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Presenting AOW: Art of War Wrestling - The Greatest Affair

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"Warfare is the greatest affair of the state, the basis of life and death, the Way to survival or extinction."

- Opening Line of Sun Tzu's Art of War​

Backstory

August 2005
The WWE comes to terms with Christopher “Chris Jericho” Irvine with his contract expiring

December 2006
The WWE comes to terms with both Paul Heyman and Paul “The Big Show” Wright

January 2007
John “Bradshaw” Layfield, as well as Mick Foley and Dean Malenko, cut ties with World Wrestling Entertainment

Late January 2007
Paul Heyman, shortly after being foolishly denied by TNA Wrestling, reportedly makes a few phone calls, the main ones of note being Foley and Layfield. Chris Jericho, meanwhile, is not called, but instead, calls Heyman. The groundwork for what appears to be a new wrestling organization appear to be set.

1/21/07
Mick Foley and Jericho reportedly rope in Dean Malenko, as well as extending international interest with AAA representative and the “Mexican Hulk Hogan”, Konnan.

Heyman and Layfield, meanwhile, secure sponsoring in Layfield’s own Layfield Energy. The duo is also busy securing what looks to be a television deal with the Fox branch channel FX

All this is overshadowed, however, by the TNA signing of Kurt Angle, a few mere months after his ‘retirement’ from the WWE. This reportedly does not sit well with a great deal of the TNA locker room
.

1/23/07
Heyman calls for a press conference to occur on the following day.

Foley and Jericho, meanwhile, secure Tony Chimel on his leave of absence from the WWE to come be their full time ring announcer. They are also able to fully convince Dean Malenko to became an agent and potential trainer

This, again, is covered up by bigger TNA news of the unconditional release of Jason “Christian Cage” Reso, as well as even rockier negotiations between TNA and Nuufolau “Samoa Joe” Seanoa, both stemming from the signing of Kurt Angle
.

1/24/07
In the press conference held by Paul Heyman, he announces the official founding of AOW – Art of War Wrestling. He also confirms a 1-hour time slot on FX at the beginning of their fall season in August. He also confirms involvement of Mick Foley, as well as Layfield’s financial backing, among others. With both Heyman and Foley’s backing, Heyman has to assure any interested that this is not some sort of ‘hardcore wrestling' promotion. Chris Jericho, present at the conference, confirms that he is the company’s first talent as part of a roster along with being a ‘founding father’. Jericho also confirms involvement from Dean Malenko as well as Lance Storm, whom is also confirmed to be the second competing talent. The launch of a website, aohdubya.com is established and is said to be the host of all future signings.

A few short hours later, aohdubya.com breaks the news that they have signed Christian Cage and Samoa Joe. With several months between the actual television launch of AOW Wrestling, AOW allows for confirmed and future signees to finish up their current contracts, as well as finish any independent circuit tours they may be attending
.

February 2007
AOW confirms the signings of Dave Finlay, Jack Evans, Elix Skipper, and the recently released from the WWE Chris Masters, Gregory Helms, and Jamie Noble. They also confirm the arrival of Aero Star, a top Mexican lucha libre prospect.

The WWE also acknowledges that Rey Mysterio’s contract has expired, with Mysterio not having resigned on the road to Wrestlemania


March 2007
AOW quickly stops all suspicion of what Mysterio will do by signing him, where he will go under the name Rey Mysterio Jr. During this month, AOW is able to sign Matt Sydal, Paul Burchill, as well as drawing Mark “Muhammad Hassan” Copani out of retirement from professional wrestling. Dirtsheets also report they have planted seeds to take Phil “CM Punk” Brooks and Shelton Benjamin straight off the WWE’s roster.

April 2007
Following the WWE’s annual PPV extravaganza Wrestlemania, their spring cleaning takes place. AOW acts quickly to snap up Carlito Colon, Charlie Haas, Paul London, Brian Kendrick, Psicosis, & Super Crazy, among the many more released. In the process, they are also able to snatch Shelton Benjamin away successfully.

May 2007
In news that seems to tickle ROH fan’s pickle, Bryan Danielson confirms he is leaving the promotion that gave him fame and going mainstream with AOW. This is made publically as a “Mick Foley signing”, but the bigger signing is that of another former ROH legend in CM Punk, who walked out on the WWE. Punk mentioned AOW on live television on his final RAW appearance before cutting ties with the company and confirming having signed with AOW.

Later in the month, another former ROH mainstay is confirmed to have signed, as Brandon “Low Ki/Senshi” Silvestry is no longer affiliated with TNA


June 2007
Following the WWE’s One Night Stand PPV, Rob Van Dam was written out of his feud with Randy Orton and announced his signing with AOW Wrestling a few weeks after, almost undoubtedly a “Heyman signing”. As this goes on, talks begin with Paul “Big Show” Wright over a possible return to wrestling following Show using his break from wrestling by losing weight and taking up boxing. No word yet on his alliance with the company.

Late June 2007
With the WWE cutting ties with Ohio Valley Wrestling and the formation of FCW, AOW is quick to announce that OVW will be used as their development talent home. Many former WWE development talents are signed to OVW or AOW official roster contracts. Brent Albright and Ken Doane are reportedly coming up to the main roster immediately, while Kofi Kingson, Afa Jr., Sonny Siaki, DH Smith, Tyson Kidd, Mike Kruel, Jack Swagger, Eric Escobar, Tyson Tarver, and Sheamus O’Shaunssey are signed to OVW deals.

AOW Wrestling later announces they’ve signed unknown talents Justin Gabriel and Tyler Black to development contracts, this being their first professional contract
.

July 2007
Just over a month before AOW debuts on national television on August 22, AOW suffers its first setback when they are unable to sign Mexican sensation Mistico. They are also turned down by Brock Lesnar, who wished to continue pursuing an MMA career.

Amongst this pair of disappointment, Lance Storm confirms he will only wrestle part-time, becoming the co-trainer of OVW with Malenko.

Heyman is also able to confirm that the first ‘season’ of AOW, the three months they’ve confirmed with FX, will take place in the Hammerstein Ballroom. They are to take place here until the funds are sufficient and FX sees fit to send Heyman and company on the road

In more company news, aohdubya.com confirms the four championships that will be used in AOW Wrestling: a world title, tag titles, a cruiserweight title, as well as a championship called the “Dynasty” Championship. This is most likely the name of the mid-card strap
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Late July 2007
The double-whammy of failed signings in early June is quickly negated by the official word from Paul Wright, who is now officially signed with the company. Joey Styles also confirms he is leaving the WWE to commentate for AOW Wrestling, where his teammate is confirmed to be none other than co-founder John “Bradshaw” Layfield. The first and potentially only female signing for AOW is confirmed when Torrie Wilson reportedly signs, her purpose being a backstage interviewer. Another is reportedly signed, when former MTV actor Mike “The Miz” Mizanin is confirmed as another interviewer, as well as a sporadic competition clause.

This is quickly upstaged, however, when Bobby Lashley, coming on the heels of his WWE Championship loss at the Great American Bash, lets his WWE contract expire and sign with AOW. Many fans recall the Lashley winning of the ECW title in December was the final straw for Heyman, but this is cited as a “Mick Foley signing”.

…but THIS is quickly upstaged by the confirmed release by the WWE of Shawn Michaels, who reportedly asked for his release from the company while on a leave of absence
.

August 2007
…and it was only a matter of days, literally, days before the debut of AOW’s first ever programming (now given the title Wednesday Night Oblivion) that the company confirmed the signing of the one and only Shawn Michaels. It is later revealed that it took Foley, Jericho, and some help from Dean Malenko to fully bring Michaels in, although Jericho is said to have been the most aggressive about gaining the Heart Break Kid. This was done without the consent, knowledge, or a green light of Paul Heyman.

Premise

For those who care not for a backstory, the basic premise of this thread is exactly what it looks like - a dream fed for me. For those who have read my stuff before, realism isn't my strongest suit, but I wish to not stretch the realms too far in this thread. The roster is compiled of individuals and a time period of not only I feel I can write well, but are comferteble doing so, with a few new wild cards for me thrown in.

Oh, and props to Dubya b/c I'm about to steal his opening post format. Here's to hoping he'll forgive me.


-AOW-
ART OF WAR WRESTLING
Life. War. Wrestling.


“Founding Fathers”: Paul Heyman, Mick Foley, John “Bradshaw” Layfield, Chris Jericho, Dean Malenko


~The Administration~
Executive Producer/On-Screen Owner
– Commander in Chief
Paul Heyman
Acting Commander - Mick Foley
Play-by-Play – Joey Styles
Co-Vice Executive Producer/Color Commentator – John Bradshaw Layfield
Ring Announcer – Tony Chimel
Backstage Interviewer(s)The White Chick Torrie Wilson, Steve The Blank Canvas Romero, and Mike The Miz Mizanin


~Roster~
Aero Star
The Boondock Saint Antonio Banks - Suspended indefinately
Bobby Lashley - Inactive due to injury
Shooter Brent Albright
The American Dragon Bryan Danielson
The Bad Apple Carlito Colon
The Straight-Edge Superstar CM Punk
Charlie Haas
The Worthy Man Chris Jericho
The Masterpiece Chris Masters
The Man on the Moon Christian Cage
The Fighting Irishman Finlay
Primetime Elix Skipper
Gregory Helms
Harry Smith
Jack From the Heavens Evans
Jack Hagar
Pitbull Jamie Noble
Ken Doane
The Man With No Land Kofi Kingston
The Warrior Low Ki
Manu
Matt Sydal
Nick Nemeth
The Ripper Paul Burchill
Psicosis
The Biggest Little Man Rey Mysterio, Jr.
The Whole F’n Show Rob Van Dam
The Samoan Submission Machine Samoa Joe
The Heart Break Kid Shawn Michaels
Shelton Benjamin
Siaki
The Crazy Luchador Super Crazy
TJ Wilson
Tyler Black
William Regal

The Tandems and Alliances
The Mexicools - Super Crazy & Psicosis
Mercenaries, Inc. - William Regal, Paul Burchill & Brent Albright
Sons of the Dungeon - Harry Smith & TJ Wilson
American Made - Nick Nemeth & Jack Hagar
Samoan Fight Club - Siaki & Manu


~The Medals of Honor~
AOW Heavyweight Champion – Christian Cage
AOW Dynasty Champion – Tyler Black
AOW Tag Team Champions – The Mercenaries
AOW Cruiserweight Champion – Bryan Danielson


~Medals of Honor Archive~

AOW World Heavyweight Championship


Name: Christian Cage
Reign: March 16th, 2008 –
Event: The Outer Limits 2008*
Match Type: Triple Threat Match
Other Competitor(s): Chris Jericho; Shawn Michaels
*Note: Became AOW “World” Championship by being defended outside the US

Name: Chris Jericho:
Reign: August 22nd, 2007 – March 16th, 2008
Event: Wednesday Night Oblivion – Pilot Episode
Match Type: Lucky 13 Battle
Other Competitor(s): Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, Bobby Lashley, Christian Cage, CM Punk, Chris Masters, Samoa Joe, Finlay, Muhammad Hassan, Rey Mysterio, Lance Storm, Paul Burchill

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AOW Dynasty Championship

Name: Tyler Black
Reign: July 23rd, 2008 -
Event: Wednesday Night Oblivion
Match Type: Singles Match
Other Competitor(s): CM Punk

Name: CM Punk
Reign: December 26th, 2007 – July 23rd, 2008
Event: A Very Merry War
Match Type: Singles Match
Other Competitor(s): Muhammad Hassan

Name: Muhammad Hassan
Reign: September 26th, 2007 – December 26th, 2007
Event: September 26th Supershow
Match Type: Tournament Final Singles Match
Other Competitor(s): Rey Mysterio

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AOW World Tag Team Championship

Name: The Mercenaries - Paul Burchill & Brent Albright
Reign: June 30th, 2008 -
Event: Wednesday Night Oblivion
Match Type: Tag Team Match
Other Competitor(s): Sons of the Dungeon - TJ Wilson & Harry Smith

Name: Sons of the Dungeon – TJ Wilson & Harry Smith
Reign: March 16th, 2008 – June 30th, 2008
Event: The Outer Limits 2008*
Match Type: Tag Team Match
Other Competitor(s): The World’s Greatest Tag Team - Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas
*Note: Became AOW “World” Tag Championships by being defended outside the US

Name: The World’s Greatest Tag Team - Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas
Reign: September 12th, 2007 – March 16th, 2008
Event: Wednesday Night Oblivion
Match Type: Ladder Match
Other Competitor(s): The Hooliganz – Paul London & Brian Kendrick

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AOW Cruiserweight Championship

Name: Bryan Danielson
Reign: September 26th –
Event: September 26th Supershow
Match Type: Tag Team Turning Point
Other Competitor(s): Gregory Helms, Paul London, Brian Kendrick, Super Crazy, Psicosis, Low Ki, Jack Evans, Jamie Noble, Elix Skipper


~Television Schedule~
Wednesday Night Oblivion | 9-10:30 pm EST on FX
Official Theme: “The Fight Song” by Marilyn Manson


~PPV & Supercard* Schedule~
September 26th Supershow

World Ablaze | November 11, 2007 | Boston, Massachusetts – TD Banknorth Garden
A Very Merry War | December 26th Supershow
This is Exile | February 3, 2008 | East Rutherford, New Jersey – Izod Center
The Outer Limitshttp://www.wrestlingforum.com/booke...restling-greatest-affair-24.html#post18213522 | March 16th, 2008 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Belle Centre
Offseason Finale Supershow | May 21st, 2008 | Louisville, Kentucky - Davis Arena
Rise of a Dynasty Supershow
| July 2nd, 2008 | Las Vegas, Nevada - MGM Grand
Origins & Endings
| August 24th, 2008 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Mellon Arena

*Supercard names/dates/lengths subject to change

AOW Originals
Lucky 13 Battle - 13-man battle royal; final 4 becomes a Fatal 4-Way, one fall finish
Inaugural Match - Pilot Episode

Yin v. Yang - A veteran versus a younger competitor; done with no count-outs
Inaugural Match - Oblivion Edition 4 - 9.12.07

Tag Team Turning Point - Tag team gauntlet, winners face one another
War Rules - Hardcore match rules
Inaugural Match(es) - Sept. 26th Supershow

Art of the Knockout (A.O.K.O.) - Last Man Standing rules inside a steel cage
Inaugural Match - Oblivion Edition 8 - 10.17.07

The War Chamber - Eight men, pseudo-combination of War Games and Elimination Chamber rules
Inaugural Match - This is Exile

The Offseason - Two-month television hiatus for entire roster; crossover online shows with OVW
Inaugural Event(s) - Accumulates at
Offseason Finale

The Dynasty Tournament - Thirty-Two man #1 Contender's Tournament; follows Offseason
Inaugural Event - Accumulates at Rise of a Dynasty

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~Contracted OVW Developmental Talent~
Aron "Idol" Stevens
Alex Riley
Brodus Clay
Chris Hero
Claudio Castagnoli
Drew Galloway
Eric Perez
Jay Bradley
Jay Uso
Jimmy Uso
Johnny Jeter
Justin Gabriel
Mike Kruel
PAC
Tyson Tarver
Steve Lewington
Stu Bennet


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DEM CREDENTIALS

1x King of the BTB Tournament winner (2012)

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Most Underrated (2008)
Most Improved Booker (Spring 2011)
Best BTB of the Year (2012)
Best Individual Show - A Very Merry War (2012)
Most Creative (2008, 2012)
Best Used Character - Chris Jericho (2012)
Biggest Shock - The Double Turn (2012)
 
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#15 ·
Thanks for the feedback, fellas, very much appreciated. I realize some things were out of line and I hope to improve on that, but thanks for the feedback while I'm trying to get my bearings in the thread.

And now more news...


~There’s been extensive talks about what position Mick Foley should hold on screen in the near future. Foley has gone on record saying he would only be an in-ring competitor if the right situation arose, but at the beginnings of the company, he’s highly doubting it. Expect the Foley situation to be resolved in the coming weeks.

~With the pilot episode of AOW surpassing all expectations as far as ratings are concerned, we’re being told FX gladly extended AOW: Wednesday Night Oblivion for another three months, extending the life of the promotion to at least February.

~However, the company heads have confirmed nothing as far as a PPV schedule or extending the show to two hours or even ninety minutes. It’s been reported that Heyman and Foley at least asked for a few PPVs, but were denied until the company proved it was a “profitable network production”, waiting to see more results.
…and now another preview!




8.29.07

The Hammerstein Ballroom – Manhattan, New York City, New York
“Sit on the Mountain and Watch the Tigers Fight”


Last week, we saw an AOW Original in the Lucky 13 Battle for the AOW World Heavyweight Championship. When all the dust and smoke settled, it was Chris Jericho who was forcing Shawn Michaels to tap out in the Walls of Jericho and being handed the gold strap. Now, with the egotistical Jericho’s request for ring time granted, what will “The Living Legend” have to say, especially following his remarks to Paul Heyman last week? Chris Jericho makes a championship address.

And on note of the AOW World Heavyweight Championship, we now need a #1 Contender! With Shawn Michaels taking the fall last week, the other two men who did not will face each other to find out who’ll be first to face Jericho. Rob Van Dam and Bobby Lashley duke it out in our Week 2 main event.

The roster continues to unfold, as this week we’re promised another debuting star, and a last minute tag team match addition…? We’re back to being one-hour, but it’s the most explosive 60-minuteson the planet. Don’t miss the second, yet explosive, episode of Wednesday Night Oblivion on FX!

.:Confirmed for Oblivion:.

#1 Contender's Match
Rob Van Dam v. Bobby Lashley

Chris Jericho's championship address


Aiming for Sunday again. Once everyone's done reading Legend's Gold Rush, hope you guys come see me.
 
#16 ·
Created fed BTB's are a lot of work with backstory and starting feuds from nothing, champions, tag teams and making things as good as it can be taking off from scratch. It isn't easy. I always enjoy creatd feds that stick around long enough to see things through because it is always fun to read, with it being compiled of a roster full of people that you like and enjoy writing for. You've got lots of potential with this thread, I skimmed roughly over the first show and so far so good. Keep it up.

Please have Van Dam go over Lashly never really liked Lashly, just another jacked up beast. I'll try and drop some comments on the next show.

Good luck. (Y)
 
#17 ·
Mick Foley being used as a rare part timer is definitely the right thing to do. He can be used at the right time to put over some young talent, similar to what he did with Randy Orton in 2004. Created feds are hard to find these days, so the fact that Oblivion has been green lighted until February makes me hope that you'll get there. I don't like when created feds have PPV's right from the get go. I definitely think having to earn them is much more realistic, so I'm all for that.

Now, onto the preview. Van Dam should be able to carry Lashley to a decent enough match, whilst Jericho promo time will OWN. A tag team match could be good, and I'm excited to see what wrestler will be debuting. I'm looking forward to seeing how you follow up what was a successful first show.
 
#18 · (Edited)
I am NEVER trying to post on a PPV Sunday again...




8.29.07

The Hammerstein Ballroom – Manhattan, New York City, New York
“Sit on the Mountain and Watch the Tigers Fight”


With not enough company footage for an opening vignette (it will come soon, don’t worry) we’re treated to a much less theatrical cold open this week. Ironically, the cold open is filled with heat, as the Hammerstein is raining down a great deal of boos on the man already standing in the middle of the ring – AOW World Champion Chris Jericho. Jericho is standing center ring on a platform and a podium, his newly won title on the top of the podium. Jericho is in a very nice suit and has a stoic expression, although we can see a tiny smirk.

Jericho:
If I could borrow a phrase from my past and, in doing so, a phrase that you degenerates can fully understand – will you please SHUT. THE HELL. UP.

~Naturally, more heat reigns down from the Hammerstein heavens. Like that was gonna work, Chris.

Jericho:
I was granted this time and this spotlight to fully relish in my light as the first ever AOW World Champion. And whether you people like it or not you will listen to me.

~The amount of heat almost makes it a tad hard to listen to him

Jericho:
It takes a worthy man to lead an army. It takes a worthy man to set an example for all to follow. It takes a worthy man to bring relevance and a guiding light to any and all who set foot in his presence. I want all of you people here, and even the people in the back, to recognize that you are unworthy and you need a worthy man to guide you.

~The heat barrage doesn’t cease

Jericho:
You people can stay in denial all you want, and this roster can deny that all they want, but the fact is that I’m standing here with this title. No one else is. With this worthy title befitting a worthy man. And none of you people have what it takes to take it from me.

~Continued heat

Jericho:
So to all listening, Chris Jericho is the worthy man who will lead each and every one of you to higher, holier ground. Everything I do, you people should emulate. Everything I say, you people should grasp and remember. Every time I show up in this ring, you people should gather in awe.

~The heat, astonishingly, picks up more with this statement

Jericho:
And that includes you, Paul Heyman. I’m glad you set the tone for this company; I’m glad you went and put your foot down and said everything in this company was to be earned. To earn something is to be undisputedly worthy of it. I’ve earned this, Paul. I’m worthy to hold this title, but more importantly, I’m more worthy to lead this company in the right direction much moreso than you.

~Another burst of boos at the shot at Heyman

Jericho:
You wanna be the boss? That’s fine. I can live with that. But as long as I hold this title, your power over this roster and these people is completely irrelevant. Who holds the gold is who leads the people, and Paul, when a man gets a hold of that power…he will NEVER. LET. GO.

~Buzz, as Jericho is vowing to hold onto that thing for a long, long time

Jericho:
Y’see Paul, I’m at the top of the mountain of this company and if you make an effort to topple me, you, like ECW, will fail.

~Jericho wants to finish his phrase, but he’s cut off by another savage downpour of disapproval

Jericho:
And I will watch this roster go to war with each other just so they can attempt to prove themselves on the same worthy plane as me. But they too will fall at the altar.

~Amongst all the hate spewing from the rafters right now, Jericho’s composure has not changed in the slightest. He’s still keeping a civilized, intelligent, yet piercing presence, a bit of a far cry from the “Atoyallah of Rock n’ Rolla” Jericho people yearned for in 2007

Jericho:
You see, out of all the unworthy souls in that locker room, Shawn Michaels is most definitely the most unworthy. In case some people here may have forgotten - I made Shawn Michaels tap out.

~A great deal of heat once again

Jericho:
I made Shawn Michaels tap into nothingness. Into obscurity. Shawn Michaels’ name is no longer on par with wrestling legends, but his name is far beneath the level of dirt. The moment Shawn Michaels submitted to me, he submitted to my every whim and gave away any and all rights he had of being…worthy.

~Yet another barrage of heat

Jericho:
Shawn, you are just like Paul Heyman to me. I am now and I am always going to be one step ahead of you. And as you sit at home tonight, tending your wounds and hurt pride, Shawn, I just want you to know you didn’t just tap out to me – you submitted to me.

~This again is said within near deafening heat

Jericho:
So let it be known to you, Paul, to your fellow unworthy souls here in this arena, watching at home, or in that locker room – especially you, Shawn Michaels - that Chris Jericho is, undisputedly, your AOW World Champion. He is on top of the mountain. And he is a worthy man.


Jericho keeps garnering more heat, as he takes his belt in hand and is ready to walk off the podium, but before he can do so, SEXY BOY lets out a roar across the arena the arena goes absolutely nuts, leaving Jericho very uneasy. Jericho turns towards the ramp and walks over to the ropes…but no one’s coming out. Jericho’s face goes from calm to frantic, back to a somewhat calm, but still very confused. The crowd is still popping their heads off, even after Michaels’ music stops. That’s because as he turns around, the AOW World Champion GETS HIT WITH SOME SWEET CHIN MUSIC!!! SHAWN MICHAELS IS HERE!! HBK, cowboy hat and jeans, has just kicked the World Champion’s teeth down his throat! Michaels has an intense, stoic stare, not changing. It doesn’t change when we see Michaels stoop down close to the fallen Jericho before mouthing the words –

“One…step…head…”


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**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

~We return to Oblivion, at the announce table, in the middle of JBL having a cow about Shawn Michaels…

JBL:
THIS is the art of wrestling? THIS is the spirit of competition? Shawn Michaels has no right on God’s green earth to come out here and kick Chris Jericho off his podium!!! Chris Jericho is the greatest champion in the history of AOW Wrestling –

Joey Styles:
Well…he’s the only champion so far, Bradshaw…

JBL:
SHUT UP, STYLES!

Joey Styles:
Well, John, I can’t quite do that. It’s kind of my job to keep talking.

JBL:
You really want me to hit you, don’t you?

Joey Styles:
So wait – you interrupt me, threaten to hit me, and you’re berating Shawn Michaels for doing the same exact thing you wanna do? Typical Bradshaw.

JBL:
The difference is Chris Jericho deserves respect. He is the first ever champion of this fine comp’ny and a damn fine competitor. You’re not Chris Jericho, Joey.

Joey Styles:
Despite who I may or may not be, welcome to Wednesday Night Oblivion, ladies and gentlemen. You just witnessed Shawn Michaels kicking Chris Jericho’s teeth down his throat after Jericho’s championship address, but later on tonight, we’ve got Rob Van Dam facing off against Bobby Lashley to find out who will face Chris Jericho next week for that AOW World title.

“WELCOME TO WHITECHAPEL”
hits the speakers for the second time in as many weeks, as “The Ripper” Paul Burchill makes his way to the ring. Just like last week, Burchill has on a gentlemen’s coat that’s a tad ragged with a rose on it. His hair is down and covering most of his face, but what’s visible of it is his intense and dark (possibly mascaraed) eyes. The rugged looking Ripper steps up to the apron and wipes his feet on it before entering the ring, a possible homage to William Regal, but showing us that he may be a gentleman.

“MEXICANO MUY LOCO” hits now, as this is the AOW debuts of The Mexicools, Super Crazy and Psicosis. Chimel only announces Super Crazy for competition, but Psicosis stays outside the ring while Crazy gets in the ring and panders for a moment before looking at his daunting first opponent. Crazy goes over to talk to Psicosis for a split second…when Burchill attacks him from behind!!

OPENING CONTEST
“The Ripper” Paul Burchill
v.
Super Crazy

{w/Psicosis}


The dirty opening to the match immediately puts Burchill in control and forces Crazy into a corner, where Burchill delivers hard repeat right hands and giving the Crazy Luchador no room to breathe or move. Burchill then whips Crazy across the ring to the opposite corner, following him with a momentous body elbow smash that sandwiches Super Crazy’s ribs and rocks his jaw with Burch’s elbow. As Super Crazy groggily steps out of the corner, he’s clubbed in the back hard by Burchill, forcing him to the canvas.

Burchill continues his onslaught with several stomps to Crazy, though of note they’re to one particular area and that’s Crazy’s left shoulder. As the boots lay into and nearly pop the shoulder out of place, Burchill brings Crazy back to his feet and chunk him into the ropes, but on the rebound, Super Crazy ducks under a clothesline attempt and meets Burch on the rebound with some swirling headscissors! This gets a pop from the crowd, as Burchill goes flipping. He lands and rolls onto a knee, but Crazy is quick to think and act, rushing at the knee-bound Burchill, leaping off his knee, and hitting a low level leg lariat! It’s Super Crazy who attempts the first pinfall – 1…2…NO!! Burchill powers out.

Even as Burchill kicks out with authority, he’s still in shock and is still on the canvas. As Super Crazy recovers from his failed fall, he starts ascending towards the top rope. Burchill eventually gets back to a vertical base, but Crazy is already up and leaping….DIVING CROSSBODY!! DIVING CROSSBODY!!...NO? Crazy gets crazy air on the aerial maneuver, but Burchill catches him and rolls over to stop the momentum.

Almost as soon as Burchill stops rolling, we see his expression change from stoically intense to sheer anger, as he takes the still draped across his body Super Crazy , rushes across the ring, and crunches his left shoulder into the steel post. Again, it looks like Burchill is targeting something, but almost as soon as Crazy is let go after the nasty move, Burchill grabs him from behind and nails a Regal-plex! The very move innovated by his fellow Englishman effectively kills Super Crazy, but Burchill isn’t done. As Crazy’s body goes limp, Burchill takes a split second to stare at him manically before grabbing Super Crazy’s left arm he’s been targeting…and locks in the Royal Mutilation. This is what he was planning all along, as the nasty Fujiwara armbar wrenches Crazy’s shoulder out of place. We can hear the tendons ripping from the bone before Crazy, mercifully, taps out.

Winner: Paul Burchill at (3:37)

~Following that brutal beatdown, Burchill takes a microphone…​


Burchill:
My name is Paul Burchill. And as you just witnessed, I am the most dangerous man in AOW Wrestling
.
~Some heat, but more buzz than anything

Burchill:
But despite my tendency to cause my fair share of pain, I am a gentlemen first and a savage second. And being the gentlemen that I am, I wish to extend my expertise of this ring to another fellow. I am in search of an apprentice
.
~More buzz here, with this maybe being an extension of the tag division…?

Burchill:
So if there’s anyone in the back here who thinks that they have what it takes to keep up with me, all I ask for you to do… is to prove it
.
~Burchill drops the mike from more buzz before his theme plays his sendoff

Joey Styles:
What an absolutely savage display here tonight from Paul Burchill, a man who looks to be of few words but of great impact.

JBL:
Paul Burchill is my kind of guy. He’s tough, rough, classy, and out to help out one of his fellow wrestlers.

Joey Styles:
No offense, John, but um…when have you ever helped out anyone?

JBL:
I’m helpin’ you righ’ now, Joey. ‘f weren’t for me, these good people would be sittin’ here listenin’ t’ you babble on about your geeky little blog posts and your Star Wars doll collection. But thanks to me, these people are gettin’ the insight of a former world champion.

Joey Styles:
They’re not dolls…they’re action figures…

JBL:
Point proven.

Joey Styles:
Yeah, well if it weren’t for me, John, these people would be sitting here listening to you ramble on about business and Republican advice as though this were a segment on CNN and –

JBL:
I make my home of Fox News, jackass! Don’t associate me with those liberal twits over on CNN who wouldn’t know how to run this country if it slapp’d’em upside their head!

Joey Styles:
Point proven.

JBL:
My offer still stands to hit you, Joey.

Joey Styles:
Come on, John. We’ve got a whole ‘nother forty-five minutes to go without killing each other.

JBL:
Don’t tempt me.

Joey Styles:
Well in order to cut down the witnesses in an impeding commentator murder trial, we’re gonna head backstage to our Green Zone, where Torrie Wilson is standing by.


We head backstage now to the Green Zone, where Torrie Wilson is indeed standing by, greeted by whistles and boners…

Torrie Wilson:
Thanks, Joey! I’m here with my guest at this time, Christian Cage!

~Christian enters the frame to a solid pop, despite his comments last week

Torrie Wilson:
So Christian, your comments last week have people buzzing. You claimed to not want Bobby Lashley to have anything to do with AOW Wrestling. People have been calling you rude, jealous, or just whiney. Could you set the record straight tonight?

Christian Cage:
Rude? Jealous? Whiney? No, no, no people just completely misunderstood my statements. I don’t mind Bobby Lashley being here, he’s a terrific asset to this roster, but I would like it even more if he just…y’know…stopped being here.

Torrie Wilson:
Well, why is that exactly, Christian?

Christian Cage:
A guy like him waltzes into a place like this and they think that just because of their name . . just because of who they are, they think they can bypass all the work the rest of us have to do and go straight to the top.

Torrie Wilson:
Do you think Bobby Lashley thinks that way…?

Christian Cage:
Do I think Bob…? Think? Torrie, I KNOW a guy like him thinks like that.

Torrie Wilson:
Well, Christian…if I may…you never gave Lashley a chance to actually tell us what he’s thinking. You just went off your assumptions and…went off. Maybe you could…y’know…ask him why he’s here exactly…?

Christian Cage
: (Pondering it over)
Y’know, Torrie…you just might be on to something. Maybe I should ask Lashley myself why he’s here…beauty and brains. Thank you, Torrie.
~Christian walks out of the frame, leaving Torrie a tad bewildered

Torrie Wilson:
Um…you’re welcome…?

**COMMERCIAL BREAK**


We return from the break in what looks like an office setting, where Paul Heyman is seen for the first time tonight. He’s directing some mover men, who’re holding a chair, where to set it down. He finally settles on right behind a fresh looking desk.

Heyman:
Thank you, gentlemen.

~Heyman shakes both men’s hands before strutting behind his desk and preparing to sit, but before he can, there’s a knock on his door.

Heyman:
Come in…I guess…

~Entering into Heyman’s office with a little bit of a cocky strut is Ken Doane

Doane:
Paul Heyman…the man himself.

Heyman:
Thank you…um…who are you, exactly…?

Doane:
I’m Ken. Ken Doane. You know…

Heyman:
(Mystified)
No…I don’t…OH!! Kenny! Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t recognize you without your megaphone and pom-poms.

Doane:
Uh…yeah.

Heyman:
What can I do ya for, Mr. Doane?
~Heyman prepares to finally sit down…

Doane:
Don’t sit down, this’ll make you stand up anyways – picture this, Mr. Heyman: Kenneth Doane, the hottest prospect in all of AOW, no, in all of wrestling, finally graces AOW with his debut…next week!

Heyman:
(Legitimately underwhelmed)
…that’s it?

Doane:
That’s it? That’s all you need, Mr. Heyman!

Heyman:
Look, Ken, I’m a busy man lately, but I’ll see what I can do with penciling you in a match next week. Just let me –

~Heyman attempts to sit down again, only for someone else to bust through the door to his new office…

???:
Hey, Paul!

Heyman:
Oh, what no - …well hey, Joe.

~A decent pop goes around for Samoa Joe approaching the desk of Heyman.

Joe:
How’s it goin’…and who’re you?

~Samoa Joe takes a peek over to Doane

Doane:
I’m Kenneth Doane, the hottest prospect in all –

Joe:
(Cuts Doane off, incredibly uninterested)
That’s great. So Heyman, I want a match against Finlay next week.

Heyman:
You and everybody else want something next week...

Joe:
Yeah, well you saw what happened last week. I can’t just let that fly. I gotta take him and show him who he’s messin’ with.

Heyman:
Hmmm…well here’s what I can do for you gentlemen. Kenny, you want your debut match. Joe, you wanna let off some steam…so how about you two meet next week, huh?

~Crowd lets out a pop for this. Kenny’s enthusiastic and cocky expression fades, as he can’t even formulate coherent sentences.

Doane:
Face…um…but…uh…

Joe:
Hm…you may not be Finlay, but I’m sure I can kick your ass like you are.

~Crowd pops a little, as Joe walks off. Kenny looks back at Heyman with an angry and confused face before eventually walking out of the frame.

Heyman:
Finally…it’s great to be the boss again.

~Heyman finally does set his butt in his seat and lets out a relaxing sigh.


~Back at ringside…

“BETTER THAN GREAT” hits the speakers, as the World’s Greatest Tag Team enters the stage. They’re getting a great reaction, especially after their showing last week. They’re still donning their gold and white attire, stepping into the ring.


Joey Styles:
And this is perhaps an incredible development. We were scheduled to have another cruiserweight contest displaying our fantastic cruiserweight division, but we’re being told that this match was specially requested not by the men they’re facing, the Hooliganz, but it was requested by the World’s Greatest Tag Team themselves!

JBL:
I said it last week and I’ll say it again - Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas are in a class unmatched by any other tag team in the world, and this just shows how much class they really have.

Joey Styles:
I will have to agree with you partner. These two teams who put on a clinic last week, are back to do it again in a very sportsmanlike manner. They are the epitome of the AOW way of the art of wrestling fighting spirit.

“LONDON CALLING”
plays now, as the Hooliganz, Paul London & Brian Kendrick explode onto the stage and down the ramp, hoping to even the score after their loss last week. They once again shake hands with the WGTT, both teams still beaming from their encounter last week. May the best team win.

MATCH 2
The World’s Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas)
v.
The Hooliganz (Paul London & Brian Kendrick)


Following another handshake, Haas starts again for the WGTT, while Kendrick starts this go round for the ‘ganz. The two circle each other for a moment before Kendrick attempts a lock-up, but Haas shoots behind him and gives him a hard forearm shot into a kidney. This sends Kendrick flailing towards the WGTT corner, which prompts a quick tag to Benjamin. Haas holds Kendrick still while Benjamin fires a sort of haymaker shot towards Kendrick’s ribs again. Benjamin takes Kendrick now and tosses him into the ropes, but on the rebound, Kendrick dodges a clothesline and shoots back with a low dropkick, taking out Benji’s feet. As he gets to one knee, Kendrick rebound off the ropes again and hits him with a low front dropkick square to Benjamin’s jaw.

With this, Kendrick drags Benjamin’s body towards his corner, tagging in London. Kendrick brings Benjamin to his feet, as London comes in and both men execute a double Russian leg sweep. This gets the first pinfall chance going. 1…2…NO!! Benjamin shoots his shoulder up, which London responds to by sitting Benjamin up and kicking him hard in the spine. The strain is evident on Benjamin’s face, but as London goes for a kick to the front, Benjamin lays flat and quickly gets to a vertical base, surprising London with a snapmare followed by a retaliation kick to the spine. Its London’s turn to squirm in anguish, as Benjamin tags in Haas now, who shoots across the ring and hits the sitting London with a low clothesline. This gets the WGTT their first cover – 1…2…NO!! London is still alive!

This causes Haas to wear down London now, bringing London back into a sitting position and locking in a chin lock, complete with a knee to the spine. London screams in pain, with the crowd getting hot to try and get London to escape, which finally prompts London to get to his feet and nail a few elbow shots to London’s ribs and managing to escape. London shoots off some ropes back towards the prone Haas, who promptly catches him in a hard sleeper hold that drains the crowd again. London goes reaching, but is far away from Kendrick, as Benjamin tags in behind Haas. Haas promptly then drops London with a sleeper drop before Benjamin scales to the top rope…AND NAILS A SENTON BOMB!?!? WOW!! Joey Styles calls it a “Shel-Ton Bomb”, as the crowd is now on the side of the WGTT following that, going for a cover – 1…2…3-NO!!!! London stays alive!!

Benjamin is a tad frustrated at that, and brings London to his feet, to which London responds by swinging wildly with a hard right, followed by a left swing, both of which back Benjamin away. London backpedals into some ropes and shoots back to Benjamin, dodges a clothesline, and scoots through Benjamin’s legs. London then leaps with a well-placed dropkick to the back of Benjamin’s head. This forces Benjamin forward and through the second ropes, tumbling to the floor. The crowd is hot again, with Haas dropping off the apron to tend to his partner. London takes this time to legally tag in Kendrick again, as both men back up and look at their situation…before looking at each other and rushing across the ring, and THROUGH THE ROPES WITH A DOUBLE SUICIDE DIVE!!!


Joey Styles:
These two teams are taking each other to the limit tonight!!! Who’s gonna win the rematch? Please, PLEASE don’t go anywhere!! Look at this…

**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

As we return from the break, we catch what happened during said break, as L & K whipped Haas into a steel post, eliminating him for a while. As we return to live action, Benjamin is back in the ring, but he’s unaware that Kendrick is now the legal man. He shoves Kendrick away and pulls London into the ring with him. Upon getting back into the ring, the weakened Benjamin whips London into some ropes, which London counters with a hurricanrana…but Benjamin catches him and executes a devastating powerbomb!!! Wow! Benjamin keeps his weight on London, leaving him hunched over…but the referee isn’t counting. Before Benjamin can lift his head and argue, something flies into the shot from above. It’s Brian Kendrick…as he soars from nowhere from the top rope with a sunset flip on Benjamin!!! This is a surprising cover – 1…2…3…NO!!! Benjamin finds a way to throw his feet up in a kickout!!!

The crowd is simply on fire right now, these men taking it past the point they did last week. Kendrick is wondering what he has to do now, helping London get to the apron, whose ribs are destroyed between last week and that senton bomb, before going back to the top rope. As the referee finishes trying to get London to the apron, Charlie Haas has recovered and lowers the top rope, dropping Kendrick’s family jewels on the steel post!! Kendrick’s pain explains his predicament, as Haas gets back in his corner, the WGTT showing a bit of heelness now. With Kendrick hung up, Benjamin gets a burst of energy, running and leaping to the top rope and tossing Kendrick over his head!!! The crowd is back on fire, as now both men are completely laid out. Haas is leaning over his rope, trying to prompt Benjamin to get the tag, with the crowd prompting both men to get to their corners or just get up. As London comes to on the apron, he does the same Haas does, but Kendrick is all the way across the ring. Both men start to crawl, with Benjamin gaining much more ground than Kendrick has. Benjamin eventually gets the hot tag to Haas, but as Kendrick is a fingertip away from London, he’s stopped dead by an elbow to the back by Haas, which turns into an STF!

Haas continues to try and wear down his opponents, knowing they won’t go down easily at all. The Hammerstein is still prompting Kendrick to try to get to his corner, London virtually vertical over the top rope to get the tag in, barely holding onto the tag rope. Kendrick is holding his hand out, desperate for the tag. Not able to take it anymore, London just leaps in and stomps on Haas, forcing him to release the hold. Shelton Benjamin rushes from across the ring to stop London, who hits him with a Cactus clothesline, sending both men over the top. London, however, is able to land on his feet outside, while Benjamin falls.

London is momentarily stunned, but as Haas brings Kendrick to his feet, Spanky is able to reverse a whip attempt. On this, London slides back into the ring beside Kendrick, unbeknownst to Haas until he rebounds right back, when he’s struck with a double superkick!!! The referee is quick to notice London and tells him to get of the ring, putting him out of position when Kendrick covers Haas. With this distraction, Benjamin rushes back into the fray, picks Kendrick off Haas by the waist, and nails a perfect German suplex. The crowd delivers a bit of heat for this, and London telling the ref to look behind him aren’t helping things for Kendrick. This gives Benjamin enough time to pull Haas on top of Kendrick. When the ref finally turns around he counts – 1…2…3…NO!!!! Another kick out!!! Haas pounds the mat in frustration as the match STILL isn’t over!!!

Benjamin on the apron has his hands on his head as well, not knowing what this is gonna take this time, even with the WGTT pulling everything out. Haas, still a bit groggy, runs his fingers through his hair momentarily before exhaustingly pulling Kendrick to his feet, but instead he eats a jawbreaker that sends him reeling a bit. Kendrick takes a second to run over to Benjamin and bash him in the face one good time and off the apron before turning back to Haas, grabbing him in the front facelock, and hitting the Sliced Bread #2!!! The crowd is popping hard, as Kendrick finally tags in London, who’s already halfway up to the top rope. When he gets there, Kendrick leaps through the second rope feet first to kick Shelton Benjamin square in the chest, both men falling to the outside. London sees the way is clear now and leaps and spins with the 450 Splash!! A cover – 1…2…3…!!!

Winners: Paul London & Brian Kendrick at (11:39)


Joey Styles:
Wow…just…wow…I’m speechless and I can barely breathe…just wow…

JBL:
It’s not very often I don’t have much to say, but goodness…goodness…you wanna talk about the best that this sport has t’ offer? I don’t think anyone should look further than these four men righ’ here.

Joey Styles:
I’m with you, John. The World’s Greatest Tag Team pulled out all the stops, shedding a sportsman image and still couldn’t keep the Hooliganz down this week.


As the Ballroom and the commentators go nuts, London and Kendrick are helping each other get to their feet and get their hands raised, although London's ribs are probably pudding right now. Behind them now, the World’s Greatest Tag Team have gotten to their feet and are awaiting the Hooliganz to turn towards them. When they finally do, both teams have a brief staredown before the WGTT extend their hands. London and Kendrick look at each other for a second before shaking the hands of the men they just defeated, in an exact opposite image of last week’s encounter. The crowd gives both teams a great ovation, but as the Hooliganz turn to walk away, Benjamin and Haas…don’t let go of their handshakes. This jerks L & K back center ring for a second, with Benjamin and Haas again showing an intense as hell staredown. Sportsman as they may be…this isn’t over.

**Video Package**

There is a creature alive today…

We see a shot of what looks to be that of a gargantuan 7-foot, heavyset being in the shadows

That has survived millions of years of evolution…

The man steps from the shadows, head down, face still concealed by an equally enormous hoodie

Without change…

A quick shot flashes of the man ROARING while grabbing a man by the throat in the middle of a ring

Without passion…

The giant lifts and chokeslams the man into the ground, causing the canvas to crack and the ring to collapse

And without remorse…

The giant rolls up his sleeve, revealing a taped fist the size of a bowling ball

It lives to kill; a merciless, monstrous machine….

The ‘monstrous machine’ prepares, as another man rushes towards the beast

It will attack and destroy anything…

The hooded giant swings his giant fist, crushing the attacking man’s jaw as if it were a wrecking ball

It is as if God created the devil and made him…

Flashback to the shot of the giant in the hood standing alone, still surrounded by shadows

…GREAT

The giant finally raises his head, but before we can see his face, the screen cuts to black, where we then see the words –

~Paul “The Great” Wright~
COMING SOON TO AOW
**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

~We return to the Green Zone, where this time, The Miz has a microphone...

The Miz:
This is Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, the single BEST interviewer in the wrestling world. And I’m here with my guest at this time, a man who’s considered one of the greatest cruiserweights of all time, yet a man who falls far short of my standards and…well falls far short of everything else – Rey Mysterio, Jr
.
~The crowd lets out a big reaction to Rey, who’s not too thrilled at his introduction

The Miz:
How are ya, Rey?

Mysterio
: (Dryly)
I feel great, Miz, thanks.

The Miz:
I just have a burning question for you, Rey – what do you plan to prove here in AOW? I mean, a guy of your size can’t possibly be having big dreams here in AOW, can you?

Mysterio:
Miz, you sound exactly like everyone I’ve ever met in my entire career. No one has ever thought I’d be able to make it or do anything. But y’know something, Miz? I’ve never let any of that keep me back or hold me down. I’ve let it fuel me. So Miz, thanks for the fuel. I’ll need it to go the extra mile and be the best in AOW.

~The crowd lets out a roar of approval for the hard-fighting Rey. But almost as soon as Mysterio’s statement is over, the screen keeps breaking in and out with static before becoming overwhelmed with the static. It stays that way for a second before the screen looks like a home video camera has been set up. We see what looks to be a small room with no one there, when suddenly, Gregory Helms’s face jumps into the frame.

Gregory Helms:
So Rey Mysterio gets an interview, and I don’t? Rey Mysterio gets consideration as one of the greatest cruiserweights of all time? Please. Rey Mysterio, you’ve just been hacked by Helms – Gregory Helms, to be exact.

~Helms pauses to shake his head

Gregory Helms:
You’ve been hacked, Rey Mysterio, because you don’t deserve airtime over me. Has Rey Mysterio ever held a championship for over a year? My records show that - NO Rey Mysterio has not! So he cannot be the greatest cruiserweight of all time. But I have. So I am!

~A bit of heat can be heard

Gregory Helms:
Y’know, I was gonna do this and call myself the “Best in the World”. But it’s come to my attention that somebody’s already taken that one – some punk by the name of Bryan Danielson.

~A pop for the name of the man seen in the same screen as HBK last week

Gregory Helms:
I’ve never seen or heard of Bryan Danielson. So how can he be the “Best in the World”, much less, be a better cruiserweight than me? I’m gettin’ reports that this guy weights 180. 180? There’s cruiserweights and then there’s you-need-to-eat-weight.

~heat for the dig on Danielson

Gregory Helms:
In due time, Rey Mysterio, Bryan Danielson, and anybody else who wants to say they’re better than Gregory Helms, they’d better stand back. ‘Cause there’s a hurtin’ that’s gonna be comin’ through!

*END TRANSMISSION*


~Back at ringside…

“WALK” begins to blare across the Hammerstein, as it again goes nuts for Rob Van Dam walking out to the “House That He Built”. The fans chant along with Van Dam’s thumbs before he gets into the ring. Van Dam is still in his chill nature, but he’s definitely not gonna let up on Lashley tonight.

“HELL WILL BE AT YOUR DOOR” begins to play, and just like last week, Bobby Lashley comes out to the stage with a great deal of undeserved heat. The smarks still are shooting the boos towards Lashley just for being Lashley, but just like last week, “The Real Deal” remains unphased.

MAIN EVENT
~#1 Contender’s Match~

Rob Van Dam
v.
Bobby Lashley


Lashley and RVD meet center ring in a competitive staredown with the crowd getting behind them. Van Dam, knowing good and well that he’s got this crowd in his back pocket against the smark heat-magnet that is Lashley, raises his thumbs again, as the crowd joins in – “ROB! VAN! DAM!” With that, RVD just nods his head towards Lashley, who can’t really rely on the crowd to retaliate. Instead, Lashley goes with what he does have – sheer power. Lashley backs up a step before extending his arm, looking for a strength test. Van Dam ponders it over for a second before accepting Lashley’s bait, locking fingers up high with Lashley. They lock fingers on with their other hands, seeming even at first, but then Lashley begins to overwhelm Van Dam before Van Dam slides between the open legs of Lashley, sending him off the ropes. As Lashley turns to him, Van Dam’s momentum is stunted when he runs right into Lashley’s unflinching shoulder.

Van Dam quickly gets to his feet following this, nodding his head rapidly, knowing he might have to rethink a strategy. It’s Van Dam who offers up his hand this time for a strength test, with Lashley accepting. As the two lock grips again, Lashley again begins to overpower RVD, when RVD does the exact same thing – he scoots through Lashley’s legs. But this time, Van Dam keeps the fingers locked and causes Lashley to flip over, then holds onto Lashley’s legs and bridges, prompting a nifty small package pin. 1…2…NO!! Lashley unwinds the package and gets to his feet this time, having potentially underestimated Van Dam’s speed and flexibility.

Both men having fully seen what they might be up against, Van Dam again offers up the strength test. Lashley is hesitant to accept it this time, but eventually does. As Lashley’s fingers touch RVD’s, Van Dam drops with a split and nails Lashley with a throat thrust, totally stunning the big man. RVD uses this to get to his feet and nail the high aimed, high impact spinning crescent kick. Lashley falls to the canvas now, Van Dam tries for another cover – 1…2…NO!! RVD is forced off by a very much still alive Lashley. RVD takes it a step further and rushes towards some ropes, before rebounding with a cartwheel-into-a-moonsault….but he’s caught in mid-move by Lashley into a sort of spinning spinebuster move!!! Lashley shocks the crowd by again catching Van Dam in mid move, this one potentially fatal. As Lashley moves to cover RVD, the crowd starts to buzz and let out a bit of a pop. This obviously isn’t for Lashley…so who’s it for…Christian? Christian Cage is standing on the entrance stage, microphone in hand, and proceeds to come down the aisle.


Christian Cage:
So I was told that maybe I’ve been a little unfair to you, Bobby Lashley. I’ve been told that I came off last week as a jealous, pious, and just a downright rude guy. But I’m none of those things. I don’t have any problem with you here, Bobs, I would just very much like it if you left.

~Christian says all this while walking down the aisle, having now reached the base of the ramp

Christian Cage:
But in sight of my disapproval of your presence here in AOW, I did indeed lose sight. I never really allowed you the chance to tell us why exactly you’re here.

As Lashley is looking up from the canvas, he walks over to the ring ropes closest to CC and stares down on him, back completely to RVD.

Christian Cage:
So Bobby Lashley, please tell all of us here why exactly are you here…? Why did you leave a –


As Christian finally tries to get Lashley to talk, RVD has taken the opportunity to grapple Lashley from around the waist, force him into the ropes, and roll him back with a victory roll. 1…2….NO!!! Lashley manages to throw RVD from off the top of him.

Christian Cage:
Woh, watch yourself there, Bobs. You almost got caught. But if you could answer my question, why did you leave a company you were very comfortable in and come here to the young, promising, AOW?​

Lashley is in no place to answer this question, even as Christian jumps on the apron and juts the microphone into the ring. As Lashley gets to his feet following the kickout, he takes RVD and whips him into the ropes closest to Christian’s arm now, prompting Christian to say “Come on, Bobs. Just answer the question.” Lashley ignores this, swats the hand away, and gives Van Dam a pair of hard rights in the corner before taking him and whipping Van Dam into a short-arm clothesline. This folds RVD over, but Christian is getting agitated.

Christian Cage:
Bobby Lashley, answer my question: Why are you here in AOW when you don’t need to be?​

Again, Lashley ignores this to attempt to cover Van Dam – 1…2…NO!! RVD kicks out! As Lashley reaches down to bring RVD to his feet, Van Dam’s educated feet kick Lashley square in the side of the head. Lashley backpedals a bit into the ropes, where Christian hops up onto the apron behind Lashley, again sticking the microphone in his face.

Christian Cage: (Increasingly agitated)
Why. . are. . you. . here…?

Lashley shoves the microphone out of his face before approaching Van Dam again, who greets him with another high crescent kick…but Lashley ducks! The kick keeps going, however, and Van Dam lands a low back sweep that takes Lashley’s feet from beneath him. Christian’s face is growing more and more angry.

Christian Cage:
Hey, don’t ignore me! ANSWER ME!​

Christian’s so annoying now that Van Dam has to address him. Van Dam just looks over with a “dude, shut up” line, which doesn’t help Christian’s attitude right now. Christian even starts to climb into the ring, but the referee advises him not to. While that goes on, Van Dam is kicking the spine of a sit-up Lashley repeatedly. Van Dam follows up on this with a flipping neck snap, Lashley’s neck getting whiplash. Lashley’s head hits the canvas hard as well. Van Dam nears a corner, seeing Christian nearby and tells him to “go away, dude”. We can hear Christian tell him “I’m on your side, Rob!” Van Dam leaps onto the rope with the split-legged moonsault…but Lashley rolls out of the way! As Van Dam crashes and burns, Lashley is able to get to his feet, looking Christian on the apron in the eye.

Christian Cage:
Is there a reason you won’t answer me, Lashley? Is it because you’ve got nothing to say on account of me already having figured you out…? I will NOT be ignored! Why. .are. . you. . here…?​

Lashley just shakes his head at Christian, before turning back to Rob Van Dam…but he’s not in the spot where he was left a minute ago. By the time Lashley figures out where RVD is, he gets hit with a diving side kick from the top rope!! Lashley’s godly build goes down hard to a smirk from Christian, as Van Dam covers – 1…2…3-NO!!! Lashley kicks out! Van Dam looks up to see Christian still on the apron, before Van Dam tells him, again to “leave it alone, dude”.

Christian Cage:
I’m on your side, Rob! I want answers for you too! But fine, if you want me to chill –

~Christian drops from the apron and grabs a nearby steel chair and sets it up outside the ring, right next to a corner.

Christian Cage:
…I’ll just chill right here. I can wait.

RVD takes Lashley, whom he planned to cover but is now futile, and attempts to bring him to his feet. While he’s doing this, Lashley springs to life momentarily again and tosses him over his head with a vicious belly-to-belly! Both men are down now, as they’ve both taken their blows and are reaching a fatigue pitch. The referee quickly checks on both men before beginning a double knockout –

…1...

….2…

…3…

…4…

…5…
{Christian (not into the mike): Don’t get knocked out, Bobs, then you can’t answer my question!}

…6….
Lashley starts brewing, and gets to his feet first. He’s close to Christian’s corner, who rises from his chair and jumps on the apron again, and sticks his mike-grasped hand into the ropes.


Christian Cage:
So Lashley – can you finally tell us why you’re here? Or was I right in saying you –​

Christian is cut off when Lashley shoves the microphone back into Christian’s face hard, almost causing Captain Charisma to fall off the apron. The mike goes tumbling, as Christian’s face is now just one of sheer rage, while Lash’s is only slightly agitated. RVD, on the other side of the ring, has finally recovered in the opposite corner. While Christian and Lashley stare down, Christian finally sets foot into the ring. The referee jumps on Christian, telling him that he can’t come in and has to leave now. While that goes on, we see RVD rushing towards the corner, boot high, aimed for Lashley…Lash moves, Christian manages to dodge, but the referee gets clocked in the back of the head.

The referee goes tumbling, Lashley moves to the opposite corner, as RVD is now in the corner with Christian, exchanging some harsh words.

“I’m on your side, Rob!”
“What’s my side? The whiney, jealous side?”
“You know as well as I do why he’s here!”
“Open your eyes, dude. No one agrees with you!”
“I’m doing this for you! Get rid of him, and the right people flourish!”
“Don’t ever speak for me, dude. Or for anyone else. Get over yourself.”

As Van Dam turns around, he’s greeted with a Lashley Spear attempt…RVD sidesteps…AND CHRISTIAN IS NAILED WITH THE SPEAR. Lashley seems to smile a bit, but he’s getting a very positive reaction from the crowd. Christian goes rolling out of the ring, but unfortunately for Lashley, he gets to his feet only to be drilled in the head with a Rob Van Dam roundhouse. The hot pop Lashley just got goes right into the pocket of Van Dam, who follows this up by immediately leaping to the top rope. The crowd is white hot as Van Dam leaps…AND HITS THE FIRST FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH IN AOW HISTORY!!! The final cover – 1…2…3…!!!

Winner and NEW #1 contender: Rob Van Dam at (9:49)


Joey Styles:
RVD’s done it!! RVD’s done it!!! He will face Chris Jericho for the AOW world title!!

JBL:
And he had Christian to thank.

Joey Styles:
Did you not hear RVD? He told Christian to get lost!

JBL:
Oh, and he wasn’t a distraction? He wasn’t a big, whiney, long-winded distraction?

Joey Styles:
Woh, woh, woh…what’s going on here…​

What’s going on is RVD looking back at the downed Lashley, where we can hear him mutter the words “You’re okay, dude. You’re okay.” As RVD rolls out the ring, however, he meets Christian. The two stare down for a second, before RVD speaks up.

“Don’t speak for the locker room, man. Speak for you. And don’t do for us. Do for you, dude.”

Van Dam keeps going on up the ramp, but takes a look back to Christian, who’s been staring at the spot RVD was just standing in a few seconds ago, stoic. He then gets a spark and rushes to the other side of the ring, grabbing the steel chair he had been sitting in moments ago. RVD is reading his intentions a mile away, as Christian slides into the ring, raising the chair aimed for the still downed Lashley – but RVD catches it before it can come down! The two men are in a tug-of-war for the steel chair, which Christian finally wins by punting Van Dam in the gut, then SMASHING THE CHAIR ACROSS THE SKULL OF VAN DAM.

Lashley, now standing on his own, sees the whole thing. Christian has an almost apologetic, completely stunned look on his face, as though he didn’t mean to do what he just did. Lashley makes a short burst towards Christian, which sends Christian scurrying through the ropes, steel chair still in hand. The crowd’s heat that they’ve usually been aiming towards Lashley is POURING on Christian right now. As Christian, still with a somewhat confused and apologetic look on his face, backs up the ramp, he’s getting pelted with garbage. The final image of Oblivion is Christian, seemingly sorry, and Bobby Lashley attempting to revive RVD as we…

Fade…

To…

Black…

END SHOW




*aohdubya.com exclusive off-air footage*

Bobby Lashley and the official help Van Dam get to his feet to a grandeur pop. After RVD shakes the cobwebs out of his skull, he shakes hands with Lashley center ring before raising Lashley’s hand to another rousing round of cheers. Lashley finally gets the reaction intended for him in AOW.

Before both men can leave the ring, however, Paul Heyman comes from the back and into the ring, shakes hands with both men before taking a microphone.

Heyman:
Gentlemen, I and these fans would like to thank you for that incredible display of, full of what AOW is all about.
~A burst of cheers

Heyman:
However, I do have a message concerning next week. That’s when you, RVD, will face Chris Jericho for the AOW World title.
~RVD nods in approval, as the Hammerstein approves as well

Heyman:
And just to show Chris Jericho who still has the power around here…I’m going to appoint a Special Guest Referee.
~A bit of buzz

Heyman:
Next week on Oblivion it’ll be Chris Jericho versus Rob Van Dam for the World title…with Special Guest Referee Shawn Michaels!
~A big pop from the crowd and a smirk from Van Dam, knowing what happened earlier in the show

Heyman:
One step ahead, huh Chris?
~Heyman smiles into the camera

Heyman:
Thank you all for attending this evening, join us, next week, and do it all again!
~The crowd lets out one final pop as the camera stops rolling​
.:Confirmed for next week:.


~AOW World Championship~
Special Guest Referee:
Shawn Michaels
Chris Jericho(c) v. Rob Van Dam

Samoa Joe v. Ken Doane​

Hope things still make a bit of sense. Still tryin to find my bearings.
 
#19 ·
Before I start my review, I just want to point out a mistake that you made. In the "Announced for Next Week" section, you have only the AOW title match posted, but you also announced Samoa Joe VS Ken Doane. Just throwing that out there. Also, I want to thank you for popping in and reviewing my BTB, that was cool of you, buddy! Anywhozzles, on to my review!

The Chris Jericho promo at the beginning was a good way to kick things off strong. It really did help set the tone for Chris' new character, and helps set the tone for what to expect from his championship reign. I do feel that Shawn Michaels' run in was a little too typical of an event to happen, but it didn't really take away from anything, and it puts a little bit of heat in their feud, which it looks like your going to make happen. Plus, I'm looking forward to HBK getting called out as a hypocrite for being a role model to kids, and then going around and doing something like that (I'm sure you could make that sound so much better!)

The Mexicools debuting was something I wasn't really expecting (Maybe I'm having a brain fart, but I don't remember seeing them in your roster), but the show-stealer for that portion was Paul Burchill. The way you portrayed his character makes Burchill one of the people I can't wait to see more of, especially with the protege angle.

The Heyman-Doane-Joe promo was kind of a nice little comedy break (I thought it was funny, anyway), and I can't wait to see little Kenny get killed by Joe next week! I have a feeling that Finlay's going to get involved in that, somehow...

WGTT-Hooliganz II was just as good as their first match up, if not better! I'm hoping that III will be for the tag team titles, because the tag team division could be built around either one of these teams with how your building them.

I feel that you could use a bit of variety with the Paul Wright debut promo's. I mean, doing the same promo again gets the job done in building buzz around the guy, but the first time I read it, I was generally excited to see the debut, the second time around it was just meh.

Rey Mysterio's little promo was a good way to establish his character, and Miz as the heel interviewer is working out really well, but the show stealer was Gregory Helms hacking into the green screen and jiving a bit about Mysterio and Danielson! This helps build some buzz around your cruiserweight division (Side note- Please keep Rey in the CW division. He's more exciting that way, and he would make a great veteran character in that division).

RVD-Lashley was good for what it was (I wasn't a big fan of Lashley's in ring work, so I couldn't really get into reading the match), but Christian's interference with trying to get answers from Lashley in the middle of the match made it interesting to read. It's no shock that Christian's interference kind of cost Lashley the match, but Christian accidentally beaming RVD in the head with the chair kind of was. It looks like your building Christian up to be a heel, and that's a good move, in my opinion.

The announcement of RVD-Jericho next week for the title and HBK as the referee is a little.... I don't know how to feel about this. Having the match so soon instead of having somewhat of a build for it is kind of disappointing to me. I understand that the main focus of this is the HBK-Y2J feud, but a little side feud between Y2J and RVD would have been enjoyable to read. I doubt that your going to let me down with this, though, so I'm not going to bitch about it too much.

All in all, this week's show is just as good as last week's. No better, but definitely no worse. I'm excited to read next week's, mate, and I'm hoping that you dive into the other titles pretty soon, as well!
 
#21 ·
Oblivion Feedback​

Common sense to open the show with the first ever AOW Champion in Chris Jericho. I like the idea of Jericho standing on a podium, immediately making him and the title look big time. Obviously you did a good job of making the title seem important last week, but this beginning just confirmed it’s the main thing in the company, and that’s important. The promo began pretty well, and I preferred this one immediately more than I did Jericho’s promo last week. In my feedback last week I mentioned Jericho’s character seemed a little blurred, although it’s obvious he’s playing the more serious Jericho role in this thread after this promo. Jericho beginning with cheap heat, before talking himself and the title up was all done well. The crack at Paul Heyman, even mentioning ECW, as well as the transition into insulting Shawn Michaels was all done pretty well to. Not much at all to complain about, and the ending with Shawn Michaels coming from behind was okay. I don’t really like the faces coming from behind and attacking the heel though, it has always seemed a little cowardly to me. Either way, a promising start to the show with the best promo of this thread so far.

Nothing but a squash, but it does the job of establishing Paul Burchill’s character as a tough SOB. Yes, Crazy and Psicosis can be entertaining jobbers, but they could also be a pretty good tag team. So, I’m really hoping you do something worthwhile with them. Burchill’s little promo was fine, and I think putting him in a tag team could be nice. Give him somebody who can actually speak on the microphone, and they can be a vital part of this thread.

Christian Cage interview, much like last week, left me befuddled as to whether he’s going to be a heel or a face. Yes. The crowd hated on Lashley last week, but I’m still not sure exactly where this is going. At least this week, it seemed like you made Christian jump the gun on purpose, and hopefully this means he will actually allow Lashley to explain himself.

Ken Doane approaching Heyman, and being extremely cocky was nice. Heryman’s little crack about Ken’s former cheerleader role in the WWE was nice as well. Samoa Joe making an appearance and wanting a match with Finlay, once again, makes sense. These two going at it next week should be a decent enough match, and it allows you to add more fuel to the fire before Joe and Finlay square off. Smart booking, imo.

I actually like the idea of a rematch between these two teams because they are probably the best you’ve got, at the moment. The way the match came about with the WGTT asking for it fits in with the company’s spirit of competition policy as well. This match topped last weeks match, not just in length, but I felt as if the match was written better as well. The offence flowed well throughout, with a lot of nice reversals and what not taking place as well. Obviously it was a smart decision giving The Hooliganz win, meaning these two teams are going to have to meet at least one more time sometime soon. The hand shake followed by the stare down was a nice way to confirm my suspicions of another match.

I still am pretty excited to see this incarnation of Paul ‘The Great’ Wright.

Much like last week, I enjoyed the arrogance of The Miz on the mic, insulting Mysterio for being short and what not. Mysterio’s response was rather generic, but that’s pretty much what I expected. I’m intrigued to see just how you book Mysterio though.

The whole hacked thing is an interesting enough concept, and tbh, I enjoyed this little Helms promo. Picking on Mysterio and Danielson was done pretty well, although Helms’ main two punch lines, the need to eat weight, and the hurtin’ coming through both came across as a little lame to me. I like the idea of this Helms character, just hating on everybody, but I think the writing could have been a little better.

Main event time already? I forget that these shows are going to be shorter than the usual episode of Raw and Smackdown. Your first two shows have been rather refreshing to read. Anyway, onto the main event. The opening of this match was actually pretty good, as I felt you were using RVD’s flexibility to make Lashley look like he can actually wrestle in the early going. Christian interrupting the match fully confirms that he’s going to be the heel in this scenario, and it means that all my criticism regarding his character has been pointless so far. I don’t mean to sound disappointed, that’s definitely a good thing. As the match went on, and Christian continued to talk, it lost all momentum. Whilst the offense was still alright, when reading, constantly interrupting the flow of the match was Christian. It works in terms of booking, so I won’t criticize, especially since I’ve done something similar before, but it doesn’t sit well with the reader. Anyway, RVD and Jericho going at it should be an epic match. The ending with Christian hitting RVD with the chair was nice to, adding some more intrigue to the whole thing.

The aftermath of the show itself, with Lashley and Van Dam showing a nice amount of respect to each other was good. It’ll finally establish Lashley as a face in this company. Heyman making the match between Jericho and Van Dam for next week means we have another really good main event to look forward to. My only real issue is that there’s no hype work at all being done for this contest. This Jericho/Heyman thing definitely has HEAPS of possibilities from here, so obviously I’m going to predict Jericho retaining next week.

Overall, much like last week, another nice show. The booking was pretty spot on throughout, and the writing was solid as well. You haven’t taken to long to find your niche here, tbh, so here’s hoping this is just the beginning of a great thread. Keep it up, mate.
 
#23 ·

Overall, much like last week, another nice show. The booking was pretty spot on throughout, and the writing was solid as well. You haven’t taken to long to find your niche here, tbh, so here’s hoping this is just the beginning of a great thread. Keep it up, mate.
Do you mean in this thread or in the section? Been here four years. Taken forever to find my niche in the section, really.

Once again, a little bit of news...

~Paul Heyman has done it. He's managed to nab an extended time slot with the company, if only for one night. Numerous sources are reporting that Heyman has been granted a 2 or 3-hour time slot in the near future. This isn't permanent by any means, but it does give the company a potentially huge Oblivion card to work towards in the near future. The date is expected to be announced at the very least within the next week.

~In signing news, AOW has succesfully signed Nic Nameth to a development deal. Nameth, like Ken Doane, was a former member of the WWE's "Spirit Squad" team and is expected to be rapackaged before arrival.

~In other, perhaps more mysterious signing news, former WWE "Phat Man" Solofa Fatu, better known to the world as the two stepping, Stink Facing Rikishi has been reported to have signed a short-term deal. What this means and when he appears is up in the air.
And now a preview, now officially being presented by aohdubya.com




9.5.07

The Hammerstein Ballroom – Manhattan, New York City, New York
"Reinforcements of the Army"


Paul Heyman has announced that he has huge news! In an aohdubya.com exclusive statement, Heyman proclaimed that he'll be addressing the entire AOW fan base, as well as the entire AOW Roster with the biggest news the company has seen. He has claimed it will change the face of AOW forever. What could this news possibly be?

Last week, Chris Jericho challenged Paul Heyman and his 'power'. Rob Van Dam earned his shot to challenge Chris Jericho for his 'power'. And just to mess with Jericho's power, Heyman flexed his and made the special referee for that match the man who kicked the teeth of the "Worthy Man" down his throat!! Headlining the third edition of Wednesday Night Oblivion, Chris Jericho defends his AOW World Championship for the first time against the Crown Jewel of ECW himself, Rob Van Dam, with the man in charge of the three-count being good ol'Haitch - Bee - Kay himself, Shawn Michaels!

Samoa Joe wants Finlay, but instead, he'll get Ken Doane. With the "hottest prospect in AOW" granted his debut match, will Kenny be able to walk away with a win from a man as dangerous as Samoa Joe? Will Doane live past his debut match with the potential anger Joe has?

Get ready for potentially the biggest edition of AOW Oblivion thus far in company history. All this, and we've also been promised the debut of yet another member of ever growing AOW ranks. The most dynamic wrestling program this side of Jupiter comes to you Wednesday at 9/8c, only of FX!

.:Confirmed for Oblivion:.

~AOW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP~
Special Guest Referee: Shawn Michaels
Chris Jericho(c) v. Rob Van Dam

Ken Doane debuts v. Samoa Joe

Plus...

Paul Heyman drops a groundbreaking bombshell

I should be spending the weekend getting caught up on most feedback I owe, so expect the show sometime Monday.
 
#24 ·
I meant you found your niche with this thread. In no time at all, everything seems to be at a pretty good standard. :eek:

A super show of sorts I guess would be a huge show, but I don't know if I like the decision of it being announced already. Oblivion has been running for TWO weeks, surely the network wouldn't already trust them with a much longer time slot. Anyway, I think you should go with two hours, because three hours this early on would be pretty absurd. No problem with Nemeth being signed, although I don't like the idea of Rikishi being around, whether short term or not. The new company should be making new stars, not relying on old ones.

Paul Heyman promo, announcing the super show (?), as well as a main event that will be epic, and a mid card match that will be good, means this show should be promising. I'll be reading.
 
#25 ·
Oblivion Feedback

Kicking off with the champ, and it had to be that way really after the way the opening show ended. I remember enjoying the way you used Jericho in your old thread, and it was the same here. The way you use such a variety of words and phrases with Jericho is always impressive, and I can only assume you really enjoy writing for him as it comes across as such when reading. The early stuff about being worthy wasn’t bad, but it picked up once Jericho turned his attentions to Heyman and then Michaels. Liked how he bragged about making Michaels tap out, and it was rather poetic that he said he was one step ahead only to be caught out. Although, you messed up the main line of the promo. Should be “One step ahead” not “One step head” jobber. <3

I can see this Styles/Bradshaw combination is gonna be gold. Although when has logic ever mattered to a heel? :p

Quick work from Burchill, but a good win that he needed after his efforts last week. Let’s hope The Mexicools do more work in the tag division than as singles guys. What with the description of the jacket and rose and the gentlemen savage words, I’m very much reminded of Wade Barrett’s character from NXT. Perhaps you were going for that? Anyway, an apprentice seems an interesting angle, and I like that you’ve quickly gave Burchill a storyline to get into.

:lmao Fox News ya’ jackass!

Strange little interview here, in the fact that Torrie seemed to do more talking than Christian did. Anyway, definitely a sense of jealousy on Christian’s part, especially when he considers his achievements hard work while claiming Lashley can just walk straight to the top. Match between the two should be around the corner really.

Lol at that pom poms line. Anyway, another solid addition to the roster in young Kenny. Push him to the moon plz :side: Joe’s in, and after what happened between he and Finlay last week during the battle royal, makes sense that he would want a match. Poor Kenny though, unless there’s some shenanigans on Finlay’s part, he’s in big trouble next week.

Surprised to see a rematch so soon, but man what a match it was. Once again these two teams deliver for you. Gotta admit, this one outshone last week’s efforts, in terms of both the length of match and the quality of the writing. Just really enjoyable to read, nothing to fault really, just another good match. Post match was very interesting, fully suggesting we’ll get a third and final match in the series. Hold off a week or two though, let it build with some promos and then deliver, maybe to even crown new champions? Anyway, top stuff here.

THE GREAT~!

Wow, Helms… awesome. Hacked by Helms. I love it already. Just… yeah, this was awesome. Loved it. Very excited as to how you’ll use Helms going forward.

Main event time, and it seemed a pretty back and forth match, as both men had some nice spots but neither was able to gain a measure of true control. What on earth is Christian playing at here? :p I gave it a laugh, as it’s just very goofy to see him out during the match trying to ask Lashley questions. You executed it pretty well, as despite the fact he didn’t actually mean it, Christian cost Lashley the match. Certainly is a different angle to go with, and I can see Christian playing the whiny heel by claiming it was all an accident, but really he knew exactly what he was doing. Lashley/Christian should be a pretty solid uppercard feud.

I dunno why but I laughed at that website address. For a show set in the Hammerstein that sure as hell makes them look like ********! But yeah, sweet announcement, fully expecting Michaels to have to reluctantly count the 3 for a Jericho win, but Jericho/Van Dam should be a great main event next week.

Overall, two for two in terms of impressive shows. Once more a lot of characters were developed, but I guess the limitations of only having 1 hour means we can’t always get both sides of the story with regards to feud development, ie, Finlay wasn’t around tonight. But apart from that, I really enjoyed it. Keep this going man, this thread has mega potential. :)
 
#26 ·
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~“…somebody, please…get some help…”
~“Check his breathing…is he…okay, we have a pulse…”
~“Bring the gurney over…”

We finally cut to an image from the dark screen, but we immediately wish we hadn’t. The image is that of Rob Van Dam, lying in a pile of stage equipment. It appears as though Van Dam has fallen from a great height and crashed through the rubble, potentially slammed through it all. We see a few folks in the background, with several officials and EMTs, but Torrie Wilson and Bryan Danielson are present at the scene as well. The EMTs are having some difficulty bringing him up until Samoa Joe comes into the frame and helps them.

Silence…










9.5.07

The Hammerstein Ballroom – Manhattan, New York City, New York
"Reinforcements of the Army"


We’re brought to a Hammerstein in somewhat disbelief at what they just witnessed on the AOW big screen, but it seems to dissolve a bit when Paul Heyman comes through the curtain to a great reaction. Heyman looks determined, as he should. He’s got a lot on his mind and, judging by recent events, he’ll probably have even more to think about…

Heyman:
Uh…I’m sure you all are uh. . just as stunned as I am at what I just witnessed. I will address this as the night goes on, but I do have some very important announcements
.
~A certain amount of buzz

Heyman:
Tonight, I’m here to present to AOW an idea that will completely revolutionize the way people view the wrestling world
.
~Big buzz

Heyman:
See…after several weeks of attempting to get ourselves a much wider audience with a few Pay-Per-Views…get ourselves a little bit of money-in-pocket, you know, to make this company as good as it can be for you people…

~A big pop for the address to the Hammerstein

Heyman:
After several weeks of trying to get that arranged…I finally got an answer. See, the folks in the front office finally granted us a 2-hour edition of Oblivion on Wednesday, September 26th
.
~A big pop for this

Heyman:
Now that’s not a Pay-Per-View Sunday like we wanted. But we’ll take it. And we’ll use it to have the single most explosive show the entire modern wrestling world has ever seen. Because we’ll use that pair hours to have ourselves a little Supershow. Like that?

~The Hammerstein is in total agreeance

Heyman:
Now…in case you folks haven’t noticed, it’s a little difficult, even for a bright mind like mine, to run a brand new wrestling promotion. And it’s a tad difficult to put together a 2-hour program on national television without a hitch, too. So I’m gonna need a little help
.
~A little buzz

Heyman:
Now…we were granted this opportunity on the grounds that we will get more people watching and garner more interest in this company – on our own. Now my hired help – any and all ‘cavalry’, I suppose – I might get better be able to get people watching
.
~A little more buzz. Who’s this ‘hired help’? Who’s the ‘cavalry’?

Heyman:
So I need a man who can draw a crowd. I need a man who can get people to turn on the telly and watch. I need a man who can put…butts. .in. .seats…

~A little bit of buzz, as many may know where this may be going…

Heyman:
So ladies and gentlemen, without further ado…I would like to introduce to you all the first-ever General Manager of Art of War Wrestling Oblivion – MIIIIIIIIIICK FOOOOOHHHH-LEEEEEEEE!!!


The Hammerstein EXPLODES, as “WRECK” plays on the sound system as the man, the myth, the Hardcore Legend Mick Foley comes through the blood-red curtain. Clad in his signature Foley flannel, Mick makes his way down the aisle, shaking a few hands before getting into the ring and shaking hands with Paul Heyman to an even bigger pop. Once this occurs, Heyman presents us Foley and leaves the ring, giving Foley the floor.

Foley:
You made a good move here, Paul. We all know that when you hire Mick Foley, you get a four man work staff for the price of one
.
~A dig at his own personal psyche; the crowd popping for it

Foley:
It feels great to be in a place where madness is more than welcome
.
~Another huge pop

Foley:
As much fun as I’m having right now, I’m here to get down to business. It’s my first day and I’m already a main event down and a Rob Van Dam short. I’ve got a two hour spot to fill in three weeks. So let’s get to it
.
~Great round of buzz

Foley:
On the first ever two-hour edition of Oblivion, we will have matches to decide who will become not just the first ever Cruiserweight Champion, but also something we like to call the AOW Dynasty Championship. Who’s gonna be the guys to fill those spots? I’ll be paying close attention to everyone’s matches from now until then
.
~A solid reaction to two more champions being crowned in a few weeks

Foley:
We still have one more set of belts to find a home for – the AOW World Tag Team Championships
.
~A pop for the tag division

Foley:
I’ve taken great note of the World’s Greatest Tag Team. I’ve also taken great note of Paul London & Brian Kendrick. They’ve traded wins and have shown they have what it takes when pinfalls and submissions are involved. But you see…I’m a hardcore kind of guy
.
~A grand pop

Foley:
So that is why next week – not in three weeks – NEXT WEEK, those two teams will face off against each other to see who’ll be the first ever AOW Tag Team Champions…IN A LADDER MATCH!!

~A great pop for this one

Foley:
But those are in due time. Tonight…tonight, as you all have seen, we’re a man down. Rob Van Dam was supposed to face Chris Jericho tonight for the AOW World Championship. But eh…RVD is unable to compete for the remainder of the evening…

~Disappointed boos

Foley:
So unless someone –


Someone in the opening segment is cut off for the second week in a row by the playing of “SEXY BOY”, as Shawn Michaels comes down the ramp to a very welcome ovation. HBK’s expression is a bit happier than last week, but he slides in the ring, where he and Foley share in a great embrace.

HBK:
Mick Foley. I was afraid I’d never see you again, Mickey!

Foley:
I was afraid I’d never see you again, ol’Haitch Bee Kay!

HBK:
Yeah well, I was. .y’know. .just in the neighborhood and I just so heard that you’re a main event short. Now I don’ know whatchu were gonna do ‘bout that, but good ol’Haitch Bee Kay has a proposition for ya, matchmaker Mickey.

Foley:
(Chuckling)
Matchmaker Mickey. I like it. Lay it on me, Shawn.

HBK:
Why waste the title match? Why not get Shawn Michaels out of a referee’s uniform and put him in a ring…? Why not give the Heart – Break – Kid another chance t’kick Chris Jericho’s teeth back down his throat?

~A great reaction for this proposal

HBK:
Now I don’ mean to upstage you, Mick. But if I step in that ring with Chris Jericho t’night – or ever again – the only thing I’ll want to do is take…his…head off
.
~Michaels’ happy disposition disappears, as he becomes an intense man

HBK:
So Matchmaker Mick, I know you’re good at givin’ folks exactly what they want. So give me what I want. Lemme show Chris Jericho just how worthy Shawn Michaels can be in an AOW World Championship match
.
~The Hammerstein roars in approval as Foley lulls it over…

Foley:
As much as I’d like to…I can’t quite just hand you a title match all willy-nilly, Shawn
.
~Disappointing boos

Foley:
Rob Van Dam earned his shot last week. And as big a statement as you made last week, Shawn…I can’t just give you a title shot. But what I can do is get you a non-title one-on-one match with Chris Jericho
.
~Michaels has a somewhat satisfied shrug

Foley:
But…should you win that, Shawn…Matchmaker Mick won’t be able to deny you a title shot again
.
~The crowd lets out one final pop as Michaels shows a grin and shares a handshake with Foley as the segment comes to an end.

**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

“MAD MAN” begins to play as soon as we’re back from the commercial break following some ominous Arabic chanting, as oil tycoon and millionaire Muhammad Hassan comes down the ramp in competition attire. He’s wearing the same golden towel and golden tights he was wearing two weeks ago.

Joey Styles:
Folks, welcome to the third edition of AOW: Wednesday Night Oblivion. I’m Joey Styles alongside John “Bradshaw” Layfield and we’ve just heard some tremendous news concerning the future of Art of War Wrestling.

JBL:
Tremendous doesn’t even begin to d’scribe what we just heard, Joey. A 2-hour edition of Oblivion, a tag title LADDER match next week, an’ a brand new main event?

Joey Styles:
That’s right, partner. Although all this comes following what appears to be an assault on Rob Van Dam backstage, and we will give you news on the condition of Rob Van Dam and all developments as the night goes on.

JBL:
What the hell are you talkin’, Joey? How d’you know RVD was ‘assaulted’? The guy’s so reckless, he pro’ly just tried to sit ‘n a chair.

Joey Styles:
I’m sure that’s a possibility, John, but all those matches came from the mouth of the man Paul Heyman has appointed as our very first General Manager – the Hardcore Legend Mick Foley!

JBL:
I respect Paul Heyman an’ I respect Mick Foley, but neither one of these guys know the first thing abou’ business.

Joey Styles:
Well Bradshaw, if we go under, you can go back to CNN.

JBL:
I’m on Fox News, damnit!

~Trollolol

All that goes on as Hassan slowly walks to ring, finally entering and grabbing a microphone…

Hassan:
In case you people have forgotten my name is Muhammad Hassan. And I am a changed man
.
~Bit of buzz

Hassan:
The last time you people saw me, I was trying to convince you peasant Samaritans that I was on the same level as you. But after coming into a great deal of money, I realize that I’m so much better than you
.
~A downpour of heat

Hassan:
You folks can boo and hiss at me all you want, but if want to know who you should be directing it towards, just look to your left and your right. It’s because of you that I have what I have and you folks had to shell out your paychecks just to get here on gas money
.
~Even more heat

Hassan:
It’s funny, seeing as how everyone’s talking about ‘power’. The only person who has any type of power in this company is me. I could buy the Hammerstein three times if I wanted! I could kick all of you out of this place and turn it into a New York villa
.
~Another barrage of heat

Hassan:
But then that…that would be no fun at all, now would it? No. I want every single one of you selfish, pious Americans to look at me, envy me, hate me, exactly the way you have for years. But it doesn’t matter because money…money has a way of changing people. I used to take it. But no more. I won’t rest until I spend every last cent making all of you regret the day you ever spread hate my way. I am Muhammad Hassan. And believe me – I am a changed man
.

One final downpour of heat rains down on Mr. Hassan, as he sets down his mike and takes off his head towel before hearing “MACH”, as the unfamiliar face of Matt Sydal comes on through the curtain and down the ramp with a pretty big grin on his face, never having this kind of audience before. Sydal takes a second to take it all in before rushing to the ring to face his ‘changed’ opponent.

OPENING CONTEST
Muhammad Hassan
v.
Matt Sydal


Sydal’s small stature has many writing him off at the onset, Hassan included. Hassan and Sydal walk towards the center ring, with Hassan giving Sydal a really cocky and creepy smile. Hassan gives him a couple of overconfident slaps to the head, taking the smile off Sydal’s face. Hassan takes his head back and laughs to the sky, while Sydal just gives a look of passive aggression. Hassan takes things even further when he sticks his palm to Sydal’s head, prompting him to try and hit him. Hassan continues to laugh, with Sydal sarcastically chuckling with him. Sydal then suddenly grabs hold onto Hassan’s arm, and uses it as leverage to nail Hassan on the side of the head with a summersault kick.

This surprises the hell out of Hassan, who goes stumbling, which Sydal follows up on by rebounding and hits Hassan with a running diving back elbow, which stunts Hassan even more. He falls but gets to his feet quickly, only to get hit by a Sydal dropkick that forces him into a corner. The high tempo has the crowd all on Sydal, who takes this momentum and rushes towards the corner-clad Hassan with a rushing shoulder block to the gut, which Sydal seamlessly flows through the middle ropes afterward. Hassan stumbles out of the corner holding his midsection, Sydal giving him no time to process his shock. He turns to see where Sydal is, but Sydal is already soaring through the air with double knees to Hassan’s chest. The crowd is on fire, as Sydal rolls on top of Hassan for the first cover – 1…2…3-NO!!!

Sydal doesn’t spend any time crying over spilt milk, as he rebounds off the ropes. Hassan gets to one knee on this, but on the rebound, is struck in the chest with a low level Sydal diving kick. Sydal tries another cover – 1…2…NO!!! Hassan doesn’t go down again! Hassan is still downed, however, as Sydal leaps to his feet and steps over Hassan before executing a flawless standing moonsault…that drives his knees into Hassan’s midsection!!! Sydal with another cover – 1..2…3-NO!!! Hassan stays strong!

Sydal, again, comes back strong by rebounding off the ropes again. Hassan is the one who surprises him this time, hitting Sydal with a clothesline that turns him inside out. Sydal goes flipping, with Hassan jumping onto him – 1…2…3-NO! Sydal’s got some heart! Hassan pulls Sydal to his feet before tucking his head into a front headlock and hitting a spinning lifting DDT onto Sydal. Hassan another cover – 1…2…-NO!! Sydal won’t go so! Hassan then drags Sydal over to a bottom rope, putting his weight all over the back of Sydal, choking the young cruiserweight. The referee is counting to five, to which Hassan eventually breaks in favor of a snap suplex.

Hassan forces Sydal to get to his feet yet again, this time setting him up for a reverse STO. Sydal, however, sees this move coming and starts to fight his way out with a few elbows to the side of the head. Sydal finally breaks free with a leaping kick to the jaw of the ‘mad man’. Sydal backs up a step and hits a leaping spinning back kick to Hassan’s face. This drops Hassan like a stone and gets the crowd on fire for Sydal again, who now ventures to the top rope. Sydal spreads his arms before leaping with…A SHOOTING STAR PRESS!!!! SHOOTING STAR PRESS!!! …Hassan moves!! Nobody home!! Sydal crashes and burns onto his ribs, with Hassan taking note. As Sydal gets back to his feet, Hassan grabs hold and nails the reverse STO, dubbed as the ‘American Made’. The impact spikes Sydal’s face into the canvas and leaves him limp, getting Hassan to shoot the half and cover again – 1…2…3…!

Winner: Muhammad Hassan at (6:01)

But Hassan isn’t done. That little bastard gave him much more trouble than he’d hoped for. With a raged look in his eye, he pushes away the referee trying to check on Sydal, brings Sydal to his feet and nails the Finishing Touch. The already deflated crowd delivers a myriad of heat now, but Hassan still isn’t finished. Hassan looks to make good on his promise to make Americans regret. He jumps on Sydal’s back and applies the Camel Clutch. Hassan showing a brutal side this match, but the crowd suddenly starts buzzing to life. Hassan doesn’t try to find out why, but he does anyway when CM Punk comes down the ramp and kicks him in his spine. The crowd roars as Hassan is forced off and goes scurrying away. Punk sees him out before tending to Sydal and making sure the mainstream newcomer is in good shape. He brings Matt to his feet before raising his hand to a solid pop and helping lead him out.


Joey Styles:
And CM Punk coming to the aide of Matt Sydal in very honorable fashion.

JBL:
Honorable? You make me diabetic with how much you sugar coat, y’know that Joey?

Joey Styles:
What’s up with Muhammad Hassan? That attack as uncalled for, it was unprofessional –

JBL:
Joey, a guy like Muhammad Hassan is hard to fig’re out. I don’t like him much, but I can’t deny that he just showed how much power he really has.

Joey Styles:
You can’t really condone something like that, can you John?

JBL:
Well if you don’t like it Joey, you can blog an’ whine about it.

Joey Styles:
Well Hassan seems like someone you’d like, JBL.

JBL:
Lemme tell you a little secret, Joey – no one with money likes anyone else with money.

~We head backstage now, where we’re met with the gorgeous face of Torrie Wilson in the Green Zone and a microphone…

Torrie Wilson:
Hi! I’m Torrie Wilson here in the AOW Green Zone here with uh…several guests at this time. With me are the men who will be competing in the first ever AOW Ladder match for the World Tag Team Championships – Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas, Paul London, and Brian Kendrick!

~A big pop for all four men, as both teams appear on opposite sides of Torrie

Torrie Wilson:
Gentlemen, I’m just looking for some thoughts from each of you on what exactly you’ll be expecting from each other next week for the tag team gold. You first, Paul.

Paul London:
Torrie, these guys are superbly gifted athletes. All I’m gonna expect from them is to do exactly what they’ve been doin’ to me and BK over here and that’s take us to the limit.

Shelton Benjamin:
Man…you guys are pesky. I think you’re down, Haas thinks you’re down, we look down and you’re all over the place. You don’t go easy. So I don’t expect you guys to go easy next week, either.

Brian Kendrick:
I don’t think you guys’ll have to worry about us being everywhere. ‘cause the only place to go in a ladder match – is up.

Charlie Haas:
Look, we can be here all buddy-buddy all we want. But next week, only one team can become champions. While the other – goes down
.
~The ever present tension in the room seems to now take over all four men, as they do indeed go from smiling Willies to a group of men focused on their task come next week.

Torrie Wilson:
Well thank you gentlemen, and I wish you both luck come next week
.
~The Hooliganz and the WGTT stare holes into one another across Wilson, who just now feels the tension and gets of the way. Neither team throws blows, but they continue to stare as we fade away…

**Video Package**

We’re brought to what looks like a wrestling ring surrounded by shadows. Three different men soon enter before the lights go out around them when we hear a narrator…

He’s here…

The lights come back on where the three men have been joined by the shadowed and deathly looking stance of a giant 7-foot being…

And all shall fall…

The monster socks one man in the jaw, beheading him as though he were a plaster statue…

To the great might of…

A second man is caught in the chokeslam, slammed through the ring itself, as the final man is lifted in a military press and thrown to the floor and disintegrates into fine powder

…THE GREAT WRIGHT

Paul “The Great” Wright
HE’S HERE...
**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

Upon our return to the screen we’re met with Mick Foley in what appears to be an office setting. There’s no Heyman in sight, but as Foley turns around, he’s got a book in his hand. We can’t see what it’s about, but he takes a few steps forward where he meets Bryan Danielson.

Danielson:
You asked to see me, Mr. Foley?

Foley:
Oh, please Bryan, call me Mick.

Danielson:
Um…you asked to see me Mick?

Foley:
Oh, please Bryan, call me Jack.

Danielson:
Um…okay…you asked to see me Jack?

Foley:
Oh, please Bryan, call me Dude.

Danielson:
(Takes a second…)
Ooooohhh…haha…I see what you’re doin’.

Foley:
Ah, just tryin’ to have a little fun, y’know, loosen up. It’s been all business tonight. I can’t work like that. Isn’t that right Mr. Socko?

~Foley holds his open boom in his other hand, the hand under the book comes to surface as indeed, the sock puppet himself Mr. Socko to a huge roar of approval. Foley makes Mr. Socko nod his ‘head’

Danielson: (Wise to the past, backs up a step)
Woh…hey there Mr. Socko…that’s not goin’ down my throat anytime soon, is it Mick?

Foley:
You? No. I asked you here for a reason. The other half of that reason isn’t here yet, though…
]~No sooner does Foley say this does the sound of his door opening and closing meet his ears. Both men (and Socko) turn to see none other than Rey Mysterio Jr

Mysterio:
Hey, Mr. Foley. And Mr. Socko. And...Bryan Danielson? I’ve heard a lot about you, man
.
~The two shake hands

Danielson:
Rey Mysterio? So great to finally meet the legend himself.

Foley:
Good! Nice to see you two know each other. Before I get to you guy’s business…I hate to ask this, but do either of you know any kind of information about RVD getting taken down?

~Mysterio shakes his head, while Danielson, present at the scene earlier, just shrugs

Foley:
Oh. Well then down to your business. Now guys –

~Foley takes out a pair of glasses before reading from his open book. We can’t read the words, but what we can see is the page has a picture of a yin-yang

Foley:
See, here in AOW, we have a philosophy. Not just concerning wrestling, but how wrestling fits in to everything, not just war. I don’t know if you know anything about the yin-yang, but it personifies exactly what AOW is about. The yin meeting the yang and everything coming together. They’re not opposites, just other sides of the same story.

Danielson:
That’s very eh…eloquently put, Mick, but what does that have to do with us?

Foley:
You forget another one of my alter egos is a best-selling writer, Mr. Danielson.

~A few chuckles

Foley:
I wanna introduce a new kind of match. The yin represents the older generation. The yang represents the up-and-comers. That’s where you two come in. See, next week, I wanna have the first ever Yin v. Yang match in AOW. And it will be one of the captains of the cruiserweight revolution himself in Rey Mysterio Jr. going one on one with the future of the cruiserweights and wrestling in general…Bryan Danielson
.
~This gets a HUGE pop and smiles from both Mysterio and Danielson

Foley:
Whaddya say, fellas?

Mysterio:
That sounds like a show stealer, Mick
.
~Both men nod in agreement before shaking hands again, but the handshake is interrupted by static interrupting the segment. The static gets stronger and stronger until suddenly, the screen is consumed by nothing but static. It soon cuts back to the same small room we saw last week, with the same home video camera set up from last week as well. And just like last week, Gregory Helms’ face soon jumps into the frame.

Gregory Helms: (Seemingly stupefied)
So wait…does no one listen to Gregory Helms? Do the divine words of Gregory Helms fall on deaf ears? Obviously, they must, but I need to be heard. That’s why Mick Foley, Rey Mysterio, and Bryan Danielson – you’ve just been hacked by Helms
.
~Helms adjusts the camera for a second. Crowd reactions seem to have been cut out in this segment

Gregory Helms:
See…last week, I told the reasons why I was the very best in the world. The best cruiserweight wrestler on the face of the planet. I should be the one facing Rey Mysterio next week! I should be the one takin’ down one era and buildin’ up a new one! But no. I’m completely ignored in favor of some guy no one’s ever heard of. I, the great Gregory Helms, who held a cruiserweight championship for over a year, am being ignored and glanced over
.
~Helms shakes his head angrily

Gregory Helms:
Rest assured, AOW Oblivion – Gregory Helms will no longer be ignored.

*END TRANSMISSION*


~Back at ringside…

Joey Styles:
An already huge night on Oblivion, and already two HUGE matches scheduled for next week now! We’ve got a ladder match for the Tag Team Championships and now we’ve got Bryan Danielson and Rey Mysterio Jr. facing off for the first time ever! And all this is a few weeks before our first 2-hour show!

JBL:
So you’re excited about a small, skinny guy facin’ a smaller, skinner guy?

Joey Styles:
How can you say that, Bradshaw? Rey Mysterio is one of the greatest competitors in all of wrestling, not just cruiserweight wrestling. You should know firsthand, Bradshaw.

JBL:
So what? Rey Mysterio is one of the best in the ring. Is that what you want me t’say? Fine. I said it. And see this is why Mick Foley is terrible for AOW. He completely overlooked the REAL ‘Best in the World’, Gregory Helms, and put in this Danielson dweeb who has yet to prove himself to anyone outside of a high school gym with fifty people watching him! This is the big leagues, an’ believe me Joey, this is no place for a rodeo clown
.

JBL’s ranting is cut off when we hear “I AM THE FUTURE”, followed by some nifty guitar riffs before Ken Doane comes through the blood-red curtain. Doane has a very cocky heir about him, his aura reeking of overconfidence. Kenny’s look goes from this to sheer annoyance when a front row fan throws a pair of pom-poms into his face. Doane acts as though it never happened, despite the crowd now laughing at him.

The laughter soon fades into pops of anticipation, as the Godzilla horn is sounded before we hear “MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT”, as Samoa Joe comes down, towel clad, to a very solid reaction. Joe does indeed look like he wants to freakin’ kill someone. Very faint “JOE’S GONNA KILL YOU” chants start, but don’t last too long. Joe’s demeanor is that he’s obviously gonna direct his anger towards Finlay right at Kenny.

MATCH 2
Ken Doane
v.
Samoa Joe


Doane is very cautious of his larger and dangerous opponent, putting some space between the two. Joe, the machine he is, rushes towards Doane to immediately close the gap, but Doane cowers by going between the ropes, forcing the referee to back away from Kenny. Joe doesn’t let up, however, as he pulls on Doane’s ankle and drags him away from the ropes center ring. Doane crawls on his belly away from Joe even still, however. Again, Joe is not gonna let up that easily. As Kenny tries to crawl away, Joe swings hard with a kick that misses decapitating Doane by a hair. Doane crawls all the way outside the ring to re-thing this, as Joe is being incredibly aggressive. And even here, Doane isn’t safe, as Joe spins and rushes towards the ropes, leaping through them and nailing the elbow suicida!!

Kenny really has nowhere to run in this match, even though he’s been trying to get away the whole time. Joe recovers before Kenny does, right in front of the commentating table. Joe takes a chair and sets it up near a barricade, taking Kenny and forcing him to sit down in the chair, kicking him square in the chest with a stiff kick. Kenny reels in pain, as Joe steps several feet away from Kenny. He gets ready and set before taking Kenny’s face off with the Ole Kick! Wow! The crowd didn’t have much time to chant with the move, but nonetheless, Joe is in complete control, as he rolls Kenny back into the ring.

As Joe comes through the ropes, Kenny is still alert and kicks Joe in the skull, stunting him for a second. This gives Kenny enough time to ambush Joe with a hangman’s neckbreaker, twisting the big body of Joe around. Doane quickly covers Joe – 1…2…NO!! Joe rolls completely over after getting his shoulder up, but Kenny is again quick to jump on Joe with a grounded front headlock. He keeps this on Joe for several seconds, hoping to wear Joe down, but Joe gets to his feet after a while and unhooks the hold and brings Kenny over with a snapmare, followed by a low chop to the chest, a kick to the spine, and followed quickly by a knee drop. Joe gets his first fall of the match – 1…2…NO! Ken still has life.

Joe brings Kenny to his feet and tries to lock in some sort of standing submission, but before he can lock it in completely, Kenny stomps his heel on Joe’s foot, forcing him to let go what he couldn’t lock. Kenny uses this to rebound off the ropes, but on the rebound, Joe stiff kicks Kenny right in the midsection, doubling him over and onto all fours. Joe takes the blown Kenny and promptly powerbombs him…then transitions it into a half Boston crab!

The submissions have begun from the Machine, as Kenny is squirming a bit and trying to find his way towards the ropes. He moves an inch or so before Joe transitions the crab into a STF! He’s not letting Kenny escape! Kenny is forced to saddle with the weight of Joe, still trying to drag himself towards the ropes. The STF is locked in tight for several seconds, but Kenny is inching towards the ropes, when Joe suddenly transitions it into a crossface!!! Crossface!!! Kenny knows the hold and what it can do, and thrashes wildly before finally grabbing hold of the ropes. The referee is forced to make Joe break the hold, which Joe holds onto the count of four.

Kenny scrambles into a corner, while Joe keeps on him like a rabid dog. Kenny manages to lift a boot to Joe’s face that sends him back a few steps. Kenny tries to capitalize on this by bursting from the corner with a hard clothesline…but Joe’s completely unphased. Joe just looks at Kenny with no change in expression before chopping Kenny like mad into some ropes. He whips Kenny into the opposite ropes, but Kenny ducks under a clothesline attempt, but on the next rebound, Kenny attempts to throw his knees into Joe’s chest. Joe, without flinching, catches Kenny and uses this to hoist him onto the top rope and sets Kenny up for the MUSCLE BUSTER!!! KENNY IS DEAD!!! But Joe doesn’t want to stop there. Almost as soon as Kenny touches down, the Machine quickly locks in The Clutch, the rear naked choke making Kenny fade rapidly. Doane barely has enough in him to tap the canvas in submission.

Winner: Samoa Joe at (7:43)

~The scene almost immediately cuts backstage where we can see Finlay taking a peek at a TV screen in the locker room area. We quickly cut back to ringside…​


Joey Styles:
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Samoa Joe is considered one of the must see talents in all of AOW. He’s got the size, the power, the prowess, and he works like a machine. The Samoan Submission Machine, at that.

JBL:
It’s very rare that I agree with you Joey, but I will say that it would be an absolute surprise if this man is not AOW Champion by the end of th’ year. The real travesty is why Paul Heyman would send his biggest prospect in Ken Doane to be fed to this monster of a man. It’s beyond me.

Joey Styles:
Well John, you may not agree with most of Foley or Heyman’s decisions are, you have to think that they’re for the best.

JBL:
The best is sittin’ here on the announce table, Joey. There’s a man at this commentator table who knows what to do better than those two twits.

Joey Styles:
Why thank you, John! So flattering.

JBL:
Do I have to threat’n to slap you upside the head on a weekly basis…?

Joey Styles:
Well what about Finlay? Samoa Joe’s rage isn’t even targeted towards Kenny. It’s directed at the man who may have cost him the AOW World title two weeks ago in Dave Finlay.

JBL:
Joe can throw all the hissy fits he wants, but he’d better be careful what he wishes for. Finlay is the most no-nonsense guy I’ve ever seen in my life.

Joey Styles:
He may have found his match in Samoa Joe, if that’s the case, John. Well, we may not know if Joe and Finlay will ever lock horns, but what we can do is update you on the condition of Rob Van Dam from earlier in the program. For those who did not see, RVD, who was in a scheduled title match tonight, was found…well…like this.

A quick flashback to the beginning of the program, with RVD lying in the rubble in extreme agony.

Joey Styles:
We have been notified that Van Dam will was not able to compete for the remainder of the evening, but the question also arises who caused this. Whether that is answered tonight is another mystery, but what isn’t a mystery is our main event this evening.

JBL:
Mick Foley has made the best ‘f a bad situation with this one, but it’s a doosey.

Joey Styles:
That’s right – on the other side of the break, AOW World Heavyweight Champion will go face to face with the man who kicked him down to size last week in Shawn Michaels. This non-title matchup is next!


**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

**Video Package**

We see a clip of Christian from the pilot episode of Oblivion

“We don’t know why you’re here…but we don’t like you…”

We hear the audio from Christian asking Lashley a question last week…

“Why. .are. .you. .here…?”

We chime back to Christian on the first show…

“We don’t want you…”

In the background, we can hear the previous statement echoing…

“Why. .are. .you. .here…?”

A flash to last week’s main event, with Rob Van Dam taking on Bobby Lashley. The two hit a sort of climax before Christian walks out and demands that Lashley answer him…

“Why. .are. .you. .here…?”

This echoes yet again, as RVD and Van Dam get into it with words

“I’m on your side, Rob!”
“No one agrees with you dude…get over yourself…”


The match is approaching its close, when Lashley spears Christian in half, enabling Van Dam to get the win. We then see Van Dam say –

“Don’t do for us. Do for you”

Before Christian grabs a chair and jumps into the ring, words echoing in rapid, overlapping fashion…

“Why. .are. .you. .here…?
“We don’t want you here…”
“…now you know”
“If you didn’t know…”
“Why. .are. .you. .here…?”


Christian raises the chair to hit Lashley…

“Why. .are. .you. .here…?”

RVD catches the chair and the two wrestle for it for a second before Christian comes away with it and bashes RVD across the skull, seemingly accidentally…

“If you didn’t know…”

Christian walks away in a bit of a daze, a looked of glazed confusion befalling him as he’s pelted with garbage…

“If you didn’t know…”

A close up, slow motion frame of Christian’s shocked face, the echo now muffled, almost to a creepy, deranged whisper…

“Why…

…are…

…you…

…here…?”


*END PACKAGE*
We’re brought back to the real world from that video segment, where we do see the devil himself in Christian Cage. He gets a rain of heat but he’s seen entering a locker room door, evidently waiting for someone. When a big, black mass passes by him, he stops him. We see this man to be Bobby Lashley, but Lash isn’t really pleased to see Christian.

Christian Cage:
Look, Bobs…I know I’m not the man you wanted to see right now. But I need to set the record straight.

Lashley:
You’d better start fast.

Christian Cage:
Look, I’ve been completely misunderstood the last few weeks. I never said I didn’t want you here –

Lashley:
No, but you did say it’d be great if I were gone.

Christian Cage:
Not the point, Bobs. The point is I never let you get your point across. And I know I’ve been a Class A prick to you since you’ve been here. But I just wanna put it all behind us and ask you – man to man – why, Bobby Lashley, are you here.

Lashley:
Fine. I’m here because where I was didn’t have the best. Now Christian, I don’t know if you know this, but you become the best by competing with the best. I came here to compete with guys like Rob Van Dam, Chris Jericho, and Shawn Michaels. Those guys are the best. But you, Christian? You’re nowhere near their levels. I’m not here for you
.
~Christian legitimately seems hurt by this

Lashley:
But maybe…maybe you’re here for Rob Van Dam, too. I mean, after clockin’ him in the head with a chair last week, maybe you wanted to finish the job this week…?

Christian Cage:
I try to make peace with you, and you accuse me of that?

Lashley:
I don’t know, Christian. Van Dam said some pretty strong things to you last week. About how you really need to get over yourself. About how no one is agreeing with what you’re saying. About –

Christian Cage:
SHUT UP!!

~A dead silence…

Lashley:
…you’re alone, Christian. All alone. So why are you here. .?

~Lashley exits the frame, leaving Christian to dwell in those comments. Between what RVD said last week and this, Christian’s face tells the story of possibly anguish with himself…?

~We cut back to Mick Foley’s surroundings, although this time he’s talking with Torrie Wilson on the set of the Green Zone. The two seem to be conversing pleasantly when Samoa Joe bursts into the frame, fresh with some sweat.

Joe:
Mick Foley. The Hardcore Legend himself. What did ol’ Heartbreak call you earlier…Matchmaker? Well ‘Matchmaker Mickey’, I’ve got a match you can make right now.

Foley:
I can at least hear you out, Joe. Nice display put on, by the way.

Joe:
That wasn’t for show. Paul Heyman couldn’t give me what I wanted. So maybe you can. I want Finlay in a ring, one-on-one with me.

Foley:
Well, Joe, I’ll see what I can do. No guarantees
.
~Joe begins to walk away with still an angry look in his eye, getting no different result than he did with Heyman. But as he turns to go, he’s met face to face with the very man he wants – Finlay

Finlay:
So you wanna face me in a ring, do ya Joe?

Joe:
No. I wanna beat the hell outta you. Next week
.
~A pop of approval from New York

Finlay:
Hm…well, tough luck. Oi’ve already got a match next week. And it ain’t against you.

Joe:
You sure about that? You think the fact that you already have a match next week is gonna stop the fact that I want to beat you down? I mean, last week, you were already eliminated from the match, but that didn’t stop you from eliminating me, did it?


Finlay:
In case you didn’t know, I love ta fight. So bring it, Joe. I want you ta come after me. I’ll be waitin’ for ya, boy.
~Finlay walks off, with Joe staring a hole through him as he does so. Joe eventually walks in the opposite direction, showing us that Foley and Torrie were watching the whole thing. Just as Foley turns to talk to Torrie again, he’s met with the bitter face of AOW World Champion Chris Jericho. Y2J stands speechless, just staring at Foley

Jericho:
So this is Paul Heyman’s ‘cavalry’…? A pathetic, perverted, has-been stuntman?

Foley:
Chris Jericho! Another old face. You’re already doin’ good for yourself, eh Chris?

Jericho:
Y’know…I would be doing a lot better if I didn’t have a match tonight against someone who I’ve already presented evidence against that is incredibly unworthy to even be in my presence, much less face me
.
~A deal of heat

Foley:
Look, Chris – I’m not gonna play favorites, okay?

Jericho:
Not playing favorites, huh? So how in the world did Shawn Michaels magically conjure up a match tonight with me?

Foley:
Well, Chris, how about you let out any conflict you have with Shawn Michaels in that ring in a few minutes. Because if you don’t do what I say, Chris. .that title you’re so proud of can disappear as quickly as it got there
.
~Pop for Foley, like Heyman, putting his foot down on Chris Jericho

Foley:
By the way, Chris…you wouldn’t happen to know anything about the guy who was gonna challenge you for that world title winding up beaten, do you?

Jericho:
I am a worthy and honest man, Foley. I would never indulge in such atrocities. But to answer your question, yes. I do know something about it.

Foley:
Well then who did –

~Foley is cut off by Jericho…somewhat suspiciously

Jericho:
Listen closely, Foley. I don’t care how much power you have. .you are a hypocrite. Paul Heyman is a hypocrite. Shawn Michaels is a hypocrite. The only honest and worthy man in this entire company is holding its greatest prize. Now I will be the worthy champion and do the right thing by sucking all this up and go out there tonight and make Shawn Michaels submit to me yet again
.
~Jericho flicks something off the collar of Foley’s flannel

Jericho:
Hm…so you’re Heyman’s heavy hitting ‘cavalry’…? Just know, Foley that Chris Jericho is always one…step…ahead
.
~This last statement gets a great deal of heat, as Jericho gets closer with every word to Foley’s face. He eventually stops and leaves, his match time approaching.

~Back at ringside…

“SEXY BOY” roars over the speakers for the second time tonight, as Shawn Michaels comes down the ramp, as energized as ever to get his chance to go toe to toe with the AOW World Champion and maybe, just maybe, weasel his way into the title picture.

“BREAK DOWN THE WALLS”, this remake done by Fozzy, roars now, as pyro sets off for AOW World Champion Chris Jericho. Jericho’s nose is high in the air as he walks to the ring, as even his stride is telling us that he thinks we’re all unworthy. The crowd lets Jericho hear their ‘unworthy’ beats of heat. He doesn’t look happy at all to know Michaels is across from him.

MAIN EVENT
~Non-Title Match~
AOW World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels


Jericho hands off his title with the same unhappy expression, it having never changed since stepping into the ring. As soon as the bell goes, Michaels begins circling Jericho aggressively, while Jericho is just walking around the ring, not even looking at Michaels. Michaels attempts a quick strike, rushing at him, but Jericho slips under the bottom rope to the outside to a great deal of heat. Jericho still hasn’t even looked in Michaels’ direction now, aimlessly walking around the outside while the referee begins a count.

Jericho slides back in, still not looking at HBK. Michaels is really getting the sense that Jericho thinks he’s really that superior to HBK that he won’t even look at him. Michaels looks to take advantage with a school boy roll up – 1…2…NO!!! Jericho throws his legs up!! Jericho uses his momentum out of the kickout to roll outside the ring again, setting off actually fighting Michaels even longer. Jericho is holding the back of his neck now, as the crowd is starting to get really annoyed, as is Michaels. As the referee reaches a count of 5, Jericho rolls back in, still not looking at Michaels. HBK has had enough, and lunges at Jericho wildly…but Jericho lowers the top rope!!! Michaels goes soaring over, all the way to the floor!!! Jericho lets out a smirk before lounging in a corner and finally looking at Michaels’ downed body.

HBK is able to crawl back into the ring at a count of 6, with Jericho glaring a hole in him. When Michaels is fully back in, he gets jump by Jericho, who drives knee after knee into his back, potentially setting up yet another Walls attempt. As Michaels gets to his feet, Jericho stays cheap and tries a school boy of his own – 1…2…NO!!! Michaels too throws his legs up! But as Michaels throws the legs up, Jericho grabs them and tries to flip Michaels onto his stomach for the Walls of Jericho…but Michaels resists and flips Jericho over!!! Jericho goes tumbling away, all the way near some ropes, but as soon as he gets to a vertical recover, he gets NAILED BY SWEET CHIN MUSIC!!! SWEET CHIN MUSIC!! Jericho goes down, but he’s very wary and falls between the ropes he’s near, heading straight to the floor from the superkick.

The crowd is pumped from that very early finishing sequence, and Michaels is even grinning to himself, but Jericho is not amused in the slightest. He raises his head, face scowling, rubbing his chin in pain. Jericho’s scowl goes to sheer frustration it seems, as Jericho is quick to get to his feet and walk around to the timekeeper’s table, grabbing his title, and begins to stride towards the entrance ramp. The crowd is delivering a huge amount of heat to his, and Michaels is throwing his hands up. Jericho doesn’t seem to care, however, as his head is high, title on his shoulder, and walks up the ramp aimed for the locker room.

…but he doesn’t quite make it there. As he reaches the stage, Michaels runs him down and chunks him into the titanium frame of the entrance stage before forcing him to go back down the ramp by following him with blow after blow. Punching Jericho’s way all the way back to the ring, Michaels then whips Jericho into some nearby ring steps, displacing them, but getting Jericho’s back to be as damaged as Michaels’ is. This prompts Michaels to finally chunk Jericho back under the ropes, fed up with Jericho’s games. Michaels pounds on Jericho once he’s in the ring, with Jericho struggling to get to his feet. When he finally does, Michaels whips Jericho into the ropes, but on the rebound, Jericho ducks under a clothesline attempt, springboarding off the ropes, and surprising Michaels with the triangle dropkick!!!

This surprises everyone, even Jericho. Michaels is downed, but as Jericho goes over to stomp his back out some more, Michaels is quick to sock Jericho in the face with several right hands, backing the worthy champion away. Jericho stays close as Michaels gets fully to his feet and backs him away even more with a knife edge CHOP(Woooooo!) that sends Jericho reeling. Another hard CHOP(Wooooooo!) sends Jericho all the way back into the ropes, which Michaels whips Jericho across the ropes again. On the rebound this time, Michaels returns the surprising favor with a nifty spinebuster!!! Michaels holds onto the legs of Jericho as he goes down, flipping over Jericho with the jackknife cover – 1…2…NO!!!

Jericho grapples Michaels around his waist and bridges himself up, turning the hold around into a backslide cover – 1…2…3…NO!!! Michaels rolls back to escape the cover, using it to get to his feet, as Jericho steps up but Michaels is cocked back and loaded SWEET CHIN MUSIC…FEINT!! Michaels pulls the leg back at the last minute because Jericho has cowered out of the way, having been hit with that superkick one time too many as of late. Jericho is outside the ring yet again. Jericho seems to be heading back up the ramp to the back, but when the referee asks where he’s going Jericho just replies “I’m getting my belt, ingrate!”, using the paper thin excuse of getting his title he dropped earlier on the ramp. Jericho takes his sweet time picking the title up and kissing it before walking with it back towards the ring and handing it back to the timekeeper as though it were a newborn child.

Jericho then actually does roll back into the ring, but Michaels is again looking to give him no breathing room, taking Jericho and dropping him on his family jewels with the inverted atomic drop!!! Michaels is then quick to scoop up Jericho and drop with the scoop slam, before getting charged up and getting the crowd pumped with him. They know where he’s going. Michaels climbs through the ropes and ascends to the top rope, looking for the diving elbow drop…JERICHO GETS THE KNEES UP!! The knees of Jericho go driving into Michaels’ elbow and ribs, causing him to fall back. Jericho rises with a seething look in his eye, dragging Michaels away and covering – 1…2…NO!!!

Michaels isn’t going down so easily, but Jericho doesn’t give up so easily, either. Jericho starts stomping like a psychopath on Michaels’ back, before kicking him square in the head and getting close to him –

“YOU ARE BENEATH ME, MICHAELS!!! YOU WILL SUBMIT TO ME AGAIN!!!”

Once Jericho’s gotten that off his chest, he grabs Michaels legs and starts turning him over…WALLS OF JERICHO!!! WALLS OF JERICHO LOCKED IN!!! Michaels is on the receiving end of yet another Walls of Jericho!!! Does he have what it takes to survive this time? Will he submit to Chris Jericho yet again? Michaels is crawling towards the corner…edging…reaching…but Jericho pulls him back towards the center!! Jericho looks to want to put his weight back for that Liontamer Walls of Jericho, but Michaels is keen to this, even in his pain, and sees this as a chance to use this change of weight to help roll forward and roll Jericho up yet again! 1…2…3…NO!!! Jericho scampers out, and scampers out of the ring!! He goes back over to the timekeeper and grabs his title, pissed beyond reasonable belief, frustrated that he couldn’t get Michaels to submit to him again. Jericho hissy fits back up the ramp…but he stops halfway before looking back into the ring…with a smile on his face. The hell is Jericho smiling at…?

The crowd is abuzz as Michaels tries to get to his feet, gripping his back, but falls upon attempting. Even so, Michaels has to look up and see what everyone’s buzzing for…and it’s not Jericho smiling…it’s the seven foot tall monster coming down the ramp. The commentators immediately recognize this as Paul “The Great” Wright, the man we’ve heard of only in legend so far. The man formerly known as the Big Show is coming down the ramp with his fists taped in a huge, black hooded vest. The crowd is buzzing in awe, with Jericho’s grin never fading. Michaels is in great pain, but is stuck in awe as well at the gargantuan man approaching him. Wright steps over the top rope into the ring, with the referee approaching him and telling him he can’t be here. A close-up reveals the referee visibly and audibly GULPS. The referee then hauls ass and leaves the ring. The simple stare of this man is enough.

Wright is staring at Michaels with pure intensity, who has since retreated to using the ropes to get to his feet. Wright takes his first steps towards Michaels, but Michaels springs forth WITH SWEET CHIN MUSIC!!! SWEET CHIN MUSIC!!! SWEET CHIN MUSIC TO THE BIG MAN…BUT HE DOESN’T EVEN FLINCH. Wright just takes one step back on the impact, but simply brings his chin back down to stare Michaels in the face, striking pure fear into the heart of the Heart Break one. Michaels face simply says “are you shittin’ me?” before it gets STRUCK WITH THE WRECKING BALL THAT IS THE FIST OF PAUL WRIGHT. Michaels’ hair and neck whips violently on the impact of the punch, causing the referee outside the ring to ring the bell.

Winner via DQ: Shawn Michaels at (15:31)

Michaels drops like a stone, but he drops forward, supported only by the leg of Paul Wright right now. Michaels mouth is agape, drooling and barley conscious. Wright doesn’t like where he is. He grabs the already dead Michaels by the throat and hoists him into the air…CHOKESLAM!!! CHOKESLAM!!! If Michaels wasn’t already dead, he certainty is now, with Jericho finally coming back into the ring.


Joey Styles:
…I’m…I’m in utter shock…oh. .oh my God…

JBL:
This…my God…Shawn Michaels can’t be alive…

Joey Styles:
Ladies and gentlemen…this monster…this Paul “The Great” Wright…I think we may have just found out who took out Rob Van Dam…

JBL:
I’m in disbelief, Joey…in all my years in this bus’ness, I have never seen something as sick’ningly dominating as what I just witnessed…

Joey Styles:
This giant appears to be at the beck and call of Chris Jericho…what carnage…unbelievable…


Jericho’s grin almost looks psychotic now, but still incredibly confident. The closing shot we have of the third edition of Oblivion is that of Shawn Michaels decimated, Paul Wright standing tall behind Chris Jericho, and Chris Jericho stooped over the downed body of Shawn Michaels, title in hand, with the closing words…

“One…step…ahead…”

...


*Black*

*END SHOW*





.:Confirmed for Next Week:.

YIN V.YANG
Rey Mysterio v. Bryan Danielson

*LADDER MATCH*
~To crown the FIRST EVER AOW World Tag Team Champions~

The World’s Greatest Tag Team v. The Hooliganz


Tried to get this up Monday, but I guess early Tuesday works too. I think I tried to do too much, but I'll let you guys decide for that. Anything's appreciated, fellas :)
 
#27 ·
Told ya' I'd be back to review!

Rightio, first off - Wow? I think that's the word? RVD out cold through the stage equiptment? I'm trying to rack my brains thinking who it could be that did it but I can't think of anybody on your roster who has beef with him? Interesting to say the least, I hope this is the start of something very big, my friend.

Good move getting Heyman to come out here to clear the air, hopefully he can clear it up a little. Or not? So you're telling me that RVD was attacked and chucked throgh the equiptment and no-one knows a thing? I don't like the idea of that but I guess I do like the sound of the rest of the night somewhat being themed on the attack. But what Heyman does say is great, amazing, phenomenal! A two hour supershow sounds great and I'm guessing the attack on RVD will culminate on that show? My guess :p I like guessing, haha.

I can understand the hiring of Mick Foley but I don't really dig it. I haven't liked Foley since his Programme with Orton in 2004 so it will be interesting to see if you could change that. However it does make sense to bring him in, but not to particularly "put butts in seats".

Foley getting straight down to business is alright but I would have liked to have seen more of a welcoming promo from Foley and not strictly business. I really do hope we see some genuinely funny and entertaining promos and skits with him because that's what he does best but I understand why he is all business tonight. The announcement of the Cruiserweight and Dynasty title matches for the supershow are good and hypes that up seeing as I was wondering when those two titles will be addressed. The tag team title match for next week is a huge announcement and I'm fully expecting it to be main-eventing next week because let's face it, it is worthy to. Like I said in my last review, you need a heel tag team. After this match you need a fresh team and I really do hope you can bring in or form an interesting one.

:lmao @ Matchmaker Mickey, classic. It was typical HBK on the mic and I thoroughly enjoyed readin the little bit he said. Nice to see you're not handing out title matches and it's almost as if that's adding prestige to the world title which is always a good thing and something every booker should aim to do. A non-title match will do though and I'm expecting Jericho to weasel his way out of it. Good way to open the show with plent of controversy and interest created out of it (Y)

Banter between Brashaw and Styles. Love it.

I hate Hassan, plain and simple. I never liked his character, his promo skills or is in-ring talent. I'm hoping you can change that. I'm not too keen like the idea of the gimmick change, even if it is a slight one, but It's just overdone. The rich, snobby, "look down on you" gimmick is so old & unoriginal and pairing that with a foreigner who could get heat anyway is just bleh. I knew Hussan was going to qin but I'm glad Sydal gave him a good match because I really don't want you burying him. I can see him being a huge part of The Cruiserweight Division and possibly even a part of the Dynasty Division? I don't know, just don't job him out.

Hussan getting a cheeky shot in after the match is a good move making him look even more of a bitch and it's nice to see Punk coming to the aid of Sydal. Obviously a feud between the two is coming up? Or maybe not but either way it was decent enough.

"Honorable? You make me diabetic with how much you sugar coat, y’know that Joey?" - Where did you steal that from? I joke, but that's a classic line, absolute classic :lmao

The WGTT/Hooliganz interview was so bland and generic. I know that that's what all men are in terms of character and personality but still, you could have added some spice to their characters, even if it was a likttle sentence from each man. I hope you do give them characters or small gimmicks just to make sure that they aren't bland. Did it's job though, hyping the match next week, I guess.
Interested to see Paul Wright (isn't it Wight, you probably meant to do that, though) debut and how you'll differentiate him from the WWE

Glad to see another Foley segment as obviously he has to be one of the focal points of tonight because of how much of an impact he's caused. Glad to see a bit of comedic Foley like I wanted earlier and it was a good touch for Danielson to fall for it. I'm not too sure on the ying. yang match but it sounds as whacky as any other Foley creation. Don't know if you wanted that effect or what, I just wasn't too fond of it.
Helms stepping in is okay, not a big fan of him, but it's much like last week IIRC. Helms taking the piss out of BD and Rey. What Helms said was good, putting over his arrogance and cockiness. Not a big fan of him and I can't really get in to him but what he said was solid even though I would have liked to have seen more interaction between him and BD/Rey/Foley.

Have been looking forward to this match since last week and it didn't dissapoint. Surprised to see Joe get the victory as I was expecting Doane to go over on he debut and Finlay to interrupt but like I said last time, I'm a huge Joe mark and not a fan of Doane so I'm not complaining. :p Interesting to see Finaly watching from a TV screen? I'm guessing a passing of the torch from Finaly to Joe, something like that possibly. Who knows, looking forward to see what happens though.

Interesting segment between Lashley and Cage. Never liked Lashley as a speaker so I'm glad you kept it short and sweet for him. Accusing CC of the attack is a great way to build up the attack and he has legit reasons to beleive CC did it as well which makes it even better. Cage obviously backs away and denies it. I don't think it was Cage but the fact that he acted so defensive would plant the seed of doubt in anybody's mind.
Segment between Finaly and Joe was alright, nothing special. Finlay doesn't sound like a heel though? I don't know whether you wanted that or not but he just dounds generic. It was a bit iffy, for me to be honest. Joe was solid enough though.

Amazing stuff from Jericho as I expected. The interaction between him and Foley was great and obviously Jericho would be the prime suspect seeing as RVD is a legit threat to his title but once again I doubt it was him. You seem to be building on Jericho being the prime suspect which makes me think that there will be a swerve even more. I'm liking the reoccuring "one step ahead" line though. Hope to see a lot more interaction between Jericho and Foley in the future because the two of them would play off each other brilliantly!

The main event was a classic as I expected and nothing less than brilliance. I can not fault it at all in terms of match writing but the sudden appearance of Wright didn't really click for me. It may have been too soon or maybe not enough hype? I don't know but whatever. He has been put to great use already and defnitely causes interest in next week as we obviously will see the repercussions.

Overall the key word for this show as shown in my review is interesting. Everything you wrote today caused some interest. Even though I wasn't too keen on some things as I have talked about above, the show was well written and definitely will get me to tune in next week. I'm hoping for this RVD angle to continue for a while and like I said to probably culminate at the supershow. Everythings looking sweet, your match writing is superb and definitely one of the better aspects of your writing. Good job, you still have me hooked.
Sorry for any spelling mistakes, I rushed this a little bit, lol.(Y)
 
#29 ·
Thanks for the feed guys, espcially the out of the blue one from ya, Spiron. Very much appreciated.

It's news/preview time. First a bit more news...


~The build into the 2-hour edition of Oblivion in late September is seen as crucial to the network. After being granted the extended time editon a mere two weeks into the program, we've gained knowledge that the first extended show wasn't supposed to be until mid-October as a 'season finale' of sorts. With Heyman's pitch, he reportedly reminded executives that wrestling is a yearly event that doesn't 'have an off-season or time to film the next season. We're live every week for a reason'. This, among other things said by Heyman, gave the network enough faith in Heyman to give him the green light. It's also being felt that any chance at a PPV schedule hinges on the results of this 2-hour program.

~After reporting that Rikishi had signed a short-term contract with teh company, we were able to confirm that Rikishi will be used as a coach for development. This leaves the developmental staff as Dean Malenko, Lance Storm, Rikishi, and Finlay, with Mick Foley possibly being a part as well, although given his new on-screen authority, may not be the case. There's been other talks involving Al Snow and D'Lo Brown for similar roles as well, with them, as well as Malenko, having experience as road agents once AOW is able to leave the Hammerstein.
And now the preview, again presented by aohdubya.com (yes - it does sound redneckish 8*D)




9.12.07

The Hammerstein Ballroom – Manhattan, New York City, New York
“Respect is a Duel”



Last week, we saw the decimated body of Rob Van Dam at the hands of potentially anyone. We then saw Shawn Michaels make his case known to new General Manager, Mick Foley. But bigger than both of those men was Chris Jericho staying ‘one…step…ahead’ of all of his foes – by unleashing “The Great” one on us all. When it looked like Shawn Michaels might have had a World title match in the bag, Paul “The Great” Wright made his presence known by KOing the Heart Break Kid instantly and affirmatively. Now, with this dastardly alliance of strength and strategy, how will the AOW roster react? Was it this new tandem that took out Rob Van Dam? What is to come of Shawn Michaels, or for that matter, the AOW Word Heavyweight Championship? Wednesday night on Oblivion, Chris Jericho assures these questions will be answered.

Also last week, General Manager Mick Foley went to work getting ready for he, Paul Heyman, and AOW’s biggest date yet – the 2-hour edition of Oblivion set to come on September 26th. “Matchmaker Mick” has already confirmed that the AOW Cruiserweight and Dynasty Championship voids will be filled, but by whom? He also confirmed a new match concept – the “Yin v. Yang” match, defined as the “Newcomers v. Veterans”. What better way to kick the concept into motion by having Bryan Danielson, the billed “Best in the World”, facing off against Rey Mysterio.

Foley was busy last week, also confirming that the AOW World Tag Team Championships void would be filled. Not on September 26th. But THIS WEEK!!! The stellar contests of respect between the World’s Greatest Tag Team and The Hooliganz haven’t gone unnoticed, but GM Mick has upped the ante – to a LADDER MATCH!!! The stakes never higher, the risks never amplified, and competition unmatched in the wrestling world. Who will become the FIRST EVER AOW World Tag Team Champions?

Paul Heyman couldn’t give Samoa Joe his bout with Finlay, and evidently, neither can Mick Foley. What’s Joe’s next move? Also on Oblivion, Christian Cage still seeks answers, Paul Burchill wishes to resolve his ‘apprentice’ dilemma, and Finlay makes his AOW debut, with or without Joe. Don’t miss the guaranteed most action packed edition of AOW Wednesday Night Oblivion in company history, at 9/8c only on FX!

.:Confirmed for Oblivion:.

YIN V.YANG
Rey Mysterio Jr. v. Bryan Danielson

*LADDER MATCH*
~To crown the FIRST EVER AOW World Tag Team Champions~

The World’s Greatest Tag Team v. The Hooliganz

PLUS…

Chris Jericho sheds some light

Aiming for Monday/Tuesday-ish again. Hope I haven't driven anyone away yet.
 
#30 ·
Sorry I'm a little late. Work's been kicking my ass this week. Anyway, on to my review.

The beginning with Rob Van Dam getting his shit rocked was kind of disappointing. I mean, I can understand why it was done, but at the same time, I was looking forward to the main event as it was. Also, I feel as if Heyman immediately being able to make the transition from concerned to excited for the big news was a little weird. Having Foley debut as the GM was a little expected, but exciting as hell nonetheless.

The announcement of the two hour special was great to see from a company that doesn't yet have it's own pay per view, and knowing that all of the champions will be crowned by that night is freaking awesome! The tag team ladder match should be incredible to read, and I don't think you can find two better teams for this match!

Having Shawn Michaels be right there to challenge Jericho makes Michaels look really, REALLY shady, and I'm wondering, even after having read the entire show, if there's something deeper then we're seeing right now... not having him get the title shot, though, is pretty nice. Like Foley pointed out, that's Rob's title shot, damn it!

Despite how short it may have been, the Sydel-Hassan match was pretty good. While on one hand it makes Matt look pretty damn good, having Hassan win it was a smart move to make. Utilize him properly and he can very easily be your top heel! I'm kind of bummed, because I had a very similar idea for my BTB, but with how your using him, I ain't even mad, bro lol. But really, good, even if brief match. Also, having Punk run out to make the save... I'm assuming that CM Punk is going to be a face? That's kind of disappointing, but you haven't let me down yet, so I'll see where this goes

The interview between the tag teams in next week's ladder match was pretty good. I mean, it wasn't ground breaking, but at the same time, it got the job done, at least.

Seeing a new debut trailer for Paul Wright was refreshing. Again, nothing too ground breaking, but it was nice to see a new one.

The Danielson-Foley-Mysterio segment was great. Having Foley bust out the big words and deeper meaning behind their match was great to read, and I'm excited for the Yin VS Yang match... then you turned a good thing GREAT with a second Helms Hack! Having Helms punk out Bryan for a second week in a row was awesome, and I'm really hoping that something comes from that. I know I said Hassan could be your top heel, but Helms could be your top character!

Might be a bit in the show, but, as always, the bickering back and fourth between Joey and JBL is fun to read!

I have to say that at almost eight minutes, that might have been one of the longest squash matches I've ever seen! Having Kenny get a few moves in and basically try to escape the whole time may not do much for Doane's character, but it does huge things for Joe, and really establishes him as somebody to be feared! The match was good for what it was, but I'm really hoping that Doane doesn't become a permanent jobber, because he could be a pretty damn good mid-card champion with some sharpening of his skills.

The Lashley-Christian segment was very well done! Finally giving Lashley an opportunity to talk was a good move, because his short bit on the mic was probably the best promo you've written so far! Seeing him play the head games on Christian is pretty cool to read, and I'm really loving this feud so far!

Kind of bummed out that Foley didn't grant Samoa Joe his match against Finlay, either, but seeing that Finlay wants his hands on Joe just as badly makes me pretty excited to see where this one is going! (By the way, real quickly, in the preview for next week, your advertising Finlay's AOW debut... but he debut in the Lucky 13 match... do you mean his singles debut? lol, not to be nit-picky, but that one confused me for a second).

Jericho and Foley's interaction was fitting. It shows Jericho as someone whose calculating, and is some great foreshadowing for the main event. Speakings of...

The back and fourth between Jericho and Michaels was really entertaining to read. Any time that these two step in the ring together, it's bound to be a goddamn classic. But, of course, the real highlight of this match is the debut of Paul Wright. First off, I like that your using his real name, because it separates him from the goofiness of the Big Show character, and I'm happy that your taking him back to his monster roots. At first, I was really disappointed at the punch, because for a second I thought that was going to be his main finisher, but I was quickly relieved when Wright choke slammed Michaels. Please don't have Paul use the punch as his finisher in the future! As something to build up toward the choke slam, definitely use a KO punch, but as the main finisher, it's so damn lame!

Since I'm so late, I'll go ahead and tackle the preview for next week too.

Seeing Keesh, Al and D'Lo get short term contracts is actually kind of cool. Yeah, there primarily going to be working in developmental, as you pointed out, but I'm really hoping that they might get an opportunity at some TV time... okay, I hope AL gets TV time, anyway... okay, I'm hoping HEAD gets some TV time!

It's looking like your building up the Tag Title Ladder Match as your main event, and I think that's a great move for you! It really does put some emphasis on the Tag division, and shows that your not going to be one of those guy's who isn't willing to put worthy matches in the main event slot!

I'm actually rather excited to see what happens with Paul Burchill! I loved Paul when he was in WWE, and it's really nice seeing that your using him in a rather proper way!

All in all, you put on another great show this week, and it's looking like your not going to disappoint this coming week! Looking forward to the official build toward the two-hour special mate!

Oh, and while I'm here, thanks again for the review on EPW. It's always appreciated greatly, mate =)
 
#31 ·
Oblivion Feedback

Very intriguing way to start the show. I always like these non-standard openings, adds a little something extra to the show. Assuming from this that Van Dam won’t be making it to his title shot tonight. Danielson being there means little tbh, but I’m intrigued to see Samoa Joe on the scene. You could swerve us having Joe as the attacker, but I think he’s more of a red herring at this point. But yeah, defo an interesting way to kick things off.

And following this with two big time announcements. The two hour show sounds cool, although Foley is a major deal. Crowning some champions is a smart move, and the ladder match sounds like it could be a classic. I’m not entirely sold on the reasoning as to why Foley wouldn’t give Michaels the title shot. Granted, Van Dam earned it, but with Michaels being the man Jericho ultimately beat to become champion, I would have thought Michaels would be in with a good case for a title shot. Plus it would play into Foley being a fan favourite by giving the fans a title match on his first night on the job. Non title should be OK, but I think it will lack the drama that a title match will have. But apart from that, it all sounded good.

Short match, but a solid win for Hassan. Not entirely sold on the ‘change’ in his character, might have to give it another promo or two before I make up my mind. Tonight’s was a bit bland tbh. Just seemed much more a case of getting cheap heat that really explaining the character. A bit more focus with regards to where you want to take the character next time plz. Anyway, Hassan wins, as expected, and I liked the way Punk turned up for the save. Was very old school 80’s WWF, in that someone would attack someone, while another guy would come out for the save, and a feud was born. A bit basic, but it’ll work here. Although I’m not sure what kind of promos we could get between Punk and Hassan, as there isn’t an immediate wealth connection to Punk off the top of my head. Perhaps you’ll be able to fashion something though.

Pretty short interview between the two teams, but it got the point across. Again, much like last week, Haas and Benjamin are very much the aggressors between the two teams. Can’t really decide who I think would win, although I’d like to see a heel turn from Haas and Benjamin at some point to give this feud a bit more edge. It lacks that little extra bit of spice right now.

The Great. He’s here~!

Yin/yang sounds an interesting concept, although I’m wondering what criteria makes a guy an old school cruiser compared to a new school one. But Mysterio/Danielson should be a tremendous match. Hacked by Helms~! After this, I fully expect him to ‘hack’ the match next week or something like that. Solid stuff here.

Not really much in the way of offence for Kenny, although the outcome of this one was never in doubt. Joe looked rather beastly though, Interesting to see Finlay watching on, something I always like to see and write myself. Joe/Finlay would be a good addition to the 2 hour show should you choose to go that route.

You were right to keep Lashley’s lines short, but Christian carried things well, as always. That “I’m not here for you” line was pretty stiff tbh. The accusation of Christian being behind the Van Dam attack was a little out of nowhere in the context of this promo, despite what happened last week. Just seemed to be something that wasn’t needed between these two at this moment, especially the way it was kinda brushed off. But the ending brought us back to the real matter at hand, and the ending was an interesting way to go. Can see a brutal attack for Lashley in his future.

Yeah, convenient that Finlay already has a match ;) Joe/Finlay on the 2 hour show, book it.

You wrote Jericho very well in your old thread, and I’m glad to see it continuing here. Interesting that Jericho knows something about the ‘RVD’ attack, but of course he’s not gonna spill the beans that easy. One thing though, didn’t really see the point in repeating the ‘cavalry’ line again at the end of the promo. Once at the start was plenty.

Each show we’ve seen good main events, and this show was no different. Again, I thought having it as a title match would have added some extra drama to the near falls and Walls of Jericho attempt, but I digress. What a way to bring in ‘The Great’. It was certainly different to have him coming down the ramp instead of a surprise entrance, but he certainly looked like an absolute monster in doing so, and even more so after no selling the sweet chin music. Really job stuff, ca only imagine what you’ll do with Jericho if he has Wright (that just feels weird btw) as an enforcer. And congrats on getting that pivotal line right this week :p <3

Overall, another good show. This thread has some real good momentum with it right now, and the 2 hour show should be pretty epic. A few things above I wasn’t that sure on, but overall, still impressed and still enjoying reading. Keep it going man.
 
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9.12.07

The Hammerstein Ballroom – Manhattan, New York City, New York
“Respect is a Duel”



**Video Package**

“Can Rob Van Dam become the Number One Contender...!!!”

RVD performs the Five Star Frog Splash to Bobby Lashley…

The crowd counts along with Joey Styles – “1…2…3….!!! YES!!! RVD’s done it!! RVD’s done it!!! He will face Chris Jericho for the AOW world title!!”

A quick flash to the grim opening scene last week…before quickly flashing back to RVD celebrating with Paul Heyman

“Next week on Oblivion it’ll be Chris Jericho versus Rob Van Dam for the World title…”

“Next week…”


Those words echo as we again catch a quick flash of RVD lying in rubble a week later.

“Next week…”

We’re fully brought to the scene last week, with RVD garnering much medical attention in his decimated state.

We’re now brought to the scene with Mick Foley and Shawn Michaels

“Why waste the title match? Why not give the Heart – Break – Kid another chance t’kick Chris Jericho’s teeth back down his throat?”

A quick flash to the future, where we see Chris Jericho staring down Shawn Michaels in the ring later that night

“Shawn Michaels is a hypocrite. The only honest and worthy man in this entire company is holding its greatest prize.”

Michaels and Jericho begin circling each other, with Jericho darting out of the ring repeatedly.

“Now I will be the worthy champion and do the right thing by sucking all this up and go out there tonight and make Shawn Michaels submit to me yet again.”

Flashes of the match go by to fast paced, dramatic music…

“I’m always one…step…ahead”

…until Jericho takes his World title and hurries up the ramp.

“Where the hell is Chris Jericho going…?”

The dramatic music decrescendos into an intense muffle, as Jericho turns around to a smile before Paul “The Great” Wright comes down the ramp, each steps he takes getting a muffled echo.

“Who…oh my god…”

The intense muffle turns into a low, slow, methodical hum as Michaels comes face to face with this man and hits him with the Sweet Chin Music as the background music suddenly becomes a vivid, heroic tune…only for Wright to snap back with no ill effect.

“This man…is a monster…”

As Wright stares Michaels down, the music changes back to the heavy, methodical rift…

“One…”

On “down”, Wright socks Michaels in the jaw, causing a brief flash of him punching the man in his hype video

“Step…”

Wright takes Michaels by the throat and hoists him in the air, a familiar, yet heavier than we recall, guitar rift opening…

“Ahead…”

“Break the walls DOWN…”


…before bringing him down with the chokeslam, again a flash showing of the canvas shattering in Wright’s hype video. We then see Jericho standing over the downed body of Michaels, his theme song’s heavier guitar rift still playing in the background…

“One…step…ahead”

*End Package*

Following that daunting package, the real deal greets us at the gate, as “BREAK DOWN THE WALLS” blares across the arena, as Chris Jericho makes his way to the ring to deafening heat yet again, holding onto his AOW World title. With Jericho this time, however, is Paul “The Great” Wright. Jericho climbs into the ring, microphone in hand, but Paul Wright doesn’t step in with him. Instead, he stops outside the ring and turns his face towards the entrance ramp, perhaps preparing for someone coming on down…? The crowd refuses to settle down, as Chris Jericho fixes his suit and tie for a second before bringing his microphone to his lips.

Jericho:
In case everyone here has forgotten, my name is Chris Jericho. I am your AOW World Champion. And I am a worthy man.

~The crowd lets out another burst of heat

Jericho:
And in case some of you missed that brainwashing video promo just now, this man at my helm is Paul “The Great” Wright. And he, too, is a worthy man.

~Wright doesn’t get nearly the amount of heat as Jericho, but it’s a big of heat nonetheless


Jericho:
And the reason I say it is in fact brainwashing is because it seems to me that the propaganda machine that churned out that package wants to lead you all to believe that possibly that man, or potentially me, had something to do with Rob Van Dam getting laid out last week.

~Some audible voices are heard saying “YOU DID!”

Jericho:
As unfortunate a situation as that may be, I am here to inform you all that no, I nor Mr. Wright here had anything to do with that potential assault.

~Another chorus of boos

Jericho:
As much as it offends me that this administration has us billed as the top suspects, as well as you mindless sheep following them, I will suck it up and offer a worthy rebuttal – there’s someone else you should potentially be questioning.

~Jericho looks at Wright, who nods in his direction

Jericho:
First of all, you should all be questioning that idiotic oaf of an owner, Paul Heyman. Then, you should question the biggest and worst decision that idiotic oaf has made by appointing the pathetic entity that is Michael Francis Foley as General Manager.

~Even more heat for the administration double diss

Jericho:
And see they should be questioned because they haven’t hesitated to accuse me and my company of wrongdoing, yet they turn a blind eye to a certain someone who had much more of a motive for an attack than anyone in and around this ring.

~Jericho fixes himself again

Jericho:
You all know this man as Shawn Michaels.

~Another grand amount of heat for the shot at someone

Jericho:
You people can shower me with your disapprovals all you want, but the fact remains that Shawn Michaels is nothing like what you people think he is. And he’s shown that to you right…in…your blind…faces.

~The crowd buzzes, but more ‘disapprovals’ are showered

Jericho:
You people shower Shawn Michaels with your affection and give him praise as an “Icon”. Yet he constantly proves he is anything but. Shawn Michaels is nothing more than a grandeur, egotistical, debased hypocrite.

~Again, another parade of heat

Jericho:
See on the very first edition of Oblivion, Shawn Michaels looked a young man in the eye and told him that he was no longer the old Shawn Michaels. He told him that he was no longer a man who was a coward, who went behind people’s backs and was just no longer the awful and unworthy human being Shawn Michaels has known to be.

~Another rain of heat, but Jericho seems to thriving in it now

Jericho:
I showed the world just how unchanged Shawn Michaels was when I made him submit to me on that same first edition of Oblivion. I made Shawn Michaels submit to me and show that he was beneath me, to show that he was still a coward, and that he was still incredibly unworthy.

~Jericho looks around

Jericho:
The week following that, I made my decree as the first ever AOW World Champion. I enlightened you people to the point of making all of you saints, yet you rejected my words and continued to antagonize me. I was trying to be, no, I was being a worthy man. Yet what did Shawn Michaels do?

~Jericho stops, as the Hammerstein is now drowning him out with a “SHUT THE HELL UP *CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP* SHUT THE HELL UP” chant, using Jericho’s old catchphrase to taunt him

Jericho: (Obviously irate)
You mindless flock of sheep do not tell me what to do! Silence your brainless bleating and you SHUT THE HELL UP!!
~The crowd stops only to deliver another rain of boos

Jericho:
As I was saying…what Shawn Michaels did was distract me, jump me from behind, and kicked me in the jaw.

~The crowd lets out its first pop of the night

Jericho:
And yet you people cheer for that. Shawn Michaels completely defied the statement he made the week before and proved to you all and the world that he was and is still the sickening, unworthy coward he’s always been. He’s still an abominable hypocrite.

~Yet more heat

Jericho:
So that brings us to last week…when Rob Van Dam got run down…old man Foley was appointed to his undeserving position…and before Foley could address the entire situation, who was the first man to oh-so-conveniently pop up on the scene? Who oh-so-conveniently had an idea to face me in RVD’s place in the main event? Who oh-so-conveniently got his wish? Does no one else see a disturbing pattern here?

~Jericho turns to Wright and shakes his head

Jericho:
Of course you people don’t. You’ve been blinded by the machine. You’re blind and in denial, even when the proof is right there in your face. Shawn Michaels, your “Icon”, took out your “Hero”, Hammerstein, in Rob Van Dam. And he did it just to get his hands on me and my AOW World Championship. Shawn Michaels sold himself out. Just like a coward would.

~Yet even more boos and hisses

Jericho:
So last week, I made sure that unworthy man pay for his misdeeds. I had some help from The Great one over here, but I knew that I had to put that man on the shelf to stop his hypocritical ways. Because of the work of a pathetic man, Rob Van Dam is forced to sit at home and heal tonight. But fear not. Because of the work of great men, Shawn Michaels is also forced to sit at home and heal tonight.


Even more heat with the confirmation that neither crowd favorite is able to attend this evening. But the crowd lights up when “DANGEROUS” hits the airwaves, as the theme for AOW Owner Paul Heyman comes on through the blood-red curtain with a microphone in his hand. Heyman stands on the entrance stage, not coming down to the ring.

Heyman:
That’s nice, Chris, but could you make your stories a little short and a tad less boring next time?

~A big pop and some chuckles going around for that one

Heyman:
Now Chris, I know you pride yourself on being one step ahead of everyone. But you can’t stay one step ahead of the guy who runs the show. And granted, yes, neither Shawn Michaels nor Rob Van Dam are here healing from their injuries sustained last week, but I will say this – Chris, you will STILL have to defend your AOW World Championship.

~The crowd is popping hard for this, but Jericho’s expression is rather unfavorable.

Heyman:
Despite his condition, the title shot still rightfully belongs to Rob Van Dam. However, due to the events of last week, Shawn Michaels also has a right for that title. That and thanks to your big friend over there, he now holds a win over you.

~Pop, while Jericho’s face just gets redder and redder

Heyman:
See in two weeks, on September 26th at AOW’s first ever Supershow, Chris Jericho you will defend that AOW World Championship against Rob Van Dam…

~The Hammerstein pops hard

Heyman:
…and Shawn Michaels!


…and the Hammerstein comes unglued! Jericho’s expression is stoic, but we can tell he’s absolutely fuming, as his face slowly begins turning beet red. Jericho starts shaking now, as it looks like he’s about to blow. As Jericho keeps staring at Heyman, he adjusts his tie and tries to compose himself. Wright, who swings along the front of the ring now, takes one long, hard look at Heyman…before walking up the ramp, cracking knuckles, and still staring at Heyman. Heyman’s look in his eyes is that of the same fear Shawn Michaels showed last week, but Chris Jericho jumps down and steps in front of the best, before telling him “No, no! We’re still one step ahead! Save it for the unworthy!”. Wright finally subsides his anger, still staring daggers into Heyman’s soul, with Jericho telling Heyman “You’re worth nothing, Paul. You hear me! This administration is corrupt!!”

**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

We return backstage, where we’re in the locker room area, where Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas appear to be going over strategy, before the face of Christian Cage walks in…

Christian Cage:
Fellas…so you guys are headlinin’ tonight, am I right? A ladder match, huh?

Shelton Benjamin:
Yeah…that’s right. What’s it to you, Christian?

Christian Cage:
Well…I just figured maybe you guys might want the expertise of a guy who’s used to tag team titles and ladder matches.

Charlie Haas:
No offense, Christian, but uh…we’re fine by ourselves.

Christian Cage:
See that’s the thing about ladder matches – you think you’re okay by yourselves but –

Shelton Benjamin:
Christian. .Christian…look man, we appreciate it, but we’re fine.

Christian Cage:
But you need –

Charlie Haas:
We need to figure out a way for us to win. Without the help of someone like you.

Christian Cage:
Wait…someone like me…?

Charlie Haas:
See Cage, we have this thing called class. We don’t associate ourselves with guys who interrupt respectable guys like Bobby Lashley and accuse him of being something he’s not.

Shelton Benjamin:
And on top of that, you tried to speak for the entire locker room. Like none of us have voices of our own. Just leave us alone, man. We’ve got a main event to prepare for.

~The WGTT walk away, leaving Christian, much like last week, all alone. Christian stands comatose for a second before the camera goes back to the ring…

~Back at ringside…

“FINAL COUNTDOWN” lets fly across the airwaves for the first time, as Bryan Danielson makes his way to the stage, wearing his maroon hood and coat. Danielson’s hand is in the air and he remains with the hood on until the song hits a certain chord. Danielson then intensely makes his way down the ramp before leaping into the ring onto the top rope before singing the oh-so famous chorus to his theme along with a vast majority of the crowd.


Joey Styles:
And we’re back here live in the Hammerstein Ballroom for Wednesday Night Oblivion after some explosive opening minutes and it’s only gonna get more explosive.

JBL:
What the hell do you mean? We just went from Chris Jericho bein’ unfairly accused of manslaughter an’ forced to be in a title match in two weeks, to now, we’re ‘bout to watch a couple of guys who aren’t out of place in a kindergarten sandbox.

Joey Styles:
John, I understand neither one of these men are your favorite people on the planet, but please John, I don’t wanna argue tonight. I realized that I haven’t even enjoyed being here in AOW because I’m sittin’ here bickering with you ever second of every show.

JBL:
Well then maybe you should jus’ stop talkin’, Joey. Then we wouldn’t get into any fights.

Joey Styles:
(Sighing, realizing his wish may not come true tonight)
Well ladies and gentlemen, despite my partner’s Republican war hawk nature, this upcoming match is the first ever “Yin v. Yang” match, with the young Bryan Danielson facing off against veteran Rey Mysterio Jr.

JBL:
Yer damn righ’ I’m a war hawk. You think this country got the way it is because people who weighed 180 pounds sat on their ass an’ blogged about independence? NO. NO. NO. I say it again – NO.

Joey Styles:
Actually, yes. It’s called “The Declaration of Independence”, John. The follow up post is called the “U.S. Constitution”.

JBL:
HEY! What did I say about shuttin’ yer face?

Joey Styles:
Be that as it may John, according to the special rules of the “Yin v. Yang” match, this contest does not have count-outs, meaning these guys can go all over the place if they want, but disqualifications are in order, so these men may not exactly use whatever they want.


Upon the small rule given, “619 ESTA VIVO” hits the waves, as Rey Mysterio Jr. bursts from the stage to a rousing round of pops, wearing a special half-black, half-white mask. His pants also follow this pattern, as Mysterio has personified the ‘yin-yang’ here tonight. Upon entering the ring, both men shake hands and wish each other luck before moving to opposite corners.

OPENING MATCH
~Yin v. Yang~
Rey Mysterio
v.
Bryan Danielson


The crowd is still on their feet for this anticipated bout, as Danielson and Mysterio take a moment to circle each other. Danielson is the first to strike, shooting in on Mysterio and forcing his way behind him. Mysterio drops his weight, however, and slides through the open legs of Danielson, now getting behind him. As he goes behind, Mysterio grabs one of Danielson’s arms and pulls him over for an arm drag, but Danielson rolls through and lands on one knee, still keeping his arm locked with Mysterio. Mysterio then quickly locks fingers with Danielson and uses this to throw himself onto Danielson’s shoulders before flipping off in flashy fashion. Again, Danielson holds onto the fingers, and follows Rey as he lands on his feet, but Mysterio finds a way to take the still-locked arm and snapmare Danielson over with it, yet Danielson again goes right back to his knee.

As Mysterio approaches again, Danielson chops the legs from beneath Mysterio, forcing him to fall, and quickly gives him a falling lateral press, but Mysterio quickly weasels out of any cover attempt. Danielson rolls off in a sitting position, which Mysterio quickly responds to by shooting a kick aimed for Danielson’s head, but Danielson quickly lies flat as a board to send Rey spinning on the missed kick. As Rey turns back around, Danielson is now to his feet and swinging for a kick to Mysterio’s head, but Rey sees it coming and backward rolls into a corner for safety, while Danielson’s momentum causes him to lose his balance a bit and retreat into the opposite corner. The crowd delivers a round of applause for that exchange, as both men seem to be very evenly matched at the outset.

The two take a moment to rest and potentially reset their respective strategies, as they circle each other once again. This time, both men immediately go for the collar and elbow tie, with Danielson quickly clamping on a headlock takeover, but Mysterio forces him to break it with some headscissors. The two quickly get to their feet where Danielson again takes Mysterio down the headlock takeover, but again, Mysterio uses the headscissors to force a break. As the two quickly return to their feet, Danielson tries yet another headlock, but before he can throw Mysterio over, the veteran uses his knowledge of where he is in the ring by springboarding off the second rope while still in the headlock. As Danielson tries for the third headlock takeover, the extra momentum caused by Mysterio forces both men to roll all the way through, with Mysterio now on top of Danielson.

Mysterio snatches Danielson’s arm from behind his head and locks in what looks to be a cross armbar. The veteran cruiserweight realizes this kid won’t go down easy. But as the crowd pops for the somewhat uncharacteristic submission move from Mysterio, Danielson is quick to counter this by rocking back and forth before finally getting enough momentum to roll over his head, putting both he and Rey belly-down on the canvas. Danielson acts quickly from here, alleviating the pressure on his arm and takes Rey’s hand, before forcing it under one of his legs and getting close to Rey’s head before locking in what we know as the LeBell Lock!!! LeBell Lock!! But he doesn’t have it locked in completely, as Mysterio has forces his hand over his face, not allowing Danielson to lock in this new hold. It now becomes a wrestling match in a submission hold, as Rey is trying to force the hands of Danielson away, and as he does so, Mysterio manages to get his other arm free and break free of the move, rebound off the ropes in front of him, and plant a low front dropkick to the face of the seated Danielson!!

Mysterio’s momentum on that hit takes him under the ropes, where he waits on the apron. Danielson gets up holding his jaw, but he looks up to see Mysterio leaping at him with the springboard seated senton…Danielson moves!! Mysterio falls flat on his tush, leading Danielson to jump on him with a crossface chickenwing lock. Mysterio is again trapped in a submission hold, taking several seconds to try to get to his feet and potentially fight out of the hold…but Danielson is quick to adjust, letting go of the crossface and locking in a double chickenwing before hitting a dragon suplex! The American Dragon keeps the bridge for the first fall – 1…2…NO!! Mysterio kicks out!

As Mysterio flops back to his stomach, Danielson looks to lock in something else, but Mysterio finds a way out and winds up behind Danielson, prompting a dropkick to his spine, forcing Danielson forward and onto the middle rope. All familiar with Mysterio immediately begin popping, as Rey turns to dial up the 619…nobody home!!! Mysterio spins all the way around, with Danielson attempting to perhaps backdrop him while his head’s still spinning. Mysterio lands on his feet with a backflip, rebounding off the ropes behind him and launching himself at Danielson with some tilt-a-whirl headscissors, flinging Danielson all around! Mysterio now with a cover – 1…2…NO!!! Danielson stays alive!

Mysterio brings Danielson to his feet before attempting to whip him, but Danielson reverses the whip. On the rebound, Mysterio ducks underneath a clothesline attempt and rebounds once again, but on this one, Danielson is waiting, nailing a sitout clothesline, sending both men flying on impact. Danielson then finds his way to the top rope, awaiting Mysterio to get back to his feet. When he finally does, Danielson leaps with a front missile dropkick!! This impact forces Mysterio to go head over heels, thus amplifying the effect, as Danielson moves over for another cover – 1…2…NO!!! Mysterio kicks out!!

Danielson is surprised here, but he quickly stays on Rey, brings him back to his feet before planting him back on his spine with a snap suplex. Another cover – 1…2…3-NO!! Mysterio isn’t done yet! Danielson then takes Mysterio to his feet and locks in double underhooks, looking for something, but Rey unhooks them and surprises Danielson with the jackknife over!! 1…2….3-NO!!! Danielson throws Mysterio’s body off, but Rey keeps this momentum by rebounding off the ropes again, leaping over Danielson as he gets to his feet, but on this rebound, Danielson surprises him and everyone else with a discus elbow!!! Wow!!! Mysterio folds in half and Danielson hooks the leg – 1…2…NO!!! Another kickout!!

The crowd is impressed that the relative newcomer in Danielson is able to control the legend that is Rey Mysterio. Unfortunately, Danielson is just like the numerous men before him in that he can’t put him away. As Danielson ponders what he has to do next, he takes Mysterio and attempts another suplex, but while suspended in the air, Mysterio bridges his way down before kicking Danielson square in the back of the head!! Danielson instinctively rolls outside the ring following the blow, roaming around the announce table and gripping the back of his head. As he looks back towards the ring, he sees Mysterio leaping at him with an eagle-spread, no hand plancha over the top rope!!!

The crowd is on fire after seeing this, as now the no-count out rules come into effect. Both men are attempting to recover, with Mysterio being the first one to do so. Danielson is trying to find his way back to the ring, but before he can, Mysterio leaps onto the announce table, rushes towards him…SEATED SENTON AGAINST THE STEEL RING STEPS!!! The back of Danielson’s entire body hits the steel steps hard, as Mysterio feels a bit of the pain as well, but not nearly as much. Rey’s knee hits the steel ring post on the move, which doesn’t quite feel like pillows, but Mysterio is able to limp it off after a moment. With both men trying to be revived we cut to a break.


**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

Once we return, Mysterio is finally walking upright as he rolls Danielson back into the ring before preparing to go back to the top rope, gimp leg and all. Danielson is struggling to get back to his feet, gripping the back of his head, as well as the base of his spine. When he finally does, he again has to look at the sight of Rey Mysterio Jr. leaping towards him…this time from the top rope…DRAGONRANA!!! DRAGONRANA!!! The high-impact hurricanrana catches everyone by surprise with the crowd going wild – 1…2…3…NO!!!! Danielson too has the heart to keep going!!!

Mysterio smiles to himself, knowing the young man before him won’t go down so easily. He rubs Danielson’s hair for a moment before bringing him back to his feet. Danielson shows a spark of life, however, and nails Mysterio with a snap European uppercut, sending Rey reeling into a corner. Danielson takes Rey and attempts to whip him into the opposite corner, but Rey reverses it and sends Danielson across the ring towards it, but Danielson leaps and backflips off the post, putting him behind a rushing Mysterio. Mysterio himself defends hitting the post by grabbing the ropes before impact and hoisting himself up as Danielson runs into his dangling legs, and nailing the swirling headscissors!! Danielson goes spinning to the canvas, as Mysterio rebounds off some nearby ropes and darts back towards the Dragon. Rey ducks under another clothesline attempt and springboards off the middle rope back towards Danielson…DDT!!! A SPRINGBOARD CROSSBODY TORNADO DDT!!!! Both men hit the canvas with sheer inertia, as it takes Rey a second to gather himself and cover – 1…2…3…NO!!!! There’s still hope for Danielson!!!

Mysterio puts his hands on his head now, seeing the heart in this kid. Mysterio retreats to a corner to gather the little he has left, as the crowd is white hot at this point, just deflating. Danielson begins to stir, and as he does, Mysterio darts towards him with the inverted bodyscissors, looking to transition it into the bulldog…but Danielson catches him on the upswing, planting him with a German suplex!!! Wow!! Danielson keeps the bridge – 1…2…NO!!!! Another kickout!!!

Both men are reaching exhaustion levels, as Danielson tries to bring Rey to his feet again. Rey quickly bursts free from the grip and hits another front dropkick, forcing Bryan back down to the middle rope. Mysterio is looking to end it all this time…619 connecting!! He nails it!!! Danielson goes flying back, but something’s up with Rey. The knee he hit on the iron post earlier seems to be acting up, as Rey’s finding it hard to get to his feet on the apron following his finishing move. Mysterio has to take his time springboarding with the seated senton!!! But again, the impact causes Mysterio’s knee to cause agonizing pain. Because of this, it takes Mysterio quite a while to try and crawl over to Danielson – 1…2…3…NO!!!! IT’S NOT OVER!!! IT’S STILL NOT OVER!!! Danielson rolls the shoulder!!!

The crowd is in disbelief and so is Mysterio, but it’s not all his fault. His knee is slowly crippling him, which Danielson notices after getting to his feet. He pulls Mysterio up from behind and hits…a Regal-plex!! He keeps the weak leg hooked – 1…2…3…NO!!! Yet another kickout!!! Both men are extremely weary at this point, as Danielson takes the luchadore and whips him into the ropes before running off the opposite ropes himself. Danielson looks like he’s going for a flying forearm smash, but before he can hit it, the also momentous Mysterio nails a mid-air dropkick to the flying knees of Danielson, sending him flying back across the middle rope. Mysterio dials it up again…619 HITS FOR A SECOND TIME!!!! This time, however, Mysterio knows he might not have the springboard strength, so he starts to ascend to higher ground to the top rope. Once there, Mysterio leaps…with a Frog Splash!!! Frog Splash!!! Eddie Guerrero’s finishing splash looks to be it – 1…2…3…!!!!

Winner: Rey Mysterio at (15:29)

Both men are receiving a standing ovation from the Hammerstein, the crowd going nuts. Mysterio struggles to his feet, but doesn’t hesitate to help Danielson get to his feet as well. Both men fall into each other with a warriors’ embrace, getting another pop from the crowd. The standing ovation continues when both men now when Mysterio takes Danielson’s hand and raises it himself. Mysterio then mouths “He’s the future! This man is the future!” But the cheers soon turn into a buzz of interest when someone bashes Danielson from behind. The exhausted American Dragon collapses to the canvas, while the same person kicks Mysterio in the gut and sends him sliding under the bottom rope, going face first into the padded outside. The camera looks up to reveal none other than Gregory Helms.

Helms, clad in street clothes and his signature beanie, has something in his hand, and it’s revealed to be a home video camera, potentially what he’s been ‘hacking’ segments with. He orders a cameraman to get into the ring, then throws his heavy production camera from his shoulders. Helms pushes his camera into the hands of the cameraman and orders him to “film with this”. The camera view then does switch to that of the home video camera, making the following look amateurlike, but real. Helms takes the downed Danielson and puts his face in view of the camera –

“This is the “Best in the World”? This is “the future”? This is pathetic!”

Helms then forces Danielson’s face into the canvas before backing away a few feet, stalking Bryan. While Danielson finally tries to recover, Helms launches himself and nails him with the Shining Wizard. Danielson’s eyes are glazed over as he collapses back into the canvas. Helms then takes the camera from the cameraman and kicks him down. He then stares into the camera, his face taking over the shot –

“LISTEN – I am the ‘Best in the World’! But you haven’t been listening, have you? Consider me your new eyes and ears, cruiserweights. AOW Oblivion – you’ve just been HACKED…BY…HELMS!!!”

~Cut to backstage…

We head backstage in an office setting now, where we see Mick Foley taking a gander at the TV screen, seeing Helms and what he’s caused. Foley shakes his head before standing behind his desk when we see someone already standing in front of it. We know this man as Lance Storm.​


Foley:
Lance, man…isn’t that somethin’? One week, a 400 pound man interrupts my show. This week an angry cruiserweight with a camera. Someone, somewhere just really doesn’t like my matchmaking, do they?

Storm:
Don’t worry about it, Mick. But um…I gotta say I’m not too confident someone won’t interfere in my match.

Foley:
Well Lance, I wanted to show the young guns here in AOW what real competition is. To show’em how it’s done. And I couldn’t think of a better way than to have a pair of vets like you and Finlay face each other.

~Evidently, Storm is the opponent Finlay referenced last week

Storm:
I get that. But eh…

~Storm’s sentence trails off when someone walks in the door once again. We pan over to see the face of that lovable Chicago rouge, CM Punk.

Punk:
I couldn’t help but overhear outside the door there, Mick, that eh…you wanted to show we young guns what ‘real competition’ is…?

Foley:
Yes. Yes I did.

Punk:
Then I guess it’s such a good thing that I love competition, isn’t it? Pardon, scratch that, I’m addicted to competition.

Foley:
Mm-hmm…where is this goin’, Punk?

Punk:
Well you see, I was going over in my mind what I wanted to do to Muhammad Hassan if I saw him this week. And then I realized that I haven’t even had my one on one debut here in AOW. You wouldn’t mind lookin’ into that, would you Mick?

Storm:
How about you take my place tonight, Punk?

~Both Punk and Foley look at Storm with much interest

Storm:
What better way to teach the young guns than give’em a ‘hands on’ experience, Mick?

~Punk nods in agreement before both men take glances at Foley

Foley:
Well…given that match we just saw, I guess doin’ a bit more of the same wouldn’t hurt…so Lance, you’re giving your blessing on this?

Storm:
Yeah. Absolutely.

Foley:
Alright then. It’s settled. Tonight, it’s gonna be the man who’s lookin’ for a fight in CM Punk against the man who loves to fight, Finlay.

~Crowd pops at the new proposed match

Punk:
Thank you, Mr. Storm. And thank you, Mick.

~Punk shakes hands with both men as he thanks them, respectively

Punk: (In a sarcastic tone)
And to think, Joe said it was hard gettin’ matches out of you. Huh.
~Punk’s signature dry-yet-blunt humor is apparent in that statement, as well as the introduction that perhaps he and Joe and friends. Foley is slightly taken aback as Punk walks out of the room


We stay backstage now, where the camera leads to Paul London & Brian Kendrick, known collectively as the Hooliganz stretching, most definitely preparing for their main event contest tonight. While helping each other stretch, someone sneaks into the door in the form of backstage interviewer The Miz.

The Miz:
Paul London, Brian Kendrick as you both know, I am The Miz, interviewer extraordinaire. Do you guys have any idea what you’re getting yourselves into?

Brian Kendrick:
…who is this guy?

Paul London:
I don’t know, nor do I care too much.

The Miz:
Hey! You should care!! I’m trying to give you two a reality check! My expert journalist sources have informed me that your opponents tonight were seen talking with ladder match AND tag team veteran Christian Cage. What do you have to say about that?

Paul London:
Look, we know the World’s Greatest Tag Team. And if they respect themselves as much as we respect them, they want nothing to do with a loser like Christian.

Brian Kendrick:
And not to be a jerk or anything, man, but shouldn’t you be using your ‘interview extraordinaire’ skills to…y’know…ask us about the ladder match?

The Miz:
Fine. What do you two plan to do to maybe walk out of the Hammerstein with tag team gold?

Paul London:
Plan? What plan? We’re the Hooliganz! Do we look like planners to you?

Brian Kendrick:
And see that’s the thing about a ladder match – it’s unpredictable! As unpredictable as we are! That match plays to our nature, man.

Paul London:
So there’s no planning!

Brian Kendrick:
So there’s no thinking!

Kendrick & London:
So that’s nothing but – WINNING!

~London & Kendrick do a handshake of sorts, ending with both men grinning widely and stupidly in the face of Miz, who just stares at them like they’re…well…Hooliganz.



~Back at ringside…


Joey Styles: (Laughing)
Those guys crack me up. And they’re not wrong! The sheer unpredictability of the ladder match is the one thing that makes it so dangerous!

JBL:
Never knowin’ what’s gonna happen is a key part of a ladder match, I agree Joey, but the way you win a ladder match is you gotta control that unpredictability. You gotta expect everything and manage it. As great as those Hooliganz are, my money’s gonna be on the World’s Greatest Tag Team.

Joey Styles:
That’s a lot of money then, John.

JBL:
Exactly. And John Layfield never makes a bad investment.

Joey Styles:
Speaking of, John, what’s the big deal with Benjamin and Haas turning down any advice from Christian? You and everyone know very well that Christian Cage made his career out of matches like this. How wise was it for those two to deny any advice?

JBL:
You can try an’ get all the advice you want, Joey, but the fact is once you start climbin’ that ladder, its jus’ you by yourself. No amount of advice can help ya. Besides, they’re the World’s Greatest Tag Team. I’ve said it before an’ I’ll say it again – they’re the best in the world for a reason.



“MISERE CANTARE” is heard, as the man who wants a fight, CM Punk, comes through the curtain to a stunning ovation. The Hammerstein remembers Punk’s passion filled promo on the pilot episode, giving him his props. Punk winds his arm up before coming down the ramp, very excited to be competing once again.

Joey Styles:
And just moments ago, General Manager Mick Foley allowed Lance Storm to give CM Punk the match he wanted so badly.

JBL:
I hope this jackass gets exactly what he wished for, too. Finlay is not a guy for no novice and I hope he beats this kid down ‘til he sees the white meat.

Joey Styles:
What is up with your hatred of CM Punk? The guy comes here, says he loves wrestling, says he’s addicted to competition, looks for a fight against a guy like Finlay as you pointed out, and all you’ve done is ride his ass since he’s gotten here!

JBL:
The kid’s got the heart, don’t get me wrong, but he’s jus’ so stupid. An’ he looks stupid. CM Punk just has one ‘f those faces I jus’ wanna punch.

Joey Styles:
(Under his breath)
I can say the same about you, John.

JBL:
The hell are you mutterin’ about?

Joey Styles:
Nothing John.

“LAMBEG”
greets our ears for the first time since the pilot, as Finlay makes his way down the entrance ramp, a determined and no-nonsense look on his face. He’s got his trusty shillelagh in hand, and rolls into the ring. Almost as soon as he does and meets eye to eye with Storm, however, Finlay’s music is cut off and interrupted by the, by now, familiar sound of the Godzilla Horn, followed by LL Cool J telling us “DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK!”

“MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT” chimes around the arena, as Samoa Joe, ready in competition equipment, steps onto the ramp. He has a stare that’s locked on Finlay with utter intensity. Joe stands on the entrance ramp, as Finlay ventures over to the ropes and stares back at Joe. The referee has not called for the bell yet, but he is calling for Finlay’s attention to get this match started.

…but Finlay pays no heed. The immense long-distance staredown hits a climax as the crowd buzz crescendos when Finlay steps back out the ring and starts stepping up the ramp, Joe aggressively following suit, beginning to chug down the ramp. The crowd hits a wild pop now, as Joe and Finlay finally make a final charge and start brawling right on the ramp! The two are going at it with pure rage on both sides, Joe finally managing to pull some blows away and shove Finlay into a barricade wall.

This gives Joe the opportunity to take Finlay and throw him back up the ramp, now going away from the ring. Joe stays in control and continues bashing Finlay all the way back up the ramp, but Finlay changes the momentum of the brawl when he wraps around Joe’s head and throws it into the Roman-style pillar on the entrance stage!! Joe drifts towards the blood-red curtain now, enabling Finlay to knock him all the way into it, going backstage now.

…but we don’t stop watching the brawl!! It continues all the way into the lobby area!! Several fans have parted to let these two continue brawling, while several boneheads raise their Solo cups full of beer, just happy to be on camera. Finlay is still partially in control of Joe, but Joe fires back, just leaving these men firing lefts and rights in a blaze of beatings. Joe gets a good right hook in that turns Finlay around, but the Fighting Irishman takes one of the boneheads’ beer filled-Solos and throws it in Joe’s face. Displaying his Irish pride by using beer to his advantage, Finlay takes Joe and tries to chunk his face into a nearby fire extinguisher, but Joe manages to fight out of that by throwing Finlay into the wall, forcing a very noticeable crack in the drywall.

Joe, noting his surroundings, does take the fire extinguisher off its perch on the wall, perhaps looking to us it for something, but Finlay, also well aware of what’s going on, uses the weapon in Joe’s hands against him by forcing it into his stomach, causing the Submission Machine to drop it. Finlay now takes it in hand, and starts spraying the chemicals all over Joe!!!!! Joe is blinded by the white stuff now all over the place, with Finlay keeping true to his use-everything-as-a-weapon nature. This then leads to Finlay bullrushing towards Joe…and CRASHES BOTH MEN INTO THE WALL, BREAKING RIGHT THROUGH THE DRYWALL!!! The crowd noise has gone from somewhat muffled to full-out blasting. Why? The two have crashed a wall into a section of the crowd. The fans in the seats are now getting a perfect look at the brawls they’d become accustomed to back in the day.

The plaster and foam clad gladiators STILL aren’t done!! The two keep brawling across the aisles, moving all the way to the other side of the arena. Out of camera view, CM Punk is still in the ring, smiling in awe and leading the crowd into a “Joe’s gonna kill you” chant. Joe and Finlay keep going at it all the way back into the hallway, before fighting right back out through another tunnel. When we see them in the arena again, they’re brawling in all their intense glory on the infamous Hammerstein balcony. A close camera view reveals that Joe is bleeding right above his temple, while Finlay has started shedding crimson right above his left eye. Neither man is bleeding much, but blood has been shed. The crowd is absolutely on fire, as both men brawling are in clear view on the now famous balcony, with Styles and JBL hyping it like mad. After a few seconds of more brutality, we see several officials – referees and several event staff bodyguards – finally forcing these two to back off each other, restraining the rabid ones. It isn’t easy, though. Joe makes one final angry burst towards Finlay, but the men in black, now approaching double digits between both men, drag Joe back and begin getting the men separated.


Joey Styles:
Someone’s finally stepped in and stopped these men!! My God!! Samoa Joe and Finlay just broke the Hammerstein Ballroom!!

JBL:
They tore th’ walls down an’ blew the roof off an’ they’re STILL wantin’ to get at each other’s throats!

Joey Styles:
Ladies and gentlemen, this is all happening while a match was supposed to take place, but these men have just…I have never seen what has just transpired here tonight.

JBL:
Aw, what th’ hell is that idiot doin’ now?


“That idiot” is JBL referring to CM Punk, who’s now started a “Let them fight! Let them fight!” chant. It soon proves just as infectious as his previous chanting cry, with the crowd soon becoming overwhelmed with the chant. The boos start taking over when they realize that no, they will not let them fight.

Joey Styles:
What pandemonium! THIS is the ‘war’ part of AOW Wrestling, I can tell you that much! But what we can’t tell you, ladies and gentlemen, is what’s going to happen! Mick Foley promised CM Punk a match and his opponent is…well…on the way out of the building! What’s to come of this?

**COMMERCIAL BREAK**


As we return from the break, Lance Storm is on his way to the ring, about to crawl in at this point, Foley not having backed away on his promise and Storm, perhaps, wanting to face the kid he seemingly respects so much for himself. He climbs into the ring to a very decent pop, surrounded by many who saw him in his glory days in ECW. Punk has a wide grin on his face before shaking hands with Storm and moving a few steps back, both men settling in opposite corners before the start of the bell.

MATCH 2
CM Punk
v.
Lance Storm


Punk and Storm approach each other before circling a bit before both men lock-up. Storm, the tested veteran, pops Punk’s elbow up and pulls down on Punk’s neck, dragging him all the way to the mat on all fours. Storm pulling an amateur move there, with Storm now on top of Punk, who’s on hands and knees. Storm then proceeds to move towards Punk’s head, putting in a front headlock to Punk, still on his knees. After a moment, Storm reaches under and pulls Punk’s arm across his face, removing Punk’s foundation and forcing him to fall and roll over. When that happens, Storm rolls with Punk, locking in a bridged twisted headlock, bridging up while Punk’s on his back, prompting a pin – 1…2…3-NO!! Punk rolls back to his stomach, but he’s flat now, with Storm’s front headlock still synched in. To those with good audio, Storm can be heard, barely audible – “If you want it, you gotta get out, kid.”

“Get out kid” is exactly what Punk does, as he yanks off the grip of Storm around his head, taking his arm and wrenching it into a hammerlock. Again, the veteran Storm knows this, and quickly rushes into the ropes in front of him and bounces his chest off them, holding onto it with his other arm. This forces Punk to break his hold and rolls him backward. Storm, freed now, takes a short rush towards Punk, but Punk surprises the vet with a high kick to the side of the head!!

This gets a surprise pop from the crowd as Storm drops like a stone, rolling past the ropes to the apron. Punk takes this time to get some circulation back to his head, while Storm starts climbing back to his feet on the apron using the ropes. Punk turns to the now recovered Storm, but the Canadian one shoves his shoulder into Punk’s gut, forcing Punk back a few steps. Once he’s backed off, Storm launches off the rope with a springboard clothesline, followed by a cover – 1…2…NO!! Punk rolls the shoulder!

Storm then brings the Chicago native to his feet, and tosses him into the ropes. On the rebound, Punk kicks the lowered face of Storm, before turning back and rebounding off the ropes again, but Storm is waiting for him, as he rolls through Punk’s assault and locks in the Canadian Maple Leaf!! The half-Boston Crab is something Punk is somewhat familiar with, as he quickly crawls to the nearby ropes and grabs the bottom one, breaking the hold. Storm then tries to whip Punk again, but Punk reverses it and whips Lance, when Punk executes a flawless snap scoop powerslam on the rebound. Punk’s first cover – 1…2…3-NO!!! Storm isn’t done so fast!!

Punk delivers a stomp to Storm before walking over to the ropes and climbing through them, waiting on the apron. Storm eventually gets back to a vertical base, when Punk launches himself with his own springboard clothesline!!! A rebuttal to Storm’s from a few minutes prior!! A cover – 1…2…NO!!! Storm fights out again. Punk tries to bring the veteran to his feet, but as he does, Storm surprises him with a shoulder jawbreaker, sending Punk back a step before Storm whips him into a corner hard while quickly rebounding on the ropes behind him, causing Punk to immediately bounce out. Storm meets Punk off the rebound with a high-impact leg lariat that takes the young gun down. Storm with another cover -1…2…3-NO!!! Punk kicks out!

Storm stares down at Punk from his knees now, nodding his head a bit and mouthing “good job, kid”. As Storm reaches over to maybe bring Punk up by the hair, Punk pulls him down and gets him in a small package!!! 1…2…3-NO!!! Storm unfolds from the surprise move, but as both men quickly get to their feet, Storm is met with a CM Punk armdrag before getting up quickly again, before Punk whips him into a corner. With the upped tempo now, Punk doesn’t hesitate to rush into the corner and hit the high knee to Storm, followed immediately by the bulldog to complete the combo. Punk doesn’t go for the cover, instead, he motions towards the crowd with his straight-edge taunt. He waits for Storm to get back to his feet before catching him in the urange, slamming him down, and locking in the Anaconda Vice!! Vice locked in!! The veteran’s in the Vice!!! Punk is selling the intensity of the submission finisher, with the crowd roaring for what could be the match finish…but then it slowly transitions into some sort of mild heat. Why? Someone’s rushing down the aisle! The commenters inform us that this is Brent Albright…but what is he doing here?

Albright slides into the ring and stomps Punk in the face, forcing him to release his hold, and causing the referee to ring the bell.

Winner via DQ: CM Punk at (6:39)

Albright has a look of sheer intensity on his face, but is completely emotionless. Punk rolls away from his attacker, but Albright’s eyes are now on the downed Lance Storm. Albright shoots down and locks in the Crowbar, the high-angle Fujiwara armbar, nearly tearing Storm’s arm out of the socket. He holds it in with authority for several intense seconds before slamming it down after having his fill.

He then looks over to CM Punk, who’s to his feet now and in a corner. Albright rushes towards Punk, but Punk moves out of the way, sending Albright crashing into the corner. With Albright prone, Punk charges at him, but Brent is aware and kicks Punk in the midsection, doubling Punk over. Albright then shoots behind him and flips Punk head over heels with a half-nelson suplex. When Punk is downed, he too, gets his arm wrenched with the Crowbar.

Albright is getting huge heat right now, he then looks up the ramp with a very sinister smile. Standing on the entrance stage is none other than Paul Burchill, who’s clapping his hands. Albright looks at the work he’s done before walking back up the ramp. The camera follows him up the ramp, all the way ‘til he reaches Burchill. Burchill then extends a hand…before Albright shakes it, perhaps confirming that Paul Burchill has found his ‘accomplice’​
.

Joey Styles:
Well a few weeks ago, we saw that man, Paul Burchill, tell us that he was in fact looking for an accomplice to spread his knowledge of wrestling onto…but I didn’t it’d happen in such brutal fashion!

JBL:
Then quite honestly, Joey, you don’t know Paul Burchill that well, do you?

Joey Styles:
But what…what does Paul Burchill want with CM Punk and Lance Storm?

JBL:
Why do I keep sending notices to comp’nies I’ve already bought? B’cause it’s fun t’ mess with the weak, that’s why, Joey.

Joey Styles:
Weak? Lance Storm, a man who has the wrestling prowess as good as anybody and CM Punk, a guy who’s gained the respect of everyone around him in a matter of weeks – you wanna tell me those guys are weak?

JBL:
And who’s face down in the canvas right now, Joey? Tell me – get yer glasses cleaned and look in that ring righ’ now and tell me that you don’t see that Punk and Lance Storm ‘re achin’ an’ in pain!

Joey Styles:
I see two men who didn’t deserve anything that they just got!!

JBL:
If you wanna blame anyone for any of this, Joey, blame Mick Foley. All of this is just a sign of how absolutely terrible he is in the position he’s in. Blame him, because of him, all this chaos has done nothin’ but take over Oblivion tonight. Fire Foley!! Fire Foley!! Fire Foley!!

Joey Styles:
Whatever, John. You're starting to sound like a Democratic protester. Well ladies and gentlemen, coming up on the other side of the break, we will see two teams who will get what they deserve tonight. Both of these teams have earned their right to be tag team champions, but only one will prove that they deserve it. Coming up next, a Ladder Match for the vacant AOW World Tag Team Championships between the World’s Greatest Tag Team and the Hooliganz! You won’t wanna miss this!!

**Video Package**

We’re brought to the scene of an empty, dark, dusty looking locker room with one small window letting in just a little sun. We then can hear Mexican acoustic guitar strings being played before a narrator with a definite Spanish accent speaks…

It is said that gravity is what keeps men bound to the Earth.

The camera pan of the locker room halts when we see a man, back towards the camera and face in the shadows, in front of a bench, lacing up his boots on top of his blue tights…

What holds men back and binds them down are simply known as…limits

The same man slips on another piece of tights, this one over his head like a shirt, also blue…

Gravity is a limit, a universal chain.

As the man slips on his whole costume, he reaches in his locker…

But some men…

As the man pulls out from his locker, we see in his hands is a luchador mask…

Some men have no limits.

The man slowly slips the mask over his face, finally allowing us to see the faced, albeit masked, of this man without limits.



AERO STAR ES SIN LIMITAS
{Aero Star is without limits}
COMING TO AOW
**COMMERCIAL BREAK**


We return to Oblivion in the backstage areas, where we see Paul Burchill and his new apprentice, Brent Albright. They seem to have a target while they’re walking, making a casual line towards someone who’s turned around so we can’t see. Burchill puts his hand on this mystery man’s shoulder…revealed instantly to be none other than millionaire Muhammad Hassan. Hassan simply looks at both men with a dastardly smile before handing both men a wad of cash each. Burchill takes the time to count his stash.

Hassan:
I’m sure you’ll find everything in order, gentlemen. And there’s more where that came from if you keep up what I just saw.

~Burchill smiles at Hassan as the tycoon walks away, leaving Burchill to talk to his ‘apprentice’…

Burchill:
And there will be much, much more where that came from, young Albright. That’s what we do. We’re mercenaries. We don’t choose sides. We get our due when we’re done. We bring the pain so we can get the pay. Understood?

~Albright nods in agreement

Burchill:
First things first, mate…we need to get you looking like a gentlemen.

~Burchill and Albright begin to walk away, with Burchill leading the way

~Back at ringside…


Joey Styles:
Well before we get onto our main event folks, we have to pass along to you the information we’ve just received concerning the 2-hour Supershow we have planned in two weeks.

JBL:
Oh, this one is a doosey. In two weeks, Samoa Joe and Dave Finlay will face off against each other in what we’ve been told is a… “War Rules” match…? The hell’s that, Joey?

Joey Styles:
What I’ve been told is that it is no count outs, no disqualifications, and the falls count anywhere! So those guys could go all over the arena like they did tonight! That’s in two weeks, but right now it’s main event time!

**DING DING DING**

Tony Chimel:
The following contest is a Ladder Match. And it is for the AOW World Tag Team Championships!!!

“LONDON CALLING”
plays over the sound system now, as The Hooliganz make their way to the entrance stage. They mime climbing a ladder before rushing on down to the ring, both running under the double ladders set up close to the base of the ramp. They then slide in under the ropes and continue their theatrics, hitting double backflips off the top ropes and giving a handshake. The two seem poised to climb that ladder, even if they’ve just jinxed themselves.

“BETTER THAN GREAT” chimes now, as the World’s Greatest Tag Team makes their trot out, very controlled in contrast to their Hooligan opponents. They’re not pandering to the crowd like their opponents, either, moving out of the way of the ladders in the lower portions in the ramp. They seem intense and focused, but they show an intimidation factor when the leap cleanly from the floor to the apron simultaneously, as though they were two Brock Lesnars. They climb in the ring, however, and shake hands once again very respectively with London & Kendrick.

MAIN EVENT
~Ladder Match~
For the FIRST EVER AOW World Tag Team Championships
The Hooliganz
v.
The World’s Greatest Tag Team


All four men stay in place after their handshake, looking at each other in the eye…then all four pairs of eyes look towards the heavens to get a sight of what they’re here for. This is no longer about respect. This is no longer about who may be the better team. This is about the gold in the sky. And all four men know that, each of them pointing towards what they want. When each of the men lock gazes once again, it’s the WGTT who are the first to throw blows, giving the both men hard strikes over their heads. Benjamin forces London out of the ring momentarily, while Haas wears down Kendrick enough to whip him towards Benjamin who beheads him with a clothesline. The early working World’s Greatest group gives them the opportunity to dive out of the ring and attempt to snatch the ladders at the base of the ramp.

As both men try to grab both ladders, Paul London is seen coming back into the frame, clubbing both men on the spine and halting their attempt to bring the ladders into play. London quickly knocks away Benjamin before trying to work on Haas, but the numbers game get to London quickly, as Benjamin & Haas double lift London and bounce his head off the nearby barricade. London swoons for a bit, while Benjamin takes down one of the ladders and has it horizontal across his chest, while Haas grabs the other side. The two rush towards London, looking to clothesline him with the ladder, but London is able to slide underneath said ladder. But the momentum of the WGTT takes them towards the ring, where Brian Kendrick is awaiting them with a plancha over the top rope, sending London crashing into the ladder and both men underneath it!!!

Already a big spot in the home of hardcore, with Kendrick tending to his tender rib area now. London helps his tag team partner to his feet, as both men try and get the other ladder that’s set up on the ramp now and throw it under the ropes and into the ring. They’re successful, but Kendrick is slow to his feet. They set up the ladder center ring, both men looking to climb the ladder, but they don’t make it far before their opponents storm the ring and yank both men off the apparatus. It’s London’s turn to be double teamed now, as Haas takes down the ladder and holds it folded in his arms, as Benjamin takes London and whips him into Haas, who flings the ladder into London’s face, causing him to drop like a stone. The impact of the ladder itself sends it into a corner and London rolling outside the ring again, as Kendrick is faced with taking on both men once again. He holds his ground this time, however, as he quickly delivers a back elbow to Haas before leaping at Benjamin with a leaping calf kick and turning back to Haas to do the same. Haas stays up, however, bouncing off some ropes and tries to attack Kendrick again, but he’s met with a dropkick that forces him to land on the corner-clad ladder. The ladder crunches and bends on the impact, but doesn’t break. London, who’s crawled onto the apron now, is veering close to the corner Haas in. Kendrick grabs the base of the ladder and holds it perfectly horizontal now, with the middle turnbuckle and Kendrick holding it slightly elevated and Haas still on top. London climbs and flies off the top rope…with a double mule stomp right to the sternum of Haas on the elevated ladder!!

The crowd is eating it up now, with both teams showing just how far they’re gonna push the limit tonight to be the best in the world (Gregory Helms and/or Bryan Danielson notwithstanding). Benjamin is quick to jump to his partner’s aide, however, as he quickly throws Kendrick over and starts delivering blows to London before delivering a quick scoop slam. Benjamin then takes the ladder his partner just had his body crunched on and waits for London to recover before ramming London’s midsection all the way into the corner, pinning the cruiserweight between the steel ladder and the steel post. A chorus of ‘oohs’ goes around, while Benjamin helps Haas get to his feet. The two seem to have a plan in effect, as Benjamin launches himself towards London with a stinger splash, but leaps clean over the ladder. Haas quickly follows suit to complete the combo with a dropkick that causes Haas to fall on the ladder.

Haas rolls over in minor pain while London rolls outside again, but Benjamin is quick to take the ladder and try to set it up again. Benjamin sets things up and is ready to execute the first real climb of the match –

SIX RUNGS TO GO…


FIVE RUNGS TO GO…


FOUR RUNGS TO GO…

NO!! Kendrick is there to stop him from climbing anymore, but Benjamin isn’t knocked off the ladder. Elsewhere, Haas is trying to pull the other ladder inside the ring through the middle ropes. Unbeknownst to Haas, London is atop some nearby ring steps outside the ring, and leaps off of them with a flipping senton…THAT SENDS THE LADDER CATAPAULTING INTO THE FACE OF HAAS!!! WOW!!! London is tending to his back now with Haas now forced to roll out, but London able to crawl back in the ring just as Kendrick has found a way to pull Benjamin off the ladder. Kendrick takes this chance to try and climb the ladder himself –

FIVE RUNGS TO GO…


FOUR RUNS TO GO…

NO!! Benjamin stop him too, as he starts climbing the ladder behind Kendrick, forcing Kendrick to turn all the way around while still in the ladder to try and fight him off. London, meanwhile, gets underneath Benjamin in a powerbomb position, as Benjamin’s face tells he knows he’s not in a good spot. As London pulls Benjamin away and off the ladder and into a full powerbomb position, Kendrick is getting ready to leap from the ladder…as London & Kendrick execute a powerbomb/seated senton combination!!! Wow!!! Yet another showcase of offense!!

London & Kendrick compose themselves before taking down the ladder they just did that off of out of center ring and set it into a corner, out of the way. London is able to successfully pull in the ladder Haas was attempting to earlier, setting it up across the top rope of a different corner. L & K want to put them down for good before climbing. They take the stunned Benjamin and bring him to his feet, before whipping him into the corner, his head meeting the steel apparatus!! The ladder again lets out a sickening crunch as it meets the skull of young Shelton, but the Hooliganz aren’t done yet. London quickly takes the ladder off the top rope and lays it flat on the canvas, where Kendrick drags the body of Benjamin on top of. London is now ascending to the top rope, and the audience starts to stand up, knowing where this may be going. Kendrick points to London as he reaches the top, but as he gets set to tumble down, Charlie Haas, still outside, pulls Kendrick from under the bottom rope, his face impacting the padded outside hard. As that happens, London leaps for the 450 Splash…but Benjamin rolls off the ladder…LEAVING LONDON TO CRASH AND BURN HIS MIDSECTION ON THE UNFORGIVING LADDER!!!

The crowd doesn’t quite know what to expect next, but as Haas gets into the ring to aid his partner, so does Kendrick, who’s still not completely back yet from his faceplant a moment ago. Haas and Benjamin have their backs to the ladder that was set in the corner a while ago, as Kendrick charges almost blindly towards them, only to get double flapjacked face-first into the ladder!!! The crowd pops huge once again for this, soon garnering this chorus from the crowd –

*CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP*
THIS IS AWESOME!!!
*CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP*
THIS IS AWESOME!!!

The World’s Greatest Tag Team don’t pay much heed it seems, as both men go to get both ladders. They set them up center ring side by side, when both men start to climb the two different ladders on alternating sides. Paul London, however, crawls on his hands and knees towards the ladder with Haas on it, beginning to climb the other side.

HAAS & BENJAMIN HAVE FOUR RUNGS TO GO….


HAAS & BENJAMIN HAVE THREE RUNGS TO GO…


HAAS & BENJAMIN HAVE TWO RUNGS TO GO…

London almost leaps vertically while on the ladder to jab Haas in the abdomen, slowly climbing up to Haas level. This has Benjamin distracted to stop climbing for a moment, with London winding up right beside him. The distraction London’s given has allowed Kendrick to sneak in on the other side of Benjamin’s ladder, leaving this as all four men are ascending, climbing towards their goal. Kendrick soon, druggingly, gets up to level and starts exchanging blows atop the ladder with Benjamin, while Haas does the same with London. Every man is now brawling fifteen feet into the air!! London and Haas soon push over the ladder holding both Benjamin and Kendrick, sending them falling and sprawling!!! Kendrick drop straight to the floor from the ladder, while Benjamin falls guillotined on the top rope!! Haas and London continue fighting, but it causes the ladder to lose its balance and soon starts falling to the opposite side…sending those two men straight down as well!!! Haas falls eagle spread and lands on his front side, while London perhaps isn’t so lucky and falls leg-spread on the top rope, straddling the nads of London!! London straddles for a second before falling off, leaving all four men sprawled all over the ring area.


Joey Styles:
My word…this ring looks like a hurricane went through a Home Depot!! Look at what these men are willing to put themselves through to call themselves Tag Team Champions! Please, do not go anywhere, ladies and gentlemen!

**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

As we return back from the explosive way we went away, one ladder has been re-erected in the center of the ring, with both Brian Kendrick and Charlie Haas climbing this one on both sides. Kendrick is already at the top of the ladder, reaching for the gold…but Haas is there to strike him down! Kendrick is doubled over the top of the ladder, leaving Haas to strike him in the face a few times. Haas then climbs up an extra step before throwing Kendrick’s arm over his head, setting him up for something…SUPERPLEX!! SUPERPLEX OFF THE LADDER!!! OH MY GOD!!! Kendrick is broken in half with that move, leaving his kidneys perhaps in puddles. Haas is taken out as well, but this leaves the door open for Benjamin to now climb the ladder.

SIX RUNGS TO GO…


FIVE RUNGS TO GO…


FOUR RUNGS TO GO…

NO!!! Paul London is there to stunt him, giving him several blows to the stomach. He climbs to be level with Benjamin, but Benjamin fights back and climbs another rung. London is quick to stop him, bashing him in the skull with a hard fist several times, before leaping to make room…for a dropkick off the ladder, knocking both he and Benjamin all the way down!!!! London holds onto his side in pain, while Benjamin is forced to tend to his back and roll out of the ring.

The ring is empty for a moment, with all the men down once again, the ladder stays standing center ring, the only stairway to the heavens. The first man to try to climb once again is Charlie Haas, still feeling that suplex impact. He turns the ladder so that we can see the “A” shape of the ladder, beginning to climb the left side of it. Outside the ring, Paul London has grabbed hold of the other ladder in the match and has climbed into the ring with it while Haas climbs…


FIVE RUNGS TO GO…


FOUR RUNGS TO GO…

….
THREE RUNGS TO GO…


TWO RUNGS TO GO…


ONE RUNG TO GO…!!!!

NO!! Haas is stopped by London using the other, closed ladder like a battering ram to Haas’ gut!! Haas doubles over in pain, as London steps back to charge with it again, this one hitting Haas in the face and knocking him off!! Haas falls straight into the canvas and back to the floor, while London throws the other ladder back outside before pushing the other ladder a bit to the right. He begins climbing the left side that Haas was climbing.


SIX RUNGS TO GO


FIVE RUNGS TO GO…


FOUR RUNGS TO GO…


THREE RUNGS TO GO….

….
TWO RUNGS TO GO…

Outside the ring, Shelton Benjamin has gotten onto the apron, leaning back on the top rope…

…ONE RUNG TO GO…!!! LONDON’S TOUCHING THE GOLD…!!!

Benjamin springboards from the apron…all the way onto the ladder, grappling London around the waist. London’s attempt to grab the gold is stopped by this sudden development, with the crowd buzzing as to what’s coming next. London tries to fight Benjamin off, but Benjamin isn’t letting go. It takes a second to set up, but after a brief lull to do so, SHELTON BENJAMIN GERMAN SUPLEXES LONDON OFF THE TOP OF THE LADDER…LONDON IS FLIPPED ALL THE WAY OVER, LANDING ON HIS FACE TO THE OUTSIDE FROM FIFTEEN FEET IN THE AIR!!! OH MY GOD!!!! Benjamin, who had to fall backwards on it, is gripping his neck from the fall, while the ladder has fallen forward (due to the fact that London had to push off of it for the spot), while London himself is sprawled out, face down. The crowd is roaring with the two words every wrestler wants to hear –

“HOLY SHIT!!! HOLY SHIT!!! HOLY SHIT!!! HOLY SHIT!!!”

Benjamin is deabilitated for the moment, while outside the ring in front of the announcers’ table, Charlie Haas and Brian Kendrick are duking it out, both men exhausted and hurt beyond belief at this point. The two duke it out until Kendrick is forced to lean on the barricade, which Haas responds to by raising a high boot to the face of Kendrick! How Haas is able to be that flexible at this point is beyond anyone’s guess. What more could this match possibly offer? Our question is answered soon enough.

Haas grabs the other fifteen foot ladder not in the ring and sets it up close to the announce table, a tad diagonal to it. The crowd is curious as to where this is going, but as Kendrick is dragged to his feet from behind, Kendrick nails Haas in the face with a backflip kick! This sends Haas reeling onto the announce table, laying him across. Kendrick now begins to climb the ladder on the side closest to the announce table and his prone foe, putting his back towards him. Bad move, as Haas is able to recover while standing on top of the announce table and is at a level about equal to Kendrick, hitting him in the spine several times and stopping him. Meanwhile, in the ring, Benjamin has ventured close to a corner that’s right in front of the ladder at this point. Haas jumps off the table and starts climbing underneath Kendrick, putting him in a chair drop position. When that happens, Haas keeps climbing with Kendrick on this elevated perch. Benjamin has reached the top rope and is level with where Kendrick is right now, hanging in an electric chair drop position above the ladder. The crowd is buzzing for what could potentially come next, with Benjamin leaping from the top…WOW!!!! WOW!!! DOOMSDAY DEVICE FROM THE TOP ROPE TO THE TOP OF A LADDER OUTSIDE!!! WOW!!! THE WORLD’S GREATEST DOOMSDAY DEVICE!!!!

The timeslot is now in overrun, but the match hasn’t ended yet!! After the impact, Benjamin’s face hits off the announce table on the fall, Kendrick tumbles from his neck-break perch onto his face like his teammate, while Haas falls onto his side from a loss of balance, but he’s able to get up and walk around while hearing those epic words once again…

“HOLY SHIT!!! HOLY SHIT!!! HOLY SHIT!!! HOLY SHIT!!!”

Haas, tending to his back now, slides into the ring and sets up the ladder that’s in the ring right under the tag titles. He does so in the view where we can only see one side, but he starts climbing the other side, with no one around to stop him…except Paul London, who’s started crawling back into the ring under the bottom rope…

HAAS HAS SIX RUNGS TO GO!!

….
HAAS HAS FIVE RUNGS TO GO!!

….
HAAS HAS FOUR RUNGS TO GO!!!


HAAS HAS THREE RUNGS TO GO!!!


HAAS HAS TWO RUNGS TO GO!!!


HAAS HAS ONE RUNG TO GO…!!! HE REACHES UP –

NO!!! London has crawled to the top and is fighting Haas feverishly, both men firing right hands back at each other, but Haas gets the upper hand and starts delivering rapid, hard right strikes that eventually force London to stiffen from the abuse, and fall like a mighty oak straight down to the canvas. Haas reaches up…and unhooks the tag team titles!!

Winners and FIRST EVER AOW World Tag Team Champions: The World’s Greatest Tag Team at (23:39)


JBL:
I am at a complete loss for words, Joey…that…was…breathtakin’.

Joey Styles:
I could not agree more, John. The carnage before us and the respect, the tension, the pride in all these men was displayed – and the World’s Greatest Tag Team are indeed your champions. But just barely.


Haas slips down the ladder with both titles in hand, as Benjamin is doing his damndest to try and get into the ring on his own will and power, but he needs a bit of help from Haas to get to his feet. He hands Benjamin his share of the gold, leaning on each other. Both men are exhausted, but have the strength to hold up and show off their new AOW World Tag Team Championships to a standing ovation for all four men.

Joey Styles:
Ladies and gentlemen, we might have just seen the greatest match thus far in AOW history, and on this chaos filled, anarchy inducing night, we have new AOW World Tag Team Champions!​

On that line, the WGTT begin their backwards walk up the ramp, still holding their titles high, as they watch London and Kendrick struggle to get to their feet. Benjamin & Haas do a salute to the fallen, as they still immensely respect the two men who just sent them over their limit. The final shot in this edition of Oblivion is that of Benjamin and Haas holding their titles high, to the crowd still popping harder than they ever have.

*END SHOW*



September 26th
*Special 2-hour Supershow*

~Current Card~

~AOW Cruiserweight Championship~
~Match & Participants TBA~

~AOW Dynasty Championship~
~Match & Participants TBA~

*War Rules Match*
Samoa Joe v. Finlay

~AOW World Heavyweight Championship~
Chris Jericho(c) w/Paul “The Great” Wright v. Rob Van Dam v. Shawn Michaels


A bit later than I wanted, but I tried. Hope it's not too awful
 
#33 ·
Man, has it already been a week? It feels like it's been less... then again, if memory serves me, I was a little bit late reviewing your last show... anyways, let's do this! By the way, forgive me if my grammar is less then stellar in this review, my aunts house is the last place in the world that still uses Internet "Spell Check-Less" Explorer as it's browser, and I have to work here...

You started off strong with another Jericho promo, which is always a great way to kick things off, and the added prescence of Paul Wright is great! Really does give Jericho just a little bit more power when he's in the ring. Speakings of power, Heyman's announcement was a little expected, but all-in-all a welcome way to make the super show's card a bit more stacked. Having Wright go to attack and Jericho calling him off was good, too. It shows that Jericho is the only one who can control the monster, reminds me a bit of AAE and Umaga.

Having Haas and Benjamin tell Christian off was a good way to continue the story, and a good way to build up Haas and Benjamin with a curve of arrogance about them. I don't know why, but I'm predicting a full fledged heel turn for them in the very near future.

Joey and JBL... still entertaining. Nuff said.

Adding a bit more of a twist to the "Yin VS Yang" in the no-count out rule was pretty cool. The match was great, but I feel as if having Danielson do the job was a bad move. A veteran like Mysterio should be putting over some of the younger guy's, though I could be bias toward Danielson since he's my favorite wrestler, and I grew bored with Mysterio quite a while ago. Helms' attack at the end of the match was awesome, and having him make the camera man use Helms' camera was actually pretty neat. I could visualise it perfectly! Helms is definitely the high light of your cruiserweight division right now, and I can't wait to see him make his debut in the ring! A side note, though, that I can see, these are the only three men who are in your cruiserweight division that are really doing anything, so including guy's like Jamie and Jack in upcoming shows would probably be a good idea, just to give the division a little more depth.

The Foley office segment was good, and I like how you handled Punk, but I do have a small issue with it. In the segment, Storm was complaining about how he's worried about interference, then he goes and lets Punk fill in for his match. That kind of makes Storm look like a pussy! I'm hoping that that isn't your plan for Storm, because I generally really like the guy, and I'm hoping that he gets used a bit, and I don't want to see him playing the role of the roster's pussy character!

The Hooliganz' promo was really good. I see what you mean about me fucking up their promo over on my side of the fence, because the two are super laid back, and you portrayed that extremely well. Also, Miz as a heel interviewer is still genius, but I have a feeling that there will come a time in the somewhat-distant future where that angle will have run it's course... I'm just sayin'.

The massive brawl between Finlay and Joe was pretty damn bad ass! The hardcore element of the brawl was pretty kick ass, and it makes me look forward to their hardco... er, "War" match at the super show (Jeez, how many names does the Hardcore match have these days?)

Having Storm as Finlay's replacement was a nice touch and helps redeem Storm's image a little bit, but I was kind of annoyed that the match was tampered with and ended in a DQ. I understand why this was done, but I hate it when great matches end in bullshit ways. But moving on, having Brent debut doing Paul's dirty work was a good way to bring him in, but I'm really hoping that Brent doesn't have an A-Ry approach to it... by that, I mean I'm hoping that Brent doesn't get his ass handed to him every week while Burchill gets away from it all scott free! I'd like to see the two having more of a working relationship then the man-bitch relationship that A-Ry had with the Miz.

I really don't know who Aero Star is, but by the looks of it, he's a cruiser, which is great and already addresses my cruiser complaint from earlier in the video. Just please, don't play the same promo for him over and over again like you did for Paul Wright. With Wright it was only two weeks before his debut, so it wasn't a big issue, but I don't know how long it'll be before Aero's debut, and I don't want that to become a "Bathroom Break" segment of your show, because, with the exception of Wright's second week debut promo, you haven't had any of these thusfar in any of the AOW shows.

Having Hassan pay off Brent and Burchill helped develop Hassan as the rich asshole. It looks like your going to be taking an APA approach to Burchill and Brent, but with more class to the APA. First off, I'm just waiting to hear JBL's comparison. But in all seriousness, I can see Burchill playing that kind of role, and Brent, as his apprentace, going along with it. I don't know exactly what Burchill means by the gentlemen look, because Burchill's apparal was always kind of scruffy, so I'm assuming that both characters are getting a make over?

The ladder match, as expected, stole the show. I'm not going to get into talking about my favorite moments, or this review will soon become long as hell, but it was brilliantly written, and I think you made the right move by having Haas and Benjamin win it. Again, I see them becoming the heels very soon, which will keep their feud with the Hooliganz alive. I definitely want to see this feud continue, and have a big blowoff match at the Supershow for the belts!

All in all, I had a little bit more to complain about in this show, but you didn't dissapoint me! I'm hoping that next week, we get a few more matches announced for the super show, and I'm kind of curious who your going to put in for the Dynasty championship, since you have three hot feuds that could easily fit in (Christian-Lashley, Joe-Finlay and Hassan-Punk... I'd kind of like to see Joe and Finlay's war match be for the Dynasty championship, but I don't think your going to go that route, which I completely understand). Looking forward to next week's preview and, of course, the show!
 
#35 ·
Thnx again in bunches, fellas. Maybe address a few concerns, yes, the Storm/Punk promo was pretty awful. I tried to get it sounding right and probably should've looked over that better, but here's hoping Mr. Storm and company can forgive me for that. You guys won't have to put up with many more boneheaded promos, I promise you.

And now this...



BREAKING NEWS FROM AOHDUBYA.COM​

Moments ago, General Manager Mick Foley passed along to us that he has indeed confirmed the match types and the participants involved in the title-filling matches come September 26th. In addition, Foley has also added another match to the first ever Oblivion Supercard. They concern as follows –

Bobby Lashley and Christian Cage will meet for the first time in not just AOW, but wrestling history. The match also marks Christian Cage’s in-ring one-on-one debut in AOW.

~AOW Cruiserweight Championship~
*Tag Team Turning Point Match*


With Foley unsure who to include in the Cruiserweight Championship match, he just decided to include all of them! Or all who want to qualify, anyway. With this brand new and innovative type of match, the rules are as follows –

- All intended participants must find and confirm one tag team partner
- The teams will then face off in a random-draw Tag Team Gauntlet match
- The last team standing wins
HOWEVER…
- The winning team will immediately face each other for the AOW Cruiserweight Championship

~AOW Dynasty Championship Tournament~

Foley informed that this Wednesday night on Oblivion, there would be a one-night mini tournament to decide who faces who for the AOW Dynasty Championship. Those qualified for the tournament have to have had at least one win thus far in AOW. The bracket for this Wednesday is –

Muhammad Hassan v. CM Punk

Rey Mysterio v. Paul Burchill


The men who win their respective contests will advance to the Supershow to crown the first ever AOW Dynasty Championship.


September 26th
*Special 2-hour Supershow*
Current Card


~AOW Cruiserweight Championship~
*Tag Team Turning Point Match*

~Participants TBD~

~AOW Dynasty Championship~
CM Punk OR Muhammad Hassan v. Rey Mysterio OR Paul Burchill

~Grudge Match
Bobby Lashley v. Christian Cage

*War Rules Match*
Samoa Joe v. Finlay

~AOW World Heavyweight Championship~
Chris Jericho(c) w/Paul “The Great” Wright v. Rob Van Dam v. Shawn Michaels
The official preview for the next show should be posted soon, but this edition is slow developing.
 
#36 ·
That cruiserweight tag team turning point whatsahoosit sounds awesome. Will it just be cruiserweights on the confirmed roster, or can we expect surprises?
 
#38 ·
Will it just be cruiserweights on the confirmed roster, or can we expect surprises?
Expect everything, my friend. This is pro wrestling, after all. Plus, isn't it kinda my job to keep you guessing? ;)

Now the regular array of news...

~If it wasn't blatantly obvious enough, the network has indeed confirmed the fact that the upcoming two-hour Supershow will infact be under an intense microscope. How it all turns out will determine whether the promotion gets an extended timeslot ever again, a permanent timeslot extension, ever leaves the Hammerstein, or a PPV schedule.

~With that said, AOW answered this confirmation very subtley, but very strongly - they're already thinking about the future. Reports are going around that as early as this week, dark matches will begin to take place involving some array of Tyson Kidd, DH Smith, Jack Swagger, Nic Nameth, and Carlito Colon. The idea is that the development talents will be called up in the very near future, while Carlito's is just to get rid of any ring rust before what should be his hyped AOW debut. When and how that all goes down yet to be seen.

...and now le preview



9.19.07

The Hammerstein Ballroom – Manhattan, New York City, New York
“Stir the Waters Before The Battle”

Two weeks ago, #1 Contender Rob Van Dam was found lying in a pile of stage equipment, unable to answer any of the attempts to revive him. Later that night, Chris Jericho played Shawn Michaels into his hands like a fiddle, stringing him along into the debut of Paul “The Great” Wright, also putting HBK out of action. Last week, Paul Heyman confirmed that no matter the condition of his opponents, Chris Jericho would have to defend his title come the September 26th Supershow against both men. Now, with the impending Triple Threat looming, both Shawn Michaels and Rob Van Dam are in one piece and in attendance. What can we expect from the men who hope to take down “The Worthy Champion”?

Announced via aohdubya.com, this will be the week to get set for two more title matches! The AOW Cruiserweights have to find themselves tag team partners to compete in the Tag Team Turning Point match come the Supershow, while the AOW Dynasty Championship Tournament is underway! CM Punk and Muhammad Hassan already have a bit of history, and they’ll meet in the first round! On the other side, Rey Mysterio Jr. and Paul Burchill have completely conflicting wrestling styles, not to mention Burchill has his new apprentice in his corner in Brent Albright. Who will be the men who win and face each other come next week?

The awaiting cruiserweights won’t be sitting idle, scrambling to find partners. But the most angry cruiserweight of them all, Gregory Helms, finally made his physical presence known last week, throwing Rey Mysterio aside and throwing his knee into Bryan Danielson’s face. Will Helms be able to find a way into the Turning Point match? And speaking of cruiserweights and tag teams, what’s next for the tag title-less Hooliganz? And with his confrontation with Bobby Lashley just a week ago, what is Christian Cage feeling? Maybe he’s not as alone as it’s been said he is…?

We’re one week away from the biggest show in AOW’s young history, and from a business standpoint, the show that will determine the overall future of the company! With most of the company sitting on a powder keg just waiting for the explosion come the 26th, it’s time to light the match this week. What will the stars of AOW do this week to stir the waters a week before the battle? All of these questions will be answered on the next edition of AOW Wednesday Night Oblivion, 9/8c on FX!!

.:Confirmed for Oblivion:.

~Dynasty Championship Tournament~

Rey Mysterio Jr. v. Paul Burchill w/Brent Albright

CM Punk v. Muhammad Hassan

PLUS…

Rob Van Dam and Shawn Michaels are in attendance
On some side notes, university is right around the corner for me, so show production will most definately suffer following the Supershow. Hope I don't lose anyone.
 
#37 ·
I must say, your Supershow card looks impressive and the Cruiserweight Championship idea is certainly a unique and interesting one. Hoping it can flow as well as it sounds. The Dynasty Championship contenders look promising and I'm struggling to figure out who you would go with here, hopefully Burchill or Hassan because I think they need it more than Punk/Mysterio.

Just to let you know, I have been reading this thread and I've been enjoying what you have been producing, some really solid stuff going on and I will pop a review in for your next show. Keep it up! :)
 
#39 ·
I'm thinkin Burchill goes over with Albright's help, which should dictate that Punk goes over Hassan.

Oh, and a company where Swagger and Nemeth get to wrestle without having to dick around in silly gimmicks? I think I hear the chorus of angels.
 
#40 ·

Dark Match
Carlito Colon def. TJ Wilson (Tyson Kidd) at (3:52)




9.19.07

The Hammerstein Ballroom – Manhattan, New York City, New York
“Stir the Waters Before The Battle”


We open tonight to yet another cold open, with just one week to go until the biggest show in AOW’s young history, but we get perhaps the biggest opening ovation yet, as “WALK” by Pantera roars over the sound system, with Rob Van Dam showing up for the first time since his attack two weeks ago. The Hammerstein is going completely insane, as Van Dam walks to the ring with noticeable discomfort, but it doesn’t hinder him enough to not make him walk down the ramp with a signature RVD grin on his face. Van Dam slaps fives with some of the front row folks. He finally steps foot into the ring, mike in hand, but crowd still going nuts.

RVD:
I’m pretty sure everyone and their mother is wonderin’ what happened to RVD a few weeks ago.

~A noticeable reaction

RVD:
And in those few weeks, a lot of stuff went down. Shawn Michaels was added to the World title match I earned. I understand, the show must go on, it’s cool. First, lemme say what’s up to our new General Manager, Mick Foley.

~Crowd lets out an enthusiastic pop

RVD:
See, Mick and I, we have a lot in common. But the biggest thing we share is the fact that we’re hardcore kind o’ guys.

~A HUGE pop for this statement

RVD:
With that bein’ said, it’s gonna have to take a wee bit more than sneak attacking RVD and sending him though a bunch of equipment backstage.

~Yet another reaction of approval

RVD:
But as you guys know, I’m hardcore, and I don’t like cuttin’ corners. I’m not all for the dramatics, and the actin’ out and all that stuff, so I’m just gonna say exactly what everyone wants to hear and that’s tellin’ the world who put RVD on the shelf.

~Van Dam lowers the mike for a dramatic pause, despite the statement he just said about dramatics

RVD:
Chris Jericho, if you’re that threatened by me, you could’ve done it yourself. Not have your big, bad, boyfriend do it for you.

~A bit of an “oooh” goes through the crowd with the revelation

RVD:
And y’know somethin’, Jericho? You’re one smart dude. I’m not gonna lie. You came backstage before the show last week to shake my hand and wish me luck, when all of a sudden, I turn around and some dude whose seven feet tall tore me up before I could think.

~Confirmation – it was a ploy by Jericho.

RVD:
And the real kicker, the real icing on the cake was I was sittin’ there watchin’ the show last week from the medic’s bench and watching Chris Jericho call people hypocrites because they attack from behind. And somehow, you did the same exact thing, Jericho, and you still call yourself worthy? Ain’t that a bitch.

~Some of the crowd is taken aback by the language there, as Van Dam seems a tad pissed about the whole thing

RVD:
Chris Jericho, the “Worthy Man”. That’s a crock, Jericho, and you know it. And your new buddy doesn’t scare me a bit, dude. He might’ve scared Paul Heyman and Shawn Michaels, but I’m more than up for facing you both in the ring tonight.

~A big pop for the match proposal, but how smart is this…?

RVD:
But speakin’ of Shawn Michaels…you’re no better, dude. Y’know, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were pretty stoked when I got run down, man. Seemed pretty convenient for you that I wasn’t in the picture for a little bit. But I’m not gonna keep poppin’ off on what I think you might’ve been thinking. There’s already a guy backstage who’s gettin in enough trouble for that. That’s not ‘the way I roll’.

~Definite, yet somewhat subtle, poke towards Christian

RVD:
I do things face to face, man to man. So instead, I’m gonna call you out here, Shawn Michaels. Lemme hear exactly what ol’Heartbreak has to say.


There’s a slight lull before “SEXY BOY” rockets into our ears, as Shawn Michaels comes on down the ramp with a very concerned look on his face. He ignores fans’ high fives as he comes on down, his face completely serious, he too, suffering from a beating at the hands of “The Great” Wright. He also noticeably has a shiner on his eye, most definitely from the big right hand he got from him. He grabs a mike on his way in before climbing in to face the man who called him out. RVD has a smile on his face for some reason.

HBK:
You’re the second guy in as many weeks to come on out here and talk about me being a ‘hypocrite’. And I’m ‘bout damn sick of it. So wipe that grin off yer face, Rob. I ain’t here t’play.

~The crowd feels the wind shift from Van Dam’s easy mystique to HBK’s cold frustration

HBK:
You an’ Chris Jericho aren’t any better than me. And you’re damn sure not any less human than I am. We all make mistakes. None of us are perfect. And, y’know, I expected that kind of attitude from Chris Jericho, but not from you, Rob. I thought you were better than that.

~HBK looks disappointedly into Van Dam’s eyes

HBK:
I thought you were better than paradin’ out here and tryin’ to kick ol’ Shawn Michaels while he was down.

RVD:
Oh, so you comin’ out here and trying to take my title shot while I was out isn’t the same thing, huh Shawn? I guess not.

~This silences the still serious Michaels

RVD:
So you know, Shawn, you disappointed me a bit too. I thought you were better than tryin’ to march into another man’s place and take what he earned. I mean, Shawn, wouldn’t you be a tad pissed if someone stepped in your place and you couldn’t have your…what was it…‘boyhood dream’…?

~That kinda hits home for Michaels

HBK:
But are you seriously saying – are both you and Chris Jericho seriously saying – that if you had the chance to step into the spot I had, you wouldn’t take it? Because any other person, any other human on the planet would’ve done the same thing I did. So either neither of you are human or you’re both mangy little liars. An’ I don’t deal with liars.

~Crowd again senses the seriousness in Michaels’ voice

HBK:
I wanna get my hands on Jericho and the big guy as much as you do, but I’m not even concerned about gettin’ my lights put out last week, an’ I could give two shakes of a ****’s tail about you gettin’ your lights put out two weeks ago. I’m askin’ you a question, boy. Would you or wouldn’t you do the same thing if you were in my same situation?

~Van Dam’s look goes blank, knowing he may have been caught

RVD: (Complete silence)


HBK:
Speak up, Rob. They can’t hear you in th’ nosebleeds.

RVD:
No. No I wouldn’t, Shawn.

~HBK’s eyes are nothing but disappointment at this point, looking at the canvas in disgust and rubbing his eyes. He stares for another several seconds before finally looking Rob back in the eye

HBK:
I thought you were much better than that, Rob. I hoped that we could put our differences aside an’ try to help each other take those two down. But after what I just heard, I want nothin’ to do with you, Rob.

~The crowd delivers a great deal of heat to that line, with RVD trying to smile and nod it off

HBK:
An’ y’know, somethin’, Rob? I only look guys in the eye for one of two reasons. One: because I respect’em. And two: because I wanna kick their teeth down their throat. After that bull you just spewed, I have no respect anymore for Rob Van Dam. But yet…I’m still lookin’ you in the eye.


It dawns on Rob and the audience what this means, but he doesn’t back down. He drops his mike and gets in HBK’s face, with Michaels getting close to Van Dam. We can see RVD open his arms, then see his lips move saying “Go ahead, dude. I’m not afraid of you”. HBK just stares back intensely and stoically. As the two continue to stare, we get a quick flash to somewhere backstage, where AOW Champion Chris Jericho is looking at a television screen, smiling to himself at the men he’ll face next week eating each other alive. The focus zooms in on the TV itself, showing us one last close up of Van Dam and Michaels sharing an intense staredown.

**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

Joey Styles:
We welcome you once again, ladies and gentlemen, to AOW Wednesday Night Oblivion! I’m Joey Styles alongside John “Bradshaw” Layfield, and we are just one week away from the biggest show in our young AOW history.

JBL:
Young, but supremely promisin’ Joey. The way that Supercard looks is outta this world.

Joey Styles:
Indeed it does, partner, but that’s next week! This week on Oblivion, we’ve got a mini-tournament going on to see who will become the first ever Dynasty Champion! CM Punk and Muhammad Hassan meet, as well as Rey Mysterio Jr. meeting “The Ripper” Paul Burchill!

JBL:
An’ don’t forget the news we just received, Joey.

Joey Styles:
How could I, John?

JBL:
Because you’re just awful.

Joey Styles:
I’m gonna ignore that, because our main event just announced a few moments ago following comments made between Rob Van Dam and Shawn Michaels – Michaels, RVD, and Bobby Lashley will team up to take on Christian Cage, AOW Champion Chris Jericho, as well as AOW’s newest and most gargantuan acquisition, Paul “The Great” Wright.

JBL:
Each of these men’ll face each other at th’ Supershow.

Joey Styles:
Indeed they do, but tonight, at least in the case of RVD and Michaels, they have to work together to try and take down the man who orchestrated their attack and the man who executed it.

“MISERE CANTARE”
lets loose across the sound system after the rundown of the card tonight, as CM Punk makes his way down the ramp to a great deal of approval from the Hammerstein. The commentators go over the brief bit of history between Punk and Hassan, with the attack on Matt Sydal a few weeks ago and the paid assault on Punk and Storm just last week.

“MAD MAN” lets chime following the Arab chanting, as Muhammad Hassan, oil tycoon, comes through the blood-red curtain to a great deal of heat. Hassan relishes in his reaction before taking off his head towel and going into the ring to face his opponent.

OPENING CONTEST
~Dynasty Championship Tournament~
CM Punk
v.
Muhammad Hassan


Punk and Hassan start to circle each other before meeting center ring and executing the lock-up, with Punk quick to force Hassan into a corner. Hassan lifts his hands and seeks cover by sticking his head between the ropes, prompting the referee to get between the two and force Punk back. When the referee out of position, Hassan juts from the corner and gives Punk a very blatant thumb to the eye. The referee doesn’t see it, but now Punk can’t see anything.

Hassan takes advantage of this by chunking Punk into the opposite ropes, picking him up for a pendulum backbreaker on the rebound. Hassan with an early attempt – 1…2…NO!! Punk won’t go down that quickly. Hassan drags Punk to his feet and bashes him once more in the spine, maybe picking a weak spot now. Hassan then grabs behind Punk and executes a perfect backdrop, again covering Punk – 1…2…NO!! Punk doesn’t go down yet again, which frustrates Hassan, who shows this by stomping on Punk’s back again. He picks Punk up in a front headlock, possibly setting up for a DDT, but Punk charges and again pins Hassan into a corner, hard. Punk takes a few steps back after that to tend to his spine, before charging with the high knee/bulldog combo!! Punk now with a cover – 1…2…3-NO!! Hassan has life!!

Punk now takes Hassan up in a front headlock, but Hassan again reaches into the bag of dirty tricks and stomps on Punk’s toe, forcing him to release the hold. Hassan then takes Punk’s head again and successfully nails the lifting swinging DDT. Hassan covers Punk again – 1…2…3-NO! Punk keeps it going! Hassan isn’t happy to see that, but takes Punk back to his feet anyway. He gets behind Punk and attempts his back suplex backbreaker, but Punk delivers several elbows to Hassan’s head, forcing him to release the hold, allowing Punk to hoist Hassan onto his shoulders…and nails a GTS!!! GTS!!! The debut of the GTS in AOW just commenced, but Hassan is hit with it so hard that he flops through the middle ropes and onto the floor. The crowd pops wildly for that, but Punk has kind of a ‘really?’ kind of look on his face before going outside the ring to fetch Hassan and rolls him back in the ring. Punk doesn’t follow Hassan inside, instead, he hangs out on the apron, waiting for Hassan to get to his feet. The Mad Man groggily gets to a vertical base and turns around, only to see Punk flying at him with the springboard clothesline!! Another Punk cover – 1…2…3…NO!!! Hassan somehow rolls the shoulder!!

The crowd is hot right now with a “C – M PUNK!! C – M PUNK!!” chant starting up, which Punk acknowledges with short applause towards the crowd. Hassan, still very much groggy, is just now getting back to his feet, with Punk turning around to meet him by attempting the urange, perhaps wanting to set up the Vice, but Hassan isn’t dead yet. He delivers a hard elbow to Punk’s ear that forces him off, which Hassan then follows up on by pulling Punk’s hair and guiding him into the Finishing Touch from behind. Will this be the finishing touch – 1…2…3-NO!!! Punk isn’t going down that easily, which gets Hassan all in a tizzy.

Incredibly frustrated it seems now, Hassan roams over to a corner and starts removing the padding from the top rope. The referee is wise to the act, and immediately jumps over to try and stop him. Hassan wanders close to Punk, who again hoists him on his shoulders…but Hassan, again, with a very blatant thumb to the eye of Punk forces him down behind Punk, where he again blatantly breaks all the rules with a low blow! The forearm to Punk’s C and M leaves him in predictable pain, with the referee having seen none of that. He turns around to see Hassan having Punk in his arms and nailing the reverse STO he’s dubbed the “American Made”. Hassan with a final cover – 1…2…3…!!!

Winner: Muhammad Hassan at (8:23)


Joey Styles:
You hate to see that. CM Punk fought valiantly, gave it his all, and should come out the winner –

JBL:
But he’s not. He didn’t win. Stop beatin’ around the facts, Joey, CM Punk lost.

Joey Styles:
Did you not see what I just saw, John? Hassan just used every trick in the book – thumbs to the eye, pulling the hair, riding the ropes, low blows –

JBL:
And he won. You can argue with his methods all you want, Joey, but you keep beatin’ around the facts. It wasn’t the prettiest win in the world, but all is fair in love an’ war, Joey. Professional wrestling is war an’ Muhammad Hassan deserves that win tonight more than anyone because he did everything he had to do to get the win.

Joey Styles:
Yeah, he did do everything, I’ll say. Everything from distracting the referee to outright bending the rules.

JBL:
Shut up, Joey. You’re jus’ makin’ yourself look stupid now.

Joey Styles:
And you’re just making yourself sound like a jerk, John. But that’s what you do every week, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I have no idea what you fascination is with justifying these cheats, but I’m guessing part of it has something to do with your unjustified hate towards CM Punk. But I suppose with as much as you used to bend the rules, John, you can sympathize with Hassan and just looking at CM Punk in the ring makes you incredibly jealous because he has potential to do things you could never do and do so with passion. But I guess since you’re John “Wrestling God Bradshaw” Layfield, nothing I say matters and everything you say is gospel, or so according to your world. Am I in the ballpark, John?

JBL:
I have no comment on that completely unprofessional statement.

Joey Styles:
Of course you don’t. Right now we’ll head backstage to AOW’s Green Zone, where Torrie Wilson is standing by.​


We do indeed head backstage now, where Mrs. Wilson is met with whistles and boners.

Torrie Wilson:
Thanks, Joey. I’m here with my guest at this time, Christian Cage!

~Christian enters the frame to a great deal of heat. Christian has his head down and his eyes staring into nothingness.

Torrie Wilson:
Um…Christian…? Hi. Do you have any thoughts about getting the chance to face Bobby Lashley next week on AOW’s first ever Supershow…?

~Torrie puts her mike to Christian, but Christian doesn’t even look up, still staring comatose into the ground

Torrie Wilson:
Um…okay…what about having any thoughts on your tag team match coming up tonight where you’ll face Bobby Lashley this week…?

~Again, Christian stands still, staring at nothing.

Torrie Wilson:
Christian…Christian, are you okay? You seem –

Christian Cage:
…alone?

Torrie Wilson:
Uh…no. I was just gonna say distant, but why do you feel like you’re alone…?

Christian Cage:
Have you not been paying attention, Torrie? I’ve been told I’m alone, a loser, no one has been agreeing with me for three weeks now. No one comes within ten feet of me in the locker room. I’m alone, Torrie.

~Both Torrie and Christian’s attention go to the other side of the screen, however, when in steps Chris Jericho into the shot.

Jericho:
You’re not alone, Christian. I am a worthy man and a worthy champion. And tonight, we have a tag team match together. I won’t leave you behind and leave you alone like other cretins have.

Christian Cage:
How can I be so sure of that, Chris?

Jericho:
Because I’m not a hypocrite. And I see you as a worthy man, like myself. I also think you’re right about Bobby Lashley. He’s here for a much deeper reason than these narrow-minded tapeworms will believe.

Christian Cage:
…I’m not stupid, Chris. I’d rather be alone than be in cahoots with Chris Jericho.

Jericho:
You’re not really in a position to reject friends, friend.

~Christian stops defending and listens to what Jericho says there, putting his guard down

Jericho:
I assure you, I can prove to you I back up what I say when I say I’m a worthy man.

Christian Cage:
We’ll see about that.

~Christian walks off, leaving Jericho with unexpected tension between his tag partners tonight

As we cut away from that scene, we’re briefly brought to the hallway area, where we see Bryan Danielson in a conversation with Matt Sydal. What the two are saying is inaudible to us, but we do see the two shake hands and share a smile. Perhaps both of these guys just got themselves into the Turning Point match…?


**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

As we return from the break, we’re immediately brought to another backstage area, where Muhammad Hassan is trying to catch his breath after nearly losing his head earlier in the evening. He’s soon approached by Paul Burchill, who’s also accompanied by his new apprentice, Brent Albright. Seemingly following up on last week, Albright does indeed look a tad tidier and gentlemen-like, his normally scraggly beard trimmed to look tame, as well as wearing a coat similar to the one Burchill enters in, though both men still look very rugged. Burchill and Albright don’t exactly look happy…

Hassan:
So…is the plan still on for tonight?

Burchill:
Change of plan. Your money can do a lot of things, Hassan, but it can’t buy me the Dynasty Championship.

Hassan:
What?

Burchill:
The deal’s off. I want gold. Not bank notes.

Hassan:
Look, you’re supposed to help me get my gold! I paid you!

Burchill:
One grand isn’t going to get me any gold. Are you not hearing me clearly?

Hassan:
No, no, I hear you…what if I up the price? Three thousand apiece. And I’ll use my influence to get you and your apprentice a shot at the Tag Team Championship.

Burchill:
Influence…?

Hassan:
Money is a powerful thing, Mr. Burchill.

~Burchill lulls it over for a second before looking towards Albright

Albright:
What say you, boss?

Burchill:
I say this is what being a mercenary is all about. You got yourself a deal, Hassan. But if you don’t hold up on end of the bargain, we’re coming for you next. And if you’re champion by then, we’re coming for your gold. Got it?

Hassan:
I knew you two were smart businessmen.


The scene fades out on these three gentlemen, bringing us to an office-like atmosphere, where the crowd delivers a pop to see General Manager Mick Foley. Foley’s on the phone at the moment, talking about something troubling him…

Foley:
Did you not see what he did?

~Foley pauses for a rebuttal

Foley:
Yeah, I know, I was kinda impressed too, Paul, but what he did was completely unnecessary. I’m not playing favorites, I just need you to help me up security next week because I want Gregory Helms nowhere near that Cruiserweight Championship.

~Apparently, the conversation is with Paul Heyman, concerning Gregory Helms. There’s a knock on Foley’s door.

Foley:
I’d like more than a ‘I’ll see what I can do’, but I gotta go. See you when you get here. Come in.

~Foley hangs up on Heyman, as the folks at his door step into the frame, whom we quickly identify as Paul London and Brian Kendrick. The crowd pops for both men, still radiating from their performance last week. Both men also look like they’re paying for it, as well, with London having his ribs taped up and Kendrick walking gingerly.

Foley:
How’re the ribs there, Paul?

Paul London:
Ugh…they feel a bit like pudding.

Foley:
Well that’s…promising, I guess. I asked you two here because I got a little offer for you guys. That show you guys put on with the World’s Greatest Tag Team last week was absolutely awesome. Just between you and me, I’m supposed to be an unbiased officer, but you guys are too good to not love.

Brian Kendrick:
Thanks, Mr. Foley, but…you couldn’t just text us that? I don’t wanna sound like I’m complaining or anything, but it hurts to laugh, Mr. Foley, much less walk all the way down to your office.

Foley:
Well that’s a shame, guys because I was just about to offer you two a spot in the Tag Team Turning Point match for the Cruiserweight title next week. I mean, it’s open to everyone, but I was afraid you guys might chicken out on me and not come, so just thought I’d offer it to you personally. Think about that. Now, you guys might wind up facing each other at the end of the match, but what better person to face for gold than a friend, right? Plus, you get to find out who’s better.

Paul London:
Y’know, all of a sudden, my ribs feel indestructible.

Brian Kendrick:
Yeah…and my back doesn’t feel like an 80-year old lady anymore!

Foley:
That’s what I thought you guys said.

Paul London:
Are you sure you’re okay, BK? I mean, I can find another partner if you’re feelin’ hurt.

~As London says ‘hurt’, he slaps a hand right at the base of Kendrick’s spine, causing pain to jolt through Kendrick’s body and make him make a funny pain face

Brian Kendrick
Naw, I’m good, dude. Just let me know if your ribs make you suck too much.

~And on ‘suck too much’, Kendrick delivers a very deliberately accidental jab to London’s pudding-feeling midsection, also shooting pain through London and making him make a funny face.

Paul London:
Yeah, well your mom sucks too much! She sucks too much of my - OOOOWWWWW…

~London takes another playful shot at Kendrick’s back, but Kendrick interrupts the second half of that sentence with another rib shot of his own. Hooliganz they are.

Foley:
Just leave each other in one piece for next week, guys.

~The Hooliganz keep playfully shoving each other back and forth all the way out of Foley’s office. Before we can leave the scene of Foley’s office, however, the screen starts getting very grainy. It proceeds to get worse and worse before finally, the screen is consumed by static. When the screen finally clears up, the camera point of view is that of a webcam or an amateur camera, one that we’re very familiar with at this point. Sure enough, soon pops in the face of none other than Gregory Helms.

Gregory Helms:
What the hell is this? Mick Foley wants to do everything he can to stop me from gettin’ my hands on that Cruiserweight title. What the hell, Mick? You wanna stop me from doin’ the best thing for this company, yet you wanna allow a pair of handicapped nobodies in? Paul London, Brian Kendrick, Mick Foley – you’ve all be hacked by Helms!

~Helms resituates the camera

Gregory Helms:
Foley, this is utter corruption. First, you ignore the best cruiserweight in the world at your disposal. Then, when I force my way into your picture, backin’ up exactly what I say, and you wanna completely write me off? I said it before, an’ I’ll say it again – Gregory Helms will NOT be ignored!

~Helms is so angry on that statement, he almost knocks his camera over. He takes a moment to set it back up

Gregory Helms:
Not playin’ favorites. I see you, Foley. I see right through you! Paul London and Brian Kendrick aren’t tag champions. They’re LOSERS. Bryan Danielson hasn’t won a thing since he’s been in AOW. He’s a LOSER. So it’s time to LISTEN, losers – Gregory Helms WILL be at Oblivion next week. Gregory Helms WILL be in that Turning Point match. And Gregory Helms WILL win the Cruiserweight Championship and prove to all of you that he is the best in the world. And there’s nothin’ you nobodies can do to stop me.

*END TRANSMISSION*


“619 ESTA VIVO” hits the speakers now, as Rey Mysterio Jr. makes his way down the ramp to a huge pop. Mysterio, much like others tonight, is selling the damage he got last week, pulling up a little bit on his left knee, the one that he inadvertedly smashed into the steel post last week. Mysterio gives several high fives as he comes on down, sliding into the ring, ready to face the brutal bruiser ahead of him.

“WELCOME TO WHITECHAPEL” meets our ears now, as the daunting organ chimes representing Paul Burchill give way to him before becoming a heavy guitar rift. Alongside Burchill is indeed his partner in crime, Brent Albright. Both men are wearing identical coats, although only Burchill’s has a red rose. Both do look a tad gentlemanly, but they also keep their scruffy nature, being gentlemen in apparel only. Their attitude, on the other hand…

MATCH 2
~Dynasty Championship Tournament~
Rey Mysterio Jr.
v.
Paul Burchill

{w/Brent Albright}


As soon as the bell rings, Burchill rushes towards the center ring Mysterio with a low aimed shoulder tackle, aimed right at Mysterio’s weak knee. Mysterio immediately collapses holding his hurt appendage, which Burchill doesn’t let up the damage on. He starts stomping on it rabidly, destroying the knee even further. Burchill quickly brings Mysterio to his feet now, hooking the injured knee from behind and nailing a Regal-plex. He doesn’t go for any cover, as it looks like “the Ripper” is keeping to his agreement with Hassan. Burchill drags Mysterio over to the ropes and wraps his knee around the middle rope and holding down on the ankle, increasing the strain on the knee. Burchill finally lets go after the referee counts to four. Burchill lets go and lets Mysterio flop back to the canvas in extreme pain. Burchill looks outside the ring towards his apprentice, telling him “are you taking notes? Are you taking notes, youngblood?”

Burchill doesn’t let up on his intense assault, throwing Rey outside the ring before taking him and whipping him into some steel ring steps, sending Rey flipping over the top, his knee impacting pure steel now. Rey again cries out in agony, but Burchill still isn’t done. He takes the now displaced ring steps near Mysterio, takes him up…and executes a knee breaking drop right onto the steel. With the crowd in disgusted awe, Burch throws Mysterio back into the ring, only to look at his dirty work with pride.

The Brit takes brings Mysterio to his feet by his mask, but Rey’s got some fight left in him, fighting back with several calf kicks with his good leg, forcing Burchill away, but he plays it smart and grabs Rey’s hurt left leg, perhaps aiming to hurt it more, but Mysterio is able to jump up and nail Burchill with an enzeguiri. Burchill reels, but it doesn’t stun him too much. He charges at Rey for another chance, but Mysterio gets him in the drop toehold, prompting Burchill to drop on the middle rope. The crowd pops for what they know is next, but can Rey hit it on one leg? Mysterio hobbles before running and rebounding and goes for the 619…POW!!! STEEL CHAIR!! STEEL CHAIR FROM ALBRIGHT TO MYSTERIO MID-MOVE!!!

Winner via DQ: Rey Mysterio
at (3:23)

Albright has swung a steel chair at Mysterio’s incoming feet, nailing Mysterio’s hurt knee yet again in incredibly momentous fashion! Mysterio goes down on the outside in a heap, clutching his knee in extreme pain. The referee has already asked for the bell, but it doesn’t matter – these two still have a job to do. Burchill is telling his apprentice “good job lookin’ out, youngblood!” in approval. Burchill drags Mysterio back into the ring, while Albright gets the chair and brings it in with him. Burchill grabs hold of Mysterio’s leg to keep him from going anywhere, telling Albright to “finish it off.” Alright places the chair down and grabs Mysterio himself, getting him from behind, and flips him with the deadly half-nelson suplex…WITH REY’S KNEE LANDING RIGHT ON THE STEEL CHAIR. Once again, Rey’s knee is destroyed and he’s in excruciating pain. Burchill and Albright look at their handiwork before walking away.​


JBL:
Wow. I might have to hire these boys t’clean out the employees I wanna fire.

Joey Styles:
And of course, leave it to JBL to condone this kind of activity.

JBL:
Hey, what they jus’ did was hold up their end of a bargain. I am condoning bein’ truthful an’ earnin’ your money. That and the fact that their product is of great quality. I didn’t say it was right or wrong, I just said it was good.

Joey Styles:
So good, infact, Rey Mysterio might not be able to walk again, let alone make it to next week for the Dynasty Championship.

JBL:
Well, Rey Mysterio should’ve thought ahead like Muhammad Hassan did.

Joey Styles:
You’re one piece of work, you know that?

JBL:
I make money off other people’s pieces of work, Joey.

Joey Styles:
Well despite what just happened, the fact of the matter is Rey Mysterio Jr. has indeed the win he needs to advance to next week to face Muhammad Hassan for the AOW Dynasty Championship. The question is how will Rey Mysterio fare next week with only one leg?

JBL:
No disrespect to Rey, but his chances look about as good as CM Punk’s.

Joey Styles:
CM Punk isn’t in the tournament anymore, John.

JBL:
My point exactly.

Joey Styles:
Well ladies and gents, coming up later tonight, a huge six-man tag team main event – opponents next week in Shawn Michaels and Rob Van Dam team up with Bobby Lashley to take on Christian Cage, Chris Jericho, and that mammoth of a man, Paul Wright. And joining us for that main event match will be none other than the man in command himself, Paul Heyman! Keep here on AOW!

**Video Package**

We’re back in the grungy Mexican locker room, picking up where we left off, however this time, no narrator. All we do is see Aero Star, fully clad in lucha gear dart towards a door. He then appears center ring, a blue spotlight targeted on him.

In the background we can hear triumphant mariachi trumpets going off with everything Star does, as a man in shadows approaches him only to get hurricanranaed

We then flash to a man standing outside the ring, with Aero Star leaping through the middle ropes with the torpedo suicide, a head-first suicide missile

It then flashes to him rebound off ropes, spinning around and around and around and around the body of another man before nailing a luchafied Russian leg sweep

Flash to two more men outside the ring, as Aero Star springboards off the top rope and free falls, back first, onto both men

One final flash sees one man flat on his back on the canvas with Aero Star on the top rope, where we see him nail an Imploding Shooting Star Press, basically a backwards facing 450 Splash.

As we come to a close on the package, Aero Star is standing center ring, giving us a salute



AERO STAR ES SIN LIMITAS
{Aero Star is without limits}
COMING TO AOW

**COMMERCIAL BREAK**


As we return from the break, we’re back in the Green Zone…

The Miz:
I’m Mike “The Miz” Mizinan here with my guest at this time, my best friend in the whole wide world, Bobby Lashley!

~Lashley is greeted to the screen with a mixed reaction

Lashley:
Have we even met before, Miz?

The Miz:
Oh yeah we have! That one time in Long Island, those guys were all over you, but I had your back, man!

Lashley:
There was no time in Long Island. There was nobody on me. And I’d remember if a guy who looks as goofy as you backed me up.

~Crowd gets a good laugh out of that one

The Miz:
Fine. Well as long as you’re here, what are your thoughts, if any, about finally getting the chance to face Christian at AOW’s first ever Supershow next week?

Lashley:
Christian has done nothing but badger me, hound me, and make me seem like a bad guy from the moment I stepped into AOW. But Christian needs to get over himself and realize that I’m not here for guys like him. I’m here for guys like –

???:
Me.

~The camera shifts a bit to see who said that last statement…who is of course none other than Chris Jericho once again, but this time, he’s brought backup in the form of Paul “The Great” Wright.

Jericho:
I’m sorry, Lashley. I don’t believe we’ve ever been properly introduced. My name is Chris Jericho, and I am your AOW World Heavyweight Champion. This is Paul Wright and he is the biggest thing to ever hit the professional wrestling ring.

Lashley:
I know who you both are, Jericho. What do you want with me?

Jericho:
I’m here to tell you to broaden your mind, young Lashley. These people have done nothing but antagonize you since you step foot into this company, yes? As a matter of fact, you know, Paul Heyman didn’t even want to sign you. So not only did these people not welcome you, but the very foundation of this company wanted you far, far away from it.

Lashley:
…what’re you gettin’ at?

Jericho:
Don’t be so quick to write off what Christian says, Lash. He doesn’t think the way he does about you because he’s defiant and ignorant. He says it because there’s really no other way for you to think. And Bobby…I think you trying to get the approval of all these people is what’s gonna hold you back.

~Lashley stares at Jericho, silent, listening to the words of the madman

Jericho:
Let loose. Broaden your mind. Let them hate you. It would be a tragedy to see your talent wasted on things like pleasing these hypocrites.

~Jericho walks off, leaving Lashley to wallow in his words

~Back at ringside…

“THE PROUD WARRIOR” goes off for the first time, as “The Warrior” Low Ki makes his way through the blood-red curtain and on down the ramp. Low Ki’s getting a decent reaction due to his indy reputation, but it’s not a very widespread reaction. There’s no flash and no nonsense to the small but powerful Ki, just a presence of impeding violence – exactly that of a warrior.

“SKIP OVER” plays following this, as Elix Skipper comes on down to meet his warrior opponent. Skipper makes it on down with minimal reaction himself. “Primetime” slips between the ropes and gets ready for his debut in an AOW ring in this cruiserweight duel.

MATCH 3
Low Ki
v.
Elix Skipper


Ki and Skipper circle each other several times, roaming all the way around, circling a good four or five times before anyone makes a move. It’s Skipper who finally does, who jolts forward with a hard knee to Ki’s midsection. He follows it up with another hard knee before whipping Ki across the ring. On the rebound, Ki hits Skipper with a shoulder block, causing Primetime to fall. Ki then whips off some nearby ropes and darts over Elix, as Skipper gets to his feet, awaiting this rebound. This time, Skipper greets Ki with a lightning quick arm drag. Ki gets to his feet quickly, however, meeting Skipper with a knife-edge CHOP(Wooooooo!) that sends Elix back a few steps. Low Ki uses this to leap with a kickboxing-like knee to Skipper’s chin. Skipper drops to on knee, consciousness obviously fading. Ki rebounds off the ropes behind him and feints a shining wizard, only for it to become a roundhouse to the side of Skipper’s skull. Skipper falls – 1…2…3-NO!! Not done yet!!

Ki doesn’t cry over spilled milk, bringing Skipper back to his feet quickly, but Skipper fights back with a high spinning crescent kick that surprises Ki, sending him down. Skipper his a tad surprised himself, as he reaches on over and grabs Ki to cover – 1…2…NO!! The Warrior’s still got fight in him. Skipper’s still trying to gather himself, still feeling those blows to the head. He brings Ki to his feet only to snap suplex him back down. He covers Ki again – but Ki immediately throws his feet up without getting a count. Primetime notices that this will be no easy endeavor, as he whips Ki away to the other side of the ring into the corner, hard, forcing him to meet Skipper halfway, who executes a flawless belly-to-belly suplex throw over his head. Another cover – 1…2…3-NO!!! There’s much more fight in Low Ki!

Skipper forces Ki to get to his feet now, again placing him in a corner before knocking Ki’s bald head with several blows. He takes several steps back, going as far back as the opposite corner. Skipper charges across the ring…Low Ki leapfrogs and holds onto the top rope to dodge – Skipper’s shoulder rams into the iron post! Before he can leave the corner in pain, Ki drops himself from his perch on the ropes and flips over for a sunset flip! The quick counter – 1…2…3-NO!!! Skipper rolls out! As he does so, he grips his shoulder in pain, but doesn’t learn much from his lesson, and charges blindly at Ki again. Ki shows more athleticism with a clean leap and a nasty hurricanrana that sends Skipper’s face smashing into the corner. Skipper turns himself around, only to see Ki bouncing towards him with the cartwheel leaping kick to the face dubbed the Tidal Crush!! Wow!! The crowd is very impressed with that, but Skipper isn’t, his face having gotten crunched twice in a span of thirty seconds.

Skipper doesn’t stay down, however, as he goes to a kneeling position, holding his potentially broken nose. Sylvestry sees this as yet another chance to let his feet fly, popping two stiff kicks off the chest of Skipper before unleashing yet another roundhouse to Skipper’s face! Elix goes down hard again – 1…2…-NO!!! Not yet! Skipper still has life! The hard striker in Ki shows his submission prowess now, catching him in the Bite of the Dragon, the inverted facelock with bodyscissors. The facelock goes right over the bridge of Skipper’s potentially broken nose, adding much insult to injury. This stays locked in for several seconds before Skipper has any time to react. He finally is able to unhook the bodyscissors and fight his way out of the grip, still holding onto a leg. Both men get to their feet with Skipper still holding that leg. Ki hops for a while before attempting an enzeguiri, but the older Skipper’s seen this movie before, ducking under the blow and forcing Ki to land on his stomach. Elix is still holding the leg and grabs the other, setting them beside his torso before nailing flowing wheelbarrow suplex! Skipper for another chance – 1…2…3-NO!!! There’s still more to go!

Skipper’s in control now, taking Ki and whipping him back into a corner before splashing him immediately afterward. As Ki groggily steps out of the corner, Skipper takes Ki in double underhooks before nailing a butterfly suplex, planting Ki on his back. Before he covers or thinks about anything else, Skipper goes through the ropes to the apron, before leaping with a slingshot leg drop, nailing Ki right on his neck. The cover this time – 1…2…3-NO!!! We’re still back and forth!

Skipper doesn’t know what else to do to put the pint-sized Warrior away, but as he brings Ki to his feet once again, Ki uses those feet to his advantage once again, delivering a stiff kick to Elix’ midsection. This allows Ki to hoist himself onto the top rope, waiting for Skipper to drift into his arms. He does, but Skipper fights it off, delivering hard blows to Ki’s own midsection before joining him on the top rope. Skipper gets Ki set up, looking for the superplex, but Ki fights out of it, prompting Ki to fall off the top, but his catlike reflexes allow him to land on his feet. Ki isn’t taken much aback, as he gives Skipper one final kick to the head from his elevated perch, finally dropping the Primetime one like a stone. With Ki still on the top rope, he fixates himself before leaping…WARRIOR’S WAY! WARRIOR’S WAY! The double foot stomp looks to spell the end for Skipper – 1…2…3…!!

Winner: Low Ki at (9:21)

As Low Ki gets himself to his feet, and on up the ramp, getting a much larger pop now, he nods towards the ring, where Elix Skipper is recovering. However, he nods right back, perhaps a small show of respect between two extremely gifted athletes.​


Joey Styles:
And a little bit of respect shown between these two men here in their AOW debuts, both of these cruiserweights very, very impressive.

JBL:
Lookin’ at Elix Skipper’s face gettin’ hit with all those kicks made my nose bleed! I tell ya’, that guy is gonna be fun to watch.

Joey Styles:
Is John Bradshaw Layfield loosening up? I kinda like the new JBL then.

JBL:
Don’t go doodling my name on your binder, Joey. All I said was Low Ki was fun to watch.

Joey Styles:
Regardless, both of those men better hurry up and find partners tonight or sometime within the next week if either one of them wants a shot at the AOW Cruiserweight Championship next week!

JBL:
That’s right, we’ve already seen Bryan Danielson, Matt Sydal, Paul London, and Brian Kendrick all confirm that they’ll be a part of this match. That’s already excitin’!

Joey Styles:
Let’s not forget partner, that Gregory Helms also said he’d force his way into the match in some way, shape or form. But talk about force, this match is gonna be something out of this world in terms of brute force.

JBL:
Absolutely – Samoa Joe and fightin’ Finlay lock horns in a War Rules match! Now, there’s nothin’ from stoppin’ these two war machines from goin’ all over the arena like they love doin’!

Joey Styles:
Or all over the state of New York, for that matter, partner!

JBL:
Hey, as long as they stay away from my mansion an’ my ranch, we won’t have any problems.

Joey Styles:
You’d better hope so, John. We’ve seen what those men can do with walls and balconies.

JBL:
But big money doesn’t just get you ranches and mansions, folks, it can also buy you championships.

Joey Styles:
And Muhammad Hassan may have done just that – Rey Mysterio Jr. says that he will be able to compete next week, despite the absolutely horrendous beating he took earlier tonight at the hands of Paul Burchill and Brent Albright, men who keep referring to themselves as ‘mercenaries’.

JBL:
Call’em what you want, I call them a good investment. Reminds me of the good ol’ days in the APA.

Joey Styles:
Well John, you and your buddy Ron Simmons spent your money on beer. These guys spend their dough on looking nice but fighting ugly.

JBL:
That does not change the fact that Muhammad Hassan is goin’ into next week’s Supershow with the title pretty much already on his mantle when he faces Rey Mysterio. Rey’s a one-trick pony, and now he’s only got one leg to do his tricks on.

Joey Styles:
But many of these men might not have the animosity between them that Bobby Lashley and Christian Cage have, do they John?

JBL:
Joe and Finlay may be tryin’ to even a score and are both intense, but these two men want at each other on a personal level. Since day one of AOW, Christian says he’s wanted Lashley out on his ass from his company.

Joey Styles:
And with what we saw earlier, Christian may not be as alone as he thinks he is, but now it’s time for Christian to put up or shut up. He’s been running his mouth for weeks now, and now he’s finally got a chance to show the world that Bobby Lashley indeed might not belong here come next week.

JBL:
Let’s not forget who both those guys were talkin’ to.

Joey Styles:
Of course not – our main event for next week’s Supershow is an absolutely huge one!

JBL:
Mick Foley may be some kind of bonehead and Paul Heyman might just be plain stupid, but this one is what we all wanna see!

Joey Styles:
AOW World Champion Chris Jericho defends his title against the two men he and the monster behind the mastermind assaulted – The Heart of ECW, Rob Van Dam, and the one and only Heart Break Kid, Shawn Michaels! And as we saw earlier, RVD and HBK aren’t really on the same page, both men showing there’s no respect between either one of them!

JBL:
It ain’t about respect though, Joey. It’s about the AOW Championship. It’s not about evenin’ the score between them an’ Chris Jericho, it’s about gettin’ the chance to say that they are the best professional wrestler on the face of the planet.

Joey Styles:
And those men all lock horns next week on a very special edition of Wednesday Night Oblivion, a two-hour Supershow spectacular!! But you don’t have to wait ‘til next week to get in on the action!

JBL:
OOooooh no you don’t. We’ve got it all righ’ now.

Joey Styles:
On the other side of the break, Rob Van Dam, Shawn Michaels, and Bobby Lashley all team up to face Chris Jericho, Paul Wright, and Christian Cage. And when that happens, me and JBL will be accompanied on commentary by none other than the owner of the war zone himself, Paul Heyman! Don’t go anywhere!

**COMMERCIAL BREAK**


Upon returning from the break, we’re greeted to an area in the locker room where we catch a glimpse of Jack Evans. He’s not alone, evidently showing off his rap skills to Super Crazy & Psicosis, known collectively as the Mexicools.

Jack Evans:
It’s the crazy dudes, the Mexicools
Moves beautiful, but yo faces look like Mexican mules
I see you laughin’ at my jokes now
We got the same ring style
But we gotta watch our step when we fly

It’s Psicosis, he’s the loony old man
But he ain’t half as crazy as his super best friend
Super Crazy’s the crazy luchador
Loco all day, night, and more
Like sippin’ Jose Cuervo off the Ballroom floor!

~The Mexicools aren’t offended in the least during this, laughing their assess off the whole time at Evans ripping on them. Apparently, the whole thing is a jest between friends.

Psicosis:
Eh, Jack E man, you better see if you can find yourself a partner, man.

Super Crazy:
Yeah vato. A guy like you needs to be in that match, man. We’re rootin’ for you, but if we meet you in the ring, esse, you’re goin down!

Jack Evans:
Like Jose Cuervo, right Crazy?

~The gang has one last laugh before Evans fist bumps with the Mexicools before they leave the scene. Evans sees someone else in the view of the camera, to who he roams over to with the camera following him. As the other body comes into view, we see that it is in fact a match-fresh Low Ki.

Jack Evans:
Yo, it’s Low Ki! You’re lookin’ pretty good out there.

~Low Ki simply stares at Evans like he’s a fly on the wall

Jack Evans:
Good to get that debut match out of the way, right?

~Again, Ki doesn’t even acknowledge the existence of Evans

Jack Evans:
Listen, man, I don’t know if you had a partner for next week, but uh…I need to find my way into that match to. Whaddya say we show this division up?

~Low Ki is still busy untaping his wrist, continually ignoring Jack E

Jack Evans:
Look, I can even spit a ly’c about you. Check it –

Low Ki, low seed
With me
You’ll never be
If I break dance, you stomp’em out
You kick their face, I’ll flip’em out
They think they’re cool, we’ll roll’em up
So as a team, we’ll show’em up
We’ll be a back-to-back
High-flyin’ attack
We’ll steal so much show, they’ll call us…Low Jack!

~The Hammerstein is thoroughly impressed with that one, Evans even giving the potential team a name. Low Ki finally acknowledges that Evans is an actual human being and is there, gives him a very impressed nod…before shaking his hand. Ki walks off leaving Evans to do a little dance to himself. Looks like “Low Jack” is headed to next week’s show…

~Back at ringside…

As we switch gears, already making his way down the ramp and into the ring is Paul Heyman, shaking hands with a few lucky front row folks before taking his place at the announce table and putting on a headset.


Heyman:
Good evening, gentlemen!

Joey Styles:
If it isn’t Paul E. Dangerously himself! What an honor it is to have you here, Chairman!

JBL:
Speak for yourself, Joey. Lemme ask you somethin’ Paul – is there anything you could possibly do make this company get off a worse start than it’s had? Wait, we want a short answer. Is there anything righ’ now that you think would be a good idea?

Heyman:
Well, JBL, I could fire you for one. That sounds like a start, right Joey?

Joey Styles:
No complaints from me, Boss!

JBL:
Oh please. Gettin rid of me is the worst of the worst decisions you could make! I am a Commentary God!

Heyman:
Let’s focus on the task at hand here, fellas.


“JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES” lets loose across the sound system, as Christian Cage comes on down the ramp looking for his peeps. There aren’t many due to Christian’s behavior of late, and he realizes that, dropping the hand from his forehead and walking very stoically to the ring.

“BREAK DOWN THE WALLS” plays across the threshold now, as AOW World Champion Chris Jericho coming on down with his weapon of mass destruction, Paul “The Great” Wright. This is both Christian and Wright’s in ring debut tonight, but neither man seem daunted. Cage looks at Jericho with a smirk, looking at who may be his only friend. Time will tell if it’s better to have a locker room full of enemies than friends like Chris Jericho. Wright, on the other hand, walks all the way to the other side of the ring to staredown Heyman at the announce table before climbing into the ring.

“HELL WILL BE AT YOUR DOOR” plays now, as Bobby Lashley gets a very intense mixed reaction, more favoring the boos tonight. As Lashley comes on down, he locks gazes with Chris Jericho for a split second, getting a smirk of confidence from the master planner, Jericho. Lashley’s gaze is indifferent as he awaits at the base of the ramp for his folk.

“WALK” plays now, as Rob Van Dam comes down to greet his partner at the base of the ramp. He gives Lashley a handshake, being the only tag team partner he has tonight that he actually respects. He takes another step towards the man he faces come next week in Jericho, but he also gazes towards the guy who took him out in Wright.

“SEXY BOY” lets loose now, with Shawn Michaels emphatically making his way to the ring, pumped up as ever. He runs in circles on the entrance stage, but with each step he takes down the ramp, he loses his enthusiasm and gets more stoic, having to stare down with Rob Van Dam. The two meet at the base of the ramp with another intense shared gaze, with Lashley having to tell both men that the match is about to start.

MAIN EVENT
Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, & Bobby Lashley v. AOW World Champion Chris Jericho, Paul Wright, & Christian Cage


As the match kicks underway, both Van Dam and Michaels step into the ring as Jericho declares he’s staring things off for this team. So immediately at the start of the bell, all three men are in the ring at the same time. Jericho relaxes and smiles looking at his opponents, as they start quarreling verbally from the get go. The two bicker back and forth about who will start the contest, before Bobby Lashley steps between both veterans and says that he’ll step in if they can’t decide. With that late changing roster move, Jericho no longer wishes to start for himself, instead, instructing Wright to go in for him. When all the dust settles, Lashley is standing center of the ring looking up at the only guy on the roster bigger than he is – Paul Wright.

We kick off with two genuine powerhouses staring each other down before Lashley begins to start throwing blows, knocking the big man back a few paces and showing that he may, in fact, be mortal. However, when Lashley gets him leaning on the ropes and tries to whip him across, Wright pulls Lashley in and decapitates him with a clothesline with some body behind it! In Wright’s corner, Jericho is obviously going over strategy with Christian, perhaps looking at Lashley’s weaknesses if he shows any tonight. It’s Wright’s turn to now see what he can do with Lashley and show of some ring skills, picking Lashley up by his cue ball with his bare hand. He then delivers that bowling ball sized fist right to Lashley’s gut, forcing the godly body of Lashley to fold over. He then takes his gargantuan head and bashes it against Lashley’s for a headbutt, causing Lashley to completely fall over. With that, Christian is asking Wright to tag him in. Wright looks at Jericho for a response, with Jericho saying yes, he can tag Christian in, which he does. As soon as that happens, Christian busts into the ring and covers Lashley – 1…2….NO!! Lashley won’t go down easy!

Christian gets a little big for his britches when he attempts what Show tried a few minutes ago by trying to bring Lashley to his feet with one hand, which doesn’t work so well. So instead, Christian just grabs Lashley’s whole head with both hands and brings him to his feet, but Lashley bursts forth with the power we know he possesses by deadlifting Christian, running with him, and throwing him into a corner. Lashley then starts throwing hard right after hard right to the man who’s not his biggest fan. This causes Christian to cower, but Lashley uses this to whip Christian across the ring into another corner. He rushes towards Christian, but Cage darts out of the way and sits on the middle ropes before swinging back with the pendulum kick. Cage, planning on outsmarting Lashley sends Lash reeling and Christian to the top rope. Cage leaps…but Lashley catches him in a body grapple…and now a belly-to-belly suplex!! Wow!!! Lashley with a unique counter to his rival and now a cover – 1…2…NO!! Life for Christian!

Lashley reaches over to pull Christian up, but Christian delivers an elbow while on his back to Lashley’s head, forcing him away and allowing Christian to scurry into his corner and finally tag in Chris Jericho. Jericho, now no longer afraid of Lashley, now has a confident smirk as he steps in. He and Lashley have a brief staredown, Jericho still smirking. He knows that no matter who’s in the ring against him, he’s in all of their heads. Lashley eventually smirks back, but only to tag in Shawn Michaels. Jericho’s smirk goes away quite quickly, now knowing he’s ready for battle.

Michaels bursts into the ring, although Lashley draws some ire for not tagging in Van Dam instead. With Michaels now in, Jericho tries to hit him with a hard right, but Michaels catches it before delivering a hard right of his own, followed by another and another, forcing Jericho against some ropes, before whipping him across the ring and catching him in a back body drop afterward, getting the crowd firmly in his corner. Michaels is charged up and ready for more, but Jericho doesn’t give him the chance and flops into his corner, again tagging in Wright.

It’s Michaels’ time to face Wright now, but he’s not nearly as daunted as he was the first time he saw him. Wright, however, is just as undaunted. Wright tries to immediately smash Michaels across the head, but Michaels darts out of the way, rebounding off some ropes. On the rebound, Michaels dodges another clothesline attempt, again rebounding, and hits The Great one with the flying forearm…Wright doesn’t budge an inch. Michaels sees that, and tries to rebound again, but this time around, Wright catches him in a wicked flowing sidewalk slam!! All the body weight of Wright presses on top of Michaels immediately following – 1…2…3-NO!!! Michaels won’t go down on one move, no matter how massive.

Now it’s Wright’s turn to show what he can do to toy with Michaels. He grabs a fistful of HBK’s hair and brings him to his feet and slaps his hand across Michaels’ throat. HBK knows what’s coming, kicking Wright in the tender legs, forcing his grip to let go, but HBK tries a tall order in trying to it appears DDT Wright…but Wright stands upright, putting Michaels in an elevated position on the big man’s shoulders…SPINEBUSTER!!! SPINEBUSTER!! WOW!! Michaels gets driven into the canvas with the 400 pound force on top of him! Another cover - 1…2…3-NO!!! The Ironman that is Shawn Michaels will not go down and continue to take a beating! Once this happens, it’s Christian again who begs for his hand in, which Wright must again consult Jericho for. Once affirmed Christian storms in and tries to pick on the leftovers once more.

Christian stomps on Michaels’ spine a few times before dragging him to his feet to execute a falling back drop and attempting another cover – 1…2…NO!! Michaels rolls the shoulder! Christian, getting a tad frustrated, stomps again on the shattered spine before lifting Michaels and starts to twist Michaels into position for the Unprettier…but Michaels stops it halfway and delivers a hard elbow to Christian’s side, still contorted, however, before getting loose and grabbing Christian from aside, with a gutwrench suplex! That prompts the crowd to get back on the side of the good guys, with Michaels trying to crawl, bad back and all, towards his corner. Christian takes the unexpected flip for his team, but he’s trying to get to his corner as well. Both men are trying to crawl across the ring to their corners, with Christian reaching first and getting the tag in to Jericho, but as he does, Michaels swallows his pride, leaps forward, and gets the white-hot tag to Rob Van Dam

RVD comes in and sets the house a-fire, clotheslining Jericho once, twice, three times to up the tempo before trying to kick Jericho in the jaw, but it’s caught, only for RVD to swing it into a dragon whip!! Jericho falls face-first into the canvas, with Van Dam rushing all the way across the ring now to dropkick Wright’s legs from off the apron, setting the big man down off the apron and in front of the announce table. He then takes a quick chance to deliver a shot to Christian, forcing him down. Van Dam just takes a ganger at the downed Jericho before rebounding off some ropes and nailing him with the Rolling Thunder!! The crowd is all over Van Dam if they weren’t already now, covering the man he’ll face in a week’s time – 1…2…NO!!! Jericho doesn’t go down!!

As we take a look outside the ring, Christian is back on the apron, but Wright hasn’t set foot back there. He’s just standing over the announce table staring into the by now terror filled eyes of Paul Heyman. Van Dam tries not to waste so much time on the failed fall attempt, but as he grabs Jericho’s head to maybe try something else, Jericho surprise him and everyone else in attendance with a double-knee facebreaker that we know as the Code Breaker, but as of yet in AOW, has no name. Van Dam goes sprawling, but Jericho takes a moment or two to recover enough to cover Van Dam - 1…2…3-NO!!!! Van Dam is able to kick out of the new move! Jericho spends several seconds arguing with the referee that that was indeed three. Jericho slaps the mat three times to show the referee what a three count is in frustration.

The look on Jericho’s face is one he’s oft worn in AOW – the look of ‘pick up your toys and go home’. Jericho rushes over to the apron and tags in Cage forcefully with a slap to the chest, only for Jericho to climb through the ropes, go by the timekeeper, grabs his title, then join Wright overlooking the announce table.

“This is a corrupt corporation you’re runnin’, Heyman!! If you don’t fix it, I WILL!!!”

Jericho motions for Wright to come with him and take his monster’s focus off Heyman and go up the ramp with he and his title. The look on Christian’s face during all this is one of ‘what the hell’, mouth agape, arms open, and eyes angry. Jericho doesn’t even bother to look back at the man he swore was not alone, taking his mammoth with him. As those two go up the ramp, Cage is staring Jericho down going up the ramp while in the ring. As Christian shakes his head in disbelief, he turns his head only to lose it thanks to some SWEET CHIN MUSIC!!! SWEET CHIN MUSIC!!! It hits Christian so hard, he’s still standing straight up, the look on his face that of a hypnotized, and dazed man. Bobby Lashley quickly follows up on this with a SPEAR!!! SPEAR!!! LASHLEY SPEARS CHRISTN AIN HALF!!! Something tells us Lashley’s been wanting to do that for about a month, as he gets up with an aggressive look on his face. The crowd now turns their attention towards Rob Van Dam, who’s now on the top rope…FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH!!! FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH!!! The super froggy move gets one of the #1 Contender the emphatic cover, crowd counting with – 1….2…3….!!!!

Winners: Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, & Bobby Lashley at (11:32)


Joey Styles:
They did it!! They did it!!! Rob Van Dam and Shawn Michaels may not have been on the same page, but with a little help from Bobby Lashley, they pull through!

JBL:
I was almost certain they’d tear each other apart, but Van Dam and company gettin’ a huge win goin’ into next week.

Heyman:
Huge indeed!


One look in and around the ring reveals that the victors have finished raising each other’s hands, with Lashley having rolled out of the ring, as Jericho and Wright are standing on the entrance ramp looking at the havoc they’ve caused. Van Dam is on the top rope, arms in the air and celebrating with his fan faithfuls before dropping off…TO GET SOME SWEET CHIN MUSIC!! Michaels makes good on his promise from the top of his show on the want of doing that…and he fulfills it. The crowd deflates to a mixed reaction, staring down at Van Dam very coldly before his gaze travels up the ramp to meet that of Jericho. The final image we get before the Supershow is that of Van Dam decapitated, his executioner standing over him, and their joint enemy standing far, far away on his mountain, watching the tigers fight for his gold.

Fade…

To…

Black….

*END SHOW*




September 26th
*Special 2-hour Supershow*

Final Card

~AOW Cruiserweight Championship~
*Tag Team Turning Point Match*
The Hooliganz v. The Mexicools v. Bryan Danielson & Matt Sydal v. Jack Evans & Low Ki
*More teams TBD

~AOW Dynasty Championship~
*Tournament Finals*
Muhammad Hassan v. Rey Mysterio Jr.

~Grudge Match~
Bobby Lashley v. Christian Cage

*War Rules Match*
Samoa Joe v. Finlay

~AOW World Heavyweight Championship~
Chris Jericho(c) w/Paul “The Great” Wright v. Rob Van Dam v. Shawn Michaels


If anyone wants to leave any preditions on the Supercard DON'T POST THEM JUST YET. I plan on posting an official preview and all that for it. Hope this edition was a tad better than last week.
 
#43 ·
No. This isn't dead. And I don't plan on it dying anytime soon. University kicked in this past week for me as well as an overwhelming wave of demotivation. So show production will probably no longer be the show-a-week format I was going for in the summer, but I should be able to still churn out some things

With that said, I have a Supershow preview to get to...





9.26.07

The Hammerstein Ballroom – Manhattan, New York City, New York
*Special 2-Hour SuperShow*
OFFICAL PREVIEW


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~AOW Cruiserweight Championship~
*Tag Team Turning Point Match*

The Hooliganz v. The Mexicools v. Bryan Danielson & Matt Sydal v. Jack Evans & Low Ki
*More teams TBD

The cruiserweights of AOW are geared for what should be an absolutely incredible match! The innovative format for the Tag Team Turning Point match is simple – you tag up, you run the gauntlet, you win a shot at the Cruiserweight Championship. Your opponent? The guy you just went through hell and back to make it to the end with! The confirmed teams may all have an accord between each other, but there match is open to whoever and whatever shows up! And what of Gregory Helms, who promised beyond all belief that he WILL be in attendance and that he WILL be a part of that match? What role will he play? Keep your friends close, but most importantly, your enemies closer….

~AOW Dynasty Championship~
*Tournament Finals*

Muhammad Hassan v. Rey Mysterio Jr.

Two men who took different paths to the gold, but are tied together – Muhammad Hassan pulling out every trick in the book to get his win over CM Punk, but Rey Mysterio advanced by getting disqualified on account of he was destroyed by the team of Paul Burchill and Bent Albright, whom Hassan hired to take out his competition. Both men represent completely conflicting ideals about not just competing in AOW, but life in general – Mysterio, the man who has scratched and clawed his way all the way through life and between the ropes, versus Muhammad Hassan, who is using his wealth to get ahead in life and in the ring, as well as reaching forever into the bag of tricks. Which art of wrestling will indeed win and prove that they’re worthy to hold the first ever Dynasty title?

~Grudge Match~

Bobby Lashley v. Christian Cage

From the moment Lashley set foot in AOW, Christian Cage has been all over his ass – constantly interrupting interviews, segments, and even a #1 Contender’s match. Christian has made it perfectly clear that he isn’t the biggest fan of Bobby Lashley being in AOW, period. Christian has been claiming Lashley wants to use his name and accomplishments to automatically jump in front of the line of everything in AOW. Lashley constantly insists that he’s not here for the intentions Christian, or even for Christian. In the process, Christian has been isolated, not only by Lashley, but by the entire locker room as a whole, leaving Captain Charisma a captain of nothing. With Christian finally getting a chance to put his theories to rest, will Cage be able to prove to the world that Bobby Lashley is here for much more underlying motives…? Or is Lashley jut here to be the best he can be?

*War Rules Match*

Samoa Joe v. Finlay

The pilot episode of AOW Oblivion saw the introduction of great tag teams, brand new characters, and the crowning of the first AOW World Champion. Lost in this very impressive shuffle was perhaps what went down in that match to decide the first champion, with the Lucky 13 Battle. The contest saw its first-half Battle Royal style format give way to Samoa Joe being eliminated by the already eliminated Finlay via shillelagh shot. With Joe constantly requesting, but constantly getting the runaround, for a match with Finlay, Joe took matters into his own hands by meeting Finlay on the September 12th edition of Oblivion for an all-out brawl that stretched al l the way backstage, the use of a fire extinguisher, through the crowd and the actual drywall, and even combat atop the infamous Hammerstein balcony! With these men now put in a match with no count-outs, no disqualifications, and when the falls count anywhere, these two are set to…well, quite frankly…beat the shit out of each other. But who will wind up on top with the undisputed title of the toughest SOB in Art of War Wrestling?

~AOW World Heavyweight Championship~

Chris Jericho(c) w/Paul “The Great” Wright v. Rob Van Dam v. Shawn Michaels

“One…step…ahead”

That’s what Chris Jericho wants to be and seemingly always is. After being crowned champion on the inaugural episode of Oblivion, by making Shawn Michaels tap out, no less, Jericho made his Champion’s Address the next week, only to be beheaded by Shawn Michaels, who thought he was one step ahead. In the main event of that evening, Bobby Lashley met with Rob Van Dam to decide who would face Jericho for the title the very next week. RVD walked away with the hard-fought win, leaving Jericho with RVD on his plate and the Heart Break Kid on the horizon.

Fast forward to the next week, when Chris Jericho trumped both men and remained ‘one step ahead’ when he had Van Dam demolished backstage, forcing him to be unable to compete in the title match. When Shawn Michaels tried to step in his place, brand new General Manager Mick Foley concluded that he could do it, but it wouldn’t be for the gold. With Jericho simply seeming to biding for time for something, in stepped his grand plan – Paul “The Great” Wright, the 7-foot 400-lb monster we’ve come to know as The Big Show. Wright accented his already exclaiming debut by destroying Shawn Michaels.

With Van Dam and Michaels named the co-contenders for the title, RVD soon took it upon himself to call HBK out on what he believed was him trying to step in on another man’s property. When HBK turned the tables on Van Dam and asked if he’d do the same thing, RVD’s response caused HBK to lose any and all respect he had for Robbie V, cementing that by giving him some Sweet Chin Music at the end of the program.

Now, with Rob Van Dam and Shawn Michaels, the undisputedly most respected men on the roster, having zero respect for each other and Chris Jericho having the gold, the giant, and his enemies squabbling, who will walk away with the AOW World Heavyweight Championship? Who will be left in the dust, who will be left to pick up the pieces, and who will be the man who’s…”One…step…ahead”….?


Find out on the single biggest night in AOW history, the two-hour SuperShow spectacular, 9/8c on FX!!


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PREDICTION TEMPLATE
September 26th
*Special 2-hour Supershow*

Final Card

~AOW Cruiserweight Championship~
*Tag Team Turning Point Match*
The Hooliganz v. The Mexicools v. Bryan Danielson & Matt Sydal v. Jack Evans & Low Ki
*More teams TBD

~AOW Dynasty Championship~
*Tournament Finals*
Muhammad Hassan v. Rey Mysterio Jr.

~Grudge Match~
Bobby Lashley v. Christian Cage

*War Rules Match*
Samoa Joe v. Finlay

~AOW World Heavyweight Championship~
Chris Jericho(c) w/Paul “The Great” Wright v. Rob Van Dam v. Shawn Michaels

*Bonus Questions*

1) Select the match order
2) Select the winners of the matches
3) Excluding Gregory Helms, will there be any surprise appearances?
4) Will there be any dusty finishes?
5) Who will take the fall in the World title Triple Threat?

Yes, I'm treating this supershow like a PPV. Again, motivation's gotten to me, but a great deal of the show is already done minus a few things. I'll take this time to say congrats to all who did well and advanced in the BTB Tourny. Show should be full on ready in about a week.

'til then, folks.
 
#44 ·
~Grudge Match~
Bobby Lashley v. Christian Cage
I believe that Christian will win this match. With how much his pride has been wounded as of late, I feel as if he kind of needs this win to get back on the right track. Plus, I'm still hoping that he joins up with Chris Jericho.

~AOW Dynasty Championship~
*Tournament Finals*
Muhammad Hassan v. Rey Mysterio Jr.
Hassan needs this win more than Mysterio. Rey is an established top guy, while Muhammad isn't that established as a wrestler, or really all that established as a talent. The Dynasty Title could get him to the next level. Plus, I firmly believe that Rey should stick to the Cruiserweight division.

~AOW Cruiserweight Championship~
*Tag Team Turning Point Match*
The Hooliganz v. The Mexicools v. Bryan Danielson & Matt Sydal v. Jack Evans & Low Ki
*More teams TBD
I really cannot pick a winner for this match, since not all the teams are announced. If I had to point at a team here, Danielson and Sydal looks pretty good, but it's impossible for me to pick.

*War Rules Match*
Samoa Joe v. Finlay
Joe. Finlay, in his later years, is notorious for being the guy that the young guy's feud with to get over (Look at what his feud with Lashley did for Lashley!), and I think that it will be a similar situation for Joe!

~AOW World Heavyweight Championship~
Chris Jericho(c) w/Paul “The Great” Wright v. Rob Van Dam v. Shawn Michaels
I'm pretty sure that Chris is going to walk out of this one with the belt. A- He's got the biggest insurance policy one could ask for! B- You spent way too long working on Jericho's character and establishing him as the biggest heel in the game for you to just have Jericho lose the strap in his first real defense!

*Bonus Questions*

1) Select the match order DONE
2) Select the winners of the matches DONE
3) Excluding Gregory Helms, will there be any surprise appearances? Yes. Not only will there be Helms' partner (Who I'm still hoping is Shannon Moore), but I think that your going to have at least one more team up your sleeve for the CW match, plus a random backstage altercation.
4) Will there be any dusty finishes? NO
5) Who will take the fall in the World title Triple Threat? RVD
 
#45 ·
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PREDICTION TEMPLATE
September 26th
*Special 2-hour Supershow*
Final Card

1.~AOW Cruiserweight Championship~
*Tag Team Turning Point Match*
The Hooliganz v. The Mexicools v. Bryan Danielson & Matt Sydal v. Jack Evans & Low Ki
*More teams TBD

4.~AOW Dynasty Championship~
*Tournament Finals*
Muhammad Hassan v. Rey Mysterio Jr.

2.~Grudge Match~
Bobby Lashley v. Christian Cage

3.*War Rules Match*
Samoa Joe v. Finlay

5.~AOW World Heavyweight Championship~
Chris Jericho(c) w/Paul “The Great” Wright v. Rob Van Dam v. Shawn Michaels

*Bonus Questions*

1) Select the match order yip
2) Select the winners of the matches yuh huh
3) Excluding Gregory Helms, will there be any surprise appearances? Um... CM Punk maybe?
4) Will there be any dusty finishes? No
5) Who will take the fall in the World title Triple Threat? Van Dam

I didn't forget, just a lack of inspiration and internet has meant I've stepped back from the section for a while. But hope this is up soon-ish.
 
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