A couple hours before MAYHEM...camera goes into the TITANS locker room…Stryker: “Listen, you all need to run things by me before you put them into action. Okay?”
Reckless: “You must be crazy! Who elected you team captain?”
Stryker: “Pride was a good leader, when he was healthy. We need someone now who can step up & fill the void.”
Pride: “And you think that person is you?”
Reckless: “Don’t be ridiculous; he hasn’t even won a match yet.”
Revelation: “He lost to the GWFZ CHAMPION…”
Pride: “And to Hegemony…”
Reckless: “He is nowhere near ready to lead us…”
Stryker: “Never the less, I’ve approached Two Face & informed him of the change & he supports my leadership claim.”
Reckless: “This is crazy! Pride is our captain.”
Stryker: “Captain. I love the sound of that. From now on you will all refer to me as Captain.”
Reckless gets up, leaves & slams the door behind him…Justin Case emerges from the other room…Justin Case: “Let him go Captain; you are better off without him.”
Pride: “Did you bring the contracts?”
Justin Case produces three contracts & all three men sign them…Justin Case: “Thank you gentlemen for your support. With luck the
UFL-GLU will take control within a week…”
Pride: “That soon?”
Justin Case: “Indeed. The swing vote has a plan to tilt the vote in our favor & take away the
GWFZ TITLE in the process…”
LIVE from SOLD OUT Fire Island, Mercury:[glow=silver,12,300]Mayhem[/glow]Card #8
Show opens with highlights from last week…
The Main Event’s shocking revelation…
TME: “…I have the legal & moral right to do this! Someone has to stand up for us & improve our situation! I’m doing this for you & everyone like you!!”
Two Face quickly put a stop to things…
Two Face: “This kind of extortion will not be tolerated; you signed a binding, legal contract that outlined everything the GWFZ would provide for your participation…If you would like to negotiate a new deal…”
Ting…Tails
Two Face reaches inside his suit jacket, removes a huge handgun & points it at TME…
Two Face: “Here is my answer to your demands…”
Two Face fires…TME flips over backwards & lands in a heap; his body is twitching from electro-shock…The crowd is stunned silent…Security mobs the ring & carries TME into the back…
Two Face shared the details of the 10 MAN PYRAMID MATCH[/color]; the winner of which would face
GWFZ CHAMPION[/color] The Messenger at the
ASTEROID BASH[/color]…
Assassin Z takes the first step up the
PYRAMID[/color] by winning the
FOUR WAY ELIMINATION MATCH[/color]…
Opening pyrotechnics & explosions…[/i]
Camera goes into the back where we see GQ Stratus laying underneath a toppled stack of CHEP pallets; Stratus is screaming in agony & his face is a bloody mask…Security is slowly extricating him & a medical team stands by to assist…
Mot & Kram: “Welcome to MAYHEM!”
Mot: “We have a big show lined up tonight…”
Kram: “Looks like GQ Stratus was seriously injured…”
Mot: “Tonight’s show is all about the
IRON MAN ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT[/color]…”
Kram: “I hope that GQ Stratus is okay…”
Mot: “Will you
please focus on the show!?!”
Kram: “…”
Mot: “Assassin Z eliminated 3 opponents to take the first step up the
PYRAMID[/color]…”
Kram: “It looked really serious though; he was very bloody…”
Mot: “Xymbiote, Reckless & Homage await Assassin Z on step 2 of the
PYRAMID[/color]…”
Kram: “Can someone get us an update on GQ Stratus please?!?”
Mot: “Who will take the next step toward a meeting with the
GWFZ CHAMPION[/color] The Messenger???”
Kram: “…”
Mot: “I can’t believe you…”
Camera goes into the back where we see Assassin Z wearing camouflaged fatigues & a campaign hat (stetson)…
AZ: “Ten-hut!”
Assassin Z blows a whistle…
AZ: “I’ve been doing a little research lately; I’ve found that wrestling of yesterday was so much more meaningful. With all this talk of unionization, the GWFZ needed someone to step up & take the fight right to them. Sgt. Z has answered that call & will lead the fight against the oppression of unionization! I don’t like to call people names but I will…Xymbiote you slime…Homage you grease-ball...I get a kick out of calling people names & you know why I can do it? Because I’m man enough to do it…If there’s somebody out there that doesn’t like the way that I talk, he can come to my face & tell me about it…I will personally punch anyone in the face that comes to me about joining the union; I’m against it & I’m not afraid to say so…I’m calling anyone who is against oppression to join me in this fight; let’s take them apart! That’s an order!”
Shedding Skin hits…
Xymbiote appeared as explosions popped all around him & slowly crept his way down to the ring…
Crazy Train hits…
Reckless charged down to the ring, slapping hands on both sides of the aisle as he went…
Sgt. Z’s new music hits...
Sgt. Z stepped out onto the ramp & blew his whistle; the fans roared as he made his way to ringside…
Bad Dreams hits…
Homage stepped onto the ramp; he held his hands out to the sides & laid his head back before making his way down the ring…IRON MAN ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENTSGT. Z vs. XYMBIOTE vs. RECKLESS vs. HOMAGECommissioner Two Face stepped out onto the ramp; he is dressed as a referee & makes his way down to the ring…Two Face: “First up tonight, Xymbiote vs. Reckless…”
XYMBIOTE vs. RECKLESS:: Reckless went on the offensive but Xymbiote speared him to the mat coming off the ropes & the tide quickly turned. A cradle piledriver set up
EVOLUTION but it wasn’t enough; another cradle piledriver set up a second
EVOLUTION for the win…
Mot: “That was a great comeback for Xymbiote!!”
Kram: “Is there any word yet on GQ Stratus??”
Mot: “Snap out of it Kram! We’ve got a job to do!!”
Kram: “I just want an update on Stratus Mot!! Is that too much to ask!?!”
Camera cuts to the back to show Stratus being tended by the medics; surrounded by security & members of the GWFZ Committee…Mot: “You see? He will be just fine!”
Kram: “Yea, he looks like he’s going to be okay…”
Mot: “Let’s send it back up to the Commissioner…”
Two Face: “Sgt. Z, you’re next; you get Xymbiote…”
XYMBIOTE vs. SGT. Z:: Sgt. Z slid into the ring & Xymbiote dropped him in a spinning sidewalk slam; Sgt. Z responded with a gut buster turn around & followed with a series of elbow drops to Xymbiote’s spine. Xymbiote rolled away & Sgt. Z finished him with
Z CANNON…
Mot: “Sgt. Z put down the monster Xymbiote to claim the match!!”
Kram: “Xymbiote was forced to wrestle two tough matches in a row; that’s unfair!!”
Mot: “That is what you can expect in a match like this…”
Kram: “I doubt that Two Face will force his golden boy to wrestle back to back…”
Mot: “I don’t believe that the Commissioner is pushing anyone in this match…”
Kram: “Just watch & see; Two Face wants Sgt. Z to advance; it’s the best match for the company & it opposes the unionization of the GWFZ…”
Mot: “You see conspiracies everywhere you look Kram…”
Kram: “I only have to be proved right once before people will start believing me…”
Camera goes into the back where GQ Stratus is speaking with the GWFZ Committee…GQ Stratus: “I was on my way to the gym when this stack of pallets fell over on me; the GWFZ was negligent in their safety measures to keep us all safe…”
Star Warrior: “I don’t understand how the stack of pallets fell on you Stratus. If they were that unstable, they probably would have fallen before you passed by…”
Nefarus: “It sounds like you’re calling Stratus a liar…”
Pulsar: “The circumstances certainly point to the possibility…”
GQ Stratus: “I want some kind of reparation for my suffering tonight; I think a
GWFZ TITLE MATCH[/color] is just the thing that I need…”
Paragon: “Sounds fair to me…”
A security guard approaches & hands Max Shield a portable holo-vid device; Shield studies it for a moment before speaking…Max Shield: “Are you certain that you are telling us the truth Stratus?”
Terminus: “He has already told us what happened, Shield!”
Shield turns the portable holo-vid towards Terminus & the camera; it is security footage of Stratus passing the stack of pallets, pausing beside them & then pulling them over on top of himself…Max Shield: “The security footage shows something different Stratus…”
GQ Stratus: “In that case, either you give me the
GWFZ TITLE MATCH[/color] or I will vote for the unionization of the GWFZ next week…”
Star Warrior: “We will not be blackmailed Stratus!”
GQ Stratus: “Of course you will; or you will be unionized.”
Paragon: “I think we are all in agreement here…”
Pulsar: “Next week you get the
GWFZ TITLE MATCH[/color]!”
Mot: “GQ Stratus is blackmailing the GWFZ COMMITTEE!!!”
Kram: “A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do…”
Mot: “You can’t seriously believe that!”
Kram: “Oh but I do! He wants the
GWFZ TITLE[/color] & will do whatever he has to do to get it…”
Mot: “Including selling out the GWFZ?”
Kram: “Obviously…”
Mot: “Let’s go back to the ring…”
Two Face: “Homage & Reckless are up next…”
HOMAGE vs. RECKLESS:: This one got brutal; Reckless flew off the buckles from every direction & hit 2 quick
FLYING HAZARDS. Homage caught him coming off the top rope for a power slam nearfall; Reckless couldn’t escape the 3 Divine Furies that followed & Homage’s hand was raised in victory…
Kram: “I told you Mot! He’s giving Sgt. Z a break!!”
Mot: “You’re reading more into this than there really is Kram…”
Kram: “Explain to me why he didn’t have to wrestle two in a row like Xymbiote then…”
Mot: “I can’t explain it…”
Kram: “That’s right! You can’t! I’m telling you, this is unfair!!”
Two Face: “Sgt. Z, you must now face Homage…”
Kram: “You see?!? I told you Mot, Homage must fight twice in a row & Sgt. Z will be fresh!”
Mot: “Let’s see what happens…”
SGT. Z vs. HOMAGE:: Sgt. Z didn’t waste any time & hit multiple, quick elbow drops to Homage’s spine; Homage came right back with Divine Fury,
ABSOLUTE REVERENCE &
ULTIMATE HOMAGE. Sgt. Z caught Homage on the top turnbuckle for a superplex;
Z CANNON followed & Homage was finished…
Kram: “The fresher man wins again!!”
Mot: “There might be something to this…”
Kram
(astonished): “Are you serious?!?”
Mot: “Yes, I think you might be right about all this…”
Kram: “I’d hug you right now if I could…”
Two Face: “Reckless you’re up; you get Sgt. Z…”
Mot: “There goes your theory…”
Kram: “Damn!”
SGT. Z vs. RECKLESS:: Reckless climbed into the ring & they circled slowly; Sgt. Z rolled out of the ring to stall & Reckless blindsided him with a suicide clothesline; back inside the ring for a backward splash & then a
RECKLESS DRIVER…1…2…3!!!
Mot: “Reckless with a HUGE win!!!”
Kram: “I guess my theory was wrong all along…”
Mot: “Reckless salvaged…”
Kram
(interrupts): “WAIT JUST A MINUTE!”
Mot: “What?!?”
Kram: “I just realized that Sgt. Z has already won the
TOURNAMENT[/color]…”
Mot: “How is that exactly?”
Kram: “He beat Xymbiote & Homage; lost to Reckless…”
Mot: “Yes, that makes him 2-1 overall…”
Kram: “Yes, but only one match remains; both men are currently 1-1 & have lost to Sgt. Z…”
Mot: “You’re right Kram…”
Kram: “This match doesn’t matter; Sgt. Z will advance up the
PYRAMID[/color]!!”
Camera cuts into the back where we see GQ Stratus talking with Justin Case…Justin Case: “I understand that your vote might be available?”
GQ Stratus: “It might be; for the right price…”
Justin Case: “I know the GWFZ Committee has paid you off with a GWFZ TITLE MATCH next week…”
GQ Stratus: “Yes they have…”
Justin Case: “Do you believe they will come through for you?”
GQ Stratus: “I believe that I’ve left them no choice in the matter. Either they give me the match or I vote the union in…”
Justin Case: “How about you get the match next week & you still vote the union in?”
GQ Stratus: “I love the way you think; what did you have in mind as payment for me?”
Justin Case: “Let’s discuss this further somewhere else. The walls have ears you know.”
GQ Stratus shakes hands with Justin Case & they leave the scene together…Mot: “This is unbelievable! Stratus is going to vote in the union!!”
Kram: “He is just exploring his options Mot…”
Mot: “He is being exploited by the union for his vote!”
Kram: “We don’t even know what they will offer him or even if he will accept it!”
Mot: “One thing is certain; next week he has a
GWFZ TITLE MATCH[/color]…”
Kram: “Masterful tactics by the dirtiest alien in the game!”
Mot
(disgusted): “Let’s go back up to the ring…”
Two Face: “In the final match of the
TOURNAMENT[/color], Xymbiote will face Homage…”
XYMBIOTE vs. HOMAGE:: Homage absolutely pummeled Xymbiote into a puddle of slimy goo with 7 Divine Furies followed by the coupe de grace
ABSOLUTE REVERENCE…
Inside the ring Commissioner Two Face raised Sgt. Z’s hand in victory…Two Face: “Next week, Sgt. Z will take the next step up the
PYRAMID[/color] to face Pride & Hegemony in a
TRIPLE THREAT SCAFFOLD ELIMINATION MATCH[/color]!!”
Sgt. Z: “Hegemony…you puke; how about a
Z CANNON? How about I take that microphone & cram it down your throat? Pride…if you want to mess with the best in the universe…you’re doing it! You’re dismissed…”
Killing in the Name hits…
The GWFZ CHAMPION[/color] stepped out onto the ramp with the title over his shoulder & paused at the top; there was a blinding flash of light…when it abated, The Messenger was suddenly in the ring with a mic in his hand…Two Face & Sgt. Z backed away to give him room…[/i]
Messenger: “Lately I’ve been doing some soul searching…I’ve learned the importance of forgiveness…Homage, please join me in the ring…”
Homage was half way up the ramp; he turns slowly to face The Messenger in the ring…Messenger: “I know you have no reason to trust me…”
Messenger gets down on both knees, slowly opens his jacket, removes his pistol & tosses it out to the floor…Messenger: “I’m putting myself at your mercy…”
Homage slowly makes his way back to ringside; Sgt. Z exits the ring as he approaches & waits at ringside…Inside the ring, Messenger hands the GWFZ TITLE to referee Two Face…Messenger: “I’ve been trying to convince all these people that you are a monster, just like The Legacy; that’s not true at all. You were never there in the vision that Vallah showed me of The Legacy’s deceit…In fact, you fought on the side of light against his darkness…That’s right, you ascend while The Legacy descends…I ask all these fans to forgive you for what you’ve done & I ask your forgiveness for speaking ill of you…I am prepared to offer you a
GWFZ TITLE MATCH[/color] right now to make amends for my actions…”
Homage nods his head in agreement & heads for the ringside steps when Sgt. Z blindsides him with a chairshot & then slides into the ring to get in The Messenger’s face…he slowly takes the mic out of The Messenger’s hand…Sgt. Z
(to Homage): “Listen to me you low life maggot…I used to respect you…”
Sgt. Z rolls back out of the ring & kicks Homage a few times, then rolls into the ring to face The Messenger once more…Sgt. Z: “That piece of crap out there on the floor is one of the nine that support the unionization of the GWFZ!”
The crowd is stunned silent…Sgt. Z: “That’s right; Homage is against us! The time is now to pick a side Champ; what’s it going to be?? Are you the figure-head of the GWFZ in all it’s glory, or will you sign away everything for union representation?”
Sgt. Z holds out a hand for The Messenger to shake…The Messenger doesn’t hesitate to take the hand & shake it…The crowd explodes & shows their approval of this event…Mot: “The powers are aligning against the UFL-GLU…”
Kram: “Who knows what will happen next…”
Mot: “If Homage is pro-union, The Legacy probably is as well…”
Kram: “Only time will tell…”
Mot: “We are out of time fans!”
Kram: “Goodnight everybody!”
Fade to black…
End of show.
