- - [April 13th 2003] - -
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PREVIOUSLY... As the ink on the contracts were still wet, the 5 new ACW bookers were put straight into the deep end last week as their first show was a moderate success, but now, 7 days on, they look to wipe the floor clean and make this one of the best Courage shows ever. Matches have been made, promo's book...but not everything can be accounted for, as one FBI agent still lurks around the ACW tour.

Glory Days [Positive]



“…and then you walked off with it!” 

Those where the last words Alias could say before bursting out laughing, SilverHawk sat adjacent from him behind his desk, laughing, while Jimmy Gonz just sat to the side pouting. Alias had just finished recounting a memory from the early 90’s in which Jimmy, while barhopping in L.A. with Alias and Hawk, ran into to RuPaul… and then disappeared with him the rest of the night… five days later Alias and Hawk broke ‘the news’ to him and, heh, you better believe they laughed back then too. 

“You realize I’m staff now, bucko...better watch your back!” 

Alias and Hawk finished chuckling, and Alias took a second to wipe a tear from his eye. He patted Gonz on the back and said with a wide smile. 

“And it’s good to see you back, man.” 

Gonz nodded at Alias before taking a gulp from his large cup of coffee. Gonz’s tattoo rippled up his arm as he did so, and as one of the newest staff members of ACW, Gonz wore a clean pressed grey polo shirt… something that seemed out of place among all of the tattoos, but oddly fitting for the man. 

“So… guys, is there any idea who I’m fighting tonight?” 

“If we knew we say something Chris,” Silverhawk replied “but hey you have made it easier on a bookers point of view… I don’t have to worry about making a match for you. They just, heh, come to you I guess, looking for that Gold of yours…” 

“Oh and that’s just something that I can really look forward too… thanks man.” 

“The teaser of a different promotion coming in can always make a nice spike in revenue, so I don’t complain if this company is making money off of your stiff working ass.” Jimmy Gonz snapped back with a wink, finally getting nice retaliation for the earlier story. After years in the biz he could definitely dish it back. All three men chuckled for a moment to think about the fact. 

Alias cracked his knuckles, after shifting in his seat and grabbing his cup of joe, as always he was ready to wrestle tonight. Already decked out in his gear. Alias was back with friends… he had his gold TV title strap… and was already in the midst of a whirlwind tour of opponents. 

At the end of the night Alias would start to unravel the pieces… one by one… and would soon have to see if the outcome equaled Pain…or Pleasure.

Quinton's Army Meeting #007



The doors to the arena were kicked opened, and in stepped the men of the moment. Quinton's Army. Young girls everywhere cocked their heads and fainted at the sight of the Army, who were so sexy. Especially today, when they were wearing trench coats. However, the inspirational leader was nowhere in sight.

Only the three stooges. El Janitors & 006.392.

They spotted a security guard scratching his arse with his right hand and eating a pastry with his left hand. And decided to go over, for they had a cunning plan.

"Hello, we is experts!" Howard said, almost whispering.

The guard was stunned and froze, as the pastry rolled out of his hand and dropped to the floor. Morris noticed this and frowned.

"HELLO, WE IS FREAKING EXPERTS!"

That did it then, as the guard turned around, farted, and ran away crying. El Janitors looked at 006.392, who shrugged. Then, all three men shrugged. Before they began walking sexily down the hall again.

The men were on a mission, it seemed.

"QUINTON IS NOT FREAKING HERE TODAY!"

"Food poisoning. Along with Ron Williams as well. But we've got a job to do, Morris~!"

006.392 snarled at his mates, the Janitors.

"Lucky for you fuckers. I've got nothing to do today, except homework. Yes, private schooling. I still have to study, y'know. Isn't that fucked up?! I mean, fuck. That's fucked. I want to fucking get my hands on Vincent Pembridge but he's not here AGAIN. That bastard, fleeing after two weeks."

Howard & Morris stopped, looked at their young partner, and laughed.

.... God save us all, if they're under Quincy's supervision.

A Strange Alliance



"So, that's the plan?"

"Yep. Listen, you have just as much to gain from this as I do... He dragged you into this, not me. There's nothin' I can do... I need someone's help, and I figured I could go to you..."

There was silence for a moment.

"I understand..."

Two silloets stood in a dark room. The only light was that coming from a crack in the door. The voices were hushed and urgent. One seemed to be trying to persuade the other, but the other seemed to be already on board. 

The voices seemed familiar, but it was hard to tell just who it was.

"So, will you help me?"

There was a pause.

"Absolutely."

There was some ruffling after that, and someone left the room. Alone in the room, someone stepped forward into the light coming from the now open door. 

Geo Vacton grinned and then cocked his neck back. He then too left the room leaving a lot to be thought about. 

Who was he talking to? 

What did he mean by 'plan?' 

Who's plan was it anyway?

Crap Shoot



Kain looked at the office of SilverHAWK and blinked. Once again he was booked in a crap match, and he couldn’t understand why. He had two choices. One was to knock politely, and talk to HAWK and see if he could get the match changed… OR he could barge in like a madman and blow his top at the authority and force his way into the match.

Guess which he chose.

As the door flew in Kain slammed his fists to the desk of SilverHAWK, who didn’t even lift an eye to see who it was. It was as if he was expecting it.

“Kain, you can’t expect to get whatever you want, you know.” HAWK continued reading his wrap sheets, not even acknowledging Kain with a look. “You’re fighting Dubbs and that’s final. It’s not like it was totally my decision, it was a group decision… now you can grab your gear and fight Dubbs like a good employee, or you can show your little papers for ‘no clearance’ and go home…”

Kain grimaced standing up straight, about to give HAWK the finger…

“OR…” He continued. “You can get your ass kicked by ME… Your choice.”

Kain didn’t even say a word, just a frown then walked out of the room. The other four men of the booking committee just looked at HAWK questioningly… But HAWK just smiled, he knew something they didn’t. And he was about to tell them…

“He’s going to fight.”

SilverHAWK then looked back at his wrap sheets and turned toward the committee again, about to finish up with their meeting.

Plans



“Things are going to be different around here… starting tonight!” A voice is heard first, before the ACWtron comes to life; showing Osyrus in his street gear, with Isis laying on the couch as she clips her finger nails. She continues to clip away; finger nails flying all over the place as one piece of her nail, lands right in front of Osyrus.. who looks down at it disgusted.

”Do you really have to do that right now??" He replies, putting his foot on it, so he doesn’t have to see it. 

”Yes I do, I have keep myself well maintained, and if you don’t like it… that’s too bad.” Isis clipping another finger; a finger nail clipping lands on Osyrus as he looks at it on his leg, before brushing it off with his right hand. “You know what Nora, your maintaining is just like a certain someone as of late…. annoying. An annoying little shit; that has done nothing but piss me off, week by week and is constantly becoming a thorn in my ass. This guy wants to challenge me because I call myself a god; because he doesn’t believe in higher beings. How stupid is that?” 

Isis nods her head in agreement, still chipping her nails down. 

”… What is the major malfunction of most of these sorry ass wrestlers in ACW? People go around looking for a fight; and in the end they are the ones that are beaten… left for dead and never the same again. And he is going to pay the ultimate price for fucking with me. The guy is a seven year veteran for crying out loud, and the best thing he could think of to get my attention was screwing me out of the TV title last week? He’s got my attention now; but that will be just the tip of the iceberg, when he finds that he really didn’t want a piece of this son of a bit…” 

“Wasn’t there another guy that did the same thing to you before, in one of your other federations?” Isis puts the clippers down on the coffee table in the middle of the room, as she walks over and sits next to Osyrus. 

”Actually there was a guy, don’t quite remember his name though. I know it was in fEar wrestling when I came across a guy with the same problem… The guy wanted a rematch with me because I embarrassed his sorry ass in the ring. He thought that I would actually carry his ass in a match; give a few good minutes to look good in front of the rest of the roster, but there’s no way in hell that was going to happen.” Osyrus laughs to himself, still thinking about the past. 

”So what happened?” 

”I ended up having to give the son of a bitch, a rematch…. A two out of three falls match at the upcoming PPV, which he didn’t deserve by the way. But he pissed me off so much, that I just wanted to whip his ass and get it over with so I could move on with my life. It kind of reminds me of what’s going on with Kain. That fecker wants to use my name to get over in this company… but it ain’t gonna happen. Just like what happened in the past; I will eliminate and destroy Kain’s name from existence… and in the end, he will learn like…” Osyrus pauses as the person names comes into his head. 

”…Like Escobar; that your actions and consequences will catch up to you in the end. I bet that fecker still talks about the time I kicked his ass in the ring. Probably one of the most memorable moments of his career… He can now tell his kids that he got his ass handed to him on a silver platter from ‘The personification of talent’, the best this industry has ever seen to date… Osyrus.” 

”Okay, but what are we going to do about Kain?” Isis chewing her gum, she just popped it in her mouth loudly as Osyrus looks at her… then a sly smirk comes across his face. 

”The things we always do… and that is exactly what we want to do.” 

FREAKING HELL!



"FEAR FOR YOUR FREAKING LIFE!" the Janitors looked at ToK as if he was nuts, accepting the match against Jade tonight on Courage. 

ToK stared at them with a raised eyebrow. "What for? She's only a girl, how much harm could she possibly do to me?"

The Janitors looked at ToK, then at each other, then back at ToK. They began to quiver and grabbed onto each other for comfort. "She's an evil bitch from hell. Look what she did to us!" Pointing out the bruises on each other, they began to pout.

"Listen, Jade may be a good fighter, but only against people who are smaller, weaker and younger than she is...leave it to me to force her to join QA! I'll succeed where you two fools have not."

El Janitors looked puzzled at ToK, while still holding on to each other. "BUT YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOME FREAKING HELP..." Morris stood up and grabbed himself. "...AND WE'RE THE FREAKING BEST MEN TO FREAKING HELP YOU OUT!!" He smiled, looking down at Howard, still sitting on a hard steel chair in the boiler room.

"NO! You two just stay right here...I don't want you to screw anything up again...leave it to me, I'll bring her in!" ToK smiled and rubbed his hands together and turned to leave the boiler room. "Don't move from those two chairs until AFTER my match...I'll be back in no time!" With that, he walked out of the boiler room and disappeared.

El Janitors looked at each other and smiled. "HE'S GONNA NEED OUR FREAKING HELP, HOWARD!!"

Family



"Family." 

The one word that cycled through Ivan's mentality as he meandered down the hall with his body expressing a downhearted emotions of a man. A word in which has brought his future to a halt of physical attacks and playing mind games with his opponents. 

A person that would step in the squared circle and look eye to eye with him in heat of the battle as the blood boiled with rage was now a meager family member. 

It was deep inside the arena where Ivan was found as he walked past a man who has found new ties to keep his life around. Jason Kain was there getting a drink, obviously in thought about his match against Dubbs later on… but as Ivan slowly creped by, Kain realized something wasn't right about Ivan’s demeanor. He was slumped over as he walked as if his puppy had just died. 

"Hey, you alright man." Jason Kain asked him trying to focus on something other than the swirl of frustration he had in his head. Jason knew that Ivan was the champion and if he wasn't on the ball then who else would be. A champion is the leader of all who fallow him in which all the members would like to hold the title but are yet to accomplish it. 

Though when the champion is down others will see it and fallow in his foot steps and Kain knew this. He knew if Ivan wasn't happy his performance would lack and the show would fallow right behind. After that what would become of the show and the rest of the roster? So he was going to be a friend. 

"Nah…" Ivan replied in a second-rate manor as he wasn't feeling the likes of wrestling tonight or any other night. His thoughts were rushing so quickly that he was even pondering the facts that letting it all slip away. 

Making the right decision to not fight Dane Rivers would make it apparent that he just didn't have what it took to beat him, or so Dane would think. He just didn't know at this given time. 

"Well, man cheer up… it can’t be all THAT bad… besides, you have a match tonight. Got to put on a good showing… we all do." 

Ivan just shrugged it off as he moseyed his way to his locker room as he left Jason Kain just shaking his head in disbelief.

Jade Vs. ToK

  

“Bad Religion” by Godsmack blared out and ToK began to walk slowly down the ramp towards the ring. ToK received a mixed reaction from the crowd as he approached the ringside. Climbing in, he looked around expecting Jade to already be in there. Noticing she wasn’t made him a tad angry.

As his music was cut to an abrupt halt and Jade’s began to fade in, she appeared on the ramp. The crowd began to cheer for her, and raised signs with her name and picture on them. No emotion was visible on her face as she walked to the ring with ‘Unwanted’ by Avril Lavigne on the system.

Staring at ToK all the way down, she slid under the bottom rope and jumped up quickly. ToK stood in the corner watching her, and letting her have the spotlight for a few seconds, before charging at her, and drop kicking her in the back. Jade flew across the mat and rolled over staring up at the big man who was towering over top of her at this moment. As he goes to stomp on her stomach, Jade rolled out of the way, and completely out of the ring. ToK smiled and motioned with his hand for her to get back into the ring and face him. Jade gave him the finger and climbed up the stairs. The crowd cheered and laughed at ToK who went bright red in the face.

Jade stepped through the middle rope and approached ToK, this time with a bit more caution. She kept an eye on him and jumped out of the way as he charged her again. ToK hit stopped just in time, before hitting the turnbuckle on the other side of the ring. As he turned around, Jade kicked him in the stomach and punched him hard across the face with a brutal left hook. ToK shook it off slowly, but Jade kept coming at him. 

She kicked him again, then pinned him in the corner, kneeing him in the gut a few times. As she backed off, he dropped to his knees and she hit him in the back of his head with her leg. ToK stayed on the mat and held the back of his head, rolling around in pain. Jade tried for the pin.....

ONE............

TWO............

THR.....

NO! ToK broke the cover, throwing Jade off, and onto her stomach across the ring. ToK picked Jade up by the neck and tossed her to the ropes where she bounced off and landed back with her neck in his hand again. ToK choke slammed Jade into the mat. Jade was down for the count and ToK went to make the cover.

ONE............

TWO............

And Jade kicked out. ToK, shocked out of his mind, grabbed Jade by the hair. He tossed her to the corner, and charged at her. Jade moved and ToK hit the turnbuckle. ToK landed hard on the mat and Jade jumped on top, hitting him several times in the face with a closed fist.

Jade got up and began to walk around the ring for a few seconds, then quickly resumed her position of laying the beats down on ToK again. She grabbed him by the back of his neck and whipped him into the corner. Charging at him, he put his leg up, and kicked Jade in the stomach. She backed off and grabbed her midsection with one hand, holding onto the ropes with the other.

ToK approached her, and smacked her across the face, flinging her across the mat to the ropes on the opposite side. He hit her again with a foot to the ribs, and as she fell to the mat, he continued to stomp on her ribcage. Jade rolled away between stomps and pulled herself up in the corner of the ring. 

ToK speared Jade in the corner, and whipped her across the ring, to the other corner. Charging at her, she moved out of the way at the last minute, sending ToK to the outside of the ring. ToK laid on the mat outside, and rolled around in pain for a few seconds.

Cheers from the crowd could be heard as Jade climbed the turnbuckle. Standing on the top rope, Jade took at deep breath and jumped off, landing hard on ToK’s back with her leg. The move looked like it hurt more than Jade thought, and she jumped up grabbing her knee in pain. ToK grabbed his back and rolled around some more. Jade picked ToK up by the back of his head again, and rolled him back into the ring. 

Following him, she pulled herself up onto the apron and stepped through the ropes. Dazed and confused once again ToK looked at Jade and rushed over to her, trying to connect with a right hand to her face. Jade blocked it and kicked ToK in the groin. ToK dropped to the mat like a sack of potatoes.  Jade picked ToK up and placed him on the turnbuckle and backed up a bit from him. She charged at him executed a picture perfect axe handle body block. 

ToK went down hard on the mat once again. Jade jumped up on the top rope in the corner quickly and posed for a second. She looked down and leapt off flying high in the air, and coming down to land on ToK. ToK moved quickly out of the way, and Jade hit the mat hard, landing on her face. Jade grabbed her head and tried to get up, but fell down again.

ToK took advantage and began to stomp on Jade again. He kicked her in the back and then in the ribs. Jade was flipped onto her back, and looked up at ToK. ToK grabbed Jade by the hair and flung her into the corner. He began to stomp her again and lifted her up over his head, throwing her across the ring. 

Jade landed hard on her back and rolled around in pain. ToK tried to dominate and grabbed Jade again, this time tossing her outside the ring. Jade landed hard and rolled against the guardrail. Fans hung themselves over, trying to touch her, but Jade got up and stumbled to the ring. ToK grabbed Jade by the hair, and pulled her over the top rope, letting her smash to the mat, then began to work on her midsection with blows to the ribs. 

As ToK was working on Jade, El Janitors began to emerge from the crowd. The two of them walked up to the ring and began to cheer on ToK. ToK stopped and charged the ropes, nearly hanging over the top one, yelling at El Janitors. The Howard and Morris gave him each two thumbs up and wide smiles. 

As ToK waved them off he turned around right into Jade, who went right into a hand stand and grabbed ToK by the neck, flipping him over top of her, and sending him to the other side of the ring. ToK almost slid right outside the ring, but grabbed the ropes and caught himself. A little dazed, he used the ropes to help himself up. Jade used this moment to her advantage, and kicked him right, square in the face. She charged at him and drop kicked him again, as he was trying to regain his composure.

ToK stumbled again, and landed on one knee. Jade ran to the ropes and before she could jump up onto the second one, Morris grabbed onto her foot, causing her to almost fall off. She sneered at him, and kicked him in the side of the head with her free foot. 

She yelled at the two of them for a few seconds, and then turned right into another choke slam care of ToK. Jade crawled to the opposite corner and pulled herself up. ToK grabbed her and set her on the top rope, then pulled her up over his head, sending her down hard onto the mat. Jade didn’t move. ToK jumped down on top of her and went for the cover.

ONE............

TWO............

THRE.........

NO! Jade got a shoulder up just at the last second. ToK, obviously frustrated at this point grabbed Jade by the hair and flung her to the other corner where El Janitors were standing. The two of them cheered on ToK and kept giving him the ‘thumbs up’ signals. Again he began to yell at them to get backstage. 

Jade stumbled out of the corner and across to the middle of the ring. She took the opportunity, and lunged at ToK, kicking him in the back of the head, sending him over the top rope, and onto the hard mats outside the ring. ToK landed hard on his back after doing a flip in the air. Jade climbed the ropes again, and stood tall. As ToK stumbled up, Jade jumped off and grabbed his neck, spinning into a Hurricanrana, and took ToK back down to the mat. Jade crawled to make the cover as the referee jumped off the mat to make the pin.......

ONE............

TWO............

THREE!!!

Jade had won the match. She rolls away from ToK as Howard and Morris run up the ramp towards the backstage area. Jade slowly gets up, using the steel stairs for help.
..she had won her battle for the night, but there were more to come in the near future...and she was loving every minute of it.

Winner: Jade

Numba' One Nucka, Numba' One Playa



The deaf heard the crowd boo as A*Dubbs appeared on screen with his trademark cocky smirk and eyes that no one would trust. He laughed slightly, beating a fist into his palm. 

"Yeah, yeah..." He spoke as he talked. 

"Yeah, yeah. It's mine. What I did last week is called preservin'. I preserved meh title. I preserved tha' shizzle fah whenevah I want it..."

It wasn't clear who A*Dubbs was talking to, but it soon became apparent. 

"Well, could you tell us just when that'll be?" An interviewer trailed behind Dubbs, trying desperately to keep up with his pace. Suddenly, Dubbs came to a stop and the interviewer took a hard bump into him. Dubbs laughed lightly, and then pushed the interviewer aside from him.

"When? Ya wanna know when? Well, don't ev'ry one wanna know? Ain't 'dat like 'da numba one question that tha numba one nucka has been asked ova the last few weeks? Ain't chou know anythin'? It'z gotta be a surprise... Vacton'll be taken off guard when I do my thang..." Dubbs chuckled again and then shaked his head. 

"Ya don' get it, do you?"

The interviewer scratched his wrist. "I understand your logic, but last week, didn't you hint at the match being at ACW's upcoming Pay-Per-View, Pain OR Pleasure?"

Dubbs squinted at the interviewer. "Word. But chou know what? I bet Vacton thinks that shit too... I bet he thinks that tha match 'as been signed, but you know what? It ain't! I gotz it right here!" Dubbs reached into his back pocket, but there was nothing there. 

"Heh, yeah, I gotz it ova here..." He checked his front pockets, nothing. "Where the fuck... Oh!" He slipped off his sneaker, and found nothing. He looked around, he seemed nervous. "Where the fuck iz 'dat shit?!" He checked his pockets again and again, nothing. The contract was gone. 

"Yo... Dawg.... I know you ain't take my shit. I know you ain't." Dubbs grabbed the reporter and shuck him. 

"You bes' give it to me!"

The Strange Alliance... Revealed



As a stream of yellow ran down the interviewers leg, he screamed that he didn't have the match contract in his possesion. Dubbs threw him into the wall, and just as he let go of him... he found himself on the floor with him! 

Dante Inferno speared him into the wall and began an utterly relentless attack. 

The crowd, and A*Dubbs, were in complete shock! 

Inferno savagely lifted Dubbs and drove his skull into the wall. After that, he began kicking at his ribs and kneeing him in the stomach. Once bloody, Inferno locked a cobra clutch on Dubbs. Allen was defenseless.

"Well, well, well!"

Suddenly, seemingly from out of nowhere, Geo Vacton walked up to A*Dubbs!

"Look at how the tables have turned, eh? You piece of shit!!!! You thought you could drag me around for as long as you wanted, didn't you? You thought you had me in the palm of your hands, didn't you?! Well... You did! Yeah, you did! You did until I got my hands on.... this." 

Vacton reached into his pocket and slowly unfolded a piece of paper which was instantly recognized as the Vacton Vs Dubbs match contract. Dubbs was in shock.

"Now, here's how it's gonna go... My friend Dante here, who you made a big mistake in messing with last week, is gonna let go of one your arms, and you're gonna ink it in real clear... You're gonna make sure that everyone can read it. You're gonna fill in the blanks, and make it you and me... For P-O-P!!" The crowd was roaring at Geo's authority over Dubbs.

"You understand?!" Vacton knelt down next to Dubbs.

"Y-y-y-y-y-y-y-yes..." Dubbs spat out, still being held by Inferno.

"Ok, let him go so he can sign this... But if he so much as moves an unneeded muscle, lay it down on him." Vacton spoke to Inferno, who then let go of Dubbs.

A*Dubbs slowly, still hurting from the attack, picked up Geo's pen and wrote, very neatly, on the match contract and fills in May 4th. Geo grabs it, looks it over, and then grins. "It was a pleasure doing business with you!" Vacton folded up the paper and stuck it under Dubbs. "You can keep that."

Inferno grinned, he didn't mind hurting Inferno one bit. He pounded his head back into the floor and then got up and kicked him a few times in the ribs. Dubbs cowered into a ball as Inferno delivered one more kick to his ribs, and walked away. Dubbs laid on the floor for a while longer as medical teams showed up to treat him incase of possible injury.

So now it was official...

Geo Vacton Vs A*Dubbs for the United States Championship at Pain OR Pleasure... but there was one more thing...

What would the match stipulation be?

Breath of Fresh Exhaust.



Osyrus stared at HAWK, hands down on the desk, glaring. HAWK was standing on the other side, arms folded. It didn’t look as if there was any headway in either direction.

“Give me Kain.” Osyrus said sternly, looking at the man intently.

HAWK raised an eyebrow, then closed his eyes. 

“He has a match...I knew you were stupid, but I thought you could at least be able to read.”

“GIVE ME KAIN.” Osyrus stated again.

“HE… HAS… A… MATCH.” SilverHAWK, once again, said… looking unimpressed at the former World Champion’s demeanor.

“GIVE… ME… KAIN!” Osyrus slammed his fists down on the table, as the door opened behind him.

“Do I really need to repeat myself again, Osyrus?” HAWK sneered. “He has a match… now, are you going to stand here all day and throw a tantrum, because really man, I've got shit to do you know, being one of the new bosses' and stuff. Hard work you know.”

Osyrus grimaced at HAWK, who blankly stared back. Finally the two men walked in from behind him. On one side of Osyrus, A*Dubbs. On the other, amazingly… Jason Kain.

Kain looked at the self-proclaimed “god of the ring” then over at the Kain-so-put “fallen angel” then smiled, turning his attention to SilverHAWK.

“Since I have no problem kicking BOTH their asses… I have a proposition, HAWK.”

Hawk raised an eyebrow.

"Go on..."

Glory Days [Negative]



Joe Bishop. 

The 6’6 African American man had always been an imposing figure in ACW, he was a part of one of the best tag teams to ever tour with ACW, and he even had a good amount of success as a singles wrestler, but could never make move that final step up. 

After all these years too, Bishop was now pushing fifty, still looked quite imposing… with a cleanly buzzed hair cut and a good-sized scar across left cheek line that held a very interesting story. This man, another one of the staff members that Boyd and Dunn had recruited, was currently on a search… a search for a man that he had being trying to track down for the last couple of shows, but with surprisingly poor results. 

The one time ACW enforcer took the corner and almost bumped into a green masked man as he was walking into a locker room. He was lucky enough to miss however, but before he could do a double take the mystery man was already in his locker room. 

Green mask? 

Thought Bishop for a sec, before the big man just decided to shake it off. 

He stopped for a moment to talk to a tech guy that was going over the schematics for the next entrance, seeing that everything was alright Bishop flashed a large white smile and was once again on his way through the halls. Suddenly it happened, he saw the man he had been looking for… just that easily, walking slowly down the hall… pumping himself up. 

‘Sheffield!” 

Bishop’s deep voice boomed down the hall and a couple of tech boys did the smart thing, ducking and covering… as The Original Pulp Hero slowly turned around. Alias’s face was indifferent… though he wasn’t planning on running into Bishop this soon. 

“Still got it, Bishop!” 

Alias yelled back at him as he walked back towards his old… ally. An ironic smirk came across his face, as he shook hands with Bishop. Neither man looked angry, no far from that, they knew there was a hell of a lot of things to talk about though. Bishop brought it up to the forefront as soon as possible… it had been six years since… and he finally needed his answers. 

“We need to talk Sheff… bout that show… bout Superstar… bout everything, man.” 

Alias nodded solemnly, if anybody deserved to finally know what exactly happened... it was this man. 

Leave it to the Bishop to a finally receive a confessional on the past. 

The Chase [1]



The dressing room was quiet...

Not a creature was stirring, all through the room.

Not even a cat, not even a broom...

Suddenly though, noise could be heard coming from the air ducts. A barely audible crash resonated from the corner of the room as the light cover from the vent shaft hit the floor. Out popped two clumsy little men. Sanitation experts, they were. They stepped lightly, hoping not to disturb 108192, whom was in the washroom.... shall we say, disposing of some extras.

The two men had successfully snuck into the enemy sanctuary, using their stealth tactics. The goal of this covert op was to capture a document, a photo actually. El Janitors were in luck, as Morris noticed 108192's jumpsuit, slung over a chair along the wall. He bounced across the space, to the seat, and searched the pockets of the orange garment. They struck gold ! Morris grabbed the picture and the two men exited quickly, via the door.

As the door closed, the X-Con hopped off the toilet and burst from the washroom, hoping to catch an intruder in the act. Unfortunately for him, the two men had already fled. He spied his belongings, in an attempt to discover a motive for this violation of his space. He was overcome by surprise, as he saw his new jumpsuit, strewn along the floor. He rushed over, knowing full well what the invader might have been after. He shoved his hand into the pockets and found.... NOTHING !

Suddenly his faced turned bright red and he got up. He punched his locker, nearly caving it in. Noticing finally the open air duct, he went to investigate, and discovered a piece of cloth. He looked at the cloth closely and deemed it to be the type that might be part of a janitorial outfit. The evidence was compounded when he noticed some yellow goo, on the ground. He knelt, and smelled it. After a taste, he knew it could only be one thing... PINE-SOL !

With this discovery, it was obvious that this theft could only be the work of El Janitors, because only a janitor uses Pine-Sol. It is of course a janitor's most potent ammunition against grime and other unclean elements. 108192 looked at the door, and exited quickly. He searched the hall, and spotted blotches of Pine-Sol, leading away from his room. A TRAIL !

The chase, was on....

Wuss – Part Three



Through the automatic sliding doors walked Scott Perry, shirtless, in an attempt to show off his tattoo, which he still thought was “cool”. As he walked down the hall people turned, pointed and laughed. He thought they where smiles of approval. He waved to fans on the way down the hall.

“Hey Wuss!” yelled a fan, around the age of fourteen. He giggled and high-fived his friend, Scott was mad at the boy. He stopped suddenly and looked over at the giggling posse, one of the kid’s friends noticed and prodded the offending child in the arm before pointing over at Scott Perry.

“What did you say?”

The children all ran away, Scott grabbed the child who had called him a Wuss and dragged him back by the scruff of his neck. He slung the child’s right arm over his shoulder, cupped his arms around the kid, clasping them together behind his head before Scott delivered a slingshot sambo suplex. Scott jumped up to his feet.

“It’s not nice to call people names, momma said…” He twitched, “Momma said knock you out!”

Scott walked off in to the distance as the kid’s friends all ran over to his motionless body.

A*Dubbs & Osyrus Vs. Jason Kain

    

The fans in the Baltimore, Maryland arena grew quiet before the words ‘One on One’, then seconds later, the face images of A*Dubbs and Jason Kain appeared on the ACWtron. They popped their approval, seeing that the anticipated match up from last week was finally going to take place. The ring announcer stood in the middle of the ring; shuffling through his cards as he was about to announce the combatants for the next match. 

”Weighing in at a slim, two hundred- and one pounds and three quarter ounces… six-foot one, hailing from Queens, New York… He is the master of the 420 splash dubbed ‘Pimp Juice’ and the self proclaimed ‘Fastest Rising Star’ in ACW… Here is A*Dubbs!” The announcer pointed his right arm in the direction of the entrance way as ‘It’s my party’ by Fabulous played on cue. Lights were dimming as multiple colors strobe lights flickered; A*Dubbs strutted his way out to the ring. Slowing dancing his way down the ramp way, Dubbs had a bigger smile on his face than usual… Did he have something under his sleeves tonight, to prove that he was one of the young stars to watch out for in ACW. Only time would tell, and the timer was going to run out in a matter of minutes. 

A*Dubbs leaped onto the apron of the ring, then hopped over the top rope and into the ring, without touching the ropes… the announcer nodding his head, impressed with the athleticism already displayed. Dubbs danced around in the ring while his theme died down, the announcer shuffling through his cards again as he was about to announce Dubbs’ opponent. 

”And his opponent; coming all the way from Asbury Park, New Jersey. Five feet, nine inches… weighing in at a stocky two-hundred and thirty six pounds… the Epitome of Innovation and current member of Team Resistance…” The announcer paused to let the fans react; and when they did, the audience popped loudly. 

”…Here is Jason Kain!” 

Once again; the announcer pointed to the entrance ramp as ‘Quick Death’ by the Transplants played after a sudden delay. Kain burst through the curtain with a lot of energy; the ACW viewing audience ate up every bit of intensity that man also known as ‘Hottwire’ displayed. Kain ran straight to the ring; sliding under the bottom rope, Dubbs making his exit while Kain rose his arms high into the air. Every direction Kain turned to, he rose his arms in the air triumphantly, as if the battle tonight was already won… the crowd popped accordingly.

But with Kain stretching in the ring, goading A*Dubbs to get in the ring and fight… everyone including Kain himself was surprised to hear ‘Seek and Destroy’ by Soulfly replace his Transplants’ theme. Jason quickly turned back toward the entrance way; just as the man himself, Silver Hawk stepped onto the stage in a black three piece suit. The crowd was excited to see Silver Hawk in any shape or form, but they… the fans, wanted to really know what he was doing out here. Hawk gave the sign for the production crew to cut his music as he called for everyone’s attention. 

”Kain, I can see the fire in your eyes tonight. I can tell that you really want to do some damage to any one that steps in your way…. when it comes to getting what you want. But I am not the person to step to like that son. Don’t you know that I am the head booker of ACW now? I can make whatever match I please, whenever I want to make it… And I alone have decided that this match has already been done. The fans don’t want to see the same match that has already been booked last week…” The fans popping their agreement as Hawk continues. 

”The people don’t want to see a match that won’t shock them into staying in front of their TV sets. Kain, you need a challenge and I am the man to give it to you. So tonight, it’s going to be a handicapped match Kain. You versus A*Dubbs… and the man that is about to step through this curtain.” Silver Hawk paused again as he pointed to the curtain… 

”And that man is none other than Dane Rivers,” 

The crowd started to boo, just as Hawk started to snicker to himself. 

”Nah, that’s too easy for you. A*Dubbs’ partner is the two-time ACW world heavyweight champion… Osyrus.” 

Insert jeers here. 

The black curtain started to separate as Osyrus stepped through it with Isis at his side. Slowly walking up to Silver Hawk, not taking his eyes off of Kain… Osyrus extended his right hand out to Silver Hawk in a nice gesture. Silver Hawk looked around the ACW audience for answers, before reluctantly shaking his long time rival’s hand. The crowd erupted in a chorus of boos with both men giving each other a sly smile… before Osyrus looked away, then looked back in Hawk’s direction before punching him in the groin with all his might. 

”Thanks for the match old friend.” The self proclaimed ‘Legend in the Making’ said as Isis and himself laughed at Hawk as he held himself on the ground. Osyrus slowly made his way to the ring; his theme, ‘Rape me’ by Nirvana blared in the back ground as the announcer announced the match’s new arrival. 

”Standing six feet, eight inches tall… weighing in at a rippling, two-hundred and eighty eight pounds… From San Diego, California; he is the former two-time ACW world heavyweight champion… Here is Osyrus!” The stage had finally been set. Osyrus was half way down the ramp way; Kain’s eyes were locked onto his, as Osyrus made his way cautiously to metal ring steps that were connected to the far, upper left hand corner of the ring. Kain swatted his arm at Osyrus, as he backed away to avoid it… Isis watching both men as the bell rang in the background to signify that the match was underway. 

Kain ducked through the ropes to grab a hand-full of Osyrus; when A*Dubbs re-entered the picture, sliding into the ring and nailing Jason with a hard forearm shiver… then pushing him into the corner as he slammed his shoulder into Kain’s ribs. 

Dubbs had did his homework tonight. 

Each time Dubbs hit Kain with his shoulder, which was still aimed at Jason’s ribs and bread basket… Kain screamed out in pain, because of the nagging injury that Osyrus re-awoken weeks ago with his devastating gore/spear finisher. The ref backed A*Dubbs away as Kain tried to catch his breath, but that was not to be as Osyrus slide into the ring; stomping a mud hole onto Kain. Punches to the stomach, followed by stiff kicks to the gut as Kain sat on the mat… just getting taken apart by Osyrus’ merciless onslaught. The former champion slide out of the ring, as the ref turned his attention back to the action. Dubbs grabbed Kain by the neck to pull the bigger man to his feet; before scooping him up, then dropped the small of Kain’s back down onto his right knee. Jason screamed out in agony as he hit the mat, A*Dubbs hooked the far leg, going for the first cover of the night. One…Two… Kain kicked away at two. 

”Keep the pressure on, Dubbs.” Osyrus yelled out to his partner… Dubbs looking in Osyrus’ direction for a second, before nodding that he knew what to do next. Al stretched Kain’s right leg straight, while pushing Jason’s right arm out of his way… as he jumped into the air, driving his right knee into Kain’s rib cage, before popping to his feet. Kain continued to yell out loud, Dubbs dropping several more knee drops on Jason, then grabbed a hold of Kain’s right leg as he made the tag out to Osyrus. ‘The Beast’ showed exactly why that name was true, pointing to his elbow in a mocking fashion, before leaping into the air… driving all of his close to three hundred pounds on the right side of Kain’s rib cage. When Osyrus got back to his feet; he quickly pulled Kain to his feet, side scooping him up in his arms… as he held Kain there for a few seconds, then slammed Kain down onto his right knee with a delayed pendulum back breaker. 

The fans boo’d their hearts out as Osyrus pretended that his ribs were hurting too as he made the tag out to A*Dubbs, who darted into the ring and made the cover. One… Two… Kain barely kicked away at the last second, as the ref’s arm was coming down. Dubbs looked over to Osyrus; who was punching his hands into each other, Dubbs got the idea that the former champ was sending. Allen mounted Kain, slamming his fists into Kain’s face… left hand then right hand… back and fourth until the ref tried to break it up. The ref backed A*Dubbs into a near by corner; warning him about the closed fists, as his back was turned to Kain. That’s were Osyrus took advantage. 

The former champion stepped through the ropes quietly; the fans booing loudly to get the ref’s attention, but he was distracted well by Dubbs. Osyrus mounted Kain, hammering away with his stiff overhand rights… which rocked the head of Jason back against the canvas. All of the sudden, the tide turned. Kain had reversed, and now he was on top… hitting Osyrus with left jabs; covering up with his right arm, that was close to his rib cage. 

Dubbs noticed what was going on.. pushing the ref out of the way as he nailed Kain in the back of the head with an elbow smash. But the elbow smash didn’t seem to affect Kain much; quickly turning in Dubbs’ direction as the two men brawled in the middle of the ring. The ref ushered Osyrus out of the ring as Dubbs backed Kain into a corner, slapping Jason’s chest hard with open handed chops. Each time a chop connected… the crowd whoo’d in unison. Dubbs turned to the crowd; taunting the crowd, with Kain’s chest beet red… Kain didn’t like to be shown up; grabbing Dubbs by his head, throwing him in the corner and returned the favor with more intense chops of his own. And you could bet that the fans loved the battle of the chops, that was going on. 

Grabbing Dubbs with his left arm; Kain whipped him out of the corner, but held onto Dubbs’ hand… as he brought him back in front of him, then snap DDT’d A*Dubbs head into the canvas with authority. Kain lunged his arm onto Dubbs, making the cover. One… Two… Osyrus dove onto Kain, making the save for his team. He kicked Kain in the back of his head, before he left the ring. Both ACW superstars laid on the canvas; Dubbs trying to make his way to the corner to make the tag out, while Kain had to stomach the pain, and survive this night… Dubbs inching closer and closer to the corner, just as Kain grabbed Dubbs left leg, but he had already made the tag to Osyrus. 

Osyrus hit the ring; taunting Kain to get back to his feet, which he did before Osyrus drove a hard, unforgiving knee into Kain’s chest… ‘The personification of talent’ hooked a front chancery on Kain, tossing his left arm over his own neck, as Osyrus hit a nice looking vertical suplex. Both men hit the canvas hard, with Osyrus still holding on… twisting his hips as he brought Kain back up in the front chancery, slamming Jason with another vertical suplex. Once again the crowd murmured to themselves; again both superstars were on their feet, as Osyrus was looking for the trifecta. 

He lifted Kain up for the third suplex, but was blocked by Kain’s left leg being wrapped on Osyrus’ right leg. Osyrus tried again; which in turn was blocked again. Isis could be heard yelling encouragement to her man as Osyrus countered the block with a punch into Kain’s rib cage.. followed by the third vertical suplex. When he got back to his feet; Osyrus extended his arms outward… no one could deny his claims at being a technical marvel in the ring, as he tagged out and A*Dubbs came back in. 

Dubbs danced around a bit in the ring as he looked down at Kain, still feeling the affects of the match thus far. “What are you waiting for, attack damn it.” His partner shouted, Dubbs looking in Osyrus’ direction before stomping away on Kain. He reached down to pick up the ‘Epitome of Innovation’ off of the canvas, but was met with left jabs to the stomach that backed A*Dubbs up a few feet. Every time Allen got closer; Kain was there on his knees, with a punch that said, ‘Back the fuck up, motherfucker.’ Kain had the never say die attitude. 

Getting up to one knee… Dubbs flipped the script so to speak, with a running drop kick that landed flush into Kain’s chest. Osyrus applauded; the audience boo’d… Dubbs continued the pressure. Allen grabbed both of Kain’s legs, pulling him into the center of the ring, where he applied a Boston crab… Kain was a long way from the ropes. Every time Dubbs pulled on Jason’s legs, Kain screamed out in pain.. but never said he wanted to give up, when the ref asked him. Jason continued to fight to get free. His determination made the fans rally behind him more; each time he got closer to the ropes, dragging Dubbs’ weight on his back… the more ‘they’ knew who could escape and over come these odds. 

”Put more pressure on him Dubbs.” Osyrus would scream out, ducking between the middle and the top rope… just to make sure he was heard. But his demands weren’t enough to stop Kain or help Dubbs, because as Jason made one last ditch effort… lunging toward the ropes… He grabbed his right hand tightly on the bottom rope. 

The crowd erupted in disbelief; with Osyrus on the ring apron and Isis pacing on the arena floor… Jason Kain wasn’t out of this match yet. Infuriated, Osyrus stepped from out of the corner as the ref just finished giving A*Dubbs the five count to release the hold, which he did barely at the count of four. The former champ stomped away on Kain’s back and rib cage, with Dubbs following suit seconds later. The two ex Winters Inc. members hoisted Jason Kain to his feet; both of them shooting Kain into the ropes… a double team move was obviously on the horizon. As Kain came back with tremendous velocity from the ropes, he knocked down Osyrus and Dubbs with a double clothesline… Dubbs rolled to the outside; Osyrus getting back to his feet quickly before being speared and pummeled in the face with right hands from Kain. Isis hopped on the apron as the ref tried to get her off to no avail; her distraction paid it’s immediate divans. 

Dubbs slides into the ring; steel chair in hand… he took a mighty swing at Kain’s face, but the Team Resistance member ducked, kicking A*Dubbs in the stomach… then smashed Dubbs and Osyrus in the face with two wicked chair shots. With both men down, Kain picked Osyrus up to his feet, before tossing him shoulder-first into the corner. Osyrus smacks the turnbuckle hard, as he lays slumped on the apron. A*Dubbs too is tossed to the same corner where Kain tosses the chair out of the ring; then goes to work pummeling Dubbs with stiff punches and kick, but Kain still feels the effects of his injured ribs… lingering as the match rages on. 

The ref tries to back Kain up; and as he does he looks over as Osyrus slaps Dubbs on the back; slapping his hands together to notify that the tag had been made. Kain pulls Dubbs out of the corner as he drops him with another snap DDT… He hoists Dubbs to his feet again for a German suplex, but Osyrus sneaks in the ring; low blowing Kain as Isis provides the distraction again. Osyrus grabs the tights as he rolls up Kain. 

One… 

Two… 

Three. 

Osyrus had snuck away with the victory tonight, as he grabs Dubbs by the leg and pull him out of the ring. Kain is furious; watching Osyrus back pleading up the ramp way as he rose his hand victoriously. 

Winner: A*Dubbs and Osyrus

Wuss – Part Four (Scott discovers a mirror)



Scott Perry walked along the hall whistling, until he reached a pine door. He stopped whistling and looked up at the nameplate on the door. He scratched his head.

“Ch…arl…ie… Loc.” He read slowly, running his finger under the letters. As he finished the door opened, Scott fell in to the room and on top of Charlie Loc, both men where on the floor, Scott on top of Charlie. At this point, as in all homosexual sexual innuendo comedy scenes, in steps a janitor.

“Oh – Sorry, didn’t mean to interrupt.” He janitor ran away to tell all of his friends what he saw.

Charlie shoved Scott off of his body and got to his feet, Scott got up too.

“Charlie, what did you tattoo on my back?”

“What you asked for Scott, why?”

“People keep calling me Wuss. I didn’t even cry when you tattooed me. I’m a big boy Charlie, big boy’s don’t cry, right?”

“Right.” He grunted, “So, what can I do for you?”

“I want to see my tattoo.”

“Scott, I don’t have a mirror. I’ve got to be somewhere.”

Charlie stormed out of the room. Scott looked around and stumbled upon a wall-mounted mirror. He turned his body slightly to see his back reflecting back in the mirror.

Wuss.

“WUSS?!?!”

Further down the hall, Charlie Loc began running.

“MOMMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT CHILD!” Scott exclaimed, charging out of the room.

Scott, who was a very fast runner, was obviously going to catch Charlie. However, when he did, he didn’t come out on top.

Charlie disappeared around a corner, as Scott ran around the same corner a two-by-four slammed hard in to his head, smashing across Scott’s cranium. Scott hit the floor hard. Charlie Loc stood over Scott and peered down at him. He dropped the remains of the two-by-four to the floor.

“No Scott… Momma said knock you out.”

Charlie walked away, and that was the end of that.

Question Time



These days, HAWK was a busy busy man, there was no doubt about that. He had underestimated the job by a great deal, and he thanked his lucky stars for the other 4 men that Dunn and Boyd had employed as the duo left their federation in supposed "safe" hands.

But one thing SilverHAWK didn't need...was this.

Agent Hawthorn.

"Mr. HAWK, what was your overall opinion of Ethan Winters?"

"Human garbage."

HAWK wanted this over...and quickly.

"Human garbage?"

"Yes...the man had no feelings towards anyone or anything, unless it was green, paper based, and had a dead man on it's front. He took ACW for a ride, and excuse my language, but he skull fucked it to the next century."

"Do you have any idea who would be out to get him Mr. HAWK?"

One thing Hawthorn was not, was subtle with his questions...and he expected the same back in reply.

"I'll tell you this...if Winters went through his other business' with the non regard he had with ACW, I'm sure he would have made a lot of enemies along with the way officer...and hell, there's no doubt he deserved to be where he is today, the man as I said was human garbage, and it looks like my labeling of him isn't that far away from his current state huh?"

"Mr. HAWK, would you say you have a grudge with him?"

"No doubt, and I see what your getting at Officer so I'll answer your next question. No, I didn't have anything to do with his death, I was in the arena all night and really didn't have any cause to go out and have the man killed did I?"

Agent Hawthorn looked down at his notepad...

"He did fire you, did he not?"

"Yeah, but so did Vince McMahon, do you see him lying dead in Titan Towers? Listen...I know that you're doing your job, but I don't really see how ANYONE on the ACW payroll could have been involved in this, you said plain and simple that it looked like it was a mugging of some sort..."

As Agent Hawthorn looked to ask another question, there was a knock on HAWK's door, as Jimmy Gonz peeked his head through the door.

"HAWK, you gotta see who Alias is going up against..."

"OK...Agent Hawthorn, if you'll excuse me I have a federation to run, can we maybe continue this after the show? You're welcome to any spare box in the arena, free of charge."

"I might just do that..."

As HAWK left the office, Agent Hawthorn packed away his notepad and pen as his brain ticket over...he then pulled out a photograph from his jacket pocket and looked it over.

"We'll resume this...later."

ACW Television Title Match
Alias Vs. Great Dragon

    

“Not Over”.

The Baltimore fans went into a frenzy, as the familiar heavy guitar riffs cued the entrance music that had taken there Original Pulp Hero from the backstage to the ring many times. It was unfamiliar to some around the wrestling community, but true Alias marks knew... this was his song.

As the song segued into the lyrics, Alias burst from the curtains of the ring, generating an enormous reaction from the Baltimore crowd, almost taking the roof off of the arena in the midst of it all. He hardly seemed to acknowledge the people, however, lifting his taped fist to the masses for only a second. He seemed lost in thought… wondering… who could his opponent be? Where might he hail from? Alias had heard in the back that his mystery opponent had had a short history with him… but that still left open a plethora of possibilities.

Alias slid in the ring and removed the glistening gold TV title belt from around his waist, handing it to the ref. He shook out his arms before leaning on the ropes facing the entrances… waiting for his opponent…

Nothing.

Until suddenly…

“Reclaim my Place” by Korn

Alias smiled to himself and looked out into the masked eyes of Hortio Yakama, an old friend from days gone by, the fWo’s very own…

Great Dragon.

The ACW crowd exploded as the highly accomplished cruiserweight made his way down to the ring, taking a few seconds to high five a lucky fan here and there. Great Dragon had come to ACW… one night only. Why? All-star Championship Wrestling’s Original Pulp Hero. Great Dragon slid into the ring and glanced over at Alias for a second before hopping on to the second rope. The Great Japanese Inferno rose his arms in the air as flashbulbs shot out from the crowd… and it wouldn’t be the last time, by far, for tonight’s big match-up.

Both men looked at each other from across the ring and a solemn nod was exchanged.

Ding. Ding. Ding.

The action in the ring began with a bang as both men began exchanging punches. Alias, being the stronger and the more experienced brawler, of the two, soon overwhelmed Dragon with his stronger punches, and managed to back Dragon into the ropes. Taking his arm, Alias whipped GD into the opposite ropes, but put his head down too soon, as Great Dragon caught him with a sliding drop kick to the knee, already looking to weaken Alias’s body. This staggered Alias to one knee, who didn’t expect it, and GD shot back up and followed up with a superkick that grazed, but still managed to knock down his opponent.

Alias was up immediately, however, causing Dragon to try and react with another superkick. This time, Alias dodged it and caught GD with an absolutely ferocious clothesline that sent him into a three-hundred and sixty degree, somersault oversell of the shot. Alias sent a couple of hard kicks into Great Dragon before Dragon started to get back to his feet. Alias kicked Dragon hard in the chest as he was getting on his knees. Alias decided to pull GD the rest of the way up onto his feet, and gave him a hard chop across the chest.

WOOOOOOO!

Alias gave him another one, getting the same response from the crowd.

WOOOOOOOO!

Alias backed Dragon up against the ropes, for momentum, and whipped the fWo superstar across the ring. Dragon came back towards Alias, and ducked underneath his spinning heel kick. When Dragon had come back the second time, Alias had left the mat and was more than ready to knock some teeth out of Dragon's mouth with a dropkick. But Dragon had tugged down on the legs, causing Alias to fall, face first, onto the canvas.

Dragon grabbed Alias’s arm and twisted him around in a La Majistral Cradle.

One!

Two!

Thr-

Kickout!

ACW had almost gotten a new Television Champion… that wasn’t even on the payroll of ACW. The fans cheered, happy that one of there favorite hero’s had kicked out. Dragon didn't show much sign of frustration. He pulled Alias up onto his feet. He sent him to the ropes and but Alias slid underneath him. Great Dragon grabbed Alias’s arm and flipped it around his back, giving time to pull it up and apply some pressure. Great Dragon seemed to be jockeying to lock in the Dragon’s Wrath, a Cobra Clutch Sleeper Hold.

Alias however had other idea’s and threw his head back, head butting Dragon before then, once he was free, dropkicking GD in the knees. Alias was prepared. Prepared to hit the Shining Wizard, a favorite move of Dragon’s.

That’s sure as hell why Great Dragon wasn't prepared to take it. He ducked underneath the running knee strike. Alias remained on his feet, and as Dragon spun around to face Alias, he caught a foot coming straight at his head. Using Alias’s momentum Dragon swung Alias around and grabbed him around the waist, but Alias drove an elbow down into the side of Dragon's head before then swinging around behind him.

German suplex!

Tiger suplex!

Dragon suplex!

ONE!

TWO!

THRE-

Dragon got his shoulder up! Alias brings Dragon to his feet and whips him into the ropes. As GD comes off, Alias catches him and slams him to the mat with a spinning DDT. With Dragon down, Alias runs into the ropes. He leaps high and comes down on Dragon’ neck with a knee drop, now setting up GD for his finisher. Alias makes the cover, but only gets a count of two. He brings Great Dragon to his feet and takes him down with a snap suplex. He brings Dragon back up, still holding onto the suplex, then takes him down with a delayed vertical suplex. Finally, Alias completes his second trio of innovative suplexes with… 
Brainbuster!

Alias rolls over and makes the cover. 

One! 

Two! 

Thre- kicks out. 

Alias shakes his head a little in growing frustration, then brings the fWo superstar to his feet. He grabs him by the head and runs him towards the ropes, then tosses him over. Alias slides out himself, but is caught by Dragon, who slams his head into the apron, dazing him. Dragon then slides back into the ring and runs into the ropes. As Alias regains his senses, Dragon leaps out.

Springboard Plancha.

CRASH!

Both men crumpled to the floor as Dragon crashed down after soaring through the air, the air bursting with flashes of light. Great Dragon was the first to slowly get to his feet, Dragon acted quickly and locked in a vicious Texas Cloverleaf onto Alias’s injured leg… Alias screamed out in pain, but because he was out of the ring there was no way to break the hold. GD looked up, his teeth gritted from under his mask and saw the referee reach the count of seven, he begrudgingly broke the hold and quickly grabbed Alias and heaved the battered and bruised Pulp Hero into the ring. Dragon slid in and immediately went for the pin. 

One!

Two!

Th- kickout!

Dragon brought Alias to his feet and then charged towards the ACW Legend with a clothesline, but Alias ducked it and came back with a surprisingly strong right hand that dropped Dragon to one knee. It seemed when all else seemed to fail, the Original Pulp Hero went back to his fighting roots. As soon as Dragon was back up, Alias hit him with a left that dropped him to one knee. GD got to his feet, and Alias wrapped his hands around his neck and lifted him into the air. Dragon struggled for breath, and Alias jumped in the air and hit a modified version of a sitdown powerbomb.

One!

Two!

Thr- kickout! 

Great Dragon once again kicked out at the last possible second, sending the huge Baltimore crowd into a wall of cheers. The two battered warriors got to there feet and once again sized each other up, before moving towards each other for another go. Dragon takes the quick advantage with a kick to the gut, but Alias counters that by sweeping Dragon’s feet from under him.

Dragon’s back up in a flash however, and in time to duck a hard clothesline from Alias. Now behind Alias, Dragon applies a full nelson and lifts Alias straight up, only to have him fall back forward and throw Dragon over with a well-executed arm drag. Dragon, though, was still far from through, and rolled back to his feet. He rushes Alias once more, and Alias reacts instinctively once again with a high leg kick, only to have Dragon catch it and lock him up for a leg capture suplex.

Alias uses what fuel he has left and performs a quick back flip out of it, however. When he landed, Dragon threw a clothesline, which Alias ducked. Thinking on his feet, Alias now turns to the side and catches Dragon’s clotheslining arm with his left arm. Alias pulled Dragon in and grabbed a hold of his waist, as GD ran forward, towards the ropes. He held on and Alias rolled out backwards. He was quick onto his feet, and Dragon charged. He was kicked in the stomach. Alias went for an incredibly vicious move.

High Angle Powerbomb.

Dragon, however, wasn't going to have any of that. He hooked his legs around Alias's head when he was lifted up and powered him over with a hurracanrana-type move, only just not as graceful. Alias, almost on instinct however, had rolled through, pinning Dragon down.

One!

Two!

Three!

The crowd erupted in cheers as the ref called for the bell. In such a sudden twist of fate Alias had done it, he had defeated his biggest TV title challenge to date, Great Dragon… a former fWo Cruiserweight Champion, who is currently embroiled in a heated feud with Spyder for the title, and also the last WWRPG Tag Team Champion. 

“Not Over” by The Full Nine blared over the PA system… the match had gotten the crowd to there feet more then once, and the anticipated World Championship match-up was just around the corner. Great Dragon was the first to his feet… the Osaka, Japan native glanced around at the crowd and smiled, Cyberslam was just around the corner… he then looked down at his opponent, Alias. 

The Original Pulp Hero still lay there on the mat, a large grin plastered across his face and the Television title lying across his chest where the ref had placed it. Dragon paced over to his old friend and helped him to his feet. The two men shook hands to the pleasure of the crowd, a fulfilled grin over both man’s face, before raising each others hand in the air, Alias holding the glistening TV title strap up in the air with his free hand.

“Good luck at Cyberslam Horito… and give Spyder a nice stiff shot in the face for me, heh. Plus, hell, next time you run into Gambler, tell him Alias says Hi... haven’t run into that boy for a while now.”

Great Dragon smiled and nodded at the Original Pulp Hero and hopped out of the ring and off of the apron, but before he headed off to the back however… he had some ominous words concerning Alias’s future. 

“There’s a price out on your head Alias… I was informed not to tell you, hell I was paid not to, I mean how do you think I got here from the UK so fast, but just watch your back my friend. Shadows from your past, years past, are looking to end you and your career… just keep that head of yours connected to your shoulders.”

Winner: Alias

The Chase [2]



The doors to the parking collapsed under the force of 108192's viscious kick. He barged through the opening like a fat kid trying to get at a cupcake. All of his momentum was halted though, as he dropped to his knees, and was overcome by an expression of sheer, unrelenting terror. 

A few metres away, El Janitors had just tossed his beloved photograph into a drum, full of flames. His past happy life was disintigrating in front of him, in only a matter of seconds. He looked at the two mercilous janitors, and their grins. The prisoner quickly became a ball of rage. He got up and began advancing on the helpless janitors. Their grins were frowns by now as they begged to be spared... 

Their cries fell on deaf ears, as the former convict grapped them both by the hair. He smashed their faces togther, before throwing both men into a nearby wall. He took the first janitor, and decked him a number of times. The poor cleaner was practically knocked out already, but 108192 hadn't had enough. He grabbed his prey and hurled him through the rear window of a Ford Focus wagon, sending glass in every direction. Poor Morris was unconscious and bloody. 

He then focused his attention on Morris's petrified partner. The angry rookie yanked the cleaner to his feet, and spat in the man's face. After smashing the scared man into the hood of the same car a couple times, 108192 brought him to the roof. The X-Con set his victim up, and delivered a hellacious DDT right down onto the roof of the vehicle. The con got up and looked at the carnage, which was extreme. He thought that maybe they'd had enough, but for some reason, he convinced himself otherwise. 

He smiled evilly, and pondered things for a moment. 

They hadn't had enough. This was by no means over. 

In fact.... It had all just begun... 

Wuss – Part Five



Jimmy Hendrix – Cocaine – A classic song, one noticeable by all, and the new entrance music for Scott Perry. Scott Perry wasn’t waiting for a match; he wasn’t even booked this week. 

What was he waiting for?

He was waiting for a microphone, and as one of the technical staff handed him one he stepped out on to the stage.

It’s getting near dark
When lights close their tired eyes
Ill soon be with you my love
Give you my dark surprise…

He looked around at the fans and began his descent of the ramp. A few stitches in his head where the result of an earlier attack. The handy work of Charlie Loc. By now he was at the top step of the ACW ring.

I’ve been waiting so long
To be here I’m going
In the sunshine of your
Looooooooove…

He stepped through the middle ropes and looked around at the fans some more. His music faded out and the mocking chants of “Wuss, Wuss, Wuss.” Began. Scott had grown tired of that word now, and was about ready to explode.

“Now you listen here, hicks!”

An echo of boo’s.

“You want to call me names, that’s fine. But let me point out just who the bad guy is here. I just wanted a tattoo, and now my body has been… My body has been tagged by that punk, Charlie Loc. And that is why I am out here tonight…”

A pause as he turned to look up the ramp.

“I am not, contrary to popular belief, a boy. I am not, contrary to popular belief, a child. I am a man, a man of immense pride. And if you, Charlie loc, dammit, if you thought for one second I would just laugh this off, then you’re more of an idiot than I thought.”

The fans cheered at the mockery of Charlie Loc.

“Charlie Loc, At Pain Or Pleasure I want to challenge you to a match.”

The crowd cheered at the sound of a pay-Per-View match-up.

“Me and you, one on one. Loser leaves town!”

The crowd cheered, but paused. Did they really want to lose Charlie Loc or Scott Perry at ‘Pain or Pleasure’?

“As for your response… Well you can tattoo it on your ass for all I care, because one way or another… Child, I’m gunna knock… you… out.”

Scott dropped his microphone, and a crackle flooded the ears of the ACW fans as the microphone shorted out. Scott Perry left the ring.

ACW World Heavyweight Championship Match
ICU(c) Vs. Dante Inferno

    

It had not been an immensely built up match, but some would say that it could be one of the best ACW matches to date. In one corner you have what some would say is one of the most dominating ACW superstars. With an unbelievable win-to-loss record, it would be a surprise to most that this would in fact be his very first ACW World Championship Match.

In the other corner you have a champion of huge potential. ICU won the title against Osyrus a few months back, but since then has been involved in a huge battle to try and save his mother federation, and this would be his first title defense in over a month. Some say that he hasn't done enough to justify himself as a credible World Champion, but tonight, if he were to leap over this hurdle...nobody could argue that he is worthy of such a title.

As if taking a leaf out of his opponents book, Dante Inferno pulled the curtain to the side and moved out into the ramp way. His arrival was greeted by jeers and boo's by the Baltimore crowd, as he walked down the aisle and leapt into the ring. He snarled at the fans nearby as they took souvenir photo's of a dominating figure in Inferno, but his focus was on the ramp, as soon was the rest of the arena's.

The arena shook as ICU stormed down the ring with the World Title swaying in his grasp, he was never a man to mingle with the fans during his matches, but as he walked down the ramp the fans reached for his and most of the time he complied as they touched him in the shoulders and arms as he made his way to the ring.

Dropping the title at his feet he slid into the ring, ICU's first action of the match was to duck a devastating clothesline from Inferno, who seemed to be wanting this match to be over and done with quickly. ICU dodged the bullet however and soon rebounded off the opposite ropes, before springing off of them and hitting Inferno in the jaw with a forearm smash.

Inferno was quick on his feet, but he was soon met by the hands of the Champion, as ICU pushed him into the corner and began to dismantle the challenger with right hands to the face. ICU hit Inferno with a couple of knee's to the gut to try and soften his opponent up for a bigger move, as he whipped Inferno to the other side of the ring the clatter of the connection with the ring corner was apparent. However, as ICU began to charge at the challenger, he was aware enough to slid himself out of the corner, leaving the champion to be acquainted with the turnbuckle himself, and as ICU bounced back off of the turnbuckle, Inferno yanked him down to the mat with a harsh neckbreaker.

Inferno picked himself up to his feet before pulling on the hair of the champion to raise him to his feet...one thing Dante Inferno was not, was subtle. After ICU got to his feet, the challenger chucked him over the top rope as ICU fell on the outside mats, in a heap. The referee not wanting to spoil the match, didn't start a count, so the mayhem could commence.

As Inferno dropped to the outside, he hovered around to try and find something to help him gain an advantage, and he did that in the railings going around the ring. He dug his fingers into one of the foam spacing and then ripped it off, to reveal and harsh metal mesh underneath, which would be perfect for ripping the champions back apart.

ICU was now withering on his feet, but he soon keeled over as Inferno shoved a knee in his midsection, before throwing him into the unforgiving protective wall circling the ring. The barrier shook as ICU screamed out in pain as the mesh dug into his back. ICU slumped down on the floor, lying on his side as Inferno picked him up for a re-take, which looked just as bad.

Inferno adjusted his wrist tape before picking ICU up for yet another slam into the wall, but this time, things didn't go to plan. As Inferno looked to slam ICU into the wall yet again, the champion held on for dear life before reversing the move, but Inferno didn't have enough time to turn himself so that his back would take the brunt of the impact. Instead he moved on head first, with only his hands being able to absorb any of the impact, the rest was taken by his neck, shoulders and his forehead.

The impact caused the wall to move at least a quarter of a foot back the way, as the fans nearby pulled their knees and feet back to avoid injury, as Inferno lay on the padded mat in a heap, holding his forehead, the reason of which was soon apparent. Inferno rolled over as a steam of blood passed by his eyes and ears onto the floor, first blood had gone to the champion, and he was soon going to work on it.

ICU seemed to take a turn as his eyes bulged at the great chance to really hurt his challenger, as he took Inferno's head and scraped it against the metal mesh, Inferno wound was pried open as the blood flow began to become more intense by the second, until the time when ICU moved away, it was turning into a bloodbath on the outside were Inferno was lying. The referee, whom was not counting, pleaded with ICU to bring it back into the ring to avoid any serious injury, but this was ICU's chance to hit the monster were it hurt.

ICU pulled Inferno to his feet, and it was unlikely that Dante knew what was going on at this point, but as ICU dragged him to the corner of the ring before slamming his head into the metal pole which held the turnbuckle. It was such a direct move that it shocked most people in the crowd as Inferno dropped to his knee, half conscious, he touched his forehead with his fist and then peered down at the blood, before looking up at ICU as if to ask "why?", to which the champion answered with a huge right hand which sent Inferno, and his blood sprayed over the mat.

The champion pulled Dante to his feet, before slugging him into the ring, as at this point Inferno was not complying with anything or anybody, but in a strange turn of events, as ICU pinned Inferno...

1...

2...

...

...

Kickout?

Dante shoulder burst almost out of it's socket as he kicked out, a small contingent of the crowd cheering, as every heel has some fans you must remember. ICU looked down at the puddle of blood which had already formed under Inferno's head, but he then knew how to finish it...

ICU got to his feet and then signaled that it was going to be all over, the Critical Condition was on it's way. ICU stalked Inferno was the challenger began to move, the champion kept his angles so that at the precise moment, he could hoist up the challenger and finish it one and for all. Inferno staggered to his knees and then to his feet, before turning straight into the champions clutches.

ICU grabbed and then lifted the challenger up onto his shoulders, but somehow, Inferno managed to wrangle himself clean of the move. Whether it was the sheer size of Inferno that the champion couldn't keep him up, we will never know, but as Inferno dropped to his feet, he hoisted ICU in the air and then brought him down with a bang, with an x-factor type move.

ICU rolled over on his back as he shook the cobwebs away, as nearby Inferno was sitting up, trying to mop the blood up with his wrist tape...to no avail however. Inferno was the first to his feet, but he was soon met by a stiff right hand from the champion, whom was pissed at not hitting the CC on Inferno. Inferno however hit back with his own right hand, and then a knee to the gut which gave him the chance to begin some much needed offense of his opponent.

Inferno pushed ICU to the ropes and then with an Irish whip sent him in the other direction, his attempted clothesline missed, as ICU ducked and then moved to the other side. Inferno had learnt his lesson it had seemed from the start of the match, as before ICU knew it, Inferno was on him with a less than perfect Samoan drop to the canvas. Inferno went for the cover...

1...

2...

Kickout.

Inferno quickly hopped to ICU's head and placed him in a headlock, it would be a breather for him as well as a decent move to try and squeeze some energy out of the Champion, ICU used the crowd however to pump himself up, as the arena clapped in unison with the champion, Inferno and ICU were soon both on their feet. ICU tried to push Inferno off against the ropes, but Inferno didn't budge an inch, again he tried but Inferno was not moving, instead he applied more pressure to ICU's head.

Backdrop.

Inferno was folded up like an accordion as ICU slung him back with a backdrop. Inferno was up however, but was soon meeting the canvas once again as ICU hit him with a clothesline.

Inferno on his feet...

And another clothesline.

Inferno on his feet...

Hip toss.

Inferno on his feet...

Lariat.

Inferno on his feet...

SPEAR!

ICU jumped to his feet and yelled out as the fans in the arena applauded the one sided exchange, but the fact of the matter was Inferno was almost broken in half by the spear, add that to his head injury...it was over.

1...

2...

3!

...

...

...

...

Don't think so...

The arena grumbled in shock as Inferno kicked out before the three, ICU shook his head as he pulled Inferno to his feet and then pulled him into the corner. He softened up the challenger even more with three hard right hands to the face before lifting him up to the top rope...a superplex was in mind for the champion, but he wasn't going to be able to do it. With the blood stains all over him now, Inferno kicked the champion off the second rope as he tried to climb up, and instead, as ICU got back to his feet, Inferno leapt off the top rope and connected with a cross body...

ICU reversal...and then the cover.

1...

2...

Kickout!

ICU was quickly on his feet, pulling Inferno to his as well. ICU smacked Inferno in the face with three right hands before whipping him to the ropes. ICU attempt at a clothesline was ducked by Inferno as he sped on to the other side of the ring. As Dante turned, he tried a page out of ICU's book, as a flying forearm smash looked on the card, until that is ICU ducked out of the way and the referee took the brunt of the impact, before falling out of the ring and leaving this match in doubts of ever ending.

Inferno peered down on the mat as the referee lay motionless, a state which he would share with the official in 2-3 seconds. Inferno turned around to look to try and finish this match, only for a boot to the gut to stop him in his tracks, a hoist up on ICU's shoulders to make him dizzy and a Critical Condition to knock him the fuck out....meanwhile.

Inside The Mind of a Lunatic



"Dante...wake up"

Inferno's eye's shot open, but they soon closed again, as his pupils couldn't handle the intensity of the light that bore down towards him.

"Is this...heaven?"

"Far from it my friend...this...is your mind."

The voice could only come from one man, the man whom had made himself acquitted with the professional wrestling life as he traveled around the country...keeping Dante "safe".

Inferno's eye's slowly opened, as each second passed, the intensity of the light began to numb, and he, sat up, to see Simli, standing before him. Dressed in all black, Simli stood out in the purest of white rooms. Inferno looked him up and down before rubbing his neck after that Critical Condition...but then his eyes began to play tricks on him...as no blood poured from his wound.

His eyes did not lie, as he touched his forehead with his hand, no blood appeared, a questioning look to Simli would give the answers.

"To put it bluntly Dante...you're unconscious, but this seemed to be the only way that I would be able to get your attention, as you are in need a drastic help my friend. 

You're cause...your mother...have you forgotten it all?"

Dante looked puzzled.

"Of course not...what do you mean by that?"

"This match...you do know that if you win this belt, your life will change forever. The powers have foreseen, that you will not meet your mother again, if you win this title...and that I leave you with."

"But..."

Suddenly, Simli disappeared...and then a piercing thud of noise shot through Inferno's head, as he was brought back to full consciousness. 

ACW World Heavyweight Championship Match
ICU(c) Vs. Dante Inferno

    

The substitute referee made the count, as ICU lay on top of the challenger...

1...

ICU hooked the leg.

2...

ICU looked down at Inferno's face...only to see two eye's pointing right back at him. Ivan's first instinct was to get up and make Inferno close them again, but for now he lay, as the referee made the third and final count.

3!

The bell rang as ICU pulled himself away from the challenger to then receive his belt from the official, Inferno was now lying on his side, the stream of blood had now calmed down, but the mat and his skin was stained with his own blood, not for the first time, and not for the last.

ICU hoisted his title in the air as he had finally defended the ACW World Championship against someone credible...and beat him. But as ICU was about to leave the ring, he looked up at the rampway, to see Dane Rivers, who held a folder in his hand. He held it to his face and then pointed to it, as the bigScreen picked it up, it was ICU's file...but then A*Dubbs shot out from the back, as he belted his way towards the ring...he made it clear that he had no business with the Champion, before sliding in the ring and continuing his negotiations with the ACW World Champion.

Dubbs then turned around, to be met with a right hand by Inferno, who in the corner of his eye had seen him coming all the way down the ramp, and had decided to play possum for his amusement. Dubbs hit back with his own right hand, until the mayhem commenced as both men began rolling around the canvas...as ICU stared as Rivers...

Winner: AND STILL ACW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, ICU

What Has He Done?



"God dammit, can't we keep these little fuckers under control?" SilverHAWK spat as he screamed walking up the arena corridors, being accompanied by Joe Bishop and John Stern, the three men were making their way towards the ring to try and stop the mayhem which was going on outside.

"Excuse me, Mr. HAWK?"

HAWK turned around to see Agent Hawthorn jogging up to him...but HAWK didn't seem to be stopping.

"I've got a little business to attend to and then I'll be right with you."

"I'm sorry sir but I need to talk to you now, I have a plane that leaves in 30 minutes...so if you would please."

HAWK then slowed to a stop.

"You two go and fix this, gimme 5 minutes," as he waved both Stern and Bishop to the ring, he then turned to Hawthorn. "OK, Hawthorn, what questions do you wanna ask me now?"

"No questions...just this."

Hawthorn then pulled out a photograph from his jacket pocket, and then showed it to HAWK. It was a picture of the crime scene involving Winters. His car in an alley way, which was filled with police tape and policemen. HAWK looked puzzled.

"What are you showing me this for?"

"I would have said the same thing the other day sir, until I found him."

"Who?"

Hawthorn pointed at a man whom stood in the corner of the shot, away from everyone else...but he was definitely shifty looking. With spiky hair, a decent few days growth on his face and a cigarette in his mouth, he watched over the crime scene, unnoticed, or so he though.

"Do you know who this man is?"

HAWK looked at it closer...until a light bulbs started to burst in his head.

He had changed...but it was him.

"Yeah I know who it is...dunno what the hell he is doing there though."

"Who is it?"

"It's Jarrod Falls..."

Hawthorn looked at the picture once again.

"Does he have a wrestling name?"

"Yeah...eXistenZ."