" the deranged soul "

[[ Don't try it at home. You've seen it and you've heard it plenty of times. It's drilled into you every single time you turn on the Television to watch the program; why? To stop insanity taking advantage of your sanity. You've had dreams .. dreams of climbing to the top of the turnbuckle. Dreams of leaping off the turnbuckle .. dreams .. of glory. Some may or may not choose to admit it; the fact is, you idolise those who risk their life every week. You RESPECT .. you HONOUR those who put their bodies through decimating pain; career ENDING pain. The colperate of hardcore .. of insanity and of sheer guts is not up for debate. Ever since Mankind made his debut he's endured PUNISHEMNT after PUNISHMENT after PUNISHMENT .. his blood .. his sweat .. his TEARS - each one of them have been put into the business. Cast your mind back to King Of The Ring, 1998. For those of you who witnessed that historic night, it's a memory that will forever lay in the back of your mind .. for it was that very night .. that Mankind captured your heart in an indescribable way. Let me remind you of that night; Mankind one on one with The Undertaker or The Phenom, as we knew him better back then. Hell In A Cell - a match not for the weak at heart - saw these two men slug it out on top of the Cell. Two warriors .. two SURVIVORS .. exchanging rights, lefts, knees - you name it, these men were doing it. Suddenly, a twist of events. The Undertaker - MANHANDLING Mankind .. and BRUTALLY .. SADISTICALLY threw Mankind off The Cell.

The injuries were never to be forgotten; Mankind went through the commentary table, he hit the steel barrier and he was drained of any last spec of energy he had left. The medics came, they placed Mankind on the stretcher; but was that all? Nah, not by a long shot. With Taker still on top of the Cell, Mankind got off the stretcher and climbed BACK up to stand face to face, toe to toe with The Undertaker. Can you remember what happened next? Yeah, I think you can .. I know you can. The Undertaker wrapped his hand around Mankind's neck and Chokeslamed him THROUGH the Cell right down onto the mat; a SICKENING scene it was .. but was it enough to keep Mankind down? Nah. It took another Chokeslam on hundreds of thumbtacks and it took a Tombstone Piledriver to FINALLY put this man .. this INSANE man, to rest. The match wasn't won but the hearts of millions around the world, was.

This coming Wednesday, the battle between Mankind and The Undertaker shall commence once again. The match type, you ask? Hell .. IN .. A CELL! A match for the ages; a match that the world will be tuned into, no doubt. Conflict marks the return to the ring for Mankind .. but more importantly as far as we're concerned .. It's HELL .. RE-VISITED! ]]

[[ As the PWR Logo fades out the scene winds up in a dark, cold and lonely room. It's dead quiet; it's the kind of silence that you recognize as the leadup to a sudden scare. The camera zooms out - searching for clues, seaching for something familiar. Fortunately, we get that. A light movement grabs the attention of the camera and although very little light is produced, it's enough to see the outline of a face. The camera ever so slowly gets a close up shot; A man wearing a mask .. a man that can be recognized as Mankind can be identified. It's hard to tell because of the darkness, but you can see that Mankind is wearing black sweat pants and an old wrinkled untucked white collared shirt. It's messy; his HAIR is messy and he is crawled up in the corner. It's the image .. of a deranged soul. ]]

[ Mankind ] They call me .. insane. They call me crazy .. they call me the deranged soul. To be quite honest with you, I couldn't agree more. Mrs. Foley's baby boy is a CRUEL and SICK individual. I AM insane .. I AM crazy and I love every god damn MINUTE of it! If I asked you to name a soul that compares to mine, could you? Could you name someone who has fallen OFF and THROUGH Hell In A Cell's? Could you name someone SICK enough and STUPID enough to get back up after ALL that carnage? COULD YOU!?

[[ Silence. ]]

[ Mankind ] That's what I thought, too. Nobody. NOBODY. NOBODY .. is LIKE me! You keep knockin' me down and I keep GETTIN' back up! You keep delivering the punishment .. and I KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE!! I LOVE pain .. I LOVE taking it and I LOVE dishing it out. I LOVE TO SEE PAIN! I LOVE IT when you can HEAR someone SCREAM their LUNGS out because they CAN'T take it any longer! I LOVE HEARING THE HOWL .. OF PAIN! It sends cold shivers down my spine .. it makes me flinch .. it MAKES ME WANT TO DO IT AGAIN .. AND AGAIN .. AND AGAIN!!

[[ Mankind pauses, this time a little longer than the last. ]]

[ Mankind ] God didn't give me looks. God gave me the gift of wrestling; he choose to give me what NOBODY else had. GOD GAVE ME THE POWER TO BE ABLE TO ABSORB THE PAIN .. AND USE IT .. AS AN ADVANTAGE! I see you there, twiddling your thumbs .. wondering what this MADMAN is trying to say .. but I think you know. You KNOW what I mean; you know EXACTLY .. what I mean .. because the beauty of it all is, we're ALL mad. We're ALL insane. We judge people on the OUTSIDE rather than in the INSIDE. Why? Because human beings .. are degrading, blood sucking VOLTURES! YOU ALL ARE! You tried .. you TRIED to take away from me my dignity. My pride. You TRIED TO TAKE AWAY MRS. FOLEY'S BABY BOY! But you failed MISERBLY! I have a gift .. a GREAT gift .. a GIFT that NONE OF YOU WILL EVER HAVE! I like pain .. where as you people, you hate it. You can't STAND the thought of blood trickling down your face. YOU HATE TO TASTE YOUR OWN BLOOD! You people .. you CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT YOUR OWN BLOOD!! Me? I'm just an innocent little boy whom is excited .. intrigued by the very own sight, of my VERY own BLOOD! While you were on the edge of your seats quivering in fear of what had happened to Mankind on the night of King Of The Ring, '98 .. I was taking EVERY moment and SQUEEZING it of EVERY last DROP for what it was worth. You should of seen the look on your faces when I was crawled up in the corner of the ring with a TOOTH hanging out and a wide smile across my face .. you were afraid .. afraid that I had been destroyed but you once again, being the idiotic self-centered MORONS you are .. you FORGOT .. That PAIN is incredibly beautiful and that pain CANNOT destroy ME! I may of lost that very night .. but what I went through? It truly was .. the GREATEST night of my life. The pain in your eyes was horrific, whilst in my mind .. the pain .. was cute like a little puppy dog's ears. Cute like the colour of a little blonde girl's hair .. CUTE .. LIKE THE STREAMING BLOOD ON MY FACE!

[[ Mankind's voice echos loudly; He crawls up to the camera, looking STRAIGHT into it. ]]

[ Mankind ] The thing I love about pain the most, is the reaction. The Undertaker, after he threw me off the Cell.. did you pay attention to his facial expressions? I sure as hell did .. I can remember it like it were only yesterday. That deep, cold stare .. he THOUGHT that it was over. He thought that he had put an END to my career and that's where it only begun; that's where it JUST STARTED .. TO GET GOOD! When Undertaker failed to cover me for the Three Count, the look in his eyes was dis-belief. Not even THE PHENOM could believe .. that somebody as SICK, as INSANE .. as MAD as me .. could like the feel of THUMBTACKS sticking out of your back, arms and legs. See, when 'Taker chokeslamed me through the Cell .. I felt, like I was in heaven. It touched me in a way that I can only hope I experience it .. again. When the thumbtacks pierced my skin, it was as bad as a bee-sting .. and as SWEET .. as a butterfly! That night when I had a shower, my body ached .. it STANG as the water washed away the brutality but I realized that it was well worth it. It's a feeling .. an EMOTION that I truly cannot explain to you. It's something that come this Wednesday, I will EXPECT and be AWAITING that feeling again but this time .. This time it's different. This time 'Taker will be the one in beautiful agony; but he of course will HATE it! The Phenom will howl like a lonely dog without it's partner .. without it's bitch. I encourage every single one of you to bring along a camera; The Steel .. wrecked bodies .. It tingles me to an extent that come Conflict, I'll have already stabbed myself in the leg TWICE. Ha-Ha-Ha!

[[ An act out of no-where; Mankind begins hitting his head against the wall repeatedly. An act of insanity indeed, Mankind is ruthlessly swinging his head at the wall! What a fucking nut-case! ]]

[ Mankind ] I bet that made you flinch; it made you sit back in your chairs as if what you saw .. was a mindless, caringless act of a madman. You're absolutely right. Banging my head against a wall won't do the 'tick-tocker' any good .. but 'Taker .. I WANT YOU TO KNOW.. I NEED YOU TO KNOW .. That I AM NOT AFRAID!! LOOK AT ME 'TAKER .. LOOK AT MY EYES. YOU SEE A MAD-MAN LOOSE ON THE STREETS! You DON'T see pretty brown eyes .. I'm NOT pretty! I was never given the CHANCE like all the other boys at school, 'Taker! I WAS LEFT OUT! I WAS THE ONE WHO THEY'D THROW THERE SANDWICH AT!! THAT KID .. WAS ME! ME! .. ME! (Silence For A Few Seconds) But I forgive you, 'Taker. I understand that to be cool these days, you can't stand up for the one on his own. You have to follow the group; you have to join in with a kick to the gut, a punch to the face .. but NO LONGER will you hear me cry in PAIN! YOU WILL SEE ME SMILING RIGHT BACK AT YOU, WANTING .. BEGGING.. FOR MORE!! King Of The Ring 1998, WAS THAT ALL YOU HAD!? The NEXT week I was BACK! TODAY .. I AM HERE BEFORE YOU .. ASKING .. BEGGING .. PRAYING .. FOR YOU TO BRING EVERYTHING YOU GOT TO CONFLICT! It's time .. that Mrs. Foley's Baby Boy, Mankind, steps out of the shell .. steps out of the shadow .. and use the magnificent, LOVEABLE word PAIN to MY advantage! I have taken as many HITS and you have SHITS; I have SHEAD skin like a SNAKE! When we meet once again 'Taker, inside that lovely .. cold .. CELL; I'M NOT HOLDING BACK! If I have to DROWN you in my OWN BLOOD .. SO BE IT!! Just as Long, 'Taker .. Just as long as I HEAR you scream. Just as long as I can feel your heart beat at a rapid pace! .. Just as LONG 'Taker.. That ON the eighth day, you will Rest .. In .. PIECES!

[[ Mankind breathes tremendously heavy; the camera slowly zooms out as Mankind holds his stomach, gasping for air. He manages to raise his head up once again to the camera, with those sick, inhumane eyes staring directly into the center of the camera. ]]

[ Mankind ] Limb .. from limb .. from LIMB!! I WILL PICK YOU APART LIKE A ROAST CHICKEN!! (Pause) I am JUMPING out of my SKIN .. to feel that STEEL AGAIN! TO FEEL IT GRINDING AGAINST OUR SKIN IS A VERY.. VERY TOUCHING THING! (Mankind Lowers His Voice Immensely) Oh .. by the way 'Taker .. do try to Have A Nice Day!

[[ A revolting, disgusting grin lay's across Mankind's face as the camera zooms out once again. ]]

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