(The camera fades back in and sees Isaac Cross standing in the ring)
[Isaac Cross]
My guest at this time is a man known and respected around the world, but has
as of late been the center of controversy. He is also
the NEW EWC Heavyweight Champion of the World...*CROWD POP* He is
ROKER...SHOOOOWWTIMMMEEE!!
("It's Showtime" by David Lee Roth is quickly drowned out as
Roker Showtime steps through the curtains sporting blue jeans,
cowboy boots and a black leather jacket. Roker high fives his
way down the ring and calmly enters the ring. After Roker
shakes hands with Cross, a grin comes across his face as he
opens his jacket to reveal the EWC World Heavyweight belt. The
majority of the fans are popping like fiends, but there is a
small yet vocal "YOU SOLD OUT!" chant going.)
[Cross]
Roker Showtime... let me be the first to congratulate you on
becoming the EWC World Heavyweight Champion, yet again.
[Roker]
Thank you, Mr. Cross.
[Cross]
So how does it feel wearing the EWC World Heavyweight belt?
[Roker]
I'll be honest with you, I don't feel good about how this belt
came to me. Now I'm not going to get into this too much, so I'll
just say what I have to say.
[Cross]
Which is...
[Roker]
Which is that Fuego and Chris Sim have gotten my attention.
I'm the first to admit that on any day, any man in the locker
room can come out here and win this title. I'm not bulletproof
and neither is anyone else.
Fuego... as far as I'm concerned, you should have won the EWC
Heavyweight title. You fought hard and had me beat. But the
sad truth is Chris Sim screwed you, me and all of the EWC fans
out of a clean finish. So Fuego, anytime you want a piece of
this *pointing to the EWC World title* you've got it.
*LOUD crowd pop*
As for Chris Sim... the same goes for you. You see, I've
never taken an insult lightly, nor have I ducked anyone. If
you think you're going to be the first, you've got another
thing coming.
[Cross]
Roker... it seems that a lot of people in the locker room are
talking about favoritism in the EWC... mostly directed at you. You
advanced to the four way dance via a bye, the officials backstage
have been singing your praises like you were a cult figure and
many of the wrestlers feel slighted by it... especially one
Jon Owens.
[Roker]
Let's get something straight. The fans and the people who know
me, understand what I'm all about. I walk the walk and talk the
talk. I work damn hard to be the best I can be at everything I do.
[Cross]
Nobody is questioning your work ethic... just the fact that the
way you've risen to the top of the EWC could be considered suspect.
[Roker] *a little more animated*
I can't help the fact that I got lucky. I'm the first to admit
that. Armand LeBeaux didn't exactly hand me this title and say
"you're the champ." I got in the ring and took my lumps. If guys
like you and Jon Owens can't understand that, I don't really care.
I'm not a hard man to find and I do my talking in the ring. Enough
said? Good!
(Roker turns to the crowd and they respond with a substantial amount
of cheers, mixed with a few boos at the rather standoffish closeout..
before he can walk up the ramp, though, Tara Jansen stands out on the
ramp and motions for Roker to stay there)
[Jansen]
OK, ok, hold it. Roker, I appreciate you're coming out here to talk,
but the way you ended that...that may be how you feel, but you *sure*
as hell didn't end any controversies. I've been on the phone with
commissioners of other feds, reporters, what have you, all of them
asking me how it felt to have a World Champion in your back pocket!
And you know what? I RESENT THAT!!! THat may have been the way
Falkner did business, but I'M NOT PLAYING THAT GAME!!!!
*moderate crowd pop*
Roker, you may not have won that match as fairly as you would have
liked, but that doesn't mean the EWC administration had anything
to do with it! However, you seem very eager to get into the ring
and defend that title. And you know what..you're going to, NEXT
WEEK!
*BIG crowd pop at this*
And your opponent...is going to be the man you asked for! You've
got FUEGO for the WORLD BELT next week!!!! *CROWD POP TO THE HEAVENS*
Now, if you're going to win...win on the straight, and win like the
champion you, me, and all these people, know you are!!! *smiles*
Good lock!
("It's Showtime" plays over the speakers as Roker nods to Jansen, and
Jansen leaves...Roker lifts his belt into the air and walks backwards
as the fans pop!!!)
Cross: And how about that!!!! ROKER vs. FUEGO for the
WORLD TITLE!!!!
Stone: I don't buy it. He's still being favored!!
Cross: Look, you just heard Jansen...
Stone: I know what I heard and I don't buy it!! Fuego
is right in the middle of his best of 5 series
with Chris Sim. He's entirely focused on Sim.
Now he's got *one week* to prepare for a shot at
the Heavyweight Championship of the World.
This stinks of a set-up. I thought from the
beginning that Roker and Sim were working together,
and now I've got the proof!
("Obsession" by Animotion blasts over the loudspeakers, and the fans
start to boo as Retrospection, looking a little rugged but still
animated and cocky, head for the ring. They do look more focused
this time, tho)
DrS: What proof?!?!? Roker's got the fight of his life
next week...and I'm not convinced he's going to make
it out of his first defense!!! Fuego is a hungry,
hungry individual, and he's gonna be tasting blood
when he finds out about this!
Cross: Folks, we've got our main event here, two teams
vieing in the finals for the World Tag Team
championship...and oddly enough, both teams making
their first appearances as a team tonight!!!!
Stone: Retrospection beat 2 Cool Dudes and Beyond our
Control to get here tonight, that's pretty impressive
by any standard.
DrS: I'm sorry, yes, that was impressive..for *any* rookie
team to get this far is impressive..but the
Weapons of Last Resort ("Superbeast" by Rob Zombie
starts up) defeated 2 of the 3 favorites to win
this tournament in getting here..and they beat
Frozen Hell without any outside interference at
all. They've got to be my picks.
Stone: Well, what Retrospection needs to do is somehow
get that freak of nature Kensake down or out
of the ring and focus their attack on "Gunslinger"
Glenn Turner. Despite the fact that WoLR has been
wrestling longer, I truly believe that Retrospection
has the superior teamwork..it's almost as if they
have lived together for years.
DrS: *smirking* They probably have....
Cross: Fans, we'll be back in a moment with this exciting
match!!
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Whatever it is I think I see, becomes a Tootsie Roll to me....
watch 7th Heaven..together...as a family.....see the EWC live
at an arena near you...coming up, a list of dates.
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Cross: Fans, we have returned, and we're watching the
wheel be spun...we've got everything from a
Texas Death match to a Steel Cage to Falls Count
Anywhere..it could be anything...
DrS: And they don't know what they're getting into
until right...now....it's a Texas Tornado match!!!
Cross: That means it is legal for all four men to be in
the ring at the same time..and this does *not*
bode well for Retrospection, as they confer in
the corner...Turner and Kensake follow suit and
RETROSPECTION NAILING KENSAKE FROM BEHIND WITH
A TWIN SHOULDERBLOCK TO THE KNEES!!!
Stone: Excellent move by Styles and Gentry, and that's
the fastest we've seen Toshiro Kensake go on his
back in a long time...now both men on Turner,
sending him to the ropes, Turner ducks a double
clothesline..reversal, Turner dives onto Retro's
locked arms.....
DrS: And Retrospection turns around into a DOUBLE
CLOTHESLINE BY KENSAKE!!!
*crowd pop*
Cross: Both men back up and Turner with a dropkick
on Gentry while Kensake nails Styles with
a boot to the gut...now Kensake holding Styles'
head against his knee and stomps down, causing
Styles to bounce back about five feet!
DrS: That's Andre's old-style coconut crush, and Styles
getting the worst of all of this...Gentry now
climbing the top rope..missile dropkick to the back of
Kensake, and that staggers him over to the ropes..
waitaminute, Turner on the outside..slingslots and
springboards OFF OF KENSAKE'S SHOULDERS INTO
A SUPERFLY SPLASH ON GENTRY!!!!
Cross: Gerald Riley right there to count it..one...two..
and Gentry kicks out now as Kensake manages to
headbutt Styles back out to the ring floor. And
Kensake now going out after him.
Stone: Meanwhile in the ring, Turner with a roundhouse
right on Jason Gentry, grabs his arm..cross armbreaker
on Gentry...Waitaminute, Styles just decked Kensake!!
And that was with ONE PUNCH!!! Fists of steel and sex
appeal, what more could a man want?!?!?!
DrS: Probably the brass knuckles that he just stashed
back into his tights...and that did lay out Toshiro
pretty hard...I guess even at 7'2" brass knucks is
the great equalizer.
Cross: And Styles now waiting outside the ring as Turner
sends Gentry to the ropes....Gentry ducks the
clothesline as Styles slides in...DOUBLE DOOZLE!!!
DrS: Styles with the low kneeclip as Gentry hits the
flying clothesline..and excellent teamwork by these
youngsters!!!!
Stone: Yeah, baby, that's the way to do it. Both men
now stomping away on Turner, and Kensake's still
down on the concrete by that hellacious right cross
by Styles!!!
Cross: They've got Turner up now...double brainbuster..
now they're both heading outside on the fallen
Kensake...each man takes a side and they GET THE
NEAR 400 POUNDER up in a double vertical suplex!!
Stone: And that takes power to get a goofball that big
over your shoulder...and now Styles is in the ring
as Gentry prepares to climb the top rope..
DrS: Styles gets Turner on his shoulders...I smell a
classic finisher here...SHOULDERBLOCK BY GENTRY!!
And now Gentry and Styles *both* covering
Turner...and Turner kicks out...and Kensake is
on his feet.
Stone: Styles thinking quickly is back out there as
Gentry argues with referee Riley...and Styles
with a kick to the back knee of Kensake, and
now winding up ...
Cross: KNUCKS SHOT BLOCKED BY KENSAKE....AND HE'S GOT
STYLES BY THE THROAT!!! I SMELL A CHOKE...NO,
Gentry hits Kensake from behind with a chair,
and Riley *REALLY* getting into the face of
Gentry for that one, he's lucky he wasn't
disqualified!!!
Stone: But the referee didn't disqualify, and the match
continues...Styles now in there as TURNER WITH AN
ELBOW TO THE GUT..AND ANOTHER...as Turner runs for
the ropes, Styles falls down, Turner hops over...and
TURNER WITH THE PLANCHA ON GENTRY!!!
*CROWD POP*
DrS: Nice bait and switch on Turner's part, and now
Gentry iss plastered against the steel guardrail..
now Styles coming over to the ropes as Turner
slides back in, and Styles laying boots on Turner...
*hard* Corkscrew elbowdrop by Styles, and a COVER..
Cross: ONE...TWO...only a two count. Styles now picking up
Turner...setting up for the fisherman's suple...
Turner with a neckbreaker!!! NICE REVERSAL, and TURNER
COVERS ONE..TW..not even two on that one, Turner wasn't
in a position to hook the leg.
DrS: Kensake now getting into the ring on the other side
as Turner is up...heads for the ropes..GENTRY YANKS
DOWN THE TOP ROPE AND TURNER SAILS OVER HOLY *bleep*
Cross: Turner landed HEAD FIRST on the concrete....Turner is
*down*, folks....
Stone: In the ring now both members of Retrospection laying
on clubbing forearms and kicks on the much larger
Kensake.....both men on top of Kensake send him to
the ropes..double clothesline, and the big Asian
falls!!!
DrS: This is the most punishment I've seen Kensake take
tonight..both teams are tired but they're fighting
with everything they've got. Gentry now has
Kensake between his legs...Styles is lifting him
up....SPIKED PILEDRIVER!!!
*Crowd gasps*
Cross: That's a deadly maneuver, and they got the big
man into it...Turner is on his knees outside, but
he's still out of it..now Gentry covers with
Styles on top of him...count of one...two...
KENSAKE SHOVES BOTH MEN OFF OF HIM!!! Gentry covers..
one...two..SHOVES HIM OFF!!! Styles tries...one...two..
KENSAKE TOSSES STYLES ABOUT THREE FEET!!!
DrS: And now Kensake sitting up as Gentry boots him right
in the face..NO EFFECT!!!!
*CROWD POP*
Kensake reaching out...HAS HIM BY THE THROAT!!!
Cross: Styles on his feet, heading over..TOP ROPE BULLDOG
BY TURNER, WHERE DID *HE* COME FROM!?!?!?!?
Stone: Ref, that big goof has him by the throat!! COUNT HIM!!
DrS: Going UP!!!!!!..CHOKESLAM!!!!!
*CROWD POP*
Cross: Turner now sending Styles to the ropes..catches
Styles with a dropkick....as the BIG MAN SCALES
THE ROPES...
Stone: I can't watch....
Cross: He turns around..this may be the biggest moonsault
in wrestling...RIGHT ON THE MARK!!!!!
Stone: That has to be the sloppiest moonsault in e-wrestling!
At his size that's barely a cartwheel!!!
Cross: Kensake with the pin..one..two..GENTRY BREAKS IT
UP!!!
Stone: YES!!! Gentry with a clothesline on Turner, and Turner
is over the top....DAMN!! TURNER LANDS ON THE RING
APRON!!!!
DrS: Turner with a running clothesline on Gentry!!!
Meanwhile Kensake picking Styles up...LOW BLOW
on Kensake by Styles!!!! And Styles hit a DDT
on the big man...rolls him over...cover!!
Stone: One...two...thrDAMNIT!
Cross: Turner across the ring...and now Gentry pulling
Kensake outside as Styles instinctively tosses out
the brass knucks...and Gentry gets them and
hits a hard right on Kensake.
DrS: In ring, Styles is setting up Turner on the ropes..
possible Superplex.....TURNER SHOVES HIM OFF!!
Turner now jumps into SITTING POSITION ON THE ROPES..
Cross: INTO A DOUBLE STOMP RIGHT ON THE CHEST!!!!
Turner with the cover...one...two...GENTRY CAN'T
GET THERE IN TIME!!!! WE HAVE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!!!!
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# WINNERS: Weapons of Last Resort, pin 18:49 #
# NEW EWC WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS #
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Stone: Gentry is there in time, however, to smack Turner
silly with those brass knuckles!!!! And now
Gentry in there stomping away....ah, the Jesse
Ventura Law of Wrestling...win if you can, lose
if you must, but *ALWAYS* cheat!!!
Cross: Retrospection not happy with the turn of events
here..but they head for higher ground as a bleeding
Toshiro Kensake comes in with the tag belts...and
he's standing tall as Retrospection shouts towards
the ring!!!!
(Fade)
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