11/24/01-12/2/01
Raw
INT. APA OFFICE – NIGHT
Faarooq and Bradshaw walk up to their office door.
Faarooq: Man, the WWF pulled through at Survivor Series just like I knew they would.
Bradshaw: Yep. It’s a good thing we rallied the troops when we did, or we might be working for Shane and Stephanie right now.
Faarooq: Anyway, the past is the past. Now we can just sit back, drink some beer, play some cards and smoke some cigars just like we always do.
They open the door to find Nykk, Croooooow, Cheesecake, Jay, Huh and Cynric playing cards at their table. They stare in disbelief.
Croooooow: (to Nykk) All right, I'll add one more fire energy here, and then my Ninetails'll use Fire Blast! That's 80 damage… and doubled due to your poor choice of Pokemon!
Nykk: Not again!
Bradshaw: What the hell’s going on here!?
Nykk: What does it look like? We’re playing cards.
Faarooq: Not on our card table you’re not. Now get out of here before we tear out your throats and feed 'em to ya.
Huh yelps, gets up and runs out of the office.
Bradshaw: Hey, use the damn door!
Nykk slams down his cards and stands up.
Nykk: Well isn’t this just typical. The old, worn-out wrestlers trying to hold down the younger, more talented wrestlers. I read about people like you on the Internet. We’re not going anywhere.
Bradshaw and Faarooq give each other a look and then lunge for the table, but the rest of the Squad scatters. Bradshaw clears the table of soda cans and puts a six pack on it while Faarooq sits down and leafs through Nykk’s hand. Bradshaw picks up Croooooow’s cards.
Bradshaw: Faarooq… what the hell’s a Vulpix?
Faarooq: I don’t know man, just ante up.
Bradshaw shrugs and sits down.
*Fade Out*
INT. APA OFFICE – NIGHT
The APA is still playing Pokemon.
Faarooq: What’s it gonna be, bitch? My Ivysaur has whupped your best and brightest.
Bradshaw: I’ll use a… what the hell!?
Nykk, Croooooow, Jay and Huh walk in.
Faarooq: What do you guys want?
Nykk: It’s not 1992 anymore, Faarooq. The PPV Squad refuses to be held down by people who just don’t know when to call it quits. I’m laying down a punk card right here. In case you can’t figure out what that means, I’m challenging you two to a match. Jay and Huh will see you in the ring.
The Squad walks off, with Jay and Huh giving Nykk puzzled looks. The APA stares after them for a moment and then returns to playing cards.
*Fade Out*
INT. ARENA – NIGHT
MATCH: The APA vs. Jay and Huh
The PPV Squad theme hits and Jay and Huh make their way to the ring.
JR: It looks like the PPV Squad is in for a rough night. You just don’t mess with the APA’s card table, King.
King: Absolutely. I must have been MIA when this PPV Squad came in, but they just walk around like they own the place.
The APA theme hits and the Acolytes rush the ring. The match starts, and the Acolytes squash Jay and Huh for two minutes. Faarooq gives Jay the Dominator as Huh receives the Clothesline from Hell. They pick Huh up and give him the spike powerbomb for the pin. After the match, they go to do it again, but Nykk attacks Bradshaw as he’s setting him up, clipping the knee. Croooooow takes out Faarooq with a chair.
JR: Wait a minute! Nykk and Croooooow are in from behind.
Nykk stomps on Bradshaw and drops some elbows on his back. Croooooow hits the back with the chair a few times and they exit the ring as the PPV Squad theme plays. They pose as they help Jay and Huh to the back.
King: I can’t believe they’ve gotten the best of the APA!
*Fade Out*
INT. ARENA – NIGHT
MATCH: Scotty 2 Hotty and Albert vs. Nykk and Croooooow
Scotty 2 Hotty’s theme hits and he and Albert make their way to the ring.
JR: Scotty 2 Hotty and Albert on their way down, one of several new tag teams looking to make a name for themselves and maybe get a shot at the tag team titles.
The PPV Squad theme hits and Croooooow and Nykk make their way to the ring, along with Cheesecake and Cynric.
King: They sure are looking proud of themselves, JR. I guess they should be. They managed to put one over on the APA.
JR: Yeah, but for how long will they be able to avoid their retribution? They evaded the Big Show for a month, but he caught up to them at Survivor Series.
The match starts and goes about four minutes. When Scotty and Albert go for the double Worm on Croooooow, Nykk clips Albert’s knee to send him down. Scotty stops and goes over to bulldog Nykk, but when he gets ready for the Worm, Croooooow lifts him and executes the Demon Driver for the win.
JR: And the PPV Squad pulls off the victory. I hate to say it, but Croooooow and Nykk are making a pretty effective tag team.
King: Yeah, and with the shortage of teams, who knows how far they could go.
Albert runs in and scissor kicks Croooooow. He then military presses Nykk and drops him into a sit-out slam. Cynric runs in and takes Albert down with some martial arts kicks and a sweep. Cheesecake jumps all over him as Nykk and Croooooow get up. Before they can put the boots to him, the APA comes back out. Cheesecake gets a spinebuster from Faarooq, but the rest of the Squad scatters. They converge on the ramp while the APA music plays.
*Fade Out*
Smackdown
INT. PROMO SET – NIGHT
Sharmell Sullivan is standing by with Faarooq and Bradshaw.
Sullivan: Faarooq, Bradshaw, as of Monday, you’ve been having problems with the PPV Squad, mainly Croooooow and Nykk.
Faarooq: Problems? See, that’s where you’re wrong.
Bradshaw: We went to Vince McMahon and Ric Flair and requested a match against Nykk and Croooooow at Vengeance. Well, we got it. So at Vengeance, Nykk and Croooooow are dead meat. And should their friends decide to get involved, they’ll no longer be the PPV Squad. They’ll be PPV Squashed.
Sullivan: Later tonight, Nykk and Croooooow have a match against the Hardy Boyz to determine who will get a tag title shot on Raw this Monday. What are your thoughts on that?
Faarooq: I seriously doubt that they’re going to get the gold, but if they do, they better watch their backs because then we’ll just have to take those belts from them.
Bradshaw: Hey, Faarooq… the APA as four-time tag team champions. I like the sound of that.
Faarooq: (happy) Damn!
The APA exit.
*Fade Out*
INT. ARENA – NIGHT
MATCH: The Hardy Boyz vs. Nykk and Croooooow
The Hardy Boyz’ theme hits, and Lita, Matt and Jeff Hardy make their way to the ring.
Cole: Well, here we go! This match will determine who will face the Dudley Boyz this coming Monday on Raw. The Hardy Boyz will be going against Nykk and Croooooow, representing the PPV Squad.
King: The Hardys have been having problems lately, but they look jacked tonight.
Cole: They sure do. The Hardys have been at the top of the tag team division many times before, but Nykk and Croooooow have been impressive as a team lately. In the past few weeks, they’ve gotten wins over other new teams like Chuck Palumbo and Billy Gunn, and Scotty 2 Hotty and Albert.
The PPV Squad theme hits and Nykk and Croooooow make their way to the ring.
King: Well, it looks like they decided to go this one alone, Michael. Their friends aren’t with them, and neither is that “assassin.”
Cole: No, the chief assassin Cynric is not with them. Just Nykk and that guy Croooooow.
The match starts. It progresses for about seven minutes with both teams getting near falls and near submissions. The PPV Squad shows some high-flying offense to show they can keep up with the Hardys. Finally, a brawl erupts and a tired Matt rolls to ringside, with a tired Croooooow getting clotheslined over the top rope. Nykk runs to the corner and does a double jump bodypress onto Matt, but hitting his head on the corner of the guardrail, knocking them both out. Jeff leaps out onto Croooooow with a somersault plancha, knocking them both out.
King: Michael, I thought the Hardys were risk takers, but these PPV Squad guys know how to fly too.
Cole: All members of both teams are on the floor out cold!
The ref’s count reaches ten and he gives the signal to ring the bell.
Cole: There’s the bell. What happened?
King: I think they were counted out.
The announcer announces that the contest was a double count-out. The teams start to wake up and hear the announcement. They protest to the referee.
Cole: If neither team wins, who gets the shot at the Dudley Boyz on Raw?
Nykk gets in the ring to argue with the ref, but Matt takes him down and lays in some right hands. Croooooow attacks Jeff Hardy and the two teams brawl their way to the back.
Jakked
MATCH: Cheesecake vs. Crash
Cheesecake wins the match after executing the Screw Driver.
Sunday Night Heat
MATCH: Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Cynric
Cynric gets the pin after a martial arts kick from the top rope. After the match, Spike Dudley runs in and hits the Dudley Dog on Cynric. Huh and Jay run out, but Spike escapes up the ramp.