Dan: And we're back! Knick Man you seem to be having a good time! Knick Man: (Putting Erin's key in his pocket) Hey! When you're The World's Greatest, you ALWAYS have a good time! Dan: Next up, some pre-recorded comments from The Demonweb! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (Camera opens on the Demonweb dressing room, where Kyle Bane and the Pain Connection are. cigarette smoke fills the air, and a CD player in the corner is blaring "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" by Filter and the Crystal Method. Kyle is wearing a black tank-top, leather pants, and mirrorshades. he is sitting, arms folded, in a chair, his feet up on a card table covered with checkers and empty bottles of beer. Danny Moore is wearing black jeans, and is naked from the waist up. He has a roll of Duct tape and is wrapping around his bare abdomen and torso. The small, blonde man is laughing and talking to himself in a hushed voice. Christina O is wearing a plain grey pantsuit, and has her hair twisted back in a single ponytail. She's sitting next To Steve Dunne, drinking a can of ginger ale. Steve is smoking a cigar. he looks bored, as always.) Kyle: Wellll.........(bites his lip) Christina, i think you'd better talk for a while... Danny: The Prince OF PAIN IS NOT HAPPY PEOPLE!!!! Christina O: First, the good news Kyle. The Pain Connection actually makes their in-ring debut tonight in the AICW....coincidentally the same time Mark McMahon and Byron Brady make their debut as a tag team....you don't think the powers that be would............. Kyle: (laughs bitterly) Steve: Naaah..... (Danny Moore has begun to dance spastically to the music in the background. his eyes are feverish and bright, and his movements are jerky) Christina O: Well whoever they are.....they're in for one unfortunate New Years....because they'll ring it in in the hospital recovering from wounds inflicted by the pain Connection... Steve: (chuckling lightly) Christina O: Steve Dunne...the most sadistic wrestler in the squared circle today...and Danny Moore is ...(turns around to look at Danny...who is throwing himself against the wall) Well.....unstoppable in a suicidal kind of way...(laughs) But you'll get to see all that on the New Years Special. We'll let the viewing audience make up their own minds. (glances at Danny again) Steve, i think you'd better give Danny a time-out before he hurts himself. Ky? Kyle: (the world champ has been sitting silently in his chair, listening to Christina's hype for the last few minutes. His shoulders rise and fall heavily and his hands are clenched) Let me ask you something, Smith........(despite his appearance of rage, his voice is soft, almost friendly...in the background, Steve Dunne spins the out-of-control Moore around and smacks him across the face) Kyle: You said at Violent Night That i was going to get more than i bargained for.............................You told me to look into the eyes of a madman....(Kyle leans foreward, and whips off his own mirrorshades, eyes blazing into the camera) WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO SCARE ME, YOU WEAK SACK OF S(BEEP)T!???? WAS IT? I SEE THE SAME DAMN THING......EVERY DAY WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR.... (Moore staggers into Kyle, who grabs him by the throat and lifting him, slams him through the card table. glass from broken beer bottles cuts into Moore's back, as he lies, twitching on the ground like a fish.) Christina O: Time-Out Danny...(laughs) Kyle: (never missing a beat. it's almost as though he didn't notice Moore's existance) SMITH......The Fact of the matter is....YOU COULD NOt...COULD NOT win the belt at Apocalypse.............I Went through 6 other men to get this belt. You were one of them. You had your chance then. I Went through Loki And Mangler...two at a time.. Then the AICW decides to put me up against three for the PPV....I CAN TAKE THEM ALL OUT......Grass before the reaper is what you are to the Demon....CAN I GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL SMITH????? (Kyle's hands are clenching and unclenching rapidly. Christina and Steve look slightly concerned) Kyle: So When i hear i have a regular....normal One-On-One Match New Years Eve....only Three days after the PPV.....I look on it as a vacation...EVEN IF IT IS AGAINST THE GOLDEN F(BEEP)ING CRIPPLE!!!! But then i find out that Commish Otero says i have 10 minutes....10 Minutes.........To pin you...and if i don't............THE TITLE REVERTS TO THE CHALLENGER??????? (Kyle rises to his feet) SMITH............(voice drops an octave) I will say this now. Ten minutes is more than enough time for me to finish the job i started at Violent Night, and retire your delusional soul. The only person your dangerous to is yourself, Smith...... (Kyle's familiar, Sharklike grin spreads out over his features) And if........(Kyle Begins to chuckle) If by some fluke you do get the title.....You'll see it as a monkey on your back smith. That belt won't do you any good in getting Erin back, if she ends up in the hospital....(Kyle chuckles again, then begins to laugh) CHEW ON THAT ONE FOR A WHILE, SMITH......WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN, IF HE GAINS THE WORLD AND LOSES HIS ONLY LOVE.......To paraphrase a famous author........Smith...one way or another........1998 is going to be the year your dreams shatter..............You can't fight the Devil Smith.............It's like fighting yourself..........(laughing, Kyle hauls the bloody, dazed Danny Moore to his feet, and kisses him full on the lips) I'll See you soon, Golden Boy....we'll be ringing in the New Year together....Get REady to Dance with the Devil Smith....'Cause i've got a feeling it'll be the last dance you ever perform...(Kyle shoves Moore away...Moore staggers, trips over a chair, and falls on his behind...shaking his head in confusion) SEE YOU SOON, SMITH! SEE YOU SOON!!!!! (Focusing on Kyle's laughing face, the camera cuts out) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy: The following tag team matchup is scheduled for one fall. In the ring to my left, at a total combined weight of 440 pounds, here are Michael Pippen and Scotty Rodman! Dan: Check out the hair on Rodman! Knick Man: My EYES! It's blinding!!! I'm seeing lots of colors!!! Andy: And their opponents, from Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan, being accompanied to the ring by their manager, Christina O, representing the Demonweb, at a total combined weight of 490 pounds, here are "The Masochist" Danny Moore and "Sadistic" Steve Dunne, THE PAIN CONNECTION! Dan: And here comes The Pain Connection! Look at Danny Moore! He's bouncing around like a Mexican Jumping Bean! You think he's on something Knick Man? Knick Man: Who, Moore? Nah! He's always like that! Dan: Steven Dunne looking cold and calculating, his normal cheerful self as this duo enters the ring to a chorus of boos from the crowd. (Ding Ding Ding) Dan: And it looks like Moore will start out against Pippen! They lock up and Moore with the kick eye gouge to the face of Pippen! Moore catches him with a vicious low blow sending Pippen bending over in pain! James Roma warning Moore, but he just sticks his tongue out at the referee! This guy is out of his mind! Knick Man: He's down with The Demonweb! What do you expect? Dan: Moore with the Irish Whip to the ropes Pippen comes back and SWINGING NECKBREAKER by Moore! Moore with the cover.........ONE...... ......TWO...........And Moore lifts him up! I guess he's not finished with him yet! Moore now applying a crossface chicken wing and HE'S BITING HIM KNICK MAN! Knick Man: The World Champ getting paid all that money and he can't hook a brother up with something to eat! Man, Kyle Bane is a cheap sonofagun! Dan: Roma counting and Moore releasing the hold. He lifts Pippen up and a nice back body drop by Moore! Moore to the corner now and he tags in Steve Dunne! Pippen crawling over to the corner and Dunne just standing there watching him! Pippen tagging in Rodman and Rodman charging Dunne! But Dunne just laid him out with a huge clothesline! And Moore over in the corner just laughing at Rodman! I think this guy is wired! Knick Man: I'm telling you Dan, he's just acting normal! Dan: Dunn lifting Rodman up and BRUTAL SPINEBUSTER SUPLEX! What power by Steven Dunne! Dunne lifting him back to his feet and a rake to the eyes of Rodman! And Dunne with an open-hand palm strike to the throat and Rodman is clutching his throat in agony! Dunne grabbing him by the head and DDT TO THE MAT! These men are devastating! Knick Man: Kyle Bane's influnce is all over these men! Dan: Dunne making the tag to Moore and Moore now climbing to the top ropes! He launches off and BOO-YA! A BACKWARDS SOMERSAULT SPLASH right on top of Rodman! He lifts him up and a STANDING MISSLE DROPKICK knocks Rodman back to the mat! Moore picking him up off the mat. He lifts him up and has him up in the air. And here comes Moore and a LIGER BOMB! What a beautiful running power bomb by Moore and The Pain Connection in full control! Knick Man: The Tag Team scene is really heating up! PPD better look out! Dan: Moore with the tag back to Steven Dunne and they are just playing around now! And Dunne just ran into Pippen, knocking him off the ring apron to the floor! Dunn picking Rodman up now and an INVERTED ATOMIC DROP TO THE CROTCH! MY GOD, how BRUTAL! Dunne now lifting Rodman up! He's going to the second turnbuckle and BOO-YA! A spike piledriver from the second turnbuckle! He calls that The Compactor! Dunne now tagging in Moore in and I think it's over! Knick Man: Somebody call EMS! This man's career is over! Dan: Dunne lifting Pippen up in the air. Moore coming off the top ropes and a SWINGING NECKBREAKER IN MIDAIR TO RODMAN! This match is history............ONE..............TWO...............THREE!!! Andy: The winners of the match, in the time of 4 minutes and 20 seconds, THE PAIN CONNECTION!!!!!!!!!! Dan: What a devistating tag team! The tag team scene in the AICW is really becoming competitive! Knick Man: These guys look impressive to me! ("Fight The Power" by Public Enemy begins to play throughout the studio) Knick Man: Oh boy! Dan: And here comes the members of Black Power! Oh, look at this! They have Samantha handcuffed to big Muffasa Bukola! She's not going anywhere! And look at Martin X with that big smile on his face! He's loving every moment of Samantha's torture! Knick Man: He wasn't smiling when Ice Cold was beating the crap outta him, that's for sure! Dan: The members of Black Power are in the ring now and OH BROTHER! (The memebers of Black Power raise their fist in the air. Muffasa makes Samantha lift her fist in the air also) All 5 men plus Samantha: BLACK POWER! (Martin X grabs a microphone) Martin X: HAPPY NEW YEAR, YOU WHITE PIGS! (The crowd boos loudly) Martin X: Tell me something! Out of the 300 people that you see out there DJ Slam, how many Black People do you see? DJ Slam: Not too many partner! Martin X: Tell me something AICW, why is it that out of all these penny pitching freeloaders that you have out there in those free seats, why is it that there ain't hardly no black people up in there! Shogun: I don't know Martin! Why don't you tell us! Martin X, DJ Slam, and Shogun: BECAUSE THEY'RE RACIST! (The crowd boos even more loudly) Martin X: Well, we got PPD's manager, this cute, adorable little girly here! Say Hi to the people Samantha! (Martin X holds the mic for Samantha to speak, but as soon as she goes to talk, Martin X takes the mic away from her) Martin X: That's enough! Nobody want's to hear you talk anyway! That's the problem with WOMEN! They TALK TOO MUCH!!!!! (The crowd continues to shower Black Power with boos) DJ Slam: Thank you!!! Thank you!!! But anyway, we're hear because our man, THE SHOGUN, has something to say to that little self-righteous prick, THE SAINT! Tell em Sho! Shogun: Saint, you little JIVE FOOL TURKEY! You think you're gonna convert me PUNK! Well, I'm gonna do a little converting of my own! I'm gonna convert my FOOT in your MOUTH PUNK! The only Saint I like is the SAINT IDES MALT LIQUOR!!! Cause I am THE SHOGUN OF HARLEM AND I AM THE MASTER! Martin X: Well, that's about it punks! We now return you to your regularly scheduled racist bull crap already in progress! (The members of Black Power exit the ring except for The Shogun of Harlem who begins to stretch for his match with The Saint.) Dan: And The Shogun staying in the ring now as we get ready for the debut of The Saint! Let's go to Andy! Andy: The following contest is scheduled for one fall. In the ring to my left, from Harlem, New York, representing the stable of Black Power, weighing in at 280 pounds, here is THE SHOGUN OF HARLEM! And his opponent, accompanied to the ring by his manager, Angel, weighing 255 pounds, here is THE SAINT! Dan: Well here comes Angel! She's dressed in white from head to toe with wings on her back. But I don't see The Saint! Knick Man: He's probably in deep prayer and meditation! Dan: Angel is in the ring now and she approaches Andy Burton. Maybe we can get an explanation! (Angel snatches the mic away from Andy Burton) Angel: Give me that mic. You are not worthy of mentioning his name. (Turns towards the Shogun of Harlem) Shogun, tonight, you are going to be counted as victim number one, the first lamb led to slaughter from the flock of lost sheep that is the AICW superstars. Your racist ways will be brought to an end tonight as you face one who was sent here to lead the AICW out of the dark days and to show them to the light. You will be the first one to given confession at the hands of the Chosen One. (She turns to the crowd.) Now for the rest of you, it is my great plreasure, and privilege to introduce to you the man sent here to the AICW to save the federation and its superstars from themselves. The warrior sent here to rescue the AICW from the pit of decadence and depravity it has been wallowing in. And the one who will cleanse out all the sin from the AICW. Stand up and show your respect to the man chosen to lead the AICW into the new Millenium, the Divine Warrior sent down from above....the Saint!!!!! (The lights in the arena go out and only a single gold light shines on the entranceway for the wrestlers. After about ten seconds the Saint makes his way out of the locker room area and steps into the light. He is in his black robe and stops as soon as he enters the aisleway. He holds his hands out to the side of him and raises his head towards the ceiling. The light then focuses on his face as he seemingly is psyching himself up for the match. He brings his head back down and has a look of supreme confidence and intensity. He then points at the ring and a gold light shines on Angel. He raises his hands upwards and a red light focuses on the Shogun, with a cross in the middle of it. This is all done to psych out the Shogun. He then walks to the ring with the light following him. When he gets to the ring, the lights go back on and he pulls a set of rosary beads out of his trunks and begins to pray for the Shogun's soul before the match. He then does the sign of the cross to himself and to his opponent) Dan: What an entrance! Knick Man: Yeah, well let's just see if the performance can match the hype! (Ding Ding Ding) Dan: The match has started and The Shogun wasting no time as he hammers away on the smaller Saint! A kick the head and a kick to the midsection send the Saint into the corner. The Shogun measures him up and catches him with a beatiful savate kick, knocking the holy one to the mat. Knick Man: The Shogun using that kung fu background and it is working! Dan: The Shogun now applying a headlock on the holy one, but The Saint able to push the big man off. The Shogun to the ropes, but he runs right into a standing dropkick by the Saint! The Shogun falling to the floor, and The Saint going right after him. He lifts him off the mat and slaps on an Adominal Stretch. Very smart strategy by The Saint as he is trying to wear the big man down. Knick Man: The Shogun should be a good test for this newcomer. He's a tough opponent and will not be easily defeated. Dan: The Shogun able to reach the ropes and The Saint letting go of the maneuver. The Saint with a side Russian leg sweep, taking the big man off of his feet. The Saint picking him up and tries for a suplex, but The Shogun reverses it and catches The Saint with a suplex of his own. Referee Ryan Gentle with the count...........one............two ............and The Saint easily kicking out! Knick Man: The Saint not going down that easily. Dan: The Shogun of Harlem picks him up and NICE BACKBREAKER by The Shogun! He hooks the leg...........one...........two.........NO! The Saint kicking out again! The Shogun picking him up and he measures him. He goes for the kick to the back of the head, but NO! The Saint ducks and he turns around and rocks the Shogun with a clothesline to the mat! Knick Man: Good wrestlers always know where they are at at all times! That's one of the things that makes me so great in the ring! Dan: The Shogun getting up and The Saint to the ropes! He comes back and BOO-YA! A beautiful flying forearm knocks the big man to the mat! The Saint now going to the outside. He's climbing up to the top ropes! The Shogun getting to his feet! And here comes The Saint and he nails him with a great moonsault from off the top ropes. Ryan with the count...........one..............two............... NO! The Shogun able to kick out! What a great match thus far! Knick Man: Yeah, this Saint guy is pretty good! Dan: The Saint now lifting The Shogun up and PILEDRIVER TO THE MAT! He drove the big man down with authority! What strength by The Saint! The Saint now going up to the top ropes again! He leaps off and catches The Shogun of Harlem with a nice legdrop from off the top ropes! He covers him.........one..........two..........NO! Still not enough to put him away! The Shogun is in trouble and oh no! DJ Slam is going after Angel. He's chasing Angel around the ring! The Saint climbing up to the top ropes. He leaps off and BOO-YA! A flying clothesline from off the top ropes and he calls that a Leap of Faith! Knick Man: Well faith is the substance of things hope for! He hoped that he would connect with that flying clothesline and he got it! Dan: DJ Slam is out and The Saint rolling back into the ring! He picks The Shogun off the mat and knees him to the stomach. He puts his let on the Shogun's head and drives his head to the mat! What a move! The Saint in full control! He pulls The Shogun up by the hair and BOO-YA! A brutal short arm clothesline! And I think he's about ready to put him away Knick Man! Knick Man: The Shogun about to be punished for his sins! Dan: The Saint setting him up and B00-YA! A front neckbreaker that The Saint refers to as Armageddon, and The Shogun is out! The Saint making a sign of the cross and he hooks the leg..........one.......... two..............THREE! He wins! Andy Burton: The winner of the match, THE SAINT!!!! Dan: And The Saint getting the victory in his debut match against The Shogun of Harlem! An impressive debut by this man! Knick Man: He's got the goods Dan! He's going places in the AICW! Dan: And look! Michael "Primetime" Fulton has just ran into the ring and he's beating on The Shogun of Harlem! He picks him up and BOO-YA! DDT to the center of the ring! Now he's slapping on The Shogun and the rest of Black Power just saw what's going on! Martin X and Nelson Bukola hit the ring and "Primetime" quickly exits the ring and makes his way to the back! Knick Man: Good for them! They got what's coming to them! Dan: We'll be right back! Stay with us! Go to Part 3 -->