you so tied up in legal battles and paperwork that you won't have time to administer your petty fines! But enough about that! I'd like to get back to the subject of The Knick Man. <"Honest" Nicky De Niro motions the elderly Asian woman to come to the center of the ring.> "Honest" Nicky De Niro: Knick Man, like I said before, I didn't want it to come to this, but you leave me no choice. Ladies and gentlemen, what I am about to tell you has some serious ramifications in regards to the Knick Man. Allow me to introduce Mai Kee. Mai Kee here has a very terrible tale to tell the world. I've been busy doing some investigating regarding the Knick Man's "Knick Man Championship Clothing and Apparel Line," and I was shocked and appalled by what I learned! As I was in lower Manhattan several weeks ago, I decided to pay a surprise visit to the Knick Man's clothing factory. I couldn't believe what I saw. To this day I have nightmares about what I have seen! I was brought to tears by the shocking visions that lay before me, and then it hit me. The Knick Man's Championship Clothing was being produced in sweatshops! Dan: What?! These fans are in shock! "Honest" Nicky De Niro: Mai Kee here is a living example of the conditions inside the Knick Man's so-called "factories." Mai Kee has experienced the horror of working in the sweatshops! Isn't that right, Mai Kee? Mai Kee: Uh...yes. I w..work in sweatshop for maybe twenty hours day. We make Knick Man clothes. "Honest" Nicky De Niro: Hear that people! Mai Kee, tell us, what were some of the conditions like? Mai Kee: Uh...we cannot leave any time. No lunch, no dinner. "Honest" Nicky De Niro: No lunch? No breaks? See fans, I even had to sneak Mai Kee out of the building to bring her here. What else? Mai Kee: Uh...Knick Man, he...uh...very...uh...harsh. We no bathroom. When go bathroom, go into..uh..jar. Uh...one lady...uh..have child...uh...at her bench. Uh...Knick Man he....fire her for stop work. "Honest" Nicky De Niro: That's disgusting isn't it people? How can you continue to allow your kids to look up to a hypocrite and a criminal like The Knick Man?! We have a few pictures here to show you. What is that first picture, Mai Kee? Mai Kee: Uh...first picture...is me. That my workbench. "Honest" Nicky De Niro: How much did they pay you in the sweatshop? Mai Kee: Uh...they pay about ten cents hour. If we...uh...stand we lose twenty-five cent. If we sick, we fired. "Honest" Nicky De Niro: Ten cents an hour. Knick Man, you have proven yourself to be the lowest piece of human garbage there is! NO! Scrap that! You are SUB-human! I hope they lock you up and throw away the key! Mai Kee, what does that second picture show? Mai Kee: This picture of Knick Man. He hit one of workers. "Honest" Nicky De Niro: Look at this filth! Knick Man, when you decide to return to the ring, I am gonna do nothing short of decimate you for your wrongdoings! Don't believe what you hear about sweatshop workers being happy slaves! This woman is a mountain of rage! Knick Man, I'm gonna hurt you badder than you can imagine! I am hereby donating $50,000 to the workers at Mai Kee's sweatshop! Knick Man, you make me sick! <"Go NY Go NY Go" begins to play.> Dan: What is De Niro up to now! We all know it's not the Knick Man! The fans are on their feet booing and.......OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (The fans look on in shock as we see The Knick Man making his way out on crutches. The Knick Man hobbles down the aisle as the fans in the arena go absolutely BALISTIC at the arrival of The Knick Man. The Knick Man is dressed in a Knick Man Championship Jersey and a pair of Knick Man Championship sweat pants. He hobbles slowly down the aisle as the fans chant "Knick Man" repeatedly) Dan: I can't believe it! THE KNICK MAN IS HERE!!!! THE KNICK MAN IS HERE!!!!! And finally, The Knick Man is gonna give De Niro a piece of his mind! Dima: Heh! He is American! So this "piece" of mind will be very small! "Honest" Nicky De Niro: Yeah, come on down Tiny Tim! Look at that CRIMINAL! He's a criminal! Dan: The Knick Man hobbling down the aisle with the crutches and now he's rolling into the ring. The Knick Man having a little trouble getting up, as he uses the ropes for leverage. The Knick Man hobbles over to De Niro and look at the look of hatred on the face of The Knick Man! AND THE KNICK MAN SNATCHES THE MICROPHONE FROM DE NIRO!!!! Knick Man: You know, for weeks I have layed up in the hospital! And for WEEKS I have had to sit there and listen to this properganda of LIES being spout out of the mount of DE NIRO! He's talked about my friends! I let that slide! He's talked about my family and my beautiful wife! I let that slide! He's talked about my basketball team and I let that slide as well! He's orcherstrated an attack against me and tried to take me out of wrestling forever! And you know what De Niro? You just may have succeeded in that task! I'm all hurt up! I can't do anything without feeling pain all over my body! But what you did tonight Nicky De Niro, has got to be one of the most disgusting, degrading acts that I have ever seen you stoop to. For you to come out here, taking a situation as SERIOUS as the dedegration of human beings in sweatshops is absolutely reprehensible! Nicky De Niro, when I look at you, you make me WANT TO VOMIT!!!!!!!!!! Hey, I'm injured! I bet you that you are real proud of yourself aren't you? You're real proud of the fact that you have DESTROYED a man's career! You're real proud of yourself of the fact that you have dragged my good name through the mud! You're real proud of yourself aren't you? AREN'T YOU!!!!!! ANSWER ME GODDAMIT!!!!!! "Honest" Nicky De Niro: Number one, calm down! That hospital food they've been feeding you is giving you bad breath! Number two, you are in the presence of a woman whom YOU abused! You are lucky that she's a forgiving woman! Some of those workers would probably kill you if they saw you all banged up like this! You are in no position to threaten me, Knick Man, so don't waste your lip! I could knock you on your behind right now if I wanted to and tear you up like a yesterday's newspaper! As for being proud? No! I'm not proud! I am a humble and honest man and I try to conduct myself accordingly. It makes me sick to have to be the one to exploit your crimes, but someone has to do it! You want to vomit, Knick Man, then go ahead! You've already puked all over these workers and especially these fans with all your disgusting lies! That's right, Knick Man, you've eaten up these people's money, their hopes and dreams, and you've sucked it all down and spit it right back up at them in their faces! You make me SICK! Knick Man: De Niro, I had just about enough of your childish antics and games! You wanna destory me De Niro? FINE!!! How about THIS MONDAY NIGHT ON WAR!!!!!!!!!! (The crowd goes absolutely bananas) One match Nicky De Niro! YOU (pokes at Nicky De Niro's chest) and I (points at himself) One on one Nicky De Niro! My career is already down the tubes! I'm never going to be able to wrestle again! But I would rather DIE IN THE RING than to look at myself in the mirror and say to myself that I allowed you to do all this and did nothing about it! So what do you say NICKY DE NIRO??? You ran your mouth for MONTHS! Now it's time for you to back it up! "Honest" Nicky De Niro: It's against my principles to fight a cripple, but again, if that's what's gotta be done, then that's what I'll do! Knick Man, you want me on War? Bring it on! I'm gonna break you in half, and there is NOTHING that YOU or any of your friends can do about it! Thanks to Kelly, they won't be able to save you while I toss you around like a rag doll! I'll be happy to end your career! I may have destroyed your personal life. I may have destroyed your reputation. I may even have destroyed your career! But on Monday, I will take the VERY LAST thing you have left! YOUR HEALTH! See you on Monday, chump! <"Honest" Nicky De Niro leaves the ring with Mai Kee to a torrent of boos.> Dan: The stage is set for this Monday night! The Knick Man will step into the ring with "Honest" Nicky De Niro on War! These two men are the two most heated rivals in the AICW, and on Monday, I predict that only ONE man will remain standing! Dima: And he will be RUSSIAN!!! Dan: We'll be right back! Stay with us!