12/23/02-12/29/02

Smackdown

INT. HALLWAY – NIGHT

Nykk is walking down the hallway with the Cruiserweight belt over his shoulder. He opens the PPV Squad locker room door and goes inside.

INT. PPV SQUAD LOCKER ROOM – NIGHT

Cynric, Croooooow, Cheesecake and Shadow are in the locker room and stop talking when Nykk enters.

Nykk: What? What are those looks for?

Shadow: You have a lot of nerve showing up in here after last week.

Nykk: I don’t have to justify myself to you. Now, everyone, we’ve got some big matches signed tonight and…

Croooooow: No, Nykk, you’re not giving out the orders anymore.

Nykk: What are you talking about?

Cynric: What he means is, we’ve talked it over and we decided that anyone who would attack one of our friends is no friend at all. That includes you now.

Shadow: We’re behind Croooooow from now on. You’re out of the PPV Squad.

Nykk: I’m out of… who the hell do you think you are? I formed this group, none of you would be here if it wasn’t for me, so you can’t throw me out!

Croooooow: It’s been decided. I don’t know what’s wrong with your mind, but there was never any coup going on around here. I was perfectly happy to stay by your side… until last week. I wouldn’t hit you then, for the sake of our friendship, but that is no longer a burden I carry. I have the entire PPV Squad behind me, and you have no one. If you come in our locker room again, I will do what I never thought I would do, and as you put it last week, “hit my best friend.” Get some help. But leave.

Nykk: No, I’m not alone. (holds up his belt) This is all I need. As long as I have this, I’ll never be alone. I don’t know why you don’t want my friendship anymore, but I love all you guys and will until the day I die. I’m going now, but I promise you, friends or not, this insult won’t remain unanswered.

He slams the door opens and leaves.

INT. ARENA – NIGHT

MATCH: Croooooow, Cynric and Shadow vs. Jamie Noble, Nunzio and Nidia

Jamie Noble’s theme hits and he, Nunzio and Nidia make their way to the ring.

Cole: We’re getting ready for some six person tag team action here. Noble, Nidia and Nunzio still have a score to settle with the PPV Squad.

Tazz: Yeah, Noble and Nidia beat Croooooow and Shadow at Armageddon, thanks to Nunzio, and last week Cynric lost to Nunzio. The PPV Squad wants some payback.

The PPV Squad theme hits and Croooooow, Cynric and Shadow make their way to the ring.

Cole: The PPV Squad is now Croooooow’s group. As we saw earlier on, Nykk has been thrown out of the PPV Squad as a result of his attack on his friend and fellow Squad member Huh last week, and that has to be weighing heavily on their minds.

Tazz: No doubt. Renouncing a lifelong friendship is a tough thing to get over, and sometimes you can’t renounce something like that, no matter how hard you try.

FINISH: Shadow and Nidia get the hot tags. Shadow locks in her dragon sleeper, but Nunzio comes in and breaks it up, starting a brawl. As the ref tries to separate Noble and Croooooow, Cynric hits a rolling koppo kick on Nunzio. Matt Hardy runs down with a chair, but Cynric ducks the chairshot and sweeps Matt’s legs, and he accidentally hits himself with the chair as he hits the mat. Hardy rolls out of the ring and Nunzio picks up the chair, only to get the Lift Off from Cynric, knocking the chair back in his face. Croooooow clotheslines Noble over the top rope, but Nidia hits a low blow. However, she turns around and gets hit with the Interceptor from Shadow. She covers and gets the three count.

Winners: Croooooow, Cynric and Nidia at 4:53

Cole: The PPV Squad is victorious, despite the interference from Matt Hardy.

Tazz: Hardy’s been trying to get under Cynric’s skin for a few weeks now, but Cynric was finally able to retaliate tonight.

INT. PROMO SET – NIGHT

Josh Matthews is standing by with Matt Hardy.

Josh: Matt, we just saw you go out there and try to cost Cynric another match tonight, but that didn’t quite go as planned. However, I’m told you requested this interview to say something to Cynric.

Matt: Yeah. Cynric, normally I’d confront you face to face on this, but I can’t seem to get within arm’s reach of you without you trying to attack me. I tried to extend the olive branch, and what did you do? You broke that branch into a million pieces right in front of my face. Since we can’t get along, how about we get it on? I’m want you in a match next week right here on Smackdown. And I promise you, Cynric, I’ll give you a Mattitude adjustment courtesy of Matt Hardy: Version One!

He leaves the set.

INT. ARENA – NIGHT

MATCH: Nykk vs. Tajiri

Croooooow’s theme hits and he makes his way to the commentary table.

Cole: We are set for Cruiserweight action here on Smackdown, and we’ll be joined by Croooooow here at the table.

Tazz: I guess Croooooow’s here to scout whoever wins this match, since he has yet to receive his title shot.

Croooooow puts on a headset and sits down as Tajiri’s theme hits and he makes his way to the ring.

Cole: Croooooow, I’m glad you’re joining us here. Maybe you can shed a little light on this PPV Squad situation.

Croooooow: Well, Michael, Nykk’s been acting strange for awhile now. We’ll all put up with a lot, because he is our friend, after all. But until he can get his own head sorted out, he has no place traveling and fighting alongside the rest of us, especially after he attacked Huh last week.

Tazz: Nykk also took your title shot against Billy Kidman and won the belt. How do you feel about that?

Croooooow: That’s another thing Nykk wouldn’t have done four months ago. He said that he’s the leader and should wear all the gold, but don’t forget that it was me who captured the PPV Squad’s first singles gold. If I have to go through Nykk to get the Cruiserweight Title, especially when he’s pissing everyone off like he is, I’m all for it.

Nykk’s theme hits and he makes his way to the ring.

Croooooow: Here comes the pain in the ass…

Cole: Nykk won the Cruiserweight Title last week, but will he keep it tonight against Tajiri?

Tazz: Tajiri should definitely not be overlooked in this match. He’s had that belt before, and you and I both know what he’s all about, Croooooow.

Croooooow: Absolutely. I’ve faced Tajiri many times in the past, and sustained more than a few concussions from those kicks of his.

FINISH: Tajiri goes for his kick to the head, but Nykk ducks and takes him down with a double leg takedown. He goes for the Cedarleaf, but Tajiri gets a foot free and kicks Nykk in the head. He tries to whip Nykk into the corner, but it’s reversed. Nykk charges, but Tajiri kicks him in the chin and then goes for the Tarantula. He fails to lock it in, and Nykk pulls Tajiri off the ropes and sits out, slamming him face first to the mat. Nykk turns him over and applies the Bellbrookville Cedarleaf. Tajiri taps out.

Winner: Nykk at 6:11

Cole: Nykk with the victory over Tajiri, but it looks like he and you will get it on for the belt, sooner or later, Croooooow.

Croooooow: I know what I said before, but you have to realize something. Nykk’s been a friend of mine for my entire life. I just don’t know if I could step in the ring with him and intentionally try to hurt him. As much as I’d like to be Cruiserweight Champion… I just don’t know.

Tazz: Well, you better find out because Nykk has been red hot recently.

Nykk stares down at Croooooow for a moment before exiting the ring.

INT. ARENA – NIGHT

John Cena’s theme hits and he makes his way to the ring, along with B-2.

Cole: What’s going on now? John Cena and B-2 are on their way out here, but they don’t have a scheduled match.

Tazz: I don’t know what they’re doing out here. These two think they’re street!

Cena gets a mic.

Cena: I’m sittin’ in the back earlier on, chillin’ with my boy, Bling-Bling Buchanan, when we’re told that we’re not needed for tonight’s broadcast. Well, that ain’t right. So we’re comin’ out here and takin’ this segment; takin’ it back from the white man!

Cole: Stop the pain.

Cena: Last week, we were on Velocity and we actually got beaten by those fire-settin’ Pyro Twins! Yeah, that’s right, I couldn’t believe it either. The fact of the matter is, they’re nothin’ but a bunch of cheaters. The illegal man pinned my shoulders to the mat! So Pyro Twins, I’d tell you to get your butts down here, but I know you won’t answer the challenge, because your act is played out. You’re soft. I know it and you know it. Hit the music, Mr. MC, because B-2 and JC are gonna jet!

Instead of their theme, the Pyro Twins’ theme hits and they run to the ring.

Cole: The last thing you want to do is mess with the Pyro Twins, because they are always looking for a fight.

Jay dukes it out with Cena while Dusty trades punches with B-2. B-2 knees Dusty in the midsection as Jay backdrops Cena over the top rope. B-2 whips Dusty into the ropes, but it’s reversed and Jay and Dusty hit a double leg trip on B-2, followed by simultaneous dropkicks to the ribs. Cena comes back in, but Jay sends him down with a spinning heel kick. Jay gives him a backbreaker and holds him in place while Dusty goes to the top rope and they execute the Mandate of Heaven. They wait for B-2 to get up and then hit Final Darkness. Dusty then rolls out of the ring and retrieves a blowtorch from underneath it. He throws it into the ring, but Cena and B-2 run for it. The Pyro Twins’ theme plays again as Dusty and Jay point up the ramp at B-2 and Cena.

Cole: I don’t think that this one’s over, folks. B-2 and Cena may have bitten off more than they can chew.

Tazz: Like the saying goes, if you play with fire, you get burned. Cena and B-2 have just played with fire, and I don’t think Dusty and Jay will stop until they’ve been burned.

Velocity

MATCH: Cheesecake vs. Chuck Palumbo

Palumbo wins after rolling up Cheesecake with an inside cradle.