LIVE FROM THE ECW ARENA (Why not?!), Philadelphia, PA!
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(ICW Opening Logo/Video)
(ICW Explosion Opening Video and Theme!)
(Chairman Adam and Chairwoman Erica pics flash up to big pops.)
(FIREWORKS AND THE THEME BLAST OFF EXPLOSION IN A BIG WAY! THE CROWD IS HOT AND THE NEW SET REALLY LOOKS AMAZING! JUST THAT LOGO AND VIDEO PLAYING ON THE ICONOTRON LOOKS ABSURD IN ALL ITS HDTV PLASMA GLORY!)
M: Good evening, everyone, and welcome to Explosion! I'm your announcer, Mean Mark Clemson, and joining me as always is the great Jerry the King Lawler!
K: Thanks, Mean Mark! Well, what a helluva' show we had last week! We showed up to work to call Revolution, only to find that our Chairman, Icon 03, Adam Laskowski, had totally reinvented it and...here we are on ICW Explosion!
M: And what about those title matches last week, King! Talk about intensity, talk about action!
K: The first ever Explosion champions were crowned last week, and every match was off the CHARTS! If last week was any indication, I'd say we're in for a great night of wrestling!
M: I'm told the Co-Chairwoman, Erica Kowal, the newly-announced Icon 04, will be out any moment now to open tonight's show and give a run-down of the matches for tonight.
K: It's strange not knowing in advance at least some of the match-ups. Usually we'll plug the first match or the main event at the top of the show...this week? Nothing! We don't know!
(Icon theme! Here comes 04! The fans pop big for her as she plays to them and takes to the ring with her mic.)
M: I believe we're about to find out!
04: OH, YEAH!! YOUR SUPER-SEXY CHAIRWOMAN IS HERE TO GET YOU ALL FIRED UP!
(POP!)
04: Last week, we saw some amazing matches! I mean, they were freakin' SICK! 7 new champions crowned IN ONE NIGHT! That's gotta' be some kinda' record, huh? But, just to get a feel for what you people like to see, besides my sweet ass in the ring...(pop, largely male)...let's go to the videotape!
(Footage from last weeks matches rolls as she talks about them in the ring.)
04: To start off the night, you see here Chris Benoit of the Four Horsemen and Tommy Dreamer of the Veterans beating eachother silly for the Extreme Championship. Now, check this out, the match ended when Dreamer took a HUGE swing with that sledge hammer and would've probably knocked Benoit's head off his shoulders if he hit himbut Benoit ducks, grabs the sledge hammer, and nails Dreamer right in the stomach. Tommy has the wind knocked out of him, and somehow Benoit managed the see through the blood streaming down his face enough to find Dreamer on the floor for the pin. Here you see Benoit's big, toothless smile as he holds his title and tries not to pass outone word: ICK! But, you have to hand it to both men. Benoit has had a vicious streak lately, and it sure came out last week, when he took the Explosion Extreme Title home with the Four Horsemen.
(BOO!)
04: Hmmokay, great match, but you hate the guy, right? Well, how about this onemy personal responsibility, the Angel Division! We had a 4-Way Battle Royal for the Angel Prime Championship, and this match had an energy I've never SEEN from these four ladies before, and that's saying a LOT! See, I've been keeping an eye on things on Revolution for a while now, and I saw how important the Angel Division could be if Tony would actually push them! This match had everything! These women flew all around that ring, and I'm proud to say that, after a long and tough match, Mighty Molly, cape and all, flew home with the Angel Prime Title! Congratulations, Molly!
(Mild pop.)
04: But I think the bigger story is the heat between Victoria and Trish! Trish doesn't want to hurt Victoria, but she keeps getting her butt kicked trying to talk to her! Victoria's back to her old self again, and looking to take Trish outwhile Trish just wants to play nice! They were distracted, and Molly pinned Gail at just over 14 minutes. Great match.
(Pop, all the Angels involved are pretty much faces, even if Victoria's in a heelish angle.)
04: Once, years ago in high school, Tony brought a tape to my house of a wrestling PPVfrom the ECW federation!
(POP!!!)
04: It, like that Extreme Title match last week, was sickbut the guys were amazing athletes, and it was like a mini-ECW reunion war last week over the Fusion Championsip! In a good old-fashioned TLC match, Douglas, Tazz, Credible and Raven rekindled old rivalries and threw eachother all over the ring. This match was incredible!
(Superpop!!)
04: And one of my favorite wrestlers on the roster today, Raven, took home the Fusion Title. Not bad for a guy Vince fired because he didn't know how good he was, huh?
(Pop!)
04: I'm sure that one will lead to many more great matches, because all 4 guys were STILL going at it after the bell, so animosity ran high and that should create some interesting feuds! I know a few other tag teams are dying to get a chance to take on the Hype for the Duo Division Titles! After they BARELY beat the Hardys last week, I'm sure a rematch can't be too far off!
(POP!!)
04: You like all these champion so far, don't you?
(SUPERPOP!)
04: How about Rob Van Dam taking the Legend Championship in a vicious Street Fight against his old rival Jerry Lynn and the talented wrestler AND rapper, John Cena?
(Mixed reaction, RVD's a Horseman.)
04: Ha ha, well, he's a great athlete, but you're righthe could keep better company than the Horsemen
(HORSEMEN THEME! The threesome walks out to boos from the crowd, all holding title belts. They get to the ring and Orton begins circling a nervous Erica, checking her up and down.)
RO: Damn, girl. I do enjoy watching you do your thingeven if you ARE bashing the GREATEST COLLECTION OF TALENT THE WRESTLING WORLD HAS EVER SEEN, THE HORSEMEN!!
(BOO!)
RO: Oh, shut the hell up you trailer-trash! This is between the lovely ladyand YOUR EXPLOSION PRIME CHAMPION, THE STUD, RANDY ORTON!!
(Mixed boos, some girls squeal at him, though.)
RO: See, Erica, I'm here to offer you the chance most women wait a lifetime for. Since I single-handedly whipped the asses of all those big-time p*ssies on Explosion last week, becoming the Prime Championthe Stud would like to invite you to join him for a night on the town to celebrate! Just you and me, baby! A little wine, a little dinner, a night on the townand then the rest of the night in the SACK!
(Mixed reaction, almost a pop for the shock of his strong come-on.)
RO: So, what do you say?
04: (Pauses, crowd chants for her not to do it!) Randyyou're definitely a stud. I mean, you're young, talented, hot, and you're not afraid to speak your mind, that's for sure. You want something, you go take it, don't you?
(Randy smiles and nods, the rest slap him on the back, playfully.)
04: Well, I'll tell you what. How would you like it if tonight, I made some arrangements for you to meet a special someone in the ring tonight who I know's DYING to get their hands on you?
(Orton is intrigued.)
RO: Well, I like surprises, baby. And the more, the merrier, so I say why don't you and I take you friend along when we head to the bed for a little rockin' and rollin' tonight?!
(Crowd boos the advance.)
04: Meet my friend and I in this very ring at 11:00 tonight, on the dot! Don't be lateI wouldn't want you to miss out on a VERY exciting time, big boy
(Erica winks at Orton and runs her finger slowly around his chest as she smiles devilishly and leave the ring to the Icon theme! Orton is in love, the other guys are stunned at what just happened, and the audience doesn't know what to think so they just pop at ther Icon theme out of habit.)
M: Well, King, sounds like Erica's got a big night planned for Orton!
K: Big doesn't even begin to describe it, Mark! She's bringing a FRIEND! HA HA! ME NEXT, MS. KOWAL! WOOOWEEEE, she's a HOT one!
M: Very attractive indeed, King, and she's accepted our Explosion Prime Champion's proposal for a get-together at the end of the show tonight, so we'll be able to witness what might be the start of an interesting relationship between the Chairwoman and the Champ!
K: Erica's a gold-digger? I WANT A TITLE SHOT! GIVE ME THE BELT! HA HA HA!!
M: Ha haKing, during the recap of last week's events and that impromptu visit from the Horsemen, we received a card for tonight's showand it's almost too beautiful to read, ladies and gentemen!
K: Out of the way, I'll do it!!
(MATCHES!)
(Commercial.)
Highlights of the Night:
-Bearer demands Kane and Taker fight. Adam knows what happened last week on Explosion, and he admits that the two brothers should finally square off in the ring again soon...but just not yet. He signs a match for Undertaker and Kane at the ICW-E PPV in September, ICW-Ignition! He says it won't be just an ordinary match. "No, no...this one's way too big to just be a one-on-one match. We're going to add a little heat to this one, literally! Paul, Kane and the Undertaker will be facing eachother in...an INFERNO CAGE MATCH!"
(Crowd pops HUGE! "IMAGINE A FLAMING CAGE!" SCREAMS MARK!)
Bearer scowls devilishly and says he hopes the Undertaker enjoys the weeks leading up to Ignition...because HE AND KANE WILL MAKE SURE THEY'RE HIS LAST!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!! (Thunder, lighting.)
-Orton cuts in throughout the night with RNN reports on what he's going to do withand TOErica tonight after the show. Erica is seen in back dressing up in a gorgeous outfit and fixing her make-up all night.
-The Hardy Boyz v. INFINITY & NIGHTMARE! The new tag team comes out to loud thunder and a grinding rock theme, with new Matrix-esque looks and silent-but-violent attitudes! Infinity and Nightmare SQUASH the Hardy brothers, and nothing the talented youngsters do can harm the dark duo. Mark and King go off on what a scary and potentially earthshattering force we've just witnessed the genesis of here tonight!
-Dreamer is in the back, talking to Taker about the upcoming match against Kane at Ignition, trying to get Taker to relax and realize he can beat Kane, there is no "Dark Power." Taker is hesitant. Raven walks by and tells Dreamer he looks good in white, referring to the brace/cast Tommy is wearing after last week's sledgehammer shot from Benoit during the Extreme Title Match. Dreamer is pissed and stands up in Raven's face...saying he'd better back off, because he beat him back in the old days with a broken f*ckin' back, and this little injury won't stop him from doing the same! Raven laughs and shoves Dreamer out of the way, keeps walking. Dreamer is furious! He attacks Raven and the two brawl as Dreamer yells at him for laughing at him and not taking him seriously. Dreamer says he may be old, but he's not a pushover and he can STILL kick Raven's sorry ass anytime, anywhere! Raven calls Dreamer a has-been and tells him and Taker to get on their little motor-scooters and ride back to the nursing home, let the young bucks take care of business around ICW. After the shouting match, the two start violently trading blows, when Adam runs in and shoves both of them to the floor. He tells them they'll get their chance to settle this like men...at Ignition, they'll go one-on-one for the Fusion Title in a Ladder Match! He tells them no to touch eachother until that match, or the offender will be suspended for a year!! The two shout obsenities at 03 and at eachother, as Taker holds Dreamer back and Adam holds Raven back. They both swear they'll kick the other's ass once and for all at Ignition, and Adam reminds them not to touch eachother until that match!
(COMMERCIAL!)
-Trish comes to Adam about the Victoria situation so we can hurry that angle along. She says she asked Erica, but she was too busy getting ready for her date with Orton to help out. Adam is annoyed and busy, and asks Trish what she REALLY wants him to do, because he has no idea how to help Victoria. Trish suggests ICW pay for her and Victoria to go on a vacation to a tropical island so they can talk it out and work on relaxing Victoria to get her memory back, hopefully. Adam calls in Victoria, who is snarling and panting, as always, at the sight of Trish. She explains that she can't help it, she just can't stand the sight of Trish and wants to destroy her whenever she's in the same room. Adam says Victoria and Trish might BOTH benefit from being kept in close quarters, so he signs off on the vacation and says he'll be sending them to a tropical resort, along with a cameraperson to cover their progress. They can come back when they're both ready. Trish is overjoyed, Victoria is horrified...and Adam laughs as he sends them out of the office and tells them to report to his office early tomorrow...that plane takes off at 8AM!
-Big Show v. Kidman & Hurricane: Show takes on the youngsters who teamed up on him during the Armageddon match to prove they could never beat him, even in a Handicap Match!
-In the back, the old ECW rivalries continue to pop up. Douglas and Tazz get into a screaming match when Douglas accuses Tazz of being a loser after dropping his title to Jericho and losing the Fusion Championship Match last week after such a winning streak. Tazz, of course, defends himself, and tears into Douglas, saying he can out-wrestle him any day, even if he lost their last match in ECW. Spike Dudley tries to break it up, gets pounded by an angry Douglasuntil big brothers Bubba and D-Von show up and 3-D Douglas on to the hard floor below! They collect Spike, Bubba drapes the runt of the litter over his shoulder, and the Dudleyz glare at Tazz as the walk away. Tazz looks at Douglas with a sneerand spits on his unconscious opponent's carcass.
-Cena v. Michaels: Cena comes to the ring and cuts a rap promo on how much better he is than any of the other "punks" in the back. HBK comes out to challenge Cena and teach him a lesson about keeping your mouth shut if you don't have anything nice to say. Oh, the irony of HBK giving this lesson!
-Video interview LIVE with Chris Jericho from his home in good ol' Canada, will take place NEXT WEEK ON EXPLOSION!!
-At 11, Erica heads to the ring and is promptly joined by a clearly-horny Orton, who gives a great and hilarious performance with his eyes nearly hanging out of his head looking at Erica. She says she'd gotten all dressed up, but seems to have come down with a small headache, so she's afraid they'll have to cancel their date. But her friend is still free tonight, and Orton will get to meet them right nowIN THIS VERY RING, FOR THE PRIME TITLE! ORTON TAKES ON ERICA'S GOOD FRIENDRIC FLAIR!! (Huge pop as Flair's theme starts up and Orton complains to 04 as she leaves the ring.)
