Dan: And we're back! Standing by is Cesar Colon ready to interview Michael "Primetime" Fulton! Let's go to Cesar! [Cesar Colon comes out to the ring to hold an interview. He has a mic in hand and begins to speak] CC: Ladies and gentlemen, please help introduce the newest star in the AICW. He is a great wrestler and is sure to make waves here in the federation...... MICHAEL "PRIMETIME" FULTON!!!!!!! [The song "All Eyez on Me" blares over the PA system as the black male 6'7 and about 280 walks down to the ring. He is wearing a white t-shirt that has "Primetime" on it with a white bandanna tied to the front with baggy jeans and Timberland boots] CC: Welcome to the AICW, Mr. Fulton. I know you were here a couple of weeks back and had one match and we didn't here from you in a while. What happened??? Fulton: I had some contract disputes but now I'm here and ready to wrestle. There's no need to tell what I've done in the past or in other feds. I have to go out and show the AICW what 'Primetime' is about. CC: What are your plans for the future here in the AICW?? Fulton: To be the AICW World Heavyweight Champion, of course, but I have to work my way up the ladder. And by looking at the competiton here it won't take long. But I have another plan before that. CC: What would that be "Primetime"? Fulton: I've been at ringside watching the AICW over the last couple of weeks and it seems that a little rag tag group things they are just "da bomb" here. CC: Who would that be? Fulton: They're called the Black Power. I can dispose of everyone of them right now. But I like slow suffering... so any one of you punks thing they are ready for "Primetime", especially Martin X. Just say so and next week I'll wipe the mat with you in my second debut. Ice Cold, you don't have to fight the Black Power by yourself. It's time to show who's "Primetime" and who is smalltime in the AICW!! [Fulton leaves the ring saying something to the camera about next week] CC: There you have it folks, Michael "Primetime" Fulton calls out the Black Power. What will be their response??? Back to you Dan! Dan: And the members of Black Power look too drunk to even care! Look at Martin X!!! He's got his St Ides in his hand and he's just relaxing! And what's that Nelson is drinking? Knick Man: I think it's a bottle of Nigerian Beer! Dan: Nelson drinking some Nigerian Beer and he looks like he's through tonight! I hope we have a designated driver to drive these drunk superstars home! Knick Man: Looks like you're up for the job Dan! Dan: And the Shogun? Give me a break! He's trying to sweet talk Argie Otero! Knick Man: Argie Otero? God, I wouldn't mess with her no matter how drunk I am! Dan: Muffasa, the only one of the group who is not drunk. He still has Samantha handcuffed to him! The time is running down on 1997! Let's go to Andy for the match between Mr X and Jay "The Hawk" Harjo! Andy: This contest is scheduled for one fall! About to come down the aisle, from Parts Unknown, weighing in at 265 pounds, here is Mr. X!! Dan: Here comes the mysterious masked man now! He came out of Violent Night with a win over his arch-nemesis Mr. Y, and now he is set to take on "The Hawk," Jay Harjo! Knick Man: Mr X, a man that's always pissed off! The Hawk will be a good test for him, as he is undefeated thus far in the AICW! Andy: And his opponent, from Okmulgee, Oklahoma, weighing 234 pounds--Jay "The Hawk" Harjo!! Dan: This youngster is fired up for action! Knick Man: This should be a good match! (A clock appears on the bottom right of the screen. It's 11:47 PM, and the seconds are ticking away.) Knick Man: And the clock is winding down! Reminds me of the 1987 NBA Finals between The Knicks and The Lakers! I had the ball and Magic was guarding me! It was like 3 seconds on the clock and I faked the jumper and ditch it in to Ewing for the monster jam to win my first NBA Championship! Dan: There you see the countdown to a new year and perhaps a new champion! That Stroke of Midnight match is fast approaching! What's your take on that, Knick Man? Knick Man: Looks like these two better hurry it up or else they won't get to continue! Dan: Jay Harjo and Mr. X ready to lock up...Mr. X with a boot to the midsection, and now a stiff right hand to the jaw! Referee James Roma is warning Mr. X about the closed fist! Knick Man: Like he cares! This guy does whatever he wants to do when he wants to do it! Dan: Mr. X flips Roma off! He has no respect for authority! Jay Harjo is none too happy, and he rushes in at Mr. X, but Roma gets between the two! Wait just a minute, did you see that? Mr. X took advantage of the moment and jabbed a thumb right to the eye of "The Hawk"! Knick Man: Classic Mr X! Always taking advantage of the situation! Dan: Mr. X pulls Jay Harjo into the corner, and now he's pummeling him! James Roma puts the count to him, and speaking of counts we are fast approaching the countdown to midnight! Knick Man: Mr. X and Jay Harjo giving the fans their money's worth! Dan: Mr. X with an Irish whip, but Harjo reverses it...no, Mr. X reverses it again! He slammed the Hawk HARD into the buckles and a nice follow-through clothesline! Now he just yanks him by the hair and sends him face-first to the canvas! James Roma is reprimanding him, but Mr. X apparently has a few choice words for the official! Knick Man: Mr X better be careful before Roma disquallifies him! Dan: Mr. X sets Harjo up for a piledriver, but he can't quite get him up! He's going for it again, but Harjo yanks Mr. X's legs out from under him! Both men back up on their feet, and Harjo with a dropkick! But Mr. X cuts the Hawk's comeback short with a knee to the abdomen! Knick Man: Nice counter by the self-professed "Master of Pain" Dan: Mr. X plants the Hawk with a DDT! Now he's jawing with some ringside fans! (Screen splits to show Johnny Smith in full wrestling attire somewhere in the back. He is wrapping his knee.) Dan: There you see "The Golden Boy," Johnny Smith preparing for his title shot against World Champion "The Demon" Kyle Bane! We'll have that match for you momentarily! Remember, if Bane can't beat Smith by the stroke of midnight, Johnny Smith will win the title! Smith's knee is still feeling the effects of the Demonweb's attack on Violent Night--can he recover from Seasons' Beatings and win the AICW Heavyweight Title? Knick Man: If it were a regular match, he wouldn't have a chance! Fortunately for him, he only has to last 10 minutes! But if Bane goes after that knee, "The Golden Boy" might not even last that long! Dan: Mr. X with a vertical suplex on Jay Harjo! He rebounds off the ropes, and drops a leg for good measure! Mr. X with a very non-chalant cover, and he only gets a one count! Mr. X delivers a kick to the head of Jay Harjo, and now he's lifting him for a backbreaker! (Screen splits to show Kyle Bane and the DemonWeb walking down a hallway.) Dan: There you see the World Champion and his cronies! It's almost time! Knick Man: Looks like Mr X and Harjo won't get a chance to finish! Dan: Mr. X now going up top...he drops a big elbow right across the sternum of Jay "The Hawk" Harjo! And... (DING DING DING) Andy: Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for the Stroke of Midnight Match! (crowd cheers wildly) Dan: Ryan Gentle, the referee for our main event, just ran down to ringside! But we've still got a match going on in the ring!!! Knick Man: Yeah, screw the Main Event! This is the real Main Event! Andy: The rules are simple: the champion must defeat the challenger before the stroke of midnight! If he fails to do so in the allotted time, he will lose the title! Now, without any further ado, here are the participants! ("Breathe" by Prodigy begins to blare throughout the studio.) Dan: Somebody's going to have to clear the ring! We're about to get underway! Andy: Introducing first, from the DemonWeb, weighing 325 pounds, the AICW World Heavyweight Champion, "The Demon" Kyle Bane!!! Dan: Here comes the Champion, and he's accompanied to the ring by the Pain Connection! Knick Man: And a beautifully executed piledriver by Mr X! This is a great match! Dan: The Pain Connection just attacked Mr. X!!! Steve Dunne is setting him up while Danny Moore goes to the second rope! They just spike piledrove him into the canvas! Now they're rolling him out of the ring! Kyle Bane looks to be rather pleased! Knick Man: Aw man! I wanted to see the end! ("2001: A Space Odyssey" begins sounds through the studio. The fans erupt.) Andy: His opponent and challenger, from Atlanta Georgia, weighing in at 276 pounds, "The Golden Boy" Johnny Smith! Dan: Heeeere's Johnny! Knick Man: (sulking) This sucks! I wanted to finish watching the Mr X-Harjo match! How they just gonna stop the match in the middle of it? That's a bunch of crap! Dan: The Golden Boy seems to be limping pretty bad...right now the question on everyone's mind is, can he perform when it counts? Knick Man: I don't know Dan! The Demonweb messed him up pretty bad! Dan: Smith slides into the ring, and Kyle Bane wasting no time! He's putting the boots to him! He whips him into the ropes, catches him on the rebound...he goes for a belly-to-belly, but Smith shifts his weight and comes back with a belly-to-belly suplex of his own! A cover! 1...2...a two-count already! Smith brings Bane back to his feet and goes for an Irish whip, but Bane holds on and nails him with a short clothesline! Bane is frustrated! He knows that he has to pin Smith or make him submit! All Smith has to do is outlast him, and he's won the match and the gold! Knick Man: Easier said then done! Dan: Bane just grabbed that injured leg of Johnny Smith! He drops an elbow onto it! And again! Now he's unwrapping that knee! He's kicking it repeatedly! Ryan Gentle trying to back Bane off! Look at this, Bane looks to be twice Ryan's size! Knick Man: Ryan better back off! Bane will eat him alive! Dan: Look at those vultures! The Pain Connection taking full advantage of the referee's back being turned! Danny Moore wrapped the leg around the bottom rope and he's holding it while Sadistic Steve pounds away on it with a taped fist! WAITAMINNIT! Byron Brady just came out of nowhere! He came through the crowd! He's just ripping into Steve Dunne! He looks like he might take his head off! They're brawling through the crowd and around the studio! Somebody get some officials to break them apart! Knick Man: The clock is winding now! It's 11:55! Dan: Just about five minutes remain, and Kyle Bane knows it! He's got a spinning toehold locked in good! He's just twisting that leg almost to the breaking point! Those ligaments aren't meant to bend that way! Now he drops his knee on the inside of Smith's knee, and just listen to him scream in pain! Bane lets go of the hold, and now he lifts Smith back to his feet! He folds his knee back underneath him, he's got him up...BOO-YA! He slammed him HARD on the canvas, knee first, from almost seven feet up! Knick Man: My God! The pain! The agony! I wouldn't wish this on anybody! Except Nicky De Niro, who's now OUT OF A JOB!!!!! Dan: Now he's going for the toehold again, but Smith rolls him up! 1...2...Bane kicks out! And now he's irate! Bane wastes no time in grabbing Smith around the throat and throwing him into the corner! He's just choking him out! Ryan Gentle's making a count, but Bane isn't heeding him! Now he pulls Smith out of the corner by his throat, and a BIG chokeslam! Did you see the impact on that?! Knick Man: He might have broken Johnny's back with the power of that chokeslam! Dan: A cover! 1...2.....Smith kicked out, but barely! Watch the clock, time's running out! Bane lifts Smith up...it looks like he's setting him up for the Demon's Pit! If he hits that, it'll be all over! Yes, he's got Smith up in that fireman's carry position...no, Smith wriggles free and slides down Bane's back! He rolls him up! 1...2...Bane kicks out! Take a gander at the look on his face! Knick Man: Johnny Smith able to hold on! Dan: WHOA! Bane just split Smith's legs and kicked him solidly in the groin! That was a flagrant violation! Ryan Gentle yelling at Bane, but Bane just grabbed Gentle's shirt! He's warning him! If Kyle Bane gets disqualified, he loses the title! Bane backs off...now he looks at the clock! It's 11:58! He's got less than two minutes to beat the Golden Boy!!! Knick Man: 2 more minutes and Johnny Smith will be champion! Dan: Bane's pulling his hair in frustration! Smith is struggling to his feet--or foot, I should say--as Bane goes to kick the leg out from under him! But Smith moved! He's like a cat! He's hitting Bane with knife-edge chops! Audience: WOOOO!!! Dan: Now Smith with a series of left hands, and a roundhouse right! Bane is dazed! I don't think he expected this sudden flurry! Knick Man: I didn't think he had anything left! Dan: Smith with a bulldog! Now he's struggling back to his feet, but you can see the intense pain he's feeling! He's giving the sign for the Goldfinger! If he gets this on, he just has to keep it locked in for ONE MORE MINUTE and the belt is his!!! Wait a minute, Danny Moore just grabbed Smith's foot! He's holding him down! Ryan Gentle is telling Moore to stay back! Bane is getting back to his feet, but Smith hits a neckbreaker! Now look at the courage, look at the intestinal fortitude this man has! He could easily just lay there for another thirty seconds and he'd win the title, but he doesn't want to win it like that! He's again giving the signal for the Goldfinger! Danny Moore is up on the apron! Ryan Gentle warning him, but Johnny Smith hops over and NAILS Moore! The Masochist just went through the refreshment table! There go the hors d'oevres and egg nog! Audience: 10! ... 9! ... 8! ... Dan: Wait a minute! Bane is up! Smith turns around, and Bane gets him up!!! DEMON'S PIT!!! Audience: 5! ... 4! ... Dan: He hooks the leg! 1...2...3!!! (DING! DING! DING!) Andy: HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! (blows on a party horn) ("Auld Lang Syne" begins to sound throughout the arena as confetti falls from the ceiling.) Knick Man: HAPPY NEW YEAR DAN! Happy New Year to all you Knick Man fans at home! Yo, you know I gotta get my shoutouts in! Special shout out to my man, Patrick Ewing and the rest of the New York Knicks! And........ Dan: Wait a minute! Did Bane get him, or not? Do we have a new champion?! Knick Man: I don't know man! Yo, gotta give madd props to my homie Tony Starks! Bigup to big Dave from the South Bronx..... Dan: Bane just grabbed Ryan Gentle! He's shaking him and yelling at him! What's the official decision? ("Auld Lang Syne" continues in the background as the camera pans over the audience.) Dan: Let's take another look at the closing moments of that match... (Screen dissolves into a replay of Moore going through the table, then Bane hitting the Demon's Pit for the three count as the words "Moments ago" flash on the bottom of the screen.) Dan: What was the official time on that? Did Ryan Gentle's hand hit the mat before the stroke of midnight, or what? (Screen switches to replays of the ending from different angles) Well, it was definitely a pin, but was it in time? Sheesh! ("Auld Lang Syne" ends at 12:01 AM as Andy makes his announcement.) Andy: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this contest...(pauses) and STILL AICW World Heavyweight Champion, "The Demon" Kyle Bane!!! (loud buzz from the audience. Some are upset, some dissapointed, several are relieved, but many are just too drunk or too intent on partying to care.) Dan: What a match! What a night! And what a year for American Internet Championship Wrestling! Kyle Bane retains his World title by the skin of his teeth! Knick Man: If Smith wasn't injured, Bane probably would have lost! Dan: What a way to start off 1998! Ladies and gentlemen, that's all we have time for tonight! Have a happy New Year, and we'll see you next week for Monday Night War! (The camera closes in on the AICW superstars who are celebrating, throwing things in the air, and just having a ball. The camera fades in on The AICW International Champion, Vic Garibaldi kissing Rita. Vic then begins to lead some of the other superstars in a toast, but he has in his glass club soda. He's surrounded by Oswald Bates and Gino Valentini. The camera focuses in on Valentini then Bates who just stares meanly at the camera. He suddenly charges the camera and the scene abruptly fades out.) What did you think of the show? Send all comments or suggestions to aicw@rocketmail.com ©1998 American Internet Championship Wrestling. All rights reserved.