["Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo cranks up on the PA system as Beyond Our Control and the one and only Bill Curtis [who's wearing a Frisco Kid mask] burst through the curtain to the interview platform. Doc Schrapnel has a microphone with him and sets things up.] [Doc] Now usually we don't do these pre-match gab fests because we feel that they waste air time and detract from the REAL product we're pushing, which happens in that 12 x 12 box down the aisle there... BUT...There are some things which must needs be addressed by these gentlemen here. Jules... [Doc Schrapnel hands the microphone to "Insane" Jules Baen, who looks at it like it's a live hand grenade for a moment, then takes it, and looks out at the crowd.] [Baen] [low monotone] First of all, I would like to apologise for my unseemly outburst a week ago. Althought I have endeavored to hold myself as the epitome of decorum, certain persons - most notably what is left of "Murder Incorporated" - raised my ire and made me raise my voice... [Gerry 'Loose' Cannon leans in for a moment] [Cannon] And the bad news....? [Baen] And the bad news is that it is [bellowing] GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN! [Baen gets a look on his face which is usually associated with his partner, one of sheer unbridled insane rage] SIOUXNAMI! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE BOUGHT YOURSELVES INTO TONIGHT! SIX MEN ARE GOING TO GO INTO THAT RING, AND AT LEAST *THREE* WILL BE CARRIED AWAY! YOU TRASHED MY FRIEND! YOU WRECKED HIS BACK! AND YOU RUINED THE AFTERMATH OF A MATCH-OF-THE-YEAR CANDIDATE!... [pause. He gets himself under control again] And that is what grieves me the most... [Baen passes the microphone to Gerry 'Loose' Cannon, who looks over at Baen and grins.] [Cannon] [quiet, conversational tone of voice] Julie... you used up all my lines ... So maybe we oughta just let Wild Bill here have a few words for the lout who busted up my cousin Ernie so bad, huh? [Cannon passes the microphone to Bill Curtis.] [Curtis] You know, I'm running out of different ways to threaten Herbie and the other misfits there, so I'm gonna try a little something different today. People wonder why I'm still bitter, why I still have, shall we say, issues. Well, other than the fact that 'cause of Monroe I had to cut my hair ..*to himself* I'm never gonna hear the end of it from my folks about that ...I put together this little video package. Let's go the the big screen, shall we? [The Solotron shows a series of highlights from the Curtis vs Monroe match at Slamrock: Curtis being atomic dropped into the fire ... Curtis with a head first slide through the flames ... Monroe dousing Curtis with lighter fluid, then tossing him into the flames. This is all accompanied by the music of Johnny Cash.] [Curtis] *absentmindedly singing along* I fell into a burnin' ring of fire ... I fell down down down, and the flames went higher ... and it burns burns burns, that ring of fire ... You tried to kill me Herbie, and you drove me to try and kill myself. .. and this was our first match. Never mind me cuttin' my hair, never mind half the locker room thinkin' I'm nuts - even Jane Manson questioning how psychologically healthy I am - forget about all that - you set me on fire Monroe - and I did the same to you. You tried to take out my partner - he's still here. You tried to take me out - the burns will heal, there's gonna be scars, but I'm still here ... and I'm not happy. So, Herbie, every time I need to remember why exactly it is I'm going to end your career, all I have to do is take this mask off and look at the burns on my face. [Doc Schrapnel suddenly receives the microphone on a lateral from Bill Curtis. He looks over at Bill for a moment, then addreses the crowd.] [Doc] Asylum... I hope you are all rested and fit. Because when this is over... you won't be. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ MATCH 6: BILL CURTIS/BEYOND OUR CONTROL vs. CHRIS MONROE/SIOUXNAMI With that, "Helter Skelter" kicked in and the 3 men headed down towards the ring, with Shrapnel doing his normal ring intro and the fans yelling along with it...gotta love the atmosphere in today's wrestling. They then do a cut to another video feed in the back as "Skelter" continues to play... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (The camera cuts to back back, right behind the the ring entrance curtain, where we find Chris Monroe and Siouxnami. Monroe seems to be playing a game of hop scotch, much to the dismay of his tag team partners. Monroe continues to merrily skip about, prior to turning, grabbing a microphone, and facing the camera. Siouxnami remain poised, standing there straight-faced) [Monroe] Hello boys and girls, I am feeling fine! Yes yes, I know, wrestlers don't cut spots back in the locker room area anymore and sure, it probably would be better for me to wait until I get into the ring to say what I hafta say. However, do you think I'm CRAZY? There's no way I'm going to put myself in jeopardy like that with lunatics like Beyond Our Control and Bill Curtis running around! If I conducted this interview in the ring, my life would be in jeopardy - a poor innocent bystander put in the line of danger....sacrificed to the crazies like a poor little bunny rabbit. Now, we wouldn't want that, would we? I knew you fans wanted to hear from me in full, so I didn't want to run the risk of ruining the interview for you....guess it's just my sweet side sneaking through. The EWC is trying to throw us to the wolves! They are putting us in a 6-man competition with a bunch of psychos! Well, here's a little secret for you..... we can get nutty when we want to, so long as when we're done we can go back to our normal, everyday lives. Our opponents claim to be beyond our control... what they don't realize is, we don't need to control them! We can beat them out their own game! By the way, remember these two guys standing behind me? Well you better. They may not have had a lot to say since our return and they may not enjoy my playful nature, but be afraid...be very afraid....as of tonight, Siouxnami is going to do their talking via their actions and I promise you won't miss their point. *sick smile* Tommy B Cool and Bad Brad sure as sin didn't. [Siouxnami] EWC, tonight is the beginning of your last stand. [Monroe] So who you trying to get crazy with? DON'T YOU KNOW WE'RE LOCO?!?!? ("Insane in the Brain" fades in over the PA system as Monroe starts wildly cackling and they make their way towards the ring) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the heat on these guys is immense at this point...again, not Sim level heat yet, but considering that Monroe has had exactly *one* match in the federation, that's something to be said. Surprisingly, no pier six to start the match. Baen and Monroe in first...Baen with several leg takedowns to start, but Baen went to the well once too often and Monroe nails an X-pac style crescent kick right into the mush of Baen. Monroe follows up with a couple of other stiff shots to Baen's face...Baen makes a hidden tag to Cannon as Monroe set up for a DDT...Cannon with a slingshot clothesline to get Baen out of trouble. Cannon then nailing Herbie..err...Monroe in the face with several headbutts in rapid succession, making him dizzy, then nailing a drop toehold on Monroe and tagging in Curtis. Curtis heads for the top, Baen comes in, and they do a Rocket Launcher of Curtis onto Monroe's back...then BAEN climbs the ropes and moonsaults ONTO CURTIS with Monroe on the bottom..then CANNON climbs the ropes and hits a superfly leap onto the whole pile. Referee Ray Chapman gets BOC out of the ring...and Curtis rolls out a little groggy, yelling "Next time I get to be on top" at Schrapnel. In the midst of this a groggy Monroe tags in Sitting Bull. Despite the weight disadvantage, Curtis does *REALLY* well here...he hits a Mexican armdrag or two on Bull, then hits a football clip on the back of Sitting Bull's leg that drops him hard to the mat. Curtis then settled into a stepover toehold resthold. At this point Schrapnel distracted the ref, and both members of BOC came in and did Dueling Legdrops while the ref's attention was diverted. Curtis then took the leg he was stretching, did a forward roll to hyperextend the hamstring, then made the tag to Baen, who did a slingshot spinning elbowdrop onto the leg in question. Baen then did a running sprint to the ropes, hit a flying front brain kick onto Bull, who was wobbled back into the far ropes. Baen goes for it again,but Bull dodges and Baen ends up crotching himself on the top rope. Bull grabbed Baen's head and bulldoged him off that rope to center ring. From here, Baen plays the Ricky and gets POUNDED by Siouxnami and Monroe, mostly in their corner. Lots of kicks and stomps to the back, with some of the more impressive moves being a second rope Michinoku driver by Crazy Horse, a combination 2nd rope "Curtain Call" slam spiked by a Monroe top rope vertical splash, and an overrotated powerbomb by Monroe that was shifted into a reverse atomic drop, which was followed by a DDT in rapid succesion. They scored four two counts on Baen, and one had to be broken up by Cannon coming into the ring. Finally, the signal for the end came when Monroe got on top of the ropes and started staring at his hands.....he jumped backwards and fell forwards into what could only be called a reverse shooting star press...only Baen moved. Both men laid there for a minute, then did the crawl to the respective corners thing....Monroe tagged to Sitting Bull...and Baen tagged to Curtis with a LOUD pop. Curtis with dropkicks on everyone involved, then he ran to the ropes and enziguried Crazy Horse into next week, then dropkicked Sitting Bull right into Monroe. This craziness brought BOC into the ring, and it was a pier sixer. Bill got a running start and sent the fans home happy by hitting the baseball slide swinging DDT on Monroe to the outside (He REALLY needs to come up with a name for that move). From there, things just degenerated into an all-out brawl that the ref had no choice but to throw out the match. ####################################### # WINNERS: Ruled No Contest at 10:32 # ####################################### Things didn't stop there, though. Crazy Horse got a hold of a steel chair and started PLASTERING Baen with it, then knocked Schrapnel for a loop as well. Meanwhile, Sitting Bull powerbombed Cannon onto a table..which didn't break, so Sitting Bull does a hipbuster elbow to put Cannon through the table. This leaves Monroe and Curtis in the ring. Curtis sends Monroe for the ride and ran to the ropes...turnaround springboard bulldog. Curtis turned around into a steel chair shot by Crazy Horse. Horse then tied up Curtis in the ropes while Monroe rolled under the ring..and pulled out a glove.....the DMS Fireball glove. Horse pulled off the mask while Monroe adjusted the glove.....The crowd popped as Jay Gilette headed down, but he got headed off by Siouxnami....Monroe started staring at Curtis, who was kicking and struggling on the ropes..... ...until "Crazy" by Seal kicked in and the roof came down...Ernie Grendel headed down in street clothes, ran past the outside brawl, and hit a springboard dropkick onto Monroe's arm, misdirecting the fireball. Monroe left the ring...but as he got over to where Siouxnami and Gillette were brawling, Grendel and Curtis (who was freed beforehand) both jumped over the top rope right into the mass of humanity. This cued security, who came in and broke everything up...Monroe and Siouxnami trash talked as they went back while Team Cut 'n Shoot...all six of them...went into the ring and took their bows...with Ernie doing his hair mosh to a HUGE pop. THOUGHTS: This is gonna get really good, I think. TONS of good workers, some real, palpable heat, and some smarter wrestling froma all around. The only thing is Asylum is class one outnumbered right now, and they need some backup fast before things get too much for them to keep the feud balance believable. They go to a commerical...when we come back, the Children of Apocalypse are heading down to the ring to "Unforgiven" by Metallica. MATCH 7: The Children of Apocalypse vs. TR Parker/Jeremy Byron Both members of the COA reach the ring, nod to each other, then remove their gear. "Tubthumpin'" by Chumbawumba begins to play as Jeremy Byron walks out to a sizable cheer, he's got a couple of bandages still covering his face but looks to be in fighting shape and thrilled to be there. Suddenly, the music changes to "Strutter" by KISS and "The Strutter" TR Parker struts out to stand next to Byron in the aisle, a production assistant hands Parker a mic as the fans go nuts. [TR Parker] "OK, like I promised, I've got a surprise for El Presidente LeBeaux. And let this be a lesson to Ghoul and Fool there in the ring, The Strutter always keeps his promises. (Parker paces a bit across the aisle) You see, when you didn't call The Strutter, you disappointed me. But there was somebody else who was really...and I mean really, upset. Somebody whose temper is nothing to trifle with, let me tell you. So Armand, *whew* you've really done it now. Tomorrow morning, bright and early at the EWC headquarters, you better call security because I can guarantee things are going to get nasty. So, come on out now and give Armand an eyeful of the fury he has to face in the morning!" {The buzz of the fans sweeps the arena with speculation running rampant as to who the mystery man will be that has a bone to pick with Armand LeBeaux. Aisles are filled with onlookers waiting for the first indication...then the music starts.. "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain and Mrs. TR Parker, the Mississippi Queen walks out to a cheer up to Parker's arm.} [Parker] See what I mean. Better break out the moneybags, because she drives a hard bargain. Now, Kiddies of Doom, it's time to earn that combat pay." {Parker slaps Byron on the back and the two rush the ring.} Heh..cute bit. And MQ is *NEVER* hard on the eyes. Glad to see Armand is ponying up some cash to get some of the women in here. =) At any rate, Parker and Byron hit the ring and it's a pier six brawl, with Parker taking on the larger Dan and Byron going after Zach, who is of comparable size. Parker and Dan take it out of the ring, with Parker hitting Flair-esque chops and whipping Dan into the steel steps. Byron, meanwhile, is laying the smackdown on Zach, tossing him into the corner and just punching and kicking him down until he's dangling his arms over the bottom rope..Byron steps back and unveils a new move...a springboard sommersault bronco buster... Byron does the flip and the leap and lands, and it's ride 'em cowboy to a BIG pop. Things slow down here, as Byron works on an armlock and twist, with Zach trying to do everything possible to escape. Byron twists the arm again, hits a drop toehold and goes behind on a chicken wing. Byron yanks Zach to his feet, tags Parker while still holding the armbar, and Parker twists the OTHER arm. Both men then jump over the top rope on opposite sides of a turnbuckle, yanking Zach headfirst into the turnbuckle and hyper extending his arms. Zach shakes it off...gets to his feet...and walks right into an "Air Strutter" springboard clothesline. Parker then goes right back to work on the armtwist, locking it into an armbar. Zach gets to the ropes, Parker sends him for the ride...hits a backdrop, but Zach lands on his feet...Zach goes for a spinning heel kick, Parker ducks, Parker goes for a legsweep, Zach jumps over the leg. Zach goes for a hiptoss, Parker reverse, Zach reverse, Parker reverse into a hiptoss that sends Zach outside the ring...Zach lands on the apron though and hits a running clothesline on Parker. Zach then ascends the top rope.. Parker up, Parker shakes the ropes causing Zach to lose his balance, then Parker gets under Zach and has Zach shaking his head in fear as Parker tosses him off the top rope. Parker grabs Zach by the head, tags Byron, Byron jumps over the top rope and takes an armbar twist, then backs Zach into the ropes....he sends Zach for the ride, Zach ducks a clothesline...as Byron goes for the rebound he's kneed in the back by Dan, then hit with a crane kick in the face by Zach that sends Byron off the top rope. Byron is outside, Zach tags Dan, then baseball slide dropkicks him into the steel guardrail, then Zach picks up a chair, places it on Byron's back as he's dangling over the steel guardrail, then Zach does a running jump into a flying elbowdrop into the chair, sending him and Byron into the fans. Zach is first up, tosses Byron over the guardrail, then jumps onto the guardrail and moonsaults onto the fallen Byron. Zach then sends him into the ring with Dan. Dan picks Byron up and hits an atomic shinbreaker, with the shin comiing right into contact with the knee. Several kicks and stomps later, Dan has Byron's knee worked on well. Dan tags Zach, Zach comes in and stomps on the leg, then pulls him over to his corner and has Byron straddle the steel post. Zach rams Byron's leg into the steel post a couple of times, then backs off and gets into it with referee Mason Crow while Dan applies a ringpost figure four on Byron. Zach comes back, tag to Dan, they both drop Byron's knee onto the canvas....then Dan locks on an STF on Byron, which has Byron screaming in pain....Parker runs in and kicks Dan in the face to break it, then drags Byron over to his corner. Tags in, Parker with chops to the chest of both Dan and Zach... ...then the lights went out. Other than the occasional cases of flash photography, it was pitch dark in the ring. The announcers note that they can tell someone is in the ring with them. Finally, after some glimpses of people beating on other people, the lights come back on... the referee is down and so are the CoA, there's a chair outside the ring that took more shots than the Boiler Room Brawl could dream of, and Parker and Byron both look confused. Parker goes over to check on the ref, and gets him semi upright. Parker tags in Byron and tells him to go pin Dan, who is the legal man according to Lowe. Byron looks confused, but then goes over to Dan and covers...Parker talks to the QUeen as this is going on. Suddenly, Byron rolls over and pulls Dan on top of him! Parker notices this and runs in, but too late, as the referee made a 3 count with an unconscious Dan Rierson on top of Byron. ############################################# # WINNERS: The Children of Apocalypse, 6:12 # ############################################# Byron gets up and glares at Parker as Parker gives him this WTF? look? Byron turns around, then kicks Parker square in the nads and hits an "Equalizer/strutter cutter on Parker, laying him out in the center of the ring. Zach and Dan are rising as Sebastian Sloan is now heading for the ring. Byron kneels and screams in Parker's face "I don't need your help you egotistical *bleep" and then kicks Parker in the nuts again for good measure. Byron leaves the ring to LOUD boos as he walks past Sloan, who enters the ring and stomps mercilessly on Parker. Finally the COA get up as well and do the same thing. Officials finally get things straightened up, but Parker is on a gurney heading out of the arena. Both announcers wonder who knocked out the CoA in the first place, WHY Jeremy Byron would have done this, and where was Slayer in all of this? Lowe surmises that Slayer was back having a coke and laughing at watching Sloan and Parker kick the crap out of each other. THOUGHTS: INTERESTING twist. I had heard that the EWC is sending Byron up to Michigan for some more seasoning, and it's really cool they're letting him go out on an angle that will give him momentum going into the new fed. As for Parker, I don't know what was going on with the lights out, but I do know he's gonna be pissed off about getting screwed by Byron and by getting beaten down by Sloan and the CoA They go to a commercial.