[{{{Karagious' music is
cut, as he motions to the ringside crew for a microphone, and the crowd is
chanting his name, he almost cracks a smile, and motions them into quieting
down, so he can start.
Briggs: Looks like
Karagious has something to say..
Alex: Quick, someone get
out here and shut him up!!
Karagious: You See I said
the only way to get peoples attention was to scar them and I was right,
Thunder Bull proved that on Dynamite by taking CT�s title and making a
mockery of it. Well tonight, I did some scaring of my own on Adam Havok and
Lightning James Carter, so the question must be asked do I have anyone�s
attention yet? I guess only time will tell.
Karagious adjusts his WEW
Television title around his waist and he takes a seat on the top rope before
continuing.
Karagious: Now Thunder
Bull you are a man I have to talk too now after your comments on Dynamite.
You went out there and you proved a point I have been arguing for weeks, you
said that everyone respects the WEW world title and its true. But that�s not
where the respect belongs, the respect belongs right here..
Karagious points to his title.
Karagious: The respect
belongs with my WEW Television title. People don�t give this title the
respect it deserves and that�s why for the last two weeks I have defended
against anyone in the WEW.
Karagious hops off the
turnbuckle and begins to pace around the ring.
Karagious: Now Thunder
Bull I don�t give a crap about that WEW World title and I will even go as
far as to give you a shot at the most prestigious title in WEW. If you have
the balls because the Karagious challenge just became a free for all, at the
next WEW PPV I want an MWF opponent. I don�t care who it is but I want one
of you miserable MWF shits to come to my ring and feel a good old style WEW
ass whipping.
Rob Zombies' More Human than
Human, hits the PA system, and the crowd erupts in a chorus of boos louder
than any other "pop" of the night, as Gutter Rat walks out from the back
with a limp, gathered a week ago, last Monday. Bathed in red and black
lights, Gutter Rat walks down the entrance ramp, wearing his MWF Television
Title belt across his chest, and carrying the WEW Continential Title in his
right hand. He stops at the corner ramp, where a fan is holding a sign that
reads "MWF Sucks" and Gutter Rat drops the WEW title on the mat, reaching
over, and pulling the sign from the crowd, and he tears it in half, tossing
both halves back into the crowd.
Briggs: You know, this
guy MAY be an MWF talent, but the way he deals with things, especially the
fans, is really not so bad.
Steve: I disagree, and I,
for one, will be glad, when WEW stands victorious over the MWF, once and for
all.
Alex: Screw that Rat
Bastard!! When I said earlier that it was a shame that no-one had
interrupted, I didn't say I wanted it to be This Guy!
Steve: Yeah, well,
"Someone" in the back must be listening to you Alex...
Alex: ...I wish they were
deaf.
Gutter Rat picks up his WEW
title, and walks the ramp, through the ropes, and right past Karagious,
receiving a mic of his own. He drops both belts, right in front of
Karagious, right at his feet. The WEW TV Champion doesn't bat an eye,
instead, he continues looking forward at the huffing and puffing monster
before him. Gutter Rat raises the mic towards his masked lips, and he
addresses his WEW counterpart
Gutter Rat: Don�t care
who it is... Miserable MWF shits... WEW ass whipping... You picked the wrong
night to try to live up to your namesake, Karagious...
Karagious: Oh yeah, well,
the way I see it, you've come down at the right time, you see, there's
nothing more that these WEW fans would like to see than me kick your ass,
right here, all over the arena.
Gutter Rat: Not true,
Karagious, not true.
Alex: Yes it is!!
Steve: Karagious has just
fought off two men, and he's asking for a third? He's insane!!
The crowd boos loudly, they want
this here, and now... A chant, "Kick his ass", begins echoing around the
arena, behind his mask, Gutter Rat laughs when he hears the chant. Karagious
looks like he's ready to go. But Gutter Rat pulls a wrinkled, yet folded
document from his shirt, and holds it out to Karagious, who looks weary of
taking it.
Briggs: What the hell? Is
he serving him? What is it?
Gutter Rat: You've been
challenging people you know you can beat for the last 2 weeks, well you want
a Karagious Challenge? I'll give you a damn Karagious Challenge. What I have
here, junior, is a contract for Conflict, in my hands... Gutter Rat Vs.
Karagious... "I Quit, No holds barred, anywhere in the arena" Ed and Harlum
can work out any belt stipulations as an afterthought... But I'm offering
you a chance to prove how good you really are... The contract is right here,
I'm right here, for your taking... You want to whip some MWF ass boy? Put
your money where your mouth is.
Before Gutter Rat can continue
the CyberTron flickers and the voice of Ben Harlum hits the PA system..
Gutter Rat stomps his foot, and turns to see the Owner of WorldWide
Entertainment Wrestling walking out onto the entrance way, he's dressed per
the usual, but the look on his face offsets it all just a little. Karagious,
who was all ready to sign the papers, looks up at the boss, just ready for
him to say the word. Harlum though, simply stares down at the ring, nothing
but loathing in his heart for the man that has taken a piece of his vision
from him.
Harlum: So, it appears
that not even being hit by a car, being electrocuted, tied up in said car
and being beaten up by Eddie Benoit will keep you from scurrying across my
arena floor.
The fans erupt, they know he's
gonna lay down the law, as he's had to so many times before.
Harlum: Gutter Rat! I
don't know what the hell you think you are doing out here. You come out
here, Walkers' little marionette, and try to make this match on MY show?
When I offered you a chance to compete here in the WEW, I thought there
would be just one or two matches, and you'd leave. And that would be the
last we ever saw of The Rat Bastard. Now I find myself on a weekly mission
to clear the floodgates you opened, completely out of WEW. Unfortunately,
thus far, I have failed with that, I seem to have failed in everything so
far involving the MWF... Sure, we got rid of "The Master Plan" but it's not
like they were so great in the first place.
Inside the ring, Gutter Rat
begins pacing from side to side, much to the fans delight, Karagious steps
back, looking like he's reading the contract, looking up every few seconds,
ready to take the Rat Bastard down, should the need arise. Gutter Rat
however, seems to have forgotten him, and is now focused on Harlum in the
middle of the ring.
Gutter Rat: Look Harlum,
You and Walker may never really see eye to eye, but ever since I got here to
WEW, I've made it crystal clear, that I am a better man than they ever
expected me to be... This whole take-over bit, was your way of hurting the
MWF business... Ed Walker was taken for a fool, and it's because of YOU Ben
Harlum, that I buried the hatchet with Ed Walker, all those months ago... If
anyone is going to bully the MWF, by God it WILL BE ME!!! I realised that
perhaps there was some ounce of respect left within Ed Walker that day. A
man who has taken his body, his family, his respect and his very creation,
to the pinnacle, WILL NOT allow his essence to become whored out to the
likes of the WEW...
Gutter Rat stops pacing around
and takes a deep breath...
Alex: C'mon Harlum, we've
lost to these guys enough the past few weeks... Do SOMETHING!!
And just like that, he does.
Harlum: Fine, as far as
the match stipulations go, I'm all for it, and Ed and I will discuss any
sort of title swapping nonsense, BUT... There's gonna be a development next
week, at CyberSlam. Gutter Rat, as a WEW Champion, you DO fall under my
jurisdiction, and I'm giving you a Non-Title match against one of our
superstars... Next week Gutter Rat, you will face, in that very ring... The
first ever WEW Champion... Rob, "Hitman" Burns!!!
Gutter Rat looks irate at having
to face Burns on CyberSlam, with his busy MWF scheduling, and he begins
stomping around the ring in anger.
Alex: Ha-ha! I told you
Harlum was a genius.
Steve: You said a lot of
things, that wasn't one of them.
Briggs: He's just an all
around genius, he's fooled Gutter Rat and now Burns is going to crush him.
Gutter Rat drops the mic and
turns to see that Karagious has signed the papers, hands them back, and then
leaves the ring. Security comes out from the crowd, and about 9 men begin
entering the arena.
Harlum: Oh, and I asked a
few of WEWs' finest to escort your sorry, MWF, ass from MY WEW arena,
because I figured you were going to be a little upset when I announced that
the referee for your Burns match, would be none other than the WEWs' own
Karagious!!!
Karagious, at ringside, looks
stunned, the Rat Bastard in the ring looks stunned, the fans go ape-shit
throughout the arena, Harlum is laughing, and Gutter Rat is swarmed by WEW
security before we get to see much of a reaction. The first man goes down to
an elbow from Gutter Rat... The second takes a boot to the face, five more
men storm the ring and are taken down by huge left hands... Eventually one
man grabs the leg of Gutter Rat and trips him up. The other eight security
guards pin down Gutter Rat, who is screaming challenges to Harlum, who has
turned, and walked away.}}}]
[As the WEW recap footage ends, the camera is aimed at
a Tampa Bay Buccaneers logo on a wall. The camera slowly zooms out, showing
that the wall the logo is on is someone's basement, and with the camera
zooming out even more, it is apparent who's wall that really is. Who else
but the man from Detroit that moved to Tampa because of a football team, who
else but Steven Douglas. Douglas is at the bar counter that he has in his
basement, with a glass half filled with Captain Morgan and ice, along with
half cherry Coke in his hand, sipping it occasionally. A grin comes to his
face as he stares at the bar, before slowly turning toward the camera. He
looks into the camera as if he were able to look through and see everyone
watching him on their televisions. His stare pierces through the fans
watching at home and in the arena, and although caught off guard by his
appearance, they pay close attention to what he's about to say.]
Steven Douglas: Hello Maximum Wrestling Federation
fans, did you miss me? If you're wondering what I'm doing on the screen
here, and you don't have enough sense to put two and two together, I'm
back. This time, though, I'm here to stay, even if I have to come out week
after week to a sea of idiocy in fans like you. I wouldn't usually make
such an important debut in a place like this, but because this is
technically my hometown, I'm giving you people the gift of watching me debut
back here. Don't act like you don't want me back, with the condition the
Maximum Wrestling Federation is in, you could use anyone you can get.
Fortunately, you get me instead of someone like The Shade. That was the
minor leagues, and I am glad to be rid of such a horrible environment. I'm
back in the limelight, and this time I'm going to make the most of the
chance I have here. I'm ready for gold, and it will happen, whether you all
like it or not. As I return I see some old and new faces, however I also
see that more than just the roster has changed since I left. A former
partner is competing for the World title's number one contendership, against
the man that used to be able to defeat me. I can also see the silver lining
in this whole thing, seeing promising rookies such as Gunman Stinger emerge
as the future. It's in people like Gunman Stinger that I am able to entrust
my future in, because at the ripe old age of fifty two, I am not the spring
chicken I used to be. But I can train this kid, I can teach him the ways of
getting far in the business. Don't sleep on this man, he's destined for
huge things, and if you can't see that well then maybe you should check your
standards for talent. I'm pleased to see that my old companion Gutter Rat
is achieving what he should have achieved a long time ago. I can remember
when we got the boot from Ed, we bounced from Global Wrestling Alliance,
winning the tag team titles there, then having him leave to the Maximum
Wrestling Federation for the good life. It was then I realized that I
needed to get back in any way I could, and though it has been a tough road,
I've persevered.
[Steven Douglas paces around and raises a hand to
his beard and strokes it.]
Steven Douglas: I've waited all I can wait to
return here, and I've proven time and time again that I deserve it, so now
I've made a truce with Ed and am back in full force. Remember my name,
because you'll be putting it on your posters when you come to a Maximum
Wrestling Federation event. I'm just that regular guy who had hopes and
dreams and made something out of himself while his peers settled with
"average". I'm the one who came from nothing and made something out of
himself, only to be in the shadows of others because they didn't think he
was good enough. Correction for you all, I wasn't good enough, I am now.
I've trained and am ready and willing to show anyone who dares question my
might. I'm ready for the big time and that's something the doubters have to
realize. Remember how I said that I was glad there was some good new talent
here, I must also mention that some new talent has come in that isn't so
good. For example, The Grudge is one man who I believe doesn't have what it
takes to get very far in this business. He has part of the mindset, but is
not completely focused on winning. It seems as if a loss doesn't seem to
bother him, and though sad, it's apparent that there is nothing we can do to
help the poor lad. He can say everything he wants, but when it comes down
to it I don't think he is willing to shed blood, sweat, and tears from his
body to get somewhere in this business. This time around it isn't about
trying to just fit in, it's not about having a supporting role, it's about
getting to the top of the tier here and staying there. Well, getting back
onto the track that I was travelling down earlier, you may be asking
yourselves, "if he wanted to return in his hometown, why isn't he here and
why is he at home?" Well, this is pre recorded, this was a preview, ladies
and gentlemen, take a look at the ramp, because here is the man that you
will soon enough call the World Champion, Steven Douglas!
[With that, the song "Freak of the World" by Puddle
of Mudd hits, with a slow start, and then when it hits the loud mark Douglas
walks out from the curtains and back onto the real Maximum Wrestling
Federation's soil. He looks around and seemingly soaks up the experience,
as his music continues to play.]
"Don't want the sun to shine upon my face
And I see your eyes and their glazy haze
Your lips don't move
But I hear what you're saying
I look outside through the razor blades
And I beg and I cheat and I steal for you
But there's nothing
There's nothing that I can do
I'm a freak
I'm the freak of the world
I'm the freak of the world
I'm the freak of the world
And there's nothing I can say
And there's nothing you can do
And there's nothing I can say or do
Cause' I'm the freak of the world"
[Douglas moves down the ramp with the boos from the crowd, but in his mind,
they're just jealous so he keeps moving in his Gucci suit to the ring. he
climbs the small steps, crosses his leg into the ring, and grabs a mic.]
Steven Douglas: Now I feel alive! I'm actually
here, I'm living the dream that I have been waiting to live for much too
long! This is the time when the best return to glory and live their dreams
of fame. There's no one backstage that can come close to my skill, and they
all know it, so that's why I could say something like, anyone who thinks
they are better than me, come to the ring, and no one would come out. I'm
that good, I intimidate them all to the extent that they cannot even move.
Now, let us move onto something ver...
[Before he could finish that statement the lights
go out completely in the arena, and the sounds of "More human, than human"
by Rob Zombie hits, Gutter Rat's music. Douglas has a surprised and fearful
look on his face, anticipating Gutter Rat's entrance, but to his surprise,
it is not Gutter Rat who enters through the curtains, but a certain "Masked"
man...Masked Fury, that is...]
Steven Douglas: Whoa, whoa, what is this? Cut the
music, how is this clown even allowed in the arena?! He's not even a roster
member anymore, he was nothing but a joke!!! Do you honestly think I refer
to this wrestler as a challenge?
[Masked Fury quickly goes down the ramp and rolls
into the ring, grabbing the mic out of Douglas' hand. Steven only laughs at
the wrestler.]
Masked Fury: Ohh, Steven Douglas, you are too cocky
for my liking! I will destroy you! I will feed your carcass to the pigs!
Fear me!!!
Steven Douglas: ...you...can't...be...serious...
Masked Fury: You speak slowly because you are
afraid of me and are in awe because, along with my dog, I am the best
wrestler in the world, ohh! Steven, you must learn what real Japanese pain
feels like! Feel my wrath!
[Masked Fury chops Douglas on the head, barely
making Steven's head move. Steven laughs at the attempt.]
Steven Douglas: That cannot honestly be your best
shot. Comeon! Are you serious!
[Steven turns around and looks at the crowd, to see
their reaction to this attempt to hurt Douglas, but eyeing the opportunity,
Masked Fury connects with a low blow to Douglas when he wasn't looking,
sending Steven to the mat in pain. Masked Fury jumps up in the air,
screaming and celebrating. The crowd laughs at Douglas, and Steven can only
lay in pain.]
Masked Fury: I showed you Steven how good I am! I
am the best! No one will take you seriously because I am the definition of
serious, ohh!!!
[Masked Fury climbs each turnbuckle, celebrating,
but eventually Steven gets to his feet and goes to Fury, and gives him a
super back drop from the turnbuckle. The crowd boos as Douglas dives to the
mat with an elbow to Fury, and multiple punches as he is obviously filled
with anger. Douglas lifts Fury up by his head, faces him toward Douglas and
grabs Fury's arms in the way you would with the unprettier, but with the
wrestler facing toward you. Like the unprettier, he turns, but because they
face each other, when they turn they face different places now. Douglas
takes Fury and lifts him up into the Razor's Edge position, but instead of
dropping him on his back, he pulls his arms down and flips him over his
shoulder, making him land face first. The move is called The Enervation,
and it is one Masked Fury will not soon forget. Douglas stands back up
above Fury's motionless body with an angry look on his face, but before we
could see anymore, the camera cuts to commercial.]
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