Monday Night Warfare 21st September 2009

[Alicia "Atomic" Kitsune]

Match 4: ACW Tag Team Title Match
Flower Power vs. The Royles (Credit: AK)

Say what you like about the Royles; they may be possibly the most uncouth tag team in history, but they’ve got sufficient cojones to take on Flower Power, and this alone earns them a pop before the match proper begins. As for Yoko and Sarin, they’re here to show everyone why they’re the most feared tag team in ACW History...

McGroin takes the lead for the Royles, and finds himself pitted against Yoko. He displays a creditably non-sexist attitude by deflecting the Flower of Carnage’s kick, and landing a hefty elbow strike to the side of her head. Yoko staggers, and McGroin tries to clothesline her down; she ducks, but McGroin carries on to the ropes, rebounds and throws himself forward, using his far greater weight to bring Yoko down. He attempts an audacious pin by sheer force – but Yoko’s having none of it, and kicks out with power well in excess of what her frame would suggest.

The crowd wants more, and Yoko decides to grace them with the Pop from Okinawa (Shining Wizard), which gets a huge reaction. McGroin staggers, but somehow manages to stumble and fall close enough to his corner for Biggin to tag in. Yoko gets caught on the hop, and Biggin rushes in, getting close enough to scoop her up and hit a running powerbomb. He goes for the cover – but this time he’s ended up far too close to the opposing corner, and Yoko is just able to stretch out and tag to Sarin, who leaps over the ropes and kicks Biggin away.

With both of Flower Power in the ring, McGroin abandons etiquette and tries to even the odds; a whirlwind of blows breaks out, thrilling the fans. The Royles try to doube-team Sarin, but Yoko won’t allow that to happen, and it’s the “illegal” McGroin who ends up getting the YKO to the face against the ropes. He tumbles rather spectacularly over the top rope as Sarin takes advantage of the distraction to hit her version of the Flying Guillotine (Leg Drop Bulldog) and somehow manipulate Biggin’s bulk into a roll-up. Dazed and not sure which way is up, Biggin just misses the 3 count, and Flower Power once again show that their fierce grace is capable of outdoing brute strength.

Winners: Flower Power

[Alicia "Atomic" Kitsune]

HEALTH/CARE

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Hospital beeping, fade in from black. Rena sits in a hospital bed with Steele at her side. Ease back, Steele is nervous, Rena is unconscious. Sweat trickles down his forehead. A knock at the door, a doctor walks in. He has a clipboard in his hands, and begins to read it.

Doctor: Mr. Stevens... it was hard to tell at first, but as of now, the baby is going to be fine. The baby wasn't harmed at all. We'll have to keep her here overnight however, so we can properly bandage up those wounds on her face.

Steele: Thanks, doc.

The doctor turns to leave, and exits the room. Steele holds his head in his hands and takes a deep breath. He hears moving, and looks up. Rena's eyes are open, and she is breathing normally again.

Steele: Honey, can you hear me?

Steele gets to his feet and moves closer to her side. He grabs her hand as she blinks.

Rena: Yea... I'm okay.

Steele: Good, good. I wanted you to know I was here before I left. I really don't want to go, but I have to film some stuff for Meltdown. I'm thinking of calling in and telling them what happened.

Rena: Jake...

Steele: What's wrong?

Rena: ...The baby might not be yours.

His once happy eyes have now been overtaken by anger... confusion... hate. A thousand emotions charge through his brain, all of them negative. He finally controls his brain to the point where he has processed a thought. Just as he is about to speak, another knock at the door.

: Hey nowwww!

The door opens and, of course... The Reprobate makes an entrance. Holding a vase of flowers, he sets them on the table. Steele holds back his urges to grab the vase and smash it over Rep's head. He doesn't want to be taken forcefully out of the building to leave his pregnant girlfriend with this freak of nature.

Rep: Listen, I heard what happened. I came here to let you know that it wasn't intentional. At least not on my part. This is the first time Christina has ever gotten out of control without my consent. I don't know how to handle this just yet, but I will. Is the baby okay?

Steele steps in between Rep and Rena.

Steele: The baby is fine. Get the hell out of here.

Rep creates a cocky and confused demeanor.

Rep: I wouldn't be talking to me like that if I were you. I'm allowing you to be with her. If I had a reason to be upset with you, I would have no problems seducing her in to wanting to marry me. I can do it, just like I seduced her in to letting me bang her! In to carrying my child!

Steele takes a swing at Rep, who tried to dive away. The brunt of the shot missed, but Steele got half of it in on Rep's cheek. Police officers enter the room quickly, apparently Rep had commissioned them to wait outside. They hold Steele back as Rep, crawling on the floor, grabs his face.

Rep: What the hell is your problem?!

Steele: You're my problem! You may have cops arresting me now, but at Emperor of the Ring, you can't do anything to get away from me. I'm going to cripple you and get rid of you forever.

Rep: That's what you think. You seem to forget we were trained by the same man. The only difference is, he trained me when we was still mobile. Every move that you can do, I can do better. Even if you do somehow get the upperhand and get rid of me, it won't be forever. I'll be back... I ALWAYS COME BACK! Take him away boys!

Steele struggles to get away as the officers drag him out of the room. Rena, in fear of her safety, widens her eyes. Christina enters the room dressed as a nurse. Rep reaches in to the vase of flowers as "Partyman" by Prince begins playing. He pulls out a doctors robe, folded up. He unfolds it and puts it on, and then places a surgical mask on as well. Christina begins unplugging Rena's wires, disregarding whatever they may be, as Rep grabs hold of the bed and wheel her to the center of the room.

Rep: This is going to be interesting.

Christina stands at Rep's side, and grabs his arm. Rep rips a piece of tape off of a roll, tapes Rena's mouth, and then covers it with the blanket. Rep wheels Rena in her bed, out in to the hallway. Fade out.

[Alicia "Atomic" Kitsune]

OOC Segment: The Personal Touch (Credit: Dave Shadow / AK)

The voice on the CD is the same as last time. Digitally altered to be as bland and unmemorable as possible. But his or her words are anything but.

Congratulations Dave, once again you have proven why you are one of the greatest wrestlers ever by defeating Chris Phenomenal last week. It’s quite an accomplishment to pin an illiterate scumbag, hand on the ropes withstanding, to advance in the Emperor of the Ring tournament. Now I’m sure you’re wondering why I’ve not made my presence known over the past week, why there have been no letters, no calls, I’m sure you’re also suspicious as to why there have been no more attacks, and to that Dave Shadow, I say shame. I am a man of my word and I pledged that I would not lay another hand on a person close to you, I swore that there would be no more blind side attacks and that will continue. However now that you are one step closer to the throne, I would like to remind you of the Scottish Play, where in Macbeth seizes the throne only to be overthrown in a manner of weeks. Truly I tell you Dave, your reign will last nowhere near that long, presuming you win you Emperor of the Ring tournament of course.

I shall be watching, and dare I say cheering you on, hoping that you become victorious because I know exactly how to manipulate you, like a marionette I know how to make you dance. In due course Dave Shadow I will reveal myself to you, I will make certain that you pay for everything you have done to not only me, but the wrestling world. I would like to offer you and Alicia another clue, especially considering your sleuthing efforts have fallen off over the past few days. I’ve taken something from you before Dave, and you’ve taken something from me.

Ironic how the original name for Monday Night Warfare, was actually Monday Night Massacre, isn’t it Dave.

Until next time.

With that the voice fades out to the voice of Buffalo Bill from “The Silence of the Lambs”

“It rubs the lotion in it’s skin, or else it gets the hose again.”

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Alicia Laureano looks across at Dave. His face betrays little in the way of emotion; but she knows that inside him is a fire which has been getting steadily more intense as the days have dragged by.

Alicia: Well... assuming this person is telling the truth, the answer to this conundrum is tangled up with your days in GWF as we suspected.

She ponders; Dave doesn’t seem to be particularly forthcoming with suggestions, so Alicia decides to prod him a little.

Alicia: “Taken something”..... but what? A belt? A title shot? A person? Or something intangible?

No immediate answer. Alicia puts her hands on her hips.

Alicia: Look, Shadow, I’m not a mind reader. Although the fact you’re looking up and to the left slightly suggests to me that you’re mentally revisiting a previous event. Or you could just be thinking about sex. Do guys really do that every 10 seconds?

Dave: You're not a mindreader, and nor am I, Alicia. And as big a fan I am of the works of Dan Brown, I'm not Robert Langdon and I'm not that good when it comes to these cryptic messages. I've made a lot of decisions in my life. Some benefit me at the expense of others. That's business. But to attack myself and my brother with the ferocity that this bastard did.....I can't think of anything I did that warrants such actions.

Dave sighs, and Alicia nods. She glances downward for a moment, and the strip lighting reflects off of the signet ring on her right hand. A phrase butts into her head.

Alicia: “The very worst of things... for the very best of reasons...”

Dave: Huh?

Alicia: .....now there’s a thought. Dave, has it occurred to you that we might be dealing with more than one person?

Dave pauses, and shakes his head.

Dave: Can't say I have. How do you figure on that, then?

Alicia: Motive, my dear Shadow. I can only go on what you’re telling me, but since I don’t believe you’d lie, we have a disconnect between motive and opportunity.

She starts to pace, working the thing out in her head.

Alicia: Back when all this started, you suspected me at first, because you thought I had the strongest reason to want to attack you. And why was that?

Dave thinks for a moment. The pieces are starting to click in his mind, too.

Dave:......... because I threatened your family?

Alicia: Exactly! The most mild-mannered, most honourable of people can turn vicious in the cause of defending those they love.

Dave: But what I said to you was in the heat of the moment, it’s not what I’m about.

Alicia: No. But you’re in a minority, Dave. There are people here who would think nothing of the darkest and most depraved acts, if it enabled them to reap a significant advantage. The threat of violence is a powerful bargaining tool.

Dave’s mind is racing. He looks at the CD player, where the CD itself is sitting idle.

Dave: So we can’t be sure... but we might be looking for someone acting against their will?

Alicia: Damn straight. That degree of separation is probably what the person orchestrating this whole affair is relying on.

Dave and Alicia look at one another.

Dave: We need to keep this very, very quiet. If our hunch is right...

Alicia: Yes. The puppet master mustn’t realise that we know he exists. His or her confidence in their set-up could be their undoing.

Alicia looks toward the door.

Alicia: Right. Whether it’s one person or more than one, that parcel was delivered by hand. And this time, the delivery might very well have been captured by the security cameras. I’m going to go and schmooze the guard-in-charge; I suggest you continue with your normal routine.

Dave: Fine. Give me a call if you find anything.

Alicia nods, and heads out of the door. Dave leans against the wall; he can feel things building to a head. The fact that there’s a PPV around the corner is surely not unconnected...

Fade.

[Alicia "Atomic" Kitsune]

Saved for Dan White

[Alicia "Atomic" Kitsune]

Match 5: EOTR Quarter Finals Match
Jack Jefferson vs. Jonny Spade (Credit: Jefferson)

EOTR Qtr Final Match - Jack Jefferson vs. Jonny Spade
Jack Jefferson


The fan’s anticipation for this match is extremely great; neither man is particularly favoured by the fans, or even liked for that matter, but the fans fully appreciate the sense of occasion and there’s always the chance it could be a classic. Going into the match there is a lot of pressure on both men, with the winner going on to face Jason Freeman for a slot in the final and from that a potential World Title shot. The buzz can really be felt in the air before either man is announced and there is a lot of booing as they both make their way to the ring. There are also some cheers, although it’s more of a case of cheering for the lesser of two evils rather than actually liking either man. Spade and Jefferson stare each other down in the centre of the ring, they’ve faced off a lot against each other in recent history and both look confident.

*Bell Rings*

The match starts at a very deliberate pace, with neither man willing to rush in and make any stupid mistakes. They tie up but the bigger and stronger Spade is able to throw Jefferson off quite easily. Change of tact needed, so Jefferson steams in with an attempted Leg Lariat. Unfortunately he misses as Spade ducks, and this gives the Toronto native the exact opening he needs. Spade begins wearing Jefferson down with gusto, keeping him grounded through a combination of vicious stomps and repeatedly locking on the high angle boston crab known worldwide as the Spider’s Web to cause damage to the back of Jefferson.

Time and again Jefferson manages to break Spade’s grip, vice-like as it is, and eventually Spade gets extremely frustrated with this and hauls Jefferson to his feet. With a chance to finally use his pace Jefferson wastes no time...in poking Spade in the eye. It earns him a telling off from the referee but it also buys him some time to recover, however briefly it is. Once the ref is finished reprimanding him Jefferson kicks Spade in the back of the head with a picture-perfect Enziguiri. Spade drops to a knee but this just gives Jefferson the opportunity to drive a knee into his face with a Shining Wizard. The impact isn’t as great as that of a normal Shining Wizard because Jefferson has little run-up but Spade still collapses to the canvas. Jefferson keeps his advantage by nailing Spade with a flurry of stiff shots and a Double Underhook Backbreaker.

After Spade powered out of a pinfall attempt there was a standoff between the two followed by trading of blows. Jefferson comes off worst due to Spade’s size and power advantage. Spade hauls him to his feet and lifts him up for the Silver Spade. As Jefferson is swung around he managed to struggle and land on his feet. He kicks Spade in the stomach, doubling him over, then follows it up with a knee lift to the head which nicely transitions into a neckbreaker. He covers and picks up the 3 count, with Spade narrowly kicking out after the ref counts three.

[Alicia "Atomic" Kitsune]

Segment: Where oh where has he been? (Credit: Jonny Spade)

The scene opens up with Jonny Spade and Damien King walking down the hallways of the ACW arena to a tall glass of boos from the crowd. As he just comes back from the match that he fought hard and long in but was not successful in winning Kevin Anderson comes up to the two and approaches them.

Kevin: Jonny! Jonny! Could we have a word with you?

Jonny sighs but he does stop and turns around to face Kevin.

Jonny: Hurry it up, ok?

Kevin: Mr. Spade, everybody here and the internet would like to know…where were the two of you last week?

Jonny: Well if you two must know me and Damien were living it up Sudan styles.

Kevin: Excuse me?

Jonny: Well you see, with Damien being the “King of Sudan” and all I decided that we should take advantage of that situation and vacation there for the week.

Kevin: Ginger gave you guys the week off?

Jonny: Of course.

Damien: So…you know, Gooey could cool off for attacking us for no reason at all.

Jonny: Yah, I mean what the hell is up with that, right? Like what did we do to that guy?

Damien: Beats the hell out of me.

Kevin: So…with this vacation you took, did you have time to train properly for your match tonight?

Jonny: Thanks for bringing that up, because I wanted to make something clear…Jefferson only beat me because I was jet lagged. I had no time to properly rest and train to loosen my body up for tonight. There is no way whatsoever that he would have been able to beat me if I had properly trained myself for tonight.

Kevin: One last question about Gooey...

Jonny: Sigh…we just went over this.

Kevin: Are you going to be getting revenge for what he did to you?

Jonny: Of course not…I will be the bigger man in this situation and let sleeping dogs lie. Now if you’ll excuse me I need to shower.

Jonny turns and opens the door to his locker room and a crash is heard and Jonny is also heard screaming.

Jonny: OW! WHAT THE HELL??? DAMIEN TURN THE DAMN LIGHT ON!

Damien stumbles in the dark a little and then flips the light on. Jonny comes out of the locker room with a paint bucket on his head and red paint covering his body.

Jonny: OH FOR FUCK SAKES GOOEY IS DEAD! DAMIEN GO GET SOMEONE TO CLEAN THIS UP!

Damien goes to find someone and the scene ends with Jonny fuming….or it could be the red paint but he does look angry.

End.

[Alicia "Atomic" Kitsune]

Closing segment: Hate to rain on your parade...
Jack Jefferson / Mr. Red


His match against Jonny Spade won, a place in the Emperor of the Ring Semi-Finals secured, and he a sense of pride swelling in his chest; Jack Jefferson has a swagger in his step. It’s been a very good night for the man from Manchester, England and his smile oozes confidence and self-satisfaction. With his bag casually draped over his left shoulder he fishes his keys out of his pocket and points the fob at his jet black 1967 Shelby Mustang GT and beeps open the locks. Placing his bag down as he pops open the boot he looks around, more out of habit than anything else, but something catches his eye.

Too slowly he turns around to see the laboured grimace of Mr. Red as he swings his baseball bat, bringing it crashing down on the crown of Jefferson. His eyes wide with surprise, Jefferson crumbles; the impact turning his legs into jelly. A smirk fights its way onto Red’s face as he stares down at his fallen foe. Just to add some icing on the cake he takes the fat end of the baseball bat and viciously jabs it into Jefferson’s nose, drawing blood and a pained groan from within the hands clasped over the nose.

Red: Hate to crash the victory party...well, I don’t...but it wouldn’t be right to leave deformations of my character unanswered now would it? Basically, any time you want some...come get some!

Jefferson scowls as Red smiles down at him. His upper lip curls, turning the scowl into a snarl as he spits a mouthful of blood in Red’s direction. It falls pitifully short, mostly dribbling down his chin, but a small speck finds its way onto the toe of Red’s show. He doesn’t look at all happy with this and his face drops.

Red: Well that was unnecessary, now I’m going to have to teach you some manners!

Without a seconds hesitation Red brings his bat crashing down onto the top of Jefferson’s head. He slumps, unconscious, with blood steadily flowing from a gash on his head and bloody saliva dribbling down his chin. Point made, Red strolls away safe in the knowledge that Jefferson now knows exactly what he is capable. Jefferson, however, is left slumped against his Mustang with his boot wide open. It’s almost a sad sight, or it would be if it was someone people actually like. Instead Jefferson gets the point-and-stare treatment from passing crew members. Later he will wake up to find his shoes missing. Why his shoes I don’t know, I just thought it’d be funny?

And so, shoeless, we end another edition of Warfare.

There’s only two shows to go before Emperor of the Ring; ACW’s vacant throne will soon be filled... but by who?

Fade to Black

End of Show.

[Jack Jefferson]

“You’ve Got Mail” (Dave Shadow / AK) – First segment of the show and my intrigue levels are through the roof already. This storyline of Dave’s has been fantastic so far, he’s managed to keep the mystery going throughout and the pacing of it has been fantastic. This segment was just another good addition to the saga, and it does a great job of reeling people (well...me) in and getting them to wonder what’s coming next.

“Adam Smith meet Hood Rat” (Chris Phenomenal / Senator) – Far too many people in ACW have these stipulations in their contracts which make them nigh-on untouchable. I understood it when TK did it because at the time he was one of ACW’s top guys but if everyone does it it’s just unrealistic, and makes Gingerdude look like a terrible businessman which would make no sense. The rest of the segment, however, was good and I liked the fact that security escorted The Capitalists out of the room rather than Chris being able to beat both of them. Just because they’re NPCs doesn’t mean they should easily be beaten 2-on-1, especially in a blindside attack, so I liked that detail.

“Coward? Or Genius?” (Dave Shadow / Jason Freeman) – I really enjoyed this segment, from Shadow’s extremely logical explanation of why Freeman isn’t getting a title shot to Freeman’s indignation. One of the best things about this segment, however, was you could really feel the building tension between Shadow and Freeman, giving the impression that this segment will really further the feud and lead to more heated exchanges in the future. I can’t wait.

“Training” (VorteX) – I’m going to be honest, I don’t quite understand a lot of the premise around Vortex’s work with the whole split personality deal but that doesn’t stop me from seeing how well he’s building up this storyline. This segment did a great job of setting up the dire straits Vortex is in and it’s clear that he’s building to some kind of fantastic crescendo with this. Judging from what has gone before, it should be good.

“Controversy, Thy Name is Dave Shadow” (Dave Shadow) – Dave Shadow is, quite simply, the best interview guy in ACW right now. He really can just fire out a great interview at will and this was no exception. It simultaneously hyped up the animosity between Jason Freeman and built up the EOTR Semi-Final Match vs. Vortex.

“Care to TWO step?” (Chris Phenomenal / Dave Shadow) – Fuck me, this entire first page was predominantly Dave Shadow! Anyway, this was a nice standoff segment between Shadow and Phenomenal. Initially I was worried that Shadow was going to go back on his “no rematch” position, totally undermining two previous segments, but thankfully he didn’t. I’m very interested to see how things progress between these two.

“HEALTH/CARE” (Rena / The Reprobate) – The dramatic kidnap of Rena at the end of this segment may just have saved it. Until that point this segment was distinctly average. Rena suddenly jumping into “the baby might not be yours” seemed far too random and out of the blue. Also, Rep talking about seducing Rena and then asking what Steele’s problem is? Luckily, though, the twist at the end saved it!

“The Personal Touch” (Dave Shadow / AK) – Suspension successfully built. The mystery of what’s going on here is really intriguing and the idea of someone being manipulated into attacking Dave is an extremely interesting one. I’m not sure if I buy the theory of someone from GWF being behind all this as it seems to always come back to how people in ACW will do vile and heinous things without a seconds thought.

“Where oh where has he been?” (Jonny Spade) – Jet lag? Oh h-h-h-hell no! This segment, however was another good one. It’s been a pretty good show. Leaving a paint bucket to fall on someone’s head is classically childish enough to be Gooey, and I like that Jonny’s kept that element of his character going into this feud. I just wonder if Damien will be given more of a role than Jonny’s glorified lackey.

[Jonny Spade]

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“Where oh where has he been?” (Jonny Spade) – Jet lag? Oh h-h-h-hell no! This segment, however was another good one. It’s been a pretty good show. Leaving a paint bucket to fall on someone’s head is classically childish enough to be Gooey, and I like that Jonny’s kept that element of his character going into this feud. I just wonder if Damien will be given more of a role than Jonny’s glorified lackey.
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Sue me, I needed an excuse for not writing last show. >_>

Oh and he probably will just be the lackey guy as Garrison Cade was to Jericho way back when. ;D