(ICW Logo.)

-Tazz exits his car into the parking lot, is greeted by Spike Dudley, also arriving. Tazz apologizes to Spike for the way things got out of hand between he and Douglas last week, and says he's sorry Spike got hurt trying to break up the brawl. Spike says it was all Douglas, and that, tonight, he'll get his OWN revenge on the Ring General in the squared-circle. Tazz smiles, tells Spike he's got more guts than brains, and wishes his little friend luck, assuring him the Human Suplex Machine will be watching.

(ICW-E INTRO AND THEME!)

(CROWD POPS FOR THE SHOTS OF THE CHAIRPERSONS, AND THEN BIG AS THE FIREWORKS FIRE UP THIS EXCITING LIVE EDITION OF EXPLOSION, APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH, WITH EXPLOSIONS! WE'RE LIVE FROM THE SHINY, NEW CARMEN MARANDA COMPLEX IN WAZOO, PA! MEAN MARK AND KING WELCOME THE AUDIENCE TO THE SHOW, BUT ARE QUICKLY INTERRUPTED BY X-PAC'S THEME AND BOOS FROM THE CROWD AS HE WALKS, ARROGANTLY, TO THE RING.)

-Jerry Lynn (c) d. X-Pac

-RVD, wearing a new RVD/Horsemen shirt that says "ROB VAN...DAMN!" on the back, joins King and Mean Mark during the match at the announce desk (I'm SO glad he wouldn't in real life), and bad-mouths Lynn the whole time, saying he's nothing in ICW, and his best days are behind him. RVD says HE'S the whole F'N show, and Lynn is a has-been who he used to CARRY through good matches. Without me, RVD says, Lynn would be on the streets. Lynn scores the clean win over X-Pac, and the crowd loves him. RVD hops up on the stage and grabs a mic. He begins to tell Lynn what a hack he is, and that he may be able to beat a pathetic loser like Sean Waltman, but he'll NEVER be able to beat the great ROB VAN DAM again! Lynn tells Van Dam he's a great athlete, but he'd better shut his damn mouth before Lynn comes up there and slaps the taste out of it. Lynn also accuses Van Dam of not defending the Legend Title, and challenges him to a series of matches, all taking place at PPVs w/ different stipulations, to determine who is the REAL F'N SHOW! RVD laughs and says the challenge is accepted, and Lynn says he'll see him at Ignition to score the first win...and take the Legend Championship!

-Molly (c) v. Kim ("rematch" from Battle Royal 2 weeks ago)

-A strange theme hits, and IVORY runs in and attacks Molly, then turns to Gail, leaving both of them down and in pain. She cuts a promo announcing her official promotion from ICW: Not So Hot up to Explosion by Erica Kowal. She says the whole Angel Division is about to find out, just like Molly and Gail, what she's made of! The crowd boos her, and JAZZ'S THEME hits! Jazz walks out to mixed reaction, picks up a mic, and screams, "I'M BACK!!" Ivory asks Jazz who the HELL she thinks she is, interrupting her awesome Explosion debut...and Jazz says she's the biggest, blackest, ebony BITCH to ever step into an ICW ring, and after an injury has kept her down for a while...she' BAAAACK! And next week, she's gonna' show the new-comer that IVORY IS NO MATCH FOR EBONY! (Slight pop.) Ivory is pissed, the two shout at eachother off-mic, we go to commercial.

-Dudleys d. Kidman/Hurricane

-Kidman and Hurricane, backstage before the match, are psyching eachother up for the battle they have ahead of them. They come out to a pop...but one of the biggest pops of the NIGHT goes to...THE DUDLEY BOYS, who BLAST out of the back and don't let the intensity drop through the entire match. After the match, Bubba and D-Von challenge the Hype to a Duo Title Match at Ignition. The new grinding, intense theme for the Darkness, Nightmare and Infinity, blares, as the two slowly walk to the top of the ramp. They say they deserve the title shot...ICON THEME! Adam appears on the Iconotron, tells the teams they'll fight for the No. 1 Contendership next week on Explosion, just 6 days before ICW-E: Ignition!

-Douglas d. Spike

-Spike gets a lot of offense in, surprising the crowd, which is 100% behind the little guy. But in the end, Douglas pulls a cheap shot behind the ref's back with some brass knuckles that were tucked in his boots and gets the win. Douglas takes out the knux again after the bell and begins hammering on Spike's head until it's a shredded, bloody mess. Tazz runs to the ring to Spike's aid, and he and Douglas get into a screaming match in the ring. ICON THEME! Erica comes to the ring and says what Douglas did to Spike tonight was inexcusable...but she isn't going to kick him out or suspend him. She has a worse punishment. Next week, the Main Event will be Shane Douglas against...TAZZ! And there are a few stipulations, just to teach him a lesson about fair play. Since this is a rematch everyone wants to see from ECW, it will be a 2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH (POP!!!)...and there will be TWO VERY SPECIAL REFEREES --- THE DUDLEY BOYS!! The crowd explodes as Douglas hops around in anger and threatens Erica with the brass knuckles. He backs 04 into a corner...and Spike, who has been revived slowly by Tazz, runs to her aid, leaping around the two and hitting a HUGE Acid Drop on Douglas from the top turnbuckle! The crowd erupts again, as Erica kisses Spike on the cheek and the 3 faces walk up the ramp together, Douglas left unconscious in the ring. This arena is PACKED with Dudley fans.

-Orton walks into Erica's office, where she is busy with paperwork at her desk. Orton offers to make her forget about work for a while, suggestively. Erica says she'd take him up on it, if she wasn't POSITIVE her "mind would only be off her work" for about 30 seconds. Crowd laughs, Randy yells, "HEY!" And Erica smiles at him and asks him to leave the office so she can get back to work. Orton, not about to give up on his quest to bang the Chairwoman, asks her, seriously, for just ONE date, to show her he's legitimately interested in her, all sexual jokes aside. He looks sincere, and Erica smirks out of pity for him. She agrees to go out with him this weekend, and Orton is overjoyed as he all-but skips out of the office. Erica laughs at him and shakes her head as she goes back to her work.

-Shawn Michaels' theme hits to a pop from the crowd! Instead of his usual dance to the ring, he walks calmly, dressed in a business suit with no tie. He is carrying a mic, and he steps into the ring with a cold look on his face, as he looks out into the fans, who cheer him, but are obviously confused. HBK takes the mic to his lips and says that he is embarrassed after his defeat at the hands of John Cena last week. "Not to take anything away from Cena, because he's a tremendous athlete. But I'm the Heartbreak Kid! I'm the Showstoppa'! I should be better than that, and I'm disappointed in myself. That being said, I'd like to thank all of my fans for their support of the years...but in the footsteps of the great Icon 02...I'm going to have to announce that...as of this moment...I am officially reti--"

(WOOOOOO!!! Crowd cheers for Ric Flair's theme, as the Nature Boy, wearing a suit, struts to the ring.)

Flair gets into the ring and smiles as he chews his gum and looks into the eyes of HBK. "Shawn --WOOOOOO -- Michaels! One of the best wrestlers of the past 10 years, probably even the last 20! Shawn Michaels, the Lady-killer! (FEMALE POP!!) Shawn Michaels...the broken-down, old coward. (BOOO!) No, no, I'm not here to put Shawn down. I'm here to WAKE SHAWN UP! WOOO!! (Crowd woooo's back!) Michaels, you're a great talent, and if you think losing a few matches to some younger bucks is enough to run you out of this business, than I suggest you go home NOW! (Michaels looks around, crowd boos.) But take it from the 16-TIME WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION...the older you get, the harder this game gets to play. I've been getting my ass kicked around for about 3 years now. Hell, I lost to Randy Orton last week in the GOD DAMN MAIN EVENT! You think that doesn't make my blood boil, doesn't make me doubt myself, make me lose sleep at night, thinking about how great I USED to be? But I'm STILL HERE! (Pop!) And I'm giving it my all, I'm going out a fighter, not a quitter. Even though I was set-back by those lousy, pathetic cheaters who call themselves "Horsemen," yet know DISGRACE the HONOR and DIGNITY behind that name...I'm STILL HERE! Even if I lost to Benoit in my last match, I'm STILL HERE! Even if I'm not the man I used to be...I'm still here, Shawn. And I'm still here...because I know that 1/2 a Ric Flair...is STILL more than capable of giving these thugs a run for their money. Of climbing in the ring and putting on a GREAT MATCH, for the LOVE OF THE GAME, with future greats like the Undertaker (POP!)...like the Hurricane (POP!)...like any number of boys in the back...and, most importantly...greats like YOU, Shawn. So I'm asking...no, I'm TELLIN' you...you can't just turn your back on your fans and walk out like you did 5 years ago. You can't just take your ball and go home. You have a legacy to build. What you've done in your career makes you a legend...but your last run...THAT'S what the fans will remember as your legacy. And I want fans to remember me as a wheelin' dealin', kiss-stealin' SONUVAGUN...who went out, maybe not at the top of his game...but never giving up, never quitting, never backing-down. Now, what about YOU, Michaels?"

(Shawn pauses.)

"Ric, you're an inspiration to all of the boys in the back in EVERY possible way. Your career, your legacy...if you lose every match for the next 10 years, you'll still be the greatest ever to play the game, and no one can take that away from you." (Pop.) "Except ME..because, thanks to you...I'm staying RIGHT HERE, NOT BACKING DOWN, AND WHEN IT'S SAID AND DONE, AT THE END OF MY CAREER...THEY'LL LOOK BACK ON HBK...AS ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATEST WRESTLERS!" (POP! Ric is glad to hear it, claps.) "In fact, Ric, I think that, even now, I still have a lot to learn from you...so what do you say you and I watch eachother's backs around here for a while, maybe team up and show these kids how things are REALLY DONE in the wrestling ring?!"

(Ric shakes hands with HBK, the crowd pops big, and the two leave together to HBK's theme, Michaels dancing and Ric strutting.)

(Commercial.)

-Mean Mark heads to the ring, where he introduces, via satellite, say what you will about his taste in friends, clothes, and attitude, but one of the top ICW wrestlers in the history of the federation, Y2J, Chris Jericho! The crowds boos as Jericho pops up on the Iconotron, sitting in a cheesy, dalmation-print robe in a chair in a well-furnished livingroom. His arm is in a sling and his stomach, wrapped in a cast. He has his usual cocky attitude going strong, and Mean Mark starts it off.

M: Chris, first off, how are you feeling since we last saw you, when you were put through a table off the top of the rampway by an Icon Swing from our current Co-Chairman, Adam Laskowski?

CJ: First, Mark, I'd like to thank you for reminding these fans just how big an assh*le their beloved Chairman is!

(BOO!)

CJ: Secondly, I'm feeling terrible. I'm sitting here, sidelined, while Explosion takes over wrestling, watching my fellow Horsemen take over the federation one title belt at a time...and you think I'm not DYING to back there, kicking ass JERICHO-STYLE, wreaking havoc on all those ass-clowns in the locker-room, TRAPPED in a RECLINER IN MY LIVING ROOM? Talk about stupid questions, Mark.

M: Sorry, Chris, didn't know you were so touchy, and I don't mean to insult you at all. Just getting the facts to the fans about your status.

CJ: Mark, the fans are idiots and if you don't start asking the right questions, junior, I'm gonna' have to take over this interview myself!

M: Okay, how about this one? When can we expect Y2J back in action in an ICW ring?

CJ: There's a good question. THE WORLD wants to know, when are we gonna' see Chris Jericho again. When is the HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT returning, to kick the ass of his enemies and then kick all the others just for fun! Look, the doctors told me I won't be able to return to the ring for at least another 3 months, and that's unacceptable to me. I'm almost healed, I had 3 fractured ribs and sprained my elbow...but I'm not going to just sit here and do nothing, I'll tell you that right now, Mark. No, I may not be able to hop in that ring for a while, but believe you me, Chris Jericho will be at Explosion's upcoming PPV, Ignition, and he WILL be around for the long haul, in-ring or NOT. I'm coming back at Ignition, joining my fellow Horsemen brothers as they wipe the ring with their opponents, and don't worry...Y2J PROMISES he'll still make quite an impact around here as leader of the Four Horsemen, and, soon enough, back in that ring!

M: Well, it's great to hear you're really serious about getting back into the ring and coming back to ICW soon, and I think all the fans, whether they like you or not, can applaud your tenac--

CJ: What the HELL is THAT supposed to mean? "Whether they like me or not?!" Of COURSE they LOVE me! I'm their Ayatollah or ROCK N' ROLLAH!

(BOOOO!!)

CJ: I knew we should've waiting to do this interview till we were in a city with fewer retarded citizens. Listen to the way they boo you, Mark. It's just plain sad!

M: Chris, I think it's obvious they're not booing me.

CJ: Well you know what, Mark? The thing about me is...I couldn't care LESS if those idiots booed me OR cheered me. All I know is I'll be back in 2 weeks...and Explosion will never...EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVER...be Jericho-free AGAIN!

(Jericho's theme hits, Mark heads back to the desk while King puts over Y2J, as usual. Commercial.)

-MAIN EVENT: Mr. America v. Big Show

-Mr. America comes to the ring with an American flag on a wooden pole, which he cracks across his knee and throws on the mat. He cuts a promo before the match about how lousy America is, and how he's seriously considering changing his name because this country makes him SICK to his stomach. All America does is push around smaller enemies...but he admits, there's no one in wrestling bigger than MR. AMERICA, so he has NO CHOICE but to kick the ass of anyone in the back who wants to challenge him tonight! (WELLLLLLLLLL...well, it's the BIG SHOW!) Show plods to the ring with a sneer on his face to a pop from the crowd, anxious to see him destroy Mr. A, and that he does for much of the match! Mr. A is beaten down badly, but begins to AMERICA up, which allows him to knock down Show and causes fans to boo him. He is enraged by the response to his second-win...and grabs the flag, choking Show with it. The ref makes him stop, and Mr. A taunts the crowd...as Show gets back to his feet, creeps up behind Mr. America, and signals for the Chokeslam, making the crowd explode and Mr. America turn around slowly. Mr. A's eyes pop out of his head at the sight of the Show, who Chokeslams Mr. A, climbs to the top, and LEAPS INTO THE AIR FOR A MOONSAULT!! Mr. America manages to roll out of the way, and Show lands hard on his gut, knocking the wind out of him and leaving him writhing in pain. Mr. America climbs back in, looks around, bounces off the rope for the Leg Drop and the pin! The crowd boos, Mr. America celebrates and mocks the crowd as the ICON THEME hits! 04 comes out with a mic!

04: Mr. America...congratulations on your win over the Big Show. I'd say you got lucky, but I'd like to PROVE that theory. So, next week, you'll fight BIG SHOW IN A REMATCH...IN A STEEL CAGE!!

(Crowd pops, Hoga -- er...Mr. America is irate, the show fades out on a shot of the smiling Iconess.)