Dan: We're back! Standing by is AICW Commissioner Argie Otero who will make some announcements about the next Pay-Per-View! Argie: Thank you Dan. The next Pay-Per-View card will be held on Sunday, May 31 from Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It will available from your local cable operator for ONLY $29.95! We have to increase the price to cover the cost of holding stadium cards. Also, tickets for the event go on sale THIS SATURDAY at 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time! Golden Ringside tickets for the first ten rows will be available for only $350!! Regular floor, Field Box, and Outfield Reserved seats will cost you $200! Terrace Boxes and Upper Reserved seats will be priced at $85, and General Admission seats run at $50. Now, the name of this Pay-Per-View will be STEEL CITY MELTDOWN '98!!! In the MAIN EVENT, AICW WORLD CHAMPION THE SAINT takes on the NUMBER ONE contender, "HARD LINE" BYRON BRADY! Right here next week on War, we will have the contract signing for that match! In addition to that one, AICW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION "THE ULTIMATE MALE" CHRIS DEL RIO will defend against the WINNER of the match between GINO VALENTINI and ALEX RAPTOR, which will take place earlier that night! Also, AICW NORTH AMERICAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS THE ASIAN ASSASSINATION SQUAD will defend the straps against THE FAMILY! And finally, in a "Number One Contenders" match, "8 BALL" VIC GARIBALDI will take on CHANDLER STONE!! In the coming weeks, I will be announcing yet MORE matches for what will be a spectacular card! Dan: What a card that's gonna be! Juan: $29.95?! $350?!! It's a conspiracy! [Earlier in the day, the man who refers to Gino Valentini and Brian Walters as "a couple of peckerhead scumbags" learned that the results of an MRI revealed a severe tear of the ACL in his right knee. Needless to say, Raptor is not pleased as he hobbles into the arena entranceway on crutches, right leg immobilized by a knee brace as "Juice/Know the Ledge" drones in the background. Despite his obvious discomfort, The Rambunctious One is still warmly greeted by a litany of boos, death threats and thrown beverages as he makes his way down to ringside. Alex's normally snide and arrogant demeanor is superceded by a mask of pent-up hostility, dissolving any comedic aspect of his presence] RAPTOR: [grabbing the mic] "SHUT THE F*%K UP FOR LIKE TWO SECONDS, YOU MORONS!! [the boos are deafening] I'VE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH ALL THE AICW-ites OUT THERE, AND ALL THESE OTHER PUKES!!" [crowd shouts and gesticulates its disapproval] "All week long, I have been hearing the Enterprise gloat after crashing a guy's 'wedding'. Pretty low rent, even by my abysmally debased standards. Plus, since none of them can string two coherent sentences together, let alone get one over on The Firm, they employ some mark nitwit to concoct an angle for them. Classic. Then I am also hearing how much The Firm got roughed up by the Enterprise, yadda yadda yadda. Well let's not start sucking each other's dicks just yet gentlemen. Sure, Enterprise, Valentini, you issued some punishment, I took some brutal bumps out there in Minnesota, I don't deny that. I look like I just got thrown out of a moving automobile and feel even worse. Several individuals advised me against even showing up, being so woefully hungover from my night out at SCORES and having that many vengeance-minded lunatics in the same ring, all wanting to twist MY neck. But only Kid Fresh is crazy enough to do a gig that crucial. Yeah, Crazy like a fox. So don't expect me to sit home 'licking my wounds' like that wannabee ginny Gino Valentini did when I laid him out. Hey, so I had a bitter reprisal coming to me, but that's the risk you take in this line of work; Reap The Whirlwind, Ride the Tiger, and if occasionally it gets a little out of hand, then oh well, chalk it up to karma. But don't think for one millisecond that you ran me out of wrestling, you scungilli-eating wop. If you want to throw hard looks somewhere, throw them at a mirror, because the only problem The Firm ever had was YOU. You coast along, clinging to Garibaldi's coattails the whole time, and now that you've gone as far as you're going to get, you're jealous. That's YOUR problem. You getting beat out of The Firm isn't because the old 'blue chipper' showed up and cleaned your clock. Your 'time' was up regardless. You only became a liability to this entity and my services were retained as an exclamation point. The biggest difference between you and me that I can rationally ascertain is that Alex Raptor was already way 'over' on his own; Valentini, you weren't jack$#!t on YOUR own, The Firm MADE you. Before that, you were about as 'over' as Barry Darsow. You see, I attain in a matter of weeks what it takes you years to strive for. I have garnered gold in each fed that I've entered, whereas the only time you've touched a belt is when you're getting dressed for church or when Garibaldi let you Armor All his belt. So Mr. Hairy Palms, if you would like to taste the pain once again then step on up and get served, big boy. I will simply let my arsenal do the talking for me in the squared circle. Mum is the Word, Valentini. So until then, go flip some pizzas, or whatever it is you were doing before you became 8-Ball's errand boy, ok you swarthy bastard? You are in for a critical beatdown, so you bring whatever you have left to the table, and we'll let Papa Pisano take care of the rest. My only concern with you would be if I tripped on the gaping hole that will be in the middle of the canvas after we drop you on your big head. As for you JJL, I just saw the chicken who you stole your chest from, and it's really angry right now [crowd pops]. Now Jordan, I know you're busy climbing up that 15 yr old kid's ass; trying real hard to be friends and help him with his AP English homework and all; But you need to pay close attention to the hill of beans you just spilled when you kicked over that can of worms [Raptor horribly mixing his metaphors]. Now you've gone and done something you probably shouldn't have done, and that was piss off The Boss. And Valentini, I'm not referring to your old boss at Picasso Pizza, either. But I digress. When that power-mongering tyrant The Boss saw the debacle that took place at the PPV, and learned that I somehow slipped in the rankings, well that did it, he bugged out. The ill-tempered, shallow, corporate raider shows up at my crib, makes like he's there to cheer me up, then bops me real good across the knee brace for my efforts. Then on top of it, he starts gratuitously munching on slices of my Sicilian pizza that Uncle Jimmy sent over. Talk about left-handed praise. I feel like the whole world is against me. I've got The Boss's knee-banging tyranny, and now the AICW brass are trying to railroad me. Get off my nutsack!! I KNOW the Executive Committee has it in for me. I mean, the other week I beat the longest-reigning AICW TV Champ to date, Troy Walcott, fair and square in the middle of the ring; THEN in front of God and everybody I cleanly pin current International Champion Chris Del Rio at the Pay Per View and somehow I FALL in the rankings. The Boss is livid, he's been unbearable, but I think you front office suit-wearing hyenas really enjoy seeing him intimidate and menace me. But that which does not kill me, only serves to make me stronger. I know the ledge. So all of you Doubting Thomas's think that Kid Fresh, Eric B & Rakim are played out? Hardly. It's more like Eric B and Rakim 'Paid In Full'. So come say Hi to the Bad Guy; Don't say goodbye, I don't plan to die..." [a good portion of the fickle crowd now surprisingly pop loudly as "Juice/Know The Ledge" blasts through the arena and Raptor makes his exit] Dan: Alex Raptor getting a lot off his chest! Juan: Too much! That guy annoys me! And he's UGLY! Andy: Making his way to the ring area accompanied by Christina O., weighing in at 260 lbs. He hails from Cleveland, Ohio and is representing The Demonweb...here is LEGION!!! Dan: Legion making his way to the ring area and he looks ready for action tonight against the first ever AICW Inoki Cup Champion, and here he comes!!! The Mack: Man the crowd don't know what to do after the way Devon Burke jazzed about Byron Brady! Dan: Indeed Burke's comments were rather interesting but I am sure his main focus right now is that man in the ring, Legion. Andy: And his opponent, hailing from Tuscon, Az. weighing in at 242 lbs. he is the AICW Inoki Cup Champion, and represents The Alliance "BIG D" DEVON BURKE!!!! Dan: Devon now in the ring and he appears ready for...wait a minute, he just spotted a fan with a sign...I can't see, what does it say. The Mack: it says Dan: Burke just snatched the sign away from the kid and tore it to shreds. Look at him mouthing off at the kid and LOOK OUT!!! Legion just nailed him from behind! Legion now irish whip right inot the apron and Burke just hit his shoulder hard! The Mack: That's what happens when you let ya guard down, and that kid got straight up suckered! Dan: Legion now in control, hard irish whip into the stairs, and referee Gentle now warning Legion and Legion rolls back in to break the count. Now distracting the ref and CHRISTINA O. JUST NAILED BURKE WITH A SWIFT KICK and now prances to the other side of the ring! The Mack: That girl got some spunk! Dan: Burke now back into the ring and Legion immediately going to work, now sets him in for the ride...reversed by Burke...and FLYING CROSS BODY BLOCK!!! Gentle counts.....One.....Two...... And an easy kickout by Legion. Burke now with momentum, off the ropes and he just nailed Legion with a spinning heel kick! Now he picks him up and beautiful gutwrench suplex by Burke! A cover.....a count..... ONE..... And a kickout by Legion. Legion now rolling out of the ring to get a breather and is comforted by Christina. Burke now on the top rope but Legion not looking and FLYING BODY PRESS!!! WHAT A HIGH RISK MANEUVER!!!! DEVON BURKE DELIVERS!!! And both men appear a little hurt, but Burke is favoring his right knee. Burke now rolls Legion back into the ring. Irish whip to the far side and nice belly to belly suplex by Burke! Burke now picking Legion back up to his feet, now Burke bounding off the ropes and CHRISTINA JUST TRIPPED HIM! Burke now focusing on Christina and Legion just nailed him from behind with a clothesline sending him down to the mat. The Mack: "Big D" gotta understand that these two is gonna jump him! He gotta stay giddy on Legion or he's gonna take a quick "L". Dan: Legion now, picks him up and slaps on a side headlock and Burke is in trouble. Burke now with a quick elbow to the midsection, and another, and another...Burke with momentum, off the ropes and BIG KNEE TO THE MIDSECTION BY LEGION! Legion now sends him in for the ride and SPINEBUSTER!!! A cover...ONE.....TWO........ THREE!!! Legion got him! NO!! NO!!! I thought he had him for sure, Referee Gentle signalling just a two count. Now Legion sends him in for the ride and puts his head down...SWINGING NECK BREAKER BY BURKE!!! Burke now, catching his second wind!! The Mack: Smells like somebody broke wind! Dan: Burke now back on his feet, and so is Legion! Legion with a right hand...BLOCKED!!! Burke with a right hand of his own! Legion fires again...BLOCKED!! And Burke connects with another big right hand, and another...and another!! The Mack: This kis is lighting him up!! Burke now sending him in for the ride and TILT-A-WHIRL BACKBREAKER!!! A cover...ONE..... TWO......... Kickout by Legion!!! What a match! Burke now off the ropes and POWERSLAM BY LEGION!!! Outta nowhere! What a momentum buster! Legion now SLAPS THE FIGURE FOUR ON BURKE!!! And Burke right in the middle of the ring. Referee Gentle asking if Burke wants to submit...and he's refuses but look at the pain on his face!! Burke now...wait a minute...Burke trying to turn it over, and the crowd is behind him!! The Mack: I like this kid....he ain't going out like no sucka! Dan: Burke now with all his strength trying desperately to reverse the figure four leglock.... AND HE DOES!!!! LOOK AT LEGION!!! HE'S FEELING THE PAIN NOW!!!! And Legion quickly breaks the hold! Legion now back up onto his feet and so is Burke!! Burke limping though! Burke now a big dropkick takes Legion down but I think he banged his knee hard on the canvas, and Legion saw it! Legion now, slowly back onto his feet. Burke trying to get back up and LEGION JUST FLATENED HIM WITH A CLOTHESLINE!!! Look at Legion showboating now he's signalling for the figure four again! The Mack: He's trying to break his leg! Dan: Legion now dragging Burke away from the ropes and to the corner. Now he has the leg and Burke uses the free leg kicking Legion into the turnbuckle and ROLL-UP BY BURKE!!!! ONE...... TWO.......... KICKOUT BY LEGION!!!! He almost had him and Legion with two vicious elbows to Burke and he looks out of it! Legion now picks him up and backbreaker!! ONE...... TWO........ NO....NO....BURKE!!! JUST GETTING THAT LEFT SHOULDER UP!!! Legion now with a look of frustration. Now he's got him, looks like he's setting up for the sharpshooter, he's really tring to do damage....BUT WAIT BURKE WITH A SMALL PACKAGE!!! ONE........ TWO............... THREE!!! DEVON BURKE WINS!!! DEVON BURKE WINS!!!! Andy: The winner of this match "BIG D" DEVON BURKE!!!!!!! Dan: What a great night it's been! Enjoy the tour this week, and we'll see you next Monday from the Palace of Auburn Hills! Good NIGHT!