AICW TOKYO THUNDER FESTIVAL DAY TWO
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1998
TOKYO DOME, TOKYO, JAPAN

<The screen shows a fuzzy series of slow-motion shots.  The first is a
shot of "Golden Boy" Johnny Smith drinking out of the Inoki Cup.  That
insulting image is followed by one of a group of fans with disgusted
looks on their faces.  The next shot shows Johnny throwing the Inoki Cup
on top of "Big D" Devon Burke.  Finally we see a shot taken from outside
of the Tokyo Dome, where it is raining.  A bolt of lightning blazes
across the dark Tokyo sky as Dan does a voice over.>

Dan (voice over): On Sunday night, the harmony of a peaceful event was
broken and shattered forever.  Tonight, there will be no peace.  The
frightening irony of the thunderstorm raging on the outside of the Tokyo
Dome serves as a parallel to the raging storm that will be going on
inside the Dome.  Tonight, in a battle of biblical proportions, AICW
World Champion, "The Demon" Kyle Bane will defend against The Divine
Warrior, The Saint, a man who is on a mission here tonight.  From the
opening bell, to the final death knell, tonight's matches will serve as
a violent reminder of the hostility that exists within
the ranks of the AICW!!!

<A gigantic thunderbolt cracks through the screen and pieces of glass
fly into the Tokyo Dome.  The crowd gets to its feet as fireworks
explode through the Dome.  The camera focuses on the broadcast position,
where Dan "The Man" Chan stands with Dima "The Russian Powerhouse"
Lerminskiy.>

Dan: Welcome everyone to Day Two of the AICW's Tokyo Thunder Festival,
an event which thanks to the actions of one "Golden Boy" Johnny Smith,
garnered headline coverage in almost every major Japanese newspaper over
the past few days!  <A collage of Japanese newspaper covers all
featuring Johnny Smith drinking out of the Inoki Cup appears on screen>
Japanese officials even considered DEPORTING Smith immediately after the
incident, but AICW Commissioner Argie Otero
issued an apology which enabled her to save face.  Nonetheless, the
action goes on!  Tonight is not really a night of honorable
competition.  Tonight is a night of rivalries and hatred, and if Day One
was any indication, we're in for a rough night!  In tonight's MAIN
EVENT, AICW World Champion "The Demon" Kyle Bane will defend the strap
against The Saint!  In addition, newly crowned Inoki Cup Champion, "Big
D" Devon Burke will defend that crown against "8 Ball" Vic
Garibaldi!  "Pretty Boy" Troy Walcott defends his AICW Television
Championship against "The Convict" Oswald Bates!  The Perfectly Perfect
Duo will put their AICW World Tag Team Titles on the line against the
number one contenders, The Extreme Beings!  "Golden Boy" Johnny Smith,
whom we spoke of before, will face a man who calls himself THE STONE!
EMT faces Legion in a steel-cage matchup!  The Knick Man meets Martin
X!  And in a few moments we'll see a match between two of the toughest
men in our sport, Nicky De Niro and "Hardcore" Henry Thunder!

Dima: WHAT A PATHETIC LINE UP IT TRULY IS!!!

Dan: The competition should be fierce, and so is the weather outside!
We just barely got on the air here tonight, and we apologize in advance
should there be any technical mishaps, but we cross our fingers.

Dima: Maybe Russian Roulette will pay a visit to the broadcast truck!

Dan: Well, it's time for our opening match!  This contest oughta be
quite a brutal one, as "Hardcore" Henry Thunder meets Nicky De Niro!

Andy: This contest is scheduled for one fall!  Introducing first, from
Phoenix, Arizona, weighing 277 pounds, "HARDCORE" HENRY THUNDER!

<"God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" by Moby blasts over the sound
system.>

Dan: That's De Niro's music!  What is this?!  The curtain is moving!
What?! That's Henry Thunder!!  And here comes De Niro!  De Niro just
threw Thunder out of the dressing room!  Thripaq Nguyen's out as well,
and he just handed something to De Niro!!  That's a bottle!  OH MY!  He
cracked Thunder over the head with it!!  OH MY GOD!!!  Thunder is
gushing blood!!!  I've never seen so much of it!!

Dima: You fool!!  That was a bottle of ketchup!!

Dan: Yes, apparently De Niro cracked a full bottle of ketchup over
Thunder's head!  He's kicking him down the aisle!!  Thunder down on his
hands and knees, and De Niro kicking him from behind!!!  Nicky De Niro
is yelling in Henry Thunder's face!

Nicky De Niro: CRAWL TO THE RING YOU LITTLE WORM!

Dan: De Niro shoves Thunder's face down on the entrance ramp, and now
he's dragging him to the ring!!  We had reports earlier that Thunder
wasn't in the building, so I can only assume that this has been going on
for some time!  De Niro rolls Thunder into the ring, and referee James
Roma calling for the bell.

<DING DING DING>

Dan: De Niro placing Thunder's leg up on the bottom rope, he leaps in
the air, and sits down hard on Thunder's leg!  De Niro taking it to
Thunder here in the early going!

<Just as Dan finishes, we hear laughing enter the sound mix.  It is from
the Ebonics commentary table, and Dan and Dima are oblivious to the
disaster occuring thanks to the storm.>

Dan: De Niro bringing Thunder to his feet.

Dima: He is pathetic!

        James Mack: Nappy head, yo...nappy head..

Dan: De Niro with an armringer, followed by a devastating rocker
dropper!

        James Mack: Yo, isn't that the move that some guy broke
someone's neck with?

        DJ Slam: True...true..

Dan: De Niro lifting Thunder's head up off the mat, and he's yelling in
his face!

        James Mack: OH, now I remember!  That was me, yo!  I was up in
the hood, and this punk was givin me beef,
        so yo, I just went POW POW POW, and snapped his little neck off,
you know what I'm sayin'!

Dan: Nicky De Niro setting up Thunder for a piledriver!  Right on the
money!

        DJ Slam: Yeah, keepin' it real, fool!

Dan: De Niro grabs a handful of hair, and he throws Thunder to the
outside! Referee James Roma not happy about this!  He wants a clean
fight!  De Niro pulling up a piece of the mat here at ringside, and he's
setting up Thunder! NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX on the concrete!!!!

        James Mack: Yo.....this match sucks!

        DJ Slam: Word yo!

        James Mack: Yo, if I wanted to sleep, I would'a stayed in my
penthouse suite!

Dan: De Niro immediately bringing Thunder to his feet, and he nails him
with a fisherman suplex right on the outside!!  Thunder is being
overwhelmed!  James Roma continuing the count, and De Niro rolling Henry
Thunder in the ring.  De Niro waiting for Thunder to get up....MAFIA
KICK right to the kisser!  Thunder goes down like a ton of bricks!

        James Mack: AWWWWWWW SNAP!  Yo, this Robert De Niro punk just
SCHOOLED THUNDER!

Dan: De Niro drops an elbow!

        James Mack: BAM!  Atomic drop!

Dan: Nicky De Niro raising his hands in the air!

        James Mack: Yo, I thought this cat was pretty good in Raging
Bull, but yo....he's regulatin' tonight...real proper lot!

Dan: De Niro whips Thunder to the ropes, superkick by De Niro sends
Thunder sailing out of the ring!  De Niro following him to the outside,
and he's looking under the ring!

        James Mack: Yo I got a question.  Why does Dan and Dima get to
be broadcast in the USA?  Come to think of
        it, where are we being broadcast anyway?

        DJ Slam: Africa?

        James Mack: See what I'm sayin man?!  All those white honkeys
back in the USA get to hear Dan, but they ain't get to
        hear us!

Dan: De Niro pulls a table out from under the ring!

Dima: He must be hungry!  There is no food out here!

Dan: De Niro setting Henry Thunder up on that table!  De Niro rolls into
the ring, and he runs to the ropes!  De Niro with a springboard plancha
cracks Thunder through the table!!  What a move!  I've never seen Henry
Thunder manhandled like this!  De Niro picking up Thunder and he rolls
his lifeless carcass in the ring!

        James Mack: Yo....Dan is a fag, son!  Last night, I saw him up
at the hotel and he was gettin' jiggy with this other guy!

        DJ Slam: Yeah, what up wit dat?

Dan: De Niro sending Thunder to the ropes.  Thunder bounces back, and De
Niro delivers a crushing spinebuster!!!  De Niro could go for the cover
right now!

        James Mack: Yo...I want some soul food, you know what I'm
sayin'?  Red beans and rice, mashed potatoes and gravy,
        cornbread, fried chicken!!  Yo, I went to KFC over on Mitsubishi
street or whatever, and they served like...sushi and
        gravy!!

DJ Slam: Yeah, I miss mama's big butt cookin'!

Dan: De Niro up on the top ropes, and he nails Thunder with a
moonsault!  De Niro strutting around the ring, and referee James Roma
overlooking Henry Thunder, who still isn't moving!

        James Mack: Yo, I think Henry Thunder is dead!

Dima: This Thunder looks to have a serious case of jet lag!

Dan: De Niro dragging Thunder by his legs into the center of the ring,
and he's applying a scorpion deathlock!  De Niro's got it on good, and
Thunder has nowhere to go!

        James Mack: Borrrrringgg.

        DJ Slam: What I wanna know is....

        James Mack and DJ Slam: WHERE'S DA HOES AT?!!!

Dima: This Thunder is unable to perform because RUSSIAN ROULETTE got to
him!!

Dan: I don't know about that, but referee James Roma is calling for the
bell!

        James Mack: Yo, why is he callin' for the bell?!  I wanna see
this Thunder guy get schooled!

Dan: Thunder has passed out!!

<DING DING DING>

Andy: The winner of this contest, Nicky De Niro!

Dan: De Niro wins, and Thunder is lifeless on the canvas!  Fans, we've
just been notified that some of you may have heard some of the other
commentary booths at work, so we apologize for that.  We've been
informed that the problem is fixed, so we won't have to worry.

        James Mack: Yo quero Taco Bell?

Dan: No?  Yes?  Yes?  Yes folks, the problem has been corrected!